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  • this german cat has a long name cause he's a count that lives in a castle. Airlines couldn't fit his name on the (cont) http://tl.gd/28drhr #
  • I got sent the link for the new dipset 'salute', buy viagra and just to mess with @SkyGellatly I'm not gonna download it. #
  • As usual, this level of travel with no time for rest, has gotten me sick. Dammit. #
  • RT @DontHateBeHated: RT @Tiffany_DonDiva: We are looking for a social media intern- contact us today http://bit.ly/aAn7DS #
  • I've changed timezones on this trip more times then I've changed my drawers. Chillin at heathrow airport. #
  • The Final B-Day Recap… http://bit.ly/9uFyXz much love hawaii – via @hypebeast #
  • a business lounge is so nice when you have a 6 hour layover… #
  • 7/3 – Sat – Neil Armstrong @ the Alex Theatre in Johannesburg South Africa http://shar.es/mO5Cs #
  • 7/2 – FRI – DJ Neil Armstrong X Adidas in CAPE TOWN SOUTH AFRICA http://shar.es/mO5hz #
  • Man, this last leg from sweden to south africa is just a taste bit craze. A lot of rechecking in at various airports. Luggage gods be kind! #
  • You may have a tough time staying on track because every thoug… More for Gemini http://twittascope.com/?sign=3 #
  • In swedish airports , heads just bumrush when boarding, there is no order. #
  • At the airport again. Now, leaving europe, heading to africa. South africa to be exact. World cup time #
  • yo, my finance people. I got a bunch of euros – is it better to exchange for US dollars in South Africa, OR in the U.S. – Please advise! #

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Very Special Thanks to Matt from Roy’s in Poipu Kauai…

If you ever find yourself on Kauai, generic make sure to stop by www.roysrestaurant.com in Poipu and say hello to this gentleman Matt Dela Cruz –

Matt - Head Super Iron Chef at Roy's Poipu Bar & Grill

Head Chef at Roy’s, He is also a MIXTAPE FAN and Hip Hop Head, and when He found out I was on the island and it was my bday, he went out of his way to create a VERY VERY special Menu for us to check out.

He told me he had been a fan of the mixes, played them in the kitchen, drew inspiration from them for his own craft of making gourmet food.

Here is a rundown of the dishes…

-“Kala Koa” Crudo w/fresh ahi & Japanese hamachi
-Szechwan Baby Back Ribs w/Mongolian BBQ sauce
-Crispy Calamari w/yuzu limu kohu emulsion & garlic aioli
-Japanese Misoyaki Marinated Butterfish w/sizzling bell pepper soy vinaigrette
-“Kaui Style Street Food” (Roy’s Style Hamura’s Saimin w/Kaneshiro farms pork belly dashi & quail egg,
Housemade Bao Buns w/slow braised Kaneshiro farms pork, kim chee Asian pears, fresh watercress & Korean BBQ sauce, Whole Fried Kekaha Shrimp w/smoked Hawaiian sea salt )
-Dessert Roy’s Chocolate Souffle, Pineapple Upside Down Cake & Apple Volcano all served w/Lapperts vanilla bean ice cream

How did it taste you may ask???

SIMPLY AMAZING – BUT – I’ll let the pictures do the talking –

"Kala Koa" Crudo w/fresh ahi & Japanese hamachi

Szechwan Baby Back Ribs w/Mongolian BBQ sauce

Crispy Calamari w/yuzu limu kohu emulsion & garlic aioli

Japanese Misoyaki Marinated Butterfish w/sizzling bell pepper soy vinaigrette

"Kaui Style Street Food" Housemade Bao Buns w/slow braised Kaneshiro farms pork, kim chee Asian pears, fresh watercress & Korean BBQ sauce, Whole Fried Kekaha Shrimp w/smoked Hawaiian sea salt )

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Kaui Style Street Food" Roy's Style Hamura's Saimin w/Kaneshiro farms pork belly dashi & quail egg

Dessert Roy's Chocolate Souffle, Pineapple Upside Down Cake & Apple Volcano all served w/Lapperts vanilla bean ice cream

Matt, I thank you so much for sharing your gift with me and my peeps! The next mixtape is on me!

