Podcast Episodes

Justin Carter and Eamon Harkin on Soundsystems, Nightclub Design and NYC's Nowadays

Justin Carter and Eamon Harkin are DJs, founders of the parties Mister Saturday Night, Mister Sunday, and Planetarium and the Mister Saturday Night record label, as well as New York City nightclub No…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Justin Carter and Eamon Harkin on Mister Saturday Night, Post-9/11 NYC Nightlife, and Making Partying Their Job

Justin Carter and Eamon Harkin have spent the last 20 years helping shape NYC nightlife but these days, they're best known as the owners of Nowadays in Ridgewood, Queens, which is, in many people's e…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Shawn Reynaldo Saw Claire Danes Eat Shit at Berghain

Over the last 20+ years, Shawn Reynaldo has been a DJ, record label owner, radio station manager, journalist and the editor-in-chief of XLR8R magazine. He's a one-time staple of the San Francisco i…

Published on 2 years ago

Furacão, Pancadão & Proibidão: House of Pris on the Early Days of Baile Funk in Brazil

When 1980s electro and freestyle music from Miami, New York, and Los Angeles touched down in Rio de Janeiro and other Brazilian cities, it ignited a wildfire in the minds of local DJs and soundsyste…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

Kevin Carpet on Being a Human Carpet in NYC

Season 2 Episode 24

Multiple nights a week for the last four decades, Kevin Carpet has rolled himself up in a body-sized custom carpet and placed himself in bars, clubs, and the streets of NYC for folks to step on, boun…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

McKenzie Wark on Writing on Raving, Transitions, and the Techno Dancefloor

McKenzie Wark is an Australian born writer, critical theory professor, and trans-femme techno raver currently living in NYC. Her latest book, Raving, thinks deeply about dancing, dissociation, drugs,…

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

Seana Gavin on Spiral Tribe, Cyberpunk Soundsystems, and Adventures in Tekno

Seana Gavin is a London-based visual artist who spent 10 years immersed in the free party culture in the UK and beyond, traveling to week-long parties in Czechoslovakian fields, French mountains, and…

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago

Shawn Caesar on Baltimore Club and Keeping It Unruly

"Tear the Club Up." "Watch Out for the Big Girl." "Bring In the Katz." Shawn Caesar of pioneering Baltimore Club music label Unruly Records joins us to talk about some of Baltimore Club music's great…

Published on 3 years ago

Steven Klavier on Club Etiquette, Weird Afters and Working Behind the Scenes at NYC Nightclubs

Guestlist etiquette, artisanal ketamine, sordid afterhours parties, club sex and trapeze artists are just some of the topics we delve into with Steven Klavier, a house vocalist and nightlife staple w…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Flapjack on the Best Parties, Burning Man, EDM and Rave Shit (Literally)

Season 2 Episode 19

In part 2 of our interview with rave icon Flapjack, we talk renegade Burning Man, the business of EDM, the importance of DIY art and culture, haunted weed, and get treated to a steaming handful of wi…

Published on 3 years, 4 months ago