Whats going On...........

So its been very quiet on this blog, reasons too many and all to do with reality biting me on the @rse, creating a myriad of obligations that have not left me much time for frivolous frippery. I have been popping along to Soul Mods, helps me chill and get away from stuff; also listening to the cool documentaries as part of the Soul Week, check it:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00przy5

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00gkz4w

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b01300fj

Hopefully you can listen in, never sure if BBC links can be accessed outside of the UK but I'm sure you clever techy types know how to circumvent such issues. 

Anyway, back to my virtual life - its hit another hiatus whilst things this side of the screen get resolved; there have been a few really fun nights at Soul Mods with various people on deck its still the greatest place for virtual mods on the grid and if you have not been,,,why the feck not!

Pretty bland post this but hope you enjoy the links and hopefully once this immediate issue is resolved things can get back on track virtuality wise, keep the faith!

ciao

Great Nights, Great DJs

A couple of good nights at Soul Mods last week. Huge blow that Kim had some techy issues, as I love her heavy ska laden sets; but, lucky for us Eden stepped in and delivered a great impromptu set. The usual reprobates were there and a good time was had by all. Friday was the usual wacky weekender from Slate, with much craziness, great tunes and bizarre happenings as always.  A Northern Soul heavy set this time out Slate delivered some really fine tunes that kwept us all bouncing in virtuality and in reality, at least I was bouncing, no mean feat at my age, I'm 87 y'know [applause...haha, wonder who really believes that]. Lots of Gene Hunt activity near the end of the set as Slate handed out masks and we dipped our toes in seventies Glam. I had to leave before the end [up at 7am for real life dad stuff Saturday morning] but am certain the madness and laughs continued for a while longer.

Its marvelous that the virtual sixties influenced entertainment carries on into Saturday at the Killing Moon, and Shauna's efforts to set up the event is much appreciated. Indeed Shauna debuted as DJ there this weekend and did a great job. Strong words of encouragement from old hands like Slate and Eden helped I think, and at least there was no swearing, kicking of computers or toilets interludes like one great DJ I could mention......

A great night with some great tunes, generic sixties rather than pure mod but no less entertaining with some fine tunes thrown into the mix. I really enjoyed myself and judging by the comments flowing through chat so did everyone else. Hats off to Shauna for providing a fresh venue and getting on decks herself,,,err Dugi, hahaha. I admire anyone who does this techy DJ malarkey as its so beyond my meagre techy talents they are like ancient metal smiths of the dark ages. Weird clever geezers and geezerettes capable of strange wonderfully magical feats. Good on you all, and thanks for the tunes. Time to rest my weary eyes, ciao.

Being Human

Was the reason I found myself going virtual on Sunday night; which required some intensive searching to locate something entertaining in Second Life. Sunday is not one of my regular virtual nights and so I was somewhat lost. Eventually I teleported to the Old Cave to catch a generic soul set by the DJ Finn Askari. the beats are slower than my favoured Motown or Northern tune, but it was entertaining enough and the people there were very welcoming and all said hello. Thats nice for a new arrival, a friendly hello even if like me they then go quiet and just listen in to the tunes. Sometimes I want to be mellow and just listen other times I'm happy to dive into the swamp of manic chatter. So I was happy enough chilling in my own company listening to generic soul which I occassionally enjoy but wouldnt necessarily be throwing onto my I-Tunes. Very mellow, very nice.

The club has its own wesite, so check it out:  www.oldcave-sl.com

Busy Week on the virtual scene

Its been a busy week in virtual modland, first off I went on Tuesday to the AAi no sim issues this week to listen to Claire Eglund deliver a nice mod set to the AAi regulars. Claire played some marvelous tunes that had a lot of "TUNE" typing scrolling across the chat lines which is always a good sign. I had a great time, listening to some cool tunes hearing some funny lines and generally just hanging out.

In reality I might be camped next to the radiator whinging about a chest infection, coughing and slurping hot tea but in the virtual world I'm feeling groovy and strutting my stuff. Tuesdays at the AAi is well established as a cool mod venue due to Eden and Kims hard work and Claire is doing a great job to continue with the mod theme. If your bored on a Tuesday, love the sixties get over there Claire's DJing will not disappoint and you'll meet a friendly if somewhat odd crowd of mods and pseudo mods having a laugh.

