Here is ep#1 of my new podcast Digital Racket with graphic artist Jeremy Wheeler

Digital Racket recommendations includes:

Veronica Mars is Victorious

Webcomic Quarter Life Crisis

Black Box TV: Inside

Spin compilation: Go Austin

You can see my photos at my Most People Are DJs flickr

You can also find my Digital Racket updates at:

MPAD Media on facebook

Digital Racket on SoundCloud and Facebook

Here is the audio edition of my best moments of 2012 which includes a segment on my favorite TV shows of 2012. I also play "Satellite" by the band Fur and a cover of "Would" by Telephoned. There's a lso a clip from Christopher George of the Smiths United. 2012 was a tremendous year for me and I'm really looking forward to what 2013 has coming my way.

On this audio episode of Most people Are DJs I have 3 interviews and indie electronic music by duos. Last week VHS or Beta came into town for a free show sponsored by the Onion AV Club and Killians. I couldn’t make it to the show but I was able to interview singer Craig Pfunder over the phone before their show in Ohio. VHS or Beta’s latest release is Diamonds and Death, a great record with more electronics and dance than their previous album. Detroit Fanfare, a local comic book convention, was held Oct 26 – 29, I stopped by for a few hours and snagged a couple of interviews. Sina Grace is the artist on my current favorite comic book, Lil Depressed Boy from Image Comics. LDB manages to put in indie music, friends, relationships and working crap jobs, yes, real world stuff, into a humorous and emotional comic. The last interview Is with Terrell Culbert, the publisher of Breathe Again Magazine (BAM), a magazine devoted to cosplay, comic books and geek entertainment. It’s a tremendous local effort that makes me appreciate looking at material on the physical page.

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music:
Swim - Hold On
Humans - Possession
Littlle People - Algate Patterns
WAZU - Councillor
Kid City - Call Mom

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This week’s podcast is an audio audition running down the recent concerts I’ve been to and features a couple of interview clips with indie dance artist Tunde Olaniran. The show starts with a track by Cadence Weapon, a hip hop artist that fuses more of an indie pop element with his gifted rapping. I’ve been to a few shows lately that I tell you about next including Adam Ant on his first US tour in over 15 years. You can read a full review of the show here. I also talk about the Datsik show and the Hundred Waters, Julia Holter show. A track from Hundred Waters is featured. Their music is a blend of traditional instruments and electronics with female vocal harmonies that at times remind me Bjork. I wrap it all up with some talk on Walking Dead Season 3 and its violent, gory and brilliant first episode. Detroit Fanfare is Oct. 26 – 28 and is sure to be a good time with dozens of comic writers and artists. Teeel brings in the final track with a sprawling electronic song with a theme that is appropriately eerie.

music –
Cadence Weapon – Conditioning
Hundred Waters – Me and Anodyne
Tunde Olaniran – Brown Boy
Teeel – Crystal Lake

Background music from Gramatik and Paper Diamond

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Finally here is an audio episode of Most People Are DJs. It’s been one hectic and crazy summer, so while I’ve been attending shows, filming DJs and bands, taking photos etc. there have been things I haven't been able to do like record an audio MPAD episode. During the recording of this episode I realized through my videos and pictures I have give you a glimpse of the experiences what’s been missing is what I thought about the show or event. This episode I try to rectify all that with a rundown on how I spent my summer and some great music I’ve recently received. I talk with Nicole Boudreau of the Royalty, a great indie rock/pop band from El Paso, Texas and I tell you about Creator-Owned Heroes, a fantastic comic from Image Publishing by Jimmy Palmiotti and Steve Niles.

Music:
Girls Love Shoes – Bad Girls
Fever Ray - Traingle Eyes (remix)
The Royalty – I Want You
Hussle Club - Uptown/Downtown

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Happy July 4th to everyone, including all my international friends, as I think we all should have an excuse to celebrate! On this audio episode, I have 3 interviews from Motor City Comic Con with some of the more pop culture-centric guests. James Duval is an actor that has starred in scores of films including Go, Nowhere, Doom Generation, Donnie Darko and a host of others. One of his latest features is Sushi Girls which will be out in the Fall and from the trailer it looks like it’s going to be incredible. Michael Bailey Smith has been in loads of horror movies and TV shows usually playing a monster, alien or all around creepy guy. However, he’s actually a really nice guy that grew up playing football in the Michigan area. My last interview is with actor and comedian Kevin Brown also known as Dot Com from 30rock. He’s a hilarious guy that if you went to a comic convention this year you hopefully got the chance to meet. In between the interviews are some great alternative synthy tracks. At the end of the show I tell you about the shows I’ve been to recently, Social Media Day Detroit and more on the upcoming Identity festival.

