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I GOT STONED BY THE JUGGALOS

Posted on 19. Aug, 2010 by JD.

Have you ever had a day in your life that you could categorically say was the best day of your life? The worst? What’s the funniest thing you have ever seen? I really have no idea, but I can say without hyperbole that the weirdest night of my life was last Friday. It started with me introducing Tom Green to Gallagher and ended with me watching Vanilla Ice perform to a crowd of thousands. And somewhere in the middle, Tila Tequila was assaulted by several hundred clowns. Oh, and I should also mention that Ron Jeremy was there the whole time.

It was the second night of the Gathering of the Juggalos–five miles down a dirt road, over a ferry, and a three hour drive from Nashville in a 30 foot rented RV. I was covering this summer camp for the dammed for the Village Voice and I was waiting to meet Tom Green. My editor Camille and I had tried to arrange an interview with the Canadian funny man but it was impossible to meet up with him because no one gets cell phone reception in Cave-In-Rock, Illinois. So we were waiting for him back stage hoping to get a quote and a photo.

I had just met Gallagher. He was performing the next night and was hanging out by the comedy tent meeting juggalos and waiting for Tom Green to show up so he could see how the insane clowns reacted to his act. Gallagher is known for covering his audience with food, but the juggalos are known for throwing anything they can get their hands on at the performers on stage and he wanted to be prepared.

When Tom Green finally showed up 30 minutes after he was scheduled to start, Ron Jeremy was standing about five feet from me signing very uncomfortable looking girls’ boobs. I introduced myself to Tom. He was expecting us and we arranged an interview for after his set. As he got ready to go on, we talked a bit about his tour and a mutual friend, and he told me he was late because he got stuck at an airport with none other than Tila Tequila.

Before last weekend I had never thought twice about Tila Tequila. I knew that she was famous on MySpace and that she had some sort of reality show but not much more than that. Tom Green on the other hand, was a hero of mine ten years ago and I am still a big fan of his internet TV Show. So if you had told me a few days ago that I would be skipping out on a Tom Green set to see Tila Tequila sing I would have thought you were crazy. But that was before I heard the juggalos talking.

Everyone at the Gathering was talking about Tila Tequila. To the juggalos she is everything they hate. She is pop culture, MTV, and the kids who picked on them in high school all rolled into one. She should not be at the Gathering and they were going to make that known. I had heard conversation after conversation about how juggalos were plotting to take down Ms. Tequila. One guy was collecting his shit in paper towels to throw at her and people were making piss water balloons. I thought it was mostly all talk but I figured if something did happen I should probably be there to document it.

After a surreal moment where I introduced Tom Green to Gallagher I headed over to the second stage with Camille. Tila Tequila was about to go on and we were hoping to catch a few songs and make it back for most of Tom’s set. When we got there Ron Jeremy was already there creeping on some of the “ladies night” performers. Tila Tequila, on the other hand, was nowhere to be seen. Camille and I interviewed Sugar Slam the viral video star of the Gathering of the juggalos infomercials. She is the girlfriend of Violent J of the Insane Clown Posse, and she also happened to go to high school with Tila Tequila. She was hosting the ladies night and was actually a lot more interesting and intelligent than the infomercial would have you believe.

Thirty minutes later there was still no sign of Tila and the juggalos were getting restless and were already throwing bottles and empty beer cans on stage. Camille left to make sure she met up with Tom and I was left to wait for Tila. As I was flirting with an adorable one-legged girl named Amber Amputee, a liquor bottle hit me in the back. It hurt like hell and it was my first realization that something was probably really going to go down if Tila showed up. It was getting late and I had my doubts that she would have the balls to show up but after another ten minutes security came out and started clearing everyone off the stage.  Everyone but me and Amber.

When Tila got on stage I realized I was the only photographer there. There was very little media at the Gathering to begin with, and I was the only member to watch Tila Tequila run out on stage flanked by body guards and squirt silly string into the crowd. She told the juggalos how much she loved them as bottles started to fly. I shot photos from the side of the stage but I was only getting shots of her from the back. I asked one of the security guards if I could go out on the actual stage and he told me that I was insane to do it, but he wasn’t going to stop me.

