Halloween Secrets

In the spirit of Halloween I decided to write a little helpful guide for you fellas who keep asking yourself "What the fuck am I supposed to be for Halloween this year?"

You would've gone thru this list at least once before asking yourself the question:

- "I don't want to be shirtless, I haven't worked out in months."
- "Masks are a hot mess at the bar/club. I want the ladies to see my handsome face."
- "I realize about 80% of the guys in (your current location for partying) have/has the same costume idea as me.."
- "I don't want to spend that much on a costume because it's retardly expensive for a fucking piece of cloth."

There's only a small number of us who will go out of our way to drop the $50+ on a costume you'd probably wear only for one weekend. You'd also probably be spending more money on shots, b-wraps, the ladies, etc. So in total, you'd probably be spending around...

$200-300 bucks? FUCK that!

I'm here to let you in on a little secret I discovered; found this out last year and wow, it is perhaps the best fucking costume idea ever. What I'm talking about is:





That's right folks. A mustache.

You can get really creative with any sort of mustache (I feel like beards would also fall into this category, but let's face it, mustaches don't make a woman's face itch as much as a beard during intimate moments). You can use any of your ol' clothes in the closet to make brand new costumes ON THE SPOT.

$5 mustache + Button-up + White tee + Extra accessories = Mexican Drug Cartel member
$5 mustache + your one Fedora in your closet + Cardigan or Peacoat = '50's-80's Dapper Rico-Suave
$5 mustache + White Bedsheet + Scissors = White Bedsheet Ghost with a mustache

The possibilities are endless, and all pretty fucking cheap compared to buying stupid plastic guns, costumes that are wayyy too hot or cold... and the only bit of sacrifice for this would be your upper lip.

Though it is already in the middle of Halloween weekend and many of you have already prepared costumes for the night... this post is to ya'll who are always fashionably late to everything and always let the flow of life guide you to your destiny..

The Ultimate Fashion Buff
-FB

This just about sums up my longtime blog hiatus:

Piece of Mind

The Guy with Jokes
-FB

Hungover as Shit

...

Woke up still drunk from all the partying the night before. I'm never the type to go out to a club and see dudes like this guy passed out in the booth while puking himself.. not at all. I generally spend most of my days hidden in the shadows and not getting sloppy at the booth while getting broken off like you wouldn't remember a damn thing.

Needed to get some pho, and FAST. Made a few phone calls, we all mob up, and onward into the pho restaurant.

Still drunk as fuck, periodically puking while trying to enjoy my meal (that I didn't even order) I thought it was time to move on and take action. Service was poor and I had to wait for my meal for about an hour and a half; that totally calls for a dine and dash.

We make it around the corner then start slowing down. It wasn't until the homeboy said "I think someone is chasing us..?" that we started running for our lives back inside my apartment building. Luckily we had a half a block ahead of him; as we entered the building the guy chasing us was downstairs pulling on the door trying to get in. I've never experienced a true "dine and dash" like this ever.

No, I do not condone misbehavior like this on the regular, but seriously, this place was fucking asking for it.




Hoodrat Gangsta Shit
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THA MIXTAPES SHUN!

500 of these babies all wrapped in plastic film and with its own barcodes! HELL YEAH!

So far I haven't sold any of these yet, but I will be soon as the weekend hits (or maybe even at practice, who knows?).

If you wanna cop your own hit me up via email: theboogiefish@gmail.com.

$7 takes it all, that means:
25 minutes of music I've never released online
Better quality than most bboy mixtapes
Your happiness guaranteed

Soon to be "Tha Don"
-FB

Edit: I've made a couple sales here and there since this last post. Things are lookin' pretty good! Can't wait to see everyone at the next couple jams (World of Dance, Han Woo Ri Battle, Always Beefin', Friends or Foes)

Free Stuff.. WHOOOOP!

