Meanwhile, in the Islamic/Socialist Republic/Caliphate of Bethnal Green...

[alexsarll]

LOVE YOUR ENEMIES
Confess your sins to Fr. Jamie Manners, Fr. Johnny Valentine & Bishop Sarll at an evening of eclectic, non-conformist pop music. Special guest: DAVID SHAH (Luxembourg).
OUR DJs ARE BANNED FROM PLAYING ANY OF THE FOLLOWING ‘ARTISTS’. Art Brut, Beastie Boys, Bloc Party, British Sea Power, The Fall, Futureheads, Gang Of Four, Graham Coxon, Jeff Buckley, Kenickie, Killers, Ladytron, Le Tigre, Libertines, Nick Cave, Others, Pixies, Primal Scream, Razorlight, Rolling Stones, Sonic Youth, Stone Roses, Strokes, The Tears, Velvet U’ground, White Stripes
Sunday 5 June at The Pleasure Unit, 359 Bethnal Green Road (Bethnal Green Tube), 7pm-12pm. Admission free, indulgences available on request.

I'm on second, from 8.15 to 9.30. Before then, I shall be at Stay Beautiful tonight (I'm most intrigued by what I've heard regarding Do Me Bad Things). And at some point I shall be seeing Sin City, so apologies in advance if my dialogue goes terribly non-naturalistic as a result and I try to DJ in a noir fashion.

Comments

[suicideally.livejournal.com]

What in particular do you have against said "artists"?

[johnnyvertigen.livejournal.com]

For starters they're already overplayed to death in clubs.

cappuccino_kid made the flyer, I'm just following orders...

[barrysarll.livejournal.com]

Half of them are good, but a bit ubiquitous - there's simply no point in us playing the Killers when anyone who wants to hear them can go to a standard indie night, SB, or even B Movie!
Others are equally ubiquitous, and utter toss to boot.
And at least three have been played at LYE before (two of them by me).

[p-dan-tic.livejournal.com]

would you play "what do you want form me" by monaco if I requested it?

[barrysarll.livejournal.com]

Congratulations, you have actually requested something I own on CD and might conceivably play!
I knew it had to happen eventually.

[publicansdecoy.livejournal.com]

I though you lot liked The Fall. And Gang of Four.

-x-

[barrysarll.livejournal.com]

As stated above, there are plenty of bands on that list that I do like - it's just that they're overplayed.
The Fall, however, are not one of them. If I want to hear a Northern drunk shouting incoherently over a racket, I'll hang around Sheffield bus station.
And 'I Love A Man In Uniform' aside, Gang of Four are just Franz Ferdinand minus the fun.

[p-dan-tic.livejournal.com]

when I was breaking
I was living in fall
I was having a fall
and listing to the fall

earwormed with ella guru *heart*

[exliontamer.livejournal.com]

I agree with the idea of not using overplayed artists, but surely a bit of 'Love Like Anthrax' never hurt anyone?

xxx

[666inmyheart.livejournal.com]

Is it actually possible to play a Jeff Buckley song at a nightclub?

xx

[barrysarll.livejournal.com]

There are a couple I've heard early in evenings - the more upbeat ones from Grace.

[p-dan-tic.livejournal.com]

well he *did* record the first (and posibly only) drugstore cover

[exliontamer.livejournal.com]

I'd love to see someone dancing to 'So Real'.

xxx

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

which ones are do me bad things again? if they are the ones i think they are, they are beyond appalling...

[atommickbrane.livejournal.com]

There's a squillion of them and yes, they ARE.

[barrysarll.livejournal.com]

They're a nine-piece (nonet?) beloved of friends of mine whose tastes otherwise have no points in common.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I love the idea of a banned list instead of a band list. I would nick it but it would probably be all the same bands.

[atommickbrane.livejournal.com]

I think it should go further and include Smiths, St Etienne but my hardline policy would end up in just playing a 55min long sine wave if I pursued it to it's illogical means :)

[diamond-geyser.livejournal.com]

Pah, it occurs to me - now I actually concentrate on the luring words you & yr cohorts have written - that your DJ is merely a representative of Luxembourg, and not the King of. Pesky Johnny-teachings/brain.

I look forward to further confusion where I drunkenly take it on myself Sunday to yell about certain record-spinners not even dressing like a principality.

[johnnyvertigen.livejournal.com]

I'd love to get Simon Fisher Turner to DJ, preferably with a Jonathan King themed flyer.

[capitalflash.livejournal.com]

pulp aren't on the list. glad to see some things are still sacred.

i'm getting way too excited about do me bad things playing tonight.

[barrysarll.livejournal.com]

I think they're the only artist I've played every time, so having them on there would just be daft.

[alexdecampi.livejournal.com]

New objective for weekend: get shit done, then come to LYE. Hurrah. I can't be arsed to comment on what you play. Surprise and delight me.

[barrysarll.livejournal.com]

Dammit, that's so much harder to live up to than people falling for the provocation tactics!

[rentaghost31.livejournal.com]

do me bad things are ACE