Gina Birch, painter and Raincoat, has just said “In celebration of the opening of Third Man Records London, on 25th September, the label is releasing some tracks from their UK artist friends. I was lucky enough to be one of them. I chose a song ripe for release……Feminist Song. The Raincoats have included this in…
“Stories from the She Punks – music with a different agenda is screening in the Doc n Roll Festival Saturday night at Genesis cinema. Doors 7pm, film 7.30pm, panel with Jane from the Mo-Dettes and the directors, plus some mystery live music! Come along!!” so said Gina Birch, she of The Raincoats, one of the…
‘Their performances and actions were never rehearsed; a schedule would often be discussed just hours beforehand, with props sourced and produced last-minute. This refusal to be slick was indicative of the group’s determination for their practice not to be neatly packaged: a deeply non-commercial position. As Grayson Perry remarked ‘…She wasn’t one to have…
Organ thing: Gina Birch has some paintings on show in East London right now, managed to miss her opening night (it clashed with events at the Ritter-Zamet gallery over in Whitechapel last Saturday night). She of The Raincoats of course, it all happened in a retro shop on Broadway Market, East London, on Saturday evening.…
Organ thing, couple more art-flavoured parish notices today, we’re in a rush, excuse the blatant robbery and the sharing of words, all about the signposts and this Gina Birch show does look good, shame we’re busy that night here. Art shows aren’t just about opening nights and elbows and crowds though, see you on Sunday.…
A cup of tea and a slice of life…..That’s Nice!… Here’s three gnarly old videos and things, faded old videos, a slice of life from 1994, and three great bands who played the original Fete Worse than Death thing that we were happily (triumphantly?) celebrating or marking or commemorating or whatever you want to call…
