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A Mod On The Road: The Las Vegas Edition
“What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas”, the saying goes. Not this time! Parka Avenue is about to dish out the dirt on all that happened at the 15th edition of the High Rollers Weekend in Las Vegas,...
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Vespas, Lambrettas and more at the High Rollers Weekend in Las Vegas
Bringing my Vespa or Lambretta to the High Rollers Weekend in Las Vegas would have been hard to do. So all I got instead was major scooter envy. Even if I didn't get to tag along on any of the rides, I...
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A Mod's Shopping Guide To Las Vegas - Part I
If you're a Mod visiting Las Vegas on vacation, that Lady Luck has smiled at you at the craps table, that you have some extra cash burning a hole in your pocket and that you have a day to spare, then...
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A Mod's Shopping Guide To Las Vegas - Part II
In Part I of A Mod's Shopping Guide To Las Vegas, records and clothes were the main focus. It was geared towards the budget minded Mod that wants to bring back a memento or two from his Vegas vacation....
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Profiles of some of the best 60s / Mod DJs in North America - The Canadian...
Back in June 2012, I started a series of posts introducing you to some of the best Mod DJs in North America. It's easy to develop a complex of inferiority when we compare ourselves to our British and...
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Swing With Scooter: The Mod Teen Idol
So many of us easily forget that the Mod culture was all started by teenagers. Two reasons explain why I'm still fascinated by it after so many years. One, I refuse to grow up. File it under "I'm a kid...
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Profiles of some of the best 60s / Mod DJs in North America - Part V
This is the 5th installement of Profiles of some of the best 60s / Mod DJs in North America. (Maybe I should start Parka Avenue trading cards...) This goes to show that we have quite the deep pool of...
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Lessons in style by the master behind DNA Groove, Claudio De Rossi
The title of Ace Face is not something I throw around lightly. But when I think of Claudio De Rossi, the top brass behind the DNA Groove clothing line, I couldn't imagine someone more deserving of that...
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Pop Shop and Teen Beat - Mod Fashion for Teens
There's no aspect of Mod I will not seek out and explore. I'll go to any lenghts to unearth those little gems that give me a glimpse of a bygone era and that inspire me in the here and now. Sometimes...
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This city's got Soul! A Mod's weekend in Boston
Every time I'm asked to be part of the DJ line-up at the weekly Soulelujah night in Cambridge, Massachusetts just outside Boston, I feel honoured. A six hour drive is not enough to keep me away. Not...
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The Dance Crazes of the Sixties - Mods & Rockers Unite!
If a man doesn't know how to dance he doesn't know how to make love, there I said it! - Craig FergusonMods dancing at Ready, Steady, Go!I always loved to dance. At a club, if you want to find me, I'll...
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Parka Avenue’s Cocktail Corner: The Summer Edition
With summer now in full swing, the Vespa hitting the pavement on a regular basis and the BBQ season taking off, do I have something in store for you! Planning a Tiki Lou how or a backyard Beat and...
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Tales from the Mod Revival with Russell C. Brennan
We often look to the 60s' Mods as the guardians of true Mod history. We sometimes elevate them to cult status. I, myself, seek insight from the originators of the movement whenever I can. One thing we...
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We Are The Mods... and The Rude Boys!
Last month I went to see two live acts that were my point of entry into the Mod world as a teenager. The Specials were one of the bands that made a big impact on my young psyche. I liked everything...
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A Mod Shopping Guide to Philadelphia
I consider Philly one of the top cities to visit in the United States. I was first acquainted with The City of Brotherly Love years back when my parents moved for work into a small flat near...
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Digging for Soul Records in Philadelphia
Philly is one of those cities, like New York, Detroit, Memphis and New Orleans that had a thriving Soul scene in the 60s. Some great Soul tracks came out on homegrown record labels like Arctic, Gamble...
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Spending a Weekend With Warren Peace, The Man Behind The We Are The Mods...
DJ Warren Peace. I couldn't think of a more polarizing figure to have hit the Mod Scene in the last few years. To say that he's controversial might be an understatement. The host of the very popular We...
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Spending a Weekend With Warren Peace, The Man Behind The We Are The Mods...
Part IIIn part I, I introduced you to the highly entertaining and contentious host of the We Are The Mods radio show, DJ Warren Peace. I explained in way too many words what I thought we had in common...
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Conversations With Soul Royalty Hermon Hitson
Extra! Extra! A first at Parka Avenue headquarters! We have a special guest contributor to the blog, Mister Ben Shulman of Papa Bill Records. Ben is not only my good friend and DJ partner but he's also...
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The Top 20 Soul and RnB Tracks About Monkeys
My mate Dandy Dan from Boston monkeyin' aroundThere's a reason why you'll find 45s with every incarnation of a primate in the title. The Monkey was one of the most popular dances of the sixties. 1963...
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