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Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 August. A weekend of  alternative films, poetry, performance and art over two floors at the brand new KRAAK venue and gallery. Saturday 28 And who better to preside over this ramshackle bacchanal than Mr David Hoyle, who will be presenting the second installment of ‘KEEP IT IN THE FAMILY’. As his special guest, David has chosen his old sparring partner, the unforgettable Gerry Potter Poet, once Chloe Poems, always a true legend. Bethany Black & ZsaZsa Noir Enlivened, as always, by musical mayhem from DJs Jayne Compton, Brutal Ruth, and Elvis til the early hours. Sunday 29 Poetry on the Sunday 4-6pm Dominic Berry Rod Tame Fergus Evans Fiona Brehony Jackie Hagan, vanessa Faye and Steph Pike KRAAK Stevensons Square. Northern Quarter Behind Hula Bar. Manchester M1 1ES 4 pm til 3 am Related Posts Brenda’s Alternative Pride Party BIRTHDAY BRENDA ‘KEEPS IT IN THE FAMILY’! Mini Brenda presents David Hoyle 08

On the glorious occasion of her 11th birthday, Brenda will be dragging her tail feathers across the dancefloor of The Star and Garter, the dark little disco den where it all began back in the summer of ’99. And who better to preside over this ramshackle bacchanal than Mr David Hoyle, who will be presenting the very first instalment of ‘KEEP IT IN THE FAMILY’ - a series of six shows in which David and a special guest commentator explore 'notions of Truth, Honesty, Justice and The Authentique!' through a unique format of ribald and surreal debate. As his first guest, David has chosen his old sparring partner, the unforgettable Gerry Potter Poet, once Chloe Poems, always a true legend. DO NOT MISS THIS DEBUT SHOW BY TWO CLUB BRENDA ORIGINALS! Enlivened, as always, by musical mayhem from DJs Jayne Compton, Debbie Jump, and Elvis. Friday 23rd July Star & Garter, Fairfeld Street M1 2QF 10.30 pm onward £4 Related Posts Brenda’s Alternative Pride Weekend David Hoyle’s Keep It In The Family with Paul Burston Ursula Martinez, hooker, Jess Love hosted by David Hoyle

SET THE CONTROLS FOR THE HEART OF HEBDEN! On Saturday 5th June 2010 Club Brenda boards the TransPennine Express for a one-off party at the legendary Trades Club in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire. For this special expedition, we'll be treating you to wonky magic from The Trudy and Judy Show, incendiary girl-punk from (hooker) and all the usual mayhem generated by resident rave-magnets. So strap on your Sprayways, buff up your binoculars and sample the wildlife, Brenda-style! [caption id="attachment_1506" align="alignleft" width="470" caption="club brenda hebden bridge"][/caption] The Trades Club, Holme St, Hebden Bridge HX7 8EE 9pm – 2.00am tickets £5/7 http://www.wegottickets.com/event/79199 THE TRUDY AND JUDY SHOW: Experience The Trudy and Judy Show. You will witness incredible illusions, tantalizing tricks, and fascinating feats of the memory. This is comedy magic, set in a theatrical cabaret style... but not as you know it. This bizarre threesome will blow your mind. Hooker (hooker) are a gloriously brash Manchester-based femme-punk outfit. Creating sounds that oscillate between delicate and bruised, and fiercely raw and dynamic, (hooker) are emotive, dirty, beautiful. http://www.myspace.com/hookerstuff Related Posts Ursula Martinez, hooker, Jess Love hosted by David Hoyle Brenda – Sounds from the Other City Festival 06 Bootsy Bootsy EP: swalf15 launch

Club Brenda Saturday 22nd May Coming together on Saturday 22nd May are the indisputable talents of the performance art provocateur Ursula Martinez; gloriously brash femme punk band hooker and Australian circus icon Jess Love, with local legend , David Hoyle hosting the proceedings for a night of fantastic music and subversive art thrills. Deaf Institute, Manchester M1 7HE 10pm – 3.30am  £6 THE quietly outrageous Ursula Martinez first appeared as part of Queer Up North ten years ago, having emerged from the ‘Duckie’ gay cabaret scene in London. Since then, this astute entertainer has gone on to show her work all over the world and to star in the new-wave vaudeville variety show, La Clique. She also has a rather famous trademark part of her show. Known as Hanky Panky, it’s a magic striptease which essentially consists of Ursula shedding her clothing as a red hanky is made to disappear, only to reappear in her skirt, then her bra, then her knickers, then, by the time she’s fully nude . . . well, I’m sure you get the picture! http://www.lacliquelondon.com/ David is an artist/human being who has dedicated his life to art and expression since time immemorial. He is standing for election - The Avant Garde Alliance Party:  http://www.davidhoyle.info/theavantegardealliance.htm Enduring ...

