......Mr. Please, Please, Please, Funky President, Foreign Minister Of Funk and now an Ambassador of The Princes Trust - some of the re-affirmed accolades quite rightly bestowed upon the truly legendary James Brown at the Berkeley Square Ball late last night by Rod Stewart (equally legendary himself!).

As clock ticked & running order moved closer to my DJ set, I thought of how to follow on from the hardest working man in showbuisness, who looked incredible, exuded more energy than a vial of Viagra and belted out the bangers from a career spanning over 50 years!! How about Coldcut's or Norman Cook's "Payback Mixes"? Or Steinski's tribute to 'The Godfather Of Soul', the classic cut-up, "Lesson 2" - Whatever, it's GOT TO BE FUNKY!!!!!