LeftLion Magazine - February 2005 - Issue 3

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credits LeftLion Magazine Issue 3 February 2005 Editor Jared Wilson Sub Editors Alan Gilby Timmy Bates Nathan Miller Distribution Breakin’ Media Design reasondesign@hotmail.co.uk Photographers Ben Cipher Cat Edgar David Bowen Dom Henry Joe Ryder Contributors Al Needham Bones Claire Foss Dan Gardner Guy Gooberman Jennie Syson Jem Shaw Miles Hunt Roger Mean Tom Cowdrey International Peacekeeper Yemi Akinpelumi “The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.””

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Local News For Local People Nottingham Set For New Arts Centre Popx interview Dilk interview

Toby Kebbell interview

Lo-Ego interview

Scorzayzee interview Miles Hunt

Jump Nottingham

Events listings

Crossword

Rocky Horrorscopes and Bones’ Fun Cave

editorial Nottingham has always been a city with a thriving underground culture. In terms of Art there are many reasons to believe we are on the up. Plans for a brand new gallery in the Lace Market have whet the appetite of many and the number of arts students in residence here will always encourage a natural progression for the local scene.

In this issue we look at the plans for a new city gallery (to be opened in 2008) and speak to artists Dilk and Popx, two veterans of Nottingham’s thriving underground graffiti art scene. We’d also like to say thanks to Coverage and Small Kid for organizing this month’s cover.

In terms of film, the city has excelled itself in recent years, with Shane Meadows and Chris Cooke, both succeeding whilst refusing to compromise their style. There are some interesting products from this approach, as Nottingham actors with whom they work flourish on an international stage. In this issue we speak to Toby Kebbell about his next steps after Dead Mans Shoes, working with Woody Allen and Oliver Stone.

Just after this issue is released, the Drop In The Ocean music festival will be taking place (Sunday 30th January), featuring hundreds of the cities musicians uniting to raise funds for the Tsunami appeal. It promises to be a showcase of local musical talent and a great reason for people to work together for a good cause! Get yourself down there and check out the coverage of it afterwards on the LeftLion website.

Some people, however, strive to create their own new and alternative art forms. We caught up with Beeston born teenager Sticky after we saw him on Channel Four’s awesome Jump Britain programme. The day out we had with him around Nottingham city centre was quality, particularly the reactions of passers-by as he busted crazy moves in everyday places. A great example of what you can do when you put your mind to it…

As you can see we’re still on it here at LeftLion, bringing you coverage of things that go down in hood town! As always, if you feel there is anything that we should know about or if you feel you’d like to contribute, let us know. There’s a lot of interesting stuff going on in Nottingham if you look out for it… jared@leftlion.co.uk

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Nottingham Voices things people have said on the leftlion forum Bad Television Adverts

local news for local people with Guy Gooberman our correspondent in London Please note that Guy Gooberman is a fictional character and therefore only as real as the news he writes for more painful laughs visit www.lunch-break.co.uk

“The best thing about the Ocean Finance ad is when one of the vegetables they interview mentions the fact that they use ‘normal people’ in their ads as a reason to buy the financial shit they sell.”

Fossy “Every second ad on any of the music channels is a ringtone ad and they play a sample of them… all sodding ten. You know what the really scary thing is? These ads cost a lot to put on telly, so there must be millions of people wasting their money on this.”

El Chupacabra “Anything with Jamie Oliver. Walking into supermarkets and snapping leeks in half. Who the hell does he think he is? And that one where the pockets talk to each other.

Might be the phones talking to each other, not sure but it’s crap.”

Theonelikethe “Nope, it really is pockets talking to each other.

I can’t believe someone’s getting paid actual money to design that.”

El Chupacabra “What about the adverts with the windows for sale where it’s either Cannon and Ball or him out of Corro or that fat man that looks like the love child of meatloaf and a pirate?”

Harwill Tuesday

New Arts Centre Oh my god I can’t believe it, this is brilliant news. I don’t much care where they put it as long as we get one. Having spent a lot of time in the West Midlands I can’t tell you how inferior the East Midlands’ cities are in this respect.

Fossy As an actor I second the need for a small scale theatre space in Notts.

Gooberman I’m all for this thing anyway, it’s about time we got something like this, it’ll certainly increase my interest in arts and crafts. I might even take up knitting you never know.

Alan

The best Evening Post News story ever…

“Sherwood housewives pretend to be Filipina mail order bride sex phoneline harlots. Why wasn’t I told about this?

I can think of no better way to spend £1 than to hear some woman say “Sookeh-Fookeh twenteh paand” or “Me love yo’ long fookin’ tahm, me duck” down the phone.”

Lord of the Nish “Haven’t bought the post for a couple of days and was on this like a shot. Asda hardly had any left! The best front page headline ever. ‘Ey Up Mi Duck...This Is A Filipina Sex Line. Beats the one the other day ‘Police Raid Wrong House’. Gotta love the Post...”

Fossy “I loved this bit: “The staff also had crib sheets of information about the Philippines.” Because you never know when some sad bastard on the phone is going to stop mashing his genitals for a bit and suddenly say “Hey! What’s the average rainfall in the Zamboanga peninsula?”

Lord of the Nish

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The Carlton Martyrs 21st February will mark an emotional time for one group of Carlton residents who, back in 1954, fought a pitched battle with the Gedling militia in an effort to get the local language, Carltonian, recognised as a vernacular of business and local government. They lost the war and many lost their lives in the massacre that followed to show how lexicon uprisings are dealt with. Since then the surviving linguistic warriors have been known as the Carlton Martyrs, think of them this February 21st and weep.

Progressive Mentalism Nottingham is famous for being a place where no good bands ever come from but that’s all about to end when the record buying public hear the latest sensation straight out of Beeston Rylands called ‘Das Ass’. Lead singer and sheet metal banger Postmodern Frank explained their style thus: “It’s hardcore straight-edge jazz integrated with PanAmerican spoken word mayhem, plus a dollop of Ethnic drum blues, some Maths Rock and a nod towards Jefferson Starship.” New single ‘This is a Middle Eight’ will be out this month followed swiftly by their debut album ‘I Am War’.

Care In The Community West Bridgford residents are up in arms about the increase in people with severe mental health issues roaming their pristine, bourgeois boulevards.

Local Daily Mail reader Ginger Stack had this to say through a megaphone made out of the stem cells of crows: “These kind of people belong in the Meadows and are not welcome here. What do you expect us to do? Not judge them and offer them support, care and understanding and perhaps a few hours of our time by volunteering? Outrageos!”

Guy Gooberman expects the rich people to get their way.

Pancake Consumes Child No you idiots! Not a mixture of flour and egg and whatnot eaten by us with a squeeze of lemon and a light sprinkling of sugar (or syrup and chocolate spread if you’re a suet ridden lard arse), how an earth could that gobble a juvenile? No, Pancake is the pseudo-cute name of a mysterious urban wolf that prowls the streets of Old Basford praying on innocent children and ripping them to pieces with its massive fangs.

Rumours of it being Kenneth Clarke in a lion suit have been denied by everyone involved but you make up your own mind…

I Love You, Old Withered Hag

With the card buying consumerist façade for love declarations approaching like an unavoidable car crash, one local man has made his feelings clear for the last remaining witch in Nottinghamshire. Mr You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead has fallen head over heels in love with the old withered hag that lives in the bushes behind the football pitch that belongs to FC Dynamo Stapleford and she just happens to be the last lady who practices black magic in the county. The lovely pair hope to marry in the summer.

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Nottingham Set For New Arts Centre There has been much speculation about plans for a new contemporary art centre and performance space in Nottingham’s fastest growing cultural quarter, The Lace Market. words: Jennie Syson Expanding upon the successful conversion of the old factory buildings on Stoney Street, which have in recent years become a base for art and design students at New College, the new art centre looks set to become a suitable near-neighbour to organisations such as Preset Studios (home of Dance4) as well as The Broadway cinema and media centre. With this in mind, many people are asking, do we really need more arty spaces in the city centre, especially when it will take away one of the last green areas in the cities urban landscape?

Nottingham has a long standing reputation of excellence when it comes to visual and live art. Nottingham Trent University has, in the past, spawned great artists such as Mat Collishaw and David Batchelor. In recent years, they have been forging the way with its (now sadly missed) Contemporary Art BA. The city is home to the Now and You Are Here festivals, as well as two major galleries: Angel Row and Bonington.

Both venues are respected nationally and internationally, the former presenting a high profile programme of exhibitions including artists such as Christian Marclay and Jessica Voorsanger (Air Guitar). The latter also provides the essential role of fostering new ‘home grown’ talent in the form of the Forward Thinking Fellows: Sam Rose, Annette Foster and Kerryn Wise.

Soon, Nottingham will host the British Art Show 6, an internationally acclaimed touring exhibition, which has previously saluted the work of Tracey Emin, Liam Gillick and Michael Landy. I have also heard of plans to host a comprehensive fringe to accompany the main

exhibition which will take place in venues throughout the city.

This central space will provide a hub for contemporary art in the city. It is, in some respects, a pity some spaces will close, but if the City Council and Arts Council England are to back the project fully (and financially) it is necessary that some sacrifices have to be made.

If one takes a look around the country there are galleries being erected left right and centre, each of them being hailed as the answer to presenting art in ‘the provinces’. (I really hate that term.) Some might argue that there isn’t always enough local interest in the arts to merit such high-falutin’ lottery grants. In some respects this is true. For example, The New Art Gallery in Walsall has not had the attendance it hoped for and is still lumbered with a permanent collection (the Garman Ryan Collection) as a hangover from the organisations’ days residing in a local library.

The collection itself is a great one, but the Jacob Epstein heads sit uneasily with the bin-bags cast in lead by Gavin Turk. Nottingham already has an adequate space for historical art works, in the form of The Castle Museum and Art Gallery. This will not be amalgamated into the new building, but provide a more traditional alternative.

The gallery in Walsall (pictured above right) is, however, an iconic one. Designed by award winning Caruso St John, the gallery is laid out intelligently. The Nottingham venue on Garners Hill is also being designed by this cutting edge architectural practice. It will take the form of a ‘slice’ into the cliffs opposite the Weekday Cross. It’s encouraging to hear that the plans are to

be complementary to the surroundings.

Peter St John says ‘We have sought to reinforce the buildings on the cliff. The proposal uses the full extent of the site with one major floor at the level of High Pavement and the other at the level of the old railway viaduct. By developing the site horizontally, the line of the cliff is reinforced and the main, low slung body of the building provides a foreground for the higher buildings at High Pavement and beyond.’

£13m is indeed a lot of money, but I sincerely believe it will be worth it. Plans for this art centre are a long time coming, whispers were heard about it as long ago as 1995.

I think if Nottingham wants to hold its head up and present its ‘legendary style’ to the world, then it has to take its cultural venues seriously.

It is a little bit like keeping up with the Jones’s, who in this instance might take the form of the Ikon Gallery in Birmingham, the ‘new, improved’ Usher Gallery

in Lincoln and perhaps S1 Artspace in Sheffield. There are also plans afoot to create an art centre in Derby called ‘Quad’.

Building in the Lace Market is set to start in summer 2006, with the centre opening its doors to an expected half a million visitors a year from early 2008. The organisation will employ around 200 staff.

All things considered, a bonus for the city. more on Nottingham arts... www.leftlion.co.uk/galleries

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Popx

words: jared wilson photos: dom henry gifts out of thin air. I believe it’s based on ‘whatever you get in life, you earn it’. You reap what you sow. I believe through hard work in past lives I gained the skill to be able to copy a picture of what I see onto a page or whatever and to do it well.”

Popx pictured next to Stop Wars; and MAturing friendliness piece.

If you wander through Hockley on a Saturday afternoon there are many wonderful sights to make you stop and think. Funky shops, cool cafes and interesting people surround the area making it one of the essential places to hang out in hood town.

As you walk up Pelham Street, from Sneinton, there is a particularly unmissable piece of street art that shouts out at you, making you stop and think for a moment. Fusing the sci-fi legacy of George Lucas with the modern day culture of terror, its message is simple. It says ‘Stop Wars’.

”Then there’s genetics. I inherited my Dads artistic genes. He’s quite a good artist as well. He used to sketch and paint. The other thing is the environment. In this life there are things that influence me.

When I was fifteen I got into graffiti. I saw the documentary ‘Style wars’ and that same night I designed my first New York style piece. After that I became a graffiti artist for seven years. My first piece was a ‘Richie’ piece, then I did an ‘Outlaw’ piece, then I did a ‘Popsi’ piece. From that I became known as Popx.”

The piece was by Nottingham’s own Popx (pronounced Pops), aka 34 year old Richard Baker. He first grew to prominence as one of an emerging group of Nottingham graffiti writers in the late eighties. These days he’s an exhibitor at Pete Spowage’s Gallery on Bridlesmithgate in Nottingham. I caught up with him for a chat about street art and UFO’s…

“Before that I was a mod.

I was only about 14 but I used to follow the big mods around and look for fights and that. That was our culture at the time. We just wanted to be like the people in Quadrophenia or something.”

How did you first start out as an artist?

”I don’t pay it very much attention at all these days. I know some of the guys who still do it. I’m only interested in graf as part of art in general. I’ll look at a piece of art, whatever it is and wonder

”There are three ways that I look into ‘how I got into it’.

One is past lives. I believe that you don’t get given these

What do you think to the current Notts graffiti scene..?

why the person chose that, rather than anything else. Of all the various forms in the universe, someone has chosen to look at that and put it forward to be viewed. I always find it interesting. In that sense I’m always interested to see what kind of graffiti develops and what messages they bring forward.” ”There was a time when I didn’t even want to know anyone if they weren’t a graffiti artist…unless they were a girl. I’m not proud of my mentality when I was a graffiti writer, I’ve moved on so much since then. I can understand it, because I experienced it. I’m still interested in my old heroes, like ‘Seen’ and ‘Artful Dodger’. He was a big influence for me in Nottingham because I remember just before I started doing graf he had his ‘Weetabix’ billboards up and then he had his tag on the bus that I was sitting on and it just blew my mind. He was definitely the first major local influence.”

Tell us about another piece of yours, Maturing Friendliness… ”I meditated on all the things I could have called it, out of all the things you can name anything, you know, ‘what is the most useful thing I can call this’. It’s a scene of an actual star system nicknamed the seven sisters, called the Pleiades. The face is a woman that represents mankind really. I’m trying to

talk about the possibility of life throughout the universe because to me everything is alive. Everything is vibrating energy. This talk of life on mars… to me mars is life.”

So you believe in life on other planets..?

