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IC Essential Mix Starts Sept. 6th at 6PM

Were on the way back! This Saturday the IC Essential Mix airs 6-8 PM only on KRUI! It will be the first proper show since May 23rd so tune in for sure fire bangers!

Lil Wayne - Electro Lollipop Gigzster mix

Lil Wayne - Electro Lollipop Gigzster mix

Myspace: www.myspace.com/djgigahurtz

Yeah pretty much...

Cost of the Iraq War to Iowa City

As of Aug 24th 2008...

Taxpayers in Iowa City, Iowa will pay $93.6 million for total Iraq war spending approved to date. For the same amount of money, the following could have been provided:


28,013 People with Health Care for One Year OR
105,321 Homes with Renewable Electricity for One Year OR
2,237 Public Safety Officers for One year OR
1,985 Music and Arts Teachers for One Year OR
15,257 Scholarships for University Students for One Year OR
1,165 Affordable Housing Units OR
39,880 Children with Health Care for One Year OR
14,154 Head Start Places for Children for One Year OR
2,096 Elementary School Teachers for One Year OR
1,491 Port Container Inspectors for One year

Copyright 2007 National Priorities Project

DJ Avant Garde - Feeling Ibiza Summer 2008

Feeling Ibiza Summer 2008
DJ Avant Garde - 515 Alive Definition Intro
Laidback Luke & Steve Angello - Be (DJ Sega)
Deadmau5 - Brazil (2nd Edit)
Pryda - Miami Atlanta
Kaysh - Drug Induced Sex (Kid Dub Loves Kinky Sex Mix)
Noir - Superskunk (Deadmau5 Remix)
Daft Punk - Fresh (Pat Swayzak Remix)
Sebastian Leger - Take Your Pills (Sebastian Leger Remix)
Tocadisco - Morumbi (Popof Remix)
Deadmau5 - Secondary Complications

My new progressive mix - I tried to embody in this mix the best tracks and producers right now in the world according to me who are masters of manipulating the latest and greatest of today's electronic instruments to give the essence of head-grooving melodies...peace and love, avant garde

DOWNLOAD - DJ Avant Garde - Feeling Ibiza Summer 2008

MRK1

Just in time for summer...WE GOIN' UNDERGROUND GRIT!!!



From Manchester, UK - MRK1 (Mark One)! A massive import dubstep remix of Shy Child - Summer below!
Be Sure to Check MRK1's Myspace - http://www.myspace.com/mark_one



MP3: Shy Child - Summer (MRK1 Remix)

If you dig that track check out this MRK1 + JSD (Virus Syndicate) Mix < Click to DL

Congratulations Shawn Johnson

Shawn Johnson who I share a hometown of West Des Moines, IA with (Coach Liang Chow's gym was within a mile of my old house and also former coach at University of Iowa) won her first gold medal on the balance beam in the Beijing Olympics. Truly an awesome job at the Olympics Shawn - way to rep. WDM!

Kid Rock's "All Summer Long" possibly product of non-freeform radio

Even though I love being a radio DJ the role of radio in today's music world has been dwarfed in recent times by the rise of blogs, itunes, and even internet sites like pandora and last.fm. Kid Rock who brought us "Bawitaba" back in the late 90s new track "All Summer Long" is now up to number 28 on Billboard's Top 100 (and has been on the list for 6 weeks). Rock's album "Rock N' Roll Jesus" which features the track however has been out since October nearly 10 months! This late single peak is due not to the digital revolution of download mp3s but solely to airplay and may possibly cue a revival of music that gains popularity due to airplay.

The song is actually a mashup of Warren Zevon's "Werewolves of London" and Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama" that features (non)poetic lyrics such as the first line of the song...

"It was 1989, my thoughts were short my hair was long"

Are you kidding me?

Most readers of blogs like this probably agree that America's standards for what qualifies good music has again been severely damaged over that last few years but discussion that I do not want to dabble in (not worth the space in my blog). The question of whether radio's role in music today and if it will continue expand in America again is yet to be seen.

My proposal for strengthening both the quality of music and also expanding radio's role in entertainment is best solved by changing radio back to old school freeform. Freeform radio is rare today and KRUI is one of the few stations in the state of Iowa that still sticks to live djs. Live DJs not only bring a new flavor every shift to a radio station but also diversify the music on air to expose listeners to a variety of music in stead of a computer that shoots out songs for djs to spit out on the air.

While this may only be part of the problem of why so many people despise pop music today but with songs like "All Summer Long" becoming popular from air play - you have to ask if the quality of today's pop music could be increased from live djs.

I will admit - I may be just a tad biased on this topic. I want to turn over this discussion to you readers...what do you think?

Home in Kansas City till weekend...

I will be in Kansas City till at least this weekend and probably wont be posting that much...make sure to check my shared links on the tool bar as those will be updated infrequently.

Bonus Mp3 via Electrostation! (www.electrostation.blogspot.com)
Sneaky Sound System - Kansas City (Sam La More Remix)

Moving...

Well readers, I am in the common situation of most college students right now in the process of moving to a new place across town to a new apartment.

Isn't it pretty?


Fortunately, I should be moved in by tomorrow and will have a more regular blog schedule!

BONUS MP3 - Classic B'More remix of Wale by Scottie B!



Wale - Elevators (Scottie B Remix) ~ From Discobelle