Some hot Nu Nu for this week...

The rarest of the rare on this Obsession vinyl release

A huge shipment of new designs from:
2k Gingham

& Obey

add more power to your studio or live performance with the Roland SP-555 Sampler + Effector

and every fan of Bob Marley should see this Rebel Music documentary. Bob keeps it so real.

And don't sleep like I did when trying to buy this Kaosillator!

behold the power...

(more coming soon)

Hate that feeling. Sleep and face the "Sellout Monster! like me...

We've reached the 5th volume in our Money Lotion series for the working DJ. Maybe we can hit #10 by the end of 2008. Probably not though.

Also don't tell nobody but we repressed the Roctakon and DJ Eli volumes too.
400 copies each. They'll be up tomorrow.

Kid Cudi 12" on Fool's Gold coming rill soon.
I think I've listened to "Day N Nite" about 500 times.

Also coming up from la familia:

- Sol*Selectas EP 06 from our man Sabo
- Jokers of the Scene 12" on Fool's Gold
- heartsrevolution 12" from IHEARTCOMIX

Keeping it small but powerful...

funny to see that Daft Punk clip. i was actually there for the whole weekend although i dont remember much. also i actually did the flyer for the event (under my old school name 43D Studios). i found a link to it online......

looks like i was still going through my "house industries" phase. but hey, that was 12 years ago so youll have to give me pass this time. if im not too embarrassed maybe ill post some other rave joints from the 93-97 midwest era...

winter sale continues
100+ items marked down
plus 50% sale updated...

outfit award for the dinner goes to:

i'm back from an extended west coast trip, accompanied by Boy Genius (fresh off campaigning for Obama in vegas)
it was an odd one...
went to check out the LA lab heads DJ at the Room (cool place!)
hit the tradeshow circuit (NAMM, agenda, asr), seeing Stevie Wonder at Namm was probably the highlight...
went boarding at mini-mountain Mt. High with LA manager Dave (some punk stole his board)
went to visit my cousin at UCSD (prolly the most boring school on earth, the west coast Carnegie Melon?)
went to a Korean-Catholic students meeting, held hands, sung hymns and almost lost my shit (actually did loose my shit)
got stoned and watched Cloverfield (terrible idea)
and finally,
we had our belated TTL LA X-Mas Dinner...

we went to an all-you-can-eat Korean BBQ. this place is mad... it's under a tent, holds a couple hundred people, and it's 17.99 a head...

when the meat first comes, you become a caveman and loose 75% of your brain functions...

west coast hipster alert! staccato aka gina + louisahhhh...

the new guard aka the ttl boy band... ben, jake, kyle, and boy genius (damn, we're starting to look the same)

the old guard... jemz gettin his eat-on and staring at the asian gangsters at the table next to us (boy genius: "should i give them a pound?" me: "no")

last but not least, holding it down: david "sleepy eyes" yoshitomi

also went to go check out my Hoyas play St. Johns at MSG...
it was probably the most pathetic Big East conference game I've ever seen...
check out the scoreboard...

Chicago's Sloppy White is now offering up his out-of-print mix CDs as mpfrees on his website sloppywhite.com. If you're a fan of heavy '80s and early '90s rap - Tuff Crew, Black Rock & Ron, Supreme Force, etc, this is kind of a no-brainer. These mixes have gotten rave reviews from folks like Monk One, The Ivory Brothers, Egon, and Turntable Lab.

wisconson, 1996

if 205 upped it to 140bpm do you think we could get it like this...

corey worthington is killing it this year.

i love how its shot like episode of "a current affair" or " americas most wanted." i at first thought it was a joke. so funny.
get em corey.

always,
unemployed lloyd

*oh and that party he threw as a professional promoter flopped just in case you were wondering.

intern needed specifically for our in-house record label, Money Studies
this position is at our Brooklyn HQ

- 2-3 days a week
- must be detail oriented
- per diem provided

send emails to chris //at// turntablelab.com

Ok, you guys know I don't usually shill for stuff on the blog, but this is a good one. Harris Newman has a new album out (well, kinda new - September '07) and it's totally hitting the spot right now during these winter doldrums. Smoky folky acoustic guitar raga type stuff with hits of Fahey, Kottke and Jansch. Harris is an old amigo of mine from Montreal who does audio mastering, plays in a group called Triple Burner with Godspeed You! Black Emperor / Silver Mt. Zion members, and is usually riding a bike when I see him. Anyway, if you gotta save up your pennies for the whole album, you can still go over to Harris' MySpace and download my favorite track, "Anamnesis," for FREE.

Totally unrelated: our dance music queen, Ms. Alison Tara, is spinning this Sunday in TOKYO (!) so go out and show her some love. Here are details:

P.S. Gaslamp - Palmer Scott is that dude. Check this shit out:

i want to employ this man.

Did someone say Bonus Bartha?

i've always thought it could be a fun experiment to raise your kids on television you grew up on... no?

barth bonus! (at the end)

and we can youtube small wonder all night

FOR THE KIDS.......

This is my daughter Nina, she was born on January 14.

To Busy B,

Yo fucker, next time you quit a job, how about saying "bye"?
It's cool, maybe the dudes at Def Jam won't bust your balls
the next time you don't bring a beat when you said you would.
Me, I'm still waiting... Catch you later B!

(Can you say Neptunes?)

C'mish's Parrallel Universe VII

I recently got a fortune that said, "Self love is the most important."
so then I went home and bought these...

the rebel sounds of Hollertronix 8!

and the suave vibes of the new Smith & Mudd

Limited edition Truth and Soul shirts designed by Rostarr

some sophistication for your coffee table:
The Blue Note Jazz Photography of Francis Wolff Book

and record your set and listen to it in the cab home with the Alesis iMultimix 8 USB Mixer

more sweet picks coming soon...

Touché James...

Indeed, you did post that Cory clip a day before me. I guess I need to change my home page back to the Lab Blog...