“I truly believe that there are humans throughout space. I don’t believe that earth is the only place with humanoids, you know, two legs, two arms, upright head, you know what I mean? From my own studies I’ve come to believe that they live on higher frequencies usually. So we can’t see them, but if they want to be seen, as they often do, like thousands of people have reported seeing UFO’s, they just slow their vibration down to our vibration and become visible to us.

They can then speed it back up again and become invisible and that’s how they do it.

Apparently some ‘crop circles’ are made by them, although some are obviously faked.”

“Because of that I paint stars a lot, because of the inspiration to share that possibility or idea, which to me is a definite because I’ve really looked into it. While I was in New Zealand I checked out www.ufoevidence.org it’s got loads of photos of a variety of types of UFO’s in the sky… and I’ve seen one myself as well.”

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How would you describe you style?

“It changes a lot from week to week. One week I’m into this style or I’m influenced by this or like this colour or even brand of paint, the next week it’s different. I paint quite freely, technically I’m quite tight. I’ve been doing it for a long time so I know how to use paint, but now I let it be a bit more free and paint with a lot drips but also within the letters. I allow some neatness to show the technique, instead of letting it all be messy.”

How did you originally get into graffiti?

“I’ve always been creative and enjoyed drawing. I was into breakdancing and Beat Street and Wild Style and at school there were a lot of older kids painting. With me being into art anyway, I was fascinated with that side of art and what

they were doing.

I just got hooked on it really. It’s just another art form, it’s no real big deal, it’s just about being creative.

To me it doesn’t seem that radical or crazy, it’s just adding colour.”

Tell us a bit about your shop Coverage…

“We’ve been going for 3 years. We sell paint, ink, and general art supplies and specialist t-shirts that you can’t get everywhere, I only order a few of each design so not everyone has one.”

You’ve done a lot of painting around Nottingham, but also abroad as well. What other countries have you painted in?

“Brazil, New Zealand, Australia, Thailand, all over the US, Mexico and all over Europe. I’ve got plans for later this year too, I want to

Detail of one of Dilk’s works plus Coverage shop interior

You must have some good stories…

go to Japan, back to Brazil and to Auckland.”

When you go away do you hook up with other graffiti crews?

“I’ve got a lot of friends in Europe so I hook up with friends there but when I go further afield it’s more a case of going into art shops, talking to people and asking who’s painting and where the spots are. I generally make friends like that. I’ve been painting for a lot of years and my portfolio is pretty on top of the game, so it’s quite easy to hook up with people.”

“I’ve had some experiences, especially in New York, but not necessarily all things I want to say in print! One cool story was when I got invited to paint at this contest in Tijuana. There were 157 people painting on wasteland.

It was amazing to be involved in something like that. I was the only English artist and everyone who painted had to give the Mexican government $5. This all went towards cleaning off tags, so the Mexican government did something good that day for the name of graffiti.”

Tell us about some of the workshops you run…

“I’ve done a lot of work in schools and with young offenders. I’ve taken GCSE Art classes on graffiti which have always been really positive.

The kids are really interested in it. They’ve loved it, turning up early for lessons, staying afterwards and really working hard. For the teachers this has sometimes been a shock because it can be quite difficult to get these kids interested in things! I also did something for the Big Wheel, Nottingham City Transport; I painted a car for them live in the Market Square on a Saturday. It was based on the theme of cars causing pollution.”

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You must come across different new and talented artists every day…

“There’s quite a few lads that come into the shop that work for the Council and they’re doing a lot of good work.

They are very active, working with young people, running a lot of workshops and actually making a living from it. I tend to look further afield than just Nottingham for artists though, not that I’m turning my back on the city, but a lot of my inspiration and contacts are from all over Europe, especially Holland.”

Are you feeling any more traditional art?

“I’ve visited a lot of galleries and I appreciate that kind of art but it doesn’t really give me the buzz of say, going to Paris and finding the “Hall of Fame”, a legal painting site, and being breathtaken by the masterpieces you see.

Or going to Brazil where it’s a lot more relaxed and they’re free to paint and just walking around and seeing amazing artwork everywhere.

I can’t get that from classical paintings in galleries, I can walk around thinking “that’s ok” but for me it just doesn’t do it in quite the same way.”

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Dead Man Walking Nottingham actor Toby Kebbell has got a lot to be proud of. His first major part, as Anthony in Shane Meadow’s influential Dead Man’s Shoes earned him a Most Promising Newcomer nomination in the British Independent Film Awards. Since then he’s landed parts in Oliver Stone’s Alexander and Woody Allen’s latest project. He writes books and plays and on the side is studying plumbing. And ladies and gentlemen, he’s still just 22 years young. words: Claire Foss money and to keep writing. I write all sorts. You can’t just draw one string on your bow, you’ve got to have shit to fall back on. I don’t know where acting’s going to take me. I spend a lot of my time doing voiceovers too. I just had a a low-budget American film offered to me but the funding fell out of it.”

You’re in Alexander and you get to kill Val Kilmer. That must have been great fun…

“Yeah I murder him. If you were to meet Val I’m sure you’d enjoy beating him up too. He’s got a massive façade of who he is. Well… he’s a lovely guy.

Originally it started out as this big elaborate role where he and I had big speeches just before I kill him, but they cut my lines and so I went in there and just stabbed him to death and spat in his face.”

Do you think Nottingham is lacking anything in terms of drama?

I don’t think it’s lacking too much. I think if your passion’s there you’ll do what you want to do anyway. People need to look around, and instead of moaning that you can’t get cameras, just borrow a handicam or whatever. I think what people of our generation have got to understand is that it’s alright to make a couple of mistakes because you’ll learn from them. It’s about growing as a person rather than just having everything you need straight away. If you’ve got fuck all to do, educate yourself.

I think Nottingham’s got plenty to offer, you’ve just got to go and look. I think I could do the acting side of my job 100% from my home in Nottingham.

The reason I had to move to London was the voiceovers, because I’m on call at an hour’s notice. I don’t want to, it’s stupidly expensive here!

I hear you’re doing a film with Woody Allen, how’s that going?

“Yes, I’ve already done that. At the moment it’s called Match Point. It’s about a tennis player.

I’m a policeman involved in a murder inquiry but you’ll have to double-check your sources as I may have just been sued for a billion pounds. It’s not a key role and it might even be cut.

But you know, to be 22 years old and to have my first three directors be Shane Meadows, Oliver Stone and Woody Allen is not bad.”

You got your part in Dead Man’s Shoes just a week before filming. What’s the story behind that?

“Shane had an actor already for the part of Anthony who, for his own reasons, couldn’t do it.

So his missus Louise called me, I popped down to their cottage in Matlock and he gave me the script. I thought it was brilliant!

Also, it was a Shane Meadows film and I’d fallen in love with A Room for Romeo Brass which had Paddy (Considine) in it, who I knew would be playing my brother, so I thought it was a great opportunity.”

“It was two days later that we started filming and I was on standby until the last four days when I did all my work. In the end, Shane put in every scene I did and it ended up being a lead role. Thankfully for me, people have been impressed. Which is nice, especially alongside such good actors. I’m not a leading

Have you ever met anyone at the left lion?

man, I don’t think I’ve the face of a leading man I don’t think ever in my someone will cast me in role of a leading man.”

got and life, the

think that whatever you get you want to make the best of, that’s the way I’ve been brought up.”

You might be eating those words one day.

The film got you a Best Newcomer nomination in the British Independent Film Awards…

“You can never say never but it’s something I don’t see happening for me. I always

“That’s right yeah. I lost out to one of the So Solid Crew.” (The

award went to Ashley Walters, aka Asher D, for Bullet Boy).

What are your plans for this year?

“I’m getting into plumbing.

You’re at the mercy of tradesmen unless you have some basic knowledge. So I want to educate myself in the little things that will save me

“Of course I have met someone at the left lion! That’s where you always link up! Do you know what I’ve been out of Nottingham two years and I’ve already forgotten about the left lion! Have I ever met anybody there? Have I ever not met anybody at the left lion is a better question! Did I just sound cheesy saying that?

Well fuck it, it’s true, if I sound cheesy then I am, that’s life.

Everyone you link up with on a Saturday night, you meet at the left lion.”

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Lo-Ego have created quite a buzz recently. Considered to be one of the best and most exciting live acts to come out of Nottingham in recent years, they’ve been highly praised for their captivating, epic indie-progrock sound. Could they signify the end of the city’s prolonged period of musical (commercial) underachievement? I met front man Martin Collins for a pint and a chat about tunes, tastes and LeftLion presents…

Words: Jem Shaw Photos: Cat Edgar 2004 was a busy year for you. Your new material was very well received but the gigging ceased around September. What’s the band been up to?

Well, we stopped gigging to record an album, I mean a mini album, I mean, well, EP isn’t fair. Its an ‘alb’, really! If it was a very long album we’d call it an albumen…

You’re not signed yet. Is this ‘alb’ a step toward that elusive deal?

We had to do it because of the music we’re playing, I think. We really want people to listen to it. If they only here it once, live, it might sound a little spasmodic, but if you listen again and kind of ‘get’ the changes it starts to make more sense. So we went to Pristine Studios, met Paul Yeadon (ex Bivouac) and Johnny Carter (ex Pitchshifter) and they produced the CD for us. They did a fantastic job.

Nine tracks in a week, and we messed them about so much, ‘cause we’re never satisfied!

I saw a lot of copies sold at your gig at the Rescue rooms a few weeks back, so your live show’s grabbing people’s attention and generating interest.

You were a well-liked band with your old material, but you decided to get rid of it all. That’s pretty brave isn’t it?

That’s why we had to record something in a studio and have it mixed and mastered as a complete album, to show how serious and passionate we are about this music.

Our old stuff was really just music written to play live, so if people took it home and played it they’d just kind of say “yeah, that’s alright”, but its magnolia music. The songs Ste’s written now are so much better, so much more interesting. You know, we don’t want to be like Keane,

Razorlight or Slush Patrol.

We won’t make middle of the road music. Music has always interested us and we want our music to be interesting. We know this may mean we’re not everyone’s cup of tea but, well, we’re genuine, basically.

Are you a musical snob?

Would you describe yourself, or your music, as anti-pop?

Absolutely not! What I don’t like is music written as if it were done so according to a simple formula, which maximises potential record sales, with no real feeling or genuine message attached to it. I love music and I don’t limit my listening to certain genres. I guess when I say certain bands are dull, fans of those bands would tell me that the bands I listen to are boring or depressing. There’s no snobbery, its just taste. Or good taste!

You don’t plan to compromise your sound in order to sell records, then?

When you look at bands that have succeeded and sold records, the crap bands have to defend themselves for being bland, whereas the good ones don’t have to defend themselves to anyone, even if they only sell a tenth of what the crap bands do. We’ll be a good band. And that’s my excuse for crap record sales made well in advance!

Whether you manage to sell tons of albums in the future or not, there’s no denying you’ve got quite a following here in Nottingham.

Yeah, there’s a great bunch of people who seem to keep coming to see us again and again. It’s nice when people see that you’re doing something a bit different and show they appreciate it.

Shortly after this goes to print you’re playing at Rock City for the Drop in the Ocean festival. This must be your biggest gig to date?

Yeah, definitely. We’re playing upstairs, which is just amazing, alongside some fantastic bands. It’s just going to be an amazing day in Nottingham, really, its such a big event and we’re honoured to be part of it.

Then, let’s not forget, LeftLion Presents at the Malt Cross on Friday 25th February. Lo-Ego and friends are taking over for the evening, I understand?

Oh, It’s going to be great fun!

There’ll be live DJ sets from us, Amusement Parks on Fire and a couple of other guests, then we’ll be playing live later on in the evening. It’ll be cool! www.lo-ego.com

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Over the last year Nottingham rapper Scorzayzee (aka 24 year old Dean Palinczuk) has become one of the most talked about lyricists in the UK. He started out as a member of Big Trev’s Nottingham hiphop supergroup Outdaville. Since then he has made tunes with the likes of Cappo, Styly Cee and Joe Buddha as well as national heads like Estelle and Skinnyman. words: Jared Wilson photos: Joe Ryder Last year he recorded what many believe to be his masterpiece ‘Great Britain’.

This was an anti-establishment rant against the Queen, Tony Blair, the BNP, Freemasons and a few other people he threw into the equation. It gained him plenty of attention, being picked up by Radio 1, 1xtra and even more hysterically the Daily Telegraph.

You’ve retired from rapping. What were your reasons for doing this?

The lyrics to ‘Great Britain’ seem particularly poignant in this age of war and terror. It was a rally cry, a call to arms from a voice of dissatisfied British youth. The song ultimately questions how a country’s system of government can act so directly in opposition to the wishes of so may of those it represents.

”Another reason is because I don’t really get the same buzz from rapping as I did when I was a kid. I remember when I used to rap, before I used to go onstage I used to go and be sick outside. Three minutes before I was supposed to be on stage I’d just get this feeling in my stomach and puke up. Then all of a sudden I’d just grab the mike and start freestyling my arse off.”

It was something of a surprise therefore, when following his greatest success yet, Scorzayzee decided to call it a day and retire from rapping after this song. Rumours about his conversion to Islam, knocks on the door from federal officers and plenty more hype did nothing to calm the storm. We got in touch with Scorz and asked him to set the record straight once and for all…

”It’s lots of different reasons really. One of the reasons is that I came to Islam and became a Muslim. Now when I rap I sometimes feel that I’m speaking loud in front of god. I figured if I stopped rapping I’d be happier within myself.”

When did you convert to become a Muslim? What inspired you to do this? ”I converted about five years ago. At the time I was really questioning existence and why I was here. I’d never read a book on Islam before, but then I read this book called the Fundamentals of Tao Heed. It told me the fact that there is one god and that Allah created us in the beginning.

”I’m not really a believer in evolution and the theory that we evolved from cells and cell multiplication. We are intelligent beings and we have the skills to speak and communicate with each other and build and invent things. These are things that other animals haven’t got.

So I figured that humans are just another creation of god.

That’s why I came to Islam, because for me it felt like the right religion, to me it was the truth.”

Tell us a bit about Great Britain… ”I wrote that tune after the first attack on Iraq started.

I wanted to do something about the corruption that Great Britain is involved in.

We spend so many billions on war weapons and war, yet we only initially gave £20m to the Tsunami disaster. I think these are blatant facts that need to be brought out in public because you don’t really get the chance to see them on TV. We don’t see people speak about the truth, we see people hovering around situations, beating around the bush!” ”I actually wrote the song at 5 o’clock in the morning.

The studio was booked at 10

o’clock. I finished writing it at about 7.30am and it was fresh in my head. I spent the whole night on it and laid it down the next morning in two takes.

That’s the version that’s out there!”