Wednesday night is generally a non-virtual evening but there was bugger all on the telly so I thought I would log on and see what was happening. There was a sixties beat at the Acroplys and sweet soul at the Soulsville club; but, I opted for a non mod night at the AAi. There was still plenty of mod fans at the club listening to Graz play some tunes, and to keep us happy he chucked us the odd bone of mod. Was a funny night lots of silly chat and general music gossip, easy to chill too. AAi regulars were there aplenty: DJ Claire getting into the groove alongside David Essex, oh its Graz, prowling in the seating area was Scotney Sean, whilst mod designer and DJ Eden was swinging her hipster and get groovy; Shauna of the short, short skirt was there she think I have narcism issues [err did I spell that correctly, I was too busy checking how cool I look in the snaps] wherever did she get that notion? And, also there were lord and lady mod Aston and Dugi doing their thang! Other Thom and Meri, who we cheer as the club is theirs and they keep our music flowing, Jelli who'd be lost without a yay, and Josie who has enquired about building a cupboard at the club, strange girl So I chose avies over mod sounds but it was fun and I had a great time. The crowd at the AAi is eclectic in its taste, fractious and humorous and very friendly; And thankfully no rezzing issues tonight so every avatar was wearing trousers and there were no bum cheeks chilling in the cold. Virtual it may be but sympathetic, err nope just l;ike real life first rule of friendship ,,, take the piss. Savages, hahaha!

On Thursday I went for the ha trick, three nights in a row as I logged into Soul Mods to hear Lupo's set. There was a good crowd and a few people dropped in from the OSR which was cool. Its great when crowds from different clubs integrate I like the OSR they have great DJs but sadly most of its nights clash with other things so I don't get there as much as I'd like too. But, I digress, its a bad habit I possess. Back on topic, another great Soul Mods night Lupo played great tunes, Slate confessed to and Alvin Stardust finger fetish, Albion was outed as a girl; hmmm feck that means me I better lose some weight and buy a wig . Not that I'm a narcissist are anything but are forty  seven year old women sporting a No2 cut deemed as being attractive? So the usual craziness in the chat lines, me sober on cough remedies failing miserably to engage with the virtual surrealism, but the tunes were good Lupo has a very different twist that's refreshing to here, I had a great time. Oops got me bra in a twist typing that last bit, how do these things function?

Final night was Friday and much as I enjoyed the previous sets Fridays was something special. Eden was on decks at Soul Mods, a small crowd but they were treated to some awesome tunes that hard my heart pounding. Lots of Hammond to keep me buzzing and tunes that were standards but new interpretations or just outright new to me. As Slate commented it was a treasure trove of tunes. Eden really shone on the track selection front, and all who were there had a marvelous time, magical set that I really really enjoyed myself. Dance animations were thrust into overdrive, while real feet were pounding to the beat and awful voices murdered the lyric, but wow did we all have fun!  We were even able to enjoy an impromptu scooter rally, the joy of Soul Mods is that Dugi didn't clutter the building with stuff so we do actually have room to rev around on our Slate built scooters, it all adds to the madness and the fun of the evening. To fully embrace a crazy night at Soul Mods you must get yourself a scooter. Offat to scour the web now and get those tunes majestic, Enjoy your virtual or real life weekend, it all kicks off again at theAAi Tuesday at nine.

ciao.

Big Night Out...

It was Soul Mods Friday with DJ Tabs, so I headed over and began grooving to some amazing great soul tunes. Sadly, there were issues occurring elsewhere in the house so I had to listen to some fantastic tunes while I was busy dealing with stuff in the house. This meant I was absent without Lindens, and Aston seized the moment to shove me into a cupboard. When the homeland issues were resolved I returned to Soul Mods where I found myself dancing away to silence but ... in a cupboard!

Next up I leaped on the OSR landmark and headed off to Boone's rezz day party, a lengthy all nighter with a host of DJs playing disco and funk. The club was jammed to the rafters with all the OSR regulars who were funking away in delirium; whereas, I was struggling with lag who sought solace in a corner. There were some fine tunes being played by DJ Divine and despite being too lagged to groove I was enjoying myself when phut! Crash, the new Phoenix viewer had kicked me out. Not such a Big Night after all ...

