The lovely Film Noir crew have moved from Bar Music Hall to the cozier surroundings of the Horse and Groom. Last night featured Helen Noir and Severino upstairs, and Dickie Beau, A Man Da Pet and Nando Messias drag tag teaming on the decks down in the bar. Strangely, I ended up being door bitch for a few hours, so didn’t get as much camera time as I would have liked, but some nice shots anyways… over on Flickr as always.
The London police have apparently decided that Keeping Track of ‘Dangerous’ Music Scenes will be easier if they mandate the organisers of events to help them keep tabs on both performers and punters, via some new paperwork, Form 696. This is a Bad Thing, and smacks of past efforts to keep young people Firmly In Their Place when it comes to music and nightlife. We’re written about this in more detail over at BigShinyThing — have a read, check out some of the links (including petitions and FaceBook groups dedicated to stopping Form 696 in its tracks), and if you agree with us that the new measures are wrong, then Do Something About It.
Nice to see our friend King Adz getting some press back home in Australia, in Acclaim magazine. The photo top left (with CCTV camera — what was that about?) is one of mine, from The Urban Cookbook launch party at Cargo earlier this year. More photos from the night here.
Thursday 11 December — the first night of Scottee’s new performance showcase at the Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club. Pix here.