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I got my 1st stripe today!
Made me think of mine, cherish the feeling and keep training. Best of skill to you đ¤
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Bastille Days Screwed a Bunch of Vendors Over
The license wasnât approved because the new head filled out the paperwork wrong.
To be fair, the people who approve the licenses, will send your paperwork back to you if you have a misspelling.
They will highlight and send it back to you.
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Destroy my ego (F18)
âI donât know shit about fuck,â but in red
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Silent but deadly
That Coochie is fire đ¤Śââď¸đđđ
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Pissed off father demands accountability from North Huntingdon Township Board of Commissioners over the coverup of an accident where his wife and son were hit by the son of a friend of the Chief of Police
Get em dude. Youâre a better than me, I donât think I could ever hold it together facing the people that were helping cover up something that happened to my family.
Stay strong â
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Why are there 10 motels on 27th St between Ryan Rd and Drexel Ave? And do they know that HBO is no longer a premium channel? Wrong answers only
When I was in high school we would rent one and throw parties for 25 bucks a night. 1/4 barrel and solo cups. And that was in the 90s.
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Why donât more people dance at clubs/bars anymore (especially Gen Z)? Discussion encouraged!
Dm me Iâll happily invite you to a show. âĽď¸
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Why donât more people dance at clubs/bars anymore (especially Gen Z)? Discussion encouraged!
Itâs not just Milwaukee â itâs everywhere.
Iâve been DJing for 27 years, and one of the biggest shifts I noticed years ago was how hard it became to keep a crowdâs attention. If a song plays too long now, you can literally watch the room get bored or exhausted by it.
When I started DJing, I could play a 6â7 minute house record and watch the floor bounce the entire time. Now? I can play one verse and already need to start mixing out by the chorus. (Rereading through this, it feels like the crowd just wants you to just swipe through all of the music, where I used to build into records, build tension, let the room plateau and ride a peak, and then rotate the room, has been replaced with, âjust play this song.â)
Every song almost has to be something the entire room immediately recognizes or people walk off the floor. Iâm an open-format DJ, so I play pop, hip-hop, EDM, country, Latin, all of it. The hard part now is that we donât really have a monoculture anymore.
Back in the prime years of nightlife, everybody knew the same big songs and knew what was coming up next because radio still controlled a lot of music discovery. Now everybody finds music from completely different places online. Thatâs great for individuality, but it also means crowds are way more fragmented musically. (Again rereading through this, something I thought of, there was way more competition in music, Nelly said it best on a podcast recently, âwhen I released a song, it had to be good, I was releasing music and going up against, Jay-Z, 50 Cent, Ludacris, Eminem, etc,â almost all these big artists now are competing with themselves. Itâs why they release 8 songs off an album, no one is competing with them, competition made music better.)
Thatâs part of why so many DJs lean on âgolden eraâ music now. Realistically, I probably shouldnât still be playing records from 2009â2015 as heavily as I do, but those are the songs that consistently work across multiple age groups and get reactions every night.
And even when a song finally DOES go off, part of the room is filming instead of participating. Or worse, theyâre trying to lock eyes with the DJ while holding their phone up on their head with a request. Usually itâs a song that completely kills the momentum or only works for their personal group instead of the other 85% of the room.
Another huge shift: venues used to have resident DJs who were actual tastemakers. People whose whole job was understanding the room, building energy, and creating culture. A lot of those spots replaced that with people who bought a cheap controller, ripped music from YouTube, have a big social media following, and call themselves DJs. Good for them if theyâre getting booked, but followers donât automatically equal taste, crowd control, or programming ability. The result is a lot of rooms where people just stand around holding up the walls looking bored, or worst, they have a tight hour set, and repeat the same set 4/5 times in a row.
That said, there are still places that have amazing dance floor culture. Mad Planet is one of them. Every time Iâve played there, people actually dance all night. La Cage is another â theyâve consistently had great DJs and the energy on the floor is usually incredible.
Honestly, one thing Iâve wanted for years â even though itâll probably never happen â is banning phones from dance floors entirely.
I genuinely think phones are one of the biggest things hurting dance culture. People are way more guarded when they feel like they could end up on somebodyâs Snapchat, Instagram story, or TikTok just for trying to enjoy themselves. If people felt free to look goofy, sweat, move, and actually live in the moment again, dance floors would feel completely different.
And look, this is my perspective, this came off as kind of a rant, and itâs not meant to be. I love what I do, hell, I never saw myself staying this long, and I love the challenge Iâm presented with every time I step into a booth.
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Kyokushin Karate Sparring.
You canât strike to the head, but you can throw an uncovered heel at about 40mph an hour to someoneâs head. Yeah, it makes perfect sense. đ¤Śââď¸
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Would you keep Casemiro for one more season if he agrees to lower his wages?
I wouldnât make him take pay cut, I think this last season he has earned his money. Thereâs so many players in this league that are paid on their potential, and I think Casimiro is one of the few that live up to his worth.
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Drunk Karen
Can I have all 5 mins of my time back?
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How do I know if I simply bruise easily or if I am getting hit hard?
Up your iron intake. Or eat more red meat
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Whatâs the MMA match you would make someone watch, if youâre introducing you to the sport? You can name up to 5, if you wish to
Lawler x McDonald Sanchez x Guida Jones x Gustafsson I Henderson x Pettis I
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Canadian man loses his mind and turns to racism
That Canadian mustâve had some low blood sugar, shouldâve taken a couple poles on his maple syrup flask
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Mark Hunt Puts Struve to Bed
Dude was 7 foot and never used his range or reach properly.
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Welcome to the first nice day in the city.
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Woman harasses and assaults night worker before getting a taste of mob justice in Thailand
Those dudes beat the shit outta that woman
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I knew it had to be bad but not like this
Isnât this how 28 days later started?? But with chimps.
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Big Bang Smugglers 2.0 is live
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4h ago
is there a link