Going to Benassi tonight – whoo!

Turns out I wasn’t such a dumbass, just a not very observant one. I had the playlist folded up in my coat pocket.

*V* = Video
*S* = Requested Song
*A* = Requested Artist

Rammstien – Benzien (Small stars Mix)
London After Midnight – Kiss (Ra Mix)
Goldfrapp – Crystalline Green
Natasha Atlas – Yella Chant
*V* Bjork – Army Of Me
Siouxsie & the Banshees – Kiss Them For Me
*V* Covenant – Bullet
C-Tec – Stateless
Psycho Bitch – Wake Up (SITD Mix)
Dominatrix – Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight (Black Strobe Mix)
Peaches – Lovertits
Andrea Bertolini – My Wav (Cutted Vocal Mix)
Benny Benassi – I Love My Sex
Korn – Twisted Transistor (Eric Kupper Elektro-Tek Klub Mix)

11:00
DJ Nitrogen and DJ Overdrive

Apop – Fade To Black
Assemblage 23 – Human
Monofader – Scars
Covenant – The Men
Mindless Self Indulgence – Straight To Video (Velvet Acid Christ Mix)
The Faint – Paranonattack
Gorillaz – Dare (Dave Aude Mix)
VHS or Beta – You Got Me (Baby Daddy Mix)
Icon Of Coil – Access & Amplify
XPQ-21 – White & Alive
Stromkern – Re-Align

12:00

Dulce Liquido – Dissolution
Virtual Embrace – The End
KMFDM – Professional Killer
*V* Pro-test – Skinny Puppy
Rammstien – Mien Teil (PSB Mix)
*V* *S* DJ Ackucrack – So To Speak (Dome Room Mix)
*A* *V* Goldfrapp – Train
*S* Body Rockers – I Like The Way
Paga Kahn – Breakfast In Vegas
Edge Of Dawn – Elegance
*S* Raised In Black – Oh My Goth
God Module – Sections
*S* And One – Panzerminch
*S* Combichrist – Happy Fucking Birthday
Neoroticfish – They’re Coming To Take Me Away
Rotersand – Exterminate, Annihilate, Destroy
*S* Iris – Annie Would I Lie To You
Apop – ITT
Benny Banassi – Who’s Your Daddy
Royksopp – What Else Is There (Trentenmoller Mix)
*S* Chemical Brothers – Believe
Assemblage 23 – Opened
Tactical Sekt – Xfixation
Grendel – Soilbleed

Monday vs. Thursday

There is a very strange difference between Mondays and Thursdays. On Mondays nobody really shows up before 11:30 or 12:00. The dance floor really gets going between 12:00 and 12:30 and is busiest from 1:00 to 2:00. On Thursdays people usually start coming in right when we open at 10:00 (Which is cool because I usually spin the first hour alone, so it’s nice to have people in the bar.) The dance floor usually starts getting people by 11:00 and is pretty full by 11:30 to 12:00. The strange part is people start leaving ground zero at 1:15ish. By 1:45 the place is usually pretty empty. I don’t know why people stay all night on a Monday, but leave on a Thursday. It doesn’t follow logic.

My dumb ass forgot the play list at the bar last night so I can’t type it up today.

Heavy night of requests last night, which is never a bad thing. But, people must remember that if they ask for a song at 1:30ish I probably won’t be able to get to it. The night started very slow, but people came streaming between 12 and 12:30. I had the late shift for the first time in weeks, so I had a lot of fun the last hour. We must find a way to get people in earlier… I smell a 2-4-1 drink special from 10 – 11 coming.

Playlist for Hard Monday 3.27.06
*A* = Requested Artist
*S* = Requested Song
10:00
DJ Oxygen

Juanita/To Dream of Love – Underworld
Sweet Misery – Tiesto
Sweet Surrender (Tiesto mix) – Sarah McGlaclan
Time Of Your Life – Paul Oakenfold
Glass Danse (Oakenfold Mix) – The Faint
Extraordinary way (Low End Mix) – Conjure One
Truly (Infusion Mix) – Delirium
Blue Skies – BT feat. Tori Amos

