GOOD GRIEF! is now open

at SOUP KITCHEN, Spear Street (off Stevenson Square).

To celebrate, we are sharing a mix we made for Good Grief! subscribers in October. If you subscribe now, or get someone a subscription for a christmas present (which, if you love them, you will) you'll get a mix by Nick Ainsworth of Former Bullies/Dinner Party/Feel Right fame. Nick will be joining us at the Deaf Institute this very Thursday night to play records at Suffering Jukebox.

LOVE /HAAT by BEATUNHAPPENING


Enjoy!

GOOD GRIEF!

is the name of the best shop in Manchester and it's C.E.O has just curated the first good grief! group art show. Your first chance to see it comes on Wednesday 16th June at the opening party at which we will be playing records with some of our friends. In the show are some of our favourite art/book/print makers and illustrators on planet earth and we are so glad to be in the same city as them.
The work of
DAVID BAILEY , LUCY JONES , JESS HIGGINS , JOHN BUTCHER , DYLAN HUGHES , REBECCA BROMPTON & FAYE JOHNSON
will all be on display at THE ART CORNER until the 24th JUNE.

EXCITED!

So the Box Elders tour is in full swing,

 if you've not managed to see them yet you may still have a chance and, of course, we URGE you to take it. If you live in Manchester and you couldn't make it for the Box Elders, Former Bullies and Mazes throwdown we've given you another chance to catch them at our last show of 2009 at the DEAF INSTITUTE. 

ARIEL PINK's HAUNTED GRAFFITI are also playing, as are RENT BOYS and EGYPTIAN HIPHOP. It's going to be quite a night- get there early! still tickets available HERE 

And so a chance to repost the B.P.E* from Lucy Jones *

Here are some of the posters for the Box Elders tour:

The one for Leeds  (above) was made by Dave Bailey, one of our good friends (and heroes) who has just opened the best shop in Manchester (It's on the 3rd Floor of Afflecks Palace). An expertly, lovingly and enthusiastically curated glass-cave full of Zines, Artist Books, Comics, Screen-Prints, Tapes and records from around the world. Did he just save Christmas? Is it open 7 days a week? Is it long overdue and necessary?  Yes and Yes and YES- we are so proud to have our tapes and zines in there.

A list of whose wares they stock and some photographs can be found HERE

*Best Poster Ever and available at GOOD GRIEF