Got some exciting international gigs coming up this week.

Returning to Germany, hitting some new cities. Suttgart Friday, November 4th (Club = Speak Easy) & Munich Saturday November 5th (Club = Addicted II, pictured above). Pop over to my Facebook page for a special video for all my German heads. Excited!

Monday night I will be playing in Salzburg, Austria at a private function, but if you ask around you may be able to attend. Get on it.

Then, I’m off to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam as part of the Smirnoff Nightlife Exchange. November 12th I will be playing at Army Stadium. Never thought I’d get to Vietnam for a gig, pretty radical.The good dude DJ Agile will be over there as well.

Stay tuned for pics & video!

Update: here’s the flyer for Stuttgart:

Here’s one for all of my Canadian french immersion alumni:

Ya damn right.

It’s that time of year again – easily one of my favorite weekends of the year. This year, I will be playing in Toronto on Friday at the Steam Whistle Brewery (site of Bastid’s BBQ) and on Saturday in Halifax at the Cunard Centre, alongside my good friend and Classified’s tour DJ – DJ IV.

The Steam Whistle Halloween Party is already sold out, but there will be some limited tickets at the door. “Haliween 2011″ is a guaranteed smasher – get more info on the Facebook event page. 2 years ago, I played at that same venue in Halifax with Jazzy Jeff and look what happened:

See you there and good luck deciding on your costume if you haven’t figured it out already. I’ve got mine…

My good friend, creator of Scribble Jam & the 1200 Hobos, and one of my greatest inspirations, Mr. Dibbs is really sick in Cincinnati. He needs our help.

Mr Dibbs, the innovative DJ and producer, the one who has given so much of himself and his heart through music, entertainment and now food, has come to a place in his life where he is in need of our help. Last month he was diagnosed with Cirrhosis which is the scarring of the liver and poor liver function. It is the final phase of chronic liver disease. He is no longer able to work being that he is in and out of the hospital too much. In just a month, having no insurance, his medical bills have reached over $485,000. Please, if you can spare it, any amount would help. You can make donations directly to Brad through the paypal account email Hellkitchen@netzero.com. Go to PayPal.com, click send money, in the TO address type in: Hellkitchen@netzero.com. You can follow Brad’s progress at www.twitter.com/mrdibbs. Thank you all.

You can visit and ‘like’ the Facebook page and help spread the word at Pay It Forward 2 Mr. Dibbs.

Check out the kid live:

Here’s the high quality, stand-alone mp3 for one of the remixes from Skratch Bastid & Sneaker Freaker present The Starter Era – Dope Raps 1989-1993. If you haven’t listened to it yet, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?

This remix was inspired by “What a N*gga Know” by KMD, MF Doom’s original group. Great tune.

Download by clicking on the little arrow thingy in the widget below: Jody Watley – Looking For a New Love (Skratch Bastid’s Kausing Much Damage Remix) by Skratch Bastid

Artwork by Rhek of Sharks & Hammers

Last Thursday in London, England, DJ Vajra took home the prestigious title of 2011 DMC World DJ Champion. The DMC competition has a storied history as the biggest trick mixing DJ competition in the world. It helped such DJs as Craze, A-Trak, Roc Raida (RIP), Q-Bert & Mix Master Mike rise to fame through their titles.

Really proud of Vajra! Earlier this May, we rocked shows in Boulder, Colorado and in Toronto & Ottawa, Ontario and even back then I could tell he was focused. He’s been working really hard this year and it’s great to see him achieve his goal. I wish him the best of luck at the US Red Bull Three Style finals on November 10th.

Here is a video of him performing a portion of his world championship routine. Scroll done for more videos of Vajra and I, including a brand new one where he broke out some of his DMC routine during the May shows. Had to keep it under wraps until now…

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