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OFFLINE 11: Dogstar, Brixton, Thursday 16th December 2004
Our Christmas party was our busiest night ever with a huge FREE bill of 14 DJs, stand up acts, poets, new music, video projections, multimedia, photo exhibition, archive protest footage and more!
FLYERS/PROGRAM from the night:
Club flyer
Event program (front and back pages)
Event program (centre pages with timetable of acts)
MAIN DANCE FLOOR:
7:00 - 7:30 Maggot
7:30 - 8:05 hiccup
8:05 - 8:40 The Kennington Chameleon (The Actionettes - pop dance blitzkrieg)
8:40 - 9:20 Blagsta
9:20 - 10 IanW (How Does it Feel... - 60s heartbreak/northern soul)
10 - 10:45 Sonik Sonik (Rough Trade - indie obscurities)
10:45 - 11:30 Editor (urban75 - post-punk/cocktail/rip-it-up)
11:30 -12:15 Dubversion (People's Republic of Disco - ska/rocksteady)
12:15 - 1 DJ Wrongspeed (http://resonancefm.com)
1:00-2am Skim (Biologikal - Eclectic electronic sounds)
CABARET/BACK ROOM:
7:00 - 8:00 Skim - none more chilled
8:00 - 8.35 Rutabowa - eclectic Elvis tattoo
8:35 - 9:10 Broken Yolk - deck genius
8:35 - 9:10 Dubversion - chilled electronica
9:40 - 10:20 Ben - like a mental orgasm
10:20: Vic's Cabaret Corner pt 1
> Vic Lambrusco
> Jack Shamash - from bard to perverse
> Wrong Way Jane - Bardess of Brixton
10:50: Pinkkychukkles Dansette destruction
11:30: Vic's Cabaret Corner pt 2
> Joe Cairo - the man who put the
'angst' in 'gangster' (Guardian)
> Paul Birtill - hilarious misanthropy from north
London's Mersey mouth
> Jack (Bard of Brixton)
12:00 Editor's cocktail interjection
DrJazzz's boogie woogie mash up (cancelled)
1:00 - 2:00 IanW's backroom wig out
VIDEOS/MULTIMEDIA
Brixton street photos by editor, some protest videos (Brixton riots, Reclaim the Streets etc.)
Photos from the night:
(photos by editor, liberty and dubversion)
![Skim opens up the evening with a chilled out set in the back room, Offline 11 at the Dogstar, Brixton, Thursday 16th December 2004](images/offline11_01.jpg)
Skim opens up the evening with a chilled out set in the back room, Offline 11 at the Dogstar, Brixton. Her set included Future Sound of London: Cascade pt 1,
Slag Boom Van Loon: Broccoli, Troubleshooter: Rotating Mass and Brothomstates: Adozenaday.
» See full DJ track listings
![DJ Rutabowa in the backroom, OFFLINE Christmas party at the Dogstar, Brixton, Thursday 16th December 2004, urban75 club night, London](images/offline11_02.jpg)
DJ Rutabowa in the backroom. We didn't get to see his cool Elvis tattoo. Included in his set was: The Willows – Nuh me trouble you
Sonic Youth – Schizophrenia, Devendra Banhart – This beard is for Siobhan, Eek a mouse – Ganja smuggling and Ethiopians – Pirate.
» See full DJ track listings
![the Kennington Chameleon (from the Actionettes), OFFLINE Christmas party at the Dogstar, Brixton, Thursday 16th December 2004, urban75 club night, London](images/offline11_03.jpg)
After some tricky technical details involving a dodgy connection and a too-short lead, the Kennington Chameleon (from the Actionettes) plays the main room.
![Crowd, OFFLINE Christmas party at the Dogstar, Brixton, Thursday 16th December 2004, urban75 club night, London](images/offline11_03a.jpg)
Main room crowd shot.
![DJ Broken Yolk, back room, OFFLINE Christmas party at the Dogstar, Brixton, Thursday 16th December 2004, urban75 club night, London.](images/offline11_04.jpg)
DJ Broken Yolk proudly holds aloft a lesser known, er, 'gem', 'Wogan's Wonders'. He played a, frankly, bonkers, set in the back room which included:
dennis waterman and george cole - what are we going to get for her indoors, mario lanza - god rest ye merry gentleman, kays catalogue santa flexidisc
cher - never been to spain and larkin abaht - when father papered the parlour.
» See full DJ track listings
![Crowd, OFFLINE Christmas party at the Dogstar, Brixton, Thursday 16th December 2004, urban75 club night, London.](images/offline11_05.jpg)
Crowd scene...
![Back Room Ben, OFFLINE Christmas party at the Dogstar, Brixton, Thursday 16th December 2004, urban75 club night, London.](images/offline11_06.jpg)
Back Room Ben in action!
![Lager frenzied ladies, Offline, Brixton, Thursday 16th December 2004.](images/offline11_07.jpg)
A feast of lagers!
![Crowd, Dogstar, Brixton, Thursday 16th December 2004.](images/offline11_08.jpg)
Drinking chums in the back projection room. Just behind them, a large screen showed archive footage of the Brixton riots and street protests.
