All-Time, Top Five Freeskier Interns

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

I’ve been watching High Fidelity a lot lately, which has motivated me to get back into the “all-time, top five” mentality. So yesterday, I made a list of all the interns who have worked at Freeskier since I got hired, and then widdled them down to my top five all-time favorites.

OMG! I didn't even notice that I parked on the curb. -- Heather

Bethany -- aka I love bows -- doesn't believe in authority, such as lines painted by The Man.

Top Five, All-Time Freeskier Interns:

1. Lester
2. Char Mar Super Star
3. The CryerYeller
4. Yess
5. The Worst 2
Honorable mention: Nick Mercon

Top Five, All-Time Freeskier Interns-at-Large:

1. Brian Schroy
2. Well, Schroy is the only one we’ve ever had…

Back from the Dead

Friday, June 12th, 2009

No, I’m not talking about the new Spinal Tap album, I’m talking about my server and my life to a certain extent. I haven’t blogged in forever. I know all four of you are devastated. But rest assured, a new mix is coming soon. I’m pumped to get back on the horse after a winter of intense travel.

My server has been dead for the last couple weeks. Total fail and pain in the ass. Had a harddrive corrupt on me and spent days restoring my site and my friends’ who I host here, such as peterolenick.com, rileypoor.com, aftworldtour.com and a host of others. Needless to say, I received a lot of strongly worded e-mails and voice mails about the matter. Sorry everyone. We’re back online and rolling like a champ!

So in lieu of releasing a new mix, I stumbled upon this gem courtesy of Vice mag.:

A Mixtape for a Friday

Other than that, I’ve decided to make some big changes in my life. Such as joining Twitter (you should follow me to make me feel more popular), and making a list of important things I need to stop doing in my life. See below.

Let’s see, what else… FriendBeef.com is making some progress. We have the core code written… just waiting for Dave Levin to start pulling his weight and finish the CSS, then I need to code some more functionality. Let’s say, I hope to have the Alpha version up and running by August 1. To get into the Alpha release, you’ll have to come in through ShayWill.com, ’cause he’s the man.

Speaking of Shwill, I’ve been spending lots of time hanging out at his frat house on the hill. It’s not really a frat house, but Willis really makes it feel that way. Good times. Too much partying. For instance, the other night, I figured it would be a good idea to leave Shay’s place at 3am and walk 4 miles to the office. Not sure why I didn’t go home… but I was determined to not be late for work. So instead, I slept AT THE OFFICE until 11am. I’m really good at living.

Let’s do some favorite’s…

• Favorite Twitter Celeb to follow: Tom Morello
• Favorite person no one likes to follow: Nate Abbott
• Favorite competitor to follow: CKO
• Favorite blog: Shay Will
• Favorite song as of this moment: Soulsavers - Kingdoms of Rain
• Favorite guitar chord progression: C, Em, Am, F, G (Bright Eyes - A Scale, A mirror…)
• Favorite Freeskier intern: Brian Schroy

Ending this crap with some of my favorite quotes from the last month:

“I’m not ashamed. It’s better than peeing on yourself.” - Angeli VanLaanen

“You gotta let her know what kind of guy you are, so they know what kind of girl to be.” - Mad Men

“I can’t do that anymore. I got one in my eye and one in my throat.” - Michelle Parker (referring to smoking a loosy American Spirit)

“Living like there’s no tomorrow because… there is none.” - Mad Men

“… but we hope to inspire all of America to band together and make our nation a little bit less of an embarrassing, disgusting shithole.” - The Onion

That’s all I’ve got. Thanks for stopping by, and I’m feeling motivated to get back on the bloghorse, so new mix coming soon. I promise.

Love,

Matt.

Depravity on the Road: Overheards

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

Over the past two months I have driven across America twice, stayed in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Vermont, New York, Chicago, Aspen, Breckenridge and Las Vegas. I’ve been drunk for the last 9 days, played in a band with Matt Hoffman and Shaun White and got my ear pierced four times with a blunt earring. I stayed in a hotel that cost $1800/night (but didn’t pay for it), put 6,400 miles on my car, took 1,000 photos at parties and ski events and did a couple assignments for school.

During that time, I haven’t made a single mix or even touched a midi controller. So instead of trying to scrape something together, here are some notes from the road that probably only I will enjoy, but I want to read them again one day, so here they are, permanently imprinted on some server in Houston, Texas.

Heather and Brittany, official party animals.

Person 1: I have never seen a giant banana hold hands with a chicken.
Person 2: That’s a little too, “I’ve seen it a million times before,” Kristi.

The 80s called. They said to throw you away, because even they don’t want that haircut.

If an RPG comes flying by, don’t try to knock it down. Two of us lived out of six of us. They gave me this little pin.

You don’t die for Bush. You fight for your friends who are beside you. It’s the coolest shit in the world.

You gotta kill them or they’re going to kill you. These mother fuckers are going to hunt us like we’re deer.

It’s all fun and games until someone gets hurt. [followed by overly enthusiastic hysterical laughter]

Nightwish is like Evanescence with a quarter the suck and four times the rock.

Dude, the bathrooms smell like a hot chick.

Me with Olivia and ShayWill.com

They’re all living in a big fish bowl and I’m on the outside watching them.

You take a foundation of euphoria and you place on top of it the fucking biggest mind amplifier you could have ever imagined.

