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Imad

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About Me

Let's see: I love my adorable wife Kari and my amazing newborn son Beckham, my family, her family, cats/friends, my decks but not so much my mixer...in that order.I'm an attorney by day (partner in a small civil litigation firm). I'm a promoter/dj by night. Would love to be the latter full time but...come on...let's get serious over here. I was a musician most of my life (been in rock bands from high school until late 90's. (guitar). Played semi-pro soccer when I was 17 in Germany and again at 27 here in LA (I was the only one who spoke English). Despite the mullet/soccer rocker on my head, I didn't end up a rock star or a David Beckham (but i named my kid after him) so I'm a lawyer now...what da??? Years of being an athlete have taken a toll on my knees. Both have tears of meniscus in them. Should have surgery.I'm very friendly. The name of the game with me is sarcasm. I'm up late at night because i frequently get insomnia. Don't ask me why. I've had it since i was 11. So when you notice that I'm on line really late at night, it DON'T mean i'm some pervert. I'm just awake and BORED.I love: dancing, laughing, partying with my peeps, travelling, Tennis, Chess, wine tasting in Central California and Napa, and of course DJing and soccer...ok now I'm sounding cliche, so I'm stopping.
NOW GO TO THIS PARTY!!
AND BUY THESE TRACKS!
HOUSESALADLA.COM recommends:
SLOW DANCING SOCIETY
"Whatever U Want Me 2" EP
Allhousemusic
"The highly anticipated release of two sultry deep house tracks by Slow Dancing Dancing, the ever so versatile artist, is finally here...lush, layered, sophisticated and, well, DEEP! A must buy for serious DJs across the house music landscape and beyond". (housesaladla.com music review).
buy it STOMPY.COM or click the image Above to go straight to the EP.
You can also buy it @ CLICKGROOVE.COM
Oh, and here's some pics...=)
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My Interests

I think i stated them already in the "about me" section....sheeshh!! OH WAIT: I forgot about ART....Art is integral to my life. I always loved it, but I got even more hooked on it when I started dating my wife while she was a student at Cal Arts in Valencia....Now I'm completely hooked. We're members of everything including LACMA, MOCA, LAPhil, etc...etc...etc... and of course what interests me most right now is PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST!!

I'd like to meet:

1. Cool intelligent fun people who will come dance their butts off at my parties.

2. Up and coming talent, like Musicians/producers/djs
SLOW DANCING SOCIETY
WARPUS
JOSHUA HEATH , and
film director TODD KAUFMAN .

Music:


House Music & Electronica in general (but NOT trance so much although some of it is okay). Otherwise: Rock/pop/whatever Coldplay, The Cure, Air, The Police, DMB, CAKE, Outkast, Old AC/DC, old Aerosmith, Zepplin, Underworld, Queen, Portishead, Pink Floyd, Massive Attack, Radiohead, Daft Punk, Basement Jaxx, Ozomatli, Beck....I loooovveee JAZZ (Miles, Bird, Coltrane, Dizzie, Duke...those cats were grroovay - I try to make the Monterey Jazz Festival every year...i recommend it highly), FUNKJames Brown, Parliament, Prince (old stuff again). Old farts Elton and Billy Joel back when they had soul (prolly around the late 70's); Neil Diamond (yes, that's right) Classical (Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Brahms, Chopin's Nocturnals are unbelievably beautiful!!), Ska (still a whole bunch of fun after all these years...yeah!) & Reggae (see comment on ska...except reggae has Marley...need i say more?)...I'm missing a bunch, I'm sure, but come on, I could go on forever.... CURRENTLY: I'm digging Scissor Sisters, VAN HUNT, Franz Ferdinand's, Jurassic 5, Phoenix, Royskopp, Brazilian Girls and the Gorillaz. I'm also rediscovering BLONDIE!!!!...Aw yeah!This is by no means an all inclusive list...

Movies:

Once again, no end in sight but here goes: Godfather I & II; Goodfellas; The Ring; Alien; The Princess Bride; Pulp Fiction; Swingers; Seven; The Professional; The Matrix; Trainspotting; Fight Night; The Omen; Jaws; Reservoir Dogs; The Shining; The exorcist; True Romance; Three Kings; Les Uns et Les Autres....

