late reply to a long thread...
1. boys that make the universal symbol for scratching (palms down, both
hands moving back and forth), then explain that you are not a dj unless you
scratch. especially annoying while playing basic channel, kdj, ron trent,
disco, etc.
2. "are those your boyfriend's
Oh dear, why do these dumb people always have to be girls?
;(
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>From: MM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: Jernej Marusic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: (313) Best lines to the DJ
>Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 12:47 AM
>
> i was playing a club one time mostly techn
quot;Rob Theakston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <313@hyperreal.org>
>Subject: RE: (313) Best lines to the DJ
>Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 11:18 PM
>
>
> I was DJing with Clark Warner and we were supposed to be doing a
> downtempo tag team set, and both of us had been lookin
Bad German trance.
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>From: "Odeluga, Ken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Jonny McIntosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'313'"
<313@hyperreal.org>
>Subject: RE: (313) Best lines to the DJ
>Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 11:06 PM
&g
> I haven't seen this for years, but some DJs would tape over
> the record labels to stop the constant trainspotting (and
This reminds me of an interview with the late Jam Master Jay years ago which
went something along the lines of:
JMJ: back in the day we used to take breaks from old rock reco
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED], 313 <313@hyperreal.org>
> Subject: RE: (313) Best lines to the DJ
>
> I always yell at the light guys..."Less light, more smoke!!!"
>
> On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Langsman, Marc wrote:
>
> >
> > > Yep- I used that
>Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 12:48:02 -0700 To: <313@hyperreal.org> Subject: Re: (313) Best lines to the DJ > I haven't seen this for years, but some DJs would tape over > the record labels to stop the constant trainspotting (and > sometimes set stealing) that was going on
I always yell at the light guys..."Less light, more smoke!!!"
On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Langsman, Marc wrote:
>
> > Yep- I used that one at the Sub Club recently and passed the punter
> > over to the guy who was doing the lights- worked a treat
>
> Why don't light jocks get the same abuse that what I
]
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 3:45 PM
To: 313
Subject: Re: (313) Best lines to the DJ
Fred Heutte wrote on Wed, 16 Jul 2003 about following:
> I haven't seen this for years, but some DJs would tape over
> the record labels to stop the constant trainspotting (and
oh boy i remember this,
Fred Heutte wrote on Wed, 16 Jul 2003 about following:
> I haven't seen this for years, but some DJs would tape over
> the record labels to stop the constant trainspotting (and
oh boy i remember this, quite lame. although i've actually ripped off
labels from 2 records.. MANY years ago. some dj's
Quote: "I might have seen that 1995 incident with Jon Williams.
Over the years, I've seen several turntable-divers. This may
be more of a west coast thing, because we have always
favored putting the turntables on the floor with the crowd
rather than in a booth or up on a stage. Most people are
v
I haven't seen this for years, but some DJs would tape over the record
labels to stop the constant trainspotting (and sometimes set stealing)
that was going on when this scene was really breaking out in a big way.
They actually used to sell little plastic record label covers which could
be
e for some beats to come in.
The
> > > weirdest gig I had was playing at new years party of Slovenian
> > > ministry of culture. I got all weird kind of requests. The funniest
> > > one was a girl that came to me and asked me if I could play
something
> > > more
I might have seen that 1995 incident with Jon Williams.
Over the years, I've seen several turntable-divers. This may
be more of a west coast thing, because we have always
favored putting the turntables on the floor with the crowd
rather than in a booth or up on a stage. Most people are
very good
>
> > Yep- I used that one at the Sub Club recently and passed the punter
> > over to the guy who was doing the lights- worked a treat
>
> Why don't light jocks get the same abuse that what I want to know...
> "Have you got any lime green ?" / "its my mates birthday - can we request
> some stro
HAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAH
rock
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To: "::P" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <313@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 2:39 PM
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To: <313@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 11:29 AM
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> this one time, I was DJing and this girl was like "play some slayer"
>
> I immediat
this one time, I was DJing and this girl was like "play some slayer"
I immediately left and nuked the entire planet from orbit.
This one time at band camp...
