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Woa. Last post was in July. That’s a while. I’d apologize if I cared to… but I don’t so eat it.

Its been a crazy second half of 2009, I thought I’d just hit the highlights:

If you follow my twitter or are one of my nearest/dearest Facebook friends, these would have streamed right in :)

The nice thing about taking a long break is that now I got a shit-ton (1 shit-ton = 2.8 metric tons) to write about without having to think too much about it…

Service Interruption

Hello all.

Service this past week has been shitty… the next week looks like it will be crap as well. Pimpin’ ain’t easy.

I’ll try to queue up some fun content while I do some globe trotting :)

Follow my twitter at www.twitter.com/sheynk for updates.

To make up for that here is a dope mix by the legendary KGBeats for your ear orgasmic pleasure:

Google Voice is not ready for prime (yet?)

Yeah I said it.

Believe me… I was the most psyched person in the world about Google Voice. As you might remember (or if you don’t here is a link), I have a fairly complex phone system. 5 numbers, 3 cellphones, 1 desk phone. I manage it pretty well using Skype (international forwarding/calling, messages) as a hub.

Out comes Google swinging with this awesome idea that you can use a single number as an “Uber Hub”. I start thinking to myself: “Self, you can have one number that gets voice mail (VM) from others, SMSes out, can call internationally for a discount, and can ring any phone as long as you have credit”. I was giddy when I got my invite to the service. I was wrong.

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Mix it up Friday: Jozwiak und Empro


Happy July 17th people! It isn’t a national holiday, but that does not mean we should not celebrate a mid summer Friday anyway. I thought something groovy and airy will set the mood before you get on your way to your weekend shenanigans…. and what do you know I’m posting early enough for EMEA and NA to get this on their Friday (yes…yes… a rare sight).

This week’s MIUP is about a duo of DJs. Empro and Jozwiak from Berlin rip shit up with this tight mix.

Trotting the globe report

Hello all.

One of my favorite features of Dopplr is the “Dopplr Report”.

The service automaticaly generates sexy reports of your travels. Here is mine for the first half of 2009. Something tells me that the second half is going to be even more air-mile-tastic.

My Dopplr Report

Video: Congrats Roger Federer!!!

… officially BEST TENNIS PLAYER EVER!

15 Grand Slams

Woa….

a ‘lil something his sponsors at Nike made to celebrate:

Bonus image of Fed in Dubai after the break.

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Mix it up Friday: Acos Coolkas


If you were to wake me up in the middle of the night and ask what is the best electronic music album to ever be released… without a moments hesitation I would tell you that its Cosmic Vision by Acos Coolkas. In fact… I am going to venture and say that I doubt that will ever change. Yes it is THAT good.

I’ve recently hit the mother load. Hours upon hours of ear melting amazing sublime spacey sounds.

Enjoy one of the sets:

Mix it up Friday: Dekay


Happy Weekend All!!!

Not only that… its a 4th of July weekend!!!! So extra happy weekend to all the US dwellers!

Have a relaxing Friday with this chilled out mix by Dekay

DEKAY aka Danny Kotz was born in Jerusalem in 1984 and playing jazz piano since he remembers himself.
A former break dancer and a self taught producer whos luckily grew up through the golden age of jerusalem’s underground music scene of the early millennium.

Enjoy!

Its all about the kicks

I need to put this out there as a permanent web record of the ultimate truth. Its all about the sneakers. Here are the top 3 ever (if you disagree, I don’t care)

1) Reebok Court Victory Force Pump. Coolest shoe ever.

2) Y-3 Sprint. For the jet setting douche in all of us.

3) Adidas Stan Smith. The forever fresh classic.

Yes. Some of you love your AF1s and Air Maxs. I love Rudolf Dasslers and think Cesare Paciotti makes sick shoes. These, however, rule the house.

Mix it up Friday: Abyss


Hello hello.

Fresh for your weekend listening is this superb mix from Abyss. A bit about the dude:

Amongst the masses of self hyped, facebook-fueled producers that consistently try the shortcut to musical success; there are few who choose to start with such solid foundations as Guiseppe Morabito aka Abyss.

Born in Naples, this Italian Producer turned heads last year with the single “Mind Games” on Ben Watt’s highly acclaimed Buzzin’ Fly Records. Although by no means his first studio output, this mystical and dark mover was a killer record and certainly caught a lot of people’s attention with everyone.

Enjoy!

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