POP# in more than one sense – this is the Crimes Against Pop set Kirk and myself played last weekend, mixed in with some of our other choices and the rough (well +20%!) 1 hour set we’d planned. * indicates tracks we played at CAP.
Kylie Minogue – Your Disco Needs You (Casino Radio & Club Mix)*
Scissor Sisters – Any Which Way
Kelis – Acapella
Fenech-Soler – Lies (Alex Metric Remix)
Vampire Weekend – Holiday*
Dandy Warhols – Every day should be a holiday
Black Kids – I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You*
David Bowie – Rebel Rebel*
MGMT – Time to Pretend*
Junior Senior – Move Your Feet*
FPI Project – Going Back To My Roots
Dolly Parton – 9 To 5*
Marilyn Monroe – I wanna be loved by you [interval]
Power Station – Some Like It Hot
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – (Love Is Like A) Heatwave
Little Boots – New In Town (Radio Edit)
De La Soul – A Roller Skating Jam Named “Saturdays”
Noisettes – Wild Young Hearts
Phoenix – Lisztomania
Adam & the Ants – “Antmusic”
Blur – Song 2*
Placebo – Nancy Boy
The Breeders – Cannonball*
Kenickie – Punka
DJ Lobsterdust – Knock Out Eileen (L L Cool J vs. Dexy’s Midnight Runners)
Saint Etienne – Stoned To Say The Least (Richard X Remix)
RANT starts now:
# This was a nightmare of a podcast – from a POPping soundcard – now have a shiny Native Instruments Audio 4 DJ which although not POP-less is far better sounding than my old troublesome firewire M-Audio Audiophile….still got nasty digital hum though. I then re-recorded the whole set – only to have my laptop crash and the whole Hi-MD disc to corrupt on final transfer, losing the lot (Sony’s stupid DRM and encryption is the reason why; no wonder MD as a format bombed – here is an explanation why by the wonderful Quiet American, who I know from modulator days – hi!) so when I upgrade I’m going solid state memory card recorder I think.
Love MiniDisc and it’s highly tolerant auto gain recording, hate it’s stupid DRM…
It went really well – slightly odd crowd though, one that wanted rock and responded well to metal (?) but everything had to be HITS! HITS! HITS! and nothing even slightly unknown – not even indie classics…they ended an hour early since a few people got way too shitfaced and had to be wheeled out – Pride?
Overall a much more pop set than I usually play – partly cos the crowd was schizoid, even the CAP fulltime DJs were saying that, I couldn’t risk anything too not really well known although I did once with the Jesus and Mary Chain which Kirk wanted, it bombed (although the people working there loved it!)…but they didn’t even like Bowie’s Rebel Rebel that much. Odd. Hence the more rocky/indie set, not my usual comfort zone but hey…and very glad that Kirk convinced me to take the Junior/Senior as it ended up the suprise best reaction track along with Song2, Holiday and 9 to 5 which I knew would go down well.
But we ended up with more people dancing than I started with, so overall a success!
Ended up a 30 mins set – rough order:
Kylie – Your Disco Needs You (Casino radio mix)*
Black Kids – I’m Not Going To Teach My Boyfriend To Dance With You
Blur – Song 2**
Breeders – Cannonball
Vampire Weekend – Holiday**
Jesus and Mary Chain – Far Gone and Out
MGMT – Time to Pretend**
Bowie – Rebel Rebel
Junior/Senior – Move Your Feet
Dolly Parton – 9 to 5**
* my one of two concessions to Pride, was going to go into I Am What I Am – Gloria Gaynor for pure DISCO GAYness but schizo crowd said no to this – in fact a rainbow-badged Parader came up and asked for something ‘happy’ after this song. Eh? Got requests for Erasure too as well as Bob Marley, Courteeners (!) and a Prof Green song – none of these I had – nor probably would play.
