Cubelog

Not the first recording of this, but, for now at least, the latest . . . Herman Düne, as if you didn’t know, played a show for kids at the nanoplex, and a show for the ‘dults at the strangely similar looking microplex all in the same day.

I missed the animation that was screened first, but got there in time to video, and photograph . . .

. . . the first performance, which was followed by an intermission and gingerbread men care of the Blackout Blusherettes . . .

. . . which was followed by The Monkey vs Robot puppet show . . .

. . . which was followed by the second short HD performance, with mini on stage chorus for the last song . . .

. . . which lead on to a nano-stage invasion and a musical chaos that even the Cube Orchestra may never achieve . . .

. . . which concluded the first part of the day.

In between and in the office Tom ( as in Tom Bugs ) fixed the fridge . . .

. . . and Tom ( as in Freeze Puppy Tom ) arrived to support the adult show. FP walked mechanically onto the stage to commence his, as ever unlike-anything-else, set . . .

. . . and concluded with an audience involving version of Happy Birthday for his Grandmother, who was actually in that there audience.

Next up, those Herman Düne boys, AGAIN . . .

. . . wowing the sell out crowd, including enthusiastic fans who gave them drawings and ukuleles . . .

Rounded off, for me at least, by a round of TeamBrick impersonations in the office . . .

Düne & Done.

Though I have to say there was a fair share of downers too this week but I’ll come on to that later (nothing to worry about).

The Cube Orchestra Steering Commitee (personally I prefer War Commitee but I’m in a minority) met with Mark Slater, who, correct me if I’m wrong here Mark, is in charge of mergers and corporate takeovers at The Cube alongside designing the Cube’s blueprint for THE TAKING OVER OF THE ART WORLD. It was very successful meeting and hopefully they’ll be a lot more orchestra type things going on this year, including a Nanoplex performance. We’re also planning an invasion of the Royal Philharmonic.

As for this weeks meeting, well 4 newbies (2 in the photo above), David on keys and laptop, Adam also on keys. Leo on geetar and (i think, apologies for forgetting) Carol on Ukulele.
Adam was the wearer of a tres bizarre hat now if you randomly came across this picture without any context, you’d think that was the moon and Adam was turning into a Werewolf. Funnily enough there was definately something evil about the music this week, we were all over the place, inspiration was sporadic, but at least we had the return of Tomoko and Bel These two were instrumental in helping us end on a high note, a long languid bluesy jazz tune with trumpet bursts and some great traditional bass work from Kobe’s finest. We also saw the return of Hugh (seen here walking past Marcus). Hugh encouraged us to play quieter, seeing as there was alot of soundspace being taken up, he was right and Hugh I apologise for my vile and vulgar response, too mnay years spent in mess halls and class rooms.

Next week sees the return of The Maestro, Peter Swaffer-Reynolds, I’m sure inspiration will flow forth.

Ciao for now, Richie Paradise

Ps the answer to last weeks Guess who was Ale

Do you know Barry? Barry is the nicest man in the Cube, nay the world, and I’m glad to say he’s not ejecting folk from the Cube, he’s just being proper bo.
He was manning the sales desk for the rather marvellous ‘The Beat That My Heart Skipped‘ (De battre mon coeur s’est arrêté)
I really enjoyed it, as did Mrs Paradise and the rest of our entourage. I was so moved that I had to go buy myself one of those suits that French guys wear so well.
Because it was so busy we were also treated to a short film by some of the Cube gang and also a few stills from a great night at the Cube which featured Burlesque related fun,

Good to se the punters cramming in for the next film too.
Au Revoir mes amis, Richie Paradise

so it seems i’m getting bit by the bug with this my thrid report in almost as many days! i’ve just arrived in san jose… do you know the way…and for the first time since i’ve been coming to this part of the US it is really quite nasty weather but i suppose it does remind me of home.

quite excited that tomorrow i’m hoping to head of to san francisco, always fun, and check out dave eggers pirate shop 826 which is also a center for creative writing. although might go the other direction and head out down 101 to Cannery Row and check out the fishs in Monterey it all depends on what the people I’m with feel like doing.

god knows i’m feeling a little tired so off for a cocktail and then some sleep.

i’m not at the cube much lately, due to a little baby amoung other things, but the few times i’ve been there over the last couple of the months have been great and i do miss the place. so thought maybe i would start to write in the log even if not at the cube, hope this is ok? i will however be at the cube on Sat 28th for The Books who are currently one of my fav listens of 2005, Lost and Safe (Tomlab), and have been waiting a looooooooooooong time to see them live. Check out there website for more info The Books.

so what do people talk about in blogs…personally until this day i never really been into the idea of writing a blog or reading others talk about themselves in a slight hint that it is actually worth the time and effort and i expect in my case it probably won’t be!

another thing i looking forward to is an event happening not at the cube but at the top of a car park…for two weeks…promoted by Blackout Arts, a group often found in and around the cube for one reason or another. the event itself is called intimate~INTIMATE and “for two weeks, one of Bristol’s landmark buildings, Tollgate House, will be turned into a giant canvas and project space”. For more info checkout the website Blackout Arts

ok better not go on to much as i’m not sure if it is allowed to use the Cube bog in this way, can someone answer this?

c ya ben…