Cor blimey, these strange folk unable to teleport or change clothes in an instant, demanded I accompanied them to this place called a pub. There they made me quaff copious amounts of alcohol and called it a birthday bash, very strange and I had to walk home at the end. Strange times! Who knows what lies ahead in the week to come.

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Modernist Musings

Big Brother Watching You

Interesting times in the virtual world, I finally get to log in on a Saturday and ...     ! Precisely, bugger all happening just my luck, missed two great nights with Slate DJing, then when I make it there's nowt on. Thankfully Sean stepped in last minute at Soul Mods on Friday otherwise I'd have drawn a blank there too. 

The surge in mod nights and Northern Soul nights appears to have waned. What seemed to be a flourishing scene a few months back seems to have died on its arse with only the Soul Mods club regularly providing solid mod northern soul nights. There still some awesome soul/funk clubs such as the OSR operating but the mod scene appears to have been shafted. Where did all those small DJ run clubs go ... into the virtrual ether it seems. Annoyed? moi? Okay, just a tad. We seemed to have a nice pattern of mod nights with good turn outs then the week got swamped and clubs closed and now the swamp has receded and we are left with feck all! Thank feck that Soul Mods still sails serenely above all this other shite!

Hopefully some clubs will get resurrected or at the very least the band of vagrant Northern Soul and Mod DJs will find somewhere to spin their discs and entertain us again. I would hate Northern Soul to be restrictecd to one or two venues, its in the virtual world now and we need to support it ; else we'll be back to spandex inspired US AOR crap all over the grid.

My pointless grumblings aside its been a good week music wise in the virtual world. Kim played two excellent sets Tuesday and Thursday and Sean stepped in to cover on Friday and played some awesome tunes. In fact they were so good and I was so busy I didnt even have the time to take the piss either there or in here. Poor lad will think I'm neglecting him! A quiet night Friday but enough of us to have a laugh and as stated earlier the tunes were awesome.

Hahaha thats what I call a happy blog post. ciao

Monday Magic!

Its been some time since I have logged into the grid on a Monday and so I was wondering where to find some cool entertainment in the virtual world. Fortune smiled on me as I recieved a flyer from the OSR HQ giving me a heads up the Boonie was about to start his regular Monday night soul and funk sussion, so jumping on the teleport I swapped Doc boots, cut off jeans, brace and a Fred Perry for a more WSB style of jeans, cool Tacchini track top and chilled adidas trainers and took to the floor.

The OSR crew were in attendance on on fine form, the banter was good and the gestures were zipping off the keyboards. Superstar mod creator Slate McLeod was sporting his latest T-Shirt creation ... when will this geezer open a clothing store! And, also reminiscing over his mankini outing to the amusement of all, fortunately for all he seems to have retired this item, joy spread across the grid. Boone was playing some awesome tunes helping to mellow out the crowd and I was having a fine time, even if I was keeping quiet.while the fun rolled around me.

The OSR HQ plays some of the mellowest contemporary soul on the grid and its one of the coolest places to hang out on the virtual soul scene. Join the group and get the regukar flyers events are run most days, with either Boone, Divine, Josemari or several other members of the OSR DJ stable. Look out for there gigs across the grid, I'll be there as will the rest of this crazy cool crew ... I just lurve that alliteration!

All Day Fun at ...

... the Original Soul Rebels Headquarters

There were a host of DJs entertaining us on the Bank Holday over at the OSR HQ, soul in all its many forms was on display as the DJs played great tunes from the early evening way into the early hours. 

9-11am : DJ BOONE - Funkin' U Up!

11am-1pm :  DJ DIVINE - Movin' & A-Groovin' Y'all!

1-3pm : DJ Slate - Classic Cool & Funky!

3-4pm : DJ Jose - Stonkin' Fave Raves!

4-6pm : DJ Hbomb/DJ Seth - Funky Latin Grooves!

Beleive me, it gets no better than this!

* MUSIC IS THE KEY OF LIFE - AND OSR IS GONNA PLAY IT! *

So I rolled up nice and early to hear Boone open up the entertainment and discover beers in the fridge and burgers on the grill. The party had begun the question was would I last the pace? The usual jovial atmosphere was very evident as the OSR mob begain to gather, nut it hit new levels when somebody outed themselves as a mankini admirer, oooh hamster hammocks indeed! So the brewing of a fine time was there, great music, wonderful people and huge portions of laughter ... marniate in strong ale and pretty soon its a fully baked groove. Once Boone had delivered his set the delicious ladty of the decks stepped for and DJ Divine took over, a real hunny bunny she entertained us royally and kept the music pounding and the party swinging.

