life as a dj

my friend,
in short the dj gig went well. it's actually fairly easy to do, the soundboard easy to handle. i guess it just takes time and practice to familiarize oneself with it and become a better dj.
the show was scheduled for 10pm and already at 9 i could see young groups of girls outside, checking the place out. my boyfriend and i arrived early for soundchecks and then the soundman explained how the dj booth worked out in about a minute. i was nervous but also very excited. i played around with the sound before people walked in and the evening went super well for me. as for the show, well, the opening band--hollowtip hearts, also an-all-girl indie-rock band--were great and the crowd was generous. but with the ponies it was a little more complicated. it got me worried.
let me recap: when we got there, we noticed that lisa was not. turns out the bassist player had gotten herself a back injury playing ball hockey (oh, us silly canadians!). then, about 30 minutes before the show started, the ladies come back--toujours sans lisa. i can see from my dj booth that there is a serious discussion going on with them and kevin (boyfriend), who organized the show for his birthday. then, i'm told that lisa is not coming at all, she's in pain. long story short: the ladies decided that they still would play a set. they went to practice some songs in a backroom and ended up playing 6 songs. it turned out more acoustic, more mellow, totally intimate. kevin was still pleased because this turned out to be a totally unique pony up show. it's unlikely something like this will ever happen again. the girls joked on stage that they were now starting a new band without lisa called goose down!
i played music for about 75 minutes before hollowtip hearts and about 25 minutes before pony up. after that, as more of my friends had arrived, i played music until 1. i was glad that people stayed afterwards. because the place was packed during pony up's set, there were about 100 people who stayed for another half-hour and then people left gradually from 12:30 on. i could see some guys and girls moving their heads to the music, which made me feel super. when no more than 15 were left in the bar, i treated myself to some spice girls. my reason? they had just played a show here last week, and "stop", after all, is a landmark (granted, horrible) song of my youth. it was hilarious. i remembered the moves to the chorus even if i hadn't done them in years (swear it!), and then the hightlight of my evening: a girl walks onto the stage and actually dances to the song. when she gets off she says in laughter "you're fucking crazy", which i take was directed at me. and the fairytale ends with me becoming facebook friends with sarah from pony up.

stat!