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New Place for DJ info

BTox — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:35:23 GMT

Thanks to somebunny for updating my website to include a Blog page. I will post any dates or events I will spin at, and just DJ related stuff there. It's at www.btoxic.com if you didn't know that already. I should have a double album ready soon.... hopefully for Critical Mass. =) BTox

A weekend of firsts (GIG INFO)

BTox — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:23:25 GMT

So there are a bunch of firsts for me this week. First: -DJ vs DJ battle -Djing in two countries in two nights -CT Scan Spring Fling this Friday at the Waldorf at 8pm I'm going head to head with Geordie. I've never done a vs. before. Knowing Geordie, it'll be nothing but fun. For us and the dancers. I think we both bought a ton of new music for it. Spring Fling this Friday at the waldorf then at a friends house party in seattle. Do you wanna come? you can... just email me and I'll tell you about it..... but you *have* to know that you're the shit, and are cool enough to get in! =P And the fun one..... So last Monday I get an ingrown nose hair... like I get from time to time. Except that this one, 4 days later, has swelled up the side of my face to the point I can't open my left eye! I go into the hospital, get my IV antibiotics.... and a CT (cat) Scan. Seeing CT scans on TV and movies only, I had no idea what to expect, so I just laid down closed my eyes and didn't move, swallow, move my eyes or anything. The machine fires up and I can hear the scanner rotaing around my head AND I saw a light the started as a shimmering white sheet that quickly faded to purple, blue, and back. It was like looking at the nothern lights. But only lasted 6-10 seconds, and then it was gone. I thought it was cooler to know that nobody else had reported seeing them before. So that's it... Email me about saturday. =)

IT works....practice does work....

BTox — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 01:43:34 GMT

OK, so I spent last weekend and Thurs. and Friday at an event. I was on the decks every second I could be. Thursday I played a slower progressive set while people sat around and danced and talked, played with poi and flags ( very fun ) Friday I played a set for myself and two others. Danced until the wee hours of the AM, slamming tracks over with reckless abandon, and having it beat match 50% of the time. And when my main set came up ( Saturday night ) I rocked for about 4-5 hours. Mind you I started running out of good tracks by the 4th hour. I had amazing compliments for hours afterwards leading into the next day Ranging from : " You Bastard, my legs are killing me from dancing all night" " You music took me to some other place" ( My personal fav.) " You have a great mastery of bringing the energy up and down, then back up again" " When are you playing next, because I have to be there!" " ...Am I high or is BT on fire tonight? " followed by " BT's on fire tonight " Thanks to those who danced, and for the compliments.... I'm renewed with a vigor to DJ more! It got me out of my lull. =) BTox

3rd Mix Ready!!!!

BTox — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 05:03:48 GMT

www.btoxic.com My third mix: " Get Laid By Track 13 ( or your money back) " Is posted and ready...... If you were around me at Santacon Victoria or Seattle then you heard part of it. Enjoy!

I'm LIVE _ thanks bunnyfaja!

BTox — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 23:14:43 GMT

WWW.BTOXIC.COM Is up and running..... There are copies of my 2 mixed available for download. I'll have my 3rd mix posted there soon.... yaY!

Up's down's In's and Out's

BTox — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 10:59:28 GMT

OK, I *just* got in from a DJ set at an after(burn)hours. Despite one CD Deck refusing to read cd's halfway through my set, AND the other deck loosing any ability to control tempo. I played my best set. I have to Thank M@ for having, and letting me spin from my CD's through his laptop and Tracktor. And thank everyone for dancing and screaming.... that was a first! =) Now to go to sleep for 3 hours! =)

A rare plea for help.....

BTox — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 15:34:56 GMT

I'm in sh!t. I was installing and reformatting a hard drive on my computer, and while I was creating the partitions, I remembered the golden rule too late. I didn't disconnect my other hard drive. The one I haven't backed up in 4 years. All my photo's from Dawson City, to 4-5 years of Burning man, family, friends... all that jazz. Really important stuff, even though I'm trying to convince myself that " It's just data, it doesn't matter" It is important to me. i have a lot of emotional attachment to it. I know it's not gone, as all I did was delete the partion. So the data is still there. If anybody knows a good partion recovery program, or has had to do this before, please contact me. Dammit, I'm an ID 10T. Thank you for any help.

