I can’t believe it’s all over and done with. Big ups to everyone who: performed, volunteered as staff at any of the parties, danced, provided venues for parties and afterparties, rode in the bike parade, etc. etc. A huge thank you to Dylan and the Rad Summer interns for all the flyering, driving, equipment hauling and door-watching.
We’ll be posting up pictures, videos, and press from the past week’s events as they come in. Did you get pictures and/or videos from any of the events in the past week? Send them to info@radsummer.com!
We’re moving April 10th’s Fancy Footwork party w/DJ Action Jackson and DJ Wushu to The Cinemat, located at the corner of 4th and Walnut. This unfortunately means we do have to charge a door cover of $5, but fortunately means RAD 5 IS NOW 100% ALL AGES!
Little update from what’s been going on for this party over in facebook-land.. we’re doing giveaways for people who’ve RSVP’ed as attending on the Flosstradamus event page, and just held our first trivia contest. The question:
The Floss guys work pretty closely with Kid Sister, which makes sense given she’s actually the older sister of Josh, 1/2 of Flosstradamus. Actually she made most of her first performances at Floss’s “Get Outta The Hood” parties. And given their musical backgrounds, it also only makes sense that one of her first tracks—again, produced by the Floss dudes—would be based on a ghetto house classic. What’s the name of the track and who originally wrote it?
A flurry of answers came in pretty quickly; the first correct answer coming from one Alex Cohen: Kid Sister’s Song “Let Me Bang” takes its name and vocal hook from DJ Deeon’s seminal ghetto housetrack of the same name. So two free tickets to Alex, congrats! More contests soon over on that facebook page, thanks everyone who entered!
Rad 5 is a celebration of independent and forward-thinking culture, especially when it comes to dance music. The festivities center around five nights of dance parties, in all ages venues now for all nights! The roster of performers is a who's who of the Bloomington dance scene, with some help from former residents returned and the first Indiana appearance of Chicago's well-deservedly hyped DJ duo Flosstradamus. Rad 5 is an unofficial accompaniment to Little 500®, the single speed bicycle races which are hallmarks of both Indiana University's sports program and collegiate cycling on the whole.
