July 4th is going to go be a big day! We’re opening the Madonna Sticky & Sweet Tour in London at the 02 Arena that day. I also have a mix set airing on Sirius XM Radio. Here are the details:

Date: July 4, 2009
Time: 10PM EST
Channel: Area (Sirius Channel 38 and XM Channel 80)

Please tune in and feel free to comment here on the set!

Video of a Joe Jackson interview at the BET Awards. Check out how many people he brings up to speak on his behalf. And check out that self-promotion at the end. W-O-W.

How do you follow that up? How about some more self-promotion? This video was from a press conference the following day.

I can’t believe it. I just got back from dinner with my wife in London, and I found out that Michael Jackson was rushed to the hospital after suffering from a heart attack. After about an hour of watching BBC News, seeing report after report come confirming his death, there it was in big letters on the TV. “Michael Jackson Dies.”

When I think of MJ, I think of my childhood. I remember my dad had “Off the Wall” and “Thriller” on vinyl and cassette, and we would listen to those albums endlessly. I remember seeing MJ in concert at RFK stadium when I was 9 years old for the Jackson’s Victory tour. My sister and I had a gloves with sewed-on sequins that our mom made for us. To this day, “Thriller” is my favorite album of all time.

The news coverage honestly made me angry. I didn’t appreciate the fact that TMZ was saying that he was dead, when BBC and CNN had no confirmation. I couldn’t believe it. And when the LA Times reported that he had passed away, and then the AP, hope started fading fast. This is such a huge loss to the world.

I pray for his kids, and his family and friends. Regardless of the controversy in his life, he was a huge musical inspiration for me. He still is. Rest in peace, Michael Jackson: the Greatest.

After 6 months off from the 2008 Sticky & Sweet Tour, we’re about to start up the 2009 tour in Europe.  It’s a been a very exciting and productive ‘off season’ for me: I completed my All of the Above Tour, showcased my Live Remix Project, and worked on music production.  Also managed to get some good press (and some not so good, but hey you live and learn.)  I’m really excited to be back in tour mode.

Funny story this morning… I got about 3 hours of sleep, after a long day/night getting ready for the trip.  My plan was for Tina to drive me to the airport.  I completely forgot that there was already car service set up for me!  I remembered as I was checking email at 6:40AM, when I saw an email about my car service arriving at 6:30AM.  I was like ‘oh hold up..”  as I ran out the front door to see the car waiting for me.  Brain fart.  For all the traveling I’ve done in the last 6 months, I never get car service from my front door to the airport.  Maybe I should try to include that in my rider?? haha j/k..but wouldn’ that be nice?

Had a nice flight over in business class (yeah) and got to London by 9:30PM.  As I type this, I realize that I’m jetlagged and will probably not be able to sleep until about 6AM.  At least we have a day off tomorrow!

Some of you may have seen a recent article in OK! Magazine entitled “DJ Enferno Dishes On Madonna.” For the record, that article was supposed to be about myself and my career. They took content from 1 percent of the interview, misquoted my words, then focused their piece on soley on that.

I would never agree to any interview to “Dish On Madonna.” What OK! did was wrong and I know better now than to deal with them in the future.

So far, I’m in the top 10 in votes for America’s Best DJ, presented by DJ Times. Not bad! Here’s the top 10 so far, in NO particular order as of 6/3/09:

DJ Enferno
A-Trak
DJ Dan
DJ Shadow
DJ Qbert
Cedric Gervais
Z-Trip
Steve Porter
Danny Tenaglia
Kaskade

Keep the votes coming! Thanks for the support!

Here’s the full video from my interview with FOX5 in DC. If there’s a definition to the term “short answer”, I don’t know it.

I got a mention in Page Six yesterday. Check this out…

Thursday, a bunch of friends got together to check out Coldplay at Nissan Pavillion on Virginia. Ah…beautiful weather, family, friends, and some Bon Chon chicken. And of course, some drinks as well. We tailgated in the parking lot for a few hours before the show. We seemed to be the most well-prepared tailgaters in the lot. There were many an envious passer-by. Great show…great time.

On Friday morning, I came into the Sirius office in DC to record an hour long mix set. Recorded the set in the Hip Hop Nation studio, but the set will air on BPM. I’ll post up the air date when I find out.

Check out the spread…I’m getting the feeling someone has been drinking in this room.