Polaris Set List [Saturday Night]
By request *chuckle* the Polaris set list for the Saturday night dance. We had... we were figuring roughly about 500 people in the dance at peak, with 300 to 350 on the dancefloor. When we wrapped at 3amish, there were still 70 or 80 folk tearing it up to the music.
Every year the flavour is a little different. This year it was heavy on current radio play stuff, which we're fine with [honestly. we CAN DJ anything]. We were inundated with requests. Flooded. Buried in 'em. If we didn't get your request.. I am sorry. Next year, with luck.
But first, a short rant. At one point, a friend [who is not really IN the scene, but dances on the fringes of it] said to me "Say what you want about geeks, but holy F*CK do they know how to party!" And they do. But this is about the tag, the label, the name 'geek'.
When I grew up [Yes, yes... just after the era known as B.C. - "Before Cliff"] it was nerd... but it was the same thing. And it was NOT a cool thing. It wasn't good, being a nerd. Nerd or geek or dork or whatever got your ass handed to you frequently by the jocks and the townies and the popular kids and... all the 'normal' people. And I've watched it change... watched the progression until nerd or geek is now a 'cool' thing. It's something people aspire to. But they got it wrong. Honestly. As one of 'em from the beginning... follow me here.
These days too many wannabe geeks think it's about knowledge. They know EVERYTHING about cartoons or scifi shows or music or what have you. They wear the retro geeky tshirts with skinny jeans and high tops or keds. And they're now a geek. They can talk authoritatively about the science of Star Trek or the programs used in shooting the entire Star Wars series or all of the drum machines that were ever named Dr. Avalanche. And now they're a geek. They can wow and confuse you with how much miniscule trivia they know about the Doctor's companions, or Siouxsie, or Linux. And this makes them geeks.
Knowledge never made anyone a geek. Knowing so frickin' much and sharing it loudly only made you a snob. A know it all. A stuck up wannabe out to impress people. Geekery is all about PASSION. It didn't matter if you knew the intimate details of the NCC 1701... it mattered that you'd spend hours arguing Kirk vs. Picard. It wasn't important if you could quote the lineage listings in the Silmarillion... you'd die before ever accepting ANY other quest series as being better than the Lord of the Rings. It wasn't critical to know all the bands that Peter Murphy was in... but you'd move the earth to get that rare studio recording of "Bela Lugosi". Even if no one else heard it.
THAT'S being a geek. It's passion. Love. The energy that builds up in your chest until you feel like you're going to burst. The addiction to your chosen field of dorkiness. The NEED to NERD.
Personally speaking, I have never been cool 'cause I've been a geek. I am occasionally told I'm a cool person [I'd argue it, but cool is something given to you, not claimed by you... and apparently you don't get to argue it] and I know I'm a geek... and though they're both me, they're not because of each the other. I spent years visibly ignoring my geekiness and keeping it to the shadows... didn't make me any less me. I still kept the passion burning.
So yup. I'm a geek. And if you think you're one 'cause you know so much about the ThunderBirds or because you wear those kitschy 80s tshirts... guess what? Without the passion, you're just another scenester.
By the by, I've forgotten how to do cuts so... here's the playlist [yeah, it'll make a long post. I don't care].
DJ J-Man
Bare Naked Ladies - Big Bang Theory
Backstreet Boys - Everybody
TransX - Living on Video
Far East Movement - Like a G6
Sly Fox - Let's Go All the Way
(r) Lady Gaga - Pokerface
Sean Paul - Dance Hall
Eskimo Disco - Final Countdown
Falco - Rock Me Amadeus
MC Chris - Hoodie Ninja
Fast Old Rockers - Song for Kylie
Gary Numan - Cars
Cameo - Word Up
Will.I.Am & Niki Minaj - Check It Out
Rihanna - S&M
Lonely Island - I Just Had Sex
Savage Garden - Truly Madly Deeply
Jace Everett - Bad Things
Glee - Physical
Morris Day - Jungle Love
Th'Elf
RHPS - Time Warp
(r)Meatloaf - Paradise by the Dashboard Light
(r)Boney M - Rasputin
(r)The Beatles - Twist & Shot
(r)The Proclaimers - 500 Miles
(r)Bowie - Rebel Rebel
(r)Black Eyed Peas - Time of My Life [Dirty Bit]
(r)Green Day - Dr. Who on Holiday
(r)KLF - Doctorin' the Tardis
Weird Al - Perform This Way
(r)Peter Schilling - Major Tom
(r)Ray Parker Jr - Ghostbusters
(r)Weather Girls - It's Raining Men
(r) Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax
(r)Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
Evanescence - Missing
(r)Enrique Iglasias - I Like It [X-Mix]
(r)Katy Perry - Last Friday [T.G.I.F.]
(r)Rednex - Cotton Eyed Joe [Full Mix]
Michael Jackson - Thriller
(r)Bon Jovi - Living on a Prayer
AC/DC - Shook Me All Night Long
Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting
(r)Lonely Island - the Creep
(r)Kiss - Rock & Roll All Night
Twisted Sister - We're Not Gonna Take It
(r)NIN - Closer
(r)Dee Lite - Groove is in the Heart
(r)New Order - Blue Monday
(r)Duck Sauce - Barbara Streisand
(r)Lady Gaga - Telephone
(r)Rihanna - Please Don't Stop the Music
(r)Spirit of the West - Home for a Rest
And now I must get dressed all in white and go clubbing!
