OK SO I HAVEN'T UPDATED THIS MUG IN A GOOD MINUTE NOW... THOUGHT IT WAS ABOUT TIME I FILLED EVERYONE IN ON WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING IN OUR CAMP... WELL FIRST OFF, I'M GONNA SHED SOME LIGHT ON SOME RECENT CHANGES THAT HAVE HAPPENED REGARDING THE KENNEDY ON FRIDAYS... AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, I AM NO LONGER WORKING THEIR FRIDAYS... SOME OF YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED THAT THE LINKS ON OUR WEBSITE WERE TAKEN DOWN AND MADE UNCLICKABLE. AND MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN INQUIRING AS TO WHY... SO HERE IT IS...
OK SO AS SOME OF YOU REMEMBER, I WAS ASKED TO OPEN UP FOR DJ AM AND DJ JAZZY JEFF SUPERBOWL WEEKEND HERE IN TAMPA AT AJA CHANNELSIDE. WELL, THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF THIS EPIC BATTLE BETWEEN MYSELF AND ONE OF THE OWNERS OF THE KENNEDY. I DON'T THINK ITS NECESSARY TO REVEAL HIS NAME ON THIS BLOG, BUT LET'S JUST SAY HE LOOKS LIKE THAT ONE DUDE "HOWIE" FROM THE BACKSTREET BOYS...
DURING THAT WEEKEND, I WAS FIRED (FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES). WHEN THEY FOUND OUT I WAS SPINNING AJA, I GOT A CALL SAYING I WAS FIRED... THEN ANOTHER CALL A FEW MOMENTS LATER SAYING I WAS ON PROBATION FOR ONE FRIDAY NIGHT... LET'S WEIGH THAT OUT... GIVE UP ONE FRIDAY AT THE KENNEDY AND OPEN UP FOR TWO OF THE GREATEST DJ'S OF OUR TIME... OR PLAY MY USUAL RESIDENCY... THAT'S A NO BRAINER (PLUS I HAD ALREADY COMMITTED TO THE NIGHT). ANOTHER THING YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW... I DJ'D AJA ON A THURSDAY THAT WEEKEND - A DAY THAT I DON'T EVEN WORK AT THE KENNEDY! ANYWAYS, HE TOLD ME HE NEVER WANTED ME TO DJ OR HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH ANY OTHER CLUB IN TAMPA WITHIN LIKE A 15 MILE RADIUS... THAT KINDA TWISTED MY NIPS A LITTLE BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER DJ'S ON STAFF THERE THAT WORK FOR OTHER CLUBS IN TAMPA... BUT FOR SOME REASON HE WANTED TO BE SELFISH WITH JUST ME. WHAT I COME TO REALIZE NOW IS THAT HE WAS MORE SO JUST TALKING ABOUT WORKING WITH THE NEW BOYS DOWN THE STREET (AJA). NOW LET'S JUST THINK ABOUT THIS FOR A SECOND SHALL WE? I CAN'T SPIN FOR ANY OTHER CLUB IN TAMPA... BUT I'M ONLY SPINNING AT THE KENNEDY ONE DAY A WEEK... NOW, I'M NOT COMPLAINING OR ANYTHING, BUT IF DJING WAS MY ONLY SOURCE OF INCOME, I WOULD BE LIVING OUT OF A BOX UNDER A BRIDGE SOMEWHERE WITH THOSE KIND OF RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED ON ME.
PLEASE REMEMBER, THIS IS ONLY ABOUT MY SERVICES IN DJING... NOT PROMOTIONS WITH DYNASTY... AS I'M SURE YOU ALREADY FIGURED OUT SINCE WE'RE AT AJA ON WEDNESDAYS...
BUT LET'S CUT TO THE CHASE...
