“It’s superb stuff… To instil mind expansion-type vibes whilst actually being genuinely enjoyable is not an easy task.” – 8 out of 10. Drowned In Sound

You can listen to Jason’s music here by following this link and clicking on the discography:

http://www.thrilljockey.com/artists/?id=12392

There’s also support from Hapsburg Braganza

http://www.myspace.com/hapsburgbraganza

And Adam Parkinson

http://soundcloud.com/glassfacedman

Tickets are £5 on the door or online from

http://www.wegottickets.com/event/91617

Police are appealing for witnesses after a 22-year-old woman was robbed in Newcastle.

It happened at around 12.30am on Saturday, August 7, when the woman was walking along Warwick Street, Sandyford, Heaton, when she was grabbed by a man who has forced her to the ground.

The man has then stolen numerous items of property from the woman. She suffered face injuries and was taken to hospital for treatment.

DC Mick Scott, of Newcastle CID, said: “This incident happened in the early hours of the morning but there still may have been people out and about and I’d urge anyone who was in the area around the time to contact the police.”

Anyone with any information should contact Northumbria Police on 03456 043 043.

Directed by Alan Parker – Part of the Decades of Musicals season

Indulge in an 80’s guilt-free pleasure! American, cheesy, heart-warming, feel good, psychologically simplistic 80’s film to tell us how to realise our dreams.

We sashay into the questionable world of 80s musicals with this tale of unadulterated, grabbing ambition.

Come and remember the leg warmers, remember the routines, remember the songs and, most importantly, remember…my name. Because if they’ve really got what it takes, it’s going to take everything they’ve got.

Star and Shadow Cinema
Stepney Bank, Ouseburn

The following is a statement from Steven Moore, one of the owners of Hyem:

For those who have or haven’t read the Chronicle article in yesterday’s edition,  this is in response. After several phone calls, the Chronicle have admitted that printing the article was unfair. This is due to the zero rating being done prior to our take over and actually when it was called Echo for those who remember those days. We have spent, since taking on the lease, over £5K on works to kitchen alone, along with other things. The Chronicle are now printing a retraction and appology in tonight’s paper (how big this will be remains to be seen) but can only hope this rectifys the situation. Please have a read of what I sent to the chronicle yesterday:

“Myself, my brother (Richard Moore) and mother (Jackie Moore) have recently taken over the lease to this business with great expense. However with nearly 50 years experience within the leisure industry between us believe that we can make this a success and a strength to the community.

Unfortunately when taking over a business we have inherited a zero rating within the kitchen area, however have made leaping improvements to this since the take over, including;

* Meeting with EHO officials to discuss what improvements needed to be made and meeting every criteria.
* Stripping all Kitchen flooring and bench work, cleaning and laying new flooring and benchwork.
* Undergoing full deep cleans on all equiptment remaining in the business.
* Purchasing new fridge freezers to bring to standard.
* Ensured the ‘betterfood safety food doccument provided by the EHO is fully completed and all employees are trained on this before working in the kitchen.
* Food preparation and storage has full operational procedures, are adheared by and are inspected on a regular basis.

Whilst I will agree that standards before our take-over were not to standard, we have worked hard with EHO to make all necessary improvements. I would not have my family come to the business for Sunday roast if it was not to standard. We are due a full inspection from EHO and would only wish that they could have done this earlier to avoid this whole situation, but I can understand that these are only done yearly.

Since taking over the business we have also:

* Worked hard to create the upstairs as a live music venue, attracting such artists as Neil Buchanan from art attack with his band Marseille and Blaze Bayley (Former singer of Iron Maiden).
* Worked strongly with Charles Street Community Centre, providing them with free space for an art gallery for local artists and various performing events.
* Now working with Oxjam for their fund raising event on the 9th of October.

We are wanting not only to create a job for ourselfs but be very much part of Newcastle and Heaton community.

I hope that this will ease your minds and will not deter you from enjoying our food as we strive to meet the highest standards.

As for the Chronicle article this will have done great damage to our business and ask that if you feel right, please forward this to as many people as possible.

WHAT THE PAPERS PRINT IS NOT ALWAYS TRUE!”

For anyone involved in the local music scene, September sees a fantastic opportunity to get information on attending Midem and SXSW, as part of an event hosted by music development agency, Generator.

