Tag Archives: Straight No Chaser

#SNC98 – Back On The Block but SOLD OUT! All gone!

Posted on October 25, 2017 by Paul Brad

#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 →

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THE RETURN OF ‘ENLIGHTENMENT’… JULY 1st Union Chapel

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Paul Brad

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 →

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QUESTS FOR 2016…THE OGONI… STRAIGHT NO CHASER – THE ARCHIVE….

Posted on December 28, 2015 by Paul Brad

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 →

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PETE WILLIAMS PHOTOGRAPHY returns to ST GEORGE’S BRISTOL

Posted on February 16, 2014 by Paul Brad

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 →

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IMAMU AMIRI BARAKA in Straight No Chaser No. 1

Posted on January 12, 2014 by Paul Brad

IMAMU AMIRI BARAKA RIP. “ The political activists, cultural revolutionary and the proverbial pain-in-the-arse to the American conservative establishment, Amiri Baraka, died on 9th January. He identified for many of us the Blues People of America as the protagonist of … Continue reading →

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PAINTED PRINTED PLAYED @ Rich Mix

Posted on November 3, 2013 by Paul Brad

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 →

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Stereophonic-Supply goes LIVE!

Posted on May 4, 2013 by Paul Brad

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 →

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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)

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Paul Brad

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 →

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MORE MADNESS… ALPHABET CITY, CUT CREATIVE, SEMI-PERMANENT & CONCH RECORDS… Aotearoa No 5 – The final runnings!

Posted on May 26, 2012 by Paul Brad

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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SEVENTY TWO HOURS OF LO-FI MADNESS…. Aoteara Runnings No. 4

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Paul Brad

7AM Tuesday morning… Da Bei Qigong under the eaves of a building in Myers park. When it rains it Aukland it rains. Things were about to get busy! The PIYN project was scheduled to kick off at Bizdojo at 10.30am … Continue reading →

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