HowDo?! Magazine May 2012

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I’ve been feeling the spring lately, walking the woods picking wild garlic leaves for salad, checking for deer and bluebells, enjoying the light.

And hearing the words Bradford spring bandied about. Making me wonder whether the surprise election of a celebrity socialist will make any difference, apart from causing other politicians to hastily jump on the Odeon bandwagon. And whether HowDo?! is part of the current Bradford resurgence.

Yes to the latter, and that’s as far as I’m going.

We HowDo-ers have also been wondering.. how far should HowDo?! go? So I’m throwing it open.

In April’s issue we interviewed George Galloway, after asking Bradfordians what questions to put to him. It can’t have been the worst interview this colourful politician has faced.

Afterwards a contributor withdrew his services, saying: “Howdo?! is largely an excellent mag but it should stick to what it does best i.e. arts and culture, and stay out of politics.”

So - how far should HowDo?! go?

Another contributor said: “I have huge issues with the council and the nature of the regeneration failures.. a hideous arrogance and ignorance on the part of our local and national elites.. the negative critical tone is a difficult one to include. What attracted me to HowDo?! was the sense of a vehicle for the discovery of art and beauty in Bradford .…. HowDo?! loses credibility including satire - that casts the city in a bad light at the expense of space for art, artists, positive change etc. For me it’s wasted print in a magazine like HowDo?!”

One had a pithier point: “Surely to ignore the negative at this point in history is to struggle against reality somewhat?”

And Steelo said: “There’s only millimetres between a smile and a snarl. As writers we have an opportunity to really do something different here and I think we should grab it and relish it. One of the contributing poets said he loves the magazine and that it’s ‘changed the way he thinks and feels about Bradford’. We are doing it.”

HowDo?! remains a cultural publication, but I think you can’t separate art and culture from life. If you do, you stop reflecting reality and risk becoming a curiosity, a blinkered publication, rather than a living changing growing mag full of diverging opinions.

We welcome opinions on our beautifully diverse city, and HowDo?! Tell us, should we write exclusively about arts/ culture? In our recent Facebook survey 77% of respondents said we should mainly cover arts and culture, but also include some social and political debate – do you agree?

So, HowDo?! – how the heck are you? what have you got to say?

Let us know, at www.facebook.com/howdomagazine ? or bradford@howdomagazine.co.uk or HowDo?! 42 Westgate, Shipley BD18 3QX And here’s one way of doing it with a laugh: www.uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Bradford_Urban_Garden

Rob Walsh, Guest Editor

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We are blessed to share a birthday with three other inspiring organisations this month: NowThen Magazine; Sheffield’s cultural magazine [for and by the people] are celebrating four years promoting the arts and independent trade in South Yorkshire. Their guidance during the development of HowDo?! has been priceless. They are having a big party to celebrate at THE RIVERSIDE on Sunday 6 May. ROSE & BROWN; a vintage boutique shop in Saltaire are an awesome 5 years old! They are having a ‘vintage soiree’ on Saturday 12th May so get your nice clobber on and show your support for this independently owned retailer.

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The SPARROW is having its birthday party on Sunday 27 May. Thank you. To everyone who has believed in HowDo?! And Happy Birthday!!!

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Campaigner for the Bradford Odeon Jim Mitcham has written to the Homes and Communities Agency to point out why they can’t hand over this iconic building over to the developers, Langtree.

We thought you might be interested in reading his letter, which has interesting suggestions about how this major Bradford asset with so much potential got where it is today - sheeted over, perhaps never to be seen again. At the time of printing Jim had yet to receive a reply.

If demolition was to start, behind that sheeting, would we be told?

With thanks to www.cityoffilm.co.uk

Dear Sir/Madam Former Odeon cinema site, Bradford I am writing to complain about the way that the due diligence process in respect of the potential sale of the above site is being handled, and the manner in which your agency is failing to follow guidelines issued by the government.

Following recent correspondence between representatives of the popular campaign to save this important community asset and your agency, several details have emerged: That, contrary to an earlier media statement you made (and continue to make on a special page on your website) the development agreement that you inherited from Yorkshire Forward with Langtree Artisan is not legally binding since clause 2.2 allows you, the owner, to cancel the agreement by giving written notice to the other party.

That your agency claims such a cancellation of contract would incur unnecessary costs. Specifically, you have stated that the developer is likely to sue for an earlier breach of the agreement by Yorkshire Forward having declined to sign the section 106 agreement within the 3 year Conditional Period laid out in the contract.

That a company called Morphe, based in Little Germany, Bradford has been present (the implication being that they were there on behalf of Langtree PLC) at at least one meeting where the proposed development was discussed.

That the directors of Morphe are listed as being Terry Hodgkinson, former director of Yorkshire Forward, Steven Talboys and Yaseen Mohammed, former heads of Bradford centre regeneration departments for Bradford Council.

That at least one of the above claims on their publicly available CV that they joined Morphe whilst still employed in a public body that was dealing directly with this case.

That all have apparently failed to declare a pecuniary interest in the contract going ahead, which would be in breach of the law and from which they stand to benefit financially.

That the failure by Yorkshire Forward to sign the section 106 agreement within the 3 year conditional period was the ultimate responsibility of the director of the agency, Terry Hodgkinson, who now apparently seeks to make personal gain from the development going ahead.

In addition to your apparent failure to properly consider the above in your due diligence process, and specifically whether the law has been broken in the process of this development scheme that you inherited, the nature of my complaint also covers the manner in which your agency has failed to follow the direction given to it by the government following the breakup of the RDAs. It is my understanding that assets transferred to your agency from the RDA Yorkshire Forward were done so with the intent to shift regeneration focus to allow greater input from local business and communities where the project resides. As you will be well aware, there is a longstanding community objection to the scheme currently underway and the overwhelming wish of the community is for as much as possible of the existing building to be retained or ideally restored. To this end, various financially viable alternatives have been made known to you but you have consistently refused to acknowledge them. This is I believe in breach of your constitutional duty as a public agency.

As a final complaint, I regard the notion that the proposed development must go ahead, since to cancel the contract, as you are legally entitled to do, may trigger a claim for compensation regarding a possible earlier breach, as being offensive at best, for several reasons: It implies that a publicly funded body is being held to ransom by a private developer, and that the public body is yielding to these threats. This sets a precedent for future conduct and is contrary to the principles of responsibility with public money.

If there is a valid claim that could be made against your agency by any third party, this should be taken as part of your duty to act responsibly and accounted for as a separate issue, not be allowed to be a mitigating factor in any other decision made.

I await your acknowledgement of this complaint, and reply by email would be satisfactory.

