under a recomendation from a friend of mine. I've started my own blog..like the millionth one out there.Vinroc is officially web 2.0ing! I've still have yet to get my "Wiki" on but I'm workin on it as soon as I figure it out. I'm gonna be talkin bout politics, records, video games and really let my intellectual side hang out. So if you really want to bore yourself and realize one of your favorite djs is a closet political hippie weirdo...come check it out when you get a chance. I will try to post some of the good stuff over here but I actually prefer having a seperate page for it..

Vinroc

http://djvinroc.blogspot.com/

NEW JERSEY vs CALI (This is FUNNY)

im frome cali

-I cuss a lot.

-I say "for sure" and "right on" and "hella" and I say it often.

-I know what real cheese & avocados taste like.

-I don't get snowdays off because theres only snow in Mammoth, Tahoe and Big Bear.

-Summers are really hot, and winters really cold. That's the way it is.

-I go to the Beach - not "down the shore" (who the fuck says that anyways?).

-I've been to "the city" (if your from California you don't say Frisco....you look stupid) and have eaten fresh clam chowder out of a sourdough bread bowl.

-The drinking age is 21 but everyone starts at 14 (legally 18 if you live close enough to the border).

-My governor can kick ur governors ass.

-I can go out at midnight and wear a t-shirt and shorts.

-I might get looked at funny by locals when I'm on vacation in their state, but when they find out I'm from California I turn into a greek GOD.

-I can get fresh and REAL Mexican food 24 hours a day (GOD bless LA COSTA)

-All the TV shows you "other" states watch get filmed here.

-We have In-N-Out (Arizona and Vegas are lucky we share that with them).

-I'm from California and I love it....


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I'm from new jersey , wuts good

i dont write in pretty little columns like california

if i mess up spelling who the fuck cares

we curse alot .. not cuss .. what kind of pussy says cuss?

i say "fuckin" "shore" and "wata/wooder" (water) and LOVE IT

yea its 65 .. but if you go that slow ur gonna get run the fuck over

if you cut me off, youre getting the horn and the finger .. and you WILL be ok with it

your governor can kick my governor's ass? mine can GOVERN. who the fuck elects an "actor" as governor anyway?

only WE say were from dirty jersey, that's how we do.

I to have been to "the city" (if your from around here its the city/ nyc/philly) if you call it the big apple you look and sound like a big ass

we were one of the original 13, too bad california isnt

Summers are really hot, and winters really cold. That's the way it is over here in jersey , too. your not so special...oh and we get snow too assfucks

were not known for being fags like you

who cares where those tv show are made? yours all suck anyway

cali's got the best beaches !? those Laguna Beach faggots need to come down here and get fuckin jumped at Seaside

camden and newark will kick comptons ass anyday

Frank Sinatra...Bruce Springsteen...Jack Nicholson...Bon Jovi...Joe Buddens Redman Kirsten Dunst and John Travolta .. all from jersey

only bennies say "going to the beach" so fuck off "dude", stop being so "gnarly"

"the drinking age is 21 but everyone starts at 14 most people even starty younger" --do you honestly think you're the only ones?

we say pie and get a large pizza

we get REAL ITALIAN FOOD .. not that fake shit they got in cali

who wants mexican food anyway?

we have WAWA ; QUiCK CHECK ; and SEVEN 11 and they`re awesome .. so suck my dick motherfucker

I might get looked at funny by locals when I'm on vacation in their state, but when they find out I'm from jersey they know not to mess.

we've got the hottest hoes around !

PORKROLL. enough said.

who the hell eats clam chowder outta a bread bowl? .. and why are you so proud?

as for tv shows ; can we say SOPRANOS??????

we can go out at midnight & get away with more shit than you can imagine

Somerset County, Hunterdon County, Bergen County & Morris County.. the four richest counties in the WHOLE country are in Jersey...and we dont need a bunch of shows on MTV to prove it


CALIFORNIA DON'T GOT SHIT ON JERSEY!

note: I don't necesarilly agree with the last statement. I have lived in Cali for a decade already. But to be honest, thats exacty How I would phrase it if I still lived there. a testament to our tenacity I guess=)

In the Philippines, Filipinos were introduced to the English language in 1762 by British invaders, not Americans.

What is the world's 3rd largest English-speaking nation, next to the USA and the UK? The Philippines.

The USA bought the Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam from Spain in 1898. The Filipino-American Independence War from 1898 to 1902 ensued, killing 4,234 Americans and how many Filipinos? 16,000 were killed in action and 200,000 died from famine and pestilence. (The Philippines lost and was colonized until 1946.)

Los Angeles, California was co-founded in 1781 by a Filipino named Antonio Miranda Rodriguez, along with 43 Latinos from Mexico sent by the Spanish government.

