Calling Prospective Denmothers

Ladies, though we’ve been having a great time dancing with you all these years, the time has come for your denmothers to step down. Lindsay and Michele plan to retire at the end of this month, but that doesn’t mean the dancing has to end. We’re hoping to pass the DDPP Twin Cities reins to a couple of new denmothers! Let’s face it ladies, we need some new denmother blood to breathe some fresh air into this gig!!! We need YOU!

So if you’re interested, give us a holler, Email, facebook, text, call, skywriter, whatever. Let us know. We’d LOVE to see DDPP continue with you at the helm.

April Update

Happy Weekend Twin Cities Snow Birds. I think the Twin Cities Pioneer Press said it best with this one…

With all this snow it’s hard not to get crabby, that is until DDPP rolls around. As this girl says

And dance we have. DJ Roomba and DJ Groove have regaled us this month with their wonderful mixes. Send them to us ladies so we can get them up! We won’t be having DDPP this week as Old Arizona will be closed. But we’ll be back again on April 25th. See you there!!!

MARCH MADNESS!!!

Ladies, the mixes this month have been enough to make you want to do this…

DJ Ghostwriter kicked off the month with her “Welcome to the Zoo” mix on March 7th. Word on the street is this was one amazing mix!!! Here it is for all who have been eagerly waiting…

1. Simpsons clip about animals
2. “The Animal Song” – Savage Garden
3. “Butterfly” – Crazy Town
4. “She Wolf” – Shakira
5. “Karma Chameleon” – Culture Club
6. “Stray Cat Strut” – The Stray Cats
7. “Comfort Eagle” – CAKE
8. “Deer in the Headlights” – Owl City
9. “Alligator_aviator_autopilot_antimatter” – R.E.M.
10. “Black Horse and the Cherry Tree” – KT Tunstall
11. “When Doves Cry” – Prince
12. “Hound Dog” – Sha-Na-Na (Grease soundtrack version)
13. “The Cat is Scared” – Fi Ling Fader & Scott Leonard
14. “Mr. Raven” – MC Lars
15. “Who Let the Dogs Out” – Baha Men
16. “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” – The Groovebarbers

March 14th DJ Ghostwriter, DJ Xplosion and DJ Common Era came together to make their Buttz, Buttz, Buttz mix. Ladies, this mix totally had us shaking our thangs. It was an amazing time!

Here’s their mix…

On 3/21, DJ Jazzy Jenn payed homage to one of my favorite shows of all time…

DJ Jazzy Jenn totally did this right with the kind of amazing care to details that we have come to expect from her. The first song “Young Folks” was the first song of the first episode and the mix ends with the very last song of the series “You’ve got the Love”. She seriously went pro on this guys! Without further ado, here’s the mix.

MARCH MADNESS ended this week with another collaborative mix, this time from DJ Roomba and DJ Ghostwriter, i.e. DJ Roomwriter. This was a mix of songs that are supposed to be romantic, but just come out all creepy. Here was my favorite:

The Beatles will be haunting my nightmares with this one…

And their whole mix…

Kiss With A Fist – Florence + The Machine
Little Sister – Elvis Presley
Private Eyes – Hall and Oates
Hungry Like The Wolf – Duran Duran
As Long As You Love Me DJ Calamo Remix – Backstreet Boys
Girlfriend In a Coma – The Smiths
Invisible – D-Side
Never Gonna Give You UP – Rick Astley
Escape – Enrique Iglesias
Run For Your Life – The Beatles
I Would Die 4 U – Prince
My Private Movie – Westlife
Tear You Apart – She Wants Revenge
Don’t Turn The Lights On – Chromeo
Sexy Bitch feat. Akon – David Guetta
Runaway Baby – Bruno Mars
I Would – One Direction
Girl You’ll Be A Woman Soon – Neil Diamond

Thanks to all of our themed DJs this month! It was another March full of madly cool theme mixes!!!

Other upcoming mixes…
April 4th: DJ Roomba
April 11th: ???
April 18th: No DDPP
April 25th: ???

2013 In Review (so far)…

Whew, does anyone else feel like 2013 is moving by in fast forward??? Time’s moving so quickly that your faithful denmothers have fallen woefully behind in the posts. No fear, we’ve been collecting all the amazing mixes and have them here for your dancing pleasure!

Your denmothers finished out 2012 with their own individual year in review mixes.

