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little billy

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About Me

DJ - Soul, Funk, Dance, Reggae, Beats, Jazz, Dancehall and anything else that floats my boat..Started the Soul/R&B night The Bitter End in 2002 in the Telegraph (Newcastle) on Sunday nights. This led onto bringing like minded bands to the Cluny (The Boogaloo Investigators, Big Boss Man, New Master Sounds and Stoned Soul Picnic, etc). Also ran regular all nighter affairs at Hardwick Hall(Sedgefield) in association with the North East Soul Alliance. Also had a spell running an internet radio show on ModRadioUK playing Soul,Jazz, R & B, etc to the world at large.Now playing a much more eclectic mix in music than previous years covering much much ground during an average set.Current Residencies: -Arcane (Newcastle Student Union Allnighter) -Beatnik Underground (Newcastle,Camden, Edinburgh) -Also found in The Head of Steam (occational Fridays) with resident HOS resident MOD5In Mi Yard... --------------------- ---------- -------- --------------- --------------- --------------- Havin' it!!

My Interests

MUSIC, MUSIC,Music and a little more music. 45s and 33s.....forever. Save the Vinyl!!! Football (compulsory for Geordies). Head Gardening, Head expansion and Head exploration.

I'd like to meet:

Ghandi, Haile Selassie, Marcus Garvey, Marvin Gaye, John Lennon, Malcolm X, Vladimir Lenin , John Lennon, Albert Hofmann, Keith Moon, Ray Charles,The Electric Chair, Berry Gordy, Tim Simeon, Gilles Peterson, Lee Scratch Perry, Alan Shearer, Neil Armstrong, Elektrons, The man who created beer, Muhammid Ali, MIA, Prince, Bob Marley, The Creator of everything....whoever or whatever that is????

Music:

NEW,OLD and ELECTRIC SOUL, FUNK, JAZZ, BEATS, SKA, NORTHERN, SOUNDTRACKS, GRIME, DANCEHALL, CLASSIC HOUSE, REGGAE, the list goes on and on......

Movies:

City of God, Quadraphenia, Transpotting, A Beautiful Life, Star Wars, Warriors, Clockwork Orange, The Wind that blows the Barley, Kill Bill, Day of the Dead, Room for Romeo Brass, Dog Soldiers, Pulp Fiction ,The Harder they fall

Television:

The Simpsons, Family Guy, The Mighty Boosh, 24 & Match of the Day (but only when the toon win)

Books:

Dear Boy, The Devinci Code, Northern Lights, Bass Culture, Troubed Man, Last night a DJ saved my life..

Heroes:

My Mum, My Lady(best mum in the world), Alan Shearer, The Electric Chair boys (Unabombers), Bob Marley and Ghandi

My Blog

THIS FRIDAY @ The End / Newcastle

THIS FRIDAY (18th APRIL 2008) BEATNIK UNDERGROUND @ THE END (Ex Rockies) NEWCASTLE. 2 bands (9:00 and 10:30) plus Sid, Mod5 and my good self from 7:30 till very late on the black wax. FREE!! (Ch...
Posted by little billy on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:16:00 PST

The The 5 Aces (formally The Boogaloo Invstigators) @ The Cluny

The Five Aces 07 Jul 2007, 22:00 lime st, newcastle, Northeast Cost : £5 A welcome return to the Cluny and indeed to newcastle, the most enjoyably un-english city of all the cities in england! D...
Posted by little billy on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 05:28:00 PST

SATURDAY 16th JUNE - BEATNIK UNDERGROUND

Catch me in toon again on Saturday where I'll be playing tunes in the toon from about 2pm (or what ever time I get my ass down there) till late. Again between the bands (see beatnik undeground my...
Posted by little billy on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 03:42:00 PST

FRIDAY 15th JUNE - THE CLUNY, NEWCASTLE

3 bands: Blah, Blah, Blah (london), Bonsai Kittens (Leeds) and Local Blues/Soul Greats Mo Scott with Rod Sinclair Yours truly playing little black wax discs between bands with a special 1 hour So...
Posted by little billy on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 03:38:00 PST

ARCANE - SATURDAY 9th JUNE

Saturday 9th June The legenadary Arcane @ Newcastle Uni. 9am till 5am - 5 rooms of fun!! £12 House, Soul & Funk, Drum and Base, Beats and Reggae Rooms! Ashley Beedle, DJ Mehdi, Duke Dumont, T...
Posted by little billy on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 02:32:00 PST

Beatnik underground All-Dayer - Sat 16th June

Saturday 16th June The Beatnik Underground All-Dayer   (5 bands with resident beatnik dj's) The Tyne, Newcastle, 14:00 -closing, FREE See myspace/beatnikunderground for details...
Posted by little billy on Thu, 03 May 2007 04:37:00 PST

LITTLE BILLY: FUTURE DATES

LITTLE BILLY FUTURE DATES: 07th July 2007 - Big Boss Man & The Five Aces with dj support from little billy The Cluny, Lime st, Newcastle, Time: 8:00 till late - £5 ...
Posted by little billy on Sun, 29 Apr 2007 02:03:00 PST

Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators

Checked out Nicole Willis http://www.nicolewillis.com/ at The Other Rooms on Friday. Brilliant as expected. The stuff from the album was top draw and the new tracks sound just as good. ...
Posted by little billy on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 05:06:00 PST

Record Clear Out

Finally got my arse into gear and had a right good clear out of my tunes. So if your looking for some quality soul, northern, funk or good, old house  all on lovely black vinyl pop down to T...
Posted by little billy on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 08:52:00 PST