If you live in or around the general Long Beach area and you go anywhere at all after dark, you’ve undoubtedly heard the buzz about DJ duo MASHED POTATOS (that is spelled correctly. cross my heart). DJ’s Dan & Dan are most noted for packing the walls of 7th & Cherry’s Que Sera on bi-weekly dance night, CALL SICK on FRIDAY , hosted by MikeyB (The Militia Group, M For Montreal).But the Dans are not limited to the confines of Long Beach’s familiar places. They’ve been featured at countless LA/OC clubs, DJ Paul V played their mix tape on Indie 103.1 (the whole mixtape is available for free download here), and they even did a set at my birthday party last July. Probably cause they’re my friends. And it was my birthday. Whatever. I’m pretty sure they’re the reason 250 people showed up. It was crazy and eventually the cops came: then left. Then they came back, left again, and returned for the last time with 6 squad cars, 2 canine units, and 2 ghetto-birds. Ghetto-bird is Long Beach for ‘helicopters.’ It was fun, and the Potatos were able to soundtrack a minute or two of it with ‘Fuck tha Police.’ It was genius.
Next on the agenda for the Dans: Ehh, nothing big, except OPENING THE CRYSTAL CASTLES SHOW at the Detroit Bar on April 11th. Even though you think you can catch Mashed Potatos any old time, you’re about to be wrong. See, after this show big things are gonna happen for them, and you will probably never seem them again because they’ll leave long beach and forget all the little people. Get your tickets early (here).
Check ‘em out on the OC Weekly blog.
Download:
MASHED POTATOS – Lil Mama VS The Knife
Crystal Castles – 3 XxzxcZx Me
NWA – Fuck tha Police
i want to smash my soul on your brain
