shuggie61

Hi I'm thinking of going to either Lowton Labour Club or Tetley Warrington on Friday and am seeking advice. I don't drive and they're both 20+ mins out of Liverpool on the train so equally local. I'm more of a fan of across the board nights or modern nights than oldies nights. Any opinions? PM me please as I don't want to upset anyone! Ta.

Hi thanks to those of you who tried to help me with a response - particularly Andrew. As a few s-s'ers pointed out; the answers to my queries might be found in the other thread about the "SoulBoy" film. I'll use those comments for my essay. Ta. I don't quite understand why some of you might think that I'm "squad" - why on earth would the police be interested in drug-taking that took place 37 years ago? Unless, of course, you're still dealing! Mind how you go...

Hi hope you can help me with my questionnaire about "SoulBoy" in the "All About the Soul" forum. Ta. Hugh

Hi I'm Hugh McGuinness. I'm a Popular Music Studies student at Liverpool University - and a soulboy. I'm interested in examining representations of Northern soul dancing and Northern soul culture within the film, "SoulBoy". As SB is set at Wigan Casino in 1974; it would be great to get responses from people who were at Wigan at that time. All (any!) responses will be treated in confidence. With an eye to anonymity, your first name and your age will suffice. Thank you! Please fill the following in and send it to shuggie61@yahoo.co.uk Name: Age: Did you attend Wigan Casino in 1974? If not, did you attend Wigan Casino at any other time? If so, in what year(s) and for what duration? I'm of the opinion that there might be problems and/or issues with the representation of Northern soul dancing in "SoulBoy" and I'd be grateful for your thoughts Firstly, I'd like to focus on three examples of Northern soul dancing within the film. My approximate timings are taken from the "SoulBoy" dvd. Example A At around 20 minutes - during the song "Too Late" by Larry Williams and Johnny "Guitar" Watson - a male dancer is seen performing a forward-facing jump/splits in mid-air. Do you have any opinions about this representation of Northern soul dancing? If so, what are your opinions? Example B At around 1 hour and seven minutes - during the song "I'm On My Way" by Dean Parrish a male dancer is observed spinning on his back. Do you have any opinions about this representation of Northern soul dancing? If so, what are your opinions? Example C At around 1 hour and eight minutes during the song "Breakaway" by the Steve Karmen Big Band featuring Jimmy Radcliffe - there's a "dance off" between the two main protagonists, Joe and Alan. Do you have any opinions about this representation of Northern soul dancing? If so, what are your opinions? Additionally, do you have any opinions about the depiction of certain other elements of Northern soul culture within the film? In particular, 1) Drug-taking? 2) General "scene" behaviour? 3) Clothing? Thank you for your thoughts and your time! Hugh

What a good idea! Count me in.

I'd rather call The Carstairs proto-disco!

Prefer the original (as a good soulboy/girl should?) of "Nobody But Me" by the Isley Brothers. More raucous, soulful etc

Just had to mention George Soule's "Get Involved"...

Hi I'm not recommending the film but if you want to make up your own mind it's on in Liverpool at FACT on Slater St. Starts on Friday 24th then 25th/26th/28th/30th.

Hector Rivera - I Want A Chance At Romance. Killer floor-filler.

Hi have a look at www.recordshopcity.co.uk . It covers Manchester's remaining record shops plus a few in Prestwich, Stockport and Bolton.

Hi I'm a Brummie living in Liverpool. Really like the people and the place but...it's a soul desert. I think that Kev Roberts is running a Thursday night soul do up here but I've got the feeling that it might be more of a 60's soul night than a northern one. Perhaps Kev can let us know?

My very first "Northern" record - I didn't realise it at the time - bought blind for 50p in a junkshop on the Stratford Road - Digbeth end - Birmingham. It was "I Feel An Urge Coming On" by Jo Armstead on Giant. Cracking tune.

Hi recently I've been wearing a £50 loafer- style shoe from Ikon. Had 'em a couple of years and they are very comfortable - need re-heeling but I'm a lazy sod. When I had a bit of spare wedge I thought I'd get a pair of dancing shoes handmade so I trotted off to The Anatomical Boot Co. on Colmore Row in Birmingham. Explained the kind of Bass Weejun type loafer I wanted and the saleslady said "That would cost you about £700". I demurred politely! That was at least 10 years ago - love to know what they are charging now!

Hi Kev would love to do it. I'll PM you in a while.

He made me very happy by playing Innersection's "Let Me Luv You" as a request. He was playing alongside DJ Shadow at The Medicine Bar in Brum back in the mists of time... I may have mentioned this before!

I love that Gene Faith single - Call the F.B.I (My Baby's Missing). Bought a spare for a mate in London and almost can't bear to part with it!

Hi can you provide a little more information about this? Article? Website? Ta.

Pretty sure there's a Florida record shop thread on www.djhistory.com.

I'm really really fond of the b-side to Johnny Baker's "Operator, Operator". It's called "Accept Me As I Am" and it's the epitome of what I think of as deep soul. On an upbeat tip - the b-side to Lloyd Price's "Feelin' Good" is "Cupid's Bandwagon" - written by Popcorn Wylie - and a great dancer - in my bedroom anyway...

Hi I want to go dancing up here in Liverpool. Unfortunately, it's a bit of a soul music desert. I'm heading over to Manchester for "Daylight" and poss "No Way Out" on Feb 13th...My question is - is there some sort of modern soul calendar or resource some kind person can point me towards? Thank you! Shuggie.

Hi Geoff whereabouts in Leamington is your shop located? My sis lives in Kennedy Square near the Builders arms and I occasionally visit her. Used to enjoy Fopp! Ta.

Hi Regalian is the Jr Walker "I'm So Glad" an instrumental of Brian Holland's "I'm So Glad "? I love the BH record!

Hi try www.djhistory.com and their City to City forum. It'll point you in the direction of some Amsterdam record shops certainly but whether you'll be able to buy soul in them is another matter...

Perhaps you'd be interested in this? Dancing in the Street Motown and the Cultural Politics of Detroit Suzanne E. Smith Honorable Mention for the 2000 John Hope Franklin Prize, Sponsored by the American Studies AssociationDetroit in the 1960s was a city with a pulse: people were marching in step with Martin Luther King, Jr., dancing in the street with Martha and the Vandellas, and facing off with city police. Through it all, Motown provided the beat. This book tells the story of Motown--as both musical style and entrepreneurial phenomenon--and of its intrinsic relationship to the politics and culture of Motor Town, USA. As Suzanne Smith traces the evolution of Motown from a small record company firmly rooted in Detroit's black community to an international music industry giant, she gives us a clear look at cultural politics at the grassroots level. Here we see Motown's music not as the mere soundtrack for its historical moment but as an active agent in the politics of the time. In this story, Motown Records had a distinct role to play in the city's black community as that community articulated and promoted its own social, cultural, and political agendas. Smith shows how these local agendas, which reflected the unique concerns of African Americans living in the urban North, both responded to and reconfigured the national civil rights campaign. Against a background of events on the national scene--featuring Martin Luther King, Jr., Langston Hughes, Nat King Cole, and Malcolm X--Dancing in the Street presents a vivid picture of the civil rights movement in Detroit, with Motown at its heart. This is a lively and vital history. It's peopled with a host of major and minor figures in black politics, culture, and the arts, and full of the passions of a momentous era. It offers a critical new perspective on the role of popular culture in the process of political change.