#Spex Festival

[glittersister]

Babes in Toyland photographed by Helge Tscharn Aug 22, 1992. Scanned by me

#Babes in Toyland #Kat Bjelland #Lori Barbero #Maureen Herman #Helge Tscharn #Spex Magazine #Spex Festival #1992 #Rhein Rock #my posts #my scans

[ectonurites]

what pins do u have on ur jacket if u dont mind me asking. as a pin enjoyer i need to know.

hehe oh of course i don't mind!! i did do a post about this a while back but i don't wanna try to search for it and it's out of date now anyway SO:

first picture: Jay Garrick 'The Flash Fastest Man Alive' (DC), Mordecai and Rigby 'Fist Pump' (Regular Show), μ's logo (Love Live), Death of the Endless (Sandman, but specifically from the At Death's Door manga-style book), Stephanie Brown as Batgirl (DC, this is a fanart pin I got at my local comic shop and truly would LOVE to know the artist of but I have yet to figure it out), 'I've Joined the WTF' (an old Williamstown Theatre Festival pin I got my first year working there), Courage The Cowardly Dog (based on the KC Green 'This is Fine' meme), X-Ray Spex logo, University of Notre Dame logo (gonna be SO real here I have no idea how this pin was obtained/why it's here, this jacket used to be my mom's and that was just on it already when she gave it to me and I never took it off. but like that is Not where she went to school), MFA Boston logo, and a stylized version of The Treachery of Images by René Magritte.

second picture: Wonder Woman 'Never underestimate the power of a woman!' (DC), The Wasp (Marvel), Alfred E. Neuman (Mad Magazine), Cats (from Café Chat l'Heureux), Gorillaz, The Black Parade (MCR), 'May You Live In Interesting Times' (the main exhibition at the 2019 Venice Biennale which I attended), a cool sword made by my friend Jasper @elkk-en , Boys Don't Cry (The Cure), Williamstown Theatre Festival (just the general logo), and 'I'm a Batman Crimefighter' Batman & Robin (DC)

[zaphffayrkunialofphinsfable]

Esther Smith

FULL NAME-Esther Smith

PRONOUNS-they/them

GENDER-enby

SEX-amab

SEXUAL IDENTITY-lesbian ace spec

ROMANTIC IDENTITY-demiromantic lesbian

NATIONALITY-English

AGE-17

OCCUPATION-indie journalist, indie musician, indie film maker, investigative/paranormal investigator, cryptozoologist, demonologist

BIRTHDAY-12th of December

LIKES-

—cafés

—moths

—rain

DISLIKES-

—being bored

—clowns

—the dark

PERSONALITY TRAITS-

(GOOD-resourcefulness, determination, ambition, empathetic, generous, open minded, creative, passionate, insightfulness, principled, altruistic, original, observant, excellent people skills, knowledgeable, quick thinker, excellent brainstormer, charismatic, energetic, analytical, curious, objective, perceptive, enthusiastic, excellent communicators, festive, good natured, hilarious, fair minded, honest, intellectual, flexible, clever, nurturing, loyal, sociable, pride, (BAD-cunning, avoiding, hidden self preservation, idealistic, unrealistic, self isolating, unfocused, emotionally vulnerable, people pleasing, self critical, sensitive to criticism, reluctant to open up, perfectionist, prone to burnout, sensitive, conflict averse, easily bored, poor long term planner, very argumentative, insensitive, intolerant, disconnected, dissatisfied, impatient, perfectionist, disorganised, overly accommodating, restless, blunt, careless, judgemental when setbacks arise, indecisive, impulsive, unreliable, nosy, dependant, passive aggressive, unable to let go, risk prone, may miss the bigger picture, exploitive the ordinary, bold, loves freedom, direct, defiant

MBTI-infp

D&D ALIGNMENT-cg

HOGWARTS-slytherin

NEURODIVERSIT(Y/IES)-ADHD, autism

MENTALL ILLNESS(ES)-OCD, bipolar II, anxiety, Tourettes, anorexia

ZODIAC-

(SUN-sagittarius

(MOON-gemini

(RISING-aries

LANGUAGES-English, Navajo, Urdu, Arabic, Japanese, Latin

RELIGION-used to be a Muslim, and still believes in Allah and the Quran, but decided not to follow the Islamic faith because they are not aloud to have multiple faiths. Is an athiestic satanist. Also follows the Wiccan/Pagan faith

SPECIES-Las Ensenada Human

ABILITIES-n/a

RACE-50% black/12.5% Indigenous

SKIN TONE-dark brown

EYE COLOUR-light brown/green

HAIR COLOUR-black hair highlighted blue with slight purple highlights

HAIRSTYLE-has undercut mullet dreads with a big half top bun and punk sideburns but sometimes changes it to afro with a big fringe

HEIGHT-5’6

MAKEUP-black lipstick, black eyeliner

PIERCINGS-double bridge piercing, septum ring, right double helix rings, left small lobe stretch, upper lobe right dangling moon, upper lobe left dangling star, left helix dangling combat knife, right orbital conch dangling pill, upper lobe right dangling upside-down cross, lobe left studs

TATTOOS-n/a

CLOTHING-

(ACCESSORIES-brown ice hockey beanie, black skeleton fingerless gloves

(TOPS-white suit shirt, black jumper skeleton with angel and bat wings, big dark red dark brown dark green wooly jumper, big dark red dark brown flannel, big denim jacket, black duffel coat

