A PICTORIAL WALK THRU BROOKLYN ON A SUMMER DAY pt 3 (click 2 enlarge)

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A PICTORIAL WALK THRU BROOKLYN ON A SUMMER DAY

HALLOWEEN IS OVER

TODAY IM BLUE HALLOWEEN IS OVER!

from coreys typepad blog...This guy is Phenominal! Check him out and leave a comment cause you will want to comment

http://illkeepyouposted.typepad.com/ill_keep_you_posted/2009/10/death-becomes-us.html

this man is a phenominal blogger. i read his blogs with such a thirst for the next word, paragraph and im always checking my RSS to see if hes giving us any more offerings.

Outside of my ply family hes one of the few bloggers I love

THE EVOLE PARTY AT THE SAPPHIRE LOUNGE LOWER EAST SIDE, NYC

EVERY NOW AND THEN WHEN WE ARE CLUB CRAWLING WE MAKE IT TO THE SAPPHIRE ON SUNDAY TO HEAR DJ MARKUS RICE. AT THE SAPPHIRE LOUNGE ON ELDRIDGE STREET. ITS CALLED THE "EVOLVE" PARTY ITS GREAT! DON'T YOU JUST LOVE THEME PARTYS??

 IF YOU LOVE HOUSE THATS WHERE U NEED TO GO. FINAL WORD SAID, NO BACK TALK KIDDIES!

HE (DJ MARKUS) USE TO PLAY THIS SONG I HAD A COPY AND LOST IT IT WAS CALLED "PEACE" IT WAS AWESOME AND SO IS HE. THERE ARE FEW DJS THAT CAN MANAGE GRACE, STYLE AND ENJOYMENT FOR HOURS WITHOUT LOOKING LIKE THEY ARE BORED. HIS SELECTION? IS MAGNIFICENT ,ALWAYS TAKING CHANCES TO PLAY SOMETHING THAT MAKES HIM DIFFRENT FROM OUR AVERAGE RUN-OF-THE-MILL NY DJ'S...FACT IS ; SOME DJ'S ARE JUST AS BAD AS THE RADIO.DJ'S THEY ARE BASICALLY ON THE TAKE AND HAVE LITTLE TO NO IMAGINATION PAST THEIR NEXT CAR PAYMENT.









I READ THE REVIEWS OF THE SAPPHIRE http://www.yelp.com/biz/sapphire-lounge-new-york I DONT KNOW WHAT THEY WERE  TALKING AND COMPLAINING ABOUT (OUT OF DAMN TOWNERS) ABOUT! SCREW THEM! FACE THE FACTS AND HERE IT IS THE SAPPHIRE IS IN NYC AND  IT HAS NO COVER UNLIKE A LOT OF CLUBS IN THE LES(lower east side) READ THAT AGAIN...NO COVER! THIS IS A RECESSION DARN IT!

THESE ARE THE FACTS ON THE SAPPHIRE:

IT HOST A GREAT DJ ON SUNDAYS ANYWAY ..HES A GREAT PRECISE DJ LIKE 27 YEARS IN THE BIZ! AWESOME!!!











PEOPLE DONT REALIZE THEY WANNA STAY ON THE FLOOR GETTING FUNKY WOMEN TOO THEY HAVE A DAMN NERVE! ESCATASY HEADS I CALL THEM! HIS SHOW IS VERY WELL PACED! YOU WONT LEAVE LOOKING LIKE YOU VISTED A DAMN CRACKHOUSE! THATS SOOO GHETTO AND SOOO 80'S



GABE TAUGHT ME THIS...REMEMBER THIS WHEN U GO TO A CLUB



THE TRICK TO DJ ING IS WHEN YOU HAVE A DJ WORKING HE MAY GET A PERCETAGE OF THE BAR THE SAME GOES WITH SINGERS ETC. GABE TAUGHT ME WHEN HED WORK HED GET X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS AND A CERTIN PERCENT SO THE MIX WOULD SLOW DOWN TO GET PPL OFF THE FLOOR AND DRINKING!



IF THERE IS NO COVER HOW WILL THE CLUB MAKE MONRY (THE BAR) I HAVE BEEN TO THE SAPPHIRE SINCE i WAS A KID BACK IN THE 90S ITS AMIXED BAR IN THE LES (LOWER EAST SIDE) I USE TO LIVE ON E2ND BETWEEN AVES A &B .



