The Asylum/Oldskool thread

SEANYBOY1

theasylumkey wrote: »

1. Open new google search window.........
2. select image search........
3. type in what yer after.........
4. open one of the hits that ya want.........
5. when you have the page open that is holding the image you want to post right click on the image & select properties...........
6. it will then display a window that has the http:// address of that pic..........
7. copy the address..........
8. come back here........
9. click the insert image icon on the reply page...........
10. paste the address (no img tags needed)...........
11. you have yer pic still being hosted by the original site it came from being displayed here.

Ah yeah I know, multiple windows, photobucket etc etc. You were a bit of a quick draw mcgraw.
Was talking to a fella who knows you on a site a while ago. Paul he is a plumber . Sound bloke, into the martial arts

Is mise le key

SEANYBOY1 wrote: »

Ah yeah I know, multiple windows, photobucket etc etc. You were a bit of a quick draw mcgraw.
Was talking to a fella who knows you on a site a while ago. Paul he is a plumber . Sound bloke, into the martial arts

Not sure if i can place him now???

Read the post again Seany.......no need for Photobucket at all........just inserting the address of any given pic out there already on a server on the net.........my post outlines how to find such addressess.

Bit of a quick draw mac graw yer self there partner

DjAloldskool

The History of Dublin Clubbing







1988 - heralded as year zero in clubland. In the UK maybe, but over here our summer of love kicked off in true style some two years later. Before the barrage of genre splicing in today's electronic music, the few styles we had then, fitted neatly in to two scenes, Raving and Clubbing. The first true dance club in Dublin was Sides, residing in Dame Lane, owned by John Murphy and run by Ken Kelly. In true form to the history of club culture, Sides was originally a gay club that opened in the mid '80s. As the indie music policy began to take a back seat to more dance orientated sounds, resident DJ's Martin McCann and Liam Fitz were eventually joined by Johnny Moy, Liam Dollard, Billy Scurry, Dave Hales, Dave Moore and Joe McHugh. By '91 the club really took off attracting hoards of loyal regulars and dedicated house lovers.
At the other end of the spectrum and just up the road, was the Olympic Ballroom, a very popular and infamous venue for dancers in the 50's and 60's. Owner Liam Ryan didn't need much coaxing to realise the potential merit of refilling the Olympic with dancers of a new generation. The first rave was held there in April 1990, the night was called Orbit and Dave Hales, Johnny Moy, Mark Kavanagh and Niall Comiskey took control of the ones and twos that night. Soon after, Marcus O'Neill took over to run a night called Dance Crazy which ran for six weeks before passing the reins back to the owner; Ryan got Mark Kavanagh back on board, who remained as head resident until a series of raids in ‘94, which led to the venue losing its license.

Even two years after the biggest culture explosion had occurred, the Irish media still hadn't really cottoned onto the fact that it was going on in their own country and continued to copy scare stories from the UK tabloids. It wasn't until promoters started staging events in the Mansion House that the press really sat up and paid attention. They made sure to cover one particular night when TD Tony Gregory and a select commitee lined the balconies of the Mansion House to determine just how drug fuelled these raves were. They gave it the thumbs up. Unknown to them at the time the very reason the night was bereft of any trouble was the full-scale use of Ecstacy rather then the naively presumed lack of. The Mansion house staged big extravaganza's rather then weekly regulars, featuring state of the art sound and light systems, and bands such as Shades of Rhythm, Altern8 and the Ragga twins. UK legends like Jumping Jack frost, Grooverider and Tin Tin joined Dublin regulars like the Banana boys, Brenda Morrisey, The Latin Wolf and members of the DFC, (Dublin funk Collective) Speedy D, DJ Noel and DJ Bass.
What was it like then? Firstly, it's fairly important to paint a picture of the dance scenes status in society back then. It hadn't much representation in the media, no TV programmes, no books, no club listings in evening papers and a far cry away from any full-length movies. Undocumented, unknown, underground. So to walk into a crowd of 1000+ nutters dancing like no ones watching, with lazers flying overhead, music from the next century and strangers instantly becoming best friends was an exhilarating slap in the face, like walking into another dimension, let in on one big secret. Even buzzing about town on a Saturday afternoon and catching the eye of someone similarly clad would warrant a knowing smile. This is where the real magic lay, what created such a gargantuan atmosphere, everyone on the same level, going through that initial honeymoon phase together.
Just before the ballroom closed down, a new three level, all night club called the Asylum opened and that's exactly what it was. It bore witness to the first batch of E casualties, burnt out ravers desperately chasing that initial rush, the dawning realisation that nothing this good lasts forever painted across their jaded faces. However, a fresh batch always arrived to fill the void and this new crowd kept the balance in check. The Asylum also welcomed in a new batch of DJ's. Dilly, the then Northern Ireland mixing champ, took residency in the Asylum along with Dublin's Ed case, Warren K and Pressure. The clubs eventual downfall was its very open display as a drug haven and was soon shut down.
The Temple of Sound opened soon after and was in complete contrast to the Asylum. Along with G1, another legendary club in Phibsborough and the later to come Kitchen, it had a full bar. By then many clubbers re-embraced alcohol as the drug of choice, laughing off the days of chastising the demon liquid. Manager Ken Kane gave a new home to Scurry, Moy, house maestro Mark Dixon and introduced Stephen Mullhall and Paddy Gallagher as well as top class international guests. Like Sides, after a couple of years the Temple sadly changed management and in turn, the DJ's and music policy, before eventually closing down altogether.
Taking this more professional standard to the next level John Reynolds opened the POD. With an award winning interior design and re-incarnations of club 54 bouncers on the door the original ethos was somewhat lost. Granted it boasted a pristine sound system but was strictly for the ears of the beautiful people. In 1996 the POD's sister club the Red Box opened next door which thankfully had a slightly more relaxed approach and a more varied music policy.



