Local band MUNROE EFFECT deal in a unique brand of progressive, schizophrenic rock music characterised by passages of relentless epic noise and brooding intimate melody. They have a new album launch next Sunday 29th May at The Fat Fox. Grab a ticket before they all go.
” with a touch of At The Drive-In, some gorgeous sonic textures and aching vocals, this Portsmouth mob demand your attention from the off.” – Kerrang!
“all over the place – in a good way – with the odd, math-rock time signature mix-up pushing them away from local band mediocrity, and attention-grabbing vocals that drift between melodies and high-pitched screaming.” – Rock Sound
“jagged guitars and a pounding rhythm section … moments of shouting and lifting melodies mix and softer, intimate verses sound natural and unforced” – Big Cheese
The workshop will look at the current popular style of paper cutting. Looking particularly at the work of contemporary illustrator/designer Rob Ryan.
TUESDAY 28th June
This session will enable you to design your paper cut(s). Planning and drawing out the image on your paper surface ready for cutting the following day. Books will be provided for inspiration and to aid stylisation of images if required.
WEDNESDAY 29th June
With your design ready drawn, this session will be spent cutting your design – revealing a stunning paper cut illustration by the close of the workshop.
Time allowing, images can be mounted onto another colour paper background, ready for you to frame at a later date.
There is a maximum of 4 adults per session to allow for more individual attention.
Each session runs from 7pm – 9pm at Flo & Stan’s, Albert Road. The total cost of £45 per person which includes all equipment.
Payment can only be made at Flo & Stan’s. Places are on a first come first served basis.
Tea and homemade cake will be served half way through each session to keep the creative energy flowing!
Friends of Strong Island Lorna and Del have finally opened their shop on Albert Road called ‘Flo & Stan’s’. I popped in over the weekend to check out the place and take some photos. The home boutique shop sells a range of quirky, vintage and retro products including work by local artists. I bought a gorgeous old Hollywood, Los Angeles vintage tray and a New York original decal. They also had an amazing 3D Viewmaster of HMS Victory for sale. Go and check the shop out sometime soon.
Taken over the past 2 months around the city. As you can see I do document quite a lot from dog walks, beer competitions, Print This exhibition, Strong Island Round Tower development, more dog walks, beach shots, architecture and street art.
I’ve been holding on to these truly amazing vintage photographs that Simon Tiller kindly sent in as we went through a pretty heavy skateboard period and thought we should chill back a little. Loving the roller hockey team photos too. The 1978 trophies photo is a epic and they were British Champions in 1973 too. Belated congratulations to you all.
This is just a small picking from the Southsea Skatepark website www.southseaskatepark.com. Check them out and if you see anyone you recognise or want to bring something to our attention then remember to add your comments at the bottom of this post.
Special props to the final photo and all the Southsea boys representing ‘back in the day’. Some young looking faces there. Rippers.
A great opportunity to have a cuppa and make things. Good to see the new vintage tea rooms ‘Like a Teatray in the Sky’ offering this with Ooh la Lapin.
“Come along this month on Thursday Feb 24th, 6.30 – 8pm to Tea Tray in the Sky on Osbourne Road. If your thing is textiles, sewing, crochet… the list goes on. Or if your just curious and want to meet makers and find out more please join us. You can bring along something your working on to share with.”
Southsea based design and animation company Pseudonym have just launched their new website: www.wearepseudonym.com
Featuring some sweet design, illustration and custom work, alongside their 2011 animation showreel (DAMN!)
With over 10 years experience as two separate entities (Sifer Design and Krunch Studio) this ‘Clash of The Titans’ is an exciting prospect for 2011.
They promise to continue their longtime support of Portsmouth and its local creatives with projects like the upcoming ‘Utility of Space‘, whilst showing on a wider scale what a creative hub this city is.
On Friday I went out with my knitting and covered a tree by Bellamy’s Antiques, Albert Road. I decided to use vibrant colours and some glow in the dark wool. It is known as Yarn Bombing – a way to add some brightness to streets. Fark brought an old skateboard that he custom painted and this was turned it into a swing and hung from the same tree.
Loads of laughs and fun comments from people. Below are some pictures / videos and Debbie Parker from Bellamy’s Antiques on the swing.
Stu Trett has photographed every single person that has been to his Olde Bike Shoppe over the past year. 100′s have passed through the doors. The Facebook page has all the info needed so if your bike needs some love stop by and enjoy a cuppa and be rest assured that it will be restored and treated with all the care and attention it needs. You can drop your bike off and collect the following day or he is offering the service to collect and deliver for free within PO5
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.
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.
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