As with breakers, I tend to have a love/hate relationship with a lot of turntablists. It’s not that I don’t appreciate the artform in either case, but I typically go out to hear some great music, and in a lot of cases, breakers just ruin a dancefloor for laypeople who rather than dancing have to worry about taking a foot to the head, while many turntablists ruin the flow of music that keeps a dancefloor going. For both groups, I have to mentally prepare myself for an evening relegated to the role of spectator, at which point I’m fine. That said, I’m looking forward to being a spectator tonight at Chop Suey. Should be well worth watching.

Tonight Chop Suey plays host to the 2006 DMC American Battleground, the Northwest Regional Turntable Competition. Seeing as how it was (arguably) the DJ battle that set the mold for the Laptop Battle, the Big Tune Beat Battle, Iron Composer, and a slew of related things I’m sure I’m forgetting, I feel almost obligated to attend the original competition. I’m also looking forward to seeing what the region has to offer there. There’s hardly a shortage of DJs in the area, so now to see how they stack up against the greats. Is the next Q-bert in our midst? Only one way to find out. See you out tonight.