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SKINT MAGAZINE Have you ever felt like you’ve been massively short-changed but only realised once it was too late? As Summer sneaks out the back door with a massive bag of sunny days and blue skies which should by rights belong to us, it’s hard not to feel a bit hard done by, and as the cheeky bastard high-fives autumn on his way in, it’s all starting to feel like a bit of a conspiracy. To be honest, the great outdoors has always been a bit over-rated in my eyes. All the wellies, sunburn, hayfever, risk of burger-van related bowel incontinence, I much prefer the security of four walls, fire extinguishers and flushing toilets thank you very much. So, safely back on dry land, the Skint team are proud to present our Freshers Special. Coming up we’ve got the comprehensive guide to Bristol’s coolest corners in The Gospel According To Skint, Bristol Foodie checks out Bristol’s best burgers and we take a teary look back at this summer’s festival season. Also, we look ahead to DJ Yoda’s forthcoming tour, Johnny Depp playing Hunter S. Thompson again in the Rum Diaries and The Wild Beasts going feral in The Anson Rooms.
Cover Art This issue’s cover come courtesy of Bristol artist ©opy®ight and the guys at 1love art on Park Street and there’s more on the artist and the store on page 30. If you’ve got a suggestion for a future cover, drop us a line at editor@skintmagazine.co.uk
News : 06 Our Rogue Reporter fills you in on a few bits and bobs
The Gospel According To Skint : 09 Skint’s very own sermon on Bristol‘s Ten ‘must do’ Commandments
Gigs : 12 Wild Beasts, SBTRKT and the best of the rest
Performance : 19 Skint’s pick of Theatre and Comedy
Clubs : 22 DJ Yoda, Aquasky, DJ Fresh and some other little beauties
Flyposters : 26 Have a look at some of the top nights in town
Film : 28 The Rum Diaries, Tin Tin, and a plethora of top flicks
Art : 32 A look back on See No Evil and some other stuff
Food : 34 BristolFoodie picks Bristol’s best burgers
Festivals Post-Mortem : 36 That’s right kids, its all over for another year
Coming Up : 38 An eye on the next issue Copyright © 2011 Skint Media. All rights reserved Legal: Nothing in this magazine may be reproduced without prior permission from Skint Media. Information on events or products does not imply recommendations by Skint Media. Skint Media does not accept any responsibillity for mistakes or omissions of content. All opinions expressed are those of the individual contributors and are not necessarily shared by Skint Media.
The Rogue Reporter Loads of important stuff that has or has not happened
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ere at HQ we’ve had our ears to the ground and noses in the air - listening in, sniffing out, doing some damn right stealthy reporting all in the name of news worthy rambling. So our beloved art store has chucked its canvas collection into a knapsack and hot footed it over to BS8’s basement on Park Street. Beth and Vince are no doubt stocking up on cheap Banksy posters to adorn every fresher’s wall in town. Oh wait... no they don’t sell cheap Banksy posters, soz. Broad Street welcomes back it’s favourite four walls, in the form of Arc, formerly Lab, formerly Arc Bar. Confused? Don’t be! Check out the new cafe downstairs or hit up the top floor opening party on October 7th. In:Motion returns with a ludicrous amount of live acts and DJs for the new term. Regular
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favourites SHIT THE BED, Run and Hospitality are joined by the likes of Beardy Man, Annie Mac and Pete Tong. If you’re of the vinyl persuasion then best kick off the month with the Colston Hall record fair on October 1st. It’s the biggest in the South West with free entry, access
Brisfest to the bar and plenty of decks to check out your tunes before you buy. If music isn’t to your liking and sweaty warehouses give you the heebie jeebies then why not get the hell out of town and have a wander around Westonbirt Arboretum. For those of you who grew up in the urban jungle, an arboretum is a collection of trees and Westonbirt is a particularly fine example. For those of you who grew up in your uncle’s basement; in autumn trees do this weird colour change thing and
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it’s well worth having a look at. If nature’s your thing then check out the AtBristol Planetarium’s Autumn Night Sky Show, where you’ll get given a tour of the night sky for a measly £1. The Arnolfini celebrates its 50th anniversary in style with a weekend of what they do best. The 23-25th September will be a celebration of contemporary art in all its forms with visual performance, music, cinema, sound and literature. The Arnolfini’s annual noisy neighbour Brisfest is back with another weekend of live music down by the water followed by a night of debauchery at the hands of Rave On Avon. For the food fans amongst you there’s another fantastic Love Food Festival at Paintworks on October 30th. Also on the 30th is the Glassboat’s Fish Fest with stalls, games and live music on the dockside. Once the trick-ortreating is out of the way, the best way to commemorate Britain’s best loved terrorist attack is at Trinity Arts Centre with their free fireworks display with live music from The Bristol Reggae Orchestra on the 6th November. For the faint hearted there’s Bristol Zoo’s bangless fireworks display.
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ince the dawn of time, civilizations have studied the scriptures of prophets and the teaching of their elders in a tenacious attempt to better understand the world in which we live. Muslims pass down the verse of the Quran, travelers have long since relied on The Lonely Planet, while Tom Cruise and half a dozen wacko Scientologists look to the wise words of L. Ron Hubbard for spiritual counsel.
Despite the good efforts of the Students Union and Saved By The Bell, year after year, students have been left clueless and deserted in cities across the world, desperately seeking guidance from those more enlightened in the ways of eating, drinking and pushing one’s overdraft to the brink. Despite Skint’s already healthy readership, comparisons with religious texts have been somewhat muted. However, few can deny the magazine it’s ultimate
authority on all things Bristol. So fear not young scholar, one need not stumble through one’s first year scared, alone, bewildered by a bombardment of flyers and pamphlets which keep the South-West’s recycling plants working through the night. You hold in your hands the only core text you’ll need from here on in. Skint Magazine will be with you through thick and thin, in sickness and in health, till graduation do us part.
