Episode 27: JUSTIN CARTER & EAMON HARKIN PART 1
Justin Carter and Eamon Harkin have spent the last 20 years helping shape NYC nightlife, but these days, they're best known as the owners of Nowadays in Ridgewood, Queens – which is, in many people's estimation, the best club in New York right now. Justin and Eamon are also DJs and are the hosts and residents of long-running parties Mister Saturday Night (also a record label), Mister Sunday, and an ambient chill-out affair called Planetarium. In part one of this two-parter, we talk to the duo about Mister Saturday Night's 15-year anniversary, the dos and don'ts of fog, wild times at Motherfucker, DIY spaces and dance rock, deep house, DJing, the twists and turns of nightlife in post-9/11 NYC and the parties, locations and music that have shaped all their endeavors.
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Things discussed in this episode & extras:
- Mister Saturday Night tapes. MSN takes it back to the old skool for their birthday with this limited edition 15-cassette tape pack.
- Dancing Among the Ruins. A very oral history of the NYC Nightlife scene of the early 2000s penned by Andy Beta for Red Bull Music Academy.
- Love Saves the Day. For more history and info about David Mancuso’s Loft, Larry Levan and the Paradise Garage, Body & Soul and the history of house and disco and DJing (particularly in the US, and particularly in NYC), Tim Lawrence’s Love Saves the Day is a must read. And while you’re there, check out his podcast as well.
- Let There Be House. A two-hour DJ mix from Eamon & Justin from their 250th party back in 2017.
- Heavy Footwork. Housers, voguers, waackers, and more body movers take the floor for this special Mister Saturday Night session videotaped by Boiler Room.
- Body & Soul. Everything you wanted to know about the iconic NYC deep house session.
- Out Hud. Listen to this !!!’s deee-groovy deee-trippy side project, aka the best dance rock band you never heard of.
- Meet Me in the Bathroom. Now available on Apple TV and Prime, Meet Me in the Bathroom tells the more rock-focused side of the early 2000s NYC story but also features James Murphy & DFA and some other luminaries of the dance-rock scene.
- APT. Foundational soul-funk-house DJ Rich Medina talks about why the club APT was the shit.
- Motherfucker baby. An archive of photos from various holiday editions of Motherfucker lovingly hosted by party photographer Nicky Digital. You had to be there baby.
Tracks in this episode include:
The Units - High Pressure Days (Headman Dub)
The Rapture - House of Jealous Lovers
Out Hud - Put It Away, Put It Away Dad
Pangaea - Majestic 12
Solar Suite - Magic Carpet
