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#11. june/july 06
the world cup issue
proud
Nottingham City Council is
to present
Nottingham events 2006
Nottingham City Council is proud to present an exciting calendar of events for
everyone to enjoy. Many of these events are brought to you directly by Nottingham
City Council or are supported by Nottingham City Council.
Where in the world would you find Bhangra music and Medieval jousting sitting cheek by jowl on an events list?
Nottingham of course!
From May to December, Nottingham’s annual programme of festivals, concerts and events celebrate the city’s rich
cultural mix alongside its more ancient traditions.
This year there will be fireworks, street theatre, World music, arts and crafts, walks and rambles, concerts,
festivals, carnivals, sports, Victorian games, jousting, outdoor Shakespeare, antiques fairs, open-air concerts,
Robin Hood and of course Nottingham’s own Goose Fair with its white-knuckle rides, children’s rides, crafts,
entertainment marquees and food stalls selling everything from Caribbean chicken to mushy peas and mint sauce.
25 May
27 May
28 May
28 - 29 May
28 May
28 May
30 May - 02 Jun
01 Jun
02 Jun
02 Jun
03 Jun
03 Jun
04 Jun
04 Jun
04 Jun
06 Jun
06 - 10 Jun
07 Jun
08 Jun
11-Jun
11 June
12 - 17 Jun
12 - 17 Jun
14 - 15 Jun
17 Jun
17 - 24 Jun
17 - 25 Jun
19 - 24 Jun
19 - 24 Jun
25 Jun
25 Jun
25 Jun
26 Jun - 01 Jul
28 Jun
30 Jun
02 Jul
02 Jul
02 Jul
03 - 08 Jul
09 Jul
10 - 15 Jul
13 Jul - 15 Jul
15 Jul
15 Jul
16 Jul
18 Jul
19 - 22 Jul
19 Jul
21 - 23 Jul
23 Jul
23 Jul
24 Jul - 01 Sep
25 Jul
25 - 29 Jul
27 Jul
Nottingham Classics - Halle, Royal Concert Hall
Arboretum Festival, Arboretum
Audio Massage in the Park, Arboretum
Spring into Wollaton, Wollaton Park
Steaming Day, Wollaton Park Industrial Museum
Nottingham Concert Band - Bands In The Park, Wollaton Park
The Zone Activities - holiday fun for children, Nottingham City Council Leisure Facilities
What A Feeling, Royal Concert Hall
Engie Benjy, Theatre Royal
Bachelor Boy, Royal Concert Hall
Autokarna Road Run, Starts at Wollaton Park
Just The Tonic, Theatre Royal
Green Festival, Arboretum
Autokarna / AEC / Evening Post Motor Show, Wollaton Park
Foss Dyke Band and Ockbrook Big Band - Bands In The Park, Wollaton Park - Autokarna
Orange prize for Fiction 2006, Central Library
Kensuke’s Kingdom, Theatre Royal
Dylan Moran, Royal Concert Hall
Halle, Royal Concert Hall
Nottingham Music School, Arboretum
Jazz café at the Council House supporting Drop in The Ocean, Council House
Return of the Forbidden Planet, Theatre Royal
This is Elvis, Royal Concert Hall
Importance of Being Earnest, Heartbreak Theatre Production, Nottingham Castle
Nottingham Live Music Festival, Arboretum
Red Letter Day Tennis, Nottingham Tennis Centre
NOW Summer (Venue To Be Confirmed)
A Taste Of Honey, Theatre Royal
Jerry Springer the Opera, Royal Concert Hall
Leicestershire Coop Band - Bands In The Park, Victoria Embankment Bandstand
Nottingham Amity Family Festival, Arboretum
The Rat Pack, Theatre Royal
A Tribute To The Ted Heath Orchestra, Royal Concert Hall
Midsummer Nights Dream - Lord Chamberlain’s Men, Newstead Abbey
Inclosure Walk, Jazz, Ensemble, Forest Recreation Ground
Welbeck Estates Brass Band - Bands In The Park, Nottingham Castle Bandstand
Chill in the Park, Arboretum
Dancing in the Streets, Theatre Royal
Kirkby Colliery Welfare Band - Bands In The Park, Arboretum Bandstand
Girls Night, Theatre Royal
Newstead Summer Stage - Macbeth, Newstead Abbey
Railway Children, Heartbreak Theatre Production, Nottingham Castle
Sports Relief, Victoria Embankment
Deep in the Frozen Night, Theatre Royal
Romeo and Juliet, Heartbreak Theatre Production, Nottingham Castle
Roll Out The Barrel, Theatre Royal
Fireman Sam, Theatre Royal
Mela, Forest Recreation Ground
City of Lincoln Band - Bands In The Park, Arboretum Bandstand
The Zone Activities, Nottingham City Council Leisure Facilities
Parklife - Community Sporting Events, Lenton Abbey Recreation Ground
The Hundred And One Dalmations, Theatre Royal
Parklife - Community Sporting Events, Radford Recreation Ground
27 - 28 Jul
29 - 30 Jul
29 Jul
30 Jul
30 Jul
01 Aug
02 Aug
02 Aug
04 Aug
04 - 06 Aug
04 - 05 Aug
06 Aug
06 Aug
07 Aug - 02 Sep
09 Aug
11 Aug
12 - 13 Aug
12 - 13 Aug
12 - 13 Aug
13 Aug
15 Aug
17 Aug
18 - 20 Aug
20 Aug
22 Aug
23 - 27 Aug
24 Aug
24 - 27 Aug
27 Aug
27 Aug
27 Aug
29 Aug - 02 Sep
30 Aug
01 Sep
03 Sep
05 - 16 Sep
10 Sep
24 Sep
28 Sep
01 - 31 Oct
04 Oct - 08 Oct
05 Oct
13 Oct
21 - 22 Oct
21 - 29 Oct
23 - 27 Oct
29 Oct
05 Nov
13 Nov
20 Nov - 23 Dec
21 Nov
26 Nov
7 - 9 Dec
17 Dec
Taming of the Shrew, Oddsocks Productions, Nottingham Castle
Antiques Fair, Wollaton Park
Nottingham Pride, Arboretum
Ilkeston Brass - Bands In The Park, Victoria Embankment Bandstand
Clare Teal, Theatre Royal
Parklife - Community Sporting Events, Bulwell Recreation Ground
A Night At the Musicals, Theatre Royal
Parklife - Community Sporting Events, Clifton Playing Fields
Riverside Festival, Victoria Embankment
English Youth Ballet, Theatre Royal
Carlton Brass Band - Bands In The Park, Victoria Embankment - Riverside Festival
Shirebrook MW (Unison) Band - Bands In The Park, Arboretum Bandstand
Classic Thriller Season, Theatre Royal
Parklife - Community Sporting Events, Lenton Recreation Ground
Parklife - Community Sporting Events, Broxtowe Park
Nottingham Carnival, Forest Recreation Ground
Steaming Day/Outdoor Agricultural Event, Wollaton Park Industrial Museum
The Wind in the Willows, Newstead Summer Stage, Newstead Abbey
Derwent Valley Wind Band - Bands In The Park, Nottingham Castle Bandstand
Parklife - Community Sporting Events, Coppice Recreation Ground
Parklife - Community Sporting Events, Forest Recreation Ground
Noddy on Tour, Newstead Abbey
Lincolnshire Hospitals Band - Bands In The Park, Arboretum Bandstand
Parklife - Community Sporting Events, King Edward’s VI Recreation Ground
Dora The Explorer, Royal Concert Hall
Parklife - Community Sporting Events, Melbourne Park
Twelfth Night, Heartbreak Theatre Production, Nottingham Castle
Long Eaton Silver Prize Band - Bands In The Park, Victoria Embankment Bandstand
Vagina Monologues, Royal Concert Hall
Parklife - Community Sporting Events, Southglade Park
Parklife - Community Sporting Events, Victoria Embankment
Rolls Royce (Derby) Band - Bands In The Park, Arboretum Bandstand
Grease, Royal Concert Hall
Robin Hood Marathon, starts Victoria Embankment
Sherman Robertson (Blues & Roots in the City), (Venue To Be Confirmed)
Black History Month (Details To Be Confirmed)
Nottingham Goose Fair, Forest Recreation Ground
Nottingham Classics - St Petersburg Symphony, Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
Nottingham Classics - Halle, Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
Robin Hood Pageant, Nottingham Castle Grounds
NOW Fall, (Venue To Be Confirmed)
The Zone Activities - holiday fun for children , Nottingham City Council Leisure Facilities
Bonfire Night, Forest Recreation Ground
Nottingham Classics - Czech Philharmonic, Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
German Christmas Market, Market Square
Nottingham Classics - Sinfonia VIVA, Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
Newstead by Night, Newstead Abbey
Alternative or large print format available upon request: 0115 915 2794
For further information about these events and many
others log onto www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk or you
can call 0115 915 5555 or 0115 989 5555 for all
Royal Concert Hall, Theatre Royal events.
Information correct at time of going to press. Whilst every effort
will be made to keep to the programme it may be necessary
to make changes with or without notice.
Header image by Nate Rood www.naterood.com
LeftLion Magazine Issue 11
June-July 2006
Editor
Jared Wilson ([email protected])
Deputy Editors
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Proofreading
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Photography Editor
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Photographers
Kevin Lake ([email protected])
George Marshall
Matt Coupe
Mark Johnson
Contributors
Cristina Chapman
David Eckersly
George Mahood
Jesse Keene
Meg Rowell
Michael Frearson
Miles Hunt
Mista Jam
Neil Higham
Roger Mean
Scotty Clark
Tom Hathaway
Marketing and Sales Manager
Ben Hacking ([email protected])
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because they don’t know a bloody thing about me!
God knows what I am.’
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Notts The Nine O’Clock News
What A Load Of Rubbish
Who On Gawd’s Green Earth Does
Miles Hunt Think He Is?
Well Red Writer
Elementary Style
Majik And The Deltarays
What’s Up Blood?
BJM IS Not A Movie
Notts Vinyl Sheriff
Bo Selecta
Council Estate Of Mind
Ready To Drop
Inside The Council House
The Notts World Cup
Watch The World Cup With LeftLion
Artists Profiles
Out and About
Not So Junior
Nottingham Events Listings
Art and Carbunkle
You Know You’ve Had Enough When…
Nottsword and LeftLion Pub Quiz
Rocky Horrorscopes, Fun Cave And Notts Trumps
Welcome to Issue 11 of what we hope you’ll agree is the
best free entertainments publication in Nottingham. There
are others out there, but you know which ones are actually
from here and which are just syndicated magazines trying
to make a quick bit of coin, right?
Our favourite other magazine in the city is Saggy Pants.
They’re good kids with a lot to offer. A bit younger than us
with a funky punkier edge, like us they do a publication
and live events for the love. I’d advise you to check their
latest edition at the next opportunity (it’s got me in it too)!
Expect to see us working together more closely in future.
Anyway, this is our World Cup issue and in the
centrespread you’ll find a local take on the biggest event
in world footeh. If you want to watch this years games in
a decent pub, with a good crowd and no sweaty knuckledraggers ramming you into a corner, come and join us
down at The Maze. We’ll be putting on a quiz and some
damn fine music for all the England games and the final.
More details on page 20.
In this issue I got the chance to put some questions to Jon
Collins, the leader of Nottingham City Council. Like every
taxpayer around these parts I sometimes get frustrated
with local politics. However, after an hour or two’s chat, I
realised that Jon’s a decent bloke who does a hard job and
is in it for the right reasons. He said some interesting stuff
that I would implore you all to read. You might even find
yourself agreeing with him…
Welcome back to our resident rock star Miles Hunt. It’s
been a while since we’ve had him in these pages as he’s
been busy touring the world with The Wonder Stuff. He
might not be from Notts, but he likes it here (particularly
the Ginza on Mansfield Road). Good to have you back
Milo! He really is writing this just for LeftLion…
Also in this issue we put some questions to Damian
Marley (son of Bob), Anton from The Brian Jonestown
Massacre (star of the Dig! documentary) and some hot
Notts music acts including Elementz, First Blood, Majik
and The Deltarays.
Last but not least we put some questions to the men in
charge of two of the cities best-loved record shops. Jim
from Selectadisc talks about forty years in the business
and Rob from Rob’s Record Mart explains the massive
vinyl towers that always look ready to topple over in his
shop. That interview was done by George Mahood, who
was Editor of Big Daddy and Grandslam, which were
the two best magazines to come out of Hood Town when
I was a kid. Welcome to the team G! It’s like a big local
media love-in over here.
All of the articles you read in this paper were written and
commissioned by us for people in Notts to read, which is
something that some of our ‘glossy’ rivals cannot claim.
To paraphrase the words of Arthur Seaton, star of the
ultimate Notts film Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
‘We’re out for a good time… all the rest is propaganda!’
Anyway, let’s hope that Rooney recovers quickly and that
this summer will be a memorable one for all of us. Come
on England!
[email protected]
LeftLion magazine has an estimated readership of 40,000 in
the city of Nottingham. In May 2006 LeftLion.co.uk received
over 500,000 page views.
www.leftlion.co.uk/issue11
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IS NOTTINGHAM THE UGLIEST
CITY IN BRITAIN?
We have some interesting architecture. Watson Fothergill for
example, with his gothic inspired 19th century buildings.
Admittedly in its rapid expansion in the mid 20th Century
there were a lot of mistakes (Clifton for example), but I really
think we have got to get away from the negative ‘it’s all crap’
attitude and take a leaf out of the positive thinking book, or
nothing is gonna change.
Backwards_reverse
I think the fact that the Market Square is currently a building
site definitely makes the city centre a lot uglier. But when it’s
finished the city should be more beautiful than ever
Mean
I do think that Nottingham has to be careful. With its
ubiquitous London-style, bland, leather-bound bars and
obsession with trendiness it’s trying to be a cross between
the style and glam of London and the scenester-loving
metropolitansim of Manchester. I think but I can see why
London people see it as phoney, even when a lot of people
know that there’s a great deal of genuine good stuff
happening here.
Lewis
I do think in some ways though that Nottingham isn’t the
most beautiful of cities. Granted the Lace Market/Park and
side alleyway streets are visually attractive, but the rest of
the sprawl is pretty boring and depressing.
Sara
There are some nice places, but I don’t think we should be
overly defensive. It’s not the most beautiful city in England,
but it’s alright in general. Anyway, while it would be nice to
live somewhere really lovely, I think what’s going on where
you live is more important.
Pollypocket
with Nottingham’s ‘Mr. Sex’,Al Needham
March 27
May 4
£2million worth of cocaine is impounded by the coppers at
East Midlands Airport, rammed down the shafts of golf clubs
(which makes a change from being rammed up the arses of
drug mules). Queues for the gents in Hockley pubs miraculously
disappear overnight.
The Times’ resident art-ponce Waldemar Janusczak comes to
town to look down his nose at underclass vermin like you and I
in a piece masquerading as a review of the British Art Show. “Is
Nottingham the ugliest city in Britain? Phoney ye olde taverns,
its supremely high gun rate and the gangs of exiled smokers
puffing up and down Maid Marian Way…Even John Betjeman
would be revolving in his potting shed in the sky at the
spectacle of Nottingham Castle’s contemporary suburbanness”
Oh, go and and have a another inhale of Tracey Emin’s pissy
knickers, you dezzie twat.
March 29
Frank Barlow and Ian McParland win the League One manager
of the month (even though neither of them are managers, and
there’s two of them), due to Forest racking up six wins on the
bounce – the first time that’s happened since 1967.
March 30
Great news if you enjoy fogging up the windows of your Toyota
and masturbating into an empty Greggs bag. Developers
announce plans for a £100m revamp of Nottingham Racecourse,
which will make it the world’s most expensive dogging site.
April 1
The first slab in the all-new Market Square is laid by a singer
from New Zealand. Of course, if they had just laid one massive
slab, it’d be finished by now.
April 8
A German riot policeman visits Notts to learn how to deal with
football hooligans. If you think that’s bad, wait until next month
when the LAPD, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Robocop come
here on a fact-finding mission.
April 12
ENGLAND SQUAD
Fekkin Awful! Out in the second round! No Wright-Phillips?
Walcott ahead of Bent and Defoe?
Kofi Agibbo
Ah sod it, it’s not like we’ve won the thing for 40 years,
may as well take some unknown quantities. Personally I’d
have had Wright-Phillips in but the rest isn’t looking so bad.
Walcott probably won’t get a game anyway and if he does you
never know what might happen. I say bring it on and forget
the negativity!
Alan
Glad to see Sven gamble a little, Defoe has been
disappointing for England in all but one game and is probably
too similiar to Owen to play with him upfront. I’m excited to
see Walcott in the squad, the World Cup is about pace and
Theo is like lightning.
MegamanX
Downing should definitely be in. But picking two injured
forwards, one shit lanky gimp and a 17 year-old won’t win us
the World Cup. But having said that, why not take Walcott?
Yes, he’s totally inexperienced but it’s not as if Defoe, Bent,
Johnson or whoever have set the world alight with their
performances.
themilkman
I’ve always had a soft spot for Holland/Argentina/Italy/Brazil,
y’know.
Lord of the Nish
May 6
An emotional rollercoaster of a day for Nottingham clubs. Forest
lose 1-1 to Bradford, meaning no play-offs, while Notts County
hammer Bury 2-2 to ensure they stay in the Football League.
May 8
Jermaine Jenas, who used to ponce about in the Lizard Lounge
in a T-shirt with his own name on the back according to my
mate, is named in the England World Cup squad. No-one really
knows why.
May 9
Europe’s orangest MEP, Robert Kilroy-Silk, calls on the German
government to bar Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
from the World Cup for threatening to destroy the world, or
summat. Ahmadinejad, who always preferred Trisha in any
case, can’t be arsed to reply.
April 17
May 10
In your face, Hull! Nottingham is announced by an insurance
company as the city with the worst burglary rates in the UK,
beating our bitter statistical rivals into second place. Hang on a
minute? Didn’t our police force disband their drug squad a few
years ago so they could devote more resources to burglary? It’s
all the students’ fault, apparently, because they can’t be arsed
to shut a window every now and then.
April 20
New stats reveal that there were 5,000 fewer crime victims in
Notts than the year before, with 19% fewer break-ins. But drug
offences went up by a whopping 23%, and there were 8% more
chinnings
April 21
A woman from the Meadows is charged with getting the arse
after her separated husband forgot their wedding anniversary
and persuading two other blokes to jump out behind a bush at
him waving guns about, like you do.
May 11
USA Express Chicken in, erm, Ilkeston becomes the first
takeaway in the country to be ordered to employ a bouncer on
the door. They should do that at my local chippy, I heard three
sausages got battered there the other night.
May 12
A gang of Bestwood window-lickers get sentences of up to
twelve months for causing £10,000 worth of damage to a bus.
LeftLion interviewee Whycliffe is on the cover of the Post for
being in court on three begging charges.
May 13
April 23
Two stabbings occur in town on the same day. Two of the
bastards! If any national newspapers are reading this, I have
already taken out the trademark on ‘Knifingham’.
Dr Raj Chandran, the former mayor of Gedling, successfully
sues the arse off the BNP for mistakenly fingering him as being
stuck off for sexually abusing a patient. They’d got the wrong
man entirely and got absolutely rinsed.
April 27
Evening Post quote of the year; “The odds of getting a hole-inone are pretty high. But the odds having one witnessed by a
member of Westlife must be phenomenal.”
The first ever mass hugging event happens in the Arboretum,
when 150 randoms cop a feel of each other. Have these people
not been to Jumpin’ Jacks on a Saturday night?
Absolutely nothing changes in the local elections (mainly
because they’re not being held in town), apart from a slight
shift to the Tories in the shires. Unlike other, more backward
places I could mention, the BNP does absolutely arse all in
Notts. Ha!
Certain pubs in town are forced to crack down on underaged
drinkers by refusing to allow people who look under 25 in
without ID. That’s Cliff Richard fucked if he wants to come in
the Social, then.
April 30
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May 17
Gedling MP and new Home Office minister Vernon Coaker
admits to having a go on a spliff or two when he was at Uni
32 years ago. The world does not end and civilisation does not
crumble.
May 19
A new star enters the local firmament, as Lea, a model and
pigmentation artist with 30M (yes, M) breast implants enters
the Big Brother house. Approximately two seconds later, some
internet spod allegedly finds pics of a Percy Filth nature of
someone who allegedly looks a bit like her allegedly doing rude
things. Allegedly. Why is she going in there? “For the money
and fame, just like the others”, she said. Goo’ on, me duck!
photo: George Marshall
What a load
of Rubbish...
With growing antagonism towards the proposed expansion of Nottingham’s
incinerator, LeftLion examines some of the concerns regarding health and the
environment and asks if this is the solution to waste management in our city?
words: David Eckersley and Neil Higham
The United Kingdom currently produces around
28 million tonnes of household and domestic
waste each year. Some 73% is sent to landfill,
19% recycled and 8% incinerated. Levels of
incineration are set to rise to a massive 25%
by 2020, a direct response to Article 5 of the
EU Landfill Directive, which legally binds
governments to reduce landfill to 35% of 1995
levels. This shift requires major changes to
infrastructure and will have a permanent
impact upon our environment and health.
Lack of public consultation and education has
created a void of information regarding waste
management strategy in the UK, indeed, having
spoken to many people about Nottingham’s
incinerator the overwhelming response is…
‘Incinerator? What incinerator?’
Nottingham’s Eastcroft incinerator is the
cigarette-like chimney located near the BBC
building on London Road. It is responsible for
the disposal of approximately 150,000 tonnes
per annum (tpa) of municipal waste from
within the city boundaries. Waste Recycling
Group (WRG), the operators of the facility,
have submitted a planning application to the
City Council seeking to build a third line, thus
expanding the burning capacity of the plant
by 100,000 tonnes; pushing the total to 250,000
tpa.
Significant issues have been raised with
regards to this expansion, not least by
Nottingham Against Incineration and Landfill
(NAIL), a pressure group set up in 2002 by local
environmental campaigners Jon Beresford and
Nigel Lee to highlight the problems they see
with incineration in general and the Eastcroft
Plant in particular. NAIL believes our resources
are best placed in schemes to promote
recycling and composting habits. “I feel that
recycling is a habit that needs to be learned,
open a food package and it literally takes one
second to put the cardboard in one box and
the plastic in another when I am throwing
something away. My wheelie bin is never even
half full when it is collected,” says Kaye Brooks
of Colwick.
When WRG submitted the planning application
NAIL called a public meeting in Sneinton,
the area closest to and most affected by the
incinerator. Since then many local residents
have become involved and numbers have
swelled. Indeed in March of this year a
petition carrying names of people from all over
Nottingham was handed to the City Council
with over 3000 signatures. So naturally, one has
to ask: why is there such an objection?
principle’ for waste management planning,
with ‘waste minimisation as the most favoured
approach, followed by re-use, recycling,
composting, energy recovery and disposal.’
Incineration fits into the category of energy
recovery. The industry itself is trying to change
the rhetoric commonly used, referring to
incinerators as ‘Energy from Waste Plants’, in
that resulting steam can be used for generating
electricity and heating.
The incinerator runs on two lines that were
built in 1972 but were designed in the 1960s,
and WRG propose to build a third line in order
to burn more waste. However, the proposed
third line will not be an adapted, modern
version of what came before, but rather will be
identical to the other two, which have had 34
known pollution breaches in the past four years.
