From MikeD Sent Mon, May 24th 1999, 19:00
as the huge advertisement goes: Twentysix artist; ten record releases; nine djs; eight turntables; three floors; one night Night of the Round Tables 1st Annual Chicago/Dj Convention/Art Exhibition Sunday May 30, 1999 Downstairs @ The Smart Bar Neotropic: LIVE; Ninja Tune Recording Artist, UK Pole; Matador Recording Artist, Berlin DJ Warp Upstairs @ The Metro J-Rocc&RHettmatic of the world famous Beat Junkies DJ Swamp: 96 dmc champ, dj for beck Jesse De La Pena Sole JC one Night onl three floor gallery show featuring the work of dzine, casper, solo, chris silva, eric debat, dave cuesta, jon nicholson, juan chavez, colin lambides, brian laskov, ben hall, noah gaynin, jason irla, matt willis jones, slang & trixter, steve snyder, andy amesquita, dolores restrepo, derek hahn, rudy gomez, tony allen, jackie justice, natalie orr, jason montague, shelly johnson, nick fury, struggle inc. 9:30 screening of Battle Sounds Hip hop djay documentary follwed by a QA session with director John Carluccio Breakdance Contest; al cities welcome, $100 cash prize for first place, other prizes for finalists, call to sign up before 5/28: 312.680.5278 Record Releases; hundreds of giveaways of upcoming release from OM Records, The Work Group, What Are Records, Mo Wax, & many more At the Metro/Smart Bar at 3730 N. Clark St. Chicago www.metrochicago.com 9:30-4 am 18&over:15 bucks smart bar (where you all want) is 21& over: free with paid metro admission (?? doesnt say how much if you just want this show) i wont be there due to the drop bass network's little furthur festival (with richie hawtin and clark warner)..but for all that head out...enjoy and let us know what you think of it all.. -miked