“The first big rave I went to was Carl Cox and Raving Dave at Quadrant Park. Picture a fuck off mega warehouse in Bootle. The Quad was run by a bunch of scally gangstas...but it changed the whole vibe of the area. Before you couldn’t walk down Marsh Lane without the threat of getting killed...and now they’d be hanging out of their windows chatting away to you at 5 a.m...by that time a cloud had formed beneath the ceiling of the warehouse and it would start raining sweat back down upon the crowd.… Continue

When Morrissey came out on stage he announced "It's Saturday night, it's raining, it's Liverpool, it's perfect", but by half way through his second song he walked off stage to not return. There was nothing perfect about the evening. I don't need to go into the details of Mozgate too much, rights and the wrongs have been covered enough, but the fact remains that thousands turned up and paid £30- £40 each plus booking fees to see someone do a show, and they didn't get it.
I can't deny that having… Continue

"To dance is to imitate the gods" - Havelock Ellis

And the guy next to me in the pisser says:
“Has anyone ever told you that you look like John Paul?”
“What, the pope?”
“No Gautier, you silly twat!...Do you know where I can get any tablets?”
“No mate, sorry”
“Fuck...you were my last hope...you look like the only one in here off your face”
“You shameless flatterer”
We are situated in the fetid, inadequate, decidedly unglamourous latrines of the temple....somewhere behind us I can overhear Steve… Continue

A film about the murder of 18-year-old Michael Causer in Liverpool and the subsequent lack of coverage by the national press was premiered at the Unity Theatre in Liverpool as part of the Homotopia festival, who say mainstream news ‘exclude’ homophobic violence.

Produced by the festival director, Gary Everett, ‘The Invisible Death of Michael’ says the killing of Michael only became well-known through social networking sites and specialised news media.

Mr Everett said: ‘Michael’s death was invi… Continue