DJ Pete Welsch used to throw a monthly called Chuffed! at Selam last year, mostly with Christine Moritz and some other guy. As I remember it though, iterations 2 through N never quite lived up to the niceness of the first. But these things happen. Pete’s game changed last friday, as he and his 70-odd current dj partners kindled at their months-old Fatback party, which is recently transplanted from Dahlak to the kinda blasphemously named Red Lounge.
All 800 of the DJs were going nuts cranking all stripes of funk and keeping the smallish intimate dance area packed and jigglin’, etc etc.. Sure you can meet your friends at Red Lounge for a drink, or people watch solo, maybe hang out with young strange(rs) in the one cool boothy whateverthefuck with the sliding glass doors. But really it was the riot of ass, hips and upraised I’m-feelin-it hands that made this night. In case you missed, here’s a mix those Fatso’s put together. Keep up with their schedule here or through their blog.
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Acrost 14th and on the other side of U Street at Selam, Ed Dudes with Nouveau Riche’s Nacey and Steve Love were stoking their first-timey Midnight Mass party. As threatened, that crazy smoke machine from the jungle juice party and some laser light thing I was too drunk to work out the proper exposure for were in effect. Plus, you know those kooky kool kids who go to all the parties that you see pictures of all half-naked making out with eachother and a random donkey? Those kids were there too.
Not bad for a friday night that started around 12:30. Two decent-sized quality dance parties to look forward to next month, unless you’re this guy.
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August 27, 2008 at 2:13 pmI expect compensation for using my picture for nerd shenanigans.
August 27, 2008 at 2:46 pmI’ve got a coke and a smile for you, my friend.
August 27, 2008 at 2:49 pmJesus. This went from zero to ‘tard in no time flat.
August 27, 2008 at 4:22 pmDude, what did you expect? Have you ever read the SS board? You’re merely fuel for the fire.
Record collectors TOTALLY care about your hipster dance party.
August 27, 2008 at 4:49 pmStinky Dimsum Ha ha ha
Read the post dumbfuck: There were two hipster parties in the post. Then read the “member since” date next to my SS icon. two years. fuckin crosseyed peasant mf …
August 27, 2008 at 5:01 pmFits - I think you should start a service where people can pay you like 25 cents per post to spice up their comebacks/cut downs with things like “baby dicks”
August 27, 2008 at 5:08 pmtotally
August 27, 2008 at 5:16 pmah, baby dicks.
anyway, stinky up there didn’t read the whole thing nor does he know wtf he’s dribbling from his dribblelips. if he read it all, he would have seen it went from “you suck, i own you” to one of ‘their own’ saying “you can’t front on their playlist” and then saying the only problem they ultimately had with it was a fucking pearl jam shirt.
and stinky chose a nice name to try and clown with.
stinky. haha. stinky fucker. if fitsum didn’t hate the word douchebag so much i would totally call that guy a douchebag. a stinky one.
August 27, 2008 at 5:37 pmson I was this close to calling him that. it would’ve been worth the pain. but oh well …
August 27, 2008 at 5:49 pmThis is awesome, when the haters love you this much, you know you are doing something right!
Microwave Crackers, will be the next fatback T Shirt!
August 27, 2008 at 8:17 pm
fits… great post, as always… you gotta tell me how you’re doing that pop-out picture thing though… awesome!
August 27, 2008 at 1:58 pm