Attack of the Man Playing A DJ

So last night I went to a 30th birthday gathering for a close friend of mine in NYC. I met some new people and had some extremely needed laughs. The place that the gathering was held was fun looking and had a bunch of attractions. We went into the area of the dance floor and it started out to be really fun because the floor was full of people having a good time. Then the man playing a DJ decided to show everyone what a homemade playlist on shuffle built on the best Billboard top song entries completely ruined by an accompanying techno beat could do. OMG IT WAS HORRIBLE!!! "Juicy" by Biggie Smalls was followed by "I Love Rock & Roll"! On numerous occasions the dance floor cleared out only to leave the die hard dance-crazy-because-I'm-wasted fans offbeatly bouncing up and down to a musical massacre. Now let me set the record straight: there's nothing wrong with other genres of music besides hip-hop. But the job of a DJ is to keep the crowd dancing. THE CROWD! Not your 8 drunk cousins there to support you. It was as if the DJ was on Twitter or Facebook asking his friends what to play next. On a couple occasions, people from the group I was with went to the booth to request things such as a stream of reggae. Do you know what we got? One true old school tune and "Here Comes The Hotstepper" by Ini Kamozie and that's it!! And the mixes were trash! A bunch of strobe beats with and horrible scratch simulations. There was even The Jackson 5's "I Want You Back" put to a techno mix! Straight garbino!! We were so happy when the lights came on because we knew the pain was over. Here's the lesson: Just because you have a playlist on your iPod titled as "Killer Club Mix" does not give you the credentials to become a DJ effectively. Nor does a tattoo of a headset, turntables and a cool-sounding stage name. Smh. And I'm out!