We’ll be at Tequila Bookworm this evening celebrating the return of spring and a return from SXSW at People Downtown’s Media Social.

We’re down a camera from the trip, but up some quality 2011 vibes. Sure, it’s nowhere near lovely enough to enjoy the upstairs patio, but that’s what the indoor ambiance is for. Come by at 7:00p to talk SXSW or drop by late to enjoy good vibes.

Full details on Facebook or at PeopleDowntown.com.

Woah, it’s been quiet around here lately. Sorry about that. We’ve been prepping for tonight’s Halloween party. So stoked.

Akermanis and Endgame from Vital will be joining me and Abdul Smooth on the decks. There will be awesome costumes (I know, I’ve seen some of ‘em), great company, great music, all at a great party place. And you’ll be able to chill out downstairs and get your dance on upstairs. Best of all, it’s free. Just dress up and give us your bloodiest smile.

But wait, have you heard the People Downtown Halloween promo mix? This one’s got some Fever Ray, Black Ghosts, Billie Holiday, and much, much more. Yeah! You can download the first hour right here and listen while you’re getting dolled up for the evening show. See you there!

Announcing People Downtown’s Tequila Monthly, Halloween Friday edition. Dark, rumbling beats and special guest treats to help move your costumed feet. RSVP on the Facebook.

Stoked for this Friday as Abdul Smooth and I are joined by the Hot Sauce cru for some late night shenanigans. Two rooms and the cozy 2nd floor patio mean you can chill, chat, or get down to your hearts content. 

RSVP for the late night event on Facebook.  

Or get started early with Patio Friday sunset before the musey groove.

See you there!

So, yeah, we had our launch party on Saturday night. It was a mixed bag of chaos. The good part was it was an eclectic venue that could probably handle more loud and about double the people; there were tasty popsicles; great people; and the shirts kicked my ass.

The rough part was not having a chance to chat to too many of the awesome friends who came out (I didn’t even say hi to Nicole or Anita, and that’s pretty much all anyone else got out of me) and massive insane technical difficulties which derailed my spinning intentions: while I wanted to get much filthier with the tunes, I couldn’t access my main hard drive for the last 3/4 of the night. No playlists meant mad scrambling. It wasn’t too bad, but it meant I was completely occupied trying not to have dead air or trainwrecking all over the place. Anyway, I’ll make sure that doesn’t happen again.

In the meantime Abdul Smooth and I have been working on getting some pics up, with mixes to follow. Here’s the Jeremy Wright popsicle porn. And here’s a set of pics from the evening.

So, what did you think? How was the patio friendly venue? Do we need more people? I think we need less cover charge and crazier music. Agreed? Let us know your thoughts. We’ll be doing it again, and it’s going to be even better!

We’ll be throwing down some beats in a couple weeks on Saturday June 13th when we launch what will hopefully become a monthly residency in Toronto.

You’ll hear a wild selection of beats being mixed up by Abdul Smooth and I Need Sugar blogger Lee Dale (also known via Say Yeah).

Got a track you’d like to hear? Upload your selections here and rate other people’s tracks. We’ll include the top vibes on People Downtown radio and of course we’ll spin the best vibes live.

We’ll post more info as it comes, suffice it now to say that this gig is gonna be superfresh!  Free popsicles all night long to welcome the summer vibes, plus a free drink if you pre-purchase a ticket online for just $10.

Click here to buy tickets online: http://peopledowntown.eventbrite.com

Here’s the full low-down:

People Downtown presents the launch party for I Need Sugar

Saturday June 13th, 2009 from 9PM - 2AM

@ the Central - 603 Markham St in Toronto, Canada (just south of Bloor st, steps away from the Bathurst subway station)

$10 entrance; (*pre-sale/online tickets include a free drink)

with DJs:

Abdul Smooth (http://abdulsmooth.com) + Lee Dale (http://www.ineedsugar.com)

And you can show your love on Facebook on the event page.

Update Jun 4:

We got tees!