WMC '09 was so off the charts!!!
I'm still collecting pics from different friends and websites, but here's a couple to start:

Day One Lincoln Road: This really sums up Miami. These dudes were killing it, walking around shirtless and mega jacked up. "Don't look at me! but wait, Look at me!"


They took turns on the posing and art-directing "let me see a little more hip baby", and yes, those are Miller Lite pants.

Day Three at Sobe Live for Objektivity party: Dennis Ferrer, Karizma, and Martinez brothers.
Me, Ross One, Maria, and Roctakon bought advance tickets for this. Worth every fuckin penny!


The music was so sick, and the skills of these 3 guys on CDJs and Pioneer EFX was insane!! Karizma played the CDJ like an MPC and did the crazy looping shit you can do in Serato onthe fly and on time.
At one point TMB had the loop from "Jesus Creates Sound" goin into the percussion loop from "Love and Happiness" then into the acapella of same song with India. They ran that mix for like 10 minutes and it was mind blowing...


This pic is of Dennis Ferrer. If anyone out there knows what his second track was PLEASE hit me up!! I heard Louie Vega play it again the next day at a pool party. Ridiculous latin track with a flute loop...



Miami Come Down mix by DJ Sabo

Lastly, here's a little mix I was handing out to people on Sunday night, for the week's come down. Tracklisting is below, and should bring you down smooth and easy:

1. "I Robot" (Pilooski Edit) - Alan Parson's Project
2. "Undisputed (How & Why Disco Edit)" - Undisputed Truth
3. "Make Dance" Try To Find Me vol. 1
4. " White Sun" (Leo Zero Psychedelic Dub) - Doobie Brothers
5. "Theme From Nutrider" 40 Thieves
6. " Bewtween The Sheets (The Revenge Rework)" The Isley Brothers
7. " Love You Inside Out" (Pinches mix) - Cole Medina
8. "American Boy" (Purple Avenue mix) - Estelle feat. Kanye West
9. "Cartegena" (Ray Mang mix) - Dutch Rhythm Combo
10. " Williams Blood" (Cosmic Jam) - Grace Jones
11. " Zillion Lights" - Raz Ohara, Djuma Soundsystem
12. "Rock The Joint (Reverso 68 remix)" - Wild Rumpus feat. Beardyman
13. "Start Something" - Martin Sorenson
14. " My Baby Likes to Stay Out All Night" - Popular People's Front
15. " Burning Love" - Glossy
16. "Cellophane Lover" - Popular People's Front
17. "Is this love (Hernan Cerbello's tribute)" - Bob Marley

real mutha fuckas don't hang around under the sheets eatin bacon man. lemme see you do some real shit - dunk a basketball my Korean!

i started a new blog about ji-sung park...
today, he was announced as Man Utd's player of March

here's my account of wmc 2009...
sorry not going to be exciting as jemz' version, but nonetheless, had a good time...

boy genius was an official guest of the suite... we roll where they give you big bacon....

i actually missed the Mobroder listening party at Standard Spa... but from all accounts it was one of the top-three events of WMC... everybody chilling in robes... steaming etc... blujemz master of it all....

la sandwicherie, of course you got to go there.... but if you want to make your trip, hit up JOE'S STONE CRAB... this place is the premiere place in the world for Stone Crabs... and they close several months of the years to let the crabs grow back their claws... probably one of my top 5 places to eat in the world...

a couple people mentioned i should do WITW - miami edition... i failed, only thing i have is this almost nekkid picture...

while listening to operation ivy's "sound system"
before the madness started... check the soundsystem for the mad decent x ttlab party... dude drove all the way from SF to install this badboy...

also from SF, Hamburger Eyes crew installed a pretty badass show...

gaslamp slaying it at Stones Throw party. this is the moment before the storm... he dropped the warble right after this pic and the crowd went craze.... if wmc crowd reaction is any indication, dubstep is 2009.

also got to give a shout to Sabo for taking us to some cool deep house parties... really feeling the vibe of that scene, people are really there for the love of the music.... you can dance whatever hell way you want... also shout to nickodemus and medina for the ny love down there...

tony all day today "i love that soulful house"

part two tommorrow...

UGH Im SIck at WMC... EVERY DAY is like DEATH by 11 pm.... if you've caught me at like 3 pm im full of life and smiles by 11 im coughing so much i start to puke.

Oh yeah buddy - You know Sasha tells it how it really is!
So, before you get all hype to catch Mr. Catch and his stimulating band of disc jockeys kill you with ravey jams off their laptops, make sure you pick up some of his record label's new gear!

Fool's Gold. Props to Dust La Rizzle for the design-izzle.

Also, a bunch of new shirts from another giant in the NY rave scene.
I present to you...Trouble & Bass

Acid Haus also kills it with their new line.

Last but not least, have you checked out all the original deadstock Mowax releases we've been getting in?

