This week's episode is an interview with Paper Diamond and a review of his show with some of my commentary on the dubstep scene. Paper Diamond is electronic musician Alex B. who also produces hip hop, runs a music label and has a clothing line. He's a DIY artist in the truest sense and a real inspiration to talk with. His live show is a spectacular vision of lights and aggressive dance music. I'll capture that part of it for you in a separate video. In my commentary on dubstep I talk a bit about taking photographs at shows. Here's a photograph from the show that's an example of what I'm referring to with the enthusiasm of the people that attended the show.

Music:
The M Machine - "Promise You A Rose Garden"
The Weekend - Same Old Song (Paper Diamond remix)
Paper Diamond - Levitate
Cherub - Dirty Cockroaches

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The Aquanettes are a Detroit area band comprised of three women that have a powerful surf-rock and punk sound with an ambition to be heard. I came across them through Tania, their bass player, who also plays keyboards in Blockhead, a Devo cover band. Tania mentioned she played bass in this all girl puck band, the Aquanettes, that I should check out. A couple of months later, I'm at a show at Callahans, a bar in Auburn Hills, that usually has attracts an older blues rock crowd. On this night, along with a burlesque show that I can't even hint at how cool it was. Meanwhile, I can give you the lowdown on the Aquanettes who really put a real kick into the night's show. The video is only a small glimpse of the conversation I had with the ladies, we talked on other topics and even had a fan asking questions of the band. Maybe a part 2 video is called for...

The Aquanettes are hard at work over the winter putting some new material together. You can find out more about the Aquanettes at their facebook page and reverbnation page.

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I remember meeting Julian Smith way back in 2006(?) at an early Podcasting Convention. Talk a look at the cover for this week's show. That's Julian and I back in the early days of podcasting when the internet was our oyster. We've both come a long way since then, I've got over 300 podcast episodes and Julian has a multitude of social media and blogging adventures he's been involved in. His latest is The Flinch, a self help book available free from Amazon's Kindle store. The book is a philosophical approach to overcoming your fears, whatever they may be, so that you achieve the things in you really want out of life. We also talk about Julian's days as a podcaster and tips for writing a book for the Kindle store. The music in the episode is indie hip hop from mix tapes that I listened to in 2011.

music:
Lushlife - "Adult Goth"
Nacho Picasso - "Bad Guy"
Danny Brown - "Scrap or Die"

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I'm starting off 2012 with a video interview I should have probably gotten out in 2011, I guess time flies when you're having fun. This video is with Rubik, an indie pop band from Finland that combine elements of pop with catchy melodies and the epicness of progressive rock. They have been around with since late 1990's but they sound continually fresh with compelling instrumentation. I caught them on tour with Lights in October. What was funny about interviewing them was I worried that I wouldn't be able to understand them bring from Finland and all. Turns out their english is quite good and they were very affable during the conversation. Their latest album "Solar" was a masterpiece and I'm sure was in top lists of favorite albums of 2011 for critics and indie pop fans.

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It's the "best of" time of year where everybody tells you what they thought the best movies, music, etc. was for 2011. Once I gave it a little thought I discovered 2011 was a really good year for concerts, movies, music, TV and comic books. So here's my very selfish and subjective take on what I liked (and a few things I didn't like) about 2011. Get ready for a long episode, 1 hour and 24 minutes, as I actually spend some time talking on my subjects.

music:
Dada Trash Collage - Fliers
Lettercamp - Oh Well
Mike Posner - Wonderwall
Regurgitator - Into the Night

Favorite lists -

Top Concerts of 2011:
Global Dub Festival
Selena Gomez
Identity Festival
OMD
Girl Talk

Top Event I attended in 2011:
Fan Expo in Toronto

Top Podcasts in 2011:
Dread Media
NFL Today
Double Feature
Yeah, It's That Bad
IGN Channel Surfng

Favorite Music in 2011:
Childish Gambino - Camp
Danny Brown - XXX
I Love Lightning Bugs - Kensington
The Drums "Portamento"

Favorite mixtape of the Year: Mike Posner "The Layover"

Favorite Pop Artist of 2011: Lil' Wayne
Favorite Pop Song of 2011: Party Rock Anthem by LMFAO
"Crush" of 2011 - Carly Foulkes

