been a little pre-occupied. moving to a new house, and putting up with all the stress of a move, plus the cranky current landlord, and work. will be back in the swing of things by next week with any luck. hou$ewarming gift$?... i thought you'd never a$k. cash is always the best housewarming gift. like i need another candle set, or something pretty and useless to hang on the wall. hehehehe
later kids.
Thursday, January 27, 2005
Friday, January 21, 2005
call me mr. cheerful
due to reasons beyond my control.. the part of me will be played by a zombie.
most of the time i can make sleep deprivation work for me at the club. fatigue poisons can make you jumpy and give you all kinds of last minute energy that combined with the caffiene, can turn you into a wired up little happy camper. not so when the cumulative amount of sleep you've gotten in the last week equals about 24 hours. and none of it was un-interrupted. many countrys' use this as and interrogation/torture tactic. its not conducive to good workplace performance. other than that:
wednesday - kinda blah. didnt even have a wet t-shirt, but we had a full pool tourney. and apparently after the cranky switch was flipped around 1:15 it was fight time.
thursday - like you have to ask.
cross your fingers. gonna try to get some real sleep tonight.
most of the time i can make sleep deprivation work for me at the club. fatigue poisons can make you jumpy and give you all kinds of last minute energy that combined with the caffiene, can turn you into a wired up little happy camper. not so when the cumulative amount of sleep you've gotten in the last week equals about 24 hours. and none of it was un-interrupted. many countrys' use this as and interrogation/torture tactic. its not conducive to good workplace performance. other than that:
wednesday - kinda blah. didnt even have a wet t-shirt, but we had a full pool tourney. and apparently after the cranky switch was flipped around 1:15 it was fight time.
thursday - like you have to ask.
cross your fingers. gonna try to get some real sleep tonight.
Tuesday, January 18, 2005
fun and games
the weekend in review (more or less)
friday started out kinda busy.. and just got busier as the night went on. the first 2 hours were pretty good, crowd trickled in kinda steady. i looked up and found myself wondering where all these people had come from. got through the first dance set, and right after that, it seemed like in that 20 minutes, a few hundred people had walked in. they were in a dancing mood, and just kept moving on the floor. second set was kinda spiffy - rail to rail people. now the third set after 2, i was kinda feelin it... when i stopped to play some slow songs at the end of the night there were a hell of a lot of people still in the building. and when finished off the night with purple rain, there were at least 2-250 people on the dance floor alone, and a lot around the dance floor waiting on their friends, rides, etc... and that my friends is how you make a dj smile!
saturday, also known as "no-sleep" day, started out about the same, but a bit slower. picked up big time later in the evening after the first dance set. and sometime between 1050 and 11, it looked like 500 people had walked in the building. they packed in real fast. so we got through the night without too much incident, and i managed to get into a dance set and around the end of it , i was so tired i couldnt see the numbers on the cd player, but we still had about 250 people in the building.
sunday - still didnt get much sleep, but it was a 4 day weekend, and we ended up with a pretty good sized crowd @ 500 people give or take. it would have been alot of fun if i had been awake for it. as it was i pretty much dragged ass all through the night. fun and games.
well with any luck, i'll be able to get more sleep this week and then we'll see if i can keep up the same pace until sunday. peace, love, and hair grease.
friday started out kinda busy.. and just got busier as the night went on. the first 2 hours were pretty good, crowd trickled in kinda steady. i looked up and found myself wondering where all these people had come from. got through the first dance set, and right after that, it seemed like in that 20 minutes, a few hundred people had walked in. they were in a dancing mood, and just kept moving on the floor. second set was kinda spiffy - rail to rail people. now the third set after 2, i was kinda feelin it... when i stopped to play some slow songs at the end of the night there were a hell of a lot of people still in the building. and when finished off the night with purple rain, there were at least 2-250 people on the dance floor alone, and a lot around the dance floor waiting on their friends, rides, etc... and that my friends is how you make a dj smile!
saturday, also known as "no-sleep" day, started out about the same, but a bit slower. picked up big time later in the evening after the first dance set. and sometime between 1050 and 11, it looked like 500 people had walked in the building. they packed in real fast. so we got through the night without too much incident, and i managed to get into a dance set and around the end of it , i was so tired i couldnt see the numbers on the cd player, but we still had about 250 people in the building.
sunday - still didnt get much sleep, but it was a 4 day weekend, and we ended up with a pretty good sized crowd @ 500 people give or take. it would have been alot of fun if i had been awake for it. as it was i pretty much dragged ass all through the night. fun and games.
well with any luck, i'll be able to get more sleep this week and then we'll see if i can keep up the same pace until sunday. peace, love, and hair grease.