Two clubs that worked away in the background, slowly building from the ground up were McGonagles and UFO. In '88 McGonagles started off with a mixture of indie, acidhouse and popdance under the banner of the Voodoo club, and later as En-duce giving residence to the Banana Boys (Mark Cee and Dave MCDonald). The venue eventually got a facelift and thrived for a few years as The System. UFO started off as a small affair in the UCD bar in 1989 and moved to the Rock Garden in Temple Bar three years later. After a brief stint in Powers hotel, the brainchild of François Pittion and Mick Heaney finally moved to Columbia Mills (on Sir John Rogerson's Quay) in 1994 where it gained a religiously loyal crowd, one key to atmospheres of such electric status. Columbia Mills also played host to the Beat club, the early incantations of Influx boys Paul Davis and Johnny Moy, with guests such as Andy Weatherall, Darren Emerson and regular Dublin visitor David Holmes (then known as Homer). The Beat club was like a re-incarnation of early sides, nights put on in style with cutting edge sounds attracting devout music lovers and was a recipe for success.
Today, Influx, the Redbox and the Kitchen are still thriving and people like D1 and Ultramack continue to push the original idea of quality music in a friendly atmosphere, by music lovers for music lovers. Almost ten years later now, clubs are still opening and closing and no matter how big or small, all face the constant battle against Ireland's archaic authorities. A major cheers to all who've fought the battle and apologies if I couldn't fit you into this space, you know who you are.

dubsbhoy

enjoyed reading that, most accuarate description i have read from what i remember. What about Rocky and Diesel ? I don't see them getting a mention anywhere and if my memory is correct they played sides a good few times.

But

In '88 McGonagles started off with a mixture of indie, acidhouse and popdance

This cannot be true surely ? I remeber the system came a few years later but McGonagles was always a smelly hippy hole that hosted heavy metal bands, i hung around st annes street for years and it was always a rockers venue.

sgtbilko01

I dont know how to put YT Vids up,but here's the link anyway.Worth a listen as this is what it's all about.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxfsPYcU68s

jonny68

That article is years old and while it's not bad i probably could've (and probably will) write a better one myself, Sides DC and not McGonalges or anywhere else for that matter was the first ever club in Ireland to play Acid House music followed by Sir Henrys in Cork,i first went to Sides in early 1990 and was blown away, everyone was sporting the Machester look, flared, baggy hoody tops and some had dungarees an bandanas on (Acid House look)they were playing a mixture of Acid House, Machester and the occasional commercial tune (for example the classic Dee-Lite - Groove is in the heart) which was huge.


Halcyon days;)

jonny68

Peyton Pitiful Asteroid wrote: »

21.

You see, I took drugs a good decade too late. Perhaps it is that the falsities of drug taking in the modern era surely were not in existence back in 'da fukn rave dayz'. Was it different back then?

in a word...YES but read on.

I know many other younger people, my mates younger brothers for example are mad into old skool and one is only 23 and he doesn't come out and say what you've said because he missed out, Acid House wasn't just another genre of music, the whole scene was a revolution, why do you think after all these years it's still immensely popular, you go to Raves like Raindance in London who sell out every single time they have a Rave (about 3/4 times a year)and people of all ages there having a great time,they've been going now for over 20 years and are one of the true pioneers of dance music, only for Acid House there would be no scene today,people will do well to remember that.

