Sat 7 Feb
MOUSETRAP ALLNIGHTER 'Fuzz for Freaks'
Orleans 259 Seven Sisters Rd, Finsbury Park, London N4 2DD
Primest Garage/Freakbeat and Psych on the planet! DJ's Dr Robert & Speed + guests

Sat 28 Feb
TIMEBOX LAUNCH PARTY (back to the future)
8pm-2am / free @ the Strongroom, 120-124 Curtain road, London. EC2A 3SQ
Dj's Dr Robert & Carolina + guests spin sublime psych/soul/funk/rock/garage & rnb blasts down the groovy cellar club!

Sat 7 March
MOUSETRAP ALLNIGHTER 18TH ANNIVERSARY WITH FREE 45....
Orleans 259 Seven Sisters Rd, Finsbury Park, London N4 2DD
Primest Garage/Freakbeat and Psych on the planet! DJ's Dr Robert & Speed + guests

Sat 21 March
MOUSETRAP R&B ALLNIGHTER 18th ANNIVERSARY PARTY WITH FREE 45....
Orleans 259 Seven Sisters Rd, Finsbury Park, London N4 2DD
Quality 60's Club Soul, Ska, Motown, R&B, Blues and Boogaloo with resident DJ's Chris Dale, Lee Miller, Rob Bailey & Guests.

10/11/12 April
LE BEAT BESPOKE 5, LONDON www.newuntouchables.com.

Sat 25 April
MOUSETRAP ALLNIGHTER 'Fuzz for Freaks'
Orleans 259 Seven Sisters Rd, Finsbury Park, London N4 2DD
Primest Garage/Freakbeat and Psych on the planet! DJ's Dr Robert & Speed + guests

2/3 May (bank holiday)
HOT WAX WEEKENDER, LEEDS, UK.... www.newuntouchables.com....
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Sat 23/Sunday 24 May (Whitsun)
TIMEBOX WEEKENDER, London
Sat ALLNIGHTER @ Gramaphone 160/162 Commercial St London E1 6LT
Sunday 8pm-3am / free @ the Strongroom, 120-124 Curtain Road, London. EC2A 3SQ

Sat 6 June
MOUSETRAP ALLNIGHTER 'Fuzz for Freaks'
Orleans 259 Seven Sisters Rd, Finsbury Park, London N4 2DD
Primest Garage/Freakbeat and Psych on the planet! DJ's Dr Robert & Speed + guests


Sat 4 July
MOUSETRAP ALLNIGHTER 'Fuzz for Freaks'
Orleans 259 Seven Sisters Rd, Finsbury Park, London N4 2DD
Primest Garage/Freakbeat and Psych on the planet! DJ's Dr Robert & Speed + guests

Sat 18 July
MOUSETRAP R&B ALLNIGHTER
Orleans 259 Seven Sisters Rd, Finsbury Park, London N4 2DD
Quality 60's Club Soul, Ska, Motown, R&B, Blues and Boogaloo with resident DJ's Chris Dale, Lee Miller, Rob Bailey & Guests.

Sat 25 July
TIMEBOX (back to the future)
8pm-2am / free @ the Strongroom, 120-124 Curtain road, London. EC2A 3SQ
Dj's Dr Robert & Carolina + guests spin sublime psych/soul/funk/rock/garage & rnb blasts down the groovy cellar club!

30/31 July + 1/2 August
15th EURO YEYE FESTIVAL, GIJON, SPAIN

28/29/30 August
BRIGHTON WEEKENDER
Friday @ Smugglers, 10 Ship St, Brighton. BN1 1AD
Sat & Sunday @ Komedia, Gardiner St
Lunchtime @ The Volks (opp Brighton Pier)

Sat 5 September
MOUSETRAP ALLNIGHTER 'Fuzz for Freaks'
Orleans 259 Seven Sisters Rd, Finsbury Park, London N4 2DD
Primest Garage/Freakbeat and Psych on the planet! DJ's Dr Robert & Speed + guests

Sat 26 September
CROSSFIRE 14 ALLNIGHTER
3 rooms of musical perfection in superb Central London venue!

Sat 24 October
NEW UNTOUCHABLES 12TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY
ALLNIGHTER @ Gramaphone 160/162 Commercial St London E1 6LT


Sat 7 November
MOUSETRAP ALLNIGHTER 'Fuzz for Freaks'
Orleans 259 Seven Sisters Rd, Finsbury Park, London N4 2DD
Primest Garage/Freakbeat and Psych on the planet! DJ's Dr Robert & Speed + guests

Sat 21 November
MOUSETRAP R&B ALLNIGHTER
Orleans 259 Seven Sisters Rd, Finsbury Park, London N4 2DD
Quality 60's Club Soul, Ska, Motown, R&B, Blues and Boogaloo with resident DJ's Chris Dale, Lee Miller, Rob Bailey & Guests.

