My Top 20 House Songs of '08

Here is a list of the house songs I found myself listening to the most over the last year. I've included youtube links so you can listen for yourself. When I find time I plan on posting a 2008 year in review on the blog. Also, if this post generates enough interest I'd be more than happy to mix the songs listed below. Till then, cheers.

20) Steve Angello, Laidback Luke – Show Me Love vs. Be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_JqRydW6JE
19) Booka Shade – Charlotte (Dubfire remix)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hljT46TcSqs
18) Carmen Rizzo – Ecouter (Morgan Page remix)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAzypq1I1bY
17) Sia – Girl That You Lost to Cocaine (Sander van Doorn remix)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkA5tXp_hkg
16) Fonseca v. Lane – Afterparty (Liquid Nation remix)
https://www.play-digital.com/house-14/fonseca-vs-lane-afterparty-116814.htm
15) Kaskade – Angels on My Shoulder (EDX Belo Horizante remix)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nkrvw7cfno
14) Robyn – Cobrastyle (Adam K & Soha remix)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYc4cyMV5DA
13) Daft Punk v. Laidback Luke – Be More Time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL2ik3uHgIA
12) Inkfish – Hello Piano (Sebastien Leger remix)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smHq-h9Rq3U
11) Roger Sanchez – Bang That Box (Laidback Luke remix)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kuk7NEiSI7M
10) Sia – Buttons (Jimmy Valance remix)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9yXizpzKiU
9) Pate No. 1 – Keep Shining (Shining Star) (Swen Weber remix)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNG9Egg3IbE&feature=related
8) Mighty Dub Katz – Just Another Grove (Tocadisco remix)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9w6YDQhqMM
7) Bingo Players, Chocolate Puma – Touch Me (Bart B More remix)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngEXWw4W7z8
6) Tocadisco – Streetgirls (Dabruck and Klein remix)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McxrOETfWYw
5) Justice – Phantom Pt. II (Soulwax remix)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II0frqJ0oZU
4) George Morel – Let’s Take Drugs (Cedric Gervais remix)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o3m5U3AQxo
3) Deadmau5, Kaskade – I Remember
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ULZZmkhy5Y
2) Pryda - Europa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-7awAXz7dI
1) Morgan Page – Longest Road (Deadmau5 remix)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7TMWRQqfMw

Top producers of '08 (in my opinion) 

6) Deadmau5

5) EDX

4) Sander van Doorn

3) Bart B More

2) Eric Prydz

1) Laidback Luke

We should have gone to Wendy's

It started innocently enough, the four of us were paying the cost from the night before, and we needed some grub. Naturally the process started via limiting our options. My request was that we go somewhere that served nachos. Though he personally “doesn’t care for them”, Justin has on many occasions described me as a nacho snob.I don’t know why, but we decided Taco Loco would be the spot. However, as pulling up and seeing the broken dilapidated building we quickly began to second guess our initial choice. Brad (or maybe it was Justin?) suggested that we go to Mexican Village because they remembered it being good. So we drove a mile up the road to the next spot. Rather oddly, the building was almost a perfect square, and we struggled to find the entrance. After that, everything went wrong.

We were seated and then diligently ignored for a few minutes. After which we placed our drink orders (they served Pepsi, in case you were curious). When the woman returned with our drinks she proceeded to dump all of the water and pop onto my lap, and then adding insult to an injury, she laughed at me. She returned and gave me paper towels, leaving me to clean up the majority of the mess by myself. The ice stayed on the ground for the remainder of our meal, which as I will explain later, lasted almost an eternity.

The parade of horribles didn’t end there. We attempted to order food, to which the women who had just ruined my pants responded “Oh I’m not your waitress.” Of course, why would we ever assume the person who served our drinks was the waitress. Then, the real waitress came and we were ultimately able to order our food.

While we waited Justin become very distraught by an attractive woman who was sitting by a man with a very questionable haircut. This dominated all of our premeal discussion, which is to say we talked about it for roughly a half hour.

When the food finally came we were hoping for some salvation. We were not so lucky. The food looked and tasted like hot garbage, at best. Justin said the beef in his meal “tasted like dog food.”