Music:
the Belinda Butchers – Hai bby
Bastille – Falling (featuring Ralph of To Kill a King)
Slowdance – Boyfriend
Charlie XCX – Nuclear Seasons
DJ Arty mixtape edit

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For this audio episode I am talk with Infernal Devices members Andy and Mark who play a synth-pop, indie electro type of music that you all know I love. We talk about the band, playing live and in the second part of the interview we get into their love of science fiction and talk movies. They have an ep out, "A Million Miles Above" that I play 2 songs from.

I also discuss the new album "Love In Age of War" the from Men Without Hats, here's my written review of it:

I’ll put it out there that Men Without Hats “Rhythm of Youth” and “Folk of the 90’s P.III” are 80’s classics that should be just as revered as Human League’s “Dare” or New Order’s “Low Life.” Those MWH albums were full of 3 minute synth pop tracks with catchy hooks and choruses built for singing along to. Most probably only remember “Safety Dance” but there were several other good songs on those albums that didn’t hit the radio. While there have been MWH hats albums since then, one even included another favorite song of mine, “Pop Goes the World,” none of them captured the synth pop glory that those first two albums did.
Now 30 years later Men Without Hats is back with a new record, “Love In the Age of War” that harkens back on those seminal synth pop gems and adds another 10 songs that re-establish them as New Wave Synth royalty. The album kicks off strong with the near-Devo “Devil Come Round” and lead singer Ivan Dorschuk’s vocals come in sounding like they haven’t aged a day. “Head Above Water” follows with a quicker pop beat. Along with the melodies come a fresh sense of optimism and positivity towards life that isn’t heard enough these days.
Like recent releases by OMD and Devo, Men Without Hats prove they can still put out competent new material that should please old fans and hopefully capture some new ones.

At the end of the episode I talk more on the upcoming music festival and talk about Eric Prydz, which is pronounced "Prids".

songs:
Infernal Devices - Atlantic Cable, Passengers
Whitey - Saturday Ate Our Lives
Men Without Hats - Head Above Water
Eric Prydz - Mighty Love (Instrumental)

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This week's audio podcast is a compilation of interviews with comic artists and writers plus some great indie pop music. I start the show talking with Krazy Krow who does the webcomic, Spinnnerette and Steve Gadlin who has his I Want to Draw A Cat For You website and was featured on the show Shark Tank. Then, I interview Carlos Gabriel Ruiz who wrote and drew the comic Pretentious Record Store Guy. I bumped into author Tom King and we talked about his upcoming novel "A Once Crowded Sky" which comes out in July. You will definitely want to check this book out. Ending the show is my interview with Georges Jeantry who draws the Buffy comics for Dark Horse Comics. You will also want to look for his artwork with the upcoming Geek Nation website.

music:
Mystery Pills The Glass Traditions
Candidate City of Hate
Crashing Cairo 2020 see them on June 23 at the Magic Bag
Apeface & Crumplezone - One Night
Le Castle Vania - Its You remix check him out at Identity 2012

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What other podcast has 3 diverse interviews? This week’s audio show I have an interview with Mayer Hawthorne, who started in Ann Arbor a few years ago doing hip hop, today he’s a hip and soulful singer whose song “The Walk” is quickly becoming a hit. At C2E2 I did a number of interviews I am getting to, Cinema Jaw was a podcast that had their booth down the same aisle I was spending most my time at. As a big movie fan I jumped at the chance to hang out and talk movies with the hosts, Ry and Matt. At the past few comic conventions I’ve been to the Suicide Girls website have had a booth and I’ve heard them interviewed on podcasts. Since I like to cover the offbeat and interesting I thought I’d spend a few minutes talking to a suicide girl about what it’s like to be a part of the website and what kinds of things she's into, as it turns out she likes a lot of the same things I do.

This weekend is Motor City Comic Con, I’ll be there Saturday and Sunday doing some interviews and hanging out with friends. I just found out my friends, I Love Lightning Bugs will be there too!

Music:
Oniunu Happy Home
2:54 The March
Big Science Blind Our Eyes
Dot Dash Learn How to Fly
Polica Dark Star

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Did I really just title my episode citing a KISS lyric? Well, yes I did! It seemed appropriate see as this episode includes an interview with Deuce the former singer from Hollywood Undead who has just released his first album "Nine Lives." I talk to Deuce about touring, growing up in LA and his crazy video for "Lets Get It Crackin." Then, there's a review of the tour Deuce is on with Blood on the Dance Floor and Brokencyde, you can read the review and see the pics here. I also have a short conversation with Ed Sheeran, a singer-songwriter from the UK who is touring here in the US with Snow Patrol. And I have some a real small conversation with big comic artist and writer Jimmy Palmiotti.

music:
Grouplove - Tongue Tied (Gigamesh remix)
Johnny Headband - Over There
Ed Sheeran - UNI

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