A FEW HOURS BEFORE THIS...

Thanks to the folks who came out tonight to hear me program an evening of music and dancing. They know who they are. We had fun, yes?

For those who didn't come to the second official DJ Icky Animal excursion, here is the set you missed:

Mareva Galanter, "7h du matin"
The Monkees - "Can You Dig It?"
The Jam - "In the City"
Wire - "Three Girl Rhumba"
Elastica - "Waking Up"
Cornershop - "Lessons Learned from Rocky I to Rocky III"
Janelle Monae - "Violet Stars Happy Hunting!!!"
Irma Thomas - "Break-A-Way"
Marvin Gaye - "You're a Wonderful One"
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings - "Take Me With U"
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - "Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! (single edit)"
The Horrors - "Who Can Say"
The Cure - "A Few Hours After This..."
Bloc Party - "Ares"
Jarvis Cocker - "Fuckingsong"
Ride - "Twisterella"
The Dandy Warhols - "Welcome to the Third World"
Prince - "No More Candy 4 U"
Alicia Keys - "Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart"
Space - "Female of the Species"
Blur - "Popscene"
Nancy Boy - "Johnny Chrome & Silver"
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - "Servo"
The Olivia Tremor Control - "I'm Not Feeling Human"
The Jesus & Mary Chain - "Far Gone & Out"
Muse - "I Belong to You (New Moon Remix)"
Morrissey - "You Have Killed Me"
Suede - "Metal Mickey"
Adam & the Ants - "Physical (You're So)"
Duffy - "Rain on Your Parade"
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - "I Gotta Dance to Keep From Crying"
Georgie Fame & the Blue Flames - "Yeh Yeh"
Baby Washington - "Hey Lonely"
France Gall - "Poupee de cire, poupee de son"
Lily Allen - "Not Fair"
Dizzee Rascal w/ Lily Allen - "Wanna Be"
Estelle - "Wait a Minute (Just a Touch)"
Saint Etienne - "Boy is Crying"
Suede - "Love the Way You Love"
Newcomers - "Martian Hop"
New Order - "Regret"
Mystery Jets & Laura Marling - "Young Love"
The Pipettes - "It Hurts to See You Dance So Well"
P.M. Dawn - "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss"
Rihanna & Justin Timberlake - "Hole in My Head"
Dr. Teeth & the Electric Mayhem - "Tenderly" + Animal Sings Gershwin

In keeping with songs that area also titles of my books, I think next time we'll start with some My Life Story....

Current Soundtrack: The Slickers, "Johnny Too Bad;" Johnny Hartman, "Charade;" Elvis Costello & the Attractions, "Really Mystified;" Johnny Boy, Johnny Boy

FREQUENCY DIP

Thanks to all who came out last night. It was good to see some friendly faces and talk to a few new folks. I had a really good time, only a couple of screw ups, and even got some people dancing. (Estelle was by far the most popular track of the night, interestingly enough, and credit goes to Joëlle for that being in there.)

Big thanks to DJ Gregarious for inviting me out. What a swell thing to do!

For anyone interested, here is the set list of what I played:

The Who - "Armenia City in the Sky"
Otis Redding - "Mr. Pitiful"
Rod Lee - "Dance My Pain Away"
Ladytron - "I'm Not Scared"
Gang of Four - "Natural's Not In It (Ladytron Remodel)"
Pulp - "Lipgloss"
The Stone Roses - "I Am the Resurrection"
Editors - "Papillon"
Bloc Party - "Ion Square"
Primal Scream - "Higher Than the Sun"
Portishead - "Requiem for Anna"
Gorillaz - "Ghost Train"
The Third Bardo - "I'm Five Years Ahead of My Time"
The Monkees - "Zilch"
Del Tha Funky Homosapien - "Mistadobalina"
The Monkees - "Circle Sky"
Muse - "Supermassive Black Hole"
The Ting Tings - "Shut Up & Let Me Go"
Dizzee Rascal - "That's Not My Name"
Audrey - "You'll Lose a Good Thing"
P.M.Dawn - "Looking Through Patient Eyes"
Prince & the Revolution - "Mountains"
Duffy - "Mercy"
Estelle - "American Boy (feat. Kanye West)"
One Dove - "White Love (Radio Mix)"
Suede - "Electricity"
Death in Vegas - "So You Say You Lost Your Baby (feat. Paul Weller)"
Chemical Bros. - "Let Forever Be (feat. Noel Gallagher)"
Blur - "Top Man"
Dexys Midnight Runners - "Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile)"
The Isley Brothers - "Got to Have You Back"
Marvin Gaye - "Can I Get a Witness"
Muse - "Starlight"
Ladytron - "Destroy Everything You Touch"
The Tears - "Lovers"
Morrissey - "Billy Budd"
New Order - "Fine Time"
The Jam - "Beat Surrender"
Suede - "Beautiful Ones"
Mareva Galanter - "Pourquoi pas moi"
Manic Street Preachers - "Motown Junk"
James - "White Boy"

The repeat bands are actually requests, and since the night was winding down, I jumped pretty far off the map I had prepared for myself.

YOU, THE NIGHT, & THE MUSIC

So, as hinted at earlier this week, I'm DJing tonight. I'll be playing for two hours at the Fez Lounge, which is the downstairs bar at the Fez Ballroom. It's part of DJ Gregarious' regular Friday night Shut Up & Dance event, which if you've never been, you should go, it's a guaranteed good time. Special thanks to the man for inviting me in!

It'll be my first time ever playing music in public. I'm a little nervous, but I think I'm ready. Check out the write-up at On PDX for the full details.

And while I am thanking people, thanks to the makers of this .gif, which I had on my hard drive for I don't know how long, and used for my invite to this party. And to Jay Stephens who lent me the name Icky Animal years ago when I thought I was going to start DJing once before. I guess the art of the disc jockey really is the art of appropriation after all...

Current Soundtrack: TV