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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