Since switching from Blackberry to iPhone in August of 2010 I have been known for championing iPhones. Just to show ya’ll folks that there are a FEW things still cool on Blackberry I present to you today’s post. (Thanks Brian!!) Pick Your Shoes, Reebok & Blackberry have come together to collaborate on this sneaker. Very cool kicks. I am expecting all my blackberry friends to send me texts messages about this, LOL. Now I am excited to see what they come with next, but this is an awesome way to start off this series. Kudos. I promise to post them all from www.pickyourshoes.com

Watch The Vid

Enjoy responsibly,

Agile

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DISCLAIMER: Could cause starry eye lovers to pro-create.

(1)    Intro

(2)    Marsha Ambrosius – Let Me Go (2010)

(3)    Keith Sweat – Make You Say Ooh (2011)

(4)    Johnny Gill – In The Mood (2011)

(5)    Brandon Hines – Breakin Walls (2011)

(6)    Robin Thicke – Boring (2011)

(7)    Brandy – Take It Personal (2011)

(8)    Masspike Miles – Candy Store – (2012)

(9)    Bertrell – Selfish Love (2012)

(10)  Monica – Until It’s Gone (2012)

(11)  Ne-Yo Ft. Trey Songz & T-Pain (2011)

(12)  Iman Omari Ft. Good Joon – Take Away (2011)

(13)  Frank Ocean – Hardest Thing (2011)

(14)  Anesha – You’re Amazing (2011)

(15)  Mike Winans – I Will Be That (2012)

(16)  Robert Glasper Ft. Musiq Soulchild & Chrisette Michelle – Ah Yeah (2012)

(17)  Frank Ocean – Ready (2011)

(18)  BJ The Chicago Kid Ft. Kendrick Lemar – His Pain (Agile’s L.L. Pt. III Edit) (2011)

(19)  Marsha Ambrosius – Storm (2010)

(20)  Ledisi Ft. Jaheim – Stay Together (2011)

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Today marks the first day of Black History month. Since it is a leap year, the celebration is an extra day longer. The great thing about a multicultural city like Toronto, is that we have many people from African decent living in the Greater Toronto area. People from all parts of Africa, the West Indies and America. That’s a lot of history to cover in 29 days! Realistically it isn’t possible, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t celebrate and recognize the achievements as best we can durng this month. The trick is not to neglect the history of Africans and people of African decent throughout the remaining 10 months in the calendar.

I start my Black History month off tomorrow at the Cineplex Odeon Varsity & VIP Cinemas for “An Evening with Pam Grier”. I have seen her in many of her films from her career. [Foxy Brown, Cool Breeze, Sheba Baby, Jackie Brown]. I’ve always been a fan. If you are not familiar with her work, you need to hit up your local DVD spot and make some purchases ASAP! She has and will alway be a bad ASS!!

The evening is set to be a lively and inspiring conversation with the actress. Discussions include the choices she has made as an actress, and the challenges she has faced along the way. Also exploring her inspirations for entering the film business. Thank you Tara for the ticket! I’m excited about this.

Pam Grier can now scratch meeting DJ Agile off her bucket list :p

(You know I really mean I can scratch that off MY bucket list)

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It’s a Solar flare.

The biggest one to hit the earth in 7 years.  So big it will batter the planet for a few days as it passes over us. All my photographers amateur and professional, now is a good time to fill up the gas tank or charge your electric car and head out to less populated areas and take some pictures of the night sky. It should be something special.

Here is a BBC report on the storm.

Our planet is being bombarded by high-energy particles unleashed by the strongest solar storm since 2005, scientists say. The charged particles are mostly a concern for satellites – which they can disrupt – and astronauts.But they can also cause communication problems for aircraft travelling near the poles. The geomagnetic storm has been caused by a potent flare that erupted from the Sun at 0400 GMT on Monday. The effects are likely to be felt on Earth throughout Wednesday. A more benign effect of the outpouring of particles is the ability to see aurorae, or “Northern lights”, farther south than is usually possible. A spokesman for US space agency Nasa said that flight surgeons and solar scientists have modelled the flare’s predicted effects. They decided that the six astronauts on the International Space Station do not have to take any action to protect themselves from the incoming stream of particles. Solar flares are caused by the sudden release of magnetic energy stored in the Sun’s atmosphere. In an event called a coronal mass ejection (CME), bursts of charged particles are released into space. Solar scientist Dr Lucie Green says the solar storms have meant people further south can see the Northern Lights. Nasa’s Goddard Space Weather Center predicted that the coronal mass ejection was moving at almost 2,200 km/s when it was due to reach Earth’s magnetosphere – the magnetic envelope that surrounds our planet – on Tuesday at 1400 GMT (plus or minus 7 hours). This can interfere with technology on Earth, such as electrical power grids, communications systems and satellites – including satellite navigation (or sat-nav) signals.

