Smacktastic Loungin'

I Feel a Song in My Heart - Bob James ft Patti Austen

King of Sorrow - Sade (Cottonbelly Mix)

High on Nothing - Unsung Heroes ft Karime Kendra

Passin' Me By - The Pharcyde (Fly As Pie Mix)

Passin' Me By (Instrumental) - The Pharcyde

People Like Me - Joyo Velarde

A Little Soul - Pete Rock

Montara - Bobby Hutcherson (Madlib Mix)

Online - Gnarls Barkley

Would You Believe In Me? - Jon Lucien

Right On For The Darkness - Curtis Mayfield

Peg - Steely Dan

Dazz - Brick

The Ghetto - Donny Hathaway

For The Love Of You - The Isley Brothers

All Night Long - Common ft. Erykah Badu

The Love Song - Bush Babees ft. Mos Def

Smacktastic Loungin'

Winter 2006 - 2007: Zero Gravity Terrain Park's First Year

To someone living and riding out in Big Sky, Montana during the 2006 -2007 season, the anticipation of the new Moonlight Basin terrain park, designed by Chris Mountjoy, seemed almost palpable. The summer before it's opening was filled with rumors about what designs Chris was planning and working with, (a missile!?!?) and to most it felt like a day of reckoning for riders looking for a change of flavor from what Big Sky had offered in the years past. From the parks inception Chris faced an uphill battle between weather, naysayers, and grooming issues. Constantly aware of what he wanted his park to be like, I had never seen him more focused on a vision being achieved to their satisfaction, and frankly it was inspiring to hear him talk about it, and then to watch it all unfold. This video footage was given to me last winter, and only recently have I logged/edited it into something. To me, this footage, and any from that year in the park, serve as a cue point- not necessarily in the history of the resort, but for the actual riders out there every day. The excitement generated from that whole year on a park level was something really special to have been a part of, from taking runs through the different shapes and locations it took, to being a participant in the first rail jam/competition. Above is a photo from that day actually- everyone lined up, waiting to drop in. I would say that 90% of us up there all knew each other, and all were happy to be there at that moment. From past pow days, to jib runs at big sky, G rides, to shack parties, and now at a new terrain park- that was ours, brought to us by Chris Mountjoy...oh, and Moonlight Basin....lol

Moonlight Basin, 2006-2007.

EDIT: for the past few days i've been trying to upload the full-size, high-quality version to be viewed, but to no such luck. So, here is the mp4 compressed, tiny-sized version, with pixels and everything...if anyone want to use this for similiar ends and put music to it i'm happy to link up a file-sharing copy.

Playing the Harp In Tunisia

Playing the Harp in Tunisia

The Superman Intro

It's A Love Thing- Pete Rock & CL Smooth

I Wanna Do It Good To Ya- Barry White

Love Junkie (Dilla Remix)- Dj Cam

Inside You- Eddie Henderson

People Make the World Go Round- The Stylistics

You Got What I Need- Freddie Scott

Keep Me Hangin On A String (Juggle) - Little Brother

Word...Life- O.C.

Fancy Clown- Madvillan

Evening News- Cee lo Green

Y (Be Like That) Dilla Remix- The Pharcyde

The Sweetest Taboo- Sade

Fly Like An Eagle- Steve Miller Band

Listen in a separate window, or download at the zshare link! This is an older mix from a few years ago, but it's pretty good, with only a few mess-ups....enjoy!

blend insomnia- a new mix...

Last night I woke up at 2:30am and couldn't sleep for some reason, so I played records and put a mix together.  Here's a zshare link to it: you can leave a separate window open and listen to it,  or download the whole thing there.  

1:01;49 trl, one take, no serato!

