It’s coming soon, on Strut Records. I’ve been busy shooting photos for it. Stay tuned.

Last night, we attended the opening party for the Unseen Guy Bourdin exhibition at the Wapping Project. Beautifully hung, some lovely work and, frankly, some that was less interesting — a shame, as his best is spectacular. On balance? Go see.

The secret which got lost neither hides nor reveals itself, it shows forth
tokens. And we rush to catch up. The body
whips the soul. In its great desire it demands the elixir
In the roar of Spring, transmutations

Charles Olson — from Variations Done for Gerald Van De Wiele

The Metropolis “gentlemen’s club” on Cambridge Heath Road has started to hire itself out as a club venue, to offset the recessional downturn in revenue from its usual business. Good news for clubbers, as the space as amazing. Three floors of neon-signposted, fantasy-luxe craziness — from the cozy VIP lounge, up the spiralling sweep of the central stairs, past the wet room (featuring a sparkly 70s-style dune buggy as a prop for any in need of a good hosing-down), to the sandy-but-cozy ‘harem’ room at the top. Magnificent: the only venue I’ve visited in London which comes anywhere near the experience of the upper floors at Tokyo’s legendary Gold, in its heyday.

Last night was the first of a planned-to-be-monthly night from Glastonbury regulars Slumbarave. Check the pix here.

Dickie Beau, Helen Noir, Nando Messias, Ingenue St. John & A Man Da Pet took over the Front Room at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on Friday night, for an evening of music, video and performance as part of the Various Voices 09 festival. Pix here…