Plymouth Student Issue Seven - September 2013

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INTERVIEW Land of the Giants / Plymouth City Roller Girls

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Contact PS: 07811 343335 hello@ps-zine.com Published by Us As One Many thanks to all who’ve supported and contributed to PS Issue 07.

Editor, Designer & Writer Naomi Girdler naomi@ps-zine.com Contributors Chris Girdler, Hannah Wood, Al Stewart, Katherine Peberdy, Andrew Quick, Alex Thomas, Steve Berry, Leigh Drinkwater, Emily Dymond, Ben Wills, Casey Goddard, Leila Rose, Rebecca Hembry, Dawn Frogson, Matthew Girdler, Seth Haney, Ross Bennellick

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Hello!

It’s actually quite hard to believe that this issue marks the third year of Plymouth Student! For the last 36 months, myself and my awesome team of contributors have been working hard to get you some of the best local news, bands, events, articles, reviews and more. I can’t thank everyone enough for everything they’ve done and here’s to another three years, eh?!

I’m really excited about this issue, it’s jam packed full of local talent with some great articles alongside - as well as some advice for all you fresh faced newbies to the city. Welcome to Plymouth and hope you enjoy your course, whatever that may be!

We also have a great competition, with up to £100 worth of vouchers to be won!

These can be used at JD’s Grill, who recently fed 15 people with one Apocalypse burger! If you think you’re up for the challenge, or have seen too much Man Vs Food and reckon it’s a doddle, you may have met your match!

Check it out.

Thanks for reading, hope you enjoy Issue Seven!

Naomi Girdler Editor

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Find us on Facebook www.facebook.com/ PSzineplymouth Land of the Giants (L-R) Glyn Le Page, Gaz Le Page, Sam Copp, Kevin Greep, Carl Payne, Andrew Quick Photographer: Alex Thomas

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C O N T E N T S 10/11

04/05/06/08: The Big List: A what's on guide to Plymouth’s best venues, bars and clubs 10/11: We speak to Hannah Wood, writer behind Plymouth based digital adventure, Resurgam

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12: Ever heard of roller derby? Plymouth City Roller Girls tell us all about the fast paced sport and how you can get involved!

14: Andy Quick, lead vocalist of Land of the Giants, local dub/ska/soul/funk fusion talks to PS! 16: We visit Tiki Bar & Diner to find out how damn good those burgers actually are!

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16: Local community interest bar Bread and Roses tells us why they’re different from all the rest 18: Local music photography student, Leigh Drinkwater shares her talents with Plymouth Student

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19: Teignmouth original, Emily Dymond exhibits her latest illustrations and tells us what it’s like being a post grad 20: Ben Wills, illustration student at Plymouth University shows us his work and shares his ambitions!

22: Writer and cycling enthusiast Casey Goddard shares some of his favourite local bike routes

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24: We catch up with two local watering holes, The Skiving Scholar and The Fortescue to find out why you should drink there!

24: Late season music extravaganza Looe Festival tells us why you should check them out this September

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26: Editor Naomi Girdler explores why some students are turning to sugar daddies for tuition fee cash!

28: Madagascar based fashion designer babe Leila Rose tells us about her latest fashion venture 30: Rebecca Hembry catches up with Dawn of junk/thrift shop Little Camden Market, Plymouth’s own Aladdin’s cave!

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31: Try out our latest chicken fajita recipe, keep the summer dream alive!

32/33: Our team review the latest movies, games and music.

34: Agony Uncle Ross is on the case, helping you deal with your student dilemmas!

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THE BIG LIST

Fresher’s Week is here again, a barrage of new faces swarm Plymouth, and boy, do they look confused!

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With The Big List, there’s no reason not to be out and about at some of the great events happening locally almost every day!

With gigs at the White Rabbit, exhibitions and film showings at the Peninsula Art Gallery, initimate shows at Tiki Bar & Diner and Annabel’s Cabaret and Disco hosting a huge flavour of music to tickle your fancy, it’s hard to find time to do coursework, eh?!

September Document Until 12 Oct Peninsula Arts Gallery Document features three diverse artists whose body of work exists between the realms of documentary and artistic practice. The exhibition will uncover each artists’ personal responses to their respective political environments: James Smith documents post-war Britain, photographing intricate details in the urban and rural landscape, whilst Vandy Rattana records the devastation of the US military on neutral Cambodia during the Vietnam War. Free admission These Creeps 13 Sept Tiki Bar & Diner Four piece punk band from Plymouth. For more details call 07878 460500

of indie, punk and garage rock. For details call 07878 460500 The Retro Gents 14 Sept Annabel’s Cabaret and Disco Crowd Pleasing, Kick Stomping, Groove Based, Party Starters Guaranteed to get the dance floor shaking with a whole host of classic covers from jumpin jazz to sweet soul to modern day original tunes. Details 01752 260555 Vicious Kitten 14 Sept The Live Lounge A four piece high energy pop/rock covers band. Details 01752 672127 StOp SToP! 14 Sept The Junction “StOp SToP!” are back in the UK touring and rocking the house everywhere they go! Don’t miss it! Love them or hate them, these three undeniably play real, hard rock. Details 01752 665895

Rockafella 13 Sept Kitty O’Hanlons An energetic Plymouth based four piece covers band playing storming rock tunes from the 90s through to today.

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Mad Dog McRae and Friends 17 Sept UPSU Mad Dog Mcrea raise hands, lift feet and start parties wherever they play with their spellbinding recipe of folk, pop, rock, jazz, bluegrass and ‘shake your ass’ music.

Slaves 14 Sept Tiki Bar and Diner Two friends from the South East of England who play a lo-fi hybrid

Thomas Ford 19 Sept Tiki Bar and Diner Born in a field 20-something years ago, Thomas Ford is a blues

shouter, a guitar picker and a harmonica fire-breather. For details 07878 460500 Joey the Lips 20 Sept Plymouth Guildhall High-energy 10 piece soul funk and disco band present a fund raising concert for Hugs for Henry. Details 01752 771868.

The Boom, Boom Booms 20 Sept Annabel’s Cabaret and Disco London based Rock’n’Roll Rockabilly band with a new rockin’ sound. Their songs are originals and they pride themselves in writing varied, melodic and hooky tunes. Influences range from Eddie Cochran, Stray Cats, Buddy Holly, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bo Diddley & Ennio Morricone. Details 01752 260555 ReZonance 20 Sept The Live Lounge A well established, female fronted rock indie covers band based in Plymouth. Details 01752 672127.

Leo James Band 21 Sept Bread and Roses, Ebrington Street English musician Leo James began playing guitar and writing songs in his late teens, and set about forging himself in to an accomplished singer-songwriter.

Drawing influence from past and present folk, blues and country musicians from both sides of the Atlantic, as well as artists from

other genres such as soul and gypsy jazz, Leo’s music has been described as soulful mix of no nonsense honest song writing.

Details 01752 659861 Fluke 21 Sept The Walrus A dynamic local three-piece group playing play classic music from the sixties, seventies and eighties.

Details 07576 728065 Ten Tors Orchestra 22 Sept Plymouth University Graduation Marquee, The Hoe Conductor Simon Ible. Further information on this event will be available in the near future from www.peninsula-arts.co.uk Benny Guitar Carr 23 Sept and 30 Sept Bar Rakuda Devon based musician specialising in slide guitar, electric blues and roots music. Details 07727 031179.

Bill Bailey 24 Sept Plymouth Pavilions Bill returns with his Qualmpeddler show for another date at the Pavilions after his sell-out gig earlier this year. Box Office 0845 146 1460 Café Acoustica 25 Sept, 9 Oct and 23 Oct B-Bar at the Barbican Theatre Fortnightly showcase of unplugged talent, hosted by singer-songwriter

Jessie Mullen. Details 01752 242021 Roy and the Devil’s Motorcycle 26 Sept Tiki Bar and Diner A Swiss four piece playing raging psychedelic punk-blues. For details 07878 460500 The Doors Alive 26 Sept White Rabbit The Doors Alive is the No.1 tribute band to the legendary 60’s Californian rock guru’s The Doors.

They re-create the sound, look, presence and feel of a real 1960s Doors concert perfectly and effortlessly, transporting the crowd back in time with such classic hits as Light My Fire, When The Music’s Over, Riders On The Storm, The End and many more.

Details 01752 227522 The Banana Thieves 27 Sept Annabel’s Cabaret and Disco Five piece local band. Expect the unexpected, songs you forgot you loved from The Clash, The Killers, The Stranglers, Green Day, Gary Numan, Duran Duran, The Jam, PIL, The Kinks, The Kooks, The Specials…old and new gutbusters!

Details 01752 260555 War Horse 27 Sept to 12 Oct Theatre Royal All tickets sold out Bunker 28 Sept

five Tiki Bar and Diner A club night with top dance tunes played by JC and Oz of Crisis fame. For details 07878 460500

and composer based in London presents an Adventure in Music with vocalist/violinist Isa Kurz and Philipp Moll (bass). Details www.wegottickets.com

Zico Chain 28 Sept White Rabbit Zico Chain are ploughing their way towards rock and roll greatness. With a dedication to song-writing and sweating, they have what it takes to rekindle the spirit of their heroes, whether that means The Pixies, Motorhead or The Who. Details 01752 227522

Fighting Fiction 29 Sept Tiki Bar and Diner Fighting Fiction are a Brighton based four-piece punk rock band. Their earnest DIY approach is the backdrop to their keen touring ethic and the simple honesty of their storytelling songs. For details 07878 460500

The Congo Faith Healers 28 Sept Annabel’s Cabaret and Disco Combining down and dirty swamp infested gypsy blues with wild savage guitar playing, voodoo vocals, latin american drum and trumpet grooves with rockabilly swing double bass and hooks that you will be singing for days, they have one of the most intense and utterly compelling live shows around.

Details 01752 260555 Fight Night 26 Sept to 12 Oct Drum Theatre Belgium’s multiple Fringe First-winning company Ontroerend Goed and Australia’s The Border Project put the power into your hands to vote for your favourite candidate amongst five actors in an immersive exploration into the intricacies and traps of voting systems.

This makes elections a theatrical game. Box Office 01752 267222 Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman 27 Sept B-Bar at the Barbican Theatre Two of the British folk scene’s most accomplished performers, Kathryn and Sean have graced stages the world over in a number of guises, however, the intimacy and strength of passion shown as a duo, combined with an eclectic repertoire ensures a rare treat.

Details 01752 242021 Hamer & Isaacs 27 Sept B-Bar at the Barbican Theatre Hamer & Isaacs play swinging gypsy jazz under the influence of Django Reinhardt and The Hot Club Of France. Details 01752 242021 Manu Delago 27 Sept Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery Austrian Hang player percussionist

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Working together with the Jill Craigie cinema, the Peninsula Art Gallery shows some great films on a regular basis, check it out!

15 Sept 7pm - A Hijacking (2012) Cert 15. A tense, chilling drama following the emotional journeys of a ship’s crew as they are taken hostage by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean.

25 Sept 7pm - The Core (2003) Cert PG. B-movie disaster silliness.

Followed by a talk with celebrity geologist and Plymouth Uni Professor Iain Stewart.

OCTOBER Comedy Night 02 Oct B-Bar at the Barbican Theatre Some light relief with the best stand-ups on the UK circuit.

