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Incase some of you don't know, J00F puts out a monthly diary covering his opinions of the scene, artist updates and gig reviews. His new diary was posted today...
| quote: | During my 20 years in this career Ive hardly taken any days off sick, and Ive been through some horrific things in the pastbeing hit by a speed boat being one of them! I often see my friends taking the odd sneaky sicky day off work, even when they only have a hint of a cold or simply cant be bothered to work that day. In my position its impossible to do this, not that I want to though! Something inside me fights through; flus, colds and other bugs that we all pick up. Somehow my body fights them off until I get home, then they hit me hard. I never want to let people down that come to see me at a club or festival, it eats me inside knowing that Im letting people down. Unfortunately I had one of those weekends just the other week.
I have a very high pain threshold, but the other day while in the studio I got hit by the most intense pain Ive ever had in my life, so much so I had to call an ambulance. Once in hospital it turns out that I have a problematic Kidney stone. Thats a typical scenario of my life, I cant have something simple! Immediate surgery was needed to protect my kidney from getting infected, worst case being possible losing my kidney.
This all happened on a Wednesday, and while lying in my hospital bed the following day I was planning how I could make it to my gig in Houston, Texas that weekend. I was even texting my agent in the USA, overruling my UK managements decision telling them that Im going to try and make it. Unfortunately that was the pain killers talking and the severe pain was hitting me hard, also they had just inserted a stem (tube) inside me that need time to settle and this was also causing discomfort and pain. Im afraid it was a no go and I was devastated that I couldnt make it the Houston. Im really sorry to everyone who was going to attend or made it to the club to see that I wasnt there. I promise that Ill be back there very soon to make up for it.
Eventually the following week I was allowed home, once they where happy that the stem was working OK. But it wasnt over yet, the dam Kidney stone is still stuck inside me. They called me back into hospital the following Thursday to laser blast the stone. I was now worried because I had two North American gigs lined up for this weekend. I was reading the pamphlet they gave me on this treatment: possible side effects; nausea, vomiting, intense pain and peeing blood.oh great!! So battling on I went ahead with the treatment and made sure I got back home the following night
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Then followed up by....
| quote: | | The next night I was at one of my favourite clubs in the world,Guverment in Toronto. Ive been playing at this club for almost 15 years now. WOW! They always give you long sets, and having one of the best resident DJs in the World (Mark Oliver) professionally opening up for me, makes my life much easier. Having 3 hours to play with, I can start of really dark, deep and the tempo is slow thanks to Mark. I love building my sets gradually. Everyone whos familiar with my sound, know it will get pretty hard near the end. So I feel them with me on my journey because they know whats eventually coming around the corner. The others who dont know me, get a surprise when I let out the onslaught of harder beats! Its this reason I love this club, because the punters give you the time and space allowing me to do my jobmeaning no impatient clubbers waiting for the candy. My 3-hour set flew by, but as I said above I was in a huge amount of pain and couldnt continue anymore, I knew my limit and asked mark to take over for the last few hours. Im really sorry to everyone who thought that I may be playing longer, also that I didnt say hi to you at the end of my set. I needed to get some fresh air and a sit down. |
After knowing all that, he still apologizes for not giving his greetings. Top class.
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| quote: | Originally posted by ChemEnhanced
any party from 2003 and back I only remember bits and pieces...i've combined those memories into one awesome party |
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