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Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
WMC: Miami prepares to Shine
The outlook for this year's WMC just got a little bit brighter: South Beach's Shine club has announced its line-up.
Also known as Shelbourne Beach Resort, the 2,000 capacity spot has hosted countless WMC bashes over the past four years, and 2009 is no different. Timmy Regisford and Quentin Harris will kick things off with their Miami incarnation of Shelter on March 24th, whilst the next three days see two separate parties being held at the venue each day.
Wednesday afternoon will feature the likes of Dubfire, Steve Lawler, Gui Boratto and James Zabiela at the official opening party, and Josh Wink will take over the club later on that evening to launch his new When A Banana Was A Banana album.
Need to cool off after all that dancing? Well, the following afternoon Shine is hosting a pool party featuring a tag team set from Loco Dice and Luciano, and as if that wasn't enough, New York's Dennis Ferrer will be showing them how it's done stateside.
The next few evenings sees things take a more progressive bent, with performances from Hernan Cattaneo, Darren Emerson, Dave Seaman and Sasha, while the final day sees two dance floor heavyweights play extended sets. First up on Sunday afternoon is WMC institution Danny Tenaglia, who will play for a mammoth ten hours before handing over to trance star Sander Kleinenberg for the final WMC event at the club that evening.
Monday, February 9, 2009
Daft Punk triumph at the Grammys
Lovable French robots Daft Punk have triumphed at the American music industry’s most important night the Grammys, taking how two awards for their live album Alive, which proved to be essential listening before and after their NeverEverLand tour of Australia in late 2007.
Nominated in the Best Electronic/Dance Album and Best Dance Recording categories they beat off stiff competition from a selection of cool/credible and commercial/questionable names including Hot Chip, Sam Sparro, Rihanna, Madonna, Kylie Minogue, Moby, Robyn, and… errr… Cyndi Lauper. Not to be outdone, fellow Frenchmen Justice also triumphed in their field, winning the gong for Best Remixed Recording for their rework of MGMT’s Electric Feel.
We’re eagerly awaiting YouTube footage to surface so we can see whether Daft Punk accepted their awards in full robot regalia. Surely they wouldn’t have dropped the façade, especially in front of a TV audience of millions?
Ecstasy only as dangerous as horseriding
A prominent UK drug advisor has come under fire after making the rather ostentatious claim that using ecstasy is no more dangerous than riding a horse. Truth be told we should be able to make some sort of witty pun on ecstasy vs ketamine use here, but we’re drawing a blank…
The remarks were made by Professor David Nutt, the chairman of ACMD (Advisory Countil on the Misuse of Drugs), in an article published by the Journal Of Psychopharmacology. “Drug harm can be equal to harms in other parts of life,” he wrote. “There is not much difference between horse-riding and ecstasy. This attitude raises the critical question of why society tolerates – indeed encourages – certain forms of potentially harmful behaviour but not others such as drug use.”
Not surprisingly, the ACMD have done their best to distance themselves from the comments made by Professor Nutt, which have caused a veritable storm in a teacup across mainstream media channels. “The recent article by Professor David Nutt published in the Journal Of Psychopharmacology was done in respect of his academic work and not as chair of the ACMD,” a spokesperson asserted. “Professor Nutt’s academic work does not prejudice that which he conducts as chair of the ACMD.”
Professor Nutt has also come under fire from David Raynes of the National Drug Prevention Alliance, with his position as chairman of ACMD called into question. “He is entitled to his personal opinion, but if his personal view conflicts so very strongly with his public duties, it would be honourable to consider his position. If he does not, the Home Secretary should do it for him,” Raynes told UK newspaper the Daily Telegraph.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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