Max Kane

Valentines Day really is a bit of a joke though isn't it? Sorry for being cynical but it really is just a made up load of rubbish which pressures people into buying slapdash gifts & sub-standard cards as they feel obliged to show their love for someone in a tacky 'Hallmark' type way.

When I was doing A Level Business Studies we did a study on Innocent Smoothies as part of our 'Business Ethics' module (as they promote fair trade & other such stuff). Back then they were struggling & it looked like they may go under, now they're doing brilliantly, have come a long way.

Burnley away

Definately a story for Simon

His relevance to the board society would be lost if we found out who he really was, maybe he's Jules in disguise

How do you mean? He doesn't really look like Jules :confused:

Re-Ward stuff has changed a bit lately, gona much more techy. Some of his earlier stuff I was playing but it's probably a bit too hard for my liking. His stuff under the Wardt alias is cool though

Virtually all of my pics on facebook were taken when I've been smashed, I don't really care what anyone thinks of thme so I leave the tags on. Got a few from PaSSion last night which are quite funny, will get them up soon

I think the Starchaser track is actually 'Thomas Schwartz 'Jambe Myth' [The Clubbers] as this has been released in the past couple of weeks but I might be wrong

Great to see Jules really supportiung David's (Murtagh) tune, also amazed to see him playlist a track from Harem, such an underrated label

I hate to say it but I feel there are a few tracks there that, while they were ok at the time, have aged terribly. On the other hand some absolute belters in there aswell

That set looks magnificent

Three classics in there

Any downloads I grab I always make time to comment, good or bad. Only trouble I have is with all the mp3 downloads I have to purchase for my own sets I don't have the disc space to download as many sets anymore without compromising performance

Disc Two owns virtually every other compilation CD ever, every track on there is fantastic. 'Bulgarian' 'Luvstruck' & 'Violin de la Nuit' are my picks from disc one

Definately see what you're saying mate & i think you've hit the nail on the head with the part of your statement about songs being catchy, Pearce's audience lust for cathy throw-away pop dance songs, they don't wana have to pay attention to a record for 10misn they just want a radio edit that they can have on in their car with some drunken scouse bird saying what a great night out she had in Oceana

I think that there are very credible artists that have made cheesy tunes, Kyau vs Albert 'Walk Down' for me was a very cheesy tune, that vocal was pure cheese! I don't discriminate between pidgeonholing things as chees, commercial etc really. I think that DJ Sammy etc is just sh*t, tunes like those don't even come into my thinking when categorising dance music, that stuff is just pop

I'm not personally slating Dave, obviously he won't turn down easy money or a gig where he feels there is a platform for him to play. Fair enough. I'm not a fan purely as i don't see the appeal, I'd rather see a DJ playing records that form some kind of flow & are mixed properly, in saying that I'm not one for the over-doing of 'classics', Pearce seems to play a large majority of his sets with a lot of classics in. Fair enough for people that want that, but personally I think that an older 'anthem' has so much more effect when it's thrown into a set that has some contemporary unknown records in aswell. Classics nights & DJs like Pearce that (for want of a better phrase) 'Anthem bash' do nothing for me, I'd rather hear someone spin some unknown records for an hour building things up nicely then dropping a massive track, the effect (for me at least) is so much better that way. Each to their own & i'd never slate anyone for liking anything (within reason) but it's not my cup of tea as I'm sure the music i play isn't to everyone's taste

It amazes me that, even with the R1 backing, that Dangerous still plays so many gigs. I know that he appeals to, a shall we say, 'different' clubbing (if it can be called that) crowd but surely people that listen to him play must realise he is dodgy. I duno why they don't simply listen to more tasteful DJs & Shows.

Ignoring Dave Pearce for a while, Briggsy mate love the avatar! 8-)

The way he pitches every tune at about 5+ is ridiculous. One of the many reasons he is wrong :?

Some of the stuff that man has enforced onto people's ears over the years is criminal, way too much cheese and i.m.o his mixing is generally always shocking. When i first started out i had a little motto to help me when i got down about messing up a mix it read 'If Dave Pearce can do this so can I' Basically i thought, look if that muppet can get gigs and be paid hundreds for playin cheesy trance over-pitched and poorly selected then there is no reason why i can't

That's a top idea mate :thumbsup:

Looks a wicked set, great to Stuart providing a guest mix too. Will hopefully grab it shortly

Looks quality mate, like the forthcoming mixes aswell, some top names in there.