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Ginger

11th June 2009, 03:23

There is a guy going around at the moment trying to scam nightclubs out of money . He goes by the name Frank and claims to be from a big radio station . His M.O. is that he rings the club manager about an hour before the club opens and says " Hi Frank here , i am just on my way to the club now and seem lost can you give me directions " to which the club manager/owner responds " Frank who ? "" He tells them he is a big shot DJ from the radio and was booked to play in the venue and then proceeds to get pissed off when they tell them there must be a mistake . He says that he was booked for €400 euro and he is nearly there and asks for money for cancellation or to continue to arrive and do the gig for the full fee. Obviously the manager tells him to **** off but he is quite persistent saying how far he traveled to get there and that he will send the bill as he claims somebody booked him . He has tried this in three clubs last weekend that i am aware of . Silence in Dundalk , Earth in Drogheda and one other club that i wont ,mention as i cant verify it .

I would love to hear if anybody else has come across this fruitcake . Maybe we can find out who he is as i fear some poor manager will believe him and maybe assume the owners hired him and let the fool play and put some poor DJ out of a nights work .

Any ideas chaps ?

Niall

TonyL

11th June 2009, 07:36

There is a guy going around at the moment trying to scam nightclubs out of money . He goes by the name Frank.......... says " Hi Frank here , i am just on my way to the club now and seem lost can you give me directions " ...........................

Any ideas chaps ?

Niall

Please tell me he doesn't have an english accent and use the word buddy a lot!???!!:lol: :lol: :lol:

dj ray

11th June 2009, 10:54

Please tell me he doesn't have an english accent and use the word buddy a lot!???!!:lol: :lol: :lol:

or drinks a hell of a lot of red bull :(

DeargDoom

11th June 2009, 15:17

11th June 2009, 16:55

Typical Letch - the oul quadruple bluff trick eh?

Years ago a guy made a fortune going around America as a fake Sasha - if the club owners didnt know the difference then more fool them.

MYOB

12th June 2009, 20:56

Typical Letch - the oul quadruple bluff trick eh?

Years ago a guy made a fortune going around America as a fake Sasha - if the club owners didnt know the difference then more fool them.

A promoter in the North brought in some German lad named Sasha, promoted him as "DJ Sasha", didn't say that it wasn't the Welsh one and ran with the cash. Apparently not many noticed!

Also, there was a time down here when Marco V was delayed; and the promoters put on Dave de Valera as a replacement who also happens to be bald - the vast majority of people at the gig never knew!

DeargDoom

13th June 2009, 11:35

A promoter in the North brought in some German lad named Sasha, promoted him as "DJ Sasha", didn't say that it wasn't the Welsh one and ran with the cash. Apparently not many noticed!

Also, there was a time down here when Marco V was delayed; and the promoters put on Dave de Valera as a replacement who also happens to be bald - the vast majority of people at the gig never knew!

There was also the fake DJ Quicksilver!

Chris Murray

13th June 2009, 15:59

There was also the fake DJ Quicksilver!

Yes Remember that one,A Well known Dublin Dance station in the 90`s had ads going out Promoting that Dj Quicksilver was coming to town.They packed the venue nobody knew what Dj Quicksilver Looked like so they stuck a tracksuit on a dj and sent him out on the stage with a set of decks.

TonyL

13th June 2009, 16:06

Chris, AFAIK that was one of many gigs that happened........Id say the promoters were p~~~ing themselves laughing counting their wads of cash.......

dj ray

13th June 2009, 19:18

Yes Remember that one,A Well known Dublin Dance station in the 90`s had ads going out Promoting that Dj Quicksilver was coming to town.They packed the venue nobody knew what Dj Quicksilver Looked like so they stuck a tracksuit on a dj and sent him out on the stage with a set of decks.

i remember being at this gig ,

the person sent out in the track suit as quicksilver has been known to post on this board . wonder will he comment :lol: :lol: :lol:

durtybootz

14th June 2009, 12:02

i remember being at this gig ,

the person sent out in the track suit as quicksilver has been known to post on this board . wonder will he comment :lol: :lol: :lol:

:cheers: hahaha i think it would be rude not to :notworthy

Pirate_radio

14th June 2009, 13:57

Yes Remember that one,A Well known Dublin Dance station in the 90`s had ads going out Promoting that Dj Quicksilver was coming to town.They packed the venue nobody knew what Dj Quicksilver Looked like so they stuck a tracksuit on a dj and sent him out on the stage with a set of decks.Yes i remember this gig very well myself & that DJ who did it had a good laugh about that the next day. He went out the day before the gig & bought all Quicksilvers tunes that were out at the time.

