N. Y. E.

stackswell thats why i said "reissue," last time i checked polygram wasnt keeping their 1992 rap 12"s in print. also i will accept your rip offer!

happy 09 kids, get home safe (thanks to diddy)

tonight williamsboogers can check jokers of the scene and sinden at studio b and nick catchdubs and hearts revolution at glasslands. in los angeles we have la riots and congorock at viper room with mattie from the rapture and good ol' frog. worldwide fool's gold NYE listings up here (though keep in mind a-trak's NZ gig happened already because of, like, the earth's rotation and shit).

My new yule log is watching the KLF burn a million pounds. You can view the rest of the story here.

What up,
Some of you may not know that before I was doing music, I went to school for journalism, studying to be a news anchor. Now that I'm in music I'm gonna try to do the news anchor thing. For 2009 I'll try to bring you some exclusive content...anything can happen.
To set it off is a quick interview with Matthew Dear, Drop The Lime, and Mike Servito. All three of them will DJ tomorrow night NYE afterhours at Le Poisson Rouge in lower Manhattan. Tickets are available here. Doors open at 2am and close at 8am with a continental breakfast. Then Blu Jemz is doing a 8am-4pm event TBA.

Q & A with Matthew Dear
M: Are there any tunes (by other artists) that you for sure are itching to drop (or test) in your NYE set?
MD: I just made a new song with Seth Troxler last week. He was over in the studio and we got very creative.

M: Any tunes from your Body Language mix that have become staples for you?
MD: There are a lot of good songs from that compilation, but it's always a bit hard to play songs from a mix out again. People tend to think you're not digging deep enough if it's already been committed to print.

M: Any edits/dj tools that you use as secret weapons of your own?
MD: I've been making a lot of long loops in the studio, and playing them in between tracks. I like very long mixes and constant rhythms in my sets. Too many jump cuts and pre-positioned breakdowns tend to ruin the uniform feel of dance music. I like to get lost in a groove when I'm on the dance floor.

M: What's your usual response to people who make requests?
MD: I smile and pretend I can't hear them. Or just say, "You know, I didn't bring that tonight." It's hard for me to be mean. The worst is when they request a song during an Audion live set.

M: Where were you/what did you do on 12/31/99?
MD: I can't even remember. Probably somewhere in Detroit, counting how many time's I'd hear Prince that night.

M: What is your most memorable NYE ever? (whether you were performing or not)
MD: I played the countdown at Fabric last year in room one. It was very memorable. A big digital laser projected the clock on the stage. Everyone counted down and cheered loudly.

Q & A with Drop The Lime
M: Are there any tunes (by other artists) that you for sure are itching to drop (no pun) in your NYE set?
DTL: There will be a handful of brand new upcoming Trouble & Bass Rec. & my new Curses! EP on Institubes. I may sing a cover of Joey Baloni's Heavy Hunky New Year as well...Al naturale

M: What did your parents say about you being on the cover of XLR8R? Any girls step to you with the quickness cause of that?
DTL: My parents were absolutely ecstatic, as they have always been my biggest support and inspiration. Ladies know that Venice is an unreachable never to be had place for the ordinary gal.

M: Do you shut them down, or keep them on ice?
DTL: tell them to battle galaxia terror

M: Any edits/dj tools that you use as secret weapons of your own?
DTL: Four Tops' "Standing In The Shadows Of Love" vs Curses! "Hungry for Love"

M: Do you still use those (as you called them) dollar bin 90s dance records that you ripped from vinyl? If so, were there any good ones that you feel stood the test of time.
DTL: Those will never leave the sets. My latest rediscovery has been bringing back dj sneaks strictly rhythm EPs. Even with the hiss, crackle and pop.

M: What's your usual response to people who make requests?
DTL: Hi five up high, hi five down low...nice to meet ya, Woops to slow

M: Where were you/what did you do on 12/31/99?
DTL: Wasn't there a massive snowstorm? I was house-party hopping in manhattan and ended up at a kid named nick foleys upper west side apt.

M: What is your most memorable NYE ever? (whether you were performing or not)
DTL: Montreal I love neon 2007. whole nyc crew drove up and we went bananas. I ended with 45 min of Congo Natty jams. I dont think I Love Neon ever had Montreal hipsters moshing to dubstep Bassline and then oldschool ragga jungle before, but it worked.

Q & A with Mike Servito
M: Are there any tunes (by other artists) that you for sure are itching to drop (or test) in your NYE set?
MS: It's always a test hahaha. hmmmm. Maybe a classic or 2 on Emergency Records.

M: Since moving to NYC, are there any tracks that you play out that have become staples for you?
MS: Velodrome - "Capataz" and Daniel Wang - "Like A Dream I Can't Stop"
Dreaming always works its way into my sets.

M: Any edits/dj tools that you use as secret weapons of your own?
MS: Nope. Just some vinyl manipulation and trickery, man.

M: What's your usual response to people who make requests?
MS: "I'm sorry, WHAAAT???? No..." or I look down and ignore you.

M: Where were you/what did you do on 12/31/99?
MS: In Detroit djing a party and playing Prince, of course.

M: What is your most memorable NYE ever? (whether you were performing or not)
MS: I was in Chicago several years ago, not djing and spending it with 3
best friends, drinking heavily and getting stupid!
I skipped out on work and didn't come back home for a week. Best New
Years week ever!

thanks guys,
HAPPY 2009!

Im so excited about this record right now im gonna cry tears of joy

Spectral Sound Remixed 12"

Stacks, You're right This is NOT a DOOD BLOG! (clears throat)
Well, I guess females that work for the lab kind of get some serious d00d points.... but whatever...

anyway... Turntable Lab LA has a Twitter acct so feed your addiction.

also... This really takes me there every time.

whole thing can be found here
.....im actually considering locking myself in my room and watching this on repeat on new years

RIP MC BREED

Awe man...here we go again!!! Look guys, if you're going to start littering the blog with all your annoying flyers, at least make sure they look as awesome a this!!!