What antibiotic did Filipino doctor Abelardo Aguilar co-discover? Hint: Brand is Ilosone, named after Iloilo. Erythromycin.

The one-chip video camera was first made by Marc Loinaz, a Filipino inventor from New Jersey.

The first ever international Grandmaster from Asia was Eugenio Torre who won at the Chess Olympiad in Nice, France in 1974.

This son of two Filipino physicians scored over 700 on the verbal portion of the Standardized Achievement Test (SAT) before age 13 - Kiwi Danao Camara of Punahou School, Hawaii.

Edward Sanchez, a Mensa member, bagged the grand prize in the first Philippine Search for Product Excellence in Information Technology.

Who was the Filipino-American dancer who scored a perfect 1600 on the SAT? Joyce Monteverde of California.

Who invented the fluorescent lamp? Thomas Edison discovered the electric light and the fluorescent lighting was thought up by Nikola Tesla. But the fluorescent lamp we use today was invented by Agapito Flores (a Cebu man named Benigno Flores of Bantayan Island, according to the Philippine Daily Inquirer), a Filipino scientist. Americans helped then Philippine leader Ramon Magsaysay to develop it for worldwide commerce.

(Yes! Many foreigners have noted that the Filipino population has Asia's highest rates of inventors and international beauty queens.) Two Filipina beauties, Gloria Diaz and Margie Morgan, chosen as Miss Universe in 1969 and 1973.

Pure or part Filipino celebrities in American showbiz include Von Flores, Tia Carrere, Paolo Montalban, Lea Salonga, Ernie Reyes Jr., Nia Peeples, Julio Iglesias Jr., Lou Diamond Phillips, Phoebe Cates and Rob Schneider.

The first Filipino act to land a top hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in the 1960s was the group Rocky Fellers of Manila. Sugar Pie de Santo (father was from the Philippines), The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (according to the October 1984 article "Prince in Exile" by Scott Isler in the magazine Musician), Jaya, Foxy Brown and Enrique Iglesias followed.

Pure Filipinos who made success in minor charts were Jocelyn Enriquez aka Oriental Madonna, Buffy, Pinay and (Ella May) Saison.

Latina-American pop star Christina Aguilera lost to Filipina vocalist Josephine Roberto aka Banig during the International Star Search years ago. In a mid-1999 MTV chat, she said that competing against someone of Banig's age was "not fair."

Besides gracing fashion magazine covers, this international supermodel from Manila had walked the runways since the 1970s for all the major designers, like Calvin Klein, Chanel, Christian Dior, Christian Lacroix Donna Karan, Gianni Versace and Yves Saint Laurent - Anna Bayle.

Who is the personal physician of United States Pres. William Clinton? Eleanor "Connie" Concepcion Mariano, a Filipina doctor who was the youngest captain in the US Navy.

The first Filipino-American in US Congress was Virginia Rep. Robert Cortez-Scott, a Harvard alumnus.

Distinguished British traveler-writer A. Henry Savage Landor, thrilled upon seeing a Bicol landmark in 1903, wrote: "Mayon is the most beautiful mountain I have ever seen, then world-renowned Fujiyama (Mt. Fuji) of Japan sinking into perfect insignificance by comparison." Mayon has the world's most perfect cone.

Filipinos had their first taste of Mexican chili and corn during the Manila-Acapulco galleon trade (1564-1815). In return, Mexico's people had their initial taste of tamarind, Manila mango and a Filipino banana called racatan or lakatan.

Founded in 1595 by Spaniards, the University of San Carlos in Cebu City, Philippines is older than Harvard and is the oldest university in Asia. University of Santo Tomas in Manila, established in 1611, is Asia's second oldest.

Who's the Filipina senator popular for her colorful jargon, delivered in a mile-a-minute speed and in a weird Harvard-meets-Ilonggo accent? Atty. Miriam Defensor-Santiago.

The first female president of the Philippines sworn into office in 1986 was Corazon Cojuangco Aquino. Her maiden name is Chinese... In a March 31, 1997 article, The New York Times reported that the CIA manipulated Philippine elections: "(CIA operative Col. Edward Lansdale) essentially ran the successful presidential campaign of Defense Minister Ramon Magsaysay in the Philippines in 1953."

Who was the first Asian and/or Filipino to snatch America's Pulitzer Prize? Philippines Herald war journalist Carlos P. Romulo in 1941. (He was also the first Asian to become UN President.)

The first two Filipino-Americans to garner the same award 56 years later were Seattle Times' Alex Tizon and Byron Acohido, who is part-Korean.

Filipino writer Jose Rizal could read and write at age 2, and grew up to speak more than 20 languages, including Latin, Greek, German, French and Chinese. What were his last words? "Consummatum est!" ("It is done!")

"What's still most impressive to me about the Philippines is the friendliness of the people, their sense of humor...," wrote Honolulu journalist John Griffin in a 1998 visit to Manila.

