So I think I mentioned that DJ Camry has a tapedeck and not a CD player. Until I get the CD player out of the Prelude, I've been listening to old tapes. I think the most recent ones are from 99, some go all the way back to the early 80s. Anyway, that's reminded me of a whole bunch of stuff I hadn't heard or thought about in a while. I went into XDU for my show tonight with a list of 5 or 6 things I wanted to play. Of course the station library ended up only having 1 from the list ("Wall of Death" by Richard & Linda Thompson). No Factual. No Section 25. No Digital Poodle. No Sandalo. But it was a pretty good show nonetheless. Got 1 phone call. In the middle of a very dance-y set -- Wagon Christ, Siouxsie (the 12-inch remix of "Dazzle"), DJ Rels, Arthur Russell, Lars Horntveth -- the phone rings and the guy on the other end wants to know who I'm playing. So I try to do a brief explanation of who Arthur Russell is (which didn't get too far, since he thought I was saying "Art of Russell") and then he says "so are you just playing anything?" I wasn't quite sure how to respond to that. I said "well, it's my show." Then he requested the Beatles. Okay, not the most adventurous request but I like to meet the listening public halfway. But then he adds that he'd like something from Sgt Pepper. Eep! I can't think of a Beatles album I'd be less likely to play of my own volition. (i just went and checked a tracklisting online and i could, with a clear conscience, play either "Getting Better" or "Fixing a Hole" but that's pretty much it) Turned out not to matter cos Sgt Pepper may be the only Beatles album we don't have at XDU. Instead I played one of my favorite Beatles songs, "Taxman." And by the way, everyone should think happy thoughts about Ringo cos "Bob" knows we don't want Paul to be the last surviving Beatle.
I also got an online request from WTH but it appeared as the following unreadable gibberish: T2xkIEpvZSBDbGFyaywgV2FzaGJvYXJkIEp1bmdsZQOK
(i may be good but i'm not that good...)
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