Current mood:

happy

No whining here!
Well I have to say that Whine & Cheese was unquestionably a success!

It started not too auspiciously. The staff turned up right on the dot of 8:00, resulting in our not having time to test the DJ equipment nor a cash drawer by the time the first punter arrived. And then there was the dispute over the free wine. The manager had agreed to share the cost of the free wine with me, but didn't tell the owner, who refused to honour that arrangement and charged me for all of it. I was not a happy camper -- but in the end, enough people turned up that we were able to easily cover it out of the door take.

Then there were the requisite technical fuckups, both of which were mine. In the booth there is a small, invisible step down right in front of the DJ equipment. Which, upon arriving for my first set, I stumbled over and fell onto the turntable, turning off Ally's track. EEK! I hastily played a tune, but (see "The staff didn't arrive until 8") I hadn't had any previous opportunity to figure out which buttons did what, resulting in a few seconds of silence between my first and second tracks and a panicked me shouting "Go get Ally, now!!" at a very confused bluekieran who had just come in to say hello.

But it wouldn't be a club night without something going wrong. On the plus side, people actually showed up and, contrary to the owner's dire prediction, didn't just stay long enough to drink the free wine and then leave. caveynik and suicideally both played good sets, though I could have done without Belinda Carlisle*, and double the bite-our-nails-and-hope-we-break-even number of punters showed up -- around 80 total! People were still coming in at 10 til 1, mainly mundanes who coloured my second set far more "pop" than it would have been otherwise, but they were well-behaved and requested The Clash and Placebo so it was all good. The owner was happy, the music was well-received and so far the only complaint I've heard was "the dance floor was too small" so I think we WILL indeed be doing this again sometime! :)

I'm a cheapskate and can't do a poll, so those who attended please leave your commentary: how was the space? The music? The staff? Anything else?

THANK YOU to everyone who came, especially those who plugged the thing in their LJs or helped hand out flyers, and a "nyeah nyeah" to those who didn't because it was a great time!

CAVEY NIK 8:00

Chapter House - Pearl
Kitchens of Distinction - Railwayed
Mansun - Negative
This Burning Effigy - Pure Complex (Version)
Cocteau Twins - Feather Oar Blades
Levitation - Smile
This Mortal Coil - Not Me
Colourbox - Just Give 'Em Whiskey
Dead Can Dance - Carnival of Light
X-mal Deutschland - Matador
Breath of Life - Silver Sky
Xymox - Back Door

SUICIDE ALLY 9:00

Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue - Where the Wild Roses Grow
Strawberry Switchblade - Since Yesterday
David Bowie - Moonage Daydream
Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut
Japan - Quiet Life
Berlin - Sex (I'm a...)
The Droyds - Girls on Pills
PiL - This Is Not a Love Song
Revolting Cocks - Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?
Stooges - No Fun
Sisters of Mercy - Floorshow

PSYCHE 9:45

Danielle Dax - Cat House
Chameleons - In Shreds
Corpus Delicti - Saraband
Inkubus Sukkubus - Belladonna and Aconite
Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia
Vempire Beach Babes - Gothmobile
Cramps - Human Fly
Element - In the Nitetime
The Faint - Agenda Suicide
Shriekback - Nemesis (Extended)
New Order - Regret
A-Ha - The Sun Always Shines on TV
David Bowie - Rebel Rebel (Single Version)
Depeche Mode vs. Michael Jackson - Just Can't Stop Til I Get Enough (DJ Psyche Remix)
Prince - Little Red Corvette

CAVEY NIK 10:45

Ultravox - All Stood Still (12")
Duran Duran - My Own Way
Apoptygma Berzerk - Electricity *
Daisy Chainsaw - Love Your Money
Bauhaus - Insanity Assassin *
Christian Death - Spiritual Cramp *
Marionettes - Ave Dementia *
Skeletal Family - Promised Land
Cinema Strange - Lindsay's Trachea
Danse Society - Danse Move (12")
Suspiria - Allegedly, Dancefloor Tragedy *
The Cure - Just Like Heaven
Zodiac Mindwarp - Prime Mover *
The Damned - Grimly Fiendish
Billy Idol - White Wedding

SUICIDE ALLY 11:45

Queen Adreena - Jolene
Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is a Place on Earth
Debbie Harry - I Want That Man
Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy
Creatures - Right Now
The Cramps - What's Inside
Electric 6 - Gay Bar
David Bowie - Scary Monsters
Sisters of Mercy - Alice
The Cure - Lovecats
T. Rex - 20th Century Boy
B-52s - Rock Lobster
Pop Will Eat Itself - Def Con One
Age of Chance - Kiss
Bauhaus - Lagarijta Nick *
Soft Cell - Sex Dwarf
Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Round
Utah Saints - Something Good
OMD - Enola Gay
Primitives - Crash
Sisters of Mercy - This Corrosion

PSYCHE 1:00

Killing Miranda - Teenage Vampire
Libitina - Gothic People
Snake River Conspiracy - How Soon is Now
Placebo - Pure Morning
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Kiss Them for Me
The Clash - Should I Stay or Should I Go *
Iggy Pop - Real Wild Child
Blondie - Atomic
Rick James - Superfreak
Psychedelic Furs - Love My Way
Fischerspooner - Emerge *
Duran Duran - Planet Earth
Fictional - Opportunities
Animotion - Obsession
Rosetta Stone - Leave Me for Dead *

*this coming from someone who played Rick James...