Tuesday, 05 December 2017 17:29
When Positive Energy of Madness met Danny Rampling November 1989
In the winter of 1989, I was privileged and honoured to interview Danny Rampling, for my then fanzine, Positive Energy of Madness. It was about two weeks after he had closed his ground-breaking club Shoom. In my eyes at the time, and even today, the end of Shoom was Acid House’s equivalent to The Jam breaking up at the end of 1982. As Shoom, like the Woking Wonders, meant so much to a lot of people. Personally, I found Shoom inspiring, beautiful and wonderful. I was very late to the Shoom party, yet I was welcomed with opened arms, moving, truly moving as I would dance the night away with a beaming smile on my face.
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Tuesday, 21 November 2017 17:02
Gio Goi 1988 Collection
Gio Goi is back, back on the shelves, in the clubs and on the streets as it releases its new range of clothing. But probably the most significant thing about its return is the fact its back in the hands of the guys who gave it us the first time round, The Donnelly brothers.
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Culture
Thursday, 19 January 2017 14:11
The Ram Jam Club
It wasn't just the record business that thrived in the sixties, the live music scene was lively, to say the least, and not just in Central London.
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Monday, 19 October 2015 13:44
When Whitney’s Band Jammed At The Wag.
Way back in 1986, I was well established as a successful club promoter and party organiser, having largely failed to make it as a singer-songwriter, despite having had two major record deals, great reviews and – in 1980 – lots of airplay in the US.
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Wednesday, 16 September 2015 18:42
Terry Callier – An Extra-Ordinary Joe
Located at the corner of Swan and Oak Street in Manchester’s Northern Quarter, a Bat-signesque, white neon Dizzy Gillespie cuts through the dank, early October predictably Manchester weather.
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Monday, 03 August 2015 18:43
A Short Film About Chilling - Full Length Ibiza 1990 Channel 4 Documentary
1990 documentary about dance music culture, particularly that happening in Ibiza in and around Cafe Del Mar.
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Sunday, 28 June 2015 14:07
Too Much Rock N Roll
After a whole series of rumours and counter rumours. News has finally emerged of the confirmed major TV drama planned for UK and international television, Too Much Rock N Roll.
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Tales of Aggro
