100 Club Crisis

[Wiggyflat]

looks like you know as much bout r &b djin as webbydribblin does ........... hideway...........sorry mate more about and to it than that.......ezzie

I said Mod r&b deejays who deejay on the mod scene that could bring people from the mod scene in numbers with them to the 100 Club. Im not talking about r&b deejays from the rare soul scene.................jesus (I don't know nothing about r&b by the way lol )

Thanks for that youve just reminded me of another London club...Gaz Rockin Blues....think that has been open since 1980.I wonder how he has kept it going so long.Another one for the London Club list. Think Gaz dad had a famous club near Ealing Railway Station.Had some dodgy band play there once...can't remember their name..Strolling something.

Edited April 21, 2010 by wiggyflat

[Speedlimit]

Hi Ady

as stated before not been since young brett d.jed but always loved the 100 club, my thoughts are bring back the membership . the townies although they make up numbers and finance the night are generally ignorant ,they get in your face when you danc and wind you up, ask trickster ! my other surggestion is run bi monthly and knock a couple of quid of addmission every little helps lol no seriously i think if you reduce addmission by couple of quid you'd be suprised of the results . under cut the opposition . long may you continue.

regards steve phillis

[Guest Bearsy]

at this rate the May nighter will be locking peeps out whats the capacity again

[Guest Phoenix8049]

at this rate the May nighter will be locking peeps out whats the capacity again

Ady for your sake i hope everybody thats viewed this does not turn up on the same night.

You would have more people than some Premiership Football clubs get on a Saturday LOL

Stu.

[Ian Dewhirst]

Hi Ady,

Dancefloor's also are an issue I have nowdays. The main reason I enjoyed the scene so much is because I like to dance. A LOT !

Dodgy worn and uneven floors, apart from the safety issue's, are really not enjoyable to dance on anymore for me and others I know.

Perhaps I sound like I'm being too picky but I think as a paying customer every one should expect to have these basic needs met and have the best there is available to them. We've all been paying our dues long enough now eh? Not much to expect is it?

Eddie

Why not replace the dance-floor by auctioning off pieces of the old one? You could auction enough slats off the original floor to people who'd love a piece of history - a slice of the 100 Club dancefloor to keep for posterity and historical purposes and you'd probably make enough to straighten things out and have a new state-of-the-art sprung dancefloor? When you think of the people who've trod that floor over the years it'd be like having a piece of the Berlin Wall for people who like that kind of thing. I'm assuming the owner isn't in a hurry to replace anything down there in a hurry so this could be an incentive....?

....I did actually almost go arse over tit at the Xmas do before I realised it was the floor's fault not mine.......

Ian D

[Ian Dewhirst]

Ady for your sake i hope everybody thats viewed this does not turn up on the same night.

You would have more people than some Premiership Football clubs get on a Saturday LOL

Stu.

And then they'd all be moaning that it was too packed!

Ian D

[Tony Smith]

You all seem to be thinking the allnighter is ending, which is wrong!

[Ady Croasdell]

There is no large soul following in London anymore. Ive been to a few event's since moving to Cambridge and each seems to have its own small following (mates playing tunes to each other) , but never do these fracatious groups get together for one big night. Seems the same all over the UK (apart from the battered oldies retro scene, which i dont think contributes to anything).

Clubs run there course and maybe its that time now...better to bow out early than crawl to a slow demise..

I think nighters are becoming hard to run because the reliable old demographic is now too old to care enough to travel...they dabble and attend their own night out of convenience and and thats it. It was sort of inevitable.

For me the last time i went to 100 club, it had become an oldies fest and provided very little excitment musically. When butch or marco actually played anything new, soulful or different, the few soulies who were there seemed to have forgotten how to listen and give new tunes a chance...it is now really an oldies venue.....not like Stoke or those other Wigan throw backs, but, in its own way, its an oldies club...In the early 90s it seemed to buzz and have a musical excitement that made me want to travel and attend, it was predicatably unpredicatable! But, to be honest, that deserted the club quite a while ago.

Maybe the periodic revival approach is a good idea and will consolidate the London crowd (and travellers) as they seem to have become complacent and lack lustre.

Good luck..

I wasn't really thinking of bowing out, just improving it or cutting down if necessary. I still enjoy the whole thing but not to 100 people every time in a club that size. I don't agree with you on the oldies thing either even to a smaller audience i managed to play two brand new tracks and four or five I've been playing for a year or less. They went down well too, as did a handful of genuine oldies I threw in at the appropriate time. The 100 Club has mostly been a mix of old and new, we were never as adventurous as Stafford and its helped us last so long.

