Halloween rolls around faster each year

Where has the year gone? How has the year gone? WHAT has the... never mind.

I was spinning my favourite hyper-specific genre: HALLOWEEN, on halloween again with the lovely Tynie Socials, this time at The Grove.

What got played...

John Murphy - In The House... In A Heartbeat

Jeff Buckley - Ulalume

Murder by Death - Those Who Stayed

clipping. - Nothing is Safe

Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

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

LeeDM101 - Running Dreams (Placebo/Marilyn Manson/Eurythmics/Ministry/Kate Bush mashup)

Lord Dent & His Invaders - Wolf Call

Rex Garvin & Mighty Cravers - Strange Happenings

Pixies - Where Is My Mind

Death in Vegas - Dirge

Skeletons - Positive Force

Fingathing - Don't Turn Around

DJ Crossability - Magic Adolescent (Arctic Monkeys vs Little Mix mashup)

Bessie Smith - Blue Spirit Blues

Adamski - Killer

Nelly Furtado - Say It Right (MAUS club remix)

Nemanja - Orfejev Ples

Gorillaz - Dare

Electric Six - The Number of the Beast

10000 Spoons - Bullet With Pussycat Dolls (Smashing Pumpkins vs Pussycat Dolls mashup)

Roky Erickson - I Walked with a Zombie

Dex Ward - Might As Well Dance (f-tang-a-lang)

Echo & The Bunnymen - People Are Strange

The Three D's - Graveyard Cha Cha

Brody And The Grodies - You Put The Hex On Me

Zombina and the Skeletones - Last Chance Dance

Misfits - London Dungeon

The Allergies feat Andy Cooper - Tear The Place Up

Michael Sembello - Maniac (DJ Mar Omella extended rework v1)

She Wants Revenge - Tear You Apart

The Bacarrudas - Wolf Party

Me First And The Gimme Gimmes - (Ghost) Riders In The Sky

Lord Luther - Teenage Creature

Los Straitjackets - ¡Ghostbusters!

DRA'man - Highway to tax (AC/DC vs Detroit City Limits mashup)

DRA'man - Jump in the line (House of Pain vs Harry Belafonte mashup)

Supple - Stayin' Alive

Eels - Fresh Blood

Videoteque - Beware the Moon

Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence '04

The Budos Band - Ghost Talk

Isaac Rother & The Phantoms - Hit Me Baby One More Time

Pam Fleming's Dead Zombie Band - Boppin' Bones

Warren Zevon - Werewolves Of London

DJ Shadow - Organ Donor (Extended Overhaul)

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

Talking Heads - Psycho Killer

Vixoria Drift - The Hand That Feeds Smooth Criminals (Nine Inch Nails vs Michael Jackson mashup)

Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me

Lady Gaga - The Dead Dance

The Automatic - Monster

Muse - Time Is Running Out

Misfits - Skulls

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

Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams

Soft Cell - Tainted Love

Britney Spears - Toxic

Backstreet Boys - Everybody (Backstreet's Back)

DoM - Lucky Ghostbusters  (Ray Parker Jr vs Daft Punk feat Pharrell Williams mashup)

N-Trance - Set You Free

Corona - Rhythmn Of The Night

Haddaway - What Is Love

Rihanna - Disturbia

New Order - Blue Monday

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

McFly - Five Colours In Her Hair

Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity

Lady Gaga - Marry The Night

Erasure - Love to Hate You

Bobby 'Boris' Pickett & The Crypt Kickers - Monster Mash (AGAIN)

Baccara - Yes Sir, I Can Boogie

ABBA - Lay All Your Love On Me

Michael Jackson - Thriller

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

Stevie Wonder - Superstition

Here comes the sun (duh duh duh duhhh)

 Played a set at TERNS to celebrate it not being terrible grey weather anymore. Cheery Sunday afternoon stuff.

Big John K - Poor Souls

Ramsey Lewis Trio - John Henry

Black Merda - Take A Little Time

The Exotics - I Don't Want Nobody To Lead me On

Alèmayèhu Eshèté & Hirut Bèqèlè – Tèmèlès

Amon Düül II - Fly United

Paul Ritchie & The Cryin' Shames - Come On Back

Clemon Smith - Brother Man, Sister Ann

Roger Fakhr - Had To Come Back Wet

Huey 'Piano' Smith & His Clowns - Just A Lonely Clown

Harvey Averne - I Feel Fine

Lee Dorsey - People Gonna Talk

Lowell Fulson - Mellow Together

Eddie Bo - (Ooh, Wee Baby) What You Gonna Do

The Mar-Keys - Gonna Work Out Fine

Derrick Harriott - Reach Out I'll Be There

The Human Beinz - Dance On Through

Sidan - Ar Goll

Gift - Drugs

Indian Ropeman - Sunshine of Your Love

Calypso Rose feat Manu Chao - Leave Me Alone

Pierre Henry & Michel Colombier - Psyche Rock (Fatboy Slim malpaso edit)

Clue J And His Blues Blasters - Pine Juice

Loose Ends - Taxman

The Detroit Cobras - Putty (In Your Hands)

Irma Thomas - Somebody Told You

Nina Simone - Save Me

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Bag Of Bones

Tacocat - Hologram

The Dave Pike Set - Mathar (The Frank Popp Ensemble mix)

