oh that's really nice to hear dr, way to go. xmas set sounds like fun!
last night was fun, i had a sing/dance-a-long with a random girl to kylie "spinning around"
― ꙮ (map), Friday, 18 November 2022 20:56 (one year ago) link
As 3 am rolled around, I wondered if I would need to wrap up, but I kept playing for another hour.
!!!
I play in a band and when I tell friends the gig starts at 9p, they're like "but that's my bedtime!"
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Friday, 18 November 2022 21:39 (one year ago) link
From my experience it’s hard to get a dancefloor really going until 1/2am - venue/genre dependent of course.
― Chewshabadoo, Sunday, 20 November 2022 11:45 (one year ago) link
was doing my usual sunday thing at the record store, playing jazz funk, disco and deep house vinyl to a crowd of mostly disinterested normies shopping for adele and bon iver records. these dudes come in and are speaking italian, come up to me as i am wrapping up the set. store closing in 20 mins so i’ve stopped mixing and switched to mellow exotica and brazilian type stuff
the store doesn’t have a listening station, they could tell i was wrapping up so they very apologetically asked in broken english if i could audition some disco and krautrock records for them (so they could hear condition)
anyway we get to talking, turns out the older one is beppe loda
― the late great, Monday, 21 November 2022 00:57 (one year ago) link
whaaaaaaaaa
― ꙮ (map), Monday, 21 November 2022 01:03 (one year ago) link
note to self, always talk to the italian guys who come in at the end
yeah he had proper cute goofy old guy vibes. we were talking about the cosmic jokers record he had grabbed and he excitedly took out his iphone to show me his sms chatz with harald grosskopf
the other wild part cane up while talking to the younger guy (bit older than me, so maybe 50?) who is a local balearic / disco dj who i knew of via reputation and several mutuals. turns out the used rane rotary i randomly stumbled upon and took home from my local guitar center belonged to this guy (not beppe) before it ended up with me.
― the late great, Monday, 21 November 2022 01:19 (one year ago) link
it was all, um, fairly cosmic. too bad i have no real social media with which to document these crazy occurences, but at least i have ilx
― the late great, Monday, 21 November 2022 01:20 (one year ago) link
oh wow! he just played here the other night but i didn’t go
― donna rouge, Monday, 21 November 2022 01:46 (one year ago) link
yeah they played here last night. i was completely unaware, i have no insta but apparently the local party scene is 100% insta-centric now
― the late great, Monday, 21 November 2022 01:51 (one year ago) link
actually that’s probably not such a new thing, but i have been totally out of “the scene” since pandemic
― the late great, Monday, 21 November 2022 01:52 (one year ago) link
i think i'd read about it from the IG story of a local DJ i follow. there really is this mega-resurgence of parties here over the past year it seems. pity i don't actually go out dancing very much lol
― donna rouge, Monday, 21 November 2022 02:23 (one year ago) link
Just saw he played with Lovefingers. I met him on his first visit here, I think Andrew (Lovefingers) still lived in NYC but it was my often partner Tropical Jeremy Campbell who first brought Beppe to NY for a bunch of shows and did a little tour with him. I saw him at PS1 Warm Up and during one visit we had him at our Dazzle Ships party doing a psychedelic motown set. He's a super friendly and funny guy, even if my interaction with him mostly involved gestures. Tracks he played regularly that I copped as my own standards include The Runner by the Three Degrees and L'Ectrique's Struck by Boogie Lightning.
― dan selzer, Monday, 21 November 2022 13:48 (one year ago) link
i was at that PS1 set! i went out and bought “struck by boogie lightning” shortly after that set myself, lol
― donna rouge, Monday, 21 November 2022 14:56 (one year ago) link
ha, great minds I guess!
― dan selzer, Monday, 21 November 2022 14:58 (one year ago) link
The Runner by the Three Degrees was one of my first ever record purchases but it was probably a good decade later that i even clicked it was a Moroder production. they were HUGE in the UK and famous for being Prince, now King Charles' favourite act.
Three Degrees singer Sheila Ferguson is on record as saying "He ruined my love life, and I'll have no problem telling him next time we meet. It's ruined my sex life. I walked over to this guy one time [at a disco] and said: 'Would you like to dance?' and he said, 'I can't dance with you, you're Prince Charles's favourite.'
sorry, thread derail...
― stirmonster, Monday, 21 November 2022 20:59 (one year ago) link
worthy anecdote.
