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Profiles Of The Best 60s / Mod DJs in North America: Special Edition -...
The highlight of my year as a DJ has to be when I'm invited to join the stellar cast of wax spinners at Boston's weekly Soul night. To say that the night is successful is an understatement. It now...
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Cocktail Corner: The Mod Club Edition
The Mod Club night is a Canadian institution. It has been filling up dance floors from coast to coast for more than a decade. Major cities like Vancouver, Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg, Edmonton and...
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Profiles Of The Best 60s / Mod DJs in North America: Part VI
Your name / DJTom Dechristofaro / dj ALR!GHT  CityCleveland, Ohio How would you describe your musical style?Loud and Fun, I guess is my musical style. Which I'd say is a healthy dose of sweaty RnB,...
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MODtreal 2015 - A Retrospective
MODtreal was a success because of all the people involved. We have momemtum and we are building upon it. The reason why I started this little venture was for the simple fact that I like to surround...
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What Is The Ultimate Mod Car?
WARNING: If you just did a Google search looking for what could be the coolest "mod" (ie modification) for your souped up ride, you're in the wrong place. If the words, style, mohair, Soul, RnB,...
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The Making of a Mod Video - Parka Avenue & Mordicus Team Up
A few months back, I was approached by director Ken Allaire, on the behalf of Mordicus, an energetic and talented Power Pop band from my own province of Quebec to possibly help out on a project he was...
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The Top 6 Mod Books That Might Be Missing From Your Library
I doubt many of you have never held a copy of Richard Barnes' book Mods. Back in the late 80s, living in Canada, finding a copy wasn't an easy thing to do. Nonetheless, it was the book to have. My good...
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When Mod Fashion Was Introduced To America
Some will say that the true spirit of Mod was dead by 1966. But if you stop and think about it, if it wasn't for an article published in May 1966, the Mod movement would probably not be the global...
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Where does a Mod live?
Where does a Mod live? I've often asked myself that question. There's certainly more existential, meaningful and important questions that I could be asking myself but the readers of this blog are...
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Shoes Are Not Your Thing? Are Your Sure You're A Mod?
Shoes are such an integral and important part of the Mod wardrobe that some are known by the Mod band that wore them. Yes, I'm refering to you Jam shoes! I don't know of any other subculture that...
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Profiles Of The Best 60s / Mod DJs in North America: Special Edition - East...
From June 3rd to the5th, the East Coast Classic Scooter Rally will be held in Asbury Park, New Jersey. I was lucky enough to be asked to DJ the event and when I saw who I was sharing the decks with,...
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Profiles Of The Best 60s / Mod DJs in North America: Special Edition -...
The 2016 edition of MODtreal has one impressive line-up of DJs. Aside from our official resident DJ, Mod Marty from the On Target radio show and yours truly, DJ Parka Pat, we are proud to welcome some...
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Mod On The Road: The New York Adventure
I hadn't been to New York in years. To give you an idea, the last time I set foot in the Big Apple, the Twin Towers were up and I visited the Moon Records Ska label. I was long overdue for a visit.I...
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The Search For Soul & RnB records in New York
When you only have 3 days to spend in New York, it's impossible to visit every record shop. And between radio shows, a DJ gig and visiting friends, that makes it a challenge. When you can combine...
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Travel Across America With The Top 15 Northern Soul tracks about the USA
Every Mod, Soul or 60s DJ has their own style. I like to think that I have forged my own over the years. For one, I like to spin obscure ready for the dance floor covers of known hits. In Quebec, we...
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Spending a Weekend in the Soul of Brooklyn
On a few rare occasions, opportunities cross your path that you simply can't let pass up or you'll end up regretting it for ever. When I learned that renown Soul DJ Jonathan Toubin was preparing...
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Lambretta Jet 200 Time Capsule
Some Mods are part of the Vespa camp while others are die-hard Lambretta devotees. I appreciate and own both. I did tempt contreversy and declare one of the two brands as the ultimate Mod scooter. You...
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Expo 67 - A Mod Utopia
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the 1967 World's Fair in Montreal, Canada, better known as Expo 67. As a Montreal native that was born just a few years after 1967, I'm acutely aware of the...
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The Top 10 Northern Soul and Garage Tracks from the 60s about Batman
As Adam West and Burt Ward hit the small screen in January 1966 in the widely popular The Batman TV series and amidst America's dance craze, a slew of Soul and Garage acts recorded singles praising the...
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Addicted To The Needle - The Podcast Where A Vinyl Addict Meets His Dealer
Are you addicted to collecting records? Do you have black wax coursing through your veins? Has your vinyl dependance gotten out of control? Amassing 45s has become an obsession? A brand new podcast...
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Time For A New Symbol? Let's Make Mod History!
The Mod roundel has been associated, for better or for worse, to the Mod culture for decades now. I've discussed my love / hate relationship with the "target" in a 2011 blog post entitled The Mod...
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The Top 30 Sixties Soul Tracks About Food - Part I - The Instrumentals
My obession with coming up with "suites" featuring a certain theme is relentless. That's how my crazy Mod DJ brain works. On any given night, I'll be behind the turntables and I'll spin a few tracks...
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Mod On The Road: The Genesis of a Mod - Back To Toronto - Part I
When DJ Nico invited me to DJ her With It night in Toronto, I don't think she had any idea what this invitation meant to me. That city is where it all started for me. My love affair with all things Mod...
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The Top 35 Sixties Tracks About Food: Part II - The Vocals
In part I, I tackled the instrumental side of my food suite. You can read all about the top 30 here. There are so many 45s that are food related that I had no choice but to come up with part II,...
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A Mod's letter to America
Dear America,I never thought that my generation would live through social changes the magnitude of the civil rights movement of the 60s or the protest over the Vietnam war. I'm a Mod who grew and...
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