In 2002 it was rated by Greenpeace as the
fifth worst incinerator in the United Kingdom.
Since then the Environmental Agency has
delivered eighteen site warnings to the UK’s
twelve municipal incinerators, a third of which
have been issued to Eastcroft. At a recent
public meeting local residents addressed a
panel of NAIL representatives asking, amongst
other things: “Why, with so many breaches
of limits over the last few years, doesn’t the
Environment Agency prosecute WRG? Why
are they not prepared to use their full legal
powers?”
WRG argue that by recovering energy from
waste that might otherwise be landfilled,
‘the extended plant would allow the City,
Council and region to process more waste
up the hierarchy, but as Jon Beresford of
NAIL points out; “We must debunk the myth
that incineration destroys waste, there is
a fundamental law of physics that states
matter cannot be destroyed, only turned into
something else. In the case of incineration 35%
becomes ash, which goes to landfill, including a
large portion that is toxic and needs processing
at a special toxic landfill site. The rest becomes
greenhouse gases containing heavy metals,
particulates and dioxins, which are amongst
the most carcinogenic things known to man.”
As already stated, the Government is bound
by law to drastically reduce the percentage
of waste being sent to landfill and naturally
they seek to do this as cheaply as possible.
Incineration seems to be their answer.
Arguably, this is contradictory to the necessity
and stated desire of the government to increase
recycling levels across Britain. Considering that
Central Government has set local targets for
recycling to be at least 50% by 2015, an increase
of incineration would surely be antithetical to
their presumed commitment to these targets.
WRG’s Non-Technical Summary cites the
Department for the Environment, Food and
Rural Affairs’ (DEFRA) ‘Waste hierarchy
The combination of a lack of recycling schemes
in Nottingham (as evidenced by its poor
recycling rate, just 8% of total municipal waste
recycled and 6% composted in 2004/2005) and a
lack of awareness means many recyclables are
thrown away with all other general waste. An
increase of a further 100,000 tpa of household
and domestic waste destined for incineration
means that even more potentially recyclable
waste would be incinerated. Robyn Fuller of
Sneinton commented “Incineration encourages
people to not to worry about recycling, because
they see their rubbish magically whisked away
and destroyed with no awareness of where it
goes or what it becomes.”
Alongside DEFRA’s waste hierarchy principle
sits their proximity principal. This recommends
that waste should be disposed of as close
to the place of production as possible. This
encourages municipal authorities to do all
in their power to process their own waste,
thereby creating local responsibility for waste
management, and has the advantage of
reducing the amount of transport necessary to
move waste from one area to another.
The proposed increase in municipal waste
therefore raises significant questions
concerning where such waste will come from,
and how it will get here. WRG currently have
the rights to burn the 150,000 tpa of municipal
waste from the city, however they have lost the
County contract to rival waste company Onyx,
which would have given them the rights to
burn waste from the rest of Nottinghamshire.
Consequently, WRG will need to import waste
from nearby counties Derbyshire, Leicestershire
and Lincolnshire to satisfy the increase. This
will result in a further 106 lorry movements
(that’s 53 extra lorries) everyday in and out of
Nottingham.
Jon Collins, the leader of the City Council, has
publicly stated his, and the Labour council’s,
objection to the expansion, but regardless
of the political will the decision can only be
reached on planning grounds. The necessary
Integrated Pollution Prevention Control (IPPC)
license has been formally granted by the EA,
leaving only a planning committee review
to decide the outcome of the application.
This is an evident blow to NAIL’s campaign
because it means that, despite backing from
the council, the decision can only be made
based on the legality of the application and the
subsequent construction work, leaving ethical
considerations aside.
The evidence suggests Kaye Brooks is right
when she says; “there cannot possibly be a
need to incinerate 250,000 tonnes of waste
every year for the next thirty years with the
push we have now to recycle. It’s bad enough
that there is one (an incinerator) anyway. To
expand it seems unnecessary and pointless,
just a money making exercise at the expense of
public health.”
www.nail.uk.net
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does Miles Hunt think he is?
I don’t suppose I’ve ever discussed this with anyone before
now and perhaps for good reason, but every time I hear my
name spoken by another, I immediately presume the name
‘Miles Hunt’ as to belong to a child....
That is, in some peculiar form it is
my former name. I do of course have
varying self images; friend, brother,
son, bloke in a band etc… But to me,
my name, ‘Miles Hunt’, is definitely the
name of an adolescent. I wonder what
this says about myself? Does this notion
I have stumbled upon apply to us all I
wonder? Or is it because I consider
myself to be still fighting the good
fight, having not, by my own measure,
achieved what it was that I set out to
do way back when?
When… hmmmmm… There’s a question for
the ages.
My 89 year old Grandmother shared with me,
in recent years, that she has not experienced
any remarkable differences in her ’self’
since she was a sixteen year old girl. I was
at first rather alarmed at this comment. As
I approach my fortieth birthday this summer
I was rather hoping that some kind of wisdom
would be automatically bestowed upon me, for
no other reason than having ‘made it’ this far. But
having then given what she had said to me a little
contemplation I soon realised that I too could claim
pretty much the same standing. Or at the very
least, as far as my life’s pursuits are concerned, I am
moved to admit that not a great deal has changed
during the last thirty years.
In truth I don’t think I’ve ever achieved
adulthood and neither do I now expect to.
I can legally drive a motorised vehicle,
pay my taxes and utility bills on time
and recognise when it is wholly
inappropriate to swear.
However, I am
ceaselessly amazed when observing a portion of our
society’s other grown-ups (too great a portion for
my liking) going about their ‘adult’ lives. Within my
grouping of friends we often discuss the ‘assistant
manager’ syndrome, that is, he or she that considers
themselves to have almost attained authority. Are
they not the very worst of all of the imperious oafs
we all have to deal with in our daily toils? Those that
have been given a miniscule proportion of jurisdiction;
the nightclub doorman, the train guard, the traffic
warden… it goes on. In essence, your ‘job’s worth’.
At what point is a rational human being transposed
into such a creature? Or are they born that way? In
much the same way as I was born, seemingly, never to
mature. I simply do not see the attraction in wielding a
doubtlessly non-existent dominion over other humans.
Please, by all means, call me immature…
I think I was at an earlier age than Nan’s sixteen year
old self when I decided that I was gonna be a ‘bloke
in a band’, perhaps around the age of eight or nine.
I remember the morning of this illumination well.
My dad’s brother Bill used to play keyboards in the
legendary 70s Glam outfit, Wizzard (yes, it was spelt
with two z’s). During the course of one of their rare
live concert tours they, or at least some of them, had
elected to kip down on my mom and dad’s lounge floor
after a gig somewhere in Derbyshire. My brother and
I had risen for school the following morning only to
discover upon our lounge floor a legion of hairy men, for
the most part concealed in sleeping bags or wrapped
in blankets. And a smell… an intoxicating smell. I
knew who they were, I’d probably met most of them at
one time or another, but in that moment of discovery,
as mom doubtlessly ushered us through to the kitchen,
I knew, truly, the life I needed to pursue. No more
getting up at the crack of dawn, polishing shoes and
suffering imbecilic Radio One morning DJ’s, whilst
cramming down a questionably necessary brefters for
me. No Sir. Gimme sleeping bags and hangovers (that
was the smell) and all in the shared company of other,
yet to be ripened, hairy men that felt just as I did!
And I, Miles Hunt, pulled it off. I located those
other hairies to share lounge floors with.
Other hairies to abandon all notion of
adult objectives and associated
creature comforts to share
this curate’s egg of a
life we’ve willingly
been ensconced in
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for the last twenty or so years and yet… do I feel like
it’s anything that I could conceivably consider an
achievement?
This name thing is bothering me…
Surely when I hear my name spoken by another I
should well up inside and think ‘Damn straight! Miles
Hunt the achiever!’. But I don’t. You see I do consider
what I’ve done, in music and that I refer to as my
‘central theme’, an achievement. I’ve never, by my
reckoning, done a solid day’s graft in my life and in
many ways that was almost the entire point of being
in a band. We wrote some tunes, travelled the world
playing them to all manner of people and kipped down
on all manner of floors. I still do for that matter. I’ve
constantly been achieving for chrissakes! But my name,
never the less, to these ears belongs to a child.
A month or so ago I had the great honour of playing
alongside the mighty Damien Dempsey. He called
me up on stage and in front of more than a thousand
people we played and sang Whiskey In The Jar
together. Oddly enough Damien confessed to me that
night that it was the first song he learned to play
upon his very first guitar. But as he encouraged the
assembled masses to welcome me, Miles Hunt, to the
microphone, I have to tell you, on hearing that name
again I felt about seven years old.
Likewise, some years ago I was a guest on BBC 2’s
Never Mind The Buzzcocks and the show’s host,
Mark Lamarr, gave his typically caustic introductions
of that episode’s guests. On hearing my name I felt
implausibly immature.
Once again, whilst attending a hospital appointment
earlier this year, on hearing my named called as I was
invited to attend the specialist, I absurdly became a
minor.
On the other hand it was one day last year that my
daughter decided that she would from there on in
prefer to call me Daddy, as opposed to previously
always referring to and addressing me as Miles. And
do you know, the Daddy thing felt okay, in a puffed-outchest kinda way, for a day or so but, hand on heart… I
think I preferred hearing her gorgeous little voice speak
to me for who I really am, ‘Miles’, just a kid myself.
www.thewonderstuff.co.uk
Well Red Writer
Stephen Lowe was born in Nottingham and now spends half his time here and the other
half in southern France. He is an actor, director, artistic director and playwright and
former chair of Art Council East Midlands. His plays have been staged at the Royal Court,
the Royal Shakespeare Company and most of England’s leading repertory theatres.
Most topically, he’s the writer of the Brian Clough extravaganza Old Big ‘Ead in The Spirit
Of The Man, currently completing its victory lap of the Playhouse after a national tour. We
spoke to him about theatre, football and all points in between. words: Nathan Miller
I’ve just been watching the Champions League Final and
realising what I like most about sport is the epic theatrical
stories that it throws up. What connections do you see
between football and theatre?
Bertold Brecht said theatre had everything to learn from football
and that in general football had the more lively audience! They
are of course practically the same for the spectator, the battle
between two sides for victory and the end unknown so we live
in total suspense until the final denouement which makes it
either a comedy or a tragedy. I count seeing Forest at times as
amongst my great theatrical experiences.
What did Brian Clough mean to you before you wrote the play?
I never met Brian but watched him, as so many of us did, from
the stands. To me he was the true working-class hero, a man who
hated authority, passionately loved his art form and took no crap
from anyone. Given that he also had immense talent and was one
of the funniest men ever after Les Dawson, he got my vote.
How has the play been received in other cities?
It takes time for the audience to realise it’s not simply for football
fans and in each city the audiences have built amazingly towards
the end of the week. Old Big ‘Ead is a legend throughout the land
and the play requires no special knowledge to enjoy it.
Was the play aimed at a football or a theatre audience?
The answer is very simple… Both. From the very beginning the
director Alan Dossor and I set this as our target ambition, and
the figures are amazing. Over 60% of the audience had never
been in the Playhouse before, but the regulars also came and
both sides enjoyed it together.
To me it seems the two people most responsible for putting
the city on the map are Brian Clough and Robin Hood. Which
one do you think best embodies the Nottingham character?
As Robin and Brian are the subjects of the play I can’t really
tell them apart. Both iconoclasts, both for the people, both
unstoppable fighters and both great team leaders. In the play
Brian claims Robin may even have invented football.
Did you have a good time at the Gala performance (for the
Brian Clough Statue Fund) the other night?
It was nerve-wracking. There were great players there who are
mentioned in the play and of course the Clough family, who have
been so supportive throughout the process. But the pie and peas
after were brilliant. It was extraordinarilly moving.
What do you think to the dramatic scene in Nottingham?
I want to see this town going for City of Culture, becoming the
national City of Literature, with it’s history of plays, myths, folk
tales of Robin Hood, Byron, Lawrence, Sillitoe and many others.
There’s a really thriving group of young film-makers and writers
(inspired by Shane Meadows, old hands like myself, Mick Eaton,
Billy Ivory and younger talents like Amanda Whittington, Andy
Barrett, and many others). The Theatre Writing Partnership
led by Esther Richardson has made a vast distance, as has the
Playhouse’s increasing shift to new writing, both local and
national. Then there are the new writing companies like New
Perspectives, Tangere Arts and others. It’s ready to become
a scene, as Liverpool was in the sixties. The place is teeming
with excellent actors, designers, directors. What it needs is a
successful university performance course feeding energy into
the scene, a major independent studio space, a central meeting
point for writers and actors, workshop developments and
support and the whole city to join the celebration. Sorry, you’ve
touched a nerve with this one. We have such talent, and we
should really be nurturing it.
Would you consider writing a play about Jimmy Sirrell for
Notts County fans?
When I was six my dad took me to County and left me behind
the goal mouth. He vanished off to the pub and forgot about me. I
don’t hold that against County, but I’m afraid I haven’t been back
since. But once the therapy kicks in, I’d be happy to consider a
commission!
Are they any other local characters that you find particularly
interesting?
I’m obsessed by Nottingham and its characters. I’ve written
about Torville and Dean, William Booth, Ned Ludd (the leader of
the Luddites) and Byron (who was their only political supporter
and a major hero of mine). I’ve written about DH Lawrence on
numerous occasions. My film Flea Bites was about the show
people at Goose Fair. The history of the town is an endless
fascination with me.
What advantages does living in Nottingham have over living
in the Languedoc?
It’s my home town and every street has memories and stories to
tell. But the wine’s cheaper in the Languedoc.
What are your favourite places in Notts?
I walk my plays (and talk to myself) around Colwick Park
and have a chat with the swans. Shaw’s bar has become my
unofficial office. Whoever does the flowers at the Arboreteum
should get an award.
Are you looking forward to the World Cup? Do you have a tip
for the final?
The last performance of Spirit is on June 10 and the company are
coming round to see England’s opening match in the afternoon.
I probably won’t move for the month, except to go to the fridge.
My tip for the final is make sure the fridge is full.
Is there anything else you’d like to say to LeftLion readers?
This town gets a lot of bad press. Keep the joy alive!
Old Big ‘Ead in The Spirit Of The Man
is at the Playhouse until June 10.
www.stephenlowe.co.uk
www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk
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The Elementz are one of the
hottest hiphop production crews
that Nottingham has ever seen!
Having worked with the likes
of Scorzayzee, Karizma and
Skinnyman on their first EP, they
took it upon themselves to make a
further step up for the successor.
In came the likes of Taskforce, DJ
Skully, Mr 45, Rukus, Blitz, MB
and Shifty Spirit. The men known
individually as Zoutr and Liati
are local samurais of sound. They
have a plan for Elementz Universe
that stretches way beyond what
most hiphop heads in this city
would even think about. We think
they might just make it happen…
photo: Fishpig Design
words: Jared Wilson
Tell us about the new EP Elementz Universe Volume 2…
Liati: It’s definitely a progression for us. We’ve done a lot of live
recording and moved away from samples on a lot of it. We came
with a variety of styles to let people see our range and hopefully
give the audience some vibes for all occasions!
You’re getting quite a bit of radio play at the moment…
Liati: We’ve got pretty much the whole hiphop roster at 1Xtra
rinsing the EP and the best thing is they’re all playing different
joints. P and Skitz are rinsing Big Tune We Bus’ (featuring
Karizma) because its got that big and bashy sound, Twin B gave
record of the week to On My Case (featuring Taskforce). Blakey’s
playing Crazy and Mista Jam’s reppin Notts with Warriors
featuring Shifty Spirit. So we’re definitely achieving what we set
out to do in terms of exposing the range.
Zoutr: It’s taken us a year to get it out, but we’re building the
label and studio and if we rushed it we would never have linked
the VIPs that featured on it. If Volume 3 is going to be bigger and
better then we have our work cut out.
Are you releasing on your own label these days?
Zoutr: Yes. The Elementz Universe series is on our own EU
Entertainment imprint. We’ve got some guest tracks coming out
on other labels and some remixes later this year.
Liati: We’ve learned a lot about the industry through the
production of Vol.2. Hearing our music all over the radio tells
us we’re doing something right. It takes more than just a hot
product, you really have to sell hard to reach DJs, industry and
the media. I don’t understand artists and labels that sit on their
product once it’s released. That’s not going to elevate our scene
here in the UK. We know that our record needs to move, so we’ll
make that happen no matter what. You get out what you put in.
Where did you start out in music?
Zoutr: One Christmas in a hall way in Bilborough, Little Zoutr
played a Christmas carol on his brand new £5 Bontempi organ.
Liati: That’s Gangster!
What’s your favourite of your own tracks?
Zoutr: Either the one that I deleted or the one on that disk that I
sat on. Possibly the best tracks ever…
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Liati: You move on, they feel different once they finished and new
joints get produced. I love the feeling you get when you haven’t
played one for a while and you hear it in a club.
What’s your favourite track of all time?
Zoutr: Landslide by the Smashing Pumpkins.
Liati: Anything by David Hasslehoff. He’s a badboy who ain’t
afraid to rock leather trousers in front of thousands of screaming
Germans. You know it makes sense!
What are your favourite cities and venues to play?
Zoutr: We spend too much time producing smashers to do loads
of gigs. It would be great to get more shows done, but we need
a manager really. We need a fat hairy biker who would bully
people into paying us proper.
Liati: Right now I’m sharpening my DJ skills back up and I want
us to get back out there. We need to be getting more exposure
in the clubs and showing mans what time it is with people like
Karizma hosting proceedings.
If you could get anyone in to work with you, who would
you choose?
Zoutr: Scorzayzee on the raps, Thom Yorke on the hooks,
Scorsese on the videos and a world tour with the Pussycat Dolls.
Liati: Check this one out: The Meters on Keys and lead, Jill Scott
on the hooks, Roots Manuva, Mos Def and Talib Kwali on the
verses and Jimmy Douglass engineering. That’s a joint right
there!
What can we expect from your LeftLion gig at the
Orange Tree?
Zoutr: We’re going to bring the Bluetooth server down and give
out free ringtones and wallpapers! Also you could buy Elementz
Universe Volume 2 for cheaper than anywhere else. You heard it
here first…
Liati: We represent Notts and LeftLion to the fullest, so you
know we’ll come through and shake the venue. You can expect
us to reach with special guest rappers and maybe even drop an
exclusive or two. Yo Zoutz, you think they’re ready for the “Live
Fast” Remix Feat. Lowkey, Shameless and TB?
Zoutr: That’s gonna get dropped like an orange from a tree.
Tell us about the Elementz studio…
Liati: Right now setting up our new premises is a big priority.
We’ll soon be able to provide a cost effective service for artists to
come there and record, get produced and engineered and even
put together their mixtapes and demo packages. It’ll be a relaxed
environment focused on making good music and helping artists
achieve their potential. We’ll also be running workshops in the
future for kids from the ends to come and express themselves
away from the streets.
What was the last album that you bought?
Zoutr: The last CD was Taskforce’s Music From The Corner 4 and
the last Vinyl was Ghostface Killah’s Fishscale.
Liati: I’ve been lucky enough to get some good music sent
through recently so I’ve not bought much. The last one was
Sway’s album I think. Oh and Mary J’s album for my girl.
What was the last book you read?
Zoutr: Nothing In This Book Is True, But It’s Exactly How Things
Are by Bob Frissell. Some things are hard not to believe…
Liati: Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler. It’s a beautiful
awakening to a horrible reality that we all could face in this
world. It’s about staying true and faithful to the beliefs you
develop and not allowing the powers that be to dictate your
future, even when it seems inevitable.
What’s coming up for you over the next year?
Zoutr: The Elementz will remix for food this year.
Liati: Watch for forthcoming tracks produced Chester P, Rukus,
Lowkey, Shameless and TB. The Karizma EP I am Karizma, the
first Elementz grime project, The KarmaZoutr project and the
MPC Soundclash stage show. Then it’s all in the stars what
happens next.
The Elementz and special guests play LeftLion Presents
at The Orange Tree on Thursday 29 June 2006.
www.theelementz.co.uk
myspace.com/elementzuniverse
words: Meg Rowell photo: Matt Coupe
New name, new tunes, same hair. Majik, the artists
formerly known as The Magic Heroes and standardbearers of NottsRock, prepare to take their game
to the next level, but not before they leave their
effects pedals at home for an acoustic throwdown at
June’s LeftLion Unplugged.
What’s happening in Majik’s world?
At the beginning of the year we did some gigs in places we
haven’t played before like Sheffield and Cheltenham, plus
another couple in London. We were due to play Fifty Get Funky
but we had to pull out due to injury, it’s alright though because
Left of the Dealer and BluMonkey replaced us that night and did
a very fine job too. We have also been beavering away writing
new material which is quite different to our older stuff, where we
have tried to explore new musical avenues, some of which you
will hear on 6 June at the Malt Cross.
You recently changed your name from The Magic Heroes,
what brought that about?
It’s been on the cards for a while now to be honest, mainly
because there are too many bands with similar sounding
names, and we don’t like getting mistaken for The Magic
Numbers! It’s quite amusing really. When we told people we
were going to be called The Magic Heroes most people were like
‘that’s a terrible name, you can’t be called that.’ Now the same
people are saying we should stick with it! But when everything’s
done it’s just a name isn’t it, and surely a name is what you
make of it.
Your sound is pretty rock’n’roll, how will doing an acoustic set
feel do you think?
We are really looking forward to it as it will be a chance for us
to play some stuff that normally wouldn’t fit into our set, and to
show people that we have more tricks up our sleeves than they
might imagine. We still might rock out at some points, we’ll see
how we feel on the night!
What’s all the taking your shirts off about?
Tell you what, you go home, stand under some lights then run
on the spot for a bit, that might give you an idea what its like
onstage! Seriously though, it does get very warm up there
sometimes, so it is more out of practicality then anything else.
We’ve also noticed other bands starting to do it recently, so it
must be a good idea!
Do you think Nottingham is an exciting place to be making
music at the moment?
Yeah, we love this dirty town! The Nottingham music scene has
really been on the up since last years Drop In The Ocean, and
we now have some really quality acts. So yeah, it is an exciting
place to be making music, there’s a real buzz about the place at
the moment.
Do you think you’ll stick around then?
Well we are planning on going on tour around the country after
Summer, and generally spreading the Majik sound. But we’ll
be back.
What’s in the Majik diary for the near future?
More songwriting. We have a home studio that we put together
ourselves out of what we had lying around, plus some borrowed
bits and bobs, that’s really helping us come up with stuff. We
are also planning a release of some kind in the summer and we
have a new website which we are about to launch where you
can get hold of our music and merchandise. On the gig front we
have a gig at The Maze on the 31st of May. Then our acoustic
show at the Malt Cross for you chaps on 6 June and then the big
one Drop In The Ocean on 11 June. But we’re sure you’ve heard
about that already....
www.themagicheroes.co.uk
The Deltarays caused a bit of a stir in the local live music a
couple of years ago. The band of Dan (guitar), Daz (bass),
Glen (drums) and Chris (vocals) pride themselves on their
melodies, harmonies and energy. In the past they made it
into BBC Radio 1’s top 10 unsigned list and have got back
together again after a year or so off to do other things.
