Dark Culture
I taught myself everything with ChatGPT and spite
Four hundred and eleven conversations with an AI taught me more about running a business than any degree I almost...
Tag
tone-reflective
Dark Culture
Spite was the ignition. Infrastructure is the engine.
There is a moment in every revenge plot where the plot gets bigger than the revenge. Most people never reach...
Dark Culture
The cult started in New Jersey, not Mexico
Everyone assumes this started in Mexico City. The timeline supports that assumption — CDMX is where the first events happened,...
BTS
I never wanted to throw events
The most honest thing I can say about SLIST is that I never wanted to throw events. I wanted to...
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...
Dark Culture
Spite as fuel: the revenge plot that became an institution
Every founder has an origin story. Most of them are polished. Mine starts with a guest list rejection and a...
Guides
The introvert’s guide to building a rave empire
Event organizing might be the loneliest profession in the world. Surrounded by 800 people every weekend, and completely isolated in...
Events
Lee Eye en Astro: entre lo íntimo y el show
Cuando terminó la noche de Lee Eye en Astro, pensamos en lo raro que es encontrar este nivel de intimidad...
Updates
Why I stopped DJing
March 2026 was my last month behind the decks as SLIST. Three final sets, then I handed it off. The...
Updates
When hotels start calling you
For the first year and a half of SLIST, every venue relationship started the same way: I found them. Cold...