(BOTTOMS-baggy ripped black cuffed jeans high waist, fishnets

(SHOES-big rainbow socks, blackcombat boots

EQUIPMENT-notebook, pen, pencil, pencil sharpener, rubber, wallet, cigarettes, gum, picks, Sony walkman, headphones, (cassette tape mix (The Residents, Donovan, Nick Drake, Fifth Column, The Apostle, Dicks, Nip Drivers, MDC, 7 Seconds, The Smashing Pumpkins, My Bloody Valentine, Alice In Chains, Black Flag, Leadbelly, The Sex Pistols, Black Sabbath, The Ramones, Sonic Youth, Soundgarden, Pixies, Misfits, Queen, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Joy Division, Bauhaus, Velvet Underground, X Ray Spex, Hole, The Beatles, The Cult, The Smiths, Fleetwood Mac, Jimi Hendrix, The Clash, The Rolling Stones, The Who , Iron Maiden, Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, Electric Lights Orchestra, David Bowie, The Sisters Of Mercy, The Talking Heads, R.E.M., Run DMC, Naked Raygun, The Runaways, Beastie Boys, Pink Floyd, Buzzcocks), cross, wooden stake, polaroid camera, flash light, flask of oil, lighter, flask of holy water, ouija board, ultraviolet flashlight, bible, silver dagger, led emf detector, acoustic guitar, video camera, compass, tape recorder, portable gps, umbrella, guitar case, wallet, cigarettes, drumsticks, skateboard, baseball bat,

FRIEND(S)-Milo (he/him), Loveland (he/him), Callum (he/him), Jesse (he/him), Noa Hart (he/him)

ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP(S)-Milo (boyfriend, he/him), Finch (childhood sweetheart, she/her)

FAMILY-

(PARENT(S)-Elizabett (mother, she/her), Oliver (adoptive father, he/him), Vince (adoptive father, he/him)

(GRANDPARENT(S)-n/a

(AUNT(S)/UNCLE(S)-Zee (aunt, she/her)

(COUSIN(S)-

(SIBLING(S)-Gar (adoptive sibling, they/them)

(CHILD(REN)-n/a

PETS-Ruby (newfoundland dog, she/her), Frankie (siamese cat, he/him), Charlotte (sphinx cat, she/her), rat (Julius Cheeser, he/him), rat (Remy, he/him), Smokey Pepper (black cat, he/him

FAVOURITES-

(COLOUR-red

(BOOK-Necronomicon 

(SONG-Transmission By Joy Division

(MOVIE-The Breakfast Club

(TV SHOW-Northern Exposure

#my ocs are my children #original character #cryptid club #cryptid #cryptozoology #cryptidcore #punk #goth #goblincore #grunge

[vmonteiro23a]

X-Ray Spex performing at 'Front Row Festival', a three-week event at the Hope and Anchor, Islington in late November and early December 1977

X-Ray Spex performing at ‘Front Row Festival’, a three-week event at the Hope and Anchor, Islington in late November and early December 1977

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[goatilocks13]

X-Ray Spex performing at 'Front Row Festival', a three-week event at the Hope and Anchor, Islington in late November and early December 1977.

#70s punk

[wom3ninmusic]

Mujeres en el Rock y el Punk: Canciones y apreciaciones Parte 1

A través de las canciones responderé las siguientes preguntas

¿Qué transgresiones está haciendo cada artista?

¿Qué me gusta o no me gusta? Por qué. 

¿Qué emoción me genera?

¿Qué relación tiene con su propia historia, vida, mundo?

Etta James

Que confíe en ella y se abra en cuanto a sus emociones y sentimientos. Ella puede ser alguien en quien el hombre puede depender.

Me gusta la voz, el piano y la emoción con que canta.

Pasa de tranquilidad a súplica con rabia a pedir con más tristeza

Cuando mi novio no expresa sus sentimientos durante nuestras peleas

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

En contra de que la guarden, no le permiten estar en un espacio público

Me gusta la emoción, guitarra, letra, trompeta

Alegría, libertad, empoderamiento

No aguantarme cosas y dejar que me callen

Tina Turner

Haría o que fuera por amor, así no quiera pertenecer a un hombre o hacer lo que le digan, por el si lo hace. Espacio público. Pantalón.

Me gusta la voz y el ritmo

Alegría, rabia

Quere ser libre y empoderada y que esto no tenga conflicto con mi relación con mi novio

Janis Joplin

Forma de cantar, verse, no maquillarse, vida fuera de casa, forma de vestirse, hippismo.

Me gusta el bajo, la percusión y la guitarra. No me usta la voz, me suena forzada

Incomodidad

Cuando no tienes que preocuparte por nada en el momento

No le importa que todos estén en contra suyo

Me gusta la letra el ritmo y el estilo

Liberación, energía

Cuando me hacían bullying de pequeña

Patti Smith

Religión, conservacionismo, ser quién es a pesar de las opiniones de otros, reglas, sociedad patriarcal, festival como ritual

Me gusta la letra, los instrumentos y la actitud. No me gusta la voz.

Liberación, energía, actitud.

Crecer estudiando en un colegio religioso y sentirme encerrada por los estándares y la ideología.

