Nope I don't need the tongue, I think I'll have the brain.

Well how's it going once again folks. Went to a birthday party for one of the Qatari locals and all I can say is that they throw one hell of a party. The place where the party was held was a private home yet the interior looked like something you would see at the White House or something. The meal was exquisite as well. We had goat, Lebanese salad, hummus, veggie mini pizza's, and rice and several other tasty dishes. It was all good till there was a disagreement who about who would eat the goat's brain and it's tongue.

Now not having been exposed to "treats" like this, my first impulse was to introduce everyone to my friend "Ralph". (Or in other words to vomit.) But I took it in stride. I mean cause I'm a foreigner in a new land. So just grin and bear it, and if offered to me politely refuse. Well I didn't have to worry about wording my refusal because all of a sudden two gentlemen were arguing over who should get the tongue. Now this was comical to me on many levels but mostly cause it was two grown men arguing about this piece of tongue. Then another argument started up about how should get the goat's brain. FUN TO BE HAD BY ALL. LOL

On another note, this one from the political realm. It looks like alot of drama is affecting the Republican party. I look forward in the next couple of weeks to see what happens. Oh well. TTFN.

Sorry an additional note as well. Met the lead attorney who works for the Qatari ruler and this guy is pretty amazing. He went to law school at Georgetown during the Watergate scandal. This guy is what I would like to be if I ever went into international law. And the girl who he was with. Man talk about HOT!! LOL. Also feel free to leave comments and criticism I have thick skin (thanks to the Army).

Things seen and heard

Yesterday evening while watching MTV Europe I saw some pretty cool videos. One was the new Paul Van Dyk, think it's off his new album, and I have to say it was pretty good. Bascially Paul and another gentleman act as guardian angels for an elderly man and his dog. Real nice video. Kind of made me wish for my dog Lika. (Oh and the video was called "The Other Side", I forget who the vocalist is but this sounds like an album worth buying. Even though I've always like a lot of the music PVD's made.) The other video I enjoyed was Bob Sinclair's "Love Generation". That song and video was pretty good. Now I just wish MTV would do away with lots of the shows like Ashlee Simpleton's, Newlywed's, Wonder Showzen, and the one with all the bratty kids who exploit their parent's money. Gee daddy look at me I'm spending all of the moola you worked so hard for to have a sweet 16 birthday party that no one is going to remember after a couple of years. Oh and if you don't get me what I want for a present I'm going to bawl like a baby and call you a bad parent. SICKENING. Oh well that is my rant and spill for the day. I will see you guys later.

And ladies if you want to make your man happy I would suggest getting EA Sports' NBA Live 2006. Your man will love you for it. My girl didn't get it for me but I know that if she did I would love her so much more (hint, hint). LOL

You might want to slow down highspeed.

Yesterday I went to my friend's birthday party at the Oasis club and I was very dissappointed at the turnout. The guys who were DJing there were doing a good job. (MAJ Dennis you need to keep on DJing you did a much better job than the guy who was at it later in the night.) They mixed the genres pretty well. They played, salsa, reggae, reggaeton (spelling might be incorrect I apologize), and hip-hop. I listened to the Spanish version of "Happy Birthday" and I never knew it was so long. Some people were joking that by the time the song was over, G would have gained another year. All in all pretty good. Except for one person.

Now some of you may know that here at the camp we have a three drink limit. Well I think a Staff Sergeant must have slammed all three of her drinks. By the night's end she was a belligerent drunk on the verge of passing out. By the time I left she must have passed out cause staff duty was piling her in the truck. Not the way I want to be remembered around here. LOL. This place is somewhat like a small town where everybody knows everybody. So you can be sure that everyone will know what happened. So my advice would be to slow down highspeed, you have another several months here and the alcohol isn't going to disappear.

The places we go and the people we meet.

Staying here in Qatar I now realize why they call it the "Switzerland of the Middle East". The people out here are not narrow minded. They allow The people here are friendly to a large extent and will go out of their to make your service enjoyable. Everyone here seems to be well off. And the architecture around here is pretty awesome.