-NN

dude, rakin in the dough already has its own 12" that was on polygram. it has the uptown bounce mix and the church ave mix, plus some other junk. holler if you want me to rip those up for you.

gina, good looks on the gift idea.. made em "weak"

you can't really tell from the picture but this little adventerous shit was sporting thee hardest rat-tail any korean kid has ever rocked [that i've ever seen], this side of the east sea. with all the chaos that was o'hare international during the holidays, this kid kept it pretty casual.

shout out to my aunt karen who was actually working that flight to seoul. never would have seen little dude if she hadn't been there the same time i was. what are the odds?

cmish, we gotta "build more than them workers on construction sites." i got some ideas up my sleeve so get jay. and sabo, i think you, kiko, and me are all on the same plane about doing that up soon so let's do dat [do dat, doo doo, dat dat dat]. elle, how's that facebook coming along?

and ladies, this is not a total "dood blog.." we need more girls at [house] parties that make selections like this when you let them go through some records. where are they at on here?

just sayin...

sorry lloyd i hope this is more to your liking

boy genius is choking on an egg mcmuffin with all these video posts!

fuck it i'm on some flyer shit for 2009 starting with this....

we start at 2am, 24 hour liquor license. some do it for the love we do it for the RUSH.....

i want more reissues of joints like this, way more fun than all those weird classic rock 12"s that never existed in the first place. somebody press up zhigge "rakin in the dough" remix with the uptown bounce version on the flip

jeez cary
mad depressing
its sweltering outside. relax!

more clips like this please.

BTW EXPECT THE FIRST HARDY BOYZ VIDEO TO BE IN THE SAME VEIN.

always,
http://www.twitter.com/lloydski

help me help you

THIS IS ENGLAND is fantastic

you can just imagine the youtube comments

whens lab getting the Stiffed CD ?

BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLIN'

posted by gaslamp killer at 10:46 PM | direct link

Found this while cleaning out my place last week... old school

This is what I've been waiting for, the Quartersnacks.com X-Mas Clip... Its so good to be in NY, best place in the world, if your lucky enough to call Manhattan home cherish it, I dont care if its "safe" and to commercial now and the whores are gone and all the other bullshit stuff the liberals say, this town is still the shit....

If you read this blog, dj, or even just listen to music - JAMES BROWN changed your life! Period. End of story.
His beats, rhythms, style, and all around pimped-ness have been bitten and copied for decades, and are still imitated today. Yesterday was the 2 year Anniversary of the Godfather of Soul's death, and not one news station I saw even mentioned him. So sad....
Here's a few clips i found on youtube to commemorate this Legend.
The first shows the Hardest Working Man in show business on an old Playboy TV show. He got the white girls singing " i'm black and i'm proud"


Here's a VH1 show where he runs thru a medley of hits:


Here he is in Africa with Muhammad Ali (possibly rocking the same ill kit he had on VH1 show)::


And finally here's the infamous CNN interview, where despite being clearly wasted, he still kills the interview. Only the Godfather could have pulled this off:


Instead of the "Changed My Life" shirts, i wanna make some that just say " I owe it all to James..."

I'm reblogging from stereogum which is gay but whatever this is awesome

merry channukah etc

LOVE EACH OTHER!

posted by gaslamp killer at 02:32 PM | direct link

The Holiday Hangover sale is happening at the Annex too...come by and get your last minute Christmas shopping done...we have lots of great affordable gifts and i will be here until 8pm this evening so Sound The Trumpet (It's Christmas Time In the City!!

-NN

hoping your holiday was epic.

Tour Diary - Part 2

i was watching this and then all the way at the end you hear a friendly voice say "push it to the limit!"

You know.... I called this a few months ago....
And mocked up this rather humorous JPG shown above.
Well, its coming true bitches......

The Howard University Showtime Marching Band
to March for Obama

(note: the band shown is actually the Morehouse Marching Band, but you cracker-ass-crackers and Nigo Bathing Ape Asian-mofos wouldnt have been able to spot this)

more drunk history

It's funny to see everyone getting all riled up on some flyer shit. At least things aren't like they were back in the day. I used to dj at the club and come back later and there would be 20 book cover sized, UV coated, placemat flyers on my windshield, looking like this...

I am glad that's not around anymore. Having big ass flyers is not the GREEN thing to do nowadays.

Here's my usually late contribution to the FLYER thread:
1st "rave" I ever went to in 1993, Scotto's legendary NASA party at now closed down Club Shelter (aka Club Vinyl)
My mind was blown that night, partly because of the brown acid I took, but more so from the insane music i heard. Just look at that DJ line up - too good.




On a final note, these days in NYC, the best parties I've been to and/or Dj'ed at, don't even make flyers.

Lab Radio Update!

A healthy serving of killer tracks, old and new...

7th Wonder
C.O.M.B.I.
Count Bass D
Cut Copy
De La Soul
Double Dee & Steinski
Ebony Broadcast System
Ethos
Exodus
Flying Lotus
Freddie Cruger
Johnny Hammond
Ocote Soul Sounds
Normaa
Phantom Slasher
Randy California
Rhythm Based Lovers
Smokestack, DJ
West Coast Bad Boyz
Willie Colon & Ruben Blades
Yasuko Agawa

All wackness aside, winter in NYC is pretty magical. It's pretty brick outside, but it makes all the shit you took for granted in the summertime the best things known to man: hot food, wool socks, laying in bed with your girl, etc. I'm actually loving it right now.

Here's some picks for the spirited shopper...

Some of these new looks from 10 Deep, might even have your pops wanting to borrow your gear.

Also, huge thank you Stereo for the nod to Steve Martin. Personal childhood hero.

Suck UK finally looks out for us smokers.
Smoking Mittens

Here some ill backpacks for everyday use or for the DJ on the go.

Crooks & Castles
Utility Check Back Pack

TTL/Headliner

Lastly, Vestax makes DJ'ing as accessible as ever.
VCI 300 USB Controller w/ Serato ITCH

Have a good holiday Ya'll!

Do remember and don't forget that it is that time of the year again people; time to appreciate the little things (like a white Christmas in NYC!) Here's a holiday mix courtesy of the good folks at Daptone Records and Jared aka DJ JBX at Big City Records. Stop by his store on 12th st. sometime and say hi, he's one of the coolest dudes you'll ever meet and his knowledge of music is ridiculous. Here's a message from man...

Special thanks from Soul Santa to:

The original artists who brought this holiday cheer, “The Honeydripper” Nydia & Daptone deers, Bad Santa MX Greens, Young Chris & Betty White, Big Game Hunter Asaf Segal, Big City Records family, Rip Lay for the artwork, friends from Tuesday’s Lost & Found sessions, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2009. It’s all about the gift of giving like Bill Withers says, so please try to give more than you receive this season, Soul Santa’s got an eye on you!