Details 01752 242021 Ladkillaz 03 Oct B-Bar at the Barbican Theatre A strand of programming with a women-only, monthly session Details 01752 242021 Freshly Squeezed 03 Oct Tiki Bar and Diner Freshly Squeezed are a seven piece Funk and Soul band playing a wide variety of venues and festivals across the UK. They consist of half a teacup of bass, a pound of fat back drums, four tablespoons of boiling memphis guitars, a half a pint of horns sprinkled with their tasty soulful singer and heated to boil by their energetic MC/ scratch dj. For details 07878 460500 Once Upon a Time in a Western 03 Oct to 05 Oct Barbican Theatre Plymouth’s favourite clown troupe Le Navet Bete are back again this autumn! Le Navet Bete are an award winning internationally touring troupe of clowns based in Devon, whose high energy, spectacular and hilarious shows have wowed audiences in over 20 countries.

Box Office 01752 267131 An Evening of Burlesque 04 Oct Plymouth Pavilions Britain’s biggest burlesque spectacular comes to Plymouth, direct from the West End! It’s all tease and no sleaze. Box Office 0845 146 1460 Joker 04 Oct Boomerang Sports Bar

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7 Oct 7pm - Wild Style (1983) Cert 15. Capturing the raw energy and exuberance of the underground hip hop scene in 80s New York.

Russell Brand Locla four piece indie/rock covers band formed in Plymouth 10 years ago and regarded as setting the standard for the live music scene in the South West.

Details 01752 669812 Barcode Zebra 04 Oct Annabel’s Cabaret and Disco Barcode Zebra are a Yorkshire based four-piece band who write and play original material – imagine the love-child of Tracy Chapman and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Details 01752 260555 Lost in Space 04 Oct B-Bar at the Barbican Theatre A stomping seven-piece party band, with raunchy female vocals, a full brass section, funky bass, rocking guitar and more percussion than you can shake a stick at, playing funky ska and retro grooves, all with an edge of jazz and soul. Details 01752 242021 Ashes to Angels 05 Oct White Rabbit A five piece Goth-Punk Rock band from Bristol. Details 01752 227522 Sixties Gold 05 Oct Plymouth Pavilions The ultimate 60s line up with Gerry & The Pacemakers, The Searchers and more. Box Office 0845 146 1460 Eric Taylor - Americana Night 08 Oct B-Bar at the Barbican Theatre Eric Taylor is a lyrical genius and a master of the guitar. He has created a multitude of fans and devotees that are legends themselves in the singer/song-

writer realm, artists who have long considered Taylor to be a teacher and a lantern bearer whose time is long overdue.

Details 01752 242021 The Illusionists 09 Oct Plymouth Pavilions The hand-picked cast of internationally renowned illusionists together create a blockbuster stage show featuring a stunning mix of outrageous and unbelievable optical illusions. It is now the UKs turn to be encapsulated by these jaw-dropping acts of levitation, mind-reading, disappearance and escapes.

Greg Cooper - Americana Night 10 Oct B-Bar at the Barbican Theatre Raised in the New Jersey shore town of Little Silver, Greg quickly immersed himself in the same rich musical scene as Jools Holland, Dennis Rollins and Roy Ayers. Details 01752 242021 Respect Festival 12 Oct and 13 Oct Various locations The popular Plymouth Respect Festival returns for its 15th year with music and performance from all corners of the world, a world fair, interactive workshops, art, poetry and theatre. A colourful mass samba parade will run through the city centre, bringing the sights and sounds of Rio de Janeiro to Plymouth. Full details of events can be found at www. plymouthrespectfestival.co.uk Lawson 14 Oct Plymouth Pavilions After visiting the Pavilions in previous years supporting the

14 Oct 7pm - After Hours (1985) Cert 15. Martin Scorsese’s return to lower budget filmmaking.

21 Oct 7pm - Ghostbusters (1984) Cert 12. Who you gonna call?

28 Oct 7pm - The Thing (1982) John Carpenter’s cult sci-fi horror tale.

Followed by a talk by Peter Marquis, Manager of the British Antarctic Survey Medical Unit.

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what’s on likes of Will Young and The Wanted, Lawson now take centre stage as the headline act. Box Office 0845 146 1460 Steve Strong 15 Oct Tiki Bar and Diner Steve Strong is a one man arsenal of beats, tapped guitar and lush, texural melodies. For details 07878 460500 The Animals and Children Took to the Streets 15 Oct to 19 Oct Drum Theatre Seamlessly synchronising live music, performance and storytelling with stunning films and animation, this is the wickedly twisted international hit tale from the multiple award winning company behind Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea. Like a giant novel bursting into life, 1927 invite you on a theatrical journey of startling originality. Box Office 01752 267222 Chelsea Hotel 16 Oct Roland Levinsky Building Theatre 1 Earthfall’s brand new production, touring England and Wales, reveals the poetry and tragicomic events from this iconic hotel and its place in contemporary culture. A voyeuristic discovery of its inhabitants’ lives, loves and longings. Details 01752 585050 Land of the Giants 18 Oct Annabel’s Cabaret and Disco Local favourites Land of the Giants fuse many a musical style and are quite frankly genre defying: dub rock, indie ska & funk blues. With pumping drums, throbbing bass, scorching guitar, soulful vocals and a ‘rather splendid trombone’ the band fuse inspired songwriting with a subheavy dancefloor sensibility.

Details 01752 260555 Swan Lake 18 Oct to 26 Oct Theatre Royal Firmly crowned as a modern day classic, Matthew Bourne’s powerful, provocative and

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totally original interpretation of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake turned tradition upside down and took the dance world by storm, dazzling audiences in the West End and Broadway, and across Europe, Asia and Australia. This thrilling, audacious and original production is now unquestionably established as one of theatre’s great events – collecting over 30 international theatre awards – and makes a triumphant return to Plymouth this autumn. Box Office 01752 267222 Beans on Toast 18 Oct White Rabbit Blending a dark wit with serious social and political satire based on a diverse range of subjects including cocaine, Tesco, London, gun crime, myspace, global warming and the Lake District.

Details 01752 227522 Daniel O’Donnell 18 Oct Plymouth Pavilions Three decades into his sparkling career as a top entertainer, Daniel’s star is still shining bright. His popularity among people of all ages and walks of life hasn’t diminished with the passing of time. Box Office 0845 146 1460 Jake Bugg 20 Oct Plymouth Pavilions Still only 18, Bugg has already had a No1 album, supported Noel Gallagher and the Stone Roses and has been nominated in the British breakthrough category at the Brit Awards. Box Office 0845 146 1460 Plymouth Jazz Club 20 Oct Royal British Legion Club, Tailyour Road, Crownhill Featuring Mike Owen’s Great Danes. A rare visit by a fine Danish band dedicated to New Orleans style jazz, plus star trumpeter Derek Winters.

Tickets on the door £4 for students; information 01752 721179 or 01752 774343. www.plymouth-jazz-club.org.uk Jim Jones Revue 22 Oct White Rabbit

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Supercharged back-to-basics fifties rock’n’roll coming across like a collision between Little Richard and the MC5. It’s a dirty yet righteous noise that’ll get any crowd to its feet. The nearest comparison would be Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels – a pure rock’n’roll overload with a soulful vibe and a groove that just won’t quit.

Details 01752 227522 The Secret Agent 22 Oct to 26 Oct Drum Theatre Set at a time of social upheaval and growing disparity between rich and poor, at the heart of this tale is a woman fighting to protect her young brother from exploitation and violence. In their trademark highly imaginative style, music hall and early cinema collide in Theatre O’s return to the stage after five years away. Box Office 01752 267222 Bowling for Soup 22 Oct Plymouth Pavilions Bitter sweet will sum up the announcement that this tour will be their ‘goodbye’ to the country that, for well over a decade, has been there adopted home. The Plymouth gig will be one of their final shows on UK soil. Box Office 0845 146 1460 The Razorblades 23 Oct Tiki Bar and Diner The Razorblades are one of Europe’s leading surf bands, played nearly 300 shows in ten countries, released three albums and one EP, added tracks to numerous compilations and have absolutely no plans to retire. Details 07878 460500 Aubade 23 Oct Roland Levinsky Building Theatre 1 A satire, a thriller, a twisted love story.MA young, trainee teacher arrives at a failing school, determined to raise the aspirations of poverty-line pupils. As she struggles with a difficult class, she turns increasingly to her single, middle-aged mentor for help.

Details 01752 585050 Russell Brand 23 Oct Plymouth Pavilions Russell arrives in Plymouth on his latest UK tour. Box Office 0845 146 1460 Black Code & Nihildum 24 Oct Tiki Bar and Diner A French and Italian crust/ metal fusion visits Plymouth.

Details 07878 460500 Ray Mears 24 Oct Plymouth Pavilions Ray has become a household name through his various television series, including Tracks, World of Survival, Trips Money Can’t Buy with Ewan McGregor, The Real Heroes of Telemark and many more. Don’t

miss this captivating theatre show in which Ray talks about his life, shares stories from his many years surviving the wilderness and its colourful wildlife, and recounts his latest adventures in America and Australia. Box Office 0845 146 1460 Brother & Bones 25 Oct White Rabbit ‘Mumford and Sons meets The Dead Weather’ - Amy Smith, Event Organiser at Beachbreak Live Festival. Details 01752 227522 Sarah Millican 25 Oct and 26 Oct Plymouth Pavilions Friday’s show is already sold out and there is limited availability only for the the British Comedy Award’s Queen of Comedy. Box Office 0845 146 1460 Emily Maguire 25 Oct B-Bar at the Barbican Theatre Best-known for her strong, thought-provoking lyrics and ‘supremely expressive vocals’ (Rock n Reel Magazine), Emily Maguire’s songs have been played regularly on Radio 2 and have won her fans across the globe. Details 01752 242021 Jessica and the Rabbits 26 Oct Annabel’s Cabaret and Disco Boasting a strong seven-piece line-up, Jessica and the Rabbits are a fab soul and blues band hailing from the South West.

Details 01752 260555 Universal Archive: William Kentridge as Printmaker 28 Oct to 30 Nov Peninsula Arts Gallery A Hayward Touring exhibition at Peninsula Arts, will be the first UK exhibition to focus solely on the internationally renowned South African artist’s prints. This major exhibition will include a multitude of prints in all media dating from 1988 to the present, ranging in scale from intimate etchings and drypoints to large linocuts. Free admission Birmingham Royal Ballet 29 Oct to 2 Nov Theatre Royal Sleeping Beauty and a Triple Bill presented by the popular ballet company. Box Office 01752 267222 HAG 29 Oct to 2 Nov Drum Theatre The Wrong Crowd re-imagine Slavic folklore’s extraordinary, child-eating hag-witch, Baba Yaga. Dark, visually inventive storytelling theatre, fusing live action, puppetry and music. Box Office 01752 267222 Running on Empty 30 Oct Roland Levinsky Building Theatre 1 Probe Theatre brings Running on Empty, the story of a man, a woman and their repeated

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collision over time. Told through dance, text and song, this continuous cycle unites our two most primal impulses; fear and pleasure.

Details 01752 585050 Day of the Dred 31 Oct White Rabbit Featuring Skindred, Heart Of A Coward, The Marmozets, The JCQ, Max Raptor, Idiom, Rat Attack, Woahnows.

Details 01752 227522 Blue 31 Oct Plymouth Pavilions Following their appearance on ‘The Big Reunion’ earlier this year, and a recent sold out show at O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, Blue are back on the road for a full UK tour, including a visit to Plymouth.

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Plymouth Pavilions Celebrating its 10th year as one of the best touring production shows, Vampires Rock returns to Plymouth. All teamed with an amazing stage set and pyrotechnics to blow your mind, this rock spectacular is not to be missed. Box Office 0845 146 1460 Bunker 02 Nov Tiki Bar and Diner A club night with top dance tunes played by JC and Oz of Crisis fame.