Regards Jim Mitcham

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By the time you read this, Bradford Bulls and professional Rugby League in Bradford may no longer exist. If this happens, perhaps it’s just another stumble on a path that has rarely been smooth for the club. This time, though, the Bulls might just disappear for good.

Founded in the 1860s and joining the Northern Union - the original name for Rugby League - at the time of the creation of the professional code in 1895, the club has suffered near-death experiences twice before.

In 1907 they were left homeless when soccer was installed at their Horton Park Avenue base. A side-effect of this was that they picked up the ‘Northern’ name to show they were still playing Northern Union. In 1963 the heart actually stopped beating for half a season as they were forced to withdraw from the league for financial reasons. Both times they returned to struggle for decades before achieving success, and the roller-coaster ride for my father’s generation can be epitomised by two Odsal crowds of which he was part – 102,569 in 1954 for a Challenge Cup Final replay, then just 324 in 1963, shortly before the club went bust. However, for over a century, regardless of the level of crowds, this modest team with occasional spells of success was woven into the fabric of working-class Bradford life.

If this year’s Good Friday encounter with Leeds really was the last big derby at Odsal, the team’s demise will leave a hole in more people’s lives today than in 1963, as over 20,000 passionate supporters created a charged atmosphere. One chant stood out amidst all this: the same chant that made me fall in love with the ‘Bulls’ concept, after some hand-wringing about the betrayal of tradition and the iconic ‘Northern’ name. It went, “We love you Bradford, we do…”

I heard this at full volume at Wembley in 1996. That first year of Super League was also a year after the Manningham riots, which had seemed the tipping point when Bradford’s economic decline and social unease began to run out of control. Even to a Bradfordian, Bradford seemed like an unlovable place, yet here were tens of thousands of people proclaiming their love!

What had changed, with the adoption of the ‘Bulls’ name, was the embracing of summer rugby and the kind of total entertainment pioneered by (of all teams!) Keighley. It seemed to be the opening up of a sense of infinite possibility. That trip to Wembley, the club’s first in over twenty years, made real the sense that a brash kind of achievement was still possible to counterbalance the gloom over the city. Even though the result was a narrow defeat, it foreshadowed an era of unprecedented success.

Thereafter, the Bulls’ Rugby League success and City’s progress to the Premiership were not just matters of sporting satisfaction, but also beacons of hope for Bradford. When the Bulls adopted the muchmocked nickname of ‘the people’s team’ there were overtones of absurdity and arrogance, but beneath the fireworks and ticker tape, there was real substance. Generations of families packed Odsal, as well as Valley Parade during the club’s two-year exile for ground improvements that never materialised, and travelled in numbers throughout the country, making the many cup final appearances into spontaneous carnivals.

That this substance, and the place of the Bulls at the heart of Bradford life, endures is demonstrated by the current rallying round of supporters, concerned Bradfordians and the Rugby League community during the club’s current financial woes. Why have things gone so wrong that the Bulls need this? That’s another argument, but the important thing must be to ensure that a rare recent Bradford success story does not end in failure, further encouraging doom-mongers.

As I write, over £500,000 has been raised or pledged, mostly from ordinary fans. The most likely route to reach the million pounds the club claims it needs will probably be a donation from a wealthy individual, consortium or business. That seems the way of professional sport today, but it would be invaluable if the spirit shown by Bradfordians could convert the Bulls to a true people’s team, with fans making a real contribution toward a reinvigorated, successful club.

Community clubs exist in Rugby League and lower level British football, but none approach the scale of the Bulls, and it is probably not a realistic option. The full community concept may be unachievable or incompatible with success, but it would be a shame to waste the momentum and collective spirit that has given the club a possibility of survival that seemed unlikely a few weeks ago. However, once upon a time, channelling the Chicago Bulls’ professionalism at Odsal appeared a pipe dream. Maybe it’s time to dream again – that we could bring Barcelona FC’s blend of success and communitarianism to Bradford!

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by Jay Turner

It’s going to be a special centenary year for Baildon RUFC, as the Bradford Club heads to Twickenham in May. Formed in 1912, the club originally struggled to find a stable home, until a permanent ground was found when the club moved to Jenny Lane and purchased land there in the 1960s. With open moorland and rolling countryside surrounding the pitches it’s the perfect setting for the success of recent years.

In the summer of 2010 Baildon managed to secure the services of head coach David “Dux” Duxbury. Dux inherited a mainly young/home grown squad of players and his influence has vastly improved the club’s on-field performances. Baildon are hoping to finish their 2011/12 season in style, when they compete in a national cup at Twickenham on 5 May. Despite their success Baildon Rugby Club remains impressively community-focused. The Club is avidly dedicated to the Mini/Junior and youth teams, providing rugby for all ages and abilities. With an infrastructure, development plan and coaching structure in place, and the local community behind Baildon RUFC, the future looks bright for this Bradford rugby club.

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aKi nawaz TaLKs TO JanE sTEELE Straight away I felt the most extraordinary mixture emanating from this Bradford-born, internationally-minded man: gentleness and strength in equal measure. He is that rarest thing in this age of blandification: an authentic, fearless voice.

music:

My musical landscape stretches from the beginnings of punk in Bradford.

Me and Barry were the main instigators of Southern Death Cult. Buzz joined and that was Violation. Then we lost singer Mick Brady – ‘Oxfam Harry’ – and then we came across Ian [Astbury, latterly of the Cult and the reformed Doors, taking Jim Morrison’s role]. He’d come to see a Crass gig I was promoting at the Italian club on Leeds Road, and that’s when I first met him. Then he lived at New Model Army’s semi-squat in West Bowling where we rehearsed. Then Buzz saw Ian dancing at a club, and it all clicked. After that I moved to London and got involved in a lot of anarchic, global music. We created Nation Records, with the cream of the Asian underground - Talvin Singh, Asian Dub Foundation, Natasha Atlas. We had a wealth of people, like Youth from Killing Joke: creative people who wanted to be free. Out of that came Fun-Da-Mental; we did a few albums, travelled the world. South Africa was incredible, as were Australia and New Zealand, hanging out with the Aborigines and Maoris.

Because we were so political, wherever we went we would hang out with the fringes of society. So we always mixed with alternative people. They have this great human spirit.

Js: What would you say to a 15 year-old making music now? an: Make sure you create a passion in your music. You can always smell

dishonesty. You can always smell the manufacturing of music. Always create something original. Don’t copy. Be something original and it will come through.

cLass, POLiTics and THE PEOPLE: Js:

I read a fantastic quote about the ‘pasty tax’ via poet Dave Barlow: “I don’t think there’ll ever be a brie and avocado panini tax. I swear, if shit were worth money, the poor would be born without an arsehole”. [the last bit, I’ve since found out, comes from Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez - JS].

an: That’s the problem: the political establishment, not just in England

but everywhere. There seems to be this bizarre monster at work. I think it’s doing a lot of damage to human beings in general. Don’t see good people as weak just because they’re not powerful or they don’t have that massive ‘Terminator’ attitude. I think we’ve started to say, “he’s a nice guy, he’s an idiot”.