Second Mix is ready! =)

BTox — Mon, 14 May 2007 02:48:34 GMT

OK, if you liked my first mix... hell even if you hated it. You'll like, or at least tollerate my second. Available here: http://www.adamrappaport.com/bt/ Please give me feedback..... If you'd like a CD that has track seperation let me know.... I have tonnes to give out. =)

First Mix anyone?

BTox — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 16:28:05 GMT

OK, I've had some positive response so far... I've been told I should share it with a wider audience. So here it goes. http://www.adamrappaport.com/bt/ It's a 148MB Mp3. Thanks for hosting Doc. (and for the pic....=) Feel fre to let me know what you think. ... and I still don't feel right having the "DJ" before my name as I have yet to "D" a "J". =)

May the G4's be with me!

BTox — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 03:51:49 GMT

OK, putting the feelers out. If anyone hears of a: 17" G4 1.5 GHz Laptop ...going for a good price ( Less than $1000 USD ) Please let me know. I'm doing the eBay thing, but if I can help out a friend before a stranger, all the better. Spanks, BTox

Bye, Bye, Mon Wonderboy......

BTox — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 03:47:02 GMT

Well, that's it. My longest owned car is gone as of today. Had it longer than any other car, 6 years. Even though I only drove him for 4.5! =) It was a good run. Had some fun. Now you go to the Kidney Foundation. Now on to more fun! =)

So I wanna be a DJ....?

BTox — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 17:32:57 GMT

So it's been a slow process, but it seems that the small thought in the back of my head has been manifesting itself the last few months. After being asked to burn CD's for parties, After providing a ton of music for Kamp at the burn, After being told I have a sic(k) collection, After thinking I need a new project. It's come to this. So if anyone has any advice, tips, leads on equipment: Please let me know. Most, ok all, of my collection is in digital so I don't think I'll be starting to collect vinal. Maybe I'll get a show in on my birthday, in July. That's how I started fire spinning. So it seems apropriate. It'll be a slow process.... but anything I'm good at has been.... Thanks for any leads/advice. BTox

Too much mail.....

BTox — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 01:59:15 GMT

.....and not enough time, or energy. I've been good at returning any personal email's the last few months. Everything else..... not so much. I just spent a half hour deleting over 17,000 unread emails from groups, lists and other boards. I still have 11,000 left to go. Maybe I'll need to reorganize my system? or just stay on top of house cleaning? Oh well..... at least email dosn't clutter up my desk.... oh, wait.... it does! =)

Birthday Fun Facts....

BTox — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 02:20:18 GMT

Thanks to Squish and Damian.... I didn't know over half of these... cool 19 July 1976 Your date of conception was on or about 27 October 1975 which was a Monday. You were born on a Monday under the astrological sign Cancer. Your Life path number is 4. Life Path Compatibility: You are most compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 2, 4, 8, 11 & 22. You should get along well with those with the Life Path numbers 6 & 7. You are least compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 1, 3, 5 & 9. The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2442978.5. The golden number for 1976 is 1. The epact number for 1976 is -1. The year 1976 was a leap year. Your birthday falls into the Chinese year beginning 1/31/1976 and ending 2/17/1977. You were born in the Chinese year of the Dragon. Your Native American Zodiac sign is Woodpecker; your plant is Wild Rose. You were born in the Egyptian month of Paopy, the second month of the season of Poret (Emergence - Fertile soil). Your date of birth on the Hebrew calendar is 22 Tammuz 5736. As of 9/26/2006 10:09:46 PM EDT You are 30 years old. You are 362 months old. You are 1,575 weeks old. You are 11,026 days old. You are 264,646 hours old. You are 15,878,769 minutes old. You are 952,726,186 seconds old. Celebrities who share your birthday: Steven Anthony Lawrence (1990) Anthony Edwards (1962) Brian May (1947) Vikki Carr (1941) George McGovern (1922) Lizzie Borden (1860) Edgar Degas (1834) Top songs of 1976 Tonight's the Night by Rod Stewart Silly Love Songs by Wings Don't Go Breaking My Heart by Elton John & Kiki Dee Disco Lady by Johnnie Taylor Play The Funky Music by Wild Cherry December, 1963 (Oh What a Night) by Four Seasons 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover by Paul Simon Kiss and Say Goodbye by Manhattans If You Leave Me Now by Chicago Love Hangover by Diana Ross Your age is the equivalent of a dog that is 4.31545988258317 years old. (You're still chasing cats!) There are 296 days till your next birthday on which your cake will have 31 candles. Those 31 candles produce 31 BTUs, or 7,812 calories of heat (that's only 7.8120 food Calories!) . You can boil 3.54 US ounces of water with that many candles. Your birthstone is Ruby The Mystical properties of Ruby Ruby is said to open one's heart to love. Some lists consider these stones to be your birthstone. (Birthstone lists come from Jewelers, Tibet, Ayurvedic Indian medicine, and other sources) Carnelian Your birth tree is Elm Tree, the noble-mindedness Pleasant shape, tasteful clothes, modest demands, tends not forgive mistakes, cheerful, likes to lead but not to obey, honest and faithful partner, tends to a know-all-attitude and making decisions for others, noble-minded, generous, good sense of humour, practical. The moon's phase on the day you were born was in its last quarter.

