I ended the weekend with Carlos and Juan at Club London, where we had gone to show our support for Xavier, who was playing a very Peter Hook-sounding bass with Sixteen Days. Now, I generally don't go out on Sunday nights and, after hitting London last night, I realized that I am missing out on some good fun.
The Club London DJs (and, for the record, I have played two of their previous events) play the best selection of new wave sounds you will ever have the chance to hear in Los Angeles. It is one continuous mix of songs that yours truly used to get in trouble for playing at a certain other 1980s-themed club because they weren't mainstream enough. We caught James' set and he had me dancing even when I wasn't dancing. Here are some of the highlights:
1) Songs that we didn't immediately or fully recognize, but sounded like either Camouflage or Cause & Effect.
2) This Mortal Coil's cover of Modern English's "Sixteen Days" flawlessly mixed with Depeche Mode's "Photographic"
3) The Clash (I just blanked on the name of the song) mixed with Fad Gadget's "Lady Shave" mixed with Bow Wow Wow's "I Want Candy"
4) Martin Gore's "Compulsion" (it doesn't matter what bookended this piece, it's that good of a song)