New year New Place

It is time for a change, and we have decided to relocate to Stick’em in midtown Memphis (next to the BBQshop). We did our end-of-year 2023 show there due to an issue with Canvas, and we got a great response. We decided to make a move and see how it worked out. Space is a different layout and mgmt very open to what we are doing… so here we are. We have the next few shows lined up and we’ll see how it develops. Come check us out for the first show on Saturday, Feb 3rd. We hope to see you there, and please, let us know what you think. T4L!

Meet me at the “Crossroads”

This weekend’s next EXILE show will be another Resident Night with Mirdo, McConnell, and myself. Per usual, it is guaranteed to be a great time. The following week I’ll be playing with a bunch of folks from TN, Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri, and more. Will get to hang with some long-time buds as well. The show is titled “Crossroads Music Festival” and will be at Lake Sara in Effingham, IL. You can check out the details on FB here.

Pack your bag and head to IL early on Friday if you can go. The party starts at sundown and goes on until Sunday morning. The shenanigans will be in full effect. If you can’t go, you won’t have to worry. Exile returns in Aug on the 26th with guest Freewill from MDHT. This will be his raincheck show from earlier this year, which he had to cancel for personal reasons. He played last week at Soul in the City and put in a techno set as a preview. He is sure to bring the heat. So, we’ll see you one way or another!

*Keep your eyes and ears peeled for a new mix coming your way!

Exile Holiday Hangout

Just a little update – coming up at Canvas in Memphis on November 12th, The last of the SITC – Exile series and now Justin’s vs. Brian’s with the MDHT crew. The last time we got the J’s and B’s on the decks was at Growlers several years back. It was a blast and I’m sure this one will be just as rowdy! I hope to see my Memphis peeps out for this. On the travel front, I’ll be playing at No Requests in Portland, Or on Nov. 17th with Gabriel Dellous and Erik Jones. I’ve been through but never stopped in Portland. Finally, getting to see some long-time friends and play some tunes. It should be fun. I’ll be there the whole weekend so who knows where else you might find me. Make sure to come out if you are in the area.

In December, getting the stream gang back together for the ‘holidaze’ and doing a little hangout at Casa de Fist. Mike and Mirdo will join me for a broadcast from 8 til’ who knows when, and we will broadcast on the exiledjs page on twitch. I highly recommend that you make some plans to join the broadcast and hang out with us. We’ll be playing some tunes and making sure some shenanigans are happening.

Super not-so-secret news, EXILE will return on the regular in 2023 with full force. We are working out the details, but as soon as we have the info, I’ll be sure to share it with all of you crazy folks. Also, be on the lookout for BACKLOG 2 very shortly. If you missed the first one, you can check it out in the player on the right-side menu or hop over to my Mixcloud for a selection of other mixes you might want to throw down. Until the next update…

I still have a website?

Whaaaa?I can’t believe I still have this thing. I was cleaning up my links/bookmarks and realized I haven’t logged in to this thing in a bit. I think this is starting to be a common occurrence. It’s now 2022 and we are still living in a pandemic. We have gone through two variants now and Omicron is the most current, which sounds like a rave group from the 90’s – oh wait it is, and “Whaler” is a great track… I digress. I suppose the good news is we bought a new home in the UoM area. We spent our Xmas holiday moving and finally have all the boxes and such out of the old place. Now the fixer-up activities begin. Fun times.

The new place is great and the studio area is coming along nicely. If you have seen the recent broadcast, you most likely caught a glimpse of the new setup. Still, a little tidying up to do but yeah, almost there. With the new year comes new resolutions and getting a more steady stream rolling is one of those items, for both techno and chillout – maybe for some gaming as well!. I’ll be updating things here a little more often (*hopefully) and if this covid situation dies down a bit, we might be back to doing regular gigs again, since by circumstance the dates for the end of ’21 were both on turkey day and Xmas for Canvas shows and they didn’t happen. Keep checking back for updates in that area. I also want to get back to getting some mixes out there again. It’s been some time since I’ve done that and I need to be more consistent, right? OK… stay tuned.

… now what?

..and now we return you to your regular scheduled program, ish. It’s March 21′ and im another year older, another wiser, or so the saying goes. Wiser about what? How to wear a mask? How to avoid people? How to keep my hands away from my face more so than normal? How to ration hand sanitizer? Where to buy TP in bulk? How to find the cheapest backyard adult kiddie pool? The list goes on and on. It’s march 21′ and i’m first shot down on the Pfizer vaccine. I wasn’t even sure it would come. I dare say things are looking up. The orangutang is out of office and grandpa Joe is manning the fort (not the grandpa I wanted but he’ll do in a pinch) with the first ever female african-american VP. It’s a wonderful thing. Seems things are looking up. (*i’m knocking on a piece of mahogany, as I type) I will be scheduling my second shot soon and then, after a week or two, I’ll be able to visit a friend and hang out with a couple, masks off and even a hug or two. I just hope I don’t burst into tears or start laughing hysterically. Might seem a bit weird. I wonder when Mike and I will have the discussion on booking a gig again for EXILE. We’ve been doing the Quarantined show on EXILEDJS.com for the last year and it will seem strange to say the least. Im eager and hopeful that we get to return to that soon, very soon.