Js: And in the North, the word “soft” is an insult, isn’t it? an: Yes. We’re the ones portraying these false models of what a human

being should be. I think we’ve got to readdress many issues.

racE:

The first band I ever saw live was the Sex Pistols. So an Asian guy going to Keighley to watch the Sex Pistols in that atmosphere... It was mainly from skinheads and the National Front, who were very active.. There used to be a lot of violence at Southern Death Cult gigs, not from us but from Nazi skinheads, but we had a great multicultural brother and sisterhood of punks who were above all that. Skinheads would obviously see me as the only Black or Asian person there, and they’d go for me and then suddenly band members or fans would stick up for us. Southern Death Cult wasn’t anything to do with violence. There wasn’t this machismo around.

Js: One thing I enjoyed about that Make Bradford British documentary was the unflinching airing of racist language, because a reluctance to hear those terms can be more about middle-class squeamishness than a genuine desire to solve the underlying issues. an: Let’s get it out in the open. Let’s talk about it. We have to. For me, Make Bradford British was absolutely fantastic - there were a lot of things in there which still exist, that poison has spread to even within our own communities. The poison of racism and colour racism is inside the Asian community against, maybe, the Afro-Caribbean community.

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localLEgEnd Js: And within the Afro-Caribbean community you’ve got shadeism, light-skinned to dark-skinned. an: I wouldn’t mind asking racists to actually voice their opinion.

Give a platform, then challenge the platform, talk to them, do it through the media, through anywhere. Don’t stop them talking.

Let them talk. Because once you engage them, through dialogue and discussion we can actually challenge their small thoughts.

I think society might then change to say ‘if you’re racist, you actually are stupid’. Because some people think it’s justified to be racist. Some of the political parties, even the bigger ones, the ones that claim they’re not racist, what comes out of their policies and their rhetoric is all racism.

gaLLOwaY:

The people of Bradford have given him a mandate and he must deliver or the Bradford Spring could turn itself on him. I like him as an outspoken, out-of-the-box politician and his honesty in presenting his case through his words is very strong. There was a rejection of mainstream politicians and parties and that’s always an interesting and reassuring sign, unless it’s the BNP!

rigHT nOw:

I’ve been doing political documentaries but I’ve started to do the new Fun-Da-Mental album, a massive change of direction. I’d also like to make a really edgy film about growing up in Bradford.

I really hope he makes that film. If you would like to, please check out Southern Death Cult’s ‘Fat Man’ on YouTube, especially the lyrics. The grainy, black and white live version is the rawest and the best, with Astbury in the baseball hat.

Every bent banker should have it played to them at full volume until they shout for their mothers

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bratfudOuTLOOK aLLiancEs, arrEsTs, and cHanging PErcEPTiOns inTErViEw BY racHEL KaYE Chris Howson is city centre priest for Bradford, faith advisor to the University, political activist, Bradford advocate, author of a Just Church, father and husband. Whilst waiting to chat with him I snooped around the books in his office in Desmond Tutu House and found books on black theology, feminism, anarchist theology. I was reminded that nothing about this place is typical.

cH: Yes but it’ll always be their loss. If we are actually going to change the way this government organises itself and the way society is run then you have to build as many alliances and allegiances as you can and not want to put everyone down.

rK:

My impression is that it’s very important to you to be overtly inclusive of LGBT Christians. Why is that so?

cH: Because Jesus is very inclusive and the church should

be very inclusive. In a time when the church is seen as quite bigoted and homophobic it’s really important. It’s a real privilege to work with that community. I look forward to conducting gay marriages in churches in my lifetime.

rK: How long have you been in the city? cH: Since 1989. I worked as a social worker

before training to be a priest. From the moment I walked into Bradford I fell in love with it, with the people, the architecture, the sense of culture, it’s just a wonderful city.

rK: What does your role as city centre priest involve? cH: Firstly, to develop worship space for people who

wouldn’t traditionally go to church, particularly younger people. We’ve set up Soul Space, which meets at the German church, and Just Space, for people to get into peace and social justice issues.

Desmond Tutu House is a unique experiment in the Anglican Church; it provides space for community groups and activists who are trying to improve the world and society. Lots of organisations meet here, we have the non-violence centre, the Treehouse cafe and the headquarters of the regional CND. I hope this place will always be a base or a springboard for young people being passionate about the world around them, a place where people can feel empowered.

The other side of my job is to look at ways the city centre can either be improved, or ways the church can support initiatives, getting involved in campaigns, working with the refugee and asylum-seeking communities, through projects like City of Sanctuary, and setting up things like Bradford Street Angels.

rK: Can you tell me a bit more about how the Angels started? cH: The perception was that Bradford was unsafe on a Friday and a

Saturday night. From the statistics we knew that wasn’t so, so we were trying to reassure people and encourage them to use the city centre.

If we find vulnerable people we make sure they’ve got a safe passage.

Mostly we smile at people, encourage people to have a good night out.

I was told it couldn’t happen, not enough people cared for it to work and I knew that wasn’t the case. The project’s still running five years on, with a marked impact on the city centre, the crime statistics prove that. I just like projects that change perceptions of our city.

rK: What I’ve picked up from you is that you don’t see religion and politics as divorced, that they run into each other? cH: No, they’re both completely intertwined. Hopefully most politicians want to make the world a better place and my hope is that most people involved in spirituality want to make the world a better place. Our relationships with the world should be about making it a better place, recognising that most of the world is still struggling with poverty and if the church isn’t involved then it’s not doing its job properly. rK: What’s your take on direct action? cH: I think when governments don’t listen we have to put our bodies

in the way of evil policies, so I’ve been arrested six times over the last ten years, mostly against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan or against the madness of spending on nuclear weaponry.

rK: Do you ever find yourself in conflict with those who don’t want anything to do with you because you represent organised religion?

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rK: If someone had a day in Bradford what would you tell them to do and why? cH:

A walk round the Victorian heritage of the city is always lovely.

Go to Little Germany. I like the social history here, like Lister Mills and the strike in 1890 which led to the formation of the independent Labour party. Or Hanover Square, go see the house where the feminist socialist Margaret McMillan lived, who set up the first school meals in the country. And Goitstock Waterfall, near Harden.

rK: What challenges do you think the city faces? cH: The public spending cuts mean that Bradford

will struggle economically over the next couple of years. It’s a poor city with some really strong optimistic bits. There are a lot of people very proud of the city, who want to recognise that the diversity of the culture here is our strength. And particularly the Pakistani community born in Bradford, who are invested heavily in the city.

rK: If you could wave a magic wand how would you change Bradford? cH: Properties empty for over five years would be converted using

state money to housing co-operatives. There’s enough accommodation around Bradford to share, but lots of empty and wasted buildings.

