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(Jeunet / 2004 / France (subtitles) / 133 mins / 35mm / Cert 15) As World War One comes to an end, a young French woman's greatest fight is about to begin. Mathilde receives word that her fiancee Manech is one of five soldiers who have been court-martialed and pushed out of allied trench into no-mans land...and into certain death. Whilst the film re-unites Audrey Tautou with the director of her star-making vehicle, the film is a complete turnaround after the impish delights of AMELIE, depicting the horrors of war with a visceral blood and mud brutality and examining the nature of fantasy and love with a more decidedly sombre tone.
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BLUESCREEN
(Wed 30th / 7.30pm / £3/2}
Bluescreen returns for another audio-visual exploration of local short filmmaking.
Just turn up tonight with your film and it will be shown!
Plus bring along another copy for the bluescreen archive, for possible future
screenings on other cube nights!
And dont forget bluescreen Hi-Fi... expanding the bluescreen ethos through the
music played in the bar. So bands, solo artists, producers, dub plate maestros -
send us your toones in advance only to: Bluescreen Hi-Fi
Mail any enquiries to us at: bluescreen@sparror.cubecinema.com
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Controlled Conditions Presents THEE MORE SHALLOWS + Angel Tech
(Thurs 31st / 8pm / £5)
Hark at San Franciscan lords of dreamy downsound THEE MORE SHALLOWS. Second album
'More Deep Cuts' (Monotreme) blends technicolour-blue melody with adventurous
sound collage and songs about mass graves. Ploughing the same emotionally
fertile terrain as LOW, SPARKLEHORSE and YO LA TENGO, the TMS crop is as fresh
as it is beautifully forlorn.
Having perplexed and hypnotized audiences for almost ten years with their
genre-dodging hymns to modern life, ANGEL TECH appearances are currently select
and few. Tonight they select us.
With sadness spun in the bar by local pest KNOWLEDGE OF BUGS.
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FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS (Terry Gilliam / 1998 / USA / 118 mins / Cert 18) (Fri 1st / midnite / £4/3) On the 21st February this year one of the lights of the 20th century went out, as the living legend known as Hunter S Thompson stopped living. As well known for his outrageous lifestyle as he was for his revolutionary approach to journalism, the two were never so closely linked in the name of literature as in his groundbreaking 1971 book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. A self-mythologising collision between his ego and the laceration of the American Dream, the book led to the development of Gonzo journalism, a school of writing that highlighted the relationship of the writer to their subject, and inadvertently spawned a generation of lads magazines. More than a mere adaptation, Gilliam's film is a challenging look at how Thompson's book chose to portray the death of the 60s dream, the intersection of life and fiction, and how the central character of Raoul Duke (a thinly disguised alter-ego for Thompson himself, played with the usual brilliance by Johnny Depp) deals with his demons and uses them against the society he fears and loathes with such vitriol. As much a landmark film as a landmark book, it is a genius slice of postmodern invention, and a more than fitting tribute to the great man.
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(Fri 1st / 8pm / £4) The crazy skiffle wonderousness of the fun in a jar duo that is the awesome BUCKY head up a load of ridiculously young and talented home grown performers from the REMIX Music Mentoring Scheme including THE NATURALS, INFINITY'S END, and INCURED, with the dazzling artist, poet and visionary SOFIA GRADIN intertwining it all into a light hearted evening that'll leave you light headed with pleasure. ffi: theo@remix-music.org.uk
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ALL MONTH- QUALITY SHORTS AT THE CUBE
2005 marks the 10th Anniversary of Microcinema International’s Independent
Exposure screening program! Independent Exposure X is representative of the
over 1300 international short films and videos that they have presented as
part of their series since its inception in 1996.
Independent Exposure is Microcinema's well known series of short film, video and
digital media compilations Since 1996, Independent Exposure has screened in 41
countries plus Palestine and Antarctica and it continues to intrigue audiences
at microcinemas, festivals, and special events around the world, every year.
Exposure is normally "premiered" in San Francisco or Houston and then travels
around the world.
Microcinema's mission is to curate, exhibit, promote, and distribute innovative
international moving image artists whose deeply personal and culturally relevant
works are typically marginalized by the mainstream entertainment industry.
Microcinema curates thoughtful, unique, and diverse screening programs, which
are promoted, exhibited and distributed via alternative venues worldwide.
Promotion and dissemination of works via such screenings creates a necessary
dialogue between artists and audiences, worldwide.
