Offline 8: a close one

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 When I arrived at the Ritzy, I was horrified to find that the twin CD decks had vanished and been replaced by one utterly crap, hideous carousel CD player.

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.

With four new DJs booked, things weren’t going to plan!

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.

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!

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!

As usual, I got over excited and ended drinking a little too much in the Dogstar afterwards.

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!

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!

Check the Offline website for more details…