[Ady Croasdell]

I think the suggestion that someone made earlier about maybe sorting out a decent package deal for a B&B or hotels for the longer haul travellers makes a lot of sense. With an aging fan-base convenience has to be a factor and the one thing London has is plenty of hotels and rooms and conveniently hundreds of 'em are within a mere stroll of the 100 Club. So rather than having to co-ordinate everything for just the hours that the club is open, having the option of a local room means that everyone could adopt a slightly more civilised approach to visiting the club rather than getting to 6.00am and then trying to figure out how to deal with the travelling back.

London transport throughout the night is also an issue for me. I would have happily popped down on Saturday night if it wasn't such a pain in the ass for me to get back home @ a civilised hour! I was at another function just along the road and would have loved to have come down between, say 1.00-4.00am but that would have entailed a £50 cab fare to get home and that's a luxury these days. I wouldn't have lasted 'til 6.00am otherwise that would have written me off for work on Monday so I had little choice other than to get the last tube back to my area @ 12.30am. This is patently ridiculous for a metropolis like London in 2010 but obviously that's way beyond any of our remits........

Also Ady, I think that the financial impact is really affecting a lot of things at the moment. I've travelled around quite a bit this year - Blackpool, Dewsbury, Prestatyn, Preston etc and it's not cheap so I guess you've got to be reasonably well-off to be a regular monthly gig goer these days.

Also I would really make a bit more of the heritage of the club - after all this is the longest running Soul club in the world isn't it? 31 years is a huge achievement by any standard - most clubs are lucky if they get 5 years! Since the 100 Club is one of the great institutions that's actually still running I would have thought it would be in the club's interest to generate a bit more interest in it's heritage. This could be achieved by being a bit more proactive on the PR front or by redesigning the flyers/posters/ads so that visiting the 100 Club is a historic occasion for many visitors. Are people necessarily aware of the heritage of the club? I dunno but if it were my club I'd invest a bit more 'history' in the entrance and stairwells for a start. There's certainly enough archival stuff that could be used and would give people a sense of the history of the club as they enter the hallowed portals. Not many clubs have the rich history of the 100 Club so I don't think I'd be shy in promoting it as the longest running Soul club in history. You need those extra visitors to make up the numbers and it would be naive to ignore this area IMO. Every 100 Club do should be seen as an event so you may need to step up the all-round promotion of the venue and get those extra couple of hundred 'waiverers' in each time.

And finally what's the deal with Talcum powder down there? Does the owner not like it? I popped along Oxford Street on Saturday 'cos I was at a party @ Centerpoint so I thought I'd share a fag with a few of the regulars and I noticed that Talcum powder was being confiscated. Is it that much of an issue?

But whatever you do, keep it running. The Xmas do was f*ckin' brilliant and I bumped into tons of people who made it down for the occasion. I just think you have to make every 100 Club do an occasion these days!

Ian D

I'm not that keen on blowing my own trumpet but as its also the club's yes i should bang on about the heritage a bit more.

i think its the wooden block flooring with the talc, it's murder to clean and damages it so I'm told.

[Ady Croasdell]

Club of Clubs!!

I´ll book flight from Gothenburg, Sweden for the may date to atleast help a little to fill up!

Good on you squire.

Ta

[Ady Croasdell]

Well good on you Ady for inviting comments. I'm left with a heartfelt plea to life, the universe and everything that it keeps going. Even on the nights I don't go, it's a comfort to know that it's chugging away and that while so much changes the 100 Club just goes on and on. For many of us, the beating heart of our northern scene.

I have mixed feelings about the non-soul crowd. At first I thought it was a good thing. On the whole the northern scene is so bloody insular and at times so seemingly determined to indulge in some kind of protracted suicide by not attacting new blood. But I do think the atmosphere in the 100 Club is suffering now because of these nitwits. In the past, the 100 Club has been fantastic at getting fresh young faces along and introducing them to the scene, and Ady deserves a huge amount of credit for that. But they did tend to be young people who had an interest. They came because they'd heard about northern soul and were genuinely curious. Whereas now to have people along who couldn't give a toss about the music is disheartening. I used to think that if just one of them is genuinely moved then it becomes worth it, but there comes a time when they do more harm than good. I don't know what the answer is, but I do think that if it returns to membership only then we should all take some responsibility in promoting the club, and that anyone who does show a genuine interest is made to feel welcome. If it dosn't, then, as a minimum, shouldn't anyone who wanders in looking for a drunken dance be quizzed at the door? They should be told what the night is all about and refused entry if it's felt that they won't show it the respect it deserves. Perhaps this happens already, but if so, not very successfully.

As for the music, obviously we all have our own agenda. Surprise surprise, I want it to be less stompy and to hear more midtempo and crossover. I don't hear the variety that others have mentioned, but then admittedly, I'm at home in bed when others are just warming up. A coffee and a sandwich would keep there a bit longer and I've always thought it a shame that kitchen isn't put to use. But then if it was down to me there'd be sofas and an open fire. Hammocks maybe.

