Visual Davis

Happy Halloween!

2007-10-31T12:04:00.000-04:00

Have a safe and fun time at the costume party, scaring your friends, trick-or-treating, or curling up on the couch with that special someone in the dark watching your favorite scary movie! ;-)

SYS

The next Warhol I am NOT!

2007-07-11T02:31:00.000-04:00

But I do like to have fun with Photoshop CS3 sometimes...

:-P

SYS

Who needs the mall to have that photobooth experience?

2007-06-12T16:14:00.000-04:00

My Photobooth - An Expression of Pure Tech Bliss

If you want to go and try this yourself the only thing you need is to wipe the dust off the old webcam (you do remember that little bugger don't you) and head on over to Cameroid. The site is quite easy to use and you can do some pretty crazy shit. As you can see, I was having quite a bit of fun inside on a rainy day! ;)

SYS

DJ Blac @ The Boat Party Memorial Day Weekend 2007

2007-05-29T04:59:00.000-04:00

One of the Premiere Drum and Bass DJs doing his rocking out at the Boat Party - marking Phase Three of my birthday celebration! Check it out.

SYS

Husker Pride

2007-01-09T01:41:00.000-05:00

Just some random pics from games I went to this season.

A sea of red! Go 'Skers!!!

SYS

Merry Christmas!!!

2006-12-25T18:42:00.001-05:00

My First Beach Rave in Second Life

2006-11-09T18:17:00.000-05:00

Not quite what we had on Zanzibar Island... who the fuck am I kidding, this shit is beyond reality of course!

If anyone could even approach effects like these without dosing everyone with drugs or totally frying a city's electrical grid - ravers would jump off their roofs!

And there is my Second Life alter ego "Strong Island Brickworks" macking with a tall glass of water named "Urshula."

Even the sand glows in Second Life, although they need to work on water graphics because even under the moonlight the ocean off Zanzibar Island was turquoise.

Happy Halloween

2006-10-31T05:07:00.000-05:00

Coping With Defeat - One Good Drink and One Phat Beat At A Time

2006-10-24T09:23:00.000-04:00

A night at Bricktop was definitely in order after the Husker loss to Texas, but not without first heading over to Wasabi for some healthy food to recharge a bit. Roso, Bauer and myself indulged in sushi like it was no one else's business. You must remember we had been drinking since 8:30am or at least once we left the Governor. In the Stadium we basically had peppermint schnapps and bailey's irish cream to spike our hot chocolates which we consumed plenty due to the cold and snow. We all needed something in our ribs to stick for a night ahead of wine, women and song!

The nights partying ended up having a few early casualties. It seems a Husker loss runs deep into the subconscience of natives. The only thing I have ever heard definitively was the statistic that domestic violence increases when the Huskers lose. When I first heard this I was quite disturbed but kept my mouth shut. Now that I am considered a regular I can honestly say that this is pathetic. If you are a farmer, maybe you should go out and dig another irrigation trench when the Huskers lose. If you're a grease monkey, head down to your shop and grease it up (possibly fix something). No matter what you do you can get important things accomplished using anger, because for a brief moment it gives you focus and energy. Hitting your wife is just bullshit!

But enough about that...

Bauer and Dan mackin' it up on arrival at the Top O' Bricks.

Bauer and Chief aka The Crunk Brothers would both be early victims of what I used to call the Strobe Light Syndrome.

(l-r)Partial Bauer, Chief, Kristin *facing*, Josh aka DJ Crucial, Becka Josh's lovely wife *facing*. Place was getting filled.

Hey, it's the man himself Josh aka DJ Crucial about to make his way to the decks to sample on the crowd his latest CD release.

Charlie letting me know that even though one eye is closed he still has the other on the prize.

(l-r)Dyan's friend who will kill me because I forgot her name AGAIN, Russ, Dyan enjoying some fine spirits and great sounds.

Russ and I trying to do this portrait ourselves soon realizing we shouldn't quit our day jobs.

(l-r)Langtree and Russ in big pimpin' mode. Word to Langtree: you need to come out more!

Aw yes, sneaking under the radar almost is DJ Mattman to poach a few Old Styles and party with Strong!

One thing I've noticed is that the flash on my camera seems to not really affect a shot in a positive manner when there is some many little reflective objects.

Now these two shot are MONEY. I love the way I was able to snag the neon necklace amongst the other laser effects.

After hours can get crazy, especially after covering most of the town with group in tow looking for the dopest spot. Meeting up with Garrick once again, we soon ran into Krizz then zipped off to the secret location which I'll call The Shop.

