Dusty Crates

Welp, this is the last day of the year, and the last December for the decade. What have you done that’s so important in the last ten years?

If you’re still thinking, maybe you should get back on track and join us for NYE at YAO’s Restaurant & Bar Downtown (1201 Main St., 77002). Dayta, Chris Miguel and yours truly will be Doin It Even Bigger as we recap the last decade, or two, of some of the best music you didn’t get to download on Napster when you should’ve.

We’ll be ringing in the new year with a traditional champagne toast (perhaps even the “Auld Lang Sine” mainstay ditty) and jammin’ the decade away from 9pm to 2am. There’s no cover and you gotta be 21+. Check the sideline flier —> for more info.

To reserve a table, email livingroomhouston@gmail.com and let them know you wanna DIRB! thru 2011!

That’s a good re-start, right?!

While I feverishly work out my top ten list as I go thru my music for tomorrow, here are a couple you should check out:

Top Ten Songs of the Decade according to…

ACCORDING TO…
PITCHFORK
ROLLING STONE

I came across this two-hour long Essential live mix by the Brazilian duo, The Twelves. Over the weekend, João Miguel and Luciano Oliveira recorded their DJ set using a laptop, bass and synths.

Matt seems to enjoy it, so it must have that “sizzle”. ;P

The Twelves Essential Mix, 12/19/09 (BBC Radio 1/MediaFire)

Tracklist

01. Fever Ray — Seven (The Twelves Remix)
02. The Rapture — Sister Saviour (DFA Dub)
03. Phoenix — Fences (Accapella)
04. Cerrone — Look For Love
05. Kraftwerk — Music Non Stop (Vocoder)
06. Daft Punk — Da Funk
07. Glass Candy — Last Night I Met A Costume
08. LCD Soundsystem LCD Soundsystem — Nike Run (Excerpt)
09. Yelle — Ce Jeu (The Twelves Remix)
10. The Chemical Brothers The Chemical Brothers — Music-Response
11. Mr. Oizo — Two Takes It
12. D-Train — You’re The One For Me
13. Metric — Help I’m Alive (The Twelves Remix)
14. Roger Sanchez — Computabank
15. Chilly — For Your Love
16. Dynasty — I Don’t Wanna Be A Freak
17. Radiohead — Reckoner (The Twelves Remix)
18. Siriusmo — Last Dear
19. Empire of the Sun — Walking On A Dream (Accapella)
20. Zeigeist — Humanitarianism (The Twelves Remix)
21. Eddie Tour — Up The Glitter
22. Gaznevada — I.C. Love Affair
23. Phoenix — Lisztomania (Accapella)
24. Groove Armada — Drop The Tough (The Twelves Remix)
25. Methusalem — Robotism
26. Gossip — Standing In The Way Of Control (Accapella)
27. Chromatics — I Want Your Love (The Twelves Remix)
28. Laid Back — White Horse
29. Metronomy — Radio Ladio
30. Sparks — Tryouts For The Human Race
31. M.I.A. — Boyz (The Twelves Remix)
32. Daft Punk Daft Punk — Voyager
33. Indeep — Last Night A DJ Saved My Life (Accapella)
34. The Virgins — Rich Girls (The Twelves Remix)
35. Fleetwood Mac — Dreams (The Twelves Remix)
36. In Flagranti — Just Gazing
37. The Alan Parsons Project — Be Like You (The Twelves Remix)
38. B.W.H. — Stop
39. The Chemical Brothers — Block Rockin’ Beats
40. Karen O and the Kids — All Is Love (The Twelves Remix)
41. Fleet Foxes — Mykonos (The Twelves Remix)
42. Patrick Alavi — Power
43. Michael Jackson — Thriller (Instrumental)
44. Justice — Stress (Siren)
45. Kano — Ahjia
46. Mr. Oizo — Gay Dentists
47. Donna Summer — I Feel Love
48. Cerrone — Give Me Love
49. Mr. Oizo — Hun
50. Chic — Everybody Dance
51. Coldcut — Timber
52. Basement Jaxx — Rendez-Vous
53. Les Rythmes Digitales — From Disco To Disco
54. Alex Gopher — Motorcycle
55. Nirvana — All Apologies (The Twelves Remix)
56. Kraftwerk — Trans Europe Express
57. Black Kids — I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You (The Twelves Remix)
58. The Rapture — House Of Jealous Lovers
59. Scenario Rock — Skitzo Dancer (Justice Remix)
60. Daft Punk — Aerodynamic
61. Boys Noize — Arcade Robot
62. Basement Jaxx — Good Luck (Accapella)
63. The Beatles — Eleanor Rigby (The Twelves Remix)
64. The Twelves — Nightvision (Daft Punk)
65. La Roux — In For The Kill (Twelves Remix)

DJ Sun (Soular Grooves) and Witnes (LateNiteSnax) are teaming up to host the holiday edition of Rock Steady Mondays.

This is the only gig Witnes has locked in for the holiday break during his visit back to the Dirty South, so you don’t want to miss out! The two will be manning the decks all night for a guaranteed night of holiday cheer!

To keep things festive, DJ Sun and Witnes would like to encourage you to bust out your Bill Cosby sweater and any other festive outfits you’ve been dying to wear out on the town.

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Free Birding it tonight at Boondocks (1417 Westheimer, 77006) tonight.

It’s gettin’ festive tonight, ho! Let’s go!

Tonight, Friday 12/11/09, the DIRB! Fam is live on MK Ultra Radio Show, KTRU’s only live electronic mix show in Houston since…oh, I’d say 1996.

