To Grandmother's Rave We Go

[marmar]

LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Giving a whole new meaning to Lady Gaga, a British granny is proving you're never too old to get down, rocking top clubs on both sides of the Atlantic as a DJ at the grand old age of 69.

Ruth Flowers, aka Mamy Rock, is a politely-spoken grandmother from Bristol in southwest England who has just taken Los Angeles clubland by storm after moving across from Europe.

"I love people, I think that's what carries me through. I love the young ones too, because they get such a bad press often. And I haven't find them to be anything but wonderful," she tells AFP.

Forget the cliches of retirement homes, afternoons in front of the TV and knitting: although well beyond pensionable age, Flowers seems to have more energy than most of the 20-somethings dancing to her pumping rhythms. ................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101114/ts_afp/entertainmentbritainusmusicsenior_20101114114507

[hendo]

1. Awesome! Gotta love a rockin' grandma! I wonder if any of her remixes are online! NT

[hendo]

2. Ask and I shall recieve, even if its only from myself. (link to her below)

http://www.mamyrock.com/home.htm

[malaise]

4. Saw her on BBC

She's very entertaining.

[jonnyblitz]

3. she's on youtube. nt

[rocktivity]

5. Though I'm not into music that REQUIRES that you be drugged

she gets props from this fiftysomething rock and roller!

:headbang:
rocktivity

[lildreamer316]

6. I started to love techno

at age 18; did not take my first drug until age 26.
Went to raves from age 18 on; sober as a judge and loved it.
My husband is a electro trance progressive house dj; we love it all and listen to it a lot..sober :)

[marmar]

8. I love traditional Chicago-Detroit house & techno.........

..... and some of the Parisian house, but I just can't get with trance.

[jonnyblitz]

10. I did the early 90's rave /gay circuit party thing when i got of the

navy in San Francisco. I never heard the techno without the drugs for the longest time and, to this day when I hear the THUMP THUMP THUMP, i get that stomach butterfly, sweaty palms feeling, and i am way beyond raving age. Techno is my default music when i am not in the mood for anything else.

[aikoaiko]

7. We're going to see a lot of funky grandmas as boomers hit their septuagenarian years

[Matariki]

9. BEAUTIFUL!

Our culture so lacks intergenerational relationships. More of this. Good for everyone!

[SalmonChantedEvening]

11. Fuhshizzle Granmizzile.

:D

[marmar]

12. OK, my evening coffee has made its way to my monitor......

:spray:

[SalmonChantedEvening]

13. Success!

I mean um sorry. ;)


((((marmar)))) :hi:

[marmar]

14. Bon soir, mon ami !!

:hi: