So what’s the deal, are American’s that desperate for sob stories that they would put through a dancer even if she wasn’t that great? If you’ve heard of the movie American Dreamz, then you might know what we’re talking about. It’s a whitty satire about prefabricated white trash stories going successful and it even exposes the President of the United States going on the show to increase his public image (someone from the white house must have watched this movie because it just so happened that George Bush was on American Idol this last season - what a joke!). Nevertheless, dancer Olivia in this episode has a whole clip with her mother interviewed as well since she has breast cancer and her fate is in the air. Don’t mean to sound heartless (and seriously we’ve had a lot of amazing women in our lives who have battled breast cancer) but is this real? Does it need a whole 10 minute clip, when the show is about dancing? Along with this…do we really need to see the lives and stories of the crazies who are so desperate to get on tv that they will wear a yellow mask?

If any of the producers out there read this, please get over it. We are watching So You Think You Can Dance to see the lives and stories of those who have sacrificed their asses off to become dancers who can express them in ways so few can - with their movements. Nevertheless, this blog is not going to write a word about all the losers who get on the show to pretend that they really believe they are good dancers.

So some highlights include:

Lauren - man this girl can move and since she is the first dancer they to audition in LA they barely giver her any recognition. But take our word, this girl is going to go far.

Hokuto - was taken out last season because he didn’t have a work permit…but we don’t know…even his hip hop style is good how is he going to do well in Ballroom or Jazz? Just don’t see it.

Dominic - again sweet hip hop moves and not sure how he’ll translate into other forms but they put him through to vegas.

Lacey - sister of last season’s winner Benji looks like she is going to go far because of her powerful ballroom style…but damn, she better watch her facial expressions cause she looks like Popeye when she smiles!

Morgan - teen girl who looks like she has a gymnastic background. She’s in great shape and uses her body for full expression when dancing contemporary. Nigel watch what you say…we quote “You’ve got some wonderful things our choreographers would like to get a hold of!”

Philip - some serious sick popping and has hip-hop choreographer Shane Sparks on his feet! This guy has some serious raw talent, talent you can’t teach! Check it out below and remember we have all these video clips in our Videos section of our web site.

DJ Epidemic7 blends hip-hop transformed into break beat tracks with masterful technique in Periodic Element. Starting off with a remix of Busta’s Touch It Bring It your attention will be undeniably pulled with magnetic force to increase that volume button. Things get harrier and harrier with pumping basslines and ass smacking vocal tonations including the hot track Hold Em by Stanton Warriors and the standout track Touch Your Toes by Deekline and Ed Solo. Other highlights include the Stanton remix of Feel Good and Numb featuring Linkin Park vs Jay-Z. Damn, this is one Periodic Element you must have!
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Creating a genre of his own Jayone returns with an Electro Industrial Mix which is packed full of energy. Throw this in the car and take a ride on a long winded road and watch the trees fly by as Jayone takes you on a journey through heavy basslines, chunky beats and electro vocals. At times dark, at times full of light, in the end it’s all clear.
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And so another season of So You Think You Can Dance has started on Fox. Last season was spectacular with choreography and dancing like we’ve never seen before on a prime time show. In fact, it was the highest rated tv show last summer and we have a feeling this season will be the same.

If you compare it to American Idol, episode by episode you are amazed at how talented these dancers are, taking on several different genres from Hip Hop to Contemporary to Jazz to Ballroom to even new flavours like Krumping! They have trained all their lives to get this opportunity and although you can take American Idol singers and run a whole bunch of post production computer corrections to fix the singing, you can’t do any such thing to the dancers on this show. This is pure talent, raw and life changing. You might be able to teach a monkey to sing well, but you won’t be able to teach him how to dance well if it’s not inherent to his nature. Dancing comes from the soul, and matches a mathematical beat or lyric in a way that is beautiful to watch.

With that being said, the first episode of Season 3 starts off with some terrible cheesy contestants who get far more air time then they deserve. We want to see the good dancers damnit, but Fox is convinced that the American public want to see the worst of the worst and see them ridiculed by the judges. We whole-heartedly disagree. Show us the raw talent before it’s manicured and choreographed for tv!

The first episode covers New York City with the three judges: Show creator, dancer, and lover of witty comments… the unconquerable Nigel Lythgoe. At his right side everyone’s favorite (well… almost) screaming Mary Murphy. Alongside Mary and Nigel is hip-hop choreog Dan Karaty. The way it works this season is that if the dancers are knockouts they go straight through to Vegas. If they aren’t they have to go through a round of choreography to see if they make it.

Highlights include:

• Russian salsa dancers
• Earnest “E-Knock” Phillips who pulls off some mad dangerous B-boy moves, flipping on and off the stage and producing a little splash of confetti. Unfortunately he fails to pull through to vegas in choreography stage.
• Katie Watts and pupil Ashley Keegan who make it through to Vegas
• Faina Savich sister of previous contestant who made if quite far. She has incredible ballroom technique and major sex appeal so she makes it straight through to vegas.
• And then there is Jamal. A 6ft 250lb oager who makes us all laugh and surprisingly manages to pass the choreog stage. Check out this video clip of him here

Live in Whistler by Jesse James was of course recorded live in whistler between deck vet’s Dimitri form Paris and Bad Boy Bill at the DJ Experience event at the Whistler Conference Center. It captures the radiating and emerging energy of the night and showcases Jesse’s incredible talent in selecting songs that definitely moved the crowd (we were there, so we can attest to that!). It was a remarkable night and this set will solidify that magic in an amber for years to come.

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By far one of the most appealing drum and bass sets we’ve had - Love, Sex, Desire appeals to the human spirit with tracks rich of life. There’s something smooth, calm and collected about it all with a soundtrack that could be suitable for your morning sun rise. Love, Sex, Desire is the perfect title for this compilation by DJ D.Surr.
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DJ Playdoughboy presents a Spring 2007 Promo that is simply irresistible. Beginning with a stellar remix of Put Your Hands Up, DJ Playdoughboy rolls you up into the tasty Licky mix…Yum! Things take a minimal tech spin with At Night but Love To Love You brings back some angelic vocals that will take you to the 70’s era. The standout track is Playdoughboy’s own remix of Can’t Get You Out of My Head by Kylie Minogue. Raw synths end out the set with sweet tracks like All We Need and Reaction. Wow, we’re full and plump with all the delectable goodness of this set!

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DJ Johnny Ice, is one of those DJ’s that takes matters in his own hands and contacts a site personally to have us follow up on the set he submitted. It just goes to show that with this mix On The Rocks 2 the tracks are all full of guts and glory including a lot of familiar tracks layered together to infuse pure pandemonium especially exemplified in the the stand out track More Grey Than Blue by Fine Taste. These are the kind of tracks that would definitely shake up the dance floor, like the funny Boom Boom Room, the funky White Horse and the electro mix of Glamorous by Fergie. Don’t wait, get your knickers in a twist with On The Rocks 2 today!
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Pink Cloud is a chapter in dark trance music which is rarely ever explored. DJ Nextek starts off with tracks that have softer melodies and angelic vocals. Then he touches on some hard techno beats at times but comes back to the darker progressive sounds. Epic style trance is mixed very successfully with DJ Nextek’s attention to details and feel for each track’s tempo. Why is that cloud pink? Even though it’s dark, perhaps there is some love in it after all?!
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Get Up by DJ Gray is a soulful blend of house music which encompasses truly old school deep styles. Infiltrated with tribal and funky jazz sounds at times this set just makes you want to….Get Up!
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