Were you around in st louis for the brothers of love jammy's back in the day? OMFG. St louis was like the little brother of chi town. Maaan there was a DJ there named jeff *something or other*. He KNEW house. Got pretty big too. I used to wear this tape out that he did. My friend Damon introduced me to the st louis scene and I've since lost touch with him. He sent me a tape of soe house party in his buddy's living room whee dejae was doing live vox over whoever was playing. I was like, "dajae was in his living room!!!!!" One of the most impactful people I've met. He played me my first st germain record as well as sex in zero gravity...and mixed them. I'll never forget that mix.
Kamal K. Stoddard Turner Broadcasting Systems > -----Original Message----- > From: Dr. Lester K. Spence [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 1:05 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: 313 Detroit; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Andrew > Duke Cognition Audioworks > Subject: Re: (313) Duane 'in the mix' Bradley mix > > > On Jun 15, 2005, at 11:27 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > When ever I see a webpage like this I think how lucky we > are to have > > people that have the love and are willing to take the time > to assemble > > all the info, mixes, pictures, etc. > > So I see the original email...and I'm like "apparently"?!? > > Then I remember. > > Duane was hot. And when the radio stations began to segue > away from house and detroit techno towards other genres, when > mojo was being moved out, when Mills had left for Europe, > Duane was still there. He had a brief noontime set every > weekday, and he'd lay it down. Hard to do in only 20 minutes or so. > > > There's so many DJs who have either slipped into the fog of our > > memories or have passed on - I must commend those dedicated to > > immortalizing these artists so that the next generation(s) can have > > some understanding of and appreciate the talent of these men and > > women. > > There is a political component here that has been overlooked. > Duane didn't just "die before his time." Very few of the > DJs do. In Duane's case, I believe he was closeted, which > produces a great deal of stress above and beyond the > stereotypical health risks. > > I wrote a eulogy for a friend of mine...a true house head. Here: > http://www.visioncircle.org/archive/003485.html > > In some ways it is probably very similar to the stuff some of > us wrote about Laura Gavoor a few years back. > > But the heads, the djs, the producers, those associated with > the scene...I think very very few of them just happen to die > before their time. They don't have health insurance, and the > health insurance they > do have is usually just enough to get by. So when they are beset by > troubles, WHEN THEY DECIDE TO TELL DOCTORS, these troubles > become significant complications. > > > same goes for those who take on the even bigger task of > writing books > > about DJs passed. > > > > there's a whole subaltern culture out there that deserves to > be captured, a subculture that can't simply be written off as > "youth culture." > > i don't post as much as i used to... i store all the emails > so when i need something new to play while i write i can > quickly find something. > but this email combined with me missing the demf has me > thinking about how much i missed, and how much work we have to do. > > Dr. Lester K. Spence > Assistant Professor, Political Science, Afro-American Studies > Washington University Kellogg Scholar in Health Disparities >