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh I hope nothing awful happens. A phase, surely.

We've been threatening coffee for about 25 years now, I'll have another go at them.

[Ady Croasdell]

Ady, I am upset and dissapointed to hear that you are thinking about closing the 100 club. As a new member on the scene (4yrs and counting!) I don't feel as though I have the right to tell you how to run or change your club. What I can tell you is why that old club of yours is so important to me. This might take me a while to explain....

The 100club was my first experience of a 6t's northern soul nighter. I will always remember the first time I walked down those well trodden stairs. Kevin had repeatedly told me how important and special this place was to him and that for twenty or so years had played such an important part in his life. As soon as I walked into the main room the atmosphere and the energy of the place excited me. I got straight on that dancefloor and danced all night in my long leather-heeled boots. I couldn't walk for about a week afterwards but it was well worth it.

I enjoyed going to the 100 club every other month or so for year but really started to lose interest when I kept hearing the same records being played out. I was also finding it difficult to connect with the London Mod scene.

When visting family up north we would go to soul clubs in and around Burnley and I found the mix of music played combined with the more friendly atmosphere of these soul clubs more appealing. The Burnley nighter especially excited me because like the 100club venue it was dark and slightly strange looking. The music was very different to what I'd heard played at other nighters and in a way it was more free and raw sounding.

When I started working weekends I couldn't go to nighters and travel out of London to attend soul clubs. I actually got quite fed up with the scene for a while because even in the small clubs I was hearing the same records played out again and again.

I started to go back to the 100club after the the first oldies crossfire when the Flirtations were on. That night really excited me again because I was hearing underplayed oldies and the dancefloor was buzzing.This night made me want to revisit the 100 club again.

Well I haven't looked back ever since. The 100 club may have changed in some respects over the last couple of years but it still has all the atmosphere you could want. It definitily isn't as busy as it has been in the past and maybe the non soulies have stood out more because of this. However the regulars and committed travellers that have stayed loyal over the last year are 100% passionate about the music and keeping the 100 club going.

I feel that over the last year I have totally connected with the 100club. It is my place. Like people reminice about the good old day's at Wigan or Stafford I feel priviledged to be having my best experiences at the 100club. I am excited about the new records that Butch is playing and how he mixes different styles of quality rare soul together with such ease. I feel very priviledged to be able to hear him every month in London. I have also met so many knowledgable and passionate collectors that have taken the time to talk to me and value my own record collecting.

I have been to other nighters in the London area that have left me cold. No atmosphere and excitment. At these places I feel that some of the Dj's are just going through the motions and the crowd are just there to socialise. Not so with the 100 club! If the 100club went I think it would be a travesty. The last one was a blinder. The music was spot on and the record chat was brilliant.

I am sure that I am not the only one who thinks this as there were many positive comments made by people on the night. The only way is up.

.............. to be continued.

Imogen

Thanks Imogen, but I feel very guilty I must have put you below the minimum wage by now!

[Ady Croasdell]

Ady my friend,do not beat yourself up over this,it's not your fault.

I think most of the reasons people have already posted on here are a major factor.

And Even if the legendry clubs of 30 or more years ago were still going i think they would be struggling too.

I think the Entertainment and leisure scene is suffering just as much as any Genre of music.

My theory for what it's worth is that Leisure culture has changed.

Music was the be all and end all in my day,but now i think for a lot of the younger generation its not so important.

Anybody on here under 25 please correct me if i am wrong about that.

People have got lazy. why go to any Leisure or entertainment venue, if it means putting yourself out too much.

I think Northern Soul as a community,needs to all pull together,to keep this Genre of music alive.

Otherwise its going to go the same way as Rock And Roll.

Maybe people up and down the country need to organise maybe a few coaches going to and from the 100 club.

It would be cheaper for everybody then.

Also maybe Promotors of venues up and down the country,should try and get together and organise venues that dont clash. this maybe more benificial to all of them in the long run.

I Know A lot of DJs want paying cause it helps subsidise there record buying,but maybe even they need to take a bit of a cut in pay,to keep the scene alive.

And we ALL need to stop arguing about Oldies is best or R n B is best or modern soul or rare soul or r soul.

What happenned to the friendly community of Northern soul,when you met a stranger that was into this music and he automatically became your friend.

We all need to do our bit for the scene,no matter how small that is.

Stu.

Thanks Stu, I wouldn't want to drop the DJs wages much though, they're not overpaid and I've made good money in the past. it's more about running good nights than the profit line; that will be what it will be.

