history of art.

11. Ingrid Z and The Residence Gallery

Ingrid Z, I first knew at Patrick Wolf's ex girlfriend. I think when I met them last summer it was close to when they broke up.

She owns an art gallery called 'the residence gallery', which was formerly in a shop front, but has moved due to the property being too expensive to rent and it being too far out of the way.
http://www.myspace.com/residencegallery

Patrick's mum; Imelda Apps has shown in the gallery before, as well as a friend of mine; Jack Bevan, who is the drummer for Foals, showed some of his work there before.

I will talk about Jack and Foals in more depth later.

Ingrid and Patrick were together for about two years, from what I gather. She did the photography for his Wind in the Wires album and other promo shots which can be found on his website and myspace.
A lot of 'The Magic Position' is about the found love and the lost love between them.

10. Craig Template

Craig Template, I've spoken before about how I met him at the club night which he and his friend Alex put on, called Club Myra.

I've asked Craig how he knows Patrick. Craig knows a man who they call 'John The Rapist' (He's not a rapist- it's a name given to him as everytime he goes out he usually gets with someone). John the Rapist met a girl called Ingrid Z when Craig was with him that night. Ingrid and John went home together. I'm not sure what happened inbetween this, but Ingrid then met Patrick. Patrick and Ingrid got together and John met Patrick through Ingrid. John then introduced Craig to Patrick.

Craig is also a musician, his myspace is:
http://www.myspace.com/craigtemplatemusic

9. Mapping links



Unfortunately my mind map has come out a bit difficult to read. I have written the main links I know of between Patrick Wolf and people I know, or people I know who know people who know so and so.
It's quite clear that there are 'scenes' and there are certain important people to know to be a part of these 'scenes', as well as important places to go (Shoreditch?) and a certain way to dress.

The 'scene' which I'm trying to paint a picture of, which Patrick Wolf is a part of, is that of a glam, club kids parties. There is a whole new 'music genre' taking over, but it's more than just the music, it's a way of living, dressing and acting. It's called 'Nu rave'.

8. We are 'The Lovecats'

Yesterday (Sunday 25th March), me and two of my friends; Fay and Jerri, went to a recording street on Southgate road, near Angel/ Old Street.

Our friend Craig (Template) who I have spoken about before (he runs Club Myra) was recording his single.

He'd heard me and four of my friends singing on our friends Foals' (who I've also spoken about before) record. In the summer of 2006 five of us went to Truck recording studios and sang some backing vocals for some of their songs, which include 'balloons' and 'french opening'.

French Opening has been played at clubs around London, Oxford, Nottingham, Brighton and elsewhere. It's also on a c.d which came free with NME dated 2nd December 2006.

We called the five of us 'the lovecats', due to a joke about singing love like cats purring. We made ourselves a Myspace account which has drawn attention from people who have listened to Foals and not known what was going on in the background, as well as grabbing attention of other bands. I played Craig one of the songs last year and he said about using us for backing vocals. We've also been sent a message by a band called 'Tiger force', asking us if we would sing on their single, when they have a new song.

The 'lovecats' thing is all a bit of a joke, we can't really sing, we can try to though, and it's just quite fun girly giggily type melodies- if you can even call it that. More chanting.

Our myspace is:
http://www.myspace.com/wearethelovecats

Craig is recording with a guy called Russ/ Junk scientist. His myspace is:
http://www.myspace.com/junkscientist

He has produced/ recorded The Rakes, Larrikin Love (who I will talk about in quite a bit of detail soon) and others.

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Since Patrick Wolf's 'The Magic Position' has been released he has become quite a celebrity. He has appeared on T4's music show, in newspapers and magazines all accross the nation and set to appear on The Charlotte Church show on Saturday 24th.

Patrick was in the London Paper's spotted out and about section today. It's odd to think people are excited about him being at these places. But like I say, he has become quite the celebrity.

I've brain stormed the links I can think of off the top of my head. I plan on showing these and talking about each link. In this I hope that the public and private institutions will crop up; record labels and venues, as well as the idea of sound as an art coming in to conversation.

7. www.myspace.com

I've realised that most of the links which I have used are links to peoples Myspace profiles.

I looked up the term 'public institution' and found the following defintions of public and private institutions:

'The commencement or initiation of anything, such as an action.
An establishment, particularly one that is eleemosynary or public by nature.
An institution can be any type of organized corporation or society. It may be private and designed for the profit of the individuals composing it, or public and nonprofit.'1

www.Myspace.com runs on the public using it. If it weren't for 'us' then there would be no such thing as Myspace, just Tom, with zero friends and it wouldn't work.

The owners must be making money somehow (from advertising, one would imagine). But it does not charge the public to use it.

I have found an article at
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/07/19/133937.php

It tells how Myspace was sold almost two years ago to Rupert Murdoch's 'News corp' for over $580 million.

Myspace has been creating a massive hype for the past couple of years now. I have personally had a love/ hate relationship with it. I've been a member of Myspace for about five/six years now. I started on 'Friendster' and spoke to people who had been to the same gigs as me or who liked the same music as me. It was all a bit weird really. I spoke to my first major boyfriend on Myspace after I met him to make arrangements to meet up. I got hassle from his ex- girlfriends on Myspace. I hated it for a while, especially after we split up. The problem is that it is public. You can read things which your ex boyfriend has written to his new girlfriend. It's enough to make you go a little insane/ make everyone around you think you've gone insane when you tell them about how your ex told his new girlfriend he loved her on myspace yesterday and how today he said he was going to go to her house, etcetera. You basically are stalking people.


