The Prince vs Michael Experience returns to Chicago! Prince and Michael Jackson fans go toe-to-toe on the dance floor as DJ Dave Paul (Bomb Hip-Hop/San Francisco) mixes album cuts, remixes, rare tracks and classics from his extensive music collection on the turntables. The Prince vs Michael Experience is meant to celebrate the music of two of the biggest pop cultural icons of our generation. It is done with love and mutual respect for both artists.

Saturday, January 22nd @ Beauty Bar
1444 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60620
the fun begins at 9pm / $5 / 21+

More info at http://www.bombhiphop.com/chicago.html

Who will win, The Purple One or the King of Pop? Who cares... this is the perfect night out to lounge with your friends, make some new friends, get your drink on, dance your @ss off and celebrate the music of both these pop stars. Also featuring songs from The Time, The Jackson 5, Sheila E., Janet Jackson, Vanity 6 and many more related artists.

"For EIGHT years now, Dave Paul (proprietor of hip-hop label Bomb Records) has hosted and DJ'ed at the brilliant "Prince vs. Michael Jackson" parties. As selections of hits, rarities, and remixes from both artists are presented over the course of the evening, audience members square off in funky battle, holding signs bearing the mug of their favored entertainer to judge which one is the true king of pop. This sure ain't the place for cynics, but Darling Nikkis and Dirty Dianas are all welcome to participate." - SF WEEKLY

about the DJ
Dave Paul began his music career in 1984, starting as a mobile dj and evolving into a prominent college radio dj, club dj, and remixer in San Francisco. One of his 45 minute reel-to-reel megamixes was featured on commercial radio station KMEL. During the late 80s and early 90s his weekly radio show "Beat Box Fridays" on college radio station KCSF was instrumental in breaking many hip-hop records in the Bay Area market. Utilizing various pseudonyms Paul has produced records, created the worlds first scratch tool for digital dj's (The Ultimate Scratch CD), and remixed the classic song Cavern by Liquid Liquid (Let's Hear It For the B-Boy Remix) for the UK label Mo Wax. In 1991 he launched the now legendary publication The Bomb Hip-Hop Magazine and in 1995 Paul transformed the magazine into a record label. The company was named "one of the fifteen independent labels that matter" according to Rolling Stone and the labels Return of the DJ series was ranked by Spin Magazine as #25 in their "The 90 Greatest Albums of the 90's" (Sept. 1999 issue), receiving a higher rating than Gold & Platinum albums by Lauryn Hill, Pearl Jam, Tori Amos, PJ Harvey, Metallica, Green Day and Fatboy Slim. Dave Paul has been featured in URB magazine, XLR8R, appeared on the front cover of Billboard, and is featured in the motion picture Scratch. Mr. Paul has dj'ed throughout the US, toured Europe and the UK, released over 90 projects on his record label and currently produces themed dj parties including the 8 year running Prince vs Michael Experience.

I plan to go. I went this fall and it was a lot of fun.

Are you taking requests here? Can we hear some Debarge? There's the Janet connection, right? The Debarges are kind of related to the Jacksons? Eh, it's a stretch, but I thought I'd give it a shot.

Looking forward to it! I'd love to meet up with other orgers!

Janet yes, DeBarge no.

Prince, The Time, Sheila E., Jesse Johson, Andre Cymone, Michael, Janet, Jackson 5, Jermaine, Rebbie... hell, maybe even Latoya.

For those of you in other cities, here's our upcoming schedule:

Saturday, January 22nd @ Beauty Bar - Chicago, IL
Saturday, February 5th @ Madrone - San Francisco, CA
Friday, February 11th @ The Clubhouse in Tempe, AZ
Saturday, March 5th @ Madrone - San Francisco, CA
Friday, March 11th @ Nectar - Seattle, WA
Saturday, April 2nd @ Madrone - San Francisco, CA
Saturday, April 16th @ Good Hurt - Los Angeles, CA

Not near any of those cities, don't fret. You can watch a live broadcast of the party on the net at http://www.ustream.tv/cha...ince-vs-mj

I'm looking forward to saturday night. Chitown, see ya soon!

dlp45 said:

I'm looking forward to saturday night. Chitown, see ya soon!

See you tonight Dave. I wasn't feeling well so I wasn't gonna come but I have to come by to say hello to you.