Top Ten Producers

In lieu of DJ Mag releasing their top 100 DJ's for 2013 (http://www.djmag.com/top100?year=2013), I decided I would do my own personal top 10 "DJ's".  Now these aren't based on top hits or concert sales etc, these are just my 10 favorite producers.


10. David Latour- This guy is on here because he produced my all time favorite EDM track to date (Venus vs Mars).  I actually don't know much of his other stuff but upon further research, it's awesome.  Everyone has their own "happy song" and Venus vs Mars just happens to mine

9. Cash Cash- These guys have picked up a lot of steam in my book recently.  Their song "Take Me Home" has been on repeat for seemingly days since I first heard it, same goes for their new song "Overtime".

8. Porter Robinson- 'Language' is one of the best sounding songs I have heard in the past two-three years. He doesn't have a lot of stuff released but what is released is of incredibly quality.

7. Daft Punk- These guys are legends.  The French duo took a break from music and came back better than ever with their new album this summer.  'Get Lucky' is one of the coolest songs of all time plus Niles Rodgers plays the guitar on the track

6. Madeon- He is awesome.  He only has a few songs out there but they are so catchy and lively.  He has done remixes with Deadmau5 and a slew of others too.  'The City' is actually my top most played on my iTunes!

5. Matisse & Sadko- This Russian duo is brand new but everything I have heard them put out is gold to my ears.  They have a hit single as well as two remixes that are just plain insane.  I am expecting bigger things to come from these guys.

4. Zedd- He is becoming huge REALLY, REALLY fast.  I keep hearing a few of his songs on the radio and people flock to see him perform.  Lady Gaga even had him produce her newest album.  My favorite song, however, isn't one of the more popular ones you will hear on the radio.

3. Krewella- This is a group of one guy and two sisters from the US.  The sisters voices in their songs are MASSIVE, they have huge voices and it makes for some incredibly epic songs.  They are also picking up some radio airplay too.

2. Calvin Harris- This guy right here, is simply one of the best.  I can safely say that I have never hated anything he has produced or collaborated with someone to produce.  He has one of the more unique sounding voices that is used in his tracks.  He does collaborations with Florence Welch, Ellie Goulding and Example to name a few.

1. Deadmau5- He was the producer on the first EDM song I ever heard.  He is one of the more outspoken producers of the EDM community and he usually catches a lot of flak for that but his fans love him for it, including myself.  His tracks range from dubstep (raise your weapon) to very deep, cerebral sounding tracks (the Veldt and Strobe).  He does collaborations with the likes of Imogen Heap, Gerrard Way (lead singer of My Chemical Romance).  Of course everyone knows his biggest song 'Ghosts n Stuff' but it is not even close to my favorite track of his.

There was a few producers who just finished outside my personal top ten: Audien, Swedish House Mafia, Eric Prydz, Nicky Romero, Sander van Doorn, Syn Cole, Tom Staar and Basto.

It has been a couple weeks since I posted a top ten so I hope you all enjoyed this.  Maybe, just maybe I turned you guys on to some new tunes for the Halloween party weekend!

Sorry everyone!

Hey everyone!

I apologize for not uploading anything the past week or so, things with school got incredibly busy and then one of my best friends was married this past weekend so it was all good vibes.

Speaking of that wedding, I couldn't be happier for Shannon.  She married her best friend and it was an honor to be invited (as well as witness them being engaged a year ago too).

But the big news of the past week was what the Maid of Honor Lauren asked me.  She is engaged to be married and asked me, YES ME, to be the ordained minister and marry them on their wedding day.  How exciting is that?!  Things really couldn't be going any better for me.

Next week, I will resume uploading some throwback Thursdays and Top 10 picks but for now enjoy my three favorite pictures from the wedding last Saturday

The bride herself

Too cool for school, yo

Week 6 NFL picks

Hello everyone! I went 9-5 last week which isn't too shabby.  Here we go for this week:


Thursday Night
Chicago over NYG

Sunday
Cincy over Buffalo (If I don't pick Buffalo, then maybe they will win like vs Baltimore)
Detroit over Cleve
KC over Oakland
Minn over Carolina
Pitt over NYJ
Philly over TB
GB over Balt
Houston over STL
Denver over Jax
Seattle over Tenn
SF over Ariz
NO over NE
Dallas over Wash

Monday Night
Indy over SD (24-21)


Throwback Thursday post is in the works and will be posted soon!

Throwback Thursday #2/First top 10 list

For this weeks TBT, I decided instead of doing a personal throwback I would do a throwback that everyone could love and talk about.  Get your nostalgia ready guys.....

Yes, that is right.  This is going to be a throwback to all the 90's Nick shows we all adored and loved. This is also the start of my new top 10 series where I give my top 10 favorite of any given subject.  Without further ado, here is the list/TBT!

