BENNY BLANCO® : BLANCODISCO

hey. this is just a test to see if my blog is still running after i was infilatrated by brazilians. seriously, the site was hacked a few months ago and it affected all the index pages on my site. ewwWWwww.
F’ers.

now playing:
B1 Setup (bushwacka!) from the album “12”” by Tokamak

Yes Folks
The Grammy’s came and went this past weekend.
I so didn’t care to watch, just thinking it would be as a painful to view as the Superbowl halftime.
The state of commercial music is so so so sad these days.

Since DJ’s are the out thing like Models it seems these days,
I thought I’d flavor the weekly promo of Depth Charge
with some of the best of what Pop has to offer.
A lil vocal and some good ol’ fashioned Gee-tar.

with out further ado, Mark and I will be…

we’ll be wankin it’ at mixx lounge in the west village this evening.
The cold air continues and so do we.
Come in for the drink specials offered weekly.
Have a sit down. A bite to eat. or even shake yer booty if yer so inclined.
Zone out to cool visuals on the venue’s plasma screen.

mixx lounge
84 Seventh Avenue (between Grove & Bleeker and across from Sushi Samba)
Christopher St./Sheridan Sq. subway stop.
8 PM
No COVER.
Truly Kick Ass Music
Depth Charge Thursdays

resident wankers
Mark Flynn & Benny Blanco®

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This Friday 13th, I’m dropping a set on the upper west side for a friend of mine.
It’s at an irish pub called The Parlour.
W.86th and Broadway on 86th. Downstairs.
No cover. 10 pm.
If you happen to stumble into the neighborhood.
Save me from Argyle and Khaki.

CONGRATS once again to the Fellow New England Patriots Organization. The game was a bit of a bore to watch at first, but come near the end of the second quarter, things really got cooking.

To those boston friends of mine who may remember that I played at the Phoenix Landing last Super Bowl Sunday when the Patriots beat the Rams in 2002, I recorded the events that took place at the END of the night.

Some of you that were there have been hounding me to digitize the Immortal words of owner Kevin Trainer and of course Blake Courtney (sonic solutions). DJ’s Mike Walsh, Dave Skye and myself provided the soundtrack to a winning night. the link that proceeds contains some profanity… so, if you easily offend, DO NOT DOWNLOAD. for those of you that remember this historic night in Phoenix Landing history, check this funny shit out.

THE PATRIOTS ARE THE SUPERBOWL CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD

the recording is about 20 minutes in length and 34 MB or so in size.
I take no responsibility for what was said. I just happen to capture the mood of a fantastic evening.

so, mark flynn and i have got another weekly going here in our fine city. new york city that is. Mark sorted out our new space at a place called Mixx Lounge in the West Village. We are calling the event Depth Charge It’s not quite a Moving style event (dedicated upbeat/uptempo/fullon shake yer booty night), due to the fact that the space is a little more chill, but the management is certainly cool if we need to crank things up a notch. For the most part, we play whatever the hell we feel like in the ranges of downtempo, dub, electronic, idm, slow breaks, classics, nu jazz, minimal, house and a touch of progressive and a rock tune or two. We “mixx it up” here at the lounge which has fairly good sound in an intimate setting.

We found out this week about some drink specials. 2 for 1 Cosmopolitans and $3 Bud Lights if yer into that sorta thing. This past thursday, i got really stinkin drunk, cause the previous owner of the bar came in and reconized Mark and I from eating at our favorite west village Korean restaurant, Doh Wa and said to the bartenders… “make sure you get these guys fuuuucked up”… so… needless to say. 4 shots were downed. and a heavy hangover for me on friday to trudge my way through at work. not fun…… the night before. fun, HELLS yea.

Bottom line. DEPTH CHARGE looks like it will shape up to BE the place to go for a thursday evening. we roll out the tunes circa 8:30 and blend on through the evening til it’s past yer bedtime. This next thursday, February 5th, we’ll have REDBOY as our guest, cause, Mark Flynn will be up in Boston. We haven’t officially made it official that we’ll be having guest dj’s for Depth Charge, but we want to see if the night picks up and then book accordingly.

Coming up in February… the kind people at Earthprogram have invited my hard drive and laptop to their new monthly event at the ever oh so eclectic.. Open Air bar in the East Village on FEBRUARY 20TH. the event is called RAZORS. The event will also feature pal.. REDBOY as well as ALLEN KEY, NICK CAIN & JOEL T. should be a hoot with these group of Nuttahs.

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®