THE FAMILY SHOW II at Good Press

So, our good friends and comrades GOOD PRESS recently celebrated their 1st birthday with the opening of their second FAMILY SHOW. Above is the beautiful poster by homegirls Alex Humphreys  & Lucy Jones. Below is our joint contribution to the exhibition. We're so glad to be in the excellent company of:
Frederik Akum
Heather Anderson & Ethan Swan
Justin Bailey
Daniel Brereton
Milano Chow
William Edmonds
Laetitia Glenton & R.L.Perry
Mehdi Hercberg
Clay Hickson
Alex Humphreys & Lucy Jones
Nick Lynch
Mildred
Malin Gabriella Nordin
Pacolli
Stephane Prigent
Benjamin Rawson
David Roeder
Jonathan Ryan Storm
Jessica Williams
Simon Worthington

 As with the inaugural FAMILY SHOW all of the work is for sale for the bargain price of £30.

STEP TO IT

WHAT DO GOOD THINGS COME IN...

if bad things come in threes? Taking this week as an example we will try and solve this mystery.

TONIGHT: Chris Corsano  returns to Greater Manchester for the first time in what seems like a long time to play at Islington Mill. This is something we've tried to hook up a few times over the years and we are glad that GOLDEN LAB have. Promises much, it's always a great show (1). Another great show, in our humble opinion, is 'HEROES' which returns to our screens tonight with chapter 4 or 'fugitives'. S'exciting yes, but they'll repeat it muchos so you should still go to see CC tonight. (2)

TOMORROW: Champions League returns (or begins for real, or gets exciting--depending on your viewpoint)(3) and MAD MEN (4) is on too.

WEDNESDAY: more CL(4.5) and also we take on 'START RUNNING' at SAND BAR. We are 'screening' a rare and special film entitled 'the JOKE' by James O. Incandenza. This is a silent and b+w movie(5) which will benefit from a live and improvised score from J.COLLIN(6) (thewholevoyald.blogspot.com), the boats(7) and more(8).

THURSDAY: BEAT UNHAPPENING is happening at the DEAF INSTITUTE from 8pm. Legendary Punk VIC GODARD brings his SUBWAY SECT for a rare and special performance(9). Sweet records played (10) and projections shown (11). FREE MIX CD's (12) and more.

FRIDAY: probably something good somewhere(12.5).

SATURDAY: Kaffequeria Cruise ship/cabaret-type party at Islington Mill (13.5)

Based on the 'facts' presented above, we conclude that good things  sometimes come in  thirteen and a halves but that more research is necessary to get anywhere near a real breakthrough. Anyone willing to fund such research should get in touch via email: comfortableonatightrope@googlemail.com Putting 'what do good things come in?' as the 'subject'.

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Also, the answer, despite the idiom, is not 'small packages'. We do not believe the 'size' of a 'package' has any bearing on the quality or value within said package. We are non-size-discriminative. 

We are leaning towards thinking that the answer is probably quite a lot closer to 3 than we'd previously imagined on account of the fact that 'good things' and 'bad things' are, while subjective, still pretty evenly balanced for most people

THIS CONCEPTUAL ART

is about tolerance and acceptance and how despite our differences or flaws (which, for better or worse, make us unique and special) we are more the same than we are different.

THIS PIECE OF CONCEPTUAL ART

was inspired by David Bailey's 'TEDDYBEAR PIZZA' camera phone diptych 2008.
It was also inspired by Julia's flat mate's conceptual 'CREATIVITY CLOCK' which is a generic wind up clock with the word 'creativity' affixed to the second hand. Saying ' THIS PIECE OF CONCEPTUAL ART' was inspired by Chris Johanson, our favourite living artist.

The theme of this 'piece' is 'Balance'. It is a comment on the struggles of the artist or human to maintain a healthy 'Work/Life' balance while at the same time struggling to maintain the widely-regarded-as-beneficial-health-wise 'Balanced Diet'.