adventures in Hickory Hood

I took a journey out to the old stompin grounds a week or so ago just to get a gander at the goings on....and especially to see the Statue!

Would you believe we used to hide in these trees and lob old fruit from the bottom of the fridge onto these passing cars, then laugh our goofy little asses off?!

Defective goings on

I must say, it has been a tough time of late economically, but people must be partying anyway, because the dj biz has been good to me lately. Not that it has been easy - I have had to adapt my repertoire in several ways - but there is little money more fun to make than freelance dj money.
Last month I handled a prom (!!??), this month will involve a black family reunion, and there have been many memphis Grizzlies gigs as well.
Meanwhile, it would seem the Defective Agency, two dj's with whom Aaron B & I are closely affilliated), seem to have landed a "regular" gig as Muck Sticky's stage dj's. The D.A. has been an opening act for Muck for sometime, but with the exit of his old DJ, Furley Wally, they were asked to step up and handle stage duties. I think the first official show together was Memphis In May Music Fest......very muddy, very rainy, but very fun. Quite the adventure - and what a crowd!

I have posted up a recording of the Defective Agency set from the last Muck Show....
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=5530a61ab8d8764ab64026cfc0611236fcb9a1030a0ae9155621d66e282a0ee8
The Defective Agency Live @ Muck Sticky June 6th 2009

1. Bassnectar - Roustabout (BN remix)
2. Biz Markie - Just a Friend
3. RJD2 - Uprock
4. Beastie Boys - Dub The Mic
5. Esau Mwamwaya Santogold M.I.A & Radioclit - Get it up
6. London Elektricity - Strangest Secret In The World
7. Bird Peterson w/ Bugsy Flowz - Billz
8. Smashing Pumpkins - Zero (Le Castle Vania remix)
9. Johnny Taylor - Good Love
10. 3-6 Mafia - Sippin On Some Sizzurp (Tetris mix)
11. Dj Assault - A** & T****s (Nirvana mix)

presenting Moochy Khan McWhiskerface Baker (you can call her Mooch)

OK, so it has been a minute....and you're all like "What the heck has Justin been doing?!"
Please allow me to bring you up to speed, one post at a time.
I think it is relevant to mention that I have taken on a new partner in crime - a cat - which I have elected to name Mooch. She was found living under my friends Taylor & Britten's new house, scrawny and bitchy. We don't know her hard knock story, but she had some ties to that house, as Taylor discovered her in his kitchen one day like she owned the place. Unfortunately for her, their German Shepherd is NOT a cat lover.

Meanwhile, it had dawned on me that it might help socialize Arrow to have another living thing in the house for all the time I am not there. I thought it might help drain some of his intense focus offa me. While edgey around other dogs (at least when they get in his face), he has always been indifferent to cats, bats, rats, frogs, hogs, horses, giraffes, and whatever else ya got.

Cut to now - the cat is fattening up, stretching out, and taking great pride in strutting across Arrow's head when he gets caught laying around unaware...