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2011 – Twelve Months In Moving Pictures – What A Year!
Published on 19th December 2011 at 08:20
David Apps Art Exhibition London Brighton & Berlin December 2011
Published on 5th December 2011 at 16:23
* A seLEctiOn oF mY woRk, alOng wIth oTHer EaSt loNdoN artists iS oN shoW From 25th November 2011 – 22nd December 2011 The Hub 123 Star Lane, Canning Town E16 4PZ, 9am – 8pm *
* A selection of my photography & artwork is on show at The Bomb 34A Sydney Street, BN1 4EP Brighton. From Saturday, 10 December 2011 *
*****Berlin exhibition 18th of December, awaiting details on the venue.
* The Bomb presents a new range of established and lesser-known artists.We are launching an exhibition within the shop to showcase the latest work from Oliver Munden, david apps, Jay Fantoot, Tracy Rhodes and more…
The Broken Hearts @ The Kensington Archangel
Published on 20th October 2011 at 16:54
Tuesday 25 October 2011
REM Call it Quits After 30 Years
Published on 22nd September 2011 at 14:36
Thank you for the songs REM ! hoping you all new and exciting dreams of the future . <3
NEWS SOURCE REM OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://remhq.com
“To our Fans and Friends: As R.E.M., and as lifelong friends and co-conspirators, we have decided to call it a day as a band. We walk away with a great sense of gratitude, of finality, and of astonishment at all we have accomplished. To anyone who ever felt touched by our music, our deepest thanks for listening.” R.E.M.
In their own words: The guys share their thoughts on why now.
MIKE
“During our last tour, and while making Collapse Into Now and putting together this greatest hits retrospective, we started asking ourselves, ‘what next’? Working through our music and memories from over three decades was a hell of a journey. We realized that these songs seemed to draw a natural line under the last 31 years of our working together.
“We have always been a band in the truest sense of the word. Brothers who truly love, and respect, each other. We feel kind of like pioneers in this–there’s no disharmony here, no falling-outs, no lawyers squaring-off. We’ve made this decision together, amicably and with each other’s best interests at heart. The time just feels right.”
MICHAEL
“A wise man once said–’the skill in attending a party is knowing when it’s time to leave.’ We built something extraordinary together. We did this thing. And now we’re going to walk away from it.
“I hope our fans realize this wasn’t an easy decision; but all things must end, and we wanted to do it right, to do it our way.
“We have to thank all the people who helped us be R.E.M. for these 31 years; our deepest gratitude to those who allowed us to do this. It’s been amazing.”
PETER
“One of the things that was always so great about being in R.E.M. was the fact that the records and the songs we wrote meant as much to our fans as they did to us. It was, and still is, important to us to do right by you. Being a part of your lives has been an unbelievable gift. Thank you.
“Mike, Michael, Bill, Bertis, and I walk away as great friends. I know I will be seeing them in the future, just as I know I will be seeing everyone who has followed us and supported us through the years. Even if it’s only in the vinyl aisle of your local record store, or standing at the back of the club: watching a group of 19 year olds trying to change the world.”
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READ Warner Bros. Press Release below:
ATHENS, GA–(Marketwire – Sep 21, 2011)
“During our last tour, and while making Collapse Into Now and putting together this greatest hits retrospective; we started to ask ourselves ‘what next?’,” commented Mike Mills. “Working through our music and memories from over three decades was a hell of a journey. We realized that these songs seemed to draw a natural line under the last 31 years of our working together. The time just feels right.”
R.E.M. is unique in that they are very much still the group of friends from Athens, Georgia that they’ve been since the band formed in 1979. While their career has spanned 15 studio albums and huge global success, the band itself only ever comprised the four original members. The one person to leave this tight-knit group was drummer Bill Berry, who retired two years after suffering a brain aneurysm on-stage during 1995’s “Monster” tour. But not before extracting a promise from his band mates that they would continue on as R.E.M.: “Bill insisted he would stay, if his leaving meant breaking the band up,” remembers Michael Stipe.
