Ok, so I didn't go there, but Roz, Colm and Kerry did, and they asked me to provide a nostalgic mid-90s set last weekend at the Offside bar in North London.
A few floor clearers aside (and one's that would normally have the opposite effect,) a good night of indie filled merriment was had by all.
The exhaustive 5 hour set was as follows:
Kylie - Confide in Me
Pulp - Babies
Bluetones - Slight Return
Elastica - Connection
Ash - Girl from Mars
Magic Numbers - Take a Chance
Stone Roses - She Bangs The Drums
The Smiths - How Soon Is Now
Echo & The Bunnymen - Killing Moon
The Cure - Love Cats
Arrested Development - Mr Wendal
C&C Music Factory - Things That Make You Go Mmmm
Soup Dragons - I'm Free
Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance
Beats International - Dub Be Good To Me
De La Soul - Ring Ring Ring
Seal - Crazy
Candi Staton - You Got The Love
Tori Amos - Professional Widow
Sash - Encore Un Fois
Brainbug - Nightmare
Blueboy - Remember Me
Apollo 440 - Talking Bout Dub
White Town - Your Woman
Hanson - MMM Bop
Boo Radleys - Wake up Boo
Blur - Country House
James - Laid
Oasis - She's Electric
Wannadies - You and Me Song
Reef - Place Your Hands
Pulp - Disco 2000
Chumbawumba - Tubthumping
Supergrass - Alright
The Smiths - This Charming Man
The Jam - A Town Called Malice
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen (floor killer)
Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict A Riot
Bodyrockers - I Like The Way You Move
The Killers - Somebody Told Me
Feeder - Buck Rogers
Blur - Song 2
Artic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
The Charlatans - The One I Know
The Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go
Wonderstuff - Size Of A Cow
Vic Reeves - Dizzy
Scissor Sisters - I Don't Feel Like Dancing
Britney - Toxic
Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now
Belinda Carlise - Heaven Is A Place On Earth
Deep Blue Something - Breakfast At Tiffany's
All request last two hours
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise
50 Cent - In Da Club
D-Reem - Things Can Only Get Better
Gina G - Oooh Ah Just A Little Bit
Four Seasons - Oh What A Night
MC Hammer - U can't Touch This
Ini Kamoze - Here Comes The Hotstepper
Wham - I'm Your Man
Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
Aha - Take On Me
Bangles - Walk Like An Egyptian
Katrina and the Waves - Walking On Sunshine
Was Not Was - Walk the Dinosaur
The Kooks - She Moves In Her Own Way
Men At Work - Down Under
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
Black Box - Ride on Time
Igggy Pop - Lust for Life
The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
House of Pain - Jump Around
Deelite - Groove Is In The Heart
Underworld - Born Slippy
The Killers - Mr Brightside
Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger
Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher man
Encore
Stone Roses - Fools Gold
Blur - Girls and Boys
Oasis - Wonderwall
Phew! What a night!
