Last
week I got a shout out on Ideal Club World Radio, an online station that claims that
“the world has been missing a radio station with a strong identity
that universally covers all non commercial /manufactured music and
reports on news and gossip in the global underground music world.”
My friends DJ Bini and co-host Hema
present the Asian Invasion,
“Taking you through a journey of classics, funky & upfront
house. Reflecting on the previous months hot tracks being played in
and around Manchester and very special guest DJ mixes.”
The
girls were asking us to tweet the show April Fools pranks that we
pulled on the 1st of the month. I told them how I'd put
this as my profile pic
and
that loads of people who I'd known for years fell for it. Hema read out my tweet! Superbo!
After
I put it up I had an hour-long conversation with one young mother in
my friends, who advised me on a range of sensory mattresses and
radios that I'd need to buy. Tee hee.
Asian
Invasion is a great show, so be sure to tune in on Wednesday nights
at 9pm to get some good house into your system.
On
the subject of good music, Rififi Stalybridge had a local Manchester
legend gracing their decks on Good Friday. Capital Radio's David Dunne span a few classic house tracks while a stunning podium dancer
showered us with metallic sparks from her angle grinder. Great music
and a great night. I tweeted to Mr Dunne to tell him this. He retweeted back. This made me happy.
Twitter
round-up: The lovely Cathy Heaven (6K followers)
wished me a Happy Easter. I got blog retweets from the superb ladies
Charlee Chase (59K) and Tina Lee (4K). Respect, girls.
I
also had the banter with Jodie Connor (35k), the astoundingly beautiful singer from Roll Deep's No1 hit
“Good Times”.
A native of my own town, Oldham, Jodie tweeted that she had “fallen
back in love...” I replied that she had, hence, broken my heart.
Turns out she was on about Jack Bauer. “Oh don't you love 24 too!
Lool” she said.
You
got me there, Jodie.
Bad
news: I've had to put Mixed Martial Arts on the back burner again as
I cannot justify the price of membership. Good news: I've now taken
up Street Dance at the Dancehouse Theatre in Manchester. I've been meaning to give this a shot for a long time. I'm a pretty
good dancer as it stands, but I thought, I might as well go and learn
to do it properly. Not only that, but I came to a revelation
recently- people are happiest when they spend their time doing the
things they enjoy and the things they're good at.
Well,
duh.
I
got pretty good at MMA after a few years, but had to quit in 2010
when I got my own gaff. It was always a struggle learning the
techniques in the class, even though I enjoyed it and felt like it
helped me develop in so many ways: I was more confident, less afraid
and stood my ground more in minor disagreements. Dancing, on the
other hand, is something I just know how to do somehow. So why
shouldn't I go to a class and sharpen up more? Not only that, but the
people I meet there, I thought, will probably be on my wavelength. It
seems they are. Oh, and who'd have thought? There happens to be loads
of fine young women there as well!
A
lot of my friends are staying in and saving up for things, so this
class could just be a major lifeline for me. It's going well so far.
You know what? A lot of things are. Here's a quote by someone who was
ALSO a total failure in school. It displays the importance of
sticking to your strengths.
“Everybody
is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree,
it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
-Albert
Einstein
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