Delta Delta Delta

Have I mentioned how I love sororities? I think N8 does too. But what I think I love even more are freight elevators. The U of U Tri Delta Formal was at the Downtown Hilton which was probably designed by George Lucas or some other Star Wars geek. The place was complete with people speaking Eewok (define: ewok) or any other language besides english, and there was a secret elevator with doors that open up and down instead of sideways. The doors were of course, hydraulic, and hidden behind the walls of the hotel.

After loading nearly everything from the trailer to the banquet room where dinner would be served and a dance would follow, we had only one piece of equipment left- the lighting truss. And it didn't fit in the elevator we'd been using. That's where DJ Eagle Eyes (N8DZ) came to the rescue when he spied a secret, enormous elevator right at the edge of the loading dock where we were parked. It looked like this:



But I couldn't see it until N8 pointed it out. I must have forgotten my spectacles back at home. So thanks N8, you saved us about an hour of takedown time because we didn't have to wind through all the yapping Ewoks in the kitchen on the way out.

They're cute little suckers though, eh?

Tri Delta Sorority Formal Playlist

Jagged Edge/Bow Wow/Da Brat - Where The Party At (Remix)
Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me
Kevin Lyttle - Turn Me On
Destiny's Child/T.I./Lil' Wayne - Soldier
Tom Jones - Bomb
Crazy Town - Butterfly
Rascal Flatts - Bless The Broken Road
Ray Charles - I've Got A Woman
Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl
Michael Jackson - Beat It
Ying Yang Twins - Wait
Prince - 1999
Eazy E - College Girls
50 Cent/Olivia - Candy Shop
Sir Mix-A-Lot - Baby Got Back
K-Ci & JoJo - All My Life
Alabama - Dixieland Delight
Nelly/P. Diddy/Murphy Lee - Shake Ya Tailfeather
Meatloaf - I Would Do Anything For Love
Juvenile/Mannie Fresh/Lil' Wayne - Back That Thang Up
Snoop Dogg/Pharrell - Drop It Like It's Hot
Lonestar - Amazed
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Fishin' In The Dark
Brooks & Dunn - Boot Scootin' Boogie
Trick Daddy/Ludacris/Cee-Lo - Sugar (Gimme Some)
Spice Girls - Wannabe
Trillville - Some Cut
Britney Spears - Toxic
Nelly/Tim McGraw - Over & Over
Usher/Lil' Jon/Ludacris - Yeah
Ciara/Missy Elliott - 1, 2 Step
Divinyls - I Touch
Christina Aguilera/Redman - Dirrty
Britney Spears - I'm A Slave 4 U
U2 - With Or Without You
Lil' Jon & Tha Eastside Boyz/Ying Yang Twins - Get Low
Mike Jones/Slim Thug - Still Tippin' **Background**

East HS Prom

East's dances are always some of the best- they've got a ton of energy, and they like good music. Just take a look at some of the crazy songs on the playlist N8 posted yesterday--and the place was packed.

Anyway, like I said, we were in The Gateway Depot. It's a pretty dope place unless you consider the acoustics...like the Sistine Chapel: beautiful, spacious...and beautiful. The problem is that when the Vienna Boy's Choir sings, they're usually doing it in Latin, and nobody understands a word of it-even with the echo. That's all great unless you want to understand anything you're hearing, in which case, the Sistine Chapel and The Depot are about the worst places on their respective continents to listen to any sort of amplified music.

Despite the acoustics, though, the dance basically rocked. After about 9, the room was packed which helped out the sound. You get a bunch of bodies in there, and it takes out a little bit of the echo. At about song 21 below, the floor caught fire and the place was burning up the rest of the night.

We had a visit from fellow DJ James G, who even shared some of the licorice he'd just bought at Virgin next door. So, thanks James, a shout out to Alicia and Emily from East, and as always- N8DZ tore it up.

As far as the bloody knuckles update goes, I was the one with 'em tonight.

