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BigSexyLand #3:
21st October 2005 - The Strongroom, London:

"Here come the streetgang, the beautiful killers ..."

One has to wonder, how, when wandering down a rain-drenched Old Street, a young man could see a flyer flutter by with a picture of a robot on it, glance down Curtain Road, hear a block-rocking mix of Duran Duran's Notorious and Grandmaster Flash's The Message blaring from the entrance of the Strongroom and think, "I'll go in there and ask if they've got any Madness songs".

We don't have any Madness songs.

However, just to show how nice we are, our pulverising remix of the above-quoted ARE Weapons track was all cued up and ready to go, but was immediately rejected in response to a request from a young lady by the DJ box to "play some David Bowie".

So it's all about asking for the right things.

Skinny weirdos who look like aliens singing about dancing in the Serious Moonlight: Yes. Bullet-headed barrow boys singing Knees Up Mother Brown knock-offs: No.

Other clubs are eclectic. We are aesthetic.

Diggedy Derek & Leo Lonergan

Not to be confused with the possibly fictitious Irish folk duo Diggedy and Lonergan, Leo and Derek kicked things off in fine style, alternating between Derek's beat-heavy early Acid and Electro and Leo's spiky pop punk and mutant funk.

The more famous (some would say superior) Diggedy and Lonergan will be making an appearance at a future BSL, performing finger-in-the-ear renditions of Gary Numan classics on lute and tin whistle.

Derek:
Mantronix - Who Is It
LFO - We Are Back
Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam - I Wonder If I Take You Home
Spider D - I Can't Wait (To Rock The Mic)
Steinski - We'll Be Right Back
Paul Hardcastle - Forest Fire
Prince - All The Critics Love You In New York

Leo:
Lost Love - Adult.
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
Shake Your Coconuts (DFA remix) - Junior Senior
Needles In The Camel's Eye - Brian Eno
Shining Skinned Friend - The Juan Maclean
Happy House - Siouxsie And The Banshees
Can you Feel it (Vocal Mix) - Mr Fingers

Derek:
Unique 3 - Musicality
Juan Atkins - Techno Music
Roll Deep - Heat Up (Target and Danny Weed Remix)
Bomb The Bass - Beat Dat
Stakker - Humanoid

Leo:
Atomic Dog - George Clinton
Miura - Metro Area
Erotic City - Prince & Sheila E
One Life To Leave - Out Hud
Tryouts for the Human Race - Sparks
Tribulations (Lindström Remix) - LCD Soundsystem
I Feel Love (Megamix) - Donna Summer

Manish Agarwal:

Another killer set of new wave pop from Manish:

Simple Minds - I Travel
Ladytron - Destroy Everything You Touch
Secret Machines - Nowhere Again
Depeche Mode - Lilian
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Y Control
Goldfrapp - Lovely 2 C U
Yazoo - Situation
Public Image Ltd - This Is Not A Love Song
Echo & The Bunnymen - The Cutter
Prince - When You Were Mine
Talking Heads - Life During Wartime
Annie - Me Plus One
New Order - Mr Disco
Depeche Mode - Everything Counts
David Bowie - Fashion
Shannon - Let The Music Play
Bomb The Bass - Don't Make Me Wait
Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance
Sugarcubes - Hit
The Cure - Let's Go To The Bed
Tears For Fears - Change
Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey - Together In Electric Dreams
OMD - Electricity

John and John

Despite both being beset by different strains of flu, and propped up by an interesting combination of Lemsip, brandy and sheer bloody-mindedness, the two Johns upheld their civic duty and rocked the plastic, while the people worked the floor, worked the stage, and worked the floor some more.

* indicates BSL-only bootleg

John D:
LCD Soundsystem - Yr City's A Sucker
Black Leotard Front - Casual Friday
Tom Vek Nothing But Green Lights - Phones Mix
Clor - Love and Pain

John T:
Davy DMX - The DMX Will Rock
Gorillaz - Dare (DFA mix)
Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood
David Bowie - Let's Dance

John D:
Pigbag - Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag 12” mix
Liquid Liquid - Optimo
Simian Mobile Disco - The Count'
Munk and Chloe - Ce Kul
Missy Elliott Lose Control - Jacques Lu Conte Mix
Frankie Knuckles and Jamie Principal - Your Love
LCD Soundsystem - Daft Punk Is Playing At My House Soulwax mix

John T:
Princess Superstar - Sex, Drugs and Drugs
The Breeders vs Afrika Bambaataa - Cannonball / Just Get Up and Dance*
Frankie Goes to Hollywood vs Prince - Welcome to the Pleasuredome / Housequake*
Soulwax vs Soulwax - Teachers / NY Excuse*
Franz Ferdinand Do You Want To

John D:
!!! Intensify
New Order - Perfect Kiss
Talking Heads - Burning Down The House” (live)
The Brakes - All Night Disco Party
Sly and Robbie - Boops (Here To Go) 12”
West Street Mob - Breakdance Electric Boogie Junior Cartier mix

John T:
Annie - Chewing Gum
Happy Mondays vs Eric B and Rakim - Wrote For Luck / I Know You Got Soul*
Duran Duran vs The Furious Five - Notorious / The Message*
Morrissey - First Of The Gang To Die

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