I never fail to be annoyed in life at the number of people who seem to think they can send a message to your phone at any hour of the day – or night,...
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“You flat-assed mother******!”: the charming insult Derrick May aimed at Factory Records founder Tony Wilson during a heated argument in 1990 – but his retort wasn’t entirely unprovoked…
Over the past year or so, I’ve learnt there are two sides to Derrick May. There’s the nice side which will do anything to help you and couldn’t be kinder – this is a...
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Now we can see why the category was scrapped in the first place! BRIT Awards reveal nominees for Best Dance Act – and I have to wonder where all the talent has gone…
Cast your mind back to the time when the BRIT Awards made for enjoyable and entertaining television. Some of you reading this blog might even be too young to remember such a period in...
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As MDL Beast Soundstorm closes today, how much Saudi money was enough to buy the silence of DJs? An old tweet by deadmau5 (who was on the lineup) reveals a possible clue…
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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