Sunday, 31 May 2009

News this week

Quite a lot has been happening this week.
Unfortanely the first thing was bad. Evolution, the club where we were going to hold MTJR Live and Unleashed closed down two days before the event was meant to happen. All because one of the owners decided to go without telling anyone, and take everything away and close it down. I was obviously annoyed because I had everything ready for Friday, and also it was going to be mine and Mike's wedding reception venue. Not only that, but it was the only place I've liked going out to lately, as I'm very fussy, and the nights there were good. It was only just starting to get succesful under the new management. In any case, it can't be helped and I wish the best of luck to Stacey, the manager to find something new. Hopefully we will find something as well.

The rest is good, I promise!
My friend Ruth has just been accepted as a new dj on MTJR. I can't wait for her to start, I will no longer be the only female dj on the station :)

The Top 500 date has finally been decided. The weekend of 13/14th June will be dedicated to it, so no pigtails or new music that week, but I will be taking part in the top 500! There are some real suprises in there, as well as the classics you might expect.

Finally, I'm doing my third public dj set as part of the Southend Fringe Festivals-
Vaudeville and Silent disco! it's taking place at the Kursaal in Southend on the 11th June from 8pm there will be various entertainment including tap dancing, a band and other acts. Then from 10pm will be a Silent Disco! I've never been to one let alone djed at one, but for those who don't know, people get headphones, and there is more than one dj so you can choose what to listen to. So far there will be myself and my friend Emma (who incidentally is the organiser of southend fringe) djing and I think there might be a third dj. Should be a fun night!

This Weekend's Playlists

NEW MUSIC NEW TALENT 30th May

Lucid Nation - The Worlds Guiltest Pleasure
Outlet - Modern Decay
Care Bears on Fire - Jack Brown
Asylum - Wicked Passion
Girls Girls Girls - Dr Feelgood
Chavtownband - Cabin Fever demo
The Ropes - Kill Her Off
Penny Broadhurst - Chemist Goods
Amber Adair - Sanity
The Melaphobics - Summer Song
The Tumbledryer Babies - Tell Me What To Do
Sarah Rocks - The Industrial Jist
Mumpsy - Ain't It Hard (When It's Over)
Voodoo Johnson - Blow me Away
Until You're Heard - Searching

PIGTAILS AND ARMY BOOTS FESTIVAL SPECIAL! 31st May

Kylie Minogue - Confide In Me- Request!!
DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL
Lacuna Coil - Comalies
Lauren Harris - Steal Your Fire
ISLE OF WIGHT
Bananarama - Cruel Summer
ROCK NESS
Blood Red Shoes - ADHD
GLASTONBURY
Lily Allen - Not Fair (Clean Radio Edit)
Regina Spektor - Laughing With
The Ting Tings - We Walk (Radio Edit)
Peaches - Talk To Me
La Roux - Bulletproof
Bat For Lashes - Daniel
Noisettes - Never Forget You
Ladyhawke - Back Of The Van (Cenzo Townsend Radio Mix)
Goldfrapp - Ooh La La
Imelda May - Big Bad Handsome Man (Radio Edit)
EXIT
Patti Smith - People Have The Power
LATITUDE
Grace Jones - Pull Up To The Bumper
The Pretenders - Brass In Pocket
V FESTIVAL
Katy Perry - I Kissed a Girl
Natalie Imbruglia - Glorious
READING/LEEDS
Crystal Castles - Crimewave (Crystal Castles VS Health)
Gossip - Heavy Cross
Little Boots - New In Town
Florence And The Machine - Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Zero (Radio Edit)
OFFSET
The Slits - Typical Girls
Ipso Facto - Circle Of Fifths
BESTIVAL
Polly Scattergood - Please Don’t Touch (Single Version)
Alanis Morissette - Crazy