Debbie Harry

Liberación sexual, disponible, lujo, estereotipo de rubia tonta, vestirse como quiere.

Me gusta la música, la voz y el estilo

Liberación

Sentir que puedo hacer lo que yo quiera con mi cuerpo y mi sexualidad

Poly Styrene

Lo que debe ser la identidad, la imagen, la forma de vestirse como señora mayor con pelo crespo, que es la fama y lo que se debe hacer para volverse famoso

Me gusta su estilo y su actitud

Liberación, motivación, desahogo.

Cuando siento que puedo expresar mi identidad y autenticidad a través de quién soy y mi forma de vestirme: color de pelo, piercings, etc.

Le Tigre

Liberación sexual, política, lucha social, chiste, juego, sociedad patriarcal dominando en el rock, menos instrumentos y megáfono, coros no sólo compuestos por mujeres.

Me gusta la música, la actitud y la letra. No me gusta el vestuario ni el baile

Liberación, alegría, baile, diversión

Sentirme que no puedo ser juguetona e infantil debido a mi edad y el estereotipo de ser mujer

Alanis Morrisette

Ser quien es así la hayan engañado, venganza y recordatorio, rencor

Me gusta el estilo, la música, la voz y la letra

Rabia, liberación, resentimiento

Me recuerda a como uno se siente después de qué le hayan terminado con rabia y el corazón roto

Kim Gordon

Es la única en la banda, romance, ponerse en escena en un mundo dominado por hombres, forma de vestirse, redefinir que es la música y uso de símbolos fálicos

Me gusta la música del principio no me gusta al final lo que suena como “ruido”

Rabia

Sentir que a veces uno tiene que gritar para que lo escuchen y no solamente lograrlo con el diálogo

#music #musica #women #mujeres #rock #alternative rock #punk rock #Spotify #Youtube

[parkerbombshell]

Stereo Embers The Podcast: Crispian Mills (Kula Shaker)

Thursdays 2pm-3pm EST 11pm-12pm PDT 7pm-8pm BST bombshellradio.com stereoembersmagazine.com Stereo Embers Magazine #StereoEmbers, #podcast, #RadioShow, #AlexGreen, #Nowplaying, #BombshellRadio, #StereoEmbersThePodcast Repeats Fridays 1am EST and Sundays 11am EST "Natural Magick" Formed in the mid '90s in London, Kula Shaker emerged as one of the most dynamic and engaging musical acts around. Mixing psychedelia with traditional Indian music and pop, Kula Shaker tore it up right out of the gate, with their debut album K hitting #1 and making them immediate superstars. Over the course of their career they played Glastonbury, T in the Park, the V Festival, and they supported Oasis at their legendary Knebworth shows. Singer Crispian Mills is the grandson of the Academy Award Winning actor Sir John Mills and the son of director Roy Boulting and actress Hayley Mills, who you might remember from the 1961 film The Parent Trap. Mills got into ancient Sanskrit texts as a young man and carried their wisdom into his adulthood. He also got into psych music as well as The Doors. He's played with X-Ray Spex and appeared on the Prodigy's The Fat Of The Land album and when Kula Shaker were on hiatus, he played in a band called The Jeevas. Also, he's a writer and director; he wrote and helmed the Simon Pegg film A Fantastic Fear Of Everything and has other projects in the works. With Kula Shaker he's put out six marvelous albums, including K, Pilgrim's Progress, 1st Congregational Church of Eternal Love and Hugs and their brand new one, Natural Magick. A riveting return to form, Natural Magick finds the original Kula Shaker lineup reunited and the results are stunning--this album is an energetic blast of psych pop redolent with rich hooks, textured instrumentation and melodies galore. It's fabulous work. www.news.kulashaker.co.uk www.stereoembersmagazine.com www.bombshellradio.com (http://www.bombshellradio.com) www.alexgreenbooks.com (http://www.alexgreenbooks.com) Twitter: @embersditor IG: @emberspodcast Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) Read the full article

[lamilanomagazine]

Milano, torna il Festival della Peste!

