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About Me

all you need to know is that i am a party that has been raging for about 28 years now...this party comes fully equipped with vol-au-vents, 80000 litres of coca-cola, plenty of naploeon brandy & glens vodka, flavoured AND plain crisps, three of the 'older' girls from school are on their way, bongs outside and decks in the sink & the mixer in a pulled out draw. no drum & bass/ugly people allowed. This friday I play at my favourite people in the whole of London tahn's party as it its ANOTHER FINE MESS 1st birthday @ the russian bar on kingsland road... badass!! Beyond this I am absolutely honoured & buzzing to be a more permanent fixture this year & beyond at BELOW...both at the best boozer in britain - the RAINBOW & the new wonderful WAREHOUSE just behind it... so to catch me there or this summer lookout for BELOW listings but the next party is the 12 hour easter sunday rave-a-thon on the 23rd of march where it will be myself, starsky to my hutch in the form of my main man TRISTAN DA CUNHA where we do a 4 hour scene setter for compadre & below honcho ADAM SHELTON, phonica's HECTOR & the fantastic DANIEL STEFANIK to finish.. also look out for many other tings in between but keep your eyes out for the MAYDAY weekend where we have my amigo JESSE ROSE amongst other things coming to the rainbow - with LOUIS VEGA at the warehouse that weekend with after/pre & after afters all on this bank holiday bonanza...BIG UP TO ALL THE OFFENBACH/FRANKFURT LEGENDS - karsten aka DJ MEAT, the incredible OLI, MARTIN and all the other uberdudes that showed me nuff friendly love on my 1st trip there recently... less dogshit & homeless gay door staff to deal with than berlin - and the robert johnson party is immense...BRAVE RAVING TO ALL!!!!!! despout!!!! XXX

My Interests

backtobasics asylum the shindig pacha soul kitchen panorama sponge studios sonar fudge bar secretsundaze fabric technique polaroid 20/20 vision madhatters dirtydisco the big chill glastonbury bestival dc10 dc15!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! km5 the electric chair the reclaim bar (my new sunday second home) you get the idea...
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I'd like to meet:

WHO I DO NOT WANNA MEET!!!PINK - NATASHA BEDINGFIELD - MAROON 5 - ANYBODY WITH A GUITAR WHO MEANS IT - ANYONE VAGEULY RELIGIOUS - NEWCASTLE UNITED FANS - PEOPLE WHO DONT READ - BLOKES - NOEL EDMONDS - DUTCH PEOPLE THAT MAKE MUSIC VIDEOS - LINKIN PARK - KANYE WEST OR ANYBODY WHO LIKES KANYE WEST - RUFUS WAINWRIGHT - JO WHILEY/ZANE LOWE (can radio 1 get any worse??)- ANYONE OUT OF HOLLYOAKS - MIKA - MIKAS BOYFRIEND - THE SPICE GIRLS - DANIEL BEDINGFIELD - ANYONE THAT LIKES 'URBAN' or 'BLACK' MUSIC - NU RAVERS/EMU's/ANYONE WHO WANTS TO BE ON SKINS - SCIENTOLOGISTS - PARTICULARLY TOM CRUISE/JOHN TRAVOLTA (fucking repulsive people) - ANYONE THAT REFERS TO OMEGA 3 - PATRICK WOLF - PEOPLE WHO DONT LIKE DARTS - URI GELLER, MICHAEL JACKSON or any other HIGH PROFILE PAEDOPHILES - NEWTON FUCKING FAULKNER or for that matter BADLY DRAWN BOY or any other morose SIXTH FORMER WHOSE BEEN OUT WITH SOMEONE, ONCE - BRIAN ENO, MIKE OLDFIELD, the ROLLING STONES, PAUL McCARTNEY - aka STOP MAKING THE SAME PATHETIC MUSIC & MONEY - ROSS KEMP ON GANGS, FOOTBALL YOBS or the ARMY (got beaten up by his girlfriend didn't he?)PEOPLE WHO I WOULD DO A WHOLE LOT FOR AND WOULD LOVE TO MEET ARE AS FOLLOWS:Humans that make great music, people I meet at parties who hate phones & I never meet again, halflings, animals that are into dancing, future wives, promoters who wear wigs, (anyone that likes wigs & masks generally) dj's that play maximal house sets, freaks, non-flakers, cakeheads, viceheads, complete wallies, wassocks, berks - people who don't work & have nothing to sell except ideas & love, er, i 'd genuinely like and will meet all the dead party people who are on cloud 9 - discodancing in a heavenly terrazza with strong, foreign drinks, beautiful friends and lots of coloured smoke.

