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<\/p>\nOffline 8: a close one<\/b><\/p>\n
Last night’s Offline went well despite a well wobbly start. When I arrived at the Ritzy, I was horrified to find that the twin CD decks had vanished and been replaced by one utterly crap, hideous carousel CD player.<\/p>\n
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Not only was it nigh-on impossible to cue any CDs up on this ghastly player, it refused to release your CDs unless you asked it nicely.<\/p>\n
With four new DJs booked, things weren’t going to plan!<\/p>\n
The first DJ set had to be scrapped while much emergency fiddling about with a borrowed CD portable and a mass of cables went on.<\/p>\n
In the end, we got things more or less working, but I was left seriously underwhelmed by the Ritzy: seeing as the original CD mixer had blown up the night before, why the chuffin’ nobbins couldn’t they have called me so that I could have sorted out an alternative? Grrr!<\/p>\n
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Happily, the DJs – like the pros that they are (!) – rose above the hassle and most people seemed too pissed to notice any of the minor hiccups The night was a blinder!<\/p>\n
As usual, I got over excited and ended drinking a little too much in the Dogstar afterwards.<\/p>\n
Talking of which, the next Offline is going to be at the Dogstar on the Thursday 30th September and it’s going to be something very special!<\/p>\n
Set on two floors, there’s going to be dancing girls, cabaret, poets, acoustic acts and more DJs that you can throw a Stanton stylus at!<\/p>\n