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The Ten Commandments
words: Simon Lock
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ake heed young scholar, as here lies the secret to a fulfilling day in the South-West’s capital of cool. Check out any of our top ten or see if you can do a pilgrimage around the whole lot. If like me you’re a firm believer in the old saying “practice makes perfect”, then with 30 years experience of making bacon sandwiches for Bristol’s dock-dwellers, Brunel’s Buttery is a must for any self-respecting fan of the fry up. Colin and Joan knock out around 70,000 bacon butties a year so it’s fair to say they know their stuff. With beautiful views of the dock this is a great place to start your day. If you feel like you need to take your dock experience to the next level then why not jump on board a boat trip with the The Bristol Packet. If you want a closer look at the harbour or fancy a trip out to the Suspension Bridge these guys have a well stocked bar, making it a good way to blow the cobwebs away. There are two
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Avon Gorge trips in October leaving on the 8th and 22nd.
Now it’s time to lose your sea legs and disembark at the waterfront in the city centre. A morning on the docks followed by a stomp up Park Street will get the blood pumping and ensure a decent appetite when you reach Magic Roll on Clifton Triangle. A firm favourite for lunch, as well as the healthiest late night eatery in BS8, Magic Roll make huge wraps to order, filled with your choice of salad, meat, falafel or roast veg, a few cheeky extras like halloumi or jalapenos, finished off in the grill and served with a smile. Get your laughing gear round one of these puppies and head on up to Brandon Hill to gaze out west over the city and
enjoy a well earned lunch. Appetite subdued for the moment, it’s time to quench that ensuing afternoon thirst. From Brandon Hill make the short walk into Clifton Village and another fine Bristol Student institution The Coronation Tap. The CoriTap is a firm Bristol favourite, not least because of its flagship cider, the gut-busting 8.4% Exibition. Served in halves for good reason, this stuff has brought many a night to a premature close. Go easy. From The Tap head west towards the immeasurably grand Avon Gorge Hotel. Ok so the food’s not brilliant and the drinks are a bit pricey but all is forgiven stepping out onto the terrace. This pub has got picture postcard views of the Suspension Bridge and is a good place to take the folks if they’re in town. Having sailed the seas and strolled the streets it’s time to up the pace a bit by heading to Bristol’s new cultural epicentre, Stoke’s Croft. Once a place to be avoided, this quarter mile section
of the A38 has been reborn in recent years becoming an outdoor gallery for both budding and established street artists. Picking a favourite from the multitude of pubs and bars is a real toughie, however going on general ambience and down-right cosiness, The Pipe and Slippers takes the proverbial biscuit. The Pipe was around way before all this Stokes Croft palaver reared its head, and will be packed out for many years to come. Weekend DJs, an open fire and good honest food make The Pipe the pick of a bloody good bunch. After all that the pedometer is probably sweating somewhat, so it’s time to re-fuel at another pillar of Bristol’s culinary scene. The Thali Cafe contradicts one of the stock phases you hear from people on return from India; “The curries we get here are nothing like what you get over there!” The Thali serves up curries the way mother India intended; Not too fancy yet full of flavour and at a price that won’t trouble the overdraft. Ok so the bill here
will cost you pounds rather than pence but buy your own filled Tiffin (metal take away container which comfortably feeds two) for £22.50, and bring it back for a refill for under eight quid. Hopefully re-energised and not too bloated, it’s time to make a quick pit-stop back at base and rummage through the dressing up box as its time to hunt out the Invisible Circus . At this circus audience participation comes as standard and arriving without a costume puts you firmly in the minority. This merry montage of travelling street performers, acrobats and musicians come together once in a while to put on in-
evitably sold-out shows to captivated Bristol audiences. Their last two outings, Carnyville and The Rogues Salut, were mind blow-
ing spectacles and hugely popular so keep your eyes peeled for the next adventure. Post-circus jaw drop replacement complete, the penultimate step on our path to enlightenment takes the lucky pilgrim to Mr Wolfs, an intimate bar-comevenue-come noodle eatery where you’ll never be disappointed. Good for an early evening bite or late night boogie, the Wolfs‘ stage plays host to all sorts of acts, from live folk to the hottest new DnB DJs. Don’t be surprised to find Mr Wolf himself meeting and greeting on your way in, often with a tray of shots for the lucky reveller. If Wolfies teeth are too big for Grandma then why not drag her down to where this whole debacle began and jump aboard the good ship Thekla. We’ve taken the commandments full circle and right back down to the water boarding another fine vessel. Thekla plays host to some wicked live acts and banging club nights its also got that novelty factor for those who might not live too close to the water ways.
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SKINT Wild Beasts Anson Rooms Saturday 19th November Like the strange yet beautiful albatross, Wild Beasts are now soaring high on the recognition they so richly deserve following the release of their celebrated third album ‘Smother,’ and after a transatlantic tour they return home to roost in our very own Anson Rooms. Breaking on to the scene proper back in 2006, the now London based four piece excited critics and fans with the ingenuity and intricacy of their lyrics combined with the all too often commented upon falsetto delivery of vocalist Hayden Thorpe. But over the past five years their sound has grown, through the electro-choral indie and bawdy imagery of their second album ‘Two Dancers,‘ to the beguiling inhabitable sonic lands that are skillfully drawn with sparser sounds and a more softened delivery from Thorpe on their latest release. Indeed, so inventive are they with their music that they are a tough act to draw comparisons with, but after appearing at Latitude Festival in 2009, lovingly sandwiched in the slot between Thom Yorke and Nick Cave, they felt they had found their niche as Thorpe explains; “We just had a really warm feeling that actually there is a place for us. We existed for a long time feeling isolated, the classic misunderstood outsiders.” This feeling of isolation may well stem from their beginnings in the small Cumbrian town of Kendal, as the then three piece were trying to find their way. But after moving to Leeds, (where they enlisted another exceptional vocalist in Tom Fleming) and then on to London where they currently reside, they now seem to be much more at ease with themselves and are able to revisit those isolated landscapes and past feelings of vulnerability in their music. Thorpe suggests that after moving to London they were drawn “back to the Lake District, the soundscape of that place,” and choose to record the album in relative isolation in Wales. Now, having found both their feet and their audience, Wild Beasts are looking for more. After being pipped to the post for the Mercury Prize by the XX in 2010, the boys will have been somewhat dismayed to have been out of the running for a crack at this years award. Although despite the snub ‘Smother’ is guaranteed to rank high on the list of critics’ Album of 2011. Up there with the most effortlessly captivating and confident acts around, their much needed brand of challenging yet accessible pop should not be passed by.