Milano, torna il Festival della Peste!. Torna anche quest’anno, da giovedì 3 a domenica 6 novembre 2022, Il Festival della Peste!, l’appuntamento annuale promosso dalla Fondazione Il Lazzaretto che da cinque anni coinvolge ospiti speciali e pubblico in un format originale e dinamico, sempre aperto al cambiamento. Al centro della quinta edizione, la relazione tra Ragione e Sentimento - tema guida del Lazzaretto per il biennio 2022-2023 - che sarà indagata attraverso quattro giorni di spettacoli, concerti, workshop e laboratori aperti al pubblico. Cristina Nuñez, Camilla Barbarito, Jacopo Jenna, Rachele Maistrello, Vittorio Cosma, Caroline Baglioni e Michelangelo Bellani, Nicoletta Cinotti saranno i protagonisti di questa nuova edizione del Festival che presenta una serie di lavori, frutto di un percorso partecipativo condotto dal team creativo del Lazzaretto grazie agli incontri realizzati all’interno del ciclo dei Salotti: luogo fisico, oltre che simbolico, attraverso il quale la Fondazione ha sviluppato in questi anni network e nuove collaborazioni. Nel corso del 2022 sono stati ospiti dei Salotti diversi artisti, curatori, filosofi, scienziati, ai quali è stato chiesto di lasciare domande, spunti, bibliografie, tracce sonore sul tema. Ad inaugurare il Festival della Peste! 2022 sarà il concerto "Meglio stasera che domani o mai. Musiche da film in 12 nuances  sentimentali" che vedrà la straordinaria cantante e performer milanese Camilla Barbarito tornare anche quest’anno sul palco del Lazzaretto insieme a un inedito quintetto di musicisti per presentare il suo nuovissimo progetto, interamente dedicato alle colonne sonore. Durante i giorni del Festival il pubblico potrà partecipare ad una serie di workshop e laboratori per riflettere e confrontarsi sul rapporto controverso tra Ragione e Sentimento. Fra questi, ad esempio, "The Self-Portrait Experience (SPEX)" a cura di Cristina Nuñez - artista-fotografa autodidatta, il cui lavoro è stato pubblicato ed esposto a livello internazionale - presenta un workshop sul tema dell’espressione di emozioni difficili, che vede al centro la tecnica dell’autoritratto come strumento di terapia e crescita. Caroline Baglioni e Michelangelo Bellani - compagnia di spicco della nuova ricerca teatrale italiana - tornano al Lazzaretto con il laboratorio-spettacolo che presenta il loro nuovo lavoro Mio padre non è ancora nato (fresco vincitore del Premio Museo Cervi - Teatro per la memoria 2022) abbinandolo ad un’esperienza di laboratorio teatrale per indagare il tema del Festival a partire dai legami familiari che spesso, come una cascata, investono e precipitano ogni ragione nel sentimento. E ancora, attraverso il laboratorio sensoriale "Riprendere i sensi tra ragione e sentimento", Nicoletta Cinotti - figura di riferimento della Mindfulness nel nostro paese - guiderà i partecipanti in un percorso che attraversa vista, udito e tatto con la curiosità dell’esperienza in diretta. Spazio anche ai più piccoli con "D��sir Mimétique", un laboratorio di danza dedicato ai bambini dai 7 ai 10 anni, nuovo progetto del coreografo e performer italiano Jacopo Jenna - tra i nomi di spicco della sua generazione - che vuole porre l’attenzione sulla percezione di alcuni elementi legati alla danza contemporanea partendo dal concetto di imitazione, come elemento basilare della trasmissione culturale.   Anche quest’anno nell’ambito del Festival della Peste! sarà presentata in anteprima l’opera vincitrice del Premio Lydia, riconoscimento annuale dedicato all’arte italiana emergente ideato dalla Fondazione Il Lazzaretto. A vincere l’edizione 2022 è “Blue Diamond: Chapter 4” di Rachele Maistrello (1986). L’opera è un’installazione sonora parte del più ampio "Blue Diamond", una ricerca artistica che assume diversi formati sui confini tra reale e fittizio, sviluppato nel corso degli ultimi due anni e presentato questa primavera al MAXXI di Roma. L’installazione - quarto capitolo inedito del progetto, creato in collaborazione con il sound designer Simonluca Laitempergher e con la curatela di Claudia D’Alonzo - presenta un’esperienza d’ascolto che evoca l’immersività ispirandosi alla pratica apneistica e alle sue fasi, cadenzate dai suoni che avvolgono i corpi. Il Festival si conclude con "Il mestiere della musica: Ragione e Sentimento" una sorprendente keynote, ideata ad hoc per la nuova edizione del Festival della Peste! da Vittorio Cosma, uno dei più importanti musicisti italiani in attività. In una lectio magistralis che unisce showcase e concerto, Cosma racconta il mestiere della musica e i difficili equilibri che ne garantiscono la riuscita: dall’idea all’emozione, dal pensiero alla magia, in un inedito percorso tra biografia e didattica che, partendo dalle colonne sonore, arriva a toccare le principali espressioni del linguaggio compositivo. L’immagine scelta per la locandina della V edizione de Il Festival della Peste! è opera del fotografo e documentarista ungherese Tamas Dezsö.... Read the full article

[greensparty]

2021 IFFBoston Part 4

Last week was the kick off of virtual 2021 Independent Film Festival Boston. I’ll be covering the festival (which I’m an alumni of and a big fan of), as it continues to Sun. May 16, periodically over the next week. Check out Part 1 here, Part 2 here and Part 3 here.

Thurs. May 13: 

Marvelous and the Black Hole is a coming of age comedy about magic, featuring Rhea Perlman. Alas I didn’t catch it.

Miss Poly Styrene

Only a day after I caught the music doc The Sparks Brothers, there’s another music doc. Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliche documents punk singer Poly Styrene of X-Ray Spex and it’s co-directed by her daughter. I can’t say I was that familiar with them before this doc. Although, they were a part of the Rock Against Racism concert, which was documented in last year’s White Riot (see my review here). The band fell in with the British punk movement of that era, but I actually thought they were more like the Blondie than the Sex Pistols. The doc is co-directed by Styrene’s daughter Celeste Bell, who narrates and is seen re-visiting many of Styrene’s noteworthy locations. Styrene (who died in 2011 at age 53 of breast cancer) was bi-racial and used her music to rail against inequality. But there was a complexity to this doc in that its not so much an objective portrait of Styrne, but really about a daughter trying to understand her mother, who suffered from bi-polar disorder while Bell was young, didn’t have the best relationship with, but re-connected later in life. Its almost as if this doc is Bell working through some issues and coming to peace about her mother. There are a number of interviewees (her own bandmates and members of The Raincoats, Sonic Youth, Bikini Kill and more) who are heard but not seen over archival footage. Still digesting this as its very different than other docs that hit you with an immediate reaction after viewing.

