DF Pirate Radio – “Absolut Pimping@The Disco!”

Title: Vol. 6 Episode 3 (Click link to play) Rel: 1/21/10
Description:Absolut Pimping @The Disco!” – MC Mary @ The Disco! turned twenty one years old on January 17, 2010. That turned out to be a Sunday. The original plan was to record a mix session ahead of time and then record the live interludes at the bar during her birthday party. The mix session went well enough (and is the actual session you’ll hear here), but that’s about all that went right. First it got really icy out and down poured the whole night of the birthday party putting a kabash on any plans to record at GW’s Pub & Grill in Chester, NY. Then when we moved the party to Fratello’s in Warwick, NY it turned out that even though the next day was Martin Luther King Jr. day that most of the Chaos and Fiesta Crew had to work the next day– thus only a limited number (read: five) of people turned out.

Things started looking up when DJ digitalflood and MC Mary’s brother Tom knew the bartender. The drinks started and that itself proved to be a problem (more on that in a bit). There were also an odd number of older middle aged folk at the bar who insisted on blasting bad glam rock thus further kabashing any plans to record live. So we resorted to drinking and that lead to MC Mary consuming enough alcohol to kill an entire herd of moose. That didn’t complicate the party itself (which was fun enough either way), but it did kill any plans to record the next day.

Exhausted by a long weekend, DJ digitalflood took the next night off from production and was only able to catch up later in the week to actually mix the raw live session into the final cut you see here. Now given all of this, this episode should be an absolute disappointment at the disco– it is not though.

What you are about to listen to is the finest “Cut Like Crack” mix session to date. It breaks all boundaries of rock, rap, and everything in between. It is part noise experiment and part dance party soundtrack. It is an accumulation of all that DJ digitalflood has mastered over the course of the last year. It is at times raw. At times confusing. But when things come together there is an undeniable sense of absolute perfection at the disco. And so, the session is published as a stand in for the MC Mary annual Fiesta Party mix, but in no way is it a poor substitute. This is the real deal mix. Enjoy.

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Shoulder Surgery – 12 weeks in

The forward and back push up-- not fun. Courtesy of: http://www.goodhousekeeping.com

The forward and back push up-- not fun. Courtesy of: http://www.goodhousekeeping.com

Since my last post, my PT has been focused on slowly building my strength. We’ve session over session moved away from the stretching and instead focused on the strengthening of my shoulder via light weights. The wall climb and pendulum were discontinued early in the week. Instead we focus on the cane isometric extension with 3 pounds of weight. The bicep curl went through stages of one, then two, and finally three pounds of weight. The tricep curl was introduced with a pound and has session over session climbed to three pounds. We started the hand bike on two minutes thirty seconds forward and two minutes thirty seconds reverse. I continue the neck stretches and the pulleys.A second pulley stretch has been introduced that extends away at 45 degrees from my body. Since many of the exercises are done with both arms this has finally started to help my other shoulder. We continue the massages and over head stretches, as well as, more external rotation. I’ve also started weight lifting two (and later three) pound weights laying on my left side and extending away from my body upward. The scapular stretch has also been weighted at three pounds. Finally the whole thing accumulated with me at twelve weeks doing a non-extended push ups on an exercise ball. This is the most weight I’ve put on my shoulder since August 2009 and shows the true distance I’ve come. All in all, I’m sore; but not in complete pain. I feel stronger day over day and there is slow, but noticeable improvement. This strength training will continue over the next six weeks. Now that I’m at twelve weeks I’m considered “healed” and capable of intense exercise. The focus will be to strengthen my arm to its pre-operation best. I already notice my strength returning.

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DF Pirate Radio – “The Milwaukee’s Best Session”

Title: Vol. 4 Episode 1 (Click Link to Play) Rel: 10/12/08
Description: “The Milwaukee’s Best Session” – What happens when you drink 12 Milwaukee’s Best Ice beers and go wild on a turn table? This episode is what! Very random mix of rap, classic rock, dance hall, and industrial style music. The session was recorded live in one take with the radio banners inserted in post production. There is no dialogue or special guests. Just lots (60 plus minutes) of straight music remixed to DJ digitalflood heart’s content. This is the first DJ set released by DJ digitalflood in almost a year, but it’s well worth the wait.
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