I love digging into the backgrounds of artists. For example, many were surprised by Low Steppa’s breakthrough some years ago – but he’d been around since at least 2004 to my knowledge. Or if...
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Could vaccine passports face defeat at the hands of Labour and lockdown weary Tories? The short answer – probably no!
Now here’s something I hadn’t quite bargained for. I saw this front page of today’s i newspaper, and it looks very much like Labour is going to oppose vaccine passports. This came to me...
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Whilst Paul Johnson’s time in hospital being treated for Covid-19 goes on, false rumours about his death continue to circulate – and how the hell did 5 Magazine get their coverage so badly wrong?
I have no further news about Paul Johnson at the time of publishing this post. But I do think it’s important to mention a few things that have been happening online which really worry...
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Dance For Stevie: you can have a party AND raise money to support a UK house legend ravaged by Covid-19 who now needs our help – what’s not to like?
Covid-19 is not a joke. And it makes me incredibly angry when people try to trivialise the virus. Yes, you could get it, just feel a bit rubbish for a fortnight and make a...
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Wednesday Whisper #10 – the DJ who’s buying so much cocaine that he has his own click and collect arrangement with his dealer!
Which DJ has recently been making his drug dealer of choice very happy indeed? The DJ in question has been something of a cokehead for quite some time now – and this isn’t a...
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You just want to see Defected Croatia cancelled! Just one of the weird complaints I’ve had recently… and it isn’t even true
Over the past couple of days, I’ve received a few complaints about my recent coverage of Defected and their forthcoming festival in Croatia. They seem to harbour the truly weird impression that I would...
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Your name’s not down, you’re not coming in! Proof of two Covid jabs will be required in English nightclubs in future – but is the government using this as a dangerous power grab?
Last night, the Government saw the clubbing world and effectively decided to throw the equivalent of an angry bee hive at it. And right now, there are plenty within the scene that are getting...
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Things that dance people think about, an occasional column: Kenny Carpenter says don’t wish yourself happy birthday!
Time now for a new feature which will pop up at admittedly intermittent intervals. You see, DJs, artists, singers, producers and everyone else involved in music don’t spend all of their time just talking...
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As clubs reopen across England, were the people dancing last night away sensible or just stupid? The answer is somewhere in the middle…
It was a hard sight to avoid if you were browsing on social media last night. Images of lengthy queues to get into nightclubs, which are now open in England again for the first...
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Want to learn how to make music? The Detroit Electronic Music Conference takes place next week FREE and online – and I know a local man who could benefit…
Starting from next Tuesday 27th July and running all the way until Friday 30th July is the Detroit Electronic Music Conference online event. Amongst other things being held are tutorials for those who want...
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Are festival goers more sensible than they’re given credit for? London’s Gala Festival demands negative test or vaccine proof to get in – and the reaction is surprisingly positive!
Anti-vaxxers would have you believe that they’re great in number and even greater in power. Which largely shows you in itself how utterly incapable they are of handling facts – if their numbers are...
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Paul Johnson posts distressing video from his hospital bed after he’s admitted to hospital with a serious case of Covid-19
I’m sorry to have to report the news that Paul Johnson – he of “She Got Me On”, “Get Get Down, “I’m Alone Until You Show Me” and heaps of others fame – has...
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When people complain DJ polls are full of white guys patting each other’s backs, what’s the answer? If you’re Bembe DJ Awards, you create a list full of non-white guys patting each other’s backs instead!
Over the years, the DJ Mag Top 100 poll has become dance music’s favourite piñata, and the accusations against it have varied over time. The current favourite is that the poll is colonialist and...
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So, what WILL the promoter who told Scott Diaz he was too fat make of him now – and the even bigger question: will they have the barefaced cheek to approach him again?
When this blog said it would deal with the weighty issues of the day, this is certainly not what I had in mind. A photograph of UK house and garage don Scott Diaz has...
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Do as I say, not as I do! Now Derrick May believes “black men should share their wealth with their brothers”… but have a guess who isn’t dishing out any of his own money?
Apologies for the slowdown in Derrick May posts of late. Some of the things being sent to me now are so utterly ridiculous that I have to do some extra homework to verify them...
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As Carl Cox comes back to a less than rapturous welcome to the UK, do the critics have a point – or are they just being See You Next Tuesdays?
The Mornington Peninsula is an area to the south of Melbourne in Australia. It’s well known for its natural attractions such as its many beaches. There are also many fine wineries to be explored....
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