I hate MTV. I hate everything they stand for, and I hate everything they have become. I hate that once a year, some of the biggest douchebags on the planet all gather in one place to jerk themselves off and receive awards that don’t matter. I hate that 364 days of the year, MTV plays nothing but garbage reality TV shows and shallow, meaningless gossip shows. Then on one day of the year, they give away awards to people who make bullshit music videos that you can’t even watch unless you’re a devout fan of one of MTV’s other 900 channels.

“Oooh, that was a good video but they only played it once on MTV67. I wish they would play it more often on MTV43.” – Probably something some knucklehead said

MTV is a disgrace to music. To me, it stands for “Moron Television.” If you watch MTV and you like it, you’re probably a moron. The last good show on MTV was Beavis and Butthead. Even that was a fluke, because the only reason MTV picked up the show was to be controversial. They could have cared less about the sociological impact and the generational importance of the show. It’s all about making money to them, and they will sell your daughters into sex slavery every damned day to make that green.

Needless to say I don’t watch the VMAs. Last night, I was kinda disappointed at the attention that it was getting on Twitter, if for no other reason than that’s how I had to find out that Kanye once again proved himself to be the most egotistical bitch in the entire world. I might actually give Kanye a high five for making a mockery of the awards, but I know that he wasn’t trying to be ironic. He probably cares more about the VMAs than anyone else there, and that makes him the biggest loser of the bunch.

One of the reasons why I stopped watching the VMAs is because I got so sick of watching MTV purposely stir the pot. For example, just after the shooting went down at the Source Awards, MTV tried to stir up the same kind of drama on the VMAs hoping for another conflict to arise. They exploited a very dangerous situation, and they did it for ratings. Luckily no one took them seriously enough. Every year they put people together in scenarios that are for no other intention than to start some shit. I’m tired of it, music is so much more than what is going on in artists lives. Why do people care so little about the music and get so wrapped up in the lives of their favorite artists?

Taylor Swift is a talented person. I’ve heard some of her music. Beyonce is also very talented, but her music is too assembly line pop music for me. How can we sit here and feel sorry for Taylor Swift? She’s 17 years old, I’m sure she’s seen the VMAs before. Everyone knows what happens at this awards show. We’re all going to cry about it because Kanye stole her moment? WHAT MOMENT? They’re not even awarding her for her music, they’re awarding her for a music video. Why do people care so much more about the video than the song? We sit here and support media outlets like Sony Music, Viacom and Clear Channel who perpetuate this disgusting parade of fuckery, then we turn around the next day and write on our blogs about how bad pop music is. The reason why pop music is so bad is because of the people that support it. My hands are clean.

Fuck MTV. Fuck a VMA. Fuck a music video. Fuck Taylor Swift Fuck Kanye West and most importantly, FUCK YOU for making it all a success. Maybe one day you’ll learn.

P.S. Also remember, whatever Lady GaGa is or isn’t wearing, she’s got a weiner under there. Just sayin.

The art of DJing is a craft unlike any other. There are many people that call themselves DJs, but very few of them actually are. Once a highly-respected, challenging venture has now been handed over to the likes of request-taking mainstream radio DJs who don’t know when to shut their mouth, and the iPod jockeys playing Lady GaGa at your local club. There are a lot of factors that have contributed to the downfall of the modern DJ, but I believe that a lot of that blame can be placed on the music industry as a whole. We need direction and we need good music to play, but all we get is T-Pain and Lil’ John and 20 screaming idiots requesting that we play The Ying Yang Twins for the entire four hours of their club night experience.

Alas, the cure to the world’s DJing woes has been found, and his name is Mayer Hawthorne. An Ann Arbor native, formerly known as DJ Haircut from the A-Side Worldwide hip hop crew, Mayer left Michigan like many good artists from this state do when they want to use their talent to make a living. While in LA, he picked up some DJ gigs and decided to make a solo album. The rest is musical history in the making.

Here are a few songs that come to mind as I listen to Mayer Hawthorne:

Starting to see a pattern? Mayer Hawthorne is funk, soul, Motown, rock n roll and a little bit of hip hop all rolled into one, but most importantly, he’s all Detroit. Let’s face it, right now is no better time than ever for an artist to “stand up and tell em your from Detroit.” There is a stigma that goes along with this city, and it’s well-deserved. Detroit is still putting out some of the most talented musicians and artists this world has ever seen.

“I’m a DJ… What does this mean for me?” Grab Mayer Hawthorne’s heart-shaped and soon-to-be-collectible 10″ single, play it at your next gig and come back to me with that answer. I played that song at a gig I had in Flint last month and I had five people come up to me and ask me who it was. It’s not just about it being good music, it’s both catchy and (for now) obscure enough to really get people dancing and asking questions. Unlike most modern music, however, it’s timeless. It has staying power and has the potential to be played for years and years to come.

Mayer Hawthorne’s music is a collection of future hits that are bound to make teenagers fall in love, and increase the spread of STDs at nursing homes all across the country. It’ll put the funk back into your boring sex life too. Then, when you become a big superstar DJ from playing these tracks, and all the girlies want some of that action, you can let ‘em down easily with this song:

Justin Timberlake and John Mayer agree, Mayer Hawthorne’s new album, A Strange Arrangement, is a must-buy. (CDs and digital media available at Stones Throw Records for all you non-audiophiles) The 2-disc LP also comes with a limited edition 4″ single. This is yet another benefit to us DJs, and a sign that Mayer Hawthorne honors the art of record collecting by adding value and giving us a reason to buy. Hawthorne and the good folks at Stonesthrow Records are obviously well-versed in the Trent Reznor case study, which puts them light-years ahead of the recording industry.

So do yourself a favor and buy this album. Also, don’t be afraid to sing these songs in the shower, or dance around naked to them in your house. And be sure to tell a friend.

Excuse the poor blog title. I wanted to make it twitter friendly. That’s how lazy I’m becoming. A couple weeks ago I had the pleasure of getting my first radio interview at a college radio station by a good friend of mine. I helped Robo Robb setup his blog, and I also booked him at my Obama Inauguration show. Him and I have become good friends and I hope to work with him a lot in the future. The other DJ is an old friend of mine who is a Reaggae DJ that goes by SAC. Keep in mind that we all went to the same high school, even though I didn’t meet Robb until last year.

I love Auto-tune the news for two great reasons. First, they are using comedy to expose the music industry for what it has become. This particular episode starts out with a guy making strange noises into a microphone, and then adding the auto-tune to make it sound like he’s singing. That’s EXACTLY how auto-tune works. You can fart Beethoven’s 9th symphony with auto-tune. Literally. Since this piece of technology came along and destroyed the music industry, now everyone can sound like Mariah Carey or Rihanna.

The second reason why I love Auto-tune the News is because they also expose the joke our media and government has become. They seem to highlight people who say dumb things. For instance, in the last episode they made light of the heavily racist comments made by Pat Buchanan. This week they made light of one of Joe Biden’s recent speeches to the UAW. Not necessarily because he said anything dumb, but because of how trite and patronizing he sounded.

These guys are awesome. I hope they don’t go away.