This blog is always happy to remind rich DJs and the like of things they'd rather forget. It's with this in mind that I mention the defunct, short-lived Tour Managers Not Touring movement. Born on the 27th April 2020 and dead by May 4th 2020. The idea of the movement…
It turns out that it's not just Sasha who's been busy making an album over the past year. His DJing partner in crime John Digweed has been doing it too. I suspect, at this point, it might be easier to list the names of people who haven't been making an…
Time was that being Judge Jules meant comfortably getting a five figure appearance fee at whatever venue wanted him - and they happily paid that money, because there was no denying his talent as a DJ and track selector. Nowadays? Not so much, although these earnings are not to be…
It appears that Mixcloud aren't keen to talk to me about Derrick May. They said that "the appropriate staff" would look into this and take action. At the time of publishing, May's page on Mixcloud Select remains online. An email to CEO Nico Perez, pictured above, remains unanswered. A number…
Resident Advisor - they who claimed to be a "cultural institution" in order to get a £750k bailout from Arts Council England - are complaining that Boris Johnson has no plan for British artists who want to tour in the European Union. Aside from in the Republic of Ireland, British…
This is an interesting article, with equally interesting statistics. One section does raise an eyebrow, however... What was the actual question asked here? Was it the question in bold text about feeling comfortable playing an indoor gig during a pandemic? Or was it would they accept an indoor booking during…
Back on Thursday, I mentioned that I've been putting old posts from my Facebook page up on this site. I came across a review of a set called "House Classics" that I found and posted it for your pleasure. Well, I've since come across the follow-up. It was actually called…
I'm currently working on bringing over all those posts that I previously did on my Facebook page onto this site for posterity. Without meaning to sound like I'm bigging myself up - and I am - some of the material in there is gold. This is one. It's simply too…
Singers are important, aren't they? Of course they are. That's what makes a track resonate with the public more than anything. Sure, people might well think a song has a catchy melody to it, but it's the words that will ultimately be remembered in years to come. And to anyone…
Belfast based duo Bicep have said they think established DJs playing plague raves is disgusting. I agree wholeheartedly, and would happily extend that to include anyone who plays at plague raves. Even the people who run illegal raves for a living are horrified by what they're doing, as I've written…