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Intense HDR photos of South East london in this photoset by bakermz

Hi everyone,

Just to let you know that we’ve sorted a meet up at the Chapel, 62 Nunhead Grove, SE15 3LY on Tuesday 31st March (tomorrow) from 7pm til 11pm. We’ll show the new film THE SPIKE STORY (15 mins), probably around 8pm and some other material (you got any Spike photos to show??). Maybe again at 9.30pm? U r innit so it would be lovely to see everyone.. please come down if you can. We’ll have tshirts there for those who wanted to buy one.

Best wishes
Sarah

www.spikesurplus.org

London and Brighton squatted pub on Queens Road, get down there from 2am(ish) for a ska punk afterparty, folks will be rolling in from the Birds Nest in Deptford. Word is it’s £3 on the door.

Just over a year ago I greatly enjoyed the last of Auto Italia’s events at their squatted venue on Queens Road, now they’ve moved near Old Kent Road and are plotting a 2 day music and art extravaganza along with the folks from Upset The Rhythm.

EDIT: Turns out that while Auto Italia did use the space on Queens Road, the event I went to was run by other folks after they’d left. No less reason to go this weekend though!

YES WAY
A two day celebration of the UK’s art & music underground

Saturday 28 & Sunday 29 March
Auto Italia, 1 Glengall Road, Peckham, SE15 6NJ | Map

Over the course of the weekend, 34 acts from all over the country will be performing, from noon until midnight each day, alongside the multimedia work of 14 artists.

There’ll also be a temporary DIY supermarket and no end of food and drink from independent, local producers.

Tickets are priced at £5 for one day or £8 for both days and available from WeGotTickets.

Full listings on their website

Just over a year ago I greatly enjoyed the last of Auto Italia’s events at their squatted venue on Queens Road, now they’ve moved near Old Kent Road and are plotting a 2 day music and art extravaganza along with the folks from Upset The Rhythm.

EDIT: Turns out that while Auto Italia did use the space on Queens Road, the event I went to was run by other folks after they’d left. No less reason to go this weekend though!

YES WAY
A two day celebration of the UK’s art & music underground

Saturday 28 & Sunday 29 March
Auto Italia, 1 Glengall Road, Peckham, SE15 6NJ | Map

Over the course of the weekend, 34 acts from all over the country will be performing, from noon until midnight each day, alongside the multimedia work of 14 artists.

There’ll also be a temporary DIY supermarket and no end of food and drink from independent, local producers.

Tickets are priced at £5 for one day or £8 for both days and available from WeGotTickets.

Full listings on their website

South East London old timers The Balloons are launching their new double CD “Gravity Shmavity” at The Montague Arms, 289 Queens Road, SE15 2PA on Friday 3rd April 2009. The line up for the evening is:
GODS MAMA 11.10 - 11.50

THE BALLOONS 10.15 - 10.55

ZAG & THE COLOURED BEADS 9.30 - 10.00

XPLODE THE MYTH 8.45 - 9.15

Check out drummer Rik Irvine’s site for a sample of the awkward mastery that is The Balloons: www.myspace.com/rikirvine
Rik

April sees a canine celebration in Warwick Gardens.

Update: Here’s the details:

Recently I’ve dusted off my minidisk recorder, which led to inventing the revolutionary HatMic system (patent pending). Here’s the spoils:

Ska night at the Victoria pub, Deptford, 7th March 2009:

• The Scaredy Cats live (16mb MP3)
• Los Albertos live (32mb MP3)

So the sound quality is a little ropey, but note that for Los Albertos I was in the middle of a 30 person-strong ska mosh pit! Think of it like this: each audio drop-out = another bruise to my body :-)

Thanks to everyone at the Victoria, definitely one of the best squatted venues I’ve been to. Really sad to hear this was one of your last gigs before eviction.

Next step: stick some foam round the mic to lessen distortion.

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BOOOM!!!

We decided to organise our first WAREHOUSE PARTY in Peckham!

As always with our Parties we’re Jam Packing the Artists in with over 20 DJ’s

The people of South London shalt need to travel to East London any longer for their Huge Party needs.

Who’s not going to be there? We’re not sure, we can fit 1000 of you in there on Friday the 20th of March!!!

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If you like jumping around to live ska, funk and dub you HAVE to make it to Deptford tomorrow night to catch The Scaredy Cats, Los Albertos and HeadJam! I don’t know JTS or Comply Or Die but sure they’re worth seeing too.

Friday 6th March
The Victoria pub, Grove Street, Deptford
Cheap bar + DJs til late

Here’s a track from The Scaredy Cats’ EP, “Claws in the Contract”:

Sleeping with the Enemy