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Review: Altered State – The Story of Ecstasy Culture and Acid House – by Matthew Collin
I’ve already read a Matthew Collin book – This is Serbia Calling – so I was chuffed when I stumbled upon this work, a history of UK dance music culture. As a DJ and Promoter for 24 years I’m quite aware of a lot of the history of dance music in the UK. This book,… Continue reading
Acid, acid house, acid ted, Acid teds, amphetamines, blackburn, club culture, COcaine, dance music, danny rampling, DJ, djs, Drum and bass, dubstep, ecstasy, ecstasy culture, free party, Government, grime, heroin, House, House Music, Ibiza, jungle, ketamine, London, LSD, Manchester, matthew collin, Milk Bar, mixmag, narcotics, nicky holloway, nightclubs, Paul Oakenfold, police, promoter, promoters, Rave, Shoom, SPectrum, speed garage, Summer of Love, Techno, techno anarchists, trevor fung, uk dance music, uk police -
Review: The Life and Lines of Brandon Block by Matt Trollope
I was a DJ myself back in the 1990s and although I never played alongside Brandon Block, I had the pleasure of meeting him a couple of times. Once, on his father’s birthday in a London bar/club, I had just got out of one of my early mental health hospital stints and I think Brandon… Continue reading
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Review: Mister Good Times by Norman Jay MBE
I was lucky enough to be a warm up DJ for Norman Jay back in the 1990s in The Cross Nightclub, London and I think I was billed on a couple of other events with him. He was a great DJ, I remember him once, in Ministry of Sound, having a full glass of drink… Continue reading
anfield, balck music, Black DJ, Clubbing, DJ, DJing, Football, funk, Good Times, Good Times soundsystem, House, House Music, John Barnes, judge jules, Ladbroke Grove, Liverpool, London, Met Police, Mister Good Times, norman jay, norman jay mbe, Notting Hill Carnival, racism, Soul, The Cross, The Queen, Tottenham Hotspur, UK DJ, warehouse parties, West London, Windrush -
Review: Doing The Business – The Final Confession of the Senior Kray brother by Colin Fry and Charlie Kray
The notoriety of the Kray twins, Ronnie and Reggie, is present in their legacy. These were the most infamous London gangsters to emerge during the 1960s. Their older brother, Charlie, used to try and keep his distance from Firm activities, yet he had a lot of insider knowledge of operations. In this confession, he reveals… Continue reading
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Review: Gypsy Jane – by Jane Lee with David Jarvis
I read this book really quickly- it was enticing and a good tale. Gypsy Jane is something of a crazy phenomenon who rocked the London underworld with some pretty brutal firsthand tales. It didn’t take much for the Gran to pay a visit to any dissidents and she’d be brandishing a samurai sword or her… Continue reading
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Review: Kanaval – Vodou, Politics and Revolution on the Streets of Haïti – by Leah Gordon
Leah Gordon, a former punk artist and photographer, chronicles her experiences of Kanaval in Jacmel, Haiti, from 1995 to 2010. Through powerful black and white images and oral histories, she captures the vibrant street theater that blends Vodou and political commentary. The book includes critical essays reflecting on the significance of her work. Continue reading
Africa, black, caribbean, Carnival, Creole, exoticism, Fiesta, French, Haiti, haitian revolution, Jacmel, Jwif Eran, Kanaval, Lanse Kòd, Leah Gordon, London, Other, Oungan, Papa Sida, Politics, post-colonial, Punk, Revolution, Satan, spirituality, St. Michael, St. Michel, street theatre, Vodou, Voodoo, western Hemisphere, Wings Of Maturin, Zel Maturin -
Positioning Translators – Theo Hermans (UCL) – Guest Lecture Cardiff University MLANG 29.10.14
Theo Hermans is from University College London (UCL) and works in translation studies and in modern and Renaissance Dutch literature. His guest lecture at Cardiff University was to develop his ideas in his recent ‘Positioning Translators’ paper. Theo edits the series Translation Theories Explored published by Routledge. This was my first extra-curricular lecture at… Continue reading
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Wez G Sessions – Episode 11
This week’s Wez G Sessions episode 11 contains a heady blend of deeper sounds, a nice variety of different flavours and some fancy beats. :::Tracklist::: # Artist name Track name 1 Vangelis Love Theme 2 Apparat Granular Bastard 3 Coldcut feat Robert Owens Walk A Mile (Henrik Schwarz Remix) 4 Way Out West Domination 5… Continue reading
Apparat, Banco de Gaia, Bladerunner, Bristol, Budhism, Caldicot, California, China, classic, classical, Coldcut, composer, Dalai Lama, De Los Andes, DeatH Rides a Horse, Domination, Elektra, Elektra Records, Ennio Morricone, Español, film, film soundtrack, Fine Young Cannibals, Fluke, folk, folk music, Granular Bastard, Greece, Greek, Henrik Schwarz, Italian, Italy, Johnny Come Home, Johnny Jones, LA Woman, LA Woman (Paul OAkenfold Remix), Las Vegas, Last Train To Lhasa, Latin America, Lhasa, Life Support, London, Love Theme, Ministry of Sound, Nortehrn Exposure, Paul Oakenfold, Perfecto, Perfecto Records, Peru Peruvian Panpipes, Peruvian Folk, Podcast, Pop, Pop Music, Porque Te Quiero, Robert Owens, Sasha & John Digweed, soundtrack, Spanish, The Doors, Tibet, USA, Vangelis, Walk A Mile, Way Out West, Western, Wez G, Wez G Sessions, Wez G Sessions Episode 11 -
Match Preview: Chelsea vs Liverpool (29.12.13)
Brendan Rodgers, as manager of Liverpool, has never lost two games in a row. He accomplished this feat whilst at Swansea too. Yes, we slipped on the carcass of the Christmas Turkey on Boxing Day and fell to Manchester City in a game we should have won. Perhaps it was a case of too much… Continue reading
Aly Cissokho, anfield, Arsenal, Ashley Cole, Boxing Day, Brendan Rodgers, Cesar Azpilicueta, Chelsea, Chelski, Christmas, daniel agger, daniel sturridge, Etihad, Fernando Torres, Frank Lampard, Gerrard The Red, Howard Webb, Ivanovic, John terry, Jon Flanagan, Jose Mourinho, lfc, Liverpool, Liverpool FC, London, Luis Suarez, Mamadou Sakho, Manchester City, manchester united, Mancs, Match Preview, Mourinho, Moyes, philippe coutinho, raheem sterling, Ramires, simon mignolet, Sky Sports, Stamford Bridge, Steven Gerrard, sturridge, Swansea, The Blues, victor moses, Xabi Alonso -
Wez G – Ten Foot Tahitian (DJ Set 24)
This is a blast from the past. I recorded it in November 2005 though it contains tracks from much earlier. I named the mix after the massive waves that roll into Tahiti which lays claim to being the place where surfing began. It recreates part of the six hour set I did when I played… Continue reading
Adam Johnson, Chemical Brothers, Desert, French Polynesia, Gabriel & Dresden, Global Underground, HYsterix, Involver, John Digweed, John Lydon, Kelli Ali, Leftfield, London, Manila, Moods, Moorea, Northern Exposure, Open Up, Pacific, Papeete, Paul Oakenfold, Rui Da Silva, Sasha, Seelenluft, sharks, stingrays, Stress Records, surfing, Tahiti, Ten Foot Tahitian, Tikisoft, Trafik, Travel, Underworld, Waves, Yello
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