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Keith Moon Alive and Well!

Started this discussion. Last reply by hubert davenport Apr 15. 3 Replies

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Haircuts

Started this discussion. Last reply by Ruadhán J McElroy Apr 30. 45 Replies

A few of the regulars on here have cool haircuts, just wondering what you fellows ask for when at the hairdressers and who uses hairdressers and who uses barbers? I've been using a traditional…Continue

Reggae Brittania

Started this discussion. Last reply by Karen Hughes Feb 13, 2011. 6 Replies

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Iggy The Eskimo

Started this discussion. Last reply by Erich Feb 2, 2011. 19 Replies

Some interesting information from MOJO regarding the strange image of 'Iggy' on one of Syd Barretts album covers, maybe not Mod, but there are a few references to Mod in the 1960s before psychedelia…Continue

 

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Hello all,

It was after watching Quadrophenia I think around 1985 when I was about 11 when I said to myself I would like to be like Jimmy, wither even quadrophenia is a realistic interpretation of what mod was to an original 60s mod I don't know, after all it's only a movie!, anyway the revival mods from a few years earlier were at the stage were they were hanging their parkas up and moving on to other things but to me this was new.

It was a short lived affair at that time and my style of dress relaxed and changed as I grew up. I was always into 1960s style music though and I have always kept some attributes of the 60s style like straight leg trousers and jeans and desert boots, that never leaves.

After leaving school and attending a government job training centre near the city, I met a hardcore anarchist punk and a heavy metal guy ("a heavy") both with a lot of disdain toward anybody who simply just followed the populas ('spides' or those that would be called a chav nowadays I guess), I understood where those two were coming from and although poles apart as far as music goes it served as a motivation for me to affirm myself as part of something different, I drifted into the rude boy thing and 2 tone ska first but reverted back to the mod look in big way at the end of the 1980s and early 1990s.

At this stage around 1991 I was the only mod in the area and there was not much of a scene, I felt way out there and stood out a mile with my parka, black and white Gibson shoes or my bowling shoes and burgundy Sta prest, my granny was a dress maker so I could have all my trousers taken in and up, it felt pretty cool to look very individual amongst all the trendies or spides as they were called at the time with there hooded tops , fila boots and baseball hats. They probably thought I was a dork, heck I never cared, I knew what I was and was not!

The tides turned once again and I started to drift into psychedelia, beatnic and folk stuff like Dylan, Leonard Cohen and bands like REM, Velvet Underground and the Doors, I also experienced the joys and woes of recreational drugs at this time which would have a pretty negative effect on life if I'm honest. I even attended a few rave venues though I hated it!

It's only very recently I have arrived here again, a full circle 25 years after it all began with that video of Quadrophenia! this time around it was by chance that the mod in me was reborn and I was inspired after meeting and old mod (well middle aged should I say!) from times long forgotten.

Apart from all that, I'm divorced and engaged again, I work for a large online bicycle company, struggle to make ends meet like most and I do a bit of cycling for a local club. I don't get out much to meet people, hopefully this will change soon.

Anyway it was great to come across this site with so many still keeping the faith.

Patrick
Top 5 tunes at the moment:
Something Has Hit Me - The Action
Brain - The Action
Wrapped, Tied And Tangled - Lavern Baker
Think Of The Times - The Velvelettes
Secret Affair - My World
Dobie Gray - Out On The Floor
Vespa, Lambretta or other?
Vespa some time when I find a bag of money!. Buses, feet and bicycle in the mean time.

Latest Activity

Ruadhán J McElroy replied to Patrick Wylie's discussion 'Haircuts'
"Well, I just take in the diagram from the Barnes' book --LOL! In all seriousness, I prefer to keep my hair a bit longer --I've always had a rounder, fuller face, and find it more flattering than the French crops and Ivy League cuts more…"
Apr 30
boy_about_town replied to Patrick Wylie's discussion 'Haircuts'
"I have wanted that Weller look for ages. My hair was doing my head in as i was getting more and more into the mod clothes. I looked at some of Liam Gallagher's mod styles and found a picture that was like a longer version of the early Weller…"
Apr 30
PETER HEED replied to Patrick Wylie's discussion 'Haircuts'
"Spit and polish now days, not got a hair on me head, nice grey well trimed beard"
Apr 29
hubert davenport replied to Patrick Wylie's discussion 'Keith Moon Alive and Well!'
"to be honest this is probably made up journalists do that its funny how theres always the same amount of pages of news every day isnt it ? anybody too young to know about  keith moon and the fact he is  is long dead obviously hasnt heard…"
Apr 15

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At 23:09 on January 17, 2011, Brian Morrow said…
cheers for the add
At 17:31 on January 15, 2011, sid said…
Hi Patrick, thanks for the request, i dont visit the site enough to be honest, but will need to start.
At 0:23 on December 19, 2010, paul maguire said…

thanks Patrick thats a grt help, the 42 wud do me! might b able 2 get a friend of mine 2 call by and get it 4 me, its a grt bargain! Thanks again much appreciated..

At 21:07 on December 18, 2010, paul maguire said…

hi Patrick, Paul from Coleraine here was wondering could u tell me which tk max u saw the suits and what sizes? cheers

 
 
 

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