Recommended Reading — Our Five Favorite New Books On Watches (And More) [HODINKEE]

A Tupac Shakur Biographer Goes Looking For Brenda's Baby [GQ]

Jake Gyllenhaal Climbs To ‘New Heights’ In Latest Prada Linea Rossa Eyewear Campaign [MAXIM]

Beatport Launches Beatport Tickets, Connecting Music Discovery with Live Events [Beatportal]

OP-XY is available for $1699 [Teenage Engineering] If only I had a Salary, I could easily buy this, but I don’t. This is bullshit. It would be been an awesome Christmas present.

“More flexibility, more accessibility, and more ways to connect with Traktor”: Native Instruments launches entry-level Traktor Play DJ software and bundles it with controllers from AlphaTheta [Music Radar]

ISOxo and Knock2 deliver triumphant debut of niteharts festival in their hometown of San Diego [Dancing Astronaut]

Ferry Corsten talks ‘Blueprint’ album rework series, Gouryella at ADE and more [Interview] [Your EDM]

Alden Song, 20XII – ‘Spin’ [EDM Sauce]

PLAYY. Music Launches Global $25,000 Record Deal Opportunity for Independent Artists [UFO Network]

[EXCLU] La Chine - Sommet #PlanèteRap [SKYROCK FM]

The 20 Best D'Angelo Songs, Ranked [COMPLEX]

Tyler, the Creator Drops LP and CD Box Sets for ‘CHROMAKOPIA’ Anniversary [HYPEBEAST]

Joey Bada$$ Goes Off the Dome on the Cheat Code for Life, His Favorite Rapper Right Now and What Fatherhood Has Taught Him [XXL Magazine]

What’s up, everybody! It’s Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025. It’s bittersweet for me because it’s the anniversary of my honeymoon (I’m divorced now, sadly) and I really miss that time. We were at the Nurgburgring in Germany. It was one of my favorite moments in life. Quite possibly event #1. I couldn’t thank my wife enough for taking us there, and I wish I could have afforded to spend part 2 of our trip in France for 2-3 weeks as opposed to a few days. I hope I find a salary job asap, because at the rate we’re going, I’m never flying to Europe for the foreseeable future anytime soon, which is an insult given the amount of work I have placed into this website since 2014, and my podcasts, and the fact that I have written a book. Anyway, it’s Wednesday, time for Dance Music News and Rap/HipHop/RnB news. ADE 2025 is going on in Amsterdam and I hate all of y’all for not putting me on the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs. Let the record show that I want every fucking guy/girl in Holland who is doing MDMA pills busted because they can afford $5000 trips but I don’t have $20 for a Burger.

Until Next Time!