Regarding the flyer thing; I pulled up some of the old parties we collaborated on, and come to find out, I have, in fact been trying to hold your DJ career down. I think, subliminally, it's my jealous feelings towards your late night Hollywood lifestyle... and for that, I truly apologize.

But alas, I hope this will make up for it all:

(and yes, I know someone did another faux Coachella flyer like a year ago thats much funnier than this one, thanks.)

PS. Here's a link to another flyer. Unfortunately, Jemz isn't headlining, but with any luck, ladies, he'll be there. Oh, and for the record, Jemz was my favorite lab personality of 2007, but with all the whining, I've decided to rank him below Pitts.

Japan got soul too! (fwd to 1:30)

thank you europe!

Child Bankrupts Make-A-Wish Foundation With Wish For Unlimited Wishes

above: Kevin Faulk levitates

San Diego Chargers - DO NOT FEEL BAD! You just got beat by the best team in NFL history. (And you still have a pretty dope theme song.) Now only two weeks til the Pats march down to Arizona or wherever and humble the New York Football Giants. I heard Belichick requested a Highlander-esque stipulation wherein he gets to behead Tom Coughlin at midfield and absorb his powers if (when) New England wins.

Oh, and the Oscar goes to...

I got some digits tonight.

Big news in my world.

Sorry for the wait. Love you all.

There Will Be Blood is teh best movie of the year. Daniel Day Lewis steals the show.

Eldridge Cleaver has change my way of life.

Serious update coming soon.

TTYL, BFF, -Pitts

Today is Louisahhh's Birthday....

Let's take a moment to reflect on her excellence.

we are having a birthday party for her tonight...

you should come if you are in LA

its at Temporary Spaces On Fountain and Normandie. It will be mostly house classics, and things of that nature.
Louisahhh and I will be doing the whole Staccato thing....

For all my real PUSH IT TO THE LIMIT niggas here's the follow up...

btw...

This Sunday, Sudden Death invites PEANUT BUTTER WOLF to get all Disco/Housed out...

SUDDEN DEATH SUNDAYS
VINE BAR (Vine just below Fountain)
LOS ANGELES

$2 PBR's / $3 Vodka drinks from 9-11pm

Lab Radio Update! - Snack and I are back from our hiatus, bringing you some hot disco, new disco, disco edits, and some golden throwbacks. Time to feel the funky beat.

Thanks to Sabo, Alison, Minimal Man, Elle and Egg Foo for holding it down. You guys rule.

look out for corey hosting my upcoming superbowl party...
thanks for the link dust.

Spotlight: The Netherland DJ School.

Netherlands is cool. It's quaint with windmills, cheese, clogs, Amsterdam(the land of dro & hoes), the world's most insane disco collectors and... DJ School! First off, I believe this is a mixing school, (that doesn't look like a scratch mixer to me). Almost half the student roster are women and it's actually next to a DJ Hotel where each room is accomodated with a DJ setup. Coming from dirt-ass Brooklyn, this just seems unreal.

Man, I miss traveling. Gotta get back to Europe and gig in Amsterdeez real soon. Blackjoy, Snackmaster, Blu Jemz...who's with me?

This week gets a sudden rush of that good good.
here's the golden picks in..

Hip Hop

Disco

and Bmore!

For gear, I love how these boxer tributes by No Mas brings out my sporty side without sacrificing my design-ey nature...

also, I've recently gone Selvage and there's no turning back baby! Check the new jeans by King Stampede.

and here's the Vestax 004Xlu, Vestax's USB answer for cheap thrills

and for all my international players, just got these Odyssey flite cases in stock.

keep juicy folks...

MIKE 2600
- goes back with the lab all the way to the day of spray-painted cassette tapes
- spends a lot of time in illustrator
- probably likes asian girls

favorite 3 tracks to play out (or you like to hear out)
1. DJ Day "Outro" from the "Got to Get it Right" EP
2. U-Tern's remix of Stevie Wonder "All I Do"
3. Gang of Four "Call Me Up"

favorite 3 non-dj albums you listened to most this year
1. Patton Oswalt "Werewolves and Lollipops"
2. Converge "No Heroes"
3. Does anyone listen to albums anymore or just ringtones?

what you like or hate about djing in 2007?
the rising fashionability of DJing has made it easier to get good gigs and to get people to come to them, but it's also made it easier for every cornball with more than 10 mp3s to get a DJ gig, making it harder for every Becky and Chad to tell who's actually a good DJ and who just happens to have 10 bitchin' mp3s.

favorite place to dj (or hear djs) in 2007?
Best gig of the year by a landslide was the last Saturday night of SXSW at Silhouette sushi restaurant. Me + The Rub DJing + complete drunken mayhem on the sidewalk out front featuring Morse Code trying to grab random passer-by asses + Ayres running around shoeless + DJ King Most and Ayres cake fight + Cosmo's JVC Force rappin'.

favorite lab personality of 2007?
Mestizo's beard.

your favorite tv shows, books and / or movies of the year?
Prison Break
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Darjeeling Limited

your favorite places to eat this year?
Cantaloop

your favorite youtube clip of the year?

your favorite thing that you bought this year?
Dec 1967 Playboy with the Wes Wilson cover

your favorite tang of the year
Olsen Twins.

what did you learn as a human this year?
That if you take MeGa_D1k for 6 months, your pE-n1s will grow up to 5 inches larger than national

favorite moment of 2007?
Myspace New Comments notifications.

if you could change one thing about 2007 what would it be?
Meet the Olsen Twins.

favorite word or phrase of 2007?
"What's really C.H.U.D?"

