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October soundtrack

October is here and what better way to get into the Autumn swing of things than listening to this spooky mix by the Grave Lady, Camella Lobo (from Tropic of Cancer). Thanks Lionel for the tip off!

(Click the image above to download...)


Tracklisting:
Lure of the Space Goddess // Delia Derbyshire/David Vorhaus
A Seancing Song // Broadcast
Brand New Head // DVA DAMAS
The Cave (Part One) // Gary “Spider” Webb
Jungle Fever // The Tornadoes
Some Call It a Grave // Woven Bones
The Zombie Dance // The Cramps
Werewolf // Gary Warren
The Spider and the Fly // The Monocles
UFO // ESG
Death Disco // PIL
Primal One Drop // African Head Charge
Bad Moods // Geneeva Jacuzzi
She’s Lost Control // Grace Jones
Moonlite // Bush Tetras
We Are Machines // Animals and Men
At the Munsters // The Munsters
Ghost Rider // Suicide
Rattling Death Train // Indian Jewelry
Dead West // Moon Duo
Romeo’s Distress // Christian Death
London Dungeon // Misfits
Life of Crime // The Spits
Teenage Lobotomy // Ramones
Born to Kill // The Damned
She’s Fallen In Love With The Monsterman // Screaming Lord Sutch
Midnight Monsters Hop // Jack And Jim
The Blob // The Five Blobs
Monster in Black Tights // Screaming Lord Sutch, Geoff Goddard and Joe Meek
Evil One // The Girls at Dawn
Bombón // Je Vous Veux
Killr Punx, Scary Demons // Wavves

VIGIL: Participatory Observation and Field Work

Starting today!

VIGIL is a participatory investigation into alleged paranormal phenomena at the Royal Academy Schools. Audience members take an active role in a vigil within a haunted site.

An Investigation into Haunted Space, Psychometry and Spectatorship
 Royal Academy Schools, 1-2 October 2010

Researching a series of unexplained incidents at this historic building, artist Blue Firth uncovered a first-hand account of apparent poltergeist activity in the artists’ studios.

While patrolling the 18th century corridors one night in 2008, Red Collar guard Nathan Phillips experienced something that prevented him from finishing his shift: ‘When I got back to where the skeletons are kept, the doors all slammed shut — like boom, boom, boom one after another. I tried to make out what it could be and checked all the doors again. I got to the same point in the same sequence and the bangs happened all over again. I didn’t finish my patrol that night.’

To make sense of what happened to Nathan, Blue has collaborated with parapsychologist Dr David Luke and writer Mark Pilkington. As preparatory research they undertook investigative training sessions with the Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena (ASSAP).


Bringing together their knowledge and experience of the paranormal and arts fields, the trio have devised an event that merges Blue’s art practice with David and Mark’s expertise in making sense of the unexplained. The end result is a unique participatory experiment in which the audience are both observers and the observed, the haunters and the haunted.

Participants will be asked to complete psychological and physiological assessments before and after entering the site of the haunting, which will be monitored for any unusual occurrences. The vigil will take place under carefully controlled conditions and in total darkness.

Combining authentic investigative procedures with subtle performative aspects, Vigil examines and subverts the roles of audience expectation, spectatorship and belief.

More information here

John Cooper Clarke

I went to the Greenwich Comedy Festival on Saturday, attracted by the chance to see John Cooper Clarke perform inside the beautiful Spiegeltent. He did not disappoint! As well as playing some new stuff, he ended with this classic, Twat.



I dug up some old photos from 2007, when I had to look after him the weekend of his performance at ATP (curated by Portishead).
He also performed an intimate show in a chalet, which is also documented in the ATP Film.

  

Camping in Osmington, Dorset

I have finally got round to updating this blog with some pictures from my camping weekend to Weymouth in August.
When we left London by car, it was raining heavily, as it had been for days. So much for our lovely sunny August holiday! Halfway through our drive, suddenly, the sky cleared! and there was sun! Everything was drying out.
We got to the lovely Eweleaze farm (off the beaten track and on a cliff overlooking a private beach) which is very eco-friendly with solar showers, eco toilets and organic food vans. Just as we had finished pitching up we heard the rumble of thunder, and looked up to the sky to see a big dark grey cloud. So then it rained.

After 30 mins of rain it stopped. It was quite magical really.... where we were camping overlooked the sea, and view was gorgeous - misty and very atmospheric.
From then on the sun came out, and we could kick off the boots and wear shorts and sandals. I had very cleverly brought along my rubber dinghy rowing boat, and took it out into the sea. We went on a long walk along the Jurassic coast which was stunning, and ended up at an old favourite of mine - 13th century Smugglers pub called The Smugglers Inn.

Five Go Mad in Dorset

I've just returned from a rather "smashing" long weekend in Osmington, Dorset. More to come soon, but in the meantime enjoy this from The Comic Strip...


The Comic Strip Presents... Five Go Mad In Dorset - Part 2:4