Chillin' at the shop was pretty cool since basically its a working shop with Audio system wired in, so all we had to do was hook up the decks and a mixer and the music would continue into the wee hours. One thing I wish I had brought with me was some Red Bull. For a period of four hours the only thing I had to drink was shots of Cuervo straight from the bottle. By the end of the night I felt my throat ablaze from the day's yelling and screaming. A soft drink would have been nice, indeed. These are just some random shots of the action.

Jay Zero trying to blow smoke rings.

Russ and Jay of Four5 Productions.

Mr. Schroeder chillin' out - absorbing the tunage.

Amber, Kes and Dizz made it out to the secret location.

Hooking up the gear, cables is such shite!

Ah, Comrad about ready to drop it.

Still trying those smoke rings.

People get crunked at the dead end, hommes. Garrick, Dizz and Kes.

Krizz and Amber chillin' out making sure no one starts up any power tools!

Garrick put down those tools, bruva!

Sharing Needles with Doc Zhivago and Plan 9

2006-06-04T23:19:00.000-04:00

NO not those needles, shame on you! But my Q-Bert signature Ortofon's are simply the tits! I recommend them fully to any DJ whether you want to get scratchy or smooooth with the grooves. These mofos perform!

Doc Zhivago chuggin' the Stella Artois like its no one's business and another nice bloke!

Whoa, look at all the purty lights!

Can anyone say D-E-E-P house? I think the Doc can!

I like it when Doc works headlines with non-house DJs because he always puts something a little edgier in there to draw some real blood!

Plan 9 ripping it up propper! He gets the head-knod for treating my babies well and for spinning Prodigy's Poison during his set. Hell yeah!

Get a load of this and this!

SYS

DJ Mattman and Crucial rippin' up Bricktop!

2006-01-14T16:34:00.000-05:00

Crucial chilling out waiting to hit the decks to drop it!

Monitoring the crowd to as the set kicks off. Notice that lil' box in the lower left corner?

Yeppers, that's the new Kaos pad. Quite a nifty effects tool for the DJ or musician.

Vinyl is not only easy to handle but oh so delicious!

I really dig these above angle shots so I took another of Crucial.

DJ Mattman working it like only he can. The Funk Phenom is truly in the house!

Yet another shot from over head. Easier with Mattman cause he's short in stature but long on deep grooves!

DJ Dr. Zhivago - House/Downtempo

2005-11-16T01:57:00.000-05:00

Dr. Zhivago working the 1 & 2s at Bricktop. See him every Wednesday night 10pm to 1am!

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2005-11-10T15:28:00.000-05:00

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Bricktop - Good People Good Times

2005-11-08T02:52:00.000-05:00

The Setting: Bricktop Friday Night featuring DJ Mattman and Crucial.

The booth at Bricktop. Mattman is way back there. Should've hopped up on the stage for the shot. Shit on me! LOL

Two birds I met when I first stepped in. My illuminated smile caught their eyes immediately. (See post for the underlying joke.)

Some dancers hit the floor early on like myself to support Mattman!

As Matt played on the floor kept getting fuller...

And fuller...

And fuller still!

This chick really had some moves. Who'd have thunk it, huh? ;)

People are so polite around here that they actually get out of the way while they dance so I could grab shots of these dudes...

I coined them the "circle jerks" cause they had this pseudo-act of dancing in a circle and looking generally hilarious. I have video that does them more justice...

Napoleon Dynamite eat you heart out. This member of the circle jerks really got flamboyant. I guess he was trying to spark the rest of the crowd (?) but he only managed to momentarily scare them off. Got plenty of video of this dude!

No problems, the dancers came back to the floor en masse! Here Mattman (far left, mid-spin) caught dancing/spinning with a few shags while enjoying Crucial's set.

Mattman with buddy Bradley outside Bricktop, the three of us getting some needed fresh air. Hey, it gets hot on that dance floor! LOL

Caught this awesome shot shortly after last call of Reynolds fighting sass with his own brand of sass with a couple of shags out front. That expression is priceless. This dude is one of those people you know you will hit it off well with after only a few moments. Plus, he practically introduced me to ALL the cool peops after only knowing me a day or two. He's beyond cool!

Le Jacaranda Hotel - More than a place to meet Masai!

2005-10-31T17:32:00.000-05:00

The bar at Le Jacaranda's open air restaurant. Monkey sitting on right.

