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2015 Chew The Scene - Corky McMillan Events Center

Chew the Scene is the the official kick off event for the 2015 San Diego Asian Film Festival.

Chew the Scene is the the official kick off event for the 2015 San Diego Asian Film Festival.

San Diego DJ Justin Kanoya spins tunes at Chew the Scene, the kick off event for the 2015 San Diego Asian Film Festival.

The 2015 San Diego Asian Film Festival season has kicked off and is in full swing. The event that launches this month long celebration is Chew The Scene, which took place on October 1, 2015 at the Corky McMillin Events Center in Liberty Station.

At Chew the Scene, festival organizers presented previews of this year’s films and also put together a silent auction of prizes donated from local businesses. But the real feature of the event is the food. More than 20 San Diego based restaurants were on hand to provide bites of their fare.

It’s the perfect blend of food and film.

Here’s the setlist from my soundtrack for the evening.

  • Angelo Ferreri - Revolution  
  • Cosmo Klein ft YNOT - When Doves Cry  
  • LOVRA - Love Sensation (Leave Remix)
  • Lillywood & Robin Schulz - Prayer In C (Robin Schulz Radio Edit)
  • Cazzette ft Terri B - Blind Heart
  • Ariana Grande - One Last Time (Gazzo Remix)  
  • Pharrell ft Jay-Z - Frontin (DJ Miles Isla Bootleg)
  • Tinashe ft Iggy Azalea - All Hands On Deck (Buck Rodgers Remix)  
  • The Bucketheads - The Bomb (Select Mix Remix)
  • The Gap Band - Party Train (Hot Classics Remix)
  • Michael Jackson - Working Day and Night (Hot Classics Mix)
  • Peaches & Herb - Shake Your Groove Thing
  • Demi Lovato - Cool For The Summer (Cahill Remix)
  • Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc (Joe Maz & Adam Foster Remix)  
  • Zedd, Selena Gomez - I Want You To Know (Select Mix Remix)
  • Bastille - Pompeii (Promo Only Audien Intro Edit)
  • Florence & The Machine - Ship To Wreck
  • Elle King - Ex's & Oh's
  • Ella Henderson - Ghost (Oliver Nelson Remix) 
  • Heavy D & The Boyz - We Got Our Own Thang (Select Mix Remix)
  • De La Soul - Me Myself & I
  • Coolio - 1-2-3-4 (Sumpin' New) (Select Mix Remix)
  • Mariah Carey - Emotions (Select Mix Remix)
  • Duran Duran - Union Of The Snake (Edge Remix)
  • The Whispers - Rock Steady (Hot Classics Remix)
  • Chris Brown - Fine China (Instrumental)
  • Timeflies f./Natalie La Rose - Worse Things Than Love 
  • TLC - Creep (Remix)
  • Taylor Swift vs Lauryn Hill - Blank Space (DJ Skillz Throwback Blend)
  • Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (That Thing)
  • Tori Kelly - Nobody Love (Select Mix Remix)
  • Years & Years - King
  • Jess Glynne - Hold My Hand
  • Afrojack f./Mike Taylor - SummerThing! (Promo Only Clean Edit)
  • De La Soul - Ring Ring Ring (Sax Mix) 
  • Kid N Play - Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody (Select Mix Remix)
  • Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride (Select Mix Remix)
  • Stevie Wonder - I Wish (16b Intro Clean) (DJ Joey C Extended Edit)
  • Real McCoy - Come & Get Your Love
  • Luther Vandross - Never Too Much
  • Johnny Gill - Rub You The Right Way
  • Charlie Puth, Meghan Trainor - Marvin Gaye (Select Mix Remix)
  • The Weeknd - Can't Feel My Face (Select Mix Remix)
  • Iggy Azalea f./Jennifer Hudson - Trouble (Promo Only Intro Edit)
  • Positive K - I Got A Man
  • R. City f./Adam Levine - Locked Away
     

2015 Pacific Arts Movement Spring Showcase Opening Night - Ultra Star Theater

The 2015 Pacific Arts Movement Spring Showcase kicks off with the screening of In Football We Trust.

San Diego DJ, Justin Kanoya with Pacific Arts Movement (and wife) board member, Sheila Kanoya.

