NEW.PODCAST.M!X...

CRAFTED.Sessions.Vol.3

Podcast.(M!X.59).Playlist

Mix.59 are some of the songs that I played on Saturday.November.16th at CRAFTED (112 E. 22nd St., San Pedro, CA 90731) at The Port of Los Angeles.  This Thanksgiving weekend, pop this in and get the party started with some funky tunes.  !NJOY.  Cheers! 

01.  ROSTAM_____"Wood"

02.  Love Inks_____"Night Lunch"

03.  The Presets_____"Ghost"

04.  Fischerspooner_____"15th Day"

05.  Lorde_____"A World Alone"

06.  Arcade Fire_____"It's Never Over (Oh Orpheus)"

07.  !!!_____"Even When the Water's Cold"

08.  Stargard_____"Theme From [Which Way is Up]"
09.  Phoenix_____"Lisztomania (Alex Metric Remix)"
10.  Franz Ferdinand_____Evil Eye (The New Sins FREAK Version)"
11.  NYPC_____"Now I'm Your Gun"
12.  Holy Ghost!_____Don't Look Down
13.  Cut Copy_____"We Are Explorers"
14.  Summer Camp_____"Two Chords"
15.  Arctic Monkeys_____"Stop the World I Wanna Get Off With You"
16.  Pegase_____"Dream Awake (demo)"
17.  The Sounds_____"Young and Wild"
18.  Etta James_____"I'd Rather Go Blind (Single)"

To download this FAB mix, go to: www.JDN73.com and click on PODCAST and click on the SMALL PURPLE MIX and it should download to your iTunes library.

!NJOY,

-j

Icona.Pop.(L!VE)...

Icona.Pop.2013

@the.Troubadour.(Los.Angeles, CA)

February.16th

"I am so glad to be here again and sharing this experience with my wife", I think thats what Aino Jawo (Singer/Programmer) said.  I was surprised and happy to hear that they where...GAY!!! That explains why a bunch of ladies are here tonight.   I sometimes don't make a connection.  

Tonight's crowd knew who they came to see because the last time I saw them, not so many people knew (like myself) about them and what to expect.  Icona.Pop threw another GREAT show and topped last years performance at The EchoPlex.  

Aino Jawo and Caroline Hjelt (Icona.Pop members) looked good as always.  They got the crowd going from the moment they hit the stage.  Almost everyone on the ground floor was dancing (very rare to see in Hollywood).  The best part of the show was when Aino and Caroline started to hand out glow sticks to the crowd.  Rave time! 

Thirty minutes in and we all wanted more, but that was pretty much it.  Besides bringing  people on stage at the end, this show was...

\m/ -  Iconic...POP!

Azari.&.III.2012...(L!VE)

Azari.and.III.2012

@Cinaspace (Los Angeles, CA)

Tuesday.November.13th

I thought arriving at 10pm, the main floor would be open...NOT!  It's almost eleven and we are still in the small room.

It's 12am and we are still in the small room and people are starting to get a little frustrated.  I am in the small hallway before you go inside the main room and you'll get a person trying to figure out what is the problem.  The security that was guarding the main room kept telling every single person that came up to him, that the band is sound checking. That is a pretty long check.  

An hour had passed and still waiting. People started to get a little testy.  Some shoved to come up front where I was at to still ask, "what's taking so long?".  The security guy just kept saying, "sound checking".   I did see some equipment being brought in and taken out a couple of times.

YES!!!

It's a quarter to 1 am and they lets us in to the main room.  Boy...you can smell the pot in the air.   I got a good spot in the very front and not even 5 minutes, the two main guys, Dinamo Azari ( producer, musician) and

Alixander III ( producer, musician)  came out and started playing.  Of course, they had a little problem, but it got fixed (you gotta love this place).  There is always something going wrong with the equipment here.  A few minutes later, the two singer came out.   Let the party begin!  

Azari & III ( the III is pronounced third) went through the songs very quickly.  The two singer (Starving Yet Full and Fritz Helder) where very interesting to watch.  Its "Paris is Burning" once again.  I looked around and people where dancing and smiling, just having a good time.  The singers came down from the stage and into the crowd.  They pumped the crowd even more.  

Azari & III left the stage and we wanted more, but when it came close to 2am, the fun has ended.  Some people stuck around.  I left the venue with a huge smile on my face.  All I have to say, you need to watch out for Azari & III.   They....

\m/ - K!LLED !T!!!

Two.Door.Cinema.Club.(L!VE)...

