Regular readers of my Facebook page – and welcome to those of you who have now joined up to read it here instead – will know that I used to run a feature there...
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Sterling Covid, Nervous Records and a slap in the face
The second – and in some cases, third – wave of the coronavirus is now well underway in many countries now. The whole of the UK is under various states of lockdown, and so...
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Fix my mangle, Sneak?
DJ Sneak’s revolt against the modern world of digital music goes on. I wrote a lengthy post detailing previous on this, and you can read it here. Hardly much point in repeating myself, is...
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Marshall Jefferson, pneumonia and me
I was sorry to read earlier in the week that Marshall Jefferson is currently battling pneumonia. From what I understand, this has been brought on by his recent battle with Covid-19 and the man...
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Got money? You can buy your way in!
Did you know that you can buy your way into the dance music charts? This is not something specific to dance music, but for the sake of simplicity, I’ll concentrate solely on that here....
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Me, anxious? Well, possibly…
The weirdest thing happened today. A friend got in touch with me to say they were struggling to sleep last night and that it was because he was detecting a great deal of anxiety...
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What’s going on with me these days? Well…
What’s going on in the world of Amateur At Play? + Things obviously aren’t easy in the world right now. The Covid vaccine gives us hope of a better future, but there’s a tough...
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Back to the plague rave with the ill behaviour
I really wish I didn’t have to keep saying this. Even I’m getting bored of it, but if I have to keep saying it, that’s what I’m going to do. If you seriously believe...
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Derrick May and when to know you’re beaten
On the Amateur At Play Facebook page last year and now on here, I wrote many posts about the increasingly pathetic, desperate attempts by Derrick May to salvage something from the ruins his career...
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Am I really the only one wondering this?
Much fuss was made during the Christmas and New Year period over the arrest of techno DJ Sama Abdulhadi. It appears that she was nabbed by the police because of the fact the event...
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Raving during a plague? That’s a new level of stupid…
Good morning, everyone! Welcome to the start of a new week and a new year in the cryptic world of Amateur At Play. I’ve been away for a few weeks getting to know my...
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Two years on – Eddie Eaze Coleman
It simply wouldn’t be right to let today go without some acknowledgement of an old friend. Today is the second anniversary since the death of Eddie Eaze Coleman. He was one of my earliest...
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People actually read this? Apparently so!
It’s a frustrating feeling. You spend lots of time writing up content that you think will have the interest of your readers. Then you realise that barely any of your followers have actually seen...
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