Songs – drawn out of thin air
In this forthcoming show the emphasis is on the new and unfamiliar…especially improvised songs that are drawn out of thin air. Songs that i dare not sing to anyone! Like the one i made up last night about a dreaming time wasting egocentric nincompoop just like me. Songs about the grim reaper. Songs about life’s river – a river so immense that it carries the stars in its flow. Many songs that come out of nowhere and which i play to no one.
Perhaps i will dare to share some of this madness. It didn’t hurt John Lee Hooker. He could take a line and weave a song from one thread and commit it to wax. Something recorded that can never be recaptured. I am fascinated by this approach.
Marcus Sellwood will be playing his unique blend of blues. He has an astonishing technique. You will be impressed and i will be nervous. He’s a hard act to follow!
The show itself rolls out from 8pm but the venue is open from 6pm and i urge you to come early and convivialise. This time we have a nice separation between chit chat space and concert. The concert is separate to the bar so its poss to flow between both at applause times…
Note also that this is the first time we have done this in an environment that is designed for film making pity no one has offered to man a camera. All the gear is there but no operators as yet. If you can work a camera pleeeeeeeeeeeease come forward. We will look after you and its possible we can come up with a gem. Its not often you get to gig in a movie studio.
Call me if you have any issues with coming 021 0259 2919. Or have any ideas. This show is going to be a lot of fun and i am very grateful to the owner of Lot23 for his support. Cheers Steve. Be safe and God bless. Hope to see you all at the gig.
Suva – 05/11/16 – Uprising Beach Resort – Fiji
Lot 23 Studio Gig
The next Auckland concert coming up is at Lot23 Studio. This is a great venue which includes a cafe, a bar, a gallery, a performance space and sound stage. This will be a showcase performance and the plan is to film the show. Also performing will be MW (Marcus) Sellwood and Duncan Gillies.
The doors open at 6pm for Tapas & Drinks. EFTPOS is available. Tickets will be $25 each with a free (LH) album download of your choice to all of those who come along. You will have to be there to get the bonus album. This is a cosy space so don’t leave it too late to book. We will have door sales if space is available.
\\\\ LOT23 IS A CREATIVE HUB FOR ARTISTS, MUSICIANS, FILM MAKERS & PERFORMERS OF ALL KINDS. IT COMPRISES A MEDIA HOUSE, STUDIO, THEATRE, GALLERY, CAFE & BAR, AND HOSTS A WIDE MIX OF EVENTS \\\\
Lot 23 LTD 23 Minnie Street, Eden Tce, AK 1021 09 9744 733 studio@lot23.co.nz Weekdays 7am-2.30pm
The photo below is from another gig at Lot 23 and gives you an idea of the space.
Tickets Nov 26 concert at Lot23 – buy online
$25 a ticket P.S click on orange buttons below to buy. You will be emailed directly by secure PayPal. Tickets will also be for sale on the door – bring cash. Doors open at 6pm.
One ticket $25 (NZD)2 tickets $50 (NZD)
4 tickets $100 (NZD)
Group of 10 -bring 9 of your friends & you get 2 free tickets for $200.00 (NZD)
Wondering what Lot 23 map looks like? Here is a clip from the mural making some time back to give you an idea. Also if you remember the cafe Brazil – Lot23 is where that unique coffee machine went to. That is worth a trip by itself. More history on Lot23 over here.
“The 1962 San Marco lever coffee machine was bought from the owners of the old Brazil cafe on K Rd. It uses only manual extraction techniques, meaning there are none of the fancy automated gizmos seen on modern machines. It truly is a piece of art in its own right.”
RNZ (Radio NZ) Needs Help
Lets get behind this campaign we don’t want the zoot suits to kill RNZ just like they have destroyed most every other creative outlet.
“Radio New Zealand is operating under an 8 year funding freeze. It is so poor that it has to sell its Auckland studios and then rent them back off the new owner. Please sign the petition on unfreeze its funding.
They are continually making a whole series of sacrifices in order to stay viable.
They shouldn’t be having to hustle for their survival, they should be adequately funded so that they can get on with doing their job – being a broadcaster!”
writes Jo Bond.
The person driving the campaign:
Jo Bond
Fund RNZ
021 180 1754
bondjobond@gmail.com
“I started this campaign because I believe that public broadcasting is important for a well-functioning democracy. Radio New Zealand has a fine reputation as a public service broadcaster, but it is being slowly eroded due to its financial constraints. We have already lost TVNZ7 which was a great source of information and analysis of issues which affect New Zealanders. We can’t afford to lose RNZ as well.”
Jo Bond
Help fund the FundRNZ Campaign (links to Givealittle campaign.)
There is also a petition over here if you want to help in that way.