DJ Archive

The answers are in for Tiny Dan's preposterously difficult Super-Posh Rufus-themed quiz - find out if anyone won the "spelling mistake" prize of a Tropical Ireland! »

Overblown, pretentious, pompous, tuneless, guff. These are just some of the words Tiny Dan doesn't use in his latest paean to some ambient thing or other. »

Find out the answers to Tiny Dan's absurdly simple Posh Lyrics quiz and find out if anyone won the potential prize of £1,000,000! »

Tiny Dan ruins the decade by forcing its 3,653 days into a list of five mildly-disappointing things. »

Tiny Dan, the least popular member of the crew in Stephen Merchant's 6Music Radio Show, shares his highs and lows of 2009 - including the thing that unexpectedly made him cry, the best hip-hop of the year and the hilarious story of how he and Harry nearly actually died in the Thames! »

One of the many things that I don’t like about airports is that they don’t understand early morning. You know what I mean. You get up at half past yesterday for your pre-dawn flight. You feel like crying. But you’re too tired. Your eyes are so bleary you can’t quite work out if you’re actually... »

I’m putting my trust in you, faithful readers. Please don’t let me down. Turns out I’m needed on the wheels of steel at a friend’s birthday celebration next weekend. It’s a DJ emergency if you will (it must be if they’re calling on me). So, I’ve dusted off my nimble fingers, re-learnt some of my favourite... »

I wouldn’t want anyone to think that the demise of the Steve Show has quelled our almost pathological desire to hunt down new music. Our New Music Quest (NMQ) was no affectation we adopted for the show. Me, Harry, Rufus and Sammy were NMQ-ing pigs, sniffing out fresh melodies like they were tune-based truffles. For example, here’s... »

Tiny Dan fans are often disappointed when they see me in the flesh. This is for a number of reasons. Firstly, I am quite simply physically disappointing. Don’t get me wrong – I’m not grotesque or unpalatable. But neither am I majestic like, say, Jamaican runny man Usain Bolt or unstoppable bike emperor Sir Chris... »

Tiny Dan critics often said that one of the many reasons for my deep unpopularity on The Steve Show was the despicable music I used to play. “Melody-free claptrap”, “Fit only for knuckle-dragging dunderheads” “I hate you –  hate, hate, hate you Dan”. That’s just a taste of the bile-filled comments I imagine I would... »