LIVE FROM THE FILLMORE SOUTH?


So now that we’ve bid a firm farewell to winter, eaten our bodyweight in Easter eggs and danced merrily around the maypole (or perhaps not), what else is left for us pleasure seekers to do this spring?


Ginger Taylor and Jools Metcalf, among others. Whereas the other room will be playing 100% certified mod sounds, with sets from The Hideaway’s Paul Welsby, Pid and Rob of NUTS fame, Gav Needham, and Pow Wow’s Callum Simpson. Best get your sick note ready as it’s on ’til 6am.


First up, how about a weekend dedicated to northern pounders, psych explorations and dancefloor favourites? If you happen to be in the neighbourhood on the weekend of 10th -12th June, North Chicago’s going to be the most fuzzed-out place this side of the moon. Our Way Of Thinking has got DJs from all over the globe to play their finest 45s, including the UK’s very own Jackie Hoodoo, Laurent Reus of Revolver Records in Paris, Sweden’s Jodie Artichoke, The Original Dust Junkies and festival organisers/ MODChicago DJs Eric Colin and JJ Jellybean. Shaking up the dancefloors of three different venues across North Chicago (The Darkroom, The Liar Club and The Late Bar) and with a live performance from mod monsters The Irving Parkas, you can bet your bottom pound sterling that you’ll come round to MODChicago’s way of thinking by the very end.


There is of course, plenty going on this side of the pond to make your spring go with a swing. Spending all night in a wardrobe in Leeds may not sound like much fun but what if I were to say that the wardrobe boasted two dancefloors, two all-night rooms and a record bar? That’s right, those kind folk at The New Untouchables are coming up with the goods again on May 21st with the now- legendary Hot Wax Allnighter. One room will be spinning the best of northern and rare soul, aided by Ko Ko Mo aficionados


If however you fancy something a little more low-key, you ought to get your swerve on down to The V&A on Friday 11th June. A real date for every Shindigger’s diary, it’ll see Sir Peter Blake discussing new book Peter Blake (Design), among other things. With a career spanning 40 decades, Sir Peter Blake is one of Britain’s most highly acclaimed pop art-ists. His works aren’t just iconic, they sum up an era; similarly, album covers like Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Paul Weller’s Stanley Road and Oasis’ Stop The Clocks aren’t just album covers, they’re popular art. With this in mind, the highly successful Design Series has chosen to celebrate the creative and thoroughly British talent of Sir Peter Blake with this book, out on 30th June.


Ever wanted to watch a documentary of the Apollo space missions sound-tracked by moonstruck ambience à la Brian Eno? Well, now’s your chance! The first two weeks of May will see The 44th Annual Brighton Festival –a multimedia programme of social creativity using theatre, dance, music and debate. As Guest Director for 2010, sonic landscaper Brian Eno has lined up some truly thought provoking and entertaining stuff. May 1st and 2nd will see a live soundtrack of Eno-composed ambience performed by musical innovators Icebreaker,the man behind Underworld, Karl Hyde, musical shape-shifter and self taught studio wizard Jon Hopkins, Leo Abrahams, musical improvisation supergroup The Necks and, of course, Eno himself, who will perform three consecutive numbers in a whopping six-hour music experience. There’ll also be acapella performances from Frank Zappa’s The Persuasions and a funk-fulled Afrobeat encounter featuring Tony Allen, as well as performances from Philip Glass and Anna Galvi.


Finally, for some, it’s the Stones’ greatest album. A “fagged-out masterpiece,” as the ever-inimitableMr. Jagger once put it. For others it’s just lousy, but whichever camp you fall into, there’s no denying that Exile On Main Street captured the studio murk and ennui of a band on the brink. On 17th May a deluxe edition of their ’72 album will bring even more bluesy cynicism with 10 new tracks including ‘Plundered My Soul’, ‘Dancing In The Light’, ‘Following The River’and ‘Pass The Wine’. As well as alternative versions of ‘Soul Survivor’and ‘Loving Cup’, it also boasts a 30- minute documentary of unseen footage and a 50-page collector’s book. But don’t worry –these classic tracks are still recognisable. “I really wanted to leave them pretty much as they were,” says Keith Richards. “I didn’t want to interfere with the Bible, you know”.


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CURTIS COTTRELL previews a documentary on New Orleans’ redneck-defying psychedelic


music hall The Warehouse on Tchoupitoulas? The Grateful Dead got busted on Bourbon Street when they opened the venue in 1970; Jim Morrison played his last ever show there and it was the place where ZZ Top recorded their ’75 album, Fandango. And now you can get a T-shirt like Lou Gramm wears in that Foreigner video to support the post-production of a documentary on New Orleans’ favourite all-ages alternative concert space, The Warehouse. Director Jessy Williamson is trying to raise


$40,000 to license music by bands that played in the ’70s and ’80s at the huge warehouse on the banks of the Mississippi River. He is already editing interviews with dozens of concert promoters, roadies and musicians such as Johnny Winter,The Batiste Brothers and Deacon John, who once described The Warehouse as a “catalyst for the love generation. It was a haven for people who believed in peace and love.” The 30,000 square foot warehouse was so


big that it would offer tickets for $3 on weeknights and $5 on weekends, so people could afford to take a chance on new talent. How about The Stooges, MC5 and Alice Cooper for three bucks? Or King Crimson on their Larks Tongues In Aspic tour? Lee Dorsey opened for The Clash after Joe Strummer wrote liner notes for a collection of his R&B hits there, and since The Warehouse was central to New Orleans 24- hour party scene, it would often see acts like The Allman Brothers open for a touring band, only to come back at midnight and jam with visiting guitarists. When Procol Harum played, not only did the Allmans jam with Robin Trower, but also Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac! Now that’s a lot of bang for just a few bucks! For more information on how to support Jessy Williamson’s documentary,A Warehouse On Tchoupitoulas, visit warehousemovie.blogspot.com/


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