Switchflicker Records

Club Brenda & David Hoyle's KEEP IT IN THE FAMILY unt Ancoats We are turning two floors of the 200-year-old cotton mill into a theatre and live music venue for a night of extraordinary happenings. Expect sculpture followed by performance from critically-acclaimed performance artist DAVID HOYLE, poetry from the unforgettable GERRY POTTER POET and undead performer extraordinaire, ROSIE LUGOSI and live music from JOEL GIBB / The Hidden Cameras. PLUS After show party for underground San Francisco horror hostess PEACHES CHRIST. 'KEEP IT IN THE FAMILY' brings together anecdote, art, debate and performance in typically uncomfortable, but never unamusing ways. Related Posts Mini Brenda presents David Hoyle 08 David Hoyle’s Keep It In The Family with Paul Burston David Hoyle, Bourgeois and Maurice, Gerry Potter Poet

20/02/04 The rock and roll ethos that defined spoken word artists like John Cooper Clark gave poetry a new accessible, familiar appeal to popular audiences. This fusion of playful lyrics, a self conscious reflection of the pop and rock scene and a commitment to taking art to new audiences created a dynamic which took all of these art forms into new directions. This dynamic has been understated in recent years but has created historically some of the most exciting fusions in music and poetry, from rap, hip hop and trip hop and punk. Switchflicker wish to place this central relationships between poetry / lyricism and music back in the foreground by releasing a double A sided Limited edition 7" Vinyl record of poetry and electronic music. The single features gingham socialist ...

Swalf 05 Released 08/03/04 Limited edition white coloured 7" vinyl featuring Rosie Lugosi on the flip side, Featuring The Lord Mongo backing band. Britain,s first gay socialist transvestite poet, Chloe Poems and 'the hell-raising basqued avenger' Rosie Lugosi, return ...