Friday Night @ Whelan's, 2nd Dec.

After being told several times that Whelan's apparently was the place to go for, descent, alternative independent rock in Dublin, we had to follow the advice and go there. The amount of electronic music had been somewhat exaggerated lately, and we were all looking forward to some good rock music in what is said to be a legendary venue.

This is first and foremost a concert venue with live gigs almost every night of the week. However, there were no concerts on the night we were there. There was a DJ playing, though, and the place was really packed. The music consisted of good alternative rock as expected, and the DJ delivered a nice selcetion of good party tunes. Some of the most memorable were Arctic Monkeys - I bet that you look good on the dance floor, Kaizer Chiefs - I predict a riot, Aerosmith vs Run DMC - Walk this way etc, etc...


Some negative remarks on that matter though, The technical skills of the DJ were beyond bad, and when you can't mix, DON'T TRY! Also, I think it does a lot for the atmosphere when the DJ looks like he's enjoying himself, and that was definitely not the case of this 50-something year old geezer. I'm also pretty sure that when I go back to Whelan's some time in the future, 95% of the music he played, will be played again the next time. But I guess I'll have to worry about that then.