Punk with Brontez Purnell and John F*cking Cartwright
Our story this week focuses on Larry LaRue famous Stud and SF dj who, allegedly was the first dj to play punk music in a club in SF, as well as the first gay club. Larry’s life intertwined with the Stud’s history when on a fateful night he filled in for a sick DJ and then became resident, he also dated an owner for 15 years after losing a pool game to him.
In this conversation with local DJ,artworker and Stud worker-owner John Fucking Cartwright, and local artist Brontez Purnell, we talk about to social and cultural tensions that lead to the “end” of disco, our first times at gay dance clubs, and the constant comparison between SF’s artsier dirtier SOMA neighborhood and the “cleaner” more mainstream Castro neighborhood.
This episode was
Produced and Edited by: Terra Haywood
Project Management: Ben McGrath
Written and Hosted by: Mica Sigourney
Research: Chloe Miller
Extra Research by: Mark Freeman
Music for this episode by: Los Microwaves
Los Microwaves was a San Francisco based synth-punk trio who formed in 1979.
This song also appears on Josh Cheon's Dark Entries
BART - Bay Area Retrograde Vol.1
Song - Silent Screamers
Date - 1982
Band Members Meg Brazill ,David Javelosa.Todd Rosa
This is a link to short Stud documentary featuring Larry LaRue.
You can hear LaRue’s mixes at the San Francisco Disco Preservation Society created by Jim Hopkins.