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SBTRKT Anson Rooms Tuesday 6th October It’s rare that you get to talk about masked performers these days, but with the arrival of both MF Doom and SBTRKT to Bristol for this issue, it seems that identityobsucring facial-wear is all the rage. But while Doom sports a mask more in keeping with that of Gladiator’s Maximus Decimus Meridius, SBTRKT’s is a far less sinister, more tribal affair ,“uplifting the soul and challenging the normality of electronic music and production,” much like his tunes. Having started life as a regular DJ at London’s ‘Plastic People,‘ SBTRKT (AKA Aaron Jerome) began releasing singles, EP’s and remixes that were designed to be dropped in the club, and that showcased his skill at programing intricate and incredibly danceable beats and bass. But, with the release of his self-titled debut album earlier this year, SBTRKT expanded the scope of his output, layering his own fragile voice and a host of classy guest vocalists over more intricate and interesting structures, drawn deep from his own eclectic sound palate. Lining up at this years Glasto before equally skilled beat-craftsman Jamie XX, SBTRKT is one of a new breed of artists that has crossed his music over towards the mainstream, while retaining much of what makes it so interesting. Like James Blake or Jamie Woon earlier in the year, these highly talented artists are the new face of intelligent left-field pop, serving up a sound that is both of-the-moment yet strangely timeless, perhaps thanks to the earlier pioneers like Radiohead in the days of ‘Kid A.’ So far, he is already garnering high praise, even being touted (perhaps) as “this decade’s Timbaland.” But for such an identity-phobic character such hype can be unhelpful. Luckily though, all he seems to be concentrating on at the moment is enjoying his music, and his fetish for colourful masks. Well it’s hardly a crime.
GIGS
OCTOBER/NOVEMBER
Wheatus The Subways Thekla
After much promise following their 2005 debut ‘Young for Eternity’, the Welwyn Garden City trio have hit a bit of dead end in recent years. Hopefully, new third album ‘Money and Celebrity’ will revive their status as the young pretenders. Expect crunching pop-punk assaults and Billy Lunn attempting to sink the Thekla single-handedly.
9th October Fleece
Incredibly, Wheatus are still going strong. Yes, they will play Teenage Dirtbag. And yes, they may play that Erasure cover. Chances are though, that the vitrolic abuse of your ear drums in the preceding portfolio of filler will have you darting for the exits well in advance. Radiohead, this is not.....
Ash
21st October O2 Academy
The Northern Irish veterans reunite with ex-guitarist Charlotte Hatherley to showcase their ‘Free all Angels’ album on it’s tenth anniversary, Their return may be slightly overshadowed by the re-emergence of Pulp as the summer’s all conquering Britpop festival heroes, but tunes like ‘Burn Baby Burn’ and ‘ Shining Light’ still show that Tim Wheeler can more than hold his own when penning a lovingly crafted, timeless indie pop song.
Cat Empire
23rd / 24th October O2 Academy
Formed in 1999, this Australian ska-jazz-funk fused ensemble love shakin their stuff in Bristol almost as much as you love to watch them shake it, so much so they’re playing two dates at the Academy. With horns aplenty, the Melbourne based six piece thrive off heavy latin influences and lively percussion, songs to listen out for are ‘Two Shoes’, ‘Days Like These’ and the impossibly infectious ‘Hello’. Just what we need to warm the cockles on a chilly autumn night.
Tom Vek
5th October Fleece
Having dropped off the face of Earth after the release of his excellent 2005 debut album ‘We Have Sound,’ Tom Vek makes a welcome return to the world and to venues around the county as he tours his latest creation, ‘Leisure, Seizure.’ Having blazed a trail for subsequent artists to follow with his, then trend-bucking, stabbing, choppy guitars and deadpan delivery, Vek picks up here where he left off with more beautifully crafted and emotionally charged songs that remind us all of just why we fell in love with him in the first place.
Bombay Bicycle Club Ed Sheeran
9th October Anson Rooms
Still only the ripe old age of twenty, Mr Sheeran is possibly the hottest property on the UK music scene at present with two consecutive top five singles ensuring his star is burning increasingly bright. With a sound that transcends genres, this sell out show at the Anson Rooms could be one of those nights you recount in the coming years as a very special moment.
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12th October O2 Academy
Despite looking like they could all still be doing paper rounds, the BBC are already veritable veterans of the indie scene with their third album ‘A Different Kind of Fix’ being released in August. The band embark on a UK tour having returned from a whole heap of big shows in the US supporting Two Door Cinema Club to much critical guffawing. One of the most consistent acts of the 2011 festival circuit, expect them to tear the Academy up but still get asked for ID at the bar.
Noah And The Whale 31st October Colston Hall
The folk ensemble bring their uplifting tunes to Colston Hall and showcase their third album. From musical influences ranging from Bluegrass to Indie Rock and past band members including Laura Marling and Emmy the Great, these guys prove they are so much more than just that bloody whistling song.
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GIGS
OCTOBER/NOVEMBER
The Correspondents 8th October Trinity
Bon Iver
Colston Hall 11th November
Beware. Don’t attend this gig if only just split from a loved one as it could prove to be the catalyst for an ill judged late night serenade to the one you lost, buoyed along by the fact that Mr. Justin Vernon managed to create one of the most beautiful yet melancholic albums of the last decade after he experienced similar pains. The difference between you and Bon Iver is that whilst you sound like a pissed up twat texting at 3am after getting carried away on the Jagerbombs, he has created songs so carefully crafted, yet anthemic that tickets for this Colston Hall show were sold out even quicker than those for womens’ beach volleyball at the Olympics. If you were fortunate enough to grab a ticket for their first UK shows since 2009, you can expect to enjoy the simplistic, lush melodies of ground breaking debut, ‘For Emma, Forever Ago’ , entwined with this year’s more expansive self titled follow-up, all whilst being supported by an eight piece band of amongst others, collaborators of Tom Waits and Arcade Fire. As Mr. Vernon’s reputation hits the stratosphere, propelled by his developing super producer status, there may be no better way or time to spunk that student loan, so beg, steal or borrow to get that ticket. Just make sure you keep your emotions in check.