After my webcast on Brick City House (ChicagoHouseFM.com) last week, we’re all doin’ it ol’ school and broadcasting live on the air waves.

Starting at 9pm, DJs on board to “bring the noise” are:

G.WIZZ
JEP
GRACIE CHAVEZ
TONIO
SQUINCY JONES

If you’re in the H, dial your radio knob into KTRU 91.7 FM. To give us BIG LOVE during the show, call in at 713-348-KTRU. Or, if you’re global, listen in at http://ktru.org/listen.shtml.

MK Ultra has a rotating staff of radio jocks, like DJ Great Scott, from Rice University each semester; many thanks to you guys for the invites each time, and also for keeping us on the ayre!

And Sandeep, I know you’re out there somewhere. Thanks for getting this show off the ground; It’s still goin’ strong here in the H. Holler at a girl if you’re still tuning in!

For more on the MK Ultra radio show, visit www.myspace.com/mkultrashow.

Check back for downloads and track listings, or go to our sister forum at www.subcrates.com for more rambling comments. Yep, yep!

Update: G.Wizz, Jep and I played on the radio for 3 hours. Thanks to Manny and Paul at KTRU’s MK Ultra for having us out. The cozy mix session was just perfect for a cold and rainy Friday night!

DIRB! Live on MK Ultra Radio (KTRU) 12/2009 (3-hour mix)

1st hour – G.WIZZ
2nd hour – JEP
3rd hour – GRACIE CHAVEZ

Gracie Chavez & Jep DIRB! on MK Ultra 12/2009 (zshare)

GRACIE CHAVEZ Track Listing

1. Heads Will Roll (A-Trak remix) – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
2. Right Hand High (Kingdom remix) – Kid Sister
3. Black & Blue (Savage Skulls remix) – Miike Snow
4. Kids (Soul Wax remix) – MGMT
5. Woz Not Woz (Dub mix) – Eryk Prydz & Steve Angello
6. Sweat on the Walls – John Tejada
7. Be Alone No More (Another Level) – Rip Groove
8. Spin Spin Sugar – Sneaker Pimps
9. Hold the Line (Golden Gloves Wobble & Shake remix) – Major Lazer
10. Animal (Fake Blood remix) – Miike Snow
11. Let You Go – Bounce Camp
12. Replacement Girl (Illo Bounce Edit) – Drake & Trey
13. Flashing Lights (Diplo remix) – Kanye West
14. I’m Here You’re There (MWG) – Ernest Gonzales
15. A Man’s World (Regrooved by Parker) – James Brown

Earlier this week I recorded HouseWife, an exclusive hour-long mix and a short interview for today’s Brick City House (BCH) on ChicagoHouseFM.com. The online weekly show is run by none other than my girl Sista Stroke and it features mixes by DJ staples of the house scene worldwide. I’m extremely honored to be part of this set. Many thanks, girl!

Now, it’s no secret that some of my DJ roots go deep into house, so doing this mix was the perfect opportunity to go back to one of my first loves. So I dug thru a few of my favorite classics and added a dash of new house to come up with HouseWife, a mix I feel truly represents the house I get down to. It’s so house, it’ll make you wanna do your house chores! Here’s this Mami’s track listing:

“HouseWife” – Gracie Chavez (DIRB! 2009)

1. It’s Just Begun (Larry Levan remix) – Jimmy Castor Bunch
2. Last Night A DJ Saved My Life – Dcup’s Bootleg Remix
3. Enjoy Yourself – Soul Avengers
4. Stepping Out (Frankie J mix) – Candy Dealers
5. Why Don’t You – Gramophonedzie
6. Phat Mama (Sub Dub) – Troydon
7. Sweat of Your Brow – Jully Black
8. Hit the Ground – Mario Fabriani
9. Baby How Long (Johnny Fiasco remix) – Da Sunlounge
10. Bushes (Norman Cook remix) – Markus Nikolai
11. Fix My Sink – DJ Sneak
12. Hot City Bass – Hot City
13. Come On Girl – Magik J
14. Let You Go (Got The Funk Mix) (Da Fresh Remix) – The Freshmakers
15. Life is Changing – Cricco Castelli
16. Vision of Paradise – Bob Sinclair
17. Big Love – Pete Heller

After today’s live webcast at 1 p.m. CST (if you’re DIRB! in Texas), I’ll sideline I have sidelined the HouseWife mix here on DustyCrates’s Mixes. You can also catch the entire show, plus more, as a podcast at SistaStroke.Podmatic.com.

In short, BCH is all about those solid house tracks that make you wanna put your fist up in the air and say “Amen, Sista!” And you can’t hate on that!

Coincidentally, this BCH show is also a preview of what’s in store for this weekend.

Ladies of the Kitchen

Before she returns to Mr. Hun in London, Stroke is wrapping up her stay in Texas with a stop in Houston this Friday, December 4. The Kitchen Family has teamed up with renowned Les Femmes de la Nuit DJs Jessica Lozano, Candice Elliott and myself to support the all-female DJ event, Les Femmes de la Cuisine (Ladies of The Kitchen), at Avant Garden (411 Westheimer, 77006). The Kitchen Family — Drew, Pooks, Mr.Bristle, and Criminal V and Brad of the Lamborghini Crew–will play more delicious house, UKG and funky upstairs. There’s no cover for ladies all night.

So bundle up! It’s gonna be cold (and possibly snowy) outside, but it’ll be oh-so hott in The Kitchen with Les Femmes de la Cusine!