The exception to the rule as far as the pretty regular party scene came from an unlikely place this weekend. Upon the invitation of Nappy DJ Needles, I made my way to the Bump & Hustle 2 Year Anniversary featuring DJ Centipede at the Blank Space. Bump and Hustle actually described my situation as I tried, to no avail, to maneuver through the massive crowd crammed in the tiny venue so that I could give Needles some dap for a job well done. It was so packed that the folks didn’t even bother trying to make their way inside the spot…they just grooved to the sounds from the outside – and turned that end of Cherokee into a quiet block party. And many flavors of folks stopped through too. Everybody from hippies to hip-hop heads made their way through – and it was a beautiful thing.