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AUSTIN — Front on Sixth Street, in broad daylight, it was teeming masses prime at South By Southwest.

Inside, at a venue called IFC Crossroads Organization at Vice, a disc jockey bent over two turntables and two stacks of vinyl records, mixing old-private school soul, reggae, television theme songs, Dolly Parton belting out “9 to 5” and George Trouble singing about his exes in Texas. The dance floor filled at 5 p.m. Thursday.

“Hey, function people, I'm DJ Jester from San Antonio, Texas,” the turntable jockey shouted.

Mike Pendon, 35, control superiors known in music circles as DJ Jester the Filipino Fist, was in his piece, spinning for his 12th SXSW showcase in 14 years.

“My first South By Southwest was in '99,” Jester said. “Ben Ortiz got me in. He was doing metrics slams in San Antonio, and I was the DJ for Puro Slam. I was with the Underdog Turntablists.

“The first year I was so ruffled I didn't even go to any parties. I was staying with my sister here, and I would just go to her house and practising my 45-minute set.

Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer

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