Sat 28 November
TIMEBOX (back to the future)
8pm-2am / free @ the Strongroom, 120-124 Curtain road, London. EC2A 3SQ
Dj's Dr Robert & Carolina + guests spin sublime psych/soul/funk/rock/garage & rnb blasts down the groovy cellar club!

Sat 12 December
MOUSETRAP ALLNIGHTER 'Fuzz for Freaks'
Orleans 259 Seven Sisters Rd, Finsbury Park, London N4 2DD
Primest Garage/Freakbeat and Psych on the planet! DJ's Dr Robert & Speed + guests

Thursday 31 December/1 & 2 Jan
NUTTY NEW YEAR, LONDON

Dummies Guide to ‘Mod’

Origins: circa 1958, London, UK consisted initially of the young Jewish community and upper working class/ lower middle class students, (17 years +) and then subsequently the working class youth from most suburban areas of London. The Phrase 'MOD' is possibly derived from 'Modernist' - i.e. a 'modern person' who is fashionable or 'HIP' whom eschews that which is 'old'. Early Modernists are generally associated with the Modern Jazz Scene of the SOHO area of London and are viewed as being the smarter rivals of the 'Traditional Jazz' scene who often favoured a scruffy 'Beatnik' look. (see: 'Absolute Beginners' - Colin McInnes) However the emerging R'n'B music scene is also another influence, there being many smart young men like Charlie Watts and Brian Jones.
This nascent scene was largely based in the middle class and affluent suburban areas of West London like Richmond.
The early look for Mods was the predominately tailor made suit. The original style is thought to be Italian in design - the box type jacket with narrow lapels and 2 or 3 buttons.
Shoes started as the 'winkle picker' through to ‘chisel toes’ and 'Chelsea boots'. The hair was usually kept short and neat.
Scooters were hugely popular in the 1950's and the early modernists by and large adopted the Italian made machines such as the Vespa GS and series 1 + 2 Lambretta for being stylistically superior to the British machines of the day. The weather of London in this era was frequently cold thus the overcoat of choice for scooter travel was the American Army Parka, it was very warm and kept off dust although not particularly waterproof!
Around 1962 the scene increased in size enough to be reported in the mainstream press notably 15 year old Marc Feld (Marc Bolan) was interviewed in the (London based) 'Town' magazine.

Also at this time of expansion many 'casual' day clothes came into use like cycling shirts, Fred Perry sports shirts and bowling shoes.

The Mods at about this time adopted the emerging R'n'B, early Tamla Motown Soul and Blue Beat and Ska as their club sounds, primarily because the music was very new and also good to dance to and thought of as "cool".
From 1963 on 'MOD' gradually turned into a full-blown 'youth' movement attracting younger and younger teenagers, which in turn drove many older originals away. This culminated with hundreds of 'Mods' on the beaches at Bank Holidays which after a small disturbance in Clacton, Easter 1964 which was totally blown out of proportion by the national press, the resulting publicity generated an explosion in all things 'Mod', became the popular high street fashion for 1964/5. However more Tabloid 'exposé’s' associated the movement with drugs such as amphetamines, which generated a negative establishment reaction. However the movement itself began to die away naturally as the 'Swinging Sixties' era took off fully in '65 and many participants moved on to the new exciting pop, rock and psychedelic scenes.
There were two notable exceptions to this; one was the offshoot - Skinheads in the southern areas of England who retained much of the image and listened almost exclusively to Soul, Ska and Reggae.
In the North of England the mod look survived longer via clubs such as the Twisted Wheel in Manchester and then directly evolved into the Northern Soul and Scooter boy scene. Paradoxically there was also another offshoot in the South West of England where several scooter clubs existed (notably The Modrepheniacs) who referred to themselves as Mods but didn't use the stereotypical image.
The Mod Scene returned by 1978 - and saw a massive 'Revival' in 1979. This petered out around about '82, picked up again in 1984 and again died down by 1989 coincidently when House music and 'E' was at the peak of popularity.
Since then it has enjoyed mixed fortunes in the UK and in numbers at least is a shadow of its former self. However it these days with the assistance of email and the World Wide Web, the protagonists of this lifestyle are much better organised and have a vibrant, diverse and well-attended club scene.
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The Mod ideals have now spread all over the westernised world and influenced many famous designers, writers and especially musicians.
There is now also a flourishing 'virtual' mod community presence on the web, where ideas, issues and consensus opinions are discussed freely with a tinge of wit.