It was Russian crime boss Ray Bulgarin in Grand Theft Auto IV who once said “There is a price for everything in this city. You just have to find out what it is”. And...
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I wondered what Larry The Loafer was doing these days! BPI boss Geoff Taylor delivers an end of year message – but whose hand was up his back passage as he wrote it?
Everyone seems to think they’re The Queen these days. Such is this sententious and pompous urge felt by many public figures to give the world some kind of end of year message. And for...
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This blog has been asking the same thing for months! Hifi Sean castigates Danny Rampling for attending a protest against Covid restrictions, saying “it’s not really acid house” – so where DID it all go so wrong?
Some of you might have found the dance music world’s silence on Danny Rampling – in particular, the refusal of his self-important old friend Terry Farley of Faith Fanzine – quite baffling. I don’t....
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Charlotte De Witte FINALLY speaks out about the MDL Beast Soundstorm festival controversy – after missing her own set because she kept getting stuck in police road blocks…
As far as excuses for missing a DJ set go, this is probably one of the most amusing stories I’ve come across in quite a while. Business techno DJ Charlotte De Witte – yes,...
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So which anti-vaxxer has custody of the brain cell this week? Fabric remind clubbers of their Covid entry rules after government changes – which they’ve done for months off their own bat already…
Things are going a bit wrong at the moment. Just like last Christmas, there’s a feeling Covid cases are getting out of control and that restrictions on our lives are just days away. Only...
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The Saturday Recap – 18th December 2021
So that’s another week over and done with. Welcome to the weekend! Let’s quickly recap some of what’s been on Amateur’s House during the week. Seven days a week, unlike the dance music press…...
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Could this week get much worse? With the news Danny Rampling was in the studio on Wednesday making new music with producer turned life coach Mark Wilkinson – yes, it certainly could…
It’s a Friday night and the end of a long week at your favourite blog. And despite the fact Christmas is just over a week away, things haven’t started to slow down for the...
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Does it also feel stale and like its best days are long behind it? Tïesto is selling a limited edition controller for young budding DJs…
There’s not a lot of names in dance music who retain their credibility throughout their whole careers. Kerri Chandler is a rare exception to the rule, DJ Spen is perhaps another. But this could...
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Is this another thing we’re just going to blame Covid for? Up to four in ten ticket holders aren’t turning up for some events, and no one wants to ask why…
The music press this week has been wailing in despair over the news that the number of people not bothering to attend gigs that they’ve bought tickets for is rocketing. In some cases, up...
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Still no love lost between the two men! Glasgow Underground’s Kevin McKay releases a slightly tweaked “Sing It Back” cover after clearance from BMG – just don’t expect Mousse T to put it in any DJ charts…
Late last Friday, a Twitter spat broke out between Mousse T and Kevin McKay of Glasgow Underground. This blog originally planned to publish the story on Sunday, but held back until Monday to allow...
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Nightclubs in Wales are ordered to shut on December 27th amidst rocketing Covid cases – so how long until the rest of the UK follows, and who’s paying the tab this time?
You could just see this coming, couldn’t you? During much of the pandemic, there was a joke that the easiest way to find out what British Prime Minister Boris Johnson would do next was...
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Four Tet has been given permission to pursue breach of contract claim against Domino Recordings in their messy legal fallout – but could the case end up in the High Court as a result?
The falling out between Four Tet and Domino Recordings has been messy so far. The dispute is primarily about Four Tet disputing streaming royalties from three albums originally released in 2001 – when online...
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So that’s what Dennis Waterman is doing these days! News that a project created songs out of Covid-19’s DNA code just reminds me of old comedy Little Britain…
Those of you living in the UK might remember a show which was on the BBC during the 2000s – it was called Little Britain. The comedy show was created by Matt Lucas and...
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The jobs spree continues at Resident Advisor with a vacancy for a City Manager in San Francisco – but with only five hours a week available, just WHO are they looking for?
If Yosser Hughes from 1980s British TV show Boys From The Blackstuff were still around today, he could do a lot worse than speak to Resident Advisor’s editor-in-chief Whitney Wei and say his unintended...
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No criticism here over this one! Scots First Minister Nicola Sturgeon orders a rave for this weekend is cancelled – because they need the venue to get people jabbed against Covid…
The rave scene of the 1980s was linked at least in part to rebellion against Margaret Thatcher’s Tory government. That much is obvious. And during the early years of house music in the UK,...
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As the controversial MDL Beast Soundstorm festival launches today, Human Rights Watch suggest DJs should “speak out about human rights abuses” in the country – so take a guess what they WON’T be doing?
So the disgraceful day is finally here. The DJs and other acts are getting ready to do their sets at the MDL Beast Soundstorm festival in Saudi Arabia. At the time of publishing, many...
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