Jason "Jam Master Jay" Mizell: 1965-2002

"He has a little soul, to rock n' roll
Every record that he touches turns to gold
He's well conducted, self-instructed
His styles were plied, heavily constructed
Mechanically inclined, and if you don't mind
We add spice to your life, time after time
And think about times, where he's a long laster
We rock our rhymes for the Jam-Master."
"Jam Master Jammin' " from Run DMC's King of Rock, 1985 (CNN)

CNN: Run-DMC DJ slain in recording studio

Official Run DMC website: "Rest in Peace Jam Master"

Awwww... Yeahhhh.

Caught two DFiVE9 shows this weekend, also saw Dualesc, Red Sector and others. I also worked on the set of an independent movie, "Emptyland," being filmed here in Portland.

On Friday I bought a digital video camera. Anyone who has worked with me and thinks of me as a pompous, arrogant, help desk ASS would revel in watching me attempt to get everything set up. I did get footage of the dressing room at Darcelle's (Portland drag-queen club where Emptyland was being filmed on Sunday), a few Dualesc and DFiVE9 songs on stage (looks like crappy cable-access band footage, but with digital quality), and some macro footage of my pinky in the lense. I also have some editing and effects software that will take my amateur videography to the heights of porn production standards.