What has been your worst ever experience since you have been in the scene that will haunt you for the rest of your life wether be it as a dj, promoter, dancer etc.

no wife jokes aloud though !!

bearsy

What has been your worst ever experience since you have been in the scene that will haunt you for the rest of your life wether be it as a dj, promoter, dancer etc.

no wife jokes aloud though !!

bearsy

what's yours?

what's yours?

The first time i met Shane Higgins

Dont think i can actually think of any 'funny' ones........... a few i would rather not share

what's yours?

i have this habit of trying to spin and often not making it, i reckon its something to do with balance or beer maybe.

whats yours ?

i have this habit of trying to spin and often not making it, i reckon its something to do with balance or beer maybe.

whats yours ?

and introducing the wrong record on the deck on my first attempt at dj`ing

i have this habit of trying to spin and often not making it, i reckon its something to do with balance or beer maybe.

whats yours ?

my biggest regret is believing my mate when he told me that the real identity of Harry Starr ("another time, another place") is Richard Chamberlain the actor (Thorn Birds/Dr Kildare etc)

I remember sharing this info on the old Ian Levine list 'ANS'

Shane

ps. Baz

Seeing someone die on the side car park at Wigan.

Getting mugged at knifepoint at Wigan.

Dave McCadden and Crispie dying this year.

Oops that's but a damper on this thread then..

Snapping a sam williams [tower] . being dragged all the way to america to dj at a fucking fiasco[and watching kev murphy snap his sweet and lovley the deltours in temper],loseing sheridans to some asian guys because the owners couldnt run a piss up in a brewery,being double crossed by a certain club owner but without these little hicups it wouldnt be northern soul .

my biggest regret is believing my mate when he told me that the real identity of Harry Starr ("another time, another place") is Richard Chamberlain the actor (Thorn Birds/Dr Kildare etc)

I remember sharing this info on the old Ian Levine list 'ANS'

Shane

ps. Baz

Who'd have believed that ?

That you had a mate

What has been your worst ever experience since you have been in the scene that will haunt you for the rest of your life wether be it as a dj, promoter, dancer etc.

Last oldies all-nighter at Wigan.

Took to far much speed and got the peeves (Paranoia), thought everyone was out to get me. Made a right c**t of myself.

Had a ticket for the last all-nighter but never went (was to embarrassed). Oh, and that night I chewed my cheek till blood dripped from my mouth.

Still feel the shame today when I meet people that were with me that night.

Public apology to all.

Gogse

Some old mates of mine from Egham went to an all-niter that wasn't on.

Slept the night in a public toilet.......or so they say

As a punter a couple:

1. Being the recipient of a full body cavity search by plod at Alfreton allnighter circa 1981

2. Seeing a lad who I was with getting stabbed outside Hinkley Nighter and having to make a statement to the Police after sampling a number of Rikers finest. I kept the plod there for hours

Being sick on Terry Samsons foot..........KGB 1978,dodgy gear.

Being sick on Terry Samsons foot..........KGB 1978,dodgy gear.

ok okay okeh

i would have said something like finding a rare Northern soul single for pence and not buying it and years later regretting it but that is unlike so nothing would really be worse for me yet

As a punter a couple:

1. Being the recipient of a full body cavity search by plod at Alfreton allnighter circa 1981

2. Seeing a lad who I was with getting stabbed outside Hinkley Nighter and having to make a statement to the Police after sampling a number of Rikers finest. I kept the plod there for hours

I think maybe DJing at a certain soul nite of yours Byrney... and nearly getting killed by the bare hands of Wainey... WHAT A NIGHT!!

losing a small box of 45s dj'ing at a bar in nottm - still hurts and it was about 5 years ago.

AT WIGAN-Being the usual nice guy- Gentleman and holding one of the girls purses for her while she went to the Loo only to get picked up by the Police for possession of God knows what cos I was one of the Jam butty brigade. AS I was Student nurse my carreer could have been over before it started. After the usual sample and questioning they let me go. From that point I decided that was it. Funny though My mate Colin Strath laughed his head off as he was a policeman who went to Wigan but had dropped me off that night to go and pick his brother up from Mcr airport. I thought being picked up was a wind -up. IT WASNT!

