djing disasters, page 1

Paul Oakenfold has revealed that his worst ever DJing disaster involved
falling off a stage in front of 5,000 Kiwis in New Zealand, he told
Yahoo News this week.

"They never put any white tape along the edge and I didn't see where
the stage ended. I hurt my leg but I got up and soldiered on," he
explained, "I was hoping that no one would have noticed but it got the biggest
cheer of the night."

Less fortunate with his DJ mishaps was gallivanting DJ Danny Howells
who chatted to Skrufff this week about the same topic and revealed that
the worst of his many cock-ups occurred at a festival in Romania after a
particularly exuberant show.

"I'd just finished my set and was waving my headphones around my head
when the socket hit me," said Danny, "Some local TV guy started filming
me really close up and it took me a couple of minutes to realise there
was blood pouring out of my head."

The globe-trotting star also messed up at a block party in Los Angeles
one New Years Eve, he admitted, in front of 10,000 clubbers.

"At midnight I pulled out a record that featured the speaking clock and
leads into the Big Ben chimes but unfortunately I played it at  +8
percent and also started it about 30 seconds too early," said Danny.

"I thought no-one would notice until I realised there was a huge
display with a countdown clock behind me."

French electro star producer Alex Gopher also encountered camera
related DJing difficulties, in LA in 1999 when he was spinning a set in a
club accompanied by a (male) friend, he told Skrufff.

"Half an hour into my set two girls came in the DJ booth and they tried
to undress us and they tried to, err, make some 'indecent actions'," he
chuckled. "But the strange thing was that they were accompanied by two
cameramen. It was very difficult to say no because they were very
pretty but I knew that if something happened it would end up all over the
internet. So I said to the girls, 'I'm sorry, but me and my friend, we
are gay'. It was typically American," he added.

very funny :) ... the problem with them is that all the eyes are staring at them always .. so anything happens like that must drag anybody's attention like this TV guy with Danny ... thanks Mel for your nice thread :)

i can only say...

 ... a huge clock