We all grew up in the era and nothing can ever come close, back then it was new,fresh and exciting,every night out was the best night of your life while you were going through what was called "the honeymoon period"

The music today may be more "polished" but that doesn't mean it is actually better like some claim,i cant see young people in 20 years time still talking about how amazing the scene was in 2009,the scene today is still alive and kicking but the PLUR (Peace, Love, Unity, Respect) has all but gone and that was a big part of the scene back then...my advice to you is - embrace Acid House for what it was, and for the scene it created.;)

aceberg

DjAloldskool wrote: »

The History of Dublin Clubbing







1988 - heralded as year zero in clubland. In the UK maybe, but over here our summer of love kicked off in true style some two years later. Before the barrage of genre splicing in today's electronic music, the few styles we had then, fitted neatly in to two scenes, Raving and Clubbing. The first true dance club in Dublin was Sides, residing in Dame Lane, owned by John Murphy and run by Ken Kelly. In true form to the history of club culture, Sides was originally a gay club that opened in the mid '80s. As the indie music policy began to take a back seat to more dance orientated sounds, resident DJ's Martin McCann and Liam Fitz were eventually joined by Johnny Moy, Liam Dollard, Billy Scurry, Dave Hales, Dave Moore and Joe McHugh. By '91 the club really took off attracting hoards of loyal regulars and dedicated house lovers.
At the other end of the spectrum and just up the road, was the Olympic Ballroom, a very popular and infamous venue for dancers in the 50's and 60's. Owner Liam Ryan didn't need much coaxing to realise the potential merit of refilling the Olympic with dancers of a new generation. The first rave was held there in April 1990, the night was called Orbit and Dave Hales, Johnny Moy, Mark Kavanagh and Niall Comiskey took control of the ones and twos that night. Soon after, Marcus O'Neill took over to run a night called Dance Crazy which ran for six weeks before passing the reins back to the owner; Ryan got Mark Kavanagh back on board, who remained as head resident until a series of raids in ‘94, which led to the venue losing its license.

Even two years after the biggest culture explosion had occurred, the Irish media still hadn't really cottoned onto the fact that it was going on in their own country and continued to copy scare stories from the UK tabloids. It wasn't until promoters started staging events in the Mansion House that the press really sat up and paid attention. They made sure to cover one particular night when TD Tony Gregory and a select commitee lined the balconies of the Mansion House to determine just how drug fuelled these raves were. They gave it the thumbs up. Unknown to them at the time the very reason the night was bereft of any trouble was the full-scale use of Ecstacy rather then the naively presumed lack of. The Mansion house staged big extravaganza's rather then weekly regulars, featuring state of the art sound and light systems, and bands such as Shades of Rhythm, Altern8 and the Ragga twins. UK legends like Jumping Jack frost, Grooverider and Tin Tin joined Dublin regulars like the Banana boys, Brenda Morrisey, The Latin Wolf and members of the DFC, (Dublin funk Collective) Speedy D, DJ Noel and DJ Bass.
What was it like then? Firstly, it's fairly important to paint a picture of the dance scenes status in society back then. It hadn't much representation in the media, no TV programmes, no books, no club listings in evening papers and a far cry away from any full-length movies. Undocumented, unknown, underground. So to walk into a crowd of 1000+ nutters dancing like no ones watching, with lazers flying overhead, music from the next century and strangers instantly becoming best friends was an exhilarating slap in the face, like walking into another dimension, let in on one big secret. Even buzzing about town on a Saturday afternoon and catching the eye of someone similarly clad would warrant a knowing smile. This is where the real magic lay, what created such a gargantuan atmosphere, everyone on the same level, going through that initial honeymoon phase together.
Just before the ballroom closed down, a new three level, all night club called the Asylum opened and that's exactly what it was. It bore witness to the first batch of E casualties, burnt out ravers desperately chasing that initial rush, the dawning realisation that nothing this good lasts forever painted across their jaded faces. However, a fresh batch always arrived to fill the void and this new crowd kept the balance in check. The Asylum also welcomed in a new batch of DJ's. Dilly, the then Northern Ireland mixing champ, took residency in the Asylum along with Dublin's Ed case, Warren K and Pressure. The clubs eventual downfall was its very open display as a drug haven and was soon shut down.
The Temple of Sound opened soon after and was in complete contrast to the Asylum. Along with G1, another legendary club in Phibsborough and the later to come Kitchen, it had a full bar. By then many clubbers re-embraced alcohol as the drug of choice, laughing off the days of chastising the demon liquid. Manager Ken Kane gave a new home to Scurry, Moy, house maestro Mark Dixon and introduced Stephen Mullhall and Paddy Gallagher as well as top class international guests. Like Sides, after a couple of years the Temple sadly changed management and in turn, the DJ's and music policy, before eventually closing down altogether.
Taking this more professional standard to the next level John Reynolds opened the POD. With an award winning interior design and re-incarnations of club 54 bouncers on the door the original ethos was somewhat lost. Granted it boasted a pristine sound system but was strictly for the ears of the beautiful people. In 1996 the POD's sister club the Red Box opened next door which thankfully had a slightly more relaxed approach and a more varied music policy.



