> -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Kendrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: (313) OUCH! > > 3 or 4 years ago in a club in Reading (40/50 miles from > London) I was out dancing to Derek May and he was playing a > wicked set, not to many of his normal track you hear him play > again & again. and my friend came up to me and said Derek > just hit some guy over the head with the record he just took > off the deck, and the record broke over the guys head. > Apparently Derek had turned around to his records box after a > mix and some guy was going though his Box and Derek just hit > him over the head.
Yeah when I saw him play at Sankeys Soap here in Manchester several years ago shortly after the venue had reopened, it's previous incarnation having ended with trouble both financial and with violence problems, I was dancing away when the music stopped. After a second of looking around I was jostled and became aware of a scuffle. "Oh no" I thought "a fight, same old Sankeys then! He must have stopped the music as he's disgusted". However I then realised "wait a minute - that's him!" Apparently some prankster (a figure all too familiar to those who play out) had come up and "scratched" with the record Derek was playing (or cueing up) so he'd punched him out. Sounds a funny tale and in some ways I guess it was but the night as far as I was concerned was then ruined by loads of idiots cheering and chanting - about the fight rather than the music.
