Events
Lick The Wall
Performance, poetry and music
Friday 20th February 04
9 – 2am £4
Green Room 54-56 Whitworth Street West Manchester 0161 615
0505
Press release
The rock and roll ethos that defined spoken word artists
like John Cooper Clark gave poetry a new accessible, familiar
appeal to popular audiences. This fusion of playful lyrics,
a self conscious reflection of the pop and rock scene and
a commitment to taking art to new audiences created a dynamic
which took all of these art forms into new directions.
This dynamic has been understated in recent years but has
created historically some of the most exciting fusions in
music and poetry, from rap, hip hop and trip hop and punk.
Switchflicker wish to place this central relationships between
poetry / lyricism and music back in the foreground by releasing
a double A sided Limited edition 7" Vinyl record of poetry
and electronic music. The single features Britain’s
first gay socialist transvestite poet, Chloe Poems and the
hell raising, ‘Rosie Lugosi the Vampire Queen’,
and local producer Mild Man Jan. The single will be launched
at Lick The Wall, February 20th,The Green room Theatre, which
will have all theatre seats removed to make way for a cabaret
style setting.
Lick The Wall Line up
Chloe poems – Live Performance featuring Lord Mongo’s
backing band
Rosie Lugosi – Live Performance
Valerie - Live
Twinkle - Host
Live performance by experimental audio artist Mildmanjan
DJ – Jayne Compton
Background
Since its inception SwitchFlicker has produced 3 limited edition
singles, this next release will build upon their relationships
and success of these exploratory steps in music publishing.
Switchflicker represents a continued exploration of art-based
collaborations with the music scene, bringing new and exciting
work to a popular audience, fusing the creative practise between
Manchester’s renowned music industry and spoken word
artists.
Chloe Poems, described by The Independent
as “all the pugnaciousness of a prize fighter”,
and by Gay Times as “a massive rising star of enormous
talent”, - outrage has rarely been so perfectly crafted
and delivered by such a deliciously gingham-clad glove. More
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Rosie Lugosi. ‘A flamboyant hostess.
Six feet of immaculate PVC… Rosie’s superior attitude
and school-marm promises to see us after the show repeatedly
win her fans… she’s never had anything but squeals
of delight from her audience. Terrifyingly terrific!’
– The Pink Paper. More
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