“I’M IN THE HOUSE” CHARTS #1 on DMC WORLD CHARTS THIS WEEK!
January 31, 2010
HOWARD ZINN RIP
January 28, 2010
My first time I met Howard Zinn was in 2002 a few months after 9/11. I was making a film titled “Carpet of Gold, Carpet of Bombs” and got a chance to interview Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn one weekend in Boston. I remember when my partner and I decided that Zinn should be in the doc. we didnt know how to get a hold of him. We were both just finished with our undergrad. degrees and still trying to figure out how to put this film together. We did the most natural thing to do, call 411 under Boston for Zinn, Howard. We were surprised when we called the number and the MAN himself Howard Zinn answered the phone. A few weeks later we were flying out to Boston and got to interview him for a solid hour. (I have to find the footage somewhere and I’ll post it when i do) He was incredibly humble, funny, and full of lineage and history. I took pictures of his office like a crazed fan. After all he wrote the book that changed my academic life – The People’s History of United States of America. A must read if you haven’t picked that up. I practically switched majors and my whole direction I was going in school from that class and that book. Thank you Prof. Dick Flacks. Since reading that book I went on to his other book ” You Can’t Be Neutral On A Moving Train” and once again was inspired by one of the most influential people I was reading.
After I heard the news yesterday flying into Toronto from my friend Dan Sena, a rolodex of memories and information from my college years came rumbling back in my head. The first thing i thought of was where is that footage of that interview.. You know, we NEVER finished the film that we were making and we got some amazing interviews and footage during 9/11. I’ll make a second effort to find the footage now. Howard Zinn was one of the most important people in this century hands down. I’m so honored to have met him and been in his company. Zinn Lives On!
DJ VS. PROMOTER
January 27, 2010
MY BOAT TRIP GONE AWRY… TBC
January 24, 2010
FLIP PEOPLE CAN YOU GUYS HELP ME? OR ANYONE?
I’m waiting to see if I can get my footage I took from the boat adventure Cobrasnake and I did in Bali a few weeks ago will be recovered from a data recovery service. The first one I brought it to cost almost $1000. For a damaged flip camera, I can’t imagine it having to cost near $1000. Does anyone know any places that are reliable and inexpensive i can send my flip camera to to get the data retrieved/recovered? It’s been badly water damaged but its a BRAND NEW FLIP?! Maybe Flip can help me out? Please leave comments if you have any suggestions… Thanks guys
x Steve Aoki
SUNDANCE! HERE I AM DJING THE “CLEAN YOUR BALLS” AXE PARTY
January 23, 2010
Its on at The Axe Party … We’re cleaning balls tonight. Khloe Kardashian hosting while me and danny masterson will be djing til 2 am in a very Sundance style private non club party. Every year I end up playing a small party with ten million people ramming in getting their heads in to bop around with their new swag (including me 
) and get drunk to party jams.
BIG UPS TO MY HOMIE CLIFTON COLLINS JR.
January 23, 2010
Clifton Collins Jr’s new track has been nominated for 2 Grammy’s. He wrote, directed and shot most of this… Support this! Tell me what you think
http://www.youtube.com/user/cliftoncollinsjr
PHONE SEX GRANDMA! AMAZING!
January 16, 2010
Steve Aoki @ Control Fridays at Avalon 1/22/10
January 15, 2010
THERE WILL BE A DIM MAK POP-UP SHOP!!!
Hello North America!
January 14, 2010
Aoki Returns To His Stomping Grounds!
January 11, 2010
“Hub Hosts DJ Steve Aoki
By Todd Prodanovich / Staff Writer
Published Monday, January 11, 2010
Issue 55 / Volume 90
UCSB alumnus turned DJ Steve Aoki brought his beats back to Isla Vista on Friday for a performance at the Hub.
Aoki, the driving force behind growing music label Dim Mak Records, appeared free of charge for UCSB students thanks to Associated Students Program Board fees. In addition to his show at the Hub, Aoki also sat down for a candid interview with the Daily Nexus and KCSB to reflect on his career and time at UCSB.
“I lived in a few houses, the most notorious house would be the 6542 Sabado Tarde, apartment A house,” Aoki, a women’s studies and sociology major said. “That’s where we had over 200 bands perform in that living room.”
His former Isla Vista abode, which gained infamy as the ‘Pickle Patch,’ hosted some of the best up-and-coming bands of the time including At The Drive-In and Jimmy Eat World. In addition to making his mark on the Isla Vista music scene by hosting about 23 shows per month in the Pickle Patch living room, Aoki is also the man to thank for a concert space at Biko House.
“These bands at the time were massive bands,” Aoki said. “They [At The Drive In] were playing the Greek Theatre, then they were playing in our fucking living room!”
Despite his influence on the music scene at UCSB, Aoki wasn’t sure what kind of welcome his alma mater would offer.
“My expectations are all over the place,” Aoki said. “I didn’t realize that it was going to sell out. It’s cool to hear that, of course.”
Outside the Hub, students waited in line excitedly, some humming the tune of Aoki’s most popular track, “Warp 1.9.” Inside, Deejay Raph warmed up the crowd for Aoki with an upbeat blend of dance tracks. With the entire Hub audience jumping up and down once Aoki took the stage, the energy in the room reached a whole new level.
A few students even had a little too much fun. Matt Black, a fourth-year sociology major, said the music excited him so much that he scaled the rafters with the help of his peers.
“The crowd was already so crazy. I just had to get up there, so I got my two friends [to] give me a boost,” Black said. “They pulled me down and took me to the cops, but they just let me go. I didn’t have any priors or anything.”
Aoki’s set included a number of new tracks created by the artist, as well as some crowd favorites such as “Warp 1.9,” and tunes from some of his record label’s performers, such as “Cornelius,” courtesy of the Bloody Beetroots. Some of his most impressive moments included his electro remix of “New Noise,” by the Refused, and an encore that had the entire crowd singing along to “Bohemian Rhapsody” and catching Aoki as he leapt from his speaker stacks.
The UCSB alum has come a long way since the Pickle Patch — he founded and currently sits at the helm of Dim Mak Records, which has signed big acts from the worlds of rock and dance music such as MSTRKRFT and Bloc Party.
To hear the full interview with Steve Aoki online, go to www.kcsb.org.”
