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Blimey, comes to something when an IC1 heterosexual female Londoner becomes an oppressed minority I demand my rights!

I'm obviously just selfish then Stevie G I want to hear everything and I want to hear it in one venue and I want to hear it now! And if I've got a babysitter for the whole night, or occasionally the whole weekend, I damn well want to dance until breakfast time on Tuesday

Just to concur with Simon's original sentiment at the beginning of the thread, the South London Massive much prefer a niter/weekender with both northern and modern rooms - we love both, and think there's great synergy between the two. Seems the trend has been away from modern second rooms the last few years, and R&B rooms have been flirted with in their place, but we think/hope the tide is turning again. And we're proper 'stay till the lights come on and you get thrown out' niter folk

Hey up Beeks, fab tune, Mr Ware is the sensual genius. Loved his collaborations with Maxwell particularly. He's still a horny old devil even now at 70, lol.

Hey up Mr C, I'm a birthdays, anniversaries, Christmasses & bar mitzvahs type attendee these days as you know, and I remember the similarly slightly lean years of the late 80s when you were in between the crests of the waves of mod revivals. There was always a younger moddy element alongside the hardened soulie crew at the 100 Club and it was one of the differentiating factors from other niters further north when I was in my teens and twenties. It kept it slightly fresher and more fashionable, and perhaps it would be good to reconnect with that market. You've only got to look at the heaving queues for Crossfire or Hipshaker at the IOW Scooter Rally to see that the punters are there if they can be tempted away from psychotic freakdom. We get to a couple of niters and maybe one soul night a month, and have no problem with travelling, but, like other people have said, we're presented with a veritable cornucopia of events, and London isn't always the most attractive destination. We live 25 miles south of the 100 Club, but can get to the Midlands in the same time it takes to get to you, with no traffic or parking issues. Mr Price is a dancer (after a fashion ) and you haven't got the space or the dancefloor for him to hurl himself about on, compared to the sprung maple expanses available elsewhere. So we have to have the social pull as well as the musical pilgrimage imperative to get us along. Anyway, on a more shallow note, get some crumpet on the line-up; Adam, Molly, Franc, Baz - or the European ones; David Santiago, Daniel Dombrowe, Matt Fox, Alex from Bilbao, and me and the entourage will be down more often It's also been great to see you play out at some different places in the last year (Baltic, Rugby), and I was amazed at the number of folk who had never seen you DJ before and were really looking forward to your spots. I know you haven't got as much time as before, but you really are the best advert for the place, so accept a few more invitations if you can. If you went bi-monthly, maybe that would create the time and space to do it. Tee x

I know that northern stall in the souk Carol! And I'm ashamed to say that's where I picked up a boot of 'Pyramid', just couldn't resist

There are a few different mixes Simon, don't make the mistake of getting up to the 300mph one that lasts for 15 minutes, like I did recently! I had to be wheeled off the floor by paramedics administering Ventolin Adam Buchanan & Mick Farrer play the sedate one for old folks, amongst lots of other DJs. Will probably get a spin at Rugby on Saturday night if you're coming out to play?

"Up there for thinkin', down there for dancin'" as they say x

Hey up Simon lad, is it Ron Hall - The Way You Love Me? Sure I recall the pair of us getting down with our bad selves to that together Or Wizdom - I'm So In Love With You? Top tune, not what I'd call uptempo, but then you are getting quite old now

Morning Simon! Your Carol told me she thinks it's hysterical that you've fallen for the 'out riding her HORSE' on Sunday mornings story for years. She hasn't had a horse since 1989

Yes, I've met at least 6 or 7 future husbands. Just got to get rid of this pesky first one though. I keep checking the wants lists, but no-one ever seems to be looking for him

Eyes down! And it's a Bulls eye, Blind 50, Halfway House, Hawaii for Pete 'Cakeboy' Eccles at our inaugural Bolton area northern soul karaoke bingo meat raffle night...

I just love how it states that the tracks are not originals, but 'in the style of'... Had been racking my brains thinking what to get for Pete Eccles' 50th next month. Bingo!

Oh, that explains it then. I bought a second hand copy of this book, but pages 103-106 were stuck together. Controversial no doubt, but I actually thought Dave was quite daring in exposing the fact that despite the supposedly modern times we live in, there is still a wide perception that a woman can't be successful or happy unless she is married.

That's ace! I was thinking more of records or labels, but venues could work, lol. Or how about the 'Who Am I' game of northern soul DJs? Am I male or female? Oldies or newies? Did I DJ at Stafford?

Hey up Kev, when you've got all your streetnames, you can design your own Monopoly for £79.99 at Firebox: https://www.firebox.com/product/1565/My-Monopoly?aff=1721&__gclid__=&gclid=CJrqwvPQkqACFVAA4wodn1tsdA And how about Jock Mitchell - Not A CHANCE In A Million Matt - I'm up for a game of northern soul Top Trumps if you are