20 Kestions?

BTox — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 00:57:47 GMT

Please answer, and note how it doesn't say "re-post" but it asks politely, as though it weren't just another meme tactic. 1. Do we know each other outside of Tribe? 2. What's your philosophy on life? 3. Would you have my back in a fight? 4. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest? 5. What is your favorite memory of us? 6. Would you give me a kidney? 7. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you: 8. Would you take care of me when I'm sick? 9. Can we get together and make a cake? 10. Have you heard any rumors of me lately? 11. Do you/have you talk(ed) crap about me? 12. Do you think I'm a good person? 13. Would you drive across country with me? 14. Do you think I'm attractive? 15. If you could change anything about me, would you? 16. What do you wear to sleep? 17. Would you come over for no reason just to hang out? 18. Would you go on a date with me if I asked you? 19. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together? 20. Will you post this so I can fill it out for you?

MASS:ive Thanks

BTox — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 21:58:33 GMT

OK, So had a great time at Critical Massive this last weekend. BUT Huge thanks have to go to JoHay, Blue and Diana for helping us out of a sticky situation. Story goes: -Car breaks down south of Bellingham -I fix Car -Car drives 3 more KM -(see first point) -Diana stops and offers to take two of the four stranded poeple to Massive ( THANK YOU!!) -Truck tows K8 and I to Bham -JoHay picks us up and takes us to C:M ( THANK YOU!!! ) -Blue offers to help get car towed back to ther Great White North (THANK YOU!!!!) -Car makes it back (after a 6 hour trip from Mass to Home) Phew... too much auto-drama the last while, Maybe I'll get a break? =) I owe more thanks to others, Jay,Josh, Harley.... list goes on, and on...... you know who you are! =) BTox

Hate Mac's?

BTox — Mon, 08 May 2006 23:36:29 GMT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAez4YlDYoI I laughed, so should you

742 BRC

BTox — Tue, 02 May 2006 01:09:16 GMT

Don't know how it happened. But that's my licence plate. I didn't hunt for it, I just went to the closest insurance dealer and thet handed it to me. I did ask if they had 420 BRC, but no. I can always photoshop something. So the new car falls into our laps, and then this licence plate. I think we found the art car for this year. As it stands right now it's going to be turned into a banana-camo swedish tank; complete with underpants cannon.... maybe a fire cannon..... we'll see how dauting it would be to make. I plan to play THE worst trance.... but only around camps that rhyme with Mushville and Carson Finland I'll post more later, and more pics.

Nathan did it, and so will I! =)

BTox — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 02:05:17 GMT

http://kevan.org/johari?name=BTox

Orange Communication

BTox — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 02:11:21 GMT

Yet another thing that i noticed on the night of Orange. Ways of communication. I must have experienced the gambit in one night. Words - basic, do it everyday Sight - Sexy Bitch and I had a conversation just by looking each other in the eyes. Silence - Howler and I had an interaction without words. Energy - I lent a hand in a Reiki gangbang on K8, don't know exactly what I felt or learned, but it was a real energy exchange. Mind - I followed a thought that K8 had, and she didn't say anything I was just looking her in the eyes. More than just once. Music - I connected with Otis (Cabana boy's bird) to the point where he'd let me scratch him after asking permission more than once I may be forgetting one or two examples, but the previous were enough to really make me think more about the methods of information exchange.