[Guest]

Thanks Stu, I wouldn't want to drop the DJs wages much though, they're not overpaid and I've made good money in the past. it's more about running good nights than the profit line; that will be what it will be.

Its the recession mate IMO.

Its got nothing to do with anything else.

Not the DJs, Not the location, Not the soul scene getting old, etc, etc. etc

Its just the fact that spare cash is an issue with many at the moment IMO. And this is affecting events up n down the whole country.

Yourself and the crew at the 100 club have been doing what you do for all these years and have kept Soul fans mesmorised with the tunes - especially the unreleased

stuff.

You shouldn't need to start questioning what you are doing now.

I used to attend every month when I lived in London in the late 80s early 90s.

I have fantastic memories of brilliant people and outstanding soul music that will stay with me forever.

I live in Wales now

Our local little doo which we put on in our town has been strange this year.

We had 150 in the doors December, but the last four months its been less than a third of that number.

I felt down and wondered why I was bothering and was it something we were doing wrong a couple of months ago.

But now I don't give a shit - I feel confident in the music, I know we are playing great tunes LOL !

And if there are 30 people at the next one, drinking together and enjoying 60s Soul

Then that is 30 reasons to keep going !!!

Mossy

Edited April 22, 2010 by mossy

[Guest]

Talc, hours and extra bouncers are down to the management, I can't do owt about that. I don't think the bouncers are over-zealous in general maybe very occasionally. One or two of them are actually top notch.

Westminster aren't changing the parking times yet and when Camden tried it the High Court ruled it illegal. Camden is still free and it's only 100 yards away.

We would still have had a back door man if he'd taken his security staff course and got a badge!

Piss heads are annoying but not that common and quite often they are members anyway. i had to chuck a lad out on Saturday and he's been going over the years. Similarly the bloke who kicked Mark up the arse was with a couple of really nice members and he was probably a member too.

There was a great couple who danced all night on Saturday and chatted away to loads of soulies and really brightened the place up. i wouldn't want to deter them but how do I know if they're gonna be like that on the door? Once they've had a few inside they might have turned into idiots.

I do think we can be a lot stricter on the door though with people who are already pissed and I will defo do that. That bloke who ended up in a dress came down as meek as a lamb and then went into the bogs and changed into an idiot in a dress.

It's empty at the start even when its busy so maybe I'll lop an hour off at the commencement.

Cheers

Ady

Cheers for this Ady.

I know the above are not down to you Ady,but maybe a 7am finish could be negotiated i cant see how 1 hour makes much diffrence the travelers would be so much happier.Bouncers badge where and how do i get one and the cost,anyone ? maybe somethings can be restored as long as we dont clash with Rugby.

[Tony Turner]

Ken

The cost of the licence is £245.00, you must not have a criminal record or any adverse financial history. To get the licence (SIA Door Supervisor Licence) you have to undergo a 4 day course that includes 2 days on conflict management. This course costs in the region of £200.00 and is widely available.

If you need any more information please feel free to contact me.

TT

[Guest]

Ken

The cost of the licence is £245.00, you must not have a criminal record or any adverse financial history. To get the licence (SIA Door Supervisor Licence) you have to undergo a 4 day course that includes 2 days on conflict management. This course costs in the region of £200.00 and is widely available.

If you need any more information please feel free to contact me.

TT

Well that looks like a end to that,pm'd you

[Geeselad]

Whe I used to attend in the mid 8ts the place was packed out with young mods and skins, not coming from that scene I dont know ,but thought, it was nationally going through a resurgence. Certainly seems that way when I look at some young kids around Manchester on a saturday afternoon. The shops are full of pendletons, barracuttas and the like retro music is uber- chic but this trend doesnt be transfering into fresh faces on the scene in the capitol at least, why? Rather than just letting any old p-heads in cant the capitols appropriate youth be specifically targeted. Lots of kids from back then have gone onto be major scensters so there is a definate chain of soul progress that mods, scooter kids and real skins used to follow has it been lost?

[Prophonics 2029]

The picture you are painting of Piss heads down the 100 Geeslad is quiet ill founded. I have been to every 100 club night bar one 2 years ago for years and I think I have only seen a couple thrown out and 2 thrown out when caught red handed with substances Ha ha.

If any of you attended Crossfire this year the numbers of young mods dancing to soul was fantastic, I think it clashed with Stafford so the no regular London or out of town solies attended.

It has only been this year the numbers have been very low at the 100.

[Guest]

The picture you are painting of Piss heads down the 100 Geeslad is quiet ill founded. I have been to every 100 club night bar one 2 years ago for years and I think I have only seen a couple thrown out and 2 thrown out when caught red handed with substances Ha ha.

