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Bites: Sven Vath On Drugs: Coldcut's Cool Pop Appraisal: Pop's Ghost Town: Sia's No Angel: Madonna's Shooting Stars

Author: Jonty Adderley
Friday, March 15, 2002
"Educate the people and tell them the truth! Don't mix drugs! Don't take the wrong stuff, drink lots of water if you take pills or smoke joints. Keep your hands off hard drugs like Heroin, Cocaine or Crack. Hallucinogenic drugs are not for the club but for the woods."

Superstar trance & techno DJ Sven Vath admits he had to experience cocaine withdrawal to discuss drugs in a more sophisticated way.


The underground relies on the overground, says Coldcut veteran producer Matt Black.

http://www.ninjatunes.net/coldcut


"It does depress me that British music seems to have gone back to the way it was before punk. All these bands that sound like Gerry Rafferty (Baker Street), dressed up in trendy young people's outfits. It seems to have gone backwards, the music's split between black and white again." (Observer)

Jerry Dammers from seminal ska band The Specials bemoans Britain's mainstream music industry.

http://www.gerryrafferty.com


"He didn't want to fuck me, he didn't have any ulterior motives. He was just one of those scary flappy angels that exist." (3D World)

Zero 7 singer Sia recalls the first time she met her manager Nigel.

http://www.zero7.co.uk


"Mr and Mrs Ritchie have managed to turn hunting (yes, they do it on their Wiltshire estate) into a funky leisure pursuit instead of a class-ridden anachonism." (The Guardian)

Madonna's latest hobby boosts hunting's status says the Guardian.

http://www.guardian.co.uk

http://www.madonnamusic.com

http://www.hunting.net (hunting and shooting site)
">http://217.110.255.185 (Sven Vath's Drug philosophy in full)


"It's not as easy to make good pop songs as I used to imagine, but it's quite easy to make an interesting or weird track and then sit back and expect the world to go 'Wow'. Don't judge the overground, judge yourself." (DJ Magazine)

The underground relies on the overground, says Coldcut veteran producer Matt Black.

http://www.ninjatunes.net/coldcut


"It does depress me that British music seems to have gone back to the way it was before punk. All these bands that sound like Gerry Rafferty (Baker Street), dressed up in trendy young people's outfits. It seems to have gone backwards, the music's split between black and white again." (Observer)

Jerry Dammers from seminal ska band The Specials bemoans Britain's mainstream music industry.

http://www.gerryrafferty.com


"He didn't want to fuck me, he didn't have any ulterior motives. He was just one of those scary flappy angels that exist." (3D World)

Zero 7 singer Sia recalls the first time she met her manager Nigel.

http://www.zero7.co.uk


"Mr and Mrs Ritchie have managed to turn hunting (yes, they do it on their Wiltshire estate) into a funky leisure pursuit instead of a class-ridden anachonism." (The Guardian)

Madonna's latest hobby boosts hunting's status says the Guardian.

http://www.guardian.co.uk

http://www.madonnamusic.com

http://www.hunting.net (hunting and shooting site)
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