When the bill came we decided as a group that there would be minimum tipping. The institution of tipping exists to insure proper service. There is nothing proper about spilling a tray of drinks on your patron and then becoming indignant when he places his order. In the end I asked the waitress if I could have some sort of discount after this nightmare of a dining experience. She responded “Well I wasn’t the one that spilled the drinks on you.” There was no talking to these people. It wasn’t a prosecution, I didn’t care who poured the drinks on me. I just wanted a show of good faith after they shamelessly ruined my afternoon.

We left, and Justin called the manager to complain. He asked if we would like a gift certificate, to which Justin responded “No, we are never coming there again.”

So fast forward to tonight. We were still angry about this God awful dining tragedy. To salvage our day and vindicate the meal we had eaten earlier we needed a sure thing. So we went to Wendy’s. I’ll be the first to admit, I’m new to the Church of Wendy’s. I will say, now I’m a believer. Their Super Value Menu offers enough to satisfy just about all tastes. The dollar chicken sandwich or doublestack were both infinitely better than the nachos I had earlier, and these were one tenth the cost. Just brilliant. Though Mark and Justin won’t be happy that I’m saying this (since they are devout Wendy’s loyalists) the fries left something to be desired.

Reflecting on our day, and state of things, Justin left us with some parting words.
“You know, with these economic conditions, Wendy’s is really the only place you can trust. Where else is there to eat really? People need to learn to accept Wendy’s.”

Who are the Detroit Club People?

Ok, I think its time we talk about a subculture that has become far too prominent in the metro area – Detroit Club People. Now, before I launch into this, let me qualify what I am saying. I like clubs, they are an entertaining diversion and an all around fun place to spend the evening. Further, as someone who DJ’s, I might be opening myself up to a lot of criticism here. Who am I talking about then? This rather subdued, overtan, trendy bunch of misfits who are only concerned with going to the latest bar where some hack local dj (who they claim to know) is playing. For example, these people always say things like “Oh, I’m promoting this event at (insert club name) in (insert distant metro area city) where DJ (insert name) is playing.” Further, these people have an inexplicable morbid fascination with door guys, dj’s, photographers, and club owners.

Though I do not know for certain, I think the hierarchy works like this…

- aspiring Detroit Club Person (person who has failed at actually becoming one of these idiots)
- Detroit Club Person (see above)
- Door guy (usually a fat person that is rude to you while you are paying admission)
- Bouncer (usually a fat person that is being rude to you as they are escorting you from the premises)
- Promoter (this is usually a Detroit Club Person who tells you to go to a Detroit Club and claims they are employed as a promoter, though they are usually just telling a self-serving lie to ascend the ranks of Detroit Club People… its confusing I know)
- Photographer (person walking around club with a large camera who later posts photoshopped pictures of Detroit Club People on the internet)
- DJ (person who yells his own name over music)
- Club owner (person who makes money from all the above listed idiots)

This is just so ridiculous to me since Detroit and its surrounding suburbs are not trendy or highly metropolitan places. The idea of being exclusive and fabulous in the heart of the Midwest is just totally absurd. I cannot imagine a more convoluted or futile existence.

How do I know these people exist? Well, the magic of the internet has exposed me to this rather peculiar breed of human. These people thrive on the existence of social networks (as they are guaranteed to have high contrast photoshopped profile pictures of themselves at these Detroit area clubs).

How do you win this game? Once again, I’m not sure, but I know the below listed things help

- Being in pictures taken by the above listed photographers and then posting them on facebook/myspace so your other idiot Detroit Club Person friends can then comment on them
- Dating a DJ/ club owner/ photographer or anyone in the Detroit Club Person scene ranked higher than you and talking about it incessantly
- Sitting at a booth someone else paid for
- Knowing about more stupid Detroit Club Person events than other Detroit Club People
- Constantly being on your cell phone at clubs talking about how some other Detroit Club is far superior to the one you are at
- Writing things like “Thanks for the add” on people’s myspace/facebook pages

- Naming photo albums after lyrics in top 40 songs

- Constantly talking about how they are either hungover/planning on getting drunk at a hip Detroit Club

So, that’s my shtick. I usually try not to generalize or paint with broad strokes, but I thought I’d make an exception here. Its not like any of the people I’m making fun of are in places of importance, like Senators, Judges, or Congress people. At best they are dating a Dj who thrives of playing “A Mili” six times a night while yelling his own name into the microphone, just in case all the brilliant Detroit Club People didn’t catch the announcement earlier in the evening.