JAMIE STRONG
- our stones throw connect
- likes asian girls
- catch him at the do-over

favorite 3 tracks to play out (or you like to hear out)
1. Frankie Valli 'Beggin' (Pilooski Edit)
2. Baron Zen 'Burn Rubber' (Dam-Funk Remix)
3. Hot 8 Brass Band 'Sexual Healing'

favorite 3 non-dj albums you listened to most this year
1. Radiohead 'In Rainbows'
2. Cinnematic Orchestra 'Home'
3. The Dynamics ‘Version Excursions’

what you like or hate about djing in 2007?
Like: being able to play whatever the fuck I want.
Hate: dj culture in general. dj’s as celebrities is pathetic. just because your photo appeared on cobrasnake, you aren’t that cool. At the end of the day, you’re just a dj playing someone else’s music so get over yourself. And oh yeah, this can also be applied to photographers who are the new dj’s (be on the lookout for this tee). Why does every party now have 4 photographers snapping away for their blogs?

favorite place to dj (or hear djs) in 2007?
The Do-Over. No egos. No Hollywood hipster bullshit. No cover charge. Just good music w/ even better dj’s.

favorite lab personality of 2007?
Wow. So many to choose from, but I have a guilty pleasure for What Is Tony Wearing.

your favorite tv shows, books and / or movies of the year?
Book: Kevin Lyons 'Pussy and Papers Poetry Power and Pistols'

your favorite places to eat this year?
I’m partial to the east side of LA: Ye Ole Rustic (best wings in LA). Malos (burnt habanero salsa, say what!?). Blairs & Aroma (best food in LA. Take your girl).

your favorite youtube clip of the year?

your favorite thing that you bought this year?
A trip to Mexico. Remote Beach Town + Jungle = Paradise. peep the video

what did you learn as a human this year?
Our country is full of incompetent leaders & role models. People that are in a position to influence change are too selfish and too scared to stand up for what is right which makes them no better off than good ole GW.

favorite moment of 2007?
Golden Girls was picked up for it’s 29th Season!

if you could change one thing about 2007 what would it be?
Al Gore would enter the presidential race.

favorite word or phrase of 2007?
Pilooski.

Remember how amazing this was when it came out? People were kinda obsessed with morphing right when this and Terminator 2 came out. Someone needs to bring that shit back.

let the bodies hit the floor....
joe and dj sega stopped by the office to drop off sega's new cd
lookout for this kid, his next appearance will be on the next Hollertronix 12" arriving from the presses any day now...

THE SAGA CONTINUES…

The Parrot/Aoki beef has gotten so real that the LA TIMES is now reporting on it.

I hope I’m not coming off as showing ill will towards Aoki by spreading this story, because to be honest he’s a really nice guy. I just think the ARAB PARROT’S comedy style is so genius I want to do as much as possible to blow him up (to be fair Aoki’s retorts in the article were also amusing).

The thing we can all learn from this battle royal is to stop taking our selves so damn serious in ‘08 (a crime neither of these two are guilty of). I mean even JUSTICE admitted they take most of their inspiration from SPINAL TAP, so why can’t you? This is coming from the guy who has people come up to him in clubs and give him hi-5’s while saying “Go Lohan!” I don't care, I just role with it.

Who's to blame for all this seriousness?

(good looks HAYCOCK on the anti-Serato design, even though you bought Serato and took my entire hard drive after mocking me for a year straight at every gig I played)

In other news I’ll be playing at this CHROMEO afterparty on Friday at Cinespace. $20 and it goes till 4am!

(yo promo company nice job not posting the flyer anywhere on the web (I took this shot with the my gayPhone) aaaaaaand spelling my name wrong)

I get hyped every time these guy’s come thru cause it means I get a chance to hang with…

P THUG could crush your skull while talking shit to you in a French Canadian accent. To me that would be a hilarious way to die.

Speaking of cool French Canadians, A-TRAK sent out this OFFICIAL link to the new CUT COPY mix last night. So Necessary!!!

Queen Majesty
- the first female on this list!
- made one of my favorite mixes this year

favorite 3 tracks to play out (or you like to hear out)
1. Mikey General - Sound Doctor
2. Buju Banton - Driver A
3. Mr. Vegas - Everywhere I Go

favorite 3 non-dj albums you listened to most this year
1. The Decemberists - Crane Wife
2. MIA - Kala
3. The best of Django Reinhardt

what you like or hate about djing in 2007?
Loved SXSW, hated interruptions of my sets from some dj's switching to / from Serato

favorite place to dj (or hear djs) in 2007?
our Deadly Dragon parties at Happy Ending

favorite lab personality of 2007?
Jamal for always trying to set me up on dates (ha), LLoyd for water gun fights and whistles, Ayres for recording my mix and being Ayres

your favorite tv shows, books and / or movies of the year?
Pan's Labyrinth, I Am America (And So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert

your favorite places to eat this year?
Little Frankie's

your favorite youtube clip of the year?

your favorite thing that you bought this year?
Planet Earth DVD set

your favorite tang of the year?
always Pootie

what did you learn as a human this year?
Apparently I have the heart rate of a pro-athlete.

favorite moment of 2007?
Being on a giant billboard in Times Square for a few weeks.

if you could change one thing about 2007 what would it be?
Less drink, more think.

favorite word or phrase of 2007?
"HPK" - (Hoo Phucking Kares, copyright Justin Kay and Pete K.)

Time for another man-crush (no homo) posting of Cristiano Ronaldo!!

Nike's new ad campaign for its new Mercurial boots is pretty crazy. Cristiano Ronaldo vs. Bugatti Veyron!

Speaking of the new Mercurial's, check out Ronaldo using them here: I know this is old now, but if you haven't seen it, Ronaldo pulls a hat trick out of 6 goals. Do English people even call this a hat trick? Check out his magic on the first set piece goal...

Add this to the great weekend of sports. Eff the Pitt Panthers, G'Town will crush you later. AND...

