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Thom Yorke: BBC 6 Music Mix
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dr.oc2pus: Lost in France
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Tags: Bailefunk, Bass, Carioca, disco, dubstep, Frenchtouch, Maddecent, Moombahton, Nudisco
Apparat: Black Water
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Tags: apparat, experimental, four tet, indie
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Tags: Berkeley street session, electro pop, kcrw, little dragon, ritual union
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Oh Land: White Nights
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Tags: Florence and the Machine, Florence Welch, Gwyneth Paltrow, Lady Gaga, Oh Land, Sia, White Nights
A NOTE FROM DR.OC2PUS
New Summer mix celebrating the birthdays of Karen and Xochil! I’ve been sitting on this mix for nearly a year, so thanks to all my friends who’ve been sending me some great dance tracks! Instead of a late bday gift, we’ll call this one an early celebration! ARTWORK BY INJANESHEAD.COM
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A note from dr.oc2pus:
Consider this my Winter 09 (Libra’s are the SHIT) Dance Mix. I know a lot of you are at a shitty job, or you’re unemployed and this economy, sucks. Overworked + underpaid or unemployed + barely paid. I’m a dreamer. No matter what I’m doing, I always feel like I should be somewhere else, doing something different. This mix is dedicated to us. We all remember a time when things were better, and unfortunately, Times are HARD for Dreamers. Trust me when I say, as depressing as this sounds, someone out there has it much worse than you, and on the eve of Thanksgiving (ironically a holiday about as meaningful as Columbus Day) I’m sure we all have much to be thankful for. Life is short, cruel and full of shit. My best advice to you, is to not take yourself/situation so seriously, remember that dancing and fucking are two things that will probably bring a smile to your face. and by face I mean your pussy.
Safe,
Dean “Michael” Hata
Tracklist
1. Follow Me feat. Adam Tensta – Pato Pooh
2. I Used to Play Contra – dr. oc2pus
3. One In a Million – datA
4. If datA & Daft Punk did my Intro – dr. oc2pus
5. If The Ting Tings & LAZRtag did my Intro – dr. oc2pus
6. Runaway (Calling In Sick Remix) – Grum
7. DeLorean – Chic and the Tramp
8. Pool Party – SHAZAM
9. Daylight (Yukon Ho Remix) – Matt & Kim
10. Daylight (dr. oc2pus Remix) – Matt & Kim
11. Shooting Stars feat. Rhys – Bag Raiders
12. Kelly is My Shooting Star (dr. oc2pus re-edit feat. Kris Menace’s Remix) – Bag Raiders
13. Kelly (Shinichi Osawa Remix) – Van She
14. She Loves Everybody – Chester French
15. She Loves Everybody (RAC Mix) – Chester French
16. Allez Allez (Aeroplane Remix) – Allez Allez
17. Saturday Love feat. Alexander O Neil (Chew Fu Fix) – The Doobie Brothers vs. dr. oc2pus
18. The Rhythm Of The Night – Corona
19. What a Fool Believes – The Doobie Brothers
20. Use Somebody (ROMY BLACK Remix) – Kings Of Leon
21. Use Somebody – Kings Of Leon
22. Use Somebody (dr. oc2pus re-edit feat. Andre Anjos’ Remix) – Kings Of Leon
23. I’ve Got Your Number (dr. oc2pus pushed up remix) – Passion Pit
24. Airlight (Aeroplane Dub) – Cobra Dukes
25. Our Time (Treasure Fingers Remix) – Ocelot
26. What You Need (Proxy Remix) – Tiga
27. My Moon, My Dub – DZ
28. Stuck In The System – Joker
29. Relax, Take Notes (feat. Project Pat & The Notorious B.I.G.) (XI Dubstep Remix) – 8Ball & MJG
30. I’m Not Your Toy (Jack Beats Remix) – La Roux
31. Passin’ Me By (Heppy J Remix) – The Pharcyde
32. Deutschland To Italia (1987) – Tepr