DJ Lux’s Dec 13th Mix: (link to the Spotify mix)
1. Check It Out – Will.i.am, Nikki Minaj
2. Gangham Style – Psy
3. Bang Bang – K’NAAN, Adam Levine
4. Indepdent Woman – Destiny’s Child
5. It’s Tricky – Run DMC
6. Just Fine – Mary J. Blige
7. I Like It, I Love It – Lyrics Born
8. You Can’t Hurry Love – The Supremes
9. You Rock My World – Michael Jackson
10. Lump – The President’s of the United States of America
11. North Side Gal – J.D. McPherson
12. Jump Around – House of Pain
13. All I Want for Christmas is You – Mariah Carey
14. Some Nights – Fun.
15. New Morning – Bob Dylan

DJ G Funk’s Dec 20th Mix: (link to mix on Spotify)
1. Black Sheep – Gin Wigmore
2. Land of 1000 Dances – Wilson Pickett
3. Sixteen Saltines – Jack White
4. Oh My! – Haley Reinhart
5. Teenage Icon – The Vaccines
6. December 1963 – Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons
7. Humanimal – Fire in the Hamptons
8. Shutterbugg – Big Boi, Cutty
9. Magalenha – Sergio Mendes
10. Girl Like Me – Ladyhawke
11. Stars 4-Ever – Robyn
12. Move in the Right Direction – Gossip
13. I Love It – Icona Pop
14. Mommy Complex – Peaches
15. Happy Holidays to You – Roz Bell

DJ Ghostwriter kicked off 2013 right with one AMAZING “Let’s Go Crazy” Mix.  This mix was so awesome it had me channelling this:

Ghostwriter’s Jan. 3rd ”Let’s Go Crazy” mix: (link to mix on Spotify)

1. Crazy Little Thing Called Love – Queen

2. Crazy in Love – Beyonce

3. Crazy – Gnarls Barkley

4. Crazy – Quietdrive

5. Loca – Shakira (ft. Dizzee Rascal)

6. She Drives Me Crazy – Fine Young Cannibals

7. Crazy Cool – Paula Abdul

8. Livin’ La Vida Loca – Ricky Martin

9. (You Drive Me) Crazy – Britney Spears

10. Drivin’ Me Crazy – Eddie Money

11. Crazy Little Party Girl – Aaron Carter

12. I Wanna Go Crazy – David Guetta (ft. Will.I.Am)

13. Crazy For You – *N’sync

14. Crazy For This Girl – Evan and Jaron

The next week the ladies of DDPP Twin Cities celebrated Roomba’s promotion with her “Work It” mix.  This celebration was so epic, that we carried it on for margaritas and Spanish karoke/soap operas.  Thanks for an awesome night and congratulations again Roomba!!!

DJ Roomba’s Jan. 10th Work It Mix: (link to mix on Spotify)

1. 9 to 5 – Dolly Parton
2. Working for the Weekend – Loverboy
3. Career Opportunities – The Clash
4. Found a Job – Talking Heads
5. Just Got Paid – Johnny Kemp
6. Good Work – Bodeans
7. Ain’ Nothin’ Goin’ on But the Rent – Gwen Guthrie
8. Get a Job – The Silhouettes
9. God Damn Job – The Replacements
10. Why Don’t You Get a Job? – The Offspring
11. Workin’ for a Livin’ – Huey Lewis and the News
12. Nothin’ But a Good Time – Poison
13. She Works Hard for the Money – Donna Summers
14. It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere – Alan Jackson
15. All About the Benjamins – P. Diddy
16. Working in a Coal Mine – Devo
17. Takin’ Care of Business – Bachman Turner Overdrive
18. Day Job – Jeremy Messersmith

DJ Rashes joined us Jan. 17th with another wonderful mix.

DJ Rashes Jan. 17th Mix: (link to Spotify mix)

With all these amazing mixes, DJ Roomba and DJ Ghostwriter were inspired to make their own mix – together.  Thus was born the first DDPP Twin Cities Collaborative Mix compliments of DJ Roomwriter.  The ladies confessed to a secret (or maybe not so secret) love of Will Smith and all things 90s.  We were right there with you ladies!

DJ Roomwriter’s Jan. 24th Mix: (link to mix on Spotify)

1. Bootylicious – Destiny’s Child
2. Summertime – DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
3. No Scrubs – TLC
4. Will 2K – Will Smith
5. Playas Gon’ Play – 3LW
6. Da Dip – Freak Nasty
7. Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It – Will Smith
8. Jumpin’, Jumpin’ – Destiny’s Child
9. Candy – Will Smith
10. Heartbreaker – Mariah Carey
11. Men in Black – Will Smith
12. Get Ur Freak On – Missy Elliott
13. Whoomp! (There it is) – Tag Team
14. Miami – Will Smith
15. Queen of the Night – Whitney Houston
16. That’s the Way Love Goes – Janet Jackson

DJ Lux celebrated her birthday with her “Musical Coming of Age” mix.  She expressed her life through songs and let me tell you – it’s been one good life.  Thanks for sharing Lux and Happy Birthday!!!