TLmc, uniVErsiTY Of BradfOrd and faBric PrEsEnT sOund and imagE

Reviewed by Michael Metcalfe We begin tonight’s event with a trio of pieces by Gareth S. Brown, playing alongside some Starevich stop-animated shorts. His work takes cues from Reich, Messiaen and Yann Tiersen and listeners are left to assume that his orchestral synthesizer sounds are intended as succedanea for their ‘real’ equivalents. Saying that, his compositions are pleasingly melodious and wellpaced. Certainly they could work well as the soundtrack to something, though no meaningful effort has been put into making them synchronize with the projected films. If anything, the animations are just something to look at while a guy sits and plays ‘synthonic’ music with a keyboard and laptop, and it’s all over before we get even half-way into the second film.

They say that the older you get, the more your experience of time speeds up. If this is the case, Bridget Hayden’s songs almost sound like rock music as experienced from inside the womb – hyper-slow, inexplicable, ominous, echoey and dense as hell. Or to put it another way: she plays guitar and sings, using a ton of delay and reverb and grave tempi to create immersive, expressive, sorrowful, glistering sound-worlds. If other reviewers have avoided using the word glacial they are better writers than I. I enjoyed her set, though it probably ended at the right time: interest around the rest of the room was regrettably beginning to wane towards the end.

‘sOVEgna VOs a TEmPs dE ma dOLOr. POi s’ascOsE nEL fOcO cHE gLi affina.’ a LOVE sOng BY dicK sTOnE Last night exhausted, Weak and battered as a cod in chip shop sauce, I listened to the haunting songs we love of course.

Sublime amongst the music and the realization . . . that ghosts, laid out, shall never rest; Thankfully I’m a masochist.

To wreckless arms that held the violin,

A kind of slow-building spectral piece, then, punctuated by the pulse of a slow moving train and irrhythmically looped touches of electric piano - Ithaca Trio and Gareth S. Brown don’t wait for any announcements before beginning their set, accompanying Eoin Shea’s film piece - something involving reprocessed bits from Tarkovsky’s Stalker. Over time a soupy drone emerges, growing to eventually overwhelm all else.

To manners lost amongst the microphone,

Then they switch off the tracks one by one, like a chef giving you the recipe after a meal, and we go home.

We took the yellow smoke between our lips and rolled,

To Sapphic arms left long ago amongst the throng, I no longer belong . . .

The motley crowd inside is lulled.

PaLacE Of Off-LicEncE Artistic Off-Licence is a Keighley group who, in their own words, ‘.. got together to stick it to The Man’. What they’re also doing is creating an exciting and different exhibition space in Keighley town centre. Over 20 people have given up their time to turn the former Specsaver’s shop at the Airedale Shopping Centre, ‘..into a palace for their artwork’.

Their first exhibition runs 5 May to 17 June, with painting, print, photography, video installation, sculpture, jewellery and original art accompanied by music, dance and performance art from local community groups.

They say; “We want to draw as many people into our exhibition as possible, so we’ve made the gallery welcoming and inviting. It’s two rooms; the first themed around a Victorian parlour, complete with a ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’, the second a modern white cube. It’s completely free of charge, and the art is for sale.”

KEn sParnE: ‘a HEaLing wind’

by Steve Hanson

There was a memorial for Ken Sparne at The Sparrow Bier Cafe in March. Ken worked in arts education in Bradford, wrote poetry, and was a massive fan of Godard and Wenders. We heard a fantastic recording of Allen Ginsberg, reading his Poem Around the Greek Jukeboxes, described by Jeff Nuttall in his landmark Bomb Culture as ‘the first healing wind on a very parched collective mind’.

Ken often discussed the ‘us and them’ situation of the essentially still-Edwardian social setting prior to the 1960s.

Ken was also involved with After The Break, set up to connect the arts and regeneration in Bradford. In this role, Ken once suggested the inner ring road be altered, and a park be built in the centre of Bradford. Many years and millions of pounds later, Ken’s advocacy arrived. Whether he would have approved of its exact form or not, we may never know.

Ken’s work and his humanist, humorous, generous poetry, remain something we can draw on. Our parched collective minds still need the kind of healing Ken provided.

Turn OVEr TO sEE sTEVE HansOn TaKing a LOOK aT BradfOrd arT cOLLEgE during THE LaTEr 1900s, as a radicaL fOrcE in THE arT wOrLd.

The lamb’s lane winding crooked by, (is dulled).

I’m unfulfilled.

A restless one night cheap hotel, Becomes . . . the warmest, kindest hell.

‘Via Dolorosa’ We held it in our hands, At the kind old devil’s hall, And sensibly we passed it on.

I carried hazel on my back, Painting shadows in th’ cellar black.

You were given fruit and I refused to eat.

The yellow smoke, the crooked talking cat, The silver platter, the gentle hatter, With an iron crown of nails . . . a trick that looked too comfortable.

In her room she comes and goes, Now thinking . . . Oberammergau.

Sweet circle dare I eat this fruit?

Shall I seek the mirror and the eyes that see me best?

Shall I dare to talk of it?

Do I know its name?

These secrets known . . . can I ever tell?

The simple fact of revelation, Leading to a private devastation, (meaning subject to evaporation) Would tear down the walls to this private plantation Where I am enslaved by a simple, never ending reflection.

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OOsELY BOund zinE ExTraVaganza

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In the beginning there was an abandoned store in the heart of Bradford.

And the store was called Zavvi.

Now Zavvi was without form and void, darkness was over the surface of the empty record racks, and the spirit of Fabric hovered over the manky old carpet.

And Fabric said: ‘Let us have this empty space! Now!’ And Fabric made a deal with the landlord. And Bradford Council also saw it was good and heeded the call for funding.

And Fabric saw the space was huge, and called in volunteers to paint and clean. And Fabric said: ‘Let there be a gallery and picnic area on the upper floor, and a hand-made art and craft emporium on the ground floor.’

And Fabric said: ‘Let us open on March 24, and let the space attract visitors, money-bearing customers, and let there be a zine fair on the upper floor.’

And it came to pass that a raggle-taggle bunch of misfits named Loosely Bound was created. And thus it was that the Loosely Bound Zine Extravaganza grew into a full-blown major event.

