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GOOD NEWS! SWIFTY POISED TO GO ‘FULL CIRCLE’!

Posted on May 14, 2015 by Paul Brad

SWIFTY joins forces with Rob Swain at Gamma Proforma to produce Full Circle – a retrospective book of his “typo-grafix” from the Eighties to now. Even if you’ve never heard of Swifty you can bet your life you’ve seen or … Continue reading →

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?UESTLOVE IN HAVANA: Quest For Cuba

Posted on May 11, 2015 by Paul Brad

OKAYPLAYER FILMS PRESENTS QUEST FOR CUBA! A Mini-Documentary featuring ?uestlove as brings his own brand of funk to Cuba. This is the story…. WORDS by JAURETSI. Yup. ?uestlove‘s Cuba trip finally gets the full mini-travel documentary it deserves. ?uesto made … Continue reading →

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Reflections on ‘Wisdom Of Taiji Masters: Insights into Cheng Man Ching’s Art’

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Paul Brad

Going back a few years to the Straight No Chaser HQ in London Fields I had a bagua circle marked out in the basement, would regularly receive shipments of vcds/dvds from Jarek Symanski’s China Online and elsewhere, along with the … Continue reading →

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YOU NEED THIS! ‘Detroit67: The Year That Changed Soul’ by Stuart Cosgrove

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Paul Brad

Big respect to Stuart Cosgrove on the publication of this 610 page tome. Detroit67: The Year That Changed Soul is clearly a labour of love and with urban strife in the US escalating daily this book is an essential read. … Continue reading →

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WORK IN PROGRESS: Carleen Anderson’s ‘Cage Street Memorial’

Posted on April 6, 2015 by Paul Brad

At the end of March I journeyed to Deptford’s Albany Theatre to experience a preview of Carleen Anderson’s forthcoming one woman show, entitled ‘Cage Street Memorial’. Though Carleen had described the piece to me as a musical I was not … Continue reading →

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Human Rights Human Wrongs @ the Photographers Gallery

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Paul Brad

Last Thursday, we wandered into The Photographer’s Gallery in Soho to check two exhibitions – Charlotte Dumas’ Anima and The Widest Prairies and HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN WRONGS. Upon entering HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN WRONGS I was confronted with 316 original prints, … Continue reading →

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A New Year Approaches – Enter The Four Dragons of Dao Yin

Posted on February 20, 2015 by Paul Brad

Enter The Four Dragons of Dao Yin – a set of Baguazhang related, moving, stretching exercises which focus on clearing the meridians and awakening the spine during the process of developing “internal skill”/Nei Gong – and our guide is the … Continue reading →

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The Alchemy and The Way of Dai Family Xin Yi

Posted on February 9, 2015 by Paul Brad

The Alchemy of Dai family Xin Yi Wu Dao is Singing Dragon’s latest offering from the prolific modern day daoist Master Xongxian Wu. The publication of this modest 143 page book – which is accompanied by two DVDs – offers … Continue reading →

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Steve Reid Foundation & Brownswood launch Emanative’s ‘The Light Years of Darkness’

Posted on January 29, 2015 by Paul Brad

The buzz on this project has bee building quietly and the Steve Reid Foundation and Brownswood are delighted to announce the release of Emanative’s album ‘The Light Years of Darkness’ featuring a host of talents from Earl Zinger, Idris Ackamore, … Continue reading →

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Tam…Tam…Tam…! It SOLD OUT before Xmas but the vinyl is back!

Posted on January 22, 2015 by Paul Brad

Meicio Askanasy, José Prates, Ivan de Paula TAM…TAM…TAM!.. the vinyl is back! It was Gilles Peterson who discovered this LP while digging in Rio between the Sonzeira recording sessions. Could he get a copy of his own, there and then? … Continue reading →

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