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Them Wild Saturday Nights

John L. says I should post more....someday soon I may return to the longer ramblings about music and politics and whatnot but I'm trying to juggle way too many activities at the moment. So I'll compromise by using this blog to promote one of those things that has been eating away little bits of my time: Saturday nights at The Federal in Durham! I'm not DJing there every Saturday night, but if it's not me, it'll be one of my highly recommended DJ pals spinning records/CDs from 10pm until a little after 2am. Not in an all-out dance party fashion a la the Bueno Love Baller Soundsystem parties at Hell, but a more eclectic and less commercial smorgasbord of hip-hop (all eras), dancehall, ragga, post-rock, avant-disco, electronic, other beat-centric stuff, etc. The style probably varies depending on the week, the DJ, the crowd, etc. But if you like any of the above genres, you might very well enjoy hanging out and having a few microbrews, of which the Federal has an excellent selection. Still trying to come up with a name for this "weekly", but in the meantime, the schedule rolls on:

9/18 - DJ Twombly (aka yours truly)
9/25 - Cannonballz (Merch mastermind and major record aficionado)
10/2 - DJ Twombly with special guest DJ Bret D

Incidentally, Bret D. is probably the only person on this planet submitting articles to both Tarheel Daily and Wax Poetics! That Saturday night should be feelin' kinda sporty. Which reminds me....I probably shouldn't jinx this before it's planned, but our boy Tompkins is threatening to come back to North Carolina for a visit next month....and like any good airline, we at Tuba City are hoping for a Saturday night stay. Federal requirements!