Monkey's first room before Kili climb.

Another view of Monkey's first room.

View of my night stand in my first room before Kili climb.

Nebraska in the hizzie, yo!

My gear. (l-r) 1st North Face trunk, Bear Mountain lumbar pack, L.L. Bean messenger bag, camera bag, Camelback H.A.W.G. day pack, 2nd North Face trunk (standing).

Another view of my first room.

Sashka in front of the "Mr. Macho" art shop at Le Jacaranda.

Some of Mr. Macho and associates' art work.

More of the brilliant art work. I like the center picture with the sun.

Me beside more of the artwork.

Side driveway of Le Jacaranda. Door on right is the hallway of our future suites where we would stay after Kili climb.

Reception (lower level) and open air restaurant (upper level) at Le Jacaranda.

Mr. Macho's art shop at Le Jacaranda. Monkey browsing some of the handmade jewelery inside.

Sashka beside main entrance next to art shop. Sporting some Kilimanjaro bottled water.

Monkey and I outside the main entrance waiting for safari guide to pick us up.

Breakfast at Le Jacaranda day after completing Kili climb.

Another shot of restaurant.

Labor Day Weekend Part 2

2005-09-06T16:10:00.000-04:00

Part 2 of LDW can be found here.

SYS

Labor Day Weekend Part 1

2005-09-04T11:42:00.000-04:00

Two lessons learned:

-Never let apes into your pool without a trained life guard.

-Drinking all day leads to dancing all night.

The Cop and his wife hosted a BBQ and pool party as the last bash for this summer and to kick off the weekend properly. The Cop never misses an opportunity to grill the shit out of some poultry, beef, fish, you name it. And since most of the crew were going to be in the area he knew he had to whip up a bevy of good eats!

Seemingly, food was being consumed faster than Flatfoot could put a flame to it! But the variety more than made up for it.

Besides, being a nurse Wifey would have made a hell of a waitress. As soon as the goods were cooked off they went. I couldn't even get a shot of a full grill.

When Monkey, Sashka and Ninu arrived it was quite surprising to see that they brought scuba gear! As they were in the process of getting their certifications they thought it would be fun to scuba in the Cop's pool. All anybody could say was WTF?

They did decide to forgo strapping the oxygen tanks. Instead, they stuck to the flippers and snorkel masks.

I still think seeing the flippers in the pool was priceless. And at this point, not too many people were drunk.

Sashka strapping one on!

The Working Man navigating the pool slide. Settle down kids!

Ninu showing off her Miss America wave while being entertained by Monkey in action.

Time to feed the Monkey his veggie burgers!

What's that over yonder? Ah, JD! Sweet.

Ninu, Alisio and his friend loungin' with Old Dirty Bastard's Pop Shot bumpin' in the background.

Damn it, Sashka, no speeches while the music is playing! LOL

As the evening winded down, Cop and Wifey were clearly exhausted, a few of us decided to head out to a club. The logical choice was the Nutty Irishman. So we made our way out. It turned out to be a pretty entertaining second half to a great day. I think being the only sober guy in the group made it more entertaining for me. LOL

Not a bad night for the Nutter. Although, the band were more comparable to an idiot savant. They shows glimpses of genius with their set list but would totally murder what were otherwise enjoyable '80s songs. And no, they didn't cover A-ha. :)

Feeding Water Fowl

2005-08-25T23:08:00.000-04:00

Preface: There hasn't been too much visually happening for me. I had brief ideas for photos but really nothing panned out. Being busy with the closing, move and upcoming trip, creatively I have been tapped. But I did find some inspiration today...

After I spent nearly two hours being consulted and then being poked with about four needles (necessary to gain my Visa for my trip to Tanzania) at the travel clinic, I hooked up with Monkey (one of my travel buddies) and Ninu (his main squeeze) to relax in the lovely afternoon, eat lunch and feed some local water fowl.

Monkey and Ninu. Monkey is pretty good at juggling twenty pounds of cracked corn and popping shots with his cam phone!

Initially, we attracted a small group. These birds are not starving in the real sense but they sure were scoffing the cracked corn!

It's funny how birds that normally stay to their own groupings by species all join in for the feeding frenzy. The barking they do to each other is hilarious at times. Reminds me of the martians from Mars Attacks. Yak, yak-yak. YAK!

It's Don Pom Top straight mackin'! That is until he sees what we are spreading around his peops. So the Don gets curious.

