Weekend Dance Party: The iPod Battle Royale Hits Double Door

By Jake Guidry in Arts & Entertainment on May 7, 2010 8:20PM

Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called life. Poignant words from one of music's finest, and most likely a mantra for perpetual partiers and DJs, Team Bayside High. Mainstays at Debonair Social Club's Monday party, Rehab, Team Bayside High (Derek Berry & Rick Carrico) are bringing their magic touch to Double Door tonight by introducing The iPod Battle Royale, this week's pick for Weekend Dance Party. What's an iPod Battle Royale, you ask? No, no, don't strangle your neighbor with the headphone cord because he's got that unexplained Natalie Imbruglia techno remix. It's a lot more friendly than that. But presumably just as rowdy.

You can read all the rules here, but The iPod Battle Royale goes simply as so: a team plays a 60-second segment of a track, and then the opponent responds with their own 60-second segment. Repeat twice more and then determine the winner of the matchup via the crowd's loudness. Which ever team receives the most cheers, wins. This goes until there is one team standing. Think of it as a rap battle with a lot more possibilities. The teams which make up the event are Rehab, Fly By Night, Crossfader King, Dirty Diamonds, Members Only AV, Everyone is Famous, Life During Wartime, K.D.M., Yea Man! and Code of Conduct Tattoo Shop. That's a serious list of teams equipped with serious iPods. We'd give you an idea of what to expect outside of you'll be dancing, but it's going to be way too unpredictable for that. Which is exactly why we're going.

The iPod Battle Royale is tonight at Double Door, 11pm, $5-$10, 21+.