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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 03:40 PM
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To Grandmother's Rave We Go



LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Giving a whole new meaning to Lady Gaga, a British granny is proving you're never too old to get down, rocking top clubs on both sides of the Atlantic as a DJ at the grand old age of 69.

Ruth Flowers, aka Mamy Rock, is a politely-spoken grandmother from Bristol in southwest England who has just taken Los Angeles clubland by storm after moving across from Europe.

"I love people, I think that's what carries me through. I love the young ones too, because they get such a bad press often. And I haven't find them to be anything but wonderful," she tells AFP.

Forget the cliches of retirement homes, afternoons in front of the TV and knitting: although well beyond pensionable age, Flowers seems to have more energy than most of the 20-somethings dancing to her pumping rhythms. ................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101114/ts_afp/entertainmentbritainusmusicsenior_20101114114507



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hendo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 04:02 PM
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1. Awesome! Gotta love a rockin' grandma! I wonder if any of her remixes are online! NT
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hendo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 04:03 PM
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2. Ask and I shall recieve, even if its only from myself. (link to her below)
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 04:05 PM
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4. Saw her on BBC
She's very entertaining.
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jonnyblitz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 04:04 PM
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3. she's on youtube. nt
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rocktivity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 04:28 PM
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5. Though I'm not into music that REQUIRES that you be drugged
she gets props from this fiftysomething rock and roller!

:headbang:
rocktivity
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lildreamer316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 06:30 PM
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6. I started to love techno
at age 18; did not take my first drug until age 26.
Went to raves from age 18 on; sober as a judge and loved it.
My husband is a electro trance progressive house dj; we love it all and listen to it a lot..sober :)
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 06:41 PM
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8. I love traditional Chicago-Detroit house & techno.........
..... and some of the Parisian house, but I just can't get with trance.


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jonnyblitz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 06:46 PM
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10. I did the early 90's rave /gay circuit party thing when i got of the
navy in San Francisco. I never heard the techno without the drugs for the longest time and, to this day when I hear the THUMP THUMP THUMP, i get that stomach butterfly, sweaty palms feeling, and i am way beyond raving age. Techno is my default music when i am not in the mood for anything else.
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aikoaiko Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 06:38 PM
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7. We're going to see a lot of funky grandmas as boomers hit their septuagenarian years
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Matariki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 06:43 PM
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9. BEAUTIFUL!
Our culture so lacks intergenerational relationships. More of this. Good for everyone!
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SalmonChantedEvening Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 07:13 PM
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11. Fuhshizzle Granmizzile.
:D
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 07:14 PM
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12. OK, my evening coffee has made its way to my monitor......
:spray:

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SalmonChantedEvening Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 07:27 PM
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13. Success!
I mean um sorry. ;)


((((marmar)))) :hi:
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 07:28 PM
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14. Bon soir, mon ami !!
:hi:


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