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Archive

From the boxes

Things saved along the way: a music video, a newspaper ad, promo photos, a couple of reviews and a radio report. Mostly 2000 to 2005.

2000

Summer 2000

The “Hottie Boombalottie” video, which I shot and edited in Hawaii, and a few radio-station summer shows with two dancers and a DJ.

A film crew shooting the Hottie Boombalottie video on a Hawaii beach
On the beach, Hawaii
Kef framing a shot with a cast member in a yellow swimsuit
Behind the camera
Night shoot: Kef in a convertible with cast members
The night shoot
Newspaper ad for Y100.7 and The Miami Herald Summer Splash 2000, featuring Enrique Iglesias, BBMak, Mandy Moore, LFO, Vitamin C and Kef, June 10 at Bayfront Park Amphitheater
Summer Splash 2000, Bayfront Park, Miami
Kef performing on an outdoor stage with two dancers and a DJ
On stage, summer 2000

Paper

Promo photos and printed things

Get ’Em Up promo CD cover: a cartoon of D’Kaffe shouting into a microphone
D’Kaffe promo CD, 1998
Black-and-white Amherst Records promo photo of Kef mid-leap above the kef logo
Amherst Records promo photo, 2000
Color promo photo of Kef in a yellow shirt, arms out, inside orange rings
Amherst Records promo photo, 2000
Black-and-white close-up of Kef in glasses looking down
Amherst Records promo photo, 2000
Alright promo postcard with the album cover and two photos of Kef
Alright promo postcard, 2004
Alright Instrumental Mixes promo CD cover
Instrumental mixes, promo CD, 2005
Mockup of the kefsplace.com homepage with a dotted pattern and a photo of Kef
kefsplace.com design, around 2005

Clippings

A couple of reviews

“One listen to Kef’s album, Alright, and you’re hooked.”

Dru Rajacich, Alternative Addiction, 2005

“Production is a 10 … most importantly, it feels like it comes from the heart.”

Aaron Stipkovich, Buzzine Magazine, 2005
SPACE 380 MUSIC PROMOTION  WEEKLY AIRPLAY REPORT
KEF - "ALRIGHT"                      WEEK 8, 2005

CALL STATION CITY          ST  ROTATION   PPW
CKUT MONTREAL QUEBEC       CN  MEDIUM
WIXQ MILLERSVILLE          PA  MEDIUM       5
WIIT CHICAGO               IL  MEDIUM       5
KFAI MINNEAPOLIS           MN  LIGHT        2
WASU BOONE                 NC  MEDIUM       5
KOTO TELLURIDE             CO  MED-HVY      6
KEOL LA GRANDE             OR  HEAVY
Excerpt from a weekly college radio report for Alright, 2005

Film & TV

Where the songs turned up

SongWhereWhatYear
Get ’Em Up as D’KaffeBaywatch, “Hot Summer Night”TV series episode1998
I Dream Of YouThe Other MeDisney Channel movie2000
PoppaloopaMom’s Got a Date with a VampireDisney Channel movie2000
Hottie BoombalottieExtraEntertainment news show2000
Hottie BoombalottieLas Vegas, “3 Babes, 100 Guns and a Fat Chick”NBC series, season 5, episode 132008

Log

Dates

1991–1997DJ and MC for Coca-Cola’s Spring Break events in Daytona Beach, Panama City and South Padre Island.
1998“Get ’Em Up” / “Jump In, Jump On It” maxi-single on KEFSKI Music, under the name D’Kaffe.
November 7, 1998“Get ’Em Up” in the Baywatch episode “Hot Summer Night.”
March 2000“Hottie Boombalottie” maxi-single released by Amherst Records.
June 2000Poppaloopa released.
June 10, 2000Y100.7 Summer Splash, Bayfront Park Amphitheater, Miami, with Enrique Iglesias, Mandy Moore, LFO, BBMak and Vitamin C.
Summer 2000“Hottie Boombalottie” video reaches #10 on the pop chart of The Box.
September 2000“Close To You” maxi-single released.
2000“I Dream Of You” in the Disney Channel movie The Other Me.
October 2000“Poppaloopa” in the Disney Channel movie Mom’s Got a Date with a Vampire.
December 2004Alright released on KEFSKI Music. “By The Way” picks up Best Lyric and Best Melody on GarageBand.com.
December 11, 2004“Lovely” added to the New Ground radio show on KCRW.
January 11, 2005“Evangeline” played on MTV’s Total Request Live during Evangeline Lilly’s visit.
Spring 2005Alright on college radio in the US and Canada, about 45 stations by week eight.
September 2006Bunkum Bros., Love Songs.
January 11, 2008“Hottie Boombalottie” in the NBC series Las Vegas, episode “3 Babes, 100 Guns and a Fat Chick”.