Since finishing university, Mr Bruce and Chuckles have been relentlessly playing live up and down the UK, picking up something of a cult following on the festival circuit. A pioneer of the chap-hop genre, the eloquent Mr Bruce appears to be a charming gentleman of the swing persuasion, well dressed and well spoken.However, as their high energy set progresses, Bruce will no doubt launch into the crowd amidst a flurry of beats and bass, dripping with sweat, screaming bloody murder.
Friendly Fires
10th November O2 Academy
Hailing from the rock and roll mecca of St. Albans, Friendly Fires deliver their disco tinged, melodic, shoegaze anthems to the Bristol masses on their biggest UK headline tour to date. With a Mercury Music prize nomination to their name and a host of show stealing summer shows, it would be well worth brightening up a chilly November night with a little of their ‘Hawaiian Air’.
Motorhead
8th November Colston Hall
If you look up the world ‘legend’ in the dictionary, there is a distinct possibility there will be a picture of Lemmy sat next to it, and Bristolians will get an opportunity to see the great man himself when Motorhead roll into Colston Hall. Cited as a beacon of inspiration from the likes of Metallica to Dave Grohl, chances are that Lemmy will knock your socks off and still meet you for a short in The Hatchet afterwards.
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Doom
15 November Motion
Returning to our shores (and the country of his birth), hip-hop legend Doom brings beats to split heads as his first UK tour arrives in Bristol. Whether you know him as MF Doom, Madvillain or Danger Doom, the ironmasked rapper/producer has a discography that is hard to rival. After paying his dues under various aliases in the late 1980s and 90s, Doom broke through commercially with the ‘Madvillainy’ album and has scored further success collaborating with Danger Mouse and producing tracks on a number of seminal works, including Ghostface Killah’s ‘Fishscale.’
Turin Brakes
12th November Thekla
Having slipped off the radar in recent years, Olly Knights and Gale Paridjanian celebrate the tenth anniversary of ‘The Optimist LP’ by reacquainting Thekla with their sincere and plaintive debut which still comes across as a very well honed piece of twentieth century melancholy. Above average support is provided by Leicester songsmith, Jersey Budd.
Red Snapper
25th November Thekla
This ain’t no red herring! This is the real thing! Red Snapper have been around a bit but still bring addictive hooks and a great live show.
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18th-22nd October Kneehigh Theatre St Georges Bristol
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7th-8th October Champloo Dance Company, Circomedia
The masterful Chambloo b-boys have married film and live dance into a new multimedia platform. This partnership is mirrored by the duo’s co-dependence and the performance itself. Their compelling ability as storytellers is off set by their sensibility through movement. Generating adventure through back breaking physical and emotional performance, their narrative is driven on a quest for harmony.
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10th-12th October Bristol Ferment The Cube Microplex
Using a film shot in a neglected theatre in Limerick, Dan Canham has devised a solo performance bound to the decay of this building. Brick by brick the fragments of his memories are restored, to tell a story of a stage abandoned by its audience. In a double bill, Lisa May Thomas will screen “There is a shipwreck in my bones”.
PERFORMANCE
Save Me: A conversation across the city 22nd October Search Party, Arnolfini
Kneehigh’s journey this autumn will take its path along the crossroad into St Georges. There in this musically acclaimed venue, we accompany a girl lost in the wilderness. In the thick of it, she tells a story of how her father accidentally sold her to the devil. Following her lead, we wander with her into womanhood and life’s unexpected routes.
The Arnolfini welcome back Mayfest’s harbour side dwellers. Throughout the festival, Search Party signalled across the harbour to one another using semaphore communication. Now they have returned to launch their new book that analyses their experiences of distant connections. Here is an opportunity to discuss and observe coding in performance and decipher any hidden meaning.
Steven Merchant
Jack Whitehall
An award-winning writer, director and actor, Stephen Merchant is probably best known for his work with Ricky Gervais in The Office and Extras. Bristolian Merchant, along with Gervais and Karl Pilkington, features in the Guinness Book Of World Records for having the most downloaded internet show of all time, clocking up a staggering 280,000,000 downloads. Their conversations have subsequently been animated for HBO cartoon series The Ricky Gervais Show.
British Comedy Award nominee Jack Whitehall has already made a huge impact on the comedy world. So far he’s guest hosted Never Mind the Buzzcocks, had the honour of performing for the Prince of Wales on the Royal Variety Performance and is a star of Channel 4’s Stand Up For the Week. People say you learn from your mistakes, Jack reckons that’s bollocks and we stumble through life making the same mistakes over and over again. We just get slightly better at dealing with the fallout.
20th - 24th October Colston Hall
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23rd October Tobacco Factory
Richard Herring
1st and 2nd Novenber Hen & Chicken
Having sorted out religion, politics and penises, the star of the award winning podcast As It Occurs To Me and Radio 4’s Richard Herring’s Objective seeks to define and destroy love. Before love destroys him. Again. Does Richard’s dry-cleaner genuinely love him? How could a romantic gesture involving Ferrero Rochers get dangerously out of control? After receiving the best reception of any of the 22 Edinburgh previews during Bristol BrouHaHa in July, Richard Herring is back with an extended version of the same show before a run at London’s Soho Theatre.
A Clockwork Orange 14th-16th November Volcano Theatre Tobacco Factory
Fifty years ago Stanley Kubrick brought the dystopian Britain onto our screen. Iconic in British performance, the films witty, satirical and violent images still haunt our psyche. Now, Volcano Theatre have taken Anthony Burgess’s cult classic and restaged a story of how the state’s attempt to control crime, inadvertently fails by the delinquent Alex DeLarge and his brutal rogues.
