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Hmm. Well I haven't been very exciting last few days, just about to catch up on admin and get on the case with some remixxxx biznizz this week. Been hanging out with my lovely friend Carol last week, went to Windsor, in the rain, and had a puB lunch - then went to cookham and had a masssivo walk by the river and dodged dogs and mud - hahah, not very good descriptions, but it was very nice. And saw a big tree with a hole in it that looked like a big lazer had fired through. More CDs from amazon came, I got Georigio Moroder and Phil Oakey's album, the New Dave Clarke album, Pet shop boys disco 03 dance mix CD, a goldfrapp single, sigue sigue sputnik, zoot woman, hybrid, classix neauvaux. ALl jolly good. In fact I oughta get em in my ipod pronto for some jogggging soundtrackkery. Think I've managed to get faTT lately - so have started a hardcore new fitness regieme. Need to be beach fit in time for NYE in Tampa, or at least in time for Miami in March. Am thinking of getting a place out there and staying for a couple of months like feb/march i guess - as a kinda tour base, and laptop music making. Just gotta wait for the WMC dates to be announced and see whats up with renting somewhere for 2 months, they all seem to want you to sign up for longgggerrr. had a wierd dream about Holly Valance the other night. Not particularly porno - we were hanging out on the grass watchign the uk/ozz rugby match with her and 2 other superhot ozzie chicks, and holly valance was totally flirting with me adn stuff - hahaha. nice one. I went to the bathroom i think, for a shower, and then when i came back they were all gone. DOH. HoLLy: (RRRRRaaR)  Oh, so i finally took a few snaps aroudn the house too - heres some of my studio first...    And a few more i found from Iceland - this was me and the crew looking for the legendary "Hidden People" - Elf type dudes that live inside the rocks and stuff. We couldnt find them. They must have been hiding.   Oh and I don't know if ive posted this one before - but its a maddd chalk drawing they had in the club in Cleveland I played at last month... Was soooo impressed that someone went to all that trouble and made it look so wiKKid. SO check it out! I think it was one of the barmen that had done the artwork! amazing! ReeespekT.  ive got some more pics of inside my house, ill save for later - so u can see the new radiatorrrrs adn my superstylinnn roooms... ErrrG. I dunno what to put on here half the time... OH yes, other news - the beta/john B webstore is almost done - im jstu fixing up the bacnking biznizz for it adn we should be up adn running in a couple of weeks - in time for the new year... yeeeharrrrrr. OK, byebyeeeee.
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3.12.03 15:05
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> Some pics of my house <
Gonig out to the gym in a bit - in the meantime here's a few snaps of my house - just the bathroom and bedroom, cos the deecorating in them is pretty much done... Check out the hardcore new radiator in the bathroom! BOHhhh ok - orange bathroom massive:  Evil Radiator  Bedrooom biznizz  BeD  There ya are. I konw its not very glaMMMm to show u pics of my house, but seeign as ive been going on abotu it on here for so long, adn the IY has taken agggges, thought it might be of some minimal interest... Also gotta give big ups to my dad for all his help so far.... mighty DIY massive... OK, im out to gym. bo>
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4.12.03 15:32
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> Potatos in Poland - P-Orridge in my Dreamz <
