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HELPING SCOTLAND GET A LIFE SINCE 1985 INSIDE: 25 YEARS IN REVIEW, WITH HELP FROM KING TUT’S, THE ARCHES, THE TRAVERSE, FILMHOUSE, AND MANY MORE
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23 SEP – 7 OCT YOU’VE GOT 15 DAYS TO LIVE! In the past 25 years Scottish culture has surged forward, riding a wave created by a mid-80s creative boom of which The List played an important part. We're looking back this issue, with the help of the institutions that have been around as long as we have – digging around in long neglected archives for memorabilia of great gigs or classic theatre performances – but we're also looking forward, with a new look magazine that's fresher, bolder and, we hope, a more pleasing thing in general. We're celebrating the old, yes, but in a very new way. And we hope you continue to enjoy it.
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Around Town Hole in my Pocket Sunday Service Mental Health Arts & Film Festival Bold Souls
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Books Rebecca Hunt Axel Scheffler Jonathan Franzen
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Clubs BOBBY GILLESPIE From Jesus and Mary Chain to Primal Scream, Bobby Gillespie has been involved in the Scottish music scene even longer than us.
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MENTAL HEALTH FESTIVAL Film, theatre, arts, music and more, including Scott Hutchison (pictured) contributing to the Fruit Tree Foundation project.
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25 years of The List
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The face of Scotland’s cultural scene has changed a lot over the past quarter century, and The List has been right in the thick of it. Check out our 20 page celebration of recent history, which kicks off on page 12. Published by The List Ltd HEAD OFFICE: 14 High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1TE Tel: 0131 550 3050, Fax: 0131 557 8500, www.list.co.uk, email editor@list.co.uk GLASGOW OFFICE: at the CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD Tel: 0141 332 9929, Fax: 0141 353 2803, glasgow@list.co.uk ISSN: 0959 - 1915 ©2010 The List Ltd. Reproduction in whole or in part is forbidden without the written permission of the publishers. The List does not accept responsibility for unsolicited material. The List provides this content in good faith but no guarantee or representation is given that the content is accurate, complete or up-to-date. Use of magazine content is at your own risk. Printed by Scottish County Press, Bonnyrigg, Midlothian. Subscriptions: 27 issues UK £45. 27 issues Europe £85. 27 issues rest of the world £120.
FOOD & DRINK We look at the best chefs of the last 25 years, as well as covering recent openings such as Corinthian and Divino.
Babette Mangolte The Lens Prism: Corin Sworn 3D 2D Robert Barry
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2 First Word In an unqualified act of self-love The List interviews . . . The List!
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FirstWord The List We’ve chosen our very favourite interviewee for the 25th birthday First Word – ourselves! So here’s The List on Bowie, The Balmoral and beard rash First record you ever bought ‘Dancing in the Street’ by David Bowie and Mick Jagger. Number One from 7 Sept–5 Oct 1985. First film you saw that really moved you Schindler’s List . . . and latterly The Bucket List. First movie you ever went on a date to We coaxed Russell Brand into a date in 2006, but we won’t kiss and tell about what happened . . . OK we will. See page 15. First thing you do when you’ve got time off work Time off work!? Scotland’s entertainment bible is here for you 24/7. Last great meal you cooked Tony Singh’s Jhinga Malai Cream recipe from our Good Food Fast feature of August this year (issue 663). Last extravagant purchase you made Champagne and caviar at The Balmoral. LOL, jkng! We mustered enough money to buy a paperclip last month.
Detective. Five stars in issue 659, and she’s a former List editor! First great piece of advice you were given !!! is pronounced ‘chk chk chk’ (not ‘exclamation mark, exclamation mark, exclamation mark’). Last time you were star struck Interviewing George Clooney in 2003. First thing you’d do if you ran the country Save the arts. First song you’ll sing at karaoke ‘Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenocerous’ by Flight of the Conchords, as ably performed by The List’s current editor in May of this year (see issue 656). Last time you exploited your position to get something Near constantly. Anyone want to butter us up . . . anyone? First time you realised you were famous When Aidan Moffat wrote a song about us (see page 18). Inspiring, accurate, essential.
First crush Clint Eastwood. He could give us beard rash any day.
Last meal on Earth – what would it be A dozen oysters, squeeze of lemon, pint of 80 bob. Who'll serve it? Gandolfi Fish in Glasgow or the Café Royal Circle Bar in Edinburgh.
Last book you read Alice Thompson, The Existential
First three words your friends would use to describe you
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This fortnight on
list.co.uk The List’s Student Guide, given out to freshers this month, is now online, and features some great out-of-town trip recommendations for students and non-students alike, including the lowdown on Cramond, Anstruther Harbour and Loch of the Lowes. www.list.co.uk/students 2 THE LIST 23 Sep–7 Oct 2010
Last time you made an impulse buy and regretted it Daphne and Celeste’s 2000 album We Didn’t Say That! after reading our own five-star review in issue 390. What were we thinking? First concert you ever attended
Tom Waits, Edinburgh Playhouse, Tue 15 Oct 1985. First thing you think of when you wake up in the morning Listings. Last thing you think of before you go to sleep Mmm, more listings.
The things making our world just that little bit better
■ We must confess, we do like to see an animal adopting human poses and cavorting around just like we do. No, we haven’t been watching Animals Do the Funniest Things, or old YouTube hits of Dogtanian for that matter, but we did get our anthropomorphic kicks from seeing Santra the brown bear doing a 15-minute morning stretch workout in the zoo. And we weren’t surprised to see that she was a bear living in Finland. They seem like very outdoorsy, yoga types over there. Very much like
The List team in fact*. Besides the animal antics, we also like showing our love for British arts, and signing the petition to convince the government not to slash funding (find out more and show support at savethearts.org.uk). The campaign is backed by UK artists including David Hockney, Antony Gormley, Damien Hirst, Anish Kapoor and our recent List contributor, David Shrigley, creator of a very excellent new animated short (see above) to drum up support. *parts of this We Like feature may be bullshit.
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Alternative Fresher’s Week CLUBS Once again, Cabaret Voltaire caters for those select students whose music tastes have developed beyond Chesney Hawkes and ‘Summer of ‘69’. See preview, page 47. Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, Fri 24 Sep–Sat 2 Oct.
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THEATRE Virginia Woolf’s novel is reworked by Theatre Cryptic, in conjunction with composer Craig Armstrong and producer AGF. See preview, page 94. Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, Thu 30 Sep–Sat 2 Oct; Tramway, Glasgow, Tue 2–Sat 6 Nov.
VISUAL ART Filmmaker Babette Mangolte explores her working relationship with performance artist Yvonne Rainer. See preview, page 97. Sorcha Dallas, Glasgow, Fri 1–Fri 29 Oct; Yvonne Rainer: Dance and Film, Tramway, Glasgow, Tue 5–Sun 10 Oct.
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COMEDY Everyone’s favourite long-haired surrealist returns for more tangential wandering and strangely obscure yet worryingly accurate mimes. See preview, page 54. Playhouse, Edinburgh, Thu 7 Oct.
FILM Scotland's global action cinema festival celebrates the people and films that are changing the world for a third year. See Film Index. GFT, Glasgow and Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Thu 23 Sep–Tue 5 Oct.
FILM A soulful Romanian tale of cops, drugs and grammar, which won the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize at Cannes 2009. See review, page 59. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, from Fri 1 Oct.
BOOKS A 1960s-set novel about a big black dog and Winston Churchill, Hunt’s Mr Chartwell has been longlisted for the Guardian First Book award. See review, page 45. Out on Thu 7 Oct, published by Penguin.
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Caitlin Rose MUSIC Lyrical country tunes from the Nashville songstress who is touring on the back of her critically acclaimed album, Own Side Now. See preview, page 72. Captains Rest, Glasgow, Fri 1 Oct.
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FILM Oliver Stone once again casts his critical eye over the money men of Wall Street; Michael Douglas, Shia LeBeouf, Josh Brolin and Carey Mulligan star. See review, page 58. On general release Wed 6 Oct.
MUSIC SMHAFF 2010 highlight Music Like a Vitamin is a new collaboration featuring the cream of Scottish music. See preview, page 71. Various venues across Scotland, from Fri 1 Oct–Sun 24 Oct.
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COMEDY Swear words, taboo topics and lashings of self-deprecation: the foulmouthed funnyman cements his reputation. See Comedy, page 55. Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, Thu 30 Sep–Sun 3 Oct.
BOOKS Scotland’s official National Book Town attracts authors including John Byrne, Jackie Kay and Candia McWilliam. See Books, page 46. Various venues, Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway, Fri 24 Sep–Sun 3 Oct.
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THEATRE Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s short story I Only Came To Use The Phone is adapted and performed by Leann O’Kasi. See preview, page 90. Tron Theatre, Glasgow, Fri 1–Sat 9 Oct.
FILM Ryan Reynolds is confined to a coffin with only his lighter and a failing mobile phone for company. A claustrophobic thriller comparable to Phone Booth. See review, page 59. General release from Wed 29 Sep.
Corin Sworn: The Lens Prism VISUAL ART A man steps into the spotlight of a theatre, hangs up his jacket, and starts to speak. A compelling video piece that deals with the discursive wanderings of the actor’s mind. See preview, page 98. Tramway, Glasgow, until Sun 17 Oct. 23 Sep–7 Oct 2010 THE LIST 5
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The fourth Glasgow Americana Festival is back and features over 30 acts at various venues over five days in an October slot for the first time. It is rightly recognised and lauded for the quality of the acts it attracts to a city famed for its appreciation of great music. Since 2007 Mary Gauthier, The Wailin’ Jennys, Crooked Still, The Handsome Family, The Hot Club of Cowtown and The Stairwell Sisters are just a few to the names to have graced the Glasgow Americana stage – and this year is no different. One of the main highlights in 2010 is Frazey Ford from The Be Good Tanyas who plays the 5pm show in the CCA on 9 October and we have three pairs of tickets to give away. On the night, Frazey will be joined by two other members of The Be Good Tanyas; Trish Klein - banjo, electric guitar and vocals; John Raham – drums, the band is completed by Darren Paris on electric bass. Grammy-nominated Tift Merritt, Eilen Jewel, Gurf Morlix, Girlyman, and Kevin Welch are among those heading to the city for a festival that has become a firm favourite on Scotland’s music map. Flying the flag for Scotland is Glasgow-based troubadour Roddy Hart, whose latest album, Sign Language, delivers a timely reminder of his exceptional talents as a songwriter and performer. With continued support from The Scottish Arts Council and Glasgow City Council Glasgow Americana can only continue to grow year on year.
The List is turning 25 years old, and to celebrate we are holding a birthday party in a soon-to-be-disclosed venue in Glasgow on 22 October. We're inviting some of our favourite bands from the last 25 years to play at this extra special event, plus we'll have some guest DJs and poets and authors giving readings in quiet corners. It's set to be a magical celebration of Scottish culture. More details about this exclusive event will be announced shortly, but in the meantime we have 10 pairs of tickets to give away to lucky List readers.
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TURNING 25
The final few age-limited hurdles surmounted Have a drink in Delhi You have to be 25 golden years of age to drink alcohol in Delhi – so get your finest constitution at the ready and we’ll see you at the bar.
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Forget your bog-standard music festival, there’s a new kid in town Words: Anna Millar
hey sang that all you need is love, and now it seems a fresh crew of musicians is getting in on the action with new jamboree the Love Music Festival. Believing that Scotland’s older audiences had plenty to keep them busy, November’s inaugural shindig is targeting children up to 18 years old with interactive installations, workshops, instrumentmaking, digital compositions, meeting the artists, exploring new music and live performance. Basing itself across Scotland, including Glasgow, the idea is to bring as wide a range of music from around the world to over 9000 young people. Programmes and events will be held within schools, as well as plenty of public events outwith the classroom to keep everyone happy. Highlights from the public programme include a rootsy bluegrass string quartet from Canada and a jazz
NewsExtra FOUND GET FOUND ■ One of Scotland’s latest collaborations goes to show the strength of both its players, as news comes in that Edinburgh electro pop crew FOUND have signed a new record deal with Chemikal Underground. The FOUND threesome have been releasing music on various labels since 2006 but their latest album – their third – looks set to be their highest profile to date. Recording at Chem19, the band worked
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Merchant Navy and funk-infused Balkan ensemble from Turkey. Twenty-five is also Elsewhere, look out for Tuvan throat singers, a master the maximum age kora player from Mali, virtuoso electric tuba from for trainees in the London with a group of West African drummers, and a Indian Merchant Navy. Anchors top UK beatboxer. Conceived and curated by composer Stephen aweigh! Deazley, the intention, he says, was to bring something to the festival calendar that wasn’t already there. WWW.LIST.CO.UK Visit us daily ‘You won’t find a diet of pop, traditional Scottish or for arts & entertainment news classical music here, because young people have had long-standing and very successful access to this music. You will find digital music experimenters, jazz improvisers, ancient music from Asia, Eastern Europe, Africa and unbelievable sound-worlds colliding.’ Here at List Towers
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with Paul Savage (known for his work with Franz Ferdinand, Mogwai, King Creosote and The Phantom Band), and will be hoping to build on their successes at both SXSW and CMJ festivals in the US, and their recent BAFTA win. Scottish label Chemikal Underground are perhaps best known for their 90s work with The Delagados, Mogwai and Arab Strap. Check out FOUND’s latest sound when the record is released on Chemikal Underground in spring 2011.
we’re proud of where we are and proud of where we’ve been. Launched in October 1985, we set our stall as the ultimate entertainment magazine. Clint Eastwood was on the silver screen and Jimmy Boyle was making waves. Check out our page-turn version of issue one of The List, in all its monochrome glory, online at www.list.co.uk/25years, and keep ’em peeled for Glasgow Film Festival director Allan Hunter waxing lyrical about Mr Eastwood, current classical editor Carol Main’s cultural nods, as well as the gigs, clubs, theatres and galleries you could not afford to miss. Your 1985 fortnight starts right here. 23 Sep–7 Oct 2010 THE LIST 7
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AROUND TOWN All aboard! Clyde Cruises, operating the new River Link waterbus on the River Clyde, have announced that due to popular demand over the summer, the trips will now be extended to Sat 16 Oct. Pack your woollies. Elsewhere in Glasgow, Merchant City’s facelift continues with the unveiling of The Quartercentury Monument on Hutcheson Street. Commissioned to mark the 400th anniversary of the Letter of Guildry, which regulated the role of merchants and craftsmen on the Town Council, the sculpture shows a selection of objects and tools associated with Glasgow, its trades and merchants. BOOKS Another month, another awards announcement, and this time it’s the turn of the Royal Mail Awards for Scottish Children’s Books. Following an impressive roster of names last year, 2010’s line-up for Scotland’s largest children’s book award is just as varied. In the Bookbug Readers section (0–7 years), Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks, Simon Puttock and Joe Kiddie, and Debi Gliori are all nominated; in Young Readers (8–11 years), Lucinda Hare, John Fardell and Barry Hutchison are up for the prize; while the Older Readers category (12–16 years) boasts writers Catherine MacPhail, Gillian Philip and Elizabeth Laird. The winners will be announced at an award ceremony at Tramway, Glasgow, on 22 Feb next year. FILM Short documentary competition Bridging the Gap is on the hunt for applicants, with Scottishbased filmmakers being asked to work with the theme of ‘Shift’. Offering applicants the chance of 8 THE LIST 23 Sep–7 Oct 2010
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a creative training programme alongside production, this year’s initiative affords five short documentaries the chance to be commissioned at an industry pitching session in December. Deadline for applicants is 6 Oct, so thinking caps should be firmly on. M US IC Whatever the season, there’s always plenty of reason to be cheerful in the land of all things music. There’s a new mini-festival brewing in Glasgow’s East End. Eastern Promise (see what they did there?) takes place on 1 & 2 Oct. Acts on the line-up include the Victor Herrero Band, Rachel Grimes, Nils Frahm, Wounded Knee, King Creosote, as well as Malcolm Middleton’s new project Human Don’t Be Angry, FOUND and RM Hubbert. Tickets are £10 per night or £15 for both and are available from Monorail, Tickets Scotland and Platform Box Office 0141 276 9661. See also Five Reasons, page 77. In other happy news, Edwyn Collins has received an honorary degree, in recognition of his contribution to the national and international music industry. Collins received the nod from Buckinghamshire New University and fans can check out his latest offerings with new album Losing Sleep this month. THEATR E It’s one-man shows ahoy at the Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, next year. Funnyman Lenny Henry explores his life through his love of music in April’s Cradle to Rave, before John Cleese’s Alimony Tour. The productions out West are boasting an equally credible casting with the mighty Derek Jacobi primed to be King Lear at the Theatre Royal.
■ For those of you who have the deep misfortune of remembering Kitchen, a two-part Glasgow-set Five drama with Eddie Izzard as a laconic, often-drunk superchef who had a problem with motivation, Whites (BBC2, Tue 28 Sep, 9pm) may ring a couple of similar bells. Both of them clang around the lazy central character Roland White, played by another comedian-turned-actor, Alan Davies, whose surname and slightly slicked-back barnet can’t help you think of Marco-Pierre. Into this hellish kitchen of the show’s prestigious country club come a long-suffering sous chef, Bib (Darren Boyd), a permanently annoyed restaurant manager, Caroline (Katherine Parkinson), and an exaggeratedly thick waitress, Kiki (Isy Suttie). But while they all feel the heat from either White’s tongue or his negligence (he’s too busy dictating his uneventful memoir to ease the chaos in his kitchen), the real conflict of the show looks set to be provided by the clearly malevolent assistant chef, Skoose (Stephen Wight), who has no hesitation in telling Bib he is coming for his job. Most of the humour in a perfectly palatable opening episode comes from White’s obsession with meat and Caroline’s more empathetic approach, impersonating a veggie, crying from having to eat her millionth risotto. Of special interest to Peep Show fans is that Whites is co-written by Matt King, aka Super Hans. Whether the rest of us will develop enough of a taste to hang around like enough lamb on a hook, is another question.
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The List began life on 4 Oct 1985, making us 25 years old this issue. We've called on some venerable institutions in Glasgow and Edinburgh to piece together a cultural history of the last 25 years, with interviews with some of the key players, and photos from the depths of several archives. Here's to another quarter-century of Scotland's essential entertainment guide. Illustrations: David Galletly
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TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGIN’ A lot has happened in 25 years of Scottish culture. Niki Boyle gives a blow-by-blow account of the major events n 1985 , while Reagan and Gorbachev squared up for the last round of the Cold War, a fresh new arts and culture magazine – similar to the one you hold in your very hands – was born. In its first months, The List commented on, among other things, the completion of the brand new SECC, saying it could be a worthwhile venue once someone ‘more interesting than UB40’ (backed up by Simply Red, no less) played there. 1986 introduced Tilda Swinton to our screens, when she appeared in Derek Jarman’s Caravaggio. Our 15th issue had a wonderful two-page spread on the film, though tragically we did refer to the actress as Tilda Swanton. 1987 was the year John Byrne’s Tutti Frutti graced our screens, making household names of Robbie Coltrane and Emma Thompson, while the big excitement in 1988 was caused by Peter Brook’s transformation of a transport museum into the Tramway for his nine-hour epic, Mahabharata. At the time, we commented that ‘it would be wonderful to think that Brook’s production will leave behind it a permanent exciting new space – something entirely lacking in Scotland – that could become a centre for this sort of brave, experimental work.’ Weren’t we sharp? In 1989 Scotland was deemed an appropriate test-drive vehicle for the Poll Tax, which absolutely nobody had any sort of problem with, while in 1990 The List happily noted that Nirvana would be appearing at grungy rock hole Calton Studios (now grungy rock hole Studio 24); the slacker-tastic line-up would be completed by Shonen Knife, L7 and Cobain’s Scottish favourites The Vaselines. In 1991 , Glasgow once again stepped into the cultural breach as The Arches opened its doors for the first time as a Mayfest venue. The List noted with mildly surprised pleasure that ‘The Arches survives beyond 1990 and Mayfest, which is good news.’ We did get all excitable in 1992 about the new custom-built premises for The Traverse, though – it was ‘Britain’s first theatre
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specifically designed for new writing for several centuries.’ That said, the debut performance (Michael Celeste’s Columbus: Blooding The Ocean) did err ‘heavily on the dull side’. We were very hard to please. 1993 and Brit-pop begins to overtake baggy, as Oasis are discovered by Alan McGee at King Tut’s: while we didn’t even list that particular gem, we did draw attention to ‘distinctive rising guitar band’ Radiohead, although we expressed doubt that they’d ‘ever top Creep’. Meanwhile, Irvine Welsh completed Trainspotting while studying for his MBA at Heriot-Watt Uni; his path would soon cross with those of Danny Boyle and Ewan McGregor, who placed themselves on the map in 1994 with Shallow Grave, which we praised for its twin virtues of being good and being from Scotland: ‘Here was proof that it was indeed possible to make a film that was recognisably Scottish without blatantly tying it down with tartan ribbons.’ 1995 was a year that laid the foundation for many a Scottish star: Arab Strap, Mogwai and Idlewild all formed in this year; Frankie Boyle started telling jokes at student unions; Alan Warner unleashed Morvern Callar on the world (‘one of the most original, disturbing and compulsive pieces of fiction in recent years,’ said we); and Peter Capaldi won himself an Oscar for Franz Kafka’s It’s A Wonderful Life – we missed that one too. Even non-Scots wanted in on the deal: Irishman Liam Neeson starred in Rob Roy, while Aussie Mel Gibson made Braveheart, which, despite having ‘the odd cliché, a touch of sentimentality and “dramatic” historical inaccuracy,’ we deemed to be pretty good. 1996 unleashed Danny Boyle’s film version of Trainspotting (‘its scenes will be enthusiastically dissected, its characters discussed and its script quoted with the regularity of Withnail & I or Tarantino’). Our small country reserved its big guns for the following year, though: both the
Harry Potter and Grand Theft Auto franchises, launched in 1997, would be among Scotland’s biggest exports for the next 13 years (Rowling actually appeared at the Edinburgh Book Festival’s smallest venue that year, reading an excerpt to 30 youngsters). Fast forward to 1999 when we gained our very own parliament. The event was commemorated with a gig by Garbage, whose leading lady, Shirley Manson, said to The List: ‘I certainly don’t think [that Scottish parliament] is going to be the answer to our prayers overnight. I would, however, like to be positive about it . . . God forbid anything like the Poll Tax should happen again.’ See? Told you we weren’t bitter about it. 2000 was a bit of an anticlimax – there was relief mixed with a bit of disappointment when the much-feared Y2K bug failed to show, and then just plain old disappointment when Bush Jr emerged triumphant from a dodgy election. Scotland tried to hang back a bit, but our small nation just couldn’t help itself, and from 2004 we were in the news again: the Miralles-designed Parliament building, completed that year, was viewed by many to be the biggest white elephant since the Millennium Dome; the 2005 Make Poverty History rally, provoked by the G8 summit meeting in Gleneagles, was the focal point for similar protests around the world; and in 2006, Gregory Burke’s Black Watch (‘a splendid, rambunctiously humorous, moving and insightful affair’) was seen as one of the most incisive views of the War on Terror. From then on, we excelled in the cult of personality: 2007 belonged to John Smeaton, the have-a-go hero of Glasgow Airport; 2008 was Chris Hoy, Britain’s best Olympian for 100 years; and as for the favoured Scot of 2009, you can take your pick: Carol Ann Duffy (named Poet Laureate that year) or SuBo (who garnered more YouTube hits than Obama’s inauguration). And now, in the year 2010? Hot talking points include volcanoes, vuvuzelas and drunken Scots shouting ‘I hate Iceland’ on TV, while The List is pushing forward by covering brave new cultural forces, such as . . . um, The Vaselines, Tramway, and Tilda Swan– sorry, Swinton. We promise it won’t happen again. 23 Sep–7 Oct 2010 THE LIST 13
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Heard it here first
Early spots of a few favourite bands in The List
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reference.) And the song? It’s alright. A bit mannered really.’
JESUS AND MARY CHAIN Spotted: The ‘Populist! column, issue 48, 21 Aug 1987 What we said: ‘1987 started well, with their first top ten single, courtesy of April Skies – an unassuming pop song, far removed from the swamp of early offerings like Never Understand.’
taste” of what they’re capable of, which seems just a tad disingenuous . . . There’s no reason this lot shouldn’t be on the Evening Session.’
MOGWAI THE DELGADOS Spotted: Live review, issue 236, 9 Sep 1994 What we said: ‘Heavy with melody and attitude, The Delgados are more gum-chewing Yank garage punks with jackknifes in their jeans than gluesniffin’ YOPpers with bike chains – and therefore kinda perfect.’
Spotted: Single reviews, issue 277, 19 Apr 1996 What we said: ‘Then there’s Mogwai’s debut Tuner/Lower (Rock Action Records). One side is slow and broody! The other is fast and furious sonic riffology! Can’t remember which is which!’
EDWYN COLLINS Spotted: The ‘Populist! column, Issue 54, 13 Nov 1987 What we said: ‘My Beloved Girl is indeed pretty rocky, and well produced, in the sense that it sounds fresh, not bland.’
PRIMAL SCREAM Spotted: The ‘Populist! column, Issue 52, 16 Oct 1987 What we said: ‘Side one of the debut album, featuring the rather endearing Silent Spring and the single Gentle
BELLE & SEBASTIAN GARBAGE Spotted: Single reviews, issue 249, 24 Mar 1995 What we said: ‘At the nastier end of the spectrum is the debut single Vow from Garbage on Discordant Records. Points of interest to note include the presence of Nirvana producer Butch Vig on the drum stool and Shirley Manson, the artist formerly known as Her With The Big Eyes From Goodbye Mr Mackenzie, giving it some Toni Halliday pseudo-attitude on vocals. (Curve is actually quite a pertinent
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BILLY CONNOLLY The Big Yin was our second ever cover star, fronting the issue out on 18 Oct 1985. 14 THE LIST 23 Sep–7 Oct 2010
Spotted: Album reviews, issue 280, 31 May 1996 What we said: ‘Along with Jim Beattie’s Adventures In Stereo, this is as light and sunny as the Scottish summer gets. Let’s hope Belle & Sebastian reach the size of audience they have the potential to seduce.’
IDLEWILD Spotted: Demo reviews, issue 283, 12 Jul 1996 What we said: ‘Edinburgh’s Idlewild describe their tape as a “mediocre
ARAB STRAP Spotted: Album reviews, issue 294, 29 Nov 1996 What we said: ‘Bleak is hardly the word for it. Falkirk’s finest, not that there is much in the way of excessive competition for that mantle, have produced a stripped-down and close to the bone collection that manages to be both odd and audacious.’
BIFFY CLYRO Spotted: Exposure, 8 Jun 2000 What we said: ‘Biffy Clyro are Simon, Ben and James, three 20-year-olds from Ayrshire who like making noise and have managed to turn it into melodic rocking songs.’
The first List cover appearances of a few notable Scots
ANNIE LENNOX A fierce cover from 28 Nov 1986, with Annie Lennox posing to promote new Eurythmics album, Revenge.
ROBBIE COLTRANE The Tutti Frutti star strikes his best ‘used car salesman of the month’ pose for the 20 Feb 1987 cover.
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SHOCK OF THE NEW
The Inside Scoop
A few notable breakthroughs for The List
Words: Anna Millar
FIRST EDINBURGH FESTIVAL COVERAGE As Scotland’s leading entertainment guide, we of course jumped aboard the Edinburgh jamboree, wetting our nibs and waxing lyrical about the Greatest Show on Earth, our first Festival issue appearing on the shelves on 8 Aug 1986.
Three of The List’s ex-editors, who have gone on to bigger things, discuss the more memorable moments of their tenure
ALICE BAIN Editor 1989–1990 Current editor of MAP magazine One week in 1989 I was compiling the visual art and dance pages, which I’d done since the launch issue, the next I was up in the attic as the new editor making up page layouts with The List’s then designer, Paul Keir. We used clouds of spray mount. Galleys of text, long streams of glossy paper, were cut and collaged with images, ready for the printer. All in black and white. All by hand. No email. No internet. No graphic design programmes. Just a handful of workhorse word processing Amstrads, phones and the typesetting machine. And all of us writers and editors of course. It was fast and fun and we all stayed up till the early hours on production night every fortnight. Not being a night owl kind of an editor though, I changed this routine a little. Within a few issues we managed to finish by nine-ish and could all go to the pub – it felt like a grand achievement at the time!
FIRST COLOUR ISSUE Like a rainbow bursting into your dull grey lives, The List said ‘Bye bye monochrome, hello colour’ on 21 Nov 1997. Our cover star was Damon Albarn (check out those baby blues), who headlined our colour features section.
FIRST HOT 100 Here at List Towers we know what’s hot to trot, from actors, artists and comics to filmmakers, DJs and musicians. In order to share our pearls, we launched the sizzling inaugural Hot 100 on 11 Dec 2003. Shirley Henderson was our cover star; Young Adam director David Mackenzie our number one.
MARK FISHER Editor, 2000–2003 Current freelance journalist and critic I could tell the story of being so hungover I was incapable of chairing an editorial meeting and had to just sit there looking sickly. But that wouldn’t reflect well on me. I could tell the one about being alone in the office and having to interview a famous American animator without knowing anything about him. But that wouldn’t reflect well on me. I could tell the one about getting my fouryear-old son to review the singles. But that wouldn’t reflect well on me. I guess it was a pretty ignominious time.
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JOHN HANNAH East Kilbride’s most famous monobrow, John Hannah, hits the cover on 15 May 1987, with his TV show Brond.
PETER CAPALDI We jump forward to 5 Jan 1993 to get a first glimpse of the terrifying smile of Peter Capaldi.
Editor 2003–2006 Current director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival One year, in a bid to drive up circulation at Festival time, I hit on the notion of a reader competition to win a date with Russell Brand. It was really only a joke idea but Brand thought it was funny and agreed to take part. As I remember it, there was a surprisingly big reader response, and the competition was won by a sassy and very impressive woman who fully understood the irony of the whole thing. It wasn’t until I was introducing her to Brand, in the green room backstage at the EICC after his gig, that it came home to me just how cheesy this could be. In the flesh, Brand is a sweet, slightly gauche and surprisingly tall bloke and here he was looking into the eyes of this rather diminutive stranger. Suddenly the whole thing stopped being just an idea for a cover line, and became a real life encounter between two human beings wondering how exactly the other one might be understanding the word ‘date’ . . . but they soon overcame any initial embarrassment and they headed off to a local bar for a drink. What happened next I can’t say, except that the winning reader emailed me the following day to say thanks, and that Brand had treated her impeccably. 23 Sep–7 Oct 2010 THE LIST 15
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ince it first opened its doors in February 1990, King Tut’s has been a central pillar of the Scottish (and British) music scene. Aside from being the well-documented spot where Alan McGee first saw Oasis, and winning accolades from national musical institutions such as NME and Radio 1, it has spawned the King Tut’s Recordings record label, the Your Sound unsigned network and its own tent at T in the Park.
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KING TUT’S WAH WAH HUT
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DAVE MCGEACHAN The manager of King Tut’s remembers his favourite gigs from 20 years of the venue’s history When King Tut’s first opened in 1990 I was there maybe three times in the first fortnight. I saw The Charlatans, Pale Saints and Chapterhouse. I remember seeing Manic Street Preachers in ’91 and Blur and Radiohead in ’92. Radiohead were incredible – ‘Creep’ had just come out as a single and I was standing at the front to see how Johnny Greenwood made that kind of gun noise with his pedals. There were maybe only 100 people watching. Oasis drove their way up in 1993 for their famous gig and forced their way onto the bill. Alan McGee was there of course. He also turned up with Carl Barat to see Glasvegas at King Tut’s about three or four years ago. That was a period when in the same month we had The White Stripes, The Strokes and The Hives all playing. 16 THE LIST 23 Sep–7 Oct 2010
The way it was in the early 90s, often you would have bands like Supergrass supporting Shed 7 or Oasis supporting 18 Wheeler. Coldplay and Terrace once played as a double headliner. Terrace were on the front page of the NME at the time. Coldplay were on before them but you could just tell the difference; Coldplay were very polished, and unfortunately Terrace disappeared without a trace. What makes King Tut’s stand out is that everyone loves working there, with the vibe of all the bands coming through. They can come down and have a drink, play some pool or make something to eat. I think if you were building as near a perfect venue as you could, it would be King Tut’s. It’s small and intimate and you can’t really beat the atmosphere. Soulwax once dedicated a song to the mushroom soup! (As told to Ewen Hosie)
Glasvegas play the final date of their 2008 album tour at Glasgow Barrowlands, 16 Dec 2008. By Mark Mackie, director of Regular Music and promoter of the event
It was just a celebration of everything that had happened that year – that rollercoaster year for Glasvegas. To be honest, the first time a lot of bands play the Barrowlands is quite a stunning moment in their career. Over the years I’ve seen many amazing shows at the venue, REM I remember for example. You always remember the first night they play the Barras, it’s a sort-of coming-of-age thing, and that night Glasvegas really came of age. That was it – they showed that they were here to stay. The crowd’s reaction was fantastic. There was a great buzz for them; great anticipation. It was a celebration for everybody that followed the band as well – they were having as much of a party as the band were. It wasn’t like we planned Glasvegas to play Barrowlands eight months before they did it, these were last-minute bookings. It was like ‘Let’s do this – oh, that went well, let’s do this!’ There was no telling where we were going. It was very exciting to be part of that very organic process. (As told to Ewen Hosie)
‘It’s a sort of comingof-age thing. And that night Glasvegas really came of age.’
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STRAPPING LAD Former Arab Strap vocalist, now solo star, Aidan Moffat, has had a long and fruitful relationship with The List. And, to our knowledge, he’s the only musician ever to name a song after a List feature. He reminisces with Jonny Ensall
The mid-90s Arab Strap song ‘I Saw You’ was inspired by The List’s lonely-hearts feature of the same name. Do you remember using I Saw You at that time?
photographic skills of course, but it was just that he only had two goes on the Polaroid, and both of them were absolutely horrific.
That I Saw You feature had just started, and it was quite exciting and cool. I did attempt to use it to get in touch with a girl I really fancied but unfortunately it had absolutely no effect whatsoever, and I failed miserably. It turned out I met the girl again a few years later, and it still didn’t work – she wasn’t remotely interested in me and nor will she ever be. So thanks for bringing up my romantic failures in the first question . . . cheers.
Was it an enjoyable experience otherwise?
Our writer Brian Donaldson claims he bagged the first ever Arab Strap interview in 1996. Is that true?
When did you start reading The List?
That is absolutely true, yeah. I remember that it happened, but I don’t remember what happened at all. It was a very long time ago, I suspect it was in a pub – possibly Behind The Wall in Falkirk, or it could have been Firkin’s. I do remember he took a rather hideous picture of us [shown, above right]. Nothing to do with his
We grew up to be suspicious of the press, so I imagine we were quite difficult for poor Brian. I’ve never really been that keen on the idea of self-promotion, and when you’re in a young band you don’t really want to do those sorts of things. I think he was probably met with suspicion and fear, rather than excitment and enthusiasm. It must have been ’89 when I started reading The List, because as a wee boy in Falkirk (I say I was a wee boy – I was a 16-year-old man), I used to come through to Glasgow all the time. The List back then was pretty indispensable with regards to knowing what was going on. The List has claim to one other Aidan Moffat first, we printed your first short
story in July of this year – a tale of an old woman winding up a boy racer.
I’m very happy that you printed it, and I hope that plenty of people from West Kilbride got to read it. I lived in West Kilbride for a wee while, and I made all the names up and things like that, but it’s based on real-life people – the narrator of the story [the old woman] was based on a very real person. I hope that no one wants to fucking batter me now – that’d be quite disastrous. Favourite gig of the last 25 years?
When I was a young kid I went to see PJ Harvey at King Tut’s. Her first gig in Glasgow. I was right up the front. That was outrageously good.
Ticket Master We plunder the Edinburgh Gig Archive – a treasure trove of gig memorabilia – to find tickets for some classic shows
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STAGE INVASION
1985 was a landmark year for The Traverse theatre. Peter Arnott, Chris Hannan and Jo Clifford recall working there to Mark Fisher
n the months running up to the launch of The List, Edinburgh’s Traverse Theatre enjoyed one of its busiest and most acclaimed seasons. Directors Peter Lichtenfels, Jenny Killick and Stephen Unwin turned out eight in-house productions all with an outwardlooking European sensibility. At the same time, they ushered in a generation of Scottish playwrights. White Rose by Peter Arnott, 23, was
ALL PHOTOS: DAVID LIDDLE. COURTESY OF NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SCOTLAND AND THE TRAVERSE THEATRE.
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about a female Russian fighter pilot in World War Two; Elizabeth Gordon Quinn by Chris Hannan, 27, was about a woman who refuses to accept her working-class status during the Glasgow rent strike of 1915; and Losing Venice by Jo Clifford, 35, was about a Spanish attempt to colonise Venice in the 17th century. Big, bold and visionary, the plays changed the face of Scottish theatre.
PETER ARNOTT: WHITE ROSE Opened 22 May, 1985 ‘All three plays were resisting the sense of limited possibility. They were a response to Scottish theatrical storytelling and saying, “This can do more than we thought.” There’s no reason a Scottish theatre can’t be about the world: White Rose is a Scottish play about Russia. Or if you’re writing about Scottish history, you can do what Elizabeth Gordon Quinn does and subvert the genre it looks like it’s part of. White Rose is über-Brecht, because that European tradition belongs to us too, like Losing Venice, which was a picaresque, epic, lunatic tale. ‘In 1985, it felt that, even if we were impotent politically, in the cultural sphere we could say, “More is possible.” We had a sense we could write about anything and engage an audience. With Michael Boyd at the Tron, that sense of possibility spread out a bit and now, with the National Theatre of Scotland, there’s an assumption of grown-upness about Scottish theatre that wasn’t there in 1985. That season at the Traverse was the best of the way Scottish theatre has developed since – that way of doing things became the way we’re still doing things.’ 20 THE LIST 23 Sep–7 Oct 2010
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Peter Brook brings his ninehour epic, The Mahabharata, to the Tramway, 13 Apr 1988. By theatre critic Steve Cramer
CHRIS HANNAN: ELIZABETH GORDON QUINN Opened 27 June, 1985 ‘In part it was the directors saying, “We want to put on big epic plays.” They put on Elizabeth Gordon Quinn in a broader European context – the manner of the production was Brechtian. I was looking to models like Georg Kaiser and German expressionism and taking Scottish tradition – tenements and all that – and trying to see it in a bigger context. ‘What I was aware of was these really good actors being around: Ken Stott, Tilda Swinton, Kate Duchêne. There were all the European plays going on, so there was a bigger picture than just us three. What was confidence-building was that we fitted in with these other plays. We had a Scottish angle on a European tradition. ‘Since then, things have got better for playwrights – they’re paid better, writers such as David Greig, David Harrower and Gregory Burke are much more confident about their place in Europe, and also we no longer have the idea that a new play could not be put on in any of the big theatres in Scotland. That has changed radically and it feels permanent. We have been lucky in that we are, by and large, going to be the first generation of Scottish playwrights to have a full career – a youth, a middle age and even an old age.’
JO CLIFFORD: LOSING VENICE Opened 1 August, 1985 ‘I’m amazed at the risk the Traverse took. Not only did they schedule the play before I’d written it, but they scheduled it to be in the festival in their main house. It was the hugest act of trust in me. I remember sitting in rehearsals feeling totally terrified because the actors were having a lot of difficulty with the script, not because it was a bad script (which is what I assumed), but because it demanded they perform in a way that was different. Even when it was a huge success and people were queueing all the way down the stairs of the old Traverse for returns, I couldn’t quite believe it. ‘There was an incredible air of activity and so much creative energy in the building. I feel very proud of what we all achieved. It put Scotland on the map. You can see the legacy of it today in the National Theatre of Scotland, the massive international success of Black Watch and now, when there is a hit, the structures are in place for it to go abroad and get the kind of exposure it needs to establish itself in the repertoire.’
Peter Brook had proved prescient in the selection of Tramway as the venue for The Mahabharata, but in doing so, had set a challenge for out-oftown audience members, such as myself, in finding a venue that had never been used for theatre until that point. The anxiety that, never having been to Glasgow’s Southside, let alone the venue, myself and my companion wouldn’t find our way to it through the dreich Glasgow weather was overwhelming. Brook’s epic of war, human suffering and enlightenment made the journey more than worthwhile, and put Tramway at the centre of theatrical innovation for years to come. What most impressed about the sprawling nine-hour epic was that so much of it, while addressing vast political and existential issues, operated on an intimate human scale. The Mahabharata amounted to both parable and theatre, opening to its audiences a largely unfamiliar parallel form of Bible story from an equally holy text. The sensation of being exposed to a profound piece of knowledge, which had until then been shrouded behind the label ‘exotic’, was reinforced again and again. What I remember feeling at the time was not the question of why the story was being told, but why hadn’t it been told long before.
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SUB CLUB he Sub Club opened in April 1987, just a year and a half after the appearance of our first issue. The basement venue’s resident DJs quickly set about bringing the early sound of house to Glasgow, though it was DJ Harri and Slam promoter Dave Clarke’s Atlantis night that set the tone for the venue, running for four seminal years between 1990-1994, and establishing the Subbie as one of most pioneering dance music clubs in the country. Atlantis was followed by the equally influential Subculture (still helmed by Harri to this day) then added to in 1997 by Keith McIvor and Jonnie Wilkes’ Sunday residency, Optimo. On the cusp of the millenium, with everything going right, a fire broke out in the next-door building, disastrously wiping out the Sub Club with it. ‘It was a disaster,’ admits
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owner Mike Grieve. ‘I’d been trying to build up the club for years and 1999 was the best year we’d ever had.’ After three years of rebuilding and innovations, Sub Club was back in 2002, with a new sound system and more great nights, fitting back into the heart of Glasgow, and of Scottish culture. ‘It’s part of the fabric of the city,’ agrees Dave Clarke. ‘It’s had an influence on the rest of Scotland – people from Aberdeen, Inverness and Edinburgh come down. For such a small space it’s had this dramatic effect.’ For our 25th birthday we’ve unearthed 25 of the best Sub Club Tshirts (provided by the venue and its most famous nights) from the 1980s to the present, which are modelled here by some of the venue’s regulars.
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Johnny Vegas spins out on stage at The Stand, February 2000. By Tommy Sheppard, owner of The Stand comedy clubs Johnny came up to do this solo show; it was a very bleak and miserable Wednesday night, and the place was rammed with people expecting to see the master at work – this was when he was pretty much at the height of his stand-up powers. He comes back after his interval, having been in our little backstage area, which quite often doubled up as a cleaning cupboard, trailing this big buffing machine behind him. He gets a member of the audience to find a nearby socket and plug it in, then proceeds to put it on a table – we’ve got tiny, circular tripod tables, which just about hold this thing. So he gets the people in the front row to clear their glasses off, puts the buffing machine on the table, stands up on the table, stands on the machine, and then switches it on. It’s got quite a powerful motor, so the thing starts to rotate at 60 revolutions a minute or whatever, and it spins him round like a top until he’s propelled off into the audience. It was typical of the improvisational and just plain mental nature of his act, really. (As told to Niki Boyle)
‘The thing starts to rotate at 60 revolutions a minute and spins him round like a top until he’s propelled off.’ 24 THE LIST 23 Sep–7 Oct 2010
The founders of the Leith Agency in their 1980s heyday. L–R: Pete Mill; John Denholm; Roger Stanier
THE LEITH AGENCY he Leith Agency sprang to life on the docks of the capital in 1984. Leaders of the pack, they became best known for creating much-loved advertising for brands such as Carling, Honda, IRNBRU and Tennent’s. Recent achievements include
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GERRY FARRELL The creative director of the Leith Agency on making a marketing success out of IRN-BRU Step out the house and walk down any street in Scotland. If you get as far as the nearest bus stop without seeing somebody carrying or drinking IRNBRU, I’ll eat my own pants. At Leith we can hardly believe our luck that we actually get to make ads for the most famous brand in Scotland. Although we never deliberately set out to offend anybody, we have had a few complaints over the years. One poster got in The Guinness Book Of
Records for the Most Complaints For A Poster (I’m not saying which one it was in case it all kicks off again). Crucially though, only one complaint was ever upheld: the second time we ran the telly campaign with the lady who sings ‘ . . . even though I used to be a man, even though I used to be a man!’. It was felt to be offensive to transvestites and, with the benefit of hindsight, it was the right decision to take it off air.
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n 1985 the Filmhouse completed extensive renovation work to convert an old boarded-up church into a plush, new cinema. It became the base for the Edinburgh International Film Festival and has, for the last 25 years, hosted
a mixture of star-studded red carpet events during festival season, and a standout programme of arthouse films the rest of the year round. The following photos cover some of the most important moments from this history.
HANNAH MCGILL A former music editor at The List, Hannah McGill is the outgoing director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival, based at the Filmhouse for 25 years. She recalls some Festival highlights Since EIFF has had its premises in Filmhouse, it has served as the Festival’s nerve centre, whatever the shifting official relationship between the two companies. It’s where we launch the programme, where our box office system is located, where guests and delegates hang out until the small hours and – of course – where we screen a significant portion of the programme. It’s also where we’ve made other significant announcements, such as the nailbiting reveal that we were moving to June . . . During the tortuous scheduling process for the Festival, I always tended to put a lot of my favourite films in Filmhouse, because the auditorium is gorgeous, multiple film formats are supported and the projection is reliably top-notch (apart from that one reel change in 2009 that we don’t talk about). Many wonderful guests have passed through Filmhouse. Martin Scorsese, Kathryn Bigelow, Derek Jarman, Brian de Palma, Albert Maysles, Stephen Frears, Mike Leigh, John Hurt, Malcolm McDowell, Anne Coates, Thelma Schoonmaker and Charlize Theron have all hung out here during the Festival over the years, watching films or haunting the bar. In my own years as a programmer and then as Artistic Director I’ve interviewed Bela Tarr, Park Chan-Wook, Mary Sweeney, Catherine Breillat (with her star, Rocco Siffredi!), Shane Meadows and Terence Davies on Filmhouse’s stages – to name a few. I remember sitting with the great director Arthur Penn in the café bar in 2006, while he patiently signed autographs before his stage interview with my predecessor, Shane Danielsen. Indicating the images of Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway on the Bonnie and Clyde DVD cover he was signing, he stage-whispered to me: ‘Those two, they hated each other . . .’ This year, as part of our Lost British Cinema retrospective, we had some amazing filmmakers in attendance – Ken Russell, Stephen Frears, Horace Ové, Mike Hodges and Kevin Billington all attended to present films rarely seen over the last fortyish years. Ken Russell was particularly great. He got a standing ovation. Also cool was Roger Corman, sitting in the retrospective screenings of his own films, pointing things out to the audience . . . Other memories are fuzzier, for reasons of emotion and/or alcohol. In 2008 and 2009 we had very memorable award ceremonies on the final Sunday afternoon of the Festival. These events were particularly fun for me, because at the end of ten days of constant public exposure I strongly resisted having to go onstage, so that I could take my only opportunity to sit in the audience drinking, giggling and getting teary-eyed. Sir Sean Connery handed out the gongs, and it was a pure pleasure to see every winning filmmaker get his or her moment in his orbit. 26 THE LIST 23 Sep–7 Oct 2010
‘87 British film producer Lord David Puttnam
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Derek Jarman and Tilda Swinton at the UK premiere of Edward II
‘92
Gordon Brown with then EIFF director Penny Thomson
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Mark Cousins (centre) with filmmakers Andrew and Kevin MacDonald
‘99
Cate Blanchett at the UK premiere of Pushing Tin
‘08 Sienna Miller and Keira Knightley on the red carpet for The Edge of Love
‘99 Daniel Craig at the UK premiere of The Trench
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Sean Connery and the Toy Story 3 characters
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THE ARCHES he Arches was founded in 1991 as a multi-purpose arts and clubbing space, designed to accommodate a variety of Glasgow’s avant garde scenes. Through club nights such as Slam, Colours and Death Disco, festivals such as Arches Live and the innovation of artistic directors including Andy Arnold (interviewed overleaf), it’s never fallen away from the cutting edge of Scottish culture.
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Banksy exhibits at the Arches, March 2001. By Neil Bratchpiece, Arches front of house duty manager
Death Disco Launched at the end of 2002 as a place to hear anarchic, electronic DJs and bands in an openminded atmosphere, Death Disco at the Arches has hosted the likes of Erol Alkan, Mylo, Justice, Calvin Harris, Bloody Beetroots and 2ManyDJs. Here is a selection of their best flyers
CARL COX The world famous DJ is an Arches patron, with a very special relationship to the venue. He explains why Arches clubbing is such a unique experience I first played the Arches back in 88/89, for Slam and Colours. There has always been a big line around the corner and the nights have always been exciting. I have very fond memories of playing Slam on Friday nights, especially given the nature of the music I was playing at the time. It was very underground stuff, a lot of Detroit techno music, very specialist and people were keen as mustard to hear it. I can’t give you any standout nights because they’ve all been so good. Over the years, they’ve spent a bit of money to make it better, it used to be a dark and gloomy place, but now it’s actually an amazing, clean venue. Also, the sound is incredible – because of the arches themselves you get this really good warm sound. 28 THE LIST 23 Sep–7 Oct 2010
When you get a few thousand people in there it does get hot, but I also think it creates an energy in the room when you are all steaming together. Out of all the DJs that have played there, people have had a special affinity with me, so the Arches came to me about being a patron because of the way I got people to go to that venue and to enjoy it for what they had created it for. When I went back and played again this year it was absolutely phenomenal. The Scottish people have always taken me to their hearts as I was one of the first DJs to come from England to Scotland, and they’ve never forgotten it. So it’s fantastic that they still open their arms to me after all these years, based on what I did in the beginning. (As told to Henry Northmore)
2001 saw a huge and very welcome change to The Arches, Glasgow’s clubbing and arts mecca. It was the year the building was given a major refurbishment, including the addition of the café bar and restaurant on Argyle Street – until then, a brick and duststrewn derelict space. One of a few events to celebrate this reopening was an exhibition by two of Britain’s ‘underground’ artists – one an iconic situationist of the 70s, the other an emerging graffiti artist whose satiric stencils were beginning to upset establishments in major cities around the world. The former was Jamie Reid, the man behind the Sex Pistols’ cover artwork. The latter was Banksy. At the time, Jamie Reid was the better-known artist, and the main draw of the exhibition. Reid was also the type of guy that stands out in a crowd – tall and thin with a flowing mane of white dreadlocks. Banksy, however . . . well it seems the stories are true. Somehow, he managed to set up a large exhibition which included huge, unique paintings on an arch wall, and yet nobody knew who he was. Nobody in The Arches remembers meeting him or speaking to him. He was like a spray-can-wielding ninja. All Banksy-related correspondence was executed through his manager, and most of that amounted to stories of graffiti antics in Amsterdam’s red light district. I later wondered if this manager was in fact Banksy himself, using a character to throw people off his trail, like a Bristolian Keyser Soze. It was a memorable and unique exhibition. The stencils on the wall of Arch Two, including an enormous rendering of a Mona Lisa (which Banksy later controversially replicated in The Louvre), are still there, albeit hidden under paintwork like a giant lost masterpiece. Excitingly, The Arches are currently trying to retrieve them. Watch this graffiti-tinged space . . .
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TRON THEATRE he Tron’s transformation into a bustling, multi-arts venue was born of strong foundations. Starting life as the Glasgow Theatre Club, the Tron Theatre Company found a home at the derelict Tron Kirk in 1981. Under the artistic directorship of Michael Boyd (1986–1996), the space
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ANDY ARNOLD Founder of the Arches in 1991, Andy Arnold is now artistic director of the Tron Theatre. He also featured in the very first issue of The List. He talks about what makes Glasgow theatre, and the Tron in particular, so special I’ve had connections with the Tron since I was at Theatre Workshop back in the 80s. Michael [Boyd, artistic director at the Tron from 19861996] didn’t have much money but I would love coming and seeing what he was doing here. Then later, when I was at the Arches [as artistic director], I got to watch it all from just down the road, in Glasgow. There’s something special about the Tron. I remember being in London in the late 80s and just loving the pub theatre feel there. So often theatre bars just have that functional feel. It’s about getting the right chemistry and The Tron has that: you can enjoy a drink and see a show. Before the refurb, it used to have an old Victorian-style bar, and even now with its changes I get as big a buzz from seeing the bar 30 THE LIST 23 Sep–7 Oct 2010
packed and people chatting as I do a filled theatre. We’ve launched playwriting competitions, and this year the festival Mayfesto: it’s about building on what we have all the time. There was never any doubt that the Tron was a great space for theatre, even in the early days. It was like a sleeping giant, with so much potential. I loved the idea of creating this powerhouse, with an eclectic mix of our own productions, co-productions and visiting companies. So when I left the Arches and came to the Tron, it felt like the right thing to try and create that frenetic energy you get from producing your own work. I wanted the theatre to be a real hub for artists to meet, and I set my stall to make it somewhere that would do new work and contemporary classics. I’ve worked
on nine productions now since I arrived in April 2008 and it’s the mix of work which makes it exciting: it’s what Glasgow’s known for, mixing it up. We’re what you would call a middle-scale theatre – half the size of the Citz, so there’s not the same pressure to get bums on seats. So many faces have been through our doors that have gone on to great things [from Peter Mullan to Alan Cumming] and there’s a sense of excitement seeing and working with people who you know are on their way to something really special. After all this time, what we do here remains about keeping up the volume and energy of the work, and creating a theatre and programme that the people of Glasgow and beyond can respond to. (As told to Anna Millar)
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DIDN’T THEY DO WELL? PETER CAPALDI 1986
1988
1995
1996
Although our local hero was riding high after, er, Local Hero (1983), he’s still getting bit parts, like this year in Rab C Nesbitt.
Mixed year. Appears in Stephen Frears’ utterly brilliant Dangerous Liaisons and Ken Russell’s utterly abysmal Lair of the White Worm.
Wins BAFTA and the Oscar for Best Short Film, directing the equally lanky Richard E Grant in Franz Kafka’s It’s a Wonderful Life.
Virtually haunting our screens as ghostly biker hunk Uncle Rory in the excellent adaptation of The Crow Road and Angel Islington in the almost-asgood Neverwhere.
1985
1986
1993
1999
Standing Female Nude, her first solo collection of poetry, is published, announcing the arrival of a loud, proud feminist voice. Hurrah!
And the Scottish Arts Council Book of the Year Award goes to . . . Carol Ann Duffy, for Standing Female Nude.
Having spent the late 80s hoovering up the Dylan Thomas, Somerset Maugham and Cholmondeley Awards, wins a Whitbread for Mean Time.
Publishes The World’s Wife. After Poet Laureate Ted Hughes’ death in 1998 CAD is one of the favourites to take his job, but it goes to Andrew Motion.
1986
1987
1991
1997
Polygon publish a very limited run of his first novel, coming-of-age yarn The Flood, now a collectors’ item.
With Knots & Crosses, Rankin gives what must have been a rather boozy birth, probably in the bogs at the Oxford Bar, to Inspector Rebus.
After flirting with other, less thrilling heroes, returns to the winning formula, publishing Rebus books two and three, Hide & Seek and Tooth & Nail
Cocks a snook at never-found Scots serial killer Bible John with the classic Black and Blue and wins CWA’s Gold Dagger (top award) for his pains.
1986
1990
1993
1996
Despite still being a student, and only 20, proves disgustingly precocious with four international solo shows.
Begins the ongoing, lifelong work ‘List of Names’, a list of everyone he’s ever met in his life, one version of which is hanging in Edinburgh’s Gallery of Modern Art.
‘24 Hour Psycho’ is devised for Tramway in Glasgow and brings Gordon widespread recognition: a huge screen on which the Hitchcock classic is slowed down to 24 hours-long.
First video artist to win the Turner Prize, for ‘Confessions of a Justified Sinner’. Celebrates with ‘Self Portrait as Kurt Cobain, as Andy Warhol, as Myra Hindley, as Marilyn Monroe’.
1986
1992
1995
First collaboration of many with director Derek Jarman in Caravaggio. And, er, The List misspells her name as ‘Tilda Swanton’ in issue 12. Sorry, Tild.
Makes her name, firmly and internationally, with the eponymous role in Sally Potter’s fantastic version of Virginia Woolf’s Orlando.
Sleeps for a week in a glass case in the Serpentine Gallery, described as ‘her greatest ever performance’ and establishing her as a woman who breathes art.
2001 Goes a bit mainstream with a role in Vanilla Sky. Tilda Swinton and Tom Cruise? Never thought we’d say that. Ew.
1985
1989
1994
1999
Orange Juice, already reduced to a duo following ‘musical differences’ release final album, the critically ‘meh’-d The Orange Juice and split.
His first solo album, Hope and Despair, is great but kinda pessimistic. Taking the split hard, fella?
Out of nowhere, Collins releases bubbly joy ‘A Girl Like You’, officially The Catchiest Song of the 1990s. Never has to work again. Probably.
Channel 4 pick up his sitcom, the quietly under-rated West Heath Yard. Collins himself stars, with guests including Natalie Imbruglia and Bernard Butler.
1990
1996
1997
1999
Harry Potter springs, fully-formed, into her head one day on a train journey. Rowling’s mother dies later that year, an event which she says changed her world and Harry’s forever.
After being turned down by various publishers and agents who have since hurt themselves, Rowling and Potter sign to Bloomsbury in the UK and Scholastic in the US.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone becomes a children’s publishing sensation, and wins the Smarties Book Prize.
Everyone’s favourite Potter, The Prisoner of Azkaban, wins Whitbread Children’s Book of the Year, while the just-released Goblet of Fire breaks sales records.
CAROL ANN DUFFY
IAN RANKIN
DOUGLAS GORDON
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Scotland has more than its fair share of talent, finds Kirstin Innes, as she chronicles the highs and lows of some of our finest exports over 25 years
ha and say
1997
2005
2009
2010
Paying the bills with a cameo in Bean. All time career low, not just for Capaldi, but in the history of careers.
After years in the wilderness (bit-parts in My Family and Foyle’s War?), wins sheer gift of a role: Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of It.
Tucker goes to the big screen with In The Loop; Capaldi shows versatility/brings us all to tears as a repressed civil servant in Torchwood.
After being nominated twice before, finally picks up the BAFTA for Best Male Comedy Performance as (who else) Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of It.
2002
2005
2008
2009
The Queen proves herself a Duffy fan; upgrading her 1995 OBE to Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
Rapture, an achingly lovely collection of love poems rumoured to be about her split from fellow writer, Jackie Kay, wins the TS Eliot prize, UK poetry’s top award.
Her poem ‘Education For Leisure’ is removed from the GSCE syllabus due to moral outrage. Duffy claims it’s antiviolence and writes satirical poem ‘Mrs Schofield’s GSCE’ as revenge.
Finally, finally named first-ever female Poet Laureate, to almost universal acclaim. Her first public act? A sonnet on the MPs’ expenses scandal.
2000
2005
2007
2010
Rebus moves to telly, but John Hannah looks weirdly skinny in the crumpled raincoat.
Nabs himself a Cartier Diamond Dagger Award, the Crime Writers’ Association’s version of a lifetime achievement gong. Probably doubles up as handy murder weapon.
Guest-edits The List, obviously an alltime career high. Oh, and Rebus retires, in 17th novel Exit Music.
Turns 50 and celebrates by releasing an iPhone app Guide To Edinburgh. Resemblance to Paul Weller increasing every day.
1999
2001
2006
2010
‘Through a Looking Glass’ makes De Niro fire that famous ‘You talkin’ to me’ back and forth at himself, a continuation of Gordon’s fascination with duality, if a bit samey.
Aged only 34, gets a retrospective of his works at Geffen Contemporary in Los Angeles. Fills it full of pop culture references, obviously.
Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait follows Zinedine Zidane through the course of one football game. Top’s The List’s Hot 100 poll.
Back to Glasgow to re-show 24 Hour Psycho, Back and Forth, To and Fro at Tramway for Glasgow International. Also, randomly, does tour visuals for Rufus Wainwright.
2005
2007
2008
2010
After the dark, lovely Young Adam (2004), she manages to be the only interesting thing about Disney’s The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, and had us rooting for the White Witch.
Her Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Michael Clayton is overshadowed by tabloid gossip as she turns up with lover Sandro Kopp, not long-term partner John Byrne.
Founds the deliberately grungy Nairn film festival Ballerina Ballroom Cinema of Dreams with Mark Cousins (yay!), but is in rubbish Coen Brothers film Burn After Reading.
Lynne Ramsey casts her as the lead in her adaptation of Lionel Shriver’s We Need to Talk About Kevin. We are excited about this.
2002
2005
2009
2010
Puts out two albums (OK, one of them is a best-of but the other, Dr Syntax, is still pretty great). Also making waves as a record producer.
Suffers a sudden, shocking double brain haemorrhage, from which he makes a slow, against-all-odds recovery.
Following a gradual recuperation, plays T in the Park, receives an Ivor Novello Inspiration Award and publishes a book of illustrations. No, there is no end to his talent. No, you are not worthy.
Ascends to National Treasure status and his new album Losing Sleep, with contributions from Franz Ferdinand, Johnny Marr and The Cribs, is a corker!
2001
2003
2007
2010—2011
The first Potter film is released to huge worldwide grosses, making stars of little Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson’s maddening diction.
Makes mothers miserable by killing off the only fanciable grown-up Sirius Black, in the long-awaited Order of the Phoenix.
The final instalment, The Deathly Hallows, is completed in room 652 of the Balmoral Hotel, and released six months later (without much editing).
The final film in the series is split into two parts, set to gross eight squillion pounds at box office. Yes, that’s an official figure.
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CHAIN REACTION
The Jesus and Mary Chain released their debut album, Psychocandy, just a month after The List’s first issue. The band’s then drummer, Bobby Gillespie, has spent the last 25 years at the very centre of British music with his own band, Primal Scream. He takes David Pollock back to the early days.
wenty-five years ago Bobby Gillespie still lived in Glasgow, although he had already earned his first taste of success. Not with Primal Scream, the group he formed in 1982 with Jim Beattie as a form of angry post-punk experimentalism, but with one of the most seminal groups ever to emerge from the West Coast of Scotland. Between 1984 and 1986, Gillespie was the drummer in The Jesus and Mary Chain, a period which bridged the gap between the days when the band’s shows were a crucible of white noise and drunken rioting, and their eventual semi-rehabilitation into international darlings of alternative music. Fast forward to 2010 and Primal Scream are Gillespie’s only musical concern, having afforded him nine albums, most of them commercial and critical hits, and a rock’n’roll lifestyle which reports suggest he’s been happy to take full advantage of. Having lived in London for two decades, he’s now married with two young children, although he still happily describes himself as ‘Glasgow, totally Glasgow’ when talking about his upbringing on the city’s Southside and remembering how both his favourite bands started out.
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What first got you into music, and into playing it yourself?
I guess when I was about ten or eleven, that’s when I really got into it. Gary Glitter, T-Rex, David Bowie, Suzi Quatro, all that kind of stuff. I liked pop music, I watched Top of the Pops, then when punk happened I was 15 or 16 and it hit me hard. I liked Bowie and Thin Lizzy, but they never made me want to be in a band like the Pistols did, or The Clash, or Siouxsie and the Banshees. I always loved glamorous rock’n’roll stars, and a lot of the punk bands were really glamorous to me. Public Image Limited and Joy Division were big influences, and I loved early Fall singles, Buzzcocks. The first song I learned to play on guitar was [The Buzzcocks’] ‘Boredom’, it was two notes. Dead basic. ‘Fiery Jack’ by The Fall as well, you could play that on one string. When I was that age I went to see so many gigs, I saw so many bands, I bought so many records. My whole life was music and buying music papers and taping stuff off the radio. What did you want Primal Scream to be when you formed it?
At the very beginning it was an experimental thing, just Jim Beattie and myself trying to learn to make music. We played in this scout hall we got the keys to. I’d hit dustbins and bits of metal. There was this big chimney, a metal central heating shaft or something, Jim would smash it with his hands and I’d play one chord on the guitar and we’d both just scream and shout. That’s all we did when we started the band, just fucking total chaos. Noise, frustration, joy. It was a really shit time for music, the mid-80s. Everyone wanted to be really bland pop stars. Nobody was critiquing society, nobody was challenging anything, nobody was angry. Bands from Glasgow all had quiffs and played really insipid white funk music. Then we saw the Mary Chain play live at Night Moves. They destroyed it, it was just incredible. It was nothing to do with the music, I don’t even know if they played 34 THE LIST 23 Sep–7 Oct 2010
a single song. They were on stage for about ten, fifteen minutes, and it was just total noise. They were so drunk they were crashing into each other, with William Reid playing this insane feedback guitar, smashing it into his amp. It was an incredible spectacle. Just what we were looking for, me and Jim. We formed the first proper incarnation of Primal Scream just so we could support the Mary Chain at the Venue on 12 October 1984. I played guitar and sang with Primal Scream and then 20 minutes later I went back on and played drums with the Mary Chain. That was basically it, the Mary Chain loved the Scream and we loved them, and I became their drummer. And I couldn’t have done any of this without Jim and William Reid, I learned so much from them. They were a great band and I don’t think they get enough credit just for being them, for being so good at what they do, and for inspiring the amount of people they inspired. When did you realise Primal Scream were becoming a band that meant a lot to people?
About 1989, round about our second album. That’s when it became fun. Up until them it wasn’t really fun being in Primal Scream for a lot of different reasons, a lot of personality problems and shit, the kind of crap that happens in bands. Insecurity and ego and all that. So we formed a new version of Primal Scream with Robert [Young] and Andrew [Innes] on twin guitar and it was incredible. We did OK but not great, and then in 1990 ‘Loaded’ was released. It was a hit, a massive hit. Then we started writing the songs that became Screamadelica, we got our own studio and, well, that’s another story, you know? Screamadelica’s still an album which holds up incredibly well. You’re going out to play the whole thing later this year, aren’t you?
Yeah, we’re doing two nights at the Olympia in London, then next March we’ve got a tour. It’s great that 20,000 people want to hear a record we made 20 years ago. But it’s a great record so, you know, I’m cool with that. Which of your other records do you think have measured up to it?
XTRMNTR, easily. If you want to know about me, listen to XTRMNTR, that’s the one. It’s got a lot that I wanted to say personally . . . it’s hard to speak about your own records without sounding like a prick, but XTRMNTR’s the best. Do you see Primal Scream as being something you want to do for the rest of your life?
We did this thing last night . . . we’re friends with Annie Nightingale, and she asked us to do this thing celebrating her being on Radio 1 for 40 years. So we did it and Paul Weller and Kevin Shields joined us, and it was fucking brilliant. We’ve got an energy that not many other people have and I just know that if you’ve got a great band, you try and keep it together. I love this group, I love the guys in it, I think we’re a great band and as long as we can keep getting excited about it, let’s just see what happens.
