Ron Asheton has died.
Which while there would have been no Stooges without Iggy, Ron was just as important.

I can't decide which is worse, the fact that such an incredible guitarist and important force in rock died alone and wasn't found for several days...

Or that it mentioned "The Weirdness" and not "Fun House" in the obituary for his home state.

This is truly sad.

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Taking a nap with these two!

Yes, it's a rough life.

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Dj while whataboutprom bartends?
Yes please!!!

The Inaugural House of Awexome set was a smashing success!
I didn't really bring anybody out myself (technically Heather H-Bomb, but she was coming anyway), since it was so last minute and I basically forgot to even mention I was doing it to the internet until... well I basically was!

It all worked out just fine though, because the people that were there were super into it.
Like super into it, I had at least 4 people come up to me and ask when the next one was!
Alpha reported a number of positive comments from the bar as well.

My favorite comment was from a couple that mentioned I was playing a lot of Glam and 70s stuff.
"You've got to give the people what they want." he said.
To which Alpha said something like: "Conan isn't usually very interested in that!"
hahahahh, too true!
When i'm Djing anyway.

Popular taste in DJing = inappropriate choices, mood killing and general badness.

I just play what I like, and I like to rock.

It was damn fine!
I have actually missed DJing... I mean regular DJing, not just for parties or whatever.

here is the setlist from the start right until the bar close:
Artist - Song
Rolling Stones - It's Only Rock 'N Roll (But I Like It)
Thin Lizzy - Running Back
Sweet - Teenage Rampage
Alice Cooper - Is it My Body
Eagles of Death Metal - I Got a Feeling (Just Nineteen)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Today's Lesson
Spoon - Advance Cassette
Johnny Cash & June Carter - It Ain't Me Babe
Steeler's Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You
Sparks - Gratuitous Sax and Violins
Talking Heads - Sax and Violins
Tom Waits - I Hope I Don't Fall In Love With You
Cheap Trick - Tonight It's You
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Hey Tonight
Thin Lizzy - Romeo & The Lonely Girl
Queens of The Stone Age - In The Fade
David Bowie - Starman
ZZ Top - Waitin' For The Bus
Led Zeppelin - Rock & Roll
Wire - Dot Dash
Sparks - Mustache
The Who - Substitute
Buzzcocks - Why Can't I Touch It?
Alice Cooper - Go To Hell
AC/DC - It's a Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock and Roll)
David Bowie - Rebel, Rebel
Iggy Pop - The Passenger
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
Joan Jett - Do You Wanna Touch Me?
Sweet - Ballroom Blitz
Queen - Fat Bottomed Girls
The Who - Baba O'Riely
Beatles - Help!
Rolling Stones - Get Off Of My Cloud
Otis Redding - Hard To Handle
Tom Petty - Running Down a Dream
James Brown - I Got You (I Feel Good)
White Stripes - Hello Operator
Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today
Queens of The Stone Age - I Wanna Make It Wit Chu
Eagles of Death Metal - Speaking in Tongues
Electric Eel Shock - Rock 'N Roll Can Rescue The World
Van Halen - Dance The Night Away
Journey - Any Way You Want It
Stooges - No Fun
mcclusky - She Will Only Bring You Happiness
Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds
Flight Of The Conchords - Business Time
DEVO - Girl U Want
Queen - Under Pressure
Pulp - Common People
Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil
Plastric Bertrand - Ca Plane Por Moi
The Cure - Close To Me
New Order - Temptation
Sparks - Angst In My Pants
Thin Lizzy - Whiskey In a Jar
AC/DC - Baby Please Don't Go
Silkworm - Ooh La La
Dio - The Wanderer
Elton John - Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)
Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town
Melvins - Goin' Blind
Boston - More Than a Feeling
Alice Cooper - No More Mr. Nice Guy
Nazareth - Hair of the Dog
Sweet - Action
The Who - Can't Explain
Simon and Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson
Louis Prima - Just a Gigolo
Styx - Come Sail Away
Sparks - #1 Song In Heaven

A couple requests in there, No More Mr. Nice Guy with Hair of the Dog following is because of a story Trevor told about how those were the first two songs the Bone played on September 12th. (Hair of the Dog... the cowbell song with "Now you're messing with a... SONOVABITCH") I found this story hilarious enough to put into what I was playing.

I'd love doing this at HoS again, especially if I could get a good little setup where I was at downstairs and stay in the mix with everybody.

I think it's fair to say I won over some new fans.

The biggest impediment of course being that Monday is generally Mount Vicious practice day and that is Alpha's only for sure shift at HoS. A predicament to be sure.

but perhaps not an insolvable one?

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