Dance's Democratisation: Hed Case Kandi: Playboys Play By The Rules: Howard

"People haven't stopped buying underground music, it's just that there are
so many labels now. It used to be hundreds of people selling thousands of
records, now it's thousands of people selling hundreds of records." (Onion,
Australia)

Chicken Lips tour DJ Steve Kotey dismisses dance is dead scare stories.


"Strangely it seems the more rubbish that other labels put out, the rather
shameless rip-offs that other labels produce, it's only boosted our sales.
There's a huge market out there for quality product and there always will
be." (3D World, Australia)

Hed Kandi king Mark Moyle reveals he's unworried by competition affecting
his still wildly successful compilation series.



"The best way of getting a woman interested in you is to be interested in
her. Look for some kind of common connection." (Mirror)

Playboy boss Hugh Hefner recommends avoiding chat-up lines.


"I believe him to be the most revolutionary thinker I have met and his
tenacity and dedication to free the human race from inhibition and
prohibition and make the globe a happier and more joyful planet is
limitless." (Observer)

The world's most famous former cannabis smuggler Howard Marks celebrates
Mike Manumission


"One of the reasons for invading Iraq was to liberate those people and give
them freedom, yet here at home our freedoms are being restricted. On a daily
basis our privacy is being removed and so I think it's very hypocritical. I
just want that guy out of here!" (Tranfuzion.net)

US trance jock Christopher Lawrence explains why he's campaigning so
actively against President Bush Tags

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