Morden Tower is one of Britain's best-known literary landmarks. For the past 44 years, hundreds of poets have come from all over the world to give readings in this ancient turret-room on Newcastle's city walls. It has been particularly noted for its assocation with many Beat and Black Mountain poets
Morden Tower readings were started by Tom and Connie Pickard in 1964. On June 16 1964 poet and song writer Pete Brown gave the first reading.
On the 22 December 1965 Basil Bunting gave his first public reading of his newly written epic poem Briggflatts.
Allen Ginsberg gave his first European reading of Kaddish in 1965
Morden Tower is equally as popular as a music venue as well hosting local performances from some of Newcastle's rising talent, Jumpin Hot Club hosts a range of international and national talent.
Some of the poets and muscians to have performed at Morden Tower include, Ted Hughes, Seamus Heaney, Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Gregory Corso,
Hugh MacDiarmid, J.H.Prynne, Alan Hull, Tom Raworth, Ed Dorn. Musicans include, Grayson Capps, Les Cox (Sportif), Twentymen, Hawk and a Hacksaw, Jazz Finger, Volcano The Bear, Sir Richard Bishop, Eric Taylor, Jack Rose
Members of Five Style, Heroic Doses, The Sea And The Cake and Euphone play an explosive and energetic blast of techicolour, Drum, Bass, and Guitar wig out Rock with nods to 60s and 70s New Orleans and early 90s post punk. Features ex Sub Pop guitar ace Billy Dolan and Euphone Drum God Ryan Rapsys. Not to be missed!
Ruffled feathers, heavy riffage and even the occasional blast of trumpet from masked members of This Aint Vegas, Razmataz Lorry Excitement and The Week That Was.
thanks for accepting the add, heard the Lee Hall prog the other day, just goes to show what history remembers in the long run? Hope you and the team are all good, Mark.
ZOMES Simple cyclical patterns, buried deep in fuzz and static, are allowed to play themselves out and in turn reveal wonderful and hypnotic beauty at their core. CATH AND PHIL TYLER it's raw and uncompromising but I think it gets right to the heart of the story THE LONG LONESOME GO a new trio featuring the rhythm section from 'The Unit Ama' plus additional keys/organ. Expect post-jazzy, slow-burning instrumental concoctions.
Wednesday March 4th, 7.30pm. The Bridge Hotel, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 1RQ. Entry £5
Ace new band from the guitarist from Lungfish. Album on Holy Mountain records. http://the-thousand. co. uk/ for more tour information.
This takes place this Thursday! See you there? d.x.
Distraction presents Kania Tieffer, a otter-fixated Chick On Speed cacking out pleasantly disturbed lo-fi fake nonsense r'n'b and vitriolic electropop with cheap children's keyboards, a battered old computer and an electric guitar, in an unmissable live show. Support comes from sample stealing, tune pinching, melody wrecking a-moral wrong-uns and kings of nostalgia-core Radgepackets, and pointlessly hostile bootmash-noisewhore-wrongtronica idiot Dressed In Wires! Cor!
Only 4 quid in, kick-off at 8pm, find out more here!
