Jim ‘Shaft’ Ryan is a famous house music DJ from Birmingham who along with his brothers, Mick and Dermot, and their mate Lee, responsible for the seminary U.K. and global nightclub brands, Miss Moneypennys and Chuff Chuff. Jim is also my mate. I knew that Jim had trained as a…
I got excited when this book arrived on my doorstep. At first glance it has all the key ingredients for a great book. Hacienda DJ author, history of British nightclubs – I expected lots of gory detail and exciting anecdotes and couldn’t wait to get to the acid house chapters….The…
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This mix of old and new rekindles the flames of freedom I discovered on the club dancefloors of the late nineties. Lakota, The Hippo Club, Leos, 1 Love @ The Brunel Rooms, The Cross, Miss Moneypennys, Ministry of Sound, Chuff Chuff and all Shuffle events were clubs and venues I…
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