In 1972, a geomagnetic storm provoked by a solar flare knocked out long-distance telephone communication across the US state of Illinois.

And in 1989, another storm plunged six million people into darkness across the Canadian province of Quebec.

But a spokesman for the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (Noaa) Space Weather Prediction Center said the effects of this solar eruption seem likely to be moderate.

A special screening at the TIFF Bell Lightbox on Tuesday, January 24th at 7pm, with a red carpet at 6:30pm. In its second year, the program seeks to provide talented youth from priority neighbourhoods with the unique opportunity to achieve artistic excellence through filmmaking. In these neighbourhoods, over 30% of high school students are not expected to graduate. With higher unemployment, increased crime rates and deeper social divisions within our city, City Life trains talented youth and gives them the chance to tell their stories. Top filmmakers from the Toronto film industry act as mentors to the youth helping them to articulate their experiences and expand their education. This yearʼs filmmakers and mentors are:

Gebriel Deneke “CUL-DE-SAC,” mentored by Leonard Farlinger (IʼM YOURS)
Kimberly Miller-Pryce “BABY HALF LIE,” mentored by Ruba Nadda (CAIRO TIME).
Kobina Ntiri “FADING,” mentored by David Weaver (THE SAMARITAN)

 
“We are thrilled the Toronto community has continued to show tremendous support for this project. These filmmakers have very personal stories to share and to contribute to the diversity of voices in Toronto. We know this yearʼs films will create a social dialogue with audience members, and thatʼs one of the projectʼs main goals,” said Tara Woodbury, Program Director.

City Life began when Calum deHartog, a city cop with a passion for filmmaking, approached The Remix Project and Temple Street Productions with the idea of helping Torontoʼs inner city youth tell their stories through film. Thus began an innovative partnership that led to the creation of the City Life Film Project. Please see the Filmmakers section at www.citylifefilmproject.com to learn more out the films, our finalistand all of our participants.

Akai has been making MPC’s (Midi Production Center) since 1988. It’s been the choice beat making instrument producers and DJ’s have loved for years. Dr. Dre, Alchemist, Kanye West, Raphael Saadiq & Just Blaze to name a few have all used this magical box.  It has also been my favorite choice for many years, until I converted to using Logic and an Akai MPK61 three years ago. Once you start programming your drum tracks with MPC legendar drum pads, it’s hard to switch away from them. Software has taken over music production, and I enjoy keeping up with the times so I put my beloved MPC 3000 into retirement. I kept it in the lab as a monument to some classic records I made with it. I couldn’t sell it, it feels like a piece of my musical family.

Akai has stormed back with the MPC Renaissance (watch the video below). I was pretty excited when I saw this video earlier this month. I can’t wait to try this piece of gear out. It has classic MPC outputs like the 60 and 3000.  Works as a stand alone instrument  or as a VST in your DAW of choice. Gonna be very interesting year for music technology. It’s gonna be hard for Akai to reclaim a market they once dominated since Native Instruments has really taken over with Maschine.

Have a look

We are not alone in our admiration and appreciation.  As I witnessed when I attended her show last June at the Air Canada Centre.  It was a packed house of Sade fans, of every demographic you can carve the human race upon. We were all there, singing in unison.

Today is Sade’s birthday. She’s still 25, or at least she appears to be 25 since she found the fountain of youth somewhere, which is one reason my uncle and I still are engaged with our fictional love affairs with her. Times Neue Roman posted their song “Sade is In My Tapedeck” from last fall and a birthday letter to her on their tumblr today.  Very creative, and worth today’s blog entry. Kudos gentlemen, I ask myself why haven’t I done the same?  I guess if we are lucky next year I’ll find a tapedeck, and I’ll make a song for her as well.  She IS a genre.

Read their letter below or here, enjoy the song.

Times Neue Roman – Sade is in my Tape Deck by Arowbe

Thanks to @kyleplayent for putting me onto this early this morning!

Introducing Sandie Black.

I can’t even remember what year I first heard the music from this duo from Toronto.  So long ago that they weren’t even called Sandie Black.  They were called something else, but regardless of their name, their music was INCREDIBLE! I thing I heard 3- 5 songs. All with a unique flare. All of which had magic.  Of course my first question was when/where can I get a copy of this to rock out to? And the DJ in me couldn’t wait to play it, I love breaking records. What good DJ doesn’t. Well it’s been a while since that sneak peak listen. The music is still incredible, and now Sandie Black is ready to roll out their awesome project. This is one of the most anticipated records for me for 2012. I hope your taste is as good as mine

Enjoy their free download of their first single “Gotta Get Free” (Click on the image)

P.S. Don’t forget who put you up on them first!! LOL