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…and now the wait is over!!!

The funny thing is MixRev may try to get an exclusive on this!

I know People had the exclusive on this but what are all your thoughts? I know the Moms will be loving this, “Loving it Forever!”

Here are some vids to enjoy!

So I just stumble across the following news feed. I would like you to read it and then ponder, how some of the peer pressure in this industry can hurt others.

DJ AM Reveals Dark Past
January 3, 2008 5:29 a.m. EST
Sally Grover – Celebrity News Service News Writer

Los Angeles, CA (CNS) – DJ AM may be one of the hottest DJ’s in Hollywood, with an impressive list of starlet ex-girlfriends and the
deed to many of the towns hottest nightclubs.

However, just ten years ago, DJ AM was leading a very different life. The 33 year-old music man, whose real name is Adam Goldstein, has told the story of his past to Glamour magazine.

The ex-fiancé of Nicole Richie revealed that he was once so close to committing suicide he had a gun in his mouth.
AM said, “I went into my living room, reached into a cabinet above my TV and grabbed my gun, a loaded .22. I sat back on my heels, cocked it and put it into my mouth. I pulled the trigger. The gun didn’t go off. I thought, ‘Are you kidding me? I’m such an [expletive] failure I can’t even kill myself? I dropped the gun and broke down. That was the turning point in my life.”

Since the turning point at age 24, DJ AM has become one of the biggest entertainers in Hollywood, favored by celebrities and appearing at some of the hottest parties.

However, his priorities have changed.

The star continued, “I no longer needed a trophy girlfriend or drugs to feel good about myself. It’s been nine and a half years since I’ve had a drink or taken drugs. But every day I have to remind myself that no matter how much time I have behind me, I’m still a drug addict.”

“At any given moment, I’m five seconds away from walking up to someone, grabbing their drink out of their hand and downing it. And if I do that, within a week, tops, I’ll be smoking crack.”

AM is one of my favorites to catch when I am out in LA. He is probably one of the best at getting a party started and finished with whoever his audience is, leaving the club better off. While I do not know him personally, many who are acquainted with him, know that he is pretty open about all of this.

Still, there are many DJs out there who may be in a similar spot and not as open. This is a privileged job we get to do. Help make sure many can do it for years to come!

I guess this is the month to let everybody know you’re pregnant. Well, from a different perspective Ed Simons of the Chemical Brothers has a baby on the way with…. LILY ALLEN!!!

Here’s a statement from Lily Allen’s publicist…

“Lily is thrilled to be pregnant and can’t wait to become a mum,” a source close to the singer tells the paper. “She’s a real family person. Ed’s very happy. He is really looking after her. Lily could not be happier. It’s the icing on the cake for what has been an incredible 18 months for her. She is looking forward to finishing her new album early next year and releasing it before the birth of her first child.”

We only posted this because its one of the Chemical Brothers! Don’t you think that was kind of fast though?

Not the most clever tittle but hey, the year is ending and my mind is out of it!

So to finish off the year that was 2007 and pretty much MixRevolution’s first complete year in action, we reached out to many of our friends and asked them to send us their Top 10 albums and/or single of 2007.

For me I find it only fitting that the first two list come courtesy of some close friends of mine, Shala Esquire of Qualo and JustinJay (The DJ to break in ‘08).

Shala is a member of Chicago’s most infamous undeground group Qualo. They are Chicago’s hype masters! With appearances on CNN defending Hip Hop and representing the new Chicago sound all over the US, Shala is one of the men behind Chi Towns new musical movement. So here is his list of favorite albums that came out in 2007:

1.Graduation- Kanye West
2.American Gangster- Jay Z
3.Make Sure They See My Face- Kenna
4.Finding Forever- Common
5.The GetBack- Little Brother
6.Kala- M.I.A.
7.The Cool- Lupe Fiasco
8. The Big Doe Rehab- Ghostface Killah
9.Fancy Footwork- Chromeo
10.As I Am- Alicia Keys

If you want to hear more about THE MOVEMENT he is behind in the Chi then go download Shala’s latest mix for FADER magazine HERE.

