Djing at Stitch! and a couple of reviews...

Happy belated new year! Hope you had a good one. I am fresh back from my trip to Australia where I had been travelling around for the past month. Had an amazing time over there and managed to cram in a load of gigs, beach bumming, clubs, restaurants, aquariums, zoos, shopping, surfing as well as lots of sight-seeing in Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra. I even had Christmas dinner with an actor from Neighbours, can you belive it?! It was the Aussie dream! Bonza!

I wrote a couple of reviews before I went away too. One is from a Drums gig in Kentish Town and the other was of a Madness show at Earls Court.

Links:

The Drums http://www.subba-cultcha.com/live-reviews/article.php?contentID=22814
Madness http://www.subba-cultcha.com/live-reviews/article.php?contentID=22820

So, back to reality and I have some DJ dates coming up. First up is at stitch! Presents... Ghettotines Take 2! Hope you can make it!

Here is their Facebook link: http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=175425882497149

Here is their blurb:

Since graduating from Crunk College, stitch! is moving the party to London! Since everyone has recovered from our last valentines bash, it’s time to destroy lives and livers again in true stitch! style, with take 2 of stitch! presents... Ghettotines Day!

Ghettotines is all about crunkin' behaviour and regretting everything you did the night before. We live by the motto 'What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas' a...nd par-take in the act that makes babies!

We got a variety of activities for you to dive into...

First off is the return of the ghetto weddings! A section of the Macbeth will be transformed into a decked out our Las Vegas wedding hall, where we provide the supplies for you to get hitched with. All you need to do is bring yourself and your 'boo' down to the alter, where you will be joined in holy matrimony by our ghetto priest. Then to the dance floor for your first dance as newlyweds where music will be brought to you by our mixture of awesome bands and DJ's.

"Strap It Up, Before You Slap It Up” such wise words from the man that is Tim Westwood. Throughout the night we will be providing you all with various treats to practice safer sex; catching an STI & babies can be icky so always be prepared boys and girls. Our own STI doctor will be more than happy to provide you with the tools to a thumping good time.

Our Trailer Trash Cupids will be spreading the love-bug by hosting our Personal Ads wall for all you singletons out there who are looking for a lil’ bump and grind. Make sure you get your booty call this Valentines by leaving your name, number and a saucy message.

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The first installment of live music is brought to you by Death of an Artist (DOAA). DOAA started writing melodic/post-hardcore music in April 2009; taking influences from Underoath, Saosin, Emarosa, Thrice, and Alexisonfire, this band has used different styles in their music to create a heavy, yet melodic sound, having everything from epic vocals to heavy beat-downs. DOAA have shared the stage with Hopes Die Last, Lower than Atlantis, Deaf Havana, The Elijah, Proceed, Dividing the Line, Evita, Memphis May Fire, Broadway, Burn The Fleet, and many more.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Death-Of-An-Artist/91008079327?v=wall


More Live Acts T.B.A so watch this space!

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Sextacular DJ sets from:

Special Sex Set by Captain Magic (Peanut Butter Jelly Time/ Real Life)

Adrian Storry (What Ever Happened To P-rock? /Eclectic Like Whoopi)

One Piece

Spec. (formally known as Geek Chic Soundsystem)

Teen Symmetry

Fynn vs. Golden Gun (stitch!)

Bringing you the best in Punk Rock, Hip Hop, Rnb, Alternative, Crunk Rock, and Tech House, expect to hear the likes of...

R Kelly | Sum 41 | TLC | 50 Cent | Lil Jon | Test Icicles | Ciara | Lostprophets | Outkast | At the Drive In | Lady Gaga | Circa Survive | Blink 182 | Slick Rick |Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs | The Maine | LE LE | Jay-Z | Say Anything |Weezer | Kano | Busta Rhymes | Bloodhound Gang | Man Overboard | Finch | Ludacris | Five | Homegrown | New Found Glory | De La Soul | Brand New | Busy P | Good Charlotte | N.E.R.D | The Starting Line | Boyz II Men | American Hi-Fi | Destinys Child | Alexisonfire | Lil Wayne | Backstreet Boys | The Donnas | Katy Perry | Coolio | Alkaline Trio | 2 Pac | Andrew W.K | Four Year Strong | Glassjaw | Ninjasonik | Usher | Pennywise | Bobby Brown | Rihanna | Uffie...

