pecknam blog – adventures in SouthEast London

Now I know these are listed on the Regular Events page, but here’s a reminder.

Free entry, live music, spoken word and friendly crowds – hosted by the indeterminable Mr Hovis. On Tuesday evening get yourself to the Half Moon pub in Herne Hill (great pizza), and on Wednesday drop by the Redstar in Camberwell (2-for-1 cocktails).

If you know of anything fun coming up, do let us know.

I’ll be away showing silly videos at Camp Bestival, but everyone else should get down (underneath) Festival Pier this weekend for a right old knees up:

Friday 18th. Full moon dance on the SouthBank!!
Absolutely Free!! Live bands and Big Beats!
8pm – 4am

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=18738842969

The Spike is back up in the town hall this week on Wednesday @ 6.30pm (meeting starts at 7).They want us to come up with half a million squids by the end august!!!!!
We’re asking for two years to get ourselves organised. We really need a show of strength at the Council Assembly Meeting if we are to have any chance.

Can you please lend support and be at southwark town hall, peckham road (half way between peckham and camberwell) for 6.30 this wednesday 9th, if you can’t make 6.30 please come as soon as you can. Please pass on to anyone interested. the more the merrier. Kids, pets, etc

Cheers Paul (and the Spike Posse) 07903652149

It’s not been a year, surely? Well no, not quite – here’s the slightly-earlier-than-you-may-have-expected I LOVE PECKHAM festival programme. Don’t miss the street party (featuring Needleandthread stage) on Rye Lane/Peckham Square, or the closing event in the Bussey building!

Critical Mass is a monthly gathering on 2/3/4/more wheels that happens all over the world. There’s a new meet for SE London – fix those punctures and hit the road.First Friday of every month meet 6.30pm outside Peckham Library

Grab a PDF flyer for the ride here

This just in on the txt-vine:

King Solo-Mon meets Abenaki this Saturday 9pm-4am at Redstar, Camberwell.
£2/free with flyer, more DJs TBC.

“people doing strange things with electricity”

dorkbotlondon will be at area10, Peckham, SE15 5JT
this wednesday 18th June from 7pm

map: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=SE15+5JT

Area10 is the white warehouse type building behind Peckham Library.

Join us and enjoy Julie Freeman talking more about her perversion
for dog’s ears (now realised as the ICA commissioned
http://www.dogsears.net), The People Speak presenting Peckham TV
( http://www.peckhamspace.com/projects/peckhamtv ) a live envisioning of Peckham’s future, Moritz Waldemeyer talking about a recent project
( http://www.waldemeyer.com/ ) and Mike Blow talking about his musical park benches ( http://www.evolutionaryart.co.uk/ ).

Plus! News about the burningdork dorkbot camp, and opendorks (if you
have a ~ 7 minute presentation about something dorky, let us know on the
night).

See you there!

Dorkbot London webpage

Yes… it’s now the 10th year of Spike Summer Open Days and again we’ll be showcasing Spike activities. Fun for all kids tall and short.. outside stage with live music from The Pinstickers, Excentral Tempest and Daisy in their new bands, Nouvelle Croix, Rub, Gravy Train, local DJs and more, food, healing, art, a cob oven demonstration with our permaculture specialist and much more. Come and check out the beautiful efforts in the community garden. Come check it :)

Sunday 15 June from 2pm
39b Consort Road, Peckham
Website / Myspace

For more information, please contact:
Paul Kelly  -  0790 365 2149  -  info@spikesurplus.org

Also please sign the petition to keep the Spike open, as sadly Southwark Council are trying to sell off the property.

Peckham TV
www.peckhamspace.com
FREE EVENT – COME HAVE YOUR SAY ON WHAT AN ADVERT FOR PECKHAM SHOULD LOOK LIKE

Artists Harold Offeh and The People Speak invite you to reimagine the identity of Peckham. Peckham TV is a collaborative project launching Peckham Space’s artistic programme. Help create a positive advert for Peckham to be screened locally and online. The event on Peckham Square will feature a live broadcast and open mic session to capture your suggestions for the future vision of the area, climaxing in a unique game show-style voting finale. Everyone is welcome to come to this public event and contribute to the creation of this an innovative digital art work.

Peckham TV: Public Event

Saturday 21 June 2008, 4-8pm
Peckham Square, Peckham Road, London SE15 8RS
020 7514 2299/ info@peckhamspace.com

Needleandthread presents… {yet another series of} dirty great big nights out.. @ JAMM bar, 261 Brixton road..
{nearest tube : oval / brixton}
{buses: 159,N59,333,133,N3}
running 8pm-5am, 5 pounds all night..

friday june 6th will be our last big event for the summer, at Brixton JAMM (261 Brixton Road, sw9 6lh).. its festival season, and the fields are calling us! so on that note, we have live bands;
Stig Noise Sound System ~ 6-piece liverpudlian noise core..
Nouvelle Croix ~ gypsy swing masters.. get up and djan-go..
Hooverville ~ putting the cleaning implement into vaudeville..
Bonsai Big Band ~ serious groovery, funk, fusion, and hiphop classics..
Daisy & Archie ~ beautifully layered soulful lyricism..
Fat Tuesday ~ lung busting acoustic anthems..
Teknology ~ mc = mechanical construct..
DJs..
Martin Sage ~ broken noise, with musical interludes..
Mr Hovis ~ the bakers dozing..
visuals by itistv, and alcotraz..

Room two; Short Circoid..
Rootsix (Concrete Plastic / Ai records) ~ slick slices of melancholic detroit..
The Third Man (Ai records) ~ tough chunks of techno grit..
Patscan (Concrete Plastic) ~ angular slabs of electro clunk..
Uncle Smutfist (Short Circus) ~ a salty spray of breifcase beats..
Jones Deviation (Short Circus) ~ a thing for wax, just whats lacked..

also featuring a goliath frogggery, some wheely bin action on the patio, and some more tealeaf shenaniganery..

remember to check out myspace.com/needleandthreaddotorg

facebook group ~ needleandthread

or www.needleandthread.org