![DJ Blagsta, OFFLINE Christmas party at the Dogstar, Brixton, Thursday 16th December 2004, urban75 club night, London.](images/offline11_09.jpg)
DJ Blagsta in the main DJ booth. His t'rific et included Jilted John - Jilted John, Bomb the Bass - Bug Powder Dust, Gil Scott-Heron - Gun and Barrington Levy - Here I Come
![Vic Lambrusco, OFFLINE Christmas party at the Dogstar, Brixton, Thursday 16th December 2004, urban75 club night, London..](images/offline11_10.jpg)
As ever, Vic Lambrusco hosted the fabulous Vic's Cabaret Corner. His new poem, 'I'm More Brixton Than You' went down a storm!
![Jack Shamash, OFFLINE Christmas party at the Dogstar, Brixton, Thursday 16th December 2004, urban75 club night, London.](images/offline11_11.jpg)
Jack Shamash delivers his lines in the back room.
![Wrong Way Jane, the Bardess of Brixton, OFFLINE Christmas party at the Dogstar, Brixton, Thursday 16th December 2004, urban75 club night, London.](images/offline11_12.jpg)
Wrong Way Jane - the Bardess of Brixton - gives it large with some strong political rhymes.
![Crowd, OFFLINE Christmas party at the Dogstar, Brixton, Thursday 16th December 2004, urban75 club night, London.](images/offline11_13.jpg)
Main room drinking folks.
![Back room crowd, OFFLINE Christmas party at the Dogstar, Brixton, Thursday 16th December 2004, urban75 club night, London.](images/offline11_14.jpg)
Back room crowd.
![DrJazzz, OFFLINE Christmas party at the Dogstar, Brixton, Thursday 16th December 2004, urban75 club night, London.](images/offline11_22.jpg)
DrJazzz checks out the piano backstage. Sadly, the keyboard refused to work once om the stage!
![Main room crowd OFFLINE Christmas party at the Dogstar, Brixton, Thursday 16th December 2004, urban75 club night, London.](images/offline11_14a.jpg)
Main room crowd.
![Drinking chums, OFFLINE Christmas party at the Dogstar, Brixton, Thursday 16th December 2004, urban75 club night, London.](images/offline11_15.jpg)
Drinking chums!
![IanW, OFFLINE Christmas party at the Dogstar, Brixton, Thursday 16th December 2004, urban75 club night, London.](images/offline11_15a.jpg)
IanW plays the first of two sets, with his main room set including Soul Time – Shirley Ellis, Of Hopes Dreams And Tombstones – Jimmy Frazier, Hey Boy – Brenda And The Tabulations and Mini Skirt And Go Go Boots – Lloyd And Glen.
» See full DJ track listings
![Crowd, OFFLINE Christmas party at the Dogstar, Brixton, Thursday 16th December 2004, urban75 club night, London.](images/offline11_16.jpg)
Crowd shot.
![Crowd, OFFLINE Christmas party at the Dogstar, Brixton, Thursday 16th December 2004, urban75 club night, London.](images/offline11_17.jpg)
Joe Cairo - described as 'the man who put the 'angst' in 'gangster' (Guardian) - lays it down in the back room.
![Paul Birtill, OFFLINE Christmas party at the Dogstar, Brixton, Thursday 16th December 2004, urban75 club night, London.](images/offline11_18.jpg)
Paul Birtill's brand of hilarious misanthropy won over the back room crowd - several of his books were shifted after the show!
![Sonik OFFLINE Christmas party at the Dogstar, Brixton, Thursday 16th December 2004, urban75 club night, London.](images/offline11_19.jpg)
Sonik in the main DJ booth. His eclectic set included CocoSuma - Sparks, Laura Veirs - Ether Songs, Sufjan Stevens - The Dress looks nice on You, Death Cab for Cutie - Aeroplanes and Nancy and Lee - Some Velvet Morning
» See full DJ track listings
![Crowd view, OFFLINE Christmas party at the Dogstar, Brixton, Thursday 16th December 2004, urban75 club night, London.](images/offline11_20.jpg)
Somewhat blurry main room view (well, it was getting late!)
![Jack, OFFLINE Christmas party at the Dogstar, Brixton, Thursday 16th December 2004, urban75 club night, London.](images/offline11_21.jpg)
Jack, the reigning Bard Of Brixton, finished off the Cabaret Hour in style.
![Editor's prized 10inch Sinatra EP, OFFLINE Christmas party at the Dogstar, Brixton, Thursday 16th December 2004, urban75 club night, London.](images/offline11_24.jpg)
Editor's prized 'Songs for Swinging Lovers' 10" Sinatra EP.
![Crowd view, OFFLINE Christmas party at the Dogstar, Brixton, Thursday 16th December 2004, urban75 club night, London.](images/offline11_23.jpg)
Crowd view.
![DJ Wrongspeed, OFFLINE Christmas party at the Dogstar, Brixton, Thursday 16th December 2004, urban75 club night, London.](images/offline11_23a.jpg)
DJ Wrongspeed flaunts his vinyl.
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