3/12/2010 - Around The Dial
Haven't posted a set list in a while, but as a reminder that I spin on Friday nights, here are last weekend's tunes. For those who don't know, haven't been, or are/were too drunk to remember, the night is called Beat Surrender, and the bar is called Northern Soul. It's at 557 1st Street in Hoboken. I'm there Fridays from 10 p.m. till close. There's no cover, and it's a cool neighborhood place. Now that the "It's too cold!" excuse is off the table, I hope to see you there. This last set went out to my good friend, mentor, and sometime DJ partner Pat Pierson, who the previous night had played his farewell set at The Loop Lounge in Passaic, where he had been holding musical court on Thursday nights for more years than anyone can remember. He has probably taught me half of what I know about DJing, and we continue to share our insights about the craft in what has become a must amusing ongoing conversation. I know Pat will be back with new gigs soon. So I started with the classic ode to DJs who go missing, The Kinks' "Around The Dial." That rolled into the question of the hour: "Who Will Save Rock & Roll?" by The Dictators, with which Pat also began his last Loop set, and which holds a special place in my heart as a former DJ at Manitoba's, the esteemed East Village watering hole run by Dictators frontman Handsome Dick. Then I had to play the first song Pat ever spun for me, The Replacements' "Unsatisfied," which he put on--without me even having to ask for it--within maybe a minute after I walked in the door of New Brunswick's long lost Bowl-O-Drome club, the first time I ever saw Pat spin in public. As the night went on, I did what I do. Plenty of favorites like Blondie and The Clash which I've spun a billion times but never get old. Cool stuff that's brand new (Hot Chip, Spoon) and new-ish (Dragonette, Monsters Of Folk). Even old stuff I've never dug out before; it may have been the first time I ever played "Jackson Cage" out at a bar, and it was certainly my public debut of "Paperlate." Yes, fucking "Paperlate." You don't like Genesis? I get it. I'm not "supposed to" like them either, I guess, at least not in the Phil Collins period, but there it is. It's a great pop song that popped into my head last week and never popped out. I had no choice but to play it. You also might be amazed how awesome it sounds alongside The Jam. No apologies. I have two ears and a heart, don't I?
10:00
Around The Dial - THE KINKS
Who Will Save Rock & Roll? - THE DICTATORS
Unsatisfied - THE REPLACEMENTS
Don't Do Me Like That - TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS
Cruel To Be Kind - NICK LOWE
Paperlate - GENESIS
Beat Surrender - THE JAM
Theme From Sparta FC #2 - THE FALL
Adidas World (7" Extended Radio Mix) - EDWYN COLLINS
Connection - ELASTICA
Life Of Illusion - FOO FIGHTERS
Stay Positive - THE HOLD STEADY
Got Nuffin - SPOON 11:00
Young Folks - PETER BJORN & JOHN
Whole Lotta Losin' - MONSTERS OF FOLK
Outtasite (Outta Mind) - WILCO
The Bucket - KINGS OF LEON
Don't Stand So Close To Me - THE POLICE
A Girl Called Johnny - THE WATERBOYS
Debonair - THE AFGHAN WHIGS
Sound Of The Carpet - STEREOLAB
Gimme Sympathy - METRIC
Lights Out - SANTOGOLD
Just Go Away - BLONDIE
1969 - THE STOOGES
Crosstown Traffic - THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE
Gimme Shelter - THE ROLLING STONES
Morning Glory - OASIS
Longview - GREEN DAY
Reptilia - THE STROKES 12:00
I Will Follow - U2
Complete Control - THE CLASH
He's A Whore - CHEAP TRICK
Always Where I Need To Be - THE KOOKS
Uprising - MUSE
Silvia - MIIKE SNOW
Mercy - DUFFY
Million Dollar Bill - WHITNEY HOUSTON
Love Long Distance - THE GOSSIP
Take It In - HOT CHIP
The Reeling - PASSION PIT
Temptation - NEW ORDER
Candy-O - THE CARS
I Zimbra - TALKING HEADS
Let's Go To Bed - THE CURE
Bigmouth Strikes Again - THE SMITHS 1:00
We Are The People - EMPIRE OF THE SUN
Time To Get Away - LCD SOUNDSYSTEM
No Time - JUST JACK
Pick Up The Phone (Disko Dali Remix) - DRAGONETTE
Orinoco Ninja Flow - DIE ANTWOORD
Turn The Page - THE STREETS
Stylo - GORILLAZ FEAT. MOS DEF & BOBBY WOMACK
Hand Me Down Your Love - HOT CHIP
Changes - DAVID BOWIE
My Coco - STELLASTARR*
An End Has A Start - EDITORS
Babies - PULP
24 Hour Party People - THE HAPPY MONDAYS
Love My Way - THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS
More Than This - ROXY MUSIC 2:00
Talk Of The Town - PRETENDERS
I'd Cry - STEVIE WONDER
Love Child - THE SUPREMES
It's Your Thing - THE ISLEY BROTHERS
Please, Mr. Postman - THE BEATLES
The Kids Are Alright - THE WHO
I'm A Man - THE SPENCER DAVIS GROUP
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - THE ANIMALS
Jackson Cage - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
Eyes Without A Face - BILLY IDOL
Up All Night - THE BOOMTOWN RATS
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