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Good Press and Baked Beans On The Doorstep present a book launch for “With Objects In Time” a book of interviews with Sandra Johnston by Mónica Laiseca with live music from Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh & Nathan Wheeler.

The book will be introduced through a conversation with Sandra Johnston and Mónica Laiseca.

This book has come about through an attempt to hold on to the experi-
ence of encountering Sandra Johnston’s performance practice, working from
some of the images, feelings, connections and questions that it provoked
in me as impetus for starting a conversation. Presented here are two inter-
views that I conducted with Sandra in the winter of 2019, held just a few
weeks apart in Newcastle and Glasgow, which have been transcribed and
reconfigured as a series of fragments of conversations, and later intercalated
with photographs and documents relating to the objects and live actions
recalled in them.
The interviews were driven by my desire to be in the space of the objects
that Sandra performs with, to see her actions from their vantage point and
get to know their stories. A glass of water, a pair of tights, a belt, a table, a
pair of football boots, a fan, an eyelash.

Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh is a viola player exploring the tonal possibilities of gut strings and wood in both amplified and acoustic contexts. Amalgamations of influences from improvised, traditional and early music styles can be heard on solo recordings Oreing (Fort Evil Fruit 2017), The Rounds (KRUT 2021) and most recently Live At Sonic Acts (Scatter Archive 2023). She lives in Glasgow where she plays in free-improv quartet Dome Riders with Fritz Welch, Armin Sturm and Mike Parr-Burman. An active collaborator, Nic Oireachtaigh has toured with experimental Irish bands Woven Skull and Cian Nugent & the Cosmos and has performed internationally with artists Josephine Foster and Circuit des Yeux. She has created music for theatre works by Isadora Epstein and collaboratively with Pat Thomas and Rhodri Davies. In May 2022 she composed New Mountain, Reaching Plane, a surround sound piece for orchestral and gamelan musicians as a commission for BBC Scotland’s Tectonics Festival.

Nathan Wheeler is a composer, improviser, choreographer, media artist, and educator based in the United States. Their work focuses on hybridizing the contemporary, the traditional, and the imaginary to synthesize stunning new approaches to art making and community building.Using custom code, synthesis, live instruments, and aural imagination, Wheeler crafts a vast array of sounds — ambient soundscapes, dense distorted textures, infectious beats, and lush orchestrations — that encourage introspection and emotional presence. Wheeler often writes poetic texts as scores for guided improvisation. They hand-build electronic interfaces to merge body and instrument, and build circuits to tap into unseen forces and activate audiences. They further augment live performances with their video, choreography, and collaborations with other artists.Wheeler has opened for William Basinsky, Tim Hecker, Josephine Foster, and many other noteworthy performers. Their works and collaborations have been shown at venues around the world, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, MoMA PS1, Museum of the Moving Image, Fridman Gallery, and various Off-Broadway theaters in New York, as well as museums and venues in Berlin, Taiwan, Indonesia, Vienna, Chicago, San Francisco, Santa Fe, Houston, and Denver. Additionally, they are Composer-in-Residence for Bitedown Dance Company in Brooklyn, NY.

**Oort Clod**
Featuring members of Unpaid Intern, the
Hipshakes, Jeuce and the Early Mornings,
Oort Clod was originally conceived by
songwriter Patrick Glen as a fluid project with
shifting members. Over the course of
pandemic-era practices above the empty Peer
Hat pub (the epicentre of DIY music making in
Manchester) the current line-up solidified. In
2021 Oort Clod released a split E.P. with fellow
Manchester band Priceless Bodies, pursuing a
darker and more experimental sound. The EP
received international airplay including BBC6
Music and KSFX.
After playing gigs with bands like Porridge
Radio, Jeffrey Lewis, and Garden Centre and
even more practices above the Peer Hat, Oort
Clod have mounted up once more to make
Cult Value.
The album is out everywhere 04.05.24.

**Essen**
Music by RJM (Vital Idles, Golden Grrrls) with a supporting cast of local legends. 2 tapes are available now from bandcamp

**Radio Banter**
original bar rock music played by three furry cats; featuring bass guitar, mini piano, drums and singing our hearts out live; ‘the groove’, ‘nature and nurture’, ‘growing in love’ and many more

An evening of deliciously fresh new writing & performance from some of Glasgow’s most exciting artists.

Fancy a trip to the theatre but can’t decide what to see?

Want a taster of Glasgow’s most exciting new writing talent?

Got a 7:30pm root canal on May 8th you want to get out of?

Look no further.

I’ll Scratch Yours is an evening of deliciously fresh new writing & performance.

We’re serving you piping hot new work, fresh out of Glasgow’s theatrical oven.

Mmmmm.

**LINE UP TO BE ANNOUNCED**

Trust us, it’s really good. Glastonbury could never.

New work needs a new world – build it with us, starting with a night of new performance.

Album release party for Guests’ LP “I wish I was Special” (World of Echo). feat. Guests, Mallet Space, Duncan Marquiss + Edwin R. Stevens Welsh pop DJ set

Looking for a good heavy punk gig for April? This lineup explores every aspect of the genre from experimental to fun pop punk to the much heavier side. Soup are no stranger to headline shows or even big shows supporting the likes of The View in Newcastle! But tonight id their night and they are prepared to ignite a raging mosh in the middle of the old hairdressers. Their singles on Spotify including “Scrutiny” and “Despair” showcase their rautious sound perfectly and will be sure to blow your ears off. One of the only local guys I know with an album out Crater Creek capture the fun catchy essence of bands like Blink 182 and Good Charlotte and will be a perfect contrast before the headline. Chemical White Room have just released their debut EP and it is such an impressive landscape of sound which will be so exciting to experience on the night.