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#1 2021-10-31 03:47:22
- Hard Bop Hank
- Ivy Soul Brother
- From: land of a 1000 dances
- Posts: 4923
Paris Blues
Reading about JS and modsploitation I was reminded of that fanzine by Neil Henderson. I‘ll try and post it entirely here if I can figure out how posting pictures works now.
“No Room For Squares”
”All political art is bad – all good art is political.”
"Would there be any freedom of press or speech if one must reduce his vocabulary to vapid innocuous euphemisms?"
#2 2021-10-31 03:58:43
- Hard Bop Hank
- Ivy Soul Brother
- From: land of a 1000 dances
- Posts: 4923
Re: Paris Blues
Perhaps this link works
https://www.facebook.com/groups/235691219850517/permalink/3513422495410690/
Seems you have to copy the link.
Last edited by Hard Bop Hank (2021-10-31 04:02:28)
“No Room For Squares”
”All political art is bad – all good art is political.”
"Would there be any freedom of press or speech if one must reduce his vocabulary to vapid innocuous euphemisms?"
#3 2021-10-31 04:12:43
- woofboxer
- Devil's Ivy Advocate
- From: The Lost County of Middlesex
- Posts: 7959
Re: Paris Blues
^ Hank dear pal - the forum has a number of issues at the moment. What we’ve discovered so far are:
1. Sometimes members posts appear as blanks, but you can read them by clicking on Quote at the bottom of the post.
2. The Quote function doesn’t work though if you try to quote someone’s post.
3. You can’t post pictures using the site function for this.
4. You can’t post links for people for people to click on so you can’t use photo hosting sites to post pictures on here either.
5. PM messages seem to work but 1-4 apply.
6. You can copy and paste URL links from other sites but they appear as plain text so people have to copy and paste them into a separate browser window to look at them.
If other issues have been identified by anyone please add to the list.
Members are finding workarounds and the main thing is we can chat!
Film Noir Buff is working on a new platform for the site but wants to be able to transfer the old content over.
But in the meantime we can chat 
7. Smilies work.
'I'm not that keen on the Average Look .......ever'.
John Simons
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#4 2021-10-31 04:17:35
- Hard Bop Hank
- Ivy Soul Brother
- From: land of a 1000 dances
- Posts: 4923
Re: Paris Blues
Thanks for the update!
As soon as posting photos works again I shall post that wonderful photo of Bryan Forbes in his Needlecord suit by Doug Hayward..,
“No Room For Squares”
”All political art is bad – all good art is political.”
"Would there be any freedom of press or speech if one must reduce his vocabulary to vapid innocuous euphemisms?"
#5 2021-10-31 18:54:06
- Tworussellstreet
- Member
- Posts: 599
Re: Paris Blues
In 1987, in the the first flush of Ivy mania, I once cooked beans on toast for Neil Henderson in my Richmond bedsit before a 100 Club all-nighter. I do hope he's doing well. He got rather too deeply back into the mod scene precisely as I was escaping, but a nice chap and a great northern soul dancer.
#6 2021-11-01 01:02:24
- Hard Bop Hank
- Ivy Soul Brother
- From: land of a 1000 dances
- Posts: 4923
Re: Paris Blues
Indeed he is. I’ll ask him if he wants to join here. He’s still into Ivy.
I think he managed to do one of the best Rhythm and Blues nighters in the late 90s, early 00s, the Hideaway Club in Manchester. They would play similar sounds to 100 Club/ 6Ts Rhythm & Soul Society, perhaps a bit deeper and earlier sounds. R&B, soul, ska, deep blues, jazz, Latin, the full range of styles and genres: Vocal groups, solo singers, male/ female duos and instrumentals.
The Hideaway Club nighters were a bit mixed. They would not only draw folks from the mod/ 6Ts scene but also some folks from the 50s/ rocking scene and a lot of young people who just liked to dance to these sounds and had nothing to do with the cults.
“No Room For Squares”
”All political art is bad – all good art is political.”
"Would there be any freedom of press or speech if one must reduce his vocabulary to vapid innocuous euphemisms?"
#7 2021-11-01 09:20:06
- Yuca
- Member
- Posts: 8568
Re: Paris Blues
'They would not only draw folks from the mod/ 6Ts scene but also some folks from the 50s/ rocking scene and a lot of young people who just liked to dance to these sounds and had nothing to do with the cults.'
Sounds like a lot more fun. I remember many years ago helping to promote and DJ an allnighter that was aimed at local people, trying to give them an alternative to the rave and house scenes that were massive at the time. Whilst most people present spent the night dancing and enjoying themselves, the handful of mods in attendance spent the evening glued to their chairs, looking like they were at some sort of bizarre, depressing vigil.
Last edited by Yuca (2021-11-01 09:21:31)
some sort of banal legitimacy
#8 2021-11-01 09:34:14
- An Unseen Scene
- Member
- From: Nottingham, UK
- Posts: 1275
Re: Paris Blues
Even within the Mod scene people would be judgemental and 'non dancers'. When I did morph to the very early House scene in parallel with Northern Soul (which didn't seem an issue) and drop the Mod stuff, I realised it was the dancing that mattered. Hideaway was very respected at first before it become a 'scene' in itself (the 'Hard R&B' scene). The pub at bottom of Hockley started doing the R&B nights too, but I found it all a bit too monotonous as it was't broad based blues, it is a certain type of strict, late 50s uptempo R&B (think Little Willie John) that became known as 'New Breed R&B'.
There were a number of compilations where the songs are good individually but become too narrow as a whole: https://acerecords.co.uk/various-artists-new-breed-rb
Last edited by An Unseen Scene (2021-11-01 09:36:57)
#9 2021-11-01 10:30:32
- Yuca
- Member
- Posts: 8568
Re: Paris Blues
I can relate to that - whatever focus a night/event has, there has to be variety within that focus or it just appeals to trainspotters rather than party people.
some sort of banal legitimacy