Off we go....

   The new year is upon us. Fresh starts for me. You. And God knows the Memphis Grizz. To have been looking so badass out the gate in November, they really raised some eyebrows - in the bad way - in December. Left me with a losery birthday weekend and generally hurt Memphis' feelings. But its all good - the past few games have been encouraging and if we need some fired up fans then i expect bringing the Spurs (the Godfathers of Flop) and the Clippers (their disciples) to town ought to do the trick.
   Along the way I have added some new music to the playlist to kick off the new year. Thought you might be interested in what you might hear on any given game night coming up...
   
1. I got a buddy (shout out to Tony Ferren for digging up tracks on request!) a 4 cd soundtrack to the anime "Samurai Champloo" for Christmas. Hard to find and imported as hell, this bad boy is largely the work of a now deceased Asian producer known as Nujabes. These tracks are like a jazzy Wu Tang and I can't get enough. If it sounds like time for a ninja battle in the nowy woods, that's what's up.
2. Some classic rock in the form of Robert Palmer "Addicted To Love" and Survivor "The Burning Heart"...i don't mind some old school rockin - but i have my own standards...i need a dope remix of Yes "Owner of a Lonely Heart"!
3.David Lee Roth "Shoo Bop" - through an undercover hook up I managed to gank the sounds collection from another unnamed NBA team (hint: i hate them) and this was a gem of their collection. Diamond Dave deserved to be a bigger solo hit....i guess.
4. Kanye's "Power" (the Paper Diamond remix) - Trap is inescapable - much as dubstep was before it. That said, I actually don't mind it too much. It makes for a good anthemic arena sound. And "Power" is borderline played out so a fresh take on it was nice.
5. Herb Alpert - Bitterweet Samba (Empresarios remix) - a straight up classic and a rather bumpin remix. I guarantee you know this melody whether you think you do or not!

Oh! And I am currently on the lookout for ANY Outkast instrumentals - the older the better. I would also love to dig up the beat from Mystikal's "DANGER!"

2013....REACTIVATE!!!

I HAVE RETURNED! What's up gang?? So good to see you again!
It's not like I have been up to much since last we saw each other but my oh my it has been a minute since my last entry....
Well here's what's important: since we left off I have had many DJ adventures, many basketball adventures and also many basketball DJ adventures....
I took the "click effects" job at the Memphis Grizzlies which entails finding and playing all the music during gameplay. That has led to many questions, answers, anecdotes and adventures so i figured now might be a good time to reactivate the blog and keep things up to date in DJ/Grizzlies/Defective land....i plan to post new songs added to the playlist, requests i am looking for, and any fun stories i happen upon along the way.

So stay tuned and be patient with me! It's been a minute and I have lots of goodies to share!
Go Grizz! Go Tigers! Go DJ!