here<\/a>.<\/p>\nMy final DJ set goes down well enough. Though I feel I’m trying to recreate past glories a little, which is one of the reasons why I want to give it a rest. I worry that I’m in danger of being ‘best known’ as Dickon The DJ. And once you feel you’re being Best Known For something other than what you DO want to be Best Known For, you have stop doing it.<\/p>\n
Some people ask me if it’s the last Beautiful & Damned. To clarify, it’s MY last B&D at the Boogaloo for the time being. The club night itself – the name, the 1920s-leaning dress-up element, and the ‘anything goes, but only if it works’ concept – belongs to the Boogaloo venue, and not me. So people should keep an eye on The Boogaloo mailing list and website to see what happens. Perhaps they’ll get in other DJs and keep it going every month, or maybe it’ll just be Miss Red. I don’t know, but whatever happens, I don’t mind.<\/p>\n
Admittedly, people have associated B&D as ‘my’ club night, and I should have made it more clear that B&D wasn’t ‘mine’, but the Boogaloo night at which I DJ-d regularly and helped to promote, rather than conceived outright.<\/p>\n
So, the questions I’m now asked are:<\/p>\n
a) Mr Edwards, are you going to return to B&D in the future?<\/strong><\/p>\nNot sure. Not just yet, anyway.
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\nb) So if you’re not doing that, why don’t you create a new club night, closer to Central London? <\/strong><\/p>\nAnswer: Never! I’m put off by the nuts and bolts aspect of being a club promoter. Worrying about enough people turning up, checking the listings are correct, doing flyers, keeping the venue staff happy, and so on.<\/p>\n
c) What’s so hard about doing one night a month at the pub nearest your bed?<\/strong><\/p>\nI just feel I’ve done it enough as a regular gig, and want to give it a rest. That’s all. One can’t keep doing the same thing forever. And when you find your heart saying “I wonder when this will end?” more often than not, it’s best to take a hint. Sorry if that disappoints those who like to see me DJ-ing, but one must be true to one’s heart.<\/p>\n
d) Are you quitting DJ-ing entirely, then? <\/strong><\/p>\nOh, not at all. I’ll do the odd guest spot if I’m invited, sure, whether it’s The Boogaloo or elsewhere. The odd party. The odder the better. Not right now, though.<\/p>\n
Thanks to all those who came to the club over the last twelve months. It’s been wonderful.<\/p>\n
Here’s what I played last night, though not in this exact order:<\/p>\n
flamingoes – i only have eyes for you
\nbert kaempfert – swinging safari
\npeggy lee- them there eyes
\npercy faith – theme from a summer place
\npuppini sisters – wuthering heights
\npuppini sisters – heart of glass
\nchordettes – mr sandman
\ncast of mary poppins – let’s go fly a kite
\ndoris day – deadwood stage
\nalessi brothers – oh lori
\ndory previn – yada yada la scala
\njudy garland – trolley song
\nhoagy carmichael – ole’ buttermilk sky
\nliza minnelli – mein herr (from cabaret)
\npeggy lee – i could have danced all night (latin version!)
\njacques brel – la mer
\nbobby darin – beyond the sea
\nlouis armstrong – don’t forget to mess around (1926)
\nhelen kane – I wanna be loved by you – (1920s)
\nnathan glantz & orch – don’t bring lulu (1920s)
\ngene austin – ain’t she sweet (1920s)
\nella fitzgerald & count basie – sweet georgia brown
\ncoon-sanders nighthawks – I’m gonna charleston back to charleston – (1920s)
\nfrank sinatra – let’s face the music and dance
\nmel torme – right now
\ntom lehrer – the masochism tango
\npeggy lee – fever
\nlouis armstrong – cabaret (1968)
\ndoris day – move over darling
\nute lemper – all that jazz
\njudy garland – get happy
\nlouis armstrong – mack the knife (1956)
\nglen miller – in the mood
\nart landry – five foot two, eyes of blue (1920s)
\ncast of bugsy malone – my name is tallulah
\nrosemary clooney – mambo italiano
\nfrank sinatra- new york new york
\ncast of a chorus line – one (finale)
\ndean martin – that’s amore
\ndoris day – que sera sera<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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