Mike

Yet again another story concerning people who just dont give a **** for anyone else. Many people will be aware that there are several soul fans, who go round photographing going ons at soul events. These photgraphers often put in a lot of time and effort taking these photos, and of course there are all the expenses of doing this such as travel etc that has to be covered. Obvisouly many soul fans are interested in seeing these photos so many authors do allow them to be diplayed via web sites free of charge. And sure that many appreciate this and are grateful to then for allowing this to happen Now should be no problem with any of the above, yeah? Well there is actually, had word that yet again someone is more than happy to rip off other soul fans. work, time and effort.It seems that photos put on public display by one of the best known scene photographers Dave Leedham are being downloaded, printed off, then laminated and sold on to soul fans. Now while copyright law can be a bit grey on subject of images and selling on, but surely no one can think that they had any right o do this.The authors of these photois are often well known and respected and part of todays soul scene. For someone to then come along , download them, print them out, laminate and then sell them on is yet another example of just what w******s are out there. Crap like this is just taking the **** and is pure thievery. if on web or out and about do spot likes of this going on please pass on details

Today it is a year since Randy Cozens died. Im sure a lot of people will be thinking of him, especially with Soulgate coming up. Its a v.sad day. Ive had many comments over the year saying how much he is missed, how things dont seem the same without him, and how much he was admired and also many from people not realising how much he did for our scene. HOW TRUE. I would personally like to say a big thanks to many for being there for me - I think they all know who they are - if I list them - be a long list! Without them I dont know where Id be. Even if you werent fortunate enough to know Randy or have only heard of him, Soulgate will show you what sort of person he was. I remember telling him how some thought of him as their hero - he looked bemused and just said wish I was your hero! Of course he was! But he was a hero to so many others too. He might be gone from here, but he is certainly not forgotten and never will be - as so many of us will keep his memory alive. Randy - still missing you, Karen B x

Bumped into Roger S last weekend for first time in a while. He passed on that now has a proper shop up and running, and others have said was well worth a visit. As news to me it may be news to others so heres the details Boogaloo Down Broadway 161 Dawes Road Fulham London SW 6 7 EE tel 020 7385 6593 fri/sat/sun flyer says offers a wide spectrum (soul/latin/jazz/ska/reggae/mod/funk/punk/oi/60s,70s pop, power pop and more) cds and vinyl website www.boo-ga-loo.demon.co.uk

often find strange long lost things when digging into my wallet, heres something discovered in the folds that can actually read 5 plays from John Weston - given when asked to name 5 that summed up his spot at last monkey Ronnie McCain - This Time Im Gone - Triode Hamiliton Movement Shes Gone Volcanos - Youre number one Vanguards - good times Ascots -few feet from gutter

Just opened! A new section on the New Century Site, a place to watch video clips from NCSC Events. Getting things going is a selection of clips from the April 2004 Niter, with more clips from other NCSC events coming soon, this will be a must visit for those who cant wait a month till the next niter! Available on the New Century Soul Club Site at http://www.newcenturysoul.co.uk DJs on the April nite were Kiddo Mark Bicknell John Parker Guy Henningan Pat Brady Andy Dyson Mick H Carl Willingham Jumpin Joan Karl Rhodes

Friday 25th of June was the 1st Anniversary for The Friendship soul event in Barnsley. Nice backroom of a huge pub with scope for another smaller room upstairs which was not used on this occasion. To mark the event we had the pleasure of the Pincher Brothers (two big lads with big records!!) and Soul Sam. After a quiet first couple of hours the place soon got busy with the dance floor well attended. Main Friendship man and author of a great little fanzine given away free, Ian Geordie Johnson, opened the proceedings with some nice stuff from his collection. I have listed below some of the stuff played by the DJs of the night with the probable addition of spelling/grammar mistakes etc.....here goes! Ian Geordie Johnson Joyce Bond Mrs Soul Angels More than ever now Ernestine Eady The Change Betty OBrien Shell be gone Freddy Houston Chills & Fever Fabulous Appollas Something good in everything bad Anthony White Hey Baby Al HudsonWhen Im gone Exits Under a street lamp Darrow Fletcher What have I got now Dave & Bri Pincher Inspirations Your wish is command Admirations Youve left me Joseph Moore I still cant get to you Ringleaders Baby what has happened Fascinators In other words Cashmeres Showstopper Spyder Turner Ive got to get myself together Ideals Mighty lover Professionals Thats why I love you Celeste Hardy Youre gone Soul Sam Gayle Adams Baby I need your loving Otis Clay Only way is up Hamilton Movement Shes gone Omar & Angie Stone Be thankful Joseph Webster Watching ?? Kenny Hamber Never found a girl ?? Bobby Kline Say something nice to me Mr Soul What happened to yesterday Ronnie McNeir Isnt she a pretty girl Kenny Thomas Crazy World The next Friendship event is Friday 30th July with DJs including Terry Wright. Thanks to the Friendship crew - Geordie, Glen, Mark, Gary & Russ. Shane