1. Jing Jing A Ling ~ Honey and the Bees (Chess)

2. Merry Christmas, Baby ~ Otis Redding (Atco)

3. This Christmas ~ Donny Hathaway (Atco)

4. Stevie Wonder Drop (Motown)

5. Snowflakes ~ Betty Lloyd (Thomas)

6. What Do The Lonely Do At Christmas? ~ The Emotions (Volt)

7. The Gift of Giving ~ Bill Withers (Sussex)

8. Eddie Kendricks drop (Motown)

9. Soul Santa ~ Funk Machine (Creative Funk)

10. Silent Night Chant ~ Rotary Connection (Cadet Concept)

11. Christmas in Vietnam ~ Private Charles Bowen (Rojac)

12. Let’s Make This Christmas mean Something This Year ~ James Brown (King)

13. Without The One You Love ~ The O’Jays (Neptune)

14. Gwendolyn Berry (The Sisters Love) Drop

15. Let’s Get It Together This Christmas ~ Harvey Averne Band (Fania)

16. Gee Whiz, It’s Christmas ~ Carla Thomas (Atlantic)

17. Back Door Santa ~ Clarence Carter (Atlantic)

18. I Wanna Spend Christmas With You ~ Lowell Fulsom (Kent)

19. Mr. Santa Claus (Bring Me My Baby) ~ Nathaniel Mayer (Munster)

20. It’s That Time of the Year ~ The Manhattans (Starfire)

21. Santa’s Got A Bag of Soul ~ The Soul Saints Orch. (Jazzman)

22. Pull My Sled ~ Raindeer Runners (Soul Fire)

23. Merry Christmas Baby ~ Charles Brown & Johnny Moore’s 3 Blazers (Hollywood)

24. Smokey Robinson Drop

-NN

Roc's post aside can we officially declare the phrase and usage of "no homo" dead? Shit is tired like Jemz jokes..

Final thoughts on the flyer thread illustrated below. Woody wins hands down..

I wanted to post some design i've been Feeling lately... notice the well places large objects in "Cruisin' the Castro"

FEEL IT.

That's right, I'm posting @ 5:30 am.

way back in a time when everyone was less bald and (possibly) happier.
TTL doesn't even do holiday dinners anymore, right?

-
Rainey

Im so deep in the bell jar i can not even bring forth any clever things to say other than I hate you all almost as much as I hate my life... Its funny that djing at the worst clubs in the worst cities in America seems like a viable alternative because you all have created the worst fucking shittiest scene imaginable. I feel like my name not being on that flyer speaks volumes.......

big shout to the woodman!

Royce & Premo in 08'...

Royce Da 5'9" - "Shake This" from Three/21 Films on Vimeo.

Is kinda like Guru & Premo in 98'...

-NN

you guys officially killed this blog its a wrap
i'm gonna go jerk off and hang myself like michael hutchence

jemz = blog hyena

ps. this is pretty interesting.
sorry if it's not cool to talk about things like djing and design.
i'll see you monday in the office.

HAHAHAHAHA!

I love how Pete's attempt to get flyers off the blog led to 5million flyers on the blog. Yo don't take this the wrong way but it's the same as if we talked about what inspires us to DJ... NOBODY GIVES A FUCK!!!

THE GREATEST FLYER EVER

Party flyers are so disposable now. You see the same one over and over again on emails, blogs, sites, sometimes even printed out (even though 90% of the flyers I see are online and aren't for events in my city), until you're seeing the image in your sleep. They're farted out with little effort, drenched in logos that nobody cares about, and can someone please explain the HOSTED BY (INSERT 50 NAMES) phenomenon please? Then once the show is over, you'll never see the flyer again. Compare that to the legendary screenprinted 1967 Fillmore posters or the hand-assembled fantastic romantic disco rapp flyers of the early 1980s.

Just like Dust was saying, flyer design used to be a huge priority for me back when I was a starving designer and had no choice. I still like to do them if they're for longtime repeat customers, events I'm throwing or am DJing at, for parties I'm down with in general, for someone I've been really wanting to work with, or if I can come up with an interesting concept. It's still a great feeling to walk down the street and see something you designed posted up in a store window.

I'll dig through some stacks of really old ones at home, but here are a few oldies I've found online...

The type and photos were printed out from the computer and everything was laid out and drawn by hand. A collabo with Adam "Snakebird" Garcia.

Really stoked on how this one turned out.

Me and Mel's first gig together.

I spent way too much time on this one, but was excited for the show and the concept I came up with, so I knew I wanted to make it count.

Had to go all out for Wezz Burlesque's birthday.

...aaaaaaand I'll end it off with a little self promo.

good to hear from flyer guru dust. he brings up some good points about flyer design.
when i was hungry, i would always be asking "want me to do the flyer?"
i remember my first flyer designs was so cryptic, the promoter was like "i can't even tell what day it's on..." but me, being the young meglomaniac designer was like "yo, that's the swiss-blue note shit, i'm not changing it, people will get it...." in retrospect worst flyer ever. the flyers above came a couple years later (while i was still at NYU) for Baby Jupiter, one of the first dance clubs in the les... still very cryptic and so german...

but that was also a different era as p-love points out. one of the greatest feelings in the world as a young designer is seeing your shit get printed. so when those flyers came out, my heart would rush, then i would inevitably get so pissed that the orange was too dark or something. i miss those feelings.

my last point (who really cares?), is that cause shit isn't getting printed, it's definitely a different game. when you know it's getting printed and someone asks you to design it, you should take it as honor. someone is asking you do something cause they like your work and are willing to put a couple hundo down to get em printed. jpegs... not so much.

I don't really like to speak on, nor do I enjoy most of my past work but since two of my flyers may be or def are contributors to this discussion I feel the need to pontificate. That said.. FUCK FLYERS. I used to bleed, sweat and spend HOURS on them. That's because of two reasons..

1. I was a hungry designer, had something to prove and still do.
2. Flyers are a dime a dozen (as seen on this blog) and I had to make sure mine were better than the next mans whole album.

To this day I still have people tell me that they have such and such flyer on their wall or that it's their favorite shit of mine. Really? WTF.. What about the rest of the non-flyer work I've done over the years?

Aside from my record label, there's only two people I'll still do flyer work for. Justine D, and my homie Vin Sol. Why? Because they let me do what I want. Almost.. Case study time!