BOBBY GILLESPIE CV 1962: Born in Glasgow. His father, Bob, was a union official with SOGAT and would later stand for Labour in the 1988 Govan byelection. 1982: Formed Primal Scream in Glasgow with his friend Jim Beattie as an experimental post-punk outfit. 1984: Primal Scream played their first full-band show at Glasgow’s Venue, supporting The Jesus and Mary Chain, for whom Gillespie would later play drums. 1985: Toured internationally with J&MC, playing on their Psychocandy album. Left to concentrate on Primal Scream in 1986. 1991: A much different Primal Scream’s third album Screamadelica and single ‘Loaded’ bring the band their first mainstream success. 1994: Despite the presence of George Clinton, Amp Fiddler and The Memphis Horns, the trad follow-up Give Out But Don’t Give Up receives a lukewarm reception. Its lead single, ‘Rocks’, remains one of their most popular songs. 1997: Vanishing Point, named after the cult movie of the same name, moves in a darker, dubbier direction. Ex-Stone Rose Mani joins the Scream on bass. 2000: XTRMNTR is released, and is immediately hailed as one of their best works for its sonic invention and politicised stance. 2002: Evil Heat is a worthy but less impressive follow-up. The track ‘Rise’ was named as ‘Bomb the Pentagon’ in live sets prior to 9/11. 2005: Gillespie spectacularly winds up Glastonbury by calling the crowd ‘lazy bastards’ and ‘a bunch of fucking hippies’. He and the band are escorted offstage when their set overruns. 2006: Much like Give Out . . ., Riot City Blues is star-studded (The Kills’ Alison Mosshart, Bad Seed Warren Ellis) but received with critical uncertainty. Its lead single, ‘Country Girl’, is a huge hit. 2008: The most recent album Beautiful Future features guests Josh Homme, Lovefoxxx, Linda Thompson, Lykke Li and Victoria Bergsman of The Concretes.
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Food&Drink News & reviews SIDE DISHES NEWS TO NIBBLE ON ALLAN MAWN, the man behind Dumbarton Road hits Pintxo and Velvet Elvis, has converted a third neighbouring unit into his reinvention of the Criterion, a classic West End café. Displaying a dedication to the nostalgic touches, the booths and marble soda fountain were salvaged from a skip outside the Moscardini Brothers’ café in Falkirk. GOOD REPORTS reaching us of a lovely wee Thai place right opposite Newhaven Harbour in Edinburgh called Port of Siam. With under 30 covers it’s an intimate space, while the menu is dominated by seafood including chargrilled scallops with Penang curry. It’s at 3 Pier Place; bookings on 0131 467 8628. TICKETS ARE now on sale online for the BBC Good Food Show Scotland, which comes to the SECC in Glasgow from Friday 22 to Sunday 24 October. There’s a big MasterChef tie-in this year, with stars from the show doing demos and a pop-up restaurant featuring dishes inspired by the programme. glasgow.bbcgood foodshow.com
BAR CRAWLER DIVINO ENOTECA 5 Merchant Street, Edinburgh A wine cellar with delusions of grandeur, or one of the smartest new places to drink in the city? Our money’s on the latter, because it’s hard to say no when almost 60 wines are offered by the glass (state-ofthe-art Enomatic machines keep the bottles fresh), the locally-sourced antipasti is excellent and there’s a secret smokers’ courtyard out the back. (David Pollock) 36 THE LIST 23 Sep–7 Oct 2010
All that glitters Corinthian, an icon of the Merchant City’s transformation into a convivial hub, has just emerged from a lavish makeover. Andrea Pearson donned her frock ou might expect the multimillion pound re-birth of the G1 Group’s flagship Merchant City property to cause such a stir that door staff would be busy all night checking the queue outside. But, other than on a Friday or Saturday night, getting into the vast Corinthian Club – as it is now known with its new gaming licence – is straightforward. Certainly the capacity of the venue is prodigious. In various recent G1 openings the trend for multi-themed venues has become apparent, and with five floors and countless rooms to play with, the interior designers have gone to town. There are cocktail bars with a bourbon theme, a pink and sparkly theme and a Holywood jazz theme, private rooms with a hunting lodge theme and a library theme, a nightclub and a gaming room. The two dining options are the monastery-themed Mash and Press Room in the basement and the main Tellers Bar and Brasserie on the ground floor.
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Much of the menu is the same both upstairs and down so it makes sense to opt for the more attractive setting of the Tellers Bar. The ornate, glass-domed Victorian room once housed the banking hall of the Glasgow and Ship Bank – now just a few paragraphs in the Lloyds/HBOS archives. Unlike the decor, the menu offers few extremes of styling and sticks for the most part to familiar upmarket pub staples such as smoked salmon, steaks, burgers,
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veggie pasta, garlic bread and sticky toffee pudding. It is enjoyable food in memorable surroundings and staff are pleasant and happy to help. The main components of each dish are well executed but details go missing, from rather toothless horseradish and rocket with a tender beef carpaccio to the scant lime and butter parsley sauce accompanying a nicely crispy seared halibut. There is, instead, an emphasis on novel receptacles. Crème brûlée comes in a tiny brass skillet on a slate and a main course of cod and chips is served in a small deep-frying basket, not the easiest bit of tableware to eat from. Style getting the upper hand? Perish the thought. www.thecorinthianclub.co.uk
191 Ingram Street, Merchant City, Glasgow, 0141 552 1101 Food served Mon–Fri 8am–6am, Sat/Sun noon–6am. Ave. price two-course meal for one £10.95 (set lunch)/£18 (dinner).
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Recent Openings The best of the new restaurant, café and bar openings in Glasgow and Edinburgh
Glasgow THE DRAKE 1 Lynedoch Street, West End, 0141 332 7363, £14 (lunch/dinner) The appearance of another cultured bar in the Charing Cross area of the city gives hope to a stretch challenged by the rise of Argyle Street/Finnieston. For now it’s the laid-back appeal of the barebrick, leather and bare wood bar in a semi-subterranean slot on the corner of Woodlands Road that’s been gathering local kudos, with a beer garden, decent drinks and grown-up bar menu featuring the likes of homemade terrines and cottage pie. Soon to come is a more ambitious restaurant area (open Thu–Sat evenings) on the floor above the pub, serving mostly blackboard specials.
LONG WAY HOME 2 Byres Road, West End, 0141 337 1145, www.thelongwayhome.co.uk, £10 (lunch) / £15 (dinner) Gin may not spring to mind when one thinks of the American singer-songwriter Tom Waits but that didn’t stop this gin
bar on Byres Road being named after one of his songs. Waits would surely approve of the bar’s ambience, from its wood floors and brickwork walls with splashes of floral designs to the old doors cleverly recycled into low tables. The 27 gins here range from malty Dutch genevers to Scottish gins such as Hendrick’s and Caorunn, and they can be enjoyed straight up or in various cocktails. Take advantage too of the regular tasting nights with food, which feature burgers and other standard bar fare along with some home-made specials.
Edinburgh GUCHHI INDIAN SEAFOOD BAR 9/10 Commercial Street, Leith, 0131 555 5604, www.guchhi.com, £15 (lunch) / £20 (dinner) This new venture from ex-Loch Fyne Head Chef Vishant Das and partner Sachin Dhanola specialises in Indian seafood cookery. The lunch menu is tapas-inspired, with clam Koshimbir prepared in aromatic coconut and green masala, while shellfish stew is a little like an Indian bouillabaisse, with fresh shellfish nestled in a mildly spiced and delicate stock. The dinner menu offers larger dishes, utilising ingredients such scallops, mackerel, lobster and Scottish sole. If its early standard of cooking is maintained, Guchhi is set to become another one of Leith’s culinary gems.
BIA BISTROT 19 Colinton Road, Southside, 0131 452 8453, www.biabistrot.co.uk, £9 (set lunch) / £30 (dinner)
chakalaka sauce, while other mains include the Latin-American street food staple arepas. Some of the biggest tempters – slow-roasted lamb, paella and pabellon (a traditional Venezuelan dish) – must be pre-ordered a day in advance. It’s also a shame that with three nations’ cuisines to choose from, the menu drifts into the workaday territory of chops, steaks and burgers.
ANGELS WITH BAGPIPES Roisin and Matthias Llorente, the husband and wife team behind Bia Bistrot, have quite a culinary pedigree, having between them notched up time in the kitchens of Irish star chefs Niall McKenna and Derry Clarke, as well as a bloke called Gordon Ramsay. Their ethos of fresh-seasonal-localsustainable-homemade may sound predictable, but done as well as this it’s clear they’re not just paying lip service to a gastronomic trend. Expect to see high calibre suppliers on the menu, with game from Braehead, seafood from Eddie’s in nearby Marchmont and an impressive wine list selected from Villeneuve.
INDABA 3 Lochrin Terrace, Tollcross, 0131 221 1554, www.edindaba.co.uk, £5.95 (set lunch) / £15 (dinner) Its name means an African tribal conference, but Indaba’s melting pot of influences is more exotic and eclectic even than that, with partners from South Africa, Spain and Venezuela bringing their native dishes to a compact space in Tollcross. Hearty boerewors sausages are served with mielie pap and
343 High Street, Old Town, 0131 220 1111, www.angelswith bagpipes.co.uk, £21 (lunch/dinner) A stylish new venture from Marina Crolla, who has made the step up from Café Marina on Cockburn Street, AWB (as those in-the-know are calling it) takes its name from a wood carving in nearby St Giles’ Cathedral. The deceptively small frontage leads to a number of different spaces including a large landscaped courtyard, while the menu is modern Scottish with a strong Italian influence: mains of Orkney gold beef, lamb rump or halibut fillet are complemented with ‘ingredienti’ such as cavalo nero, fregola sarda and gremolata, with desserts mixing Scottish berries with mascarpone cheese.
Independent write-ups on all the restaurants worth knowing about in Glasgow and Edinburgh are available on our online Eating & Drinking Guide at list.co.uk/food-and-drink Prices shown are for an average two-course meal for one.
FOOD & DRINK EVENTS GLASGOW ■ Scottish Cheese Tasting FREE Fri 24 Sep, noon–3pm. Grassroots Organic, 20 Woodlands Road, 353 3278. As part of Scottish Food Fortnight try a variety of tasty Scottish cheeses and get a discount on any you fancy enjoying at home. ■ Silverburn Farmers’, Speciality Foods and Craft Market Sun 26 Sep, 10am–4pm. Silverburn, Barrhead Road. ■ Modern Vegetarian Cooking at Heart Buchanan Tue 28 Sep, 7–9pm. £45. Heart Buchanan, 380 Byres Road, 334 7626. Learn to cook diverse and healthy veggie stuff. ■ Food, Film and Facts Wed 29 Sep, 7pm. £10
(Slow Food members £8). iFull Coffee, 531 Sauchiehall Street, 222 2848. An event curated by Slow Food Glasgow, with a screening of Pig Business, a film about the shocking realities of modern meat production, a discussion with Denise Walton from Peelham Farm, and tasty samples for everyone. ■ Queen’s Park Farmers’ Market Sat 2 Oct, 10am–2pm. Queen’s Park, 520 Langside Road. ■ West Oktoberfest Fri 1–Sat 30 Oct. West Brewery Bar and Restaurant, Templeton Building, Glasgow Green, 550 0135. Bavarian cuisine on offer as part of the annual Oktoberfest, including Schnitzel, Schweinebraten,
Place, Portobello. pedalporty.org.uk/food
OUTSIDE THE CITIES ■ Apple & Pear Markets FREE Sat 25 Sep & 2 Oct, 9.30am–noon. Newburgh, Fife, NOG@newburgh orchards.org.uk. Street market in the centre of Newburgh with apples, pears and tasty produce made from the fruit.
Käsespätzle and Nurnberger sausages, but the real star of the show is West's new brew, OktoberWest.
EDINBURGH ■ WoodWinters Friday Tastings FREE Fri 24 Sep, 5pm. £5. WoodWinters, 91 Newington Road, 667 2760. Wine tasting on the theme of
‘Fashionistas’. ■ Edinburgh Farmers’ Market FREE Sat 25 Sep & 2 Oct, 9am–2pm. Castle Terrace. edinburghfarmersmarket.c o.uk ■ Portobello Organic Market Sat 2 Oct, 10am–2pm. Brighton Park, Brighton
■ Dunfermline Beer Festival Fri 1 & Sat 2 Oct, 7pm. £8. Glen Pavilion, Pittencrieff Park, Dunfermline, 01383 739272. Draft real ale, cider and bottled continental beers are all available for sampling at this two-day event. Submit information about forthcoming food events at least 14 days before publication to foodevents@list.co.uk 23 Sep–7 Oct 2010 THE LIST 37
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25th birthday
Tasty endeavours If there’s one thing that no city can do without it’s good food. Carine Seitz and Jay Thundercliffe showcase the chefs and restaurants who have made their mark over the last 25 years
RONNIE CLYDESDALE/UBIQUITOUS CHIP By the time The List began in 1985, the Ubiquitous Chip had been giving Glaswegians a taste of fine Scottish dining for 14 years, first on Ruthven Lane and a few years later in its current home on Ashton Lane. Owner and chef Ronnie Clydesdale, who sadly died earlier this year aged 74, opened his landmark restaurant with a vision of celebrating Scotland’s great produce and homely culinary traditions. The Chip quickly became more than just a restaurant and developed into an important cultural institution, a focal point for local artists, journalists, academics and celebrities – and it remains so to this day, a fitting legacy to Ronnie’s singular vision. (JT)
VALVONA & CROLLA Founded in 1934, this family business is still based in its original premises in Leith, Edinburgh and is run by the descendents of the founder Alfonso Crolla. After emigrating to Edinburgh in 1907 and struggling to make a living selling ice cream, he met Raffaele Valvona and began a partnership, initially importing food for the Italian community. His grandson, Philip with his wife Mary Contini (pictured) took up the reins in 1986, and the business has now expanded to include a café on the premises, which opened in 1996, VinCaffè on Multrees Walk (run by their daughter Francesca), as well as a recent expansion into Jenners on Princes Street and on Loch Lomond Shores. (CS)
SEUMAS MACINNES/CAFÉ GANDOLFI In 1985 Seumas MacInnes had been a waiter at Café Gandolfi for a couple of years. Opened in 1979, Gandolfi was very much a shining light in the culinary wilderness of the Merchant City, and it was a long time before the area became today’s drinking and dining hotspot. Within a few years Seumas was at the helm and has now presided over this timeless Glasgow establishment for two decades, during which time little has changed at Gandolfi in terms of the stylish décor or the passion in which honest, simple dishes are created using the best Scottish produce, plus a helping of Mediterranean sophistication – as Seumas says: ‘We don’t change, we just get a little greyer.’ (JT)
PIERRE LEVICKY Legend has it that Pierre Levicky arrived in the UK with less than £100. He opened his first Edinburgh restaurant on Victoria Street in the late 80s, where there were queues up the street to get in – a sensation rarely seen before or since. After rave reviews secured financial backing he quickly rolled out 147 branches across the UK. The stuff of dreams perhaps, but not for long: ten years later they went into receivership with debts of £6 million. A lesser character might have crumbled, but after several years overseas his colourful return to the capital’s restaurant scene has resulted in a brand new Pierre Victoire on Edinburgh’s Eyre Place. (CS)
BALBIR SINGH SUMAL Back in the mid-1980s Glasgow’s love affair with the curry was blossoming largely thanks to one man: Balbir Singh Sumal. The original curry king, Singh Sumal began his empire with the Ashoka on Argyle Street in 1973 and built up a chain of thriving restaurants. Glasgow’s subsequent curry magnates owe much to his skill in the kitchen as well as his business model, including his former waiter Charan Gill who later took over the Ashoka chain. Singh Sumal’s second empire, which began in 2005 with the eponymous restaurant on the West End’s Church Street, is also seemingly blessed with the king’s midas touch. Long may he reign over us. (JT)
MARTIN WISHART Having previously worked with Albert Roux, Marco Pierre White and John Burton-Race, Martin Wishart opened his eponymous restaurant on Leith’s Shore in 1999. Two years later he received a Michelin star, the first restaurant in Edinburgh to do so. Now over ten years down the line, Martin and his wife Cecile also own a cook school and a second restaurant at Loch Lomond. World renowned, he draws on classical French traditional technique using the best Scottish produce. As well as his star, accolades for Restaurant Martin Wishart include four AA rosettes while the Good Food Guide has twice named it Restaurant of the Year. (CS)
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Holy poke! Kirstin Innes finds out why Hole In My Pocket have turned the Arches’ Café Bar into a temple, and what it’s got to do with the Pope nspired by the papal visit, Allistair Burt, more usually known as an architect and the brains behind Glasgow blog Southside Happenings, has just started his own religion. ‘With the Pope being in town, it just seemed like the perfect time,’ says the newly-ordained high priest of HIMPology, whose relatively young faith already has its own church, complete with impressive stained glass window (formerly known as the Arches Café Bar), where Sunday services will be conducted throughout October. HIMP, as the blessed among you may have already worked out, stands for Hole In My Pocket, the art-ish duo Burt formed with fellow architect Scott Airlie in 2002. They’ve created work sporadically over the past eight years, usually projects that look at the way architecture affects society and social environments, and usually pulled off with the sort of lopsided and utterly uncynical charm that makes delighted children out of the most serious grown-ups. The Arches faithful may remember that they took over the space before, five years ago, with an interactive exhibition designed to pull people together. ‘We really wanted to do a stained glass window last time we were in the Arches,’ says Burt. ‘This time it just seemed to fit, though – religion is such a divisive subject, especially just now, and a lot of our projects have been about things that either draw us together or pull us apart. Once we’d realised we wanted to look at that, we needed to create the environment. At the
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✽ Cryptic Nights: Doing the Gooey Cryptic Nights, the CCA’s arts/tech/discussion /foodie crossover, gives itself over to an experimental and interactive project looking at bringing the functions we perform using GUIs (graphical user interfaces) back into the real world. CCA, Glasgow, Thu 7 Oct, 8pm. ✽ Bold Souls Eco-friendly fashionista pop-up re-styling event (yes, that’s an actual thing) in the company of Les Garçons de Glasgow, the most stylish photo-bloggers in the West. See picture, page 42. Stereo, Sat 25 Sep, 11am–4.30pm. ✽ DIY Drop-In Monthly social and crafting session for creative types. A craft dilemma shared is a craft dilemma halved, don’t you know? And there’s tea and cake. The Spider And The Fly, 65 Bread Street, Edinburgh, Tue 28 Sep. ✽ By Leaves We Live 2010: A Celebration of Artists’ Books and Small Presses Browse stalls, listen to talks, attend workshops and meet writers, publishers and editors throughout the day. Scottish Poetry Library, Edinburgh, Sat 25 Sep. ✽ Doors Open Day Edinburgh The doors to loads of interesting buildings across the city are open, all weekend. Jump in! Maybe knock first. Various venues, Edinburgh, Sat 25–Sun 26 Sep. See www.doorsopendays.org.uk for full listings. ✽ Hole in my Pocket: HIMP Sunday Service Praise be and see preview, left. Arches, Glasgow, Sun 3 Oct, 1–2.30pm. 23 Sep–7 Oct 2010 THE LIST 41
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GLASGOW Activities & Events Take One Action Film Festival Thu
23 Sep–Tue 5 Oct, times vary. Prices vary. Various Venues, Edinburgh and Glasgow, www.takeoneaction.org.uk. A festival of film screenings, discussions, activist workshops and even tree planting sessions about people and films that are taking action on issues of global and environmental concern. A Night at The Races Thu 23 Sep, 6.30pm. £60. Radisson Blu Hotel, 301 Argyle Street, 204 3333. A charity race night in aid of Children 1st. Drinks reception, three-course meal, and a flutter on the horses. Gardening Friends Meet at Mugdock Sat 25 Sep, 10am–noon. £3.
Mugdock Country Park, Craigallian Road, Milngavie, 956 6100. Get tips on gardening with bulbs. Refreshments included. Booking advisable. FREE Comic and Toy Fair at QM Union Sat 25 Sep, 11am–3pm. Queen Margaret Union, 22 University Gardens, 427 2009. Come and get your mitts on comics, graphic novels, toys and sci-fi books and meet some of Glasgow’s comic creators to boot. Bold Souls Sat 25 Sep, 11am–4.30pm. £2. Stereo, 22–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. Eco-friendly fashion and styling event. See picture, page opposite. Charity Poker Tournament Sun 26 Sep, 6pm. £15. Gala Merchant City Casino, 16–18 Glassford Street, 0141 553 5410. Freezeout poker tournament with a £10 buy-in plus a £5 donation to Oxfam. Novices are welcome. FREE Blochestra Mon 27 Sep & Mon 4 Oct, 9pm. Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. Bring along any instrument you might have (from tubas to triangles) for a workshop/jam session with Craig Grant (Union of Knives) teaching two songs each week. FREE Farrier at Pollok Country Park Tue 28 Sep, 10am–12.30pm. Glasgow Green, Greendyke Street, 276 0924. Watch as the farrier gives the working horses at Pollok Country Park their new shoes. The Swish Thu 30 Sep, 6.30pm. £10 in advance; £12 on the door; £20 VIP. The Hub, Pacific Quay, 848 0308. Classy clothes swapping party run in aid of the Scottish Huntington’s Association. Bring along your unwanted threads and swap them for someone else’s most desirable cast-offs. FREE Hole in my Pocket: HIMP Sunday Service Sun 3 Oct, 1–2.30pm. The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. Worship at the altar of creative arts with artistic duo Hole in my Pocket, who have brought together artists, designers, performers, choirs and buttered scones for a light-hearted and varied brunchtime service. See preview, page 41. FREE Family History Tours Thu 7 Oct, 2.30–3pm. Mitchell Library, 201 North Street, 287 2999. Learn about the library’s genealogical research resources.
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Nov, 10am–5pm. Included in admission: £9.95 (£7.95). Glasgow Science Centre, 50 Pacific Quay, 420 5000. Aardman Animations, in an exhibition sponsored by the Intellectual Property Office, offer a tour around Wallace and Gromit’s home. FREE Pong to Playstation Until Sat 2 Oct (not Sun/Mon), 10am–1pm & 2–5pm. Auld Kirk Museum, Cowgate, Kirkintilloch, 578 0144. An exciting exhibition exploring videogame culture, design and history from the 1970s to the present day. Titanic: Honour and Glory Until Mon 28 Feb, daily 10am–5pm. £3 (£2). The Tall Ship at Glasgow Harbour, 100 Stobcross Road, 222 2513. An exhibition about the ill-fated ship, with original artefacts and props and costumes from James Cameron’s 1997 film.
Fairs FREE Sloans Market Sat 25 & Sun 26 Sep and Sat 2 & Sun 3 Oct, 11am–5pm. Argyll Arcade, Buchanan Street/Argyll Street, 812 0937. Well-heeled weekly outdoor shopping market tucked just off Buchanan Street, with stalls stuffed full of gourmet treats, vintage one-offs and classy crafty things. FREE Blochairn Car Boot Sale Sun 26 Sep & Sun 3 Oct, 6am. Wholesale Fruit, Veg, Flower and Fish Market, 130 Blochairn Road, 287 2500. One of the UK’s largest weekly car boot sales,
attracting over 500 sellers, with just about anything you could think of on sale, from curtains to cakes. Thee Wedding Show Sat 25 & Sun 26 Sep, 10.30am–4pm. £5. George Square, www.theeweddingshow.com. Scout out the best deals for everything you need for the big day. FREE Scotcampus Freshers’ Festival Thu 30 Sep & Fri 1 Oct, 10am–6pm. George Square, Entertainment and information for new students, slap bang in the middle of town. Find out all about work and play with info on clothing, food, health, lifestyle and academic advice as well as live DJs, free food and goodie bags. FREE Merchant City Wedding Show Sat 2 Oct, 11am–4pm. Trades Hall, 85 Glassford Street, 228 8000. Big Day bonanza with helpful ideas for all aspects of getting hitched.
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World Open Snooker Until Sun 26
Sep, times vary. £20–£45 (half day £10–£30). SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. World ranking tournament featuring Ronnie O’Sullivan, Mark Selby, Stephen Hendry and Betfred.com World Champion Neil Robertson. Glasgow Warriors v Munster Fri 24 Sep, 7.30pm. £tbc. Firhill Stadium, 0141 579 1971. The local team take on Ireland’s mighty Munster in a home match. FREE Glasgow Park Run 5k Sat 25 Sep, 9.30am. Pollok Park,
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350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. Experimental and interactive project looking at bringing the functions we perform using GUIs (graphical user interfaces) back into the real world. Come along and do your best impression of that annoying little egg-timer cursor. Email gooey@gooey.de for more info or to register interest. See Hitlist.
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Talks The Church Buildings Renewal Trust Conference Wed 29 Sep, 10am–4pm. £30. St Andrew’s in the Square, St Andrew’s Square, 0870 013 4060. Conference looking at the ‘Church and the Community in the 21st Century’, featuring guest speaker Mario Conti (Archbishop of Glasgow). Price includes buffet lunch, tea and coffee. FREE Curators’ Favourites Wed 29 Sep, 12.30–1pm. Burrell Collection, 2060 Pollokshaws Road, 287 2550. Yupin Chung, Curator of Chinese and Far Eastern Civilisations, gives a talk on the grape and the grain in China. Food, Film and Facts Wed 29 Sep, 7pm. £10 (Slow Food members £8). iFull Coffee, 531 Sauchiehall Street, 222 2848. An event curated by Slow Food Glasgow, with a screening of Pig Business, a film about the shocking realities of modern meat production, a discussion with Denise from Peelham Farm, and tasty samples for everyone. FREE A Closer Look at the Collections Thu 30 Sep, 2–2.30pm. Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. John Pringle gives a short talk in the Looking at Art Gallery. Chasing the Devil: The Search for Africa’s Fighting Spirit Thu 7 Oct,
2.15pm. £8 (under 18s/students/RSGS members free). Renfield St Stephen’s Church, 260 Bath Street, 332 2826. Travel writer Tim Butcher recounts his adventures deep into Sierra Leone and Liberia, countries that were at the time off-limits under brutal regimes.
Workshops FREE Tigerstyle Thu 23 & 30 Sep & 7 Oct, 6–8pm. The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 07811 097821. Creative music making programme headed by Scottish bhangra outfit Tigerstyle. Dance House Autumn Classes
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While the majority of attention this year is on the festival’s Scottish indie allstars album The Fruit Tree Project (see music preview, page 71), it’s worth remembering that there are almost 200 other events happening up and down the country this month, all aimed at tackling the stigma surrounding mental health issues. This year’s theme is ‘mental health and childhood’, so it’s fitting that Janice Galloway will be discussing her childhood memoir This Is Not About Me as part of the programme (CCA, Glasgow, Sat 2 Oct) – other writers in the programme include Bernard MacLaverty and Karen Campbell. In Edinburgh, the Filmhouse is screening Bill Douglas’ magnificent trilogy about growing up in poverty in Scotland (Sat 9 Oct); there are also workshops in everything from comedy to creative writing, and look out for the ‘Oor Mad History’ project and exhibition, all across Lothian. ■ Fri 1–Sun 24 Oct. Most events free. For full listings, see www.mhfestival.com
Weekly until Sat 4 Dec, times vary. £72 (£60) for 12-week course. Dance House, 20 St Andrews Street, 552 2442. Learn a new way of moving, from boogie woogie to flamenco, taking in rhythm, tap and more. For more information visit www.dancehouse.org. Tron Studio Tue 28 Sep & 5 Oct, 7–9pm. £60 (£50). Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, 552 4267. A term of drama workshops for adults who are interested in developing a range of performance skills and techniques. Embodied Voice Workshop Sat 25 Sep, 1–4pm. £20 (£15). Scottish Youth Theatre, The Old Sheriff Court, 105 Brunswick Street, 552 3988. Workshop combining movement and vocal work, with the aim of helping you to discover your voice through a combination of the Alexander Technique, yoga and acting. Irish Family History Workshop Sat 2 Oct, 10am–1pm. £10. Mitchell Library, 201 North Street, 287 2999. An introduction to Irish family history. FREE Trashing The Mags Sun 3 Oct, 3–5pm. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 248 9969. Glasgow Womens’ Library presents its first ME(dia) session, breaking down the images confronting young women every day and exploring the damage they cause. Booking essential. Nightschool Mon 4 & Tue 5 Oct, Mon 5.30–7.30pm & 7.30–9.30pm; Tue 7–9pm. £75 (£50). Citizens Theatre, 119 Gorbals Street, 429 0022. A new term of informal acting courses for adults at beginner, intermediate and advanced levels. Cinema Feminista Wed 6 Oct, 5.30–7.30pm. £tbc. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 248 9969. Grab the chance to see unusual and thought-provoking films on this eight-week course (starting this week) on feminist film theory, exploring how women are representing on the silver screen and what happens when they get
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10am–1pm. £tbc. Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. Influential choreographer and film maker Yvonne Rainer leads a workshop on dance and politics, based around her 1970 film WAR, a response to the protest movements of the Vietman war years. For bookings and info email theworkroom@me.com.
EDINBURGH Activities & Events Take One Action Film Festival Thu
23 Sep–Tue 5 Oct, times vary. Prices vary. Various Venues, Edinburgh and Glasgow, www.takeoneaction.org.uk. See Glasgow, Activities & Events. The Guid Crack Club Fri 24 Sep, 7.30pm. Suggested donation £3. Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43–45 High Street, 556 9579. A new season of the club launches with tales from guest storyteller Michael Kerins. FREE Celtic Crag Sat 25 Sep, 9am–noon. Holyrood Park, 652 8150. Discover what life was like in Holyrood Park 2000 years ago. Booking essential. FREE Edinburgh Doors Open Days Sat 25 & Sun 26 Sep, times vary. Various venues, Edinburgh, 557 8686. Poke around the capital’s most interesting nooks and crannies on the nosey parker/history fanatic’s favourite weekend of the year. Look around everything from observatories to churches to theatres, and even some architect-designed private houses, and take advantage of free guided tours and special events. Magnificent Machines Sat 25 & Sun 26 Sep, 10am–5pm. £10 (£8; under 12s free; parking £4). National Museum of Flight, East Fortune Airfield, 247 4238. A beauty pageant of automotive land vehicles. LadyFest Soapbox Sat 25 & Sun 26 Sep, Sat 11am–5pm; Sun 1–5pm. £tbc. Forest Café, 3 Bristo Place, 466 2009. A weekend of feminist workshops and entertainment. FREE Painting Edinburgh Green! Sat 25 & Sun 26 Sep, Sat 11am–4pm; Sun 10am–4pm. Out of the Blue Drill Hall, 30–36 Dalmeny Street, Leith, 555 7100. Environmentally-themed market stalls, talks, storytelling and children’s activities. Afternoon Tea and Champagne Sun 26 Sep, 2–4pm. £20. Caledonian Hilton Hotel, Princes Street, 07901 555 352. Glamorous afternoon tea and fashion advice session raising money for It’s Good 2 Give. FREE DIY Drop-In Tue 28 Sep, time tbc. The Spider And The Fly, 65 Bread Street, www.thespiderandtheflyedinburgh.blogsp ot.com. Monthly social and crafting session for creative types. A craft dilemma shared is a craft dilemma halved, don’t you know. And there’s tea and cake. Email magpiemarket@gmail.com for details. See Hitlist. FREE RBGE Show and Tell: Plants of Afghanistan Wed 29 Sep, 1.30–3pm. John Hope Gateway Centre, Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh, Arboretum Place, 552 7171. Talk on the work of the RBGE on Afghan plants. Owl Flights Wed 29 Sep, 6.30–8.30pm. £12 (£10 members). Edinburgh Zoo, Corstorphine Road, 314 0350. It’s bad luck to see an owl during the day, but come along in the early evening and you can get up close to these beautiful birds.
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Wed 29 Sep, 7pm. £5 (£4). National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, 225 7534. A talk on the travels of Robert Louis Stevenson. FREE Edinburgh Cine and Video Society Thu 30 Sep, 7.30pm. Edinburgh Cine & Video Society, 23a Fettes Row, Open night for the cinephile club. FREE Active Archaeology Sat 2 Oct, 9am–noon. Holyrood Park, Holyrood Lodge, 652 8150. A longer walk
exploring the rich archaeological history of Holyrood Park. Booking essential. Digital Plant Photography Workshop I Sat 2 & Sat 9 Oct,
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9.30am–3.45pm. £75 (members £67.50). Royal Botanic Garden, 20a Inverleith Row, 248 2937. Learn how to get the most out of your digital camera. Don Giovanni Study Day Sat 2 Oct, 10.30am–4.30pm. £25. Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 478 8353. An in-depth look at Mozart’s much-loved opera, ahead of a performance of the work by the SCO on Thu 7 Oct. FREE Aspergillus and Candida: Fungus in the Air and in our Guts
Sat 2 & Sun 3 Oct, 1–4pm. Royal Botanic Garden, 20a Inverleith Row, 552 7171. Learn about the fungi Aspergillus, which recycles nitrogen from decaying plant material, and Candida, which lives in our guts. FREE RBGE Show and Tell: Scotland’s Celtic Rainforest Wed 6 Oct, 1.30–3pm. John Hope Gateway Centre, Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh, Arboretum Place, 552 7171. Join lichenologist Chris Ellis for an exploration of Scotland’s lichens.
Fairs FREE Scotcampus Freshers’ Festival Thu 23 & Fri 24 Sep, 10am–6pm. The Meadows, Melville Drive, 221 6241. Info on clothing, food, health, lifestyle and academic advice as well as live DJs, free food and goodie bags. Scottish Woodcraft Show Fri 24 & Sat 25 Sep, 9.30am–4.30pm. £7 (two day ticket £10). Lowland Hall, Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, 335 6200. Woodworking shows, demos, talks and more. Scottish Quilt Fair Championships
Fri 24–Sun 26 Sep, 10am–4.30pm. £7 (£6; children £3). MacRobert Pavilion, Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, 335 6200. Workshops, demonstrations and exhibitors selling a wide range of fabrics and accessories. FREE Women’s Health Day Sat 25 Sep, 10am. Spire Murrayfield Hospital, 122 Corstorphine Road, 316 2507. Wellbeing for the fairer sex: complementary therapies, health talks, yoga, exercise, free massages and reflexology sessions. FREE By Leaves We Live
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11am–6pm. Scottish Poetry Library, 5 Crichton’s Close, Canongate, 557 2876. Browse stalls, listen to talks, attend workshops and meet writers, publishers and editors throughout the day. See Hitlist. Bead Fair Sun 26 Sep, 11am. £4. Corn Exchange, 11 New Market Road, 477 3500. Exhibitors, sales and workshops for adults and children. Scottish Home Improvement & Self Build Show Sat 2 & Sun 3 Oct,
10am–4pm. £6.50 in advance; £8.50 on the day (under 16s free). Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, 335 6200. Find inspiration and advice on how to improve, refurbish or extend your home. FREE Morningside Makers Market Sat 2 Oct, 10.30am–4.30pm. Columcille Centre, 2 Newbattle Terrace, 447 7404. Monthly boutique craft and design market.
Sport Edinburgh Rugby v Leinster Fri 24
Sep, 7.05pm. £tbc. Murrayfield Stadium, Riversdale Crescent, 346 5180. Old rivals scrum it out at Murrayfield. FREE Kilomathon Sun 3 Oct, 8am. Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, 335 6200. A 26.2km (16.3m) race - perfect if you fancy a challenge but aren’t quite ready for a marathon. There’s also a 2.62km race for kids. For info and registration see www.kilomathon.com.
Talks FREE National Gallery Highlights Tour Sat 25 Sep, 2–2.45pm & 3–3.45pm. National Gallery Complex, The Mound, 624 6200. Tour of key paintings in the
It’s pushing all our eco-friendly fashionista buttons, this one: a popup restyling event downstairs at Stereo, with designers on hand to help you re-style and adapt pieces bought on the day or brought from home. For those inclined to pose, style bloggers Les Garçons de Glasgow (pictured) are running a photo shoot all day. ■ Stereo, Sat 25 Sep, 11am–4.30pm. £2. collection. FREE Romans Go Home? Spotlight On: Traprain Treasure Sat 25 Sep, 3pm. National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, 225 7534. Learn about famous archaeological finds near Haddington. FREE Joaquin Sorolla: Beyond the Spanish Context Tue 28 Sep, 12.45–1.30pm. National Gallery of Scotland: Hawthornden Lecture Theatre, The Mound, 624 6200. Hear about the work of the Spanish painter. FREE Views of a Nation Tue 28 Sep, 6pm. National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, 623 3918. Experts discuss the history and point of national atlases. Chasing the Light Roadshow Tue 28 Sep, 8pm. £15 (£12). Royal College Of Physicians, 9 Queen Street, 01963 250061. Travel photographer David Noton shows some of his most breathtaking shots and tells their stories.
discusses her new paintings. FREE Camille Pissarro: Art, Agriculture and Anarchism Tue 5 Oct, 12.45–1.30pm. National Gallery of Scotland: Hawthornden Lecture Theatre, The Mound, 624 6200. Christopher Lloyd examines Pissarro’s gardens. FREE Portraits in Focus Wed 6 Oct, 12.45–1.15pm. National Gallery Complex, The Mound, 624 6200. Susanna Kerr takes a look at Franciszek Smuglevicz’s portrait of eccentric antiquarian James Byres and his family. Chasing the Devil: The Search for Africa’s Fighting Spirit Thu 7
Oct, 7.30pm. £8 (under 18s/students/RSGS members free). Appleton Tower, University Of Edinburgh, Crichton Street, 650 8445. See Glasgow, Talks.
Workshops Willow Garden Sculptures Fri 24
National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, 225 7534. Learn about the museum’s most dangerous artifacts. FREE The Artist, the Cabbage Patch and the Orchid House Fri 1 Oct, 12.45–1.30pm. National Gallery of Scotland: Hawthornden Lecture Theatre, The Mound, 624 6200. A talk on artist and collector Gustave Caillebotte.
Sep, 10.30am–3.30pm. £15. Lauriston Castle, 2a Cramond Road South, 529 3963. Learn how to train plants to tumble over willow sculptures. Identifying Fungi Sun 26 Sep, 10am–4pm. £45. Teaching Lab, Royal Botanic Garden, Inverleith Row, 248 2937. An introduction to the identification of fungi. FREE Words, Words, Words Mon 27 Sep, 8pm. Traverse Theatre, Cambridge Street, 228 1404. Give your opinion on plays-in-progress, as new and experienced playwrights try out ideas. FREE Workshop: Beyond Google Tue 28 Sep, 6–7.30pm. National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, 623 3918. An introduction to Credo Reference and Oxford Reference Online.
From Barbers to Bakers and Booksellers to Boothmakers Mon 4
Napiers 150th Anniversary Workshops Wed 29 Sep, 6pm. £5
Oct, 10.30am. £8. Lauriston Castle, 2a Cramond Road South, 336 2060. See Edinburgh through the eyes of an 18th century barber. FREE Moyna Flannigan in
(redeemable against purchases). Stockbridge Parish Church, 7b Saxe Coburg Street, 332 0122. Learn about natural healthcare from Napiers the Herbalists. The Felted Garden Sat 2 Oct, 10am–4pm. £45. Royal Botanic Garden, Inverleith Row, 248 2937. Use felts to create an Impressionist picture.
Jane Austen: Her Life and Work
Wed 29 Sep, 10.03am. £8. Lauriston Castle, 2a Cramond Road South, 529 3963. A talk by Sharon Bassett of the Scottish branch of the Jane Austen Society. Curator’s Choice: Approach with Caution Wed 29 Sep, 2pm. £5 (£4).
Conversation with Keith Hartley
Mon 4 Oct, 12.45–1.30pm. Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, 75 Belford Road, 624 6200. Flannigan
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Mr Chartwell is published by Fig Tree on Thu 7 Oct.
✽ David Shrigley In an event entitled What the Hell are You Doing?, Shrigley launches his new anthology. As well as signing copies he will play a DJ set and show a selection of animations, plus there’ll be a performance by one of DS’ favourite bands, Correcto, featuring Turner Prize-winner Richard Wright. Mono, Glasgow, Thu 23 Sep. ✽ Chris Ryan If the bloodfilled derring do of this SAS guy is your bag, then abseil through a window if you have to, but just get here. Watertsone’s, Glasgow, Thu 23 Sep. ✽ Rebecca Hunt See preview, left. Fig Tree. ✽ Wigtown Book Festival Scotland’s National Book Town hosts yet another fine array of talents in the fields of literature, politics and culture with the likes of Martin Bell, Sally Magnusson and Iain M Banks all showing up. Various venues, Wigtown, Fri 24 Sep–Sun 3 Oct. ✽ Dilys Rose The awardwinning Scottish poet and novelist explores the frailties and foibles of the human condition with her latest collection, entitled Bodywork. University of Stirling, Thu 30 Sep. ✽ Robin Ince One of the good guys of the comedy circuit presents his Bad Book Club for which he has sunk low and hard to uncover the worst literary efforts ever published, from celebrity autobiographies, romance novels, and books of medical intrigue. Byre Theatre, St Andrews, Thu 30 Sep. ✽ Russell Brand Another comedian gets a bit wordy with an interview, some readings, a dash of stand-up and plenty big-haired posturing to promote his Booky Wook 2 publication. EICC, Edinburgh, Tue 5 Oct.
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RODGE GLASS & DAVE TURBITT Dougie’s War (Freight) ●●●●● Novelist Rodge Glass makes his first foray into the world of comics and while his intentions are good (part-funded by the Scottish Veterans Fund and Creative Scotland) the results are variable. You can’t dispute there’s a harrowing human story at the heart of Dougie’s War as Glass chronicles a soldier’s difficulties readjusting to the realities of life in Glasgow after serving in Afghanistan. By telling one character’s (fictional) story, Dougie’s War hopes to highlight the problem of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. It’s certainly well-researched (Glass interviewed veterans before penning the script), focusing on an issue that desperately needs to be discussed, but you can’t help but feel we’ve been here before (most notably in Hollywood’s portrayal of Vietnam). The art from Dave Turbitt is suitably raw but needs more detail if you are to truly connect with its central protagonist. Some readers may also be surprised that the story only takes up about half the book, the second half is an essay from journalist Adrian Searle on PTSD, which contains some shocking interviews with ex-servicemen and their experiences, followed by a tribute to, and extracts from, one of the big inspirations for Dougie’s War, Charlie’s War (Pat Mills’ groundbreaking 80s WWI strip from Battle). And while it’s always worth pointing out that the price of war is high and has implications long after the last bullet has been fired, this thought-provoking package needs more finesse to really do the issues at stake justice. (Henry Northmore) GHOST STORY
SUSAN HILL The Small Hand (Profile) ●●●●●
Susan Hill has been writing precise and chilling books in the rather unfashionable genre of the ghost story for decades, so she more or less has it down
to a fine art by now. This short and typically gothic tale demonstrates the refinement of Hill’s prose, concise powers of description, vividly realised settings and characters, and a real gift for building the tension that’s obligatory for this kind of work. Adam Snow is a book dealer who has the strange sensation of feeling a spectral child’s hand in his when he stumbles on a deserted old house in the English countryside. As the plot progresses, the relatively benign experiences turn malevolent, and something in his own hidden past turns out to
heart-warmingly gentle pace and playfulness to his third shorts collection, titled after a Christmas tale about quarrelling kids and a faulty toy, penned for a newspaper in 1999. Mills can’t quite distort your perception as effectively over just a few pages as he does in his celebrated novels, but not one story passes without a laughout-loud moment. A quiet, unrealised menace stalks the resident of a seaside hotel who mysteriously never sees his fellow guests. ‘A Public Performance’ – a 1970s Bristol-set rumination on the ‘folly of youth’, ie wearing a ridiculous military overcoat and watching Pink Floyd at their most self-indulgent – is a hilarious personal vignette in which Mills dually chuckles at his teenage awkwardness and compliments his nascent individuality. (Malcolm Jack)
MAGNUS MILLS Screwtop Thompson (Bloomsbury) ●●●●● Former London bus driver Magnus Mills’ subtle and deadpan literary sensibility inhabits a quiet world all of its own. It’s a place where mundane reality is shifted just out of focus, crafting subtle absurdities from the everyday. There’s a
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be the key to his strange obsession. Quietly chilling without ever being over the top or showy, this is undeniably quality writing in a genre deceptively hard to master. (Doug Johnstone) SHORT STORIES
publication of this fortnight is rather doubtful. After a rapid-fire start which rattles along like the opening 15 minutes of Magnolia, Jonathan Franzen’s follow-up to the Oprah-taunting glories of The Corrections settles into something all-too comfy and surprisingly stodgy in places. For all the detailed character analysis of the chief proponents (the far toonice Walter, his increasingly discontented wife Patty and their charismatic yet massively disruptive son Joey), this sweeping panorama through the past and present via satellite figures in the trio’s lives contains occasional jaw-dropping segments but is a litany of stale set-pieces and clumsy dialogue. (Brian Donaldson)
It’s one thing to have your latest book dubbed the best of the year when there’s three months of it left, but to be called the finest in a century which has just over 89 years still to run seems a pretty thankless plaudit. Bold and expansive as it is, whether Freedom even manages to succeed in being the number one
The cover of this book is savagely misleading. A red squirrel on a trapeze? The pages within are bound, then, to be full of imaginary and unlikely pranks which this most beloved yet endangered of countryside creatures might get up to? Well, no, it’s a crashingly disappointing manual of tips on, well, how to keep a pet squirrel. Having beautifully rendered the words of Julia Donaldson in wonderful animation for children’s classics such as The Gruffalo, Monkey Puzzle and Room on the Broom, Axel Scheffler’s slight book obviously looks like another winner, but has little of the invention, wit and tension which have made Donaldson a household name. Instead, we are simply informed about
Books ALSO PUBLISHED 5 BESTSELLING NOVELS Jodi Picoult Harvesting the Heart Her second novel, originally published in the US back in 1993, features a woman grappling with the demands of new motherhood, haunted by the fact that her own mother left her when she was five. Hodder. James Herbert Ash Only 50 million copies of his books have been sold worldwide and there’s a bit of a push on to get one or two copies of this out there. It focuses on a detective investigating a secluded stately home that locals believe is haunted, but could actually house something altogether more creepy. Macmillan. John Grisham The Confession On Death Row, Donte Drumm’s time is slipping away fast. But just when his lawyer is on the verge of giving up, in pops convicted felon Travis Boyette with a dark secret to unveil. Century. Kathy Reichs Mortal Remains The Temperance Brennan books reach number 13 with this story of a fresh corpse which appears to be that of a man who had seemingly died in a helicopter crash some 40 years earlier. William Heinemann. Charlaine Harris The Lily Bard Mysteries The True Blood author releases an omnibus of her tales featuring a cleaning lady with a dark past. Gollancz.
the foodstuffs squirrels enjoy and the best way to maintain a suitable cage. If ever there was an instance of someone dipping their toe unwisely into a pool of someone else’s expertise, then this is it. (Brian Donaldson)
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Wigtown Book Festival Various Venues (Wigtown). Times vary. Prices vary. Meet authors Barbara Trapido, Jackie Kay and Robert Twigger over lunch, plus there is a screening of heartmeltingly lovely 2002 French documentary film, Être et Avoir.
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Waterstone’s, 153–157 Sauchiehall Street, 332 9105. 6.30–8pm. £3. SAS soldier turned bestselling author Chris Ryan chats about his latest thriller, The Kill Zone. FREE Ian Stephen CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 7pm. Ian Stephen tells stories and reads extracts. FREE What the Hell are you
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Street, 553 2400. 8pm. Ticketed (max 4 per person). David Shrigley launches a new anthology of twistedly funny, doodlelike artwork. See Hitlist, page 44.
Edinburgh FREE Peter F Hamilton Waterstone’s West End, 128 Princes Street, 226 2666. 6–7pm. Meet the sci-fi author who will read from and sign copies of his new book The Evolutionary Void. FREE The Dead of Winter Book Launch The Lot, 4–6 Grassmarket, 225 9922. 7pm. Readings from Dominic Cooper’s new Isle of Mull-set novel.
Saturday 2 No sooner has the Edinburgh bash oozed from our minds than another spectacular gathering of authors and commentators is presented before us. So why not get yourself down to Scotland’s National Book Town to sample any one (or more) of this lot: Debi Gliori (pictured), Peter Hain, Ian Rankin, Val McDermid, Kevin MacNeil, Jenny Colgan, Kei Miller, Alasdair Gray, Martin Creed, Jackie Kay, John Byrne, and the Moomins. ■ Various venues, Wigtown, Fri 24 Sep–Sun 3 Oct.
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Easter Town Hall, 35 Cunzie Street, 01334 659462. 7.30–9pm. £2.50 (£2 Fifestyle). The local author and Shakespeare fan speaks about his work.
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Storytelling Centre, 43–45 High Street, 556 9579. 7.30pm. Suggested donation £3. Michael Kerins is the guest storyteller in the first session of the new season.
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Edinburgh FREE By Leaves we Live 2010: A celebration of artists’ books and small presses Scottish Poetry Library, 5 Crichton’s Close, Canongate, 557 2876. 11am–6pm. The Scottish Poetry Library’s annual one-day fair. Browse stalls, listen to talks, attend workshops and meet writers, publishers and editors. Caithness Horizons Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43–45 High Street, 556 9579. 7pm. £9 (£7). The launch of Egil, Son of the Night Wolf and Atomic City, by Caithness playwright and poet George Gunn.
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Venues (Wigtown). Times vary. Prices vary. Day two has events by authors such as Val McDermid and James Robertson, and a showcase of the talent or lack thereof of festival goers in ‘Wigtown Book Festival’s (Still) Got Talent’.
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Edinburgh FREE Cloudberry Castle Ballet Book Launch Dance Base, 14–16 Grassmarket, 337 2372. 2.30–4.30pm. Ticketed. Author Janey Louise Jones 46 THE LIST 23 Sep–7 Oct 2010
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Wigtown Book Festival Various Venues (Wigtown). Times vary. Prices vary. Events with Iain M Banks, Barbara Dickson, former bomb disposal expert Kevin Ivison and BBC Scotland’s Sally Magnusson among others.
Sunday 3
Wigtown (author of Princess Poppy) visits Dance Base for a ballet-themed launch of her new book. Please book in advance. FREE Book Group Waterstone’s, Cameron Toll Shopping Centre, 6 Lady Road, 666 1866. 5pm. A regular book group meeting on the last Sunday of every month. This month’s book is Richard C Morais’ The Hundred-Foot Journey. Shore Poets The Lot, 4–6 Grassmarket, 225 9922. 7.45–11pm. £4 (£3). Monthly poetry reading session providing a platform for new, emerging and established names on the Scottish poetry scene. This month’s guests are John Glenday, Alan Gillis and Ross Wilson.
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Wigtown Book Festival Various Venues (Wigtown). Times vary. Prices vary. Novelists Martin Creed, Alasdair Gray and Lesley Glaister are just three of today’s guests.
Monday 27
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Venues (Wigtown). Times vary. Prices vary. Arctic explorer Sara Wheeler and Cosmopolitan magazine’s agony aunt Irma Kurtz are on hand, with talks by author Allan Massie and others, and a screening of Tony Grace’s documentary on the mining industry in south-west Scotland, Finding the Seam.
Tuesday 28
Edinburgh Getting Into Poetry Scottish Poetry
Library, 5 Crichton’s Close, Canongate, 557 2876. 6–7.30pm. £25 (£20). A twoevening introductory course on how to get more out of poetry through reading and discussion. With pizza and prosecco.
Elie Julia Ogilvy Elie Library, Siward Lane, 7–8.30pm. £2.50 (£2 Fifestyle cardholders). The author of Turning Points, a book of inspirational true stories, gives a talk.
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Wigtown Book Festival Various Venues (Wigtown). Times vary. Prices vary. A ‘Bookbug Session’ will
keep the wee ones entertained, while adults can enjoy a performance of Dario Fo’s farcical play Low Pay? Don’t Pay!.
Wednesday 29
Glasgow FREE Word Play Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, 552 4267. 8pm. Open mic night with acoustic music, poetry and prose. Hosts The Word Factory are also performing together.
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Wigtown Book Festival Various Venues (Wigtown). Times vary. Prices vary. Novelist and journalist John Lanchester sees the funny side of the recession, writers including Sara Sheridan and Davis S Ross discuss their works, and in the evening the Bladnoch Distillery plays host to an evening of sessions by folk, jazz and blues musicians.
Thursday 30
Edinburgh Green Thoughts: Poetry Reading
National Gallery Complex, The Mound, 624 6200. 12.45–1.15pm. Free with exhibition ticket. Robyn Marsack reads a selection of poems in response to the works on show in the gallery’s Impressionist Gardens exhibition. FREE One O’Clock Gun Anthology Launch Central Library, George IV Bridge, 242 8000. 6–6.50pm. A panel discussion and book signing celebrating the launch of the One O’Clock Gun Anthology. FREE Cycling Around Scotland Book Launch The Lot, 4–6 Grassmarket, 225 9922. 7pm. Launch of Nick Fairweather’s chronicle of his travels.
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Robin Ince’s Bad Book Club
Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, 01334 475000. 8pm. £14 (£10–£12). The awardwinning comedian has trawled the depths to find the worst, most unintentionally hilarious literary efforts ever published.
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FREE Stirling Centre for Poetry: Dilys Rose Pathfoot Building (University of Stirling), 01786 473 171. 7.30pm. Meet the awardwinning Scottish poet and novelist.
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Wigtown Book Festival Various Venues (Wigtown). Times vary. Prices vary. The festival’s last day starts with a ‘Magical Meditations’ session for kids. War veteran Alastair Urquhart and Lesley McDowell will be in conversation.
Monday 4
Edinburgh FREE Blackwell Book Quiz Blackwell, 53–59 South Bridge, 622 8222. 6pm. Test your literary credentials in teams of up to five members. Please arrive for 5.45pm.
Tuesday 5
Edinburgh Getting Into Poetry Scottish Poetry
Library, 5 Crichton’s Close, Canongate, 557 2876. 6–7.30pm. £25 (£20). See Tue 28.
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Russell Brand: Booky Wook 2 Tour Venue 150 @ EICC, 150
Morrison Street, 0844 847 1639. 7.30pm. £29.50. The fop launches his second book of autobiographical ramblings.
Wednesday 6
Glasgow FREE Word Play Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, 552 4267. 8pm. See Wed 29.
Thursday 7
Glasgow FREE Lesley Duncan: Images Not Icons Mitchell Library, 201 North Street, 287 2999. 6–7pm. The Herald’s Poetry Editor, Lesley Duncan, celebrates 20 years in the job with the publication of Images Not Icons, a collection of entertaining and perceptive verse.
Edinburgh FREE Anne Downie book launch Blackwell, 53–59 South Bridge, 622 8222. 6pm. Ticketed. Scottish playwright Anne Downie launches her debut novel The Witches of Pollok, which is based on a true story set in 17th-century Glasgow. Gliterary Lunch Caledonian Hilton Hotel, Princes Street, 01423 873116. £50. Good food, good books and good company. Special guests Sadie Jones and Alice Thomson will discuss their work. Advance booking essential. Please visit www.gliterarylunches.com for full details.
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Higher education
THE BEST DANCEFLOOR ACTION
David Pollock checks out the ever impressive line-up at Cabaret Voltaire’s annual Alternative Freshers week Foamo
reshers week: no other seven days on the country’s clubbing calendar will see so many excited youngsters stay up all night drinking, try to bag off with each other and just generally enjoy the freedom that not having mum waiting to chastise you for coming back late brings. But you know what the worst thing about it is? That so few of these little bouncing proto-club kids give a damn about what they’re actually dancing to. In which case, the students of Edinburgh can say thank you to Cabaret Voltaire, who have very kindly laid on eight straight nights of big name guests in order to break their next batch of regulars into new listening and clubbing habits. There are probably few other clubs in the city able to lay on such an event, because the Cab has the capacity and a reputation for quality, but it’s also commercial enough that it isn’t catering to just a niche, underground audience. A broad appreciation of electronic music and a desire to get up and dance is all that’s needed here. So the Cab’s own in-house night Sugarbeat kicks things off on Friday 24th as it welcomes Chew the Fat! residents Foamo and The Living Graham Bond. Foamo – 22-year-old Kyle Gibbon – has had a particularly massive year, appearing on Radio 1 and earning a residency at We Love Sundays at Space in Ibiza. Then Paul Woolford headlines Karnival on Saturday, and the rest of the week sees Boom Monk Ben of the eclectic Mixed Bizness at Glasgow’s Art School Union appear at Killer Kitsch on Sunday, Brightonian dubstepper High Rankin at Bare on Monday and Elektrical guest at Tuesday’s Split. Glasgow band Three Blind Wolves play live at
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weekly indie disco Sick Note on Thursday, before more really big names show up for the closing weekend. First it’s Gramophonedzie, Serbian producer of love-it-or-hate-it chart hit ‘Why Don’t You?’ at Friday house night Tokyoblu, then long-time icon of the UK house scene Joey Negro headlines Ultragroove on the closing Saturday, 2nd October. ‘It’ll be really cool to play Cab,’ says Liam Robertson, a 19-year-old music production student at the city’s Jewel & Esk College. ‘I’ve been in a few times and it’s got a really good energy. The guys there have been so supportive of us since we got in touch with them.’ Robertson and his musical partner Calum Macleod, 18, both originally from Perth, are the guests at Wednesday’s We Are . . Electric under their joint alias, Clouds, a project which is being hailed as the next great hope of Scottish dance music. Forming last December, the pair’s tentative sending off of tracks has already seen Fake Blood agree to sign them as his new label’s debut release and Tiga offer them a future single on his label Turbo, while Annie Mac gave them their debut Radio 1 play. ‘We’re big fans of Animal Collective,’ says Robertson, ‘the way their music’s hard to get a hold of, the way they’re not trying to appeal to anyone, they’re just doing what they want to do. We want to put that into dance music, just like Mr Oizo does, we’re big fans of his too, his music’s really wellproduced and different.’ Find out here if they succeed – and don’t worry, we doubt he’ll be making class the next day, either.
‘IT’LL BE COOL TO PLAY THE CAB, THERE’S A REALLY GOOD ENERGY’
Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, Fri 24 Sep–Sat 2 Oct, see listings for details.
✽ One Off Disco Spectacular Chicago discohouse maestro Daniel Wang (pictured) and Glasgow’s own Billy Woods make this 100head party a hot ticket. Max’s Kansas City, Glasgow, Fri 24 Sep. ✽ The Optimo Warehouse Turbo Rave A massive sound system, strobes, moonflowers and Twitch & Wilkes. SWG3, Glasgow, Fri 24 Sep. ✽ Pinup Nights Guest DJ Angelos Epithemiou (Shooting Stars) and live bands B Movie Junkies, Paws and Heart Beats play ‘Geek Night’ at Glasgow’s premier indie club. Flying Duck, Glasgow, Fri 24 Sep. ✽ Big’n’Bashy + Ghantin Get sucked into a dubstep/ rave/acid vortex with special guests Terror Danjah and Squire of Gothos, all blasted out through the mighty Messenger Soundsystem. Bongo Club, Edinburgh, Sat 25 Sep. ✽ Modern Lovers Bit of a coup for ML as they wrangle a DJ set from cult heroes The Yummy Fur. The Flying Duck, Glasgow, Sat 25 Sep. ✽ UberFest II Twelve hours of techno music from a vast array of Soundhaus residents, with a barbeque, graffiti wall and more. Soundhaus, Glasgow, Sun 26 Sep. ✽ Bubble Party like it’s 2000 as Pure’s Brainstorm and The Bill supply the techno, acid and classics from back in the day. Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh, Fri 1 Oct. ✽ Monox 10th Birthday The Glasgow techno club bows out for good with a huge tenth birthday party featuring special guest DJ Funk. Sub Club, Glasgow, Fri 1 Oct. ✽ Xplicit Huge, tropical drum & bass party featuring Brazil’s finest DJ Marky (with dubstepflavoured support from Emalkay). Potterrow, Edinburgh, Fri 1 Oct. 23 Sep–7 Oct 2010 THE LIST 47
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Cagedbaby
THE BEST NEW NIGHTS IN TOWN:
I AM Residents: They go by the names Beta and Kappa. ‘We do a few things in Glasgow but we’d rather go with these faceless names, we might even perform in masks,’ explains Kappa. ‘It just gives you that chance to start from scratch and you know people aren’t coming because of a name, we’d prefer it if people came because the music is good or they liked what we did with the night.’ Guests: Loads drawn from their contacts across Glasgow including the likes of Matthias, Shaun fae Solar, Esa and Mia Dora (live), while London’s The Rogue Element guest in December. Music policy: ‘Beta will tend to play more electro – he’s got the bass sound – and I’ll play a lot of other stuff around that. We’re trying to keep it vaguely electronic but there isn’t one specific sound, we’re totally free to play any kind of music, but this is what we like at the moment: electro, 80s stuff, bang up-to-date electro house, disco, Italo, hip hop, dubstep, it’ll touch on a few things.’ What they say: ‘We’ve put a lot of planning into the music and how we present it, we’ve been working on this for about a year now and we have lots of ideas. An electronic night for students is at the heart – it’s a Tuesday and the drinks are cheap – but we’re not going to pander to the lowest common denominator.’ What we say: Tuesday might be the second most un–rock’n’roll night of the week, but I AM could be exactly what midweek clubbing in Glasgow needs (ie a shot of credible, decent music). We know who Beta and Kappa are (but we’re not going to go around spoiling the secret) and they’re got pedigree as well as exemplary taste in music. It sounds like Tuesdays nights in Glasgow have got a much needed injection of quality, broadminded electronica, and that can only be a good thing. (Henry Northmore) ■ Weekly, Tue, The Sub Club, Glasgow. 48 THE LIST 23 Sep–7 Oct 2010
DUBSTEP/BREAKS/ELECTRO
SCREAM! The Liquid Room, Edinburgh, weekly Thu The return of the Liquid Room has reinvigorated Edinburgh’s nightlife, not only the return of much loved clubs (now playing out on a new £1.2 million soundsystem) but fresh nights like Scream!, a new Thursday nighter with some serious pulling power. Debuting with dubstep supremo Benga is one way to make a mark and they keep the momentum high with Stanton Warriors (23 Sep) and Thomas Gandey (aka Cagedbaby, 30 Sep). ‘I think it is important not to just stick to one genre and get too pigeon holed, so I think you have to be a bit more open minded,’ explains promoter Paul Cunningham. ‘We felt each guest goes into one other, Stanton Warriors play breaks with a bit of dubstep and
electro, which Cagedbaby will play, so they all kind of cross into each other.’ Each night will be guest led, reflecting their musical style, but there will be a one-off residents party with a difference, with Scream! hosting ‘student DJ competitions, with DJs submitting their mixes, we will upload them to SoundCloud before letting the public vote on their favourites’. (Just send your name, a link to your mix and track listing via the contact form on www.liquidroom.co.uk.) Even with big names like Jakwob, Filthy Dukes, Carte Blanche (aka DJ Mehdi & Riton) and Skream already booked for future dates, Scream! aims to provide an audio-visual clubbing experience. ‘We’re going to be adding lots of production elements,’ adds Cunningham, ‘décor, visuals, live visual aspects, each week will be different from the night before.’ (Henry Northmore)
TECHNO
ABSTRACT FORMS LABEL NIGHT Slabs of the Tabernacle at La Cheetah, Glasgow, Sat 2 Oct The London-based Abstract Forms label started, as most of these things do, as a cottage industry based on just one person’s tastes and interests. Damon Foster was looking for things to do with his own recordings as Deixis, and his own love of vinyl combined with the willingness of a few friends to contribute their own recordings convinced him. ‘I guess the label’s ethos is to release music by new and up-and-coming artists,’ he says, ‘and to play the music that I like.’ He describes his own tastes as broad, ranging from late 60s psychedelic rock to early 70s funk and soul. ‘I believe that if you’re trying to make decent music you shouldn’t just limit yourself to one style,’ he says. ‘Electronically, though, I like Kraftwerk, Juan Atkins, the Detroit sound. I’d describe what I make as deep techno, it’s not a style that’s a huge seller but it’s an underground niche that’s always been close to my heart.’ It’s a taste that’s shared by labelmates Morphology and Arne Weinberg, both appearing here, and Kirk Degiorgio and Louis Haiman. ‘We only sell vinyl records,’ notes Foster proudly. ‘I’m not against digital sales, but vinyl just sounds better to me, especially when it’s mastered by someone who knows what they’re doing. I guess I’m a bit old-school in that way, I just like something you can design and hold in your hand, a nice artistic format, because I’m a designer myself in my day job. If I can look back on this when I’m a lot older and say, “Hey, I did that before vinyl disappeared,” then I’ll be happy.’ (David Pollock)
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Glasgow Thursdays
Club ■ Cheap & Nasty at Nice’n’Sleazy. 11.30pm–3am. £2. 7 Oct. Everything from disco to indie and electro to funk, with Matthew Craig of One More Tune and Define Define. ■ Classic Grand Thursdays at Classic Grand. 11pm–3am. £6. Weekly. A mix of rock, electro, emo and industrial. ■ Club Frock and Cock at Stereo. 11pm–3am. £tbc. 23 Sep. We don’t know what’s happening here, but we can guess . . . With Tragic City Thieves.
■ Dance Nation Presents Basshunter at O2 Academy. 7pm. £20.
30 Sep. A big night of commercial dance, with guests Angel City, Fugative, Fragma, Nordic Stars, Porchia, MC Enemy, Joey Riot, Dangerous Dave and Perry Mystique. Under 14s must be accompanied by an adult. Rescheduled from 13 Jul, original tickets still valid. FREE Feel my Bicep at Flat 0/1. 11pm–3am. Weekly. 80s sleaze, analogue funk, old school house, disco flexx and sweat on the walls. FREE Femmes:Hommes:Queens at FHQ. 11.30pm–3am. Weekly. New weekly night from TLC Glasgow with DJ Shawn Roberts, free entry and a whole lotta tunes. ■ Ghetto at the Sub Club. 11pm–3am. £tbc. Weekly. Stoofa plays an electronic ghetto soundtrack. ■ Hispanic Panic Goes to Africa!
at Stereo. 11pm–3am. £4 (£3). 7 Oct. Glasgow University Hispanic Society put on another night of salsa, kumbia, kuduro and reggaeton, with a dash of Zimbabwe in the mix from live groups Rise Kagona and The Jit Jive Five. ■ I Heart . . . at O2 ABC. 11pm–3am. £6 (£5). Weekly. A new Thursday night student special with resident Gentleman Johnny. ■ Mixed Bizness at Glasgow School of Art. 11pm–3am. £4 (£3; GSA students free before midnight, £1 after). Weekly. Cutting edge underground beats and classic dancefloor gems from resident Benny Boom with guest Astroboy (30 Sep). ■ The Pump Club at Nice’n’Sleazy. 11.30pm–3am. £2. 23 Sep. Throbb, The Falconi Bros, Von Trapp and guests present an electronic workout. ■ Rubbermensch and Jellybaby at O2 ABC2. 11pm–3am. £4. Weekly. A night for indie lovers with Andy Wilson in charge. ■ Shake it Up at Maggie May’s. 11pm–3am. £5. Weekly. Indie, rock, disco and pop from DJ Paddy. ■ Silent Disco at Boho. 10.30pm–2am. £6 (£5 students). 23 Sep. You know the drill by now, don your headphones and dance to a selection of two channels of music from various DJs. ■ Skint and Vengeance at the Cathouse. 11pm–3am. £3 (£2 students). Weekly. DJs Billy and Colin play rock, emo and pop-punk in the main room, while DJ Q Ball has the sickest black metal, death metal and thrash in the back. ■ Soul Glo at the Buff Club. 11pm–3am. £3. Weekly. DJ Snafu scratches funk, soul and old rhythm and blues, with returning guest Andrew Divine (Divine!) on the last Thursday of every month. ■ Thursday at Oran Mor at Oran Mor. 10.30pm–3am. £4 (£2). Weekly. Mark Robb plays old school disco.
FREE Thursdays at Maggie’s at Maggie May’s. 10pm–3am. Weekly. DJ Duncan plays funk, soul, rock and pop, plus live acts to be confirmed.
Glasgow Fridays
Club ■ Audiokandi at Byblos.