4 Moms- Ummah (Slum Village Remix)

Everyday is just an extension of yesterday- Troublemakers

Glowing- Pete Rock

Bounce (Club Mix) - Dj Cam

Who You Wit (Instrumental) - Ski

The Way You Do It (Instrumental) - 9th Wonder

Tinseltown to Boogiedown (Instrumental) - Ali Shaheed Muhammed

She Lives In My Lap- Andre Benjamin

Silent Treatment (Black Thought's 87' You and Yours Mix)- The Roots

Freestylin' - Greyboy

Check Tha Vibe (Instrumental) - Dred Scott

Nuthin' Ta Lose (Nuthin' but Sax Mix) - Dred Scott

Ring Ring Ring (Piles and Piles of Demo Tapes Mix) - De La Soul

Soul Flower (live) - Brand New Heavies ft The Pharcyde

A Rollerskating Jam Named Saturdays - De La Soul

Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run Mix) - Billy Ocean

Everything She Wants - Wham!

Power of Love (Extended) - Huey Lewis and the News

Boogie in Your Butt - Eddie Murphy

Don't Stop Til You Get Enough - Micheal Jackson

Express- Andres

The Comeback of the Average Joe - Nikolaj Bentzon

That Lady - The Isley Brothers

Plastic Dreams - Jaydee

The Way You Move - Big Boi ft Sleepy Brown

Generally I scratch more on these mixes I make, but for some reason I didn't almost at all on this one.  I wanted it to mostly be long blends, some came out a little ehh, but a lot were good enough.  I might use this as a demo to give to some places for some djing work, or not! We'll see how much I still like it in a few days.

a blend insomnia mix

100th Post

100 Posts Old: From September 28th, 2005 to the Present, this blog has gone through a lot of states, jobs, living arrangements, and fun excursions.  Above was from today: a sandy island I paddled to.  No great white shark sightings.  Good times....
S/P in the muddy sand.  Lots of snails in my sandals from walking around there.  No great white sharks here either...
There was an outdoor concert going on nearby when I took this photo, and at first it sounded like some sick brazillian funk or something of interest, but about the time i took this photo the band started singing that song that goes 'you know i wish that i had JESSIE'S GIRLLLL' and I thought about Full House, and subsequently lost interest.

This was across the street, from the last photo.  I paddled around these boats a few days ago, also very cool.  Lot of money, floating around (not literally; manifested in ship-form currency, which is of no use if you can't sail- like me)
The moon= Swish!  Too obvious? I've been playing basketball at the lousiest hoops at the most dilapidated courts I can find around.  Much more interesting.  Swish!
Derek and I used to do our homework here before senior year in high school.  I went there recently to finish Atlas Shrugged, which was pretty good, until the end, when it turned into a comic book of sorts.  

I also took the GRE's recently, but signed my life away stating that I would not reveal anything about the test. (Graduate Readiness Exam- not like, a superhero test, or anything really worth being quiet about....)

Sleeveless Cardigans and Plaid Shorts...

...is an outfit i don't ever plan on wearing, to be completely honest. Numerous people in the area certainly do, however, and that's- well, just fine I guess. But my cardigan isn't a sweater- it's a mountain; yet another hike i did up in New Hampshire yesterday. Above is another silouhette self-portrait, shot at horseneck beach a week or so ago....

Mount Cardigan rests in west central NH, and has over 50 miles of trails that one can loop going up the thing. I had the opportunity to do this hike with an old friend named Derek who I hadn't seen in a few years- since he last came out and visited me in Big Sky. The trip we took was a loop that was about 5 miles, and almost 2000 feet elevation gain. Above, you can see the upper peak, and the lookers-right side was the trail we took (the holt trail), which turned into more of a climb than a hike, as you can see...

The holt trail is 1.1 miles, 1500 feet elevation gain, so it stayed interesting! I would not like to be descending that route at all, unless it was covered in snow, and i had a board strapped to my feet....the views stayed impressive through the climb, with clouds but no rain, which helped keep traction on those rocks.

The lookout tower atop Mt Cardigan, with derek next to it, looking quite proud....the view was 360 around and impressive. Short trip, good time to play some catch up with an old friend, and no plaid shorts on that mountain whatsoever....