OK, I know there's already a separate thread for Stay Beautiful (and maybe BSL?), but I propose a special thread for posting our one-off/guest DJing activities, so that the board doesn't get overloaded with self-promoting spam (of which I am probably more guilty than anyone). Even if nobody else joins in this thread, it's probably a good idea to enforce a bit of discipline on myself...

Right, to set the ball rolling:

Attention BRIGHTON people: Simon at Da Doo Ron Ron on Fri 25th April!

I've been living here by the seaside since September, so it's about bloody time that I took the plunge into the Brighton club scene.

I'm honoured that my debut* is to be at DA DOO RON RON ( http://www.dadooronronclub.com / http://www.myspace.com/dadooronron60sgirlgroups ), the absolutely brilliant Sixties girl group/femme-pop night, at KOMEDIA on Gardner St on FRIDAY 25th APRIL (it runs from 11pm-3am). I'll be spinning a vinyl-only set between 12.30 and 1.30, and you can expect to hear the likes of Dusty, Nancy, Sandie, Supremes, Ronettes, Vandellas, Chiffons, Lulu, plus a few juicy surprises.

I've been to DDRR once before and it's just the most joyous fun, I tell you. I'd love it if you could get your white boots on, beehive your hair, come along and show me some support!

I've been told I can have a CHEAPO £4 GUEST LIST (as opposed to the usual price of £6), so if you hit me back in time with your name(s), I'm sure we can sort that out.



*OK, I actually DJed at the Zap club way back in 1996 on the Romo tour, but that doesn't count.

So, do chicks, like, erm, dig DJs?

Are you thinking of having a go on the ol' wheels of steel then imp?

Da Doo Ron Ron is a brilliant, brilliant club. It's impossible not to have fun there.

I reckon I could try.

imp wrote:

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So, do chicks, like, erm, dig DJs?

Oh, the stories I wish I had to tell.

Event: Da Doo Ron Ron
Venue: Komedia, Brighton
Date: Friday 25th April, 2008

Wow, that was fun. It’s fair to say that my Brighton DJing debut at the awesome Da Doo Ron Ron was a resounding success: I kept the floor filled with Sixties chicks and mod boys dancing enthusiastically throughout with my strictly vinyl-only selection (even if they were a bit bemused by the fizzy drink commercial, the French Eurovision winner, and the hippy mystic jazz number), and I got so over-excited I started doing spins, finger-pointing, testifying and brandishing my leopard-pattern hand-fan along with the tunes. And, if I do say so myself, what tunes they were. In fact, with the addition of 20 minutes’ worth from my spares list, it’ll make one killer CDR when I get around to it. As I cued up my final tune by top wifebeating duo the Turners, the lifting lever on the left-hand Technics deck broke off in my hand. I wasn’t being rough with it, honest. It was the power of SOUL. Here’s what I played…

The Supremes - “Things Go Better With Coke”
Martha Reeves And The Vandellas - “(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave”
The Ikettes - “Peaches And Cream”
Maxine Nightingale - “Right Back Where We Started From”
Etta James - “Tell Mama”
Dusty Springfield - “Stay Awhile”
Sandie Shaw - “Long Live Love”
Julie Driscoll & Brian Auger Trinity - “This Wheel’s On Fire”
Gloria Jones - “Tainted Love”
France Gall - “Poupee De Cire, Poupee De Son”
Nancy Sinatra - “These Boots Are Made For Walking”
Lulu - “The Boat That I Row”
Betty Everett - “It’s In His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song)”
The Velvelettes - “Needle In A Haystack”
Millie - “My Boy Lollipop”
The Shangri-Las - “Give Him A Great Big Kiss”
Fontella Bass - “Rescue Me”
The Toys - “A Lover’s Concerto”
Shocking Blue - “Send Me A Postcard”
The Crystals - “He’s A Rebel”
The Supremes - “Stoned Love”
Dusty Springfield - “I Only Want To Be With You”
Limmie & Family Cookin’ - “You Can Do Magic”
Ike & Tina Turner - “River Deep, Mountain High”

That's a lovely setlist, SR. Gonna toss one up on the Care and Share thread for you.

I'm part of the NOISE* collective (we do occasional overviews of a genre/record label) which is doing this next Saturday...



I shall play everything from Vangelis to Heaven 17 via Bruce Haack.

Unfortunately, I have to get a coach at 7.50 the next morning in order to get to Molineux in time.

Excellent news that Steve has a book coming out. He was talking about that a few years ago.

FH, if you or whoever's running it want to PM me some further details about your fest, I'll toss up some info on the Lion.

They didn't like/know Poupee De Cire, Poupee De Son? Pah.

(Mind you, Maxine Nightingale? Ugh! <makes sign of cross with fingers>)

Hah, I just received a bit of anonymous no-reply hatemail from someone who said my set list was a "joke" and any "proper mod" would laugh at it, and I'd probably get "twatted" at a scooterist rally. (You know, as if I was doing it for people like them.)

What have mods got to do with anything?