Don't sleep, cause deadstock finds like this only happen once.

PEACE!

Check out my boy Martin's new haircut...

and then check him out on MSNBC tonight....

DON'T FORGET TO RSVP!!

rsvp //at// maddecent.com

free everything all night!
YEEAAAAAHHHH

condolences to the deceased, but the story of komodo dragon killing a human is pretty fascinating...

full story

Two more days til the Boy Genius WMC Miami Takeover
I got this blog game on smash, lets keep this thing rolling....

YES!! (in a Marv Albert tone)
5 episodes of East Bound & Down staring at April's talented tits and we FINALLY get to see them jawns in the 6th and final episode! Well worth the wait. She has a funny looking face tho...

Caught Fast Times at Ridgemont High the other night,
for some reason, i thought this scene when he's cleaning the graffiti off the restaurant mirror was one of the funniest things ever. I think I would die of laughter if I walked into an In-N-Out and saw that on the mirror.

LA is starting to get back to being fucking beautiful lately,
forecasts around 75-80 all week

I play pickup soccer at USC every Sunday and this past Sunday had to be one of the strangest things I have ever seen. About 20 Indian dudes (red dot, not feather – all of whom were absolute rubbish) set up a 'try-out' for an intramural team (Which I went ahead and named them F.C. Slumdog for them). Anyways, I was dying when I saw how BIG they made their goals!!! Funniest thing was that the final score was 1-0.

I wanted to put this wankster up on blast so the world can see THE WORST JERSEY EVER

Hussein's swag is so phenomenal

I can't decide who's swag is more phenomenal: Pete's mancrush Arsen Wenger, with the deuce-deuce in the bubble-gooose overtop a designer suit VS Barack on the Tonight Show with the fresh Beckham suit, sportin THE RONALDO FACE

My President Is Arab
Did you guys catch this the other night? Obama's address to the people of Iran, even wishing them a happy new year in their own native tongue. Shit cracks me up, cause he could've NEVER done this a few months ago.

Speaking of man-crushes, the Nike store at the Grove in West Hollywood just put this up, and I found myself standing next to a group of strange eurotrash teenage boys as we were all snapping pics of this massive poster.

Move over Cristiano?
Samir Nasri, French International on Arsenal, might be my next man-crush.
Easily my top 5 favorite players in the EPL

Peep my barber's swag, he comes to work like this (on Crenshaw) every day, different shade of pastel. Freshest haircut in LA.

Almost crashed my car when I saw this beautiful thing on the 101. Peep closely.... Giant Redskin logo decal + Sean Taylor Memorial ribbon magnet + License plate reading "SKINS 21".
Hail to the Redskins, God Bless Sean Taylor

If you missed the Michna/RawPaw + Free Gums instore at Turntable Lab LA the other week, you are a mark-ass buster. Shit was crazy, I have never seen such an impressive/unique set-up and performance for a band. Go catch those bitches when they roll through your broke ass town. Peep the crazy artwork of FreeGums in the background too.

There was one sexy chick there rockin some funny aqua jeans and a cream sweater there. If you are reading this, please come to the next instore and sit on my face. My name is Boy Genius

Finding out that this is coming out made my day....
(Peep Freeway doing The Ronaldo Face)

Que tu quieres mujeres, said she blow la-la
FLIPSIDE!!
And she my baby mama!!!

you know who posted this, motherfuckers....

Clam$ Ca$ino

sunday was the first game of the season... but due to injury i volunteered as a lines judge... worst job ever... totally thankless and the other team was dropping F bombs on me... i had a 50% accuracy rate... that shit is hard...

afterwards, i was trolling around cobble hill and spotted stony on the street... brooklyn yuppie.

found this awesome thing under the bench at the ny store....

yas aka roger yamaha came by to show us plans of his ttl tokyo project... more info coming...

remember our heavy metal stickers? we used yas' metal collection for the images... yas did his own interpretation and dropped some off...

ok, see you in miami...

roctakon's finished cd is here in time for WMC... will be putting on the site after we get back. we'll also have the newest money lotion featuring roc + eli... special silkscreen covers for this one...

as for roc's cd, he definitely went super-personal... going as far as writing a mini-treatise on being a club dj on the back cover... i'm pretty satisfied how the artwork came out... i was going for the early 90s house vibe slashed with 80s punk black and white...

also to be unleashed at wmc...

Hardy Boyz WMC exclusivo CDs.... the first official release from this trio consisting of TK, jemz, and lloyd... it's jokey-dance shit, but super-clever and well put together.... look out for the official release in late spring...

HARDY BOYZ
HARDY BOYZ
HARDY BOYZ

if you're not in miami, check this nice lineup in ny...

According to The Egyptian Lover, who was the crew that invented The Freak?

the first two correct answers win a pair of tickets. email your answer to mister@mistersaturdaynight.com. and if you don't know, you can email the same address to RSVP to get in for $10.