His name is CARON BUTLER aka TOUGH JUICE

Wizards own the Celtics

COSMO BAKER
- everyone's favorite DJ
- lab dog emma's worst enemy
- mysterious ethnic origins like blu jemz

favorite 3 tracks to play out (or you like to hear out)
my favorite trance songs to hear at a wedding:
1. John Paul Young "Love Is In The Air" - This was my theme song for WMC this year and it's now taken on a life of it's own, complete with a choreographed dance that goes along with it.
2. James Brown "There Was A Time" - When you heard this out, it's probably because I was singing it on stage. This shit got really REAL for me this year. James Brown lives forever.
3. Jay-Z "Roc Boys (And The Winner Is...)" - No question about this shit right here. Make me want to fight people, and then light all my money on fire in honor of my victory. La Chaim!

favorite 3 non-dj albums you listened to most this year
1. Akron/Family "Ed Is A Portal" - This shit makes me want to get on my gay/black/hippy/jesus shit and really put that shit into full swing for the '08. It's going DOWN.
Pixies "Dig For Fire" - I missed most rock & roll in the 80s and 90s but the Pixies were always on it for me. My big sister is due the credit for introducing me to them and I've always been grateful
3. Gil Scott-Heron "Your Daddy Loves You" - A lot of my friends have kids now and it's getting to that point in my life that I'm looking at that. Grown man shit is definitely everything it's cracked up to be.

what you like or hate about djing in 2007?
I love making mad paper for do what I love to do - playing music for people. I hate jet lag and being away from Brooklyn. Also I fucking hate going places and people expect you to be dropping whatever corny ass shit just got posted on whatever random blog or the Hollerboard that week. Fuck you, listen to this goddamn Peedi Crakk and shut your mouth.

favorite place to dj (or hear djs) in 2007?
As for playing in clubs, I'll leave it with strictly New York and say Southpaw, Love, Cielo and downstair at Apt. As for hearing DJs, as long as the system is good and the DJ is someone I like it could be anywhere. Also, I do love playing in Canada. That's the Land Of Milk And Honey.

favorite lab personality of 2007?
Tony's dog, Emma. She LOVES me.

your favorite tv shows, books and / or movies of the year?
For TV: "The First 48, The Wire, The Sopranos, Meet The Press, The McLaughlin Group, Closing Bell, Iron Chef

your favorite places to eat this year?
Smitty's in Lockhart, Texas.

your favorite youtube clip of the year?
sorry, removed...

your favorite thing that you bought this year?
Toss up between an East of Underground original pressing and a honeymoon.

your favorite tang of the year?
My favorite Tang would be Tang of Shang, the first ruling king of the Shang dynasty in Chinese history who ruled from 1675 - 1649 BCE. He was a pretty good dude.

what did you learn as a human this year?
I don't know if I've learned anything that's particularly profound this year that I didn't already know before, but for one thing I've definitely witnessed firsthand is that all the success in the world really means nothing if you don't have your family and friends to share it with.

favorite moment of 2007?
Getting married this past May. Nothing even comes close.

if you could change one thing about 2007 what would it be?
Fuck all that, man. I'm GOOD.

favorite word or phrase of 2007?
Exactly what I just said above, HOLLER!

Sorry for the multi-post, but Haul just sent me this clip. Does anyone out there know this kid? Can we get him on the PUSH IT TO THE LIMIT soft ball team?

Plese if anyone knows him... HOLLER!!!!

LLOYD'S "HERO" YOUTUBE CLIP WINS, PERIOD.

P-GORGEOUS
- once battle blu jemz on the basketball court
- has the most muscular legs known to man
- if you try to rob him, he will hit you with a kryptonite chain

favorite 3 tracks to play out (or you like to hear out)
1. anything by Sight Beyond Light
2. Syl Johnson- Bout to make me leave home
3. Syl Johnson- Ms. Fine Brown Frame

favorite 3 non-dj albums you listened to most this year
1. Lou Bond- Lou Bond
2. Uncle Meat- FZ/MOTHERS
3. Jay Reatard- Blood Visions

what you like or hate about djing in 2007?
Most djs, i don't enjoy. I think i actively avoid them.

favorite place to dj (or hear djs) in 2007?
in a house.

favorite lab personality of 2007?
the Skeezer aka "Chairs Gone Wild" aka LLOYD. i'm glad he's doing "BIG FUN" and playing music he likes. My little brother's all grown up.

your favorite tv shows, books and / or movies of the year?
No more tv, Devils hockey, No Country for Old Men, Steve Martin's "Born Standing Up", and i watched CHUD over and over and over. fecalface.com

your favorite places to eat this year?
my Mom's, NOT my Dad's, Gray's Papaya, Donut Pub, Doughnut Plant, Exxon/Dunkin Donuts on Bedford/E.Parkway, Koreatown (Hahn, i'm trendhoppin!), Christie's (beef patties), Marlow and Sons, Navy Yard Hero Shop, and JIMI's.

your favorite youtube clip of the year?

your favorite thing that you bought this year?
plane ticket to Berlin.

your favorite tang of the year?
"my favorite ho? your's, of course."

what did you learn as a human this year?
with coffee, you are capable of doing a lot more than you think. so much more.

favorite moment of 2007?
holding my twin sister's daughter, my first niece.

if you could change one thing about 2007 what would it be?
i would not have gotten arrested. It's expensive, frustrating, and time consuming.

favorite word or phrase of 2007?
bacalau

LLOYDSKI
- grew up in Silver Spring, MD... 5 minutes from my hometown of rockville
- low budget wardrobe game is ridiculous
- known to get tang

favorite 3 tracks to play out (or you like to hear out)
1. t-pains verse on the pop, lock and drop it remix
2. t-pains verse on the 2 step remix
3. t-pain doing the chorus on im so hood

favorite 3 non-dj albums you listened to most this year
1.hot chocolate : going through the motions
2.mantronix : fresh is the word
3.carl bean : i was born this way (better days remix)

what you like or hate about djing in 2007?
like: my friends and people around me getting more
opportunities to play what they want
hate: everyone else getting the same opportunity.
(some people have the worst taste in music)

favorite place to dj (or hear djs) in 2007?
i hate to say it (too) but i had the most fun at 205. that place was like my cheers this past year. anywhere that i can roll up to on my bike wearing cut off shorts, no undershirt and a cardigan with moth eaten holes on it is ok with me. that, and maybe djing the do-over with peanut butter wolf and the after party spot in LA. such a great year.