10.30pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £8 (£6) after. Weekly. Ian McNab, Stu Laurie, Gary O’Connor and Andy Robson play vocal house anthems. ■ Ballbreaker and Vice at the Cathouse. 10.30pm–3am. £5 (£4). Weekly. DJs Billy and Martin Bate play a selection of rock, metal, emo and even hip hop over two floors. ■ Banjax at La Cheetah. 11pm–3am. £10. 24 Sep. A new bi-monthly night from Dave Shades (Mount Heart Attack), Tommy & McGarvatron (Bass Invaders) and Data Rape aka Full Phat (Obese, Concept Theory). This time out the guests are Jerome Hill (boss of the Don’t label) and LuSINda (head of Victim). ■ Be Deep at Admiral Bar Basement. 11pm–3am. £8 before midnight; £10 after. 24 Sep. Deep house and techno from the founder of the Treibstoff label and regular at Club der Visionaire (Berlin) Rene Breitbarth, with support from Russell Ventilla. ■ Bear Glasgow at Revolver. 11pm. £tbc. 1 Oct. Monthly club night for the furrier gentleman. ■ Beatitude! at Brunswick Hotel. 10pm–2am. Free before 11.30pm; £5 after. 1 Oct. The basement party celebrates its first birthday with DJs Craig Fox, Lewis Park and Jonny Dobbie providing minimal, house, and techno, and guest DOMM (Subcity, Slave to the Rhythm). ■ Bespoke Fridays at O’Couture. 11pm–3am. £6 (£3 students). Weekly. Indie, dance, pop and cheap drinks at this club from residents Rob Etherson, Jenny and Mash. ■ Biba Nights at Stereo. 11pm–3am. £7 (£5). 1 Oct. Glasgow’s premier space disco outfit Den Haan play a live set, backed by Thunder Disco Club DJs and ubiquitous visualist Joe Crogan. ■ Black Tent at Nice’n’Sleazy. 9pm–3am. Free before 11.30pm; £3 after. 24 Sep. Errors and Rock Action DJs playing indie, house and techno and all genres in between. ■ Canvas at Arta. 11pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 after. Weekly. Live bands plus DJs Martin Black (Fri) and Norman Robinson (Sat) playing funk and party classics. ■ Damaged Goods at Nice’n’Sleazy. 11.30pm–3am. £3. 1 Oct. Two floors of punk rock, reggae, classic soul and New York disco. ■ Damnation at Classic Grand. 10.30pm–3am. £5 (£4). Weekly. Rock, metal, punk and emo. ■ Desire at Soundhaus. 9.30pm–2.30am. £tbc. 24 Sep. A new bhangra, R&B and house night, with live guests Gtown Desi. ■ Electrolick at Soundhaus. 11pm–3am. 1 Oct. Electro, synth-pop and electronic experimentation from guests Level Thirtytwo (In About It) and Floyd (Bangers & Mashup), with residents and hosts James Campbell and Ross McDonald. ■ Eyes Wide Open at Blackfriars. 11pm–3am. £5 (£4 students). 1 Oct. Garage, psych and freakbeat brought to you by EWO DJs Holly and Sarah, plus live guests The Store Keys playing psych-garage Hammond pop, and guest DJ Craig Reece (Starla Records). ■ Festival at O2 ABC2. 11pm–3am. £5. Weekly. Euan Nielson and Duncan Harvey play electro, indie and pop. ■ Fiasco at Bacchus. 10.30pm–3am. £9. 1 Oct. A Chicago house night with special guest Gramophonedzie who gave us the massive chart hit ‘Why Don’t You?’, joining resident Ed Marco. ■ Foreplay at Soundhaus. 10pm–3am. £5. 24 Sep. Reggae, dubstep and jungle from DJs Big Sie and Ian F.
■ Fresh Lick at Soundhaus.
10pm–3am. £12 (£10 advance). 1 Oct. Showcasing some of the finest young techno talent around, featuring Italy’s Federico Milani, with support from Andy Raeside, Jamie Riles, Alan Forrest, Worx/Dersonna, Wullie Auld and residents Kris Day, Deborah and Jamie Stenhouse.
■ Friday at Maggie Mays Basement at Maggie May’s.
11pm–3am. £5. Weekly. Indie rock’n’roll from the 60s to the 00s. ■ Friday at Oran Mor at Oran Mor. 10.30pm–3am. £6 (£4). Weekly. Friday night party tunes from the Oran Mor residents. ■ Granny Would Be Loud at GUU Debating Chamber. 8pm–2am. £6. 24 Sep. Vintage music and rockabilly celebration with ice cream sundaes, swing dancers and a vintage photo booth. Shake your tail feathers to good effect and you may even make it onto the wall of fame. FREE Groovesville at Mono. 7pm–1am. 24 Sep. Motown, Stax, garage soul and Phil Spector (not in person, obviously), with resident DJ John Martin (ex-Primal Scream). Formerly known as Motown at Mono. ■ How’s Your Party? at the Sub Club. 11pm–3am. £10. 24 Sep. Monthly. Funky, dubstep and bassline from special guests Toddla T and Hot City, and resident Boom Monk Ben. FREE I Heart Big Beat at Gambetta. 9pm–3am. 24 Sep. A new night from AC/DJ, a former member of Jengaheads and radio presenter on XfM. ‘Genre can bugger off,’ he says. ‘Pigeon holes are for pigeons.’ ■ Itch! First Birthday at Bacchus. 11pm–3am. £5. 24 Sep. Celebrating twelve months of house and electro with residents Gnarlyface, Mark David, MatthewOneMoreTune, Chungo and Heera. ■ Jelly Roll Soul at La Cheetah. 11pm–3am. £7. 1 Oct. Inspired by Charles Mingus and Theo Parrish, this new night presents house from residents Milk, DeepRT and Jamie Alexander, and guest Fudge Fingas (Prime Numbers, Firecracker Records). Monox is 10 at the Sub Club. 11pm–3am. £10. 1 Oct. A huge party to mark the Glasgow techno night’s tenth birthday and last ever night, with guest DJ Funk and residents Dan Monox, Wasp and Daz. Be warned, this will be unmissable. One Off Disco Spectacular at Max’s Kansas City. 11pm–3am. £10. 24 Sep. You bet it’s spectacular, with very special guest Daniel Wang joined by Glasgow’s own disco supremo Billy Woods for an intimate show that’s strictly limited to a capacity of 100. FREE Only Fools and House at Flat 0/1. 11pm–3am. Weekly. Tom, Anton and Ewan play a fine selection of New York and Chicago house, cosmic italo disco and classic 80s electro.
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Rave at SWG3. 11pm–3am. £8. 24 Sep. Featuring an 80,000 watt sound system, strobes and a moonflower lighting system, this is not an exercise in nostalgia, say Twitch and Wilkes. Pinup Nights at the Flying Duck. 9pm–3am. £6 (£5 advance). 24 Sep. Glasgow’s biggest indie night present Geek Night, with guest DJ Angelos Epithemiou (Shooting Stars), live bands B Movie Junkies, Paws and Heart Beats, ‘geeky’ anthems and prizes, and a fanzine and badge for the first hundred people in. ■ Pressure at the Arches. 11pm–3am. £14. 1 Oct. Drumcode Records party at the techno night featuring Adam Beyer, Alan Fitzpatrick and Slam. ■ Propaganda at O2 ABC. 10.30pm–3am. £4. Weekly. A brand new indie Friday nighter, featuring guest DJ Ryan Jarman (The Cribs, 24 Sep). ■ R-P-Z at Stereo. 11pm–3am. £7 (£5). 24 Sep. Residents Hushpuppy and Bonjour Boi promise a blend of electro,
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Italo disco, punk-funk and ‘wrong sounds a-plenty’ at this new monthly residency, with visuals from Joe Crogan. ■ Religion at 96 Maxwell Street. 11pm–3am. £5 before midnight; £7 after. Weekly. House, electronica and techno from Harry Bennett. ■ Riot Radio at Maggie May’s. 11pm–3am. £5. Weekly. DJ Dan South presents indie rock’n’roll from the 60s to the present day. ■ Superfly at the Flying Duck. 10pm–2am. £5. 1 Oct. Monthly. Duncan Superfly and Gregor Emond ‘Keep On Keepin’ On’ in a new venue, providing a sweltering mix of sweet soul, sexy assed funk, 60s psyche rock, hip hop, post punk and new releases. FREE Tackle! at Speakeasy. 11pm–3am. 1 Oct. Club night with DJ Will for bears and rugby boys and their admirers. Free bear hugs (and a scrum if you’re lucky).
Chart & Party ■ Audiofilth at Common. 5pm–3am.
£5 (£3). Weekly. Friday nights are getting dirty with Ross McMillan and Big Al orchestrating some of the filthiest house, electro, hip hop and indie. ■ Cheesy Pop at Queen Margaret Union. 9pm–2am. £3 (£2 members). Weekly. After many years, rampant hordes of mucky-minded, vodka fuelled urchins still flock to hear DJ Toast’s edam selection. ■ Crash at the Shed. 10.30pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 after. Weekly. Euan and Andy play all the party tracks you know and love. ■ Fierce Fridays at Bennets. 11pm–3am. £tbc. Weekly. Party tunes for an up for it gay crowd with Grant. ■ Funked Up at Play. 5pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £tbc after. Weekly. Party sounds from the residents. ■ Garage Mobile Disco at the Garage. 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. Chart, indie, R&B and hip hop, with karaoke in Snapshotz. ■ The Lick at FHQ. 6pm–2am. £tbc. Weekly. Girls’ party night. ■ Music for Pleasure at Bamboo. 10pm–3am. Free before midnight with a matric card; £5 after. Weekly. Gavin Sommerville, Gerry Lyons and Andy Wilson play R&B, hip hop, house and pop. ■ My Mum Told Me I Could DJ at the Viper Bar & Club. 11pm–3am. £tbc. Weekly. The West End comes alive with Friday night chart and party sounds. ■ Old Skool at the Buff Club. 11pm–3am. £6. Weekly. Funk, soul and disco from DJs Craig Thompson, Jack and Gordie. ■ Relax/Famous at Kushion. 4pm–3am. Free with Social Animal keyring before midnight; £7 (£5) after. Weekly. Kicking with relaxed house, funk and soul. Joe Smith then takes over, and finally James Lithgow and DJ Status take it through to 3am with indie, electro, house and hip hop. ■ Tempted at Tusk. 5pm–2am. Free before 11pm; £5 after. Weekly. Party sounds from DJ Norman Robinson. ■ Tipsy at Karibu. 11pm–3am. £6. Weekly. Super-stylish R&B and urban sounds from Iron Ill, Prospect, Nick G and Kash. Note the venue points out that ID is a must. ■ United Nations of Dance at the Tunnel. 11pm–3am. £8. Weekly. Clubland anthems, hip hop and R&B from Scotty Boy, Marc Anderson, Steve Clarke, John Thomson and more.
Glasgow Saturdays
Club ■ Absolution at Classic Grand. 10.30pm–3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. Rock, metal, industrial and punk to liven up your Saturday night. ■ All Tore Up at Blackfriars. 10pm–3am. £7. 2 Oct. Maximum rhythm and blues, rock’n’roll and rockabilly at this seventh birthday party with live guests The Star Devils. 23 Sep–7 Oct 2010 THE LIST 49
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Clubs ■ Canvas at Arta. 11pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 after. Weekly. See Fri. ■ Death Disco at the Arches. 11pm–3am. £14. 25 Sep. Electro, house, disco and gauche party tracks from Don Rimini and MNDR (live), with regulars Hush Puppy, Josh Jones and Wavy Graves. Also note free advance tickets for freshers, present matric card/confirmation letter at Argyle St Box Office before 24th Sep. ■ Elements of Soul at Brunswick Hotel. 9pm–2am. £10. 2 Oct. Deep and soulful house music at this second birthday party from residents Nick Ferrara and Stephen Rodgers, with guest Halo (CityDeep Music). ■ Glasgow Globetrotters Custom Show Afterparty at Soundhaus.
8pm–2am. £tbc. 25 Sep. Mod, Northern Soul and more at this afterparty for the custom scooter show at Partick Borough Halls. FREE Half my Heart Beats at the 78. 9pm–midnight. 25 Sep. Playing current and classic indie pop, 60s, girl groups, B-sides and album gems to get people up and dancing. This is the earlybird version of the Flying Duck night. ■ The Hot Club at Nice’n’Sleazy. 11.30pm–3am. £3. 25 Sep. Rafla (Nice’n’Sleazy) and Nobodaddy (The Phantom Band) play garage, punk, psych
GLASGOW CLUB VENUES ■ Admiral Bar Basement 72 Waterloo Street, 221 7705. A great venue that has managed to get a new 3am licence. ■ The Arches Argyle Street, 0870 240 7528. Probably the biggest venue in Glasgow and home to famous names like Colours, Death Disco and Pressure. ■ Arta 62 Albion St, 552 2101. An incredibly flash bar, restaurant and club space in the Merchant City. See listings for selected highlights. ■ Bamboo 51 West Regent Street, 332 1067/8. A musical programme that takes in modern soul and funky house makes this a favourite venue. See listings for selected highlights. ■ Basura Blanca at the Brunswick Hotel 106108 Brunswick Street, 552 0001. From electronica to soul and funk, a wide range of party nights abound at this basement venue. See listings for selected highlights. ■ Blackfriars 36 Bell Street, 552 5924. Rock, pop and indie DJs, with occasional bands earlier in the evening. See listings for selected highlights. ■ Black Sparrow 241 North Street, 221 5530. It’s an early-closing bar venue, but this new addition to Glasgow’s scene deserves mention for its fine selection of guest DJs. See listings for selected highlights. ■ Boho 59 Dumbarton Road, 357 6644. Glossy weekend clubbing at the foot of Byres Road. See listings for selected highlights.
and rockabilly. This is the third birthday party, and live band Bronto Skylift are the special guests. ■ Infexious: Resident Evil at Soundhaus. 9pm–3am. £8. 2 Oct. Hard dance, techno and hardstyle from William Daniel vs Mark Doc vs Rob Da Rhythm, and a whole bunch of other regulars from local nights like Inside Out, Rectify, Pandemic and more. ■ Juice at the Universal. 10.30pm–3am. £4. 25 Sep. A deep house and techno night incorporating fashion and art, with Mista Fleck, J Whyte and Mike Provan, with guest Curtai. ■ Love Music at O2 ABC. 11pm–3am. £7 (£5). Weekly. Soul, rock’n’roll, indie and electro with Gerry Lyons. ■ Maneuver at Ad Lib. 11pm–3am. £5. 25 Sep. Tech-house and techno from special guests Sinky and Gordy D (both House: Life), and residents Andy Lyon and Alias. ■ Melting Pot at Admiral Bar Basement. 11pm–3am. £10. 2 Oct. All things disco-house, as residents Andrew Pirie and Simon Cordiner get ready for their Riverboat Shuffle break in London with guest Greg Wilson. Modern Lovers at the Flying Duck. 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £6 after (£5). 25 Sep. Blues, garage punk, 60s pop, Motown, funk and
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■ Box 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. Rock, punk, indie and alternative sounds. See listings for selected highlights.
soul, R&B and house on the site of the old Belo. See listings for selected highlights.
■ Braehead Arena Kings Inch Road, 886 8300. Occasional large one-off events in this shopping centre-based arena.
■ Corinthian Ingram Street, 552 1101. Uppercrust clubbing. Smart clothes are a prerequisite over the weekend. See listings for selected highlights.
■ The Buff Club 142 Bath Lane, 248 1777. A number of fine nights take place at this upstairs-downstairs venue. ■ The Bunker Bar 193–199 Bath Street, 229 1427. Pre-club indie and rock sounds, with late opening at the weekend and occasional big-name guest DJs. See listings for selected highlights. ■ Byblos Unit Q, Merchant Square, 71 Albion Street, 552 3895. Flash mainstream dance sounds for mainstream clubbers in the heart of the Merchant City. ■ Carnival Arts Centre 2nd Floor, 34 Albion Street, 946 6193. Occasional, mostly world music-themed club nights at this Merchant City haunt. See listings for selected highlights. ■ The Cathouse 15 Union Street, 248 6606. The most popular metal and goth club in the city. See listings for selected highlights. ■ Classic Grand 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. Regular clubs and live music including Souldiggin’ and more. ■ Club 30 22 Cambridge Street, 332 3437. Billed as a discotheque, expect the most commercial of pop sounds with the occasional bigger name guest. ■ Common 25 Royal Exchange Square, 204 0101. A flash club which offers
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■ The Courtyard 84 West Nile Street, 354 0049. A pub with a small al fresco space to the rear for some legendary daytime house parties. ■ The Ferry Anderston Quay, the Broomielaw, 553 0606. This floating venue on the Clyde plays host to various one-off nights, and the genius monthly that is VEGAS! ■ Firewater 341 Sauchiehall Street, 354 0350. Student-friendly indie-rocking bands and party choons late into the night. See listings for selected highlights. ■ The Flying Duck 142 Renfield Street, 572 0100. An eclectic, indie-focused club which - rather impressively - features a room made out to look like a kitchen. ■ The Garage 490 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120. Student venue playing party tunes. See listings for selected highlights. ■ Glasgow School of Art 167 Renfrew Street, 332 0691. Record Playerz/Mixed Bizness (on Thursday) and Divine (monthly Saturdays) every week make this student venue a consistent winner. ■ Ivory Blacks 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. Featuring a mixture of rock gigs and hardcore techno clubs. See
beyond, with guest DJs The Yummy Fur (that’s Jackie McKeown of 1990s and Paul Thomson of Franz Ferdinand). ■ No Sleep at La Cheetah. 11pm–3am. £7 before midnight; £8 after. 25 Sep. Deep, dubbed-out minimal techno at this new night, with guests Langenberg (Dessous, Liebe Detail and Mild Pitch) and Jacksonville (boss of Edinburgh’s Doppler label). The residents are Adam Watt and Why Eleven. ■ Pandemic at Nice’n’Sleazy. 11.30pm–3am. £3. 2 Oct. Noj, Mark, Johnny Shrapnel and Gil Scott Heroin play indie, 60s garage, soul, rock’n’roll and ‘everything else in between’. FREE Power Tools at Flat 0/1. 11pm–3am. Weekly. Korben Dallas and Nushta Droganova play Italo, disco and house. ■ The Rock Shop at Maggie May’s. 11.30pm–3am. Free before midnight; £5 (£3) after. Weekly. Resident Lee Craig plays a selection of rock, indie and metal classics in the basement. ■ Saturday at Oran Mor at Oran Mor. 10.30pm–3am. £8. Weekly. Bobby Bluebell plays chart, indie, R&B and more. ■ Saturdays at the Cathouse. 10.30pm–3am. £6 (£5.50). Weekly. DJs Eric and Muppet offer classic and current rock on level one, while DJ Billy listings for selected highlights. ■ The Ivy 1102-1106 Argyle Street, 337 3006. It’s a bar, but it still manages an enviable selection of local house and techno DJ talent all week round. See listings for selected highlights. ■ Karbon 4 Buchanan Street, Springfield Court, 221 8099. Student night TIT is always full, with Electroball Fridays giving it a bit more of an edge. See listings for selected highlights. ■ Karibu 95 Hope Street, 221 7002. Glossy but commercial sounds in the heart of the city, with R&B a particular speciality. ■ Kushion 158-166 Bath Street, 331 4060. Studentfriendly house, pop and indie sounds. See listings for selected highlights. ■ La Cheetah 72 Queen Mary Street, 221 4851. Dance, electronica and cutting-edge rock’n’roll at the venue formerly known as Twisted Wheel. Studentfriendly house, pop and indie sounds. See listings for selected highlights. ■ MacSorley’s 42 Jamaica Street, 248 8581. It’s a pub, but one owned by (and just along the street from) the Sub Club, so the DJs are very good. ■ Maggie May’s 50 Trongate, Merchant City, 548 1350. A punk-themed music venue with a 3am license after the bands have finished. See listings for selected highlights. ■ Milan 50 42 Queen Street, 548 8002. Sleek and sexy urban and house music at Glasgow’s newest party joint, formerly Cube. See listings for selected highlights.
and Framie belt out emo and metal on level two. ■ Slabs of the Tabernacle at La Cheetah. 10pm–3am. £8. 2 Oct. Exploring the realms of disco, Italo, house, techno and beyond with Andrew Ingram, Brian d’Souza and the Slabs team. This month it’s an Abstract Forms label night, with guests Deixis, Morphology and Arne Weinberg. See preview, page 48. ■ Soul Kitchen at the Flying Duck. 9pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £3 before midnight; £5 (£4) after. 25 Sep. A new soul music residency in the Flying Duck’s ‘kitchen’ room, running alongside Modern Lovers. ■ Subculture at the Sub Club. 11pm–3am. £10. Weekly. Glasgow’s well-established house institution continues to reign supreme, with residents Harri and Domenic, rolling residents Junior, Telford and Esa. ■ Tiësto at Braehead Arena. 6pm–4am. £25 (£60 VIP). 25 Sep. Huge night of trance from probably the biggest DJ in the world right now with an accompanying laser and lights show for this Kaleidoscope tour. ■ VEGAS! at the Ferry. 9pm–2am. £10 (£9 advance; £8 for the fabulously dressed, in VEGAS! style). 2 Oct. Hep daddy swing, country classics and sleazy
■ Nice’n’Sleazy 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. One of Glasgow’s most down-to-earth and exciting bars, now with a late license at the weekend. See listings for selected highlights. ■ O2 ABC 300 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. This gig venue turns into a massive club night all through the weekend with a mix of indie and freeform mixing. ■ O2 Academy 121 Eglinton Street, 08700 771 2000. Host to big one-off parties ranging from Club Noir to Back to The Future. ■ O’Couture 373–377 Sauchiehall Street, 333 3940. Commercial and studentfriendly, in the heart of Glasgow’s busiest street. ■ The Old Fruitmarket Candleriggs, 353 8000. One of the city’s most atmospheric live venues, which hosts a selection of one-off clubs. ■ Oran Mor Byres Road, 0870 0132 652. Huge Gaelicstyle venue in the West End that plays host to Thursday, Friday and Saturday party nights. ■ Polo Lounge Wilson Street, 553 1221. The gay community of Glasgow votes with its feet every weekend, making this the most popular club of its kind in the city. See listings for selected highlights. ■ Queen Margaret Union University Gardens, 339 9784. Various club and cluborientated gigs occur at this student emporium. See listings for selected highlights. ■ The Shed 26 Langside Avenue, 649 5020. Commercial party nights in the heart of the Southside. See listings for selected highlights.
■ Soundhaus Hydepark Street, 221 4659. House, techno and live venue with Off The Record & DEFF and Monox every month. ■ Stereo 20–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. The venue which discovered Franz Ferdinand is revived in a new location, playing host to fine indie gigs and clubs in the basement. ■ Strathclyde Students’ Union University of Strathclyde, Students Association, 90 John Street, 567 5023. Housing a selection of cheesy and/or specialist student nights. See listings for selected highlights. ■ Sub Club Jamaica Street, 248 4600. One of the best club venues in Glasgow and host to Subculture and Optimo. ■ The Tunnel 84 Mitchell Street, 204 1000. A venue famous for its welldressed crowd and popularity. Dance tunes dominate the weekend. See listings for selected highlights. ■ Universal 157 Sauchiehall Lane, 332 8899. This smart venue hosts drum & bass and laid-back club nights, making it a varied space in which to relax. ■ The Viper Bar & Club 500 Great Western Road, Kelvinbridge, 334 0560. This west end institution has been recently refurbished, but it’s still an unashamedly mainstream affair. See listings for selected highlights. ■ The Winchester Club 49 Bell Street, 552 3586. A former jazz bar, this Merchant City basement venue attracts the kind of night and clientele which befits its elegant décor.
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Chart & Party ■ Base at the Tunnel. 11pm–3am. £10. Weekly. DJ Sketch, Harri Miller and John Thomson put together a blend of funky house and R&B over two huge and consistently packed rooms. ■ Boho Saturdays at Boho. 9.30pm–3am. Free before 10.30pm; £8 after. Weekly. Li’l Rich packs the dancefloor every Saturday with a li’l bit of everything. ■ Dorothy Loves Saturdays at Bennets. 11pm–3am. £tbc. Weekly. Party tunes for an up for it gay crowd with Grant and Mikee. ■ Fast Forward/Rewind at Play. 8pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £tbc after. Weekly. Party sounds from DJs Will Ruane, Stevie Kerr and Ross McFadyen. FREE Girls on Film at FHQ. 6pm–2am. Weekly. Party night for girls with DJ Devine. ■ Homegrown at Bamboo. 10pm–3am. £7 (£5 with a matric card). Weekly. Big Al, Dominic Martin and Robin B play R&B, indie, rock and soul. ■ Hummingbird at Hummingbird. 5pm–3am. £tbc. Weekly. Party sounds from DJs Andy Taylor, Aaron, Alan McKenzie and Darrell. ■ I Love Garage at the Garage. 11pm–3am. £7 (£5). Weekly. Chart, indie, R&B and hip hop, with karaoke in Snapshotz. ■ Kinetic Blue at the Viper Bar & Club. 9pm–3am. £8 (£6). Weekly. Indie and funky house from Ross McMillan. ■ Kinky Disco at Kushion. 4pm–3am. Free with Social Animal keyring before midnight; £7 (£5) after. Weekly. The self-styled sexiest party in town is hosted by DJs Stevie Foy and Gav Somerville. playing house, electro and urban hits. ■ Nu Skool at the Buff Club. 10.30pm–3am. £6. Weekly. Nick Peacock, Craig Thompson, John Ross and Alex provide a fine line in disco, northern soul and all things funky. ■ O’Couture Saturdays at O’Couture. 11pm–3am. £8 (£5 students). Weekly. Big-room party, dance and R&B sounds from Rob Etherson and That Tall Guy Scott. ■ Sabado Saturdays at Byblos. 11pm–3am. £8 (£6). Weekly. House music from new resident Jon Mancini, with Stuart McCorrisken in the back room. ■ Saturday at Milan at Milan. 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £5 after. Weekly. DJs Robbie and Cruz serve up chart, dance, R&B and hip hop. ■ This is . . . at Common. 5pm–3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. James D plays funky indie. ■ Worship at Tusk. 5pm–2am. Free before 10.30pm; £5 after. Weekly. Party sounds from DJ John Heally. ■ Yoyo at the Shed. 10pm–3am. Free before midnight; £6 after. Weekly. DJs Euan and Derek play pop and hip hop hits.
Glasgow Sundays
Club FREE Button Up at Flat 0/1. 9pm–2am. Weekly. Duncan Harvey and Jack Isosceles play a mix of sleazy R&B, 50s and 60s pop, jump jive, Jamaican vibes and exotica from a bygone age. ■ Get Sleazy for Oxjam at Nice’n’Sleazy. 11.30pm–3am. £5 (£3 advance). 3 Oct. Dirty house and dubstep, all in a good cause. ■ Greasy Booty Butter at Nice’n’Sleazy. 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £4 after. 26 Sep. DJ Otis Galloway spins funk, hip hop, Afrobeat, and northern soul.
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If you thought there’s been a touch of glamour missing from the banks of the Clyde then you’ll be stoked to hear Vegas! is back in the West. So dust down your zoot suits, glad rags and fedoras for the best dose of easy listening, big band swing and country classics you’re ever likely to hear, as the Ferry once again rocks to the Vegas! DJs and ever so fabulous showgirls. ■ The Ferry, Glasgow, Sat 2 Oct. ■ Never Get Out the Boat at the
Ferry. 11pm–3am. £tbc (£3 with a Sunday Circus ticket). 26 Sep. More close-to-water house action at this brilliant boat party. Guests tbc. ■ Optimo Presents Hung Up! at the Sub Club. 11pm–3am. £4 before midnight; £5 after. Weekly. Sundays aren’t dead yet! A new weekly event curated by Optimo DJs JD Twitch and JG Wilkes, taking up where their old night left off but with added input from some of Glasgow’s finest DJs. With Walls and JD Twitch (26 Sep). ■ Sin City at the Buff Club. 11pm–3am. £3 (free for students). Weekly. Marky Mark and Mash brings you disco, funk, soul and house. ■ Sunday Circus at MacSorley’s. 3–10pm. £21. 26 Sep. A secret location party with Circoloco’s David Squillace. All we know is that pick up is at MacSorley’s at 3pm, it’s at a ‘secret countryside location’, there will be drinks, a barbecue and house music from the SC regulars, and anyone attending gets into Never Get Out the Boat later for only £3. FREE Sundays at the Cathouse. 11pm–3am. Weekly. DJ AM-Y playing killer rock, metal, punk and requests. Uberfest II at Soundhaus. 3pm–3am. £5 before 8pm; £10 after. 26 Sep. Twelve hours, four areas, a barbecue, a graffiti area and lots of DJs playing everything from drum & bass to techno and trance, featuring representatives of Froot, Fresh Lick, Pussypower, Symbiosis, Drum Clinic, Up4it, Impact, Rectify, Electrolick, Specialitee, Shuffle, Basement, Orderly Disorder, Camouflage and Desert Storm. ■ Wefunk at Nice’n’Sleazy. 11pm–3am. £tbc. 26 Sep. Funk upstarts make sure you’ll need a bank holiday lie in.
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Club ■ Burn at the Buff Club. 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. Burn provides all the disco songs you’ve forgotten about and the ones you can’t forget from Normski, Zeus and Mash, featuring a guest appearance by Krafty Kuts (4 Oct).
FREE Passionality at FHQ. 11pm–3am. Weekly. Passion’s the fashion on a Monday with this night from TLC. ■ Raid at La Cheetah. 9pm–3am. £2–£3 (£1 with a trade payslip). Weekly. A new trade/student night featuring live indie bands plus DJs playing ‘anything and everything to get you dancing your ass off’.
Glasgow Tuesdays
Club ■ I AM at the Sub Club. 11pm–3am. £4 (students free before midnight). Weekly. A brand new night from residents Beta and Kappa, whose modest aim is to recreate the Optimo vibe of old. See preview, page 48. ■ Killer Kitsch at the Buff Club. 11pm–3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Euan Neilson and David Sinclair play electro, house and rock upstairs, while Duncan Harvey and David Brown have the bootlegs and classics covered downstairs. With guests Detboi and Boom Monk Ben (5 Oct). ■ Revolution at Queen Margaret Union. 10pm–2am. £3 (£2 members). Weekly. DJ Muppet plays rock, metal and emo.
Glasgow Wednesdays
Club ■ The Mumble Club at Nice’n’Sleazy. 11.30pm–3am. £2. 6 Oct. Alternative hip hop. ■ Octopussy at the Arches. 11pm–3am. £7 (£5 student). Weekly. Jacuzzis, bouncy castles and a Chapel of Love at this weekly student night of indie, pop and electro. ■ Pins & Needles at Queen Margaret Union. 10pm–2am. £3 (£2 members). Weekly. Night of indie-dance classics, from DJ Andy Wilson (of the ABC). ■ Vicious Circle at Hummingbird. 10pm–1am. £tbc. Weekly. Party sounds from DJ Iain Thompson. ■ Wednesdays at Flat 0/1 at Flat 0/1. 11pm–3am. £tbc. Weekly. Darrell plays 80s and urban funk jams and Dom plays a mix of early 80s slap synth funk rap grooves.
■ Born to Be Wide at Electric Circus. 7pm. £3 (£2). 7 Oct. Music industry seminar/social club that aims to bring musos, journalists, promoters, record shop workers and musicians together. This instalment features a seminar with Hannah Brodie (XL) and Stewart Henderson (Chemikal Underground) with a ‘Buy What You Hear’ club session in association with Oxfam from 9.30pm. ■ Boys Will Be Girls at the Voodoo Rooms. 8pm–1am. £5. 23 Sep. A burlesque/cabaret event from Captains’ Follies. ■ Bringing Up Baby at Wee Red Bar. 10.30pm–3am. £4 (£3). 30 Sep. Indie pop club. FREE DJ Awesomez at Sneaky Pete’s. 11pm–3am. 23 Sep. DJs from across Sneaky Pete’s various nights playing disco to dubstep. ■ Famous at Po Na Na. 9pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £5 after. Weekly. New exciting indie adventure with a dash of funk and electro beats. FREE Frisky at the Hive. 10pm–3am. Weekly. Chart and dancefloor anthems in the main room with indie and 90s hits out back. ■ Homegrown at Citrus Club. 11pm–3am. Free before midnight; £2 after. Weekly. New night focusing on upand-coming drum & bass talent in conjunction with Edinburgh’s Special Records. ■ Movement at Electric Circus. midnight–3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. The best new indie. ■ Octopussy at the HMV Picture House. 11pm–3am. £4. Weekly. Student night of chart, R&B, electro and indie classics. FREE Pop du Jour at CC Blooms. 8pm–3am. Weekly. New weekly dose of cheesy dancefloor glue from DJ Paton, who accepts requests up to 11pm. FREE Ride at Sneaky Pete’s. 11pm–3am. 30 Sep. Electro, indie and hip hop from Lauren and Chekkie. ■ Roller Boogie at City Nightclub. 10.30pm–3am. £6 (£5). Weekly. Old skool roller disco (skate hire £1.50) with a retro 80s soundtrack, featuring top Michael Jackson impersonator Navi (23 Sep). ■ Scream! at the Liquid Room. 10.30pm–3am. £tbc. Weekly. Huge new Thursday nighter for Edinburgh with a heavy emphasis on dubstep, breaks, electro and techno with Stanton Warriors (23 Sep; first 250 tickets £6; then £8); Thomas Gandey aka Cagedbaby (30 Sep; £7 (£5 before midnight)), residents party 7 Oct. See preview, page 48. FREE Sick Note at Cabaret Voltaire. 11pm–3am. Weekly. Indie/electro night from the Cab, with residents from Clash and Spies in the Wires, including a live set from folky indie types Three Blind Wolves (30 Sep). Part of the Cab’s Alternative Freshers Week. ■ Stiletto at Lulu. 10pm–3am. £5 (£4). Weekly. Electro-pop, glam house classics and disco. FREE Stomp Box at Stereo. 11pm–3am. Weekly. Dubstep, techno, jungle, drum & bass, grime, hip hop, dub and anything with bass. ■ Vanity at Opal Lounge. 10pm–3am. £5. Weekly. Cutting edge soul, R&B, electro and funky house. FREE We Got Soul at the Bongo Club. 11pm–3am. Weekly. Funk and soul music. 23 Sep–7 Oct 2010 THE LIST 51
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Picture House. 11pm–3am. £1 before midnight; £3 (£2) after. Weekly. Andy Wilson takes charge with a mixed soundtrack of indie, electro and alternative classics as the Picture House club nights go weekly once again. ■ Az-Tech at the Caves. 10.30pm–3am. £7 (£6 members). 24 Sep. Breaks and electro as Az-Tech return with a guest set from the winner of the Best Breakthrough DJ at Breakspoll 2008, Plaza. ■ Bollynights at Studio 24. 11pm–3am. £5. 24 Sep. DJs playing the best of Bollywood, bhangra and desi beats. ■ Broke at City Nightclub. 10pm–3am. £2. Weekly. DJ Gentleman Johnny mashes-up chart indie, hip hop, dance anthems and drinks promos. Bubble at Wee Red Bar. 10.30pm–3am. £5. 1 Oct. Old school and underground house/techno with very guests Brainstorm and the Bill from Edinburgh’s legendary home of techno Pure. ■ Confusion is Sex at the Bongo Club. 11pm–3am. £6 (£5 in dress up). 1 Oct. ‘Twisted Disney’ dress-up theme at the latest instalment of the all out weirdness that is CiS and their mix of burlesque, glam techno, electro, indie punk and rock’n’roll. ■ Dirt at the GRV. 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £4 after. 1 Oct. Techno, electro, breaks, dubstep and B-more with residents Cobi, Maestro and DD. ■ Driven at Henry’s Cellar Bar. 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £4 after. 24 Sep. Industrial, EBM and goth. FREE ELECTROsexual at CC Blooms. 11pm–3am. 1 Oct. Lucky Luciano and Kenwai are spinning the usual dirty bootlegs and ‘cheeky’ electro at this remix-lovers’ haven. ■ Everybody at Electric Circus. 10pm–3am. £5. Weekly. The night starts with live band karaoke (until midnight) followed by a mix of pop, rock, indie, electro, disco and party tracks form 1960-2010. ■ Evol at the Liquid Room. 10.30pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £6 after. Weekly. Edinburgh’s longest running indie night.
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EDINBURGH CLUB VENUES ■ Bacaro 7–11 Hope Street Lane, 247 7004. Stylish bijou clubbbing and cocktails. ■ The Bongo Club Moray House, 37 Holyrood Road, 558 7604. One of the coolest and most eclectic clubs in town. See listings for details. ■ Cabaret Voltaire 36-38 Blair Street, 220 6176. Mixed bag from house and techno to drum & bass and indie. See listings for details. ■ The Caves Niddry Street South, 557 8989. Great subterranean venue (as the name suggests) getting more and more popular due to its unique atmosphere. See listings for details. ■ CC Blooms 23-24 Greenside Place, 556 9331. One of the city’s most enduring gay clubs, with hiNRG tracks every night of the week.
■ Four Corners at the Bongo Club. 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £5 after. 24 Sep. Your local one-stop hop for funk/soul/jazz/Latin/Afro/reggae dancefloor action and sizzling live percussion. FREE Friday Funk at CC Blooms. 11pm–3am. 24 Sep. DJ Shelle la Belle does her best to get your booty shaking with a mix of funky tunes from past and present. Bar is open from 6pm. ■ Frisky Fridays at Bacaro. 10.30pm–3am. £5 (£4). Weekly. Urban night featuring resident DJ Prospect, with regular guests from Radio 1 and 1Xtra. ■ Ikon at Opal Lounge. 10.30pm–3am. £tbc. Weekly. Glamorous, luxurious and exclusive party night of sexy house. FREE Inkling at Cabaret Voltaire. 11pm–3am. 1 Oct. The Speakeasy rocks to funk fuelled beats and breaks plus resident MC Silver Tongue. ■ Misfits at the Hive. 10pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £4 after. Weekly. DIY indie, electro, punk, rock and retro with bargain drinks. ■ Modern Lovers at the GRV. 11pm–3am. £4 before midnight; £6 after. 24 Sep. Soul, funk, garage, freak beat, psyche and more from Craig Jamieson and special guest, Paul Weller’s bassist, Andy Lewis and their retro stereo dispatches. ■ Planet Earth at Citrus Club. 9.30pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £6 after. Weekly. Music from 1976 through to 1989. In other words, a healthy dose of punk, new wave, new romantic and electro-pop (now with added 90s). ■ RSVP at Lulu. 10.30pm–3am. £8. Weekly. Glamorous club hits. ■ Sahara Sessions at Po Na Na. 10.30pm–3am. £4 before 11pm; £7 after. Weekly. Funky and disco tinged house and huge club classics at this new glam and sexy night for Po Na Na. ■ Skunk Funk at the Jazz Bar. 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. Night of top funk from DJ Aki and live guests, including high energy funk rock from James Brown is Annie (24 Sep) followed by Snake Davis Band (1 Oct) featuring Heather Small (M People) on vocals. ■ Spaceball at Studio 24. 10.30pm–3am. £8 advance; £10 on the door. 1 Oct. Heavy bass, neon decor, lasers and warped visuals with the toxic rave with special guests The Spaceinvaders.
■ The Citrus Club Grindlay Street, 622 7086. Mainly studenty venue that goes for an indie vibe as well as a dash of punk, new wave and 80s classics. See listings for selected highlights.
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■ City: Edinburgh 1a Market Street, 226 9560. From student nights and pop to big guest DJs. See listings for selected highlights.
■ Henry’s Cellar Bar 8-16a Morrison Street, 228 9393. Eclectic and experimental nights from surf rock to electro. See listings for details.
■ Electric Circus 36-39 Market Street, 226 4224. Eclectic dance beats and indie plus private rooms for a unique clubbling experience.
■ Hive 15–17 Niddry Street, 556 0444. Rock, indie, student nights and electronica. See listings for details.
■ Espionage 4 India Buildings, Victoria Street, 477 7007. Five floors of varied chart and dancey action. ■ Faith Wilkie House, Cowgate, 225 9764. Commercial dance sounds, pop hits and R&B. ■ GHQ 4 Picardy Place, 550 1780. Swish gay club. See listings
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■ The GRV 7 Guthrie Street, 220 2987. Intimate club venue mixing art, techno, dub, live acts and beats. See listings for details.
■ HMV Picture House 31 Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. Home to indie clubbing and big name oneoff special events. See listings for details. ■ The Jazz Bar 1 Chambers Street, 467 2539. Cool beats from global sounds to straight ahead jazz. See listings for details. ■ Karma Nights
■ Sugarbeat at Cabaret Voltaire. 10.30pm–3am. £tbc. 24 Sep. It’s a mash up of breaks, beats, electro and anything else they can lay their hands from your hosts Tim & Jez (Utah Saints) with huge stomping house, big bass and cut up tracks from Foama and The Living Graham Bond. Part of the Cab’s Alternative Freshers Week. ■ This is Music at Sneaky Pete’s. 11pm–3am. £3 (members free). Weekly. Indie-electro night hosted by the Sick Note DJs, plus guest Tanya Skibunny (24 Sep). ■ Tokyoblu at Cabaret Voltaire. 10pm–3am. £8. 1 Oct. John Hutchison and Iain Gibson dish out the best in Chicago house, funky electro and disco. Joined by cut up club sounds of Gramophonedzie who gave us the massive chart hit ‘Why Don’t You?’ (please note early set from 11pm12.30pm). Part of the Cab’s Alternative Freshers Week. ■ Unpop at Wee Red Bar. 11pm–3am. £4 (£3). 24 Sep. ‘Indie pop dance party’ of C86, twee and janglesome indie from the likes of Camera Obscura, Pavement, Felt, Belle & Sebastian and many more. ■ Wu Hui at Shanghai. 10pm–3am. £8 (£6). Weekly. Feel good party night and uplifting house. Xplicit at Potterrow Student Union. 10pm–3am. £10 (more on the door). 1 Oct. Brazilian drum & bass superstar DJ Marky heads this Xplicit special with back-up dubstep from Emalkey and Stamina MC.
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Chart & Party ■ Hot & Gold at Stereo. 10pm–3am. Free before midnight; £4 (£2) after. Weekly. Disco, dance and raunchy R&B on the mainfloor while upstairs you get 80s classics. ■ Iconic Fridays at Mood. 10.30pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £3 after. Weekly. Essential dance, R&B, 90s hits and anthems. ■ Kinky Disco at GHQ. 9pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 after. Weekly. Pop, camp classics and dance hits from Cilla Slack and funky house and electro from DJ Michelle. ■ The Reunion at Lava Ignite. 10pm–3am. £5 before midnight; £7 after. Weekly. Ibiza party every Friday all through summer with chart dance hits, big house anthems and Lava’s notorious hot tubs. 23 Lothian Road, 229 9197. Club classics, chart nuggets and party tunes. ■ The Lane 3 Queensferry Street Lane, 467 7215. Selection of cool house nights. See listings for details. ■ Lava Ignite 3 West Toll Cross, 228 3252. Chart favourites, pop hits and R&B. ■ The Liquid Room 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564. Big club venue and home to indie, electro, house and big name guest DJs. ■ Lulu (under Tiger Lily) 125b George Street, 561 2245. Cool funk, house and other grooves from the people who brought you the Opal Lounge. ■ Medina 45-47 Lothian Street, 225 6313. Laid back vibes with cool hip hop and other sounds. See listings for details. ■ Mood Omni, Greenside Place, 550
Edinburgh Saturdays
Club ■ Beat Control at the HMV Picture House. 11pm–3am. £1 before midnight; £5 (£3) after. Weekly. The Evol DJs dish out the best in twisted pop, indie and alternative beats as clubbing returns to the Picture House. ■ Beep Beep, Yeah! at Cabaret Voltaire. 11pm–3am. £3. 2 Oct. Taking over the Speakeasy with a staunchly retro soundtrack of 50s rock, 60s grooves and 70s psychedelia. Big’n’Bashy + Ghantin at the Bongo Club. 11pm–3am. £8. 25 Sep. Four deck mix of dubstep, reggae, dancehall and jungle joining forces with Ghantin for the hard grime sounds of Terror Danjah (Hyperdub/Planet Mu) and the bassline rave of Squire of Gothos. ■ Bubblegum at the Hive. 10pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £4 after. Weekly. A student friendly chewed up, spat out mix of electro, pop, dance, disco, soul and indie. ■ Bumpin & Stompin at Tynecastle Stadium. 8pm–1am. £10. 25 Sep. The best of Northern Soul, R&B, garage and everything in between as the Soul Boys return with Sonya Marr, Kenny Burrell, Martin Wright, George Wallace and Keith Whitson. ■ Circus at GHQ. 9pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 after. Weekly. Pop and dance tunes across two rooms from DJ Darren and Dowzer. FREE Dapper Dan’s at Sneaky Pete’s. 11pm–3am. 2 Oct. Default and Picassio promise ‘a wonky cocktail of beats’. ■ Dare! at Cabaret Voltaire. 11pm–3am. £5. 25 Sep. Taking over the Speakeasy with a celebration of dance music from through the ages (from Gorgio Moroder to Mylo) all from the masterful Jon Pleased Wimmin. ■ Devil Disco Club at the Bongo Club. 11pm–3am. £4 before midnight; £5 after. 2 Oct. Trouble is back with a new darker incarnation for a night of no wave, vintage disco, electro funk, proto house and New York classics, with live guests Futuristic Retro Champions. ■ Disco Inferno at Sportsters Bar. 10pm–3am. £5. Weekly. Disco funk classics all night long all under the watchful gaze of DJ Johnny Starr (strictly over 25s).
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stylish venue in the heart of Edinburgh.
■ Opal Lounge 51 George Street, 226 2275. House and funky beats for a dressed up crowd.
■ Siglo 184 Cowgate, 240 2850. Charty, party, indie nights until 3am.
■ Opium 71 Cowgate, 225 8382. Rock, punk and metal, no messing. ■ Po Na Na 43b Frederick Street, 226 2224. Student nights, funky beats, house and more. See listings for selected highlights. ■ Potterrow Teviot, Bristo Square, 650 9195. Student heaven and home to some big one off parties. ■ Sneaky Pete’s 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. Underground clubbing at its best, from techno and dubstep to indie. See listings for details. ■ Shanghai Le Monde, 16 George Street, 270 3900. Slick and
■ Stereo King Stables Road, 229 7986. More big party tunes and drunken dancing. ■ Studio 24 Calton Road, 558 3758. Down and dirty club nights, specialising in techno and rock. See listings for details. ■ The Voodoo Rooms 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. Sophisticated clubbing and entertainment. See listings for details. ■ The Wee Red Bar Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. Student nights for the arty set. See listings for details. ■ Why Not? 14 George Street, 624 8311. Hits from the 80s to last week.
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www.list.co.uk/clubs ■ The Egg at Wee Red Bar. 11pm–3am. £1 before 11.30pm; £3 after (ECA students free before 11.30pm; £2 after). Weekly. Indie, 60s garage, electro, northern soul, ska, 70s punk and new wave at this Edinburgh institution for those in the know after a quick fix of decent music and attitude free clubbing. ■ Fish Fry at the Jazz Bar. 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. Scottish jazz, funk, soul and Latin bands join DJ Astroboy. The line-up includes quirky acid funk from Gecko 3 (25 Sep) and funk from Belfast six-piece Soul Truth Band (2 Oct). ■ The Go-Go at Studio 24. 11pm–3am. £5 (£4). 2 Oct. Swinging 60s garage, soul, mod, soul, new wave, surf and sleazy listening from residents Tall Paul and Big Gus. ■ Itsy’s Kabarett at Electric Circus. 10.30pm–3am. £5–£6. 2 Oct. Alternative variety with comedy, circus and burlesque acts, celebrating their second birthday with headline acts Missy Malone and Dee Itsy. ■ Karnival at Cabaret Voltaire. 11pm–3am. £tbc. 25 Sep. Forward thinking house night featuring a guest set of underground beats from Paul Woolford (aka Bobby Peru). Part of the Cab’s Alternative Fresher’s Week. ■ Liquid Soul at Po Na Na. 10pm–3am. £4 before 11pm; £7 after. Weekly. Get down early for this consistently capacity retro-disco and funky house night, featuring Po’s own Mark B on the decks fusing classic and bang up-to-date funky house for those in the know. ■ Lulu at Lulu. 9pm–3am. Free before 10pm; £4 before 11pm; £8 after. Weekly. Gareth Somerville, Danny T and Jon Hutchison playing club hits and chart favourites. ■ Luvely at the Liquid Room. 10.30pm–3am. £12 (£10 members; £2 discount dressed in theme). 2 Oct. The saucy soirée of full-on, driving house music returns to the Liquid Room with a ‘Super Good vs Super Bad’ theme so dress up as famous heroes and villains from comic books, films, TV and myth. ■ Madchester at the Liquid Room. 10.30pm–3am. £6. 25 Sep. Back where it belongs at the Liquid Room, Madchester plays the best the baggy era had to offer (think Happy Mondays, Stone Roses and The Charlatans). ■ Magic Nostalgia at Electric Circus. 10.30pm–3am. £5 before midnight; £6 after. 25 Sep. ‘The Wheel’ decides the playlist be it disco, 80s, rock gods, 90s rave, power ballads, one hit wonders or movie music, at this multi-genre nostalgia fest. ■ Miami Baby at the One Below. 10pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £6 after. Weekly. Big sexy house, nu disco and feel good classics at this house night from DJ Finesse, that aims to be Edinburgh’s answer to Hed Kandi or Fierce Angel. ■ The Mission at Studio 24. 11pm–3am. £5 (£4). Weekly. Edinburgh’s most famous (or should that be infamous) night of metal, rock, industrial and goth. ■ Movement at Henry’s Cellar Bar. 11pm–3am. £3. 2 Oct. House and techno. ■ Opal Lounge at Opal Lounge. 9pm–3am. Free before 10pm; £4 before 11pm; £8 after. Weekly. Late night soiree featuring DJ Dave Shedan and a fusion of glamorous vocal house and accessible electro with a hint of R&B. ■ Playdate at Sneaky Pete’s. 11pm–3am. £3. 25 Sep. House night with a few leftfield cuts from Steven and Stewart, joined by Kris Wasabi ‘doing the pure opposite of his own disco’. FREE Saturday Showdown at CC Blooms. 11pm–3am. Weekly. DJ Shazza wants your dancing feet upstairs with her chart tunes, while DJ Blondie is standing up for herself downstairs with harder versions of pop and dance classics. ■ Tease Age at Citrus Club. 10.30pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £6 after. Weekly. This indie stalwart dishes
FREE The Sunday Rock Show at the Hive. 10pm–3am. Weekly. Modern and classic rock anthems. ■ Tipsy at Lulu. 10pm–3am. £5. Weekly. R&B, urban and hip hop from residents Nick G and DJ Prospect.
DJ Marky
Edinburgh Mondays
Club ■ Decadence at Lulu. 10pm–3am. £tbc. Weekly. OK so fair enough, it’s Mon, but that’s no excuse. FREE Mixed Up Mondays at the Hive. 10pm–3am. Weekly. R&B, hip hop, pop and floor fillers. FREE Nu Fire at Sneaky Pete’s. 11pm–3am. Weekly. Showcase of underground hip hop, dubstep, drum & bass, electro and MCs featuring ExLowlife Collective MCs (27 Sep). ■ Bare at Cabaret Voltaire. 11pm–3am. £1. Weekly. Cab's brand-new regular Monday night club, featuring dubstep, drum & bass, techno, and minimal house, spun by the Bare DJs. Featuring the mighty dubstep sounds of High Rankin (27 Sep). Part of the Cab’s Alternative Freshers Week.
Edinburgh Tuesdays
Club Sometimes Xplict books guests that are just too big for the Bongo Club to contain, such as the irrepressible drum & bass sounds of Brazil’s hottest export since Pele, DJ Marky. At the forefront of the South American D&B scene, Marky almost gave up on DJing before a trip to London in 1997 where he wowed the likes of DJ Hype, Goldie and in particular Bryan Gee with his skills. Thank the lord for that trip as we’d have lost one of jungle’s most exciting spinners if he’d abandoned the decks. Emalkay and Stamina MC offer solid support. ■ Xplicit at Potterrow, Edinburgh, Fri 1 Oct.
up everything from swinging 60s hits to baggy Manchester faves as well as a host of current NME chart botherers with DJ Monkee Mickee. Edinburgh’s longest continually running indie night. ■ Ultragroove at Cabaret Voltaire. 11pm–3am. £7 before midnight; £10 after (students £5 all night). 2 Oct. Deep soulful house with a dash of disco from Gareth Sommerville who is joined by Ultragroove favourite Joey Negro (Z Records) plus LuckyMe’s The Blessings. Part of the Cab’s Alternative Freshers Week. ■ The Underground at Studio 24. 11pm–3am. £5 (£4). 25 Sep. Classic punk, new wave, modern punk, ska and 80s alternative sounds. ■ VEGAS! at the Voodoo Rooms. 8.30pm–1am. £5. 25 Sep. Hip daddy swing, country classics and sleazy listening at the multiple award-winning, multi-genre club night for movers, groovers, hipsters, flipsters, guys and dolls as Vegas! mark the end of the festival in style. ■ Velvet Women’s Club Night at Cabaret Voltaire. 10.30pm–3am. £3 before 11pm; £5 (£4) after. 16 Oct. Women’s club night with an inclusive LGBTI policy and some kickin’ tunes is back on track in its new home – The Speakeasy. FREE Volume! at Sneaky Pete’s. 11pm–3am. 2 Oct. The Volume! crew brings the dubstep to Sneakys for an intimate set of heavy bass at this new bimonthly residency.
Chart & Party ■ Embrace at Lava Ignite. 10pm–3am. £7 (£2 before 11pm). Weekly. Chart dance hits from Stuart Lewis plus R&B, 60s, 70s and 80s anthems across the other dancefloors. ■ I Love . . . at City Nightclub. 11pm–3am. £8. Weekly. DJ Garry Spence (Galaxy FM) plays all the best mainstream chart and dance. ■ Lets Party at Mood. 10.30pm–3am. £tbc. Weekly. Big party night of club, chart and pop hits.
■ Love Groove at Stereo.
10.30pm–3am. £5 (£2) before midnight; £6 (£3) after. Weekly. Mix of chart anthems, disco and classic dance tunes. ■ Musicology at Shanghai. 10pm–3am. £10 (£8). Weekly. Funk, dance, chart hits and classics accompanied by their appropriate videos from VJ Scott Granger.
Edinburgh Sundays
Club FREE Coalition at Sneaky Pete’s. 11pm–3am. Weekly. Drum & bass, breaks, dubstep, techno and electro from the resident team every week. ■ Hybrid at the Bongo Club. 11pm–3am. £3. 3 Oct. Mix of DJs playing drum & bass and electro with live bands: People Places Maps, Your Neighbour The Liar and The Birdman Rallies. ■ Jelly Baby at the Liquid Room. 10.30pm–3am. £5. Weekly. New student night from the Octopussy team with jelly shots, cocktail buckets and ‘jello fun’. FREE Killer Kitsch at Cabaret Voltaire. 11pm–3am. Weekly. Killer Kitsch returns to Edinburgh as Euan Neilson and David Sinclair import their mix of dance, electro, 80s synth pop, new wave and punk to the Cab. Joined by Mixed Bizness’ Boom Monk Ben (26 Sep). Part of the Cab’s Alternative Freshers Week. FREE Mile High Club at GHQ. 11pm–3am. Weekly. Take off with Head Stewardess Cilla Slack for a night of mid-air frolics in the cockpit. ■ Rise at Opal Lounge. 10pm–3am. £5. Weekly. Johnny Frenetic mashes up a unique and energetic three deck mix of funky house, sexy urban and indie infused electro, club classics and remixes. ■ Since Day One at the Bongo Club. 11pm–3am. £5. 26 Sep. Mix of rock, industrial, electronica and hip hop from a mix of DJs and live acts, including The Incendiary Bats, Brainz in Jarz, Perfect Practice, Safeword and more.
FREE Antics at the Hive. 10pm–3am. Weekly. Rock, emo, punk and metal dispatches from Edinburgh’s alt.scene. ■ Couture at Opal Lounge. 10.30pm–3am. £5. Weekly. A cool soundtrack of hip hop, funk, R&B and party jams from Cunnie and Gino. ■ Dirty Sex at Lulu. 10pm–3am. £tbc. Weekly. Raunchy dance beats. ■ Drama at Hawke and Hunter. 11pm–3am. £2–£4. Weekly. Dirty pop remixes, electro and dance beats from this popular nationwide gay night. FREE Soul Jam Hot at Sneaky Pete’s. 11pm–3am. Weekly. Old school, real deal soul, garage and R&B. FREE Split at Cabaret Voltaire. 11pm–3am. Weekly. Drum & bass, electro, techno and breakbeat including Elektrical (28 Sep). Part of the Cab’s Alternative Freshers Week.
Edinburgh Wednesdays
Club FREE Axis at Sneaky Pete’s. 11pm–3am. Weekly. Electro, techno, dubstep and bassline. ■ Bangers & Mash at the Hive. 10pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £3 (£2) after. Weekly. Student night of chart R&B and dance. ■ Chambles at Opal Lounge. 10pm–3am. £5. Weekly. Night of sexy music and fantastic cocktails.
■ Heard it Through the Bassline at the Caves. 10.30pm–3am. £tbc. 6 Oct. Hip hop, post rock and ambient electronica through to heavy dubstep, with live and DJ guests (tbc) alongside residents Colebs and Hannibal Selecta. ■ Indigo at the Liquid Room. 10.30pm–3am. £3 (£1). Weekly. Midweek indie and alternative night. FREE JungleDub at the Bongo Club. 11pm–3am. Weekly. Showcasing the Scottish dub, dubstep and jungle scene. FREE Mala Vida at the GRV. 11pm–3am. Weekly. Latin special with a selection of Spanish DJs. ■ Promiscuous at Lulu. 10pm–3am. £5. Weekly. Each night starts with a ‘ladies only hour’ with cocktails, pitchers, chocolate strawberries and male butlers, followed by a chart/electro mix. FREE We are . . . Electric at Cabaret Voltaire. 11pm–3am. Weekly. Edinburgh’s busiest midweek electrofunk disco party with Gary Mac joined by the electro/house/techno sound of Clouds (Turba Recordings) on 29 Sep followed by WolfJazz (6 Oct). Part of the Cab’s Alternative Freshers Week. FREE Wire Wednesday Social at Electric Circus. 9pm–3am. Weekly. Unwind with Craig Jamieson (Wire) playing new Scottish sounds. 23 Sep–7 Oct 2010 THE LIST 53
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Glasgow Jongleurs Tiger Tiger, The Glasshouse,
20 Glassford Street, 553 4888. 8pm. TBC. See Fri 24. highlight Comedy Highlight, UGC Building, 11 Renfrew Street, 0844 844 0044. 8pm. From £12. See Fri 24. Half Price Comedy Club Uisge Beatha, 232–246 Woodlands Road, 332 1622. 9pm. £6 (£4). The comedy club restarts after the summer, with a different line-up each week. The Saturday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0870 600 6055. 9pm. £13. See Thu 23 for line-up.
Edinburgh highlight Comedy Highlight, Omni
Centre, Greenside Place, 0844 844 0044. 8.30pm. From £10. See Fri 24. The Saturday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £13. See Thu 23 for line-up.
BOOKS
AUTUMN COMEDY PUBLICATIONS The stand-up memoir has done some cracking business this year with Stewart Lee, his former comrade in comedy Richard Herring, and America’s wicked wench Sarah Silverman all pulling out the stops to give us something a little bit different in the form. It might take their entire lives for the trio to match the first-month sales figures of My Booky Wook, but in terms of literary merit, there’s little competition. Of the upcoming batch of publications, Simon Pegg’s Nerd Do Well (Century, 14 Oct) has the ‘highly-anticipated’ factor in its favour, given that it should have been out 12 months ago. But will he nail forever the question he gets asked in the street the most: ‘When will Spaced be back?’ I wouldn’t like to hazard a guess at the questions thrown towards Michael McIntyre in the street, but the massively popular, and vastly populist, comic probably doesn’t care two flying hoots anymore. His Life and Laughing (Michael Joseph, 14 Oct) may go some way to explaining just how he got to where he is now. There are three books by comics of a non-memoir variety which are of intrigue: Harry Hill’s Livin’ the Dreem (Faber, 7 Oct) will be lapped up by fans of his broad and big-collared silliness, while Kristen Schaal and Rich Blomquist give us a Sexy Book of Sexy Sex (Hodder, 14 Oct). Telly talking head Natalie Haynes seems to have left all that stand-up frippery behind her now and here offers us The Ancient Guide to Modern Life (Profile, 4 Nov), in which she attempts to answer questions such as ‘is The Wire based on Sophocles?’ and ‘when did the first Bond villain throw his first hapless underling into a pool of man-eating fish?’ We seem to have been saying for years that it’s only a matter of time before the likes of messrs Moran, Kitson and Tiernan knock out a novel to follow in the footsteps of stage-to-page folk like Fry, Laurie, Edmondson and Hughes (Sean not Ted, sillies). But for now we’ll have to settle for Dawn French with A Tiny Bit of Marvellous (Michael Joseph, 28 Oct), a debut novel about the dysfunctional Battles family, while Steve Martin’s An Object of Beauty (Weidenfeld, 25 Nov) traverses the New York art set and may or may not help us to forget the dreadful films he’s made over the last 20 years. (Brian Donaldson) Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to comedy@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Siân Bevan. ✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
Thursday 23
Glasgow The Thursday Show The Stand, 333
Woodlands Road, 0870 600 6055. 8.30pm. £8 (£7; members £4). Wee Susan Calman returns to The Stand for the weekend to introduce Simon Bligh, John Ross, Liam Mullone and Martin McAllister.
Edinburgh The Thursday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £8 (£7; members £4). Susan Morrison hosts the weekend of joy featuring Bennett Aaron, David Longley and local boy Stephen Callaghan.
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Janey Godley is joined by Christian Reilly, Jason John Whitehead and Joe Heenan for a night at Jongleurs. highlight Comedy Highlight, UGC Building, 11 Renfrew Street, 0844 844 0044. 8pm. From £12. Bob Mills, Billy Kirkwood, Kevin Hayes and Christian Reilly are doing some comedy this evening in the party palace of Highlight. Dancing afterwards included in the price. The Friday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0870 600 6055. 8.30pm. £10 (£9; members £5). See Thu 23 for line-up.
Edinburgh highlight Comedy Highlight, Omni
Centre, Greenside Place, 0844 844 0044. 8.30pm. From £10. This weekend features Tim Clark, Carl Hutchinson, Nick Doody and Steve Gribbin. Dancing afterwards if you last. The Friday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £10 (£9; members £5). See Thu 23 for line-up. The Improverts Bedlam Theatre, 11b Bristo Place, 225 9893. 10.30pm. £4.50 (£4; members £3.50). Late-night laughter from Edinburgh’s long-standing improvised comedy troupe with more made-up madness.
Sunday 26
Glasgow FREE Comedy at the Ivory Ivory Hotel, Langside Avenue, Shawlands, 636 0223. 8pm. The Shawlands gig rises up again, under new management and with a fresh batch of faces doing the comedy and Graham Mackie on hosting duties. Michael Redmond’s Sunday Service The Stand, 333 Woodlands
Road, 0870 600 6055. 8.30pm. £5 (£4; members £1). Settle down everyone, Michael Redmond’s here. This week his guests include John Ross, Patrick Rolink, Daniel Webster and Caroline Robertson.
Edinburgh FREE Whose Lunch is it Anyway? The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 1.30pm. Stu & Garry bring forth magical improvised comedy. With hot food available and a bar, this is the best hangover cure since God invented Irn Bru and tattie scone rolls. Sunday Night Laugh-In The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £5 (£4; members £1). Host Rebecca Donohue eases the end of the weekend with three funny gents: David Longley, Bob Graham and funny dad John Gavin.
Monday 27
Edinburgh Fit O’ The Giggles Absolute Beginners Beehive Inn, 18
Grassmarket, 225 7171. 8pm. £2 (£1). More comedy goodies from the increasingly long list of hopeful comedians in Scotland, courtesy of the Fit O’The Giggles team. Red Raw The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £2 (£1). The beginners showcase which has been running for a million years produces another load of people prepared to face the mic. With help from professionals Mark Nelson and Chris Henry.
Tuesday 28
Glasgow FREE Comedy at the Halt Bar The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 352 9996. 8.30pm. A wee gig showcasing the young (and not-so-young) hopefuls after a shot of the comedy flag, all for nothing but attention and adoration. Like cute puppies in a basket made of jokes. Red Raw The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0870 600 6055. 8.30pm. £2 (£1). Up to ten new acts try and make you laugh in this packed show. With Gus Tawse.
Edinburgh Matt Green & Co The Pleasance
Cabaret Bar, 60 Pleasance, 556 6550. 7.30pm. £5 (£4). The owner of one of the more controversial posters of the Fringe (go look it up) is back up north to talk about embarrassment. For students and grown-ups and everyone in between.
5THINGS ROSS NOBLE 1 Raised in the tiny Northumberland town of Cramlington, Noble was a circus performer by the age of 15. Through this, he discovered standup. His propensity for being bored very quickly led him to become the comic he is today, an improvising juggernaut by whom two shows are quite simply never the same. 2 Last year, calamity struck the Nobles (he has a wife, Fran, and small daughter, Elfie ) when their 100-acre farm outside Melbourne was destroyed in savage bush fires. While everything he owned was gone, it could have been much worse as his wife and kid survived (he was gigging at the time) when many other people in the area did not. Noble sums it up thus: ‘For us, it’s as if there was a massive car crash and we happened to lose a shoe’. 3 One thing the teetotaller Noble loved about Australia (asides from the ‘mental animals’) was the chance to get away from Britain’s booze culture. He does offer a solution to the problem: 24-hour superpubs with sofas, tables and all-round comfort for everyone because ‘It’s very hard to get lairy if you’re in a beanbag’. 4 In May, Noble started a one-night trend on Jonathan Ross’ telly show by wrestling the host to the floor in an extended joust. Gary Lineker also had a brief go while Damon Albarn and his Gorillaz somewhat outnumbered JR in a massively undignified tussle. 5 He’s not related in any way, shape or form to Kim Noble, the man formerly one half of deconstructionist comedy duo Noble and Silver, who once filmed of himself releasing some bodily juices into a frozen meal before resealing the packet and sticking it back into the supermarket cabinet whence it came. (Brian Donaldson) ■ Playhouse, Edinburgh, Thu 7 Oct.
Wednesday 29
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The Garage, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120. 7pm. £10 (£6). A stellar line-up for this charity event, raising funds for Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy in Scotland. Featuring Des Clarke, Greg ‘Tank Commander’ McHugh, Bruce Morton, Tam Cowan, Janey Godley and Susan Calman. Best of Irish The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0870 600 6055. 8.30pm. £7 (£6; members £3). A night celebrating Irish comedy, with Stand regular Michael Redmond, plus Johnny Candon, Colm O’Regan and FJ Murray.
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Edinburgh Best of Scottish The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £6 (£5; members £3). A freshly picked selection of comedians linked by coincidence of birth: Susan Morrison, Andy Sir, Phil Differ and Derek Johnston. With host Scott Agnew. By the way.
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Thursday 30
Glasgow Whose Round is it Anyway?
