Spooooooooky

 Played a Halloween party ON Halloween!

1 - Japan - Ghosts

2 - Nina Simone - I Put A Spell On You

3 - John Smith - Axe Mountain

4 - Ash - Halloween

5 - The Free Association - Le Baggage

6 - These Trails - Of Broken Links

7 - Amon Tobin feat Kronos Quartet - Bloodstone

8 - Calexico - The Book And The Canal

9 - Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells Opening Theme

10 - Morcheeba - Blindfold

11 - Annie Lennox - Love Song For A Vampire (from Bram Stroker's Dracula)

12 - Sunforest - Magician In The Mountain

13 - Julee Cruise - Falling

14 - Themselves - Another Part Of The Clown's Brain

15 - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - A Nightmare On My Street

16 - Love Bug Starski - Amityville (The House On The Hill)

17 - Kip Tyler - She's My Witch

18 - Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity - Season Of The Witch

19 - Fleetwood Mac - Black Magic Woman

20 - Flight of the Conchords - Demon Woman

21 - Leather Angel - We Came To Kill

22 - The Budos Band - Burnt Offering

23 - The Bacarrudas - Dracula's Castle

24 - The Frantics - Werewolf

25 - L7 - Pretend We're Dead

26 - RJD2 - The Horror

27 - Eels - Fresh Blood

28 - Runaways - Finders Kreepers

29 - Titus Jones - Down With One More Disease (Lady Gaga vs Disturbed vs Britney Spears mashup)

30 - DJ Shadow - Organ Donor (Extended Overhaul)

31 - DJ Lobsterdust - It's Fun To Smoke Dust (Queen vs Satan mashup)

32 - MXPX - Scooby Doo, Where Are You?

33 - Alkaline Trio - Your Neck demo

34 - Meat Loaf - Hot Patootie / Bless My Soul

35 - Misfits - London Dungeon

36 - Scottie Stuart - Nightmare

37 - The Revels - Intoxica

38 - Little Esther Phillips - Mojo Hannah

39 - Leroy Bowman - Graveyard

40 - The Birthday Party - Release the Bats

41 - Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist

42 - Stevie Wonder - Superstition

43 - Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf

44 - Orbital - Doctor

45 - Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me

46 - DJ Giac - Zombie Lady In Heaven (Damiano David vs The Cure vs The Penelopes mashup)

47 - Adamski - Killer

48 - Ashnikko - Halloweenie V: The Moss King

49 - Harry Belafonte - Zombie Jamboree

50 - Ronnie Cook & The Gaylads - The Goo Goo Muck

51 - Claudine Clark - Walkin' Through A Cemetery

52 - AC/DC - Highway To Hell

53 - The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil

54 - Bobby 'Boris' Pickett & The Crypt Kickers - Monster Mash

55 - Backstreet Boys - Everybody (Backstreet's Back)

56 - Rob Zombie - Dragula

57 - Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams

58 - DJ Touche - Vampires

59 - Ray Parker Jr - Ghostbusters

60 - Michael Jackson - Thriller

61 - Voodoo Love Orchestra - Fever

62 - R Dean Taylor - There's A Ghost In My House

63 - Warren Zevon - Werewolves Of London

64 - Mark Ronson feat Tiggers & ODB - Toxic

65 - Sabres Of Paradise - Wilmot's Last Skank

66 - Max Romeo - Chase The Devil

67 - Outkast feat Kelis - Dracula's Wedding

68 - The Cramps - Human Fly

69 - jimmylin - Toxic Bad Guy Look What You Made Me Do (Billie Eilish vs Taylor Swift vs Britney Spears mashup)

70 - Lady Gaga - Abracadabra

71 - Ne-Yo - Beautiful Monster (Low Sunday Terrified edit)

72 - Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll (A-Trak remix)

73 - Nelly Furtado - Maneater

74 - Rihanna - Disturbia

75 - Shakira - She-Wolf

76 - Electric Six - Danger High Voltage

77 - Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear the Reaper

78 - The Automatic - Monster

79 - Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 400

80 - Grimes - Oblivion

81 - She Wants Revenge - Tear You Apart

82 - MXPX - Scooby Doo, Where Are You?

83 - Richard O'Brien, Patricia Quinn & Nell Campbell - The Time Warp

84 - The Interrupters - Bad Guy

[“fine, I’ll play your non-spooky requests”]

85 - Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag

86 - Busted - Crashed The Wedding

87 - Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton - Islands In The Stream

88 - Outkast - Hey Ya

89 - The Table - Flashtrain (Ozzy Osbourne vs Irene Cara mashup)

90 - Toots & The Maytals - (Take Me Home) Country Roads

91 - Taylor Swift - Shake It Off

92 - Mark Ronson feat Amy Winehouse - Valerie

Louie Louie Louie Louie

Back once again, at a new venue (well, not entirely), it was nice to play a set in Shields, at the excellent Engine Room. Intended vibes were rhythm & blues, garage rock, bit of mod and psych, bit of ska and funk, that kind of thing.

