-
Recent Posts
- Summer Reads 1: Cosmic Music
- MY LONDON ROCK STARS, ENDS TO ESTATES: Hassan Hajjaj @ Sotherby’s
- EBO FEST Activation: Jago/London
- “This my 208th session at Maida Vale…. and it’s the last one… end of an era… Moses Boyd, Nubya Garcia, Binker Golding, Theon Cross, Zara McFarlane, Cleveland Watkiss…. “
- The MUSIC is BLACK.
Categories
Archives
-
Join 2,663 other subscribers
Blogroll
- A journey to the heart of hard core UK Jazz dance! Blogspot dedicated to Mark ‘Snowboy’ Cotgrove’s ‘From Jazz Funk & Fusion To Acid Jazz:- A history Of The UK Jazz Dance Scene.
- Deep reggae 7's Deep Brooklyn based reggae-matical blog
- Ian Bone Esoteric anarchistic poliical runnings & tings
- If you are into your "garms" this is the lick! Mr. Jason Jules is The Man when it comes to Style & Pattern.
- IGNORANCE the truth, wealth is not money, it is so much more than money. Kevin D Blanch rants on the nuclear fuckin’ nightmare (“Fuckushima”) and stuff!
- Plum Publications Excellent resource for run by Ted & Debbie in California, both long time martial arts practitioners…. lots of books, dvds etc with informed reviews based on experience.
- STUDIO BABYLON: Swift, Mode2, Mitch, Robi Bear, Kam, Fred…. Another era….
- SUPA DUPA rare 'n' old skool Nigerian Ju Ju, Fuji & hi life… Just haul up the the groovemonzter, log on & stream the majestic sounds of Sir Shina Adewale, Dr Orlando Owoh, King Sunny Ade, Cardinal Rex Lawson, Queen Oludunni Decency, Tunde Nightingale, Alhaji Sikuru Ayinde Barrister…. wonderful!
- the blue moment Richard William’s exellent reflections on the world of music and….
- Through the lens darkly… the photography of Liz Johnson-Artur Enter the world of one time Chaser contributor, Liz Johnson Artur… expect unique, engaging, powerful portraits.
Web LInks
- Plum Publications Excellent resource for run by Ted & Debbie in California, both long time martial arts practitioners…. lots of books, dvds etc with informed reviews based on experience.
- Serious photographer! If you missed Peters’ show: The Chaser Years… check this!
- Shifu Quan Jun Liu – Chen taiji quan, Qi Gong… My teacher’s site… timetables etc…
- The Badddest magazine… 1988 – 2009 (As its Publisher & Editor I can say that!) Straight No Chaser: Interplanetary Sounds: Ancient To Future!
- The genius typograffix & artworks of my long time bredren – Ian 'Swifty' Swift
Category Archives: Deep stuff
MORE DALSTON RUNNINGS… Dennis Morris’ ‘Growing Up Black’
Staying on a Dalston vibe…. fresh from Autograph ABP comes Dennis Morris’ ‘Growing Up Black’. Born in Jamaica but growing up in Hackney Dennis was encouraged to pick up a camera by a patron of his local church, Donald Paterson. … Continue reading
Just thought I’d post this: Gwo’ka à Pointe à Pitre
While writing the David Hockney piece I had saxophonist David Murray quietly firing on all cylinders in the background. I suppose it was a conversation I’d had with Gerry Lyseight about the New York Loft Scene and Val Wilmer’s book … Continue reading
Posted in Deep stuff, Is That Jazz?
Leave a comment
The Paintings Of David Hockney: Still Smoking! From LA to The Yorkshire Dales
Saturday night… 9.30pm… Royal Academy in Picadilly… and it’s buzzing with people of all ages, nationalities and classes, all vibed at the prospect of viewing David Hockney’s A Bigger Picture. There’s been a rake of media publicity around Hockney’s work … Continue reading
Posted in Deep stuff
Tagged 1856 Gallery, A Bigger Picture, Art, Claude Lorrain, Damien Hirst, David Hockney, ipad, Landscapes, painting, Royal Academy, Saltaire, Yorkshire Dales
8 Comments
Beyond Katrina…. Crescent City Mardi Gras 2012… We need to celebrate those Wild Wild Indians…the spirit is alive!
Loved that scene in HBO’s Treme when Big Chief Lambreaux appears out of the dark having returned, post Katrina, to the his devastated, old neighbourhood… and proving that spirit is allive and kicking is a pic (below), by my good … Continue reading
JOYOUS & DEEP! Samba De Chula De Sao Braz – tonight at MOMO’s
São Braz is a tiny community of fisherman, fieldworkers and Rastafarians, a place born as a quilombo, a refuge of runaway slaves in the past. It is located outside the town of Santo Amaro, in the Bahian Recôncavo, and buried … Continue reading
Posted in Deep stuff
Tagged Bahia, Brazil, Quilombo, Samba Chula, Samba Chula de São Braz, Samba De Roda, Unesco
Leave a comment
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
Posted in Deep stuff
Tagged Birmingham, Brtish Underground, Champion Sound, Coventry, Jah Shaka, London, Reggae, Roundhouse, Sir Cocsone, Sound System, SXSW
2 Comments
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
Posted in Deep stuff
Tagged David Birrkin, Esther Teichmann, Joy Gregory, London Art Fair, Michael Wolf, New Alchemists, Photo50, Photography, Sue Steward, Veroniaca Bailey, Walter Hugo
1 Comment
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
Posted in Deep stuff
Leave a comment
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
