Big shoes to fill…

Travis Barker and DJ A-Trak just finished up a four show mini-tour tonight spanning from California to Texas. If anyone is going to be able to fill the shoes of DJ AM, I would have to say A-Trak is a pretty good candidate. I have had the pleasure of seeing him play quite a few times and he always kills it. He is also a very versatile DJ, and can play full sets of unique genres. Here we are together in Miami at the Fools Gold Records party a couple of year back…

I am going to use that little segway to reminisce about one of the best parties I have ever been to in my life, which was the aforementioned “Fools Gold WMC party 2008″. That night was epic. Pretty much the entire Fools Gold label was at this party. That night they dropped a Fools Gold CD Sampler with a little track called “Day ‘n Nite” on it. This pic was snapped at like 6am and I hadn’t slept in two days… Mr. Trak looks pretty tired himself here, and I vaguely remember him mumbling something about not sleeping in days also. He sure did play an amazing set though. It seems like everyone was at that party that night: MSTRKRFT, Surkin, Boys Noize, Mehdi, then Tommie Sunshine, and Chromeo showed up… it was seriously one of the most epic club nights of my life. This video pretty much summarizes the madness…

Anyways, I am WAYYY off topic and rambling. The Travis Barker/DJ A-Trak tour is keeping the spirt of the TRVS$DJAM partnership alive, and I think its great. I read somewhere at A-Trak had some doubts about filling DJ AM’s shoes, but I think this video shows he is definitely the man for the job.