I blogged about the Double L previously, however for some time a Double Steve thing has been reoccurring in my conciousness. Perhaps the first time I noticed it was in relation the writer who uses the name Stephen King .Stephen means "crowned one" in Greek so his pen name is essentially "King King" (King of Kings) .
In an interview I was listening to today with Rowetta of Happy Mondays by Carl Loben of the Drum Monkeys. I was made aware of two Steve Mac's with a Bristol connection; one (a white guy) & record producer the other (a black guy), house DJ and record producer.
Kiss FM in its heyday had a a number of "DJ Doubles". On the Black & White tip were ; Colin Favour/Colin Dale and Matt Black/Matt White.
Steve Jackson was a dj/producer on kiss fm not to be confused with Steve Jackson (Fighting Fantasy / Electronic Frontier Foundation)
I've blogged elsewhere on my own "White Steve" alias given to me by my Kung Fu teacher to differentiate me from "Black Steve".
In regards to my real name, I've never actually met anyone who shares both my names.
But in the aforementioned Rowetta interview they mention the well known music journalist named "Stephen..." who shares my surname. I have always beenaware of him as I was a regular reader of NME in my teens, but he never really impacted my life.
Which leads to the next event. I sometimes wonder if it ever really happened it felt so strange. I was in my 1st year of University. It was the early nineties, and around the time I settled on the use of my JSteveKane alias. I had been to a club night entitled "innersense" at a place called the lazerdrome in Peckham Rye with a friend. We had just got back to East London after quite a hard night partying when we were stopped by the Police. We had done nothing wrong but were nervous and even more so after the initial questions had been answered , checks carried out yet we were still not free to move on. There was much talk on the police radio and the focus was clearly on me. Eventually we were allowed to go, but not before the Officer explained that the reason for the hold up was I apparently shared the same name as a "political dissident" of interest in regard to the delicate situation in Northern Ireland.
Which leads to the next event. I sometimes wonder if it ever really happened it felt so strange. I was in my 1st year of University. It was the early nineties, and around the time I settled on the use of my JSteveKane alias. I had been to a club night entitled "innersense" at a place called the lazerdrome in Peckham Rye with a friend. We had just got back to East London after quite a hard night partying when we were stopped by the Police. We had done nothing wrong but were nervous and even more so after the initial questions had been answered , checks carried out yet we were still not free to move on. There was much talk on the police radio and the focus was clearly on me. Eventually we were allowed to go, but not before the Officer explained that the reason for the hold up was I apparently shared the same name as a "political dissident" of interest in regard to the delicate situation in Northern Ireland.
Years later my Steve/Laserdrome connection came back to haunt me. After a particularly heavy night out I caught a night bus home that terminated in Peckham Rye, meaning a walk to Forest Hill. As I stumbled off into the night, I looked up to see the long since derelict laserdrome, the security screening surrounding it with signage reading "secured by Stephen Kane".
Strange indeed! I've blogged elsewhere in relation to the Double Steve / Stephen Strange.
Recently the BBC TV series Small Axe directed by Steve McQueen reminded me of the movie legend of the same name who I only ever watched in "The great escape".
Recently the BBC TV series Small Axe directed by Steve McQueen reminded me of the movie legend of the same name who I only ever watched in "The great escape".
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