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• Post #4502097

  Turns out an old pal of mine runs a major stage decking company now, and has offered to lend me a couple of bits of deck to play with console configurations. If I can crack this, I've got an agent who wants to start hitting the social clubs up here with the retro disco. Exciting times.

• Post #4502011

  So this morning's "Fantasy" light screens came from Bernard Manning's "Embassy Club". I wasn't expecting a famous venue behind these, but it seems there is one!

• Post #4485062

  Paging any "LED neon" experts out there in Fedi-land, please...? I plan on replacing the vinyl lettering in my front fascia board with fake-neon. I think probably the best way of doing this is to laser-cut the channel on MDF, paste it to the back-board, then LED strip with a diffuser pipe channel on top to cope with right angles. At thinnest point the lettering is 8mm width, at thickest it's about 15mm. Logotype cannot be changed. Any pointers please? I'm new to this! 😘 #fe...

• Post #4481956

  Too paggered to write owt useful yesterday cos it was a hard weekend, but no fash at Pride and no bother either (except for the catfight after I'd done 💅🏻). Broke my duck on the first outdoor gig hookup thanks to the c-form 16A/32A distro! I did burn out yet another cheap no-name smoke machine tho, time to actually spend the money on a decent Chauvet one before the place burns down. This is the only pic I have of the day, thanks to my pal James. Back to earth with a thump this morning.

• Post #4464821

  Well I was certainly right about last night being "bouncy". Good gig even though I had to resort to laptop 🫣 Today's gig is on a concrete slab. That should be easier!

• Post #4436056

  "We're going to have a night or two away in the Lake District, love!" I say to my wife. "Lovely!" she replies. "I'll really look forward to that. Where's the record fair?" 🫣

• Post #4425860

  Any of you lot in for #TOTP tonight? We've only got three cos the Proms are in the way. Not that it makes much difference cos they've only cut out one of the 00s ones, so we've got March 2000, August 1984 and August 1988. (If I weren't packing the van for a disco, I'd be tempted to plonk the helicopters in the middle of the front room.)

• Post #4423940

  @jgobble@mastodon.social Plenty of it about! Try https://youtu.be/XlPNM3X-T0M?is=RIrr8h4H6JjkgkKP for the staff voice 😂

• Post #4420373

  Today's fun, hooking up a remote control to a Pulsar dimmer pack, so I can remote-control the fuzz lights one by one. At some point this will be replaced by a 1U four-channel switch unit (NJD D10000x), but that's not arrived yet and it'll need work doing to it anyway.

• Post #4414394

  Helicopter lights (ex-BBC) all sorted and going into service as of this Saturday's gig. Here's one of them in action. Hooray! #retro #TOTP

• Post #4373016

  Had a really lovely night with the chap I'm doing the disco for this coming Saturday, a wonderful sort and fantastic ally to all sorts of causes. We discussed the Roadshow, and he's really up for acting as a sort of agent and booking gigs for me. Which is good, because I'm terrible at selling myself, and a big chunk of something is better than a whole chunk of nothing. Plus he's on the same wavelength as me, too. Pleased as punch.

• Post #4352374

  Record-cleaning morning. Currently bopping along to some recent acquisitions including Depeche Mode's "Enjoy The Silence".

• Post #4351307

  Four years since I did a run of shows at #EdFringe and I think I've just about got over the PTSD. Wrote about it at https://blog.jessicat.me.uk/2022/12/2022-the-year-of-touring/ if you're that bothered.

• Post #4349884

  With Yorkshire now having the climate of what southern France had a few years ago, I am wondering if a few vines would flourish outside in the garden. I suspect the harsher winters would put paid to that idea though.

• Post #4349862

  With Yorkshire having the climate of southern France a few years ago, I am wondering if a few vines would flourish outside in the garden. I suspect the harsher winters would put paid to that idea though.

• Post #4349755

  In a change-of-pace yesterday we went to the organ concert at Ossett Town Hall, featuring Cameron Lloyd on the Compton-Christie organ which is kept well by a team of volunteers. Some of the parts are almost a hundred years old. Mum hadn't been in several decades! It's had quite a lot of modifications since, including the toy shelf and the Weber upright piano. A jolly time had by all. More details at https://www.organfax.co.uk/clubs/ossett/ - Helen keeps talking me out of volunteering f...

• Post #4328345

  Crap selfie cos I'm terrible at them and I was working, but here's a pic from last night's wedding gig. Full dancefloor, bangin' gig, lots of happy people. Bloody love doing this job. (And you can hire me if you're in the Yorkshire area! https://retroroadshowuk.com for more info.) #vinyl #vinyldj #retrodj #properdisco

• Post #4310813

  Spectating upon the rival local Pride civil war (which I honestly thought was done with). I'm still blocked from one of their Facebook pages because I called that particular one out on their hypocrisy. There are more useful battles to fight, frankly...

• Post #4310774

  Spectating upon the rival local Pride civil war (which I honestly thought was done with). I'm still blocked from one of their Facebook pages because I called that particular one out on their hypocrisy. There are better battles to fight...

• Post #4308624

  It's all likely to be indie stuff today anyway, I do love doing 90s indie gigs, they're fab.

• Post #4292187

  Well Popsters, thanks for a lovely couple of hours! I did my nails in the middle of it cos I'm jockin' a wedding tomorrow. Woo! Should be about next Friday for a repeat of it all again, and would be lovely to join in. See you on the dancefloor 💃🏼🪩🕺 #TOTP

• Post #4292073

  Honestly Paul, this song's making you sound like a bit of a dick. #TOTP

• Post #4292023

  You have no hat, you con-man. #TOTP

• Post #4291938

  Not sure if this is a repeat of last week's 'Nanas or not, same choreo tho, if thye walk down the stairway in ht next 10s... #TOTP

• Post #4291930

  Aaaaah there it is. #TOTP

• Post #4291808

  Is this one Zoo? #TOTP

• Post #4291767

  My big log has a message for you. #TOTP

• Post #4291746

  I wonder if The Dynamos are still going in some form? I don't even know if Double Dutch is still a thing, I've not seen kids jumping rope or skipping in decades, even when our kids were of that age. #TOTP

• Post #4291432

  This Creatures track is an absolute bop. #TOTP

• Post #4291390

  Those neon zigzags are an absolute 80s aesthetic right there. #TOTP