Microcinema supports this mission via exhibition-based events, advocacy,
education and archiving, as well as by developing infrastructural support for
alternative media organizations, labels, and venues worldwide. In doing so,
Microcinema catalyzes the establishment of an international network of shared
moving image programming, resources, information, and equipment.
Their recently launched DVD Label and Distribution business - Blackchair DVD -
further pushes their mission. They currently carry over 100 titles and
distribute worldwide.
For further information about Microcinema please visit www.microcinema.com
LOOK OUT FOR I-EX SHORTS AT THE CUBE BEFORE ALL OUR FEATURE PRESENTATIONS THIS MONTH
with FEAR AND LOATHING fri 1st
short film VISION POINT directed by Stephen Arthur.
with ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND sun 10th
short film MODERN RELAXATION TECHNIQUES directed by Stephen Statler.
with MAR ADENTRO mon 11TH
short film BUBBLE NUMB directed by Jessica Grynberg. Beatrice is so full of
sleep that she lives in a state of inertia, floating through the city in her own
bubble.
with SIDEWAYS tues 12th
short film DANCE MACHINE directed by John Evans. A man pursues his dream of
becoming the ultimate dance machine."
with UNDEAD sun/mon 17/18th
short film THE DEVIL INSIDE directed by Jennifer Reeder. From the holy depths of
the sewer there will come a savior...
with MILLION DOLLAR BABY tues 19th
short film EVERYBODY BOWL! directed by Dustin Woehrmann. An animated
mini-documentary looks at the secrets and fashions of bowling.
with CUL-DE-SAC fri 29th
short film MOVIE COOL directed by David Liban. This short film explores the
effect that cinema has on its audience.
SEE INDIVIDUAL FEATURE INFO FOR MORE ON THE SHORTS...
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(Sat 2nd / 8pm / £6/5) Acts include ORCHESTRA CUBE, THE FUNERAL BAND, MORNINGSTAR, PETER REYNOLDS, ASTERISK and many others. There will be a waltzing area and a waltz workshop from a top local instructor. Please contact gothmag with your suggestions. ffi: jessemorningstar@blueyonder.co.uk
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(Mon 4th / 7.30pm / £3) A Qu Junktion with DJs in the bar Inside the outsider: two compelling portraits of visionary, one-off musicians who've existed independent of passing fashions. Bound to be an inspiring night. ARTHUR RUSSELL: WORLD OF ECHO (Phill Niblock / 1985, re: 2004 / USA / 19 min + 33 min / DVD / uncert) Disco visionary, virtuoso cellist, scholar of Indian classical music - it could only be ARTHUR RUSSELL, a musician whose legacy had been criminally overlooked until a glut of reissues on SOUL JAZZ and ROUGH TRADE/AUDIKA came out last year. A musician born to blur the boundaries, he settled in New York in 1973, working with the likes of PHILIP GLASS, ALLEN GINSBERG and JOHN CAGE, while simultaneously providing some of the most influential disco hits for celebrity DJs NICKY SIANO and LARRY LEVAN under aliases DINOSAUR L, LOOSE JOINTS and INDIAN OCEAN. Tonight we screen incredibly rare live footage of Russell performing tracks from his most extraordinary album, WORLD OF ECHO (1986), an awe inspiring cosmic dub out of cello riffs, vocal mantras and subtle distortion recorded by American minimalist/videographer PHILL NIBLOCK. http://www.roughtrade.com/ http://www.audikarecords.com/ JANDEK ON CORWOOD (Chad Friedrichs / 2003 / USA 88 min / DVD / uncert) The longest-running, weirdest, loneliest enigma in popular music is a guy from Texas who calls himself JANDEK. 25 years, 39 albums and not a single live show or public appearance (until, mysteriously last year in Scotland!). There is nothing but his records. At first his music may seem crude or inept, but upon exploration it reveals incredible depth, intelligence, feeling, and rewards for the listener. Followers include YO LA TENGO, LOW and WILL OLDHAM. The documentary film Jandek on Corwood definitively sheds light upon the layers of mystery that enshrine the ultimate outisder musician. Featuring revealing interviews, evocative imagery and one of the most bizarre and compelling soundtracks in film history, JANDEK ON CORWOOD will challenge the viewer’s conception of music, art and the nature of celebrity. http://www.jandekoncorwood.com
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(Tues 5th / 7.30pm / £2/3 - nobody turned away due to lack of funds) This month's film night takes a look at the issue of Peak Oil. The world has already used half of its supply of oil and gas. And from here on in it gets harder to find and more expensive to produce. For every three barrels of oil we currently use, only one new one is found. The days of cheap energy are gone - the party's over. The films feature contributions from RICHARD HEINBERG (author, 'The Party's Over: The End of the Age of Oil'), COLIN CAMPBELL (geologist & founder of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil), MICHAEL RUPERT (founder, FromTheWilderness.com) and many more. Plus a short film about the upcoming RAF Brize Norton peace camp (running April 21st- 25th), highlighting local links to the global oil infrastructure. http://bristol.indymedia.org
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(Wed 6th / two separate and differing screenings @ 7pm & 9pm / £3)
Presenting the premiere of a new British indy sk8 video by TIM CRAWLEY.
