The Rebel Magazine

Wednesday, 6 November 2013

Horace Panter at The Strand Gallery / The Writing Is On The Wall

Last night was the opening of Horace Panter's splendid exhibition. A great time was had by all.

Friday, 1 November 2013

The Roar From Behind by Piper's Son

The Roar From Behind is the debut album by Piper's Son and I think it's the best collection of original songs by a new band that there's been for decades. Singer-songwriter Thom Driver has found himself a brilliant team of musicians and the results of their collaboration are an absolute delight. Hearing The Roar From Behind brought back memories of listing to albums such as Little Creatures (by Talking Heads)The Head On The Door (by The Cure)and even Raindogs (by Tom Waits) for the first time. There are so many great ideas, original lyrics and charming, inventive sounds featured on this C.D that I'd recommend it to pretty much anyone.

Piper's Son are: Victor Bock (Slide Bass), Rick Carbone (Synths), John Cheeseman (Upright Bass), Alison Cotton (Viola), Thom Driver (lead singer, guitar, drums, percussion, piano, samples) Jared Fisher (Harmonica), Dave Fullwood (trumpet),Peter Harris (Pedal Steel guitar)Claire Sellwood (singing)

THE ROAR FROM BEHIND is released on CD on 11 November 2013 by Vacilando '68 Recordings.

Full track listing: Mining/ City Ghosts/ Hollows/ By the Hand/ Please Don't Go Backwards/ Fuel/ Autoconversation/ Fingers From The Future/ Bad Boomerang/ Doctor at the Door/ Hiding in the Cinema/

Thursday, 17 October 2013

CARA Art Auction

Jeremy Deller, Billy Childish, Maggi Hambling, Quentin Blake, Ralph Steadman, and Team Beswick & Pye are all involved in an art auction taking place in Notting Hill on the 5th of December. Cara have been defending academic freedom since 1933

Anne Lonsdale CBE explains why Cara matters... "Since May 1933, when Hitler closed the universities of Germany to Jews, the demands on CARA have never stopped. The invasion of Iraq in 2033 precipitated attacks on the universities and the professions in that unfortunate country which continue to this day; the restrictions under the Mugabe regime in Zimbabwe threaten the work of universities and the lives of their scholars; now there are problems for Syrian scholars both in Britain and abroad. The need goes on..." For more info: www.academic-refugees.org

Gordon Beswick and Harry Pye's contribution to the auction is a new painting called "William and Clem". William Beveridge, renowned as father of the welfare state, was also instrumental in rescuing persecuted scholars from Hitler and the Nazis. William was the founder of the Council for Assisting Refugee Academics (CARA), which has just celebrated it's 80th birthday. Clement Attlee is considered by many to be the 20th-century’s greatest prime minister. Clement became prime minister on 26 July 1945 as the leader of a Labour party that had won a landslide general election victory with a majority of 144 seats. His government was a transformational one. At home, the government created the welfare state and the National Health Service; abroad, it decolonised vast swathes of the British Empire, including India, and cemented Britain’s relationship with the United States. Billy Childish is contributing a wood cut to the auction

(Above image: "With Scout Under Rowan Tree"(2012) Billy Childish says: "I am donating work to the CARRA organisation auction because of my admiration for their tireless work standing up for citizens of many ethnic and religious back grounds who have been bullied and terrorised in their own countries by their own states. Organisations like CARRA offer a bench mark of humanity, and a voice to opressed people who deserve to enjoy freedoms that we are lucky enough to take for granted, but shouldn't." There will also be new work donated by top cartoonists such as Steven Appleby, Tony Husband, Martin Rowson, and Posy Simmonds.

Saturday, 12 October 2013

More photos from Deptford X (2013)

Thanks to everyone who made this show so much fun!

Above: Bob & Roberta Smith

Above: Tracey Williams

Above: Skittle the Dog

Above: Paul Hamilton with his Sexy like a Strawberry painting

Above: Mikey & Jackie plus paintings by Peter Lamb

Above: Klariti smiling, Chris Coombes and Julian Wakeling open the champers

Above: Painting by Jackie Clark.

Above: Liam Newnham

Above: work by Marie Smith

Above: Sarah Sparkes corner

Above: Painting by Clare Price

Above: Edward Ward's drawing of the inside of a cat

Above: Rowland Smith and Ed Ward

Above: A facebook photo of Calum F Kerr leading a seance

Above: Mikey's photo of one of our kind helpers

Above: Taking a closer look

Above: The lovely Paul Wye

Above: Trouble makers

Saturday, 28 September 2013

Harry Pye's South London Salon at Deptford X

Harry Pye's South London Salon is open from 12 noon until 6pm on Thursday the 3rd, Friday the 4th, Saturday the 5th and Sunday the 6th of October. The venue is a large blue building called Norfolk House on Brook Mill Road. It's a one minute walk from Deptford Bridge D.L.R Station (which links to Bank tube)On Thursday the 3rd there is a special party from 6pm till 9pm. Please drop by and see work by amazing artists such as Sinead Wheeler, Marie Smith, Cedar Lewisohn, Christopher Owen, Sarah Doyle, Peter Lamb, Howard Dyke, Rowland Smith, Julia Bedford, David Dipré, Liam Newnham, Patrick Morrissey & Hanz Hancock, Edward Ward, Rosalind Davis, Bob London, Klarita Pandolfi-Carr, Sarah Sparkes, Clare Price, Paul Hamilton, Jackie Clark, Giles Kent, Julie Bennett, Paul Wye, Tracey Williams, Zac T Lee, Mikey Georgeson, Mel Cole, Julian Wakeling, and Aleksandra Wojcik.