I'm real excited because today I get to go out and pick up some shirts that I had tailored. Now I don't know why this is such a major event for me (it could be the fact that I was stuck in Kuwait with nothing to do for several months) but I'm giddy. I had about 5 shirts tailored which cost me about 500 Qatari Riyals. Not sure what it equates to in American dollars (might be about $100 or even less). I might even wear one to the birthday party today. I'm going to try to see if I can get a suit tailored for me as well. I will be taking pics of these items so that all can view and comment. Well TTFN.

Won't this guy ever learn?

Well ladies and gentlemen the guy who I lambasted in my last post, for being a pest, has gone and done it again. The night was going good. They had the salsa playing for a bit switched it up to The freak "Gloved One" (for those not in the know, that is Michael Jackson), and then played hip-hop. But then numbnuts goes in the booth and tries to act all hard and he just f'ed it up pretty bad. I don't know if this guy knows that he's a killjoy or what but someone needs to tell him before I do. Oh well. I have a birthday party to attend just not sure what day it is though. LOL. I think it's Saturday. Look forward to having fun. Will soon be posting pics up here so look out.

New Google content

Browsing other blogs to get some ideas and I came across this one from Brendan McCarthy at Dancerdance. I personally think this is awesome. But it still won't keep me from actually going out to get real paperback or harbound books. Hell I've got tons of books on my PDA and still buy alot of paperbacks.

Yes. And you are?

How's it going folks long time no see or hear from me I guess. Well I've moved to Qatar and am not DJing right now, though I probably should be considering the talent pool out here. We have a nice little club called the Oasis here and it's not too bad. I mean who can complain when you can now go out and get 3 beers, I'm not talking about the non-alcoholic variety seen around the camps in Kuwait, of Heineken, or Budweiser. But one thing really does get on my nerves, and this has always gotten on my nerves as a DJ, people who think they run the club and try to act all hard but are really not. These guys will come in and try to act like they are all hard and that people should bow down to them.

Well first things first.....YOU ARE NOT THE BIG MAN ON CAMP. Your just like the rest of us stuck here your no more important or less important than I or many of the others who live or come here to work. Because of your attitude though you are a dirt dart in my book.

Next if your not the DJ and you don't run the MWR, stay the hell out of the DJ booth. There really is no need for you to be there. Your occupying valuable space and air being in there.

Another thing just cause you think a song is "awesome" doesn't mean that the rest of the camp thinks it's awesome. If it's not going to get people out on the dancefloor than there really is no reason to play the song. The DJ's job is to get people out there to vibe, dance, and generate drink sales for the club, not for you.

Now this is to the jackass who brought his piece of crap guitar out to the Oasis during hip-hop night. NUMBNUTS, GET A CLUE, THERE IS A REASON WHY THERE IS A THEMED EVENT AT THE CLUB. You want to get that loving feeling do us all a favor and take it elsewhere. I'm pretty sure those who went to the back area to smoke, since they can't do it in the building, did not want to hear Jimmy Buffet, (I like Maragaritaville, thinks it's from spending too much damn time in South Carolina), songs or namely any damn country songs. You should have taken your pathetic self to the Top-Off club which was having a country night. I understand your a loser and need to reach out at hip-hop night to try to convert people but it's just not going to work.

To the guy who feels the constant need to go into the DJ booth, just to announce "NO DRINKS ON THE DANCE FLOOR", I don't think the DJ is a mute or handicapped so he can probably accomplish this on his own. We don't need your input. The officer who was DJing the other night got it right. He did it on his own cause he knew he was grown and didn't have to rely on someone else to do it. So hopefully the DJ can go ahead and do this as well without your input.

And is there some way we can get more than just hip hop and country played out here. Hell play some rock, folk, and techno, something than these other two genres educate the people out there.

Well that is all for now. And I'm not going to comment on the DJ's mixing skills cause I understand he's just starting out (I hope he is cause his mixing straight up sucks (not that bad)!! LOL)

*I'm adding a counter to my blog but unfortunately it includes an ad for the University of Pheonix (in no way do I personally support this school or anything it stands for, I would rather put the Univesity of Hawaii Manoa on there but I don't have that luxury unless some one can give me code to make my own counter.). So bear with me till I can get this rectified.

No Love?