Highlight, UGC Building, 11 Renfrew Street, 0844 844 0044. 7pm. £7 (£5). A new comedy improv show from Glasgow-based Q-Fusion. The Thursday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0870 600 6055. 8.30pm. £8 (£7; members £4). Three Scottish legends meet on one bill as Susan Morrison hosts a weekend featuring Bruce Morton and Parrot. With Colm O’Regan and FJ Murray.
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Frankie Boyle: I Would Happily Punch Every One of You in the Face Festival Theatre, 13/29
Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 7.30pm. SOLD OUT. The razor-tongued and everso-slightly controversial comedian has sold out. Soz. The Thursday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £8 (£7; members £4). A spanking line-up held together by Scott Agnew and featuring Craig Campbell, Johnny Candon, Rebecca Donohue and Tony Basnett.
Not exactly a day of rest for the lord of chav as the man underneath it all, Simon Brodkin, continues to hit paydirt on the Well Good Tour with the person you’d cross many, many streets to avoid ■ The Stand, Glasgow, Sun 3 Oct.
Friday 1
Glasgow Jongleurs Tiger Tiger, The Glasshouse,
20 Glassford Street, 553 4888. 8pm. TBC. Janey Godley returns to Jongleurs, this time with Adam Crow, Daliso Chaponda and Alex Boardman. highlight Comedy Highlight, UGC Building, 11 Renfrew Street, 0844 844 0044. 8pm. From £12. Glasgow’s own Susan Calman joins some funny gentlemen for a night of laughs: Mike Milligan, Jason John Whitehead and Richard Morton. Free entry to Club-Risa after the show, you lucky punk, you. The Friday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0870 600 6055. 8.30pm. £10 (£9; members £5). See Thu 30 for line-up.
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Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 7.30pm. SOLD OUT. See Thu 30. Friday Fix The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7.30pm. £9. The Friday Fix returns! With comedy turns from Craig Campbell, John Gavin, Matt Winning, Martin Bearne and MC Davey See. Tunes from The Dukes and Horndog Brass Band. highlight Comedy Highlight, Omni Centre, Greenside Place, 0844 844 0044. 8.30pm. From £10. Craig Campbell is joined by Angie McEvoy, Nick Revell and Curtis Walker. The Friday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £10 (£9; members £5). See Thu 30 for line-up. The Improverts Bedlam Theatre, 11b Bristo Place, 225 9893. 10.30pm. £4.50 (£4; members £3.50). See Fri 24.
Saturday 2
Glasgow Ardal O’Hanlon Pavilion Theatre, 121
Renfield Street, 332 1846. 7.30pm. £18. Above Father Ted, O’Hanlon is also a really rather good stand-up. Jongleurs Tiger Tiger, The Glasshouse, 20 Glassford Street, 553 4888. 8pm. TBC. See Fri 1. highlight Comedy Highlight, UGC Building, 11 Renfrew Street, 0844 844 0044. 8pm. From £12. See Fri 1. Half Price Comedy Club Uisge
Beatha, 232–246 Woodlands Road, 332 1622. 9pm. £6 (£4). See Sat 25. The Saturday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0870 600 6055. 9pm. £13. See Thu 30 for line-up.
Woodlands Road, 0870 600 6055. 8.30pm. £8 (£5). A night to raise funds to support work concerning violence against women.
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Fit O’ The Giggles Absolute Beginners Beehive Inn, 18
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Street, 529 6000. 7.30pm. SOLD OUT. See Thu 30. highlight Comedy Highlight, Omni Centre, Greenside Place, 0844 844 0044. 8.30pm. From £10. See Fri 1. The Saturday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £13. See Thu 30 for line-up. Itsy’s Kabarett Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 10.30pm–3am. £5–£6. A second birthday party, with headline acts Missy Malone and Dee Itsy.
Sunday 3
Glasgow Glasgow Kids Comedy Club The
Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0870 600 6055. 3pm. £4. No under 5s; all kids must be accompanied. FREE Comedy at the Ivory Ivory Hotel, Langside Avenue, Shawlands, 636 0223. 8pm. See Sun 26. Lee Nelson’s Well Good Tour The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0870 600 6055. 8.30pm. £10 (£8). He’s on BBC3, but it’s totally worth seeing the cheeky chav in the flesh. Legend.
Edinburgh FREE Whose Lunch is it Anyway? The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 1.30pm. See Sun 26.
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Street, 529 6000. 7.30pm. SOLD OUT. See Thu 30. Sunday Night Laugh-In The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £5 (£4; members £1). Stu Murphy hosts, with local boys Keir McAllister, Barry McDonald, Jim Park and Ben Verth.
Monday 4
Glasgow Benefit in Aid of the Women’s Support Project The Stand, 333
Edinburgh Grassmarket, 225 7171. 8pm. £2 (£1). See Mon 27. Red Raw The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £2 (£1). Beginners starting out, plus more experienced acts. With Keir McAllister and Derek ‘DJ’ Johnston.
Tuesday 5
Glasgow FREE Comedy at the Halt Bar The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 352 9996. 8.30pm. See Tue 28. Red Raw The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0870 600 6055. 8.30pm. £2 (£1). Teddy and Billy Kirkwood help along some comedians starting out.
Edinburgh Joey Page and Barry Castagnola
The Pleasance Cabaret Bar, 60 Pleasance, 556 6550. 7.30pm. £5 (£4). A duet of inventive comedians to entertain this evening, with non-studenty types welcome to join in the laughs.
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Russell Brand: Booky Wook 2 Tour Venue 150 @ EICC, 150
Morrison Street, 0844 847 1639. 7.30pm. £29.50. Big hair. Big ego. See Books listings, page 46. Wicked Wenches The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £6 (£5; members £3). Regular host Susan Calman introduces controversial comedian Shazia Mirza and the not-verycontroversial Maeve Higgins, Jay Lafferty and Caroline Robertson in this celebration of funny females.
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Wicked Wenches The Stand, 333
Woodlands Road, 0870 600 6055. 8.30pm. £6 (£5; members £3). See Tue 5.
Edinburgh Women Onto Work Benefit The
Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £6 (£5). Women Onto Work celebrates 21
✽ Nordoff-Robbins Comedy Gala Quite the glittering line-up this, for a night of unabashed charity-giving with Des Clarke, Susan Calman, Greg McHugh, Bruce Morton, Tam Cowan and Janey Godley all doing their bit. The Garage, Glasgow, Wed 29 Sep. ✽ Frankie Boyle Stand back as Sir Francis gets set to let rip. Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, Thu 30 Sep–Sun 3 Oct. ✽ Russell Brand An interview, some readings, a dash of stand-up and more than a bit of thrusty-posturing is ensured as Monsignor Brand drops by for the solo Scottish date of his Booky Wook 2 tour. EICC, Edinburgh, Tue 5 Oct. ✽ Wicked Wenches Two excellent nights of wenching here, with the likes of Maeve Higgins, Shazia Mirza and Jay Lafferty getting all wicked and that. The Stand, Edinburgh, Tue 5 Oct; The Stand, Glasgow, Wed 6 Oct. ✽ Ross Noble The master of nonsense goes into overload mode. Strangely enough, with a show entitled Nonsensory Overload. See 5 Things. Playhouse, Edinburgh, Thu 7 Oct. years of getting women into, umm, work with a top night of comedy.
Thursday 7
Glasgow The Thursday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0870 600 6055. 8.30pm. £8 (£7; members £4). Dave Fulton is here to get your thoughts realigned with his no-nonsense comedy. With Shazia Mirza, Bruce Fummey, Davey See and host Billy Kirkwood.
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Ross Noble: Nonsensory Overload Playhouse, 18–22
Greenside Place, 0844 847 1660. 8pm. £26.50. The quick-witted Geordie nutjob is back on tour with a brand-new show. Hilarious ramblings await you. See 5 Things. The Thursday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £8 (£7; members £4). Joe Heenan hosts the weekend, introducing the weird and wonderful Addy Van Der Borgh, improv from Stu & Garry, Maeve Higgins and Ben Verth. 23 Sep–7 Oct 2010 THE LIST 55
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From mad to the badge Mad Men’s Jon Hamm tells Kaleem Aftab about working with Ben Affleck on his new film, The Town, and considers the future of Don Draper
on Hamm says that there is only one downside to playing TV’s best known advertising executive, Don Draper. ‘Part of the fun of being an actor is that you get to do different things, and that’s the one downside of working in television – that you are playing the same role over and over again. While it’s fun and I have a wonderful time on the show, it’s good to be given the chance to try different things.’ So Hamm didn’t have to think twice when actorturned-director Ben Affleck asked the St Louis born star to play an FBI agent in his crime thriller The Town. Whereas Don Draper loves to operate in the grey areas of life, his character in The Town is a stand-up guy, as Hamm confirms: ‘The Feds have a serious job that’s often dangerous and they take it seriously and they’re clearly defined in what they do. That’s where I started from. This is a guy who is good at his job; likes his job; takes his job very seriously.’ To research the role he familiarised himself with the work of Boston’s finest. ‘I spent a lot of time with the guys in the violent crimes and robberies task force in Boston, which is a combination of federal state and local law enforcement, and had a chance to see what they do day-to-day and the vast amount of info that they process and work with to try to solve these crimes and catch these bad guys.’ The 39-year-old sees similarities between Mad Men and The Town. ‘The story is not dissimilar to the way some people perceive Draper. He’s not necessarily the
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most likeable guy but audiences find themselves rooting for him or willing him on to find some measure of redemption, and I think that’s the story Ben’s trying to tell here. How much are we defined by our past and our upbringing and our connections? And is it possible to change and break free of those traditions and those relationships that somehow drag you down?’ Hamm is still waiting for confirmation that Mad Men will return for a fifth series, although the way he talks about it, the signs are good. ‘We’ve not officially picked up a fifth season, I don’t know if we have a start date, we usually go back late spring and shoot in the summer.’ He says he imagines it will carry on for some time: ‘We’ve shot four seasons now and there’s still a lot of deep dramatic stories to be mined out of that character. I’m glad it’s someone else’s job to think them up, but I’ll keep doing it as long as they’ll have me.’ Hamm’s been dating actress Jennifer Westfeldt for over a decade and says that their busy schedules mean they have to work hard to keep the relationship going. ‘I’m working on things and so is she,’ he says. ‘So you want to carve out time for living your life as well, and we’ve been very diligent and lucky.’ It seems diligence is the operative word, in both Hamm’s home and work life.
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The Town, general release from Fri 24 Sep. See review, page 58.
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THE BEST FILM & DVD RELEASES
✽ BuriedOne man in a coffin with a mobile phone equals one of the best thrillers of the year. See review, page 59. Selected release, Wed 29 Sep. ✽ Police, Adjective Dark, clever and funny Romanian policier. See review, page 59. GFT, Glasgow, Fri 1–Thu 7 Oct; Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Fri 1–Thu 14 Oct. ✽ Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Oliver Stone’s long-gestating sequel to his seminal 1980s thriller is a class act. See review, page 58. General release, Wed 6 Oct. ✽ From Here to Eternity Lusty wartime shenanigans in the shadow of Pearl Harbour revisited. See Also Released, page 59. GFT, Glasgow, Fri 24–Mon 27 Sep. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Thu 7 & Fri 8 Oct and Sun 10 & Mon 11 Oct. ✽ Rapt Commendable kidnap thriller. See Also Released, page 59. GFT, Glasgow, Fri 24 & Sat 25 Sep. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Fri 8 Oct and Sun 10 & Mon 11 Oct. ✽ Alamar Slow but sweet drama set in a marine paradise. GFT, Glasgow, Fri 24–Thu 30 Sep. ✽ Cyrus Painfully truthful comedy about love and other obstacles. General release, out now. ✽ Winter’s Bone White trash thriller set in the Missouri backwoods. Selected release, out now. ✽ While the City Sleeps Little-seen 1956 Fritz Lang thriller gets long-overdue reissue on DVD. See review, page 60. Out Mon 27 Sep (Exposure) ✽ Tears for Sale Mental Balkan fantasy fable dances onto DVD. See review, page 60. Out now (Icon).
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FROZEN (15) 93min ●●●●●
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done before, Frozen’s fight for survival is taut, tough, and enough to make you stick to artificial slopes for the foreseeable future. (Eddie Harrison) ■ General release, Fri 24 Sep. THRILLER
TAKERS (12A) 106min ●●●●●
DRAMA
MADE IN DAGENHAM (15) 112min ●●●●● This entertaining crowd-pleaser, made in the mould of British comic dramas such as Calendar Girls (and directed by that film’s maker Nigel Cole), dramatises the true story of the industrial dispute between the female work force and the management of the Ford’s motor plant that took place in suburban Essex in 1968. It’s a relatively unknown story – which is surprising given the change in sexual equality in the workplace that it brought about – but it’s one that’s just crying out for this kind of popularist, heartfelt dramatic treatment. The action opens in working-class Dagenham, where the 187 female employees of the fourth biggest motor company in the world and the largest plant in Europe are taking their grievance about rates of pay to their bosses. The women, whose job it is to stitch together car seat upholstery, are unhappy about having been reclassified as ‘unskilled labour’, a tactic they are disgusted to learn is simply an excuse to pay them a fraction of what their 40,000 male counterparts earn. When their union and the management fail to negotiate a settlement, the girls go on strike. As scripted by first-timer Billy Ivory and directed by Cole, Made in Dagenham tempers the serious stuff of industrial relations and gender politics with dramatic tension and comic relief. The film manages to evoke both its grotty working-class setting and the colourful kitsch trappings of the late 1960s from mini-skirts to pop music. The cast is excellent, with a host of familiar faces playing to their strengths, among them Sally Hawkins as the bubbly spokeswoman of the female strikers, Bob Hoskins as her admiring union rep, Rosamund Pike as the sympathetic trophy wife of Rupert Graves’ sexist Ford executive, The West Wing’s Richard Schiff as Ford’s American attack dog and, in another priceless turn, Miranda Richardson as Wilson’s wry Secretary of State, Barbara Castle. And stay for the closing credits for a glimpse of the real working-class heroines. (Miles Fielder) ■ General release, Fri 1 Oct.
Despite travelling the same well-worn path of several other man-againstnature thrillers, writer/director Adam Green’s take on the survivalist genre manages a few icy frissons of its own, as well as a withering (if unnecessary) indictment of health and safety standards in the US skiing industry. Set in the snowy mountains of Utah, Frozen describes the ordeal of three snowboarders who find themselves perilously suspended mid-air when their ski lift breaks down. Parker (Emma Bell) and her boyfriend Joe (Shawn Ashmore) tempt fate when they hook up with their pal Dan (Kevin Zegers) for a little off-piste adventure, but when the ski-resort’s incompetent staff accidentally switch off the chairlift, the trio are left to contend with mother nature in the form of freezing conditions and a ravenous pack of wolves. Green has clearly moved on since his 2006 horror pastiche Hatchet, and crafts a slow but suspenseful cautionary tale, drawing out his characters sharply and not stinting on the details (the nastiest of all coming when Parker’s ungloved hand becomes stuck to the freezing metal of the chair-lift). Frozen is hamstrung by the familiarity of the material; if you’ve seen Open Water (sharks) or Black Water (snakes), the manner in which the hapless tourists enjoy long periods of isolated chat interrupted by ferocious attacks will offer few surprises. But even if it has all been
From its unsophisticated title onwards, Takers is a most basic heist movie. Frenetic action, headache-inducing score, minimal characterisation and a napkin-sized plot, if you’re looking for the new Heat then this certainly isn’t it. Still, if you’re after the cinematic equivalent of a sugar rush then this second film from director John Luessenhop (following Lockdown) might appeal. The plot concerns a quintet of LAbased thieves (including The Wire’s Idris Elba, for once using his British accent, Paul Walker and Hayden Christensen), who scheme to take down an armoured car worth $25 million. Naturally, there’s a cop on their tail, in the shape of Matt Dillon’s seenit-all detective. And – surprise, surprise – things don’t go according to plan. In truth, the action sequences are well handled – in particular a thrilling on-foot chase through downtown LA. But it’s when Takers attempts to flesh out its characters or add dimensions to the story that it trips over itself – notably with the sub-plot involving Elba’s drug-addict sister (a terrible Marianne Jean-Baptiste). Flashy, loud and mildly obnoxious, if dollars were clichés, then this film would be cashrich. (James Mottram) ■ General release, Fri 1 Oct.
ANIMATION/FANTASY
THE SECRET OF KELLS (PG) 78min ●●●●● Tomm Moore and Nora Twomey’s luscious animated film takes inspiration from The Book of Kells, a key work in Irish medieval history. But rather than the threedimensional style currently favoured by Pixar and DreamWorks, Moore and Twomey offer a colourful, detailed 2D approach, which makes up for in charm what it lacks in narrative drive. The Secret of Kells tells of Brendan (Evan McGuire), a young monk whose remote community lives under threat of Viking invasion. The arrival from Iona in Scotland of famed illustrator Brother Aidan (the late Mick Lally) leads Brendan to go against the wishes of Abbot Cellach (Brendan Gleeson) and take a mission into the magical forest, where he befriends a benevolent sprite (Christen Mooney) The Secret of Kells artfully makes a case for the value of art and reading, even if the story doesn’t really amount to much. But the animation, which earned the film an Oscar nomination, is a constant source of wonder, reproducing the calligraphy of medieval literature in a rich style that’s somewhere between Terry Gilliam and Richard Williams’ influential but neglected 1993 animation feature The Thief and the Cobbler. (Eddie Harrison) ■ Selected release, Fri 1 Oct. 23 Sep–7 Oct 2010 THE LIST 57
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EAT PRAY LOVE (PG) 139min ●●●●●
destined to have just one group of hardened admirers: travel agents. (James Mottram) ■ General release, Fri 24 Sep. THRILLER
THE TOWN (15) 124min ●●●●●
From Nip/Tuck to Glee, director Ryan Murphy has the golden touch when it comes to television. Not so, however, with film. His 2006 adaptation of Augusten Burroughs’ memoir Running With Scissors was a middle-of-theroad misfire and much the same could be said about this take on Elizabeth Gilbert’s hit bestseller, in which the author recounts her year following a painful divorce. Julia Roberts plays Liz, a New York writer who travels to Italy, India and Indonesia for a therapeutic (and cliché-driven) journey of selfindulgence and self-discovery. First stop Rome, where Liz treats her tummy to some yummy pasta before heading off to an ashram on the subcontinent to clear her mind – or, at least, try to. Finally, she lands in Bali, where she meets and eventually falls for Brazilian divorcee Felipe (Javier Bardem). While Bardem is decent enough, the men largely get short shrift in the film – from Billy Crudup’s soon-to-be-exhusband to James Franco’s toy-boy actor that Liz has a brief pre-trip fling with. Only Richard Jenkins scores highly in the ashram segment, with a spot-on turn as a gruff Texan who tries to make Liz look outside her selfobsessed universe. As he was in The Visitor, Jenkins is effortless in his ability to convey emotion. The same cannot be said for Roberts, though admittedly she has to shoulder the whole film. Perhaps because Gilbert’s own odyssey feels so superficial, Roberts’ performance echoes this – it’s all surface tears and smiles. With its excessive running time, this bloated travelogue is
Say what you like about Ben Affleck the actor, as a director and screenwriter he is more than competent. As with his overlooked directorial debut Gone Baby Gone, Affleck has adapted another Bostonset crime novel (Prince of Thieves by Chuck Hogan) and made use of local non-actors and real settings to create an authentic-feeling, action-packed adventure. The opening bank robbery contains smart camera work and an eye for detail. Unlike in his first film, Affleck also stars in his picture and at times the dual roles of director and star don’t quite gel, with either his performance being slightly off or the direction not up to the standard of his debut film. Affleck plays Doug MacRay, the leader of a gang of crooks, including his best pal, the ferocious loose cannon Jem (Jeremy Renner). Their friendship is tested when MacRay riskily starts dating an employee (Rebecca Hall) from a bank they’ve robbed. Affleck wants us to side with the bad guys; even though the main cop chasing them is a decent guy played by Mad Men’s Jon Hamm. The characters are interesting but the conventional plot fails to ignite and the James Cagney ending is clichéd and weak. (Kaleem Aftab) ■ General release, Fri 24 Sep. See feature, page 56.
THRILLER/DRAMA
WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS (12A) 132min ●●●●● There is something comfortingly old school about Oliver Stone’s Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. It has all the fancy moves, dazzling montage sequences and polish of a classic Hollywood melodrama. This could be one of those pressure-cooker boardroom films from the Eisenhower era like Executive Suite, A Woman’s World or The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit. Glamorous New York locations and sharp designer clothes testify to a world of conspicuous consumption where ‘greed is good’ is no longer one man’s mantra but a generation’s way of life. Just for sheer, slick professionalism it is irresistible. Stone’s 1987 original was one of the defining movies of the Reagan era that won a Best Actor Oscar for Michael Douglas. The sequel is unlikely to match that legacy but is an honourable continuation of the Gordon Gekko story even if the impact is dulled by the notion that the global economic meltdown was also a terrible inconvenience for the growing romance between Gekko’s estranged daughter Winnie (Carey Mulligan) and her market trader boyfriend Jake (an impressive Shia LaBeouf). The film begins with Gekko released from prison after serving his sentence for insider trading. His possessions include a mobile phone the size of the Empire State Building. How times have changed. There is a good deal of fun in discovering if the wily old leopard has really changed his spots as he publishes Is Greed Good? and warns of an impending catastrophe in the American financial system. Is he really humbled by his fall from grace? Has a topsy turvy America transformed him into the one voice of sanity in a Wall Street where folly rules unopposed? Douglas is as charismatic as ever and is surrounded by a sturdy A-list ensemble that includes Susan Sarandon, Josh Brolin, 94 year-old veteran Eli Wallach and Frank Langella as the quiet voice of integrity in a world where everyone is too busy making money to realise that the economy is blindly drifting towards an iceberg. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps is a class act. (Allan Hunter) ■ General release, Wed 6 Oct. DRAMA
ENTER THE VOID (18) 142min ●●●●● Argentine/French filmmaker Gaspar Noé’s latest is a metaphysical movie offered from the generally limited point of view of a drug-dealing teenager, Oscar (Nathaniel Brown), who is killed by the cops in Japan. Thereafter he hovers over his sister Linda’s life in Tokyo and the film claustrophobically holds to his perspective on events as it also flashes back into the sibling’s past. The film reworks and tries to find visual form to address spiritual questions of karma and reincarnation. But it is so diffuse in its ideas, so devoid of characterisation and so willing to play with an audience no matter how brilliant the shock tactics (the brother’s death and a car crash are cinematically astonishing) that a feeling of futility takes over. The film’s many problems are partly those of style. Noé’s curious ability to show too much (one shot shows us the inside of a vagina with a penis moving in and out) yet so very little where we’re seeing everything from a ghostly perspective, is at best frustrating and at worst tedious. Noé’s 1998 debut feature I Stand Alone remains this adolescent-minded filmmaker’s best film, simply because in that film, whether by fluke or intuition, the balance between personal perspective and cinematic space was just right. What followed were film school-style exercises, fatuous in content and overly restless in form. (Tony McKibbin) ■ Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Fri 24 Sep–Thu 7 Oct. GFT, Glasgow, Tue 5–Thu 7 Oct. 58 THE LIST 23 Sep–7 Oct 2010
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POLICE, ADJECTIVE (POLITIST, ADJECTIV) (12A) 114min ●●●●●
THRILLER/MYSTERY
BURIED (15) 94min ●●●●● The prospect of a thriller featuring rom-com favourite Ryan Reynolds as the only actor on screen is not exactly enticing, but it’s time to throw all those prejudices away, as Reynolds gives a fantastic performance in a very fine film. Reynolds plays Paul Conroy, who is working as a private contractor in Iraq when his convoy is ambushed. The next thing he knows is that he’s coming around in a dark box. His captors have also provided him with a mobile phone, and call him to tell him that he has to raise a ransom of $5 million before the phone’s battery runs out, or die in the coffin, buried alive. Problem set, Conroy sets to work and, through the phone calls, points are made about the frustration that is often caused by bureaucracy, the end of the nuclear family, and the privatisation of war. Government, corporations and the family are all held to account. The one-location movie is difficult to make interesting. Alfred Hitchcock was the master of this unique theatre, making four such films: Lifeboat, Rear Window, Dial M for Murder and Rope. But even Hitchcock wasn’t foolish enough to make a movie with only one man on screen. Then again, he didn’t have access to mobile phones, the internet or video cameras, which directors can and are using as windows to the outside world. In Buried we hear several voices on the phone and the phone camera is used to see a couple of videos. In this, his debut feature, Spanish director Rodrigo Cortés does a brilliant job of making one man in a coffin look interesting for an hour and a half by the clever use of angles, cranes and dolly shots that provide a sense of motion. He also makes use of black screen when the viewer, like the protagonist, cannot see what is going on. It’s bravado filmmaking to match the exhilarating egg-timer plot. (Kaleem Aftab) ■ General release, Wed 29 Sep.
Romanian writer-director Corneliu Porumboiu’s follow-up to 12:08 East of Bucharest is a deliberately paced and deceptively simple police procedural, which unfolds in the dreary streets of the filmmaker’s provincial home town of Vasilu. Its protagonist Cristi (Dragos Bucur) is a recently married undercover cop, who’s carrying out a surveillance operation on a dope-smoking teenager, Viktor (Radu Costin). In a series of lengthy, real-time takes, the camera follows Cristi on his lonely daily routines. Cristi tails his suspect and the latter’s friends, he requests background information from his colleagues at the station, he smokes endless cigarettes. His superiors want an arrest, but Cristi has qualms about sending a schoolboy to jail for what he deems to be a minor offence. Police, Adjective is an anti-thriller, which ignores generic conventions: there’s no dramatic action sequences and no miraculous discoveries during the investigation, while music is used sparingly. Yet paradoxically for a film filled with silences, it becomes a philosophical enquiry into the relationship between language and power. Cristi’s own written reports on his actions are scrolled across the screen. And in a climactic dialogue scene the implacable Captain (a superb cameo from Vlad Ivanov) uses a dictionary – hence the story’s unusual title – to assert the law of the state over an individual’s conscience. Twenty years after the revolution, it seems, authoritarian mentalities remain entrenched. (Tom Dawson) ■ GFT, Glasgow, Fri 1–Thu 7 Oct; Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Fri 1–Thu 14 Oct.
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ALSO RELEASED From Here to Eternity (PG) 118min ●●●●● Restoration and reissue of Fred Zinnemann’s iconic adaptation of James Jones’ epic multicharacter tale of love in a time of war. Stars Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Montgomery Clift, Frank Sinatra, Donna Reed and a beach. GFT, Glasgow, Fri 24–Mon 27 Sep. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Thu 7 & Fri 8 Oct and Sun 10 & Mon 11 Oct. World’s Greatest Dad (15) 98min ●●●●● Dark, daring and thought-provoking comedy about a lonely high school poetry teacher who gets a chance of living his dreams if he can live with a certain amount of guilt. Robin Williams turns in a nuanced performance while Bobcat Sleeping Dogs Goldthwait writes and directs with the usual misanthropy and sarcasm. Selected release, Fri 24 Sep. True Legend (15) 114min ●●●●● Renowned Qing dynasty general Su retires to set up his own martial arts school but his peaceful life is shattered by his vengeful adopted brother Yuan Lie, who kidnaps his son and leaves Su for dead. Su vows revenge but first he must train. Old-school Chinese highkicker from the director of genre classics Iron Monkey and Wing Chun. Michelle Yeoh, Man Cheuk Chiu and Xun Zhou star. Selected release, Fri 24 Sep. Rapt (15) 120min ●●●●● Tense hostage thriller based on the real life 1978 kidnapping of French-Belgian industrialist and millionaire playboy EdouardJean Empain. Yvan Attal and Anne Consigny star. The brilliant, underrated filmmaker Lucas Belvaux (La raison du plus faible, Trilogy) directs with his usual style, grace and intelligence. Will be reviewed for its DVD release next issue. GFT, Glasgow, Fri 24 & Sat 25 Sep. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Fri 8 Oct and Sun 10 & Mon 11 Oct.
DOCUMENTARY/COMEDY
I’M STILL HERE (15) 107min ●●●●● When Joaquin Phoenix announced that he was retiring as an actor to become a rap star and that his attempts to change career would be filmed by his brother-in-law Casey Affleck, sceptics immediately screamed hoax, which Affleck has now admitted it was. The duo tell the joke with a straight face, and it is this that makes I’m Still Here such a brilliant, subversive production, reminiscent of Banksy’s Exit Through The Gift Shop. Starting in 2008 just before Phoenix announces his retirement, it takes us through the next 12 months of failed musical performances; a seemingly career-ending nonperformance on Letterman; and a dependency on drugs and hookers for kicks. The plot, if you will, involves Phoenix trying to arrange to meet music producer and rap star Sean ‘P Diddy’ Combs in the hope that the namechanging star will produce his debut record. This comic portrait of Phoenix’s lost year ironically manages to raise some serious questions about fame and the media obsession with celebrity. (Kaleem Aftab) ■ Out now, selected release. 23 Sep–7 Oct 2010 THE LIST 59
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The Pope has been and gone, but how best can you stay in touch with the pontiff when he’s out of town? Like any 21st-century boy, the Pope and the Vatican have their own YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/user/vatican), with an impressive 787 uploaded videos. He’s not the only international figure to embrace the challenge of communicating with the broadband generation. This month, your PlayList puts you in contact with the internet output of all kinds of iconic figures such as Jordan’s Queen Rania, who provides a warm welcome where she invites viewers to upload their own video showing what’s good about her country, and graciously promises a holiday for two for the winner (tinyurl.com/pdb3os). No such blandishments on offer back in Blighty, where HRH The Queen clearly wasn’t up for fronting any competitions, but instead offers up royal subjects like ivory tickler Jools Holland at a garden party on The Royal Channel (www.youtube.com/user/TheRoyalChannel). Whether it’s actually her Maj herself working the mouse or not, The Royal Channel offers a range of clips of her and her family in action, and even girlishly ‘hearts’ video like The Jersey Boys performing ‘Who Loves You Pretty Baby?’ (tinyurl.com/2utafae). Even dancing queen Beyonce has her own channel, although bootylicious hipster that she is, she prefers to premiere her latest examination of the working of the human thigh among the more technologically savvy clientele of Vimeo (vimeo.com/beyonce). And the next generation are likely to go the same way; the kids of today are watching Sesame Street’s own channel, which includes the opportunity for them to put the burning moral and political questions of the day to the eminence grise of modern philosophy that is ‘Tickle Me’ Elmo (tinyurl.com/38tuwjl). But Big Bird and her lovable fuzzy pals don’t have a monopoly on the best clips. If you only click on one this week, make sure it’s this superb funked out performance of the Sesame Street theme song by Stevie Wonder. Sure, the quality is fuzzier than the Cookie Monster’s armpit, but that’s what makes it so ineffably cool. (tinyurl.com/29mdh7). The Queen’s probably ❤-ing it right now. (Eddie Harrison) FANTASY/COMEDY
TEARS FOR SALE (18) 86min (Icon) ●●●●● Reportedly the most expensive Serbian film ever made, this darkly comic fantasy is reminiscent of Terry Gilliam’s and Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s gloriously eccentric flights of fancy. It certainly boasts the requisite visual imagination and CG wizardry, but it’s also imbued with enough Balkan humour and tragedy to elevate it beyond simply being a rip-off. Opening in 1918 in a Serbian village, where
World War One has decimated the male population, it follows the fortunes of two horny sisters who are sent by their neighbouring womenfolk to go and find a virile man with whom they can all procreate. To ensure their return, the
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townswomen summon the spirit of the sisters’ beloved dead grandmother as collateral, a cunning ploy that complicates the girls’ plans to abscond to Belgrade with a pair of beaus they meet on the road. It’s a genuinely crazy, sexy fairytale. Let’s hope Hollywood doesn’t decide to remake it. No extras. (Miles Fielder) DRAMA
THE SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP (15) 88min (Optimum) ●●●●● The third part of writer Peter Morgan’s excellent ‘Blair trilogy’
focuses on the relationship between the former PM and US president Bill Clinton. While Blair will probably be primarily remembered for what many perceive to have been a servile partnership with Bush, his alliance with Clinton in the late 1990s was more successful both politically and personally. Taking in Clinton’s backing of Blair’s candidacy, the PM’s support of the president during the Lewinsky scandal and the leaders’ differing views over NATO’s presence in the former Yugoslavia, The Special Relationship sheds light on Blair’s growing political acumen and his eventual association with Dubya.
evil drug lord mastermind. Blessed by dialogue that must have been scripted by a brain-devoid intern during a previously unpublicised writers’ strike, sound effects presumably remixed underwater and some staggering ‘acting’. This paucity of talent is actually confirmed by ‘star’ Lewis in the grumpiest DVD extra you’ll ever witness. Burn before watching. (Brian Donaldson)
Price) and take control of the newspaper. Langian themes of technology, change, hierarchy and media hysteria saturate this seemingly straightforward B noir to powerful and oddly relevant effect. This digitally remastered, extras-heavy reissue is well worth seeking out. (Paul Dale) DOCUMENTARY
37 USES FOR A DEAD SHEEP (E) 84min (Cornerstone) ●●●●●
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WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS (PG) 100min (Exposure) ●●●●●
Michael Sheen is again superb as Blair, and a great cast joins him: Dennis Quaid as Clinton, Helen McCrory as Cherie Blair and Hope Davis as Hilary Clinton. Director Richard Loncraine does a fine job taking over from Stephen Frears, but, oddly, the follow-up to The Deal and the Oscar-winning The Queen is being premiered on DVD (following a television screening). Extras include cast and crew interviews and behindthe-scenes footage. (Miles Fielder) CRIME LANDMARK
JAGUAR LIVES! (12) 87min (Arrow) ●●●●● Some movies are deemed so bad as to be actually good. Others are simply plain old bad bad. Jaguar Lives! bends the rules, rewrites the book and creates its very own category of god-awful. The Jaguar (Joe Lewis) is a globetrotting martial arts genius/spy/ lover type who is tasked to unveil the identity of an
Legendary Austrian filmmaker Fritz Lang’s 1956 newspaper world set thriller was his penultimate American film. Lang, whose mighty filmography (both sides of the Atlantic) included stellar masterworks Metropolis (recently restored and reissued) and The Big Heat was on his uppers by this point and reduced to working as a studio gun-for-hire rather than instigating the prestige projects he once did (and as Hitchcock was doing at this time). But don’t be fooled – While the City Sleeps is classic Lang. Three newspapermen (George Sanders, Thomas Mitchell and Dana Andrews) attempt to track down a notorious sexuallymotivated serial killer in an attempt to impress their new boss (Vincent
For the last three decades the Pamir Kirghiz have lived in exile in Turkey. In 2005, British filmmaker Ben Hopkins (Simon Magus, The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz) and a film crew arrived in their village and asked the diaspora to tell their story. The resultant film using the revealing interviews is divided into chapters and uses a variety of genres (dramatic reconstruction, mockumentary etc) to tell how the Pamir Kirghiz antipathy to communism saw them driven half way across the globe. Hopkins’ pioneering, artistically brave and occasionally foolhardy film never really got the recognition it deserved when it got a brief cinema release and television screening a few years ago. Hopkins’ willingness to break documentary rules of forms, function and representation predated and possibly even influenced everything from Nanette Burstein’s 2008 documentary American Teen and popular reality TV show The Hills. Good extras include 40 minute documentary Footprints, an interview with Hopkins and a trailer for his next film The Market. (Paul Dale)
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www.list.co.uk/film Films screening this fortnight are listed below with certificate, star rating, credits, brief review and venue details. Film index compiled by Paul Dale ✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
The A-Team (12A) ●●●●● (Joe Carnahan, US, 2010) Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Jessica Biel. 118min. Over the top, macho fun. Cameo, Edinburgh. The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby (U) ●●●●● (John Henderson, UK, 2005) Oliver Golding, James Cosmo, Greg Wise, Christopher Lee. 104min. Whimsical fiction involving dogcatchers, cute orphans and conniving councillors. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. L’Age D’Or (18) ●●●●● (Luis Buñuel/Salvador Dali, France, 1930) Gaston Modot, Lya Lys, Max Ernst, Pierre Prevert. 60min. Buñuel and Dali’s seminal surreal feature film is a vivid confrontation between sexuality and Catholic censure explored with humour, panache and genuine eroticism. Part of Screening Surrealism season. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Alamar (U) ●●●●● (Pedro González-Rubio, Mexico, 2009) Jorge Machado, Natan Machado Palombini, Nestor Marín ‘Matraca’. 73min. Part documentary, part fiction, Alamar follows a father and son on holiday in the Caribbean. Glasgow Film Theatre; Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Alice in Wonderland 3D (PG) ●●●●● (Tim Burton, US, 2010) Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter. 108min. A sequel of sorts that takes in elements of both Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through The Looking Glass, this finds Alice (Wasikowska) as a teenager returning to Underland. Empire, Clydebank. Avatar 3D (12A) ●●●●● (James Cameron, US, 2009) Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez. 166min. Set in 2154, Cameron’s much-hyped Avatar focuses on a paraplegic marine named Jake Sully (Worthington), who arrives on the distant moon of Pandora with a mission to help displace its indigenous population. But, after winning their trust, Jake finds his allegiances gradually shifting. High on technical flair but short on storytelling ambition, this visually stunning sci-fi epic sadly remains deeply flawed. IMAX Theatre, Glasgow. Odeon Wester Hailes, Edinburgh. Badlands (15) ●●●●● (Terrence Malick, US, 1973) Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek. 94min. Rarefied, lyrical US filmmaker Terrence Malick’s stunning and megainfluential 1973 crime spree drama is brought back to life in a beautiful new 35mm print. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. The Battle of the Sexes (U) ●●●●● (Charles Crichton, UK, 1959) Peter Sellers, Robert Morley, Constance Cummings. 80min. Edinburgh-made film after the style of the Ealing comedies. An accountant’s (Sellers) quiet existence is disturbed by the arrival of an American ‘Efficiency Expert’ (Cummings). Part of Made in Edinburgh season. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. The Blood of a Poet (15) ●●●●● (Jean Cocteau, France, 1930) Lee Miller, Pauline Carton, Enrique Rivero. 53min. Semi-autobiographical study of the pain of being an artist, in many ways the overture to poet/author/director Cocteau’s later, richer work. Rougher and less sophisticated than Cocteau’s later Orphee, it is still a fascinating entry point in to both surrealist cinema and Cocteau’s work. Screening together with short Rose Hobart, by Joseph Cornell, a compilation of footage from 1931 jungle B-movie East of Borneo. Part of Screening Surrealism season. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Bread and Roses (15) ●●●●● (Ken Loach, UK, 2001) Pilar Padilla, Adrien Brody, Elpidia Carrillo. 110min. Bread And Roses bravely dramatises the daily struggle of Los Angeles’ immigrant Hispanic population. Maya (Padilla) is a gorgeous, gutsy young Mexican, who escapes kidnapping by smugglers to toil alongside her sister, Rosa (Carrillo), cleaning offices. In
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a downtown office block, she meets passionate white activist, Sam (Brody), who is running the Janitors For Justice campaign. Loach has forsaken neither of his trademark concerns – the drama within the mundane, the indomitable spirit of the oppressed. This is essentially a film about victory, and the tone is surprisingly upbeat. Part of Take One Action! festival. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Budrus (E) (Julia Bacha, Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territory/US, 2009) 70min. See panel, right and profile, page 62. Part of Take One Action! festival. Glasgow Film Theatre; Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Buried (15) ●●●●● (Rodrigo Cortés, Spain, 2010) Ryan Reynolds, Robert Paterson, Stephen Tobolowsky. 94min. See review, page 59. General release. Certified Copy (12A) ●●●●● (Abbas Kiarostami, France/Italy/Iran, 2010) Juliette Binoche, William Shimell, Jean-Claude Carrière. 106min. Kiarostami steers away from the experimentation of recent work, bringing a holiday feel to this quasi-romantic comedy. Shimell as author James Miller is pleasingly dry, while Binoche demonstrates why she deserved her Best Actress Prize at Cannes for her role in this intriguing enigma of a film. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Climate Refugees (E) (Michael P Nash, USA, 2010) 95min. Shocking environmental catastrophe documentary focusing on the large-scale human population displacement that is happening as a result of climate change, from the submerging islands of Tuvalu and the flooded coasts of Pakistan and Bangladesh to the drought-blasted regions of East Africa and China. The screening is followed by a Q&A session with director Michael Nash. Part of Take One Action! festival. Glasgow Film Theatre; Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Cyrus (15) ●●●●● (Jay Duplass/Mark Duplass, US, 2010) John C Reilly, Jonah Hill, Marisa Tomei. 102min. A romcom which, under normal circumstances, would render its own plot unfathomable, is saved by its mumblecore genre: unconventional, low-budget and mostly improvised. Man meets woman with unhealthy mother/son relationship, but the characters are believable and result in an awkward, but breathtakingly truthful story. General release. Day for Night (15) ●●●●● (Francois Truffaut, France, 1973) Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Francois Truffaut, Valentina Cortese. 120min. Interesting and entertaining movie about moviemaking, with Truffaut as the hack director trying to steer cast and crew through a tacky love story. Won an Oscar for Best Foreign Film. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Devil (15) ●●●●● (Drew Dowdle/John Erick Dowdle, US, 2010) Geoffrey Arend, Bojana Novakovic, Logan Marshall-Green. 80min. Effective minimalist horror in which a group of people stuck in a lift realise the devil is amongst them. General release. Dinner for Schmucks (12A) ●●●●● (Jay Roach, US, 2010) Steve Carell, Jermaine Clement, Paul Rudd. 114min. With a stellar line-up of comedians, this remake of Veber’s French comedy should go down easily. However, while the plot – executive seeks loser to humiliate at his boss’ dinner for oddballs – suffices, unbalanced portions of eccentricity and sentimentality leave the viewer unsatisfied with the final serving. General release. Donnie Darko (15) ●●●●● (Richard Kelly, US, 2002) Jake Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore, Patrick Swayze. 113min. Cult science fiction fable. Glasgow Film Theatre. Dragon Hunters (12) (Guillaume Ivernel/Arthur Qwak, France/Germany/Luxembourg, 2009) Voices: Mary Matilyn Mouser, Forest Whitaker. 100min. Animated adventure in which little Zoe, her enterprising weasel friend and a blue creature called Hector accompany the mighty dragon slayer Lian-Chu on the quest to kill a monstrous fire-breathing beast. Showcase Cinema, Coatbridge, Glasgow. Eat Pray Love (PG) ●●●●● (Ryan Murphy, US, 2010) Julia Roberts, Billy Crudup, James Franco. 139min. See review, page 58. General release. The Edge of Dreaming (E) (Amy Hardie, UK, 2010) 73min. Amy Hardie
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TAKE ONE ACTION! Now in its third year, the Take One Action! Film Festival offers a rare opportunity to watch activist documentaries and politically-orientated films at the cinema. This excellent festival concentrates on the agendasetting and eco-documentary sub-genres that have grown exponentially over the last decade, showing films as varied, worrying and fascinating as A Crude Awakening, The End of the Line, An Inconvenient Truth and Darwin’s Nightmare. Many of the films showing this year are vigorously propagandist, in that they fight for a cause as if going in to battle. Indeed, one of the highlight films of this year’s programme, Climate Refugees, draws this comparison directly, when filmmaker and narrator Michael P Nash attempts to answer the question of future generations dealing with a collapsed environment: ‘What did you do in the war, daddy?’ This propagandist element is no bad thing. Nero’s Guests is another fine example; following the journalist P. Sainath, Deepa Bhatia’s film works from Sainath’s anger and despair about the 200,000 Indian farmers who have taken their own lives in the last ten years. Full of facts, figures and indignation, the film highlights the fatuousness of remarks made by some well-known names in the fashion world. One young woman notes that we need the poor – how else would she get a manicure and her hair done? Other documentaries include Budrus, which is getting a broader release (see profile, page 62), and Persona non Grata, a hagiographic account of Frans Wuytack, a Belgian priest who went to Venezuela and gave up his official residence in Caracas to live among the poor in the slums. Sandy Cioffi’s Sweet Crude details the recent history of the Niger Delta, where the average life expectancy has been reduced from over 60 to 40 years because of oil companies spewing out waste into the region. The Garden (pictured) asks if a community garden in south central LA, where the locals grow their own food and feed their families, can survive or whether big development will take over. ‘I don’t like their cause and I don’t like their conduct,’ says the mega-rich, activist-hating developer in the film. Take One Action! stands for the opposite: it likes people’s causes and their conduct. (Tony McKibbin) ■ Take One Action! Film Festival, GFT, Glasgow & Filmhouse, www.takeoneaction.org.uk Edinburgh,Thu 23–Tue 5 Oct.
dreamed of a death, and it happened. When another dream then prophesied her own imminent demise, she was understandably concerned: did her subconscious know something she didn’t? A poetic, personal project, some nine years in the making, this film explores humanity’s relationship with dreams, death and destiny, via Hardie’s own scientific and emotional quest for answers. Glasgow Film Theatre. Electric Edwardians (PG) (Sagar Mitchell, James Kenyon, UK, 1900–1906) 71min. This recently discovered century-old footage from early filmmakers Sagar Mitchell and James Kenyon shows working-
class life in Britain when the country was the world’s only superpower. Programme includes early Lumiere shorts. Part of an Introduction to European Cinema course. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Enter the Void (18) ●●●●● (Gaspar Noe, France/Germany/Italy, 2009) Nathaniel Brown, Paz de la Huerta, Ed Spear. 142min. See review, page 58. Glasgow Film Theatre; Filmhouse, Edinburgh. The Expendables (15) ●●●●● (Sylvester Stallone, US, 2010) Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren. 103min. A flawed throwback to the testosterone-driven action vehicles of the mid 23 Sep–7 Oct 2010 THE LIST 61
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1980s and early 1990s. General release. F (18) ●●●●● (Johannes Roberts, UK, 2010) David Schofield, Eliza Bennett, Juliet Aubrey. 78min. Competent British horror thriller in which a group of teachers defend themselves from a gang of murderous school kids when their school comes under siege. Cineworld Renfrew Street, Glasgow; Cineworld Fountainpark, Edinburgh. From Here to Eternity (PG) ●●●●● (Fred Zinnemann, US, 1953) Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Frank Sinatra. 118min. See Also Released, page 59. Glasgow Film Theatre; Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Frozen (15) ●●●●● (Adam Green, US, 2010) Emma Bell, Shawn Ashmore, Kevin Zegers. 93min. See review, page 57. Cameo, Edinburgh. Gainsbourg (15) ●●●●● (Joann Sfar, France/USA, 2010) Eric Elmosnino, Lucy Gordon, Laetitia Casta. 135min. This depiction of Serge Gainsbourg’s life is a humorous, sad and bizarre identity crisis, more enjoyable in its abstract moments than when loitering in traditional biopic territory. While Sfar excels at eccentricity, the movie occasionally falters, particularly in its portrayal of Gainsbourg’s less hedonistic times. Nonetheless, a great introduction to the French singer. Dominion, Edinburgh. Gandhi (PG) ●●●●● (Richard Attenborough, UK, 1982) Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, Trevor Howard, John Mills. 188min. Oscar-laden biopic of the great Indian leader and man of peace. Part of Take One Action! festival. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. The Garden (12) ●●●●● (Scott Hamilton Kennedy, US, 2008) 80min. Documentary about a community garden in South Central LA which is cared for and run by immigrants from Latin America and is proving an important focal point, until bulldozers threaten to destroy the idyll. This Scottish premiere screening is introduced with live music from the Lani Singers of West Papua. Part of Take One Action! festival. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Filmhouse, Edinburgh. The Girl who Played with Fire (15) ●●●●● (Daniel Alfredson, Sweden, 2009) Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, Sofia Ledarp. 129min. With Lisbeth Salander (Rapace) accused of murder, Blomkvist (Nyqvist) works to find out who is really guilty. Kept apart for most of the film, the duo’s chemistry isn’t given a chance to shine; yet the film is nonetheless engrossing, even if its major revelation is no real surprise. Selected release. Going the Distance (15) ●●●●● (Nanette Burstein, US, 2010) Drew Barrymore, Justin Long, Charlie Day. 102min. Journalism student (Barrymore) and A&R man (Long) embark on a six-week romance that leaves them convinced they are meant to be together. Tragedy strikes when Erin returns to her studies, leaving them long-distance. A dispiriting movie experience from two perfectly competent romcom stalwarts. General release. Good Fortune (E) (Landon Van Soest, USA, 2009) 73min. An examination of the real impact of international aid and global relief projects on some communities in Africa, featuring the stories of Jackson, whose farm is being flooded by an American investor who believes he can alleviate poverty by creating a multi-million dollar rice plantation, and Silva, whose home and business are being demolished as part of a slum-clearing project. A discussion examining the issues follows the screening. Part of Take One Action! Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Hans Richter: Early Works (E) (Hans Richter, Various) 90min. A selection of Surrealist and Dadaist works from the visionary artist and filmmaker, with live musical accompaniment from the Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra. Part of Screening Surrealism season. Glasgow Film Theatre; Filmhouse, Edinburgh. The Hole 3D (12A) ●●●●● (Joe Dante, US, 2009) Teri Polo, Haley Bennett, Ali Cobrin. 91min. Three children find a mildly terrifying trapdoor in their basement and decide to investigate, which seems silly in hindsight. A quasi return to form from
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Name Julia Bacha Born Rio de Janeiro, 1980. Background Bacha studied Middle Eastern history and politics at Columbia University. She worked as co-writer and editor on the 2004 multi award-winning documentary about Al Jazeera, Control Room, and was codirector of Israeli/Palestinian peacenik documentary Encounter Point (2006). ‘I have been making documentary films since 2003,’ she says. ‘My work concentrates on Palestinians and Israelis working together for peace and conciliation.’ What is she up to now? Bacha’s latest film, Budrus, is a documentary about the locals and activists involved in non-violent protest in the titular village. A place of only 1500 people not far from Ramallah, the village became a site of activity when the Israeli government decided to build a huge barrier through the West Bank. It would have run through Budrus. ‘I became aware of the situation in Budrus when working on Encounter Point. We kept in touch with the people actively involved, and so interview access was very easy.’ What is Just Vision? It’s the non-profit company, funded through tax-deductible donations, that made Budrus possible. It was made with the help of 200 of those donations. If you visit www.justvision.org, you can help to fund future productions with a donation of your own.’ What’s next for Bacha? ‘We are researching other projects; we want to take the sort of work we’ve been doing into other areas. The result is likely to be a series of short films.’ Interesting Fact Brazilian Bacha almost ended up doing a master’s degree at Tehran University, but the Iranian government wasn’t issuing visas to international students at the time. (Tony McKibbin) ■ Budrus is showing as part of the Take One Action Film Festival. GFT, Glasgow, Thu 23 Sep; Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Fri 24 Sep. A Skype Q&A with Bacha will follow both screenings. See Festival Focus, page 61. 62 THE LIST 23 Sep–7 Oct 2010
director Dante with a horror film aimed at thrill-seeking children, but packed with cinematic in-jokes which may go over their heads. General release. Hunger (12) (Karin Steinberger, Germany, 2009) 90min. Food production today is at a record high, yet the number of people suffering from starvation continues to increase. In one region of Kenya, half the children that are born die of undernourishment. The film focuses on five people who have never had enough to eat, giving them the chance to tell their stories of how globalisation is destroying their chance of a decent meal. The film is followed by an audience discussion on global food shortages. Part of Take One Action! festival. Glasgow Film Theatre; Filmhouse, Edinburgh. I Am Love (15) ●●●●● (Luca Guadagnino, Italy, 2009) Tilda Swinton, Flavio Parenti, Edoardo Gabbriellini. 120min. An announcement made at the birthday celebration of an ageing Italian industrialist triggers a series of events that will impact the family’s lives forever in this film of rare formal grace. Part of BBC Four World Cinema Awards. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. I’m Still Here (15) ●●●●● (Casey Affleck, US, 2010) Joaquin Phoenix, Antony Langdon, Sean ‘P. Diddy’ Combs. 107min. See review, page 59. Cameo, Edinburgh. The Illusionist (12A) ●●●●● (Sylvain Chomet, UK/France, 2010) Voices: JeanClaude Donda, Eilidh Rankin. 83min. Animation based on unfilmed script by Jacques Tati. Cameo, Edinburgh. Inception (12A) ●●●●● (Christopher Nolan, US, 2010) Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Ellen Page. 147min. DiCaprio stars as Don Cobb, a thief who is the master of the art of extraction, stealing secrets from the minds of the unconscious. The business is risky and has resulted the loss of everything he once held dear. Now he is being offered a chance of redemption, but at a cost, and up against a dangerous enemy that only Cobb could have seen coming. Selected release. Iranian Documentary Filmmakers Screening (E) (Various, Iran) 120min. Three documentaries from contemporary Iran: Eve & Adam and The Birthday by Negin Kianfar, and The Lost by Bijan Sheidaei. The screening is followed by a Q&A session. CCA, Glasgow. Kick-Ass (15) ●●●●● (Matthew Vaughn, US/UK, 2010) Nicolas Cage, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Chloe Moretz. 117min. Big screen adaptation of Mark Millar’s massively popular comic in which a bunch of misfit teens don superhero costumes and get stuck into some stylised vigilante action. Successfully celebrating a teen boys’ idea of ‘cool’, Vaughn has a feeling for characters and story arcs that his Lock, Stock . . . collaborator Guy Ritchie has long since forgotten. Sloans, Glasgow The Kid (15) ●●●●● (Nick Moran, UK, 2010) Rupert Friend, Augustus Prew, Natasha McElhone. 111min. This adaptation of Kevin Lewis’ triumph-against-tragedy memoir doesn’t quite hit the mark, with several elements seemingly out of place, most importantly the protagonist himself (Friend). A story of an abusive childhood and a family from hell loses its gravitas as primary villain, Lewis’ mother, is hard to take seriously. Cineworld Renfrew Street, Glasgow; Cineworld Fountainpark, Edinburgh. Land without Bread (E) ●●●●● (Luis Buñuel, Spain, 1933) Abel Jacquin, Alexandre O’Neill. 30min. Rare screening of Buñuel’s documentary portrait of the remote and undeveloped region of Las Hurdes, showing how the local peasants survive without the most basic utilities. Part of Screening Surrealism season. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Laughter in the Dark: Humour in Artists’ Films Since the 1970sFilm course looking at the use of humour and laughter in films made by artists, led by Erica Eyres, a Canadian video artist based in Glasgow. The course comprises four illustrated seminars and discussions. Glasgow Film Theatre. The Leopard (PG) ●●●●● (Luchino Visconti, Italy, 1963) Burt Lancaster, Claudia
Cardinale, Alain Delon. 187min. Characteristically lavish Visconti adaptation of Giuseppe De Lampedusa’s classic novel of the Italian Risorgimento has a splendid Lancaster as the prince of Salina reflecting mournfully on the rise of the bourgeoisie when his nephew Delon marries merchant’s daughter Cardinale. It’s undeniably overlong and rather slow-moving but Visconti’s handling of the epic final ball sequence is a further demonstration of his mastery of composition for the wide screen and his later conception of film-as-opera. Glasgow Film Theatre. Let the Right One In (15) ●●●●● (Thomas Alfredson, Sweden, 2008) Kare Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragna. 114min. Adapted from his debut novel by Swedish horror writer John Ajvide Lindqvist, this chilling coming of age story breathes new life into a tired vampire genre. Part of BBC Four World Cinema Awards. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. MAP Magazine Screening (E) (Various, Various) 90min. Special screening of artists’ films introduced by the editors of MAP, in celebration of the magazine’s redesign. Glasgow Film Theatre. Made in Dagenham (15) ●●●●● (Nigel Cole, UK, 2010) Sally Hawkins, Miranda Richardson, Rosamund Pike. 112min. See review, page 57. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. The Man who Envied Women (tbc) (Yvonne Rainer, US, 1985) Jackie Raynal, Anne Friedberg, Larry Loonin. 125min. Feminist/deconstructionist, experimental work about a misogynist intellectual. Tramway, Glasgow. Mandy (PG) ●●●●● (Alexander Mackendrick, UK, 1952) Phyllis Calvert, Jack Hawkins, Terence Morgan. 93min. A rare screening of Mackendrick’s least typical film from his Ealing days, centring on the emotional traumas undergone by a deaf-anddumb girl and her parents. Genuinely moving rather than sentimental, it provides surprising insight into all the characters. Glasgow Film Theatre. Matchbox Cineclub Screenings (E) (Various, Various, 2007-2009) 70min. The Matchbox Cineclub offers a new platform for the littlest films, including shorts by local filmmakers and international distributors such as Future Shorts. This month sees a programme of nine films from young filmmakers around the world, covering everything from a cat and mouse love story to the violent rampage that is Romain Gavras’ music video for the Justice song, ‘Stress’. CCA, Glasgow. Metropolis (PG) ●●●●● (Fritz Lang, Germany, 1926) Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Gustav Frolich. 124min. One of the greatest films of all time, here in its longer-length, black and white version, free from Giorgio Moroder’s tacked-on rock soundtrack. The cityscapes remain unsurpassed, although the allegory against totalitarianism is a bit naive. Cameo, Edinburgh. MURDER and murder (tbc) (Yvonne Rainer, US, 1996) Joanna Merlin, Kathleen Chalfant, Catherine Kellner. 113min. A love story about two middle-aged women: one a life-long lesbian, and another having her first homosexual relationship. Tramway, Glasgow. My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done? (15) ●●●●● (Werner Herzog, USA/Germany, 2009) Michael Shannon, Willem Dafoe, Chloë Sevigny. 91min. David Lynch and Werner Herzog band together to tell the tale of an actor who commits the crime he is to perform in a Greek tragedy. Pairing two of the best cinematic talents promises so much, but delivers both the best and worst aspects of their collective oeuvres. Glasgow Film Theatre. Nero’s Guests (15) (Deepa Bhatia, India, 2009) 56min. Documentary film created by award-winning reporter P Sainath investigating the suicide of more than 200,000 Indian farmers in just one decade over debts and poverty issues. The screening is followed by a talk by the man himself, who was the recipient of the Amnesty International Journalism Prize as well as the Ramon Magsaysay award. Take One Action! Glasgow Film Theatre; Filmhouse, Edinburgh. The Nurture Room (12A) (Matt Pinder,
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www.list.co.uk/film UK, 2010) 90min. Documentary shot over the course of a year by Pinder, following three Glasgow schoolchildren growing up amidst trouble and family problems, and observing the care and nurture that their teachers provide. Glasgow Film Theatre. One Way Pendulum (U) ●●●●● (Peter Yates, UK, 1964) Eric Sykes, George Cole, Peggy Mount. 85min. Absurd comedy from the production company behind Saturday Night, Sunday Morning and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, about a man who decides to recreate the Old Bailey’s number seven court in his living room and his equally bizarrely occupied family members. Selected for the Monorail Film Club by Marc Baines, lecturer in Illustration at the GSA, and followed by discussion in Cafe Cosmo. A Monorail Film Club presentation. Glasgow Film Theatre. The Other Guys (12A) ●●●●● (Adam McKay, US, 2010) Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Samuel L Jackson. 107min. Pairing Ferrell and Wahlberg as the incompetent cop duo is a good move on director McKay’s part. While it doesn’t hit the mark of previous Ferrell/McKay success story (Anchorman), their chemistry works its low-brow magic to provide a sense of fun much needed in wannabe blockbusters. General release. Peepli Live (15) ●●●●● (Anusha Rizvi, India, 2010) Omkar Das Manikpuri, Raghubir Yadav, Shalini Vatsa. 107min. Satire from India in which the farmers in a small village have become so desperate that they’re considering suicide, just for the payout it will offer their families. Cineworld Renfrew Street, Glasgow. Persona Non Grata (E) (Fabio Wuytack, Belgium, 2008) 92min. The story of the Belgian priest, artist and labourer Frans Wuytack who exchanged his luxurious official residence for a small dwelling in the slums and used his position to highlight the plight of the poor and the government’s continual refusal to help them. More than 30 years after his exile for political agitation, Frans returns, and the film captures the ways in which life has changed for the people of La Vega. The film is followed by a discussion with Frans Wuytack and his son, director Fabio. Part of Take One Action! festival. Glasgow Film Theatre; Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Piranha 3D (18) ●●●●● (Alexandre Aja, US, 2010) Richard Dreyfuss, Ving Rhames, Elisabeth Shue. 88min. Aja’s remake of 1978 frat comedy horror Piranha is not as cheap, fun, camp or generically incisive as the original but it is a lot of fun. Aja is all too clearly channelling Spielberg’s Jaws rather than Dante’s B movie but the 3D really helps and the stars are clearly all in on the joke. Selected release. Playtime (U) ●●●●● (Jacques Tati, France, 1967) Jacques Tati, Barbara Dennek, Jacqueline Lecomte. 124min. Monsieur Hulot, tussling with the modern world as usual, follows a group of American tourists around a garish and hi-tech Paris of concrete and glass. Undervalued later Tati, with the actor Tati’s slapstick of old overshadowed by Tati the director’s masterly control of the widescreen frame. Cameo, Edinburgh. Poison Pen (U) ●●●●● (Paul L Stein, UK, 1939) Flora Robson, Robert Newton, Ann Todd. 79min. A sleepy village is shocked when its residents start receiving hateful ‘poison pen’ letters in this film based on a play by Richard Llewellyn. Part of Projecting the Archive. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Police, Adjective (12A) ●●●●● (Corneliu Porumboiu, Romania, 2009) Dragos Bucur, Vlad Ivanov, Irina Saulescu. 114min. See review, page 59. Glasgow Film Theatre; Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Privilege (18) (Yvonne Rainer, UK, 1990) 103min. Influential avant-garde filmmaker Rainer’s Privilege shifts from documentary to fiction and back as it marries cultural theory with drama in a broad ranging and compelling social critique. Tramway, Glasgow. A Prophet (18) ●●●●● (Jacques Audiard, France/Italy, 2009) Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif. 150min. Naïve youth Malik (Rahim) enters prison with a view to keeping his head down, but
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Name Rosamund Pike Born 28 January 1979, London Background Unusually for an actress who was relatively unknown before being cast as a ‘Bond girl’, Pike’s career took off after playing MI6 agent Miranda Frost in Die Another Day. There’s no sign of it being a short-lived one, either. Having made a couple of smart choices immediately after the 2002 Bond film with The Libertine opposite Johnny Depp and in Pride & Prejudice next to Keira Knightley. It did, however, look like the ‘007 bimbo curse’ was coming into effect and going to put an end to a blossoming career when she was cast as the crumpet in the ropey computer game adaptation Doom and ridiculous legal thriller Fracture. But a pair of performances in The Old Vic production of Patrick Hamilton’s Gaslight and in the Oscar-feted Britflick An Education, have gotten Pike’s acting career back on track. What she’s up to now? Playing the Cambridge-educated housewife of a Ford’s motor plant manager in Made In Dagenham. She’s also soon to be seen alongside Jack Black, Owen Wilson and Steve Martin in The Big Year and with Paul Giamatti and Dustin Hoffman in Barney’s Version. And having just been cast opposite Rowan Atkinson in the Johnny English sequel. On her character in Made in Dagenham ‘Lisa is a middle-class girl who has been educated and has gotten married and followed the path that a lot of women did at that time – not putting her degree to any use – and instead has become a very accomplished wife and mother. It is her friendship with Sally Hawkins’ character that widens the film’s scope in a way. It takes it out of being a working-class struggle, which of course it was not. It was more a struggle for women to gain equality with men in the work force, a struggle that is still going on now.’ Interesting fact Pike writes, mainly travel articles for the broadsheets, is currently working on a screenplay and has been approached with a book deal (Miles Fielder) ■ Made in Dagenham, general release, Fri 1 Oct. See review, page 57.