Then he proceeds to get some. The Don won't stand for no Juckin' and Jivin' unless he is directly part of it. He loves him some cracked corn, baby!

Once a larger group took notice to the feeding the gig was up. And we were swarmed by swans, geese, canadian geese, mallards and domestics. If it weren't for the trumpeting geese the whole malee would have sounded like a Chinese auction!

BTW, all these shots were taken with my new Cybershot DSC-T7! Still getting used to it, but it will mainly serve as my travel camera for Tanzania. I can already see why it has gotten so many good reviews.

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY WEEKEND!!!

2005-07-02T12:25:00.000-04:00

Sois sage! Enjoy!

SYS

Bald Hill Sessions v1.0

2005-05-05T19:37:00.000-04:00

If you are not into mountain biking (or cycling in general) this all may seem pretty dull. But if you are a bike junkie like myself, then its "uber"-cool! Whoever said Strong Island doesn't have good downhill sections needs to give me a call and arrange to tag along next time I go hucking with Monkey. These are shots from the Bald Hill preserve, the second tallest point (highest "natural" point) on the Island. Cool stuff, so enjoy!

Hello down there! This is a view down the northwest face of Bald hill from about midway down the Hill itself. I am perched about 90-100 ft. above Monkey who just flew down one of three tracks leading down the face.

Here is another view. What I like about this section is that even the decent is not that tall, it is very steep and goes very quickly. Not much room for mucking around - just find your line and hold on.

This is the steeper and more curvy of the three tracks. This track is cool because there is a slight lip midway down that (if you are going fast enough) you can grab some decent air off of. Looking up makes it seem less steep, huh? :)

This track is a straight and shallower track. Would be awesome to nail a ramp down at bottom.

Monkey was thinking the same thing! So here he is starting to engineer a make shift launch ramp.

The log and branch reinforcements were proving a bit dodgy. What we really needed were a few shovels to pour dirt between them, but of course we had none handy. We did find some lovely deck pieces people who have houses along the forest must have dumped back there.

As we both tried to man=handle a rather large fallen tree, Monkey gave it a good yank and bashed me in the ankle. Not seriously hurt but sore nontheless, we settled on a smaller but more stable launch ramp to ride.

This ramp would be great for practicing the art of landing airs at speed, a bit different from dirt jumping. The point is to maintain speed and straight line.

Monkey puts the finishing touches on the lip to the launch ramp. Let the games begin!

These shots didn't come out too bad but I didn't have a tripod and I was using a point and shoot Nikon Coolpix 5400. Can't wait until I get my Canon 20D (aw yeah)!

After a few runs on the ramp Monkey decided to hike his way back up the hill face and do some downhill runs. I popped these shots while trying not to slide down the hill face.

All in all it was a great afternoon of riding sans the little ankle bashing. Next time Monkey will get some shots of me ripping down the hill for sure! :)

Monkey's 30th B-Day Bonus Footage!

2005-05-02T15:53:00.000-04:00

I have limited explanation for these shots. I do remember them all being taken, but its still foggy. Damn, Sashka is smooth! Anyway, here are some more shots from Monkey's Birthday Bash.

The Piper Twins!

Aww, such a sweet couple!

No, no, killer! We must wait to give Monkey his B-Day ass whoopin'. Sshhhh!

Working Man and Krystie loungin'!

Let the ass whoopin' begin, bitch! Your monkey style is no match for my Wu-Tang!

More refreshments? More cake?? More Piper??? Brilliant!!!

Monkey's 30th B-Day Bash_21

2005-05-02T15:52:00.000-04:00

The old fart and his leaning tower of cake! LOL

Monkey's 30th B-Day Bash_20

2005-05-02T15:26:00.000-04:00

The Cop doing a little Kung-Fu Fighting to my amusement. Monkey still with his nose in the iTunes playlist. It takes monkeys longer to type apparently even though they have thumbs!

Monkey's 30th B-Day Bash_19

2005-05-02T15:19:00.000-04:00

The meeting of the minds! The Cop, Monkey and myself full of the good Piper share tales of previous adventure, pillage and spoils. In the background, Methodical was spinning on a swivvel chair and at one point nearly went down the steps backwords. That would have been priceless! LOL

Monkey's 30th B-Day Bash_18

2005-05-02T15:14:00.000-04:00

The Cop, myself and Monkey pluggin' in some tunes for the party. iTunes rocks, yo! I'm not sure whether I am starting to feel the groove or making fun of Nazis (I do both quite often) but most were laughing at my expense which is still cool! LOL