“You better pay yourself, or else you PLAY yourself.”

Wise words, 2012. Something to think about indeed. This song comes to mind as I ruminate this thought—

(feel free to push play as you read the rest of this)

Ah, are you getting enough happiness? Are you getting enough of what makes you happy?? A thought good to sit with as Winter (or “Winter” in the Bay area) winds it’s good way toward Spring. I am happy but I am also searching — lots of new things in the works and on my mind. Had a great conversation tonite with a good friend that really set me thinkin’. I’ll keep you updated.

Looking forward to dancing tomorrow night at the White Horse after the SHOCK show at the BAM. Well…full disclosure: I’m missing the SHOCK show to go see Pina in 3D (holy cow, watch this trailer!) — but will be dancing with lots of pals afterward over at the White Horse. You should check one or both or all three out, they all promise to be  a m a z i n g.

Dancing makes me happy, and so does dancing with my friends. Come on down and join us if you like.

Whaaaaaaaaat else?

1. Drawing every day

2. Looking for someone with a “Steam Punk” aesthetic to artfully build out a cool bitsy coffee shop in SF

3. Planning this year’s Super Bowl Super Babe Cave — expect to see a LIVE MEZZANINE performance by LE MUTANT (on tour from France!)

4. Gotta get some zzzzz’s — see you next time.

xo

DTM

ALLLRIGHT ALRIGHT ALLLLRIGHT !

Aloha, pals of DTM etc — pardon my absence, and accept my fond apologies for neglecting you, little blog o’ mine.

I see you’ve changed in my absence, I am now required to choose something called a “gravitar,” and have done so. I’m not sure what this means/where it appears so here, for you, dear reader, is my “gravitar” in full:

Oh YEA! — That be some gravitar-ing alright. GRAVITARING THRU SPACE >> THAT”S RIGHT. Thanks for lookin’ and thanks Michael (?) for your fine navigation skills and earplugs tip over there at Parachute Center  in Lodi.  Thanks too, to Mr. Foote celebrating anudda year — many more to ya.

WHICH BRINGS ME TO–

THE BABE CAVE

–The weekly party I have been hosting since 2009. That’s right — we have entered 2012 just as we did in 2009 — in the warm and wonderful Laszlo Bar in San Francisco. We still have FREE DONUTS (courtesy of The Jelly D over on S. Van Ness — holla!), and have added many *new and **awesome additions since we began over three years ago.

*New: FREE WEEKLY RAFFLE HAND-DRAWN WEARABLE BY US:

See our FB profile for all our raffle winners: HERE

**Awesome: This guy joined the team –>>

And the BCv is waaay more entertaining with him, his boardgames, mustache, and general panache. We’ve also gained another young man in the cave, Mr. Alex Swain: a debonaire and excellent bloody mary maker.

Things are good with us, you should stop by on a Sunday and say hello. We are still there 12-4, and sometimes 6. Tomorrow is going to be one of those “til 6″ kind of days, something tells me. Mr. Fis over there figured out how we can project tomorrow’s big football game up on the wall of The Babe Cave. If this works, expect to see the Superbowl up there later in February. We’ll still be playing rad records and hanging out and things are in the works to have our own LIVE HALFTIME SHOW at that event, so stay tuned. (Hint: check out this awesome band Le Mutant…)

In other news, I’m going to try and keep this thing updated more regularly, in an attempt to stay internettently connected with you and yours without being so beholden to the facebooooooo — i like it just fine, I love looking at yr photos but let’s branch out, shall we?

I’m also pretty happy posting as “Sweetsman” over there on the ol’ instagram for you fancy phone photo folk –

And I’ve got new work (always changing) over at my (still) favorite (and awesome) coffee shop GRAND COFFEE (good work Bilby!). Stop by and leave me a note or your friend a free coffee drawing up on the wall.

Awesomeness! What’s up with you?

xo,

DTM

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i love this band.

they never disappoint me live and fit well into lots of soundtracks — especially dreamy walks and late nights

feeling without touching:

makes me think of my old dancing partner Mica (when I lived in SF) — we never missed a Glass Candy show.

loving without seeing (that much).

groovy late-night vibe hitting me just right.

OH SNAP OH SNAP OH SNAP

Hi pals, sorry for the mega-hiatus. Stuff has been going down left and right and this little blog just got caught in the swirl of it. BUT SUMMER IS NOW HERE and all this lovely sunshine brings things back to life, doesn’t it?

