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The 80's Scene

So, there I was, a schoolboy in his last year, just coming up for seventeen, Punk rock was riding high, the year, 1979. One of my favorite "punk" bands was a three piece known as The Jam, I liked there style, I liked their suits. I noticed whenever I went into town on a saturday, punks with spiked…

Mod Girl Memories

Back in 1982 a young mod girl stood back and admired her first scooter-a black Vespa 90 with customized Union Jack side panels. Bleached blonde and bouffanted wearing a little too…

I have just come across this great British Pathe site. There are loads of period clips including the audience at Ready Steady Go, scooter rallies and fashion. Here are some I like.

This is a very weird silent clip of Mayfair in 1957 but it does show some early modernists on scooters. Not sure what Nell Gwyn and the flamenco dancers are about.

Shepherd's Market 1957

1957 MAY…

Karla Milton and Steve Trigg from internationally renowned band DC Fontana have individually announced that from 31^st December 2011 they will be leaving the group.

They have decided to follow on from their success with DC Fontana by collaborating to form an exciting new group The Karla Milton Collective.

This new project will launch in March 2012. The first gig will showcase brand new…

My New Favourite Band...

Close your eyes for a moment and try to imagine a band that could capture every element of the mod scene you love, from the 60s to 79, from ska to revival, from Hammond organ to trumpet, be totally rooted in the original 60s mod scene, and yet utterly contemporary…an impossible dream?

In September I found that band.…

Behind Closed Doors - The Ladies Rooms

Let’s face it-there are certain things that only us womenfolk are able to experience or understand, you know the sort of thing, the need for vast numbers of shoes for example or the reason we possess ten lipsticks all the same colour, and why it takes us hours to pick a dress yet less than…

WINTER WARM UP

Step back a few decades to the 1960s and Pontins was probably once a thriving little holiday destination with Camber Sands as the perfect beach  backdrop. Nowadays though the old place has lost its sparkle and the chalets are a little sad with the same old style kitchen appliances that were probably installed when the…

As far back as I could remember, my tastes seemed to have stuck out from other children. It was the mid 1990s, and I was settling into my new home in Long Island, New York after spending my infant years in Queens. Along with other kids of my generation, I was sort of attached to my television set, except that I was absorbing the likes of Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' (the first music video I could remember seeing) and 'Dreams' by The Cranberries in tandem with the flow of cartoons and that.…

So Who are ScootsSuitsandBoots.com, and what are they about ?



Their are four of us involved, and my name is Mick Harwood. I previously set up a builders merchants business, I spent 12 years growing the business before eventually selling it.



For a couple of years I continued to work for the company that I had sold…

START! the modernist culture

This is a specialist MOD NIGHT that is designed to be held on a 4-8 week basis in Bedfordshire. Northern Soul and Mod-Beat music with retro lighting...

Since it's debut (which was originally called MOD REVIVAL), this night has become increasingly popular. Created and devised by the theme…

This is what the people at X Factor have said:

A spokesperson for X Factor said: "The X Factor has been contacted about three different groups called The Risk from…

Soulful Alsorts started off life on Radiomagnetic and originally went out live on a Sunday afternoon. Fraser Dunn built up a good live following and exchanged e mail banter with soul fans from all over the world. Sadly (well for us) radiomagnetic decided to move to a listen on request format.

Soulful Alsorts transferred to Subcity and built its audience above and beyond our old listenership. Today we're in the top five shows on Subcity for live and Listen Again audiences. Our fellow…

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To get started, go to 'Add An Article' on the right hand column of…

THE BLAST OFF FESTIVAL 2011, NOTTINGHAM 

  It was with great anticipation…

Exciting live set - very raw and very rocking - from The Electric Mess, live at Cha Cha's in Coney Island, Brooklyn NY. It was an all day fest. with 11 bands, including Muck and the Mires, and many other great performers.  We played an "all-new songs" set list, featuring material that will be on our upcoming album, recording this October. Catch a preview now. You will feel like you are there: you can actually smell the Coney Island sea air and hot dogs!!

Enjoy!!…

Hey, for anyone interested, The ELECTRIC MESS debut album is available on the site Bandcamp.

http://theelectricmess.bandcamp.com/album/the-electric-mess

Feel free to listen to the whole thing for nothing, hopefully you will enjoy it!  We'd be happy for you to listen to it... If you like it enough to own it, too, then it's only $6.00 to download the whole album, and .50 cents per song.  We're…

We are already getting regular customers contacting us wanting to get themselves kitted out ahead of the worlds biggest scooter rally.

Folk are looking at everything from scooter riding wear by Corazzo   http://scootssuitsandboots.com/index.php?cPath=1_26

and Tucano Urbano     http://scootssuitsandboots.com/index.php?cPath=1_84

to Ben…

Following on from my previous post, one of the things that we get asked about regularly at Scoots, Suits and Boots is the sizing on Ben Sherman shirts etc., so here goes and I hope that it is helpfull.

The styling is very "retro" leaning on both Sixties mod styling and a cafe racer look. The clincher for me though is the subtle features that demonstrate that is riding gear designed by scooterists; take for instance the longer than usual sleeve. This is done with consideration to the scooter riding position, sat upright with arms out stretched, very clever.

It is one thing looking stylish, but the modern scooter rider is very aware of the fact that todays roads are busier, faster and…