I know a lot of yall don’t get the opportunity to be an impressionable, 17 year old entry-level Mexi-alt living in Southern California, so I thought this video did a good job of capturing what the future of “fun” is. The modern DJ will have to do more than just spin records/press buttons. He will be a true showman, taking ‘crowd participation’ to the next level. The modern DJ is somewhere between a priest in his pulpit, and a rap super star.

Fave Parts of this video:

• kute karaoke performance
• seas of entry level alts searching for meaning/for a DJ to save their life (last nite)
• Air guitar
• head banger hair twirl
• Belligerent Crowd surf
• Opportunity to view party pix bros mastering their kraft

What’s ur fave part?
Who is the best DJ in the world?
What makes a DJ simply the best (better than all the rest)?

I read in a blog that the video for “D.A.N.C.E.’ was actually a visual love letter from SoMe to the lolita he kept in a pit in his basement. [Note: SoMe does not keep young women in his basement, nor does he have a death pit in his house.]

BUT SRSLY…if ever there was a time to wear Child Predator glasses… Thnx a lot Ed Banger.

[Photos by The Cobrasnake]
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“HRO, they are just having a good time. There’s nothing wrong with being around young fans who like your music and identify with your lifestyle brand. You are insinuating that they are child predators, when they are just a couple of French men living their dreams. Deep down, we all want to be adored by seas of children; this is why Steve Aoki crowd surfs 300% more often in 3rd world countries.”
-an informed commenter who studied ‘The Psychology of Alt Celebs’ in College

From a Mexican emo war reporter’s blog:

The spark came first in Queretaro on March 7. An estimated 800 young people poured into the city’s Centro Historico hunting for emos to beat the crap out of. They found some. The next weekend it spread to Mexico City, where emos faced off against punks and rockabillies at the Glorieta de Insurgents, the epicenter of emo social space in the capital. There’s also been reports of anti-emo violence in Durango, Colima, and elsewhere.

Here’s a video from it. You can really see the tension between the EMOS and the PUNKS:

Anyways, I just wanted to congratulate Mexico on going out of it’s way to EXTERMINATE a trend, as opposed to just simply moving into a new consumer-driven trend with a little bit of a self-loathing tone.

It’s good to see that people can unite using the internet, and stand up for a cause. I mean, myspace drama is one thing, but to transform that passion into a WITCH HUNT where emo kids are beaten down in broad daylight is simply amazing. Maybe Obama should stand up agains the emos.

I think the thing that is the most disappointing about this whole re-introduction of EMO into my sphere of consciousness is that there still isn’t really a definite answer on ‘What emo is.’ I always thought the American meaning of ‘emo’ was sort of ambiguous, but it’s good to know that the Mexicans went ahead and set the definition EMO=PUSSY WHO SHOULD BE LYNCHED.

It’s also important to take some time to celebrate your consumer self-awareness, and your freedom to express yourself without fear of one group of idiots killing your group of idiots. It’s good to live in a country where we can transition from partaking in one trend to a complete new one, without having to explain why we decided to change.

I [HIGHLY REC] reading more about Mexico’s systematic extermination of emos. There are even suggestions of government conspiracy.

Hilarious thread about the anti-emo movement
http://www.last.fm/group/Anti+Emo+Death+Squad/forum/28627/_/392476

LA WEEKLY BLOG post about kiling EMOS
http://blogs.laweekly.com/ladaily/letter-from-mexico-city/more-on-the-emo-attacks-in-mex/index.php

the Daily Swarm
http://www.thedailyswarm.com/headlines/mob-emo-bashings-sweep-mexicotelevis-vjs-rants-inspire-violence/

RACISM IS DEAD, YALL. If a sea of Mexican children can hold up an AZN man, then there are clearly no problems–there’s no such thing as skin colour. Every one needs to chill out and listen 2 more remixes, and just have fun, and wear Air Force Ones.

The Global Economy will end racism.
-the topic sentence of HIPSTER RUNOFF’s thesis before he had to drop out of NYU to partie, 2005

[the Cobradank]

xx NEW HIPSTER RUNOFF GIMMICK xx
…in search of… WHAT DOES CORY KENNEDY EVEN DO?

Cory Kennedy: She stands in front of stuff and looks BLOWN/like she wants to give you a tugjob.

If you were founder of Nike, Phil Knight, would you do everything in your power to keep this picture from weakening your global brand?

Find out more about Cory Kennedy at her Myspace 3.0 page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cory_Kennedy