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From: ryan burns [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 1:05 PM
To: 313@hyperreal.org
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another funny event was at this club called Gabes in Iowa City. this guy
kept bugging the dj
313 Mailing List" <313@hyperreal.org>
Subject: Re: (313) Best lines to the DJ
Date: 16 Jul 2003 17:20 GMT
The funniest question I ever heard was from a guy asking a friend of mine
at a Drum 'n' Bass party where my friend spinned some nice old school
breakz if he can p
have been complaining ;)
> >
> > Peace,
> > marc
> >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 3:48 PM
> > > To: Jernej Marusic
> > > Cc: '
my all-time fav is "are you the DJ?" - OK, meanwhile I have headphones
on, am surrounded by turntables & rekkids, CDs & players, etc. whilst
using the mixer. once I answered "no" just to make the person go away.
runner up would have to be "I'll have a Bud & two Coronas" (or other
drinks) - bee
> On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 02:27:45PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I heard some electronic rmx of a black sabbath song forget wha it is, sweet
> leaf maybe?
> >
>
> The Butthole Surfers have a track called Sweet Loaf that was based on a
> Black Sabbath song i believe. The intro ("Daddy?",
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> Subject: Re: (313) Best lines to the DJ
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>
> yea that is almost as good as the time when we had our friend
> jon williams (organised noise) play here in like 95...he was
> just banging the hell o
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> > DeSantis'; '313'
> > Subject: Re: (313) Best lines to the DJ
> >
> >
> > i was playing a club one time mostly techno, and this girl
> > came up to me, a
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> Cc: 'Robert Taylor'; 'Martin'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; 'Dennis
> DeSantis'; '313'
> Subject: Re: (313) Best lines to the DJ
>
>
> i was playing a club one time mostly techno, and this girl
> came up to me, and to
Jernej
> www.soundoflj.com/octex
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Robert Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: 16. julij 2003 12:07
> > To: Martin; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Dennis DeSantis
> > Cc: 313
> > Subject: RE: (313) Best lines to the DJ
>
On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 02:27:45PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I heard some electronic rmx of a black sabbath song forget wha it is, sweet
> leaf maybe?
>
The Butthole Surfers have a track called Sweet Loaf that was based on a
Black Sabbath song i believe. The intro ("Daddy?", "Yes, son",
hyperreal.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 11:37 AM
Subject: RE: (313) Best lines to the DJ
>
> >
> >
> >I heard some electronic rmx of a black sabbath song forget wha it is,
> >sweet leaf maybe?
>
> Somebody played (I think it was) a live version
I heard some electronic rmx of a black sabbath song forget wha it is,
sweet leaf maybe?
Somebody played (I think it was) a live version of "War Pigs" at Movement -
was it Ayro? Can't recall.
jeff
one time i was playing at a club and everyone was dancing, this kid came up
to me and asked "can you play something i can dance to" so i gave him
the finger and told him to [EMAIL PROTECTED] OFF. i dont have any tolerance for that.
the funny thing is i was playing a Ron Trent/Chez Damie
> Robert Taylor wrote on Wed, 16 Jul 2003 about following:
>
> > "Play some Meatloaf" (OK - that was me but I was only joking - or was I?)
>
> on almost every gig i play someone asks me to play "paranoid" by black
> sabbath. i swear one day i take it with me and just switch to it
> immediately
The best line I got was while I was playing straight up hard techno:
Them: "Can you play something that you can dance to?"
Me: "Can't you dance to this?"
Them: "No, something you can dance to. Like the Stones..."
It probably didn't help that I was at a biker bar but whatever...
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to the DJ
<[EMAIL
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07/16/00 05:51 AM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
cc: "&
OK - Here's my story...
Playing a Deep House night, a girl comes up and makes a request for
"something more danceable... like Shaggy!" I had to aks her to repeat
that one more time cuz i wasn't sure if i heard that properly!?! My
response was of course.. "no... and i doubt any of the other dj's wo
I was DJing with Clark Warner and we were supposed to be doing a
downtempo tag team set, and both of us had been looking forward to this
for a while.
However, this was not going to be the case..as we had several "girls"
come up to us repeatedly during the early hours of the night asking for
us to
x27;313'
>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: (313) Best lines to the DJ
>
>
>1. Where is this - I want to play there
>
>2. Excuse my ignorance, but who/what is "Tomcraft"?
>
>
>At 12:56 pm +0100 16/7/03, Jonny McIntosh wrote:
>>Somebody recently came
nd very good...give's u a good
idea of his style..
Martijn
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From: "Ramon Crespo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <313@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 2:58 PM
Subject: Re: (313) Best lines to the DJ
> Robert Taylor wrote:
>
&g
About 10 years ago, half way through Vainqueuer "Lyot" (Maurizio mix, natch), I
had a tap on my shoulder and a glammed up lady asked me if I had any M-People.