Including promo videos by EAST and FIFTY FIFTY skate shops. Beats in the bar by
ARMO.
View the trailer: http://www.insideinsitu.com/
ffi: insitu@dslpipex.com
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A Qu Junktion (Thurs 7th / 8pm / £5) Fuggin' hell...KELLEY plays some warped multi-layered beat songs with fuzz guitar, tubas and moogs galore. He is on tour with his full-on band and plans to woo you to bits. This San Fransican singer-songwriter has a hazy, crazy pop style recalling a folky BECK on whisky, WILCO on mushrooms and the FLAMING LIPS' pyschedelic sound world. Kinda like Ray Davies fronting Guided By Voices. An acoustic, electric, radiophonic thrash can, check Spector-esque wonders by a performer who is gonna be a dog man star. MOJO tipped his album ANTIQUE GLOW (Beautiful Happiness). MARIO VENDREDI is a pulsating performer, passion with a guitar. A huge, operatic voice that sings in a mixture of Welsh, Italian and English. One of the South West's finest.
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AD ASTRA search for intelligent life
(Fri 8th / 8pm / £2 or free in alien costume)
45 years ago on this day saw the launch of the Search for Extraterrestrial
Intellegence (SETI) project. Exactly 34 years later Kurt Cobain was found dead
(some say murdered)- full of heroine and shotgun lead. Were these 2 events
connected? Probably not. Despite this The Ad Astra filmclub hosts a nite of
close encounters celebrating all things FROM BEYOND, imagining poor Kurt to be
up there somewhere floating around, jamming with Jimi, Elvis and ET.
Get on your best silver catsuit/face-hugger head dress and beam yourself down by
here for wacked out sci-fi films and space monster classics, plus DJs from the
year 5000. Pan-galactic gargleblasters 2-for-1.
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ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (Michel Gondry / 2004 / USA / 108mins / cert 15) (Sunday 10th/ 7pm & 9pm / £4/3) Another chance to catch this brilliant, funny, touching sleeper hit. Screenwriter Charlie Kaufman (BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, ADAPTATION) curveballs another sweet and inventive urban fantasy into our keenly expectant hands. Joel (Jim Carrey) is a depressed self loather who falls for truely flirty Clementine. When it all goes pearshaped a year later, they both end up having the memory of the relationship (and heartbreak) erased by way of 'science' in a characteristicly low-tech procedure (akin to the simplicity to the portal in BEING JM). Screenwriter Charlie Kaufman (BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, ADAPTATION) again delivers another slice of life but not as we know it, and Uber hip director Michel Gondry (pop direction for Bjork, Cibbo Matto, Radiohead and White Stripes) get loose with kenetic focusing and moody lighting, and the supporting cast is a bumper crop of grade-A talent (including Tom Wilkinson and Kirstin Dunst). It prompts us to get happily sad yet never regretfull about those we have loved and those we have lost. Expect narrative freefall, characters from the past we don't know, and dreamy symbolism supreme.
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MAR ADENTRO (THE SEA INSIDE) (Alejandro Amenabar / 2004 / Spain / 125 mins / Cert PG) (Mon 11th / 7pm+9pm / £4/3) Despite having made his name as a director of twist-in-the-tale style genre films (notably the 1999 sleeper hit 'Open Your Eyes' and the 2001 spook-fest 'The Others'), Alejendro Amenabar has proven that his real skill lies not in the gimmicky plot construction of his earlier films, but in real human drama. Based on the true life story of Spaniard Ramón Sampedro, who fought a 30-year campaign to win the right to end his life with dignity, after being left paralysed by a swimming accident at the age of 21. Javier Bardem (Before Night Falls) delivers a touching and complex portrait of Ramon, brilliantly displaying the human side of this moral debate, as well as showing his disability in a way which is neither grandstanding or crass. Probably a first for the Oscars there, then...
