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RICHARD

Dance as if there is no Tomorrow

About Me

I am a straight up House Head from the trenches of the underground DANCEFLOOR and always will be...keep yo frilly shit away from me...Deeply rooted in the Chicago Black Gay scene from Rialto's to LaRay's and back again...If the walls aint sweatin' and the people aint screaming..What are we REALLY doing here????I was a regular atRialto's, Music Box (326), PowerPlant, Bad Boys, Stop n Drink, Generator, Edge of the Looking GlassI am a dancefloor head that morphed into a DJ and am now fully vested in this shit we call House..Been DJing with SOUL IN THE HOLE for the past 5 years..I am soo honored to be representing a group of DJs that are SERIOUS about music and it is motivation for me everytime that I play to do the best that I possibly can..

My Interests

Playing basketball, weightlifting, travelling and straight up debauchery....

I'd like to meet:

My wife..lol!! Anyone that is FUNKY or a bit off center.Not concerned about who anyone sleeps with just cool ass people..lol!!

Music:

Originally a straight up Rock n Roll head that likes some good Jazz and anything else that sounds good..From Frank Marino to Fela to John Coltrane to Blowfly.

Movies:

Fim Noir all the way

Television:

A PBS junkie

Books:

Last one read was Black Men: Single, Obsolete and Dangerous by Haki Madhubutti

Heroes:

My Mom & Daughter sprinkled in with a little bit of Jack Johnson, Malcolm X and Frank Zappa

My Blog

My own sickness

Music is my way of life..It is also personal.I find that it's a serious balancing act trying to convince others that what I feel , they should be feeling also...As a DJ this can be problematic if...
Posted by RICHARD on Mon, 06 Nov 2006 02:27:00 PST