Decks are shit.
iPod docks are the only way to do a house party.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 25 Jan 2011, 14:21, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

remove decks
and you immediately remove a signficant proportion of the risk of there being wankers
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 25 Jan 2011, 14:22, Reply)

Nah, it's good to have decks in.
With ipod docks and stuff, you get twats who'll just randomly change what you're listening to. If they don't know how to do it, they can't.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Tue 25 Jan 2011, 14:28, Reply)

I hate people who change carefully made playlists
almost as much as people who think their playlist is worth listening to
(PsychoChomp, Tue 25 Jan 2011, 14:29, Reply)

^this

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 25 Jan 2011, 14:31, Reply)

I'm happy to just stick music on shuffle
but when people just walk up halfway through a song and start fucking about with stuff, or wanting to listen to full albums, that pisses me off.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Tue 25 Jan 2011, 14:34, Reply)

yeah, that makes me mad too
this itunes dj and remote thing sound sensible though, being able to request songs and it adding it to the list.

as long as your guests don't have shit taste.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 25 Jan 2011, 14:37, Reply)

It does sound sensible
I don't have owt as posh as that though. Seriously, when people just start going through my ipod or the music on my computer, I want to kill them.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Tue 25 Jan 2011, 14:38, Reply)

You must really hate your sister then...

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 25 Jan 2011, 14:41, Reply)

Not talking to her at the moment anyway, stupid bitch.

(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Tue 25 Jan 2011, 14:42, Reply)

Hmm, not good.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 25 Jan 2011, 14:46, Reply)

Meh, we'll probably be OK when we see each other.
She just said something really fucking rude yesterday, and refused to see how it could even be construed as offensive, let alone apologise.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Tue 25 Jan 2011, 14:49, Reply)

assuming it's your copy of iTunes running it
you've got ultimate veto on everything.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 25 Jan 2011, 14:45, Reply)

A mate of mine has a very irritating tendency to do this with music.
The thing is, we pretty much all like the music that he's swapping to, but going from stuff like (early) Killswitch Engage to Parkway Drive gets very irritating, very quickly. Even worse, sometimes when I tell him to fuck off changing it, he'll instead put his headphones on in the middle of the room, and be an antisocial twat for about half an hour.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 25 Jan 2011, 14:41, Reply)

iTunes DJ and Remote are your friends here.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 25 Jan 2011, 14:30, Reply)

Decks get trashed, too.
Used to have a pair of 1200s "inhereted" from a bar I used to run, along with a reasonably powerful (if a little crude ) setup. In the course of several years of parties I lost count of the number of needles that needed replacing because of wankers trying to "scratch" or whatever the youth of today call it.

Plus the epic night someone poured half a bottle of vodka into a power amp at full chat to "cool it down"

and fed about a pound of sausages to the bass bins.

Drugs, kids. they're bad, m'kay?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 25 Jan 2011, 14:30, Reply)

Erm! I may have done this once at a party. The scratching that is.
The DJ wasn't happy : /
( girlinthehole, Tue 25 Jan 2011, 14:37, Reply)

It works fine if you have the right needles
and you know what you are doing. This doesn't usually apply to drunken/drugged houseparties.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 25 Jan 2011, 14:43, Reply)

iTunes DJ actually works pretty well.
Cos as long as anyone with an iPhone or iPod has Remote they can request stuff but can't change the playing order. I've used it for a couple of parties but then I've got all my music on HD connected to my AV amp so the dock would be unnecessary.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 25 Jan 2011, 14:26, Reply)

Do you have any waterproof trousers?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 25 Jan 2011, 14:36, Reply)

Why yes, yes I do. Would you like me to tell you about them?
I mean, they aren't specifically waterproof trousers per se, they are specifically functional but happen to have a waterpoof nature as part of the functionality. I have *counts* 5 pairs. Shall I tell you about each of them? I bet you're already sporting a semi just at the thought.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 25 Jan 2011, 14:41, Reply)

POIDH

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 25 Jan 2011, 14:47, Reply)

The semi, or the trousers?
I've got one pair of offshore sailing trousers, I've got three pairs of salopettes (two for skiing and one for snowboarding) and the trousers of my hockey club warp-up suit thing are waterproof.

I can take pictures if that's what you really want. I mean, if it'll help you over the vinegar strokes.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 25 Jan 2011, 15:02, Reply)