Yes Dugi finally got his man and the Soul Mods hosted top Northern Soulie Baron Ansome to play a Northern Soul set at the club; it was a low key event not really hyped until Friday and yet a good crowd still tp'd in for a fantastic night, one of the best we've had, thats no mean achievement as we have had many, many blinding nights there.
So donning my best seventies flares and uber tight vest I headed over to the club, to be bamboozled while Eden, Dugi and Baron talked streams [?*#@!!] and land [*^+@!!!}] all something to do with playing music I think but way too complex for me. Baron was scheduled for two hours, but we left the pumpkin hour way behind and I think it was closer to four than two, but four blissful hours that left me groovin'. singing and mellowing out [yes it is feasible to mellow out to soul] inbetween bouts of raucously funny chat which had me laughing my socks off.
Were there stand out tunes, you bet there were. Were there blindin' moments, damn right there was. Northern classics interspersed with some of Barons Northern favourites kept the dance floor busy, we discussed wieghty topics such as ,,fish and chips, agreeing the Fylde Coast was best,,,I am sure we reached that conclusion didnt we? Squirrel cooked kentucky style was another and the third world debt crisis, okay I lied we never discussed third world debt, we wondered if the Barons plummer would turn up instead, but that was pretty wieghty stuff too. Why do we talk such rubbish, because caught up in the music anything anfd everything has a funny vibe to it, so full of fun you'll laugh out loud at anything and everything, a quintesentially Britsh thing to do. How do you overcome obstacles, laugh and mock them until they crumble, Who defeated the Berlin wall Margaret Thatcher's tories and their political ilk across the globe or Benny Hills angels and other intercontinental jokers who inspired folk to just say feck it enough is enough,,place your bets now! Whats any of this to do with a virtual Northern Soul night, absolutely bollox but see how easy it is to spiral off on a ludicrous conversation of your own creation. Thats what soul nights at the Soul Mods is about, real people having real fun in a virtual environment, Dugi's got it down pat, man and we love it there and elsewhere too, the club is irrelevant so long as the people are buzzing; thats the crucial feauture getting the right people. The virtual mod scene is lucky its brimming with crucial people, giving their best to entertain us all: by building cool clubs, playing awesome music or just sharing time with us all and having fun, its a virtual commune with music at the heart of it!. Its these invaluable real people behind the pixels that make the nights what they are, its crucial to get the right ones involved in the scene, no drama queens need apply And on mod or soul nights they always are, its blindin' mate get on yer scooter and be there for the next one!
The main men strutting out
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