Over the past few days, I've written a bit about the end of the Belleville Three. The myth, which was created by journalist Neil Rushton in the 1980s, speaks a fabled tale of three black men from the poorest areas of Detroit coming together and changing the world with their…
The myth of the Belleville Three had a good life, but now it’s time for the final nail in its coffin to be well and truly hammered down. With Derrick May now having effectively been disgraced, it has brought about the revelation in Detroit that they will now never see…
One man who's been awfully quiet so far this year is the normally very loud Derrick May. The Detroit DJ, in times gone by, was his home city's most cacophonous voice - but a raft of allegations of sexual abuse and rape dating back over many years seem to have…
Spare a thought - the smallest one you can possibly conjure up, ideally - on this Saturday evening for Derrick May. Thanks to all those pesky women who've made all kinds of very unpleasant allegations against him - never actually denied, by the way - his career is an awful…
For the first few years of its run, the South Park character Kenny McCormick would die in every episode - yet he would return in the next episode alive and well. No explanation was ever provided, and characters on the show would rarely acknowledge the phenomenon - although McCormick’s weekly…
You might have noticed this blog hasn't published anything on Derrick May for the past few weeks. That's mostly because there's been nothing new to report. Sources on Detroit have been sending me rumours that the man himself contracted Covid-19 over Christmas, but I'm unable to confirm if this is…
The beauty of the internet is you never quite know who might be reading what you write. I learnt this many years ago in a previous blogging life when the subject of an article contacted me to thank me for writing something more accurate than was appearing in the press…
If a day comes when I ever get bored of writing in this blog, I’m going to have to think about setting up my own course. Of course, I have absolutely no idea what I could teach anyone about anything - but this isn’t stopping the legions of DJs putting…
This blog, as a rule of thumb, generally doesn't like the idea of gloating over someone's misfortune. But in Derrick May's case, I'm more than happy to make an exception. 2021 wasn't a good year for him - as the world started opening up again, May found himself increasingly ostracised…
Back we go on what is a Bank Holiday Monday here in the UK - and also my birthday, to top it off - to the subject of Alan Oldham. Now, regular readers might have already worked out he’s a touchy little fellow - and he certainly doesn’t like being…