DJ ROBERT DRAKE

After years of coasting on free platforms like Tumblr or Wordpress, I finally redecorated my online home - thanks to my friend and web guru @carlmichaels - and am proud to roll out my new site. Use it to listen to past audio, find out where I'm going to be and - most importantly - book me for your upcoming events! Link in my bio! Check it out!! https://www.instagram.com/p/CjjlBA3DBNR/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

The haunting is soon upon us! Mark your calendars now to kick off the spooky season Saturday, October 1 for Sex Dwarf: The Dark Side of New Wave at Broad Hall 😈 Embrace your inner dark side so our photographers can capture the moment! 💀 (at Broad Hall) https://www.instagram.com/p/CiF3hy-OgEN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

As we trudge thru these lazy, hazy days of summer onto Labor Day Weekend, we look forward to our next Sex Dwarf gathering - THIS SATURDAY NIGHT! So, in celebration of the workforce, we toss our musical spotlight onto the Union (of the Snake!) and add a Notorious amount of Duran Duran into the mix! Sex Dwarf! Philly’s Premier New Wave Dance Party Saturday September 3 Broad Hall inside the Divine Lorraine Broad & Fairmount Sts 9pm $5 ‘til 11 / $10 after (at Broad Hall) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch6u0qDONwx/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

JOIN ME TONIGHT! It’s time for my monthly trip inside the Land Of The Lost, a four-hour block of the Rock of the 80s! 7-11pm ET ON @wxpnfm and live worldwide XPN.org #justcantgetenough (at WXPN) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChuMEwtufA0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Thanks to my friend Robyn for creating this amazing clay dreidel with her incredible artistic hands, so that I can include it in the decorations of the WXPN studio this season! #XPNNightBefore ❄️🎧 https://www.instagram.com/p/CH5G7GxD8p-/?igshid=1o3xbjtocpkkj

😎 🌟Now this is a band I’d see! #minorthreat #goldengirls https://www.instagram.com/p/B2okVDCj6Tl/?igshid=1kwuh96pdy68h

Was honored to attend and even DJ a benefit tonight for Vox Populi Gallery and a celebration of Debra Ward - after a decade leading Vox Pop she is stepping aside to start a new chapter. As a HUGE fan of Sex Dwarf, it was wonderful to cap the night with a set of new wave goodness! #PhillyLove #PhillyArt #supportindieartists https://www.instagram.com/p/B2k0F4JDtpW/?igshid=xjwqec6x6npe

A sad day as we’ve learned that amazing journalist, historian and friend of Kids Corner, Cokie Roberts has passed away. She visited our studios a few years back to talk about her passion - American history and specifically the First Ladies. We’ll be rebroadcasting that chat this Monday at 7pm on @wxpnfm @xpnkidscorner — listen live worldwide XPN.org (at Kids Corner on WXPN) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2hDS_yDsvi/?igshid=1ck885ukx0l6a

Selfies Gone Wild - Christina and Bobby (Stina Pizzeria) with Kory Aversa (Aversa PR) and I trying to keep them in line. We failed. 🤣😎 Photo taken in the lobby of the Comcast Technology Center- after Christina and I chatted up this Saturday’s Philly AIDS Walk block party on NBC10 news #PhillyLove #14thanniversary 💜 (at Comcast Technology Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2feYFKjDlp/?igshid=312z0ag3v92p

Join me this Saturday, September 21 for the Philly AIDS Thrift 14th Anniversary Block Party - outside PAT on 5th Street at Bainbridge, Noon-6pm! Along with my throwback music mix there will be a performance by Squidling Brothers, Special appearance by Unidos da Filadelfia, the PAT Celebrity Dunk Tank ... more to be announced, kids moonbounce, face painting, carnival games, Food Trucks: Obsidian Eats, Stuff'd Buns, Franklin Fountain ...Second annual Pie Eating Contest, (MCed by CBS's Jim Donovan) disco dancing in the streets and so much more! #PhillyLove 💜 (at Philly AIDS Thrift) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2cCu1CDKup/?igshid=kkotjqzerfeu

#Repost @chloe.byob with @get_repost ・・・ You know it's going to be a great year when these two are your first table back!! Thanks for coming in @djrobertdrake and @johnsdollarbin. We ❤️you!! #PhillyLove (at chlöe byöb) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2F1g1TjbNk/?igshid=1hkziftjubnxu

Got the chance to take a preview tour of the new City Winery location - opening in Philly at 10th & Filbert in a few weeks - amazing! Besides a restaurant, bars and tons of wine (many made in house), @citywineryphil has two live performance venues and kicks off their concert schedule at the end of this month with an evening withEmmylou Harris! Check it out online at citywinery.com (at City Winery Philadelphia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2EvGJjjue7/?igshid=oy58igsnog10

I present your daily mantra... 😎 #onceaproduceralwaysaproducer https://www.instagram.com/p/B2Ci0xOjBRm/?igshid=icubmh10qvr1

Join The Goldenberg Group & @fundPHLschools on October 4 for the 2nd annual “Dress Down Day for Philly Public Schools” to raise funds & support for Philly public schools. Purchase a t-shirt and/or pin and choose the school of your choice to receive your generous donation! dressdownphilly.com 💜 #PhillyLove #ForTheKids #DressDownPhilly #DressDownDay #phillypublicschools #fundPHLschools #PHLed @dressdownPHL https://www.instagram.com/p/B2CaKmaD62b/?igshid=580j29wbv2x7

Thanks to Kathy & Troy for knowing just what to do with these Christmas CDs ... been previewing them today to add them to the Jingle Jams holiday music channel - making its appearance in November on XPN2.org #tistheseason #wxpn ☃️🎅🎧💜 #XPNNightBefore #27thAnniversary (at WXPN) https://www.instagram.com/p/B19U5ikDq1_/?igshid=7iotxm105g0m

REMINDER! Join me tomorrow (Friday) August 30 for our next trip into the Land of the Lost hosted by Robert Drake - along with celebrating the contributions of the legendary John Peel (in honor of his birth anny), and the return of The B-52s, OMD, Berlin and Adam Ant to Philly (among others!), be sure to stay with me into the 10pm hour when I showcase just some of the wonderful tracks found on THE WORLD OF KEITH HARING .. a new 2-CD compilation on Soul Jazz Records - featuring the music of NYC Underground that was a muse for the art community in the early/mid '80s! 🎧Listen on the radio or LIVE worldwide, tomorrow 7-11pm edt on XPN.org #keithharing #nycunderground #nyc80s #hiphopdontstop #basquiat (at WXPN) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1wHskmjcUC/?igshid=10jopqyst4q6y

Thanks Zuckerberg for this memory ... it was nine years ago when I officiated the marriage of two undead lovers in Philadelphia, on the stage of the Trocadero (RIP) in front of over a thousand zombie fans at the 2010 Philly Zombie Prom! #FacebookFlashback #PhillyLove 💜🧟‍♂️ (at The Trocadero) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1tY2A_jTcN/?igshid=1icr32n930qmf