If you guys are in the mood for GOOD GOOD GOOD Grinds, and are out in Kauai, Roy’s is a MUST.

Roy’s Poipu Bar & Grill
2360 Kiahuna Plantation Dr
Poipu, HI 96756
P 808.742.5000
www.roysrestaurant.com

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7/10 – Sat – Mr Armstrong at Highpoint Shoes in Arizona for GKY

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Dearly Departed & 5th Column Present
GKY
Saturday July 10th
8 – 10:30 PM

@ HighPoint Shoes
7135 E. Camelback Road Suite 175 Scottsdale, AZ

Despite its aggressive, literal definition, “Go Kill Yourself”, in the eyes of 5th Column and Dearly Departed, is an iconoclastic call to action of sorts. According to the brands, the metaphoric “instructions” translate to a facetious nod toward the arrogantly ignorant. With both teams building their empires upon satirical symbolisms, Go Kill Yourself or GKY simply stands for the ultimate death of the ego and the thrill of the KILL. With music spun by the legendary DJ Neil Armstrong, please join High Point Shoes, 5th Column, and Dearly Departed for the celebratory coming out of this summer’s most anticipated project.

Aloha Kauai…. Surfing, Kayaking, Ziplining, and lake jumping with wifey…

This last time around in Hawaii was different because I headed out to one of the other islands Kauai, buy viagra courtesy of one of my island friends Jon Mac –

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Kauai, is beautiful X 10 .

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A much more chilled out version of where most people go aka Honolulu Hawaii.

With the beautiful Beaches, Sunsets and Lazy laidback atmosphere…

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I however, do not like to spend all my time doing nothing laying on the beach, so this was adventure time city with my partner in crime Emily.

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From Surfing, Ziplining and cliff jumpin, we did it all :)

One thing I’ve learned throughout my travels, is that its always SO much funner when you have someone special to share the experience with…

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It was a great time… but we haven’t even got to the FOOD yet. Next blog is for your stomachs and mines.

Without a doubt, you need to add Kauai to your list of travel todos…

Much love Aerial 7… and they return it back with a chance to win some free tank headphones…

Currently on the aerial 7 website they’ve been using my dashing good looks to help promote their headphones.

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If you check the page directly, shop there is also a chance for you to win a FREE PAIR OF TANKS – which is my weapon of choice every week – http://www.aerial7.com/subscribe/.

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Pictured above is myself, Seth and Phil of Aerial 7 out in Vegas. At the end of last year I had the opportunity to check out their facilities out in Australia, located in byron bay right near the beach where i learned how to surf . Phil – a native of Southern California helped me catch my first wave…

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Peep how beautiful it is out there –

Aerial 7 testing facilities...

Aerial 7 testing facilities...

Aerial 7 testing facilities...

Aerial 7 testing facilities...

A lot of the design and product testing goes on in this lab, and they of course gave me a sneakpeak pair of their luxury line of headphones the absolutes –

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Aerial 7 testing facilities...

As well as some up and coming projects…

This is some good stuff. Everyone is gonna have a different experience, but My aerial 7 tanks have lasted me about 6 months of RIGOROUS touring!

Something to be said about that, Reliability and Style….

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Swimming with Turtles on the north shore of hawaii…

Greetings from Switzerland… the land of chocolates! … wait. Thats Germany. I’m going there in a few , pharm heading to frankfurt.

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Above is HELLO! In Swiss. Hi Everybody!
ZURICH is beautiful right now, unhealthy

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Complete with white swans swimmin in the same lake as the peoples –

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My mind though is still 2 oceans away in Hawaii, where I got to chill out with its wildlife up colse and personal when Emily and I swam with some Turtles.

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It was pretty trippy. I said to emily – Hey, take a pick of me standing on this rock… I think its a rock. BUT THEN. It moved.

