Posts by Russell Brown
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Hard News: It Began ... in Chicago, in reply to Jackie Clark,
I still tend to the the Pump it Up’s and the Big Fun etc however.
'Big Fun' is just a beautiful sound to hear, any time.
Maybe because I never did drugs. What a goody goody.
You don't need drugs to have a good time. But they can be handy.
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Hard News: It Began ... in Chicago, in reply to Russell Brown,
I context it seemed a bit party-pooping. It wasn’t like we were debating. But never mind.
OTOH, that Chemical Brothers crack at the end of my post was a bit of a throwdown ...
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Hard News: It Began ... in Chicago, in reply to Ethan Tucker,
Apologies for being a popspotter and perhaps harshing your nostalgia buzz slightly, but Love Can’t Turn Around ‘only’ made it to no.10 in the UK charts in August 1986.
Heh. I stand corrected.
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Hard News: It Began ... in Chicago, in reply to Grant McDougall,
What’s wrong with contributing an amusing anecdote ? Also, what’s wrong with me expressing a contrary opinion ? Craig R, for example, often has a contary political opinion to many people here, but I don’t see you saying he shouldn’t post his thoughts.
I context it seemed a bit party-pooping. It wasn’t like we were debating. But never mind.
You might be interested to know that I took the Kilgour brothers along to the last night of The Trip in 1988. There was a bit of to-ing and fro-ing getting sorted and in the building, but it was a hell of an evening in the end.
At one point, I felt some concern for Hamish’s whereabouts. I hadn’t seen him for some time and was worried that he might be having a bad time. The concern was eased when I turned around and realised Hamish was one of half a dozen people who’d clambered up to dance on a riser on the edge of the dancefloor. It was not difficult to determine that he was in fact having a very good time.
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Hard News: It Began ... in Chicago, in reply to Grant McDougall,
Yeah, I rememberr that. Chris was just taking the piss. It was quite funny, but he didn't really know anything about it apart from what I'd raved about to him, which was about how this was really garage music. So I wouldn't take that too seriously.
I was back for the summer of 88-89 and did a couple of house music parties at the Powerstation, with Grant Fell and Stu Page doing the visuals and my mates and I DJing. They really went pretty well.
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Hard News: It Began ... in Chicago, in reply to Robyn Gallagher,
New genre: Dad House.
<3
Way ahead of you on that one.
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Hard News: It Began ... in Chicago, in reply to Mike Hollywood,
I shudder to think how beautiful the guy would have looked if he’d picked the wrong person at the wrong club. But yeah obviously he knew the territory and what was safe and what wasn’t (I don’t know the club).
If you can't handle being touched by gay men, you shouldn't go to gay clubs, basically. But it was a happy, friendly time anyway.
I find the idea that such an action could provoke a beating really depressing.
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Hard News: It Began ... in Chicago, in reply to Karen Crisp,
Ah Heaven. Never in my life have I brushed past so many naked male torsos. And the walls were dripping wet.
One night at Spectrum I was on the (sunken) dancefloor and a beautiful black man reached down over the railing, slipped an arm over my shoulder ... and put a phial of amyl under my nose.
People were so community-minded in those days.
Best celebrity spot at Spectrum: Lofty from East Enders, having it large.
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Hard News: Really good, actually, in reply to nzlemming,
And you, sir, I fear should stick to your day job.
Mark, of course you can have an opinion. But you're verging a bit on being rude here.
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Hard News: Really good, actually, in reply to nzlemming,
If they’d just done the credits, maybe, or used it as a link…
I fear you are in the minority on this one. Sarah seems to have a whole lot of new fans out there now.