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music layout @ HOT FreeLayouts.com MyHotComments This is part 1 of a video my friend Derrick from Hoodride made a few years ago. Every Summer I put together a VW Cruz that includes people from Winnipeg, Regina Saskatoon, and Calgary and Edmonton. We all Cruz with our VW’s to the big VW show in Vancouver. I DJed the music in this video, so check it out. It shows what happens on the road when you Cruz in a big group & 40 years old cars.hoodride canada trip

Add to My Profile | More Videos This is part 2 of the Video. I helped Derrick pick some of the toons for this one and he put together the set. This is the actual show in Vancouver. hoodride canada trip part II

Add to My Profile | More VideosI’m all about my friends, music, and low VW’s.I love hanging out with all my friends, whether it be going to check out live bands, Cruzing in our VW’s, going out to a night club dancing, going camping in a big group, or just going record shopping. I love meeting all kinds of different kinds of people.I really do enjoy lots of different types of music, with British & underground music being my favourite. I started collecting music at a young age and never really stopped. For a while I worked at a music store and Spruce Grove and I bought every CD I could afford. Then I started collecting vinyl, I slowed down for a few years then about a year ago I started collecting vinyl again, my present vinyl fascination is collecting 7” both old and new. Because I never learned how to play an instrument, and I hang out at night clubs every week-end it was only natural for me to start DJing. I love DJing in night clubs it is the best job in the world. I presently DJ two different nights, in down town Edmonton. Friday nights I spin at “The Mod Club” at Halo, with my good friend Travy-D. This night I spin my favourite mod music from the 60’s to present, including 60’s Maximum R&B, Brit Pop, Indie rock, Classic and Northern Soul, New Wave, and I always like to spin a few surprises. Then on Saturdays the darker side of me comes out as I spin at “Saturday Sucks” at “New City’, with legendary DJ Nik Romantik. I go more electro this night, including Electroclash, New Wave, synthpop, 80’s British Goth, and some Alternative/Punk classics. My goal with DJing has always been to try to widen everyone’s music tastes. I have always felt there should be no boundaries with styles of music(Except of course fabricated top 40 crap no one should have to listen to that), unfortunately most of the world does not agree with me on this one. I have been in to air-cooled VW’s for over 15 years now, I originally got obsessed with the classic beetle, but lately I have been digging the old VW busses. To me theses cars are the most amazing machinery ever built, they are built basic but built to run and last for years, and there lines and curves are so sexy. To me my VW’s are rolling art projects, I like lowering them, adding vintage accessories, and a few custom tricks here and there. I love restoring these rolling art projects as well. I did work at a restoration shop for a few years restoring other people’s cars, I learnt the ins and outs of them including how to weld, paint, rebuild engines, and how to restore interiors. It was a great learning expernce but kbow I want to spend some time doing my own projects. I will post pics of my own projects as I build them. The best part about driving an air-cooled VW is the people and friends you meet world wide. The magic Bus camping

My Interests

I’m a night club DJ that loves listening, spinning, collecting, and dancing to all types of music.In my spare time I restore, slam, and drive classic air cooled VW's.I also love collecting vinyl, dubBrothersdjs, Hoodride, Air Riders VW Club, Cruzing with my VW friends7 there VW's, low classic cars,60's Mod fashion, vintage scooters, camping, night clubbing, did I mention I like music?

Music:

