DJ Ball On The Ones & Twos

At the crack of Noon last Saturday, I made my DJ debut, when I helped my Dad kick off the final Claychella at Lincoln Hall. Earlier that morning Dad (DJ MR) was doing a bit of on-line promotion and asked what my DJ name was. "What are you talking about?" I asked. "You need a name to DJ, DJ what?" Dad asked. "Ball," I replied. So, that was done and we headed to the club.

At LH I helped Dad press buttons- including some he didn't want me to press- I put on headphones and danced a little, then hung out with our friends that showed up. Finally, we grabbed some lunch before going to see Rango, the reward for my first successful DJ gig. We both loved it.

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My dad has been immersed in the opening of Lincoln Hall, the new music venue he is somewhat in charge of. While I have been there a couple of times, I finally got to attend a sound check last Friday.

The Walkmen were in town to play three shows, one at Schubas and two at LH. I got to know a couple of the guys in the band last year at a wedding in Cape Cod and saw them again at the Pitchfork festival this year, so dad thought this would be a good first sound check for me. Plus Pete- the bassist/keyboardist- had his son Otis in town, so I got to watch the sound check and play with him. And once the band was done Otis and I jumped on stage to jam. Otis took the keys and I- of course- hit the drums.