I had a good weekend. I DJed a bit at Beeston Gala, for the Community Radio that I volunteer for in the area. As I was walking into the gala, with two heavy boxes of CDs I was approached by an Indian lad, who asked me how many (shall we say it in polite terms) whether there were many people, who originate from Pakistan at the gala. Being a white, British Citizen and to to be honest more concerned with finding the stall of which I was supposed to be on, replied, "Don't know why yer askin' me mate." and walked swiftly along, fearing perhaps that I was about to witness some Beeston gang warfare, a tradition perhaps at the event since like 1973, but luckily I didn't witness anything that I shouldn't have, just yards away from a bouncy castle, where children were happily playing in the sunshine.

At night I did an absolutely cracking wedding party at my residency. The couple, had already tied the knot in Rhodes, but were throwing a night doo for their family and friends who couldn't make it across to the Greek Island. They were a youngish couple too, probably only a few years older than myself. They were into 90s dance music, which was great, as I suppose I could say that this genre of music is my DJing forte'. Tunes like "Rythmn Is A Dancer (currently back in the top 40 because of an advert involving a puppet), Livin' Joy- Dreamer, Bobby Brown - Two Can Play At That Game and a forgotten about classic, "Insanity" by Oceanic (No3 in 1991) went down a storm, coupled with some old "Madchester stuff from The Stone Roses and Happy Mondays. Great! A nice change from playing The Macarena and "Come On Eileen!"

This weekend I am taking Marie (the Finninsh girl) out to lunch, as a kind of farewell. It will be sad becauise I really think that we could have been something special, if she was not moving away, but ces't le vie, as the French say..

Goodnight xx