The Hub - Grand Opening Night.

First dj to play at the new Stewarton night spot, The Hub. First night, so the place was heaving as you'd expect with well wishers and the curious. I went down early to set up as the downstairs soundsystem hadn't been installed in time for a run through. Although a lot of money has been spent on the place with the furnishings and fittings all being of the highest quality, there has not been the same consideration given to the dj and the sound systems. This is never a surprise coz after all it is only some anal retentive churning out one damn song after another but it is always a disappointment. So the dj has to clear away the menus and make a small space at the side of the bar for all his equipment, avoiding the hinged bar top that threatens to fall on to the mixer and placing the laptop under the vodka optic so that any drips threaten to abort the whole shebang.

The house sound system rings the bar and restaurant area but from the djs point of hearing it is far from ideal. You can't hear the music, can't judge the mix and have no idea whether it is too loud or too quiet. I'll need to practice listening to the mix live through the headphones for this venue. Moans over.

The crowd was mixed and less concerned about my tunes than about the wait for the bar. None of this helped by the fire alarm going off and everyone evacuating into the ice and snow. Cause sourced to the new haze machine in the Club upstairs being positioned directly under the fire detector. Not the smartest decision.

The Club opened early and took a lot of the crowd away from the downstairs area which, hopefully, wasn't a reflection on my toons.  It all quietened down for me from about midnight and it was a straight forward run of songs through till my 1am close.

Tracks played here :
Track List: The Hub Opening - Downstairs


1 Smokey Joe's La La  -  Googie Rene Combo
2 Caramellas  - Aeroplane
3 One Step Too Far Radio Edit  - Faithless
4 Always (Ashley Beedle's Mahavishnu Remix)  - Bent
5 Stand Back -  Linus Loves
6 Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) -  Eurythmics
7 Clocks Cuba  - Coldplay
8 Rocket Man (Phunky's Knee Deep Mix) - Elton John
9 Where Is The Love -  Black Eyed Peas

10 Love Like This  - Faith Evans

11 "Love Sex Magic Rise"  - Ciara Ft Justin Timberlake

12 Closer (Freddz Close Up Vocal Mix) - Ne-Yo

13 3 Words - Cheryl Cole

14 Put Em High - Stonebridge
15 You've Got Love (Crazy Penis Mix)-
16 Heartbeat (Cutmore Club)  -Enrique Iglesias
17 Haven't Met You Yet -  Michael Buble
18 Let's Dance - Chris Rea
19 Walk Of Life - Dire Straits
20 Pack Up - Eliza Doolittle
21 Only Girl -  Rihanna *
22 Just The Way You Are  - Bruno Mars*

23 The Flood - Take That

24 Grand Steppin' - Duck Sauce

25 Get Down (Warren Clarke Remix) - Todd Terry

26 Can't Shake This Feeling (Stafford remix)- Grum

27 Don't Stop 'Till You Get Enough  -Michael Jackson

28 If I Cant Have You (The Disco Boys Remix) - Bee Gees

29 Million Dollar Bill (F Knuckles Mix)  -Whitney Houston

30 Beautiful Monster - Ne-Yo
31 Club Can't Handle Me  - Flo-Rida
32 Gettin' Over You - David Guetta
33 Hard To Handle  - Otis Redding
34 I've Got A Woman -  Ray Charles
35 A Kind Of Magic (Eddie Valdez Mix) - Queen
36 Heartbeat (Cutmore Club) - Enrique Iglesias
37 Ain't That A Lot Of Love (Phats Disco Mix)  -Simply Red

38 Long Train Runnin' - Doobie Brothers

39 Mr. Brightside  -The Killers  *

40 Last Nite - The Strokes

41 Satisfaction  - Rolling Stones

42 Little Lion Man - Mumford And Sons

43 Stuck In The Middle With You  -Stealer's Wheel

44 Black Horse & The Cherry Tree  -KT Tunstall

45 Not Fair - Lily Allen

46 Jackson  -Johnny Cash & June Carter

47 Paolo's Pencil Full Of Party - Paolo Nutini Vs Lou Bega

48 Sweet Caroline (LIVE) - Neil Diamond *

49 Why Dont You  -  Gramophonedzie

50 Human (Ferry Corsten Club Mix) -The Killers

51 The Sky's The Limit (Wideboys Remix )- Jason Derulo

52 Ain't No Mountain High Enough  -Gaye & Terrell

53 You Can't Hurry Love - Phil Collins

54 A Town Called Malice- The Jam

55 Laid - James

56 Labour Of Love  - Hue And Cry*

57 Walk Out To Winter - Aztec Camera

58 Your Song - Ellie Goulding

59 Ordinary Joe - Terry Callier

60 Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow - Michael Buble

* Request.

Discussed with a punter at the bar whether Ellie Golding's take on Elton John's 'Your Song' was indeed the sonic equivalent of the appearance of the first horse rider of the apocalypse. Clearly the X Factor winner will be the second and you can assume that by next May civilisation as we know will be over.

My faves, the first two tunes and two at the end from Aztec Camera and Terry Callier.

Upstairs, Stuart was playing a different type of music.