New Year, One-Ear, New Mix

Happy 2010, babies. I'll save the hoverboard joke for 5 years from now and just launch into the backstory behind this here new mix.

I rang in the New Year at a CRAZY fun party hosted by my buddy Eric in Brooklyn, at which I rocked a nuts 6-hour DJ set with Chris and Debbie to herald the coming of our new DJ supergroup, The DCD Collective. After minds were thoroughly melted, I awoke on New Year's Day with a feeling of awesome accomplishment... and a gradually increasing pressure on & muffling of my right ear.

A pretty terrible afternoon, a splitting headache, and a quick trip to emergency care later, I was diagnosed with otitis media in said ear - also known as an ear infection - for the first time in my life. The antibiotics I received took care of the pain, but after a couple of days of the muffled feeling not going away, I was wondering how long it would take before I could ear at 100% again.

...But then I was like "SCREW THIS," slapped my new DJ headphones on, and made my first mix of the year. It's called "One-Ear," and the link and tracklist are as follows:

Listen To One-Ear

http://drop.io/oneear10

Read About The Things You're Listening To

1. Friendly Fires -- "On Board"
2. Mylo -- "In My Arms"
3. Young MC -- "Know How"
4. Shinichi Osawa -- "MAIN STREET ELECTRICAL PARADE"
5. Delorean -- "As Time Breaks Off"
6. Animal Collective -- "Brother Sport"

I guess there's a larger lesson one could extrapolate about following your heart and doing what you love no matter what stands in your way... but honestly, I was just pissed off at an ear infection and wanted to make a damn mix. But hey, go for it, kids!

Thankfully, in the process of making this mix my hearing in my right ear has gotten significantly better and should be back to normal within a few days. Special thanks to God, music, and antibiotics for that.

And if you read through that much backstory, The DCD Collective has another gig (our first official venue gig!) at Fontana's on 105 Eldridge St. in Manhattan on January 30 at 10pm. We'll be spinning a dance party downstairs following another great set brought to you by awesome friends The Barrens. Come onnnn down!