The Rose Garden - Next Plane To London

Professor Longhair - Who's Been Foolin'

Ray Charles - Don't You Know

Ray Sharpe - Help Me (Get The Feeling) pt 2

Camille 'Lil' Bob - Stop

Joe Simon - Come On And Get It

The Budos Band - The Sticks

Brian Auger & The Trinity - Tiger

Betty Harris - There's A Break In The Road

Amanaz - Khala My Friend

Sugarman Three - Pull My Cart

St. Paul & The Broken Bones - Call Me

Brenton Wood - The Oogum Boogum Song

The Barbarians - Moulty

Bo Diddley - Road Runner

Jerry & The Medicine Men - The Medicine Man pt 2

Barrence Whitfield & The Savages - Cape May Diamond

The Village Callers - Hector

Carla & Rufus - Cause I Love you

Bobby Franklin's Insanity - Bring It On Down To Me (part 1)

The Chapters - If You Can't Love Me - Pity Me

Dave Bartholomew - Yeah Yeah

Crystal Mansion - Somebody Oughta' Turn Your Head Around

Fuzzy Haskins - The Fuz And Da Boog

Marc Hype & Jim Dunloop feat Sara Bourgeois - The Mexican (radio version)

Youngblood Brass Band - Ain't Nobody

MC5 - The American Ruse

Rusty Harness - Goodbye

Aaron Neville - Let's Live

Alexi LaGoon's favourite mashups of 2025

 Haven't done this for ages, but, as a long-term mashup enthusiast, I feel it's nice to highlight some of the instances of this most postmodern and superficially trashy but actually sometimes transcendently beautiful craft that I really enjoyed in 2025.

In no particular order:

LeeDM101 - Sunday Apologies (Sinéad O'Connor vs Marsheaux)

Sinéad's cover of Nirvana is full of delicate melancholy, setting it drifting over a kind of harsh but lush synth landscape makes something really beautiful and moving.

Dunproofin' - Lonely GOATherd (Julie Andrews vs LL Cool J)

I think there's a specific art to a comedy mash, and this is probably the silliest of the year that I really enjoyed - great high concept, wildly mismatched sources, tremendous fun, almost danceable.

Titus Jones - Entertain Us (Charli XCX vs Blur vs Britney vs Nirvana)

Probably the most straight-up banger mashup here, taking several already incredibly catchy elements and scrunching them together slickly to make something even more dancefloor-centric.

fnogg - Subway Situation (Chappell Roan vs Weezer)

One of several great mashes from fnogg's Roan vs Weezer 'Cheezer' album (the other highlights, for me, being Red Wine Photonova and Undone After Midnight). I reckon this one has the edge as the anthemic heaviness of the instrumental brings out the frazzled emotion of the vocals better than the original (even if it ends up sounding a bit like that Keane song).

McClintock Mashups - I'll Be A Disciple For You (Slayer vs The Rembrandts) 

Are Slayer bad? I'm not metal enough to know, but a superficial skim of the internet suggests their more dubious imagery and lyrics are for provocation rather than actually being representative of a racist worldview, and the lyrics here seem to be asserting a general hatred of EVERYONE, which I can kind of get behind - particularly when expertly intertwined with the 'Friends' theme tune! Comedically mismatched but really well integrated (love a back-and-forth vocal), great.

DoM - Everybody Needs To Go Home (Boney M vs Fatboy Slim)

Fatboy Slim's Everybody Needs A Carnival  is itself an alternate version of his Everybody Needs a 303, with added calypso carnival party vibes. Throwing in Boney M's Gotta Go Home (perhaps better recognised as the sample for Duck Sauce Barbara Streisand) creates incredible energy. At times it sounds like a great mix (i.e. two records playing in sync) more than a comprehensively integrated mash, but it's so good, just draaaaags you inexorably to the dancefloor.

ah! - Lumnpch (Billie Eilish vs Presidents of the United States of America)

Eilish's breathy ethereal vocals over the Presidents' bouncy grungy riffs is an unusual dynamic, but it all fits together delightfully. Perhaps even more than any other mashup this year, I listened to this one over and over and over.

That's it. Loads of others I enjoyed, but think those were the top of the pops. Go check out all the creators accounts for more quality stuff, etc etc.

They call me back door santa

Did another funky rhythm & blues / fuzzy garage night at the lovely Engine Room in North Shields, this time throwing in some CHRISTMAS-RELATED TRACKS. Probably ended up 50/50ish in the end, skating devilishly close to breaking the 'No Wham, no Carey' rule.

Here's what got played:

1 - Ella Fitzgerald - Sleigh Ride

2 - Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - God Rest Ye Merry Gents

3 - Otis Redding - Merry Christmas Baby

4 - Donny Hathaway - This Christmas

5 - Foolish Relics - Christmas in Hollis

6 - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

7 - The Classic Brown - It's a Wrap

8 - The Not Fur Longs - Toys Don't Cry

9 - The Bakesys - Random Festive Words

10 - J.B. Summers - I Want A Present For Christmas

11 - Tom Dyer & His Queen's Pajamas - No Lou This Xmas

12 - Sugarman Three - Soul Donkey

13 - Olympic - Blasnivej Kiki

14 - Ill Boogs - Gypsy Rock

15 - Huey 'Piano' Smith & His Clowns - Second Line

16 - The Funk Brothers - Winter Wonderland (instrumental)

17 - Amos Milburn - Christmas Comes But Once A Year

18 - Santa's Little Helper - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

19 - Barrence Whitfield & The Savages - Hey Miss Glynis

20 - Bettye Swann - The Heartache Is Gone

21 - Tabby Thomas - I Don't Care

22 - Big Man and the Night People - Night Creeper

23 - The Detroit Cobras - Can't Do Without You

24 - The Yardbirds - Heartful of Soul

25 - The Swaggerlies - All I Want For Christmas (Is To Be Left Alone)

26 - Across 35th - Do You Wanna Build A Snowman?

