Welcome, kids…

Hello, friends. This post marks the first installment of my brandy-new blog. Some of you may already read my somewhat sporadic soul and band blog at my band’s website, worldsgreatestsinners.com; I’ll keep updating things over there as time goes on, but as my DJing life has gotten busier, I wanted to break off and give myself my own space.

So…who the hell am I? Depends on who you ask I guess. I’m Jordan Valentine, 31, and I live, work and raise hell in Boston, MA. I lead a band called World’s Greatest Sinners, basically a revolving cast of characters playing soul, R&B and funk with an emphasis on the obscure. We must be okay at it because the WFNX & the Boston Phoenix named us Best R&B Act for the past two years, which is pretty cool. I’m also an illustrator and graphic designer, and have been doing posters, CD art and other design work for bands for the past five years. I also make 1″ buttons for just about everybody. These days, I’m also justifying my crackhead-like addiction to vinyl records by DJing at a bunch of places in the area, including the Plough & Stars in Cambridge (October 22), the Baseball Tavern in Boston, the Abbey Lounge in Somerville (October 19) and Ralph’s in Worcester, with hopefully more to come.

That last bit is what this blog is gonna be about: records, the stories behind em, and where you can catch me spinnin’ em. I’m sure there’ll also be more than a few stories here and there as well, seeing as I manage to get myself knee-deep in all kindsa nonsense on a fairly regular basis. I hope to get to post a regular podcast segment as well, which I hope you dig. So read, comment, get in touch, and hopefully enjoy yourself!

Cheers, Jordan Valentine