Woah. Now you’ve gotta get down for this. Once again The Little Johnny Russell is killing it with their bookings. Philly resident DJ Cash Money is coming to town and is going to smash the place in alongside well known locals Albino Monkey, Gentle Bren, Rusty Sheriff and Handsome Dave Rocker.
Get your tickets from the boys at The Russell now, it’s next Friday.
The Kings Theatre in Southsea is continuing is restorations, this afternoon they were taking the roof top away, we’re assuming for some repairs and maintenance work.
Possibly the most fun part of Southsea Skatepark, the Peanut Bowl has been skated for decades by American professional skateboarder and young local alike, always fun, always challenging. This footage is from 1989 with some locals and Sean Goff ripping it up:
Forming in Portsmouth back in the mid 1980s Cranes (a name inspired by the port’s cranes) have helped define both the original Shoegaze and Avant Garde scenes of the late 80s and early 90s but in recent years have developed a more electronic, ethereal dream pop sound, culminating in the awesome 2004 album ’Particles and Waves’. A few weeks ago the band announced a new European tour and a new album that was released on the 13th of this month. The new, self-titled album is also something special.
If you want to catch the band live their last stop of the tour is at Hoxton Square Bar in London on the 29th, sadly there is no homecoming gig!
Check www.cranes-fan.com for more details and Last.fm to have a listen for free to some of their songs.
Some blatant self promotion here. Fancy something nice to hang on your wall or give to a friend? Pop over to my online shop and grab a bargain.
Ex Southsea skater and all round good guy, the talented Phil Whiteman stars in The Pillowman, a 2003 play by British playwright Martin McDonagh. An especially dark black comedy, it tells the tale of Katurian, a fiction writer living in a police state who is interrogated about the gruesome content of his short stories. Scary stuff, go get some dark culture in your veins.
It’s this weekend so get your skates on and book a seat. Click the article for booking info etc.
Cafe Citrus has for over 10 years been one of the most well known spots on Albert Road and recently they expanded to included a new Photography gallery aimed to showcase local photographic talent in the heart of Southsea. The first show is by Paul Windsor, a local photographer who has travelled the world taking photos of some of the biggest names in music including Oasis, The Clash, Paul Weller, Primal Screen and many others. All of the prints on show are also available as limited edition prints via the gallery’s new website, www.cafecitrusgallery.co.uk. We had a quick look around the gallery over the weekend, it’s well worth a visit and the food downstairs is recommended too.
Dave Morgan, Sumo and Little Johnny Russells are having a multi colour party for Amnesty, protect the human week tomorrow night. Expect a raffle, cocktails and disco with the Sumo DJs and other special guests.
Don’t forget its fancy dress, everyone has to dress in ultra bright clothes! Doors 8pm
Bored Store getting represented at one of San Francisco’s legendary skate spots, Hubba Hideout.
The Little Johnny Russell on Albert Road is very adapt at booking cracking acts in the relatively short time it’s been open, and Beardyman Live with 2007 DMC champion JFB was no exception. Click into the article to see a short clip from Saturday night. Excuse the dad cam, i’d been over the Atrium attending Paul Clilverd’s leaving do.
This coming new year we will be proud to announce our latest exhibition PRIMARY, a Phoneography exhibition by Strong Island and we are even happier to announce that it’s open to you, the readers.
With the continuing increase in impressive camera technology in mobile phones and the ability to alter, tweak, post process and upload the photos to social media networks and websites like Instagram, the popularity of Phoneography has never been greater.
The ‘of the moment’ ability to take a photo at almost any time and any place by most people has really driven the fact that the camera does not make the photographer. By which I mean, you don’t need an expensive camera to take outstanding photos.
Agreed, the quality of the physical image may not stand up to the big guns, but new learnings in composition, style and aesthetic by a new generation of camera users via online media has really driven this popularity, and encourage people to go beyond a ‘quick shot’.
PRIMARY invites you to get out and about around Portsea with your mobile phone camera and take photos of anything and everything based around the three primary colours red, yellow and blue. What you photograph is entirely up to you, but submissions will only be accepted if they stick to the theme.
The call for entires has now begun and the deadline is the 31st of January 2012 with the exhibition being held in March of 2012. Photos can be taken on any mobile phone model and we ask that a maximum of 3 photos per applicant are sent in to primary@strong-island.co.uk.
Please submit along with your photographs your name, photo title, phone model, location of photo on the island and any post process apps you used, if any, to achieve the final shot.
We look forward to seeing all the entries, and the final installation will be something special using every photo submitted in a slightly different fashion from your average photographic exhibition. CLICK HERE TO PRINT YOUR OWN POSTER
Poster by Tristan Savage & Photo by Paul Gonella
Righto chaps, it’s time to clean shave your boat race and get that mighty moustache on the grow in support of Movember for The Prostate Cancer Charity and the Institute of Cancer Research. For 30 days of November you can help support and raise awareness through selflessly parading your top lip for charity.
You can sign up yourself, as I’m sure many of you already have, or you can join the Strong Island team and seek out sponsorship as a team. Through the Strong Island Movember page you can ask people to join the group, make donations, upload photos and post updates via the MoSpace page, Facebook and Twitter.
Head over to www.mobro.co/StrongIsland if you would like to get involved and grow a Strong Moustache to help raise awareness, or simply head over to www.uk.movember.com and sign up to personally raise money.
The funds raised in the UK support the number one and two male specific cancers – prostate and testicular cancer. The funds raised are directed to programmes run directly by Movember and our men’s health partners, The Prostate Cancer Charity and the Institute of Cancer Research. Together, these channels work together to ensure that Movember funds are supporting a broad range of innovative, world-class programmes in line with our strategic goals in the areas of awareness and education, survivorship and research.
Poster: Tristan Savage
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