Please note this is NOT a ZOOM Lecture but an in person lecture, tickets include a complimentary glass of Devil’s Botany Absinthe.
Doors open at 6:30pm and talk starts at 7pm
As Coil, Peter ‘Sleazy’ Christopherson and Geff Rushton (aka ‘John Balance’) worked with Neo-Pagan, Outsider, and Queer strategies at the crossroads of a variety of Counter-Cultures for over two decades.
Having befriended Geff when they were both still only in their teens, Matthew Levi Stevens found himself with a ringside seat to the beginnings of Psychic TV and Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth – and then, of course, Coil.
Tonight he will be sharing memories from over a decade’s intimate friendship with the duo, against a backdrop of the Post-Industrial scene, London Occulture, Acid House, and more, and through a heady mix of sex ‘n’ drugs, magick ‘n’ music.
Matthew Levi Stevens is the author of The Magical Universe of William S. Burroughs (Mandrake of Oxford, 2014) and various related texts, as well as a range of print and online articles for Beatdom, FANEmag, The Fenris Wolf 12, Furfur, Reality Sandwich, Soft Need 23, and others. He has also spoken at The Last Tuesday Society, The Occult Conference (Glastonbury), The Atlantis Bookshop, Treadwells, and The Horse Hospital.”
The Absinthe Parlour at The Last Tuesday Society is London’s best award-winning alternative cocktail bar hidden within The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities. A drinker’s cabinet of wonder filled curious cocktails & extraordinary elixirs —The Last Tuesday Society’s Absinthe Parlour is truly a hidden treasure of East London. Opened by collectors, drinks historians & absinthe experts — Allison Crawbuck (Brooklyn) & Rhys Everett (London) in 2016, the duo bring with them a shared passion for the mysterious world of spirits & the macabre.
Short Listed “Bar of the Year” – The Spirits Business 2024
Voted “Best Bar in London” – DesignMyNight Awards 2019
Devil’s Botany is the UK’s first absinthe distillery, founded by Directors of The Last Tuesday Society’s Absinthe Parlour & Cocktail Bar. Celebrating spirit’s connection to art, literature, magic & mixology, Devil’s Botany is unleashing the future of absinthe with bold expressions for the adventurous drinkers of today.
The venue opens at 18:30. Doors will close at 19:00 to avoid disrupting the speaker. We kindly ask that all guests arrive before 19:00. Refunds are not possible for in person events with less than seven days notice in any circumstances.
