Dear Friends,
Recently David was interviewed thus here, look:
The Interviewer: David.
David: What?
The Interviewer: Peachy Coochy is massive, right?
David: Yeah.
The Interviewer: How do you advertise it?
David: No need, really.
The Interviewer: Isn’t that big-headed?
David: Listen, dickwit…
(Interview interrupted by next paragraph)
[Loot, 10/06/08]
But that was the media, whom you cannot trust. They lie. Instead this person said this:
“At the last Peachy Coochy a man had an animal with him. It was quite big and biting people. It wasn’t a dog exactly but something out of the jungle or an encyclopaedia. It was like a Tasmanian Thylacine or similar with stripes on the back and white eyes. The packed bar was unusually quiet because nobody likes to get mauled. When the show started this dog-like creature, possibly a hybrid with something, went all quiet and obviously liked it. Soon people were patting it.”
(Susan, 14/06/08)
The sixth Peachy Coochy occasion – the last of the current season – will be held, as usual, in the Bar at Toynbee Studios on Thursday June 26th at 7.30 pm. Tickets £5.00. Booking advised but walk up welcome.
more details + map here:
http://www.artsadmin.co.uk/projects/project.php?id=211
This is what you get:
David Gale’s Peachy Coochy Nites
Just a projector and 20 images. Just 20 seconds per image. During those 20 seconds the Presenter talks about the image. So simple. So precise. So demanding. This is the Peachy Coochy Way.
David Gale, ever keen to launch a nationwide performance must-have, is curating a series of Peachy Coochy events at ArtsAdmin’s new, stylish yet reassuring Bar. Each event features six Coocheurs, or Presenters, drawn from many walks of life. Each Coocheur will compose a verbal response to 20 images of their choice. The images need not be narratively linked but randomness is frowned upon. Thematic associations are embraced. Each presentation lasts 6 minutes and 40 seconds. There will be gaps between presentations for drinking and light conversation.
It might be that a typical Peachy Coochy event contains contributions from, say, a reliable yet inevitably narcissistic performer, a lepidopterist, a nun, a surgeon, a robber.
David Gale, something of a Black Belt in these matters, will both compere and present in the course of the collection that resembles a succession of distinct episodes. On the fifth occasion David was obviously annoyed about something – he swore openly and freely as if not caring and sometimes gazed into the distance. At other times he was more like he is usually – relaxed and flowing.
We have six Coocheurs, including myself, lined up. I have no idea what the others will do.
Please come along, if only to be able to say “I meant to since January now I have. It is definitely something. “
Some of you, pleased by the Nite, may wish to compose your own presentations. See me afterwards.
The Nites resume in September. You will be notified.
all the best
David
P.S. You know how David always says he’d like to get a physicist? Well…
Dear Friends,
the broadstairs, the enjambement, the squeet, the little pies, the supplication – these are notions but the Cooch (so tightly wound to its Peach) is a night out. Look at what this man said:
“I could not leave the building after the last one. I have been clearing away glasses for four weeks now and they give me bits of food and some smokes. My life used to be shit: consumerism and that. Now I am rich inside because of this business with the slides.”
(Alan, 22/05/08)
Packed, they moaned delightedly. Children and weaklings were held aloft in the cleaner air by the ‘Enthusiasts’ as they dubbed themselves (self-dubbing). The whole idea of the spontaneous folk-song was resurrected as if war had been declared but in a good way. The cloakroom bulged with the bags laid aside by the over-cautious who, now, were bigging it.
The fifth Peachy Coochy occasion will be held, as usual, in the Bar at Toynbee Studios. Tickets £5.00. Booking advised but walk up welcome.
more details + map here:
http://www.artsadmin.co.uk/projects/project.php?id=211
This is what you get:
David Gale’s Peachy Coochy Nites
Just a projector and 20 images. Just 20 seconds per image. During those 20 seconds the Presenter talks about the image. So simple. So precise. So demanding. This is the Peachy Coochy Way.