SO THE WEEK BEFORE LAST I WAS IN MIAMI FOR CONFERENCE AND I MADE A TON OF GOOD CONTACTS FROM THE GIG I WAS INVITED TO PLAY AT. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ACTUALLY PAY ATTENTION, YOU'LL REMEMBER THERE WERE A LOT OF CROOKLYN CLAN ARTISTS ON THE BILL. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHO THE CROOKLYN CLAN IS OR WHAT THEY HAVE GROWN INTO, DO ME A FAVOR AND FEED YOURSELF TO A TIGER... A LIVE FUCKING TIGER.
ONE OF THE GUYS ON THE BILL, WHO HAS COME TO BE A GOOD BUDDY OF MINE, WAS DJ SERAFIN. HE CALLED ME UP AND TOLD ME HE WAS PLAYING IN ST. PETE ON FRIDAY AND SUNDAY OF LAST WEEKEND AND WANTED TO KNOW IF I COULD GET A PARTY TOGETHER FOR HIM TO SPIN AT ON SATURDAY. I'M A PRETTY STRAIGHT FORWARD GUY AND I'M OPEN ABOUT MOST EVERYTHING I DO (AS YOU CAN CONCUR BY READING THIS BLOG). MY FIRST INSTINCT WAS HEY, LET ME BRING HIM TO THE KENNEDY ON A SATURDAY... SO I PITCHED IT TO HIM (HOWIE) AND HE SAID HE'D CALL ME BACK WITH AND ANSWER WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS... I EVEN SAID I'D OPEN UP FOR HIM FOR FREE JUST TO PUT THE ICING ON THE CAKE...
THREE DAYS PASSED... NO CALL BACK.
I HAD BEEN TRYING TO CALL HIM THOSE ENTIRE THREE DAYS... BUT NO ANSWER... SO I DID THE NEXT LOGICAL THING, I PUT HIM AT ANOTHER CLUB WE ARE NOW ASSOCIATED WITH... AJA. WELL AJA PLAYED BALL WITH ME AND I GOT THE APPROVAL AND THE FINANCES WORKED OUT, EVEN GOT A FLYER ORGANIZED OVER NIGHT... THAT WAS THAT.
PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT WAS SCHEDULED FOR A SATURDAY... A DAY THAT I DON'T EVEN WORK AT THE KENNEDY.
THE NEXT MORNING MY PHONE RINGS. IT'S "HOWIE"... HE'S LIVID. ABSOLUTELY FURIOUS. I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER BEEN SO DISRESPECTED IN MY LIFE. CALLING ME CHILDISH NAMES AND BEING VERY DEMEANING OVERALL. AND FOR THE RECORD, I WASN'T RUDE OR RETALIAT-EY AT ALL (I DON'T THINK THAT WAS EVEN A WORD). I KNEW HE WAS GOING TO PISSED THAT I BROUGHT A MAJOR NAME DJ TO ANOTHER NIGHTCLUB... AND MORE SO THAT I WAS OPENING FOR HIM. HE BROUGHT UP THE OLD CONVERSATION WE FIRST HAD (AND I KNEW IT WAS COMING). BUT I TOLD HIM... "MR HOWIE, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, THIS INCIDENT WOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED IF I HADN'T FELT I WASN'T BEING BLOWN OFF..." HE FELL SILENT AFTER THAT. HE KNEW I HAD BEEN TRYING TO CALL HIM FOR THOSE FEW DAYS... I TOLD HIM IT WAS A BUSINESS DECISION AND I WASN'T GOING TO LOSE ON A GOOD OPPORTUNITY AND I WAS PREPARED TO SUFFER ANY (UNFAIR) CONSEQUENCES HE WANTED TO BESTOW UPON ME.
