Back at The Smugglers

Back at The Smugglers, on Friday as a punter listening to dj Ian and on Saturday behind the decks. The decks now being a laptop and a m-audio xponent midi controller. Less sexy but a hell of a lot less stuff to carry in and out.
In olden times the one thing that stressed me the most was scouring through the cd cases looking for the next track whilst watching the time remaining on the playing track diminish rapidly. All the time knowing that it took a good 30 seconds to load the cd up, even if you were rash and didn't give it a quick clean first, check it through the headphones and cue it up. Then there is the high number of occasions when the song you thought in your head was perfect actually turns out to sound like some obscure 80s b side with the production values of a thrupenny bit. And then you have to play it anyway because you ain't got time to change it. This is always followed by an announcement that the song was a request for some imaginary customer thus exonerating yourself from any blame.

(Competition time: What songs do you djs reluctantly play and then, so as everyone knows it was not your choice, clearly tell all and sundry that it was a request?
Any acts you don't play? I no longer play Meatloaf, ever. If someone asks I just nicely say No. )It's purely a prejudice thing. Sorry, I digress.

Today, on the laptop screen you can find any song you have and load it up in seconds. As you can organise all your tunes by genre then if your first choice turns out to be less than robust you can find an alternative pretty fast.

The downside is that punters now assume you have every song ever released on you and , therefore, should be able to play it- like now, this second!

The joys.

Tracklisting from last night below.

Quiet until 10pm then it picked up well until 0021 when all the kids rushed off to The Arms. At least they stayed until the last possible minute.

Requests, just two both from the same person, for Black Eyed Peas which I'd played earlier but lets face it if you ask nicely and are wearing hot pants there is a high liklihood that the dj will oblige! Also asked for 'Man in the Mirror' which turnedout out be much slower than I remembered. Managed to squeeze it in though, just as she left for The Arms!!

1 Roxanne - Aswad
2 Roots, Rock, Reggae -Bob Marley & The Wailers
3 My Jamaican Guy - Grace Jones
4 Blind (F Knuckles Mix) - Hercules And Love Affair
5 Ain't Too Proud To Beg - The Temptations
6 Take Me In Your Arms - The Isley Brothers
7 I Don't Blame You At All - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
8 Under My Thumb - The Rolling Stones
9 Mercy - The Third Degree
10 I Just Can't Take It Anymore - The Lemonheads
11 So You Want To Be A Rock N Roll Star - Byrds

12 I Want You - Bob Dylan
13 Freedom - Hendrix
14 Fire - Kasabian
15 Love Me Two Times - Doors
16 Spaceman - The Killers
17 Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen
18 Living In America - James Brown
19 Starchild - Jamiroquai
20 Step It Up - Stereo Mcs
21 I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas
22 Gettin' Over (Original Mix) - David Guetta
23 Beachball ( Nelson Remix) - Nalin And Kane
24 Dreamer 2009 (Main Vocal Mix) - Living Joy
25 Bulletproof - La Roux
26 Just Can't Get Enough - Depeche Mode
27 Don't You Want Me - The Human League
28 We Are The People (Shazam Remix) - Empire Of The Sun
29 Weak Become Heroes (A Beedle Mix) - The Streets
30 I'm Not Alone (Radio Edit) - Calvin Harris
31 Paparazzi - Lady Gaga
32 Don't Upset The Rhythm - Noisettes
33 Call Me - Blondie
34 Show Me Love - Robin S
35 R U Sleeping (DONS Mix) - Indo
36 Riverside - Sidney Samson
37 Billie Jean (Biancale Remix) - Michael Jackson
38 I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho) - Pitbull
39 La_La_Song_(Club_Mix) - Bob_Sinclar
40 Flashback - Wolfgang Gartner
41 Kids (Skyve Reuters Edit) - MGMT
42 A-Punk - Vampire Weekend
43 Young Adult Friction - The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
44 Jump In The Pool - Friendly Fires
45 Kids In America - Kim Wilde
46 Heart - Pet Shop Boys
47 Tainted Love - Soft Cell
48 I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas *
49 Good Morning - Kanye West
50 I'll House You (Reebok Classic '09) - Kid Sister
51 Against All Odds - Chase And Status
52 Tiny Dancer (Hold Me Closer) - Ironik
53 Man In The Mirror - Michael Jackson *
54 Rose Rouge (Fonzerelli Club Mix) - Analog People In A Digital World
55 Where Is The Pjanoo Love - David Guetta Vs. Prydz
56 Strings Of Life - Soul Central( D Krivit mix)
57 Baba o'Riley - The Who *
58 Mr Brightside Le Cont Mix - The Killers
59 Fool's Gold - Tall Paul Mix - Stone Roses
60 Popiholla (Original Mix) - Chicane


My faves ; Lemonheads cover of Gram Parson's 'I just can't take it anymore' and Ashlee Beedle's remix of The Streers.
Back in a fortnight.