Below is the original verison of the NYE flyer Adrian posted in one of his earlier bloggins.

Justine didn't like the "green goblin" and understandably so felt it didn't represent the vibe of the party. In retrospect she was totally right and I really dig the cleanliness of the final version on some old 50's Paul Rand/Hans Schleger vibe. And no I'm not comparing myself nor were they referenced.

Next up is a flyer I did for a party Vin threw this past August. You'll notice I used the same little devil (he is my mascot) and a few of the components but to much greater effect.

There isn't much to say about the FG Holiday Party flyer. It needed to be bold and done asap. I've got bigger fish to fry so it's really a study in efficiency. Or laziness depending on who you ask. You have no idea the flurry of emails that went back and forth about the scale of the sponsors branding components on there. Ultimately everyone needed to be happy and we found a middle ground.

The purpose of this post was not to toot my own horn or namedrop, moreso to show a little bit of the process behind my work. Hopefully I've accomplished that.

On a sidenote, nuff respect to P-Love and his cross promotion of Josef Muller-Brockmann but that book has been sitting in my library virtually unopened since the day I purchased it. The work in it is too good to be referenced for the completely disposable subject matter at hand.

Lastly everybody, sometimes you just gotta fight flyer with flyer ya know? Ba-dum-dum-tschhhh..

PS. I'd like to hear Cody weigh in on this subject. Not only is he a good friend but as we all know an amazing designer and artist. I saw his Drop Bass flyers long before I ever met him.

Same for you Mr. 2600 King. Drop it like it's hot.

PPS. Roc, I'm dying to hear/see what you come up w/ to shut this whole thread down.

Adrian, I feel for you. I had my two machines crash recently...

Might be my streamlined wiring technique

Luckily, I had my trusty Powerbook 540c on ice. Glad I had the 12mb ram upgrade... it definitely helps with the motion graphic work I've been doing lately.

I agree with Pete; posting flyers on this blog for self-promotion is a total cop-out. BTW, I'm not promoting a party tonight with Rakim, Black Thought, some ego trip people, Keith Murray and many others at the Knitting Factory. 500 dudes? Yessss.... It could very well end up being a dick-carwash.

What's more disconcerting is the fact that "Making Cashzilla" is beating out "Getting Tang Regardless" on the priority list...

Jemz and Pete,

shouldn't we settle this on the basketball court?
i still work in the neighborhood. Say the word.

P. "Shipset Founding Father" Gorgeous

ps. i call Akil at PG and Lloyd as my outside shooter. May even fly Young Drewzy in for this one.

How about some not-so-sneaky cross-promo like "no posting flyers on blogs until you've read some of this".

Sure, word of mouth/blog is the best way to draw a crowd, but i think pete may be touching on another issue here:

Designing web-specific .jpg flyers > being lazy and posting an export of partyflyer.ai

At least change the dimensions, do away with sponsor logos (at least the ones who are only paying for flyer costs), or something. Change one freakin' color.

And since Jemz was on some Muppet shit, here's a segué:

Michna - power supplies on G3 and G4 towers are the first to go. Holler if you need one. Hopefully it's not the logic board.

Merry Everything!
your friendly neighbourhood no-New-Era-owning but Scion-driving Apple-Certified Mac tech.

"Wow Dr. Seriouso"

-The Last Star Fighter

jemz, you write poetry... all good points.

firstly before I get into this, i'm not talking about your parties, ayres' , nick's, or wes. i just put those names there cause we're boys and people identify with them.
ok, going forward, i'm glad this opened up a dialogue (comments feature will be on blog re-design in 2009), because the flyer party thing is becoming a parody of itself.

1)
club flyers have become stale and way too formulaic. you stick the latest headliner who has a hot blog record on top, throw in Jemz or another Lab affiliate to keep it real, do some half-ass design, and stick a bunch a logos at the bottom. put the flyer on blast all over blogs (like this one) and email lists. repeat 100 times weekly all over the country. conversely, if you want to see a good flyers check out Grotesk's Hump series or Dust's ones for Studio B or Roxy. These don't boast or floss, they just pull your elbow.

2)
no matter how "hot" the flyer is, there's a good chance that the party will suck. let's face it, cool kids don't dance too much or really let themselves go.... unless they are on blow. really, i'd rather go to some bottle service club, get drunk on red bull-vodkas and dance like an idiot with people whose prime objective is to get loose. not to say that music doesn't matter, the best party i've been to in years was the Fela vs. James Brown party at Love. If you weren't dancing you felt like an idiot (no vice-versa). Also, randomly seeing Scottie B at APT basement was pretty incredible (the crowd had no idea who he was).

that's all i'm trying to say with this flyer shit...

oh, and New Eras... ultimate sign of insecurity (unless you play baseball)

What Twitter is a saying about the flyers...

"the first one (PH's) made me throw my new era hat away and wear eyeliner. Way to alientate your client base!"

You know a recession's coming right? We can't afford to loose one New Era hat wearing, DJ Ayers mix downloading, Fool's Gold blog checking, Hollertronix deity praying, weird Asian porno masterbating, Mark Ronson mocking, Steve Aoki envying, AM biting, Spank Rock bothering, Amanda Blank proposing, Justice remixing, Funk Flex hating, Jazzy Jeff still secretly jocking, Scion driving, no idea how dope Snack N C'mish are, Michna skipping, Egg Foo missing, Elle MySpace stalking, Neil Nice hard selling, Roc sucking off, wondering what Tony's wearing, Staccato wheel squeaking, Sabo style Latin loving, still sleeping on Second Cousins customer.

Yo PH how could you forget to post the flyer for the holiday party?

