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That's Derrick Carter on that scooter. Derrick Carter the house music legend. Derrick Carter, co-owner of Classic Music Company, one of the most acclaimed house music labels on the planet (and home to Seattle's Jacob London). The Derrick Carter that's been playing house music for more than two decades, starting at the age of nine with disco at family reunions. The one who still drops a perfect mix while barely able to stand; the one that's playing tonight at the War Room for the Gettin' ______* one-year anniversary party. He may play house music, but for being willing to be photographed looking that ridiculous, Derrick Carter is fucking metal.

The bar is set extraordinarily low for visual entertainment from DJs. Most opt to just mix tracks on two turntables, and while that (hopefully) sounds good, it's just doesn't have the same presence as a band. That's why showmen like Jamie Lidell or Jeremy Ellis and John Arnold are such breaths of fresh air, giving a crowd something to watch while providing the body with a rhythmic imperative. Tonight's Oscillate with Jeff Milligan should prove equally engaging, despite still being turntable-based in form.

Today is National High Five Day. No, really. Sure, it's a silly observation, but Seattle needs more occasions to not take itself so seriously.

There's nothing like a lack of information to build curiosity and suspense. Local label/collective Mass Mvmnt (read "Mass Movement") has taken that approach very much to heart, with only a trickle of information being released over the last year. The veil of secrecy is being removed tonight however, with a showcase at the War Room featuring almost their entire roster in celebration of new releases by FCS North and Time Promises Power.

It'd be nice to be able to say that the electronic music scene is able to avoid the trappings of the Seattle hipsteritis. You'd think that when most of your product is meant for dancing, that that's what a crowd will do. Hardly. Even with a healthy crowd, it takes a lot of time (and liquid courage) to get a crowd worked up, and that's usually "worked up" by Seattle standards, which implies a lot of people standing around on the dancefloor, drinks in hand. Occasionally a show will be able to transcend that, but those are pretty hard to predict. That said, based on past history, DJ Minx should be able to get the people movin'.