I had several people inquire about the radical Chillography t-shirt I was sporting at Chillography 203, so I wanted to blast the merch link out here, in case you missed it on the Chillography site. So, gear up with a set of Chillography branded threads and be the chillest cat on the block.

Browse the selection here: www.cafepress.com/chillography101

I’ve started a Twitter account. Not sure how or how much I’ll use it, but I thought I’d give it a try.

I’ve fitted myself back into The Man’s machine after an epic out of doors experience. Yessir, a solid dose of camping, sunshine, good DJs, and a collection of some of the finest people the West Coast has to offer is a sure-fire way to recharge to ol’ battery. I left the weekend incredibly inspired, and am hopeful to apply much of that potential energy into my creative outlets over the coming days and months. I hope you all had Memorial weekends as great as mine.

After a splendid week of vacation, I’m back, refreshed, and ready for it…. whatever “it” happens to be. I worked on a delightfully oozy new trance tune, played in the snow, worked in the yard, went to the comic con, hung with a good friend, got some reading in, and had some great quality time with the wife. Yessir… that is what you call a vacation success.

I believe I fixed the RSS subscription problem. Let me know if you have trouble subscribing to the feed.

For the record, it appeared to be the blank line problem, which seems to trouble so many Wordpress users on the ‘net. Finally figured out that the Art Direction plugin was the culprit. Luckily, it was not something that I used very much.

I apologize for the all the silence around here of late. Beyond being crazy slammed at my day job, I’ve been busy getting my design portfolio site up and running. I’m hoping to get back onto my regular posting schedule this next week.

Until then, why don’t you head over to Soma.fm and listen to some of the finest streaming radio on the ‘net. Their Groove Salad station is a personal favorite of mine.

I gave the site a little facelift, and learned more about CSS in the process. I think I’m starting to get the hang of this CSS/PHP thing. I now know just enough to be completely dangerous.

Wow. Wow. Wow. Such a spectacular show. Crystal clear sound, huge projections, thick moody lighting and all watched from a really great seat. Very few bands (that I listen to anyway) have such a dynamic range within their music as Sigur Rós, who smoothly transitioned from monochrome melancholy to full-blown psychedelic orgasm of sound and lights. This was one of the best shows I’ve ever seen, probably second only to Roger Waters doing Dark Side of the Moon at Key Arena.

I overheard someone while walking out exclaiming “That was the best $50 I’ve ever spent!” and I couldn’t agree more. Twice that would have felt worth it.

Even if you don’t really know them, never pass up a chance to witness them live. It is a musical experience that is truly hard to top.

Check out this decent video clip of their recent tour stop in LA. Our Benaroya experience was nearly identical only in smaller venue. This was just one of many awe inspiring moments throughout the show.



PS. Here’s a hot seating tip for Benaroya Hall. Skip looking for the Orchestra Center. Look for an aisle seat in Orchestra R or L. You’ll be looking a bit diagonal to the stage, but with the expansive aisle next to you, there are no worries of a tall head or stander blocking your view.

PPS. I found out how to embed the High Quality verisons of YouTube videos during the course of making this post. Paste the string “&ap=%2526fmt%3D18″ directly after the video embed URL in the embed code that YouTube provides. This page provides a more in depth explanation of the process.

Spledid Beats is the webernet home for Crispy / Leave Trace. Soon it will contain my DJ mixes, original tracks, performance calendar, bio, and other interesting and not-so-interesting tidbits. Until it gets fully up to speed, please visit http://djmix.net/crispy for Crispy info and mixes, and http://www.myspace.com/leavetrace for tracks and info about Leave Trace.