Sabo serving Jemz:

Let the games commence...

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Twitter this fools...

-NN

Tour Pics have been coming in, these were taken by Angela Dawn in Portland, live at Holocene

we have added a few new tour dates. i insist you come out and see the show. if you can't at least tell a friend. its the monster that has taken over my life. have i said that before? i already give you no props if you are just a dj. i give you double no props if you ever complain about lugging one crate of records. i give you triple no props if you are a dj and dont own turntables.
put together a four piece band with a drummer and load a van 60 times. don't forget your lights and visuals.. then unload the van 60 times. now look for a clean pair of socks. for those of you who are in bands -props -- i know you feel the burn.
most importantly i'm looking for photographers/bloggers/writers to cover the show in each of these upcoming cities so please contact us on the myspace. (myspace.com/eggfooyoung). just put subject: "backstage passes"

yours,
-michna

Dates:
3/22 Denton, TX @ Hailey's
3/23 New Orleans, LA @ The Saint
3/26 Miami, FL @ SECRET LOCATION
3/26 Miami, FL (DJ SET) @ Rockstar Bar w/Craze Klever Atrak Cosmo Eleven
3/27 Orlando, FL @ Will's Pub
3/28 Tampa, FL @ The Honey Pot
3/29 Jacksonville, FL @ Freebird Live
3/30 Knoxville, TN @ World Grotto
3/31 Nashville, TN @ Exit/In
4/1 Tuscaloosa, AL @ Mellow Mushroom
4/2 Birmingham, AL @ Zydeco
4/3 Athens, GA @ Tasty World
4/4 Brooklyn, NY (DJ Set) @ Brooklyn Museum
6/18 Barcelona, Spain @ Sonar Festival

here's some ish from the past couple days.

at the honeycomb hideout with the lady

so i was reppin the turtle one night with my fine champs printed terps shirt and this dude comes up to me and points to his press pass disclosing his location - gaithersburg! he ended up at almost every spot i would go. thursday night we got down with some karaoke and bogarted the mic and sung overnight scenario together to a room of drunk patrons.

<3
-your boys

"It's the Kiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiid Capri!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

-NN

Countdown with Boy Genius!

Countdown with Boy Genius!!

I've been wanting to blog about this for the longest time, it happened in the beginning of the month. This lady called into 911 with this nonsense..

....she then calls AGAIN a few minutes later!!!!

....she then calls AGAIN a few minutes later!!!!

Latreasa Goodman of Florida, this month''s.... WORST, PERSON..... IN THE WORLD!!!!

Can't Wait For WMC! Turntable Lab is gonna have a room a Major on the 24th:

cesc is a hipster.

get this: we all actually REALLY work at Turntable Lab...

Roll call!
- Jasper
- Michna
- Stacksy
- Paul Devro
- the rest of the ttl/mad decent crew

Missing is Boy Genius on poll position [gus johsnosn pause]

Boy Genius' COUNTDOWN TO MIAMI!!!!

I will be counting down like Keith Olbermann random things on the daily until WMC comes around,

Sexy bitches with big titties who will be in Miami next week, hit B. Gizzle up (myspace.com/mayorofgburg).

5) Next trip: Chi-Town?

Look at this motherfucing picture that my friend sent me whos visiting Chicago.
Giordano's Deep Dish (from the bottom):
Dough
Topping (Sausage)
Cheese
Dough
Sauce

4) THE RONALDO FACE

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is a wanker
So is "The Special One"

3a) FEAR THE KOREAN TURTLE!!

Put Jin Soo Kim in the game, Coach!!!

3b) FEAR THE KOREAN RED DEVIL!!

(Rockin' the Boy Genius 2007 hairdo)

2a) THROW IT DOWN, WHITE BOY!!!

Speechless.

2b) Speaking of White Boys...

Birthday shout-out to Jay Glassie,
who has a striking resemblance to Paul Wall, The People's Champ.
Both white boys got the internet goin' nutzz

1) What recession? What AIG bonus money crisis?

How does this Arab know more about NCAA basketball than I do?
When asked how likely is it that he will get to watch any of the Tournament in the next few days, during this economic + AIG bonus crisis, he shockingly states: "Very highly likely".
HA!!

get ready for oversized flyer action

WMC 2009
mad decent vs. ttlab again....

What Up from MIA! Ive been slacking on my blog posts but i just got my internet set up in the new spot and im not really a internet cafe/starbucks person... Here are some pics of the NYC'rs I've run into since being down here...
Drop the Lime

Dj Soul

2/3rds of the Rub
Eleven

& Ayres

Dj Roctakon & Ross One

Dj Excess

Also been getting used to my new latin culture besides eating mad empanadas and drinking cafe con leches.. This is Spam Allstars performing in Lil Havana, they are ridiculous!

