Dont Fight It! was intended to be part dance night, part cultural study and all party. The initial goal was more of a social experiment: to use music as a merger between curious outer-Loopers in Polo shirts and hipster elitists in skinny jeans, says DJ Dave Wrangler, who is also known in these parts as one-half of the monthly country music installment Vinyl Ranch. He, along with fellow turntabler Piss Heavy (Yep, thats really his moniker) and promoter Young $quaddy, mashes up the tunes of artists such as The Virgins, MGMT, Prodigy, UGK, Joy Division and Kanye West for a sound that appeals to 281ers and 713ers. See see-and-be-seeners from both sides of the Loop unite on the dance floor at 10 p.m.
Fri., Dec. 12; Fri., Jan. 9, 2008
This article appears in Dec 11-17, 2008.