SwingDJs

The Wild Rose All-Stars (local dixieland-style band in Calgary) does a great rendition of Tiger Rag.

There's no official rule for the usage of the specific word "DJ" (especially as a verb), however, since DJ is an abbreviation of the term "Disc Jockey", if you're going to use it as a verb, there should be an apostrophe between the abbreviation and the "verbed" bits.

Heh, if you had asked "one year ago", I would have said "a lot smaller" for Calgary because it was really down to a trickle. There's always been a lively live music scene on weekends (three out of four weekends), but the number of dancers was plumetting due to the fact that the c...

SirScratchAlot wrote:I recommend 2 technic's....

I thought we were discussing "inexpensive"...

I think this decision is highly scene-specific, and comes under the heading, "What will your scene tolerate?" There are some scenes in which the majority of dancers will not dance to anything that's lo-fi sounding, regardless of how kick-ass the song is, and others that will dance to the s...

A lot of it probably comes down to disposable income too. I'm not likely to buy a CD for one really good song, unless the song is incredibly, stupendously hard to find otherwise--and even then it would have to have been a good month in terms of saving money (or going without something).

I'm such a sucker for stupid things. Just picked up the Slim Galliard Slim Galliard Rides Again, and I just like the fact that it's a miniature replica of the original vinyl album, complete with the original liner notes and a little "record sleeve" for the CD. Of course, the album is great...

At what point do you stop buying a certain artist's music in terms of balancing your book? I mean, there are tons of Ella and Duke and Goodman albums. At some point, any CD you're going to buy contains songs you already have in your existing collection (with the execption of one or three songs).

Actually, a strawman fallacy is when I ignore your position and substitute a distorted or misrepresented version of that position, and then proceed to argue for or against the misrepresented version. What I asked was simply my own perception on the "categorization" trend, and didn't actual...

The 2nd annual Canadian Roaming Exchange is going to be in Calgary, July 9-11th, 2004 to coincide with the Calgary Stampede (yes, that's cowboys, rodeos and stuff). Check it out at http://www.calgarylindyexchange.ca

Yes Roy, but how on earth would you know that all the restaurants in Russia sucked if you never tried them? Hey, if you're short up on DJ's then go for outside DJ's. But I get the impression that the reason why we're having this debate is that there are organizers who are choosing to go outside firs...

CBC Radio One and Two are broadcasting their 14 part radio documentary on the Blues (though, it's week 3 of 14). It's a chronological history from the Mississippi Delta to present day. This week is "Taint nobody's business if I do" and covers the record booms of the 1920's--Ma Rainey, Bess...

Exchanges are for two purposes: tourism and dancing. Ideally, visitors to a dance scene and host city should experience things they wouldn't otherwise experience at home. Why have nationally renown DJ's unless it's a special, differently-themed event? It's like making the trip to Russia to eat at Ma...

I am such a slave to the used CD stores. It's only a matter of time before they start pimping me out, I'm sure. Brandford Marsalis- The First Time Louis Armstrong- The Gold Collection Fatsy Finger's Roaring Piano Band- Honky Tonk Piano Party Nina Simone- The Essential Nina Simone Cab Calloway- Are y...

This place didn't have a listening station, but the CDs were cheap. I did pick up some big duds though. 1. Joe Sealy: Africville (which has some nice tracks. Unfortunately, they're also 10 minutes long) 2. Count Basie- Best of Basie Vol. 1 3. Art Blakey- Art Blakey 4. Charles Mingus- Mingus Dynasty ...