aggregated from: Beyond Robson

This past weekend, I went to a last-minute dance party at the old Cobalt (which now has a new name, apparently, although no one seems to agree on what it is). The place looked pretty similar to how it used to back in its punk days, except for a few o...

topics: dance, dj, djs, gallery, nightlife

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

This past weekend, I went to a last-minute dance party at the old Cobalt (which now has a new name, apparently, although no one seems to agree on what it is). The place looked pretty similar to how it used to back in its punk days, except for randoml...

topics: dance, dj, djs, gallery, nightlife

aggregated from: HeroBlog

I had nothing in the hopper for OSM this week, so I went looking into my old boxes of tapes for inspiration, and like The Biz in '88, I picked a winner. Yes, Stezo. He's the funkiest Steve Williams New Haven, Connecticut ever produced, a former bac...

topics: dj, djs, funk, show

aggregated from: HeroBlog

I think it's safe to say that the MC/Producer combo has replaced the MC/DJ as the preferred hip hop combo in the 00's. In days gone by, in order to create hip hop, whether in the studio or live on stage, a DJ on the 1's & 2's was a pre-requisite. A...

topics: dj, djs

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

On any day of the night in the city you can find various music theme nights such as Boosh Tuesdays at the Cobalt (metal/punk/hardcore), Fake Jazz Wednesdays at the Cobalt (experimental/noise), Honey Lung Thursdays at Honey Lounge (local bands), Ice C...

topics: dance, dj, djs, jazz, lounge

aggregated from: Commercial Drive Live!

Tuesday 4th November 2008 WELCOME OBAMA PARTY at Zawa's, 910 Commercial Dr (at Venables) with The Creaking Planks (accordions, kitchen utensils, sea shanties) Sister DJ's Radio Band (joyfully demented cabaret band) Riel Hahn (comedy singer-songwrite...

topics: bar, dj, djs, election, show

aggregated from: HeroBlog

It always makes my life easier when one of the loads of PR emails we get gives me an idea for OSM. It doesn't happen often, but it is an occasional occurrence. We got just such an email last week, but unlike 90% of the other bloggers that received ...

topics: dance, dancing, dj, djs, funk

aggregated from: Urban Mixer Blog

DJ Dove from NYC returned to Vancouver on Thursday night to rock the OPUS Bar as part of the List' series of VIP and invite-only events. DJ Rhiannon and Eric Carver played alongside Dove late into the evening for those who were on the list. Not...

topics: artist, bar, dance, dj, djs

aggregated from: HeroBlog

Hey, did you know the Olympics are on right now? In China I think. Perhaps if you're American you've heard of this young chap who is winning all the medals and making Serbian fellows cry. He's doing all right for himself I hear (he is a Wolverine ...

topics: dj, djs, funk, show

aggregated from: Urban Mixer Blog

On Saturday night, Calgary's finest party people packed Opus on 8th to hear DJ Jed*I who is recognized as one of Canada's premier DJs. Jed*I also packed the second room for Rockstar Cowboy, playing mashups on Friday night. Check out his bio, a...

topics: dance, dj, djs, film-festival