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- 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….
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- 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.
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- 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
Tag Archives: Straight No Chaser
A World Without Worldwide FM
On Sunday October 30 the WWFM crew gathered at the Brownswood studio to celebrate the last six years before signing off at midnight leaving the station on hiatus until a new era beckons. It took a few days to gather … Continue reading
Posted in Deep stuff, Is That Jazz?, Sound & Power, Urban runnings..., Words, Sound & Power
Tagged Broadcasting, Brownswood, Coco Maria, Digital radio, Erica McCoy, Gilles Peterson, Global Music, Haseeb Iqbal, Hugh Miller, International Anthem, Jaimie Branch, Jazz, Laani, Lockdown FM, Malik al Nasir, Moor Mother, Penny Reel, Pharoah Sanders, Selectors Assemble, Shabaka Hutchings, Silt Trio, Straight No Chaser, Val Wilmer, We Out Here, Worldwide FM
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#SNC98 – Back On The Block but SOLD OUT! All gone!
#SNC98 – Back On The Block but SOLD OUT! All gone! Firstly, apologise to all the peeps who check out this on-line journal as there’s been very few… hmmmm, Zero!…posts over the past period. Basically, I – along with Ian … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Deep stuff, Urban runnings...
Tagged #SNC98, Elza Soares, Georgia Ann Muldrow, Greg Tate, magazines, Nerija, print, Straight No Chaser, Swifty
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THE RETURN OF ‘ENLIGHTENMENT’… JULY 1st Union Chapel
OK Brothers & Sisters…. ‘Enlightenment’- an original composition penned by master flautist Rowland Sutherland with support from the PRSF and inspired by the spirit of John Coltrane – returns to the capital this summer and the Ensemble can’t wait to … Continue reading
QUESTS FOR 2016…THE OGONI… STRAIGHT NO CHASER – THE ARCHIVE….
QUESTS FOR 2016…THE OGONI… STRAIGHT NO CHASER – THE ARCHIVE…. As someone who is “under-employed” and pretty much unemployable in the straight world I find myself not alone. Like many of my friends and fellow cultural co-conspirators, who have spent … Continue reading
Posted in Deep stuff
Tagged Blue Moon, Film, Frances Feeney, Indiegogo, Ken Saro Wiwa, Nigeria, Paris, Petroleum Industry, Pollution, Sokari Camp Douglas, Straight No Chaser, THE OGONI
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PETE WILLIAMS PHOTOGRAPHY returns to ST GEORGE’S BRISTOL
PETE WILLIAMS PHOTOGRAPHY returns to ST GEORGE’S BRISTOL as a permanent exhibition. “It’s always been about being on the move and living a transient existence. Saying Yes instead of No. Accepting an assignment and sitting on a plane a couple … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Just Runnings
Tagged B&W, exhibition, Gilles Peterson, Joyce, Mo Wax, Pete Williams, Photography, St George's Bristol, Straight No Chaser, That's How It Is
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PAINTED PRINTED PLAYED @ Rich Mix
PAINTED PRINTED PLAYED! A VITAL SESSION… THIS THURSDAY 7th November… Swifty & I will be representing at the opening of this collective exhibition event, conceived and curated by freedom loving painter Gina Southgate. OK people.. there’s a £6.00 guest – … Continue reading
Stereophonic-Supply goes LIVE!
Just a short note to give a headz-up to Swifty and the I-self’s latest venture – http://www.stereophonic-supply.co. Building on what we were doing with Straight No Chaser magazine the initial aim of this project is to go digging in the … Continue reading
FREEDOM! “In composition you have all the time you want to decide what to say in 15 seconds, in improvisation you have 15 seconds.” (Steve Lacy)
It’s a freezing cold Sunday night and as I waited at the bus stop, weighed down by a bag of vinyl, I had to wonder who would brave the weather and venture to Hoxton for the launch of our FREEDOM … Continue reading
MORE MADNESS… ALPHABET CITY, CUT CREATIVE, SEMI-PERMANENT & CONCH RECORDS… Aotearoa No 5 – The final runnings!
ALPHABET CITY is run by native New Yorker Erin who specialises in pre-digital printing and runs an early evening letter writing group. Erin is old skool and upon our arrival at the work-shop she and Swifty enthusiastically talked TYPE! They … Continue reading
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