33. I’m Not Your Toy (DatA Remix) – La Roux
34. Everybody Wants To Be a DJ – John Roman
35. Show Me Love feat Robyn (AC Slater Vocal Mix) – Steve Angello and Laidback Luke
36. Happy Therapy (Lifelike Remix) – Demon
37. Show Me Love – Robyn
38. Teardrops (Treasure Fingers Filter Disco Edit) – Diamond Cut
39. Keep on Groovin’ (Original) – Agent Stereo
40. aNYway (dr. oc2pus re-edit) – Duck Sauce
41. I’ll Get You feat. Jeppe – Classixx
42. Bizarre Love Triangle (Original Extended) – New Order
43. Bizarre Love Triangle – COMPUTER CLUB
44. Lost In Emotion – Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
45. Mr. Sandman (Squeak E. Clean and Desert Eagles Club Classic) – The Chordettes
46. Billie Jean – Michael Jackson
47. Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ (Streetlife DJs Remix) – Michael Jackson
48. Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ – Michael Jackson
49. Don’t Stop (Mike Mago Edit) – Michael Jackson
50. P.Y.T. (Marquis Remix) – Michael Jackson
51. Bad (Mowgli is Bad Remix) – Michael Jackson
52. Thriller – Michael Jackson
53. Dr. Funkenstein (Original Mix) – Deadmau5
54. Excerpt From Thriller Voiceover Session – Vincent Price
55. Cheap Thrills (Original Mix) – Herve
56. Thriller (DiscoTech Remix) – Michael Jackson
57. Digital Love – Daft Punk
58. Digital Love (dr. oc2pus re-edit feat. Boris Dlugosh’s Remix) – Daft Punk
59. Bounce [Original Mix] – Wolfgang Gartner
60. Ray of Zdarlight (Wham Vs. Digitalism) – The Avalanches
61. Hi Friend (Instrumental Version) – Deadmau5
62. Heartbreaker (Wolfgang Gartner Remix) – MSTRKRFT
63. Moar Ghosts N’ Whatever – Deadmau5
64. Neo Violence (SHAZAM Remix) – The Tough Alliance
65. 1901 (Build Remix) – Phoenix
66. 1901 (Alan Wilkis Remix) – Phoenix
67. Beggin’ (Pilooski edit) – Frankie Valli
68. Beggin’ (E-phonks Supersoul Mix) – Pilooski
69. Flash Dancer – Rayflash
70. Fancy Footwork (dr. oc2pus re-edit feat. D.I.M.’s Remix) – Chromeo
71. Cross The Dancefloor (Designer Drugs Remix) – Treasure Fingers
72. Cross The Dancefloor (Laidback Luke Remix) – Treasure Fingers
73. Cross The Dancefloor (Chromeo Remix pushed up by dr. oc2pus) – Treasure Fingers
74. My Boo – Ghost Town DJs
75. My Boo (dr. oc2pus re-edit) – The American Dream Team
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Taking Woodstock
Forty years later, Woodstock is as monumental as ever. It was a magically organic moment in American history that defined a time when war was rampant. The festival was not just about the music. It was about hippies bathing naked in a lake while cooking communal meals. It was about Jimi Hendrix’s electric guitar wailing the Star-Spangled Banner. It was about sex, drugs, music, youth, and the everlasting innate desire for unity. With thirty-two of the top performers in front of half a million people, Woodstock was the beating heart of a movement for love. It was three days of peace and music that changed the world forever. Woodstock changed America, forever.
The acclaimed 1970s documentary titled, Woodstock was an anthropological look into the legendary rock festival. But this wasn’t just an ode to Joan, Janis, and Jimi. Like a modern day Canterbury Tale, director Michael Wadleigh and assistant director Martin Scorsese captured American youth during the turbulent 60s using a fly-on-the-wall perspective. Their goal was not to just document the music of hippies, but to listen to their feelings about the time period, the Vietnam War, as well as the feelings of the surrounding townspeople. Woodstock received the Academy Award for Documentary Feature and is renowned as culturally significant by the US Library of Congress.