On a different note, JustinJay, is sort of part of the MixRevolution.com family, he helps with some of our behind the scenes junk you all don’t care about. But, on the side he has been mixing it up for over 10 years and has been helping promote raves in the LA area for over 15 years. He loves spinning the Indie/ElectroClash sound that is killing LA right now Most recently though, he was the winner of Beatport’s “Open for Felix Da Housecat” contest. he was flown out to NYC and open for the Master at Club Rebel back in November. Click here to read more. Here were his favorite albums of ‘07, even though one was released in ‘06. I’ll let it slide.

1. lcd soundsystem – sound of silver
2. Goose – Bring it On
3. The Chemical Brothers – We Are the Night
4. Justice – Cross
5. !!! – Myth Takes
6. Radiohead – In Rainbows
7. Klaxons – Myths of the Near Future
8. Bloc Party – A Weekend in the City
9. CSS – Cansei De Ser Sexy
10. The Black Ghost- Self Titled

Head on over to JustinJayMusic.com and download some of his latest mixes including his set from Rebel.

Well there will be more lists to come. So enjoy, check out new music and spin some dope tracks this Holiday Season. Peace!

I am a few days late on this but who knows how many people actually are reading this anyways! So here is to a new week!

Got a new Steve Aoki article for you. I love this one which comes courtesy of URB.com. Here is one quote I love:

“…all those old people were there, Paul Van Dyke, Tiesto. . .It was crazy, I don’t even know how I won. Every billboard in Ibiza is a DJ who is over 45 years old…”

He is going to have the purist up in arms again! Ha Ha! Read more here!

We have a few new Features in the News Section of MixRevolution.com. Make sure to check out the new Pioneer SVM-1000 mixer. I am a tech geek and can’t wait to play with it.

Kaskade is probably one of my favorite Djs now, check out his New Year’s Flyer, he may not be Tiesto but he loves what he does and so do his fans!

The Cool Kids have a dope new track called Flossin’, get the download from Discobelle here! Then spin it in your mixtapes and sets!

Palms Out Sound is one of my favorite dance music blogs, They post a lot of cool and unique remixes all week long. Some of the Dance purist would call them lo-quality blog remix crap, but this fad is slowly becoming the New Punk Rock of this new Millennium and Decade! Check it out and enjoy!

That’s it for now! More to come this week! Also check out some of my favorite blog posts over to your right at “NOVA’s World Wide Finds”!

Let us know if you are enjoying this!

I thought this was brilliant and funny! Enjoy!

P.S. It’s a joke!

Courtesy of Sit Up Stand Down, I just read how another white bred, cracker school district/community is fearing the affects of hip-hop on it’s youth. This sounds like I am back in middle school. As a twenty something Caucasian male who grew up the minority in is neighborhood, I heard these stories all the time, but that was in the 90s.

Ok back to the lecture at hand. Read the following articles to actually understand what I am talking about, here and here.

Here is a quote from one parent:
“This is not just shaking your booty,” he said. “This is pelvis-to-pelvis physical contact in the private areas…and then moving around.”

Now I can agree somewhat with the views of the Principal and parents but remember the reaction Elvis got when he got the ladies “All Shook-Up” over his pelvic thrusts! And I know they all say Kevin Bacon get “Foot Loose”, ha! I thought it was interesting to see that we are still progressing in some spots.

First and foremost, our condolences go out to Kanye West and his family. No more needs to be said, as the media has been updating us on this news constantly, even though the family has asked for some privacy. Let them mourn and keep them in your prayers!

Keep an eye out for DJ I-Dee’s interview with turntable legend, Q-Bert, which should be up soon.

Also, there will me lots of OLDS, since I can’t call it news, videos coming up in our TV section this week. Look from here on out to see new posts in our TV section every week.

I was forwarded an interesting article from LA City Beat this past week regarding LA’s own and Hollywood’s favorite DJ, Steve “Kid Millionaire” Aoki. While I do not agree with everything said, since I have seen him DJ many times over the past 4 years or so but it is interesting none the less. Read the article here.

Last, while watching TV today this commercial really made me laugh. I guess I am not a tough guy.

Enjoy your day and week. I am going to see Mixmaster Mike tonight. So I will update you on that later!

Peace!