Hey everyone,

So another long awaited update on my whereabouts and doings. I have been quite well; as Wreck Room continues to become into something I would imagine would be the ideal "dancer's haven," I managed to finally put the orders in for Fish Food Collections (click here for fish food one or two for a sample). Should be arriving in a couple weeks, and here are three reasons why you should pick one up:

1. There is an additional 25 minutes of music that cannot be heard from any of the links above (which in total it is a whopping 60+ minutes worth of music). If you already enjoy what I have to offer on my other free mixtapes, then I'm sure you'll be saying something along the lines of "BECAUSE OF THIS FISH BOOGIE MIXTAPE I CAN FINALLY HIT MY AIRFLARE-FLARE-90 COMBO FLAWLESSLY AND NOT FEEL A DAMN THING."

2. This being the first CD released in my lifetime, I'm sure if I ever become someone worth knowing it'll be good for personal keepsake.

3. Support Support Support..

Peep game in another couple weeks till I get it. It'll be dope!!

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Many of you have been asking me about my playlists (especially tracks I play for Wreck Room nights) and wondered if you can get a playlist to get down to and enjoy; so I decided to compile a personal playlist I listen to randomly when I'm outside from DJing or dancing--and yes, majority of the shit I listen to is already from Wreck Room anyhow... Tell me what you guys think and if I get enough feedback I'll continue putting out playlists like this more often:

A Phat Personal Playlist

The BAWWWS
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CDs and lots of it

It's 2011 and we see more and more folks moving into the bandcamp/mixcrate/itunes direction when it comes to purchasing music. Besides the big named artists like Beyonce or Kanye West using this as a source of income, but we are beginning to see that a lot of no named artists (I suppose I fall into this category..) are beginning to use this as their weapon of choice for the hustle and nowadays, we just don't see as many CD's.

Luckily with bboys and mixtapes, a lot of folks are kinda prehistoric and not up-to-date with technology; then it makes sense that CD's can still thrive and be used more frequently than any business card with "check out douche bag dan's awesome fucking mixtape at www.dogshitmcfartfart.blogspot.com" written next to his phone number and name (I'll actually be including one of these in each of my CD's so... does this make me a douche bag too? :/ ). I figure if I can have something physical to give out to people it would boost my morale by 90% because lately, I have been pretty lazy and eating out a lot--man's biggest tragedy in life.

..On a lighter note, after finishing the last touches of Fish Food Volume 2 I'll be printing this on CD along with FF Vol. 1 as Fish Food Collections. Haven't figured out all the logistics yet, but I'm just lettin ya'll know it's coming up verrrry... soon!! =)


Douche-bag Dan's most trusted friend
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A Fireside Moment with Fish Boogie.

It's been awhile folks. This update is about some Q&A's I'm sure many of you have about me--considering that the majority of the time I am either busy spinning behind the tables at jams or I am stuck hiding in my room/cave/lab where nobody can seem to find me. One day I will be man enough to say all the things I want to say when I do get interviews in the future, for now this'll work.. kinda:

Q: So what got you into DJing?

A: Hmm.. well music is the only thing out there that really makes me happy. If it didn't involve music I struggled with it, plain and simple. I don't like numbers or facts, I just like the way music is interpreted to a person because there really isn't a right or wrong way of taking it in. DJing has a way of being the messenger of the past, you can dig up shit thats from the 1950's or from whatever period it came from and still be appreciated till this day. You can't forget a melody the way you forget the facts.

Q: Describe your style. What/who has influenced your style to what it is today?

A: Organic Funk. If you don't like anything funky or you got seatbelts on, you won't like me. If you're like me and loves listening to everything and anything out there, you'll definitely dig what I got to offer.

Q: One piece of advice for any up and coming DJ's?

A: I was watching this interview with J-Rocc from the Beat Junkies whose words still ring true to me till this day, which is to "stick with it." All it takes is a little luck with being in the right place at the right time... everything else will fall into place. Everyone's got the opportunity to make shit happen, you just gotta increase your chances of that happening.

Funny thing is, even after writing all of this I figure I will MOST LIKELY not even answer the same if this was all being done elsewhere. Maybe this pseudo-interview will come up again sometime in the future (highly unlikely but it would kick ass) or it can be mentioned again. This could be the start to something great!