Real Dolls Electro Tsunami Check out our Electro Tsunami video starring YOSHI doing her ParaPara moves which is a Japanese teen equivalent of line dancing with its musical counterpart being J pop . Since being introduced to this crazed phenomenon we have developed an unhealthy fascination with it . Check out the night on fire vid by Hinoi Team with KIROKKI   .. its astonishing ! Big UP Yoshi do your dance .If we’re some mutated Public enemy then Yosh is our Flavour Flav .. believe the HYPE !!! Club Brenda montage We put this montage of Club Brenda together for the Best of Manchester Awards at Urbis 09, which was selected by Peter Saville among others. The Sound track is an extended version of Electro Tsunami Related Posts The Real Dolls interview with Rod Hotly Real Dolls Real Dolls Trophy feat. Afrikan Boy

A headspace where young creatives collide with gallery directors, leading industry professionals renowned artists; crying out Art sounds amidst live painting and digital worlds whilst loveable monsters play with doodles in new spaces." Doodlebug NoiseFestival.com steps out of the virtual realm into the retail world - smack bang in the heart of Manchester. Supported by Manchester City Council the NOISE Free Arts Lab takes over an empty retail premises on the city's busiest shopping hotspots 13 January 2010 Features Club Brenda and the Same teens Set up by Jayne Compton, Club Brenda successfully blends music, art, poetry and performance. The success of Club Brenda helped to set up Switchflicker Records which was responsible for launching the Ting Ting's stellar career. Meanwhile... described by Clint Boon as perhaps the most important thing to happen on the manchester music scene since The Sex Pistols hit the Free Trade Hall, Same Teens was founded by a group of Mancunian kids who decided to promote their own club/live music events. In the space of two years they have worked with the likes of Foals and Black Kids and their successful on-line fanzine XOX has recently won the prestigious Umbro Industries Bursary Award Related Posts No related posts.

The Best of Manchester Awards celebrate innovation in art, music and fashion. Organised by Urbis and judged by a panel of industry experts, these annual awards spotlight the boundary-breaking, genre defying kind of work for which Manchester has long been renowned. Related Posts Club Brenda Book Launch, Strange Trees Bootsy Bootsy EP: swalf15 launch Disco Punk Resistance: swalf08 launch

Club Brenda is an exotic soiree blending performance art, new bands and general debauchery. The next installment of Manchester’s sauciest shindig will be… Brenda's Alternative Pride Party Sunday 30th Aug ‘09 Chaos and mayhem by: NO BRA – London’s most talked-about avant-industrial duo join the dots between Peaches, Throbbing Gristle and Suicide. They’ve jarred audiences far and wide with their brand of ‘doleful pornographic poetry’ (Q magazine) and gratuitous toplessness, notching up supports with The Gossip, Patrick Wolf and Fischerspooner. DAVID HOYLE – Needing no introduction whatsoever, the artist formerly known as The Divine David once more straddles the Brenda stage to thrill and horrify in equal measure. THE REAL DOLLS - Introducing the new line up with VEBA and Zoe Hooker. They are a party band! They like to make you move playing high energy shows It’s all about gettin’up and gettin’ down in Manchester. Pervy pop supplied by DJs: JAYNE COMPTON DEBBIE JUMP BRUNO BROOKES The Ruby Lounge 26-28 High St, M4 1QB £6 advance / £8 door Tickets available from Piccadilly Records & Clone Zone or online from http://www.wegottickets.com/event/55078 Ticketline Artist links http://www.nobra.co.uk http://www.therubylounge.org/ http://www.alexcalledsimonprojects.com/acsp_news.html http://www.myspace.com/therealdolls Related Posts Brenda’s Alternative Pride Weekend Mini Brenda presents David Hoyle 08 Brenda presents David Hoyle 08

After turning hoards of people away last time we have found a suitably large, ramshackled dive, Club Blink under Affleck Palace. It’s a one off, as Blink will be transformed into an Elbow Rooms style pool hall in August. The overall aim is to create a series of ‘one-off events, big sounds, memorable nights out, in a temporary space with a rough-round-the-edges charm’. BLINK Under Afflecks (ex North) Tibb Street, Northern Quarter, M1 1JG SAT JULY 4 5 pounds 10pm til late Related Posts Brenda V Bollox 09 Brenda – Sounds from the Other City Festival 06 Bootsy Bootsy EP: swalf15 launch

29 /10/08 Sisters of Transistors @ Deaf Institute Manchester Live on stage The UK’s Premier Ladies’ Organ Quartet - The Sisters of Transistors Extreme clowning and anarchic play, courtesy of the Dirty Honky Frathouse DJs Jayne Compton, Debbie Jump and Dolly P & The Beacon of Hope. The Sisters of Tranistors are an organ quartet performing surf symphonies, baroque disco and horror film sound tracks. Related Posts Sisters of Transistors – PRONK! An evening of music at the Contact CLUB motherfucking BRENDA 06