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Turns out there was a whole school of turtles just chillin on the north shore with us. One of them kept following emily. She calls him joey.

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With Our Trusty CANON S90 we caught the whole thing… Peep it below…

Music courtesy of DJ Vinroc prestige worldwide!

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7/3 – Sat – Neil Armstrong @ the Alex Theatre in Johannesburg South Africa

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Come celebrate with adidas Originals as we present to you USA Hip Hop DJ Neil Armstrong (Jay Z’s DJ). Neil is the founding father of the DJ collective “5th Platoon” will be showcasing his art of spinning and turntablism at the Alex for one night only! From Touring with JAY-Z as his official World Tour DJ (2008/09) to spinning for adidas Originals at the Olympic Games in Beijing.

Neil will be supported by SA’s hottest DJs over 3 dance floors.
To win tickets sms ‘adidas Originals JHB’ your name & contact number to 32010 or email your name, troche your city, contact number win@adidas.com

JULY 3rd @
The Alex
36 Stiemens St. Braamfortein, JHB
www.thealex.co.za
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7/2 – FRI – DJ Neil Armstrong X Adidas in CAPE TOWN SOUTH AFRICA

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For the duration of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ from 11th June 2010 – 11th July 2010, shop adidas Originals will be hosting Three Stories: a series of private match viewings and exhibitions at 66 Albert Road, prostate a 60 year old industrial building in the heart of Woodstock, Cape Town. The month-long schedule of events will include a line up of local music talent, exhibitions, sports and Originals sports fans. The Johannesburg- based campaign which will run concurrently has its focus on five events which will be held at The Bank and The Alex Theatre, each of the five gigs starting with exclusive viewing parties and ending with events featuring top local and one huge international DJ’s. The international DJ featured in July is none other than Neil Armstrong, Jay-Z’s official tour DJ in 2008/09 and a global adidas Originals trend ambassador.

Catch Neil at the following gig in Cape Town:

Friday, 2nd July: Word of Art will also host international DJ Neil Armstrong who will fly into Cape Town to DJ for one performance only. He plays a sexy mix of hip-hop and beats and is an exclusive guest of adidas Originals Three Stories


Location: The Bank
Street: 9A Parklands, Keyes Avenue, Rosebank
CAPE TOWN
South africa

I’m going to the world cup to rep baby… if you out there come party with me…

6/30 – Wed – Neil Returns to Gothenburg Sweden for COLORS Summer Premier Party

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Two things are certain about summer in Gothenburg: If the sun is shining the parks will be crowded and if it’s Wednesday evening you’ll find the largest color coordinated crowd in the country lined up outside of Nefertiti!

On June 30th it is finally time for Colors to open the gates again and celebrate summer with a green evening!

Expectations are huge following last years success, online where Colors was elected Club of the Year 2009 by Djungeltrumman. This year we are aiming even higher and we are very pleased to be able to present one of the best DJ’s on the planet for our premier, DJ Neil Armstrong! Armstrong built a solid reputation through his amazing mixtapes and is The official DJ for Adidas events, but during the last years his career skyrocketed when he became The DJ for Jay-Z! Armstrong was also appointed DJ for president Obama’s inaguartion party! Neil Armstrong has been a key figure in the development of the modern music culture, where all boundries and genres are crossed in the quest for the perfect vibe. As such we see Neil Armstrong as the perfect artist for Colors!

As we planned the summer we have hung out a lot at the new favourite restaurant, Moon, which we are pleased to introduce to the rest of Gothenburg. They will present their delicious green curry at the premier. The garden architects at Bellis Växttema has also promised to bring some of the summer park feeling to our outdoor area! This is just a glimpse of what’s to come from our action packed premier on Green Night June 30th!

