Collage Music

This friday i am proud to present Ben Annand from "Tropical" Los Angeles. We will be playing at the GALLERY LOUNGE where Collage Music hosts every friday night. Beginning this month the guys from Mimosa records will be hosting thier monthly every second friday of the month. www.thegallerylounge.com Hope to see you all there, and remember its free to get in. As always COLLAGE MUSIC is here to defend continuity in variety.... FRIDAY DEC/3 DJ Mike Atallah (collage music) Ben Annand (Tropical LA) www.tropical-house.com

My friend and I watched a great film, on accident. Funny, but accident seems to be the underlying theme of the film. In my own words i think an accident is simply a rug that covers destiny. Film: Hurlyburly (1998) Director: Anthony Drazen Cast: Sean Penn, Kevin Spacey (pre-american beauty), Gary Shandling, Meg Ryan and so many more. Ok, so just scroll down to the Google search engine and type HurlyBurly and go from there.

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The Zen Philosopher BASHO once wrote: A flute with no holes, is not a flute. A doughnut with no hole, is a danish. -Chevy Chase in Caddyshack expressing his wisdom to a confused caddie on the green. Confusion is relative in this case.

In unanticipated glory, my friend Bridget from LA made a crusade to San Francisco to attend the sound engineer/music producer convention in the Moscone Convention center. In tandem was the REMIX magazine sponsored "workshop" presenting the latest in DJ and remixing tools to hit the market; if not already in studios worldwide. Being an explorer she took on SF with little hesitation, she has been up here many times; though San Francisco is like a stage set always changing, actors included. She met up with me on Friday evening where with very little time she announced that she had set me up with a DJ gig. For the past 3 months I had been in a retrospective phase re-examining where I am as a DJ and what musical ingredients my karmic senses are thirsting in order to live up to Collage Music standard: DEFEND CONTINUITY WITH VARIETY. After a frustrating bout with my pending position at a local radio station, I will not name names, I had been encapsulated with building tension w...