I’m a big fan of ‘Heroes Die’. How did that tune come together? ”I wanted to do a tune that mentioned all of my heroes in it. I called it ‘Heroes Die’ because I realised that most of the heroes that I was thinking of had passed away. I missed out other people’s favourites though. Everybody should do their own version of heroes die. That was just my heroes.”

What are your other favourite tunes among the music you’ve made? ”I think one of my favourite tunes has got to be Crepes.

It was a tune about trainers and Nike and how they make money. It was produced by Nick Stez who is a great producer. Archery is another tune that I still like, it’s got one of my favourite beats on it and was produced by DJ Fever.

He’s one of the best producers in the country. He’s heavy!”

Tell us about the old days in OutDaVille when you were rapping alongside Lee Ramsay, Cmone, Tempa and the rest… what are your favourite memories? ”I’ve had some of the wickedest laughs and some of the best times of my life.

Going on gigs with them and chilling in the space cruiser.

We just used to chill in there and talk about the facts of life like evolution and Trev was making up some funny stories.

Just performing with them on stage was when I felt really at home.” ”When everyone went off to do different stuff on their own and it all finished, I lost a lot of love for it. It was like seeing your family split up or something, but people have got to go their own way and do their own thing. We did push the boundaries though.”

What are the highlights of your career ”One of the biggest gigs I did was as a support act for Redman. That was at the end of 2003 and was my last gig.

The crowd was massive. There was at least 3000 people there and I went on and did a couple of raps and the response that

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Yo. The BNP still exists in Great Britain Police brutality exists in Great Britain Slavery made the riches of Great Britain The Queen wears stolen diamonds, Great Britain Her husband’s a freemason, Great Britain They killed Lady Di, Great Britain Do I have to go into why, Great Britain?

Your politicians are corrupt, Great Britain Your prison’s full of crooks, Great Britain Your education system is corrupt, Great Britain Your laws are played out and fucked up, Great Britain The IRA used to bomb your streets, Great Britain Then you’re shaking hands in a deal, Great Britain Thought you never negotiate with terrorists, Great Britain Are Muslims your only nemesis, Great Britain?

The FBI’s paedophile list, Great Britain But keep it on a hush-hush-hush, Great Britain

Yo if I had an army, I would fight ya If I had the police, I’d arrest ya If I had my own court, my own judge and jury I’d sit back and let history tell the story If I had an army, I would fight ya If I had the police, I’d arrest ya If I had my own court, my own judge and jury I’d sit back and let history tell the story

You sold weapons to Iraq, Great Britain You sold your soul to America the Devil, Great Britain You haven’t got no religion, Great Britain Do you really believe in Jesus, Great Britain?

Thou shall not kill, Great Britain Thou shall not steal, Great Britain The homeless roam your streets, Great Britain It’s all about your stocks and shares, Great Britain A mortgage wrapped round your neck for years, Great Britain The bank manager borrows you money, Great Britain Now you’re in a whole heap of debt, Great Britain Poverty is on your doorstep, Great Britain Sit back and watch TV, Great Britain Watch the adverts and buy shit, Great Britain Everything on finance for you, Great Britain A slave to the system every day, Great Britain While the rich take over your brain, Great Britain

I got was one of the best I’ve ever had. I also battled Jehst before he was famous. I was onstage in London and he got up and tried to take me on. He was good, but I was ready for him.

Overall, there are loads of good memories though…”

You’ve put out quite a lot of material, but it’s mostly on other people records.

Do you ever plan to release a solo album, even as a retrospective? ”I’ve never done an album, but I’ve definitely got enough material. It’s hard to find some of it though. I’d love it if someone just got all my material and put it on one album to just give it

to the fans. I do owe it to the fans to give them at least one release of my tunes. Even if it’s just the six main tunes that I’ve done. There’s a lot of money involved though. If someone wants to put it out I’d have to pay the producers and pay the studio costs of recording and everything.”

I understand that you’ve recently been making a film… ”That’s right! The director is my friend Sammad Masud. We call him Big Man Sam. He makes films and writes scripts. He had a part for me in a new ten minute short film. Hopefully it will be shown at the Bang Festival at the Broadway cinema.”

”It’s about three guys who are wandering around trying to catch a fox. I play the guy with the gun! It was really fun working on it and I’d really like to do more acting in future if possible.”

So can we ever expect a comeback for you as a rapper? ”If I hear a beat and I get an idea again I’ll write another tune and put it out. But at the moment I’ve just got nothing that I want to say. I don’t want to talk for the sake of it. I don’t want to just make tunes for the sake of it, I want to do something special.

All I know is that if I do anything else, it’s got to be worth coming back from retirement to say it.”

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Repeat Chorus Don’t believe what you read in the news, Great Britain You gave Palestine to the Jews, Great Britain Stick your nose in people’s affairs, Great Britain Councillors on sixty grand a year, Great Britain More than the soldiers in Iraq, Great Britain Then you have to pay your council tax, Great Britain The queen lives in a house like Saddam Hussein They’re both rich, So I guess they’re both one and the same (Ho!) Rule Britannia, Britannia rules the waves Pirates on the ships, still they’re searching for the slaves Control the world, in this New World Order Could of spent the war money on homes, food and water I was born and raised in Great Britain Brainwashed and put in a daze by Great Britain I learnt how to wrap (rap?) myself in Great Britain Yo, there’s nuttin’ better than livin’ in Great Britain

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The Donkey Jackets A story from ‘Before I Learned To Cook’

”Stand still!” ordered Billy. I couldn’t decide whether to offer him my shoulder or my backside.

“If you don’t keep still I can’t shoot, I’m not wasting any more pellets...”

Billy was shooting Hammond and I again. It wasn’t so bad, the bruises were gone in a few days and really, being shot through denim or the tough, almost moleskin like fabric of my Donkey Jacket, wasn’t what one would imagine being shot, in a traditional sense, was like at all.

The £7.99 that my Donkey Jacket cost was easily the best I’d ever spent. The Army and Navy store in Dale End, Birmingham had shit piles of them and whilst finishing the last two years at my school, it was the item to be seen in. It was basically a Navvy coat. The kind of thing a railway worker would wear while repairing tracks, or whatever it is they do out there.

Only ours didn’t have the orange fluorescent piece around the shoulders associated with said labourers. Ours were plain black all over and always worn with the bottom of the four buttons undone.

Underneath, we wore sweatshirts (with the exception of Hammond who undoubtedly was wearing a t-shirt from his extensive Punk Rock collection), secondhand stripped college

scarves and Wrangler jeans.

They were sturdier than the catalogue jeans other kids wore and took the pellets better.

There were four of us. Billy, the undisputed Leader of the Pack, aged 16. Delmonte, aged 18, the occasional member of the gang. Hammond, the largest of the ensemble was also 16 and joined Billy in nearly all lessons at school, with the exception of Billy’s remedial reading class. I was a full school year younger than the both of them, a good foot shorter than Hammond and a good kicking less hard than Billy.

Billy was ‘our leader’ more than probably because his elder brother, Strangler, was without doubt the coolest person that had, at this point in our young lives, entered our tiny world. He went to gigs in Birmingham and was rumoured to have seen The Clash! Like his younger sibling, Billy, he had the perfect hair for ‘spiking’.

Unlike my unruly thatch. Strangler was softly spoken and carried himself with the air of a man that always had somewhere better to be… and a Ford Capri Mk II to get there in.

Hammond liked to think he was the personification of Punk. I quietly disagreed. GBH and Crass were crap in my young opinion and Siouxsie, or ‘Souxie’ as his home made bum flap screamed out in white emulsion, was turning into something I didn’t understand or agree with. Hammond was massive though, no doubt about it. The opponents who faced him on Sunday afternoon rugby matches must’ve wished they were home helping their mothers peel potatoes.

Even though it took five or six alarm clocks to wake him each morning, all carefully timed to go off a minute or two apart, he was, at the soul of the boy, a sweetheart. Picture Shrek as a teenager.

Delmonte lived with his 80 odd year old Grandmother.

She wasn’t really his

Grandmother. But the only family member, albeit adoptive family, that could stand him in her home. There was a constant air of sadness about Delmonte, born out of a life of dejection I suppose. I’d always considered him thick until I discovered that he was rolling a little something extra into his Golden Virginia. He worked in a dye casting factory in the city centre. His £45 a week seemed like an inheritance to us.

Gran Bay, as we referred to his Grandmother, was almost blind, most certainly working on less than 20% of her hearing and the witness to some of our most unruly behaviour. She had no idea we were drinking alcohol and smoking pot in her house and it mattered not at all how loud we had the stereo. She thought me ‘trustworthy’, Billy was ‘as sly as a fox’, Hammond was a ‘giant fool’ and her Grandson? Who knew what she made of him as he gyrated in front of her to another of the Gibson Brothers hits, tripping on acid and making all the moves of a present day lap dancer. Whenever Billy attempted such behaviour in front of Gran Bay Delmonte would plead; ”C’mon Bill, leave her alone you cunt, she’s nearly a fuckin’ hundred! How would you like to have survived two world wars to have the piss took out of you?”

How indeed..... Winter nights of rain and wind were spent indoors at 100 Elforth Lane, Gran Bay’s house. Billy’s divorced mother wouldn’t have any of us at her house. In turn, Hammond and I didn’t want, or more to the point, didn’t trust Billy in either of our homes. So Gran Bay’s it was. Not that there was an open invite to Delmonte’s, far from it. The Kid could whine like no other.... ”Fuck off you lot. It’s always Gran Bays with you. What about your shit holes? I don’t want you around there.

Yer all cunts. I’m staying in.”

This usually disbanded the group for the evening, only to bang on number 100’s door again the next night. Summer nights were a completely different matter. We had The Gun for Summer nights. I don’t remember how it started or when for

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topped Donkey Jacket from under the grip of Billy’s Monkey boots. Jeez... it’s been a while since I thought about Monkey boots. Cheaper than Doc Martin’s and maybe just that bit cooler, depending on which side of the tracks you were from.

that matter. All I know is that Strangler gave Billy an old pellet gun he no longer had a use for. We all unanimously agreed it was probably because he’d moved up to a sawn-off shotgun. Billy loved that pellet gun. The windows at the old farm felt his love for it, as did any passing freight trains, especially the ones carrying shiny new cars.

Eventually so did mine and Hammond’s legs, arses, backs, shoulders, arms, shins, calves, knees and very occasionally, the backs of our heads. Crack!

Even though Hammond and I were never allowed to touch the gun, let alone fire the nasty little bastard, we were always glad to know it was with us. We were shot at the golf course, on top of the train bridges, in the rotting hay stack at the Old Farm, on the Green outside the Free Church, in the Gardens of Remembrance, outside the chip shop, anywhere Billy thought he could get a clear shot at one of us.

Donkey Jackets with the fluorescent strip were now the cool item and Ginge was way ahead of us. Poor kid. Billy began asking Ginge, with absurd enthusiasm, where he got his jacket from. ”It’s fucking brilliant! You look ace! Gi’sa try...”

Billy was smaller in every way than any of us, but made from the kind of material they made truck tyres out of, Ginge was the couldn’t be cool in a million fuckin’ years fat kid of the piece, no two ways about it. The very idea of Billy wanting to try on any of Ginge’s wardrobe, let alone this beacon, was ridiculous.

Still, beaming like the idiot he was, Ginge removed his Donkey and handed it to Billy.

Billy grinned his terrible grin.

Dropping the garment to the sodden field below our boots, he raised the barrel of the pellet gun and shot Ginge’s ample midriff at point blank range repeatedly.

Simultaneously grinding the Donkey Jacket under foot.

”Right, both of you cunts.... lift up the bottom of yer Donkeys and let me shoot you in the arses.”

”Billy.... pleeaasse...... don’t.

Fuck! Don’t, please, Ow! C’mon...”

A pale, red headed, plump kid that lived with his family down the hill from our village, Ginge, who desperately wanted to be accepted into Billy’s clique made the harrowing mistake of obtaining his Donkey Jacket resplendent with the fluorescent shoulders.

He turned up at the golf course one Saturday morning, approaching us with a great big grin on his milky freckled face, fluorescent shoulders screaming out ’shoot me’.

Hammond and I were pissing ourselves. Billy came on all serious, told us to stop laughing, from the side of his mouth, as Ginge approached us. For a minute Billy could have you fooled. Like all of a sudden he’d decided that

Ginge made no attempt to escape the gunfire and it was his arms that caught the worst of it. The day was cold, sunny but cold, and underneath the Donkey all he, or his mom, had chosen for him to wear was a flimsy out of shape orange t-shirt that looked like it had more than likely belonged to his even larger elder brother, Big Ginge. Each crack of the pellet gun was echoed by the tiny smack of the pellet itself making contact with Ginge’s smarting arms.

The flabby tops of which rippled with each hit. Billy was loving it. Ginge probably wasn’t. Why he didn’t make good his escape I don’t know.

He held his ground struggling to get a hold of his orange

On our side of the tracks at this particular moment in time Ginge was no better off for his choice in footwear. However, Billy had reached the inevitable moment of the reload, having emptied the gun into Ginge’s considerable girth.

As Billy went for the box of pellets in his Donkey pocket Ginge made a grab for the now shit sodden apparel under foot. Even in the moment I pondered to myself why stick around to rescue the jacket?

To take all the cruelty that Billy was so keen to hand out in order to rescue the very garment that had caused the punishing in the first place?

With hindsight, the humiliation of being repeatedly shot by Billy was nothing in Ginge’s world compared to the beating that he would receive from his Dad had he dared go home without the new coat that he had made such a fuss of owning.

It transpired, some weeks later, that Ginge’s family hadn’t been able to afford the £7.99 7.99 that Billy, Hammond

and I had to obtain our Donkey Jackets.

Instead, Ginge’s Dad knew a man that worked on the railways and had managed to get his son the jacket free of any charge, above a pint for the railway man next time they saw each other in the pub. Ginge wore that Donkey Jacket, making no attempt to remove the orange plastic, until the time he left school almost a full year from the day his Dad had bargained it for him.

Saturday mornings, at what used to be the golf course, were great. Somehow, even though we did

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exactly the same things on Saturday mornings as we did during the week day evenings, it was as if whatever happened on those mornings were being carved into time. Events that took place on those mornings would become legend.

I say ‘what used to be the golf course’ because where we hung about was a hilly field that ran along side the new runway extension at Birmingham airport. The developers had dug out the sand pits and lush greens and replaced them with tarmac, I suppose, or whatever those great big fucking things needed to drop out of the sky onto. We’d never actually seen exactly what it was the golf course had made way for, because high fences and unnatural landscape changes kept us out. Those pits and greens had been ours. To lie on our backs at night on those soft carpets that were the putting greens and gaze up at a clear sky... magical. Only the stars, or the back of his Dad’s hand, seemed to have the power to soften Billy’s cruel streak.

