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SOUND SYSTEM… The Map… A Detail…
Flash it.. the original station underground news… SOUND SYSTEM… PS… there have been so-o-o-o-o-o many sound systsems over the years … so, please dont expect the poster to be definitive. It’s a work in progress and respect goes out to … Continue reading
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Tagged Birmingham, Brtish Underground, Champion Sound, Coventry, Jah Shaka, London, Reggae, Roundhouse, Sir Cocsone, Sound System, SXSW
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THE NEW ALCHEMISTS: Transcending The Print. Sue Steward curates Photo50 at the London Art Fair
Walter Hugo – Muse 2011 50cm x 40cm Glass plate ambrotype Courtesy of the artist.jpg Alchemy is a chemical process imbued with magical power associated with transmuting a common substance, usually of little value, into a substance of great value … Continue reading
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Tagged David Birrkin, Esther Teichmann, Joy Gregory, London Art Fair, Michael Wolf, New Alchemists, Photo50, Photography, Sue Steward, Veroniaca Bailey, Walter Hugo
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All hail the ‘Lions Of Judah’ at the Steve Reid Foundation tonight!
Been a bit hectic, so I’ve been a touch slack on ancient to future. However, tonight… Monday 12th December…. we are celebrating the launch of the forthcoming vinyl only single ‘Lions of Judah’ by emanative & Ahmed Abdullah. Brownswood and … Continue reading
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A TUESDAY NIGHT PRAYER MEETING…
Last night found me sitting in a half lotus – had to make a bit of an effort! – in the midst of evening prayers before the five shrines which house the sacred deities in the Shri Swaminarayan Mandir. The … Continue reading
A Pilgimage To The Tomb Of The Unknown Craftsman
A couple a weeks ago I passed through the Grayson Perry’s show, The Tomb Of The Unknown Craftsman, at the British Museum and was quietly blown away. I knew little about this man except that he had notched up a Turner … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Measles, Artist & Potter, British Museum, Grayson Perry, Tomb of The Unknown Craftsman, Turner Prize
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THE ART OF JUDITH SCOTT… exhibition closes in 4 hours time!
Yesterday, we dropped into the retrospective of Judith Scott’s work at the old Selfridges Hotel and got blown away… extraordinary pieces of work that emerged from a life that was initially tragic and then somewhat magical! Check this Culture Show … Continue reading
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Tagged Culture Show, Judith Scott, Museum OF Everything, Outsider Art, Sculpture, Selfridges
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This Sunday! Molly Dineen at the Portobello Pop Up Cinema… In conversation + Heart Of The Angel + a first showing of ‘The Out-Takes Of Tony Blair’.
THIS SUNDAY, one-woman documentary don, MOLLY DINEEN presents a rough & ready big screen screening of her classic film on the London Underground – ‘HEART OF THE ANGEL’. One of Britain’s most acclaimed documentary filmmakers, Molly Dineen has notched up … Continue reading
IT’S YOUR WORLD!: Play / Pray for Japan! The Sendai session!
When former UFO DJ Toshio Matsuura visited the North Japan in the wake of the disaster he was deeply affected and clearly motivated to help in whatever way he can. So, in a show of solidarity with the thousands of … Continue reading
JAZZ WARRIORS 2011: A Manifesto for change!
It all began with an vexing and frustrating incident at Ronnie Scott’s involving the UK’s premier jazz vocalist Cleveland Watkiss. A Facebook post by Cleveland sparked of the Facebook group “When Are We Going To See More Black UK Jazz … Continue reading
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