Can we please, please, let it go already? I am so tired of hearing you bitch about house music and then dance your ass off to it. Please, educate yourself about what a "breakbeat" is and what a "house" track is. Here is a hint: if the beat is 4 on the floor then it is house. If it is broken up it is a breakbeat. That is the only fucking difference. Same tempo, same time signature, same software used to make it. Newsflash: every single "breaks" party I go to I hear house tracks and you are all still dancing. How about you stop hating and realize that, like any other genre, there is shitty house, mindblowingly great house, and everything in between, and that some of your favorite breaks djs spin house in the same set as breaks without you even knowing it?

Several years ago, a very particular style of house became enormously popular in SF and took a bunch of dj's all over the world. Many of them are still famous and make their livings producing music and djing across the globe. Generally the style of this music was loungey with a lot of vocals and, for those of us who like it dirty, edgy, raw, and are into shaking our fucking asses, very boring. Cool to listen to at the beach or something but not the kind of shit I want to hear at 2:30 in the morning when the party is raging.

I love great music. I don't care what "genre" someone spins. I care about their dj skills. I care about their ability to weave tracks together to create a new soundscape and make me beg for more. I care about whether they can reach inside of my soul and force me to dance or not, and if they can work a dancefloor into a frenzy.

I hate when you ask me what I spin. I know if I tell you that I spin house some of you will roll your eyes and never talk to me again. I also know that if you get your ass onto one of my dancefloors that you will be pleasantly surprised to hear twisted, gritty, techy, glitchy sounds with a banging 4/4 kick and a bass line that rattles your rib cage and that you will be dancing. Hard.

Oh, and when I try to hand you a flier it is a compliment. It means I like your style and your vibe and I am inviting you to attend an event that I am pouring countless hours into and spending thousands of dollars to produce. Looking at me like you just stepped in dog shit and not taking my flier because you think that the only events you ever might want to come to end up in your email inbox or on nitevibe.com makes you way less cool than you think it does.

Shit makes me really miss the scene in the 90's (which I suspect many of you weren't as keyed into) before people gave a fuck what "genre" it was and they didn't even know what the genres were and you'd hear house, breaks, trance, jungle, acid, and anything else all in the same party and everyone just danced until they were completely covered in sweat and our heartrates were pumping really hard and we kept dancing until the sun came up and then caught a few hours of sleep (maybe) in time to do it again the next night.

But this isn't about the past, it is about the future. How much more fun would the parties be if we all stopped hating and just supported each other? I hope to find out.

I think fatboy slim said it best. mp3.juno.co.uk/MP3/SF65778-02-01-09.mp3