Here’s Dave Wise’s latest short film, enjoy . . .

“Memoriacide, featuring live music from Lupen Crook and Oliver Burgess played at locations in the Medway Estuary, showing Cockham Wood and Darnet Fort, Hoo Ness Island and Darnet Island. Filmed by Dave Wise in September 2009 during a canoe journey we took. The title refers to the killing of history; which is what Medway Council are guilty of by refusing to save the forts and islands from the river, and also what I am doing by showing this film and introducing the locations, which will in time encourage others to go there and no doubt ruin them, as we generally do. A very human failing, this lust for passing on information to please; to get close in some way. As the old traveller writer’s saying goes, we each kill the thing we love.”

Firstly and foremost, sorry we’ve been out of sight since the New Year. The Crooked Family are currently busy in the back rooms, sketching out precious plans for our 2010 expedition. We will be back with you all shortly, I promise.

Secondly, I’ve had a tiny nightmare trying to get in contact with the promotor for tonights planned gig at The 333 Club. The air was dead, until this morning when a message suddenly appeared, and so it seems the promotor has been having some problems, and so, the evenings proceedings have been cancelled. To those of you who didn’t already know this, and were planning to come along, I apologise – its out of my cold blistered hands.

I hope this finds you all well in hell, Happy New Year.
Lupen Crook
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