Dad, Husband, DJ and vinyl excavator. The man behind “Flea Market Funk”. Always Diggin’
Jessica Lipsky is a DJ and journalist with a deep love of soul, funk, boogaloo and rocksteady. Raised in the Bay Area and currently living in Brooklyn, she enjoys tearing up dancefloors from coast to coast.
jlipsky.com
Josiah is a record collector and writer. From country 78s to avant-garde jazz, from singer songwriters to disco, his record collection runs the gamut. His stories have appeared in literary journals and anthologies. He lives with his wife and son in Minneapolis.
Sam is a struggling writer and ravenous record collector from Oakland, CA. She is also an excellent mix tape maker and, in an effort to keep the art alive, will always send you one if you ask. Her mix tapes have been featured at Mount Analog and Wombleton Records in Los Angeles. Above all, she loves sharing music, making friends and eating pizza.
Lily met Eilon while working at Tropicalia in Furs, the East Village record store where it all began. She interned at Truth & Soul before label-hopping over to Nonesuch where she now works in publicity. Born in London and raised in New York, she loves acting, dancing, music from the early ‘70s, and Brazil.
Ben Goldfarb aka DJ Scribe is from New York City and is the founder of the I Love Vinyl parties and radio shows, starting in 2009. He is an avid vinyl collector, with around 15,000 records (see our interview with him). He has written extensively about music for Cool Hunting (where he was the first person to write about Lykke Li), Repellent, and Heeb. In 2018 he interviewed Vinylmania/Paradise Garage OG Judy Russell for Love Injection fanzine.
Dust & Grooves is not affiliated with any vinyl retail store from Chicago. We love them nevertheless.