OK, heres a bunch of pictures from Poland - a fabulous gig there on Saturday night. Wookie and Rob were grooovy hosts so thanks to you guys - and also all the cooL folks i met at the party. I played in Lodz, which is pronouced "OOOOdch" i think - flew to Warsaw, dreamed of Powerbooks on the plane again, then a 2 hour drive to the Lodz. Had salmon and Potatos Poland style for dinner in a wikkkid little restaurant next to the club, which was a huge refurbished old theatre. They had these giant jet engine heater thigns in there cos it was so cold too. Hah. The gig really was great, 1500-2000 people in there, totally rammmed and amazing crowd response - u can sorta see from the photos! All in all had a great time, and am looking frward to going back soon... Got back Sunday evening, and just as i was about to go to bed, some guys crashed their car outside my house (again!), I think they must have been drunk driving, or outlaws though, cos they dissappeared, I went out to investigate and talked to my neighbours, but the drivers had run away! haha. It was some little red Nova and they'd sorta lost control on the road by my house, hit the curb and blew out their tyres... I'll be checking the mighty Maidenhead Advertiser to see if the SuperSleuth Police manage to track them down. I had a little chat to a couple of the police when they were checking everything out and they were very nice. Citizen Beeeee BOH. Oh yeah, and I had a freeky dream last night, I dreamed that a psychologist told me I shouldnt listen to Throbbing Gristle anymore because Genesis P-Orridge put magik spells and hypnotism in the lyrics! hahaha. MAgik spells in music. WikkkkiD. So when i woke up I listened to TG live vol1 adn Second annual report. Wikkid. I havent done any magic tricks yet, so i think the dream was a fake. Anywya, here's a bunch of pictures from Poland taken by Wachu (wachu@radiolodz.pl) who kindly gave permission for me to use them! ME backstage posing for photos - this was about the 20th...  Crowd shot - masssssive  Concentrating...  Polish Masssive   Me with some ladies and mad geeza  Just the ladies, no crazy guy  Me on the decks    Taking pics of the crowd  On the stage  In Love  More crowd shots      Rob  WooooKie 
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8.12.03 20:43
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> Quickie <
Had a fab night yesterday, worked in the studio all day then went to london - met up with Annabelle, Sarah C and BeN from Detroit, and Erin and Ruby and Leslie, and Bart and James at NagNagNag - best music I've heard there for ages, really didnt want to leave - Mark Moore absolutely smashed it - superduper electro all night, then a cool live band - i missed their name, and then JoJo de Freq smashed it some more - maddd acid house type techno, soooo greattttt. there was some tune that mr moore played that just said - "im so sexy" and then teh chorus went "christina agluera" over and over! hahaha. AND oh my god - a ThroBBing gristle remix, BOHHHH.
Swerve was ace too - we got there really late, like 2am, which was a bit naughty, but the doorman was nice and let us thru, lots of ppl i knew in there, Dan Nu:Tone, Commix, Flight, Friction, Clayton from TOV, Swift (I swear he get more and more giant every time i see him) IC3 (tried to get me to robot dance again) Shy FX, and of course the mighty fabio! He played the Nutone remix of the commix track that jstu came out on my tangent label and did a mighty reeewind. BOHH. Nice. Some quality tunesss indeeed.
Had to leave to get the 335 train, but i thoght it was the 325 so was panicking unneccceessarily. Killed the 10 mins by ringing bells on commuter bicycles, and squeeking my shoes and echoing aroudn the bemused paddington station massive. There were some drunk students lying on the floor and people taking pictures of them. I Squeaked my shoes for everyone a bit more. Got home safeLy. And had a dream about a train ride in France on teh TGV but it broke down adn we watched horses in a fiield then a donkey came and headbutted through a fence, but the farmer calmed it down. Then we got out and walked a bit, had a jog, then got back on the train, but it was a bit more busy and everybody had babies, and the chairs gave u little zaps electric shox when you walked past them, i assumed to help you if you were blind. Strrange dream indeeed.
Doing my tax return now, to post off 2moro, and my mUm is making me lasagne tonight, then I shall do studio tasks, continue *almost* buying a powerbook, then steve is bringing my mighty Xbox back, and gonna do mighty video gaming. No doubt ill get motion sickness from it again...