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an unemployed musician who falls hard for Ramona Flowers (Winstead) only to find he must defeat a succession of evil exboyfriends in fights to the death based on videogames ranging from Rock Band to Street Fighter. Although the plot neccessitates some repetitiveness, that’s more than made up for by great production design and some cracking visual gags. General release. The Secret in their Eyes (El Secreto De Sus Ojos) (18) ●●●●● (Juan José Campanella, Argentina/Spain, 2009) Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil, Pablo Rago. 129min. The surprise winner of 2010’s Best Foreign Film Oscar, and deservedly so. A richly satisfying and unashamedly oldfashioned piece of film noir storytelling, following a retired prosecutor as he researches a novel based on a brutal and still unsolved case from early in his career. An exceptional blend of clever whodunit, slowburning romance and political commentary. Glasgow Film Theatre. The Secret of Kells (PG) ●●●●● (Tomm Moore/Nora Twomey, Ireland/France/Belgium, 2009) See review, page 57. Selected release. Shades of Fern (12A) ●●●●● (Frantisek Vlacil, Czechoslovakia, 1984) Marek Probosz, Zbigniew Suszynski, Miroslav Machácek. 97min. Two young men accidentally kill a gamekeeper while out poaching deer and are forced to go on the run. Part of Vlacil season. Glasgow Film Theatre. Shadows of a Hot Summer (15) ●●●●● (Frantisek Vlacil, Czechoslovakia, 1978) Juraj Kukura, Marta Vancurová, Gustáv Valach. 100min. Intense and somewhat bleak view of life on a Moravian farm toward the end of World War Two. Part of Vlacil season. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Shrek Forever After 2D (PG) ●●●●● (Mike Mitchell, US, 2010) Voices: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz. 93min. A fourth and final instalment, rebooting the flagging franchise with a new alternate-reality twist which sees Shrek escape fatherhood for a one-day return to his bachelor years. A warmed-over sequel that lazily re-configures familiar elements to mildly pleasing effect. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Skeletons (12A) ●●●●● (Nick Whitfield, UK, 2009) Ed Gaughan, Andrew Buckley, Jason Isaacs. 93min. A darkly fanciful British comedy about two on-call ‘emotional exorcists’, who come laden with their own woeful baggage. Glasgow Film Theatre. A Small Act (12) (Jennifer Arnold, USA, 2010) 88min. An inspiring story of the power of charity. Chris’ life in a Kenyan village was transformed when he won the sponsorship of a Swedish woman – Hilde Back – who he knew only by name. Now a graduate from Harvard and a Human Rights lawyer working for the UN, he has set up his own education programme for Kenyan children in her name. Weaving between the lives of Chris, Hilde and three children competing for Chris’ fund, this is a moving testament to the selfless act of giving. Glasgow Film Theatre; Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Smoke on the Potato Fields (15) ●●●●● (Frantisek Vlacil, Czechoslovakia, 1977) Rudolf Hrusínsk_, Vítezslav Jandák, Václav Lohnisk_. 95min. A country doctor develops a fatherly relationship with a young pregnant girl, in this elegiac offering from Vlacil. Part of Vlacil season. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. SoulBoy (12A) ●●●●● (Shimmy Marcus, UK, 2010) Martin Compston, Felicity Jones, Nichola Burley. 82min. Teenager Joe (Compston) pursues love’s young dream to Wigan Casino, where he discovers Northern Soul, leading to all manner of hip-swivelling heartbreak. Formulaic but crowd-pleasing, SoulBoy is lent an irresistible warmth by Compston’s likeable lead, and while the story is predictable, its heart is in the right place. Glasgow Film Theatre; Cameo, Edinburgh. South of the Border (15) ●●●●● (Oliver Stone, USA, 2009) 77min. In his documentary about Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Stone travels through seven countries he thinks have benefited from a united socialist front, challenging the orthodoxy on Chavez in an engrossing and
entertaining manner. Glasgow Film Theatre. Sweet Crude (E) (Sandy Cioffi, USA, 2009) 93min. Documentary focusing on the Niger Delta, where people live in desperate poverty whilst billions of dollars worth of crude flow under their feet and straight into the pockets of Big Oil. A moving and intimate portrayal of a world falling apart at the seams and governments rumoured to be resorting to the most appalling humanitarian tactics in their quest for profit. The film is followed by an audience discussion with Financial Times journalist and author Michael Peel and others. Part of Take One Action! festival. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Takers (12A) ●●●●● (John Luessenhop, US, 2010) Chris Brown, Hayden Christensen, Matt Dillon, Idris Elba. 106min. See review, page 57. General release. Tamara Drewe (15) ●●●●● (Stephen Frears, UK, 2010) Gemma Arterton, Roger Allam, Tamsin Greig. 111min. Lazy reworking of Far From the Madding Crowd (allegedly), Tamara Drewe features an improbably perfect eponymous heroine (Arterton), once bullied, now successful, having returned to her home town to settle old scores. A Carry On... version of The Archers, but less funny. At least the soundtrack’s good. General release. They Come For The Gold, They Come For it All (E) (Cristian Harbaruk/Pablo D’Alo Abba, Argentina, 2009) 87min. Balanced and understated portrait of the gold and silver mines in Esquel in southern Argentina, where Canadian company Meridian Gold proposes to extract the precious metals using toxic cyanide, with potentially disastrous environmental and public health consequences. Yet how can a community on the edge of desperate poverty refuse such an economic boost? The film is followed by a live link to Argentina for a Q&A with codirector Cristian Harbaruk. Take One Action! Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Three and a Half Lives of Phillip Wetu (12) (Richard Pakleppa, Namibia, 2009) 60min. The UK premier of a film detailing the story of Phillip, an attractive IT professional whose multiple sexual congresses get him into a spot of hot water. But how does it end? The audience gets to decide Phillip’s fate, choosing from one of eight possible endings. Screened as part of the Take One Action festival, the film is followed by Spike Jonze’s The Lazarus Effect a documentary following the effects of medication on HIV-positive patients in Zambia. Part of Take One Action! festival. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. To Catch a Dollar (15) (Gayle Ferraro, USA, 2010) 74min. Professor Muhammad Yunus’ Nobel prize-winning quest to help the poor of Bangladesh help themselves has transformed the lives of 7.5 million Bangladeshis. But he decides that’s not quite enough, and so, while the big banks studiously ignore the poorest and refuse to lend to them, Grameen Bank America opens for business in New York. The story is told through the eyes of two women with access to responsibly lent funds and demonstrates the change it is able to bring about for their futures. The film is followed by an audience discussion with Habib Malik, the director of Islamic Relief Scotland, and James Picardo, director of Jubilee Scotland. Take One Action! Filmhouse, Edinburgh. The Town (15) ●●●●● (Ben Affleck, US, 2010) Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm. 124min. See feature, page 56 and review, page 58 Selected release. Toy Story 3 (U) ●●●●● (Lee Unkrich, USA, 2010) Voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack. 108min. Andy has grown up and is on the way to college, so everyone’s favourite toys are packed off to Sunnyside day-care centre. Selected release. Under the Sea 3D (U) (Howard Hall, UK, 2009) Jim Carrey. 65min. Carrey narrates an underwater 3D look at the impact of global warming upon the diverse coastal regions of Southern Australia, New Guinea and the Indo-Pacific areas. IMAX Theatre, Glasgow. Up (U) ●●●●● (Pete Docter/Bob Peterson, US, 2009) Voices of Christopher Plummer, Edward Asner, Paul Eiding. 96min. Seventyeight–year-old curmudgeon Carl
Fredericksen and eight-year-old Junior Wilderness Explorer Russell embark on the adventure of a lifetime in South America. While it unfolds on a grand scale, at its heart is a human story that will resonate with viewers of every age. Marrying sadness with triumph, Pixar have created another masterpiece. Vue Ocean, Edinburgh. Wagner & Me (PG) (Patrick McGrady, UK, 2010). Stephen Fry investigates the big composer. Cameo, Edinburgh. A Walk to Beautiful (E) (Mary Olive Smith, USA, 2007) 85min. Inspiring and heartbreaking documentary following five Ethiopian women who suffered obstetric injuries in childbirth that led to them being rejected by their husbands and ostracised by their communities. Expected to retire into solitude because of their ‘shame’, they instead made the difficult journey to the Fistula Hospital in Addis Ababa where they began to piece their lives back together. An audience discussion on gender, power and health chaired by Oxfam Scotland Campaigns Manager Malcolm Fleming follows the screening. Part of Take One Action! festival. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (12A) ●●●●● (Oliver Stone, US, 2010) Shia LaBeouf, Michael Douglas, Carey Mulligan. 132min. See review, page 58. Part of BBC Four World Cinema Awards. General release from Wed 6 Oct. Waltz with Bashir (18) ●●●●● (Ari Folman, Israel/Germany/France, 2008) Voices of Ron Ben-Yishai, Ronny Dayag, Ari Folman. 90min. This animated feature about war, selective amnesia and the hideous genocide committed by Christian militiamen on Palestinian refugee camps in Sabra and Shatila during the 1982 Lebanese War is more optimistic than it sounds. Eliciting rare and painful truths, Folman’s illustrated memoir makes for a brave, damning and riveting piece of cinema. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. We Are Family (PG) (Siddarth Malhotra, India/Australia, 2010) Kareena Kapoor, Arjun Rampal, Nominath Ginsberg. 119min. A Bollywood remake of 1998’s tearjerker Stepmom, this domestic comedy drama tells the tale of a close-knit single parent family forced to make some major adjustments when estranged Dad’s new girlfriend moves in. Odeon at the Quay, Glasgow. The White Ribbon (15) ●●●●● (Michael Haneke, Germany/Austria, 2009) Christian Friedel, Ulrich Tukur, Burghart Klaussner. 143min. Featuring the remarkable black and white cinematography of Christian Berger, Haneke’s latest film expertly paints a withering portrait of life in a pre-World War German village that is dominated by feudalism and a particularly sadistic breed of religion. An outstanding, multilayered achievement, dripping with nastiness and resonating with a sense of impending historical doom. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Winter’s Bone (15) ●●●●● (Debra Granik, USA, 2010) Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Kevin Breznahan. 100min. Adapted from Daniel Woodrell’s novel, the film follows Ree whose drug-addicted father has used their house as bail bond and subsequently done a runner. Striving to find him within a week brings secrets, lies and a grisly closure to this unsettling and memorable affair. Selected release. World Vote Now (E) (Joel Marsden, Spain, 2010) 78min. An interesting film questioning whether it would be possible to create a global democracy following the ‘one person, one vote’ principle, taking in views and opinions from 26 countries from Kashmir to Iran to the Congo. A Q&A with director Joel Marsden follows the screening. Part of Take One Action! festival. Glasgow Film Theatre; Filmhouse, Edinburgh. World’s Greatest Dad (15) ●●●●● (Bobcat Goldthwait, USA, 2009) Robin Williams, Alexie Gilmore, Daryl Sabara. 98min. See Also Released, page 59. Cineworld Renfrew Street, Glasgow; Cineworld Fountainpark, Edinburgh. Yvonne Rainer: Short Films (Yvonne Rainer, US, 1966-1978) A selection of Rainer’s earlier shorts, including Trio A, Hand Movie, Volleyball (Foot Film), Rhode Island Red, Trio Film and Line. Screening on loop until 10pm. Tramway, Glasgow.
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www.list.co.uk/film Films are listed by city, then alphabetically by cinema. Listings are compiled by Laura Ennor.
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GLASGOW 350 Sauchiehall Street. Bookings: 0141 352 4900. Prices vary. THURSDAY 23 SEP Iranian Documentary Filmmakers Screening (E) 7.00. FRIDAY 24 SEP Matchbox Cineclub Screenings (E) 7.30. THURSDAY 30 SEP The Emperor Jones (E) 7.00. SATURDAY 2 OCT Cinema Feminista Taster: Boys Don’t Cry (18) 5.00. SUNDAY 3 OCT Moving Memories (E) 12.00. Brand New Good Stuff (E) 3.00.
Cineworld Parkhead Forge Shopping Centre, 1221 Gallowgate. 0871 200 2000. Adults £6.50 (£5.90 Mon–Thu before 5pm). Under 14s / Students £4.80 (£4.40 Mon–Thu). Seniors £4.80. Family ticket £18.80. Movies for Juniors (selected films Sat am) £1. 3D Supplement: Adult £2.10; Under 14s / Students / Seniors £1.50; Family Ticket £5.60. Glasses 80p per pair. THURSDAY 23 SEP Devil (15) 12.30, 2.30, 4.35, 6.30, 8.30. Dinner for Schmucks (12A) 11.10am, 4.05, 9.00. The Girl who Played with Fire (15) 11.30am, 4.15, 9.00. Going the Distance (15) 1.40, 6.35. Grown Ups (12A) 11.00am, 1.30, 6.20, 8.55. The Hole 3D (12A) 12.10, 2.30, 4.20, 6.25, 8.40. The Last Exorcism (15) 2.15, 7.00. Marmaduke (U) 4.00. The Other Guys (12A) 11.30am, 1.55, 4.20, 6.45, 9.10. Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D (15) 6.50, 9.05. Toy Story 3 3D (U) 11.15am, 1.45, 4.10. FRIDAY 24–THURSDAY 30 Buried (15) Wed & Thu: 12.40, 2.40, 4.45, 6.50, 8.45. Cyrus (15) Daily: 12.20, 2.35, 4.40, 6.45, 8.55. Devil (15) Weekdays: 12.30, 2.30, 4.35 (not Wed & Thu), 6.30, 8.30. Sat & Sun: 4.35, 6.30, 8.30. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (PG) Sat & Sun: 11.45am (not Sat), 1.55. Eat Pray Love (PG) Daily: 11.50am, 2.50 (not Sun), 5.50 (not Mon), 8.50. Eat Pray Love (Subtitled) (PG) Sun: 2.50. Mon: 5.50. Furry Vengeance (PG) Sat: 11.30am. Grown Ups (12A) Fri, Mon & Tue: 11.10am, 1.35, 6.20, 8.40. Sat & Sun: 3.55, 6.20, 8.40. The Hole 3D (12A) Daily: noon, 2.15, 4.30, 6.50, 9.00. Marmaduke (U) Weekdays: 4.10. Sat & Sun: 10.50am, 1.00. The Other Guys (12A) Daily: 11.00am, 1.30, 4.00, 6.35, 9.05. Planet 51 (U) Sat: 10.00am. Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D (15) Daily: 6.40, 9.10.
Tooth Fairy (PG) Sat: 10.00am. Toy Story 3 3D (U) Daily: 11.20am, 1.50 (not Sun), 4.15. Toy Story 3 3D (Subtitled) (U) Sun: 1.50.
Cineworld Renfrew Street 7 Renfrew Street. 0871 200 2000. Adults £7.50 (£6.30 Mon–Thu before 5pm & Fri–Sun before noon). Under 14s / Seniors / Students £5.20. Family ticket £21.20 (£20 Mon–Thu). Monday Classic £3.30. 3D Supplement: Adult £2.10; Under 14s / Students / Seniors / Unlimited £1.50; Family Ticket £5.60; Glasses 80p per pair. THURSDAY 23 SEP Anjaana Anjaani (PG) 8.50. Cyrus (15) 11.40am, 2.00, 4.20, 6.50, 9.30. Devil (15) 11.50am, 2.00, 4.30, 6.50, 9.10. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (PG) 4.10. Dinner for Schmucks (12A) 11.00am, 1.30, 4.00, 6.40, 9.25. F (18) 7.00, 9.30. Going the Distance (15) 2.00, 9.30. Grown Ups (12A) 11.30am, 1.50, 6.40, 9.20. The Hole 3D (12A) 11.30am, 2.30, 5.30, 8.30. Ik Kudi Punjab Di (U) 10.40am, 2.00, 5.30, 9.00. Inception (12A) 2.00, 8.00. Just Wright (PG) 11.00am, 1.40, 4.10, 6.45, 9.15. The Kid (15) 1.10, 3.40, 6.10, 9.00. The Last Airbender 3D (PG) 11.10am, 1.40, 4.20. The Last Exorcism (15) 11.00am, 1.30, 4.00, 6.30, 9.00. Marmaduke (U) 4.40. The Other Guys (12A) 11.50am, 3.00, 6.00, 9.00. Piranha 3D (18) 8.30. Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D (15) 10.50am, 1.20, 4.00, 6.40, 9.20. The Runaways (15) 11.30am, 5.30. Salt (12A) 2.30, 5.30, 8.30. Scott Pilgrim vs The World (12A) 1.10, 6.15. Tamara Drewe (15) 11.30am, 4.30, 6.50. Toy Story 3 3D (U) 11.30am, 2.30, 5.30. Winter’s Bone (15) 11.50am, 2.30, 5.20, 8.10. FRIDAY 24–THURSDAY 30 Buried (15) Wed & Thu: 11.50am, 2.30, 5.30, 8.20. Cyrus (15) Daily: 2.00, 6.50, 9.30 (not Wed & Thu). Also late Fri & Sat: 11.45. Devil (15) Daily: 11.50am, 2.00, 4.30, 6.50, 9.10. Also late Fri & Sat: 11.20. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (PG) Fri–Tue: 10.50am, 4.00. Dinner for Schmucks (12A) Daily: 1.30 (not Sun), 4.00 (not Mon), 6.40, 9.25. Dinner for Schmucks (Subtitled) (12A) Sun: 1.30. Mon: 4.00. Eat Pray Love (PG) Daily: 10.40am, 2.00, 5.20, 8.45. Also late Fri & Sat: 11.55. Endhiran (The Robot) (12A) Thu: 8.10. The Expendables (15) Daily: 8.20. F (18) Late Fri & Sat: 11.40. Going the Distance (15) Daily: 2.00, 9.40. Grown Ups (12A) Daily: 1.45, 4.30, 7.00, 9.20. Also Tue–Thu: 11.20am. The Hole 3D (12A) Daily: 10.50am, 1.30, 4.10, 6.50, 9.30. Inception (12A) Daily: 1.10, 4.45, 8.10 (not Thu). Just Wright (PG) Daily: 1.20 (not Wed & Thu), 9.00. The Kid (15) Fri–Tue: 6.10.
Tue–Thu: 10.50am. The Last Airbender 3D (PG) Fri–Mon: 11.10am. The Last Exorcism (15) Daily: 1.30, 4.00, 6.30 (not Tue), 9.00. Also Tue–Thu: 11.00am. Also late Fri & Sat: 11.30. Marmaduke (U) Daily: 4.40. Also Fri–Mon: 11.50am. The Other Guys (12A) Daily: 11.50am, 2.30, 5.30, 8.20. Also late Fri & Sat: 11.10. Peepli Live (15) Daily: 11.45am, 2.30, 5.30, 8.10. Also late Fri & Sat: 10.50. Piranha 3D (18) Late Fri & Sat: 10.50. Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D (15) Daily: 10.50am, 1.20, 4.00, 6.40, 9.20. Also late Fri & Sat: 11.50. Salt (12A) Daily: 11.40am, 4.40, 7.00. Scott Pilgrim vs The World (12A) Daily: 2.00, 9.40. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (PG) Fri–Mon: 11.00am. Tamara Drewe (15) Daily: 11.30am, 4.30, 6.50. The Town (15) Daily: 11.00am, 2.10, 5.20, 8.30. Also late Fri & Sat: 11.40. Toy Story 3 2D (U) Fri–Mon: 11.00am. Toy Story 3 3D (U) Daily: 11.30am, 2.30, 5.30. Winter’s Bone (15) Daily: 12.20, 2.45, 5.20, 8.10. Also late Fri & Sat: 10.40. World’s Greatest Dad (15) Daily: 11.00am, 1.40, 4.20, 7.00, 9.30. Also late Fri & Sat: 11.50.
Empire Clyde Regional Centre, 23 Britannia Way. 08714 714714. Adults £6.50 (£5.20 Mon–Fri before 5pm). Under 15s / Students / Seniors £5. Family ticket £20. Empire Juniors £1.25. SaverDay Tuesday £3.95. 3D Supplement £1.50. Glasses £1 per pair. THURSDAY 23 SEP Cyrus (15) 12.40, 3.15, 5.40, 8.00. Devil (15) 1.45, 4.15, 6.45, 9.00. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (PG) 1.20, 3.50. Dinner for Schmucks (12A) 12.20, 3.10, 5.50, 8.40. The Expendables (15) 6.20, 8.50. Grown Ups (12A) 12.45, 3.30, 6.00, 8.30. The Hole 3D (12A) 1.15, 3.45, 6.15, 8.45. The Last Exorcism (15) 1.00, 3.20, 5.45, 8.20. The Other Guys (12A) 12.30, 3.00, 5.30, 8.15. Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D (15) 2.00, 4.30, 7.00, 9.15. Scott Pilgrim vs The World (12A) 2.50, 8.10. The Switch (12A) 12.15, 5.40. FRIDAY 24–THURSDAY 30 Alice in Wonderland 3D (PG) Sat & Sun: 11.00am. Buried (15) Wed & Thu: 1.45, 4.00, 6.30, 8.50. Cyrus (15) Daily: 3.15, 8.10. Devil (15) Daily: 2.10, 4.15, 6.45, 9.00. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (PG) Daily: 1.20, 3.40. Also Fri–Mon: 11.10am. Dinner for Schmucks (12A) Daily: 6.00, 8.45. Eat Pray Love (PG) Daily: 2.00, 5.15, 8.30. The Girl who Played with Fire (15) Fri–Tue: 2.30, 5.50, 8.50. Grown Ups (12A) Daily: 12.45, 3.30, 6.10, 8.40. The Hole 3D (12A) Daily: 1.15, 3.45, 6.00, 8.20. The Last Exorcism (15) Daily: 3.20, 5.45, 8.00. Also Tue–Thu: 1.00. Marmaduke (U) Fri–Mon: 11.20am, 1.20. The Other Guys (12A)
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Daily: 12.30, 3.00, 5.30, 8.15. Planet 51 (U) Sat & Sun: 11.00am. Prince of Persia – The Sands of Time (Senior Screening) (12A) Wed: 11.00am. Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D (15) Daily: 7.00, 9.15. Scott Pilgrim vs The World (12A) Daily: 12.40, 5.40. Toy Story 3 3D (U) Sat & Sun, Tue–Thu: 2.00, 4.30. Also Sat & Sun: 11.45am.
Galgael 15 Fairley Street. 0141 352 4900. Free. THURSDAY 30 SEP Given to The People (E) 7.00.
Glasgow Film Theatre 12 Rose Street. 0141 332 6535. Adults £6.90. Concessions £5.20. THURSDAY 23 SEP My Son, my Son, What Have Ye Done? (15) 1.30, 8.40. Winter’s Bone (15) 1.45, 4.00, 6.15, 8.30. South of the Border (15) 3.45. Budrus (E) 6.00. FRIDAY 24 SEP From Here to Eternity (PG) 1.15, 6.00. Rapt (15) 2.15, 6.30. Winter’s Bone (15) 3.45, 8.30. Alamar (U) 4.45, 9.00. Donnie Darko (15) 10.45. SATURDAY 25 SEP Rapt (15) 1.00, 8.15. Winter’s Bone (15) 1.30, 6.15, 8.30. Climate Refugees (E) 3.30. From Here to Eternity (PG) 3.45. Alamar (U) 6.30. Team America (15) 10.45. Furry Vengeance (PG) 11.30. SUNDAY 26 SEP Alamar (U) 1.00, 5.30. Winter’s Bone (15) 2.45, 5.00. The Garden (12) 3.00. From Here to Eternity (PG) 7.15. One Way Pendulum (U) 7.30. MONDAY 27 SEP From Here to Eternity (PG) 2.30. Alamar (U) 3.30, 8.45. Winter’s Bone (15) 5.15. Hunger (12) 5.45. TUESDAY 28 SEP The Edge of Dreaming (E) 12.45. Alamar (U) 3.30. Shades of Fern (12A) 6.00. Winter’s Bone (15) 6.15, 8.30. Laughter in the Dark: Humour in Artists’ Films Since the 1970s 6.30-9.00. Persona Non Grata (E) 8.15. WEDNESDAY 29 SEP Skeletons (12A) 2.15, 8.45. Winter’s Bone (15) 4.00, 6.15. Alamar (U) 4.15. World Vote Now (E) 6.00. The Edge of Dreaming (E) 8.30. THURSDAY 30 SEP Winter’s Bone (15) 1.45, 4.00, 8.30. Alamar (U) 2.15, 8.45. Skeletons (12A) 4.00. Nero’s Guests (15) 6.00. MAP Magazine Screening (E) 6.30. FRIDAY 1 OCT Police, Adjective (12A) 1.00, 3.30, 8.30. The Leopard (PG) 1.30. The Secret in their Eyes (El Secreto De Sus Ojos) (18) 5.40, 8.15. SoulBoy (12A) 6.15. SATURDAY 2 OCT Toy Story 3 2D (U) 11.30am. Toy Story 3 2D (Autism Friendly Screening) (U) 12.30. The Secret in their Eyes (El Secreto De Sus Ojos) (18) 1.50, 8.15. SoulBoy (12A) 3.00. The Leopard (PG) 4.30. Police, Adjective (12A) 6.00, 8.30. 23 Sep–7 Oct 2010 THE LIST 65
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Film LISTINGS SUNDAY 3 OCT Police, Adjective (12A) 1.00, 3.30, 6.00. Hans Richter: Early Works (E) 2.30. The Leopard (PG) 4.30. The Secret in their Eyes (El Secreto De Sus Ojos) (18) 8.15. SoulBoy (12A) 8.20. MONDAY 4 OCT Police, Adjective (12A) 1.00, 3.30, 8.20. The Secret in their Eyes (El Secreto De Sus Ojos) (18) 1.30, 4.40. The Nurture Room (12A) 6.00. The Leopard (PG) 7.15. TUESDAY 5 OCT Tamara Drewe (15) 12.45. Police, Adjective (12A) 1.00, 3.30, 8.20. Enter the Void (18) 2.45, 8.15. Tamara Drewe (Subtitled) (15) 5.50. A Small Act (12) 6.00. Laughter in the Dark: Humour in Artists’ Films Since the 1970s 6.30-9.00. WEDNESDAY 6 OCT Tamara Drewe (15) 1.00, 3.20, 8.20. Police, Adjective (12A) 1.20, 3.40, 8.30. Enter the Void (18) 5.50. Mandy (PG) 6.00. THURSDAY 7 OCT Police, Adjective (12A) 1.00, 3.30, 6.10, 8.30. Enter the Void (18) 2.45, 8.20. Tamara Drewe (15) 6.00.
Grosvenor Ashton Lane, Hillhead. 0845 166 6002. Adults Mon–Thu: £6 before 5pm; £7 after. Adults Fri-Sun £6.50 before 5pm; £7.50 after. Sofa Sun–Thu £16; Fri & Sat £19.50. Watch with baby £5 (includes tea or coffee). Senior Screenings £5 before 6pm; £6 after (includes fish & chips and tea). THURSDAY 23 SEP The Girl who Played with Fire (15) 12.30, 3.15, 8.45. The Girl who Played with Fire (Parent & Baby Screening) (15) 10.00am. The Jerk (15) 6.00. Tamara Drewe (15) 1.00, 3.30, 6.15, 9.00. FRIDAY 24–THURSDAY 30 Eat Pray Love (PG) Daily: 2.00, 5.30, 8.30. Eat Pray Love (Parent & Baby Screening) (PG) Sat, Tue & Thu: 10.30am. Eat Pray Love (Senior Screening) (PG) Wed: 10.30am. Night at the Museum 2 (PG) Sat & Sun: 10.30am. Tamara Drewe (15) Daily: 12.30, 3.15, 6.00. Also Fri–Sun: 8.45.
IMAX Theatre Glasgow Science Centre, 50 Pacific Quay. 0141 420 5000. Feature film: Adults £8.95; Children £6.95. IMAX films: add £2.50 to Science Mall admission. THURSDAY 23 SEP Hubble 3D (U) 12.30, 3.00. Under the Sea 3D (U) 1.45. FRIDAY 24–THURSDAY 30 Alien Adventure 3D (U) Fri–Tue: 1.45, 4.15. Avatar 3D (12A) Fri & Sat: 7.00. Fly Me to the Moon (U) Fri–Tue: 3.00. Hubble 3D (U) Fri–Tue: 12.30. Wed: 12.30, 3.00. Under the Sea 3D (U) Wed: 1.45. FRIDAY 1–THURSDAY 7 Alien Adventure 3D (U) Sat & Sun: 1.45. Avatar 3D (12A) Fri & Sat: 7.00. 66 THE LIST 23 Sep–7 Oct 2010
Fly Me to the Moon (U) Sat & Sun: 12.30. Hubble 3D (U) Fri, Mon, Tue & Thu: 12.30, 3.00. Under the Sea 3D (U) Fri, Mon, Tue & Thu: 1.45. Sat & Sun: 3.00.
Odeon at the Quay Springfield Quay, Paisley Road. 0871 22 44 007. Peak pricing applies all day Sat, Sun & Bank Holidays and Fri after 5pm; Saver pricing applies Fri before 5pm and Mon–Thu after 5pm; Super Saver pricing applies Mon–Thu before 5pm. Adults Peak £8/ Saver £7.60/ Super Saver £6.80. Teen (age 13–17) £5.75/ £5.45/ £4.85. Children £5.50/ £5.20/ £4.65. Students & Seniors £6/ £5.70/ £5.10. Family ticket £22/ £20.80/ £18.60. Premier Seat upgrade £1.50 (family £6). 3D Supplement £1.75 (concessions £1.50; family £6). Glasses £1 per pair. Odeon Kids (selected Sat & Sun am screenings, includes one free adult ticket per child) £2.50. Senior Screen £3 (includes free tea or coffee). THURSDAY 23 SEP Anjaana Anjaani (PG) 4.30, 7.45. Cyrus (15) 4.40, 7.00, 9.20. Dabangg (Fearless) (15) 2.35, 5.25, 8.15. Devil (15) 2.10, 4.20, 6.30, 8.50. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (PG) 2.00, 4.10. Going the Distance (15) 11.50am. Grown Ups (12A) 1.00, 3.30, 6.00, 8.40. The Hole 3D (12A) 1.30, 3.40, 6.10, 8.30. The Last Exorcism (15) 7.20, 9.35. Marmaduke (U) noon, 2.15. The Other Guys (12A) 1.15, 3.45, 6.20, 9.00. Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D (15) 1.50, 4.10, 6.40, 9.10. Salt (12A) 1.40, 4.00, 6.25, 8.50. Tamara Drewe (15) 2.00. Tamara Drewe (Subtitled) (15) noon. We are Family (PG) 2.10, 5.00, 8.00. FRIDAY 24–THURSDAY 30 Buried (15) Wed & Thu: 3.00, 5.10, 7.20, 9.30. Cyrus (15) Fri–Tue: 3.10, 5.05. Dabangg (Fearless) (15) Daily: 11.15am (not Wed & Thu), 2.00, 5.00, 8.00. Devil (15) Fri–Mon, Wed & Thu: 1.30 (not Wed & Thu), 3.30, 5.30, 7.30, 9.40. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (PG) Fri–Tue: noon. Eat Pray Love (PG) Daily: 2.20, 5.30, 8.30. Also Fri–Mon: 11.20am. Eat Pray Love (Parent & Baby Screening) (PG) Tue: 11.00am. Grown Ups (12A) Daily: 10.40am & 1.10 (not Wed & Thu), 3.30, 6.00, 8.40. The Hole 3D (12A) Daily: 10.50am & 1.20 (not Wed & Thu), 3.50, 6.20, 8.50. Killers (Senior Screening) (12A) Tue: 11.00am. Marmaduke (U) Fri–Tue: 10.40am, 12.35. The Other Guys (12A) Daily: 1.30 (not Wed & Thu), 4.00, 6.40, 9.20. Also Sat–Mon: 10.50am. The Other Guys (Subtitled) (12A) Fri & Tue: 10.50am. The Princess and the Frog (U) Fri–Mon: 11.00am, 1.05. Tue: 11.20am, 1.20. Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D (15) Fri–Tue: 7.10, 9.30. Salt (12A) Daily: 2.10, 4.30, 6.50, 9.10. The Town (15) Daily: 12.20 (not Wed & Thu), 3.20, 6.10, 9.00. Toy Story 3 3D (U) Daily: 11.10am (not Wed & Thu), 1.45, 4.20, 7.00, 9.30. We are Family (PG) Daily: 2.30, 5.00, 8.00.
Paisley Arts Centre New Street, Paisley. 0141 887 1010. £5 (£4; members £3). Membership £10 per season. Matinees £3 for all. See www.paisleyfilmsociety.com TUESDAY 28 SEP The Hurt Locker (15) 7.30.
Showcase Cinema, Coatbridge Barrbridge Leisure Centre, Coatbridge. 0871 220 1000. Adults £7.20 (£5.90 before noon). Concessions £5.40. 3D Supplement £2; glasses £1 per pair. THURSDAY 23 SEP Cyrus (15) 1.05, 3.20, 5.40, 8.00, 10.15. Devil (15) 12.30, 3.00, 5.15, 7.35, 9.40. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (PG) 12.20, 2.50, 5.05, 7.25, 9.45. Dinner for Schmucks (12A) 11.20am, 2.00, 4.35, 7.15, 9.55. The Expendables (15) 11.35am, 2.00, 4.35, 7.40, 10.15. Going the Distance (15) 10.00. Grown Ups (12A) 11.10am, 1.55, 4.35, 7.15, 9.50. The Hole 3D (12A) 5.00, 7.25. Just Wright (PG) 11.25am, 1.50, 4.25, 7.00, 9.25. The Karate Kid (PG) 11.00am, 1.55, 4.50. Knight and Day (12A) 11.05am, 1.55, 4.35, 7.25, 10.00. The Last Exorcism (15) 1.00, 3.15, 5.30, 7.50, 10.05. Marmaduke (U) 11.40am, 2.10, 4.45, 7.25. The Other Guys (12A) 11.30am, 2.05, 4.45, 7.20, 9.55. Piranha 3D (18) 9.50. Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D (15) 12.20, 2.45, 5.30, 7.50, 10.10. Salt (12A) 7.55, 10.15. Toy Story 3 3D (U) 11.00am, 1.30. FRIDAY 24–THURSDAY 30 Buried (15) Wed & Thu: 7.30, 10.00. Cyrus (15) Daily: 8.00, 10.15. Also late Fri & Sat: 12.20am. Devil (15) Daily: 12.30, 3.00, 5.15, 7.35, 9.40. Also late Fri & Sat: 11.35. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (PG) Daily: 12.20, 2.50, 5.05, 7.25, 9.45. Also late Fri & Sat: 11.55. Dinner for Schmucks (12A) Daily: 11.20am, 4.35, 9.55 (not Wed & Thu). Dragon Hunters (12) Daily: 11.00am. Eat Pray Love (PG) Daily: 1.00, 4.30, 7.45. Also late Fri & Sat: 10.45. The Expendables (15) Daily: 4.35, 7.40, 10.15. Also late Fri & Sat: 12.35am. Grown Ups (12A) Daily: 11.10am, 1.55, 4.35, 7.15, 9.50. Also late Fri & Sat: 12.10am. The Hole 3D (12A) Daily: 12.15, 2.35, 5.00, 7.25, 9.45. Also late Fri & Sat: 11.55. The Karate Kid (PG) Daily: 11.00am, 1.55, 4.50. Knight and Day (12A) Daily: 11.05am, 1.55, 4.35, 7.25, 10.00. Also late Fri & Sat: 12.25am. The Last Exorcism (15) Daily: 1.00, 3.15, 5.30, 7.50, 10.05. Also late Fri & Sat: 12.15am. Marmaduke (U) Daily: 11.40am, 2.10, 4.45, 7.25, 9.35. Also late Fri & Sat: 11.45. The Other Guys (12A) Daily: 11.30am, 2.05, 4.45, 7.20, 9.55. Also late Fri & Sat: 12.15am. Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D (15) Daily: 1.00, 7.50, 10.10. Also late Fri & Sat: 12.25am. Salt (12A) Daily: 2.00, 7.25 (not Wed & Thu). Also late Fri & Sat: 12.30am.
The Town (15) Daily: 12.45, 4.10, 7.05, 10.00. Toy Story 3 2D (U) Daily: 11.30am, 2.00. Toy Story 3 3D (U) Daily: 4.30.
Showcase Cinema Griffin Avenue, Phoenix Business Park, Paisley. 0871 220 1000. £7.20 (£5.90 Mon–Fri before 6pm; Sat & Sun before noon). Concessions £5.40. Family ticket £20.20. 3D Supplement £2; glasses £1 per pair. THURSDAY 23 SEP Cyrus (15) 1.05, 3.20, 5.40, 8.00, 10.15. Devil (15) 12.30, 3.00, 5.15, 7.35, 9.40. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (PG) noon, 2.35, 4.55, 7.10, 9.30. Dinner for Schmucks (12A) 9.50. The Expendables (15) 1.30, 4.30, 7.00, 9.45. Grown Ups (12A) 11.10am, 1.55, 4.35, 7.15, 9.50. The Hole 3D (12A) 5.00, 7.25. Just Wright (PG) 11.25am, 1.50, 5.35, 7.55, 10.20. The Last Exorcism (15) 1.00, 3.15, 5.30, 7.50, 10.05. Marmaduke (U) 11.40am, 2.10, 4.45, 7.05. Night of the Demons (18) 12.40, 3.10, 5.35, 7.55, 10.20. The Other Guys (12A) 11.30am, 2.05, 4.45, 7.20, 9.55. Piranha 3D (18) 9.50. Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D (15) 12.20, 2.45, 5.30, 7.50, 10.10. Salt (12A) 11.20am, 1.45, 4.40, 7.00, 9.30. Scott Pilgrim vs The World (12A) 11.15am, 2.00, 4.40, 7.25. Tamara Drewe (15) 9.10. Toy Story 3 3D (U) 11.30am, 2.00. FRIDAY 24–THURSDAY 30 Buried (15) Wed & Thu: 7.30, 10.00. Confucius (15) Daily: 9.20. Also late Fri & Sat: 12.05am. Cyrus (15) Daily: 7.45, 10.00. Also late Fri & Sat: 12.10am. Devil (15) Daily: 12.30, 3.00, 5.15, 7.35, 9.40. Also late Fri & Sat: 11.35. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (PG) Daily: noon, 2.35, 4.55, 7.10, 9.30. Also late Fri & Sat: 11.50. Eat Pray Love (PG) Daily: 1.00, 4.30, 7.45. Also late Fri & Sat: 10.45. The Expendables (15) Daily: 11.00am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.00, 9.35. Also late Fri & Sat: midnight. Grown Ups (12A) Daily: 11.10am, 1.55, 4.35, 7.15, 9.50. Also late Fri & Sat: 12.10am. The Hole 3D (12A) Daily: 12.15, 2.35, 5.00, 7.25, 9.45. Also late Fri & Sat: 11.55. Just Wright (PG) Daily: 7.00, 9.25. Also late Fri & Sat: 11.40. The Last Exorcism (15) Daily: 12.30, 3.15, 5.30, 7.50 & 10.05 (not Wed & Thu). Also late Fri & Sat: 12.15am. Marmaduke (U) Daily: 11.40am, 2.10, 4.45, 7.05, 9.15. Also late Fri & Sat: 11.20. The Other Guys (12A) Daily: 11.30am, 2.05, 4.45, 7.20, 9.55. Also late Fri & Sat: 12.15am. Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D (15) Daily: 4.40, 7.10. Salt (12A) Daily: 11.20am, 1.45, 4.40, 7.00, 9.30. Also late Fri & Sat: 11.50. Scott Pilgrim vs The World (12A) Daily: 11.15am, 1.50, 4.35, 7.15, 9.50. Also late Fri & Sat: 12.15am. Tamara Drewe (15)
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www.list.co.uk/film Daily: 11.15am, 1.50, 4.20. Toy Story 3 2D (U) Daily: noon, 2.30, 5.00. Toy Story 3 3D (U) Daily: 11.30am, 2.00.
Sloans 62 Argyle Arcade, 108 Argyle Street. 0141 221 8886. £14.95 including canapés and meal. TUESDAY 5 OCT Kick-Ass (15) 7.00.
Tramway 25 Albert Drive. 0845 330 3501. £4.50 (£3.50). TUESDAY 5 OCT MURDER and murder (15) 7.00. WEDNESDAY 6 OCT Privilege (18) 7.00. THURSDAY 7 OCT The Man who Envied Women (15) 2.30. Yvonne Rainer: Short Films (1966-1978) (15) 7.30-10.30.
EDINBURGH Brunton Theatre Ladywell Way, Musselburgh. Bookings/Info: 0131 665 2240. Tickets £5–£5.50 (£4.50–£5). MONDAY 4 OCT Robin Hood (12A) 7.30. TUESDAY 5 OCT The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (18) 7.30.
Cameo 38 Home Street. 0871 902 5723. Adults £6.80 (Tue–Fri before 5pm £5.80; Mon £4.80; late shows £5.50). Members £4.90 (Tue–Fri before 5pm £3.90; Mon £2.90; late shows £3.60). Students / Seniors / Unemployed £5.20 (Tue–Fri before 5pm & all day Mon £4.50; late shows £4.20). Under 15s £4.50. Sunday Double Bills £6.80 (concessions £5.20; members free). Wednesday first screening £1.50. Big Scream (parents with babies under 1 year old only) £4.50 (members £3; concessions £3.50). Silver Screen Sessions (retired customers only) £3.30 (members £2.30). THURSDAY 23 SEP Cyrus (15) 6.20. The Girl who Played with Fire (15) 4.10, 9.15. I’m Still Here (15) 4.10, 9.15. The Illusionist (12A) 4.30, 8.30. Knight and Day (Parent & Baby Screening) (12A) 10.30am. Metropolis (PG) 3.10. PhËdre (E) 6.45. SoulBoy (12A) 2.00. Winter’s Bone (15) 12.50, 9.20. FRIDAY 24–THURSDAY 30 The A-Team (12A) + The Expendables (15) Sun: 1.30. The A-Team (Parent & Baby Screening) (12A) Thu: 10.30am. Frozen (15) Fri & Sat: 10.30. Sun–Thu: 6.20. The Girl who Played with Fire (15) Fri & Sat, Mon–Thu: 1.40. The Illusionist (12A) Daily: 4.30 (not Sun), 8.30. Also Fri–Sun: 2.00, 4.40 (not Fri & Sat), 6.20 (not Sun). Playtime (U) Fri, Sat, Mon, Wed & Thu: 1.30. Sun: noon. Wagner & Me (PG) Sun: 2.40. Mon: 6.40. World’s Greatest Dad (15) Daily: 4.00, 6.30, 9.15.
Cineworld Fountainpark Fountain Park, 130/3 Dundee Street. 0871 200 2000. Adults £7.70 (£6.60 Mon–Fri before 5pm). Under 14s / Students £5. Seniors £4.90. Family ticket: £21. Movies for Juniors (selected Sat am): £1. Monday Classic £3.30. 3D Supplement: Adult £2.10; Children / Students / Seniors / Unlimited £1.50; Family Ticket supplement £5.60; glasses 80p per pair. THURSDAY 23 SEP Anjaana Anjaani (PG) 8.20. Cyrus (15) 11.10am, 1.20, 3.40, 6.00, 8.35. Dabangg (Fearless) (15) 11.05am, 2.15, 5.20. Devil (15) noon, 2.10, 4.40, 6.50, 9.00. Dinner for Schmucks (12A) 1.30, 6.25. F (18) 7.00, 9.15. Going the Distance (15) 11.00am, 4.00, 8.50. The Hole 3D (12A) 11.20am, 1.35, 3.45, 5.50, 8.00. The Kid (15) 11.30am, 2.20, 5.10, 8.00. The Last Exorcism (15) 11.55am, 4.20, 6.40, 8.55. The Other Guys (12A) 12.30, 3.05, 5.40, 8.10. Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D (15) 11.00am, 1.30, 4.00, 6.30, 9.00. The Runaways (15) 2.00. Scott Pilgrim vs The World (12A) 11.40am, 2.30, 5.35, 8.20. Tamara Drewe (15) 12.10, 2.50, 5.45, 8.15. Toy Story 3 3D (U) 10.30am, 1.00, 3.35. Winter’s Bone (15) 1.10, 3.30, 6.10, 8.40. FRIDAY 24–THURSDAY 30 Buried (15) Wed & Thu: noon, 2.30, 4.50, 7.00, 9.10. Cyrus (15) Daily: 11.40am, 2.00, 4.15, 9.10. Dabangg (Fearless) (15) Daily: 11.05am, 5.00 (not Thu). Devil (15) Daily: 11.55am, 1.55, 4.30, 6.45, 8.50. Also late Fri & Sat: 11.10. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (PG) Sat & Sun: 11.45am. Dinner for Schmucks (12A) Daily: 2.15 (not Sat & Sun), 8.00 (not Thu). Eat Pray Love (PG) Daily: 10.35am, 1.40, 4.45, 7.50. Also late Fri & Sat: 10.55. Endhiran (The Robot) (12A) Thu: 6.00. The Expendables (15) Late Fri & Sat: 11.15. Furry Vengeance (PG) Sat: 10.00am. Going the Distance (15) Daily: 11.15am, 6.15 (not Mon). The Hole 3D (12A) Daily: 10.30am, 12.50, 3.15, 5.45, 8.10. Also late Fri & Sat: 10.30. How to Train Your Dragon 2D (PG) Sat: 10.10am. The Kid (15) Daily: 11.45am (not Sat & Sun), 4.30, 6.50. The Last Airbender 3D (PG) Sat & Sun: 10.40am. The Last Exorcism (15) Daily: 2.15, 9.20. Marmaduke (U) Weekdays: 4.15. Sat & Sun: 1.35. The Other Guys (12A) Daily: 12.30 (not Mon), 3.05, 5.40, 8.30. Also late Fri & Sat: 11.00. The Other Guys (Parent & Baby Screening) (12A) Mon: 11.00am. Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D (15) Daily: 6.30, 9.00. Scott Pilgrim vs The World (12A) Fri–Tue: 10.40am (not Sat & Sun), 1.10, 3.40, 6.10, 8.45. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (PG) Sat & Sun: 10.40am. The Switch (12A)
Daily: 6.40. Tamara Drewe (15) Weekdays: 1.35, 8.35. Sat & Sun: 3.50, 8.35. Tooth Fairy (PG) Sat: 10.20am. The Town (15) Daily: 11.30am, 2.30, 5.25, 8.20. Also late Fri & Sat: 11.20. Toy Story 3 2D (U) Sat & Sun: 2.20. Toy Story 3 3D (U) Daily: 11.10am, 1.35 (not Sun), 4.00. Toy Story 3 3D (Subtitled) (U) Sun: 1.35. Winter’s Bone (15) Daily: 10.40am (not Sat & Sun), 1.05, 3.30, 6.10, 8.40. World’s Greatest Dad (15) Daily: 1.00, 3.20, 6.20, 8.50. Also late Fri & Sat: 11.30.
Dominion 18 Newbattle Terrace. 0131 447 4771. Gold Class seating: adults £7.90 before 6pm; £10.90 after; under 12s/Young Scot Card holders £6.90 before 6pm; £7.90 after; OAPs discount Sun–Thu only, £6.90 before 6pm; £7.90 after. Standard seating: adults £6.00 before 6pm; £6.90 after; under 12s/Young Scot Card holders £4.60. THURSDAY 23 SEP The Expendables (15) 6.15, 8.40. Gainsbourg (15) 1.45, 4.45, 7.40. The Girl who Played with Fire (15) 2.20, 5.20, 8.20. The Other Guys (12A) 2.00, 5.00, 8.00. Salt (12A) 4.00. FRIDAY 24–THURSDAY 30 Diary of a Wimpy Kid (PG) Sat & Sun: 12.55, 2.55. Eat Pray Love (PG) Daily: 1.50 (not Mon & Tue), 4.40, 7.50. The Girl who Played with Fire (15) Daily: 5.30, 8.20. Also Fri, Wed & Thu: 2.45. Marmaduke (U) Sat & Sun: 12.45, 2.45. The Other Guys (12A) Daily: 5.00, 8.30. Also Fri, Wed & Thu: 2.25. The Wildest Dream (PG) Daily: 2.05 (not Mon & Tue), 4.15, 6.35, 8.50.
Filmhouse 88 Lothian Road. 0131 228 2688. Adults £6.90 (before 5pm Mon–Thu £5.40; before 5pm Fri £4). Concessions £5.20 (before 5pm Mon–Thu £3.50; before 5pm Fri £2.50). Concessions apply to under 15s, students, Young Scot card holders, Seniors, disabled (carers go free), claimants of Jobseekers Allowance, Disability Living Allowance and Housing Benefit, NHS employees. THURSDAY 23 SEP 1. Tamara Drewe (15) 2.30, 8.30. The Garden (12) 6.10. 2. Certified Copy (12A) 3.00. Tamara Drewe (15) 6.00. Bread and Roses (15) 8.25. 3. Alamar (U) 3.30, 8.40. The Battle of the Sexes (U) 6.15. FRIDAY 24 SEP 1. Inception (12A) 2.00. Enter the Void (18) 5.30, 8.30. 2. Enter the Void (18) 2.30. Climate Refugees (E) 5.45. Budrus (E) 8.40. 3. Tamara Drewe (15) 1.15, 6.15, 8.45. The Battle of the Sexes (U) 3.40. SATURDAY 25 SEP 1. Inception (12A) 1.00, 4.15. 2. Enter the Void (18) 2.30, 5.30, 8.30. 3. Tamara Drewe (15) 2.00, 6.30, 8.55. The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby (U) 4.30. SUNDAY 26 SEP 1. Inception (Subtitled) (12A) 1.30. Inception (12A) 4.45, 8.00.
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2. Shrek Forever After 2D (PG) 1.00. Enter the Void (18) 3.10, 8.30. Three and a Half Lives of Phillip Wetu (12) 6.00. 3. Tamara Drewe (15) 1.15, 3.45, 6.15, 8.45. MONDAY 27 SEP 1. Shrek Forever After 2D (PG) 11.00am. Tamara Drewe (15) 2.00. Enter the Void (18) 5.30, 8.30. 2. Enter the Void (18) 2.30. A Walk to Beautiful (E) 5.45. Persona Non Grata (E) 8.20. 3. Tamara Drewe (15) 3.30, 8.45. Poison Pen (U) 6.15. TUESDAY 28 SEP 1. Tamara Drewe (15) 2.00, 8.30. Enter the Void (18) 5.30. 2. Enter the Void (18) 2.30, 8.30. Hunger (12) 5.45. 3. Tamara Drewe (15) 3.30, 6.00. Land without Bread (18) + L’Age d’Or (E) 8.45. WEDNESDAY 29 SEP 1. Tamara Drewe (15) 2.00. Enter the Void (18) 5.30, 8.30. 2. Enter the Void (18) 2.30. Nero’s Guests (15) 6.10. World Vote Now (E) 8.25. 3. Tamara Drewe (15) 3.30, 8.40. Day for Night (15) 6.00. THURSDAY 30 SEP 1. Tamara Drewe (15) 2.00. Badlands (15) 6.15. Enter the Void (18) 8.30. 2. Enter the Void (18) 2.30, 5.30. To Catch a Dollar (15) 8.25. 3. Tamara Drewe (15) 3.30, 6.00, 8.40. FRIDAY 1 OCT 1. Made in Dagenham (15) 1.00, 3.30, 6.00, 8.30. 2. Enter the Void (18) 2.30, 8.35. Sweet Crude (E) 6.00. 3. Let the Right One In (15) 1.00. Police, Adjective (12A) 3.30, 6.10. Good Fortune (E) 8.40. SATURDAY 2 OCT 1. Gandhi (PG) 1.45. Hans Richter: Early Works (E) 7.00. Made in Dagenham (15) 8.45. 2. Made in Dagenham (15) 1.05, 3.30, 6.00. Enter the Void (18) 8.30. 3. Smoke on the Potato Fields (15) 1.00. Police, Adjective (12A) 3.15, 8.15. Let the Right One In (15) 5.45. SUNDAY 3 OCT 1. Made in Dagenham (15) 1.15, 3.45, 6.15, 8.45. 2. Enter the Void (18) 3.00, 8.30. They Come for The Gold, they Come for it All (E) 6.00. 3. Shadows of a Hot Summer (15) 1.00. Police, Adjective (12A) 3.15, 8.15. I Am Love (15) 5.45. MONDAY 4 OCT 1. Made in Dagenham (Parent & Baby Screening) (15) 11.00am. Made in Dagenham (15) 2.30, 8.45. A Prophet (18) 5.45. 2. Enter the Void (18) 3.00, 8.30. Made in Dagenham (15) 6.00. 3. Police, Adjective (12A) 3.15, 8.15. I Am Love (15) 5.45. TUESDAY 5 OCT 1. Made in Dagenham (15) 2.00, 6.15, 8.45. 2. Enter the Void (18) 3.00, 8.30. A Small Act (12) 6.00. 3. Police, Adjective (12A) 2.30, 6.10. The Blood of a Poet (15) 8.40. WEDNESDAY 6 OCT 1. Made in Dagenham (15) 2.30, 8.45. The White Ribbon (15) 5.45. 2. Enter the Void (18) 3.00, 8.30. Made in Dagenham (15) 6.05. 3. Police, Adjective (12A) 3.15, 8.15. Electric Edwardians (PG) 6.00. 23 Sep–7 Oct 2010 THE LIST 67
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Film LISTINGS THURSDAY 7 OCT 1. Made in Dagenham (15) 2.30, 6.15, 8.45. 2. Enter the Void (18) 3.00, 8.30. From Here to Eternity (PG) 5.55. 3. Police, Adjective (12A) 3.15, 8.15. Waltz with Bashir (18) 6.10.
Odeon 118 Lothian Road. 0871 22 44 007. Peak pricing applies all day Sat, Sun & Bank Holidays and Fri after 5pm; Saver pricing applies Fri before 5pm and Mon–Thu after 5pm; Super Saver pricing applies Mon–Thu before 5pm. Adults Peak £8.50/ Saver £8.05/ Super Saver £7.20. Teen (age 13–17) £6.40/ £6.05/ £5.40. Children £6.20/ £5.85/ £5.25. Students & Seniors £6.60/ £6.25/ £5.60. Family ticket £24.80/ £23.40/ £21. 3D Supplement £1.75 (concessions £1.50; family £6). Glasses £1 per pair. Senior Screen £3.25 (includes free tea or coffee). THURSDAY 23 SEP Devil (15) 2.15, 4.15, 6.15, 8.15. Going the Distance (15) 3.00, 5.30. Inception (Subtitled) (12A) 7.45. The Other Guys (12A) 2.45, 5.40, 8.10. Scott Pilgrim vs The World (12A) 2.30, 5.45, 8.30. FRIDAY 24–THURSDAY 30 Devil (15) Daily: 2.45, 4.15, 6.15, 8.15. Eat Pray Love (PG) Daily: 1.50 (not Tue), 4.45, 7.45. Eat Pray Love (Parent & Baby Screening) (PG) Tue: 1.45. Inception (12A) Daily: 7.30. Killers (Senior Screening) (12A) Tue: 11.00am. Marmaduke (U) Sat: 1.30. Marmaduke (Subtitled) (U) Sun: 1.30. The Other Guys (12A) Daily: 1.45 (not Sat & Sun), 4.00 (not Sat, Sun & Wed), 6.15 (not Sat–Mon), 8.30 (not Thu). Also Sat & Sun: 3.45 (not Sat), 6.10. The Other Guys (Subtitled) (12A) Sat: 3.45. Mon: 6.15. Wed: 4.00. Thu: 8.30. Scott Pilgrim vs The World (12A) Daily: 5.15. The Town (15) Daily: 2.00, 5.15, 8.00.
Daily: 7.30. Buried (15) Wed & Thu: 4.00, 6.20, 8.35. Devil (15) Daily: 2.00 & 4.00 (not Wed & Thu), 6.20 (not Mon, Wed & Thu), 8.35. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (PG) Daily: 3.30, 5.30. Also Sat & Sun: 1.20. Eat Pray Love (PG) Daily: 1.50, 5.00, 7.50. Grown Ups (12A) Daily: 3.10, 5.35, 8.10. The Hole 3D (12A) Daily: 3.40, 6.00, 8.30. Also Sat & Sun: 1.30. The Other Guys (12A) Daily: 3.20 (not Mon), 5.40 (not Tue), 8.10 (not Thu). Also Sat & Sun: 1.00. The Other Guys (Subtitled) (12A) Mon: 3.20. Tue: 5.40. Thu: 8.10. Salt (12A) Daily: 2.40, 5.20, 7.40. Tamara Drewe (15) Daily: 3.00, 5.30, 8.00 (not Wed & Thu). Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue (U) Sat & Sun: 1.10.
Vue Ocean Ocean Terminal, Ocean Drive, Victoria Dock, Leith. 08712 240240. Peak prices apply Sat & Sun, Fri after 5pm; Saver prices apply Fri before 5pm, Mon–Thu after 5pm; Super Saver prices apply Mon–Thu before 5pm. Adults Peak £7.80/ Saver £7.05/ Super Saver £5.85. Children £5.85/ £5.30/ £4.40. Teens (13–18) £6.25/ £5.60/ £4.70. Students £6.70/ £5.95/ £4.95. Seniors £5.85/ £5.30/ £4.40. Family Ticket £23.40/ £21.20/ £17.60. VIP seats add £1.40. Over-18s screenings add £1. 3D Supplement: Adults add £2.30; Students/Teens/Children/Seniors £1.70; Family ticket £6.80. Teen screenings £1.95 (3D £2.95). Kids AM (selected Sat & Sun am) 95p. Seniors club £3 (includes tea or coffee and biscuits). Cheap Day Tuesday £4.10 (with card).
THURSDAY 23 SEP Avatar 3D: Special Edition (12A) 7.30. Devil (15) 3.25, 5.45, 8.20. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (PG) 3.30, 5.30. Grown Ups (12A) 3.10, 5.40, 8.10. The Hole 3D (12A) 3.35, 5.50, 8.00. The Other Guys (12A) 3.40, 6.00, 8.25. Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D (15) 3.55, 6.10, 8.30. Salt (12A) 3.05, 5.35. Salt (Subtitled) (12A) 7.50. Tamara Drewe (15) 3.00, 5.25, 7.55.
THURSDAY 23 SEP Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore 2D (U) 10.00am. Cyrus (15) 3.50, 8.40, 10.50. Devil (15) 12.30, 2.50, 5.00, 7.10, 9.00, 11.10. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (PG) 11.50am, 2.10, 4.20. Dinner for Schmucks (12A) 6.00. The Expendables (15) 10.10am, 12.40, 3.00, 5.40, 8.10, 10.40. Going the Distance (15) 10.40am, 1.00, 3.20. Grown Ups (12A) 1.20, 3.40, 6.10, 8.30, 11.00. The Hole 3D (12A) 12.10, 2.40, 5.10, 7.30. Inception (12A) 7.00, 10.10. Just Wright (PG) 5.50, 8.20, 10.40. The Last Exorcism (15) 6.40, 8.50, 11.00. Marmaduke (U) 10.20am, 12.30, 2.40, 4.50. Marmaduke (Parent & Baby Screening) (U) 10.20am. The Other Guys (12A) 11.20am, 1.40, 4.10, 6.50, 9.10. Piranha 3D (18) 10.10. Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D (15) 7.40, 10.00. Salt (12A) 1.00, 3.20, 5.50, 8.20, 10.50. Scott Pilgrim vs The World (12A) 10.50am, 1.10. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (PG) 10.30am. The Switch (12A) 12.50, 5.40. Tamara Drewe (15) 10.20am, 3.10, 8.00, 10.30. Toy Story 3 3D (U) noon, 2.30, 5.00.
FRIDAY 24–THURSDAY 30 Avatar 3D: Special Edition (12A)
FRIDAY 24–THURSDAY 30 Buried (15)
Odeon Wester Hailes 120 Wester Hailes Road, Westside Plaza. 0871 22 44 007. Peak pricing applies all day Sat, Sun & Bank Holidays and Fri after 5pm; Saver pricing applies Fri before 5pm and Mon–Thu after 5pm; Super Saver pricing applies Mon–Thu before 5pm. Adults Peak £7.50/ Saver £7.10/ Super Saver £6.35. Teen (age 13–17) £5.60/ £5.30/ £4.75. Children £5.40/ £5.10/ £4.55. Students & Seniors £5.80/ £5.50/ £4.90. Family ticket £21.60/ £20.40/ £18.20. Premier Seat upgrade £1 (family £4). 3D Supplement £1.75 (concessions £1.50; family £6). Glasses £1 per pair.
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Wed & Thu: noon, 2.00, 4.10, 6.30, 8.50, 11.00. Cyrus (15) Daily: 10.30. Devil (15) Daily: 6.40, 8.40, 10.40. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (PG) Daily: 12.20, 2.30, 4.40. Also Sat & Sun: 10.10am. Eat Pray Love (PG) Daily: 10.30am (not Sat, Sun & Wed), 1.30, 4.30, 7.30, 10.30. Eat Pray Love (Parent & Baby Screening) (PG) Wed: 10.30am. The Expendables (15) Daily: 10.10. Grease (Sing-Along) (PG) Fri: 7.00. Sun: 11.30am, 7.00. Grown Ups (12A) Daily: 12.40, 2.50, 5.20 (not Tue & Thu), 7.50, 10.20. Also Sat & Sun: 10.20am. The Hole 3D (12A) Daily: 11.00am, 1.20, 3.40, 6.10, 8.30. Inception (12A) Fri–Tue: 6.00, 9.00. The Karate Kid (Teen Screening) (PG) Tue & Thu: 5.20. The Last Exorcism (15) Daily: 6.50, 8.50, 10.20. Marmaduke (U) Daily: 11.50am (not Wed), 1.50, 4.20. Also Sat & Sun: 9.50am. The Other Guys (12A) Daily: 10.30am & 12.50 (not Wed & Thu), 3.20, 5.50 (not Sun & Mon), 8.20, 10.40. The Other Guys (Over-18s Screening) (12A) Sun & Mon: 5.50. Piranha 3D (18) Late daily: 11.00. Please Give (Senior Screening) (15) Wed: 11.30am. Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D (15) Daily: 7.00 (not Fri & Sun), 9.30. Salt (12A) Daily: 10.50am (not Sun), 1.00, 3.20 (not Wed & Thu), 5.40, 8.00 (not Mon). Salt (Subtitled) (12A) Sun: 10.50am. Mon: 8.00. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (PG) Sat & Sun: 11.50am, 2.20. Tamara Drewe (15) Daily: 11.50am & 2.20 (not Sat & Sun), 4.50, 7.10, 9.40. Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue (U) Daily: 12.10, 2.10, 4.00. Also Sat & Sun: 10.20am. The Town (15) Daily: 12.30, 3.00, 5.30, 8.10, 10.50. Toy Story 3 2D (U) Daily: noon, 2.40, 5.10, 7.40. Also Sat & Sun: 9.40am. Toy Story 3 3D (U) Daily: 11.40am (not Sun), 2.00, 4.30. Up 2D (U) Daily: 10.00am.
Vue Omni Omni, Greenside. 08712 240240. Peak prices apply all day Sat & Sun, Fri after 5pm; Saver prices apply Fri before 5pm, Mon–Thu after 5pm; Super Saver prices apply Mon–Thu before 5pm. Adults Peak £7.80/ Saver £7.05/ Super Saver £5.85. Children £5.85/ £5.30/ £4.40. Teens (13–18) £6.25/ £5.60/ £4.70. Students £6.70/ £5.95/ £4.95. Seniors £5.85/ £5.30/ £4.40. Family Ticket £23.40/ £21.20/ £17.60. VIP seats add £1.40. 3D Supplement: Adults add £2.30; Students/Teens/Children/Seniors £1.70; Family ticket £6.80. Teen screenings £1.95 (3D £2.95). Kids AM (selected Sat & Sun am) 95p. THURSDAY 23 SEP Cyrus (15) 1.15, 6.45. Devil (15) 11.45am, 1.40, 3.35, 5.30, 7.30, 9.30, 11.30. Dinner for Schmucks (12A) 11.20am, 4.10, 9.15.
The Expendables (15) 4.00, 9.00. The Girl who Played with Fire (15) 11.00. Going the Distance (15) 1.05, 6.20. Grown Ups (12A) 12.05, 2.30, 4.50, 7.20, 9.50. The Hole 3D (12A) 12.20, 2.20, 4.35. Inception (12A) 1.30, 4.45, 8.00. The Last Exorcism (15) 11.45am, 2.00, 4.20, 6.30, 8.45, 10.50. The Other Guys (12A) 1.00, 3.30, 6.00, 8.30, 11.00. Piranha 3D (18) 10.00. Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D (15) 7.00, 9.40. The Runaways (15) 1.45. Salt (12A) 10.40. Scott Pilgrim vs The World (12A) 12.30, 3.00, 5.35, 8.10, 10.45. StreetDance 3D (Teen Screening) (PG) 4.45. The Switch (12A) 11.10am, 1.25, 3.40, 5.55, 8.20. Tamara Drewe (15) 3.20, 5.55, 8.25. Toy Story 3 3D (U) noon, 2.20, 4.40, 7.20. FRIDAY 24–THURSDAY 30 Buried (15) Wed & Thu: 11.30am, 2.00, 4.20, 6.40, 9.00, 11.15. Cyrus (15) Daily: 10.20. Devil (15) Daily: 11.05am, 1.10, 3.10, 5.10, 7.15, 9.20, 11.15. Also Sat & Sun: 9.05am. Dinner for Schmucks (12A) Daily: 12.10, 5.20. Eat Pray Love (PG) Daily: 12.05, 3.05, 6.10, 9.10. The Expendables (15) Late daily: 10.50. Going the Distance (15) Fri–Tue: 1.50, 6.40. Grease (Sing-Along) (PG) Sun: 7.30. Grown Ups (12A) Daily: 11.10am, 1.20, 3.40, 6.05, 8.30. Also Sat & Sun: 9.00am. The Hole 3D (12A) Daily: 12.45, 3.20, 5.40, 8.00. Also Sat & Sun: 10.30am. Inception (12A) Daily: 1.30, 4.40, 7.50, 11.00. The Karate Kid (Teen Screening) (PG) Tue & Thu: 5.35. The Last Exorcism (15) Daily: 9.15am, 11.25am (not Sun), 1.30, 3.35, 6.00 (not Tue & Thu), 8.20, 10.30. Marmaduke (U) Fri–Tue: 11.20am. Also Sat & Sun: 9.15am. The Other Guys (12A) Daily: 1.00, 3.30, 6.20 (not Sun & Tue), 8.50, 11.20. Also Sat & Sun: 10.20am. Piranha 3D (18) Daily: 10.20. Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D (15) Daily: 5.15 (not Sun & Tue), 7.35 (not Tue), 10.00. Scott Pilgrim vs The World (12A) Daily: 12.20 (not Sun), 3.00, 5.35, 8.10 (not Tue), 10.45. Also Sat & Sun: 9.50am. Scott Pilgrim vs The World (Subtitled) (12A) Sun: 12.20. Tue: 8.10. Swan Lake (U) Mon: 2.00. Tue: 6.15. The Switch (12A) Fri–Tue: 11.30am, 4.20, 9.00. Also Sat & Sun: 9.10am. Tamara Drewe (15) Daily: 2.35, 7.50. Also Sat & Sun: 9.40am. The Town (15) Daily: noon, 2.50, 5.50, 8.40, 11.20. Also Sat & Sun: 9.20am. Toy Story 3 3D (U) Fri–Sun & Tue–Thu: 12.15, 2.45. Also Sat & Sun: 9.35am. Up 2D (U) Sat & Sun: 10.00am.
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GLASGOWw Activities & Fun FREE Saturday Art Club Sat 25 Sep & Sat 2 Oct, 10.30am–1pm. Gallery of Modern Art, Royal Exchange Square, 287 3050. Arty activities relating to the art on display. Ages 3–11. FREE Gardening Day Tue 28 Sep & 5 Oct, 12.30pm. The Children’s Garden, Botanic Garden, 730 Great Western Road, www.weegarden.co.uk. Weekly green-fingered session for little ones. French Speaking Toddler Group
Wed 29 Sep & 6 Oct, 10am. £1. Kelvinside Hillhead Parish Church, Observatory Road, 334 2788. Weekly playgroup for French-speaking children and their families. FREE Toddler Time Fri 24 Sep & 1 Oct, Fri 11.30–11.55am & 2.30–2.55pm. Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. Take your tots along for songs, stories and fun with a different theme inspired by the museum’s myriad delights each week. FREE Busy Bees @ The Loft Sat 25 & Sun 26 Sep & Sat 2 & Sun 3 Oct, noon–2pm. The Loft, Ashton Lane, 339 8444. Free crafty activities for kids to enjoy while mums and dads have lunch. Busy Bees at the Life Craft Sat 25 Sep, Wed 29 Sep, Sat 2 Oct & Wed 6 Oct, 3–5pm. £8. The Life Craft, 691 Great Western Road, 334 2722. Drop-in craft activities involving beads, felt, papier-mâché and stencils. Ages 6+. FREE SNO!zone Family Fun Day Fri 24 Sep, 9.30am–6pm. Xscape Braehead, Kings Inch Road, Braehead, 0871 222 5672. A super-cool day out featuring ski, snowboarding and sledging taster sessions, plus facepainting, crafts, music. Taster session must be booked in advance. A Celebration of Science in Scotland Fri 24–Mon 27 Sep,
10am–5pm. Included in admission: £9.95 (£7.95). Glasgow Science Centre, 50 Pacific Quay, 420 5000. A weekend of fun celebrating the exciting work of science organisations around Scotland, with drop-in science activities covering everything from why bubbles pop to powering a motor using only the heat of your own body. FREE Welcome to the Jungle Part 2: South East Asia Sat 25 & Sun 26 Sep, Sat 10am–1pm & 2–5pm; Sun 11am–1pm & 2–4pm. Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. Explore the Sumatran rainforest, and learn about its inhabitants and importance. FREE Archaeology Uncovered Sat 25 Sep, 11am–1pm. Glasgow Museums Resource Centre, 200 Woodhead Road, Nitshill, 276 9300. A chance for families and children aged 7+ to handle some archaeological finds and learn about the work of the real Indiana Joneses of this world. Advance booking recommended. FREE Get into the ’Grove Sun 26 Sep, 1–4pm. Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9509. Monthly activities for teens, this time looking at upcycling – the process of turning rubbish items into useful objects. Ages 12–17. We Dance Wee Groove Tue 5 & Wed 6 Oct, 10am & 1.30pm. £8 (£3.50–£4.50). Platform, The Bridge, 1000 Westerhouse Road, Easterhouse, 276 9696. A groove extravaganza for clubbers aged 0–5 and their grown-ups.
Theatre & Dance In The Night Garden Live Until Sun 26 Sep, 9.30am, 11.15am, 2pm, 3.45pm & 5.30pm. £5–£20. Glasgow Green, Greendyke Street, 0844 581 1251 or book online at www.nightgardenlive.com/glasgow. The
people behind the popular children’s TV show bring Igglepiggle, Upsy Daisy and Makka Pakka to life on stage. Family Story Time: The Magic Porridge Pot Sat 2 & Sun 3 Oct,
10.30am & 12.30pm. £5 (under 2s free; family ticket £15). Scottish Youth Theatre, The Old Sheriff Court, 105 Brunswick Street, 552 3988. Storytelling theatre from SYT Productions, telling the tale of the breakfast dish that just keeps on giving. Under 7s and their families. Mucklemouth Meg Sat 2 Oct, 2pm. £5.95 (children £4.95). Scottish Mask and Puppet Centre, 8–10 Balcarres Avenue, Kelvindale, 339 6185. Poppy’s Puppets are back with the story of Meg, the ugliest lassie in the Scottish Borders. With the aid of a pop-up book and Bruce the Border Collie, her search for love unfolds. Age 3+. White Thu 7 & Fri 8 Oct, Thu 2pm; Fri 10am. £8 (£3.50–£4.50). Platform, The Bridge, 1000 Westerhouse Road, Easterhouse, 276 9696. Charmingly surreal show for toddlers from Andy Manley and Ian Cameron, about a dazzling and intriguing world where everything is white. Ages 0–4.