** They loved this, sang along or went mad. Was going to end on Marilyn Monroe’s I Want To Make Love To You – Kirk’s brilliant idea, I think that would go down a bomb at say Duckie or Marvellous – but decided the crowd would not have gotten it.
Was also going to play Kelis – Acapella but it got played before by a previous DJ, also didn’t play a mashup I was planning to nor De La Soul’s Roller Skating Jam. Was thinking about a De La Soul – Ring Ring A Hey Hey > Lady Gaga – Telephone but again the latter got played before.
Might do a podcast of the played and unplayed tracks…
Just a quick note that myself and Kirk (his DJ debut) are DJing tag-team/A-Team style (including the breaking out of a high security prison most likely) set at one of my favourite clubs in the world ‘Crimes Against Pop’ this Saturday 3rd July which is a great honour.
Not sure yet what time we are on, so arrive early as it starts at 10pm at the Buffalo Bar – right next to Highbury & Islington station so there is no excuse! Well be spinning an eclectic set of pop, indie, disco and house tunes (with of course the emphasis on POP!), with some camp slightly-faded-yet-fun grandeur thrown in as it is also Pride!
Me at CAP in March – I promise to be more sober than this when we DJ…well at least Kirk will be cos he can’t drink that night..haha!
About to head off to the wilds of Surbiton to see John, probably be online in one way or t’other but y’all have a Happy Scroogemas and Bah Humbug New Year! Happy HanuKwanzaWinterDrinkymas!
So to celebrate my commiserations of the season, here is my Bah Humbug exclusive compilation I gave out to people who came to the 2nd Radio Clash night in 2005 (also called Bah Humbug!) – was that 4 years ago? Wow. I’m uploading this because I met up with Kirk last night and he said he still listens to it every Xmas while wrapping presents, so it definitely gets the Coverley Classic ™.
Also reuploaded the Bah Humbug mix also from 2005, you’ll get a bit of deja vu from this but it’s an expanded version of this compilation – but in lower quality to get the filesize…and it’s mixed!
01. Wayne Butane / Xmas (Excerpt)
02. Sparks / Thank God It’s Not Christmas
03. Bob Rivers / Chipmunks Roasting On An Open Fire
04. The Chipmunks / Xmas with the Devil
05. A plus D / Give Da Jew Girl Toys (Dirty)
06. Princess Superstar / I Hope I Sell a Lot of Records at Christmastime
07. Culturcide / They Aren’t The World
08. Cassetteboy / Up the Chimney
09. Mae West / Put The Loot In The Boot, Santa
10. Culturcide / Santa Claus Was My Lover
11. Vandals / Christmas Time for my Penis
12. Cassetteboy / Happy Cliffmas
13. Vim / When a Child is Bored
14. Little Marcy / Suzy Snowflake
15. Tiny Tim / Santa Claus Has Got the Aids
16. dj BC / Turbo Sleigh Ride
17. The Fall / Jingle Bell Rock
18. Bob Rivers / Wreck the Malls
19. Mr. T Experience / Merry Fucking Christmas
20. Voicedude / Carol Of The Burgers
21. Peter & The Test Tube Babies / I’m Getting Pissed For Christmas
22. Dwarves / Drinking Up Christmas
23. Showcase Showdown / Merry Christmas I Fucked Your Snowman
24. JIROB v Paul McCartney / Pipes of Peace (gentle remix)
25. Adam Sky / Shakin’ and a Bakin’
26. Shitmat / Dis Dancehall Ting Is Better Than That T.V. Ting Tony
27. Rx / Happy RxMas & a Whole Lotta Love
28. TBC Poundsystem / Don’t Lose my Funky Sledge
Kirk and Spock gay slash vid? Check.
Indie cool via Shatner’s cover of Pulp, probably the best cover in the 00s? Check.
Nostalgic Star Trek cartoon with funny implied shots of drinking, screwing and drug use? Check.
Is this the best video that boldy goes where no others do on YouTube? Most probably.