What got played (including, partly via requests, some slightly off-theme choices and FOUR VERSIONS OF LOUIE LOUIE) was:

1 - Aaron Neville - Let's Live

2 - Betty Bibbs - Pounds Of Soul

3 - Etta James - 842-3089 (Call My Name)

4 - Ironing Board Sam - Man Of The Street

5 - Lee Dorsey - Give Me You

6 - Jimmy Reed - Baby What You Want Me To Do

7 - Amos Milburn - Down The Road Apiece

8 - Barrett Strong - You've Got What It Takes

9 - Tabby Thomas - Popeye Train

10 - Jean Dushon - Second Class Lover

11 - Sugarman Three - Saddle For Two

12 - Huey 'Piano' Smith & His Clowns - High Blood Pressure

13 - The Syn - Grounded

14 - The Marmalade - Mess Around

15 - The Scenics - Do The Wait

16 - The Beatles - Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey

17 - The Bees - Chicken Payback

18 - The Byrds - Born To Rock & Roll

19 - The Sonic Dawn - It's Tomorrow

20 - Witch - Introduction

21 - Jimmy Fraser - Of Hopes & Dreams & Tombstones

22 - Ike & Tina Turner - Crazy 'Bout You Baby

23 - Grey Oblivian & The Tip Tops - Watching My Baby Get Ready

24 - Goat - Golden Dawn (Live)

25 - Aretha Franklin - Save Me

26 - The Zombies - She's Not There

27 - Melanie & The Edwin Hawkins Singers - Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)

28 - The Budos Band - Long in the Tooth

29 - The Kinks - Sittin' On My Sofa

30 - The Dirtbombs - Do You See My Love (For You Growing)

31 - Steppenwolf - Rock Me

32 - The Flies - Stepping Stone

33 - The Wedding Present - Pleasant Valley Sunday

34 - The Jam - Town Called Malice

35 - Flowered Up - It's On

36 - Small Faces - Lazy Sunday

37 - Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs - Wooly Bully

38 - The Sonics - Don't You Just Know It

39 - The Yardbirds - Putty In Your Hands

40 - Willie Egan - Can't Understand It

41 - The Mar-Keys - Pop-Eye Rider

42 - The Meters - Funky Miracles

43 - Rufus Thomas - Walking The Dog

44 - The Bamboos - Tighten Up

45 - Billie Gayles with Ike Turner's Kings Of Rhythm - I'm Tore Up

46 - Professor Longhair - Boogie Woogie

47 - Fats Domino - Mardi Gras In New Orleans

48 - Lloyd Price - Froglegs

49 - The Human Beinz - Nobody But Me

50 - The Prisoners - Whenever I'm Gone

51 - The Knickerbockers - Lies

52 - The Eyes - I'm Rowed Out

53 - Kameleoni - Sunny Cry

54 - Os Mutantes - A Minha Menina

55 - The 5678s - Pinball Party

56 - 13th Floor Elevators - You're Gonna Miss Me

57 - Super Furry Animals - (Drawing) Rings Around The World

58 - Ros Seresyothea - Chnam Oun Dop Praya Mauy (I’m 16)

59 - The BellRays - Making Up For Lost Time

60 - Nazz - Open My Eyes

61 - Barrence Whitfield & The Savages - Katy Didn't

62 - Joan Jett and The Blackhearts - Don't Abuse Me

63 - T Rex - 20th Century Boy

64 - Toots & The Maytals - Louie Louie

65 - The Specials - You're Wondering Now (Kid Jensen Session)

66 - The Slits - I Heard It Through The Grapevine

67 - The Sonics - Louie Louie

68 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Purple Haze

69 - ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man

70 - Jefferson Airplane - Somebody To Love

71 - Solomon Burke - Everybody Needs Somebody To Love

72 - Flamin' Groovies - Slow Death

73 - The Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up

74 - Herbie Hancock - Bring Down The Birds

75 - The Animals - The House Of The Rising Sun

76 - The Kingsmen - Louie Louie

77 - The Detroit Cobras - Stupidity

78 - The B-52's - Deadbeat Club

79 - Motorhead - Louie, Louie (alternate version)

So Long, Prohibition bar

Prohibition Cabaret Bar in Newcastle is closing today. It's a brilliant bar. I'd been a fan since coming across it in its previous location in Gateshead (before it moved to the site of former, legendary, Jazz Cafe), and post-pandemic, I've helped put on a bunch of parties there, getting the chance to play all kinds of stuff and have a lovely time. I'll really miss it a lot.

I was honoured to be able to DJ the last Saturday it was open, playing Prohibition-era jazz and blues - aaaand some stuff that had that sound and spirit from a bit later.

