At school my nicknames were not cool and kind of cruel the earliest being "Joe 90", I've always been a slim character and I remember the ridicule of being called an "Ethiopian" ,a "Bean Pole" and a "Leper"
My skater friends in Bristol called me "Fiddler" along with my two brothers because my mum played the violin so collectively we were the "fiddlers three".
At Uni I was called "Bad Luck Steve" for a while after I passed out behind a sofa at the student union bar after too many drinks on my birthday. They didn't see me at closing time so I was locked in. I came round at about 3am and set off the fire alarm. I had to be released by the night guard.
I was called "
maggot" while at university by a friend who paid her tuition fees with money earned as a dominatrix.
After University I worked as a counsellor on a American summer camp in the early nineties where I was nicknamed "Wally" after the character in the "Where's Wally" books.
On being asked about my JSteveKane alias, I explain that its a throwback to the time I created my hotmail account and the DJ personna I was thinking of using at the time. Other DJ "aliases" I have used included; "The Refresher", "The Spirit Guides ", "Deckhard", "Replicant
23" , "Steve P Tribe" , "
The Smurf" , "
Zero B5", "
Blue Five" , "
Steve Skywalker" , "Steve J. K. "J Steve Kane" J.S.K. and Jay Ess Kay.
"JSteveKane" was a homage to the pioneering British breakbeat techno producer "JSAULKANE" who was at the forefront of early UK Hip Hop Breakbeat /Drum & bass /Jungle alongside the likes of DJ Hype and Shut up and Dance.
JSAULKANE/
Depth Charge was renowned for his love of ,and overt use of both Kung Fu and Porn samples which I thought was all kind of kool and predated the
Wu Tang Clan doing a similar thing.
Jungle/Drum and Bass has some of it roots in hip hop. So its would be wrong not to reference the original Big
Daddy Kane .
Kane references within Jungle/Drum and Bass continued with the jungle producer "Marvellous Kane" and DJ Kane (
Essence of Chi) and my own resonances with Steve Kane at the
lazerdrome.
In additiin to resonating Orson Welles "Citizen Kane" Kane also reminded me of the character "
Cain" from the seventies T.V. series "Kung Fu" which I loved as a kid and played by David Carradine who later stared in "Kill Bill" , which I love.
When I joined a Tai Chi/
Kung Fu school a few years later The Master called me "White Steve" to differentiate me from my
double "Black Steve" (and from Chinese Steve) , this alias is used to this day. Soon after my teacher opened his Temple in Old Street,I got a job in a nearby call centre.There I was nicknamed "Kung Fu Vicar" due to the second hand grey suit I wore and my interest in Kung Fu.
Since I began playing Capoeira I've had a few nicknames "
Judas" for betraying my Master (East London Capoeira/Senzala), "Alfinette" (Vitoria de Conquista ) "Garibu" (
Marrom Capoeira), "Estive" / /"Steve Austin" / "Courigitto" / "
Korujito" / "Courigitto-Sonhador" / "Monitor Steve" (Capoeira Angola Palmares)
Lately since moving back to Bristol I've been "Estive Palmares" / "
Stevie Palmares / "Stevie P " / "E.S.P."
Stevie P resonates , Stevie Pamares/ESP, Steve P Tribe and
Steve Parker . Recently I had a dream in which I declared my name as "Steve Ingles"
Other "J"s evoked are ,
Jaguar, Jesus, Jupiter, Jezedi & the Judoka "Jigoro
Kano" and Jedi Knights.
On the
Jedi tip as well as "Steve Skywalker" I was "Blue 5" and "Zero B5"
Steve
Grey resonates; Grey
Wolf , Gandalf the Grey , Grey aliens, and 50 shades of corporate success & anonymity.
Stephen G resonates Stephen Grant (Moonknight) and Stephen Gerrard the footballer. In different moments I have thought about buying replica England shirts with Stevie
G and Kane on the back.
So who is the real me? maybe they all are different parts of me ? And when I first started this post I had just gained another ;-)
DAD