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don't you mean 6th gate?

DANCE WITH THE DEVIL

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hmm...

you ever been to trades then?

because most of the people I know in consett who regularly go to promise won't go anywhere near trades, especially given how far downhill the place has gone.

When it opened, it was a reasonable night out. The recent change in music policy (to flip n fill, scooter, milk inc etc) just got rid of the punters who enjoyed a decent night out (and I used to be one of them.)

Last time I was there was with a mate about a month ago. We finished the night on an absolute downer, he got started on by some random charv who took exception to what he was wearing. The time before that I had been grabbed by the neck by someone I didn't even know, and the glass collectors came running in to pull this guy off (who was pilled off his face). Makes a change from the place that was such a laugh when I started working there.

Look at the DJs that have been at trades in the past. Tim Lennox, Tom Wainwright, Graeme Park, Marshall Jefferson, Farley Jackmaster Funk (who is on at smile this coming monday). So ok, they're hardly Pete Tong or Seb Fontaine, but still worth listening to (especially Wainwright). Now the line-up is closer to Saffron, Dave Kelly, Steve Furnell, Kareem.

If you lived in Consett, would you go to see Dave Kelly when you can go and see Yoji?

I'll have a return taxi to melbourne st. please

nah, it's not about being better than anyone. People will always like different music (i'm quite partial to shindig when it's tribal). I don't expect people to like what i like.

The problem I have with the place is what it has become. I'm sure you wouldn't go to promise every week if someone started on you every time you went on the dancefloor... but it's virtually impossible to compare the two when promise is about music and trades is about making money (which is why the place has no dress code). Getting pissed out of my face to some mindless thumping crap and getting started on by some random person isn't my idea of a good night.

why don't you go one night and see for yourself.

Try being a consett DJ. At trades, you used to have a queue to put in a request. The stage above the DJ stand used to be full of people asking for requests. I know (because being the stand-in light jockey, I used to write them down.)

The crowd isn't very forgiving. Take the punters who want to hear their song NOW despite the fact that another 3 people have put in requests before them, and you're playing through them. Why should you play someone's song NOW just because they're making such a fuss? The three people before that asked first and have been patient (i.e. waiting their turn) deserve to hear their song first.

And your average punter in this place comes up to shake your hand... not because he appreciates what you're playing (well, not usually), but because he's pilled or smashed off his face. A certain example would be the wannabe DJ who spewed over juski's CD folder after getting into the DJ stand. And it wasn't just juski... Other DJs who used to work there had to put up with the same stuff. I'm sorry if I come accross as insensitive or egotistical, but anyone who has worked there will understand what I mean.

If I had taken the kind of abuse that being a DJ at trades brought with it at ANY venue, I would have hung up my headphones long ago.

lol sarcasm

why not go there one night and see for yourself. It probably ain't the hellhole I make out, but it's not my idea of fun, and I doubt very much that it is yours either (as you seem to display intelligence).

A tip for survival: if you stay downstairs you're safe. Charvs don't like 80s music