― dan selzer, Monday, 21 November 2022 21:46 (one year ago) link
The second guy I ever slept with was a member of the Three Degrees fan club. He showed me the newsletters! That sent me out buying all their 45s from the local second hand shop (I might have been a little besotted). They have an extraordinary B-side called “I Like Being A Woman”, with a Sheila Ferguson spoken section that could only have been written by a man.
― mike t-diva, Monday, 21 November 2022 22:14 (one year ago) link
there’s a calibre cover of “collage”, very linear (and boring, imo) modern dnb. there’s a string of youtube comments with ppl lauding his songwriting. sad to say i am in those comments, complaining that he’s ripping off the three degrees arrangement of a james gang song
this is all to say (in the spirit of derailing) that “collage” is the only three degrees song i have an opinion on
― the late great, Tuesday, 22 November 2022 00:42 (one year ago) link
the disconet mix of “set me free” is aces
― donna rouge, Tuesday, 22 November 2022 01:49 (one year ago) link
"When Will I See You Again" and "TSOP" are kind of undeniable imo. I'm also fond of the Moroder/Faltermeyer era: "Starlight", "The Runner", etc.
― TWELVE Michelob stars?!? (seandalai), Tuesday, 22 November 2022 02:28 (one year ago) link
I know this to be true, and yet I still always wonder...what is everyone doing until 1 or 2 am????
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 23 November 2022 20:26 (one year ago) link
Out drinking? Disco napping?
Waiting to get drunk enough / pingers to take effect…
Which begs the question - why not start earlier :D
― Chewshabadoo, Thursday, 24 November 2022 16:20 (one year ago) link
Things certainly get started much earlier in Glasgow, for example, when most clubs shut at 2 or 3am.
― Chewshabadoo, Thursday, 24 November 2022 16:21 (one year ago) link
4am mostly now.
― stirmonster, Thursday, 24 November 2022 16:37 (one year ago) link
Want restrictive laws that mandate everything close by midnight to prevent unwanted pumpkinizings. I’ve finally reached the age where my attitude is “nobody on earth needs to stay up til 4AM. Go out earlier and go to bed at a reasonable hour, you goons.”
― an incomprehensible borefest full of elves (hardcore dilettante), Thursday, 24 November 2022 18:44 (one year ago) link
Ted Thursdays: Nothing good happens after 2am pic.twitter.com/gGMZbENL0P— HIMYM (@OfficialHIMYM) May 30, 2019
― sleeve, Thursday, 24 November 2022 18:48 (one year ago) link
My Friday bar sets are 10pm to midnight (although I usually do a warm up from 930), and it’s always frustrating to have to end when the night is at its peak. They’ve started letting me extend by another 15 minutes or so, but it’s not enough, dammit.I’m on tomorrow night straight after the England/USA World Cup game, which they’re showing upstairs, so that will make for a very different vibe. Curious to see how my Seven Nation Army/Glad To Be Gay mashup will land.
― mike t-diva, Thursday, 24 November 2022 21:06 (one year ago) link
i do 9:30 to 1:30 at the gay bar, feel like it's about perfect tbh. fridays the floor starts filling up before 11.
― ꙮ (map), Thursday, 24 November 2022 23:20 (one year ago) link
the late nights are probably the hardest thing for me. once a week is ok, my body treats it like an anomaly and readjusts. twice a week back to back and it's like jetlag, takes a day or two for me to get back to normal.
― ꙮ (map), Thursday, 24 November 2022 23:22 (one year ago) link
Curious to see how my Seven Nation Army/Glad To Be Gay mashup will land.
ha ha ha! i hope this is actually a thing.
― stirmonster, Thursday, 24 November 2022 23:40 (one year ago) link
Yeah, I did it, and it landed fine. Just a couple of drops of the TRB chorus into Seven Nation Army, but the first drop kinda recontextualises its second verse, if anyone was listening that closely! It comes just after 52 minutes in the recording of last night's set.
― mike t-diva, Saturday, 26 November 2022 13:09 (one year ago) link
I definitely used to pee in jugs when i DJed a lot. Longest I ever DJed was 9p- 4:30a or so— my last track was Closer Musik’s “Ride Me” to about seven couples essentially dry jumping on the dance floor. One of my finer moments tbh.
― Goose Bigelow, Fowl Gigolo (the table is the table), Saturday, 26 November 2022 20:43 (one year ago) link
Well, preparing tonight’s Christine McVie tribute mix was fun; Everywhere into Don’t Stop is a particularly satisfying transition.