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SIDEWAYS (Alexander Payne / 2004 / USA / 123mins / Cert 15) (tues 12th / 7&9pm / £2ttt) Miles Raymond, a failed writer and divorcé who teaches junior high school English takes his best friend, former hot actor Jack, on a weeklong drive up to California's wine country. There they explore the nature of their failures and question their relationships. Jack, about to get married, has an affair with a woman and wonders whether he should call off his wedding. Miles questions whether or not he made the right choice while trying to form a relationship with the woman's best friend, a fellow oenophile who is a waitress at a restaurant that he frequents often when visiting that part of the country. As in his earlier film About Schmidt, Payne takes an unflinching and unsentimental look at flawed human behaviour and the challenges of getting old that manages to neither pander to audience expectation or deliver some shallow homily that somehow everything will work out okay. And it is a film guaranteed to make even the hardened tee-totaller want to quaff Pinot.
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SIDEWAYS (Alexander Payne / 2004 / USA / 123mins / Cert 15) (tues 12th / 7&9pm / £2ttt) Miles Raymond, a failed writer and divorcé who teaches junior high school English takes his best friend, former hot actor Jack, on a weeklong drive up to California's wine country. There they explore the nature of their failures and question their relationships. Jack, about to get married, has an affair with a woman and wonders whether he should call off his wedding. Miles questions whether or not he made the right choice while trying to form a relationship with the woman's best friend, a fellow oenophile who is a waitress at a restaurant that he frequents often when visiting that part of the country. As in his earlier film About Schmidt, Payne takes an unflinching and unsentimental look at flawed human behaviour and the challenges of getting old that manages to neither pander to audience expectation or deliver some shallow homily that somehow everything will work out okay. And it is a film guaranteed to make even the hardened tee-totaller want to quaff Pinot.
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(Wed 13th / 8pm / £6) Having recently jumped over from Ninja Tune to Lex Records, Bristol beckons Andy Broder and his fantastic FOG project for an unmissable show in The Cube's special small room as part of a titchy Euro tour. Formerly a master of gawky scratched-out folk and collaborator with Anticon's WHY? in HYMIE'S BASEMENT, Broder now arrives with a full fat four-piece band of sonic conspirators, (re)interpreting material old and new. Third album '10th Avenue Freakout' drops imminently with unruly disregard for generic limitations. Riding US college rock waves one moment, careering into violent improvised jazz-outs the next, all finely infused with a scuffed hip hop aesthetic and lyrics that graze the heart. Clear? ARCTIC CIRCLE is Matthew Cheney, newly arrived from Glasgow with music that splices a classic pristine Scottish pop sensibility with lovably regressive analogue texture: an approach that should find him favour in Bristol, such a haven for tuneful electronic tinkers.
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(Thurs 14th / 8pm / £3) Preview party with local and national performance artists, poets and musicians. The art is based on inventions that either don’t work or aren’t marketable. By inventions we don’t just mean mechanical objects; alternative politics or religion can also claim the same ground. Deliberately provocative and perverse - that’s what we want our art to be. Come along and propose your own ideas for future shows.
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(Spierig / Australia / 2003 / 104mins / 35mm / cert 15) (fri 15th- midnite movie + sun 17th-mon 18th at 8pm / £4/3) The small town of Berkeley is being bombarded by meteorites that bring with them a plague to end all plagues. The townspeople aren't just dying, they're coming back to life to feast on the living. Six locals find themselves together, and in a frantic battle with the undead. From such horror staple beginnings, this film quickly evolves into a genuinely spooky and funny romp. UNDEAD is a clever and very accomplished debut feature by the Spierig brothers shot in Queensland, Australia, and has a refreshing non Hollywood-aspiring feel. Zombie fans will note several references to the George A. Romero 'Dead' trilogy but the Spierig brothers competantly help to keep the genre alive with playful plot twists, characters to truly care for, and Schwarzenegger-esque one-liners. Best served late in the evening...
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(Fri 15th / 7.30pm / £5)
/////A Qu Junktion////
Music that distills the essence of all things heavenly and earthbound. These
three well under-the-radar acts sing wild, play open ended and draw in the air
to create an atmosphere of fairytale dimensions. From lazy afternoon bee stung
bliss to tundra bound icy glissandos, this is natural music from the Northern
Hemisphere of epic dimensions. If Sun Ra, Bjork, Cormac McCarthy, Silver Mount
Zion or Maya Deren sit on your shelf you will enjoy the primitive beauty of this.
