Speed Metal Pandemic: recording, shownotes, vids, and pix

R u mad? Not after you listen to this. Recorded above is some of the most awesome speed metal every recorded by humans and I'm looking for the alien metal as you read.

Ace of Spades - Motorhead
Highway Star - Deep Purple
Communication Breakdown - Led Zepplin

Angel of Death - Slayer
Antisocial - Anthrax
Jump in the Fire - Metallica

Lesson in Violence - Exodus
Of Unsound Mind - Metal Church
Pleasure to Kill - Kreator

Practice what you Preach - Testement
Ravenous Medicine - Voivod
Territory - Sepultura

Gears of War - Megadeth
Give A Little - Overkill
Through the Fire and Flames - Dragonforce

****End of Recording****

Walk - Pantera
Stone the Crow - Down
In this River - Black Label Society

Any Means Nessicary - Hammerfall
Far Away - Powerquest
Paid in Full - Sonata Arctica

The Last DJ is Booted by the Man

Jim Ladd was let go when L.A. rock radio station KLOS-FM was bought by Cumulus Media (think Clear Channel)

On October 26, 2011 Jim got the boot and you should care. If you haven't unplugged your mp3 player from your car in a while you have noticed that Cumulus, Clear Channel and other large media conglomerates play generic top 40 and put little effort into appealing to the musical tastes of people that love music.

"Ladd was doing late nights at the station and was considered the last truly freeform DJ in the country. Ladd joined KLOS in 1997,"

"There's no room for, or understanding of, what I do on the air," Ladd said of his nightly shows, on which he wove together songs to reflect or illuminate a particular theme. "They want a tight format, but that's not what rock 'n' roll is all about. Rock 'n' roll is about freedom."

Rush drummer Neil Peart describes as being "about guys like Jim Ladd … one of the last renegades who believes that broadcasting can be art."

"Radio should be ashamed," Ladd said, "that TV is now hipper [to new music] than rock radio is."

Lets all hope he puts out a podcast, or gets on Satellite Radio. We're going to need him.



Quotes taken from LATimes and LAObserved

Live DJ Set: audio track, shownotes, and videos

I did my damndest to give you a sort of Live Club Mix tonight, however, my software bombed. It's called iMixxx and it's very free. I've done one show with it. It was a bit difficult to deal with that time. This time, it overcame me. Anyway....listen to the fun songs.

Easy to Remember - St. Germain

Midnight Request Line - Skream

Da Funk - Daft Punk

Some Chords - Deadmau5

DVNO - Justice

Robot Rock - Daft Punk

This Is The Hook - BSOD

Santeria - Sublime remixed by JPod

Feel Good Inc. - Gorillaz remixed by DNB

Sick Bubblegum - Rob Zombie remixed by Skrillex

White Satin - Zeds Dead Dubstep Remix

Ghosts 'n Stuff - Deadmau5

I Can't Stop - Flux Pravilion

Cinema - Benni Benassi remixed by Skrillex

Everyday - Rusko remixed by Netsky

One - Swedish House Mafia - The Prototype Remix

Feel Good - Modestep

Seek and Destroy - Metalica remixed by BassNectar

Next time I'm going to use CDs to beatmatch.....probably not for next show though

"Where Are The Party People!" Designer Drugs @ 2720 Cherokee

With all of the obvious tour packaging to make large profits but not great experiences for fans going on, I didn't think that the Sex Cult tour was going to be that much fun. I just sort of assumed that the artists that showed up would be a collection of people that some pencil pusher put together to make lots of money. It was not the case during the Sex Cult Tour at 2720 Cherokee.

Playing on the Sex Cult Tour is: Skitsnygg, Your Dirty Habit, Black Matter, Nick Eng & DL, Coreyography, Designer Drugs. On stage, they all seemed to be good friends and helped each other out during sets. It was the sixth day of their tour and they seemed to be having a great time.

It had a real radio/club feel because the beat didn't stop the whole time as they switched out MacBooks for the next artist.

All the artists, especially Designer Drugs, had great stage presence and were into the music that they played.

When Designer Drugs came on the show hit it's apex. Everyone was on the dance floor having a great time. At one point he played Beautiful People by Marylin Manson. My friends and I sang the whole thing. Then he asked me if I wanted to hear anything specific and I blanked. I should have asked for Shut Me Up by Mindless Self Indulgence.

I went home spent from dancing for four hours and happy that I had such a good time with friends.

DATAMIX (MIXS) by Designer Drugs Official

Psychobilly JamFest: recording, shownotes, and playlist

The double bass thumped and the surfin guitar wailed this week in PPR's Psychobilly JamFest. Read on to see the playlist.

Life is a Grave and I dig it - Nekromantix
Switchblade 327 - The Brian Setzer Orchestra
Big Red Rocket of Love - Reverend Horton Heat

Angels to Some - The Silver Shine
Hell Bop - 13 Cats
Heading for the Disco - HorrorPops

Hellbilly Storm - Demented are Go
How Brave You Are - The Quakes
Let's Go Somewhere - Frantic Flintstones

V8 Nightmare - Koffin Cats
Hauling Hearse - The Ghastly Ones
Go Satan Go - Batmobile

Pandemia - Voodoo Zombie
Beer and Flesh Meat - Sick Sick Sinners
Pussycat - Banane Metalik

She Put the Baby in the Microwave - Mutilators
Cursed - Mad Sin
Boogie Man - Hellfreaks