What about the old DJ Shadow email list? I file-hosted one of the beat making comps way back in the day... O-Dub you were on there right? Is it still around?
I was on the Crates list, and fortunately had recognized a few people from rec.music.hip-hop, some of the people on In/Flux that had moved on, and a small handful from the U-WU (some had to remind me who they were since most people would change their nicknames every few years).
For the familiar names, it was a way to get reacquainted with everyone again. Was Pizzo (Mike) ever on Crates? I know he was on my list in the early days and he may have had the store up and running by the time Crates came to be.
I do remember around the time Crates came to a close, Egon had put up a 45 of "There's A DJ In Your Town" and after winning it, I had questioned him since the matrix # was the same as the label he was running at the time. I assumed he had pressed it himself and was trying to pass it off as an original. He assured me it was authentic. I haven't heard from him in a long time, unfortunately, so I hope he's doing alright. No luck in that law firm of Alapatt, Wang, and Book happening anytime soon, I guess.
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Yes... I was definitely a little dude then!
O-Dub you were on there right? Is it still around?
For the familiar names, it was a way to get reacquainted with everyone again. Was Pizzo (Mike) ever on Crates? I know he was on my list in the early days and he may have had the store up and running by the time Crates came to be.
I do remember around the time Crates came to a close, Egon had put up a 45 of "There's A DJ In Your Town" and after winning it, I had questioned him since the matrix # was the same as the label he was running at the time. I assumed he had pressed it himself and was trying to pass it off as an original. He assured me it was authentic. I haven't heard from him in a long time, unfortunately, so I hope he's doing alright. No luck in that law firm of Alapatt, Wang, and Book happening anytime soon, I guess.