I was starting to think that which exists on the Internet, only exists on the Internet. For months, everywhere I click, I see Grimes. My friends share her videos like crazy. Music blogs are all aglow with her hipness. Also for months, I’ve been playing Grimes at Underground, except that, I don’t think I’ve ever been able to get more than five people to dance to her. I keep playing “Oblivion” regardless because– dammit– I will get people dancing to stuff that didn’t exist the first time I was a DJ.

Last night, something weird happened. My friend Del, from Tune in Tokyo, stopped by the party. He asked me if I had Grimes. I said yeah, and I looked out onto the dance floor. I was playing either Passion Pit or Daft Punk at the time, so there was already a crowd on the floor, a particularly large one considering that it was maybe 10:30. “But you have to do me a favor,” I said. I told him to go out and dance because I can’t have Grimes clear the floor again. A few songs later, I played “Oblivion.” I looked up from the turntables and mumbled “Wow.” The crowd doubled. Either the Internet and IRL collided for one night, or Del’s my lucky charm and needs to be on the dance floor at all my gigs. (Del, if you’re reading this, I swear I’ll totally return the favor.) I should have taken a photo, but, you know, I was working and stuff.

The crowd kept going after Grimes. New Hot Chip? Hell yes! Crystal Castles? Someone actually screamed. Then a few songs later, I figured I would drop in some Clash because, well, it’s the Clash. The crowd on the floor fled towards the bar. Last night at Underground was not simply our Blur/Gorillaz party. Indeed, it will forever be known as the night Grimes packed the floor and The Clash cleared it.

And now for the set list.

Blur– Music Is My Radar
Arcade Fire– Sprawl II (Record Store Day 12″ remix)
M83– Midnight City
Heaven 17– Let Me Go
Passion Pit– Take a Walk
Daft Punk– Digital Love
Human League– Love Action
Gorillaz– On Melancholy Hill
Grimes– Oblivion (rq)
Hot Chip– Night and Day
Crystal Castles– Suffocation
The Knife– We Share Our Mother’s Health
Fischerspooner– Emerge
Presets– Are You the One?
New Order– Perfect Kiss
Dot Allison– Substance
Blur– Girls and Boys
The Clash– Train in Vain

Set 2:
Blur– Coffee and TV
The Rapture– House of Jealous Lovers
Saint Etienne– We’re in the City (rq)
Stardust– Music Sounds Better With You
Daft Punk– Around the World
Kylie Minogue– Cupid Boy
Gorillaz– 19/2000
Blur– Stereotypes
The Faint– Agenda Suicide
Depeche Mode– Photographic
Ladytron– Seventeen
MGMT– Electric Feel
Franz Ferdinand– Matinee
Yeah Yeah Yeahs– Y Control
The Horrors– Who Can Say
White Lies– Death