If any of you attended Crossfire this year the numbers of young mods dancing to soul was fantastic, I think it clashed with Stafford so the no regular London or out of town solies attended.

It has only been this year the numbers have been very low at the 100.

Yeh well hang out in the deep end (dancers corner) with Trickser etc and not the shallow end (chin stokers) with your record box.

[Liam2005]

The Northern soul crowd in London and beyond will always have venues to attend. There might be many little clubs all around London that are on once in a blue moon but the 100club is the only real 6ts soul nighter and has been for over 20+ years. For many years it has been attended by all kinds of youth culture movements but not like back in the 8ts and 9ts. Them days were very special both for being young and listening to great music and ground breaking records for the first time. The days of cues up oxford street and borrowing memberships to blag in are long gone but all is not lost.

Maybe the 100club (Nighter) events should go to club event hours and maybe a friday night if possible or stagger it a bit.

People are too f*cked now to attend allnighters in mass numbers but club nights are general very busy. I found that with the Capitol Soul Club, alot of people could go home after 6 hours of music and still have there heads together for the following day. The other thing is the music and the DJ's. When i attended the 100club nighters every month (for many years) there was so many new tunes and again we were all in our early twenties and yeah full of beans and lots of other things . It was exciting and we had the corner by the piano, that was the mod place and especially the London mob. Times have changed and less people are around, less tunes, good intertaining DJ's with sounds to match those fresh tunes of the time bla bla bla. The collecting was also a big thing, lots of record dealers and bargains to be found...nowadays that doesn't really happen. The Dj's like Mick and Butch have done there time and have been fantastic but to be honest i hear the same records when i attend and of course thats the case, cause the new sounds (quality sounds) are not there to be found in mass anymore. Personally the 100club stopped for me when Ian Clark departed though i attended and dj'd for many years after that it was never the same for me. the last time i really was excited was when the RCA stuff turned up and the London mob were still attending in numbers.

Allnighters have never really done it for me or many of my London mates since hitting the 40 mark but its not all doom and gloom. I think you just need to tweak a few things and theres a few years left for sure. I must also say thats its a major mistake letting people off the street in, but i do understand that the venue and staff have to be paid and you need the numbers to be made up sometimes. Maybe you should start an over 40/50ts discount .

Ok the boss has returned so i'll get back to looking like i'm doing some work.

Greg

[Guest Goldwax]

The picture you are painting of Piss heads down the 100 Geeslad is quiet ill founded. I have been to every 100 club night bar one 2 years ago for years and I think I have only seen a couple thrown out and 2 thrown out when caught red handed with substances Ha ha.

If any of you attended Crossfire this year the numbers of young mods dancing to soul was fantastic, I think it clashed with Stafford so the no regular London or out of town solies attended.

It has only been this year the numbers have been very low at the 100.

Spot on mate. As well as the recent Crossfire (which I thought was the perfect blend of old heads and younger Mods ) I have noticed a new crop of devoted young London hipsters at various clubs and events. I think Gareth's earlier suggestion of inviting one or two DJ's from that scene is a good idea.

[Shsdave]

Ady as long as its still fun for you & you can carry any losses in the current climate stick with it. One thing is for sure the next 2 or 3 will probably be uncomfortably packed & then apathy will once again raise it's head probably returning things to it's current level until september when the anniversary regulars will turn out for their once a year visit. Hopefully things will pick up on a regular basis soon

Piss heads ? I was abused 2 months ago by three girls (I normally have to pay for that kind of service ) because I objected to one of them dripping drink over my head. I'm not a midget ....she was waving it about in the air. I've also had wankers barging into me without a word of apology but then in their world it's probably normal behaviour. My advice don't hang around the bar end of the club & while "most" of them just have a fun few hours it sometimes only takes one personal upset to colour peoples minds. Due to my gammy knee I don't venture onto the floor too often these days so that part isn't a problem for me.

New blood is certainly needed (Northern scene in general) but doubt it'll come via the bus stop outside the 100 club.

Sorry I can't offer any advice Ady but I'm sure you've more than enough to think about with all the suggestions offered.

Would have been down saturday but sleep claimed me as a victim

all best

Dave

[Guest Simon]

I think Gareth's earlier suggestion of inviting one or two DJ's from that scene is a good idea.

Absolutely, i'll give Sam Waller & Jamie Parr a nod, have djayed with them both, they've got good collections, the confidence & bottle to dj at the 100 club & know all these young hipsters so should bring a decent amount of people along.

Simon

[Guest]

Spot on mate. As well as the recent Crossfire (which I thought was the perfect blend of old heads and younger Mods ) I have noticed a new crop of devoted young London hipsters at various clubs and events. I think Gareth's earlier suggestion of inviting one or two DJ's from that scene is a good idea.

