Spotted: David Osborne, Nate Fish and Joe Rosenberg
Meet the grown ass men who like to throw a party once a month to ask you ” Where Are You From ??? ”
Photo by: Yunice Kang
Profession:
Dave: Sports Television Production, The Ohio Party DJ
Nate : Baseball Player, The Ohio Party DJ
Joe: Music Biz, The Ohio Party DJ
Your Spotted for the unique Ohio Parties you host, how and when did this idea sprout about in Brooklyn?
We were tired musically of what’s going on in Wiliamsburg and wanted to give people (ourselves included) an experience that was real and fun. We’re not trying to sound like some hard motherfuckers or haters, but have you seen us…..? – Just kidding. But seriously, we just wanted to throw a fun party with all of our friends. We moved to New York about 7 years ago as part of a sort of mass exodus of friends from Cleveland. We all see each other pretty often, but we wanted to make sure everyone stayed together and had a chance to stay up to date on what each other are doing and rock out together at least once a month. Our buddy Larry Hyland put us on at Matchless and we set up OHIO PARTY.com
How do you kids know each other?
First off, we ain’t no kids – we’re grown ass men. As for how we met, we pretty much came together for the party. Dave assembled the crew – he knew Joe and Nate and knew we all listen to the same type of music and we all play vinyl and the concept for the party just sort of came together after that.
You have such a loyal following, whats the catch? Other than reppin the 216 and the 440 zip, what makes your parties so different?
Pretty much we love the music we play and people can tell. We don’t take it too seriously. We have fun. We play vinyl. And people appreciate it. We also make t-shirts every month and then give them away to people at the party. And it’s all free. We don’t really know. People just like to come out and talk about where they come from and have fun. Oh, and we have a lot of help. Yunity Yunice takes pictures and Raspypoo Doyle takes care of the merchandise. They’re the best.
When and where is the next Ohio Party so we can all attend?
Saturday, September 5th. 11 pm. The party is the first Saturday of every month at Matchless in Greenpoint.
Do you have any favorite hangout spots?
Ever heard of this place called the Hamptons? Yes? No? We mostly kick it at home, record shops, the Statue of Liberty etc.
Any claims to fame?
We’re not famous. But we should be. We’re making a good push with this party thing. That’s actually another motivation to be doing this – straight fame.
If I am not from Ohio, am I still cool?
Fuck yeah. The dirty secret of Ohio Party is Joe isn’t from Ohio, but we had to make him an honorary citizen based on the fact that he fucking rocks.This party isn’t just for people from Ohio, it’s for anyone who loves good music and in general is on some good shit. For a while, we had a state of the month where say if you were from california you’d drink free, but it didn’t really work. No one ever really knew what state was the state of the month and then some girl freaked out on us – she was yelling about how Texas was supposed to be the state of the month and she ripped our poster off the wall before we had to get Louie, the security guy at Matchless, to get her ass out of there. But yeah, even if you’re not from Ohio, you’re welcome to come. We’re very inclusive.
Make sure to check them out this Saturday at Matchless!