And Loosely Bound said: “Let the zine fair bring forth all manner of DIY publications: zines, artist books, pamphlets and comics, prints and posters according to their kind.” Fruits of many labours from Lots of Laughs, Rachel Kaye, Melanie Maddison, the Print Project, Sheer Wonder Press, No Hands and HowDo?! Caribou Caravan from Nottingham, Project Babe from Huddersfield, Hotspur House and Friends from Manchester and many more.

And Loosely Bound said: “Let there be workshops for children, so they may learn how to make a zine; and a workshop for grown-ups to learn how to make simple books.”

And people came to gaze in awe. And some said: “What’s a zine?” And Jean McEwan gushed forth: “Zines are do-it-yourself magazines or booklets which are independently published, often in small numbers. They are made for love, not money.”

Now it came to pass that a great event was also taking place in City Park. The sun shone, the square was filled with folk splashing in the huge water feature, and as evening came, many thousands lifted their eyes to the heavens to gaze at grand fireworks.

And Fabric, Loosely Bound and anyone else who had the energy, went t’pub.

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nTE KIRKGATE CENTRE, SHIPLEY

Ante is a free weekend event in Shipley, coinciding with May Day and building on the history of that moment of social struggle and change.

It’s about the person we were until we became buried by work - or increasingly, no work - by shopping, debts, television and the strains of modern life. It’s a day when we remind ourselves that a life promised for tomorrow is a life robbed of today.

Ante is from the Latin word for ‘before’ and focuses on the meeting point of politics and culture - and the politics of cultural production.

It’s an exhibition, bookfair, gig and programme of workshops, with local and international contributors - Leeds Surrealist Group, Caged Bird Club, The 1in12 Club, Black Dogs, Chto Delat?, Bristow & Lloyd, Ultimate Holding Company, Loosely Bound, Ricky Adam, Salford Zine Library, The Print Project, Seth Tobocman and many more.

Saturday 5th May: Ante-BOOKFAIR 10am-4pm Ante-EXHIBITION 10am-4pm Ante-MUSIC with Hagman, McWatt, Pifco and No Hands DJs 8-11.30pm Sunday 6th May: Ante-ART FACTORY 10am-4pm Get messy making your own £25 million masterpiece in our Ante-Art Factory - screen-printing, letterpress, photocopier or pens, paper and bits of tape. And child friendly activities.

Ante-EXHIBITION 10am-4pm

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PErfOrmancE and PranKs BradfOrd’s PricELEss arT scHOOL TradiTiOns Elsewhere in this issue, I reported on a recent memorial for Ken Sparne at The Sparrow Bier Cafe in Bradford. Here I want to sketch in some more of the history of the Bradford Art School innovators. Of course, David Hockney is the most visible figure on the media landscape to have emerged from Bradford School of Art, famously being denied a degree, eventually painting his own certificate. But Hockney has been thoroughly covered elsewhere, and there is an equally rich history of arts and counterculture, strongly associated with the art school, which is much less well-known.

A good place to start is the publication of Jeff Nuttall’s Bomb Culture in 1968. Questions were asked in parliament about this iconic text, which joined the dots between the beat writers, Jazz, CND protests and the emerging ‘hippy’ cultures in London. Not long after it emerged Jeff left the burgeoning London counterculture to live in Bradford. I interviewed him in 2001, and asked him why he moved ‘up north’ from London in the early 1970s. He told me: ‘Rod Carmichael gave me a job at Bradford College of Art. The north was marvellously unhip. I thought for a while of taking a busload of miners from Emley Moor Club to a Hyde Park rock concert, with wives and kids, brass band and crates of ale. All I ever did was sell tripe and sausage sandwiches at Edinburgh Arts Lab.’ I once read that Jeff burned copies of Bomb Culture on the fire in his Bradford flat during the winter to keep warm, and so I asked him if this was true. Jeff cleared this up at once, simultaneously illuminating the fabricated nature of some of his biographical monologues: ‘No. I burned over a hundred paintings and three novels on the lawn of my London house around 1964, or was it ‘63?’ The conversation then turned to Jeff’s disillusionment with the counterculture. He told me, ‘I belonged to this tradition, helped initiate it, saw in 1972 or so that it had been completely contained by consumer capitalism, and now, when I see strains of it in political correctness, feminism, Saatchi, Mandelson and the Millenium Dome, I detest it. Thus I hide in timewarp places.’

Jeff’s attitude to women was mixed at best, but his insight into ‘the happening’ - essentially the development of multi-media via Allan Kaprow – was interesting. For Jeff, the whole project ended up being co-opted into mainstream political rhetoric and commerce, instead of creating a social revolution. Places like Bradford provided a refuge for Jeff in the face of that realisation.

Performance-based art saturated the Bradford School during the 1960s and 70s: The Cyclamen Cyclists rode cyclamencoloured bikes in cyclamen-coloured overalls, while Nuttall’s People Show and The John Bull Puncture Repair Outfit sent up Empire Britain, which was only just falling into the sea. This irreverence towards stuffy Englishness, mixed with dada and surrealism, was used in a much more mainstream way by Monty Python’s Flying Circus. This is a key point to make here, these were not just ‘alternative’ cults being nurtured in Bradford, they were connected to wider cultural discourses in Britain.

Figures such as Jeff Nuttall and Albert Hunt were key to this.

I spoke to Alan Marx, who taught in the print department at Bradford for many years. He explained that Roland Miller was key to the Cyclamen Cyclists, along with Shirley Cameron, and that Al Beech was also part of the scene. Beech continued to do very extraordinary solo performances well into the 1980s. Alan explained that ‘post-dada’ is an appropriate characterisation of much of this activity. Alan was largely responsible for setting up the Print Workshop as a community resource, alongside Gerard McClaughlin, who came over from Ireland around 1975. Alan began working at the school in 1970. Robert Galeta then arrived as a student, in the autumn of 1975. Robert explained that during the ‘75-6 year, teachers at Bradford included Joe Dolan, Bill Gainham and Anthony Earnshaw, with the regular visiting lecturers Don McCullin and Adrian Henri. An Anthony Earnshaw retrospective is currently at Cartwright Hall. Robert Galeta then returned to Bradford as a lecturer, after completing his PhD, which included studies at Paris VIII with Gilles Deleuze, and at the Ecole Normale des Hautes Etudes with Tzvetan Todorov and Pierre Vidal-Naquet. He encountered Derrida in France, and later translated Cinema Volume 2 by Deleuze.

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So Galeta and Marx were plugging into other energy circuits too, visiting bohemian circles in London and Paris, and taking this energy back north.

