MOJO Bar - Music for the people

Tweet The Strokes are a firm favourite of mine but I have never managed to catch them live, so to be going to observe this hugely awaited homecoming gig hadn’t quite sunk in until we got to the arena. As soon as I sat down the worry and apprehension kicked in, (this always happens to [...]

Tweet Let us first address the name. It’s rotten. Only marginally  better than Dogs Die in Hot Cars but not by much. Let’s face it though, U2, Coldplay and Elbow are amongst the worst names in Western Europe but they eventually transcended their chosen monikers. It is as it is. We are packed here into [...]

Tweet Tribute Bands, hmmmm. I’d seen covers bands before but had never experienced a fully fledged tribute act. Oh sure, I’d been tempted before, haven’t we all. Buy Jovi for the sheer joy of the name and equally so, Slack Babbath. We approached the Lowry Theatre in Salford with a mixture of regular pre gig [...]

Tweet The process by which we decide what music to play in Mojo is a many Headed Hydra. We all DJ, all have our favourites but it all has to sound ‘Mojo’. There is no magic formula. We are all passionate about music and hope that passion finds its way through the speakers. I will [...]

Tweet In my eyes (or ears) music is the most important aspect of creating a bar atmosphere. It can be the reason for a group going into a place or the reason for staying for that extra beer. It’s a conversation starter or memory transportation to another time and place; I don’t think enough emphasis [...]

Tweet The under 25 rule… such a fantastic tool of guidance for those without common sense or eyes.  Supermarkets now are generally using this code to prevent underage drinking whilst turning a blind eye to the fact that their stupidly low prices on beer that’s been made in somebody’s bathtub is the attraction in the [...]

Tweet I have this recurring dream.  A customer buys a drink and because I served him quickly and politely I’m rewarded with treasures beyond my wildest dreams; spending the rest of my days sipping daiquiris on some tropical island whilst being fanned by women in hula-skirts. Alas, as always I awake to the despair of [...]

Tweet In Leeds we have a large range of late bars throughout town which can be a blessing or a curse, generally depending which side of the bar you’re on and whether you’re a social vampire. When is a late closing taking it too far, will it be Bloody Marys for breakfast at the bar [...]

Tweet Releasing an album under his own name for the first time, Steve mason was formerly front man with 90’s groundbreakers The beta Band who garnered critical acclaim and a host of celebrity fans before disintegrating under first the weight of Masons depression and fellow member Gordon Andersons drug induced psychosis. Not by the sounds [...]

Tweet As you may or may not be aware, the government has passed an order that concerns the legislation of the Licensing Act. It includes a new ‘code’ which basically prevents any drink promotions that encourage acts of debauchery such as speed drinking, giving booze as rewards (perish the thought!) and pouring jager into customers [...]