>>_UP WITH TECHNO!

Ellen Allien, Forest Green and--whod've thunk it--techno, are featured in an article in this week's San Francisco Bay Guardian.

>>_VOTE FOR YOUR SF DJDREAMTEAM

The DJDreamteam vote is on again! Go to the DJDreamteam website and vote now. Tell a friend, too!

>>_SITE UPDATE

The Ambervision gallery now includes a RSS feed for those of you using a news aggregator.

I've always selected quality over quantity in the gallery, choosing images that would be interesting even to someone halfway around the world who had never met me.

>>_NITEVIBE.COM SEEKING CORRESPONDENTS

One of San Francisco's leading nightlife website/newsletter resource, Nitevibe.com, is seeking correspondents to be out and about, and writing about it.

"Nitevibe.com is the SF Bay Area’s leading nightlife website and newsletter, with a record 50,000+ subscribers. Our community relies on our weekly BUZZ Email Newsletter and Photo Galleries to entertain, expose, and stay informed about the latest dj/club culture and lifestyle happenings within San Francisco and beyond..."

"This is purely a volunteer position. Your responsibilities would include aggregating, recommending and editorializing on dj/club culture related events for our Buzz Newsletter distributed weekly to our community..." Read more...

>>_THANK YOU!

Thank you very much to everyone who came to my CD Release and Listening Party last night. What a blast! I hope to post pictures at some point.

>>_ORDER UP

If you would like to request a copy of "Live with Friends and Family", please email orderpromo@iamthedj.com for details.

>>_WHAT'S IN, WHAT'S OUT

Today at Amoeba Music in San Francisco I sold off CDs by DJ Krust, Sade and even Z-Trip's "Uneasy Listening"--which I found to be just that. I adore Z-Trip live. As one of my friends said, "I want to have ten-thousand of his babies." But, wow, what a let down of an unhamonic key clashing mess that was.

I used the store credit from my sell-backs to buy: Guns 'n' Roses "Appetite for Destruction", Jane's Addiction "Ritual De Lo Habitual" (I played a dubbed tape to pieces in high school), and Fugazi "13 Songs".

>>_NORCALDJMPA IN DAILY CALIFORNIAN

Read Scratching Out DJ History, which hit newsstands today in UC Berkeley's publication The Daily Californian.

"The classroom is a crowded club, the desk is a turntable, and the 20-minute test is to dazzle the audience and get the party started. No sucking up to the GSI is necessary, and no matter how horribly you fail, your GPA will remain unscathed."

"Sound like midterm heaven? It’s actually the final presentation for Instructor DJ Amber Nixon’s “Intermediate Turntable Technique” course...." Read more...

>>NEW SITE FEATURES

I want to point out some of the best new features that have gone up on the site today:

- Get freebies like your own email@iamthedj.com or desktop art
- Hear the new CD, Live with Friends and Family
- Find two new sets and my track, "Your Love [Whatwithall]", on the Music page

Ambervision and the Guestbook will be cleaned up this week. Until then, enjoy the new pages! Thanks to Nick Winterhalter for his web support.

>>_PAGES DOWN, UPDATE TO COME

The Ambervision and Guestbook pages of the site are currently down. These will come back up this weekend, along with a complete site overhaul including tons of new content to coincide with the release of my new CD--which rolls out next week.

>>_CD RELEASE AND LISTENING PARTY

Sister SF presents...
"Live with Friends and Family" CD Release and Listening Party
Wednesday, November 10th
7:00pm - 9:00pm

Come hear my new CD & grab a copy
Meet the Sister SF residents
And enjoy the comfortable vibe

At Anu, 43 Sixth Street (Between Market and Mission)
21+ w/ID, Free!