By the way did you tell Cindy you want one of those Diplo Holograms for X-Mas to play Guitar Hero with? Cause i still haven't got you a present...

holiday hours at the stores
1-9pm friday
12-8pm sat
12-6pm sun
1-9pm mon
1-9pm tues
weds tba

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damn mike, say it aint so...

damn, it's like a flyer battle in here...

it's been a while but we're having a BLOWOUT:

after years of development, turntable lab is proud to announce the Ultimate DJ Bag!

sike, this is one of those holiday gifts our vendors send us. it's like a couple steps above the free personalized custom pen. however, i must say that they got close to our font, looks like they used a squeezed futura condensed extra-bold to get there. btw, the real lab bags coming Fall 2009.

speaking of corporate gifts, shout out to the guys at Ableton for sending me this incredible book! i can't wait to strip down to my boxers and read this (how did they know?). Easily the best gift corp gift I've ever gotten (2nd place: Patron boxset).

these portable speakers are pretty damn cool. coming to the lab soon.

things that saved my life #1: single cup coffee maker
this thing is freaking incredible. no more deli dirt coffee, only hawaiian gold.

things that saved my life #2: some junior-Essien crushed my ankle last week during a meaningless game. thought i'd be out for months, but this air cast is brilliant. i can probably even board next week with this thing on. air cast #1!

stony has turned into a check writing robot for the last month... the reason? he's discovered the Dan Patrick daily 3 hour podcast. he puts on his bose noise cancellers and just sits there giggling like the ultimate fanboy. serious, i think he'd frontal Dan right now. he keeps telling me he's going to join "Dan Nation"

finally! lab center label stickers. will be available on the site monday, free with purchase (add it to the cart)...

saturday!
weekend warehouse fun from the Rub + D-Nice!

If you didn't wear yourself out at BANG! last night come by for a special CSSified DANCE CLASS tonight...

Which one of them fucks with dudes?

One note about these over-crowded DJ bills: Yeah it sucks but it's never done on purpose. It's like all of a sudden some dude gets involved and than there's 8 million people DJing. I don't know how, but it does. I guess until you see how ridiculous the flyer looks it's just like "the more the merrier."

Another note about these over crowded DJ bills: As long as you're not giving up any of your money who cares? I'm not sweating it, I'll spin next week.

One note on the Studio at Webster Hall: Yeah Webster Hall sucks but the Studio's the shit. True Rave sound system!

In case you missed it, here's some footage of me working the room last week...

ALL MY WEEKEND WARRIORS

FRIDAY AT SAVALAS

SATURDAY IS GOOD TIMES

PASE said my hair was looking like ANIMAL'S lately. I'll take the complement...

I can't sleep so I'm youtubing the MUPPETS (thats why I'm late for our meeting Pete & Tony)...

i hit the power button on my computer today and nothing happened. so i checked the cables and tried to turn it on 10 more times...and..nothing.. i even did my patented lift, drop and kick technique, where all of a sudden you hear steve jobs's "bong!" . Nothing.

i wasn't sweatin cause i got a G4 on ice.

had to switch out the EMAGIC soundcard.

reinstalled OS 9.2, then it took me literally 20 hours to re assign all the key commands and shortcuts i had in logic. upgraded from logic 4.5 to 4.7. a big step, but i think i'll just keep opening 4.5

then i went to a friends holiday party, and after that people headed to a club on 27th street called Home. when i got there i realized the last time I went inside "Home" it was called "Twilo". Rick Ross was there, I said "hello" and told him to do more songs like this:

another day at Hot Dougs......

i had the Jalapeno and Cheddar Pork Sausage with Tex-Mex Enchilada Sauce and Habanero-Jack Cheese. a little too much sauce for me, but a good spice to the sausage.

and Mr. Powers had the Saucisson Alsacienne: Bacon Sausage with Creme Fraiche, Caramelized Onions and Explorateur Cheese, which i was close to trying but the onions threw me off.

they are closed for 13 days around the holidays so i might have to get off my ass and review some other lunch spots.

Bada-bing-bang-bango baby! To the Fool's Gold Holiday Party-mobile! Let's go!

NEW LAB RADIO

(click box, duh!)

HOLIDAY DISCO SPECIAL!

This month my guests were…

HOLY GHOST!

If you think Hold On was a hit, wait till you hear the other shit these dudes have been working on. Native New Yorkers, looks to kill, signed to DFA and Alex can sing his ass off. These guys got it all right now. As you can guess their Dj set was full of Disco jewels, but in the interview we talked about Dilla and all their keyboards. By far these guys are two of the brightest starz in the game.

DJ HOFF

Keeping in Disco mode B-More to LA transplant DJ Hoff dropped me a mix of some real sleazy Disco perfect for getting your office party crunk. Hoff and I have been working on a Mix CD with Spank Rock called Mobroder which is basically like the trials and tribulations of the Black Moroder, I think it’s gonna be epic, so of course it’s taking forever. Look for it in the beginning of the New Year and in the meantime check for Hoff’s mixes floating around the internet, they’re really good.

Don’t forget you can now listen to the show on iTunes...

iTunes → Radio → Dance → Turntable Lab LA Radio

TONIGHT

SCION RADIO 17 PARTY

FAKE BLOOD
LIFELIKE
PASE ROCK
FRANKI CHAN
DJ HAUL
BLU JEMZ

Plan B (10th & Ave B)
11pm til close

THURSDAY

SPECIAL DANCE CLASS / CSS AFTER PARTY

w/ the girls from CSS djin with PRINCE TERRENCE and I!

The Studio @ Webster Hall
11pm til close

book check time.
found this cool polish psychedelic alphabet children's book

author: Wana Chotomska
title: Kram z Letrami
illustrated by Maciej Buszewicz
published by Czytelnik 1987
Warsaw, Poland

just googled the illustrator:

Maciej Buszewicz.
Born 1952 in Rawicz, Poland. Master of Fine Arts. Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. He has been active in graphic design since 1976. From 1980 to 1984he was an art director at ISKRY Publishing House and at Poljazz Record Company. Since 1984 he teaches at the typography studio at the Faculty of Graphic Design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. He lectures at many schools in Germany, U.S.A. and others. Since 1989 (with Poland’s democratic changes), he has participated in many national and international graphic design events and has received a number of awards. Among them the competition “Most Beautiful Book of the Year in Poland” (23 times awarded plus dozens of distinctions). In 1992 he established his own studio in Warsaw, B(c) Grafika Wydawnicza. In recent years he gives master classes in book design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw.

I've been lucky enough to DJ in Budapest and Shanghai,
but NEVER have I dj'd in NEW JERSEY.

I made the 4 minute journey from World Trade Center to Jersey City

Did a guest set on Trent's show on 91.1FM WFMU. - Freeform radio at its finest.

When you enter the building you are greeted by a wall of cassettes.

after the show i got to see the stacks

when you hit the "J" section you see they've got every Jandek CD ever.

but even huger is

they've got every Jandek vinyl ever released (WFMU was an early supporter of his music) including the mega rare first album that Jandek pressed BEFORE he was Jandek. He was originally called "The Units" but had to change his name. (lab carries a really nice official reissue of this by the way..)