Television:

Don't watch it that much but mostly HBO shows: Sopranos; Six Feet Under; Bill Maher; Seinfeld; Curb Your Enthusiasm; The Daily Show, THE WIRE!! (love that show right now...wow!)I've taken Sex & the City off the list in response to that horrible last episode/season.Oh and of course: Lakers games and SOCCER: Right now, watching Copa America. BRAZIL vs. ARGENTINA in the finals. Argentina looks good but I LOVE BRAZIL!!! Ole Ole Ole Oleeee, BRAZILLL, BRAZILLL...next year FiFa European Championships of course; PA and Bundesliga too. Also, some political coverage & news (but it's mainstream so I'm always extremely skeptical about what they tell us, 'no whatta mean?)

Books:

Liers and Lying Liers that Tell Them; Bushwacked; Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance; The Heart of Darkness; The Hobbit; Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy; A Confederency of Dunces;

Heroes:

There are levels here1. My Father (I know I know, cliche) but he was the real Atticus Finch & My mother.2. Ghandi; MLK; Ralph Nader; Lea Tsemel; Hana Ashrawi; Uri Avnery.3. Mark Farina, DJ Dan, Jimmy Page and a bunch of soccer players that I won't bore you with.

My Blog

QUIRKS!

 So the rules are, once you've been tagged you have to write a blog with 6 weird/things/habits about yourself. In the end you need to list 6 other people to tag and list their names. Don't forget...
Posted by Imad on Tue, 21 Mar 2006 01:52:00 PST

The Good Life - 3/23/06 - MIKE'S B-DAY + FREE MUSIC


Posted by Imad on Mon, 20 Mar 2006 11:31:00 PST

THE GOOD LIFE- January 26, 2006 w/ DJ MES!!

Hosted By: housesaladla.comWhen: Thursday Jan 26, 2006 at 9:30 PMWhere: THE BUNGALOW CLUB7174 Melrose AveLos angeles, CA 90046USDescription:CLICK HERE TO VIEW EVENT...
Posted by Imad on Wed, 18 Jan 2006 02:46:00 PST

Thank you to all the Good Lifers 2005

A Big Thanks to all Good Lifers 2005 Saying Good Bye To 2005.... Thank you to all the superb guest DJs that came down in 2005 and made every one of the GOOD LIFE parties a memorable one in one way o...
Posted by Imad on Tue, 03 Jan 2006 10:28:00 PST

Today (12/19) woulda been Serge's B-day

May he rest in peace.  I miss him dearly.
Posted by Imad on Tue, 20 Dec 2005 11:56:00 PST

The Good Life - Wish It Was Thanksgiving Party - Thurs 12/1

Hosted By: Imad EliasWhen: Thursday Dec 01, 2005 at 9:30 PMWhere: THE BUNGALOW CLUB7174 Melrose AveLos angeles, CA 90046USDescription:Imad Elias THIS EVENT WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO TAKE PLACE ON T...
Posted by Imad on Wed, 23 Nov 2005 02:39:00 PST

PARADISE NOW! see it....

See this movie.  It is a fascinating study of 2 Palestinian Youths would-be suicide bombers.   It's an amazing movie that is being distributed by Warner Brothers.  Controversial?&n...
Posted by Imad on Tue, 15 Nov 2005 05:11:00 PST

THE 'HAUNTED' LIFE w/ LUKE MCKEEHAN and DARIUS - Thur. 10/27

Internationally Acclaimed DJ, Producer and Label owner/manager LUKE MCKEEHAN [Nordic Trax, Vancouver] graces the decks of THE GOOD LIFE in a rare Los Angeles Appearance. One of the kings of Deep Tech...
Posted by Imad on Wed, 19 Oct 2005 10:43:00 PST

I'm goin' a little nuts....

Waiting for Beckham to arrive.  He's 3 days late on his due date, which is completely no big deal...but it's causing me involuntary stress, which is now manifesting itself with muscle twitching.....
Posted by Imad on Wed, 28 Sep 2005 01:35:00 PST

Blind loyalty...to what?

I'm so sick of people using their "allegiance" to one party or the other to take positions that are indefensible.  Both major parties are capable of this (that's why i'm an independent). In ...
Posted by Imad on Tue, 30 Aug 2005 01:29:00 PST