New DJ Mix to End/Start the Year Download

Yes, yes y'all. I got a new mix to get your New Year started. Indie dance and electro tunes weave and jive through this hour mix. Download it and dig. It called I Got a Crush. And here is the link to the previous mix i done.

Here is the playlist

Lost Valentinos - The Bismarck - Golden Bug Remix

Box Codax - Rat Boy - Mock & Toot Remix

Kaysh - Only Child - DJ Zya Mix

Zdar Modfunk - Showtime - Da Fresh Remix

Deadmau5 - Ghost N Stuff - Orignal Mix

Matt Herdman - Hold On - Robot Needs Oil Remix

Vanadalz Sequency - Sextazy - Dalcan Remix

Cassette Jam - Don't Lose Control - Headman Remix

Boogie Pimps - Lil Punk - Orignal Mix

Rodion - Luana Dark - Oliver Koletzki Remix

Sick - You Are So Sick - Original Mix

Rodion - Scoula Radio Elettra - Original Mix

Digitalism - Digitalism in Cairo - Digitalism Original Extended Mix

Eine Kleine Nacht Musik - Feuerprobe - Original Mix

THIS WEEK IN PUNCTUATION AND USE with Adam Cayton-Holland

In this week in THIS WEEK IN PUNCTUATION AND USE, we sit down with Adam Cayton-Holland. Adam is a self proclaimed writer and stand up. Others have proclaimed him those same titles as well. I tripled checked and confirmed he writes for Westword and does yuk yuks at Comedy Works. His time is very valuable working on articles and zippy punch lines but I caught him last night at perfect moment and, maybe, it was the soft glow from the Broadway bus pulling up behind me, the soothing DJ selections and the beer I bought him, but he looked me in the eyes and said yes , he do it. To which I replied "do what?" And without his lips moving, I heard his voice in my head saying "Your new article idea you just had when you saw me; the one about punctuation and use." It was Magical. So today we meet up virtually and quickly for the interview…
Thank you for coming on such short notice, but with the increase of emails, blogs and status updates I felt this had to be cleared up. First off, in a nutshell, how should we be using semi colons and are we using them enough?

The way I understand semi colons is that they can be used to replace a period. So if you have two sentences that are intimately related, like kissing cousins', you can put in a semi colon; that way the sentences will go together smoother. Did you notice how I just did exactly that?! Stephen King said it best, "They're the hermaphrodites of the literary world and are deserving of our respect."

You don't say? Well that clears some things up. Now, I always hear people fussing about the over use of the exclamation point. Do you share in the fussing and do you see the use of the exclamation point ever to plateau?

I do share in this fussing. Exclamation points are a powerful, powerful punctuation and when you overuse them, you negate that power. Then they become relegated to the realm of cutesy texts between high school girls, which is kind of hot, but definitely not literary. Either that or they become aggressive, like the guy at the bar next to you who after a few too many starts talking really loudly about, "hating faggots." James Joyce said it best, "Exclamation points are for faggots."

Interesting point, haha excuse the pun…I understand you have a phone and text message. Are Americans still being too curt with their texts and do you think emotocons are playing a role in all of it?

I’ve actually won two Pulitzers for my texting so while I am aware of Americans tendency to be curt with their texts, I am quite the opposite. I write long, poignant texts that serve to not only fill you with mirth and cheer from the confines of your pocket, but hopefully entice you to scurry to my boudoir for a sweat-filled romp. Oh, and also I'm drunk when I do it. But I think if there is an epidemic of curt texts going on, emoticons certainly do not help. I believe it was Jack Kerouac who said it best, "Emotioncs are like little faces, just made with punctuation marks."

Right, I agree. Finally, the blog is much like the newspaper of yore; its old news by the time you read it. Status updates are fast and well named because they are always updating. Do you have any pointers on how to write a first rate status update?

Adam is answering lame questions from a guy named Soto who he is still not convinced didn't have something to do with that Continental crash out at Denver International Airport. Le sigh.

I'll keep that in mind. Well thanks again for coming down to sotosotosoto.blogspot.com. Your insight was well received and I look forward to seeing you again. Where can the kids catch you next?

I sure would love it if the kids would come check out our monthly comedy bonanza, Los Comicos Super Hilariosos at the Orange Cat Studios, 2625 Larimer, at 9 p.m. on the last Friday of every month. That would be January 30th of 2009. I believe it was Dave Eggars who said it best, "Adam Cayton-Holland is a goddamn underappreciated genius and if I were you, I'd catch him his amazing, whimsical comedy shows before he sprouts wings and flies off to superstardom."

check out Los Comicos Super Hilariosos video channel 

This Week in Food I tried to make: Pho Soto 75?

