a question for people who aren't djs, but sometimes listen to music as if they were

let me answer 2) before 1). there's a dj collective thing here that's kind of our answer to (what i imagine is the scene in) williamsburg, ie. lots of dfa stuff, some electroclash hangovers, daft punk, maybe a streets track if yr lucky. but it's pretty antiseptically white, so zero rap (except very occassionally in bootleg/mashup form), no dancehall etc. i think i could successfully pander to the hipsters while introducing some dancehall/booty-ish bass /crunk lite/straight up huge electro-house into the mix.
not in actual order of play:

1) teddybears shtlm - cobrastyle
2) kelis - trick me (tiefschwarz mix)
3) this track from 'favela on blast' that's killing me
4) ada - maps
5) the knife - heartbeats (rex the dog mix, obv)
6) cassius feat ghostface - thrilla
7) 2raumwohnung - spiel mit (alter ego mix)
8) diplo riddim ft vybz kartel
9) ludacris - roll out (dylan remix)
10) federation - hyphy
11) dizzee - stand up tall
12) archigram - padre

Mitch's list is fantastic and kind of mirrors mine in a few ways. Anyway, right now I'd go for:

Seenluft - Manila (Ewan Pearson mix)
Alter Ego - Rocker
Vitalic - Candy
Mylo - Drop The Pressure (Erol Alkan edit)
Depeche Mode - Photographic (Rex The Dog mix)
Tiefschwarz - Ghosttrack (Black Strobe mix)
Black Strobe - The Abewehr Disco
Rex The Dog - Frequency
Orbital - You Lot
Hystereo - Winters In The City
Junior Jack - Stupiddisco
Ada - Maps

My ideal demographic would be my friends, mostly off their tits.

(also one more general question: i often get my greatest pleasure out of music when i imagine listening to/playing it in a social setting, though this is actually a pretty rare occurance for me. and since i've never been a clubber proper or gone to a 'rave qua rave', it can't be pegged down to the lasting aftereffects of an ex-lifestyle. i'm wondering how many other people feel this way (i imagine those who most closely mirror my listening approach actually do or did participate in some dance 'scene' at one time, but maybe i'm wrong).

there's a rex the dog mix of heartbeats? where the fuck have i been!

i'm pretty sure even the pinefox knows about it by now

zing.

you can handle a few zings, what with infinite glory that your ears are about to behold when your download completes (i assume you've queued it up)

I just downloaded the remix by 'Rex The Dog'.

I find it a little repetitive and mechanical, but I suppose that is the point?

Mitch, I liked it when you said 'antiseptically white'.

Surely playlists are not imaginary but rather, by definition, suggestions of events past or present?

i'll just post my last mix
target audience: me?

01. scapeone - symphantic
02. pan/tone - fantastique fantazy pants
03. frank martiniq - citizens band
04. ali khan - peace.
05. kylie - i believe in you
06. dead texan - glen's goo
07. egoexpress - weiter
08. utada - devil inside (visson remix)
09. rei harakami - the backstroke
10. sabi - matmilk

(ps. it's really good obv. not feeling the cassius tho.)

haha that was beautiful, mark.

the cassius grew on me over the period of about a year. there's a (curious) streets remix of the track, btw.

Playlist: "Flux = Rad"
Target Audience: Indie Rockers

01. Recovery Kit - The Fall
02. Someone Has His Fingers Broken - Black Eyes
03. The One You Don't Want - Hominid
04. Sleep Over It - Controller.Controller
05. A.M. 180 - Grandaddy
06. Invisible Drugs - The Comas
07. Flux = Rad - Pavement
08. Black History Month - Death From Above
09. Other Voices - The Cure
10. Natural's Not In It - Gang of Four
11. Out Of The Races And Onto The Tracks - The Rapture
12. Voices Inside My Head - The Police
13. Heart & Soul - Big Country
14. I Want More - Can
15. Wipe That Sound - Mouse On Mars
16. God Killed The Queen - Louis XIV
17. I Predict A Riot - Kaiser Chiefs
18. Helicopter - Bloc Party
19. Give it Up - LCD Soundsystem
20. The Rat - The Walkmen

add in lfo vs dizzee - 'freak up look sharp', the only really hot bootleg i've heard in at least a year.