{"id":721,"date":"2004-12-13T01:57:00","date_gmt":"2004-12-13T01:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/u75blog\/?p=721"},"modified":"2010-06-03T20:53:59","modified_gmt":"2010-06-03T19:53:59","slug":"721","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/721\/","title":{"rendered":"A long week Carter USM, Windmill, PROD"},"content":{"rendered":"

A long week<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sorry for the lack of updates, but things have been a bit hectic. I’ve been busy sorting out the next Offline<\/a> at the Dogstar, this Thursday (16th December),<\/p>\n

We’ve sorted out a great bill of DJs, stand-up and poets, and – for the first time – we’ll be showcasing the skills of Dr Jazzz and his boogie woogie mash up!<\/p>\n

Thanks to the generosity of an urban75-er, I’ve now got a laptop for the night, so I’ll be projecting a collection of my Brixton photos on the main dance floor walls.<\/p>\n

I spent several days creating over thirty brand-spanking-new New York panoramas<\/a> – check ’em out!<\/p>\n

On Thursday, I was DJing at a birthday party for Fruitbat (formerly of Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine<\/a>) at the fabulous Brixton Windmill<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The DJ bit is unusually situated behind the bar and looks out onto the stage which is a bit strange, but I enjoyed myself and played an eclectic bunch of sounds, from Iggy Pop to Dogs Die in Hot Cars to Ladytron.<\/p>\n

When a girl started motioning at me from the bar, I thought she was so impressed by my musical taste that she simply had to know what cutting edge tune I was playing. Sadly, it wasn’t my musical taste she was interested in. Or even my body. She only wanted two pints of lager and a glass of wine.<\/p>\n

So at least I know that I look more like a barman than a DJ. Time to get some new clothes, methinks….<\/p>\n

\"Leicester<\/p>\n

Saturday, I took a wander around the Photographer’s Gallery and checked out the Schweppes Photo Competition in the National Portrait Gallery before grabbing some pics in Leicester Square.<\/p>\n

\"Leicester<\/p>\n

There was an old fashioned funfair filling the square and it was pleasingly quite empty (which made a change from the heaving throng on Oxford Street – a place to avoid throughout December).<\/p>\n

Saturday night, I was back up the Windmill for my monthly dose of PROD<\/a>. I got drunk and danced like a grinning nutter.<\/p>\n

Sunday, we checked out the new West Indian restaurant at the ever improving Dogstar and it was fabulous!
\nThey had a Trinidadian live band in attendance who created a lively sound that seemed to mix Mexican music with African sounds. Tremendous stuff!<\/p>\n

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