I LIKE THE CLUB!!! I RECCOMEND THE CLUB...I MAKE MY FRIENDS GO!
WHY ARE YOU SITTING HERE READING THIS? IF ITS SUNDAY GET OVER TO SAPPHIRES!
HERES THE INFOSapphire Lounge


www.sapphirenyc.com



249 Eldridge St # 1

New York, NY 10002-1382

(212) 777-5153

 

 I DONT GO AS MUCH  ANYMORE

AND NO ITS NOT LIKE THE SOUND FACTORY ITS A MATURE MIXED  AMBIENCE .

TO ME?SUNDAY IS A GREAT DAY TO GO...

CHANEL ANTAEUS DISCONTINUED??!

I FINALLY RAN OUT OF THIS FRAGRANCE ONLY TO GO TO MACYS AND BE TOLD "IT WAS DISCONTINUED CHECK THE INTERNET. WHO BUYS COLONGE ON THE INTERNET? CRAP THIS WAS THE ONLY COLONGE I EVER BOUGHT MYSELF. THE REST ARE LIKE GIFTS AND I NEVER EVEN USE THEM...

woman calls 911 to report herself as drunk driver

To me this was way kool...very responsible thing 2 do..I wonder tho how she will fare in court?

Woman calls 911 to report herself as drunk driver

Monday, November 2, 2009

(11-02) 14:05 PST NEILSVILLE, Wis. (AP) --

The call came into the 911 dispatcher: "I don't want to hurt anybody. I'm drunk." And with that, Mary Strey, 49, of Granton, reported herself as a drunken driver about three miles northeast of Neilsville in central Wisconsin.

Clark County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Jim Backus said Monday that Strey's call on Oct. 24 led deputies to cite her for misdemeanor drunken driving with a blood-alcohol level double the legal limit to drive. She makes her first court appearance Dec. 10.

Backus said drunken drivers reporting themselves is rare.

In the 911 call, Strey said she wanted to report a drunken driver and the dispatcher asked if she was behind the suspect vehicle. "I am them," Strey said. She then followed the dispatcher's advice to pull over and turn on her flashers, telling him she had been "drinking all night long."

Q TIP AND NORAH JONES...THIS IS FIRE!!!

THE MYSTERY OF HAIR!

IF YOU REMEMBER A FEW MONTHS AGO I CUT OFF ALL MY HAIR. FINALLY ITS GROWING BACK! I AM HAPPY NOW I GOTTA GET IT BRAIDED LOL... I DIDNT WANT TO BE BALD IN THE WINTER MY HEAD GETS MADDDD COLD!

HOW TO ACHEIVE THE BEST LOOK WITH SKINNY JEANS

FRANKLY, SOMETIMES IM AFRAID TO WEAR MY SKINNY JEANS. I HAVE APPX 12 PAIR MY LEVIS ARE THE MOST COMFORTABLE BUT I HAVE A REALLY CHEAP PAIR FROM VIM AND THEY REALLY MAKE ME LOOK SKINNY.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THESE JEANS MAKE U LOOK 15LBS SMALLER (THE LAST THING I NEED) BUT I PUT ON A FEW POUNDS TO TRY TO EVEN IT OUT. I WENT FROM 125 TO 139 i CAN WORK WITH THAT RANGE.


TRYING SOMETHING DIFFRENT IS REALLY HARD THO. EVERYONE WEARS THEM WITH HIGH TOPS OR A OL SKOOL SNEAKER. THE KIDS IN NYC KICK IT WITH SHOES. I WENT TO COLE HAHN A FEW WEEKS AGO AND BOUGHT A NICE PAIR OF SHOES BUT i DONT FEEL COMFY WITH THAT LOOK. OH WELL

I DO THINK THESE GUYS ARE KICKIN SKINNY JEANS GOOD I HATE EM HOPE THEY DIE LOL

WHATS ON YOUR IPOD/MP3 PLAYER?

OK RIGHT NOW IM TOTALLY INTO A FEW SONGS THAT I LISTEN TO EVERYWHERE WHEN I NEED A QUICK MUSIC FIX. TO MAKE SURE I GET MY FIX I SOMETIMES PUT A SONG ON THEIR A FEW TIMES!

THIS YEAR HAS BEEN GOOD 4 MUSIC I SWEAR!!!