They’re playing LeftLion Presents at the Orange Tree at the
end of July. We put some questions to Chris and Glen to
find out more... words: Kirk Leatham photo: Mark Johnson
Where did you all start out in music?
Chris: Glen was banging on his mum’s pots
and pans from an early age! Dan and Daz are
brothers and have playing guitar together for
the past fifteen years. I’ve been singing to
The Beatles and Fleetwood Mac since I can
remember. My Mum was a mod and a hippie in
her younger days so I listened to the tunes she
was brought up with in the sixties like Motown
and Northern Soul.
Describe your sound to those who have never
heard you.
Chris: I guess if I had to it’s like the Beatles and
REM mixed in with just about every decent rock
band I’ve heard over the years.
You’ve been away for a while. What happened
there?
Chris: We just all ended up so busy in our jobs...
I opened an Art Studio called Delta Design in
Arnold, painting on T-shirts and trainers. Daz
had a little girl with his partner and Dan was
busy managing a restaurant. We all needed to
earn some money for one thing!
Glen: Yeah man! We were all skint and I’d had
enough of Notts really, so I went off to Andorra.
I just needed to get away from it all for a while.
Have you got any releases planned?
Glen: I imagine so. We have just recorded a
great new song and I know we have
some fantastic tunes in us.
What’s your favourite of your own tracks?
Chris: For me it’s the new one Bringing Me Up.
I always like the new tracks the best. If your
latest isn’t as good as your last then you’re
wasting your time.
Glen: Totally. There’s nothing more exciting
then a spanking new number.
What are your favourite venues to play?
Chris: For me the one that really sticks out is the
Ossenbrook Beer Festival in Germany. The gig
wasn’t that great because we were just starting
out, but everyone still seemed to love it.
What are your favourite hangouts in
Nottingham?
Chris: I like The Orange Tree, Trip to Jerusalem
and The Malt Cross.
Glen: It’s all about the Arboretum.
What was the last album that you bought?
Chris: Rough side by Whycliffe. I saw it on
Arnold Market and couldn’t resist. I think it’s
really good!
What was the last book you read?
Chris: Once by James Herbert. It scared me
shitless! Forget horror movies, it’s all about
reading books for the chills.
What have you got coming up over the
next year?
Chris: Well we have loads of gigs planned, both
in and out of Nottingham and load of great new
material to perform.
What can people expect from your LeftLion
Presents show at the Orange Tree?
Chris: Catchy riffs, mind-blowing melodies
and more raw energy then a horse drawn cart.
Come see us play.
The Deltarays play LeftLion Presents
at the Orange Tree on Thursday 20 July.
www.myspace.com/deltarays
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photo: Kevin Lake
Choosing to dispense with a lengthy intro to this rather unique and productive side
of Nottingham Hiphop we decided to let Pete 1stBlood, the man behind the band,
elaborate on what they really encompass as far as Nottingham music is concerned…
take it away blood! words: Jesse Keene
“1st Blood have been creating music from around 1997 and have
grown from a few man operation and crew into a musical empire
incorporating any and all elements of music within the hiphop
context. The band came around due to the 1st Blood production
crew coming up with songs that people were loving. A couple of
years ago we sent LeftLion a demo CD and they asked us to do a
live show for them after they heard our tracks. Not really having
the cash to cut the songs to vinyl and not wanting to just spit
over a backing cd, we decided to have a go at assembling our
team of skilled writers into a live band. We went down well and
have been rolling along ever since.”
Tell us about the members of the live band...
We’ve got a vast number of players… we have a big fam. At the
moment we’ve got Emkah from Elegalz Cru on Synths, he is the
badass. Then we got Ed Drum on the electric/ acoustic kit and
sampler, he’s brought a whole new exciting edge to the mix. We
should still have Tom Dempsy on percussion hopefully… there
are not many percussionists as good as him. Then there’s old
Incredible Danny, who has been doing well with the mighty
Team Hughes Project. He’s a real polished player and person. Old
Gravy Legg is the true playboy of the crew, the ladies love him.
He deals in BMX, bass, booze and birds in that order. On decks
we have Rat Master Rattamattic he’s got that slobberdog style,
tight as you like. All the McDonald Clan have helped out and
added to the 1st Blood vibe, whilst not playing in the line-up at
the moment. Then you got Tommy Gun, he brings noise from the
beyond all up in your face. Urban Dee oversees with production
skills, he’s straight up gangsta. Then on the vocal tip you’ve
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got four main rappers. Louis Cypher, Opticus Ryme, Piper Mic
Sniper Memory Wiper and Joe Graziano. Each emcee has their
own unique style that they bring to it. The only two singers we
have performing are the aforementioned Incredible Danny and
our man from down south with the soulful mouth, Bahiyon Bailey.
He is the best singer I have ever known personally, the shiz he
has made with Kumarachi scares me it’s so good. Kumarachi is a
producer/nutter/rockstar on the local scene, rumor is he sleeps in
an oxygen tank and only sleeps when he can play no more.
What releases have you had out so far and how do you feel
they were received?
1st Blood has had plenty of rare releases like Joe and Pete’s
Life Advice selling 200 copies, the FBEP and Damnfiner EP.
Then came Riddle Me This, which at twenty tracks deep was
the first official album by us. Then we released Beats 4 The
People, which was also twenty tracks and introduced Louis
Cypher and Opticus Ryme to the family. Blood Cypher N Ryme
was born. People really felt it was nice n grimy and Notts yet
quintessentially 1st Blood. Opticus has his album Obsolete Format
coming soon and so does Louis Cypher. Generally they were
received well, but then if someone disagreed with them being
‘good’ I would verbally harass them to the point of collapse.
You’ve played Nottingham, but also other in venues
further afield. How was that and what were a few of your
favorite places?
My favourite gig we’ve done so far was when we played in
London at the ITC Urban Music Showcase. Pauline, a singer from
Notts group Aristocrash sent a copy of a demo we had made to
give away when we played at the Arboretum. I ended up giving
them to Whycliffe to sell for a pound each so he could have a
bit a cash to waste. It wasn’t that pro on the cover just a sticker
and a CD, with ten tracks. Anyway we got selected out of 1000
bands to perform alongside other bands such as Skinny Sumo
and went down there in a transit van with a pub bench in it
getting wasted and eating chicken. It was banging! I can’t really
remember the performance though. Recently I have enjoyed
playing The Social and the Horn in Hand and I’m looking forward
to going to the Orange Tree again soon. Then I think we’ve got
Sneinton Carnival, the Arboretum and maybe Drop In The Ocean.
We’ve heard that Tricky has recently signed you.
How did that come about?
Yeah I’m signed to his label Brown Punk now. He phoned me
from LA and said he had got his hands on my demo CD, which
I had sent down to Emily Taylor, the organiser of the ITC Urban
Showcase. He said he loved it and wanted to give me an album
deal…. that was about three or maybe four months ago. He
told me that he and Chris Blackwell, (the man who signed Bob
Marley and ran Island Records until he sold it) were listening to
our CD and loved it. Tricky’s all cool. I’ve got his back and he’s
got ours!
www.myspace.com/1stblood
Dig! is the documentary pitting Anton Newcombe and The Brian Jonestown Massacre against The
Dandy Warhols, the music business and the boundaries of sanity. The problem was it was bullshit
and everyone bought it. It claimed to cover seven years of rivalry, abuse, petulance and schizoid,
messiah-complex situation comedy. But how do you edit seven years of footage into a few hours?
The Brian Jonestown Massacre is the ongoing work of Anton Newcombe (pictured second right,
below), San Franciscan and musical shaman par excellence. He’s an engaging, fractured, politicised,
self-aware artist and the Massacre is his protective sphere. I thought he was stifling laughs on
the phone. Perhaps he was bumping coke? Then I decided he was laughing for different reasons.
Whatever… he isn’t doing this for the reasons you expect. words: Floyd Ferris
What’s happening for BJM at the mo? You’re no longer on
Bomp records?
Well, I never really was on Bomp, I just licensed the tracks out,
like a hiphop arrangement. I used to work with Greg Shaw
(manager, seen in Dig!).
I was sorry to hear that he died recently…
He was important because he was unique. Everybody passes
on, but I miss his uniqueness, he never really gave up being
enthusiastic about bands. He definitely got it!
You were associated with him for a long time...
Yeah, my older sister used to buy records off him and then I
started buying psyche records and new wave and punk stuff
What is the Committee to Keep Music Evil?
Basically I called our label Tentacle Records and some guy
started a folk label with the same name. Because it was folk
music I didn’t feel like saying ‘well I’ve already been doing this
for ten years and putting records out everywhere’. I just let it go
because I felt bad. I just wanted to do something no one else had
thought of. I also like being tricky like the CIA. When the CIA
wanted to kill Third World children, they set up a company called
Hunger Projects International.
never play them to anybody and then just whip them out on an
acoustic guitar years later. It might have been something that I
made up to entertain myself. What I do is based more on art and
theory. It’s not a career…
I get that from the music, listening to the BJM albums. It’s not
your persona is it? It’s a collection of work, a long project?
It’s definitely a collected work, sometimes I’ll look at the whole
thing. As a playlist taken out of context, people don’t get it.
Your songs can be inaccessible in isolation…
People use music for different things, it’s the same with painting.
It could be in the Louvre or just lumped in with a bunch of other
things, there are lots of different ways of presenting things, and
they have different impacts. The grand cathedrals used to make
these grand statement about being bigger than life. Catholic
and Anglican churches are different, but it was like ‘Blow the
peasants minds’.
Catholicism is fucking psychedelic man, sinister and
psychedelic…
Yeah and thank God! It would be a boring bunch of shit without
that, wouldn’t it?
On the Tomorrows Heroes Today sleeve, there’s a quote ‘So
young, so brave, so totally right on from the fucking get-go,
why did we waste our time on you?’ Is that a committee
statement?
No, it’s more the record. You see the record is called and this
is our music and at the time I really hated stuff like ‘Hi, we are
the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and we sound like this, we are the White
Stripes and we have these mismatched clothes on, Hi we’re
Interpol and we’re always this black.’
Are cults and followings interesting to you?
I like understanding the process of how people build little worlds
to protect themselves, like with neurotics or whatever. With the
news and this war what Blair and Jack Straw say is different to
what the person in the street or BBC producers think. They’re
different perspectives of the same event. I’m into people being
individuals as much as they can be. I know how to get very
specific reactions to things. We play music in the house before
we play a gig and I just wind people up. They don’t even know,
it’s just with stuff that I’m playing.
You didn’t sing much on And This Is Our Music. Was there a
reason for that?
It was because people go ’he’s an asshole, he’s mental, he
fucked my girlfriend’ or whatever they want to say and that has
nothing to do with the music. It was something like ‘you can
say all of those things but I’m just sat behind the mixing desk,
enjoying my music. I built this band out of a bar, now what?’
When I write I might make seventeen songs at a time and
Is it constructive?
Well yeah. There is an element of the prankster and
troublemaker. If you know that someone is going to let loose at
a certain point, that’s interesting. A perfect example is when
The Warlocks were playing with the Sisters of Mercy recently
and Andrew Eldritch (lead singer) has this thing where he hates
his fans, he hates Goth people. He plays the most godawful
commercial reggae backstage at his show. You can see how he’s
built up the image with sunglasses and clothes and it’s like a
prison. So many people do that…
You mentioned the war…
Yeah but let me clarify one thing, I’d rather discuss my own country.
I don’t want to get too deep and I have good reason for this.
Every American artist I have seen play recently has
apologised during their show.
I’m not going to apologise. But I think people at least should be
informed. It’s impossible to use a cellphone on an aircraft! When
these guys open their mouths the price of oil goes up. It’s not
just one company or country. Its like grandmothers are affected
by this. I think people are overwhelmed. It’s easier to ignore it or
give up or paint a different picture and that’s why people write
all this crap. I don’t know, but you have to let people draw their
own conclusions…
You’ve been to Nottingham before with Black Rebel
Motorcycle Club…
Yeah, I loved Nottingham, particularly the twisted old parts.
The venue was so hard to find. I had a blast walking around.
Everyone was on parade.
It’s sunny here and you still get goths in full dress.
So dedicated…
Okay, a few quick questions to finish off. JD Salinger or
Charles Bukowski?
Bukowski
Batman or Superman?
Superman, I guess. (doesn’t sound remotely arsed).
Lou Reed or Pete Doherty?
I’m gonna support Pete Doherty right now.
Robin Hood or Jesse James?
(Emphatically) Jesse James!
www.brianjonestownmassacre.com
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Notts
Vinyl
Sherriff
Starting with a copy of Let’s Twist Again by Chubby Checker in 1967, Rob Smith has been buying and
selling records in Nottingham for four decades. His chaotic institution Rob’s Record Mart is still going
strong on Hurt’s Yard, remaining pleasingly resilient to today’s internet-driven music era. Rob also
manages a parallel career as a well-known DJ on the Northern Soul scene, putting even the hardiest
of ravers to shame with a hectic travel schedule that takes in all-nighter venues nationwide. After
welcoming me with his habitually good-humoured “Oh, my dear sir!” greeting, Rob closed up for the day
and kindly agreed to reveal some local vinyl-retail history to us… words: George Mahood photo: Dom Henry
What initially drove you to buy vinyl and soul music in
particular?
I started collecting chart singles from the early sixties, going to
second hand record shops and junk shops around Nottingham.
I had a paper round at the time. My first craze was rock’n’roll. I
started to hang out at Beeston Youth Centre, where I’m DJing
this Friday by a strange coincidence! Although these rockers
were congregating down there, the music playing was sixties
club soul. Around the same time, I started working in the Co-Op
across the road (Upper Parliament Street) on the record bar in
the basement. It’s closed now and about to be knocked down,
but my first job was running the record bar in the late sixties and
early seventies. The soul thing was quite trendy, so I had a lot
of it in the Co-Op, that combined with the Beeston Youth Centre
and one or two other local clubs, got me into the soul thing.
From the Co-Op, you then went to Selectadisc?
Yes. I was at the Co-Op until 1975. Then they offered me a job
at Selectadisc. I’d been offered work there three or four years
before, but didn’t take it then. Who knows what might have
happened if I had done? It might be a whole different outlook.
But I took a job in the singles department, when it was on
Bridlesmith Gate.
You were later made redundant during lean times and decided
to take a break from records. How did you get back into the
industry?
A friend of mine (Northern Soul DJ and entrepreneur Kev
Roberts) opened an office on Regent Street, supplying,
wholesaling and retailing Northern Soul imports. He approached
me in December 1977 and asked if I’d run the place for him. A
year after that, he and a guy called Les McCutcheon pooled
resources and decided to open a shop. It was the shop we’re
12
in now. Kev pulled his staff in, myself and Jonathan Woodliff
(later of Arcade Records and a renowned local DJ and collector
in his own right), a secretary and two or three staff Les already
had down south. One Saturday afternoon in July 1979, we all
sat around a great big long table in this room, having egg and
chips from the legendary Granary Café on the corner and had
a meeting. The idea was that the upstairs would be a large
wholesale department and office and downstairs would be the
retail shop. It opened in September 1979. It was a great theory,
but unfortunately at that time the Northern Soul wholesale thing
had dropped off somewhat. Downstairs was a bit sparse. They
were selling jazz-funk and Northern Soul and it was nicely laidout, but there wasn’t much stock.
You then worked for Arcade Records’ short-lived second hand
department, before returning to Hurt’s Yard.
Kev and Les asked me if I wanted to come in and sell records
on a commission basis and it was fairly successful. The main
brainchild was to start selling pop oldies.
They later offered you the lease. What year was that?
1980. I was lucky, because I got a chance to test the water for a
bit, which is quite unique. They had these video game machines
in at the time, which pulled in a fair bit of money and paid
towards the rent. Now we’re in our 26th year.
What was the stock like in the beginning?
It was very modest in those days. I had about four crates of
Northern Soul and probably five or six crates of pop oldies. Then
we got a few albums in and that grew. Eventually we filled the
place up with LPs!
A lot of people think records are harder to come by nowadays. Do
you see the seventies or eighties as golden eras for finding stuff?
I don’t think things have changed too much. Prices have gone up
somewhat, but they’ve probably stayed on the same level when
you take inflation into account. Obviously some records were
flavour of the month in the eighties and don’t go for much now
and vice-versa.
Has the shop always been chaotic like it is now? Or maybe it
isn’t really chaos? Is there a system only you know about?
Well. It’s difficult…we’ve over-stocked, really. But if someone brings
stuff in, you’ve got to buy it. They don’t usually want to split them up.
Are you one of those people who finds it impossible to throw
anything away?
I am. It’s a bit of a mistake really, it can get you into trouble.
Would you say that you still love the job?
Oh yes. It’s a business, but I love it.
Do you own a computer?
No.
So do you feel you’re missing out with eBay and so on?
I’m not computer-minded and as long as I still keep taking some
money, I don’t mind. The internet can’t do us any favours in the
long run. But people still like to come to shops and look around,
which is the good side. Some days there’s nobody about and you
think ‘how long can we go on like this,’ but usually a day or two
later it’s rocking again!
Rob’s Record Mart, Hurts Yard, NG1
As the rollercoaster ride towards
the World Cup gathers speed, it is
understandable that our thoughts turn
to 1966 and all that stuff. But that year
was not just a good year for English
football, it was a good year for music
too. It was the year when Selectadisc,
the fiercely independent record store
which stands proudly at the top of
Market Street, was born. We caught up
with the shop’s long serving Manager
Jim Cooke, as it celebrates its fortieth
birthday. words: Scotty Clark
Tell us about the origins of Selectadisc.
Selectadisc was started by a local lad from Hucknall called Brian
Selby who went to art college and then worked down the pit. He
didn’t like that so he started selling records down on Mansfield
Market in 1966. Around that time the recommended retail price
for records disappeared and Brian took that as a chance to open
a discount shop. I came across Selectadisc in the famous old
Arkwright Street down the Meadows in 1969 as a fourteen year
old and thought wow!
What were the first and last records you ever bought?
The first was Telstar by the Tornadoes in 1962 and the latest was
the Soledad Brothers album.
So what’s it like working in a record shop? Is it ever like
Nick Hornby’s High Fidelity?
If I didn’t like it I wouldn’t still be here. I really enjoy it. As far as
High Fidelity, I think when we had the specialist second-hand
shop halfway up the street, it was very much like that.
Why do you still sell vinyl?
Because vinyl is the only way to listen to music. I remember
around 1991, shops like Virgin and HMV stopped selling vinyl
and people were laughing at us for staying with it. We got a lot
of stick from reps and record companies alike, saying it were a
thing of the past. Now, you look, Virgin have restocked vinyl,
HMV have stocked vinyl again.
You’re an avid Notts County fan. Why did you choose to
support the Magpies?
I liken Selectadisc to Notts County. It’s kind of an underground
thing. Most people go to Forest, who are the mainstream team.
County are the smaller shop, the independent, they’ve got a
nicer feel to it. I used to be involved with the football fanzine,
which used to sponsor the youth team.
Over the years, many people involved in the shop have been
involved in the local music scene…
I did a fair bit during the miners strike, putting the likes of Billy
Bragg, the Redskins and The Three Johns on as fundraisers.
Then there’s Neal, Stuart and Mark from The Tindersticks,. Then
there’s Nail, who is half of Bent. We’re really proud of the fact
that members of two of Nottingham’s most successful bands
used to work here… it kind of says something about the shop.
Another lad who worked here and went onto bigger things was
Phil Bembridge who became the Editor of The Face. He is sadly
no longer with us.
What impact have the new technologies and downloading had
on the shop?
A hell of a lot. To be honest with you I don’t think there is a great
future for local independent retailers such as Selectadisc. If you
look around the country they’re all closing down…
Computer games now outstrip music sales. Will you ever start
selling them?
Not us! What enjoyment would we get out of selling computer
games?
What’s been the best music visit ever to Selectadisc?
Without a doubt it was when The Clash just came in off the
street and played unannounced in 1985. The drummer was
playing on the wall and Strummer on the counter. The funny
thing was some kid came up to Strummer, obviously not
recognising him and introduced himself as the Social Secretary
at Clarendon College, offering the band a gig!
Why has there never been a Selectadisc record label?
There was once! Black Magic which was a big Northern Soul
label, which sadly went bankrupt. I think the biggest record that
actually featured on TOTP was PaPa Oo Mau Mau.
So where else in town has the shop been?
From Mansfield Market to Arkwright Street down the Old
Meadows, to Goldsmith Street where the Royal Concert Hall now
is to Bridlesmith Gate and then Market Street.
photo: Dom Henry
As a successful independent regional music retailer, what
would you say has enabled Selectadisc to remain successful?
By following our customers tastes. By doing so we have always
managed to remain one step ahead of the industry. Another
thing that has been the Selectadisc way has always been to try
and buy up bankrupt stock cheaply and then pass that discount
onto our customers, which is how we’ve managed to be so
successful.
Then there was Molly Sugden! She was in Panto in the Theatre
Royal and used to walk her two Poodles past the shop every
morning and her two dogs would cock their legs up against the
shop doors without fail every time. I remember Billy Connolly
having a rant when he picked up a The The album of Hank
Williams covers, moaning about how could anyone have the
audacity to record Hank Williams songs. Frank Bruno and Bob
Monkhouse have also shopped at Selectadisc.
How did the London shop end up on Oasis’ What’s the Story?
Morning Glory album cover?
It was a fluke. We got a call saying our shop was on the cover!
I’ve seen Japanese tourists outside the shop having their photo
taken. Why Berwick Street was used I don’t know. I’ve stood on
the spot where the photographer must have stood and it’s on the
junction of Noel Street. That’s the only reason I can think of.
Tell me more about Brian Selby who started the shop...
Brian’s always stayed in the background. He’s an ideas man,
even when we were doing loads of Northern Soul stuff with the
Black Magic record label and having acts on Top Of The Pops.
He’s always had the knack of employing people who knew how
to do the job.
Do you ever get musicians gigging in town popping in?
All the time! Ian McKay of Fugazi was in last week, every time
he plays in town he pops in. That fellow from the Ordinary Boys
was in recently. We’ve seen Paul Weller in the shop and David
Byrne pushing his kid in his pram around. I remember Stuart
Pearce coming to the counter one day and saying how he liked
the shop because people don’t hassle him or bother him in there,
staff just leave him alone to get on with what he’s come in to do.
Anything else you’d like to say to LeftLion readers?
We’re just grateful that the people of Nottingham have
supported the shop over the years. Obviously, the first thing I do
when I go to other towns and cities is look for the independent
record shop and see what’s out there. Everywhere I go, even
Manchester and Birmingham, nowhere has got an independent
shop the size we are, which has got to be down to people
supporting us.
Selectadisc, Market Street, NG1. www.selectadisc.co.uk
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Council Estate of Mind
As a local culture and entertainments magazine it’s not often that we step into the political arena here at LeftLion.
However, when the leader of the council gets in touch and asks whether we’d like to do an interview it was too good an
opportunity for us to turn down. Jon Collins has been leader of Nottingham City Council for three years. He was elected
as a local councillor and then the majority party in our local government (currently Labour) chose him to represent them
as their leader. Jon works day to day with a cabinet of colleagues who make the major strategic decisions for the city,
like local spending and policy decisions. They govern an annual budget of £450million of Nottingham taxpayers’ money.
