pecknam blog - adventures in SouthEast London

In 2006, a crack group of hat wearers were sent to prison by a fashion court for a crime they didn’t commit.. they promptly escaped from a maximum security sweat shop to the Pecknam underground where they survive as soldiers of headwear.  If you’re having a bad hair day…and no one else can help…and if you can find them….may be you can hire …. The Hat Team…….

sorry i was bored

Hatsundays tonight from around 8:30 (maybe earlier if i get out of work)  its also Denise’s last shift at the bar so i think we should go down and see her off…with booze and hats

see you there

his hatness….

@the HALF MOON, 10 HALF MOON LANE, HERNE HILL SE24 9HU
so far, Thursday 8th May,
5/4pounds concessions..

NeedleandThread Presents ~ Inner Terrestrials {South-Londons most avin it punk band} headlining
with support; BlackFire, {Navajo Indian punk trio} , Bogus Gasman {oi-core, ska-punk} , Babar Luck {Frankenstanee words of wisdom} …

its gonna be a banger!

The INNER TERRESTRIALS have been together since 1994 mixing hardcore punk, dub, ska and more creating a powerful and eclectic sound. Formed in South-East London the band have gigged and toured extensively playing venues, festivals, squat parties/centers, demo’s and protest sites all over the UK and Europe..

BLACKFIRE is a Native American (Din\u00e9) traditionally influenced, high-energy, politically driven group comprised of two brothers and their sister. BLACKFIRE played their first show in 1989, since then they have toured national and internationally, with countless U.S. tours (including a recent stint on the Van\u2019s Warped Tour), 10 European tours, treks to Canada, Mexico and even twice to the sub-Saharan deserts of Africa..

BOGUS GASMAN burst into life in 2003, spraying an unsuspecting public with dub laced hardcore. What they lack in covers they make up for in brass, fat basslines and guitars that go chk chk chk chk. Put yer socks on mate..

BABAR LUCK, former bassist of UK skacore band King Prawn, now performing his frankenstaanee blend of one love conscious lyric, unplugged punk vitality, and ska-infused rhythms..

This is a very rare gig for South London!

First friday, every month, @ JAMM bar, 261 Brixton road..
{nearest tube : oval / brixton}
{buses: 159,N59,333,133,N3}
running 8pm-4am, 4pounds before 9pm, (afterwards its 7pounds / 6pounds with a flyer, or NUS)

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so far, on friday may 2nd, we have experimental lectronics, live bands, hiphop crews, artists, bizarre performances, live visuals, singer/songwriters, djs playing funk, hiphop, reggae, soul, rock n roll, gypsy breaks, ragga, dubstep, breakbeat, jungle, drum n bass, dancehall, glitchcore, and generally good stuffness..

on fri may 2nd so far, we have live bands
Ed Cox ~ clowncore master - junglist accordian, and tekno-folk..
Chik Budo ~ beats, breaks, and brass.. badass..
Zej ~ a stompingly live breaks band..
Bogus Gasman ~ 8-piece dub-core oi-punk, bit ska-y..
Bonobo Hobos ~ beautifully lyrical hiphop all the way from Bristol..

DJ
Penny Metal ~ traditional gypery tunage..
Mr Hovis ~ wholegrain audio goodness..
SunMonkey ~ eclectic muso blend..

in the bar, short circus will be providing their usual tweaked out glitchtronica, with the likes of
UCNT ~ ultra tight avvin-it synthetic drum-n-breaks ..
Schemeboy ~ a bit-storm of disturbing proportions..
Patscan ~ sticky stomping and cheeky bliptronics..
Jones Deviation ~ his wax, but in your ears..
Uncle Smutfist ~ now thats just silly..

plus the usual shenanigans from the Tealeaf Collective, 6M leaps of faith from a Goliath Frog, Live art from LuxProdux, Illegal Guff, Kitten, and myriad others.. visuals by itistv, and Cafe Cairo will be providing decor and shisha..

myspace.com/ …
..edcoxlife4land
..chikbudo
..zejmusic
..schemeboy
..patscan
..unclesmutfist
..bogusgasman
..bonobohobos
something to do, innnit?..

well, for those of you who missed needleandthreads LIVE RESONANCE FM BROADCAST! (ah yeah!) on thursday night, we should have it up on needleandthread.org soon! ish.. still a bit of a techno-cripple!