Fri. May 14:

Shelby Duclos and Tyson Brown

First Date is a coming of age comedy about a teen’s first date gone awry. Shy teen Mike gets the chance to take girl-next-door Kelsey out, but he needs a car. After getting conned into buying a ‘65 Chrysler the whole night spirals out of control between criminals, cops and strangers who want the car. When I read the program notes about this film, I was intrigued. It had been a while since we had something like this type of movie, where a series of misadventures occur over the course of one night. The problem with this was that it was trying WAY too hard. It was aspiring to be a Quentin Tarantino mixture of crime and comedy...and failed. The program referred to it as “Superbad meets True Romance”. To tell you the truth this wasn’t even as good as the 1991 teen movie Mystery Date (the one where Ethan Hawke takes a girl out and finds himself dealing with criminals who think he’s the older brother). After Pulp Fiction, there were a ton of Tarantino rip-offs. Most were bad but every once in a while you had something like Go, which was highly influenced by Tarantino, but felt fresh and original. I had hoped First Date would be in that vein, but it was a major letdown. 

Next: There’s some big ones coming up at the fest in the last few days.

For info on IFFBoston: https://iffboston.org/

#iffboston2021 #iffboston #independent film festival boston #marvelous and the black hole #poly styrene: i am a cliche #poly styrene #x-ray spex #celeste bell #paul sng #first date #manuel crosby #darren knapp #film festivals #film geek

[punkrockhistory]

X-Ray Spex performing at 'Front Row Festival', a three-week event at the Hope and Anchor, Islington in late November and early December 1977

#punk #punks #punkrock #oldschoolpunk #xrayspex #polystyrene #history #punkrockhistory

[regardezmoica]

GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL - from home - launches today !

We would have loved to go to Scotland for the first time and enjoy the Glasgow Film festival but this year is different and it will be a home online festival. From the 24th of February to the 7th of March, Glasgow is coming into our home with a vibrant and amazing line-up.

The GFF will host 7 World premieres, 2 European premieres, 50 UK premieres online. World premieres include Anthony Baxter’s Eye of the Storm and an exploration of the life of punk rock’s least conventional front person Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché. World premiere of Creation Stories written by Irvine Welsh and starring Ewen Bremner leads a programme filled with strong Scottish stories.

The festival will open on Wednesday 24 February with Lee Isaac Chung’s autobiographical drama following a Korean-American family Minari, starring The Walking Dead’s Steven Yeun, and close on Sunday 7 March with Suzanne Lindon’s debut feature Spring Blossom, a coming-of-age tale set against a dreamy Parisian backdrop.

Scottish highlights include:

Eye of the Storm - Scottish filmmaker Anthony Baxter (Flint, GFF 2020), which follows one of Scotland’s most gifted painters, James Morrison, through the last two years of his life. 

Creation Stories - Written by Irvine Welsh and starring GFF favourite Ewen Bremner, Creation Stories charts the rise of the infamous founder of Creation Records, Alan McGee. Directed by Nick Moran, the incredible cast includes Jason Isaacs, Suki Waterhouse and Rebecca Root. Creation Stories will be available on Sky Cinema from March 20. 

Limbo - critically adored British debut feature from Scottish director Ben Sharrock and the first feature film to ever shoot in Uist –  a deadpan comedy-drama following a Syrian refugee (Amir El-Masry) who finds himself in a refugee centre on a remote Scottish island

World and European Premieres including:

Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché brings to screen the life of ‘one of the least conventional front-persons in rock history’: Poly Styrene, founder of acclaimed punk band X-Ray Spex, co-directed by her daughter, Celeste Bell, and Paul Sng. 

Handsome - Luke White’s documentary, Nicholas Bourne and his brother Alex set off on a journey to meet other siblings with Down’s Syndrome, as Nicholas prepares to become Alex’s full-time, dedicated carer. 

Sweetheart - Marley Morrison’s knockout debut feature charts the relationship between two young women during a summer holiday; 

A Brixton Tale - Darragh Carey and Bertrand Desrochers debut is a star-crossed romance confronting class, race and love in modern Britain

49 UK premieres including those titles:

The Mauritanian, directed by Kevin Macdonald and based on the best-selling memoir by Mohamedou Ould Slahi, which tells the story of Slahi (played by Tahar Rahim), who was held for years in Guantanamo Bay. Jodie Foster takes on Benedict Cumberbatch in this true-life courtroom drama. 

The Toll, welsh thriller starring Michael Smiley as a contented toll booth operator whose past shows up to haunt him. The cast also includes Annes Elwy and Iwan Rheon. 

Surge - Set over 24 hours in London, Aneil Karia’s stripped-back thriller sees Ben Wishaw give a standout performance that won the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting at Sundance Film Festival. 

Black Bear - Lawrence Michael Levine’s psychosexual drama, a darkly comic tale starring Aubrey Plaza, Sarah Gadon and Christopher Abbott. 

