Paul-s

YES YES!! 1. is DANNY 'flip flop' JONES from dagenham. Aint seen him for years 2. is BARRY 'backdrop' HAMILTON from Gwent.....still see him out and about. good luck

Nice...big tune for me. Had it covered as Luther Jackson....one just went on ebay for quite a bit...good luck.... Will be playing it at WILTON on sept 4th!

nuff said!

Quite a few copies came from our good friend in the Carolinas i think. Love it, but for me, as happens with many great tunes, its being battered at the moment. Heard it twice at last lifeline then weekend after twice at another club ans so on...lets not wear it out too quickly. Guess its a victim of djs arriving just for their spot and not listening to whats gone before.

RW is on facebook Paul got it thanks and spoke..all cleared up. found this review of the DISCO experience that Russ provides...proper 'Heart Of Soul'. Very Disappointed Date was changed 6 weeks ago and so was contacted to inform and said that this was fine. The night came and no dj turned up. When we finally got hold of Russ Winstanley he did finally come out himself but arrived around 9.30pm and then his equipment wouldn't work it ended up around 10.15pm before we got any music, and there was no lighting. And then he had the nerve to ask for the full amount for less than 2 hours work.

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Come on i need Winstanleys number to sort out these lies.....

YES..total bullshit as you can run a check on films in production and that aint one of em! Also, i will put in an intellectual property claim if it does try to move forward, as, even in the published script, my stage directions and musical score are used aswell as ideas and elements throughout the script....that will pull any backers out and delay a film. (already had legal advice on this!) AND ITS THE TRUTH...Russ is a money grabbing slug with no soul and even the above quote is mis leading...the music for Bolton was ALL live with a blue eyed band and called 'ONCE UPON A TIME IN WIGAN LIVE'....in fact im gonna call the t--t and tell him. Anyoone have a number.? hes making out he did the music for my play called 'ONCE UPON A TIME IN WIGAN'..

No.....Maybe Mick has, but he would sell his Granma for tuppence and would probably , like Bolton Octagon , make it into a crap musical

I have one Paul PM me, i tried using Pm but didnt work? Or call 07880787706 best paul

...i actually have better things to do, but if you feel like chatting more about stuff...feel free, i will, as ever, try to answer truthfully, without avoiding the issue or hiding behind PAP humour...best Paul knowing you fun loving guys, theres probably another writ in the post for telling the truth!

Ha! see what i mean about these guys, still avoiding the issue of why they tried to STOP the play and cash in on what they thought was a lucrative new market. Make as many lame attempts at humour as you like mate, truth is truth and your still avoiding it! Fact is i sorted tickets for Ritson and his son, on request of Winstanley and the guy came to the play and the after party ...shook my hand, said thanks and THEN....ISSUED A WRIT a couple of days later (or was that you?). So yes, your analysis of him is spot on...well done mate. If thats the way you and your staff behave, its no wonder you end up with a vacuous mag full of back stabbing...sorry i mean back scratching, soulessness! I have never spoken about this and was shocked by that behaviour at the time and didn't want to air your vampiric tendancies in public. BUT, listening to you and co, rant on and on with your self righteous pap, just pushed it out! Thanks for the praise, ive always found it a good virtue to face and speak the truth, so no insult their. Perhaps the Magazine might consider dealing with stuff truthfully in the future? I know, 'crazy suggestion', but hey, come on, you can do it! Be Cool, great name, perhaps the strap line ' a laxative for the soul' could work? as, it certainly is full of souless s--t

Yes, joan replaced her battered one with that. I remember that night at Burnley...2 copies turned up....

Still avoided the issue of the BE COOL backstabbers! I love the way you people can't answer a question directly..you can only have a stab at retorting with some odd vageurism about psychology.. However they did of course write and publish one of the defining books about Northern Soul, the 320 page "The In Crowd" in 1999 which is probably the best-selling book ever about Northern Soul and still available after numerous re-prints. Yes, nice pictures...good coffee table browser...hardly an in depth insight. The daily Star has numerous re-prints! Hang on a minute. I thought you were the guy who did a play about Wigan Casino? I was a resident D.J. at Wigan Casino and many of the people who have contributed to Manifesto over the years I first met @ Wigan. Must be that parallel universe that keeps happening ay? There you go, like many others, resting on your ancient laurels.(they must be crushed with all that heavy leaning by now) ..frankly, i dont give a toss where you djed and Wigan wasn't the pinnacle of soul for me....it was the scene , the whole scene, at that time that was brilliant. The play was about Wigan, the whole thing, from a punters point of view (mine) and, as a punter, i didn't notice you. Tremendous pun! When the next play? Im doing a play called 'OLGA' , it opens at CONTACT in February and will, like Wigan, play to over 100,000 people. Yourself? Maybe you will do 'Julius Ceasar' or another Roman classic where Laurels count! Or maybe you can do a 'Laurels and Hardly (got a clue)' classic..... There ya go insulting the good readers of Manifesto again...... Thats right...and? Ian D

The play was nothing to do with Dave Shaws book, other than it used the word Wigan . I only read it recently in fact . So it was a case of THEM (BE COOL) trying to control something that they thought they might earn a buck out of. If, as they suggested, we had plagiarised the book, we would have been in court and stopped. As it was, they had to run away, tail between legs. embarassed at their sick attempt to stop something that made a good contribution to the scene and its history. They were chancing their arm at the prospect of controlling what we were doing. Fortunately, we were and are, way to bright for that type of bullying! So, yes, of course that is a reflection on Manifesto. Why do i want to read a banal, superficial lad mag, run by bullying chancers? (some of them anyway). They were protecting nothing....why haven't they made Shaws book into a play or film? I'll tell you, its because they haven't got the love, committment or soul to embark on the job! It takes spirit, dedication and insight to pull it off....and i have a feeling the only thing they are able to pull off is each other (metaphorically speaking of course )... That aside, even without the attempt at stopping the play, the Mag is narrow and run by a soul clique who have nothing to do with the scene i support.........A book on Zoo's by Tim? is that an 'ooh, ooh, a human zoo, ooh?' Bit like the red eye page!