27 - Louis Armstrong & The Commanders – ‘Zat You, Santa Claus?

28 - Bobby Smith - Bess's Boogie

29 - MC5 - Sister Anne

30 - Morning Reign - Can't Get Enough Of It

31 - The Kinks - Brainwashed

32 - The Dirtbombs - I'm Qualified To Satisfy You

33 - Clarence Carter - Backdoor Santa

34 - The Allergies - It's Almost Here

35 - Futureman feat Adam Montague - Father Christmas

36 - Betty James - I'm A Little Mixed Up

37 - Ike & Tina Turner - Why I Sing the Blues

38 - Les Cooper And His Soul Rockers - Wahoo

39 - We The They - Holiday Lines

40 - The Fleshtones - Champagne Christmas

41 - The Ronettes - Frosty The Snowman

42 - Patti Page - Boogie Woogie Santa Claus

43 - Guns of Nevada - Liquor In My Stocking

44 - Flamin' Groovies - Golden Clouds

45 - Billy Preston - Steady Get'n It

46 - The Len Price 3 - If I Ain't Got You

47 - the Werewandas - I've Got A Great Big Christmas Tree

48 - Ego and the Appropriators - Christmas Wrapping

49 - Big Boss Man - Christmas Boogaloo

50 - Guts feat. Leron Thomas - Man Funk

51 - Arrested Development - People Everyday (metamorphosis mix)

52 - Buddy Guy - Man Of Many Words

53 - Bobnoxious - Police Nabbed My Dad

54 - The Wedding Present - Step Into Christmas

55 - Delakota - C'Mon Cincinnati (M Organs village mix)

56 - Back Chat Brass - All Star

57 - Lou Rawls - Good Time Christmas

58 - The Marshall Brothers - Mr Santa's Boogie

59 - Ramones - Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)

60 - The Dollyrots - Santa Baby

61 - Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - White Christmas

62 - Oscar McLollie & His Honey Jumpers - Dig That Crazy Santa Claus

63 - Champion Jack Dupree - Shim Sham Shimmy

64 - The Bacarrudas - Christmas Fun

65 - The Step Daughters feat WANK - Fairytale of New York

66 - El Vez - Feliz Navi-Nada

67 - Chuck Berry - Run Rudolph Run

68 - Andy B And The World - Santa Baby

69 - Vixoria Drift - All I Want For Christmas Is You Killing In The Name (RATM vs Mariah Carey mashup)

70 - Lucy Dacus - Last Christmas

71 - The Squirrels - Joy To The World

72 - The Discount Dandies - Silent Night

73 - Nolan Porter - Keep On Keepin' On

74 - The Beatstalkers - You Better Get A Better Hold On

75 - Wild Billy Childish & The Musicians Of The British Empire - He's Making A Tape

76 - Mark 'Porkchop' Holder - My Black Name

77 - Big Joe Turner - Christmas Date Boogie

78 - The Robins - The Turkey Hop

79 - The Weisstronauts - Jingle Bells

80 - MJ Hibbett & the Validators - Easy Christmas

81 - The Fastbacks - Oh Come All Ye Faithful

82 - The Vandals - Oi To The World (evening session session)

83 - Eels - Everything's Gonna Be Cool This Christmas

84 - Half Man Half Biscuit - It's Cliched To Be Cynical At Christmas

85 - Jimmy Witherspoon - How I Hate To See Christmas Come Around

86 - The Nic Nacs - Gonna Have A Merry Xmas

87 - Charles Brown - Merry Christmas Baby

Have a good one. FUNK LAGOON WILL RETURN IN 2026.

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

Aaaand... cut

 We did a film-themed party!

1 - Aimee Mann - Save Me

2 - Bryan Adams & Spinal Tap - (Everything I Do) I Do It For Big Bottoms (funk lagoon mix)

3 - Angelo Badalamenti & David Lynch - Twin Peaks Theme (instrumental)

4 - Judy Garland - Over the Rainbow

5 - Buena Vista Social Club - Chan Chan

6 - Prince - Purple Rain

7 - Gerard McMann - Cry Little Sister

8 - Mighty Mike - Footloose Like You (Kenny Loggins vs Adele mashup)

9 - Kiss - God Gave Rock And Roll To You II

10 - Curtis Mayfield - Freddie's Dead

11 - Kenny Rogers - Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)

12 - The Beta Band - Dry The Rain

13 - Disney - Hakuna Matata

14 - DJ Gizmo - Battle Without Humanity Or Cake (Tomoyasu Hotei vs Cake mashup)

15 - Fun Lovin' Criminals - Scooby Snacks

16 - Lalo Schifrin - Theme from 'Enter the Dragon'

