tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6146962885201070339.post6586215390437628427..comments2023-10-02T10:57:07.769+02:00Comments on Birdseed's Tunedown: Where are the Diasporadic DJs?Birdseedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01161105277182690887noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6146962885201070339.post-49411155342307020292008-05-30T22:30:00.000+02:002008-05-30T22:30:00.000+02:00Also, I think we need to be careful -- at least he...Also, I think we need to be careful -- at least here in Cambridge/USA, I don't know about Sweden, where things may be more clearly demarcated -- not to draw the lines too starkly between what constitutes a diasporic community and what does not. Here in Cambridge/Boston there are many (recently) diasporic communities (we all came from somewhere else), some of them very long established here (and integrated with all the others). So when we're talking about 2nd or 3rd generation Jamaicans, for instance, who's to say where they should play and listen -- and among whom?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6146962885201070339.post-81596203908930229602008-05-30T22:18:00.000+02:002008-05-30T22:18:00.000+02:00The problem is actually a pretty structural one. T...The problem is actually a pretty structural one. Take "Makka Mondays," a reggae night that plays right across the street from "Beat Research" (which hosted Bo & Boima on the same night recently!). "Makka Mondays" brings in a lot of people from the diasporic Jamaican/Caribbean community, but the guy DJing is a white dude from Boston. Why? Because he can get the job (i.e., convince the mgmt to let him have Monday nights despite all the riffraff that real reggae's gonna bring in). On the other side of the river, you can find lots of actual Jamaican or Trini DJs playing to diaspora crowds, but many of those same folk like to party in Cambridge to the white boy who chats in patois and has all the latest chunes. <BR/><BR/>I'm actually quite interested in having more guests at Beat Research who regularly DJ at diasporic events. I guess you could call our representation in that area "diasporadic" at best (heh). When KidDid and OsSantos came through they brought a large swath of the Brazilian ex-pat crew, and it was great. I suppose I just need to do a little more outreach. <BR/><BR/>It's a good point, though, that this post raises, and I'd love to see more integration.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com