Last call for Dumpsterdive
Tuesday, October 9th, 2007
FOOD AND LIQUOR: The infamous summertime Dumpsterdive barbecues, where DJ Synthesis (right) held court, are now history.
(Photo by Zone 3)
Dumpsterdive Records is closing down. The 156 Forsyth St. store, record shop and second home to Atlanta’s backpackers will move to the Internet, where it hopes to evolve into an online retail store.
The funny thing is that Dumpsterdive Records just celebrated its second anniversary in September. When I interviewed DJ Synthesis (one of the DJs in Psyche Origami), who co-owns the store with DJ Spytech (who is part of the DJ crew Fader Ballistix), I asked him if the store would be open a year from now. (You can read the Aug. 29 story here.) He said business was slow, but assured me that Dumpsterdive was breaking even.
I don’t know why the Dumpsterdive location is closing, but I know that the small, closely knit indie-rap scene will miss it dearly. Even if it evolves into a successful Internet operation, heads will miss having an actual place to congregate, build, dig for vinyl and buy aerosol caps.
On Saturday, Oct. 20, the little store that could (and then couldn’t) will go out with a bang by throwing one of its infamous barbecue parties from noon-8 p.m. In addition to 40 percent off all merchandise, there will be DJs, beer and, in a nod to Crackheads Gone Wild, a homeless pudding wrestling contest.
