The Thinking DJ

In 1996, all the Chicago Rock Cafe DJs got together and had a big meeting (unpaid). They put on their very best thinking caps and entered the Chicago Rock Cafe ‘Think Tank’, chaired by the self appointed ‘Head DJ’, where they voiced their very...

How to Create An Atmosphere as a DJ

This diagram came from the handout provided by Luminar Leisure during one of their monthly “Patronise a DJ” meetings (which, I hasten to add, I never attended, despite constant ‘last’ warnings). So in 1997, nearly ten years after turning...

Me vs The Rank Organisation

It’s 1992, I’m the DJ at Cambridge’s first Student night, the club’s busiest night by far, my contract has just been extended and I’ve been given a payrise. Enter the New Manager, who’s first action was to sack the existing DJs so...

Frank Kidson – Old English Dances

I recently digitised my personal copy of Frank Kidson’s limited and very scarse “Old English Dances” (also called “Old English Country Dances”), published in a run of 80 copies, 1890, and offer it up freely for the benefit of the...