Boombox Bros. DJs is now proud to announce that your event can be broadcasted live over the Internet in real time! After a few weeks of development and testing, we have successfully broadcasted two events live over the World Wide Web.
This is particularly useful to our clients who have friends and families living far away who cannot attend the big event. Now relatives and friends can tune in on Boombox Bros.com to experience your event live over the Internet! We are offering this new service for an introductory fee of $50.00 which includes a Panasonic DVX 100B camera on a tripod to capture footage that will stream live over the Internet using Sprint Mobile Broadband and a computer. Call us today to find out more!
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Dozens of partygoers at an outdoor rave near Moscow last week have lost partial vision after a laser light show burned their retinas, Russian health officials said on Monday.
Moscow city health department officials confirmed 12 cases of laser-blindness at the Central Ophthalmological Clinic, and daily newspaper Kommersant said another 17 were registered at City Hospital 32 in the centre of the capital.
Attendees at the July 5 Aquamarine Open Air Festival in Kirzhach, 80 km (50 miles) northeast of Moscow, began seeking medical help days after the show, complaining of eye and vision problems, health officials told Reuters.
"They all have retinal burns, scarring is visible on them. Loss of vision in individual cases is as high as 80 percent, and regaining it is already impossible," Kommersant quoted a treating ophthalmologist as saying.
Attendees said heavy rains forced organizers to erect massive tents for the all-night dance party, and lasers that normally illuminate upwards into the sky were instead partially refracted into the ravers' eyes.
"I immediately had a spot like when you stare into the sun," rave-attendee Dmitry told Kommersant.
"After three days I decided to go to the hospital. They examined me, asked if I had been at Open Air, and then put me straight in the hospital. I didn't even get to go home and get my stuff," he said.
Cosmic Connection, promoters of the Aquamarine rave, were unreachable and did not list contact numbers on their Web site.
Industry Web site www.laserfx.com said focused laser light can cause eye damage almost instantly.
The owner of a Moscow laser rental company told Reuters the accidental blindings were due to "illiteracy on the part of technicians."
"It was partly the rain, but also partly the size of the laser. Somebody set up an extremely powerful laser for such a small space," said Valentin Vasiliev, who said his company did not provide the Aquamarine lasers.
(Additional reporting by Tatiana Ustinova; Editing by Giles Elgood)
Congratulations to fellow Boombox Bros., Patrick Salcido
DJ P.Track has informed us that his beautiful newborn son, Cameron, was delivered last night. Cameron weighs 7 lbs. 4 oz. and is 20" long. Congratulations to Patrick and Maria, and welcome to the world Cameron! Hopefully we'll have pictures up soon.
Make sure to pick up your free bridal guide, "The One" at various locations in Corpus Christi and check out my article about the "First Dance." It's a beautiful publication with a lot of great featured weddings, contributing writers, and wedding photography. You can get them at the following locations in town: Executive Surf Club, Waterstreet, Brewsters, Aqua Java, Ortiz Center, and the American Bank Center!
Boombox Bros. "Puttin' On the Ritz" and Helping the Community
I snapped these pictures when I was downtown recently. It's a sign thanking supporters for a clean-up that happened some months back at the historic Ritz Theatre. Boombox Bros. came out to play some music while volunteers with the Junior League of Corpus Christi and CC PATCH helped to clean up the old downtown building. It's always a nice feeling to help and it's always great to receive recognition. If you're ever in the downtown area, then check out this sign!
Demand for vinyl up, while that of CDs down
STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
Originally published 05:22 a.m., June 19, 2008
Updated 05:22 a.m., June 19, 2008
I want my LPs.
Like a broken record, that was the demand Justin Pico heard over and over... and over again at his Disc Go Round music store.
"It was surprising, too, because it was the younger crowd -- mainly under 30," Pico said.
Daily requests for albums on vinyl prompted the local independent retailer to relocate in April to a larger venue. At its new location on Airline Road, Disc Go Round's inventory includes as many LPs as CDs.
"Vinyl is about 20 percent of our sales," Pico said.
It's the same song and dance wherever you go. Vinyl distributors are having a tough time keeping albums in stock, Pico said.
"The first month that I ordered (from the distributor), there was so much more available," he said.
From old classics to hot new titles, LPs are popular with the younger set.
"I had an 11-year-old girl come in and buy a Ramones album," Pico said.
According to the Recording Industry Association of America, manufacturers' shipments of LPs jumped more than 36 percent from 2006 to 2007 to more than 1.3 million. Shipments of CDs dropped more than 17 percent during the same period to 511 million, as they lost some ground to digital formats.
The resurgence of vinyl centers on a long-standing debate over analog versus digital sound. Digital recordings capture samples of sound and place them very close together as a complete package that sounds nearly identical to continuous sound to many people.
