I’m in Vietnam with Handsome Boy Hensel. Don’t ever give this guy booze and a marker after midnight.
DJ Rafik X Kid Fresh Asian Vacation Club Tour
February 22, 2010 — Kid Fresh
Gunfire over Saigon
December 2, 2009 — Kid FreshThe number of bands/producers that truly wowed the guts out of me in the last couple years is reasonably small. Ranked überhigh on that list, you’ll find the awesomely unique Brooklyn-based producer/guitarist/multi-instrumentalist twosome RATATAT. I’m stoked to see them perform tonite in Saigon, Vietnam of all places! PS your boy will be opening for them:
Some of my fave RATATAT tunes and remixes (highly fucking recommended):
Ratatat – Mirando
Bjork – Wanderlust (Ratatat remix)
Z-Ro, Devin The Dude & Juvenile – The Mule (Ratatat remix)
Shout Out Louds – The Comeback (Ratatat remix)
Download their 2nd remix album for free via their myspace page or HERE.
14 remixes featuring: Bun B, Biggie Smalls, Jay-Z, Slim Thug, Devin the Dude, Young Jeezy, T.I., Beanie Sigel, Pimp C, Ludacris, Young Buck, Saigon, Juvenile, Z-ro, Memphis Bleek, Kanye West +exclusive tracks from Despot and Beans…
And buy their shit on iTunes.
Tốt buổi sáng Việt Nam
November 27, 2009 — Kid FreshDudes & dudettes- I am broadcasting to you live from the Socialist Republic Of Vietnam, Hồ Chí Minh City, to be more exact.
Getting here from Hong Kong is a stone’s throw, and I’ve had this part of Asia on my to-do list for a loooong-ass time. Finally I have the opportunity to show off my soundbwoi qualities in some of Indochina’s cul-secouer-etablissements, so here I am. My first gig was last night, shortly upon arrival, at a place called Vasco’s in Saigon. Not really a club-club, more of a bar-rastaurant steez type of establishment. Heavy monsoon rain hit the middle of the night, the rooftop was slightly leaking, but the crowd was quite wild and open for my selection of jams.
As for Saigon itself- I definitely appreciate this highly unique place so far! First thing this morning was to hit the muddy streets on a brekkie quest. I picked one of the countless street cuisine spots around my hotel to get my gastro-recharge on.
Please gawk at this typically Vietnamese culinary highlight by the name of Phở (rice noodles, beef, spring onions, basil, chili, lime, bean sprouts, culantro) pictured below, priced at 15000 Vietnamese đồng (0,50 EUR).
Wait a second. Beef? Some of y’all who know me might wonder. Not that I have to justify myself, but I still wanna let y’all know that after 15 years of vegetarianism, I recently felt like introducing a new nutrition-rule to my life, which I like to call the “Eat Whatever The Fuck I Want”-rule. Still not a huge fan of dead animals on my plate, but I do like to ingest a carcass or two these days, whenever I feel like it. Btw that bowl of Phở was damn fucking divine.
Traffic in Saigon is a bitch. One that’s way more bitchier than the ones in, let’s say, the bigger cities in mainland China. Avalanches of motorcycles make crossing a street a major challenge. However, you will read in any Vietnam tourist guide that the best way to handle that sitch is to just walk across the seas of those moving choppers as unflinchingly as possible. And it works!
Ok now, I gotta bounce. 10% left on my macbook battery and my dumb ass left my charger in the club last nite. Sorry if any typos, nonsense or other bullshit; this entry was composed in a hazy craste. Tạm biệt!
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