LIZZY PIFFANY / SAM HUNT - Core facilitators of Wrote Under. The women at the top. It is them who organise us all together and come up with or shout down the ideas. Here's a clip of them at work - this will change within the weeks to come - from the forthcoming movie...
LOUISE STOKES - Louise Stokes, actor, novelist, poet, short story writer, playwright, recently turned character comedian, prefers to deliver her humour hidden behind tons of bizarre make up, costume and characterisation. She is also the author of WU's second book, 'Nine' - a collection of short stories. She performs a whole family of larger than life, but unnervingly recognisable characters, the most popular of whom is KIMMY SUE ANNE, her chav comedy poet who performs regularly (some would say constantly) in Birmingham and the Midlands, as well as making forays further out to London, Glastonbury, the Forest of Dean, Hereford, Derby, Liverpool, and the Edinburgh Fringe. Here's a clip, courtesy of Mighty Frog Films (www.youtube.com/mightyfrogfilms) of her character Nicola Goff...
BRENDAN HIGGINS - The Bard of Birmingham who is WU's most familiar, friendly and f**king furious face. A lot of people know this man. He is your first point of contact at the Sunday Xpress, before slipping away to do more of the same at a venue in Balsall Heath. Here's a clip of his poem 'Bigots Prayer' filmed by Qwoonsweird at the Old Moseley Arms in Balsall Heath - please go to www.youtube.com/qwoonsweird for many more clips of Brum's underground acoustic genius talent. Well worth the visit.
JAMES JIM KENNEDY - Multi-instrumental non-musician, brings words and experiments to the stage and the page. Your first point of contact here. Goes under lots of different psuedonyms - has performed as Jimmy Fantastik for the written word and The New Jerusalem for sound, 2009 is going to prove a further challenge but he'll be fine. Film clip is from Pleased as Punch's 'The World According to Jimmy Fantastik' (2008) (www.pleasedaspunch.net)
LOUIS CAMPBELL - Words are his power with breathtaking delivery. 2009 is set to be a great year for the great man. Taken from his DVD 'Poetry & Motion' (available on request) please enjoy the above animation of his poem 'Brother Killing Brother,' written and produced by the bloke himself...
DORM - 59 - Father of Wrote Under's child Rosie Woolf with Sam Hunt - DORM is the oracle and the seer of the group. When he comes out of hibernation he embodies the spirit of what we stand for, the rest of the year he sleeps and watches Monk. A cover of Motorhead's 'serial killer' taken from the vaults - Sunday Xpress at the Market Tavern 2007. One from the vaults!x (play loud) ps excuse the watermark.
DORM - Serial Killer ..
Influences
...ARE REALLY UP TO YOU. PREVIOUS AND EXISTING MEMBERS HAVE LISTED THE FOLLOWING AMONG THEIR INSPIRATIONS:
Beat poets, Godzilla, children's nostalgia with a heavy sugar overdose, WSB, Throbbing Gristle, Punk/NY scene, the shouty crackheads who hang outside Birmingham central library, Orson Welles, Sylvia Plath, Malcolm X, Louis Farrakhan, Rik Mayall, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Jack Nicholson, f***in Beethoven, Andrea Dworkin, solvent abuse and petrol, Hammer Studios, Lee Perry, Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, Germaine Greer, Lemmy, Irvine Welsh, Ian Dury, Jeff Noon, Noel Edmonds, James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, Brian Cant, Iggy Pop, Jimmy Page, slum city and pastoral country, John Cooper Clarke, Brian Blessed, Shakespeare, Coleridge, Augusto Boal, Jonathan Swift, George Orwell, Anthony Burgess, Grimm, Enoch Light, Plan 9 from Outer Space, Test Cards and the pages from ceefax...
WROTE UNDER PRESS WAS SET UP IN OCTOBER 2005 BY WRITERS, ARTISTS AND PERFORMERS LIVING IN THE MIDLANDS.
FUNDS ARE RAISED BY RAFFLES, GIGS AND HOME-MADE MERCHANDISE, INCLUDING MAGAZINES, CDRS, DVDS, GREETINGS CARDS AND OTHER BRIC-A-BRAC.
