“I Got Jiggy With it!*”

I made my debut as a DJ at the weekend. I played a half-hour ‘set’ at my friend Jennifer’s birthday party at The Research Club.

I asked John at work for some tips. His advice was “Don’t get drunk beforehand”. I couldn’t really say that I set the room alight; it was pretty quiet at that time and the meagre space only really became a dance floor and about half one in the morning.

Still I did have someone ask me ‘what’s this?’ during Teenage Fanclub, she was one of the folk I was with right enough.

I was paid with a free pint, which is more than I usually get for doing stand-up.

As you’ll see from the advert I was the only one who thought to use his real name.

My set list went as follows

The Wolf Parade – It’s a Curse
The Specials – Gangsters (live on SNL)
The New Pornographers – My Slow Descent into Alcoholism
Ben Folds Five – Underground
Rilo Kiley – Portions for Foxes
Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Someday I Suppose
The Postal Service – Such Great Heights
Teenage Fanclub – It’s all in my Mind
Giant Drag – This isn’t It
Arcade Fire – Wake Up

The guy on after me had a metal box full of about one hundred CDs. He also had several wallets full of them. I had two CDs that I had made up earlier that day.

*Seinfeld – The Reverse Peephole