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Was this email typed up by the work experience kid? The Night Time Industries Association want people to lobby their MPs against England’s move to Plan B rules – and grammar is the least of their problems…

ETTH Team 12 December 2021

One thing about email which particularly bugs me is spelling mistakes. I can forgive them to an extent on messaging services – the communication is more instant and mistakes more likely. But email? When...

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No, he’s still a mug! Maceo Plex insists it was a PLASTIC cup he threw into Waring Beach audience, injuring a woman – and mentions (as if it isn’t plain weird) he likes to throw headphones into the crowd too…

ETTH Team 12 December 2021

This blog frequently talks about the fact that many of the big name DJs live on a different planet to the rest of us. They’re like this because they spend all their time on...

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DJ Sneak gets into the Christmas spirit by flogging some T-shirts from his online shop – and there isn’t an overpriced baseball cap to be seen anywhere near it!

ETTH Team 11 December 2021

If there’s one thing we know about DJ Sneak – other than the fact he loves a good row with his fellow DJs, or the fact he still hasn’t delivered his vow to remove...

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The Six On Saturday (That Aren’t From Me!) – 11th December 2021

ETTH Team 11 December 2021

On the week that some poor sod in Australia was given the job of getting two women pregnant at exactly the same time, I go through the final batch of records for 2021. See,...

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The Saturday Recap – 11th December 2021

ETTH Team 11 December 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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I told you these people can’t take criticism! Now Jeff Mills switches comments off on his Facebook page after swipes at his laughable defence of doing MDL Beast Soundstorm festival rumbles on…

ETTH Team 10 December 2021

This blog is beginning to suspect that one person is looking forward to Christmas even more than normal this year. And that person is Jeffery Eugene Mills, 58, from Detroit in Michigan, USA. He...

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Who seriously cares? My own question for Music Business Worldwide as they ask whether Universal or Spotify will be worth more at 2021’s end…

ETTH Team 10 December 2021

Back on Monday, Music Business Worldwide asked what they thought was an important question concerning Universal Music Group and Spotify. “Which of music’s two giants will be worth more at the end of 2021?”,...

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What a right mug he is! Maceo Plex drinks from a glass whilst DJing in Brazil and decides to fling it into the audience – injuring a woman in the process…

ETTH Team 10 December 2021

This blog works on the basis that the majority of big name DJs are idiots. Many of them go around the world collecting huge amounts of money playing what is, at best, average music....

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Just as the shameless DJs playing the MDL Beast Soundstorm festival thought they could take their heads out of the sand, the French arrest a suspect in the Jamal Khashoggi case…

ETTH Team 10 December 2021

The DJs who are playing at MDL Beast Soundstorm’s festival are a curious bunch. Lured there mostly by the gargantuan fees the Saudis offer in exchange for being used as regime propaganda fodder, they...

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No time for sleep until Monday! Beleaguered #ForTheMusic and 23×23 campaigner Rebekah Teasdale is fighting back after a difficult few weeks – so can a touring DJ really juggle all these commitments?

ETTH Team 10 December 2021

Has this blog been too hard on Rebekah Teasdale, founder of the #ForTheMusic movement and co-founder of 23×23? This is the question I’ve asked myself more than once lately after reading a few pieces...

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A bit more trouble coming your way, Mr Johnson! Sacha Lord isn’t happy about England’s new Covid rules and intends to “ruffle some feathers” – so what has he got in mind?

ETTH Team 9 December 2021

Sacha Lord is not a happy bunny, and he doesn’t seem to mind who knows it. This blog has criticised Lord on more than one occasion – whether it be his club issuing a...

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The old ones are the best – for repackaging and making money from all over again! Pete Tong and his orchestra go back out on the road to rinse classic tunes out yet again…

ETTH Team 9 December 2021

One thing which streaming did to revolutionise the music world – and not necessarily for the better – was to allow people to easily listen to old records. Time was if you wanted to...

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Could the phony Cr2 Records boss be recognised by his incredibly foul mouth? Scammers who targeted Nervous Records just weeks ago take their con trick to British shores…

ETTH Team 9 December 2021

The latest scam in the dance music world appears to involve pretending you’re from one of the big labels and offering a “marketing / distribution deal” in exchange for a “small fee”. In reality,...

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What’s eating you, Derrick? Mayday does his gig in Portugal’s Baixa Bar – but video from the event shows a man long past his prime…

ETTH Team 9 December 2021

So Derrick May ended up doing the gig in Portugal’s Baixa Bar on Tuesday night. I’m still not quite sure how they made enough to pay his supposed $10,000 fee, given that admission at...

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Boris Johnson switches on England’s Plan B, bringing in vaccine passports and more face mask use – but as the Downing Street Christmas party controversy goes on, will anyone listen?

ETTH Team 9 December 2021

Last Wednesday, the British Labour leader Keir Starmer asked an interesting question to Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Did a party take place in Downing Street on December 18th last year contrary to rules banning...

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What the hell kept you? Resident Advisor FINALLY mention the MDL Beast Soundstorm controversy in an opinion piece – 17 days after a one-man blog started covering it…

ETTH Team 8 December 2021

The following post is likely to sound terribly self congratulatory. And to be fair, that’s because it partially is. Just over two weeks ago – 17 days ago, to be precise – this blog...