Women of Vinyl
The Examiner Newspaper // Arts and Culture // Feb. 6th, 2003 Where is it written that you have to have balls to be a DJ? Since when do decks and estrogen repel each other? So why is DJ-ing still considered primarily a boy’s vocation? Why do ladies who can spin rings around their male counterparts still get passed over by promoters and clubbers in favor of some pudgy punk from the UK who you know only started DJ-ing to get laid? I’m happy to report that the times they are achangin’. Sure, there are still a lot of heads out there who believe gonads somehow make a better deck-tician, but women have made huge strides within the biz, steadily building cred as DJs, producers, promoters and label owners. Locally, we owe that change in large part to the ladies of Sister SF, whose members looked around, saw all the boy crews and decided to build their own nurturing community for women who might otherwise be discouraged by the relative lack of support within the scene for lady DJs. The all-female DJ collective has, hands down, some of the most talented DJs (male or female) in the Bay Area on its roster, rockin’ beats that run the gamut from hip-hop to techno. They’ve even extended their reach beyond the Bay quite recently, starting up Sister chapters in Portland and New York. In honor of their five-year anniversary, the crew is throwing a festive one-off at Jezebel’s Joint this Saturday with their resident mixstresses — Polywog, Forest Green, XJS, Amber, Seraphim, Melyss, Elz, Samira and Queen Agnes B — spinning full-spectrum bump from 10 till 2. Come show your support! Go to The Examiner Newspaper