Nice, as they are one of my most detested musical incarnations. Obviously, I
said no. Returning to what I was doing, I was tapped from be
Robert Taylor wrote:
I'm actually guilty of this myself but it ended up pretty to be prett
cool. I asked this one dj if he could play Dave Clarke's - Compass .. I
was just gettin into techno at this time and it was one of the few tunes
I could probably recognize. He didnt play it but a couple
At 14:47 16-7-2003, Brendan Nelson wrote:
Or has the word "original" become, for them, a euphemism for "version
most familiar to me"?
I guess this hits the spot.
On the other hand, we are the purists and the people you're
spinning/playing for are 'just' consumers. So you can't really blame the
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 16 July 2003 13:43
>
> In the middle of my set I drop the Jacksons "Can You Feel It"
> and the crowd goes wild. Funny thing is -- this girl comes up
> to me and says "Can you play the original?!" and i'm like
Good one Andrew! Here's one of my favs...which happened to me about a year or
so ago...
In the middle of my set I drop the Jacksons "Can You Feel It" and the crowd
goes wild. Funny thing is -- this girl comes up to me and says "Can you play
the original?!" and i'm like "Huh?"
"You heard me! Ca
On Sun, 16 Jul 2000 05:51:46 -0500, "sean deason" wrote:
> most annoying line: "Do you have anything with words
in
> it?"
> second most annoying: "Come on! but youre black! you
> *must* have some hip
> hop with you!"
>
> sean
Sean: re: #2: Wow!
Another memorable experience, this one way back
i SWEAR, im going to try that the next time im out clubbing
:)))
>
> > Yep- I used that one at the Sub Club recently and passed the punter
> > over to the guy who was doing the lights- worked a treat
>
> Why don't light jocks get the same abuse that what I want to know...
> "Have you got any l
1. Where is this - I want to play there
2. Excuse my ignorance, but who/what is "Tomcraft"?
At 12:56 pm +0100 16/7/03, Jonny McIntosh wrote:
Somebody recently came up to me to bet me a fiver he could make it to the
end of my set without making a fool of himself. After drunkenly staggering
back
Somebody recently came up to me to bet me a fiver he could make it to the
end of my set without making a fool of himself. After drunkenly staggering
back and falling over a sofa immediately afterwards he quickly conceded
defeat. The same night a girl started licking my new shoes. Bizarre.
> Best r
> Yep- I used that one at the Sub Club recently and passed the punter
> over to the guy who was doing the lights- worked a treat
Why don't light jocks get the same abuse that what I want to know...
"Have you got any lime green ?" / "its my mates birthday - can we request
some strobes ?"
:D
Pe
lol
that would be a priceless sample...
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Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 7:42 AM
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> a long time ago in columbus, ohio;
> "... if you'd ju
"Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
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> Subject: RE: (313) Best lines to the DJ
>
> I'
Yep- I used that one at the Sub Club recently and passed the punter
over to the guy who was doing the lights- worked a treat
Jason
On Wednesday, July 16, 2003, at 12:00 pm, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Best response to inane punter harrassment seems to be to say slowly
and clearly:
"Sorry,
dude, I would totally rock that track if I had it
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To: "'313'" <313@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 6:34 AM
Subject: RE: (313) Best lines to the DJ
>
> I was
At 13:18 16-7-2003, ::P wrote:
I was asked:
"do you do covers?"
Same was asked me too =)
Or: "when do you play some trance?"
R.
(also Live PA only)
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ha ha I love ya Ken :)
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From: Odeluga, Ken [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 16 July 2003 12:12
To: ian cheshire; Dennis DeSantis; 313@hyperreal.org
Subject: RE: (313) Best lines to the DJ
Best consolation Ian: Tomcraft is shiiite! And you can quote me. ;-)
k
I was asked:
"do you do covers?"
-Joe (live PA only.)
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Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 5:10
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From: robin pinning [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 16 July 2003 12:11
To: ian cheshire
Cc: 313@hyperreal.org
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> Access :)) well its one of my oldie favs. If I get to see
> you Robin I'll bring some Champayne and request Acc
Best consolation Ian: Tomcraft is shiiite! And you can quote me. ;-)
k
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>From: ian cheshire [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 12:01 PM
>To: ian cheshire; Dennis DeSantis; 313@hyperreal.org
>Subject: RE: (313) Best lines to th
do it :)
robin...
