Daily Chiofta
By Mike Hajimichael
Daily ChioftaAug 07, 2020
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Dentistry and the violin - Yiannis Pipis - A Cyprus Legend and World Record Breaker
In days of old when dentists lacked medical qualifications - violins and pliers came in handy. The tale of Yiannis Pipis a Cyprus Legend and World Record Breaker
Feb 05, 202104:21
A long rant at SNWMF
Touring the USA in 2004 and playing at The Sierra Nevada World Music Festival - a long rant means a short set...
Jan 19, 202105:60
'Strange' Foods
The things that make you go...yuuuuck....
Sep 28, 202004:29
Pieris Pierettis legend of Cyprus
When Pierettis met The Vragaman by the beach.
Sep 06, 202005:10
From Eve to Gus
How a kitten changes names following revelations by modern veterinary science.
Aug 26, 202004:32
Centurian Chiofta
A reflection on The Daily Chiofta journey and spontaneity - the rat, the cat and the dog...go to the good...
Aug 11, 202006:56
Politics - the open sewer
Politics with a big p is like an open sewer.
Aug 10, 202006:21
Monoux - High School
Memories of an oppressive school going through its own schizophrenic identity phase.
Aug 09, 202005:46
MIDEM late 1990s
I went to MIDEM once in the late 1990s. This is the annual music gathering in Cannes, France and was full of coincidences for me.
Aug 08, 202005:40
Nana & Kojak
2 important parts of our ethnic 60s and 70s TV diet...
Aug 07, 202005:34
Bitter Durrell
A few thoughts on the most famous book on Cyprus by Lawrence Durrell.
Aug 06, 202005:42
A Diblokambino called Sotiroulla
My truck Sotiroulla is a double cabin and a saviour.
Aug 05, 202004:57
Reggae...
My life long love for a worldwide music that started in Jamaica...
Aug 04, 202006:52
Xaratsi
A place deep in the heart of Nicosia old that I love to play at and some thoughts on people and places that just don't understand Reggae.
Aug 03, 202004:56
Radio...
One of my life long passions...Radio...
Aug 02, 202007:54
Val's Place
A very special place in Gialia. A musician's utopia.
Aug 01, 202004:47
The day Bob Marley died...
11th May 1981 is a sad day for music worldwide. The day Bob Marley died, I heard the news on a sound system at Essex University.
Jul 31, 202005:17
To Skodomeno - a first encounter with a Skoda Coupe
Around 1975 my brother George got a Skoda Coupe. Taking it for a first spin, excuse the pun, the rest as they say is history...
Jul 30, 202006:09
Chippy Riot in Liverpool
Living through a riot in a chippy, Liverpool 1981.
Jul 29, 202006:36
Jeff Trump and Riders
Riders are those things bands get before gigs. The more famous a band is the more elaborate the rider. Jeff Trump my drummer brother from San Francisco is an imaginative rider architect!
Jul 28, 202005:37
Names...such important things...
Names mean so much to us...we carry them for life...
Jul 27, 202003:10
Interviewing Shaggy
Early 90s I interviewed Shaggy 3 times. Entertaining, clever and a total prankster!
Jul 26, 202004:41
The man who called me John...
Collecting records from age 14 I encountered a man in a shop who constantly called me John.
Jul 25, 202005:03
Don't DJ when intoxicated on Tsipouro
A powerful drink from Greece once taught me a simple lesson in life...Don't DJ when drunk!
Jul 24, 202004:44
Surrealistic gigs
My take on gigs that might go wrong...
Jul 23, 202006:51
Greek School
My Saturdays....Greek School
Jul 22, 202005:45
Sean Connery Ithaka
Teaching Ithaka by Kavafy as told by Sean Connery...
Jul 21, 202005:29
20th July 1974 Invasion
The sirens wail again...
Jul 20, 202003:55
Things that make you go mmmm during gigs
A collection of mini chioftes on things that happened during gigs in Cyprus.
Jul 19, 202005:57
Piracy in Cyprus
The illegal industry in Cyprus that affected many musical careers.
Jul 18, 202006:40
Imiz & The Haji
On matters and encounters of the Imiskoumbrian kind...
Jul 17, 202007:03
Zorbas & Punishment
My first case of inclass punishment - the crime - knowing how to dance Zorbas!
Jul 16, 202005:18
15th July 1974 Military Coup
The Military Coup in Cyprus 15th July 1974 changed the course of history.
Jul 15, 202005:59
The case of the alleged "stolen" Vrajes
Kantonas ,Vrajes and a close shave with the law in Chingford.
Jul 14, 202006:23
Sugar on Radio in Cyprus
Sugar's only live radio interview in Cyprus in 1997 started off with an eruption of laughter...
Jul 13, 202005:23
Do Good...
Good deeds always bring good vibes...
Jul 12, 202004:22
Zebekiko
The notorious 9/8 rhythm that some cannot grasp.
Jul 11, 202004:48
Sociological Chioftes
My love for Sociology goes back to school and accidentally misprounouncing the word in Greek has become a Poumbouris family urban folk myth.
Jul 10, 202005:42
Maro-Maria BANNED
A painful story of infidelity, Maro-Maria, a song from my 2nd LP Aphrodite's Dream' and how the video clip got banned.
Jul 09, 202005:36
DJ Marios Avraam...Vintaaage Chakkos
A great friend, DJ and supporter of my work since 1988.
Jul 08, 202004:16
A man called Skev - coincidences galore
I have known him since I was 12. Our friendship is like duracel batteries, it just goes on and on....
Jul 07, 202004:43
Learning things the hard way
London was very different from Marathovouno and some things had to be learned the hard way...
Jul 06, 202006:22
The first day at school
The first day at school in Walthamstow was all about eyes...
Jul 05, 202004:59
Mr and Mrs Meade
The neighbours who took care of me and taught me so much.
Jul 04, 202004:56
The journey and arriving in London
The flight from Cyprus to London via Athens, at the age of 4 was traumatic.
Jul 03, 202005:25
The letter, Shenkou and the swallows
The letter that changed the entire course of my life.
Jul 02, 202004:52
My grandfather Poumbouris and my love for travel
Travel is a very important part of my life which is thanks to my grandfather Poumbouris.
Jul 01, 202004:54
A day in Peladousa
A visit to film maker Panicos Chrysanthou in Peladousa turned out to be a real cliffhanger.
Jun 30, 202004:35
I love Paphos
Paphos is where it all began for me in Cyprus. I had an amazing time there in the summer of 1993. Lesson 1 was also learned...never cross a Paphian...
Jun 29, 202006:09
Chris The Black Rembeti
An encounter on a 29 bus with a Haringey Urban Legend.
Jun 28, 202004:14