Every year the flavour is a little different. This year it was heavy on current radio play stuff, which we're fine with [honestly. we CAN DJ anything]. We were inundated with requests. Flooded. Buried in 'em. If we didn't get your request.. I am sorry. Next year, with luck.
But first, a short rant. At one point, a friend [who is not really IN the scene, but dances on the fringes of it] said to me "Say what you want about geeks, but holy F*CK do they know how to party!" And they do. But this is about the tag, the label, the name 'geek'.
When I grew up [Yes, yes... just after the era known as B.C. - "Before Cliff"] it was nerd... but it was the same thing. And it was NOT a cool thing. It wasn't good, being a nerd. Nerd or geek or dork or whatever got your ass handed to you frequently by the jocks and the townies and the popular kids and... all the 'normal' people. And I've watched it change... watched the progression until nerd or geek is now a 'cool' thing. It's something people aspire to. But they got it wrong. Honestly. As one of 'em from the beginning... follow me here.
These days too many wannabe geeks think it's about knowledge. They know EVERYTHING about cartoons or scifi shows or music or what have you. They wear the retro geeky tshirts with skinny jeans and high tops or keds. And they're now a geek. They can talk authoritatively about the science of Star Trek or the programs used in shooting the entire Star Wars series or all of the drum machines that were ever named Dr. Avalanche. And now they're a geek. They can wow and confuse you with how much miniscule trivia they know about the Doctor's companions, or Siouxsie, or Linux. And this makes them geeks.
Knowledge never made anyone a geek. Knowing so frickin' much and sharing it loudly only made you a snob. A know it all. A stuck up wannabe out to impress people. Geekery is all about PASSION. It didn't matter if you knew the intimate details of the NCC 1701... it mattered that you'd spend hours arguing Kirk vs. Picard. It wasn't important if you could quote the lineage listings in the Silmarillion... you'd die before ever accepting ANY other quest series as being better than the Lord of the Rings. It wasn't critical to know all the bands that Peter Murphy was in... but you'd move the earth to get that rare studio recording of "Bela Lugosi". Even if no one else heard it.
THAT'S being a geek. It's passion. Love. The energy that builds up in your chest until you feel like you're going to burst. The addiction to your chosen field of dorkiness. The NEED to NERD.
Personally speaking, I have never been cool 'cause I've been a geek. I am occasionally told I'm a cool person [I'd argue it, but cool is something given to you, not claimed by you... and apparently you don't get to argue it] and I know I'm a geek... and though they're both me, they're not because of each the other. I spent years visibly ignoring my geekiness and keeping it to the shadows... didn't make me any less me. I still kept the passion burning.
So yup. I'm a geek. And if you think you're one 'cause you know so much about the ThunderBirds or because you wear those kitschy 80s tshirts... guess what? Without the passion, you're just another scenester.
By the by, I've forgotten how to do cuts so... here's the playlist [yeah, it'll make a long post. I don't care].
DJ J-Man
Bare Naked Ladies - Big Bang Theory
Backstreet Boys - Everybody
TransX - Living on Video
Far East Movement - Like a G6
Sly Fox - Let's Go All the Way
(r) Lady Gaga - Pokerface
Sean Paul - Dance Hall
Eskimo Disco - Final Countdown
Falco - Rock Me Amadeus
MC Chris - Hoodie Ninja
Fast Old Rockers - Song for Kylie
Gary Numan - Cars
Cameo - Word Up
Will.I.Am & Niki Minaj - Check It Out
Rihanna - S&M
Lonely Island - I Just Had Sex
Savage Garden - Truly Madly Deeply
Jace Everett - Bad Things
Glee - Physical
Morris Day - Jungle Love
Th'Elf
RHPS - Time Warp
(r)Meatloaf - Paradise by the Dashboard Light
(r)Boney M - Rasputin
(r)The Beatles - Twist & Shot
(r)The Proclaimers - 500 Miles
(r)Bowie - Rebel Rebel
(r)Black Eyed Peas - Time of My Life [Dirty Bit]
(r)Green Day - Dr. Who on Holiday
(r)KLF - Doctorin' the Tardis
Weird Al - Perform This Way
(r)Peter Schilling - Major Tom
(r)Ray Parker Jr - Ghostbusters
(r)Weather Girls - It's Raining Men
(r) Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax
(r)Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
Evanescence - Missing
(r)Enrique Iglasias - I Like It [X-Mix]
(r)Katy Perry - Last Friday [T.G.I.F.]
(r)Rednex - Cotton Eyed Joe [Full Mix]
Michael Jackson - Thriller
(r)Bon Jovi - Living on a Prayer
AC/DC - Shook Me All Night Long
Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting
(r)Lonely Island - the Creep
(r)Kiss - Rock & Roll All Night
Twisted Sister - We're Not Gonna Take It
(r)NIN - Closer
(r)Dee Lite - Groove is in the Heart
(r)New Order - Blue Monday
(r)Duck Sauce - Barbara Streisand
(r)Lady Gaga - Telephone
(r)Rihanna - Please Don't Stop the Music
(r)Spirit of the West - Home for a Rest
And now I must get dressed all in white and go clubbing!