10. All That- Its sketch comedy for kids.  Our own version of SNL and they nailed it every time

9. Clarissa Explains It All- She broke the 4th wall by talking directly into the camera as if she was talking to us, that was cool by itself

8. Are You Afraid of the Dark?- This show genuinely scared me as a kid. It was tough to have to scare kids without making us cry into our Mommy's arms during the show, but they pulled it off perfectly

7. Angry Beavers- This show felt like the perfect showcase of what having an older or younger sibling was like using some of Nick's famous off-beat comedy

6. Ren & Stimpy- This show right here was hands down one of the most disturbing shows I have ever seen in my entire life.  Everything about the show just felt....nasty but I couldn't stop watching it.

5.The Wild Thornberrys- This was the first show that I ever watched that made it seem really cool to travel the world and see different things.  Also, who doesn't love Nigel?! BLARRRGHHHHHHHHHH

4. Rocket Power- This show was only on for three years but it was easily one of my favorites.  It showed off how a single parent (Raymundo) handled his two young kids who went out and did outrageous extreme sports stunts.  Twister was easily my favorite character and showed the rest of the world what a "bro" should be like.

3.Hey Arnold!- Arnold was bar none my favorite cartoon character from the Nickelodeon TV shows, he is just so damn likable.  They environment he was surrounded in and his friends made for some awesome episodes (Stoop kid anyone?!). Plus, find me a kid that didn't want to have Arnold's room growing up, I dare you.

2. Rugrats- This show ran for an amazing 13 years and had two movies come out.  Everything about this show is perfection.  The characters and how they developed over time felt natural and organic.  The two episodes that I remember to this day is the sky is falling episode and the episode where they shrink themselves to go inside Angelica because she swallowed a watermelon seed.

DRUM ROLL

Number One goes to.............................


1. Legends of the Hidden Temple: I know this isn't a cartoon or regular show but this show is sensational.  It is the one game show I begged to be on as a kid and I still wish to this day that I could be on it.  The show had everything, from physically climbing the Shrine of the Silver Monkey to having knowledge and listening skills to even having an element of chance when the temple guards who pop out of nowhere to slow you down.  I also thought Olmec was awesome and wanted to sit down and talk to him.


Being a kid in the 90's was pretty awesome to say the least but what about Disney? Someone thought of that http://mashable.com/2013/07/30/nickelodeon-vs-disney/

I hope you all had fun reading this, I surely had fun writing it!

Week 5 NFL picks

I went 9-6 last week. Let's see if I can improve this week:

Thursday Night:
Bills over Browns (I picked against the Bills last week, it worked out well)

Saints over Bears
Bengals over Pats
Lions over Packers
Chiefs over Titans (as long as Fitzy is their starting QB, I will NEVER pick Tennessee)
Colts over Seahawks
Rams over Jags
Ravens over Dolphins
Eagles over Giants
Cardinals over Panthers
Broncos over Cowboys
Texans over 49ers
Chargers over Raiders

Monday Night
Falcons over Jets (28-10)


The throwback Thursday post is coming up in a few hours too!

Government shutdown

HA fooled you! This post is not going to be about the Government shutdown rather, it is going to be a DIY version of Jolly Rancher vodka.

I made this to bring to a friends party back in January and it turned out to be a big hit.  I apologize for not having any photos of the whole process, but I do have what my final product looked like.

MATERIALS

1. Bottles: I went online to Amazon and bought five wine flasks which hold 8.5 ounces of vodka.  They each cost around 9 dollars a bottle so budget 45-ish dollars for the glass bottles.  If you are interested in buying them here they are on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0001UZOE6/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

2. Jolly Ranchers: I went to Wegmans and decided a dozen of the five favors would be enough for the size of the bottles I had.  You can buy more or less depending on what size your bottle is.

3. Vodka: I bought a handle of Svedka because having just a regular sized bottle would not have been enough vodka for the five wine flasks I was using.

4. You are going to want to have a funnel to pour the vodka into the bottles easier.  Having some paper towels around wouldn't hurt either.

PROCESS (start this 24-36 hours before drinking)

1.Unwrap all the flavors and put them in color coordinated order.
2. Fill the bottles with the 12 Jolly Ranchers first
3 Using the funnel pour in the vodka.  Remember do not pour in too much vodka because the candy in the bottle already takes up space
4. Shake the bottles thoroughly. Repeat this every 1-2 hours or so.  You don't have to wake up in the middle of the night just to shake them but every hour or so should do fine
5. Once the Jolly Ranchers have completely disintegrated into the vodka, you can either refrigerate or freeze the bottles so the vodka is nice and cold when you want to drink it
6. ENJOY

(L-R) Watermelon, Grape, Blue Raspberry, Green Apple, Cherry

 This is what my final product came out as.  It looks awesome and tastes even better. Enjoy responsibly!