NEXT GIG: Day of the Dead

or in proper spanish, El Dia de los Muertos

Wed Nov 1st
Celebrate the Mexican All Saints Day and Rochelle & Heidi's birthday!!

Squid Leader (Shameless/Numeriklab)
Kadeejah Streets w/ NightTrain (Innerflight)
Manos (Sub-merge/Uniting Souls)
Jen Woolfe (Leschi Lounge)
and surprise guest appearance

@ Dantes
5300 Roosevelt Way
$5 donation

Remember the Druids

20th Oracle Gathering: The Other Side @ CHAC

On October 28th at the Capitol Hill Arts Center, wander through a visual and auditory kaleidoscope that will alter your senses and burn limitations. Travel through a labyrinth that will take you down into the creepy depths of the shadows and up through the bright, expansive light.

Take ritualistic journey through the density of cultural dissonance at the midnight prayerformance. As we release the chains of fear and attachment we herald the collapsing of duality. Suspended in the void of possibility together we will carve a new dimension of earthly experience birthing our community to whole new spiral of our cultural evolution.�

In this world, you will have an opportunity to step through the veil, another side of perception, or perhaps to realize you have been on the other side the entire time.

The Oracle Gatherings beckons you to join us on our 20th journey as we explore The Other Side.


Learn about your community with:
* Daniel Pinchbeck - Author of the brilliant new book titled: 2012 The Return of Quezecoat
* Lorenzo Hagerty
For more information about these workshops and a full evening of programs on Friday, October 27th, please visit Exploring the Global Consciousness Shift

Experience the musical soundscapes of:
* Ghreg on Earth (SF) Fast Paced, Futuristic Soundscapes and Sonic Mythologies
* Danny (Moontribe, Symbiosis, Glitch Mob - CA)
* Osiris Indriya (Iboga Records, IOSIS Art Party, Oracle Gatherings � SEA) From progressive to psytrance through breaks and hard techno
* Michael Manahan (Oracle Gatherings - SEA)
* Taal Mala (SUB OSC, Lighta! Sound, deadbydawn Soundsystem - East Vancouver, BC) Soundbwoy slewin' dubplate mashup
* Arc, with Michael Manahan, Traeger Evans, and Michael Miracle
* Kevin Hills (Oracle Gatherings - LA)
* DJ Tusk (Dead By Dawn Soundystem, Lighta Sound, Royal Platoon, SubOsc Crew, The Fam VAN) Combining dark mysticism, Ragga & Industrial with the Dubstep axioms of Pace, Space and Bass
* phowa (BC)
* Sweet Anomaly with the Ancient Rugged Revival (BC)
* Rob Noble (WA)
* Terminus (Somatic Revolution - SEA)
* Michael Miracle (SEA)

Enjoy performances by:
* Funginears

Healing Sanctuary with:
* Dana Stream, LMP, Ritual Master
* Candace McNaughton, ND
* Jonathan Brant, LMP
* Vila Loukas, LMP
* Suzanne Friedman, LMP

Spiritual Readings by:
* Nikki Ross
* Spookee
* Falana
* Samantha Fox
* Colin Leetham

Witness the Prayerformance,
* Written by: Isis Indriya and Joanna Welfley
* Directed by: Joanna Welfley

Video Projections & Visuals by:
* Jacobeye
* Phong

** Music Ritual Performance Communiversity - Art **

Tickets are $25 at

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/7075
$30 at the door; Find the Tarot card for $5 off the presale price

Tickets also available at:
On Capitol Hill - Travelers Shop 502 E. Pine St. 206.329.6260
and Vajra 518 Broadway E (206) 323-7846
In the U-District - Gargoyles Statuary 4550 University Way N.E. 206.632.4940

Saturday, October 28, 2006
Capitol Hill Arts Center
1621 12th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122

come out, come out whoever you are...

