Word: deejaying
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...Take deejay battles. Turntablists stand before two Technics and a mixer to vie against their opponents by cutting samples, juggling beats and hyping up the crowd with antics like scratching as they give their opponents the finger. Standing in a crowd before such a spectacle is especially dope because everyone else around you shares your aesthetic sensibilities. It's as if you hear echoes of your own thoughts: "Yo that shit is RIDICULOUS...
...have heard of Fatboy Slim, but if you've been to the movies lately, you've probably heard his music. The British deejay specializes in "big beat," a bouncy blend of hip-hop and house music, and his songs have been featured in the trailers for such teen flicks as 10 Things I Hate About You, Go and She's All That. Virtually all the sounds on this album are sampled, and there are few lyrics, so just sitting and listening to it is a bit of a bore. But when Fatboy Slim gets in a groove, the results...
...Boston's KISS 108 was the first to play the single. Are you tight with its deejay Matty in the Morning...
Despite all the complications, Quad parties continue to retain an impressive track record. Friedman stresses, "if people on the River hear about a party out here, it's definitely worth coming to. We get a deejay, it's great...people don't know about these things." Jones raves about the salacious details of Cabot library suite bashes. "It's fantastic," Jones says, "people, especially really attractive girls, stand on the window ledges and dance. It's great!" And though Bush admits that he doesn't think the Quad "party suites" have yet fulfilled their social potential this year, he hopes...
...ascend the staircase to the top Kong. "I gave him a 20 and he gave me back 13!" she whispers to me. We come upon a dance club pulsing to hip-hop beats; disco lights flash and swirl spastically. In the corner above the packed dance floor stands the deejay booth ornamented by two gilt Chinese dragons. The mythical beasts seem to stare at us knowingly, disapproving of such trespass. Suddenly, my friend turns to me and shouts above the music, "Where's my sweater...