The hallways are a whole different story.

apparently the head of the station gets mad custom oil paintings made, then puts them up.

why not

Jesse "The Body" Ventura

it wouldnt be an official radio station without a) the DAT player and

b) the Teenage Fanclub sticker on the file cabinet

also on the wall was this certificate in a gold frame

there was no side door

and what would be a trip to WFMU without running into the likes of $mall ¢hange aka Small Sheeezey. The guy has a DJ trading card made after him for a reason.

we talked NYE hype. he's playing a big money gig in Philly then gonna spend his profits on coke. I'm gonna stick to NYC and play Le Poisson Rouge on Bleeker. we start at 2am and go til 8 !! Best sound and lights in Soho !

pete and tony know better than to creep down my dark alley

Sorry for the shameless self-promo, but this is our biggest project ever and I figured it should get some blog shine time. We just wrapped up an 18-color screenprint by artist David Choe (Vice Guide to Travel, Upper Playground, current cover of Giant Robot), based on a 5 x 6 ft. painting he did.

After we printed two different Obama posters for Choe (this one and this one), we decided to do it again like Bill Cosby and Sidney Poitier and print his painting entitled EXODUS FROM THE LAND OF PLAY on the ultra raer hyper limited edition tip.

Once the screenprinting was done, David came to town to sign and number them and he also drew and painted on every single print. Here's some video of Dave in action:

Played this record out on Friday night and just today discovered there's a video for it. Hot shit.

thanks to my dude plaza pepito* for reminding me that the fIREHOSE song was off of natas' part on streets of fire.

i dj'ed a small private party this weekend for my friend/neighbor that was supposed to end around 12, but i ended up rocking it till 4am. here's a little early evening shot that i was feeling on some chiiiiiill-ish

i've been bumping this a lot lately at my gigs and definitely gets a good reaction from the barry fans. i'm puttin you on if you don't already know

as always,
-the "yves saint laurent don"

*

p.s.
the mayor of gaithersburg, you's a fool! that on air appearance is big my dude! keep holdin it down for all the beltway hustlers catchin wreck outta town like muhammad and malvo

New Lab stickers...come get some...they're almost gone...

And tonight i'm doin' it up with mister certified superior...come say what up, shots on me...happy holidaze...

-NN

McD's Breakfast strikes again!!

This time, they gave me extra love with the bonus hash-b on top of my traditional double-dip order of hash-beezies

LA needs a little of this right now:

Tonight!

don't usually post contests but
this one is pretty cool just because of the talent involved
check out this remix contest
featuring a track by BPA (Fatboy Slim), David Byrne, and Dizzee Rascal.
more info here

Yo word up Sabo, it's ill to hear the teacher still dropping knowledge bombs after all these years. Speaking of knowledge, anyone ever hear of Ron B? Dude put out one single back in 1990 and no one ever heard from him again. I know The Rub guys put his track "Stitch By Stitch" on their history of hip-hop mix awhile back and word has it, the 12" continually sells for anywhere between $500 and $1000 depending on the condition. There's one on the bay right now but don't count on any recession specials and remember to get your bids in early bros....

-NN

If you're looking for shit to do this weekend, $mallchange and Superfam...What!?!

How about your sense of style?


Wrap it up with the DQM bacon 90's for that hypebeast-carnivore steez.



It's way too early in the morning.

this strangely appeals to my stomach and my sense of design.
it doesn't stop there

This song should be on Hot 97 every hour on the hour, but sadly it will probably never even get pressed.
Listen closely to the lyrics, the 10 rules of DJing are too perfect. KRS 1 murders it, and Revolution is as on point as ever on the cuts.

woah

on my way to LA, I stumbled into the new Jet Blue terminal. so sick. the railway entrance looked like an entrance into Kubrick heaven. the exterior view is incredible as well, as the industrial grey terminal hugs the classic Saarinen terminal. would have got the shot for you, but i felt self-conscious about being that A.D.D. (asian design dude). inside, the food and shopping choices were better than the mall (jamba juice, ramen, muji, borders)... next time I'm going early.

went to go check out the LA store. got some new cabinets built, just in time for gift buying season.

on Sunday night Boy Genius gave me a call to tell me that he was going to be on the local nbc show doing sports trivia... answer 10 right and win a flat screen. the commentators were making fun of his winter Skins gear ("nice jacket, i can see why you'd need that in Hollywood"). also check out the expression on the hosts faces...

i guess they wanted him to win. they tossed him a softball: name what team 10 nba players play for. iverson... brandon roy... david west .... so easy. but on number 9, Genius choked on.... MIKE BIBBY? he said Sacramento!!! for someone who plays fantasy hoops, unacceptable... again look at the hosts' expression (is this dude for real?)

from the heights of the new JB terminal to the lows of the nyc subway. genius move to cap some of the old seats with these lavender ones... DC metro will always be #1...

a friend called up to tell me that she had extra tickets to the late Bebel Gilberto show at Joe's Pub (best venue ever). of course Sabo was there, and somehow he managed to get me a front row table... thanks dood. people have told me about Bebel's diva-side and being so close, i kinda caught a whiff of mariah-ness. nevertheless, great show and awesome band.

and finally, we say farewell to this Lab relic. we got this Imac while in our first office in Tribeca. i remember the feeling of being such a "cutting edge internet company" with this fruity-colored underachiever. Many a good dj have put sweat into this machine: frogman, roger yamaha, blu jemz, cmish, minimal man.... RIP crappy Imac.

someone teach stackswell how to properly format a blog.

gawd.
idieeeeet.

is anyone excited about things going down these days? i and i have been pretty busy on the "wheel of steel" and hosting jump offs at my shanti loft. plus i'm going back to DC in a minute.

p.s. you two people, don't do that on my couch! get a room fun boys.

for those of you who like to peep real things, you need to peep my mans Cosmo & the kid Eli "doin thangs" every wednesday night at riv105. sooo serial.

for more info go here

and on the skate tip, can someone refresh my memory on who skated to this song and in what video? it has literally been killing me for months!

here's one for cody....
they're reissuing the Sick Boys skate video from 89...
remember this?

can't top woody's "hey jealousy" 12" in terms of quantifiably amazing badness but still want to talk about dumb ass records, sooooooo...here's "female of the species" by space.

prob best known from the austin powers soundtrack, but also had a little run on its own as one of the handful of britpop videos you could order on "the box" (it's funny how all those bands were so down with giant fleece sweatshirts, i was always half-waiting for noel gallagher to rock maurice malone or something). only reason i thought about it today is because, lo and behold, swizz beats and lil wayne sampled it (?!?!?)

somehow i'm still holding onto the single even though the sleeve has some kind of unidentifiable food stain on it, even though it's fucking GOOFY as shit as a song, even though there's some very questionable scratching on it.

now white town "your woman" on the other hand...STILL A SMASH!

love - nick

ART SCHNAZZLE

I’ve been in Miami almost 10 days now. I was supposed to leave a few days ago, but when I got the snow report I was like “what’s the rush?”

