To Russia, with polonium 210

If you wanted to whack somebody would you use a weapon that is only available to a select group of people? In fact, would you use polonium 210, a rare radioactive agent found in specialized nuclear facilities? Well that's what happened to former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko.

It has conspiracy theory written all over it. Straight from some "Spy who came in from the cold" type ish. Former KGB spy who defects to the West gets taken out by some secret chemical agent. Everyone but Tony Blair is pointing fingers at the Kremlin (Russian government). Its pretty obvious that this spy who has been critising the Russian government was silenced by his former masters.

Or can it be so simple?

What if someone wanted to make the Russian government look bad? To cast suspicion and doubt on them. That would be the perfect ploy. Take out this guy with some top secret radioactive material, get huge publicity and everyone would look to the usual suspects. Hmmmmmm....makes you think.

Youtubin'



Been checking out this dude called Aries Spears. He's a comedian who does these really cool impersonations. His impersonations aren't perfect, but they are still pretty dead on - 'specially the Jay-Z one. Check it:





and this one too, a free style of Jay-Z, DMX, Snoop and LL......

I'm out like polonium 210,

DJ Ho

HAPPY B'DAY ASHBY!

The big man turned 25!!!!!!!

Congrats.

There are some boundaries that cannot be crossed.

There are some things that we must do even if we don't want to.

There are moments in life where we look back and laugh, cry, and reminisce.

There are times when we have to move forward and live our lives.

That's life.

DJ Ho.

The Heckler

Just watched the video where Kramer (Michael Richards) basically ends his career. The video isn't bad. It's very very bad. You know when your just absolutely shocked and your jaw just drops to the floor in amazement? That pretty much sums it up.

I know its hard to apologise after the event as he did on Letterman. But I don't think we should crucify the man. We all make mistakes, and he made a big one in public. He flipped out. Cracked under pressure. Couldn't hack it when someone heckled him. Yeah, he probably should have retorted with a smart ass comment without resorting to angry racist remarks.

I mean far out, he didn't even attempt to be funny - he just ripped those two black guys to shreds. I was waiting for the punchline, but there wasn't any! It is disgraceful behaviour. However, I don't believe that deep down he is racist. He just lost the plot.

Maybe, i'm a bit more lenient towards him cause I love Kramer on seinfeld. But should I separate the character from the man?

I'm out like Kramer's comedy career

or

I'm out like the Thorpedo

If it ain't broke, don't funk with it.

"I know you got soul!" - Eric B & Rakim

Last Friday night, when the rest of y'all were either drinking, clubbing in the city, crashing into bed after a long day in the office, or catching Borat at the cinemas, I ventured out into the white elephant formerly known as Fox Studios.

I rocked up at 9.45pm hoping to be entertained for the night. Damn, I'd been working 12 hour days for the past week or so and needed a break. Something to look forward to. What better way than to spend it watching a live funk/soul band called Breakstra?

I must admit I've never heard of Breakstra before last Friday. In fact, I was just hoping to not be ripped off after spending $45 on a group I've never heard of. Hailing out of Cali-for-ni-a, they brought the funk (and loads of it).

Performing live, they used a mixture of electric guitars, saxophones, keyboards, and drums. There actually wasn't much singing, though they did have female vocalist who was mediocre at best. But Breakstra brought it, playing song after song continuosly for about 1.5 hours. There wasn't a break inbetween songs, and seamlessly floated into the next song. It was a just a fusion of live instruments, funk (that's right funk, not crunk), solo performances, riffs, breakbeats, and some crazy renditions of classic songs.

I think the best part was when they played classics like James Brown and The Incredible Bongo Band's "Apache". There were even a few beats I reckonised from the Roots - I've actually read that the ?uestlove of the Roots sampled some of their stuff so I'm not surprised. It really was like James Brown meets the Roots while jamming to George Clinton. In short Breakstra was off the hook!

Interesting sidenote, I must have been the only Asian in the whole club. Ok, Ok, there were a few other token Asians, but it was a predominatly white (Caucasian) crowd. I reckon that the people that truly appreciate true soul/funk music in Australia are predominatly white.

Anyhow, awesome band though some of their stuff did start to sound repetitive but they broke up with some vocals and nice solo jams. And the saxophonist (if that's a word) was just amazing. He did an excellent vesion of DJ Kool's "Let me clear my throat" and the crowd went off!

DJ Ho rating: 9 outta 10.

