i love the fact Derek uses minidiscs. there's a nice two-part docu somewhere online that talks about him using all the major UK bus routes to drink a pint of real ale in every Wetherspoons in the country, playing shows wherever he went.
― dog latin, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 12:44 (eleven years ago) link
Derek for me. Top chap, although you see far less of him since the smoking ban.
― Troughton-masked Replicant (aldo), Wednesday, 6 February 2013 14:58 (eleven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 7 February 2013 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 8 February 2013 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
Oh man - Derek's playing our local venue tonight - totally psyched!
― dog latin, Friday, 8 February 2013 09:35 (eleven years ago) link
:-( http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/mar/11/human-remains-found-in-woodland-near-bristol-believed-to-be-dj-derek
― Gaz upon my works ye mighty, and despair (Neil S), Friday, 11 March 2016 13:51 (eight years ago) link
This is horrible and sad but at the same time, at least they've found him. Can't imagine what it must have been like for the family just not knowing where he was all this time, and they had presumed him dead by this point.
I read he was something of a rambler so he may have just collapsed in the woods but if so he must have been way off any kind of well-trod path.
― Matt DC, Friday, 11 March 2016 14:23 (eight years ago) link
apparently he used to get the bus up towards where his remains have been found. Being somewhat familiar with that bit of Bristol, there's lots of urban edgelands (light industry, shopping malls, motorways and large roads etc.) round there in which it would be quite easy to get lost within and be out of site of anyone passing, particularly if you were a bit infirm.
― Gaz upon my works ye mighty, and despair (Neil S), Friday, 11 March 2016 14:36 (eight years ago) link
yes I'm glad they found him at last. not so pleased to hear about his death though. I once had the chance to meet him as I was djing after him on a local bill and he was a really lovely chap.
― draxx them sklounst (dog latin), Friday, 11 March 2016 15:18 (eight years ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/feb/23/reggae-dj-david-rodigan-my-name-was-adopted-by-a-kingston-gangster-hes-dead-now
Rodigan tells his life story-- from seeing ska bands to competing in soundsystem contests to playing some dubstep
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 26 February 2017 18:11 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR0oQwrlZD8
― dollar general (am0n), Monday, 27 February 2017 03:49 (seven years ago) link