Drunken Monkey - Natural Born Monkey Friday 09 July 2004 Looking at the title of this Fridays upcoming event and also as it coincides with us reaching the two year point, it seems just a bit fitting that the whole line up for this one is yet another one purely made up of regular monkey punters. Main room The best around for quality exciting rare soul - Robbo, Keith Williams, Andy Killick, Mark Speakman, Mike Hughes and Steve Thomas All Era Room Chico, Pete Bangor, Phil Blacknell and more As always a fiver in, 8 - late, two rooms, 3 starrer hotel Springfield Hotel A55 Expressway North Wales Coast 15 minutes from Chester DMSC Team Mike and Steve Directions and hotel info below Thru internet can get a fair discount if use the website below, ie double room for £35 (for the room) inc breakfast, late residents bar etc ..see below Hotel Info CHECK OUT THIS PAGE FOR REDUCED RATES!!!!! £35 for two bedder plus breakfast LateRooms rates are the total price of the room and not the per person rate. All prices are inclusive of all local taxes. Set alongside the A55 Expressway with quick and easy access to and from North Wales. Only 3 miles from the country towns of Holywell, Flint and Mold. Only 20 minutes from the beautiful Roman City of Chester. The Hotel has an indoor heated pool and sauna, and has many rooms with stunning views over the Dee Estuary, along with a newly refurbished Restaurant and Bar. The Hotel is awaiting classification to 3*. Stunning scenery, Golf courses, Horse Riding, Ice Skating, Theatres and Castles - the choice is endless. DIRECTIONS Follow the A55 towards North Wales, travel past the turnings for Broughton, also Wrexham and Buckley. Take the slip road signposted Mold and the A55 Conwy/North Wales. Join the A55 on your right. Continue on this road until Junction 32A the B5123 Pentre Halkyn / Rhosesmor Road, come off the slip road here and the Springfield Hotel is on the left hand side TOP TIP Use the above for booking , use link below for map info etc etc

Syreeta Wright, the former wife and collaborator of Stevie Wonder, has died at the age of 58 after a long battle with cancer. Syreeta was a recording artist for Motown Records. She started at Motown as a secretary before producers Ashford & Simpson put her in the studio. At one stage, she was considered for the job of lead singer of The Supremes, replacing Diana Ross who had gone solo. Syreetas biggest hit was With You Im Born Again with Billy Preston in 1980 Over the years she had sung on many albums including Michael Boltons Soul Provider, Billy Prestons Its My Pleasure and Quincy Jones Back On The Block. With Stevie Wonder, she was heard on his Fullfillingness First Finale (1974), Songs In The Key of Life (1976), Hotter Than July (1980), In Square Circle (1985), Jungle Fever (1991) and Conversation Peace (1995). By Paul Cashmere July 7 2004