It has its down points, but I've now realised, in my more-mature years, that if used properly (ex boyfriends are deleted as are any links made to him and you cannot view his or any of his friends profiles and you don't get yourself in to ridiculous relationships with arseholes) then Myspace is an amazing source for information.

Artists, musicians, galleries, companies, t.v programmes all use Myspace, and why not?
Myspace is a great way to get yourself seen. With the click of a mouse you're trying to get someones attention and for them to look at your profile. This is all free. Free to put up a profile, free to put up music/pictures, free to show when and where gigs are, free to add fans to. Really, it can be an amazing source.

The Arctic Monkeys were spotted thanks to Myspace, and I'm sure it has made many a band much more popular.
There are special Myspace mixes now, C.d's, events and gigs.
Myspace is a generation of mini-stars to be, for whatever you do.

You can literally make yourself, create someone or something, all with a huge help from Myspace to back you.


1.http://www.answers.com/topic/institution

6. How I met Patrick

Around early summer of 2006 I saw a flyer adveritising Patrick Wolf D.J'ing at a club night in Soho called 'Club Myra'. My friends and I went down to the tiny venue 'Push bar'. Almost as soon as we entered the venue we were approached by a woman taking our photographs and a boy who I recognised.

I recognised the boy from a Patrick Wolf show at Bloomsbury theatre on 30th March 2006. He was sat next to me shouting things at Victoria the violinist. Kelly Osborne and Kele Okereke of Bloc party fame were also sat a few seats away.

The boy, named Craig danced with us for the rest of the evening. Wolf turned up later, Craig introduced us to him as well as other friends 'Mama Peaches' and Ingrid Z ('Patrick's ex girlfriend who owns 'The Residence Gallery'). After Patrick had d.j'd his sister Jo Apps (see blog 5. The family) d.j'd and Patrick danced with us for the rest of the evening.

Craig exchanged numbers with us and we went to the next Club Myra in September 2006 when I had moved to uni. Patrick played a few songs this time, Lady Patricia Quinn (of Rocky Horror fame) joined him on stage.

The following is a link of video footage from the evening.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhmMCfF91po

The 1st October I saw Patrick play at the Zodiac in Oxford, then the 4th I saw him play at Koko club in Camden. I met up with Craig after this and we went to a bar called 'The Crescent'. Among others were Alice, Victoria- Patrick's violinist and some others.
We moved on to 'The Black Cap' where we met Edward Larrikin (singer of band Larrikin Love) who is Alice's boyfriend, Lady Patricia Quinn, John and some others. Patrick turned up later but we all had trouble with the club and left this place for a place in Camden high street. More people turned up including Jo Apps, Bertie (Alice's best friend who is also at Camberwell with her) and Ingrid Z.

On October 17th I met up with Craig and went to Kentish town. We met up with Edward Larrikin and the rest of Larrikin Love in a pub near to The Forum. They'd just played a gig with The Kooks and had met up with friends afterwards. I met a new friend of theirs Tom Beard who is a photographer and Lauren, who is folk musician 'Mechanical Bride'- signed to Transgressive records (Larrikin Love started on this label and Foals are also signed to them).
Mechanical bride myspace can be found here:
http://www.myspace.com/mechanicalbride

(I plan on writing a lot more later about all of these artists, clubs and Transgressive records.)

That evening Craig, Ed, Alice (Ed's girlfriend- at Camberwell college of art, doing Graphic design) and I got a taxi from Camden to Push Bar. Tour manager and friends were there.

When leaving the club Ed and Alice invited me to their house warming party which was that Friday. I went along to a small gathering of friends. Tom Beard, Patrick and Ingrid, Craig and his boyfriend Dan and a couple of others. I got extremely drunk and tried to force feed Patrick sponge cake. He applied make up and wigs, then we all left to go to Kash Point, held at 'The Eve club' (Patrick also filmed his video for Accident and Emergancy in this club). He guestlisted us all and d.j'd around midnight, he also sang 'accident and emergency' in a circle in the club, Ed joined in with his guest vocals.

Later Craig introduced me to his friend. I asked her her name, she replied 'Kelly'. Later I realised it was infact Kelly Osborne. Who wasn't too impressed with me asking her such a question.

For Craig's birthday in November we met up in Soho and went to Push Bar again. Alice and Ed came out, as did John, Ingrid and others.

The next time I saw Patrick was at The Old Blue Last in December 2006. He and Jo Apps were d.j'ing, Foals were also playing this evening.

A little later, on the 19th I saw Patrick play London Union Chapel in Islington. An extremely good show. I met up with Craig, Lady Patricia Quinn, Ingrid and others at a small bar. We all headed our seperate ways, on the way meeting one of their friends 'Holestar' (also at camberwell university. A lady transvestite... looking like a man wearing makeup.) The first time I met Patrick I was wearing a heavily beaded top which he asked for. I had only worn it this once so decided to give him it. Unfortunately he didn't come out this evening so I gave it to Craig to give him.

I then saw Patrick play the Zodiac on the 6th February, 'No Bra' supported him, another friend of his who has been at events like Club Myra before. Craig was at the show and ended up singing on stage with Wolf to 'accident and emergency.' Which I filmed and can be found here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaC2g9zb7Do

Saturday 17th I saw Patrick play at Nottingham Rescue rooms. He is currently on tour supporting The Arcade Fire.

Craig is a musician, known as Craig Template. I plan on writing about him next.
His music myspace is:

www.myspace.com/craigtemplatemusic