Pretty Cool DJ

I jump in my car
                      to warm it up.
And I sit and Tweet
                       something stupid.


Then put it in to Drive
                            and pull out in to the World.
My pants are dirty
       The car smells of cigarette butts
               and I'm low on gas.


From the radio comes
                a backyard boogie classic
                   that the Hipster DJ's in Silver Lake
                                 wont play for fear of being called
                                  "A Pretty Cool DJ".!


I'm gonna drive nowhere
       and think of a thousand things to say


Go to the record store and 
                 buy some records


Eat something greasy
and eventually end up 
alone
smokin a cigarette
drinkin tea
and Tweeting 
something stupid like...
I'm DJing for
A Friend 
of a Friend
who knows
the Mayor of Inglewood
 Baby Shower.!
and hashtag it
#thisishowwedoit
And
#shakeyourrumptothefunk


Then someones gonna retweet it
and add a hashtag of their own
#prettycooldj

Tall Cans...A Pinball Machine and The Ghettoblaster [DTLA]

This week DJ Dorian is swinging by to bust a set.! Last week was super dope.! I never knew they had a Pinball Machine.But I do know they have Tall Cans and Tall Cans and more Tall Cans.None the less always a great time with really cool people at the Bar 107 in DTLA.Ghettoblaster gives great hugs.! And the "Bacon Wrapped Hot Dog Lady" is waiting for ya.!!! That's Right I said "Lady Dressed as a Hot Dog..Wrapped in Bacon..is waiting for you.!! Got the kids downtown sprung on those street wise religion eats.!!

Last Weeks Pics:

It Does Say "In God We Trust"...Doesnt It.!

So I pull up to exit the parking structure and I get charged three dollars.I tell the cashier I have some change for you today.She says "This isnt a Korean Laundry Mat." And I say "Everytime I pull up you guys ask me for change or smaller bills." She says "No we dont." I say "Yes you guys do."
She busts "This isnt a Korean Laundry Mat." Again. "Really?" I answered. "It's not like I'm handing you North Korean Coins." Then she says "That's Communist Korea..I'm not from that Korea." I ask her "Do you enjoy the United States?" She says "Yes." Then I tell her "After you count the change to see if it's all there...can I have a reciept." She says " This No Korean Laundry Mat." And I think to myself if That Korean Laundry Mat is in The United States...its gonna take ALL the change that has "In God We Trust" on it that I hand to them.

As the arm raises to let me out..she says "Thank You" and I ask How do you say that in a North Korean Laundry Mat?" She closes her window and looks away unsatisfied and angry she has to work the graveyard shift.

Ghettoblaster * DTLA * Bar 107

This is the flyer for this weeks GHETTOBLASTER,I'm sick with adding the wrinkled paper look on the flyers.Come out and enjoy some of your favorite tunes all on vinyl with a few tall cans for that "Gonna Have A Good Time" feeling.

On Feb.3rd Rick Wren~Orion Escobar @ The Ghettoblaster...

Using Dirty Needles

It's Wednesday evening and I've just finished up recording a set I put together with no particular directive but to spin records...to top it off it was a beautiful day out and chime of an ice cream truck....rollin down the streets....made me wanna play some beats..

..and all the while Using Dirty Needles.

I Just Hate It When The Recordplayers Are Not Hooked Up.!

Just about everyday I go thru these records...and often find something I did not know I had...or that pile of records that I bought at a thrift store...three month ago..and I still have'nt listened to 'em

Just about everyday I...pull a record here...place it over there..and vice versa.It gets nerve rackin'..wishin' there was just an easier way to keep 'em all in order.

It's almost like..being in a little record store..I can sit in here for hours..looking at covers...all the while playing a whole different record...

Just like a record store...but I've already paid for the records..which let's me get lost in grooves and the cover art work..

Some where bought at thrift stores..or garage sales...or just donated to the revolution..the cause...WHICH IS HIGHLY APPRECIATED!!!

I think every DJ knows how it feels...when they get home...with a vinyl record...new or used...how much..it sucks...that the recordplayers are not hooked up when they get home...ready to listen to those records.

Bacon Wrapped Hot Dogs,Records And People In DTLA.

When I Spin Records At The Ghettoblaster In Downtown Los Angeles I Like To Walk Outside The Bar 107 & Take In The City Just Outside The Key Hole Shaped Door Way.

Shooting The Shit Over Cigarettes Or Talking Bicycles..I Once Came Out And Some Dude Was Getting His Hair "Sculpted" By A Roving Hair Stylist.

But What Is L.A. Without The Street Vendor Slangin Bacon Wrapped Hot Dogs Right Outside Of You Favorite Watering Hole.

ole.

Is Shy Girl Still With Puppet

A Couple Crates of Long Negleted Records were donated the other day.

These records...came in very bad condition...out of their proper sleeves..some dusty and cracked.
I smoked cigarettes while I handled them..and everytime I handle old negleted records like these I just picture all the years these records once entertained someone.

The scribble of a teen girl "La Shy Girl Con El Puppet"

The classic darkening of a tooth..from a singers headshot...maybe even a mustache penciled in.

These records once defined someone's life...made them happy...made them long for love..made them wake up in the morning and get their hustle on...maybe even made someone tie one on..in a bad way.

These records were neglected..now being cleaned up..by me....who wants to bring them back to life..if the grooves permit.

Putting out my cigarette...Lookin'at my dirty,dusty fingertips...I Wonder
..If Shy Girl is still with Puppet?