the 30th b-day party summary...
 

thank you for all the suggestions about the party music..
it was a small event, about 10 people in total.. "mucho" booze...

the party mix was composed of two parts..
the first was the classics and god tunes bundled together..
the second was going to be edgy mainstream..

a lot of the "post-punk revival" stuff.. the bravery, editors, even some arctic monkeys..
pj harvey, dEUS, pixies and a few sonic youth tunes (one was "plastic sun")..
the ramones, cypress hill, beastie boys and beach boys..
obscure dandy warhols songs..
queens of the stone age and eagles of death metal..
graham coxon, the jesus and mary chain, the sisters of mercy..
i snuck in joy division.. "love will tear us apart"
the bossa nova covers of new wave hits from nouvelle vague..
the yeah yeah yeahs, the vines, the hives, and even some placebo..
L7, le tigre, a load of morphine tunes..
weezer, hole, the distillers, add n to (x) and the lemonheads..
some electronica, the chemical brothers, audio bullys and basement jaxx..


the second part was to be mainstream.. but the first part lasted about 9 hours, the sun rose and everyone went home..
if i had the time, i'd have played old prince tunes.. gloria gaynor, village people, ABBA --- before i go on, i must inform you that the majority of this collection came from an anonymous co-worker, who'd placed a folder entitled "it doesn't get any gay than this" on our network..
it would have been a swirlin' disco madness...

as i'd said earlier, my wife bought me a trumpet for my birthday, and everyone at the party took turns to try it..
my wife made a louder sound than me (is it "i"?), and i had to beat her at it.. my poor neighbors..
the theme was "FUCK! I TURN 30 SOON.." as posters and the t-shirt i wore..

cheers guys..

Sounds beautiful. Wish I'd been there... :) May the next 30 years be as good.

thanks man..

aww it sounds great!

Hey, that sounds awsome, I'm glad you had a good time, and good luck with the trumpet playing.

candymoan man! sounds like you had a blast, i'm 28 and am shitting it about turning 30, i'll just have a big fuck off party like yours though, and wake up in the bath.

you know, i've learned something at my party..
as it was my party, the guests didn't mind the music as much as they usually would.. and when someone complained, i just started singing, "it's my party, and i'll cry if i want to, i'll cry if i want to.."

evidently the humor was lost on them after we got hammered..

again, thank you all for your well wishes..