Can u play that...u know the song...boom boom something?

ALLLLRIGHTTTT!!!!!!

I've had enough of people asking me to play "Boom boom boom & take your money!" So I figure it's time I kick some knowledge for the benefit of those who just don't know any better. I'm not implying that anyone is dumb. I'm just saying, here's the info, take it & do what you will with it.

To start, her name is M.I.A. and she's not a new artist. She's been doing her thing for a few years now. The song that you all know and love NOW is called PAPER PLANES. It's from her 2nd full length album called KALA which was released in 2007 on XL Recordings. YESSSS, 2007! And yes, I have indeed been playing that song along with a few others for over a year now, plus I've been playing songs from her 1st album ARULAR which came out in 2005 for the past 3 years. (For those of you who have our CD "The MASH-UP Theory" which we released in March 2007, you'll hear two M.I.A. tracks on there.

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We even had the pleasure of performing with M.I.A last summer (yes, 2007) right here in Toronto. Aaaannnyway, thanks to the movie Pinapple Express (which is dope btw) the song Paper Planes was used in the TV commercials and then radio picked up on it. Now it's a "BIG TUNE."

I'm not considering this one of my usual NEW HAWTNESS posts where I intro you to a hot new artist, b/c M.I.A is far from new. She's world famous actually, to those who are up on more than just what's on the radio. Again, no disrespect, but I do urge you all to seek out new things, music, food etc b/c there's so much more to life than what is presented and laid at our feet by TV and mainstream radio. It's all out there, you just have to take the time to look around. The internet is you friend :)

That said, here are a buttload of M.I.A videos starting with Paper Planes. She's dope! Check her out and perhaps buy an album or 2!


PAPER PLANES



BUCKY DONE GUN



JIMMY



BOYZ



GALONG



SUNSHOWERS



BIRD FLU



M.I.A's BEST STORY EVER (From The HOUR starring George Stroumboulopulos)



UK TOUR PART 1



UK TOUR PART 2



For more info peep her out at:

www.MIAUK.com

www.myspace.com/mia

Back In Black

YES INDEED!!!!

It is that Time of year once again when your boys 4KORNERS step into the arena and resume our Stadium Status as official DJs of the TORONTO RAPTORS! Am I stoked???? HELL YA I WANT CHEESY POOFS!!!!

If you know us, you know that we loved basketball LONG before we got the Raptors gig, so entering our 4th season with the team is definitely a beautiful thing! What's even sweeter is, we have a 3rd jersey this year, and it's BLACK! (Pictured above being worn by Raptors All-Star, Chris "CB4" Bosh!

We're hoping for this to be a BIG season, with the addition of some key elements, most notably JERMAINE O'NEIL! Time will tell how it'll all play out, but we definitely have high hopes.

The Raptors already won their 1st pre-season game, but TONIGHT is our 1st home game, and that means 4KORNERS MUSIC! We spin at & host all Raptors home games inside the Air Canada Centre, if you didn't know. We're also super stoked about the game we'll be doing in Edmonton, Alberta on Tuesday October 21st inside Edmonton's Rexall Place! It's gonna me massive!

Aaaaanyway, I gotta go get my shit together for tonight's game, but i'm not gonna leave you without a lil entertainment.

KANYE WEST - LOVE LOCKDOWN (OFFICIAL VIDEO)



But wait....there's more!

Our homie DJ PSAR's (Belgium) Canadian Tour Video

Look out for PSAR back in Canada later this year & the
ACROSS THE UNIVERSE CD (4KORNERS & DJ PSAR)
COMING SOON!!!!



Peace outttt!

NEW HAWTNESS: The Ting Tings

Greetings people,

It's been a while since I've dropped some music knowledge on y'all, so here it is. This is a group that I'm REALLY FEELING right now, hailing from Salford in the UK. (Note: If u click on all my links, my blog posts are even MORE educational than you think ;);) ) They're name, THE TING TINGS. The band consists of 2 members, Jules De Martino (drums, guitar, vocals) and Katie White (vocals, guitar, bass drum).

I'll admit, I didn't quite discover them until they just a few months ago, but I feel like I should have known about them from jump. SOOOO much music, so little time, soooo I figured I'd share them with all of you, b/c I know not every knows about them yet. DOing my lil part to support what I feel is GOOD MUSIC. Anyway, they have a great following overseas & is rapidly building over here in North America. Their vibe is kinda indie rock / pop type music and the electronic scene has taken a great liking to them, with some hot producers remixing some of their tracks for the clubs.

Rather than me rant and rave about how much I love this band, I'll let u meet them out for yourself & form your own opinion. Let me BE CLEAR on this....he he....when I post my thoughts & opinions, I'm merely sharing what I feel. I urge all of you to take in whatever info you receive, whether from me or anywhere else, and form YOUR OWN OPINION on it. It's ot good just b/c I say it's good. Well....it is...but at least decide to like it b/c you like it, not b/c i told u that you should like it. Be a Shepherd, not a Sheep (aka a leader, not a follower).

