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I have been eating, sleeping and breathing Mod since 1980
In 2000 I wrote my MA thesis about Mod
I am living in Munich and Hamburg
I am currently writing my PhD thesis on Mod
I regularly dj in Munich and in Hamburg with Biff Bang Pow
Mod culture, Skinhead culture, sharp clothing, all-nighters, weekenders, parties, vinyl, record collecting, dj-ing, tailored clothes, design, furniture, architecture, music, movies, cultural studies, languages, dogs.
Feel free to check out my website: www.peacocksanduglyducklings.de
Mods and other soul stylists from all over the world, people interested in film and/or in cultural studies, fellow djs, musicians, authors, publishers. In short: People, who - to me - have an interesting background.
Too many to list - here are some artists I love and spin:
The Action
Alan Hawkshaw
Andy Lewis
The Artwoods
Baby Ray
Babara Lynn
The Beazers
Betty Everett
Betty Lavette
Betty O'Brien
Bettye Swann
Big Boss Man
Bobby Wells
Bo Diddley
Booker T. & the MGs
The Bongolian
Brian Auger - hate Julie Driscoll
The Buena Vistas
Carl Lester
Carl Tjader
Charles Mingus
Claude François
The Creation
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Derek Martin
Don Fardon
Earl van Dyke
The Easybeats
Eldridge Holmes
Enchantments
The Equals
Eskew Reeder
Etta James
The Fabulous Counts
Frank Popp Ensemble
Franz Ferdinand
Funk Brothers
Garnet Mimms
Georgie Fame
Gloria Lynn
Hamilton and the Movement
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
Homer Banks
Hugh Masekela
The Impressions
Jack Hammer
Jaques Dutronc
Joe Bataan
Johnny Mathis
The Kinks
Larry Trider
The Left Banke
Leonard King & the Soul Messengers
Les Cooper & the Soul Rockers
Little Johnny Taylor
Little Milton
Little Willie John
Michel Polnareff
The Moving Sounds
Mr. Bloe
The New Mastersounds
Nolan Porter
Orchestra Harlow
Pal Rakes & the Prophets
Paul Monday (harhar)
Pieces of Eight
The Prisoners
The Raelets
Ramsey Lewis
Ray Barretto
Ray Bryant
Richard Berry
Richard Kent Style
Shorty Long
Skeewiff
Small Faces
Solarflares
St. Louis Union
The Stitch in Tyme
Timmy Thomas
The TMGs
Tommy Neal
Velvet Underground
The Voodoo Trombone Quartet
The V.I.P.s
Willie Bobo
The Winstons
Young-Holt Unlimited
Here are some films I like
I am not too fond of German television, with a few exceptions of course. I prefer British programmes such as "Never mind the Buzzcocks" and stations such as Film4, UKTV History, BBC3 & BBC4
"The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde, "White Teeth" by Zadie Smith, "Mods" by Richard Barnes, "Mod: A Very British Phenomenon" and "Empire Made the Handy Parka Pocket Guide to All Things Mod" by Terry Rawlings, "The Sharper Word" and "Soul Stylists" by Paolo Hewitt