Hammersmith 11th June

[David Bailey]

I thought the DJ had an interesting way of playing his music. He kind of played it in chunks. So you'd find yourself dancing to quite a few 80's tunes followed by a string of swing tunes, followed by a bit of latin etc etc. It meant that if you liked a certain kind of music you thoroughly enjoyed yourself for quite a few tracks.

A few DJs do this - I like that approach myself, it means you can get into a particular style for more than 3 minutes, maybe experiment with a particular combination, etc. And you can spend more than 3 minutes resting / chatting / getting a drink etc. Like all these things, it can be taken to extremes, but 3-4 tracks of the same genre seems about right to me.

Sadly, if you didn't like a kind of music, it seemed to go on and on and on.

Well, in Hammersmith, as I recall, you'd need several tracks of time just to get served at the bar