Two.Door.Cinema.Club.2012

@Hollywood.Paladium.(L.A. CA)

Thursday.October.25th

I don't know what was worse, the t-shirt line or the show.  Don't get me wrong, this concert was so far the BEST, but what was up with the people here tonight.  Dick heads!

During TDCC performance, these two girls went at it (Fighting), I mean, hard core gangster $H!T.   Fist being thrown and hair being pulled.  It was...wild.  The last time I saw something like that was in high school.  That girl went down and of course you had some dick head saying "fuckin fat girls!".   

After the show, I went to get a shirt and it was a cluster fuck of a line.  People are such animals, just to get a simple shirt, that you have to push and shove for no reason.  It was insane and I was surprised that there was no security to control these dogs.  To top it off, when someone got a shirt, they decide to push people, just to leave.  This guy did it to me and I kicked him.  I guess he needed to rush to CVS because the motherfucker's breath...STUNK!  JESUS!

Besides all that, this show was the $H!T.  There was some $$$ (money) thrown at this show.  The lights where amazing.  It was simple and the sound was...AWESUM (went home a little deaf)!!!  The new songs sounded better live for some reason to me.  It took me a couple of spins to like "Beacon" and I am LOVING IT!     

The first band that opened up the show was okay.   The second band, Friends was being swallowed by the masses.  They are better at small venues.  The people next to me where disliking them and trying to figure them out.  There show was different from The Echo show.  They where dolled up and had this really strange person dancing (2012 Bez [Happy Mondays] maybe) and doing other crazy things.  I loved how strange they where and it made me miss New York City...

\m/ - FCVK YE4!!!

Franz.Ferdinand.(L!VE) @the.Glass.House

Franz.Fernand.2012

@the.Glass.House.(Pomona, CA)

Tuesday.August.14th

I arrived early to Pomona to avoid traffic and it took me almost and hour and a half to get here.  It should take only forty minutes, but what can you do, right.  There was a huge line to get in and of course, I had to step out because my ticket was in will call.  FCVK!!!

I still got a good spot even though I had to get back in line. 

The first band went on and yea...The only thing interesting was the bass player and the drummer.  Did she just flash use a cameltoe?

There is a girl in the very front and she has headphones on.  Who brings headphones?  Of course, she does.  I thought she was gonna take them off once the show started, but...NO!  She still had then on.  It could be to cover her ears?  Who knows.

Second opening act....Really.  FCVK!  It's always nice to see security doing his job, checking his phone.  Funny.  He could of been updating his status.  Did the lead singer just flashed us a moose knuckle?  What is going on here?

Franz.Fernand came out and they K!LLED !T.  What another GREAT show.  They played all the hits and I loved how they mashed up Donna Summer's "I Feel Love" with "Can't Stop Feeling".  THAT WAS THE $H!T!!!

Here is the negative, I was a little disappointed that they didn't play, "Lucid Dreams".  Someone shouted it out and Alex Kapranos (Lead Singer) told him, "we forgot how you play that song".  Funny.  DAM! 

They played some new songs and sound very promising.  Can't wait for the new album.  Nickolas McCarthy (Guitarist), why did you kick the crowd surfer?

\m/ - AWESUM!!!

Totally.Enormous.Extinct.Dinosaurs.2012

@the.exhoplex.(Los Angeles, CA)

Thursday.Aug.9th

From the parking lot,  it didn't look that busy, but once inside, it was.  And very entertaining too.  There was a girl with a light up tu tu, a  40 something man with a mohawk wearing a  small tight vest that he might of taken out from his storage  and two kids dressed in dinosaur outfits.  Are they not, hot?!?!  Jesus.  

The first two DJ's where good.  I saw my friend Zowie up in the front.  I went up to her and hung out.  We always happen to pick the same spots to watch the shows.  

T.E.E.D. (what the kids call him now) has improved his dinosaur outfit.   The last time I saw him was at  HARD at the Nokia Theatre.  He opened up for Simian Mobile Disco.  Of course, I was standing at the sidelines of the theatre.  I only caught the last ten minutes of his show because of the fabulous security system they have their.  It looked like T.E.E.D. was wearing dinosaur pajamas from where I was standing.  It was cute.  It had a little tail and those fins on the back.  This time around, his dino suit was very nicely tailored and looks expensive too.  It had a nice tone color (greenish/blue) and I really dig his necklace that he had on.  Very nice. You go Orlando!  