11:00
The Aether Twins – DJ Nitrogen & DJ Oxygen

*A* Girls – prodigy
Keep Hope Alive – Crystal Method
Slide In – Goldfrapp
Burning Down The House – Tiga
Precious (Full Vocal Mix) – Depeche Mode
*S* Twisted Transistor (Eric Kupper Elektro-Tek Klub Mix) – Korn
*A* I Love My Sex – Benny Benassi
Avalon – Juliet
Playgirl (Filex Da Housecat Mix) – Ladytron
*S* Anne Would I Lie To You ’99 – Iris
Wiretrip (DJO2 Mix) – Icon Of Coil
*A* Forever (Club Mix) – Brudershaft
*A* Ground – Assemblage 23
*S* Red Shift – Ayria
*S* Legion – VNV Nation
*S* Pulse – Covenant
*A* You Got Me (Baby Daddy Mix) – VHS or BETA
*A* Train – Goldfrapp
*S* Stripped – Depeche Mode
*S* Naked Birthday (Gothtastic Mix)- Switchblade Symphony
*S* I Want You – Tracy Lords
*S* 6 Underground – Sneaker Pimps
*S* 17 (Droids Mix) – Ladytron
What Else Is There (Trentenmoller Mix) – Royksopp

1:00
DJ Nitrogen

*S* Who’s Your Daddy (Fuzzy Mix) – Benny Benassi
*S* Emerge (Dave Clark Mix) – Fisherspooner
*A* Smack My Bitch Up – Prodigy
*A* Consumer – Icon Of Coil
Sections – God Module
This Shit Will Fuck You Up – Combichrist
*A* Mein Teil (PSB Mix) – Rammstien
Pro-Test – Skinny Puppy
Only – NIN
*A* Silver Screen – Felix Da Housecat
Dare (Dave Aude Mix) – Gorillaz
*S* Wasted – And One
*A* Exterminate, Annihilate, Destroy – Rotersand
*S* God Is God – Juno Reactor
*S* Life in Mono – Mono

Last night I found out why Sundays are so busy. (I didn’t know this at the time.) They have FREE drinks from 10:15 – 10:45 and from 12:15 – 12:45. I’m not talking just well drinks either, anything except super premium drinks. So no Patron or Grey Goose, but yes to Jose Cuervo and Stoli, even Red Bull Drinks are free! No wonder they are packed to the gills. (I’m sure the naked boys dancing in the showers help too.)

So if you want to get your uber cheap drink on, go to the Saloon on Sundays.

I remembered most of the songs I played on Sunday so here they are, this is NOT the order they were played in.

DNA Feat. Suzanne Vega – Toms’ Dinner
Soho – Hippychick
Ace Of Base – The Sign
Sly Fox – Lets Go All The Way
Rob Base – It Takes 2
MARS – Pump Up The Volume
Robin S – Show Me Love
Crystal Waters – 100% Pure Love
Technotronic – Pump Up The Jam
Dee Lite – Groove Is In The Heart
Prince – Kiss
Prince – Get Off
Michael Jackson – Shake Your Body
Michael Jackson – Billy Jean
Vanity 6 – Nasty Girl
Pebbles – Girl Friend
Earth Wind and Fire – September
Kool & The Gang – Celebration
Madonna – Erotica
Madonna – Holliday
Madonna – Vogue
Depeche Mode – Strange Love
Depeche Mode – Personal Jesus
New Order – Blue Monday
New Order – True Faith
George Michael – I Want Your Sex
Dead Or Alive – You Spin Me
Bananarama – Venus
Abba – Dancing Queen
Bee Gees – Staying Alive
Donna Summer – I Feel Love
Donna Summer – Last Dance
Anita Ward – Ring My Bell
Cyndi Lauper – Girls Just Want To Have Fun
Billy Idol – Rebel Yell
Duran Duran – Hungry Like The Wolf
NIN – Closer
Pet Shop Boys – West End Girls
Soft Cell – Tainted Love
The Cure – Just Like Heaven
Real Life – Send Me An Angel
When In Rome – The Promise

Retro mania

I filled in for the regular Sunday DJ at the Saloon last night. If you don’t know, Sundays are a 18+, mostly gay boy, retro night. They are also are really busy; I was really shocked to see how many people were there (we’re talking almost Goth Prom busy.) Not only was it busy, but it was busy right away. It was nothing like a Monday where you can pretty much write off the whole first hour of the night. These people were streaming in from the moment the doors opened. I was very nervous about the night going in; I have never spun there on a Sunday and didn’t really know the format (besides the loose “retro” theme.) It also didn’t help that I couldn’t find a large group of 80’s CD’s I had made a while ago for a wedding. CD’s that had your standard 80’s hits on them – Go Go’s, B-52’s, Safety Dance etc. Combine these two facts and I was a real nervous wreck by 10:15.

I had to rely on my old 80’s vinyl, the vinyl that George left in the club, and the 80’s alternative/new wave stuff that I normally bring with me. I had enough big hits to crush about 3 hours worth of a night; the problem is that I had a four hour shift. I ended up having to use quite a few “filler” songs. Songs I knew wouldn’t be very big, but I needed to stretch out my good stuff so I didn’t really have a choice. People didn’t seem to notice all that much. I had a pretty full dance floor from about 10:20 on, I never totally cleared it at any point during the night and only really lost most of them during a few “filler” songs.

