The extent which some people will go to in order to advertise their products never ceases to astonish me. Things have certainly changed since the first advert on British TV back in 1955 –...
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Will all the songs be ten seconds long? TikTok’s owners launch their own streaming service in China – oh to be a fly on the wall at Daniel Ek’s office…
I have to say that my knowledge of Swedish swear words is incredibly limited. Normally, this would not bother me in the least – but I can think of one situation where it might...
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Er, do you want to tell them or shall I? Danny Rampling is off on a “Medical Freedom March” in London this weekend against vaccine passports – after the government announces they’re not going ahead for England…
Say what you like about Danny Rampling – and this is an excercise this blog partakes in frequently – but he’s consistent. That is, mostly consistent about being behind the times. On July 19th,...
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Message to Belfast: furlough ends next week! Nightclubs in Northern Ireland are STILL closed after Stormont advises no changes to restrictions – and no word on how they’re meant to pay the wages…
I’ve lived in Northern Ireland now for over a decade. Lovely place, but with seriously strange politicians arguing over decades old rows. One thing they all have in common, however, is a horrendous sense...
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They’re not very good at handling criticism, are they? Yousef is the latest to do a Terrence Parker by blocking this blog’s Twitter account – and all because I asked a few difficult questions…
For some people, this blog is their guilty secret. They wouldn’t want to admit to ever reading it – a bit like the way UK opinion polls frequently underestimate support for the Tories –...
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Could the major labels be facing a competition probe shortly? The scenario they dread is looking more likely – as this blog revealed over two months ago…
Regular readers of this blog will almost certainly know the identity of the man on the left of this picture. He is, of course, Daniel Ek – the billionaire in charge of Spotify and...
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Wednesday Whisper #19 – the DJ in a frantic race to stop the world finding out he’s a homophobe…
Which DJ is keen to make sure that no one finds out about his homophobia? Acutely aware that a revelation he doesn’t like gay people will potentially destroy his career in a scene which...
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The old habits are the hardest to break, aren’t they? Nervous Records goes back to the 1970s getting a scantily clad woman to advertise their latest T-shirt – and she isn’t even wearing it!
It was bound to happen at some point, wasn’t it? After the pandemic started and then again early in 2021, the social media content of Nervous Records took a notable turn. With club nights...
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Growing a thicker skin might be a good start! A producer emails saying he doesn’t like this blog’s review of his single, and here’s my response…
Well, it had to happen at some point, didn’t it? Every weekend, this blog features a reviews column – it’s called the Six On Saturday. In it, I publish what I think of some...
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The perils of being in the plague rave business! Agency which tried to silence this blog has had to pay out a five-figure sum to someone who got Covid and spent three weeks in hospital – after catching it at their event…
A lot of people in dance music work in the shadows. And they prefer it that way – there are few things they hate more than sunlight, and I mean that in a few...
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As Ministry of Sound recover after their 30th birthday party last weekend, a reminder that some things have changed – and probably for the better…
It would be churlish of me not to start this post by acknowledging that the Ministry Of Sound nightclub getting to their 30th birthday is an incredible achievement. For them to survive in London...
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Music means money forever! As Armin Van Buuren sells out by collaborating with cake thrower Steve Aoki, hasn’t the world suffered enough over the past year already?
The world has suffered terribly over the past year and a half. Since coronavirus first appeared, over 200 million cases of the virus have been officially confirmed and over four and a half million...
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With only 12 days to go, promotion for Dance For Stevie goes into overdrive – but what were they thinking when they chose THAT picture of Simon Dunmore?
Tickets are here for anyone who wants to go. If you don’t or can’t, fundraiser’s here… With just under two weeks to go until Dance For Stevie takes place at the Ministry of Sound,...
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“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me”: the Bible verse whom Terrence Parker quotes on social media – but what’s Christian about refusing to pay back money earned dishonestly?
If there’s one thing which drives me mad more than anything else, it’s hypocrisy. People who say one thing yet do something quite different themselves. And I particularly despise it when they use the...
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Here’s One They Made Earlier: just how DID Mike 303 make such an interesting track with so few elements to play with?
This Monday evening, let’s go back to the turn of the millennium. Weirdly, I still remember the first time I heard this song – Saturday, January 8th, 2000. French house was still a big...
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What took them so long? Mixmag FINALLY write something about Eric Prydz’s hopelessly vague comments on the techno genre – over two weeks after he said it!
As I said a few weeks ago, I’m very proud of what’s being created on this blog. I’m also particularly impressed with the fact that a one-man operation is basically able to outdo the...
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