Hudson Mohawke

DIRTY! Download the Essential Mix here.

And see him live (!!!) here:

deadmau5

Just discovered his newish album “At Play.” This is a fucking GEM of unreleased tracks. Dirty dirty dirty is all I can say. Give it a listen if you haven’t yet!

Sneak peak:

I spend all my money on shows.

But that’s better than spending it all on cocaine.

Friday, Nov. 13: Bassnectar $26.50 online ($30 at door) at Fillmore; Cool Kids $15 online ($25 at door) at Webster Hall

Friday, Nov. 20: Designer Drugs $15 online ($25 at door) at Webster Hall

Wednesday, Nov. 25: deadmau5 $25 online at Terminal 5

Thursday, Dec. 10: Arctic Monkeys $35 at Terminal 5

Attn: I’m looking for attractive men to do photo shoots with. Well-defined cheekbones are a plus. Hit me up!

Brooklyn

Brooklyn > Manhattan in my book right now.

Saturday night WIN at the Market Hotel in Brooklyn. I wish I’d taken my dSLR, but then again, it probably would’ve gotten trashed or lost. Super sketch venue with great lighting and sound system. Set up of what looked like 2 Pioneer CDJ800s, 2 turntables, and a mixer. Walked in, some guy playing rap music off an iPod. Everyone was blazing, sitting down and staring, kind of entertaining. Sat on the speakers, downed some Sparks, unknown DJ started playing mad dirty, raw triphop/dubstep. The four of us dominated the dance floor. Danced for about 3 solid hours. One of the best nights I’ve had. Asked the DJ when he’d be back in NYC, he was such a sweetheart. Came home at 5:30 and found out he’s part of The XX, a band similar to Animal Collective, apparently getting really big. (Check out their song Crystalised.) Dude goes under the DJ name Jamie XX, his remixes of You’ve Got To Love and Basic Space are fucking sick.

Also, downloaded Flying Lotus’s “Los Angeles” album, pretty sick.

Life in NYC

I’ve been living in New York City for over a month now, and I think it’s about time for an update.

I absolutely love it here. The weather has been nice to me – this won’t last long. The rainy days are dreary but inspire me in some weird artistic sense. I love walking around the streets aimlessly (except at night, when hobos randomly appear out of trash heaps, or when creepy men tell me all they want for Christmas is me). I’ve seen Mr. Big from Sex and the City twice. Yes, twice. In the same area. My writing professor is super intense, genius, young, and an Oxford graduate (how?). My roommates and I went to Electric Zoo Festival at Randall’s Island: 22 hours of fun-filled, drug-enhanced (not me…) dancing and strobing. We then proceeded to see Armin van Buuren and the Dutch crown-prince and princess dance to trance music at Governor’s Island. We threw a crazy dance party, complete with strobelights, glowsticks, and warpaint. A friend’s girlfriend came from Chicago and welcomed us to her creeper’s badass apartment on the 20th floor, overlooking all of 5th avenue. We made guacamole dip for taco night. I experienced Joose.

That was a vague recap of my first month.

My best friend and genius Harvard-student Rose is visiting this weekend and I am way excited. I am going all out with a dance party and piñatas. (Glowsticks, strobelights, and warpaint are a given.) I’m going “all the way” to Brooklyn to buy supplies this week. Disney princess air bed? Yes, please.

Also, my aunts, uncle, and cousin are coming to see me Saturday, and I’ll be going to the Chicago Broadway show. My parents and Dutch grandmother are driving up for Parent Weekend soon, too.

My ex and good friend/talented producer&DJ John David is planning a visit very soon, as well.

Just found out that deadmau5 is coming to play at the enormous Terminal 5 in NYC on November 25th. HYPETYPE. Planning to go see Chromeo on October 16, and Boys Noize on HALLOWEEN. Unfortunately, NYC hates 18-year-olds, and events are either 19+ or 21+. I WILL find a way to go to Boys Noize. And I WILL be dressed up for Halloween. Be prepared, ladies and gentlemen.

My only complaint: I haven’t seen the sky lately.

And I can’t make it home for Thanksgiving Thanks, NYU, for giving us two days off… only. I guess I’ll be forced to do my Black Friday shopping in the Big Apple. Oh lordy, that sounds way too dangerous.

And here come the pictures.

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I Miss Old-Times

 

2008 03 17. How much can change in a year?

