Tonight Simon Bookish playing again as part of Coronary Crumpage at the Montague Arms (just down the road between New Cross Gate and Peckham). Also, a choir piece he wrote features in an installation by Richard Grayson at the Matts Gallery until 28 June. www.myspace.com/themontaguearms | www.mattsgallery.org | www.simonbookish.com/blog
Artist and writer Chris Jones has released another book through his website which you can print for free. This one is called 14 halftruths - the rights to the city. www.lighthinking.com
There's a good old-fashioned pomo painting show at Haunch of Venison - Adrian Ghenie: Darkness for an Hour, until 25 July. www.haunchofvenison.com
Catch the veteran moonwalker himself Buzz Aldrin speaking at the London Literature festival on the South Bank, 4 July. Other speakers include the artist Martin Parr (14 July).
Look out for a giant upturned purple cow, which is is E4 Underbelly, featuring comedy, theatre and music: eg. Shlomo, and Joan Rivers - as described: eclectic.
This year's Meltdown Festival in a few weeks is curated by jazz legend Ornette Coleman, and features performances from Mike Patton (glad to see the FNM reunion was a temporary thing) with Fred Frith; and Kieran (Fridge, Fourtet) Hebden with Steve Reid and Mats Gustafsson; Free jazz saxophonist Evan Parker with Marc Ribot and Han Bennink.
Further ahead at the Southbank: Magazine 1 September.
www.southbankcentre.co.uk
Barbican Cinema has a screening 11 June of Lipstick Killers: the New York Dolls Story. Also screening there and nationwide is a classy French thriller called Pour Elle/Anything for Her.
www.barbican.org.uk
Poor. Old. Tired. Horse. is a new show of text-based art since the 1960s at the ICA from 17 June til Aug 25. www.ica.org.uk
