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Brought To Justice... And The Ritzy
September 11, 2007

I've been trying to find time to wax lyrical about Justice at Koko, last Friday, but it's been all go since then. However, they were awesome. Sonically at least. There were a few criticisms I could bring up with the way parts were dropped and bits were cued, but overall the evening was one big bouncy bass fest!

It's a shame that Koko insist on charging £3.90 for a 330ml can of Kronenberg and have the smallest toilets I have ever had the misfortune to piss in but the place looks great, even if they are money grabbing bastards. Highly efficient bar staff mind!

Shame that we are going to miss Alvin Curran's Maritime Rites on Bankside this Friday [the 14th] but we already have tickets to see The Gossip that night. Alvin Curran is a maverick composer and Maritime Rites is a sculptural sound piece that will be staged on a barge on the Thames and on the banks of Tate Modern. At this, the UK premiere, the LSO, lead improvisers and volunteers will join in with the bells of St Paul’s and Curran to present a rich collage of harbour sounds, foghorns and music associated with the river.

There was a great hullabaloo at the Ritzy on Sunday, when we ambled down to see Two Days In Paris. Julie Delpy's one woman show... with, erm, a full cast! She wrote directed, produced, composed songs for and acted in it. It also includes her parents, as her parents! When we came out from the film, the cinema was in the throes of preparing for the arrival of Quentin Tarrantino and the British premiere of Death Proof. An unusually small venue for it I'd have thought, but, hopefully appropriate. We left them to it. Practicing runs from doors to stairs with burly security guards etc.

Popped into a couple of previously unvisited bars in Balham this evening. both handily placed for Waitrose! The first was the BBC [Balham Bowling Club] Restaurant. Strangely decorated in that "has this place been done up to look like this or have they just not been arsed to do a thing" sort of way. And then, next door but one [or was it two?] "2 Be 1" - For happy hour! Which was quiet on a Tuesday but I suspect might be a riot at the weekend.

I've just acquired a copy of the Underworld - Electraglide - Tokyo 2005 triple CD set [bringing my Underworld collection in iTunes up to 17 .3 hours!] and been leering at these Marshall DAB radio's. See image above.

Categories: Music, Art, London, Food & Drink, Movies

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