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Yeah, I know I’m a little late on this one.  It has been quite the crazy month.  There has been a crazy photoshoot, a last minute performance trip to NYC only to return to DC the next day for my typical residency, and some jacked up car accident to screw up my whip.

That said, here is (finally) a sample of our last Lust4Life night.

B-Side tears it up

We are just about to kick it off again.  And instead of B-side who will be out of town that weekend with some family business, it will be the provocative styles of Joshua Vidal joining me for Lust4Life May.  You might have already heard the B-Side vs Stylo Prince’s Hair deck decadence.

Here is more from that night.  Joshua and I have a few more surprises up our sleeve for this month’s L4L.  In the meantime, enjoy this B-Side and Stylo treat (see bottom and press the ‘play’ button).

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Say hello to summer a little early

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Lust4Life at Dionysus 4.20

In my recent post about a better one-two punch than blowing money on a Mike Tyson talk show, I forgot to include the Charm City Fashion Show. If you include this with Lust4Life tonight and Tommy Largo featured Gumball show at Red Maple tomorrow night, there is no shortage of cutting edge cool stuff to get into instead of over priced re-treading of Tyson’s well told zaniness or some sub-par to downright poor cover band performances, many times equally over priced.

Promotion of the show is from Urbanite, Gutter Magazine, PEDX, and Mothers among others. Designs to be featured include but are not limited to South Moon Under, Urban Chic Boutique, and Hanger Alley. For details check out Gutter Mag (Guttermagazine.com). With L4L and Gumball, I would qualify this as a TKO… Not a win by decision. Take that Mike.

Speaking of cutting edge forward thinking, here is the second video in the Sleight Of Hand series by No Brainer records.

I especially like they seem to be concentrating on making good dance music without adhering to a style or sub-genre label. See this:

See the No Brainer channel for more kickin’ music and video: http://www.youtube.com/user/NoBrainerRecords/featured

And a disclaimer that most of you know about my DJ sets; most of my music is from crate digging and data mining, NOT bought. Hence on that note, here is your BSB.

BSB – Brand Spankin’ Bought

• Slap In The Bass – Egypt
• Keith & Supabeatz vs Slap In The Bass – Smoka
• Coyote Cuts WMC Sampler Part 1
• Joey Negro pres. Z Factor – Sounds In The Air
• Dario D’Attis – I Dont Care EP

We won't break your wallet...

So did you hear? Mike Tyson is still taking audiences in Las Vegas. Apparently it is not boxing despite being at the MGM Grand. A one man show of him pouring out his soul might be interesting in the quick knockout sort of way of his old boxing matches. Plus, I just paid the tax man, so I am not trying to pay premium dollar to a guy who’s story is already quite well known. Hence, here are two bona fide fun times this weekend that won’t break the bank.

Lust4Life: Friday 4.20
The mGrooves.com monthly has been a Baltimore mainstay featuring local and international talent in dance music since 2006. This month B-Side and I hold down the decks. I’ll be showcasing some of the best out of this year’s WMC (Winter Music Conference 2012) and some new tunes out of my own studio.

• Dionysus, 8 E. Preston Street (right off Charles in Mt Vernon)
• No cover
• $2 select shots from 10 to midnight
• Full party details https://www.facebook.com/events/334350693295831/

ForQuarters’ The Gumball feat. Tommy Largo; Saturday 4.21
Gumball hosts the electric Tommy Largo. On a US swing from The Netherlands and having just rocked places like the Clevelander rooftop at WMC, Baltimore is going to awash with bumpin music.

• Red Maple, 930 N Charles Street
• Full party details https://www.facebook.com/events/148759018583323/

And THAT is the undisputed truth…

Our Lust4Life project has always worked to bring you some of the best music selectors from Baltimore that you might not have had a chance to hear.  We will also work with various charitable causes from time to time making our party a party for a cause.

At L4L we also know that you have a life outside of party going.  So we have worked to be accessible and affordable–thus the intimate locations that L4L has been hosted at through the years.  In that regard, we are moving away from the 2nd Friday of the month.

In February, L4L will be on the 1st Friday of the month, Feb 3.  We are still at Dionysus, 3rd (top) floor and we still have great music and dancing planned for you.  And for Friday nights after you’ve had a stressful week at work it’s supposed to be this easy.  Just come up the stairs, get a drink, order some food, and dance.  It doesn’t matter if you are an old friend or a new friend, you are welcome at Lust4Life.  it doesn’t matter if you are a Baltimore native or just in town for the night, this is one of the best way to burn off the stress and calories.

So tell your friends about the awesome pressure reliever, Lust4Life.  What better way to kick off your weekend?

B-Side aka Bart, is back the Lust4Life fold. And he brought out his deepest A-game to kick off the Lust4Life relaunch.

He will be back this Friday with myself and guest Jackie O.

Check out his mix…

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Remember, packing 200 people into a small room and sweating out the night? Remember the smallish corner bar that seem to always have the hottest music around? Remember saying to people that you never know who you were going to run into or what would happened at Lust4Life??

We have re-launched that intimate feeling, this time at Dionysus. The same party that had the luck to host such House music legends like John “Julius” Knight and the sublime like DC’s Jackie O–who by the way is returning to Lust4Life October 9–is regular again and stands poised to bring the same type of excitement, plus some, to the Mt Vernon area of Baltimore.

One of the other reasons why we are excited about Dionysus (8 E Preston St) is that it is so close to everywhere because of access to transit options. If you are already in Baltimore, there is the Downtown Circulator FREE bus service that can get you there from most of the inner-city neighborhoods, the light rail for those who might be farther out, and for those who are traveling from DC, Philly, or NYC, Penn Station. Never before has Lust4Life been so accessible.

And finally the top reasons is the music people we will be bringing through. We are aiming to top the talent we brought in before, yet, not forgetting our hometown peeps. In this vein the first show will be an all-Baltimore affair with guest DJ Calvin Garner.

See you Friday night, Sept 9 at Dionysus!

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And here is a little bit of a L4L throwback…

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