» Listings for 2010

1. Warm up to the big season and acknowledgements

   Posted on 6:16pm Wednesday 8th Dec 2010

   Hi all. Just to let you know I'm available again for New Years Eve due to a cancellation. Prices start at £500.00 for an amazing night out. New years eve is the best night of the year so make sure you book the best. Last year I was at The Ship Hotel in Chichester and it was wild! Enquiries are bound to come in even at this late hour so don't um and err for long...

   Thanks to my clients this weekend for showing your love. Mel, Chris, Joelle and Dave in that order. Hope to see you all again soon and thanks for the great reviews.

   Hello to Andy. Nice talking with you today. Hope it all works out this year and next.

   My tip for Christmas TV. Most of you out there have posh new HD ready TV's in your front room right? I bet you have at least one laptop with an HDMI connection. Well if you do, Get yourself an extra cable so when the awful TV comes on you can run your TV catch up sites through your big screen TV and watch all the best of what you didn't have time to watch before. If you havent got an HDMI connection from your PC there may well be other ways so check it out, as most new TV's have a multitude of connections that could potentially come from a PC such as VGA although this may or may not give you HI-Definition. Mind you even here in Worthing, I would struggle to get the bandwidth needed for that!  If you need extra long cables try going to leads direct in Seaford. You can order from their site. Also there is lots of classic comedy to be viewed on youtube from days gone by as you may have realised either from previous blogs or just surfing on your own. So there you have it. You don't have to watch Only Fools And Horses (good as it is and was) or some lousy American Santaclause movie for the 600th time. Good luck!
   

   Ok well if you haven't got your decorations up yet, why not? Come on you muppet! Get into the spirit of it all. I'm ordering you to do so! I mean we might even have snow at Christmas and then what are you going to look like eh? Just immagine if you were driving down the road and every single house actually had lights up in the front room etc. AND it snowed at the same time? I'd have to go out and take pictures then would'nt you?
   

   Alright that's enough bossiness. Have a great Christmas and New Year if I don't blog before then, which at my current frequency is highly possible. Well I'm afraid I'm one of those people who only blog when they've actually got something to say. Commercial suicide I know, but there you are...
   

   Take care,

   Love,

   Mike.
   

2. Quietness, Christmas and Scratchin' plastic

   Posted on 6:02am Wednesday 17th Nov 2010

   Hi there. Sorry been a bit quiet lately. I've been enjoying the calm before the storm and sitting back on my flippin' gorgeous sofa with flippin' gorgeous Becky just reading, watching films etc. riding out the dry month of November and I'm not talking weather. My busiest year ever and it all goes to nothing in firework month. Well I'm not complaining. I rarely get much time off in my life so I'm not going to waste it by feeling insecure! Besides, December is busy now, although Thursdays are still available as I type this, so think on if you haven't booked your Christmas get together yet. Sorry to Jane who I couldn't help the other week. I hate it when I can't help a regular customer because they've left it a bit late and I'm already booked. Sometimes I can move heaven and earth for them but if I can't, who's to say they might stick with the next guy? I'm pretty damn good at what I do but I'm not the only one so I've seen a few nice faces disappear before now.

   Oh well, not long now and everyone will be putting their 'decs up and we may even get snow again. Last year I was playing at the Ship hotel Chichester near to Christmas eve and as I looked out the window I saw the heavy flakes falling and announced it to the crowd. It's a good job it wasn't a boat, as they all rushed the window to see, proving beyond all doubt that when it comes to snow and Christmas, most people are as bigger kid as me. I still recall the warm festive feeling as I headed down a snow filled A27 after the last gig before the big day. Mmmm.....pass me a mince pie and cream with a brandy on the side and Christmas pudding and Cornish ice cream to follow...

   Well I'll leave you with a peek into the future of Deejaying ie: with a flat panel and touch screen. I knew it'd be here one day but I couldn't have told you how soon. Now all they need to do is make it professional size...

   Have a great weekend and see you soon,

   Mike.
   

3. Upcoming winter fun and frolics

   Posted on 11:50am Friday 15th Oct 2010

   Hi all. Well this is the quite season in the mobile disco business so it's the time when one can do one of two things. 1. You can get nervous at the phone being unusually quiet. 2. You can do all the things that you haven't had time for during the rest of the year. So you friends that are reading this, now is the time you're most likey to catch me available for dinner on a Saturday night! Just not this Saturday night. Yep tomorrow night Becky and I are going to a black tie ball. Nice to wear a tuxedo, sip champagne and be a guest for a change! I went to this rather expensive charity thing a few years ago now and it's a bit like going to the brit awards in terms of table quality, although the musicians on stage are probably a good deal better trained and don't get pissed up and start shouting at the audience...Oh and they don't all come on and begin with "Whats up? I'm...." have you noticed how everybody seems to be using that worn out phraze these days on TV and Radio?  I mean I doubt they use it on "Strictly" but then I don't really watch those programmes.. I recall being forced to go to ballroom dancing classes every Saturday morning for a while at around eight years old, as my parents were fanatical about it. I'll never forget the two "instructors". The Main man was this camp old fruit called.. well lets just call him Nigel. Think Pinapple dance studios but with a dark side. It was his long suffering and somewhat dissappointed looking second in command and wife I felt sorry for, although I didn't really know exactly why at the time. I guess the partnership sort of worked on a professional level when he wasn't putting her down with his slightly sarcy comments. Can you guess which one I liked the best?  I'll give you a hint. It wasn't bloody "Nigel"!
   

   Anyway, I digress. Back to the black tie ball...I saw the event being set up the other night and the stage lights inspired me no end. I must get some more scanners like I used to have (before I emigrated briefly to America and sold some good stuff at silly prices). They are like coloured search beams scanning through the venue in unison and of course if you can use smoke or haze, all the better.

   Talking of which..are you looking forward to firework night? I am. (funny how my mind works isn't it?) I stopped going to the Lewes one as the 911 thing I'm told shot up all the insurance and now they can't afford the extraviganza that they used to have. Feel free to correct me on this if it's changed. But we love to go to the Arundel display. it lasts about half an hour and is at the football club so you can walk in under flood lights and get a beer if you so wish (which to be perfectly honest, I never really do in the middle of a cold football field at night) Try to ignore the music in the apaulingly bad crackly tannoy system. When the action is about to start, they turn off the flood lights and the crowd reacts appropriately. When it's all over you can enjoy a trip to one of the lovely pubs in the town. Who could wish for a better winter nights entertainment? And no, I'm not on commission.
   

   Perhaps you're looking forward to Christmas already? I was listening to the radio this morning and they played a festive jingle for a laugh, but it got me in the mood! It's those sleigh bells and chime bars isn't it? Works every time.

   New years eve is the wildest gig of the year and this year I'm at the Park house Hotel Bepton near Chichester so maybe see you there?

   Ok better go now. Got to fix some new handles on my DJ console case as it's got so much inside it's got a split one that needs replacing! 

   Until next time, have a great weekend...

    

   Mike.