There are at least 2 other ex-Bacchus DJ's on here, DJCS59 being one, as well as a bloke working in Italy who posted a couple of times.
For those unfamiliar with Bacchus or Juliana's; they were (still are) an international entertainment company. At their peak in the 80's they had contracts with disco's/5 star hotels all over Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East & the USA. They would supply DJ's (mostly British DJ's) to these contracts and sometimes they'd also supply/install the equipment as well, plus they'd send the latest records from London every fortnight to all their contracts meaning that most of these clubs were always the most upfront in their particular city. Sometimes they even supplied the managers of these clubs as well.
I worked for them for years which is how I managed to DJ in so many countries around the world, but apart from the fantastic opportunity we had to see the world and get paid for it, there was also a great camaradarie between the DJ's and we'd all help each other, take the pi$$ out of each other etc. There was a regular newsletter which we'd all contribute to (these were the days before email & the internet) and the newsletter would consist of letters letting each other know how we were getting on at the contract we were working at, at that time, and also taking the mick out of other dj's.
This forum has replaced that knowledge sharing/pi$$ taking that we used to have.
Bacchus was sadly taken over by Juliana's in the mid-80's, which was a shame cos Bacchus had much funkier, trendier clubs than Juliana's did. Juliana's still exists although they have no where near as many contracts worldwide as they used to, plus they have a helluva lot more competition nowadays.
The DJ changeover parties were legendary! when you went to a new club, you'd work with the dj you were replacing for 3 or 4 days, so that he could introduce you to people and so you could see what music he was playing, and what went down well. The wind-ups that went on during the changeovers were often hilarious.
Chris S (DJCS) will remember the following story. I was working at a club in Norway in the town where Chris lives. The new dj that was gonna replace me was an Aussie guy (Gary James) who had never worked in Europe before. It was around the time when the newspapers were full of AIDS scare stories.
I told the Juliana's office to tell Gary that it was mandatory for all dj's to have an AIDS test when they arrived in Norway, and to tell him to expect to be met at the airport by an ambulance which would take him to the local hospital to carry out the test
Meanwhile, I was good friends with a girl who was an ambulance driver, and she agreed to take part in this stunt. So she is at the airport with a sign with his name on it, while me and another couple of English DJ's are hiding in the airport with a video camera filming the whole thing.
He comes out of the arrivals, see's the sign and without suspecting a thing goes with her into the ambulance. We then get into my car and follow a few hundred yards behind them.
Gary has never been to this town before so has no idea where the hospital is! She drives the ambulance way out of town until they're in the middle of nowhere, and then suddenly receives an "emergency call"! She tells him that Norwegian law states that he must get out as she has to rush to an emergency, but tells him not to worry as the hospital is just a few hundred yeards down the road and that he can walk there in a few minutes!
She then does a u-turn and speeds off, sirens blaring. He's left in the middle of a load of mountains and 5 foot deep snow on either side of the road. He then starts trudging off towards the hospital with his suitcases.
A few minutes later me and the other English DJ's then drive past him at about 5mph with "Tie me kangaroo down, sport" blaring out of my car. We pull over, and are all pi$$ing ourselves and introduce ourselves to him and tell him to get in.
I then go to do a u-turn to drive back into town, and he shouts out "no, stop. I have to go to the hospital for an AIDS test"
The rest of us nearly died laughing!
All the pi$$ taking did serve a purpose though. It toughened all the DJ's up mentally, cos there was no way the punters would ever give us as bad stick as the other dj's were giving
...y'see, when I take the p out of ya, it's only to toughen you up mentally
We all had to try to be on the ball all the time 
will stop now and leave the rest up to your imagination, 
being a cultural ambassador and all that 
d
By the way dont you remember said kidnapped dj jumping out of car ,shutting the door with his thumb in it? 
and do you have any messages for the kids running around here saying my dads a dj from the UK called Tony? 
And oh my god when are you coming back i have some wonderful candidates ! And i bet Paulas not nervous about seeing you at Plasa now things are being revealed! 
after all, I couldn't be expected to walk home unaided every night could I