I was in Minneapolis this weekend and damn, to say there were highs and lows would be the understatement of the century. On Friday, I was supposed to arrive at about 1:30pm and was planning for a relaxing day of hanging out with Lynn Gehrke, the other DJ that night, as well as my Red [...]
Before I say anything else – we’ve picked our finalists for the Lolla Remix Throwdown!! They were decided by a combination of public vote with the judges’ scoring and now the selected four will battle live at the finals August 1st. It’s a free event in Chicago that also features Hot Pink Delorean and Hey [...]
Awright, I now have THREE pairs of tickets to give away to see DEVO and the Dirty Projectors at the Congress Theatre in Chicago on August 5th! Details on how to win are at the bottom of the post. Here’s the link to the Facebook event so you can see all the deets: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=134650599893583
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Yeah yeah, I know there’s still no ability to leave comments and there’s still no RSS link, but they’re coming. We are still operational though! In the meantime, please note that the URL for the blog is now http://www.danideahl.com/music and change your links, bookmarks and everything else So tonight, taking into consideration all the [...]
As you can see, we have some new digs around here! Finally, my DJ site is integrated with my blog This is why I haven’t posted since June 23rd and I have to ask that everyone be patient just a few more days while we fix some things. Yes, I know there’s no [...]
It’s been a tough couple of weeks! Again it looks like I’ve been AWOL from the blog, but I’ve been completely preoccupied. Not only have I been working on the Lolla Remix Throwdown and finishing up some new written pieces, including one with Jen Lasher, but the new website is almost done and will probably [...]
The Lolla Remix Throwdown is in full swing and it’s awesome to see so many dsquared contributors in there! PeaceTreaty, The 2000, Glasnost, The Sonixx, Dan Sena, Mr. Vega, Kids At The Bar, Religion, GMGN, DJ Kue, Midnight Conspiracy and way more all all in the running! Remember producers, a portion of semi-finalists are decided [...]
The Lolla Remix Throwdown, Lollapalooza’s official remix contest, is finally here! For those of you who don’t know, I was hired to direct this year’s contest and have been working non-stop over the past month to get everything up and running. For real, you have no idea how much work goes into a contest until [...]
I was supposed to play in Guatemala today, leaving at 7:20 this morning, only to find out that the international airport in Guatemala City was closed due to a volcanic eruption. I called the owner of the club and he told me that much of the city was covered in ash and sand. He was [...]
Another week of massive submissions. I have to break it up a bit as I’m already above two dozen for tracks I want to post… The more time goes on with dsquared, the more submissions I get that are right up my alley and at a higher bitrate. Just a warning – I’m going to [...]