Riders of Justice - from Anders Thomas Jensen starring Mads Mikkelsen as a military vet set on a path of revenge. 

Gagarine is a beguiling debut from directors Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh set in a Parisian housing estate earmarked for demolition. 

Rosa’s Wedding -  from Icíar Bollaín,  is the feel-good comedy about becoming the most important person in your own life, even if that means marrying yourself. 

Apples is the haunting debut feature from Greek director Christos Nikou, set during a mysterious pandemic which causes sudden amnesia. 

Cowboys - Anna Kerrigan’s debut feature which won Best Screenplay and Best Actor in US Narrative Feature at Tribeca Film Festival, stars Steve Zahn as a father on a camping trip with his transgender son Joe (Sasha Knight).

This year, The GFF turn their popular Country Focus to South Korea, with five incredible UK premieres, including:

Our Midnight, debut feature from director Jung-eun Lim. 

Voices of Silence -  from Eui-jeong Hong’s  is a bittersweet crime caper about good people who do bad things, with an award-winning performance from Burning’s Yoo Ah-In. 

The Swordsman, from director Jae-Hoon Choi, blends epic fight scenes and heartfelt drama in a tale of skilled swordsman brought out of a life of hiding and seclusion for one last battle. 

Da Capo - from Chan-yang Shim - a struggling musician returns to his hometown and rediscovers his passion for music while helping a former bandmate coach a rock band made up by her music school pupils. 

The Man Standing Next from director Min-ho Woo -  South Korea’s 2021 Oscar candidate - a tense conspiracy thriller set in the final days of President Park Chung-hee’s (Sung-min Lee) rule in 1979. Korean intelligence chief Kim Gyu-pyeong (Byung-hun Lee) has sworn to serve, but his loyalty is tested to the limit in a key moment for South Korea’s history.

There are still tickets available for all these titles. Feel free to have a look at the whole programme on their website and enjoy Scotland in your home. Next year, we’ll definitely go to Glasgow !

#news #festival #GFF #glasgow film festival #cinema #minari #steven yeun #lee isaac chung #spring blossom #American Express #line up #tina #tina turner #first cow #the man standing next #south korea #scotland #the mauritanian #jodie foste #benedict cumberbatch #tahar rahim #riders of justice #mads mikkelsen #surge #ben whishaw #aubrey plaza

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Live onstage at Afropunk Festival 2018 Women’s Powerjam, music directed by the great Toshi Reagon ❤️‍🔥 We slayed it for the ancestors and living! Shot taken during “THE DAY THE WORLD TURNED DAY GLO” by XRay Spex. Raise em up for Poly Styrene! 🤘🏽🏴‍☠️🙌🏽 (if you don’t know, please Google!) @polystyreneofficial @polystyrenefilm @xrayspexofficial #polystyrene #xrayspex #afropunk #afropunkog @toshireagon @toshi.reagon.live #afropunkfestival2018 (at Commodore Barry Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXoyhp9va8w/?utm_medium=tumblr

#polystyrene #xrayspex #afropunk #afropunkog #afropunkfestival2018

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Today we remember the passing of Poly Styrene who Died: April 25, 2011 in Sussex, United Kingdom

Marianne Joan Elliott-Said (3 July 1957 – 25 April 2011), known by the stage name Poly Styrene, was a British musician, singer-songwriter, and frontwoman for the punk rock band X-Ray Spex.

Poly Styrene was born Marianne Joan Elliott-Said in 1957 in Bromley, Kent, and brought up in Brixton, London. Her mother, who raised her alone, was a Scottish-Irish legal secretary. Her father was a Somali-born dock worker, although Poly Styrene used to tell the press that he was a dispossessed Somali aristocrat.

As a teenager, Styrene was a hippie. When she was 15 she ran away from home with £3 in her pocket, and hitchhiked from one music festival to another, staying at hippie crash pads. Thinking of this as a challenge to survive, her adventure ended when she stepped on a rusty nail while bathing in a stream and had to be treated for septicaemia.

Having been 'an itinerant traveller, alternative fashion designer and a failed pop-reggae singer', she saw the Sex Pistols perform at the Pier Pavilion Hastings on her nineteenth birthday, 3 July 1976, and decided to form the punk band X-Ray Spex. Poly Styrene, a name she chose from the 'Yellow Pages' when she was 'looking for a name of the time, something plastic.' She was described by Billboard as the "archetype for the modern-day feminist punk"; because she wore dental braces, rebelled against the archetypal female sex object of the 1970s, sported a gaudy Dayglo wardrobe, and was of mixed race. She was "one of the least conventional frontpersons in rock history, male or female". They launched their debut single in 1977.

She made a guest appearance at the 2008 30th anniversary concert of Rock Against Racism in Victoria Park, London, performing "Oh Bondage Up Yours!" with guest musicians Drew McConnell (of Babyshambles and Helsinki) and 'Flash' David Wright playing saxophone. That same year, she dueted with Goldblade's John Robb on a remix of Goldblade's "City of Christmas Ghosts".

In March 2009, Styrene joined other members of PRS for Music in criticising Google for allegedly not paying a fair share of royalties to musicians. This followed Google's removal of millions of videos from YouTube because of a royalties dispute with the organisation.

