Ever since indie rock polluted the disco about ten years ago, it seems like we’ve gone a long time without a bona fide superstar DJ. You know, the kind they used to make back in the days of (groan) Moby or (hiccup) Fatboy Slim or (gah) Paul Oakenfold. Sure, Mark Ronson kinda sorta fits the bill, but he’s more of a producer type in reality; it’s Erol Alkan who is most likely to one day have entire stadiums full of people bouncing in unison, and smart money’s that those moments won’t be nearly as embarassing later as the time I camped out at Cue Records waiting for the “Rockafeller Skank”/”(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” white-label to arrive. So this is a pretty big Making Time we’ve got on our hands here this Friday at Pure — all it took for us to drink the Alkan Kool-Aid was videos like this of the guy freaking people out (like crazy people, please) in all different parts of the world. Dude is like soccer, only he’s a DJ. But enough of the rambling — all of this is to say that, like we do, we’ve got tickets and we want to pass them on. So to enter to win, send an email to ihopeiwin[at]philebrity[dot]com with “DUDE IS LIKE SOCCER, ONLY HE’S A DJ” in the subject header. Winners will get hooked up circa mid-day tomorrow. Bon voyage and bon chance!

This entry was posted on Thursday, October 18th, 2007 at 2:08 pm.