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Girl Power! Sunday Guests’ DiskoPogo special was feminised in style with this fund-raising charidee special in aid of The Lavender Trust. The DiskoPogo boys were on top form and suitably bowled over by beauty AND brains in the form of five guest female DJs on the summer solstice special.

Kicking off at 1600hours after sampling Electriks extensive lunchtime menu of sausage and mash was pink’d-up DiskoJim, kicking off on the shiny new equipment by blowing the speakers to Simply Red’s ‘Model’. In fine form with some sultry disco and 80s beats DiskoJim passed the baton over to DiskoGaz and then went on a raffle binge, rallying up the first few quid of the evening. DiskoGaz in true chauvinist spirit refused to pay his girlfriends £1.50 bus fare but was more generous to the crowd as he treated us to a bit of Marvin with ‘Whats Going On’. DiskoGaz then looked pensive as he dreamed of the good old days on Union Square (or probably an argument when getting home).

Massive Diskothanks then went out to the first of our female contingents, Madame Tukatz and Lil’ Dj Jazzminx, with a re-edit of the Pointer Sisters ‘Pinball numbers song’ (off of Sesame St). Some Brazilian funk with Public Enemy lyrics then followed, with the eclecticism reaching gigantic proportions, even when played at the wrong speed. Miss Bobbles then took to the helm with plenty more reggae and dancehall grooves; perfect auditory refreshment for lazy Sunday chilling. Madame Tukatz and Miss Bobbles drew on their decades of record collecting experience as the evening sun blazed on.

Balloons popped, dogs were sprayed pink, and the feminine touch continued as Nook resident DJ Millie stepped up next. Hugely experienced and seriously competitive, DJ Millie cranked up the pace with Mr Fingers ‘Can u feel it’ and Todd Terry’s ‘Bounce to the Beat’. Having possibly the biggest record bag of the evening, DJ Millie had something for all occasions and a future competition with the DiskoPogo boys looks a hot prospect.

Vicky Sponge was the last of the female contingent to grace the DiskoDecks, with a feminine blend of Dancehall and Dub to send the repetitive beats police back to their desks. Big respeck! Shortly after the sophisticated Sponge, the Nook’s big booze raffle was drawn by the green goddess, with the winning number being held by John Daly!!!! John wins over £100 of top notch booze!

Finally, with a new T-shirt on, and unusually for him not wearing any pink, DiskoDaz minced on at 2200hrs to fire up the funk and treat us to more unique DiskoPogo style-beats. The fun continued and the party got crazier until gone midnight, with what little available space on the floor being danced upon. Final tune was ‘Thinking of You’ by Sister Sledge.

Big thanks to everyone who came and supported the party and entered the booze raffle as we managed to raise £260 for The Lavender Trust and Breast Cancer Care. Stay tuned for more DiskoPogo this summer!!!!!  

From the rivers of Babylon, to the beaches of Chorlton, Saturday 13^th June saw DiskoPogo return once more with a beach-themed party, brought to you in conjunction with the British weather. Whilst the Nooks’ busy crowd enjoyed the sun, in direct contrast, the DiskoPogo boys locked themselves in the Cranny bassment to supply the tunes to upstairs and create the perfect atmosphere for another successful Saturday night pogo. In shorts and T-shirts, sunglasses and thongs, the recipe was full-on hot house vibes and sweaty summer sounds kicking off at 1900hours with DJ Summer-summer time Jones playing Madonna (Holiday), Instant Funk (Bodyshine), and Tony Lionni (Found A place).   

Treating us to extra sunlight courtesy of his reflective ‘Beachy’ head, Lifeguard DiskoScott ramped it up to full digital effect with some four-four beats from 2000 to 2100 hours. Effortlessly pressing all the right buttons, DiskoScott showed us what we’ve been missing since he’s been away (i.e. nowt). Also back from his jollydays, The Shamen DiskoJim pelted out some deep house grooves, kicking off with King Britt’s Philadelphia Experiment, and gliding through past summer classics such as Solu Music’s ‘Fade’ and Jon Cutlers ‘Its yours’. Taking time out to engineer a fully-fortified silicon scale replica of Glamis Castle, DiskoJim smoothly filled up the cranny by welcoming those sunburnt lobsters coming in from the Nooks’ outside boulevard.  

Taking over from that crescendo, Beach Boy DiskoMike flooded the airwaves with a special blend of classic house. Dropping such dancefloor bombs as Pennies from Heaven by Inner City, and Arthur Russell’s ‘Wax The Van (Yam Who rework)’. Rounding off by wearing his sunglasses at night was Disko ‘Calvin Harris’ Daz. Slightly out of breath from blowing up inflatables, DiskoDaz kicked sand in the face of other geeks by belting out some more party grooves to take us up to midnight once more. Everyone that ventures over to DiskoPogo receives a warm welcome and gets involved in the fun so don’t miss out on future themed parties if you’re in the vicinity. Once again DiskoPogo proving that if it’s not Pogo it’s a no-go.…

Kaboom! Guess who stepped in the room? On Saturday 2^nd May we activated the Pogo reactor to give sunny Chorlton a blast of super-enriched soul, neutron disco, atomic funk and house vibes in true DiskoPogo style. With the usual packed ensemble of friends, chin-stroking beardistas and funky young mutant chickens like us, Diskopogo continued to belt out thermo-musical energy til early doors at The Nook, and, as the pictures prove, there was no shortage of radiation-based gags and hydro-cooled tomfoolery.  

