Top Ten Events 20-26 Sep: Neu! Reekie! | James Yorkston | + Pecha Kucha
THE WEEK AHEAD...
Neu! Reekie! start our week with a gem of an event that fuses a rather special line-up with a rather special venue... Read onwards for details of the treats in store there, but lets just say it involves poetry, trinkets, live music, and hand-sculpted furniture. Could it get more avant-bloody-garde? Elsewhere, James Yorkston indulges our love of cats, we ponder the impact of social media at Pecha Kucha, and the Cameo's Tim Burton retrospective enters what we reckon to be his golden period.
PICKS O' THE WEEK
BOOKS
The Poetry Club, Glasgow
Fri 21 Sep, 7pm, £7 here
Raggle-taggle avant garde merrymakers Neu! Reekie! make their first foray Glasgow way, for which they've managed to convince contemporary Glasgow artist Jim Lambie to open the doors of his self-built wonderland of a poetry club to paying punters for the first time. With them they'll bring a trio of poets (founders Michael Pederson and Kevin Williamson, joined by JL Williams), live music from Edinburgh School for the Deaf, and Lomond Campbell of FOUND, plus live animations from Iain Gardner. And Mr Lambie himself will be presenting some new trinkets and toys for yer magpie eyes.
MUSIC
The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh
Fri 21 Sep, 8pm, £15 (£13.50) here
Fife dweller and sometime Fence Collective dabbler James Yorkston takes to Edinburgh to give his emotionally-charged, autobiographical new album, I Was A Cat From A Book (given a glowing write-up here, and not just for the cute cat artwork) the full band treatment in the suitably grandiouse surrounds of The Queen's Hall. There's even a cat on the poster, predictably winning us over further. Support on the night comes from fellow folkie Kathryn Williams. View the accompanying video for the album here.
MUSIC
Inspace, Edinburgh
Sat 22 Sep, 7pm, £5 here
Throwing a rather special party for your Saturday eve, evocative Edinburgh trio Hiva Oa (haunting vocals, a fragile sense of meloncholy, and the mourning call of the cello – check) launch their debut LP, The Awkward Hello, Handshake, Kiss, in suitably magical style, taking over the part-venue, part-installation space of Inspace for a night of music, installations and live projections. Tickets include a two-track download EP, with an unreleased Hiva Oa track and a live version of support act Adam Stafford's cover of Daniel Johnston's Blue Clouds.
ART
The Lighthouse, Glasgow
Wed 26 Sep, 6.30pm, Free (register here)
Pecha Kucha return with another fast-paced and eclectic image-led discussion (y'know the drill: a selection of speakers get a quota of 20 slides, to discuss for just 20 seconds each). Co-inciding with Social Media Week, the handpicked speakers – amongst them comtemporary artist Yan Wang, Lib Dem campaigner Paul McGarry, and doctor of Social Media Jillian Ney – will touch on how social media has impacted on their personal and/or professional life, perhaps helping us fathom just how the frick Facebook amassed 39 million UK users... Book your place here.
FILM
Various venues, Edinburgh & Glasgow
Fri 21 Sep-Mon 8 Oct, Full schedule here
Take One Action returns with another thought-provoking programme of films, opening with sobering ecological doc Surviving Progress (pictured), which eloquently asks whether civilisation is doomed due to our current economic, environmental and consumption-drunk madness. You can read our chat with co-director and co-writer Harold Crooks here (who'll also take part in a live Q&A post-screen). It's a striking start to a programme of gems. Full schedule here. Watch the Surviving Progress trailer: here.
VANISHING POINT @ TRAMWAY >>>
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Following the world premiere at the 2012 Naples Theatre Festival and a run at the Edinburgh International Festival, award-winning theatre company, Vanishing Point, now bring their controversial production Wonderland home to Glasgow Tramway (22-26 & 29 Sep) – a magical and darkly subversive take on the themes of Alice in Wonderland, examining the attraction of fame and stardom, the desire for something more, and the allure of the erotic. Full details and tickets here.
FOR MORE EVENT DETAILS CLICK HERE
TRAVEL
Various venues, Edinburgh
Sat 22 & Sun 23 Sep, Full schedule here
Following last week's flinging open of doors in Glasgow, this week Edinburgh gets in on the Doors Open Day action, with a selection of buildings and venues putting on a little something special for visitors, of particular note being a chance to neb inside the private artists' studios operating out of Summerhall, and the Filmhouse's special schedule of screenings – including a selection of shorts from the Scottish Screen Archive, and a screening of Sylvian Chomet's animated Edinburgh-set gem, The Illusionist (pictured). Full schedule here.
Out of the Blue Drill Hall, Edinburgh
Sat 22 Sep, 11am-4pm, £2 (£1) on the door
A veritable haven of all things cheap and vintage, Judy's Affordable Vintage Fair returns to its original Edinburgh home at the Drill Hall with a hand-selected jumbo lot of stalls selling all manner of vintage goodies. Offering up old-school threads and accessories for ladies and gents, alongside homewares, collectibles and haberdashery, this edition promises to bring an autumnal feel. We're loath to say it'll be a fine chance to stock up on yer winter woolies, but, well, it'll be a fine chance to stock up on yer winter woolies.