It's very interesting to see how Hip Hop and R&B night are treated around the camp. We are always told that we need to be closed by 11pm, but when it comes to the other nights i.e., Country and Salsa night they are allowed to remain onstage past 11. I'm starting to get a large following but they don't seem to understand why I don't play past 11pm. I think I'm too naive and nice and just play by the rules. I know I should probably say something but it doesn't seem to do any good. I'm glad to have generated alot of buzz out here but I'm so ready to go home though. I just want to see family, pets, and just chill out and not have to worry about anything. Oh well. Well tonight DJ Crank is playing out at the MWR center and this guy is awesome. He's inspired me everytime I go to his nights to up my game. As soon as I get back to Atlanta it's time to hit the decks and upgrade as well. Well it's time for me to go I'm going to add some new links to the site. Also I'm going to try my hand at podcasting. It should be an interesting experience. Ok lates, peace and much hairgrease LOL.

Hey DJ!

I've been DJing several times a week since my last post on here. So far it's been pretty interesting. I'm DJing Hip Hop and Top 40 (who's I dont' know yet LOL) and it's going well. I've noticed though that when I play Hip Hop with a message (i.e., Common, Public Enemy) no one seems to be that interested in listening. They are so programmed by corporate media that when I play crap they hear on the radio they come out of the woodworks. It's pathetic, to say the least. So now when I play in the Mirage room you can expect alot of radio tracks. Outdoors though that is when I play for myself. I'll play everything from the oldies to trance and techno. Some of the people seem to enjoy it though they won't dance. I could care less about the dancing though. My goal is to expose people to other types of music and get them to try something new. It seems to work with the TCN (Third Country National) MWR workers. They like it and ask me to give them more. They say that the availability of the music they want out here is very limited. This one short Indian guy wanted me to play Axel F's "Crazy Frog" for the longest time. Well after a jaunt to the Kuwait City International Airport I was able to play it for him. It was funny cause he was dancing to it and had this huge smile. That's when I know DJing is worthwhile. If people are having a good time then it's well worth it.

I went to my buddy's DJ event out at the sunshade and I had to provide him with assistance on his DJ program (which he recommended to me, go figure). They couldn't seem to work it good so I had to provide them guidance. All was going good till some idiots (who probably drank too much of the Kuwaiti moonshine) decided to try to throw down. Now having been a club goer for quite awhile I never figured out the appeal of watching two men about to throw down at a party, and I can say that as a DJ I still don't know. One thing I did learn from it though is that it's a huge party killer. People's moods go south and it's the DJ's job to bring that mood back. But the DJ couldn't seem to do it so he played love songs for half an hour. Once everyone was down then he started playing the crunk hits, LOL. Everyone was dancing but over half the crowd had left, probably cause they thought the MP's would show up (though they did not come out once LOL), and it was kind of a lost cause.

I was suppose to DJ tonite but the weather is so sandy out that I'm not even going to risk messing up my equipment. Well got to go see ya later.

1 Step Closer

Well this morning was fast and furious. But I had one bright moment out of everything that went on today. That was the discovery of how easily it was to get the DJ position out here. I was told that I needed to just head down and speak with the manager of the cafe. Then after that I should be able to get the position since so many of the people who were DJing have gone back to the states. So I called my buddy in Atlanta and he's going to be sending my CD's out here. So here's to hope.

DJ Job Hunting

How's it going? I've been here in Kuwait since the 5th of April. Currently I'm trying to get a DJing gig with the MWR located here at Arifjan, but I'm not having any luck at the moment. I've been studying up on creating my own tracks since the camp doesn't really have that many activities as a regular post. I've also taken an interest in creating my own internet radio station. Hopefully when I get back to Atlanta I can start it up. It seems to be pretty simple according to the issue of Computer Music that I bought. It basically requires me to get a version of Winamp and to go from there.

I recently bought a digital video camera which hopefully will allow me to record any future gigs and trips that I participate in. The primary use of the camera will be for when I take my trip to Europe next year (hey better to be ready now than never) and I'm going to make a movie of all the places, sights, and people my wife and I meet. If you know of any good spots to visit in Europe please let me know. I've been getting many e-guides but word of mouth is always helpful as well.

This is the start of my musical journey from the bedroom to the club.

Here is where hopefully I can show my progression through my journey. I've joined several Meetup groups in the area to get my name out here in Atlanta. I've been pretty impressed with Atlanta it's one of the few major metro areas I've seen in the South that offers so much. Now if only the clubs would serve alcohol beyond 2am, that would friggin outstanding.