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Wow! This place is kicking off again.. and new contributors too!

As some of you know, I am now living in the crazy sand-pit that is Dubai, where we've been graced by the likes of Elton John, Celine Dion, Santana, Shakira (which was a massive sell-out show), Tatu (all the things you said all the things you said running through my head) and next week Mariah Carey is playing in Dubai and the week after Bon Jovi is playing at Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi.

I feel so musically challenged.

Thinking that maybe a good club night would sort that out.. having a quick scan through the weekly TimeOut guide, sift past all the MoS style club nights.. RnB Superclub stuff.. Rock cover bands.. Retro nights (VERY popular here.. think Bristol Arms steez).. you get DJs like Tiesto, Roger Sanchez, Mauro Picotto, Sharam, Armand Van Helden, Pete Tong, Morillo etc etc. I made sure I went along to check out Digweed when he was here in Feburary and it was just a massive let down. WAY too ploddy for ghetto club tainted cochleas (is that the right part of the inner ear??). Since then we've had Danny Howells, Hernan Cattaneo and Dirty South (I wasnt in attendance to rep for Aus).. not that I'm out to diss any of these acts, its just not my thang at the moment.

Then theres the Grooverider kerfuffle would be right to turn any touring DJ off..

And to add to my predicament, internet access to certain sites can be limited due to blocks and government censorship and bans.

Whats a girl to do?!

I am relying a lot on what other people tell/send me and the bits and pieces I get a chance to read about. When I went back to Sydney about a month ago, the sound of new music was just incredible! With non-censored internet access, I was once again scouring through blogs and music sites trying to find out what all the kids are listening to these days.

Then on Facebook, I noticed Euan, our friendly MajorLeaguer, had posted a link to a site called mUxtape (and to use his joke "No, I'm not a Kiwi"). You basically upload 12 mp3s (each no bigger than 10mb) and have all your friends listen to it. Its a pretty neat idea. One that I'd spent most of the afternoon mucking about with after grabbing a stash of new things.

My Effort: http://mishillionare.muxtape.com/
Euan's original mUx: http://majorleaguer.muxtape.com/
And the 2nd one Euan made being inspired by snow in LDN: http://footprintsinthesnow.muxtape.com/

Connect me with your muxtape!

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ALSO!
Congratulations to Paul, Nick and everyone over at ResidentAdvisor for scooping the People's Voice Award at The Webbys!