So I hear a lot of people talkking about "Keep Fayetteville Funky" and I wsn't real sure what they were talking about since I'm not from here but this weekend I heard about this site called Fayetteville Flyer.com and it does a good job keeping us informed of the weirdos that make Fayetteville Funky.

http://www.fayettevilleflyer.com/

Maybe I can get some of my Only In Arkansas moments on there. HA! 

One of the UK's best House/Indie/Breakbeats DJ was in town for a Saturday night session at George's Majestic part of the Summer Solstice. This rare US apperance brought my frind DJ Qousey in town from Austin to watch the event and boy was it awesome. Dylan Ryhmes threw down a fantastic set that pumped the crowed up and kept the dance floor packed. They had over 15 DJ's at this event including local artist Ben Scott whom I work with at Rockfish Interactive that kept the crowd pumped till shortly after 2am. With 3 stages there was surely something for everyones taste including House, Breakbeats and Industrial music out on the patio. If you haven't heard of these guys or the parties they are throwing at Georges you need to stay posted as I will update my blog when events happen and you definately need to go. Check out the pics from the party below:

Ben Scott on the Tables mixing some Progressive House



Ben Scott hyping the crowd up before Dylan Ryhmes comes out



DJ Qousey with my Grilfriend Lauren



The crowd packed in for Dylan Rhymes on stage



Our group that went out Saturday night

My buddy Woody over at Progressive Trail Design (http://progressivetraildesign.com/) Sent me this flyer about an upcoming Halloween Jam a 3 day event at the Slaughter Pen Park in Bentonville, AR. If you've never been you should go I hear this ones going to be big they got mad sponsers and stuff as well as soom badass riders. Currently woody said they are under-going a major expansion to the Slaughter Pen trails adding more milage to the trails and some really sick ramps. You can see updates on the progress on his blog at http://progressivetraildesign.wordpress.com/

 

So I just found out that one of the programmers in the office here is part of the Beatnik Crew who will be spinning at the Earthtones music and art earthday celebration part of the Dickson Street Music Festival.



So go tomorrow afternoon to Georges and check them out on the back patio. If you wanna check out some of their stuff click the links below.

http://myspace.com/beatnikgeneration //Beatnik Generation Page

Mixes:
http://www.orijjinn.com/mixes/benscott-march2008mix.mp3 //March Mix
http://www.orijjinn.com/mixes/benscott-february2008mixnumber2.mp3 //February Mix
http://www.orijjinn.com/mixes/benscott-august2007mix.mp3 //August 2007 Mix

So I meet this guy that plays in a Rock Band called Dreamfast that's playing in Fayetteville this Saturday, Feburary 23 at the Gypsy on Dickson. I've yet to see them play live but he game me a CD and its been in my play list ever since. They are a Pop Punk / Rock/ Powerpop Band with a female lead vocalist who can jam out. They go on about 9:00PM so if your in town this Saturday go check them out.

Check out their page on mySpace:  http://www.myspace.com/dreamfast

Much to my surprise DJ Mix Master Mike was in Fayetteville last night to do about a 2 hour crowd-pleasing Set. This DJ, whom most know as the DJ for The Beastie Boys, made a packed house at George's Magestic move to mixes of Old School jams with: Nirvana, Korn, Tool, Ludacris, Beastie Boys and even some new shit all thrown together and mixed at a level that Rocked the rhythm of the crowd and kept everyone's hands in the air all night. This set was awesome, a rather small setting for such a seasoned vet but it seemed MMMike used that to his advantage and had Fayetteville's finest moving their feet. Personally I'd never seen any DJ move at the speed this guy could move his hands so it was quite the show, even the silence of a blown fuse didn't stop him from finishing a set that truely was an exceptional performance.

A local DJ from this area put on a rather perfectious set himself before MMMike came on, known in the area as DJ Shortfuse, his mix lasted about and hour-and-a-half and included more of today's Pop and Rap genres, which got the girls out on the dance floor to shake "what th' momma gave 'em!".

Mix Master Mike (iPhone photos)

DJ Shortfuse (Fayetteville, Arkansas)