Ray Baretto on the Congas

Also went to Calle Ocho on Sunday in Lil Havana which was insane





Shout to my homegirl below!

mark ass busters

what's up with all these ghetto birds flying around the clock over downtown
(maybe all) NYC the last few weeks? what the fuck? do i live in South Central
circa 1991? should i be bumpin MC Eiht, WC, The Doc, Above The Law and
King T? maybe i'll start sporting Ben Davis shirts, Dickies and Carhartt.

couldn't they get some better talent to represent the peoples?

It will probably snow again next week but this was the first thing that came to mind when i walked out of the crib this morning...gotta love it kiddos!!! Get out and enjoy it!!!

-NN

Queens, 1980. My dad's band Babe (yep, named after the Styx song) was playing four nights a week in Jersey City (he is about my age then). Their lead singer Edwin has a magical singing voice with an uncanny resemblance to that of Christopher Cross. The band decides to run with it and covers "Ride Like the Wind" and "Never Be the Same" which become some of their biggest crowd-pleasers. My sister and I are in the back covering our ears.

Just to let you know, my buddy BLT is bringing down Stones Throw's Koushik out from chilly Vermont to bless yall with some tunes this Friday. $10 @ the door, free dance lessons by BLT. Check it!

when's the last time you stepped foot in a Sears?

on my trip to honolulu, i went to the mall... parked by the sears... went to take a piss... the place was damn near empty, but there was tremendous buzz around this one area (that's 10 people)... there was a Shamwow-type dood selling something and people were entranced... he's throwing out words like "alotted, one time only, special, bonus"... i kept observing... by the end of it, more than half of the people were sold... pretty impressive...

also spotted in the sale section: STREETWEAR IS DEAD shirt.
(funny thing is that this is better than a lot of catalogs that get sent to me)...

favorite hawaiian food? poke! the best i had was at ono seafood, not to be confused with ono's restaurant across the street

best hawaiian meal? helena's... but what's up with everybody trying to claim kalbi as their own... ji-sung, what do have to say about that?

it's mine!

locals seem to hate on their own city, but for me, honolulu is the perfect mix of urban and natural, minus the traffic... gotta go back soon.

got another big batch of MoWax deadstock...
here we focus on the fringe releases, these will be on the site tonight...

blue flowers photek + hype remixes...
best offical drum and bass remixes? possibly...

james lavelle, super A&R, worked with DJ Assault before you ever heard Ass N Titties...

i pretty much wrote this one off when it first came out, but in retrospect, it's pretty cool.

Headz 2 was pretty ambitious...

what does your soul look like drum n bass....

Lab Radio Update!!!!

Been loving the tons of new disco, house jams, and boogie picks coming in as of late. Check the newest show and release your inner dance freak!

Ball Players
Beat Fanatic
Blackbelt Andersen
Fela Kuti
Free Disco
Gary Davis
Ge-ology
Groove Committee
Kenny Dixon Jr
Lyrics Born
MAW
Minority Band
Mocambo
Olde Scottish
Onra
Q
Sir Bentley
Snack & Cmish
Sylvester
Top Priority
Wicked Witch

speaking of punk, remember this guy??

Here's what he's been up to

is KFed having a tournament or just cash games?

from russia with love...

PUNK'S NOT DEAD!!! BIG UP TO THE BAD BRAINS EACH AND EVERYTIME!!! TRUE HARDCORE LEGENDS!!!

-NN

Let's do dis:

"love shouldn't be used as a personal visa card on the strengff..."

AWMF RE-EDIT BY QUARTERSNACKS.COM

as promised - something to listen to on your travels - all vinyl [feels weird saying that sorta]

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We just rolled into Austin, played The Parish last night.. Here are some random tour pics from the last 2 weeks, covering oregon to california to arizona to texas

Berekeley porshe CA

Burnside skate park Portland OR

sticking up Michna, Mishka, Mad Decent, Ghostly and Raw Paw stickers everywhere we go

Eliot does 14 hour drives in one shot by himself, the man is a touring machine

Outside of Portland 2 of us were wearing red sweatshirts and a local asked us if we were in a Cult. I said "no" but "we should be" he asked where we were from and i said "oregon" then he said where are you going and i said "the bronx"

At one of the hotels in Eugene OR we learned that Eugene is the METH capital of USA.

Back to civilization in LA

The freegums show was dope, go to the store and buy his art today, or buy it in 2016 for $44,000.

getting gas in arizona

GC and Ernesto's awesome kid talking about stage plots in San Antonio

System D-128 vs Freegums vs no more room in the bangbus

Major LA afterhours, i dj'd before J-Rocc, who killed it with classics and smart tempo transitions

Mezzanine SF touch and it will follow

FFwd to Austin

somewhere in cali

The beach in San Diego

somewhere

At Solar Culture in Tuscon

For the whip you can get a portable oven, portable frying pan, portable stove, all via the cigarette lighter.

