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A bit of a bumper week for all things live and musical this week, courtesy of those lovely people at Radio Two. We’ve tried to fit in all the Fringe events going on, but it might be worth double checking with the venue for any last minute changes and exact times. Best of all, most of it’s FREE, so get out there and... er... listen. Some events are ticketed, and a few gigs have alreday had their full allocation sent out already. Whatever, there’s still a great big bundle of fun to be had. You can check availability, and check any other details, on the following address: WWW.VIRTUALCARDIFF.COM/RADIO2FRINGE.
Monday 15/10
Dr John @ St David’s Hall 8.00pm, £12-£18 adv. New Orleans voodoo blues madman comes to Cardiff. If his new album is a marker, it should be ace. Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci, Owen & Gene @ Clwb Ifor Bach 8.00pm, FREE with adv ticket. Whilst it’s always a treat to catch the wondrous Gorky’s live, tonights support is of equal interest. Owen are hotly tipped for great things, while the criminally under-rated Gene start out on the rocky comeback road. Get there if you can. Heavy Quartet, Wase, Diffidence @ Sam’s Bar From 8.00pm, FREE Labi Sifre (Poetry reading) @ Dempsey’s The Eminem-sampled, super fly soul legend visits Cardiff to read his poems! Hooray! David David, Janeiro & Saint Rose @ Oz Bar From 8.00pm. FREE! And with good reason. People @ The Toucan Club 8.00pm, FREE. People, at the Toucan, on a Monday? That’s a first! Haven & Grand Drive @ Barfly 8.00pm. £1 Two marvellous bands. Haven are currently new indie darlings, whilst Grand Drive are still touring the superb ‘True Love and High Adventure’ album. Gwacamoli, Sal & Marcel @ Jumpin’ Jacks 8.00pm, FREE The stiff competition may keep some away, but this is worth a gander if you get time.
Cinema Showtimes
The Iron Ladies Mon/Tue 20.00; Weds 14.30 + 20.00; Thurs 18.15 + 20.15 Moulin Rouge Fri 18.15 + 20.30; Sun 20.00 Children’s Midsummer Sat 15.00 King Lear Sun 17.00 What’s Cooking? Mon-Wed 19.30; Thurs 14.30 + 20.00 Angels Of The Universe Thurs 18.00 Startup.com Fri-Sun 19.30
UCI Cardiff Bay Until 11/10 Tel: 08700 102030
Amelie 12.30 (Sat & Sun ), 15.15, 18.00, 20.45, 23.30 (Fri/Sat ) A.I. 11.30 (Sat & Sun), 14.55, 18.05, 20.00, 21.25, 23.35 (Fri & Sat ) American Pie 2 ADVANCE SCREENING SUNDAY ONLY 13.45, 16.35, 19.00, 21.40 Moulin Rouge 11.45 (Sat & Sun), 14.25, 17.30, 20.30, 23.20 (Fri & Sat) The Score 15.35, 18.20 (Not Tues), 21.10 (Not Tues), 21.55 (Tues), 23.55 (Fri & Sat) Mike Bassett: England Manager 14.40, 17.00, 19.30, 21.45 Scary Movie 2 00.15 (Fri & Sat) Driven 13.00 (Sat & Sun), 15.50, 18.35, 21.20, 00.05 (Fri & Sat) Enigma
GRiP
Embrace, Nerrina Pallot & Pete Wylie @ Clwb Ifor Bach 8pm. FREE, with adv. ticket. The oft derided, but perennially popular, Embrace top the bill, supported by rising star Nerrina Pallot and Merseyside legend Pete Wylie, of ‘Wah!’ fame. Should be great, could be awful, depending on Danny’s voice and Wylie’s mood. Dead Men Walking, Tetra Splendour & El Goodo @ The Toucan 8pm-2am, FREE. Tetra Splendour are from Porthcawl, and rock. El Goodo are similarly Welsh, and similarly ace. Dead Men Walking feature the combined ‘talents’ of Glen Matlock and that old goat from the Alarm. They will, therefore, be poo. You have been warned. Murry the Hump, Belasco & Teflon Monkey @ The Barfly 8pm, FREE. Last Murry the Hump gig! Ever! A nation mourns. Briefly. Squeezebox, Quicksand Charlie & Salon Kitty @ Sam’s Bar 8pm, FREE. Something for everyone, including Cardiff’s very own Quicksand Charlie. Talkshow, Farrah & Spacehopper @ Oz Bar 8pm, FREE. The 49ers, Denzel & Watershed @ Demsey’s 8pm. FREE. The Loves & Special Guests @ Jumpin’ Jacks 8pm, FREE. Cooler than they have any right to be, Cardiff’s very own The Loves defy any convention that you care to mention, and produce a melodious pop not heard since The Velvet Underground’s ‘Loaded’. Quite why they find themselves here, on the fringe of the fringe events, is a mystery. Go and watch them. Please.