Mixtapes: I KNOW a lot of you guys have been waiting on me to get off my ass and finish this damn thing! I know I've been busy, I think I've just been enjoying life too much to be working at the moment... It's just a phase folks, I'll be back soon.

EDIT: I edited some of the answers because I had actually thought about the questions some more after doing some "reinventing of myself.." I'd still most likely use a different answer each time I get interviewed though. lol..

-FB

Shortcuts and Traveling

Shortcuts are like winning $20 off your scratch ticket or going out to eat instead of cooking dinner at home. It's hella easy, you profit from it, and you can see life in a dimension that is quite overlooked and should be examined every once in awhile when life "gets hard." Obviously some of these shortcuts aren't so good to take (e.g. speeding life up on a cocaine binge or anything along those lines... err.. no pun..) but without em, it would take years to figure out some answers just because you never got around to experiencing them in the first place. Shortcuts.. they're the shit!

Take dancer X for example. Dancer X was fortunate to have been practicing with bboys who all specialize in incredibly difficult power moves that took them years to learn. To be able to gain those personal tips from them is in a way a shortcut compared to dancer Y who had been dancing in his bedroom for 10 years alone in his basement with no one to tell him how to fix his awful windmill he can't seem to be doing correctly. It's nice to get that extra boost once in awhile, it makes things in life go by a little faster (like all the extra practice time you get from learning from good bboys instead of trying to unlock moves on your own).

But that's not what I'm talking about here. Traveling is THE NUMBER ONE shortcut to getting good REAL fast. Mark my words, find anyone out there that is well-known for their art and hasn't done any traveling.. you won't find any!

With each trip I make to different states and cities, one thing I always walk away with is knowing where your place is in a room full of strangers who may/may not like what you're about and what you've got to offer. Even if you did the best in your hometown, you could be a total wreck in a different city--and folks will let you know it. After traveling, sometimes you realize that maybe "its not so bad back at home," sometimes it could turn out to be "a place where you need to move," or a "horrible pile of dolphin shit where 'home sweet home' rings so true." Regardless, you learn things instinctively and very quickly.

Sure, you lose that $1000 dollars going out to IBE to rep for maybe 30 seconds, but the experience of traveling, culture shock, meeting new people and languages, the food... that in itself is something that takes huge balls and becomes something that is a part of you for the rest of your life whether you know it or not! As humans our instincts are to adapt to our surroundings and have complete mastery over it. To submerge yourself in a spot where everything is unfamiliar makes you feel shaky, weak, insignificant... that is why in this sense, traveling becomes a shortcut because you want to adapt and improve. Photos, videos, books can only get us so close to actually just flying out to let's say... Brazil?

Take a moment to enjoy your short life with going somewhere far away from home. Get lost once in awhile, it's quite refreshing..!

-FB

Pardon me but FUCK!!

...

Woke up today with sunshine, rainbows and some tender Louis Armstrong music playing in the background. Life was awesome momentarily for approximately one hour before officially becoming fucked-like-no-other.

Alas, there was an exam in the only class I've been going to consistently since the beginning of this quarter...great!! I blindly took the exam while the sunshine, rainbows and tender Louis Armstrong music continued to swag out and point fingers as if they were reminding me, "you got another blind exam too. You're screwed, homie." I then spent the rest of the hour listening to the most depressing music in the world and choking on half-sobs and boogers that needed to be wiped very badly.

The two exams were over and now was the time to pick up the pieces and recuperate. That's when I remembered about this group that was stuck on my headphones for.. about a month or two now?

Whitest Boy Alive



Personal synopsis: Imagine if Daft Punk's "Discovery" album meeting Kings of Convenience (the singer in this band is also the singer in the other band.. cool!). There aren't any electronic sounds, nothing fancy actually, just really catchy. This can be found being played at weird hipster parties, urban outfitters, or anything that is borderline between gay and very manly. The song that got me interested in this band was "1517" although many of the other songs are just as unique and enjoyable. If you are listening to "Rollercoaster Ride," if you happen to have a way to listen to your music slowed down, try listening it to it at -6% speed, it sounds almost haunting..!

Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars

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Be a supporter

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Wreck Room and Claws Out is coming up this weekend starting tomorrow. If you've got nothing to lose, I would hope to see you at these events! :)

-FB

Time to stop dehumanizing myself and being more personable

I've finally come to terms with myself, and one thing I missed most about my life is writing and documenting the things I do on a day to day basis. There is a certain feeling and understanding one gets from reading the words from someone else on a blog entry (journal, diary.. etc.) versus putting the pieces together from comments and "likes."

To become someone that matters in this world now is.. very difficult. People have their own belief systems, networks, bubbles that don't reach as far out as they used to. It is a very strange thing to think that because of this technology, it should be easier to connect A and B together because the internet made the world flat... right?

Inversely, it has caused us to only pay attention to details that matter to us. Nothing new or foreign ever seems to matter anymore, just whatever goes on in/out your circle, anything big, annoying, awesome.. it just doesn't occur to us that in the bigger spectrum of things, we have all put ourselves in a box and we didn't even know it.

Honestly it's been awhile since I've had the chance to sit down and just.. write. I don't want to be the "all amazing upcoming craze" that gets the spotlight only momentarily. I think it's worth much more if people follow me understanding my human capabilities instead of this inhuman figure that seems to do everything right (all the time)..

I think by writing to the world, honestly and with no doubts, people will get me. I laugh and cry at the same shit everyone else does, I just happen to DJ, and I just happened to try to do what I love doing for a living, that's it.

My updates on this blog used to be only about posting new music, mixtapes, free shit that anyone can come through and say "thanks dude.. Adios, I'll never see/hear you again!" I think it's time I rekindled this fire for writing and put those thoughts onto paper (err.. blog entry)!

If you've liked what I've done in the past, if you think there are somethings I can do better.. hit me up! I'd be more than willing to hear you out, chop it up, trade music.. whatever is clever.. Stay up!

-FB

Songs are worthless, so share them

Title says it all. We need to set aside our attachments to one or two songs in order to discover tens or thousands of others. I thought about it awhile back and figured it may be very vital for those who really involve themselves in the digging culture and understand what it takes to find new music:

Reasons Why Not to Put Worth Into Songs:

DJs who have been DJs their whole life are still looking for old music
--> This means there are billions of songs stil out there and undiscovered
--> This means there are also thousands of "newer" songs untouched that other DJs don't play
--> That means everyone's personal playlists are unique and independent
--> That means everyone has at least a handful of songs that no one has heard of
--> That means trading music should be: "Your best for my best," "Your worst for my worst," "My favorite for your favorite..!!"

Trading 10000 songs wil get you 1000 songs you don't have, 100 really fucking dope songs, and 10 of them become of actual use (in setting up your playlist).

Imagine if every musician decided to keep their own songs to themselves because they didn't want others to be in possession of it. Not only will they never have fans listening to their music, but nobody will know of them because their music was never in circulation to the general public. Music wasn't created to be kept in your ipod all to your lonely self. Hand it off to 2-15 people, I'm sure for a few of them their lives will never be the same after listening to "that one song."

The only reason why I am able to dig the way I do is because the ones who had passed the torch to me made it clear that music is to be shared and appreciated.

-FB

April Mayhem

Hello!

It's been quite some time since I have updated my blog. There have been a few changes since the last update. As of these next couple weeks, I am blessed with the opportunity to spin for a couple big jams coming up. First in the line up is Massive Monkees Day:



info here: Massive Monkees Day

It's crazy to be spinning for an event that I saw as one of the biggest events in the NW in the past! Though I came into the bboying scene as of 2004-05, back then the battle has remained as "one of the only jams worth going out to" for out-of-towners. For this year, aside from finally readjusting the reoccuring issues from the past (preliminary battles that took... FOREVER!!) but there is a line up of DJs that will keep the intensity up all day/night for that Saturday. If you aren't up to anything good on this weekend, try and make it out--even better, come find me and say hello! :)

Second is Claws Out NW:



info here: Claws Out NW

For the last 2 years this event has been successful and has been hailed as one of the newer big jams building repertoire in the west coast (this event originating from the LAX). I have been fortunate enough to have this event to debut as my first big event alongside one of NW's best breaks DJs, DJ Blesone (associated with MASH HALL and THEY LIVE). If you havent heard of him, please take the time to check him out; his mixtapes were-and still is-one of the best mixtapes to put in your stereo and dance to.. real talk.