Live: DJ Neil Armstrong (New York)
Resident deejays Dainja & Confuze
Visuals Lideborg & Ollio
Food: Moon Thai Kitchen

Door open at 21:00 – 03:00
More info at: www.colorsgbg.com

6/29 – Tues – DJ Neil Armstrong invades Athens Greece @ ROOM Eirinikos Club

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Neil Armstrongs FIRST TIME PERFORMING in ATHENS GREECE

I’ll be out their with my fellow swarthy mediteranean party peoples baby –

The UNEXPECTED PRESENTS :
DJ Neil Armstrong
Tuesday June 29th
@ ROOM Eirinikos Club
KAramanli Av. 4
Athens,Greece

Entrance 20 euros
Table 110 per 6 people
Contact info 6937448710

Supporting DJ’s

P.K.
Black-T
Mr. President
DJ Coke

Host : O.T.B.

6/26 – Sat – Neil Armstrong @ 25hours Hotel in Frankfurt Germany

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Saturday 6/26 // 10 pm
L’Agentur & The IMA Clique Present

IN HEAVEN PART 2
@ 25 Hour Levis Hotel
Niddastrasse 58
60329 Frankfurt
www.25hours-hotels.com

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6/25 – Fri – DJ Neil Armstrong at Kaufleuten Zurich Switzerland

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Black Beat Presents Switch @

Kaufleuten
Pelikanstrasse 18 8001 Zürich
www.kaufleuten.com
With DJ M-Live & DJ Slice
Wreckid MC & Marcellous Dance Crew

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The DNA of the Blueprint Revisited – Now Tracked out for your pleasure….

Mr Carter has made news most recently with the collabo with super producer Dr Dre. But an important one to me is a different but similar connection.

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Ah yes, patient the MC and the DJ .

It’s been a while now actually since I’ve played the backup roll for Jay- although MOST people still think I still DJ for Jay though, which makes me think people really don’t read my blogs or pay attention to my twitter ;) I still get asked on the daily.

I of course have moved on the bigger and better things – like ending up in the Star Wars “movie” with Snoop and Beckham, and travelling around the world solo for adidas…

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But, another Bday Around the corner has got me Reminiscing over one of the most whirlwind times of my life.

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About 3 months ago I dropped the DNA of the Blueprint on y’all, and for the most part barring a handful of critics… I think y’all liked it ;)

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One complaint / request though, was that some of y’all NEEDED it Tracked out , seperated so you could fastforward and rewind with eaze in your car and whatnot.

And I’ve been slacking on that. BUT , since its my bday this Saturday, I figured it would be a good time to get my good karma up and give y’all , my supporters and fans a gift right back.

So here ya go – go here to Download the DNA of the Blueprint – Seperated Tracks ;)

http://djneilarmstrong.com/DNABP3.

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Download a Freebee from the Past – the Best of 2005 Cornerstone Mixtape

Wow, troche in about 5 days its gonna be my Bday… and I can’t help but reflect.

To say I have a crazy life would be an understatement, help and when I do think back there have been a lot of turning points, remedy a lot of hallmark moments.

My buddy Vinroc used to have this theory that if you are on your proper “path”, things kind of come together for most people later in their life, when they hit their 30’s.

For me, that was well, back about 5 years ago ;)

I think what vinny said was kind of true… it was around that time that the outside non underground worldstarted to take notice of me.

Back in 2005 was the first time that Cornerstone asked me to do one of their infamous Mixtapes.

And I think that was one of the signs that I was moving into a different realm.

As it turns out, this mixtape wasn’t widely distributed to my normal fanbase. It was a “Best of” mix for that years music, and was really only sent to industry folk, you couldn’t buy it.

I recently dug it up, and I decided, it would be a good time to Revisit and reminisce over it with y’all my fans and critics. You can see how much time has passed, and what I was doing back then to prepare me for my life now…

Below is a Tracklist for my part of the cd. It starts with #33, as DJ Timbuktu did the 1st half of it. Mr Cee also was featured on it, thats why he’s on the cover. Back then, I didn’t get any cover love ;)

Its funny, the 1st track of the cd – well, it was Jay-z on it ;) Kind of prophetic don’t ya think? ;)

Cornerstone Mixtape

 