A couple more,swapping a cobblestone trick me treat me for a lou roberts ten to one with chris king at wigan,being made to put a bag of phillon and duramin down a grid outside wigan by a drug squad officer with a warped sense of humour,swapping my brand new sheepskin [xmas present]for a copy of sue lynn with siz at the carousel niter in manchester,only to come outside in the morning in my t shirt to find about 3 inches of snow had fallen.

Your Worst Ever Experience, as a dj, dancer, promoter

As a DJ at the Wagon & Horses one new year's eve, overdid it a little on the beer, to the shagrin of the landlady.

As a dancer at Buzzard in 85 wearing the 'On the Soul Side' T shirt I'd just bought back to front.

As a promoter my trusty doorman Richard letting people in the back door for a fiver and some unsavoury locals smashing the gents to pieces. :angry:

It had to be at my 30th birthday party a couple of years ago. I had just had a baby so hadnt drunk for a while & made up for it that night.

Derek Pearson must have had a bit to drink & decided to dance on one of the tables.

I decided to join him, despite numerous warnings from my family & friends.

I had the highest shoes on imaginable & one of the heels got caught between the two of the tables we were dancing on.

Everyone saw me go, but nobody could reach me in time. I landed head first into a table full of drinks. God knows how I didnt kill myself, apparently my friends were picking bits of glass out of my hair. Boy did I feel rough the next morning, & god did I have a bruised face.

It's all your fault Derek

i have this habit of trying to spin and often not making it, i reckon its something to do with balance or beer maybe.

whats yours ?

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Had a few when spinning.

KLV a few years ago, went into a spin, somehow caught my shoe in my turn-up, out of control, landed in a girls lap. Funniest one must have been doing a spin at cutler Hammer in Bedford. Empty floor, hit the spin, congratulated myself, record finished, started walking off floor, tripped over a table leg. Too old to pretend it was a drop sequence, so just floundered around for a while, buster Keaton style:)

Winnie:-)

Not anything really bad, but one that I never repeated

Down the 100 club, incredibly hot and sweaty... went to the loos to get changed. Took off my dress - used it to dry myself down, screwed it into a small ball and stuffed it into my bag. Put on my clean top, went to put on my skirt - but I'd left it hanging up in my bedroom Had to put my wet dress back on, find my then boyfriend and borrowed his clean trousers - which were the itchiest mohair you could find. I looked fetching for the rest of the evening

Sitting upstairs in the modern room at Kings Hall & deciding the quickest way to the dance floor was across the rows of chairs. Did the first three ok, clipped the back rest of the fourth with my trailing leg causing me to punt some young lady square between the eyes.

The more you apologise, the worst it gets

Played "Little ANthony - Nothing from Nothing" down at These Old Shoes in the middle of a good set.

Cleared the floor; Wallace pissing herself laughing screaming "what's that shite!" in my ear; then noticed Mr Croasdell had popped down as we were due to guest at the 100 club later that month just in time to catch my empty floor; lost my cool ; finished my set glowering, then told anyone who came near me to f*** off for about the next hour; went up to chat with big Roger the doorman who happily agreed with me that everything was shite etc etc

Record went into my sales box and sold, but I still cringe when I hear it. I did like it though.

Sitting upstairs in the modern room at Kings Hall & deciding the quickest way to the dance floor was across the rows of chairs. Did the first three ok, clipped the back rest of the fourth with my trailing leg causing me to punt some young lady square between the eyes.

The more you apologise, the worst it gets

who was it that whilst waiting for the train one afternoon on the way to a nighter s**t themselves?

apparently they ran out the station and into some jeans shop whilst still carrying the brown parcels in their back pocket. bought some jeans, ran out of the shop and onto the train. straight into the toilet on the train where the removed the soiled trousers and threw them out the window. opened the bag with the new jeans to find only a new shirt!

Shane

As a punter a couple:

1. Being the recipient of a full body cavity search by plod at Alfreton allnighter circa 1981

2. Seeing a lad who I was with getting stabbed outside Hinkley Nighter and having to make a statement to the Police after sampling a number of Rikers finest. I kept the plod there for hours

What about Morecambe bernie, or have you forgot about that LOL

My mate Andy walked accross the floor at the second Luton talk of the south, with a massive bit of toilet paper hanging out his trousers

Edited July 6, 200619 yr by Baz

My mate Andy walked accross the floor at the second Luton talk of the south, with a massive bit of toilet paper hanging out his trousers

Kev J did that at last Wilton.... Chalky set fire to it!!!

