m a j i k a . c o . u k

2005-12-01T15:53:00.000Z

I need this picture hosted online for something not related to here.

I'm sure i'll manage a proper post here by the end of the year.

I'm no longer in Studio as stated to the right -but now in the Double A Nighclub in Airdrie each Friday and Saturday night.

Speak sono

Money Saving Expert

2005-10-28T12:54:00.000+01:00

Money Saving Expert should be in everyone's favourites !

DVD Rental

2005-10-28T12:47:00.000+01:00

I've just signed up for TESCO DVD Rental. For £7.97 a month they send me DVDs of my choice one after the other.

When I combine this with CLONE DVD, it works out quite cheap to get a copy of good DVDs.

On another note, Studio nightclub is going well and strong. I'm still not working on a Friday night just now, but hopefully that will change this evening. There are a few things in the pipeline.

:-)

Studio

2005-10-05T15:14:00.000+01:00

So,

I started back Dj'ing this weekend after my weeks break. I took up what should be my new Saturday night residency in Glasgow's Studio nightclub (formerly Victoria's) on Sauchiehall street. I can now be found in Studio1 every Saturday night 10:30pm - 3am playing chart, rnb, 70s, 80s, 90s and commercial dance.

I should get conformation of my new Friday night residency by tomorrow, and should finally be kicking off this coming Friday.

It's All Change

2005-09-27T15:28:00.000+01:00

Okay dokay so here we go. . . in no particular order then..

I passed my driving test 3 weeks ago on my 3rd attempt.
Enigma decided, or the 19 year olds running it did ;-), that my services there were no longer required.
I'm back at uni and starting my final year.

Anyway, that's about it really. I'm moving back into Glasgow for my DJing and start with Glasgow based JBD. I think my first gig is going to be in one of the Yates's bars in town. I'll get confirmation of the location shortly, but i'm definitely back into it this coming Friday, after passing my audition at Jumpin' Jaks last Thursday. JBD run most of the Glasgow DJ's and i'm looking forward to the change of scenery. Enigma, despite my enthusiasm, had went down hill this last 6 months and was nothing compared to its hey day 2 years ago.

My next post should be some time before the end of the year. ;-)

Hello...

2005-09-06T18:28:00.000+01:00

Its been over two months since the last post and a lot has happened. I would just like to confirm that I am infact still alive and well.

Summer's Here

2005-07-04T15:46:00.000+01:00

It's July already and i'm still sitting about the house since finishing my exams, and only working on a Saturday and Sunday.

I have been looking for a full time - during the week - job with little success due to the fact that i'm a fussy bugger about what jobs i'll do. It looks like after next week, in Lloyds, when my probation period finishes, i'll be able to get a bit of OT in there.

On another note, there has been a lack of posts recently predominantly because I can't be arsed doing this . . .

Top Of My Box : June

2005-06-14T12:23:00.000+01:00

Current favourites that are played each weekend:

RnB / HipHop : 2pac & Elton John - Ghetto Gospel
Dance : Bob Sinclair - Love Generation
Cheezy Choon : Scoosh - Maybe Tommorrow (The hobo song strikes again)

Shock... Horror....

2005-06-06T00:32:00.001+01:00

I passed my Lloyds TSB assessment calls with 'flying colours'

I'm such a ( E= mc2 )

:-)

Exams are over

2005-05-30T14:05:00.000+01:00

My Exams finished on Thursday. They all seemed to go ok... so, fingers crossed, that's me off uni until September !!

My first assessment call is this evening for Lloyds TSB. If I don't pass it then I'm out on my arse, but I am very confident about it.

That's about it really -got paid by the Co eventually :-)

Enigma Takeover

2005-05-18T14:57:00.000+01:00

The Enigma lease was taken over last week. It seems that my job is still safe thanks to the fact that i'm actually quite good at what I do and still pack the place each Saturday and Sunday night ;-)

Still no wages from the co-op. Reading over my last posts, I seem to be ranting about them a bit too much, so rest assured that I will not mention them ever again, other than to wish them every success in their impending closing at the Barrachnie store and subsequent Scottish co-op take over by a proper company.

Exams start (and finish) next week... so i'm away to get back to the studying.

TTFN

The Co-op, The MaltMan, The Mock Driving Test

2005-05-13T23:32:00.000+01:00

So, in no particular order then...