EDINBURGHRgh Activities & Fun Art’s Cool Thu 23 & 30 Sep & 7 Oct, 6–7.30pm. £1 (NEAC Good Neighbours 50p). North Edinburgh Arts Centre, Pennywell Court, 315 2151. Drop-in art club for teenagers with Muirhouse Youth Development Group. Ages 11–16. Dance Sat 25 Sep & 2 Oct, 10–10.45am & 11–11.30am. £1 (NEAC Good Neighbours 50p). North Edinburgh Arts Centre, Pennywell Court, 315 2151. Dance workshops for ages 8–11 at 10am and ages 5–8 at 11am. Kids Knit Sat 25 Sep & 2 Oct, 9.30–11am. £10 per class. United Free Church of Scotland, Glebe Street, 07943 367314. Beginner knitting class for children: learn to make needles and felt, cast on and off, and knit garter stitch. New members always welcome. Kids Knit Tue 28 Sep & Tue 5 Oct, 4.45–6.15pm. £10 per class. Imagination Workshop, 136 Marchmont Road, 07943 367314. See above. Zoo Arts Wed 29 Sep & 6 Oct, 3.30–5.30pm. £1 (NEAC Good Neighbours 50p). North Edinburgh Arts Centre, Pennywell Court, 315 2151. Art club for kids aged 7–11. Queen Victoria Visits the Castle
Thu 23 & Fri 24 Sep, 10.30am–12.30pm & 1.30–3.30pm. Included in admission: £14 (£11.20; children £7.50). Edinburgh Castle, Royal Mile, 225 9846. Queen Victoria pays a return visit to Edinburgh Castle. Find out what she makes of it now at this living history event. Miss Dolly Sat 25 Sep, 10.30am–12.30pm or 1.30–3.30pm. £4. Museum of Childhood, 42 High Street, 529 3963. Cheer up your bedroom with your own paper doll wall decorations. Booking essential. Ages 5+. Zoom in on Printmaking Sat 25 Sep, 10.30am–12.30pm or 1.30–3.30pm. Included in admission: £8 (£5; children £2.50; family ticket £8). City Art Centre, 2 Market Street, 529 3993. Family workshop where you can make your own prints inspired by Edward Weston’s gorgeous still life photographs. Booking essential. FREE Colonise: A Game of Lichen Survival Sat 25 & Sun 26 Sep, 1–4pm. Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh, Arboretum Place, 552 7171. Join the lichens in their battle for survival against climate change, pollution and – worst of all – Simon the hungry slug. Ages 8+. Glowing Autumnal Jewellery Sat 2 & Sun 3 Oct, 10.30am–12.30pm. £4. Lauriston Castle, Cramond Road South, 529 3963. Collect objects from the castle grounds, then make your own jewellery. Booking essential.
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PAPERBELLE North Edinburgh Arts Centre, Fri 24–Wed 29 Sep, then touring Amazing things happen inside a child’s imagination – an old twig becomes a magic wand, a cardboard box a castle. And, as theatre director Heather Fulton discovered while working with nursery children, a small piece of paper can come alive with all kinds of personality traits. ‘I just used a really plain cut-out figure,’ explains Fulton, ‘and it was interesting to see how the children connected with it. She instantly became a character, and they didn’t need a lot to make that happen – it didn’t need to be animated or have expression on its face. They called her Paperbelle, and the idea for our next show came from that.’ Performed by Frozen Charlotte Productions, Paperbelle takes place in a world made of paper. Light, dark, textured, plain – the only common factor is the absence of colour. But whereas Paperbelle’s friend (played by actor Stanley Pattison) wants to let some colour into their lives, the little paper girl is keen to keep things plain. ‘The paper world is fine, but it could be so much more,’ says Fulton. ‘So the colour adds something extra, and by the end it’s like a big colour party.’ On a deeper level, Paperbelle touches upon the way friendships are experienced by the show’s target age range of 2–5. ‘It’s about their relationship and how they learn to play together with some of the colours but realise that sometimes they’re better off playing on their own,’ explains Fulton. ‘It’s a kind of journey for them, and we’ve been comparing it to a child going into a nursery for the first time – they might get on with some of the children really well, but others might be a bit too much.’ (Kelly Apter) Sunshine and Shadow – Your Treasured Place Sat 2 Oct,
10.30am–12.30pm & 1.30–3.30pm. Included in admission: £8 (£5; children £2.50; family ticket £8). City Art Centre, 2 Market Street, 529 3993. Take your inspiration from Edward Weston’s photos of Mexico and California, and make a collage that represents your favourite place. Booking essential. We Dance Wee Groove Thu 7 & Fri 8 Oct, Thu 10.30am; Fri 2pm. £5 (£3–£4). North Edinburgh Arts Centre, 15a Pennywell Court, 315 2151. See Glasgow, above.
Theatre & Dance Paperbelle Fri 24–Wed 29 Sep (not Sun/Mon), Fri 10am; Sat, Tue & Wed 10am & 11.30am. £5 (£3–£4). North Edinburgh Arts Centre, Pennywell Court, 315 2151. An enchanting new show by Frozen Charlotte. Ages 2–5. See preview. Shakespeare for Schools Festival
Tue 28 & Wed 29 Sep, 7pm. £7.50 (£5.50). Pleasance Theatre, 60 Pleasance, 650 2656. The Edinburgh outpost of the UK’s largest youth drama festival features four local schools staging four different half-hour abridged Shakespeare plays.
Sticky Kids Live Fri 1 Oct, 10am. £5 (£4). Church Hill Theatre, 33a Morningside Road, 529 4147. Molly Muddle and Old MacDonald are back with the Funky Monkey Singalong Show. Pinocchio Sat 2 Oct, 11am & 2pm. £6 (under 18 months £1; family ticket £22). Brunton Theatre, Ladywell Way, Musselburgh, 665 2240. The classic tale about the wooden boy is presented using puppetry, shadow and illusion. Ages 4+. Room on the Broom Thu 7–Sat 9 Oct, Thu 10.30am; Fri 12.30pm; Sat 10.30am & 12.30pm. £10. King’s Theatre, 2 Leven Street, 529 6000. Tall Stories, the team behind The Gruffalo, present this fantastic show adapted from another Julia Donaldson picture books. Ages 3+. Highly recommended.
Books FREE Cloudberry Castle Ballet Book Launch Party Sun 26 Sep, 2.30–4.30pm. Dance Base, 14–16 Grassmarket, 337 2372. Janey Louise Jones (Princess Poppy) launches her new book, with ballet-themed fun, real ballerinas, and wine for parents. Please book in advance. 23 Sep–7 Oct 2010 THE LIST 69
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Thursday 23
Glasgow FREE Glasgow Frontrunners The Arc, Glasgow Caledonian University, Cowcaddens Road, 331 8633. 6.45pm. A new running group for LGBT folk and their friends, for all levels of ability. FREE Femmes:Hommes:Queens FHQ, 10 John Street, 0845 166 6037. 11.30pm–3am. New weekly night with DJ Shawn Roberts.
Edinburgh FREE Art Therapy Group LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 6–8pm. Creative workshops designed to promote positive mental health. For information email Alison@lgbthealth.org.uk. FREE Pop du Jour CC Blooms, 23–24 Greenside Place, 556 9331. 8pm–3am. Weekly dose of cheesy dancefloor glue from DJ Paton.
Friday 24
Glasgow
■ The Lick FHQ, 10 John Street, 0845 166 6037. 6pm–2am. £tbc. Girls’ party night.
Edinburgh FREE Film Club LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 6.30–9.30pm. Feature-length films, shorts and unusual offerings. ■ Kinky Disco GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 9pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 after. Pop, camp classics and dance hits from Cilla Slack and funky house and electro from DJ Michelle. ■ Bearsparty Studio 24, 24–26 Calton Road, 558 3758. 10.30pm. £6 (£4). A men-only night for bears, cubs, chubs and their admirers. FREE Friday Funk CC Blooms, 23–24 Greenside Place, 556 9331. 11pm–3am. DJ Shelle la Belle does her best to get your booty shaking.
Saturday 25
FREE Saturday Showdown CC Blooms, 23–24 Greenside Place, 556 9331. 11pm–3am. DJ Shazza and DJ Blondie battle it out.
Sunday 26
Glasgow FREE Sunday Afternoon Bingo The Waterloo Bar, 306 Argyle Street, 248 7216. Just how much gayer is it than regular bingo? Find out with Cheri Treiffel every Sunday afternoon.
Edinburgh FREE LadyFest Soapbox Forest Café, 3 Bristo Place, 466 2009. 1–5pm. See Sat 25. FREE Threads LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 2–4pm. New craft group for all levels of ability and types of making. FREE Mile High Club GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 11pm–3am. Take off with Head Stewardess Cilla Slack for a night of mid-air frolics. FREE Sunday Skool CC Blooms, 23–24 Greenside Place, 556 9331. 11pm–3am. Weekly 90s nostalgia-fest with DJ Shelle La Belle. Bar opens 9pm.
Monday 27
Glasgow FREE Passionality FHQ, 10 John Street, 0845 166 6037. 11pm–3am. Monday clubbing with TLC.
Edinburgh FREE LGBT Centre Drop-in LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 5.30–8pm. Weekly, informal drop-in service to meet new people, get info and catch up.
Tuesday 28
Edinburgh FREE Relaxation Workshop LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 2–5pm. Guided relaxation and free treatments from aromatherapists and reflexologists. ■ Yoga Course LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 6.30pm. £35 (supporters £55;
unwaged £15). Eight weeks of bending and stretching with Petra Ponnet. Suitable for beginners and intermediates. Mats provided. Booking essential. FREE ShuttleScots Badminton Crags Sports Centre, 10 Bowmont Place, 523 1100. 7–9pm. Weekly social badminton group. ■ Drama Hawke and Hunter, 12 Picardy Place, 557 0952. 11pm–3am. £2–£4. Dirty pop remixes, electro and dance beats from this popular gay night.
Wednesday 29
Glasgow FREE Foreplay FHQ, 10 John Street, 0845 166 6037. 6pm–midnight. DJ Shazza presents a party for girls. ■ Saltire Thistle FC Glasgow Green Football Centre, Kings Drive, 7pm. £2 (free for new members). Gay-friendly and relaxed kick-about. Email contact@saltirethistlefc.com for info.
Edinburgh FREE First Steps Jogging Club Inverleith Park, 523 1100. 6.30–7.30pm. Weekly jogging club aimed at all levels. Booking essential. FREE Women’s Football Gracemount Leisure Centre, 22 Gracemount Drive, 523 1100. 7–8pm. Kick-around for women of any age and ability with the Amazing Gracies football team. Email kirstensinclair@netscape.net for info.
Thursday 30
Glasgow FREE Glasgow Frontrunners The Arc, Glasgow Caledonian University, Cowcaddens Road, 331 8633. 6.45pm. See Thu 23. FREE Femmes:Hommes:Queens FHQ, 10 John Street, 0845 166 6037. 11.30pm–3am. See Thu 23.
Edinburgh FREE Art Therapy Group LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 6–8pm. See Thu 23. FREE Pop du Jour CC Blooms, 23–24 Greenside Place, 556 9331. 8pm–3am. See Thu 23.
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■ Death Disco The Arches, 30
Midland Street, 565 1000. 11pm–3am. £14. Electro, house, disco and gauche party tracks from Don Rimini and MNDR (live), with regulars Hush Puppy, Josh Jones and Wavy Graves.
FREE Tackle! Speakeasy, 10 John Street, 0845 166 6036. 11pm–3am. Club night for bears, rugby boys and admirers.
Edinburgh FREE LGBT History Month Planning Meeting LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 5.30–7.30pm. For you if you want to get involved in February’s LGBT History Month. ■ Kinky Disco GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 9pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 after. See Fri 24. FREE ELECTROsexual CC Blooms, 23–24 Greenside Place, 556 9331. 11pm–3am. Lucky Luciano and Kenwai spin dirty bootlegs and ‘cheeky’ electro.
Saturday 2
Edinburgh
■ Luvely The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564. 10.30pm–3am. £12 (£10 members; £2 discount dressed in theme). The saucy soirée returns with a ‘Super Good vs Super Bad’ theme. FREE Saturday Showdown CC Blooms, 23–24 Greenside Place, 556 9331. 11pm–3am. See Sat 25.
Sunday 3
Glasgow FREE Trashing The Mags CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street. 248 9969. 3–5pm. Glasgow Womens’ Library presents the first of its ME(dia) sessions, breaking down the images confronting young women every day. Booking essential.
Edinburgh FREE Mile High Club GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 11pm–3am. See Sun 26. FREE Sunday Skool CC Blooms, 23–24 Greenside Place, 556 9331. 11pm–3am. See Sun 26.
Monday 4
Glasgow FREE Passionality FHQ, 10 John Street, 0845 166 6037. 11pm–3am. See Mon 27.
Edinburgh FREE LGBT Centre Drop-in LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 5.30–8pm. See Mon 27.
Tuesday 5 ■ Yoga Course LGBT Centre for
Bennets, 80–90 Glassford Street, 552 5761. 11pm–3am. £tbc. Party tunes for an up for it crowd with Grant and Mikee.
Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 6.30pm. £35 (supporters £55; unwaged £15). See Tue 28. ■ Drama Hawke and Hunter, 12 Picardy Place, 557 0952. 11pm–3am. £2–£4 (tbc). See Tue 28.
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■ Dorothy Loves Saturdays
FREE LadyFest Soapbox Forest Café, 3 Bristo Place, 466 2009. 11am–5pm. Feminist workshops and entertainment from the Anarcha-Feminist Kollective and Ladyfest. FREE Celebrating Bisexuality Day LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 1–4pm. The afternoon includes live music, a bi-quiz, discussion, food and drink. FREE Different Strokes Glenogle Swim Centre, Glenogle Road, Stockbridge, 343 6376. 4–6pm. Transgender-only swimming, steam room and sauna session. Email emma@lgbthealth.org.uk to sign up. FREE T-Time Extra LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 6–9pm. Monthly informal event for transgender people and their partners, family and friends. A welcoming environment for a chat and a film. ■ Scragfight Forest Café, 3 Bristo Place, 220 4538. 7.30pm. £tbc. Local riot grrrls calling themselves ‘retired female ninjas’ headline this Ladyfest gig.
Friday 1
Wednesday 6
Glasgow
■ Cinema Feminista CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 07783 975044. 5.30–7.30pm. £tbc. Start of an eightweek course on feminist film theory. Booking required.
Thursday 7 To coincide with the 10th anniversary of the Human Rights Act, as well as the 60th anniversary of the signing in Rome of the European Convention on Human Rights, the Legal Services Agency (LSA) is organising this major one-day conference looking at what has been learnt and achieved over the past decade, as well as how this area may develop. Topics being addressed across eight workshops and speeches by leading human rights campaigners and lawyers include the proposed new Bill of Rights as well as a summary of Human Rights in the Scottish Legal System. ■ Scottish Youth Theatre @ The Old Sheriff Court, 105 Brunswick Street, Glasgow, Mon 4 Oct. For further information see www.lsa.org.uk
Glasgow FREE Glasgow Frontrunners The Arc, Glasgow Caledonian University, Cowcaddens Road, 331 8633. 6.45pm. See Thu 23.
Edinburgh FREE Art Therapy Group LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 6–8pm. See Thu 23. FREE Pop du Jour CC Blooms, 23–24 Greenside Place, 556 9331. 8pm–3am. See Thu 23.
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Strange fruit A major new Scottish supergroup has formed to tackle stigma around mental health. Kirstin Innes talks to Rod Jones about the Fruit Tree Foundation
ons and Daughters. Frightened Rabbit. The Phantom Band. Norman Blake. Perhaps because it sets out to encourage discussion of problems nearly everyone has come into contact with at some point in their lives, the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival has always attracted high-profile support. It seemed a logical step, then, for Rod Jones and Emma Pollock, who traditionally curate the festival’s Music Like a Vitamin gigs, to get some of Scotland’s best musicians together and record an album in celebration of SMHAFF’s aims – challenging the stigma around mental health issues. ‘The festival creates so much enthusiasm around itself and does so much to raise awareness about mental health,’ explains Jones, ‘but that enthusiasm exists mostly in the one month the festival runs for. I thought, with an album, people could listen to it year round, and it might extend their interaction with those issues. So I shanghaied Emma into helping organise it!’ The result is The Fruit Tree Foundation, a new collection of music from a veritable Who’s Who of Scottish indie and folk. Jones is of course from Idlewild; the album also features Frightened Rabbit’s Scott Hutchison, James Graham of The Twilight Sad and Jill O’Sullivan from Sparrow and the Workshop (pictured), alongside singer-songwriters Pollock, Karine Polwart, Jenny Reeve, Alasdair Roberts and James Yorkston. What’s remarkable about this record is that it was written, collaboratively, in less than a week, by artists who hadn’t all known each other previously, and yet it’s a polished, coherent work, that feels lush, full, beautiful, and, well, planned.
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‘We didn’t give them a brief as such,’ Jones explains. ‘I said when we were writing, you can pick any song out of the history of songwriting and find a way to tie the lyrics to some sort of mental health issues. We didn’t want to get all ‘Feed the World’ about it – when you write from your own life and experiences, these issues tend to come out anyway.’ He did try and steer them down a theme of ‘childhood’, as that’s what the festival is looking at this year. ‘Some have addressed that directly, some haven’t. It’s a particular bee in my bonnet, actually – I want to petition the government to spend more time on mental health education in schools. We have physical and sexual education already – I’m not saying an equivalent will stop people having mental health problems. It won’t. But people need to know what’s available to them.’ Jones’ own involvement in the festival is personal, and he’s not afraid to talk about it. ‘After I was diagnosed with depression, I could look back and point to times in my life when that had been what was going on – I just didn’t know. Music plays such a huge part in youth culture, that when you’ve got someone who you admire, someone who’s in Frightened Rabbit or whatever, onstage, talking about why they’re involved – I don’t think we’re making mental health issues ‘cool’, but we’re encouraging people to think about these things, to talk about them. That’s a huge starting point for a lot of people.’
‘WE’RE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO THINK ABOUT MENTAL ISSUES’
HMV Picture House, Edinburgh, Fri 1 Oct; O2 ABC, Glasgow, Sat 2 Oct. www.mhfestival.com
THE BEST ROCK, POP, JAZZ & FOLK
✽ Music From Herat The Festival of Afghanistan welcomes master musicians from the country. Roxy Art House, Edinburgh, Fri 24 Sep. ✽ September Girls Girls are the theme for this line-up, with Lou Hickey (of Codeine Velvet Club) and Ramona (singer Karen Anne fuses Ramones and Blondie’s punk and pop styles) among the performers. Oran Mor, Glasgow, Sun 26 Sep. ✽ Grinderman Nick Cave and assorted Bad Seeds bring their garage rockin’ side project. Barrowland, Glasgow, Tue 28 Sep. ✽ PVT Formerly Pivot until another band of the same name got litigious, the Warpsigned electro-rockers from Australia are back with the new album, Church With No Name. Stereo, Glasgow, Wed 29 Sep. ✽ Eastern Promise This two-day line-up includes King Creosote, Josephine Foster, Malcolm Middleton and FOUND. Platform, Glasgow, Fri 1–Sat 2 Oct. ✽ Music Like a Vitamin See preview, left. HMV Picture House, Edinburgh, Fri 1 Oct; O2 ABC, Glasgow, Sat 2 Oct. ✽ Enfant Bastard Album Launch The eight-bit Edinburgh noisemonger (see picture, above) celebrates the release of his album Master Dude on SL, with guests Kylie Minoise, Wounded Knee and Bit Face. Roxy Art House, Edinburgh, Sat 2 Oct. ✽ Kelis The likes of Lady Gaga have stolen her crown as top milkshake shaker of late, but her first album in four years, Flesh Tone, has been well received. ABC, Glasgow, Mon 4 Oct. ✽ Hurts The sharp-suited synthpop revivalists reveal their debut album, Happiness. Oran Mor, Glasgow, Mon 4 Oct. 23 Sep–7 Oct 2010 THE LIST 71
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CROCODILES Captains Rest, Glasgow, Sat 2 Oct San Diego’s Crocodiles wear their influences well. Named after Echo and the Bunnymen’s moody 1980 debut, the title of their own first album, last year’s Summer Of Hate, was also the title of a collection of recordings by Charles Manson, the man who turned the California dream into a nightmare. A hazy concoction of propulsive beats and shoe-staring white noise, Summer of Hate’s blog-buzzing lead-off single ‘I Wanna Kill’ didn’t so much recall The Jesus and Mary Chain’s ‘Head On’ as envelop it in a cloud of grinding nihilism. Though more refined, for the most part recent second effort Sleep Forever brings more of the same, vocalist/programmer Brandon Welchez and guitarist/synth man Charles Rowell having decamped to studios at Joshua Tree in the Californian desert with Simian Mobile Disco’s James Ford. Bonding with the Arctic Monkeys and Klaxons producer over their shared love of Harmonia and the minimalist garage punk of eccentric GIs The Monks, Welchez and Rowell plundered the studio’s vintage equipment for an album that’s a solid, albeit unsurprising successor to Summer Of Hate. Though often seething with characteristic malevolence, there’s a tenderness in evidence here; Welchez’s vocals often recalling the lazy sweetness of Bobby Gillespie at his most wide-eyed, while tracks such as ‘Girl in Black’ echo the Paisleypatterned romance of The House Of Love’s heyday. The confrontational posturing of their days with old band The Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower may be largely behind them, but this gig should nevertheless be a memorable swirl of dense white noise, poppy melodies, shades-wearing sass and even the odd Deee-Lite cover. (Nadine McBay)
COUNTRY
CAITLIN ROSE Captains Rest, Glasgow, Fri 1 Oct Nashville songbird Caitlin Rose is trapped in a Bristol Travelodge. Nursing a hangover, and with only Desperate Housewives for company, the 21-year-old singer-songwriter isn’t quite relishing life on the road. ‘There’s some kind of construction and lots of shouting going on outside,’ she notes. ‘It’s very loud and obnoxious.’ Such importunate surroundings are at odds with the soulful, clarion country music of Own Side Now, her debut album, which has just been released to blanket adulation. Does Rose think that travelling will impact on her future songs? ‘Well, there’s a lot of folk music over here,’ she considers, ‘and that’s hard not to pick up.’ (The List fervently hopes she means the likes of Laura Marling as opposed to, let’s say, morris dancing). ‘I’ve been writing about some very American things though,’ she continues. Like? ‘Like
SOUL JAZZ
TERRY CALLIER Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh, Thu 30 Sep He was an old schoolfriend of Curtis Mayfield, a touring buddy of Gil Scott-Heron and, in the days when he was starting out in the clubs of his native Chicago, he saw John Coltrane play. Yet the first two decades of Terry Callier’s life in music weren’t so rewarding that he didn’t pack it all in come 1983 and embrace a life of academia (some accounts say as a student of sociology, others have it that he became a professor of computer programming). Yet this was just another stop in his nomadic career, one which we might describe as enigmatic were it not for the sheer warmth and beauty of his music. Raised on a poor social housing project in the north side of the city during the 1940s and 50s, Callier passed the audition for his first single to 72 THE LIST 23 Sep–7 Oct 2010
be released by Chess Records in 1964. Shortly thereafter, he would sign with Prestige Records for his debut album The New Folk Sound of Terry Callier, although it was a string of records released by Cadet in the 70s that would cement his reputation. The tender and dreamy What Color is Love (1973) was probably the pick of the lot, and it would go on to be a favourite again when the UK’s Acid Jazz crew rediscovered its singer in a big way during the 1990s. Having recorded with Beth Orton during her halcyon days, Callier released his first album in 20 years, Timepeace, in 1998. Since then, five records over the next decade culminating (so far) in last year’s Hidden Conversations have added range to an artist whose soulful style transcends fads and fashions. This show should be a timeless treat. (David Pollock)
rodeo clowns,’ she offers. ‘I guess I’m a little homesick.’ Has she at least packed some home comforts for the tour bus? ‘I’m reading The Immoralist by Andre Gide – not exactly comforting,’ she ventures, ‘and I brought The Palm at the End of the Mind by Wallace Stevens, which I really enjoy.’ It comes as little surprise that Rose holds poetry close to her heart: her lyricism is vivid, universal and vulnerable, as evinced on recent single ‘For The Rabbits’ (‘fall back into my desperate arms’) which was written when she was only 16. Its clarity is reinforced by Rose’s genuinely startling voice. Those Patsy Cline and Linda Ronstadt comparisons aren’t so wide of the mark. Her congenial Fleetwood Mac homages and gigs with Phosphorescent and Bill Callahan may have won her many hipster fans, but Rose has the markings of a superstar. Ego notwithstanding, that is. Did she realise her debut would make such a splash? ‘I’m surprised when anyone likes the record.’ (Nicola Meighan)
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EVERYTHING EVERYTHING
EXPOSURE
Although they haven’t yet caught on in the way the pundits behind the BBC’s ‘Sound of 2010’ poll might have expected at the turn of the year, last month’s Top 20 debut album Man Alive aside, English quartet Everything Everything – vocalist Jonathan Higgs, a multiinstrumentalist alongside Jeremy Pritchard and Alex Robertshaw, and drummer Michael Spearman – are quietly hewing a new grammar in pop music. That’s a bold claim for a band hardly anyone has heard of. How so? Musically they may not be particularly boundary breaking, with a light-touch, electro-indie sound that’s heavy on the angular forays. They’re like a weirder version of Cut Copy or, for those who like their musical comparisons as opposite as possible without threatening to create a black hole, like the Pet Shop Boys covering Shellac. Sort of. It’s good for the dancefloor, but even better for good old-fashioned listening to. So what’s so special about them? Higgs’ punkily angelic vocals and lyrics are once listened, never forgotten, if you can get over the band’s startling after-the-fact similarity to Glasgow’s much missed Findo Gask. ‘Photoshop Handsome’ makes a virtue of vaguely meaningful junk (‘I will boost my attention span / soon my clock will have a minute hand’), but the chorus of ‘Suffragette Suffragette’ is a mini masterpiece of intentionally misheard ‘did he really say that?’ lyricism. Is it ‘you’re gonna sit on the fence when I’m gone?’ or ‘who’s gonna sit on your face when I’m gone?’ Who knows? It gets the attention, though. (David Pollock) ■ King Tut’s, Glasgow, Sat 2 Oct.
LIVE REVIEWS DIY SHOWCASE
COUNTRY ROCK
KNIFE SOLO PROJECT
CRY PARROT COMPILATION LAUNCH
OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW
FEVER RAY
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Glasgow promoters Cry Parrot’s eclectic remit was in full effect at the launch of their third compilation (free to download from winningspermparty.com). Openers Small Scale Collisions used laptops, a guitar and the focus of a couple of NASA technicians to successfully evoke all the clicks, whirrs and throbbing white noise of a real-time space shuttle launch. Galoshins came equipped to be a much more interesting band than they turned out to be, but unfortunately their underwritten songs weren’t wellserved by the polished sound. It was difficult to tell if Blue Sabbath Black Fiji (below) were in full control of the sonic apocalypse they unleashed, such was their frenetic approach to their array of pedals, drum machines and mixers, but they seemed as delighted as the crowd with the sound produced. It was the aural equivalent of the climax of Akira and just as impressive. Streets of Rage provided a suitably thrilling climax, thrashing through their brittle, minimalist hardcore at a speed and intensity that showed no regard for the limitations of the human body. (Sean Welsh)
The close collaborative ties between the Old Crow Medicine Show and their tour support The Dave Rawlings Machine mean that a fan of one is usually a fan of the other, especially when Rawlings’ long-term musical partner Gillian Welch is drawn into the equation. The last time Welch performed in Glasgow, her support was the OCMS, so it’s more or less the other way around this time. On that night, like this one, everybody pitched in wherever required. Rawlings’ set sped by almost too quickly, the highlight being a gutwrenching ‘Ruby’, from last year’s A Friend of a Friend album. Inviting Welch to do a song, she obliges with ‘Look at Miss Ohio’, from 2003’s Soul Journey. Half of OCMS oil the wheels of the Dave Rawlings Machine, so by the time they play everything feels reassuringly familiar. Opening with a rousing old sea-shanty ‘The Hog-eyed Man’, they pick up the pace with ‘Hard To Love’. Stirring bluegrass versions of ‘Poor Man’ and ‘Caroline’ demonstrate their versatility, from oldtime country to soulful bluegrass. Above all, they’re just a great rock ‘n’ roll band. (Rachel Devine)
O2 ABC, Glasgow, Mon 6 Sep The night begins in hushed anticipation of the arrival of enigmatic Swedish artist, Fever Ray – aka The Knife’s Karin Dreijer-Andersson – making her debut Scottish live appearance. Punctuated by the hiss of smoke machines working overtime, the pulsating drones of ‘If I Had A Heart’ slowly frame her subtle entrance, taking to a stage enveloped in darkness alongside ghoulishly costumed bandmates. Decked out in outlandish coneheaded stage-gear, Dreijer-Andersson steers us through an incredibly wellhoned and entrancing live show, featuring a barrage of flickering lamps, onstage theatrics and blankets of lasers. A show in every sense of the word, all aspects link together perfectly, creating starting visual accompaniment to some equally mesmerizing music. It would be hard to fault anything, although ‘When I Grow Up’ garners a particularly intense response tonight, and, utilising her open relationship with pitchchanging vocal effects, the darker tones of ‘Dry and Dusty’ and ‘Concrete Walls’ are amplified. Surely just about the creepiest slow dance the ABC has ever seen. (Ryan Drever)
EXPERIMENTAL IMPROV
GLASGOW IMPROVISERS ORCHESTRA City Halls Recital Room, Glasgow, Wed 8 Sep ●●●●● Large-ensemble improvisation can be a tentative affair, fidgety rather than full-blooded, but GIO’s performance, the first in the Soundlab series of experimental concerts, was a fitting tribute to the ‘joyful and life-enhancing sound’ of great British jazz trumpeter Harry Beckett, who died in July. With puckish glee, George Burt handed the audience copies of the score to his ‘Improvcerto One for Harry Beckett’: a Post-It note containing simple diagrams directing the performance. Allowing members of the orchestra to step up and conduct was inspired, with cellist Peter Nicholson directing staccato bursts of noise with a Miles Davis style karate chop, and saxophonist Raymond MacDonald taking things right down to highlight the subtle fizz and throb of Zhang Lin’s electronics against delicate violin and flute. In a nod to Beckett’s Caribbean background, drummer Stuart Brown introduced carnival rhythms to his solo, while his hearty Buddy Rich style tub-thumping directed the orchestra towards a squalling climax, combining their jazz, classical and experimental sides into an energetic whole. (Stewart Smith)
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Knights of the Occasional Table released ‘Knees Up Mother Earth.’ (Neil Cooper) GRIME
TINIE TEMPAH Disc-Overy (Parlophone) ●●●●●
riffs, joy and energy and edginess lacing every thrusting bar. The great Superchunk trick is to make it all seem easy, when in reality making rock music this affirming is anything but. (Doug Johnstone) INDIE
MICE PARADE
LABELS OF LOVE WISE BLOOD INDUSTRIES In The List’s conception of utopia, every good record label is inspired by shrunken cadavers and cardinal sin. In the real world, there is only one – Glasgow’s fearless Wise Blood Industries – named after Flannery O’Connor’s great American novel, and founded in April 2009 by local pop polymath Adam Stafford (musician, label boss, photographer, video director, you name it...) What artists have you released to date? ‘Radio Trees, Size of Kansas, Burnt Island, Jamie Sturrock, Paws, The Kays Lavelle, Jocky Venkataraman, Y’all is Fantasy Island and yours truly.’ (In addition to performing with YIFI, Stafford records under his own name and recently issued an ace compendium of covers: we gave it five stars). Do you have a manifesto? Or an antimanifesto? ‘I’d say ‘anti-manifesto’ defiantly sums up the workings of Wise Blood Industries. Ninety-nine per cent of the releases are offered on the website for free download, all artists retain copyright of their music and there is little commerce involved in running the label. The artistry is the most important thing.’ Will music fans still pay for recorded artefacts, in your experience? ‘I think aficionados will always want the product with the artwork – vinyl, for instance, will never die. I prefer buying records to downloading them, but it’s convenient for some people to access music via the web. If I had more money, I’d endeavour to make Wise Blood a commercial enterprise: I have huge respect for what I deem to be proper labels – like Dust-to-Digital and Constellation – who make every release an event and who package their music in an almost fetishistic way.’ How important is Wise Blood’s visual identity? ‘I’ve tried to retain a certain type of minimalism, just because that’s my taste. A lot of the artwork is found photos: I’m an absolute sucker for pictures of odd-looking children holding massive cats.’ What Wise Blood treats approach? ‘Jamie Sturrock’s new EP is released in September, we’ve a forthcoming EP by Bobby Womb, YiFI are recording a new album, and the amazing RM Hubbert invited me to collaborate with him. I’d love to take him up on the offer.’ (Nicola Meighan) ■ www.wisebloodindustries.com
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Listening to the bizarre, bewitching and above all unique work of ‘lost’ electronic music pioneer Bruce Haack, it’s tempting to trace his influence through Cabaret Voltaire, Brian Eno, Kraftwerk and any number of psychedelic electronic futurists. However, it’s hard to say if they had even heard of him, such is the obscurity of his reputation. This compilation, now one of the few places to discover his homemade, otherworldly music, is an indispensable portal into a mind-bending world of proto techno and fried pop. It’s all evidence that the time is long overdue for Haack to take his place beside Joe Meek and Bob Moog as one of the key progenitors of electronic music. (Sean Welsh) DIY ELECTRONIC
WOUNDED KNEE House Music (Krapp Tapes) ●●●●●
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South London has just coughed up another gifted young MC in the form of Patrick Ogwugu aka 'Talk of 2010' Tinie Tempah. And Rascal needs to watch his back, Disc-Overy is a fiery first effort from the 21-year-old, packed full of intricately produced tracks all propelled by buzzing electronics, epic riffs, pianos and strings. Kelly Rowland, Luke Steele, Ellie Goulding and Swedish House Mafia all appear, but it’s the strikingly personal lyrics, wit and Tempah’s killer flow throughout that really stand out as he reflects on his staggeringly speedy rise to fame and the subsequent loves and losses it brings. A thrilling new talent. (Camilla Pia) PUNK POP
SUPERCHUNK Majesty Shredding (One Four Seven Records) ●●●●●
With cassettes and CDRs being churned out by below-radar experimentalists and available online and at gigs, Edinburgh’s premier progenitor of looped vocal rounds Drew Wright is joining in. Here, he serves up a bumper-sized C-60ish collection of some 21 no-fi trad concoctions that move between whimsy and melancholy in a full-throated landscape where Brian Eno, Arthur Russell, Ivor Cutler and Rolf Harris go hiking. Recorded at home, chez Wright for his new Sam Beckett referencing label (this is his first), both title and label-name serve up the best punning stunt since
INDIE
Attention, fellow anagram fanatics: did you realise that Mice Parade is a reconfiguration of Adam Pierce? You did? Then we’re the last to know. Pierce, of course, is the New York multiinstrumentalist who founded Mice Parade – a loose, ambrosial electrofolk outfit – around 1998. He’s also a dude who’s performed with the swooning likes of HiM, Swirlies and múm. Mice Parade’s shimmering eighth longplayer is enkindled by gentle syncopation, dreamy boy-girl vocalisms, burbling flamenco and balmy afro-pop. Its myriad, meandering highlights include ‘Even’ (a bitesized Lemonheadsevoking anthem) and the shoestring Cyndi Lauperstyle cantata of ‘Do Your Eyes See Sparks’. (Nicola Meighan) ROCK
MARNIE STERN Marnie Stern (Souterrain Transmissions) ●●●●● It’s been a ridiculously long nine-year hiatus for this seminal Yank punkpop outfit, the band members concentrating on running the pivotal Merge Records instead (and releasing a who’s who of American indie into the bargain). But goddamn it, it’s good to have ‘em back. The opening salvo of ‘Digging for Something’ and ‘My Gap Feels Weird’ contains everything that’s great about Superchunk – huge choruses, driven
on our New Yorker’s third album delivers a case in point. ‘For Ash’ is speedball euphoria; ‘Nothing Left’ is exemplary indie-squall; ‘Transparency is the New Mystery’ is wayward, Breedersesque, drum-addled and brilliant. Hella’s Zach Hill is a vital coconspirator here. Stern has long reaped plaudits for her precocious riffage and shredding chops – and rightly so – but let not this technique overshadow her capacity for skewed, dramatic, sing-a-long rock. (Nicola Meighan)
If, come some dull or unfathomable morning, you seek death by blissful, virtuosic metalpop, then look no further than Marnie Stern: she’ll brutalise your every organ with hyper-melodic axemastery and alt-rock. The opening triumvirate
HOW TO SWIM Retina (or More Fun Than a Vat of Love) (Personal Hygiene) ●●●●●
This full-length debut has been a long time coming, but Glasgow’s How to Swim have taken their time to serve up a rich tapestry of witty orchestral rock. With a vocal delivery somewhere between Neil Hannon and Jonathan Richman, lyrically Retina prefers wit to emotional insight, creating a certain distance that makes it difficult to relate to some of the more overtly emotional songs. But with tales of swordswallowers possessed of ‘exceptional’ gullets placed alongside jaunty paeans to Genesis P Orridge, perhaps that’s beside the point. Smart arrangement and some lovely touches in the production (the vocals on ‘Ghastly Ones’ particularly) leave Retina feeling like a dazzling display of talent, if perhaps not innovation. (Sean Welsh) AMBIENT POP
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www.list.co.uk/music identifiable mark. No boundaries are being pushed here, but it is a very agreeable outing, and one that strays into some less expected repertoire, including vocalese takes on Bud Powell’s ‘Un Poco Loco’, Gerry Mulligan’s ‘Soft Shoe’ and Rodgers & Hart’s ‘Dancing On The Ceiling’, and the fine Don Cherry-Sheila Jordan song, ‘Art Deco’. The accompaniments by pianist Tom Cawley, bassist Geoff Gascoyne and drummer Sebastiaan de Krom ooze sophisticated class. (Kenny Mathieson) JAZZ
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UNDERWORLD Barking (Cooking Vinyl) ●●●●● Opener ‘Bird 1’ begins with a minimal, hypnotic krautrock beat, before Karl Hyde’s typically muttered vocal breaks in over the top and the song builds into a measured array of stabbing house piano lines. It sets the scene for this eighth studio album from Essex electronic outfit Underworld, a record which is best summed up as more of the same but different. That’s a particularly strong skill of Hyde and Rick Smith’s, the ability to use separate dance music styles which individually seem to be past their height of fashion and bring them together in a structured whole which speaks of a distinctive musical personality. The pair have now been working together as Underworld for 30 years, although it’s their 90s heyday when Darren Emerson made them a trio which they continue to recall most strongly. Often this album veers towards summery electronic pop, with ‘Always Loved a Film’ bearing an inexplicable hint of Pet Shop Boys and the lovable lead-off single ‘Squiggle’ featuring rising star of drum & bass High Contrast. D.Ramirez and Appleblim also lend production skills, the latter on the minimal and starkly atmospheric ‘Hamburg Hotel’. Perhaps their continued appeal is down to no more than an innate understanding of where to put their build-ups and their breakdowns, as on the strident rise of ‘Between Stars’, a song which recalls a mellower Tubeway Army, and the cheerful, almost indie-pop structure of ‘Diamond Jigsaw’, co-produced by trance overlord Paul Van Dyk. It’s a record which should sound dated and irrelevant, but happily this band continue to defy dance music’s all too brief attention span in confident style. (David Pollock)
‘Falling, Catching’, the delicate opener of Satie/Einaudi piano cycles through its evocations of Sufjan Stevens, Stina Nordenstam, Badly Drawn Boy and Liz Fraser, Philharmonics should have Obel carving out her own fragile niche. Staring out from the
cover like a tainted Bergmanesque angel, Obel’s sparse, sweet, soundtracky melodies similarly penetrate the watcher/listener’s psyche, only occasionally threatening to plunge into the saccharine. Each time she veers slightly offcourse, it’s pulled back, our hearts preparing to be punctured once more. (Brian Donaldson) JAZZ
TRUDY KERR & INGRID JAMES Reunion (Jazzizit Records) ●●●●●
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UK-based for some time now, but is originally from Queensland, home of Ingrid James. As the title suggests, the two singers are old friends, and met up again for this set of swinging jazz interpretations. Both are firmly in the conventional mould of easy-on-theear mainstream singers, but each is individual enough within that style to make a readily
This latest album from singer Kate and pianist Mike Westbrook is dedicated to the memory of Margery and John Styles, longtime supporters of their work, and was funded by a bequest to finance a commission left in Margery’s will. As such, it is clearly a very personal project, and Kate’s poetic lyrics delve into various aspects of Margery’s life – her favourite colour (take a guess), a visit to her father’s war grave, her relationship with her husband, her love of jazz and conviviality. They succeed in parlaying all of this into an absorbing album, drawing on the distinctive blend of unconventional jazz and German cabaret music that will be familiar to anyone who knows their work. They have gathered a group of familiar, well-trusted cohorts – the great Chris Biscoe and Pete Whyman on saxes and clarinets, bassist Steve Berry and drummer Jon Hiseman – to realise a handsome tribute to their late friends. (Kenny Mathieson)
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Cherry picked from the collective’s five acclaimed studio albums, these twentyfive songs divide into instrumentals (on a disc titled Chorus) and songs (Verse). Emerging from cross-cultural collaborations at WOMAD involving Irish, Senegalese, Indian and other ‘world’ musicians, the production of this Celtic-rooted sound is impeccable. With Sinead O’Connor, Peter Gabriel, Robert Plant and others on board, and uilean pipes, whistles, tablas, kora, keyboards and more, the feel is of a spacious, filmic journey full of intimate detail. For me, while this is 90s music, its spirit harks back to 60s ideals and evokes 70s psychedelia for the global dance generation. (Jan Fairley) WORLD
BAABA MAAL African Soul Revolutionary (Nascente) ●●●●●
Baaba Maal is one of the world’s most extraordinary people, never mind musicians, and these two CDs, culled by Phil Meadley from the three albums Wango, Taara and Jombaajo, make for a landmark compilation. It catches Maal just before he hit the international big time, mapping how, under the guidance of genius producer Ibrahima Sylla, he and his group Dande Lenol moved into the Senegalese mainstream by electrifying roots music in magical ways. The timbre of his voice,
Shouty, spiky scuzzpop in a Sons and Daughters vein, let down by flat accents and selfconsciously ‘clever’ lyrics. Tricky Mixed Race (Domino) ●●●●● The ex-Massive Attacker brings his second Domino album, with much genre-skipping and hat-tipping to Daft Punk and the Blues Brothers. Slick and accomplished. Alex Cornish Call Back (selfreleased) ●●●●● Uninspiring lovestruck blandness that bears an uncomfortable resemblance to James Blunt and his ilk. It’s almost like Damien Rice never happened. Clinic Bubblegum (Domino) ●●●●● Taking inspiration from 70s stoner records, this album is by turns hazy, woozy, and just plain dull. An unwelcome departure from their more upbeat 60s-style material. OMD History of Modern (100% Records) ●●●●● The synth pioneers’ first studio album in 14 years is a comfortable return, but pales in comparison to the output offered by those they’ve inspired: LCD Soundsystem, The xx, Killers et al. Maps & Atlases Perch Patchwork (FatCat) ●●●●● Off-kilter indie-pop with a summery, Vampire Weekend vibe, teeming with scattershot drum rhythms and lo-fi dropped beats. Intelligent, but danceable too.
the depth of emotion embedded in fantastic lyrics over seething beds of sounds: there’s not one dud track in the twenty-three on offer. (Jan Fairley)
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soul seven-piece bring an eclectic mélange of new and vintage funk, disco classics and some jazzy swing thrown in.
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■ What the Hell are you Doing?: The Essential David Shrigley
Mono, 12 King’s Court, King Street, 553 2400. 8pm. Free (ticketed, max four per person). Shrigley launches a new anthology of twistedly funny artwork. As well as signing copies he will play a DJ set and show a selection of animations. One copy will contain a golden ticket, entitling a lucky someone to the original artwork from the launch poster. There will also be a rare performance by one of David’s favourite bands, Correcto, featuring Franz Ferdinand’s Paul Thomson and Turner Prizewinner Richard Wright. FREE Andy Baker Quartet Rio Café, 27 Hyndland Street, 334 9909. 9pm. Jazz from saxophonist Baker. FREE Carnivores, Pacific Theatre and Penguins Kill Polar Bears Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. Biffy/McLusky riffola from the headliners. ■ Ivy’s Itch and Caretaker 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Gloomcore from London. ■ Eoghan Colgan The Buff Club, 142 Bath Lane, 248 1777. £tbc. Scottishbased Irish singer-songwriter – also a trained GP – who won the O2 Undiscovered competition a couple of years ago.
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Glasgow ■ Bright Young Nights, Sons of the Morning Star, The Replay and Fissure O2 ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall
Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £5. Over-14s show. Local band line-up. ■ Erotics and Falling Red Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £8. FR are a punk/metal outfit from Carlisle. FREE Tempercalm Apple Store, 147 Buchanan Street, 300 4950. 7pm. Local guitar-wielding noisenik. ■ Aames, Chargrilled Squirrels and The Bastions of Good Health
Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, Merchant City, 548 1350. 8pm. £5. Local band bill. ■ AudioPhiles, Erin Friel, Louie & Alex Nice and Naomi Kerr Pivo Pivo,
15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. £tbc. Hip-hop. ■ Delta Spirit, Nathaniel and Jacob Yates Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £6. Soulful Americana from this San Diego quintet. FREE Jam Session Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8pm. Hosted by Independence. ■ Soul-fi Capitol, 468 Sauchiehall Street, 331 1040. 8pm. £tbc. Modern
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■ Comanechi, Divorce, Jackie Treehorn and Run Off with Gypsies Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate,
225 1757. 7pm. £5. London-based trash punk duo Comanechi celebrate the
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KATHRYN TICKELL BAND Doors:7.30pm £14
MICHAEL MCGOLDRICK AND FRIENDS
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Doors:7.30pm £12
AN AUDIENCE WITH HOWARD MARKS Begins 8pm £10 Saturday 23rd October
ROB DEERING Begins 8pm £10
Thursday 28th October
MAMANE BARKA Doors:7.30pm £10 Thursday 4th November
BRIAN KENNEDY Doors:7.30pm £18.50 Wednesday 17th November
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MARTIN CARTHY Doors:7.30pm £12.50
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release of a split 10-inch single with Glasgow’s post-punk noiseniks Divorce. ■ Darren Hayman Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £6 (£5). Hayman is the ex-frontman of acerbic indie trio Hefner, John Peel favourites in their day. FREE Facehandle and Critikill The Banshee Labyrinth, 29–35 Niddry Street, 7pm. Melodic punk with metal support. ■ The Christians The Pleasance Theatre, 60 Pleasance, 7.30pm. £16.50 (£8 students). Liverpool’s undisputed kings of soulful pop harmonies. FREE Calum Wood Captains Bar, 4 South College Street, 8.30pm. Acoustic music from the Banana Sessions man.
Friday 24
Glasgow ■ Barenaked Ladies O2 Academy,
121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £25. Canadian quirky popsters who inject songs with lashings of humour. ■ Bring Me The Horizon The Garage, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120. 7pm. SOLD OUT. Over-14s show. Passionate punk metal band from Sheffield. ■ Charlie & the Bhoys Barrowland, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7pm. £18. Folk rockers with Celtic (in both senses of the word) influences. ■ Je$us Loves Amerika, Anowrexiya, Surgyn and i! Classic
Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £5. Scottish industrial rock line-up. ■ Killing Machine Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 7pm. £10. Metal. ■ Silent in Action O2 ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £6. Local pop punk outfit. ■ The Vaselines Oran Mor, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £12.50. Much loved-Scottish lo-fi grungers, Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee, back with a new album Sex with an X. ■ Figure 5 Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 7.30pm. £5. Retro psychedelia and mod influences from indie rockers Figure 5. ■ Granny Would Be Loud GUU Debating Chamber, University of Glasgow, 32 University Avenue, 8pm–2am. £6. Vintage music and rockabilly celebration with ice cream sundaes, swing dancers and a vintage photo booth. FREE Charlie & the Bachelor and Marc Evans Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. Big band and soulful Americana. ■ The KOLs Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, Merchant City, 548 1350. 8pm. £5. Kings of Leon tribute. ■ Toxic Twins, The Subordinates and He Hates Us The Ferry, 25
Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £10. Aerosmith tribute band. ■ Wing & a Prayer Tchai Ovna, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. Folk/blues duo. ■ Zoobizaretta and White Heath Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £tbc. Quirky sax-driven outfit launch their album. FREE The Latecomers Lauries Bar, 34 King Street, 552 7123. 8.15pm. Acoustic set of originals and classic covers. ■ Comanechi, Divorce and Purple Rhinestone Eagle Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 8.30pm. £5. See Thu 23. ■ Shout Out Louds and Plants & Animals King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £9. Swoonworthy Swedish garage pop quintet who have supported kindred spirits the Magic Numbers. FREE Tipping Point Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Live music. ■ Pinup Nights The Flying Duck, 142 Renfield Street, 564 1450. 9pm–3am. £6 (£5 advance). Glasgow’s biggest indie night present Geek Night, with guest DJ
Angelos Epithemiou (Shooting Stars), live bands B Movie Junkies, Paws and Heart Beats, ‘geeky’ anthems and prizes, and a fanzine and badge for the first hundred people in. FREE Amy Beskin and Too Many Vices The Wise Monkey, 508 Great Western Road, 334 5125. 9pm. Covers.
■ Famous Dave & his Strange Blue Dreams, Atlantic Massey and Tom Snowball 13th Note Café, 50–60 King
Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Needles frontman Dave Dixon kicks back in solo guise, with support from Scouse folk rockers and acoustic singer/songwriter Tom Davis, of Rags & Feathers. FREE Raoul Duke, The Sunset Strips and Sons of Liberty Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 9pm. Alt/indie. FREE Goonies Never Say Die Bar Bloc, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. Free before 11pm; £2 after. Cinematic sounds from instrumental six-piece.
Edinburgh ■ Riot Anyone? Festival@Maggie’s Chamber Maggie’s Chamber, Three
Sisters, 139 Cowgate, 622 6801. 6pm. £5. Some of the best unsigned talent in Scotland gathers for a weekend of riotous musical fun. ■ Rossco Galloway The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Donation. The singer-songwriter-guitarist is regularly joined by a selection of special guests. ■ KontroBand The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564. 7pm. £7. EP launch for young, loud rock’n’rollers KontroBand. ■ My Tiny Robots, The Machine Room and X-Lion Tamer Wee Red
Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £4. Creative sounds from a trio of 70s and 80s staccato-pop inspired bands. ■ The Scottish Enlightenment, Dan Lyth and Moon Junk Sneaky
Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £5 (£4). The acclaimed outfit launch a new album of slow-burning epics Little Sleep. Music From Herat Roxy Art House, 2 Roxburgh Place, 7.30pm. £10 (£6). A performance of Herati vocal and instrumental music.
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Glasgow ■ Tiesto Braehead Arena, Kings Inch
Road, 0870 277 6062. 6pm–4am. £25 (£60 VIP). Huge night of trance,with an accompanying laser and lights show for this Kaleidoscope tour.
■ Adelaide, Amy Can Flyy, Living in Hiding, Hello Monroe and FutureProof O2 ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall
Street, 332 2232. 6.30pm. £tbc. Over-14s show. Ourzone Magazine showcase gig. ■ Black Sun, The Cosmic Dead and Throne O’ Diablo Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £8. Local doomcore band launch their new album Twilight of the Gods. ■ Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly! The Garage, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 01224 211121. 7pm. £12.50. Over-14s show. Southend-based musical superhero, known as Sam to his mum, who combines melodic guitar work with tryhard lyrics. ■ Glenn Hughes and Scott McKeown O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £20. Hard rock guitar stylings and classic rock wailing from Hughes, best known for his time with Deep Purple. ■ Kritikill Mass, Sinners Ensemble, Ape Man Alien, Always AM, Forever Void, Preacher and UK Reign O2 Academy, 121 Eglinton Street,
0844 477 2000. 7pm. £10. Over-14s show. Bumper bill of alternative rock headlined by Glasgow thrash outfit. ■ Scheme Barrowland, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7pm. £10. Over-14s show. Veteran Glasgow nearly-rans playing old favourites and classic covers.
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■ She’s Hit, Fur Hood, Lasomnable and If you Lived Here You’d Be Home By Now Captain’s Rest, 185
Great Western Road, 332 7304. 7pm. £7. EP release party sponsored by Green Door Studio and Creative Scotland. Line-up also includes the Hardcore Priests of Yemen and more tbc. ■ Tigers on Vaseline Oran Mor, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £10. Bowie tribute from headliners Tigers on Vaseline. ■ Trapped in Kansas, Cryoverbillionaires and Your Neighbour the Liar Classic Grand, 18
Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £5. Mathrock from the headliners. ■ Sarah Jane Morris Citizens Theatre, 119 Gorbals Street, 429 0022. 7.30pm. £15 (£12). The Communards singer performs material from throughout her career with the help of a full backing band. A joint ticket for this show and the previous night’s autobiographical show is £25. ■ The Supernovas, Crow Road and The Mode Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £6. Mixed bill including Glasgow trio Crow Road. FREE Acoustic Butterfly The Wise Monkey, 508 Great Western Road, 334 5125. 8pm. Folk rock. ■ The Black Hand Gang Admiral Bar, 71a Waterloo Street, 221 7705. 8pm. £5. Raw urban blues and country rock.
■ The Jury, The Cairos, The Steals and Counterbalance Maggie May’s, 60
Trongate, Merchant City, 548 1350. 8pm. £5. Indie bill. ■ The Rising The Ferry, 42 Clyde Place, 429 1010. 8pm. £12. A tribute to the music of Bruce Springsteen in celebration of The Boss’s birthday. FREE Crisis Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Live music. ■ Kano King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £12.50. London rapper who gets the thumbs-up from Mike ‘Streets’ Skinner. FREE Dbass Collective Rio Café, 27 Hyndland Street, 334 9909. 9pm. Hip hop and jazz fusion. FREE Inspired, Silver Screen and The Tuesday Night Girls Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 9pm. Alt/indie. FREE The Fortunate Sons 1901 Bar and Bistro, 1534 Pollockshaws Road, 9pm. Acoustic folk/rock/blues residency. ■ Vakunoht 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Progressive space rock and hard riffing from former members of Macrocosmica and Post Diluvian. FREE Cast of the Capital and Crow Road Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. Free before 11pm; £2 after. Aberdeen-based country pop quartet. FREE Jericho Hill Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. midnight. Johnny Cash tribute band.
Edinburgh ■ Riot Anyone? Festival@Maggie’s Chamber Maggie’s Chamber, Three
Sisters, 139 Cowgate, 622 6801. 6pm. £5. See Fri 24. ■ Stanley Odd The HMV Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. 6pm. £5. Scottish hip hop outfit. ■ William Douglas The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6.30pm. Donation. Unplugged session with William Douglas and friends.
■ The Candidates, Road Runner, Echo Surf and Junior Judo Henry’s
Cellar Bar, 8–16a Morrison Street, 228 9393. 7pm. £4. Another Great Junction Studios showcase. ■ Little Doses, Scrap Brain and The Remnant Kings Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £5. Ex-Snow Patrol bassist Mark McLelland’s band, Little Doses, helps launch Ginger Music Promotions.
■ Pose Victorious, The Winter Tradition, Keava and Sea Bass Kid
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Edinburgh HMV Picture House
5REASONS EASTERN PROMISE 1. Malcolm Middleton Let’s start off with a name everyone knows from the bill of this inaugural music festival at Easterhouse arts centre Platform. Ex-Arab Strap guitarist Middleton will be appearing alongside follow local hero RM Hubbert, Edinburgh’s Wounded Knee and FOUND, the latter celebrating their recent signing to Chemikal Underground. 2. Nils Frahm The Berlin-based composer and producer released his second record earlier this year, a series of piano improvisations entitled The Bells commissioned by Peter Broderick of Swedish boutique label Kning Disk’s Piano Series. On Friday, expect a set that’s touching, engaging and bursting with imagination. 3. Rachel Grimes The sometime pianist of Kentucky-based classical minimalist outfit Rachel’s will also be playing on Friday. Although her debut solo album Book of Leaves (For Solo Piano) was released last year, this date forms part of a coheadline tour with Frahm: whether or not that means we’re in for any collaborative work is uncertain. 4. Josephine Foster Coloradan folk singer Foster has enjoyed an incredibly versatile career, having started out as a funeral and wedding singer, and subsequently experimented with free jazz as a member of Born Heller, psych rock with her sometime backing band The Supposed, children’s songs and ukulele music. This will be a solo set of material from her own albums Hazel Eyes, I Will Lead You, A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing and last year’s This Coming Gladness. 5. King Creosote Someone else you should be familiar with, as Fife’s premier Fenceman (pictured) headlines on the Saturday night. For those who are a bit wary of leaving the M8 circle by the way, return buses will be leaving Mono at 6.30pm, so now you’ve no excuse. (David Pollock) ■ Platform, Glasgow, Fri 1 & Sat 2 Oct.
Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 7pm. £6. Polished indie rock. ■ The Winter Tradition Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 7pm. £6. Tight and dynamic Scots noisepoppers formerly known as The Void, launching new single ‘Firelight’. ■ Zoobizareeta Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £5. See Fri 24. ■ Scragfight Forest Café, 3 Bristo Place, 220 4538. 7.30pm. £tbc. Local riot grrrls describing themselves as ‘retired female ninjas’ headline this Ladyfest gig.
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Edinburgh HMV Picture House Tuesday 2nd November marinaandthediamonds.com myspace.com/marinaandthediamonds New single ‘I Am Not A Robot’ out now New Album ‘The Family Jewels’ out now on 679
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www.fyfedangerfield.com The album ‘Fly Yellow Moon’ featuring the hit single ‘Shes Always A Woman’ Out Now.
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New Single ‘Kiss That Grrrl’ Out Now. New Album ‘My Best Friend Is You’ Out Now. www.katenash.co.uk www.myspace.com/katenash
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Every dinner party needs background music. This 3-disc set makes it easy (one CD for starters, main courses and desserts, see?), with tracks from Lissie, Jeff Buckley, Imogen Heap and more. We’ve got three copies to give away – see below.
WIN ESSENTIAL MIX CDS Some big names in pop feature on the Essential Mixes remix collection. No need to worry about the songs being ruined either; the proficient Justice and Basement Jaxx are twiddling the knobs. We have one epic eight-CD set up for grabs – see below.
WIN EASTERN PROMISE TICKETS Glasgow arts centre Platform hosts music festival, Eastern Promise, which consists of two nights of utterly amazing artists. Aside from List favourites King Creosote, Wounded Knee, FOUND (pictured) and a new project from Malcolm Middleton, German and American pianists Nils Frahm and Rachel Grimes, US singer Josephine Foster with guitar maestro Victor Herrero, and prodigious guitarist RM Hubbert will also perform. There are four pairs of tickets available to both shows on Fri 1 & Sat 2 Oct. Enter before Tue 28 Sep for your chance to win. See also Five Reasons, page 77.
FREE Live Music Captains Bar, 4 South College Street, 8.30pm. Acoustic sessions. ■ Mary Jean Lewis & The Starlight Boys Spider’s Web Cellar
Bar, 258 Morrison Street, 228 1949. 8.30pm. £8. Old school rock’n’roll from Jerry Lee Lewis’ Niece. FREE Live Music Nobles Bar, 44a Constitution Street, Leith, 629 7215. 9.30pm. Local bands.
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark return with History of Modern, their first studio album in 14 years. They’re accompanying this with a European tour, which stops at Glasgow Concert Hall on Tue 2 Nov. We’ve got three signed deluxe edition albums to give away.
HOW TO ENTER Visit list.co.uk/offers. Closing date for competitions is Thu 7 Oct. There is no cash alternative. Usual List rules apply.
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Monday 27
■ The Acid Fascists, Sam Barber & The Outcasts and Babylon Dub Punks Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16a
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Morrison Street, 228 9393. 10.30pm. £4. Space punk and garage rock.
Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £tbc. Over-14s show. Accessible emo metal from Southampton’s Not Advised. ■ 3Oh!3 and L’Amore la Morgue The Garage, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120. 7pm. SOLD OUT. Over-14s show. Fratboy electro pop duo from Denver named after their area phone code. ■ Damien Jurado and Richard Swift The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7.30pm. £10. Downbeat Seattle folk-rock singer/songwriter. FREE Acoustic Jam Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 8pm. Weekly showcase for local songwriters performing original material. FREE Ashleigh Moyes, You Me Him & Her and Jules Taylor Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. Acoustic performances. FREE Brel Sessions Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 8pm. Folky jam session with an indie edge from Laura Wilkie (Rachel Sermanni Band) and Sarah Hayes (Admiral Fallow).
Sunday 26
Glasgow ■ Jo Mango, Damon Valentine, Calum MacCrimmon’s Man’s Ruin and Findlay Napier Stereo, 22–28
Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 2pm. £7 (£5). Another afternoon of Hazy Recollections with some laidback music. FREE Acoustic Butterfly 1901 Bar and Bistro, 1534 Pollockshaws Road, 5pm. See Sat 25. FREE Duffy’s Blues Jam The Wise Monkey, 508 Great Western Road, 334 5125. 5pm. Blues session. ■ Wounded Knee, Lowland Hills, Smackvan, Noma, Helhesten and theapplesofenergy The Flying Duck,
142 Renfield Street, 564 1450. 6pm. £tbc. Billed as The Slow Club Mini Festi, featuring a line-up of bands who aren’t afraid to go slow.
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September Girls featuring Lou Hickey, Kitty the Lion, Ramona and Penny Black Oran Mor,
731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £5. Line-up of local singer/songwriters including Codeine Velvet Club chanteuse Lou Hickey. ■ The Regiments and The Vespas Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £6. Indie. ■ Campfires in Winter, Little
Doses and Dante Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £4. Atmospheric Glaswegian trio. ■ March her to Norway, Catcher and The Gift Horses Pivo Pivo, 15
Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. £3. Pop, punk, rock, indie. ■ The Union Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, Merchant City, 548 1350. 8pm. £5. Nine-piece funk and soul band. ■ Diascorum and Sunsmasher 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Death metal. FREE Iris and The Empathy MacSorleys Music Bar, 42 Jamaica Street, 248 8581. 9pm. Live music. FREE Urban Cookie Collective The Polo Lounge, 84 Wilson Street, 0845 659 5905. Free before 11pm; £8 (£6) after. Dance act best known for their hit ‘The Key, The Secret’.
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industrial, electronica and hip hop from a mix of DJs and live acts, including The Incendiary Bats, Brainz in Jarz, Perfect Practice, Safeword and more. ■ The Beau Nasties The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). Mix of folk, blues, rock and Celtic influences.
■ Don’t Stop Believin’ – Songs from Glee Festival Theatre, 13/29
Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 6pm. £20.50–£24.50. Singalong to the hits from the TV show that has taken karaoke queens by storm. ■ Riot Anyone? Festival@Maggie’s Chamber Maggie’s Chamber, Three
Sisters, 139 Cowgate, 622 6801. 6pm. £5. See Fri 24.
■ Ghosts of Elysium, Party Programme, as Autumn Falls and Your Neighbour the Liar Sneaky
Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £tbc. Progressive metalcore.
■ Six Stories High, Frantic Chant, Street Lights and Clog & Quirks
Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 7pm. £6. Local indie showcase. ■ The Black Tartan Clan, Dick Dangerous & The Love Bastards and Tourettes Henry’s Cellar Bar,
8–16a Morrison Street, 228 9393. 8pm. £5. Celtic punk from Belgium. ■ Since Day One The Bongo Club, Moray House, 37 Holyrood Road, 558 7604. 11pm–3am. £5. Mix of rock,
■ A Loss for Words, Not Advised and LYU Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica
■ Darren Hayman, The Martial Arts and The Just Joans Captain’s
Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £8. Ex-Hefner frontman Hayman returns. ■ Futures, The X Certs and 2 Thirds of Youth King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8pm. £6. Over-14s show. London alt.rock four-piece with Hammond organ embellishment. FREE Open Mic The Brass Monkey, 1004 Argyle Street, 243 2170. 8pm. A new open mic night presided over by Martin Mochan and with free beer for all performers. ■ Raid La Cheetah, 73 Queen Street, 221 4851. 9pm–3am. £2–£3 (£1 with a trade payslip). A new trade/student night featuring live indie bands plus DJs playing ‘anything and everything to get you dancing your ass off’. Live guests each week, all tbc at the moment. FREE Blochestra Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. Bring along any instrument you might have (from tubas to triangles) for a workshop/jam session with Craig Grant (Union of Knives) teaching two songs each week, before planned gigs for this ad hoc multi-member orchestra. FREE Dead at The Scene MacSorleys Music Bar, 42 Jamaica Street, 248 8581. 9pm. Metal, rock and hardcore.
Edinburgh ■ The Barent Seas Electric Circus,
36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £3. Big soaring indie.
■ Don’t Stop Believin’ – Songs from Glee Festival Theatre, 13/29
Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 7.30pm. £20.50–£24.50. See Sun 26. FREE Live Music Captains Bar, 4 South College Street, 8.30pm. See Sat 25.
Tuesday 28
Glasgow ■ Example, Devlin, Yasmin and Ed Sheeran O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall
Street, 332 2232. 7pm. SOLD OUT. Aka Fulham electro rapper and aspiring stand-up comedian Elliot Gleave who specialises in documenting the comic minutiae of everyday life. Grinderman Barrowland, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7pm. SOLD OUT. Rock action from Nick Cave and members of The Bad Seeds.
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■ Little Dragon The Sub Club, 22
Jamaica Street, 248 4600. 7pm. £7.50. Swedish electronica band who were one of the array of guests on the latest Gorillaz album. ■ Park Circus and Acutones O2 ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £5. Over-14s show. Upbeat summery sounds from the band formerly known as diAgusto. ■ This Will Destroy You Stereo, 22–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £tbc. Instrumental post-rock quartet from Texas. FREE Acoustic Sessions and Open Mic Oran Mor, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7.30pm. Free acoustic night hosted by Ross Clark. ■ Jaytard, Gangland Authentic and Show & Bar Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £3. Hip-hop from Glasgow. ■ Abagail Grey and Shauna Joy Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. £3. Sweet folk and cabaret crooning. ■ The Magic Carpet Cabaret Tchai Ovna, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. A night of songwriters and bands. ■ Still Flyin’ and Wake the President Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £7. Uplifting indie from this San Francisco big band. ■ The Pete Walter Band King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6.50. London pop/rock quintet. ■ Keep it Secret and Toy Fires 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Oxjam Battle of the Bands. FREE The Other Side and Strangetouch MacSorleys Music Bar, 42 Jamaica Street, 248 8581. 9pm. Live music. FREE The Shiverin’ Sheiks Blackfriars, 36 Bell Street, 552 5924. 9pm. Rock’n’roll, country and gospel from members of The Five Aces, Bottleneckers and Hidden Masters. ■ Pooch Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 11pm. £tbc. A new girl/boy group of indie rockers from Glasgow. ■ Rose Elinor Dougall King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. £tbc. CANCELLED.