Music:

As the evergreen Dave Beer once reminded me: "There's only 2 types of music, innit?' He's absolutely right as I've always hated it when idiots say "but listen, mate, if loads of people people like it or buy it - it must be really good" or even worse - "who are you to say MY music is shit? (like they were IN the fucking band who made the dross they're getting so protective about) How dare you! your a real narrow minded fish despo" nobody actually says any of that to me but if they did i'd have a go or something. Or get them altered. Anyhoo, soapbox is back behind the bath - my particular faves are HOUSE, ACID HOUSE, DISCO, SLOW RAVEY BIZINESS, TECHNO & POP. Oh, and jazz, downbeat, electronica, soundscapes, truckerfonk funk, avant-garde, electronica and I have a real soft spot for old school heavy metal. And everything except opera, cuntry & westwrong & %84 of bands. It's pretty hard to be arsed to list a million special artists (unless I cheat) but springing to mind as random but fave producers & musical people EVER EVER EVER include..................................................... ....Tristan da Cunha - my absolute musical ally and unbelievable humanoid.................................................... ...................Rob Mello, Pepe Bradock, Paul 'woolly' Woolford, Mr Fingers, The Specials, Nirvana, The Unabombers, Jocelyn Brown, Curtis Mayfield, Moodymann, Recloose, Who Made Who, Rick James, Spiritcatcher, Guns n Roses (best band ever - and ever will be), the mighty Jesse Rose, Freeform Five, Busta Rhymes, Jazzanova, Jenifer Cardini, The Rolling Stones, DJ Krush, The Idjut Boys, Dave Angel, Kiki, Marco Passerani, Thomas Bangalter & Guy Manuel De Homem-Christo, Joe Strummer & The Clash, Hot Chip, Mark Farina, Henrik Schwarz, Ron Trent, Dr Dre, Mazi, Frenchy!!!, Ian Pooley, Dixon, Doc Marten, Carl Craig, Bill Withers, M.I.A, Kurtis Blow, Missy Elliot, Chris Duckenfield & Swag Records, Chic (probably the best funk ever), Evelyn 'Champagne' King, Mathew Johnson, Ray Mang, Vikki Love, David Alvarado, Kraftwerk, Trentmoller, Tom Moulton, Prince, Sasha, Roy Davis Jr, NWA & Ice Cube, Marshall Jefferson, Luke Solomon, Joakim, Lolleta Holloway, Luciano, Willie Colon, The wonderful Danielle & the super-bionic Crazy P crew, Pantera, The KLF, Pal Joey, Maurice Joshua, A Guy Called Gerald, DJ Spinna, Frankie Bones, Onyx, De La Soul, Argy, Dave Brubeck, Ron Hardy (lifelong inspirator), Terry Francis, Nightmares on Wax Soundsystem (DJ E.A.S.E), Phillipe Zdar, A Guy Called Gerald, James Brown, Sister Sledge, Megadeath, Tito Puentes, Moloko, Underground Resistance, Old Madonna, LTJ Bukem & MC Conrad, Brett Johnson, New Order, Shep Pettibone, Locodice, Butch Vig, Tears For Fears, Joey Beltram, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Noze, Billy Ocean, Jean Michel-Jarre, Damien Lazarus, Jamie Jones, Matthew Styles, Scarlett Etienne & the rest of the 'crazy' Crosstown Rebels, Faith No More, Todd Terje, Lindstrom & Prins Thomas, Gemini, Kelis, Metallica, Colin Dale, Crispin Somerville, Huggy, Soundgarden, The Thompson Twins & Tom Tom Club, DFA, Marvin Gaye, Steve 'silk' Hurley, Maurice Fulton & Mu, Scott Joplin, Dr Dre, Richie Hawtin, Jon Acuaviva, Sly & The Family Stone, Black Dice, Nick Detnon, Le Knight Club, Ice T, Alan Braxe, Craig Richards, Marshall, The Beloved, Troy Pierce, Kenny Hawkes, Bjorn Torske, D.R.U.G.S (the band & the other ones), Alex Wolfenden, Andy Wetherall & Keith Tenniswood, the boys!! aka Ralph Lawson, Jules, Fernando (Silver City) & Danny 'dubble' D, Armando, KRS One, Halo Varga, Jamie Lidell, Timbaland, Padded Cell, Osunlade, Iz and Diz, The Gogo's, Theo Parrish, The Jam & Paul Weller, Simple Minds, Al Hudson & the Hudsons, Mantronix, Frank Zappa, Steve Kotey & Chicken Lips, Lil Louis, Duran Duran, Switch aka Dave Taylor & Trevor Loveys, Todd Terry, Yam Who, Masters at Work, Yazoo, Dinky, Samim, Jamie Anderson, Tricksy, Luke Vibert, Steve Bug, The Doors, DJ Sneak, N.O.R.E, Captain Beefheart, Buckley !!!Bucko!!!, Underground Resistance, The Damned, Stuart Macmillan & Orde Meikel, Wally Badarou, Martha Washington, The Police, Guido