We were four hous in as Divine stepped away from the decks and it had been wonderfully entertaining, the DJ tag team brawlwers then unleashed a double barrel of Northern Soul as Slate stepped up to carry on the baton [yeah mixed metaphors but really, do you care that much ... I doubt it.]. He had the poolside in full overdrive as he blasted out some great tunes, so great he even recieved a 1000L$ tip. Mentioning no names but thats true generousity, a deed worthy of Slate himself ...

Real Life then grabbed me for a while, but I left Albion grooving as a reminder to get back in. I'd left to scouse tones and came back to a latin accent that didnt sound like it was from Bootle so I surmised Slate's set was completed. More great soul poured out as Jose kept up the high standard and the Guinness can pile grew higher until finally it was the pumpkin hour and I wussed out. Yeah, as HBomb took over at midnight I admitted defeat and slid off to my bed, but I am convinced he continued with the impressive tunes that featured throughout the evenuing.

A great night of gridline fun, fabulous music supported by a wonderful cast of characters, so get on your scooter and check the next one. Just make sure you possess more stamina than I do.

BoomBox Soul

I wandered from the my familiar Soul pathways on Sunday and found myself at the BoomBox, a splendid soul club that was sending out some ice cool tunes.DJ Airy Miles was at the decks and was laying down some truly mellow sounds, with the stand out tyrack for me me, the sublime Aaron Neville's Hercules. This isnt mod or Northern soul, but if your looking for chilled out soul the set being delivered was ideal. There was a good sized crowd who were enjoying themselves with a busy chat line and lots of grooving occuring. Strictly this more contemporary sounding soul, plus its seventies inspiration is not really my thing but occassionally you need to just put your feet up and chill, for that this Sundays set fit the bill and I mellowed out in fine style.

Check it:

BoomBox

lunch at Soul Vibrations

Another search of the grid illuminated another lunchtime soul session, 5am SLT, this time held at the Soul Vibrations club with DJ Fujiyama Yokosuka. If you can be on the grid this time of day in  the UK its possible to catch a few Japanese soul sessions as our asian soul brothers are 9 hours ahead of us and their evening sessions nicely coincide with our lunchtime.

There was a slow build up of numbers but it was early in the set when I arrived, but a decent crowd had arrived by the time I, unfortunately, had to leave. DJ Fujiyama plays a solid set, his soul selection vary from classics to contempoary soul and the stream is a real dance sizzler. The timing of this session makes it unlikely that I will be in regular attendance but if Im stalking the grid on another Tuesday at around 5am SLT I know where I'll be heading too.

The club also has a nice continual music stream from a soul station filtering into the club throughout the day which is cool to chill and dance to whilst your in IMs setting the world to rights. Check it, its a cool place to be.

Soul Vibrations Club

Christmas at OSRHQ

Headed out early tonight so not to miss the Original Soul Rebels HQ Christmas party with DJ Divine on the decks. What a blast cool costumes galore, I mean Boone's afro probaby deserves a blog all of its own, great that everyone got into to it and came along in so many fabulous costumes.  I was utterly flabbergasted,, as there were so many slimmed down santas I thought I was in Desperate Housewives the Christmas Movie!! Enough twaddle, lets get to waffle.

A fabulous night, even though sadly I was in and out, but listening continually even if I wasnt participating. The OSR crew come up with the coolest gestures and all love the music and are eager to share that feeling, its a soul boys or mods paradise and I feel lucky to get into the glow of it all,,and urge you all toi hop on their funky soul train and let it shine on through.

A DJ Divine set full of classics and things with a Yuletide flavour an ideal set for a virtual Christmas party. The dancers were fully engaged with the tunes and revelling in the funky party atmosphere. Absolutely marvelous, only sorry I had to leave early, but the demands on a virtual mods time are ever increasing...

Fortunately the party was still in full swing when I tp'd back so I was able to get back with the groove and chill in good company til the midnight hour. Boone was in the hot seat and playing some great souled out Christmas blockbusters,,I had a great time, and judging by the laughter and smiles on show so did those lucky enough to be there for the entire party shift. Check out this club, its well worth the trip.

