Dave Roberts was a DJ in Chicago for more than 40 years, and in 1994 he cofounded beloved weekly new-wave party Planet Earth. He passed away last week, and LateBarChgo has retired the Planet Earth name to honor his legacy. | imLeor | JR1Nelson
“Dave Roberts created a space where the subculture of outsiders and misfits who loved the new-wave and punk music of the late 70s and 80s could celebrate that music by dancing all night—and also connect with each other to form a community of friends, breathing life back into that subculture,” says Roberts’s friend Dave Awl.
Roberts started spinning in the late 1970s and made his nightlife debut at Chicago’s first punk disco,. According to Awl, La Mere cofounder Noah “Noe” Boudreau liked the mixtapes Roberts had made and offered the budding DJ a gig. Roberts got his first regular slot at Old Town punk bar Wizards, and he continued spinning there after it became Exit. Roberts’s firsthand experience with punk and new wave helped give him the knowledge and sensibility to make Planet Earth a sensation.
Awl first attended Planet Earth in 1998, and he says Roberts understood how to balance instant gratification with more challenging listens: he could give dancers songs they’d always loved, but he could also introduce them to songs they’d grow to love. “Dave was really, really good at playing that song that made you go, ‘What the heck was that? That’s amazing,’” Awl explains. “‘Why have I never heard that before?’ And you run up to the booth and ask him about it.
The final Planet Earth night, which doubled as an informal memorial, was Saturday, February 11. According toDave Roberts at Neo in 2006
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