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It has been awhile since anyone has posted on this blog, but I felt the need to post a fun video we recently made in Chicago to go along with www.icharlestontheworld.com.
The music is by two local bands from Chicago. For jazz bands, the Fat Babies have two excellent albums available for purchase. The Modern Sounds have artists that crossover between the two bands, but also include Joel Patterson, who also plays in some...

Last night was another jam-packed First Friday at Big City--the house was packed with lots of very talented and enthusiastic dancers. Like last month, fellow DJ and co-blogger Bob and I spent the better part of the evening trading 3 or 4 songs back and...

Last night I had the chance to DJ at the Black Rock Tavern, which has a regular Tuesday night swing dance. It was a nice change of pace for me for a couple of reasons. I don't often get to spin 3 full hours in a row, which forced me to pace myself, be...

Fun times at Fizz last night. It was pretty empty until right about 9:35 p.m., when all of a sudden a huge mob of people showed up, keeping the dance floor basically full for the rest of the night. My set wasn't the biggest stretch, most interesting...