Thats [a week of virtual] Entertainment

Does it make me dull that I follow a pretty standard timetable of clubs throughout my virtual clubbing nights out? Answers on a virtual postcard.

Its Monday night so I'm at Original Soul Rebels HQ to catch Boone Blancos set which is generally a glorious soulful education, I am hearing stuff here most times I wouldnt, a lot of stuff I'm familiar with but then the odd unheard gem comes spiralling through the stream. Yeah if you want to funked to the core of your soul this is the place to be.

But life isnt always sweet, so while Albion danced his feet off I was actually elsewhere in that strange environment Real Life, ahh well scanning the chat log it looked like I had a good time and there's always next week.

Rolling into Tuesday and it my first instalment of DJ divas Eden and Kim as they skank through two blindin' sets at the AA <))) Alternative Indie Club. Eden played the first hour with Kim finishing off the two hour set, plenty of soulful mod and skanking ska to get the bouncing crowd dancing. Except for Scotney Sean of course who never dances in the virtual world, but does a mean kilted highland fling in Real Life, or so I was told by ..err cough cough. And that brings me to this weeks instalment of Sean sentence:

"Bath salts are the way forward!"

Oooooh there you go a little bit of  philosophical bath water from our resident Scotney guru. And, still the crowd danced on...

Some great tracks and a fun fuelled couple of hours, mod is growing across the grid and this regular gig lies at the heart of it. The wonderful Small faces finishing off the night in magnificent style, even without the majestic Brian!!

I also popped over to the MERSEY SIDE CAVERN for a brief visit, and heard a few groovy tunes whilst I brewed a hot choc and got myself sorted to log off, some nice sixties tunes wafting over the airwaves as I sorted myself out.

So, Tuesday is also put to bed, I wonder what tomorrow will bring.

Wednesday started better than expected, Ilogged back on to find myself in the midst of a sixties set in the Cavern being streamed in by a cowboy DJ Sergio- hey he had a stetson a a Yankee accent thats cowboy enough for me. So, I leapt to it put on my dancing shoes and hit the floor to boogie on to some cool sixties tunes including my favourite Byrds track, nope not Mr Tambourine Man but the sublime 8 Miles High, ahhh simply divine.

What did you think of the smooth DJ like typed segway, yeah because Wednesday is a funking soul night led by the delicious Miss Divine over at the Ruins.

Its difficult to beat a sunset ruins with some awesome tracks oozing out of the stream, whilst surrounded by the friendliest funkiest geezers and geezerettes [is that a real word? I think I just made it up] on the grid. Hurling gestures, laughing, lapping up the tunes and just having fun,,everything a virtual life was created for. Oh no I'm singing as I type ,,"i wanna dream about you babeee" its not a pleasant sound,,,,,but I'm having a ball. The awesome tunes kept falling out of the stream one after another, while we danced on and on...blissful.

Mods need a house full of soul and it is here in the bucketfull.

And, to top it off the wonderful Maddie gave me my own gesture how cool is that! Yeah this virtual mod life is truly good for the soul, and thankfully full of soul too.

Then on to Thursday, no guessing required. Its a Thursday which means only one place for me to be,,,Soul Mods Mecca, reeling from some straight shiooting from DJ Kim and Eden who'll be firing some red hot mod down their two smoking barrels,,,no room for blanks in a the blazing heat of a mod bonanza.

Somewhat blurry eyed I sat through my new copy of Quadrophenia , delivered by those lovely Amazonians, whilst Phil Daniels and Franc Roddem warbled along with their commentary; I then bunged in the documentary disc and watched that too...ideal preparation for a night of modernist mayhem at Soul Mods Mecca, a true highlight of my virtual week.

Rezzing into the sim late I miss the fun of the 9.00pm sim reboot ; a great way to start the night, and have to do some tping and relogging to drag myself out of the grey; which I succeed in doing only to condemn mein hosts to a Brigadoon existance for the duration on my viewer. This meant Dugi and Aston were no more than balls of mist, was it worth their sacrifice for me to look good,,,obviously it was. Being a ball of mist didnt stop them dancing or having a great time, it takes more than a trip to Brigadoon to keep these mods off the dance floor.