Taurpis Tula are the frankly spectral duo of Heather Leigh x (Charalambides and
Scorces) on petal steel/vocals and David Leigh x (Telstar Ponies) on guitar,.
They run Volcanic Tongue play with Matt Valentine, Chris Corsano and have
released two albums.
Deep in Louisville, USA the Virgin Eye Blood Brothers cut loose with,
strung-out-to-bits, folk and noise pieces. The sound of Pelt and Double
Leopards, No Neck Blues Band and Kranky shine through.
From Finland (home of an incredible DIY network of cold cottage music
collectives) come the outstanding free folkers Hertta Lussu Assa who play
psychedelia with awide range of instruments, creating an unbelievable life
affirming mess of sounds and changing structures.
After storm of Lightning Bolt, Sunburned Hand of the Man, Comets On Fire
and Sunn 0))) Qu present the haunting, pin-you-to-the-seat music of the
spirits.
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(Sat 16th / 8pm / £5) A Clean Cut Records presentation FREEZE PUPPY is the work of Bristol-based musician Tom Wilson. Those party to his 2 self-released albums or any of his regular live outings in Bristol have been treated to an astonishing, highly addictive new noise that point-blank refuses categorisation. They had a go anyway: 'electro-creole pop', 'Blur meets African guitar' and 'Captain Beefheart vs. African Highlife' are just some of the gems to have emerged from critical musings. Now Tom returns to confound them all once more with his first full-scale assault on the ears of the wider world, released on CLEAN CUT RECORDS this month. Support comes from FRANCOIS & THE ATLAS MOUNTAIN ENSEMBLE, and our own session video featuring Freeze Puppy covers performed by Bristol's finest: SJ Esau, Knowledge of Bugs, Loxodonta and many more!). DJs in the bar will be the king and queen of Stokes Croft: RLF & DJ ONE AND HALF INCHES BELOW AVERAGE HEIGHT. http://www.freezepuppy.com
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(Spierig / Australia / 2003 / 104mins / 35mm / cert 15) (fri 15th- midnite movie + sun 17th-mon 18th at 8pm / £4/3) The small town of Berkeley is being bombarded by meteorites that bring with them a plague to end all plagues. The townspeople aren't just dying, they're coming back to life to feast on the living. Six locals find themselves together, and in a frantic battle with the undead. From such horror staple beginnings, this film quickly evolves into a genuinely spooky and funny romp. UNDEAD is a clever and very accomplished debut feature by the Spierig brothers shot in Queensland, Australia, and has a refreshing non Hollywood-aspiring feel. Zombie fans will note several references to the George A. Romero 'Dead' trilogy but the Spierig brothers competantly help to keep the genre alive with playful plot twists, characters to truly care for, and Schwarzenegger-esque one-liners.
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(Spierig / Australia / 2003 / 104mins / 35mm / cert 15) (fri 15th- midnite movie + sun 17th-mon 18th at 8pm / £4/3) The small town of Berkeley is being bombarded by meteorites that bring with them a plague to end all plagues. The townspeople aren't just dying, they're coming back to life to feast on the living. Six locals find themselves together, and in a frantic battle with the undead. From such horror staple beginnings, this film quickly evolves into a genuinely spooky and funny romp. UNDEAD is a clever and very accomplished debut feature by the Spierig brothers shot in Queensland, Australia, and has a refreshing non Hollywood-aspiring feel. Zombie fans will note several references to the George A. Romero 'Dead' trilogy but the Spierig brothers competantly help to keep the genre alive with playful plot twists, characters to truly care for, and Schwarzenegger-esque one-liners.
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MILLION DOLLAR BABY (Clint Eastwood / 2004 / USA / 132 mins / 12A) (tues 19th / 8pm / £2ttt) At the age of 74, Clint Eastwood seems to show no signs of slowing up. Regularly wowing the members of the academy in his dotage, he has managed to once again bag the big awards with this, his 25th film as director. Shot in just 37 days, the film occasionally feels a little rushed, yet nevertheless packs a energetic punch better than that by filmmakers less than half his age. The story of a rags-to-riches boxer underdog is a familiar one, but given a refreshing twist by the presence of Hilary Swank as a girl trying to get ahead in a man's world. Oscars all round!
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(Wed 20th / £4/£3 / 7.30pm) Croatian Nights is a new collection of contemporary short fiction by the most exciting writers from Britain and Croatia. Join TOBY LITT, BORIVOJ RADAKOVIC and EDO POPOVIC to talk about the art of the short story, fiction in translation, and the evolving literary scene in Croatia as it moves from its recent history of war into a new future.
