Headbangers Book Club: Pamela Des Barres’ I’m with the Band (Part 2)
At long last, we're finally concluding our two-parter on Pamela Des Barres’ epochal memoir I’m with the Band! In this episode, we get in some more digs at our nemesis...
Dystopian Listening Party Podcast: Memorial Day, 2016-2017
Well, here we are: for the second consecutive year, we're turning Memorial Day weekend into a time of remembrance for the many great artists we lost since last May. But because this...
Dystopian Dance Mix Vol. 29: #AintNoChrimaBih II
Tomorrow is Christmas--which, here at Dystopian Dance Party, means that we've been listening to the Ying Yang Twins’ holiday EP for at least 30 days straight. But since we can't...
Dystopian Road Mix Vol. 8: Northern Virginia to New York City, Part 1
This Friday, my girlfriend and I will be driving up to New York City for a short weekend trip. That means it's time for another edition of Dystopian Road Mix,...
Let Us Now Praise Reformed Death Dwarves: The Dystopian Dance Party Guide to Lou Reed
It wasn't until I starting writing last Monday's essay about Lou Reed when I remembered how much he actually means to me. Reed was one of a sequence of troubled rock 'n' roll...
Dystopian Dance Mix Vol. 13: Police and Thieves
I'm gonna be honest: we've been holding back on this playlist for a long time. We both separately had an idea for a Dystopian Dance Mix about cops months ago,...