Re: [acid-jazz] Funny requests, was -- 21st century urban music observation.)

From: Lynne d Johnson (lynnedjohnson@earthlink.net)
Date: Fri Aug 30 2002 - 03:45:46 CEST

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    while playing run dmc someone asked me "don't you have any hip-hop?"

    :: Lynne d Johnson ::
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    "Negro music is always radical in the context of formal American culture."
    --LeRoi Jones, Blues People

    From: "heikki@enalahyysalo.fi" <heikki@enalahyysalo.fi>
    Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 09:14:18 +0300
    To: acidjazz <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
    Subject: Re: [acid-jazz] Funny requests, was -- 21st century urban music
    observation.)

    > eric maag:
    >
    > "Can you play something I can dance to?" It was a 5/8 afrobeat that was on,
    > too complex.

    two years back, when playing ('little' louie vega feat. arnold jarvis - life
    goes on) in dynamo, turku, finland:
    "can you stop playing that techno bullshit and put somethin i can dance to
    instead, like the doors?"

    > velanche stewart:
    > I was spinning at a house party for the first time, playing some deep
    > house music.
    >
    > One guy comes up to me and gives me his Violent Femmes vinyl to play a
    > favorite song off of it ("Bitchin' Camaro," I think, was the song).
    >
    > Another guy comes up to me and says "Hey...I have some hip-hop in my car
    > if you want me to get it."

    this happened saturady 10th august, at blanko, turku, finland:

    me and my partner in crime dj kongo were spinning, i.e. i was smoking a
    cigar in the dj booth and having a pause while mr. kongo was cueing in a
    record. suddenly this bloke comes up and puts a megadeth cd in my hand,
    saying: ' my mate's having a stag night and we just need to hear track
    number three! does it interfere with your artistic vision?' by the time we
    were spinning deep funk.

    > vwlanche again:
    > Life can be tough for a budding DJ, ya know?

    too damn true. some three years back when i was spinning quite a many
    saturday nights at dynamo, turku (again! ok, i don't have a life do i?)
    there was this nice regular customer (a girl) who was constantly requesting
    britpop, oasis, blur, suede and the like. (nothing against britpop, except
    oasis - the most boring live band in the world IMO) ok, the babe had every
    night the same pattern: the first request was at punctually 15 past eleven,
    about five minutes since i started, a very polite one. but if you didn't
    play the music she demanded, no doubt she would come back again within half
    an hour, a bit drunk. and the pattern went on. at normal nights she demanded
    - the demands were one by one more rude and drunk - at least five times. and
    if you had not answered to her calls to play ever-lovely liam g. imitating a
    sheep-herd she sent her boyfriend (quite a big bloke indeed) with the
    following demand: 'if you bloody wanker don't play either blur, suede or
    asis, i'll beat the shit out of you!' nice lad culture. life can be tough,
    indeed.

    keep on truckin,

    heikki kiviluoto | turku soul mafia

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    while playing run dmc someone asked me &quot;don't you have any hip-hop?&qu=
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    :: Lynne d Johnson :: <BR>
    :: lynne@lynnedjohnson.com ::<BR>
    :: http://www.lynnedjohnson.com :: <BR>
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    &quot;Negro music is always radical in the context of formal American cultu=
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    <B>From: </B>&quot;heikki@enalahyysalo.fi&quot; &lt;heikki@enalahyysalo.fi&=
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    <B>Date: </B>Tue, 27 Aug 2002 09:14:18 +0300<BR>
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    <B>Subject: </B>Re: [acid-jazz] Funny requests, was -- &nbsp;21st century u=
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    &gt; eric maag:<BR>
    &gt; <BR>
    &gt; &quot;Can you play something I can dance to?&quot; It was a 5/8 afrobe=
    at that was on,<BR>
    &gt; too complex. <BR>
    <BR>
    two years back, when playing ('little' louie vega feat. arnold jarvis - lif=
    e<BR>
    goes on) in dynamo, turku, finland:<BR>
    &quot;can you stop playing that techno bullshit and put somethin i can danc=
    e to<BR>
    instead, like the doors?&quot;<BR>
    <BR>
    &gt; velanche stewart:<BR>
    &gt; I was spinning at a house party for the first time, playing some deep<=
    BR>
    &gt; house music.<BR>
    &gt; <BR>
    &gt; One guy comes up to me and gives me his Violent Femmes vinyl to play a=
    <BR>
    &gt; favorite song off of it (&quot;Bitchin' Camaro,&quot; I think, was the=
     song).<BR>
    &gt; <BR>
    &gt; Another guy comes up to me and says &quot;Hey...I have some hip-hop in=
     my car<BR>
    &gt; if you want me to get it.&quot;<BR>
    <BR>
    this happened saturady 10th august, at blanko, turku, finland:<BR>
    <BR>
    me and my partner in crime dj kongo were spinning, i.e. i was smoking a<BR>
    cigar in the dj booth and having a pause while mr. kongo was cueing in a<BR=
    >
    record. suddenly this bloke comes up and puts a megadeth cd in my hand,<BR>
    saying: ' my mate's having a stag night and we just need to hear track<BR>
    number three! does it interfere with your artistic vision?' by the time we<=
    BR>
    were spinning deep funk.<BR>
    <BR>
    &gt; vwlanche again:<BR>
    &gt; Life can be tough for a budding DJ, ya know?<BR>
    <BR>
    too damn true. some three years back when i was spinning quite a many<BR>
    saturday nights at dynamo, turku (again! ok, i don't have a life do i?)<BR>
    there was this nice regular customer (a girl) who was constantly requesting=
    <BR>
    britpop, oasis, blur, suede and the like. (nothing against britpop, except<=
    BR>
    oasis - the most boring live band in the world IMO) ok, the babe had every<=
    BR>
    night the same pattern: the first request was at punctually 15 past eleven,=
    <BR>
    about five minutes since i started, a very polite one. but if you didn't<BR=
    >
    play the music she demanded, no doubt she would come back again within half=
    <BR>
    an hour, a bit drunk. and the pattern went on. at normal nights she demande=
    d<BR>
    - the demands were one by one more rude and drunk - at least five times. an=
    d<BR>
    if you had not answered to her calls to play ever-lovely liam g. imitating =
    a<BR>
    sheep-herd she sent her boyfriend (quite a big bloke indeed) with the<BR>
    following demand: 'if you bloody wanker don't play either blur, suede or<BR=
    >
    asis, i'll beat the shit out of you!' nice lad culture. life can be tough,<=
    BR>
    indeed. <BR>
    <BR>
    keep on truckin,<BR>
    <BR>
    heikki kiviluoto | turku soul mafia<BR>
    <BR>
    <BR>
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