I very much enjoyed this at the weekend
the dancers for Horse Meat Disco made me laugh quite a lot. SHEXY!
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Mster Johnny Ekstrom, now that's a name, Tue 28 Aug 2012, 11:28,
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Utter tripe
She was miming, evident by the fact mixes start coming in before she even touches anything, pretends to do a backspin when it's actually part of the track she's playing, someone has to remind her there is a play button on CDJ2000s, laptop DJs to inspire the kids of today, getting paid massive wages out of our licence fee to not even have the balls to play live.. Yeh, well done, BBC. #Awful
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smokinfish * All time exists simultaneously *, Tue 28 Aug 2012, 11:49,
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Given that this was on C4, what has the BBC got to do with it?
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Tue 28 Aug 2012, 11:54,
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Hey hey, let's not let FACTS get in the way of a good old fashioned points-of-view "oh why oh why" rant.
Has the Daily Mail taught us nothing?
[edit] using hashtags not on twitter makes me sad.
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Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Tue 28 Aug 2012, 11:59,
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Facts?
That's just the kind of thing I'd expect from the liberal elite.
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Tue 28 Aug 2012, 12:37,
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The BBC employ and promote her, wasting my hard earned on her wages,
and are the reason she is "famous" and on here.
Sorry, was that not #obvious?
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smokinfish * All time exists simultaneously *, Tue 28 Aug 2012, 12:41,
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But even if we allow that she was miming here -
and I have no idea one way or the other on that - it tells us nothing at all about what she does in any other context. It's hardly as if BBC jobs are handed out on spec - and so it's reasonable to believe that she does do something.
As for your hard-earned cash - let's break it down a bit.
It's a bit hard to find any record of her salary; but based on the figures I've found for other presenters after a bit of googling, it's probably in the region of £100k. But - to give you as much room as possible - let's double that to be on the safe side.
The BBC's income from licence fees is £3.6bn. This means that her salary represents a massive 1/200th of a percent of that income - or, to put it another way, one twenty-thousandth.
The TV licence currently costs £145.50. So your contribution to her pay comes in at £145.50/20000. Which is less than three-quarters of a penny per year.
So if you're worried about your money being wasted, you could at least console yourself with the thought that - at worst - this terrible drain on your resources comes in at the sort of money that you could have earned while doing your job instead of reading this post to begin with.
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Tue 28 Aug 2012, 13:33,
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Actually...
Assuming that you're an adult earning the minimum wage, you're on £6.08/hour - which is as much as to say that it takes you (0.0075/6.08)x3600 seconds - so 4.44 seconds - to earn three-quarters of a penny. It takes less time if you're on more than the NMW.
I reckon it takes about 20 seconds to read that post - which means that you'd've been able to earn three quarters of a penny about 4 times. If anyone should be concerned about a waste of earnings, it's your employer.
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Tue 28 Aug 2012, 14:34,
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*types furiously on calculator*
He's right ya kno'
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Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Tue 28 Aug 2012, 14:39,
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Phew!
My school arithmetic days passed a loooooooooooooooong time ago; I was worried that I'd made some silly error in the calculation.
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Tue 28 Aug 2012, 15:21,
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I'm not sure she was miming actually...
...there's a moment at around 30:40 where she realises rip groove is too low and wangs the gain up (you only catch video of her actually finishing the adjustment but you can clearly hear it). That would be a funny thing to put in a pre-recorded set.
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pixel_fucker is going to need a bigger brush, Tue 28 Aug 2012, 13:50,
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at 34:23 you can clearly hear the gunt reflex strobe in sync with the outflange when she's left the magimix on
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Tue 28 Aug 2012, 14:03,
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I'm setting myself up for a fall here... but...
I know nothing about DJing; yet what she's doing to the control panel seems to make no discernible difference to what's coming out of the speakers.
Can someone explain?
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Tue 28 Aug 2012, 11:55,
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Nope
Not there myself though my Sis and Soon-to-be Bro in law do DJ. I will consult them for advice on said piece
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Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Tue 28 Aug 2012, 12:14,
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When you're DJing...
...most of your time is spent adjusting the incoming track, so to a layman it looks like you're pressing lots of buttons and it's not doing anything. It's kinda hard to tell from the video if she is actually playing live or not.
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pixel_fucker is going to need a bigger brush, Tue 28 Aug 2012, 13:42,
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that whole evening was complete donkey cock
from the stupid tub o lard introducing it to the "social media" corner of the DJ booth. The DJs were also pretty shit & playing absolute bobbins. It was a nice idea hampered by lack of fuckin taste & some idiot producers with a whiteboard. Other than that 10/10 good job.
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SpunkyBackpack, Tue 28 Aug 2012, 12:00,
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I know fuck all about being one of these "disc jockies" but either the audio is badly out of sync or she's miming.
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Tue 28 Aug 2012, 12:37,
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They should have had a few "Master of Ceremonies" there to distract from her fake jockeying.
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Not sure that's a good idea,
They'll just wreck the mic, as usual.
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"I'm going to watch a great new film this evening"
"oh really, who is the projectionist?"
(can't remember who said this)
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Whoever it was
it sums up DJs for me.
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TheSundaeLunch I'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Tue 28 Aug 2012, 13:55,
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brilliant
Im going to use that A LOT
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bigmeuprudeboy is using powerpoint or paint...have MERCY, Wed 29 Aug 2012, 10:54,
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I enjoyed the Grandmaster Flash bit at least
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h3donist tryin' to play me out as if my name is Sega.., Tue 28 Aug 2012, 14:04,
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I found this quite painful to watch.
Was clubbing always this boring?
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I don't know about you
but most of the clubbing I remember didn't involve being sober, sitting infront of a screen watching some bint fiddling with a mixer in the middle of the day...
I feel a bit sorry for her really. DJing without a crowd is just not the same as having a crowd of people visibly react to what you're doing.
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LP, Tue 28 Aug 2012, 14:36,
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