First off was Atomic DiskoGaz, with his tune of the moment Idris Muhammad’s ‘I see music in your eyes’, and the Clash’s ‘The Magnificent Seven’. Inspired by Louie Vega’s choice, DiskoGaz set the reactor core to idle with his sustainable low-carbon emitting choices, and modern disco from Motor City Ensembles ‘Raw Cuts 3’ and Kenny Dixon Juniors ‘Yesterdays’ followed. Sector 7G operative DiskoMike also joined in this hour’s fun for a bit of disco radiation pressure with a bit of Eddie C (Make it better) and Paradise (Change). Trying hard to replace radiation poisoning with alcohol poisoning, DiskoMike also induced a bit of heavily reinforced house with Sterling Void’s ‘Runaway girl, and the awesome bassline groove of ‘Reach for me’ by the Funky Green Dogs.

Fuelled-up with some weird glowing stuff, Mutant DiskoJim threw down some reactor ragga with Overproof Sound System’s remix of Kraftwerk’s ‘The Model’, subtly blended into the Atlantic records classic ‘Memphis Soul Stew’ by King Curtis. DiskoJim notched up the reactor to ‘throbbing’ as he atomically-fused brass and house music with Pacific 202 by 808 State in both the original and William Fairey Brass Band versions…..Atomic!!!!

By this time, one of the irradiated sacrificial operatives had escaped from the reactor face, as the facebook pictures and the Nook video show, spreading radioactive contamination. People panicked and thought we’d had an outbreak of swine flu, but luckily it was just a release of radio and chemically toxic materials from the downstairs musical reactor core, not causing them immediate harm, but reducing their life expectancies by some years.     

The Disko Daz-bomb exploded like a mushroom cloud onto the decks following the capture of the nuclear Diskogimp and inserted the control rods back to the reactor to power down the evening with pulsating vibes from The Fog ‘Been a Long Time’, Idjot Boys ‘Droid 2’, and 2020 Soundsystem ‘Sliding Away’. Last tune of the evening was the hardcore classic Zero B ‘Lock-up’, proving it’s another fine Pogo we’ve got you into…..

Aloha! The regular DiskoPogo event returns in the cranny on Sat 13^th June 2009 for a Summer Beach Party! Dressed up like ‘totally radical’ straight from the surf, and partying like the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson when he went, like ‘to-tally mental dude’, DiskoPogo aims to kick off a fantastic summer of events at the Nook – Wipeout! Sunshine smiles, bright Hawaiian shirts and exotically potent cocktails washed down to a backdrop of soulful summer grooves and beach party anthems in an awesome teenage mutant ninja DiskoPogo style. Surfs up!!

A toast…to England and St. George! Huzzah! On Thursday 23^rd April just before sunset, with God as our witness, our faces painted with the cross of St. George and England in our hearts, the DiskoPogo knights advanced on the Nook’s ivory towers from an Easterly direction in celebration of all things England and all things good. Tonight’s task for the brave knights of Pogo was to play as much Manchester and English artists as possible and to party like it was 1499!!!!

First off was Sir Disko of Daz, he upped the Englishness with a fine selection of tunes from his chamber of records, skilfully crafted to suit the early evening’s mix of Maids and Knights congregating in the courtyard. After a small Jam Attack, Sir Disko of Daz left the battlefield to socialise and become a menace in the courtyard….off with his head!

With his jousting pole firmly in hand Friar DiskoGaz was next up to the battlefield, gallantly riding in on his trusty steed with a selection of mid-century hip-hop beats and dirty dungeon disco such as Q-Tip ‘Breath and Stop’, David Joseph ‘You Can’t Hide (your love from me)’, Kathy Diamond ‘Over’, and a bit of Sir Eddy Grant, telling us how he didn’t want to dance no more.

The warm Spring eve suited the outside throng, and more peasants aplenty gathered within The Nooks patriotic environment to pay homage to the great knights of Pogo and the patron Saint of our fine nation, St. George. Not a pew was to be seen upon the hour of 2100 as The Nook was as crowded as Little John’s jockstrap.

Back from the crusades was the mighty Sir Disko of Jim, abstaining from the demons of drink to fight the mighty dragon and ravish a few wenches nevertheless. Some classic tunes from Soul II Soul (Back to life and Jazzie’s groove), The Chimes (Heaven), The Police (When the World is running down), De-Lite (Wild times), and a Guy called Gerald (Voodoo Ray) were some of the weapons he used to pillage the village of Chorlton.

Lord Disko of Mike then entered the battle, firmly swinging his meat cleaver to and fro as he scythed down the enemies ears with The Stone Roses ‘Fools Gold’, Leo Zero ‘Message of Love, Suzi Carr’s ‘All over me’, and Talk Talk’s ‘Life is what you make it’ resounding from the battlements. Mike also included a few musical pauses for toasts….’to the Queen, Duke of Lancaster!’.

As dusk fell, taking us out of another successful DiskoPogo adventure came The Soup Dragons ‘Can you dig it’, The Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Peppers…’, Talking Heads ‘Once in a lifetime’, and Joy Division’s ‘Love will Tear us Apart’. Join us Saturday 2^nd May as THE most successful year for South Manchester’s music scene continues as DiskoPogo goes ATOMIC!