The nice thing about Detroit Club People is that they have VERY short attention spans, so they likely didn't make it far enough in this article to know they are being made fun of.

<-- i like look such a loser in that picture

Hey guys this is something that I've been meaning to put together for a long time, and thats a mix of what I play @ bars/parties. I mixed this using a dj controller so I was able do more than I can when I just have my computer. However, a few things (1) the bass is a little low for some reason and (2) there is some pretty sloppy mixing towards the end. Either way, there are lots of good songs here that I've got to retire soon, so I thought as a gift to you and as a proper farwell I'd make this mix. Lastly, I made sure it was just shy of 120 minutes so its cd friendly. So, without much more, give this a listen and send it to your friends. Thanks for the continued support guys.

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?mtmmyynny5z

(1) Daft Punk - One More Time (Laidback Luke bootleg)
(2) Fragma - Tocas Miracle (Vandalism mix)
(3) Kurd Maveric - Blue Monday (Vandalism mix)
(4) Dirty South - Better Day (TV Rock remix)
(5) Alex Gaudino - Watch out (Nari & Milani mix)
(6) Dirty South - Let It Go (Axwell remix)
(7) Jokers of the Scene - Baggy Bottom Boys
(8) TV Rock - Been a Long time (Laidback Luke remix)
(9) Swen Weber - Shning Star + Daft Punk Harder Better Faster Stronger Acapella + Fatboy Slim Star 69 Acapella
(10) Steve Angello, Laidback Luke - Show Me Love v. Be
(11) Spencer and Hill - Right on Time
(12) Dj Sign, Puentex - Do My Best (Discopunk remix)
(13) Tv Rock - Make Your Body Pop (TV Rock & Luke Chable remix)
(14) The Glamour - Fly By Night (Haitras remix)
(15) Daft Punk - Around the World (Kid Dub remix)
(16) Daft Punk - Technologic (Cream mashup)
(17) Cedric Gervais - Let's Take Drugs
(18) Benny Benassi - Bring the Noise
(19) Daft Punk - Harder Better Faster Stronger (Deadmau5 Edit)
(20) Robert M - I Love House (acapella)
(21) Eric Prydz - Pjanoo (Axwell mashup)
(22) Michael Jackson v. Deadmau5 - Ghosts n' Stuff v. Smooth Criminal
(23) Justice - DVNO (petit pilots remix)
(24) Might Dub Katz - Keep on Truckin (Streetlife DJ's remix)
(25) Michael Jackson - Thriller (Richard Grey remix)
(26) Groove Armada - Get Down (Japanese Popstars remix)
(27) Tiga - Sunglasses At Night (Tocadisco Heavy Edit)
(28) Tiga - Sunglasses At Night (D.I.M. remix)

Study Trance : Vol 2

First, to my few loyal readers, I apologize that I haven't been able to update with any highly relevant angry rants lately. Studying for law finals has taken everything for me, including my ability to share my deep insight on the pressing issues of the day (namely my hatred of Subway and deep love of pizza). So, when I'm done with finals I'll be back on here complaining about minute things that cause me tremendous anger, rage and confusion.

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Its been a long finals season so I've had the chance to mix another study mix. This is most akin to my last mix, containing techier more melodic and generally darker songs. I hope everyone enjoys this, and if you do please send it to your friends. My last 3 mixes have been downloaded 300+ times, so thanks to everyone who has been listening for the last year or so :)

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ummmlt0zumw

(1) DHS - House of God (Martin Landsky remix)
(2) Magnesia – Today (Bart B More remix)
(3) Mark Knight & Funkagenda – Done or Dusted
(4) David Guetta – Every Time We Touch (Inpetto remix)
(5) Jeroma Isma Ae – White Flower
(6) Oceanlab – Breaking Ties (Above & Beyond remix)
(7) Marco V – Journey into Sound
(8) Jerome Isma Ae – Love in Stereo
(9) Sia – Buttons (Filterheadz remix) … best song ever, right?
(10) Menno de Jong – Take U Down
(11) Mac Gregor – Yellow
(12) Ladytron – Runaway (Red Eye remix)
(13) Sebastian Leger – Majestic
(14) Ashley Wallbridge – My Blood
(15) Abel Ramos – Rotterdam City of Love (Axwell remix)
(16) Markus Schulz – The New World (Return To Coldharbour remix)