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Splendid Beats Exclusive Mix Status

Crispy — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 01:38:00 +0000

The Splendid Beats exclusive mix just been delivered. Hit me up if you thought you were supposed to receive it and didn’t. Enjoy!

Vote to reopen the Church of Bass

Crispy — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:08:29 +0000

As many of you in Seattle know, the Church of Bass venue has had to close its doors due to its inability to pay for the city-required fire code upgrades. The CoB quickly became one of the most important venues in Seattle for our lovely electronic community, and is directly responsible for allowing Chillography to ever become anything more than a pipe dream. There is hope, though! They have entered the Pepsi Refresh Project, in hopes of winning the grant money needed to get everything up to spec. If you love the Church of Bass, or want to support an innovative venue that relies on participation, rather than booze sales for income, then I urge you to cast your vote daily with the widget below or over at www.refresheverything.com/churchofbass.

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Flavors of Leave Trace

Crispy — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:57:34 +0000

I’ve created a Leave Trace landing page at flavors.me. Flavors.me is basically a social network aggregator with tons of nice design options and customization, and a very usable free account. Pretty cool idea and excellent execution. I do hope they add in some raw html modules so I can build a more complete and specifically Leave Trace site, but until then I’ve created a few workarounds for the youtube and flickr modules that at least allow me to just show specific photos and videos.

Check out some Leave Trace action here.

The Splendid Beats Podcast

Crispy — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 04:50:07 +0000

Huzzah! It’s now even easier to keep on top of my Psilicon Dreams and other various mixes/downloads. The Splendid Beats Podcast is now live. Grab the feed from here, and automagically get my latest mixes as I post them. Ain’t technology grand?

If iTunes is your thing, you can subscribe/download the podcast from here.

Leave Trace & Crispy on Facebook

Crispy — Wed, 19 May 2010 17:57:21 +0000

I’ve set up a fan page for my musical activities on Facebook, so that those of you that would rather get your info there can now do so. I still do not have a personal account for interacting on FB, but this seems like a nice way to broadcast my updates to the FB universe.

Check me out at http://listn.to/LeaveTraceCrispy.

Chillography merch

Crispy — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:49:08 +0000

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

The Tweet is on.

Crispy — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:25:20 +0000

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.

And I’m back…..

Crispy — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:54:38 +0000

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.

and we’re back

Crispy — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:36:13 +0000

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.

RSS is A-OK

Crispy — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:38:20 +0000

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.

crickets

Crispy — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 06:00:23 +0000

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.

New site layout

Crispy — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 07:34:08 +0000

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.

Review :: Sigur Rós at Benaroya Hall

Crispy — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:02:27 +0000

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.

Is this thing on?

Crispy — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 02:52:41 +0000

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.