Ginger

16th June 2009, 00:01

On another funny note . I remember many years ago (20ish) i was working in CoCos and i was browsing through the tunes in Abbey discs and i couldnt help but over hear a guy at the counter asking about music and telling Billy he was a Dj . Billy asked him where he worked , to which he replied CoCos . My little ears popped up and considering i was working there 4 nights a week and at the time Wicked was doing the only night i wasnt working so , i was really curious. Billy then asked " And whats your name " to which he replied " Emm Im Niall Boylan , you may have heard of me . Billy quickly answered " not sure i know you but i think he will , pointing to me . I looked at this fool and said " Hi , Niall Boylan , nice to meet you " He said nothing and walked out the Door .

In the past i have had fakes tell me they were Jim Kenny . I knew it wasnt Jim , he was too young and too good lookin :lol: only kidding Jim

I also had a girl tell me one night about 6 years ago that she was from 98fm , not knowing of course that i worked in 98 at the time . I pretended i was star struck and real interested and she told me if i played her request she would say hi the next morning on the breakfast show and told me she was Debbie Allen . I then took out my 98fm I.D. card and she got upset and told me to f**k off and walked away as i laughed at her .

I could go on but i wont

Im tired :nutter: :nutter: :nutter: :nutter:

dj ray

16th June 2009, 00:15

ginger , do please go on, bet you`ve loads more stories like them ,

i was once introduced to a guy claiming to be noel clancy in rumours (one of the few clubs he never worked) and this guy drank rock shandys !!!!!!!

i mean - come onnnnnnnn :rolleyes:

dj ray

16th June 2009, 00:17

:cheers: hahaha i think it would be rude not to :notworthy

so , come on ( - - -, - - - - - -) tell us how it felt to be quicksilver for a few hours
:lol:

discopolis

16th June 2009, 12:00

:cheers: hahaha i think it would be rude not to :notworthy

haha mate cant believe you did that!

keep er lit! haha :king:

TonyL

16th June 2009, 15:52

so , come on ( - - -, - - - - - -) tell us how it felt to be quicksilver for a few hours
:lol:

So is there a prize if we fill in the blanks correctly?? :lol:

discopolis

16th June 2009, 16:34

So is there a prize if we fill in the blanks correctly?? :lol:

dont think so tony considering i know the guy in question and his name wont fit into the blanks provided :nutter:

Ginger

17th June 2009, 00:05

ginger , do please go on, bet you`ve loads more stories like them ,

Okay one more story :-))

I was the resident dj in the country club Portmarnock in 1982 and i looked after the Djs with a dj called Martin Sheehan ( great guy ) at the time . There were four busy rooms for functions and one Christmas we were really busy with all four rooms . We used to hire the gear from community sound for the rooms for 15 quid and we got 30 quid for the gigs :-)
We got this guy one night who claimed he was a hot shot dj from the city to cover a function and he kinda looked the part . Martin told him he was in the garden room and the gear was in the lock up . I was in the main room and about 20 mins later this tosser comes into me and says , the gear you gave me is f**K**D so i stuck on a tape and went in to help the fool . I looked at the brand new Citronic Thames sitting there with smoke coming from it and then realised that the knob had plugged it in to the three phase supply which puts out 400 volts ( i think ) . This was a socket for the buffet warmer and had a different type of plug . I asked him " how the f**k did you even manage to plug it in to the supply " and the fool went to the trouble of even changing the plug to make it fit .

He destroyed the whole set of gear including the lights and controller .

There is more :-)) I got a set of gear out of my car that i kept for emergency's and told him when he finished to take care of it and drop it to my house the next day . He finished the gig ( he was shite BTW) and proceeded to go to saints nightclub to spend his earnings and the gear was robbed from his car outside the club.

Needless to say he never worked for us again .

