Blog - Music
Liz, Tesco Delivery Man and the Grape Reset
March 9, 2021 - by Liz BentleyNearly twenty years ago, with financial help from the Millennium Awards, I set up weekly writing as therapy workshops for people with MS, ME, any other autoimmune disease, and carers. It was called ‘ManuScript Expression’. We met in a pod at the top of Peckham library. My mantra as the ...
Black Widow 8
February 11, 2021 - by Richard DownesAye!! New to Black Widow or failing to follow her thread. Why not go back to chapter 1.Soundfile added due to the editor's prurient interest. Let me know how it sounds Chapter 8I never saw Julia coming with her line of questioning. I never knew she would cause fireworks to ...
learn to love yr madnesses – album of sound-art from gobscure
January 20, 2021 - by gobscureweve written for dao before about mad sound, a logical response to an insane world. in our rants weve pointed out how 'canon' is the wrong shape - canon is the then foreign secretary (now prime minister)
4 tracks of sound art culled from many sources longterm including residencies with dash, cesta & our associateship with greyscale theatre leading to touring
DAO's Digital Influencer Deen Hallissey finds a 'soulmate' in musician and activist Dennis Queen as they talk about activism, dressing up, hairstyles and shared musical interests.
https://youtu.be/5GHWUEaaUa4
(The film is captioned, which can be turned on or off on the YouTube controls by clicking the CC button)
A transcript of the film is
... a punk is literally a smoulder-stick used to light fireworks, Serj Tankians talking armenia (Elif Shafaks big system of a down fan and she's amazing new words out), while napalm deaths a bellyful of salt and spleen in ever-howl against injustice powerful as ever, meanwhile 'playlist curators' chat 'how death
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Neurodivergent and Magical Women artist, Gemma Abbott calls for an end to ableism towards Neurodivergent artists.
The Effect of Lockdown on Worldwide Communities
2020 has been an interesting year so far. And watching from a distance, from within the walls of our houses, has helped to clarify some things. It has
... When we embarked on our Deluge creation, we were all conscious that we were going on an exploratory vibrant journey together. I will admit that at times the process of this exploration is echoing the actual themes of the work we are attempting to create. Sometimes we are all caught
... https://soundcloud.com/kay-channon/kay-channon-in-conversation-with-miss-jacqui-final
The following interview was conducted on the 21st of March 2020, more or less at the start of the lockdown period caused by COVID-19. Due to several extreme medical vulnerabilities, I was not able to leave the house or have any contact with anyone. I am so glad that this
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“Art feeds the soul as much as food feeds the body, and knowledge…feeds the mind.” The message is clear: irrespective of any pandemic, a spirit absent of the arts would become distantly disparate from the unified foundation of its social circles and livelihoods. Moreover, within the disabled community, the arts
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turn the book around e.p.
January 11, 2021 - by gobscure
Deen Hallissey interviews activist Dennis Queen
December 4, 2020 - by Deen Hallissey
zoonpolitikon (political-animal) – new album from gobscure
October 13, 2020 - by gobscure
I Cannot Stand By and Watch this Happen Any More. How Can I Make Them See?
September 15, 2020 - by Magical Women
3 countries, 3 timelines, 5 studios, 5 creatives, just exactly how are we creating Deluge?
September 14, 2020 - by Deluge
Kay Channon In Conversation with Miss Jacqui: Musician, Performance Poet and All-Round Freedom Fighter.
August 21, 2020 - by Kay Channon
The Show Must Go On: Capturing the essence of the arts and its impact on the disabled community
August 17, 2020 - by Jo Tolley