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	<title>JohnKuan.com &#187; disk-jockey philosophy</title>
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		<title>Celebration</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Kuan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hooray for a New Clarity! In the past month or so, I&#8217;ve had the great fortune of spending some time in Thailand observing some of the parties that they throw there. It comforts me that they&#8217;re not very different from what we do at the Epic Tribe. Once I got back, I had a sudden [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1>Hooray for a New Clarity!</h1>
<p>In the past month or so, I&#8217;ve had the great fortune of spending some time in Thailand observing some of the parties that they throw there. </p>
<p>It comforts me that they&#8217;re not very different from what we do at the Epic Tribe.</p>
<p>Once I got back, I had a sudden opportunity to compare the motivations between us and other tribes across the region.</p>
<p>One of the things that struck me as interesting was the reasonings behind celebration. After all, what we did at the Epic Tribe was effectively get a group of people together, meet up at a particular location, then party down.</p>
<p>In my experience, people throw parties when they&#8217;re celebrating something. Mostly birthdays, religious occasions, sometimes even divorces and funerals.</p>
<p>Many people are eagerly waiting for the clock-out on a Friday evening to celebrate the end of a hard working week.</p>
<p>But what of people who don&#8217;t work a corporate job and spend almost every waking moment in the most subtle of inner-celebrations (like many monks).</p>
<h2>What exactly were we doing that deserved celebrating?</h2>
<p><img src="http://www.johnkuan.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/kpg1.jpg" alt="kpg1.jpg" border="0" width="600" height="200" /></p>
<p>For me, I celebrate the fact that we&#8217;re capable of pulling off the stunts that we have since<a href="http://foundationkl.org"> FoundationKL.org</a> right up to the Epic Tribe.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m extremely grateful for the fantastic people that I work with and the meandering new friends that I&#8217;d meet along the way.</p>
<p>I celebrate the fact that <a href="http://foundationkl.org">FoundationKL.org</a> has been running for 4 years now, and 2 years for Epic Tribe &#8212; and 12 events locally and internationally.</p>
<p>And most of all, I celebrate the people that have come to celebrate <em>with</em> me. The type of effort required to be present contributes to the energy and the successes of everything that I&#8217;ve done so far.</p>
<h4>What are you celebrating right now?</p>
<p>Who are you celebrating with?</p>
<p>What does it mean to celebrate?</h4>
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		<title>Have You Stopped Being Entertaining?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:27:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Kuan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My DJs and performers&#8230; Humor this line of thinking&#8230; Who are you entertaining? Should they be? Or are they not. If so, why? If then, what is the point? This is really not meant to be a rhetorical post. I&#8217;m genuinely interested in knowing what the intentions behind your choice of being a DJ or [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My DJs and performers&#8230;</p>
<h1>Humor this line of thinking&#8230;</h1>
<h2>Who are you entertaining?</h2>
<p>Should they be?</p>
<p>Or are they not.</p>
<p>If so, why?</p>
<p>If then, what is the point?</p>
<p><img src="http://www.johnkuan.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/hhsial.jpg" alt="hhsial.jpg" border="0" width="600" height="200" /></p>
<p>This is <em>really</em> not meant to be a rhetorical post. I&#8217;m genuinely interested in knowing what the intentions behind your choice of being a DJ or performer are.</p>
<p>Why do you choose to entertain?</p>
<p>And if so&#8230;</p>
<p><strong>How can you tell if you are?</strong></p>
<p>Let&#8217;s discuss.</p>
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		<title>Zen for DJs &#8211; #1</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:41:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Kuan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I became aware of this: You are NOT the music you play. You play OTHER people&#8217;s music. You play OTHER people&#8217;s music. You play OTHER people&#8217;s music. GET OVER YOURSELF. This is the first realization. Agree? Disagree? What do you think? Let&#8217;s have a discussion.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1>I became aware of this:</h1>
<p><img src="http://www.johnkuan.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/ultraman.jpg" border="1" alt="ultraman.jpg" width="600" height="200" /></p>
<blockquote><p><strong>You are NOT the music you play.</strong></p>
<h3>You play OTHER people&#8217;s music.<br />
You play OTHER people&#8217;s music.<br />
You play OTHER people&#8217;s music.</h3>
<h2>GET OVER YOURSELF.</h2>
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<h4>This is the first realization.</h4>
<p>Agree? Disagree? What do you think? Let&#8217;s have a discussion.</p>
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