The problem with trying to speak out of both sides of your mouth is that eventually, you’re going to get called out on it. This is especially true when you’re in a prominent public...
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So how DID house music come to the UK? Jazzy M – who was there when it happened – is due to give his valuable insight into the subject later this month for Lenny Fontana’s True House Stories…
There are few things more likely to provoke disagreements, heated debates and fall-outs than dance music history. When you have a bunch of mostly men who have widely differing views over the past and...
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Boiler Room – where the DJs aren’t paid (except by the odd sponsor here and there) and their Chief Operating Officer has literally zero concept of irony…
Boiler Room don’t exactly get an easy time on this blog, do they? And they’d better get used to it, because that won’t change anytime soon. Recently, I queried some of the more amusing...
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Eric Prydz’s fear of flying means less time in the air, but no slacking on the luxury – so is there a lesson here for gas-guzzlers like Richy Ahmed and Louie Vega?
Last week, whilst everyone rowed over comments by Eric Prydz that techno was one thing until 2005 and then became something else, some people took a peek at the rest of his social media...
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Dancing at a wedding is fine, but dancing at a nightclub isn’t – the bizarre situation as Northern Ireland ease off on more Covid restrictions
Northern Ireland’s utterly bizarre approach to relaxing Covid-19 restrictions continues unabated. A few weeks ago, I blogged about the true oddity of how the province appeared to be lumping nightclubs in alongside ballroom dancing...
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What planet is this man on? Sacha Lord charges £2.50 for bottles of water and £11 for something boozy – but apparently it’s not a rip-off because Creamfields do it too!
Sacha Lord isn’t a name I’ve written much about of late – but rest assured this blog hasn’t forgotten about this self-declared man on a mission to save hospitality. A mission which has a...
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As Sunday Times runs report claiming Boris Johnson is scrapping vaccine passports for England, a Spanish court rules they’re illegal and could actually INCREASE the risk of catching Covid-19
Update – barely an hour after posting this story, the government confirmed that they’ve been ditched. Didn’t even give the ink a chance to dry! I woke up this morning to see the front...
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Topless selfies from David Morales, Larry Levan posting Instagram reels from Paradise Garage and Louie Vega being slated for remixing Debbie Gibson – thank goodness social media wasn’t around the 1990s!
I had a discussion with a friend a couple of days ago. It was just what we needed to get through what felt like an incredibly long week. The debate was about social media...
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The Six On Saturday (That Aren’t From Me!) – 11th September 2021
On the week that Donald Trump dealt with the most important question of our times by stating he could beat Joe Biden in a fight, I present the latest records that’ll give DJs a...
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The Saturday Recap – 11th September 2021
So that’s another week over and done with. Welcome to the weekend! Your Six On Saturday column is coming up later, but let’s quickly recap some of what’s been on Amateur’s House during the...
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As Massive Attack cancel their ACC Liverpool gig because the venue will host an arms fair next month, why can’t other DJs also lead with their principles for once?
Massive Attack are one of the more principled acts out there – although that’s not difficult in a field of about three. I wrote recently about how Robert Del Naja was selling limited edition...
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And there was me thinking you were competent, Nicola! Scotland paves the way for vaccine passports for nightclubs – whilst not actually knowing what a nightclub is…
England and Scotland’s approaches to the vaccine passport for nightclubs couldn’t be much different, could it? In Boris Johnson’s England, he announced the plan on July 19th at a press conference on the TV....
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Don’t write about controversial stuff and be nice about Mixmag, says a journalist to this blog – but has he ever seen this site’s tagline?
Journalists are a curious bunch, aren’t they? I took a look through the list of my email subscribers earlier this week, and discovered something quite astonishing. Several hacks publicly distance themselves from this blog...
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Does the government’s own webpage about the NHS Covid Pass inadvertently reveal that vaccine passports are virtually unenforceable? See what you think…
Vaccine passports for nightclubs continue to be a big topic in the news this week. It doesn’t help that the government in London keep blowing hot and cold on the idea – and I...
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La Toilette sont pleines de merde! Tone deaf French club collective stage a rave near a refugee camp – and one of the DJs booked was not the least bit happy…
The mainstream press take the very polite view that the majority of promoters are very clever – mostly because they hold far too much sway over the dance music scene and they fear their...
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Can we drop the idea dance music is a safe space yet? An astonishing 84% of respondents to a Ballantine’s True Music survey say they’ve seen discrimination on dancefloors…
The dance music world is filled with types who like to think their favourite genre is a safe place where everyone is free to be whatever they want to be. This line of thinking...
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