Music is a form of energy. like a wave in the ocean ebbing and flowing or a bolt of electricity spreading out through the air .its organic, its movement, its natural.when an artist creates a piece of music , he's connecting with an energy vibrating at a certain frequency or emotion unique to himself. he then shares that music with others and the people who identify with that frequency or emotion begin to vibrate with him.he begins to attract these people into his being, and they begin to seek him out for delivering that frequency for them like a broadcast from a beacon..he translates there emotions, their fabric,their being into harmony and rythym, a beat. have you ever had a song that has affected you on a deep level or has been with you all throughout your life? Perhaps a song that reminded you of an important moment in your life.this is what I'm speaking of..its a relationship that brings harmony or disharmony to our lives and therefore the world around us. it's a reflection of our society and ourselves the good and the bad, and there are positives and negatives in all of us. that's why music has been with human beings since early man until modern times. Its a form of energy we manifest into the world to translate feelings to one another. rock,jazz,hip hop, gangsta rap,soul some native pounding a drum..it all connects with people who connect with the energy of that specific music and its emotions and experiences, positive and negative . Its encompasses how we choose to experience life. happines, peace, intelligent, love, confident,reflective,optimistic, beautiful. Dark, angry, sorrowful, conflicted.we draw in the emotions in the music we like from the emotional energy we put out into the world.. take jazz for example. the musicians are complex, deep,mature, and intelligent. it tranlates into their music and so they attract followers of the same energy.Some of us might not be into jazz when we are younger. you might be into rock or rap, which can be very rebelious ,loud and non comforming. a reflection of youth and its energy. but as we get older some of us tend to identify with jazz.our frequency has changed.

Music is our universal binary code.it goes directly to our emotional state or energy. Thats why a kid in japan and a kid in africa who dont speak the same language or have similar cultural backgrounds might like the same music.it speaks directly to your frequency..your SOUL..your very being..keep that in mind when listening to your music. it speaks volumes on who you are and clues as to who you might become...



BTW. For anyone interested in what I've been listening too,I've recently rediscovered jazz funk legend Fela Kuti. I've heard him many times over my career as a dj but for some reason he's really speaking to me at this point in my life.His music to me is Optimistic, Soulful, Intelligent, Mature, and Energetic but in a unique way.I like to think of myself as possesing those qualities..well, I strive too anyway.. "water get no enemy" is my pick folks...pete rock sampled the joint for INI for all the diggers out there...but enjoy it for what it is and not just the break..

VR BABY!!

I was in Honolulu djing at a freinds club recently. In my hotel room late one night, I got thirsty and realized that the vending machine was right outside my door. The only thing to drink was tap water, but a root beer was really what I wanted at the moment. The machine didnt have one of those paper money slots so that was out... I started digging for change and soon realized I was short a quarter. It was close to 2 AM and I knew it would be difficult to track down someone at the front desk to help me and honestly, I didnt want to make the trek to the lobby since I was on the other side of the building. I began digging through all my stuff ... my bag, my pants, pockets, the table, floors... all over the place! I was hoping a previous guest had even dropped some change under the bed and housekeeping had missed it. After awhile with some persistence,and basically turning the room inside out, I found an extra quarter deep in the crusty crevices of my back pack! Feeling like I just accomplished the impossible, I went out to the machine and put the change in. As I put in the last quarter I found, the machine didn't take it! Frustrated, I slammed the quarter into the machine's coin slot atleast 10 times and repeatedly pressed the root beer button (knowing full well that wouldnt work). I was furious! To top that off, the vending machine would not give me back the rest of the change I put it! The coin return was damaged!! I looked closely at the quarter and it was all beat up and scratched disabling the vending machine from reading it correctly.I was thirsty and completely frustrated at this point. The only way I was gonna get my soda and the value for my now "kidnapped" change was to complete the transaction and I needed a new quarter to do so..If I walked away, someone else could come along wit a shiny new quarter, pop it in the machine and basically get a soda of their choice for a quarter!..The thought of that disturbed me deeply.. I felt like George Costanza in an episode of Seinfeld!! The whole debacle consumed a good 20 minutes of my life.I went back into the room cursing and mumbling under my breath, letting the negativity and bitterness take hold.I began throwing pillows and small items like a pen for example(I'm a dj not a rockstar, so I dont do the glueing the furniture to the ceiling thing). I was ready to give up standing there in my room.But in the back of my mind, I thought, there has to be a way. I even considered knocking on all the other rooms to exchange my faulty quarter for a good one.which after more thought I realized I would probably get punched in the face for waking people up in the wee hours of the morning.But I kept my wheels turning... As I stood in the middle of my hotel room, contemplating my next move ,I glanced down and under a chair in plain sight was a shiny brand new quarter. I turned that room inside out but for some reason this quarter escaped me until that exact moment...that moment when I needed it the most. there was no way I could have missed that quarter earlier..but somehow it magically appeared as if I dreamed it into existence... Ecstatic,I picked that shiny quarter up and had my drink.....