So anyone who says that they’re ‘not interested in politics’ might as well chuck a portion of their paypacket into their
(council provided) wheelie bin. The less blinkered of you read on…words: Jared Wilson photos: Kevin Lake
If you and the cabinet went on strike for a month, how would
it affect the average Nottingham citizen?
Over a month, you probably wouldn’t notice, but over a longer
period the difference would be significant. It would impact on the
quality of council services and the way the council responded to
local concerns and issues. Obviously if the council’s staff went on
strike a lot of people would notice immediately because schools
would close, the streets would be dirty and leisure centres
wouldn’t open. The council is quite important…
Are you a Forest or a County fan?
That’s a difficult one because I like to see both clubs succeed. I
love football and I’d like to see the city have a Premiership team.
I think football is really important to the community and at the
very least, with the size of their support, Forest should be a
Championship side. I go and see Notts County play more often
because I think they probably need my money more. I’m glad
they survived and look forward to the club moving on from here.
Personally, however, I was born and brought up in Watford and
support my local team whenever I can.
Is it true that both teams owe money to the council?
No, it’s not. Forest owe us money. We’ve got an arrangement
with them to repay something like £4.5million over three or four
years. As for Notts County, they owe the council nothing and
as I understand it are pretty much debt free. I think the biggest
constraint for them is attendances. I’m sure they’ll be looking to
have more success next season. They’ve got a good stadium and
a good family atmosphere down there.
What areas of Nottingham have you lived in?
When I first came to the city in 1983 I lived on Bentinck Road and
then Woodborough Road in St Anns after that. Then I moved to
Sherwood, then over to New Basford for a bit and now I’m back
in Carrington.
What would your ideal night out in Nottingham be?
I generally go out for meals to be honest. Sometimes I go to the
cinema when my partner drags me along. Occasionally I go to
the ice stadium for gigs.
Do you ever go into town on a Friday and Saturday night?
Do you feel safe?
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Yes I do. In the early evening I’ll go out and I’m fine. I’m not
always around in the early hours when it gets a bit more
boisterous, but I never really feel unsafe. Of course there are
issues at times in town but I think much of the media’s anxieties
are very much overplayed.
A lot of people seem to feel that there’s not enough police in
the city centre…
I think there is still room for improvement, but it’s got a lot better
over the last year. We used to have a response approach to policing,
which meant that if there was trouble the police would go in and
sort it out after they got a call. The kind of approach they are now
taking is to be out earlier and have a more visible presence. This
means they are able to calm people down and, if necessary, issue
a fixed penalty notice as a warning. That approach has had a real
impact. So while we’ve seen a small increase in the number of
minor incidents earlier in the evening, we’ve seen a reduction in the
more serious crimes where people get injured.
What do you think to the Chief of Nottingham Police
Steve Green?
It’s not for me to comment on what Steve said in the past, but
we’ve moved on from the times when he was saying things that
made the headlines. What’s more, we’ve got real evidence that
crime in the city is coming down at a time when other cities
have seen increases.
What we know however is that it’s easy for a city to get a poor
reputation, but it’s more difficult to turn that round again and
change public perception. That’s why people have to be very
careful with what they say to the press. An inappropriate word
out of place can get taken the wrong way and cause a lot of
damage. That’s what we’ve seen in Nottingham and now we’re
having to work hard to turn things around.
What was the last thing you bought from the Broad Marsh?
I bought a Mac mini computer from the Apple shop, which I
use quite regularly. As you know the Broad Marsh is up for
redevelopment and hopefully over the next few years we will see
a start on the site. We’re looking to buy a number of properties
under compulsory purchasing order and the future plans are
very impressive. The city is one of the most significant shopping
centres in the country and it’s important that we continue to
develop to maintain that position.
With all these new shops opening are there any contingency
plans in place for a recession?
We’ve had recessions in the past and what happens is that while
some shops close, other shops come in, the city centre changes
and things move on. The economy goes in cycles and is entirely
driven by the market. We work with developers so that we can
make sure that as far as possible we get the right businesses in
the city. I also think the redevelopment of the market square will
help ensure the city centre remains successful. Finally, we’ve
also improved local transport and hopefully this will give people
the opportunity to walk around the centre in a much better
traffic-free environment.
A lot of the redevelopment seems to be focused on shops,
bars, restaurants and casinos… do you think this is the way
Nottingham is going?
I think that we’ve got to get the balance right if we are to ensure
the city remains a successful shopping centre. As far as the
night-time economy goes, what we don’t want is something
that is entirely dominated by one kind of activity and that only
attracts a narrow group of people. What we’ve also got to think
about is making different parts of the city distinctive.
For example I’d like to see the area around the Concert Hall
and Cornerhouse become more family orientated. I’m very
pleased that The Works closed, it was not one of the world’s
best nightclubs and it would be great if we didn’t see another
nightclub opening there. By contrast, in the Lace Market area,
we already have a number of different bars and nightclubs of
all sizes and that’s a mix we should support and encourage.
Elsewhere, I would like us to encourage the area around
the Castle and Playhouse to have more expensive bars and
restaurants… a more ‘sophisticated’ nightlife.
If we’re clear about trying to encourage different activities in
different areas then I believe the city would be better off for it.
If we try and mix up lots of different uses, it will just lead to
conflict and problems.
What’s the most ludicrous thing that the council have ever
been blamed for?
I had one or two emails from people who claimed we were trying
to close down Nottingham Forest when we were asking them to
pay off their debt to us. Perhaps a second example was on the
night that the national licensing laws changed and there were
quite a few newspapers who wanted to focus on Nottingham.
It was very quiet in the city that night. One of my colleagues
was travelling home and saw a photographer go up and chat
to a few girls. They then they went and sat on a curb, put their
head in their hands and he took a few photos. Then they got
up and walked away. From our perspective that looked like
someone was faking a photograph. We put out a press release
about it that got picked up by the local BBC and some of the
national media. We thought that was fair comment but that was
not the view taken but the local National Union of Journalists
(NUJ) who accused us of besmirching the reputation of press
photographers.
What is the state of our city schools? How are we going to
climb up the league tables?
In the last few years the local budget for refurbishing and improving
school buildings has increased from around £500,000 a year in 1997
to currently £20-25million per year. We are also bidding for extra
money to build new schools, some of which will come through
the city academies budget. I know for some people that is a bit
controversial, but with the Djanogly Academy we’ve already been
able to build a new school on Gregory Boulevard.
We’ve always tried to be pragmatic about how we get the
investment we need into our education service. We need new
schools and equipment to be able to provide a decent education
for kids. I’ve been really proud of much of the work schools and
the council have been able to do over the last eight years. So
while our record in national performance league tables is still not
good enough, we are improving at almost twice the national rate
and exam results are moving up quite rapidly.
What do you think to the proposed expansion of the
Eastcroft Incinerator?
My view and the views of the labour councillors is that there is no
case for an expansion. This is a planning issue though. We don’t
control the incinerator as it’s owned by a private company. They
have applied through the planning process for an extension and the
planning committee will have to judge that application on its merit
and in the light of planning law. But our view is clear and we don’t
see an expanded incinerator burning more of the city’s rubbish.
We also don’t want to encourage the increased transportation
of rubbish into the city for incineration. That rubbish should be
dealt with in the counties where it’s been generated. I really see
no justification whatsoever for an expansion. But if it’s turned
down, the company will probably appeal and it will then be a
decision for government.
Recycling is something the city has a poor record on,
particularly when compared with nearby neighbours like the
borough of Rushcliffe…
Actually, although we don’t recycle as much as some authorities
we are hitting the government’s recycling targets for the city.
At the moment we have a system of green bin for general waste
and some people have brown bins for organic waste. But that’s
not everywhere, because not everywhere has gardens that
generate that kind of waste.
We have to find a way of introducing recycling in a cost-effective
way, which generates a good deal of recycled material. In some
parts of the city we have organic waste collections and that will
be rolled out further over the coming months. Over the next year
we will also be giving people the opportunity to recycle tins,
plastics and cardboard in many parts of the city. If the way we
do that is successful we will be rolling that out too.
People are very interested in recycling and we want to
encourage that. But recycling is expensive and generates very
little income. Frankly our spending priorities have been to tackle
crime and anti-social behaviour, improve education and to make
the city cleaner. Nevertheless, we are getting better at recycling
and there will be major further improvement this year.
When was the last time you met someone by the left lion?
In all honesty I can’t remember. Obviously I’ve met people at
places in the city centre, but then again it doesn’t really make
sense for me to meet them outside when they can just come and
meet me inside the Council House.
Do you ever get annoyed with all the goths hanging around
outside the council house on a Saturday afternoon?
No not at all. They seem harmless and I suspect most of them
are just young people expressing themselves. This is a very
cosmopolitan city and we all need to be tolerant of different
people. As long as people don’t ruin the enjoyment of the city for
others then I’m a great believer in live and let live.
Tell us a bit about the plans for the new market square…
I think its going to look really good. It’s going to have a water
feature at one end and will be flat and therefore a much more
usable and flexible space. We’ve managed to secure a lot of
money externally for it so it’s not actually costing much council
tax money. I think it will be a really exciting addition to the city.
Are you looking forward to the Drop In The Ocean Festival?
I’m sure it will be great. I think it’s important to cater for a range
of interests and this will be a great cultural event. We want to
encourage events in the city wherever we can. It’s about the city
coming together for a good cause.
A lot of local events promoters were annoyed by the ban on
flypostering…
There are legal sites for people to put posters up now. I do
understand that some see flypostering is an important means
of communication for local promoters, but it was being abused
by commercial organisations many of whom employ people from
outside the city to come down and put up posters for events that
aren’t even going on in Nottingham.
That’s why we had to do something about it. But maybe we do
need to look at how we encourage local promoters and events to
continue doing good things in the city. I like going out to some
of our smaller venues like the Forest Tavern and The Maze. It
was great when it reopened. We need smaller venues to offer a
range of events as well as supporting bigger acts at our major
entertainment venues.
What was the last gig you went to?
I went to see Oasis at the Ice Stadium and before that Faithless.
I’ve also seen ice hockey there a couple of times. I think it’s a
fantastic place and we’re really lucky to have it in the city.
Of course building the Ice Stadium was a controversial decision
at the time, but I don’t think there is anyone in this city that
would seriously think we’d be better off without it now.
Nevertheless it was a decision that had to be made and if it
hadn’t been for people being brave enough to make it, the centre
wouldn’t be there today.
What made you want to communicate with LeftLion readers?
I think democracy is important and a part of that is trying to
explain what we are doing and listening to what people think
we should do for the city.
I am genuinely interested in people’s views about what is
going on in this city. And I know there will always be a range
of opinions on how we should be spending council taxpayers’
money. However, ultimately, the actions of the council need to be
an expression of peoples collective will for the city.
It’s easy to be cynical about politics and to think that you don’t
have a say or any influence. But believe me, everyone has
influence and can get things to change. It just requires some
belief, time and effort.
www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk
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Ready to Drop
Drop in the Ocean is the biggest music extravaganza Nottingham has ever seen. Last year it spanned 24 pubs and clubs
around the city. This year it’s going to be bigger than ever with 35 venues currently on board. So what’s the best thing
about DITO? Well, it gives Nottingham bands the chance to play out to audiences who can’t always be arsed to get themselves to city-centre pubs for the midweek slots they usually occupy. It also helps raise a serious amount of money for
charity (£57,000 last year!). It’s a labour of love for all those involved, including the bands, the bar staff and those who
simply go along to check it out. We put some questions to the organisers Ste Allan, Ash Dilks and Al Needham about the
work they do to make it happen…words: Dan Stairs photo: Kevin Lake
Tell us a bit about yourselves as individuals…
Ash: I’d been working in the Marketing Department at New
College Nottingham until I realised that I needed to devote more
time to this, so I quit. I also dabble in graphic design and I’m not
bad with a set of Devil Sticks.
Al: I’m a freelance writer who saw an article about Drop last
December on LeftLion.co.uk and flung them an e-mail offering
to do a press release. Next thing I knew, I was in the Dealmaker
offices every day for the next four weeks.
Ste: I’m an inside informant for a large pharmaceutical company,
posing as an activist starting a localized resistance movement
against the global power coup of multinational corporations
merging with the government.
How does the workload break down between you?
Ash: Well it’s not just the three of us for a start. We rely on a load
of other people to make the festival happen. Personally I have
been dealing with the business side of things. I also liaise with
the Family Care Foundation charity, the council, event sponsors,
advertisers and other supporters.
Al: Ste spends his entire life chasing up bands and venues, Ash
lives in the Council House doing organising things and I write
about what they’ve done and nag other media types to big us up.
Ste: I run around town with a Blackberry attached to my head,
Ash wears a suit a lot, uses big words when he’s on the phone
and is often flossing a fresh word document. Al talks. A lot.
Who else is involved?
Ash: How long have you got? In a nutshell, everyone. The whole
Nottingham scene. It’s like living in a massive village in terms of
everyone knows everyone. We just tap into what’s already there
and get them all together to put on a big music festival.
Al: Steve Pinnock has come through again with a load of eclectic
artists. Charlotte Kingsbury has again joined us to give a bit
of administrative backbone, which is a godsend. But really,
thousands of people involved like bands, volunteers and venue
staff are more important than us on the day. If they didn’t give up
their time and skills for us, we’d be up Arsehole Street.
Ste: Nottingham!
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What do you think it was that made last year’s festival
such a cool event?
Ste: No mardy drunks. Everyone was happy drunks!
Ash: It was a festival that everyone could enjoy, the atmosphere
across the city reflected this and our police record for the day
was immaculate with not an ounce of trouble. Funny how that
didn’t make the papers though.
Al: Everybody won. Bands got exposure to new audiences, punters
had a magnificent doss on a mingy Sunday afternoon, venues got
rammed out on the deadest weekend of the year and we raised a
packet for tsunami relief. You could actually see people thinking
‘Fucking hell…we’ve got a bit of a scene here.’ I only saw about
three bands that day, I spent all morning with a fag and a pint on
mithering about what would happen if you put on a festival and noone turned up. The rest of the day was spent walking into a venue,
seeing it was rammed out and jumping up and down.
You raised £57,000 last year. What did you spend the
money on?
Ste: An orphanage.
Ash: It was predominantly for children who became orphans
after the Tsunami, but will also provide education and care to
children from very poor vulnerable families, including kids that
would otherwise not be able to appreciate an education.
Al: We didn’t want to bung it over to a big charity, where it’d
rest in a safe for ages. We decided that seeing as Nottingham
has put itself out for us, we had to do the right thing and build
something that would be a gift from Notts.
What have you got lined up for this year’s event?
Ash: There’s a 24-hour DJ marathon, fleets of canal boats going
down the Trent, hog roasts, Afghan percussion collectives,
renditions from West Side Story, live webcasts from a number of
venues and more!
Al: Drop ’06 will make the original look like your nana’s
anniversary do at Top Valley Social Club. There won’t be any name
bands from out of town this year. We took a conscious decision to
make it as all-Notts as possible, because amongst other things, it
is a celebration of Nottingham culture. Although we want to raise
as much cash as possible, we’re aware that the knee-jerk reaction
to a tsunami isn’t going to be there. The major goal is to nail it
firmly to the Notts calendar and build on it year after year.
Ste: Lots and lots and lots and lots of really good live music.
How do you decide which band plays at which venue?
Ste: Jim Morrison came to me in a dream….
Who are your personal favourite bands in Nottingham?
Ash: I like anyone with a good name like You Slut!, Chimp
Biscuit, Beat My Guest, Fat Lady Singh and Gunfight at Argos.
Al: Karizma is absolute skill. Left of the Dealer, Lost Project and
the Hellsets keep getting better and better. But Majik are my
personal faves. Although having said that, I’ve just realised that
I’ve seen Stav’s nipples more than anyone else’s over the past
three years, which is particularly depressing.
Ste: Lost Project, Karizma, Kids in Tracksuits, Special Whity, NonThesp, Blu Monkey, The Sicarios and Foz. Aside from them I’m
well into Hellset. I saw them at the LeftLion New Years party
and they were sick! Old Basford and Mas y Mas and Vaccine.
Has it been more or less difficult to organise the festival
this year?
Ash: Without wanting to sound vague, yes and no.
Al: Not harder or easier, just different. We knew when we started
this year’s Drop we wouldn’t get the massive outpouring of help
we got last time. But virtually all the venues involved last year
were well up for it. We got deluged with bands, and the Council,
GNEP and the transport bodies have been totally understanding
of what we’re doing.
Ste: It‘s been a lot more difficult in some respects, but that’s
because this year we’re also cementing the foundations for an
annual music festival for Nottingham that has the potential to
grow into a full-on carnival. In the future, this can be for music
what the Edinburgh Festival is for theatre.
Anything else to say to LeftLion readers?
Ash: Come to the festival innit?
Al: If you don’t come out and represent Notts on the 11th, we’re
going to pull your pants down in the street and laugh at you.
Ste: Increase the peace to decrease the police.
www.dropintheocean.org
photos: Kevin Lake
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words: Al Needham and Jared Wilson
Peter Shilton. 1982, 1986 and 1990
Kenny Burns. 1978
Defender for both Notts County
and Forest. Went into ’78 World
Cup as the PFA Player Of The Year,
but Scotland were fucking awful.
Has since been busy writing the
uninspiring ‘Burns Night’ column
in the football post.
Stuart Pearce. 1990
Forest defender. Missed a
penno in the 1990 game
against West Germany, but
got a Pizza Hut advert out
of it. Redeemed himself
somewhat in ’96 against
Spain, but that was the
European Championship
and not really the same.
Archie Gemmill. 1978
Forest Midfielder. Scored arguably
the best goal in World Cup history
against Holland in ’78, giving them a
slim chance for qualifying to the next
round, but Holland scored another
minutes later and they went out on
goal difference.
Forest goalie. Between the sticks during
the England-Poland game in 1973 that saw
us fail to qualify for the first time ever.
Broke the most-capped record in Italia 90
with 125 caps and would have got more if
he hadn’t had to share the jersey with Ray
Clemence during the late seventies and
early eighties. Victim of Maradona’s
‘Hand of God’.
Martin O’Neill. 1982
Midfielder for both Notts
County and Forest. Member of
the ’82 Northern Ireland team
that shocked host nation Spain
and almost knocked ‘em out.
Went on to be a successful club
manager with Leicester City
and Celtic.
Notts County defender. Came to the
club amid a wave of expectation after
‘starring’ in the Nigerian world cup team
of USA 94. Has since become widely
considered the worst defender the club
has ever had. Was eventually considered
too risky to play in defence and was
given a role up front. He never once
scored for the club.
Roy Keane. 2002
John Robertson. 1978, 1982
Forest Midfielder. Almost
garnered more column inches
than Beckham’s metatarsal in
’02 when he walked out of the
Ireland squad, feeling that the
training facilities in Saipan,
South Korea were about as
high-quality as a Sneinton
adventure playground. He
also advised then manager
Mick McCarthy to “Stick your
fucking World Cup up your
bollocks, you English cunt.”
Irish PM Bertie Aherne offered
to mediate between Keane and
McCarthy, but to no avail.
Forest Midfielder. Part of the doomed
Scotland 1978 squad (though he only
played in the shockingly poor 1-1
draw with Iran, a part-time team who
included a hairdresser in their first
eleven). Robbo got his props in Spain
1982 playing all three games, and
scoring in the 5-2 battering of New
Zealand. But the tartan army did their
usual getting-battered-by-Brazil-andnot-qualifying thing and he knocked it
on the head a year later.
Notts County forward. Widely revered
footballer (particularly by West Brom fans)
who turned professional with County
when he was seventeen as protégé of
the great Tommy Lawton. ‘Highlight’
of five-cap England career was missing
an absolute sitter against Brazil, which
sealed his international doom. Went on to
experience fame for a second time in the
1990’s as a karaoke singer on Skinner and
Baddiel’s Fantasy Football League.
Pierre Van Hoojidonk
Forest Forward. Did a few decent
flicks for Holland in ’98 when he’d just
signed for the reds, leaving people to
believe that a new golden age for the
Reds was just round the corner. Ahem.
Manager
Brian Clough. 1970, 74, 78, 82, 86
(Rent-A-Gob)
On the bench...
Never actually played or managed in
the World Cup, but carved a reputation
of being a lairy slagger-offer thanks to
being the member of the first football
panel ever on ITV in 1970, along with
Malcolm Allison, Derek Dougan and
Jimmy Hill. Was an ITV regular up until
1986, by which time he seemed to be more interested in
ripping the piss out of the hapless Mick Channon than the
actual games…
Mick: “I can’t understand why England can’t pass properly.
The Italians do it, the Danes do it, the Brazilians do it…”
Brian: “…Even educated fleas do it!” (Hard stare at Channon,
who is on the point of nervous breakdown).
Forest Defender. Became the first black player to be
capped for England, but stayed on the bench for in
Spain 1982.
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Viv Anderson
Trevor Francis
Forest Forward. Made the England squad in ’82,
even though he’d just recovered from a broken leg
and only got off the bench a few times.
Rachid Harkouk. 1986
Notts County forward with a Leo Sayer haircut.
Made 144 appearances and scored 39 goals for the
club. Represented Algeria in the 1986 world cup.
Went on to become a football agent.
that only happen
in the city centre
when the World Cup is on…
1. Shops selling England rubbish
months before it happens
Don Masson. 1978
Jeff Astle. 1970
10 things
Michael Emanalo. 1994
If you’re under 35 you might not believe this, but
once upon a time rational people actually thought
that Scotland could win the World Cup. They were
so confident in 1978, that they had an open-top
bus celebration before they went to Argentina.
The first sign that things were going serious
wrong was when Masson missed a penno against
Peru in Scotland’s opening game. He was Notts
County’s best player at the time, but also known to
be so arrogant that then team-mate Dave McVay
once told LeftLion: “I think there was a collective
waving of arms and champagne cocking all over
Nottinghamshire at that moment!”
Seriously, they ought to call it Man-Christmas or summat.
Speaking as someone who texts everyone he knows on New Year
every four years with a message that goes “Yessss! It’s world
cup year! Get in”, even I get pissed off with non-sport shops
flogging worthless tat from March onwards. I mean, does anyone
really need an England air hockey game or an England executive
pen set?
2. England flags everywhere
In 2002, the AA estimated that the country was wasting millions
of gallons of petrol due to the drag factor caused by people
strapping plastic England flags to their cars. Perhaps this is
the real reason for the Iraq War? Also why do they have to have
‘England’ written on them? Have you ever seen a stars and
stripes with ‘America’ on it, or a swastika bearing the legend
‘The Nazis’? Seriously… no-one is going to mistake your Ford
Escort for a Red Cross van, youth.
3. Male bedrooms in Bestwood to
funk even more than usual
Brian Roy. 1990 and 1994
Forest forward. Moved to the reds immediately after
representing Holland in the 1994 world cup and
formed a strong partnership with Stan Collymore.
When Stan moved on he formed a less impressive
partnership with Andrea Silenzi. Is now a coach of
the Ajax youth team.
Peter Withe. 1982
Forest forward. Won the Championship with them
in 1978 but left on the verge of their European Cup
glory, to gain European glory with Aston Villa in ’81.
