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The Power Of Powerlessness – A Story Of Alcoholism And Recovery

The Power of Powerlessness – A Story of Alcoholism and Recovery

By Billy Steel

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At last, a book from one who has walked the walk. Billy Steel provides an insight into alcoholism rarely seen. It is the story of one man’s journey into chronic alcoholism and subsequent recovery.

The Power of Powerlessness – A Story of Alcoholism and Recovery is the true story of a man who was taken by the ravages of alcohol from the peak of an Oxford education to close to the hopelessness of the gutter but who then fought back to make a full recovery to long held abstinence.


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Twisted Cabaret Festival 1-2 October 2010

TWISTED CABARET FESTIVAL
OCT 1-2 BUSH HALL LONDON

Announcing: Chaz Royal’s International

TWISTED CABARET FESTIVAL 2010

www.londonburlesquefest.com

  • The unique new showcase from the King of Burlesque
  • 9pm till Midnight Oct 1st-2nd – Bush Hall, 310 Uxbridge Rd, W12
  • All-star cast featuring the best up and coming and existing names within cabaret, neo-burlesque, performance art & vaudeville – worldwide.

Following on from the sell-out success of London Burlesque Week, the ‘King of Burlesque’ Chaz Royal returns to the capital – this time with a dark, daring and dazzling extravaganza – the highly anticipated Twisted Cabaret Festival 2010.

Prepare  to bend your senses and tickle your nightmares as sensational host Dusty Limits and the often hated Frank Sanazi take you through an unforgettable journey into the hilarious, strange and often outcast styles of today’s stage.

Featuring a stellar cast that reads as a ‘who’s who’ in this new and exciting movement – the Twisted Cabaret Festival 2010 features an eclectic showcase of the best of cabaret, neo – burlesque, performance art and vaudeville – worldwide.

Starring the undisputed queen of the scene and award-winning artiste -  Empress Stah,  and Europe’s pioneering exotique showgirl, Miss Beeby Rose – highlights will also include a special guest performance by the ‘apolitical animal’  and towering 7 foot tall – Big Chief Random Chaos.

Legendary producer Chaz Royal comments:

“The Twisted Cabaret Festival is something I have always wanted to do for the alternative performance community which is a very big part of today’s current cabaret and burlesque scene. The event showcases my personal London favourites with a few choice acts from abroad. The festival dares to be different and pushes the boundaries of what some might consider to be ‘Twisted’ Entertainment!”

So ladies and gentlemen – cast your judgements aside and remember – enter at your own risk…

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Rebellion Festivals 2011

CHEAP Tickets go on sale !

www.rebellionfestivals.com

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Crass Members Get Interviewed In Viceland

Check it out ..worth a read :

http://www.viceland.com/int/v17n8/htdocs/anarchy-and-peace-litigated-490.php

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Punk Globe reviews The Duel’s 3rd Album

Go read it here :

http://www.punkglobe.com/theduelreview0810.html

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NEW RELEASES FROM FRENZY & the PEACOCKS!

FRENZY – “In The Blood” CD (People Like You) Released on September 14, 2010

Formed in 1983 by Steve Whitehouse, Frenzy went on to be one of the premier 1980s generated neo-rockabilly/psychobilly bands of that era. Becoming well known for such great recordings as the Hall Of Mirrors album and the Clockwork Toy album which spawned their 1986 indie hit, I See Red. The band transposed their great performances onto stage with well constructed songs, many of which have become anthems, with a really energetic live show. From the early 1990s, Frenzy pushed the envelope and were ahead of their time in their approach to the modern rockabilly sound, some of which has become really en vogue of late. The band never ever really went away, and have been playing and recording continuously since their formation. Now with 12 albums under their belts, the latest of which is Nitro Boy, on their own record label Crash Records, Frenzy is again going from strength to strength. The last 3 albums, Nine O Nine, Dirty Little Devils, and Nitro Boy really show that Frenzy are once again pushing to be top of their game. Since the band’s 2007 re-launch, FRENZY have now gained a fantastic reputation for one of the best live / stage shows on the circuit, with live reviews in the press always stating that FRENZY have dominated any festival they have played.

2010 will see the release of the ‘ In The Blood ‘ album, together with one of the busiest years for concerts to date in FRENZY’s history.

TOUR DATES:

Oct 01 2010 – (DE) Essen – Soul Hellcafe

Oct 02 2010 – (DE) 1st Psychobilly Earthquake Schlachthof

Oct 16 2010 – (UK) Concaster – Leopards

Oct 23 2010 – (I) Schio – Mac 2 rock

Oct 29 2010 – (DK) Copenhagen – Punk’a’billy Bash

Website: http://www.myspace.com/frenzyrock

the PEACOCKS – “After All” *Digital Only* (People Like You) Released on September 14th, 2010

The new 15 track Album “After All” is ready to be released in September digitally in North America! After lots of shows, THE PEACOCKS finally did it and they’ve done it right! The best Rockabilly band out of Europe has great new tunes for you, check it out!

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The punk poet’s not dead

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/

NEWS SOURCE : Poetry Foundation

Is there anything John Cooper Clarke hasn’t done? The so-called “godfather of British performance poetry” has toured with the Sex Pistols and Elvis Costello, released six albums, and published a poetry collection. But that was two decades ago. So where has he been for twenty years?   The Daily Telegraph reports on his disappearance from the punk poetry scene – and, more importantly, his recent return to the stage atthe Edinburgh Fringe Festival :

John Cooper Clarke appears like a man out of time. He is stick thin, dressed  in shiny black boots, tight black straights, sharp shirt and buttoned-up  Sixties jacket, topped off with impenetrable Raybans and an enormous, spiky,  dyed black barnet. At 61, Clarke is wrinkled, his lips have shrunk, and his  teeth are full of bits of gold, but otherwise he looks exactly the same as  when he was the poet laureate of punk, the self-styled bard of Salford, a  comic wordsmith with almost household name status . . .

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Municipal Waste Cancel European Tour

http://www.punkvinyl.com/2010/07/27/municipal-waste-cancel-european-tour/

NEWS SOURCE : The Punk Vault

Municipal Waste announced last week that due to an emergency they had to cancel their upcoming European Tour.

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The Vandals Sued By Daily Variety

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Rock Band Goes Old School Punk

http://www.gamespublic.com

NEWS SOURCE : Games Public

Harmonix and MTV Games announced that tracks from punk legends Bad Religion and The Stooges will be available next week in the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and WiiTM.

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