From Carter N. Tracy Sent Thu, Oct 22nd 1998, 17:04
From Carter N. Tracy Sent Thu, Oct 22nd 1998, 17:04
That reminds me...I went to Chicago for the 4th of July Jeff Mills/Claude Young/Surgeon affair. The day after I went to check out Gramaphone. Still on a techno vibe, I picked out a stack of records. When the employees say me standing in line behind all the boys for chance at a turntable, they made a special place for me to listen up the the DJ stand they have. I felt special :) It's nice to know they support we aspiring female DJs. -carter At 11:59 AM 10/22/98 +0100, you wrote: >Trux Trax wrote:- > > >>you're right, it is hard sometimes. i mean, i'll go into a shop and >>experience what you're talking about all the time. the guys who work >>there automatically think i don't know jack about the music because i've >>got blonde hair and makeup on. it's really frustrating when they're >>pointing out the latest happy hardcore and i'm looking for the complete >>opposite. one guy in Chicago actually CHOKED when i asked for the new >>mu-ziq EP awhile ago...it's crazy. >> >>the most important thing is not to judge on appearance or the fact that >>somebody's a girl or a boy. i mean, just because somebody happens to be >>a boy at a party doesn't mean that i assume he's a know-all, and just >>because somebody's a girl doesn't mean they're clueless either...if you >>go around making assumptions on shit like that you're gonna miss meeting >>a lot of really hip people, right? (YOU in the figurative sense). >> >>what do the rest of you hip chicks think? > > > >hmmmm, don't think I've ever been aware of any prejudice in dat direction >when I've been out on one of my trawls for sublime soundz ... maybe tis >because they're all used to seeing me now in the record shops, it helps if >you frequent the same ones so the lads behind the counters get to know what >you're into and then they go all out to pull out all kinds of interestin >stuff that they think you'll find tasty... for example, Dave Cawley at the >ol, sadly now departed Fat Cat shop, was a real sweetheart, a total gent, >whenever I used to go in there, he'd spend aaages pulling out all this >stuff for me that I hadn't heard of before, all dis freshest of da fresh >whities, and then he'd be runnin in the back of the shop, pullin out all >these posters and freebies for me too, and when the shop was closing down, >he went and got out this stock of rare ol Rephlex/Warp/Clear stuff that >they'd been hoardin and let me go thru it all, kept bringin out more and >more and I was like "ohhh ooohh Stop man", cos my heart was racing and all >my precious vinyl seekin antennae were being over stimulated into frazzled, >electrocuted quiverinwivering wrecks and I'd already spent waaaaay too >much! > >I think perhaps because I'm used to the situation now, where at most of the >IDM type nights I go to, its usually 90-95% lads, so us lasses are always >in the minority but I don't ever really think about that factor, as I'm >there for the music and dancin and bigfuntimes ... At the shops, I'm too >busy searchin thru the racks to care if I'm the only girl in the place, the >"only" record shop in London where I dooo have to take a big deep breath >before entering, is when I'm at the top of the stairs which run down into >Blackmarket's Junglin heaven basement ... and lookin down I see this sea of >hardcore junglists, all shaved heads & huge puffas, 6 or 7 men deep at the >counter, not a single nother lass there and i'm thinkin " tis waaaay tooo >much testosteroooonie for me down there! Help mum!" but the lads behind >the counter (ooops NO, at Blackmarket, they're definitely M.E.N. not lads!) >again, don't ever show me any prejudice, they have respect for anyone who's >deep into the soundz and I think they like it when someone's chattin away >with them and havin a laff nstead of just barkin trainspotty demands at >them,like the lads do ... tis just a matter of them gettin to know you & >you them ... and then its respect all round! > >(Only lad you have to watch out for at Blackmarket tho, who WILL take >advantage of yer womanly status, is this adooorable little black kid, must >be only bout 11 or 12, who hangs out there every Saturday ... and he's >always squirrelin his way thru the wall of tuff ruffneck junglists to get >to the front of the counter and get a place on the decks, desperate to be >one of "da big men" and his little bods junglin away like craaaazy, ohhh >he's a totally wicked little dancer, and all the blokes behind the counter >are swattin him away, tryin to get him to clear orf, cos he doesn't have >any money to buy any vinyl ... Anyways, one Saturday, his cheeky likkle >eyes lit up when he saw me come down, and he had this big mournful look on >his darlin little face and started scrabblin around in his pockets, pullin >out all these pennies and countin them, layin them all out on da counter, >then looked all crestfallen when he was waaaay short of da mark for the >record he wanted ... and he'd already tried askin all the lads in the shop >if they could lend him 10p or whatever, but they were all pushin him out of >the way, tellin him to shove off ... but one look at all his pennies laid >out, scattered all over da counter and his crestfallen little face when he >couldn't buy his fave record cos he dint have enuff pocket money left ... >well, I just had to buy it for him, dint I? and then a flippin 'nother one >as well! > >but then last time I was down there, the lads workin there warned me, that >apparently every Saturday now, he hangs out waiting for me to come down, >ignoring them all completely when they tell him to shove off, cos he's >hoggin the decks ... and he tells em "naah, I'm waitin for da lady wif da >long blond hair who'll sort me out, mister" So laydeeez you have been >warned, there's one little lad there who's just waitin to pounce on another >sweet sucker of a girl like me, to sort im out ... and he's pretty hard to >resist, he's such a cheeky chappie, awww bless! > > >Aless > > > ......................................................................> Clock Wise Records 1611 Marlbrook Drive NE xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx Atlanta, GA 30307 http://www.clockwiserecords.com 404.371.3401 ICQ 21005793