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| BOOKS |
"BRAINWASHED
- AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE BRAIN CLUB" |
Synopsis: |
The
Brain is a historically important house and techno club
in Soho, London. It was located on the former premises of
the Apollo Club on 11 Wardour Street . The Brain was founded
in 1989 by Sean McLusky and Mark 'Wigan' Williams. Several
now famous DJs and producers played at the club, including
Norman Cook, Orbital, Leftfield, Billy Nasty, Goldie, Moby,
Graeme Park, The Shamen, Mixmaster Morris, Andrew Weatherall,
and A Guy Called Gerald. At the time there was little actual
live performance on the techno scene (this would change
later with the advent of raves). The Brain encouraged live
sets and P.As at a time when only mainstream house music
used vocals on tracks. |
The
club is also famous for the eclectic crowd it attracted,
including the likes of; Boy George, Gilles Peterson, Bobby
Gillespie, Chemical Brothers, Rankin (photographer) and
Jefferson Hack founders of Dazed & Confused (Magazine),
Paul Oakenfold, John Galliano, Rifat Ozbek, Gavin Rossdale
from Bush (band), artists Olly and Suzi, Trip City (novel)
author Trevor Miller, Tim Simenon, Neneh Cherry, Mark Moore,
George Michael, The Farm (band), Happy Mondays, Stone Roses,
Robert Elms, Sheryl Garrett Editor of The Face, founder
of Loaded (magazine) James Brown, and Oswald Boateng. Global
celebrities like Christy Turlington, Brigitte Nielsen, and
Matt Dillon were also spotted inside the venue. |
BRAINWASHED
will be an oral history of the club constructed from 100
plus interviews. |
Comments: |
| Interviews
begin on this project - OCTOBER 2006. |
Official
Site : |
| http://www.thebrainclub.co.uk/ |
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"LOTUSLAND" |
Synopsis: |
A
series of short stories that chronicle 12 years in Los Angeles,
including: The Shootist - the tale of a corrupt
celebrity photography embroiled in a blackmail scheme. Crime-adelic
- A drug-addled thief is mistaken for a famous writer. Tony
Casanova - The rise and fall of an adult filmmaker. |
Comments: |
An
unpublished manuscript in progress. |
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"TRIP
CITY" |
Synopsis: |
A
nightclub promoter returns to town and is thrown into an
insidious world of designer drugs, psychosis and murder.
Filled with mind-bending hallucinogenic moments, Trip City
veers into the realm of Thomas De Quincy and Confessions
of An Opium Eater. |
PUBLISHED
1989 : Avernus Creative Media. |
Originally
packaged with a soundtrack EP cassette of original music
by A Guy Called Gerad. |
For
further details please download the Trip City Media Kit
by CLICKING HERE... |
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