Maybe your just a piss head yourself so like any drug addict cant see the wood for the trees,but younger dj's like Callum etc is a good idea but it looks like the mod scene as fallen out with the 100club only a couple of die-hards Parliament Paul etc there at the mo'.

[Guest Goldwax]

Absolutely, i'll give Sam Waller & Jamie Parr a nod, have djayed with them both, they've got good collections, the confidence & bottle to dj at the 100 club & know all these young hipsters so should bring a decent amount of people along.

Simon

I was at both the recent opening and closing parties for Dean Chalkneys 'New Faces' exhibition at the Book Club and the music, although predominantly R&B (and I have no problem with that), were pretty impressive. I've not seen that many kids in hand made gear since the late 80's. Refreshing stuff.

[Guest Goldwax]

Maybe your just a piss head yourself so like any drug addict cant see the wood for the trees,but younger dj's like Callum etc is a good idea but it looks like the mod scene as fallen out with the 100club only a couple of die-hards Parliament Paul etc there at the mo'.

A piss head myself? Guilty as charged mate.

[Guest]

Absolutely, i'll give Sam Waller & Jamie Parr a nod, have djayed with them both, they've got good collections, the confidence & bottle to dj at the 100 club & know all these young hipsters so should bring a decent amount of people along.

Simon

Why ? who the fukc are they when there at home,we want dj's with N/soul background and attend such events not the Brighton set,and who said drop Butch you want your head read

[Guest]

A piss head myself? Guilty as charged mate.

Well there you go !!

[Liam2005]

[Maybe your just a piss head yourself so like any drug addict cant see the wood for the trees

Coffee all over the keyboard

Edited April 22, 2010 by liam2005

[Guest Simon]

Why ? who the fukc are they when there at home,we want dj's with N/soul background and attend such events not the Brighton set,and who said drop Butch you want your head read

They're hardly the Brighton set, one lives in Peterborough & the other in Hastings!

Sam especially has decent NS records & Jamie although predominantly R & B has other stuff also, just trying to help ease the 'crisis' (that's if 2 quiet months can be called a crisis), thought we were talking about getting fresh new blood in to get some impetus going.?

Don't remember saying anything about dropping Butch, i said last time i went he did a boring (to my ears) 45 minutes seventies set apart from that i have total admiration & respect for the man.

Simon

[Guest Simon]

I was at both the recent opening and closing parties for Dean Chalkneys 'New Faces' exhibition at the Book Club and the music, although predominantly R&B (and I have no problem with that), were pretty impressive. I've not seen that many kids in hand made gear since the late 80's. Refreshing stuff.

Absolutely although i fear Ken wants old men in tweeds who don't have any friends to dj instead!

Simon

[Simsy]

They're hardly the Brighton set, one lives in Peterborough & the other in Hastings!

Sam especially has decent NS records & Jamie although predominantly R & B has other stuff also, just trying to help ease the 'crisis' (that's if 2 quiet months can be called a crisis), thought we were talking about getting fresh new blood in to get some impetus going.?

Don't remember saying anything about dropping Butch, i said last time i went he did a boring (to my ears) 45 minutes seventies set apart from that i have total admiration & respect for the man.

Simon

Don't get roused Si, he shoots from the hip does our Ken. They sound cool, it's up to Ady at the end of the day, but they're duly noted.

Butch is a pillar and is going nowhere.

Facebook stats looking good; 40 confirmed, 74 maybe's, 589 waiting to hear.

We/I should get a thread started sooner in Events.

[Guest]

Absolutely although i fear Ken wants old men in tweeds who don't have any friends to dj instead!

Simon

Der !! i want older dj's ? read my posts,Plenty of young un's who actualy get out and about on the scene without shippin' in southner's

PS the Rugby crew are down for the next one,so Simsy you can add a few more to your list,and maybe come round to mine before for bit of a house warming to celebrate my new kitchen dont post this on facebook i dont want thousands turning up.

[Guest Simon]

Don't get roused Si, he shoots from the hip does our Ken. They sound cool, it's up to Ady at the end of the day, but they're duly noted.

Butch is a pillar and is going nowhere.

Facebook stats looking good; 40 confirmed, 74 maybe's, 589 waiting to hear.

We/I should get a thread started sooner in Events.

Ha Ha....don't worry Ian me & Ken have known each other a long time & get on very well, don't we Ken?

Getting rid of Butch would be like Man Utd getting rid of Rooney, a very silly thing to do indeed.

I think as someone said in an earlier part of the thread, Ady's already got it all there really, just probably needs some help on the promotion or some people with lots of time & energy to help push it, no matter how long you do a club for you can never take your foot off the pedal or your eye off the ball.

Get Dave Flynn over from Japan & i promise i'll be there like a flash!

