//Looking for the Perfect Beat in the Stars..

//Call it celestial convergence: the rise of summer, the end of a school year, an important memorial anniversary...sometimes it's great to dj on a date such as this Saturday, where the songs I select will carry a meaning (at least for me) beyond just a party and beyond the now-pedestrian term "tribute." The universe keeps on turning and revealing. I hear you in the music and I see you in the stars, mom.
//As a treat and cause it's good timing, I have unearthed a mix I made back in '04 in which I put a great deal of thought into the concept and the selection. This is the first time I have made it available online. Enjoy.

{so many stars} captured by dmadness

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{sun}
1 be your girl - teedra moses
2 sunshine - mos def
3 summertime - mos & esthero
4 follow me - red astaire & d'angelo
{venus}
5 remember the love - adriana evans
6 som co voce - thievery corporation & bebel gilberto
7 don't let me lose this dream - aretha franklin
8 blind alley - the emotions
9 do what you want - aya
{mars}
10 frontin' on debra - pharrell vs. beck
11 drop it like it's hot - snoop vs. le pamplemousse
12 jazzy belle - outkast vs. babyface
{neptune}
13 think twice - e.badu
14 bandy bandy - zap mama & erykah
15 sweet lady - tony curtis
16 punkie - sean paul
{pluto}
17 coming in from the cold - bob marley
{jupiter}
18 millioinaire - kelis & andre3000
19 waiting room - no doubt & prince
20 the way she dances - n*e*r*d
{saturn}
21 all i do - stevie wonder
22 ngiculela-es una historia-i am singing - more stevie
23 missing you - joi
{earth}
24 anythang - devin the dude
25 take it from here - j.t.
26 it's whatever - aaliyah
{moon}
27 reflection - prince
28 across the universe - fiona apple

//Join DJ Zita and I this Saturday at Bliss SF as we carry on our search for the perfect beat among the unexpected. 1neLuv..

//Baracktober

So Big Brother, I mean Blogger, in its infinite wisdom, deleted the post I had written up last week to big up the two Obama fundraisers I was going to DJ at and be a part of, last week's 40 DAYS TIL CHANGE (which raised upwards of $Three Stacks to go toward voter outreach in the swing states) and this week's BARACK THE VOTE 2. In my email notification, it says they were alerted that there were links in the post that infringed on copyrighted material. I wonder which one set it off...was it the reggae Obama tribute? The spoken word Obama tribute? The DJ mix Obama tribute? The militant rapper Obama tribute? The video of David Letterman roasting John McCain on Late Night? Or was it really the YouTube video in which a 17-year-old African American emcee from LA explains that he is, indeed, Bristol Palin's baby daddy (look it up for yourself...this election takes the cake for comedy)? Such blogospheric mysteries may never be understood nor revealed in our lifetimes.

Whatever the case may be, we will keep bloggin til the wheels fall off and wheelin til the blogs fall off. We will also keep riding for Barack Obama, because as was shown in Friday's debate, he is not going to base his administration on fear and anti-Islamic hate-mongering like that other dude who kept saying that Obama "just doesn't get it." Get what, divide and conquer? Anyway, see you this Friday at Poleng Lounge with a whole host of the Bay's brightest who "get it." 1neluv.