I still feel like going for a bike ride!

So it turns out there are quite a few people out on their bikes this coming month and what with Southsea Fest coming up on the 18th September I’m definitely in the mood for a little light refreshment at The Bridge Tavern and a casual cycle along the seafront and back to help me shake off the hangover on the 19th. I might even end up at Spice Island for a cheeky tipple after. I reckon I’ll get to the Bridge Tavern for a bout 12pm and set off around 2pm after some lunch. Give me a shout if you’re in the area. Nudge nudge. Wink wink.

New Tom Photos

Bored manager, skateboarder and photographer Tom McCaughan has had a bit of a website redesign and has been adding loads of new photos recently. Check below for a quick glimpse and then click on tomtimewaster.wordpress.com to see more.

Live Paint Jam

The live paint jam in the garden of Little Johnny Russells went off on Saturday with a strong turnout and some awesome artwork being produced. At the same time there was also an indoor market in the bar. Below are a load of photos from the day, be sure to click on Read More link below to see them all.

› Continue reading

6by4 – Call for Entries

To celebrate their 30th Anniversary Art Space Portsmouth is hosting ’6by4′ a secret postcard exhibition in GASP (Gallery Art Space Portsmouth). All proceeds will help support future Art Space projects and initiatives.

CALL FOR ENTRIES:
This is a great opportunity for young and emerging talent to be shown alongside mid-career and established artists. Additionally, it is a great chance for art lovers and collectors to purchase a hidden gem!

The brief is simple. All entries (up to a maximum of 3 per person) must be on card, 6 by 4 inches (15 x 10cm) and can use any medium including drawing, painting, photography and collage. There is no theme and challenging submissions are welcome. Sign and print your name on the reverse (otherwise it will not be a secret!), date it and add a title. Please include your contact details and e-mail address on a separate piece of paper, and post to:

’6by4′, Art Space Portsmouth Limited, 27 Brougham Road, Southsea, Hampshire PO5 4PA

THE CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES IS MONDAY 11TH OCTOBER 2010.

All details here.

Lost Handbag

Liz accidently left her handbag at The Little Johnny Russells last night. For a while it was tucked next to the DJ booth besides Gentle Bren. If anyone has grabbed it or handed it in anywhere we’d greatly appreciate any help. The LJR boys are burning me the CCTV disc so hopefully that will help. It basically has everything in it. All cards, purse, house keys, car keys, phone, you name it. Thanks for reading. Tristan.

Pet Sounds Weekly Playlist – Instrumentals Vol. 1

Something a little different from the Pet Sounds boys this week. Charlie explains. “I started compiling an instrumental playlist a couple of weeks ago and ended up amassing more than 50 tracks, when Tim and I tried it at the Dog we did all night. Probably far too many to digest in one go so I thought I’d do one for now and maybe follow it up in a couple of weeks with Vol. 2

Some absolute banging staples in here, Green Onions, possibly the most complete and perfect song ever written, the origin of Bittersweet Symphony, The Beastie Boys flexing their chops, a soulful cover of a Mamas and Papas tune, arguably the Small Faces finest moment and a guaranteed floor-filler from RJD2, still remember Bren dropping that on me years back, plus a fucking mean groove from Young-Holt Unlimited that defies you to stay still. Not least, the very song that represents our chosen path, the wonderful and odd Pet Sounds by Brian, where we borrowed our name from.”

Head over to Spotify to listen to this weeks offering and check out the past playlists HERE.

01 Intro – The XX
02 Pet Sounds – The Beach Boys
03 Green Onions – Booker T & The MGs
04 The Fly – David Axelrod
05 69 Police – David Holmes
06 Wah Wah Man – Young-Holt Unlimited
07 Glad – Traffic
08 California Dreamin’ – Baby Huey & The Babysitters
09 Spandex Man – Mr Scruff
10 Coffee In The Pot – Supergrass
11 Ghostwriter – RJD2
12 G.B.H. – Death In Vegas
13 Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake – The Small Faces
14 Sabrosa – The Beastie Boys
15 The Last Time – The Andrew Oldham Orchestra

Pompey Beer Festival – The Other Side

Now I’ve been to quite a few Beer & Cider Festivals in my time, but none quite so rawkus and damn right hilarious as last weekends Pompey Beer Festival at The Guildhall. With daft hats from the mechandise stand and Skull Splitter as standard the evening was off to an interesting start. Tony winning a bottle of Courvoisier on The Price is Right was pure scream fuelled entertainment for the whole room and the level of Golf putting skills was something to behold.

We’ll all definitely be going again next year and of course it’s not all about the fun & games, or wearing silly hats, but it does help take the edge off some interesting tastes that’s for sure. Check out the rest of the night over at my Flickr.

Family Ride to Portchester Castle

This Sunday the 29th, Portsmouth Cycle Forum will be running a Guided Ride from Victoria Park to Portchester Castle. Anyone wanting to come along should meet in Victoria Park at 10am. The ride will last 2-3 hours, and is perfect for a family day out. Everyone is of course more than welcome. For more info, please contact: cycleforum@southern.plus.com

Edit: more info from Pompey Bug “The 12 mile route (6 miles each way) is flat and will be mostly on cycle paths with just a little on-road riding. Starting at 10am in Victoria Park, we’ll take the cycle path out towards Mountbatten Centre, then along the foreshore to Hilsea, past IBM and Tesco Northarbour to Portchester. We’ll keep to the pace of those at the back, with a leader and tail guide.

In Portchester you can visit the remains of the castle built by William the Conqueror on the site of a Roman fort (English Heritage charges for entry). Or just look around the castle grounds and take in the great view of the harbour towards Portsmouth and Gosport – for free. We’ll spend about 30 minutes there but if you want to stay longer you can make your own way back. We plan to return to Victoria Park by about 1pm.”

Photo : Tristan Savage at Portchester

Sophies Cupcakes giveaway at Fins Cafe

This Saturday the newly opened Fins Cafe Bar on Palmerston Road will be giving away Sophie’s Cupcakes. I did promise to go in last Saturday and say hello, but to be honest The Pompey Beer Festival smashed me in. I don’t think I even left the house for fear of daylight and having to talk to someone.

Anyway…head on over, say hello, grab a Coffee and indulge yourself with a fancy cupcake. Lovely stuff as Alan Partridge would say.

COR’s Mark Persaud plays out Sunday

Well known Southsea man about town and top chap Mark Persaud will be helping bring the Bank Holiday to it’s inevitable close this Sunday 29th from 9.30pm at Drift Bar. With some underground disco and house entertainment to ease the pain, all you need is a few drinks and your dancing feet. To give you an idea of what’s in store, check out this mix that Mark did for COR a while back over HERE.

PRIMARY – A Phoneography Exhibition by Strong Island – Call for entries

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

It’s going to be a Strong Movember – Closed at £725

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