The video project I was working on the past fell through. There is however a Claws Out promo I am currently working on due next week, as well as another small project for a friend's break video (we'll see how that turns out).

With the amount of shit going on in my life, the mixtape STILL has been at a halt.... I APOLOGIZE!! I know a lot of people have been asking for the full release of Fish Food vol. 2.. but TRUST ME, I think it may be worth the wait..!!!

Also, if you haven't been following me on twitter, please get at me: @theboogiefish. I am more likely to respond quickly and more frequently.. so mention me in a shoutout or something. Tell me something interesting, share a funny joke, throw some sand in my face, I dont care!.. well, maybe not that last one, but you know it happens once in awhile. ;)

Things are falling into place, and these rather "small" baby steps are finally getting me somewhere.

Thank you all for the continued support, I'll be working hard to make bigger things happen. We'll all just have to wait and see now..!

-FB

Fish Food Vol. 2 Teaser (20MIN promo)

Hey folks,

So instead of finishing up the mix, I got too anxious and wanted the rest of ya'll hear what I got so far. I plan on printing the finished product out (along with Fish Food Vol.1) and selling them at jams I go to soon. I will also have it available for bandcamp as well, however by purchasing it digitally you wont be able to get additional goodies I will be giving out along with a physical CD (yes, you might like iet a lot!). Please enjoy what I have for now, and be on the lookout for the full 100% release! Thanks again for always being a valued listener! :)

Fish Food Vol. 2 (UNFINISHED) by theboogiefish

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Blog Facelift

Hey folks,

Hopefully you guys will like the new layout I created using the blogger toolbars (I tried my best making it look simple and clean) and so far, I like the way it turned out. I may do some further tweaking as the next couple weeks roll by; hopefully it'll continue adding to the "perfect look" I am envisioning when I think "awesome DJ's blog to check out cause it looks really really cool."

Fish Food Vol. 2 is in the works, definitely getting a lot of good/constructive feedback from the first one (in which I will keeping in mind) and I can't wait to finish working on it! Decided to change up my mixtape strategy and cut down on the skits/shoutouts (because we all know we can't stand listening to more than 30 seconds of [sorry just saying] shoutouts to a million different bboys we dont care about at the moment because we just want to listen to some damn music)!

Funny how I added the skit on mixtapes in Fish Food Vol. 1 though. Phonte really broke it down when he mentioned that nobody cares about all the special/extra features people throw into mixtapes because people just want to hear good music... thats it!

A lot of things are suddenly picking up the pace. A lot more side projects than usual, mixtapes to be worked on, jams to be thrown, etc. etc... Its looking good so far for 2011. I can't wait to see whats in store for the next couple of months!

I'll be releasing Fish Food Vol. 2 along with additional tracks to check out via the Monthly Giftbox. Thank you for the continued support!

-FB

New Mixtape: Fish Food Vol. 1

Hey folks, finally decided to dig up some old zombies and bring a mix back I was working on last year.

There's actually a handful of other mixes I never brought out to the public, mainly because: 1. I am absolutely fucking paranoid about my own work, 2. I had a PS3, and 3. a good chunk of time was spent making playlists for events instead of mixtapes. Go figure which of the reasonings was the main one.

Featured on this mixtape is album art provided by Identity Studios and their select artist of the week Strange Program.

Fish Food Volume 1 by theboogiefish

I plan for this to continue until something good happens. Till then, expect lots of mixtapes for the future..


-FB