Snapped in a grocery store in the Bronx

AOL Blogger event drink-BLOG IT TO ME!

vision vodka, liimoncello, fresh basil, fresh muddled lemons, a hint of sugar

Used Jailbreakme.com to free my Iphone 3GS

Diesel Kick Ass Party

Last weekend I attended The Next Hope (Hackers on Planet Earth) conference, held at the Hotel Pennsylvania in NYC. It is held every 2 years and this is the 4th time I attended since 1998.

This is the badge-

this is the schematic for the badge designed by Travis Goodspeed-

“These badges are active RFID tags which beacon the position of each attendee a few times a second, so that the god damned devil army of lies–by which I mean the Next HOPE badge committee–can track each attendee around the Hotel Pennsylvania.”

There were alot of other cool things to check out such as this USB Typewriter setup and a working EASY button

Here are some topics to some of the talks I attended-

• Circuitbending
• Keeping Your Job While Being a Hacker
• Examining Costs, Benefits, and Economics in Malware and Carding Markets
• Arse Elektronika: Sex, Tech, and the Future of Screw-It-Yourself
• How Hacking is Both the Death and Future of Traditional and Interactive Publishing, Journalism, and the Media
• Reach Out And Touch Face: A Rant About Failing
• Sita Sings the Blues: A Free Culture Success Story

A keynote was scheduled to be given by Julian Assange of Wikileaks , he did not show for obvious reasons, but his partner Jacob Appelbaum and developer of TOR gave a great talk,cover past, present and future developments of the project and showed the much talked about a videotape showing a U.S. Army Apache helicopter attack in Baghdad that killed a dozen people, including two Reuters news staff. for more information check out CollateralMurder.com

I got to ride a Segway (video on that later) and got put on to Etherape!-is a packet sniffer/network traffic monitoring tool, developed for Unix (thank you AngelXIII!)

I met threat analyst and journalist, known as a former grey hat hacker, Adrian Lamo  (we now follow each other on foursquare)

He also informed the authorities of the identity of a US Army Intelligence Specialist who is alleged to be the source of the July 12, 2007 Baghdad airstrike video leak to Wikileaks.

Which shows guts and balls and I am in his corner no matter what his reputation may now be in the hacker community.

I also enjoyed 2 greats talk and got a pic with Johannes Grenzfurthner

(No-I do not work for @cafebustelo)

He is the founder of monochrom, an internationally acting art and theory group.

I shot an interview with a teacher from The Hacktory, a Philidelphia-based group that promotes the use of technolog in the arts.

(look for that video to be posted soon)

Overall, it was a good time of learning and unlearning.

Note: Most of the videos of the talks can be downloaded at Hattorents.com

.

On Saturday I attended Creators Project at MILK Studios in NYC, it’s  is a joint venture between Vice and  Intel.

The purpose is to launch a new network dedicated to the celebration of creativity and culture across media all around the world.

xx: A Sculpture of the Album -a unique audio-visual collaboration with video director Saam Farahmand, creates “a 3D physical interpretation” of the band’s debut album, xx,

The sculpture utilises film, light and sound via three specially created audio-visual units (each unit representing one member of the band with a mix of exclusively filmed footage and mixed sound), and every visitor  enjoys  a totally unique experience of xx.

Last night I  attended the album release for Janelle Monae-The ArchAndroid at the Highland Ballroom-

Despite the nearly 90 minute wait in line-the high energy cinematic accompanied performance was worth it-

I used the Iphone app HIPSTAMATIC for these pics-an application that brings back the look, feel, unpredictable beauty, and fun of plastic toy cameras from the past.

It comes with the John S Lens, the Jimmy Lens, the Kaimal Mark II Lens, the Standard Flash, the Dreampop Flash, Ina’s 1969 Film, and Kodot Verichrome Film.

The ArchAndroid is an “Emotion Picture” brought to you by ground-breaking, genre-blurring singer, songwriter, producer and performer Janelle Monáe and the Mad Minds of the Wondaland Arts Society. The star-studded featured cast includes the legendary Big Boi of OutKast, renowned poet Saul Williams, psychedelic dance-punk troupe Of Montreal, punk prophets Deep Cotton, and the Wondaland Arch Orchestra.

The ArchAndroid was inspired by such revolutionary musicians and artistic visionaries as Salvador Dalí, Walt Disney, OutKast, Stevie Wonder, Octavia Butler, David Bowie, Andy Warhol, and John Williams. It was Executive Produced by Nate Wonder, Chuck Lightning, Janelle Monáe, and Sean “Diddy” Combs, with Co-Executive Production from Big Boi of OutKast.

