In Taichung, Chi Funk's Ant said the new club Bobo, which also had its first night last weekend, "is more than anyone imagined -- an incredible glass dome with lights circling the place like a kaleidescope." Sounds interesting.
Tonight at the club, it's a Chi Funk Christmas Party with, DJs @llen, Timothy and Tom, along with the Chi Funk revevolution featuring vocalist Diva Lindsey. Tomorrow is A Mix Master Merry Christmas with Nina, Kid and Paul Energy. Wear red, white and green and get NT$100 off at the door. Wear a Christmas hat or misletoe and get a free drink.
In other news, the "Taipei Times Top DJ" poll suffered a hack attack when it opened last Sunday and as a result had DJs Rob Solo, DJ Ty and Marcus Aurelius all leading the list by hundreds of votes. Marcus was good enough to let us know with an e-mail saying the poll was "set up for a three-year-old that can't tie his shoes yet to hack into and cheat."
Ouch! That hurt. So we patched up the problem Monday by zeroing out the votes already cast and started the poll over. Normal service has been resumed. So far, foreign DJs are doing well, which probably reflects the demographics of the paper's readership as much as anything else.
There have been some critics of the poll who have written into vinylword@taipeitimes.com to say that it would be better if fellow DJs selected their favorite performers on the decks. But how would that be a popular vote? Another said, "Trance (globally and locally) is the preferred genre so it is obvious that the favorite local trance head DJ will win the vote, we all know that."
Well, if that's true and it represents what the majority of Taipei Times readers think, then what's the problem? The reader's further suggestion was that we should split the vote into genres, like hip-hop, breaks, house, etc. Not a bad idea, maybe next time.
The jury is out at the moment but the results will be released in our New Year's issue and readers will have the final word. Go to www.taipeitimes.com/poll/dj to make your three choices for Taiwan's best DJs.
The Vinyl Word: Three bows to DJ Edmund, whose numerous fans took issue with a description of him in the Nov. 19 issue that said: "when he's good, he's very good, but when he's not he's horrid." To set the record straight, Edmund remains among the Vinyl Word's five favorite DJs, but even the best have their off nights.
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