Little-stevie

Its done the world of good to throw the 100 club thread on here Ady.... Plenty points brought up and great feedback.... The 100 club holds a special place in so many hearts and i'm glad to see that possitive strides are being made.. The 6am finish does impact on many of us who travel down by train from Midlands and the North with Sunday train times, so the need for a early morning place makes the difference.... Maybe there is some small business that would like some early morning trade.... The Hard as nails boys had a great little thing going with that bistro place for early morning.... A place like that close to the 100 if possible for coffee/ tea and if there is a record deck, all the better, better than having us walking the streets and scaring the locals I will be there to meet up with Christian and plenty others, looking forward to it, its been a long time....Too long.... regards steve I

And between the sheets looking at your avatar... Not sure about a few things with regards to this film mate... I don't think Elaine or the crew will be on here like the other lot were.... I think they have learnt a lesson from that epic.....

Whats that got to do with the price of bread Any kind of time frame for this film????

Where did you get them details mate??? send link..

And you don't get someone looking like Arthur Mullard in a tight vest and original sweat patch telling them they did not go to Wigan .... Some folk from overseas have had that experience at soul events here.... I am used to it( some of my best freinds look like Arthur Mullard ) but could see how its a culture shock to some Euro soul tripper.... Just a thought.....

Its not just the music... Its about travel/ culture/ holiday/ weekend break and taking in some soul at the same time.... A win win for sure..... Well for me and some of my mates it is.. You won't get the going abroad thing if you don't do it... Maybe give it a try....

Indeed.... Is Bishops Wood another??? never been and don't know much about the promotion.... Barnsley will be back also soon.... plus a new Burnley all niter

very good point mate... I have the best experience at places like Spain/ Germany/ Sweden/Italy etc etc... its nice to get away and we do it more and more..... Promoters in the uk are gonna have to take that into account for sure as the £ is really picking up against the Euro again and we all get the map and diary out to plan trips.... Also less visitors now from overseas to our events as they have enough quality events in their own countries.....

good to see folk coming together on something like this... I am gonna be there fingers crossed to see the Heard and mates who are gonna make the trip from Sweden.... All the making of a good night... Just some quilted soft paper in them bogs and coffee machine now Ady, then you could have a lockout Alison made a good point... If you give links to cheap hotel/ BnB deal with promotions it really does help when choosing to make the trip..... If there is a link to what Alison talked about then please let us know, could look at that now..... The cost is a big factor with regards to London, i have been told its a quid for a game of pool down there now , thats a weeks feed for my ferrets.. Its all looking good.....

thats the point indeed.... I have been going out to events on a regular basis since Jesus was a lad, too much really and some time off does re-charge... Freinds overseas in Ireland/ Spain/ Italy/ France/ Sweden etc etc, they have very few events and so they reallly look forward to them, not all the music is what each would want but there is enough in the night to keep most happy and they are among freinds... We have all these venues every week its crazy.. I know this is all niter title but the overall scene does affect what goes on at niters.... To be honest.... I aint too fussed about niters at all, if a soul night goes on to 3/4 am then its a winner for me, them last few hours at many niters ( not all ) just drag along as the hardcore keep it going.... I think 5/6 hours is plenty for me at an event, and many many folk think the same... I aint saying i don't like my niters, when we are all in the same zone at 6am in the morning and place is still buzzing then there is no better place.... Its just the dynamics have changed, its more booze now with all night bars, no ammount of powder from these chemists in China or any other place can still overide old age/ 15 pints and still get some onto the dancefloor on more than the odd occaison ... Just be realistic when putting on promotions and take all these factors on board..... Me and my good lady are taking in less events and do like to have weekends free for other things in life, these free weekends help re-charge the battery and then look forward to the next event... I am a pretty happy go lucky chap with regards to sounds i want to hear, i like a real cross section and would like to hear them all in one room, i know it aint what everyone wants but its what needed sometimes, i like the multi room events sometimes but would love to have all my mates in one room together at times ( not an easy task i know )... Julie Moore and others did comment on thhis thread being negative??? well maybe it is from some but its a public forum and people have passion and that comes out in different ways.. As Mike says sometimes, if you don't like the way the threads going you can choose not to read it, plenty of other stuff going on... For every negative thread you will have many many more possitive, its just like the news headlines, the killer volcanoes, suicide bombers, celebs on rehab etc etc etc, this will always take the headline from Daisy getting a nice feed at the donkey sanctury .... Its never all doom and gloom, well not for most anyway.. There are some who would never be happy, you can't hope to change the Victor Meldrews brigade, you will find them in every walk of like on public forums/ in the work place/ family members etc etc.. And i say again that a bunch of people who are negative on any thread does not constitute the soul scene or soul source, we have 12,000 members or more, even 15 people looking at a suicide packed aint gonna impact that much.... Its still the vocal minority on these issues, i wish it was the silent majority who would add more and then we can get a true picture of whats on peoples minds... I know many mates who look at the threads but never post, i wish a few more would take part, sometimes the same voices again and again and again can wear a bit thin Good to see the likes of Andy Dyson/ Ady and others are taking note of posts like this, they act on certain points and not on others, just like a good promoter should,,, They can never keep all the folk happy, victor meldrew will always be victor , just put him in a dark corner, slip something in his drink and give him a packet of crisps... With regards to all niters... Can we have a list here to see what we are talking about... 100 club.... Lifeline.... Rubgby.. Radcliffe.. Gloucester.. Six Hills.... Stoke Kings Hall... Bidds.... please add others to the list... Then just look at the weekenders... i class these as all niters no matter what time they finish with regards to putting on promotions.. Thats the niters off the top of my head, not too many really but with the ammount of local and other soul events its a problem...... And thats before the weekenders???? at one time i only knew about about a few but now they are pretty regular... in the uk and overseas.... It only takes a few folk to go off to each of these events for it to have an effect on other events.. At one time you would not think of putting on a soul event the same weekend as Cleethorpes/ Prestatyn but as we get more and more weekenders who will go up against established soul nights/ niters, you have other promoters who think its open season to do the same... The scene will be fine, it just needs some people with sense and some good promotions to sit down and smoke the peace pipe... then we can have a good proportion of quality events each year without clashing.... ME and many many many others aint asking for that every week, got other stuff to do in life as we get longer in the tooth... Long time dead...... Long time dead....... xxx