One of the best albums released this year-your MP3 player will thank you for it

Buy It-http://bit.ly/c5RMji

giorgio (guitar [sabrina & giogio]), omni blaze (keys), timmy (bass) and ray (drums) helped me sing about the middle passage. this is a poem turned into a song. the work was inspired by some of the work i viewed in oklahoma city/tulsa about black wall street & deep …deuce, while on the road. and the works found in brooklyn’s own house of art

This mixtape features Agua Negro by VICELOUNGE-
Tai Allen, Yours Truly  & DeVasha Lloyd’s hubby Craig Knight

thanks Mike Ashley for the love!

Life and Soul Mixtape 2

All the things – Jua

Back n Forth (Remix) – Mycah Chevalier

Without You – Mika ft Mic El

Great2Me – Green Tea

Magic – Darien

So Smooth (Extended Version – Wadz 12^th Note Mix) – Ashanti Munir

Agua Negro (Tension) – Vicelounge

My Love – Jimmie Reign

Nobody (DOA Mix) – St Jaimz

My Magazine – JP (Produced by Herb Middleton)

97 – Dam Good Soul ft Elisha LaVerne

Certified Organic (Remix) – Adina Nyree

Take Me Away (#2 Old School French Mix) – Gemma Genezzano

Love on You (Soul Mix) – Montalfish (Colleen Max Fisher & Christian Montalbano)

Love Lost (Remix) – Juliette Leon

Bonus Dance Mix

Take Me Away (#2 Old School French Mix) – Gemma Genezzano

Artists Websites

Thanks to all the artists for allowing me to showcase their music.  Please visit the following sites and buy some music

Jua http://www.juasmusic.com/

Mycah Chevalier http://www.mycah.net/

Mika http://www.mikamuseic.com/

Mic El http://www.myspace.com/mic_el

Green Tea www.diaryofindependentartistgreentea.blogspot.com

Darien http://darienonline.wordpress.com/

Ashanti Munir http://www.myspace.com/grooveallegianceusa

Vicelounge http://vicelounge.com/

Jimmie Reign http://www.myspace.com/jimmiereign1

St Jaimz http://www.myspace.com/saintjaimzmuzic

Herb Middleton http://nuvyberecords.com/

Dam Good Soul http://www.damgoodsoul.net/

Adina Nyree www.adinanyree.com

Gemma Genezzano http://www.gemmagenazzano.com/

Montalfish http://www.myspace.com/Montalfish

Juliette Leon http://www.myspace.com/julietteleon

LISTEN

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Click HERE to download

This episode was shot on location at :
Madison Cigar Lounge- Harlem NYC

This event features:

* Tony McFadden of Madison Cigar Lounge
* Paul Scipioni of Atlantic Cigar Company
* Spanish Galleon Cigar The Miami Cigar.
* Brothers of the Leaf

*Music by VICELOUNGE

I had a great time doing this episode-despite the numerous problems we had getting it out which involved a broken camera, broken computer, etc

We are going back to do another episode where I will be interviews John Starks formerly of the New York Knicks-

He is coming out with his own cigar-here are the details:

MADISON CIGAR AND LOUNGE

Cordially invites you to a cigar tasting with
NEW YORK KNICKS LEGEND JOHN STARKS FEATURING
JOHN STARKS’ DOMINICAN LEGENDS CIGAR
By E. Zarzuela

Friday, March 12, 2010, from 6pm to 10pm

E. Zarzuela, the newest creation from the Dominican Republic, is a rich blend of Cuban seed Dominican and Nicaraguan tobacco aged to the highest standards for the connoisseur who enjoys the best blended CAFÉ HABANO wrapper in the market.

Founders Eddy Fontana and John Starks have teamed up to create an intriguing Dominican blend with a Cameroon Wrapper that will entice any smoker’s palette with a clear philosophy, passion, dedication and admiration for those who have made the industry what it is. E. Zarzuela has arrived to bring new life to a legendary tradition.

SPACE IS LIMITED.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Episodes 6 &7- Cigar Inn 12/12/2009 NYC-ended up editing so much footage into 2 episodes to end 2009.

Cigarfilms Episode 6: Cigar Inn Miami Cigars & Don Pepin –

Shot on location at Cigar Inn Lounge NYC on December 12, 2009.

This event features discussions with:

• Don Pepin Garcia, Jaime Garcia of  El Rey De Los Habanos Cigars
• Nestor Miranda of The Miami Cigar & Company
• Edde Ortega & Erik Espinosa of United Tobacco Inc

Cigarfilms Episode 7: Cigar Inn Miami Cigars & Don Pepin –

Shot on location at Cigar Inn Lounge NYC on December 12, 2009.
This episode features discussions with:

• Eddie Ortega of United Tobacco Inc.,
• Ray Dawson, Creator of the Nocturnal Peacock Cigar
• Gus Fahik Owner of the Cigar Inn
• Nestor Miranda of The Miami Cigar

This show is dedicated to Avelino Lara ( March 20, 1921-October 27, 2009)

Check out more episodes at cigarfilms.com