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Monday, May 03, 2004
I'm Just A Happy Kid:
For once I had a really good weekend! Like I mentioned earlier the annual boat race was on Friday afternoon, so I went and hung out with a few people there. It always starts with these weird presentations of the contestants, where they arrive in everything from trucks to Harley Davidsons. This year wasn't quite as well organized or spectacular as previous years, so I spent a lot more time talking to people than following the event and I honestly have no idea who won the thing. Afterwards, some friends of mine and I made dinner, had a few drinks and just generally had a great time.   Saturday was May 1st, but instead of marching in the streets I went to the opening of Yelp, which is a new boutique downtown. It's owned by a girl I went to school with ages ago, but she's one of the few people from back then I still run into, so was glad to go see her new business. I wasn't quite sure where it was at first, but the 6'3" drag queen in fishnet stockings and a silver skirt outside made it easy to find. The shop sells funky t-shirts and funny gadgets and I'm sure it'll be a success, which would be really cool. Afterwards, I walked by demonstrators on my way down to the pub to see the boring 0-0 Arsenal game and then it was time to get ready for The A-List.   I was down at Sway before eight so I could familiarize myself with the decks and hand out a few flyers. The place was obviously dead at first, but quickly my brother showed up with a bunch of our friends and later a few more friends showed up. Eventually more people showed up, but even after I stopped DJing it was still a lot like being at my own private party. I knew a lot of people there, the DJs, and the bartenders, so there were familiar faces to smile at all night. The DJ bit went really well and it was sweet being able to play my favourite tracks for people who thought they were cool. A couple of times people even came up and asked about the stuff I played or were all excited, because I was playing something they hadn't heard in ages. And before I was even finished they asked me to play another set at the end of the night and come back and play again in July.
So Saturday night was fantastic and it was also really great that the day before the largest Danish music magazine, Gaffa, had written a really nice article about The A-List and Frekvens.dk. And to top of a perfect weekend we got press passes for the Recession festival, which means I'll be seeing and reviewing Arab Strap, I Am Kloot, Swell, and a few other bands this week. So this week should be really cool as well. The A-List setlist May 1st Grandaddy - Now It's On There are definitely a couple of bands on the list, which are a bit obscure. But at the same time I chose the best songs of their records, so it's not like I was playing B-sides and white label stuff. Next time I might go a bit more pop, but at the same time try and play a couple of tracks that people don't know. If you're around you should show up. I'll post the date as it gets closer. Posted by: John Fogde on May 4, 2004 02:38 PMMy attendance to a future gig would mean taking a fieldtrip over to Aarhus for a first time visit - but it sounds tempting :) Posted by: Jacob on May 4, 2004 04:09 PMPost a comment
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Well, I think that "indy" and "american" is exactly the right way to go. The setlist looked very cool, though I must admitt that there was more than a few names I didn't know. But that's the great thing about doing such a gig: Brining your own "secret" tunes to the attention of some new ears!
Posted by: Jacob on May 4, 2004 01:55 PM