For details 07878 460500 Plymouth Jazz Club 03 Nov Royal British Legion Club, Tailyour Road, Crownhill The Craig Milverton Trio will be hosting a star guest. Tickets on the door £4 for students; information 01752 721179 or 01752 774343. www.plymouth-jazz-club.org.uk A Midsummer Night’s Dream 06 Nov to 09 Nov Theatre Royal Propeller’s multi award-winning production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream has enchanted packed houses all over the world.

Box Office 01752 267222 Freshly Squeezed 07 Nov Tiki Bar and Diner Freshly Squeezed are a seven piece Funk and Soul band playing a wide variety of venues and festivals across the UK. They consist of half a teacup of bass,

a pound of fat back drums, four tablespoons of boiling memphis guitars, a half a pint of horns sprinkled with their tasty soulful singer and heated to boil by their energetic MC/ scratch dj. For details 07878 460500 Arcadia String Quartet 09 Nov Sherwell Centre, Plymouth University This talented quartet from Romania have a growing international reputation with a string of awards and competition successes. They recently won the prestigious Wigmore Hall London International String Quartet Competition 2012 and The Beethoven Prize. Tickets from Peninsula Arts Box Office, tel 01752 585050 www.peninsula-arts.co.uk That’ll Be the Day 10 Nov Theatre Royal This hugely entertaining rock ‘n’ roll spectacular features a fantastic line up of knock-out hits from the 1950s, 60s and 70s, mixed with loads of new zany comedy routines to produce a show with a real feel-good party atmosphere. Box Office 01752 267222 The Darkness 15 and 16 Nov Plymouth University The Darkness schedule an extensive Winter 2013 UK tour celebrating the 10th anniversary of 2003 album ‘Permission to Land.’

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People 12 Nov to 16 Nov Theatre Royal Following a sell-out run at the National Theatre, Alan Bennett’s acclaimed new comedy People tours the UK. Box Office 01752 267222 Franz Nicolay & The Cut Ups 15 Nov Tiki Bar and Diner Franz is that multi-instrumentalist and man-about-town peddling a modern vaudeville with full-throated songs and stories shamelessly strident, stentorian and more than a little sentimental.

For details 07878 460500 TRC 15 Nov White Rabbit North London aggressive sevenpiece hardcore band, combining harsh, street influenced hardcore punk with strict underground UK hip hop. Details 01752 227522 Ha Holmes and the Hound of the Baskervilles 17 Nov Theatre Royal You’d be absolutely barking to miss this pipesmoking new show as Holmes and Watson embark on their most dangerous adventure yet – hunting down the Hound of the Baskervilles! It’s elementary!

It’s also downright hilarious as comedy national treasure Joe Pasquale takes on the lead role in the ultimate Sherlock Holmes spoof. Box Office 01752 267222

Hacktivist 22 Nov White Rabbit People are already saying Hacktivist have the same dance/ rock crossover potential as that of the Prodigy. Supported by The Algorithm for fans of Nine Inch Nails, Daft Punk or Meshuggah.

Details 01752 227522 Mallory Knox 24 Nov White Rabbit Named after the Natural Born Killers character, this Cambridge rock five-piece initially formed as a creative side project outlet from each member’s other bands (previously Mike and Joe played in Ascendia, whilst Dave and Sam were in Sypnosis). Also featuring Blitz Kids. Details 01752 227522 Plymouth Symphony Orchestra 27 Nov Plymouth Guildhall Conductor Anne Kimber, with Martin Roscoe - piano. Featuring Elgar’s Overture Froissart; Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto no 2 and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony no 5. Tickets from Vibes, 19 Mayflower Street, Plymouth, on line at www.wegottickets.com or on the door.

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It’s an interactive game that comes to life around you and an old-skool treasure hunt using digital technology. A magical pearl that was found by Drake on his voyages of discovery has gone missing.

Dr. Cara Jones, Marine Science lecturer at Plymouth University, is the world expert on the legend and needs your help to find it. Her research has revealed that the pearl originates from Atlantis and holds within it the balance between land and sea. When it went missing during the Blitz its powers began to fade and the sea started to rise up to claim the land. Now is a time of crisis! Sea monsters are roaming the city spreading a deadly waterborne infection and Plymouth is on the cusp of being lost under water. Those who can help you are already dead. The only hope is for brave Pearl Hunters to venture out into the city and find the pearl. That’s the object of the game. At hand is a Quest Kit (a mobile phone app) which you will use to navigate more than 10 different locations across the city where you will meet ghosts from Plymouth’s nautical past and solve clues to help lead you to the pearl. Your success is dependent on the risks you take, the choices you make and how good you are at running for your life to escape capture by sea monsters. The game’s finale is on a ghost ship in another dimension with more performance and live bands.

How did the idea for the project come about?

The three main partners are myself and my company Story Juice, the Institute of Digital Arts & Technology (i-DAT) and Mutant Labs. Each of us were separately thinking about making a city-wide game for Plymouth inspired by the maritime heritage and that would appeal to people like us. We came together and pooled our resources.

I think we all wanted to make something Plymouth hadn’t seen before and so we’ve been pretty ambitious with the concept and delivery. My initial task as its writer was to come up with the story and game concept and we developed it from there. It kept growing

bigger and bigger so we started collaborating with Rogue Theatre, an amazing company that produces wild and sensory experiences and is delivering all the performance elements.

“All the creators are surfers and sailors, have family histories tied to the sea, enjoy living by the water and want to contribute to building the creative industries and celebrate what’s good about Plymouth!”

What helped inspire the idea?

There are lots of different influences, but the Latin word Resurgam is a kind of talisman in terms of the history of the city so that was a big inspiration at the start. The historical research I did uncovered lots of curious Plymouth facts, stories and characters so then it was about finding a way to link them together. The pearl travels through time doing that, so it’s also a metaphor for the city and then has magical and mystical properties of its own. The game is ultimately an adventure story with the player at the heart of the action, able to become the hero. It was inspired by a love of Indiana Jones, the new Tomb Raider, ancient mythology on Atlantis and sea monsters, the Lovecraftian Cthulhu Mythos and what it might have been like to be a pirate on a galleon in the Elizabethan era.

All the creators are surfers and sailors, have family histories tied to the sea, enjoy living by the water and want to contribute to building the creative industries and celebrate what’s good about Plymouth!

The ocean is a big part of the city’s past and will clearly be a big part of our future, especially thinking about the work the Uni’s doing in marine science and energy, so that’s all been in the mix.

In terms of the game play, the inspiration comes from the traditions of Alternate Reality Games, Live Action Role Play, location-based mobile gaming, street games like 2.8 Hours Later, video games and also the immersive theatre of Punchdrunk.

What was your role in the development of Resurgam?

Writing, co-production and directing the game action. It’s a transmedia production so lots of my work has been about how we integrate the live performance, digital and online elements and try to create a cohesive, immersive and expansive experience for an audience. It’s ultimately designed for different levels of interaction, from those who just rock up on the day to play and enjoy the wildness of the live side of it, to those who interact with the characters online and immerse themselves in all the digital elements. Some players from Holland and Canada have been getting involved in that more geeky end of the experience.

How can people get involved?

There’s lots of opportunities. You can play, which means buying a ticket on the website, which costs £15 and gives you a bespoke app, 2-3 hour game experience and ghost ship party with live music and performance. You can be an extra, which means being involved in rehearsals in the week before the game and getting trained in how to be a convincing and scary sea monster. We provide the make up and you get to join the ghost ship party at the end. If you don’t want to perform there are also some opportunities to be production assistants and learn some stage management.

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What advice can you give to students who are entering into a world of virtual reality and platforms such as iPhone apps, online media and location based interactivity?

The best way to start and the quickest way to learn is to experiment and make something. There are lots of open source tools out there so you don’t have to ask any permission, you can just go ahead and do it.

This kind of work requires lots of different skills so it’s important to be collaborative in your approach and allow ideas to breath and grow and change without losing your vision.

The important thing when it comes to interactivity is to keep coming back to the audience and what their experience will be, what’s the motivation for participating? How can you compel and inspire them? What’s useful or funny or empowering?

What are the obstacles in the way of them interacting? Are they the good seductive obstacles that make people want more (sometimes this is down to taste) or the bad kind that make them walk away, like hidden payments.

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Hopefully it’ll be a thrilling, adrenalin-pumping experience where you feel like Indiana Jones or Lara Croft at the heart of your own adventure. You can expect interactive theatre, classic adventure genre peril and you’ll be using your digital Quest Kit to navigate the experience and progress. You’ll be taken into some buildings you’re unlikely to have been in before, uncover hidden history and it’ll be fun. Then there’ll be an epic finale and party on board a ghost ship with live bands and performance. It’s a bargain for £15!

How would you like to further its development in the future?

You’re talking to the dreamer here so we’ll have to see how people like it first, but I think it’d be great to do it again next year now the infrastructure is in place. There’s potential for it to be developed and used as a headline game for a digital arts festival where people across the city contribute their games for people to play. These kind of games happen in other cities like Bristol, London and Manchester and it would be great if Plymouth could develop a unique culture for it.

Find out more at www.facebook.com/resurgamthegame

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/ PS catches up with bad ass roller derby babe Kat Peberdy / For someone who is a Roller Derby Girls amateur, can you put it in simple terms what it’s all about?

Roller Derby is a sport played on quad roller skates – primarily by women but more recently there has been a huge growth in co-ed and men’s teams such as the South West’s own League of Extraordinary Rollergents. The sport incorporates agility, team work and tactics as you skate in a team of 5 with the aim of aiding your Jammer (the skater on your team who scores the points) around the track and simultaneously preventing the other team’s Jammer from passing you. It is a controlled contact sport – but the hits are big as skaters aim to knock the other team down or off the track.

Some of the key terms for Roller Derby explained: Jammer – will wear a star panty (helmet cover) on her head and is the member of the team who scores points by passing skaters of the opposing team Lead Jammer – the jammer who makes it through the pack of blockers first will be awarded the title of Lead Jammer. She can then call the jam off at any point or allow it to run the full 2 minutes, this can be very beneficial to the team when used tactically.

Blocker – there are 4 blockers per team on the track and they simultaneously play offensively and defensively Jam – a jam lasts 2 minutes, or until the lead jammer calls it off. A bout will last as many jams as can fit into the 1 hour.

Bout – a game of Roller Derby, made up of 2 minute jams.

Scrimmage – a less formal bout, often used for practice within teams.

What’s the history of the sport?

Roller derby can potentially be tracked back to the 1880’s when endurance skating races took place for a cash prize – often going on for up to 6 days at a time. This then progressed to Transcontinental Roller Derby, where 25 teams of two would compete to cover 3,000 miles (the distance between LA and NYC) whilst always having one member of the team on track. It soon emerged that the collisions and crashes were an exciting aspect of the sport for the audience and so a more ‘staged’ event took place with exaggerated hits and fights between the women. It was a worry that the audience would soon tire of the theatrics, and there was a distinct lull of interest in the sport from the 1970’s.

There has definitely been a recent revival in the sport, but nowadays there are strict rules in place so throwing punches and tripping opponents is definitely not allowed. Although if you have a look at Renegade Derby, a game with no rules, you will often see some brutal moves!

What’s your favourite part of Roller Derby?

My favourite part of Roller Derby is being around so many fantastic people from all walks of life – and having the opportunity to really push myself whilst being supported by them. The names, the outfits and the aggression are a great escape from normal life and the tensions that can build up from jobs etc. But after each bout every team will hug each other, congratulate each other and compare bruises. Roller derby is a huge community that is connecting people all over the world and that is a really fantastic feeling.

