I LIKE THIS KID

This dude makes youtube videos live from an APPLE store! How great is that? Little man has no problem getting loose in front of a crowd, I like that. I would always love to knock out huge beats at the Apple store in the mall when they had a midi controller hooked up. Then I would just leave it on loop and walk out.

Check out his page from more social observations http://www.youtube.com/user/nicholifavs

I guess it's worth mentioning that Apple has one of the coolest exchange policies ever. When I first got my Macbook about a year and a half ago, I exchanged it 3 times before I got one I was happy with. That might sound ridiculous, but if I'm spending close to 2 grand on some shit it better be FLAWLESS. No mushy mouse buttons and odd camera antics.

106.7 THE BEAT OF DETROIT

This new radio station is the business! Seriously, this is the closest thing to an electronic/dance music radio station Detroit has. All the big electro, eurodance and disco hits of the 80's/90's and even some house tunes. Yes, they throw in some top 40, but just the fact that they play Inner City BIG FUN completely smashes everything else. Oh yeah, did I mention they have practically no commercials?! I actually feel compelled to call in and say something corny about how great they are.

UPDATE: So it turns out they have shifted to a more standard pop station. Not as much fun :(

Fun fact: Apparently I went to high school with Kevn Saunderson's son.

RIP GRANDMASTER ROC RAIDA

The first time I EVER heard scratching was on an old Roc Raida track. I don't even remember where I got it from, but hearing that track would change me forever. It started with a little girl, which I thought was his daughter at the time, talking about wanting to scratch. "You wanna scratch?..." said Raida, and then the next 7 or so minutes were an on slaughter of funky juggles and aggressive scratching. It completely blew my mind, and from then on I became fascinated with turntablism. Later on, a video of him performing a team set with the X-ecutioners in 1999 changed my whole perspective on turntable music. NOBODY did it like Raida, his style and showmanship defined a whole era of DMC battles, and his routines would go on to be some of the most well known. RIP Raida, your music and contributions to the art form will live on forever. Turntable NINJA.