01
Jun 10

FREQ45 – Jackin 4 Beatz – June 2010

The second podcast mix is now done and dusted and posted on soundcloud. Like the last one it covers a few house genres from deep house to jackin and finishes off on the soulful end. It features tracks by Robert Babicz, Nico Lahs, Inland Knights, Fred Everything, Shur-I-Khan and Christian Arenas. 

You can listen and download this mix on my soundcloud page using the link below.


FREQ45 – Jackin 4 Beatz – June 2010 by FREQ45

The track listing:

1. At Midnight (Steve Bug’s Always Late Mix) - The Discowboys

2. Chordy (Original Mix) - Robert Babicz

3. Feel The Night feat. Tania Mashay (Les Bijoux & Aki Bergen Mix) - Christian Arenas

4. Simply Yes feat. Alexander East (Fred Everything Remix) – Alexander East, Shur-I-Kan

5. Lying To You feat. Tortured Soul  - Tortured Soul

6. Gimme dat good Feelin - Chemars

7. Solid Ground - Atnarko

8. Night Music (Original Mix) - Uneaq

9. Wanna Dance (Original Mix) - Inland Knights

10. Bite Back (Original Mix) – Inland Knights

11. Like I Want To - Lisa Shaw

12. Gotcha – Rachel Claudio


01
May 10

Anti Arab Sentiment Spreads to our Local Newspapers

Post 911 racism and Islamaphobia in the UK media. This headline I spotted when outside Sainsbury’s in Haringay which is one of Londons most ethnically diverse areas.I am personally not Arabic but lets imagine if we replaced the word Arab with Black, Asian  or Jew (White? Well that doesn’t work as Britain is majority white).  It would not wash so I am left wondering how the Islington Gazette felt readers would find it ok to target the ethnicity of an Arab person in such a way. Can’t help feeling that the Daily Mail has began taking over our local newspapers here in the capital.


15
Apr 10

FREQ45 – Jackin 4 Beatz – April 2010

This the the first soundcloud podcast I have posted which was recorded on 13th April 2010. It is a mix of chicago and jackin house tracks. The first ever podcast I have made really using Serato and my VCI-200 which I am loving.

FREQ45 – Jackin 4 Beatz – April 2010 by FREQ45


15
Apr 10

Spec Boogie – Bed Stuy


15
Apr 10

Volcano Ashes and a Vegas Weddings

Last week as I worked my backside off to finish up a project I was doing up in Cambridge, a cloud was looming over my exciting plan of action. That plan of action was to jump on a plane to Vancouver. Collect my good friend Rob and go and surprise my oldest friend Siggi who I had managed to convince I was not attending his Las Vegas wedding on Wednesday 21st April. It was the perfect cunning plan. Our mutual friend Lech was going to fly the rings and the suit to Vegas on the Sunday, the fun would begin on Monday when the rest of us all arrived.

As I sat in a shoreditch (London) bar on Wednesday night (14th April) boasting about my trip, a funny thing was happening. A volcano in Iceland decided to erupt. Clouds of ash have gone into UK and EU airspace and planes are not flying all over Europe. The subsequent days as all will now remember, have been utter chaos. No planes have left UK airspace, my flight to Vancouver has been grounded since yesterday morning and classified as delayed so I am in between a rock and a hard place about my plans still. I am now sitting here on Monday 19th April in PM when I should be on a bus on my way to Seattle to catch my Vegas flight to go and suprise Siggi and Emily in time for their wedding :(

Luckily they went out a week earlier so they are out there and can get married and then take their honeymoon and the rest.

Then there is the story of the internal flights issue and the act of God. All insurance companies and the airline industry have suddenly become religious all of a sudden. I have spent a total of 7 hours on hold in the last 48 hours to Expedia who I booked all my internal flights in the states only to be told I am not entitled to cancellations due to the nature of the incident. My travel insurance company simply laughed me off the phone at the idea that they might cover me for such a thing. I mean what is the point of this policy you wonder.

My father, his wife and my little sister are stuck out in Copenhagen and they are unable to get home also with ferrys all booked too. They have been stuck there since Wednesday. So will I make it out to Vancouver and salvage at least the Vancouver and San Fran part of my trip. I am gutted the Vegas part is over, which we all are realising it is now. I know Siggi and Emily will appreciate the effort we all made at least but it would have been nice to be there non the less.

As I have just spent since Sept 09 working I am going to make it out there somehow so I guess I am going to have to wait until the ashes settle rebook and just take the cost on the chin.


15
Nov 09

Classic Question Time video editing of BNP Leader Nick Griffin

A quality edit of the controversial appearance of Nick Griffin on Question Time on 22/10/09 by Casseteboy from Brighton, UK.


16
Sep 09

The Kanye Footage of the Taylor Swift incident at the VMA 2009

These rap stars really do get above themselves.

What did you think was going to happen here Kanye? The amount of youtube responses is amazing. People are pretty mad. Obama, his own president has called him a Jack ass. Ouch!!

One thing to note here though is how did MTV get the production of this incident so tight. Notice how they cut to Beyonce like its almost scripted. It all seems kind of staged. Well in these situations the key is who stands to benefit, certainly not Kanye thats for sure. It was a stupid stunt but how did MTV get it so right camera wise it all seems so much like TV……


18
Aug 09

The Big Chill Festival 2009 – Photos

Shion and Carla the "Clane Bear"

Shion and Carla “Clane Bear”

Caroline and Abbey

Caroline and Abbey

Benny and Shion

Marco

Marco back at the ranch.

Me at the Big Chill

Amy Davison

Amy Davison

Loopy Lou

Loopy Lou and the her band the Emotional Black Males (a band I left recently :) )


15
Aug 09

Daily Show goes to Iran

The Daily Show travels to Iran. This video I came across on Vimeo shows their journey into the often misunderstood Islamic Republic the west seems intent on bombing. It is an interesting video. Check it out.

Daily Show Goes to Iran from sahar sarshar on Vimeo.

Interview with Jason Jones and Tim Greenberg from Daily Show with Jon Stewart on their trip to Iran.

Produced, Written, and Edited by Sahar Sarshar
Interview Filmed by Arash Azizzada
Narrated by Mehrnoush Irani

Aired on Voice of America – Persian News Network


15
Aug 09

Gordan Ramsey’s F Word – Me as a Tasting Judge

I left an interview in the poring rain yesterday in my effort to regain employment and my good friend Siggi called me up asking me if I wanted to appear as a tasting judge on Gorden Ramsey’s F Word. Since I have been sitting in doors for the last few weeks trying to look busy I thought why not. Kelly Brooke was his guest who was cooking with him. We arrived there today at 11:30 myself and three others were given the task of deciding which of two dishes prepared by Gordan and Kelly tasted better. We were sat around a table with cameras sticking in our faces, it was pretty unnerving.

Gordan made stuffed tomato and Kelly made stuffed pepper both of which were really good, but people voted for the stuffed pepper as it looked a lot more presentable.

We were then asked to give a short speech on why we liked the one we picked. I didn’t screw it up but I realised I am not that great a speaker as I like to think.

I only had my crappy camera phone which proved to be total pants for photos despite the excellent light in the studio. But at least it proves its not a total lie. Look out for me in November sometime on the new series of the F Word (whatever the one is with Kelly Brooke as a guest, I know as much as you to be honest).

A blurred image of Gorden Ramsey and Kelly Brooke