Two clubs that worked away in the background, slowly building from the ground up were McGonagles and UFO. In '88 McGonagles started off with a mixture of indie, acidhouse and popdance under the banner of the Voodoo club, and later as En-duce giving residence to the Banana Boys (Mark Cee and Dave MCDonald). The venue eventually got a facelift and thrived for a few years as The System. UFO started off as a small affair in the UCD bar in 1989 and moved to the Rock Garden in Temple Bar three years later. After a brief stint in Powers hotel, the brainchild of François Pittion and Mick Heaney finally moved to Columbia Mills (on Sir John Rogerson's Quay) in 1994 where it gained a religiously loyal crowd, one key to atmospheres of such electric status. Columbia Mills also played host to the Beat club, the early incantations of Influx boys Paul Davis and Johnny Moy, with guests such as Andy Weatherall, Darren Emerson and regular Dublin visitor David Holmes (then known as Homer). The Beat club was like a re-incarnation of early sides, nights put on in style with cutting edge sounds attracting devout music lovers and was a recipe for success.
Today, Influx, the Redbox and the Kitchen are still thriving and people like D1 and Ultramack continue to push the original idea of quality music in a friendly atmosphere, by music lovers for music lovers. Almost ten years later now, clubs are still opening and closing and no matter how big or small, all face the constant battle against Ireland's archaic authorities. A major cheers to all who've fought the battle and apologies if I couldn't fit you into this space, you know who you are.

good read there al

sgtbilko01 wrote: »

I dont know how to put YT Vids up,but here's the link anyway.Worth a listen as this is what it's all about.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxfsPYcU68s

top top track indeed man.tis in my top 10.love when the sirens kick in.it just takes you away.............:pac::pac::pac::pac:

jonny68 wrote: »

in a word...YES but read on.

I know many other younger people, my mates younger brothers for example are mad into old skool and one is only 23 and he doesn't come out and say what you've said because he missed out, Acid House wasn't just another genre of music, the whole scene was a revolution, why do you think after all these years it's still immensely popular, you go to Raves like Raindance in London who sell out every single time they have a Rave (about 3/4 times a year)and people of all ages there having a great time,they've been going now for over 20 years and are one of the true pioneers of dance music, only for Acid House there would be no scene today,people will do well to remember that.

We all grew up in the era and nothing can ever come close, back then it was new,fresh and exciting,every night out was the best night of your life while you were going through what was called "the honeymoon period"

The music today may be more "polished" but that doesn't mean it is actually better like some claim,i cant see young people in 20 years time still talking about how amazing the scene was in 2009,the scene today is still alive and kicking but the PLUR (Peace, Love, Unity, Respect) has all but gone and that was a big part of the scene back then...my advice to you is - embrace Acid House for what it was, and for the scene it created.;)

nice write jonny.

DjAloldskool

jonny68 wrote: »

That article is years old and while it's not bad i probably could've (and probably will) write a better one myself, Sides DC and not McGonalges or anywhere else for that matter was the first ever club in Ireland to play Acid House music followed by Sir Henrys in Cork,i first went to Sides in early 1990 and was blown away, everyone was sporting the Machester look, flared, baggy hoody tops and some had dungarees an bandanas on (Acid House look)they were playing a mixture of Acid House, Machester and the occasional commercial tune (for example the classic Dee-Lite - Groove is in the heart) which was huge.


Halcyon days;)

Don,t know how old the article is myself , I'am sure its probably years old,
I found it on a site there, a while back,
I thought it might be worth a post,
the original site is ,

http://www.johnbraine.com/music/words/history-of-dublin-clubbing.html

still a good old read.