Art Basel’s a complete 180º from WMC. If you think it’s hard to get into a DFA party, imagine Grace Jones in a 250 capacity venue.

Schnazzle’s not really about the parties though, its all about networking and I guess buying art if you can afford it. Well I didn’t do any networking and I’m not bringing home any Monets, but I did take some crappy pics. For the wild side of the trip check TWITTER or the ARAB PARROT aka FREDDY FERRARI (Don’t watch me…)

First off I played myself by not considering the ramifications of wearing this shirt around Scope…

It was the equivalent of wearing a MOOG shirt to NAMM or better yet one of those “I got Bourbon Faced on Shit Street” shirts in New Orleans. I almost turned it inside out.

Pete and Cindy were selling their child photos.

I always like Dalek.

More Naomi, she’s super cool and super humble. Thanks for the Mimosa’s babe!!!

This was in a series of sketches that reinacted YOUTUBE moments. I’m partial to Pandas. Funniest thing the Parrot said all week “I didn’t come down here to look at a bunch of sketches!”

I didn’t like this piece at all. But Lloyd and I both started shaking when we saw it cause it’s exactly what shit looks like when you smoke Salvia. DON’T SMOKE SALVIA!!!

These guys were responsible for shutting down Boston one day. Google “GRL” kind of a big deal I guess.

Lloyd’s best quote of the week “finally someone got it right!” You can’t really see in this picture, but that’s just a black piece of paper inside a frame. It had a red (meaning sold) sticker next to it, people are still falling for that one? Jeez I’m in the wrong business.

This is just a pic I took of some of my favorite yogurt. Best promo item ever!!!

HOLLER AT YOUR BOY TWITTER/BLUJEMZ !!!

NYC...

GOOD TIMES ON SATURDAY
APT ON SUNDAY

still in miami, limits are being pushed..

still taking photos with my crappy camcorder

CAMPTON is slashing prices on rooms

back at the mansion Contra stays reclusive.

saw madlib play on thurs

watched panda bear on friday, one of my faves

naomi had a photo show under the bridge selling photos of...







at the 73rd afterparty last night I crashed at 7am. leave it to Jemz to push the party til 8 with guests such as: The Peruvian Female Wrestler (i didnt get a picture of her, you best check his twitter)

First, Journey replaces Steve Perry with cheaper Asian labour in the form of Arnel Pineda:

Then Pacman, this past Saturday. Dude was just warming up in the 8th round:

What's next? Some Flip from Daly City spearheading the scratch DJ movement?

Alright, reality check. It's the last month of this crazy, crazy year. Although it's easy to lose your head in the flurry of the holi-daze and the state of the economy, I think you'll have to agree that musicians, producers, and DJ's have been working harder than ever to bring fresh sounds to the scene. Thanks to our new pres, change is a word heard throughout the country, but for music, I think it's already here...

That said, check out these picks, or miss them when they're gone.

Flying Lotus
L.A. #2 EP

Galaxy Toobin' Gang
Galaxy Toobin' LP

Lullabies In The Dark
Iridium (Superpitcher Remix) 12"

Grackle
Jungle 12"

Prime Numbers
I5 (Linkwood) EP

C.O.M.B.I.
MaBakes / No Give Up 12"

Crunch
Cruise / Funky Beat 7"

Pete said to me earlier this year, "hip hop is definitely gonna come back," totally feel you.
All I wanna do is listen to early Wu and old Mr. Magic's Rap Attack on WBLS.
Manifests feels the nostalgia too.

Manifest

Also, Dr. Suzuki is my hero for putting these out.
Dr. Suzuki Slipmats: The Donuts (Pair)

File this under un-fuck-withable...
Storm Thorgerson & Aubrey Powell
For The Love Of Vinyl: The Album Art of Hipgnosis Book

And this bad boy is just baaaadd.
Roland
SH-201 Synthesizer

Keep it hot.

A FEW THINGS TO SOAK IN ON THIS SATURDAY:

you too can marry a woman with no uterus and have 2 babies.

Please Feed your child to the crocodiles?

And LA! Tonight, MAJOR is Teaming up with ASS & TITTIES to bring you a night full of house, baltimore, ghettotech, minimal....and whatever else...

Original Turntablelab representative!!! Nice to have you back bredren!!! Yo, where you at Neil Armstrong??

-NN

If you live in NYC and you love vintage roots n' culture and loversrock music, do not miss this...

-NN

if you are in miami for basel check out the Friends With You installation at Scope.

highlight for me is the jumping castle.

full cardio inside

then drink a cuban coffee at these tables

Induce spinning all childrens records

girls getting happy

a separate side room holds chrome mushrooms

snowman is limited to 3 pieces.

passed thru the gibson exibit

throw in a few Baldwins

around the corner 19 year olds gathered up to see matt and kim

parrot makin faces

back on da streets

lloydski previewed the new exterior nipple ring

NEW LAB RADIO!

"Another chunk of burning love for your speakers..."

AMG
Big Tymers
Bim Marx
Canyons
Crunch
Danny Gold
Dave Clarke
Don Cherry
Early Warning System
Eliot Lipp
Family Of Eve
Grackle
Mr. Fab
Night Jewel
Reggie The Movemaker
Sex Convention
Sharon Jones
Slight Delay
Theo Parrish
Uptown
Vance & Suzzanne

Damn. I had to ask Pete for blog access in the hopes of joining in the 12" showdown. Then I saw Hey Jealousy and instantly conceded. The Tomb Raider soundtrack sampler I stumbled upon last week isn't even picture-worthy. Keep it going!

Hey Lab fam. It's been a while.
xo p

They Even Celebrate X-Mas in sunny Los Angeles!?!?!?!?!

WOODY HAS A FUCKING GIN BLOSSOM'S HEY JELOUSY 12"

Thats game over dudes fall back.