Do you worry about getting seriously injured?

Injuries are a very real part of Roller Derby. Whether it is a slight twinge picked up at training or a broken ankle that takes months and a lot of care to heal, Plymouth City Roller Girls have seen them all over the past year.

The Fresh Meat training aims to help reduce the risk of a serious injury, as well as coaches advising on stretching exercises and warm ups to avoid any annoying pulled muscles. We also wear a lot of protective equipment; helmets, wrist guards, knee-pads, elbow pads and mouth-guards are all compulsory and this is strictly enforced by coaches during training and referees during bouts.

Preventing injuries and maintaining the health of all involved in derby is a priority, but as with all sports, accidents happen and the skaters are all aware of the risks.

What kind of experience do you need to get on the skates?

You don’t need to have any experience – just a lot of confidence to strap on a pair of skates and get stuck in! Leagues that are recruiting will run a Fresh Meat intake, which are often rigorously structured to ensure that every skater is comfortable and safe when skating. You will cover basic skating skills such as stopping and acceleration, and then move on to hitting and blocking. This will usually run for around 12 weeks, and finishes with a minimum skills test which will ensure you are safe to play in your first bout!

I’ve noticed that women choose Roller Derby names, can you explain that a little further?

A Roller Derby name is an opportunity for an alter ego – you can assume a completely different identity on the track and channel the kick-ass person you can’t let out at work!

My name is Hack Nicholson, as I’m a big fan of Stephen King and horror movies so it seemed like the perfect fit. Other names we have within PCRG are Midslammer Murders and Bella Trips Deranged – some great ones from around the globe are Beyonslay, Beauty School Knockout and Kid Block.

How often do the girls get together to practice?

PCRG train three nights a week for two hours at a time. We also skate recreationally at the Hoe, and most recently at Prime Skatepark in Plymouth which allowed us to try out some different skills!

However, we also regularly get together for fundraising and awareness events such as One Billion Rising where we held a flashmob with Weapons of Sound in Plymouth City Centre, and also for an upcoming Zumba marathon in aid of Animal Asia Foundation. Members of PCRG will also be taking part in Resurgam this September which sees Plymouth turn into an interactive game ending up on a ghost ship – so being part of PCRG is about more than just training!

How can someone get involved in the sport?

A quick search online today pulled up 534 teams in Europe alone, and each team will have an intake of new skaters on average once a year so there is a lot of opportunity to find a local league and get involved. Even if you don’t want to join as a skater there are opportunities to get involved in Roller Derby – most teams are in need of skating referees and non-skating officials and they are valuable to a successful Roller Derby league.

Join us on Facebook or have a look at our website www.plymouthcityrollergirls. co.uk to keep an eye out for our next intake!

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Photos by Alex Thomas Words by Naomi Girdler

LAND OF THE GIANTS

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land of the giants

PS speaks to frontman Andy Quick about their new EP, kidney stones, festivals and what the band should really have been called!

You’ve been a band since 2009, but how did you guys get together?

I’d been writing songs for years but I’m a bit of a late starter generally so didn’t do much about forming a band. I’d been jamming with Phil (our original bass player) then I met Sam one night at a gig I was playing in Saltash. He was totally trashed but still played great so I knew he was the man for me. Then my mate Chad jumped on the drums and we got going. We had a jam on a Monday then did our first gig that Saturday.

It was such a messy sound but our energy was there from the start. We’ve had a couple of line up changes since but our sound really started to become our own when the Le Page brothers joined on trumpet and trombone.

Dub, indie, ska, funk - you’ve had many genres associated with you, but how would you describe your sound?

It’s dance music really....brass roots.... soul? I dunno...

It’s a fusion of all things good! Hip hop, indie, blues... we don’t use a lot of electro effects so it’s a pretty old school raw sound, and there’s a spring in our step as a band so we get people bouncing. The songs are really accessible and built on melodies and big choruses to sing along too with yer mates. And from the drums to the vocals, it’s all about high energy. Basically, it’s a new kinda music that people need to have in their lives Where did the name come from?

Well, we needed a name at short notice for our first gig. Our mate Al said he felt like he was in the land of the giants when he stood next to us. I thought that’ll do, we’re all pretty tall after all. Personally, I wanted us to be the St Judes Groove Movement, but no one else did...gutted!

You launched your new EP No Pressure recently, how would you describe it in three words?

Future of music.

Has it been received well?

The feedback has been lovely, people are buzzing from it which is what we wanted. It cost five grand to make and a lot of energy

this year on top of touring but it sounds like it should and is a good representation of our live sound. I know I’m biased but I reckon some of those tunes would sound right on any radio station worldwide. It’s a deeper sound than our first EP and thanks to Kris Sharpe’s skills as a producer, it sounds like a proper hot record. It’s got variety too so there’s a few options on there for potential singles. Our next job is to get it out there and spread the South West vibe.

What other local bands do you rate?

Love the Retro Gents, love Mad Dog McRea, Freshly Squeezed... I loved Jack Tucker.

Some of the best South West bands are outside of Plymouth; The People’s String Foundation are class, as are a lot of Bristol’s bands; Yes Sir Boss, Crinkle Cuts etc. We also play alongside London’s Chainska Brassica whenever we can, they’re a great set of lads and we love em!

You’ve been hitting the festivals hard this summer, what was your favourite one and why?

Glastonbury was a class weekend and an honour to be part of. For me personally, I loved Maker festival this year. We had the Saturday night headline support slot, two thousand party people in front of us and 6 dancing dwarves dressed as mini versions of us that we hired for the gig. It was totally mad and I loved it. Check it out on YouTube!

What/who inspires your music?

I think booze and drugs are major influences!

We’re a party band and we’re lucky enough to have regular adventures for a living.

That’s the main inspiration for me, that and the wonderful people I meet along the way. I think the good thing about this band other than how well we get on is that we all have very different backgrounds and listen to different stuff. That’s why our sound together can’t be pigeon holed. For me I love (amongst many others) Finley Quaye, Kula Shaker, Nina Simone, James Brown, Love, House of Pain... the list goes on!

How have Land of the Giants evolved over time?

We’ve all got kidney stones now.

What does the future hold for Land of the Giants?

We’ve had a mad and amazing summer, become tighter than ever and the lads feel like brothers to me, so whatever happens we are proper blessed to be doing what we do. We got Looe Festival and Brisfest main stage still to come this year, but after that we’re winding it down a wee bit to free up some songwriting time. We wanna hit 2014 with a load of new songs and build on the reputation we’ve carved these last 4 years.

We’ve also gotta put some energy into distributing our EP, getting more national radio plays and maybe working with an agent or management team to open some doors for us. Being an independent band gives you total freedom but it ain’t easy! If we’re gonna take over the world, we’re gonna need some help!

I wanted us to be the St Judes Groove Movement, but no one else did... gutted!

What’s your creative process when writing your songs?

There’s no set model to work to. Each song has got a life of its own. We want our show to be eclectic, we’ve got some arrangement tricks that work for us, but really we tend to try and be true to whatever song we are working on and try and give it a dance-y energy to keep the dance floor pumping at gigs. For the first couple of years, we were playing songs I’d wrote on my acoustic to which Sam would add his electric guitar; chugging the chords and playing wild solos.

Chad would flip the songs on their heads with his rock reggae beats and Carl held it all together with a driving bass. The songs now are far more centred around brass riffs which make it a richer sound, more of a celebration cause, that’s what everyone wants aint it?!

Find out more at www.facebook.com/landofthegiantsuk and support the boys!

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Tiki Bar & Diner 8 Drakes Circus, PL4 8AQ 07878 460500

Now before I write any further, I have to admit that this is probably going to come across a little biased, because since it’s opening at the end of June, I’ve been working hard along with the rest of the team at Tiki Bar and Diner to offer you some of the best food and drink deals on North Hill.

Along with great food in the day, Tiki Bar also holds up to 60 people in an intimate venue downstairs. With local giants such as Bedroom Project, Moriarty, Head of Programmes and The Jerks, and

62 Ebrington Street, PL4 9AF 01752 659861

It’s only been open for a few weeks, but Plymouth’s first ever community pub and arts cafe is proving a big hit with locals and students alike.

Bread and Roses, located in the heart of student land in Ebrington Street is a unique venture established by a group of local people who have a passion for the arts.

Inspired by the tiki bars and cafes of Berlin, Germany, Tiki Bar and Diner is teetering between a tardis and a time warp.

Bigger on the inside than it looks on the outside and kitted out with tiki heads, up cycled surfboards, rockabilly posters and wicker furniture that admittedly you’re more likely to find in your nan’s house, Tiki Bar has a relaxed atmosphere, room to party and an alternative vibe unlike any other bar in the city.

In the day, it offers a menu that caters for vegans, vegetarians and the carnivores with pizzas, bagels, chilli and the infamous home made burgers. With a passion for keeping food simple, full of flavour and still within a student budget, Tiki Bar now boasts an almost entirely home made menu with exciting new recipes in the pipeline. If you’re a fan of a bit of heat and spice, the home made chilli is one to try (there’s vegan and veggie options too, of course), along with a range of hot sauces to choose from if you’re feeling ballsy!

Bread & Roses

Now run as a not for profit community interest company, Bread and Roses is a ground-breaking enterprise which has quickly made a mark in the city.

The driving force behind this new venture is a group of committed local people including former university lecturer Justin Pollard, local jazz vocalist Louise Parker, Plymouth University fine arts lecturer Steve Berry and Kath Willcox, who looks after front of house. with more great shows being booked every day, it’s one to keep an eye on. The venue is also hireable for free, so make it your first port of call for a good ol’ knees up! You can find more information on upcoming gigs in our Big List on pages 4, 5, 6 and 8.

Bread and Roses has been completely and lovingly refurbished, with its period features restored with a funky, shabby chic, modern twist under the direction of Bristol-based set designer and co-op member Pat Bailey. “We like to call it faded grandeur,” said Pat.

Overall, Tiki Bar is a great escape from the usual student orientated bars and clubs, with the added bonus of being able to come back the next day, nursing your hangover with the promise of some fried Tiki Breakfast treats. So come on down to Tiki, day or night and make the most of this new hidden gem!

She has managed to skilfully direct the team, and some committed volunteers, to create the distinctively unique interior.

Bread and Roses caters for all tastes in music, with disco maniacs on Friday evenings and live music every Saturday evening. Everything from folk and jazz to indie and reggae is on offer.

Bread and Roses will embrace all aspects of the arts and offer a place where artists and artisans of all genres can display their work or share their creativity. A writer in residence is to be appointed soon.

But don’t expect any big name brands when it comes to beers, wines and spirits.

The team have gone out of their way to provide a selection of drinks that can’t be matched anywhere in the city.

They include the best of real ales and ciders from the South West region, - many of them organic and gluten free – along with some choice selections of beers and spirits from Europe, including Weihenstephaner wheat beer from the oldest brewery in the world.

Coffee, tea and cakes are available throughout the day, along with a meze menu and cheese platters.

Steve Berry said: “The aim is to rekindle the idea of the pub being the hub of the community with a welcoming ambience for people of all ages and tastes.”

Bread and Roses, 62 Ebrington Street, Plymouth is open from 11am to 1am seven days a week. Their website is www.breadandrosesplymouth.co.uk and you can also visit them on Facebook: TheBreadandRoses and Twitter: @infobread

student submissions / leigh drinkwater

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L E I G H DRI N K W A T E R

Who are you and where do you come from?

