Re: moRe: best dj requests... BEAT THIS!!

From: Olaf Molenveld (olaf@interactivelink.nl)
Date: Wed Feb 07 2001 - 15:18:05 CET

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    ok, this is fun, here we go:

    R: Can you play some cool music?
    DJ: eehhmm...no i only play crap-music tonight....
    R: huh? why?
    DJ: i was hired to play crap music...bye!

    Olaf

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: T-Bird <djt_bird@yahoo.com>
    To: Chris Widman <chriswidman@hotmail.com>
    Cc: <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
    Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 11:25 AM
    Subject: moRe: best dj requests... BEAT THIS!!

    >
    > >[4] Favorite DJ request experiences...
    > >
    > >R=various requestee DJ=me
    > >
    > >scene 1
    > >R: Can you play something with words?
    > >DJ: Um...I'll see what I can do...
    > >-DJ plays a song with vocals. Requestee appears again.
    > >R: Can you play something with words?
    > >DJ: I just did.
    > >R: Could you play something I know?
    > >-sound of dj ripping hair out.
    > >
    > >scene 2
    > >-DJ is playing a set of manic runnin' afrofunk drum and bass (ala
    > >ez-rollers & london electricity)
    > >R: Can you play something more upbeat?
    > >DJ: [blank slightly menacing confused stare] -pause- What?
    > >R: Can you play something more upbeat?
    > >DJ: What do you mean?! This is as upbeat as it gets!
    > >R: No upbeat..., you know like some hip-hop...
    > >DJ: [blank stare]
    > >-dj procedes to describe the history and dynamics of music while current
    > >selection runs out...
    > >
    > >scene 3
    > >-anytime after the release of Daft Punk's "Around the World".
    > >
    > >R: Can you play around the world or spin spin sugar?
    > >DJ: I did last year, not this year.
    >
    > the above are fun--i've experienced all of them... and here's my 1UP:
    >
    > scene 1
    > -dj is playing classic funk tune
    > r: can you play something funkier?
    > dj: no, i can't. this is *JAMES BROWN*, i can play something different,
    > but it doesn't get any funkier than this...
    >
    > warning: the next anecdote contains reference to race--no pejorative or
    > derogatory terms, but race is necessarily used to convey proper context
    and
    > in order to properly quote parties.
    >
    > scene 2
    > -djs (2 djs, one anglo-american, the other african-american) are playing
    > 50's rock & roll at new years party for crowd of 40+ years of age
    > r (anglo-american) to dj (african-american): can you play some white
    music
    > for us?
    > dj (african-american) plays a buddy holly (famous anglo-american) song. r
    > does not dance, and seems visibly displeased.
    > 2nd dj (anglo-american) plays a fats domino (famous african-american)
    tune.
    > r (same anglo-american) to 1st dj (african-american): this is the kind of
    > music i want!
    > 1st dj (african american) looks utterly bewildered and 2nd dj
    > (anglo-american) chuckles at the absurdity of the situation...
    >
    > -t
    >
    > -t
    >



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