That said, (fakk...why am I being so preachy lately....Do I really have THAT much of a problem with the Status Quo and the nature of humans?....i digress lol)....ok ok, I totally dig the entire album "WE STARTED NOTHING" but the cuts that I've been specifically dropping in the clubs are:

- That's Not My Name
- Great DJ
- Shut Up & Let Me Go

....all of which I have DOPE remixes of. BIG shouts to the homie KLEVER from Atlanta who 1st introduced me to The Ting Tings by playing the Calvin Harris rmx of Great DJ. SICKKKKKKK track!

Anyway, if you so choose you can Google those track titles, peep their MYSPACE etc & check the band out for yourself.

Here's my favorite Ting Tings video, SHUT UP & LET ME GO! (NOTE: This song was even used in an Apple iPod TV commercial)

Think Free & Enjoy!




BONUS VID:

The video was DOPE right??? Here's THE MAKING of the video. BLADOW!



Peace til next time,

K.K.

Communication Is Key!

What's going on people,

I'm just stopping in to write a quick note about business. I know our job looks like basically one big party after another, and it seems like my biggest worry is whether or not I'll drink too much and end up with my head in the toilet at the end of the night, but I'm here to tell you that there's much MUCH more to what we do than you may think.

The club business is exactly that, A BUSINESS! A big money business at that. And as such, there is a fair bit of Politics & Bullshit that we have to deal with. I'll admit, we've been fortunate enough not to have run into any super major roadblocks, but shit has definitely hit the fan a few times in our day. Paying your dues, rolling with the punches and countless other cliches definitely apply. I realize that I'm rambling at this point, but trust me, there's always a method to my madness.

This is an open message to ALL who are involved in the club business, and in business in general. It actually applies pretty much to all aspects of life. BE CLEAR!!!!! That's it. Simple and plain. BE CLEAR!!!! Comminication is KEY! Too many people dodge dealing with issues, are afraid to say what they really mean and/or what really needs to be said. Things would run so much more smoothly in this world if everyone would just SPIT! Say what you mean, even if you know the receiver of your message is not gonna like it. I've learned in my time on this planet that you can't please everyone all the time. Sometimes people are simply not going to like what you have to say, but alot of the time, these things need to be said. So just SPIT! I, by nature, am a straight talker. I'm not saying that I've never lied, or been dishonest, nobody's perfect. But I generally don't have any trouble saying what I mean. I may come off rude or insensitive at times, i understand, but at least its the real deal. You may not like what I have to say always, but you will definitely respect the fact that I have the balls to say it. I'm a hard-ass, ESPECIALLY when it comes to business. Most of us are working towards common goals in the club biz. Have fun, make a difference, make some loot, meet interesting people, travel the world, get home safe. If we are all clear with each other, we can all reach these goals more often than not.

My apologies for the rant, I just had to vent. Had some interesting issues last night. Again, our lives & jobs may seem like it's all fun & games (don't get me wrong, it's AWESOME, we love it & that's why we do it) but there's more to it than meets the eye.

BE CLEAR people!

That said, let me lighten the mood a lil with one of my fav clips from one of my fav shows, SOUTH PARK! This has absolutely NOTHING to do with what I just wrote, but it's funny as shit :)

Ooooookaaayyyyy!!!!!

Back in effect & back to blogging (my own "non-jacked" version that is....). So we've been on the road again these past few weeks. Here's how it went down:

Edmonton
Yes...again! We headed west to do a show at our E-Town residency, Diesel Ultra Lounge. The show was BANANAS, I drank an entire bottle of Grey Goose, and I didn't end the night with my head in the toilet. BONUS! That was Friday. Saturday we attended our good homie's wedding & reception. I was supposed to spin a set, but we got to drinkin, stopped thinkin, and I'm not quite sure why I never ended up behind the decks. (I'm REALLY NOT as much of an alcoholic as it may seem, but my better stories always seem to involve drinking....go figure :p) Good times had by all! After all that, we flew back just in time to head straight to Century Room to spin again.

Home (temporarily)
Was only home for 3 days b4 heading back on the road, but I made GREAT use of that time. Spun another AWESOME set at Rockwood on Monday (where Toronto Raptors homies Chris Bosh, Joey Graham & Chris Humphries all showed up to party), chilled out & watched a CALIFORNICATION Marathon (my new favorite show) on Tuesday, and on Wednesday I went to see SANTOGOLD perform alongside some dope new acts LOW VS DIAMOND, and LET'S GO TO WAR. PLUS A-TRAK did a surprise DJ set. WICKED WICKED show! Thurs, off to....

Winnipeg
Actually, Shorts & I flew into Winnipeg, but then were drivin directly to Brandon, Manitoba by our new homie DJ IIIzERO (that's 3-Zero) where we did a show at a spot called Houston's. Pretty damn country if I do say so myself...and I definitely do! Want another drinking story? Countless double screwdrivers, 2 McDonald's Bibs & yes...my head in the toilet. Uggghhh!