July Newsletter part 3 -day after Here we go, another view on dmsc going ons, first thanks to all who showed last Friday at the Springfield. All feedback from main room was it was a good one. friday 09 July 2004 - Natural born Monkey This event marked the two year point of DMSC, as such were hoping for a cracking nite with best of last two years. however think fair to say while main room was up to usual standard sound wise and as always at the end of the night had the usual feedback, overall this didnt happen. Turning up at springfield led us to the first (and not the last problem of the nite) someone had eaten half the dancefloor, turns out a overnite leak had caused damage to a third of the floor, which had been covered with carpet. With a bit of "changing rooms" carpet moving action, did manage to reclaim a bit more of the floor but was fair bit reduced. Unavoidable and apoligies go out. main room Onto main room, numbers down a fair bit, clashes with other events, the fact it was on a friday, reasons perhaps. Due to amount of events now at stage where avoiding any clash with similar or close by events is impossible. Such is life, as we feel we are the only ones in this part of the world offering what we do, have to just shrug and crack on Dj wise, running order went like this - Steve T/Mike h, Mark Speakman, Keith Williams, Andy Killick, Robbo, Steve T - had a extra hour compared to last one due to later circunstances, and as the nite finished had the normal feedback from both regulars and new discoverers. Thanks to all guests Playlists hopefully should follow, thanks to all djs - usual "all over the place mode" dealing with going ons (see below) so unfortuantely missed a fair bit, Mark Keith and Andy have said will send playlists so just a few odd hazy memoreies , George Jackson - I dont have.. , Utopias, Parasians - Twinkle little star, Rees Flores -Tell It to My heart, being just 4 quick ones, never realised that Andy Killicks Lou Pride cover was one Shifty used to play till Nick told us all era room The normal line up less Phil Blacknel who couldnt make it, Pete Bangor, Chico were joined by Steve t, after the last one were hoping numbers would approve. Unfortunately due to the low numbers the hotel requested that we close early as said apoligies to nite on all those who attended for this room, and all the djs, explained reasons and the run up to it on the nite, final view , due to a email recieved felt a need to bash out the full story - apoligies if of no interest or too dep but due to email thought needed to put it down At 1000 the management of the hotel asked me to close the second room, I asked them why and they said, due to the hotel being so busy they had to use the second room for breakfast the next day and thus had to set it up. They had staff waiting to set it up. Due to the numbers using the second room, and fact they had staff waiting for the sole purpose of setting up the second room, in order to save paying staff up to 1am they were asking if possible to close it. I wasnt happy about this after discussion we agreed to look at situation again at 1030. At 1030 the numbers hadnt improved, I suggested various work arounds which included us setting it up, however none were viable.I asked the views of co-promoter Steve T, the djs from the all era room, I then made the decision to close it as requested by the hotel management. Understand that there were people not happy about this and all who complained were offered their money back. While this was far from ideal and not happy with it myself one bit, it was felt this decision was best for the event. I could have said "no way", however felt that this would have damaged the good working relationship we had with the hotel and damaged the event and could have led to us no longer using this venue. In past a flexiable approach has worked both ways and while the second room future is now being decided, if had insisted it stayed open am sure that in future it would no longer have been available to us. It was far from ideal espically after time and effort the djs put in. Thats what and how it occured, far from ideal and am first to admit it however hopefully even if you do not agree with decision on this matter, by reading this are at least aware of the facts and my thinking behind the decision. crowd and laughs somehow learnt how to differate between a authentic 60s denim jacket and a replica digital camera was took out of retirement and failed to work Crowd wise, good as alwasy to meet up with many regulars, Nick G won the "Nick brown" "Out of the blue" award, was good to catch up with member 001, Graham and Liz deserve a mention, as first time to say thanks to both for recent hospitality. Nods to all rest, and thanks for showing up. Also good to see fair few fresh faces and hear their feedback Final View As always thanks to all djs - always check that they all enjoyed doing it and all did, and great feedback on all spots half a dancefloor gone missing, overnight leaking roof, numbers down, major problems with all era room, clashes with events, occcurances jacking me off before hand......... and still despite all this at end of nite had the now usual feedback, (and as far as i was concerned) still went home with that monkey glow, after two years it onwards and upwards Saturday 04 Sep is the next one - 100% booked details soonest transport will be sorted out if there is a demand for back and forth to keele niter Future of Monkey simple as far as am concerned back to the old **** off attitude. dj bookings - in past we had two top class regulars Andy Rix and Rob Thomas - due to Andy Rix taking a break from dj-ing this had to change - our policy is 3 main spots - 1 top guest/monkey dj, - 1 rotating regular Andy Killick or Ritchie Andrew, - 1 monkey dj member spot and myself and Steve and others filling in gaps we are compling a list of long term future monkey djs and future dates in past we had likes of Carl Willingham, Mick H, Bob Hinsley,Jumping Joan, Chic, Chico, Mark Speakman, Kev Spittle, Robbo, Colin Wood, Anne A, Ritchie Andrew, Keith Williams Andy Killick, Johnny Jones, Steve Jenks all have walked thru door as punters and of course havent forgot that there are even more djs in the regular crowd and hopefully be getting chace to hear them soon Along with guests such as Keith Money, Ion, John Weston, Andy Dyson, Dave Rimmer, Dave Thorley, Brian Ellis, (apoligies if missed anyone its getting late) and then throw in the policy of quailty rare soul, we like to think are offering a selection and variety of djs and quality rare soul that is unmatched round this part of the world. This is simply what we are going to continue... 4th Rare Soul Weekender Rhyl Flyers out for this one and a lot of interest, full details here along with booking form recently added in news section at www.soul-source.co.uk drunken monkey team