In my years a dj i have seen alot including , guys pissing on my speakers , pints thrown on the decks , two assaults , 3 deaths on the dance floor, one suicide , hundreds of fights , liquidators walking in during a gig , bomb going off next door and the roof of the club collapsing , threats , and the list goes on .......

Thats all

Cheers

Niall

Kenny Powers

17th June 2009, 10:50

You should write a book man good stuff indeed.

mini-fanatic

17th June 2009, 10:52

Okay one more story :-))

I was the resident dj in the country club Portmarnock in 1982 and i looked after the Djs with a dj called Martin Sheehan ( great guy ) at the time . There were four busy rooms for functions and one Christmas we were really busy with all four rooms . We used to hire the gear from community sound for the rooms for 15 quid and we got 30 quid for the gigs :-)
We got this guy one night who claimed he was a hot shot dj from the city to cover a function and he kinda looked the part . Martin told him he was in the garden room and the gear was in the lock up . I was in the main room and about 20 mins later this tosser comes into me and says , the gear you gave me is f**K**D so i stuck on a tape and went in to help the fool . I looked at the brand new Citronic Thames sitting there with smoke coming from it and then realised that the knob had plugged it in to the three phase supply which puts out 400 volts ( i think ) . This was a socket for the buffet warmer and had a different type of plug . I asked him " how the f**k did you even manage to plug it in to the supply " and the fool went to the trouble of even changing the plug to make it fit .

He destroyed the whole set of gear including the lights and controller .

There is more :-)) I got a set of gear out of my car that i kept for emergency's and told him when he finished to take care of it and drop it to my house the next day . He finished the gig ( he was shite BTW) and proceeded to go to saints nightclub to spend his earnings and the gear was robbed from his car outside the club.

Needless to say he never worked for us again .

In my years a dj i have seen alot including , guys pissing on my speakers , pints thrown on the decks , two assaults , 3 deaths on the dance floor, one suicide , hundreds of fights , liquidators walking in during a gig , bomb going off next door and the roof of the club collapsing , threats , and the list goes on .......

Thats all

Cheers

Niall

That is an incredible story,

It reminded me of a night when a girl stumbled over towards my speakers,
Bass bin / pole/ top ...

I fully expected her to grab the pole and pull the whole lot over so I scrambled out from behind my table as quick as I could..

Too late (like in slow motion) .. she held the pole and threw-up all ove the bass bin.

I could never get the stale smell of stain out of it..... Gross!

radiowidow9

17th June 2009, 12:29

[QUOTE=Ginger;126525]Okay one more story :-))

Seriously, write a book. Great reading these stories

discopolis

17th June 2009, 16:53

You should write a book man good stuff indeed.

i'd buy that book! :king:

dj ray

17th June 2009, 18:40

Okay one more story :-))

, bomb going off next door and the roof of the club collapsing ,

Thats all

Cheers

Niall

tell us them two stories . please ?:cheers:

18th June 2009, 02:27

It is my plan to get Jolishan and Ginger on front of a mic to interview them and upload their stories online someday. For real. It'd be very interesting to say the least :)

buzzbomb

18th June 2009, 02:32

I know a dj who has a talent of making up his own figures, as in, if the club is empty or quiet, he'll tell you its a full house.:lol:
Anyway, one night i textd him asking him if he was busy , reply came , 'Yeah jammed, about 650 or there abouts '. Impressed or wha ? .....Na not really , you see i was texting him from the bar in the said venue . and there was less than 20 people in. I finished my drink and left it at that .:cheers:

Ginger

18th June 2009, 03:36

Okay you twisted my arm Ray .

I was working in Crystals nightclub in the Duke Of Mourne Hotel, which was situated next door to an RUC station in warrenpoint . Remembering this was in in 1989 so you looked over your shoulder when you crossed the border. I was offered really good money so i took the risk to do the Friday nights. It paid £250 sterling which at the time with the sterling difference was good money. The first problem i came across was border control which i am sure some of you will remember many moons ago. The second problem was the owner told me to finish the night with both national anthems and i need not tell you how good that made me feel.

The first couple of weeks went reasonably ok apart from the odd punter wanting to know what I was doing in their country :-)) but on week three things went horribly wrong. I was half way through the night and i heard this really loud bang and everybody except me seemed to know what to do. They all ran like the clappers i stood with my little dj life flashing before my eyes and then i felt the kip shudder and the plaster from the ceiling started raining onto the dance floor. The place was invaded by RUC and we were all scurried out to the car park and I then realised that the station next door was just hit with a mortar attack.