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The abandoned section of the golf course that the developers hadn’t required was now our domain. We could write ‘Fuck Off’ in 20 foot high letters in the snow during the winter, for all the departing airline passengers to see. Set fire to anything that took our fancy.

Smoke pot, drop our dung from bridges and of course, be shot at by our dear friend Billy.

Seems odd thinking of all this, over 20 years later. It’s a place I don’t go anymore. With the exception of Hammond, they are people I don’t see anymore. I heard Billy married a policewoman and moved to Oslo. Strangler hung himself, a Father of three, on his 40th Birthday. Delmonte also perished at his own hands, although not in quite so intended circumstances. And Ginge? Who knows. I’ll wager you one thing though. I think it’d be a safe bet to assume he never wore another orange garment from that day to this.

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”The style of our game has been influenced by the style of architecture around this country.

We’ve got big precision jumps and gap jumps and loads of technical stuff because everything is built big and we jump from block to block.” words: Jared Wilson photos: David Bowen Anyone who watched Channel Four’s Jump Britain last month can’t fail to have been impressed by the spectacle they saw.

It featured urban athletes, gracefully moving through the air, taking advantage of the local architecture to bust moves on everyday objects and obstacles.

The sport of parkour originates from the southern suburbs of France. The beauty of the sport, however is that anyone can do it wherever they live and because of their environment each person will create new styles and moves, based around the place that they live.

Sticky (real name Johnny Budden) has been practicing parkour around Nottingham for several years and around the UK as part of the Urban freeflow crew. He was one of the stars of Jump Britain, yet hails from Beeston and unbelievably is still only seventeen! We got together with him for a chat and to experience him busting some moves…

When did you first start doing this? ”Just under three years ago when I saw David Bell on the BBC advert. I started with some really basic stuff, basic vaults and tic tacs (where you plant your foot on the wall and grab to another one. I aimed to do lots of things that were aesthetically pleasing, doing big jumps and things like that.

I’ve learnt though that it’s not all about big jumps, it’s about flow and movement. After three years my game is getting really good and fluid.”

he was too old and it led to this. Blue has always been into skating and stuff like that, but he was searching for something different. I’ve played basketball rugby and swimming at county level. But they didn’t quite fulfil my sporting passion. We’re just a bunch of guys who enjoy sharing the sport together. It helps you to be free and there’s always a crazy vibe when we’re all training together.

What’s it like working with Sebastian? ”You can’t get any better than training with him. Once you’ve been taught the way, how to look at the obstacles and be free. To open your mind to the way and all of this business, you find in yourself your own way, you find how to feel the rhythm and flow through a city. Sebastian has taught us the way from the beginning and has given us a really good start. It’s now up to us to pass our knowledge on to people who are new to the sport.

Tell us about the Jump Britain crew. There must have been a good rapport between you guys!

What places have you travelled to since this started? It must be great travelling around the world doing something you love!!

”We’ve all got weird backgrounds. We’ve all been brought up on the street pretty much. Kirby has not many facilities around his area. He got chucked off skateparks and playparks because

”Before being in the crew I’d never been on a plane before and I went on a plane for the first time with all

these guys and it was mental! I went to train with Sebastian in France in his hometown, where the sport began. I always go to London and Birmingham because that’s where the rest of my crew are. ”The style of our game has been influenced by the style of architecture around this country. We’ve got big precision jumps and gap jumps and loads of technical stuff because everything is built big and we jump from block to block. In other countries there are different types of architecture and you have to learn to adapt to them and stuff.

What are the best places in Nottingham to bust moves? ”Beeston is pretty good because so much has been crammed into such a small place. There are a lot of places in town too, around certain educational buildings. You make up your own moves around the architecture in your area. For training, I managed to jumped a car sideways.

My mate parked his Volkswagon Golf outside and I managed to make it over completely horizontal.”

”I was doing a wall flip. I landed and bent all my fingers back and broke them. It could have been any move, it was just the landing of it that was wrong.”

Tell us about Seidojn…

If you were allowed anywhere in Nottingham where would you go?

”It’s my crew. Seidojn. It means men of the way of silence. As part of being fluid We work on not creating much sound when we land...silence.. this also helps with us knowing our body well and being in control off everything. We want to be able to do what we do as quietly and gracefully as possible.”

What are your personal favourite moves?

”I’d like to try doing it on some of the high shopping centres.”

What advice would you give to amateurs?

”I’d say precisions, because it takes a lot of dedication and practice.

When people start out They’ll try flips because thy think it’s parkour, they’ll try big moves because they think its parkour, and miss out Lots of technical stuff like moving between rails and walls and stuff like that. I’ve got to admit that I do like high stuff as well, I can’t say that I hate doing big moves, but they don’t seem that big when you’ve trained for them.

I’ve conditioned my body so that they don’t hurt.

What is the most random thing that has happened to you while doing this..?

”I would encourage anyone to learn the basics before they try anything.

Everything is achievable if you’re dedicated and practice. I skip every morning, I used to swim before/after school and I train for hours and hours after college. I also have to eat the right things and diet. People don’t have to be that serious about it, but there is no reason why anyone can’t get really good at it. All you need is a pair of trainers…”

”I was chased by security guards at the QMC security guards. I was balancing on this rail and I think they thought I was going to commit suicide.

They started shouting at me, but because I was running I didn’t hear them. I got all the way to the bottom and then they pushed me up against the wall.”

What’s the worst injury you’ve ever sustained whilst doing this?

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Nottingham Voices Things People have said on the leftlion forum Clothing Labels “Labels don’t bother me so much, but I’ve finally realised that spending £15 on a skirt from New Look will only ever look like a £15 skirt from New Look. And unless you are very thin, a £20 pair of jeans will not do your arse any favours.”

Fossy “I like labels with the words “Bon” and “Marche” in that order. No, I’m not a dinner lady but a 22 year old male.

Does that make me odd?”

Harwill Tuesday “I can’t find any decent shoes in Notts sales. Or any decent clothes for that matter. Most of the ‘fashionable’ clothes shops in Nottingham are rubbish unless you aspire to look like a Hollyoaks reject.”

Mr Reason “I was once accused in Stealth by a completely random bird of “dressing like a footballer”. How rude. I was so thrown and confused at the time that I didn’t even come up with a witty response” 2b “As for the people who dismiss “label wearing”, I think you just don’t get it. Most of the labels I’m into I wear for their design element, not the fact it has a name written all over it.”

Bobthewelder “Style has more to do with the individual rather than the price of the clothes tag or the label they wear. Compare the gorgeous Kate Moss to Posh Spice. Both wear designer labels yet one looks unique and stunning and the other looks like a dirty ho.”

Skinny Tinni On Violence in Nottingham “I’ve just returned from a night out with three mates. Some cunt throws a large pillow at us for NO fucking reason. I ask for an apology. Get none. Ends up with a smack to the ring leader.... and then three of the fuckers setting on me. First time I’ve lost a fist fight. Grrrrr.”

Contractor “I have to say that town is far safer than it used to be.

Licensed bouncers have made pubs and clubs more accountable, and mean that you really have to put some serious work in to be dragged round the back and kicked to fuck. As long as you have a cursory knowledge of town and keep your wits about you, you can easily stay away from meatheaded grief.”

Lord of the Nish “My face hurts. Went out on NYE and witnessed once again a very violent Nottingham. The night pretty much ended when I received a round house kick to the face. A guy dressed in a straw bowler hat and a dickie bow took offence to my friend’s rendition of Mr Sandman. I didn’t even realise I’d been kicked until my mate pointed out the black footprint on my face.”

Baron of Carlton “No sign of violence in my house new years eve. Although Mrs Barnze did bung a cushion at me for farting in a most amusing way!”

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clubs/theatre/live music/comedy/exhibitions

Eleven acts you must see...

The Magic Heroes (5pm, Rock City, 10.30pm, Junktion 7) A Bridgford power trio of no little repute, the Magic Heroes harness the majesty of straight-up, nonancying RRRRAAWK to create a massively plump arse, which they then kick from one end of the stage to the other. Their first CD is about to be released, they’re playing Rock City and headlining Junktion 7, and they take their shirts off. If you’re a fan of blistering melodies and male nipples, you will not be disappointed.

Mood Indigo (10.30pm, Dogma) If you’ve spent all day with your head in a speaker while assorted rappers and Rockular types make a concerted effort to turn your brain into the consistency of mushy peas, there’s no better way to wind down than with a cocktail or twelve as the smoother-than-smooth vibes of Nottingham’s toppermost Lounge act wash over you. Also see that guitarist? He’s one of the chaps who put the day together…

Rapunzel M.A.P. (7pm, Wax) If you’ve walked past the Council House steps at midnight on a weekend and been enchanted by the magnificently-maned stylings of Ms M.A.P, here’s your chance to see her as nature intended. As an awesomely talented singer and guitarist. Wax have promised us that all attendees will not have to avoid stepping over someone else’s regurgitated tea, there’ll be no naked blokes on stag nights walking across the stage, and noone will be shouting “Traceh! Get yer keks back on, I’ve just gorrus a taxeh” at any time during the performance.

words: Al Needham

Old Basford (9.45, Old Angel) If you ever wondered why the front door of the Old Angel had a massive hole in it until recently, one listen to the bands on offer on the 30th will tell you why. Old Basford are topping the bill, and rightly so. This is what proper Punk Rock sounds like when it gets tired of falling off skateboards in Slab Square and opens its mind to new influences.

Elementz (3.30pm - 4.30pm 7-8.30 The Social) Liati and Zoutr have been honing their art as hiphop deejays like Samurai soldiers over the past year. They’ve also been busy doing production for wordsmith’s such as MC NME and Karizma (not to mention that track with Skinnyman). There are two chances to catch them on the decks at the Social…

Richie Muir (1pm, Dogma, 8.00, Walton’s Hotel, 11pm, South Bank) At Live Aid, Phil Collins flew on Concorde from Wembley Stadium to Philadelphia. At A Drop In The Ocean, Richie Muir, one of the finest acoustic artists this fair city has to offer will leg it from the centre of town to The Park, and then drag his gee-tar to West Bridgford. For this creative attempt at getting the most out of a City Rider ticket (and not getting Noel Edmonds involved), we applaud him.

The Hellset Orchestra (4pm, Rock City) Longtime LL faves, The Hellsets finally make the step up to the big stage, and we have a feeling this isn’t the last time they tread the boards of the beloved Citeh. If Jack The Ripper and Burke & Hare had met up in a Spitalfields pub and said “You know what? Killing people and digging up bodies is boring, let’s get a time machine, nick some electric guitars and an organ from the future, tack on a string quartet, and kick some Neo-Goth shiz in a Penny Dreadful style”, they would have sounded like this.

Joe Budda (The Edge, late) Sod it, every act at The Edge deserves a mention, simply because there hasn’t been a Reggae all-dayer in town since Musical Youth played Rock City. Most of you weren’t even born then. Joe Budda is a hiphop producer, playing an alternative selection for the night. Mash down Parliament Street, me duck!

Cappo (10.40, The Social) Trying to pick out an act in the Social’s Notts-Hop all-dayer is like deciding which ride you want to go on first at Goose Fair, but Cappo gets the nod because he encapsulates everything that makes our local hip-hop scene the best in the country. Unapologetically non-Yankeefied lyrical roughness. Get there early. The place is going to be rammed.

Hexadecimal (Spectrum room, Stealth, early evening) Stealth have come through big time, as is their wont, and if you’ve never been there before, you’ve got no excuse this time.

Don’t give us that ‘Eeh, they only play records and it’s not proper music’ cobblers – Hexadecimal are a live band, with real instruments and all sorts. When they played Stealth the other week, we stood there at the front all glassyeyed with a can of Red Stripe trying to work out how they do it.

Vaccine (11.15, Market Bar) When Daz Drum, after having had one too many at Yates, calls Barry Bass’ Mam a slag and asks what he’s going to do about it, the resultant scrap outside is what Vaccine sound like. We’re talking heavier than heavy, live-as-canbe D&B, people, with a drummer who goes at it like, well, a mad bastard, to be honest.

“Although there is a perception that it’s the chavs causing all the trouble, it actually isn’t. It’s the nobheads in their Ben Sherman shirts who think they’re better than everyone else who do the rounds of the bars in Hockley that invariably give the most shit...”

Cash Mark “I’ve seen two fights in Nottingham, both on the same night. The question is when do you get involved in a fight?

Some of my mates in Stockport went to protect a girl who was unconscious and being kicked by ten scallies (male and female). One of them ended up in hospital.”

Denz

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Sunday 30th January

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live music/clubs/comedy/exhibitions/theatre

Period of February / March Live Music

tue 01/02 The Hurt Process Venue: Rock City Times: 7.30pm Metal Hammer Venue: Rock City Price: £7 adv Times: 7pm The Hurt Process, Underoath, Silverstein, Roses are Red

wed 02/02 Death From Above 1979 Venue: The Rescue Rooms Price: £6 adv Hanoi Rocks & Adler’s Appitite Venue: Rock City Price: £16.50 adv Times: 7pm Arkangel + Standaside Venue: Junktion 7 Price: £4 / £3.50 Times: 8.30pm - 12am NUS Discount Arkangel, Standaside, Support Damn You! presents...

Venue: Maze Price: £5 (£4 adv) Times: 10pm - 2am The sound of Boston band Victory at Sea is characterised by an elusive and attention-demanding irony, a startling intimacy, and a reassuring lullaby quality.

Singer Mona Elliot’s cool, spectral voice is a ghostly cousin to Kristin Hersh, providing a fitting mouthpiece for the band’s dark, fragmented little fairy tales.

Saint Joan support with warm, delicate indie-folk from Nottingham.

thu 03/02 65daysofstatic Venue: Rock City Price: £3.50, £2.50 (NUS) Sounds like a long night...

Supernight Presents...

They come around Venue: Junktion 7 Price: £2 (NUS Discount) Times: 8.30pm - 12am Fist of the Champions, Dave Blayze, With resident Supernight DJ’s Mr Fahrenknight and King Louie.

Club NME Venue: Stealth Price: £2 - £4 Times: 10pm - 2.30am Tom Vek, The Mystery Jets Allegri String Quartet Venue: Lakeside Arts Centre Price: £12 (£9 concessions) Times: 7.30pm The ever popular Allegri String Quartet return with a programme featuring Haydn, Shostakovich, and Beethoven.

Notts’ 10’s 1. Self Abuse, Funky Transport meets Jonee Q (Flygaric Tracks). This absolute went off last week at The Bomb. I think I will keep on this one for a bit. Dirty House Music. The production is amazing.

