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Tag: clubs
Small Faces and The Who: Heroes or Villains?
Did the Small Faces and The Who make or break the Mod scene? John Waters believes the latter.
Sinking back into the past with Liverpool’s Sink Club
Stan Evans looks back at Liverpool’s mod and soul clubs of the 60s. In particular, the Sink Club, now back at its original Liverpool home.
Northern Soul – the film
Cheers to Jason for flagging up Northern Soul – the film, which now has a teaser clip on YouTube.
The Story of Northern Soul book
Hitting the doorstep with a reassuring 'thud' this morning was a fairly hefty book, going by the name of The Story of Northern Soul by David Nowell. Published by Portico and now on the shelves (virtual or otherwise), it's essentially an updated version of the long out of print Too […]
Le Beat Bespoke 7 weekender
It's 2011, so no surprise to see the details of the Le Beat Bespoke 7 event being released. Taking place over the Easter weekend as ever, it's the usual mix of live music, clubs, all-night entertainment and shopping in the centre of London, the bands this year being headed up […]
1960s London Herb Lester tourist map
Some of you might recall the vintage-style London maps by Herb Lester Associates featured over on Retro To Go recently. Well, Herb Lester Associates are back with something equally interesting – the Wish You Were There map. It's a map of central London boutiques, coffee bars, clubs and other diversions […]
Northern Soul – the movie
I feel like I've been writing about a 'forthcoming northern soul movie' for almost as long as I've been writing this site. But have any actually made it to the big screen? Anyway, it looks like one is about to cross the great divide – the appropriately-named Northern Soul. The […]
