Journal 84
Nia 30
DJ
- Life
- A small flat near the club
- Temper
- Bold and warm
Kinks
- Everyone named, everyone agreed
- She tells him what to do
- She wants to watch
I am Nia, 30. I play records in small rooms, on plain decks, and I like a night that has a plan before the lights go down. Andre is 33. Bea is 31. We are a three. We agreed, in the afternoon before this kind of night, what we wanted and what we did not. No surprises in the booth. No one drunk enough to confuse a mood with a yes. Any one of us can stop, even if the music is loud, because stop is a hand signal as well as a word. I like using my voice up close, telling them what I am going to do and then doing it. I like a mirror, or a dark window that behaves like one, so I can see the effect of the sentence on my own face. Andre is steady. Bea is quick to laugh and quick to mean it when she asks for more.
The blog
2 entries, newest first.
After the set
After the set my ears rang in the polite way. Headphones on the deck, silver jacket off, black top stuck to my back. The room had emptied to staff and a mop. Andre and Bea waited until I looked at them and nodded, because we had said the after was a separate yes from the before. I gave the yes. My throat was tired and I still wanted to use…
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The booth door locks from the inside, and I locked it. Soundcheck was done. The room on the other side was still empty, lights at half. Andre and Bea were in the booth because I had asked them yesterday, in a quiet kitchen, whether they wanted to fuck against the wall before I started the night. They had said yes. I asked again with the jacket still on, plain silver,…
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