The good news is that flying a cross of St.George at home
doesn’t automatically make people think you’re a racist anymore.
The bad news is we still haven’t got flagpoles in our back yards,
so people invariably trap ‘em in the upstairs window, which is
wrong. Does the US national anthem go “Oh say does that StarSpangled Banner yet hang out of Daz’s back bedroom?” Think
about it, if you’ve got your flag in your bedroom window, you
can’t open the bastard during the hottest time of the year. For as
long as two months. That’s chatty as fuck.
4. Pubs across town to resemble
the Trent End circa 1982
‘good old days’. You have to get there at least an hour early
to get a good spec. Then you get wedged in against a load of
pissed-up twats, struggle to listen to what Gary Lineker has to
say and are forced to listen to crap music for half an hour. Like
the old-school experience, you get a cack view of the action
whilst being swept along in a sea of humanity and having the
word ‘cunt’ bellowed in your ear by some knobend who keeps
making wanker signs at a television screen. At half-time, you
have to piss into an overflowing sink. Someone keeps throwing
up a half-full pint pot whenever England score, there’s a hot dog
stand at the back that’s in danger of being overturned and when
you leave the place there’s three police vans and an ambulance
outside.
5. Bell-ends standing in the middle of
town after England games, showing off
In Italy or Argentina, people bomb about on scooters waving
flags the size of Viccy Centre about and it looks dead good. In
Nottingham Tez from Carlton hangs round the lions with his shirt
off and a flag tied round his waist, bellowing and sticking his
arms out like he was at a New Model Army gig, having a go at
people who are on their way to another pub for ‘not being fookin’
England’. There’s a reason for that Tez, it’s because we’ve got
better things to do with our lives.
6. Even more bell-ends singing ‘No
surrender to the IRA’ in pubs for no
reason whatsoever
Can someone remind me what group the IRA are in this year
and who they beat to get out of the qualifying rounds, please.
Isn’t it funny that the twats who sing this are always the ones
staggering round town on St Patricks Day with those fucking
stupid Guinness hats on?
7. Pubs turn themselves into a cross
between a village fete and a bookmakers
Down comes the ‘No Football Shirts’ sign in the window. Up go
loads of photos of twatty models in face paint and signs that
scream ‘Watch England Games Here!’ Oh, okay then… I was just
going to shut my eyes and imagine what the game would be like
until you said that.
8. Spacky girls in market T-shirts who
don’t know what the fuck’s going on
I’m glad to live in a world where football is understood and
appreciated by intelligent women, I just can’t stand the ones
who clog up the pub in Italy crop-tops (because it’s always
Italy or Brazil, isn’t it? Never Togo or Angola). Also T-shirts with
crappily suggestive footy puns like ‘Score with me” “I have great
ball control’ or ‘Jizz on my face for England. They’re just there to
cop off, argue with each other over which one’s Wayne Rooney,
and then get bored after ten minutes and start comparing the
tattoos on their arse.
9. The inevitable misery of England
getting knocked out
Yes, men do have periods. They come once every two years,
after England go out against a proper team. All the usual
symptoms are there, listlessness, an inability to be rational,
general mardyness at being lied to and betrayed and a complete
trashing of the living room when your partner says “Why don’t
you watch Wimbledon instead?” If England was a girlfriend,
you’d be throwing a chair at her on Trisha.
10. People in town on the day of the final,
wearing Brazil shirts and celebrating
One or two of them might even be Brazilian…
People who moan about all-seater stadiums love the World Cup,
because they can go to Walkabout or somesuch and relive the
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Liam Sheppard
Describe your style: Abstract and illustrative landscapes and figures.
Favourite colour: All of them.
Most influential artist: Nature.
Current activity: Just painting in my shop as usual, working on my last tree series.
Favourite art space in Nottingham: Heh heh, my shop.
Who bought your first piece of work? Some guy bought a small paisley thing for
£30. It was rubbish.
Dream project? Anything involving lots of money!
Top tip for upcoming artists: Paint to sell or paint for yourself.
What’s the last thing that made you laugh? My mates probably, or maybe the bus
driver I saw fall over in the street.
What’s the last thing that made you cry? I am a man!
Who is going to win the World Cup? Anyone could, probably a European team.
Anything else you want to say to LeftLion readers? Come to my shop, it’s great!
Opposite the Angel Row library. Commissions and pre-painted canvasses are
available at a wholesale price as there is no gallery mark up. Prices start from £30!
www.westendstudio.co.uk
Emma Lewis
Describe your style: Hybrid practices. Curating, writing and art
production, crossing various species together and seeing what the
result is.
Favourite colour: Indigo
Most influential artist: Captain Beefheart
Current activity: This summer I’m curating an exhibition in Tokyo,
bringing artists together from UK and Japan exploring ideas of
multiple space and global connectivity.
Favourite art space in Nottingham: Raffles Art Gallery above
Clinton cards on Angel Row. Where the truly experimental stuff is
happening, with regular sound performances and exhibitions from
upcoming artists.
Who bought your first piece of work? I’m not that
commercially orientated.
Dream project: An international collaboration of artists
exploring ideas of community and locality in different physical
and virtual spaces.
Top tip for upcoming artists: Keep your motivation and passion
What’s the last art thing that made you laugh? Ayling and
Conroy’s A Fight For Sore Eyes at My House Gallery. Like a cake with
far too many brightly coloured sweets on it. Too much to digest in
one go, but great to stare at.
What’s the last thing that made you cry? A quiet picture of a lonely
old woman in Tokyo National Museum of Modern Art. She reminded
me of my grandmother and I began to cry in the gallery (people
should try it more often).
Who is going to win the World Cup? Who’s playing? I think Ozawa
Tsuyoshi should win. He made a great work about football where
there are no winners or losers. The ball is passed amongst football
playing artists from two different countries, each must make their
own creative contribution to the ball and then pass it on. I suppose
there will be lots of art about football at the moment.
Anything else you want to say to LeftLion readers? I am always
on the look out for new artists to work with especially in the area of
new media. So if anyone has any good ideas get in touch.
[email protected]
Rikki Marr
Describe your style: Ill lyrustrations with a bit of
method and a touch of madness.
Favourite colour: Black and white
(is that two or none?)
Most influential artist: No one person in particular but
here’s a list of some: Sean Pubis aka DJ Rubbish, Chuck
D, De La Rocha, John Kricfulusi, the Futurists, Loony
Tunes (the old ones) Simon Bisley, Rick Griffin, Chris
Morris, Mr Ian Wright and Chuck Palahniuk.
Current activity: I just did a lecture and a pamphlet for
the South London Gallery’s Nigel Cooke exhibition and
now I’m eating a bacon sandwich and reading books
about bare knuckle boxing in Victorian Nottingham.
Favourite art space in Nottingham: My brand
new studio.
Who bought your first piece of work? I think my first
flyer was for Phat Ste and the Elementz way back in the
day when they used to do Kung Fusion together under
Wash Your Pussy and Manchurian. It’s crazy to think
that was about ten years ago. First art piece I sold was
to a Dutch art collector after a show in London. That
was great, it helped me realise that doing exactly what
I had in mind was worth something to other people as
well. A rarity in the art world it seems.
Dream project: I just love doing record covers for
records that I like to listen to. I’ve been lucky enough to
have done most of the projects I set out to do, so now
I’ve had to set myself much bigger goals. I dunno what’s next, a playstation game maybe? I’d definitely like to get a book
published at some point.
Top tip for upcoming artists: Stay hardcore to what you believe in, but always be ready to learn and expand. Learn to
believe in the phrase: “Fuck you, pay me.”
What’s the last thing that made you cry? My dog died a few months ago. It killed me to watch him go.
Who is going to win the World Cup? England of course.
Anything else you want to say to LeftLion readers? Life is shit, enjoy it when and where you can.
[email protected]
Simon Bailey
Favourite colour: Rizla packet blue. Not only is it a quality paper, but it always reminds me of the intensely vibrant and
warm Mediterranean sky, something you just don’t get in the UK. I use this colour a lot in my work.
Most influential artist: Jackson Pollock. Just the randomness of the man and his paintings, but if studied closely you can
focus on the feelings and emotions put into each piece. I love it when people say ‘I can do that’. I implore them to try.
Current activity: After completing a video animation for an artist just finishing her Masters in Performance and Live Art,
I am pushing my skills into setting up a web design company. I am also working on large scale manipulated digital images,
where I am currently exhibiting a piece in my studio called Serious Quirks at The Moot Gallery in Sneinton. This is running
in conjunction with the British Art Show and Sideshow.
Favourite art space in Nottingham: The Orange Tree pub on Shakespeare Street. Purely on a selfish level because
I work there and I can show and sell the back catalogue of my work commission free.
Who bought your first piece of work? My next door neighbour bought a reproduction of a Van Gogh I made for his
Dutch wife for a birthday present. Sweet.
Dream project: To travel the world with a digital camera and laptop and produce work in the places and
environments I find.
Top tip for upcoming artists: Be prepared for some serious ballache!
Who’s Going to Win the World Cup? Iran. Go on boys!
Anything else you want to say? Be good to each other and hugs are everything.
[email protected]
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LeftLion whips out the credit card and wallows
in the retail wonderland that is Nottingham.
Our correspondent this time around was Dan Stairs
CAFÉS AND BARS: ALLEY CAFE
CAFÉS AND BARS: THE ORANGE TREE
There aren’t many
venues around the
city which manage
to retain a sense of
individuality, but the
Alley Café has kept
it real. The venue has
been established for
fifteen years (originally
opened by members of
Notts party crew DIY),
but was given a slight
change of direction by
its current owners five
years ago.
The interior has a
loft-style vibe provided
by the wooden beams
adorning its ceiling
and a suitably chilled
clientele. It is a small
and intimate venue, giving the space a cosy resonance and friendly charm.
The lunch menu is among the tastiest in the city (though it can sometimes be hard to get a table),
whilst at night things become more atmospheric, making it a prime spot to sip beers after work or
relax with friends into the night. Vegetarian indulgence is probably the best way to describe the
range (no beef to be had here), with some great beers and fresh juices to wash it all down.
There are specials to tempt you away from the regular menu (which includes their tempting tempeh burger and tasty burritos). The food caters for those with specific dietary requirements, as
well as supporting local suppliers and farmers around Notts. One initiative they back fully is Eco
Works, an allotment scheme ensuring all the ingredients are as organic as cost allows.
The cafe showcases consistently cool DJs every Friday and Saturday evening as well as monthly
midweek shenanigans, including Jumpers For Goalposts on the first Wednesday of each month
(ska beats with acoustic titbits mixed in). Their Speakeasy poetry night on the third Wednesday
of the month is also renowned by wordsmiths and beat poets throughout the city.
In Mother Nature’s eyes, an orange
tree is a plant which usually grows
to about 10m tall with thorny shoots
and evergreen leaves. Cultivation
of the orange is an important
part of the economies of the US
(particularly Florida and California),
South America, most Mediterranean
countries, Pakistan, China, India,
Iran, Egypt, Turkey and to a lesser
extent Spain, South Africa and
Greece.
The Orange Tree in Nottingham,
however, is part of a small but
growing chain which started out in
Leicester. The pub used to be known
as Russells, but was saved from the
slightly dingy backwaters of being
a smoky haven for pints and pool
players when it was taken over and
given a facelift a few years ago.
This is a great bar and a favourite
hangout for the LeftLion crew. It
straddles the gap between students
and professionals perfectly. It’s
located next door to Nottingham
Trent University and caters well
for the student crowd, as well as
the men in suits who want a tasty
business lunch.
The staff are great too. We
particularly liked the sultry barmaid
(who we’re told has recently left…
sniff), finding her no-bullshit approach particularly refreshing. But the rest of the staff are equally
cool, with big smiles on their faces and a seemingly genuine enjoyment of working there.
The place rotates a good selection of local art on the walls and puts on some great live music
events. Not least the LeftLion Presents nights, which take place once a month and feature
some of the best new music talent to come out of the city.
Alley Café Bar, 1a Cannon Court, Long Row, NG1
0115 955 1013
www.alleycafe.co.uk
The Orange Tree, 38 Shakespeare Street, NG1
0115 947 3239
www.orangetree.co.uk
LIVE VENUES: THE MARCUS GARVEY BALLROOM
CAFÉS AND BARS: RIDE BAR
At some point in their lives
everyone in Nottingham who
likes going out clubbing to
non-cheesy dance music is
destined to go to ‘the Garvey’.
It is affectionately known by
everyone who has been there
as a music haven where you
can go and have a proper
dance, without worrying about
wearing the right clothes or
being part of the ‘in crowd’.
The place has had a few names
over the years, but the original
name of Marcus Garvey,
the publisher, journalist,
entrepreneur and crusader for
black nationalism will always
hang over it like a talisman.
We’re sure he would be proud
to be associated with a place
where you can go to get to
know yourself.
The venue is located in Lenton, right in the heart of Nottingham’s student area in close proximity
to the student residences and university campus. Recently taken over and under the management
of the amusingly named Hot Renault Traffic Club crew, it is a multi-functional venue, boasting an
eclectic range of live music, club nights, shows and events.
After some difficult times and negative press, things seem to be turning around. Over the years it
has hosted such acts as The Prodigy, Belle and Sebastian, Fugazi, Dodgy, Robert Plant and more
recently people like Graham Coxon and The Kooks.
Coming up over the next few months they have live music from Orson (16 June), The Inspiral
Carpets (11 August) and dance nights from Firefly (10 June) and Psycle (24 June), with more acts
and nights to be confirmed.
Ride is a little hidden gem of a bar on
Foreman street. Situated opposite the
Cornerhouse, it’s a safe haven for drinkers
who want a quality pint and good music
and not to be bothered by knobheads.
It’s changed a fair bit since it’s previous
guise as the Czech Bar. Both inside and
out looks better and fresher under the new
manager Martin, who took over the reigns
eighteen months ago.
We particularly love the dress code on
the wall, which reads: “We will not serve
anyone wearing tracksuits, baseball caps,
Nike Air shox or any length of Goldie Lookin
Chain.” All dress codes should be handled
like this in our opinion! Anyone who is
laid back and just a little scruffy won’t get
turned away. It’s about the way you act, not
the way you look really!
The place has a laid-back vibe, with good
music and soulful DJ’s on Wednesday,
Friday and Saturday nights. Beers on
tap are XXXX, Stella, Leffe, Hoegaarden,
Staropramen, Guinness and Strongbow.
They open from 2pm to 1.30am every night,
apart from Sunday when they start at 4pm
and close at 12.30am.
So next time you’re in town and looking for
a late bar, have a think about this little place
just off Trinity Square. Unless you’re in full-on chav-dress, in which case shouldn’t you be off
down Yates’?
The Ballroom, Lenton Boulevard, NG7
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0115 978 8674
www.the-ballroom.co.uk
Ride Bar, 11 Forman St, NG1
0115 950 4789
City centre bar cull…
The Broadway bar has been banned from selling alcohol for six
weeks in a landmark court ruling to tackle underage drinking.
They’ve been rapped over the knuckles for selling alcohol to
underage drinkers in three separate incidents in November
and December last year.
From a LeftLion point of view this is a shame. The place is
always a good hangout in the day (although we usually go
for the fruit juices and herbal teas at that point). But we’ll
particularly miss being able to have a pint and after-film natter
over the coming weeks (however we do realise that steps need
to be taken to tackle the problem of underage boozing).
The ban is likely to take place from early June, unless the
Broadway lodge an appeal before then. Inspector Paul Winter,
the police city centre commander said: “This is a significant
decision. It should act as a deterrent. It sends a message to
other bars that if you repeatedly fail test purchase operations,
it could seriously damage your business.”
David Lucas, representing Broadway, called witnesses from
Nottingham Media Centre and the Tynemill group. They
stressed (and Inspector Winter agreed) that there was never
any trouble at the bar. The Broadway management said that
more staff training had been brought in. Till prompts, extra
posters, memos in staff areas and a reminder in wage packets
all highlighted the need for ID checks. The Bunkers Hill pub
in Hockley has also been issued with a two week suspension
after failing three similar tests.
Watch the World Cup with LeftLion
The World Cup is upon us again. It’s at this time every four
years you usually face the choice of beers in front of the TV at
home or getting wedged into a chatty pub with a rubbish view,
surrounded by “No Surrender” singing knuckle-draggers with
their shirts off.
Sod that youth! This year LeftLion is taking over The Maze,
Mansfield Road’s historic venue, for every England game and
the World Cup final itself. We’ll be having it right off before
and after the game with the kind of stuff our live events are
known for and all for a mere £3! The first event is totally free
(in a ‘try before you buy’ vibe) and will take place on 10 June
from midday in association with Saggy Pants (who we think
put together the best free magazine apart from us in Notts).
England play Paraguay at 2pm and there will be live music and
a pub quiz, as well as beer and food on offer.
From there we’ll be covering England against Trinidad and
Tobago on 15 June (from 3pm) and Sweden against England
on 20 June (from 6pm). If our boys stay in from there we’ll be
covering all the other games too, including the World Cup Final
on 9 July whatever happens. So follow England all the way to
their inevitable quarter-final knockout with us.
LeftLion World Cup at The Maze,
Mansfield Road, NG1 0115 947 5650
www.leftlion.co.uk/worldcup
A little treat
Located on Hucknall Road in the Carrington area of the city
(which has always attracted many of the town’s creative folk
who don’t fancy the hustle and bustle of the city centre) is a
small oasis of contemporary lunchtime cuisine, The Little Deli.
They offer beautifully prepared sandwiches on a choice of
breads (try their chorizo, jarlsberg and jalapeños on a panini),
fresh coffee and enough deli treats to keep your tatsebuds
buzzing for the duration of your day.
This combined with friendly service from smiling staff, a cool
relaxing interior and a fresh dose of comedy on their sign
outside each day, makes a stop at The Little Deli a worthwhile
adventure.
The Little Deli, 142, Hucknall Rd, NG5 0115 962 6466
There’s a place in every city where you just want to be. Whether you want to
people-watch or think about the good times, everyone’s place is different. Each
issue, a member of the LeftLion crew explains the spot they like best, this time,
Mansfield Road by Charlotte Kingsbury…
Many people find rejuvenation and perspective in places of
great beauty, especially those least spoilt by humankind and the
march of progress. However we can also feel wonder, humility
and comfort when confronted with simple truths about our
community in places which are rich in ‘ordinariness’. Mansfield
Road is, for me at least, such a place. It is generally dirty, smelly,
dated and ugly… yet so full of life. I walk it daily and find it puts
a smile on my face and a spring in my step.
On this journey you may encounter drunks, addicts and
others down on their luck. However they are more likely to be
sat chatting to each other over a warm White Lightning than
accosting passers by for change. More lively down-and-outers
can be found in the (many) betting shops. On the right side of
the road is a handsome terraced block with gates, gardens and
cherry blossom which belie the gritty social services offered.
If you do find this all a bit much, it’s easy to retreat into fantasy.
Many shops will take you back to earlier decades, dealing in
vintage and kitsch clothing, records, home furnishings and
other fun stuff. There are also several late-opening off licences.
Adorably, most of the other shops look like they haven’t changed
(or even sold) anything since the 1970’s. Check out the carpet,
clock, hardware, antiques and second-hand book stores. Looking
through their windows is like peering into the past. The pubs
too are in the main very traditional establishments offering real
ale and a lungful of baccy, apart from the range of cool bars such
as The Loft, Fade and The Golden Fleece.
What brings Mansfield Road most up to date is its
multiculturalism, best represented by its many restaurants and
fast-food outlets. It’s also beautifully close to the entrance to the
Arboretum, another high point for the road.
At the top of the hill, you can either turn off for a hooker or
continue passing the cemetery and the many long-departed
local souls contained in it. Then as you enjoy the downhill stroll
you watch the sun set behind the Forest recreation ground (the
goose fair site), casting long shadows of all the kids playing
footie and the oldies walking their dogs, knowing that although
you are in public, you are at home.
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LEA, NOTTINGHAM’S BIG
BROTHER REPRESENTATIVE
words: Michael Frearson
The bird with the big jugs is proper Nottingham, nice to have
some classy representation in there.
Big Fat Badgeroonie
As soon as that top-heavy blonde opened her gob, I ‘knew’
she was from round here. The shame!
Fossy
I think it was when she said “What they booin’ at me for, I
an’t done ote.”
Big Fat Badgeroonie
I’m sorry to be the one to bring this to your attention, but it
seems our Lea has been dipping her toes in the murky world
of adult entertainment. Not that there’s anything wrong with
that of course, but the pics make me think of one of those ‘70s
paintings of a sad clown. Not good.
NJM
My mate tells me that Lea shops in the Broadmarsh centre
all the time, along with her equally plastic surgery enhanced
bloke. He used to serve her when he worked at The Sunglass
Hut.
Denz
She’s taking a hell of a beating on other forums (no pun
intended). She seems like an alright person. You just know
The Scum is dying for her to get naked!
Themn
STRANGE CONVERSATIONS
OVERHEARD IN TOWN
I heard two yout’s on the no.16 break the world record for
overuse of the term ‘Yer Get Meh’. It took one of them 10
minutes to explain that his Mam wouldn’t let him in the house
when her fancy man was coming over.
Lord of the Nish
I once heard two yout’s in a mobile phone shop spend ten
minutes just pointing at different handsets and saying
‘yougetmeh’ to each other. Ten minutes and they didn’t utter
another single phrase between them, just pimp walked out
of there while checking on the thickness of their bumfluff
‘taches. Kids, eh?
Reason
I once heard two ladies of the elder type having an entire
conversation without mentioning a single current building.
It was all “You know, where the Co-op used to be” or “Down
near where the Odeon was.”
Vini
This afternoon I had the pleasure of sitting opposite two
particularly gruesome individuals, until they got off the train
at Loughborough. There now follows an exact transcript of
what I heard from them as they bonded in that unique way
only a mother and teenage daughter can whilst sharing a tin
of Carling at 2pm on a Monday;
“Fook off Mam. Yo’ ain’t gooin’ raaaand there. I’ll fookin’ sort
it aaaat”
“Fook off wi’ yaaaar! She’s gonna gerra slap off meh”
“Mam, she’s 17 years ode and six munfs pregnant. Yo’ can’t
fookin’ hit ‘er. Aahl fookin’ ‘it’ er.”
PeterO’Hanrahahanrahan
A few weeks ago. 8:20 in the morning. Two teenage girls
behind me looking at porn on a mobile phone. Nothing
particularly unusual about that nowadays, until:
Girl A: “Uurgh, what’s she doin’ to that horse?”
Girl B: (as if it’s the most obvious thing in the world) “She’s
giving it ‘ead, what does it look like?”
NJM
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Damian ‘Jr Gong’ Marley is the son of a very famous man.
His father, Bob, is a household name across the world. A
cultural icon and the face of popular Reggae for the last two
decades, Bob Marley’s image adorns posters on bedroom walls
throughout the land, synonymous with Rastafari, Reggae music
and reefers. In the public eye the legend of Bob threatens to
overshadow his offspring, but Damian is also a respected artist
in his own right and is heading to the Rock City to play for
Camouflage in June.
Damian made noise early on with 1996’s Mr Marley, and his
major label debut Halfway Tree showcased a unique gift for
blending hard-hitting reality rhymes and an uncommonly
eclectic musicality with a mix of classic reggae, hiphop, r’n’b
and dancehall. The album resonated with urban tastemakers
and won a Grammy for Best Reggae Album in 2001.
