Archive for August, 2007

Big Ass Sleeping Bag, say that 10 times fast.

Monday, August 27th, 2007

This is a ridiculous sleeping bag made by Kelty that my friend Tau bought this afternoon. It was packed in a box, which made no sense, but it added to its impressive proportion. It was so big I got inside to see what it was all about. Could this sleeping bag be used as a good pick up line excuse somehow?

Eventually owning this sleeping bag should should pay off big in someway or another. Give shelter to a homeless person, assist in an emergency child birth, or meet a future wife this way. This sleeping bag could easily fit a small family. Here is the testament.

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Am I exaggerating? Is this not a Big ASS Sleeping bag??

Sunset Parties

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

The Sunset Party is easily one of the best-vibe outdoor parties in the West Coast. This is favorite for San Francisco Bay Area deep house heads. These parties have been dancing for over a decade and they are FREE folks. Free! Sunset Parties are usually held at Stafford Lake in Novato, CA, about 40 minutes north of San Francisco, tucked in a nice green valley. I will write about these parties in the future, believe me.

At least once a summer they also take place at McLaren Park in the southern part of San Francisco. The picture below is witness to this local San Francisco outdoor house music moment. img00038.jpg

This picture was taken during the very early part of the day. The sunlight gave a cool effect.

The creators of the Sunset Parties are three guys: Galen, Solar, and J-Bird - all great dj’s. They are regulars at most respected events on any given San Francisco weekend. Cool dudes.

A memorable Sunset Party moment for me was watching dj Miles Maeda perform a top shelf dj set during a summer 05 event. The crowd was so captivated by his calculated funky syncopated rhythms, while dancing under sky and the trees above, lit by the disco ball points. Go West Coast Go!

Thank you sunset guys for doing this service to humanity. I had a good revelation about Galen, Solar, and J-Bird after a McClaren Park Sunset Party in 2006. My friend and I hung around till the very end of that party. Next thing we knew, it was just Galen, Solar and J-Bird, cleaning up every remaining cigarette butt from the grounds. The same dudes who started this whole thing. Who else I guess, but it was still cool to witness the devotion to the party.

Naturally my friend and I started helping out. It was hard work. A lot of bending over and lifting motions including the very heavy equipment loading into a van. For these guys, this part of job happened after managing an 8 hour party and setting up early. These men have been doing this for 10 years plus purely for the love of music. They are not getting paid to do this. Come on, is that not something to appreciate?

more pictures from the other day.

Behind the DJ

above: from behind the decks, earlier in the day.

below: girl with a sunshine groove.

girl dancing at sunset party 07

me at Sunset Party 07

This last one was taken and messaged to me on my friend’s iphone. It does no look good expanded.

Best TV Typo

Saturday, August 11th, 2007

I found this with my friend last night. Actually, she saw it first.

We found it rather amusing. I cared enough to show you.

Getting Head

I wonder what else was going through the person’s mind who overlooked this.

The last man/woman in charge of making sure these specific mistakes don’t happen that is.