Date: 2008-06-03 23:55 Subject: Matt Pinfield made me a DJ Security: Public Current Mood: nostalgic

Matt may be famous now, but there's no name-drop cred with him here in central Jersey. Knowing Matt implies nothing more than you hung out in the clubs (and the record stores) in New Brunswick in the mid 80's.

Back in those days, when he was still at WRSU, he used to DJ these monthly dances at Rutgers. I used to help set up the gear, which was brought by someone else. Well, one night, Matt and the organizers got their signals crossed. I used to bring a few records of my own for tuning up the sound system. The start time came and went, and no Matt. So I played what I had, and sent some people to my house to get more records. So yeah, my first record crate was a laundry basket, but there was enough for me to get through the night, and I was hooked on the DJ thing.

Now Matt's at WRXP (nee CD101.9), and having listened for a bit, I now know what those market-research calls I got over the last several months ago were leading up to.

So Matt, were it not for you, this userpic could never have been taken.