Favorite TV Series 2011: American Horror Story

Favorite Comic Movie 2011: X-Men First Class
Favorite DC/Marvel Comic of 2011: DareDevil by Mark Waid
Favorite Indie Comic: Witch Doctor

Things I Hated On in 2011:
Facebook App Requests
Glee
Betty White
Green Lantern Movie Apologists
Christmas Specials/Albums

mentions:
My review of the Morrissey show
my flickr page

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For this week’s video episode I’m steering away from indie pop music and focusing on indie pop culture. A few episodes ago, I had an interview with local filmmaker J.G. Barnes on his short film “Patrick.” This episode is a follow up, with J.G. talking about his upcoming short movie “Thieves” which is shaping up to be quite a spectacle. Visually arresting with a sci-fi storyline, “Thieves” will be out early January 2012. To support the movie there are trailers and other videos available at J.G.’s Zenisphere Films YouTube page.

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This week’s video goes back to October when I saw Sims and Cecil Otter at the Pike Room in Pontiac. This video is with Sims, the Cecil Otter video is still to come. The first person you’ll see in the video is my brother, Kevin, who is a huge fan of both. I decided to let him do the interview and he was so into it he wrote detailed questions in a notebook. Sims latest release is the excellent “Bad Time Zoo,” a very entertaining hip hop record with Sims calculatedly rapping over incredible beats provided by Lazerbeak. As part of the Doomtree collective, Sims can also be heard on “No Kings,” the new album from Doomtree released a couple weeks ago. My apologies go out to Sims and Kevin for taking so long to get this video out.

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On this audio edition I talk about my obsession with getting a tablet and the one I ended up with. I also have an interview with "neo-folk-goth" band Tasseomancy, a new group from Canada that includes twin sisters that share vocals. I caught their live show with Austra, another Canadian band that the sisters from Tasseomancy also provide back up vocals for. I also include a couple of reviews for newly released albums by Golden Glow and I Love Lightning Bugs. You can read my blog review of "Kensington" by I Love Lightning Bugs here.

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It's my 300th episode of Most People Are Djs! I'm celebrating it with a video review of Peter Murphy, She Wants Revenge and Hussle Club in a concert I attended Black Friday, Here's my review of the show I did for motorcityblog.

This year I’ve been reliving my youth and seeing the bands I grew up listening to like OMD, Men Without Hats and the star of this show, Peter Murphy. While the show was billed with the emphasis on She Wants Revenge as they probably do sell more records than Peter Murphy, the focus at the show was on Peter Murphy. Give credit to SWR as they told the crowd to save themselves for Peter, during their set full of new, old and even some B-sides. If you came to the show a little late you probably missed Hussle Club, who played an early 30 minute set of a hard post punk that also featured some updated dance rhythms. As mentioned above, SWR played some of their early hits and their closing with “Out of Control” and “Tear You Apart” received loud appreciation from the crowd.
At age 54, Peter Murphy, shows your years as a musician and singer with one of the richest, as well as deepest vocals, can still put on a show that includes all the raw energy of his early years and all the beauty of his more delicate later releases. When he’s rowdy onstage, dancing and preening, he still reminds me of an Iggy Pop impersonator. But, it’s his quieter, reflective songs that elevate his show above comparisons. He showed an angry streak during the show as he railed his sound man for checking his cell phone. In fact, I would say Peter is perfectionist at his art and has those same expectations for those around him, even choosing to restart “A Strange Kind of Love” when he was more than more than midway through it. His set also featured four Bauhaus songs, my favorite being “In the Flat Fields” which had Peter berating his drummer to “play faster, play faster!” He ended the show slowing way down with a somber encore of a three-song suite that included "Marlene Dietrich's Favourite Poem."

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This week’s MPAD is a short audio edition that has 3 songs from new indie pop/hip hop artists and an interview with local Detroit area filmmaker J.G. Barnes of Zenisphere films.

music -
Doomtree - The Grand Experiment
Cities Aviv - Araw
Hurts - Wonderful Life

interview -
J.G. Barnes of Zenisphere Films, "Patrick"

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