CCA, Glasgow
Fri 21 Sep-Sat 13 Oct, 11am-6pm (Mon-Sat), Free
Marking their 21st birthday in rather special fashion, Glasgow Women's Library have commissioned 21 women artists to each make a limited edition fine art print inspired by the library, its archive and rather splendid museum artifact collections (including the Anti-Suffragette Clock, pictured). Opening this Friday, the CCA will showcase the finished body of works, including a pieces by Turner Prize-nominated artist Karla Black. Each limited-edition print will then available to buy, with funds supporting the Library's ongoing work.
Cameo, Edinburgh
Until 17 Oct, Various times, Full listings here
The Cameo continue with their comprehensive, mostly-chronological Tim Burton retrospective, which this week enters what is arguably his most golden of periods with screenings of Edward Scissorhands, Batman Returns (just-possibly-maybe the best Batman – argue amongst yourselves), and Ed Wood, with treats still to come of Mars Attacks, Sleepy Hollow, Corpse Bride, and plenty more (full listings here), before ending with a 00:01am screening of Frankenweenie on 17 October.
10. Ashton Weekender
Various venues, Glasgow
Fri 21-Sun 23 Sep, Various times, Free
We end with a bit of a clubbing marathon, as Ashton Lane comes to life for their three-day bank holiday weekender where they'll serve up a cavalcade of exciting new bands and DJs interspersed with a sprinkling of big hitters. Aye, so let's talk names: amongst the line-up will be a headline set from yer men JD Twitch and JG Wilkes (aka Optimo), a live set from Glasgow-based alternative hip-hop duo Hector Bizerk, and local DJ stalwarts Huspuppy, Animal Farm, and Bunty Beats (full line-up here). Go make merry.
ADDITIONAL
Efterklang tickets: Efterklang (pictured) bring their exciting new concert extravaganza to Edinburgh’s Usher Hall next month, incorporating over 1000 sound samples taken from Piramida, a former Russian Settlement in the Arctic, into their set. Win tickets here. Closes 30 Sep.
Free Subculture entry for October: To celebrate their longevity – 18 years and counting – and because they are damn nice folk, we are joining forces to give away two guest list spaces for Subculture for the whole month of October. Closes 30 Sep.
Win a night at a Cocktail Bar: The Skinny and socialandcocktail.co.uk have joined forces to give you the chance to vote for Scotland’s best cocktail, and win a free night out at a cocktail bar, to boot. Closes 30 Sep.
Scotland Loves Anime tickets: Scotland Loves Anime return with their annual film festival celebrating the very best of Japanese animation, and we've got tickets for both Edinburgh and Glasgow screenings along with a load of anime goodies to boot! Closes 30 Sep.
Skinny On Tour: Guess which blue-skied place Skinny reader Bethany is reading her trusty copy of the mag in, and you could win yourself a boozy prize courtesy of our chums at Vino Wines. Closes 30 Sep.
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THE WEEK AHEAD...
Neu! Reekie! start our week with a gem of an event that fuses a rather special line-up with a rather special venue... Read onwards for details of the treats in store there, but lets just say it involves poetry, trinkets, live music, and hand-sculpted furniture. Could it get more avant-bloody-garde? Elsewhere, James Yorkston indulges our love of cats, we ponder the impact of social media at Pecha Kucha, and the Cameo's Tim Burton retrospective enters what we reckon to be his golden period.
PICKS O' THE WEEK
Raggle-taggle avant garde merrymakers Neu! Reekie! make their first foray Glasgow way, for which they've managed to convince contemporary Glasgow artist Jim Lambie to open the doors of his self-built wonderland of a poetry club to paying punters for the first time. With them they'll bring a trio of poets (founders Michael Pederson and Kevin Williamson, joined by JL Williams), live music from Edinburgh School for the Deaf, and Lomond Campbell of FOUND, plus live animations from Iain Gardner. And Mr Lambie himself will be presenting some new trinkets and toys for yer magpie eyes.
Fife dweller and sometime Fence Collective dabbler James Yorkston takes to Edinburgh to give his emotionally-charged, autobiographical new album, I Was A Cat From A Book (given a glowing write-up here, and not just for the cute cat artwork) the full band treatment in the suitably grandiouse surrounds of The Queen's Hall. There's even a cat on the poster, predictably winning us over further. Support on the night comes from fellow folkie Kathryn Williams. View the accompanying video for the album here.
Throwing a rather special party for your Saturday eve, evocative Edinburgh trio Hiva Oa (haunting vocals, a fragile sense of meloncholy, and the mourning call of the cello – check) launch their debut LP, The Awkward Hello, Handshake, Kiss, in suitably magical style, taking over the part-venue, part-installation space of Inspace for a night of music, installations and live projections. Tickets include a two-track download EP, with an unreleased Hiva Oa track and a live version of support act Adam Stafford's cover of Daniel Johnston's Blue Clouds.