1. THE ONE- MARY J BLIGE ( DOES THIS SONG JUST BANG OR WHAT????)

2. LUPE FIASCO- PARIS TOKYO ( I HAVE SO MANY DIFFRENT MIXES AND BLENDS ON THIS JOINT)

3.TIE ME DOWN-NEW BOYZ ( THE VIDEO SUCKS BUT I LOVE THE SONG)

4. IM GOOD - CLIPSE ( I LOVE CLIPSE EVEN THO MY ALL TIME FAVE BY THEM IS MR. ME 2 BUT THEY CONSISTENTLY BRING THE SYCK TO HIP HOP AND THATS A GOOD THING.

5.LIFE IS BETTER- Q TIP & NORAH JONES ( DOES MUSIC GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS???? NOT!!

CHANEL FOR MEN...SYCK 2 DEATH

OK SO WHY AM I INTO CHANELS CRAP THIS YEAR? SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY ARE SYCK TO DEATH FOR THE LIMITED MENS WEAR THEY PRODUCE. KARL LAGERFIELD THAT OLE FAG DID HIS THING WITH THE KICKS ( OR WHATEVER POOR INTERN CAME UP WITH THE IDEA) I LOVE EM AND CANT FIND THEM AND YES FREAKIN YES I WOULD PLUNK 200 DOWN 4 A PAIR! I DONT HAVE KIDS SO WHY NOT???
NOW MY MAJOR QUESTION IS WHO TOLD AMBERCROMBIE AND BITCH TO MAKE THESE ARE THEY NOT THE PERFECT THING FOR AROUND THE HOUSE?

I WAS JUST AT A & B'S BEGINING MY CHRISTMAS SHOPPING 4 MYSELF OF COURSE. SO FAR I GOT MYSELF 5 CHRISTMAS PRESENTS I WILL BE GLAD WHEN I LEARN TO PUT OTHERS FIRST OH WELL
ALSO IM LOVING THERE SUITS!

BQ FACE 1993 CHANEL BALL

OMG I USE TO LOVE TO GO TO THESE AFFAIRS. I GUESS I HAVE GROWN UP :(

SHOES BY BILLIONARES BOYS CLUB

FINALLY SOMEONE IS PUTTING OUT SOME SHOES THAT THE FOOD STAMP KIDS WONT BE WEARING. I STOPPED WEARING JORDANS WHEN EVERY BROKE KID IN BK WAS KICKING THEM "I MEAN WHAZ THE USE" MY FRIEND LUIS SAID THAT GOES ALONG WITH REAL GUCCHI ITS NOT WORTH BUYING ANYMORE IF YOU LIVE IN CERTIN PLACES.

WHAT A SHAME BUT THE BOOTLEGGERS HAVE MADE PPL THAT WILL REALLY BUY DESIGNER SHIT LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVES

IM LOVING THE NEW LINE UP OF SHOES BY BILLIONARES BOYS CLUB

FROM NBA TO HOMELESS

Less than a decade after the end of a four-season NBA career, the former power forward spent six months on the streets of Orlando, Fla., having run through the $2.2 million he earned in the league. These days, the 36-year-old Vaughn is looking for a job in Orlando, where he spent two seasons playing for the Magic.

David Vaughn, with wife Brandie. (Phelan M. Ebenhack / Associated Press)

His story, he says, is one of a young man with sudden riches, manic spending habits and little advice from those who should have given him direction. It's also one of a man whose friends are coming to his aid this weekend.

Drafted by the Magic in 1995 as the 25th pick out of Memphis, he bought a Yukon, a Corvette, a Mercedes Benz, a Range Rover, a Lexus and another Yukon.

The Corvette, especially, was ridiculed by his teammates.

"They said, "Hey rook(ie), get rid of it, it's too small," Vaughn recalled in an interview, calling toll-free from Orlando.

"I should've just bought a Buick."

He purchased a $250,000 house in Orlando, which he had two loans on; paid a note on his grandfather's house near Nashville; bought a $212,000 home in Nashville; and invested in a construction deal that went sour.

"The money just exhausted itself," Vaughn said.

His financial advisers, he said, "never stepped in and never made anything last a lifetime; I was left to make my own decisions."

These days, there's a mandatory NBA rookie transition program designed to head off such problems.

His NBA pension, he said, won't kick in until he's 48. He also played for the New Jersey Nets, Golden State Warriors and Chicago Bulls, averaging just under 10 minutes and 2.9 points a game.

"I wouldn't trade my NBA experience for anything in the world," Vaughn said.

After his release from the NBA in 1999, he played briefly in Europe, then ended up back in Orlando with little money and working a series of blue-collar jobs: a FedEx package handler, and warehouse work at a supermarket and then a furniture store.

