Episode 38: PAUL HARRINGTON

Paul Harrington is a British raver with a story to tell. A story about getting arrested in Ibiza with hundreds of E's in a cereal box. A story about the London acid house clubs of the late 1980s and early 90s and running with violent football firms until euphoric anthems and a night on the doves at Legends turned his life around. A story about trading Hummers for mangoes with Afghani arms dealers. This real estate dealer from Essex fell into the London club scene fast and hard, lived a wild life, crawled out of cocaine addiction in his 40s and is now writing an autobiography about the whole thing called Beautiful Chaos. While we wait for the book to emerge, I spoke to Paul about burning bright, turning up, burning out and his adventures with the E Team.

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Things discussed in this episode & extras:
- More Paul. Paul talks more about his cocaine addiction, recovery, and his journey beyond 6-pack abs on The Reset podcast.
- Limelight. Before NYC’s Limelight there was London’s Limelight club. Read about it.
- Denzel & the Door Pickers. Meet Denzel and some of the other legendary pickers of the London scene in this VICE article.
- From Ministry to Shoom. A likkle rundown of some of London’s most famous nightclubs of the late 80s and 90s.
- Absolutely Fabulous. An amazing 1979 NY Times piece on London club openings.
- A History of London nightclubs. Dating back to the 1920s!
- Legends Only. There was also a Legend club in Warrington (outside Manchester) that was kind of a big deal. There’s also a VICE article about it.
- In My Nightlife. A cool little mini-doc about London nightlife in the 1980s with some amazing photos.
- Ibiza 1990s. A little recollection of one man’s time falling in love with the White Isle.
- Beefa Wild. The hedonistic Ibiza days of Manumission, Space and more as covered by DJ Mag.

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