― mike t-diva, Friday, 2 December 2022 21:21 (one year ago) link
last night was weirdly intense, i did well i think. part of it was i took a whole edible instead of half and was pretty high. another was that i had a few disparate groups that i was trying to please. and another is that i have an awkward relationship going on with the resident queen. it's a long story but the gist is that she asked to draw me, and me being naive and bored, sent her sexy videos. bad move, never shit where you eat. i had to tell her i wasn't interested in being flirty. she is petty, annoying and talentless lol and she's always pushing boundaries a little bit with me. i've been super polite so far. at the end of the night last night she was gabbing my ear off about how she appreciated that i played things that no one knew in between more popular tracks. it was veering into backhanded compliemt territory. i had to say, hon i don't mean to be rude but i'm dead tired and have to get up early tomorrow, but thank you!
i wish there was a good place i could go on about music i'm discovering and playing, i'll do it here i guess, have to mention something even though i gather most people itt would grimace if they heard this. i've always hated the black eyed peas have avoided playing any. but i got a request for them last night and i have a new one "pump it louder". it totally won me over, switched me 180*, wild and creative stuff, what a banger. i don't think you're supposed to be discovering music while you're djing generally speaking, but it was fun! it's amazing how much people pick up on your body language when you're playing something. if you're engaged with the track, people are so much more likely to engage with it. i'm someone who can't fake that, which is why i can't play stuff i don't feel in some way. but i'm stretching that a lot lately by expanding what am into.
― ꙮ (map), Friday, 9 December 2022 17:39 (one year ago) link
Our task tonight is to quell the teenage rampage, which has grown from a few people about six weeks ago, to a full scale invasion last week. From my point of view as a DJ, they’re enthusiastic and appreciative, but for everybody else they’re an annoyance which has started to deter some of the regulars. They’re all lads apart from one girl, half of them don’t buy drinks, some of them smuggle in their own drinks, I’m told they get up to God knows what in the toilets, and some are under age - the staff were completely caught out last week when about 20 of them entered at the same time. So this week, there will be ID checks on the door, which we’ve never had to do before, and my set is going to swing right back to the old school (tbh I’m sick of having to play Freed From Desire and Show Me Love every damn week). The best of them are welcome, but the worst of them can sod off to Spoons!
― mike t-diva, Friday, 9 December 2022 19:40 (one year ago) link
map, personally I’m all for talking about specific tracks on this thread; I find it interesting. Hearing you also on the effect of body language; after the warm-up, I rarely stand still and expressionless. It’s an act, but also it’s very much not an act.
― mike t-diva, Friday, 9 December 2022 19:57 (one year ago) link
cool mike, i also think it's interesting and want to hear others' thoughts on their favorites or notable "moments" etc.
good luck reigning in the little shits! lol
― ꙮ (map), Friday, 9 December 2022 21:32 (one year ago) link
Well, that was a bit more bloody like it! The little shits didn’t get past the notional velvet rope, and the people inside were massively up for it, in a way I’ve not had for a few weeks now. (I still had to play Freed From Desire though.)
― mike t-diva, Saturday, 10 December 2022 01:11 (one year ago) link
Oh, and I totally fucked up the One More Time/Insomnia transition that I’d been so proud of in rehearsal, but my fuck-up was kindly received, so hey.