Before long, his marriage deteriorated and last year he was living out of his 2000 Impala on the streets of Orlando. He took showers at the Salvation Army where he got free meals. He'd go to a fitness center to get a shower and do stretching exercises so he wouldn't feel so cramped in his car.

"It was a very lonely situation," he recalled.

Vaughn recently reconciled with his wife and rejoined her and their two sons, aged 11 and 8.

"Basically I knelt down and said a long prayer," he recalled. "Later I read all of the New Testament, and it gave me strength."

Said wife Brandie: "Even though we may not have material things, we have the love of God which is more priceless than that."

But he's still "looking for work," just like millions of Americans. He was laid off over the summer by a furniture store that employed him as a warehouse worker and delivery man.

Friends and family in Nashville, where he grew up, will have a fundraiser for Vaughn on Saturday.

"He's made mistakes that we all do as human beings," said Earl Jordan, a community activist who arranged the event after being touched by Vaughn's plight. Jordan is president of Partners in the Struggle, a nonprofit that advocates against gun violence and helps families of murder victims.

Vaughn's life has revived memories of another Nashville pro athlete, Joe Gilliam Jr., who won two Super Bowl rings as quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers but ended up drug addicted and living in a cardboard box under a bridge for two years. He died in 2000.

Vaughn, grateful for the help, blames most of his woes on himself.

"I bought houses that were too big and too many luxurious cars," he said. "I wish I'd have lived more simply because I'd be better off. I lived like there was no tomorrow.

"I appreciate people stepping forward. It'll help me put some of my life back together."

SLATED FOR NOV 1 RELEASE

FROM 2007 UNRELEASED " SO YOUVE NEVER BEEN TO HARLEM" VINTAGE FILM CLIPS AND MUSIC

TACKS INCLUDE:

DUKE ELLINGTON AT THE COTTON CLUB
DIPPERMOUTH BLUES- KING OLVIERS CREOLE JAZZ BAND 1923,
DON’T ADVERTISE YOUR MAN- CLARA SMITH, 1924,
ONE TWO TIME MAN- THE COTTON CLUB ORCHESTRA 1925,
KING PORTER STOMP- JELLY ROLL MORTON,
SHAKIN THE ASFRICAN- DON REDMAN ORCHESTRA,
YOU RASCAL YOU- CONNIES INN HOUSE BAND,
SWANEE SHUFFLE- NANA MAE MCKINNEY WITH THE CURTIS MOSBY ORCHESTRA 1929,
LORD,LORD,LORD- MAMIE SMITH
YOUR MOTHERS SON IN LAW- BENNY GOODMANS ORCHESTRA VOCAL REFRAIN BILLIE HOLIDAY, 1933
ROSE ROOM- FLETHER HENDERSON WITH INTRODUCTION BY LENA HORNE
SWINGING ON NOTHING- LOUIS ARMSTRONG AND ORCHESTRA 1942

THIS WAS ONE OF OUR VERY FIRST SHOWS THAT WE NEVER EVER RELEASED! VERY WELL DONE AND PUT TOGETHER WHEN IT WAS JUST GABRIEL AND MYSELF! THERE ARE VINTAGE AFRICAN AMERICAN MOVIE CLIPS, FORGOTTEN SINGERS FROM HARLEMS HEY DAY AND A WONDERFUL OPENING FROM WRITER MURRAY PHIFFER ON HARLEM IN THE 1930'S
I WAS SO SURPRISED TO FIND THIS ON MY OLD MAC BOOK WHICH i HAVENT USED SINCE 2007 ALONG WITH SOME GREAT MUSIC.
THIS CAME WHEN WE WERE DOING THE "EDUTAINMENT" SERIES LATE 2006 EARLY 2007

Welcome to Brooklyn, Crown Heights, NY

I love Brooklyn....I just do. Even though Im from Nassau County LMAO

I love these pics

we did these for our shows on Podmatic I loooove them

BOOKINGS

Im booked to do a show in Ft. Hamilton a private party. This is my first DJ show of the year they want my style so its gonna be great Im doing a mix with a lot of koop and madeline peyroux and pop music circa 1990's. Thank God the guy paid me half up front so I feel positive. Thats my Halloween I was planning on going with Farah to the Halloween parade. Gabe is doing a show and has a brief residency in Canada so im hanging solo for awhile. Its all butter!