17 - Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs Robinson

18 - Moby - James Bond Theme (Moby's Re-Version)

19 - Propellerheads - Spybreak

20 - Aqua - Turn Back Time (Metro Scuba club mix)

21 - The Go-Go's - We Got The Beat

22 - The Pointer Sisters - Jump (For My Love)

23 - Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock

24 - The Blues Brothers - Everybody Needs Somebody To Love

25 - The Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup

26 - Deloris & The Sisters & The Ronelles - Shout

27 - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Old Time Rock & Roll

28 - Tina Turner - The Best

29 - Disney - The Unbirthday Song (from Alice In Wonderland)

30 - A-ha - The Living Daylights

31 - Johnny Cash - I Walk The LIne

32 - Northern Monkey Brass Band - Imperial Cantina

33 - Dunproofin' - Lonely GOATherd (Julie Andrews vs LL Cool J mashup)

34 - Will Smith feat Dru Hill & Kool Mo Dee - Wild Wild West

35 - DJ Gizmo - Ghost Busta Move (Ray Parker Jr vs Young MC mashup)

36 - Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger

37 - Stan Bush - The Touch

38 - Boney M - Rasputin

39 - Smash Mouth - All Star

40 - NSYNC - Bye Bye Bye

41 - Destiny's Child - Independent Women Part I

42 - Madonna - Into The Groove

43 - John Parr - St Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)

44 - Oingo Boingo - Weird Science

45 - Yello - Oh Yeah

46 - Bomb The Bass - Megablast (Hip Hop on Precinct 13) [7" Mix]

47 - Prince - Partyman

48 - Mohammed Rafi - Jaan Pehchaan Ho

49 - The Plugz - Hombre Secreto (Secret Agent Man)

50 - Dick Dale & His Del-Tones - Miserilou

51 - The 5678s - Woo Hoo

52 - Meat Loaf - Hot Patootie / Bless My Soul

53 - Plumtree - Scott Pilgrim

54 - Sonic Youth - Kool Thing

55 - Pearl Jam - State Of Love And Trust

56 - Irene Cara - Fame

57 - Irene Cara - Flashdance (What A Feeling)

58 - Huey Lewis & The News - The Power Of Love

59 - Deniece Williams - Let's Hear It for the Boy

60 - Boyzone - Picture Of You

61 - Five - Inspector Gadget

62 - Dolly Parton - 9 to 5

63 - Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now

64 - Jamiroquai - Deeper Underground

65 - Bee Gees - Night Fever

66 - Me First And The Gimme Gimmes - I Will Always Love You

67 - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - We Go Together

68 - Louis Armstrong - We Have All The Time In The World

This was our last themed party at Prohibition Cabaret Bar, which is sadly closing at the end of July. We'll hopefully find some other venue(s) to throw parties at, but it won't quite be the same. We've done seven of the themed parties (plus some birthdays and other stuff), raised hundreds of pounds for charities doing them - and it wouldn't have been the same without the welcoming and lovely environment of Prohibition and its lovely staff. We'll miss it. And of course, thanks to everyone who came and danced and donated, love yous, see you somewhere sometime soon x

Veni Vidi Saltavi

 Finally did an indie disco

1 - M Craft - Sweets

2 - Screaming Trees - All I Know

3 - Bush - Swallowed

4 - Scott 4 - Lefturno

5 - The Busy Signals - All The Young Designers

6 - Ultrasound - Kon-Tiki

7 - The Rumble Strips - Girls And Boys In Love

8 - Lauren Laverne - If You Phone

9 - The Lovely Eggs - I Just Want Someone to Fall in Love With

10 - Simple Kid - Evil Can Evil

11 - Mr Scruff feat Alice Russell - Music Takes Me Up

12 - Tacocat - Grains Of Salt

13 - The Charlatans - Shotgun

14 - Lionrock - Fire Up The Shoeshaw

15 - DJ Shadow - Organ Donor (extended overhaul)

16 - Coco Morier - Explosions

17 - The Dream Academy - Bound to Be

18 - Close Lobsters - A Prophecy

19 - The Wedding Present - Don't Cry No Tears

20 - James - Sometimes

21 - Ocean Colour Scene - The Circle

22 - Suede - Trash

23 - Sleeper - Inbetweener

24 - The Go Team - What D'You Say

25 - The Smashing Pumpkins - 1979

26 - No Doubt - Just A Girl

27 - P!nk - So What

28 - Hole - Celebrity Skin

29 - Elle King - Ex's & Oh's

30 - The Go-Go's - We Got The Beat

31 - Joan Jett and The Blackhearts - Shout

32 - Violent Femmes - Blister In The Sun

33 - Mighty Mike - Beggin For Glory (Madcon vs Portishead mashup)

34 - Michmash - Good times around the world (Chic vs Daft Punk vs Mickael Jackson mashup)

35 - Five - Let's Dance

36 - Les Rythmes Digitales - Dreamin'

37 - New Young Pony Club - Ice Cream

38 - Mylo feat Freeform Five - Muscle Car

39 - Mint Royale - Sexiest Man In Jamaica

40 - Lobsterdust - Roll It [Yeah Yeah Yeahs & A-Trak vs. Salt N Pepa mashup]

