Of course, this isn't down to some innate genius residing within the Brit Asian soul. I blame the parents. British Asians are spoilt rotten. Many of their parents can afford to launch their so-so talented offspring into the creative world, letting them avoid the usual doctor, lawyer, accountant routine. Jyoti 'White Town' Mishra freely admits this.
Hippies are okay.
They'd catch hold of my slightly startled mother and gush about Goa and freaking out in Kathmandu. Then see Woodstock, made three years later, with its legion of thin, wasted youth. Too much dope, acid and heroin. History repeats . Since 1987, dance culture, the illegal raves and warehouse parties of the rave scene, the world of drugs, dance floors, DJs, has exploded into a multi-million pound business.