This interview is an abridged version of an hour-long discussion
that took place in Birmingham as part of BBC 1Xtra’s Dancehall
After Dark events.
What advice do you have for any budding UK artists?
Be an honest critic of yourself. Build up interest in your local
area. You need to get the industry to want to invest in you.
Build yourself up in the community through mixtapes and
concerts and keep growing as an artist.
Where does your inspiration come from for performing?
I simply love music and I love performing. I give it my all.
Do you feel under pressure to succeed because of your
famous roots?
No. If anything I feel support from my family. My big brother
produces for me, and our work is all about the vibe and feel of
what we’re doing, what’s all important is that we’re making
music.
Reggae artist Sizzla has been banned in this country
because of his lyrical content. Does this affect your
lyrical output?
No. I write my true feelings. But any publicity is
good publicity. A feature in the media over lyrical
content is better than none at all.
Do you feel responsibility to represent and
positively influence today’s youth?
Yes. It’s my most important goal. I don’t have
any negative comments about genres. It’s all
about communicating a message. We need
people with the right intentions to become
involved in education. I hope to use music to
influence people.
A lot of people feel your presence and your roots.
How important is your spiritual side in your
music?
Very important. It’s a way of life. When I eat, move,
when I deal with people and music, it’s all connected
to my spirituality. It’s where my morals and values come
from.
But there’s commercial pressure too. Where’s the
balance?
What you see is what you get. It’s all natural, I don’t
pretend, I don’t meditate on those kind of things. It’s
just true feelings.
How do you feel Reggae is perceived in
the world these days?
There are a few artists
coming out at
a time, we’re pushing the barriers and Dancehall is getting
bigger. But it will take more than one person to uplift the genre.
The biggest tool to help us is exposure.
Do you feel that you’re compared to Bob?
Yeah, but I’m compared to the best, so it feels good.
What was touring in Africa like?
It was a joy, especially Ethiopia. There were about 300,000
people there. Africans embrace us as we embrace Africa; we
feel love. It means a lot to see where you’re coming from.
What are your views on the state of Jamaica?
Jamaica’s destiny is in its own hands. Some things change,
some stay the same. A lot of people are waiting on handouts.
It’s about personal responsibility.
What is your advice on education to these kids?
School comes first when you’re growing up. I can see how
education helped me to reach where I am now. Knowing about
business and things like that is important. The system uses
knowledge to beat people, and the world is run by this minority
who hold the knowledge.
You talk about staying healthy. How important is that?
You need to keep your body healthy. If you eat shit you die early.
Look after your vessel.
Damian Marley plays Camouflage at Rock City
on Sunday 25 June
www.damianmarleymusic.com
www.ontheone.net
listings...
Thursday 01/06
Grizzly Bear
Venue:
The Social
Price:
£6 adv
Times:
7pm - 10.30pm
Tiger Army
Venue:
Rock City
Price:
£8 adv
Times:
7.30PM
Dogma Presents
Venue:
Dogma
Style:
Breaks
Price:
Free
Times:
10pm - 2am
Experian Presents Battle of
The Bands
Venue:
Junktion 7
Times:
8.30pm - 12am
Highness Soundsystem
Venue:
BluePrint
Style:
Reggae
Price:
£5
Times:
10pm - late
Friday 02/06
Bachelor Boy
Venue:
Royal Centre
Price:
£12
Times:
1.30pm & 3.30pm
Echo And The Bunnymen
Venue:
Rock City
Price:
£16.50
Times:
7.30pm
Fog
Venue:
Price:
Times:
The Social
£7 adv
7pm - 10pm
Spectrum
Venue:
Stealth
Style:
Breaks
Price:
£10 (NUS)
Times:
10pm - 5am
Krafty Kuts, Soul of Man,
Drumattic Twins, Pete Jordan,
Freeman, A Skillz and Krafty
Kuts, B Boy J, Priceless, DJ Food,
Kids in Tracksuits, Lazy Habits,
Finger Lickin Abel, Dave Boutlbee
Antics Roadshow,
De*10*sshn and Skool
of Hardcore
Venue:
BluePrint
Style:
Hardcore
Price:
£5
Times:
9pm - 2am
Old Basford and The Stoatz
Venue:
Maze
Price:
£4
Times:
9pm
Vinyl Jacks
Venue:
Junktion 7
Style:
60’s, Mod
Price:
Free
The Tone Club
Venue:
The Glo Bar
Price:
£4 adv / £3 (NUS)
Times:
9pm - 2am
Komakino, Black Daniel
City of Dog
Venue:
Loggerheads
Reggae and dubstep special!
Saturday 03/06
The Futureheads
Venue:
Rock City
Price:
£12.50
Times:
7pm
The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial
Orchestra & Tra-La-La
Venue:
The Rescue Rooms
Price:
£11 adv
Times:
7pm - 10pm
Pete Lockett, Fazal Qureshi
and Amit Chatterjee
Venue:
Notts Arts Theatre
Price:
£6 - £8
Times:
7.30pm
music / weeklies / drop in the ocean / theatre / exhibitions / comedy
Saturday 03/06
Basement Boogaloo
Venue:
The Maze
Style:
Funk, Soul, House,
Price:
£5
Times:
10pm - Late
Pure Filth
Venue:
BluePrint
Style:
Techno, DnB,
Price:
£6
Times:
10pm till late
Julian Liberator, Resident Filth,
DJ Smith, Suspect-1, Mr Fijjitt,
Paul Murphy
Wildside Presents
Venue:
Junktion 7
A night dedicated to sleaze
glam and hair metal! Full of the
sleaziest and most explosive
music you’ll ever hear all year
3DJs, 2 live bands and an
exclusive club night afterwards.
Tuesday 06/06
Crystal Pistol, Red Star Rebels
Venue:
Rock City
Price:
£8 adv / £9 door
Times:
7.00pm doors
Thursday 08/06
Halle
Venue:
Price:
Times:
Royal Centre
£8 - £28
7.30pm
Battle of The Bands
Venue:
Junktion 7
Hot Puppies, Eddyfink, Euler
Venue:
NTU Union
Price:
£4 (NUS)
Times:
9pm - 2am
Komakino, Black Daniel
Champion Kickboxer
Vemue:
Junktion 7
Times:
8.30pm - 12am
With support from
Smokers Die Younger
Battle
Venue:
Price:
The Rescue Rooms
£6
The Orthodox Singers
Venue:
Lakeside Arts Centre
Price:
£10
Times:
7.30pm
Broken Soul
Style:
Jazz, Breaks
Venue:
Golden Fleece
Price:
Free
Times:
8.30pm - 12am
Future Jazz to Broken Beats
With DJs Beane and Jakkattak
Friday 09/06
Semifinalists
Venue:
The Social
Price:
£5 adv
Times:
7pm - 10.30pm
Barracuda (Live)
Venue:
Loggerheads
Price:
Free
Times:
8pm - Late
Orson
Venue:
The Ballroom
Sunday 04/06
Ted Nugent
Venue:
Rock City
Price:
£21.50
Times:
7.30pm - Late
End Of Semester Molester
Venue:
The Social
Price:
£6 adv
Times:
tbc
The Blood Arm, Lucida Console
Guillemots
Venue:
The Rescue Rooms
Price:
£8.50 adv
Times:
tbc
Nottingham Green Festival
Venue:
Wollaton Park
Price:
Free
Times:
12pm - 6pm
LeftLion Unplugged
Venue:
Malt Cross Cafe Bar
Price:
Free
Times:
8pm - 11pm
A very special LeftLion
Unplugged, with Majik (Magic
Heroes), Haiki Loki and Andy
Wright (We Show Up On Radar).
Make sure you get there early,
we’re expecting it to be even
busier than usual!
Wednesday 07/06
The Wedding Present
Venue:
The Rescue Rooms
Price:
£12.50 adv
Electric Mouth
Venue:
The Social
Price:
£4
TheOracleboy, White Light Brigade
Nightmare of You
Venue:
Rock City
Price:
£7 adv
Jolie Holland
Venue:
Maze
Price:
£11 adv
Times:
7.45pm doors
Jolie Hollands, Sean Hayes
Preset Addiction
Venue:
Maze
Price:
£3
Times:
8pm
With support from Kingsize Operator
Penknifelovelife
Venue:
Rock City
Price:
£7 adv
Times:
5.30pm
Plus Bring Me The Horizon
The Green Bus
Venue:
Loggerheads
Price:
Free
Times:
8pm - Late
Monday 05/06
Epica
Venue:
Price:
Times:
Rock City
£9 adv
7:30pm
Hucklebuck
Venue:
Maze
Times:
8.00pm
Thursday 08/06
Jim Bob (ex Carter USM)
Venue:
The Social
Price:
£8 adv
Times:
7pm - 10.30pm
The Fratellis
Venue:
The Rescue Rooms
Price:
£8
Times:
7.30pm
Tayo
Venue:
Price:
Times:
Dogma
free
10pm - 2am
Opera North
Venue:
Royal Centre
Price:
Various
Times:
Various
Runs Until: 09/05
Gene Loves
Venue:
Price:
Times:
Jezabel
Pelhams
£9 adv
7:30 doors
Dubstep
Venue:
Price:
Times:
Maze
£4
10pm
My Milkman Has AIDS
Style:
Pop, Hiphop,
Venue:
The Rescue Rooms
Price:
Free b4 10pm, £5 after
Times:
10pm - 3am
The Drowned in Sound
Clubnight
Venue:
The Social
Price:
£5 (NUS)
Times:
8pm till late
Help She Can’t Swim, Kubicheck
Nikola, Lost Alone
LeftLion World World Cup
Venue:
Forest Tavern
Price:
Free
Times:
1pm start
England V Paraguay on the big
screen in the afternoon with
cheap drinks and food!
Saggy Pants in association
with LeftLion presents bands
including Spirytus, Yes my
Ninjas?, Tolerance, Beat my
Guest, Ordo Ab Chao, Patchwork
Grace and more with four DJs
and a jam stage after the bands
also And it is All for Free!
Donations for Drop In The Ocean
and Gazdonbury more than
welcome
Style:
Venue:
Price:
Times:
DnB, Alternative,
BluePrint
£5
10pm til Late
Dragster
Venue:
Junktion 7
With Support from Rek
Tangata and Wholesome Fish
Venue:
Maze
Price:
£4
Times:
11pm doors
Maxi Priest
Venue:
Royal Centre
Price:
Various
Times:
8pm
Nights of The Round Table
Style:
Hiphop, Funk, Soul
Venue:
Loggerheads
Price:
Free
Times:
8pm - Late
DJs Oz, Wetone and Transmit
playing Funk, Soul, Hip Hop,
Reggae and Breaks
Garrison
Venue:
Loggerheads
Price:
Free
Plus Marks Brother! and The
Senti-Mentalists
Firefly
Style:
Techno
Venue:
The Ballroom
Audio Bullys, Suburban Knight,
Ali B, Thrash Jelly Richard Foe
Sunday 11/06
Black Box Diaries
Venue:
Junktion 7
Times:
9pm - 2am
Plus Alice Rocks, Aphemia and
Breakneck
Jesu and Skullflower
Venue:
Maze
Price:
£6
Times:
8.30pm
3 Ring Circus
Venue:
The Social
Lobotomy
Style:
Breakcore, Gabba
Venue:
BluePrint
Price:
£6
Times:
10pm til late
Aarpm Spectre, Batfink, Sidioss,
Fishmarkett, Dilk, Davvo,
Mossop, Sodnppop, Fourlom,
Hal 9000
Saturday 10/06
Venue:
Various
Price:
£8
A Full event guide is on page 28
and an interview on page 16
Livewax Experimental Media
Venue:
Stealth
Price:
£7 (NUS)
Times:
8pm - 4am
Tim Exile, Ultre, DJ N>E>D,
Shirley Crabtree, Deny the
Accident, The Holy Awesome
The doors open at 8pm, the
bands will be playing between
9pm and 11pm and the
electronic acts start at midnight.
There’ll be a BBQ outside Stealth
to give us the energy we need
to keep going, so there’s no
excuse!
You have been warned…we’ll see
you down the front!
Jeremy Warmsley
Venue:
The Social
Price:
£6
Times:
7pm - 10pm
Monday 12/06
This is Elvis
Venue:
Royal Centre
Price:
Various
Runs Until: 17/05
Stickers for Kids
Venue:
Junktion 7
Times:
8.30pm - 12am
Plus Your Awesome Intergalactic
Heroes, The Great Danes
listings...
Tuesday 13/06
Trashlight Visions
Venue:
Rock City
Price:
£7 adv
Times:
7:30pm
Hope of The States
Venue:
The Rescue Rooms
Price:
£11
Striking West Presents
Venue:
Maze
Wednesday 14/06
Saggy Pants Presents.....
Venue:
Junktion 7
Price:
£3
Times:
8.30pm
Left of the Dealer, Vent, The
Wickets and Alpengluhen
3 LeftLions World Cup Event!
Venue:
Maze
Price:
£3
England v Trinidad and Tobago
Watch the England Game with
all the LeftLion people, have a
go at our special pub quiz before
the game then listen to some
great bands afterwards!
Jeniferever
Venue:
The Social
Price:
£4
Times:
7pm - 10.30pm
With support from Souvaris
and Alex Clegg
HRC Nottingham 4th Birthday
Venue:
Hard Rock Cafe
The Fakers Live
Nights of The Round Table
Venue:
Loggerheads
Thursday 15/06
Dogma Presents
Venue:
Dogma
Price:
free
Times:
10pm - 2am
Pete Jordan (Four hour set)
Supernight
Venue:
The Social
Price:
£5
Times:
8.30pm - 2am
Fonda 500
Temallica
Venue:
Junktion 7
Plus End Reason and Thousands
of Reflections
Friday 16/06
Firefly
Summer Ball
Nic Fanciulli, Cass & Mangan,
General Midi, James Talk, Rez
Makai and Mr38, Freeman,
Dan Hamilton
Epoche
Venue:
Price:
Times:
The Old Angel
£3
8pm doors
Nottingham Live Music
Festival
Venue:
The Arboretum
Price:
Free
Times:
Noon - 6pm
www.nottslivemusicfest.com
Cult...Propaganda
Style:
Electronica, Film
Venue:
Golden Fleece
Times:
8.30pm - 12.00am
House music all night long with
Cult Legends Deft and Ligre and
Special Guest Jim Robinson
Friday 16/06
The Tone Club
Venue:
NTU Union
Price:
£4 (NUS)
Times:
9pm - 2am
LadyFuzz, Kobai,
We Show Up On Radar
Go*Go
Venue:
Price:
Mas Y Mas,
Venue:
Price:
Times:
Venue:
Price:
Times:
Loggerheads
Free
Lament
Maze
£5
9pm
Stealth
£10 adv
10pm - 6am
New Generation Superstars
Venue:
Junktion 7
Plus Tattooed Millionaires,
Jackviper and The Breakdowns
Kombination Funk
Style:
DnB, Techno
Venue:
BluePrint
Price:
£5
Times:
10pm - late
Saturday 17/06
Ardency
Venue:
Price:
Times:
The Social
Free entry, ticket only
7.30pm
Saggy Pants Presents.....
Venue:
The Old Angel
Price:
£3
Times:
8.30pm
Psylence, Namaste,
Deadfall and NG26
Spectrum Futures
Style:
Breaks, Electronica
Venue:
Stealth
Price:
£5
Times:
10pm - 5am
Groove Allegiance, Stylus Rex
and Andy Mc
Tuesday 20/06
LeftLion World Cup
Venue:
Maze
Price:
£3
England v Sweden
Watch the England Game with
Wednesday 21/06
Three Quarters
Venue:
Rock City
Price:
£5
Times:
7.30pm - Late
Support from Fast reaction
Jamie T
Venue:
Price:
Times:
The Social
£6 adv
7pm - 10pm
Xanten: The Aftermath
Venue:
Maze
Xanten, Random, The Pretty
Little Flowers, Alpengluhen
and Down Chapter
Well Swung!
Venue:
Loggerheads
Russ Porter, Fran Green,
Ravu andFoe
Thursday 22/06
I-Def-I
Venue:
Rock City
The Dust Bunnies
Venue:
Loggerheads
Broken Soul
Style:
Jazz, Breaks
Venue:
Golden Fleece
Price:
Free
Times:
8.30pm - 12am
Friday 23/06
Grain
Venue:
Loggerheads
Price:
Free
Kung-fu hillbilly funk, with
Bluegrass and Hiphop influnces.
Monday 19/06
Jerry Springer The Opera
Venue:
Royal Centre
Price:
Various
Times:
Various
Runs Until: 24/05
Tommy Womack
Venue:
Maze
Price:
£7 adv
Times:
7.45pm
Damian ‘Jr Gong’ Marley
Venue:
Rock City
Price:
£15
Times:
7.30pm - Late
Nottingham Amity Festival
Venue:
The Arboretum
Price:
Free
Times:
12pm - 6pm
NG Records
Venue:
Price:
Times:
Album Launch
Junktion 7
£5
6pm - 12am
Monday 26/06
Geezer Safari
Venue:
The Social
Price:
£1 / £2
Tuesday 27/06
Elton John
Venue:
Nottingham Arena
Price:
£35 - £105
Wednesday 28/06
Twisted Sister
Venue:
Rock City
Price:
£21.50
Times:
7pm doors
Tribute to the Great Ted
Heath and His Orchestra
Venue:
Royal Centre
Price:
£18.50 / £16.50
Times:
7.30pm
The Heights
Venue:
@D2
Price:
£5
Times:
7pm - 10pm
The Go Go
Venue:
Loggerheads
With King Kahlua
Fancy dress welcome!
Thursday 29/06
Splitters
Venue:
Maze
Price:
£5
Times:
8pm
So Ska, So Good, Splitters, The
Heels, Weeble, The Speacial Bru
Derby Punx Picnic Presents
Venue:
Junktion 7
Price:
£7 / £5 adv
Times:
9pm - 2am
Punk and Ska all-dayer featuring
Hotwired, Homebrew, Riot
Squad, Street Punk, The Heels
Burn, Subvert, Destroy, This
System Kills, Spitroast, Bastards
Trained By Bastards
Sunday 25/06
Damn You!
Venue:
Bunkers Hill Inn
Price:
£4 / £3
Times:
8.30pm
Thanksgiving and Francois
Venue:
Stealth
Price:
£8
Times:
10pm - 4am
DJ Hype, Transit Mafia, Steppa,
Mista Jam, Santero, Detail, MC
AD and MC Freestyle
First 500 tickets £5!
The Last Pedestrians
Venue:
Maze
Price:
£4
Times:
11pm
Wills and The Willing
Venue:
The Social
Price:
£5
Times:
7pm - 10pm
Saturday 24/06
Hed Kandi
Style:
Venue:
Price:
Times:
House
Mode
£7 adv
10pm - Late
Psycle
Style:
Venue:
Price:
Times:
Psy-Trance
The Ballroom
£10 (£8 Tickets)
10pm - 6am
Adam Masterson
Venue:
Loggerheads
Price:
Free
Sandman Presents
Venue:
Junktion 7
Price:
£4
Times:
8.30pm - 12am
Les Tres Bien Ensemble, Would
Be Goods and The Cut-Outs
Lorraine
Venue:
The Social
Price:
£5
With The Dead City Presidents
Venue:
Rock City
Adzuki, Pray For Hayden and
Second Monday
The Stoatz
Venue:
Loggerheads
With support from Tenderhooks
and King Kahlua
LeftLion Presents..
Venue:
The Orange Tree
Price:
Free
Times:
8pm - 12am
The Elementz, Karizma and
special guests. Live Hiphop
with not a hint of gangsta
whatsoever, from one of the
best upcoming crews in Notts.
Friday 30/06
Blind and Dangerous
Venue:
Maze
Times:
8pm
Myhouse-yourhouse DJ’s
Style:
House
Venue:
Loggerheads
Price:
Free
Saturday 01/07
Regina Spektor
Venue:
The Rescue Rooms
Price:
£12.50
Times:
7pm - 10pm
Saturday 01/07
Pure Filth
Style:
Techno, DnB
Venue:
BluePrint
Price:
£6
Times:
10pm - Late
Jerome Hill, Resident Filth,
DJ Smith, Suspect-1,
Mr Fijjitt and Paul Murphy
Venue:
Price:
Times:
Maze
£5
10pm
Sunday 02/07
Chill in the
Venue:
Price:
Times:
Park 2006
The Arboretum
Free
12pm - 6pm
Monday 03/07
Gogol Bordello
Venue:
Rock City
Price:
£12
Times:
7.30pm
Wednesday 05/07
Battle of The Bands Week 1
Venue:
Junktion 7
Price:
£4
Times:
8.30pm
Fly On The Wall Presents
Venue:
Maze
Price:
£3
Times:
8pm
Weeble, Fat Lady Singh and MCD
Thursday 06/07
Gladys Knight
Venue:
Royal Centre
Price:
£33 - £36
Times:
7.30pm
Logan
Venue:
Price:
Times:
Rock City
£6 adv
7.30pm
Highness Soundsystem
Style:
Roots, Reggae
Venue:
BluePrint
Price:
£5
Times:
10pm - Late
Friday 07/07
Sigur Ros
Venue:
Price:
Royal Centre
£22.50
Vinyl Jacks
Style:
Venue:
Price:
Times:
Alternative, Sixties
Junktion 7
Free
9pm - 2am
Rocco DeLuca & the Burden
Venue:
The Social
Price:
£7 adv
Times:
7pm - 10pm
City Of Dog
Venue:
Loggerheads
Price:
Free
Sticky Morales
Venue:
Maze
Price:
£4
Times:
9pm
Saturday 08/07
My Milkman Has AIDS
Style:
Pop, Hiphop,
Venue:
The Rescue Rooms
Times:
10pm - 3am
Cow Shit Bingo
Venue:
Loggerheads
Soundz Global
Venue:
The Market Bar
Price:
£5 / £4 / £3
Times:
10pm
listings...
Sunday 09/07
Kirkby Colliery Welfare Band
Venue:
The Arboretum
Price:
Free
Times:
Noon - 6.00pm
LeftLion World Cup Final!
Venue:
Maze
Price:
£3
? v ? (featuring Brazil probably!)
Watch the World Cup Final with
Bob Cheevers
Venue:
Maze
Price:
£7 adv
Times:
7.45pm
Monday 10/07
Atmosphere
Venue:
The Rescue Rooms
Price:
£8
Tuesday 11/07
Greg Dulli and The Twilight
Singers
Venue:
The Rescue Rooms
Price:
£12.50 adv
Wednesday 12/07
The Rifles
Venue:
Price:
Times:
Junktion 7
£7.50 adv
7pm - 10pm
Lostprophets
Venue:
Rock City
Price:
£16 adv
Times:
7.30pm
Striking West Presents
Venue:
Maze
Thursday 13/07
The Fight
Venue:
Rock City
Price:
£5 adv
Times:
7.30pm
With support from Grown At Home
Pretty Girls
Venue:
Price:
Times:
Make Graves
Junktion 7
£8.50 adv
8pm - 11pm
Electric Banana
Venue:
The Social
Price:
£4 adv
Times:
9pm - 3am
Shiny Toy Guns
Broken Soul
Style:
Jazz, Breaks
Venue:
Golden Fleece
Price:
Free
Times:
8.30pm - 12am
Saggy Pants Presents
Venue:
Maze
Price:
£4
Times:
8.30pm
The Xenith Sound, Seretone
and Lucky Bullet
music / weeklies /drop in the ocean / theatre / exhibitions / comedy
Saturday 15/07
Friday 21/07
Epoche Live
Venue:
The Old Angel
Price:
£3
Product
Venue:
Stealth
Price:
£8 adv
Times:
10pm - 4am
Lee Coombs, Paolo Mojo,
Rez and Makai
Hells Bell ACDC Tribute
Venue:
Rock City
Price:
£9 adv
Times:
7.30pm
Blacklight
Style:
House
Venue:
Pelhams
Price:
£5/4
Times:
10pm - 5am
Blacklight launch night. DJs
Sarah Marshall, Chris Dehinsilu,
Sam Ryan and Hoolio G. An
eclectic mix of house grooves.