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11.12.03 17:40
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> Germany & Holland this weekend <
Got back last night from a big weekend in Europe - played in Mannheim, Germany on Friday night with Paul from Pendulum, then flew to Amsterdam and was driven the 2 hours to Gronigen for a gig there on Saturday night. Great crowds at both spots, Mannheim was especially into the electro stuff, which was very positive, I must admit, although I love doing the Electro DnB stuff, I don't normally play too much of it out, unless the crowd reacts well initially, since it's usually a bit too leftfield for the average DnB raVVver. Anyway, they loved it more than the normal stuff, with was nice. Was a cool graphix guy there too projectiing video onto a cinema screen behind me - pictures from sigue sigue sputnik videos and then random pictures of me he'd lifted off this site... including the infamous bum-signing one... haha. ARGGG. Some kid brought me a pint of wine during my set. Wine, in a pint glass... eRG. Needless to say i didn't drink much at all - not a good idea. Practiced my German language on people in the bar afterwards, adn had a wierd spaceman type sandwich from the garage on the way to the hotel. Decided to take a few pcs in the airport maybe for use on teh new album sleeve or something, Frankfurt airport was pretty quiet - rather space-station-esque - i found a heart attack machine and took some pics of that, and other stuff that was a bit wierd. Hung out with Paul from Pendulum and had a good chat about stuffff and some remixes we're doing etc - then off to Amsterdam. Met A-sides at the airport, him, toniy coleman from London Electricity, Jay Majik and Krust were all playing in Rotterdam and were waiting for the ones that missed their flights... I was waiting for my driver to turn up so hung out a bit, and saw Sasha, the trance man come thru the doors, so I went and said hi and had a quick chat. Anywayyyy, so Gronigen was cool, hotel was really nice and little and cosy, and the crowd was really appreciative and up for it. Tried to do an interview with the lovely DJ josjie but her minidisk didnt work. Had a quick chat with Krust at the Airport then met up with A-Sides and Tony Coleman again, had a coffee and gawped at his 17" Apple powerbook and tried to persuade myself that a 17" is really too big. I think im gonna order a 15" one today, so Ive got it fro my New Year's tour of USA. OK, well, sorry no scandals to report - I'll have to try to develop a drug problem or something, so my doings are more lagendary, but lately I've jsut been workign hard and goign about doingggg my thingg as best as possible. Here's some photos from the weekend anyway, adn I'll be in touch sooN... Dutch man Making a DruG CigareTTen  Me and Paul from Ozzie DnB sensation - "Pendulum"  Heart Attack Machine in Frankfurt Airport  Mysterious Pair of chairs and missing persons in hidden corner of the airport  Crowd In Gronigen, Netherlands  Me with DJ Josjie is the Background on the Decks  Gronigen People Again  More Crazy Dutchies  Me With DJ Josjie, rather blurred I'm afraid...  Jay A-Sides going for the pokehiseyesoutthensnog manourvre in Amsterdam Airport.  A few more i pinched from technolusion.com    
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15.12.03 16:18
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> Couple More German Pics <
Some dude gave me a PINT of white wine. YUKKK. I did not drink it...  Play with the BoooBies. BOOOBIES.  Obviously I didnt take them, it was the graphix dude in Mannheim, so thankssss for the email mate.... Been a busy week so far. Went up to High Wycombe with Steve and Stoney and Alex on Tuesday night, (after some hardcore Gym Biznizzch) to go see my mates Specimen A, and DJ Hype at a college Dnb Night there. Had really good night. Wednesday Djd at the Therapy Sessions Christmas Party at Herbal - was grooovy fun - I did a 2 hr 80s and electro set in the upstairs room Christmas party styleeee. had my Frankie Say relax shirt on, and new mighty Dior Robot glasses on. (In fact i had a dream abotu them last night, adn they kept on morphing into different shapes... Hmmm). Worked on a bigggg Trance remix most of yesterday, finally got the vocals in and did some mad tricks on them... All will be revealed soon enough. BOH. Going to Wembley tonight for the biggg Be Here Now 80s tour thingie - on the guest list - yeehaRRR. ABC, Howard Jones, Kim Wilde, China Crisis, Heaven 17, Curiosity Killed teh cat etc etc. Gona be massivo. Just foud out my croatia gig this weekend was moved to January, so I can get on it in the studio - need to finish this remix, then wrap up my album too. ARg. Got a call from mixmag yesterday too, want me to do a little thing about my fave albums for the next isssue. COooL. Dunno if they konw i was stealthily photographed a few weeks back in a club for one of those, "you look wierd what are you wearing, wheres your outfit from" little spots... hha. Someone was pretending to hump me when i was trying to explain my supposed style, so i wasnt concentrating and porbably described it in a really dumb way. Oh weLL. ook. gotta go, pick up my new contact lenses and see if the builder man has gone, been rebuilding my garden wall all week, but doing a wikkkid job, jsut clanking about a bit in the morrrrinG. aRG.
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19.12.03 16:08
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