I’ll be at the @boulderfarmersmarket on Wednesday, September 24 with a 5 hour all-vinyl set of Music for Produce Selecting. I’ll also have a records, CDs, and books from deep within the Vault of Duck La Rock available for purchase. Come say hi!
Duck La Rock at The Boulder Farmers Market
September 24, 3:30 – 7:30 pm 13th Street between Arapahoe Ave & Canyon Boulevard, Boulder, CO
Just a few weeks before COVID shut down the country, my wife Liz and I took our 7 and 9 year old daughters to the 50th Anniversary of The Loft, the iconic invitation-only party that contributed to the rise of disco, hip hop, and house music.
Since its founding four months before Stonewall, attendees of The Loft have come from different classes and backgrounds, with about 60% being black and 70% gay, and a radical egalitarianism.
The Loft is non-profit and has never held a liquor license. Once inside, you don’t pay for the coat check. A buffet meal is served at some point, and water, lemonade, fruit, and snacks are available throughout.
David Mancuso, The Loft’s founder, explained that he, “wanted a situation where there are no economic barriers, meaning somebody who didn’t eat that day or only has a few dollars in his pocket can eat like a king. […] There’s no difference if you have a lot of money, or a little.”
In the face of today’s challenges, building genuinely diverse, positive, vibrant, and resilient communities is one of our most urgent tasks. I think The Loft presents one practical model to adopt practices from.
A snowy morning at home marking BPMs on a bunch of records that I recently dug out of storage. I hit record and mixed for about 45 minutes before I came to a record I didn’t like! Enjoy.
“What we’re gonna do right here is go back, way back, back into time. When the only people that existed were troglodytes… ” – Jimmy Castor
dr.scientist first made contact at the turn of the century, in Maryland , rocking two turntables and a sampler at Otaku Soundsystem’s legendary “Trueschler” parties before picking up residencies at Baltimore’s groundbreaking Sonar Lounge. This recording captures a live session on the University of Maryland’s WMUC in the early days of our Millennium.
Join us at Valmont Bike Park on Saturday, October 28 for Cyclo X Valmont! While Boulder’s finest cyclocross racers get down and dirty on course, it’ll be costumes, cowbells, and handups with Superstar DJ Duck La Rock playing all vinyl, all day! Punk to funk, baby! We’re gonna get hype.
Bike Party! @ Cyclo X Valmont Saturday, October 28 8am – 4pm
We had an amazing time at the Happy Thursday ride in Boulder last week, with Duck La Rock playing an all vinyl set of disco classics on 45. No recording as this was a classic bush doof, but here’s a spotify playlist that should approximate the effect. Hope to see you there next time and Happy Thursday!