You just know there’s no way I was going to refuse to cover this one, don’t you? A rare piece of house music history that you can actually hold in your hands combined with a very noble cause indeed makes something which was always guaranteed to appear on this blog.

The rare piece of history is a Shoom poster from 1988. Surprisingly few of these have survived over the years, and this one is in pretty good condition after three decades. At the time of writing, bidding is at £255 and there’s still six more days to go. To give you some context, bidding for the item started at 99p less than 24 hours ago…

Proceeds are going to a very honourable place indeed – the Dance For Stevie fund. The full backstory of the fund is here, but it’s essentially to pay for home renovations so that Stevie Laviniere can return to his house after a torrid time at the hands of Covid-19 and afterwards. Dig deep…