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Blowpop @ Motion Skate Park Friday 21st October As the dust from a million and one different festivals begins to settle, the dance music community rub their bloodshot eyes and look towards September and an already busy autumn schedule. As usual, the new term hits the ground at full tilt with Motion setting the standard with a host of superstar DJs already on the horizon... and as far as superstar DJs go, Duncan Beiny aka DJ Yoda, is just about as stellar as they come. Yoda’s live shows have become the stuff of legends, with the London born DJ commanding an consummate control over the turntables that even a Jedi Grand Master would be proud of. Yoda pulls in samples, visuals, and his original mindblowing bootlegs with ease, while his How To Cut and Paste mix-tape series has become a blueprint for any aspiring cut-up DJ. However, it is at his live shows where Yoda really proves his dexterity. With cutting edge technology at his fingertips, Yoda calls upon film, TV and Youtube samples, which loom large on projector screens above his head. “I’ve tried to take this new show to the next level! The technology involved in my audio-visual shows is moving fast, so every time I put a new show together I feel like I have new tricks up my sleeve. Musically, I play right across the board, from hip-hop to dubstep, reggae to drum & bass, and country to electro - and a lot of the video material comes right off YouTube, and is remixed live in front of the crowd. .” If you haven’t seen Yoda at any of this summer’s festivals then be sure to get your hands on a ticket for the tour. If the Student Loans Company are still leaving you hanging then arrive by boat and pack a rope ladder.
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DJ Fresh Bedlam @ Lakota Friday 21st October
Lakota’s future always seems to be surrounded by uncertainty. As Stokes Croft continues to boom, rumours of redevelopment seem to circle like vultures, but they’re still here louder than ever, and as club nights go they don’t come much louder than Bedlam. DJ Fresh is riding high after his first number one single last month and it’s nice to see the success hasn’t gone to his head and he’s still out playing raves.
Aquasky Arc Opening Party Friday 7th October
Arc is one of the most charismatic venues in town and it’s nice to have her back. After a brief spell as Lab, the Arc Bar has dropped the ‘Bar’ from the name, but looks set to raise the bar with some big nights starting with the ‘official opening’ (having been sneakily open for a bit) featuring Aquasky and Nicky Blackmarket. It’s quite an old skool line up for an opening party, but with 40 years
experience between them having plied their trade in the 90’s rave scene, the two headliners guarantee a Broad Street road block. You can get into the downstairs bar for free but upstairs will cost £5/6.
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23rd, 24th, 25th September 2011 The Amphitheatre // Bristol City Centre
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Brisfest is a three day urban spectacular that brings the excitement of a summer festival to the heart of the city. Brisfest is the region’s biggest community festival showcasing local talent.
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There will be a special prize presented to the best dressed raver on the night and the Skint team are going as Lemmings, so top that!
Werk Welcomes Will Clarke 1st October Timbuk2
Acclaimed Ibiza DJ Will Clarke brings his own unique brand of Balearic tech-house to Timbuk2 courtesy of the Werk family. Based in the South West, Will has become a darling of the Ibiza scene playing Space, Eden and Ministry while earning a residency at Kanya. Will’s joined by Fabric’s Jack LDN and Hungarian DJ Sam Monori.
Critical Sound with Die b2b Break 8th October Basement 45
If you’re new to Bristol and want to get a taste for the infamous D&B scene then Darklight at Basement 45 is a good place to start. This time out sees Kasra’s label Critical co-host proceedings with local favorite DJ Die and Critical’s own Break going back to back playing Bristol classics. With Kasra and Critical bedfellow Jubei also in attendance it’s a great place to start a love affair with Bristol’s favorite sub-genre.
Hospitality with Camo & Krooked 7th October Motion Skatepark
Winners of Drum & Bass Arena Award for Best Newcomer in 2010, Camo & Krooked are celebrating the launch of their “Cross The Line” album as part of Bristol In:Motion. Camo & Krooked will be performing a live set with Ayah Marar, Messy MC and TC. Also heading up Room One will be some other familiar Hospital faces – High Contrast, Netsky and Cyantific - with Bristol based duo Loadstar and N3gus, who we last saw on the “Hospitality Festival Drum & Bass” album, plus resident Boro supporting. Wrec, Dynamite, AD and SP:MC will be hosting.
Totally ‘ardcore 7th Birthday
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Host of one of Ibiza’s longest running events Judgement Sundays, Judge Jules is one of Dance Music’s longest serving DJs. Far from over-the-hill, Jules has seen DJs come and go in a fickle industry but stayed relevant and continued to pack dance floors across the world. Despite not having enjoyed the limelight to the same extent as Jules, Thrillseekers have been toiling tirelessly in the Trance scene for a good few years. With experienced trance-head Lange along side relative fetus Mat Zo, Lifeline have stumped up a strong line up sure to keep the furry boot brigade happy.
Just Jack ft Laura Jones and Jozif 14th Oct Dojo
After Just Jack’s massively popular summer parties Laura Jones and Jozif are set to kick off the Autumn series after entertaining all sizes great and small. A name that’s been gaining increasing attention from the the underground electronic music community lately is London based DJ and producer Jozif. While Laura Jones is a Just Jack favourite and we cannot wait for her return to Dojo’s along with Just Jack resident Dan Wild after his summer in Ibiza, his late night party vibes have been severely missed.
8th October Warehouse
One of the biggest names in Hardcore, Darren Styles has bagged countless awards from countless insignificant factions over the years, cementing his place in Hardcore Heaven for eternity. In true Totally ‘Ardcore style the birthday bash is giving you the opportunity to dress up. This time the theme is tv and video game characters.
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Lifeline presents Judge Jules 15th October
Smerins presents The Gunpowder Plot 5th November Motion Skatepark
Who better to celebrate the ultimate anarchist revolution than Smerins Anti-Social Club and their merry band of delinquents. Given half a chance this lot would leave most venues burning to the ground on departure, happily having skanked the place to its very foundations. To be honest, there are enough Smerins to start their own uprising and if their on stage energy is anything to go by, they just might! An 8 headed ska, hiphop, dub monster, Baby Head are true veterans of the underground with a reputation built on hyper-interactive anarchic live shows and will be extending their sound and tentacles through everyone’s eyes and ears. Last years event with the Invisible Circus was bonkers, so get your tickets asap!