I walked out onto the front of the stage in between Tila and the crowd. She stayed back so she wouldn’t be near the crowd, so I could get good shots of her directly in front of me. As bottles and cans and god knows what else rained down on the stage I was hit over and over again. A few people were clearly aiming for me, but I didn’t get it nearly as bad as Tila and her security did. She was hit in the face with an egg during her first song but she just kept going. Her security tried to knock things out of the air but she was getting pelted. As bad as it got, she would not relent. It was completely bad ass. Even the M-80s being thrown on stage every 15 seconds didn’t phase her. I never thought she was going to make it through her first song but she just kept going and some of the juggalos at the front of the crowd were clearly as impressed as I was. I almost thought she was going to turn them

At some point during all of this Camille and Tom Green showed up. Tom ran out on stage with Tila and all the juggalos stopped throwing stuff and started cheering Tom. Things calmed down for a second but as soon as he left the stage shit just got worse. I circled to the other side of the stage to talk to Camille for a second and was on the right side of the stage when a juggalo tried to charge the stage and attack Tila. He was tackled by security immediately, as was the guy who tried to throw a large trash barrel at her. By this time I was getting hit by rocks and the stage was cluttered with garbage and rotten eggs and urine. I saw a mag light had been thrown at her and some rocks the size of grapefruits. It was getting really dangerous.

I guess she took her top off because she figured it might get the juggalos on her side but as soon as she got naked things just got worse. She kept telling the juggalos that she loved them and she defiantly sang her ass off while dodging rocks and full beer cans. I have no idea what hit her, she said it was a firework but I didn’t see it. She was covering her face with only her afghan. She never stopped singing though. She was holding this thing to her face as blood dripped down on her giant fake boobs. It was fucked up but she wouldn’t stop. It was the hottest thing I have ever seen.

When she got hit in the face the second time and was bleeding out of both sides of her head the security guards put a stop to it and dragged her off stage, but I think if it were up to her the juggalos would have killed her before she left voluntarily. Even as security pulled her off, covered in blood, she kept talking shit to the audience and never gave up. I will forever have a great respect for Tila Tequila as both a person and as a front woman. There are very few bands that would put up with shit like that. She would have been at home at a GG Allin concert while supposed “rock bands” have to cancel shows because they are scared of birds shitting on them.

Security took her to her trailer as she was followed by a mob of juggalos ready to kill her. They were shaking her trailer and trying to break in the windows. I don’t know exactly what happened after that, as I followed Tom Green and an actual clown to a secret location where Tom was picked up and taken to safety. It seemed like a bad time to do an interview. Camille and I started walking back to our RV totally speechless by what we had just seen. My back was killing me from all the stuff that I got hit with and I was covered in a combination of beer, Faygo, and urine

I just wanted to take a shower, but as I passed the “Freak Show Tent” I heard a familiar sound. “Go ninja, go ninja, go!”  It was Vanilla Ice playing his hit from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 sound track. My mind almost exploded. I walked over, and as he finished the song he introduced one of his fellow Surreal Life cast members… Ron Jeremy.  I walked back to my trailer with my head in my hands.

Hours later I couldn’t sleep so I walked around the campsite to talk to people about what we had just witnessed. I talked to a few people, but mostly there were just juggalos walking around like zombies. I saw Ron Jeremy by the comedy tent. I’m pretty sure he was living in the makeshift green room. Then there was Gallagher holding court with juggalos at 8am. He was so high he couldn’t even look at me.  It was a weird night. Woop woop…

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NATE IGOR SMITH

DEAR VICE – I GOT STONED BY THE JUGGALOS – Viceland Today.

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DeadMau5 Chosen for MTV VMAs | DJ Hero 2

Posted on 16. Aug, 2010 by JD.

DeadMau5 Chosen for MTV VMAs and DJ Hero 2

Good news for the Deadmau5 camp. Everyone’s favorite raving rodent has been selected to be the “house band” for the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards. The superstar electronic music producer will play exclusive remixes of other artists—presumably those nominated for awards. The show will air live on Sunday, Sept. 12th.

Deadmau5 has also been elevated to the status of in-game character in the latest update to Activision’s DJ Hero franchise, smartly titled DJ Hero 2. Here’s a first look at the in-game character.

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This past year has been huge for the man with the mau5head. He dropped his debut album, Random Album Title, has repeatedly demolished the club and festival scene, and has barraged the blogosphere with one hot track after the next. Needless to say, everything the Canadian DJ does is rarely short of epic. The name Deadmau5 has become synonymous with quality progressive house music, and we have learned to expect only the best from him.

But here is a step in a new direction for Joel Zimmerman. For Lack Of A Better Name, the follow-up to Random Album Title, is like no mau5 we are familiar with. While several of the tracks on For Lack Of A Better Name have already been leaked around the internet, the album itself takes on a whole new identity when these tracks are compiled into one continuous, and remarkably ambitious mix. Veteran Deadmau5 listeners will be quick to embrace the opening to the album, finding their fix in “Ghosts ‘n Stuff,” its sequel “Moar Ghosts ‘n Stuff,” and “Hi Friend,” all reminiscent of Zimmerman’s trademark sound. With the exception of these three tracks, the album represents what May very well be the new Deadmau5. Track five, “Bot,” features a super-grimy synth that literally vomits all over the track, paving the way for the album’s groovier, more melodic second half.

