A Wet Weekend @ Lago

Last weekend, we had the privilege to spin for a wakeboard competition/event at Lago de Oro.  It was a great escape from the hustle of the city, and an awesome change of atmosphere from the usual venues we play music at. 

Working off only a couple of hours of sleep and a Generoso hangover, D'tech and myself held the fort during Saturday morning and afternoon while C-lo emcee'd the event.  

Although we were still quite groggy in the AM, a triple egg bacon and cheese omelette for breakfast accompanied by a cup of coffee woke us right up.

Once we started spinning...we started drinking.  Free booze the whole day is a wonderful thing.

Although a brief brownout in the late afternoon cut our session short, we took a much needed break and watched the competition before the rain started pouring.  

After an awesome buffet dinner, it was time to setup for the after party.  Switch and D'tech rocked the house as usual, and the party got wet and wild.  After an intense game of beer pong, folks started throwing each other in the pool, pouring buckets of ice cold water over each other, and karaoke-ing to the songs the boys played.  Wild shit.  

Happy Birthday DJ DTECH!!!!!

Just a short shout-out to our very own, DJ Dtech who celebrated his 27th yesterday, over a weekend wakeboarding roadtrip and gig at Lago de Oro for Stoked Inc.
C-lo, Switch, Tibbz, Dtech, Jia, Mitch, Kyla and Eva in full effect.
Nothing but good times with the fam. That's how we do!

But to bring the vibe back to the city, and to continue the celebration...

free for all Sunday?

good gorilla grodd!! i finally drag my behind to post something up on this blog. AND NOT ON MY DAY SLOT (whoa!!!sounds kinky!!)TO BOOT!! i guess i cannot consider myself to be.... a blogger?... blogista?.. miscellista who blogs??..yet.

anyway fellow misculados, forgive me for taking this long. working drone and all..

excited for the album? fuck yeah. hold up, let me emphasize that- PHUKKZ YAH! PANKS NOT DEAD!!
seriously, i-can-not-wait. im trying real hard not to pester the group to send me sneak previews of the finished pieces. i know it would pay-off when i listen to it all in one go.then a million more.. and imitate switch reciting the words in front of a mirror holding a brush or a razor pretending it to be a mic.

sadly, with my current location and solid dream to be a good husband to my unbelievably understanding and lovely queen, i have nothing to tell you about misc... nor updates about the album.

what i do have is a story to tell.

see, contrary to very popular belief, i read books. real ones. (cause everyone who knows me knows that i spend a shit ton of time loosing myself within the panels of comics. )

well, i was reading this book titled BAKIT BALIKTAD MAGBASA NG LIBRO ANG MGA PILIPINO? MGA KWENTONG BARBERO NI BOB ONG

In a bit of a funk...

So, the album is almost done...this is good...but i've been having this creative funk...which is bad...so i took yet another break from what i'm supposed to be doing and went looking for old beats in an old hard drive. went through a few shitty ones then came across this Ace Won (Down Earf) track which i had forgetten about...

I think we recorded this in 2005. he dropped by, we had one of our usual debates on women, "back in the day", conspiracy theories, etc...then he threw this down in one take...







Now...if you were around in the late 90's, you can't really mention Ace Won without going down memory lane and stopping at Down Earf. Here's a link to Caliph8, Ace Won's and DJ Arbie Won's classic EP, "Knowin' Iz Half the Battle":

Down Earf - "Knowin' Iz Half the Battle" EP via Mediafire

While we're at it, check out this clip of Ace Won and Caliph8 droppin an impromptu Down Earf set at Spoken Herb.






There's supposed to be another Spoken Herb coming up this July. Check the Facebook Page for updates on this.

it's funny, i was supposed to be finishing the arrangement on a couple of tracks for the Misc Album and ran into a bit of a creative funk (which has been haunting me the past few weeks). And then got distracted by the world wide web once again...sorry Tibbz...

But sitting here listening to Knowin' Iz Half the Battle and remembering witnessing all the work Caliph8, Ace Won and DJ Arbie Won put into crafting this masterpiece, may have provided the inspirational juice i needed to get out of this funk...



Spread Love
- Umph

"Yo I'm strictly about skills and dope lyrical coastin/ Relying on talent, not marketing and promotion..." - KRS-One

"Stop wastin your money on marketing schemes/ and pretty packages pushin dreams to the beams/ A dope MC is a dope MC/ With or witout a record deal, all can see..." - KRS-One

Rage of The Red Lanterns by AJAX

Our MISC brother from across the seas has done it again.
As some of you may know, Ajax not only has wicked rhyme skills, but also some insane toy-customizing creativity.

Check out his latest creation:

Red Lanterns - Timov Chum & Dex-star the Rage Kitteh


Sweeeeeeeeet. We're mad proud of this boy.

- Switch

Beatravelin' w DJ Arbie Won

Tomorrow we're hooking up at DJ Arbie Won's studio to work on some sticky stuff (you'll find out soon enough). This just got me mad excited.

So to pay homage to a pioneer of both local DJ and hiphop culture, as well one of our mentors, here is the Beatraveler...



Know the truth and recognize the real!

Dj Arbie Won's "Future Past" Instrumental album coming 2010
and "United Freestyles V3" coming 2010

Daily Grind Clothing X Locked Down Entertainment

for updates check out
www.arbiewon.blogspot.com

Peace!
- Switch