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Still fighting the airlines (and the power)
My ongoing struggle with the airlines of the world CONTINUES, my dear readers. Peep today’s snafu. I was flying from Sydney to Brisbane and as I went to board this anal lady at the gate decided to weigh my carry-ons. Bad news. My carry-ons are always over the limit so I always dread that moment.
The lady at the gate asked me to gate-check some items. I said I simply can’t gate-check my backpack, it’s filled with fragile laptops and equipment. She was really sticking to her guns, so I told them that I couldn’t bring my bags on the plane then I myself wouldn’t get on. I wasn’t being too confrontational either, because that doesn’t solve anything. I tried to explain that I’m a musician and people in Brisbane have bought tickets to come see my concert and I need this fragile equipment on board with me. But she kept talking about how it’s their responsibility to observe the rules and it’s a safety issue and all this crap, and we didn’t get past the “if my bags can’t go then I can’t go” stage. So then it became, “if I can’t go, then my suitcase has to come off”. So they started the procedure of unloading my suitcase. There were other people from Qantas at the gate by then, many of whom actually sympathized with me but they couldn’t confront the anal lady.
They were radioing baggage handlers to go look for my suitcase to take it off the plane, but when they realized how long that would take, while the anal lady was on the jetway talking to god knows who, the other people decided to flip the script and help me get on the plane. They asked if there was ANYTHING I could gate-check. I said my Serato box and my chargers. We put that in a little bag. Then we moved a few items from my backpack to my tote bag so that neither of them was over 7 kg (I actually pulled a wooptie-woop and hid some things while they were weighing the bags), and finally I was allowed to board. This is after single-handedly holding up the flight for a good 15 minutes.
WAY TO ACHIEVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, GUYS. Well, it makes for a good blog though, right?
Around the World, Pt. 12
As posted on the fab Fader blog
Is everyone excited to be back at work? Would it piss you off if I told you that I’m in Sydney where it’s summertime? No, right? OK cool, you guys are good friends. Now let’s go over the last couple of weeks, shall we? So umm… I don’t even know where to start. Christmas/Hannukah time was a bit hectic for me because it’s deadline o’clock and I’m at the finish line for my Sebastien Tellier remix and this mix CD. (The former goes on the latter). As you may recall in my last post, we had that Fool’s Gold holiday party with the legendary DJ Premier and Cipha Sounds. Our sponsors Pepsi decorated the space heavily with Christmas trees and snow flakes. It was a bit more festive (in a family sort of way) than expected, but I think that just brought everyone together even more. Since practically everyone on Fool’s Gold was in town for the weekend, I had a little get-together at my house the next day and we sipped on egg-nog while listening to Catchdini’s tall tales of grimy New York hip hop. He’s an even better storyteller than Abe Simpson.
Around the World pt. 2
As posted on the fab Fader blog.
When we last left off I had just arrived in LA to link up with Kanyeezy. He’s finishing up this 808′s & Heartbreak album much faster than his typical pace and we wanted to catch up on the music before I head out to Paris, where I’ll be living for the fall. He was recording in an undisclosed location with a nice courtyard with patio chairs. Usually, studio sessions in LA or New York are hell because everyone wants to come and hang out, but not this one. Actually, when I showed up he was doing an interview. He also had a meeting with Vanessa Beecroft which led to them collaborating on his listening party—you’ve probably seen the flyer on the blogosphere. I listened to the whole album and then once everyone left we went over a bunch of the songs and made some tweaks and exchanged some ideas. There were songs where he wasn’t quite happy with the effects on his voice so I took some stems and worked on them in the following days. We stayed at the studio pretty late appreciating each other’s beards and finally called it a night.
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- RT @ComplexMusic: This new @ONRABEATS song "L.O.V.E." is the perfect soundtrack for a hot summer evening in the city http://t.co/BBXZXdqn
- NYC catch me at Le Bain tonight djing @TheRealFafi 's book release party! #family
