The Winchester is gone

On the nights that I do my gig, I have this little ritual I do. First, check to see that the stream is available. Next, set up the Linux box to monitor the stream. Send out IM links to outside listeners, and then sign onto Second Life.

So, usually, when I sign on, I send out the notice to the Velvet group that I'm spinning and what the "theme" is going to be, then hang out at the Winchester for an hour or so, and then pop over to the Velvet for my set. I like to pop by the Win because Massacre and Astrud have their sets over there and I like to get a feel for how the crowds are.

Last night, my theme was "I'm not dead yet" and I discussed how it felt like the Universe had been out to get me all week. I think this is because I'm closing it out with an ear-infection and the only thing that feels more personal than an ear-infection is something that involves yeast. The less said about that the better. But, surviving adversary was my theme and I wish I had sent out that notice after going over to the Winchester.

Because the Winchester is gone. It's a victim of drama that I'm not going to go into here, but the club is gone and I feel really bad for a lot of people. When they opened back in the spring, there was a really good feeling there and a lot of very good people were there. It was a real sister club for the Velvet, and not just because we shared a lot of the same DJs and clientèle, but because it had that same feeling of home and it was a safe place and up until a month ago, it had been one of those drama-free places to go. As the avatar says, I am a sad spider. ::::-(

1. Ananda Shankar Experience The State Of Bengal - Walking On (4:56)
2. Up, Bustle & Out - Silks, Perfumes And Gold (4:23)
3. Melora Creager - Krakatowa (3:27)
4. Space - Mad Dogs and Englishmen (3:09)
5. Beck - Arabian Nights (japan only bonus track) (3:23)
6. Jurassic Five - If You Only Knew (3:53)
7. Us3 - I Can Go to Work (4:06) Someone thought this was Digable Planets.
8. Digable Planets - Last Of The Spiddyocks (4:28) So I played some.
9. Cracked Out - Bennigan'z (5:02)
10. midfielding - noel (4:06) Fans of "The Mighty Boosh" will recognize Noel Fielding's voice.
11. Ram Jam - Black Betty (3:58)

Everyone plays the Spiderbait version of "Black Betty". I had to go back to the source on this one. After that, it was looking at the source of another band's name.

12. Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - Death Cab For Cutie (Magical Mystery Tour version) (2:49)
13. The Beatles - You know my name (5:43)

Oh yeah, the roomie got a Wii.

14. Yoshida Brothers - Kodo (Inside the Sun Remix) (4:13)
15. Cibo Matto - Sci Fi Wasabi (3:44)
16. Nanaco - Love Is A Drug (4:42)
17. Orgy - Opticon (4:16)
18. Mya - Whatever Bitch (4:20) Dedicated to drama!

Netflix sent me Disney's "The Black Hole" earlier this week. I had forgotten I had it in my queue. But what I really loved about that film was its soundtrack. The theme had an epic, sweeping feel to it. I played it, asking if anyone could guess the movie. Casey got in about five seconds. Goes to show how distinctive it really is.

19. Mystery Theme (2:48)
20. Shirley Bassey - Moonraker (Superfunk Mix) (4:24)
21. Please Do Not Fight - We All Will Sing (3:58) I'm still pimping a friend's band
22. Information Society - Are 'Friends' Electric? 2.0 (5:41) A cover of a Gary Numan song
23. Akira - Kaneda (3:10) We got into this whole conversation about soundtracks, so that's why I played the next few.
24. Eric Serra - Korben Dallas (1:43)
25. The Dust Brothers - Space Monkeys (1:04)
26. Keren Ann - Sur le fil (4:38)
27. Philip Glass - Osamu's Theme: KYOKO'S HOUSE (2:59)
28. Marie José - Chanson Gitane (2:48) Movie music from Occupied France!
29. The Tigerlillies - Weeping Chandelier (2:53)
30. Yokko Kano - Wanna Be an Angel (5:34)
31. Sarah Fouquet - Pizzicato (2:45) Sarah sends me original compositions, which I think is great.
32. Vic Reeves - Don't Put Your Daughter on the Stage, Mrs. Worthington (4:56)
33. Varttina - Katariina (2:14) To which someone said, "FUCKING AYYYYE! WHO DO I PAY?"
34. The Album Leaf - Shine (5:53)
35. The Real Tuesday Weld - Turn On The Sun Again (3:37)
36. Psycomotor - Sacrifical Island Tombstone (2:54)
37. Royksopp - Poor Leno (3:59)
38. residents - of-london (0:16) She got fired for this. Pity.
39. Morcheeba - Rome Wasn't Built In A Day (3:35)
40. Soho - Girl on a Motorbike (5:30)
41. Malajube - Montreal -40°C (3:24)
42. The Wannabes - You Bother Me (4:59)
43. SOUL COUGHING - BUS TO BEEZLEBUB (4:32)
44. Radiohead - The National Anthem (5:51)
45. Harvey Danger - War Buddies (4:25)
46. The The - Armageddon Days Are Here (Again) (5:40)
47. Ken Nordine - Flibberty Jib (4:47) This old track has what sounds like the opening moan from the The The song. It was well received, one person saying, "It's like religion."
48. William Shatner - You'll Have Time (5:18)
49. Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights (4:58) The end result of a conversation about required reading.
50. Damon Albarn - London Pride (4:41)

I also need to congratulate sabrarosa, who will be playing at the Velvet soon, if I heard her correctly. I think there are going to be a lot of changes for the club scene on Second Life very soon.