{"id":1990,"date":"2003-12-01T14:55:04","date_gmt":"2003-12-02T06:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/01\/youre-an-ex-dj\/"},"modified":"2019-12-06T11:10:31","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T19:10:31","slug":"youre-an-ex-dj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/01\/youre-an-ex-dj\/","title":{"rendered":"You&#039;re an ex-DJ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:7324,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.livejournal.com\\\/users\\\/ogremarco&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6417,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.vogueseattle.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7827,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.vogueseattle.com\\\/pictures.asp?day=3&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5990,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.livejournal.com\\\/users\\\/djwudi&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20081007110713\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.livejournal.com\\\/users\\\/djwudi\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-08 17:08:07&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:410},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 13:19:06&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-25 04:56:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:410},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-29 01:49:17&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:410},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-04 22:42:39&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:410}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-04 22:42:39&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:410},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>DRAMATIS PERSON\u00c6:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.livejournal.com\/users\/ogremarco\/\" title=\"Captain Plunderfucker's Journal\">OGRE<\/a>: A doorman.<br \/>\nMICHAEL, a.k.a. WOODY or DJWUDI: A clubgoer.<br \/>\nJOHN: Another clubgoer.<br \/>\nDAN: Another clubgoer (<em>Actually, I have no idea what his name was&#8230;just go with it.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>SCENE: Outside of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vogueseattle.com\/\" title=\"The Vogue\">THE VOGUE<\/a>, a goth\/industrial dance club, during a Sunday night &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vogueseattle.com\/pictures.asp?day=3\" title=\"The Vogue - Sundays\">Fetish night<\/a>&#8220;. OGRE and MICHAEL are talking outside the front door of the club. Pounding industrial music can be heard in the background.<\/p>\n<p>Enter JOHN, stage left.<\/p>\n<p>OGRE: Oh, hey John. John, this is Woody.<\/p>\n<p>MICHAEL and JOHN shake hands.<\/p>\n<p>JOHN: Good to meet you.<\/p>\n<p>MICHAEL: You too.<\/p>\n<p>OGRE: He&#8217;s &#8216;DJ Wooooodi&#8230;&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>MICHAEL (laughing): <em>Ex<\/em>-DJ.<\/p>\n<p>OGRE laughs.<\/p>\n<p>OGRE: I meant &#8216;djwudi&#8217; on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livejournal.com\/users\/djwudi\" title=\"Sub-Eclecticism\">LiveJournal<\/a>, but yeah. <em>Ex<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>JOHN (bemused): Ex?<\/p>\n<p>MICHAEL: Yup.<\/p>\n<p>Enter DAN through the front door of THE VOGUE.<\/p>\n<p>JOHN: I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve ever met an <em>ex-<\/em>DJ. They&#8217;re always just &#8220;between clubs&#8221; or something.<\/p>\n<p>ALL laugh.<\/p>\n<p>MICHAEL: Well, glad to be the first!<\/p>\n<p>DAN: Hey, I&#8217;m an ex-DJ! I used to be one of the top three DJs in Cincinatti. Now I&#8217;m working coat check at the Mercury. How sad is that? 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