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The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn 26th October Blistering Barnacles! In a world where every two-bob comic book ever published seems to be in line for a film adaptation, it’s good to see that two of film’s most influential figures, Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson, have chosen to bring to life one of the very finest, as Belgium’s favourite (and quite possibly only) hero prepares to hit the big screen in The Adventures of Tintin. At 64 years old and with 179 films under his belt as director or producer, Tintin marks an unfamiliar first for Spielberg as his debut animated feature. Enlisting Jackson and his CGI pioneering Weta Workshops to create the look for the production, the film utilises the performancedriven motion capture technologies fully realised by Avatar and more recently, Rise of the Planet of the Apes. The story is an amalgamation of 3 original works from the much-loved comic series by Hergé, published way back in the early 1940’s and adapted for the screen by British talent Stephen Moffat, Joe Cornish and Edgar Wright. The choice of writers seems inspired as the three have proven themselves adept at rich, character-driven comedy, so vital as Hergé infused the Tintin stories with his own inimitable sense of humour and charm. This married to the strict adherence to the aesthetic of Hergé’s original ‘ligne claire’ artwork and the performance capture of a highly talented ensemble cast should ensure that fans around the world are not left wanting to shove King Ottokar’s Sceptre up King Spielberg’s arse.
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The Rum Diaries 2nd November Hunter S. Thompson, Bruce Robinson and Johnny Depp. Combining this holy trinity of names in the context of a movie is pretty much akin to taking a novel written by God, having it directed by The Holy Ghost and getting Jesus to play the lead. Now for cult fans of all three that’s a pretty humungous trio of reputations for any film to deliver upon, but the wait my faithful disciple is nearly over. The film follows Paul Kemp (Johnny Depp), a New York journalist tired and restless with the stifling noise of American life who signs up to work for The San Juan Star, an english language newspaper on the island of Puerto Rico. On its last legs and run by maniacal editor, Lotterman (Richard Jenkins), Kemp finds himself settling into the rum-fueled chaos of island life amidst a bunch of lost souls hell bent on self destruction and obsessing over a beautiful blonde from Connecticut, Chenault (Amber Heard). What unfolds is a story worthy of Hemingway or Fitzgerald. So what can we expect from such a legendary line up of talent? Robinson has certainly demonstrated his abilities in the directors chair with the epic Withnail And I, cementing his status as a cult British writer and director. But he’s been hiding in the wings for nearly two decades and this is a very weighty project to take on after such a leave of
absence. Indeed, if he gets this wrong his only comforter is that Hunter S. Thompson won’t be able to hunt him down like a wild animal and shoot him point blank with his magnum .44 simply because he’s already blown his own brains out with said weapon. Negatives aside, Robinson’s affinity with the characters of Thompson’s work, the ‘destructive’ types with a counter culture bee in their bonnet is obviously very strong, and he certainly has the vision to pull off a potential corker of a cult classic film. And of course not to mention Johnny Depp, who was appointed guardian of Thompson’s work, who has taken his producer status very seriously. Assuming the lead role duties and personally requesting Robinson to write and direct the screenplay, there is one thing for sure, the same care and attention will have been taken with this production as the far more challenging Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas. ‘So what could possibly go wrong?’ I hear you ask... Well, not a lot hopefully. With a story this rich in characters, writers, directors, actors, producers and damn right talent, surely all they’ll need to have remembered is to switch the bloody cameras on. I mean I’d pay to hear this lot read the phone book for crying out loud, The Rum Diaries should be a frickin master piece.
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Perfecr Sense Johnny English Reborn Drive
23 September
Following a succession of European indie hits with ‘Bronson’ and the beguiling ‘Valhalla Rising,’ Danish director Nicolas Windig Refn has swapped Borehamwood for Hollywood for this venture, thanks to his leading man, Ryan Gosling. The actor chose Refn to direct him as the icy cool stunt driver, who moonlights as a wheelman. Things go bad for the ‘Driver’ (well, it’s hardly the most advisable of career choices), as he discovers his card has been marked after a heist gone wrong. Thrills and spills are guaranteed, though in a style more ‘Bullitt’ than ‘Transporter.’
Killer Elite
23 September
With a title like that there are no prizes for guessing that it’s yet another Jason Statham vehicle. This time he plays Danny, an ex Special Forces op who turns vigilante after being threatened by Clive Owen’s secret military society (or is it just his moustache?). Can Danny and his mentor, Hunter (De Niro) cause enough high impact damage to make it worth the price of the admission? Who knows. And no, I don’t care.
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Rowan Atkinson returns as the hapless MI7 agent, brought in from the cold to help foil a plot to assassinate the Chinese Premier. As far as slapstick goes, English hasn’t yet cut the mustard. Neither as bungling or as awkward as the irrepressible Inspector Clouseau, or as memorable as Mr. Bean. He could well find that his rebirth is short-lived.
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Love blooms between two people; a chef (Ewan McGregor) and a scientist (the incredibly beautiful Eva Green). But this love, surely the greatest of all emotions is threatened to be lost with the outbreak of an epidemic, which robs people of their sensory perceptions.
Tyrannosaur 8th October
Midnight In Paris 7 October
Woody Allen brings his European capitals tour to Paris, and continues his run of so far, distinctly mediocre romantic comedies. This time Owen Wilson is the wide-eyed American screen writer, holidaying with fiance Inez, and annoyed by the continuing presence of his fiance’s obnoxious, pseudointellectual friend Paul (Martin Sheen) and his wife. But Wilson’s unhappiness is shortlived, when low and behold, a car pulls up and whisks him back to the 1920s. There he parties with Hemingway, philosophises with Dali, has his manuscript endorsed by Gurtrude Stein and falls in love with Picasso’s muse, Adriana (Marion Cotillard). It’s as if Woody watched the box set of ‘Goodnight Sweetheart‘ before a trip to the Louvre.
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Tyrannosaur tells the story of a self-destructive, violent individual who’s only saving grace is the friendship of a Christian charity shop worker, a friendship which takes on a much darker twist as the pair grow closer. As with other ‘kitchen-sink’ directors such as Meadows and Loach, the beauty of Considine’s script is the banality of suburban Britain infused with the interaction between contrasting characters. The script and setting supported more than ably by such fantastic actors as Peter Mullan, Olivia Colman and Eddie Marsan (instantly recognisable but criminally underrated) giving depths to roles which give Considine’s debut effort an opportunity to flourish. Tyrannosaur may be a dark, brooding piece of British cinema, but rather than dampen the spirits, it only serves to enhance the excitement of a new British directorial talent.
The Three Musketeers 12 October
This pop-look, eye-candy reinterpretation of Dumas’ classic novel sees Logan Lerman (from the Percy Jackson films) play the hot-headed D’Artagnan, who travels to Paris with aspirations to join the famous musketeers. The legendary trio are however, mere shadows of their former selves, after loosing the secret plans for a revolutionary airship. But with the evil Cardinal Richelieu (Christoph Waltz) and Buckingham (Orlando Bloom) conspiring to plunge Europe into war, the Musketeers must rise again to save France. Much has been made of this version being shot in 3D, but then so was Pirates 4, and it was awful.
Albatross
14 October
When rebellious young Emilia (Jessica Brown Findlay) drifts into a cleaning job at The Cliff House hotel on the Isle of Man, she strikes up an unlikely friendship with the owners’ meek and bookish daughter Beth (Felicity Jones). Invited into the bosom of the family, Emilia begins work on a novel, with the aid of Beth’s father, a fellow writer. However, when the pair become entangled in an affair, both the girls’ friendship and future will be pushed to the edge.
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marriage by holding up on a remote island off the coast of Ireland. But their period of reflection is rudely disrupted by the arrival of a bloodied man (Jamie Bell), who claims that a terrifying airborne disease is sweeping Europe.
We Need to Talk About Kevin 21 October
Footloose
14 October
It seems to me that this decade of austerity will become synonymous with the word “reboot.” As the late, great Gil Scott-Heron said; “The idea concerns the fact that this country wants nostalgia, they want to go back as far as they can, even if it’s only as far as last week. Not to face now or tomorrow, but to face backwards.” And so here we go again (Sigh!). Renegade Ren MacCormack is transplanted from familiar Boston to Bomont, a deep South backwater where loud music and dancing has been outlawed. But Ren won’t... ...take this lying down as he fights the powers that be and fucks their daughters (or the minister’s daughter Ariel at least!) Expect all the set-pieces with none of the original’s soul.
Contagion
21 October
It seems like a long time ago that bird flu was the major concern for the masses. But director Steven Soderberg is not about to let us forget just yet, that our feathered friends could yet bring about the fall of man. Matt Damon plays the husband, whose wife unexpectedly carks it after contracting a lethal airborne virus. An unprecedented epidemic ensues spreading hysteria and chaos across the globe as the plague stays one step ahead of science. So sit back and enjoy the spectacle of armageddon by viral death. Oh happy, happy day!
The Ides of March 26 October
Restless
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Retreat
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Martin (Cillian Murphy) and Kate (Thandie Newton) seek to escape from a personal tragedy and rebuild their
Tilda Swinton gives a truly haunting performance as the mother of a teenage boy who went on a high-school killing spree. The film follows her attempts to process her grief and the feelings of responsibility for her son’s chilling actions, by writing to her estranged husband (John C Reilly). This is not one for the faint hearted, but is sure to reward with serious clout.
Films don’t get much more cooky than this effort from maverick director Gus Van Sant, which follows a terminally ill girl’s blossoming relationship with a funeralcrashing dreamer and their encounters with the ghost of a Japanese kamikaze pilot named Hiroshi.
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George Clooney directs and stars as Democrat governor Mike Morris, who is making moves for the White House under the guidance of his veteran campaign strategist Paul (Philip SeymourHoffman), and his hotshot young lieutenant Stephen (Ryan Gosling). But the world of politics is never clean, and so as the muck bubbles up and the stakes rise higher, allegiances are tested and a candidate teeters on the brink. All in all, a classy mainstream thriller.
Tower Heist
4 November
What do you do if you find out that a Wall Street banker (I said banker!) has fleeced you of your pension money in a Ponzi scheme? Well if he lives in the penthouse of the highrise you all work in, then you man the hell up and go take it back. That’s the idea behind this new Ben Stiller vehicle, which sees him team up with ex-con Eddie Murphy to lead his group of law abiding and criminally clueless co-workers in the good fight.
Moneyball
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Everyone loves an outsider and in the early naughties The Oakland A’s baseball team were such an outfit. Having only a fraction of the riches available to rival clubs in the MLB, manager Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) turned to young sabermetrician Peter Brand (Jonah Hill) to use statistical analysis over collected wisdom to find undervalued players for his team. Against the views of the establishment and all the odds, the team challenged for the top.
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SKINT’s We Bristolians have been spoilt for choice where street art is concerned and this summer saw some great events and exhibitions. The one that grabbed all the headlines was unsurprisingly See No Evil on Nelson Street back in August. The event attracted thousands of visitors with huge pieces by local artists such as Inky and Cheba, as well as international artists such as L.A muralist El Mac. Whilst the big, bad tower blocks were hogging the spotlight, some really good smaller exhibitions went by seemingly unnoticed, simultaneously proving
that bigger, is not always better. The Old Bridewell Street Police Station was taken over by The
Great Birds of the British Isles; four budding, Bristol based fe-
male artists who use a variety of styles and mediums. The Birds are looking to put on further shows in London and Bristol towards the end of the year so keep an eye out. Weapon of Choice played host to a double header form SPZero76 and Loch Ness who bring together a love of colourful, psychedelic cartoon mania. If you’re quick you might also catch the tail end of shows by Bristol’s own Cheo and Khoi who are gracing the walls of the Upfest Gallery at the moment, while Jim Starr is also exhibiting at King of Paint.
Cover Art - ©opy®ight CopyRight got excited about art from a very early age, and was inspired by the graffiti that he saw around Bristol whilst growing up. After watching the bigger kids he soon dropped the crayons and picked up the spray can and the future as they say, is history. CopyRight wasn’t really interested in vandalism, he just wanted to make pictures and give everybody the chance to see them and putting them on the streets seemed like the easiest way. Having created street art for many years now, CopyRight has perfected the art of fusing spray can graffiti with a more traditional paintbrush style to create beautiful and exceptionally detailed pieces. He uses lots of different techniques and different tools including spray paint, pencil, brush, ink, screen-print, poster; and can tackle an idea and know what to do and know what’d be the best tool for the job. A lot of the themes in his work come from mythology and legends; sometimes like little gothic fairy tales that he’ll usually try to realise with a modern twist – or maybe tell the story through tattoos or other symbols within the painting. His work is collected by amongst many others, including Liam Howlett of The Prodigy.