Danny Duggan played a album track by the Ascots at The Dublin weekender.. wow... did the trick for me... Will try and find out the title...

Good to see you are in a good zone mate..... The trials of life do touch us all.. Many folk took time away and came back and found it was all still here with good tunes and good people too... Some folk will always try and drag you down, leave these people to each other and step away from the dark corner and into the light.. Welcome back and peace be with you my son... Rev Kenny Lynch.. xxxx

I am sure that You and Bearsy will get on fine... Just don't let him keep you in that other room.. Its full of the across the board lot... Satans children

maybe it means.. Not a classics northern all niter, something a little different... There are some all niters you will love and others you will not, sometimes the flyer or feedback do give you the kind og feel with regards to the music and style.. You know what you like, just follow that rule and enjoy... Leave the others to try and push something else, room for all i think.... Don't start the across the board stuff again , we have had plenty pages on that already...

Thanks for posting this up.... The funk side of the soul scene will always have some interest and always good to hear what Wrighty as to say...

I am enjoying this thread ansd many valid points... Dazakin says that if we all got back to playing real classic oldies then all the venues would be full... No ammount of classic oldies could fill the ammount of soul events out there at the moment.... Like Mace says, you know what you want and are happy with that, what more can you want, i know what i like but can't find it all the time... You have an endless supply of classic oldies events every week, you are a luck man and should be happy... The rest of us will travel through the desert looking for the oasis... I like my soul in many formats and realise its not for all, i aint found my heaven yet but had a few angels while looking My search goes on... Good to see Mr Dyson have some input here, a very well thought out post and of much interest to many i should think...

She was like having piles while listening the Casuleers on a loop.... But for the sake of the scene, Queen/ country, soul source i did my duyty... I could not quite help her reach the mountain top.... Mace had to finish her off... Back on topic please before it gets well well out of hand..

Indeed Martyn... I can have a person who as been on the scene for 30 years loving a tune for the first time, yet there are quite a few younger folk there who regard it as overplayed or a standard at least.. How so many can come on here and tell us how it should be ... One mans oldie is another mans big newie.... One mans funky northern crossover is another mans disco shite...One mans beat ballad heaven is another mans fu"king plodder... One mans stomper is another mans cats knocking the dustbin over... One mans RnB dancer is another mans Rock n Roll bollocks.... One mans real northern oldies is another mans washed out take them fu"king bags off pile of dogshit.. Who is mr big bollocks that should tell me how it should be In the words of the master.... Nobody said it was gonna be easy.... Respect to promoters and djs, getting it right and pleasing some is like trying to have Susan Boyle and Miss world in the same bed and trying to please both with equal time ... A challenge indeed for a lot of people...

Horses for courses and all that my friend... Dazakin... I like your posts, don't hold back, its all about soul and all views count... I will catch up with you sometime, somewhere and have a chat for sure... I need to know what all this new shite stuff is??? Like Kev said, whats new to one person can be old hat to another.... Dazakin will get plenty feedback with the oldies rule tag.... Maybe he can give some examples of places that he goes to and his hearing the stuff he don't like???.. and places he goes to hear the stuff he does..

maybe all these managers don't act the same way I have known and worked with many, they can do things for a large variety of reasons.... Tell me in a pm Trev, i would then pass on the info to others and make sure this character is known for what he is...

Well Wiggy.. You will have to know your onions to get away with some of your comments... Are you just talking about London ( thats the impression i get ) ??? I go where the music takes me.... Maybe you should get out more( quite a scene still up north ) before posting your findings on a public forfum... Let us know about your event ???? whats its got offer that London don't give you???

With 2 films coming out you will have so many people looking to compare them..... Its gonna be of interest we will see many viewpoints posted on soul source for sure Bring them on, bring them on....

Yes indeed... People will travel far for an event that aint an all niter if they think the quality is there, they book hotels/ stay with freinds/ make a weekend of it with maybe another event the night after or before.. Thats the trouble sometimes, people make sweeping statements based on the way they think..... I can think of many events over the last few years and non niter that people would travel a distance to get to... Good to see some feedback and wish more folk would post on the subject, can't get an overall feel while its just the same members letting us know how they see things...