This was possibly the only time in my life i didn’t hang around to get paid :-))

It was raining really hard and i was about 5 miles from the place and I was flagged down by an RUC petrol car and figured it would be a simple police checkpoint but alas I was wrong. They took me out of the car with guns pointed and lay me across the bonnet and searched me. Asked me a million questions and then asked what was in the boot of the car. What I didn’t realise was, that same day three RUC men had died in an attack and they were not happy and anybody with a southern car was going to get the shake down. They took all my 12" single boxes out and asked me to open them all and show them what was there and referred to me constantly as a "fenian bastard" eventually after about 30 minutes and after me pissing myself about three times they let me go. I decided to stop at an off license to get a six pack of beer for the soldiers on the border which was advised to me on a few occasions and that got me through that point with no probs .

The next day the manager of the club rang me and asked me would i be up next week and im sure you know what the answer to that question was .:-))

Mind you it was a nice club :-)):lol:

Cheers:cheers:

Niall

Im pretty sure Jolishan can tell you some really good ones . Like the time himself and some djs got the first press of a new 7" single and it was the first time they heard disco music and they all rushed back to one of the houses to listen to this new trend in music . I know the song but he will tell you himself im sure . See Jolishan has the age advantage on me :-)) Or the time a cetain Dj borrowed his Fiat Supper-mia-fiore during the slow set in Tamango and on the way home we notice the high heel marks on the ceiling upholstry of the car .

Ginger

18th June 2009, 04:03

Is that your car Jolishan

1181

Actually we all owned it . He was a good at sharing .

jolishan

18th June 2009, 05:43

Holy Mother of Jaysus I have nearly passed out laughing at the memory of AC's footprints on the ceiling, and it wasn't me who noticed them, it was my then girlfriend who wasn't renowned for her patience I might add. Needless to say it was a bumby ride home and I mean that in the literal sense. That horny bastard was the only one who got lucky that night. I'm off to work but I'll get back to you on this
Jim

dj ray

18th June 2009, 09:49

Okay you twisted my arm Ray .

I decided to stop at an off license to get a six pack of beer for the soldiers on the border which was advised to me on a few occasions and that got me through that point with no probs .

The next day the manager of the club rang me and asked me would i be up next week and im sure you know what the answer to that question was .:-))

Mind you it was a nice club :-)):lol:

Cheers:cheers:

Niall

Im pretty sure Jolishan can tell you some really good ones . Like the time himself and some djs got the first press of a new 7" single and it was the first time they heard disco music and they all rushed back to one of the houses to listen to this new trend in music . I know the song but he will tell you himself im sure . See Jolishan has the age advantage on me :-)) Or the time a cetain Dj borrowed his Fiat Supper-mia-fiore during the slow set in Tamango and on the way home we notice the high heel marks on the ceiling upholstry of the car .

around 1990 i was advised to do the same when doing the xmas run up the north , ford fiesta van , and 3 of us , of coarse i got given the "armchair" in the back of the van , which was made from around 25 cases of tennent cans,
When we got the the border crossing , there were only two soldiers who looked in the back of the van , they asked were we havin a party?,,, yeah . would ya like a few each ,

then around 12 of the feckers appeard from nowhere ,
28 cans of tennent lighter we procceded home ,

p.s.m.l at the stilleto marks ,

i know a jock who got caught out by talcum powder footmarks on his window screen ....... christ did he pay for that !!!!!!

Collins Radio

19th June 2009, 23:40

liked the storys lads....i played in bands up to 1979/80 then started discos as nobody wanted drummers nemore not bad drummers like me neway...did warm up for a "super-star" self styled "super-star" for 6 months then went on my own..went into radio a long time ago im still there :-....seen a lot btween bands and discos but best 1 so far has been.....I stood at the bar in a club in belfast beside myself chattin my girlfriend up....this idiot was tellin my girlfriend he was me....he knew her from the club seen her most weeks there on her own ( she was waitin for me and with her mate mostly) ....so he was tellin her he was the resident dj but was off that night.......she played him for about 5 mins ........then i got introduced to myself...........funny as fuk

MYOB

20th June 2009, 02:04

Okay you twisted my arm Ray .
(cutting rest to avoid quote being massive)

Despite those times being well past, I still have a horrible feeling the exact same thing is going to happen every time I'm at a gig in The Coach in Banbridge (its beside the PSNI barracks too) let alone playing anywhere there! Old habits die hard, not had any markable trouble* anywhere in NI since 2004-ish but still... think its going to take another ten years before I actually feel fully comfortable there.