The tracks “Word Problems,” “Soma” and “The 16th Hour” showcase the mau5’s new style, a deeper, more mysterious brand of house music constructed primarily on low, rumbling basslines. And the closing track “Strobe” is an experience in itself, an epic club anthem.

Do not expect For Lack Of A Better Name to pick up where Random Album Title left off. Instead, embrace this change in sound and say “Hello” to Deadmau5 2.0.

Thanks to URB for the post content.

http://www.urb.com/2009/09/22/deadmau5-for-lack-of-a-better-name/

http://www.urb.com/2010/08/16/deadmau5-choosen-for-vmas-and-dj-hero-2/

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Interview with Chali 2na

Posted on 16. Aug, 2010 by JD.

theDougie Exclusive: An Interview with Chali 2na

theDougie: You’re a founding member of the band Ozomatli. Did you ever go on tour with them?

Chali 2na: Oh man, the first three years of Ozomatli’s existence was some of the craziest times I’ve had in my life. We used to tour crazily.

theDougie: What’s the craziest thing that ever happened there?

Chali 2na: Wow (laughs) a lot of different kind of stuff happened, those shows with Ozomatli, because it wasn’t always hip hop, the thing that we did. I was able to experience a lot of different encounters with different styles of artists – just different situations that were attracted by just the group Ozomatli because it was so eclectic, there was all kinds of stuff going on. For instance, we did the instore in Miami – the first couple of years Ozo existed – with Tito Puente before he passed away [...] and then it was Destiny’s Child and Ozomatli at the Virgin Megastore for the instore with all these people before – and stuff like that wasn’t happening with Jurassic at the time […] It’s always situations like that, where you just run into the oddest people who liked the band.

theDougie: Let’s talk about your latest album, Fish Market Part 2. What was the inspiration behind this album in particular?

Chali 2na: Trying to have some fun. Fish Market is a series that was created by myself and DJ Dez in order for us just to have a lane whenever we wanted to put out some music. We’ve been around since the days of record labels kind of running things and now it’s a very intimate driven society that we live in. It’s slightly different nowadays; it’s not the same as it used to be promotion-wise and everything. I just wanted to be able to put out music in a style that didn’t necessarily fit the mold of the ‘everything, cookie-cutter’ system. The mixtape avenue is definitely a way to be able to still constantly do music and just have fun with it. The first mixtape was Fish Market and it was basically, “I got a bunch of fish on sale for you guys. Would you guys like some?” ‘Cause the collection of songs that I had did with other people that I didn’t necessarily want some of my fans to have to go find – you could just pick a fish market and there it was. And when I saw the lane was open, I’m like “Okay, Fish Market Part 2 is gonna be a lot more funner, a lot more exclusive shit, just having fun and that’s what I was kinda planning to do.

theDougie: You’ve collaborated with many artists over the years – on your latest album alone you had Planet Asia, X-Clan, J-Live, and Akil. Who haven’t you worked with yet that you would like to work with?

Chali 2na: Stevie Wonder. I’m just a fan. I’m such a fan of music that it’s like, you know […] Shit, I’d do a song with Shakira. I’m at the point where now I feel like I try in every aspect, almost every way that you could put together a rap song or almost every way that there’s a hybrid rap situation I think I’ve been in it, so to speak. Nowadays it’s like, my last years on this earth, I’m gonna try to experiment as much as possible, so I always try to do all kinds of odd shit, ‘cause I think collaborating with the hottest people […] – as long as it’s dope, I’ll do a song with just about anybody […]

theDougie: Of all the tracks that you’ve done throughout your career which song do you hold as your favorite?

Chali 2na: I got favorite songs for different meanings besides them being my favorite tracks, one is a song I did called “There’s a Party” with George Clinton. It’s George Clinton – it’s not probably my dopest song or what have you, but it’s George Clinton, I can’t front on that shit. (laughs) I love that song! It’s that kinda stuff like that. I think the song I did called “Join the Dots” with Roots Manuva is one of the best recordings that I’ve done for sound […] that and the song I did with K’naan and Mos Def called “America.” I think those two were the best recorded songs I’ve ever done. Shit, there’s just so much! The song I did with Raphael Saadiq – it’s Raphael Saadiq, you know what I’m saying?! It keeps going; I had a lot of fun doing a lot of these songs – there’s a lot of these big guys who… a lot of people I’ve done songs with are a lot of people I’m a fan of so it’s been a pretty cool ride.

theDougie: So now that your album dropped, what’s up next for you?