Friday, January 14, 2005
i dont care ... it was still a thursday
yeah, we had a better than normal crowd (except for the cranky people, me included) but still, there was too much going on for me to enjoy any of it.
we started the night okay, up until the first set, then i started getting cranky. (dont say you can if you cant... JACKASS!) so after i shove in and start playing we got a decent crowd reaction, and were able to move along. things went okay for awhile after that ("i will hide that cd if you pull it out again!") then it was time to play another set of booty shaking stuff. color me deaf. even i thought it sucked. and i was playing it. then people decided to get stupid. 4 fights after 1:00 and then they made big daddy cranky ... he said i could only play a 10-15 min set. fine.. be that way.
rick james... bitch!
tomorrow.. they better not piss me off. now if you'll excuse me.. i've got some unwinding to do.
we started the night okay, up until the first set, then i started getting cranky. (dont say you can if you cant... JACKASS!) so after i shove in and start playing we got a decent crowd reaction, and were able to move along. things went okay for awhile after that ("i will hide that cd if you pull it out again!") then it was time to play another set of booty shaking stuff. color me deaf. even i thought it sucked. and i was playing it. then people decided to get stupid. 4 fights after 1:00 and then they made big daddy cranky ... he said i could only play a 10-15 min set. fine.. be that way.
rick james... bitch!
tomorrow.. they better not piss me off. now if you'll excuse me.. i've got some unwinding to do.
Thursday, January 13, 2005
is this how it was like 5 years ago?
too tired for much tonight. might add more tomorrow if i wake up for it.
if you manage a club and you need to hire a new dj - make sure the one you have can work with him.. and double check his references... and listen to him talk! you would have thought these things would be obvious.. but nooo. we get to do it the hard way.
screw it.. i'm goin ta bed.
if you manage a club and you need to hire a new dj - make sure the one you have can work with him.. and double check his references... and listen to him talk! you would have thought these things would be obvious.. but nooo. we get to do it the hard way.
screw it.. i'm goin ta bed.
Sunday, January 09, 2005
WHO'S YO DADDY!!!
you'll have to excuse me while i laugh like a maniac. the last two nights were that good. the crowd behaved themselves, had fun, danced all night, and just plain made me feel good. call me a parasite - but i live off of their energy in a feedback loop. if i feel it, i feel it, then they feel it... and so on.
friday - they started dancing early and STAYED on the dance floor. packed floor for country and dance is a GOOD thing. had a little break during the night, when someone came up to the booth and gave us a nice little flashback and mixed it up for the set. the rest of the night was the same until 3am. lots of people in a mood to dance, and they sure did. closed the night out with some mickey gilley (stand by me). i went home thinking saturday night wouldnt be as good as friday... i was wrong.
saturday - well, i have a back-up in the booth now. we'll see how he does after a couple weeks. really gonna have to work on his voice first and foremost. so the night started out typical saturday slow, people coming in all through the night. first dance set was okay but no big deal.. but they seemed to like it. played lots of country that i guess they were in the mood for, because i hadnt seen that many people dance to it like that in awhile. second set rolled around, and wow but i got caught short on time - didnt play as much as i had wanted to, but did have alot of people on the floor dancin. after the dance set was over, i started gettin that twitchy feeling that they were gonna start at least one fight tonight. i guess i kept them distracted enough not to. last set of the night was.. um.. whats the word i'm looking for... oh yeah: DAAAAMN.... hehehehehehe
and now a quick reminder - drunk driving is gonna happen no matter how much we try to prevent it. BUT DO YOU FREAKIN THINK YOU CAN REMEMBER THAT YOU MIGHT NOT BE THE ONE TO GET HURT? we had yet another person get hit crossing the street. so far as i know at this time she's still alive... but after seeing the windshield of the car that hit her, i wouldnt be surprised if she wasnt. and yeah, the driver left in handcuffs.
