AN AUTHENTIC Valleys comedy which features dumper trucks and gorillas, helicopters and body parts – as well as local star Jonathan Owen – is set to hit the big screen with a bang.
UK - The charity live event for Cancer Research that PLASA's Ron Bonner and L&SI's technical editor James Eade are currently pulling together for 8 August this year is coming along nicely. ...
Another cheat, in a way, ‘Geno’ was an album of singles and b-sides released after ‘Soul Rebels’ and ‘Too-Rye-Aye’, including songs (or sometimes versions of songs) that are on those albums and some that you’d only had if you’d got the singles. It was released under a special ‘Pay No More Than £2.99′ cover and, [...]
(#457, 2nd May 1980) The insight that took Kevin Rowland from punker to star was that the DIY aesthetic which formed some part of punk’s appeal – the idea that inspiration could and should trump technical ability – could as easily be applied to soul. If soul was a passion that emerged from within, why [...]
Yeah, we know, things in the void have been sparse. The other largely reformist, potentially money grabbing and very time consuming website has been sapping most of the energy and what follows is a blatant repost of this weekend’s free stuff. the void will be back, Grumpy Old Anarchist is threatening to make an appearance this [...]
There's a top soul night coming up at the M Club on May 17th with Geno Washington ( his website here ) headlining, plus the Ram Jam Band and soul DJs playing until 2am. But that's not the point of this post. The GHOST MFX music studio in Crewe if offering soul fans the chance to bid for a special Geno package, with the proceeds going to Geno's nominated charity for the young lad Jack Brown . . Here's...
More on the pub dearth in the Borough . Lewisham's Forum of Conservation and Amenity Societies is seeking to secure more protection for traditional pubs under threat from developers. TMFC says all power to their elbow. Apparently over the past 20 years, the number of pubs has gone down from 163 to 70 throughout the whole of Lewisham. That's over half. That's like losing a leg. The borough needs places...
Some classy soul nights coming up at The Broadway Theatre in Catford in the next month. Next Friday (the 8th) they've got Alexander O'Neal, followed a week later by The Drifters. Then on March 1st, there's a show with Eddie Floyd, Geno Washington and Pauline Black. Details here.