Schneider, Nina Simone, Nathan Drew Larson, Blackbeard, Gang of Four, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Rob Olson, Adeva, John Beltran, Candido, Stuart Patterson, Ashley Beadle, Pete Heller & Terry Farley, Skid Row, INXS, Beyonce, Farley Jackmaster Funk, Iron Maiden, Todd Sines, Eddy Grant, The Pharcyde, Arthur Baker, The Bays (best live band in the world today), The Psychonauts, Danny Krivit, Josh Wink, Raw Fusion, The O'Jays, Chicks on Speed, The Beastie Boys, Grace Jones, Simon Baker, NAS, Massive Attack, Roy Ayers, Kenny Larkin, Tony Senghore, The Human League, Tim Deluxe, King Britt, WAR, Ian Dury & the Blockheads, James Holroyd aka 'Boggy!!' (best & funniest selector in the world), AME, Jay Shaw, Roger Sanchez, Mr Scruff, Talking Heads, The Egg, Stevie Wonder, Cro-Magnon, Keith Sweat, DJ Garth, Fonda Rae, Mocky, 2Livecrew, Justin Long, Sandy Rivera, Carl Cox, Onionz, Joeski & Hippee, Bomb the Bass, Orbital, Billy Nasty, Adonis, ESG, Dusty Springfield, Justin Timberlake, Zongammin, Osunlade, Dubtribe Sound System, Carl Finlow, Lil Kim, Steve Poindexter, Loni Clarke, Etienne de Crecy, Dave Lee, Run DMC, Coldcut, Richie Hawtin, Tony Humphries, Teddy Pendergrass, Luke Solomon, Hall & Oates, Burnski, George Clinton & Parliment, DJ Chloe, Scott Bradford & Scooby, Danny & Matt aka Rita & Motherfucking Sue, Yousef, Lloyd Banks, T.P.E, Herve, The LCD Soundsystem, Kraftwerk, Pearl Jam, Boo Williams, Sam Obernik, Naughty by Nature, Kool Keith, Barbera Tucker, The Glimmer Twins, Nick Chicona, The Prodigy, Le Tigre, Stacey Pullen, Mr Oizo, Bill Cosby, Jon Acquaviva, The Chemical Brothers, Terence Parker, DJ Sneak, Dan Ghenacia, My Robot Friend, Armand Van Helden, Larry Levan, Annie, Grandmaster Flash & The Sugarhill Gang, Alton Miller, Ivan Smagghe, Mutiny, Terry Callier, Groove Armada, DJ Pierre, Art of Tones, Dilated Peoples, Layo & Matt Bushwacka B, Scuola Furano, Morgan Geist, Brennan Green & Daniel Wang, Suburban Knight, Tiga, Dimitri From Paris, Gene Farris, Kevin Saunderson, Danny Rampling, Laurent Garnier, Gwen Guthrie, The Beatles, Mike Monday, Mat Playford & Weirdo Records, Nick Glider, Julien Jabre, Radioslave, Mr C, Depeche Mode, DJ Collette, The Whispers, M.A.N.D.Y, Derrick Carter, Eyeland Oye, Ken Ishii, Lexx, The Roots, Harvey, Andy Smith & Portishead, Tayo & Frank Tope, Thomas Scheulmaler, Colonel Abrahams, Rune Lindeback, Silversurfer, Greg Wilson, Mr Vigs, Zero 7, The Arctic Monkeys, Larry Heard, Onionz & Joeski, MIA, Audiojack, James Duncan, Steve Bug, Minnie Riperton, The White Stripes, Chateau Flight & almost everything about Versatile Records, Common, DJ Vincenzo, Blaze, Brian Eno, Ryan Shaw, The Pharcyde, Juri Hulkkonen, Derrick May and oh I don't know, 'Breakbeat' music.... (last ones a joke!!!) If you like any or indeed most of this sort of stuff, you'll be alreet man pet like.
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Movies:

has there been one genuinely AMAZING film in the last 5 years??? Really?
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Television:

i was once on emmerdale & ended up talking that andy & his blonde piece and the other junior actors into coming to our all day sunday party complete with wigs, bongos (they were cool at the time) and naughty stuff in leeds all the next day...they never showed up the complete wusses after giving it the biggun about wanting to party. needless to say I was pretty disillusioned & gave up my telly career after that.
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Books:

i have books, yes. i try to eat 4 or 5 pieces of book or magazine a day. sometimes i just blend them into a pulp and have a 'print smoothie'. i am ded clever.
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Heroes:

heidi fleiss, slash, theo parrish, and theyre all absolute caners. geddit??
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words of love and comfort to all you debt munching ravescules.i am on the cusp of working out how to flip my myspace site over to a myspace music so I can fully do this thang proper loike....In the me...
Posted by despo on Tue, 29 Aug 2006 10:10:00 PST