So one for the older members of the greater Cube community to enjoy. Ex Squaddie, writer, political activist and even MusicianBilly Bragg came to The Cube as part of a project dsigned to get guitars into prison to help in the rehabilitation of prisoners: Breaking Rocks
Anyhow it was great to see lots of old faces, the usual Billy Bragg tour t-shirts from latter years and to hear a couple of ex members of HMP sing some of the songs they’d written with the guitars they’d been given. Billy did a Q&A with film director Alan Milesthat was really interesting and then he played a couple of songs.
This was a really lovely night spent with one of the good guys amongst the usual lovely Cube audience and volunteers. Fight The Power, Richie Paradise
Namaste! The better educated of you will have noticed what I did there. Instead of Kumbh Mela I’ve gone for Cube Mela. “But why Richie oh Guru, why?” I hear you cry. Well it’s a good question. As some of you know one of my many roles at The Cube is as overseas development officer and recently me and Mrs Paradise found ourselves in the Raj. I took said opportunity to make connections with the rather marvellous Raj Mandir Cinema in Jaipur.
We caught a pretty amusing Bolywood movie called 3 Idiots.
I’ve helped set up a few overseas Cubes now and its always great fun meeting Indian, Japanese or German types
In the first picture Herr Hog shows off the humongus Cube in Berlin, opened as far back as 2006. Then Cube Tokyo and Cube Kyoto. Be sure to pay them a visit next time you’re there.
This week I’m trying desperatly to catch up with all the blogging I should have done, you can get all the odds on me succedding at my bookies.
So a few months ago was a fascinating evening all about the legendary book Naked Lunch. This was a follow up to another great night all to do with William .S. Burroughs in which the The Cube Orchestra scored one of Burrough’s cut up films and I accompanied some poetry on drums.
Burroughs’ films are a firm fave of The Orchestra because they have lot of moods and interesting images for us to interpret through sound. Anyway there was also some rare stuff that Ben and gang had tracked down a well as some experts talking all about it. Sady I coldn’t stay for the whole thing but Ben captured some on video.
The night was a great example of what The Cube offers to Bristol that no where else can or does. Our thanks to everyone involved and to those who joined us.
My humble apologies friends, for I am a lazy SONOFABITCH. Why the good lady Zuleika goes to a load of effort booking and organising all the cabert goodness and what do I do? Tell a few jokes and then forget FOR OVER A YEAR to post blogs of whata damn fine time was had by all. Well they say a picture tells a million stories, so I leave you with two pictures, one from Christmas 2007, where amongst others Vexkiddy, Boys and Dance and Pedro entertained us
And fun from last March with B.A.D again, The Scarlett Vixens, and more good things than you can shake a stick at:
Anyhow, The Cabaret has been going from strength to strength, do join us this Saturday for more fun.
Richie Paradise
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