Saturday, August 6, 2011

SOULPOWER!!!!!!!!! RVA'S LEGENDARY SOUL PARTY

Tired of summer yet? Not us, we're gonna enjoy it while it lasts. But rain or shine, heat or snow, it always gets hot on the dancefloor of the SOULPOWER dance party at Balliceaux. This month will be no exception, when our guest DJ Lord Thomas will throw down his favorite 60s Soul shakers, suppoted by resident DJs Mr. Felty and DJ Pari. Noble Soul royalty from Norfolk, the Lord is one of the few true Mods in Virginia and host of his own Soul nights in the Five-Cities as well as "Pressure Drop" at Cous Cous. To make this month's party even more sweet, we'll play super rare video footage of obscure 1960s Soul artists on our video beamer. Bring your dance kicks and get your groove on dancing to top notch vintage vinyl from top notch DJs - and as always, it's FREE!

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs

In the spring of 1959, Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs performed at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina. Around that time, the group split and reformed. The members were Williams, Gatson, Wiley Bennett, and Charles Thomas. Later, Little Willie Morrow and Albert Hill were added. One month later, in the early summer of 1959, the band recorded in a Quonset Hut on Shakespeare Road in Columbia. The recording engineer, Homer Fesperman, recorded several tracks that the band had hoped would fetch them a hit. One of the last tracks that they recorded that day was "Stay," a song that Williams had written a couple of weeks before.

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

INTENSIFIED!!!!!!!!!!!!! NORFOLK VA'S ONLY BIG BOSS REGGAE NIGHT!

LISTEN UP BUSTER!!!!!!!!!!! THERE IS A NEW NIGHT IN THE GHOST TOWN!!!! INTENSIFIED!!!!! THE VERY BEST IN ROCKSTEADY-SKA-AND SKINHEAD REGGAE!!!!! WITH A HEAVY PEPPERING OF SOME GOOD OLD 2TONE!!!!! COME SEE JAMES BOND ON THE BIG SCREEN!!! DOCTOR NO!!!!! PLUS A CRAZY RED STRIPE SPECIAL!!!!!!!! THIS ALL TAKES PLACE ONE WEDNESDAY A MONTH AT LOLA'S CARIBBEAN GRILL HERE IN GHENT! 10PM 3 BUCKS AT THE DOOR!

PRESSURE DROP!!!!!!!!! FLYER FOR JULY!!!

IT IS REALLY HARD TO BELIEVE I HAVE BEEN DOING PRESSURE DROP EVERY LAST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH IN RVA FOR OVER A YEAR AND A HALF!!!! I YOU LIVE NEAR AROUND THE RICHMOND VA AREA PLEASE SWING BY THE AND CHECK US OUT!!!! THE LAST SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANKS TO ALL WHO HAVE CAME OUT! P.S. IF YOU LIVE IN OUR NEAR THE NORFOLK VA AREA I AM STARTING UP A NIGHT CALLED INTENSIFIED!!!!!!!!!!!! IF YOU LOVE SOME GOOD OLD REGGAE69 AND THAT ROCKSTEADY BEAT!!!! THIS IS THE NIGHT FOR YOU! SEE MY NEXT POST ABOVE FOR INFO! 

Thursday, May 5, 2011

THE RED COATS ARE COMING!!!!!!!

A ONCE A MONTH EXPLORATION, HOSTED BY I LORD THOMAS AND MY MATE RONNIE!

NORFOLK SOUL NIGHT!!!!!

I HAVE FINALLY FOUND A HOME FOR MY SOUL NIGHTS!!!!!