DJ Dancehalls

[Drunk Monk]

Then at the dancehall, 2 local DJs said ‘hi’ and chatted me up, including Robert Rankin, who I’ve listened to for decades. We’ve hung out a little but I didn’t think he’d remember me. 

With all the bullshit going on right now, I’m grateful that I’m living in the time of amplified bass at least. 

Outernational
EMCH + Selecta 7
subatomic soundsystem
woodhouse brewery

The dancehall scene inna Cruz is bubblin. I’ve attended dancehalls in my hood for years, since before the pandemic but now feel the urge to document them here. Last night was the 2nd Outernational. It was total bashment. Reggae, dub, dubstep, jungle, Afrobeats and outdoors on a deliciously warm night. 

My usual accomplice is still ill so I went stag. Ran into a gaggle of friends, 4 DJs, a JNK member, and an old fellow das from Tara’s elementary school. He was dancing epileptically by himself and it took us some time to recognize each other. He’s now divorced and living in his car (he was always on the spectrum) still touring his brain experiments with some new age machine that he tried to market here like a decade ago. It was good to reconnect and he’s crazier than ever. 

it was a great night. DM must confess that he loves that bass, a dedicated bass worshipper, and it’s the more fun - the most irie - when there’s a swirl of reggae fans skanking and shuffling along. Dm was surrounded by a bevy of joyful queens slow grinding all night. Twas ultrasonic bashment.

Logged 5 miles yesterday and maybe a half mile of that was daily walking about so I’m calling it 4.5 miles of skankn. 

Such fun. Im going to all of these when I can but the next one is in the middle of Cali Roots, so I’ll skip that.