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Soul and Funk lovers in Ghent have something to look forward to. The Up Soul party is scheduled at the Abachobar, Hoogpoort 12. DJ’s are D’dudeski, Meinhof ‘n’ Groovekit and RocketSoul.

So, if you are into fine soul and funk tunes and positive vibes, head over to the Abachobar on Saturday, December 13, 2008 . It starts at 22hr. There is no entrance fee.

And that is not all. Meinhof and Groovekit are doing a special soul’n'funk mix this Saturday(December 7) in the Melting Pot show on Urgent FM. We kick things off at 17hr (CET), so catch the lifestream from Urgent FM.

UpSoul organisers RocketSoul are also expected to drop in for a small chat.

Update:
I have enbedded a podomatic player in the sidebar of this blog. You have 13 shows to choose from, that’s 13 hours of soul and funk!

Another Wednesday again! Time for announcing the podcasts from the shows from last weekend. For the latest Melting Pot Podcast go here. For the Radio Pink Flamingo Podcast #9 go here.

Radio Pink Flamingo 24 november 2007
1 Perez Prado & His Orchestra - Cherry Red & Apple Blossom White
2 Paul Revere & the Raiders - SS396
3 Diana Ross & the Supremes - My World Is Empty Without You Baby
4 the Yardbirds - For Your Love
5 Al Green - I Want To Hold Your Hand
6 Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra - Sand
7 Jean-Claude Petite & Son Orchestra - Psychedelic Portret
8 Minnie Ripperton & Jose Feliciano - Light My Fire
9 Al Newman - Five Plus Four
10 Intermission
11 the Smiths - Big Mouth Strikes Again
12 the Smithereens - Only A Memory
13 Intermission
14 Balanescu Quartet - Autobahn
15 Okkervil River - The Latest Thoughts
16 the Divine Comedy - I Die A Virgin
17 Colder - Crazy Love
18 the Shaggs - My Pal Foot Foot
18 Martha & The Muffins - Echo Beach

This is my second post on Soul and Funk Audioblogs. The first post can be found here.

My Favourite Sound-2 is a audioblog that is maintained by four contributors who are into funk, disco and other groovy tunes. They do not post their mp3s on their own blog. When you click a download link you are directed to Media Fire, a freefile hosting company where you can download the files.

I really like their disclaimer, it is honest and clear why these guys are running this blog.

Here, people aren’t “stealing”. they’re learning.

1) MP3s are posted for review purposes only. (For A Limited Time Only)
If you are the artist & want them removed, then tell me & I will.
If You Like An Artist Please Support The Music.

2) MP3s Are Posted For A Limited Time
Then Are Deleted.
And Not Re-Uploaded

3) Anonymous or ”No Profile View” Comments are not accepted.

4) After 24hs from the download please delete it.

5) Indesiderate visitors have the IP Address blocked.

Update. New post in the best soul and funk audioblogs series has just been added here.

The Radio Pink Flamingo and Melting Pot shows from November 17 are available as a podcast. Go here for the Melting Pot show and here for Radio Pink Flamingo.

Radio Pink Flamingo 17 november 2007

1 Shelly Manne Daktari
2 Buddy Morrow & his Orchestra – The Raven
3 Raymond Scott – Sprite Melon Ball Bounce
4 Shean & Jenkins – Goofy Footer No Bad
5 Roger Roger – Big Bad Bounce
6 The Ventures – The Man From UNCLE
7 The Righteous Brothers – Hung On You
8 The Drifters – Mexican Divorce
9 Jackson 5 – I Want You Back
10 Steely Dan – Dirty Work
11 Devon Russell – Make Me Believe In You
12 Henry Mancini – The Party
13 Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band -Humanoid Boogie
14 Gerardo Frisina – Gitterbug
15 Scissor Sisters – Take Your Mama
16 Luke Vibert – Argument Fly
17 Elysian Fields – Bend Your Mind
18 Bent – Swollen
19 Nurat Fateh Ali Khan: Mustt Mustt (Duck Pond Dub Mix)

There is a new message on the Music Mania site saying that the shop will re-open again on December 7, 2007 at 12 hr (CET).

The stock from the shops in Brussel and Kortrijk are also in Gent now, so there is a massive amount of records and cd’s to choose from.

There are also some restrictions you have to keep in mind.

• You can’t pay with a bank or VISA card, but there are cash machines nearby.

• You can’t buy more than one copy of a title

The Clearout Sale starts with a discount of 50% on all cd’s, vinyl and dvd’s.

After a couple of weeks the discount will increase even more.

The Mania team expects a lot of custumers the first few days, so you might have to wait a while at the pay-desk.

While working on a previous post I stumbled upon two clips of Parliament Funkadelic which are awesome -meaning great!- My first encounter with Parliament was in 1975 when the Chocolate City album was released. A year later the album Mothership Connection came out and I was totally hooked. I had to have all the records of Parliament, Funkadelic and all the offshoots of the Clinton empire.

The link above is the first part (almost 10 minutes) and if like you want to see part two check the link here.

Call me old-fashioned, but I am not such a great fan of mp3 files. In my opinion the sound is not good enough.

But I do make exceptions when I sit behind my computer and visit some sites where you can learn something and can discover hidden gems.

What follows is the first of list of sides I often visit. So if you are into Soul and Funk pay these sites a visit and don’t blame me if it wastes several hours of your precious time!

Soul Sides is the weblog from Oliver Wang, who started in 2000, originally as a record review site. In 2004 he began to add audio files to his blog. Wang loves his funk, jazz and soul music and he knows a lot about hip-hop too.
He usually works like this. Wang takes a classic (or obscure) original and publishes it as an mp3. Then he adds snippets of two or more hiphop tracks in which the classic (or obscure) number is sampled in, so you can compare the results.

He also writes enthusiasticly about new reissues and compilations he likes. The mp3 files are available for a limited period, so you have to visit his site regularly.

Update. New posts in the best soul and funk audioblogs series has just been added here and here.

On November 10, 2007 Groovekit had to spin records at a wedding party and again it was Inspector Clay who stepped in to host the Melting Pot Radio show. Also a big thanks to Tfonque who enginered the Radio Pink Flamingo show.

Both shows are now available as a podcast. Head over to podomatic for Melting Pot.

For the Radio Pink Flamingo podcast #7 go to the Pink Flamingo website. If you missed an older podcast of RPF go to this previous post and follow the instructions.

Meanwhile check out the playlist;

Radio Pink Flamingo 10 november 2007

1 Jack Parrell & his Orchestra – Enter The Dragon
2 Yma Sumac – Malanbo nr 1
3 Ananda Shankar – Dancing Drums
4 Jimmy Liggins & His Orchestra – Drunk
5 Hasil Adkins – She Said
6 Small Faces – Lazy Sunday
7 Joe Jackson – Is She Really Going Out With Him
8 Byron Lee & The Dragonaires – Live & Let Die
9 Guided By Voices – Everywhere With Helicopter
10 Editors – Munich
11 intermission
12 Nina Simone – Save Me
13 intermission
14 Jimmy Castor Bunch – It’s Just Begun
15 Beastie Boys – Shake Your Rump
16 Air – Surfing On A Rocket
17 Zero 7 - I Have Seen
18 Kraftwerk – Numbers
19 Le Hammond Inferno – Move Your MP3
20 Raveonettes – Love In A Trashcan