A lot of people seem increasingly convinced that life will be back to normal this summer. Presumably by that, they mean things like social distancing being a memory, being able…

The audience for the Grammy Awards last weekend was down markedly on regular years. The ratings were terrible, and amidst the bad central figure, even worse ones lie around. Only…

Update on 18/03/2021: I’ve had to make a few changes to this post as some of the information was inaccurate. Firstly, Derrick May is not 6ft 3in as previously claimed.…

Thanks to those of you who have been getting behind this forthcoming release. There’s been the odd “not for me”, but I’ve also seen support from some unexpected quarters. Always…

Many years ago, I was not having a good day. Frankly, it was one of those days where you wished you hadn’t bothered to get out of bed. Everything that…

When the coronavirus pandemic started around March last year, clubs in most of the world closed down overnight. Many of them haven’t opened since, and England’s hope of reopening them…

Fabio and Grooverider have been credited with doing a huge amount of work in the drum and bass scene over the years. Their work, both together and separately, has left…

I keep a close eye on whose playing my music out there. Partly because of my own personal curiosity and partly because I like to know what’s resonating with people.…

Peter Griffin infamously had a column called “What Really Grinds My Gears” when his local TV station signed him up in one episode. Things that annoy him include Lindsay Lohan,…

Being interested in what I’m interested in, I’m not exactly surprised that Facebook’s algorithm presented me recently with an advert for Specsavers and their hearing test service. It makes a…