Hey, I’m Leigh Drinkwater a 20 year old music photographer born and still living within Plymouth.

How did you first get into photography?

I was always that strange child at the zoo taking about 5 photos of one animal from different angles.

Being able to capture a moment and being able to hold it within your hands always amazed me from a young age. I had always studied some form of Art (Art and design at GCSE and fine art at A-level) however I was given the option to take up photography at A-levels and this is where it really begun. My first interests laid within fine art photography.

However, this progressed into fashion/portrait as my fascination with people began to evolve. Music had always played a massive part within my life, but it wasn’t until my last year in A-levels where music photography was introduced to me by a friend.

What course are you studying? How have you found the experience so far?

I’m now studying for my BA Hons Photography. The course has made my decision clear about what type of photography I want to be involved in and it made me go out there and do something about it as music photography has to be one of the hardest types of photography to get into. It’s also been good to be able to use their equipment to get a better understanding of what I will need in the future.

What made you choose Plymouth College of Art? I wanted to be in smaller class of people in an all around creative environment and on a smaller campus.

How would you describe your style of work?

My images tend to look into expressions, interactions and movement within the shows. My reasons for this is that I love being able to capture people while getting “lost” within the music. The overall appearance of my images differs depending on the vibe of the photographs themselves and what I am trying to emphasis.

What is your process when creating and planning a photo shoot?

For my live images there cannot be a plan. You never know what you could be faced with during these sets: always expect the unexpected and be on your toes. Where as for my promotional work it’s all about how the bands want to be represented and seen to others and then I fill in the gaps.

Who/what inspires you?

As cliched as this sounds, I don’t care. It’s my passion for the music and how people get “so lost within it” which inspires me the most, I like how every show is different: how I have to be kept on my toes, how I’m under pressure with every click, seeing people’s reactions, but also for the fact with how lost I also get within the rush. It’s this that keeps me wanting more.

Do you sometimes suffer from creative block? How do you deal with that?

It’s not so much of a “creative block” for me it’s more trying to not be repetitive as sometimes if your shooting in the same venue over and over again, images can start looking the same and this is when you have to step back and take a different

approach to spice things back up again.

What would be your ideal job?

I mainly want to be a tour photographer, which basically involves following a band around while they on tour, photographing each show for them.

However, this is hard to come by so anything in the alternative music industry that will keep me shooting shows, whether that’s working with bands or alongside promoters.

Got any advice for anyone thinking of going into photography?

Photography is NOT the easy option that everyone thinks it is… All well and good knowing your technical side..however getting into the industry is another matter. Expect more down’s then up’s, trial and error until you find your feet. But once you start making the smallest leaps it truly is amazing.

What are your plans for the future?

Keep going. Keep improving. Keep achieving. And maybe one day, just one day, be where I want to be.

Where can we find your work/how can we get in touch?

You can find my work here.. www.facebook.com/LeighDrinkwaterPhotography or email: Ldrinkwater2@hotmail.co.uk

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student submissions / emily dymond

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How’s life?

Good! Very busy, but good busy.

Who are you and where do you come from?

I am Emily Dymond and I come from a very lovely seaside town called Teignmouth in Devon.

How did you first get into illustration?

I’ve always loved being creative, I think I chose illustration because I loved doodling and I was working in a call centre at the time, which was a bit soul destroying. That was enough motivation to make me do a degree in something creative.

You’ve just graduated from Plymouth College of Art, how was your experience there?

My third year was great, the tutors at PCA are so supportive and just lovely people! You can tell they love illustration just as much as you do.

What made you choose Plymouth College of Art? I’m not really sure, I think it was a mixture of circumstances but I’m glad I chose Plymouth. It can be a bit of a hard time but I’ve become very fond of this city. In Plymouth, you feel like you’re really contributing to the creative community and the creative community here is one of the strongest and most passionate I have ever come across. Good things are happening in this city and I think it’s an exciting time to be here.

How would you describe your style of work?

This is such a hard question. I take inspiration

from so many different styles but I suppose my work is focused on being very ‘hand drawn’, I try to create imagery that is relatable but always has a big chunk of my personality in it. If I get bored or feel uninspired putting pencil to paper, I’ll try some painting or collage. However, my biggest love is doing typographic work, which seems to be the thing that’s getting me the most interest at the moment.

What is your process when developing artwork?

Draw, trace, scan, make it shiny. Haha!

Who/what inspires you?

Where I live and the people I know, anyone who can make a living from being creative!

Do you sometimes suffer from a creative block?

Yes.

How do you deal with that?

Make yourself a brew, go for a walk and hope for the best!

What would be your ideal job?

To be a successful freelance illustrator – which requires me to travel all around the world? (I wish).

Got any advice for anyone thinking of going into illustration?

Persevere, even through the projects you really hate. Make the most of opportunities to sell and

exhibit your work, and talk to as many people as you can.

Most of the work I’ve had recently has come from meeting people through friends or at weddings etc, and New Designers. If you can get into New Designers, do it. It’s so worthwhile.

And, if you can, start a saving fund for internships/ placements when you finish uni. You’ll be lucky to find a paid placement so having money to be able to lap up all the opportunities that come your way would be a bonus. I finished my degree with absolutely no savings and now I’m learning the hard way!

What are your plans for the future?

Keep working hard and take on as many opportunities and challenges that come my way, make sure I’m able to pay my rent and go on as many adventures as my illustration pennies can fund!

Where can we find your work/how can we get in touch?

You can find me at behance.net/emilydymond, I’m also on Twitter, Pinterest and Linkedin.

And you can email me at emily.dymond@hotmail. co.uk :-)

student submissions / ben wills

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How’s life?

Life is good at the moment, hectic but good! I’ve been busy putting pieces in various galleries, selling work online along with art events and sorting out various things for my clothing brand Black Spot, which I’ll officially release mid to late autumn.

Who are you and where do you come from?

My name is Ben Wills and I am going into my 3rd year studying Illustration. I originally come from Chelmsford Essex (please don’t picture me like the cast from that terrible programme!)

How did you first get into illustration?

I have been drawing since I could hold a pen or pencil, like most children really, but it’s always been a great passion of mine. I’ve always been interested in an artistic or creative career, but it was on my foundation course that I decided to pursue illustration.

How have you found the experience so far?

Since starting the course at university and labelling myself as an illustrator I have become so much more passionate about the practice, and becoming really interested in other peoples work, there’s so many talented people out there! The more I become involved in the world of illustration, the more I seem to love it, and I think this can subconsciously reflect in my work.

How would you describe your style of work?

I mainly work in black ink or fine liner pen as I enjoy the medium so much: because of this my work can sometimes have a macabre element to it. I also love to work in intricate detail, it’s hard to describe your own style, but I would say my work has a more “traditional” look and style to it combined with a

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graphic twist. That being said, I sometimes choose to work in a completely different way as I like to experiment, being diverse when possible.

What is your process when developing artwork?

When it comes to creating personal work, I don’t really have a specific process as such, I usually draw whatever I feel like at the time. I think the best ideas people can have are completely spontaneous, so once I have this thought it’s pen to paper straight away. When completing university modules or working to a brief/ client, I’m much more conscious about what I create and the message it communicates. Usually this involves brainstorming ideas and doodling/lots of mini rough sketches then choosing one or two of these ideas to develop and experiment with the composition, going back and forth until I’m happy with the finished outcome.

Who/what inspires you?

I’m inspired pretty easily which I guess is a good thing being an illustrator, almost everything can have its own aesthetic if you perceive it in a certain way. Nautical and macabre subject matter however both stick out in terms of inspiration for me, as I love the sea and seem to be fascinated with anything dark and morbid. Any artists who create detailed work also inspire me, but Sergio Toppi and Robert Crumb are two names that always come to mind.

What would be your ideal job?

My ideal job would be working as a freelance illustrator for various types of clients and having an eclectic range of briefs to complete. I find it exciting meeting new people and working on different projects frequently. I would also like to keep my clothing brand Black Spot on the go, I’ve enjoyed printing my work onto clothing so much and find the

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process really therapeutic, despite it being pretty stressful at times.

Got any advice for anyone thinking of going into illustration?

I haven’t been involved with illustration very long so wouldn’t be the wisest person to ask for advice, however if you’re passionate enough about the subject then go for it, work hard, be open to change and network. It is only in the past year that I’ve made a big effort to network and found positive things are starting to happen as a result.

What are your plans for the future?

I’m working on a clothing range (Black Spot) at the moment and will officially release my first small range for the autumn. I really hope it goes well so I can keep expanding as I’ve enjoyed every aspect of it so much already. I’ve had some work in various small galleries/exhibitions and would like to keep on placing work in more areas around London. After getting in contact with the band The Black Ink and working on designs for them I’d enjoy creating images for other bands that can be used on covers, posters, clothing etc. I enjoy every aspect of art/ illustration and want to be involved with as many different areas possible, I don’t know if I’ll be fortunate enough to make a living out of this, but I’m trying and will continue to try hoping I can make it a reality.

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/ Words by Casey Goddard /

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Whether you’re new to Plymouth, or on your second or third year stint, I think there are some places you should take your bicycle. These places are not so much for the rider who would like to come back exhausted and drooling into their workbooks, but for people who want to get around Plymouth, get on their bike, get some exercise or just hang with friends.

This is behind Sainsbury’s, follow the pavement we’re on, then the signs...

Four Beach Ride

‘The Big C’ Sea what I did there?

Modified Route 27

When you see this sign, follow Crafthole

View of Torpoint from Mount Edgecumbe

A Part of Route 27 – 17.8miles http://goo.gl/maps/2BbhP This ride makes up a part of the UK’s National Cycle Network. With little to no incline, it’s perfect for beginners and those who don’t want to exhaust themselves in an uphill struggle. University has enough of that. Be careful though, if you don’t turn back eventually you’ll end up in the northernmost reaches of Devon, Ilfracombe.

Planning an over-night ride?

The route there, whether you’re on Mutley Plain, at Plymouth University or anywhere central is pretty easy. Route 27 starts on the Hoe, but we’re going to enter it later, where there’s no traffic. Mountain bike users (or road cyclists who like to walk with their bike) can enter ‘The Ride’ from Laira Bridge Road. Those with road bikes might want to skip the gravel path and head down Embankment Road toward the Sainsbury’s at Marsh Mills. I’d stay on the path on the left, it’s for cyclists and Embankment Road is hairy. From there you just follow the little blue signs.

As it’s a smooth and flat road it’s less of an endurance trial than an excuse to see some sights and stretch those legs. The route toward Clearbrook is also isolated from cars and buses with the only oncoming traffic being walkers and other cyclists. And maybe sheep, cow and horses, once you hit the moor – so watch out for them! Also, an unspoken rule is to stay on the left.

The way there covers roughly 10 miles and takes you through Plymbridge Woods across a chain of viaducts that overlook lush valleys.

The viaducts even have little viewing platforms to stand on! The route here goes up to Clearbrook where you can stop for lunch in the Skylark Inn and continue further if you wish. On your way back (another ten miles) it’s more-orless one road, all down-hill and on mostly dedicated cycle paths, it’s hard to complain really! And, if you really don’t like traffic you can always go back the same way.

If you’re looking for a greater challenge than this route, you can always stay on it and follow it to Yelverton, Tavistock, Okehampton and beyond – it goes to Devon’s northern coast, remember.

If you want to ride with friends but don’t have a bicycle – Don’t Panic! The amazing people at Plymouth Bicycle Hire have struck a deal for PS readers. By quoting this magazine, or by presenting it to them, you can get 10% off your cycle hire or a bicycle delivered to Plymouth University for £12.

