Ugh, sleepless weekend. MEN on Friday was excellent -- great crowd, killer tunes blended expertly, and somehow Gravity Lounge turned out to be a far more dance friendly venue than I would've expected. And then last night I ended up catching Invisible Hand at the Tea Bazaar while drinking chai and eating pumpkin cheesecake pie (thanks Michael!) for dinner, then missing Caninos at the Laundromat, trying to DJ the afterparty but the booze had dried up, then trying to relocate to another party where tunes were wanted only to find that the kids were less interested in bass than in blasting, uh, Sonic Youth, Hanson, and Blink 182 out of a busted stereo. After nearly giving up, Jack/Andy/Jack/Andy and our extended crew overran the place and by 2 AM we had a small but healthy dance party going. Justice, James Brown, !!!, Juan Maclean, Estelle, Wu Tang, Mary J. Blige, Tribe Called Quest, and a 50 Cent/Nine Inch Nails mashup got dropped before it became way too late and we all finally called it a night. Fun!
Now emerging to let you know that DBB Plays Cups is playing yet another set at The Box on Monday night alongside this Bmore band, Scary River. If you caught our set last week at Preston + 10th, you can probably expect a retreat from the gaping maw of noise and back into the simple comforts of tunefulness. No cover, as usual.
