BTS
Why we don’t post set times
No set times. No artist bios. No FOMO overlays on the flyer. No captions on the Instagram post. Every omission...
Tag
tone-confrontational
Shitposts
SLIST was right about everything
SLIST was right about everything. Right about the promoters who were cosplaying as community leaders while pocketing DJ fees. Right...
BTS
Solo operator: why I fired my team and kept the brand
In 2024, I tried building a team. Shared actual ownership. Gave collaborators real stakes in the operation. Every time SLIST...
Dark Culture
Cancel culture doesn’t work with real techno people
The techno underground has a natural immune system against cancel culture. Not because it is morally superior or politically enlightened,...
Guides
Converting competitors’ audiences
Your competitors have audiences that already care about the same music you promote. Those people are pre-qualified — they attend...
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
Ads sell more tickets than almost any DJ
This is the sentence that ended a decade of conventional wisdom in event promotion: ads sell more tickets than almost...
BTS
Drama sells like nothing else
Most promoters treat drama like a disease. Something to suppress, manage, contain. I treated it like gasoline. SLIST was born...
Shitposts
Apology tours are how you lose everything
Can’t be caught going on apology tours or else everyone loses faith in the project. The moment you apologize under...
Guides
Navigating NYC nightlife politics
Every city’s nightlife scene has a political layer that nobody talks about publicly but everyone navigates privately. NYC’s underground electronic...