During my Uni days, my job was a 'mobile DJ'. Not what a Londoner might think of as a DJ (turntables, mixing dance music, mumbling into the mic every now and then), something a bit more provincial.
I'd be the guy who would turn up at weddings, 21st birthday parties, dance nights at country pubs, office parties and the like, with my rig, and play hot hits until the party ended. My rig had 'DJ Moonbeam' written across the front (from the guy who previously occupied my position) which I think explains why I never once got a snog after three years of DJing.
I'd like to think I was pretty good. I wasn't one of those awful DJs who sneers at you when you make a request (and I've never encountered any other kind, to be honest), nor did I ever get on the mic and start whooping or artificially trying to make people dance (I did have a mic, which I usually used to say hello, make announcements, and say goodbye). I could usually judge the mood of the crowd, and alter the music accordingly. You kind of felt ebbs and flows. If things really started to die on the floor, 'I'm Your Man' was always the ultimate fallback option which would garuntee a gaggle of women to drag their mates onto the dance floor. The best way to judge a crowd was, of course, to talk to people continuously and ask them what they wanted to hear.
The reason I mention this is that, if you're one of the four people who read this site, chances are you've surfed in from ur-blog sevitzdotcom, which means you're hopefully coming to the sevitzdotparty, at which I will be DJing a set. Me and Adrian are assembling a collection of likely songs, but I want to be as prepared as possible, so I thought I'd ask if there was any song you wanted played, so I can make sure I have it in my playlist at the party.
All suggestions head for the comments box- even if you're surfing in from outta town, don't know sevitz, can't come to the sevitzdotparty, that's okay, suggest a song anyway! Something crowd-pleasing and floor-filling. And no, not 'I'm Your Man'.
This is a 
s club 7 - reach for the stars
motorhead - ace of spades
yeah!!
S Club 7 is barred.
I request Peek-A-Boo by Sioxsie and the Banshees.
I won't be there, but I love Led Zeppelin - Dyer Maker. Give it a spin. And just for Adrian, Ram Jam - Back Betty (for nostalgia's sake).
Ian, how can you not be there?!? Good call on Black Betty, though. The seabitch will love it.
(abi, don't worry, I'll sneak SC7 in while Ade isn't looking- he'll never suspect a thing!!!)
Dan
I'm away in hols in Cape Town. Would have loved to be there though. I promise I'll be there for the bog four oh ;)
NO SC7. Or Village people. Lucky I don't have any ripped on the music I'm giving you.
Also "Love Cats" by the Cure, is requested.
"The Seed 2.0" by the roots PLEASE. Ooh and "Step On" by the Mondays. Mind you I'll be there so I'll probably just hassle you and flick through your cd's while you're "doin' your thang"...
Ah ... therein lies the rub. There won't actually be any CDs to flick through. We've upgraded to digital. So you basically flick through CDs by saying: "So what have you got?" But if you flick through YOUR CDs right now, and then tell us what you might want to hear, we can make sure we've got it, via the power of iTunes!
I wont be there either, but PLEASE make sure you play one of the following: Ram Jam's Black Betty; Temple of Love by the Sisters; Lullaby by the Cure. When Sevitz starts doing his 'scarecrow' dance (despite his yuppie exterior) you will thank me :)
So there's no actual discs of any kind? That sucks dude. Either way "The Seed 2.0" and "Step On" are my choices. DO YOU GOT THEM?
Say yes.
I prefer vinyl you know...it's way more fun and far less organised.
Talk to the Sev! Personally, I don't mind the concept of digital DJs. Most of my CDs are so scratched, they couldn't be relied on to DJ from. However in principal I do enjoy vinyl.
I reckon it's because I have a couple of friends with record (as in vinyl) collections numbering in the thousands that I love vinyl. They're only amateurish but they are REAL dj's. THey are jockeys of discs. They mix, scratch and generally kick ass.
If ya ain't got discs you ain't a dj. You could be a MP3j though. But this is all semantics. As long as you rock I don't care.
Oh and 'Immigrant Song' by the Zep too. Do you got it?
Yes- I am in no way a DJ in the club sense of the word. MP3j will be far more accurate for this party.
Yes but DO YOU RAAAAAWWWWK?!?!?!?
I'm pretty sure it's going to rock.
YOU have to have to have to play "Girls" by the beastie boys.
Oh, oh, if you have any Tenacious D then I would like that to be played. Coz like, they're the greatest band on earth, dontcha know.
yeah, i know this post is so over, but how about daniel (you're a star) by the magnificent elton john-ski himself.
ha, that was so not worth the post. oh well.