Highest greetings from New Orleans, where I was greeted for Mardi Gras with the splendid news that the New Orleans City Council is about to pass an ordinance virtually decriminalizing marijuana possession in the Crescent City, largely due to the work of Kevin Caldwell and the organization called Legalize New Orleans and to Council member Susan Guidry, who introduced the measure. “Under the proposed municipal law change,” nola.com reports, “a first-time offender could get off with a verbal warning. A second-time offender could get a written warning, then a $50 fine the third time” and a $100 fine any time after that. “Police will now be able to use their discretion,”…
Events
TC Lethbridge – 2000TC – Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On
Long, long ago in in the deep forgotten past, three musicians came together in an ancient landscape and made music that drifted away, seemingly lost for all time. This was in Wiltshire around 1992, to be more precise. The band was TC Lethbridge. It contained Doggen and Kev Bales from Spiritualized/Brain Donor and the artist Flinton Chalk. The band did not last long - they imploded before they had even played their first gig. But something happened to these musicians as they practiced, wrote and recorded in the Neolithic village of Avebury in the early nineties. They were marked by the experience. The album they were recording as they fell apart…
Seth Faergolzia of Dufus returns with Multibird in July 2016
Seth Faergolzia from New York here. I’m excited to announce that my stellar new project, MULTIBIRD, will be touring Europe in July. I’ve been performing in Europe since 2001 when I first toured with Jeffrey Lewis and Cornershop. Ever since then, I’ve come back at least once a year with one of my projects (Dufus, Faergolzia, Heck Yup, solo). I’m just finishing up a project called #100songs, which is a songwriting & recording project which has been released via subscription website. We will be promoting this 4 album set and performing a “best of” from the #100songs project. MULTIBIRD is an ensemble of four (acoustic and electric guitars, bass and drums) who I’ve…
John Sinclair – Tour Dates New Orleans 2016
Fri. Feb. 12 7:30 p.m. Piano Poetry Paint @ Frenchy Gallery (8314 Oak St.) with Tom Worrell, Lionel Batiste & Frenchy Sat. Feb 13 3 p.m. Louisiana Music Factory with the Carlo Ditta Trio (421 Frenchmen St.) Mon. Feb 15 7 p.m. Reading from "IT'S ALL GOOD" at Frenchy Gallery Tue. Feb 16 7 p.m. Reading from "IT'S ALL GOOD" at Frenchy Gallery Wed. Feb 17 7 p.m. Reading from "IT'S ALL GOOD" at Frenchy Gallery Thu. Feb 18 7 p.m. Reading from "IT'S ALL GOOD" at Frenchy Gallery Fri. Feb 19 …
Exodus + Lost Society + Police Bastard at The Asylum, Birmingham 25th February 2016 Tickets £17 adv
Exodus - The original architects of the thrash metal scene. The Asylum Venue, 38-42 Hampton Street, B19 3LS Birmingham, United Kingdom EXODUS have battled every kind of adversity over the past 30 years and used it all as fuel to stoke their ever-raging fire. Short-lived trends, line-up shifts, label conflicts, even the death of founding vocalist Paul Baloff couldn’t stop the beast. And through it all, guitarist and songwriter Gary Holt has persevered with misanthropic indignation, rolling with the punches, reassembling the broken pieces and working with the eccentric personalities surrounding him to create some of the most trenchant, fast-paced, and unrelenting music that influenced everyone from Pantera to Lamb of…
Seth Faergolzia – Multibird
Here's a message from Seth Faergolzia of Dufus: "Hoping all is well with you... I'm super excited to announce that I'll be touring the UK this summer with my stellar 4 piece band, Seth Faergolzia's Multibird. The last couple of tours I've done in the UK have been just solo or with a duo supporting Jeffrey Lewis, so I'm really pumped up about coming over with a solid band. We will have drums, bass, electric guitar and myself as usual on acoustic guitar and vocals. We are planning on coming to the UK July 11-20 and would really love to book something with you. Any info you'd need regarding my music…
John Higgs – “Stranger than we can imagine: Making Sense of The Twentieth Century” Book Launch
Friday 28th Aug 2015 An evening with John Higgs and Guests Heavenly Social presents an evening with John Higgs and Guests To celebrate the publication of his new book Stranger Than We Can Imagine: Making Sense of The Twentieth Century Friday 28th August 7pm-1am Free The Social, 5 Little Portland Street, W1W 7JD Nearest Tube Oxford Circus The Social.com
John Sinclair – Mohawk
John Sinclair - “Mohawk” CD Out Now on Iron Man Records, Birmingham. Distribution by Cargo John Sinclair, the renegade poet, scholar and cultural revolutionary released his latest album in March 2014. John, has been described as an Archetype of the 1960's art, music and literary synthesis, and who today, is still kicking with both feet on his trajectory for cultural transformation. His record features ten tracks from his book of verse: always know: a book of monk. Twenty poems planted firmly in a single-shot session, and carefully trimmed down to ten exhibits for this album. Beatnik poems, great odes and personal reflections of the Be-Bop jazz persuasion, all flowering together. First…
