Crime & Fashion

A very long time ago, one night at Exile, I ended up discussing murder and fashion with imago, Miriam and (I think) inulro. I then promptly lost the book I was quoting from. Anyway, I've finally found it again, so...

( How fashion sometimes died on the gallows )

The same book also mentions the notorious (and wonderfully named) Mother Damnable, a witch of Camden Town. Her cottage "lay at a fork in the road where the Underground station is now to be found" (that'd be the Camden Town station, directly opposite the Camden Underworld, then?) and "on the day of her death 'Hundreds of men, women and children were witnesses of the devil entering her house'".

I love this kind of history, y'know.

"You have to plan your moves at these times"... :-)

Well it looks like we won't be seeing Shriekback return as a live entity - except, perhaps, for album launches and one-offs. But...

Barry Andrews is playing "a one-off in London on Dec 15th at Richard Sanderson’s complex and fascinating Baggage Reclaim evening at the 12-bar in Denmark street"

From here (shriekback.com, link directly to relevant frame).

Anyone else interested? Details of the club are here (no silly goth-rock, eh? :), and I'm definitely going to try to be there...