Here's what got played:

1 - Louis Jordan - Whiskey Do Your Stuff

2 - Howlin' Wolf - All Night Boogie

3 - Harry Roy & his Bat Club Boys - My Girl's Pussy

4 - Benny Goodman - Wholly Cats

5 - Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox feat. Emily Goglia & Juliette Goglia - The Boy Is Mine

6 - Earl Hines & his Orch. - Beau-Koo Jack

7 - Cow Cow Davenport - Cow Cow Blues

8 - Bix Beiderbecke & Frankie Trumbauer & His Orchestra - Riverboat Shuffle

9 - Slim Gaillard - Dunkin' Bagel

10 - Louis Armstrong - Ole Miss Blues

11 - Sonny Boy Williamson - Shake The Boogie

12 - Harold Land - Swingin' On Savoy

13 - Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orch. - Loose like a goose

14 - Albert Ammons & Pete Johnson - Barrelhouse Boogie

15 - Mose Allison - Baby, Please Don't Go

16 - Smiley Lewis - Caldonia's Party

17 - Dave Bartholomew - Who Drank My Beer?

18 - Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli - The Sheik of Araby

19 - Cab Calloway - Are You Hep To The Jive?

20 - Kid Ory - Muskrat Ramble

21 - Roy Milton - Hop, Skip And Jump

22 - The Lost Fingers - Careless Whisper

23 - Big Maybelle - Ring Dang Dilly

24 - Professor Longhair - Oh Well

25 - Doctor Ross - Texas Hop

26 - Johnny Otis - Beer Bottle Boogie

27 - Lynn Hope - Shocking

28 - Mickey Hawks & The Night Raiders - Bip Bop Boom

29 - Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra - Charleston

30 - Chick Webb & his Orchestra - Heebie Jeebies

31 - The Charleston Chasers - My Melancholy Baby

32 - Johnny 'Guitar' Watson - Gettin' Drunk

33 - Louis Prima & Keely Smith - Just A Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody

34 - Amos Milburn - One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer

35 - Blue Charlie - Whole Lot Of Drinking On The Block

36 - Classie Ballou - Lucille

37 - Willis 'Gatortail' Jackson - Later for the Gator

38 - Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues

39 - Elvis Presley - Mystery Train

40 - Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox feat. Ariana Savalas & Sarah Reich - Bad Romance

41 - Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons

42 - Huey 'Piano' Smith & His Clowns - Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu (Pt. 2)

43 - Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli - It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)

44 - Little Willie John - I'm Shakin'

45 - Lowell Fulson - Rocking After Midnight

46 - Irma Thomas - I Done Got Over It

47 - Jelly Roll Morton - Mint Julep

48 - Rob Heron & the Teapad Orchestra - Hot Bath

49 - The Puppini Sisters - It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing

50 - Jimmy McCracklin - I Want to Make Love to You

51 - Roy Brown - Shake 'Em Up Baby

52 - Jerry Lee Lewis - Ubangi Stomp

53 - Etta James - Tell Mama

54 - Sam & Dave - Hold On, I'm Coming

55 - Finis Tasby - Cloudy Day

56 - Jimmy Smith - Uh Ruh

57 - Lee Dorsey - Mess Around

58 - Eddie Bo - Every Dog Got His Day

59 - Floyd Dixon - Wine Wine Wine

60 - Little Richard - Rice, Red Beans and Turnip Greens

61 - Chuck Berry - Route 66

62 - Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox feat. Gunhild Carling - Dancing Queen

63 - The Lost Fingers - Billie Jean

64 - Champion Jack Dupree - Nasty Boogie

65 - Fats Waller - Ain't Misbehavin'

66 - Irving Aaronson - Let's Misbehave

67 - Ray Charles - Hit The Road Jack

68 - Etta James - Tighten Up Your Own Thing

69 - Ramsey Lewis Trio - Uptight (Everything's Alright)

70 - The Beatles - Back In The USSR

71 - Carl Perkins - Boppin' The Blues

72 - Elvis Presley - Hound Dog

73 - Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Up Above My Head I Hear Music In The Air

74 - Calvin Bose - Waiting & Drinking

75 - Bo Diddley - You Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover

76 - Charles Sheffield - Give It Up

77 - Clarence 'Frogman' Henry - Ain't Got No Home

78 - Hot Lips Page & his Orchestra - They Raided The Joint

79 - Perez Prado and His Orchestra - Mambo No. 5

80 - Voodoo Love Orchestra - Sunshine of Your Love

81 - Little Esther - Cupid's Boogie

82 - Lloyd Price - Carry Me Home

83 - Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox feat. Kate Davis - All About That Bass

84 - The Lost Fingers - Pump up the Jam

85 - Elmore James - Dust My Broom

86 - Helen Thompson - Going Down To Big Mary's

87 - Wynonie Harris - Quiet Whiskey

88 - Jimmy Liggins - I Ain't Drunk

89 - Marilyn Scott - Beer Bottle Boogie

90 - Laverne Ray - Drunk, That's All

91 - Roy Brown - Bootleggin' Baby

92 - Frankie Lee Sims - She Likes To Boogie Real Low

93 - Jack McVea and His All Stars - Bartender Boogie

94 - Fats Domino - So Long

95 - Chuck Berry - Deep Feeling