FAO Kenny Everett

[djtoast]

Hahahahaha, look what one of my friends found on YouTube.

Can't quite see you in it sadly, which is surprising!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrCHH7Oxh78

[triggerhappy]

Ha ha ha, quality bit of Santa/Toast djing at the beginning

[Kenny Everett]

Superb

[Petey]

Haha awesome! Excellent choice of song to record too!

I think I shall be requesting Maiden tonight in honour of their upcoming Download appearance!

[Jon Ashley]

aww look at my pretty fairy lights

[Troutfish]

Crowd doesn't look very interested in the Maiden...

Or Rage for that matter...

Toastie - Clashing vocals - tut tut

[djtoast]

Cheers for that Rik.

Coming from someone who publicly pretended to have DJed at the Shack and Bamboo because you warmed up for me twice I'll take your criticisms with the grain of salt they're worth

It sold out as it always has, and part of the reason for its success is that I don't just cater to the lowest-common-denominator throwaway pop stuff. So while I'm sure that not every single person in the room is an Iron Maiden fan, those that were at the gig that night enjoyed it enough to make it worth playing.

Still, snipe away if it makes you happy, in my view the success of my night speaks for itself in attendances, but whatever.

[Petey]

And I for one would be a whole lot less likely to go if it wasn't for you playing stuff like that. I'm sure I speak for many.

[Troutfish]

Originally Posted by djtoast

Cheers for that Rik.

It sold out as it always has, and part of the reason for its success is that I don't just cater to the lowest-common-denominator throwaway pop stuff. So while I'm sure that not every single person in the room is an Iron Maiden fan, those that were at the gig that night enjoyed it enough to make it worth playing.

Still, snipe away if it makes you happy, in my view the success of my night speaks for itself in attendances, but whatever.

Awww, that was not meant to be taken like that. I am genuinely sad that people don't seem to enjoy these tunes as much as they used too. And the clashing vocal comment was supposed to be a cheeky jab (hence the wink), not an insult.

[djtoast]

Originally Posted by Troutfish

Hmmm yeah, that means a lot comming from someone who once claimed they were Scotlands biggest DJ, because they DJed in the Shack.

Ah, the venerable art of misquoting. What I said was that I thought it was likely that at one point there was no-one else in Scotland regularly DJing to more people than me; I was doing seven nights a week, and most of them in big rooms, for a combined total of about 5000 people a week.

Since bigger venues like the SECC, Barrowlands etc don't run weekly club nights, I think what I said is probably true. However, I didn't mean it in the boastful way you implied anyway; just that I was quite immersed in the student clubbing scene. *shrug*

Originally Posted by Troutfish

Yeah, true, sorry...Of course, I know nothing about DJing.

I'm not really interested in an argument Rik, but there's pretty much no comparison in our relative experience of doing residencies. I've done the same night in the QM for thirteen years; I did (at least) two nights a week in the shack for four years; same with Bamboo; I've been doing two nights a week in Bunker for over a year now. Fools Gold has been running for five years.

Your experience of regular club is far less: a term and a half playing to a hundred people in the Hive, if I'm not mistaken. I don't mean that as an insult: you've got a good degree and a proper job etc; I invested more time in working rather than studying... plus I'm a hundred years old so naturally I have more experience.

But I'm therefore confident that even if you wanna criticise two records out of a twelve hour set, that there was a place for them, in the context I have for having DJed to those exact people hundreds and hundreds of times.

As to the mix itself, perhaps it lost a little fidelity when it was RECORDED ON A CAMERAPHONE AND RECOMPRESSED FURTHER BY YOUTUBE ; it maybe sounded different if you were there in the room

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Anyhow, I'm disappointed you chose to slag off the night publicly; I'm proud of what I do there and use every opportunity to promote the place. It's sad that you don't feel the same inclination.

[Troutfish]

You miss the point Alec, I was not intending to slag the place off. Offence is taken, not given, remember.

I'm not getting into any arguement, you will note that your post was 30mins after I had decided that my comments were unreasonable, and hence were removed. This is why I will not get into some silly battle. You are clearly a more experienced DJ, I don't dispute that.

I also don't believe it is fair to suggest that my opinions as a DJ are worth a grain of salt, just because I have DJed to less people does not mean I have any less technical skill, or an ability to read a dancefloor and play to the party as good as any other in the student scene. Also, I have chosen to persue a different strand of DJing, push my house and electro forward, letting me play the arches, the subclub, the soundhaus and the art school etc, and relocating, which has of course put DJing as I was on hold.

For the record, I DJed for a year in the Hive, and not a single night was there less than 100 people there. Also note, that this year the night has grown on the back of last years successful launch.

[Largest of Als]

Originally Posted by Troutfish

Offensive is taken, not given, remember.

[grammar police]OFFENCE... not offensive[/grammar police]


Now .... if you two are gonna start, can you wait until I get the paddling pool filled with peanut butter and charge the battery on my camcorder?







Al

[triggerhappy]

Ha ha ha. I'd forgotten about this little dj scrap.

[Semprini]

Originally Posted by triggerhappy

Ha ha ha. I'd forgotten about this little dj scrap.

And I forgot about it, and only checked the dates on the thread when I saw the post saying about Maiden's upcoming Download appearance.

Hopes up, there.

[triggerhappy]

Sorry!