I came out at a work meeting yesterday. It was more like a training than a meeting and its not any big secret or anything. But it was still difficult to say it in such a formal way. We were learning about how best to interract with different cultures in a work environment. We all introduced our cultures and, I dunno, I felt like if I didn't mention the gay culture that I wouldn't be representing myself properly. I also came out as an artist and a hippie. One small step...

Friday Oct 20 –
Breaks & Freaks @ Nectar
POLYPHONIC w/ Mr Leisure, Justin Byrnes, Saigon
Masterkraft w/ Kadeejah Streets & Recess @ Chop Suey
Shameless afterhours at the egg
HOT MESS presents Avenue D, along with special guest DJ Wasabi
DJ Moses w/ Uniting Souls @ SeeSound Lounge

Saturday Oct 21
Melange @ Des Amis - our NEW night!!
Spinderella @ Girl4Girl

Sunday Oct 22
Peanut Butter Wolf @ Neumos

NEXT GIG: Mélange @ Des Amis

Saturday, Oct 21

Mélange @ Des Amis
DJ Eddie (Decibel)
Saigon (Lab-77)
Jen Woolfe (Leschi Lounge/Session)
w/ LIVE SAX by Sklobot (Leschi Lounge)


Come by early for Comedians starting out at 8pm
Lizzy Pilcher
Doug Gale
Rosalie Gale
Blaine Reeder
Paul Currington

21+ , 8pm - 2am, $5
Des Amis (in the cozy basement)
1013 E Pike St. Seattle

NEXT GIG: Club Lagoon tonight!

Thursday, Oct 19 @ Club Lagoon
with DJ Fuel!

spinning House, electro, Retro & Dance Hits
210 Broadway
No Cover!
10pm - 2

NEXT GIGs: Trinity, War Room & LSC

What a big weekend for me!!

Thu Oct 12 - Jacks, Queens & Kings @ Trinity Card Room
w/ Adlib & Vudu & Fishlure & Fuel
Fri Oct 13 - Cherry @ the War Room w/ Mathematix, Amateur Youth and Texas Justice
Sat Oct 14 - Last Supper Club w/ LA Kendall and DJ Fuel

Trinity Nightclub - 111 Yesler Way
The War Room - 722 E Pike
Last Supper Club - 124 S Washington St

A Playa Magic Part III - A Birthplace of Art

Out of the 7 nights that I was at the burning man event, I DJ'd 4 of them. That may not seem like a lot until you take into account the moving of gear and records back and forth, stopping by the day before to check-in and back the next day to pick up items forgotten. Headphones, mixers and records smeared with dust, put back into wrong envelopes, CDs momentarily misplaced. I was so busy with DJ tasks that I missed The Man burning and the Seattle Memorial Temple burn. I didn't ride on an art car or take a swim on the deep playa looking for ladders that touched the sky. I didn't see Alex Gray's camp with his amazing works or Bassnectar pumpin' beats into burner's hearts. I missed so much, sacrificed so much.

And yet, I gained.

On Tuesday night I DJ'd at Camp Lemeria, thanks to Jeremy Ball. That DJ capsule was amazing! It was in the shape of a spaceship. They even had air conditioning. Then on Wednesday night, I played for the BRC Zu kidz . Their cozy camp and great sound setup rocked my night.

On Friday night, Robb Green , the SF from Seattle transplant who had last DJ’d with me at Playa-go-Round the year before, joined me once again for our BRC ‘residency’. We'd each left the playa the year before with a specific sound in our minds, a sound that Robb had berthed at the Leschi Lounge only weeks before. A year later, we'd both brought that sound together as if we'd been playing it in accompaniment for years, even though we'd last played together 1 year before in that very same spot. Funk Rock Disco, a fusion of Funky Tech House and Electro Clash. We started off playing 5 records a piece, then three's. Soon we realized that our record bags were identical twins in terms of sound. We fed off each other with each new track, tantalized the progression of the set, played with each others' smiles. And we laughed like two kids who'd ingested mushroom-laced rice krispy treats. Pure playa magic. A birthplace of Art. Esnce blended brilliantly as he rode our wave, spinning the merry-go-round slightly deeper yet retaining all the ticklishness of Tech. J-SUN completed the circle, diving into his own devilish deviance, sending a crowd of clubbers deeper into the dusty sand, a true Seattle House legend in the making. Then on Saturday I received an amazing gift from Damian & Ryan. Esnce and I were asked to play from the time the man burned till dawn on the Esplanade at Idaho-built Blunderland. And what an amazing feeling that was, touching so many with our heart beats.