Simon

[Guest Simon]

Der !! i want older dj's ? read my posts,Plenty of young un's who actualy get out and about on the scene without shippin' in southner's

Ken, has your compass & set square gone a bit wonky again, Peterborough most definitely isn't down south!

Simon

[Guest]

Ken, has your compass & set square gone a bit wonky again, Peterborough most definitely isn't down south!

Simon

Its not up north either,dj'd there once or twice. and were takin' this young v old thing too far,lots of us of old farts have energy and enthusiasm, and can get the floor shaking.

[Guest Simon]

Its not up north either,dj'd there once or twice. and were takin' this young v old thing too far,lots of us of old farts have energy and enthusiasm, and can get the floor shaking.

Very true Ken on both points although i personally find an allnighter quite tough nowadays, saying that if the night was electric from start to finish then i would probably sail through it.

Simon

[Guest Phoenix8049]

They're hardly the Brighton set, one lives in Peterborough & the other in Hastings!

Sam especially has decent NS records & Jamie although predominantly R & B has other stuff also, just trying to help ease the 'crisis' (that's if 2 quiet months can be called a crisis), thought we were talking about getting fresh new blood in to get some impetus going.?

Don't remember saying anything about dropping Butch, i said last time i went he did a boring (to my ears) 45 minutes seventies set apart from that i have total admiration & respect for the man.

Simon

Why do most people on here knock 70s stuff.

Some of it is every bit as good as 60s.

And judging by the age group on here,more of you were bought up around 70s music.

I am a bit older,but seem to prefer it to most of you.

I think its nice to have a good mix of both.

Makes a refreshing change sometime.

Stu.

[Ian Dewhirst]

PS the Rugby crew are down for the next one,so Simsy you can add a few more to your list,and maybe come round to mine before for bit of a house warming to celebrate my new kitchen

Who said the age of innovation was dead? Start off with a Housewarming for Ken's new kitchen and then down to the 100 Club for Lattes and Northern sounds like a ticket to die for............

Tupperware party anyone?

Ian D

[Guest]

Who said the age of innovation was dead? Start off with a Housewarming for Ken's new kitchen and then down to the 100 Club for Lattes and Northern sounds like a ticket to die for............

Tupperware party anyone?

Ian D

Your welcome Ian..........just follow the crowd

[Guest Simon]

Why do most people on here knock 70s stuff.

Some of it is every bit as good as 60s.

And judging by the age group on here,more of you were bought up around 70s music.

I am a bit older,but seem to prefer it to most of you.

I think its nice to have a good mix of both.

Makes a refreshing change sometime.

Stu.

Not knocking 7ts per se Stu, just that particualr set on that particualr night wasn't what i was looking for.

Will admit though that i do predominantly like to hear 6ts when i'm out but there's some 7ts that does it for me also.

Simon

[Guest]

Why do most people on here knock 70s stuff.

Some of it is every bit as good as 60s.

And judging by the age group on here,more of you were bought up around 70s music.

I am a bit older,but seem to prefer it to most of you.

I think its nice to have a good mix of both.

Makes a refreshing change sometime.

Stu.

Cause they are obsessed with the 6ts fashion and records very sad retro lives they live,me i like it all as long as its dancer's.

[Guest Ivor Jones]

I wasn't really thinking of bowing out, just improving it or cutting down if necessary. I still enjoy the whole thing but not to 100 people every time in a club that size. I don't agree with you on the oldies thing either even to a smaller audience i managed to play two brand new tracks and four or five I've been playing for a year or less. They went down well too, as did a handful of genuine oldies I threw in at the appropriate time. The 100 Club has mostly been a mix of old and new, we were never as adventurous as Stafford and its helped us last so long.

Exactly ! While i can understand and sympathise with those who want more newies i cant help but feel its being totally unrealistic to expect an all newies 100 Club. Someone mentioned earlier about Soul or nothing up in Manchester as being a venue to push new sounds[by the way,this isnt a dig at Paul because i see from his postings on the forum that he`s very passionate about the music]........Well`i havent been up to that particular gig[though it does sound musically interesting] but i would be surprised if its anywhere near the same size as the 100 club. Does it have a large dancefloor ? It was easy to play different stuff at a venue like the Norfolk Village years ago because it was a tiny pub with no dancefloor ! Is it the same with Soul Or Nothing i wonder ? The dancefloor dictates what goes at the 100 Club,most people want stuff they are familiar with to dance to with the newies being eased in between i`d say.

Also, most of us have been into this music a long time[or a VERY long time in some cases!] and i think that as you get older your knowledge of the music becomes ever greater so it becomes harder and harder to get the same buzz from hearing familiar music. It also gets harder and harder to find tunes which fit the bill and are actually good enough.,but that also depends on personal taste i guess.One mans classic is another mans rubbish

I think the music policy at the100 club is excellent [though i personally would like to see more 70`s played]and the regulars do a sterling job........no surprises there then.