Mr Kool travels with us everywhere. Eventually I will build a 6 story music venue in the shape of Mr. Kool, and to get in you enter thru the mouth. (One guy we met in Phoenix was from egypt and wants us to play at the pyramids) see you there !

if you are in austin this week we play The Mohawk on wednesday and come by The Fader Fort as well

Just wanted to thank everyone for the support of our new record. I'm always checking the box score of vinyl page, never thought we'd be in the top three! As a bonus, here's the original promo art that Snack made for our release. Too bad it never made it as a pic sleeve, that would have been awesome. I'm such a sucker for retro airbrush art.

Also, if you love the funk, we'll be throwing records all over the place tonight in Williamsburg. Come warm up with some whiskey, then your legs on the dancefloor!

Hope to C Ya there

Theme for this week: Futuristic Pimp

Brand new shades by Retrosuperfuture

Complete Technique keeps Hip Hop golden

Sweet New Eras and Accesories from The Hundreds

Possibly the best shirt ever? Check the new one fromTV Carnage

Parra tricks out Enjoi Skateboards

And if you're looking for crystal clarity, check Grado
PS1000 Headphones

till next time, stay clean

LONG LIVE THE KANE!!!

-NN

It's been a long week, cannot wait to rock it on Cielo's boomin' Function One sound system tonight. Nicko's outta town, so it's just me & Mariano all nite. Check the little youtube documentary they made for the 10yr Anniversary:

BUY the Turntables on the Hudson 10th Anniversary double CD Here

so i've been busy as hell trying to wrap things up before next week. i just finished up a mix that i'm going to post on here either this weekend or monday for you to put on your pod's or cd's to bump on the way to better weather.

myself, this is just a little taste of what i got goin on for our roadtrip

michna, let's do a keg stand when i get there.

what up me and the band are in phoenix right now. the weather is like miami minus the humidity. . pretty awesome

last week we played the ghostly 10 year party at mezzanine in san fran - the soundsystem there was dope...we are performing new versions of a lot of songs off Magic Monday.. trying to keep it fresh... here is "redline flights" live.

if you live in the south, come catch a show, eliot and i got mad merch... the tour is halfway over..

Mar 13 @ Limelight w/Eliot Lipp - San Antonio, TX
Mar 14 @ The Parish w/Eliot Lipp - Austin, TX
Mar 17 @ Red Fez - Austin, TX
Mar 18 @ Mohawk w/Dosh, The Chap, & Themselves - Austin, TX
Mar 19 @ The Fader Fort (Egg Foo Young DJ Set) - Austin, TX
Mar 20 @ Friends of Sound Instore w/System D-128 - Austin, TX
Mar 22 @ Lola’s w/Eliot Lipp - Fort Worth, TX
Mar 23 @ Live On Bourbon Street - New Orleans, LA
Mar 26 @ Secret Location - Miami, FL
Mar 26 @ Rockstar Bar (Egg Foo Young DJ Set) - Miami FL
Mar 28 @ The Honey Pot w/Eliot Lipp & Sensory Overload Crew - Tampa, FL
Mar 29 @ Freebird Live w/Eliot Lipp - Jacksonville FL
Mar 30 @ World Grotto w/Eliot Lipp - Knoxville, TN
Mar 31 @ Exit/In w/Eliot Lipp - Nashville, TN
Apr 1 @ Mellow Mushroom w/Eliot Lipp - Tuscaloosa, AL
Apr 2 @ Zydeco w/Eliot Lipp - Birmingham, AL
Apr 3 @ Tasty World w/Eliot Lipp - Athens, GA
Apr 4 @ Brooklyn Museum w/Hernan Bas (Michna DJ Set) - Brooklyn, NY

wanted to take a second to introduce jake jefferson to the blog- he applied for a TTL blog account and after 14 interviews, he was approved.

I first met him at FIU (FL International Univ) in 1998 and he was then known as MC Mindshift.

since then

he's been all around the world.

but on the real i have too many jake jefferson stories, an early one was when we had a house party at his coral gables crib (which ended up flooding because somebody left the upstairs faucet running) and i told him "you pushed and you polished" or simply "push and polish" --yeah yeah inside joke whatever -whoever you are its still all about pushing it to uncomfortable limits, otherwise you may as well live in a cubicle.

a later memory was winter music conference 2006, - i dj'd and rolled into the gig with a then unknown naeem and emcee blu jemz (minus the mask) and we all performed for jake and a crowd of 15 miami heads-- after the show he was like, "who are these guys-what is this, your band?"

oh and did i mention most importantly jake has produced a number of records .... (if you think you are a producer and you aren't on discogs, then you aren't a producer.)
so jake, take it away, give us a taste of that miami life !

pretty soon i'ma be living like bruh man

since everyone's on their last minute grind before next week, slide on over to evil monito for a q&a session from your boy here with your boy dust la rock from here.

