Theory 77′s Radio Rust Podcast ‘Halloween’

Hit me on the head, it’s Theory 77′s Halloween Podcast. There’s something a little NSFW on this podcast from Theory himself, so turn it up loud. Get well soon Mike.

Happy Halloween Everybody

Halloween at LJRS

This Saturday is gonna be murder on the dance floor at the despicable and down right ungodly Russells. Get your face off to get off your face and scream the house down….

Arahgahgahghghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

10Ton & BRKNK Halloween Massacre

Whaaaaaabbb, Whaaaaaabbb, Whaaaaaabbb. Mess up your Sunday this 31st with the 10Ton & Breackneck Massacre at Highlight in Gunners. Messy.

CCi Live

CCi Live is a Live television show produced by students on the University of Portsmouth’s BSc Video and Broadcasting course. The course is based within the Creative and Cultural Industries Faculty and the pogrammes are shown as transmitted to convey their ‘live’ nature.

The current episode shown below contains features on the Bell isle, The Solent Camera Club’s new exhibition and The Big Draw (including an interview with Strong Island member Claire Sambrook). You can keep up with new episodes on the CCi Live Blip channel:

ccilive.blip.tv

The Cabaret Voltaire

Roll up, roll up, come one, come all. You are all cordially invited to the launch of Southsea’s latest and greatest night on the tiles, the one, the only, The Cabaret Voltaire.

Something brand spanking for Southsea Village, Persaud & Rosko from The Civilisation Of the Rough bring you a brand new night of aural pleasure and delight where you will find out first hand what happens when dubbed out disco and deep house come crashing head first together in a cacophony of sensational wonderment!

Get everything you need to know over at The Cabaret Voltaire Facebook page.

Illustration By Lorna Leigh Harrington

Lorna Leigh Harrington is a 21 year old Illustrator from West Sussex, currently in her third year at Portsmouth University.  She has had work exhibited in art dimension gallery in Saint Louis as part of the ‘Drawgasmic’ exhibition as well as work published in online zines such as Rojo & Garabato and Ballpoint Zine.  She lists her artist influences as Joseph Cornell, Sara Fanelli, Travis Chatham, Nina Chatrabarti, Tim Walker and Andy Warhol.  You can check out more of Lorna’s work over on her blog here.

Chichester Harbour Conservancy

Local community film and media production company Compulsive Productions recently worked on two films for Chichester Harbour Conservancy, highlighting why Chichester Harbour is so special and also how they work to keep it special. Chichester Harbour meets Langstone Harbour at Langstone (north of Hayling Island) and is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty as well as a Site of Special Scientific Interest. The harbour itself is a wide variety of different habitats and is surrounded by some beautiful villages (Emsworth, Dell Quay, Bosham, etc) and is a definite geographical gem, right on our doorstep.

You can watch the first film ‘Why So Special?’ below and watch ‘Working To Keep it Special’ and find out more over at the Conservancy website. You can find out more about Compulsive Productions on their website.

Southsea Boardriders

Surfer Ads got in contact the other day to point us in the direction of the Southsea Boardriders blog which covers the activities of Southsea’s surfers. Southsea? Surf? Yep. When most people are sheltering from the wind and bad weather these guys can be found down by the pier catching some surprisingly big waves.

The Southsea Boardriders are an unofficial club but welcome everyone to get involved if they are interested, be that in the water or at one of their local social events. You can find out everything you need here:

southseaboardriders.blogspot.com

Urrrrrghggghghgaragghhhggghgguhhhhhmhhhhrgggg

You heard me. The army of the undead have risen and will be terrorising the streets of Southsea this Halloween. Apply white powder, fake blood and guts galore and join the zombie masses on a rigor mortis paced walk around the streets of Portsmouth, through shopping malls and busy streets, stopping at the odd pub along the way.

Grab all the killer info you need regarding time, place, tutorials and generally how to be the undead on a good day over at Facebook. Braaaaaaainnnnnnnzzzzzzzzzzzzz

The 2nd Strong Island Ale – Dry Dock No. 1

As you may know each year we run a home brew competition in February where the winning brew has the opportunity to be brewed by Irving & Co Brewing Co. and sold around the city in the summer. Last year’s brew, the Strong Island Hopper Ale, was hugely successful being one of Inving’s best selling ales and selling out so quickly it went through a second brew run. This year’s winning ale is Dry Dock No. 1, originally brewed by Lee Immins, went on sale in some of Portsmouth and Southsea’s pubs over the weekend.

We spoke to The Hole in The Wall in Southsea who said the new ale went down a storm with it being their best seller on Sunday and with almost two barrels empty by the end of the Bank Holiday weekend. Those guys at the Hole in The Wall and their regular ale drinkers know their stuff so for us this was amazing early news with the ale.

To officially launch Dry Dock No. 1 we are having a launch party with the lovely souls at The Belle Isle on Thursday evening. The ale will be on full flow, come down and try a pint or two. As well as being on sale all around the city the ale will also be available in Chichester’s Belle Isle too, so you can drink it away from home for the first time too.

The Isle Of Wight Randonnee 2012 – Team Strong Island

Just over a year ago, a group of Strong Islanders were sat on the Isle of Wight ferry on our way to the yearly Randonnee cycling event; 60 miles around the island spread across 5 checkpoints. Whilst on the crossing we couldn’t help but admire various enthusiasts and their custom team jerseys. Fast forward a year and it is my great pleasure to unveil the Strong Island cycling jersey. Made as a one off for the event, the jersey is our way of representing this city and all the values that come with it. Thanks to the combined designing efforts of Chris Ballingall and Tristan Savage, we were able to produce this clean, retro looking jersey that 11 of Southsea’s finest could wear to conquer the island’s endless hills. Well done chaps.