In five months time you have an opportunity to experience some thing quite remarkable, some think that is a strange as it is wonderful, a weird whacky wonderful experience of an allnighter based around throwing away the rule book and the formula without boundaries and without a script.
I'm talking about a quirky, marvelously nutty allnighter called Bidds.
To me it's like one of those strange and intriguing "cult films" that some will find confusing and leave the cinema scratching their heads wondering what all the fuss is about while others will be straight round to the ticket office ready to see it again.
There are so many strange flavors being offered, I wouldn't want any of them in a sandwich at tea time but they kinda work, no they make up this sort of delicious trifle, its as if you are tasting some thing for the first time yet it sends you hurtling back to tastes of your mums and nowt on this earth tastes better than mums cooking!
I'm not over egging this, you have to experience it your self coz there is some thing very special tucked away and a little hidden. I felt as if I have stumbled across one of those TV programs lost or hidden in the after ten o'clock slot where no one watches it yet there is a cadre of fans.
I liken Bidds to a mini series that has long had cult following, all of the characters and components are there. You drive into this "road house" venue and some one will more than likely help you to park, no they don't jump into your car or anything, its just that the people who stand out side aren't the usual scary starey people who you usually walk around. There is a warm and genuine greeting that doesn't scare or intimidate you nor is it one of these American "Moonie" sickly sweet affairs.
You are now ready to start to meet the Bidds cast of characters, first up is the doormen who look as if they could rip you spine out yet welcome you as if you are coming home and they are distant relations, you get a real hand shake and a sense of relaxed control.
The manager is a top banana who is very hard not to like, he is in charge yet both him, the bar staff and door staff soon become part of the experience, I see them dancing some times and its ace to see them popping up at other venues and it kinda sets the stage for the other cast members.
I'm used to seeing a line of tables with aluminum record boxes protecting the dealers who all look as if they are at a car boot sale for blokes who need girlfriends. Here at Bidds there is a collective giggle of characters ready to take the piss and have, dare I say fun? There is a frivolity that renders any preconceptions void, all are individual, all have there own take on music and it is here that Bidds has its true heart beat, it is this musical jigsaw puzzle made up from different boxes where some of the pieces don't quite fit yet no one cares and no one seams to be worried that the picture forming will be out of focus to most of the Northernsoul community and that is where Bidds becomes Bidds.
The punters are the "who's who" of the scene yet there is no "Royalty" present, no corners, groups or cliques of old school, new school, or bold school, just dancers who want to dance. I took time out to see what was occurring, was there a large group of beard strokers here to judge the music, there was not?
The whole Bidds experience is a paradox, the music comes from individual DJ's who offer up their record box as if they are exposing their souls warts n all, you get this impression that rather than try to impress they have opened their hearts to play the music of their lives, you may think that I am waxing lyrical here but there is an air of vulnerability when playing the music you love, they are offering the dance floor an honest glimpse of soul, Its hard not to fall in love with that sort of DJ and it manifests its self gloriously on the dance floor.
Bidds will not be for every one but it is open to every one and I recommend that this is thee place to have visited before you die, Its on again in five months, the toilets aren't mega but the people and the place are and the music is enigmatic, powerful and honest.
Footnote.
This isn't my stab at giving Bidds a thumbs up nor is it a "Look Back", this is my take on the rare souls scene from the perspective of a dancer/punter. I no little to nothing about our wonderful scene other than it's a broad church and with so much out there I believe a honest recommend is often needed.
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In five months time you have an opportunity to experience some thing quite remarkable, some think that is a strange as it is wonderful, a weird whacky wonderful experience of an allnighter based around throwing away the rule book and the formula without boundaries and without a script.
I'm talking about a quirky, marvelously nutty allnighter called Bidds.
To me it's like one of those strange and intriguing "cult films" that some will find confusing and leave the cinema scratching their heads wondering what all the fuss is about while others will be straight round to the ticket office ready to see it again.
There are so many strange flavors being offered, I wouldn't want any of them in a sandwich at tea time but they kinda work, no they make up this sort of delicious trifle, its as if you are tasting some thing for the first time yet it sends you hurtling back to tastes of your mums and nowt on this earth tastes better than mums cooking!
I'm not over egging this, you have to experience it your self coz there is some thing very special tucked away and a little hidden. I felt as if I have stumbled across one of those TV programs lost or hidden in the after ten o'clock slot where no one watches it yet there is a cadre of fans.
I liken Bidds to a mini series that has long had cult following, all of the characters and components are there. You drive into this "road house" venue and some one will more than likely help you to park, no they don't jump into your car or anything, its just that the people who stand out side aren't the usual scary starey people who you usually walk around. There is a warm and genuine greeting that doesn't scare or intimidate you nor is it one of these American "Moonie" sickly sweet affairs.
You are now ready to start to meet the Bidds cast of characters, first up is the doormen who look as if they could rip you spine out yet welcome you as if you are coming home and they are distant relations, you get a real hand shake and a sense of relaxed control.
The manager is a top banana who is very hard not to like, he is in charge yet both him, the bar staff and door staff soon become part of the experience, I see them dancing some times and its ace to see them popping up at other venues and it kinda sets the stage for the other cast members.
I'm used to seeing a line of tables with aluminum record boxes protecting the dealers who all look as if they are at a car boot sale for blokes who need girlfriends. Here at Bidds there is a collective giggle of characters ready to take the piss and have, dare I say fun? There is a frivolity that renders any preconceptions void, all are individual, all have there own take on music and it is here that Bidds has its true heart beat, it is this musical jigsaw puzzle made up from different boxes where some of the pieces don't quite fit yet no one cares and no one seams to be worried that the picture forming will be out of focus to most of the Northernsoul community and that is where Bidds becomes Bidds.
The punters are the "who's who" of the scene yet there is no "Royalty" present, no corners, groups or cliques of old school, new school, or bold school, just dancers who want to dance. I took time out to see what was occurring, was there a large group of beard strokers here to judge the music, there was not?
The whole Bidds experience is a paradox, the music comes from individual DJ's who offer up their record box as if they are exposing their souls warts n all, you get this impression that rather than try to impress they have opened their hearts to play the music of their lives, you may think that I am waxing lyrical here but there is an air of vulnerability when playing the music you love, they are offering the dance floor an honest glimpse of soul, Its hard not to fall in love with that sort of DJ and it manifests its self gloriously on the dance floor.
Bidds will not be for every one but it is open to every one and I recommend that this is thee place to have visited before you die, Its on again in five months, the toilets aren't mega but the people and the place are and the music is enigmatic, powerful and honest.
Footnote.
This isn't my stab at giving Bidds a thumbs up nor is it a "Look Back", this is my take on the rare souls scene from the perspective of a dancer/punter. I no little to nothing about our wonderful scene other than it's a broad church and with so much out there I believe a honest recommend is often needed.