DJ DASHA vs. Checkerphil (Vinyl Only Set)

 

DJ Dasha and I always are talking music so we decided to have a day where we just plays songs to each other.  We talked central themes and artists so I brought over a crate of records and she had her collection and we duked it out on wax! We also invited a couple of music aficionados in for this listening party with an assortment of vegan snacks and an Ethiopian meal before! YUM!

It was George Harrisons 80th birthday (RIP) so there was a lot of Beatles going on DJ Dasha had all these cool Russian records!

DJ DASHA vs. Checkerphil (Vinyl Only Set)

Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter

Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes

Beatles - Here Comes the Sun

Pixies - Debaser 

Thunderclap Newman - Something in the Air 

Cream - Sunshine of Your Love 

Blondie - Atomic 

Paul McCartney - Picasso's Last Words (Drink to me) Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five

Bowie - Young Americans (Single version), Time, Suffragette City 

Buzzcocks - Everybody's Happy Nowadays

The Clash - White Riot, Career Opportunities 

The Doors - Maggie M'Gill

Devo - The Day My Baby Gave Me A Surprise 

Beatles - In My Life 

Earth Wind & Fire - Got to Get You Into My Life

Beastie Boys - No Sleep ‘Till Brooklyn 

Public Enemy Night of the Living Baseheads (Anti-high Blood Pressure Encounter Mix)

Third Bass - Wordz of Wizdom AKA III The Hard Way (Radio Mix)

Beatles - Get Back

Pink Floyd - Money

Linda Linda's - Oh!

Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart

Hilary - Kinetic 

Mott the Hoople - Sweet Jane

Prince and the Revolution - Erotic City (12” Mix) 

Nina Simone - Here Comes the Sun 

Depeche Mode - People Are People (Special Edition Mix)

Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil (Live) get yer ya-ya's out

Jay Z at Studio One - Lucifer

Diana Ross - Love Hangover

Sylvester - You Make Me Feel Mighty Real

Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough

Stevie Wonder - I Ain't Going to Stand For It

Eurythmics - Love is a Stranger

CS Angels - Independence Day

Robin Gibb - Oh Darling

Berlin - The Metro 

Little Richard - Lucille

Dunia & Aram - Backwards Blackbird

The Jacksons - Can You Feel It

Rolling Stones - Time Is On My Side

Kraftwerk - Numbers / Computer World

Beach Boys - God Only Knows

Iggy Pop - Lust For Life

Bowie - Changes

Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song

Sunflower Bean - in Flight

Shriekback - Nemesis

Flying Lizards - Sex Machine

Aretha Franklin - You Can't Always Get What You Want

The Rutles - Let's Be Natural, Piggy In the Middle

The Jamestown Sheiks - Hey Jude, Ticket to Ride

They Might Be Giants - Fingertips

Yoko Ono - Never Say Goodbye remix

Lionel Ritchie - Say You Say Me

NY Ska Memories w/ Marco on the Bass!

I got the opportunity to talk on some Ska memories with the amazing blogger and bassist,  Marco on the Bass (also known for his integral affiliations w Bigger Thomas, Rude Boy George and Heavensbee) His new podcast Ska Boom: An American Ska & Reggae Podcast is getting us amped up his new book, Ska Boom: An Oral History About the Birth of American Ska & Reggae which should be dropping in 2021. From talking to him I realized that Checkerboard Kids will be 25 in September. We should definitely do something about that in the future. But for now take a listen to this!!

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1336366/5708557-ska-boom-episode-004-the-checkerboard-kids-show-phil-dejean

I get Interviewed by the Questionable Personalities Podcast

If you could talk to me for an hour at this particular moment in time this is what exactly what it would look and sound like. I talked about, the Quarantine, catching COVID,  My friendship with Suzanne Muldowney (Underdog), Mr. Rogers, Multiple Quantum Realities,  Checkerboard Kids, Paz de la Huerta, Veganism, The state of Education, Cults, Beyond Vaudeville, Howard Stern and a bunch more.




I seriously sit on Zoom all day in a space outfit because I feel like I'm in outer space with no clue of what time or day it is. Ask anyone, This is really how I roll.

Check out the Questionable Personalities Podcast! Like and subscribe!

Suzanne Muldowney's Christmas Carols in Latin (Volume 2 )

Suzanne Muldowney contacted me because she wanted to do another episode of Checkerboard Kids that would be a sequel to her "Latin Christmas Carol" episode so who was I to say no? I now proudly present to you the 2018 second installment. Please enjoy! Merry Christmas or should I say "felicem natalem Christi!"






also here is a separate clip of her doing "Go Tell It On The Mountain"





and just in case you missed the first installment of Christmas Carols in Latin from 2016:

That Time I Was in That Commercial...

Krypton Fan Reaction/ Car Insurance Commercial

  Short story: An old Music and Art friend asked me if I liked comics, and I was all like Hells yeahhh! So she recommended I audition. They saw a lil of me online and wanted to meet but it was during the school day so they called the next day and said meet me after school I thought it was an audition but it was straight up the film shoot. They were really nice! I guess my bow tie said old school Jimmy Olson. we spoke about Krypton for a bit but this is what they used.   You can see the actual commercial by clicking HERE.

 

You Stupid Pig!

A fun little strip I drew. Click on it for full size.

Checkerphil In Japan

As a little tyke I always wanted to visit Japan. Now I finally did it!

The first half of the trip was Narita, Nagoya, Kachigawa, Aichi I went to Buddhist Temples and Shinto Shrines. I learned about Yamas and Dashi floats, walked in castles made in 1500s and hung out with some cool people and ate some delicious food.


And I got to take the Shinkansen twice!

Here are my pictures from my trip to Nagoya, Aichi and surrounding areas.

The jewel in the crown was to go to Budokan because there was a Buono! reunion concert! I got to hang with many Jpop fans from all over the world.

Here are my pictures from Buono! Fest!

I went to the Tokyo Anime Center, Suginami Anime Museum, Met my RHPS people and went to Tower Records, Toho Theater in Shibuya to see Godzilla and the Fred Perry flagship store. I also met with my Godchild and her mother for some fun and shopping at Akihabara then off to World Happiness 2016 at Yumenoshima Park to see Tokyo Ska Paradise! Then home!

Here are my pictures from Tokyo that I took.

Below are pictures my friend and local Handyman, Shiny took:

My Vegan lunch!

Shiny-San and me!

Local Celebrity Tiger Mask

60s and 70s rock bands from Japan

My Dinner: Nutty Curry at Ainsoph. journey

Gianinna-San and Junko-San

Raul-San and I

Returning to New York I had some quick observations on the diffrences between here and Japan:

it smells like garbage here, 

army guys with automatic weapons
lots of cleavage.
everybody walks wherever they want.
people that listen to music and sing out loud.
openly crazy people.

we stand wherever we want on the escalator.

More later. I'm Jet lagging.