There isn’t enough room to list every band I like so I put together a list of bands and artists that have affected me sometime in my life. I’m sure I missed about 100 of them.Alter Ego, Animals, Apoptygma Berzerk, Arcade Fire, Aretha Franklin, Bauhaus, Beatles, Beastie Boys, Belle and Sebastian, Bjork, Black Strobe, Bloc Party, Blondie, Blur, Bob Marley, Bravery, Buzzcocks, Charlatans, Chemical Brothers, Clash, Client, Covenant, Crystal Method, Cult, Cure, Dandy Warhols, David Bowie, David Carretta, Death From Above 1979, Depeche Mode, Doors, Echo Image, Elastica, Electric Six, Electro Jazz, Elvis Costello, Faint, Felix Da housecat(As a artist not a DJ), Frank Popp, Fratellis, Funk Brothers, Franz Ferdinand, Front 242, Gloria Jones, Golden Boy, Goldfrapp, Gorillaz, Hacker, Happy Monday’s, Hives, House Martins, House Music (Has to be a really good DJ), Iggy Pop & the Stooges, Infadels, Inspiral Carpets, Jam, James, James Brown, Janes Addiction, Jazz, Jesus & Marry Chain, John Lennon, Johnny Cash, Joy Division, Kinks, Kaiser Chiefs, KMFDM, Kraftwork, Interpol, Ladytron, Le Tigre, Louis XIV, Love, Love & Rockets, Manfred Mann, 60’s Motown (Everything on the Motown label in the 60’s), Mission, Morrissey, MSTRKRFT, Muse, My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, Neil Diamond, New Order, NIN, Nitzer Ebb, Nirvana, Northern Soul, Oasis, Patsy Cline, Pet Shop Boys, Pixies, Placebo, Presets, Primal Scream, Prodigy, Proper Filthy Naughty, Pulp, Radiohead, Ramones, Rapture, Ray Charles, Rolling Stones, 7&7 is, Sex Pistols, Sharon Jones, She Want’s Revenge, Shed Seven, Social Distortion, Sisters of Mercy, Sloan, Small Faces, Smiths, Sonics, Sonic Youth, StarSalior, Stax (Again all artists on Stax Records in the 60’s), Stone Roses, Strokes, Suede, Supergrass, T-Rex, Telekin, Tiga, Thin White Duke(Jacques Lu Cont), U2, Velvet Underground, Verve, Vitalic, VNV Nation, Warren Suicide, Weezer, Who, Who Made Who, White Stripes, Zombies, Zutons,

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My Blog

To all my friends that like Ladytron.

Hi, If you like Electro/New Wave bands like Ladytron, The Sounds, The Knife, and The Faint, you have to come down to New City Thursday night. I will be spinning some cool electro and Indie remixes, op...
Posted by Blue Jay on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 05:18:00 PST

New Young Pony Club

  New Young Pony Club when o when will you release your full length album?  If you have not heard of them yet, you soon will, I feel this little Indie/New Wave/Pop band are going to be huge...
Posted by Blue Jay on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 06:06:00 PST

Franz & Shape- The New Sound of EBM?

So there is a big buzz in the underground DJ world right now with a hot new EBM band called Franz & Shape. There songs have recently been in regular rotation in big name DJ sets such as Tiga, Myl...
Posted by Blue Jay on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 06:52:00 PST

LCD Soundsystem- Sound of Silver

  Ok this is a short and quick one, no videos, no links, just the facts. It's going to be short and sweet because most of my friends already own and love this album, but I just want to add I'm s...
Posted by Blue Jay on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 03:48:00 PST

Little Man Tate- About What You Know

First off I wanted to write this blog weeks, actually maybe it was a month or maybe even a month and half ago already. But I was not able to because I wanted to listen to the whole album first. You s...
Posted by Blue Jay on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 01:24:00 PST

Goose- Bring It On

   In my opinion this is the album that Bloc Party should have recorded, it's called 'Bring It On", by a band named Goose. Goose is a hot new Rock/Electro band from Kortrijk, Belgium, jumpi...
Posted by Blue Jay on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 06:16:00 PST

Client - Lights Go Out vs Zerox Machine vs Drive

  The world is patiently waiting for the latest album from Client, titled "Heartland". So what can we expect from the sexiest band in the world this time around? So why are they so sexy you ask,...
Posted by Blue Jay on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 05:24:00 PST

Bloc Party- A Weekend in the City?????

Ok so it's been a couple of weeks since Bloc Party, second album a "Weekend in the City" has been released and I want to know what you think about it.(Yes you reading this right now.) With there firs...
Posted by Blue Jay on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:54:00 PST

One more reason to buy Vinyl (Thank-You record companies)

 Well I'm so tickled pink right now because record companies are finally including free MP-3 downloads when you purchase albums on vinyl. Recently the "Shins-Wincing The Night Away" and "Of Montr...
Posted by Blue Jay on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 05:28:00 PST

The Ordinary Boys Vs Lady Sovereign- Nine2Five

This is another song I can't get enough of lately. First off you have Lady Sovereign, UK's biggest female Hip Hop artist, who earlier this year released an album, with a little song on it called 9 to ...
Posted by Blue Jay on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 12:49:00 PST