Eden opened up the set and played some stormers, despite Virgin attempting to tear her down; and she was followed by Kim who hit the ground running with a monstrous version of "If I were a Carpenter" by the Four Tops that had Dugi swan diving like there was no tomorrow...man that track blew us all away. The two girls delivered again and had us foot tapping - room stomping; while we discussed the finer points of Wellerdom. Yeah, the modfather raised his head this evening and we rabbited on like kids in the playground, and y'know what it was great. Like minded people, having a bit of fun listening to magnificent tunes whilst slurping on a brew..life is fine my friend, life is fine.

Next up...Friday, open slots and no idea what the night will bring.

Friday arrives and after a shout from Boone Blanco via the OSRHQ group i find myself at Funk-O-Rama, now I hope that SURL works as I often find myself in a huge German commercial district, check it in search and you'll hook a lm there. Come enjoy some great music and listen to Werner and Boone funk duelling. Its a stylish build with great music an ideal start up before you head off in search of a whirlwind of virtual entertainment. As for me, it was time to don a tux [that nice one from Blaze,] and head out to CZ Estate Ballroom  for lady Divine's late night funk set.

It was a party atmosphere at CZ Estate Ballroom with many of my favourite Second Life people present, santa hats and antlers were everywhere as the grids funkiest groovers danced into the midnight hour. Divine played a wonderful set, that had me singing out loud , and my feet tapping until i even had a small twirl around the study,,yes I'm afraid I couldnt resist,,just "Feel the need in me"

Dugi and Aston insisted on this shot to prove they're more than ,,,,,cheeky sod that Albion geezer!

The music and the people were just what I need and what a fantastic way to end five days of virtual entertainment. Mods from across the grid began to tp into the ballroom to enjoy a nights spectacle of soul and funk. Boone took over from Divine around 11pm and I proceeded to murder another beautiful track with my strangled vocals, while the gestures rattled the airwaves: ~*LUPO*~ ~*ASTON*~ ~*DUGI*~ yeah the old crowd were stomping up a storm and it was a pleasure to watch and be a tiny part of it. Ive met some great people through these mods nights and many were here to enjoy this rollocking good time.

As for Saturday, thats locked down with the opening of the 5.15 club, mods galore.

Wandering the grid...

...in search of entertainment can be hard task. Don't get the wrong idea I love my regular Tuesday and Thursday night mod sessions with modsters sumpreme Eden and Kim plus the regulars; and I'm always eager to leap on the tp sent out by the OSRHQ to enjoy a fun filled night of funk. But, occassionally I like to see new places even if I'm happy for the soul music to remain the same.

During my roaming  came across the Some Place Else area;a small shopping mall, with a nice little club and good dance floor at its centre where they are streaming in some nice soul tunes via shoutcast. I am unsure if the club holds live soul nights or if its merely their favourite music stream sent in to entertain the shoppers. Not the coolest looking club but any port in a storm..here's hoping it starts up some kind of soul DJ night, or mod night [its what dreams are made of] that doesnt clash with any existing nights and so broadens the portfolio of mod/soul/funk on the grid.

Randomly typing motown into the search engine and then tping into likely spots also brought me to the Soul Vibrations Club which was streaming a more contemporay soul stream. Greeted by a dancing soul bot i mived onto the dance floor of this rather spartan venue, ostensibly a fenced dance floor on a tropical beach. Despite a lack of architectural glamour the club works the tropical setting suiting the chilled smooth soul streamed into the dancers.

Of the two clubs I prefered the setting of the Vibrations club but the motown stream of the Some Place Else shoutcast was probably closer to my musical tastes. Are they both just empty blocks of land streaming soul to nobody or do they lie at the heart of a throbbing soul community. I hope its the latter but my Second Life experience teaches me that the former is sadsly much more likely.

Soul is all over the grid, and it is thriving in pockets. Mod is the exclusive preserve of a couple of British clubs, more DJs more venues are need. The hard working mod DJs and owners do a great job but cant do it all alone. What the grid needs is more live DJs playing non-clashing gigs at venues across the grid, here'shoping it happens.

Whats Occuring....

Wednesday night found me dancing up a storm at the Pathfinders Ruins, with DJ diva Divine spinning the wax on the decks. A host of known soul revellers were in attendance as this cool gig is an offshoot of the successful soul nights at the  Original Soul Rebel Head Quarters (aka OSRHQ). Everyone is welcome to these nights, yeah everyone even vampyres, and the friendly soul funksters do their best to make you feel part of the gang. The music was awesome, we listened to some old skool rap, tremendous funk and breath taking soul..but sadly no Wham which left one soul boy in floods of tears...I wont name him and expose his shame, he needs his composure to get wed tomorrow ,,,oops! haha.

