pecknam blog - adventures in SouthEast London

Skip to 3:00 for the payoff.

New video from GIGGS, shot in Atlanta and Peckham.

Spike Surplus is a community centre who has helped many artists,
musicians and free thinkers to attain their goals. Now after ten years providing beneficial services to the community, Southwark Council are evicting the Scheme and selling of the land. This is a massive injustice! Please help the Spike
Contact http://www.spikesurplus.org

Slow Slow music video taken from the debut album ‘Balance’ by Sound of Rum with Excentral Tempest available to download at http://www.soundofrum.com Video directed by Dean Puckett http://www.deaddeanfilms.com Camera by Leo Leigh/Dean Puckett Assistant Producers: Andy Baker and Lee MacMullen

Sound Of Rum on myspace - http://www.myspace.com/soundofrumband

And in case you missed it, the MP3 was posted here back in November

History, beginnings and current happenings at The Spike, Peckham.

Sometimes it’s good to be reminded that for South London to exist, there must be something North of it. This video has been edited together from over 3,000 photographs and makes me want to ride a nitro-powered doubledecker bus around all night long.

Just wondering, how many of you lovely readers know that these are for sale in Docklands every two years?

Defence Systems and Equipment International
“The world’s largest fully integrated defence and security exhibition, bringing together senior international trade and military experts from across the entire supply chain in an optimal business environment.”

In other words, a tradeshow for machines that kill, maim and torture. This is their promotional video from the last one in 2007.

And here’s Mark Thomas speaking at the protest there:

The next one is September 2009, although you won’t read about it in the papers. http://www.dsei.co.uk/

This caught my eye as I discovered the band Full Fat last week and they’re, well, fat! It’s a fundraiser for Refugee Action Kingston, so bit strange to be happening SE rather than SW but hey, come on down!

The whole Seen EP is worth checking out.

Yarrrrr! Saturrrday last there be 100 scurvy Space Hijacker dogs trap’d 20,000 leagues under the Thames with a samba band and plenty o’ rum. Spy the bewitched portrait below, m’hearties!

Summer mashup silliness,  and it’s allowed ‘cus it’s my birthday!