DJ Mehdi R.I.P. 1977 -2011

Reports are streaming in across the internet that French DJ, producer and musician DJ Mehdi has died at the unfortunately young age of 34. As difficult as that is to believe, message sent across Twitter from Mehdi’s DJ peers seem to lend credence to the sad news.

While we wait for an official statement from Ed Banger and DJ Mehdi’s management a lone French news outlet has published their own report confirming the DJ’s death, and with the assistance of Google Translate it alleges that the well loved Frenchman died from “an accident”.

Working regularly as a DJ, producer and remixer before finding international acclaim as an integral member of Pedro Winter’s Ed Banger label roster.

DJ Mehdi is survived by his wife, the French model and artist Fafi.

Envoy... Digital Immortality?

What happens to you when you die? Do you rot in the ground or ascend to heaven? More importantly what kind of legacy do you leave behind? How is your memory perceived? Well life doesn't have to end at death according to Envoy. A new system that keeps your digital consciousness alive and interactive via Facebook, Twitter, etc. based off of previous communication patterns before you died. Or at least the web thought for a couple weeks.

Envoy is the brainchild of Bay Area designer, Max Batt and had people questioning if it was some kind of viral promo for a sci-fi movie or scarier yet, something real. Something Facebook was actually employing. It turns out, it was a senior thesis project... a very convincing one at that in that it got people thinking about what happens to all the digital data one accumulates in their lifetime and what becomes of it once they pass. The concept of "social mourning" is quickly becoming a reality.

For more on Envoy, check out Batt's interview with MotherBoard.

The Last Supper

My good friend Anna has started a fun blog called " Their Last Bite"

The Adventures of A, B & D as they endeavour to share a bite of Deadlebrity's last meals, do yourself a favour and check it out now.