When I was in Sydney this time last year for RUXCON I went to an after-party for Parklife where I met Marcel Ateen, aka MC SirReal. He's the honorary third Freestyler and can be heard on a number of their new tracks including my favourites "Fast Life" (which they performed last year at Parklife in Perth) and their new single "Painkiller".

I searched my 'blog and couldn't find reference to meeting him last year. A quick recap: I am in Sydney with a friend, Adam. He met a stripper the night before and was entertaining her. I saw that there was a party on after Parklife so I got a ticket and went along. I spied Aston and Matt and had a chat with Aston - I recognized a T-shirt he'd worn in Perth the weekend before. I was careful not to be a dickhead hanger-on, but found myself talking with Marcel. We got on really well. I wandered off a few times, making sure I wasn't cramping his style, and he came looking for me. He introduced me to a stack of people as "his friend" and made sure I wasn't left out of any of the conversation. A true gentleman. He gave me his mobile number and said to call him if I'm ever in Londontown, which I might be next year. I doubt he'd remember me, but wouldn't be surprised if he did.

Anyways... I thought it was funny that in the clip he's running around with a head ache from too much drinking and mad drugs, when all he drinks is OJ and doesn't touch any other substances. He's the cleanest MC in the world!