Music: Propagaga
July 28, 2010
Saturday 31 July | The Tunnels | 11pm | £3/Free in Gaga-inspired fancy dress
Really. Yes. It is what you think. A Lady Gaga-themed night. I can hear some of you now:
‘Lady f***ing Gaga? What the f***ing f**k ?’
Well, here’s the reason; the Propaganda lot know how to put on a party, lots of people will turn up in outrageous outfits and they’ll have a good time doing it too.
Got a problem with that?
No? Good.
Expect lots of the aforementioned Miss Gaga alongside the usual eclectic Propaganda sounds from DJs Jimsin and Nullmouse, check the flyer below and the Facebook event page for more details. Then buy your wig.
Music: Warehouse Closure
July 27, 2010
Yeah, so you may have noticed we posted on Twitter last night that The Warehouse has closed. It has. As has its sister bar The Bassment.
There are a few theories flying round at the moment as to why. Whatever the reason, it’s obviously a huge blow to the music scene in the city.
We’ll keep you up to date with ticket refund details/rescheduled dates/venue changes etc. when and where we can…
Update: First change already in: The Errors/Twilight Sad double-header on 29 September will now take place at The Lemon Tree. Same date, original tickets valid etc.
(I’d expect a few more of these over the next few days)
Arts: AIYF
July 26, 2010
Wednesday 28 July-Saturday 7 August | Various venues, times & prices
You can’t have failed to notice it’s almost youth festival time again. As per usual there’s so much going on, that to list it all here would break the internet.
So, here’s the official AIYF listings site,
Their Twitter,
and their Facebook Page
There you go. All bases covered. If we come across something truly fantastic however, we’ll be sure to give you a shout. Meanwhile, the Festival Parade on Saturday 31 July (11am, Union Street) is usually a good place to start…
Arts: Mobile Creative Village
July 21, 2010
Friday 23 July | Schoolhill | 3-6pm | Free
Saturday 24 July | Union Terrace Gardens | 1-6pm | Free
Sunday 25 July | Outside St Nicholas Centre | 1-6pm | Free
See? Told you there was more on this weekend…
Artist Craig Barrowman and friends have created an all-singing, all-dancing mobile creative hub as part of the London 2012 Open Weekend (which we mentioned yesterday) where sculpture, printmaking, animation, skateboarding (on a lovely mini-ramp), film-making, poetry and all sorts of stuff will be available for yer members of the general public to try out. For free. Nice. There’s a sneak preview of some of the stalls below, and just look at them! You can practically hear the naysayers and curmudgeons complaining about ‘just bits of wood nailed together’ already. On the other hand, we think they look fantastic. Kind of like shonky newspaper kiosks*, and if anyone knows a good shonky kiosk when they see one, it’s us…
It’s also worth noting that on Saturday the village will be stationed in Union Terrace Gardens. Yup, that place that ‘never gets used’ is getting used. Again.
*It feels really strange spelling it this way again, it looks wrong.
Arts: Tea Cosy
July 20, 2010
Saturday 24 & Sunday 25 July | The Academy, Belmont Street | Free
The latest Tea Cosy art, craft and design fair to be held in the old Pier shop on Belmont Street. Featuring high-quality, erm, stuff from some of the country’s best creative talents, this is part of the London 2012 Open Weekend (more of which soon, we’re drip-feeding you here)…
July 19, 2010
This is one of those periodical posts which remind you about our Facebook Page over here.
More stuff coming tomorrow. Hope you all had a good weekend…
Events: The Big Lunch
July 16, 2010
Sunday 18 July | Union Terrace Gardens| 12pm-4pm | Free
‘Who said there was no such thing as a free lunch?’
Nah, can you imagine how many newspapers around the country are using that hilarious opening gambit this weekend?
Let’s have another go:
‘Union Terrace Gardens is only used by violent junkies and bandwagon-jumping workshy art hippies, the sooner we take up Sir Ian Wood’s generous offer and rid the city of this eyesore the better.’
Woah, where did that come from? Must stop reading the P&J before I write on here…
Right, enough, here’s the real deal:
What started off as an idea at The Eden Project in Cornwall, The Big Lunch has now spread across the land and the Aberdeen event will see students from the University of Aberdeen (with help from Cafe 52) making free organic soup for all. Sounds good. Don’t forget to bring along some other food to share as well. There’ll be music too. And it won’t rain. Promise*
*This is a promise of the hollow variety and therefore it cannot be guaranteed by The Kiosque
Music: Endor, Jakil, The Shakedown Project
July 15, 2010
Friday 16 July | The Tunnels | 7.30pm | £5
Just noticed it’s been two weeks since we’ve done a gig preview on here, not because there haven’t been any gigs on or anything, it’s just one of those unexplainable phenomena. Yeah, it’s definitely one of those, not laziness or anything like that…
Anyway, headliners Endor are a Glaswegian four-piece who’ve just released a self-titled debut album full of folk/pop-tinged tunes which build and swirl away quite the thing. There are definite hints of Frightened Rabbit in there (a good thing), not least in the vocals which will doubtlessly be described by some as having a ‘charming Celtic lilt’ to them. In real words that people actually use, that means they sound Scottish. Another good thing. Support comes from Edinburgh outfit Jakil and local band The Shakedown Project.
Endor
Arts: Cafe Scientifique
July 13, 2010
Wednesday 14 July | Waterstone’s Union Bridge | 7pm | Free
Saw this on Twitter yesterday and thought it might be of interest to some of you…
Author and historian Mark Butterworth presents ‘Scotland Through The Magic Lantern‘ in which he’ll show off some slides taken of life on St Kilda by two Aberdeen photographers 125 years ago. Displayed using an original Victorian magic lantern projector, they may have been coloured by hand but, as in the example below, it really brings them to life. There’s something quite eerie but totally fascinating about photos like these. I reckon it’s the eyes…
Arts: Musa Re-launch
July 8, 2010
Monday 12 July | Musa (Exchange Street) | 6pm | Free
Woah, does this sound good or what? Monday 12 July sees the re-launch of Musa; you know the place, that restaurant/café in Exchange Street, the old banana warehouse. Big deal you say. Well, erm, it is actually…
Here’s why: It’s now under the guidance of James Watt from maverick local brewers/feather-rufflers BrewDog who promises to transform the place ‘from a shrinking violet into a cultural blunderbuss – offering food, art and entertainment that change the face of Aberdeen’s art scene.’
He’s off to a good start anyway; Monday’s event has various different strands which should tie together quite nicely and make for a very interesting evening indeed. Here’s what’s going down:
The launch of an exhibition by local artists Rachel Yates, Adeline Scott and Emma Hamilton
Another exhibition curated by superb online-portal-for-creatives Central Station
Live music
Tastes from the new menu
Special-edition BrewDog beers
and
The first-ever Aberdeen event from Twitter meet-up types #themeet140
Cool. Let’s hope it’s how they mean to go on…
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