At the end of the night, after the last song I got applause and a ton of people were hooting and hollering – that was really cool. I really had to work my ass off during the shift though. I haven’t had to think about what I’m playing, what’s coming next and what I will play in three, four or five songs from now in years. The employees all seemed to like it, and they said it was a very good night. Overall it was pretty fun, but if I fill in again on a Sunday I will be much better prepared.

What a week

It started with the night of 1000 shots. I went out for a very good meal on Thursday. Then on Friday DJ Oxygen, Bartender Lexi and a cast of thousands met at Psycho Suzie’s for drinks and food. After many a yummy tiki drink and some good food (I tried vegan pizza for the first time – it was very good.) I went to Corrosion to get my dance on. I had very nice conversations with and among others, then Noise had a killer set that kept me dancing until I couldn’t take it any more (I am out of shape.)

Last night I checked out the new club Level in downtown minneapolis. Those of you who remember the club Rogue will feel right at home at Level. They haven’t changed much of the décor at all, the dancefloor is still small and sunken down in the middle of the room, the walls are still stone, the ceiling still has piping running all over it. The music was fantastic all night, I was very happy with the tunes and danced my ass off. The crowd pretty much sucked though. A ton of jocky, strippy shirt guys and many many 21-24 year old girls who don’t really care about anything except for strippy shirt guys and/or getting into the VIP areas. It was hard to tell how much the NCAA Tournament effected the crowd, you could tell that there was quite a few out of towner’s there (I forgot that the tournament was in town.) They also let in far to many people, by 1:00 it was so packed you could barley move – which was my que to leave. I still liked the place because of the music and the atmosphere, I will definitely go back.

Tonight I am filling in for George at the Saloon. Sundays are their retro night and I am actually pretty nervous about it. If it was a darksider retro night I could do it with my eyes closed, but this will be a 18+, mostly gay boy, retro night. I am foreseeing a lot of Madonna, Abba and Donna Summer in my future. The good thing is George left all of his vinyl at the club so I will have a few hundred vintage records to play with tonight. They also have an armature shower contest every Sunday, so if any of you like to see armature guys get fully naked and dance in a shower feel free to come down.

If I had a birthday every week I would be dead in about a month.

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Happy Birthday

Let me start by saying I am a HUGE fan of really good food. Last night for my birthday we went to Kincaids for the first time. K had gotten a $100 gift certificate to the place and we have been looking for an excuse to go, my b day seemed like a good excuse so off we went.

I had a honey and peppercorn coated Salmon filet and K had the filet mignon. My Salmon was fantastic, but the sides were very uninspired. It came with roasted vegetables and mashed potatoes, the veggies were roasted in olive oil with a little salt on them, and the potatoes were very plain. K’s filet was very, very good and it came with a gratin potatoes and asparagus. The potatoes were ok, but the asparagus was a little over cooked. (I made better asparagus at home the night before – I love asparagus season {except for the pee smelling part}) We also had coconut shrimp for an appetizer which was ok but nothing special. As a little bonus they gave me a free crème Brulée for my b day. The custard in the crème Brulée was fantastic but the crust was a tiny bit over done. Our total bill came to $140 with tip. I would say it’s not worth the price. I would recommend Jax café or Mannys if you are looking for a high end steak house. (As a warning, Manny’s jumps up another big notch when it comes to price.)

In general, for higher end places, I really like the new breed of restaurants that have popped up in the last 10 years. Small places that are owned and run by very good chefs who have left big restaurants to open their own place. These places usually have very small menus that tend to change a lot. Some examples of great places like this are the 112 Eatery, Solera, Alma and The Signature Cafe (Part of the Signature’s charm are the owners, one of whom worked with Wellstone, who will happily talk politics with you.)

South Park

I thought the way they handled the Chef situation was brilliant. That may have been my favorite SP ever.

Going after scientology (or should I say the “Super Adventure Club”) instead of Chef himself was great.

The lines that Kyle said at Chef’s funeral were very good:

“A lot of us don’t agree with the choices the Chef has made in the last few days”

“Some of us feel hurt and confused that he seemed to turn his back on us. But we can’t let the events of the past few weeks take away the memories of how Chef made us smile.”

“We shouldn’t be mad at Chef for leaving us,”

“We should be mad at that fruity little club for scrambling his brains.”

How good are those lines.

Making the “club” a bunch of pedophiles was fucking fantastic.

Chef: “I wanna stick my balls inside your rectum…KYLE”

I think you can download the episode here

In other news, I won’t be at the club tonight. Mr. is nice enough to fill in for me so I can have my B-Day off.