Mills adds: “We have always been a band in the truest sense of the word. Brothers who truly love and respect each other. We feel kind of like pioneers in this — there’s no disharmony here, no falling-outs, no lawyers squaring off. We’ve made this decision together, amicably and with each other’s best interests at heart.”
“A wise man once said — ‘the skill in attending a party is knowing when it’s time to leave,” agrees Michael Stipe. “We built something extraordinary together. We did this thing. And now we’re going to walk away from it. I hope our fans realize this wasn’t an easy decision; but all things must end; and we wanted to do it right, to do it our way. We have to thank all the people who helped us be R.E.M. for these 31 years, our deepest gratitude to those who allowed us to do this. It’s been amazing.”
Buck picks up on his thoughts: “One of the things that was always so great about being in R.E.M., was the fact that the records we made and the songs we wrote, meant as much to our fans as they did to us. It was, and still is, important to us to do right by them. Being a part of their lives has been an unbelievable gift.
“Mike, Michael, Bill, Bertis, and I walk away as great friends. I know I will be seeing them in the future, just as I know I will be seeing everyone that has followed and supported us through the years. Even if it’s only in the vinyl aisle of your local record store, or standing at the back of a club; watching a group of 19-year-olds trying to change the world.”
R.E.M. will release a career-spanning Greatest Hits album through Warner Brothers in November. More information to follow.
London Street Performers
Published on 14th September 2011 at 22:19
Guns Of Brixton 2011
Published on 29th March 2011 at 13:04
A Visit to Brixton inspires a host of epic pictures.
By Photographer, Visionary Entrepeneur Barry Delany
check out the full album on FB / Click on Pic:
By Barry Delaney
Debutant Disco & Jaume Balagueró
Published on 11th May 2010 at 00:40
Debutant Disco has been selected as one of 20 finalists (out of 600 + entries) to possibly contribute music to a short film by leading Spanish director Jaume Balagueró.
If you have a MySpace account, you can vote (every day until 23 May 2010) for the song Young Blood.
Just follow this link; http://www.myspace.com/wikipeli
Since being short-listed a couple of days ago, the band has had over 2,000 song plays on MySpace over the weekend!
Transmission continues…
Zillah Minx & Nettie Baker at We Love 77
Published on 26th February 2010 at 09:13
WW Gallery invites you to attend the We Love 77 TimeOut First Thursdays event on 4th March 6-9pm with Zillah Minx talking about her film ‘She’s a Punk Rocker’ & Ginette Baker reading from her new book ‘It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time: Memoirs of a Rockstar’s Daughter 1974 – 1987. See our website for more information:
http://www.wilsonwilliamsgallery.com/77.htm
The exhibition is OPEN DAILY from Sat 20 Feb – Sun 21st March and is
being held at WW Gallery’s pop-up venue:
The Merchant’s Hall, 46 Essex Road, London
N1 8LN (entrance on Packington Street)
Pressure Drop
Published on 18th February 2010 at 07:30
Part play, part gig & part art installation, is brought to you by Mick Gordon & Billy Bragg from 19 April to 12 May at Wellcome Collection.
Check out the trailer, this play raises the issues that is in the back of most peoples heads, and its refreshing to see artists tackling issues that you would expect political leaders to be tackling. Timingly comes out before the UK general election.
Pressure Drop asks a central question: What makes me who I am? It explores the individual, familial, social and political reference points which make a person definable and recognisable to themselves and others here in the UK. ‘Pressure Drop’ takes us to the heart of one family’s struggle to ‘define home’.
This passionate drama written by acclaimed writer and theatre director Mick Gordon was inspired from singer-songwriter Billy Bragg and his book ‘The Progressive Patriot’, Bragg explores what it means to be English in contemporary Britain. Reflecting on his family, their history and revisiting the music that originally inspired him, Bragg challenges versions of patriotism proposed by the far right. For the production he will write and perform new work.
“I have never done anything like this before, mixing songs with theatre is a totally new experience for me,” said Bragg.
Billy Bragg recently threatened to withhold his tax payments unless the government stops banks using taxpayers’ money to pay their employees big bonuses. Good to see someone who can, make a stand !!