2012: Judge Jules’ Cloudy Crystal Ball
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According to the Mayan Calendar the world (or at least civilisation) is due to end cataclysmically on December 21st 2012. With economists and futurologists also almost all predicting a year of upheaval, Skrufff asked a bunch of our favourite DJs and personalities for their predictions for 2012; both musically and apocalypse-wise . . .
Judge Jules’ Cloudy Crystal Ball (interview)
Though he started studying for professional law qualifications over 5 years before announcing his Radio 1 departure several weeks back, Judge Jules insists he’s far from confident about predicting the future; at least musically.
“I really struggle with musical predictions, since dance music has a slow evolutionary path which doesn’t comfortably lend itself to changes that are definable by calendar years,” he says.
“As regards to what I think will happen to club-land: at least in the UK, I can be more specific,” he qualifies.
“Right now the independent clubbing sector of owner-operated venues with low overheads seems to be prospering, whereas the monolithic leisure-chainowned multiple venues business model seem to be struggling,” he notes.
“In my view, this is a good thing,” says Jules, “because McDonalds-style clubbing is a long way from what I’m about.”
Radio 1 DJ Death Threat Man Sentenced
A Lancashire man who sent Tim Westwood over 100 threatening texts including messages telling him would soon ‘be in a wheelchair’ or ‘a dead man’ was given a lifetime restraining order this week after being found guilty of sending ‘menacing messages’.
Mark Bulcock, 43, claimed his texts were sent ‘in context’ of Westwood’s hugely popular ‘gangsta rap themed’ Radio 1 Show and told the court it was a ‘misunderstanding’.
“I’m getting stitched up by the police for just speaking the truth. I have just done what I thought was perfectly natural and was doing my bit for society,” he said, “I don’t wish Tim Westwood any harm whatsoever. I admire the man,” he claimed. (Lancashire Telegraph; http://bit.ly/oDKQkP )