I'm out like token asians at Breakestra,

DJ Ho

p.s. for an awesome rnb and soul podcast check out Chromegat's (obifromsouthlondon) playlist. Where you at dude?

Dunk you very much

It's a Saturday morning, and I've been up since 7Am on youtubes checking out the top 30 NBA dunks of all time. After this, I'm going to my mates house to watch game of the week: Miami Heat v New Jersey Nets.

The Dunkoff by DJ Ho

Perhaps your into the classics like Jordan and Domnique
The newer versions are Kobe and J-Rich who are a lil more sleek
Bringing the ball between the legs for a dunk
But the original was the East Bay Funk
Perfected by none other than Isiah Rider
However, the purists say there's nothing finer
Than a reverse dunk by Harold Miner
Cedric ceballos and Dee Brown did it blind
Little guys like Spud Webb and Nate Rob blew my mind

I can't choose between a 360 degree pump by T-Mac
Versus the rocket explosion of Franchise to the rack
How did Nique get 45? The judges must be on crack
Bring an extra backboard if Shaq attacks
The Reign Man comes down with the raw power
But I prefer the finesee of Stanbury's 360 tower

Dr J defied gravity by taking off from the free throw line
23 then wowed us with his hang time
So I didn't think mankind could jump any higher
Until I saw Josh Smith a frequent flyer
He elevates and gets up so quick
Like Neyo said, he's "so sick"

However, the greatest dunker in my mind
Has a combination that is one of kind
Strength, vertical, finesse, footwork and flair
More than just hanging in the air up there
Taking a lil bit from Jordan, Dr J and Dominque
Adapting it with his own style making it unqiue
It's Vince Carter, just ask Federic Weis.

I want.......

"Human wants are limited only by one’s imagination. Through human development, the more an individual sees and learns, the more their curiosity is awakened. This leads to the desire for different objects to rapidly intensify and multiply. Effectively, this causes human wants to be unlimited in number.................... "

- Gide

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I want my own car
I want to move out of home
I want to go travelling overseas
I want a masters qualification without doing the study
I want Boris Diaw to put up decent stats
I want to be able to cook
I want to dive into a pool
I want to work in the NBA
I want to be able to speak Mandarin fluently
I want a Grant Hill throwback jersey
I want to dominate in a basketball game
I want an arcade pinball machine
I want to be a kung fu master
I want $$$ and lots of it
I want it all

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".........However, wants are limited in capacity because a fixed quantity of resources can satisfy these wants. If one is thirsty, a certain amount of water can satisfy that need" - Gide

Black Donnellys v Dirty Pop

Been introduced to this new TV series by Rahul called the "Black Donnellys". I've only seen the pilot episode but its an interesting twist on the typical mob genre with these 4 Irish brothers (pictured above):

"The Black Donnellys follows the exploits of four young, working-class Irish brothers. Their involvement in organized crime in New York City will put their life at risk and they will do anything to protect each other from the hostility between them and the others New York families who want their territory. The series is produced by NBC Universal Television Studio in association with Blackfriars"


The first episode shows three brothers getting into deep do-do by robbing a truck of Hawaiian shirts, kidnapping a mob boss's nephew and then indirectly taking over the neighbourhood by killing the Italian and Irish mob boss.

DJ Ho @ Dirty Pop, Tank Nightclub



Checked out Tank Nightclub for the opening of their new night Dirty Pop. Went with Ed, Chuck, Rahul, Jen x 2, and a host of Sydney Techers. It was pretty good. The top level is the back of the Establishment and the bottom level is the basement of the Establishment. They had two rooms going downstairs, new/old skool rnb in one room, and 80's/90's pop in the other room.

I didn't realise at the time but that there was a second entrance at the back of the basement. When I eventually arrived downstairs the main area was empty, but everyone had filtered into the 80's/90's pop room from the back entrance.


Highlight of the night would have been this impromptu break dance battle. These guys decked out in semi-break dance gear were doing their thing. They started krumping, popping and locking, doing headstands, etc... A mate of mine, Ian couldn't stand it any longer, and jumped in and battled one of them wearing his work clothes - suit and all! He actually was pretty good. But then these guys who were obviously pros, didn't want to be embarrassed in public by some guy from an accounting firm, decided to blow everyone away with windmills and an inverted hollowback (I checked with my bro for the proper term, see pic below).



My chiropractor doesn't recommend this

Overall it was a good atmosphere, diverse crowd, expensive drinks (but all clubs are), excellent music.