David Gale, ever keen to launch a nationwide performance must-have, is curating a series of Peachy Coochy events at ArtsAdmin’s new, stylish yet reassuring Bar. Each event features six Coocheurs, or Presenters, drawn from many walks of life. Each Coocheur will compose a verbal response to 20 images of their choice. The images need not be narratively linked but randomness is frowned upon. Thematic associations are embraced. Each presentation lasts 6 minutes and 40 seconds. There will be gaps between presentations for drinking and light conversation.
It might be that a typical Peachy Coochy event contains contributions from, say, a reliable yet inevitably narcissistic performer, a lepidopterist, a nun, a surgeon, a robber.
David Gale, something of a Black Belt in these matters, will both compere and present in the course of the sushi that resembles a sidetable of syllabub. On the fourth occasion David was at times eloquent or grand then grandiloquent, at other times coarse, terse then rushed, often murmuring, broken, repaired, gushing, at all times up, in, by.
We have six Coocheurs, including myself, lined up. I have no idea what the others will do.
Please come along, if only to be able to say “I was there when David cried ‘Hello, sparkling new form of entertainment!’ and lo, there was some.”
Some of you, pleased by the Nite, may wish to compose your own presentations. See me afterwards.
all the best
David
Dear Friends
the attack, the width, the bigness, the disarmament – can any more of the better types of quality be shoe-horned into the glassy slipper of the Peachy Coochy Nite? Even David, surly, taciturn, tempestuous in mood change, found himself rhapsodising:
“I honestly think the only way to get more delightfully unpredictable diversity would be to fall out of an aeroplane onto an unknown surface.”
(David, 16/04/08)
They heaved. They groaned, squeezing intimately past each other as if it were the Northern Line overlaid with certain merciless formal strictures conducive to enjoyment. The air sang to the clinking of tankards and 275 ml ballons of whatever’s red. On Thursday April 24th we shall foregather again, with a bulging programme of mixed nuts and the odd sultana. Don’t miss this loopy lecture tornado!
The fourth Peachy Coochy occasion will be held, as usual, in the Bar at Toynbee Studios. Tickets £5.00. Booking advised but walk up welcome.
more details + map here:
http://www.artsadmin.co.uk/projects/project.php?id=211
This is what you get:
David Gale’s Peachy Coochy Nites
Just a projector and 20 images. Just 20 seconds per image. During those 20 seconds the Presenter talks about the image. So simple. So precise. So demanding. This is the Peachy Coochy Way.
David Gale, ever keen to launch a nationwide performance must-have, is curating a series of Peachy Coochy events at ArtsAdmin’s new, stylish yet reassuring Bar. Each event features six Coocheurs, or Presenters, drawn from many walks of life. Each Coocheur will compose a verbal response to 20 images of their choice. The images need not be narratively linked but randomness is frowned upon. Thematic associations are embraced. Each presentation lasts 6 minutes and 40 seconds. There will be gaps between presentations for drinking and light conversation.
It might be that a typical Peachy Coochy event contains contributions from, say, a reliable yet inevitably narcissistic performer, a lepidopterist, a nun, a surgeon, a robber.
David Gale, something of a Black Belt in these matters, will both compere and present in the course of the antipasti that feel like a meal. As the third night unfolded David was at times bald, at times obscure, at times refreshing, at times fast on his feet, at some points maudlin. Again, he used French more than once.
We have six Coocheurs, including myself, lined up. I have no idea what the others will do.
Please come along, if only to be able to say “I was there when David and these people did that slides thing that is taking over.”
