2007 - roctakon
ROCTAKON - once worked in the lab manhattan store... could you imagine anyone worse for retail? - loves to play the gay card - reminds me of david duchovny's character from californication - was once in the skratch crew The Goonies and used to rock DMC t-shirts - got kicked off the lab blog for recklessness and intimidation
favorite 3 tracks to play out (or you like to hear out) For some reason in 07 I always came back to "I Need You" or "Over and Over" by Sylvester.... Everybody knows em and they never fail and sound totally amazing over the right system "Voices In My Mind" by The Voices another great song and a great litmus test to see if your crowd is really with you, your average nu-raver is not ready for this kinda soulful shit, I always bring it in from the middle "Just a little bit more......" Cause I heard Louie or Doug from 95 North (cant remember who, maybe both) do it like this and it was just so right and so bangin..... Yea Im a biter.... had to do it tho 2 dope not to... D-Train "Your The One For Me" The original 12 mix is one of the greatest records ever made, and the mix that Dimitry did with "Big Love" was a personal fave this year also... even tho its from 06
favorite 3 non-dj albums you listened to most this year I don’t listen to albums, but I can tell you what has the most plays on my ipod... I Love La by Randy Newman Thanks For The Memories by Fall Out Boy Pieces Of Me Ashlee Simpson I actually listened to "The Sun Cant Compare" by Larry Heard more times that all of these combined but I would start it over and over and over and over on every flight i took for like a month trying to figure out what made is sound so amazing so it never registered as high on the play count
what you like or hate about djing in 2007? I really liked the money I made, I really started to hate serato and what is has done to us all....
favorite place to dj (or hear djs) in 2007? on the commercial tip Vegas still killing it, 205 downstairs is the real love hate spot... Like it kinda sucks but its also so great really the catch 22 spot... Love for the system too...
favorite lab personality of 2007? Jamal and Lloyd both helped be get back to my roots and get over myself and realize i still love music and its not only about making a buck......
your favorite tv shows, books and / or movies of the year? I can't read anymore I've had such a hard time concentrating on books, TV I liked Deadliest Catch, Dirty Jobs , and the breakout program this year was for sure No Reservations with Anthony Bourdain, No movies are really jumping out at me American Gagster was the big let down of 07
your favorite places to eat this year? Oklahoma Joe BBQ BBQ in a gas station... I had it twice my two fave meals of the year for sure your favorite youtube clip of the year? Bear Force 1 DUH!!!!
your favorite thing that you bought this year? RECORDS! Im Back and Dropping coin on E-bay, Discogs, and at The Lab, A-1 and Dope Jams
your favorite tang of the year? I think this is last year but.... Jennifer Connelly in Blood Diamond was the hottest thing I've seen in years... I mean she looks like a woman... you can tell she just had a baby or is pregnant of something womanly and sexual its stunning visually... also probably the worst performance of her career...
what did you learn as a human this year? What I feel inside and what I project outwardly are still miles apart and have a lot more growing up to do. favorite moment of 2007? One day Lloyd and Woody came thru the crib and we started gong thru my house records, that ended up becoming me and lloyd starting the Big Fun party which was the highlight of the year for me...
if you could change one thing about 2007 what would it be? I think i kinda did it real big this year, if I could go back I'd probably be a little nicer and talk a little less pointless shit...
favorite word or phrase of 2007? I think the hand motion that indicates "working the eq's" was that catch of the year... only gonna be more prevalent in 08.