One wider set of connections were the printmakers and teachers from Saint Martins, who used to meet at The Queen’s Elm on Fulham Road every Friday. The Elm had been a literary pub in the 50s and still had book covers on the walls in the 70s and 80s. The Queen’s Elm is on the corner of the street where Chelsea Arts Club is, so there was a sense of continuity with an older Chelsea, when there were artists and artisans.

An incredible counter-cultural map begins to emerge at this point, a crossroads, where highly influential European post-structuralist thinking met head-on with countercultural arts practices, which also trace their roots back to European Modernism. This mix of innovative theoretical positions, wedded to open, plural arts practices, still characterises the art school to this day.

There have been ruptures though, which often played out against the wider changing social landscapes of the country. For instance, I spoke to ex-Bradford College lecturer Colin Lloyd, who explained the role of Dusty Rhodes in the Bradford socialist theatre group The General Will. Colin explained that in the 1980s ‘there was a split, and a move away from a general focus on class, towards more specific groupings, lesbian, gay, feminist, asian youth, etc.’ Colin argued that ‘the General Will empowered its audience, who then took over the company, which in a way highlights the shift from the politics of class identification, to fragmented identity politics.’ Despite these shifts, a clear lineage of political engagement can be traced through all these projects in Bradford.

Robert Galeta still teaches at Bradford School of Art, although Alan Marx has now retired. Among more recent staff are the innovative artist Simon Ford, a member of the Bradford Grid Project, and Wendy Frith, part of the punk scene in the late 70s, and a friend of The Mekons.

Paul Holmes has an archive of material by Bob Cobbing, Diz Willis and Lol Coxhill. Paul made music and wrote scripts for performances with all of them. He and Diz Willis also made records, and he showed me a photograph of himself in a kind of Clockwork Orange get-up, with a purple phallus, alongside Diz Willis, in full Bonzo Dog jungle attire.

There is a lineage of innovation and resistance at the college, which could only really happen in Bradford. The art school is just out of the spotlight enough to create its own ethos, and it is one which draws its energies from powerful sources. I feel incredibly privileged to have been taught by some of these people, and to have worked with them later. I now understand that the unique and priceless experience I had at Bradford School of Art as a student radiated out of cultural and political tension lines. As we move into the future, this lineage is in danger of being broken once again, unless a younger generation takes on the work of re-figuring the task for the present day: ‘Lotta Continua’, as the Italian Operaismo movement used to say.

Steve Hanson

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VIBRANT ASIAN DANCE & MUSIC EVENTS at Kala Sangam as part of Big Dance Yorkshire Saturday 5th May: Saturday 9th June: Saturday 14th July:

Jhalla and Jathi Ekalya and Kathakbox Shades of Love

Event times: Doors open: 6pm. Talk starts: 6.30pm.

Performances start: 7pm.

All events include an introductory talk by Kala Sangam CEO, Dr Geetha Upadhyaya Jhalla and Jathi: Introductory talk + Double bill of artists presented by The Academy of Performing Arts.

Includes a sitar recital by classical sitarist, Mick Taylor and Bharatanatyam performance by Pallavi Saran Gujral, with live musical accompaniment by Jyotsna Srikanth (violin), Kuppuswamy Venkateshwaran (vocals) and Ramamoorthy Sriganesh (mridangam).

Ekalya and Kathakbox: Introductory talk + Double bill of Ekalya (classical) and Kathakbox (contemporary) with dancers from Sonia Sabri Company. Kathakbox is an exciting production, blending the precise grace and vigour of Kathak dance with Hip HopÕ s laid back groove, layering complex Indian rhythms with the verbal dexterity of beatbox and multi-lingual spoken word.

Shades of Love: Introductory talk + Evening of powerful, vibrant group pieces and reflective and intimate solos by Odissi Ensemble, exploring the various moods of love, drawing both from ancient narratives and personal insight. Odissi Ensemble represents a new generation of Odissi dancers emerging in the UK, combining dedication to classical forms with a modern sensibility.

ART, THEATRE AND MUSIC from the University of Bradford THEATRE IN THE MILL Chris Goode and Company God/Head Wednesday 9th - Friday 11th May, 7.30 pm A humane, funny, radically unsettling piece about the tensions between religion and neuroscience

The Squires/Barker/ Modarelli/Brooks/Munoz Collective Saturday 26th May, 7.30pm Theatre/cabaret exploration of the life and death of Chilean activist, theatre director and musician Victor Jara

New Writing Festival Week commencing 28th May Theatre in the Mill and West Yorkshire Playhouse are getting together with some colleagues (Emerge, Northern Bullits), new artists and you, the audience, for a conversation about what sort of new writing theatre we want.

Call 01274 233200 or email theatre@bradford.ac.uk GALLERY II 25 May – 19 July 2012.

Exhibition launch 24 May 2012, 5 – 7pm

Buy in Person Ticket Outlets: •Kala Sangam •Fabric - Hand Made in Bradford •Yorkshire Dance, Leeds Book Online: www.kalasangam.org Order by Phone: (01274) 303340

Tickets: (per event): £6.50 adults / £3 under 16s / £15 family

SPECIAL OFFER: 3 for 2 when buying tickets for all 3 events

CHANGE SPACES Using art to map dialogue around conflict transformation and participatory process With Sorrel Muggridge in collaboration with: Lisa Cummings & Dave Robison

TLMC 25/26/27 May 2012.

TLMC will be supporting Bradford Threadfest A cross-city live music and performance event.

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HIS CITY Nick Toczek.

This city eats, this city eats, this city eats itself Shovels down its ancient stone, Dines on human flesh and bone, Steals from mates it’s always known: Laptop, TV, mobile phone.

Neighbourhood’s a no-go zone.

“Gotcha!” screams your sick ringtone.

This city eats, this city eats, this city eats itself I said This city eats, this city eats, this city eats itself Come the king without a crown, City crumbles, tumbles down, One-time wonder turned to clown, Painted grin to growing frown, Business now begins to drown, Cutbacks kill this crippled town.

Hello again. I can’t believe it’s May already. Five editions and going strong. This time round, my experience of interviewing Aki Nawaz was magical, and we have a great couple of literary offerings from Nick Toczek. Nick is a Bradford spoken word pioneer who as far as I am concerned is due a darned good profiling in these very pages.

To call both contributions poems would be a mistake – “This City” is actually song lyrics, which aptly fits in with this month’s musical theme. Many thanks Nick. Indeed, thank you to all our wonderful writers who have contributed so far. Anyone who wants to submit their pieces, be they poetry or prose, please feel free. The email address is jane@howdomagazine.co.uk The maximum word count is 1500 per piece, shorter pieces very welcome, try us with longer pieces.

