Offline 8 at the Brixton Ritzy, Thurs Sept 9th

[Mrs Magpie]

I wish now I'd been at the Ritzy....I was only in the Albert from about 7:15 to just after 8:15 and had to be rescued by a friend from U75 related abuse

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

awwww

poor thing

next time kick em in the shins and run!

 

[editor]

I wish now I'd been at the Ritzy....I was only in the Albert from about 7:15 to just after 8:15 and had to be rescued by a friend from U75 related abuse

Oh dear. I think I could take a guess as to where that was coming from.

Why didn't you just tell him to fuck off and get over it?

 

[Skim]

As a DJ, I was expecting piles of free drugs and women throwing themselves at my feet

Tell me about it. I managed to cadge two fags and a scrawny handwritten note saying 'I'm a DJ honest give me a free drink'. That was it.

If I'm doing the Dogstar I expect nothing less than a whole crate of Babycham and Urban totty dancing naked in a drug-crazed circle round me. You know, like they do in Mixmag.

 

[Dubversion]

Tell me about it. I managed to cadge two fags and a scrawny handwritten note saying 'I'm a DJ honest give me a free drink'. That was it.

the barman wouldn't even accept mine - he decided i'd faked it and wouldn't give a drink. jobsworth fuck.

 

[Choc]

sorry to hear about all these annoyances in the posts above, grmpf!


however i had a really brill thrill nite and i am glad i made it at all...i love if a stroke of good idea takes over my conscious mind.

ie i would have never dreamt that i would end up dancing barefoot in the ritzy bar. and it was very good too . top stuff. thanks to people and editor for organising and making this night happen!

 

[Pieface]

the barman wouldn't even accept mine - he decided i'd faked it and wouldn't give a drink. jobsworth fuck.

but did you fake it Dub? I won't tell.....

Chucking out time was a tad shouty - I had to down my drink oafishly and peg it to the Dogstar instead.

My two favourite looks of the evening - poului does a "Byron" and Yoss does "swarthy Enid Blyton baddie".

 

[etnea]

Yoss does "swarthy Enid Blyton baddie".

Top night.

 

[oicur0t]

Spiros gave me a bottle of sambuca. It was good.

 

[pinkychukkles]

My dj token was good - the beers was chilled and I managed to have a chat with a few people, although it became more of a shouting match and coupled with the fact that I went to the Dogstar, fell off the non-smoking wagon with a thud - I now have a very irritable vocal chords being soothed by lots of cups of tea.

Eggs-selent night

Thank my idle arse for not being in work at the moment as I have a bit of head.

 

[editor]

Thanks to all for coming down to support the night - and thanks to the DJs who battled through innumerable - and annoying - technical difficulties.

I bet FatBoySlim doesn't have to work with gear like this!

Note the ghastly 'carousel' CD player (shudder)

 

[han]

That was a total hoot, despite a few arsey Ritzy staff - and it rocked!!

Thanks and well done to all the ace djs, and Mike

What was that fab piano track Gergl played?

Lovely to see everyone and have drunken chats 'n' boogie-ing.

My brain felt like it had an axe permanently lodged in it when I woke up this morning.

As they say - 'Beer then wine make you feel fine. Wine then beer make you feel queer'. Ooops-a-daisy!

Thankfully loads of Tizer and toast have cured the hangover - wonderful!

 

[editor]

That was a total hoot, despite a few arsey Ritzy staff - and it rocked!!

Almost the entire staff seemed to be locked into some ongoing, internal dispute all night. Every time I tried to find anyone from the management, I'd spot them engaged in intense discussions with very long faces.

To be honest, I was livid and not being told that the CD decks had fucked up the night before. If I'd been given some notice, I could have brought along a replacement. Instead several of the DJs had a really shitty (or non existent in the case of Silent Nate) Offline debut.

If the Dogstar night is a success, I may well switch it there permanently.

 

[Orang Utan]

Wish I could have been there but I was (am) skint

 

[Yossarian]

Shame about the arsey staff and knackered equipment, I had a top night all the same.

 

[Old Gergl]

What was that fab piano track Gergl played?

Jelly Roll Morton - 'Pop'

Full of ragtime goodness

I would've played a bit more jazz if we hadn't lost time with the aforementioned technical difficulties...

 

[han]

ta

I wanna get hold of some of that!

 

[IntoStella]

Surely that should be

 

[han]

you cheeky mare! lol

christ, it's been a while since I've seen one of those...

 

[crissy]

Another great night

Unfortunatly was my last offline for a while

 

[ChrisFilter]

I was there, for five minutes.. nice to see oic and liberty

 

[TeeJay]

Wine then beer make you feel queer'.

And that's a bad thing?

 

[han]

I was there, for five minutes.. nice to see oic and liberty

Oic and Liberty were there?!

 

[ChrisFilter]

we must have been wearing our invisibility cloaks..

 

[han]

we must have been wearing our invisibility cloaks..

I must've been wearing my drunken spectacles.....

To be fair, your hair DOES look different every time you come out!

 

[han]

And that's a bad thing?

No darling, it's positively gay!

 

[Maggot]

For the 90% of you who missed my set, I managed to overcome the technical difficulties with the following tunes:

James Brown - Give it up or turn it loose
Charles Wright & the 103rd Street Rhythm Band - Express Yourself
Rufus Thomas - Itch & Scratch
The O'Jays - For the love of money
Kool & the Gang - Jungle Boogie

 

[sonik]

I had to take Friday off work because i was so hungover but guess that's what happens when you stay in the dogstar until 3am drinking cocktails

This is what i played -
The Sundays - Summertime
Joni Mitchell - Night in the City
Ladytron - Blue Jeans
Bright Eyes - Lover i don't have to Love
The Fiery Furnaces - My Dog was Lost but now he's Found
Charlie Parr - Worried Blues
Joanna Newsom - Peach, Plum, Pear

I agree the bar staff were all very off hand all night and the security guard giving Dub hassle was a little over the top, hmmmmm.

 

[Dubversion]

my memory of what i played is a bit sketchy, but i think it went:

Carla Thomas - B-A-B-Y!

Marvin Gaye - Can I Get A Witness

Martha & The Vandellas - Heatwave

Jackson Sisters - I Believe In Miracles

De La Soul - Eye Know

NWA - Fuck Tha Police

Foxy Brown - O Yeah

Le Tigre - Deceptacon

Booker T - Time Is Tight

Jean Knight - Mr Big Stuff

CLiff Noble - The Horse

Sean Paul - Infiltrate

there was more than that, but i've forgotten..

 

[editor]

Photo report now online!

http://www.urban75.org/offline/offline08.html