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Needle Exchange: A DJ Questionnaire with Pocket Rock-It

"I left almost immediately because someone threw a bag of lube and condoms at me for playing my music too loud."

By Matthew Singer
IMAGE: Myke Foster.

Years DJing: 11 years.

Genres: House, '90s house, disco house, vocal/diva house, disco.

Where you can catch me regularly: First Sundays at Produce Row for Bridge Club, starting May 6.

Craziest gig: Probably playing the Róisín Murphy official after-party in San Francisco at the Stud. She came and was hanging out in the go-go cage, and was actually enjoying my music and dancing with people. It was crazy. Another memorable one was playing a gay speed-dating event that I left almost immediately because someone threw a bag of lube and condoms at me for playing my music too loud.

My go-to records: "Ladybug" by Bumblebee Unlimited, "Haven't You Heard (Joey Negro Remix)" by Patrice Rushen, "Do It" by Troublemen.

Don't ever ask me to play…: Anything that's outside of the realm of what I feel comfortable. I'm not a Top 40 DJ and I never will be.

NEXT GIG: DJ Pocket Rock-It spins at Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison St., for Club Kai Kai's Selena tribute and fundraiser, on Saturday, May 5. 9 pm. $10. 21+. Get tickets here.

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Matthew Singer

Matthew Singer

A native Southern Californian, former Arts & Culture Editor Matthew Singer ruined Portland by coming here in 2008. He is an advocate for the canonization of the Fishbone and Oingo Boingo discographies, believes pro-wrestling is a serious art form and roots for the Lakers. Fortunately, he left Portland for Tucson, Arizona, in 2021.