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(Thurs 21st / 8pm / £4) Curated by WAR AGAINST SLEEP, Bristol musicians perform live original soundtracks to creepy old public information films about the perils of substance abuse... DON MANDARIN - Drug Abuse: The Chemical Tomb (1949) Acclaimed singer-songwriter whose LP 'This Was Quo Country' (Swarfinger) and contributions to PREGNANT, APPLECRAFT etc. display ultra-melodic, haunting and deceptively observational songs sprawling alt. country, swamp rock and lord only knows what else. ASTEROTH - Alcohol and the Human Body (1949) Prohibition era vinyl gets downed in one in a haze of tape hiss, machine hum and analogue feedback. I AM THE MIGHTY JUNGULATOR - Tobacco and the Human Body (1954) The zeitgeist music software and genre-splicing stupagrüp transmute base material into musical gold, like a sonic philosopher's stone. TEAM BRICK - The Terrible Truth (1951) Local young head, pedal chains of frequencies give bad noise screaming. Some voice choral good, rhythm come from borrows.
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09:00 - 17:00 Friday 22 April 2005. Join us for an everyday adventure. The National Urban Orienteering Trials will open your eyes to the wonders of the outdoors. Our exciting competition will introduce you to the sport of Urban Orienteering, help you improve your navigational skills and provide you with an opportunity for training. Urban orienteering is for everyone! "Orienteering" is used in the broadest sense of the word - innovation and lateral thinking are highly desirable attributes. Please let us know if you are planning to come so we can have a map for you! Format: Score Orienteering. Registration: Opens 30 min before the start time at Mina Road Park, St Weburghs, Bristol. Competitors: can be teams or individuals. Safety: The briefing at the beginning of the session will include procedures to be followed in the event the group is disoriented (lost), a group member is incapacitated or the group is running well behind time. Recommended equipment. - Notepad and pencil. - Compass or GPS. - Folding bicycle or skateboard or inline skates. - Money. Prizes. Bristol Mapping software and dataset (market value 5000 GBP). Rules. Keep receipts of any purchases.
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(Fri 23rd / 8pm / £5) A Club Neon & Steal From Work presentation A night of sleazy electro and 80’s retro futurism, Club Neon and Steal From Work join forces to pay tribute to the electro scene through film and live music… Iris B Cegarra’s Electro Dziska is a documentary about the thriving nu-electro scene, and features live footage and interviews with Adult and Anthony Rother amongst others. Party Monster – The Shockumentary tells the true story of Michael Alig, the Club Kids and the early 90’s New York club scene that descended into murder, drug addiction and outrageous outfits. Recently made into a feature film starring Macaulay Culkin, Party Monster is an unmissable insight into New York excess and glamour gone very wrong. Diskopunk duo Atomizer, of DJ Hell’s ultra-hip record label International Deejay Gigolo, captured the electroclash zeitgeist as hosts of London club Nag Nag Nag with their single ‘Hooked On Radiation’. Tonight we welcome them for one of their incredible live performances. In the bar new romantics Lazerboy and Basic DJ, of seminal Bristol electro party Club Neon, will be spinning electroclash, synthcore, nu-electro to keep the party going until late. www.club-neon.co.uk www.electro-dziska.com www.atomizermusic.com www.nagnagnag.info
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(Sat 23rd / 8pm / £5) Campari takes creative shellshock at the Cube this spring with a program of music and art in our middle of the decade millennium jetlag. FeAtUrEs Auditorium>>> - The Fog band, new signees to the legendary Purr Label and “artrocker” faves’, new wave angular amazing ness. - New grand smoking palace rockabilly sexy strut music - Awesome Campari stage set. Bar>>> - Campari cocktails, served by international euro-trash females – over here and on our dole. - Art of Kitsch interiors with mobile disco. - D . j. duo NUT TRACE ALERGY feat “ethereal john peel”. - Nina aka Willie cat jrn’. (risking 9 lives purring in tune with the sounds of the alleys)(special guests) - Guests t.b.c Art>>> - “My head / your B.E.D” art installation (rear of bar), sit down/scum out with comedy pornography+pop stars you sweat for. - Yoshino Shigihara - Video artist (performance based video art) in the bar and auditorium For Sale>>> - Signed copies of Campari SHAM-ZINE (number none bestseller) Contact>>> - mat 07837282766 - rob 07752513052 - camparisafai@hotmail.com
