Puff pastry is nice. It’s a nightmare to make – so much so that many restaurants actually buy it rather than let their chefs attempt the lengthy process themselves. It’s also messy as anything,...
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Where a global pandemic failed, an operation to remove a bunion succeeded – the bizarre turn of events which led to David Morales cancelling his Sunday Mass for the first time in a year and a half…
Well, this was somewhat unexpected. Over the past few months, I’ve written articles about subjects all over the spectrum of dance music and culture – and I know there’s still a lot of things...
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Nervous Records branded suntan lotion? I kid you not – US label dished out sachets of the stuff at the Miami Music Conference of 1996…
These days, Nervous Records make much of their range of merchandise. Given that records don’t sell in the way they once used to, this is hardly the surprise of the century. But you might...
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The Six On Saturday (That Aren’t From Me!) – 25th September 2021
On the week that a man refused to pay for alterations to a headstone which called someone an “adulterer”, I go through the tunes that won’t leave you feeling cheated… DJ Disciple Feat. Harmonies –...
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The Saturday Recap – 25th 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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What happens when cheapskates meet other cheapskates? Possession Techno want people to rig up technical equipment and staging for a Boiler Room event – but offer them no money…
Why are there so many people in the music business who think they’re owed freebies by everything around them? If your car tyres need changing, you don’t expect your local garage to do it...
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Is that your way of saying you’re broke? Tomorrowland want to take place over three weekends next year – and money is getting placed over practicality…
I can’t say I have a great deal of confidence in those people who run the Tomorrowland festival at the moment. Earlier this year, I reported on how they’d cancelled their 2021 festival –...
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From spending 20 days on a ventilator with Covid-19 to being in line for a £110million bonus – what a curious pandemic it’s been for Universal boss Lucian Grainge…
I wrote earlier this week about Lucian Grainge, the boss in charge at Universal Music Group. He’s pictured on the far right of the above image. But it’s not just me who’s been scribbling...
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Resident Advisor are hosting free DJ workshops for “marginalised communities” – but no white men are welcome and they can’t promise you’ll get in if you’re disabled either…
Let’s get one thing out of the way here. I think diversity is, by and large, a thoroughly good thing. This blog has no time for misogyny – especially allegations invented by a journalist...
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Anyone would be half forgiven for thinking they were cursed! Defected have a popup shop open this week – and they’re STILL trying to flog those “limited edition” Jesus Loves UK Garage T-shirts…
One source of endless amusement for this blog over the past few months – and a source of headaches for the Defected team – has been a whole bunch of Jesus Loves UK Garage...
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Now they’re even trying to make microphone isolators sexy! Kaotica Eyeball is meant to keep your vocal recordings clean – but do they REALLY need to do a Nervous to plug it?
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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