Start 2006 With Real Music for Real People

After bringing in the new year with an exercise of excess (well, unless you're Seattlest), you likely created a new resolution to take it a bit easier on yourself. Well, it's been the better part of a week and the weekend is approaching, so it's time to realize that you made that resolution in haste, and you should be more realistic and adjust accordingly. Excess is fine, so long as it's in the right groups (and no, we don't mean Canadian-style, but if that's what floats your boat, go nuts).

The right group to be part of this week is the crowd in the Baltic Room for Strictly Deep (formerly Deep House Originals). This month's featured DJ is Mike Huckaby, who performed two years ago at the inaugural Decibel Festival. Seattlest's first exposure to Mike Huckaby was in his native Detroit, as part of the Detroit Electronic Music Festival. Walking around the collection of stages, rightfully dominated by techno, Seattlest was surprised to find a house beat. It turned out to be Huckaby, delighting a crowd with his signature mix of the two (overly) divided genres. Rather than buy into the idea that this separation was necessary, Mike Huckaby chooses to blend the two, focusing on their dancefloor-inspiring similarities rather than their most-people-can't-tell-anyway differences.

Since you're going to drop those resolutions anyway, you might as well hear some good music while you're doing it. Count this as cardio if that's what it takes to get you motivated.

Mike Huckaby
Saturday, January 7, 10pm-2am
Baltic Room, 1207 Pine St.
$10 @ door, 21+