41 - The Wannadies - You & Me Song

42 - The Cardigans - My Favourite Game

43 - Catatonia - Mulder And Scully

44 - The Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You

45 - The Killers - Bones

46 - The Libertines - Can't Stand Me Now

47 - Girls Aloud - Hoxton Heroes

48 - Gerry Cinnamon - Sometimes

49 - David Holmes - I Heard Wonders (edit)

50 - Vampire Weekend - Diane Young

51 - The Pipettes - Pull Shapes

52 - Noisettes - Beat Of My Heart

53 - R.E.M. - Near Wild Heaven

54 - Super Furry Animals - Northern Lites

55 - Bis - Love Will Tear Us Apart

56 - DJ Tripp - All My Friends (Temptation remix) (LCD Soundsystem vs New Order mashup)

57 - The Cure - Inbetween Days

58 - Bastille - Pompeii

59 - Two Door Cinema Club - What You Know

60 - Blondie - Atomic

61 - Green Day - Basket Case

62 - Blink-182 - All The Small Things

63 - Ash - Girl From Mars

64 - The Primitives - Crash

65 - Weezer - Buddy Holly

66 - Muse - Starlight

67 - The Lightning Seeds - Marvellous

68 - Five - Everybody Get Up

69 - Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor

70 - The Zutons - Valerie

71 - Green Day - Good Riddance (original b-side version)

Paper Jam puts out two anthologies in 2024 and I am in them

 Paper Jam Comics Collective released TWO anthologies in 2024! Mythology ...And That and The Great Jam Parade ...And That.

The amazing cover by Torgo Wells

The former explores the many bizarre tales from mythology of various traditions (and none). I told the story of RATATOSKR, the rascally squirrel that carries grumpy messages up and down the Norse world-tree Yggdrasil.

The mysterious Oscar Leyton-Brau also helps out on art duties on some other pages, including ADONIS...

The Great Jam Parade ...And That was the latest of PJCC's anthologies aimed specifically at younger readers. It's a lot of fun.

Wraparound jam cover assembled and coloured by the ever-patient Andy Houghton

I drew various bits and bobs. Primarily the antics of BELINDA BOOFERBY IN SPACE

But also explaining concepts like gravity, cryptography, and a puzzle about stupid vehicles

  

Just a big stupid xmas disco

 We did a big stupid Christmas party disco.

Featuring loooads of decorations, DJ Kritical Kitten's pass-the-parcel, and sets from DJ Funky Coleslaw and DJ Jenuwine. Absolute daft fun.

Here's what got played overall...

Sinead O'Connor - Silent Night

Billy Ward And His Dominoes - Christmas In Heaven

Little Esther - Far Away Christmas

The Orioles - What Are You Doing New Year's Eve

Al Green - The Christmas Song

The Four Tops - Merry Christmas Baby

Danny & The Juniors - Candy Cane Sugary Plum

Paul McCartney & The Frog Chorus - We All Stand Together

Bing Crosby - White Christmas

Ella Fitzgerald - Frosty the Snowman

Pretenders - 2000 Miles

Floyd Dixon - Empty Stocking Blues

Diana Ross - This Christmas

Donna Summer - Winter Melody

The Funk Brothers - Winter Wonderland (instrumental)

The Tokens - The Little Drummer Boy

Morgan - Christmas In Waikiki

Greg Lake - I Believe In Father Christmas

Bob B. Soxx & The Blue Jeans - The Bells Of St Mary

The Ronettes - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

Brenda Lee - I'm Gonna Lasso Santa Claus

Bert Jansch - In The Bleak Mid Winter

Michael Bublé feat The Puppini Sisters - Jingle Bells

MJ Hibbett & the Validators - Easy Christmas

Mabel Scott - Boogie Woogie Santa Claus

Louis Armstrong & The Commanders - ’Zat You, Santa Claus?

The Marshall Brothers - Mr Santa's Boogie

Fats Waller - Swingin' Them Jingle Bells

The Pogues feat Kirsty McColl - Fairytale Of New York

DJ Schmolli - Wonderful Christmas Drive To Hollis

Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone

Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody

T Rex - Christmas Bop

The Beach Boys - Little Saint Nick

ABBA - Waterloo (in Swedish)

Hues Corporation - Rock The Boat

Wham! - I'm Your Man

The Weather Girls - It's Raining Men

The B-52s - Rock Lobster

Elton John - I'm Still Standing

Primal Scream - Rocks

Pitbull feat Kesha - Timber

The Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way

Vicki Dale & The Peter Pan Orchestra - I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas (restored)

Lucy Dacus - Last Christmas

The Wombles - Wombling Merry Christmas

Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby

Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday

S Club - Reach

The Blues Brothers - Everybody Needs Somebody To Love

Steps - Tragedy

Tina Turner - The Best

Kelly Clarkson - Underneath The Tree

Gabriella Cilmi - Warm This Winter

Eels - Everything's Gonna Be Cool This Christmas

Low - Just Like Christmas

Marc Johnce - Driving Home For Christmas That Way [Backstreet Boys Vs. Chris Rea]

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - White Christmas

The Darkness - Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)

Ramones - Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)

Pink - Get The Party Started

Roachford - Cuddly Toy

The Human League - Don't You Want Me

Boney M - Rasputin

Ava Max - Kings & Queens

Me First And The Gimme Gimmes - Sweet Caroline

Vengaboys - We Like To Party

Girls Aloud - Sound of The Underground

Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee)

Chappell Roan - HOT TO GO!

