DJ Tanner Is All Grown Up

Riddle me this, dancers/readers… what ever did happen to predictability? The milkman, the paperboy, evening tv? Sadly, I didn’t even need to watch the above video to write the lyrics. They are burned into my gray matter, taking up the space that should be used for all the more important shit like the combination to the lock that is keeping me from my bank statements.

And if you’re up for it – watch the trailer above and see what’s different from the usual Full House seasons. Something…someone…is…um… 

With a Full House and our scheduled DJs MIA (helloooooo?) DJ Tanner did the eco-friendly thing and recycled a mix from days of yore, and yule. She trimmed our Holiday 2007 mix down on the fly, just like she was sculpting the family yule log with a chain saw. So some of what you see below was heard, but to know which exact songs those were, well – you had to be there. Got to give you some incentive to keep comin, eh? 

Women + Months Starting in Ma = Celebration

DJ Michelle Leslie Brown has had a hot mix simmering on the shelves for us since March. She had originally made it in honor of women’s history month – which some could argue ends in March. But let’s face it – March can be a real you-know-what. So in honor of the glorious, beautiful, growth-explosion happening outside of all of our doors, we’re extending the celebration of women’s impact on history with May, too. Thank you Michelle Leslie Brown for gestating this heart-filled mix and birthing it for us right when we needed it. Is that gross? No. It’s just true.

REMINDER!!!

No class this Sunday!  Break out the yellow mustard and enjoy the (fingers-crossed-knock-on-wood) beautiful holiday weekend!

We’ll be back in action next week–be there or be square.

Lil’ E = Big F-U-N!

You’ve heard her soulful, sassy beats before on several DJ 3-Way mixes, but this Sunday DJ Lil’ E flew solo for the first time.  The result?  A cannonball of beats that tore through the studio and knocked us all on our butts!  Lil’ E promised she would bring us back to life and she delivered.  As one lady said, you can tell a lot about someone’s personality from their mix.  I think it’s fair to say that from the grin-inducing Monkees to the ape-shit pandemonium of PJ Harvey, DJ Lil’ E was all about giving joy an edge–and giving us red faces, sore legs, and happy hearts.

Girl, I wish you didn’t live so far away!  Fire up that Metra card and bring us another mix soon!  As far as we’re concerned, you’re the 50 ft. Queen of DDPP.

Ain’t nothin’ little about it!

Rah Rah Rasputin!

So eh, it was 8 something in the morning. On a Wednesday. Yesterday in fact. And I got word we’d need a DJ. So I strapped on my trusty DJ QQF bandana (not pictured due to lack of washing) and got down on it.

Picking and choosing from a memory as trusty as a collander, I found the fragments from a few emergency mixes of days of yore, and added some Boney M for good measure.

Thanks to all the womens who came out and shook their money makers (aka brains). Weee waaa wooo woo weeee!

Toner Tuner Tunkerkin!

Our beloved DJ Tunerkin ripped us a new one with the mix from last Wednesday. It ripped us so hard – we’ve been couch-ridden waiting to get the energy up to post about it for 6 days now!

Note: It is not recommended that you come to DDPP with bell-bottoms. They have  been known to cause many a dancer to trip and injure other dancers.

Note: The note above is a lie. Wear whatever you want.

Note: In looking for a photo to show a couch-ridden female, this one came up – and the sleeping lady’s name is Toni! Which happens to maybe just be our DJ’s name perhaps… NEATO!

OK – now for the Tunerkin’s tuners:

That’s right. Tunerkin’s got eclectic, electric mixes down pat! Thanks for kicking so much ass woman! DDPPCHI loves you!

NO DDPP MAMMA’S DAY!

Yo. Sunday – this Sunday. May 10th. We will not be around to dance with ya’ll at the usually appointed time and space. It’s Mother’s Day. And that means fruit salad and if the weather holds – croquet. We can’t miss out.

Hope to see you soon!

SPRING FEVER!!!

As I’m sure you all noticed, this Sunday was pretty much the first Sunday it hasn’t rained (or snowed!) since THE DAWN OF TIME.  Or a couple weeks anyway.  And so it was the perfect warm, sunshiny afternoon for DJ Thunderbum’s Spring Fever Mix–an homage to the birds and the bees that had us all saying ooh la la:

You do that.  Kind of.  

Anywho, this mix was explicit!  I got so dirrty I hit the floor–literally.  DJ Thunderbum brought sexy back along with spring, and next thing you know we all got low. Thanks to her electric eruption there was a little more action in the studio this week.  It was that fabulous kind of relentless motion that leaves you spent, sore, and satisfied–double entendre intended. I’ll give you all a break for a glass of water, fan, or cold shower.  Ready for more?

 

I got the fever, and the only cure is MORE THUNDERBUM!!

It’s My Birthday and I’ll post late if I want to (you’d post late, too if it happened to you)

Like clockwork except sneakier, DJ QQF, aka DJ Quelquefois, aka Den Mother Jenn Brandel, aka me, turned 28 years old on Wednesday night. So I made a playlist. And this is how I did it:

I think you will agree upon perusal of this list of billboard chart-toppers, that I was born on a very Auspcious day for music and dancing.

And lest you not agree based on the historical significance of these songs along… I will direct you here.

Holy sh%t, right?

I love you all.