Four Beach Ride - 18.2miles http://goo.gl/maps/S2MH4 Four Beach Ride takes you on an epic journey. Exactly like Game of Thrones, without the drama. Or maybe not… It’s harder than Route 27 with hills to conquer and the journey is longer but it is so very satisfying.

Not to mention, you get to visit four beaches and there are plenty of pubs along the way… for FOOD not alcohol. Save that for when you get back.

As a ride it takes you out of Plymouth across the Cremyll ferry to Mount Edgecumbe; south, to Cawsand and Kingsand and then west to Whitsand.

The rest is essentially the return journey passing through Antony and returning to Plymouth on the Torpoint ferry. I promise you that the ferry rides are all a part of the experience.

Four Beach Ride has its hilly inclines with enough gaps and gorgeous views to rest and recover on your journey.

You’re not close to any serious traf-

fic, most of the road will be wide country lanes (not the narrow deathtraps I’m so keen to avoid).

The only real traffic hazard will be you gawping at the view and not the road.

Nonetheless, be careful, this ride is certainly by roads and has more danger (and thrills) than Route 27.

Each destination boasts its own vistas to get lost in, all looking somewhere from their own special angle, but a definite highlight has been Military Road on the south-western coast overlooking Whitsand Bay. After tirelessly riding uphill from Cawsand you reach the top and see the Bay’s entire landmass curving out in a ‘C’ around an endless ocean. The pictures don’t even do it justice.

This route is great for exploring because it leads you around parts of Plymouth and Cornwall, with areas like Looe, Devil’s Point and Royal William Yard close by.

Plymouth Bike Hire is based in Coypool by Sainsbury’s Marsh Mills, just off Route 27, in a big red bus. To get there you could take the bus, walk or order your bike to be delivered to the Sports Complex in Endsleigh Place. And there you will find it locked up nice and safe for you to collect. You can call them on: 07577 279928 or visit them at www.plymouthbikehire.co.uk.

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bar reviews/looe festival

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B A R R E VI E WS Skiving Scholar

1 Tavistock Place, PL4 8AU / 01752 603473 If you’re new to Plymouth, you may not have heard of the Skiving Scholar, and if that’s the case, then you’re in for a treat. One of the most well known pubs in the city of P-town, Scholar boasts some of the longest opening hours and the birth of the infamous Terminator drink. Before you ask, no - even I don’t know what’s in it, the recipe seems to be kept a secret, but what I do know is that it doesn’t take many to get you wasted! With it’s unique decor and staff that are up for a bit of banter, the Skiving Scholar is a go-to bar for those with a good ol’ knees up in mind.

Downstairs hosts a small music venue, with a wide range of genres played on a regular basis, so if you think your band would fill a room, get in touch! Along with a cocktail bar, it’s the perfect place to get a little messy, a little sweaty and enjoy some tunes. Keep an eye on their Facebook for any upcoming events and gigs, plus Acoustic Sundays coming soon!

Scholar is a pretty unique bar, with different drinks deals on every day and

The Fortescue

37 Mutley Plain, PL4 6JQ / 01752 660673 Real ale and scrumpy lovers need look no further than The Fortescue Hotel on Mutley Plain.

some pretty insane opening hours, with weekends closing at 6am, 4am on the weekdays and an opening time of 11am.

This means you can be a skiving scholar at almost any time of the day, but don’t let it become a habit, you’ve got a degree to finish! And to all you sports fans, BT Sports is now fired up and ready to go with all the latest premiership matches, rugby league games, and the possibility of UFC nights for those into a little bit of mixed martial arts!

It’s easy to see that the Skiving Scholar can be for anyone and everyone, and that tends to be the way it goes.

With a great mix of different people, you never know who you could meet or what could happen, but that’s all part of the fun, right?

LOOE F EST IVA L 27th - 29th September

What do you get when you combine one of the top New Year’s Eve locations in the UK with a music festival? The answer: one hell of a beach party.

In its third year, Looe Music Festival 2013 is set to be the best yet, with bands from glam-rock giants The Darkness to new talent reinventing the genres of dance and hip-hop.

The Fort – as it’s affectionately known – has won a multitude of awards, including in 2013 alone CAMRA Real Ale Pub of the Year for the fourth time, Cider Pub of the Year and Best Bar None Community Pub of the Year and Real Ale Pub of the Year.

The Fort offers at least eight different real ales and seven scrumpies on a daily basis - which means drinkers can actually quaff up to 40 different ales in a week.

On top of that, the legendary extra strong bitter Cornish ale Spingo Special (6.6%) is available for ale afficionados every Sunday.

with open mic and featured artists from 8pm till late every Thursday in the Cellar Bar and fun cash poker nights on Wednesdays.

Sunday night is quiz night and there’s also a Sunday Carvery for just £4.99 from 12 noon to 3.30pm. Apart from then, customers are welcome to take their own food to the Fort, washed down by one of its many ales or ciders.

There’s a Vegan cafe with live music every month with the next two events on September 21 and October 19.

There’s November hardcore The Fort

music too on October 26 and 16 with a Mish Mash evening of punk bands from 8pm onwards. Call for details.

The popular pub is home to the Plymouth University Real Ale Society and, according to landlord Steve Smith, the Fort is ‘student friendly for friendly students.’

The Fort has plenty of offer in addition to its ales and ciders.

Regular entertainment includes acoustic sessions

For all you mellow-heads Looe is teeming with acoustic and folk acts such as fiddle maestro Seth Lakeman who performs beautiful ballads as well as whirly high-tempo reels written about his stomping-ground Dartmoor, and Kola – a band whose soulful lyrics and gentle riffs create a sound which is at times upbeat, at times melodically mournful - perfect for dancing to in the sun ... or rain. Both are good.

NEW TALENT If you’re more into your trip-hop, hip-hop, electro and dance, Looe’s playing host to a load of acts breaking genres & creating new ones. Check out Caned and Able and Dizraeli & The Small Gods who are both producing sounds that will get the beach jumping.

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If Rock’s your jam there are plenty of bands to wrap your ears round like Brit rockers Reef, who have their roots firmly planted in West Country soil, and Simon Townshend (brother of that guy in The Who).

Whatever your taste, Looe Music Festival has sounds for you: rockabilly, SKA, blues, jump-jive, soul, punk, rock, indie, folk, bluegrass ... even down to the rockney randomness of Chas and Dave.

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STUDENT SUGAR BABIES / Words by Naomi Girdler /

When I first heard of the term sugar daddy, I will be honest; I wasn’t entirely sure what it meant. A quick Google later and I can hear cash registers in my ears… just kidding! A sugar daddy is a ‘rich older man who lavishes gifts on a young woman (who are affectionately called sugar babies) in return for her company or sexual favours’.Recent studies have shown that more and more female students are joining these sugar daddy orientated dating sites in the hopes of being able to blag an older man in exchange for some tuition fees.

According to the dating website SeekingArrangement.com, over 150 Cambridge University students joined last year, while eight of the other top 20 universities using the site were based in London. My initial reaction to this story is that it seems to be a glorified form of prostitution, and so I decided to join the site to see how true this could be.

drop down menu, an amount you’d be expecting from a potential sugar daddy. This goes from less than a thousand dollars monthly to more than $20k!

As I enter the world of being a ‘sugar baby’, I notice that half of the men’s profiles have faces obscured or hidden to protect their identity, and the ones that are left over tend to be at least in their 60’s, greying and overweight. This experience is so far living up to my expectations. It’s easy to see with a little investigating how people are so quick to jump the gun and assume that this kind of ‘arrangement’ is sexual.

Brandon Wade, CEO and founder of SeekingArrangement. com mounts a defence on his website saying, ‘Because the relationship between a sugar daddy and a sugar baby

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1 University of Cambridge – 168 2 London School of Economics – 163 3 University of Kent – 160 4 University of Nottingham – 155 5 Glasgow Caledonian University – 154

The subject is a grey area and I can only go by what I’ve found myself. With profiles quoting “Please, if your profile photos are not an accurate representation of your current physical shape and appearance, then let’s not converse. i.e. “slim” means kit-kat, not twinkie.” - it’s easy to assume that most of these guys are picky and arrogant narcissists, with too much money burning a hole in their pocket. Admittedly, I found a couple ‘catches’ but I couldn’t help but think there must be something not quite right considering their profiles are several, scrupulous paragraphs outlining everything they do and don’t want in a woman. That’s not the way it works, buddy.

Sugar dating isn’t for me, my profile was active only for a few curious hours. However, if you want to go down the route of being a sugar baby, good luck to you! It seems that you have even more dating crap to wade through to get to the good ones than your average singleton, but the financial rewards could be great, it certainly seems appealing with a current bank balance of £1.24.

As I joined there were four options, sugar daddy, sugar mummy, male sugar baby and female sugar baby.

Yes, the theme is oddly/incestuously familial. There was the standard procedure of having to fill out details, height, build, eye colour, hair colour, which was to be expected. What I didn’t expect however was the third section: ‘arrangement you are seeking’. This allowed you to then choose from a

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K a m e l eon Rose

A former Plymouth hospital doctor has followed her dream of creating a new fashion brand - 6,000 miles away in Madagascar.

After studying medicine and working as a junior doctor at Plymouth’s Derriford Hospital for more than two years Leila Rose Mamie left Plymouth last year to establish an innovative clothing company, aimed in particular at young people who back-pack around the world.

Leila, who is 28, said: “My path in fashion actually started at the Plymouth College of Art where I took evening classes in fashion design and pattern design in 2011 alongside my day job.

“The course lasted for six months and it was the highlight of my working week. I was working 12 hour days sometimes 90 hour weeks at Derriford hospital and still somehow finding the energy to attend the evening class. Sometimes I would be on night shifts so I would go on my way into work! Within the course we learnt the basics in pattern making and at the end of the course I made a dress which was inspired by ethnic prints, which is reflected in our new clothing company.

“I dreamt of creating my own brand and Plymouth College of Art gave me the grounding and some of the tools needed to do this.

After leaving medicine I went backpacking around the world and saw a need for clothing that adapts to the huge variety of needs whilst travelling. I discovered a huge gap in the market and met

many travellers with similar experiences and opinions – the need for functional clothing that is adaptable, flattering and enjoyable to wear. We are producing the clothing in Madagascar with a small team of five people, plus freelance professionals in Europe and provide work in one of the poorest countries in the world. Alongside the clothing production we have also created a social project where we are sending children to school.”

Leila has established Kameleon Rose, a new clothing brand featuring innovative adaptable clothing from sustainable materials in Madagascar. Her signature product for women is the Kameleon, which is made of 100 per cent bamboo fabric and can be worn in 50 different ways.

The Kameleon is an adaptable piece of clothing that can be worn as a dress, top, skirt or trousers - each option with a multitude of varieties. It appeals to a very broad range of customers because of it’s ability to be worn in so many different styles.

It features engraved buttons made from Zebu cow horns, a by-product in Madagascar, a printed elasticised panel for comfort and adaptability and handy hidden pocket for coins, keys and other valuables.

Leila has also designed the Wrap, an adaptable unisex accessory that looks like a scarf, but has a secret pocket enabling it to become a cool bag. It can also be used as a top, shawl, skirt or pillow protector. Like the Kameleon the Wrap is also made from 100

per cent bamboo fabric. Leila’s products are now selling in nine countries in Europe and 22 shops after just 12 months.

“I believe that we should follow our passion in life, however that does not mean we will meet no challenges. I just hope that this story can inspire people to follow their dreams!”