We will be revealing in all manners of tricks & treats in the next few weeks, so watch this space!

Feel free to invite your friends to the event page, ‘cause this is the only thing we want spreading like Chlamydia!


Doors open at 8pm partying right on ‘til 2am


Door tax: £5 on the door or for £3 cheaplist write the names on the Facebook wall or message us via Facebook.

Much love,

One Piece xxxx

GLOOMFEST

I have been having so many adventures of late that I nearly forgot to tell you about the day I manned a splat the teddy game, got my face painted as a psychedelic tiger and dressed up as a robot, or gloombot and played connect 4 with passers by!

All this took place at the wonderful Gloomfest, a night curated by my favourite party starters Cliff and Len from the Feeling Gloomy/Club De Fromage / Hairbrush Heroes / Down with Dating club nights.

The boys were asked to put together an area of fun and frolics in Brixton Village's indoor market which is just tucked behind the tube station. It was a little gem of a place with cool cafes and quirky restaurants as well as tasty markets and funky clothing stores. The atmosphere was great with punters embracing the fun of gorrilla twister, air guitar lessons, Morrissey poetry corner, cake stalls, Italian cooking classes, interactive theatre, teddy races, face painting and even a bit of live music.

As said the night is currated by Feeling Gloomy the world’s first club devoted to sad music. Luckily the boys this time were in happy mode so are threw together loads of interesting people in a fiesta of fun to open the very first of these late nights in Brixton. As promoter Mike Toller says, “It’s a great honour to kick this off. Its going to be a lot of fun and we are really pleased to be able to support Brixton market, which is still a real hub for the community in these days of chain shops. Though with only a few days to organize it there will be a touch of anarchy about the whole thing!”

Brixton Village is a superb example of 1930’s market which sadly had recently fallen in to decay with over a ¼ of its units empty. In the past 6 months Space Makers Agency has been working with the market's owners (London & Associated Properties), Lambeth council and local residents to bring life back to the deserted corners of the building. Empty shops were offered to temporary creative projects and new long-term businesses, attracting a range of new independent cafes, restaurants, fashion and design shops, as well as community-driven spaces. These initiatives have breathed new life in to the market so it will continue to be part of the beating heart of Brixton.

Check me out as the Gloombot for the night as well as other pics from the evening:

http://www.feelinggloomy.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=270&pos=15

What Up Knitta! Graffiti you can cuddle.

Know this is my kind of Graffiti- My Mum taught me how to finger knit at three and ever since I've been hooked. Fortunately for me it's got a lot more fashionable in the last few years with the arrival of very trendy knitting groups like Stitch N Bitch.
However this little street team of knitters have not been on my radar untill today. Knitta is a great street art group founded by Magda Sayeg.
Magda Sayeg, founder of Knitta Please, began by taking knitting out of the home and into the streets. The simple juxtaposition of this woven material placed within an urban environment has inspired a new generation of knitters who no longer view function as the sole purpose for knitting. This new approach to knitting questions the assumptions of a traditional craft while adding a previously unused material to the world of street art.
Take a look at some of this lovely graffiti you can cuddle.


When Magda Sayeg began Knittaplease in 2005, it was her response to the dehumanizing qualities of an urban environment. By inserting handmade art in a landscape of concrete and steel, she adds a human quality that otherwise rarely exists. Knittaplease represents the present energy coming from knitting and more extensively weaving, while giving a nod to its powerful history. Her work has been recognized for its influence in street art as well as the craft of knitting. Magda Sayeg is based in Austin, Texas