Mixing it up with iPods on the digital nightlife scene

Iria · Aug 14, 2005, 06:11 PM

It started in 2002, when Andrew Andrew DJ -- a dynamic team made up of two men named Andrew -- let patrons at New York's APT club pick seven minutes of music off their iPods, each holding 1,000 pre-approved songs.

What started as a tech-inspired experiment known as MP3Jing has mushroomed into a worldwide phenomenon in three years: parties with names like Playlist and NoWax in London, Tokyo, Seattle, San Diego, Calgary, Detroit, Vienna, Philly and Beijing.

Quirky San Franciscans -- techies, music nerds and electro artists -- do things their own way. Two events encouraging clubgoers to DJ from their own MP3 players, Indie Circus and PlugnPlay, started this spring in San Francisco, each with a distinct premise. Meanwhile, 21st Amendment by the ballpark hosts the city's longest-running iPod Night during the Wednesday happy hour in its brewer's loft.
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Aug 14, 2005, 06:11 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Mixing it up with iPods on the digital nightlife scene It started in 2002, when Andrew Andrew DJ -- a dynamic team made up of two men named Andrew -- let patrons at New York's APT club pick seven minutes of music off their iPods, each holding 1,000 pre-approved songs. What started as a tech-inspired experiment known as MP3Jing has mushroomed into a worldwide phenomenon in three years: parties with names like Playlist and NoWax in London, Tokyo, Seattle, San Diego, Calgary, Detroit, Vienna, Philly and Beijing. Quirky San Franciscans -- techies, music nerds and electro artists -- do things their own way. Two events encouraging clubgoers to DJ from their own MP3 players, Indie Circus and PlugnPlay, started this spring in San Francisco, each with a distinct premise. Meanwhile, 21st Amendment by the ballpark hosts the city's longest-running iPod Night during the Wednesday happy hour in its brewer's loft. __________ Read More / Source: SFGate