I agree, if a record is good why stop playing it. I get more annoyed with DJs who only play the latest records (and there's a lot of them), even if there hasn't been any really good records coming out at that time. Good record is a good record no meter how old is it or how often you hear it.
Jernej www.soundoflj.com/octex > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 30. maj 2003 12:49 > To: Odeluga, Ken; Jim Bishop; 313@hyperreal.org > Subject: RE: (313) Mills and hawtin at movement (private replies) > > > I don't think it was suggested that he only has 30 records > but that he only plays about 30 records - this is obviously > untrue but I can see why Jim said it - he does have a > repertoire of standards that are constantly in his box, more > so than any other DJ. As I said yesterday, you are almost > guaranteed to hear Step To Enchantment, The Bells, Strings Of > Life, Alarms etc etc in every Mills set - the crux of this is > whether you think this is a good thing or not. IMO they are > all good records so fair play to him for playing them, though > he has failed to inspire on occasion in previous years > because it was getting a tad predictable - he has seemed to > have redeemed himself recently by surprising us with snippets > of disco, house and non-Detroit techno amongst his u > sual fare. > No-one ever criticised Frank Sinatra for singing the same old > standards over and over again cos that's what people wanted > to hear, and it is the same with Mills to a certain degree - > people still whoop and cheer whenever The Bells is played, so > why should he stop playing those old chestnuts?
