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Featured local business - Clubtek

Forest

SE23

Hill

I was already a regular visitor to Clubtek’s DJ shop when it was in Penge, but now they're even handier in Stanstead Road, just a few doors down from Shannon’s Garden Centre - another old favourite. It’s by no means just for DJs and bands...

Music Monday: Jem Finer’s Longplayer

Jun

2017

Jem Finer is probably best known as a member of The Pogues, for whom he co-wrote the Christmas favourite The Fairytale of New York and the transpontine anthem Misty Morning Albert Bridge. In recent years he has focused more on his work as a sound artist and composer, most notably composing the awesomely ambitious 'Longplayer' ...

Laurie Grove Baths event at Goldsmiths

Jun

2017

An interesting event coming up tomorrow night (Thursday 15 June 2017, 5:30 to 8:30) at Goldsmiths focused on the Laurie Grove Baths. This building hosted swimming pools and public washhouses for a hundred years or so before it closed in 1991 and was taken over by Goldsmiths, for among other things, artist studio space. I've ...

Hissing Queen Victoria 1888

Jun

2017

When 19th century writers referred to transpontine theatre houses, on the wrong side of the river from high culture and power, they seem to have particularly had in mind the Royal Surrey on Blackfriars Road.I recently came across this review of a night there in 1888 - a reminder that in some parts of London, ...

Beating the Bounds in Penge and Lee

May

2017

On this day in 1881, a 'beating the bounds' procession took place in Penge. As reported in The Beckreham journal and Penge and Sydenham Advertiser, Wednesday, June 1, 1881:'The ancient custom of beating the bounds was observed with all due ceremony in Penge on Thursday the 26th being Ascension Day. Some 18 boys from various ...

Election street art

May

2017

So far the General Election street art hasn't been too extensive. I did spot this grime artists/rappers supporting Labour poster under the railway bridge at Brockley cross.Among those featured is Brockley's own Novelist. Up at the top of Pepys Road SE14 you can still read the 'Novelist - pave the way' graffiti in the road (this ...

Linear Obsessional Festival in Deptford and Hither Green

May

2017

Hither Green-based experimental/improv label Linear Obsessional Recordings (LOR) has a busy weekend coming up with a two day festival starting out on Saturday (20/5/2017) with a gig at Vinyl Deptford:'Live Music from 5pm withTom Jackson, Daniel Thompson, Jacques Duerinckx & Matthieu Safatly - acoustic free improvisation from this specially assembled Anglo/Belgian quartet - clarinet, guitar,soprano sax ...

A not so joyful sound – noisy singing in New Cross church, 1866

May

2017

From 1866, the tale of an unusual protest in a New Cross church -deliberately singing loudly and out of tune!'Unseemly conduct at churchFor the last fortnight or three weeks the congregation worshipping at Saint James's Church, Hatcham, have been annoyed by the conduct of a female, determined to make her voice heard above all others ...

A Joyful Noise Unto the Creator SE17

May

2017

At a neighbour's moving house sale earlier I picked up a vinyl copy of Galliano's acid jazz album 'A Joyful Noise unto the Creator' (Talkin Loud, 1992). Looking at the cover photo I thought I've been to parties on roof tops like that in the Pullens Estate off Walworth Road. And looking in more detail at the background I ...

Laura Misch – Playground – SE22 Neo Soul?

May

2017

I'm loving 'Playground', the new album by Laura Misch. Self-produced at home by the multi-talented singer, saxophonist and ableton whizzkid from East Dulwich, it has a much bigger sound than you might be expecting from that description. Laura is the sister of Tom Misch, and while she has a distinct sound there is a similar vibe - ...

Medals for Lewisham’s Kent AC in London Marathon

May

2017

Media coverage of the London Marathon tends to concentrate on either the international elite runners of the very front or the fancy dress charity runners further back.In between are the many serious club runners running for personal bests and at the faster end competing for both the English and British Marathon Championships, which are held ...