Flashback Friday Feature #05: Act Your Age hosted DJ Addiction
A trio of Flashback Friday posts, this time looking at the weekly event Act Your Age (AYA), which ran for over a year and between two venues. Originally starting in 2000, in the basement of an Ethiopian restaurant in Adams Morgan, AYA eventually moved to a relatively new mega-club in DC called Insomnia, usually using the VIP-room for the weekly, but occasionally using a larger warehouse space on the top floor.
The line-ups were a nice blend of local, regional, national and international talent, often bringing through new talent from each of those categories, and also shaking up the sub-genres. The promotional material was originally a showcase of designs by several local designers, but over time Eve Communications became the full-time designer, and pushed very interesting designs.
One very memorable night was when DJ Addiction (Defunked - UK) headlined.
Here is part one of his set that night, recorded live on September 5, 2001.
Download: http://dnbshare.com/download/LiveatActYourAge_05-SEP-2001_-part1.mp3.html
So what has become of AYA’s old stomping grounds? Showboat, the original venue, is now a sushi restaurant called Saki. Insomnia was torn down for a parking garage, directly across the street from where Muse Lounge now sits. And DJ Addiction? He seemed to have disappeared, perhaps living out his BMX half-pipe obsession somewhere in the midlands of the U.K.
Look for part two of this mix in the near future!