Leila has recently launched a campaign on Kickstarter, a crowdfunding website where she is raising funds to grow the company. She hopes to raise £10,000 by the middle of September to fund the launch and international promotion of a new 2014 collection.

“My aim is to create a revolution within the clothing industry by making innovative clothing that, unlike normal clothing adapts to life, made from sustainable materials. We also want to take sustainability to the next level. Not only are the clothes made from eco friendly materials and assembled under ethical conditions, these products adapt to one’s style and taste, lasting throughout the seasons.

Running a clothing brand I have needed to further so many skills: fashion design is just one part of the company. I have had to learnt about marketing, sales, business, management and finance. It has been an enormous challenge running a company from Madagascar which is one of the poorest countries in the world. But the advantage of working here is that we are totally involved in all of the production and we can maintain such high quality within our products.”

For more information visit www.kameleonrose.com

little camden market

LITTLE

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CAMDEN / Words by Rebecca Hembry /

Bored of looking like everybody else in your Disco Pants and hilariously ironic slogan t-shirt? Is the magnolia paint and flat pack furniture of your student room making you feel more claustrophobic than Miley Cyrus’s latexed arse cheeks? Well, why not venture beyond the Mall’s shiny glass walls and take a stroll down to the less salubrious part of Plymouth’s city centre. Go past the closed down Woolworth’s building, past the boarded up T J Hughes and the defunct Derry’s department store. Do not get distracted by the alluring prospect of the many pawn shops, or the tempting aroma of Kentucky Fried Chicken brains; keep going, for nestled at the back of Colin Campbell Court you will find one of the City’s finest hidden treasures: Little Camden Market.

Part junk shop, part antiques centre, part vintage clothing store, Little Camden Market is a veritable Aladdin’s Cave. But be careful what you wish for, because you will probably find it here! The only place in Plymouth where you are able to pick up a second hand canoe with your genuine Louboutin heels, I caught up with proprietor Dawn Frogson to find out more about “The Rock and Roll side of Recycling”: So, how did you end up running Plymouth’s only thrift store?

It came about that we had a licence to recycle from Plymouth City Council and it started from there - about four and a half years ago now. I used to work for Lush cosmetics and was always of a green frame of mind and it was just a great way of recycling.

Vintage clothing has been en vogue for a number of years now, and TV programmes such as Kirsty Allsopp’s ‘Fill Your House for Free’ demonstrate how second hand furniture has moved from the preserve of the poor to the authentic accessory of the aspirational. Who would you say your typical customer was?

We’ve had millionaires come in and buy things, and we have people for whom we are the only option they’ve got to buy bits and bobs, and we do our best for everybody. We have a broad range from people who don’t have much money like people on benefits, and students who are really cool and wanting to explore and make their own identity through furniture, to people who are fed up with going to Selfridges and just want to do something that’s different.

So you attract a lot of people who are keen to reclaim items and construct their own style rather than rely on ready made fashions?

The thrift shop thing has taken off so it’s quite cool to reuse and recycle. Students are a new big thing for us, we never had that before but now everybody is upcycling. The Uni are including us as part of a style and design module now, which is going to be quite cool to do. If you can’t afford an item from Louis Vuitton you can make it out of something from the fifties and still be on trend. It’s just a bit of imagination. We also lend things out for nothing; we try to help out and encourage the arts in Plymouth.

I’ve seen items for sale in Little Camden Market at a fraction of the price you would pay for them in a trendy vintage shop in some of the bigger cities. What separates you from these sort of places?

People do get in touch from up the line and we have sold to them at these prices, but then we see where it ends up, and it takes it so out [of people’s price range] so we don’t really like to do it, we like to keep it local. There are enough people in Plymouth, and when it’s quirky and it’s good it’s nice that it stays at home. We don’t do vintage fairs and things because that is a different price range and gets away from what we’re trying to be. In the morning we get a lot of dealers who come in early and buy from us to sell to the public. We’re wholesale prices no matter who you are, if you’re a dealer, a family person or a student, you get a reduced price and we encourage you to come in and barter. If we buy well, if we buy it right, we pass that on to you. That’s what it’s all about.

As well as daily updates showcasing new items you have in stock, I have noticed you often use online media to give things away for free!

We are trying now to do the Facebook and the Twitter thing; every time we do a stock rotate if there’s something that’s been there a while we’ll put it on and give it away. There’s no need to be breaking things up, somebody will use it... there’s always something you can make out of everything.

So, if you’re a budding antiques hunter, a fashion student after inspiration for your latest designs, or just environmentally conscious and on a budget, break away from the mainstream and bag yourself a bargain in the process at Little Camden Market. Expect to hunt for what you want, but that’s part of the reward. As Dawn says, “Come and have a rummage and a barter”... you never know what you might find.

Find Little Camden Market on Facebook or follow them on Twitter @thriftshopuk.

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food

L i v ing F a j ita L o c a !

We’re still holding onto the summer, not matter how many people say they’re looking forward to open fires and comfy sweaters. The country is happier with some heat in their life, so why not keep the summer dream alive with this simple chicken fajita recipe? As always, meat can be changed to vegetarian or vegan options, or if chicken isn’t your jam, then beef works pretty damn well too!

C H IC K E N 2 chicken breasts finely sliced 1 red onion finely sliced 1 red pepper sliced 1 finely sliced red chilli (optional) Marinade: 1 heaped tbsp smoked paprika

FA J I TA S

1 tbsp ground coriander Pinch of cumin Big pinch of salt and cracked pepper 2 medium garlic cloves crushed Lug of olive oil.

Juice of one lime 4-5 drops tabasco.

Method – 1. Turn on oven to 200 deg celsius and wrap the tortillas in foil.

2. Finely slice chicken, onion and pepper.

3. Add these to a mixing bowl and then add the marinade ingredients in the listed order.

4. Heat a griddle pan until smoking hot and put the tortillas in the oven wrapped in the foil. Add contents of the mixing bowl to the pan and keep them moving over a high heat using tongs so you get

Accompaniments: One pack tortillas Bag mixed salad (rocket is always good) Salsa Serves 3 Difficulty: Easy Ready in 35 mins

a nice charring effect. Be careful not to overcook the chicken as it can become dry. 10 seconds or so after you can no longer see any raw parts of chicken, find the thickest part and tear in half to check if it is cooked. It is often cooked a lot quicker than you think. the idea is to get chicken that is still moist but charred on the outside, which requires a high heat.

5. Once cooked tip the pan contents into a large bowl and serve with the heated tortillas (they should have been in the oven around 8 mins), salad and salsa.

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f ilm r e v i ews film reviews / game review

CULT CLASSIC

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by Casey Goddard This issue’s film reviews features a cult classic we at PS think everyone should watch; The Room. Following in the same footsteps of producer, writer, actor and director Tommy Wiseau, a new release Upstream Colour, directed, written and starred in by Shane Carruth is critiqued.

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/ TOMMY WISEAU

UPSTREAM COLOR / SHANE CARRUTH

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Ironically...

The Room literally blows my mind… Looking at this page I’m supposed to fill, I can feel my brain melting into mush and all words vacate my fingertips. To begin with, I’m not even going to talk about the plot; I’m going to communicate The Room to you.

The Room straddles two of the most ridiculous extremes in cinema. It is either the work of a comic genius whose brain should be scanned, preserved and marvelled at for years to come, whose techniques should headline books on film studies and whose depth of plot and character exploration give Shakespeare the shake-down… That, or The Room is the most ill-executed and senseless piece of trash to ever befoul my vision and desecrate my ears. It is, indeed, exasperating either way.

There is a somewhat unintentional irony afoot… If I made such a song and dance about how The Room is all done by Tommy Wiseu, Upstream Colour dispels the myth that a one-man-band leads to utter rubbish (even the so-bad-it’s-good kind). It is written, directed, acted, produced and edited by Shane Carruth (he even did the score)! His debut was the the sci-fi thriller: Primer. But enough of that.

It’s not often that a game comes along and redefines the way stories can be told in our beloved medium. Arguably the only storytelling innovations to come about in recent years are Bastion’s dynamic narration and The Walking Dead’s decision-heavy branching storyline. But this is exactly what has been achieved by The Fullbright Company with their debut title Gone Home.

Upstream Color is about the lives of two people who become connected by a scam and whose psyche becomes entwined with the life of a parasite. I don’t expect you to fully understand my tiny description, I read several reviews online and there is no consensus on what the movie is about. Something about two people who get mugged and then a lot of pigs and worms.

Set during a stormy night in 1995, Gone Home sees you playing as Kaitlin Greenbriar, and after a year of backpacking through Europe you return to find your family home is empty. With a vague message from younger sister Sam and no sign of mum and dad, it’s clear something is amiss. The rest of the game is spent exploring the eerie house in an attempt to figure out exactly what happened.

As almost all critics and reviews will tell you, the film is so shockingly awful, it’s fantastic. It defies logic, like quantum mechanics defies Newtonian science. Just as a sub-atomic particle can be both a wave and a particle, The Room can be both incredible and a terrible pile of human shite, at exactly the same time. Inconceivable, I know. By using science as a metaphor I get at the nitty-gritty of my point: I don’t know what the hell is going on, I think I died or I was born again or something crazyspiritual like that.

The movie has a post-modern-esque feel to it. The narrative is sparse, without an overarching sense of what is going on, making it difficult to describe. The scenes have a hazy dreamlike quality flowing through them. You have to be pro-active piecing together the plot, joining from dot-to-dot, so that it has direction. I got it more the second time round and to be fair, despite the abstract feel, it’s a pleasure to watch. If anything, I came away feeling like this is another way to tell a story, a really good way.

Maybe this is what happens when one man decides he will write, star, produce, direct and finance a movie…. You get messed up. And, please don’t just skim over the significance of this…

Tommy Wiseu wrote the movie, he produced it, he directed it, he was the main actor for it and he funded its creation. What in holy hell hath thou created?! Oh, and just to complete the cluster-fuck, did I mention it took him 12 years to write The Room, before he even sat down to shoot it!?

When the movie was over I was like, ‘what happened?’.The thought of writing a review became hilarous – I had no idea of what the movie was saying! So, I read some reviews and got some grip on what was going on. I don’t want to unveil everything, the way the film makes you think and piece it together is all a part of the fun, but I’ll try to give a sense of the plot.

And some little bird tells me that it was originally conceived as a drama… only to be re-positioned as a comedy as not a single soul could take it seriously.

Tommy is a strange cat, himself… Apart from one guy saying he looks like an ‘alien hybrid of Fabio and Christopher Walken’ – which is remarkably insightful- there is not much to know.

He has a somewhat European accent and guards the truth through barbed evasion… ‘Croatian Cyborg’ is the closest anyone has come to guessing. So, apart from not being able to speak very good English, act, direct or produce… this man has created a cult film, spawning a cult of personality.

You might be saying, hurry up and tell us the plot already, that’s what you do when you review a movie! Well, I’m not entirely sure that this is going to be a productive exercise. The plot covers a love triangle between Johnny (Tommy Wiseu, again) and his fiancée, Lisa and her involvement with Mark, Johnny’s best friend. To be brief, though it would be hard to drag this out, Johnny’s partner Lisa cheats on him with Mark and the naïve Johhny’s life is ruined. Of course, no movie is complete without sex, so there are about 4 awkward softporn scenes (maybe 3½ as one is recycled later) and a myriad of lost sub-plots… drugs, cancer, catch and tuxedoes… The themes are human relationships that are timeless, like violence, anger, love, rejection and acceptance – but the delivery is astoundingly strange. Just watch it… I’m telling you – it’ll change your life either way.