The co-op has, in their wisdom, decided that I should still go without payment for hours worked over one month ago now... Give me my wages, give me my P45 and get to fuck the lot of you... Danka chung !

I was at a work's night out with Année this evening. Sadly, some of our company, when asked earlier in the week if they would like to go up the Maltman on Friday night had a somewhat different idea.

Finally, I sat my mock driving test today. Aside from 2 serious faults and 9 minors, I just about passed. The real thing should be in four weeks time.

:-)

Top Of My Box : May

2005-05-06T18:11:00.000+01:00

Current favourites that are played each weekend:

RnB / HipHop : Snoop Dogg - Signs
Dance : Riot Act - California Soul
Cheezy Choon : Right Said Fred - Deeply Dippy (I'm trying to start a revival)

TeleBanker

2005-04-30T17:01:00.000+01:00

That's me just finished my first day. It's official then, I'm now a TeleBanker. No - it isn't rhyming slang !

EBAY

2005-04-30T00:18:00.000+01:00

Our Ebay FeedBack topped the 100 mark this week.

Lloyds

2005-04-30T00:06:00.000+01:00

I start my new job with Lloyds TSB in just under 9 hours time.

We were at the King's Theatre tonight seeing 42nd street. The performance was ok, but I would have been dissapointed had I paid the full price of the ticket and not used my Vouchers I recieved last year due to my letter of complaint ;-)

The workers in the co-op, at the time of my leaving, all put together and got me leaving presents, including NEXT vouchers, aftershave and a case of Miller. However, I had yet to receive a farewell gift from the Scottish Co-op as a company. That is, until Thursday, when someone somewhere somehow fucked up and consequently did not pay me my final 2 weeks wages.

Thank you Co-op, it seems my motto that has stood me in good stead throughout my 7-and-a-bit years of employment still holds true.

Never Underestimate The Incompetence Of The Scottish Co-op.

Glasgow Philharmonic Choir

2005-04-23T01:42:00.000+01:00

Annee and I are just back from seeing a friend sing in the Glasgow Philharmonic Choir Spring Concert. We had just over 2 hours of the 80-something strong male chorusline plus two special guests. We also paid an impromptu visit to Shenaz.

It was excellent !! . . . I had the mix tikka :-)

FireFox

2005-04-22T12:07:00.000+01:00

This is only my second post via email, due to the Blogger main site being down.

So Ally, amongst others, has finally convinced me to download and install Mozilla FireFox.

At first look, it seems ok and not too dissimilar from IE. I suppose the tabbed browsing is a better feature. Its lack of Active X support currently lets it down, especially as I use Egg's Money Manager Password Safe to access all 6 of my online banking accounts at the one time.

FireFox is also meant to process HTML and the like much faster than IE, however I've yet to notice it during my limited use of it.

As it stands I remain unconvinced : Both browsers, i'm sure, will remain installed for some time to come.

2005-04-19T20:06:00.000+01:00

Breaking News : The Vatican finally announces John Paul II's successor.

2005-04-13T19:22:00.000+01:00

I would just like it documented here that :

The co-op is shite ... but I no longer work for them.

Thank you.

No NavBar

2005-04-11T00:39:00.000+01:00

Thanks to Ally - who also has a WeBlog/ Web site which can be found HERE, I have managed to get rid of the eblogger NavBar at the top of the window. I don't mind people knowing this site is powered by EBlogger but the nav bar did look shit because it created a side scroll at the bottom of the page.

I don't know what's happened to my hit counter. Statscounter - the website that hosts it, is not showing any images on their website which is probably why the small button is not showing here. They are still logging my hits but... something is not right :-(

Annnnnnnnnnnyway... 2 days left of the co-op - a whole 6 hours then i'm finished :-)

5 days until ma holibags :-D

I really have to stop using these stupid smiley face things :-p

Top Of My Box : April

2005-04-08T13:59:00.000+01:00

Current favourites that are played each weekend:

RnB / HipHop : Lil Jon & Eastside Boys - Get Low
Dance : Morjac - Morjac's Theme
Cheezy Choon : Tony Christie - Show Me The Way To Amarillo

Bye Bye Co-op

2005-04-06T23:23:00.000+01:00

This time next week I will no longer be an employee of the Co-op. After 7 and a bit long years I am finally leaving :-) Even though i've not enjoyed it for a while now, I suppose in some ways it will still be sad: the end of an era.

Anyway, that aside, Année and I are off to Liverpool next weekend, which was our Christmas present to each other.

