Maybe it's this weed I'm smoking...but what ever you've been describing has clearly blown my head clean off

Really, is there any substitute for mixing without training the ears. You never have to worry about a foreign deck, mixer etc...plus, during the time you've mixed without having concentrate on the platter etc, you could've pulled out the next tune, thought about the next mix...or, being the devo I am, checked out to see whether the music your playing is pushing the clothing level of hot chicks on the floor to the bare minimum!