Must say that the Freegums X Michna X TTL 10th Anniversary Kick Off was on point.

Here's what you missed:

TKat brought the crowd in just right:

Freegums on the walls:







Michna & the Raw Paw Band:







Michna’s show was probably one of the best audio/visual/video game trance inducing
shows I’ve seen for a while . . .
if you get a chance to check them out at any of their upcoming shows, DO IT!

Special thanks to Ghostly, Cornerstone, Red Stripe, and everyone else
who helped make this possible. . . oh yeah, so we don't start a blog war:
THANK YOU BOY GENIUS

8 bit rap medley

Im not acustomed to kissing ass or blowing smoke up anybody's ass, or handing out compliments to the undeserving, these dudes are the real fucking deal, this is the freshest 1 min of djing i've seen in a long fucking time... selection, skills, theatrics, that fucking energy, this is what this shit is about, consider me inspired..... Its really a shame i've spent so much time getting so good at playing dog shit music and night clubs....

HEY NYC...

I'M SO EXCITED TO GET TO DJ WITH MY GOOD FRIEND PUBE$ @ THIS MODULAR PARTY WEDNESDAY, WORDS WON'T SUFFICE...

-NN

Yea them bloody wankers are pretty funny sometimes...

-NN

Who says British people aren't funny?

next week your boy stackswell-el will be lookin mad canadian - rocking shorts and shit in march cause it's goin down in austin.

be sure to rsvp for the shorts party on wednesday night.

and jemz i got you on what's-hit-nuts if i see him. it'll be like BLAOW! [laser gun noise] HOL'AT..! BLAOW! [laser gun noise] HOL'AT!

BRING YO SELF!!!

Don't miss another in-store!
In case you have, here's what you have missed....

Q-Tip

Boy Genius aka Birdman + Michna
(thats a keg-stand, no homo)

Just wrapped up the DO IT TO IT megamix music video. Enjoy...

Yo Lloydskizzle, Mooj was up on that Donkey Punch shit years ago...

View the video at Sangent

-NN

NEW LAB RADIO

(click box, duh!)

This month my guests were…

U-TERN

If you read this blog and your not familiar with this dude yet something wrong with you. U-Tern is another one of those can’t do anything wrong guys. His remixes are above and beyond almost everything I hear, his blog is teeming with daily disco downloads and his radio show is one of the most popular on Brooklyn Radio. So needless to say there are a million ways to check out U-Tern but I think you should listen to him here because he killed it. Plus Canadians always give the best interview, right?

SNACK N C’MISH

Ever wondered how they got the names Snack & C’Mish? Well I’m not 100% sure why Matt is the Commissioner, but I know that ‘Snack’ is short for ‘Snack Master.’ He got this moniker because when we used to all work in the office together we would always have a snack break around 5pm. On these outings it seemed that no matter what I bought, how much money I spent or how much I planned I was always jealous Jay’s selection, so he was the ‘Snack Master.’ Nowadays I’m more jealous of these guy’s beats. Have you heard their new 12” on Supra? I’ve been playing it non-stop for three months now and everything I’ve been hearing from them is this good (where’s those emo-beats at Snack?). We switched radio shows this month, I did a weirdo Black Valentines mix for their Brooklyn Radio show and they dropped Disco bombs all over mine.

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

iTunes → Radio → Dance → Turntable Lab LA Radio

I’m djing in PHILLY for the first time ever this FRIDAY. So if you’re around please come say hi…

Speaking of Philly I didn’t wanna do this but fuck it…

Haven't really blogged in awhile, I need to re-assert my blogging dominance. No, no Boy Genius Blog Takeover.... My Boy Genius Bloggermaniacs are itching for some love, so here you go...

THE
RONALDO
FACE

been meaning to blog about this place for a while...
there's a video game store on 6th and 3rd ave where all the hardcore gamers go. in addition to all the new stuff, in the back they have a huge selection of games for outdated systems... get deeper into the store and they have a shrine for old school video games, not sure if it's all for sale... but it's pretty incredible...

speaking of rob van winkle..

this could have been the funniest clip ever if they wouldve just deaded it after he said sorry

"I was ready for Tony to ask me 'who played drums on Rock Creek Park?'"
answer: keith kilgo

he's still very much active in the music scene in dc and a supposed uncle of my friend.

in other news -

Tell us how you entered the Lab world
It was the summer of 2003 and I was a proctor for SAT tests, and my boy Pres was like, "Yo I saw a help wanted post on the lab site." I michna'd my way into an interview with Jasper, Pete, and Tony and it was slightly unclear to me what they were looking for. So they set it off with: "On a scale of 1 to 10 how well do you know current Hip Hop?" then they asked "On a scale of 1 to 10 how well do you know funk?" I was modest and told them a 5 because I was ready for Tony to ask me "who played drums on Rock Creek Park?" Then Jasper handed me Four Tet "Rounds" and said "Here, review this." Little did I know a then unknown Blu Jemz was also applying for the same job. After all that Jemz ended up getting the job and I continued proctoring SAT tests in Staten Island. A few weeks later I started working at the little shop that could aka indie powerhouse Etherea Records in the East Village. This was my ticket into the lab for three reasons. 1) Etherea was run by a Korean 3) The shop had long slave like store hours (this impressed pete) 3) My knowledge of music pretty much tripled working there...

