BENNY BLANCO® : BLANCODISCO

So after many many a year of having blancodisco.com services hosted at hostway.com, i felt it was about time to do some competitive shopping. I’ve since found a new hosting provider. hostrocket.com and found quite a deal compared to what i was previously getting.

for $14 a month paid in 6 month chunks, i get a GIG of disc space, mad bandwidth, tons of other features. basically, i wanted more disc space with a good admin tool on the site for managing things. they do a pretty good job. The lil tech support i’ve had to use has been pretty quick to respond as well.

I also had to figure out how to set up a MySQL server too. so, it’s been yet another learning experience. I’ve also done a movable type blog import too from my previous blog. worked without a hitch. i think i’m running at 99% now.

i just wanted to add this pic of me that Redboy took with his gay new camera phone. take a looksee…

now playing:
apologize_11.28.03 from the album “Apologize @ Sullivan Room NYC 11.28.03” by benny blanco®

yes folks. i did it. i did the switchover with number portability. I went from Sprint to T-Mobile (a german company) and picked up the color sidekick after rebates for $20 which i still have to send them in. so, you can still call me at the number you know love. you shouldn’t be able to tell the difference.

here are a few geek shots of the damn thing.

i haven’t set everything up on it yet, but looks to be working well at least in my home with nice signal. let’s hope that this new device suits me kindly.

In other events, over the weekend, went to Avalon NYC to check out Mr. Peter Hook (from the infamous band, New Order) play two tracks with the uk outfit, Hybrid. It was pretty cool to see him standing mere inches away from us. Redboy almost got clocked by his bass. The other funny thing about this show was this one ol’ geezah. He was just a total freak. Dancin’ like a fool with all these hand and arm gyrations. he was just missing some glowsticks. He seemed out of place here, but it was amusing to see nonetheless. I wish we had pics of that one. Props to Fedor for getting us in hassle free. I still hate $7 coronas at any bar!

now playing:
benny blanco®’s set from apologize_11.28.03 this past weekend

thought that this could be useful to others… I’ve been getting a few requests on the subject, cause I guess word is getting out that my mp3 files sound pretty damn good when i’m out dj’ing the digital realms of Traktor DJ and/or Final Scratch… so, after responding via email to this most recent request… i thought it may be a good idea to share with others on here my signal flow and technique… now… somebody book me already.. i’m hungry to play out again…

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yea, so I haven’t been to bloggy latey. Maybe just because there hasn’t been too much going on to note. Or nothing I really care to share.

A quick recap.

Apologize party for Halloween set was totally kick ass. Laptop performed flawlessly to a packed house which has resulted in an immediate re-appearance for November, day after Thanksgiving. Saw 2ManyDJs for the first time on Nov.1 with redboy & sheri. got mad mad sweaty. Nov.11, celebrated a b-day with some fine sushi, some Hooters and some drinks with an un-blissful hangover and interview the following day. The weekend of the 15th brought b-day celebration party part duex with friends gathering at the ny comedy club and then on to open air for some house music and more drinks and dancin and foolin around.

that brings it up to date. i’ll try to be more regular and up some more fun once again…..

thas right.. got all three.

Saw the Boston Red Sox whip the New York Yankee’s yesterday (wednesday) for my first trip to Yankee Stadium
After leaving the game a bit early, i had to meet up with redboy to catch the free VIP style Interpol concert at the Hammerstein theatre, which i’ve never been to before either. Show was great and we had the best seats in the house thanks to shelby baccus at Matador. Too bad drinks weren’t free. The music was fantastic. about four new tracks were played. place was packed too. Now… if only electronic shows could do this well in this town. And finally, got Panther going a little ahead of launch. Panther is the and latest OS for apple computers. so far… so good. nice, fast smooth. it’s almost like a new computer. just testing and configuring stuff now….

check out some foe-toes.

so yea. thas all for now folks….