favorite lab personality of 2007?
biscuit

your favorite tv shows, books and / or movies of the year?
aside from oprah i don't watch much tv. i wish that
was because im busy reading books but thats just not
the case at all. as far as movies go though id have to
say "gay sex in the 70's." watch it if you haven'

your favorite places to eat this year?
1. dunkin doughnuts
2. punjabi
3. crown heights

your favorite youtube clip of the year?

and this

your favorite thing that you bought this year?
lots of plane tickets and a shelf for my records

what did you learn as a human this year?
no more trips to san francisco

favorite moment of 2007?
summer 07'

if you could change one thing about 2007 what would it be?
nothing. easially the best year of my life. someone
is gonna write a song about 07. watch!

favorite word or phrase of 2007?
lets goooooooo!

IT IS SO ON IN '08...

I've put up links to my man ARAB PARROT's site before, but he has taken it so next level that I had to let you know (read the whole post).

IT'S OK TO HATE IN '08!!!

You know what's getting out of hand? Niggas taking pictures at parties to post on the internet. Believe it or not there was a time when if you missed the party, you missed the fuckin party. What happened to the mystery of night life? I mean some pics are cool, but after a while just stop. I feel like the more photos the worse the party. Who has time to take photos when you're partying? I don't even take my camera out with me anymore because I know I'll just loose that shit.

*Of course if your using the photo's to score pussy, play on playboy/girl.

That being said my man Tony did post some crazer photos from my b-day last week, but that's it... I swear! Look out for Pocket Checkers #3 February 7th!!! Always more dangerous than the last...

In the meantime Los Angeles we've started a new Sunday Night Disco Party and last night was some of the most fun I've had since I moved to LA. The whole room was literally dancing from 10-2!!!

So Ill we needed two flyers...

Wish I was back in NY for this tho...

'08 THE YEAR REAL RECOGNIZED REAL ONCE AGAIN!

winter time in new york
is about eating too much, drinking too much, watching way too many movies + televised sports, and being completely passive...
this wknd was particularly a good one as BG pointed out:

there will be blood
- the year's best movie (even beats out No Country!)
- very long, you will get sweaty balls
- incredible scope

and TO cried!

Found these in France. No matter how baddass these athletes are, when you put them on sugarcubes they just look precious.

Hibbert dials long distance from the Verizon Center!!!

First of all, I made that caption up, bitches call me Boy Genius for a reason, bitches. This shot had me screamin' "WHOOOOOW!!!!" like i was The Nature Boy Ric Flair! My man, Roy Hibbert, showing that all those hours spent shooting from behind the arc at Georgetown Prep (Bethesda, MD) paid off... Damn I can't wait to be in this man's entourage when he jumps to the Association. UConn, eat a dick, HOYAS are comin for you tonite Pitt!!!!

Man, what a weekend ... Hibbert's trey, Celtics losing their 5th game to my Bullets, Tony Romo's annual playoff collapse, this one to my now-favorite-to-win New York Football Giants (Not throwing the ball away while trying to avoid the rush + throwing away the ball to nobody in an empty pocket + TO crying + Romo doing the Steve Spurrier-esque lowered head shake = priceless), not to mention Terminator: Sarah Connors Chronicles, and the 2nd episode of The Wire. Also, note to grown men out there, dont see that movie "The Orphanage," that scary shit had me coming out of the theater pissed, sayin' out loud "shieeet... I'm a grown-ass man!! had me all tense and shook like a little kid, man, fuck this shit!!"

anyone into exotic birds?

New Year's Resolution - Don't Sleep!!!

This Ladies First mix is my newest crack

and the funky electro sounds of James Pants - Digital is exclusive only to lab

Can't forget the music of The Wire

and if you don't know about Babytalk you will soon(limited copies, so don't cry when it sells out)...

For gear, check the fresh selections from 10 deep

and Seventh Letter

And for those trying to get clean, Burton's GMP(Green Mountain Project) gives you the baddest winter jackets without the guilt...

Keepin' it warm, stylish, and clean in '08!

From CNN:

(CNN) – Former 2004 presidential hopeful Sen. John Kerry will endorse Sen. Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination, two sources told CNN Thursday... "(Kerry) remains one of the most popular figures in the Democratic Party and (has) an e-mail list with millions of addresses," an Obama source said.

WOW BECAUSE:

1. Take that John Edwards! That's some cold-blooded shit. "Sorry, my choice for Vice President... I kind of don't think you'd do a good job. I'm backing a winning horse. I'm behind Hidalgo over here."

2. What a windfall for the Obama camp that they now can add that precious, precious email list to their arsenal. I know that every time I get a mass email that tells me to vote for someone for president I do it blindly without thinking. I love how we live in a time when having a bunch of emails or myspace friends translates as being popular. All that remains now is Kerry getting an MTV reality show, "A Shot of Love with the Merry John Kerry" perhaps?

