The boys have done it again
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Last month in Gotham City…
Duke came for his friend…Keith McIvor aka JD Twitch
by showin unconditional loving hearts to
jonny and keith even as it’s months after his passing.
To show his personal appreciation for Optimo,
he presented a 1 time special presentation called:
Decades:
A Betty Botox Homage Psyche Out
that was a Long-Lasting Musical Adventure of musical content from rare and obscure labels new damage from DirtybLends, rarities from Finders Keepers, Wax Trax, King Tubby and more with shocking surprises many weren’t be ready for this crucial blueprint presented with The Lot Radio, Nation & Kiosk Radio Belgium at Good Room Saturday April 18th 2026.
Until The Music Stops…Truth Iz Kode
"On December 31st, 1986, a New Year’s Party was in full swing at the legendary Music Box, an underground club owned by Robert Williams, with revolutionary resident DJ Ron Hardy. By the next day, it was shut down by the city. The club would never reopen.
The Music Box and Hardy’s massively influential marathon sets there have gone on to shape Chicago and the world, even if people don’t know it. The closure of that space, and Ron’s passing five years later remain an enormous point of grief for that generation of Chicagoans. I have spoken at length with many attendees of those parties and one thing is clear - the memories of those nights are as fresh today as they were in the 80s. That place was their whole life. He was like family to them.
So when my friend and previous employee of the Music Box, Stacey Collins, called me to tell me she had found a box of Hardy tapes, I freaked out. We set out about digitizing them with archivist Jacob Arnold. In that set of tapes, one stood out in particular: “Goin Down Slow; Hardy’s Last Marathon ‘87”. This was a recording of that last party, after it was shut down by the cops and had to move to a new venue up north. It’s abnormally slow for Hardy, who was known for playing so aggressively that attendees began to shout for him to “beat” them with sound - he opts here for slow jams, or as they’re called in Chicago, “stepper’s cuts” (“Stepping” is a social dance culture originating in Chicago’s South Side). This side of Hardy is one attendees often speak of, his softer, sweeter side - but there’s not many recordings of it. I’m pleased to present this look into Hardy and the last moments of the Music Box with the help of There Is No Planet Earth. Peace and love "- Inés @sonido.ines
More words by Ines: Ron Hardy's Last Marathon, 1987
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