The theme of music inspires me to think of several things, notably Susan Boyle. Please bear with me if you don’t like the Boyle phenomenon (sounds like a very bad spy thriller). I realised that once the May edition of ‘Howdo’ comes out “I Dreamed a Dream”, aka SuBo: the Musical, will have recently rolled out of Bradford. Now let me tell you, I LOVE SuBo. You can laugh all you want. What a fantastic story. One of its many inspiring aspects is that the gallus* Elaine C Smith has now got a plum job in musical theatre which is hers for as long as she wants it. This in a profession notoriously hard for women over the age of twelve. Months. And why did the audience laugh at SuBo at the beginning anyway? Because she wasn’t a stickthin, Cuprinol- coated teenager?

Several TV items around the time of Mothers’ Day finally put the tin lid on my recent thoughts about age. The clincher was: “And now, a special treat... Michael Bolton!” Where do you start with that one? I thought: younger women than me will be watching all this stuff, too.

They won’t be able to fight back based on experience because they won’t physically be in that demographic for another decade or two.

So I have a request for you, teenage and twentysomething women especially. For those to whom this applies, I ask you with all my heart: please stop, now, being ashamed of your past, uncertain of your present and terrified of your future. It is a total waste of time and energy. And please don’t believe that once you hit 40 it’s all decrepitude, Tena Pads and Westlife. Believe you me, it ain’t. It’s a cliché, but life really does begin. SuBo, Howdo?! salutes you. Well Steelo does, anyway. And whether she ends up with dentures or not, a true lioness never really loses her teeth. *Scottish slang for “bold, impish and naughty in a good way”. It was originally an insult which has been appropriated and turned around.

Rhymes with “callous”, not “flawless”.

Jane Steele.

This city eats, this city eats, this city eats itself Swallows everything it’s got, Cash is hot, compassion’s not, Trashes every vacant lot, Tears all down for building plot, Stands back, lets its history rot, Shoots up, shits up, should be shot.

This city eats, this city eats, this city eats itself I said This city eats, this city eats, this city eats itself No defence, a naked goal, Cannibal with begging bowl Pays the price out on parole Digs ’n’ drags through drug, debt, dole Turned to meat ’n’ eaten whole Skewered through its urban soul.

This city eats, this city eats, this city eats itself Bites its brickwork, chews concrete, Bones of buildings stripped of meat, Drags dead rain straight up main street Shops shut down, troops in retreat All that’s new lies incomplete Assets gone, there’s no receipt.

This city eats, this city eats, this city eats itself I said This city eats, this city eats, this city eats itself

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nigHT in THE TaPs nicK TOczEK.

Idle means doing nothing unless you’re in Bradford where it’s a village with several pubs.

Gaynor, me, Paul and Caroline are down The Brewery Taps.

It’s a live rock venue, mainstream mostly.

From tonight’s outfit comes a dull distorted blare of piss-poor Purple, Sabbath and Whitesnake covers.

I’m chatting with Mick, who drummed briefly in my own long-defunct band; when two guys walk in, fill a space at the bar beside us, and order a pint each.

One’s built like a bouncer, squat and almost square, head clean-shaven, gold ring in one ear.

His younger mate’s taller with a face full of piercings.

They’ve two things in common.

One is their daunting air of cheap gangster thuggishness, the other’s that they’ve both had their noses freshly bust open.

Paul leans across, nudges me, suggests that I take a better look.

I do. They’ve blood generously splashed all down their shirtfronts.

Then the bald guy turns to face the bar and leans forward. There’s something sticking out the back of his shirt.

“See what that is?” whispers Paul, “It’s a Samurai sword!”

The slab of back and butt shifts slightly and I spot part of a four-foot weapon, handle high up his back, blade-tip thrust well down one trouser-leg.

I mention this to Mick, who’s had a few beers, not anticipating that he’d walk over, put his arm round the bloke’s shoulder, and start a conversation… but that’s what he does.

They chat for a couple of minutes, during which the bald Samurai warrior turns round and takes a good look at me.

It’s unsettling, but then Mick’s back, assuring me that everything’s okay.

Moments later, when I go for a piss, my lingering doubts are confirmed.

The warrior’s followed me in.

We’re side-by-side at the urinal when he turns to me and barks: “Where you from?”

“Bradford,” I reply. “How about you?”

“Newcastle,” he says. emphasising the first syllable.

“Bollocks.” I tell him. His eyes focus on me.

“Listen,” I say, “if you were from there you’d call it Newcastle”. “OK,” he says, like it’s some sort of game, “Durham, then.”

“So d’you know a pub called The Jug?” I ask.

“Ah, you know Durham, do you?” I nod.

There’s a short silence. Then I try: “So can I ask you a question?”

“What?” He’s now looking straight at me.

“How come your shirt’s covered in blood?”

“We were in a fight.” “So who hit you?” I ask.

He stiffens, leans over, stares me full in the face, his bust nose less than an inch from mine, and slowly intones: “No… one… hits… me!”, blood slowly oozing from where the skin across the bridge of his nose is split, wide open, in a bright red gash.

“So whose blood is that on your shirt?” I ask.

“My mate’s,” comes the humourless reply.

My response – a grin – becomes a peace treaty.

We chat about other stuff for half a minute before leaving the toilet almost as friends.

Back at the bar, he and his mate finish their drinks and leave.

Five minutes later, the pub fills with cops.

Has anyone seen two blood-stained guys?

Nah, nobody here’s seen a thing.

I buy another round of drinks.

It’s strange how sometimes an unpromising night can turn out okay in the end.

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artisticPErsPEcTiVE dOn’T BE a dicK, TrEaT PEOPLE wELL Drew Millward’s wild gig poster design has spawned devotees and imitators since the mid-2000s. Now he’s a Bradford resident, in a quarry in the Aire Valley. HowDo?! is featuring his work, so it was appropriate to catch up proper.

How are you finding your new quarry home?

It’s a different pace of life, and a lot quieter. I’d lived in Leeds for 11 years, so we were looking to find somewhere nice and quiet.

You’ve played a significant part in the recognition of gig posters as an art form. Was your background in design or in Fine Art? Nice of you to say. It was never by design, just being in the right place. I opted for Fine Art as I was unsure about what direction to take. I’m a Fine Art graduate with no track record of anything within Fine Art. It might have been better to study a more graphic discipline, but if I hadn’t the grounding in Fine Art I might have a very different approach. I’m in a fortunate position, most people are aware of my style, and hire me for that.

When did you first start contributing and getting involved in the Leeds music scene?

Shortly after moving there. I’d grown up in Bolton and spent a year in Preston, neither with mind-blowing music scenes. When I got to Leeds I realised not all local bands are terrible. We lived near Out of Step, and through that shop discovered so many amazing bands and the DIY culture with that. It was easy to see a touring band from the US and a handful of other wildly different bands for £3/£4. I daresay a lot of those were put on by you and the rest of the Obscene Baby Auction lot.

