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[alexsarll]

SET ME ON FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRE!
I think the headline slot at Fabric may be postponed, then.
I didn't take it too harshly because as a rule, the person who starts dancing in the first hour oblivious to the risk of looking like a prat is me, so if I'm behind the decks for the first hours, that's obviously not going to work, is it?
And at least no one actively objected.
The quality of mixing, though, was pisspoor. Especially when I pressed eject on the CD that was actually playing.
Still, enjoyed most of the night - although I was very disappointed that Nicky did not play to her newfound public image by setting fire to the man in the beige jacket. Even after I asked her nicely.
Angel and Sara are rather good DJs, aren't they? So thanks to them, my other peers and the hosts. And to Anya for today's best line: "oooo, Stella hangover - I want to beat my wife!"

Comments

[tintintin.livejournal.com]

Big Black++

[tintintin.livejournal.com]

Nah, you want something by Rapeman if you wanna fill the floor! ;)

Or maybe Brick Layer Cake.

[barrysarll.livejournal.com]

What was the post inbetween?
I've only actually heard one track by Rapeman. Entertaining, but no Big Black.
Perhaps I should have played Jordan instead?

pressed eject on the CD that was actually playing

[sexbat.livejournal.com]

That's nothing

I turned off the power to the PA once by accident when someone else was DJing ....

Oh and SP can attest to the fact that I once played some dreary grunge rock track at the wrong speed but didn't even notice

'I once played some dreary grunge rock track at the wrong speed but didn't even notice'

[peacockpunk.livejournal.com]

This will be of no use to anyone, but you've just reminded me of the time I played 'Jessie' by Paw (you know the one - "Jessie your a dog, such a good dog" or some such cal. Yes it's a rotten tune) at a slower speed and greatly improved it's quality.

'World' by the Bee Gees sound good with a 33rpm verse and 45rpm chorus.

I'm not a DJ, I just have too much time on my hands.

Re: 'I once played some dreary grunge rock track at the wrong speed but didn't even notice'

[electrodeserter.livejournal.com]

Manitoba's "If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport" is dull as ditchwater on the recommended 45 setting, but at 33 it sounds downright superb. I think there was a whole album compiled at some point of songs which were improved by playing at the wrong speed, I'd love to track down a copy.

That's still nothing...

[thermaland.livejournal.com]

From the Guardian's IT section:

Shattered

After an hour of working with a CD using a program that was constantly reading the disc, a bit of plastic flew past my ear and landed eight feet away. I found the CD had shattered into about 15 pieces, jamming the drive and writing it off.
David Herbert

Jack Schofield replies: CDs are known to shatter, and with a 48x CD spinning at about 9,600rmp, a bit of plastic could be ejected at up to 200mph. This has been of particular concern in the education market. Viglen has published a safety statement that says: "It is important to understand that the problem will only occur when a defective CD is used in the CD-Rom drive" ( www.viglen.co.uk/Framed/CD-ROM_Safety_Statement.asp ). I assume this includes cases where the defect is invisible to the naked eye, but you should certainly avoid using CDs with known defects. When it comes to buying a replacement, bear in mind that for a single user, there is little practical advantage in having anything faster than a 32x drive, and slot-loading systems (as fitted to Macs) should be safer.


At HQ Club, the power used to go off and the emergency lights on everytime somebody leant on the fire escape door, i.e. 4-5 times per night.

[electrodeserter.livejournal.com]

Every week, someone at Emerge is guaranteed to do the eject-the-wrong-CD trick at least once. Always good for a giggle, especially the sinking feeling when you work out what's happened, and especially when you have nothing ready lined up to fill the silence. The worst thing, though, is when you've not done your preparation properly and you get caught short when a song ends with a huge amount of nonsense, speech or other non-danceable noises, so that the 2 minutes you thought you had from the CD player or the length of the track on the record don't in fact exist and you get into a mad scramble to find something, anything, to play next... Ah, happy times.