2. Africa/Brasil Unreleased Isolee Remix (Louie Vega) - Vega Records Awesome record. Isolee is the master of production and this is another example of where his head is at. My last record recently for being so good.

fri 04/02 Inthesameboat Venue: Junktion 7 Price: £4 / £2.50 Times: 9pm - 1am NUS Discount Hooker are a power trio hailing from Manchester. They are supported for this gig by your favourite local poet collective the DIY Poets, who will be performing live at the event. Also on the bill are The Removals, Dr Ben Way and compere Dr CocaColaMcDonalds. DJs Jaz (deephouse and oldskool) and Deepjoy provide the soundtrack in between the bands.

Yeti Venue: The Social Price: £5 adv Times: 7pm - 10pm With Support from 747’s, Mother and the Addicts American Music Club Venue: The Rescue Rooms Price: £12 Times: 7pm - 10.15

mon 07/02

Rammstein Venue: Nottingham Arena Price: £22.50 Times: 7.30pm Big Trak Venue: The Social Price: £1 The Strand Arcade, Hobo Exile Hotel, Trailer

tue 08/02

sat 05/02 The Dead Pets Venue: Junktion 7 Price: £5 (NUS Discount) Times: 9pm - 1am The Dead Pets, Two Day Rule, 3 Gun Pete Allegri String Quartet Venue: Lakeside Arts Centre Price: £12 (£9 concessions) Times: 7.30pm This concert gives you the opportunity to hear Puccini’s Crisantem. Written in one evening, this amazing work distils the most poignant, haunting material from Puccini’s opera Manon Lescaut, into a short elegiac work for string quartet.

Enjoy The Ride Venue: Malt Cross Cafe Bar Price: £3 Times: 8.30pm - 11pm If you haven’t made it down yet. ETR is an audio-visual delight of live music, short films, art, poetry and whatever they can fit in from Nottingham’s thriving artistic community, hosted by the now legendary Pete Finch.

Megadeath Venue: Rock City Price: £16.50 Times: 7.00pm Extreme rock!

sun 06/02 The Dears Venue: The Rescue Rooms Price: £8 adv With support from Ambulance Ltd and Pure Reason Revolution KT Tunstall Venue: The Social Price: £6 Times: 8pm - 11pm Female singer and Jools Holland cohort.

thu 10/02

Half Man Half Biscuit Venue: The Rescue Rooms Price: £12.50 adv John Peel favourites still rocking out...

Broxtowe College Presents Venue: Junktion 7 Price: £3 / £2.50 Times: 8.30pm - 12am NUS Discount

fri 11/02 The Kills Venue: The Rescue Rooms Price: £8 adv

Thin Lizzy Venue: Rock City Price: £17.50 Times: 7.30pm

wed 09/02 Warsaw Village band Venue: Lakeside Arts Centre Price: £10 (£7 concessions) Times: 8pm Winner of the Best Newcomer Europe category at this year’s BBC Radio 3 World Music awards, this ‘hardcore folk’ group was formed in ‘97 by musicians wanting to preserve traditional Polish music, to create a living link to an oral tradition quashed by 50 years of communism.

The Duke Spirit Venue: The Social Price: £6 adv With support from Dogs Downset Venue: Rock City Price: £10 adv Times: From 7.30pm

Liars Club Venue: The Social Price: £3 adv £4 otd Times: 9pm - 2am DJs Riotous Rockers (Bugged Out, Club NME), Ricky Haley, Cerys. Live Bands tbc

thu 10/02

The Others Venue: The Rig Price: £7 adv Times: 7.30pm Stan Tracey and Steve Melling Venue: Lakeside Arts Centre Price: £12 (£9 concessions) Times: 8pm A leading jazz composer and accomplished arranger, Stan Tracey’s suite ‘Under Milk Wood’, single-handedly defined British jazz on the international scene. Throughout the 1980s and 90s, his triumphant career as an interpreter, arranger and composer earned him the affectionate title of The English Ellington. A major inspiration to current generations of British jazz musicians, witnessed here in his dynamic partnership with Steve Melling.

The Ghost Of Lemora Venue: Junktion 7 Price: £6 / £5 NUS Times: 9pm - 1am The Ghost Of Lemora, Screaming Banshee Aircrew, Abigail’s Mercy Crackerjack Venue: The Social Price: £5 Times: 7pm-10pm Headway + Support

sat 12/02 ThisIsTheWayTheWorldEnds Venue: Bunkers Hill Inn Price: £3/ £4 Times: 8pm ThisIsTheWayTheWorldEnds, Legion Of Doom, Sons of Merrick and Chickenhawk Psycho-Path (Slovenia) Venue: Junktion 7 Price: £5 Times: 9pm - 1am Psycho-Path (Slovenia), The Smears, TEAM, Dragster

Snoop Dogg Venue: Nottingham Arena Price: £23.50 + bf Tha Doggfather is in the hood! This rare UK show will feature performances from albums such as ‘Doggystyle’, ‘Paid tha Cost to be da Bo$$’ and ‘Tha Last Meal’.

We’ll be there to check it out fo shizzle my nizzle.

Daniel Donnachie February ‘05

3. Arbeitsratfurkunst, Das Etwas (Cynic003) London based German Psydoneums, very effective for a dancefloor.

4. Odyssey, Johnny Harris (OST) Includes a Zongamin Re-Edit and the Original 12 from the 80’s. Electronic Kosmiche Disco Musique.

5. Real, L.H.A.S. Inc (Cynic002) Larry Heard Appreciation Society. 4 tracks of superbly made electronic deep house.

This label must be heard.

6. You Can’t Hide (From Your Love), David Joseph (Mango/Island) Larry Levan production from 1983 repressed for your pleasure. This is the birth of house music.

7. Heavy Vibes LP, Vincent Montana JR - Highlights include Goody Goody - It Looks Like Love along with Esto Parese Amor and the massive Heavy Vibes, championed by all the B-Boy DJ’s from the early 80’s.

8. Dirty Bumf, Kerowack (RIP Records) Been hammering this for all of 2004.

Young lads from San Francisco debut single. Will be put out again by RIP records later on this year with a Soul Mekanik remix.

9. Alien in my Pocket, Lindbaek & Lindstrom. Modal Funky dubbed out deep house from our Norwegian magicians.

These guys make the best music for me right now.

10. Dialect Swag Remix - Instant Noodles aka Quizz & Terry - on this 12 makes a nice treat to play out but don’t forget about the original mix on the flip.

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live music/clubs/comedy/exhibitions/theatre

Period of February / March Live Music

sat 12/02 Lars Frederiksen and The Bastards Venue: Rock City Price: £10 adv Times: 7.30pm With support from Roger Miret and The Disasters.

University Choir & Philharmonia Venue: Lakeside Arts Centre Price: £7 (£3 concessions) Times: 7.30pm Featuring Colin Touchin conducting and Katy Hamilton and Kate Green on pianos.

thu 17/02 The A.K.A.s and Lola Ray Venue: Rock City Price: £3.50 or £2.50 (NUS) Times: 9pm onwards Vogler String Quartet Venue: Lakeside Arts Centre Price: £12 (£9 concessions) Times: 7.30pm The Concretes Venue: The Rescue Rooms Price: £8adv Times: tbc

fri 18/02

Music Room Venue: Malt Cross Cafe Bar Price: Free Times: 8pm-11pm Soul to folk, jazz to rock, blues to reggae, latin to chanson, african to disco, funk to flamenco and beyond...

sun 13/02

Quiet Riot Venue: Rock City Price: £15 adv Times: 7.30pm Calafornian rock and roll quartet responsible for 1983 hit Mental Health.

Hood + Venue: Price: Times:

Support The Social £6 8pm-11pm

mon 14/02 Big Trak Venue: The Social Price: £1 Times: tbc “Transit Night” featuring Philistine, The Dirty BackBeats, Strange Kid

tue 15/02

New Found Glory Venue: Rock City Price: £14 adv Times: 7.30pm Zero Cipher Venue: Junktion 7 Price: £4 / £3.50 / £3 NUS Times: 8.30pm - 12am Zero Cipher, I-DEF-I, Legion Of Doom, Coriolus Effect (TBC) Willy Mason Venue: The Social Price: £6 adv

Notts’ 10’s 1. Hexadecimal - Cold Rock (Ya Breaks) Our next single and probably one of our best production works to date.

Soul Of Man are one of the artists to take a liking to this funk filled workout!

2. Sound Alliance - Instead Of (Renassiance Recordings) A global anthem from the Notts boys, currently being cained by the likes of Sasha and Zabiela. Out in the shops in February.

3. Alter Ego - Rocker (Christian J Mix) Rmx track which really does the business. I like this as much as the

Hal & The Magic Numbers Venue: The Social Price: £7 Times: 7pm-10pm

Soulwax Venue: The Rescue Rooms Price: £13 adv Times: Early start as club night follows.

The Heartthrob Tour 2005 Venue: Junktion 7 Price: £6, £5 NUS The Renegade Playboys (London), Deadtime Stories (Dudley) and New Generation Superstars (Leicester) have booked a national tour and hired a 16 berth bus to take their tour on the road.

The Go! Team Venue: The Rescue Rooms Price: £7 adv Times: 7pm - 10.15

All Nighter Venue: Rock City Price: £6 Times: 9pm - 6am Capdown, Steriogram, Fightstar, Towers Of London

sun 20/02

Big Trak Venue: The Social Price: £1 The Fever, Lee Rickers, 3 Ring Circus and Crash Convention.

tue 22/02

The Mad 3 (Japan) Venue: Junktion 7 Price: TBC Times: 8.30pm - 12am The Mad 3 (Japan), Six Killer

The Soundtrack of Our Lives Venue: The Rescue Rooms Price: £11 adv Swedish rock band whose third album ‘Behind The Music’ won them rave reviews from the critics

wed 23/02 Nine Black Alps Venue: The Social Price: £5 adv

The Concretes Venue: The Rescue Rooms Price: £8 adv Ed Tudor-Pole Venue: Junktion 7 Price: £5adv Times: 9pm - 1am Ed Tudor Pole is best known for presenting TV’s ‘The Crystal Maze’. He’s also appeared in films including The Rocky Horror Show, The Great Rock and Roll Swindle and most recently as Mr. Borgin in Harry Potter II. He brings his acoustic show to Junktion 7.

The Quire Boys Venue: Rock City Times: 7.30pm 80’s soft rock throwbacks, still ploughing on two decades later.

Hitechjet and Driving On The Right Venue: Junktion 7 Price: TBC Times: 8.30pm - 12am Hitechjet, Driving On The Right, Chalk 4, + Support Liars Club Venue: The Social Price: £3 adv £4 otd Times: 9pm - 2am Martini Henry Rifles, The Blood Arm DJ’s, Riotous Rockers (Bugged Out, Club NME), Ricky Haley, Cerys

Martini Henry Rifles Venue: The Social Price: £3 adv LeftLion Presents...

Venue: Malt Cross Cafe Bar Price: Free Times: 8pm - 11pm It’s your regular monthly night of local culture, this time featuring live performances and DJ sets from Lo Ego and Amusement Parks on Fire.

Skinny Sumo Venue: Maze Price: £3.50 Times: 10pm - 2am Live Nottingham hiphop band kicking out the beats and rhymes.

Face Tomorrow Venue: Junktion 7 Price: TBC Times: 9pm - 1am

sat 26/02 Music Room Venue: Malt Cross Cafe Bar Price: Free Times: 8pm-11pm Soul to folk, jazz to rock, blues to reggae, latin to chanson, african to disco, funk to flamenco and beyond...

The Clashed Venue: Junktion 7 Price: TBC Times: 9pm - 1am The Clashed and Support Stephen Fretwell + Support Venue: The Social Price: £6 Times: 7pm - 10pm Ill Disposed Venue: Rock City Price: £6.50

sat 19/02

The Brook Street Band Venue: Lakeside Arts Centre Price: £10 (£7 concessions) Times: 7.30pm The Brook Street Band present a crosssection of multi-cultural music uniting composers from all across Europe.

X Factor Venue: Nottingham Arena Price: £23.50 + BF Simon Cowell’s legacy of pain on popular music continues...

fri 25/02

mon 21/02

Saturday Looks Good To Me Venue: The Rescue Rooms Price: £4 adv

wed 16/02

Suits You Venue: Malt Cross Cafe Bar Price: Free Times: 8pm - 11pm Made to measure beats, breaks, chunks, bumps and off the peg visual treats seamlessly put together by invisible Jim and friends.

The Bravery Venue: The Rescue Rooms Price: £8.50 adv

One.Two.HQ Venue: Malt Cross Cafe Bar Price: £tbc Times: 8pm Featuring the excellent Notts accoustic band Left Of The Dealer and local live hiphop crew First Blood as well as one. two.hq DJ’s. Hosted by Rico.

thu 24/02 24/02 thu

sat 19/02

thu 24/02

Mark Kozelek Venue: The Rescue Rooms Price: £11 adv Times: Early Show - 10.15 finish as clubnight follows Colin Carr Thomas Sauer Venue: Lakeside Arts Centre Price: £12 (£9 concessions) Times: 7.30pm Colin Carr and Thomas Sauer bring their respective talents on cello and piano to Lakeside with a rich programme including Beethoven’s lyrical and contemplative cello sonata and Barber’s flowing, romantic Sonata.

sun 27/02

Paul Weller Venue: Nottingham Arena Price: £28.50 + BF The Modfather and former lead singer of The Jam and the Style Council returns to rock Nottingham with his solo show.

Hexadecimal Chart February ‘05 original. Search hard for it, as the tune is rewarding.

4. Soul Of Man - Shake Em Down (Dylan Ryhmes mix) An excellent remix which seems to have it all, quality bass line and killer licks, best we have seen from Dylan yet.

5. Sound Alliance - Instead Of (Hexadecimal Mix) With a solid structure to start from we have produced one of our best remixes to date. This is a monster that can certainly groove, should be out around march time.

6. D. Ramirez - Slave (Lot 49) More slick 44 from another local lad.

Slave rolls along nicely, breaks heads like Meat Katie have been loving this one.

7. Future Funk Squad - Sorcerary (Island) Killer business by FFS. Techfunk at its finest. Includes Merka remix, Techfunk dub and Thomilla’s x-work remix.

8. Hexadecimal - The Hexed Level / Hexadecimal Theme (Heavy Disco) Our next single on heavy disco is a journey with a funky groove that turns

into a full onslaught at the break down.

9. Soho Jo - I Like To Dance (FAT) Soho Jo clearly stamping his mark on the FAT label with his latest creation. I like to dance is a sordid concoction of driving beats and tasteful synths.