Finally a few months later I told anthony in person: " I know you're not hiring right now, but if you need extra help in shipping I can do it" A day later I got hired to work in shipping and at the retail store on 7th street.


Tell me an interesting story about growing up in Miami.
I moved to Miami in '96 and all I really cared about was meeting Vanilla Ice. A few weeks later I saw a billing in the paper for Vanilla Ice LIVE in Ft. Lauderdale. So I went. Half the crowd was there just out of curiosity (eyebrows raised with "really?" faces) and the other half of the crowd was cheeseball tattoo silver necklace tanktop white trash rap rock loving ICE FANS. It was amazing. Back then I used to roll hard with disposable cameras and was just like "If I can get one flick with Ice, that would be really huge." So after his horribly amazing limp biskit style show, I ended up talking to his DJ. Dude was like "You know I was the DJ for MC 900 Ft. Jesus." Instantly impressed I said "Yo can I get a flick with Ice?" He was like aiiiight and introduced me to Robert Van Winkle. He gave me a pound and we took the flick. It was framed in a cardboard Eckert's frame for a few years until it got lost in a shuffle. I was wearing a Metalheadz T-shirt.


Your favorite foods
Artichokes, garlic, fresh mozzarella, thinly sliced beats, filet minon, lobster with my own butter lemon salt pepper sauce, fresh salmon with spinach, mashed potato with balsamic french style, miso soup, thai green curry, homemade mac and cheese, jalapenjo sausage, tomato garden soup, whitefish, japanese carrot dressings, croutons, black olives, onions, red peppers and mad toppings


Tell us one local spot we should hit up during WMC
The sauna at the standard hotel with a girl you just met


Worst job you ever had
A week after I graduated college I went out job hunting. i had a few bullshit desk job interviews which led to nothing. i needed cash fast. i grabbed an employment guide (free junk paper) and the next thing I know I'm dressed in a suit selling children's books. The best was the phrases they taught you to say to solicit milfs, such as "Have you seen the new one?" or "Your kids'll love these"

Things that make you feel good
Too many things - stretching, eating, drinking good coffee, attacking never ending to-do lists, seeing friends become successful, jazzercise, etc.


What kind of women do you fantasize about
Latin dimes all day


What type of kid were you in high school
Like Ferris Bueller if he rode BMX/played trombone/built stereo systems/went to raves/40's and blunt


What is one of the coolest things you've found in a thrift shop
When I was recording with Secret Frequency Crew we found this coffee table that was just a 2 foot mirrored cube on all sides.


If your house was burning, i would save....
hard drives and photos/negatives

Which contemporaries influence your work
Friends With You, Freegums (duh), Animal Collective, TV On The Radio, Kaws, Espo, Krink, Skull Disco, Tempa, Warp, BPitch Control, Justice, System D-128, MGMT, NYC street art, and more

What should we expect at the LA show
Like Wrestlemania VII

DONKEY PUNCH THE MOVIE.

youre welcome.
via mike*

And its been done again... BIG CITY of Philly -"How to rob a industry hipster"

Recent things for you to look at.

Major Minneapolis winter + warmup = melted icicles = flood in the Burlesque office. I've been wanting to get rid of that carpet since day one anyways. Concrete floor right now is the way to go.

Housing some dim sum.

Screenprinted CD jackets for the reissue of Devlin / Darko / XXXchange's "Couche Tard" mix. We printed them flat and had them die-cut, then hand-assembled each one. So special.

Todd Bratrud test print.

The follow-up to last year's Do it To it record is on its way! Vinyl is heading to our office from the Czechs and the first color of the jackets (bright blue) is getting printed right now. Everyone on the record brought their A game and we're stoked for this to come out.

Release party at SXSW.
Vinyl on TTLab after we get back home and get situated.