*** I still do not have new glasses - but SpecSavers are on the case.

One look at the date of last Friday's post should explain all.

We're All Off To Sunny Spain

2005-04-01T00:54:00.000+01:00

After 3 months of long, hard thinking, Année and I have finally decided to take the plunge and accept the job offer in Spain.

All being well, in 6 months time, the whole family should be living out in Tenerife, helping to run a 25 room, 2 Star Hotel, with a view to managing it on our own next year.

Leaving uni early wasn't an easy decision, but short of immediate family, quite simply, there is nothing to keep us here.

Hasta La Vista.

There's a place that keeps on calling me

2005-03-28T00:45:00.000+01:00

For over 3 years I struggled to find a gig where I could try and establish a reputation for credible music.

In late 2002 I started in Enigma and enjoyed playing credible 'funky house' music each Saturday night, and the place has grown from strength to strength.

3 years later, in 2005, my residency is still going strong. Tonight, Easter Sunday, on my 'Cheezy Pop' night, I played the 'Littlest Hobo Theme' as my second last song, and i've never seen a song go down so well... I give up !!

Passed My Theory

2005-03-25T13:59:00.000Z

I passed my theory and hazard perception test yesterday. All that stands between me and a full driving license is the small matter of the practical test.

Enigma was pretty packed last night for a thursday.

We are going to The Corinthian for dinner tonight - which should be nice :-)

I've just finished writing my letter of resignation for the Co-op. My new jobs starts on 30th April

Show Me The Way To #1

2005-03-21T00:59:00.000Z

Amarillo went #1 today, just like I thought it would.

Been on holiday from the co-op today and had an appointment with 'another leading opticians' where I should've went in the first place.

All being well my two new pairs of spectacles should be ready for collection inside 3 weeks.

I've got one extra gig on Thursday this week in Enigma because of the Easter weekend.

Not one bid on my Ebay listing as yet - and there's only 2Days 22 Hours to go... :-(

Sharp GX10i Mobile Phone

2005-03-16T21:40:00.000Z

This Sharp GX10i Mobile on Ebay looks a great buy - I would bid for it if I were you !

On another (musical) note - Show Me The Way To Amarillo looks set to go to #1 this Sunday.

Not so sure about the 'Club Mix' though :-S

Should've Went To SpecSavers

2005-03-14T01:01:00.000Z

Just back from another busy weekend in Enigma. Saturday was 2 in- 2 out from half ten - tonight had a good crowd.

After 5 weeks, I finally got my refund from Vision Express. I wrote them a letter which I will post in the comments section after this post - I feel its a bit too big to put here.

I'll be sure to post my reply here also - I bet you can't wait ! :-)

Does anyone actually read this? . . The hit counter seems to suggest so. Does it matter ? Are these questions rhetorical, shall I stop now ? . .. YES !

Pass : That's The Theory !

2005-03-10T23:59:00.000Z

I've just booked my theory test for 2 weeks today at 10:30am. I don't foresee passing it being a problem - just so long as they don't throw up too many obscure questions about trams.

My Kameleon remote control arrived today and it does the the job nicely.

I'm almost certainly going to take the Lloyds TSB job.

I was determined not to make this weblog into a series of innate ramblings, which is what this post is turning into. So i'll stop now as, really, I've got fuck all to say.

Lloyds TSB JOB - Got it.

2005-03-09T10:39:00.000Z

They phoned to offer me the job 10 minutes after the interview.

I'm not sure if the hours suit as it's 9 til 5 Saturday and Sunday.

I told them 'yes' for the time being. That's two jobs i've got now. :-)

Lloyds TSB Interview

2005-03-08T23:41:00.000Z

I have my interview with Lloyds TSB tomorrow morning at 9am. I've just finished filling in the book that was the application form.

It asked me everything, including, and I kid you not, my 'sexual orientation'.

All that lies between me and the job is a 45 minute competency based interview, which, if the one at RBS is anything to go by, will be a piss in the park.

Interviewer: Can you describe an occasion when you had to deal with an angry or aggressive person ? And how did you deal with that ?

Me: Well... blah blah de fuckin' blah.

Interviewer: Excellent, I think that concludes our interview. When can you start ?

My Kameleon 6 in 1 remote control should hopefully arrive tomorrow. That is, if I'm back home from the interview and not still sitting in an office spouting bullshit when it arrives.

