#081 Bill Brewster

We do like a history discussion on this show. And who better to discuss the history of DJing with than the co-author of the most authoritative book on the subject?

'Last Night A DJ Saved My Life' was originally published in 1999, but there's a 2022 edition and I highly recommend getting hold of a copy. It's a genuinely important work and something every fan of the culture should be familiar with.

Actually my conversation with Bill Brewster is probably more about him than DJing at a wider level. We talk about his journey into dance music in the 1980s, and his time exploring the 90s New York club scene while working for DMC.

But we do touch of some really interesting angles to the history too, including the influence of a certain disgraced former BBC personality, the impact of Thatcherism on the developments in the UK (and therefore the wider culture), and the more recent forces of technology and commercialism which arguably define DJing and dance music today.

This is a great episode, worth taking a holiday for!

Here's Chuck Klosterman's book 'The 90s', which I reference in this week's episode.

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