BONUS BEATS

Me and Bitch Ass Darius' glockenspiel band in full effect. Minneapolis parking lot jam session. Nadastrom looks on:

Nak, thank you very much for helping me try and find gucci mane mixtapes in the store. your supervisor must have been out galavanting around at mogador's leaving you to a mimosa'd up stackswell wanting chris brown's "critical beatdown" mixtape.

so i'm no designer, but here's a flyer i did for this past weekend that i actually liked. you can't tell but the pic of sanders is a layered halftone, and the background is an asthetically pleasing green to the tune of the right hand side of the blog here.

and in other news, i finally broke my original iphone by dropping it [drunk again] for the last time on the street [at 11am] fumbling with records. i [yo!] bum rushed the apple store at 8am on saturday and they gave me a new 3g jawn as if they knew i knew boy genius. now i can upload food photos faster for king moist.

special shout out to control record stickers for arrows n' shit

pics from Michna with Raw Paw live in Tacoma:

It has taken me about 10 months to build my current live show to where it is now. I've maxed out 5 credit cards and keep getting declined for a 6th.

thousands of hours have been spent in my head getting the stage show right, adding/subtracting/ replacing/rehearsing/streamlining and repeating

rolling with 7 tv's on tour is the stupidest/funnest thing you can do. tv's are 6 times cooler than projectors and all i can think is wait til we have 50.

people are starting to ask me what kind of lights i am using and i'm at the point where i'll just make up names. "Yea those white ones are the Nebulas...the green ones are Gimptronix"

Video nerds are coming out of the cracks and scoping Dueys rig.

Long story short I'm real proud to where we've gotten it, am lucky to have a band believe in me, and you should really come out and see a show on this tour. Friday March 6th we play Mezzanine in SF for the Ghostly 10 year Anniversary party. see ya never !

awesome article from Moneyball author Michael Lewis
it applies Moneyball statistical ideas to the NBA and focuses on Shane Battier
interesting stuff about Kobe too...

read it now

Tell us how you entered the Lab world
An old friend put me in contact with you guys.

Tell me an interesting story about growing up in Miami
Going through hurricane andrew, being 12, and laying against my bathroom wall. Felt like a freight train was rolling though my home.

Your favorite foods
Peruvian, Thai, and Cuban coffee.

Tell us one local spot we should hit up during WMC
local party: Pop Life
local restaurant: Enriquetas
local thing to do on every second saturday of every month: Gallery walk through wynwood (don't know if that falls during wmc)

Worst job you ever had
Carni, Porn factory, dishwasher, carwash, etc...

Things that make you feel good
The sun on my skin, dancing, my significant other, money in the bank,

What kind of women do you fantasize about
My girlfriend.

What type of kid were you in high school
I was the leader of a hip hop crew. I have come a long way.

What is one of the coolest things you've found in a thrift shop
"Stoughton" satin jacket

If your house was burning, i would save....
People, computers, hardrives, car keys, myself, paperwork, depending on how much time I have.

Which contemporaries influence your work
Wally Wood, Robert Crumb, sign painters, Carl Barks, Harvey Kurtzman...

What should we expect at the LA show
The faces of weird, out of this world beings that you cant see but live amongst us.

Nice post...welcome back SABO!!!

-NN

Aloha amigos! Just got back from 4 days in Hawaii. Got to catch a few waves the first day


Next day I dj'ed this Brazilian Carnaval Block party in downtown Honolulu. Over 8000 people getting twisted in the streets, including mad Brazilians begging for more Baile Funk all night:


I let one cutie start dancing on stage, and next thing i know there were about 30 people on this tiny platform with me. Vinyl was impossible to even cue, and I thought for sure the stage was going to collapse.


Even after the sound guys made everyone step down, this one Brazilian cutie Carolina insisted on dancing with me for the rest of the night.



Big Mahalo goes out to Tim and Mark for bringing me out there, Dj Mr. Nick at KTUH, Zachariajah, Sylvana and Isabella for letting me crash, Johnny for hanging and surfing, and Seba for the dope flicks!!!




I also just did a FREE podcast mix for XLR8R magazine, which has tons of new baile funk, dubstep, house, and a few new cumbia joints I got coming out soon on Bersa Discos. LISTEN HERE

Lloyd don't sweat it, don't forget...

THIS IS OUR LIFE...

& THIS IS ANDY'S LIFE...

Schmooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooveeee jazz sunday burner....

-NN

life on tour is starting to really kick in. we played last night with eliot lipp in Tacoma WA. there was this dope girl up in the front who we called best booty in tacoma with the big hoop earings, and she was headnodding and dancing all night. (was too dark to get flix)

for some shows eliot has members of E-Team put in laser work

the blue lasers are mad expensive

before tacoma we played in spokane at the spot james pants does a residency. then we drove from spokane to tacoma and bb guns at the quick mart were no problem

spokane rhymes with cocaine.. however everyone there said fuck cocaine they prefer crystal meth

this quick mart also had some funny money

in spokane we met the infamous rubin villareal, he would just tell girls "i'm gonna grab your tits" and then do it, and then call them "fat ass" the girls would laugh and be like "oh rubins in a bad mood"

System D-128 hooked up the Raw Paw logo stickers via Mike Jones at Mishka. If you are in Seattle, come to the show tonight at Chop Suey, we'll sticker up