― mike t-diva, Saturday, 10 December 2022 01:12 (one year ago) link
happy hour tonight was holiday-themed so i made a playlist of all Xmas/winter-y songs. tried to avoid the more obvious stuff you hear everywhere. the host told me that one of his guests thought i wasn’t playing enough holiday music. idk i’ll let you be the judge:Low - Little Drummer BoyNico - Frozen WarningsRyuichi Sakamoto - Merry Christmas Mr. LawrenceSaint Etienne - California Snow StoryClaire Hamill - Icicle RainSiouxsie & the Banshees - Il Est Né, Le Divin EnfantPaul Haig - Scottish Christmas Thick Pigeon - Jingle Bell RockSy Mann - Santa Claus Is Coming to TownTricia Marks - Christmas CalypsoLord Executor - Christmas Is a Joyful DayCelia Cruz - Jingle BellsRotary Connection - Christmas ChildAugust Darnell - Christmas on Riverside DriveBoney M - Mary’s Boy ChildUniversal Robot Band - Disco ChristmasDizzy Heights - Christmas Rappin’Hot & Sassy - Christmas StruttBilly Jackson - Have a Happy ChristmasElectric Jungle - Funky Funky ChristmasYoko Ono - Walking on Thin IceCristina - Things Fall ApartThe Cure - Let’s Go to BedMental as Anything - ApocalypsoCaptain Sensible - One Christmas CatalogueSally Shapiro - Anorak ChristmasSaint Etienne - I Was Born on Christmas DayLoleatta Brown - Christmas House (Dance With Mix)Sisterhood - The Rocking Disco Santa ClausFuture Shock - Santa Left Us Microchips for ChristmasCan - Silent NightThe Damned - There Ain’t No Sanity ClauseShonen Knife - Space ChristmasJan Terri - Rock n Roll SantaDarlene Love - Marshmallow WorldDean & Britta ft. Sonic Boom - He’s Coming HomeKate Bush - December Will Be Magic AgainCocteau Twins - Frosty the SnowmanBroadcast - Winter NowClaudine Longet - I Don’t Intend to Spend Christmas Without YouLaura Branigan - GloriaSandy Marton - Merry Merry Xmas and a Happy New YearWeather Girls - Dear Santa (Please Bring Me a Man for Xmas)Material with Nona Hendryx - It’s a HolidayPrince and the Revolution - Another Lonely ChristmasRufus Thomas - I’ll Be Your Santa BabyThe Bionic I - Disco ClausDavid Walker - Lucky ChristmasDolly Parton - Hard Candy ChristmasStevie Nicks - Silent NightYoko Ono - Listen, the Snow Is FallingGloria Lynne - On Christmas Day
― donna rouge, Friday, 16 December 2022 06:49 (one year ago) link
Super cool (winter pun intended.) I used to spin a happy hour like this where anything was fair game. Claudine Longet, Rufus Thomas, and The Damned in the same set is right up my alley.
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Friday, 16 December 2022 13:58 (one year ago) link
i like that playlist, i think you are going to have to interpret that guest's comments as meaning "you're not playing enough music i recognize and i don't care enough to pay attention to what you are actually playing", which is the sad reality of much dj'ing in my experience
― the late great, Friday, 16 December 2022 16:39 (one year ago) link
yeah, i'm pretty sure that's what they meant too. i'm kinda used to that by now lol. i did have a large swathe of xmas classics on hand in case anyone requested anything, but nobody did. probably could've thrown a "christmas wrapping" or the like in there, i guess.
i'm usually not so genre-promiscuous but i feel like playing a set with a unifying theme allows me to do that in a way i maybe otherwise wouldn't think to do. it was fun to play more song-y than track-y too, not as much fussing over matching/cues.
― donna rouge, Friday, 16 December 2022 17:34 (one year ago) link
i'm kinda used to that by now lol.
yep.
that sounds like a fun project and glad you enjoyed it. as for me i'm greatly relieved i don't have to do anything christmas-y this year.
last night i got a request for the white lotus theme song lol. i haven't even seen the show.
feel like many songs or artists 'hit' because people, most of whom are younger than me, are consuming media i'm just oblivious to. i don't watch any tv, it's not a brag, i just don't, other than train ride videos on youtube to calm my anxiety. i can see how doing so could make me a better dj at my bar but it's just not gonna happen. as of now there's end-of-year list stuff i need to comb through.
― ꙮ (map), Friday, 16 December 2022 22:01 (one year ago) link
that's like every youtube of a 20th century pop song ... "LIKE if [streaming tv show / video game loading screen / viral advertisement] brought you here"
― the late great, Friday, 16 December 2022 23:34 (one year ago) link
happy hour tonight was holiday-themed so i made a playlist of all Xmas/winter-y songs. tried to avoid the more obvious stuff you hear everywhere.
Love this playlist! Some of my favourite Christmas tunes and some that I don't know and will have to check out.
Claudine Longet - I Don’t Intend to Spend Christmas Without You
Have you heard the version by Margo Guryan? It doesn't have quite the same swinging arrangement (and accent) but I love it a lot.
Sandy Marton - Merry Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year
Once in my extremely brief DJ career I did a Christmas set and played this - after about a minute a woman came up and screamed at me "This is shit!". Is it the only Italo Christmas record?
― TWELVE Michelob stars?!? (seandalai), Saturday, 17 December 2022 20:47 (one year ago) link
another christmas offering for ye:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mom7usa42rs
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Saturday, 17 December 2022 21:34 (one year ago) link
I only have two other Italo Christmas songs:David Walker - Lucky ChristmasKey Band - Christmas Time
And there's Sally Shapiro - Anorak Christmas
― Siegbran, Saturday, 17 December 2022 21:39 (one year ago) link