You spin me right round...

This photo is by Clayton Hauck. He's essentially Chicago's premier nightlife photographer. He's responsible for the web gallery EveryoneIsFamous, which I've been a fan of for about a year now. I've always been really interested in DJs. I think their role is very interesting, in that they're kind of part of the party and they're kind of not. Plus, they command the decks. It's like watching Tom Hanks in Apollo 13. Or a surgeon, even. They're bobbing their head and dancing around, but they've got their hands and eyes on the decks the whole time, adjusting pitches and loops that the crowd doesn't even listen to if the breakbeat is good enough. Every so often, I get inspired to go online to drop $500 (or more) on a set of used turntables, a mixer, and a copy of Final Scratch. Then I look across the room at the $300 guitar I never learned to play. I wish I weren't so lazy.

Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)