{"id":586,"date":"2006-03-26T22:46:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-26T22:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/u75blog\/?p=586"},"modified":"2010-05-17T23:29:48","modified_gmt":"2010-05-17T22:29:48","slug":"586","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/586\/","title":{"rendered":"Turks sing The Smiths and a Punky Reggae Party"},"content":{"rendered":"

Turks sing The Smiths and a Punky Reggae Party<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Checked an interesting video piece at the Photographers’ Gallery, London which featured people from Istanbul singing – and sometimes (ahem) ‘interpreting’<\/em> – songs from the Smiths.<\/p>\n

I liked the idea that Morrissey’s words were clearly resonating with singers from a different culture – one woman was in tears at the end of one performance – although some were clearly doing it for a laugh.<\/p>\n

Photographers’ Gallery feature<\/a><\/p>\n

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Punky Reggae Party<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Friday, I DJ’d at the ‘Punky Reggae Party’ at the Redstar Camberwell. Put on by the mighty Unsound Party Crew<\/a>, there was an amazing line-up with roots reggae from Nucleus Roots and some killer ska from the nine piece Number 1 Station.<\/p>\n

My DJ set was a bit of an ordeal. I’d prepared a ton of tunes on CD, but I arrived to find that only one CD deck was working – and I’d only bundled in a handful of vinyl discs in my bag as an afterthought!<\/p>\n

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In line with the party’s theme, I’d planned on knocking out a set of punk classics, but as soon as I slipped on what I thought would be a brief reggae breather, the dance floor filled and I was committed to an hour of ska and reggae.<\/p>\n

So the records went from a top tune on the CD decks to something produced a mad scramble amongst my punk 45s. Luckily, I just about winged it thanks to ska-sounding tunes from the Clash, Specials, The Beat etc. Phew!<\/p>\n

After that, we got down to some serious rug-cutting and danced till the wee small hours.<\/p>\n

The Redstar is a fabulous venue with a great, old-school Brixton feel. Respect to the crew!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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