D&D&M&K and...

Basically, my lack of updates to the blog have been due to touring with Amanda "Trampy Grandma" Blank for the past four and a half months. So far, we've been on the road with Santigold, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Matt & Kim (presently) and Peaches in November. Here are my most recent phone photos from the current Matt & Kim tour.



Matt and Kim @ Triple Rock Social Club (Minneapolis, MN)


The Tour Whip! Yea... Its the same shitty ass van, tour in & tour out.


Did a show in Visalia, CA at a pizza parlor...


Check out the salad bar sound booth!


While in Boise, ID @ the Neurolux, we met this guy...


He ended up having an ape shit amount of scorpions under his hat!




The Idaho set list (with Matt & Kim creeper hand)


When did they stop allowing guns in Denny's?




Whats gayer then a rainbow? Two rainbows... at the same time!


Scenic drives are nice, but really... Fuck Nature!




I still have a gang of Lomo photographs waiting to be scanned from the Santi tour, so when those finally get finished.... I'll post a little something special for all you creeps.

Love,
Hot Boy Ronald

It's My Birfday Today!

Chris & I can't stop watching this kid's youtubes! Hours of enjoyment... watch this one and then watch the rest of his videos. Yea, I know we're late on it, but its still hilarious on so many levels. "I know my fingers aren't stars, you stupid balstids" - Pruane2Forever aka The Sexman

Tour Pics?

While Chris has been taking tour video of creepers and thirsty people (inside joke), I've been taking O.G. 120 film photos with a Diana F+ camera. Its going to take a while before they can be developed, but I'm hoping that they'll turn out more artistic and vastly more interesting then regular, bum ass digital photos.

San Francisco, Sacramento, Oregon, Washington, Vancouver, Minneapolis, Iowa, Baltimore and Boston are all in the bag. We're currently in the Tour Van headed up to Toronto and Montreal, hoping that Chris' past criminal activity as a youth doesn't hold us up for another two hours at the Canadian border... AGAIN!

"No officer, there are no drugs in the vehicle... we already ate them all"

Update: Audiotistic Festival

D&D went out to San Bernardino, California last Saturday, backing Ms. Blank at the Audiotistic festival thang thang. We were originally scheduled to be on the Hip-Hop stage, but we managed to find a spot at the more appropriate Electro: Citrus Building w/ DJ Funk, Floss & Chromeo. The kiddies were out in full effect and decked out in the most mind boggling, non-parent approving outfits ever. All in all, everything turned out great and we're really excited for this upcoming Amanda Blank & Santigold tour. And... I finally got to meet Z-Trip, thanks to Thee Mike B!

Darko in Boston - Sat 18th

While Chris heads out to Coachella this weekend, I'll be heading out to his neck of the woods in Boston. See the flyer above for all the info about me DJing, but I'm really coming to town to scoop up all that left over Easter candy at the dollar stores... Peep Game!

Amanda Blank's New Single!

Amanda Blank - "Might Like You Better"
Produced by XXXchange w/ additional production by Switch
Streaming audio below & Free download over @ RCRD LBL (click here)

Phone Photos '09: Darko

I've been flying around the states a lot lately, but not busting out the camera as much as I used to. Just living in the moment instead of behind the lens, but occasionally... I grab a quick pic with my phone.


Went down to SXSW and had tacos in Texas with the Fully Fitted fam


Bought last minute tickets to WMC and chillaxed with friends


Stayed down by the Beach at a friend's condo... the balcony view!


Had the 2nd Annual OMD Sushi Eating Contest, this years winner: Contra w/ 15 plates


Runner up: Matt Sherman w/ 14 plates


Hung out with Fred Hardley, errr... I mean Kurt from Floss


Spent my last night in Miami at The Standard... One More Day status


Checked in and got a comp bottle to welcome me back


Skipped right on over to Dallas for a gig at the PLUSH nite club


7-11 across the street had "NASCAR TURBO LIP BALM: NITRO LEMON"... For when you need to shift your lips into full gear!

Capone-N-Noreaga's "Rotate" has been my new theme song lately!

Over Throw Miami

Apparently the internet says this "Over Throw" party is off the chain and how can it not be... just look at that mean-ass panther thingy on the flyer... COME ON! So, put some pep in your step and kick it with us. We're bringing nothing but 'A' game and panther penis!

Devlin & Darko + Contra
w/ Damaged Goods, Troy Hurtz, Jessica Who? and special guests...

Free Admission n' Free Red Stripe starting at 11 until they run out!
$10 dollars without list action, so be sure to...
RSVP: overthrowmiami@yahoo.com

The King Is Dead
10 NE 40 St
Miami, FL 33137
(305) 573-3355

Slum Village Millionaire

I found this jem in my crates the other day, so... figured I'd digitize it for all the blogdogs out there. Just hit the repeat button on this one and let it soak in.

Slum Village: Fall In Love (Clean) or Fall In Love (Album Version)


Slum Village: Fall In Love Remix + Instrumental


Gap Mangione: Diana In The Autumn Wind (Fall In Love Sample)

FF taco try-outs pt.1

Q:Do you think A-trak gets deals/special treatment when he travels because of his excellent series of hotel reviews?