MEETINGS ARE HELD EVERY OTHER FRIDAY, AT THE SPOTTED DOG PUB, ALCESTER ROAD, DIGBETH. TIMES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE, SO PLEASE MESSAGE US IF YOU WILL BE ATTENDING. SEND AN EMAIL TO cowcud2001@yahoo.co.uk OR SEND A MESSAGE HERE. IF YOU WANT TO BE PUBLISHED BY WROTE UNDER, YOU HAVE TO ATTEND MEETINGS FOR SIX MONTHS, AND HAVE AN ADEQUATE SALES PLAN.
'NINE' BY LOUISE MARY STOKES IS WROTE UNDER'S LATEST BOOK, A COLLECTION OF NINE SHORT STORIES, PRICED £7.00 ISBN 978-1-906357-35-1. .
'THE UNDERGROUND THREE GO MAINSTREAM' BY BREN HIGGINS, JIM KENNEDY AND PAUL RAFFERTY IS AVAILABLE, PRICED £6.50, AT ALL EVENTS LISTED HERE. THIS IS A 128 PAGE PAPERBACK FEATURING THE WORK OF BIRMINGHAM'S THREE NOISIEST POETS. THEY WILL EVEN SIGN IT FOR YOU, SO DON'T BE SCARED. WROTE UNDER PRESS RUNS TWO FREE OPEN MIC EVENTS. THERE'S THE LONG-RUNNING SUNDAY XPRESS, WHICH TAKES PLACE ON THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTERNOON OF THE MONTH, AT THE ADAM AND EVE IN DIGBETH. PLEASE SEE GIG LISTINGS FOR DETAILS. EVERYBODY IS WELCOME TO ENJOY THE WORDS, MUSIC AND RELAXED ATMOSPHERE, OR TO HAVE A GO BEHIND THE MIC, REGARDLESS OF ABILITY OR EXPERIENCE. YOU'LL HEAR EVERYTHING FROM NERVE-WRACKED FIRST TIMERS, STAMMERING THEIR WAY THROUGH THEIR FIRST POEM (WE'VE ALL - YES ALL - BEEN THERE!) TO SEASONED PERFORMERS WHO'VE APPEARED AT GLASTONBURY OR SHARED THE BILL WITH THE LIKES OF JOHN COOPER CLARKE OR ATTILA THE STOCKBROKER. SHOW STARTS AROUND 4 PM, FOR MUSICIANS THERE'S A SOUNDCHECK OPPURTUNITY AT HALF 3...
Wrote Under also has a rather brilliant blog, which has fresh weekly updates and stuff that you won't see on here.
Hey.Just to let ya know if you have any gigs coming up I'm still doing gig photography for only £30(not for too much longer though).Also doing portraiture/promo and documentary.I've added some new examples recently so have a look to see if you like it.Let me know if ya want owt doing.Cheers.Thanks for the add if I havent said so before.
Hi ! Just popping by to have a browse at your page! Lovin' it! Hope everythings good with you. My myspace has been re-vamped, please check out my new recording and new pictures..there's more to come! Any feedback would be appreiciated =)
Hi, Glad you like it. If you want to send us a cheque for a fiver we can post one out to you. Can you recommend any pubs down your way that would be into our stuff and pay us for gigs? Cheers, Squib.
thats amused me ,god im worn out from it all,the flyering,the headaches of covering costs and im even gonna make some sarnies as well for everybody well im excited ,just waiting for the local press to feature it as well, but thats hoping in vain really ,issue 2s are nearly gone well teh ones ive printed any how but ive got one saved for you but ill just give you issue 2 at the gig then ill get a load of copies for you to take back with you if tahts okay.
Hey Luv, details for the show this Friday: Pass it along x x x
Viann&Violet presents a night of alternative culture meets the macabre; FRIDAY 13th KILLER THRILLER
Three KILLER bands: SHANA TOVA! SUNSET CINEMA CLUB! LITTLE DIPPER! BRUTAL wordplay from poet BIG BREN! A HEARTBREAKING BLOODBATH of performance from BERNADETTE LOUISE! CHAINSAW-SWINGING DJs! & MURDEROUS Projections from the one and only LEON TRIMBLE!
All for £3 if you come party in HORROR FANCY DRESS!!!! £4 without - so get yr costume ready!!! Mummies, Vampires, Zombies, Ghouls, Monsters, Freaks, Maniacs and Ghosts all welcome!!!
BE BRAVE, DRESS TO KILL!! SEE YOU THERE FRIENDS AND FIENDS!!!! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!!!!
Friday, March 13, 2009 at 8:00pm Victoria Pub John Bright Street Birmingham, Enquiries email: info@viannandviolet.com
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