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July 08, 2004
Saturday at the Federal
If you're anywhere near Durham this Saturday night (July 10th), consider coming by The Federal for a drink or two. I'll be DJing from 10pm to 2am, playing hip-hop and some other beat-centric music. It'll be less overtly commercial and dance-party-oriented than the typical crowdpleasing Hell fare, definitely a nice change of pace for me.
Never heard of The Federal? It's a very cool new bar that opened up about four months ago in downtown Durham. It's on West Main Street, right next to its sibling bar James Joyce and across the street from Brightleaf Square. Lots of harder-to-find beers on tap, and plenty of wine & liquor options too. Instead of a jukebox, they had the foresight to build a little DJ area....and they've already got some cool DJs spinning on other nights - WXDU roots music DJ Steve Gardner on Wednesday nights and DJ Marco of the Solid Soundsystem every Thursday. If things go well, Saturday may turn into a regular DJ night for me and some of my DJ-ing pals, so come out and support!
Posted by Tim at July 8, 2004 12:44 PM
Comments
That's odd - when Mr. P. went there a week or two ago, he mentioned the jukebox. And how it was creepy, because it played all our specific tastes, like Holly Golightly and several others I can't remember. Could it have been a live person? Was he on crack?
Posted by: pinky at July 8, 2004 08:43 PM
I think they've occasionally had a well-stocked iPod that was programmed on random, so perhaps that's what he heard? A different type of DJ automoton...
Posted by: Tim at July 9, 2004 01:07 PM