Analog recordings on most LPs are continuous, which produces a truer sound -- though, paradoxically, some new LP releases are being recorded and mixed digitally but delivered analog.
Some purists also argue that the compression required to allow loudness in some digital formats weakens the quality as well.
But despite rising interest and sales, the LP isn't going to muscle out CDs or iPod soon.
Nearly 450 million CDs were sold last year, versus just under 1 million LPs, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Based on the first three months of this year, Nielsen says vinyl album sales could reach 1.6 million in 2008.
"I don't think vinyl is for everyone; it's for the die-hard music consumer," said Jay Millar, director of marketing at United Record Pressing, a Nashville based company that is the nation's largest record pressing plant.
Many major artists -- Elvis Costello, R.E.M. and others -- are issuing LPs and encouraging fans to check out their albums on vinyl.
Some artists package vinyl and digital versions of their music together, including offers for free digital downloads along with the record.
An avid music fan himself, Millar says he has moved to vinyl in recent years.
"Once I got my first iPod ... I'm looking at my wall of CDs and trying to justify it," Millar said. "The things I like -- the artwork, the liner notes, the sound quality -- it dawns on me, those are things I like better on vinyl."
He welcomed back the pops and clicks, even some of the scratches.
"I like that fact that it's imperfect in a lot of ways. Live music is imperfect too," Millar said.
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We just got our new t-shirts in, and they look wonderful! Drop us a line if you'd like one. They're going for 12 bucks, and of course I have some set aside for our dear friends as give-aways. I'll have pictures of the shirts up really soon, but in the meantime here's Curtis Rock sporting the new tee and mixing up some oldschool tracks on the 1s & 2s for your enjoyment. Name those tunes!
Our new T-shirts have been designed, and will be printed within the next week or two. Here's a peak at the White on Black design, and we're also doing a White on Green design!
Be on the lookout, as they'll be up for sale, as well as give-aways!
This weekend, Boombox Brother Patrick Salcido performed Friday for Port Aransas I.S.D.'s Brundrett Middle School. Also, on Saturday, Patrick performed for Andrea Espada's birthday party at her family's Ocean Dr. home. We thank Brundrett Middle School and the Espada family for booking us for their events! Also, check out our time lapse video of the Boombox Bros. setting up for the Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority 2008 Spring Formal here. Enjoy...
Bride battles band, groom and daughter Tasered by police
Maybe this Bridezilla should've hired a DJ instead of a band?
Associated Press
Originally published 08:49 a.m., May 2, 2008
Updated 08:49 a.m., May 2, 2008
A New York bride and groom arrested at their wedding reception after the bride trashed a set of conga drums in a spat with the band have pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct.
The bride was also accused of breaking a speaker in a dispute over the music at the April 5 reception. Fabiana Reyes has been sentenced in Village Court to the six days she already spent in jail. The 41-year-old also paid the band $1,500 for the damage.
Her 42-year-old husband and their 21-year-old daughter were accused of interfering with Reyes' arrest. Elmo and Helen Fernandez pleaded guilty Thursday. Police used stun guns on both during the fracas.
The daughter says the couple were legally married in 1986 but delayed their church wedding until last month.
The Boombox Bros. DJ'd for the Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority from Texas A&M University Corpus Christi. The event was held at the Holiday Inn Emerald Beach Hotel and was a "Casino Night" theme to celebrate their 2008 Spring Formal. Boombox Bros. thanks AGD for the opportunity to spend time with them at their wonderful event. Here is some event footage we captured while we were there...
Have you ever been to a night club, mega-Church, or concert and noticed how the lights were in sync with colors and movement? In order to make all the lights move or change colors in sync, someone had to program the lights - most likely DMX lights.
Boombox Brothers recently acquired a DMX light controller. This allows us to control our DMX lights and create programs for our events. If we want some of the lights to move up, and some other lights to move down, we can program them to do so. If we want to have the color combination of blues with hot pinks, we can program them to do it. Tonight, Curtis Rock met with DJ Skip of Skip Entertainment for some programming training. Skip is a lighting expert, especially with DMX programming. Boombox Bros. is excited to offer this exciting value to our clients, as we believe programmed DMX lights are more clean and classy.
Boombox Bros. DJs is now proud to announce that your event can be broadcasted live over the Internet in real time! After a few weeks of development and testing, we have successfully broadcasted two events live over the World Wide Web.
Ravers lose sight at laser show
Make sure to pick up your free bridal guide, "The One" at various locations in Corpus Christi and check out my article about the "First Dance." It's a beautiful publication with a lot of great featured weddings, contributing writers, and wedding photography. You can get them at the following locations in town: Executive Surf Club, Waterstreet, Brewsters, Aqua Java, Ortiz Center, and the American Bank Center! 
