In the 2010 remake of Karate Kid, Jackie Chan has this great line; “Being still and doing nothing are two very different things.” A wisdom supported by DJ StoneRokk, the buttered half of the “Captians of Industry,” who feels the same is to be said about the difference betwixt DJ-ing and “playing with some new jack microwave laptop running Serato.” Serato, being the software responsible for bringing DJ-ing to the glue huffing hipster masses since 2004.
Thankfully StoneRokk is devoted enough to his anti-software stance to have started a tribute night for his beloved analog vinyl every Monday at LA’s “The Dime.” With the help of cohorts DJ Adam 12 and Mr. Best; “Wax On, Wax Off,”as it has been named, is becoming the go-to spot to listen to music played correctly. It’s also where names like Samantha Ronsen and the Nice-N-Smooth crew stop by when in town to get their fingers waxy. I dropped in for a couple spins and a whiskey with the boys and here’s what they had to say about it.
