I DON'T CARE, I LIKE IT!

All the way live...

My second contribution to the fashion blogosphere (you're damn right it is a word) has gone live.  Check it out here:

http://www.vstyleblog.com/san_diego/2010/03/local-flavor-king-kouture-in-solana-beach.html

Dig it peeps...

My legend grows...

I will be contributing to a few different blogs in the coming weeks, the first of which has gone live.

I will be a featured contributor on V-Style for Men, a Men's Fashion Blog run by a local San Diego wardrobe stylist named Vanessa Valiente. She has given me some great opportunities to contribute to a lot of awesome things she has going on. Naturally I will keep all of you updated.

Here is my first in a series of postings on V-Style for Men:

http://www.vstyleblog.com/men/2010/03/scott-wickens-first-law-of-fashion.html

Enjoy.

DJ AM

Today, March 30th, would be the late DJ AM's birthday.  Sadly he is no longer with us but his talent and music live on.  He was insanely talented and single-handedly changed DJ'ing and ushered in the mash up era.  I had the pleasure of seeing him live on many occasions and every time was an absolute blast.  Some of the best times I have ever had are with my friends in Vegas when AM was rocking it.  His live mixes are available everywhere online but in his memory I'll post a link that lists a ton of them for download, all free.  So throw an AM mix on, boogie, and have some fun.  That is what he was all about...

http://www.freshbasilcrew.com/2009/09/headlines/dj-am-mixes-collection/

Incredible...

This is absolutely amazing. Some young kids perform Scarface for their school play. What bullshit, I got stuck with Bye Bye Birdie.

Have a good time, unwind , we're here to blow your mind...

As you may or may not know I spent the weekend in Austin, Texas for a bachelor party.  Yes, it was a fucking epic time, of which I am still days away from recovering from.  I'll blog more about it later but this is a quick music hit for now.  SXSW also happened to be going on this past weekend and weekend and while it is tragic that I was unable to experience any good shows the town still provided endless music experiences that were first rate.  It is in this vein that I bring you some of Austin's best music.....Ghostland Observatory.  This band hails from Austin and I have been listening to them since around 2007 when I happened to randomly catch a live recorded performance of theirs at the Austin City Limits festival that was showing on an HD music channel.  I was absolutely blown away.  I immediately found their major label debut Paparazzi Lightening and the rest is history.  This band absolutely hammers, the enormity of sound that is produced from just two people is astounding.  It's just one genius on keyboards and beats and one singer. That's it.  I suppose dance rock or electro punk would be apt monikers if you had to place a pseudo-intellectual label on it but in reality they are all over the map with beats, guitars, drums, funky ass dancing, the works.  I heard their music at a few different places over the weekend and it reminded me of how awesome they are and how huge they are in Austin.. I highly recommend both their albums Paparazzi Lightening and their newer release Robotique Majestique, which coincidentally is one of the best album names ever.  Here is a taste...and I highly recommend going to your favorite online video website and watching some live performances.

A cool idea to support...

My friend Lauren over at Some Wine with Cheese is working on another cool experiment. It is called Pay It Forward Tuesday, wherein everyone is encouraged to do one small act of kindness on Tuesdays. We definitely need more kindness in the world.

Check out the details here: http://www.somewhinewithcheese.com/2010/03/new-experiment.html

Do it....