NME.com announced on 29 October 2010 that Poly Styrene was to release a solo album titled Generation Indigo, produced by Martin Glover (aka Youth from Killing Joke), in March 2011. She released a free download of "Black Christmas" in November 2010. Inspired by a Los Angeles killing spree of a man dressed as Santa Claus, "Black Christmas" was written in collaboration with her daughter, Celeste.

Styrene announced "Virtual Boyfriend" as the first single from the new album Generation Indigo via Spinner Music, as well as the launch of her new website. "Virtual Boyfriend" was released on 21 March 2011, and featured an animated promotional video directed by Ben Wheele. Generation Indigo was released on 28 March 2011, via Future Noise Music. The album received critical acclaim, including a perfect 10 out of 10 score in Artrocker magazine, and 8 out of 10 in The Daily Telegraph newspaper. Generation Indigo was also chosen as Album of the Day on UK radio station BBC 6 Music. It was released in the US on 24 April 2011, the day before her death.

She had a daughter, Celeste Bell-Dos Santos, and lived alone in St Leonards, East Sussex. In February 2011, in an interview published in The Sunday Times magazine, which largely focused on her past and present relationship with her daughter Celeste, Styrene revealed that she had been treated for breast cancer, and that it had spread to her spine and lungs. She died of metastatic breast cancer on 25 April 2011, at the age of 53.

#april 25 #2011 #poly styrene #x-ray spex #r.i.p.

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X-Ray Spex: Rock Against Racism festival, Victoria Park, London, April 30 1978. Photo by © David Corio

X-Ray Spex: Rock Against Racism festival, Victoria Park, London, April 30 1978. Photo by © David Corio

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De Algemene Verwarring #50 - 22 May 2021

The fiftieth episode of De Algemene Verwarring was broadcast on Saturday May 22 2021, and you can listen to it by clicking on the Mixcloud widget below. And if that does not work, here’s the direct link to the Mixcloud page:

https://www.mixcloud.com/MedialabKortrijk/radio-sinksen-de-algemene-verwarring-50-zaterdag-22-mei-22u-00u

De Algemene Verwarring #50 was actually live on Sinksen Radio by Quindo on Saturday evening from 10pm to 00pm. It was part of the Sinksen Radio: Quindo had the possibility to broadcast on 92.2FM radio as part if the Sinksen Fest in hometown Kortrijk, a three day festival that due to to usual reasons wasn’t a real fest like it used to be. Anyway, I was part of this and it was episode 50, so this is a two hour long party edition, it’s music to dance to and there’s nothing else spectacular about it. No 17 minutes noise tracks and I’m not even talking a lot so there’s really nothing but advantages about this episode.

Pictured below are Ramones, the best punk band in the world. And that is all I have to say about it. And beneath the photo you can find the playlist for this show. Enjoy!

Playlist:

The Undertones: Teenage Kicks (7” on Good Vibrations Records, 1978)

Ramones: Sheena Is A Punk Rocker (CD “Anthology (Hey Ho Let’s Go!)” on Rhino Records, 1999)

Buzzcocks: What Do I Get? (LP reissue “Singles Going Steady” in Domino Records, 2019, originally released in 1979 on I.R.S. Records)

Wipers: Over The Edge (LP “Over The Edge” on Brain Eater Records, 1983)

Gaunt: Jim Motherfucker (7” “Jim Motherfucker” on Get Hip Recordings, 1993)

Suburban Homes: Unemployed (7” “Unemployed/Anxiety Attack” on Total Punk, 2017)

X-Ray Spex: Identity (LP “Germfree Adolescents” on EMI, 1978)

Kleenex: Ü (2LP “First Songs” on Kill Rock Stars & Mississippi Records, 2016, originally released on a 7” by Rough Trade Records in 1979)

Holly & The Italians: Tell That Girl To Shut Up (7” on Oval Records, 1979)

Oblivians: Christina (CD “Popular Favorites” on Crypt Records, 1995)

The Feeling Of Love: Hand Clap Girl (7” Hand Clap Girl (Pray For The 90’s)” on Rococo Records, 2007)

Chrome Cranks: Dead Cool (LP “Dead Cool” on Crypt Records, 1995)

Kyra: Punk Rock Ist Nicht Tot (7” “Doodlebug/Punk Rock Ist Nicht Tot” on Damaged Goods Records, 1998)

Thee Headcoatees: Johnny Jack! (split 7” with Thee Headcoats on Damaged Goods Records, 1995)

Karo: Dans le ventre d’une énorme baleine (LP V/A “Sin-Sa-Tion! Vol. 3 More Wild Exotic Grooves And Beats!” on Les Disques Mondiales, 2011)

Les Marylènes: Le Beau Tétard Sur Con Cigare (LP V/A “Bingo! French Punk Exploitation 1978-1981” on Born Bad Records, 2017)

Unknown Group: When I Feel Better (LP V/A “Back From The Grave Volume 9” on Crypt Records, 2014)

Siouxsie & The Banshees: Love In A Void (7” “Mittageisen/Love In A Void” on Polydor, 1979)

Delta 5: Mind Your Own Business (CD V/A “Rough Trade Shops - Post Punk 01” on Rough Trade, 2003, originally released on a 7” by Rough Trade in 1979)

Wire: I Am The Fly (LP reissue “Chairs Missing” on Pink Flag, 2018, originally released on Harvest in 1978)

