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Resident Advisor: 24 Hours To Save Ourselves!
The archive for this blog is fast being updated with much of what I wrote on my Facebook page over the past few years. Why let all that work go to waste, eh? You...
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Boris Johnson, he is. Bright, he is not.
Many people ask me what my political views are. I don’t often elaborate, because I happen to think some things don’t need to be public knowledge. We live in an extremely polarising age, and...
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Sampling Tracy Chapman? That would be a no!
I seem to recall covering this one quite a few months ago now. I especially remember laughing at Minaj’s utterly pathetic defence that the sampling counted as “fair use” and that clearance was somehow...
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Back to the plague rave with the ill behaviour
I really wish I didn’t have to keep saying this. Even I’m getting bored of it, but if I have to keep saying it, that’s what I’m going to do. If you seriously believe...
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Derrick May and when to know you’re beaten
On the Amateur At Play Facebook page last year and now on here, I wrote many posts about the increasingly pathetic, desperate attempts by Derrick May to salvage something from the ruins his career...
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Am I really the only one wondering this?
Much fuss was made during the Christmas and New Year period over the arrest of techno DJ Sama Abdulhadi. It appears that she was nabbed by the police because of the fact the event...
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Raving during a plague? That’s a new level of stupid…
Good morning, everyone! Welcome to the start of a new week and a new year in the cryptic world of Amateur At Play. I’ve been away for a few weeks getting to know my...
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People actually read this? Apparently so!
It’s a frustrating feeling. You spend lots of time writing up content that you think will have the interest of your readers. Then you realise that barely any of your followers have actually seen...
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Let Sneak speak!
Everyone else and his dog has an opinion on DJ Sneak and has done for many years. He’s just one of those characters who seems to inspire either love or intense dislike – and...
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Who’s trying to stop us finding the truth about streaming?
Hello, everyone. Normal service on this page will resume very soon. I’m just enjoying time with my new baby and being a family of five. Just know that I’m busy with new music for...
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The hard truth in black, white and Grayson?
Interesting perspective from Grayson Perry, who told the Arts Society Magazine… “I think every part of life has probably got a bit of fat that needs trimming. It’s awful that the culture sector has...
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Derrick May – victim or colossal bellend?
Up until now, I decided not to bother giving Derrick May’s utterly pathetic response to the allegations surrounding him any more air. But one or two things have changed since then. Firstly, here’s his...
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Amidst the doom and gloom…
I’ve observed much more doom and gloom in recent weeks, both online and offline. The atmosphere is now much more reminiscent of April this year – a truly dark time when Covid-19 was taking...
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Stop calling Sterling Covid Sterling Covid!
Like most people with some kind of online presence, I get my fair share of correspondence from charlatans, degenerates and dingbats. Most ultimately vanish with a sense of disappointment at a lack of response...
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Defected, Simon Dunmore and an almighty colonial row
It was inevitable that the Defected Records cash cow was eventually going to start looking at afro house in the way Bernard Matthews used to look at turkeys. They’ve launched a brand new record...
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