BTS
The guest list is a precision instrument
The guest list at SLIST is not a perk. It is not a favor. It is not generosity. It is...
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BTS
The crowd that handles your worst and dances harder
There is a type of crowd that most promoters never build because they are too busy chasing numbers. It is...
BTS
Whoever controls the digital infrastructure controls the brand
In 2024, my co-founder tried to push me out of SLIST. He introduced voting structures I never agreed to. He...
Dark Culture
75% of the world doesn’t like dark music. Good.
Seventy-five percent of the US population does not like listening to dark music. There is statistically no point in trying...
BTS
The community is the headliner
The conventional model in nightlife is simple: book a bigger DJ, sell more tickets. The headliner is the product. The...
BTS
Rave organizing feels more like a software project
I said this to myself somewhere around event number fifteen, after spending six hours debugging a ticket tracking spreadsheet at...
BTS
The commission-based DJ pay model
The standard model in nightlife promotion is simple: you pay DJs a flat fee, they show up, they play, they...
Values
Access to guest lists
Over the course of 2023, Slist distributed more than 2,300 tickets to at least 100 different raves. A policy of...
Updates
How we went from underground to legal (and why)
Someone asked me in August: “So just no more DIY raves then?” Yeah. One word. No qualifiers. No “maybe when...
Values
I got arrested for throwing a rave. Here’s what I learned about policing.
I’m not anti-cop. I need to say that upfront because what follows will sound like it comes from someone who...