Use to love going to the Oylmpic Ballroom, probably cause it was only down the road from me , not far to walk home from , if you know what I mean,
often came out of there mad out of it , with a good idea of walking around for miles, but as soon as the buzz wore off , all you wanted to do was get home to bed.

skilltest76

Sorry bit unrelated in the middle of a debate, but does anyone have a link to mp3 of:

Awesome 3 Hard Up,

Classic tune, remember being out and hearing Liam Dollard dropping it a long time ago, about 15 yrs ago at least!!! and the results were phenomenal!! If anyone has it please share it, its too good not to be shared, thanks in advance.

dubsbhoy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAqbJx5WTJA

DjAloldskool

sgtbilko01 wrote: »

I dont know how to put YT Vids up,but here's the link anyway.Worth a listen as this is what it's all about.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxfsPYcU68s

It,s very easy,

all you have to do is copy and paste, the Embed code, for the video you want into your boards post, and highlight the code and click on the Youtube tab , second from the end on the top right, and your done,

in this case your Embed code is ,

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VxfsPYcU68s&hl=en_GB&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VxfsPYcU68s&hl=en_GB&fs=1&&quot; type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

when you click on the Youtube tab, the code will have Youtube displayed in brackets, at the start and at the end of the code.

you can write what ever you want befor or after the code,

the code can be found under the URL , on the right side of the Video.


here is what it should look like,

skilltest76

your a legend, thanks dubsbhoy

DjAloldskool

skilltest76 wrote: »

your a legend, thanks dubsbhoy

Did you get sorted , with that tune?

I was about to upload it now.

es-cee

DjAloldskool wrote: »

Did you get sorted , with that tune?

I was about to upload it now.

any chance grabbin it off 1 of yis? love that track meself.

skilltest76

if ya can that'd be great, i ve been watching bit in real player over and over past half hour, unbelievable track, so many memories from such a short piece of music.

DjAloldskool

skilltest76 wrote: »

if ya can that'd be great, i ve been watching bit in real player over and over past half hour, unbelievable track, so many memories from such a short piece of music.

Uplaoding as we speak,
give me ten mins, and I'll PM you's.

sgtbilko01

Sound DjAloldskool,much apreciated;)

Short Back P

sorry if this is the wrong place for this.. can someone i.d a track... all i can remember was what sounded like "iceberg... oh ice berg" ... they definitly didnt say iceberg just sounded similar. tanx

dubsbhoy

Short Back P wrote: »

sorry if this is the wrong place for this.. can someone i.d a track... all i can remember was what sounded like "iceberg... oh ice berg" ... they definitly didnt say iceberg just sounded similar. tanx

oh superman ?

Klim

Short Back P wrote: »

sorry if this is the wrong place for this.. can someone i.d a track... all i can remember was what sounded like "iceberg... oh ice berg" ... they definitly didnt say iceberg just sounded similar. tanx

Ha ha, yeah it's Groovezone, Eisbaer. Big Oakenfold tune from moons ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSRYAW4h6J8

rbyrne1888

groovezone- eisbaer

Short Back P

Klim and rbyrne1888 thats the one. Havent heard that in a long time. Super stuff tanx

lt_cmdr_worf

http://www.discogs.com/groups/topic/197217

Loads of old trancey mixey goodness.

sgtbilko01

Think this one was on Jay Carey - Trance Seduction

Short Back P

track i.d please... all i remember is the words....

"i just wanna call ...you my bitch"

call is dragged out a bit, and the words mightnt be right but thats how i remember it. Anyone? tanx

Is mise le key

sgtbilko01 wrote: »

I dont know how to put YT Vids up,but here's the link anyway.Worth a listen as this is what it's all about.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxfsPYcU68s

Just type it like this with no spaces,

[youtube]VxfsPYcU68s[/ youtube]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxfsPYcU68s

SEANYBOY1

DjAloldskool wrote: »

The History of Dublin Clubbing

Read this before Al, well worth putting it up never get tired of it;)

Short Back P

Short Back P wrote: »

track i.d please... all i remember is the words....

"i just wanna call ...you my bitch"

call is dragged out a bit, and the words mightnt be right but thats how i remember it. Anyone? tanx

i found this one...

dave mc cullen - i just like to call you my bitch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqYyNNcf4j8&feature=PlayList&p=F9ED4FD6B648A6F3&index=45

theoldalfer

Felixdhc wrote: »

The UFO had a very mixed crowd.. yes there was some scum but equally I knew people in there who came from very well-to-do, wealthy families (and are also scum ) . I'd say it was one of the most mixed clubs in terms of the variety of people, and everyone just got along :pac:

i used to see a few lads in there that wouldn't look out of place at a death metal gig if you know what i mean. it probably had the most diverse crowd out of all the dublin clubs i've been in and i never seen any hassle.