Beijing Boyce

Your Name That TUN contest looks like fun, but I don’t want to be a DJ.

OK. Several people told me this during the weekend. Here’s the deal: We have two prizes for the 80s music fans out there.

1. You don’t want to be a DJ
Simply list three of your favorite 80s songs (and why) in the comments section here. Your name then goes into the draw for a package of four bottles of Strait Twenty - two gin and two vodka. (Please mention something like “bottles only” in the comment.)

2. You DO want to be a DJ
Again, list three of your favorite 80s songs (and why) in the comments section here. The winner of this draw gets a DJ lesson from Acupuncture Records to prep for his or her set at TUN on November 22. The winner also gets a private area at TUN, stocked with four bottles of gin and vodka from Strait, for 12 friends.

I’m assuming those who commented so far want to be a DJ (they are also in the draw for those four bottles of Strait Twenty).

One other thing. Your three songs are not your play list. If you win the DJ package, you can figure your set out later.

Hope this clears everything up!

For more details, including the ramifications of picking “We Built This City” by Starship, see here. In the words of Madonna, “Get Into the Groove” and enter the contest.

The wall awaits...

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UPDATE: Please note there are TWO prizes. One for people who want to be a DJ and one for people who want to win the four bottles of gin and vodka.

Ever dream of being a DJ… and playing Duran Duran… on the Great Wall… while sipping Tasmanian vodka?

Then this contest is for you.

I am teaming up with TUN, Acupuncture Records, and Strait to give one reader the chance to spin 80 minutes of 80s music while his or her friends enjoy a “party zone” stocked with booze.

Intimidated by DJ equipment? Not sure how all that mixing and stuff is done?

No problem: Ahead of your November 22 set, Acupuncture will give you a DJ crash course and prepare you for your big night atop the “Great Wall” booth at TUN.

Want your friends to see your show?

No problem: TUN will provide a lounge area for 12 people, and Strait will stock it with four bottles - vodka, dry gin, pepperberry vodka, and a Strait Twenty blended gin.

To enter the draw, leave a comment and list three eighties songs you like and why.

If being a DJ is not your thing, you can still enter the draw for the second prize - four bottles of Strait Twenty blended gins and vodka. Simply add “Strait Up” - yeah, that’s a Paula Abdul reference - at the bottom of your comment.

The nitty-gritty:

• The deadline for entries is Friday, November 7, 5:30 PM. I’ll find a respected member of the community to pull one name and will announce the winner on Monday, November 10.
• The winner needs to be available to DJ on November 22, from 11PM and for a DJ lesson that same week, and willing to create a set of danceable music: no eighty-minute mixes of Mr. Roboto, please.
• We bear no responsibility for participants who list Martika’s “Toy Soldiers“, Starship’s “We Built This City“, or Laura Branigan’s “Gloria” and spontaneously combust (this assumes God answers my prayer).