Britney Spears - Toxic

Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen

James Brown - I Got You (I Feel Good)

The Jackson 5 - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

Jason Donovan - Too Many Broken Hearts

Five - Everybody Get Up

Shane Westlife - Season's Greetings from Shane Westlife

Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Back Chat Brass - Boom Boom Boom Boom

Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You

Half Man Half Biscuit - It's Cliched To Be Cynical At Christmas

Funkiest Lagoon

 Did another party

Here's what got played (was dancing like a dafty myself with some old pals, trolling people with mashups and covers, but got cramp during a brief period towards the end and inexplicably played silliness that people had requested (straight, non-mashed up), I dunno, I was feeling soft or something, don't judge me, it was nice to see everyone).

Procol Harum - Long Gone Geek
Status Quo - Pictures of Matchstick Man
Witch - Lazy Bones
The Beach Boys - Marcella
The Beatles - Savoy Truffle
The Meters - Hand Clapping Song
Donovan - Sunshine Superman
First Gear - Leave My Kitten Alone
Al Green - I Want To Hold Your Hand
Lee 'The Burner' Austin - Tutti Frutti
The Chi-Lites - Are You My Woman? (Tell Me So)
Razzy - I Hate Hate
Shirley Bassey - Jezahel
Baby Huey & The Babysitters - Running
Huey 'Piano' Smith - Tu-Ber-Cu-Lucas And The Sinus Blues
The Vagrants - Respect
Voodoo Love Orchestra - Voodoo Chile
The Blues Brothers - Flip, Flop, Fly (live)
The Budos Band - Old Engine Oil
Rufus Thomas - The Breakdown Part 1
The Penny Arcade - Funky Way
Motorhead - Louie, Louie (alternate version)
Iggy & The Stooges - Search & Destroy
The Sonics - Walking The Dog
Ananda Shankar - Jumpin' Jack Flash
The Hackney Colliery Band - Prodigy Medley: Jericho / Out of Space / No Good
Beastie Boys - Sure Shot
Jurassic 5 - Concrete Schoolyard
DJ Kool - Let Me Clear My Throat (Old School Reunion Remix '96)
The Soulettes - Let It Be
Toots & The Maytals - Pressure Drop
Laurel Aitken - Bar Tender
Titus Turner - Hungry Man
Otis Spann - It Must Have Been The Devil
Twin Temple - The Devil (Didn't Make Me Do It)
Skull Puppies - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
MadMixMustang - Like A Life On A Prayer (Bon Jovi vs Nina Simone vs Madonna)
DJ Schmolli - How You Like Me Pretty Girls? (The Heavy vs Britney Spears)
DJ Schmolli - Smells Like Dibby Sound (Nirvana vs DJ Fresh)
The Go Team - Ladyflash
Creature From The Funk Lagoon - Creature from the funk lagoon intro
Beastie Boys - Intergalactic
No BS Brass - Take on Me
The Apples - Killing
Goldbug - Whole Lotta Love
DJ Gizmo - Rock & Roll Controversy (Bob Seger vs Prince)
Divide & Kreate - Pink Dressed Man (ZZ Top vs Pink)
DRA'man - Highway To Hell Tax (AC/DC vs Detroit City Limits)
Me First And The Gimme Gimmes - Save The Best For Last
Outkast - Hey Ya
The B-52s - Love Shack
MarinMashup - What's Going Off (Taylor Swift vs 4 Non-Blondes)
DJ Schmolli - Crush It (Nero & Knife Party vs Michael Jackson)
The Wiseguys - Start The Commotion
P!nk - Never Gonna Not Dance Again
Credit To The Nation - Teenage Sensation
DRA'man - I ain't goin' out like good times (Chic vs Cypress Hill)
DJ Schmolli - Bananarammstein (Rammstein vs Bananarama)
Madness - One Step Beyond
Prince - 1999
Plastic Bertrand - Ca Plane Pour Moi
Tina Turner - The Best
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Born To Run
The Blues Brothers - Jailhouse Rock
Bobby 'Boris' Pickett & The Crypt Kickers - Monster Mash
Robbie Williams - Let Me Entertain You
Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee)
Oingo Boingo - No One Lives Forever
The Replicators - Man, I Feel Like a Woman
The Specials - Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think)
Overdub & Fissunix - Killing The Psyche Rock (Pierre Henry vs RATM)

It was a really nice night and we raised a hundred and fifty quid for MSF.

Oberon & Titania's Disco Ball

 We did another party! A sparkly glam rock and disco shenanigan!

(poster by Cole)

There was an ACTUAL GLITTERBALL. Everyone looked great. Funky Moves. Despite me having to leave suddenly for a mild emergency, the squad (the finest of funksters, the indomitable party-organisers, the Conclave of Revelry), took it in their stride and a lovely party time was had by all. Everyone was covered in glitter, we raised £70 for MacMillan, amazing.