Walking onto a train on mushrooms easily places on the “top ten scariest things you could ever do” list.

I keep forgetting to breathe.

He’s being a right cheeky rascal.

Person 1: I feel like I just did a whole bunch of ecstasy.
Person 2: I’ve never done ecstasy.
Person 1: Yeah it’s nothing like this.

I can’t get my drawing done because I am feeling so imcreative today.

The most convenient option: print your tickets at your convenience!

- I’m stoned.
- Lucky!
- Nope. Useless. I’m writing out scenes to movies that are unfolding in my mind, completely unassisted.

Jamming at the Target House

So this guy comes out of the bathroom to see his girl lying in his bed when she shouldn’t have been. Instead of saying anything, he walks over to the record player, puts a record on, and scratches the needle across it making the “zzzzzIIPPPP!” sound.

Hi, you’ve reached X. Leave a message, unless your name is Sandy, Debby, Casandra or Sally, in which case, yes… I HAVE been cheating on you. [pause] sorry.

I often worry that I will be 80 years old and still thinking: I’m not sleepy and there is nowhere I’m going to. I mean, at SOME point, I have to be going somewhere, right?

It’s lonely at the top… ’cause I’m the fucking man.

Person 1: I’m pouring my heart out here and you fuckers aren’t even saying anything!
Person 2: Pour it in my mouth.

Vegas is a fallacy of reality.

It’s a conflict of interest for me to hook up with you.

I did not know there were that many countries in Canada.

The world is crying on my roof.

Like, all the Asian girls think I’m like, so cool, ’cause like… I break dance.

Sometimes I eat lunch just so I can Snus after.

The MSTRKRFT Remixes Mix

Saturday, December 13th, 2008

“I remixed a remix, it was back to normal.” - Mitch Hedberg

Here’s a mix of remixes from remix masters MSTRKRFT. Download

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Dear You: Get Fucked - New Mix

Friday, November 14th, 2008

I’m officially the worst blogger in the history of the blogisphere. A month without a post?! Some nerd somewhere is rolling over in his grave.

Anyway, last night I got wasted and - inspired by recent chaotic events in my life - I bashed this mix together. I’m listening to it right now for the first time (sober) to see if it’s passable, and I think it’s pretty alright. There’s clearly some serious anxiety and aggression coming out in this one.

Couple repeat tracks, but whatever, I was drunk.

Enjoy. M. Download

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Harvitronix - Boulder Theatre + Bacaro on Thursday

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Last weekend’s Turbo premiere down at the Bluebird Theater in Denver went OFF! The place sold out and the crowd was roudy. Thanks to everyone for coming down early for the DJ set.

Photo: Chip Kalback

Photo: Cecilia Kunstadter

This Thursday, come see Turbo at the Boulder Theater. Doors (and my set) are at 8, movie is at 9. Then, for the 21+ crowd, head on over to Bacaro for some late-night shin digs at the Level 1/Freeskier party. I’m playing from 10-2. Hip hop for two hours, electro for two hours. I recommend just coming for the second half. : )

Here’s the flyer:

The Presets Mega Mix!

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

I’m not going to lie, The Presets have really got me through these last couple days, with issues due and new ones already behind schedule. So tonight, before heading out to the Infected Mushroom show in Denver, I threw together this Presets Mega Mix.

Goddamnit, I love you, Presets. Download

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Upcoming shows - Sep 27, Denver; Oct 2, Boulder

Friday, September 19th, 2008

Come party at two huge movie premieres in Denver and Boulder!

The first one is on September 27 at the Bluebird Theater at 3317 E. Colfax Ave. I’ll just be playing a little hour-long set starting at 8:00 p.m. before Level 1 Productions‘ showing of TURBO. Check the flyer below.

Then the real party starts on October 2nd at Bacaro at the corner of 9th and Pearl. It’s a Level 1 Productions and Freeskier magazine after-party, starting around 9:30 p.m. I’m playing until the bar pulls the plug at 2 a.m., so bring your dancing shoes and drinking face. The actual premiere is at the Boulder Theatre at 7:00.

Denver Premiere flyer.

Live at West End - the Mixes

Friday, September 12th, 2008

Last week, I played a show at West End in Boulder as part of the Boulder Freeride welcome party.

Here are the live recordings, split into two parts. About 75% of the tracks I played can be found in HTW 1, 2 and 3.

Couple quick notes:

1. There are a couple spots where the event people had to do announcements. The announcements aren’t recorded in here, but I did turn my volume down (on the mixer) and randomly started/stopped a track or two. So when you hear a weird, abrupt, nonsensical mix, hopefully that’s the reason.
2. A drunk friend of mine decided to see what would happen if she hit every pad on my MPD24 in the middle of a mix — twice. I tried to do damage control, but hey, it’s live, and these things happen.

Hope you like it. I particularly enjoy part 2 (even though there are a bunch of glitches, as per above).

Live at West End, Part 1 - Download

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Live at West End, Part 2 - Download

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Dear DJ Shares and Shaywill.com: A mashup 4 U!

Monday, September 8th, 2008

Dear DJ Shares and Shay Will,

I was toying around with the idea of doing a “How to Make a (bad) Girl Talk Song in One Hour” tutorial when I found myself getting into it and just made a little 1:42 mix instead.

Using some lots-of-swearing-and-terribly-popular hip hop tracks with underlying classic rock songs, I present to you: Music for College Kids.

Enjoy,

M.

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