One issue that Ears To The House used to cover quite a bit in our early days was plague raves. For the benefit of newer readers, allow us to explain – plague raves were...
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Cashing in by doing a show filled with other people’s records? Judge Jules jumps on the bandwagon…
Certain people would have you believe that the film Kevin and Perry Go Large, released in the year 2000, was one of the best things since sliced bread was invented. They seriously want you...
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Judge Jules played Amnesia last week – feedback was mixed…
Given the tendency of some people to express themselves in a more visceral manner online, one of the surprising things in the dance music world is how rarely this happens. Every weekend, there are...
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DJing for your country – would today’s prima donnas do it?
As Britain gets ready to begin the four-day jubilee today – celebrating 70 years of having Queen Elizabeth II on the throne – our thoughts at Ears To The House turn to DJs. Naturally...
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It’s the sound of da police! About the time Judge Jules was ordered to shut up by none other than South Yorkshire’s boys in blue – read on to find out why…
This time last year, Christmas and New Year celebrations were somewhat more muted than now. Lockdown restrictions across many countries prevented most regular events at this time of year from going ahead. And although...
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€87 for Judge Jules, €237 for deadmau5 and €66 for Paul Oakenfold to wish your best friend a happy birthday – inside the latest money-spinner for DJs who despite Covid still have big bills to pay…
Time was that celebrities made the vast majority of their money in their main line of work. For instance, most of the movie stars in Hollywood years ago got their money out of starring...
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It’s a Christmas miracle! The judge definitely did NOT budge – and was part of The Chase team which won an incredible £200,000 for charity…
You might remember that yesterday, I told you about Judge Jules and his then forthcoming appearance on popular ITV game show The Chase. That went out tonight at 5.30pm and before you ask, yes,...
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Will he win big money or will a chaser make the judge budge? The question as Judge Jules reveals he’s appearing on a special festive edition of ITV’s The Chase on Christmas Eve…
At the risk of looking terribly old, I remember looking at the Christmas TV guide in early December as a child. Like a lot of people, I was also curious to see what was...
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Want an example of why longer sets make sense? Judge Jules has to travel for 3 hours and 39 minutes this weekend – to play a set lasting just one hour!
One particular bugbear of mine – and admittedly, it’s a very long list – about dance music today is the length of the average DJ set. When the first clubs playing house music in...
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Why be in just two places at once when you can be in three? Judge Jules manages the impossible by being on two radio stations and a live show, all at the same time…
It’s been quite a heavy-duty Sunday on this blog today, so let’s wrap things up for the evening with something a little bit lighter. On Friday afternoon, I wrote about the busy weekend which...
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I didn’t know you could be in two places at once, Jules! Mystery as he has 2-hour show on Kisstory starting at 7pm on Saturday – but also has live show at 8pm with his band…
As a dad of three very young children, I wish I had the ability to be in two or even three places at once. If I did, one of me could spend his whole...
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After Kisstory announce Judge Jules is coming back on radio, the question everyone wants the answer to – will the cheesy lines from his heyday be making a return too?
One man who had a pretty big role in dance music’s development in the UK back in the 90s was Judge Jules. When he wasn’t the A&R man at Manifesto or taking advantage of...
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Just how bad DO you have to be for Judge Jules to call you out? Mild-mannered DJ has to cancel a number of appearances – and he isn’t holding back on the reasons why…
This blog absolutely loves it when someone finally comes along and decides to call something out for the nonsense it really is. And when you’re being called out by Judge Jules on social media...
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It’s not a good start to the weekend for Judge Jules as his Facebook page and group are hacked – so was the perpetrator the same person who took control of Todd Terry’s page a few months ago?
This blog occasionally makes fun of Judge Jules – who has now been DJing for around 700 years – but I feel a lot of sympathy for his current plight. Anyone who visits his...
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Ever wanted to see Justin Fletcher (known to millions of kids as Mr Tumble!) and Judge Jules on the same lineup? No, me neither – but that’s precisely what’s happening this weekend!
These are strange times we’re living in. For example, Paris Brightledge’s prophetic lyrics about “dictation being enforced in Afghanistan” appear to be once again coming true. The world is trying to come out of...
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Brighton Music Conference is back next month – but why are people expected to fork out £100 for tickets when their own site can’t be bothered telling us what’s going on?
Music conferences have become a big thing over the past few years. Making music doesn’t make much money, but someone somewhere has worked out that talking about is a potential money raker. Hence why...
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