Edinburgh ■ Chasing Owls Roxy Art House, 2
Roxburgh Place, 629 0039. 7pm. £5. Alt.folk acoustica from Edinburgh. ■ The Union Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 7pm. £10. Bluesrock from this new outfit from exThunder guitarist Luke Morley and exWintervill vocalist/guitarist Peter Shoulder. ■ Don’t Stop Believin’ – Songs from Glee Festival Theatre, 13/29
Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 7.30pm. £20.50–£24.50. See Sun 26. ■ Sarah McQuaid Leith Folk Club, The Village, South Fort Street, 07502 024852. 7.30pm. £6. See Fri 24. ■ Bedlam Theatre Fundraiser
Party The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5. Live music, DJs and prize draws for a good cause. FREE Live Music Captains Bar, 4 South College Street, 8.30pm. See Sat 25.
Wednesday 29
Glasgow ■ Harper Simon, Findlay Napier and Jonathan Carr Captain’s Rest,
185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 7pm. £7. Son of Paul Simon. Sounds a bit like him. No pressure, then. ■ The Magic Numbers and Danny & the Champions of the World O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £14. Over-14s show. The return of the two sets of harmonising brothers and sisters in slightly less buoyant musical mood on their new album. ■ Manic Street Preachers and British Sea Power O2 Academy, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm.
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www.list.co.uk/music ÂŁ26.50. The anthemic Welsh rockers tour their tenth album. PVT and Electricity in our Homes Stereo, 22–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. ÂŁ8. London-based Aussies, formerly known as Pivot, who dig their old school analogue electronica. â– The Union The Cathouse, 15 Union Street, 248 6606. 7pm. ÂŁ10. Over-14s show. See Tue 28. FREE Have a Quack The Flying Duck, 142 Renfield Street, 564 1450. 8pm–midnight. An evening of interactive entertainment featuring live acoustic music, a quirky quiz, open mic and a creative writing challenge where imagination equals prizes. Presented by resident band Turning Plates. FREE Rio Open Mic Rio CafĂŠ, 27 Hyndland Street, 334 9909. 8.45pm. A ‘no Hallelujah’ clause is sensibly in play. â– Dear Stars, Mistake Face and What the Dead Know The Buff Club, 142 Bath Lane, 248 1777. 9pm. ÂŁ4 (ÂŁ3). Live music at the regular Muso club night. â– Fremsley, Mr Wroe’s Ho’s and Jack the Wolf 13th Note CafĂŠ, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. ÂŁtbc. Electro line-up. FREE Greenfinch MacSorleys Music Bar, 42 Jamaica Street, 248 8581. 9pm. Live music. FREE Hand Cannon and Scarlet Shift Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. Alternative rock. FREE Open Stage The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 352 9996. Weekly open mic night. â– Tiffany Page King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. ÂŁtbc. CANCELLED.
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Edinburgh â– Fyfe Dangerfield The Bongo Club,
Moray House, 37 Holyrood Road, 353 8000. 7pm. £12.50. The eccentric frontman of loveable art-pop types Guillemots, Dangerfield, plays material from his solo album, Fly Yellow Moon. ■Monuments, Paridian, Dead at the Scene, Entrosolet and This Murder of Angels Sneaky Pete’s, 73
Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £6. Metalcore. ■Don’t Stop Believin’ – Songs from Glee Festival Theatre, 13/29
Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 7.30pm. £20.50–£24.50. See Sun 26. FREE Ian Robertson Captains Bar, 4 South College Street, 8.30pm. Guitar and vocals.
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Glasgow â– Basshunter O2 Academy, 121
Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. ÂŁ17.50. Eurodance star Basshunter aka Jonas Altberg steps up to the live stage with an extensive supporting cast.
â– Bury Tomorrow, Burn the Fleet and Shadows Chasing Ghosts Ivory
Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 7pm. £7. Screamo from Southampton. ■Fyfe Dangerfield Oran Mor, 731–735 Great Western Road, 353 8000. 7pm. £12.50. See Wed 29. ■Hollowtin Sorrows, The Late Julys, LK Audio and Eyes Own O2
ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £5. Dead Kennedysinfluenced sounds headlining this indie rock bill. ■Glad CafÊ Album Launch Stereo, 22–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7.30pm. £4 advance–£5 on the door. An evening of music to raise funds for next year’s opening of Pollokshaws’ brand new arts venue, The Glad CafÊ. The 13track album features contributions from Meursault, Conquering Animal Sound and Barn Owl amongst others, some of whom will be performing tonight. See website for details. ■Gordon Arnold Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £tbc. Rootsy and alternative rock sounds. ■Citigazi and Evil Kin Evil Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. £4. Screamo. ■Curved Air The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £16. See Wed 29. FREE Jam Session Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8pm. See Thu 23. ■Lacuna Coil and Slaves to Gravity King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8pm. £14. Over-14s show. Cult Italian band with an ethereal metal sound. ■Michael Weston King Woodend Tennis & Bowling Club, 10 Chamberlain Road, 959 1428. 8pm. £10. Alt.country from one of the founding members of the Good Sons. ■Proud Mary and The Mode Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £9. One of Noel Gallagher’s favourite bands, which is probably all you need to know about these dadrock plodders.
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OCTOBER ■ The Charlatans
HMV Picture House, Edinburgh, 8 Oct. ■ Groove Armada O2
Academy, Glasgow, 8 Oct.
■ Arrested Development HMV
Picture House, Edinburgh, 17 Oct. ■ I Blame Coco King
Tut’s, Glasgow, 18 Oct.
■ Yann Tiersen HMV Picture House, Edinburgh, 27 Oct.
■ Diana Vickers O2 ABC, Glasgow, 14 Nov.
■ Electric Six O2
■ Magnetic Man Sub
■ LCD Soundsystem
Barrowland, Glasgow, 3 Dec.
■ Meat Loaf SECC,
■ Paul Smith Classic
■ St Etienne O2
■ The Sword G2,
■ Deadmau5
Club, Glasgow, 30 Oct.
■ Goldfrapp O2
■ Robert Plant Usher
Academy, Glasgow, 19 Nov.
Hall, Edinburgh, 18 Oct.
■ Trash Talk
■ Robyn O2 ABC,
Glasgow, 18 Oct.
Captain’s Rest, Glasgow, 19 Nov.
■ Tricky Arches,
■ Roxy Music SECC,
Glasgow, 19 Oct.
Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow, 19 & 20 Nov.
■ Crystal Castles O2
■ Lauren Pritchard
Oran Mor, Glasgow, 8 Oct.
■ Sheryl Crow Clyde
Auditorium, Glasgow, 11 Oct. ■ Yuck Captain’s
Rest, Glasgow, 11 Oct. ■ Brandon Flowers
■ Kate Nash O2 ABC,
Glasgow, 14 Oct.
■ Joshua Radin O2
ABC, Glasgow, 15 Oct. ■ Tinie Tempah
Potterrow, Edinburgh, 15 Oct. ■ Chiddy Bang
Arches, Glasgow, 16 Oct. ■ Stiff Little Fingers
HMV Picture House, Edinburgh, 16 Oct.
■ Tom McRae Oran
Mor, Glasgow, 16 Oct; Liquid Room, Edinburgh, 17 Oct.
QMU, Glasgow, 18 Dec.
■ Belle & Sebastian
■ Hot Hot Heat
Stereo, Glasgow, 20 Oct. ■ Carl Barat Oran
■ James Yuill and Silver Columns
Stereo, Glasgow, 31 Oct. ■ Sum 41 O2 ABC,
Glasgow, 31 Oct.
■ Hayseed Dixie
Grand Old Opry, Glasgow, 21 Oct. ■ Train O2 ABC,
Glasgow, 21 Oct. Glasgow, 22 Oct.
■ Leftfield
Barrowland, Glasgow, 20 Nov.
Glasgow, 7 Dec.
■ Klaxons
Glasgow, 7 Dec.
■ Faithless SECC,
■ Suzanne Vega Oran
Barrowland, Glasgow, 21 Nov.
■ Echo & the Bunnymen O2
■ Foals HMV Picture
■ Heaven 17 HMV Picture House, Edinburgh, 22 Nov.
Academy, Glasgow, 8 Dec.
Mor, Glasgow, 31 Oct. House, Edinburgh, 31 Oct; O2 Academy, Glasgow, 2 Nov.
Mor, Glasgow, 21 Oct.
■ Warpaint Stereo,
Glasgow, 14 Oct.
■ We Were Promised Jetpacks
Glasgow, 6 Dec.
■ Angus & Julia Stone Oran Mor,
■ Eliza Doolittle
■ The Twilight Sad and Errors Liquid
■ Kassidy QMU,
■ Billy Bragg Arches,
Glasgow, 18 Dec.
■ Shakira SECC,
■ Joe Satriani SECC,
Tut’s, Glasgow, 14 Oct.
■ Status Quo SECC,
Academy, Glasgow, 6 Dec.
■ Professor Green
■ Darwin Deez King
Barrowland, Glasgow, 5 Dec.
■ Holy Fuck King Tut’s, Glasgow, 20 Nov.
Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow, 20 Oct.
■ Feeder O2 ABC,
Room, Edinburgh, 12 Oct.
Braehead Arena, Glasgow, 17 Dec.
■ Badly Drawn Boy
O2 Academy, Glasgow, 12 Oct. O2 ABC, 12 Oct.
■ The Courteeners
ABC, Glasgow, 16 Dec.
■ Black Rebel Motorcycle Club O2
■ Mudhoney Arches,
Nice’n’Sleazy, Glasgow, 10 Oct.
Glasgow, 4 Dec.
Glasgow, 16 Dec.
Mor, Glasgow, 20 Nov.
■ Jeff Beck Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow, 20 Oct.
■ O.Children
Grand, Glasgow, 3 Dec.
SECC, Glasgow, 15 Dec.
■ Beach House Oran
■ Mice Parade
Glasgow, 9 Oct.
■ Frightened Rabbit
■ Peter Andre
ABC, Glasgow, 19 Oct.
Classic Grand, Glasgow, 20 Oct.
Stereo, Glasgow, 8 Oct.
Barrowland, Glasgow, 17 & 18 Nov.
ABC, Glasgow, 3 Dec.
NOVEMBER ■ Imogen Heap HMV Picture House, Edinburgh, 1 Nov. ■ Marina & The
Diamonds Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow, 1 Nov; HMV Picture House, Edinburgh, 2 Nov.
■ Anastacia, Lulu and Heather Small
Playhouse, Edinburgh, 22 Nov; SECC: Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow, 23 Nov.
■ God Speed You! Black Emperor
Barrowland, Glasgow, 8 Dec.
Glasgow, 19 Dec.
Barrowland, Glasgow, 19— 21 Dec.
JANUARY ■ Thin Lizzy O2
Academy, Glasgow, 7 Jan. ■ The Wombats
HMV Picture House, Edinburgh, 15 Jan. ■ Band of Horses O2
Academy, Glasgow, 27 Jan.
■ Roxy Music SECC,
Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow, 27 Jan.
■ Pulled Apart By Horses Oran Mor,
FEBRUARY
Glasgow, 23 Nov.
■ The Go! Team
■ We Are Scientists
O2 ABC, Glasgow, 25 Nov. ■ The National O2
Glasgow, 22 Oct.
■ Paloma Faith Corn Exchange, Edinburgh, 2 Nov.
Oran Mor, Glasgow, 3 Feb; Liquid Room, Edinburgh, 4 Feb. ■ The Saturdays
■ Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip QMU,
■ The Divine Comedy Oran Mor,
■ Underworld O2
Glasgow, 23 Oct.
Glasgow, 3 Nov.
■ KT Tunstall
■ James Walsh
Glasgow, 22 Oct.
Barrowland, Glasgow, 23 Oct. ■ McFly Playhouse,
Edinburgh, 24 Oct.
■ Yeasayer O2 ABC,
Glasgow, 24 Oct.
■ The Wombats King
Tut’s, Glasgow, 25 Oct. ■ Clinic Stereo,
Glasgow, 26 Oct. ■ Egyptian Hip Hop
Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, 3 Nov; Oran Mor, Glasgow, 4 Nov. ■ Edwyn Collins
Academy, Glasgow, 26 Nov. ■ Biffy Clyro SECC,
Glasgow, 26 & 27 Nov. ■ Adam Lambert O2
ABC, Glasgow, 28 Nov.
■ Lissie O2 ABC,
Glasgow, 8 Dec.
■ Scissor Sisters
■ Good Charlotte O2 Academy, Glasgow, 14 Feb. ■ James Blunt
SECC, Glasgow, 8 Dec.
SECC: Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow, 17 Feb
■ Interpol Corn
■ Goo Goo Dolls O2 Academy, Glasgow, 7 Nov.
■ Asia HMV Picture House, Edinburgh, 10 Dec.
■ Mogwai HMV Picture House, Edinburgh, 21 Feb.
■ Cast Barrowland,
■ Disturbed and Papa Roach SECC,
■ Jason Derulo O2
■ Motörhead O2
Academy, Glasgow, 9 Nov. ■ Ash Liquid Room,
■ Bedouin Soundclash King
Tuts, Glasgow, 27 Oct.
■ Les Savy Fav O2 ABC, Glasgow, 13 Nov.
■ Wiley Classic
■ Local Natives King
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SECC, Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow, 6 Feb.
Oran Mor, Glasgow, 7 Nov.
Captain’s Rest, Glasgow, 26 Oct.
Grand, Glasgow, 27 Oct.
Academy, Glasgow, 26 Nov.
Edinburgh, 11 Nov.
Tut’s, Glasgow, 13 Nov.
Exchange, Edinburgh, 27 Nov. Glasgow, 28 Nov.
■ Vampire Weekend
Corn Exchange, Edinburgh, 28 Nov. ■ The Drums O2 ABC, Glasgow, 29 Nov.
DECEMBER ■ Pendulum
Braehead Arena, Glasgow, 1 Dec.
Glasgow, 11 Dec. ■ Arcade Fire SECC,
Glasgow, 12 Dec.
■ Teenage Fanclub
Barrowland, Glasgow, 12 Dec. ■ JLS SECC,
Glasgow, 13 Dec. ■ Human League
HMV Picture House, Edinburgh, 14 Dec.
Academy, Glasgow, 23 Feb.
MARCH ■ The Stranglers
O2 Academy, Glasgow, 5 Mar; HMV Picture House, Edinburgh, 6 Mar.
MAY ■ Eric Clapton
SECC, Glasgow, 12 May
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www.list.co.uk/music ■ Ruby Culture Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, Merchant City, 548 1350. 8pm. £5. Live music. ■ The Travels, Augusta Fireball, Galoshins, Kontroband and Eightball 13th Note Café, 50–60 King
Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £tbc. Americana, grunge and indie.
Edinburgh FREE Henry Ibbs The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. See Thu 23.
■ Fenech Soler, Epic 26 and Mopp
Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £7. Melodic electro pop trio. ■ Fun Lovin’ Criminals and The Chemists The HMV Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. 7pm. £17.50. Like Ocean Colour Scene, Fun Lovin’ Criminals may be past their creative peak but always find an eager crowd in Scotland, keen to bellow along to the hits. Please note rescheduled date, original tickets still valid. ■ The Miserable Rich Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £5 (£4). Big folky indie. ■ Terry Callier The Pleasance Theatre, 60 Pleasance, 7.30pm. £22.50 (£11 students). Veteran folky soul singer, who has collaborated with the coffee table likes of Groove Armada, Zero 7, 4 Hero and Massive Attack. See preview, page 72. ■ The Chans The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5. Singer/guitarist Rossco Galloway and his rocking four-piece launch their new CS+D (entry includes CD). ■ Versus The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 8.30pm. £tbc. Two acts perform on the same stage at the same time for a live musical mash-up (acts for this instalment still tbc at time of going to press).
Friday 1
Glasgow ■ How to Swim, Over the Wall and The Low Miffs Stereo, 22–28 Renfield
Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £tbc. Characterful pop from a many-membered collective who don’t take themselves too seriously.
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Josephine Foster & the Victor Herrero Band, Rachel Grimes, Nils Frahm and Wounded Knee
Platform, The Bridge, 1000 Westerhouse Road, Easterhouse, 276 9696. 7pm. £10 (£15 both nights). Flapper blues and acid folk from one of America’s most adventurous singer/songwriters collaborating with her Spanish partner Herrero on the first night of the Eastern Promise mini-fest. See 5 Reasons, page 77. See our competition to win free tickets, page 78. ■ Mark Ronson & The Business Intl and Rose Elinor Dougall O2
ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £20. DJ and producer du jour, who souped up Amy Winehouse and Lily Allen, performs his own solo show, now going in a more funky electro direction on new album Record Collection. ■ Marseille g2, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 353 3111. 7pm. £8.50. Over-14s show. Kick ass old school rock quintet from Liverpool. ■ Mumford & Sons, Johnny Flynn and Matthew & the Atlas O2
Academy, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. SOLD OUT. London indie folk troupe who have been clutched to the nation’s bosom in the past year. ■ Ricky Warwick and New York Alcohol Anxiety Attack Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £9. Almighty frontman whose debut solo album Tattoos & Alibis was compared to Steve Earle and Tom Petty by Kerrang! and has more recently been collaborating with Billy Duffy of The Cult on a new band called Circus Diablo. ■ Skinny Villains O2 ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £5. Full on indie rocking. ■ Yashin The Cathouse, 15 Union Street, 248 6606. 7pm. £8. See Sat 25.
■ Chris Helme Barrowland, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7.30pm. £8–£9.50. Ex-Seahorses frontman tours solo. ■ The Imagineers, The Stagger Rats and Suspire Nice’n’Sleazy, 421
Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £5. Psychobilly from The Stagger Rats. ■ Lena Martell Pavilion Theatre, 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. 7.30pm. £14. The veteran Scottish vocalist, who has performed on Broadway, the West End and Las Vegas and has recorded over 30 albums. ■ Open Swimmer Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 7.30pm. £5. Aka singer/songwriter Ben TD. ■ Tony Allen The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7.30pm. £15. Afrobeat pioneer, drummer Allen has worked with everyone from Fela Kuti to Damon Albarn. FREE Ace City Racers and Sonny Marvello Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. Britpop influences from ACR. ■ Deer Tick and Caitlin Rose Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £8. Grizzled leftfield Americana supported by a Nashville singer/songwriter with a love of Linda Ronstadt and Stevie Nicks. See preview, page 72. ■ Lee Patterson, Craig Hughes and Martin McLaughlin The State Bar, 148 Holland Street, 332 2159. 8pm. £4 (£2 with flyer). Monthly Vagabond Social Club night, featuring a line-up of Americana-flavoured acts. ■ Marcus Bonfanti & band Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, Merchant City, 01334 840494. 8pm. £5. See Thu 30. ■ The Joy Formidable, Chapel Club and Flats King Tut’s Wah Wah
Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £9.50. Welsh indie/post-punk trio head this latest NME Radar bill. FREE Swagger Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Quality rock covers and self-styled ‘rock salvation’ from Swagger. FREE The Delaneys, Da Flava Boyz and The Gift Horses Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 9pm. Indie/pop line-up. FREE B Movie Junkies Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 11pm. Pop with a double dash of filth, they say.
Edinburgh FREE William Douglas The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. See Sat 25. ■ Death Trap City, Art of Privilege and Deco Arcade Wee Red Bar,
Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £4. Edinburgh rock triple bill. ■ Illuminate The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564. 7pm. £5. Christian band who’s ‘vision is based on worship and what it means to live a life for God’, with a suitably impressive light show. Music Like a Vitamin The HMV Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. 7pm. £6. Bumper bill of Scottish acts all performing for the Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival: Rod Jones (Idlewild), Emma Pollock, James Graham (Twilight Sad), Scott Hutchison (Frightened Rabbit), Jill O’Sullivan, Karine Polwart, Jenny Reeve, Alasdair Roberts and James Yorkston. Part of the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival. See preview, page 71.
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■ Steg G & The Freestyle Master, Loki, RP and Factory Babys Sneaky
Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £tbc. Hip hop showcase. ■ The Airborne Toxic Event The Pleasance Theatre, 60 Pleasance, 7.30pm. £15. Special acoustic show from these dark indie types. ■ Friday Fix The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7.30pm. £9. After a successful trial earlier in the year, the Friday Fix returns. With comedy turns from Craig Campbell, John Gavin, Matt Winning, Martin Bearne and MC Davey See. Tunes from The Dukes and
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Horndog Brass Band.
■ The Stones Brunton Theatre,
Ladywell Way, Musselburgh, 665 2240. 7.30pm. £15 (£13). Recreating the Rolling Stones live experience, this band promise energy and excitement and a show almost indistinguishable from the original. ■ Acid Drop, Murderburgers, Daddy No! and Facehandle
Bannerman’s, Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. £5. Heaed by ex-Dead Pets, Leeds punkers Acid Drop. (£13). ‘The closest you’ll get to the real thing’ with this high-energy tribute act.
Saturday 2
Glasgow FREE The MeatMen Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, Merchant City, 548 1350. 5pm. Rockabilly, bluegrass and skiffle from Glasgow trio The MeatMen. ■ The French Wives and Male Pattern Band Stereo, 22–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £4. Winsome indie in the style of Belle & Sebastian. ■ I Am Kloot and Agnes Obel O2 ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £14. Mancunian veteran songwriters, respected among their peers, who were recently nominated for the Mercury Music Prize.
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Westerhouse Road, Easterhouse, 276 9696. 7pm. £10 (£15 both nights). Second night of Eastern Promise, headlined by the redoubtable King Creosote and featuring Malcolm Middleton’s new project HDBA. See 5 Reasons, page 77. See our competition to win free tickets, page 78.
■ The Last of the Free, Would you Like Fries with That, Waking Inertia, The Clang and The Tye
Barrowland 2, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7pm. £6. Over-14s show. Local band showcase. Music Like a Vitamin O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £6. See Fri 1. ■ Simple Minded Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 7pm. £6. Minds tribute band.
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■ Tim Robbins & The Rogues
Gallery Band Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, Merchant City, 548 1350. 7pm. £13.50. Hollywood film star Robbins follows in the not-so-illustrious footsteps of Russell Crowe and Keanu Reeves by crossing over to the musical side. ■ Numbuzz Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £6. Live music.
■ The Craybees, The Schemes and Innocents Civilian Maggie May’s, 60
Trongate, Merchant City, 548 1350. 8pm. £5. Live music. ■ Crocodiles and She’s Hit Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £7. Lo-fi electro punk duo from the States. See preview, page 72. ■ Future Islands, Tattie Toes and Fur Hood 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £5. Minimalist new wave pop in a Joy Division style. ■ Everything Everything King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £9. Genre-straddling ‘unconventional pop’ from Manchester’s hotly-tipped Everything Everything. See Exposure, page 73. FREE The Lions Rampant Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. US band. FREE The Patriots, Pensioner and Innocents Civilian Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 9pm. Alternative electro sounds.
Edinburgh ■ William Douglas The Jazz Bar, 1
Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6.30pm. Donation. See Sat 25. ■ Manic Street Preachers and British Sea Power Corn Exchange, 11 New Market Road, 477 3500. 7pm. £26.50. See Wed 29. 23 Sep–7 Oct 2010 THE LIST 81
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73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £tbc. Thumping indie rock. FREE Son of Portslade and Julia’s Daughter Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. ‘Tuneful, thought provoking melodies intertwined with incisive observation and soulful outrospection,’ from SoP. ■ Steve Ignorant and Goldblade The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564. 7pm. £14.50. Ignorant plays out anarchopunk tracks from the seminal Crass. ■ Tony Allen The HMV Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. 7pm. £15. See Fri 1. ■ Yashin Studio 24, 24–26 Calton Road, 558 3758. 7pm. £8. See Sat 25. ■ Abba Mania Playhouse, 18–22 Greenside Place, 0844 847 1660. 7.30pm. £14.50–£18.50. Celebrating 30 years of golden hits with a re-creation of the live Abba show.
✽ Roxy Art House, 2 Roxburgh Place, 629
Enfant Bastard, Kylie Minoise, Wounded Knee and Bit Face
0039. 7.30pm. £3. Electronica maverick Enfant Bastard launches new album Master Dude (SL Records) for a night of experimental lo-fi electronic noise.
■ Muscletusk, Moon Unit and Nob
The Banshee Labyrinth, 29–35 Niddry Street, 8pm. £4. Dark experimentalism from Leith as Muscletusk unleash new album Ask the Universe. FREE Live Music Nobles Bar, 44a Constitution Street, Leith, 629 7215. 9.30pm. See Sat 25.
Sunday 3
Glasgow ■ Architects, Devil Sold his Soul and Norma Jean The Garage, 490
Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120. 7pm. £11.
Over-14s show. The headliners are a hardcore metal quintet from Brighton. ■ The Broadcast, 2 Thirds of Youth, Try This at Home and Wolves at Heart O2 ABC2, 330
Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £6. Emo/punk line-up.
■ James Mackenzie & the Aquascene and Louise McVey & Cracks in the Concrete Brel, 39–43
Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 7pm. £5. Highland acoustic pop six-piece.
■ Super Adventure Club, Bronto Skylift and Carnivores Nice’n’Sleazy,
421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £tbc. ‘Hyper melodic uberspazz triumvirate’ headline.
■ The Barents Sea, The Darien Venture, Jack the Wolf and Album
Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £4. Perth-based folk rock quintet. ■ Burning Sunrise Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, Merchant City, 548 1350. 8pm. £5. Heavy rock. ■ Eddy & the T-Bolts Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. £tbc. Anarcho punk rock. ■ Detachments, The Side, Inner Sight and Exit Calm King Tut’s Wah
Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £5. New wave/electro from London. ■ Ian Hunter & The Rant Band The Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8.30pm. £18.50. Ex-Mott the Hoople frontman Hunter with his assembled group of musicians, the Rant Band. FREE Aciddrop and Filthy Nights MacSorleys Music Bar, 42 Jamaica Street, 248 8581. 9pm. Live music. ■ Capital-X and Jehuniko 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. ‘Revolutionary’ hip hop. FREE Acoustic Session Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. Folk to rock, hosted by Smillie and Bryce. ■ Jean Michel Jarre Braehead Arena, Kings Inch Road, 0870 277 6062. £43.50. Famous for his spectacular laser and light effects, the electronic composer recreates his oceanic soundscapes on analogue synthesizers.
Edinburgh ■ Mark Morriss Electric Circus,
36–39 Market Street, 01224 211121. 7pm. £5. The Bluetones frontman plays a solo gig. ■ Steven Milne Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £tbc. Pianoled indie from local singer and frontman of The Little Kicks. ■ Ring of Fire The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7.30pm. £12. Johnny Cash tribute act. ■ Morphamish, Church of When The Shit Hits The Fan and Krowne
Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16a Morrison Street, 228 9393. 8pm. £4. Black Lantern Music first birthday party with a night of live dubstep, hip hop and electro. ■ The Beau Nasties The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). See Sun 26.
Monday 4
Glasgow ■ The Baseballs O2 ABC2, 330
Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. SOLD OUT. German rockabilly trio, always with their combs at the ready to slick back that hair. Hurts, Clare Maguire and Kelsey Hunter Oran Mor, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £10.70. Sharp-suited electro pop duo from Manchester who have their own opera singer mascot. Kelis and Natacha Kills O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £20. No age restriction. Return of the fierce soul/hip-hop/electro diva. ■ Maybeshewill Stereo, 22–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £5.50. Rocking electronica from Leicestershirebased band. ■ Mayday Parade and The Maine The Garage, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120. 7pm. £10.50. Over-14s show. Generic emo pop outfit headline. ■ Of Montreal Queen Margaret Union, 22 University Gardens, 339 9784. 7pm. £12.50. Over-14s show. Psychedelic indie pop collective based in music mecca Athens, Georgia, who are part of the Elephant 6 group of artists. FREE Acoustic Jam Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 8pm. See Mon 27.
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FREE Brel Sessions Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 8pm. See Mon 27. ■ Michael Simons Tchai Ovna, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. Glasgow-based guitarist playing folk, blues and beyond. FREE Playing at Pharaohs, My Music Myth, Pamela Quinn, George Tucker and Kenny McColl
Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. Pivo’s anything-goes Monday night line-up. ■ A Storm of Light Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £8. Post-rock doom metal band from New York. ■ Sparrow & the Workshop, Fists and Kitty the Lion King Tut’s Wah
Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. Glasgow-based trio covering indie, folk and bluesy bases. FREE Blochestra Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. See Mon 27. ■ Heights Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 10pm. £tbc. Reckless and gnarly, this hardcore quintet continue to make their mark on the metal world.
Edinburgh ■ Capital-X, Jehuniko and Brent Lee Regan Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £5. ‘Revolutionary’ hip hop.
Tuesday 5
Glasgow ■ Jorn, Attica Rage and Komatoze
Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £14. Metal and classic rock. ■ Level 42 O2 Academy, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £25. 80s funk pop quartet back on the road again, singing some of the old favourites including ‘Running the Family’, ‘Lessons in Love’ and ‘Take a Look’. ■ Jill Hepburn, Fiddleguitar and Andrew Huggem Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 7.30pm. £4. Folk sounds. ■ Imaad Wasif Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £8. Postmodern psych rock from LA. ■ John Hinshelwood Tchai Ovna, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. Star of
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the Scottish roots, country and folk music scene plays originals and covers. ■ Fenech Soler and Indian Red Lopez King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £7. Melodic electro pop outfit. FREE The Human Zoo MacSorleys Music Bar, 42 Jamaica Street, 248 8581. 9pm. Live music. ■ Kepi Ghoulie, Andrew Jackson Jihad and The Murderburgers 13th
Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Punk bill, including Kepi Ghoulie from the Groovy Ghoulies. FREE The Seventeenth Century Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. Dreamy folk rock from this Glasgow five-piece who sound a bit like a Scottish Fleet Foxes. FREE The Shiverin’ Sheiks Blackfriars, 36 Bell Street, 552 5924. 9pm. See Tue 28.
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Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 7.30pm. £6. Folk rock from Irish singer/songwriter Houston. Part of the Glasgow Americana Festival. ■ Ocean Colour Scene Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £20–£23.50. A two-night stand (one acoustic, one electric) in Glasgow for the baggy/Britpop survivors. ■ Deadstring Brothers Mono, 12 King’s Court, King Street, 553 2400. 8pm. £tbc. This Americana outfit describe themselves as country toughs from the Motor City. ■ John Taylor and Vivien Scotson The Griffin, 226 Bath Street, 331 5170. 8pm. £5. Jack Johnson/Ray Lamontagneinfluenced singer/songwriter. Part of the Glasgow Americana Festival. ■ Kevin Kennie Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. £4. Singer/songwriter. ■ Laurel Collective, The Dirty Demographic and I Like Where I Live Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western
■ Beth Nielsen Chapman and Martha Tilston The Queen’s Hall,
87–89 Clerk Street, 353 8000. 8pm. £22. Highly rated Americana singer/songwriter who has penned hits for the likes of Trisha Yearwood and Willie Nelson.
Wednesday 6
Glasgow ■ Eilen Jewell and The Southern Tenant Folk Union O2 ABC, 330
Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £12. Sweet-voiced Bostonite trading in old school country, folk and blues traditions. Part of the Glasgow Americana Festival. ■ Frankie & the Heartstrings and Summer Camp Stereo, 22–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £7. Sunderland five-piece described as ‘JoBoxers meets Josef K’ supported by dream pop duo Summer Camp. ■ Brian Houston and Yvonne Lyon
Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £5. DD are a power pop quartet who digs the likes of Ben Folds and Randy Newman. ■ Sivert Hoyem King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £10. Former lead singer of Norwegian alternative rockers Madrugada. ■ Random Hand and Escape to Victory 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. UK ska/metal/rap. FREE Open Stage The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 352 9996. See Wed 29. ■ The Winter Tradition The Buff Club, 142 Bath Lane, 248 1777. £tbc. See Sat 25.
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Maggie’s Chamber, Three Sisters, 139 Cowgate, 622 6801. 7pm. £2. More rock and indie at another ‘This is Not a Toga Party’ party. ■ Walter Trout The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564. 7pm. £17.50. Blues guitarist who has played with the likes of John Mayall, Canned Heat and John Lee Hooker. ■ Cornersessions The Lot, 4–6 Grassmarket, 225 9922. 7.30pm. £4. Session music evening down at The Lot featuring the Al Shields Band, Whisperchamber and Threefifty Duo. ■ Unkle Bob and The Last September The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7.30pm. £6–£7. The folk rock band from Glasgow launch new album Shockwaves.
Thursday 7
Glasgow ■ City of Fire The Cathouse, 15 Union
Street, 248 6606. 7pm. £10. Over-14s show. Vancouver-based metal quintet. ■ Dreadzone Oran Mor, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £16.50. Dubby dance from Dreadzone who charted in the mid-90s with ‘Little Britain’ but have since been making compelling reggae-rooted soundscapes. ■ Ocean Colour Scene O2 Academy, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £23.50. See Wed 6. ■ Y&T O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £15. Over-14s show. Californian hard rock veterans Y&T (Yesterday & Today) have sold four million albums in their time. ■ Clive Baldwin’s Jolson Show
Pavilion Theatre, 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. 7.30pm. £15 (£14). A musical tribute by the man considered by many to be the living voice of Al Jolson. ■ Girlyman Stereo, 22–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7.30pm. £10. Tightly harmonising indie folk trio from Brooklyn. Part of the Glasgow Americana Festival.
■ No Comet, Anderson White Duo and David Singer Nice’n’Sleazy, 421
Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £3. Live music. ■ Blank Dogs Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £8. Prolific one-man band from Brooklyn. ■ Dave Dominey Tchai Ovna, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. Funkiness on laptop and bass. ■ Hounds of Audio Prime, Perduramo, Blackened Ritual and Black Lights Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo
Street, 564 8100. 8pm. £4. Alt.rock lineup. FREE Jam Session Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8pm. See Thu 23. ■ John Alexander The State Bar, 148 Holland Street, 01854 612103. 8pm. £5. Glasgow-based finger-picking singersongwriter whose sound is a pleasing blend of folk, blues and country. Part of the Glasgow Americana Festival. ■ Regenesis The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £15. Genesis tribute band. ■ Paper Crows King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. London duo of Emma Panas and Duncan MacDougall. FREE Eoghan Colgan The Wise Monkey, 508 Great Western Road, 334 5125. 9pm. Folk singer/songwriter. FREE The Free Candy Sessions The Liquid Ship, 171–175 Great Western Road, 331 1901. 9pm. Weekly, laid back session with guest musicians, this week featuring three Americana acts (tbc). Part of the Glasgow Americana Festival. FREE A Genuine Freakshow Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. Describing themselves as a ‘posteverything pop bonanza’, this Reading seven-piece count Sigur Ros, Radiohead and Mogwai among their illustrious band of influences. ■ Trash Kit, Grass Widow and Golden Grrrls 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Primal London trio headline a night of femme punk sounds. ■ Hispanic Panic Goes to Africa!
Stereo, 22–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 11pm–3am. £4 (£3). Glasgow University
Fenech Soler
Hispanic Society put on another night of salsa, kumbia, kuduro and reggaeton, but this time there’s a dash of Zimbabwe in the mix from live groups Rise Kagona and The Jit Jive Five.
Edinburgh FREE Henry Ibbs The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. See Thu 23. ■ Born to Be Wide Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £3 (£2). Music industry seminar/social club that aims to bring musos, journos, promoters, record shop workers and musicians together. This instalment features Hannah Brodie (XL) and Stewart Henderson (Chemikal Underground) with a ‘Buy What You Hear’ club session in association with Oxfam from 9.30pm. ■ Corinne Bailey Rae The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7pm. £19.50. Sweet soul vocals from this young Leeds lass, whose second album The Sea is, in part, a response to the recent death of her husband. ■ Doll & The Kicks Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £5. Disco flavoured indie rock from Doll and her Kicks. ■ KRS-One The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564. 7pm. £14. Influential hip hop MC and producer famed for his work with Boogie Down Productions, appearing with Supernatural and DJ Prime. ■ Helsinki and Hey Enemy Henry’s
JAZZ Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to henry@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Henry Northmore and Kenny Mathieson. ✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
Cellar Bar, 8–16a Morrison Street, 228 9393. 8pm. £5. Alt.rock from Norwich. ■ Unpeeled The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). Showcase of four new acts of any genre from rock and indie to folk and acoustic.
Thursday 23
Edinburgh ■ International Guitar Night
Brunton Theatre, Ladywell Way, Musselburgh, 665 2240. 7.30pm. £14 (£12). Some of the world’s foremost acoustic guitar players get together for a showcase of their talents and different styles. This year’s line-up is Alexandre Gismonti, Pino Forastiere and Brian Gore. ■ Jazz Bar Quartet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). Jazz four-piece.
Friday 24
Glasgow FREE Cosmopolitan Big Band Cafe Source, 1 St Andrew’s Square, 548 6020. 9pm. Jazz standards, funk and soul from this 18-piece big band featuring vocals from Rachel Lightbody.
Edinburgh
They dress like Ladyhawke and play like Friendly Fires, and this brand new quartet from the Northamptonshire hamlet of King’s Cliffe are building a name for themselves as reliable purveyors of sweet and shiny mutant disco, as heard on the singles ‘The Cult of Romance’ and ‘Stop and Stare’. Their typical stagewear of braided gold tiaras and sequinned disco blousons is also a fashion event waiting to happen. Right? ■ Electric Circus, Edinburgh, Thu 30 Sep; King Tut’s, Glasgow, Tue 5 Oct. 84 THE LIST 23 Sep–7 Oct 2010
FREE Graham High & Ian Carlton Henderson’s, 94 Hanover Street, 225 2131. 6.30pm. Guitar duo playing Hot Club-style jazz. ■ Keith Edwards Quartet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). Saxophonist Keith Edwards and his band with a mixture of uplifting classics and lesser-known tunes. ■ Skunk Funk The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). Night of top funk from DJ Aki and live guests, including high energy funk rock from James Brown is Annie (24 Sep) followed by Snake Davis Band (1 Oct) featuring Heather Small (M People) on vocals.
Saturday 25
Glasgow FREE Matthew Herd Quartet Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 3pm. Led by tenor saxophonist Herd.
Edinburgh FREE The Gentlemen of Jazz Harry’s Bar, Randolph Place, 539 8100. 2.30pm. Featuring vocalist Liz MacEwan. FREE The Mellotones The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 3pm. Jimmy Taylor and band play songs by Mel Torme and other great jazz vocalists. ■ World Premiere Quintet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). A different selection of five leading jazz players come together for each session with no rehearsal. ■ Fish Fry The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). Scottish jazz, funk, soul and Latin bands join DJ Astroboy. The line-up includes quirky acid funk from Gecko 3 (25 Sep) and funk from Belfast six-piece Soul Truth Band (2 Oct).
Sunday 26
Glasgow FREE Live Jazz Cafe Rogano, 11 Exchange Place, 248 4055. 1.30pm. Popular soul, blues and classic jazz. FREE Duffy’s Blues Jam The Wise Monkey, 508 Great Western Road, 334 5125. 5pm. Blues session. FREE Perdido The Inn, Station Road, Bearsden, 942 6752. 8–11pm. Mainstream Latin jazz, swing and vocals. The less inhibited are encouraged to get up and have a boogie.
Edinburgh FREE Rosie Nimmo and Stuart Allardyce Café Grande, 184 Bruntsfield Place, 228 1188. 7pm. Jazz, blues and folk-infused vocals from Nimmo. ■ Singers’ Night The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). This fornight sees Renee Stefanie and special guest Nikki Marshall perform with the cream of Scotland’s jazz musicians. FREE The Whighams Jazz Club Whighams Wine Cellars, 13 Hope Street, 225 8674. 8.30pm. All singers and instrumentalists are welcome at this jazz jam with a different host every week and a stellar trio. This fortnight features blues from vocalist/pianist Martin Waugh (26 Sep) and Jess Abrams (3 Oct). ■ The Beau Nasties The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). Mix of folk, blues, rock and Celtic influences.
Monday 27
Edinburgh FREE Ron Henderson’s, 94 Hanover Street, 225 2131. 6.30pm. Laidback favourites from pianist Ron (who has played over 1000 performances at Henderson’s). ■ The Jazz Bar Big Band The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). Jazz classics from this 17-piece ensemble. ■ Glamour & The Baybes The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). Mix of rock, jazz, blues and funk from this four-piece powered by drummer Jordie Gilmour.
Tuesday 28
Glasgow FREE The Hot Club of Glasgow Ivory Hotel, Langside Avenue, Shawlands, 636 0223. 7.30pm. Informal jam session of Django-Reinhardt-style gypsy jazz and swing.
Edinburgh ■ The Six O’Clock Blues The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Donation. Live acoustic blues from John Hurt and friends. FREE Steve Tyler Henderson’s, 94
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■ Tuesday Heartbreak Live Funkout The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers
Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). Guitarist Aki Remally leads this funk band.
Wednesday 29
Sunday 3
Glasgow FREE Live Jazz Cafe Rogano, 11 Exchange Place, 248 4055. 1.30pm. See Sun 26. FREE Perdido The Inn, Station Road, Bearsden, 942 6752. 8–11pm. See Sun 26.
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■ Live Jazz Tchai Ovna, 42 Otago
FREE Haftor Medboe and Renee Stephanie Café Grande, 184
Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. A mixture of standards and originals played on guitar, drums and saxophone.
Edinburgh ■ Borders Big Band Brunton Theatre, Ladywell Way, Musselburgh, 665 2240. 7.30pm. £14 (£12). Celebrate the era of the Big Band with the hugely popular music of Glenn Miller, Count Basie, Duke Ellington and many other favourites. ■ Wizz Jones Edinburgh Folk Club, Cabaret Bar, 60 The Pleasance, 650 2458. 7.30pm. £8 (£7). Renowned blues guitarist, known for his folk fusion and influence on the music of Eric Clapton, John Renbourn and Ralph McTell. ■ Chick Lyall/Rob Hall Quartet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5 (£4). A newly formed band with original compositions featuring Rob Hall on sax, Chick Lyall on piano, Mario Caribe on bass, and Tom Bancroft on drums. ■ Mike Kearney Ka-Tet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). Talented piano player/vocalist Kearney leads this funk/blues five-piece.
Thursday 30
Bruntsfield Place, 228 1188. 7pm. Jazz guitarist Medboe is joined by singer Stephanie. FREE Blue Sunday City Café, 19 Blair Street, 220 0125. 8pm. Top blues and swing tracks to dance along to. ■ Commonwealth Jazz Group The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5. Featuring Canadian saxophonist Mike Ruby, Indian pianist Utsav Lal, South African bassist Prince Bolo, along with Scotland’s Laura Macdonald (sax) and John Lowrie (drums). FREE The Whighams Jazz Club Whighams Wine Cellars, 13 Hope Street, 225 8674. 8.30pm. See Sun 26. ■ The Beau Nasties The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). See Sun 26.
Monday 4
Edinburgh ■ The Jazz Bar Big Band The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). See Mon 27. ■ Glamour & The Baybes The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). See Mon 27.
Tuesday 5
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FREE Pete Johnstone Trio Rio Café, 27 Hyndland Street, 334 9909. 9pm. Jazz trio.
FREE The Hot Club of Glasgow Ivory Hotel, Langside Avenue, Shawlands, 636 0223. 7.30pm. See Tue 28.
Friday 1
Glasgow ■ Jazz Concert RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £10 (£7). A lunchtime performance by some of the leading lights on the Scottish jazz scene, including newly-appointed Professor at the RSAMD Tommy Smith, double bass player Mario Caribé, pianist Paul Harrison and RSAMD jazz students. ■ Tony Allen The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7.30pm. £15. Afrobeat pioneer, drummer Allen has worked with everyone from Fela Kuti to Damon Albarn.
Edinburgh ■ The Six O’Clock Blues The Jazz
Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Donation. See Tue 28.
■ Tuesday Heartbreak Live Funkout The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers
Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). See Tue 28.
Wednesday 6
Ensemble The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers
Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £8 (£6). Virtuoso Israeli saxophonist Atzmon merges Middle Eastern and bebop styles on new album The Tide Has Changed. ■ Mike Kearney Ka-Tet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). See Wed 29.
FOLK Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to henry@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Henry Northmore and Norman Chalmers. ✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
Thursday 23
Glasgow ■ JEM Tchai Ovna, Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. Indian and Scottish music on guitar, cello and sax. ■ Tom McConville St Andrew’s in the Square, St Andrew’s Square, 0870 013 4060. 8pm. £8 (£6). Veteran fiddle and singer from England’s north-east.
Edinburgh FREE Folk Night Nobles Bar, Constitution Street, Leith, 629 7215. 9.30pm. Local bands and performers.
Friday 24
Glasgow ■ Sarah McQuaid St Peter’s RC
Church, Hyndland Street, 7.30pm. £6. Sophisticated and personalble US/Irish singer and guitaristsongwriter who wrote the Irish DADGAD Guitar Book of tunings and recently released her long delayed album I Won’t Go Home ‘Til Morning.
Edinburgh ■ Music from Herat Roxy Art House, 2 Roxburgh Place, 629 0039. 7.30pm. £10 (£7.50). Traditional music as part of the Festival of Afghanistan. FREE Tom Oakes and Kathryn Nicoll Captains Bar, South College Street, 8.30pm. Traditional music on fiddle and guitar.
Saturday 25
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■ Gilad Atzmon Orient House
■ Taiko Drumming Course
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FREE Kirsty-Jacqueline Lingard Captains Bar, South College Street, 4pm. Afternoon fiddle-led session. ■ Togarrach Band, Hazel Forsyth and Jasmine Perinpanayagam St
John’s Church, Princes Street, 221 2273. 7.30pm. £6 (under 16s free). Traditional Gaelic and Scots song with a line-up completed by Highland piper Andrew MacIntyre.
Sunday 26
Glasgow ■ Lev Atlas and Nigel Clark Café
Cossachok, Trongate 103, 553 0733. 9pm. £6. Two thirds of Koshka perform some of the world’s best known guitar and violin duets from Grapelli through Russian to Cossachok gypsy favourites.
Edinburgh ■ The Lani Singers The Lot,
Grassmarket, 225 9922. 2pm. £3. Traditional West Papuan (Province covering the western peninsula of the island of New Guinea) music from Benny and Maria Wenda, founders of Free West Papua Campaign. FREE Rantum Scantum Captains Bar, South College Street, 8pm. An eclectic mix of contemporary, Americana and traditional songs. ■ David Lutes Wee Folk Club, Royal Oak, Infirmary Street, 557 2976. 8.30pm. £tbc. Night of Americana from Lutes, who won the Texas Singer of the year Award in 2009.
Livingston ■ Sue McHugh Howden Park Centre, Howden, 01506 777666. 2pm. £9 (£7). The ‘Cafe Latte’ vocals of West Lothian jazz alto singer is joined by the Jim Clelland trio for a rich musical afternoon.
Monday 27
Glasgow FREE Brel Sessions Brel, Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 8pm. Folksy jam session with an indie edge from Laura Wilkie (Rachel Sermanni Band) and Sarah Hayes (Admiral Fallow). ■ Yaman Tchai Ovna, Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. Indian classical sitar and flute music from their resident sitarist.
Tuesday 28 FREE The Blas Collective Rio Café, Hyndland Street, 334 9909. 8.30pm. ‘Folk flavoured sessions’ from this collective led by fiddler and instrumentalist Jenn Butterworth.
Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). See Thu 23. ■ Skunk Funk The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). See Fri 24.
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■ Fiddlers’ Bid Brunton Theatre, Ladywell Way, Musselburgh, 665 2240. 7.30pm. £15 (£13). Top Shetland fiddle ensemble. See Mon 27. ■ Sarah McQuaid Leith Folk Club, The Village, South Fort Street, 07502 024852. 7.30pm. £6. See Fri 24. ■ Ceilidh Club The Lot, Grassmarket, 225 9922. 8pm. £6. Ceilidh dancing, furious fiddlers and callers to lead you through the steps. Live music from Or ceilidh band.
Glasgow FREE Iain Carleton Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 3pm. Quartet led by guitarist Carleton, playing music by Miles Davis, Pat Metheny, John Scofield and Mike Stern.
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FREE The Gentlemen of Jazz Harry’s Bar, Randolph Place, 539 8100. 2.30pm. See Sat 25. FREE The Mellotones The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 3pm. See Sat 25. ■ Tony Allen The HMV Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. 7pm. £15. See Fri 1. ■ World Premiere Quintet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). See Sat 25. ■ Fish Fry The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). See Sat 25.
Sounds of Progress, 73–77 Trongate, 01357 522008. 11am–1pm. £120. Learn powerful drumming in the Japanese tradition with Europe’s foremost Taiko drum group.
Much like its premier league cousin the NME Awards Tour, this biannual kingmaker event generally features at least one band that will pass on to fame and at least moderate success, and one that will make you scratch your head and wonder what the hell they were thinking. Into which camp will glamorous Welsh indie-poppers The Joy Formidable (pictured), much-touted shoegazers The Chapel Club or promising London troupe Flats fall? Go along. Find out. ■ King Tut’s, Glasgow, Fri 1 Oct.
Wednesday 29
Edinburgh FREE Easy Chair The Jazz Bar, Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Laidback folky sounds from Graham Laird and Mike Bennet. ■ Wizz Jones Edinburgh Folk Club, Cabaret Bar, The Pleasance, 650 2458. 7.30pm. £8 (£7). Renowned veteran acoustic blues guitarist, known for his
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■ John Taylor and Vivien Scotson
The Griffin, Bath Street, 331 5170. 8pm. £5. Jack Johnson/Ray Lamontagneinfluenced singer/songwriter. Part of the Glasgow Americana Festival.
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■ Donal O’Connor St Andrew’s in the
FREE Easy Chair The Jazz Bar, Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. See Wed 29. ■ Wendy Weatherby Trio Edinburgh Folk Club, Cabaret Bar, The Pleasance, 0845 458 9709. 7.30pm. £8 (£7). Lush, imaginative and sensitive Scots traditional music and song - plus new music in a traditional style from cellist/singer Weatherby.
Square, St Andrew’s Square, 0870 013 4060. 8pm. £8 (£6). Fine Irish singer/songwriter. ■ Folk Fae Fife Tchai Ovna, Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. Great music from the Kingdom. ■ Michael Weston King Woodend Tennis & Bowling Club, Chamberlain Road, 959 1428. 8pm. £10. Alt.country from a founding member of the Good Sons.
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FREE Folk Night Nobles Bar, Constitution Street, Leith, 629 7215. 9.30pm. See Thu 23.
■ Girly Man and The Porch Song Anthology Stereo, Renfield Lane, 222
Friday 1
Glasgow ■ Tony Allen The Arches, Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7.30pm. £15. Afrobeat pioneer and drummer, Allen has worked with everyone from Fela Kuti to Damon Albarn. FREE Ciaran Dorris St Andrew’s in the Square, St Andrew’s Square, 0870 013 4060. 8pm. Glasgow-based Belfast songwriter launching new album Home.
Edinburgh ■ Edinburgh Ceilidhs Lauriston Hall,
Lauriston Street, 339 5374. 8pm. £6–£10. Traditional dance fun with ceilidh bands and a piper, and some international folk dances to complement the Scottish classics. Refreshments available.
Saturday 2
Edinburgh ■ Tony Allen The HMV Picture House, Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. 7pm. £15. See Fri 1. ■ Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham The Queen’s Hall, Clerk Street, 668 2019. 8pm. £16–£19. See Thu 30.
Sunday 3
Edinburgh ■ Flamenco Session The Jazz Bar,
Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. £3. Spanish musicians gather for an impromptu session with dancer Maria ‘Tote’ Conte.
Tuesday 5
Edinburgh ■ Shona Mooney and Amy Thatcher Leith Folk Club, The Village,
South Fort Street, 07502 024852. 7.30pm. £8. Innovative young Borders fiddle player Mooney is joined by fellow Shee member, accordionist and clog dancer Thatcher. ■ Beth Nielsen Chapman and Martha Tilston The Queen’s Hall, Clerk Street, 353 8000. 8pm. £22. Highly rated American singer/songwriter who has penned hits for the likes of Trisha Yearwood and Willie Nelson. ■ Ceilidh Club The Lot, Grassmarket, 225 9922. 8pm. £6. Ceilidh dance and callers to lead you through the steps. Live music from Roundhouse.
Wednesday 6
Glasgow ■ Eilen Jewell and The Southern Tenant Folk Union O2 ABC,
Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £12. Sweet-voiced Boston vocalist in the old school country, folk and blues traditions. Support from the UK-based roots collective with their upbeat and melancholic mix of bluegrass, gospel, country, folk and pop. Part of the Glasgow Americana Festival. 88 THE LIST 23 Sep–7 Oct 2010
2254. 7.30pm. £10. UK debut for the Independent Music Award winners who ‘seamlessly blend folk, country, pop, and rock, and genre bend as fearlessly and flawlessly as they gender-bend.’ Support from the Glasgow quartet who travel another road. Part of the Glasgow Americana Festival. ■ James James Keelaghan Trio St Andrew’s in the Square, St Andrew’s Square, 0870 013 4060. 8pm. £10 (£8). International folk as this super Canadian singer/songwriter is joined by bassist David Woodhead and fiddler Zav RT. ■ John Alexander The State Bar, Holland Street, 01854 612103. 8pm. £5. Glasgow-based finger-picking singersongwriter whose sound is a pleasing blend of folk, blues and country. Part of the Glasgow Americana Festival. FREE The Free Candy Sessions The Liquid Ship, Great Western Road, 331 1901. 9pm. Weekly, laid back session with guest musicians, this week featuring three Americana acts (tbc). Part of the Glasgow Americana Festival.
Edinburgh ■ The Kathryn Tickell Band The Pleasance Theatre, 60 Pleasance, 7.30pm. £14 (£7 students). Razor-sharp folk and rapid fire Northumbrian piping from one of the best-loved bands on the
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scene. FREE Folk Night Nobles Bar, Constitution Street, Leith, 629 7215. 9.30pm. See Thu 23.
Thursday 23
Glasgow FREE The Millennium Quartet Glasgow University Concert Hall, University Avenue, 330 4092. 1.10–2pm. The first in Glasgow University’s 2010/11 ‘Music in the University’ concert series. The Venezuelan Millennium Quartet performs Mozart’s Quartet in D minor, K 421 and Ginastera’s String Quartet No 1, Op 20.
Friday 24
Glasgow ■ Katherine Bryan CD Launch
RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £10 (£7). The RSAMD staff member and Principal Flute of the RSNO launches the release of her first CD on Linn Records, in the first of the new season’s Fridays at One concert series. FREE BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: In Tune – 75th Birthday Edition City Halls,
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JOHN PAUL JONES: A MUSICAL Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, Fri 24 & Sat 25 Sep Although it seems unlikely that the father of the American navy was the son of a Scottish gardener, the story of how Nithsdale born John Paul Jones achieved such revered status is so incredible that it has to be true. What is surprising, however, is that until an Englishman suggested it to Edinburghbased composer Julian Wagstaff, John Paul Jones and his freedom-fighting adventures were new to the stage. Not only is the telling of his life story in this way a first, but the concept of a Scottish musical also breaks new ground. ‘What we’re trying to do is, as far as I know,’ says Wagstaff, ‘something that hasn’t been done before. After the two performances with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, special guest soloists and the Consort of Voices, we are aiming to be the first Scottish musical to tour the UK and internationally.’ Wagstaff’s original telling of John Paul Jones’ story was in 2001, although the score has been significantly reworked since then. ‘At that time,’ he says, ‘the interest in Scottish independence and devolution made it a real hot topic.’ The idea of political history being told on the stage was already in place with Braveheart and shows such as Evita. ‘I read everything I could find about John Paul Jones,’ says Wagstaff, ‘including his most famous line in battle against the British in 1778, which Alex Salmond later used – ‘I have not yet begun to fight!’ The rags-to-riches story includes a French knighthood, love gained and lost, and, most thought-provokingly, the downfall of one of America’s great heroes of the Revolution. ‘John Paul Jones has lots of opportunities, but doesn’t take them,’ says Wagstaff, whose tuneful music draws from a broad mix of styles, ‘and his life is essentially a tragedy of ambition.’ (Carol Main) Candleriggs, 353 8000. 5pm. Ticketed. The BBC SSO turns 75 in December, and the celebrations kick off early with BBC Radio 3 drive-time programme In Tune. Sean Rafferty presents the programme, which features a work by the orchestra’s founder Ian Whyte, a new piece by Eddie McGuire, performances by soprano Malin Christensson and a selection of pieces sung by the National Youth Choir of Scotland, conducted by Christopher Bell. Under 12s not admitted.
his birth. Booking is required.
Mugdock Country Park, Craigallian Road, Milngavie, 0141 956 6100. 7.45–10pm. £11 (£10). Cellist Irvine and guitarist Neave perform everything from Baroque to Latin American music. Booking essential.
Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £10–£32 (concessions available). Star pianist Nicholas Angelich joins the RSNO for a performance of Ravel’s powerful, jazzinflected Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, written for a one-time concert pianist who lost his right arm during the First World War. MacMillan’s Three Interludes from The Sacrifice is first on the bill, and Dvorák’s famous Symphony No 9 (‘From the New World’) is the big finale.
■ Robert Irvine and Allan Neave
Edinburgh FREE Piano Recital: Masayuki Hirahara Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh University, Bristo Square, 247 3518. 7pm. An all-Chopin programme in celebration of the 200th anniversary of
■ John Paul Jones: A Musical The
Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £15–£16 (£12–£14). Edinburgh composer Julian Wagstaff’s new musical on the true story of John Paul Jones, a Scottish gardener’s son who became a hero of the American Revolution as the ‘Father of the American Navy’. The Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Consort of Voices bring the musical to life in its concert version, conducted by Simon Hanson.
■ RSNO: New Season, New World
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Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £10–£32 (concessions available). See Fri 24.
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Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £15–£16 (£12–£14). See Fri 24. ■ Nicola Benedetti: Fantasie
Recital Tour 2010 Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £14–£33. Certain to be a sell-out event, early booking is recommended as the celebrated Scottish violinist hits the road, accompanied by cellist Leonard Elschenbroich and pianist Alexei Grynyuk. ■ Michael Shea Bursary Winner’s Recital Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh
University, Bristo Square, 650 2427. 8pm. £10 (£5). Soprano Suzanne McGrath performs vocal works by Mozart, Debussy, Strauss and Chausson, accompanied on piano by John Cameron.
Sunday 26
House, 7 West George Street, 649 5347. 12.45pm. £7 (£3–£6). Andrew Somerville on saxophone and Julia Lynch on piano perform music ranging from reflective to entertaining. FREE Lunchtime Concert Glasgow University Concert Hall, University Avenue, 330 4092. 1.10pm. Pianists Laurina Sableviciute and Nicholas Ashton perform a selection of piano duos: Mozart’s Larghetto & Allegro in E flat major, Hammond’s Strata and works by Chopin and Stravinsky.
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8000. 7.30pm. £10–£23 (£8–£21). Donald Runnicles conducts the first concert of the 2010/11 season, the passionate Act I of Die Walküre, featuring the vocal talents of Heidi Melton, Stuart Skelton and Reinhard Hagen. Vilde Frang replaces the originally-billed Janine Jansen as soloist in Sibelius’ lyrical and virtuosic Violin Concerto.
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FREE Kelvingrove Sunday Organ Recitals Kelvingrove Art Gallery &
FREE Delius in Paris National Gallery Complex, The Mound, 624 6200. 7.30–8.30pm. Ticketed. Pianist Simon Lepper, soprano Sarah-Jane Brandon and the Solstice String Quartet give an all-Delius concert.
Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. 3–3.45pm. Sunday promenade concerts with different organists.
■ The Orchestra of Scottish Opera St Andrew’s in the Square, St
Andrew’s Square, 0870 013 4060. 3pm. £11.50 (£8.50). The Orchestra of Scottish Opera’s popular Sunday afternoon concert series returns for the new season. This concert features the vocal talents of mezzo-soprano LeahMarian Jones and baritone Thomas Oliemans. Francesco Corti conducts. ■ Late Night Passionate Tunes
Trongate 103, 276 8380. 9–10pm. £6. Russian violinist Lev Atlas performs a selection from the classics including Sviridov’s Romance and Ponomarev’s Chardash. Booking advised.
Edinburgh FREE St Giles’ at Six: The Waverleys St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 6pm. Retiring collection. An early evening performance of Stravinsky’s Four Russian Peasant Songs and choral works by Fauré, Duruflé and Bach.
Monday 27
Edinburgh FREE ecat: The New Music Experience The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.45pm. Janice Forsyth introduces the opening concert of ecat’s 2010-11 season, a mixed bag of things to come. Clarinettist Yann Ghiro, cellist Martin Storey and pianist Simon Smith perform music by Xenakis, Birtwhistle, Wolfgang Rihm and Claude Vivier, alongside three specially commissioned works by up-and-coming talents.
Tuesday 28
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Gallery Complex, The Mound, 624 6200. 7.30–8.30pm. Ticketed. The soprano and pianist perform music from around the time of Christen Kobke, including works by Mozart, Grieg, Heise and Carl Nielsen.
Friday 1
Edinburgh FREE Organ Recital Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh University, Bristo Square, 650 2427. 1.10pm. Organist Ben Sheen performs works by Buxtehude, Schnizer, Böhm and Scarlatti, finishing with Bach’s famous Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582. FREE Opera Circus: Naciketa Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh University, Bristo Square, 650 2427. 7pm. A workin-progress performance of a work by composer Nigel Osborne and librettist Ariel Dorfman. Opera Circus performs alongside Opera North and the Hebrides Ensemble, with tabla player Sarvar Sabri and Indian Dhrupad singer Prakriti Dutta. A Q&A session follows the performance. ■ RSNO: Great Concertos – The Emperor Usher Hall, Lothian Road,
228 1155. 7.30pm. £10–£32 (concessions available). See Thu 30.
Saturday 2
Glasgow FREE Happy Bi-centennial Chopin Britannia Panopticon Music Hall, 113–117 Trongate, 553 0840. 1pm. Pianist Mira Opalinska performs selected works by Chopin in the year of his bicentenary. ■ RSNO: Great Concertos – The Emperor Royal Concert Hall, 2
Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £10–£32 (concessions available). See Thu 30.
Edinburgh ■ Don Giovanni Study Day Usher
Hall, Lothian Road, 478 8353. 10.30am–4.30pm. £25. David Cairns, author of Mozart and his Operas, leads an in-depth look at Mozart’s much-loved opera, ahead of a performance of the work by the SCO on Thu 7 Oct, also at the Usher Hall.
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City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 3pm. ✽ £12. Peter Donohoe and Martin Roscoe A Time There was . . .
perform Bax’s Moy Mell and Holst’s The Planets arranged for piano duo.
Edinburgh FREE St Giles’ at Six: Organ Recital St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 6pm. Retiring collection. Benjamin Sheen, Senior Organ Scholar at Christ Church, Oxford, performs works by Vierne, Rheinberger, Alain and Duruflé.
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228 1155. 7.30pm. £10–£26 (concessions available). See Thu 30.
Monday 4
Glasgow ■ A Rough Guide to Singing James Weir Building, 75 Montrose Street, 548 2682. 5–7pm. £8 (£6). So you have the singing voice of a strangled cat? Fear not: Alan Tavener and Phil Gault believe anyone can learn to sing, no matter how little experience. Must be booked in advance.
Tuesday 5
Glasgow ■ A Woman’s Life and Love
Ramshorn Theatre, 98 Ingram Street, 548 2558. 1.15pm. £4. Pianist Katharine Durran and soprano Sandra Lissenden perform a modern English language take on Schumann’s Frauenliebe und Leben, along with some of Schubert’s best-loved Lieder in their original German.
Edinburgh FREE Piano Recital: Tanya Ekanayaka Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh University, Bristo Square, 650 2427. 1.10pm. The pianist performs her own work Adahas: Of Wings Of Roots alongside Bach’s Prelude and Fugue No 7, Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No 15 (‘Pastoral’) and Ravel’s sparkling Jeux d’eau. FREE Chopin 2010 St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 6.30pm. Professor Andrzej Pikul from Krakow’s Academy of Music in Krakow presents a recital in celebration in the 200th anniversary year of the composer’s birth. His students Gajusz Keska and Dominika Peszko will perform the two piano concertos, accompanied by string quartet.
Wednesday 6
Glasgow ■ Scottish Ensemble: Points of Departure CCA, 350 Sauchiehall
Street, 352 4900. 8pm. £5. Anti Atlas’ Ned Bigham and Alex Menzies (aka Alex Smoke) join forces with the Ensemble for an evening of live music, electronics and film, inspired by the lyrics of Carolina Oliphant, one of Scotland’s greatest poets and song writers.
Edinburgh ■ Opera Camerata: Pearl Fishers
Church Hill Theatre, 33a Morningside Road, 229 6569. 7.30pm. £12 (£10). An amateur production of Bizet’s opera, after Carmen his most successful.
Thursday 7
✽ A Time There was . . . New series of Sunday afternoon chamber music by some of the most distinguished musicians around starts off with pianists Peter Donohoe and Martin Roscoe, who perform Bax and Holst in keeping with the four concerts’ reflective theme of the golden years of English composition in the first half of the 20th century. City Halls, Glasgow, Sun 3 Oct. ✽ ecat: The New Music Experience Among the newest music in this free evening showcasing where music’s at in contemporary times is a piece by 35-year-old composer Jake Spence, who is a graduate of Edinburgh University’s prestigious composition course and now lectures in composition at the RSAMD. Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, Mon 27 Sep. ✽ BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Romantics Unbound Just a few weeks after their triumphant Mahler at the Edinburgh International Festival, Donald Runnicles and the BBC SSO are back with a punch to start their 2010/11 season. A world-renowned interpreter of Wagner, Runnicles presents the first act of the second of the four operas which make up the Ring cycle, Die Walküre. City Halls, Glasgow, Thu 30 Sep; Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Sun 3 Oct.
No 3 by Beethoven, widely regarded as the first Romantic composer. Donald Runnicles conducts.
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FREE Lunchtime Concert Glasgow University Concert Hall, University Avenue, 330 4092. 1.10pm. Violin and piano duo Barbara Downie and Havilland Willshire perform Janácek’s Sonata and Fauré’s Sonata in A major.
■ Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Ticciati conducts Don Giovanni
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8000. 7.30pm. £10–£23 (£8–£21). The second concert in the series of Romantic masterpieces features Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict by Berlioz. Vilde Frang replaces Janine Jansen as soloist in Brahms’ muchloved Violin Concerto, and the concert finishes with the magnificent Symphony
Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7pm. £9–£27 (concessions available). A performance in memory of Sir Charles Mackerras, the SCO’s Conductor Laureate and world-renowned interpreter of the works of Mozart, who sadly died in July. Florian Boesch stars as Mozart’s philandering anti-hero, joined onstage by Maximilian Schmitt, Kate Royal and Susan Gritton, and supported by the voices of the SCO Chorus. ■ Opera Camerata: Pearl Fishers
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Hearing aid Alison Peebles tells Mark Fisher how a Gabriel Garcia Marquez story opened up a world of auditory hallucinations
hen we read about people who hear voices inside their heads, it is usually in grim news reports involving severe psychiatric illness. Like many medical complaints, however, ‘auditory hallucinations’ exist across a whole spectrum of intensity. This was a revelation to director Alison Peebles and writer/performer Leann O’Kasi when they came to prepare for Dirty Paradise, a play about a woman trying to escape her voices. ‘You’d think that people who hear voices are all schizophrenic, but they’re not,’ says Peebles. ‘Some people just hear these voices – they sound as if they’re in the room or in the street with you, speaking to you, shouting at you or arguing with each other. There can be a whole conversation going on. It’s just extraordinary to think that people have got that going on in their head.’ O’Kasi’s play is inspired by – although not strictly adapted from – ‘I Only Came to Use the Phone’ by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. In that short story, a woman hitches a lift on a bus that is going to a mental hospital and inadvertently ends up as a patient. This version, created in consultation with the Hearing Voices Network, shares the idea of taking a bus and finding yourself in a very different world, but quickly departs from the original after that. ‘It’s much more about the character, who has other issues – she was a foster child and she’s hearing these voices,’ says Peebles. ‘She’s decided at the age of 21 to get away from the UK, partly because of the voices, and she picks at random to go to Brazil which, of course, is an incredibly noisy place.’
