Pride 2012 – The 50 Pound Note Mix

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Around The World by Daft Punk
Theme From Videodrome Discothèque by Sean Drinkwater
It’s Not Over (Dimitri From Paris EroDiscoMix) by Holy Ghost!
Work (Oliver $ Remix) by The 2 Bears
Let’s Have A Kiki (50 Pound Note Quick ‘n’ Dirty Pride Edit) by Scissor Sisters
Jetstream (Richard X Remix) by New Order
God Save The Queer by Klatsch!
Feel So Close (Extended Mix) by Calvin Harris
Timebomb (George M. Extended Mix) by Kylie
Party All The Time by Aubrey O’Day and Shannell SnL
What A Feeling (Featuring Kelly Rowland) (Henry John Morgan Remix) by Alex Gaudino
Proud (Peter Presta QAF V Mix) by Heather Small

“Give in, get happy!”

This was my 4th consecutive year serving as the DJ on Virgin America’s Pride float, and once again we were honored to have recording artist, reality show star, and hometown girl Aubrey O’Day on board, along with a contingent of my colorful co-workers.

San Francisco Pride’s theme for 2012 was Global Equality, and the theme for Virgin’s float was The World Is Your Runway. To that end I tried to flavor the music just a bit with travel themes.

Please enjoy and share this souvenir mix of my set from the float.

Cover star: me!

I’ve recorded an exclusive new mix for the Electronic Music Bears podcast titled Summer Of ’83. You can download it here.

I wanted to build it around a specific feel, focusing on new artists who are using older analog sounds, but also throw in a couple of tracks that actually are from 1983. Summertime in San Francisco is usually cold and foggy, so this is one last warm farewell to a summer that didn’t really happen.

Kiss The Future Vol. 15
(Original upload date 19 October 2007)

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The Creeps (Fonzerelli Mix) by Camille Jones vs. Fedde Le Grand
Bring The Noise (Ferry Corsten Mix) by Public Enemy
Burnin’ by Daft Punk
Yeah Yeah (D. Ramirez Vocal Club Mix) by Bodyrox
Kinda New (Dirty South 07 Remix) by Spektrum
Confusion 2007 (Dirty South Electrofried Remix) by New Order
Soul Heaven (Fonzerelli Remix) by Henrik B.
Get On The Dancefloor (Vandalism Vocal Remix) by Freaks
Computer Love (No Recip Mix) by NSA Featuring RuPaul
With Every Heartbeat (Corenell Remix) by Robyn With Kleerup

“It’s a beautiful, beautiful scene; it’s a soul, soul heaven”

Fonzerelli is turning into one of my favorite artists. His track Spirit from KTFv14 is something I can listen to over and over again, along with his remix of Soul Heaven presented here. I know it’s GAYGAYGAY but I can’t help being moved by it – and I hate divas. The big surprise is Ferry Corsten’s mix of Bring The Noise, which kicks ass. I lived with a copy of Public Enemy’s Fear Of A Black Planet all during my freshman year of college, and I can still rap almost the entire track from memory. As soon as I heard the remix I started hearing Daft Punk’s Burnin’ paired with it. Dirty South has been remixing everyone and I love their bootleg mix of Confusion, one of New Order’s most reworked tracks (’83, ’90, ’95, ’02, and now ’07). Finally, NSA and RuPaul will have you laughing with Computer Love, the title of which is a nod to Kraftwerk and with lyrics taken from dirty personal ads on Craigslist (NSFW).

