A long time ago, and for a long time — from the late 1980s to the early 2000s — I worked as a bartender. And I was a great bartender, because I’m always dedicated to doing my best (what’s the point of doing anything at all if you’re going to do it half-assed?)

During the mid ’90s or so, my friend Chris Sheppard (a famous DJ in Toronto that then became a musician in the dance bands BKS and Love Inc) used to do what he wanted… play what he wanted, when he wanted, how he wanted to.

He was the first person I ever heard mix New Order with AC/DC in the late ’80s. At the time I thought, “you can’t mix new wave with heavy rock”… but once I heard the results I opened my mind beyond the labels people were obsessed with back then, and stopped “shoulding on” people for the music they liked.

And I remember a song he used to play a lot in the dance music heyday of the ’90s, called “No Limit” by 2 Unlimited. It’s pretty cheesey, but here’s the video if you don’t remember it:

During the middle of the song, Chris would always turn down the volume and sing into the mic, “There’s no lyrics!” instead of “There’s no limit.”

If you listen to the song, you’ll know why he was saying that… but why the heck am I bringing this up now?

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