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i was invited to spin at the Volstead 3-year Anniversary tomorrow, which should be an interesting time. mostly because i’ll only be playing an hour, so the rest of the time i’ll just be hanging out. and i can’t remember the last time i truly just hung out at a club for a while, without serving some kind of function.

so tonight is music prep for me. i spend the night before a gig going through my crates, and adding and subtracting records depending on what i feel i need to bring. i have an early slot (9-9:45pm), so i want to bring enough records for an action-packed dancefloor with the option for some possible musical tangents should the mood strike, but certainly not the full musical arsenal i’d usually bring to a random Volstead thursday. you’d think that less music to bring would mean less work, but it’s actually more difficult for me to cut down my record crate to “essentials.” because what if nobody is feeling hiphop? i need to be able to switch direction. what if people are digging the soul music, and want more than i bring? or disco. or breaks. then i find myself thinking, “well, maybe i should just bring everything i normally would for a full night.” and then i’ll be standing there tonight with piles of records on my bed wondering why i didn’t pick simpler interests in life. stamp collectors don’t have these problems.

and also, i’ve only got an hour to play, and potentially for a lot of people who’d never hear me spin. i’d at least like to make an impression. and at best i’d like to leave the dancefloor hot, sweaty, and wondering who that last dj was.