It would be churlish of me not to start this Wednesday by saying I’m mightily impressed with Mixmag’s latest scoop. It’s a good one, gathered using freedom of information requests – politicians and the...
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Is it the Paul Johnson effect? Chosen Few DJs are putting on an event strictly for the double jabbed this weekend – and other venues in Chicago could introduce the same policy…
The house music scene in Chicago has been in a reflective mood recently – and much of it has come from the recent death of Paul Johnson. He died aged just 50 on August...
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Will it be dessert tomorrow? Another day, another meal for Simon Dunmore as he uses Instagram for its intended purpose – to show us his dinner!
To borrow and somewhat tweak a line from classic BBC comedy The Fast Show – this week, Simon Dunmore has been mostly eating. Over the weekend, he seems to have decided to cook an...
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As nearly 5000 cases of Covid are linked to a festival in Newquay, have there been any outbreaks associated with nightclubs? You might be surprised by the answer
Let’s face it. This was inevitable, wasn’t it? After England scrapped almost all Covid-19 restrictions last month, it was only a matter of time before a mass gathering somewhere was blamed for a big...
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Would you have bought this at Peckham market off Del Boy? Wiley once remixed a rap over the Only Fools and Horses theme tune – so here’s a reminder of something he’d rather forget…
This blog always enjoys going through the archives of what producers, singers and the like have made in the past. You can learn things like where they’ve come from, how their sound has developed,...
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As Kenny Dope of Masters At Work calls the Detroit techno originators “my brothers”, a question – why DOES the DJ world cowardly refuse to speak out against Derrick May?
To say that the world of dance music DJs is a weird one is a massive understatement. Most of them know the gossip about one another – they know what’s being said about them...
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Here’s One They Made Earlier: what happened when Todd Edwards took a terrible remake of “Love Can’t Turn Around”…
Every now and then, a remix comes along that totally turns the original song on his head. Most of the time when this happens, the results are terrible. But occasionally, this approach can bring...
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Things That Dance People Think About, an occasional column: Hannah Wants makes a fruity disclosure…
As I mentioned earlier today, this blog covers stories that range from the deadly serious to the ridiculous. And here’s one which manages to cover a bit of both, weirdly enough. As I mentioned...
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Creamfields will be patrolled by police dogs, firearms officers, hidden coppers and even a drone in the sky – is this year’s venue the sleepy English village of Daresbury or Kabul Airport?
This coming Bank Holiday weekend, the Creamfields festival looks set to return after having an unexpected year off. It’ll be in Daresbury in the north west of England. It all begins on Thursday 26th...
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Anyone would think you were hungry, Simon! Defected boss cooks up a meaty feast at his Spanish villa and everyone’s left wondering – was there any part of the cow he didn’t eat?
As you know, this blog likes to bring you a wide variety of news, all the way from serious stories to udder nonsense. And this one is somewhere between the two – although admittedly...
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Is it just the Detroit techno lot who spend their entire time squabbling? No, the garage house lot in London do as well – as an insider tells of “festering wounds” and dirty tactics “being used to undermine others”…
Back around 1996 or so, something called The Sunday Scene started in London. The idea was to essentially squeeze in one more party before Monday made its dreaded call once more. As the name...
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Is Derrick May broke? The question as he’s pictured outside at event with Juan Atkins and friend Ash Lauryn performing – with a big crack across one of the lenses on his glasses
Time was that Derrick May not only was centre stage, but saw himself in the same way. Many DJs from the early days of dance music were somewhat camera shy. In a culture which...
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Bobby Laviniere reveals his brother took a turn for the worse on August 7th, hours before he was due at 51st State Festival – so what did he do? Read on and find out…
Back on July 21st, I wrote about Dance For Stevie – an event forthcoming at Ministry of Sound on October 3rd. It’s all to raise money to pay for very expensive adaptations to the...
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Was it something I said? Ash Lauryn blocks this blog’s Twitter account – but not before temper tantrum about me “spreading lies” without pointing out a single one…
It’s always a nice feeling to know when you’re getting under someone’s skin. When someone is being criticised and responds with hyperbole, aggression or insults, you know you’re onto something they’d rather you didn’t...
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“We will protect the children” from the Covid vaccine, says Danny Rampling – so why can’t be even persuade his 17-year old son Claudio not to get jabbed?
It’s been a few weeks since the blog checked in on whatever madness Danny Rampling is up to. So I thought that, on this Sunday, I’d have another look. And even I was surprised...
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Does no one talk to one another these days? Booker T is adamant he isn’t appearing at the Beautiful People Festival next month – but their own website still lists him on the lineup…
It’s the great irony of the age we live in. As human beings, we now have more methods and means of communication than we’ve ever had in our history. Yet it still appears that...
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