Mash it Up! - London - Last call
BaldheadSelector
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http://www.mashitup.org.uk/Mash it Up! [/b]Saturday 21st October 2006 The finest in upbeat, danceable reggae and straight-up funky-assed funk from the old schoolLark in the Park, 60 Copenhagen Street, London N1. 8.30pm until 2am _____________________________________________________________ Dear all This Saturday coming is the years last Mash it Up![/b] jamboree.As ever we'll give at least ten per cent of any profits to the Alpha Boys School and orphanage - in tribute to Don Drummond, Tommy McCook and Alpha's other great, musical graduates. And we've got a really lovely group of people coming along. Many thanks to all of you who've already booked :-) 
Happily, its not too late to book and, if you're not already on it, I will be delighted to add you to the list of jamboreeisters if you email me:baldheadselector@mashitup.org.uk[/b]
Delighting the dancefloor this time around, alongside your regular Mash it Up![/b] DJs; Evel Ken[/b] and the Baldhead Selector[/b], will be the musical dream ticket of the North East's finest selector, DJ Greedy G[/b] and the mighty Ekki[/b] himself - direct from Frankfurt, Germany. 8.30 - 10 - The Mighty Ekki warms you up with his one-off ekklectic selekktion from the downright strange to the downright groovy10 - 11.30 - DJ GreedyG plays you reggae for dancers and funkier funk that you thought possible from his legendary collection11.30 - 2 - DJ Evel Ken and the Baldhead selector share the turntable duties bringing you choice funky-assed chunks and reggae party classics like those at:http://www.mashitup.org.uk/top100.htm For some of Greedy G's sweet selections check out:http://djgreedyg.podomatic.com/__________________________________________________________________________________ As if that weren't enough, we'll be selling some Alpha Boys School merchandise (CDs and coasters) on the door. All money from merchandise sales will go straight to the school. NB - If you've been wanting some coasters this could be your last chance as Sister Fraser at Alpha tells me they've very few left and may not be reprinting (come early to be sure as I only have 10 sets of these)._____________________________________________________________ I think that's it for now - if you have any questions at all - please get in touch:[email]baldheadselector@mashitup.org.uk[/email]And if you want to be my (virtual) friend, please feel very free :-)http://www.myspace.com/baldheadselector Thanks and respect John Baldy. x.
PS -[/b]For your interest: An Extract from interview with "Dizzy" Johnny Moore of the Skatalites conducted by Mohair Slim, 11 May 2000 in Kingston, Jamaica. Source: http://niceup.com/interviews/dizzy_johnny_moore Johnny tell me how you started out to be a musician Well, it's a long story. That's from my early childhood days. I grew up in a home where there was some music there. But, according to the folks it wasn't for me to be a part of. So I wound up in Alpha Boys School where I learnt to play some music and I took it from there you know? How did you end up in Alpha School for Boys? Well, I had to pull a couple of pranks. My folks wasn't the type who would have liked to dump their kids there y'know? So I had to pull a couple of pranks so that they figure I was going haywire. You did it on purpose? Yes, because I had to learn the music and ever since I was a kid I told them hey I didn't want to do anyting else. I used to like use the leaf of the pumpkin and make like flutes, papaya stalks that kind of stuff there and combs, sardine cans with elastics, anything that would make a sound. How did you know the Alpha School was the place to go? Funny. I seen some kid next door to me. Beating off a mean drum. I say "Bwoy, where did you learn to do that?" and he said "Alpha". I said "Where is that". He says "You can't go there", coz my folks they weren't the worst off. They weren't the type of people, were seventh day adventists, they don't go with the Roman Catholic sentiment of things anyway, y'know? I says "Whoah, I got to get to that place". Like I said, I had to pull a couple of pranks (laughs). To donate to Alpha, or buy Alpha merchandise, please see: http://www.alphaboysschool.com/
Happily, its not too late to book and, if you're not already on it, I will be delighted to add you to the list of jamboreeisters if you email me:baldheadselector@mashitup.org.uk[/b]Delighting the dancefloor this time around, alongside your regular Mash it Up![/b] DJs; Evel Ken[/b] and the Baldhead Selector[/b], will be the musical dream ticket of the North East's finest selector, DJ Greedy G[/b] and the mighty Ekki[/b] himself - direct from Frankfurt, Germany. 8.30 - 10 - The Mighty Ekki warms you up with his one-off ekklectic selekktion from the downright strange to the downright groovy10 - 11.30 - DJ GreedyG plays you reggae for dancers and funkier funk that you thought possible from his legendary collection11.30 - 2 - DJ Evel Ken and the Baldhead selector share the turntable duties bringing you choice funky-assed chunks and reggae party classics like those at:http://www.mashitup.org.uk/top100.htm For some of Greedy G's sweet selections check out:http://djgreedyg.podomatic.com/__________________________________________________________________________________ As if that weren't enough, we'll be selling some Alpha Boys School merchandise (CDs and coasters) on the door. All money from merchandise sales will go straight to the school. NB - If you've been wanting some coasters this could be your last chance as Sister Fraser at Alpha tells me they've very few left and may not be reprinting (come early to be sure as I only have 10 sets of these)._____________________________________________________________ I think that's it for now - if you have any questions at all - please get in touch:[email]baldheadselector@mashitup.org.uk[/email]And if you want to be my (virtual) friend, please feel very free :-)http://www.myspace.com/baldheadselector Thanks and respect John Baldy. x.PS -[/b]For your interest: An Extract from interview with "Dizzy" Johnny Moore of the Skatalites conducted by Mohair Slim, 11 May 2000 in Kingston, Jamaica. Source: http://niceup.com/interviews/dizzy_johnny_moore Johnny tell me how you started out to be a musician Well, it's a long story. That's from my early childhood days. I grew up in a home where there was some music there. But, according to the folks it wasn't for me to be a part of. So I wound up in Alpha Boys School where I learnt to play some music and I took it from there you know? How did you end up in Alpha School for Boys? Well, I had to pull a couple of pranks. My folks wasn't the type who would have liked to dump their kids there y'know? So I had to pull a couple of pranks so that they figure I was going haywire. You did it on purpose? Yes, because I had to learn the music and ever since I was a kid I told them hey I didn't want to do anyting else. I used to like use the leaf of the pumpkin and make like flutes, papaya stalks that kind of stuff there and combs, sardine cans with elastics, anything that would make a sound. How did you know the Alpha School was the place to go? Funny. I seen some kid next door to me. Beating off a mean drum. I say "Bwoy, where did you learn to do that?" and he said "Alpha". I said "Where is that". He says "You can't go there", coz my folks they weren't the worst off. They weren't the type of people, were seventh day adventists, they don't go with the Roman Catholic sentiment of things anyway, y'know? I says "Whoah, I got to get to that place". Like I said, I had to pull a couple of pranks (laughs). To donate to Alpha, or buy Alpha merchandise, please see: http://www.alphaboysschool.com/