DJ Lux’s Jan. 31st “Musical Coming of Age” Mix: (link to mix on Spotify)

1. Great Balls of Fire – Jerry Lee Lewis
2. Queen of the Night – Whitney Houston
3. Kung Fu Fighting – Carl Douglas
4. Stop – Spice Girls
5. Where It’s At – Beck
6. Failure by Design – Brand New
7. Around the World – Daft Punk
8. Soccer Practice – Jonny McGovern
9. I’ll Tell Me Ma – Young Dubliners
10. Ugly Day – Five Iron Frenzy
11. Your So Damn Hot – OK Go
12. Under Pressure – Queen
13. Hold On – Wilson Phillips
14. Queen Bitch – David Bowie
15. I Will – Roma di Luna

DJ Xplosion joined us on Feb. 7th with her out-of-this-world “Space Explosion” mix.  This was one amazing night.  It was one of those nights when you come in exhausted and leave rejuvenated.  THANK YOU XPLOSION!!!  Send us your mix and we’ll get the deets up here for everyone.

February 21st DJ Rashes entertained us with another one of her famously awesome mixes.  The ladies have been clamoring to get their hands on this mix.  Here it is ladies!

Finally, DJ Groove joined us on February 28th with another phenomenal mix.  This mix was so good that I was sweating, despite the cold!!!  Afterwards a couple of ladies went out for Eggs Benedict to celebrate the retirement of Pope Benedict.  Happy trails and we hope to see some white/grayish smoke soon!

DJ Groove’s Mix: (link to mix on Spotify)

1. Harlem Shake – Baauer

2. Start the Commotion – The Wiseguys

3. Doom and Gloom – The Rolling Stones

4. Put the Gun Down – ZZ Ward

5. Gimmie Something – Fidlar

6. Dance With Me – Ra Ra Riot

7. I Want to Take You Higher – Sly and the Family Stone

8. Body Work – Morgan Page

9. Emily – Mika

10. 7 ou 8 fois – Melanie Pain

11. Elephant – Tame Impala

12. Love Mera Hit Hit – Pritam

13. Neckbrace – Ratatat

14. Le Fakir de La Chapelle – Anemic Cinema

15. Roquenrol Bim-Bom – Tom Ze

16. Dreamin – Wax

17.  Deportes – Chancha Via Circuito

18. Is That Clear – Nick Waterhouse

19. Thift Shop – Macklemore

20. Bones – Michael Kiwanuka

That’s it for our DDPP Mix Catch-up.  Hope that’ll help you get your ipods and spotify accounts filled up with awesome music!  We’ve got a bunch of awesome mixes coming up soon. DJ Ghostwriter kicks off MARCH MADNESS this week.  DJ Buttz, Buttz, Buttz (Collaborative Mix), DJ Jazzy Jenn and DJ G Funk with her home mixes are finishing out our annual month of mixes.  Can’t wait to see you there!!!

More mixes than you can shake a stick at!

Hey ladies! Here’s a quick peek at our backlog of playlists for you (since I’m terrible at keeping up with the blog):

DJ Groove’s November mix:

 

DJ Lux’s November mix:

 

DDPP’s 4th Birthday:

 

DJ Roomba’s Cruise Mix:

 

DJ Rashes’ December mix:

Also, coming up at DDPP, we’ve got back-to-back den mother playlists, so come dance the year out in style!

December 13: DJ Lux
December 20: DJ G Funk
December 27: New Year’s Break!
January 3: Open! Come DJ with us!

Celebrate DDPP’s 4th Birthday with us!

Happy 4th birthday to us!!*

*Coming soon, like November 15th. Here’s the deal with our birthday parties – your den mothers make an awesome mega-monster-mix from all of the different songs played by our DJs throughout the year, and we celebrate in DDPP-style with treats, goodie bags, and maybe even a happy hour. If anyone bakes a pink skull and crossbones cake, you win.

The schedule for the next few weeks is awesome, so write this down in your Trapper Keeper and don’t forget to come dance!

November 1 – DJ Groove (RSVP on Facebook!)
November 8 – DJ Lux
November 15 – Happy 4th Birthday to us!
November 22 – Off. Eat turkey.
November 29 – DJ Roomba and her European dance music

 

Happy belated BDay, DJ G Funk! (and her mix)

Let’s go on a blast to the past … to July! DJ G Funk has been trying to play this birthday mix all summer, but things didn’t come together until this week. It was worth the wait. DJ G Funk picked her theme song for the mix – can you guess what it was?

Plus she played one of MY personal theme songs:

Happy Birthday, G Funk! Belatedly! Very, very belatedly!

Here’s our upcoming schedule:
September 20: DJ Low-Fi
September 27: No class! We are taking the week off (aka work-related events call)
October 4: DJ Groove
October 11: Open!
And DJ G Funk’s birthday mix: