Fam is a weekly Thursday night party in NYC with a rotating line up of  some great DJs. Every time I go, 2 things happen: I end up staying way later than expected because the music is so good, I drink a good amount of bourbon because Von has a nice little selection.

Fam is just a perfect mix of everything. The crowd is varied and the binding force is the music, since everyone eventually ends up doing some sort of movement to the beat while ponying up to the bar.  The music goes from old to new, across genres, and it all sounds great. Each DJ has a distinct groove and they play off each other well. I always have a good time. One of the few parties in NYC I try to visit as often as I can.

It’s good to now be able to take some of the vibe from Fam to my iPod with a mix! DJ Eleven, DJ Lindsey, DJ Myles, and DJ Sureshot compiled a mix of some Fam favorites. It’s just a little sample, but enough to make you want to head to Von next Thursday.

Download the mix here

Fam @ Von-3 Bleecker Street NYC. 9pm-3am Every Thursday

Speaking of NYC Parties, another favorite, The Good Spot, ended its 3 year run at CV (formerly known as 105 Rivington). DJ mOma and DJ Stimulus got a lot of people out late on a Monday night to dance and introduced a lot of songs folks didn’t think wouldn’t bang in the club but would bring The Good Spot crowd to its knees. They also brought out a lot of great guest DJs to add to the fun. Unfortunately, nothing is forever but we’ve got Two Volumes of The Good Spot mixes to rock  and both mOma and Stimulus can be heard regularly around NYC and abroad. I’m sure they’re already cooking up something new for the masses and I can’t wait.

I know I beat you all over the head repeatedly about SFNY 2 with good reason, but some of you still did not go! People were calling it the party of the summer…AND IT WASN’T EVEN SUMMER!

The third installment is this coming Sunday with DJ’s Moni*, Kon, and Ge-ology representing NY and DJs Mamabear, King Most, Freddy & Marky coming from the West.

The mixes in anticipation for SFNY 3 have been straight fire. My personal favorite is Kon’s, who drops some crazy unreleased song I am currently obsessed with by a Detroit cat named Chow Daddy. Also, if you know me personally, you know I love Robert Palmer with all my heart so it is great to see a lesser-known track getting some shine. It’s just great listening to this and a great way to hype yourself up to what will definitely be another great afternoon/evening/night of tunes, people, and good times. I hope to see you there! Don’t forget to RSVP!

*In addition to being a dope DJ, Moni is also an accomplished film maker. She’s leaving NY to take over LA and she’ll be missed. Catch her Friends We Love web series at the next First Saturday at the Brooklyn Museum of Art!

In the meanwhile, I may as well start at the end: I was a guest of Jon Oliver on his weekly show The Main Ingredient, which is on East Village Radio every Monday night/Tuesday morning from 12am-2am. It was such an honor and a pleasure to just kick it and spin some of my favorite tracks to a sidewalk audience!

My brother also came through to chill which was really great. The whole experience took me back to when he and I would stay up late trying to catch The Underground Railroad on a Tuesday night or Stretch and Bobbitto on Thursdays. Staying up just late enough to press “record” on the tape player and hope we wouldn’t be in REM sleep by the time the side ended so we could quickly switch to record the rest of the show.  Those were our mixtapes growing up. I still have quite a few of those tapes stashed away. Sometimes I’ll even hear a song and remember that the first time I heard it was on one of these tapes. I actually was going to try and pay homage to that by throwing in some of these tracks in my set last night (E-Rule’s “Listen Up”, The Pharcyde’s “4 Better Or 4 Worse”) but alas, I took a more chill approach. You can listen to the show here if you were already in dreamland by the time we started. (Click “Listen” next to Sept 7th Show)

Also, if you didn’t know, Jon is also a part of an elite organization whose mission is to rock the sh!t out of parties, while spinning nothing but vinyl. This organization is comprised of some of the most knowledgeable and skilled DJs the WORLD has to offer. No hype. This is all fact.  Do they fulfull their mission? Each and everytime. Packed houses with lines snaking around corners, they are getting booties shaking and leaving dance floors dusty (ok not really but the visual made me giggle).

Ladies and Gentlemen: I Love Vinyl.

They’re crossing the bridge this coming Friday for their monthly Brooklyn aka B-Side version at Brooklyn Bowl. Definitely check it out. If you can’t make it this Friday, you can check their regular Manhattan party the last Saturday of each month at LPR.

I’m super excited about my next gig this Sunday.

3 NY DJs

3 San Fran DJs

1 amazing rooftop in Manhattan

1 lovely sunny Sunday

Massive Selector is back again to do their second installment of SFNY, a party bridging 2 of my favorite cities in the world.  Its going to be a day of great folks, amazing music, and good vibes all around. You have to RSVP for more details

You can also check out a quick mix and interview I did with the homie Dee for the party here. There are also mixes by the other DJs spinning the event and theyre all dope: Monk One, King Most, MoMa (whose Good Spot party on Mondays is KILLER) as well as Marky and Freddy. Can’t wait to rock with them all! Hope to see you there .

Also, thanks for bearing with the site! I know the color on some browsers is pretty awful. I’m hoping to get that remedied soon!