Or the time a cetain Dj borrowed his Fiat Supper-mia-fiore during the slow set in Tamango and on the way home we notice the high heel marks on the ceiling upholstry of the car .

I wouldn't have thought a Fiat 131 was big enough for that kind of stuff!

*I found a twat taking a piss against my car cause of a southern reg in Portrush and promptly got him arrested by a very co-operative PSNI officer from Dublin! Thats all thats happened recently.

Ginger

20th June 2009, 03:36

I wouldn't have thought a Fiat 131 was big enough for that kind of stuff!

It wasnt !!!!:_)) Thats why the poor girl had to put her feet up on the roof :lol: :lol: ... Poor Jolishan had a lot of explaining to do to a girlfriend that i am sure didn't believe him . I can remember every night we all piled into Jolishans car , myself , Alan , Curran and a very young Dusty Rhodes who usually gave Jolishan a his latest mixing cassette so we could pass an opinion on it . And then it was off to the 24 hour shop in Fairview at 3 in the morning to eat day old chicken and a cup of very strong tea/coffee. Then we go to Jolishans house and into his basement which was a sight to behold ( it was excavated much to the displeasure of his mother , god rest her soul) . It was like a mini radio station and we stay there all night recording tapes that were sold to shops for background music . No computers , real time recording boys . We were woke the next morning by his mother and she duly made breakfast for anybody who was there . After she went to work the doorbell would be ringing all day with numerous of the old heads from radio world and im sure Jolishans favourite was Captain Bullshit .:lol: :lol: :lol:

There was one time that we were all kicked out of his house and i cant remember the reason , although in fairness the poor woman had plenty of reason . Anyway we brought all the gear to my house and up to the bedroom and set it all up to record a beatles tribute show for RTE for Mark Cagney ( i think) and we were in the middle of it and we blew the ESB mains and the whole street went down . Needless to say Papa Boylan was pissed off and we got chucked out of there too .

Cheers

Niall

jolishan

20th June 2009, 15:20

The basement of our old family home had a room in it for every room on the ground floor but was sealed off from the rest of the house. It could only be accessed from the back garden. I came up with the idea of making an entrance from inside the house and blocking up the door from the garden. First all the crap that had built up in there had to be cleared so every able bodied DJ I knew was drafted in to help though in fairness most of the work fell to me, Dave Brown ( resident in Clontarf Rugby club at the time ) Paul Manning and Allan Curran. A certain Mr. Boylan would appear and direct procedings from the kitchen while my mother was either making him tea or sticking a hot spoon on his arm for being cheeky.
Anyway after a period we got it finished and all the gear in and soon enough a group of DJ's and friends began to make it a regular haunt particularly after a gig so by 4 am the place was usually quite full.One of the lads who shall remain nameless was quickly nicknamed Captain Bullsh&t because my God could he. I once got an urgent message from him to meet him in Tamango because he had developed a brand new way of mixing. Never one to ignore a situation like that I hauled ass out to Sands and sure enough he was in the DJ box with the full lighting and sound rig running at 3 in the afternoon. He played a record and duly matched up the flashing of the lights to the beat and then announced he could mix the next song in by simply watching the lights. No headphones needed etc. He somehow managed to avoid the fact that neither the lights or the beat of either track would remain constant so fairly quickly it all went west. He had me wait while he tried it on several tracks. I was in convulsions of laughter. It was that afternnon he was publicly baptised Captain Bullsh&t, a name that stuck with him. He called me a short time ago from Greece with the words " Hi Captain Bullsh&t here" we both had a good laugh.
Another guy who developed a nickname there was Dave Brown who is still called The Ghost. This came from a cousin of mine counting the amount of DJ's and coming up with 12. He always refered to them as the 12 disciples. I mentioned that he forgot Dave Brown. Dave was ALWAYS there. My cousin laughed and said yes i forgot him. He's the Holy Ghost. We still refer to him as Ghost. Dave could be as dizzy as hell sometimes. I remember once he had to record a six hour audio video. These had to be done in one go and were a pain in the arse, six hours later there was a shout from the recording area as he finished. I wandered in with two or three others and we quickly noticed he had forgotten one small thing. He never pressed record on the machine. The language used when we glefully told him still ranks as one of the best non stop swearing sessions I have ever heard.He was also the guy who got the single biggest fright of anyone down there but thats a story for another day. Hapy times.
Jim

