Oliver Wang is a professor of sociology at CSU-Long Beach and the author of Legions of Boom: Filipino American Mobile DJ Crews of the San Francisco Bay Area. He regularly contributes to the Los Angeles Review of Books, Los Angeles Times, NPR's All Things Considered, KCET’s Artbound, and other outlets. He is the co-creator/producer/host of the album appreciation podcast, Heat Rocks. Photo by Eilon Paz for Dust and Grooves.