This is what got played:

1 - Ian O'Brien - Eden

2 - George Duke - North Beach

3 - Roy Ayers Ubiquity - Everybody Loves The Sunshine

4 - Willie Nelson - Blue Skies

5 - Frank De Jo Jo feat Terri Pace - Turn Off The Lights

6 - Paul Haig - Running Away

7 - Ohio Players - Summertime

8 - Amanda Lear - Follow Me

9 - Mandre - Light Years (Opus IV)

10 - T Rex - Ride A White Swan

11 - Wizzard - See My Baby Jive

12 - Slade - Gudbuy T'Jane

13 - Joan Jett and The Blackhearts - You Don't Know What You've Got

14 - Barry Blue - Do You Wanna Dance

15 - Mylo feat Miami Sound Machine - Doctor Pressure

16 - Armand Van Helden - You Don't Know Me

17 - Lo Fidelity Allstars - Disco Machine Gun pt2 (Many Tentacles Pimping On The Keys)

18 - Norman Connors & The Starship Orchestra - Captain Connors

19 - ABBA - The Visitors

20 - Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way

21 - Lipps Inc. - Funkytown

22 - Cerrone - Supernature

23 - Spiller feat Sophie Ellis Bextor - Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)

24 - Bee Gees - You Should Be Dancing

25 - Kelly Marie - Feels Like I'm In Love

26 - Boney M - Barbra Streisand (The Most Wanted Woman)

27 - Marc Johnce vs. Party Ben - Flex Gym Beat Sauce (Duck Sauce vs. Dizzee Rascal vs. Ray Krebbs vs. Michael Jackson mashup)

28 - Patrick Cowley feat Sylvester - Do You Wanna Funk

29 - Mcclintockmashups - I Was Made for Boogie Wonderland (Kiss vs Earth Wind & Fire mashup)

30 - Rick James - Super Freak

31 - Anita Ward - Ring My Bell

32 - Donna Summer - Hot Stuff

33 - Rose Royce - Is It Love You're After?

34 - Talking Heads - Burning Down The House (Rhythm Scholar & Apollo Zero remix)

35 - Michmash - Good times around the world (Chic vs Daft Punk vs Mickael Jackson mashup)

36 - The Osmonds - Crazy Horses

37 - David Bowie - Queen Bitch

38 - Bay City Rollers - Shang-a-Lang

39 - Sweet - Blockbuster!

40 - Quiet Riot - Cum On Feel The Noize

41 - Starship - We Built This City

42 - Sarah Brightman & Hot Gossip - I Lost My Heart To A Starship Trooper

43 - Fissunix - The Trash Countdown (Europe vs The Whip mashup)

44 - DRA'man - Born to be alive (Patrick Hernandez vs  Amyl & The Sniffers mashup)

45 - LCD Soundsystem - Daft Punk Is Playing At My House

46 - ABBA - Does Your Mother Know

47 - Amii Stewart - Knock On Wood

48 - Elton John - I'm Still Standing

49 - The Weather Girls - It's Raining Men

50 - Candi Staton - Young Hearts Run Free

51 - lobsterdust - Stayin' Hot (Nelly vs Bee Gees mashup)

***Emergency DJ Funky Coleslaw ACTIVATED***

52 - Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive

53 - The Tamperer feat Maya - Feel It

54 - Baccara - Yes Sir, I Can Boogie

55 - Hues Corporation - Rock The Boat

56 - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - Grease Mega-Mix

57 - Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music

58 - Village People - YMCA

59 - Boney M - Rasputin

60 - The Trammps - Disco Inferno

61 - Sylvester - You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)

62 - Steps - 5, 6, 7, 8

63 - ABBA - Waterloo

64 - The Pointer Sisters - I'm So Excited

Floralia

The second party put on by us, The Conclave of Revelry (with a faintly mystical theme, decorations, optional costumes, me on the decks playing a high-concept musical policy (slightly undone by requests), powerful dancing, lovely people, charitable collection) was.... FLORALIA.

poster by Coley!

Full playlist:

It was lovely, people got covered in temporary tattoos and we raised £85 for Mind.

(Adding) something to Hide

I've dabbled with music in a number of ways over the years but have never played in a band. I got to live the dream recently when I got to add a few small elements (chimes, handclaps, gravel-stomping) during the recording of Hide, the latest album from north-eastern innovative guitar pop group Amateur Ornithologist.

Despite my involvement, the album is a delight. Check it out!

Even more exciting than that, I got to remix one of the tracks, 'When They Fall', for the special bonus remix album Hiding To Nothing. Having become known as THE GRAVEL MAN, I had to just add loads and loads of gravel.

The Last Knights Of Winter

I hate winter, it's rubbish. Threw a party with some good pals to mark reaching March. Was good, had lovely time. Raised a good few quid that'll go to The People's Kitchen in Newcastle.