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World Pinhole Day with Justin Quinell 1pm - 5.30pm / workshop + talk £5 / talk £1 / Come along and celebrate 'World Pinhole Day' with a workshop, talk and upload workshop results to the world pinhole website. Workshop: 1pm - 3pm We will be making and using cameras out of tall drink cans and anything else you care to bring: Pringles Tubes, traffic cones, A4 box files, old shoes, the head of a thompsons gazelle, you bring it, we'll try to make a camera out of it. Prints will be in black and white with some colour experiments. Developing will take place on stage and throughout the day image results will be scanned, and uploaded onto the world pinhole site. Last year 1082 people from 43 countries uploaded their pinhole-day photographs, creating a huge gallery of pinhole images from all around the world. Workshop costs include paper, places need to be booked as limited space. Lecture: 4.30pm - 5.30pm Justin Quinell, Artist and pinhole expert will be taking us through the wonders of pinhole photography, via a powerpoint presentation. For Instructions on building pinhole cameras see: www.pinholephotography.org For more information on pinhole day see: www.pinholeday.org
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(Sun 24th / 7.30pm / £2) Spring rag and what. So why don't you bring a silent film to back your story? Or a guitar? Or a mouse? You could listen and feel that springtime feeling, energise for the season ahead. This is story, which means that you don't have to be published, bring coconut halves or have tye-dyed clothes. We want to hear the things that you heard your parents and grandparents tell you. Or something that the bloke on the train was telling his fellow passanger. Something you made up. Something you perform. There are ears here with your name on them.
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(Mon 25th / 8pm / £2) THE HEAVY HEADS pay tribute to Dr Raoul Duke aka Hunter S Thompson - the crown prince of Gonzo journalism and a Rock n Roll icon. In true Heavy heads style, we'll be warming up with MOTORHEAD promo videos before screening rare documentary footage of the man himself, in conversation at the wheel. He's a man torn apart by demons and put back together with substance abuse. A role model? A hero? Maybe. A legend? Certainly. With Heavy Heads DJs in the bar.
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BLUESCREEN (Tues 26th/ 7.30pm/ £3/2} Bluescreen goes monthly, showcasing even more of the best in local short films. Just turn up tonight with your film and it will be screened. Remember first in, first on screen! And bring along another copy for the bluescreen archive, for possible compilations/screenings at festivals/other cube nights. With Bluescreen DJs in the bar and polish vodka behind the bar, oh yes. ffi: bluescreen@sparror.cubecinema.com
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(Wed 27th / 8pm / £4/3) Motion pictures in every sense, this night brings together an original and exciting programme of short experimental films focusing on movement and dance. Commissioned by Dance South West, the compilation is curated by Kyra Norman and Lisa May Thomas and drawn from the work of dance film artists based in the South West. Featuring short films by Bristol artists KYRA NORMAN & THOMAS HALL (Rapid Eye Movement); STOLOFF & HOPKINSON (Dual); SUSANNAH GLYNN (Frame of Mind) and LISA MAY THOMAS (Ursula) in a collection that takes in some of the highlights in local dance film of the last few years. This is one for everyone interested in short filmmaking and/or new dance and performance. There will be opportunities for discussion after the screening. ffi: kyra@compactdance.org.uk / lisamaythomas@hotmail.com
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(Thur 28th & Fri 29th / £8 for both nights / 7.33pm) Two nights in the company of the wonderful travelling band with special guests, cameos, films and a special recording of a live album. To coincide with the release of their rocking new album, 'Not on Top' (Track and Field), the band will be playing at the Microplex and recording a new live album, featuring wee and not so wee help from their Bristol buddies. What larks, what treats. Time to get better aquainted or make new friends with HERMAN DUNE. A special ticket covering both nights is available for £8. HERMAN DUNE (acoustic) + Diane Cluck + My Two Toms + Stitch Stitch Djs (Thur 28th / £5 / 7.33pm) A dress up, get intimate for tonight's coverted and rare acoustic set from the 4 piece from SWEDEN, FRANCE, USA - the WORLD. Herman Dune capture the spirit of melodramaa, minisule moments and deft observations in their melodic drift and upbeat songs. They tour constantly and are taking tonight to do something rare and exciting. It will also go bang with Brooklyn's DIANE CLUCK (who also plays on HD new album) splashing baroque John Fahey-esque guitar parts overlaid with her hauntingly clear voice, enveloping the listener in an atmosphere that is unique and intimate. At times dark, and at times quirky and funny, the lyrics of her songs are stories woven together with love and a little bit of pain. The unstoppable force that is the admirable, free spirited duo of TOM and TOM come to add fun and mischief to tonights acoustic love-in with banjos and plaid shirts.