>
> -Original Message-
> From: robin pinning [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 16 July 2003 11:54
> To: ian cheshire
> Cc: 313@hyperreal.org
> Subject: RE: (313) Best lines to the DJ
>
>
>
>
> they pulled in 1200 punters and didn't pay you?
sadly not with my face I can tell you :))
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 16 July 2003 12:00
To: Langsman, Marc; '313'
Subject: RE: (313) Best lines to the DJ
Best response to inane punter harrassment seems to be to say slowly
a
Best response to inane punter harrassment seems to be to say slowly
and clearly:
"Sorry, I'm not the DJ, he's gone off for a bit."
(delivered in a - these aren't the droids you're looking for - style)
Astonishingly this seems to satisfy people even if you're wearing
headphones, pushing vinyl o
: ian cheshire
Cc: 313@hyperreal.org
Subject: RE: (313) Best lines to the DJ
they pulled in 1200 punters and didn't pay you?
that would really f*** me off (it's kinda happened to me tho, 800 people
and 20 quid paidwhile the promoter handed me the 20 pound note he had
a huge bottle
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wel I had a cr*p time on my gig as Tomcraft was booked to play
on the same night and he made a difference to the whole experience.
He came pisssed and demanded stuff b4 he palyed as he ws
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> Sent: 16 July 2003 11:18
> To: ian cheshire; 313@hyperreal.org
> Subject: Re: (313) Best lines to the DJ
>
>
> I played at Kompressor up in Pankow, at the Alte Zigarrettenfabrik.
> Yeah, it was pretty cool. People danced and seemed to have a good tim
most annoying line: "Do you have anything with words in it?"
second most annoying: "Come on! but youre black! you *must* have some hip
hop with you!"
sean
bezst party I have bn too for ages!!! and boy I wished I was booked for
that night! :(((
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From: Dennis DeSantis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 16 July 2003 11:18
To: ian cheshire; 313@hyperreal.org
Subject: Re: (313) Best lines to the DJ
I played at Kompressor up in
I was asked to play 'tiffany - I think we're alone now' once - after
refusing I started receiving slips of paper with death threats and various
obscenities in the dj booth for the rest of the evening :/
... Clearly I'd rather die than play tiffany anyhoo so I didn't see it as
that much of a probl
The funniest one was a girl
>that came to me and asked me if I could play something more danceable, like
>foxtrot :)
LOL Best one!
k
I played at Kompressor up in Pankow, at the Alte Zigarrettenfabrik.
Yeah, it was pretty cool. People danced and seemed to have a good time.
And I got paid, which is always nice.
I've gotta say, this thread has made me feel a LOT better. I thought I
was the only person getting flack from cro
m: Robert Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 16. julij 2003 12:07
> To: Martin; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Dennis DeSantis
> Cc: 313
> Subject: RE: (313) Best lines to the DJ
>
>
> I'm not a DJ but I have heard of the following enquiries:
> "Can you play somethi
Hi Dennis
What club were you at as I was at the Metronom and that was
big and dirty plus I had two people ask requests :)) made me laugh I had to
say :)
Hope you had a good time though :)
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From: Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 16 July 2003 10:59
To: [EMAIL PROT
i usually ask djs here in italy if they have any robert hood..
"who?!?"
fab
I get asked if I got a mike a lot...no.. Is always the reply.. My favorite
I been asked is "have you got anything I know".. I told her to go and
compile a list for me and I'd check it off against mine later... She was
non too impressed but a dumb q?
On 16/7/03 11:07 am, "Robert Taylor" <[EMAI
Robert Taylor wrote on Wed, 16 Jul 2003 about following:
> "Play some Meatloaf" (OK - that was me but I was only joking - or was I?)
on almost every gig i play someone asks me to play "paranoid" by black
sabbath. i swear one day i take it with me and just switch to it
immediately someone asks m
ECTED]; Dennis DeSantis
>Cc: 313
>Subject: RE: (313) Best lines to the DJ
>
>
>I'm not a DJ but I have heard of the following enquiries:
>"Can you play something with more breakdowns?"
>"Have you got anything more uplifting?"
>"Play some Meatloaf&quo
I was also asked if I had any Queen- by a 15 year old girl too!
Jason
On Wednesday, July 16, 2003, at 11:07 am, Robert Taylor wrote:
I'm not a DJ but I have heard of the following enquiries:
"Can you play something with more breakdowns?"
"Have you got anything more uplifting?"
"Play some Mea
I'm not a DJ but I have heard of the following enquiries:
"Can you play something with more breakdowns?"
"Have you got anything more uplifting?"
"Play some Meatloaf" (OK - that was me but I was only joking - or was I?)
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