We are pleased to announce we have re-opened The ART STORE on the ground floor of BS8 on Park Street with a wide range of limited edition prints, AP’s, originals, urban wear, cards, books and gifts.To find us walk up park street and look out for the new MILK shop sign on the right. OPENS: 15th Sept. 10 - 6pm
Bristol Foodie Becci, Gemma and Meg introduce you to Bristol’s food scene
Bristol’s Best Burgers
The burger - a staple of student life, a saviour of hangovers – good honest grub. But where can you get a decent burger in Bristol? Bristol Foodie gives you their top three.
1. The Burger Joint
The Burger Joint, tucked away on Cotham Hill, doesn’t mess around. If it’s some seriously meaty burger action that you’re after then you’ll find it here-and lots if it! With a novel DIY approach to the menu, incredibly good burgers at under a tenner and an atmosphere so laid back that you feel instantly at home, you’re guaranteed to leave very satisfied and in a bit of a food coma!
2. The Loungers (Deco Lounge, Tinto Lounge, The Lounge etc)
This is an oldie but a goodie. The lounges have been making smashing burgers for years now. They come served in a sourdough bun, with onion marmalade, gherkin, and thin fries, but you can add cheese and bacon for 70p each. These places are designed for lounging, so find your nearest one, order a burger, sit back and relax.
3. The Lansdown
The ‘New yorker’ is famous. Complete with spicy relish, gherkins, cheese and bacon, this burger will knock your socks off. It is so big that it needs a skewer to keep it together, while the hand cut chips
The Canteen
We are kicking off our reviews with the place that has most impressed us in the last year. And that is The Canteen - part of a revolutionary concept, Coexist, and sister to the recently opened and equally as impressive No1 the harbourside. Only sourcing what they can that is local, seasonal and of the best quality, the menu changes daily, and is astounding for between
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that come with it, would definitely make it into our top three fries! New to Bristol and live near Clifton? Welcome to your new favourite place.
The best of the rest
So choosing three is tricky, and it is only our opinion, so to help you make your own mind up, here are the best of the rest. Racks - 100% beef, tomato and onion relish, oak smoked applewood – nuff said. The Big Chill - Loads of choice, and regular half price offers. The Alma Tavern - Can be a bit inconsistent, but on a good day, one of the best. The Gryphon - One of the best chicken burgers we have come across.
£5 and £8 each. The chef makes the most of rarer, cheaper cuts of meat and fish too, which is not seen enough these days.
Up on the blackboard, the menu has featured various fish dishes, meat, such as spiced lamb, and inspiring vegetarian dishes like pumpkin pies and spinach tarts. Plus you get homemade soup and bread thrown in. To top it off, you can get a bottle of decent house wine for a tenner, and if you like to boogie the chances are there will be some live music taking to the stage later in the evening.
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In Season
It’s a common misconception that once autumn arrives the amount of food worth foraging becomes next to nothing. If you know where to look there’s still plenty of fresh local produce to be found and it won’t cost a dime! Mushrooms grow all across the UK and can be found in abundance in the South-West. The best time to go mushrooming is on a warm, dry day following
a spell of rain, ensuring that anything you do pick can be easily identified as some varieties can be poisonous or, better still, hallucinogenic. Chestnuts also crop up all over Southern England during the Autumn but make sure you know the difference between a chestnut and a horse chestnut (conker). Edible chestnuts have a slight point at one end where as conkers tend to be round all over. Mushrooms and chestnuts go perfectly together in a white wine or cream based sauce, either with fish or poultry or on their own as a full flavoured
vegetarian option. If you’re feeling the cold why not chuck a good measure of brandy into you’re sauce recipe to help warm the soul.
Has the bubble burst on the Festival industry? With so many new festivals leaping onto the band wagon this year, it seemed unfeasible that there would be enough young rapscallions to attend all these alfresco gatherings. These fears seemed justified as early events such as First Days Of Freedom cut their losses and pulled the plug before a pint had been poured. Even the two Godfathers of the UK scene seemed to be feeling the pinch of the economic crisis and fluctuating market. Melvin Benn, MD of eventing bigwigs Festival Republic who run Reading and Leeds and the Big Chill, admitted “tickets have sold slower than they previously did. Money is definitely tighter”. Even the unflappable Michael Eavis looks set to revert back to the dairy, saying that Glastonbury was “on the way out”, claiming the event had “three or four years left”. But the festival industry has seen peaks and troughs before. The wet summer of 2007 almost put the following year on its backside, with many people deciding to head oversees for guaranteed
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warm weather and cheaper beer. The decision to include Jay-Z amongst the headliners of 2008’s Glastonbury contributed to ticket sales, which had sold out in under four hours in previous years, failing to clear until the week of the event. Two years later however, and the 40th anniversary event was dubbed by many as the ‘best ever’. Triumphing in the face of adversity seems to be part and parcel of an industry which is so dependent on the unreliable British weather. Ok, so some of the smaller newcomers might fall by the wayside, but if that means we miss out on the wonderment of the Northern Lights Festival in Aberdeenshire, or Ignition in Newcastle, then so be it. Ask any of this year’s festival goers if the industry shows signs of slowing and I’m sure you’ll be inundated with negative responses. Peruse any of the website galleries from this summer’s goings on and the impression will no doubt be the same. To the fantastic UK Festival Industry, we salute you.
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ext time out we’ll be in the midst of the party season so we’ll be sizing up all the big New Year’s parties and handing out some top tips on where to do some last minute Christmas shopping. The Bristol Foodie girls will be eating their own weight in sprouts as they try and find roasts to rival your Mum’s and we’ll take a look at the best place to set up second year camp once you and your palls have fled the campus nest. We look forward to shows from The Drums and Beardyman, cinematic treats in the form of Iron Lady and Coriolanus and on stage capers as The Hoff comes to town in Peter Pan at the Hippodrome. In the mean time, to celebrate Skint’s first year on the planet we’ve teamed up with Bristol’s biggest student club night Shake It for what can only be described as a right good knees up. Keep your eye out for Special Guest announcements closer to the date, but be warned, the names in the hat are pretty big so form an orderly queue.
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