CAIRO FUNDRAISER! JOIN THE CAUSE!

At a secret North London Location
From 5pm til LATE! (bring a blanket!!)

Very Special Guests not to be announced till the night!!
Live Music From: Plaster of Paris- Eccentric Jazz melodies and a big horn
Excentral tempest- rhymes in all dimensions
The Sadam-alook-alikes- foot-stomping-moustache-twitching cabaret sounds
Nouvelle Croix- Gyspy jazz swing
RED SARAH- Delight as the ‘Best Female Burlesque performer of 2007′ spins her flaming nipple tassels!
Bunty- Improvised Vocal Looping
Lee Westwood- Beautiful acoustic folk
Gaz- strange sounds and organ murmurs
Jonny Blamey- Songs to touch your funny bone
Daisy and Archie- Brushing the dust off some 30\u2019s classics
Traditional Indian dancing from the fabulous Babi
Dylan- uplifitng world music into dawn
Dj Penny Metal/ Mr Hovis/ Dj Malaka- spinning some stomping gypsy madness

Open-air-open-mike-spoken-word by firelight- Come early to sign up.. hosted by festival legend Rob the Rub..
Gravity defying dance and cabaret
Feast on the naked baklava girl
Ornate and exotic face painting
Rare delicacies to delight your taste buds
Fruity shisha
Barrels of intoxicating liquid

! DRESS UP !

THIS iS A TICKETED EVENT!!!

WE ONLY HAVE LIMITED CAPACITY SO HURRY HURRY

TICKETS ON SALE THIS WEEK
DONT MISS OUT!!
EXPECT THE BEST

\u00a35 in advance

You can buy a ticket from the cairo crew (try 07866112566, 07950309605, or with PayPal-

all you need to do is set up an account which is quick and send the money to…..   sophierostas@yahoo.co..uk

XXX

CAIRO

you can also stay in touch at www.myspace.com/cafecairo

or join our facebook group ‘ CAFE CAIRO’

honestly folks, its a real good cause, and all of us  involved are workin our asses off for nowt! please support our cause!!

Due to there being a glorious Long Weekend this weekend, i hope to see all your faces down at BarStory for Hatsunday this week!!!!

Starting for a bit of happy hour goodness and going through till close…

Brown

wearing a Hat!!!!!

 Thats right,  Hatsundays tonight from 9pm.   the normal hats, booze, frolics and with a new addition of classic cartoons projected onto the windows!!!!

to see what this means and if you have any suggestions for classics to project up then come along and tell us!!!

This weeks selection will be:  Dangermouse, Bananaman and Transformers

 Hope to see people there!!

 His Hatness!

Hey there Hatfans

Just to let everyone know hatsundays return this week…

so come down with some head attire, and join us for booze, music, good company and most importantly HATS!!!

His Hatness

Broadcasting now on 101.4fm, you have 45minutes to tune in and catch Alice White live at 4pm talking art and anti studio-demolition sentiments!

http://www.radiopeckham.org/

Thanks for your lovely comments on the Fall Into Place exhibition. Video is still awaiting an edit, just trying to find the time! Any editors looking for a project don’t feel shy offering help :-)

We are grateful to the Beautiful Things For Unpretentious People blog for writing a lovely feature on the event:

…I walked up the stated street slightly worried that it was all some kind of hoax and that a bunch of trendy mulleted East London types would jump on me and beat me to death for even thinking myself cool enought to attend their party. But no. Some fairy lights marked the entrance and indeed, there was the ground floor window…

Read the full piece here.

Creative Routes writes

The closure of the Emergency Clinic at the Maudsley Hospital will go ahead, so proclaimed Patricia Hewitt.

This will mean that people in mental health crisis “out of office hours” will have no where to go apart from overcrowded and inadequately resourced local A & E departments.

They are holding a 24 hour demonstration/vigil and urging people to “Bring a torch to search through the rubble of the NHS”.

Sun. 18th Nov - overnight vigil - 8pm-9am
Mon. 19th Nov 9am-2pm
1 Lower Marsh, London SE1
www.proudtobemad.co.uk

The South London Press have an online petition you can sign.