DJ K-Rock

Feb 1

52nd Grammy Highlights

Here are my bulletpoint impressions from last night’s Grammy ceremony:

Love Gaga, but why does she go into convulsions whenever she plays the piano.
When Beyonce appeared with her own SWAT team, I though she going to do a cover of Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation
Ke$ha looks like Courtney Love circa 1998
Taylor Swift has the body of a 10 year old boy
There is a reason Bon Jovi hasn’t performed at the Grammy’s before – his fans don’t have TV’s.
I, like the rest of the world, already had 3D glasses from watching Avatar, so why didn’t the MJ tribute use that 3D technology, instead of the arts-and-crafts red/blue style?
Yay for MGMT being nominated for Best New Artist!
Um, I kinda went to bed after that. I’ll update when I watch the rest on the DVR.

Add your thoughts to the comments.

Bookmark It

Hide Sites

Jan 29

K-Rock @ Duo Houston’s Spa Day

Click here for all the event details. No cover, free booze!

Bookmark It

Hide Sites

Jan 26

Poll: Pick a Producer

I’m thinking about doing a mix that features several tracks from various artists, all remixed by the same producer. Who’s your fav?

Loading ...

Bookmark It

Hide Sites

Jan 26

Ke$ha Says ‘Can You Hear Me Now?’

From Dirrtyinc.com

Last week, Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance” made chart history for logging the most plays within 7 days in the 17-year archives of the tally with 10,859 plays. But Ke$ha took the title from her the very next week! Ke$ha’s Tik Tok clocked in 11,224 plays!

Is it me,or is 11,224 plays overkill? I mean, if I was the artist, I would want like 3 bazillion plays, but as the listener, that just seems a bit much. I like the song, but at 11,224 plays a week, I don’t know how much longer me and the song are going to have a good relationship. I’d like to see what percentage of radio air time (excluding time spent on commercials) is spent playing these two songs. Oh well, congrats to Ke$ha (is it Key-sha or keh-sha?)

Bookmark It

Hide Sites

Jan 25

DJ K-Rock at DuO Houston on 1/29/10

Bookmark It

Hide Sites

Jan 25

Chew Fu Remixes Rihanna’s Entire Album

Chew Fu, a hot remix producer that is going supernova in 2010, just recently finished remixing every track on Rihanna’s latest release, Rated R. Its exciting to see dance music gaining so much popularity that Def Jam would want an entire album done. I’ve only heard his remix work on the first two singles from the album, Hard and Russian Roulette, but both of those tracks left me wanting more.

Thanks to @chewfu on twitter.

Bookmark It

Hide Sites

Jan 24

Adam Glambert DOES entertain me!

Lets face it, American Idol produces two things, super-stars, and no-hit wonders (I’m talking to you, Taylor Hicks). I wasn’t sure what to think of Adam Lambert when I saw him on last season’s show. He just didn’t appeal to me. But that was last year. This year, Adam is igniting the gay club scene with the title track from his debut album, For Your Entertainment. Bimbo Jones, also in the news for recently releasing a Blake Lewis remix that didn’t make me want to vomit, did another outstanding job with the Lambert single. Check out the remix video after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

Bookmark It

Hide Sites

Jan 24

Bimbo Jones Saved Blake Lewis’ Life!

Thats right! Blake Lewis, the beat-boxing bastard from American Idol Season Whatever is back with a new track, Heartbreak on Vinyl. My expectations for this song were low, especially when I thought back to what he did with Sad Song and How Many Words. To be fair, Dave Aude did a good job remixing How Many Words, but (no offense to Aude), I still think it was just polished dog $hit.

Now, however, Bimbo Jones has come to the aid of Lewis’ latest single, and made it into a really fun track. I wanted to hate it when I saw Lewis’ name attached to it, but Bimbo Jones did such a superb job, I’ve been humming this track all weekend. Check it out after the jump.

Read the rest of this entry »

Bookmark It

Hide Sites

Jan 21

Coming to a Speaker Near You

I’ve spent this week listening to tracks to use in my next mix. Its been an exciting experience, as there seems to be a wealth of good music out there to use. I’m seeing new tracks from favorite artists, rising one-hit-wonders, new producers with exciting remixes, and familiar faces back on the scene. Here is a list of some of the songs I’m checking out:

Read the rest of this entry »

Bookmark It

Hide Sites

Jan 20

Bad Ro-mix

I’m one of those people that gets burnout on a song pretty easily. Knowing that, its great to see that every time I begin to feel burnout on Lady Gaga, a new remix is released! Check out these 3 mixes for Bad Romance.

Read the rest of this entry »