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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Are you rattled yet, Mike? Nervous Records tries to troll your favourite blog by putting a tiger in their latest promo advert – but at least the model is (partially) wearing their T-shirt this time round!
Many years ago, a man far wiser than me said I shouldn’t be afraid to speak the truth, no matter how difficult or uncomfortable it makes certain people feel as a result. And this...
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Wednesday Whisper #31 – the promoter who got a little more than he expected after an encounter with a lady…
Which promoter recently got more than he bargained when a sexual encounter went awry? Word reaches me of an incident a few weeks ago. Apparently, the promoter got himself a free ticket and went...
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So how many drinks out there ARE being spiked and who’s doing it? Nobody knows, so the UK Parliament’s Home Affairs committee is going to try and find out…
A few months ago, reports started surfacing across the British media about spiking. The economy reopening and bars and nightclubs trading again brought a slew of headlines about drinks being laced with drugs –...
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And how are you going to persuade people to swap Christmas dinner for queuing to get a jab, Mr Johnson? My question as he wants everyone from the age of 18 offered the Covid booster by New Year’s Eve…
I wish I didn’t have to keep banging on about vaccine passports, but life right now is just like a box of Christmas chocolates – whilst you don’t know which one you’re going to...
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And they say all this blog does is criticise! Sacha Lord manages to do what every British politics journalist failed – submit a Freedom of Information request on THAT Downing Street party Mr Johnson claimed never happened…
Contrary to what some people think, I’m not a journalist. Yes, I might well have the permanently suspicious mindset of your traditional journalist – and some of what I do is no doubt journalism...
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That moment when you can’t work out whether they’re stupid or just trolling you: PR firm keeps sending this blog a new song to review – by someone called DJ G-String…
This blog is proud to stand on its own. I don’t pinch stories from other people, I write about things in exactly the way I see them, I make all the editorial decisions and...
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After a week of blocking and stonewalling, Ian Urbina apologises over allegations aimed at Outlaw Ocean Music Project – but why the sudden change of tone?
A few people have asked me recently why I haven’t published any posts on the subject of Ian Urbina. In case anyone isn’t aware of this, a YouTuber called Benn Jordan uploaded a video...
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There’s always time for sleaze, especially at Christmas! Nervous Records unveil their latest advert to sell things for the festive season – and it’s just as sordid and grotty as you’d expect…
Well, it might be Christmas time – the season for goodwill to all men, the season for buying ridiculous quantities of chocolate and the season for eating unfathomable amounts of turkey – but some...
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Making new music is too much like hard work! Traxsource’s Top 200 tracks of 2021 chart is filled with a worrying number of remakes and remixes of tracks from days gone by – and hasn’t Michael Gray done well out of it?
It’s the time of year when everyone thinks “nope, had enough now”, and starts churning out lists of what was supposedly good this year. Rest assured that your favourite dance music blog is swerving...
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A place where vaccine passports are in force but not in law and a parliamentary debate gets abandoned at 9pm after five hours following elusive “legal advice” – where else but Northern Ireland?
What politicians decree and what the law says often don’t match. This is something that’s become increasingly clear over the past nearly two years now. In England, for example, vaccine passports are due to...
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Here’s One They Made Earlier: the one record in the world this hard-nosed blogger STILL can’t listen to today without crying…
This week’s selection is a particularly personal one for me. It brings back a mixture of pleasant memories and very dark ones too. This came out in 2004 – an extremely difficult year for...
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Host a talk on sexual harassment in music and make sure no sod can see it: the bizarre strategy being used by Rebekah Teasdale to promote her #ForTheMusic campaign…
This blog sympathises somewhat with Rebekah Teasdale, founder of the #ForTheMusic movement against sexual harassment of women in music. She comes across as someone proud of her campaign – as she should be –...
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Sacha Lord unveils the rabbit in his hat – a campaign to get the Tories to ditch a VAT increase in April… but with one already having taken place last month, isn’t this crusade far too modest?
Sacha Lord is a man who can be accused of many things. Hypocrisy, for example. This is a man who speaks out against plague raves yet books Solardo – who have done mote than...
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