I am not the best cook but every once and a while I pull it off and guess what? Shazzam! I did it, I made some good Pho.
So this week in This Week in Food I Tried to Make, the food is PHO (said in loud thundering voice.)
Ok here is skinny on the phat pho I just made (why am I writing that.)
The Recipe:
1.5 liters of water times two which in some brainy circle they call 3 liters.
8 cubes of pho stock cubes (4 come to a small box)
a handful of scallions
two or more onions sliced
a stalk or two of lemon grass should be smashed but I only read hat later, I just cut them into long strips.
a couple shakes of salt
a minced ginger root no bigger than two thumbs
a dash of garlic salt
a cinnamon stick
and a few snips of mint
let that boil up and then let simmer for at least an hour

While that is going on, slice up some fresh meat as thin as you humanly can. I used flank that was tenderized and I could pull it apart with my bare hands if I wanted to. Also, you can prep your sides which are dandelion leafs, bean sprouts, more sliced jalapenos, quartered limes and some mint/basil leaves.
Getting your rice noodles ready could take 3 to 20 minutes depending on the style.
When you’re done, throw some noodles in the bowl with some raw meat and pour the still hot broth over it. This will cook the meat by the way.
I had the Hoisin sauce and Sriracha all ready but in the end I didn't need it cuz the broth was the bomb.
This batch should feed at least 8 to ten people, but I am just guessing cuz there was only three of us and tons left.

I will now take suggestions for a name my Pho restaurant chain.

Zshanna's drawings are wonderful

I am blessed to have some wonderful friends that just happen to be wonderful artist as well.
Check out more of her work at her website

New Flight of the Conchords. Here's the link

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/c48f423bdf/season-2-online-premiere-flight-of-the-conchords-from-flight-of-the-conchords

my first hiccup,stupid DJ mix names!

In a case of a bad timing and misunderstanding, I now look like a dick. My new DJ mix series will have to change its name and so will the numbering system. Late last month I finished a mix labeled Heart Attack mix mark I. I been posting it all this month.

Well, later on a real heart attack happened in the family with a real Mark. Shit! Mark I was, what I thought, a cleaver way of saying volume one or version one. Car companies and the military uses it. Its a "designation for an item of equipment in production, used in combination with a numeral to indicate the order of adoption" like Mark-4 tank; an M-1 rifle;Jaguar Mark VII and so on.

The coincidence went right over my head until my brother pointed it out. You wanna hear people are reading your posts and checking out your mixes but this was a curve ball of feedback I never imagined. My hopes and prayers go out to Mark and next time I will name my mixes with out any life threatening associations. Sorry.

A new blog, a new day, another bag of popcorn

As if I couldn't be on the Internet any more than I already am, I started a blog. I plan to share more Internet gems, weirdness, my DJ mixes, rants and pretty things. It will be fun, I am sure, because in the whole time I spent working on it, I have eaten two whole bags of Redenbacher's kettle corn. Granted, I never left the house for a proper dinner, but I assure you the making of a blog was exciting...still I should get out of the house. Okay on that note, I promise a blog entry on happy hour next.

Heart Attack mix model I

This is the first of a new series of mixes I am putting out designed for you get-up-and-get-at-it-moments in life. Its a little over an hour of fresh electro, tech and indie dance tunes (19 in all .) Please download and share the link if you know someone else who digs mixes like this. Throw it in your iPod or Zune and go work out, dance or go over 65 on the highway. More mixes to come!

podcasting for free?

hmm. learning how to podcast has become sort of a challange because my DJ mix is too big. I think I have might have found a soultion. It involves three sites and one publishing program. We shall see. So far, not a dime spent. Cross fingers please.

i almost ate the ham sandwich too fast

In writing my first blog here,  I am multitasking like a champ. I am setting up a new Internet accounts and the like, while working on a new DJ mix on  ableton. You can hear the music in the back I am sure. I am making a sandwich too or just did. It's gone now. OK time to take this blog out for a spin.

First thing after the first post, I shall do some layout searching, some settings setting and post a vid and maybe a podcast of my latest mix. I will also think of something of a good quip to let you all know what hell this blog will be mostly focused on. Right now I am leaning towards shinny objects and noise.