This blog’s problem with streaming is, quite simply, this isn’t how it was meant to be. Streaming was supposed to be help make music more democratic and give everyone an equal chance of being...
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“We were hoping you could cover the cost of flights yourself”: just one of the ridiculous messages sent to upcoming singer Jamie Mathias – and wait until you read what one person requested!
The music industry, at all levels, is filled with people who think they’re entitled to something for nothing. I have my own story on this, for example. Three years ago, I was offered an...
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Close the nightclubs, even though they’re not open yet! Hysteria as politicians in Northern Ireland panic in the face of rising Covid deaths in the province
Politicians do love to get themselves worked up over issues from time to time. It helps justify their wages and give them coverage in the press, I suppose. And in Northern Ireland at the...
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DJ Mag, who run the Top 100 DJs poll, now have the Alternative Top 100 DJs poll which was won by bastion of underground music Charlotte De Witte – brace yourselves, the stupid REALLY burns on this one!
The dance music press must think their average reader is an idiot. No doubt some will object to this description – and I wish I didn’t have to make it. There are some decent...
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Ultra Music Festival announce their lineup for 2022 – and yet again, it’s like reading the menu at McDonald’s… it’s always the same no matter where you go!
Another day, another festival announces its lineup. Or at least the first phase of the lineup – telling people everything they’re actually paying for in a ticket expensive enough to buy a small country...
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Straight from the horse’s mouth! Derrick May and his “passport” girlfriend are back in touch – just don’t expect craven DJ Mag editor Carl Loben to ask about it (or anything else, for that matter)
I think Derrick May is trying to troll this blog. Having tried to maintain a masquerade online over the past few months by limiting comments on Instagram and deleting anything which remotely mentioned the...
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Pa Salieu claims “the authorities have decided” he can’t do his Coventry gig on November 27th – so nothing to do with charges of wounding with intent and possessing an offensive weapon, then?
A rapper called Pa Salieu – no, me neither – has been grumbling on social media recently that a forthcoming gig, due to take place in Coventry on November 27th, has been cancelled. He...
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Wednesday Whisper #24 – the DJ trying to emphasise his Irish connections to get a St Patrick’s Day gig in Dublin… but there’s just one problem!
Which American house DJ is already hawking around for a St Patrick’s Day gig next year? The festival for the patron saint of Ireland (oh, and thanks to some Irish bishops, Nigeria too) takes...
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Buying tickets at the door for a night out? Not if you live in Ireland, as government announces tickets must be bought at least one hour ahead…
Those of who live in the UK know all too well what it’s like to live under a government which is constantly changing its mind on things. One minute, they’re really keen to do...
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Get Henry Hoover and clean behind this bar! Is Nottingham’s Pryzm closing tonight in solidarity with the needle spiking boycott of clubs – or just a PR stunt to get some good press and not have to pay wages?
If you’re in the fine English city of Nottingham this evening and you were hoping to visit Pryzm for a few drinks and some dancefloor action – why they couldn’t just spell Prism properly,...
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Rebekah is due to speak at an Most Wanted: Music event in Berlin about the Me Too movement in dance music today – so can the founder of #ForTheMusic get the beleaguered movement going again?
Rebekah isn’t much of a fan of this blog. On September 30th, I published an article asking just what she was doing working with Francesco Tristano – a known friend of Derrick May. Seeing...
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How’s your campaign to raise the calibre of music journalism going again, Whitney? Resident Advisor has time to report on a fashion show in Detroit with a light installation from Carl Craig – but doesn’t have time to talk about Derrick May…
I haven’t taken much of a look at Resident Advisor lately – a quick look confirms the website is full of the usual content. Mostly of the variety designed to tick boxes and make...
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Things That Dance People Think About, an occasional series: Kenny Carpenter writes about his “final resting place” – but does anyone dig the grave subject matter?
We’ve all seen those adverts on the telly. They mostly appear during daytime TV, but can also be seen at other times. It seems that from the moment you turn 50 years old, the...
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It will all end in tears – again! Derrick May is back in touch with Greek girlfriend he calls his “passport”, so WHAT does she see in the balding 58 year old (mostly) out of work DJ?
Quite what women find so alluring about Derrick May is quite the mystery to me. Perhaps it’s his penchant for going out with broken glasses? Maybe it’s the fact he has lots of money...
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On and on indeed! Jesse Saunders takes issue with Spin magazine claim that Farley Jackmaster Funk was the first to play early house records – so what does Farley himself say?
What happened in the early days of house music? Well, we know that much of what has been chronicled about Detroit techno, for example, was rubbish. The Belleville Three story, which lazy journalists continue...
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Understanding vaccine passport rules is enough to drive you to drink – and now government documents reveal not only could they do precisely that, but they could INCREASE Covid transmission rates too…
Every evening from around 10pm, the front pages of the following day’s newspapers start to come in. I occasionally have a look at them, and whilst taking a peep last night, I caught the...
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