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Neil Gits Away To Cornwall
It’s that time of year again ! Another year older and another birthday road trip to indulge in, eating, drinking (Coke/Pepsi of course!) and listening to fab soul CDs in the car en route ! Except this time I went a week early due to a window of opportunity on the home/work front and planned a night at a BnB in Newquay after a nice long drive cross country with a scenic route to be followed home on Saturday with many stops along the way. Although the journey there went well, no major traffic problems and good driving weather, the minute I...
read moreNeil Gits Into Salsa !
A couple of weeks ago I was DJing at a party in Chelmsford which finished quite early, so when loading the car up again afterwards, the function in the larger downstairs hall was still in full swing. It was a Salsa Event and as I lugged box after box of gear past the main door I couldn’t help but hear some fabulous sounds coming out from in there – or fail to notice the lovely ladies attending either ! Just before I left, I got chatting by my car to a particularly gorgeous creature who was “taking a breath of fresh air”...
read moreNeil Gits A Double In…
No, I’ve not succumbed to the demon drink – though a few things that have had to be dealt with over the last week or two would drive any virtual teetotaller like myself to the bottle ! Free time has been a rare commodity lately so it’s a “double blog” this time with details of both last week’s and this week’s shows and a full list of soul gigs from now to September. There’s a few new events in there since last time, so have a good browse and see if anything soulful is heading your way ...
read moreNeil Gits Arty…
Got back in the old routine this week after two weeks school hoildays – bliss ! Having said that, Nathan and I did get a chance to do one or two things we can’t do in term time and that included finally getting a chance to pop in (as opposed to walking past…) the Basildon Art Gallery just across the way from our studios at Gateway 97.8FM . Usually it is long shut when we are in the Eastgate Centre for the show, but we found ourselves in town last week and couldn’t resist taking a look at some of the interesting works of...
read moreNeil Gits Stuck At The Checkout…
I am afraid its another tale of a “senior moment” to share with you this week. There I was in Asda today stocking up on food essentials for the next couple of weeks using my little plastic friend instead of trying to squeeze blood out of another sad little £20 note when suddenly it dawned on me, standing at the till packing my bags, that I just could not remember my PIN number. We’ve all done it, old or young, but us old gits are more prone to such an occurence than others ! I had all the right digits in my head (well...
read moreNeil Gits Some Spring Cleaning Done…
I decided this week it was time for a tidy up, but if you were to come round to my house expecting freshly hoovered carpets and neatly polished furniture you would be disappointed ! No, it was time to tinker with my “Old Gits Soul Show”, but only a little bit, with some different ideas to run by my lovely loyal listener for the five Mondays in April. As it was exactly 29 years to the day this Monday that Marvin Gaye was tragically shot dead by his father, I decided to play one of his vintage early Motown tracks as the “Short...
read moreNeil Gits The Choccie Eggs In !
And welcome to “National Chocolate Egg Eating Week” ! I’ve been stocking up with the bargains on offer at the supermarkets for Nathan, mum, sister, nieces, nephew and of course …. ME!!!! You know what ? What could be nicer than gorging on a big Cadburys Special (other brands are available but the Big C is the one !) while listening to some fantastic soul, disco & jazz-funk tunes from the 70s 80s & beyond ? Answer: NOTHING ! So tune in to the repeat of my “Old Gits Soul Show” this Saturday at 5pm...
read moreNeil Gits The Subbuteo Out !
OK it’s not exactly relevant to my (twice) weekly show full of super soul disco & jazz-funk from the 70s & 80s, but if you are the same age as me (probably a bloke !) and love your footy, then I bet you had Subbuteo as a kid ! Young Nathan, my producer (and occasionally my 9 year old son…) saw them playing it in an episode of Gavin & Stacey recently and knew that dad still had his set lurking in a corner upstairs somewhere, so asked if we could have a game – talk about an invitation to treat ! Two weeks later we...
read moreNeil Gits His Finger Out
Do you listen to some of our other shows on Gateway 97.8FM ? If you enjoy my show and find yourself at home on a Friday evening then here are three shows in succession that may well appeal to you, whilst Wednesday evening has long been a “second port of call” for soul fans with the regular jazz and blues shows. And the other week my old school mate Jon discovered Tahra Malik’s programme via Facebook and promptly won himself a £50 voucher ! But of course if you are reading this, it will be Monday night at 7pm or Saturday...
read moreNeil Gits Waylaid…
I had a difficult choice to make last Monday daytime – either finish preparing my Tuesday night quiz for The Inn On The Green in Billericay and avoid the stress of the previous two weeks caused by waiting till the actual day of the event … OR … spend my time putting together a really good “Old Gits Soul Show” recording some extra special vinyl tracks onto MP3 instead of throwing a few tunes in a box of CDs and hoping it all turned out alright ! Luckily for you dear listener, I opted for the latter and of course I...
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