If you’re wondering what on earth I’m on about, the background to this post can be found here. Now that you’re up to date, I thought I’d provide a progress report on the gauntlet...
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Does £800million Macca need the money? Why his involvement with higher streams campaign is a double edged sword
Paul McCartney is not a poor man, by any stretch of the imagination. He is worth around £800million and that isn’t undeserved. Sting is worth nearly £300million. Stevie Nicks, some £60million. They’re not exactly...
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Sex sounds on daytime radio? Not okay! Sexually explicit lyrics on daytime radio? Not a problem – the weird world of Ofcom
Let’s get one thing out of the way here. Playing the song “French Kiss” by Lil Louis on daytime radio is not a good idea. It may sound like a fun and cheeky idea,...
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As Boomtown Fair cancels its festival for the second year, why is the Government so reluctant to introduce a Covid insurance scheme?
Much has been written today, both in the dance music press and elsewhere, about Boomtown Fair cancelling the festival for the second year in a row. In a series of tweets, they reveal the...
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Won’t somebody please think of when the DJ can go to the toilet? The 3 minute extended mix phenomenon explained
Friend Within caused a combination of surprise and dismay when he posted on his Twitter feed the other day that he was now being sent records that were less than 3 minutes long. People...
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Has he been busy trying to fix his sink? DJ Sneak STILL hasn’t taken his music off Traxsource – and his mission won’t be finished until August 2023
Some people appear to be under the impression that I don’t like DJ Sneak or view him as a figure of fun. Quite the contrary is true, as a matter of fact. I believe...
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About that time Wills met Morillo: the royal story that Prince William might prefer you didn’t know about
Far be it for me to rain on the British royal family – they’ve had more than their fair share of trouble and sadness recently – but amidst the talk about possible reconciliation between...
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Government backed insurance for festivals – which former PM could possibly help?
Government backed Covid insurance. These words don’t sound terribly exciting. Yet they increasingly could be the difference between numerous festivals happening this year, and well, these festivals not happening. Allow me to explain. Prime...
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Have DJs never heard of maps? Now Judge Jules announces UK tour with no destinations in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland
Oh dear. Not only has Judge Jules misplaced all his vinyl and turntables – as previously reported on Friday. It now seems that he has mislaid his map of Britain too. Not to be...
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What’s going on in the world of Amateur At Play?
It’s been a few weeks since my last update. I still do music and stuff, you know! Thanks to all of you who supported my recent release “Perfect Vacation” with Morris Revy. I’m pleased...
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Just £4 a month will help feed a Derrick May! Now “techno legend” reduced to begging for money on Mixcloud Select
Times are not exactly good for Derrick May. Gigs are in short supply, partly thanks to the pandemic and partly thanks to promoters not being comfortable with booking a man accused of sexually assaulting...
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Bring on the loonies! Sacha Lord tweets about festival with no Covid restrictions – and his followers start losing their marbles
Sacha Lord’s conduct is worthy of the name indeed. He rarely comes down from his ivory tower to engage with anyone – and he certainly has a lot of followers. If he does not...
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Less Boohoo, more Boo! Sterling Void branches out into the clothing market – but would YOU want to be seen dead in an SV branded jacket?
It’s been a while since this blog had anything up about Sterling Covid. His depressing second wave is underway, the first having taken 32 years to quell. And sadly, no vaccine currently exists against...
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Is Derrick May about to revolutionise the way music is made? 7 days until we find out!
On Thursday night, this blog published a post querying why a video that said it contained Derrick May showing how he played appeared to show no footage of Derrick May showing how he played...
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The forgotten art of the dub – Part 6
All this week, I’ve been running a series on this page dedicated to some of my favourite dubs from the world of house music. There may well have to be a continuation of this...
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The Six On Saturday (That Aren’t From Me!) – 17th April 2021
On the week that an Indian lawyer demanded that Prince Harry be arrested to fulfill a promise of marriage – what an episode of Catfish that would be! – I seperate the records that...
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