Chali 2na: Just massive touring – I like being on the road, that’s really what I connect with best, this whole hip hop game is just perform so I love to create the music as a soundtrack and a commercial tool is what I like best. Hit the road as many places as I possibly can and spread the word about Fish Market Part 2, about Fish Outta Water and just about everything I’ve done. So I’m just gonna try to tour and push these projects as much as I possibly can. I’m doing some collaborative work with a band called Galactic, been trying to put together a cool project together. I’m doing a lot of collaborative work with just different people, like lately I told myself, “Man I need to do some more underground work, so what I do is work with a lot of cats that I know who I love their shit but haven’t had a chance to do, like a brother named RocC from Oxnard who’s down with the old Stones Throw family slash Oh No and Madlib and all those dudes. Rad dude, good friend of mine – we started this little bunch ago over the Internet. We just [went] “What you want on this?” “Throw a verse on that!” and it started and turned out to be pretty damn dope. So stuff like that… I’m trying to make people aware of the fact that I’m a painter ‘cause that’s something I’ve been doing a lot of oil painting on canvas and I wanna spread the word on that as well. Been doing a lot of voiceovers; I just did a voiceover audition for AT&T – shit like that – I’m trying to spread the whole vibe by taking advantage of as many opportunities as I possibly can.

theDougie: My final question: What’s one thing that people would be surprised to know about you?

Chali 2na: That I love my family more than my music; that in the end, if all this shit stopped tomorrow, as long as my family’s intact and I can still be a provider for my family in some sort of way. I pray – I’m a very religious guy in the sense of believing and trusting in a higher power, so it’s a prayer that I make everyday that I ask God to… for me to be successful in this life, to successfully provide for my family in this life using the gifts and talents and circumstances and blessings and the situations you provide.

theDougie Exclusive An Interview with Chali 2na on The Dougie.

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Scions Unlock the tC Party with The Spits, Rob Wonder and The 12th Planet – Slideshows

Posted on 16. Aug, 2010 by JD.

Saturday night, Scion hosted Unlock the tC, a game show-type event where they gave away a 2011 Scion tC. The Spits played live and Rob Wonder and The 12th Planet DJed

Scions Unlock the tC Party with The Spits, Rob Wonder and The 12th Planet – Los Angeles – Slideshows.

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What Do You Think of Nicki Minaj?

Posted on 13. Aug, 2010 by JD.

Nicki Minaj has had a huge jump in popularity lately. Is it warranted? What do you think of her? I have compiled some hot lines of hers… Tell me what you think?

Regardless of the controversy surrounding her comparisons to Lil Kim and her ample physical attributes, she has a ton of fans.  But how hot is her fire?

Itty Bitty Piggy-

“ I was on a plane with DeWayne, you can call me Whitley, I go to Hillmane/I’m The Baddest In The School/ The Baddest In The Game/Excuse Me Honey But Nobody’s In My Lane…”

I Get Crazy-

“I just came out of the mothaf*ckin old school/ with my Mac Notebook with the Pro Tools/ Y’all b*tches ain’t ready for Nicki Lewinksy/ Bad (Woof Woof) Flyer Than A Frisbee…”

Sweet Dreams-

“Young Money Right Chere/Bike Here/Throw It Up/ No High Chair/ Cold Like A White Bear/Freddy Kruger I’m A Rap B*tch Nightmare/ And I’m Rich I Could Buy You/ Kill B*tches Leave They Body In A Bayou/ More Brain Than An I.Q./ More Head Than A Dread/ My Yout!”

Bottoms Up-

“Can I Get That Dro/Can I Get That Remy/Can I Get That Coke/Can I Get That Henny/Can I Get That Margarita On The Rocks, Rocks, Rocks, Rocks/Can I Get Salt All Around That Rim, Rim, Rim, Rim/Trey, I was Like Yo Trey/Do You Think You Could Buy Me A Bottle Of Rose’/Okay Let’s Get It Now/I’m With A Bad B*tch, He’s With His Friend/I Don’t Say Hi/I Say Keys To The Benz/Keys To The Benz?/Keys To The Benz/Mothaf*ckin Right Yup Weed To The Ten/”

Up All Night-

“If  Drizzy Tell Me Get Her Imma Get Her/ I Got that Kind Of Money Make A Broke B*tch Bitter/I Got That Kind Wait, Wait, Wait, Fixate…/Which B*tch You Know Made A Million Off A Mixtape?!”

I see a lot of rap b*tches on the menu/but I collect 100 thou at the venue and pop bottles with my team/Young Money till the death of me!”

Like her or not Nicki’s at the top of her game. Until another female rapper can outshine her she’ll continue to be the most talked about, the most listened to female MC on the scene. If you’re mad then we advise you to tell your favorite female rapper to do something about it. Come on Kim Come on Foxy.. …

By dienhart at 2010-08-13

By dienhart at 2010-08-13

By dienhart at 2010-08-13

By dienhart at 2010-08-13

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