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"\"&lt;div class=\\\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-above\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;div class=\\\"field-items\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;div class=\\\"field-item even\\\" property=\\\"content:encoded\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class=\\\"img-float-left\\\" src=\\\"\\/images\\/uploads\\/boone-rogers.JPG\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;by Peter Madsen&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;A couple minutes after Shaun White blazed through his last run of the Men\\u2019s Snowboard Superpipe Final (effectively winning the darn thing), I found Boone, the Music Director\\/Competition DJ, stationed behind vacated judges&amp;#8217; stools, juggling through songs (DFA79 &amp;#8220;Sexy Results MSTRKFT Remix&amp;#8221;) that blasted from speakers positioned above the bustling Awards Ceremony.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;This guy\\u2019s got 10 years doing DJ work for action sports events. Before that, however, he worked as an audio engineer, rigging up soundsystems for business meetings and stuff.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Considering his current line of work, we assume he tired of boardrooms pretty quick.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;He lives in San Diego, California, and gets his snowboarding fix by driving to nearby Big Bear or, if he&amp;#8217;s up for it, his favorite hill Mammoth Mountain, which is a little longer of a drive. Boone has skateboarded and rode BMX since he was, like, eight-year-old. Lately he\\u2019s been shaping surfboards \\u2014 that\\u2019s his main love when he\\u2019s home \\u2014 and afterwards might drag them to the nearby beach for some trouble shooting sessions.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;You know, Boone\\u2019s kinda like the ultimate BMX\\/skate\\/snow\\/surf-boarder dude. Thanks for DJing, Boone!&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What songs have you really dug that skiers and riders have picked? &lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Ah, there\\u2019s so much good music these guys are listening to throughout their runs. There\\u2019s a little bit of everything. There\\u2019s a mix of everything from hip-hop to hard rock. There is some \\u201980s stuff coming back. One of the guys tonight requested Foghat. All kinds of different stuff.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What trends or patterns have you noticed among the picks? &lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;There\\u2019s kind of been a resurgence with a lot of stuff that was around in the \\u201980s\\u2014a lot of those sounds. You\\u2019re hearing a lot of people taking samples from a lot of different areas, and it\\u2019s really really cool.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;That seems to correspond with the fashion trends we\\u2019re seeing. &lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Exactly. You\\u2019re seeing a lot of neon\\u2026you see a lot of groups that have flavors that speak to the \\u201980s. Maybe it\\u2019s a 20-year cycle. Bands like MGMT, they sound like could have been around in the past, but they\\u2019re not. But they\\u2019re fresh. They bring in styles from the past and mix them in a new way and become relevant today.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;With MGMT, I feel they have this appeal because they\\u2019re all about celebrating being young. &lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Yeah, it\\u2019s a big celebration of the youth. A lot of other people too like M.I.A. have really been showing up and having a big impact. Some Electronic music coming back, mixing disco flavors from the late-\\u201970s, early-\\u201880s, and really making it relevant today. It\\u2019s really an exciting time for music, for sure.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I noticed skier Tom Wallisch had picked 2Pac\\u2019s \\u201cThey Don&amp;#8217;t Give a F*** About Us\\u201d. Are there language concerns that you have to keep an eye out for? &lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Yeah, I\\u2019m always trying to keep with radio-edits, the clean versions. I definitely gotta try to either find a way to edit it get something very similar to make them happy.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What\\u2019s an example of a song you\\u2019d love to play, but it just wouldn\\u2019t be appropriate for everyone? &lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Well, speaking of 2Pac, there are some of his songs that I just have to turn down. I just don\\u2019t have enough time to edit out all the s*** and f***, and the b****.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Like that one song where 2Pac starts out telling Biggie how he [enjoyed sexual transgressions with his enemy\\u2019s wife]? &lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Yeah, yeah. You just can\\u2019t play that for the crowd. It\\u2019s just not going to be appropriate.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Among the Men\\u2019s and Women\\u2019s Snowboard Superpipe Finals, who do you think picked a song that was a perfect match for their style of riding? &lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;I think definitely the winner tonight, Shaun White. You see him rocking tie-dye shirts, as you see him running the longer hair, and he rides to old-school rock. Like Led Zeppelin, AC\\/DC\\u2014those are also the sounds you hear in his videogames.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Which song by which artist did he pick? &lt;strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt; Led Zeppelin\\u2019s \\u201cCommunication Breakdown\\u201d for his first run, and \\u201cImmigrant Song.\\u201d For his second.&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The \\u201cImmigrant Song\\u201d might be a nod to [Round 2: Rodney Mullen vs. Daewon Song]. Anyway. &lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;And that\\u2019s a song he&amp;#8217;s picked for his runs in the Skate Vert comps in the Dew Tour.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I thought it was hilarious that skier Bobby Brown picked a Lil Wayne song and then a Spice Girls song. I like how they can use their music selections to get themselves hyped, yet they can also use it to bring things down a little and have fun. &lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The best thing about the athletes being able to request their songs is how it shows a little bit of their personality, that they have a sense of humor, and that not everybody is running to the same thing over and over.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Now, what about the athletes who don\\u2019t send their song requests in? How do you go about picking which songs to play? &lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;It\\u2019s kind of a matter of what\\u2019s going to help out the show. Sometimes I might know the athlete or know what songs they\\u2019ve picked for video parts. I can go that route. It\\u2019s also about keeping the show lively. If we\\u2019ve had three hip-hop songs in a row, I\\u2019ll switch it up and throw in a rock and roll song to keep the crowd entertained.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What if someone wanted to have some downer acoustic folk song, like Elliott Smith\\u2019s \\u201cNeedle in the Hay,\\u201d for example. &lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Ah, yeah, sometimes you can cue it up to a part of the song that has a bit of a beat, even if it is a slow song. Sometimes you can make that happen. Other times, though, it makes the show lose a lot of energy. So we try to avoid that as much as possible.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Have there been any songs you\\u2019ve absolutely cringed at when you realized, \\u2018ugh, I have to play this?\\u2019 &lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;There\\u2019s a few.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Do you want to name them? &lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Not really. It\\u2019s just a matter of some things been overplayed and you\\u2019re like, \\u2018oh, no. Not this again.\\u2019 Everyone is hot on Lil\\u2019 Wayne right now, but for me, I\\u2019m wishing they would bring some new stuff.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/p&gt;&lt;\\/div&gt;\\n&lt;\\/div&gt;\\n&lt;\\/div&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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