» Did you know that Don Pedro's is a scrappy rock club only after it spends the day being an Ecuadorian restaurant? If you haven't been by to sample the caldo de bolas, then showing up at 3pm on a Saturday may have been your whiff of the merengue, tables cloths, and fake flowers that are the Hyde to Don Pedro's nightly Jekyl.
Text by Jeremy Krinsley
Posted on October 29, 2009
Jake Orrell of Jeff the Brotherhood
DJ Mr. A*OK does a set during the Famous Class day party at the CMJ Imposition at Don Pedro's.
Darlings during the Famous Class day party at the Imposition at Don Pedro's during CMJ.
Singer Peter of Darlings at Don Pedro's during CMJ.
Drummer and guitarist of Darlings at the Famous Class curated portion of the Imposition at Don Pedro's during CMJ.
Drummer of Darlings at the Famous Class / Impose party at Don Pedro's during CMJ.
Guitarist and singer of Darlings at the Famous Class / Impose party at Don Pedro's during CMJ.
Joe from Darlings performs at Don Pedro's for the Famous Class / Impose CMJ party.
Jake and Jamin Orrall perform at Don Pedro's for the Famous Class curated portion of Impose's CMJ Imposition.
Jake Orrall of Jeff the Brotherhood and crowd at Don Pedro's for the Famous Class/Impose CMJ party.
Jamin Orrall and Jake Orrall onstage at Don Pedro's for the Imposition during CMJ.
Jake Orrall of Jeff the Brotherhood sings at Don Pedro's during the Famous Class and Impose party during CMJ.
Jake Orrall of Jeff the Brotherhood feeling it at Don Pedro's during the Famous Class and Impose party at CMJ.
Jamin Orrall with a Heavy Cream shirt during the Jeff the Brotherhood set at the CMJ Imposition.
Jeff the Brotherhood at CMJ Imposition.
Singer of Snakes Say Hisss at the CMJ Imposition curated by Famous Class.
Guitarist and drummer of Snakes Say Hisss at the CMJ Imposition curated by Famous Class.
Snakes Say Hiss performing at Don Pedro's with crowd in background.
Snakes Say Hisss singer holds mic over head, crowd and guitarist in background, at Don Pedro's for the Impose and Famous Class party during CMJ.
Singer of Snakes Say Hiss gets real into it at Don Pedro's.
Snakes Say Hisss at the CMJ Imposition curated by Famous Class at Don Pedro's.
Singer of Snakes Say Hisss
Snakes Say Hiss guitarist with Boogie Boarder's Mark Jack drinking Colt45.
Tony Castles singer Paul Sicilian in foreground with band behind during CMJ Imposition at Don Pedro's curated by Famous Class.
Tony Castles singer Paul Sicilian at Don Pedro's.
Tony Castles with guitarist Willy Meismer at Don Pedro's during CMJ.
Tony Castles performs at Don Pedro's with crowd in background.
Willy Meismer and Mark Jack of Boogie Boarder in a blurry motion shot during CMJ at Don Pedro's Impose Imposition curated by Famous Class.
Cyrus Lubin and Willy Meismer of Boogie Boarder joking during their set at CMJ Imposition by Impose at Don Pedro's curated by Famous Class.
Crowd during Boogie Boarder set at Don Pedro's.
Willy Meismer and Mark Jack of Boogie Boarder at Don Pedro's.
Cyrus Lubin of Boogie Boarder at Don Pedro's during the Imposition by Impose curated by Famous Class during CMJ.
Mark Jack of Boogie Boarder.
Mark Denardo of Graffiti Monsters and Peter Feigenbaum of Dinowalrus.
William Cashion and Sam Herring of Future Islands perform at the Impose and Famous Class CMJ party at Don Pedro's.
But the Famous Class-curated day party was bent on messing up this careful equilibrium for good, bringing in the drinking hordes by Future Islands 3:30pm set, and letting guitars and sentimental synth hooks reign supreme from Rifle Recoil through Boogie Boarding and Darling into Dinowalrus, and the late night Bikes in the Kitchen party that followed.
With Boogie Boarder, Dinowalrus, Jeff the Brotherhood, Darlings, Future Islands, Snakes Say Hisss, Tony Castles, Rifle Recoil, DJ Mr. A*OK.
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i need dj mr. a*ok to be my morning wakeup call
— karen on October 30, 2009