Damian Baetens, Business Development Director, said: “This event is a great opportunity for bands and businesses from the North East to find out about the world’s largest music conferences. It gives a chance to hear from representatives from both SxSW and MIDEM who can help identify what’s available to people from the region and how to take advantage of what is on offer.

“The advice offered at this briefing is essential to anybody thinking of attending either MIDEM or SxSW and will allow people to pose their questions direct to Una Johnson (SXSW), Javier Lopez (MIDEM) and Phil Patterson (UK Trade and Investment). We’re pleased to be working with UKTI in bringing this briefing to the region as part of our musician and music business support activities.”

Midem which takes place in Cannes in January, ‘brings together the music industry’s influencers and decision makers from across the globe’.  With around 7,000 delegates attending from over 70 countries it provides a fantastic opportunity to network, discuss industry trends and discover new music.

SXSW takes place in March and next year celebrates 25 years of the conference.  Combining the day time Trade Show and the evening showcases – musical acts from around the globe on over eighty stages in downtown Austin – this offers attendees a unique opportunity to mix business with pleasure.

The event at Northern Stage will also see Generator outline their forthcoming plans and offer advice to attendees on how to get involved and make the most of the advice and experience provided by the agency.

Tickets for the event at Northern Stage (Stage 2) on September 1st are free but must be booked in advance by emailing bob@generator.org.uk or by calling  0191 255 4468.  The event runs from 12:30-3:30pm.

Korine’s directorial debut and a cult film following the success of his writing in Larry Clark’s controversial KIDS. Also starring Chloe Sevigny (and Rosario Dawon), GUMMO is a series of seemingly unrelated vignettes depicting the hopeless, nihilistic lives of the residents of a small Ohio town, Xenia, previously stricken by a tornado. A “white trash nightmare” full of ultra-dark realism and positively demented humanism, GUMMO is enthralling and disturbed.

TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35Hg8bIFu-A

Star and Shadow Cinema
Stepney Bank, Ouseburn

The third installment in our HARMONY KORINE RETROSPECTIVE on 35mm print.

JULIEN DONKEY-BOY concentrates on the schizophrenic Julien, played by Scottish actor Ewen Bremner, and his dysfunctional family. The film also stars Chloë Sevigny as Julien’s sister, Pearl, and Werner Herzog as his father. Julien Donkey-Boy is the sixth film to be made under the self-imposed rules of the “Dogme 95″ manifesto, and the first non-European film to be made under the Dogme 95 “vow of chastity”.

TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUS8GGujwro

Star and Shadow Cinema
Stepney Bank, Ouseburn

The second screening in our HARMONY KORINE RETROSPECTIVE:http://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/season/75

Written by Korine in collaboration with his brother Avi, MISTER LONELY follows a young American (Diego Luna) living in Paris and working as a Michael Jackson lookalike. He meets Marilyn Monroe (Samantha Morton), who invites him to her commune in Scotland, where she lives with Charlie Chaplin and her daughter, Shirley Temple. Also featuring a parallel story starring Werner Herzog (who also called Korine “the saviour of American cinema”) and nuns falling from planes (?) soundtracked by Spacemen 3 and Sun City Girls.

If you expect the norm here, then expect disappointment. Expect something different and find a bold little film that is thought-provoking, amusing and, eventually, very eloquent. Fans of early Korine like GUMMO for instance will be pleasantly surprised by the sincerity and weird poignancy that breaks through all the meta and perhaps uncharacteristically clear visual style.

TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ufN1RxFu-4

Star & Shadow Cinema
Stepney Bank, Ouseburn

Kath Bloom (http://www.myspace.com/kathbloomchapter) is some kind of legend, she comes from a special place where country, blues and folk are made beautifully translucent and emotive. Highly regarded but a bit of a mystery. The Connecticut based singer/songwriter has a special gift – her almost supernaturally beautiful, wavering soprano is one that has to be heard.

Kath made some very very limited edition albums in the 70’s and 80’s with the amazingly (and equally dreamlike) guitarist Loren Mazzacane Connors, full of songs that float and melt into the ether. Impossibly beautiful. Just as she was starting to write and release CD-R’s again a couple of decades later, Richard Linklater decided to use her song ‘Come Here’ in his 1995 film ‘Before Sunrise’. Slowly her old recordings and new material have been seeping back into the world. This included a special tribute album by artists such as Josephine Foster, Bill Callahan, Devendra Banhart, Mark Kozelek and Scout Niblet.

