pecknam blog – adventures in SouthEast London

Try as I might, I just can’t help liking this pun. Sounds like a good night too, the Albany is a nice venue for gigs like this.

Mannix’s Street Preachers
Performance poetry from the four corners of London

Aoife Mannix is one of the busiest poets in the UK. Tonight, she takes a break from touring her solo show Growing Up An Alien to host an eclectic line-up featuring her top three performance-poets plus a guest musician who’s creating a big buzz on the London club-scene.

Featuring

• Polarbear – the king of rhythm ‘n’ storytelling, born with a hip-hop beat in his heart
• Dzifa Benson – weaver of well-crafted poems and captivating contemporary myths
• Joe Duggan – script-writer and slam-winner, bringing beat-poetry into the 21st century

plus

• Nathan ‘Flutebox’ Lee – jaw-dropping musical cyclone of beatbox and flute

Mannix’s Street Preachers: not a dodgy tribute-band, just a great night out.

Friday 25 January 2008 @ 8pm
The Albany, Douglas Way, Deptford, SE8 4AG
Tickets: £7 / £5 (concs)

socpa – the movie is an important new film about the ‘serious organised crime and police act’ which requires notice of any demonstration within 1km of parliament, and allows the police to impose conditions, either before or on the day of the demo.

It’s a really good documentary; shot and edited to a high standard and with enough humour and music to stop it becoming dry. There’s a free/donations screening tomorrow:

friday 11th jan 9pm
synergy centre, 220 farmers road, camberwell, se5 (map)
the film lasts 60 mins followed by q&a up to an hour

Here’s the trailer:

Birthday bash for Stephen tonight, here’s his invite:

Hi Pecknam and HatSunday folks,

Estaban (Stephen) is turning 25 today and would like to invite you to a drinking session at the Brixton Jamm to celebrate.

DJs and alcohol to enjoy, come help the world drain its sorrows.

8pm til late, anyone that knows Brown, Cupcake or Hovis are welcomed with open arms.

I’ve been booked to entertain the Dulwich crowds on Friday 18th Jan at Liqourish on Lordship Lane, come down for a beer or a cocktail or whatever it is they drink up there. I’m on from 9 til 1am.

It also gives me a reson to pimp out my DJ mixes here for the first time :-)

First w00t of the year, come meet a friendly bunch of people who make stuff happen:

It’s time for the first w00t of 2008. Join us in the back room of the
Dog Star in Brixton this Thursday (10th), 8pm onwards, for the usual
mix of:

- mischief-makers
- art party organisers
- curators
- mad scientists
- guerrilla zookeepers
- mobile clubbers
- psychogeographers
- open mappers
- waffle-swappers
- pirates
- beer
- mexican food

Come and hang out, hatch plots, find collaborators and tell us your
New Year’s resolutions (if you haven’t broken them already).

Three tracks from Bogus Gasman at the last ever Stuff & Things. Excuse the video quality, half the lighting rig wasn’t working so I’ve had to brighten these up a lot!

“Lewisham”

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Welcome to (I’ll say it quietly in case anyone’s hangover is still in force) another new year. Plenty of adventures ahead I’m sure.

First up we have the 5th London Short Film Festival starting tomorrow with screenings and events both in town (the ICA and Curzon Soho) and here in glorious SE (the Amersham Arms and Roxy Bar & Screen). Bands/VJs/DJs action on Saturday at the Roxy sounds good, and on the 12th all the way from Canada we get a taste of Darryl’s Hard Liquor & Porn Film Festival.

It runs til the 13th, more info here and don’t forget to grab the programme.