New Order Vol. 3 – The 50 Pound Note Mix
(Original upload date 21 April 2006)

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Run 2 (Extended Version)
Vanishing Point (Instrumental Making Out Mix)
Subculture (Sarm West Mix)
Best & Marsh
Soundtrack (Chronovisor Edit)
Round & Round (12″ Version)
MTO (Minus Mix)
True Faith (Morel’s Pink Noise Mix)
Paradise (Robert Racic Mix)
Guilt Is A Useless Emotion (DJ Dan Club Mix)
The Happy One (50 Pound Note Mix)

Past>Forward Vol. 2 – The 50 Pound Note Retro Mix – The Metro, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
(Original upload date 18 April 2007)

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Walking Away (SMD Mix) by Information Society
Bizarre Love Triangle (12″ Version) by New Order
True Faith (Morning Sun Remix) by New Order
The Different Story (Razormaid! Mix) by Peter Schilling
Losing My Mind (Disco Mix) by Pet Shop Boys
Das Omen (Razormaid! Mix) by Mysterious Art
Strangelove (Pain Mix) by Depeche Mode
Join In The Chant (Burn!) by Nitzer Ebb
Theme From S-Express (US 12″ Mix) by S-Express
Crucified (The Nuzak Remix) by Army Of Lovers
I Sit On Acid (Mixin’ Up The Acid) by Lords Of Acid
Welcome To Paradise/Headhunter (Razormaid! Mix) by Front 242

“DROP THAT GHETTOBLASTER!”

Located at 156 W Main Street in downtown Lexington, The Metro was in operation from roughly 1990 to 1993. It came third in the succession of gay-owned bars (Cafe LMNOP, Great Moments) that appealed to a mixed crowd and played alternative dance music. During regular hours it was a dyke bar but on Friday and Saturday nights from 1:30 to 4:30am DJs Chad and Joe would spin bands like Depeche Mode and New Order for an 18-and-up crowd that was a mixture of gay/straight/male/female/white/black/young/old. During the fall of 1990 it became the first gay club I’d ever set foot in, a full year before I turned 21.

I was already DJing a dance music show on the college radio station which then approached the bar to have me do an industrial music night on Thursdays. I got to know Joe and Chad and within a year I was regularly filling in for them on Saturdays, too.

This is the first of two mixes that capture the sound of those nights. By the tail-end of 1991 James Brown Is Dead came along and suddenly techno wiped away melodic, song-based dance music. I started DJing at The Bar in May of 1992 so my Metro days came to an end.

I hope someone from the old crowd finds this mix; I’ve not seen any of them in 15 years.

As a side note I’d like to add that I had a lot of trouble recording this mix. I had to do it five or six times due to repeated technical difficulties, and it made me laugh because these are the songs I learned how to DJ with, and it was like my skills had reverted to that beginner level all over again. I should have left a great big train wreck right in the middle of it for old time’s sake.

Show #61 – Live In London
(Original upload date 11 November 2006)

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(Not) Proud To Be An American (intro) by Lee Greenwood
Superlangalang! (M.I.A. vs. Super Mario) by Cry On My Console
Give Me Every Little Thing by The Juan Maclean
Voodoo Shake (Kelis vs. A Guy Called Gerald)
Bizarre Love Triangle (Richard X Remix) by New Order
Zero Return by 50 Pound Note
No Scrub Girls (TLC vs. Prodigy vs. Rex The Dog) by Soundhog
Girl And The Sea (Cut Copy Remix) by The Presets
Shout (Fashion) (Solaris Mix) by David Bowie
Controversy (Housetrap Dub Remix) by Prince
Work On You by MSTRKRFT
Silent Shout (Williams Acidic Circuits Remix) by The Knife
Drop The Pressure (Rex The Dog Remix) by Mylo
Teachers by Soulwax
Everything’s Gone Green (Martin Buttrich Remix) by New Order
Option by 50 Pound Note
Whoo! Alright – Yeah… Uh Huh by The Rapture
Hallelujah (Club Mix) by Happy Mondays
That’s All, Folks!

My thought was originally to split this into two different podcasts, but as I was trying to replicate my set as originally played that just didn’t make sense. I know it’s a long show. There’s no show intro to keep from making it any longer.

This serves as a “Best Of 50 Pound Note” up to now, incorporating tracks from the Kiss The Future series with tracks that have appeared in various podcasts.

The introduction is meant to be very tongue in cheek, while the outro is an addition – I’d intended to close out my set with it, but I didn’t want any of the crowd to think I was signalling the end of the night since the Cartel Communique guys were going on after me.

