Dave Pearce at Insomnia

About 10 years ago, my son Sam brought home a copy of a Gatecrasher CD - and my affiliation with House and Trance Music was created. Interestingly enough, he now listens to Dylan, Crosby .... et al. The stuff I listened to before!

Shortly after, I began to listen to a programme at 7pm on Sunday evenings on Radio 1 - the DJ was Dave Pearce. He played the same anthems that we play even now at Anna Jet - they are classic and timeless - and he did a lot more. Just before coming to Thailand I was working all week in the North East - Dave Pearce accompanied me on my Sunday drive up from the Cotswolds.

So, when I learnt he was going to be playing at Insomnia, I was determined to find the time to get there. And I did last night.

He come on at around 2am and was brilliant - and I, and a few other AJ customers who turned out to be there just jumped around like demented groupies.

I'm not a great fan of Insomnia - generally I turn up at around 5-6am, well tired and pissed off because it's so crowded and I don't recognise any of the music.

But this was great, a good crowd, but space to dance, the overly aggressive Insomnia girls were ignored, we just enjoyed the music. He played until around 4.30 (by which time Anna, some girls and one of our DJ's had come to join us) - and within 15 minutes we were back to the normal lifeless Insomnia style. So I went home. I had had my day!

Thank you Dave - and yes, thank you Insomnia!