10. Nubreed and Luck Chable - One Day (Mob Records). This is the second part to an awesome double pack, containing Luke Chable extension mix and dirty fours remix. www.hexadecimalbreaks.com

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The Bees Venue: Rock City Price: £10 adv Times: 7.30pm Stuck Mojo Venue: Rock City Price: £7 Times: 7.30pm

live music/clubs/comedy/exhibitions/theatre sun 27/02

mon 28/02

Big Trak Venue: The Social Price: £1 Callaghan, Kid Captain, Call Me Jack

The Ordinary Boys Venue: Rock City Price: £11.50 adv Times: 7.30pm

tue 01/03

sat 05/03

Enjoy The Ride Venue: Malt Cross Cafe Bar Price: £3 Times: 8.30pm - 11pm If you haven’t made it down yet. ETR is an audio, visual delight of live music, short films, art, poetry and whatever else they can fit in from Nottingham’s thriving artistic community, hosted by the now legendary Pete Finch.

Engineers Venue: The Social Price: £6 adv

sun 06/03

Spin Doctors Venue: The Rescue Rooms Price: £14 The group that brought you the nineties pop hit that was Two Princes play Notts.

Hopefully they still have the beards...

Hem Venue: The Social Price: £8 Times: 7pm - 10pm Plus Support

wed 02/03

The Jim Beam Tour Venue: The Rescue Rooms Price: £8.50 adv Times: tbc The Raveonettes, Dogs, The Boxer Rebellion

thu 10/03

Wilco Venue: Rock City Price: £15 adv Times: 7.30pm

tue 15/03

Asia Venue: Rock City Price: £16.50 Adv Times: 7pm Doors Asia, Barclay, James Harvest (Featuring Les Holroyd), Dare

wed 16/03 Songs Of Nick Drake Venue: The Rescue Rooms Price: £8 adv Posthumous performance of the tragic guitarists music by Keith James

fri 18/03

Ted Leo / The Pharmacists Venue: Maze Price: £6 (£5 adv) Times: 10pm - 2am Ted Leo is a Washington DC native and long-time hero of the US indie / hardcore set. Together with his band The Pharmacists he fuses Washington DC punk and the Celtic soul of Thin Lizzy and Dexy’s Midnight Runners.

LeftLion Presents...

Venue: Malt Cross Cafe Bar Price: Free Times: 8pm - 11pm Bringing you the best live music that Nottingham has to offer. (But then we would say that...)

The Fall Venue: The Rescue Rooms Price: £14 adv Times: tbc Expect on stage fighting from Mark E Smith and his gang. With Support from John Cooper Clarke The Ga’ Ga’s Venue: Rock City Price: £5 Times: 7.30pm

Suits You Venue: Malt Cross Cafe Bar Price: Free Times: 8pm - 11pm Made to measure beats, breaks, chunks, bumps and off the peg visual treats seamlessly put together by Invisible Jim and friends.

tue 22/03 Saxon Venue: Rock City Price: £15 adv Times: 7.30pm

Engelbert Humperdinck Venue: Royal Centre Price: £25.50 - £29.50 Times: 7.30pm

fri 11/03 Blue Venue: Nottingham Arena Price: £25 Nooooooooo.....

Music Room Venue: Malt Cross Cafe Bar Price: Free Times: 8pm-11pm Soul to folk, jazz to rock, blues to reggae, latin to chanson, african to disco, funk to flamenco and beyond...

tue 29/03

The Doves Venue: Rock City Price: £16.50 Times: 7.30pm The Doves, are an epic pop trio featuring twin brothers Andy and Jez Williams and Jimi Goodwin. Formerly known as Sub Sub, their Lost Souls album bought them to national attention.

Robin Trower + Guests Venue: The Rescue Rooms Price: £15 adv

wed 30/03

thu 31/03

sat 19/03

Thirteen Senses Venue: The Rescue Rooms Price: £9 adv Times: Early show with 10.15pm finish as club night follows

fri 25/03

Boogie Wonderland Venue: Royal Centre Price: £16.50 - £18.50

... And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead Venue: The Rescue Rooms Price: £11 adv

thu 03/03

sat 05/03

wed 23/03

sun 13/03

wed 09/03

Ray Lamontagne Venue: The Rescue Rooms Price: £8.50 adv The Haunted Venue: Rock City Price: £9 adv Times: 7.30pm

Good Charlotte Venue: Rock City Price: £15 adv Times: 7.30pm

sat 26/03

Chris Difford Venue: The Rescue Rooms Price: £10 adv

Notts’ 10’s

Art Brut Venue: The Social Price: £5 adv

Drop Kick Murphys Venue: Rock City Price: £12.50 Times: 7.30pm Athlete Venue: Rock City Price: £14 Times: 7.30pm

Coachwhips + Guests Venue: The Social Price: £4 adv £5 otd Times: 9pm - late Coachwhips, Snow White, Comanechi

sat 12/03

Music Room Venue: Malt Cross Cafe Bar Price: Free Times: 8pm-11pm Soul to folk, jazz to rock, blues to reggae, latin to chanson, african to disco, funk to flamenco and beyond...

Westlife Venue: Nottingham Arena Price: £27.50 Times: 7.30pm For the last two years Westlife have been the biggest selling arena act in Europe.

How scary is that? If you are planning to go to this gig then you should probably put this magazine down straight away and instead head to WH Smiths to pick up your copy of Smash Hits.

Butterfly Effect Venue: Rock City Price: Normal admission prices Porcupine Tree Venue: The Rescue Rooms Price: £14 adv

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Reference Chart February ‘05

1. Break - Z-Groove (Quarantine) Stepping drum patterns and serious bass from a leader of the nu skool 2. Calyx - Tearing Us Apart (Moving Shadow) Bass so heavy it vomits all over you. Nasty 3. D.Kay & Kasra - Babylon (dub) Pure liquid smoothness from D.Kay and Kasra 4. Commix - Turn It Around (Liquid V) Deep rollidge forthcoming on Bryan G’s Liquid V label

5. Breakage - Staggered Dub (Critical) Reggae dub monster from king of the amens

8. D.Kay & DJ Lee - Rain (Timeless) Music in the minor key straight out of Vienna

6. DJ Pan - Next 2 U (dub) Detroit techno in a d&b framework, coming straight out of Eindhoven

9. Cyantific - La Riviera (Hospital) Electro funk from Hospital’s highly underrated duo

7. Calibre - Can’t Stop This Fire (Bassbin) Deep, musical grooves that could convert even the most ardent antid&b head

10. Nu Yorican Soul - Black Gold of the Sun (Talkin Loud) Downtempo beats to lush d&b over a 10 minute journey www.HeavyRepercussion.co.uk

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live music/clubs/comedy/exhibitions/theatre

Period Of February / March

Club Nights wed 02/02 Repercussion Style: Drum and Bass Venue: Snug Price: £5 Times: 10pm - 2am DJ Lee, Cyantific, MC Q-Dini, Trouble, Repercussion DJs, MC Manikular, Reason Soundsystem Union City Blue Venue: The Bomb Price: £4 (NUS Discount) Times: 10pm - late

thu 03/03

Speakers Push The Air Venue: The Social Price: Free Times: 10.30pm - 2am Live DJ’s from the Speakers crew...

thu 10/02

Dogmatic Style: Drum and Bass Venue: Dogma Price: £2 Times: 10pm - 2am Soul:ution feat: Marcus Intalex, Catalyst, MC DRS

Simply the Bomb Style: House, Tech House, Breaks Venue: The Bomb Price: £5 Times: 10pm - 4am Inland Knights Camouflage 1st Birthday Party Part One Style: HipHop, Breaks Venue: Stealth Price: Adv £7 NUS/B4 11 £8 /£9 Times: 10pm-3.30am 808 State, Bonobo, Kids in Tracksuits, Aled Jones, Too-B, T-Cutt, Swiz, Dubfella, Windows78

Stink Style: Drum and Bass Venue: The Edge Price: £5 b4 12am £6 after Times: 10pm - 4am Live drum n bass, breakbeat and funky hiphop rock sets by Nottingham’s Finest.

N.Y.F.T.S. Koda Vaccine DJ Sets By Strike, Smithy, Deep Joy, Plus Guests MC’s Ninja, Ninety, NME, Plus Guests Basement Boogaloo Style: Soul, Funk, Jazz Venue: Bar None Price: Free Times: 10pm - 2am Residents Nick Shaw, Ed Cotton Spectrum Birthday Part 1 Style: Breaks Venue: Stealth Price: £8 adv £10 otd Times: 10pm - 4am Evil 9 (Marine Parade), Propellerheads (Will White DJ Set), Drummatic Twins (Finger Lickin), Deadly Avenger, Phantom Beats, Pete Jordan, B Boy J, All Torque Breakers

sat 05/02

Pure Filth Style: Techno Venue: BluePrint Price: £5 Times: 10.30pm - late Aaron Liberator, Filth Residents, DJ Smith & Planar, Paul Murphy & Ed Cotton Simply the Bomb Style: House, Tech House, Breaks Venue: The Bomb Price: £5 Times: 10pm - 4am Michael Morph, with Back to Barrios upstairs and Dave Smith (Funky Monkey)

Renaissance Style: House Venue: Stealth Price: £10 adv Times: 10pm - 4am Lottie, Desyn Masiello, Aldrin (Zouk, Singapore), Marcus James, Sonny Wharton Soulsavers Venue: The Social Price: Free Times: 10.30pm - 2am Fat Jam Style: House, Deep House Venue: The Bomb Price: £4 (NUS Discount) Times: 10pm - late Nico D, Mennis

tue 10/02

sat 12/02

Psycle Style: Psy-Trance Venue: BluePrint Price: £5 Times: 10.30pm - late Full On Psychedelic Fun with Psycho Sonic (Tribe Of Frog), Caveman, Seuss, Dark Angel. Chilled Rhythms: Mike Wild, Torreador, Petran. A Melting Pot Of Music: Freebass In Dub, Mr Smith And J Bugged Out Style: House, Breaks Venue: Stealth Price: £10 adv £12 otd Times: 10pm - 4am Ivan Smagghe, Erol Alkan, Kings Have Long Arms (live), Rob Bright, Riotous Rockers Superfly Venue: The Social Price: Free Times: 10.30pm - 2am Pete Jordan & Friends Firefly vs Atomic-Jam Style: Techno Venue: The Ballroom Price: £13 adv motd Times: 10pm - 6am Dave Clarke, Medicine8, Ade Fenton + Chris Finke B2B, Urban Gorilla DJ’s, Jeet Bomb Babes Venue: The Bomb Price: £5 Times: 10pm - 4am AKA Rita (Pushka), Deckjerks, Tantrum

wed 16/02

Camouflage First Birthday Part Two Style: HipHop Venue: The Rescue Rooms Price: £8.50adv Times: 8pm - Midnight The Beatnuts, Karizma & Foz, C.O.L.D, T-Cutt, Swiz Union City Blue Venue: The Bomb Price: £4 Times: 10pm - late Kev La Voi

thu 17/02

HSC Homosapian Club Style: HipHop, Breaks Venue: The Social Price: Free Times: 9pm- 2am DJ Element & Dan Rattomatic Scarface - The Cult Style: Hiphop Venue: Alley Cafe Price: Free Theologic (Prescription), Dubfella (Camouflage), S1 (Prescription)

fri 25/02 Home Tape is Killing Music Style: Punk, Indy Venue: The Social Price: Free Times: 10.30pm - 2am DJ’s C60 & F.ck Simply the Bomb Style: House, Tech House, Breaks Venue: The Bomb Price: £5 Times: 10pm - 4am Neon Heights Album Launch Party

fri 11/02

fri 04/02 Simply the Bomb Style: House, Tech House, Breaks Venue: The Bomb Price: £5 Times: 10pm - 4am Bent, Percussion, With Koolkat Classics Joe Shotter and Cozzie

fri 18/02

Simply the Bomb Style: House, Tech House, Breaks Venue: The Bomb Price: £5 Times: 10pm - 4am Daniel Donnachie

Kombination Funk Style: Drum and Bass, Techno Venue: BluePrint Price: £5 Times: 10.30pm - late Brutal Recordings Launch Party!

Drum and Bass room featuring Exile Live! (Beta), Lynkx b2b Awax (Brutal), Dyazide (Brutal), Lowkey (KF, Brutal) and MCs Ninety, Menace, Dreama. Techno room featuring Mr Seavers, Minging Mossop (Pure Filth), Mark Jacobs, Macp Sunglasses At Night Venue: The Social Price: Free Times: 9pm - 2am Sunglasses At Night’s 3rd Birthday!

With special guest tbc Chibuku Shake Shake Venue: Stealth Price: £10 adv £12 otd Times: 10pm - 3.30 am 2 Many DJs, Luke Carr, Lewis RV, JS & Fever

Demo Venue: BluePrint Price: £1.50 Times: 9pm - 3am

sat 26/02

Simply the Bomb Style: House, Tech House, Breaks Venue: The Bomb Price: £5 Times: 10pm - 4am Shrewd Sound System Remote Control Venue: Stealth Price: £10 adv £12 otd Times: 10pm - 4am Damian Lazarus (Crosstown Rebels), Luke Vibert (Wagon Christ), Demi (Deeper Substance), Dave Congreve, Matt Tolfrey Phazed Out presents Visions Style: Hard Dance, Trance Venue: The Edge Price: £7 Times: 10pm - late Jon Daniels, Benz, Sean Demaine, Miss XS, Keir, Andy King, Jamesy

sat 19/02

wed 02/03

Pure Filth Style: Techno, Drum and Bass Venue: BluePrint Price: £5 Times: 10pm - late DJ Bam Bam, Small Paul, Filth Residents DJ Smith & Planar, Paul Murphy & Ed Cotton Spam Venue: The Rescue Rooms Price: £5 (£4 adv) Times: 10.15pm - 2am Vinyl Jacks plays 60’s Soul, pop, psyche and mod.

