verbswish newsletter || Well I’ll Be #9 (Mar ‘08)

Hey e’rybody! beware the (good) vibes of March, February was great - see the ‘Oh My Daze!’ post on
the blog, but in short had a great TRANSTATIC launch + joint b’day celebration with friend and band member Abimaro
You had to be there, so if you weren’t (tut-tut), we’ll try and do another one soon - dont sleep. In the meantime…

Well I’ll Be…

Running
up and down London like clockwork, or the sweat of a goldsmith near a furnace. Let me explain: Myself and full band play north London’s Clockwork Bar this Thursday 6th, featuring as part of POESY, a night of music and poetry.
(Doors from 7pm). 96-98 Pentonville Road, N1 9JB.Then on the 18th were at Goldsmiths University, which hosts a night of music called ‘Double Take’,
(Rm 167, nearest tube new cross, from 7.30pm)Finally, this month were at a night called Furnace in Balham, a meld of passionate, spontaneous
word, music, theatre fusion. (Georges Pub, Balham Hill, £5 otd, map).
Yessir - (aren’t you glad I explained that;)
Spinning
records. [verb]swish a DJ? I hear you say, well something like that, but it’s more part of an experiment we’re doing
here at TRANSTATIC that I’ve dubbed ’swish spins’. No rocket science here, we’re just curious about what people like, and whether they like what we like. The playlist from the first couple sessions have already gone up - as well as the rules. For this month’s competition, there is an album from one of the sessions up for grabs. To enter just email a request: info at transtatic.co.uk. So far I’ve been digging in the crates pulling out old Bacharach cuts, Masakela jawns, but also some new Daft Punk stuff, and some of Herbie’s Grammy winner.
Oh, in fact one tune has been so huge… I have to give it it own section >>>
Taking
‘Every Step’ back (as in rewinding) - Tawiah’s etherial new single, it made i-tunes track of the week and is a good look for UK soul. Much has rightly been said about her twisted soul sound, but the lyrics and theme on this track have also won me over: “Can you hear the wind as it blows / without ears the leaves dance”.
Tipping
my hat once again to all for showing out for the launch. Big ups to Michaela, racking up yet more coach miles for TRANSTATIC. Check her new facebook page here. Thanks also to Shabazz for stepping out from behind the camera, for his amazing track‘Better Now’. Big ups to Tryumf on the decks, (Look out for his poetic single, ‘Proverbs 31 Woman’ on Ras Kwame’s 1xtra show, big in the game), last but not least shout out to globetrotting Ama in Rio, who desparately wanted to be there but couldn’t. Nuff Love.
(Re)reading
Eat this book - Eugene peterson, Tunesmith - Jimmy Webb, The Gospel of St Luke, Selected Poems - Langston Hughes

Right, I think that’s all the fun. I’m of to the drycleaners, the post office, and the bank (no laughing). I’ll save the
fun up for April’s WIB

peace
[v]s

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[verb]swish newsletter || Well I’ll Be #8 (Feb ‘08)

Hi there,

crisp isn’t it? - this London weather were having. Wherever you are I hope this finds you well, whatever the weather. As for me…

Well I’ll be…

Pointing…
you to the new facebook page, check it out, go wild and ‘Become a fan’. While your there on facebook, you can also join the J-Word appreciation society we’ve set up. It takes it’s name from a piece I wrote 3 years ago that people seem to still enjoy - hence the facebook group.
Tinkering…
around with a few new instruments, not quite what the neon-red astronauts were playing at Kanye’s grammy gig (what was that!!) - but off the handle all the same.
Distributing…
invites for the official TRANSTATIC launch (publishers of Selected Swishes), it’s on the evening of next Friday 22nd. I was going to say secret launch, but some of you may have the heads up via facebook. Thanks if you’ve gotten back with an RSVP online or otherwise. If you haven’t had a chance yet, we’ve got pairs of invites up for grabs, so register for the verbswish.com site TODAY and your name gets added to the guestlist. We’ll email you the location (ooooh). There will be surprise performances from special guests and cake. Need I say anymore? So if you like surprises and you like cake… well you’ll be there!

Later
[verb]swish

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