East High's Prom Playlist

Mya - Case Of The Ex
Dream - He Loves U Not
Lumidee - Never Leave You (Uh Ooh)
P. Diddy/Ginuwine/Loon - I Need A Girl (Part 2)
Better Than Ezra - A Lifetime
No Doubt - Simple Kind Of Life
98 Degrees - Invisible Man
Dr. Dre/Eminem - Forgot About Dre
Daniel Bedingfield - Gotta Get Thru This
Murphy Lee/Jermaine Dupri - Wat Da Hook Gon Be
Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star
Black Eyed Peas - Let's Get It Started
Lindsay Lohan - Rumors
Maroon 5 - She Will Be Loved
Mis-Teeq - Scandalous
Nina Sky - Move Ya Body
Train - When I Look To The Sky
Syleena Johnson/R. Kelly/Fabolous - Hypnotic
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
SR-71 - Right Now
Snoop Dogg/Justin Timberlake - Signs
Chicago - You're The Inspiration
50 Cent - Disco Inferno
2Pac/Dr. Dre - California Love
Rednex - Cotton Eyed Joe
Daft Punk - Around The World
Natalie - Goin' Crazy
Backstreet Boys - Everybody (Backstreet's Back)
Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger
The Darkness - I Believe In A Thing Called Love
Lil' Jon & Tha Eastside Boyz/Ying Yang Twins - Get Low
Daryl Hall & John Oates - You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling
Spice Girls - Wannabe
Nelly - Hot In Herre
Yellowcard - Ocean Avenue
Frank Sinatra - The Last Dance
Aqua - Barbie Girl
Britney Spears - Toxic
Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'Till You Get Enough
Backstreet Boys - Incomplete
Hilary Duff - Come Clean
Ciara/Petey Pablo - Goodies
DJ Brett With A PH - Techno Freestyle
Chingy - Right Thurr
K-Ci & JoJo - All My Life
Usher/Lil' Jon/Ludacris - Yeah
Gap Band - Oops Upside Your Head
Nsync - It's Gonna Be Me
Frank Sinatra - Come Dance With Me **Royalty**
Will Smith/Elephant Man - Switch (Reggae Remix) **Background**

Weezer's Free Concert

Brittney's pregnant, Foxy Brown's crazy, Johnnie Johnson died, Michael's going to jail (soon), and 50 Cent is going to get shot...again (cause when gangstas start writing music about eachother, someone always gets shot. Read here if you want.) My guess is that Jadakiss will be the one to do it...Fat Joe is just too nice.

But, the exciting news is that not only does Weezer come out with their new album "Make Believe" on May 10th, but they're playing a FREE concert in Vegas July 2nd. Since PowerPlay loves you, we've decided to let you in on how to get your free tickets...even though it will make it harder for us to get our own. Here's what you gotta do: Go here Monday April 18th, and request your tickets. There will be 50,000 given away with a limit of 4 per person. Weezer is the opening band and will be playing with The Red Hot Chili Peppers. Good luck, and be sure to save some for us.

Speaking of concert tickets, I need to see The Killers at Kingsbury Hall on May 2nd...so if you're feeling charitable, let me know. Please!

Alright, that's gunna do it for me today. Some good new albums coming out soon- The Flaming Lips' "Latenight Tales" coming April 19th, Ben Fold's new one "Songs For Silverman," along with Better Than Ezera's new album will be in stores April 26, Ryan Adams' "Cold Roses" will be here May 3rd, and The Black Eyed Peas should have a new one due out in July. So...get a job and turn up the stereo, summer's almost here.

Early AMs, Late PMs, Odds & Ends

Sorry for the less-than-frequent updates lately, things have been crazy. I'm better at spending my time listening to music than building web pages I guess. And yes, I'm still trying to convince myself I'm no longer the geek I was in high school...


Anyway, yesterday was killer. I'm used to burning the midnight gasoline, working 'till the early hours of the morn', and then I usually get to sleep in. But, I also work for KSL NewsRadio 1160, and those hours throw my whole clock off. Yesterday we were broadcasting Doug Wright and The Movie Show from 9 to 12, so I had to be at work at 7am. 7am!!!

The way I see it, the only things supposed to be up at that hour in the morning are birds (which should keep their tweeting to themselves 'till at least...8 or 9), and fishermen. I'm not a bird, and I wasn't fishing, so I felt a little out of my element at that time of the day. Add daylight savings time to that, and I was up at like...4:30am. Way too early. I did enjoy the groggy drive to SLC though, and The Movie Show was pretty funny yesterday.

After that was all wrapped up, I made my way back down to P-Town for the Battle of the Bands that rocked pretty much all night long. Declaration, Clearance, and John Cory took the cake.

Speaking of Battles of the Bands, did I ever tell you about the one we judged at Bountiful High? Here's the update: The band we picked to win the school-wide B.O.t.B, Ipswich, ended up winning the Statewide Battle of the Bands. So...I guess that means we pretty much know everything...or that Ipswich is just flat out a good band. Probably the latter...anyway, congratulations - you guys rock(ed).