Lil Louis deafened in one ear by idiot club manager

[Spymaster]

 

[Treacle Toes]

Grit in your eye?

 

[Spymaster]

Grit in your eye?

I'm on a bong with a mate. You know what it's like, when you lean over sometimes smoke gets in your eyes.

 

[DJWrongspeed]

Edit, link! http://www.whoislillouis.com/

This is a larf. The promoters are mad and the artist stitches them up:
Lil Louis' ->
Non-Technical Rider
1.
One (1) Five Star Hotel (including Fitness Center) *If hotel does not have
fitness center, a fitness center must be provided and paid for by promoter.
2.
Per Diem: Promoter must provide Per Diem in the following manner:
a)
Per Diem of $150 per day on each day Artist from day Artist arrives
until day Artist departs as per itinerary set by Promoter.
b)
Per Diem of $50 per day in conjunction with meals, snacks and
beverages (including mini-bar but not including alcohol) at any time
Artist desires. For clarity, meals, snacks and beverages shall be paid
for and provided by Promoter, and those expenses are separate from
$50 Per Diem.
c)
Per Diem must be collected and paid to Artist upon arrival at airport.
3.
Business class flights throughout itinerary. Window seats on all flights.
4.
Transportation.
5.
Highly visible area for Artist to sell merchandise, if artist so desires.
6.
Screen and apparatus, i.e. projector, DVD players for Artist to show DVDs,
film, photos.
7.
Area for Art Exhibit and/or mobile museum.
8.
Indoor Basketball court.
9.
All fee balances must be paid in advance by wire at least 72 hours before
Artist departs.

 

[plurker]

Some nice acid Trax posted up there; nice.

Aside from French Kiss (HOW have people never heard that?) I always was a sucker for this tune



Oh and this one:

 

[ManchesterBeth]

http://www.factmag.com/2015/01/27/h...eer-in-doubt-after-being-deafened-by-airhorn/

Poor fella, hope it doesn't turn out to be permanent. And WTF was the person who set off the airhorn thinking?

Sad news indeed.

 

[lambro]

From the man himself (from his FB page)

Dear Manchester.

I know you wondered what happened on Saturday. I’ll explain. I was really excited to play for you, thus, deeply disappointed that I didn’t. As usual, I landed then went to Soundcheck. As we were about to leave, this idiot came into the booth and without notice, decided to show off a new toy (a very powerful CO2 cannon blaster machine), which seemed 12 inches from my left ear. As he shot it, the compressed air that blasted out of the cannon was louder and more shrill than anything I’d ever heard. It hurt so bad, I jumped in the air and screamed. The pain was followed by an intense ringing and muffled silence. The left side of the room went dead, and I couldn’t hear anything except that ring. I was taken to the hospital, where I spent the night being passed around a bevy of doctors including an ENT specialist. I was diagnosed with SIHL (sound induced hearing loss), a permanent hearing loss, and given a strong steroid medication. I haven’t been able to easily walk straight (my equilibrium is off), so I can’t work out, hold down food, and I’m nauseous and lightheaded. I’ve gone from sleeping two hours a day to being in bed for two days.

I am fucking upset, because this idiot, (a manager no less) should have known better. And not only did he prevent me from playing for you, he may have ended my career as a DJ and Artist. I’m not looking for sympathy, but to prevent any new rumors from milling, instead of handling it privately as usual, this time I’m sharing the details.

Know that I live for three things, God, to finish this film, and create and play music for you. I’ve been able to handle everything life has thrown me. But I don’t know what will come of this. While writing this, I thought about the Serenity Prayer my mom gave me at 5. I understand why now. This is beyond my control, so I have to accept whatever comes. But I'm praying, because I’ve made the best album of my life, and want to give you that, the film, and the best DJing, which is still in front of me. In two hours, I have to take further tests. Wish me luck…

Musically yours,
Lil Louis.

For a DJ to lose hearing in one ear is heavily fucked up.

 

[pesh]

For a DJ to lose hearing in one ear is heavily fucked up.

especially after surviving 30 odd years of DJing in loud clubs only to get deafened by a bellend with an air horn. in a club, that wasn't even open.

 

[magneze]

Update: it's permenant.

http://www.factmag.com/2015/02/27/house-legend-lil-louis-is-deaf-in-his-left-ear-following-injury/

 

[ringo]

Update: it's permenant.

That's sad news. Seems to be taking it quite well, not sure I would, though I do get a bit tired of hearing egocentric artistes discussing their enormous gift. There's some inbetween track guff from Buju Banton's fantastic Inna Heights LP where he goes on about it so much it puts me off playing it.

 

[mwgdrwg]

That's shit news. Fuck, I'd be so angry, he's very calm.

 

[Johnny Vodka]

I remember as a young lad being in the car with parents and grandparents and 'French Kiss' came on the wireless causing a wee bit of embarrassment.