The stars were aligned on Friday at the fifth annual Five Headed Birthday, and the biggest FHBD to date was a smashing success. I took the lead (with G-Unit’s help) on moving it out of the apartment living rooms of prior years and into a real venue since I wanted to really rock that shit. 14 Below worked out perfectly–the party people filled the space well without feeling crowded and the stage/lights/PA/dance area made for arguably the best dance party to date. Mission accomplished. (pics from the evening)

It was all-around awesome party in general for Ted the birthday boy. Saw a lot of old friends and did the social butterfly thing. Major props to my homey and partner, DJ Wonderwood, for handling the beats half the time so that I could hang out as well as getting the party warmed up with his stone-cold funk. A real alley oop for when I hopped on afterward.

As for Out of Controller, I think it’s safe to say that I hunted the lion and became a man in the eyes of the village. Just an incredible night behind the decks. The dancefloor was packed and hopping from the first track to the last. Everyone was loving it, but probably not as much as I was. I was killing the bass and pumping my fists–looking out over the sea of dancing heads is still so crystal clear in my mind.

I forgot to hit record with the pre-set trepidation (doh!), but here is the Track Listing for both rounds. Will re-record soon as podcast. Brendan jokingly commented that playing five Daft songs in a row is kind of cheating. Right you are, Ken…

“Main Event”

Villains - Rock It
Calvin Harris - Disco Heat
Thieves Like Us - Drugs in My Body (Designer Drugs remix)
Chromeo - Needy Girl (Dolby Anol remix)
LCD Soundsystem - Tribulations
Republica - Ready to Go
Buddy Akai - Cut Me Up (Villains remix)
Beastie Boys - Fight for Your Right to Party (Junkie XL remix)
The Black Ghosts - Any Way You Choose to Give It (Boy 8-Bit remix)
Nicky Van She & Dangerous Dan - Around the World
Daft Punk - Robot Rock (DJ B-Stee remix)
Daft Punk - Aerodynamic (Johnatron remix)
LCD Soundsystem - Daft Punk is Playing at my House (Soulwax remix)
The Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar (Shinichi Osawa remix)
Digitalism - Pogo (Shinichi Osawa remix)
Prince - 1999 (B. Rich NYE remix)
Daft Punk - Harder Better Faster Stronger (JoolsMF remix)
Kid Sister vs. Outrunners - Pro Nails / Cool Feeling
Tegan and Sara - Back in Your Head (Tyler Fedchuck remix)

“Encore”

Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby (Bertie P remix)
The Rapture - Get Myself Into It
Gorillaz - DARE (Junior Sanchez remix)
New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle (extended mix)
INXS - Need You Tonight (Streetlab remix)
Blur - Girls & Boys
Rockaton - Your Bmore, Singing Study Mix
Chromeo - Tenderoni (MSTRKRFT remix)
Fiasco - Happy Hour (The Scar remix)
Matt & Kim - Yeah Yeah (Flosstradamus remix)
Treasure Fingers - Cross the Dancefloor
Muscles - Sweaty
AC/DC - Thunderstruck (Tittsworth remix)
Bil Bev Devoe - Poison (Tittsworth remix)