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POLANSKI'S CUL DE SAC (Roman Polanski / 1966 / UK / 111mins / Cert 15) (fri 29th / midnite / £4/3) Before being seduced by Robert Evans and the American studio system of the early-1970s, Roman Polanski cut his teeth with a series of smaller budget films made in Europe. Of these films, Cul-De-Sac was the project closest to his heart. A claustrophobic look at human relationships pushed to the limit, the film is less domestic drama than absurdist comedy of cruelty. With a little horror thrown in. A wounded criminal and his dying partner take refuge at a beachfront castle. The owners of the castle, a meek Englishman and his willful French wife, are initially the unwilling hosts to the criminals. Quickly, however, the relationships between the criminal, the wife, and the Englishman begin to shift in humorous and bizarre fashion. Featuring a career-best performance from Donald Pleasance, and one of the final screen performances from Catherine Deneuve's sister Francois Dorleac, the film is a perfect slice of late-night terror for the midnight movie crowd.
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Nothing Can Surprise Us (NCSU) NISTA NAS NE MOZE IZNENADITI ! 29th April to the 1st May / 1pm - 6pm / all events free admission Nothing Can Surprise Us (NCSU) NISTA NAS NE MOZE IZNENADITI ! 'Nothing can surprise us'- city/country wide catastrophe exercises organised by ONO i DSZ (Opcenarodana obrana i društvena samozaštita, transl, 'Nation wide defence and social self protection committee') for the military, police, health system, but also civilians (including children) in Yugoslavia. note:(ne moze -- although it looks like two words is pronounced as one) The intention is to create a context were issues of personal and social catastrophe can be researched, examined and acted upon. NCSU researchs survival operative systems, the pathos of training and preparing for the very real or fantastic catastrophic / disaster scenario. NCSU spectrum of research stretches from the daily risk of falling over to the global risk of using fossil fuels. Obsolete, alternative and low-tech methods will be invested in as backup plans and changes to current mass use domestic infrastructure. NCSU intends to be a boot camp / hobby club for people to learn skills and hone aspects of themselves that will enable and increase the chances of recovery and survival in advent of disaster. This will be via practical training and education. NCSU is a necessary training programme for anyone who wants to prepare for the unexpected. IT will be a jolly experience. For further information please look at the NCSU programme and website: http://irational.org/kayle/NCSU/
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HERMAN DUNE + Crescent + Herman Dune DJs (Fri 29th / 7.33pm / £6) After quick time rehearsals HD assemble a new band and guests for this ONE OFF show when they'll record an ultra-special live performance in front of you, the whooping audience. Doing it on the cheep and 4 luv, this will be a treat. Expect specially made/found Super-8 films to echo around the Cube and all kinds of on stage cameos and interludes. With CRESCENT (Fat Cat), one of Bristol's unsung jems, who rarely appear in the limelight long enough to catch one's breath. To conclude the two nights David and Co will be rocking the house with some of their favorite tunes...if you remember last time this can't be missed.
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plus special guests and DJs A Qu Junktion (Sat 31st / 8pm / £7) This is the original underground action with Krautrock, Spiritual Americana, Eastern Electronix and driving Rock dynamics swelling up inside one of the most pivotal cult acts in the music scene. PLUS the ex-singer from prime time CAN, now on his ever-lasting tour....the manical hyperactive...DAMO SUZUKI. After TAGO MAGO, EGE BAMYASI etc, Damo took a long rest. Over the past 4 years, however, he has been turning up to sing his staggering passionate adhoc vocals with a vast array of 'sound carriers' worldwide. CUL DE SAC are one band he keeps returning to. Hear why! Like SLINT, MISSION OF BURMA and SUICIDE, CUL DE SAC were well ahead of the pack. But this is no re-formation bullshit. Cul De Sac don't stop. They are pretty much the arch independent art-rock band. Without CUL DE SAC there may be no TORTOISE, GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR or SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN. Their deep spacious music, with a myriad of influences, and the vastness of their sound has made Cul De Sac the forefathers of those experimenting outside the Rock n Roll box. Their sense of drama and melodicism does not date. See what happens when the two meet. A special set is planned. http://www.culdesac.org http://www.damosuzuki.de/
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