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Superstar DJs Here We Go!
Superstar DJs Here We Go!
Wednesday, 09 September 2009
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Fat Boy Slim: the biggest name of them took a dive
Bankers aren't the only fabulously remunerated fat cats to have taken a tumble in the public's estimation recently. As Dom Phillips points out in his highly entertaining account of the rise and fall of British club culture, "superstar" DJs no longer command the devotion, or the fees, they used to.
Bankers aren't the only fabulously remunerated fat cats to have taken a tumble in the public's estimation recently. As Dom Phillips points out in his highly entertaining account of the rise and fall of British club culture, "superstar" DJs no longer command the devotion, or the fees, they used to.
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