Comments on: Make Your Own Damn Festival!

By: Mark Dodds

Mark Dodds — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:40:56 +0000

There’s a chance there will be less speculation about Michael Jackson from now on, which will be a relief, and at least a highly confused and tormented person is no longer tormented.

It’s desperately sad in some way but desperately irrelevant in others. So few people have the life and pressures he did that there is little to learn from the observation other than family and society let one wildly privileged person down very badly. But not in the way that families and societies let down countless millions of people all the time.

By: Dagmar

Dagmar — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:15:35 +0000

Blame it on the boogie. Or as gricers say about creaking trains, blame it on the bogey. Or children when they get tummy ache, blame it on the bogey. What a hot day. Down to the art college now to see the sights. The Hermits Cave tonight will be the place to be.

By: Gabe

Gabe — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:13:39 +0000

Art School open house and final year show today. Its really good. Love the caravan.

By: Monkeycat

Monkeycat — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:34:28 +0000

Mr Jackson dead?

Can’t be true…

I blame the boogie…

By: Dagmar

Dagmar — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:56:55 +0000

Billie-Jean. Is not my girl. What a nice evening, balmy. Vanguard Court are having their open studios tonight. The Butterfly Walk Artsweek art art show of photos of art is good — they’re pinned up on the side of the 99p shop.

By: Phil G

Phil G — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:19:15 +0000

The Buckle could be intimidating for us blokes too, and not just because of the male clientele.

Last time I was there a lady in her late 40s/50s, dressed quite provacatively and with a demeanour that suggested a, er, difficult life, was stood right outside the men’s toilets for ages aggressively eyeing up all the fellers who went past her. I was scared. My mate was terrified.

By: John

John — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:10:20 +0000

Apologies if this has been mentioned elsewhere: the Nag’s Head is up for sale for £425,000. Estate agent’s description includes this: “Cameo Properties are delighted to present this pub that could either be converted or demolished and redeveloped into residential or mixed use accommodation. The existing use class of the property is A4 ‘Drinking Establishments’ although planning consent is not required to change the current use to A1 (shops), A2 (financial and professional services) or A3 (restaurants and cafes).

By: MelR

MelR — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:37:36 +0000

P.S. Many thanks to Peter for letting me use the blog for some blatent free marketing.

By: MelR

MelR — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:32:00 +0000

@ Drew — I have a feeling that Dagmar actually knows it’s not really called Artsweek any more.

Forgive me for crashing in again to plug a few of the Camberwell Arts Fest events taking place over the weekend.

Friday (tonight):
THE EXTRAORDINARY WORLD OF STEVEN APPLEBY
Camberwell Library, 7pm, FREE

‘Join local artist Steven Appleby for an insight into the extraordinary
world of one of the country’s leading cartoonists. A regular contributor
to The Guardian, he has published over 20 books, including Steven
Appleby’s Normal Life & The Secret Thoughts of Cats. Steven will show
examples of his work, discuss the inspiration behind them, answer
questions from the audience and sign books.’

Saturday:
WET SOUNDS
Camberwell Leisure Centre, 6–8.00pm, FREE

‘Camberwell Swimming Pool provides the spectacular setting for an evening
of under–water entertainment as the public is invited to float or dive
through water to experience a collection of especially made sound art from
around the world. Wet Sounds is a mobile gallery for sound art, curated
by Joel Cahen of Newtoy. It aims to make sound art accessible to the
public through a unique listening experience.’

Sunday:
CHUTNEY PRESERVES III – THE VOICE OF CHUTNEY: THIS TIME IT’S WAR!
Camberwell Green, 2-7pm, FREE

‘An artist’s encampment on Camberwell Green. More than 40 artists will be
commissioned to create art works, interactive activities and performances
for public consumption, all in the spirit of collaboration, exploration
and exchange. In the tradition of the historic Camberwell fair, the event
will culminate with a performance of fighting puppets — Puppet Wars.’

Plus, on both Saturday and Sunday:
ARTISTs’ OPEN STUDIOS
12-6pm

‘Camberwell artists create studios in extraordinary places, from garages to
garden sheds, Victorian carriage works to a disused pottery. Open Studios provides an opportunity to visit some of the major studio collectives in Camberwell.

An Open Studios tour will take place on Saturday 27th June, departing from Vanguard Court at 3pm.’

By: Hannah

Hannah — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:00:56 +0000

I wondered why the Buckle was sheu at 10.30 on a Sunday night last weekend — did it go voluntarily?

Although it was a aprt of Camberwell life i won’t miss the intimidating crowds of people you sometimes have to walk past when getting off the bus late at night or the male customers who think it’s amusing to try and physically drag a lone woman in to the pub “for a bit of a dance” at 1am.

That said it did provide a bit of street life and occasionally police presence to that area at night that wasn’t always a bad thing.