?One of the most beautiful singers ever. Heartbreaking.—Devendra Banhart

?A supremely intuitive singer and songwriter . . . . gracefully lilting melodies—Stephen Deusner, Pitchfork

“Kath’s voice is urgent and yet calming – a call of reckoning—Nat Hentoff

?May just be the purest, most natural heir to the literate confessional songwriting of Joni Mitchell’s Blue”—Steven Rosen

?If you’re after some real emotion from one of America’s undiscovered greats then look no further.—Bookmat

Support

Support comes in the form of Richard Dawson and ~~~ respectively. You might remember Newcastle’s lovely and loveable Richard from his appearance on The Culture Show about a year back. If you live in Newcastle you probably already know his stuff and why it’s worth you coming along on the night. If you don’t then please check out his lovely music here and let it make your mind up for you:

http://www.myspace.com/richardmdawson

And there’ll also be support from Kath’s backing band, This Frontier Needs Heroes:
http://www.myspace.com/thisfrontierneedsheroes

Star & Shadow Cinema
Stepney Bank, Ouseburn

Star & Shadow has the Newcastle premier of provoc/auteur Harmony Korine’s TRASH HUMPERS. His latest feature is an excoriating attack on the American Dream that kicks off our Korine retrospective season from September 2nd~16th.
A lo-fi production of white-heat intensity, Korine calls it, “a new type of horror; palpable and raw.” TRASH HUMPERS follows a small gang of sinister ‘elderly’ peeping toms through the shadows of a nightmarishly familiar suburban landscape. Their shocking and sociopathic behaviour makes for unbearably compelling viewing that scorches itself onto the mind’s eye. Challenging and myth-drenched, TRASH HUMPERS is shot entirely in thick and grainy VHS and garnered some hilarious attention at recent film festivals for it’s contentions and heavily transgressive approach.

REVIEWS

‘It’s a fearless soul that makes a film like Trash Humpers’- LITTLE WHITE LIES

“Harmony Korine, a once fashionable indie figure whose star fell after early success with Kids and Gummo, is once again showing some spark: a gadfly who annoys and provokes.” – THE GUARDIAN

TRAILER HERE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQYSRXT3CiU

CLIP HERE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPl-O0Z5hys&feature=player_embedded

COMPETITION:

Submit a 1 minute trailer for one of the suggested titles on VHS (or Hi-8) cassette to Star and Shadow before midnight on 31st August. The films will be judged and all the films will be screened prior to TRASH HUMPERS, with the winning film shown and awarded a bag of Trash Humpers and other goodies.

Choose one of the following concepts taken from Korine’s recent book “A Crackup At The Race Riots” for yr starting point:

1. A Newspaper reporter realizes that his wife has been lying about her age. This makes him wonder what else she has been lying about.

2. A group of adolescent city kids help a crippled veteran buy a chicken ranch.

3. A schoolgirl with a ranch of horses falls in love with an ageing paediatrician.

4. A former prostitute with a low IQ poisons her priest.

5. An alcoholic tap dancer is rehabilitated.

6. A gangster flees to Alaska in search of gold.

7. A grumpy nanny goes fishing one day and discovers a dead body at the bottom of the lake.

8. A prostitute decides to run for mayor.

9. A schoolteacher takes her class to Israel where they spend time on a kibbutz picking dates and planting corn.

10. A former drug dealer decides that he wants to become a professional basketball player.

11. A paralysed mentalist turned ivory trader takes revenge on his cheating wife.

12. A young rabbinical student decides to help save the rain forest.

13. A troubled playboy decides to overthrow the government.

14. Two children find a dead body in the woods.

15. A gay man gets hit by a car and no-one cares.

16. A famous fashion designer has a nervous breakdown after the president is assassinated.

17. A has-been opera singer is stalked by a chinese immigrant.

18. A dentist finds a hundred thousand dollars in the crevice of a cello.

19. A communist nurse decides to write a play.

20. A former Nazi seeks refuge in a small Mexican town.

Star and Shadow Cinema
Stepney Bank, Ouseburn