Sunday, 24 May 2009

Pigtails playlist from today

Helen Shapiro - Walkin' Back To Happiness
Metric - Too Little Too Late
Land Of Talk - Speak To Me Bones
 La Roux - In For The Kill  (Radio Edit)
 The Pretenders - Talk Of The Town
 Betty Power - New Best Friend
 Death of the Elephant - Junkfly
 Trash Monroe - IDoll
Dead Disco - Too Late
 Feist - My Moon My Man
 The Noisettes - Don't Give Up
 The Dresden Dolls - My Alcoholic Friends
 The Dollyrots - My Best Friend's Hot
 Patrice Pike - Ridiculous Mess
 The Kills - Tape Song
 Imani Coppola - Legend Of A Cowgirl
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold Lion
 Moloko - Sing It Back
 Little Boots - Stuck On Repeat (Edit)
 Bif Naked - I Want
Tigerpicks - Disco Punk Electro Funk
 Amanda Palmer - Leeds United
Juliette & The Licks - Got Love To Kill
Experimental Aircraft - walk away
 Paramore - Misery Business
 The Sounds - Painted By Numbers
 Pink - Trouble
Cansei De Ser Sexy - Let's Make Love And Listen To Death From Above
Tracy Chapman - Fast Car
Neneh Cherry - Woman
 Robots in Disguise - You Really Got Me

New Music New Talent Playlist 23rd May 09

Break me - All Systems Go
 Zenyth - She Drifts Away
 Miss Cosmos -  Paper Twin
 Blameshift - War Within
Soliss - Yeah Yeah Yeah
 Working Class Heroes - The End
 David Rainger  -  Tweaking
 Trash Monroe - Venus Envy
 Death of the Elephant - 2N2222
 Alice in Videoland - we are rebels
The 'A' Train  -  Black and White Memories
Caleb - Caleb - My Last Today
An Experiment On A Bird In The Air Pump - The Past Between Us
YoungHeartsLightsFires - Just So You Know
Vigilantes - Keep It Movin'

Wednesday, 20 May 2009

Pigtails Playlist from last Sunday

The Flying Lizards - Money
Peaches - Talk To Me
 The Donnas - Don't Wait Up for Me mp3 Master
Blondie - Call Me
 Pat Benatar - Love Is A Battlefield
 Blood Red Shoes - It's Getting Boring By The Sea
 Bikini Kill - Rebel Girl
 The Bangles - Walk Like An Egyptian
 The Dead Weather - Hang You From The Heavens
 Mary Timony Band - Summer's Fawn
 Tori Amos - Welcome To England
 The Violets - Hush Away
 Flyleaf - Cassie
 Tegan & Sara - Hop A Plane
 Neva - 99 Red Balloons
 Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
Altered Images - I Could Be Happy
 Alanis Morissette - You Learn
 Meredith Brooks - Bitch
 Girlschool - Demolition Boys
Lauren Harris - Come On Over
 Scarling - Band Aid Covers The Bullet Hole
 Siouxsie - Here Comes That Day
Jesca Hoop - Money
 X-Ray Spex - The Day The World Turned Day-Glo
Goldfrapp - Fly Me Away (Radio Edit)
 Bananarama - Cruel Summer
Lita Ford - Kiss Me Deadly
 Alisha's Attic - I Won't Miss You
The Sundays - Here's Where The Story Ends
 Gossip - Careless Whisper

Monday, 18 May 2009

MTJR Live and Unleashed Launch Night


MTJR(More Than Just Radio) has teamed up with Evolution to start a monthly night to raise funds for The Starlight Foundation (registered charity number 296058), a worthy cause that help make wishes come true for seriously ill children.

The launch party will be on Friday 29th May from 9pm to 2am. Featuring dj's from MTJR- DJ Moonlight, Mike Fisher, Dave Mitchell and Kevin., JFK and Chris Munday.

Entry fee is £2 before 10pm and £3 afterwards. 
Drink offer on the night are VK's for £2 before 11pm, and £2.50 after.

There will also be two fantastic bands playing on the night-
TRASH MONROE (
http://www.myspace.com/trash_monroe)
and DEATH OF THE ELEPHANT (
http://www.myspace.com/deathoftheelephant)
so come down and show your support! :)


this will all be taking place at EVOLUTION club, 525 London Road, Westcliff (Opposite The Trading Rooms above the door shop)!

Thursday, 14 May 2009

It's not fair :(


I get regular emails from The Donnas  mailing list and earlier this week I got an email from it telling me they are touring with LEGENDS- Blondie  and Pat Benatar! 

If Joan Jett was playing as well, I would have said that's almost perfect! However, the tour is in the U.S- damn! I thought it was bad enough they've got No Doubt's reunion tour (with Paramore and The Sounds supporting) but this is like torture! Amercians reading this, please go and take lots of photos so I can cry at the awesomeness and see it was actually real lol.

It's for The Donnas Greatest Hits tour, if you're lucky enough to be in the U.S you can see the dates here