hot knees success

Throughout the course of the night we had well over 200 people, probably close to 300. Thanks guys.

plz halp

Should I play this Thursday?

Tittsworth - WTF (Nadastrom Remix Stretch Armstrong Edit)

its DARE

Currently obsessed-

Gorillaz - DARE


PS I figured out what Cut Copy song I am playing this week. It is a remix.

mash knees

Hot Knees news:
Read it

Mashup I just got from discodust

SQZMYLMNS - Let Me Lean Back Up (Terror Squad vs Don Rimini)


This is a very disjointed week.

picking back up

I went to DC for a bit for the Obama festivities. DC sorely lacks good dance nights.

But back on track with mashups:
THOMAS - Fun for the People (M.I.A. vs Calvin Harris)

Also, remember this song? It was (and is) tight.

GRUM - Whoa

I don't DJ this week, but it will be a great night.

more

Another mashup. I played this tonight

Nashville Nights - Graveyard Pop (M83 vs Three Six Mafia)

this week at hot knees

My friend Eric Celedonia is joining Bri and I to DJ. Initially Bri couldn't do it so he was the replacement, but now she can, and we don't want to boot him because of a misunderstanding. So the bill is just upped.

Anyhow, Eric is responsible for my obsession with that Das Pop remix, among some other gems so I am pretty sure it'll be a good time.

I really want to play Breakfast at HK again since almost no one was there last time I DJed.

I am playing this, however:
The Crystal Method - Double Down Under (LAZRtag Remix)

hot knees

I am very excited to DJ with my own laptop.

Old favorites week.

djing

The hardest part of creating/running an indie dance night is all the people who come up to you asking you to DJ/do themed nights. I never know what to say, especially because most times I am dubious of their ability/the theme, so I always say "well let me ask Bri and Charles" or "talk to Bri and Charles." I am too nice to say "well, I really don't think that'd work."

I can't wait to take the name to Chicago where I will be a stranger and so people won't come up to me because they don't know me.

hot knees, hot damn

i need new music.

hot knees

I pretty much just work on Hot Knees anymore.

new shit

Always new shit these days.

Free Blood...discovered them on my friend's now defunct myspace page. Been obsessed with the very few songs on hypem ever since. Grumpy is still my fave but the Never Hear Surf Music Again also gets me with that "I'm hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh hiiiigh Ohio Ohio Ohio hi-o hi-o" bit.

Um finally got on the Crookers remix of Busy P. I really enjoy it.

And Little Boots? Seems cool.

Oh dude also finally started listening to the Tepr albums I got. Was delightfully surprised.

I expect most if not all of this stuff to wind up at Hot Knees next Thursday.

small successes

Well we had about (according to Randy who was doing sound) 100 people through the door at Hot Knees Thursday night.

And we made 5 bucks each.

One small barrier we are overcoming in being DJs is people not quite taking us seriously.

One guy who would like to DJ as well is not quite understand that Bri and I DJ together, no one else. Anyone else who would like to DJ can do whatever they want when we don't DJ. Don't like what we are doing? Ask Randy to DJ and get a night, I say.

But I also have friends requesting songs. Which is cool. I like taking requests. But as stated prior, it has to be reasonable. There is a difference between a friend DJing a party and a friend DJing at a DJ set. I am sure we don't seem entirely professional yet due to lack of programs/computers/etc but I want to get that all worked out by the fall. In the meantime, I don't want people thinking "Hey it's just Glenna and Bri, they'll play this for me." Because...well...we won't. Summer/friend or not, I'd like to be taken seriously. This is something I actually want to do and keep doing. I want to keep this up in Kent so that when I leave people in Kent still have it. I want to take what I have learned with me (hopefully to Chicago) so that I can be a DJ in a big city.

When I was in Chicago I think Aba and I yelled at the DJ to play Daft Punk, which fit because well, it's Daft Punk and he had already played some earlier. I don't want to seem like a douche but when 10 pm (or 11 pm rather) rolls around, I am working. Albeit it is a fun amazing job I barely get paid for, but I want to do it as best I can, which means pleasing the crowd. And suffice to say that means music pandering. Going for what 50 people would like as opposed to just 10.

That isn't too much to ask for, I don't think.

requests

I am glad Bri changed the We Take Requests (because we really hated the NO REQUESTS SIGN at Bsides) to "reasonable requests." I am kind of understanding that sign now...

I mean, DJing is about crowd pleasing and having fun but...just because one person wants to hear some odd or obscure song def does not mean everyone else wants to. In fact, the person requesting is in all probability the only person who wants to hear it.

i just can't get enough

Muscles is still really big for me. I dunno why. I had the album for awhile, even listened to it, kinda got into like maybe 2 tracks. But now I am obsessed with him.

I finally found the best cheesy remix of Thriller for Thursday, requested by Thishi. It is by Bird Peterson.

Danger is coming out with EP II soon. I still need 9/14 2007. Danger remixes are tight as well. The Divine remix is wonderful.

I wonder if Curses! is any good. I really like a remix of one of their songs, so maybe. I actually really hated it at first.

This DJ I saw in Chicago said he is releasing his own album this year. I really hope it has his remix of Ring My Bell on it. Least I think that was his, because I can't find it anywhere.

this is how it is

For those interested I now DJ at the Green Room in Kent. The set is called Hot Knees Indie Dance Nights. It is every Thursday from 10-2ish, and Bri and I DJ every other Thursday. Maybe I'll also talk about what we play.

I am all over with this blog. I hope this finally sticks.

I keep using Facebook to make my rants/thoughts/writeups on music. Why not here?

Basically it is pretty fragmented and I don't really talk much about each song/artist/etc but I think people are probably getting sick of my constant notes about one or two songs.

I am still really into Divine by Sebastien Tellier. It has a real charm to it.

Some songs just don't need remixing or touched in any way. One of those is Just Can't Get Enough by Depeche Mode. Rly people. Leave it alone. I can't stand being out dancing and hearing that familiar synth opening then followed by heavy club hits that just...don't fit. As homage I am playing the original this Thursday.

Annie! New fuckin track! Miiiiiiigod! Love it. Annie, I have missed you. I'd post it, but everyone knows about Hype Machine by now.

I think if it wasn't so late I would host/post a couple songs but next time.

Wow on never picking up on The Twelves remix of the Black Kids. I do that often, though.

Oh and that fuckin Girl Talk remix/mashup of Grizzly Bear's the Knife and Wamp Wamp by Clipse is tight as shit. Slow, but I think we need a slow song to cool down for a bit on the floor.

Other good stuff planned for this week. The week Sam finally makes it down I am playing songs special for him. I think I'll do the same when Erika finds a chance to drive from Dayton.

My life is about music and dancing. Not sure how I feel about that.