FOR THE RECORD, THIS SHITFIGHT WOULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF I HAD JUST RECEIVED A CALL BACK. EVEN IF THE ANSWER WAS "NO WE CAN'T BRING HIM TO THE KENNEDY ON SATURDAY... BUT DON'T BRING HIM TO AJA," I WOULD'VE RESPECTED THAT AND EITHER GIVEN UP THE PROJECT OUT OF RESPECT, OR PUT HIM AT ANOTHER VENUE OUTSIDE OF THE AREA. I'M A VERY LOYAL PERSON UNTIL I GET THE VIBE THAT I'M BEING TREATED UNFAIRLY. I'M NOT TRYING TO SAY I'M THE SHIT OR ANYTHING, BUT I FEEL I CAN OFFER ALOT WHEN IT COMES TO NIGHTCLUBS AND PROMOTIONS. IT'S UNFAIR TO SIMPLY LOOK AT SOMEONE AS IF JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE YOUNGER IT MUST MEAN THEY'RE RETARDED (OR INCAPABLE OF PUTTING EVENTS TOGETHER). IF I COME AT YOU AS A BUSINESS MAN WITH A DECENT PROPOSAL, DON'T PLAY HIDE AND GO SEEK WITH ME. WE'RE ALL ON A TIGHT SCHEDULE (ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE SHOW WAS LESS THAN A WEEK IN THE MAKING). TELL ME STRAIGHT OUT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED... AND IF YOU'RE NOT, THANKS FOR YOUR TIME, I'LL MOVE ON.
I THINK THE MORAL OF THE STORY IS TREAT OTHERS WITH RESPECT, AND RESPECT YOU WILL RECEIVE. (I KNOW, LAME...)
OK... WELL THAT SUMS THAT WHOLE STORY UP... NOW ON TO THE ACTUAL SHOW... SERAFIN PLAYED AN AMAZING SET IN MY OPINION... REAL COOL, DOWN TO EARTH, NICE DUDE (CONSIDERING HE'S PRETTY MUCH IN A DIFFERENT CITY EVERY OTHER WEEK).
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: DJ PINO (LAS VEGAS), DJ DEVILLE (TOP SELLER: CROOKLYN CLAN), MYSELF (FAT ASIAN TAMPA BOY), AND DJ SERAFIN (TOP SELLER: CROOKLYN CLAN)... YOU CAN CHECK THE REST OF THE PICS OUT IN OUR GALLERY... THERE WAS ONE MISSING HOWEVER THAT I THOUGHT I'D SHARE HERE INSTEAD. THIS CHICK KNOWS HOW TO PARTY... LOL
DEVILLE KNOWS HOW TO FUCKING PARTY LIKE A ROCKSTAR TOO. THIS MOTHERFUCKER IS A STRAIGHT OUT DRUNK. HAHAHA. HE'S SCHEDULED TO PLAY THERE NEXT MONTH (HOPEFULLY) AND HOMEBOY GOT KICKED OUT OF THE CLUB AT THE END OF THE NIGHT. LMAO... IT'S ALL GOOD THOUGH. I'M SURE HE'LL STILL BE INVITED BACK. LMAO. HERE'S HIM AND LUNCHBOX AFTERHOURS AT MY CRIB. WITNESS THE DRUNKENESS...
OH AND BY THE WAY, THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT TO OUR GRAND OPENING AT THE KENNEDY TUESDAYS. THE NIGHT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS... I HAD A QUICK CONVO WITH SOME OF THE MANAGEMENT AND BARSTAFF ABOUT WHY I HAD LEFT. I WON'T LIE, IT FEELS GOOD TO KNOW YOU'RE MISSED... I ALSO HAD ANOTHER CONVERSATION WITH THE OTHER OWNER OF THE KENNEDY... HE APOLOGIZED ON BEHALF OF "HOWIE" AND HOW EVERYTHING WORKED OUT IN THE END. HE SAID THE DOORS ARE ALWAYS OPEN IF I EVER WANT TO WORK FOR THEM AGAIN... SO I GIVE MUCH RESPECT TO THAT AND I WISH THE KENNEDY FRIDAYS THE BEST OF LUCK... OUR BITTERSWEET SPLIT WAS JUST RIGHT AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME. AS TO WHERE I'LL BE HEADED, STAY TUNED AND YOU'LL FIND OUT SOON... HOLLER AT UR BEEZY, I'M OUT...
OH, AND ONE MORE THING... NEXT WEDNESDAY AT AJA...