Orlando Higginbotton (T.E.E.D.) didn't need any special lights or visual images to keep me interested or the crowd tonight (which was well behaved).  I was pulled in from the moment he hit the stage and played the first song.  He had a great voice and Orlando mixed the music very nicely.  He played the latest tunes from his debut album, "Trouble" (album cover is...AWESUM!).  If you haven't picked his latest album, you must.  It's my summer album.  It has "Garden" (song was on my top 2010 list), such a beautiful song and he did a great job with it tonight.  Watch out for him because this dinosaur is NOT going to be extinct anytime soon. 

\m/ - AWESUM!

Vitalic & Riton (L!VE) @Webster.Hall.(NYCity)...

Vitalic.2012

@Webster.Hall (NYC, NY)

Friday.March.30th

It's almost 12:30am and they have not let us in the main room.  I saw that Of Montreal performed tonight, Groovy.  I am walking around to every different room and it's all the same stuff practically (Top 40 electro techno pop).  At least they are playing the new single by Calvin Harris, "Feel So Close".  I went to the new XL night club the other night and I noticed the crowd was young.  Then on the screen on stage said, "20 something Thursday"...REALLY?!?!  FCVK.  Made the best of it with my friends, Steven and Joe.  

It's 12:40am and they opened up the main floor.  It was easy to get to the front of the stage.  Of course, there was a couple next to me making out, grinding and humping each other.  What is going on with me being next to couples lately? It's better then drunks, right? 

Nobody Beats the Drums are the opening act and they are killing it.  I like the fact that they are using live instruments ( Korg, Laptop and other stuff that I am trying to make out on how there are mixing these songs).  Not bad.

Vitalic went on after Nobody Bests the Drums and he played a killer set. He was playing stuff that was so underground.  It was like smelling fresh air.  He started out his set with one of his songs,  "Poison Lips" (Perfect).  The dance floor was not that crazy packed.  I liked that.  More room to dance.  

An hour into his set (Vitalic), Riton was setting up and started to play with Vitalic for a bit.  I wanted to stay longer, but it was getting late.  The party doesn't end in NYCity until 4am and this man (me) is tired.

\m/ - AWESUM!!!

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Podcast.M!X.55.(the.playlist)


.01.  "Go Outside (Menahan Street Band Remix)"_____Cults
.02.  "An Iceberg Hurled Northward Through Clouds"_____Gold Panda
.03.  "Tick of the Clock"_____The Chromatics
.04.  "You Don't Want To Dance With Me (Picture House's Deep Space Mix) (feat. Britt Love)"_____Monarchy
.05.  "You Used To (Featuring Javine)"_____Richard X
.06.  "Game Above My Head"_____Blancmange
.07.  "Polish Girl"_____Neon Indian
.08.  "Got Glint?"_____Chemical Brothers
.09.  "Intensity"_____The Whip
.10.  "Candy"_____Cameo
.11.  "Slow Track"_____Miss Kittin & The Hacker
.12.  "When The Night Falls (Hercules And Love Affair Remix)"_____Chromeo
.13.  "The Call (Ante Up)"_____Green Velvet presents Jamie Principle
.14.  "Canivalon"_____Rebolledo
.15.  "Take Me Over (Azari & III Remix)"_____Cut Copy
.16.  "Helpless (You Took My Love)"_____The Flirts
.17.  "Favourite Colour (Born Ruffians Remix)"_____Tokyo Police Club


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M83.(L!VE) @Club.Nokia

M83.2012

@Club.Nokia.(Los Angeles, CA)

Thursday.Jan.12.2012

Okay.  How the FCVK do you get the main floor?  NEVER get lucky.  I really don't FCVKn like  this place and from what I hear, the Fonda closed down.  WTF!?!?  Welcome back!  Happy New Year people and I hope you guys partied or kept it slow.  First concert of the new year and M83 did not disappoint, but what is up with this music? 
After my pat down, I went to the shirt stand.  From there, I went to the main floor.  It's not that crowded yet and I noticed that the DJ is playing Top 40 music.  REALLY!!!!  This DJ needs to get off the deck.  I did not come hear to hear Top 40.    
After that DJ, the opening act came on.  Two female drummers, HOT!  What's was more hot, was the lead singer pinching his nipple.  Nice.  What's more funny, the music changed so much after the opening act.  Much better.
M83 opened up with "Intro", but no Nika (I was hoping), but it still sounded so beautiful without her.  I was so surprised that they played "Midnight City" three songs before they left the stage for there encore.  I kind of like that.  I noticed a couple of months ago that Victoria Secrets used that song for there commercial.  I am all about artist doing that.  It's HARD to get music played on the radio these days so why not sell it to commercials and you get a BIGGER audience then radio anyway.  Good for them.

