From: Bob Davis (earthjuice_at_prodigy.net)
Date: 2004-07-21 05:46:09
Hey Nozo,
Thanks for checking out the broadcast...
> Bob and Blanche did a superb job of promoting the Soul Patrol Convention to
> the WBAI listeners AT 2:00am. LOL From what I gather it seems SP will have
> gotten a whole new slew of members.
Well I dunno about that, but the phone lines were lit up like a Christmas tree the whole time
we were there.
We gave away two pairs of tickets to the listeners and had a LOT of fun talking about the
Convention and about Soul-Patrol in general. We were there on the air in NYC for 2 full hours.
(for a little colored boy from Brooklyn, it don't get much better than that......lol)
> Since Tony Ryan (host of Soul Central Station) mentioned he's coming, I'll
> have to chide him. I've called in twice over the years to make a request to
> play the Moments' "Look At Me..." and neither time did he have it available.
I'll have to talk with Tony about that....lol
(maybe I'll play it for u Nozo.....lol)
Tony was very cool, he's been a member of Soul-Patrol for about two years and he confessed on
the air that we helped him to discover Marlon Saunders. We gave him a copy of Rio Soul's CD
while we were there, so be sure to listen for it on some future broadcast!
Tony's gonna do another ticket givaway on his show this Saturday (2:00am - 5:00am) as well, so
for folks who missed it last week, you have another chance!
Soul Central Station
WBAI - 99.5 FM (NYC)
Tony Ryan
R&B, soul, funk, and blues
http://www.wbai.org
Also...
This friday nite from 7pm - 10pm during the radio program of the LEGENDARY IMHOTEP GARY BYRD
(GBE) on WBAI 99.5 FM in NYC there will be another ticket givaway.
That's right, the legendary Gary Byrd will be giving away two pairs of tickets to our Cabaret
and Awards Show on his long running GBE show (WWRL, WLIB, WBAI)
Friday's
7pm - 10pm
Global Beat Experience
Imhotep Gary Byrd
Message in the music: music and discussions of African-American sounds and issues
http://www.wbai.org
> Bob, just make sure the rowboats are available to tackle the floodwaters in
> Burlington County. LOL
Speaking of Brooklyn...
(how's that for a segue???)
Our appearence on Tony Ryan's show was only one part of the evening.
Prior to our arrival at WBAI's studios we had been over in Brooklyn passing out flyers and
PARTYING DOWN over in Brooklyn at a joint called "THE LAB" (on Fulton St. between Brooklyn Ave
and Tompkins Ave).
The event was hosted by local legend Felix Hernandez.
Blanche and I arrived at the club at around 10:30 and checked in with Felix and asked if it
would be cool if we promoted the Convention there and he was cool with that Blanche and I
split up, passing out flyers and talking up the event to the crowd. There was a HUGE crowd
there and I was busy trying to talk with as many people as I could, in this atmosphere of
GREAT music. A few moments later, I felt a tap on my shoulder, and turned around.
Blanche was there and she said...
"Bob, this lady says that she is a friend of yours..."
I looked at this lady and said to myself...
"Dayum she's SUPER FOINE, but I don't know her. If I knew her, I'm certain that I wouldn't
have EVER forgotten about HER..."
I stared at her for a few more moments and then admitted that I didn't know her....lol
Then she said...
"Bob, it's me OSANDRA from the Soul-Patrol Mailing List...."
(we both smiled and hugged each other)
We talked for a few minuites and then I said...
"Well you KNOW what I'm gonna do now, don't u"?
OSANDRA said...
"I sure do, you are going to put my azz to work passing out flyers..."
The three of us laughed, split up and went to work.....lol
We saturated the place with flyers to the point that later, I had people coming up to me
asking me questions in the courtyard area of the club about the event. I soon found myself
"holding court" with several people as if it was a live chat session, answering questions
about the event, talking music and talking about Soul-Patrol.....lol
I spoke with a number of people who were natives of Brooklyn, who talked (with much Nostagia
in their voices and hearts) about all of the old clubs in Brooklyn where we used to hang out
at. One lady told me that it was truly sad that all of those places were gone, but that it was
even more sad that it seemed that all of the people who used to hang out back in the day now
seemed to be gone as well. She said that the times when she could talk to Black adults who
were natives of Brooklyn and who had participated in the "70's FUNK MOVEMENT" (my term, not
hers) were few and far between.
She wondered what had happened to all of these people and wished that there was some way to
communicate with them.
When I explained what we were doing online with Soul-Patrol, she thought that she had died and
gone to heaven.....lol
Quite a few folks from back in that courtyard told me they were planning to make the drive
down to Willingboro.
(we shall see how many show up......lol)
As it approached 2am, I knew that I had to leave soon in order to hop on over to Manhattan to
WBAI's studios.
The song "Girl You Need A Change Of Mind" - Eddie Kendricks was playing (bout 1/2 over), so I
grabbed OSANDRA, and said....
"Lets go"
With that we went on the dance floor....
None of that "hand dance crap" going on up in here,
I mean THIS IS BROOKLYN
FREESTYLE RULES
We "rocked & freaked" all over the place....lol
Next up was the classic song "TIGHTEN UP" - Archie Bell and the Drells.
(no biggie, right????)
awwwwwwwwww
hell
no
The two of us were into a SERIOUS GROOVE and as the song ended...
Felix did the unbelivable
He did the unreal
He flipped the record over and played...
::TIGHTEN UP (pt 2):::
I was like.........
oh sheeeeeet
(now I was in my freakin zone, doin the TIGHTEN UP with quite possibly the best looking woman
in a club of 1,000 people.....lol)
The song ended, said my good bye's to OSANDRA, said my goodbye's to Felix and all of the other
nice people I met at the club, found Blanche and we went to Manhattan.
On the way over Blanche said...
"I will NEVER doubt yall again when yall,l start talking about partying in Brooklyn..."
"I have been partying in Manhattan since I was a teenager, but you folks from Brooklyn truly
put Manhattan to shame..."
She said...
"For example, some dude asked me to dance and I told him no. He told me that considering what
it cost me to get in here, that every moment that I spent NOT DANCING was like wasting
money..."
"And then all of the sudden I found myself dancing with him"
I said...
(that sounds just like what a brotha from Brooklyn might say......lol)
Last Saturday night was a GREAT night for Soul-Patrol!!!!
_________
Bob Davis
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