http://www.djshagz.com DJ Shagz's Record Bin. Shagz is a Toronto DJ who plays all kinds of music but specializes in house, breaks and funk. Visit his site for mp3s, internet broadcasts, news and more. en-us Sat, 19 Nov 2011 18:36:48 -0500 http://www.djshagz.com/files/logoForRss100x32.gif http://www.djshagz.com 10032 http://www.djshagz.com/content/comments.php?type=news&stupid=b&articleId=348 This is an article I've been meaning to write for years now, since at least 2006, but I just never got around to it. Well today I decided to get around to it. Join me as I walk back through the years and look at all of the different incarnations my dj gear has taken...... Sat, 19 Nov 2011 18:08:51 -0500 http://www.djshagz.com/content/comments.php?type=news&stupid=b&articleId=347 It's Christmas concert season again, and Univox has a great show lined up this year. I'm really loving a lot of the music Dallas has put together for this concert, and it's really beautiful stuff, a mix of classical and modern choral Christmas music. The choir is also sounding amazing, even more s... Sat, 19 Nov 2011 14:27:40 -0500 http://www.djshagz.com/content/comments.php?type=news&stupid=b&articleId=346 It's been a long time since I put up a new dj mix - almost a year actually - and I didn't want to make another post without actually having a dj mix to share with you...so if I'm posting, that means I have something. :) I give you Moby's Trip, a deep tech house mix with some progressive house shi... Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:46:31 -0400 http://www.djshagz.com/content/comments.php?type=news&stupid=b&articleId=345 If you're in Toronto this upcoming saturday night, I'll be dropping a short 20 min set at Disgraceland, in the 10pm slot as part of the monthly Everyone's a DJ party. Haven't quite settled on a set yet, but there's some banging funk tunes from groups like The Basement Freaks and The Heavy that will... Tue, 05 Jul 2011 14:32:33 -0400 http://www.djshagz.com/content/comments.php?type=news&stupid=b&articleId=344 Long time, no post, mail out, anything! Truth be told, the winter chill's got to these here dj bones, and I've been hibernating a bit, cutting down on my multi-tasking and trying to focus on one project at a time (in this case, some family audio archiving and restoration), and generally trying not t... Sun, 06 Mar 2011 16:08:02 -0500 http://www.djshagz.com/content/comments.php?type=news&stupid=b&articleId=343 First, a big big thank you to everybody who came out to Heart For The City on friday night! We had a great crowd near capacity at the Bang Bang Bar, collected several boxes of food for the Sharing Place and had a great time while doing it. Also a big thanks to Jai and Chris for throwing down some ... Thu, 09 Dec 2010 23:09:28 -0500 http://www.djshagz.com/content/comments.php?type=news&stupid=b&articleId=342 I couple weeks ago I got an email from a Clevland-based web magazine, Podcast Blast, to do an interview. ... Mon, 22 Nov 2010 10:55:41 -0500 http://www.djshagz.com/content/comments.php?type=news&stupid=b&articleId=341 Man, I can't believe, Heart For the City is only one week away! Next friday, me and my fellow curators of fine beats will be landing at the Bang Bang Bar to burn dance floors and collect food for the Sharing Place. (If you missed my last email, The Sharing Place is an outreach program in the High P... Fri, 19 Nov 2010 08:56:48 -0500 http://www.djshagz.com/content/comments.php?type=news&stupid=b&articleId=340 With the news about Panasonic discontinuing production on one of it's flagship Technics models, there's been lots of commentary and discussion about these iconic devices. Many stand on the corpse of vinyl and declare midi-controllers king while others shed a tear for the long lived dj standard. (No... Sat, 06 Nov 2010 01:06:21 -0400 http://www.djshagz.com/content/comments.php?type=news&stupid=b&articleId=339 Panisonic stops production of Technics 1200's. Such a sad turn of events. I hope someone picks up production of these, though I suppose the question is "do they need to?" The Technics Turntable is built like a tank. It's the Pentax K1000 of turntables: a classic, a standard, dependable, solid ... Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:17:34 -0400