Angelic Upstarts
Venue:
Junktion 7
Price:
£10
Times:
9pm - 2am
With support from Crashed Out
The Sleepy
Venue:
Price:
Times:
Jackson
The Rescue Rooms
£9.50 adv
7pm - 10pm
New Art Riot
Venue:
Loggerheads
With support from KT Theo
Benefit Gig
Venue:
Maze
Price:
£3.50
Times:
8.30pm
Monday 17/07
Twin Zero
Venue:
Price:
Times:
With support
Rock City
£5 adv
7.30pm doors
from Textures
Tuesday 18/07
Plan B
Venue:
Price:
The Rescue Rooms
£8.50 adv
Wednesday 19/07
Roll Out The Barrel
Venue:
Royal Centre
Price:
£10
The Birthday Massacre
Venue:
Rock City
Price:
£8
Times:
7.30pm
Thursday 20/07
LeftLion Presents..
Venue:
The Orange Tree
Price:
Free
Times:
8pm - 12am
The Deltarays and special
guests. Live indie rock from a
band who have been compared
to REM and The Wonder Stuff.
Kuato
Venue:
Price:
Times:
Maze
£4
8pm
iForward
Venue:
The Rescue Rooms
Price:
£7.50 adv
With support from Russia!
Silhouettes
Venue:
Price:
Times:
of Soldiers
Junktion 7
£4 (NUS)
9pm - 2am
Trickster
Venue:
Price:
Times:
With support
Maze
£4
9pm
from Team Hughes
Eclective Presents
Venue:
Maze
Price:
£4
Kombination Funk
Style:
DnB, Techno
Venue:
BluePrint
Price:
£5
Times:
10pm - late
Sabotage
Style:
Eighties, Nineties
Venue: The Cookie Club
Price:
£4 (NUS)
Times: 10.30pm - 2am
Saturday 22/07
Saggy Pants Presents
Venue:
Maze
Fat Lady Singh, Backwash,
Wagstaffe, Tauntra, Long Drop
Sunday 23/07
City of Lincoln Band
Venue:
The Arboretum
Price:
Free
Times:
2pm - 5pm
Lisa Okaine
Venue:
Maze
Supernight - Chik Budo
Venue:
The Social
Price:
£4 (NUS)
Times:
8.30pm - 2am
Here are some basic facts about
Chik Budo:
1: There is no guitar, and there
is no singer.
2: They use bass, drums,
synthesiser and brass.
3: They are still very loud.
Audio
Style:
Venue:
Price:
Times:
Hiphop, House, Breaks
Dogma
Free
Until 2am
Funk, Soul, Disco
Snug
£5 /£3 b4 10.30pm (NUS)
10pm - 3am
Atomic
Style:
Eighties, Nineties
Price:
£4 (NUS)
Retro night featuring two
decades of music.
Love Shack
Style:
Eighties
Venue: Rock City
Price:
£4 / £5
Times: 9.30pm - 2am
Monday 24/07
Beaver Nelson
Venue:
Maze
Price:
£7
Times:
7.45pm
Wednesday 26/07
Cosmic American Music
Presents The Green Cards
Venue:
Maze
Price:
£7
Times:
7.45pm
Thursday 27/07
Broken Soul
Style:
Jazz, Breaks
Venue:
Golden Fleece
Price:
Free
Times:
8.30pm - 12am
Future Jazz to Broken Beats
With DJs Beane and Jakkattak
The Market Bar
Style:
Breaks, House
Venue: The Market Bar
Price:
£4 (NUS)
Times: 9pm - 3am
Saturdays
Style:
Funky House
Venue: Market Bar
Price:
£5
Times: 9pm - 2.30am
With residents Dean Marriott,
Matt Tolfrey, Griff, Damian Wells
Stylus
Style:
Venue:
Price:
Times:
Funk, Funky House
Snug
£3 - £6
10pm - 3am
African Fever Night
Venue:
Maze
Price:
£4 (NUS)
Times:
8pm
A Music cocktail of African
Rhythm, Zouk, Soca, Rreggae,
Ragga, DJ Bongo
Saturday 29/07
Faction v Rigormortis
Style:
Techno, Breaks
Venue:
BluePrint
Price:
£7 (NUS)
Times:
8pm - 2.30am
Pengo’s first visit to the UK from
Germany
Model Morning
Venue:
The Rescue Rooms
Price:
£5 adv
Times:
7pm - 10pm
With support from Modlang
Grain
Venue:
Maze
Price:
£5
Times:
8.30pm
With Dirty Back Beats and
The Ambassadors
Sundays
Out To Lunch
Style:
Jazz
Venue: Dogma
Price:
Free
Times: Afternoon
Salt
Style:
Venue:
Price:
Times:
Nottingham Pride
Venue:
The Arboretum
Price:
Free
Times:
12pm - 6pm
Nottingham’s lesbian,
gay, bisexual and
transgender festival
Friday 14/07
Fridays
Sunday Bounce
Style:
Reggae, Bashment, Soul
Venue: The Edge
Price:
£3
Times: 10pm - Late
Reggae, Bashment and Soul
every Sunday
Mondays
Motherfunker
Price:
£1 b4 11pm
Tuesdays
The Market Bar
Style:
Disco, RnB
Price:
£4 (NUS)
Times: 9pm - 2.30am
With residents Matt Tolfrey
and DJ Ellis
Dusk
Style:
Venue:
Price:
Times:
Hiphop, Soul
Snug
£4 (NUS)
10pm - 3am
Crash
Style:
Venue:
Price:
Times:
Indy, Alternative
The Rig
£2 / £3 (NUS)
9.30pm - 2am
Wednesdays
Stone
Style:
Breaks, Jazz, Hiphop
Venue: Stone
Price:
free (NUS)
Times: 9pm - 12am
Meaty Beats, Beefy Breaks and
Hip-hop Shiznit.
The Big
Style:
Venue:
Price:
Times:
Wednesday
Alternative, Rock, Pop
The Cookie Club
£2.50 (NUS)
10.30pm - 2am
Thursdays
Open Mic
Style:
RnB, Disco, Funk
Venue: Golden Fleece
Price:
Free
Times: 8pm - 12am
Style:
House, Breaks, Electronica
Venue: Stealth
Price:
Free b4 10.15pm / £5
Times: 5pm - 4am
Two Clubs, Three Bars, Two
Patios, One Cinema. One Price!
Rise and
Style:
Venue:
Price:
Times:
Essence
Style:
Venue:
Price:
Times:
Shine / Funk U
Indy, Alternative
The Cookie Club
£5 (NUS)
10.30pm - 2am
House, RnB
Mode
£5
10pm - late
Distortion
Style:
Rock, Indy, Alternative
Venue: Rock City
Price:
£5 (NUS)
Times: 9pm - 2.30am
DJs Gazz and Spiky Mike will be
mixing it up, playing mainstream
Rock, Hardcore, Punk, Ska,
Indie and Hiphop.
Mirrorball
Style:
RnB, Disco, Funk
Venue: Snug
Price:
£4 / £3 (NUS)
Times: 10pm - 3am
Generation
Style:
Sixties
Price:
£2.50 (NUS)
Style:
Venue:
Price:
Times:
Rock, Indy, Alternative
Stealth
£4 / £2 (NUS)
10pm – late
Tuned
Style:
Venue:
Price:
Times:
Indy, Alternative, Pop
Rock City
£4 / 3.50 (NUS)
8.30pm - 2am
The Market Bar
Style:
Funk, Hiphop
Price:
£4
Times: 9pm - 2am
With Resident DJ Santero
listings...
Drop In The Ocean 2006
Nottingham’s mightiest musical
event, the all-consuming Drop
In the Ocean, returns on with an
even bigger line-up than before.
Just like in January 2005, the
entire Notts music scene has
been summoned, with over
thirty venues playing host to
over 350 artists.
Unless you can clone yourself
many times over, you’re gonna
need to plan your day wisely,
with a Hiphop marathon at
Stone, a phalanx of top-rank
indie and rock bands at Sub
(Nottingham Trent’s Student
Union) and much more. Like last
year, all proceeds go to charity...
Ballroom, Notts C. House
Style:
Jazz
With house band Kip Lefti,
Balkan Express, Laid-back DJs,
The Shod Collective and more.
Bar Schnapps
Style:
DJ Sets
Times: 10pm-4am
The Daddy Shifter (Reggae/
Eclectic), Mouse (Drum and
Bass/Soul), XS.iF (Hiphop/World
Music), Flamenco Larry (House),
Christophe Christopheson
(Drum and Bass/Random),
Teka (Eclectic/Scratch), Dan
Rattomatic (Scratch), DJ
Element (Scratch) and Ligre
The Bell
Style:
Indie/Rock
Times: 1pm - 11pm
13:00: DaddyRough
13:45: The Joel Evans Band
14:45: The Giveaways
15:30: The Tadellos
16:15: Your Awesome
Intergalactic Heroes
17:00: Vasquez
17:45: The Zapatistas
18:30: The Strollers
19:15: Last Arrow
20:00: The Four Last Things
20:45: Beyond This Point Are
Monsters
21:30: The Breakdowns
22:15: Cardboard Radio
Bluu
Style:
World Music
Times: 2pm - 12am
13:00 - 16:00: Unique Worlds:
African, Asian and Afghan
Musicians & Dancers, Atoumo
16:00 - 19:00: Steve Pinnock,
Jazztastic, Brazilica
19:00 - 20:00: Battuta
20:30 - 23:00: Gunfight at
Argos, DJ Stu Holland
The Castle
Style:
Acoustic/Jazz/Pop
Times: 1pm - 11pm
14:30: Emily Moon
15.30: Nuclear Family
16.30: Bombard
17.30: Marc Ozall
18.30: Sam Hutchinson
19.30: Julian Guidetti
20.30: Ocean State
21.30: Circular City
22.30: Echelon
23.30: The Phonics
The Cookie Club
Promoted by Farmyard Records
Style:
Alternative / Indie
Times: 7pm - 1am
19:15: Alpengluhen
19:40: Dirty Kanvus
20:05: Public Display of Affection
20:30: Hey Edison
20:55: Lois
21:20: The Tommies
21:45: 27 Brigade
00:15: And What Will Be Left
Of Them
22:25: Random
23:10: Redshed
The Market Bar
Style:
Dance/Electronica
Times: 1pm - 3am
17:00: Mike Greenwell and Ligre
18:30: Unity Crescent
19:00: Flatpack
19:30: Shmoov
20:30: Crazy P
21:30: Dan Dannechie
22:30: Riotous Rockers
23:30: Matt Tolfrey
00:30: Sound Alliance
01:30: Hexadecimal
The Old Angel
Style:
Rock/Metal
Times: 12pm - 12am
16.00: Colonel K
16:45: DAOR
17:30: You Slut!
18:15: Legion of Doom
19:45: Chimp Biscuit
20.30: God’s Chosen Dealers
21:15: The Smears
22.00: Patchwork Grace
The Orange Tree
The Maze
Dogma
Promoted by Percussion
Times: 12pm - 2am
Ground Floor:
12:00: Ravi Jazz set
13:30: Coda
14:30: Samyouwell Funk set
15:30: Ribtumbler
16:30: Miss One Drop
18:00: Notts School of Samba
19:00: Moonbuggy
Basement Floor
17:00: PMT Collective DJ Set
18:00: Charlie DJ Set
19:00: Urbanspacelab
20:00: Trickster
21:00: Grain
22:00: Samyouwell, Ravi,
Charlie DJ set with live beats
Fellows Morton and Clayton
Style:
Jazz/Lounge
Times: 6pm - 11.30pm
18.00: Alex Chapman
19.00: Alex Kinnear
20.00: Sue Mellard
21.00: Mood Indigo
22.00: Peter Johnson
The Golden Fleece
Style:
Eclectic
Times: 4pm - 2am
Deep Sound Channel, Suttline
Cheef, Idiot Joy, Seretone, Haki
Lowkey, Alligator, DJ Ex-Friendly,
DJ Ligre, Ads
Muse
Enjoy The Ride presents…
Times: 2pm - 12am
14:00: Jum Robin
14:45: Sinister Jeans
15:30: Ed Bannard
16:15: Hicks
17:00: Yvonne Lake
18:00: Will Jeffrey
19:00: Fred
20:00: Penfold Plum
21:00: Comin’ Home High
22:00: Fat Digester
23:00: Urbanspacelab
DJs: Minister Hill, Ten Tonne
Tommy, Disk Jockey K9, DJ
Finch, VJ Spank Massive
Moog
Style:
Drum and Bass
Times: 12pm - 12am
DJ Slider, Highness Sounds,
DJs: Transit Mafia, The Stoatz,
Vaccine
Junktion 7
Style:
Rock
Times: 4pm - 12am
16:20: The Crimson Roadmap
17:10: Ardency
18:00: Hinterland
18:50: The Dharma
19:40: The AutoDisko
20:30: The Grave Architects
21:00: The Henry Road
22:20: Seachange
The Lincolnshire Poacher
Style:
Irish Folk
Times: 8pm - 11pm
20.00: Kelly’s Heroes and
special guests tbc.
Loggerheads
Style:
Funk, Jazz, Breaks
Times: 1pm – 12am
Diesler, Capstone, Red Rack’em,
Dave Boultbee, The Dumb
Waiter, Hexford, Foe, Beane,
Ligre, Steakhouse, Fluff,
Jakkattack
The Malt Cross
Style:
Classical
Times: 11am - 6pm
11:00: Magdala Choir
12:00: Steve Pinnock
13:00: Lady Patricia EgertonSnelson and Andrew Randall
14:00: Ben Johnson Quartet
15:00: Sarah Watts
16.00: Lyndon Gardener
LeftLion presents…
Style:
Acoustic, Rock,
Electronica
Times: 3pm - 12am
3pm–6pm: Rapunzel Map, Sam
‘Blues Man’ Lindo, Stav (Majik),
Reason, Russ Clark.
6pm–12pm: Team Hughes,
Heroes of Switzerland, Will
Jeffery, The Atoms, Formication
The Phoenix
Style:
Funk/Soul
Times: 4pm - 3am
16:00: Jazz-dance Session
18:00: Sticky Morales
19:00: Fat Digester
20:00: Easter Island
21:00: Club O
22:00: Urban Intro
Pitcher and Piano
Style:
Unplugged
Times: 12pm - 12am
14:00: Steve McGill
14:30: Gren Bartlet
15:00: The Great Escape
16:00: The Alan Johnson
Singers perform West Side Story
19:00: Roy De’Wired
20:00: Herb Birds
21:00: Didier Souchon
21:30: Ambidextrous
The Rose Of England
Cult presents...
Times: 12pm - 10.30pm
Secret Stealth, Koda Cola, VJ
sets from Buddha Palm and
D.A.V.E., Mike Greenwell, Jon
Rust, Mouse, Deft, Christophe
Christopherson, XS.iF, Ligre,
Reason, D’jackal, Shifter, Ben
Fawce
The Navigation Inn
Style:
Folk/Cajun
Times: 6pm - 12am
18:00: HottBoxx
19:00: Toby Wilson
20:00: Andy Whittle
21:00: Toby White
22:00: Palava
23:00: Mark Black
NTU Students Union
Style:
Rock/Indie
Times: 1pm - 12am
Sub: Sack Sabbath, Sideshow,
Swound!, Majik, Old Basford,
Hellset Orchestra, Lo-Ego,
Evil Empire (R.A.T.M tribute),
Sanzen, Amusement Parks on
Fire, Spirytus and Illuminatus
Glo: Ben Dexter, Electric Mouth,
The Union Station Massacre, The
Silver Tongues, Mint.Ive, Delta
Red, A Beggar’s Opera, Spotlight
Kid, Model Morning
Style:
Ska/Punk
Times: 1pm - 11pm
13.00: Acoustic acts including
John Coates and Curtis Whitefinger
16:00: Saggy DJ
17.00: State of Union
17.45: The Vandahls
18.30: Fat Lady Singh
19.15: Yoghurt Bombers
20.00: Mr Wolf
20.45: Beat My Guest
21.30: Tolerance
22.15: Jimmy The Squirrel
The Running Horse
Style:
Blues
Times: 12pm - 12am
Tony Crosby, The Dirty
Backbeats, Naked Cheerleader
Blues, The Hail Caesars,
Darkhorse, General Skull
Duggery, Jason North Blues
Band, Mick Rutherford Band,
Barracuda, Colin Staples
and Vinyl Years
Stone
Style:
Hiphop
Times: 1pm - 11pm
DJ Sets:
13:00: Ken Fader
13:20: Detail
13:45: Santero
14:00: Johnny Crump
14:15: T-Cutts
14:30: Ken Fader
14:45: The Elementz
15:00: DJ Fever
15:15: Angelo, Furious P, Squigley
and Sumo Cuts (six deck set)
Main Rock Presents:
15:30: iLL Citizen
15:45: Dirty Joe, P, Rico, Tom
16:00: Swampfoot
16:30: Skeptic & Gid Sanes
16:45: Big Lix
17:00: Baron Samedi
17:15: Apocraphe
Big Trev Presents:
17:30: Odd Socks
17:45: Lindzy
18:00: Ice Gold
18:15: Haydn
18:30: Doogie Hauser
18:45: Shifty Spirit
Mister
19:00:
19:15:
19:30:
20:00:
20:45:
21:00:
21:15:
21:30:
21:45:
22:00:
22:15:
22:30:
22:45:
Jam presents:
C-Mone
Karizma
Lee Ramsey
Marga Boys
Cappo
P Bros
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Whity and Kaney King
DJ Rubbish
Foz v The Petebox
Lost Project
Blu Monkey
Non-Thespian
Southbank Bar
Style:
Tribute
Times: 12pm - 12am
18:00: Richie Muir
19:00: Abba Party Girls
20:00: Performance
21:00: Rolling Clones
22:00: Buster
23:00: Fab Four
The Waltons Hotel
Style:
Contemporary
Acoustic Ballads
Times: 12pm – 12am
17:00: Richie Muir
18:00: Gren Bartlet
19:00: Steve McGill
20:00: Joe Strange
21:00: Ronnie Scott
22:00: Alex Chapman
WAX
Style:
Acoustic tent
Times: 3pm – 11pm
15:00: Hue Costin
15:30: Becky Syson
16:00: Beck Goldsmith
16:30: Charlotte Mellors and
Amie Twells
17:00: Surianne
18:00: Blumonkey unplugged
17:00: Jamsons Nook
19:00: Old Basford unplugged
20.30: Left Of The Dealer
21.30: Seneca & Nasher
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listings...
Theatre
Wednesday 01/06
Old Big ‘Ead in The Spirit of
The Man
Venue: Playhouse
Price:
£7 - £24
Playwright Jimmy is struggling
to pull his new Robin Hood
drama together. Who better to
step in but the late, great Brian
Clough?
Runs Until: 10/06
New English Contemporary
Ballet
Venue: Lakeside Arts Centre
Price:
£10
Times: 8pm
The East Midlands’ first
contemporary ballet company.
Saturday 03/06
Lipizzaner Stallions
Venue: Nottingham Arena
Price:
£24.50 - £29.50
The Lipizzaner Stallions are a
well loved symbol of grace and
majesty and the oldest and
purest breed of horses known
for entertaining audiences with
their spectacular leaps and
manoeuvres.
Runs Until: 04/06
Vincent Mantsoe In NTU
and Phokwne
Price:
£10
Times: 8pm
Tuesday 06/06
Kensuke’s Kingdom
Venue: Royal Centre
Price:
Various
Times: Tues 1.30pm and 7pm,
Wed - Thurs 10am and
1.30pm
Runs Until: 10/06
Wednesday 07/06
Othello
Price:
£7
Times: 8pm
Runs Until: 10/06
Monday 12/06
Return to the Forbidden
Planet
Venue: Royal Centre
Price:
£10 - £24
Runs Until: 17/06
Guards! Guards!
Venue: Nottingham Castle
Price:
£6.50 - £8
Times:
7.30pm
Based on Terry Pratchett’s story.
Runs Until: 17/06
Saturday 17/06
To Reach The Clouds
Venue: Playhouse
The World Trade Centre is under
construction with twin towers
stretching 1,350 feet into the
sky. An ocean away, high wire
walker Philippe Petit conceives
a plan. If he can just rig a wire
between those towers...
Runs Until: 08/07
Monday 19/06
Lulu
Venue: Lace Market Theatre
Price:
£8/£7
Times: 7:30pm
Runs Until: 24/06
A Taste
Venue:
Price:
Times:
of Honey
Royal Centre
£8-£22.50
7.30pm, Wed 2pm,
Sat 2.30pm
Runs Until: 24/06
Saturday 24/06
My Journey
Venue: Notts Arts Theatre
Price:
£6 - £8
Monday 26/06
Tuesday 06/06
Magazine Night
Venue: Maze
Price:
£3/£4
Times: 8pm
Magazine Night featuring Drama,
Poetry, Comedy, Acoustic Music.
Two hours of quality, diverse and
original material.
Tuesday 13/06
The Rat
Venue:
Price:
Times:
Pack
Royal Centre
Various
Mon - Fri 7.30pm,
Weds 2pm
Runs Until: 01/07
Saturday 01/7
Marc Oberon
Price:
£8 - £10
European Magical Champion
Monday 10/07
Girls Night
Venue: Royal Centre
Price:
£8 - £22.50
Runs Until: 15/07
Wednesday 12/7
Floyd Collins
Price:
£8.50 - £10
Times: 7.30pm
Runs Until: 15/07
Monday 17/7
Power
Venue: Lace Market Theatre
Price:
£8/£7
Times: 7:30pm
A dark tale of ambition,
corruption and illusion.
Runs Until: 22/07
Friday 21/07
Fireman Sam To The Rescue
Venue: Royal Centre
Price:
£7 - £10
Family tickets £34
Runs Until: 23/07
Tuesday 25/7
The Hundred and One
Dalmatians
Venue: Royal Centre
Price:
£6 - £13
Runs Until: 29/07
Exhibitions
Friday 01/06
Garrison
Venue: Loggerheads
Price:
Free
Runs Until: 23/06
A photography exhibition looking
at the boundaries of ownership
and appropriation. With work by
Joel Rusiecki and Sarah Bentley.
Here’s one I made earlier
Venue: Surface Gallery
Price:
Free
Times: Tues - Sat 11am - 5pm
Runs Until: 24/6
The remnants, documentation
and sound recordings of a
round- table style dinner party
that will take place on 15 June.