Keith Williams from soul searcher records (see forum sales section for website details)was one of the guests at last weeks monkey, did a great mixed set from approx 1030-1130 and the feedback agrees with that Heres some highlights: enjoyed it Mike10 bits I played (In no particular order) TY KARIM-LIGHTEN UP-ROMARK ULTIMATES-GIRL IVE BEEN TRYIN TO TELL YOU--BRO-MAR KARMELLO BROOKS-TELL ME BABY-MILESTONE PAUL SINDAB-I WAS A FOOL-KNOX RUBY-DECIEVED-GOLD TOKEN DEMURES-RAINING TEARDROPS-BRUNSWICK JIMMY RICKS-OH WHAT A FEELING-FESTIVAL GEORGE JACKSON-I DONT HAVE TIME TO LOVE YOU-MERCURY DOUGLAS BANKS-AINT THAT JUST LIKE A WOMAN-GUYDEN VOLUMES-AINT GONNA GIVE YOU UP-KAREN

1.John Legend-Live It Up-Unreleased. Superb mid tempo soul off the Kanye West Akedemics unreleased album.Soulful vocals with a haunting melody.This will be in my top 5 at the end of the year. 2. Jay-6 track cd off a Japanese release on R-Soul records!!. Color My Heart and Still are the uptempo tracks receiving a lot of dancefloor reaction. 3.Temptations-Legacy-Motown. If you only buy one CD this year,make it this one.Superb,possibly their best album for 30 years.Part produced by Steve harvey,Love To The Musicis the instant stepper,although Something Special is my personal favourite track. 4.Mike Jiminez-The Power Project Independant release from a couple of years ago,just starting to get the plays it deserves.Blessing is an uptempo dancer,Someday Well Get Byis a fantastic retro tune,very reminiscent of Tower Of Power,lots of strings and horns.A solid album,with 5 or 6 excellent tracks. 5.Black Science Orchestra-Sunshine-AfroArt 12" Uplifting 80s feel dancer,originally released a couple of years ago,recently resurfaced and getting a lot of toes tapping! 6.Rell-Let Me Show You-Rocafella-12" Been kicking around on promos for the best part of 18 months now.Great stepper.Highly recommended 7.Razah-Feels So Good-12" Not sure if this is an official release or a naughty boot,it samples Teddy Ps When Somebody Loves You Back Very familiar and instant. 8.Omar and Angie Stone-Be Thankful-Blaze Shrine remix William DeVaughn classic redone in 98 by Omar and Angie and remixed by the Blaze boys,ramming dancefloors everywhere. 9.Jiva-I realized-Giantstep 12" Great uptempo soulful dancer with a jazzy,summer feel. 10.Brenda Russell-Make You Smile-Dome 12" Great soulful/jazzy tune. Another tune for the Summer.

Cindy Scotts 2nd CD album for Driving Wheel Records - the follow-up to her highly acclaimed debut "The Loving Country" - is due to be released on 15 September 2004. Tracks include Cindys unique reworking of "The One Who Really Loves You" and her own self-penned "In Love Maybe." More details at http://www.drivingwheel.co.uk All advance orders will be despatched during mid August and a special CD containing out-takes and alternate versions will be made available to the first 10 orders received. Oh and the price is just £ 6.99 + postage Dave Powner