By DJ'ing at all the camps that I did, I spoke my Art to so many. I was asked to play at some of the most amazing spots on the playa, places where my music and melodies could be heard 1/2 mile out. I drew in crowds, even for a few moments, where around them are hundreds of clubs and art installations doing the same. I amused the attention of hundreds of burners who may never have blessed with my words had I decided to take the night out to fulfill my own intentions.

And so in Truth, I was blessed to play this year with friends, old and new. What a treat. What a true playa gift. Thank you, friends. Thank you, playa.

... one more installment! Stay tuned for part IV ... the Journey Home.

like a villian

(Fri Oct 6)
Polyphonic @ CHAC Lower Level
Jon Lemmon @ SeeSound Lounge

(Sat Oct 7)
Princess Superstar w/ Hot Mess & Cherry Residents @ Chop Suey
Shringara & Asian Underground -- Infinite Connections @ CHAC Lower Level

NEXT GIG: Faux Disco @ SeeSound

Wednesday Oct 4

Faux Disco @ SeeSound Lounge
Residents Colby b and LA Kendall of Hitgirl!
It's Electro-licious

SeeSound Lounge
happy hour 8-10
$3 wells & $5 menu

115 Blanchard St.
10pm - 2am
No Cover

Simply the way to do Business

I made some big mistakes last weekend. Fundamental mistakes. I’ve been avoiding the business aspect of DJ’ing because I hate dealing with money (though, I do like dealing black jack). I don’t count well beyond 16 and whenever anyone mentions the flimsy green stacks of paper that we put value into, my eyes gloss over and my ears create a tunnel from one to the other through my brain. I just don’t pay enough attention. But now is the time for me to start paying … attention. That was one mistake.

The second mistake was the opposite of fundamental. I trusted someone that I didn’t know. You may think that trusting a stranger is a mistake, but I disagree. I choose not to believe that. I will protect myself from it in the future, but I refuse to believe that the fundamental nature of the human being is to wrong his brothers and sisters. I think due to the environment surrounding us, this behavior is learned.

Which means it can be unlearned.

A freak thing happened to me on the 4th of July this year. I was sitting in a camping chair at the top of Liz & Lauri’s driveway, watching our friends shoot off fireworks to celebrate our great nation’s “independence”. Momo lit one – a big one! – that went off on the ground instead of in the air. Sitting in the front row about 10 yards away, I saw a bright green ember coming at me. It bounced off the ground twice and fell right into my V-cut t-shirt, dove down my blouse and bounced between my boobs. I jumped up and pulled the shirt away from me to get the flaming glow out from burning my skin, but it bit me pretty hard. I had a few burn scars and an awful lot of pain that night. It was such a freak thing… the chances of that piece of firework going right down my blouse. I compare it to Luke Skywalker shooting down the Death Star. Too weird to be an accident. There must be a message. – use the Force!

I came out of that experience thinking that I need to harden my heart, thicken my skin. I was really down on my self esteem Sunday morning. My bad decisions brought up feelings of guilt and hopelessness, exhaustion and self-doubt. I am pushed to my limits. It took me a few days after my experience this weekend to pull myself back into myself (with the help of many beautiful friends) and realize that what I feel inside is stronger than the forces that push against me. I relieve myself of my errors, learn and continue to fight. One step back to take two steps forward. Actually, fuck two steps. I’m taking a giant leap.