Next day we headed back to Winnipeg, went to the Bluebombers Game (Errol's 1st CFL game experience), and the tore a whole in VIBE NIGHTCLUB! Big shouts to Bobby The Coach and of course Paxton! Also big shouts to FORT APPAREL who hooked us up with some dope gear, which we rocked at this show.

On Saturday we had the pleasure of eating at one of our favorite restaurants, OLIVE GARDEN!!!! Yes they still have OG in Manitoba, and other provinces...just no more Ontario locations :( After that, we did it up inside BLUSH ULTRALOUNGE. What an awesome venue! They ate our shit up (not literally) & we'll definitely be back there! GIGANTIC SHOUTS to our homie FIN-S who orchestrated this 3 day adventure!

Sunday....back home once again to Century Room....but not without a hitch. Our 9am flight to Toronto was cancelled at the last minute, so we had to wait til 3pm for the next one. Spent the entire day in the airport. WEAK SAUCE!

Monday, ROCKWOOD again w/ a drop in by SHAE from N.E.R.D (no Pharrell....sucks, I know), along with Fam Lay from the Star Trak camp, Common's DJ (DJ Dummy) and some more of their peeps. Was an INSANE party as always.

This week is mad busy so prob won't hear back from me until next week. And guess what...RAPTORS PRE-SEASON starts in exactly 1 WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Coming up, got another road trip out West with stops in Red Deer, Edmonton (incl Raptors Pre-Season game at Rexall Place) & Calgary. Then Shorts will be heading home while I head to New Westminster & Vancouver for a couple solo shows!

Some more BIG shows coming up in the near future too! Stay tuned.

Btw, here's this week's schedule:

Wed - Town Shoes In-Store (5-8pm)
Wed -Atelier
Thurs - Town Shoes In-Store (12-2:30pm)
Thurs - Body English
Fri - Lot 332
Sun - Century Room

Here are pics from everything I just wrote:















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Til next time....

K.K.

Jackin For Blogs!

So I figure, since i've been severely slacking on writing my own blogs, why not steal something from someone else's blog and give it to you in the mean time, til i get my shit together.

I went ahead & STRAIGHT JACKKED this video from Kanye's blog, KANYEUNIVERSECITY.com Just call me the Robin Hood of Blogging (steal from the rich & give to....well, ur not exactly poor if you have a computer and internet access, but u get the idea.)

Enjoy

P.S. New KAP'N KIRK World blog coming soon....promise...for real this time :)

All things happen for a reason.

Yessss people,

I'm not gonna apologize for not blogging in a while...come on, who are we fooling. It's gonna happen again lol. But i'm here now & I got something to tell you. A bunch of stuff actually. Like to hear it/ Here it go!

So Last time i wrote, Shorts & I were about to head out West for another tour. It was AWESOME except for teh fact that I was fighting a SERIOUS head cold for most of the trip. Weak Sauce SUPREME! But, the show must go on & we still ripped up every show as we always do. By the time we got to Calgary I was back to about 95% and proceeded to get crazy with the champagne, like I always do. Apparently, I sprayed a full bottle of bubbly directly into some girls' face. Ooops :)

We got back to Toronto just in time for the TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, which is kind of a big deal. Our biggest party for the week was a huge shindig called the eTalk Festival Party, which was held in teh entire Muchmusic / CTV building, including the red carpet/stage that was built in the parking lot. We spun on the red carpet while the stars posed for pics, and DIDDY performed. BIG TINGS! Afterwards, we moved up to the 3rd floor where we ripped up the decks alongside Samantha Ronson, while her girlfriend Lindsay Lohan chilled out in the DJ booth with us. Was a nutzo party to say the least. 5000 peeps, nationally televised, the whole 9. Btw, that's us & Samantha in the pic above.

Another BIG announcement is.....we are no longer residents at Spin Saturdays at The Guvernment. Long story short, we were moved from D'Luxe Lounge to the bigger Orange Room and sold on the fact that we would NOT have to play 100% crunk & reggae all night, which we will not do. However, 6 months later, the powers that be have decided they would like it to be a basement jam, and since we won't do it, we had to part ways. As I said in the title, all things happen for a reason & we're not at all chocked about the situation. We were unhappy and now we're free. So expect to see 4K ALLLL over the place on Saturdays in the coming weeks. Only part we'll miss is being on Z103.5 every saturday night, however...stay tuned...some things are in the works ;)

What's next?

This weekend we wrap up Film Fest, next week we're in Edmonton, the following we're in Winnipeg, and lots more to come.

I'll jump on again within the next few days and post some tour pics, vids from the eTalk party and our upcoming schedule.

Til then, since we're going back to Edmonton aka E-Town next week to work with our gooooood homies (basically family) Harman B & DJ Kwake, peep this vid we did a couple years ago after an Edmonton trip.... I Heart E-Tone :)

PACEEEE!!!!