2008 03 19: Alina at Panera

2008 06 18: Shakespeare in the Park

2008 08 27: Practica

2008 12 19

2008 12 23: JD's show at The End

2008 12 23: JD's Show at The End

2008 01 17: John, JD, Seth

2009 03 01: It snowed!

2009 03 08: DI Sleepovers

2009 03 08: JD's Show at The End

2009 03 14: Sushi

2009 03 29: NYU Celebration Dinner

2009 04 01: deadmau5

2009 04 10: 12th and Porter

2009 04 17: Perry's Birthday

2009 04 22: Sharon Choi

2009 04 24: Seth, Sam, JD @ Dave Dresden

2009 04 25: Prom

2009 04 25: Sharon and I at Prom

2009 04 25: Prom

2009 04 25: Prom

A long time ago...

Taiwan

Taiwan was very different than I expected it to be. I guess this is just because the last time I had been there was about four years ago. And I was always with family. And, well, I was fourteen. Needless to say, this was an unforgettable experience. My first few days were spent adjusting to the thirteen-hour time difference, trying all kinds of different foods, going to department stores for air conditioning (just kidding.. a little), and walking around aimlessly with aunts and uncles. My first weekend in Kaohsiung, however, was ruined by Typhoon Morokat. The typhoon was expected to hit up North hardest, but the entire island was actually hit all at once. We spent three to four days in nonstop rain and wind. I was somewhat worried due to the loud wind hitting our 15th floor apartment, but, not until I saw the headlines days later, did I notice how serious this typhoon really was. An entire town was buried in mudslides. Countless people disappeared. I was quite lucky to have been in Koahsiung, where we weren’t hit as hard as towns just north of us. While I had planned to go to Taipei by the high-speed train, the most I accomplished that weekend was watching G.I. Joe in theaters… Quite scary making it there!

The following weekend, I made it to Taipei. I made it there a couple days later than expected (delayed, once again), because the high-speed paths were flooded. When I made it there, however, it felt completely different than Koahsiung. Taipei has the “big city” vibe that is similar to NYC. In short, I met up with some old Chinese-born Dutch friends, shopped, and went out to Luxy. Lots of dancing and fun. I met several Chinese-born international students, as well. One of which is a wonderful photography major at Parsons. I am definitely looking forward to shooting with her sometime when I hit the Big Apple! My friend Tina, Vanderbilt Alumna currently teaching in Taipei, graciously let me stay in her apartment. The next couple days, however, were, again, filled with typhoon-like rain, and I decided to go back to Kaohsiung earlier than anticipated. The two-week trip seemed much shorter due to the typhoon and traveling back and forth. Enjoy the pictures! (Sorry, didn’t take many… My camera isn’t rain[or dance]-proof!)

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Eén op Eén by Coen Bom

Summer Travels 2009

I think it’s time for a good ol’ update. So sorry that it’s been so long since I’ve updated. But hey, at least this means I’ve been decently busy this summer?

Amsterdam was amazing. I think the older I get, the more I realize that it’s where I want to be. I am really considering moving there after college. Which is only in 4 years, now that I think of it! I absolutely love the balance of life there. Work hard, play hard. The friends I made there were all amazing. Daniëlle was kind enough to let me stay with her during Dance Valley I also went to Paris. I walked around from roughly 8am-6pm for four consecutive days, and I love this city! Not sure if I could live there, but I absolutely love the energy there. It reminds me of a hippy city in the 90′s. Especially the bridge I went to one night. Young adults with wine bottles, cigarettes, guitars, and laughter is a beautiful thing.

Anyway, Amsterdam/Paris in pictures:

And, of course, Dance Valley!

NYC Orientation!

I had a splendid time in New York City for my NYU Orientation on June 16-19.

I stayed the first night with Sarah! I walked around 4th and 5th Avenue (I think), while she went to a nifty work event. Afterwards, we went to a cute little pizza place, and I finally got to meet her lovely boyfriend Chris.. and his bike!

Aren’t they adorable?! I can’t wait to get more cute pictures of them in the FALL.

Anyway, I also got to meet the 12th Street dorms! B-e-a-utiful! I am praying that I get assigned my 12th Street dorm. The following days were a mixture of awkward getting-to-know-each-other games, group lectures, signing up for classes, subways, the Brooklyn Bridge, and all-day-long rain!