TC Matic: HaHa (LP “Choco” on EMI, 1983)

The Fall: Big New Prinz (LP “I Am Kurious Oranj” on Beggars Banquet, 1988)

The Names: Calcutta (7” “Calcutta/Postcard” on Factory Benelux, 1982)

Tuxedomoon: No Tears (12” “No Tears” on Siuperior Viaduct, 2013, originally released  by the band in 1978)

Suicide: Ghost Rider (LP reissue “Suicide” on Red Star Records, 1999, originally released in 1977)

The B-52’s: Dance This Mess Around (LP “The B-52’s” on Island Records, 1979)

Ruth: Polaroid/Roman/Photo (LP V/A “BIPPP : French Synth-Wave 1979/85” on Born Bad Records, 2006)

1000 Ohm: A.G.N.E.S. (7” “A.G.N.E.S./Look Around” on Rain Records, 1982)

Esplendor Geometrico: Moscu Esta Helado (2LP V/A “The Minimal Wave Tapes Volume One” on Stones Throw Records, 2010)

DAF: Als Wär's Das Letzte Mal (LP “Alles Ist Gut” on Virgin Records, 1981)

Christophe Clébard: La Confusion C’est Dépression (LP “Honte” on Les Albums Claus & Knotwilg Records, 2019)

Boy Harsher: Electric (LP “Country Girl Uncut” on Nude Club Records, 2019)

M.I.A.: Galang (CD “Arular” on XL Recordings, 2005)

The Bug: Ascension (2LP “Angels & Devils” on Ninja Tune, 2014)

Françoise Hardy: Le Premier Bonheur Du Jour (7” “Le Premier Bonheur Du Jour” on Disques Vogues, 1963)

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Jahresrückblick 2020

10 mal Dancefloor. 30 + 3 Alben. 30 mal "Radio". 1 mal alles andere (31.12.2020)

BEST TRACKS (DANCEFLOOR)

1. park hye jin – like this

2. squarepusher – oberlove 3. four tet – baby 4. mark pritchard – one way mirror 5. the streets – i wish you loved you as much aus you love him 6. dj plead – going for it 7. t.raumschmiere – bass ballert vom balkon 8. bonobo & totally enormous extinct dinosaurus – heartbreak 9. tristan arp suggested – forms 10. massimiliano pagliara – accidentally we rushed

BEST ALBUMS 2020

1. king krule – man alive!

2. mr scruff – dj kicks 3. idles – ultra mono 4. tricky – fall to pieces 5. kelly lee owens – inner song 6. romare – home 7. metz – atlas vending 8. protomatyr – ultimate succes today 9. kruder & dorfmeister – 1995 10. deftones – black stallion

11. the streets – none of us are getting out of this life alive 12. john frusciante – maya 13. the bug feat. dis fig – in blue 14. squarepusher – be up a hello 15. fontaines d.c. – a  hero's death 16. sufjan stevens – the ascension 17. bug – nunc finis 18. dj earl – bass + funk & soul 19. luke's anger – micro dose 20. deftones – ohms

21.muzz – muzz 22. jarv is... - bejond the pale 23. machinedrum – a view of u 24. die sterne – die sterne 25. various – planetmu25 26. mr. bungle – the raging wrath of the easter bunny demo 27. caribou – suddenly 28. red robin – nice drama 29. bulbul – kodak dreams 30. darkstar – civic jams

BONUS: COMPILATIONS

burial – tunes 2011-2019 gewalt – 2016 – 2018 sleaford mods – all that glue

BEST SONGS (INDIE, POP & RADIO)

(ohne reihenfolge)

the 1975 – if youre too shy (let me know) alfie templeman – happiness in liquid form beabadoobee – care bug – qanon bulbul – Motta cardi b feat. megan thee stallion – wap caribou – never come back deadmau5 & the neptunes – pomegranate deftones – pink maggit (squarepusher remix) flut – zur zeit" gorillaz feat. peter hook & georgia – aries

haim – the steps hot chip feat. jarvis cocker - straight to the morning idles – grounds idles feat. jehnny beth – ne touche pas moi jar vis ... – house music all night long kruder & dorfmeister ft. robert johnson – johnson leyya - the paper metz – a boat to drown in muzz – bad feeling pippa feat. nora mazu – egal

romy – lifetime protomatyr – processed by the boys protomatyr – worm in heaven róisín murphy – murphy's law the strokes – bad eecisions wanda – jurassic park yves tumor – kerosene!

zella day –you sexy thing

AND ALSO …  

DJ/ELECTRONIC SET – helena hauff @ united we stream CONCERT – wandl @ united we stream FESTIVAL – united we stream CLUB – rhiz (last time out) TV – the comey rule RADIO – fm4 im sumpf, sommerserie "divided states of america" MOVIE – n/a MUSIC-VIDEO – fontaines d.c. - a hero's death MAGAZINE – the gap MUSIC-MAGAZINE – visions BOOK – stefanie sargnagel - dicht NOT BAD – mehr ruhe, post punk revival, inline skaten NOT GOOD – spex wohl endgültig, covid 2021 – weniger arbeiten, mehr blog einträge

#bestoftheyear #bestdancefloor #dancefloor #album #albumoftheyear #park hye jin #squarepusher #fourtet #yves tumor #king krule #mr scruff #idles #helena hauff #wandl