I set myself 15 goals at the beginning of the year. I thought I should do a little review of them: 1. Most importantly, try my hardest to find a good new job. Success.2. Open at least one business. Preferably two. Failure and I don’t have time for this.3. Launch at least one website. Nearly there!4. Continue to learn how to DJ, do more DJ mixes, and play out somewhere. Success.5. At least do all I can to look into running an event with house music. I have ideas which need looking into properly but for now 1-4 are my … Continued
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I came back from Ibiza in a good mood until I stepped back into Bracknell on Monday, and wow, miserable wasn’t the word. I could feel it in my body, I didn’t want to talk to anyone, I am quite surprised that no customers commented on the miserable tones coming from my mouth. And it was written hugely on my face. Thankfully I soon recognised that these feelings were totally irrational, as I have been to Ibiza! And others in the world do not even have clean drinking water. I would like to thank myself, my family and my friends … Continued
Before I went to Ibiza for the 10th time this year, I decided that it would be my last trip for a couple of years. However, upon arrival back upon the magical island that I like to call home, I immediately began to dream of ways that I could move to Ibiza to live there forever. Or at least a whole summer. I flew with Monarch from Gatwick as usual, an even more rowdy and party-like flight than previous years, full of young people and far more young ladies than men on board, oh how terrible. Given the e-mailed warnings … Continued
I was really looking forward to fabric on Saturday, having just got back from Ibiza that morning in very good spirits, and the evening started well with a few local drinks for one of my dearest friend’s birthdays. However it quickly went downhill upon arrival at fabric, and seeing the ridiculous queue, the likes of which I last saw at Jamie Jones night last year, around the same time of the year. The security assured us that we would only have to wait 25 minutes. As a long-time member I am used to this on exceptionally busy nights and this … Continued
A crushed flower with just one petal left. A 70-year old virgin in Bangkok who has just found out ‘she’ is a he. A war refugee who has been evacuated to Slough. A butterfly whose wings no longer work. A superstar DJ who has just gone deaf. A monkey robbed of his last banana. A prince, married to a princess who has just chopped her hair off. A vegetarian locked in a butcher’s freezer. A duck in the desert. A kebab van in a pigeon-free land. A Yorkshireman with no gravy. Yes, I have the Ibiza blues in severe form and … Continued
Yes it has taken me two weeks to get round to doing this review…I moved house and then went to Ibiza so I am kind of a little bit behind at the moment! January was the last time I went to fabric. I went rather a lot between last September and January, almost every other week for a while which is quite a feat for someone not living in London, as this requires a 9-10 hour commitment in London. 8 months without going to fabric is an unusually long time, one of my longest ever stints without a visit since … Continued
I was 9 years old when Hillsborough happened, still a shade too young to appreciate the enormity of the tragedy. However as a young football fan, who had seen running battles between rival sets of fans, and between fans and police, seen the barbaric way that fans were penned in behind tall metal fences topped with rolls of barbed wire and tagged knife-like objects and had groups of hooligans with knives running right past him on more than one scary occasion, without even reaching double figures in age, it was abundantly clear that something was very wrong and danger was … Continued
Time to move my efforts away from trying to improve the nightlife of Reading, and to something much easier – fixing the UK economy. I have talked many times in the past about why the economy has been through such a rough time since 2008 and pointed out who I blame. And I admit that I am surprised about the double-dip recession, and especially the third quarter’s dip of 0.5%. This is the worst economic crisis that we have had for over 100 years, in my opinion. Our government debt will continue to rise until 2017 if, and only if, … Continued
I woke up this morning after a broken but reasonably long sleep with absolutely no inclination to go to work, or even to get out of bed, only to discover that my earphones have broken, which seems to happen every 6 months even though they are Sennheisers which I thought were supposed to be good quality, I am starting to panic about moving house in just 10 days time as we all know how crap I am at moving house and also starting to worry about whether Free House project will be a success on Saturday, though perhaps mostly because … Continued
I told you I would be inspired by the Olympics. I thought that seeing as I am moving house, going to Ibiza and doing my own party, that I should add a few more parties to the list: Sunday 26th August – Elsewhere. Would seem rude not to have a little warm-up for my marathon at a good free party in Reading.Friday 31st August – Groovetech. Another one of the free parties in Reading with really good house music, more along the lines of tech-house. Shame I have my party the next day so it will only be a brief … Continued