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Monday, 13 May 2013

As Seen In Blitz - book launch

Some of you might have already seen the new book "As seen in Blitz" dedicated to the hayday of the Blitz movement when the now cult magazine was the hip must-read of a whole generation. The book features a detailed insight into the most memorable content of the Blitz Magazine. In celebration of the launch of the book, the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London is throwing a glitzy launch party (by invite or ticket only) and here is the memo:

We're Not Here To Sell Clothes: The Making of BLITZ Fashion

18 May 2013 - 19 May 2013 - We are delighted to celebrate the launch of Iain R. Webb's new book As Seen in BLITZ: Fashioning '80s Style with a series of special events. Over the weekend there is a pop-up show in the ICA Theatre curated by former fashion editor Iain R Webb, a series of talks with special guests, and film screenings. As Seen in BLITZ: Fashioning '80s Style focuses on 1980s style and culture and includes a wealth of stunning visuals, text and interviews celebrating the deeply influential pages of BLITZ. In London at the start of the 1980s, three new style magazines emerged to define an era. It was a time of change: post punk before the digital age and at the dawn of a hedonistic club scene that saw the birth of the New Romantics. On the pages of BLITZ, The Face and i-D, a new breed of young iconoclasts hoped to inspire revolution. As BLITZ magazine's fashion editor from 1982-87, Iain R. Webb was at the centre of this world. His images manipulated fashion to explore ideas of transformation, beauty, glamour and sex. The magazine's arresting, subversive fashion pages, and its profiles of disparate designers and creative types, let the imagination run free.The cast of characters and contributors include Leigh Bowery, Amanda Cazalet, Boy George, Princess Julia, Nick Knight, David LaChapelle, Paul Morley and Anna Piaggi. Featured designers include Bodymap, Judy Blame, Dean Bright, Comme Des Garçons, Jasper Conran, John Galliano, Jean Paul Gaultier, Katharine Hamnett, Hermès, Pam Hogg, Marc Jacobs, Stephen Jones, Calvin Klein, Andrew Logan, Issey Miyake, Franco Moschino, Rifat Ozbek, Antony Price and Vivienne Westwood.'We're thrilled to be hosting the launch of As Seen in BLITZ. It's incredible to think who passed through the pages of BLITZ magazine - Malcolm McLaren, Madonna, Daniel Day-Lewis... I couldn't have survived the 80s without it.'
Gregor Muir, Executive Director, ICA

You can try booking your ticket here: http://www.ica.org.uk/37313/Talks/A-Weekend-with-BLITZ-Magazine.html?utm_source=Blitz+PV&utm_campaign=9f8e27a0f9-Blitz_Mag4_10_2013&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9c96fa0287-9f8e27a0f9-413170333#booktickets

Wednesday, 27 June 2012

The COCK is back for its 10-year Anniversary peeps! Sat 21 July

So, it is 10 years since the legendary club night The Cock started in a little Soho backstreet club, aptly called The Ghetto...

It is not surprising that the event page contains no details other than the date and place, after all, this was one of the hot spots of London underground culture and the place that heavily enhanced the return of the club-kid as we know it today.

For the London club-goers, it might need no introduction, but since this blog is being read worldwide, we feel that it deserves a little recoup of what it was all about.

The Cock happened every Friday night at Ghetto in Soho - a long established underground pleasure palace for denizens of Londons hip underground gay / mixed club scene. Unfortunately by the end of 2008 the club had to be closed as the area was under development for a new CrossRail line (being built to this moment). In an instant London had lost two of its West End establishments [the other one being Astoria - a live gig venue where Madonna, Kylie and pretty much every music act that we care about had performed throughout the years].

On the 5th December 2008, The Cock had their LAST EVER party in its birthplace.

Many big names have frequented the party over the six years it lasted. Most notably, the Scissor Sisters performed their debut UK gig here as well as countless other bands who have cut their teeth here such as Hot Chip, Clor and Pink Grease. Even London's underground disco royalty have graced the stage at Ghetto - Boy George, Marc Almond, Pete Burns, Siobhan Fahey and Princess Julia, while Yr Mum Ya Dad and other alternative live acts virtually started from here.

To begin to list DJs who have played at The Cock would be futile as they've all played - from all scenes and music disciplines!

DJ Tasty Tim

DJ Princess Julia

The club has charted a journey through the wild excesses of electronica and what a fantastic ride it was! The whole musical experience was held together by scene verteran DJs and premier divas Princess Julia and Tasty Tim.

The Cock has always been about bringing together all areas of gay nightlife but with the main emphasis being the alternative Friday night bender, indeed their original strapline read "For hookers, punks, dykes & queers". Of course the club has far exceeded that aim and it arrived at a time when nightlife was dominated by muscle clubs and over priced Soho bars playing wet music. So, now that 'do it yourself' club culture and 'difference' has been fully embraced, we mustn't forget that they contributed to this and each and every week until the inevitable demise of the Ghetto. It is featured in the book "New Club Kids: London Party Fashion In the Noughties" by Oggy Yordanov [who also started this blog] and has achieved a cult status. You can see why we must feel excited about the forthcoming anniversary party. See you there!

The 10th year Anniversary Party is happening on Saturday 21July 2012 at XOYO - 37 Cowper Street, London EC2A 4
8:00pm - 3:00am

Wednesday, 15 June 2011

BOY GEORGE CELEBRATES HIS 50th Birthday with [club-kid] style...

Another amazing night for the club-kids calendar just proved that London still has IT and IT is in full force. Culture Club frontman and original Blitz-kid - Boy George celebrated his 50th birthday last night at The Lightbox, in Vauxhall. Guests enjoyed pimms in the early evening and exchanged phone numbers with people they once knew ....until the party warmed up and the club kids arrived to add a dash of colour and thrill.

The media of course, had mixed feelings, one calling it a "terrifyingly horrid looking party"

But we can't disagree more....
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"As well as a host of transvestites, George was joined by a selection of PVC-clad ghouls and other creepy-looking creatures, some clad in bondage gear." [the SUN]

Naddy Sane MynameisKabir and Lady Lloyd

Stephen Jones with Visage's Steve Strange and with Judith Frankland

Will the real Jodie Marsh please stand UP! Judah Jordan with a friend

Scene queen and DJ Jodie Harsh Bambi Fantastic

..."everyone is wearing such outlandish costumes, not because they don't have anything to say to each other and are all so wrapped up in their own monstrously boring narcissitic hells that the idea of thinking about another person for even a millisecond sends them into a coke-fueled nosedive, it's because they have too much to say, and care too much about other people, so mouths have been relegated and the party has become simply a feast for the eyes."...
[holymoly.com]