Lil-Louis & the Co2cannon |
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Posted: 28 January 2015 at 6:27pm |
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 having sex 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, |
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DMZ. "The bass was intense. Girls were literally running up to stand next to the subs"
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discosucks
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Ahhhhh theres something not right here!!
AParantly he has had some shifty carry on before and pulled some really fast ones ( not playing gigs and keeping 11000 usd ) http://www.whoislillouis.com/ I love him as a dj but heard so many sketchy stories about him from promoter mates who have worked with him . Still sad to hear if he really did hurt his hearing.
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chickenfizz
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I've seen similar instances of artists massively overreacting to stuff like this. I bet the CO2 wasn't even as loud as his headphones end up every night, it will have just given him a fright.
Hope the poor kid who fired the CO2 doesn't get into too much bother. Edited by chickenfizz - 29 January 2015 at 5:25pm |
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Heathrow_B_line
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interesting read you can see both sides of the story |
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Produce a killer sound. Take no prisoners.
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discosucks
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Ya the guy who writes it comes across as a bit scattered and I found some of his emails hard to understand but it sounds like Lil louis pulled a massive fast one haha!
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app
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Who is Lil Louis.Never heard of him.Sounds like some ignorant cokehead
I personally have a hard time dealing with these "superstar djs". Karma is real? |
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"what!?"
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app
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Hearing loss is bad anyway. Not nice! Cant wish that for anyone...
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"what!?"
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bitSmasher
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odc04r
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You need to have a listen to some classic house then. |
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jumps
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Shame!
He is a prick! |
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deja-ibiza
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Ummm... Producer of seminal house track 'French Kiss', circa 1989 / 1990. Was (is) an epic example of early house / techno. |
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