Posted on 01 October 2008 by DT
So we’ve done a few posts on this new James Bond theme song “Another Way to Die” featuring Alicia Keys and Jack White here on Killahbeez. Well here’s the official video for the song. The song, which will appear on the soundtrack to the film Quantum of Solace is expected to be released on October 28th.
Posted on 16 September 2008 by DT
So it’s been just over a week since the Toronto Virgin Music Festival occurred and I’ve had a bit of time to digest the whole festival. Overall the I have to say the experience was pretty f**kin’ unbelievable, Virgin treated us folks in the media pretty great by giving us access to certain areas that the general public couldn’t enter. My favorite and where we spent the most time was the Bacardi B-Live Tent, as there was a special VIP / Media tent that served…well, what else, Bacardi drinks. I’m not sure I’ve had that many mojitos ever in a span of a weekend. Oh and I tried my first Maple mojito, quite sweet and interesting, not sure if I’d ever have another though.
Highlights:
And much more off course, but if I list anymore it could classify as bragging and that ain’t my steez.
So in case you’re wondering how I made my way there or why I was at the Toronto Virgin Music Festival, here’s the back-story. One day I was sitting around bored and came across a link where Virgin Music wanted writers to submit reviews that they’ve done in the past, so after some debate on which review I was going to send, I decided to submit my Stevie Wonder review that I wrote for Killahbeez. Then came the waiting game, but I hadn’t heard anything for months and to be quite honest totally slipped my mind and I forgot about it. A day after my birthday in the morning I get an email and phone call telling me I won this contest, I was still sleeping and thought I was a) dreaming or b) a friend was playing a joke on me, but then I remembered I never told anyone about entering this contest. After a few exchanges on email, I decided to take a chance on believing this was legit and dove head first in making arrangements.
The prize was 2 VIP / Media pass to the Toronto Virgin Music Festival and an opportunity to write on http://music.virgin.com, where after an allotted time fans/readers would vote for their favorite article / writers. This lucky winner would then win a Global VPass, where you would essentially travel from festival to festival. Currently that’s where I am in the process, writing on Virgin Music’s website and hoping to get enough votes, so hit up http://music.virgin.com/author/David%20Thai/ and vote for my articles if you feel that they’re worthy of your votes as that would be hella appreciated.
I definitely have to thank Virgin Music for selecting me as it’s definitely an honor.
To view all of our pictures from the V-Fest, check out our Killahbeez Flickr page.
Posted on 09 August 2008 by DT
As y’all have noticed our format has changed to more of an online magazine look. This has been in the talks for awhile now and it took us a while to find the right format that suited us the best. Officially this is version 5 of Killahbeez.com, version 4 never got released but it was worked on for a hella long time only to be scraped at the last second.
Anyways we think that this new format and look will help guide you our readers into finding the most relevant information that’s suited to your lifestyle. One of the main changes are the menues you see above that lead to various categories and some of them have subcategories as well. Also now included in this format is the features block. This block allows you to choose which of the five main articles you’d like to read. I could go on forever about the updates, but I’ll let y’all cruise through the site and provide feedback to us as we always love hearing from you all.
So please, enjoy version 5 of Killahbeez and let us know what you think.
One.
Posted on 13 June 2008 by DT
Wow, I can’t believe that it’s been a year since we first launched. My cousin said that I should say a few words and talk about the struggles of our first year, so here goes. We launched the site last year at this time. Van and I were the only writers, and to be honest, we were still trying to figure out the approach and how we wanted to come up in the game. Van had recruited some peeps to write, but we still had no structure and I was still trying to figure out that path for us. It wasn’t until a trip out to NYC that it all became fuckin’ clear as day: A site that specializes in music, fashion and art. Seriously, how many cats were killin’ it on that level? Not very many - don’t get me wrong, there are lots of peeps in the game that do work such as Format magazine. From there, we had our gameplan on, but unfortunately, we lost some soldiers along the way, only to regain them again recently. But the team grew quickly to an additional four more writers, pushing our numbers to six writers. Now, we’re sitting at eight writers, and we’re all bringing heaters for all y’all, whom I consider the Killahbeez Fam.
The constant uphill battle that I personally face is that, and this is soooo cliché but it’s true: There aren’t enough hours in the day for me to grind and work on Killahbeez.com. From writing, to coding, to selling advertising space, to contacting PR agencies to setting up interviews, I’m basically that first point of contact. The pressure of doing it all can be overwhelming, no doubt. That’s real talk. I ain’t gonna sugar coat nothin’. This shit is straight up hard, but hell is it fun.