Here's what got played:

Japan - Nightporter

Karel Fialka - People Are Strange

The Wedding Present - Falling

Trees - Fool

Donovan - Get Thy Bearings

Duran Duran - The Chauffeur (Blue Silver)

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising

Tubeway Army - Are 'Friends' Electric

The Budos Band - Arcane Rambler

Black Sabbath - The Wizard

The Stranglers - Waltzinblack

Nick Cave & Kylie Minogue - Where The Wild Roses Grow

Eurythmics - Jennifer

Belouis Some - Imagination

A Flock Of Seagulls - Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)

Billy Idol - Rebel Yell

Adam & The Ants - Stand And Deliver

Blondie - Atomic

The Cure - Boys Don't Cry

Transvision Vamp - Baby I Don't Care

The Cramps - Human Fly

Twisted Sister - We're Not Gonna Take It

Aerosmith - Love In An Elevator

Blue Oyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper

Fischer Z - So Long

Ministry - Effigy (I'm Not An)

Sisters Of Mercy - Poison Door

Siouxsie & The Banshees - Happy House

The Fat White Family - Touch The Leather

Alice Cooper - Poison

Kiss - Crazy Crazy Nights

Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence

Visage - Fade To Grey

Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy

Skinny Puppy - Far Too Frail

Devo - Whip It

Status Quo - Caroline

Queen - Don't Stop Me Now

Meatloaf feat Cher - Dead Ringer For Love

Bon Jovi - In And Out Of Love

Judas Priest - Living After Midnight

The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary

Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

Psychedelic Furs - Pretty in Pink

Fine Young Cannibals - Johnny Come Home

Duran Duran - Girls On Film

Erasure - Breath of Life

Gary Numan - Cars

Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin

New Order - Temptation

The Cure - Friday I'm In Love

A-Ha - Take On Me

Soft Cell - Tainted Love

The Only Ones - Another Girl Another Planet

Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town

Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough

Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams

The Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way

New Order - Blue Monday

OMD - Enola Gay

Kaarija - Cha Cha Cha

Billy Preston - Go Now

This Mortal Coil - Kangaroo

 

Running out of running puns

I played a set at the lovely Engine Room in North Shields They put on loads of good gigs, and are by far the most interesting place on the fish quay, so I had been keen for ages to play there.

It was Great North Run day! So: afterparty! But: TORRENTIAL RAIN! But: didn't stop me! So: played my smartarse set of vaguely running-themed bangers!

1. Free - I'm A Mover

2. Big Daddy Rucker - You Got Me Movin'

3. Back Street Band - This Ain't The Road

4. Blues Magoos - Slow Down Sundown

5. Freak Power - Running Away

6. Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill

7. Owen & Leon Silveras - Running Around

8. The Mohawks - The Champ

9. Bobby Womack - I'm A Midnight Mover

10. Gwen Owens - Hit & Run

11. Steppenwolf - Faster Than The Speed Of Life

12. Sham 69 - Hurry Up Harry

13. The Spencer Davis Group - Keep On Running

14. Manic Street Preachers - Train In Vain (live)

15. The Stranglers - Walk On By

16. Jr Walker & The All Stars - (I'm A) Road Runner

17. Jimmy Ruffin - I've Passed This Way Before

18. Willie Bobo - Funky Sneakers

19. Charanga 76 - No Nos Pararan (Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now)

20. RL Burnside - Rollin' & Tumblin' (remix, funk lagoon edit)

21. Finis Tasby - Walk On

22. Cake - The Distance

23. Phoenix - Run Run Run (edit)

24. Sly & The Family Stone - Lady Is A Champ

25. Esther Marrow - Walk Tall

26. Imperial Breed - On The Run

27. Morphine - Cure For Pain

28. Nancy Wallace - Young Hearts Run Free

29. The Limp Twins - Moving Closer To The Sofa

30. Lalo Schifrin - Jim On The Move

31. The Apples - Run This Town

32. Willie Mitchell - The Champion (pt 1)

33. Stranger Cole - Run Joe

34. Johnathan Richmond and The Modern Lovers - Roadrunner

35. The Spook School - That's When I Ran Away

36. Phil Wilson - 10 Miles

37. MU330 - Please Don't Run

38. Wat - I'm Walking

39. Dinosaur Jr - Take A Run At The Sun

40. The Wedding Present - Go, Man Go

41. Flo - Go Cat Go

42. Fats Domino - I'm Walkin'

43. Chuck Berry - You Can't Catch Me

44. Little Richard - Ready Teddy

45. The Detroit Cobras - Break-a-way

46. The Beatles - Why don't we do it in the road

47. Linda Clifford - Runaway Love

48. Organized Konfusion - Walk Into The Sun

49. The Chemical Brothers - Go (Extended Mix)

50. Les Rythmes Digitales - Jaques Your Body (Make Me Sweat)

51. Daft Punk - Harder Better Faster Stronger

52. Scorpions - No Pain No Gain

53. Bryan Adams - Run To You

54. Bon Jovi - Runaway

55. Queen - Headlong

56. Roy Ayers - Running Away

57. Jo Jo Gunne - Run Run Run

58. The Contours - The Stretch

59. The MVPs - Turnin' My Heartbeat Up

60. Noisettes - Winner

61. The Go Team - Panther Dash

62. A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away)

63. The Jesus And Mary Chain - The Hardest Walk

64. The Bees - One Glass Of Water

65. The Me Me's - Gotta Get Out This Place

66. Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers - Born To Lose

67. Wonder Boy Travis - She Went Thataway

68. Hayseed Dixie - Walk This Way

69. The Bamboos feat Alice Russell - Step It Up

70. Billy Preston - I'm Coming Through

71. Smash Mouth - Walkin' on the Sun

72. Talking Heads - Road To Nowhere

73. The Beatles - I'm so tired

74. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Born To Run

75. Mark Knopfler - Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero

Had a LOVELY time. Hopefully more adventures on the metaphorical wheels of steel soon.