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The challenge for the director in this Tron production, performed in the Changing House studio as part of the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival, is to convey externally what is going on internally. ‘Do you, as the audience, hear what she hears inside her head?’ she wonders aloud. ‘And how does that work when you hear other voices that are not inside her head? Leann has done such a fantastic job on the script, which is not a linear narrative – she deliberately wants to jump about in time – and that adds to the sense of chaos that’s going on in her head and outside.’ Peebles has known O’Kasi since she mentored her when the younger woman was a trainee director at Glasgow’s Citizens Theatre in 2008–09. Now O’Kasi is artist in residence at the Tron, the two women have swapped roles: Peebles, who is well known as an actor, is directing, while O’Kasi, whose acclaimed productions include Topdog/Underdog at the Citz and Betrayed at the Tron, is stepping into the spotlight on stage. ‘We have a very good working relationship,’ says Peebles, who is going straight from this production into rehearsals for Panic Patterns by novelists Louise Welsh and Zoë Strachan as part of Glasgay! ‘I think Leann is the same as me in that, as an actor, I want to be directed, challenged and provoked and, as a director, I’m not thinking I would like to be in that part, I’m working with a very different aspect of my imagination.’
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✽ Punk Rock Acclaimed playwright Simon Stephens’ new work is a disturbing piece centring around a High School shooting. See preview, page 92. King’s Theatre, Edinburgh, Tue 28 Sep–Sat 2 Oct. ✽ Romeo and Juliet Inventive new take on the greatest love story ever told. See review, page 94. Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh, until Sat 16 Oct. ✽ The Bookie The first musical from playwright Douglas Maxwell, in which a big-time tycoon has to find true love by Valentine’s Day or lose his gambling empire. See preview, page 94. Citizens Theatre, Glasgow, Wed 29 Sep–Sat 2 Oct. ✽ Orlando Theatre Cryptic teams up with internationally renowned composer Craig Armstrong and producer AGF to create an inventive new adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s enduring novel. See preview, page 94. Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, Thu 30 Sep–Sat 2 Oct; Tramway, Glasgow, Tue 2–Sat 6 Nov. ✽ Dirty Paradise Writer/performer Leann O’Kasi’s adaptation of a Gabriel Garcia Marquez story about a woman trying to escape the voices in her head. See preview, left. Tron Theatre, Glasgow, Fri 1–Sat 9 Oct. ✽ A Play, a Pie, a Pint: 200th Play Forty two-minute plays commissioned from forty leading and up-and-coming playwrights to celebrate the 200th production from Oran Mor. See preview, page 92. Oran Mor, Glasgow, Mon 4–Sat 9 Oct. ✽ The Wonderful World of Hugh Hughes A selection of greatest hits from the master of the offbeat monologue. See picture caption. Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, Tue 5–Sat 9 Oct.
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A PLAY, A PIE AND A PINT: 200TH PLAY Oran Mor, Glasgow, Mon 4–Sat 9 Oct Since its inception in 2004, Oran Mor has become rather like a mobile phone to the Scottish theatre: you managed to cope fine before you had one, but these days it’s hard to imagine how. Sustaining itself on box office takings, support from the venue proprietor, Colin Beattie, and modest private sponsorship, this venue has defied the odds to produce some of the most inventive new theatre that Scotland has seen. To celebrate the 200th production by A Play, a Pie and a Pint, the venue is putting on not a single play, but a kind of theatre jamboree. ‘It’s rather unusual actually,’ says artistic director David MacLennan. ‘I decided that because it’s all about giving writers a platform, rather than commission one play from one writer I decided to commission 40 two-minute plays from 40 writers. We’ve given the umbrella subject of “Glasgow Then and Now”, and it’s a mini play festival.’ The participants are plainly too numerous to mention, but among the commissioned writers are Daniel Jackson, Liz Lochhead, Alasdair Gray, Gregory Burke, Douglas Maxwell and the father/son combination of David and Davy Anderson. ‘I really wanted to make a statement about how much the writers have made Oran Mor,’ explains MacLennan. ‘It owes a lot of success to designers, producers, actors and so on. They’ve all worked hard and given it their best, but what the place is really about is a platform for new writing.’ (Steve Cramer)
PREVIEW NEW WRITING
PUNK ROCK King’s Theatre, Edinburgh, Tue 28 Sep–Sat 2 Oct There’s a great tradition in British theatre of using schools, be they part of the privileged public school system or the local comp, as metaphors for the various ills that have beset the whole country. The latest foray into this territory comes from one of the most gifted and interesting dramatists of recent times, and presents perhaps the most disturbing ‘school play’ for some years. Simon Stephens’ piece, following the stir of interest created by Pornography and The Sea Wall, centres on a high school shooting, yet it’s the school itself that might surprise audiences. For here, the privileged children of the elite at a grandiose public school are both perpetrators and victims. ‘The idea that a student can attain a gun and bring it into a classroom, as has happened in Scandinavia and the USA, in Britain is a starting point,’ Stephens explains. ‘But setting it in a school that you’d dream of sending your kids to, rather than one you wouldn’t dream of sending your kids to, the idea of seeing a gun in the hand of a white middle-
class boy, rather than a young black teenager off a housing estate is a juxtaposition of imagery that’s interesting to me. ‘We’re used to seeing violence among kids on the stage, but ordinarily there are equations made between class and violence, or race and religion and violence among young people,’ Stephens explains. ‘But I think that there are more forces that are marginalising and alienating people than class, race or religion. There’s something oddly comforting to a middle-class audience in that. They’re used to violence in a world that doesn’t belong to them. But there are more things that have gone awry in an acute way in our culture than that.’ Part of the problem, Stephens maintains, is the educational system itself. ‘I think if there’s one thing that runs through a lot of my work, from Pornography to The Sea Wall and on to Punk Rock is the possibility of fear, of celebrating the honesty of doubt and embracing ambiguity. Now there’s 14 years of education that posits itself on the idea of there being right and wrong answers, which puts kids under pressure and is very emotionally damaging.’ (Steve Cramer)
REVIEW NEW COMEDY
THE CHOOKY BRAE Currently touring throughout Scotland. Seen at Tron Theatre, Glasgow, Wed 8 Sep ●●●●● It’s a little disconcerting to step out of a balmy late summer’s evening into an auditorium filled with festive songs and walk past a stage set whose centrepiece is a Christmas tree. But then playwright DC Jackson was always going to want to round off his Stewarton trilogy in style, and what better fodder for a sharpeyed chronicler of small-town life than the one day of the year where families are almost guaranteed to have arguments. Though Jackson’s play is a bare hour-and-a-half there’s enough tension in the Gordon family household to fill twice that length. Dad Gordon has had a stroke; son Barry is unemployed and pining for his ex-girlfriend, and daughter Norma has fallen for neighbourhood smartass Rab, whose brother just happens to be the father of her child. Presiding over this seasonal misery is mum Irene, who is determined to roll out a happy family Christmas at all costs. The claustrophobic farce is broader and blacker than either of the previous entries in Jackson’s trilogy, and while it’s great to touch base with Norma, Barry and Rab once again, this instalment lacks the intricacy and wider insight of those earlier works and doesn’t seem a suitably decisive end to the series. The writing still sparkles, though, and it’s the characteristic wit and acute observations of the lines that will stay with you. (Allan Radcliffe) 92 THE LIST 23 Sep–7 Oct 2010
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“Is love a tender thing… it pricks like a thorn.”
By William Shakespeare
17 September –16 October 2010 BOX OFFICE: 0131 248 4848 GROUPS 8+: 0131 248 4949 www.lyceum.org.uk/romeo Company No. SC062065 Scottish Charity Registered No. SC010509 www.vanishing-point.org
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THE BOOKIE Citizens Theatre, Glasgow, Wed 29 Sep–Sat 2 Oct
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ORLANDO Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, Thu 30 Sep–Sat 2 Oct; Tramway, Glasgow, Tue 2–Sat 6 Nov With a composer whose film scores (Moulin Rouge and Romeo and Juliet being but two) have won endless awards, and a director whose vision for music theatre knows no bounds, Cryptic’s new stage version of Virginia Woolf’s novel Orlando promises to be an unmissable event in Edinburgh and Glasgow this autumn. The main collaboration is between Glasgowborn and based (but now jetsettingly international) Craig Armstrong, and Cathie Boyd, the Irish founder of Cryptic, one of the most innovative theatre companies in Scotland. In addition, Armstrong is working with Antye Greie – aka AGF – the German singer, digital songwriter, producer and poet with whom he has forged an ongoing relationship over several joint projects. ‘Antye is a laptop artist,’ explains Armstrong, ‘who was until recently based for many years in Berlin. She won an Award of Distinction at the 2004 Ars Electronica festival in Linz. For around ten years I’ve gone to Berlin
to work with her, so it’s really weird that she’s now coming to Glasgow. She is extraordinarily talented, with a very special voice and we work well together.’ Orlando, published in 1928, is an exploration of masculinity/femininity over the course of four centuries, starting in the reign of Elizabeth I and ending at the time of World War One. In the book, Orlando changes sex from male to female, participates at the Elizabethan court, enjoys a love affair with a Russian princess and marries a sea captain. The central character is based on Woolf’s close friend, Vita Sackville-West. In composing the score, Antye and Armstrong have come up with what Armstrong calls ‘a sort of soundtrack’. There are only two live performers on stage, actress Madeleine Worrall, who plays the protagonist, and Antye, who plays Orlando’s subconscious. ‘We’re using something called “Living Canvas”,’ explains Armstrong, ‘which enables Antye’s vocals to be represented visually through electronic manipulation. Essentially, it is an electronic score, which appealed to me as it’s something I’ve not done for a long time.’ (Carol Main)
‘It’s my first one,’ says playwright Douglas Maxwell of his new production, The Bookie. ‘My FisherPrice “My First Musical”, it’s a proper learning curve.’ In a script that gives a Scottish flavour to Vegas-style razzle dazzle, a big time casino tycoon returns to his dishevelled home town to set up a new branch of his gambling empire. With just one councillor left to bribe, the seedy plan is thrown into turmoil by the tycoon’s estranged brother, who dies and leaves not a will, but a bet – that true love will come to the town by Valentine’s Day. Forced into accepting the wager, the tycoon is then in a race against time to find true love from among the women of the town. With such a romp of a scenario, Maxwell admits: ‘It’s slightly to the wilder side of Gilbert and Sullivan.’ Musical theatre fans will certainly leave with a spring in their step as the music is created by award-winning composer Aly Macrae, but even for those of us who don’t hum along so willingly, The Bookie looks to be a bit of a guilty pleasure with fun as its main aim. ‘Theatre has to be a mixed menu doesn’t it? So often it’s nouvelle cuisine on a great big empty plate and sometimes it’s a burger and chips,’ says Maxwell. ‘But this is a really good burger and chips.’ Delicious, funny and light-hearted; for those looking for a great night out this production is set to be a pretty safe bet. (Amy Russell)
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ROMEO AND JULIET Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh, until Sat 16 Oct ●●●●● As the prologue foretelling the deaths of the most iconic of lovers is spoken, we see them, statuesque in an embrace, their now reconciled families laying wreaths at their feet. With this opening, and the almost universal knowledge of how this story ends ever present, there’s no need to work up any sense of impending doom. So the first half is, enjoyably, full of laughs – enough to encourage a false sense of security. In the end, though, the poignancy of what comes is heightened by this demonstration of the fact that, in life, no-one’s preparing for tragedy when it happens to them. Balancing Juliet’s tender age with her sudden and profound passion is a challenge for any production of Romeo and Juliet, and, while the chemistry between the pair here is believable, Juliet’s transition within an evening from scooter-riding kid to savvy lover – gabbling to Romeo about how she could play hard to get if he wanted her to, and how the moon is too unconstant an object to swear love by – is hard to swallow. Get past this, though, and there’s plenty to enjoy here: in particular, Liam Brennan’s Capulet is by turns the smiling host and the raging tyrannical patriarch, and equally redoubtable as both. While the music can feel a little intrusive, the set is most fitting – it appears ravaged by the sheer force of hatred between the Montagues and Capulets – and the curiosity it inspires as to how on earth it will accommodate the The Importance of Being Earnest later this autumn is almost unbearable. (Laura Ennor) 94 THE LIST 23 Sep–7 Oct 2010
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www.list.co.uk/theatre Events are listed by city, then alphabetically by venue. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to theatre@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Laura Ennor. ✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
Calamity Jane Tue 5–Sat 9 Oct. 7.30pm (Wed & Sat mat 2.30pm). £10–£22. An action-packed comedy adventure about the formidable frontierswoman, staged by Glasgow Light Opera Club.
Sat 9 Oct mat 3pm). £27.50 (£15). The National Theatre of Scotland’s critically acclaimed piece based on interviews with soldiers who served in Iraq returns.
GLASGOW
■ ORAN MOR 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200.
Shakespeare – The Man from Stratford Until Sat 25 Sep. 7.30pm
A Play, a Pie and a Pint: Calais
■ THE ARCHES 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. Arches Live! Until Sat 25 Sep. Times vary. Festival pass £28 (£24); day pass £13 (£9); individual event prices vary. Multi-art form festival showcasing experimental and often provocative new works by emergent companies. Watch iT! / Such a Bloke Wed 6 & Thu 7 Oct. 7.30pm. £8 (£6). Awardwinning Australian choreographer Janis Claxton debuts a pair of dance pieces performed by Tony Mills. ■ CCA 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. FREE The Visitors: Distracted Wed 29 Sep. 7.30pm. New writer/actor cooperative The Visitors presents a reading of Morna Pearson’s Distracted, directed by DC Jackson. Places are limited; contact Playwrights’ Studio Scotland for booking: info@playwrightsstudio.co.uk. ■ CITIZENS THEATRE 119 Gorbals Street, 429 0022. Hit Me! The Life and Rhymes of Ian Dury Until Thu 23 Sep. 7.30pm.
£10–£15 (£7.50). A song-packed portrait of the lead singer of The Blockheads, Ian Dury, starring Jeff Merrifield.
Until Sat 25 Sep. 1pm. £8–£12.50. A new play by April De Angelis exploring national identity, and how war and war heroes are used to define it. A Play, a Pie & a Pint: Good with People Mon 27 Sep–Sat 2 Oct. 1pm.
£8–£12.50. A new play by David Harrower, author of EIF successes Blackbird and 365, as well as many translations and adaptations.
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£8–£12.50. Mini play jamboree to celebrate 200 weeks of lunchtime theatre at Oran Mor. Forty writers – among them Douglas Maxwell, Gregory Burke, Alasdair Gray and Liz Lochhead – have each been commissioned to write a twominute playlet on the loose theme of ‘Glasgow Then and Now’. Ticket price includes a pie and a drink. ■ PAISLEY ARTS CENTRE New Street, 887 1010. Oscar and The Deep Sea Pearl Sat 2
Oct. 2pm. £5. Mousetale Puppets presents an exciting underwater adventure. Ages 3+. Magic Spaghetti Mon 4 Oct. 10.30am & 1.30pm. £4. Kids show about a magic pot that never stops producing spaghetti. Ages 3+.
Sarah Jane Morris: Her Life in Words Fri 24 Sep. 7.30pm. £15 (£12).
■ PAVILION THEATRE 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846.
The Communards singer tells the story of her life through story and song. Joint tickets for this event and concert the following night are £25. The Bookie Wed 29 Sep–Sat 2 Oct. 7.30pm. £10–£17.50 (£7.50). New Scottish musical comedy by Douglas Maxwell about a hapless local bookie. Suitable for ages 15+.
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■ EASTWOOD PARK THEATRE Eastwood Park, Rouken Glen Road, Giffnock, 577 4970. Real Men Dream in Black and White Thu 23 Sep. 7.30pm. £3. An all-
male cast from Eastwood Park 16–25 Theatre Group explores contemporary notions of masculinity and growing up. The Count of Monte Cristo Tue 28 Sep–Sat 2 Oct. 7pm. Tue-Thu £12/Fri & Sat £14. The swashbuckling tale is brought to the stage as a rock opera loud enough to blow your socks off. The Monster in the Hall Mon 4 Oct. 1.30pm & 7.30pm. £3 (£2). A brand new play by David Greig following the trials of Duck Macatarsney, a teenager who cares for her stoner/metaller/MS-sufferer Dad. The YelloWing Thu 7 Oct. 7.30pm. £5. A highly physical, multidisciplinary solo performance by Julia Taudevin, created in response to Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s short story The Yellow Wallpaper. ■ GLASGOW GREEN Greendyke Street, 0844 581 1251. In The Night Garden Live Until Sun 26 Sep. See Kids listings. ■ KING’S THEATRE 297 Bath Street, 0844 871 7648. The All-New Original Tribute to The Blues Brothers Until Sat 25 Sep.
Thu & Fri 7.30pm; Sat 4pm & 8pm. £11–£28. Grab your hat and shades for a foot stompin’ evening and a few new moves with Jake and Elwood Blues. Sunshine on Leith Tue 28 Sep–Sat 2 Oct. Tue & Thu 7.30pm; Wed & Sat 2.30pm & 7.30pm; Fri 5.30pm & 8.30pm. £11–£31. Hit musical from Dundee Rep Ensemble starring Billy Boyd and packed with songs from The Proclaimers.
25 Sep. 7.30pm. £17.50–£19 (£16–£17.50). Brendan O’Carroll is back with part five of the Mrs Brown trilogy. Essence of Ireland Sun 3 Oct. 7.30pm. £17.50–£18.50. A toe-tapping mix of Irish dance and music, featuring a live band. Clive Baldwin’s Jolson Show Thu 7 Oct. 7.30pm. £15 (£14). A musical tribute to Al Jolson. ■ PLATFORM The Bridge, 1000 Westerhouse Road, Easterhouse, 276 9696. St Thenue Wed 29 & Thu 30 Sep. 7.30pm. £7 (£5). Visual Statement returns with its show about the mother of Glasgow’s patron saint. White Thu 7 & Fri 8 Oct. See Kids listings. ■ RAMSHORN THEATRE 98 Ingram Street, 548 2558. No Time Has Passed in Hippo Land Sun 26 Sep. 7.30pm. £3. Staged
reading of a new play, with opportunities for the audience to get involved and offer feedback on what they see. The play, by Kenny Boyle and Clare Sheppard, deals with the topics of euthanasia and mercy killings. Blasted Mon 4–Sat 9 Oct. 7.30pm. £6–£9 (£4–£6). Sarah Kane’s dark and violent play about two ex-lovers meeting in a hotel room is performed by Strathclyde Theatre Group.
■ THEATRE ROYAL 282 Hope Street, 0844 871 7647. (Thu & Sat mat 2.30pm). £12–£26. Simon Callow’s spellbinding show exploring the life of the Bard through extracts from his own works. ■ TRAMWAY 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. Stars Over Kabul Thu 23–Sat 25 Sep. 7.30pm (Thu mat 2.30pm). £6. A new piece from the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain following the lives of entrants in the Afghan Star singing competition. Interiors Wed 29 Sep–Sat 2 Oct. 7.30pm. £14 (£12). A co-production with Napoli Teatro Festival Italia and the Traverse Theatre, Vanishing Point’s latest offering is almost completely wordless, performed by British and Italian actors, while the audience stares in through the window. Yvonne Rainer: Dance and Film
Tue 5–Sun 10 Oct. Times vary. Prices vary. A programme of dance performance and film curated by Jason Bowman with the Tramway. ■ TRON THEATRE 63 Trongate, 552 4267. The Not-So-Fatal Death of Grandpa Fredo Until Sat 25 Sep.
7.30pm. £10.50–£14.50 (£6.50–£10.50). A darkly comic tale based on a true story, raising issues of science, morality and where you keep the ice cubes if there’s a dead guy in your freezer. Dirty Paradise Fri 1–Sat 9 Oct (not Sun/Mon). 7.45pm. £8.50
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(£6.50; previews on 1 & 2 Oct all tickets £5). Written and performed by Leann O’Kasi, this innovative piece tells the story of a woman who finds herself in an asylum and is inspired by a short story by Gabriel García Márquez. Supper Club Cabaret Fri 1 & Sat 2 Oct. 8.30pm. £10. Cabaret evening from Upstage with food included in admission. Sea and Land and Sky Thu 7–Sat 23 Oct. 7.30pm. £10.50–£14.50 (£6.50–£10.50; previews on 7–9 Oct all tickets £7.50). New production from the Tron Theatre Company following three young Scottish nurses who are sent to tend to soldiers on the front line in 1916. Directed by Andy Arnold and written by Abigail Docherty.
EDINBURGH ■ BRUNTON THEATRE Ladywell Way, Musselburgh, 665 2240. The Bookie Sat 25 Sep. 7.30pm. £11 (£9; under 18s £6). See Glasgow, Citizens Theatre. Walden Fri 1 Oct. 7pm & 9pm. £19 (£17; includes supper). Magnetic North’s adaptation of Henry David Thoreau’s account of his life in the woods. Ages 14+. Pinocchio Sat 2 Oct. See Kids listings. The Weir Thu 7 Oct. 7.30pm. £11 (£9; under 18s £6). In a bar in rural Ireland, four men try to scare a young Dublin woman with ghost stories and get more than they bargained for. Presented by Mull Theatre. ■ CHURCH HILL THEATRE 33a Morningside Road, 529 4147. Don’t Stop Believing Until Sat 25 Sep. 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £12 (Sat mat £8). Showcase Musical Productions presents a mish-mash of popular songs from the world of musicals and movies in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.
Spoon Cafe Bistro Located on Nicolson Street, directly opposite The Festival Theatre, Spoon Bistro is a hip, quirky and welcoming new restaurant specialising in unique and innovative food and drink for breakfast, lunch and late evening dinner. Spoon is dedicated to using the best of organic, local and seasonal ingredients. The team of chefs blend modern and traditional bistro fare, with European provincial influences. The bar holds a wide range of premium spirits and liqueurs, serving classic mixed drinks, a variety of bottled beers/ales and quality wines by the glass.
■ SCOTTISH MASK AND PUPPET CENTRE 8–10 Balcarres Avenue, Kelvindale, 339 6185. Mucklemouth Meg Sat 2 Oct. See Kids listings. ■ SCOTTISH YOUTH THEATRE The Old Sheriff Court, 105 Brunswick Street, 552 3988. Family Story Time: The Magic Porridge Pot Sat 2 & Sun 3 Oct. See
Kids listings. ■ SECC Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. Black Watch Until Sat 9 Oct (not Sun/Mon). Tue–Sat 8pm (Sat 2 Oct &
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listings. Opera Camerata: Pearl Fishers
Wed 6–Sat 9 Oct. 7.30pm. £12 (£10). An amateur production of Bizet’s opera, after Carmen his most successful. ■ KING’S THEATRE 2 Leven Street, 529 6000. Calendar Girls Until Sat 25 Sep. 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £14–£28.50. Last chance to catch this production of the show about the Women’s Institute fundraisers who stripped for a nude calendar. Punk Rock Tue 28 Sep–Sat 2 Oct. 7.30pm (Wed & Sat mat 2.30pm). £14–£26.50. New play by Simon Stephens about a group of sixth-fomers on the brink of adulthood and flirting with danger. Carrie’s War Tue 5–Sat 9 Oct. 7.30pm (Wed & Sat mat 2.30pm). £14–£26.50. Wartime-set evacuee drama adapted from the much-loved novel and starring Brigit Forsyth and Hannah Waterman. Room on the Broom Thu 7–Sat 9 Oct. See Kids listings.
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■ FESTIVAL THEATRE 13/29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. Scottish Ballet: Geometry + Grace
Thu 23–Sat 25 Sep. 7.30pm. £11.50–£21.50. Scenes de Ballet choreographed by Frederick Ashton, Fearful Symmetries by Ashley Page and new work by San Francisco Ballet choreographer Val Caniparoli comprise the national company’s autumn offering. Don’t Stop Believin’ – Songs from Glee Sun 26–Wed 29 Sep. Sun 6pm;
Mon–Wed 7.30pm. £20.50–£24.50. Sing along to the hits from the TV show that has taken karaoke queens by storm. Havana Rakatan Tue 5–Sat 9 Oct. 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £18.50–£36.50. The Cuban group demonstrates fast, furious routines to the sounds of jazz, mambo, bolero, son, chachacha, rumba and salsa.
moral dilemma when one of their charges wins big on the horses – after his own death. Ticket price includes a pie and drink. FREE Words, Words, Words Mon 27 Sep. 8pm. Experience theatre in action and give your opinion on plays-inprogress, as playwrights try out ideas, testing the wording of scenes and exploring characters.
and Matt Goss among her celebrity clients.
Ward and Susan Penhaligon as the royal couple.
OUTSIDE THE CITIES
A Play, a Pie & a Pint: In the Pipeline Tue 28 Sep–Sat 2 Oct. 1pm.
7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £9–£15 (£5–£10). Three classic monologues from the master of witty Weltschmerz, Alan Bennett, brought to life by Dundee Rep. BSL performance Fri 24 Sep 7.30pm. Tell Me on a Sunday Mon 27–Wed 29 Sep. 7.30pm. £16–£25 (£8–£15). Perennial television face Claire Sweeney takes the lead in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s and Don Black’s musical about a girl seeking love and success in the Big Apple.
■ BYRE THEATRE Abbey Street, St Andrews, 01334 475000. The Bookie Thu 23 Sep. 7.30pm. £15 (£10–£13). See Glasgow, Citizens Theatre. Guess How Much I Love You Fri 24 & Sat 25 Sep. 1.30pm & 4.30pm (Sat also 11am). The classic children’s book comes to life with songs, games and fun. The Chooky Brae Tue 28 Sep. 7.30pm. £15 (£10–£13). Borderline Theatre presents a comedy tale, the final installment of DC Jackson’s Stewarton trilogy. A Promised Land Wed 29 Sep. 7.30pm. £15 (£10–£13). See Edinburgh, Scottish Storytelling Centre. Jacobite Country Fri 1 & Sat 2 Oct. 7.30pm. £15 (£10). Madcap capers from Highlands-based theatre company Dogstar.
£12. A new play from Gary Owen about three men who are living in the proposed path of a new gas pipe line. Ticket price includes a pie and drink. Orlando Thu 30 Sep–Sat 2 Oct. 7.30pm. £10–£16 (£6–£12). Madeleine Worrall performs an adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s epic novel exploring fortune, love and gender. Cryptic’s new production combines technology, live original music by AGF and Craig Armstrong and linked visuals.
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■ DUNDEE REP Tay Square, Dundee, 01382 223530. Talking Heads: A Chip in The Sugar, Bed Among the Lentils and her Big Chance Until Sat 25 Sep.
The Not-So-Fatal Death of
A Play, a Pie & a Pint: The Uncertainty Files Tue 5–Sat 9 Oct.
Grandpa Fredo Fri 1 Oct. 7.30pm. £12 (£10). See Glasgow, Tron Theatre.
1pm. £12. A new play by Linda McLean where nothing is certain. Ticket price includes a pie and drink.
James Campbell’s Comedy & Songs 4 Kids Sat 2 Oct. 2pm. £8 (£6).
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8pm; Thu & Sat 2pm, 5pm & 8pm; Fri 7pm & 8.30pm. £10–£16 (£6–£12). Several short pieces of storytelling theatre with music, visuals and dance from Hugh Hughes, the lovable Welsh bumpkin created by Shon Dale-Jones. ■ USHER HALL Lothian Road, 228 1155. Lisa Williams: Message from Beyond Thu 23 Sep. 7.30pm. £27.50–£35. The medium and clairvoyant, who counts Sharon Osborne
Fun stories and ridiculous songs about life, sausages and the perils of bathroom visits for superheroes. Ages 5+. Ballet Lorent: Blood, Sweat and Tears Wed 6 Oct. 8pm. £14 (£5–£10). An exploration of a couple’s extreme love for their newborn baby.
■ PERTH THEATRE 185 High Street, Perth, 01738 621031. The Madness of George III Tue 28 Sep–Sat 9 Oct (not Sun/Mon). 7.45pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). Wilde Enterprises turns out the first theatrical version of Alan Bennett’s historical drama since the play’s first run in 1991, starring Simon
■ MACROBERT University of Stirling, Stirling, 01786 466666. Scotty and Lulu: ROAR! Sun 26 Sep. 1.30pm & 4pm. £8 (£6). A lively musical adventure involving a dinosaur who just won’t shut up. Ages 2+. Paperbelle Sat 2 Oct. 11am & 2pm. £6 (£5). An enchanting new show about the world of colours presented by Frozen Charlotte. Ages 0–5. Watch iT! / Such a Bloke Sat 2 Oct. 8pm. £12 (£6–£9). See Glasgow, The Arches. Romeo and Juliet Tue 5–Sat 9 Oct. 8pm. £12 (£6–£9). Pilot Theatre brings the star-crossed lovers to life in this powerful modern re-telling of Shakespeare’s greatest romance.
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■ NORTH EDINBURGH ARTS CENTRE 15a Pennywell Court, 315 2151. Paperbelle Fri 24–Wed 29 Sep (not Sun/Mon). See Kids listings. ■ PLAYHOUSE 18–22 Greenside Place, 0844 847 1660. Chess: The Musical Until Sat 25 Sep. 7.30pm (Wed & Sat mat 2.30pm). £17.75–£39. A musical love triangle set amid the kings, queens and pawns of an international chess tournament. Sally Morgan Thu 30 Sep. 7.30pm. £20.50. Appearance by the medium who claims to have had her psychic powers since she was nine months old. ■ THE PLEASANCE THEATRE 60 Pleasance, 650 2656. Shakespeare for Schools Festival
Tue 28 & Wed 29 Sep. See Kids listings. ■ ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE Grindlay Street, 248 4848. Romeo and Juliet Until Sat 16 Oct (not Sun/Mon). 7.45pm (Sat & Wed mat 2.30pm). £11–£28 (£5–£26). A new production of Shakespeare’s classic exploration of conflict, division and the passion of youth. BSL performance Wed 6 Oct 7.30pm.
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■ SCOTTISH STORYTELLING CENTRE 43–45 High Street, 556 9579. A Promised Land Wed 6 & Thu 7 Oct. 7.30pm. £9 (£7). Play revolving around the story of Dumfriesshire-born Jane Haining, known as the ‘Scottish Schindler,’ who saved many Jewish children from the gas chambers of Auschwitz. ■ TRAVERSE THEATRE Cambridge Street, 228 1404. A Play, a Pie & a Pint: Fly Me to the Moon Until Sat 25 Sep. 1pm. £12.
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Welsh-born performer Hugh Hughes has won a sizeable following for his imaginative monologues, which combine spoken word, visuals, live music and dance to transport audiences into fantastical worlds. This week-long celebration of his work, includes several of his successful collaborations with award-winning theatre company Hoipolloi, including Floating, in which an earthquake causes the Isle of Angelsey to float away from mainland Wales, and The Story of a Rabbit, a meditation on death and the afterlife sparked by discovering the dead body of his neighbour’s rabbit. ■Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, Tue 5–Sat 9 Oct.
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Moving pictures Filmmaker Babette Mangolte explores her working relationship with performance artist Yvonne Rainer. Neil Cooper assesses the impact of their collaboration
erformance, film and photography have always made a perfect threesome. Capturing the ephemeral in pictures, after all, can make the ebb, flow, whirl and burl of something staged come alive in an altogether more personal, warts’n’all kind of way. The working relationship between cinematographer and photographer Babette Mangolte and dancer, performance artist and filmmaker Yvonne Rainer, then, was a match made in 1970s New York, which has only recently stepped out into the 21stcentury limelight to be reassessed anew. Twin poles of this living retrospective of such a seminal encounter are the first ever solo show in Scotland by Mangolte at Sorcha Dallas, which runs alongside a week of screenings of Rainer’s dancebased films at Tramway. While the Rainer showcase features moving images shot across the last four decades, the still lives contained in the Mangolte show focus on the years 1972–75 when Mangolte worked as cinematographer on Rainer’s feature-length films Lives of Performers and Film About a Woman Who . . ., both scheduled for Tramway. At Sorcha Dallas, however, viewers are allowed backstage to see vérité shots of the former piece being filmed alongside images taken during a performance of the stage version of the latter. These images aren’t merely production shots but works of art in themselves. ‘She’s such a seminal figure,’ Dallas enthuses. ‘Rainer’s work is probably better known, but Mangolte’s practice is just as important. She was the main cinematographer and documentarist, not just of Rainer’s work, but of Chantal Akerman and Trisha Brown. But it wasn’t just a case of turning up and taking pictures. With Mangolte it was a real collaboration, and there was a real cinematic approach to what she did, so you got this beautiful
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thing between the two women, and some of the images are the only documents that exist of these events.’ Born in France, Mangolte became one of the first women to study at L’Ecole Nationale de la Photographie et de la Cinematographie in Paris founded by Louis Lumiere. Decamping to New York, Mangolte’s subjective approach chimed with post1960s experimental theatre and dance scenes, and the first of Rainer’s performances she documented was when she appeared with the Grand Union troupe in 1972. Mangolte’s feature film debut came in 1975 with the experimental What Maisie Knew, which features Rainer in a lead role and also forms part of the Glasgow show. With some 40 images from Mangolte’s extensive archive on display, Dallas’ show is a significant coup, and continues the gallery’s championing of feminist icons, including the production of the recent 13-hour performance by post-punk collagist Linder. As with Linder, though, despite Mangolte’s pioneer status, her work is more than a matter of gender. ‘As a female artist Mangolte’s influence is huge,’ Dallas concedes, ‘not just in terms of how she showed that female artists could be in control of their own work, but that they could also be judged on equal terms as male artists. So that’s part of the legacy, that work wasn’t just judged on whether the person who made it was male, female, black, white or whatever, but that in Mangolte’s case, at least, they were judged on being a great artist.’
HER WORK IS MORE THAN A MATTER OF GENDER
Babette Mangolte: Yvonne Rainer – Testimony to Improvisation 1972-75, Sorcha Dallas, Glasgow, Fri 1–Fri 29 Oct; Yvonne Rainer: Dance and Film, Tramway, Glasgow, Tue 5–Sun 10 Oct.
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✽ Nick Evans: AntiAutonome Solo show of new sculptural works by the Zambian-born artist. Reviewed next issue. Mary Mary, Glasgow, until Sat 30 Oct. ✽ Hito Steyerl: In Free Fall Last chance to catch Steyerl’s poignant and powerful film, which follows the life and final days of a Boeing plane. Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, until Sun 26 Sep. ✽ Corin Sworn: The Lens Prism Compelling video piece that deals with the discursive wanderings of the actor’s mind. See review, page 98. Tramway, Glasgow, until Sun 17 Oct. ✽ Richard Wright Stunning exhibition of deceptively simple new work from the Turner Prize-winning painter. Modern Institute, Glasgow, until Sat 23 Oct. ✽ Babette Mangolte The first solo show in Scotland by the celebrated New York filmmaker explores her working relationship with dancer Yvonne Rainer. See preview, left. Sorcha Dallas, Glasgow, Fri 1–Fri 29 Oct. ✽ Tatham O’Sullivan: Direct Serious Action is Therefore Necessary The Glasgow-based artists stage an absurd intervention in response to the architecture and history of the CCA. See picture caption, page 100. CCA, Glasgow, Sat 2 Oct–Sat 13 Nov. ✽ James Hugonin Major new exhibition of seven new paintings created over the past decade to coincide with abstract painter Hugonin’s 60th birthday. Reviewed next issue. Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, Sat 2 Oct–Sat 20 Nov. 23 Sep–7 Oct 2010 THE LIST 97
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REVIEW CONCEPTUAL ART
ROBERT BARRY: WORDS AND MUSIC The Common Guild, Glasgow, until Sat 6 Nov ●●●●● When an artist has been around long enough to obtain the luxury of reputation, all new work is read against the history of their practice. After five decades, it comes as no surprise that Glasgow was eager to see Robert Barry’s work in the flesh. The show starts on the outside of the building, where one can see parts of his vinyl words across the windows. These glittering silver letters continue inside to form words from all angles on the walls, across the ceiling and floor, transforming each room and corridor space into a cube of text, spelling out the likes of ‘anticipation’, ‘purpose’, ‘meaning’, and ‘inevitable’. The words then lead to a black and white video in the corner upstairs, where fellow artist William Anastasi is playing the piano in his studio. With his back to us he is the amateur pianist, we are the voyeurs. It is a classic composition: a painting on an easel in the foreground and a bookcase with books in the middle ground lead the eye to Anastasi as the focal point at his upright piano in the background. The frame is fixed, but superimposed across the screen runs a changing set of words ranging from ‘somehow’ to ‘familiar’, and so on. Linguistic meaning is the central concept here, but his choice of words is mundane, as if to erase significance from it completely. They remain everyday words, denoting concepts that are so general that they would depend entirely on other words for any connotation. (Talitha Kotzé)
REVIEW FILM
CORIN SWORN: THE LENS PRISM Tramway, Glasgow, until Sun 17 Oct ●●●●● A man steps into the spotlight of a theatre, hangs up his jacket, takes a sip of water and begins the narration. A series of vignettes will weave together autobiographical anecdote with history, and past events with present-day interpretation. Corin Sworn’s video piece deals with the discursive wanderings of the actor’s mind. His voice is confident and convincing throughout, yet the narrative thread tangles and we become witness to the fractals of a subtly shortcircuiting thought process. Canadian-born, Glasgow-based Sworn uses the concept of the lens prism to package the discrepancies in reading a text. By adjusting a lens prism, it is possible to treat muscular imbalance in eye orientation by displacement of what is seen through the spectacle lens. It is the subtle alteration of our own subjectivity in the attempt to see what others see that can confound the story of the past. Employing scientific measures, in this case optics, can trigger superficial moments where stories align, but Sworn is not interested in these,
instead she takes delight in the collision of accounts, where elements of space blend with time, motion and experience. Her film’s script makes use of theatrical props and stage lights to highlight fragmentation. At one point the figure casts a double shadow in green and magenta. Continuing the theme of illumination, a framed drawing that accompanies her video is lit by RGB filters that merge into a single white light, though hints of the three distinctly coloured beams show subtly on the picture’s periphery. The focus here is not befuddlement, instead we are presented with intricate facts and elaborate fiction, involved story-telling and hidden emotion, and the extended invitation to draw our own conclusions is in no way patronising. The artist has done her bit. Still desperate to make sense, our narrator finds himself in hospital converging in a split-person dialogue. He is asked to describe the pain, loses his train of thought and utters that he cannot remember. His lucid mind has let him down, the light dims behind the closing back door, and he may start yet again. (Talitha Kotzé)
REVIEW PRINTMAKING
3D2D: OBJECT AND ILLUSION IN PRINT Edinburgh Printmakers, until Sat 30 Oct ●●●●● Devout traditional printmakers look away now – but at your own risk. There follows an exploration of modern processes in printmaking which happily combine art, science and theory. This collection of work from the Centre for Fine Print Research in Bristol offers up a chance to see how 3D technology combines with print to create a new direction in the field. The 3D image of a distant pulsar star sits on a plinth near the door, appearing more sculpture than print, until you read the theory behind the shape: Kate Davies and Peter Walters have interpreted astrophysical audio data and translated it into both 2D and 3D works. The theme continues with Conor Wilson’s approach to mapping and rendering a tree, and the almost psychedelic image of a manta ray by Brendan Reid – here the 2D image appears to crackle and glow as you flick between fore and background. The 3D ray is somewhat muted in comparison but serene and a beautiful colour. There is yet more on offer too, from Lesley Dill’s laser-cut paper works, cleverly layering image and space to Jeremy Gardiner and Anthony Head’s exploration of Dorset’s coastal boundary. Visitors can also watch a film about the work – and learn more about technologies that have, until now, been used only in the application of engineering and architectural prototyping. Inspiration is as readily offered up as awe in this collection; this is the future of printmaking. (Miriam Sturdee) 98 THE LIST 23 Sep–7 Oct 2010
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GLASGOW ■ SWG3 Studio Warehouse, 100 Eastvale Place, 357 7246. Wed–Sat noon–6pm. FREE Giles Round: The Form of the Book Sat 25 Sep–Sun 17 Oct. Mixed-media studies built around the theme of communication and written language. ■ THE ARCHES 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. Mon–Sat 9am–8pm; Sun noon–6pm. FREE Hole in my Pocket: The Second Coming Until Wed 13 Oct. The Glasgow-based duo recapitulate their studies of the quotidian in a quest for a new religion. ■ ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN SCOTLAND Level 2, The Lighthouse, 11 Mitchell Lane, 225 8350. Mon & Wed-Sat 10.30am–5pm; Tue 11am–5pm. FREE Various Exhibitions Until Sat 15 Jan. Design-based exhibits including an exploration of the uses of Scottish timber, competition-winning work from Scottish architecture students and a survey of how the 2014 Commonwealth Games are changing Glasgow’s urban environment. ■ CCA 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. Tue–Fri 11am–6pm; Sat 10am–6pm. FREE Tatham O’Sullivan:
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13 Nov. An intervention of collaborative artworks created in response to the architecture and history of CCA by artists Joanne Tatham and Tom O’Sullivan. See picture caption. ■ COLLINS GALLERY 22 Richmond Street, 548 2558. Tue–Fri 10am–5pm; Sat noon–4pm. FREE New Scottish Furniture Until Sun 26 Sep. The annual selling exhibition of furniture by some of Scotland’s best designers/makers. FREE De Rerum Natura: The Nature of Things–Ronald Forbes
Sat 2–Sat 30 Oct. Paintings, digital collages and films produced during Ronald Forbes’ time as Leverhulme Artist-in-Residence at the Scottish Crop Research Institute. ■ THE COMMON GUILD 21 Woodlands Terrace, 428 3022. Thu & Fri noon–7pm; Sat noon–5pm. FREE Robert Barry: Words and Music ●●●●● Until Sat 6 Nov. New,
site-specific installation from the pioneering 1970s conceptual artist.
work by Glasgow artist Hannah Frank since she died, aged 100, in 2008.
developed for a space that has a history as an illicit boxing gym.
■ COMPASS GALLERY 178 West Regent Street, 221 6370. Mon–Fri 9.30am–5.30pm; Sat 10am–5.30pm. FREE Mark I’Anson: Always Boats and Men Until Sat 25 Sep. Work from the Scottish artist who draws on photographs and life to create evocative works in pencil and paint.
■ HOUSE FOR AN ART LOVER Bellahouston Park, 10 Dumbreck Road, 353 4770. Opening times vary, please telephone to check. £4.50 (£3; under 10s free; family ticket £12). Kate Thomson Sculpture Until Thu 30 Sep. Included in admission. Sculptural works in stone. Rhonda Smith Until Mon 11 Oct. Included in admission. Evocative paintings of beaches and seascapes.
■ MANSFIELD PARK GALLERY 5 Hyndland Street, 342 4124. Tue–Sat 11am–5pm. FREE Sandy Murphy Until Sat 25 Sep. New work featuring textured still lifes and landscapes.
■ THE DUCHY GALLERY 23 Duke Street, 237 8754. Fri–Sat noon–6pm. FREE Off The Bone: Dominic Samsworth and Alan Stanners Until
Sat 25 Sep. An exhibition of paintings and sculpture by the emerging Glasgow artists. ■ THE GALLERY @ MUSSEL INN 157 Hope Street, 572 1405. Mon–Fri noon–2pm & 5.30–10pm; Sat noon–10pm; Sun 12.30–10pm. FREE Charles Jamieson Until Wed 6 Oct. GSA alumnus and Aspect Prize judge Jamieson showcases paintings and sketches. ■ GALLERY OF MODERN ART Royal Exchange Square, 287 3050. Mon–Wed & Sat 10am–5pm; Thu 10am–8pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm. FREE Unsettled Objects Until Tue 1 Mar. Photography, video and installation from GoMA’s collection. FREE Tomorrow: Fiona Tan Until Mon 27 Sep. Tan’s first solo exhibition in the UK. FREE First Day of my Changing Life: Our Vision of Tomorrow Until Sun 16 Jan. Young Glaswegians’ artistic responses to the Fiona Tan exhibition. ■ GLASGOW PRINT STUDIO Trongate 103, 552 0704. Tue–Sat 10am–5.30pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE Eduardo Paolozzi Until Sun 26 Sep. A collection of Leith-born artist Paolozzi’s screenprints. FREE Pop Goes the Easel Until Sun 26 Sep. Exhibition of pop art based around the film of the same name made by Ken Russell in 1962.
■ HUNTERIAN MUSEUM & ART GALLERY University of Glasgow, 82 Hillhead Street, 330 5431. Mon–Sat 9.30am–5pm. FREE Artist Rooms: Joseph Beuys Until Mon 27 Sep. A selection of works from the Artist Rooms collection, including portraits of Beuys by Andy Warhol. FREE James Paterson Until Mon 27 Sep, 9.30am–5pm. Small exhibition celebrating aspects of the James Paterson Museum collections. ■ KELVINGROVE ART GALLERY & MUSEUM Argyle Street, 276 9599. Mon–Thu & Sat 10am–5pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm. Pioneering Painters: The Glasgow Boys 1880–1900 ●●●●● Until Mon
27 Sep. £5 (£3). Major retrospective focusing on the pioneering Scottish and international artists of the late 1800s. FREE Scottish Glass at Kelvingrove Until Sun 1 Jul 2011. Exhibition marking the 400th anniversary of glassmaking in Scotland. ■ LA BETE 103 Niddrie Road, 07733 028605. Fri–Sun noon–5pm. FREE Levi Hanes: Passenger Until Sun 26 Sep. Site-specific work
■ MARKET GALLERY 334 Duke Street, 556 7276. Thu–Sun 11am–5pm. FREE Studio Projects 22 and 23 Until Sat 9 Oct. Video and drawings from Kari Stewart and a new installation from Kate V Robertson. ■ MARY MARY Suite 2/1, 6 Dixon Street, 226 2257. Tue–Sat noon–6pm. FREE Nick Evans: AntiAutonome Until Sat 30 Oct. New solo show by this subtle Glasgow-based Zambian-born artist.
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■ GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART The Mackintosh Gallery, 167 Renfrew Street, 353 4500. Mon–Fri 10am–5pm; Sat 10am–2pm. FREE Restore Us and Regain: Tommy Grace, Ged Quinn, Tony Swain Sat 2 Oct–Sat 6 Nov. Group
exhibition exploring the ways in which artists respond to the historical promptings of ruins, monuments and fortresses. ■ HIDDEN LANE GALLERY 1081 Argyle Street, 204 3139. Tue–Sat 11am–5pm. FREE Hannah Frank 1908-2008 Until Sat 30 Oct. The first exhibition of
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Inverarity One to One Travel Award Exhibition Until Sat 25 Sep.
The artist presents an exhibition of works entitled Champagne: A Personal View, inspired by a two-week retreat to the French region. FREE Paul Kennedy Sat 2–Sat 16 Oct. Mixed-media exhibition from the 2009 winner of the RGI Exhibition Award. ■ SORCHA DALLAS 5 St Margaret’s Place, 553 2662. Tue–Sat 11am–5pm. FREE Babette Mangolte Fri 1–Fri 29 Oct. New work from the New York-based experimental filmmaker and artist. See preview, page 97.
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■ TRAMWAY 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. Tue–Fri 10am–5pm; Sat & Sun noon–5pm. FREE Corin Sworn: The Lens Prism ●●●●● Until Sun 17 Oct. A new film commission shot by Sworn in the main theatre at the Tramway. ■ TRON THEATRE 63 Trongate, 552 4267. Mon–Sat 10am–6pm. FREE Ray Richardson – Strange Town Until Sun 17 Oct. Filmic and witty images of familiar but unspecific places.
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EDINBURGH ■ ART’S COMPLEX St. Margaret’s House, 151 London Road, 661 1924. Daily 11am–6pm. FREE Yvonne Buskie – The Reader and the Cup Until Fri 24 Sep. New installation from ECA alumnus Buskie. ■ AXOLOTL 35 Dundas Street, 07812 170279. Mon–Sat 10am–6pm; Sun 1–5pm. FREE Kenneth Le Riche Until Mon 11 Oct. New works from the figurative oil painter. ■ BOURNE FINE ART 6 Dundas Street, 557 4050. Mon–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 11am–2pm. FREE New Acquisitions September 2010 Until Sat 2 Oct. New acquisitions of classical artworks including pieces by Ernest Stephen Lumsden and William Kidd. ■ CITY ART CENTRE 2 Market Street, 529 3993. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm.
Edward Weston: Life Work ●●●●●
Until Sun 24 Oct. Joint entry to Weston & Wegman exhibitions £8 (£5). Vintage prints and previously unpublished works. FREE In Our Own Image: Representing the Human Form
Until Sun 24 Oct. Scottish artists pay homage to the human figure. William Wegman: Family Combinations ●●●●● Until Sun 24 Oct. Joint entry to Weston & Wegman exhibitions £8 (£5). Wegman’s photos of his beloved family of Weimaraners display a child-like humour, with a plethora of absurd scenarios in a skewering of the genre of formal portraiture.
■ COLLECTIVE GALLERY 22–28 Cockburn Street, 220 1260. Tue–Sun 11am–5pm. FREE Hito Steyerl: In Free Fall ●●●●● Until Sun 26 Sep. New film commission following a Boeing aeroplane as it plummets to Earth.
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This specially commissioned exhibition for CCA is an absurd intervention of collaborative artworks created in response to the architecture and history of CCA itself. Glasgow-based artists Joanne Tatham and Tom O’Sullivan often use absurdity to explore ongoing debates about responsibility of art to function for the public good. ■ CCA, Glasgow, Sat 2 Oct–Sat 13 Nov. FREE New Work Scotland Programme Fri 1 Oct–Wed 1 Dec. Showcase of work by Jacob Kelly, Shelly Nadashi, Nicholas Party and Catherine Payton. ■ CORN EXCHANGE GALLERY Constitution Street, 561 7300. Wed–Sat 11am–4.30pm. FREE Atsuo Okamoto: Faraway Mountain ●●●●● Until Thu 30 Sep. The first UK solo exhibition by Japanese artist Okamoto showcases figurative sculptures created using the ‘wari modoshi’ technique of splitting and reforming granite. ■ DEAN GALLERY 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. Daily 10am–5pm. The Dean Gallery is home to a world-famous selection of works from the Dada and surrealist movements. Another World: Dali, Magritte and the Surrealists ●●●●● Until
Sun 9 Jan. £7 (£5). Surrealist art from maestros familiar and arcane including Picasso, Miro, Dali and Magritte. ■ DOVECOT 10 Infirmary Street, 315 3054. Mon–Sat 10.30am–5.30pm. FREE Tapestry Revealed Part Two: Harold Cohen Until Sat 2 Oct. The second in a four-part series of exhibitions looking at great examples of tapestry features Cohen’s enormous work woven in 1966 for the offices of BP. ■ EDINBURGH PRINTMAKERS FREE 23 Union Street, 557 2479. Tue–Sat 10am–6pm. FREE 3D 2D: Object and Illusion in Print Until Sat 30 Oct. Digitallyrealised print works by a selection of artists. ■ FRUITMARKET GALLERY 45 Market Street, 225 2383. Mon–Sat 11am–6pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE Martin Creed: Down Over Up ●●●●● Until Sun 31 Oct. Major new project by the Turner Prize-winning Scottish artist. ■ GLASS & THOMPSON 2 Dundas Street, 557 0909. Mon–Sat
8am–6pm; Sun 10.30am–4.30pm. FREE Skein: Six Women Artists Until Thu 30 Sep. Textiles, etchings and paintings. ■ THE HENDERSON GALLERY 4 Thistle Street Lane NW, 225 7464. Tue–Sat 11am–6pm. FREE Macpherson’s Cave – Shadow and Enlightenment Until Sat 25 Sep. Artist Robert Powell presents an idiosyncratic multimedia exploration of Scotland’s history. ■ INGLEBY GALLERY 15 Calton Road, 556 4441. Mon–Sat 10am–6pm. FREE Iran do Espírito Santo ●●●●● Until Sat 25 Sep. New group of sculptures in marble and black granite. FREE James Hugonin Sat 2 Oct–Sat 20 Nov. Exhibition by this gallery artist known for his subtle and quietly musical compositions in paint.
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■ INVERLEITH HOUSE Royal Botanic Garden, Arboretum Place/Inverleith Row, 248 2971. Tue–Sun 10am–5.30pm. FREE Joan Mitchell ●●●●● Until Sun 3 Oct. Vibrant abstract canvases mark a relationship with nature without attempting to reproduce it, evincing Mitchell’s European influence. ■ NATIONAL GALLERY COMPLEX The Mound, 624 6200. Mon–Wed & Fri–Sun 10am–5pm; Thu 10am–7pm. Christen Købke: Danish Master of Light Until Sun 3 Oct. £7 (£5).
Around 40 works displaying Købke’s characteristically elegant composition. ■ THE QUEEN’S GALLERY Palace of Holyroodhouse, 556 5100. Daily 9.30am–6pm. Dutch Landscapes ●●●●● Until Sun 9 Jan. £5.50 (£5; children £3; under 5s free, family ticket £14). Finely detailed landscapes in oils. ■ ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY The Mound, 225 6671. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. Impressionist Gardens ●●●●●
Until Sun 17 Oct. £10 (£7). Major international exhibition. FREE RSA New Works Until Sun 10 Oct. Works drawn from the RSA Residencies for Scotland Programme. FREE Scotland and Rome Until Thu 30 Sep. Exploration of the cultural and artistic ties linking the two cities. ■ THE SCOTTISH GALLERY 16 Dundas Street, 558 1200. Mon–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 10am–4pm. FREE Emiko Suo: After the Party Until Sat 2 Oct. An exhibition of contemporary jewellery from the Japanese artist. FREE Matthew Blakely & Catrin Howell Until Sat 2 Oct. A joint exhibition of ceramics. FREE Paradise Paradise: Derrick Guild Until Sat 2 Oct. Paintings and mixed-media work inspired in part by a stay on Ascension Island in the South Atlantic. FREE William Crozier Until Sat 2 Oct. New paintings from Crozier as he reaches his 80th birthday. ■ SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART 75 Belford Road, 624 6200. Daily 10am–5pm. FREE What You See is Where You’re At Until Fri 31 Dec. Work by Robert Therrien, Gilbert and George, Peter Liversidge, and many others. ■ STILLS 23 Cockburn Street, 622 6200. Daily 11am–6pm. FREE Alexander and Susan Maris: The Pursuit of Fidelity (A Retrospective) ●●●●● Until Mon 4
Oct. Work by Glasgow-based artists Alexander and Susan Maris. ■ TALBOT RICE GALLERY University of Edinburgh, South Bridge, 650 2210. Tue–Sat 10am–5pm. FREE Craigie Aitchison: A Celebration Until Sat 25 Sep. Retrospective exhibition. FREE Julie Roberts: Child ●●●●● Until Sat 25 Sep, 10am–5pm. Anti-nostalgic naive paintings, inspired by ideas of young girls’ induction into the sphere of domestic labour.
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Edinburgh International Science Festival operates a Schools Touring Programme called Generation Science that tours science shows and workshops to over 66,000 pupils across Scotland. Performers/ Science Communicators Are you energetic, good with children and naturally outgoing? We require performers to deliver science shows and workshops to primary schools all over Scotland. Performance skills and experience working with children are essential. Knowledge in science areas desirable but not essential. Drivers preferred. Applicants must live within an hour’s commute of our Edinburgh office. Pay rates between: £275 - £315/week Spring touring dates: Approx 31st Jan – 1st April (22 posts) Summer touring dates: Approx 3rd May – 27th May (posts TBC) See www.generationscience.co.uk/jobs for interview, casting, training & rehearsals dates. Closing date: 8th October 2010 Sales Staff for Generation Science Are you a strong, clear communicator, can you build good relationships with people, do you have a positive telephone manner? We require 2 sales staff to sell the school’s tour to primary schools across all of Scotland’s 32 regions. Excellent telephone manner and experience of databases/ Microsoft systems essential. Previous call centre/telesales experience desirable as is a knowledge of the geography of Scotland. Pay: £240/week Dates of Contract: Mid October – December (possible extension until March 2011) Closing date: 1st October 2010 For a job description and application form go to: www.generationscience.co.uk/Jobs To apply please send a completed application form to: jobs@scifest.co.uk or Recruitment, Generation Science, Suite 1, Mitchell House, 5 Mitchell Street, Edinburgh, EH6 7BD
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Assistant Box Office Manager The SECC is Scotland’s largest indoor entertainment venue hosting a wide range of live events throughout the year and it has the highest profile and best ticketing operation in Scotland. Having launched it’s own in-house ticketing brand - ticketSOUP.com® - in 2009, the focus is firmly on the development of new and existing consumer markets and delivering further growth in line with the new Scottish National Arena scheduled to open in 2013. As Assistant Box Office Manager, your primary role will be to assist with the operational requirements of the SECC Box Office by managing and developing resources to ensure an efficient ticket sales operation. This is a challenging role and applicants will only be considered if they have proven experience of working within the ticketing industry and operating a computerised ticketing system (ENTA preferred). We are looking for an assertive and capable individual who is a natural communicator with a strong customer focus. The ability to multi-task to meet tight deadlines is crucial. It is also important that you can work flexibly as there will be the need to work outside normal hours, including weekends and public holidays. To apply, please submit your CV with covering letter, stating current salary, to HR Manager, SECC, Glasgow G3 8YW or by email to personnel@secc.co.uk Closing date: 8th October 2010
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Glasgow A fantastic opportunity to move into a finance career in publishing and media. The List is looking for a highly motivated individual to join our accounts team, working for our Accounts Manager. The role is based in Edinburgh. You must have decided that finance is the discipline you wish to pursue, approach challenges with enthusiasm, be keen to develop your accounting skills and thrive in a busy workplace. You will possess energy and staying power to ensure that The List is seen as a professional organisation by our clients in the entertainment and events sector in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Essential qualities are the ability to work to deadlines and willingness to achieve good results repeatedly. The successful candidate should have a working knowledge of accounting systems, ideally Sage, and a roster of computer skills, especially strong spreadsheet capabilities. We are offering a good basic salary, support for training and other attractive terms and conditions. As a full time role, this is ideally suited to someone seeking their first position in the accounts department of a publishing company. The company uses the Sage accounting system and strong spreadsheet skills will be required. Alternatively the role may suit more experienced applicants who seek a part time role of 3 days per week, or those who seek a part time role alongside professional training. Please apply by completing the form at www.list.co.uk/asst-accts Applications reviewed as received. The List is an equal opportunities employer
RU enthusiastic, active and sociable? We are looking for new members for our social and activities club. We do everything from wining and dining to walks and badminton. Join Glasgow IVC FREE trial membership today! Call 07546 570139 or www.glasgowivc.org.uk or www.meetup.com/ GlasgowIVC
WRITING Dissertation Editing and Reading Experienced editing and reading with quoted price, draft versions, suggestions and a professional finish to impress any supervisor e-mail John@thewordprocess.net
MUSIC ■ Solo Guitar Music To hear numerous examples of Glasgow guitarist James Curran's original arrangements go to www.archive.org and type in James Curran Solo Fingerstyle Guitar. Enquiries to jaicee58@yahoo.co.uk
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Nice man in Tinderbox, lending me a pen when I was being massively unprofessional and trying to have a meeting without one! Thank you. U/667/01
Glasgow ❤ I Saw You long ago where are you, I hope I see you again, months pass I wish I was yours I wish I was not so shy and foolish all this time. U/667/02 ❤ I Saw You petite redhead at the front at Fever Ray - I wasn't ignoring you, I just didn't know what to say... was fun almost-dancing with you. U/667/03 ❤ I Saw You pissing yourself on the chair while drooling and sipping on a vodka diet coke. You never looked so hot! U/667/04 ❤ I Saw You your yellow bag slung over a shoulder, your sexy glasses. But you were so engrossed in the film you couldn't have noticed as I tried to hold your hand. U/667/05 ❤ I Saw You in first class on 7.08 train to Plymouth on Tues 4th. We smiled a lot... you got off at Darlington. Let's smile again. U/667/06 ❤ I Saw You moonshiner, like in a kind of dream. You took my hand for a kiss from your wet whisky lips and if I could before, I can't shake you from my mind any more. Your metermaid. U/667/07
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■ Lovely, furnished double room in great, big Leith flat sharing with female owner. Available now. Fantastic transport links, free parking, centre 20mins., wifi, garden, cat. £450pcm incl. bills. Tel. 07712 525 329
❤ I Saw You Mr French Patisserie serving up the hot pastries to the masses on Buchanan Street. I’d like to be the filling in your lattice! Naughty, I know, but we could burn off the calories later... U/667/11 ❤ I Saw You Lurking around the corner when I was upstairs after we said goodbye. It would have been a bit creepy if you hadn’t been tying your shoelace and just happened to catch my eye... U/667/12 ❤ I Saw You my one true love at Kelvingrove. Then again at the Carling Academy. Let’s share more hoodies and Tennants. xx U/667/13 ❤ I Saw You Nick from Penrith! Sexy... U/667/14
❤ I SAW YOU In the streetlights sleeping on a bench under a tree. I hope they never trim it back (for the birds & you). Next night two lovers, the next - it was empty. I hope your nest is warm wherever you are tonight. U/667/15
Edinburgh ❤ I Saw You three years ago at Waverley Station and what a great journey it's been! Thank you for the shared adventures. You really are a star. Much love from Mrs Artist x x x U/667/16 ❤ I Saw You Vanessa @ the Street. I think you are soooooo hot... U/667/17
■ Large double room in Goldenacre, directly on 23, 27, 8 bus routes. Looking for a mature, professional nonsmoker. Partly furnished/unfurnished as required. Rent £293 + approx £90 P/M incl C/T. Tel: 07967 197 539 ■ Double room for rent in shared city centre flat on Broughton Road. Separate kitchen, Living room and Bathroom. Local amenities and transport into town on door step. Tel: 07915 609 042
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❤ I Saw You seat K12 next to me at the GFT/Stephen Fry event with your friend. You're beautiful! Wish I'd spoken to you and knew your name-I'm smitten! U/667/10
❤ I Saw You tramping through the puddles on Mon 13th. You looked cute. I was jealous of your wellies. U/667/08 I Saw You - Bakerloo Line, Charing Cross, Monday 13/09/10 @ 19:20. You: black, hair tucked up, black tights, gray boots, light top, dark jacket. Me: white, shaved head, striped shirt, blue jeans, black shoes, cream bag. toutoulis@gmail.com U/667/09
❤ I Saw You City Cab driver. Comiston RoadSaughton Crescent, Wed 8th Sept, 5.20pm. My car had been lifted, you shared wine gums, they helped :) I got out... but didn't ask your number. U/667/18 ❤ I Saw You in Basement Bar on Saturday. You were working behind the bar, you had blonde curly hair. U/667/19 ❤ I Saw You 10/09/10 @Espionage, later in a red telephone box, because of the rain. We didn't make any calls though... Thanks for making me and my SwatchWatch feel special. U/667/20
❤ I Saw You Melissa Alexia in the Street. You is hot xxx U/667/21 ❤ I Saw You with your dog (Ricky?) Sept 12th. Loved your accent & smile, wish I'd been able to join you for a beer in the rain... buy you a Tennent's next time? U/667/22 ❤ I Saw You in the Basement, you had long red hair, drinking cocktails. You are hot! U/667/23 ❤ I Saw You Bazza on your 'rocket'. You're going on it, you're never coming back..... <3 U/667/24 ❤ I Saw You in Filmhouse bar on Monday evening. You had coffee and cake. I was in suit. We smiled. Would you like to do it again? U/667/25 ❤ I Saw You Barry at the Street. You made me blush when I asked you for a sex on the beach but didn't have any. Kisses to you for making me a special cocktail. U/667/26 ❤ I Saw You on the 14 bus eating a kumquat. You needed a tissue and I wished I had one to give you. U/667/27 ❤ I Saw You in Whistlebinkies – Sat 22nd – you wanted to dance but I was too drunk! U/667/28 ❤ I Saw You shaking that thing in the Street, Donny Darko! U/667/29 ❤ I Saw You on Wed 21st in Tescos, Corstorphine. We played Hide 'n' Seek but I lost you before I got your number. U/667/30 ❤ I Saw You Amanda DeMelo, when we going on a hot date? You keep promising me, soon I hope xxx U/667/31 ❤ I Saw You Stevie @ the Street. I know you're straight but I think you're hot! xoxo U/667/32 ❤ I Saw You looking tall and brooding in the Filmhouse. I'll be the big daddy if you'll be my boy toy! U/667/33 ❤ I Saw You - You're a German chem/physics student at Edinburgh U. Tall, brown hair, 20 y.o. We met 11/9 at my workplace (you were locked out). We have dogcollars in common. Email me. U/667/34 ❤ I Saw You at the Eels gig, Edinburgh, 2 weeks ago. I was waiting for Wooden Nickels, you were hoping for a song about packing blankets... A nickel for your blanket story? U/667/35 ❤ I Saw You making pancakes on Thursday night. Mmmm! I'll bring the maple syrup next week. U/667/36 ❤ I Saw You leaving Edinburgh? Noo! Stay another day... U/667/37 23 Sep–7 Oct 2010 THE LIST 103
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WEST NOT BEST Re: Getting around – Glasgow (The List Student Guide 2010) ‘Dennistoun . . . probably the only part of the East End you are ever going to see as a student’. What about Tollcross Park (as good as, if not better than Queen’s Park), the Fort, the Forge (with a Cineworld cinema that’s cheaper than the one in town) and an increasingly diverse population of people from Eastern Europe and Africa, which is reflected in new shops? Forget the bubble that is the West End and come to the real Glasgow! Jeanne, The East End Of Glasgow Comment posted at List.co.uk
FEELING SUPERSONIC Re: Concert to take place on board first flying Concorde (666) In your interview with composer Peter Nelson he is quoted as describing Concorde as ‘old fashioned’. Concorde isn’t old fashioned.
It’s state of the art, even in the 21st century. If it was old fashioned or outdated, every new plane built would be flying at even higher speeds and carrying more passengers. Instead, Concorde represents one of the few instances where mankind turned its back on the future. By ‘vintage’ technology, you really mean ground breaking. Concorde was the first production aircraft with fly-bywire computerised controls of the aircraft (standard equipment today on planes), digital computer controlled intake management to prevent supersonic indigestion in the engines, and carbon fibre brakes. If you want to talk old fashioned, go look up a Boeing. Savager08 Comment posted at List.co.uk
THE ART OF LIVING Re: William McLaren – An Artist Out of Time (644) Willie McLaren was an unassuming and very funny
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The superb festival of queer culture returns in 2010 to explore the theme of relationships. We talk to some of the collaborating couples and preview the best of the fest.
He's been Mr Scruffy, he's even been Mr Sienna Miller for a while – now it's his turn to play Mr Nice (aka Howard Marks) in the film biopic of the famous drug dealer's life.
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