San Diego DJ, Justin Kanoya with Pacific Arts Movement (and wife) board member, Sheila Kanoya.

Pacific Arts Movement is a non-profit arts organization in San Diego that orchestrates the San Diego Asian Film Festival every year. Before the festival, which takes place in the Fall, the group puts on the Spring Showcase … in a sense a mini film festival.

I had the opportunity to DJ in the lobby of the Ultra Star Theater - Hazard Center for the opening night of the 2015 Spring Showcase. The featured opening night film was In Football We Trust, a documentary about American high school football players of Samoan and Tongan descent.

Here’s the setlist:

  • Erasure - Chains of Love
  • Phil Collins - Sussudio (Select Mix Remix)
  • Ella Fitzgerald - Too Darn Hot (RAC MIX)
  • Astrud Gilberto - Fly Me To The Moon (Kaskade Remix)
  • Madonna & Avicii - Wash All Over Me (Extended)
  • Ghost Town DJ's - My Boo (Francis Mercier vs Posse Remix) (Extended)
  • Pharrell ft Jay-Z - Frontin (Disclosure Mix) (Short Edit)
  • Sam Smith - I'm Not The Only One (Nathan Scott Remix) (Short Edit)
  • One Way - Push (Short Edit)
  • Michael Jackson - The Way You Make Me Feel (Extended)
  • Mariah Carey - Emotions (Select Mix Remix)
  • 3rd Bass - Brooklyn Queens
  • Father MC - I'll Do For You
  • Another Bad Creation - PlaygroundKid N Play - Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody (Select Mix Remix)
  • Iggy Azalea f./Jennifer Hudson - Trouble (Promo Only Intro Edit)
  • Natalie La Rose f./Jeremih - Somebody
  • Deborah Cox - Kinda Miss You
  • Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do
  • Clean Bandit f./Jess Glynne - Real Love
  • Deee-Lite - Groove Is In The Heart (Select Mix Remix)
  • Heavy D & The Boyz - Now That We Found Love
  • Ella Henderson - Ghost (Oliver Nelson Remix) (Extended)
  • Johnny Gill - Rub You The Right Way (Short Edit)
  • Michael Jackson & Justin Timberlake - Love Never Felt So Good (Wedding Crasherz Party Break) (Extended)
  • Wham! - Everything She Wants (Short Edit)
  • Luther Vandross - Never Too Much (Short Edit)
  • Diana Ross - I'm Coming Out (Extended)
  • Real McCoy - Come & Get Your Love (Intro Clean)
  • Prince Royce, Snoop Dogg - Stuck On A Feeling (Select Mix Remix)
  • Awa & Anuhea - Perfect Day (feat. Anuhea)
  • Maxi Priest - Man With The Fun
  • Usher f./Juicy J - I Don't Mind (Clean)
  • Arrested Development - Mr. Wendal
  • Heavy D & The Boyz - We Got Our Own Thang (Select Mix Remix)
  • Chromeo - Jealous (I Ain't With It)
  • Michael Jackson - You Rock My World
  • TLC - Baby, Baby, Baby
  • S.W.V. - Right Here (Human Nature Duet) [Select Mix Remix]
  • Taylor Swift vs Lauryn Hill - Blank Space (DJ Skillz Throwback Blend) (Short Edit)
  • Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (That Thing)
  • Shanice - I Love Your Smile
  • Mary J. Blige - Real Love
  • Marcia Griffiths - Electric Boogie
  • Iggy Azalea f./Jennifer Hudson - Trouble (Promo Only Intro Edit)
  • Disclosure ft Sam Smith - Latch (G Duppy Reggae Remix) (Clean)
  • Nina Simone - Feeling Good (Bassnectar Remix)
  • DeBarge - Rhythm Of The Night (Select Mix Remix)
  • Kool and the Gang - Fresh (Hot Classics Remix)
  • Erasure - A Little Respect
  • Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure
  • Wyclef f./Avicii - Divine Sorrow
  • Madonna - Living For Love
  • Jessie J - Burnin' Up (Hot AC/No Rap Mix)
  • Pitbull f./Ne-Yo - Time Of Our Lives (Clean)
  • Avicii - The Nights