Pecha Kucha return with another fast-paced and eclectic image-led discussion (y'know the drill: a selection of speakers get a quota of 20 slides, to discuss for just 20 seconds each). Co-inciding with Social Media Week, the handpicked speakers – amongst them comtemporary artist Yan Wang, Lib Dem campaigner Paul McGarry, and doctor of Social Media Jillian Ney – will touch on how social media has impacted on their personal and/or professional life, perhaps helping us fathom just how the frick Facebook amassed 39 million UK users... Book your place here.
Take One Action returns with another thought-provoking programme of films, opening with sobering ecological doc Surviving Progress (pictured), which eloquently asks whether civilisation is doomed due to our current economic, environmental and consumption-drunk madness. You can read our chat with co-director and co-writer Harold Crooks here (who'll also take part in a live Q&A post-screen). It's a striking start to a programme of gems. Full schedule here. Watch the Surviving Progress trailer: here.
VANISHING POINT @ TRAMWAY >>>
Advertisement
Following the world premiere at the 2012 Naples Theatre Festival and a run at the Edinburgh International Festival, award-winning theatre company, Vanishing Point, now bring their controversial production Wonderland home to Glasgow Tramway (22-26 & 29 Sep) – a magical and darkly subversive take on the themes of Alice in Wonderland, examining the attraction of fame and stardom, the desire for something more, and the allure of the erotic. Full details and tickets here.
FOR MORE EVENT DETAILS CLICK HERE
Following last week's flinging open of doors in Glasgow, this week Edinburgh gets in on the Doors Open Day action, with a selection of buildings and venues putting on a little something special for visitors, of particular note being a chance to neb inside the private artists' studios operating out of Summerhall, and the Filmhouse's special schedule of screenings – including a selection of shorts from the Scottish Screen Archive, and a screening of Sylvian Chomet's animated Edinburgh-set gem, The Illusionist (pictured). Full schedule here.
A veritable haven of all things cheap and vintage, Judy's Affordable Vintage Fair returns to its original Edinburgh home at the Drill Hall with a hand-selected jumbo lot of stalls selling all manner of vintage goodies. Offering up old-school threads and accessories for ladies and gents, alongside homewares, collectibles and haberdashery, this edition promises to bring an autumnal feel. We're loath to say it'll be a fine chance to stock up on yer winter woolies, but, well, it'll be a fine chance to stock up on yer winter woolies.
Marking their 21st birthday in rather special fashion, Glasgow Women's Library have commissioned 21 women artists to each make a limited edition fine art print inspired by the library, its archive and rather splendid museum artifact collections (including the Anti-Suffragette Clock, pictured). Opening this Friday, the CCA will showcase the finished body of works, including a pieces by Turner Prize-nominated artist Karla Black. Each limited-edition print will then available to buy, with funds supporting the Library's ongoing work.
The Cameo continue with their comprehensive, mostly-chronological Tim Burton retrospective, which this week enters what is arguably his most golden of periods with screenings of Edward Scissorhands, Batman Returns (just-possibly-maybe the best Batman – argue amongst yourselves), and Ed Wood, with treats still to come of Mars Attacks, Sleepy Hollow, Corpse Bride, and plenty more (full listings here), before ending with a 00:01am screening of Frankenweenie on 17 October.
We end with a bit of a clubbing marathon, as Ashton Lane comes to life for their three-day bank holiday weekender where they'll serve up a cavalcade of exciting new bands and DJs interspersed with a sprinkling of big hitters. Aye, so let's talk names: amongst the line-up will be a headline set from yer men JD Twitch and JG Wilkes (aka Optimo), a live set from Glasgow-based alternative hip-hop duo Hector Bizerk, and local DJ stalwarts Huspuppy, Animal Farm, and Bunty Beats (full line-up here). Go make merry.
Efterklang tickets: Efterklang (pictured) bring their exciting new concert extravaganza to Edinburgh’s Usher Hall next month, incorporating over 1000 sound samples taken from Piramida, a former Russian Settlement in the Arctic, into their set. Win tickets here. Closes 30 Sep.
Free Subculture entry for October: To celebrate their longevity – 18 years and counting – and because they are damn nice folk, we are joining forces to give away two guest list spaces for Subculture for the whole month of October. Closes 30 Sep.
Win a night at a Cocktail Bar: The Skinny and socialandcocktail.co.uk have joined forces to give you the chance to vote for Scotland’s best cocktail, and win a free night out at a cocktail bar, to boot. Closes 30 Sep.
Scotland Loves Anime tickets: Scotland Loves Anime return with their annual film festival celebrating the very best of Japanese animation, and we've got tickets for both Edinburgh and Glasgow screenings along with a load of anime goodies to boot! Closes 30 Sep.
Skinny On Tour: Guess which blue-skied place Skinny reader Bethany is reading her trusty copy of the mag in, and you could win yourself a boozy prize courtesy of our chums at Vino Wines. Closes 30 Sep.
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Neu! Reekie!'s Michael Pedersen and Kevin Williamson
