Archive for October, 2007
by Modculture 22 October, 2007
Barry Murphy returns once more trawl the TV and radio guides (so you don’t have to) to find anything worth tuning into this week. All listings are for UK terrestrial TV, Freeview and national radio, with the shows running from Friday 19th October to Thursday 25th October.
Highlights of the week
It’s a bumper week for music documentaries this week, with New York Doll – the story of former member of the New York Dolls, Arthur Kane, The Beatles in Help! – A behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of the band’s second film, and Gimme Shelter (1970) – The Mayles brothers film of the infamous Rolling Stones concert at the Altamont speedway (all showing Tuesday 23rd October), as well as a Channel 4 "expose" of former child genius turned ghoul Michael Jackson: What Really Happened (Wednesday 24th October).
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by Modculture 15 October, 2007
It’s not too late to get yourself to the Kent Records 25th Anniversary 6TS Soul Revue. It’s on this Friday October 19th, from 7.30pm – 2am at The Forum, Kentish Town, London with US soul singers Maxine Brown, Tommy Hunt, Mary Love, The Flirtations and Winfield Parker performing in front of a full backing band and celebrity MCs announcing them on stage. The live show will be followed by a three hour Northern Soul disco with original 100 Club DJs Ian Clark, Tony Rounce and Ady Croasdell.
You can find out more in our events section and tickets should be available on the night, check the 6TS website for the latest news. Likely to be the biggest and best soul event the capital has seen in a long time, so don’t miss it.
If you want to find out more about the acts playing, read on…
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by Modculture 15 October, 2007
Another 60s gem gets a rare one-off screening at the NFT – Smashing Time.
Possibly showing as part of a George Melly tribute (he had a hand in the scripting), the movie is the ultimate swinging 60s flick, with Lynn Redgrave and Rita Tushingham starring as two young girls from Bradford, looking to live the swinging London dream on Carnaby Street. They want the modelling jobs, the clothes and the lifestyle – and eventually get it, but entirely by accident. Is it worth it? Well, you’ll have to watch the film to find out.
The organisers also hope to have Rita Tushingham for a Q&A after the screening, so well worth making the effort to get down. It’s on Tuesday 20th November at 6.15pm.
More about this event at the BFI website
Check out a clip from Smashing Time
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by Modculture 12 October, 2007
Barry Murphy returns once more trawl the TV and radio guides (so you don’t have to) to find anything worth tuning into this week. All listings are for UK terrestrial TV, Freeview and national radio, with the shows running from Friday 12th October to Thursday 18th October.
Highlights of the week
This week BBC 4 celebrate the night Bob Dylan went ‘electric’ at the Newport Folk Festival with a night of programming on Sunday 14th October. Highlights include Arena: The Other Side of the Mirror – Bob Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival (9.40pm) – Footage of Bob Dylan in concert in Rhode Island in the mid-60s, much of it never before seen, and Festival (1967) (12.10am) -
Murray Lerner’s music documentary filmed at the Newport Folk Festival between 1963 and 1966.
Also this week: Phil Spector’s Demons – Tuesday 16th. Channel 4. 10.00pm
He is one of the most lauded pop producers of all time, creator of the famous "wall of sound". But his ground-breaking achievements with the Beatles, the Ronettes, Tina Turner and the Ramones have recently been eclipsed by a Hollywood murder trial. By getting access to reclusive Spector’s closest family, those he worked with, and former friends, this insightful film lifts the lid on his troubled life.
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by Modculture 11 October, 2007
If you happen to be in London on Thursday 18th October, get yourself down to the Andy Lewis album launch party.
Entry is free and a host of guests will be spinning tunes, including Richard Searle from Corduroy.
All starts at 7:30pm at The Cock Tavern, under Smithfield Market. Watch out for a review of the album on Modculture very soon.
by Modculture 9 October, 2007
Fred Perry has been running its Subculture gigs for an invite-only audience for some time now, but for the first time, the company is giving everyone the chance to attend.
The next gig looks like a lively affair, featuring The Dead 60s, The Draytones and DJ support from Don Letts and Terry Hall, plus ‘a very special guest’ who will be revealed on the night. It takes place at London’s 100 Club on Thursday 15th November 2007.
Interested? Just follow the link below, enter your details and you’ll go into the draw for free tickets.
Tickets for the Fred Perry Dead 60s/Terry Hall gig
by Modculture 9 October, 2007
Out on November 5th 2007 is a two-disc DVD set of The Who’s finest moments coupled with rare footage of the band and band members - Amazing Journey: The Story Of The Who and Six Quick Ones.
Directed by Paul Crowder, Amazing Journey is the lead feature, telling the story of the band through the music, footage, new interviews with the band, celebrity fans and musicians, plus recently-discovered concert footage, from I Can’t Explain to the band’s most recent tour and recordings.
The Six Quick Ones disc focuses on each individual band member, with a
fifth part looking at the mod scene and the pop art movement and a
final segment where legendary filmmakers The Pennebakers film the band
in the studio recording material for the Then And Now album.
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by Modculture 3 October, 2007
Richard Karstrom has a lot of flyers – as a DJ, club regular and editor of the Uppers site, he's probably got 100s knocking about. Which is why he has set up Club Ink.
Club Ink shows off the artwork of the mod scene past and present, from the UK, Europe and beyond. There's around 300 up there already, with more being added all the time. Enjoy a bit of nostalgia – or just marvel at the quality of homemade flyers, many with very stylish retro design, created with absolutely no budget and probably very little training.
View the flyers at the Club Ink website
And if you want more of the same, check out the vintage fanzine gallery on Modculture.
by Modculture 2 October, 2007
I’m not a big magazine reader these days, but I did manage to browse Arena magazine this month and for good reason – it gives Modculture a glowing reference.
Yes, in its ‘Arena Approves’ section, where it picks its five hot things for the month, amongst the selection is the Modculture website. According to the write-up, it says: "The only site to link Bass Weejun loafers and a list of the country’s best tailors. Comprehensive doesn’t even come close."
All this on the month I didn’t actually update – they’ll probably have a seizure in November!
Arena magazine website
by Modculture 2 October, 2007
Fancy yourself as King Of The Mods? You need some King Of The Mods hair wax.
It’s available from cosmetic retailer Lush and according to its website, "it shines hair, moisturises and holds softly in place no matter the adventure. Like Mods themselves, it’s controlled but not hard." It’s also good for your scalp (so they say) and good for waking you up in the morning, thanks to the tangy smell.
Whatever it does to your head, it’s certainly an amusing thing to have in the bathroom. It retails for £6.95.
Find out more at the Lush website
