pecknam blog – adventures in SouthEast London

The clock tower venue that was once Ezekiel’s nightclub, and more recently a salsa club is now being relaunched by Ollie (LuckyPDF) and Joe (patandtrevor):

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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

April sees a canine celebration in Warwick Gardens.

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

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Sleeping with the Enemy

This just in on the text line, great way to recover after Santacon!

It’s back! Sunday Sounds this Sunday 14th, 8pm at SPIKE

With Sound of Rum, the Rub, Daisy, MC Angel & many more

39b consort rd, se15.

free entry, but buy some tea to say ta :)

p.s. speaking of tea…

In what seems like a matter of weeks, Sound of Rum formed and have released an album! The lineup is Kate Excentral Tempest on vocals,  Ferry Lawrenson on drums & Archie Marsh on guitars. Here’s a track from their album, which is available to buy online.

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Sound of Rum – Slow Slow

Catch them this Wednesday 12th at Madam Jo-Jo’s,  or for FREE on Monday 17th at the New Cross Inn.

Who doesn’t like rum eh?

It’s that time of year again, come one, come ghoul, shake your bones and rattle a pumpkin. Here’s a tune to get you in the mood for Halloween:

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Mr Fab and His Bag O’ Heads – Skeleton Crew On The Graveyard Shift

Plenty happening,  first up tomorrow World Zombie Day hits the streets of central London.

All Hallow’s Eve falls on a Friday in perfect party fashion. We can recommend Urban75′s Offline Party in Brixton for FREE. Elsewhere I’m DJing at a huge party alongside many other vinyl junkies and live acts, but have been politely asked not to reveal the location. However anyone who’s anyone in Pecknam will know where I’m talking about :-)

True zombies will see it through til Saturday and join us on the Crawl of the Dead V up in town.

Brainnnnsssss…

An audio adventure for Deptford, if you’ve done it let us know what you thought!

Pavement sonnets, Deptford scars
by Ben Cummins

Simply download the audio and print the map.
Press play when standing on ha’penny hatch bridge.
You will be guided by the Admiral on an exciting venture around deep dark Deptford.

(ideally designed for saturdays between 27th sep – 18th oct)

“I would be honoured if you would walked it with or without me.”

It’s been a while since I’ve joined Lottie Child in climbing adventures on the streets of London, so it’s great to hear she’s planning an outing right here in SE15:

How street savvy are you? You’ve got your A to Z to get from A to B but how happy and safe do you feel on the streets? In today’s cities, we are all too aware of the potential hazards on the street. Perhaps it is time that we learnt how to safely enjoy, rather than endure, the time we spend in public space.

Peckham Street Training is an intergenerational art project, inviting people of all ages to engage creatively with public space and share alternative instructions for exploring the urban environment. Free public tours around Peckham have been developed by families from Peckham in collaboration with artist Lottie Child and net art organisation Furtherfield.org.

On Saturday 20th September at 2pm & 4pm, Peckham Street Training invites the wider public to discover the favourite places of local children and their parents from Gloucester Primary School. Exploring how behaviour can shape the built environment, share in new techniques that will challenge conventional uses of public space and social norms. Defining new territory both on the street and on the internet- Peckham Street Training can be followed online on www.peckhamspace.com/project

There’s also a talk on the 4th September:

Public Talk: Participation and Contemporary Art
4 September 2008 – 7pm-9pm
South London Gallery,65 Peckham Road,London SE5 8UH

Clare Cumberlidge from The General Public Agency will be in conversation with Lottie Child and Furtherfield.org. The talk will include a presentation by the artists and a conversation on the notion of participation in the public realm and contemporary art.

Hey Hey Hey

 Hatsunday is reaching the grand old age of 2 on Sunday.  I know..hasn’t time flown for the little guy..

To honour this occassion there will be a early start for hatsunday this week at around 4pm-5pm,

 So if you have never been to hatsunday before now is the perfect time…bring yourselves, your friends, your hats… 

 After  some quick negotiation Happy hour’s 2-4-1 cocktails this sunday will be back to 2 hours so between 6pm & 8pm just for this!!  so theres a another incentive to come down even if hats weren’t enough for you!!!

HATS all folks

 His Hatness