They closed the night with "Couleurs" and what a PERFECT song to end this K!CK A$$ night.  Can not wait to see them again at Coachella.  Can you believe that both weeks already SOLD OUT!?!?  That is crazy cool. It's are Glastonbury.

\m/ - ROCK ON!!!

Top.50.Songs.of.2011.(Part.2).

Top.50.Songs.of.2011

Part.2

.40.(thru).31.

.40.  "Sad Song"_____The Cars

*****The.Cars ROCK!!! what a COMEBACK!!!*****

.39.  "Crystalline"_____Björk

.38.  "Heavy Metal Lover"_____Lady GaGa

.37.  "Amarillion"_____Datarock

.36.  "Living It Out"_____Planningtorock

.35.  "212"_____AZEALIA BANKS

*****LOOK OUT for her in 2012!!!*****

.34.  "Amanaemonesia"_____Chairlift

.33.  "Hysterical"______Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

*****what a COMEBACK from CYHSY!!!*****

.32.  "Falling"_____Hercules And Love Affair

*****the 90's House sound is BACK!!!*****

.31.  "La musique"_____Yelle

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Metronomy.(L!V3) @Detroit.Bar

Metronomy.2011
@Detroit.Bar (Costa Mesa, CA)
Sunday.October.16.2011

So glad that they decided to come back to Southern California.   Another ticket I gave away when I was on vacation.  Metronomy are always fun to watch and Detroit Bar is a good space to see bands.  

Tonight's show was SOLD OUT and it doesn't look that busy.  I guess some people are by the bar and lounge area watching it on TV.  Who goes to a concert and watches it on the monitors?  That's crazy and funny at the same time.  
Metronomy hit the stage and what a great show.  There where some problems, but it was only the main speakers going in and out a couple of times.  The monitors where on and you could still hear them.  After a couple of songs in, Joseph Mount (Lead Singer) pointed out to use that the roof was leaking.  He took care of the problem by placing his drinking glass to catch the drops that where landing on his synth.


They played the hits and I was so excited when they played, "Connie" (my favorite song from the new album).  It took me awhile to get into the new album, "The English Riviera".  I wasn't crazy about there second single, "The Look".  I liked the remixes and hearing it today, changed my mind.  By the way,  if you like or don't like Lady Gaga, Metronomy did a remix of "Yoü and I" and it's FCVKn amazing.  It's a MUST download!!!!!
I was next to Oscar Cash (Synthesizer, Sax and other instruments).  He is always interesting to watch.  He always does his little dance and crazy hand movements.  Every member has there thing.  Anna Prior (Drums) was hitting those kits like she was killing a rat that just crossed her path and she was dressed very pretty too.  Gbenga  Adelekan (Bass) was doing it.  He was also fun to watch and BOY...was he getting down with that bass guitar.  They always look like they are having a great time and what CHEMISTRY! 

\m/  \m/  \m/  \m/ - AMAZING!

Cut.Copy.(L!V3) @the.Hollywood.Palladium

Cut.Copy.2011

@the.Hollywood.Palladium

(Los Angeles, CA)

Wednesday.October.12.2011

WHAT?!?!?  I am up front at the Palladium?!   I'm never been right up front leaning against the rail.  Its almost 9 o'clock and the place is kind of empty.  You would think this concert would be sold out, but no.  The line up is GREAT and Cut Copy threw a kick a$$ show at Coachella this year.  So why a lite crowd?   I rushed here to catch Midnight Magic, but they have not gone up yet.
Midnight Magic was up and on bass was Andrew Raposo (he's from Jessica 6 and ex Hercules & Love Affair bass player),  how many bands is this guy bass playing for?  What a busy guy.  Midnight Magic is doing something different from what other dance bands are doing right now.  They are bringing 70's disco back to the dance floor with a 90's twist.  They played a couple of songs and they did a good job in pumping the crowd.  They got some of us moving and they where good.  If it wasn't for that free download from Scion, I would of not heard about them. 
Washed Out was up next and they did pretty good.  Nothing new or different from the last time I saw them at the EchoPlex.  I looked around and it started to get busy. 
Cut Copy hit the stage and what a show!  Of course people went crazy when they played, "Light & Magic", but it wasn't as bananas as Coachella...that was insane.   I was looking forward to the door that they displayed really cool visuals.  I wonder why they didn't bring it with them this time?  