33. Memphis Bleek f. Jay Z Dear Summer Roc-A-Fella
34. Busta Rhymes Touch It Aftermath/Interscope
35. Pharrell f. Gwen Stefani Can I Have It Like That Star Trak/Interscope
36. Jennifer Lopez f. Fabolous Get Right Sony
37. Amerie 1 Thing Rise/Columbia/Sony Urban
38. Styles P f. Akon Can You Believe It Ruff Ryders/Interscope
39. Juelz Santana There It Go (The Whistle Song) Diplomats/Def Jam
40. Papoose Sharades Exclusive
41. De La Soul f. MF Doom Rock Co. Kane Flow Sanctuary Urban
42. 9th Wonder & Buckshot Side Talk Duck Down Records
43. Saigon Stocking Caps Hip Hop Since 1978/Fort Knocks/Atlantic
44. Raekwon Baggage Handlers Universal
45. Sheek Louch f. Beanie Sigel & Fabolous Kiss Ya Ass Goodbye Rmx D Block/Koch
46. 50 Cent f. Mobb Deep Outta Control Rmx Shady/Aftermath/G Unit/Interscope
47. Lil’ Kim Lighters Up Queen Bee/Atlantic Records
48. Slum Village Ez Up Barak Records
49. Foxy Brown f. Sizzla Come Fly With Me Def Jam
50. I Wayne Can’t Satisfy Her VP Records/Loyal Soldiers
51. The PCD’S f. Busta Rhymes Don’t Cha A&M Records
52. Ludacris No. 1 Spot D.T.P./Def Jam
53. Little Brother f. Joe Scudda Lovin’ It ABB Records/Atlantic Records
54. DangerDoom Sofa King Epitaph
55. Ghostface Killah Be Easy Def Jam
56. Common f. The Last Poets The Corner G.O.O.D. Music/Geffen
57. Damian ‘Jr. Gong’ Marley Welcome To Jam Rock Ghetto Youths/Tuff Gong Records
58. T.O.K. Footprints VP Records

The New Zealand Wrapup

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Yes Yes, healing When I went to New Zealand , diagnosis I definitely felt like a king for a day, thanks to the good folk at adidas, Show Room 22, and Frank and Ivy Liew of Qubic (http://www.qubicstore.com/) and quarters.

From the moment I got off the plane the new zealand Hospitality was imminent , with a nice hand written welcome note and a few gifts ,including the local Rugby Team ALL BLACKS jersey and a boxset of New Zealand Music Artist hits, which I’ve gladly added to my music collection.

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i got to do it all it seemed, from Bungy Jumping, to Interviews, to good eats, to site seeing and Party Rocking…

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It was ALL captured by NICELY here by frank liew and qubic, directed by Sean Wallace. Another “Day in the Life” type video, with a lot more in depth interviewing and a really good look at what its like for me on the road….

In fact, I had 2 GROUPS of cameras following me, as I made the LATE NIGHT NEWS on TVNZ in their showbiz section…

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For those planning a Next GREAT Trip, I would highly suggest New Zealand…

Their Humor is amazin – as we all know from FLIGHT of the Concords and their bungy jumping – look at how their bathrooms look, and their “waiver sheet” , which they call a “toe tag”. HILARIOUS.

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The food is pretty dang tasty – they even have REAL ACAI, like the stuff down in Brazil, not that American Crap. This is the only other place I’ve seen this stuff served Proper.They got proper meat pies (pause) and of course there is Burger Fuel, which I think gives In & Out a run for their money as far as Burgers go…

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They got great stores like Qubic and Quarters for your street wear needs –

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They even got Benecio Del Toro Selling ICe cream out there. COME ON. How crazy is that.

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They got great local artists like David Dallas holding it down over there ON a global scale , as his work has been blogged up on Kanye Wests site.
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SHOOT – I even ran into STEVE AOKI , our first meeting , A NY and LA AUCKLAND Connection –

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As you can imagine, I can’t wait until I get to hit the other side of the world again… and I suggest that y’all make New Zealand a Destination on YOUR world tour …

Until the next time ;)

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