sunday better be a good chill night. i need the break, for real.
friday - they started dancing early and STAYED on the dance floor. packed floor for country and dance is a GOOD thing. had a little break during the night, when someone came up to the booth and gave us a nice little flashback and mixed it up for the set. the rest of the night was the same until 3am. lots of people in a mood to dance, and they sure did. closed the night out with some mickey gilley (stand by me). i went home thinking saturday night wouldnt be as good as friday... i was wrong.
saturday - well, i have a back-up in the booth now. we'll see how he does after a couple weeks. really gonna have to work on his voice first and foremost. so the night started out typical saturday slow, people coming in all through the night. first dance set was okay but no big deal.. but they seemed to like it. played lots of country that i guess they were in the mood for, because i hadnt seen that many people dance to it like that in awhile. second set rolled around, and wow but i got caught short on time - didnt play as much as i had wanted to, but did have alot of people on the floor dancin. after the dance set was over, i started gettin that twitchy feeling that they were gonna start at least one fight tonight. i guess i kept them distracted enough not to. last set of the night was.. um.. whats the word i'm looking for... oh yeah: DAAAAMN.... hehehehehehe
and now a quick reminder - drunk driving is gonna happen no matter how much we try to prevent it. BUT DO YOU FREAKIN THINK YOU CAN REMEMBER THAT YOU MIGHT NOT BE THE ONE TO GET HURT? we had yet another person get hit crossing the street. so far as i know at this time she's still alive... but after seeing the windshield of the car that hit her, i wouldnt be surprised if she wasnt. and yeah, the driver left in handcuffs.
sunday better be a good chill night. i need the break, for real.
Friday, January 07, 2005
"hello children. how are all my little crackers today?"
thursdays - back to normal. was nice having a 2 week respite from what they were like before the holidays. ah for the good old days.
SOAPBOX TIME - i like it when people make requests, i really do. it lets me know what people want to listen to, and it lets me interact with the people in the building a little more. if they're new to the club, and they ask for a really good song or a song i think the rest of the building will dance to, i do try to get their request out for them - its just good customer relations. BUT...if you want to ask me for a song... ask once. don't keep asking every 15 minutes, dont send your friends up to ask for the same song, and then call me rude cause i dont play it right away. we hereby invoke the 15 minute rule - "ask more than once for a song - and it will get played 15 minutes later than i was going to have played it " making the dj cranky is never a good way to hear your song. are we clear?
until next time, lean back and enjoy the world, close your eyes and listen to the music.
SOAPBOX TIME - i like it when people make requests, i really do. it lets me know what people want to listen to, and it lets me interact with the people in the building a little more. if they're new to the club, and they ask for a really good song or a song i think the rest of the building will dance to, i do try to get their request out for them - its just good customer relations. BUT...if you want to ask me for a song... ask once. don't keep asking every 15 minutes, dont send your friends up to ask for the same song, and then call me rude cause i dont play it right away. we hereby invoke the 15 minute rule - "ask more than once for a song - and it will get played 15 minutes later than i was going to have played it " making the dj cranky is never a good way to hear your song. are we clear?
until next time, lean back and enjoy the world, close your eyes and listen to the music.
Wednesday, January 05, 2005
ah yes. back to the grind.
first wednesday of the new year. we'll see how it goes.
new years was fun, really exhausting, but fun. tried to do 'em good for the midnight toast, and apparently succeeded. other than that, it was a really well behaved crowd for new years.
saturday and sunday however, were just plain weird. not a big huge crowd on saturday, but they had fun. and sunday night - i had forgotten it was a 4 day holiday for the army... sunday was GOOD! havent had that much fun on a sunday night in a long time.
time to get ready for tonight. we'll let ya know how it goes.
new years was fun, really exhausting, but fun. tried to do 'em good for the midnight toast, and apparently succeeded. other than that, it was a really well behaved crowd for new years.
saturday and sunday however, were just plain weird. not a big huge crowd on saturday, but they had fun. and sunday night - i had forgotten it was a 4 day holiday for the army... sunday was GOOD! havent had that much fun on a sunday night in a long time.
time to get ready for tonight. we'll let ya know how it goes.
Saturday, January 01, 2005
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