Beat this

Posted on November 2, 2008 by richie paradise

Hey Daddios,

Some orchestral musings from the worlds favourite Richie FACT. Thursday saw a collaboration between The Heavy Heads and Orchestra Cube for an evening dedicated to the Beat Writers. There were several very rare films, one of which had been saved and rearranged by Genesis .P. Orridge which featured good old Uncle Bill Burroughs. This film featured a live soundtrack by The Cube Orchestra. I thought we did a really good job and we featured a good cross section of instruments; Pedal steel Guitar, keyboards (x3), Harmonica, tabla, saxophone, drums, therimin, electric, bass & acoustic guitars and violin. Good job chums.
After that I improvised some drums whilst Poet Bij did his thing

I have to admit I’ve always loved the Beats, especially Kerouac so to be able to do something like this was great, big thanks to The Heavy Heads for letting us have the opportunity.

Keep searching for ‘it’ baby,

Big Love, Richie ParadiseRichie Paradise

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Cube-X amined

Posted on October 31, 2008 by site admin mr_hopkinson

So rry for being slack getting back with pics and words from the CUBE-X event, meanwhile here’s a delightful e-mail from Lea . . .

Hello,

we had four very good, very enjoyful days of birthday party celebrations.
I particularly liked Friday with its shifting locations and lights for the concerts, there was Rasha’s “Out of Exit Door” short birthday songs, Lady’s aspirated birthday song in the lime light of a spot following light, Timmi’s synchronising techno beats from his Korg and other synthesizers and little folk renderings with offset voices in the upper right corner with Rozi and a man whose name I don’t know. Fat Man leaning back operating the musical atmosphere from one of the back rows and and and…and.

And I liked Thomas Truax on Saturday, but I can’t say anything about the performers preceeding him as I did not see/hear them.
I liked his electric-devices and the mumbled rhythms coming out of them.
He embraced the space of the Cube by appearing and disapperaing during his “Wagtown” song. On and off he was, on and off.
And great lighting enhancing the devices’ presence.

Really great!

All the best to you all!

Bye,
Lea

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Francois’ drawings from his birthday animation for Cube-X ( here filmed in Cafe Kino )

Posted on October 25, 2008 by site admin mr_hopkinson

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Filmed at The Cube Cinema, Bristol UK

Posted on October 22, 2008 by site admin mr_hopkinson

Beardyman performs at The Cube tomorrow for the first Cube-X event . . .

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Venn ends

Posted on October 20, 2008 by site admin mr_hopkinson

As you may have heard through other channels, the Venn festival, after 5 years of bewildering excellence, has joined Blackout at Ashton Court in the shaded area of this diagram . . .

venn ends

From my perspective a terrible loss – quite apart from the permission it gave for extraordinarily enriching electicism, I’m sad there will be no Venn Ten, or slinky sounding Venn SeVenn – but it is apparently an amicable parting of ways and an admirably brave decision to disperse before it ever stopped surprising . . . for the full skinny check the Venn Myspace.

On the Venn ending theme, I couldn’t resist this visual pun at the end of the visuals for the first Tag Team event in 2004 . . .

Venn first Tag Team ends

. . . and wheeling it out again for the end of the Documentary I made with Amy Feneck and Lady Lucy in 2006/7 . . .

Venn first Tag Team ends

If you would like to watch the documentary, I’ve put it up on YouTube in two parts . . .

Venn Documentary Part One

Venn Documentary Part Two

And if you really really really   want to watch the backdrop for the original tag team you can see it here . . .

Original tag Team backdrop – just the backdrop, not the bands

. . . but it will take a while.

And if you fancy a browse of the cubelog archives for Venn stuff, go here . . .

https://sparror.cubecinema.com/cubelog/category/venn-festival/

So, thank you Venn for V years – it’s been a blast.

Now . . . back to CUBE X

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Decacentric Cabaret of Curiosities

Posted on October 17, 2008 by site admin mr_hopkinson

Many moons ago the stars fell and glittered down on a little square building in the heart of Bristol town. As shimmering showers fell from above as pipe dreams burst forth from below the Cube was conceived and, like the workers and artists that enter its doors, lived out its life in a turn of successes, failures, emptiness and glorious fullnesses.

This little microplex with a big heart and an even greater history now reaches the grand old age of ten. Amongst a weekend filled to brim with birthday delights there will be a Cabaret of Curiosities.

And performing at said Cabaret will be:

Thomas Truax
‘Bequilingly bizarre’ maverick musician
www.myspace.com/thomastruax
www.thomastruax.com

Boys and Dance (BAD)
Local heroes of male motion continue their quest to get men dancing
www.myspace.com/boysanddance

Mr Dennis Teeth
A gentleman with a singing saw and more tricks up his sleeves.
www.myspace.com/mrdennisteeth

The Suitcase Circus
Object Madness, manipulated into marvellous animation by Oli Townsend

Tuesday Laveau
The Voodoo Queen of Pneumatic Tassle Twirling and the Hip-Shake-Shimmy.
www.myspace.com/tuesdaylaveau

Victor Llewellyn
Stand-up from Bristol’s Desperate Men Theatre Company

Ms Ziegfeld returns just days before, in a whirlwind of hyper-active excitement, from her first season out with the circus, Mr Paradise has been trekking the dusty plains of libraries and pound-shops for jokes.

We’ll be starting the night with the decacentric mayhem of ten ten-second acts and some circusy sorcery!

It’s on Saturday the 25th of October and it costs £10

Dress up and stay out to dance.

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bluescreen 24/09/08

Posted on September 17, 2008 by steve

Hi there,

After a summer break, including an excursion to Shambala Festival, where we screened films inside & outside a geodesic dome tent (!), bluescreen returns to the Cube Cinema on Wednesday 24th Sept. Doors 7.30. GBP 3/2 door tax.

Bring along your recently made films, for 7.30 for 8pm+ screenings and sit back and enjoy another eclectic evening of the best in bristol filmmaking!

cheers

bluescreen

http://www.myspace.com/cubebluescreen

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Get ready for CUBEX in October 08

Posted on September 15, 2008 by site admin mr_hopkinson

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Bluescreen @ Shambala 22-24th Aug

Posted on August 16, 2008 by steve

Bluescreen will be screening a veritable feast of short films at Shambala next weekend!

Saturday 23rd – Midnight onwards… (possibly a few on the friday and sunday too if time!)

http://www. shambalafestival. org/.

Details of the films to be screened are on our blog: http://www.myspace.com/cubebluescreen.

bluescreen will be back at the Cube – Wed Sept 24th .

cheers all.

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We’re only in it for the money

Posted on July 30, 2008 by richie paradise

Hi chums,

Well as documented previously I can’t always get to Orchestra these days as I’m rehearsing with my beat combo, talking of which we’re playing Mr. Wolf’s this Thursday:
Suzuki Boom Boom

But without me they have been very very busy, doing plenty of Bluescreen, a street party in Bishopston, and plenty of other random things I have forgotten about.
Probably best of all was the rather excellent Frank Zappa night at The Cube where the plucky souls, well I tell you what just watch the clip and find out for yourself:

It was a great night, Ale and Bel put a lot of effort into finding old clips of Zappa, and a few favourites too. Top night.

Right ho, must dash.

Big Love, Richie ParadiseRichie Paradise

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