Jongleurs
Venue: Jongleurs
Price:
£8 - £15
Mickey Hutton, Dave Johns
Runs Until: 03/06
Richard Morton
Venue: Bistro Live
Price: £13.95
Plus Steve Williams and
Nick Page
Saturday 03/06
Saturday 22/06
Jongleurs
Venue: Jongleurs
John Ryan, Eddy Brimson,
Simon Bligh and Rudi Lickwood
Runs Until: 24/06
Mr Randy Moova
Venue: Bistro Live
Price:
£12.95
Thursday 27/06
Its Comedy and Song Tonight
Venue: Bonnington Theatre
(Arnold)
Price:
£4.50 / £5
Times: 7.30pm
Runs Until: 28/06
Friday 07/07
Just The Tonic’s Big
Night Out
Venue: Royal Centre
Price:
£17.50/ £15
Times: 7.30pm
Sean Lock, Ed Byrne, Stewart
Lee and Daniel Kitson
Jongleurs
Venue: Jongleurs
Price:
£13 - £15
David Hadingham, Rex Boyd,
Tim Clark and Chris Corcoran
Runs Until: 08/07
Tuesday 11/07
Sunday 04/06
Saturday 17/06
NTU Multimedia Graduation
Venue: School of Art and
Design
Price:
Free
Runs Until: 22/05
http://www.convergence06.org
Tuesday 20/06
Danica Maier and Jane
Thurley
Venue: Surface Gallery
Price:
Free
Times: Tues - Sat, 11am - 5pm
Runs Until: 22/06
Large wall based lace
installations.
Saturday 01/07
Hidden Stories
Venue: Lakeside
Price:
£2
Runs Until: 30/07
Public performances
Sat 8, Sun 9 and Sat 15 July
11am - 12.45pm, 2pm - 3.45pm
Making Journeys
Venue: Lakeside
Price:
Free
Runs Until: 13/08
Making Journeys brings together
four contemporary international
artists whose works explores
literal and metaphorical journeys.
Tuesday 04/07
Magazine Night
Venue: Maze
Price:
£3 / £4
Times: 8pm doors
Drama, Poetry, Comedy,
Acoustic Music.
A Moment In Time
Venue: Lakeside
Price:
Free
Runs Until: 29/09
From the extensive photographic
image archive collections of the
University of Nottingham.
Into the light of things
Venue: Angel Row Gallery
Price:
Free
Runs Until: 02/09
Group exhibition including
Sue Arrowsmith, Roy Brown,
Samantha Clark and
Neeta Madahar.
Ivan’s Dogs (Sideshow)
Venue: Blank
Price:
Free
Times: 6pm - 10pm
The sun sets on Sideshow, a
special occasion that will drive
you in search of the elusive full
stop.
Wednesday 01/06
Friday 16/06
British Art Show
Venue: Various Locations
Price:
Free
Times: Various
Runs Until: 26/06
Held at Nottingham Castle,
Angel Row Gallery, Angel Row
Annex at Beatties, Bonington
Gallery and Djanogly Art Gallery.
Sunday 04/06
Comedy
Saturday 08/07
Kay Van-Bellen
Venue: Angel Row Gallery
Price:
Free
Runs Until: 02/09
Inspired by her background in
fashion and textiles.
Just The Tonic
Venue: Cabaret
Price:
£11
Johnny Vegas, Wil Hodgson
and Howard Read
Wednesday 07/06
Mark Watson
Venue: Maze
Price:
£5 / £4 adv
Times: 8pm
An Edinburgh Festival preview
show with Mark Watson. The
Welshman hit the headlines at
the Edinburgh Fringe in 2004
when he performed a non-stop
24 hour show, which culminated
in him proposing to his girlfriend
on stage! Support from Stuart
Goldsmith and compere Spiky
Mike.
Friday 14/07
A Shutup Comedy from Japan
Venue: Bonnington Theatre
(Arnold)
Price:
£5 / £7
Times: 7.30pm
Thursday 08/06
Jongleurs
Venue: Jongleurs
Price:
£8 - £15
JoJo Smith and
Jason-John Whitehead
Runs Until: 10/6
Thursday 15/06
Jongleurs
Venue: Jongleurs
Price:
£13 - £15
Geoff Whiting, Brendhan
Lovegrove, Ninia Benjamin
and Kevin Dewsbury
Runs Until: 15/07
Wednesday 21/07
Jongleurs
Venue: Jongleurs
Price:
£13 - £15
Patrick Monahan, Joe Rooney,
Tony Woods and Barbara Carlyle
Runs Until: 22/07
Friday 28/07
Jongleurs
Venue: Jongleurs
Price:
£8 - £15
Martin Bigpig, Stefano Paolini,
Jason Wood and Geoff Boyz
Runs Until: 17/06
Jongleurs
Venue: Jongleurs
Price:
£13 - £15
Greg Davies, John Fothergill,
Tony Gerrard and Mark Watson
Runs Until: 29/07
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We’ve been painting ourselves
for about as long as we’ve
been painting on cave walls.
That’s about 5,300 years!
words: Cristina Chapman
Otzi (the iceman found preserved in an Austrian glacier) had 57
tattoos on his body, mostly lines and crosses, many of which are
thought to have been done for medicinal purposes. Tattoos of
animals and gremlins, said to have had a magical significance as
well as decorative, have been found on 2,400 year old Siberian
mummies. Tattoos have also been found on Egyptian mummies,
on females around the lower abdomen, leading anthropologists
to conclude that Egyptians tattoos were linked to fertility.
Maoris and Aboriginal people have also been painting their
bodies for thousands of years. For these cultures, tattoos are
linked to the totem, the representation of societal order and
kinmanship, so tattoos are as much about visual creativity as
they are a way of creating and confirming identity, convention,
law and ritual.
Tattoos have also been used in persecution. The Greeks marked
slaves and criminals with tattoos, a practice which continued
until the Romans banned it, leading to the complete banning of
tattoos by Pope Hadrian in 787. Hitler, who infamously revived
many insignia and chilling practices from fallen empires,
brandished every person sent to his concentration camps. Many
survivors still bear the marks, imprints of one of the most horrific
periods in our recent history.
The popularity of tattoos as an aesthetic statement was revived
in Western Europe in the nineteenth century after French sailors
went to far-flung parts of the Pacific Ocean and returned from
their voyages with insignia, such as crosses and anchors, on
their bodies. Even the aristocracies went in for it. In 1862, the
Prince of Wales had a tattoo of the Jeruselum Cross done and
later, his sons (the Duke of Clarence and King George V) were
tattooed by Japanese body artist Hori Chiyo.
Today, tattoos are still about belonging, ritual and aesthetics. They
communicate our collective and individual identities, only now our
tribes are bands and football teams and our identities are influenced
by our global experiences of culture. Now, in the Age of Aquarius,
gap years and round-the-world airline tickets, the most popular
tattoos are tribal or Celtic symbols, stars and Oriental symbols.
According to Nottingham tattoo removal experts Tattoo Erase,
about 12% of the UK population has a tattoo. That’s about 7.7
million people! However, according to the British Journal of
Dermatology, three-quarters of those eventually come to regret
their decision. Nikki Roper, who runs the only licensed Tattoo
erasing franchise in Nottinghamshire, says that this kind of story
is not unusual.
“People come to us with all sorts of reasons for wanting to
get rid of the tattoo. Many had tattoos done on the spur of the
moment, when they were drunk or when they were very young
so they might not have got exactly what they wanted or they
might not have thought their choice through properly.
Erase returns the skin to its natural state without damaging the
skin pigment or weakening that part of the body, it’s entirely
possible.”
The tattoo erasing process involves injecting a fluid into the
epidermis which makes the body recognise the tattoo ink and
expel the “alien” substance from the body into a scab. With
the body’s remarkable ability to regenerate, new skin forms
underneath the scab and the tattoo is no more.
A major reason for people wanting to get rid of their tattoo is
because they have changed relationships and the tattoo reminds
them of previous partners.
Nikki Roper said: “Having your partner’s name tattooed is often the
last ditch attempt to salvage a relationship. Eight out of ten people
who get names cover them up or remove them at some stage.”
Who’s got a tattoo then?
I have a “W” on each ass cheek.
Victoria
My friend Shifter has a tattoo of a cup of tea.
Mouse
I really like George Clooney’s neck and arm fire tattoo in From
Dusk Til Dawn. But if I got one of those my mum would never
forgive me.
Jared
My friend got a Chinese character on her back which meant
happiness or friendship. We met the lads from Kinesis and
they told her that her tattoo didn’t mean happiness, it meant
beef noodles. I realised they were winding her up and they
told me that they couldn’t read Chinese characters, so for
ages I let her believe she was walking round with beef
noodles on her back.
Lady Sadie
An old friend of mine said to me once “I’ve got your mamas
name tattooed on my arse” He’s a bit of a mad head to say the
least so I said “go on then, let’s see it” And sure enough....he
has got the words “Your Mum’s Name” tattooed on his arse!
Ash D
I’ve got one that I designed myself. It’s a cartoon rocket with
planets and stars. It has the potential of being an expanding
galaxy. It’s on my hip, not somewhere I have a real habit of
looking so it still surprises me sometimes.
HeyCupCake
But perhaps tattoos of names, places and symbols give people
today the same sense of belonging, sense of identity and record
of experiences as Ta Moko does for Maoris. Whether that’s
getting drunk in Skeggy and waking up with King Louie on
your bum cheek or having Maori art done while you are finding
yourself in your year out.
But if you just feel like you just want to experiment, maybe
Mendhi body paint is the answer. You can still create a different
identity for a night or two without waking up every morning
for the ensuing 50 years wishing you’d never had three stripes
painted across your forehead.
www.tattooerase.com
I’ve got a mate who has one that says “Niente e per sempre”,
which means “nothing is forever” in Italian. Which is funny,
cos it’s a tattoo, innit.
Ama
I like the tribal looking tattoos that the Maoris have in New
Zealand. They’re so intricate and have significant meanings from
what I’ve read. I also love to see Mendhi art on women, I used to
do this on myself when I went out and it takes just ages!
Sara
I have a few tatts and every picture tells a story. Like the
story of not getting pissed at Eastgate (Skeggy) and ending
up with your pants down in public and getting King Louie
tattooed on your arse!
Barnze
I have a Chinese symbol on my right upper arm which
apparently means power. It could however mean twat. I think
I might get it removed after 50 though!
Mr G
I’ve got a seahorse on my hip. It’s a bit crap but I still quite
like it. I was in a compromising position with a man a couple
of weeks after getting it. He said he felt distracted from what
he was doing because he felt like the seahorse was watching
him. That particular relationship didn’t last very long.
Bambi
I’ve always thought I might get one but never found one that
really appealed. I don’t want to get to be an old wrinkly and
have this fading smudge on my arm or wherever else that just
kind of merges in with the liver spots.
Stodge
“Others come to us because they are tired of the design and
want to have something else done in its place. Because Tattoo
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words: Tom ‘Boogie Nights’ Hathaway
So there I’m sat at a table on me own around midnight, down in the Bali Hai disco (that’s the one
with the slowly revolving dance floor) downstairs at the Palais. I lost count of the flow somewhere
along the usual Saturday Night Barrel Fever route of The Bell, Flying Hoss, Hoss and Groom, Bench
and Bar, Fountain, Dog and Bear, Queen Elizabeth, Annabellas, Bodega, Thurland, Lion, Crystal
Palace and kicked out of The Old Corner Pin for having the brazen nerve to forget and ask Steady
Eddy for a pint instead of a fucking ‘afe.
The lad’s’ve all pulled, but it’s only a question of time. I mean, look at me, cream three-piece suit,
chocolate brown shirt with collars hanging of me shoulders and cuffs turned up me jacket sleeves,
top three buttons open to reveal the spoon on a chain nestled in me chest forest. Eh? Some bod’s
gonna be lucky terneet; they can’t resist this kinda zazz for long.
Hello? What’s this we’ve spied through all the How Deep is Yer Love bear hugs? Directly opposite
me, on the other side of the room, an African Princess; a real stunner! Well, you lucky fucker, darlin’!
I stand up, give the lapels a quick dust off, straighten the collar and neck three quarters of the pint
in case someone asks it for a boogie while I’m gone. And…we’re off! Don’t make it obvious now, in
case she’s seen me get up. The torpedo approach is a little rattling to the shy… and she looks a bit
shy… no, mingle a bit, sway a little to the beat, quick shimmy half way, quick grope of the arse of
one of the lads’ partners to try and get him a slap. Homing in now… closing… closing… closing…
just get through these last two smoochy couples and right baby! How’s Abahh…? Fuck me! I’m
back at me own table! Even me pint hasn’t pulled yet! What the…How? Quick look around over me
shoulder; yep, she’s still there! Off we go again, then!
Having crossed the dance floor twice more and still ended up back at the table I started out from
and unable to work out why, I then decided to do both the girl and me cred a big, big favour and
bugger off and get mesen into a taxi. Rapido.
Notts Abroad
Barcelona: La Sagrada Familia
La Sagrada Familia is a large Roman Catholic basilica that
has been under construction for over a century in Barcelona,
Catalonia, Spain. The formal title is the Temple Expiatori de la
Sagrada Família (translated as the Expiatory Temple of the Holy
Family). It is the last, and perhaps most extraordinary, of the
designs of the Catalan architect, Antoni Gaudí.
The Sagrada Família was planned in the late 19th century and
Barcelona’s greatest architect was assigned the project in 1883.
He worked on the project for over forty years, devoting the last
fifteen years of his life entirely to this endeavour. On the subject
of the extremely long construction, he is said to have joked, “My
client is not in a hurry.”
Since 1940 the architects Francesc Quintana, Isidre Puig Boada,
and Lluís Gari have carried on Gaudí’s work. Sculptures by J.
Busquets and the controversial Josep Subirachs decorate the
fantastical façades and make this one of the most astonishing and
beautiful sites in Europe.
www.sagradafamilia.org
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This issue the Nottsword is all about the World Cup. Complete it and send it
back to us at the address on page 3 or return it to us at one of our World Cup
events at the Maze before the end of June. The prize is a football signed by
the Notts County team, who finished 89th in the football league last season
(the club’s lowest ever league finish).
ACROSS
2. Semi-finalists last time, eaten at Christmas (6)
4. Scotland manager in 1978 (4,6)
8. Mongrel dog who found the world cup (7)
9. Made the greatest save ever for England (6,5)
11. Winners of the first ever world cup (7)
17. Singers of the official England WC song this time round (7)
18. Scored winner against Belgium. Bought crap Italians for Forest (5,5)
19. A grilled sandwich and the company who made football stickers (6)
20. God’s left hand man (8)
21. Legendary German, captained and managed his national side (12)
22. Get it free with a newspaper, put it on your wall and scribble on it (9)
23. The Rooney injury (10)
24. Fifth-century Athenian and twentieth-century Brazilian (8)
DOWN
1.
3.
5.
6.
7.
10.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
18.
The site of 1974 WC final and 1979 European Cup final (6)
The man they named England and Brazil’s trophy after (5,5)
The Frenchman who knocked England out of Euro 2004 (6)
Edson Arantes do Nascimento (4)
Johan, whose son bombed at Man U (6)
Hosts of the 2010 World Cup (5,6)
Clown who cried in 1990 (5)
Nobby, possessor of the most exploited gap in football history (6)
The only player to score in every game of the tournament in 1970 (9)
Telstar, Tango, Fevanova, Teamgeist (4)
Der Bomber (4,6)
Supremes singer who missed an open goal in the
1994 opening ceremony (5,4)
LEFTLION PUB QUIZ
The LeftLion Pub Quiz will be part of our World Cup extravaganza at The
Maze (see advert on page 20 for more details) and will then be returning to a
pub near you from late July. A gallon of beer is up for grabs each week at the
event. Come along. It’s fun!!
WHO’S THE DADDY?
11. Mac Daddy and Daddy Mac jumped into the 1991 charts as
which Hippop duo?
12. Who directed Aphex Twin’s Come To Daddy video?
13. In which 2001 Halle Berry film did Puff Daddy also star?
14. Which feminist poet wrote the line “Daddy, daddy, you
16. Nottingham was granted city status to celebrate the
Diamond Jubilee of which monarch?
17. What will be happening across the city centre on June 11th
this year?
18. Which Italian football team play in black and white because
they borrowed some old kit from Notts County?
19. What is the name of Nottingham’s chief of police?
20. What is the A Road from Nottingham to Derby now known as?
Bonus: how many new signs were put up on the road?
SPORT
21. Who are Nottinghamshire’s fourth best football team,
currently in the Conference North division?
22. Which famous sportsman’s real name is Terry Bolea?
23. Nottingham Panthers were formed during the war by soldiers
from which country?
24. Name the former Notts County player who now plays in the
Premiership for Liverpool?
25. Name Nottingham’s local American Football team.
26. What sport do the Dallas Mavericks play?
27. Who played Wild West gambler Bret Maverick in the film of
the 60’s TV series ‘Maverick’?
28. What was one-hit-wonders The Mavericks’ one hit called?
29. Maverick chocolate bars were made by which company?
30. Maverick Records was founded by which pop star?
ANSWERS:
Which movies had these words in the script?
6. “I said: ‘Put. The bunny. Back. In the box.’”
7. “Well, what if there is no tomorrow? There wasn’t one today.”
8. “All I have in this world is my balls and my word and I don’t
break them for no one.”
9. “The beauty of quitting is, now that I’ve quit, I can have one,
‘cause I’ve quit.”
10. “You have offended my family and you have offended the
Shaolin Temple.”
NOTTINGHAMIA
THE MAVERICK ROUND
Kellogg’s Rice Krispies. 4. Victoria Centre. 5. Lilt
FILM QUOTES
bastard, I’m through”?
15. Who is Jamie Lee Curtis’ persuasive daddy?
Bonus: Who is Jamie Lee Curtis’ psychotic mummy?
AD SLOGANS: 1. Yorkshire Tea. 2. Nottingham Evening Post. 3.
Which products were these slogans advertising?
1. Like tea used to be
2. Campaigning newspaper of the year
3. Snap! Crackle! Pop!
4. What ever you want we’ve got it covered
5. The totally tropical taste
FILM QUOTES: 6. Con Air. 7. Groundhog Day. 8. Scarface.
9. Coffee and Cigarettes. 10. Enter The Dragon.
WHO’S THE DADDY? 11. Kris Kross. 12. Chris Cunningham. 13.
Monster’s Ball. 14. Sylvia Plath. 15. Tony Curtis. BONUS: Janet
Leigh
NOTTINGHAMIA: 16. Queen Victoria. 17. A Drop In The
Ocean. 18. Juventus. 19. Steve Green. 20. Brian Clough Way.
BONUS: 23
SPORT: 21. Hucknall Town. 22. Hulk Hogan. 23. Canada. 24.
Steve Finnan. 25. Nottingham Caesars.
THE MAVERICK ROUND: 26. Basketball. 27. Mel Gibson.
28. Dance The Night Away. 29. Nestle. 30. Madonna
AD SLOGANS
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Aries (March 21 - April 20)
Libra (September 24 - October 23)
Use an old dishcloth as a fabric softener sheet. Pour a couple of capfuls on it and throw it into
the mix. If you use your resources wisely, it can take over a year to go thru a small bottle of fabric
softener. Add more fluid to the cloth every twelve loads or when you notice static in the machine.
Lions rarely eat an entire kill, they let the hyenas and vultures finish the rest. A lioness can run
as fast as 35mph for short distances and can leap more that 30ft in one stride. Her eyesight is five
times better than a human’s and she can hear prey from more than a mile away. But there are only
a quarter of the number of lions in Africa left than there were just forty years ago. Whatagwarn?
Taurus (April 21 - May 21)
Look for reflections in your face. Canine devotion, time can’t erase. Out on the corner, locked in your
room. I never believe them and I never assume. Still can’t believe there is a lie. Promise is promise,
an eye for an eye. We’ve got something to reveal. No one can know how we feel.
Gemini (May 22 - June 22)
Fate is in heaven, the armour is on the breast, success is with the legs. Go to the battlefield firmly
confident of victory and you will come home with no wounds. Engage in combat ready to die and
you will live. If your main aim is merely to survive in the battle, you will surely meet death.
Cancer (June 23 - July 23)
You can’t make a mobile phone call from an aeroplane, but the CIA have developed voice
recognition technology. A tall building does not fall down by itself and the mass media lies from the
very top. People are blinded by fear and propaganda. Live your day to day true to yourself and you
will survive the apocalypse. The horsemen are coming….
Leo (July 24 - August 23)
When you buy sandwiches on your lunch in town, beware of plastic packaging. It’s hard to believe,
but as the butterfly flaps its wings people are dying so you can have things to discard in the street.
Remove your funds from any money establishment that finances murder across the world. That’s
most of them….
Virgo (August 24 - September 23)
There is no need to fear anyone anymore, but you must show your respect to those who earn it. Build
up your body, because it is your temple. Learn to protect yourself physically and mentally from the
evil suckers and the crazy damn fools that continue to perpetuate lies over the truth. Stay big.
Scorpio (October 24 - November 22)
Dreadlocks have come to symbolize the Lion of Judah and rebellion against Babylon. In the US
several public schools and workplaces have lost lawsuits as a result of banning people from
wearing their hair in its most natural form. Be natural and honest with yourself, but remember that
sometimes you need to appear to conform to get close enough to smell the lizards.
Sagittarius (November 23 - December 22)
When a man in the beginning of his life is ignorant of everything, he has no scruples or inhibitions.
But after a while he starts to learn and becomes timid, cautious and begins to feel something
choking in his mind, which for a while prevents him from going forward. Learning is needed, but
the important point is not to become its slave. You must be its master.
Capricorn (December 23 - January 19)
Speed’s the buzz. Just floor it and smash anything that gets in your way. If it’s there you can have
it. If it’s not then don’t even bother. When you think that everything you know is wrong, it doesn’t
matter either way. The light that burns from both ends will only burn for half as long.
Aquarius (January 20 - February 19)
In a hospital in a city far away a spirit has left your world to continue in another place. A nurse
turns to the doctor to break the news and says “Doctor, the patient’s condition is stable.” He looks
back at her slightly confused. “He’s dead,” she explains. “You don’t get much more stable than
that.” She then strips the bed and awaits another.
Pisces (February 20 - March 20)
The dreams are coming back and will give you important messages for the future. Don’t be afraid of
your nightmares, they are all part of your consciousness and for every ying there is a yang. Just take
time after you wake up to get your head together and confront them full on. Never stop dreaming!
Stereoty
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Special
Go
ths vs To
ffs
Grate Misstakes in Cultural Histroy
GOTHS
Population of Bulwell
1.8
(%)
ford (%)
Population of West Bridg
(worn at once)
t in
Hours on Saturdays spen
22 June 1986
England are cruelly robbed by the infamous ‘Hand Of Bod’ incident
34
42.4
21
Pocket money (£/week)
Items of black clothing
TOFFS
the Market Square
7
5
Population of Bulwell
(%)
Population of West Bridg
0.018
ford (%)
Pocket money (£/week)
Items of black clothing
210
(worn at once)
Hours on Saturdays spen
t in
72.1
the Market Square
1.7
0.5

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