Back for another series - The opening of Leeds Trinity arcade

So first of all I have been very lazy this past 7 months in that I haven't added to this blog since 15th August 2012...

Anyway I am back and hope to build up the following of people from random places in The Netherlands, Russia and the USA.

So to briefly update you I am now engaged to the lovely Samantha as of Valentines Day this year and we will be moving in together in July. I am also keeping busy with the discos and of course up to date with music. I have started creating online mixes as well to try and boost my profile as a DJ and hopefully lead to fame and fortune (i can dream).

The crowds gather for the 6pm opening but should have been listening to
"Material Girl"

While out and about I always listen to other DJs, what music they play and how about they go about their work, to gain ideas on how I can improve myself. However at the opening of the new Leeds Trinity shopping  mall, last week, I couldn't help feeling that I could have done a far better job than the DJ they employed to warm up the crowd before their second "grand opening" of the day at 6pm.

There we were stood waiting, my fiance', her mother and me, staring at a giant white box with the name of a well known communications giant emblazoned on it. Above us stood the silver horse statue that has been the focus of all the pre-amble on the local news to the opening of Leeds' latest shopping experience. Stood even more majestically through the modern, glass ceiling was the 17th Century Holy Trinity church of which it was named after. The crowd gathered as they had done for centuries when something new was about to be opened or unveiled. The anticipation gathered.

But there was something wrong, something really annoyingly wrong. At first I could not put my finger on it, but then after a few minutes it dawned on me... the noise.. the noise, not of the people,  but the dull hum of music coming out of the high-tech speakers surrounding the crowds. I cast my eyes downwards and to the right and lo and behold I spotted the source with its cap turned round and his headphones glued to his ears.

He's missing a real trick I thought. Why he persisted in playing this horrible non-descript buzzy garage I do not know. I stood and thought about what I would play if I were standing in his shoes (probably with no baseball cap on, but maybe the headphones)

The silver horse at Leeds Trinity

Why doesn't he play something we all know? If it was me stood in the DJ booth I would have taken this wonderful opportunity to take a side swipe at the commercial monolith that has invaded the centre of Leeds City Centre.

For the older listeners, I would have started with Madonna's Material Girl, and then Simply Red's "Money too tight to mention" and then The Pet Shop Boys "Opportunities, (Let's make lots of money)
Abba's Money Money Money would also be an obvious choice.

To get down with the kids I would have put on Jessie J's Price Tag, Wiley and Daniel Merriweather with Cash in my Pocket and Mackelmore's current hit, "Thrift Shop." Now that would have been far more entertaining and appropriate way to help launch Leeds Trinity.

The new shopping mall in Leeds

Weblinks 

Trinity Leeds website

Jonathan's Discos website