In commemoration of this monumental event, Taking Woodstock: A True Story of a Riot, Concert, and a Life – directed by Ang Lee and James Schamus – reenacts the filming of the documentary within a story of its own. It follows the autobiography of Elliot Tiber, who volunteered his family’s motel to be the home base for Woodstock concert organizers. Taking Woodstock will be another foray into homosexuality for Lee and Schamus, since Elliot Tiber was a closeted gay man until his experience at the festival. Taking Woodstock is set to be released August 14th, 2009 – just in time for Woodstock’s 40th anniversary.
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An Argument for Coachella
[A letter to a friend, on why he should attend Coachella 2010]
There’s something to be said about going to a good show. Dammit, okay there’s nothing like it. And I’m not just talking about the joy you feel when someone puts their finger up your ass while you crowd surf, as you give the band on stage a vigorous, “fuck yah” with your fists up in the air. No, that is a whole different joy on its own. I’m talking about that moment in time when the flood lights come down and you take a look around you and you are so fucking stoked that you are young… and beautiful… and surrounded by young… and beautiful people… who are equally as fucked up as you are on the ultimate drug cocktail. That feeling of freedom and youth is unlike anything else in the world. It’s better than any delicious steak, better than getting an A on your midterm, almost better than sex.
The truth of the matter is; I’ve had a very rough year. Believe you me, I’ve had my heart ripped out of my rib cage and smashed around by the most amazing man in the entire world… who just happened to bounce on my ass and leave me for dead. I’ve had to face childhood traumas left upon me by a deadbeat dad and fears of abandonment that have been further reinforced by being left by another deadbeat man whom I thought I was going to marry. And that isn’t the end of it. I’ve faced sexual advancements from bosses, an economical downturn that has forced me to be unemployed, and an excess of disappointments because my “experience and qualifications” just isn’t what they are looking for. I’ve lost the love of my life, I’ve lost my box in the city, but I haven’t lost my cahonies. Because all you really need to get back up at the end of the day is – a good friend… and the soundtrack to the soul.
As grim as it may be, this year has also been the best fucking time of my fucking life. Because of this amazing man who left me for dead… he showed me that I’m alive. And that on my own, I can feel more alive than I have ever felt before (thanks, Babykins I love you, you bastard. And why the hell did you have to steal my dream and become “cool” now that we aren’t together anymore? Fuck, now I’m a single-dog-mom). And in finding my independence, I’ve been able to see the world through rose colored glasses – meeting incredible people from renowned world leaders like Pete Tong and Richard Branson, to the homeless guy on the block who takes my leftovers but never seems to recognize me. I’ve pushed myself to make my own dreams come true. No longer “our” dreams, but my own. And more importantly, I’m living my life on my terms. I don’t know where I’m going and I don’t know where I need to be. All I know is that I want to get there and I want to take the carpool lane.
In just about another month, Coachella is once again upon us. This three-day binge on sex, drugs, and dirty djs has always been the highlight of my entire year. But this one will be different. This Coachella is my baptism, a cleansing of all the negative passings by dancing it off into a bloody sweat under the sweltering dessert sun. I will once again surf the crowd with the anticipation of having my oil checked by a white dude dancing to techno with his shirt off. I will be wearing my Sunday hipster best, watching people’s faces melt as the flood lights come down. I will be doing loads of cocaine and ecstacy and smoke my brains out silly, which will all be washed down with loads of beer. I will have multiple eargasms listening to the best indie rock bands and dirty bass-line djs drop the pressure. Coachella will be religious.
And it is with this, friend, that I invite you to come along for the ride. I want to look over my shoulder and watch you shuffle your feet and sway your hips in unison to the songs that fill the night’s sky. With you, friend, riding along shot-gun to my journey to Coachella, I won’t be alone in the carpool lane to finding myself.
Thanks, bro.
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