Very true Jayne...anyway, have a good weekend.

I could name lots of important soul venues (really influential in terms of feeding the big floors) that have never been attended by those running the mag and have certainly never had a mention....BECAUSE...of politics and commerce and the arrogant presumption that 'they 'know it all'. Thats the point. For a magazine to be truly representational of the scene, you would have to remove politics and commerce in terms of the personal involvements of the editorial staff. For Tim, the soul scene is a business. If he has no vested interest in a particular club, he doesn't give a f---k about it and the same with Mike. If they were into music, they would be out listening to it. I often think that they talk so much about music that they forget its a listening medium. How about listening to the music instead of listening to them talking about the music and telling us what to listen too.? I also think the fact that their are as many women on the scene as men, yet MANIFESTO seems to have no interest in their opinions, is a sad reflection of their 'lad' mentality....i know many women on the scene who have great knowledge of music and a far better grasp on the English language than these boys!

Thats coz u all go to the same do's! Im talking about trying the big and the small, the old and the new, the soul and the funk...ALL OF IT! Nice to see you promoting the strong 'female' editorial content of the mag Jayne...and i agree, they are NOT trained journo's...that would require an objective opinion based on experience of whats out there, investigation and an ability to write without predjudice. Manifesto is a bit like the Daily Star or Sunday Sport of soul mags....tacky photos of readers wives etc and a staunch belief that time doesn't move on....

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Capoeira...the Brazilian dance/fight! Just having a laugh mate! As, i get older, my memory fades, so no comment.ha! Although, i dont think the film you mention, if it does indeed exist, will be going ahead......

Bitter? No, but as i mentioned earlier, Mike Ritson and Be Cool issued me with a writ, trying to STOP the play and demanding ALL revenue, the script etc. Luckily we shoved it back right up their ----!They wanted to own the concept of Wigan Casino and wanted to stop anyone else 'contributing' Nice guys eh?

Of all those named above, i only ever see SAM out and about (djing) and of course Sean Chapman. If you were listing people who were 'ON' the scene, then i would take the magazine seriously. To run a mag about the scene, it makes logical sense that you need to get out and explore it...not just your mates do's? Tim? When is he ever at a local event or a nighter hes not djing at? These guys should be travelling North, South, East and West, before forming opinions. Opinions that often appear based on advertising their events or records. I have NO financial interests in the scene and i dont run anything...I would never attempt to 'run the scene', which is Manifestos basic aim and premise.

Cogito Ergo Sum.......and because of that, I feel its best to articulate when people talk nonsense or insult me (everything i say, i will say to the persons face. If only others reciprocated..keyboard warriors!). Just because someone challenges an unhealthy Monopoly, doesn't necessarily mean they 'hate' things or people. Also, if you dont like something, it isn't always the best course of action to ignore it. For instance, I didn't like Thatcher and decided that i would rather march against her, than ignore her. Your passive and i am active, its our free choice! Manifesto is not a reflection of the scene, in fact, its so far off its a joke! Armchair contributors mostly. Unless they are djing, of course! As, i said, i dont see alot of the major contributors out and about, CONTRIBUTING to the scene as punters, only as business men (no women allowed to excert influence at a lads mag!), at each others events being paid to dj. They DO NOT explore the scene as a whole (all the venues) and surely, if you are going too pontificate with such arrogance about the 'scene', it should be done after gaining a wide pespective and not one based on promoting your mates business ventures. Whether you agree with me or not is irrelevent, but at least you will see me out and about, checking out as many venues as i can, so that i can formulate an objective and informed opinion. Im not a sofa soul boy! peace!

Yes, i do know you...never taken you that seriously mate...Just another one of the illiterate SOPRANO gang who run the magazine. In fact this inarticulate response of yours highlights the point im making..Manifesto is a lads mag and you are certainly one of the 'lads'. You seem to forget that , unlike Levine, I have been 'ON' the scene for 34 years, so dont give me your big i am speech about dedication and contribution, because, like your attempts at literacy, it doesn't impress.... The contibutors dont make a Mag, its the editors, who manipulate and decide what goes and what stays in, who form its credibility. Really suprised, given your obvious intelligence..mmmmm, that you haven't realised that, especially as you regard yourself so highly in the world of publishing! (i have answered this in a personal way, given you sadly lacking attempts at insulting me!) Keep on Creeping on with 'Monopolifesto'

Whats Capawera...sounds like the ancient art of Cap wearing? Which makes sense because any film about Wigan would have to have actors and dancers who knew about wearing Caps in a 70s style.....the auditonee would have to be a CAPAWERA! It all makes sense....