Polyday DJing & general update

[juliet]

I DJed at Polyday a couple of weeks ago, & much fun it was too. (Sadly didn't make the daytime bit, but it sounds like it all went splendidly).


Setlist (the brief was "Popular alternative from the last 40 years"):

The Breeders - Divine Hammer
Strawberry Switchblade - Since Yesterday
The Jam - That's Entertainment
James - Laid
The Buzzcocks - Orgasm Addict
Arctic Monkeys - Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
Pixies - Debaser
No Doubt - Just A Girl
The Smiths - Panic
The Primitives - Crash
Elvis Costello - Oliver's Army
Franz Ferdinand - Dark Of The Matinee
Ian Dury - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
Transvision Vamp - Baby I Don't Care
The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
Bloodhound Gang - The Bad Touch
The Clash - London Calling
Pulp - Do You Remember The First Time?
The KLF - 3am Eternal

(thanks to d_floorlandmine for transcribing the setlist, which I totally forgot to do due to an unexpected 'quantity of wine consumed' incident...).

Most effective floorfiller: Baby I Don't Care (it is indeed a fantastic song). Though there was dancing throughout (hurrah).

In other DJ news, saw Phil Hartnoll (aka The Nice Norbital Man) at Seed Records' Soviet II thing last weekend. He is a better DJ than what I am, & also plays bleepy things & not things with guitars etc. Brilliant set, & he played a handful of Orbital tracks (inc Chime, which caused much in the Happy Grin line) & Dr Who. And put on his shiny torch headgear for the Orbital tracks! I was knackered & rubbish & headed home after he finished at 2; dogrando, marnameow, bluedevi, & uon stayed rather later & confirmed that it all continued most enjoyable. Also encountered mouseboks which is always a good thing.

Other than that, I have finished the jumper I've been knitting & it seems to have come out rather well (substituted Rowan Calmer, in a nice mid-blue, for wool as it's the only vegan yarn I could think of with decent resilience for the cabling to work. Had to go up a couple of needle sizes & knit a size up, but it's worked fine). And I have been being Tired.

Not at Whitby this time; currently in fact I am sat on the sofa surrounded by rats (Rowan is climbing on the keyboard & says hello). Poppy has had op for an abcess & it hasn't removed it altogether :-/ any thumbs available for crossing for her further recovery welcome. Poor ratgirl is currently spending her days in the hospital cage, which is v boring for her.

Now: bedtime. Bloody knackered.

I have Plans for this weekend; some of them involve actually taking my lovelynewbike for a proper ride. If the weather's anything like, anyway.

Comments

[fluffymormegil.livejournal.com]

Looks like a fantastic set! Alas, I was wiped out by 8pm and missed the disco.

[beingjdc.livejournal.com]

Hurrah, old school indie. Chase that evil bleepy music away!

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

The problem with BIDC is that it has a fantastic "must get to dance floor" start but it goes on forever.

The problem with Divine Hammer is nothing, ever. What a fantastic song.

[some-fox.livejournal.com]

Fantastic setlist. Brings back happy memories.

Jumper looks gorgeous too :-)

[ghoti.livejournal.com]

I've used cotton chenille for cabling in the past; bought at http://www.texere.co.uk.

[juliet]

Thanks! I've bought stuff from them in the past; will consider this if another cabling project strikes me :-)

[mrs-leroy-brown.livejournal.com]

yay for jumper, nindie and bike, and lotsa love to poor little popsters.
xx

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I still haven't done the finishing on my jumper because I am Rubbage. But yay for finishing jumpers in time for the winter!

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

nice subliminal S3X theme running through that set, there ;)

[juliet]

Yeah, I noticed that towards the end of the set myself; it wasn't consciously intentional! ;-)

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

CALLING DR FREUD!!!!! ;)

[sbp.livejournal.com]

There's pop songs that aren't about s3x?

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

well there are some that are MORE about s3x than others ;)

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[catsgomiaow.livejournal.com]

Little Poppy-Pops! :( Pls give her snuggles from me. I shall attempt to source some cucumber.

[thekumquat.livejournal.com]

Excellent, I was going to ask for the setlist as I really liked it but only recognised about 4 songs (my musical ignorance!)

[thekumquat.livejournal.com]

Also what time is the concert in Smith Sq next Friday? I'll be coming back from Istanbul that afternoon so wouldn't be able to get there until at least 7.30, probably 8. Happy to pay for the ticket in any case, of course.

[juliet]

7.30. I could try to find someone else for the ticket? I've got another spare as well (kitty_goth can't make it). Or you could see if you make it in time. If it was The Planets you were more up for, I think that's last (i.e. after the interval) so if you wanted you would be able to make that.

[thekumquat.livejournal.com]

Do you want to see if you can get someone else, and email me?

[booklectica]

It was a fantastic set. I spent much of it cursing the fact that I'd just eaten loads of food and couldn't dance. Particularly when Crash came on. Thanks for judging the feel of the event so accurately!

[ludy]

yay! for jumper finishing (i'm half way through the hood for the short-sleeve seemless jumper i was working on during polyday so it's very nearly done)