Orange, Acid, Movies.....

BTox — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 01:57:30 GMT

I don't know why, but recently any non-sober moments I have remind me of various movies. Waking Life, Matrix, and Final Destination seem to be the 3 main references. Waking Life = I catch bits of friends conversations (whether they are with me, or just around me) about realizations of live or spirituality. e.g.: Day after Orange party and I listen to Nato talk about 'perfect information breeding monopolies' in my rear view mirror. Matrix = Taking the blue pill and feeling like I'm about to have an out of body experience that shows this 'reality' as a veil. But never actually waking up in another 'reality' Final Destination = This one scared me a bit. We were heading back home from Orange in a cab. First I noticed that my door didn't close right, so I asked the driver to slow down so i could close it; he did, but wasn't happy about it. Then he proceeded to speed towards a red light, and stop hard. Then, anticipating the green, he sped thorough the red light. HUGE red flag. Then I had a series of deja vu's and images of the cab being t-boned at an intersection. Every second the feeling became more and more intense, and the images more and more real. I felt the cab braking suddenly (which it did not), and said to Kate and Ali Bean that I had a bad feeling, and was very concerned. They asked what I was feeling and before I could say what it was I just felt, the cab driver slammed on his breaks to avoid a bicyclist. At the same time all I could say was “THIS ". I explained the deja vu and Kate had the cabbie stop at the side of the road while I feigned motion sickness, which is half true, I was feeling nauseous just from the images I had in my mind. Thankfully after pulling over the feeling subsides and we made it home safely. It seems that my insight is developing like a muscle would develop after going to the gym. I could almost finish people’s sentences without thinking and seem to anticipate some events. This intrigues me and I'm very curious to see how it progresses.

ahhh, whiplash....?

BTox — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 01:12:45 GMT

So last Saturday, Kate, Fasty, Gia and myself are walking back from watching our performace at Light Water Drums. I look over at Tenacious G ( the RV ) and see another car parked REALLY close, so close I even ask everyone else if the car's parked too close. It was parked too close, especially after it was tagged by a drunk driver and forced back into TG. Gotta love bumper construction from the '80's..... the only damage to TG was a bent licence plate. Meanwhile the parked car ahead of TG sustained close to $2000 in damage. It was a nice coincdence to have the police on scene responding to the hit and run. So I took a bunch of photo's for them. They were even nice enough to pose when J:elly took some photo's. =) They caught the hit and run driver..... he parked around the corner and went into 7-11. Moron.

Breakfast is a funny thing....

BTox — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 02:06:17 GMT

Karmic Holding Pattern..... That's how I described my last session of the wa-wa-wa's. It got me thinking about little thoughts I've had after being passed a bowl. I had, and still have little epiphany’s (or epifi-mini's as I call them ). These thought's are like deja vu's. Fairly strong ones too. Strong enough to the point I start to ask if I've been here before. I've heard recently that Deja Vu's are a form of mild epilepsy.... so what am i feeling? A short circuit in my brain? or something on a more spiritual level? Between these thought's and the most realistic of my dreams I need to ask a myself some big questions...... Am i dead? Am i living my in my 'life review'? Is my life passing before my eyes in 'real-time' ? What is life? What is death? I'd imagine that these thoughts would scare me, but they bring me a sense of comfort. My big new years resolution is to expand my spiritual knowledge. Little did I know that it would start with the big questions. K8 got me the Tibetan book of living and dying this summer.... I'll have to read more than the first 100 pages this time =) Why am I wearing this stupid man suit?

7300+ Hours

BTox — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 02:07:39 GMT

Got a good phone call yesterday morning. I've now finished one part of my apprenticeship.... the work experience. I needed 7300 hours ( 4 years ) of work to qualify for journeymanship.... that's done, now just need to finish my 4th year of school and I'm DONE! I'll have my ticket and I'll be free to work anywhere in the known world.... because the netherworld doesn't have indoor plumbing..... i assume. =) YAY!

Some assembly required.....

BTox — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 03:46:41 GMT

OK, so now after months of wanting to get it typed up I now have instructions to build the light fixture in our living room. Just send me a message if you ever want to build one.... my brain is freeware! =)