OUTSIDELEFT QUIET NIGHT OUT: TONY FLETCHER, RICHARD MARCH and LIVE MUSIC from GIANT ELF FIST
TONY FLETCHER
In conversation with Richard March
The BLUE ROOM
RPM ANALOGUE AUDIO
Bearwood
Thursday September 24th
7-9pm
with live music from GIANT ELF FIST
TONY FLETCHER
Tony Fletcher is the renowned founder of JAMMING magazine, which alongside Sniffin’ Glue, was one of the earliest and most essential of the UK’s late 70s punk fanzines. JAMMING was punk in print in the truest sense, if as I understand it, one of punk’s loudest messages was to create your own culture and not wait around for someone to do it for you. Tony lives in New York now, but is returning to the UK for a very indie-style book tour in support of his new memoir, POW! When UK Punk Went Pop - 1980-84 which is published by Trouser Press Books
Amazingly for Outsideleft, Tony has agreed to squeeze an extra date into his book tour. He will be in conversation with RPM’s Richard March of Pop Will Eat Itself and Bentley Rhythm Ace, no stranger to the shifting tides of 80s pop fortune. The evening will feature live music from Birmingham’s coolest/warmest nonconformists, Giant Elf Fist.
GIANT ELF FIST
Maybe here is my new favourite djembe/guitar combo I’d bother to leave the house for. Jay, on heavily effected guitar, and Martin, on djembe, weave atmospheric textures and movement. The rhythm is not an accompaniment; nor is it a foundation. It is the dynamic stability that underscores their force. The guitar takes trancy transcendent turns into Levene-esque spaces, then turns right back again. There, the coolest/warmest nonconformists...
THE BLUE ROOM @ RPM ANALOGUE AUDIO
The Blue Room Café is just one part of something amazing Pop Will Eat Itself / Bentley Rhythm Ace's Richard March is making at RPM Analogue Audio in Bearwood. There's the record store, the bakery and the recording studio all to know about. And of course the incredible Aladdin's cave of the vintage hi-fi shop at street level. Space In the Blue Room can be tight, but that means the atmosphere is generally great. Right now, Richard is doing all he can to make this space matter. In Bearwood. Where we live. Support it.
ADMISSION IS FREE
Admission to the Tony Fletcher event is FREE but capacity is limited. Please get an advanced ticket from Ticket Source, here → (oh and please donate... Support entertainment music in Bearwood)
Tickets are available from 9.30am on Saturday, September 5th.
essential information
More info on Outsideleft.com
RPM Analogue Audio is here →
Event Details
From 7:00PM to 9:00PM
Location
The Blue Room Cafe, Bearwood, B664BEPrice
Ticket price
£0.00