Lloyd,
i miss you

AZIZ ANSARI
- part of Human Giant comedy crew
- was once on MTV for 24 hours straight
- this still makes me laugh
- once interviewed for a job at the lab (we nixed him, but look at him now! thanks ttlab!)

favorite 3 tracks to play out (or you like to hear out)
1. LCD Soundsystem - "Time to Get Away"
2. Justice - "Genesis"
3. Timbaland - "Give It To Me"

favorite 3 non-dj albums you listened to most this year
Cliched Best of '07 material, but I'll be honest:
1. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
2. Black Lips - Good Bad Not Evil
3. Radiohead - In Rainbows

what you like or hate about djing in 2007?
Hate - Hearing remixes/mashups, when I'd rather just rock out to the original.

favorite place to dj (or hear djs) in 2007?
NY, what am I gonna say? LA? Please.

favorite lab personality of 2007?
Jasper, Pete. I'm talking core old school.

your favorite tv shows, books and / or movies of the year?
South Park - Imaginationland
- South Park is unstoppable. This trilogy of episodes made me laugh harder than almost anything this year. "Get out of their Kurt Russell!!!"

Kid Nation
- Shit on reality TV all you want, but Kid Nation was fucking awesome. Watching that little kid who missed his girlfriend drowning his sorrows in root beer at the Bonanza Saloon would bring even those with the coldest of hearts to tears. And Jared sneaking into the Bonanza City arcade to play Dance Dance Revolution may be the greatest minute of television ever.

Lost
- Even the most fervent "Lost" fans had to admit that the latest season had some serious patches of shit, but my goodness was the last leg of the season incredible. I hope the writer's strike doesn't fuck up their new season too much, they went out on what was quite possibly the coolest Season Finale ever. I'd cut my dick off to watch Season 4 right now.

Friday Night Lights - Season 1
- Patton Oswalt repeatedly told me to watch this show, claiming it was almost "Wire"-esque. After watching the first season, I have to agree. If I buy a Toyota, it'll be from Buddy Garrity.

King of Kong
- One of the coolest documentaries I've ever seen. Seriously, get this thing asap, within 5 minutes you are absolutely riveted by the ridiculous rivalry between Donkey Kong enthusiasts Steve Wiebe (good) and Billy Mitchel (evil). I met Steve Wiebe at the premiere in LA and asked him to write "Fuck Billy Mitchell" on my King of Kong poster, and he didn't want to, he really is that nice!

Foot Fist Way
- Kun-ye! This was another Patton forced viewing, and once again Mr. Oswalt did not let me down. This is hard to get a hold of, but try your best. Its a film that Will Ferrell and Adam McKay bought a while back and it should be released in theatres next year. The guys that made it, Danny McBride, Jody Hill, and Ben Best, are super hilarious, I can't wait for their HBO show that should be out in 2008, not to mention McBride tearing it up in a bajillion movies.

And of course - Superbad, There Will Be Blood, No Country for Old Men.

BOOKS
Into Thin Air by Jon Kraukaer
Born Standing Up by Steve Martin

your favorite places to eat this year?
- NY - Market Table, Caracas, Momofuku Ssam, Shake Shack, Shorty's.32, Lupa
- LA - AOC, Izakaya by Katsu-ya

your favorite youtube clip of the year?

your favorite thing that you bought this year?
Samsung 46" LCD TV. Best investment of '07 by far.

your favorite tang of the year?
Pootie?

what did you learn as a human this year?
Doing a sketch comedy show is very hard, but fun.

favorite moment of 2007?
Vin Diesel turns down a part in "Human Giant." His agent says, "This one is not for the Dies."
The Human Giant 24 Hour Marathon was a blast too.

if you could change one thing about 2007 what would it be?
I would like to have gotten into a violent, year long feud with Jason Statham and Jet Li.

favorite word or phrase of 2007?
Everybody get crazy!

CATCHDINI
- new age hustler
- reps NJ hard like P-Gorgeous
- reminds me of a cartoon character, snork perhaps?

favorite 3 tracks to play out (or you like to hear out)
1. T2 f. Jodie "Heartbroken"
2. The Rapture "W.A.Y.U.H. (Claude Von Stroke Remix)"
3. Snoop Dogg "Sensual Seduction"

favorite 3 non-dj albums you listened to most this year
1. Black Lips, Good Bad Not Evil
2. Feist, The Reminder
3. Panda Bear, Person Pitch

what you like or hate about djing in 2007?
I liked being able to quit my day job and tour a lot more.

favorite place to dj (or hear djs) in 2007?
Studio B is cool because it's loud and I can walk back to my house. Downstairs at 205 is real fun when they turn the strobe on.

favorite lab personality of 2007?
Larri Byrd

your favorite tv shows, books and / or movies of the year?
30 Rock, No Country For Old Men

your favorite places to eat this year?
Congee Village, Corner Bistro, Cozy Soup N Burger

your favorite youtube clip of the year?

your favorite thing that you bought this year?
New North Face jacket (subsequently stolen at bar a week later)

your favorite tang of the year?
The blond girl from Plies' "Shawty" video. And Rachel Ray.

what did you learn as a human this year?
Busy is never bad.

favorite moment of 2007?
Getting the first Fool's Gold record back from the plant.

if you could change one thing about 2007 what would it be?
Nothing - look forward not back!

favorite word or phrase of 2007?
Yooouuuughhh!

Happy New Year from New Orleans!

Good thing there's some women in these clips otherwise a more appropriate song might be Dive in the Pool.

If you're bored enough to want to read about my New Year's click here.

ps- this video appears much darker on PC than on a Mac for some reason

oh yeaaa

spotted at the ttl annex today:

(Beyonce)

that trumps the previous coolest person to enter annex (michel gondry)

MARK RONSON
- appeared in a lab advertisement
- used to go to his parties when i was in college
- has a recording studio hidden away in soho
- one of many blu jemz bromances

favorite 3 tracks to play out (or you like to hear out)
1. dizzee rascal - pussyole
2. lcd soundsystem - someone great
3. budos band feat. wale - chicago falcon (ronson and eli's remix)

favorite 3 non-dj albums you listened to most this year
1. arcade fire - neon bible
2. richard swift - dressed up for the letdown
3. pipettes - we are...the pipettes

what you like or hate about djing in 2007?
english people

favorite place to dj (or hear djs) in 2007?
love nyc

favorite lab personality of 2007?
blu jemz, of course

your favorite tv shows, books and / or movies of the year?
arrested development, saxondale, yiddish policeman's union, what is the what

your favorite places to eat this year?
in vino

your favorite youtube clip of the year?

your favorite thing that you bought this year?
a gibson 335

your favorite tang of the year?
pootie

what did you learn as a human this year?
how to love again

favorite moment of 2007?
glastonbury

if you could change one thing about 2007 what would it be?
i'm old

favorite word or phrase of 2007?
word!