Simply the Bomb Style: House, Tech House, Breaks Venue: The Bomb Price: £5 Times: 10pm - 4am Sound Alliance DJ’s Spectrum Birthday Part 2 Style: Breaks Venue: Stealth Price: £10 adv £12 otd Times: 10pm - 4am Plump DJ’s (finger lickin), Pete Jordan, Clive Morley (platform 12), Dave Boultbee

BBC 1Xtra presents Repercussion’s 2nd Birthday Style: Drum and Bass, Soul, Funk Venue: Snug Price: £5 all night Times: 10pm - 3am Bad Company UK (D-Bridge), DJ Flight, Sappo, MC Rage, Repercussion DJs, MC Manikular, Reason Soundsystem, Reference As well as being Repercussion’s 2nd Birthday, this event will be broadcast live on BBC 1Xtra from 12-2am on Digital Radio and the Internet, plus DJ Flight’s show broadcast 10pm-12am from a secret Nottingham location!

fri 25/02 Noodles Style: Funk, Soul, Breaks Venue: Bar None Price: Free Times: 9pm - 2am With Resident DJ Beane

Detonate Style: Drum and Bass, HipHop, Breaks Venue: Stealth Price: £10 Times: 10pm - 4am Drum and Bass room featuring Adam F, Bailey, Transit Mafia, Steppa, SP MC and MC Biggie. Hip Hop room featuring Rodney P with a live band, Santero and Detail. Beats and Breaks room with DJ Cam, Fluff and Problem Child

Speakers Push The Air Venue: The Social Price: Free Times: 10.30pm - 2am

thu 03/03

Bladerunner - The Cult Style: Hiphop Venue: The Castle Price: Free One Two HQ DJ’s, Warpsound, Teka, Mister Shifter, Ligre Sondre Venue: Price: Times:

Lerche The Social £7adv 7pm-10pm

fri 04/03

Basement Boogaloo Style: Soul, Funk, Jazz Venue: Bar None Price: Free Times: 10pm - 2am Residents Nick Shaw, Ed Cotton

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Soulsavers Venue: The Social Price: Free Times: 10.30pm - 2am DJ’s Rich Machin & Friends

live music/clubs/comedy/exhibitions/theatre fri 04/03

sat 05/03

Renaissance Style: House Venue: Stealth Price: £10 adv Times: 10pm - 4am Cosmos aka Tom Middleton (DJ Set), Infusion Live, Mark Knight, Marcus James, Can’t Mix Wont Mix Allstars Pure Filth Style: Techno, Drum and Bass Venue: BluePrint Price: £8 Times: 10.30pm - late British Murder Boys

Liars Club 2nd Birthday Style: Indy Venue: The Social Price: £3 adv £4 otd Times: 9pm - 2am Punish The Atom live and DJ’s Erol Alkan, Riotous Rockers (Bugged Out, Club NME), Ricky Haley and Cerys

fri 18/03

Kombination Funk Style: Drum and Bass, Techno Venue: BluePrint Price: £8 Times: 10.30pm - late Room 1: Renegade Hardware Tour Loxy & Ink with MC 2Shy (Renegade Hardware), Repercussion DJs (Reference & Ollie K), Lowkey (KF, Brutal), MCs 2Shy, Menace & Ninety Room 2: Techno Macp, Mark Jacobs, & more Sunglasses At Night Venue: The Social Price: Free Times: 9pm - 2am Machines Live

sat 19/03

Spam Venue: The Rescue Rooms Price: £5 (£4 adv) Times: 10.15pm - 2am VinylJacks plays 6Ts - soul pop psyche and mod Firefly Style: Techno Venue: The Ballroom Times: 10pm - 6am Jeff Mills + More tbc.

sat 12/03 Detonation vs Kombination Funk Style: Drum and Bass Venue: The Ballroom Price: £15 adv Times: 10pm - 6am Swift & MC IC3, Hype & MC Fats, ED Rush & MC GQ, Bassline Smith & MC Spyda, Dom & Roland & SP MC, Transit Mafia & MC E-LL, Lowkey & MC Menace Bugged Out Style: House, Breaks Venue: Stealth Price: £10 adv £12 otd Times: 10pm - 4am

Psycle Style: Venue: Price: Times:

Trance, Drum and Bass BluePrint £5 10.30pm - late

Pulp Fiction - The Cult Style: Drum and Bass Venue: Cafe El Gordos Price: Free Times: 8pm - 12am DJ’s Mouse (Cult), Ollie K (Repercussion), Reference (Repercussion) and Timmy (LeftLion)

thu 24/03 Industry Productions Venue: Snug Times: 10pm - 3am Las Vegas Style!!!

Notts’ 10’s

Funk, Soul, Disco Snug £5 (£3 b4 10.30pm) 10pm - 3am

Booty Bassline House Style: House, Deep House Venue: The Edge Price: £7 Times: 10pm - late Room 1 featuring Get Niche’d Residents DJ SLK, Mr Spock, Nico D and special guests. Room 2 House Anthems, Club Classics and Old Skool Rave with Universal Groove Radio Atomic Style: Eighties, Nineties Venue: The Cookie Club Price: £4 Times: 10.30pm - 2am Retro night featuring 2 decades of music

Salt Style: Venue: Price: Times:

fri 25/03

Elation Venue: BluePrint Price: £tbc Times: 10pm - late Phased Out Presents - Visions Style: Hard Dance, Trance Venue: The Edge Price: £7 Times: 10pm - late Jon Daniels, Benz, Sean Demaine, Miss XS, Keir, Andy King, Jamesy

sat 26/03

Sunday Style: Venue: Price: Times:

sundays

Bounce RnB, Bashment The Edge £3 10pm - 1am

Out To Lunch Style: Jazz Venue: Dogma Price: Free Times: Afternoon Less of a club night and more of an experience, featuring Sunday jazz and beats to ease away the night before.

mondays

Recover!

tuesdays

Dusk Style: Venue: Price: Times:

HipHop, Soul Snug £4 10pm - 3am

Crash Style: Venue: Price: Times:

Indy, Alternative The Rig £2 / £3 9.30pm - 2am

wednesdays

The Big Wednesday Style: Alternative, Rock, Pop Venue: The Cookie Club Price: £2.50 Times: 10.30 - 2am

HipHop, House, Breaks Dogma Free Until 2am

saturdays

Liars Club Style: Indy Venue: The Social Price: £3 adv £4 otd Times: 9pm - 2am DJ’s Riotous Rockers (Bugged Out, Club NME), Ricky Haley Cerys. Live Bands tbc

Liars Club Style: Indy Venue: The Social Price: £tbc Times: 8pm - 12am Patrick Wolf and Guests

fridays

Tiger Style Style: Breaks Venue: Stone Price: Free Times: 9pm - 1am Pete Jordan, Future Proof

Demo Venue: BluePrint Price: £1.50 Times: 9pm - 3am

Noodles Style: Funk, Soul, Breaks Venue: Bar None Price: Free Times: 9pm - 2am With Resident DJ Beane

Fridays Audio Style: Venue: Price: Times:

Love Shack Style: Eighties Venue: Rock City Price: £4 adv £5 otd Times: 9.30pm - 2am

fri 11/03

Camouflage Style: HipHop, Breaks Venue: Stealth Times: 10pm - 4am Featuring Massive Attack veteran Daddy G and The Bays live.

Weekly Club Nights

Rescued Style: Indy, Alternative Venue: The Rescue Rooms Times: 10pm - 2am Rise and Shine / Funk You Style: Indy, Alternative, Funk Disco Venue: The Cookie Club Price: £5 Times: 10.30pm - 2am Stylus Style: HipHop, RnB, Soul Venue: Snug Price: Free Times: til 2am Expect an eclectic mix spanning soulful house, hip hop, RnB, soul/funk, Drum & Bass, peppered with old school and party classics.

Platinum Style: House, Breaks Venue: The Edge Price: £5 Times: 10pm - late Resident DJ’s: Mattski, The Alchemist, Maxi, Deano, Slippy Ian, Stef, Morph Room 1: House, Trance, and Hard Dance Room 2: Funky Beats, Deep Bass House and Electro Breaks Distortion Style: Rock, Indy, Alternative Venue: Rock City Price: £5 Times: 9pm - 2.30am

Dogmatic Style: Varies Venue: Dogma Price: £2 Times: 10pm - 2am

thursdays

Mirrorball Style: RnB, Disco, Funk Venue: Snug Price: £4 Times: 10pm - 3am Up the Junction Style: Sixties Venue: The Cookie Club Price: £2.50 Times: 10.30pm - 2am An evening of tunes ranging from Beatlemania, Mod, beatpop, Soul, Motown and psychedelia.

Tuned Style: Venue: Price: Times:

Indy, Alternative, Pop Rock City £4/£3.50 8.30pm - 2am

Ish Style: HipHop Venue: BluePrint Price: £2.50 Times: 10pm - late Residents Dirty Joe and Furious P host with guest DJ’s and an Open Mic. Funk’d Up Style: Funky House, Deep House Venue: The Edge Price: £4 Times: 10pm - 2.30am Club NME Style: Rock, Indy, Alternative Venue: Stealth Price: £2 - £4 Times: 10pm - 2am Various Bands - Check LeftLion.co.uk

Lowkey Chart February ‘05

1) Sadistic - Fatal (unsigned) Wicked new tune from KF’s new resident, Fatal. Tough synth riff with heavy rolling beats. There’s been some interest from some very big labels on this one!

4) We Are Still Here - Fatal & Raw (Blade) Another stormer from Fatal, this ones seen some serious rotation from the big guns like ‘Rider, and Dylan. Expect this one in the middle of the year.

2) Infusion - Dataset (Brutal Recordings) Two-step amens and a tearing lead-line make this one a dancefloor smasher for the labels 1st release.

5) The Dark Inside Me (Mumblz & Matt6 Remix) - Physe (LA Abstract) One for the dark headz. Proper amen rinse-out, cut up breaks with some brilliant samples.

3) Staggered Dub - Breakage (Critical) Superb amen workout from Breakage with a lovely ‘Dubby’ vocal and some seriously heavy sub bass.

6) Martians Pt 2 - Dkay (Brigand) Austria’s Dkay is on fire at the moment, this one’s got a heavy tribal beat with excellent bassline switches.

7) Off The Rails - Dkay & Verse (Crunch Recordings). This is the 1st release on Verse’s new Crunch label.

Hopefully the shape of things to come for this label; more tribal breaks and heavy b-lines, this one tears dancefloors apart.

8) Disco Beat - Dataset (Brutal Recordings). The AA side for Brutal’s 1st release, stomping amen breaks with heavy switches every 16 bars and a great sample before the drop.

9) One Cut (Technical Itch Remix) - Skitty (Wildstyle). Some serious nastiness from Tech Itch on the remix tip.

The original is one of Skitty’s best tunes to date and this is a top quality remix.

10) Defcom 69 - Total Science (MetalHeadz). Massive tune from Total Science, old skool stabs and some LFO bass make this one a favourite in clubs across the country. www.brutal-recordings.co.uk

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live music/clubs/comedy/exhibitions/theatre

Period of February - March Comedy

tue 01/02 Just the Tonic Venue: Cabaret Price: £10 / £8 Times: 7pm Daniel Kitson is back in town, shuffling about and being funny.

Get A Grip Venue: The Social Price: Free / £2 Bill Bruce, Iszi Lawrence, Janice Phayre, Adam Howe and compere Spiky Mike.

wed 02/02

Just the Tonic Venue: Cabaret Price: £1.50 Times: 7pm See six comedians for only £1.50!

thu 03/02

Jongleurs Venue: Jongleurs Price: From £8 Carey Marx, Alex Boardman, Addy Borgh, Pommy Johnson Runs Til: 6/2

sun 06/02

Just the Tonic Venue: Cabaret Price: £7 / £4 Times: 7pm Jason Byrne on tour 2005

sun 13/02

Lee Mack Venue: Lakeside Arts Centre Price: £14 (£12 concessions) Times: 8pm

Just the Tonic Venue: Cabaret Price: £7adv Times: 7pm Stewart Lee and Josie Long

thu 17/02

Just the Tonic Venue: Cabaret Price: £10 / £8 Times: 7pm Ed Byrne. Irish funnyman on tour.

thu 10/03

Jongleurs Venue: Jongleurs Price: From £8 Rudi Lickwood, Gavin Webster, Stephen Grant, Dave Williams Runs Until: 12/3

sun 20/02

tue 22/02

Get A Grip Venue: The Social Price: £5 / £3 NUS Michael Fabbri. Inkey Jones Matt Green Off The Cuff Improv and compere Spiky Mike.

thu 24/02 Just the Tonic Venue: Cabaret Price: £9 / £6 Times: 7pm Rich Hall, Alan Carr and Darrell Martin

Jongleurs Venue: Jongleurs Price: From £8 Ronnie Edwards, Mike Milligan, Mark Hurst, Dave Johns Runs Til: 26/2

sun 27/02

sun 13/03

Just the Tonic Venue: Cabaret Price: £7adv Times: 7pm Alun Cochrun, Izy Suttie, Act TBC, Darrell Martin Get A Grip Venue: The Social Price: £5 / £3 NUS

tue 15/03

thu 17/03

Jongleurs Venue: Jongleurs Price: From £8 Addy Borgh, Colin Cole Reverend Obadiah Steppenwolf III Runs Until: 19/3

sun 20/03

Just the Tonic Venue: Cabaret Price: £7 / £4 Times: 7pm Andre Vincent, Steve Day, Act TBC Darrell Martin

tue 22/03

Get A Grip Venue: The Social Price: Free / £2 Chris Roche, Dave Longley, Rob Riley, Jim Shields, Jared Goodhead, Richard Holmes, Andy Watson. Compere Spiky Mike.

Tony Robinson’s Cunning Night Out Venue: Playhouse Price: £15 Times: 8pm “Tony Robinson’s autobiographical tale is told at breakneck speed as, with help from the audience, he cunningly weaves together the disparate strands of his life and career into an evening of madcap entertainment.”

thu 10/02 Jongleurs Venue: Jongleurs Price: From £8 Mickey Hutton, Rex Boyd, Marty Wilson, Michael McIntyre Runs Until: 12/2

Notts’ 10’s 1) Roy Ayres, Running Away (Ubiquity) A great one for negotiating woman trouble. Timeless soul.

2) Theo Parish, Sawala Sawale (Sound Signature) No idea where the Detroit man has his head here. Dance music for in 20 years time, when we all live in pods.

3) Dalindeo, Solifer-Lento (Ricky Tick Records) Amazing new single from the 5 Corners Quintet label. Deep nu-jazz in a Brazilian folk fashion.

thu 24/03 Jongleurs Venue: Jongleurs Price: From £8 Sean Collins, Geoff Boyz, Tony Burgess, Miles Crawford Runs Until: 26/3 Just the Tonic Venue: Cabaret Price: £7 / £4 Times: 7pm Mike Wilmot, Josh Howie, Act TBC, Darrell Martin Jongleurs Venue: Jongleurs Price: From £8 Nick Wilty, Curtis Walker, Otiz Cannelloni, Drew Barr Runs Until: 5/3

Exhibitions

sat 26/01

tue 15/02

Jongleurs Venue: Jongleurs Price: From £8 Bennett Arron, R David, Ricky Grover, Andy Askins Runs Until: 19/2

sun 06/03

thu 03/03

sun 27/03 Just the Tonic Venue: Cabaret Price: £8 / £5 Times: 7pm Bank Holiday Special, Jason Rouse, Alistair Barry, Eddy Brimson, Andy Robinson Jongleurs thu 31/03 Venue: Jongleurs Price: From £8 John Mann, Richard Morton, Tom Stade, Andrew Murrell

Pass the Time of Day Venue: Angel Row Gallery Price: Free Times: 10am - 5pm Pass the Time of Day is curated by artist Paul Rooney and draws on his interest in the social and personal aspects of popular entertainment, such as music, comedy and storytelling. The exhibition explores the potential of sound and music to transform the commonplace and communicate the strangeness of routine, daily existence.

