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A night to remember...

So I ended up going to see Joaquin Phoenix rap at LIV at Fontainebleau with my old friend, (& quite possibly one of the coolest kids I know) Case Watson. Mr. Watson & I hadn't seen each other in about a decade & somehow decided that the potential spectacle of seein an Academy Award nominated actor, delve into a music career was a monumental enough occassion to finally meet up, and it was absolutely fantastic.

You've probably heard or read by now that Joaquin got into an altercation during the show, but I have to say "the fight" was the highlight of this so-called show he put on. Up and coming Atlanta DJ Klever started spining some sick beats around midnight, and when Joaquin showed up around 1:30 am, he sat at his VIP table for a few minutes while people crowded around and tried to take pictures of him, like he was an endangered animal at the zoo. He finally took the stage around 2 am, "performed" one muffled and barely audicle song awkwardly, exchanged some choice words with a heckler from the audience, then jumped off the stage to pound the guy. The whole situation was over and done with in a few minutes, though most of the footage only covers the tussel. I was there and at the time it looked real enough, to be believable only in that moment since the guy was shit-talking Joaquin the moment he got on stage, but in my opinion, this whole thing has be to be a farce because it's one of the greatest acts I've ever seen in my life. Once security escorted Joaquin and the heckler out, one of the many people on stage, grabbed the mic and asked the audience to "makde some noize for my Mothafucka Joaquin," which basically meant the show was over, because immediately after DJ Craze, hit the decks and got the already riled up audience firing fake guns to M.I.A's Paper Planes. Both DJ's were really great and kept the crowd going all night, since they were the one's doing all the work.

If Joaquin is for real more power to him, but Casey Affleck (who also happens to be his brother-in-law) has been accompanying him & documenting his escapades which makes me suspicious of Joaquin's endeavor, but I'm obviously still being supportive of his art/work. Anyhoozie here are my blurry pics from the "show. "

local promoter extraordinaire, Sam Baum poses for photos as Joaquin

people poppin bottles

the stage where Klever and Craze killed it

The man in black Mr. Johnny...I mean Joaquin Phoenix

the new dyson hand dryers...i just think they're really cool & do the best job ever!

1 of the many lobbies at the hotel that just looks like a club and isn't. I took this pic on my way out because on my way in I thought that this was where I was supposed to be.

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The first time Joaquin Phoenix came into my life was in 1996 when I came across Gus Van Sant's "To Die For," on cable. I was intrigued and tittilated since I was way too young to be watching that movie (by the by if you haven't seen this movie I highly recommend it, Nicole Kidman, Casey Affleck, Matt Dillon and Ileana Douglas round out this dark comic thriller.) I didn't know how to speak Spanish yet so I wasn't sure how to pronounce his name and was fascinated by this boy named "Jo-a-quin" with a bit of a cleft pallet, undeniable talent and was River Phoenix's brother.
By the time he was nominated for an Oscar in 2000 for "Gladiator" and again in 2006 for "Walk the Line," everyone knew who he was and how to pronounce his name. So when I heard a few weeks ago he was giving up acting completely to pursue a career in music I thought "This has got to be a joke.That's gobble-dee-gook Joaquin."

Sadly (for the time being) this is no joke and below is footage of him rapping at some club in Vegas

While watching all I could think was “Knick-nack paddywhack give a dog a bone, this old man came rolling home.” And then he fell off the stage.