Poptimists Advent Calendar Day 13

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I had a delightful experience in my office the other day. We have the work PA system in our keeping and towards the end of the day we sometimes plug our ipods in to play stuff - on this occasion our lovely temp Matt asked if I had any bootlegs. Surely I do, I thought, and then found that the only one I'd actually uploaded was Osymyso's "Intro Inspection". I played it, and gratifyingly saw everyone's face light up with bafflement and wonder. It reminded me how exciting and fun the bootleg 'scene' was back in 2002. Now it's seen as a bit of a joke or an embarassment, partly due to the flood of poor-quality mash-ups that followed, partly because most of the original bootleg makers gave it up for 'proper' DJing ASAP. And no doubt a bunch of other factors were involved - there always seemed to be plenty of people who hated bootlegs.

Anyhow they're still being made, of course. Here's a Christmas one!

Go Home Productions - Christmas On The Block

Bar Humbug

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I wrote a lengthy piece about bar DJs only to have it wiped out when like an idiot I clicked on a link in an email. The gist of it is that they may have a thankless job playing music nobody really cares about it but they're still twunts who seem to think their tasteful funky house music is the most exciting in the world. I say 'funky house music' and of course I really just mean 'bar music', it has long since become its own genre.

Anyway it's Tuesday and the barometer of orgafun points to WIZZO. Three wins in a row for "Biology", increasing its average score to 7.68 and seeing off Kelly Clarkson's 6.96. So "Biology" stays on and its new challenger, still raiding the '2005 pop' drawer, is "Be Mine!" by Scando act Robyn, "this year's Annie" if you believe the pigeonholers. This one suggested by juror8. Which one will go through to Friday's meeting with the Frog? (or whoever else you suggest) YOU DECIDE.

[Poll #632917]

ALSO ALSO advent calendar bonus: THE SINGING DOGS! (direct MP3, not a YSI)