Some of you, pleased by the Nite, may wish to compose your own presentations. See me afterwards.
all the best
David
Dear Friends
Well, David Gale’s Peachy Coochy Nites continue to storm through in a torrent of diversity and unexpected pleasure. David, your curator, not readily given to pumping his own patch, feels compelled, nevertheless, to observe:
“Yes, the wide variety! Goodness me, the aplomb! Heavens, what laughs and deep thought! “
(David, 19/03/08)
We rammed them in again and the oaken rafters echoed to their jollity. On Thursday March 27th we will be convening once more, with another programme of great mixture drawn from many walks. Please come along for this live yet screen-based art’n’entertainment special!
The third Peachy Coochy occasion will be held, as usual, in the Bar at Toynbee Studios. Tickets £5.00. Booking advised but walk up welcome.
more details + map here:
http://www.artsadmin.co.uk/projects/project.php?id=211
This is what you get:
David Gale’s Peachy Coochy Nites
Just a projector and 20 images. Just 20 seconds per image. During those 20 seconds the Presenter talks about the image. So simple. So precise. So demanding. This is the Peachy Coochy Way.
David Gale, ever keen to launch a nationwide performance must-have, is curating a series of Peachy Coochy events at ArtsAdmin’s new, stylish yet reassuring Bar. Each event features six Coocheurs, or Presenters, drawn from many walks of life. Each Coocheur will compose a verbal response to 20 images of their choice. The images need not be narratively linked but randomness is frowned upon. Thematic associations are embraced. Each presentation lasts 6 minutes and 40 seconds. There will be gaps between presentations for drinking and light conversation.
It might be that a typical Peachy Coochy event contains contributions from, say, a reliable yet inevitably narcissistic performer, a lepidopterist, a nun, a surgeon, a robber.
David Gale, something of a Black Belt in these matters, will both compere and present in the course of the novel and fabulous evening. In the course of the second Nite David’s style was at times wry, at times coy, at times deceitful, at times quite frankly likeable, at some points smug. He used French twice.
We have six Coocheurs, including myself, lined up. I have no idea what the others will do.
Please come along, if only to be able to say “I was there when David launched that thing that toppled karaoke.”
Some of you, pleased by the Nite, may wish to compose your own presentations. See me afterwards.
all the best
David
Dear Friends
following a capacity house, smile-wreathed faces and unexpected diversity within a stiff format, I am pleased once again to urge you to visit my Next Nites on Thursday February 28th at 7.30 pm. The second Peachy Coochy occasion will be held, as usual, in the Bar at Toynbee Studios. Tickets £5.00. Booking advised but walk up welcome.
more details + map here:
http://www.artsadmin.co.uk/projects/project.php?id=211
This is what you get:
David Gale’s Peachy Coochy Nites
Just a projector and 20 images. Just 20 seconds per image. During those 20 seconds the Presenter talks about the image. So simple. So precise. So demanding. This is the Peachy Coochy Way.
David Gale, ever keen to launch a nationwide performance must-have, is curating a series of Peachy Coochy events at ArtsAdmin’s new, stylish yet reassuring Bar. Each event features six Coocheurs, or Presenters, drawn from many walks of life. Each Coocheur will compose a verbal response to 20 images of their choice. The images need not be narratively linked but randomness is frowned upon. Thematic associations are embraced. Each presentation lasts 6 minutes and 40 seconds. There will be gaps between presentations for drinking and light conversation.
It might be that a typical Peachy Coochy event contains contributions from, say, a reliable yet inevitably narcissistic performer, a lepidopterist, a nun, a surgeon, a robber.
David Gale, something of a Black Belt in these matters, will both compere and present in the course of the novel and fabulous evening. In the course of the first Nite David’s style was at times open, at times ironic, at times frothy, at times very mildly critical, at times just getting on with it, in an unadorned way, introducing the next act for goodness’ sake.
We have six Coocheurs, including myself, lined up. I have no idea what the others will do. I do know that one of the participants will push the envelope because he told me he would.
Please come along, if only to be able to say “I was there when David launched a popular art’n’ entertainment form that toppled karaoke.”
Some of you, pleased by the Nite, may wish to compose your own presentations. See me afterwards.
all the best
David