Keep your chin up and dont panic Mr Mainwaring.....

Corporal Jones

[Ben Summers]

Greg made a novel, and no doubt to some blasphemous, comment about maybe changing it to regular club hours. So many of us can't hack allnighters anymore and at times people outside the scene who I have tried to bring along have been put off by the unearthly hours. We're not all drug crazed lunatics (hello Russ, hello Dave...x). And then many have talked about going bi (monthly, that is). I think the Christmas dos are so great not just because it's Christmas but because people come along who wouldn't come to an allnighter. Obviously if they are all evening dos, then a tradition is lost and travellers would suffer too, so what about a few fewer allnighters and a few more excuses for an evening party. What happened to the Easter one? Have I just missed something, or did that disappear in 1990 something? A summer party. My birthday...

[Guest Ivor Jones]

Greg made a novel, and no doubt to some blasphemous, comment about maybe changing it to regular club hours. So many of us can't hack allnighters anymore and at times people outside the scene who I have tried to bring along have been put off by the unearthly hours. We're not all drug crazed lunatics (hello Russ, hello Dave...x). And then many have talked about going bi (monthly, that is). I think the Christmas dos are so great not just because it's Christmas but because people come along who wouldn't come to an allnighter. Obviously if they are all evening dos, then a tradition is lost and travellers would suffer too, so what about a few fewer allnighters and a few more excuses for an evening party. What happened to the Easter one? Have I just missed something, or did that disappear in 1990 something? A summer party. My birthday...

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Yep ! Id go for that..........

Oh yeah Ady, one more thing..............Those poxy taps in the toilets have never worked....Its not good if you accidently piss all over your hands.......Thats not very Mod is it

[Bully Boy]

[Guest JimSLH]

I can Remember my first time there in around 87-88 cracking night but no beer after midnight was it

dancefloor was good

But now it seams like the owners could be the demise of it all with security guards and the no talc but this is one of the

places now boy do you need talc hate the dance floor now is it the talc over the years whaich has cause this???

Music is still up there and so is the atmospher !!

I still pop back from time to time but not as much in the past .

Things will change i'm hoping we will see a simler effect to what happend to the mod scene with Quadrophenia

to the northern scene with soul boy you never know my bring in a influx

[Wiggyflat]

They're hardly the Brighton set, one lives in Peterborough & the other in Hastings!

Sam especially has decent NS records & Jamie although predominantly R & B has other stuff also, just trying to help ease the 'crisis' (that's if 2 quiet months can be called a crisis), thought we were talking about getting fresh new blood in to get some impetus going.?

Don't remember saying anything about dropping Butch, i said last time i went he did a boring (to my ears) 45 minutes seventies set apart from that i have total admiration & respect for the man.

Simon

Think he means Brighton set as in scooters mods etc......so the 100 Club is going to turn into another London Mod Club then?. I was at x fire.Didn't see many mods in the main room.A lot of mods in the other rooms though dancing to freakbeat/psych.The younger kids seem to find that a more exciting, cool, younger and friendly scene.I don't know if the days of the tailor made mod will return en masse like the eighties as the mod scene seems to be split. The Freakbeat majority)groovies/the middle aged plastics who ride vespas with union jacks mirrors and lights/jam shoes (local doos and Iow) and the r&b soul into 64/65 styles (in the minority). A lot of the 80's mods are around 38-45 and are the basis of the London rare soul scene(no seventies!!).I think there is a younger untapped audience out there....I thought Amy Wineblouse would have been down there by now (come on Amy youve had enough)....hic hic my Blakey.....Maybe getting one of the Deep Funk deejays on or Gaz Mayall.What is this XRay Soul Club about.It seems a young thing. Might be at Bethnal Green working mens Club.Maybe some interest there.

[Wiggyflat]

I can Remember my first time there in around 87-88 cracking night but no beer after midnight was it

dancefloor was good

But now it seams like the owners could be the demise of it all with security guards and the no talc but this is one of the

places now boy do you need talc hate the dance floor now is it the talc over the years whaich has cause this???

Music is still up there and so is the atmospher !!

I still pop back from time to time but not as much in the past .

Things will change i'm hoping we will see a simler effect to what happend to the mod scene with Quadrophenia

to the northern scene with soul boy you never know my bring in a influx

Jim have you got Xdyisale......!!!! Maybe a bit of spell chekk.Soulboy....don't get me started.All the freakbeat mods with their John Inman/ Clarence (Dick Emery)bags.....

Edited April 22, 2010 by wiggyflat