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We begin with a lot of silence and mystery; you don’t really know what’s going on for some time. Even once you feel like you’ve got a grip on some narrative stability and a rock to cling onto, it’s too late. The main character, Kris (Amy Seimetz), gets assaulted and pumped with a bug and slavishly consents to all of her money and assets being stripped from her. Once she is released an accomplice to the thief, the Sampler (Andrew Sensenig) attracts her with sound. The pig farmer, Sampler removes the bug by feeding its tapeworm body to one of his pigs. Kris wakes with no memory. It’s here that Shane Carruth enters as Jeff, ‘the interested man’, who we later find may have been subject to the same scam. During this time the pig farmer makes music by recording noises in nature. The two characters slowly become closer and we, the audience, begin to see connections between them. These affinities seem to be related to nowforgotten routines they were forced into for the scam, the pig farmer’s music and a tele-empathic connection to the pig.

Slowly, through luck and music Kris starts to find her memories and the farmer.

Artistically, I think the film is wonderful. The soundtrack is amazing, maybe as my friend Ed would say ‘organic’ but I don’t know about these things. The way the story is told can be a little confusing, but for me, this makes is fascinating. Worth a watch with your mates. If anything this film will make you wonder.

The main character in Gone Home isn’t Kaitlin, nor 17-yearold Sam who is the focus of the narrative, the star of the show here is the house itself. As with any family home, every possession has a history; the cheap but charming trinket that got picked up on holiday, the story written by your sister in second grade, your high school athletics trophies. The Greenbriar family home is filled with countless details like these, and while they might seem insignificant on their own, when taken as a whole they provide a deeply personal insight into the lives of the people who live there.

That’s not to say that the characters in Gone Home aren’t just as fully-formed as the setting. You’ll find notes and letters that help you to understand the family’s personalities and relationships, all of which are extremely well-written. I won’t spoil any details, but as the story develops it begins to take on some mature themes that are rarely discussed in games, and the material is handled incredibly well. By the end of the game I felt more connected to the characters than I have in any titles in recent memory, without the use of more traditional storytelling mechanics.

The Fullbright Company’s previous work on the BioShock series really shines through in the game’s atmosphere. In the same way that Rapture’s creepy soundscape instilled a sense of dread into the player, Gone Home’s ambient sound effects evoke a similar feeling to hearing unexplained noises in your own home at night. This, combined with the sound of raindrops hammering against the house walls and an excellent soundtrack by Chris Remo, results in a truly memorable setting.

From a gameplay perspective, Gone Home is pretty basic. There are no annoying puzzles to complete, enemies to headshot, or other pitfalls that could distract from the story. Your only goal is to rummage through every drawer and examine every object. Once you pick up an object it can be rotated to fully inspect it from every angle, similarly to systems seen in L.A. Noire and Amnesia: The Dark Descent. Doing so reveals just how detailed the ingame items are; The Fullbright Company have created countless household items (complete with their own fake brands), all of which are presented with high-resolution textures to allow you pick up on every little detail.

Gone Home isn’t a long game; the time taken to complete it is comparable to that of the average movie, even if you inspect the house thoroughly - and like most films, Gone Home’s narrative is most enjoyable the first time round.

But in the same way as the best flicks that you can rewatch time after time, I see myself returning to the Greenbriar household in the future.

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MUSIC

REVIEWS

thirty three songs of the 1990’s. A searing collection of

way with words, which at times is difficult

from BIG 90’s anthems from Nirvana and

tunes that really got down to the core of his

to hear, is matched with an impressive

REM. It’s the closest the album gets to

character and allowed him to howl angrily

batshit crazy. Too often, it walks a very

at the world around him.

vocal style that can only be referred to as

people, this is hip-hop. It’s not. Spread your

Originally, Cobain was hellbent on calling

net a little wider to find gold. You’ll only

the album, ‘I Hate Myself And Want To Die’

find dung here.

which, considering the future ahead of him, was a dark omen on the horizon.

the record as a whole is one of the rawest releases in the last 20 years. Few artists

MAGNA CARTA... HOLY GRAIL

get close to this brutal honesty and sell millions

/ JAY Z

happen slowly at first, they’ll lose touch with what’s new and vibrant before falling back on old, trusted habits. No longer the

units

of

the

back

of

it.

Viva misery.

Roc-A-Fella / Roc Nation / Universal

family and slowly lose their edge. It’ll

of

Repeated listens bear a little frustration as the initial charm becomes a little

song.

of local producer Rich Robinson. Guitars and vocals shine throughout, rather than

DGC

the flatness that this type of music can often end in. It’s all the right pieces on this

By the time 1993 was rolling around, Kurt

eager to show the world that he was still

placement present. On ‘Magna Carta… Holy

true to his punk roots and not just another

Grail’ I find myself scratching my head over

sell-out corporate whore.

the title. It’s the most ham-fisted attempt

beats this year.

a lot of his words.

/ Nirvana

bloated from a glorious past and a product

manages to be kept alive by the most insipid

certainly get the feel that Dumper has lived

Overall, it’s recorded well by the keen ear

circus that floated around his band. He was

the music inside is a stillborn turd that

other acoustic musicians in the city. You

IN UT ERO

This is where we find Jay Z. His wallet is

Docherty come-back single. A shame that

each track. There’s a real attention to

to be little variation in the pacing of each

CLASSIC

Cobain was pretty tired of the rock n roll

at pretentiousness this side of a Pete

great little turns of phrase buried within

wearisome, particularly as there seems

young, trailblazing bucks they once were.

It’ll suck, hard.

Each song twists and turns, with some

detail in the lyrics that is often missed with

Although there are a few tender moments,

CURRENT

think, your friends will settle down with a

vocal gymnastics.

banal line and makes me sad that, for many

by Seth Hanney

One day, and it’ll be sooner than you

music reviews

Weirdly, Jay manages to sneak in two lyrics

His first move was to enlist the ears and mind of the might Steve Albini, a recording engineer who had record many of Cobain’s favourite records. Secondly, he wrote some of the most abrasive, uncompromising

LOCAL Learning l ife t he hard way / Luke SCOTT DUMper It’s hard not to be immediately enamoured with Luke Scott Dumper. He has a cheeky charm that jumps right of the speakers from the first second of his debut release. A

record, a second album could be the real jewel.

agony uncle ross

thirty four

A G O N Y

U N C L E

R O S S

Another Fresher’s week, another dose of advice from our resident agony uncle Ross. He’s currently sunning it up in Thailand, but likes to keep in contact with the janners back home, and make sure you’re all holding up without him...

I’m in a shared house this year with a girl who likes me and told me so in halls. I have only just realised I like her too. What do I do?

First of all, congratulations on having arranged your housing situation so as to maximise the possibility of perhaps seeing your sweet princess’s sideboob as she exits the bathroom in the mornings; very astute work indeed.

If I were you, I would just bide my time in the shadows for a while, at first. Living with someone is entirely different to seeing them in Cuba Bar when they’re all dressed up, smiling for England with a cocktail in hand, singing along to ‘Your Sex is on Fire’ whilst simultaneously hanging off a pole with their knickers around their ankles. It’s easy to love a woman during these delicate moments. but lets see how you get on living together before all the je t’aimes and niceties.

I once fancied a girl I lived with (she was quite the catch) but one morning when we awoke hung over, I entered the bathroom as she exited (looking like a sick puppy who’d done something wrong) and to my shock – there was a shit in the toilet; a big one too! I’m not going to sugar-coat it for you, it was a bit of a turn-off. It was on that day I realised I had to break-up with my girlfriend. I’m joking of course, however my point is still valid – I’ve seen parents, best friends, young loves and wishful thinkers all come a cropper to the dreaded ‘living together’ curse and often quite spectacularly, at that. It is for this reason the only sound advice I can give you is to just be kind, bide your time and see how it goes for a while.

Oh, and don’t do anything demented like steal her underwear for a quick asphyxiwank or anything like that. You’d be surprised how many girls I’ve met who claim to have had that happen to them! Men are kray-kray.

Someone on my degree saw me in Zeros and is telling everyone I’m gay. I have no problem with it but its effecting my love life. How do I send a message to the girls that I’m still open for business?

First and foremost, I must say I am revolted by this rumour spreading course-mate of yours. It is unfortunate that utter sad-cases feel the need to waste valuable time and energy attempting to ruin the lives of others. I pray this person is given a swift kick in his/her penis/vagina and/or both. It would mean a great deal to me, in fact, if everybody could sign a petition aiming to shut down the rumour mill... I heard it’s owned and operated by children (although, this in itself is just a rumour...).

To be honest, this whole episode is probably not as big a deal as you think it is anyways. I know plenty of girls who like their men to be a little bit on the homosexual side, it’s just a matter of taste really. Take Naomi, our wonderful editor here at PS Zine, for example: When I first heard she was in a relationship with my good friend Rich Robinson, I was completely shocked! I had known the man for fifteen-years and I’d always assumed him to be gay. Never did it cross my mind he could be heterosexual – not even for an instant, but now look at him! Dating a babe, living the dream. It all comes down to taste.

One thing I would definitely suggest is not attempting to rectify the situation with a show of false machismo one night on North Hill. Drinking eight Stellar-act-a-twats, ripping off your shirt and punching a little freshman whilst proclaiming to the masses “I’m not gay!!!” will do you no favours whatsoever and besides, people will think you’re a dick.

Rumours are just rumours so best not to worry about them. However, if its really, really bothering you - why don’t you just hire one of the attractive prostitutes from in-behind Union Street, take her to the students union and give her a good tongue lashing in-front of all the sheep you fear.

Failing that, have you ever tried being gay? I had a little go a few weeks back with a woman who once owned a penis – it wasn’t my thing really but don’t knock it till you’ve tried it...

Over the first year of uni I didn’t just put on the Freshers 15, I put on the Freshers 50. I’m worried that men won’t look at me the same. Any tips?

Assuming that ‘Freshers 15’ is not some sort of Cheryl Cole endorsed body fragrance that smells of old pizza, someone else’s condom, a battered shoe and false hope; and is in fact some sort of post-modernist term for ‘weight gain’ - I would be inclined to offer the following advice: To begin, I think it would be wise to work on your self-esteem. You live in Plymouth, UK not Beverly Hills, California and I can assure you that the good people of my home town don’t give a flying toss about your newly gained 15lbs. We are far too busy trying to suss out why we worship a notorious racist, Francis Drake, and which pasty shop is better: Oggy Oggy or Ivor Dewdney? (On the record, it’s Dewdney all the way for me). Anyways, my point is that you are living in a place where the vast majority of people really don’t give a shit what you look like (UK’s Most Unfashionable City 2011) so don’t give yourself a hard time.

Men have no clue what they want or what they’re attracted to. All we know is that sometimes after a few beers we feel this gaping hole in our lives that we simply cannot fill no matter how hard we try (‘to get it up’ – wahaaay!). A guy who genuinely likes you won’t care if you put on 50lbs (or at least he’ll be kind enough not to mention it to you) so the real question is: ‘who are you trying to impress?’ If you’re worried that some A-type calendar-boy, model might not go for you because of your turkey neck, it’s worth remembering that he is probably going to turn out to be a vain, self-serving, cheating idiot with whom you would be much better off without anyways. There are a large demographic of men out there, each with different tastes they don’t fully understand; so just be yourself, have fun and sooner or later you’ll meet someone who loves you for who you are … or at least, someone who is very, very drunk.

If this doesn’t work, try to eat less cake.

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