Cubelog

Hello Chums, apologies for the lack of posting, basically I’m a lazy sod, unlike these plucky fellows

Upstanding decent fellows every last damn one of them. Come to the Cube and see more of them.
So, Things I have failed to Blog:
The Cube Cabaret/9th Birthday Bash - Reason - ‘I’m editing footage and didn’t take any photos and anyhow didn’t Mr. Hopkinson do a wonderful job?’.
Cabaret/Ladyfest - Reason - ‘Not my finest moment……….’
Cube Orchestra playing to Haxan and The Sea Hawk (starring hottie Errol Flynn) - Reason - ‘Possessed by an evil spirit’.
Skulpture (Cube Orchestra Free Jazz spin off band) at The Junction - Reason - ‘Gagging order by local constabulary’.

One will endeavor to improve ones self,

You’re Money and You don’t even know it, Richie Paradise

Last week I enjoyed one of the best nights out at the Cube for a long time - the “Cube Cola all spirits night”. This was the ‘first’ Cube Cola birthday party - though, slightly confusingly, not their first year - it was, according to the exquisitely James-Vickery-designed programme, “celebrating almost 4 years on the path to food science enlightenment”. The Cube Cola project is by Kate Rich and Kayle Brandon . . .

. . . and is based around providing a viable alternative to branded cola, manufactured from scratch. There is more info here, and here. The evening also celebrated many other home-spun products: food stuffs . . .

. . . some presented quite straightforwardly and deliciously, others with a bit more attached ( notably Jelena Stanovnik’s extremely good pie-chart Chocolate cake, which marks out the proportions of recorded religions in the UK as part of the ‘Life In The UK’ project by Jelena, Kate and Rasha Shaheen - who I’d previously seen give their presentation at Spike Island and Blackout at Shambala ); and also some clothes - in the form of some very versatile garments by Sylvia Zidek, including her specially designed trousers that level the pissing-field to make dignified street-urination as easy for women as men.

Kush DJ’ed infectious afro-beat in the bar . . .

. . . and Suffolk band The Pancakes played on their home-made instruments in the auditorium . . .

. . . creating a very warm village fête type feel, though with their casual references to murder, along with a live on-stage demonstration of the aforementioned feminist piss-pants, it was all kept just on the right side of too cosy.

There was a healthy crowd despite stiff competition from a sort-of homecoming gig by The Goxxip ( Cube associates Local Kid memorably brought them over here before they blew up in the mainstream ) and everything just seemed to fall into place to make a perfect entertaining and thought provoking evening that I couldn’t quiet imagine happening anywhere else . . . thank The Cube !

Later in the week, and probably because it was mid-week, the tribute night for Anthony H Wilson, wasn’t so well attended. Possibly just as well as the promised Karaoke Orchestra couldn’t make it, and my proposed contribution ( a compilation of YouTube clips transferred to DVD ) wasn’t ready too . . . not unlike the various mythologically-behind-schedule-Peter-Saville-moments chronicalled in ‘24 hour Party People‘, which we did get to screen from the DVD with Tony Wilson’s commentary ( a great idea from Hog ), after showing some performances recorded in the Haçienda from the FAC71 vhs I bought second-hand as a young teenager.

Having searched around the net for bits and pieces the pretty obvious parallels in attitude, and more than occasional ineptitude, between the Cube and the Manchester music scene Tony Wilson was so associated with, seem even more blatant to me, and hopefully we’ll schedule another more party friendly, and suitably irreverent celebration night later in the year . . .

. . . meanwhile here’s links to a little gem I uncovered that was made for Channel 4 in the 80’s [ it’s split into 7 parts ] . . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyk5FwrbcgQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffeORmsUKL0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VnGxoz5RZk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laD5czT58gk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93qAiUIFysE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FveqO3T-2to
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An013JKUgcY

. . . which, if nothing else ( presuming you’ve seen 24hr Party People ), should draw attention at just how good Paddy Considine was at playing Rob Gretton !

Last night was Cabaret night at The Cube, and possibly because of the association with the current ladyfest, it was full to the rafters.

I didn’t catch it all but did see a spellbinding performance from Rasha Shaheen . . .

As instructed in an earlier post I, and a friend, donned our fanciest hats in the hope of getting a free paradise punch . . .

. . . but must say poor Mr Paradise himself, and his punchlines, seemed to be struggling with an unreceptive audience on stage somewhat, as he presented alongside Zulieka . . .

. . . many of which, rather bizarrely I would venture, would not exactly be classed as classically lady-friendly material . . !

Anyway much fun was had - documented not just by me ( and hopefully / most probably by the aforementioned Richie ), but also the tuxedoed Paul Albrecht of the Cube Orchestra . . . a mixture for your delight and perusal follows below . . .

DON’T MISS OUR LAUNCH **TONIGHT** ! ! !

Join us on a trip down no tricks alley.
Super Group Extreme are playing. Skating stories from the mindscape of Hannah G
It is gonna be a kind of end of summer party !
All everybody welcome: It’s free !!!

SK8 4 EVAH !! Don’t Do Tricks website

It sounds like the chicks really have something to complain about.

Subject:

CHICKS ON SPEED PHYSICALLY VIOLATED BY SECURITY PROMOTERS AND
SPONSORS AT A FESTIVAL IN SOUTHERN SPAIN

Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 17:10:02 +0200 (MEST)
From: Chicks on Speed Records Newsletter

Dear Everyone,

We wanted to let you all know, we had one of the worst experiences of
our 10 year musical career on Saturday night, we were physically
violated and dragged off stage by security, Ortiz Padillo Promoters and
commercial sponsors at Oxigena Festival, near Cordova, in Southern
Spain. We were denied our right to perform at the festival as
contractedand our fees were not honoured. It was clear that the public attendance
of the festival was extremely low and the promoters wouldn´t allow us
toplay for this reason, so they could claim insurance on the premise, of
acancelled headlining act. The promoters and Sponsors falsely claimed
that ³the band is late” as we entered the stage at 1.25am, 5 minutes
prior to the planned stage time of 1.30am as contracted.

Photo documentation has been taken away from us, our camera was smashed
and memory card stolen.

We want to expose these criminal acts and the organisations responsible
for abusing and robing artists through their business practices and the
unethical networks of festivals and concert promoters. It´s clearly a
case of abuse against women, destruction of personal property, breach
of contract and assault.

We´re pretty freaked out & scared by what we experienced. It would be
really good to have your support in any way, the organizers were trying
to make quick cash from the festival. Look out for scammers that are
abusing musicians and swindling young people looking to have a fun
evening.

KEEP MUSIC ABOUT ART & CULTURE & A WILD FUN TIME TO BE TOGETHER & NOT A
MEANS FOR HORRIBLE MEN TO MAKE PILES MONEY.

Chicks on Speed
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