So with that said, we want thank all you Killahbeez Fams for supporting and spreading the word. We at Killahbeez look forward to continuing to bring y’all some more hot shit for years to come.
Peace and one love.
DT aka Lex Diamonds.
And now a few words from the other guy…
If I recall correctly, Dave had approached me about starting a lifestyle blog that featured music, street wear, gadgets, etc. But we didn’t want to just be another information hub. That would be boring right? And although we didn’t have a “system” in place, the one common denominator was whatever we posted, we genuinely liked. And thats how it all began.
Along the way, we definitely had some struggles because no guidelines were set. Who would’ve thought blog posting required just as much left brain thinking as right? Dave with his marketing management background was all about deadlines, brand marketing, the whole “Do it right, do it tight.” attitude. The end result speaks for itself. From our bangin’ logo (thanks Calvin), snazzy business cards (another thanks to Calvin), a few version changes and of course our stickers. And here we are a year later with some new friends made along the way spanning locally in DC, NY or Vancouver all the way to the rest of the globe.
Thanks for reading.
Van
Posted on 26 May 2008 by DT
Final week of this 6 week contest. So this is your last chance to enter.
This one is a partnership between 9 Grand Clothing and Killah Beez, we’re giving away a t-shirt every week for the next 6 weeks. This one is mad easy to enter, just sign-up for the Killah Beez emailer, which can be found at the top of this page or visit this link and sign-up. Confirm your subscription and bam you’re done. For those that are already subscribed you’re automatically entered. We’ll draw a name every week and contact you by email and let you know that you’ve won. You have 2 different shirts to choose from, click on the jump below to see all the designs.
Big shout out to Mark Hattan at 9 Grand Clothing for hooking up all these shirts. Be sure to check out their site and support them.
Images: www.9grandclothing.com
Posted on 19 May 2008 by DT
Aight with week 3 done and the winner being contacted. We movin’ on to week 5 of this 6 week giveaway. Second to last week for the giveaway. So read below for the details.
This one is a partnership between 9 Grand Clothing and Killah Beez, we’re giving away a t-shirt every week for the next 6 weeks. This one is mad easy to enter, just sign-up for the Killah Beez emailer, which can be found at the top of this page or visit this link and sign-up. Confirm your subscription and bam you’re done. For those that are already subscribed you’re automatically entered. We’ll draw a name every week and contact you by email and let you know that you’ve won. You have 2 different shirts to choose from, click on the jump below to see all the designs.
Big shout out to Mark Hattan at 9 Grand Clothing for hooking up all these shirts. Be sure to check out their site and support them.
Images: www.9grandclothing.com
Posted on 12 May 2008 by DT
Aight with week 3 done and the winner being contacted. We movin’ on to week 4 of this 6 week giveaway. So read below for the details.
This one is a partnership between 9 Grand Clothing and Killah Beez, we’re giving away a t-shirt every week for the next 6 weeks. This one is mad easy to enter, just sign-up for the Killah Beez emailer, which can be found at the top of this page or visit this link and sign-up. Confirm your subscription and bam you’re done. For those that are already subscribed you’re automatically entered. We’ll draw a name every week and contact you by email and let you know that you’ve won. You have 4 different shirts to choose from, click on the jump below to see all the designs.
Big shout out to Mark Hattan at 9 Grand Clothing for hooking up all these shirts. Be sure to check out their site and support them.
Images: www.9grandclothing.com
Posted on 05 May 2008 by DT
Aight with week 2 done and the winner being contacted. We movin’ on to week 3 of this 6 week giveaway. So read below for the details.
This one is a partnership between 9 Grand Clothing and Killah Beez, we’re giving away a t-shirt every week for the next 6 weeks. This one is mad easy to enter, just sign-up for the Killah Beez emailer, which can be found at the top of this page or visit this link and sign-up. Confirm your subscription and bam you’re done. For those that are already subscribed you’re automatically entered. We’ll draw a name every week and contact you by email and let you know that you’ve won. You have 4 different shirts to choose from, click on the jump below to see all the designs.
Big shout out to Mark Hattan at 9 Grand Clothing for hooking up all these shirts. Be sure to check out their site and support them.
Images: www.9grandclothing.com
