ORIGINS When did you start DJing? I first got exposed to DJing in 2009. I wasn't a DJ then, but growing up in the Okanagan, I was a Heavy metal kid who was starting to broaden my taste in music. I started discovering electronica, electro house, and some Drum N Bass, although I didn't really understand it at the time and was not fully sure if I liked it yet. In 2009, I moved back to the West Coast to my hometown, Powell River, and really got exposed to the scene. Still not fully understanding...

Origins & Formation Tell us the Dastardly Kids origin story. How did this project come together? -DK started 2008 in Ypsilanti, MI. Pat & Sonny met in HS gym class bonding over art and hip hop. The ghetto tech wave comes from the childhood love we each had for the music, hearing elder cousins and uncles bumping DJ Godfather and Assault . The new project is our take on the genre. Santana joined us a few years ago and fits right in with the eclectic vibes. When did each of you start making...

LOS ANGELES — After conducting what they described as a “thorough, boots-on-the-ground journalistic investigation,” reporters from Channel 5 announced this week that actor Shia LaBeouf is, beyond any reasonable doubt, a fucking moron. The conclusion follows a now widely circulated interview in which the former child star appeared to wander through the conversation like a drunk guy who just discovered philosophy for the first time at 3:40 a.m. in the smoking area of a dive bar. “Normally we...