Then into uni for an afternoon of Karl Marx and coffee - and not necessarily in that order.

BPI: You’ve Been Nicked

2005-03-07T23:01:00.000Z

Downloading songs from Emule, Kazzaa, Limewire and the like is begining to worry me that little bit more now. Each week seems to bring another bundle of scare stories. As reported on Slyck, this time it's the UK, with one 'victim' living in Glasgow.

Fortunately for me, I only download uncopyrighted content ;-)

23 of the 26 British file sharers who were accused of sharing copyright music works last October have made out of court agreements with the music industry. The average settlement is £2,000 ($3,800). The victims consist of six women and seventeen men, some paying on behalf of their children. The number of files they were sharing ranged from hundreds to "many thousands".

Click Here for the full story.

Every night i've been hugging my pillow

2005-03-07T14:07:00.000Z

It seems there's a bit of a Tony Christie revival at the moment.

Show Me The Way To Amarillo is one of my most requested songs recently.

I think it's something to do with Comic Relief. I could be wrong, but I think it's getting re-released.

Is this the way to Amarillo?
Every night ive been hugging my pillow
Dreaming dreams of Amarillo
And sweet Marie who waits for me
Show me the way to Amarillo
Ive been weeping like a willow
Crying over Amarillo
And sweet Marie who waits for me

Top Of My Box : March

2005-03-04T22:46:00.000Z

Current favourites that are played each weekend:

Hiphop/ RnB : Terror Squad - Lean Back 4 months on and still my fav.

Dance : Project Four - Special Lady Only got a hold of this 2 days ago - but love it

Cheezy Choon : Girls Aloud - Love Machine Still gets them dancing.

Ma Spex

2005-03-03T23:26:00.000Z

After 4 weeks of waiting and paying nearly £500, I found out today that one of my two pairs of new glasses were ready for collection from Vision Express.

I went to collect them today and now I can't see a thing. They've mucked up the lenses!

I shall endevour therefore to return tomorrow to kick someone's cunt in, and get a refund on both pairs.

"should have gone to SpecSavers" -o^o-

The Trial Continues

2005-03-03T12:35:00.000Z

Another Interview

2005-03-03T12:30:00.000Z

I have another interview lined up for next Wednesday, this time with Lloyds TSB telephone banking. Just don't think that I could stick the co-op until the end of May to hold out for the RBS job.

Still, i'll see what happens...

Hit Counter

2005-03-02T19:22:00.000Z

My Hit counter is up and running.

3 hits and counting ... :-)

2005-02-28T23:54:00.000Z

I just want to see what happens when I don't give a post a title. I'm struggling to come up with catchy, innovative titles for each post. I'd much rather not bother my arse.

Co-op - It's a former thing!

2005-02-28T23:46:00.000Z

I accepted a job with Royal Bank of Scotland as a direct banking advisor on Friday, which means I will be leaving the co-op. That's the good news; the bad being it's not until May.

Starting tomorrow, it being the 1st of March, I will be listing ma top choons every month.... oh the fun.

Out with the old... in with the Rainbow Bars

2005-02-25T22:25:00.000Z

That's everything sorted now. The majika.co.uk domain is pointing to this weblog now.

The old site, for nostalgia's sake, can still be viewed by clicking the link at the bottom of this page.

Not sure how often this will get updated but I will try my best.

Please feel free, anyone who reads this, to leave comments by clicking the link below the message.

Initially I bought the majika domain to promote my DJ/ function work. Now, 4 years on, self promotion is not required to the same extent. In saying that, if there are any bar or club owners with the offer of work, please do contact me should you require my musical talents ;-)

That's all for now.

Rainbow bars still alive and kicking in 2005

My First Email Post

2005-02-24T06:53:00.000Z

I suppose I best check that the email facility works ok

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It does ! :-)

Points to note

2005-02-23T15:48:00.000Z

The website majika.co.uk will be directed to this weblog shortly.
I have 50 Gmail invites to give away. Anyone who reads this and wants one can get one by emailing me at stephen[dot]mcbride@gmail[dot]com
Année also has a weblog which can be found Here

Other than that nothing to report...

I may well try and archive the guestbook postings from the old guestbook from the majika.co.uk website somewhere here if time permits, as they do make interesting reading.

Picture Upload

2005-02-23T01:31:00.000Z

Welcome

2005-02-23T00:55:00.000Z

I think I have finally got things up and running...

Hello and welcome to my new web log.