so i was at a neighborhood bar this wknd and there was a laptop-only dj, no turntables, no serato, no controller, not even using headphones! for some reason, i got an urge to twitter: "laptop-only djs must die." this was apparently my most popular tweet cause of all the RTs it got... but it wasn't just blind hatred, here's the backstory:

to laptop dj dood:
1) please mind your sound quality. my ears were bleeding from all the treble. if you're playing some mp3s, make sure they're good quality (duh), but more importantly, every track needs to be eq'ed! sound quality is as important as blending.

2) please use headphones, you're taking all the soul away from the artform with your visual beatmatching and typepad fading. so not sexy either.

3) if you don't want to use headphones, i expect you not to train wreck every third song. but really, why not just play a mix then?