Most of our attempts to get free stuff here at the FF hq are ill-advised and probably we don't deserve whatever it is anyway. Tacos however, are something that I feel we are not only experts on but, we consume them in such immodest quantities, that if there's something we deserve to get for free or at least wholesale rate it's probably Mexican food (see also: Rane equipment and cafe bustello). Regardless of whether or not we can rise to the heights of resaurant reviewing that would entail us actually getting free tacos, If our website becomes known as a place where people go to download reggae songs and read taco reviews I feel that we will have made a healthy, and helpful contribution to the blogsphere.

So without further ado let me kick off this installment of FF taco try-outs. This first SanFrancisco episode could not have taken place without the help of our excellent local guides, the Evens-Ditzler family who are not only experts on local mexican fare but have a capacity for consumption that left even this most gluttanous FF team member, gazing on in awe and admiration.

as you can plainly see from the diagram below the four main categories for judgement include: Atmosphere, Presentation, Condiments (chips, salsa, jalapenos etc), and Taste. additional tie-breaker categories include: Wait Time, Price, Tortillia Quality, Service and Chip Quality.


El Tonayense (taco truck)
22nd St and Harrison St
San Francisco, CA 94110



Atmosphere:5 (truck)
Presentation:3 (surprisingly very good given the paper plates and lack of an actual restaurant)
Condiments:3
Taste:7
price: $9.25 for 5 tacos and 1 soda
Total:18pts


El Metate (con sabora mexicana)
2406 Bryant St
San Francisco, CA 94110


Atmosphere:3
Presentation:4 (tacos were artfully arranged on paper plates with lemon slices and jalepenos)
Condiments:2
Taste:7 (revised from a 6.5)
price: $14 for 5 fish tacos and 1 soda

Total:16 (note: only fish tacos were consumed here which may have affected the score)

Taqueria San Jose
2830 Mission St
San Francisco, California 94103


Atmosphere:3
Presentation:2
Condiments:5 (full self-serve bar of salsas, and pickled veggies)
Taste:9
price: $14.75 for 5 tacos and 1 soda

Total:19

El Farolito (winner!)
2779 Mission St
San Francisco, CA 94110-3103


Atmosphere:4 (indoors! also jukebox)
Presentation:2
Condiments:5 (again, a full self-serve bar of all the usual salsas etc. salsa quality was very high)
Taste:9
price: $9.85 for 4 tacos and 1 horchata

Total:20

Listen to This!

One of my main Miami partners-in-crime, Induce... has a podcast on the regular. His latest mix was recorded live at LVL 25 @ The Conrad Hotel, where he "kinda spazzed out and went all over the board" since no one was there. Luckily for you, its up for easy download and its amazingly perfect for the cold, holiday season. Also, its a great reprieve from face-melters and music that wobbles. So, get your holiday on and be inspired... now!

Hometeam Podcast  - click the link and iTunes does the rest!

TRACKS BY
• King Curtis
• Nuyorican Soul
• Dinah Washington (Truth & Soul)
• Howlin Wolf
• Sa-Ra Creative Partners
• Herbie Hancock
• Faze-O
• Sebastien Tellier
• Stereolab
• Bjork
• Jarvis Cocker
• Juliette Commagere
• Scarlett Johansson
• Dungen
• Koushik
• The Kaldirons
• Mayer Hawthorn & The County

Holiday Mix Massacre Re:Up

Undeniably, the worlds greatest holiday mix that has ever been made!

Download - Ronnie Darko "BBC Holiday Mix Massacre (2007 Edit)"

Australian Darko Diary, Pt 1

Chris & I just got back from the Stereosonic Tour in Australia and it was literally, an all expense paid summer vacation. We had one gig, then chilled in Sydney for a week, then four gigs and another 4 days off... Insane! But, while Plastic Little sat in there hotel rooms the whole time, Chris, Dave & myself, maximized every possible moment.


Levins cooked up one of the most amazing Thanksgiving dinners I've ever had in my life. Literally... I didn't even get diarrhea! He also made us a home cooked meal of Ribs and vegetables (pictured above) when we first arrived in Sydney. He definitely gives Alex a run for his money in the kitchen. I'm suggesting an international Iron Chef cook off!



Went down to the Opera House to visit the Ice Bar for some dranks, but ended up getting all grown and sexy with some sweets. Extravagant desserts and wine/coffee are my new guilty pleasure.


This guy got all excited when he saw the downtown area's courtyard Christmas tree installation. Sadly, that kid was never seen again.


Went out on the town with Neha and the nice Nina from hoops and stopped at this superb Sushi restaurant, where I snapped this pic of Chris. We also encountered a gallery which was displaying tons of fancy cat paintings. Chris has an iPhone pic of the most amazing "gay" cat in the set, but we haven't traded photos yet, so...





Once we saw Levins' catalogue of "spoiling other peoples photos", we became inspired. A lot of celebrating, "Schoolies" and making out!


From the moment we landed, Australia was all up in Christmas' ass.... Hard! They don't do the whole Thanksgiving thing, so I guess they start celebrating X-mas early. Which is just creepy, like this photo.





Once we finished the festival dates and met back in Sydney on Monday, we went straight to Bondi Beach for a party at Icebergs (which is the best place in all of Sydney). Anna from hoops was spinning and turned the free drink and hors d'oeuvres party into the greatest night ever. She even brought her famalam!


So great in fact, that the shoes had to go up in celebration... continuing the Turbo Tradition! So much funny shit happened, hopefully I caught some of it on video (which I'll post up soon). And if you missed it the first time around... Swirlpool (Australian Radio Mix, Pt. Darko)

Oh yea... I also did an FBI Radio promo for DJ Assult while I was in town. Look out, I'm building quite the resume!