TC Lethbridge
TC Lethbridge are Doggen, Kev Bales and Flinton Chalk. Automatic writing in the sacred landscape. Established 1991. T.C. Lethbridge - Band photo. Daniel James, Kev Bales, Tony Doggen Foster, Flinton Chalk at John Stewart Hall, Yatesbury, Wessex, where most of the tracks for Mina and 2000TC were recorded. Flint had a tape with him, rough mixes of 2000TC songs recorded in Avebury which he pulled out of a box of cassettes under the stairs. I was keen to hear it. I was a big fan of the Mina instrumentals. I don’t know what I had been expecting, but it wasn’t the overwhelming sense of purpose that burst out of the speakers.…
The Full Cosmic Trigger Experience 22nd/23rd November 2014
The Full Cosmic Trigger Experience Find The Others Conferestival If you are interested in finding out more about Robert Anton Wilson, The writing (and living) of Illuminatus, the cult novel which launched a million conspiracy-freaks; Stumbling, via LSD and Aleister Crowley onto a 6500-year-old conversation with the planet Sirius; Dreaming up the formula, with Timothy Leary, of positive human evolution; Co-conspiring to create the Discordian religion, which worships Eris, the Goddess of Chaos and Confusion; Tantric sex, musical sing-alongs and mass initiations; Bob’s fellow Discordian being accused of being “the second Oswald” in JFK’s assassination; Mind-blowing visual effects, extraordinary musical soundscapes, and proper “Ken Campbell style” acting; The journey through Chapel…
The Full Cosmic Trigger Experience – Find The Others Conferestival 22-23rd November 2014
The Full Cosmic Trigger Experience 22nd/23rd November 2014 Find The Others Conferestival Performance, Speakers, Art, Music Cinema, Rituals, Workshops, poetry, Quizzes, Stalls, Discordian Papal Ball. Prof. Robert Temple, Robin ince, Nina Conti, Youth, Adam Gorightly, Johnny "Dolphin" Allen, C.J. Stone, John Higgs, Dr. David Luke, Greg Sams, Jeff young, Liverpool Impropriety, TC Lethbridge, DJ Kin, Michael Brunstrom, Dr. david david Bramwell, John Constable, Salena Godden, Jacqueline Genie, Adrian reynolds, Jamie Reid, Jimmy Cauty. Camp and furnace, Liverpool L1 0BY 14:23-02:23 Sat 22nd november 2014 (Play and Ball) 11:23-23:23 Sun 23 Nov 2014 (Conferestival) Tickets £69 (full weekend = play and ball and festival) Phone The Everyman box office: 0151 709 4776…
John Sinclair + The Founder Effect – Spiegeltent, Canary Wharf, London 17th Sept
John Sinclair and The Founder Effect perform songs from ‘Mohawk’ at Canary Wharf Spiegeltent, London Download the Spiegeltent Leaflet PDF here "John Sinclair - renegade poet, scholar and cultural revolutionary.....an Archetype of the 1960's art, music and literary synthesis, still kicking with both feet on his trajectory for cultural transformation. Mohawk features ten tracks from his book of verse: always know: a book of monk. Beatnik poems, great odes and personal reflections of the Be-Bop jazz persuasion, all flowering together." Doors – 6.00pm John Sinclair on stage 6.30pm – 7.45pm Tickets available through SEE Tickets for £10 + Booking Fee All Press Enquiries Sean Newsham: sean@mutante-inc.demon.co.uk All Guest List requests to:…
The Culture Industry: Enlightenment or Mass Deception?
“Pop culture in general is the main thing they use to keep young people from developing any ideas.” - John Sinclair. John Sinclair, the renegade poet, scholar and cultural revolutionary releases his new album called "Mohawk," on Iron Man Records, on Monday 24th March 2014 with distribution by Cargo. The music was written and arranged by Steve Fly who mirrored John’s poems in the music by initially combing the tempo of the original songs recorded by John ‘Dizzy’ Gillespie, Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker and Thelonious Monk. Steve The Fly is a native of Stourbridge UK, now an Amsterdam resident who plays drums, spins vinyl, writes novels and literary and cultural commentary. He…
John Sinclair – Viper Madness 24th November 2013 Cannabis Cup Party Amsterdam
Ceres Seeds and The John Sinclair Foundation proudly present: Sunday 24th November 2013 Viper Madness 2013 Amsterdam Cannabis Cup Party Live onstage: John Sinclair and his Vipers with Esther Cerise Noire Baba Israel Sunday November 24th Doors 9:30pm Nieuwezijds Kolk 25 1012 PV Amsterdam 4 min from central station 4 min from Dam square buy tickets at www.ceresseeds.com and in the hempshopper stores in Amsterdam and at the door First 100 guests get a free beverage
"The End Point Of A Circle" Trailer for the Odyssey that is GIMPO’S M25 25hr Spin
Never get out of the van..... Since 1997, the M25 has been the subject, canvas and location of a unique and unfolding work of performance art. Gimpo, ex-roadie and factotum of Bill Drummond, has driven round the infamous London Orbital for 25 hours, once a year. He will continue to do so until 2021 on a 25 year mission of discovery. He calls it The M25 Spin. The End Point Of A Circle: Trailer from Rob Wickings on Vimeo. Documentarian Dominic Wade, who has already explored the world of extended filming with his raw and revealing film 24 Hours In London, has been given unprecedented access to Gimpo and his world…
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