dj ray

20th June 2009, 19:06

This is turning into one of the better threads on the board -

One from me -

I was once working the blue bannana club in clondalkin thursdays im almost sure it was , at the time the harp at o`connell bridge was going thru a tough time with the licence people <insert smart comment here>
Anyhoo- because of the early closing at the harp, the true gentleman that noel clancy is, decided to pay a visit , just to test the guinness pipes,
Head doorman at the blue bannana club was ex head doorman at the harp,
Pat nevil (rest in peace) so when noel arrived by taxi, pat ,acting the joker, moved the queue outside to one side by saying , "move aside please, move aside its the one and only noel clancy"
Noel got to top of the queue ,and of coarse didnt pay in ,
The strange thing about the blue bannana was everybody and i do mean everybody always formed an orderly line at the bar when getting a drink,
it really was very strange ,
noel of coarse didnt know this , walked straight to the top of the queue, orderd a pint- recived it- and stood beside me at the dj box ,
Within minutes, noel was surronded by a flock of people , he actually got a bit nervous , esspecialy when finally one asked "excuse me mr clancy- how much for a gramme of *&$e
Mr clancy damn near soiled himself .........hillarious,

like the time the opel cadet came thru the doors of the club,
but another story, another time huh !

24th June 2009, 01:34

Anorak

24th June 2009, 08:38

Great thread - keep it going :)

There was a similar good read here years ago entitled "Ahhh the memories - Jolishan, you're up", it doesnt seem to be at its original bookmark. I had it bookmarked as it helped out in the writing of Jim's bio, some excellent stories in there if we cold resurrect it.

Located in seconds using the search facility ;) :p

http://www.radiowavesforum.com/rw/showthread.php?t=14992&highlight=Jolishan

24th June 2009, 18:08

Aaah :innocent: it wasnt at my original bookmark so Id presumed it was gone.

Anorak - could you merge the this thread from the "funny stories" part of this one onwards?

TPW

14th July 2009, 17:20

i remember being at this gig ,

the person sent out in the track suit as quicksilver has been known to post on this board . wonder will he comment :lol: :lol: :lol:

Remember being told this from a friend at the time ... think they staged a teenage disco selling "Quicksilver" as the headline act.

Have no proof of same, but it's amazing what people get away with ...

CorkPirate

10th March 2010, 14:53

Remember being told this from a friend at the time ... think they staged a teenage disco selling "Quicksilver" as the headline act.

Have no proof of same, but it's amazing what people get away with ...

sunblock also played cork the week that they split up :nutter: suprised wat ice cannons can do :P nobody even noticed they werent singin into the mic wen day were ment to be miming:innocent:

Graham

19th June 2010, 11:13

brilliant thread , thanks for the stories lads :)

Ginger

20th June 2010, 03:40

Just worked it out and i reckon of possibly done over 8,000 gigs in my time and thats only working it out at 5 gigs a week ( trust me ive done 7 a week when it was available ) . Jaysus its no wonder im bolli*ed.

Somebody mentioned Noel Clancy a while back and he was one of funniest guys i ever met . A great guy and a great dj with so much to offer but for some reason he never reached his full potential .

I remeber the funniest hting i ever heard him say was , one night in CoCos in tallaght back in the early 90s . There was a regular and her name is missing from the memory banks but for we will call her Jane Doe . She was a right skanger but a really good regular . This particular night her father came to the door looking for her and the security went to Noel and said will you call Jane to the front Door , some old guy is looking for her .

Noel puts down his pint of guiness and pics up his worn out shure mic and his great voice shouts

" Will Jane Doe please go to the front door , your pimp is looking for you " .

From what i believe Jane subsequently tried to sue the nightclub for defamation .

Cheers

Niall