Culture Buzz So much adorable. This is DJ Wika Szmyt, a 76-year-old Polish beat farmer who throws all night raves for senior citizens. And by “all night rave,” I mean very pleasant disco and samba dance party that is likely over in time for “Wheel of Fortune.”
Music Buzz DJ Deadmau5 is best known for his iconic mouse helmet and awesome electronic beats. The Millbank Tower is an iconic skyscraper visible for miles at night in Britain. When you put the two together for a Nokia sponsored event, you get a light show of epic proportion (even if you're not on ecstasy).
Culture Buzz You may think you've got mad Turntable.fm skills. Maybe you've even kept a ton of drunk frat boys on the dancefloor all night before. But have you ever dropped a beat only to resurrect it three days later? Have you ever acted like you were pouring water into the crowd's mouth only to surprise them with wine? Have you ever played House in the Lord's House? No. You haven't. Don't mess with DJ Yahweh.
This kitty has cat scratch fever. Get it? No? Just me then? Okay. (via laughingsquid.com)
This is not your mother's Yentl. Meet Duck Sauce, a DJ duo from NYC that makes catchy beats and likes Chinese food. Barbra Streisand is their latest single.
This guy has to be the world's most enthusiastic DJ. I wish I knew his identity so I could book him for all of my future engagements.
Steve Porter has a new remixed video, and apparently he's a big fan of the new show Community. I am too, and this just confirms the show's awesomeness.
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Directed by Chris Cairns, it features the not-inconsiderable talents of turntablists the Scratch Perverts and hip-hop group Foreign Beggars. neurosonicsaudiomedical.com Source: TomJohnson
Culture Buzz Giving models badly needed “real world” skills, a New York DJ academy trains the photogenic to work the turntables. Somewhere, a movie treatment a la Coyote Ugly is being written even now, filled with irrepressible, wildly good-looking DJs who are just trying to get by in New York City — lessons are learned, and one of them finally comes out of her shell!
Microsoft finally found someone cool to admit they're a PC, and it's Girl Talk! After all, there's nothing more punk rock than Windows Vista. I can attest that at his shows, he uses two PC laptops covered in Saran Wrap, and rocks a program called AudioMulch.
This little remix is described as “the internet’s most famous audio samples in DJ-friendly format”. Some of the classic internetty video samplings include “Will It Blend”, “All Your Base Are Belong To Us”, and the “Australian Party Kid”, leaving me reminiscent for dear old 2007. We age so fast in these tubes, don’t we? Still…awesome!