Event
Don't Laugh
Oct ??, 1996

Format
DJ

Venue
Maida Vale, London, England
?? Shirland Road

Notes
Regular DJ night for Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs in at least 1996 and 1997 (Dates To Be Confirmed)

"It was on Shirland Road. In a bar on a corner opposite the Chippenham pub where back in the day The Clash used to practice when they were the 101ers. Thursday nights I think". John M

A slightly different exponent of the "bedroom irregular vibe" is Don't Laugh, a freebie in west London. It is organised by Stephanie, a PR at record label Emidisks, who is completely au fait with amateurism and makes no bones about singing the fave rave on her play-list down the phone - Cappella never sounded so good. Still, Stephanie has no designs on pop stardom - she leaves that to her partners in crime, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs from St Etienne.

"We started Don't Laugh last October," says Stephanie. "We wanted a club where we could play our favourite records. It's somewhere you can have a drink and listen to someone's record collection. Occasionally, people dance." More ale than E, they hover between the decades, unhindered by worries of cross-fade acrobatics, their objective is to get the next 45 on before the last one has finished.

Howard Byrom on the Unprofessionals, the DJs who can't mix and don't care (June 14, 1997)

Presenter
Saint Etienne
Stephanie McWhinnie (Emidisc)

DJs
Pete Wiggs
Bob Stanley

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