Wednesday 17/10
Rosalie Deighton @ Clwb Ifor Bach 8pm, FREE with adv. ticket. Pink Assassin, 14*28 & Guests @ Sam’s Bar 8pm, FREE. Mohobishopi, MC Mabon, Pep Le Pew @ Dempsey’s 7.30pm, FREE. They’re from Cardiff (sort of)! They’re signed to V2! They’ve released the same single a million times! They’re Mohobishopi! And tonight, they’re playing acoustic. So is MC Mabon, which is a far more
12.45 (Sat & Sun), 16.05, 18.50, 21.35 The Fast and the Furious 13.45 (Sat), 16.35 (Not Sun), 21.40 (Not Sun & Weds) Original Sin 12.15 (Sat/Sun), 15.10, 18.15, 21.00, 23.40 (Fri & Sat)
UGC Cinema, Cardiff Until 04/10 Tel: 08709 070739 A.I. 10.40 12.10 1.40 3.10 4.50 6.20 8.00 9.30 11.20 Fri/Sat Amelie Thu 10.00 12.30 3.00 5.30 6.00 8.40 Battle Royale 11.30 (Sun-Thu) 1.40 4.00 6.10 8.20 10.30 The Brothers 10.40 12.50 3.10 5.30 7.40 10.00 12.20 (Fri/Sat) Crazy/Beautiful 10.00 (not Sun) 12.10 (not Sun) 2.20 (not Sun) 4.30 6.40 Delicatessen 10.40 (Mon-Wed) 12.50 (Mon-Wed) 3.00 (MonWed) 5.10 (Fri-Wed) 7.20 (Fri-Wed) 9.30 Enigma 10.10 12.50 3.20 5.50 8.30 11.30 (Fri/Sat) The Fast And The Furious 11.40 2.00 4.40 7.00 9.30 11.50 (Fri/Sat) Jurassic Park III Sat/Sun mat 11.00 1.00 A Knight’s Tale 10.30 1.10 4.00 6.50 9.40 (not Thu) The Magic Sword: Quest For Camelot Sat mat 10.30 The Martins 10.20 (not Sat/Sun/Thu) 12.20 (not Sat/Sun/Thu) 2.20 (not Sat/Sun/Thu) 4.20 6.20 (not Tue/Wed) 8.20 (not Tue/Wed) 10.20 Mike Bassett: England Manager 11.30 1.40 3.50 6.00 8.10 10.20 Moulin Rouge 10.00 12.30 3.20 6.10 9.00 11.50 (Fri/Sat) Planet Of The Apes 8.50 11.30 (Fri/Sat) Rush Hour 2 10.10 (Mon-Thu) 12.10 (Mon-Thu) 2.10 (Fri/Mon-Thu) 4.40 6.40 8.40 11.00 (Fri/Sat) Saving Private Ryan Thu mat 11.00 The Score 10.30 1.10 3.50 6.30 9.10 11.50 (Fri/Sat)
interesting idea, in all honesty. Proud Mary, Tommy and the Chauffeur & Headtest @ The Barfly 7.30pm, FREE. Heavy soul or just heavy going? The jury’s still out on Proud Mary, so take a look and make up your own mind. Support is partly supplied by purveyors of top class melancholia, Tommy and the Chauffeur. Tom Hingley, Joya & Ben @ Oz Bar 8pm, FREE. He used to be in the Inspiral Carpets, and was a bit rubbish. He’s still a bit rubbish, but hasn’t got a band any more. Ladies and Gentleman, we give you Tom Hingley.... Rag Foundation, Dragonfall, Ultra Violet Pilots @ The Toucan Club 8pm, FREE.
Thursday 18/10
The Divine Comedy, The Afternoons & Lorien @ Clwb Ifor Bach 8pm, FREE with adv. ticket. A good bill all round, though there’s always the chance that it could all be spoilt if La Hannon chooses to play ‘National Express’. Probably worth the risk, nonetheless. The Scooters, Rita & Brody @ Sam’s Bar 8pm, FREE. Cardiff’s favourite sons The Scooters, fresh back from the CMJ Music Awards in New York, take to the stage of Sams Bar for what will surely be a highlight of the Radio 2 festivities. With a new album in the pipeline and a European tour in the offing, this may well be your last chance to see them play in a venue such as this. So go. Choc Ice & Mike Church @ Dempsey’s 8pm, FREE. Barker, Walker, Kosha @ Oz Bar 8pm, FREE. Well known around Cardiff for no reason in particular, Barker play some songs. Enjoy. Drugstore, Melys & Skep @ Barfly 7.30pm, FREE.
Friday 19/10
End of Fringe Party @ The Coal Exchange 7.30pm-3am. £5 tickets adv. Not even the fantastic setting of Cardiff Coal Exchange can salvage this. The ‘new’ (i.e. crap) line up of Dodgy are the main attraction, leaving the support acts with no real chance at all. A shame that the truly tip-top Rocket Gold Star are given such a bum deal, and that an otherwise excellent fringe festival should end with such a damp squib.
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Societies
First of all, big apologies to all the lovely societies people who have been rather poorly catered for over the past two weeks. The frankly unbelievable madness that pervaded the Gair Rhydd office at the start of term has now subsided (a bit), so here is your lovely new listings bit! Feel free to send in any news about events, meetings, classes or anything else clean and legal to our address, email us or, if you’re feeling particularly brave, pop up and see us!
Ski and Snowboard Club
EVERY MONDAY Meet at the back of the Union at 5.40pm for training and lessons. All welcome, but please sign up on the noticeboard first. EVERY TUESDAY Holiday bookings taken in the Meeting Rooms from 6.30pm to 7.30pm.
Socialist Student Society WEDNESDAY 17th OCTOBER The fight against fees continues. Speakers tonight travelling from Swansea. Meeting Room One, 4th Floor, Student’s Union.
Riding Club
WEDNESDAY 17th OCTOBER The Riding Club invites everyone to their ‘Grand National Pub Crawl’, kicking off @ 8pm in The Woodville. There are cinema tickets to be won over the course of the night, and if anyone is still standing, the night should finish at Jive Hive. Marvellous.
Dancesport
EVERY TUESDAY Lessons take place in The Great Hall. Advanced / Intermediate: 6pm-7pm. Beginners: 7pm-8.30pm.
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