The two original songs were recorded in real-time, live, as I mixed this set. In that regard I don’t think the vocals are too bad. ;)

You may recognize Zero Return as the theme music to the show. In addition to singing I played a melodica and some cowbell toward the end. Option has lyrics by LD Beghtol (New Criticism/Moth Wranglers/Magnetic Fields) and the addition of shakers.

New Order Vol. 2 – The 50 Pound Note Mix
(Original upload date 10 October 2006)

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Fine Time (Prime Cuts Mix)
Waiting For The Sirens’ Call (Planet Funk Remix)
Hurt
Temptation (Peter Black Remix)
Regret (Tocadisco Remix)
Blue Monday
Crystal (Digweed & Muir Bedrock Mix)
True Faith (King Roc Remix)
Here To Stay (Full Length Vocal)

New Order Vol. 1 – The 50 Pound Note Mix
(Original upload date 10 October 2006)

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Bizarre Love Triangle (Richard X Remix Full Length)
5 8 6 (Razormaid! Mix)
Everything’s Gone Green (Martin Buttrich Remix)
Jetstream (Jacques Lu Cont Dub)
Krafty (Riton Re-Rub Remix)
Confusion (Koma & Bones Remix)
Someone Like You (Futureshock Vocal Remix)
Guilt Is A Useless Emotion (Bill Hamel Vocal Mix)
The Perfect Kiss (12″ Version)

Kiss The Future Vol. 1
(Original upload date 15 June 2006)

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Everything’s Gone Green (Martin Buttrich Mix) by New Order
Love Is In The Air (Mock & Toof Remix) by The Juan Maclean
Silent Shout (Williams Acidic Circuits Remix) by The Knife
Drop The Pressure (Rex The Dog Remix) by Mylo
Wordy Rappinghood (Playgroup Remix) by Chicks On Speed
Controversy (Housetrap Dub Remix) by Prince
It’s Percussion (House Mix) by M Doc
Strict Machine (Ewan’s Stripped Machine Mix) by Goldfrapp
You Gonna Want Me (12″ Dance Mix) by Tiga
Since U Been Gahan (Kelly Clarkson vs. Depeche Mode) by DJ Earworm
Daft Punk Is Bootlegged At My House (LCD Soundsystem vs. Daft Punk) by Kraft Punk
NY Lipps by Soulwax
Monoculture (Playgroup Remix) by Soft Cell

Kiss The Future was the start of a new series. They’re continuous dance mixes with no show intro or talking from yours truly. This first one is still one of my favorite things I’ve ever done.

Show #37 – Come Back To Shermer, IL, Molly Ringwald, Molly Ringwald
(Original upload date 9 March 2006)

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Jay’s introduction to Shermer, IL from Dogma
Samantha finds out what happened to her panties from Sixteen Candles
Happy Birthday by Altered Images
Turning Japanese by The Vapours
If You Were Here by Thompson Twins
Brian’s letter on behalf of the group from The Breakfast Club
Don’t You (Forget About Me) by Simple Minds
Fire In The Twilight by Wang Chung
We Are Not Alone by Karla Devito
Gary gets the idea to make a girl from Weird Science
Weird Science by Oingo Boingo
Tenderness by General Public
Intruder/Pretty Woman by Van Halen
Eighties by Killing Joke
Andie asks Iona about her prom from Pretty In Pink
Pretty In Pink by The Psychedelic Furs
Shellshock by New Order
If You Leave by OMD
Cameron describes the 1961 Ferrari from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Oh Yeah by Yello
Twist And Shout by The Beatles
Love Missile F1-11 by Sigue Sigue Sputnik
Watts apologizes and Amanda sets Keith free from Some Kind Of Wonderful
Dr. Mabuse (Abuse Mix) by Propaganda
Turn To The Sky by The March Violets
Beats So Lonely by Charlie Sexton

John Hughes’ iconic ’80s films were a huge part of my growing up experience. This is my love letter to him.