Anais nin Carms

That was a big frustration on the night for me ... I just could not get near the dance floor until 3am so I had to stand back and wiggle in a tight space . Meanwhile I was writing down your plays in Nige's notebook

Oh what a shame its so expensive , out of my reach now that I am unemployed Its worth it for anyone that likes this quality of stuff and can afford it .... If anyone can furnish me with a half decent MP3 I would be forever grateful , cause my current one is not that great...Pm me if you can oblige Cheers Carms

You and I are on the same wave length Derek I had a similar thought ...mine was to create a sleeve picture art form that has an identity with the song rather than the record label , can you imagine all those little works of art in one box. I would love to see some other peoples ideas put to sleeves...could there now be a rush on white sleeves ? as they are a great blank canvas I think I might get my water colors out and give it a go

I think it's awesome if you tire of it I will give it a good home where it will be well looked after

Thanks Steve I have one now

What a shame ... I think it needs to be in town for it to work well and have that bohemian underground feel to it Its very strange how do's in the city do so much better than those on the suburbs .. it could be that it attracts younger elements , not wishing to offend anyone.

Loving this at the moment .... so who has one ? and who plays it ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQHqKP5Y3Mo

Do you know may have stumbled on Utopia .... Get an arts centre to let us book a hall to further the "soul culture" , then select from a number of Dj's who will play for free , invite people to the party and ask for a donation of 5.00 pounds a head to give the procedes to the art centre having made a deduction to pay the guy that supplys the exquipment. We bring our own beer and food ..... sorted everyone happy !

I think its happening mate a few venues are going back to old values of mixing things up , they may zaz it up calling it something else but its a return to old values of mixing tempos and styles . The way to enhance knowledge in all things is to explore and be educated ..if you have to walk to another room especially if its up a flight of stairs in our case chuck its likely most won't make the effort of walking the corridor to it as other things keep them in the main area like your friends for example ...however if the pleasure/pain is in the same room ... its more likely the mind will broaden because it doesn't have much choice in the matter .... We will make you listen ! ...my next suggestion will be shackles and stocks in rooms lol .... Or maybe we should just soul it up in someones front room every saturday night and drink their beer while we upset the children lol ....Betty has landed by the way and I have to yet to explore the many pictures I took of your records the other week when in a intoxicated state ! labels are a bit of a bbbbblur thanks to your copious hospitality and double measures in Hull Memories of crying out oh no not a modern set 13 years ago come to me ....but now I am changed I would quite like the variety. Notice how I do paragraphs for those people that cant face long messages lol all terms and conditions apply no money back guarantee on door tax:) white coat time

Here is a question for you ... do you think we will go full circle by 2020 ... everything in one room again !... headline room segregation has split/ruined the scene personally I would welcome it

To me the roots of Northern were far earlier for example the Flamingo Club , and the Brazenoze street wheel along with many others , based on what I have read I would love to see a documentary that starts from these roots rather than pin points Wigan as being the main soul explosion. Handled in the correct way this would make interesting viewing to all in my view ...in fact I would snip Wigan down to 10 minutes and then focus on the youth of today ..how they follow their own favorite clubs and how they have their own fashion sence in taking a bit of the old and enhancing it with their own sence of style. Plus how the word has spread to Europe and the World beyond. Thankfully its all been documented in books ! Books still to be written .... The 100 club story , Chris Burtons Memories of the Torch , The record Hunters Guide

That lad has always shown that passion , I have watched him dance a few times .and there are others like him of that age. You also see the same passion in many of the older generation , however its much more impressionable watching young legs I personally would have liked some Black bee footage in that short film . Black bee very much portrays new blood , guys and girls that are just coming in off the streets aged between 18- 25 who you see returning the following month because the beat is so hard not to come back to even though it it came into being before many of them were born . That is INSPIRING to me and an image that will inspire the younger elements to carry the genre forward . I think the release of the film will achieve that too as it has been beautifully orchestrated judging by the clips that I have seen. I will say of today's growing culture I have experienced the same vibe at "Empty bottles" in Leeds this club had the same Black bee growth vibe , where rooms are much more intimate and all aspects of the soul spectrum are explored and received with open arms ...that's my personal vision of the culture today and where its heading ... and what I find exciting about it . But like many have said to me who have joined me in a reasoned debate ... half an hour is just not enough , to explore the soul scenes complexity in 2013 you would need at least a series . You could dedicate an hour at least to cover record collecting today how we source and debate and still spend our disposal income on that round piece of plastic If the culture shows aim was to promote the release of the film in a good way , it did , If it aimed to show us the presenters personal journey with revisiting his passion ..it did ... If its aim was to show us a true reflection of what the whole scene is about today... it failed in my view. If it portrayed the roots of Northern soul in a good light ...well I would have to decline even trying to comment on that as I don't have the history to confirm its accuracy one way or another .

Must admit I was a tad disappointed in the show , I really had high expectations that it would take a broader outlook , not just portraying those that like to dress in a tradional way but also portray people that dress in what you would see as the norm in 2013 . I think in making a certain fashion statement program may have detracted what it really is all about , the MUSIC ? I also think it should have been made clear that you can dance in whatever way you like in 2013 ...express the music in your own way. As usual too many rules come across in these types of programs ....when really there arn't any rules today, because we are all grown up with our own MINDS an opinions. But having said all that this is just my view of what I would have liked to have seen is a show that portrays more about a soul culture that is happening NOW rather than acting out today what happened THEN ... but then I am not what most are , I never went to Wigan and don't have the passion that others have in remembering it I am afraid. My post is not wishing to offend or question other peoples beliefs ... its just my opinion , the oppertunity could have been better spent to encourgae new blood in my humble opinion.

If anyone has one for sale can you please PM me thanks Carms