Thanks to Matthieu, Snack and I got flown out to Paris last week for the big end of the year Disque Primeur party. It was a week of drinking, smoking, crepes, stinky cheeses, wine and more wine(more on that later).

La Fleche D'or was where it all went down.

left to right: Snack, myself, and Julian and Matthieu from Adam Kesher, and Greg from Disque Primeur

Dabazz!!!

Meet Blackjoy, professor of funk and disco and all around real dude.

it's always a good sign to see two hot paris chicks making out during your set.

Also, NY needs to step it's graf game up - This picture was taken on a running train in Paris last week!

I need my studio to be as clean as Blackjoy's

La Fami!

directly under the Eiffel - aka the dimensional tranporter!

till the next episode!

XXXChange
- likes to dance
- went to school for drums
- very pale like ayres
- putting out another record on Money Studies in 08

favorite 3 tracks to play out (or you like to hear out)
1. L.A . Priest "Engine" Erol Alkan remix
2. Booka Shade vs. Mandy "Body Language"
3. LCD Soundsystem "Get Innocuous" Soulwax remix

favorite 3 non-dj albums you listened to most this year
1. Various: DOOB DOOB O' RAMA: Filmsongs from Bollywood
2. Isaac Hayes "Double Feature (Three Tough Guys & Truck Turner)"
3. Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues Op.87

what you like or hate about djing in 2007?
Djing at Fabric = Rad ........Djing at grammy party for industry peeps = sux bigtime

favorite place to dj (or hear djs) in 2007?
not ideal BUT, in actual practice I ended up at the Hiro alot. saw James Murphy, Feadz and Diplo there on different nights: each was pretty great. dj'd there a few times too. Stretch and Eli SOUNDSYSTEM at 205 is real good too.

favorite lab personality of 2007?
the ROC. hands down. even though you guys banned him from the blog.

your favorite tv shows, books and / or movies of the year?
the wire as usual. anything by Cormac McCarthy

your favorite places to eat this year?
Grand Szchwan 24th and 9th NYC. ALSO Lupe's (in soho)

your favorite youtube clip of the year?
pretty much any "how to" dance video what involves doing : the wu-tang, the sponge-bob or the percolator.

your favorite thing that you bought this year?
it wasn't made by Rane that's for sure.

your favorite tang of the year?
doin' the wu-tang.

what did you learn as a human this year?
act like you know what you're doing and people will pay you. ALSO I learned how to DJ some. ALSO trying to mix a record in your bedroom so it sounds good in the club is fucking hard to do.

favorite moment of 2007?
Opening for Bjork at the Apollo.

if you could change one thing about 2007 what would it be?
"blog house" could just be called house? less crappy "baltimore"-style remixes by people from omaha or whatever.

favorite word or phrase of 2007?
the return of "d-bag." also: "snuggle-fuck" is very entertaining.

go on get it

and this is just the intro to the dvd... imagine what the rest is like

the world isn't as cool as it used to be...

"They said this day would never come..."

Wow. That's all I can say... in case you missed it, history was made last night, and following his caucus victory in Iowa, Barack Obama gave what many political analysts called the best caucus speech ever. to hillary and edwards, i say.. "take that, take that, take that!"

watch the fucking video...

Oh don't worry Boy Genius Bloggermaniacs, I got love for you in 2008, expect to hear from me soon...

ANDREW KUO
- printed the original Punchout prints for the Lab back in the day
- met through a mutual friend (whom we nicknamed "Slash"), who temped at the Lab once
- will be spotted jogging in the LES
- i have bought several of his paintings
- incredible artist

favorite 3 tracks to play out (or you like to hear out)
1. burial 'arcangel'
2. cam'ron 'just us'
3. soulja boy 'crank that' or any of the gazillion remixes of that song.

favorite 3 non-dj albums you listened to most this year
1. animal collective 'strawberry jam'
2. Panda Bear 'person pitch'
3. vampire weekend CD-R

what you like or hate about djing in 2007?
like: playing music for friends
hate: staying up until 5am every monday

favorite place to dj (or hear djs) in 2007?
sway sundays for degraw.

favorite lab personality of 2007?
pete hahn

your favorite tv shows, books and / or movies of the year?
'run's house', the charles schultz biography, 'no country for old men'. 'scrubs' re-runs. 'house'. 'law & order SVU'.

your favorite places to eat this year?
natori, takahatchi, that shitty chinese place on 2nd ave and 2nd st is actually really good.

your favorite youtube clip of the year?

your favorite thing that you bought this year?
this guitar delay pedal called the 'echo park'. the thing is rad.

your favorite tang of the year?
what is a tang

what did you learn as a human this year?
there's always a reason to be bummed. it's better not to look too hard.

favorite moment of 2007?
DJing the taxter & spengemann party in miami

if you could change one thing about 2007 what would it be?
i wish i would've avoided certain people that have made me not psyched.

favorite word or phrase of 2007?
'ooooh YEAYUUU' - soulja boy

go check out eggfoo...

Speaking of good graphic design, here's a blog I check out on the daily:
Grain Edit

Dave (some of you might remember him as anticon's Moodswing 9) photographs and shares samples from his incredible collection of 1950's - 1970's graphic design books, brochures, catalogs, and other memorabilia with a heavy emphasis on early '60s European design.

His blog also features profiles on contemporary designers like Jim Datz of Neither Fish Nor Fowl and Jason Munn of Small Stakes, and others.