I cant fuck with that. thats next level. My Hunger Strike was a gift so i cant even front like i dug that one up. Woody you are a hero, i love you beyond words.

Im going to see if I have anything on the level when I get home. I mean I got Guns N Roses "Its so easy" on 12" but I really cant see even coming close to woody's freshness....

Safety first. Hope all you other employers out there are payin' that worker's comp insurance.

back in '07 i was tossing around different names for my album. A few were "Monday Mushrooms" or "Dark Castles" or the Sabo coined "Magic Pills". but i never thought someone would take it here:

So awesome... it's slated for a release on January 27th, 2009.
stare at that bad boy for 3 minutes.

why blog about singles when you could be playing out:

scaramanga album cuts!

most of my bad promos have ended up in a pile in the hallway.
they're waiting for the day i find a space to do an art piece with them.

on a side note i set up the new vcr combo and the 3 tier synth rack

none of the stuff is plugged in, but it looks good in the living room..
i'm off to miami, i found a video of this girl i used to goto college with:
check it:

ps anyone hear that Scion Money track yet?

While Lloyd gets his Winter/Summer Body on at the nude beach and the "Hide n Seek" record search game gets put on pause, I'll leave you with this: (SHIT THAT PROBABLY NOBODY CARES ABOUT YET, AND YOU'LL NEVER FIND ON VINYL).

NEW WAVE MERENGUE!!! (epic 49 second intro, wait for it)

Yea Neo-Cumbia's all nice n shit, but you just wait for the day when Dominican music rapes the Lab Box Score :-)

Sooner than later.

-Rainey

Nice.

Unfortunately for you both miami's calling my name and ive got beaches to lay on so for the next couple days so i might be ghost. When i come back tho im changing the game with my collection of overly literal colored vinyl (think "red red wine" on red vinyl). so watch out. but for now...

I LEAVE YOU WITH THESE TO RANDOMS

DOCTOR DRE AND ED LOVER - BACK UP OFF ME

DEION SANDERS - MUST BE THE MONEY

ALWAYS,
UNEMPLOYED "MUST BE MIAMI" LLOYD

So awesome.

If we're going to truly set off this Bad Record Pissing Contest, allow me to lay down 2 rules:

1. No import 12s. As we all know, the Europeans have literally pressed every song on 12", including the first caveman banging 2 rocks together to express his outrage about pterosaurs or whatever.

2. No albums. Singles only.

So here we go:

ps- Lloyd I'm pretty sure I gave you at least one of those 3 NES records after we made the Neverending Party Pt 2

What!?!? Do you mean this Wyclef Jean feat THE ROCK "It Doesn't Matter" 12"???

Youre lucky im too lazy to locate my "Perfect Gentleman" promo feat Hope and end this whole shit right now! What, you dont remember that song?

Actually this song is fucking awesome!!!!!

Anyway, as far as hip hop hybrids go i cant really fuck with you there. i never really went through a drum and bass phase which is why to this day i have really great taste in music. however, i will invite you to fuck with my N.E.S TRIPLE THREAT!

I ain't talking no Nintendo bullshit either.

IM TALKING...

THE NEVER (album)

ENDING (12")

STORY (7")

TRIPLE THREAT
If ever there was a wtf situation this is it because i didn't do this on purpose. This just kinda happened over the years! I don't recall buying the 7" let alone the album or 12" however there i was looking through my records and there they were. This is turning into one of those games where the winner is actually the looser. Like a who can do the most drugs contest or something. oh, well. GAME ON!

always,
lloyd

I love these Shitty/Good/Why On Earth Do I Have This Record posts. Please continue.

Thats what the fuck I'm talking about. Was going to keep it in the refugee camp and grab the pic sleeve Wyclef feat THE ROCK "It Doesn't Matter" 12" (w/ Longsy D "This Is Ska" loop) but it looks like I actually did get around to tossing that one on the last collection purge. Instead we have the blue vinyl double LP Blade II soundtrack in all its raptronica awfulness...but...there's an Eve and Fatboy Slim song I...kinda like. Ugh. Save pile.

Oh, i see how it is now. First im blowing my load and now my records are too "good." Ive been down this road before. As soon as i start killing it the rules change and im forced to dumb down. Fine by me. Ive only been dealing with these sort of issues for the last 400 years. GAME ON!

I bought this 12" thinking there would be the original version on the flip or something. There wasnt and after further listen Sting and Pras are lucky i keep a diddy archive cus theres no justifiable reason why anyone should ever have, hear or have to experience this very very bad song. Its just not "good."

Dont believe me?

Pras is the fucking worst,
lloyd

To bring it back to the stacks...Lloyd all those were actually "good" records (a bunch of Woody's were too), I was talking about the puzzling shit you can't bring yourself to get rid of even though there's no reason whatsoever to hold on to it or even own in the first place...

- Nick

went home to the great state of Maryland for thanksgiving. hit up downtown DC on saturday. this is a picture i took of the white house. i am always amazed that you can get so close to it with that low security fence and barely any security in sight. i could almost throw a football to the porch.

i have always been curious to see what would happen if shit went down here. would agents drop pop up from the sidewalk, plain clothes kids in bubble jackets popping out gats? are those windows bulletproof? realistically, you could see some wacko coming up to the fence and firing off a rocket launcher (which i would never do big brother if you are reading).

went to the corcoran gallery... the Richard Avedon's portraits of power exhibition is incredible. seriously. the book does it no justice. the silver prints are the only way to see em. pay the extra cash and go see this (coming from someone who hates politics). i would have taken some flicks but wasn't in the mood. However, went to go piss at Corcoran, and had one of the best pisses in my life. these toilets are awesome, feels like you're pissing into a fish's mouth... up there with pissing off a cliff and pissing into pitch black woods.

while most of yall were still in turkey comas, shipset was working hard to get your packages out. ain't no thing...

but glad to be back in ny. road a gypsy cab from the airport, hit up a late night yoga class (yeah i do that kind of shit), ate an awesome burger at westville, and saw this beautiful ugly at my bus stop...

ps. lloyd you win, keep it flowing...

Check out this hot new instructional DVD "How to Be a Complete Bitch." Here's a clip from Chapter 1 "Sounding Like You've Been Smoking Since You Were 10"

Here's Chapter 2 "Being a DJ's Complete Nightmare: Which Equipment Should I Spill My Drink On First?"