Cold Cave

Cold Cave drummer Guy Licata outside The Captain's Rest last year. 

'Prurient' AKA Dominick Fernow, keyboards/noise Cold Cave.

New York based Cold Cave play Glasgow's Stereo tonight (Thursday 31st March).

Noise core, cold wave, industrial... hell I don't know but if you like Joy Division and a bit of 'distortion' turns you on then DO NOT miss this! Personally, I still have a soft spot for the first album 'Cremations', the second album 'Love Comes Close' is superb but a tad 'pop' in comparison.

Shot this footage at last year's outstanding Captain's Rest gig. Sullen frontman Wesley Eisold sang 'side on' to the crowd which was suitably odd, my camera has contributed a little extra distortion to the audio.

Coincidentally, Glasgow's Optimo did a remix of Cold Cave's 'Life Magazine' last year.



The new album 'Cherish The Light Years' comes out on April 5th but you can preview it here.

Tickets here or on the door for Cold Cave at Stereo tonight Thursday 31st March, I highly recommend it!

DAS IST SUPERMAX

 

This Saturday's SUPERMAX will be in celebration of German musician Kurt Hauenstein (SUPERMAX) who died this week. Kurt's music has been a big influence on DJ Billy Woods who named his Glasgow parties after the musician. Kurt and his team were aware of the Glasgow SUPERMAX nights and had had even approached them about Kurt coming over to stage an event.

Patrick Wolf - Byres Road

Sods law I spot Patrick Wolf whilst still sporting my Harold Lloyd specs and a drawn on moustache from the Gender Bender Bingo fundraiser. What do you know, he didn't even bat an eyelid!

Patrick Wolf

Parlez-vous Pidgin Perfect...?

Pidgin Perfect have invited me to give a short talk about "Style Scanner" at Glasgow's Ironbbratz Studios this Thursday evening at 7pm.

Garcon Jon and Pamela Wells will be my fellow speakers. It's bring your own booze and free - all welcome.

Thursday 24th March @ 7pm,

84 Miller Street, (3rd Floor)

Glasgow.

Click here for the event page on facebook.

Thee Mr Mister Charity Trust Fundraiser - Bingo!

 Paul Nicholls "DJ Thee Mr Mister" who candidly wrote about living with bowel cancer on his blog Music is Disease. Very sadly, Paul passed away last year.

Marie Stewart (above) and loads of Paul's friends have organised what looks to be an absolute hoot of a fundraiser in his honour this Wednesday evening at Hillhead Bookclub. All proceeds will go to Marie Curie, Cancer Research and Paul's own charity, Thee Mr Mister Trust.

Loads of great prizes and don't worry, cross dressing isn't obligatory - but I am tempted! All welcome and tickets must be purchased in advance from We Love To Boogie vintage or Hillhead Bookclub.

Read more about Wednesday's event on the Facebook page.

I nearly forgot, Subcity "SPILL" DJ Fraser Bone has done a special podcast to mark the event, click here to 'listen again' and get in the mood...

The Skinny RSA Award 2011

Last year's winner of 'The Skinny RSA Award', artist Omar Zingaro Bhatia enthusiastically congratulating this year's winner Stephen Thorpe at The Royal Scottish Academy last night.

Chloe

Artist Chloe at the CCA. 

Good luck with the move to Brighton Chloe! x

Les Garcons de Glasgow & the 'Folli Follie' Spring Style Event

Garcon Jon from 'Les Garcons de Glasgow' in London last September.

Jonathan has asked me to tell you about an in-store style event happening this Thursday evening. Greek accessories brand Folli Follie have, along with Les Garcons de Glasgow, shortlisted 14 of their most stylish customers in a Spring Street Style Competition. Guests can vote for a winner at the event on Thursday evening and in return enjoy some drinkies and 20% off purchases on the night!

Thursday 17th at 7pm - 9pm 

St Enoch Centre 

Glasgow

More info on Les Garcons de Glasgow blog.

The event's Facebook page.

Joey Villemont

Spotted the unmistakable silhouette of French born 'artist and curator' Joey Villemont as he strode towards me at Glasgow School of Art. Co-founder of It's Our Playground with Camille Le Houezec, you can keep up to date with all of their exhibitions via the facebook page.

GSA 2011 Fashion Show Preview - with Daniel McGeough...

3rd year Textile Design student Daniel McGeough who emailed to ask if I'd like a nosey round the textile department on the run up to the 2011 Glasgow School of Art Fashion Show. His initiative impressed me greatly, here's what I discovered...

The weave room.

The Textile department has been housed in the Newbery Tower since the 70s but the imminent redevelopment of that cluster of buildings means these will be the last students to create their graduate collections here. A specialist team from Ireland have been enlisted to move all the complicated and valuable equipment to its new home at Glasgow's Skypark.

Daniel specialises in knitwear. A sneak peek of his own designs ahead of the catwalk show next week.

So in tribute to the architecture of the art school and Newbery Tower itself, the students have created collections inspired by the buildings.

Paul Thomson.

Anna Duthie.

Stacey Keen.

Clare Boyle and Emily de Vale.

Israel Parra-Zanabria.

Roisin Connelly.

The print room.

The embroidery room.

On the right is Beth who's on hand to provide any technical assistance the students may require.

The Knit Room's 'Wall of Fame" which showcases all the success stories who've passed through the textile department at Glasgow School of Art.

Thanks for the preview Daniel, can't wait to see the show!

The fashion shows are this week on Tuesday 8th and Wednesday 9th, times are 7pm and 9pm both evenings.

Click here for tickets.

Glasgow School of Art Fashion Show BLOG.

Pam Hogg

Pam Hogg.

Russ Winstanley - Living Today

Artist Ross Birrell with Jacqueline Houston.

DJ Russ Winstaney, founder of the the legendary Wigan Casino Northern Soul all nighters.

This is the last week of the Living Today exhibition which opened in January at Glasgow's Macintosh Museum and features George Orwell's diary entries from his time in Wigan. The artists invited Russ Winstanley (above) to Glasgow for the launch party. He even played the famous 'three before eight', the same last three songs played before 8am which would signal the end of an all-nighter at Wigan Casino.

 

Russ sold his rare pressing of this single in 1979 for £1000. Believed to be only one of two in existence, it has since resold for £26,500...

I ask if he can still bust some moves and surprisingly, he tells me he never actually danced himself but did reveal there was an unspoken pecking order on the dancefloor of Wigan Casino and that you had to earn your place to be up at the front with the best.

One night the stage curtains opened and the venue inexplicably erupted. Russ raced over to discover a couple had been exposed doing some horizontal dancing of their own under the piano. The guilty party pulled his trousers up and scuttled off stage - but not before taking a bow!

The original turntables from Wigan Casino, these have been played by Martha Reeves, Paul Weller and so on. One of the hand written labels reads: 

*Empty the floor twice consecutively and you won't be coming back.*

The nights ran from 1973 - 1981 but Russ claims the Northern soul scene's never been bigger than it is now. He confesses that on the last ever night at Wigan Casino, he left through the back door, drove to a local beauty spot and cried his eyes out. He still DJs and hosts a show on BBC Radio Lancs.

The Living Today exhibition at Glasgow School of Art's Macintosh Museum runs until this Saturday.