Very nearly no more Kev..... so funny....

last weekend believe it or not, i was at the camber sands scooter rally with a few friends and we went on the sherbert straight away and after a good few hours a good friend of mine (he likes to cook) offered a few of us a little livener but to my ignorence i didnt realise it was the fast stuff so after a big indulgence that was it i was talking the arse off of everyone i knew and didnt know whilst not being able to stand still, i good friend of mine later came up to me and warned me that everyone was hideing from me as their ears were bleeding,since now i have recovered and managed to get some sleep and lots of p*ss take from said friends may i take this chance to sincerely appologise to all and sundrie.

i promise it wont happen again, well not too soon again anyway,

Bearsy

I think maybe DJing at a certain soul nite of yours Byrney... and nearly getting killed by the bare hands of Wainey... WHAT A NIGHT!!

We, no sorry YOU caused a riot that night . I was talking with Mak at a Lifeline about this Joan, he knows Wainey and a lot of the lads around them parts. What a night. I still look over my shoulder when working in Alfreton mind

What about Morecambe bernie, or have you forgot about that LOL

There's just so many bad experiences to choose from Mark

What has been your worst ever experience since you have been in the scene that will haunt you for the rest of your life wether be it as a dj, promoter, dancer etc.

Oh boy !! To think of this still makes me shudder and the main reason I don't

dance anymore. In 1972 I'd left the Torch to go to an all-dayer with all my London

mates and Ian L. Now I'm not exactly the worlds most elegant dancer but Ian

coaxed me on to the floor, really, really, really against my will.

Now after I'm starting to get into it, someone passed by me and spilt

some drink on the floor. On the now very wet patch I lost my balance and began

to slide cum fall and the only way to stop a hard landing was to go down

on one leg like a Russian Cossack dancer, this sent me off speeding towards

the toilets (remember northern soul toilets? - akin to swimming pools)

in front of the toilets was a fold up screen to split the entrance between the

Mens and Womens. Well here I am travelling at full velocity, right leg skidding

accross said wooden boards and left leg stuck out in front as I smashed into the

screen and, of course into the Womens toilet. The laughter drowned out Eddie

Parker - Love you baby and probably Johnny Sayles too.

Chris L

got a few..

AT a modweekender in the soul room, was wearing a nice suit i had tailored and had been drinking all day ( those who know me know im not much of a drinker ) soooo I staggered into soul room and was like thank fook this is better after hearing shitey revival shit for an hour previous..so i hit the floor dancin away and forgot that i wasnt in my baggys and Polo done the splits and rriiiiiiipppp the arse of my trousers is no longer...so lots of people got a good laugh ..come to think of it, i ripped the arse of my baggys in Prestatyn and Dublin too.. gotta get me a pair that fit a bit better..

ooorr...at my first soul night, basically downing a bottle of wine to get the courage to dance and then trying a high kick and landing on my ear to which i got a tremendous applause..

i dont drink at soul events anymore..

L

Not really the worst experiences..

Putting a do on in America & having someone come over from the u.k. with all the song rehearsal sheets for the big live act, then he has his hotel room broken into the night before the rehearsal, & you've guessed it, the only thing to be stolen was the brown envelope with the song sheets in. Left his brand new d.j. box behind though.

Then, on the grand opening night, the 3 main u.k. d.j's set off from their hotel & forgot the address of the venue. The taxi driver could only speak Mexican & they get taken on a mystery tour, they miss the night.

Spose this is small fry to what big promoters have to contend with, but a headache none the less :angry:

What has been your worst ever experience since you have been in the scene that will haunt you for the rest of your life wether be it as a dj, promoter, dancer etc.

no wife jokes aloud though !!

bearsy

A minor embarrasment was telling all my mates in the early 70T's that by

buying records with "ZTSC" stamped in the run-out was a sure fire way of

getting top Noprthern Soul records (they still like to remind me of that)

50 copies of The Yoddeling Cowboy anyone ?

Chris L