They actually played "Sun God" in it's entirety and it was FCVKn AWESUM!   Tim Hoey (Guitar/Sampler) was all over place, but in a good way.  Couldn't keep my eyes off him. He was always doing something crazy.  Tim Hoey would get his guitar and drag it along the stage to get some noise.  There are times when he would get a tambourin and hit the symbols harder then the drummer.  He was pretty wild.  You would think the crowd would be wild too, but where I was at, they kept it together.  
If you haven't gotten the new album; Zonoscope or seen them live, you are missing out.   Everytime I see them, they throw an AMAZING show and they NEVER disappoint.

\m/  \m/  \m/  \m/  \m/ - FCVKn AWESUM!

Neon.Indian.2011.(L!V3).@the.Troubadour

Neon.Indian.2011

@the.Troubadour.(Los Angeles, CA)

Friday.September.30.2011

SOLD OUT!  Who knew.  I came in when Com Truise was on.  He was good and he had the crowd going.  Com Truise was not spinning, he was moving knobes, not like Daedelus. It was different.  He had a live drummer playing the beats. 
The crowd was young and sure enough, there was a little scuffle.  Not to crazy, but it was some young girls trying to move up front.  They bumped into the wrong guy and he was cursing them out.  It was crazy to watch this tall, stocky and nerdy looking guy saying crap to a 5'1 girl.  Just let her go and trip her while she passes by, I do. 
Neon.Indian went on and they where really good.  For some strange reason, they reminded me of early O.M.D.  There is only one girl in the band (plays the synthesizer).  They had this crazy machine that looked like a pyramid that was covered up at first.  I thought it was gonna do some crazy Lazer light show, but no.  It just leaked smoke and blinked a light a couple of times in different colors.  GROOVY?!  
Alan Paloma (Lead Singer who happens to be Mexican, right on) was a entertainer.  He was cutting a rug on stage (dancing).  The girls next to me where going crazy. It's their Elvis. Cute.  No wonder they pushed to the front and of course, happen to land next to me.  Thank God the speaker was blocking them from me.

If you haven't gotten Era Extrańa (album title), you should.  It's GOOD.  Just like the concert.

\m/  \m/  \m/  \m/  -  HELL YEA!

YELLE.(LiVE!) @Music.Box (Los Angeles, CA)

YELLE.2011

@Music.Box.(Los Angeles, CA)

Saturday.May.22.2011

FCVK! FCVK! FCVK! I forgot to put my fully charged battery in my digital camera. $H!T. I must have spaced, but how many more pictures do I need of YELLE, right?

Today was Judgment Day and nothing happened. Hum. Who Said that May 21, 2011 was the day that God came and took the good people? I thought God did not judge us? I don't believe in the punishing God. But...as you can see, nothing happened and YELLE was AWESUM once again. They sure went crazy with the smoke machine, that it was hard to see her and the band. I was surprised the alarms didn't go off. We where smoked out.

Of course I was surrounded by DRUNKS (do I attract them) and this lady was spilling her drink on my head. I didn't say anything. I moved up closer to the stage to avoid from saying something to her. Sure enough, there was another FCVKn drunk! Another girl. What is going on? But I was good about it. You are at a concert and this is what you get when you are up close. Every time this girl bumped into me, I kindly pushed her. I was surprised she did not say anything. Usually when I do that, they turn around. Her friends would move her, but she will come back towards my side. WHYYYYYYY!!!!!

The opening act was French Horn Rebellion and they really broke out with a French Horn. I wanted to see them after I did not get a chance at Coachella, so I arrived early. To early, that the place looked a bit empty. My friend Steven was there and we chatted for a bit at the bar and once French Horn went on stage, we moved up to the front. They where...just...okay. They lost my interest after the first song. It was not the technical problems in the beginning, it was the music. They started with a good disco beat song and it went downhill from there. They did play there remix of Two Door Cinema Club "I Can Talk". Nice.

YELLE hit the stage at 10:30pm. There was a lot of cool lighting that I had to start using my phone to take pictures. I really don't like to use my phone because it takes crappy indoor pictures. When I downloaded my pictures to my computer, some pictures came out good, but they could of been better if I did not forget my FCVKn battery.

With some technical problems (French Horn Rebellion), being smoked out and being around drunk girls; YELLE gave us some CAMELTOE! on her last costume change. What a great way to end the night during Judgment Day.

\m/ \m/ \m/ \m/ - AWESUM!