The morale:
Sometimes you work hard for the things you want . Doing everything you possibly can to reach your goal or your dream. And just when you think you have all the pieces and have done everything you can..you realize you still have awhile to go or one more obstacle to deal with. And just when things are its bleakest.. The universe delivers in glorious fashion......live in flow with life.. When you put your energy towards something, I believe you eventually push through.. Don't let the challenges of life discourage you from your dreams..perseverance and passion are the keys to success! As I look back at certain events in my life, I see this all to be a profound truth. Moments of darkness and doubt are suddenly enlightened with hope and momentum. and If all of you look close enough at your own lives, you will see it as well (if you dont already). So believe in yourself and your capabilities next time you need to accomplish something. Sometimes that little nagging voice in your head is always talking about how you are not good enough or how its impossible to do something you want to do..you know how those conversations go..."Its not practical",or " What will people think of me?" or "There are no more quarters left in this room!".Be mindful of how you speak to yourself. When parents encourage their children, they usually tell them that they can do anything they want in this world. As adults, sometimes we forget that extremely powerful belief. Whether we have been discouraged by passed failure or let our inner thoughts or even other people's opinions hamper our progress and sway our beliefs to achieve our inner most desires..you will find a way to fight through if you are passionate about your beliefs...remember, your inner conversations and thoughts are your greatest assets... or your worst enemy.so family and friends, live your life to its fullest potential, because we only get one shot.The universe works with you if you want it to There are quarters out there for all of us. you just have to believe you can find them!...


secondary morale:
I could have called the front desk to see if anyone would answer and provide change, them make the trip to the lobby. It would have probably taken less time and effort.But I would'nt have learned anything except that I am psychotic enough to do most anything for a root beer at 2 in the morning.I also didnt mention that I had to go up two floors because we didnt have an ice machine on my floor, but I'm assuming you guys got the morale of the story...Please save yourself the frustration if you find yourself in a similar situation..

This has been a lesson about the workings of our universe, communicated by a quarter. I am only a translator..:)

yo I got a little side project comin out called "Ethnicali" on Itunes. its an instrumental album me and couple of my producer freinds have done.my peoples dj swiftrock, rasta root, and sophmore gave some stuff to make the feel of this album really come together. Its music inspired by the golden state of California. real chill, laid back and fun stuff..check out "wine country" in my player. play that driving to napa on your next weekend getaway and hopefully you will get the picture. Comin soon!!!!!!

I'll be real..I've been having trouble accesing my creative side for a few months now. I havn't made a mixtape in like.. i dunno...and i havn't made a decent beat in my opinion in months. I'm not sure whats goin on but I beleive im just disenchanted with the state of music right now. I've been utilizing my time doing woodworking and building projects..(dont laugh nukkas! there is nothin more satisfying than building somthing u can actually use..like a bread box)but the music is still there in the back of my head..I'm just not tapped in right now na mean.. and yes, I've tried smokin weed..but maybe someone out there can help me out with some honest feedback..

My 2 brothers are movin from the dirty jersey to sunny california today.There was abot 30 people who came to our spot to see them off..they got mad love here in jersey city and thats a good thing.This will always be our first home and the place that made us...we always got that JC in are blood fo life.but the west calls... They gonna come stay with me at my crib.It's gonna be nice to have family around again.They gonna drive cross country but my ass is flying home.They bringin mad shit and we gonna have to figure out where to put it... Ima be back in NY soon to handle some other buisness but I miss the bay and cant wait to get home...come through and meet my peoples ....I'll see y'all at flava this saturday! Holla and lets wecome them with a bang!!!

Yo, I cant front..their is just to much goin on in NY. It's off the hinges! The energy, the people,the culture. Like mos def said "I can feel the city breathin". This place I guess will always be in my blood since I grew up here. But on the other end, you got the SF Bay area...I've lived here for about 7 years now and I can honestly say this is home. Bay area people are freindly and warm. It's just as culturally diverse as NY but leaning toward people from asia. I think thats all about migration patterns of people and geography but thats another story.And It's just a beautiful place...period.nature areas in your backyard, The Golden gate, marin headlands,redwoods,...it's an awe inspiring place. And Cali life is somthin else na mean.It's laid back but with a cool to it..nuthin like it. I think having the privelege of living in both places has helped shape who I am cause you are a product of your surroundings.Both places have taught me many things about myself, my profession and about life. A tale of two cities y'all....Yo, it's like being in love with two women who are different but the same and with there own unique qualities.I think I need to figure a way to be Bi-coastal..