Words escape me. I’m so excited about this web experience I can barely contain myself! As you know, I love music, and as you know I love to share music with people. This web experience (I won’t even call it a website because it’s that sick) is a dream for all those people who are DJs at heart. If you know what it feels like to play a song in front of a hundred+ people and once the beat hits every single one of them is jumping up and down, then you know what I’m talking about. You’re a DJ at heart and this is the site for you. I first read about this website concept and wasn’t sure if it was just Pandora/Hypem on steroids. It’s that and a whole lot more. I signed in using my facebook login, which right there tells you how viral this thing is going to be, I arrived at a lobby which instructed me to enter a room. Easy enough. I found a room which was playing a song that was familiar to me and was delighted to see that I had become an avatar in a crowd of 20 other people bobbing their heads to four DJs at the front of the stage. Quickly I saw that I could “Awesome” or “Lame” this song and let the DJ know if I was feeling it or not. I was feeling it so I “Awesome”‘d the song and my avatar started bobbing his head. DOPE. Okay so this was already a win in my mind, and then something crazy happened. A DJ left the room and his spot said “Play Music”. Um Yes. Next thing I know I’m searching for a song to play. It was an old school hip hop kind of crowd so I chose one of my alltime favorites, “My Boo” by Ghosttown DJs. Just old enough to invoke nostalgia, just fast enough to get a crowd going. It was the perfect song at the perfect time. The crowd erupted with comments: “YES” “Okay I feel ya!” “They you go noob” “He put it down”. That’s the feeling I’m talking about. DJ’s look no further. Turntable.fm. Find me ‘DJ Reliable’ never going to let you down!
Our new blogger David Suddendorf. Nice find brother.
You never know when a knife comes in handy. Just the other day I was in need of one as I got myself into a sticky situation. I was in a pool hall with a couple of friends but had this eerie feeling something was about to go down. We ended up calling our other friends and all met up at this abandoned warehouse. Low and behold, a guy in a white jacket rolls up on a forklift with his crew there too. We back in to each other and bam! Our hands get tied together and its a knife fight. The CardSharp knife converts to the size of a credit card. I just pulled out my wallet, made a couple of folds and was ready for war. In the back of my mind, fear set in. I hope I don’t get stabbed. Luckily a guy with no affiliation to either of us comes up sporting a red leather jacket and jheri curl to break up the skirmish. With no explanation, we all break out in a flashmob dance and everything ended up alright. Without a knife however, I may have not had a chance to dance.
Okay. It’s time for full disclosure here. I was in a fraternity. But before you ‘unsubscribe’; you should know that there were truly some great things that happen in a fraternity. Yes, the parties were great and so were the… well the parties were great! But something I will take with me is that a group of guys who are all on the same page can do just about anything. Things you would write off as impossible or just plain ridiculous. But put 90 people with similar goals at something and amazing things happen. Check out one of such feats by a fraternity group recently debuting on ‘America’s Got Talent’. The kid in me dressed in a toga is cheering for them.
Thanks Al for the heads up!
Touted as the “Entourage of the East Coast”, the Mark Wahlberg produced “How To Make It In America” is set to debut on HBO at 10 p.m. Valentine’s day, 2010. Filled with a familiar cast that includes Finch from “American Pie” fame, Kid Cudi and Bryan Greenberg from “One Tree Hill” (For clarification: I got that from IMDB, I do not watch “One Tree Hill”), the story is based on two twenty-somethings trying to make it big in the New York fashion scene. After watching the first episode (HBO is previewing it on YouTube), the show has a lot of promise and left me wanting more at the end, a la “Entourage”. The music was awesome (DJ Green Lantern and Cudi put out a mixtape for the show that you can download here) and this will be something that gets DVR’d.
A little late for New Year’s but do you really need something to celebrate in order to drink champagne?
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ComingFresh is celebrating our one year anniversary. We’ve enjoyed posting our favorite music, toys and styles with all of our devout fans. Here’s to a great 2010. Merry Christmas to all and keep ComingFresh.
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Here at ComingFresh we are constantly inspired by fresh, new and amazing music. Well dance is the personification of that music and if you get that, then you need to check out this performance. One of the greatest hip-hop/contemporary pieces I’ve ever seen.
Thanks to Katrina O. for the link.
There are a few things I have witnessed in my life that I will try to explain to my kids. Michael Jackson is one of those things and when I try, I will fail. How can you explain something that is bigger than life, art and talent? I will tell them that their popstar idols are pathetic, that the words ‘popstar’ and ‘idol’ shouldn’t even be used ever again because Michael is what it means to be those things and he is no more. I will tell them that Michael had a dance move that made people think he was either floating on air or using optical illusions like a magician would. I’ll tell them that Thriller sold almost 3 times more copies than the second place album of all time. That he is what it means to be an artist and not just a singer or musician. I’ll describe his work ethic, play the Motown 25th Anniversary performance of Billie Jean and tell them that Michael cried afterwards because he thought he could’ve done better. I’ll play them Wanna Be Startin Somethin, The Girl is Mine, Beat It, Human Nature, Billie Jean, Thriller, P.Y.T., The Lady in my Life and when they say “Dad, we get it! He had good songs.” I’ll take Thriller out and put in another one of his 8 solo albums.
They won’t understand what Michael Jackson was all about and it will be because he is indescribable. Words were not meant to describe something that great.
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With recent news that Michael Jordan will be inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame, one man has surfaced as the reason behind Jordan’s greatness. No its not Dean Smith or his late father James Jordan. It is Leroy Smith. Leroy has been quite busy with instructional videos, video games, and a song (which sounds strangely familiar to that of the vocals of Ryan Leslie.. You be the judge). I am not sure what this is all about but you have to check it out for yourself at www.getyourbasketballon.com. The behind the scenes video is the best one.
Fascinating video from so many perspectives:
1. It takes someone revolutionary to start a trend.
2. This defines viral marketing and social media.
3. As crazy as you may feel at times. Be yourself. People will take notice.
4. However it is that you dance. Don’t ever stop.