So, yes the jokes were flying out as fast as the great tunes were sailing in, awesome music and great people thats what the virtual life is all about,,so keerp it drama free.

I enjoy these soul and funk nights out they're a laugh and a chance to hear stuff that I probably would not generally come across, plus I get to reaquaint myself with stuff thats sat lost on my I-Tunes while newer stuff gets played. Yep ,old tunes are like old toys lost at the bottom of the toy box, always getting replaced by newer shinier ones..awww. So, it was excellent to hear tracks by Grandmaster Flash and others hit the airwaves. A strong set delivered some pounding sounds and the crowd lapped up the heavy dance vibe and seemed to get higher with every song, a virtual melody of soul appreciation. In real street, if your hear has a beat, this music will affect your feet,,,and yes mine were rolling all over the shop.

Its a great way to spend a Wednesday, I urge you to check it out.

Thursday BBC1 9pm...Gavin and Stacey lift off.

Which meant I was late for my regular Thursday night apponment at the Soul Mods Mecca, undoubtedly the best mod club on the grid. Kim was at the decks all night and played a storming set that had everyone out on the floor. The music is all that matters here: no sploders, no shops, no irritating pop ups its just a club for the people who want to be there and dance , following in the traditions of the lamented but not forgotten Twisted Wheel [the OSRHQ pursues a similar policy]. This frees the club from endless lag and allows the people to rezz and dance, except for the odd few stalkers who prowl around, but we know they're dancing at home inside their heads, so they count too.

There were some newcomers to the club who were delighted to discover its musical charms and chilled atmosphere, the reputation of the club and its resident DJs grows with every outing, and I sense the club under the skilled management [ie run for that right reasons] of Dugi and Aston will flourish. Anyway enough kow towing to the bosses, haha. And welcome to the Seany sentence. Yes in my little waffle about the club I have decided to do a regular special feature dedicated to my chief blog lover, yes Scotney Sean This weeks Sean sentence is:

 "Blog this"

Hey I never said it was going to be philosophical or erudite, but more from the Seany sentence next week and if you have a Seany sentence you'd like to add...write yer own bleedin' blog, or IM if your nice.

It can be a touch mental at the Mecca and if you dont get British humour you might get lost in the whirl of gestures and chat, but its wildly funny extremely friendly and well worth a TP on a drizzly Thursday night in November I also had a nice chat with the lovely Shauna Skye who has a long standing blog which is well worth a look at, its in my links on the right: Moonletters. So yes I had another good night, could even say it was crackin'.

Its DJs and clubs like this that drags me back to the grid, friendly crowds awesome music and inspirational fun, I sometimes forget I'm um um and think Im 17 again, on my lime green Rally 200 riding down to the Steelworks pub to sit and talk scooters, listen to the Jam or some soul and forgot at 7am I'll be back building submarines again. Yeah these clubs are that good,, full of the euphoria of youth, just virtual this time around, you cant beat it.so if your virtual I encourage you to click on the links on the right get on that SURL and enjoy yourself.

Monday Magic

Monday night, bugger all on the television so where better than Original Soul Rebels HQ, enjoying some awesome soul and funk streamed to you by DJ Boone.

George Duke is the featured artist, to be frank I'd never heard of him, and that's what is so cool about these Monday sets DJ Boone Blanco introduces you to tracks and artists you've not heard before, its great!

The club was brimming with cool funksters eager to stretch out and dance their way through the evening. The usual soul crew in attendance, the wicked gestures and awesome set choice make this a highly entertaining night on the grid and I encourage you to seek it out and join in the fun,,,or should that really be the funk.

An unusual night tonight as, it was somewhat devoid of the fair female flesh. Face modster Slate and his blushing bride Maddie tie the virtual knot on Friday; and so, Maddie and squirreled [that should really say rabbited] the girls away for a crazy night as Bunny girls on the razzle. This meant the room was full of hairy blokes, a hetro gay bar, a new concept maybe. Anyway the music was good and everyone had a great time, what more can you hope for.

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