Runs Until: 12/3

tue 15/02

Print Open 2005 Venue: Surface Gallery Price: Free Together with 3D/installation, Lens Based and 2D shows this show will present a selected survey of the visual arts in the UK to the City of Nottingham.

Runs Until: 21/2

sat 19/02 Sea Change - Anthony Hopewell Venue: Lakeside Price: Free Times: All Day Using the forensic aesthetic of large format photography, Anthony Hopewell explores the fugitive geography of the tidal reaches of the Thames estuary from Southend to Ramsgate. Single images concentrate on the notion of usage, focussing on the various demands of leisure, housing, industry and transport.

The intention of these photographs is to arouse curiosity about areas of the coastline which are not considered “beautiful” in the traditional sense, but where the interaction of the man-made with the natural environment creates its own aesthetic.

Runs Until: 27/3

sat 26/02 Echoes, Memories, Dreams Venue: Lakeside Price: Free Times: Mon - Sat 11am-5pm Sun/Bank Hols 12pm - 5pm Michael Dan Archer’s sculptures evoke historic structures, archaeology and an enigmatic atmosphere of the remote past. The core of this exhibition is formed by a new cycle of work strongly influenced by the artist’s travels and contact with different cultures across the world. Runs Until: 10/4

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Reason Sound System Chart Feb ‘05 compiled by Michael Greenwell 4) The Last Poets, Niggers Are Scared Of Revolution (??? - 1970) Heard this poem done by someone else on a Moodymann mix, tracked down the original. Gil Scott Heron style stuff with more balls and blackness.

from Georgey boy and inevitably has been sampled more recently, though in techno.

5) Coach House Rhythm Section, Timewarp (Strut) Instrumental of Eddie Grant’s original. Freaky electro-disco that does not stop.

7) 10,000 Things, Damaged Goods (Warner Chappel) Great Gang of Four cover for the lads new single, paying homage to fellow this Leeds band who have just reformed and have been amazing. 10,000 Things will be in Notts in February.

6) P-Funk Allstars, Hydraulic Pump (???) Downloaded after seeing it appear in Greg Wilson’s chart. Relentless funk

8) Rick James, Superfreak (???)

Got into this again recently, famously sampled by MC Hammer. He’s Rick

James bitch! (R.I.P 2004) 9) Amp Fiddler - Love and War (Live in Paris) Amazing deep soul from the Detroit boy, great version of this even improvising into Edwin Star. Loads better live than the album.

10) Arthur Russell, In the Cornbelt (Souljazz) Freaky as, with Arthur’s vocals, mad synths and all the rest.

Don’t know what this guy was on, but this is mesmerising. www.wearethecult.co.uk

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clubs/live music/comedy/exhibitions/theatre

Period of February / March

Theatre tue 01/02 Playboy of the West Indies Venue: Playhouse Price: £6 - £20 Times: 7.45pm J. M. Synge’s ironic comedy Playboy Of The Western World caused a public scandal when it was first performed at Ireland’s Abbey Theatre in 1907. This seminal work has been relocated to Trinidad in Mustapha. It doesn’t take much to become a hero in the sleepy village of Mayaro, Trinidad. So when a stranger runs into Peggy’s rum shop announcing he has killed his father, he becomes the envy of the men and an object of desire for the women. Directed

by Nicolas Kent, Artistic Director of The Tricycle.

Runs Until: 12/2

mon 07/02

Chicago mon 14/02 Venue: Royal Centre Price: £10 - £29.50 The razmatazz Broadway musical comes to the Royal Centre for a stint featuring Wet Wet Wet singer Marti Pellow.

Runs Until: 26/2

tue 15/02

Moscow City Ballet Present The Sleeping Beauty, Giselle and The Nutcracker Venue: Royal Centre Price: £10.50 - £28.50 Times: 7.30pm + matinees

tue 01/02

thu 17/03

Pygmalion Venue: Lace Market Theatre The George Bernard Shaw play that inspired the musical My Fair Lady. When phoneticist Henry Higgings takes up the challenge to transform a cockney flower girl into a duchess he fails to consider that his creation may have a mind of her own. Directed by Geoff Longbottom Runs Until: 12/2

tue 01/02

The acclaim of Moscow City Ballet’s frequent international tours has long established their reputation as one of Russia’s leading ballet companies.

Every year they gain new audiences countrywide whilst thrilling existing loyal fans and selling out theatre after theatre.

This outstanding Company of over 70, plus full orchestra, is returning to Nottingham with three productions Sleeping Beauty Monday 31st & Tuesday 1st Giselle Wednesday 2nd & Thursday 3rd Nutcracker Friday 4th & Saturday 5th Runs Until: 5/2

fri 25/02

Little Sweet Thing Venue: Playhouse Price: £6 - £20 Times: 7.45pm Kev is just out of the Young Offenders Institute and is determined to keep his nose clean, but back on the streets the pressure is mounting as his mate Ryan begs Kev to help him deal again. Kev’s sister Tash is also in trouble she’s tough when she’s fighting at school, but she’d really rather hang out with soft Zoe and shy Nathan. Gang warfare, violence and young love are all ingredients of this explosive cocktail looking at life in multicultural Britain for two black teenagers.

Runs Until: 19/2

Satin n Steel Venue: Playhouse Price: £6 - £20 Times: 7.45pm Nottingham writer Amanda Whittington takes her inspiration from the showbiz world of the club circuit, cruise ship and holiday camp for the heart-warming comedy Satin ‘N’ Steel. Satin ‘N’ Steel was developed into a full script from a 10 minute short which was performed at the Get Shortie festival in 2002. The Vince Steel Experience needs a shake-up. A karaoke competition at the Rainworth Miners Welfare Club brings Vince Steel and Teena White together in an explosion of talent and creativity. As the all-singing and all-dancing Satin ‘n’ Steel duo, they set their hearts on making the big time.

As love blossoms between the pair, it seems nothing could go wrong, but a guilty secret threatens to jeopardise their designs for super-stardom.

Runs Until: 12/3

thu 09/03 Grimm Tales Venue: Lace Market Theatre Based on the fairy tales of the Grimm brothers, such as Rapunzel and Hansel and Gretal, these familiar short plays will be played as an ensemble by members of the Nottingham Youth Theatre. Directed

by Sarah Kerry Runs Until: 12/3

Riverdance Venue: Nottingham Arena Price: £32 Times: Various Of all the performances to emerge from Ireland in the past decade, nothing has quite caught the imagination quite as much as Micheal Flatley’s leg shakingly crazy Riverdance. It is a celebration of Irish dance and culture, featuring people doing dances that look to the untrained eye a bit like a Monty Python sketch.

Enjoy!

Runs Until: 20/3

mon 21/03

Love Shack Venue: Royal Centre Price: £12 - £25 Times: 7.30pm New pop musical, starring former pop stars Jon Lee (S Club) and Faye Tozer (Steps). One for the kids perhaps...

Runs Until: 26/3

tue 29/03

Stepping Out Venue: Royal Centre Price: £tbc Richard Harris’ award winning comedy about the lives, loves and laughs of a weekly tap dancing class Runs Until: 2/4

tue 15/02 Dracula Venue: Royal Centre Price: £tbc The classic tale of undying love and bloodsucking. Jonathon Harker gets it in the neck from the count...

Runs Until: 19/2 fri 25/02 Scooby Doo in Stage Fright Venue: Royal Centre Price: £15 - £19.50 The nations favourite funky cartoon dog graduates to the stage in this production of the 70’s whodunnit cartoon. Watch out for the man in the mask...

Runs Until: 5/2

Notts’ 10’s

Thick as Thieves Venue: Lakeside Arts Centre Price: £10 /£7 concessions Times: 8pm Barry Ireland and Steph Aston, are two hapless burglars, whose life of crime takes an unexpected turn for the worse.

“Our hero’s are a classic double act... reminiscent of a decent John Godber.”

Time Out Runs Until: 26/2

Windows 78 Chart February ‘05

1. Dave Clarke and Mr Lif, Blue On Blue (Skint) Hip Hop banga from the techno DJ and Def Jux MC.

Recordings) Follow up to the still massive ‘Rugged Wid It’ DJ Mentat hooks up with Skinnyman for this heavy weight track...

2. Charizma and Peanut Butter Wolf, My World Premier (Stones Throw) All time classic single - The first Stones Throw release!

5. Evil Ed, The Enthusiast (Janomi) Long awaited debut album from UK super producer with the cream of the UK’s finest MCs. The beats are smoke-fuelled but well crafted and the album hangs together better than a lot of these multi MC affairs. Vocals come from Jehst, Yungun, Ricochet, Kyza, The Colony, Tommy Evans, Jibbarish, Doc Brown, Lost Souls, Junior Disprol, Asaviour and the Microdisiacs.

3. The Beatnuts, Off The Books (Relativity) Stone Cold Nuts classic that never fails to rock a party - essential....

4. DJ Mentat and Skinnyman, When I Give My Heart To You (Beat Asylum

6. Kyza, Real Rap / Devil In A Dress (Kemet) Now as Klash-Nek Off is blowing up (and signed apparently) it’s the turn of the next in line in the Terra Firma crew to break on his own. Two Joe Buhdah productions on this 12 - one funky horn stabbed number and a deeper string swept flavour on the flip.

8. Dead Prez, Its Bigger Than Hip Hop (Relativity) Heavy, Heavy, Heavy Track.... say no more!

7. Roots Manuva, Colossal Insight (Big Dada) Awesome return from the don of UK hip hop! The first track sees old Rodney pushing his sound forward with some fucked up sonics and heavy lyrics.

10. Any Thing from Dealmaker Records!!! Check out www.dealmakerrecords.com - “Departure Lounge” - Out Soon.

9. Nostalgia 77 : Seven Nation Army EP (Tru Thoughts) 77 takes on the White Stripes and wins out with the excellent vocals of Alice Russell.

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By Tommy C and Danny G All the answers in this crossword are the names of bands, DJ’s, musicians and artists with a link to the city of Nottingham.

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2 down & 1 across: They come from two positions, making moss erect! (6,3) 3 down & 10 across: Mob dancing In van (7,5) 4 down & 6 down: Do their suits help these children make ‘in’ tracks? (4,10) 7 down & 13 across: Love found in a toy, but without confidence (2,3) 5 down: Would she con me? I don’t see why, as she is true to the streets (5) 8 down & 9 across: Mad member of the club! (5,5) 9 down & 8 across: Group mixed up in a peal caper (5,4) 10 down: Raps with a lid at the post office (5)

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Rocky Horrorscopes Aries (March 20 - April 20)

Libra (September 23 - October 23)

The alignment of the stars will make you go a bit wild this winter. Avoid full moons and old men with walking sticks. If they try to talk to you then don’t feel rude ignoring them or even going so far as to shout in their face. It’s all they know and they will respect you for it…

Dagenham Dave will come through with the shipment on the 21st, as planned.

But this is not a month to rest on your laurels! The police know where the bodies are buried, and Venus suggests travel in your future. Remember, you can run, but you can’t hide! Go down with all guns blazing.

Taurus (April 20 - May 21)

Scorpio (October 23 - November 23)

Make sure you are out of the house on the 8th, definitely between 7-10. I and my associates will enter through the upstairs bathroom window and ensure all evidence is removed. Leave the useful fee under seat D13 at the theatre during the performance which I gave you tickets for. Keep your mouth shut thereafter.

No-one likes you. Sorry, I meant to say “no-one likes you more than me”. And it’s true. I think you’re a lovely little ray of golden sunshine, a real credit to your species. But even I think you need a haircut. Really! You’re starting to look like the back end of a sheep.

Sagittarius (22 - December 22)

Gemini (May 21 - June 21) Despite your conviction that you really know what’s best for everyone, you’re actually full of shit! Lead by example instead of lecturing. Give up your job at the university and join a traveling circus. It’s the only way to fulfill your destiny…

This month, your partner will leave you, you will be sacked from your job, your house will burn down and you can also expect death in the family.

There’s nothing you or anyone else can do. It’s written in the stars, and the stars don’t lie, you snivelling little bitch. But let’s face it, you can’t say you don’t deserve it.

Cancer (June 21 - July 23)

Capricorn (December 22 - January 19)

Some of those items that you bought in the January sales will come back to haunt you! That pink lycra all in one suit is unlikely to ever make it out of your wardrobe. Also what were you thinking with that bag of dogs?

Expect embarrassment on the 16th when the photos come back from Boots and the girl on the counter tuts right in your face. Don’t be disheartened though – your internet pornography venture is about to bear fruit. That’s right, www.fruitybears.com is go!

Leo (July 23 - August 23) Your artistic streak will come to the fore this month as the ideas in your head begin to form on a page or a canvas. You should attempt to revisit a night of laughter you attended late last year. Get back in touch with a bearded stranger if you think you may have been too hasty…

Virgo (August 23 - September 23) You are not getting any younger and you can’t turn back the clock.

Unfortunately the device that will do this is not due to be invented until 2077 (by which time you will be dead). The only way to preserve yourself until then, is to either make a lot of money quickly or stealthily hide out in Iceland (supermarket).

Aquarius (January 20 - February 19) Do you wonder why things keep catching fire whenever you’re around?

Newspapers, shops, cattle, things like that? Puzzled by the empty matchboxes you keep finding in your jacket pockets? Confused by the wary and suspicious looks you keep receiving from friends, family and colleagues? It could be time to quit drinking…

Pisces (February 19 - March 20) Strange things are afoot at the Circle K! Don’t fear the reaper. If the Melvin doesn’t work on him, then challenge him to a game of battleships or twister.

Give your respects to Rufus, who will be hiding out, watching your back (dressed as Pam Grier). Be excellent to one another.

NOTTS

Bones’ Fun Cave...

TRUMPS

Grate Misstakes in Cultural Histroy

The Lace Market

Famous Markets

Arnold Flea Market

Oh shit! I think me bag’s burst

Average property value (£)

500,000

Value of average punter’s shoes (£) Foppery

#03: Monday 21st July 1969 - First nan on the moon

Average property value (£)

75

Value of average punter’s

shoes (£)

8.9

Foppery

Baseball cappery

2.5

Baseball cappery

Stolen fags / bootleg DVDs (weekly sales)

2

s (weekly sales) Stolen fags / bootleg DVD

500 4.99 0.3 9.9 430