Speaking of being brought to life, I just got back from a re-charger in Nebraska with my Sister and friends and boy didn’t that ship shape me right up. Here’s a photo of my friend Eliza’s Quilt Tents set up at my Sister’s place on my last day in town:

  What else is new, you ask? Well let’s start with what is old — or rather, what is constant — and that is THE BABE CAVE. We have been doing The Cave for a little over two years now, so I’d say that qualifies as something pretty constant. Every single Sunday we take over Laszlo Bar in San Francisco, where they serve the delicious brunch from Foreign Cinema while I play records. We have recently added Mr. CansaFis Foote to our every-sunday brunch line-up as well. Mr. Foote excells at drawing up a special shirt or other wearable and then raffles it off for FREE — you may win just by virtue of being there. Check out some of the last few week’s winners and there magical prizes below:

So that’s going great — come by any Sunday and you’re in for a treat. 2534 Mission Street @21st & 22nd Streets — bring a board game and your friends.

There are so many things I’ve working on/doing but this next thing is ONE OF THE BEST! It’s C.A.M.P. — and we’ve been planning it for months!

Camp Art Music Party is going to be the BEST EVER! Basically, we are taking over Camp Outback in Guerneville CA and making it into an awesome campinf music festival. It’s been likened to Camp for adults, though kids are welcome too. The daytime will be very kid friendly though there will be beer and late-night music going on everyday so make sure your kid is a deep sleeper or stay in one of the many hotels and other sleep-spots Guerneville has to offer just around the corner.

The extra beauty of this Fest is it’s proximity to a) town, b) the river, c) alternative sleep-zones for those non-campers, and d) mini-golf. That’s right. Mini-golf.

We got a little write-up over here if you want to take a look: ——->> (click) And here is our lovely website so you can check out all the events and musicicans and djs playing ——>> (click)  I will be there playing music with my new band Band Practice and as a dj on Sunday, but as a floater in all other realms as well. I’ll be leading some nature hikes to the river with my friend RV, lending a hand setting up and teaching a class over in the craft tent, maxing and relaxing in the sunshine, and playing A LOT of frisbee. We are nearly sold out of tickets, so if you haven’t gotten yours – - give it your best shot.

I have access to a couple extras if you realllly want to go and are having problems finding a ticket. SO CHEAP! $50 gets you camping and music for THREE FULL DAYS. Can you EVEN believe it?!?! Amazing. It’s going to be great. Here’s a video my friend Luke made about it:

And that’s about it on the catch-up trip! I am looking forward to dance parties and blue skies all summer long. Oh! Speaking of dance parties — I’ll be at the Missouri Lounge tomorrow evening for a night of funky dance jams and R&B hits around 9:30 until closing.

It’s my First Thursdays Don’t Tell Mom I’m at the Missouri Lounge thing. Did I mention there’s a patio??????? A HUGE PATIO with people grilling delicious things for you to eat and bartenders serving up some fine drink specials.

It’s one of my favorites, feel free to come on down and say hi.

I will also have the 2 aforementioned tickets to CAMP if you’re so inclined.

Ok! Now it’s onto my Wednesday! I hope you’ve been having great weeks and months and days and we will see one another soon! Thanks for reading!

xoxo

DTM

 

 

 

 

Darkness Vibes

all things in balance_______v

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(thanks to mjb Mr. B tester)

note on above vid–while still a good song, please don’t watch past 2:21 if you are easily offended or creeped out by scary stuffs.

$en$es

“if it look dis good i wondahhh how it taaaas’”

the amazing thing about that jam is that it comes at the end of this:

(DONT CLICK THE “prompt” on the video that asks if you “want to see the ‘official’ version..” it’s a trick. BUT DAMN WHAT A GOOD TRICK, i only wish their music was better. haaaaaa be warned)

in other smooth jams:

yea yeah ….. yea yeahhhhhh

Thanks, viva-radio! And thanks CFCF of DYWNWODYWTT. x

OK—> coming up:  Sunday Babe Cave (SF) //Tuesday @The Layover (OAK)//Bike Joust (TBD) 3.16?

 

TONITE//SF>>

sunshine

oh yes, Spring, thanks for bringing back the blue skies –

…and a brand-new mix from Mr. James Mulry (Stachemaster) in NYC, available here for your free download.

And NOW >> FIRST THURSDAYS.