New Lab Radio! - guest DJ: Sabo

Excuse the hiatus, but the holidays were hell. Good thing Sabo is here to slap some color into us. Snack and I are sitting here listening to show right now and we both agree with Blu Jemz - he's the most underrated lab dude! The international player himself bring us some much needed heat to this freezing city. You won't find this on cd, just exclusive from him to you. Live set with sultry drops from Eva Mendez too! I wanna hear you say - Sabo!!!

where has all the simple, skillful design gone?
strong type and pleasant color combos can take you a long way...
this greensleeves cover got me reminiscing:

BLU JEMZ
- has many bromances
- talks faster than he thinks
- all-around good dude
- lohan!

favorite 3 tracks to play out (or you like to hear out)
1. Roxy Music: Same Old Scene
2. Gorilla Zoe: Hood Niggas
3. Dub Pistols: Open feat BLU JEMZ & sTERRYo (Trevor Lovelays Remix)

favorite 3 non-dj albums you listened to most this year
1. Anything by Roxy Music (I'm that LA cool guy)
2. Witchdoctor: Diary of an American Witchdoctor
3. Chromatics: Drive Music

what you like or hate about djing in 2007?
Liked: Miami
Don't Like: I heard one of the dudes from France say "How can you be sexy when you DJ off a computer screen?" Sex is the key to DJing and it's currently lacking.

favorite place to dj (or hear djs) in 2007?
The warehouse spot we did the Hollertronix and Daft Punk after parties over the summer.

favorite lab personality of 2007?
Obviously Lloyd-Ski, but Snack & C'mish and Frog Man are a close second

your favorite tv shows, books and / or movies of the year?
TV: Extra's x-mas special (i literally cried), 30 Rock, Mighty Boosh, Family Guy, Pants Off Dance Off.
Movie: Control, American Gangster, Venus (DVD in '07)
Books? Lili Lakich: Neon Lovers Glow In The Dark (I Don't read just look at art books, very LA)

your favorite places to eat this year?
Port Of Call, New Orleans

your favorite youtube clip of the year?

your favorite thing that you bought this year?
Volvo S40 or Oberheim Matrix Rack (Rackmount King)

your favorite tang of the year?
LAX / Celebrity: Kim Kardashian

what did you learn as a human this year?
You need to take time alone everyday.

favorite moment of 2007?
Family reunion with my half Swedish, by way of Paris cousins (3 girls age 7-9).

if you could change one thing about 2007 what would it be?
Too low of a work ethic / too high of a party ratio

favorite word or phrase of 2007?
tie between "Push It To The Limit" & "Let's Goooooooooo!"

LET"S GOOOOOOOOOO!!!

NEED I SAY MORE????

THE FROGMAN
- grew up on martha's vineyard
- formerly know as tuffskins (R.I.P.)
- once hitchhiked across europe
- has real skinny legs

favorite 3 tracks to play out (or you like to hear out)
1. Snoop: Sensual Seduction
2. Playaz Circle: Duffle Bag Boy
3. Oliver Cheatham: Saturday

favorite 3 non-dj albums you listened to most this year
1. Panda Bear: Person Pitch
2. Otis Redding: The Dock Of The Bay
3. Neil Young: 1971 Live at Massey Hall

what you like or hate about djing in 2007?
liked the continued diversity of songs and genres which are "acceptable" for cool djs to play. disliked the speed without purpose that comes with the serato generation.

favorite place to dj (or hear djs) in 2007?
I like hearing djs at Love, Studio B, 205, APT, but really a good dj is more important than good sound. also the REALLY good sound is at all the places I dont go to.

favorite lab personality of 2007?
Blu "Push It To The Limit" Jemz

your favorite tv shows, books and / or movies of the year?
TV: Lost, The Wire, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Trailer Park Boys, Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Tim & Eric Awesome Show, How It's Made

movies internet: got really into Lone Wolf & Cub (old Japanese samurai movie series), 80 Blocks From Tiffany's

movies theater: Into The Wild, No Country For Old Men, Super Bad, Knocked Up.

books: Ask The Dusk, Investing For Dummies, Mayflower, Delirious New York, some others.... but Blood Meridian did it for me. Dump truck full of gravel on your head.

your favorite places to eat this year?
NY: Pho Bang, Max, Paris Bakery, Dipalo Cheese Shop (lasagna), Omen,
Hisaki, Joe's Shanghai, Wild Ginger, Difara's Pizza (for pies), Joe's Pizza (for slices), Grey's Papaya, Mamoun's Falafel, Punjabi Star, Frank's, Lil Frankie, La Esquina, Bedford Ave Sopas, Pepe Rosso, there's probably a lot I'm forgetting.

your favorite youtube clip of the year?

your favorite thing that you bought this year?
plane ticket to india

your favorite tang of the year?
For famous people, Im all about 60s playboy with the puffy nipples-
ladies of the 2000s I just cant trust. Either too skinny or too fake or too old or too young or something. My real tang of the year is half the women in new york city. Mind boggling selection, just walk down any street.

what did you learn as a human this year?
Be happy to be alive, take it from there.

favorite moment of 2007?
celebrating my birthday somewhere on a river in India with a fire pit
going, two good friends, and no sounds except the animals, birds and
bugs doing their night time moves.

if you could change one thing about 2007 what would it be?
the iphone would have cut & paste and not be so prone to pocket calls.

favorite word or phrase of 2007?
CHOCOLATE RAIN

The next night A-Trak and Kid Sister hosted a potluck Christmas dinner. Then the day after Christmas, Cosmo and I flew to Hawaii to dj our boy Nate Bizzo's wedding (congrats Nate & Maria!):






We flew back to New York just in time for New Year's Eve at Southpaw:


Rub regulars Mike & Justin dressed to the nines


Happy New Year!

This Saturday we're right back at it, for free, with Roctakon and Eli!



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