Mash Up Friday - Local Talent

So I went and saw this guy last weekend. And I gottsa say, as a small city gal I love my local talent. I'm gonna admit. He's not so much mashing. More like throwing down some lyrics over some tunes that are either scratched or played side by side. But.. he's a local guy trying. And he's trying very well.

So give him a listen. Cause it's not bad!

http://soundcloud.com/waldobeats/dallas-waldo-just-imagine

http://soundcloud.com/mikeq/waldo-price-is-right


Happy Mashin!
Latah Daze

Artful Mondays: Not my art :P

Allright. I've had a super long day with no sleep last night to boot. And a little birdie told me I needed to make a blog entry. Shush you :P. So for that.. I present you with something other then my art. A little birdie's art!!! HAHA

And I'm spent. Nighty night.

Latah Daze!

Mash Up Friday - Van Halen

Aight, so.. I unfortunately had to miss out on not one, but TWO nights of Van Halen. I even walked through the ACC as I saw all around me the many booths selling Van Halen tshirts and posters and whatnot. Sad face times 10.
Being the always broke ass I am, I could not afford to go see them. Ah wells. I heard they were both awesome shows. So, to make up for it... here's some mashup Van Halen !!!

Who doesn't like a bit of funk with some metal????

I like this one. DeadMau5 is Hot for a Teacher!! Rawr. 

Now, I'm not a huge fan of Eminem mashups. I feel he is constantly getting mashed up. But.. Right Now and Loose Yourself kinda work together. 

Hey Beck, you were awesome. And now even more awesome!!

This is pure cheese, but I like it.

Ok,, so I searched through dozens of Van Halen mashups. And alot of artists tend to use Jump as their track of choice. Or a tiny snippet of some guitar work from other tracks not worthy of it being included. So I'll spare you the countless jumps... except for this one. Not so metal, more so Gold. Enjoy.

I also found a pretty good Supremes mashup with Jump, as well as a CeeLo Green Jump as well. But you can Google for yourself. 

Latah Daze!

ps... some regular mashup rock for you incase you want more then Van Halen!

Ami Love - Star Trek anyone???

OMG. I need to make these. They could use a little bit of better stitching and whatnot.. but the idea is awesome. I'm sold

Star Trek Amis



Lata Daze!!

Blog Love

I want to do a zillion things in my life. Travel, paint, acquire an awesome dvd collection, win the lottery (ha i wish!) but the one thing I really really need to stop doing, is staying up till 2 am blog stalking. And by stalking I mean finding a blog I like and going through every single post since that blog's existance to find something I can make, or something I can be inspired by or something I can take to work and make with the kiddies.

The downfall to blog stalking is, I find a link on someone's blog regarding a DIY beautiful mirror, or a pattern for an awesome amigurumi, and the link takes me to a whole NEW BLOG!! To which I then start going through their entire blog history. And sometimes the cycle repeats itself. Over and over and over. 

Oiy blog love. 

Here are some of my favs just for you :D

A Beautiful Mess

Craft Magazine

Jaunty Lisa (a friend of mine who has a new mani all the time!!)

Promise Tangeman

Say Yes To Hoboken

Destrucables

And last but not least,,, oh my god how this is the worst
Pinterest

just to name a few. Happy Blogging!!

Latah Daze

Artful Mondays: A Green Thumb

So I've recently joined Pinterest. It's pretty nifty. I'm not using it as a blog though. More as a space to use for the endless amounts of bookmarked pictures and things I come across that I would like to remember for future use. The good thing about Pinterest is that you can follow your facebook friends as well. And on one of my friend's boards was this awesome picture of how to use a palette to make a balcony green.



Pretty nifty eh?? And just as luck has it, I totally saw a house down the street with a few of these bad boys hanging on the side of the driveway. So, tomorrow, I'm gonna go see if the owner would like to give me one just for this purpose.

Awesome. Add a little green to my balcony in a new different way.

And here's a little green for you!!! Hehehehehe :D

Latah Daze!!!

Mash Up Friday - POP

Why do I love mashups so much. Because regardles the song, the style, the era, or the creator, it always makes me want to bust out in my living room and just DANCE. Sure a good majority of mashups are very overheard top 40 pop songs. But WHO CARES!!  The good thing about going out to the club is hearing your local or not so local dj's playing all the songs that you can bust a move out to, jump up and down, and sing the lyrics at the top of your lungs because no one will hear you over the music. Yes sometimes I can be very girly while out dancing. And moments like that make me even girlier. And mashups bring ALL THOSE SONGS TOGETHER in one 4 minute track. Best of everything all in the comfort of your own home. Or at a party. Or if you're lucky enough to have a mashup dj come to town. PS Dear Girl Talk please come back again to Bluesfest this year. Or have more mashup dj's come to Ottawa anytime, not just during Bluesfest.

And for the pop music lover in me.. here's some for you. And I must say, mashup vidoes are getting much better in how they are being put together.

Happy Mashing.
Latah Daze!

Artful Mondays: Crochet Rug!!

So I've never done a rug before. But the latest issue of Crochet Today has this really neat cute rug. I decided on a few color changes, but I really wanted to try it. It might not even be used as a rug, I could even hang it up as a wall piece or something interesting like that.

I began to stitch it up. I will admit, I failed completely on a stitch count, I was putting all my double crochets in the wrong stitches in a certain round, and I even forgot which row I was one after picking it up from putting it down for a bit. All this led me to taking it apart and restarting it.
It doesn't look how the picture looks like, but I think that's the colors not showing some of the stitches shapes. So far I like it :D Not the greatest photo as the lighting in my apartment at night is not nearly as nice as sunlight.

Only half done, with a really nice grey to make it bigger to come!

Latah Daze!

Mash Up Friday!!!

Ok Ok, so I need a little more incentive to actually post some new interesting stuff up here. So I'm going for some themed post days. What kind of days?? Well, because Monday's suck and I lack motivation to do ANYTHING, I'm declaring Monday as Artful Mondays. Where I will share with you what I'm working on, or what I want to work on, or what I should be working on. Or better yet, something I've finished.

But today isn't Monday. It's Friday (happy friday ;) ) And today I present to you a new Mashup Mix by the very talented Loo & Placido. Unfortunately, their site is under construction, but I'm sure if you like them, you'll have no problem finding past tracks and mixes by them on Soundcloud or on Mashuptown.

So here's an awesome way to bring on the weekend!! Enjoy the mix!

Loo & Placido - Retro Future Shock (Vol. 1)