I was asked to write fanzine reviews, then we started booking gigs.

We needed posters, so I started drawing . We discovered people we thought were incredible, so we released their records. We had no idea what we were doing - others had done it, how hard could it be?

Luke Drozd and I pooled finances and put out albums. We never made money, but I hardly think that’s the point. The albums - David Thomas Broughton, Last of The Real Hard Men, Samamidon and 7 Hertz - were all amazing, and I’m happy we did it.

It was also the DIY attitude that had a big impact. ‘Don’t be a dick, treat people well, don’t rip people off, let’s have a good time’, just makes sense. Making things happen, creating interesting and valid work, not letting money and other external pressures influence – that’s perhaps why I operate how I do now.

There’s a spectacular and fantastical grimness to your illustrations.

Was the post-industrial North influential?

It’s had an impact. Growing up, never really leaving this part of the country, it’s bound to seep in. I’m fascinated by the post-industrial landscape and the scars of failing industries. A lot of mill towns have that beauty and bleakness, which is an aspect of what I do.

Is the development of your practice and career tied to changes in new technologies?

Had I begun working a few years previously, I would have had to move to London for it to be a viable career path. Having a website, your own shop front, means the playing field is levelled. Art directors are sourcing artists on-line. You can work from wherever you like. The other side is that it’s a very crowded marketplace.

About gig posters: how did you get into that?

Luke and I were putting on bands, taking turns making posters.

We tried to outdo each other, which pushed us to be better. There was never a grand scheme. The community on Gigposters.com was very supportive, and it blossomed from there. Through various acquaintances I’d also met Graham (Army of Cats), and we saw the first Jay Ryan show in Manchester. Meeting Jay was a pivotal moment, it made me realise there was perhaps a future/career in drawing pictures, which I’d not considered. Then we delved into screenprinting.

I realised that, making a poster, you had a reason for people to be interested in what you were doing. They may like the way it looks, they may like that band, either way it’s a readymade audience.

Everywhere posters were displayed became a gallery, and every poster was a business card. It seems like a viable business model, rather than the chance happenings it really was.

I love the ephemeral nature of posters. If anyone hangs one after a gig, it’s already served its purpose; it’s like a preserved moment. It may be a reminder of that particular night, someone may like that band, or buy a poster, or steal it off a wall, because they like the artwork. You get a lot of freedom, and the potential to reach a lot of people.

Is there a different approach to making posters for different scenes, audiences or bands?

If you make the same poster for Keane as for Mastodon, you’re doing something drastically wrong. The challenge is to balance the band’s aesthetic with your own. It’s a fine line, and a challenging one, but really fun. When you’re making something for a lesser known band there’s less anxiety, sometimes resulting in better work.

Do you draw inspiration for your work from other cultural forms?

I’m inspired by natural history, Japanese woodblock printing, Russian illustration, religious art, 80s skate graphics, cartoons, renaissance art, historical prints, advertising ephemera, commercial design.... pretty much everything. I’m more influenced than I was aware by Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli. David Lynch, George A. Romero, John Carpenter and Tim Burton, all impacted.

Whenever I’m asked about influences I feel I should list everything I’ve seen and done.

What are you working on presently and what ambitions do you have for the future?

I was asked to make a poster for At The Drive In. I’ve been a fan for a long time, so getting asked by Cedric was a bit of an honour. He really liked what I did. That’s the key, as long as you feel appreciated and accepted, them it feels successful and rewarding.

It’s only in the past two years I’ve been comfortable with what I’m doing, even then I get periods of doubt. I hope to continue to make work that I enjoy. I love making prints, I love making posters, I love working within music and I hope to continue all those, but I also hope to paint more, and explore more 3D work. I’ve been talking about animation and comic books for a long time. I’m in a fortunate position - I make a living from the work, and I’m never less than thankful for that.

Andy Abbott

I’m a bit of a traditionalist, I appreciate the craft of illustration, and that’s not something I want to get away from. I’m using digital mediums more. Drawing tablets and Photoshop are useful tools, but I try to do what could be done by hand. I impose rules - anything I couldn’t do with pens, paint and pencils then I’m not allowed to do digitally.

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The Ugly Spirit A backstage play by Russell Barr Commissioned by Unlimited for the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad, a performance piece that takes you to parts of the theatre you don’t usually get to see.

Square Chapel, Halifax Tue 29 & Wed 30 May, 8pm Tickets £11 & £9 concessions Box Office: 01422 349422 www.squarechapel.co.uk Image: Charles McQuillan/Pacemaker Press

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food&DRINK

South Square Vegetarian Café, Thornton Review by Jean McEwan

I need to preface this with a couple of confessions.

1. I’m unashamedly partisan. I love South Square Café. It’s my favourite place out of all my favourite places to eat. So this review will have no critical element whatsoever.

2. I am a vegetarian. I like eating, a lot. So I can have everything on the menu.

This pleases me inordinately.

South Square Vegetarian Cafe in Thornton is a small piece of heaven, a 15-minute bus journey from Bradford centre.

Pushing open the green wooden door, the bell tinkles, and the aroma of homecooked food, a happy buzz of chatter and clatter, and a smiley welcome from Barbara greet you as you step into this cute and compact café. You know that, no matter what kind of day you’re having, everything is now going to be ok.

You find a seat, which is often a challenge – it’s always busy. Exhibitions curated by the café staff mean there’s always interesting work to look at – in May it’s Prey, new paintings by South Square studio holder Lisa Naylor.

You try to concentrate on the menu, but it’s so very hard to choose. Soup, baked potatoes, salads, chips, kids specials, Toastie of the Day - on the day we went, brie, sundried tomato and olive - or sandwich of the day - hummus and salad with vegan options available.

Regular specials include spicy bean enchiladas, mushroom burrito, vegetable crumble and veggieburger, all accompanied by chips, a salad, or ‘half and half, for around six quid. The flans are worth a special mention, the best I’ve ever tasted – plump, moist and seriously tasty. Mushroom, broccoli and three cheese, or leek and Wensleydale.

They know how to do salad properly here too - fresh, colourful, and healthy, with bulgur wheat, mung beans, and rocket, served with a twist of orange or lemon and a lovely dressing.

Sweet tooth? Bel’s homemade cakes, apple and date, chocolate, carrot, lemon and coconut, or coffee and walnut, served with cream, ice cream, or soya milk.

Having tried most of the menu, I can recommend all of it. I would defy the most confirmed of carnivores to come here and not leave completely swoony about the food, always consistently excellent; home cooked, fresh, delicious and presented simply but beautifully, and amazing value for money. And did I mention, the most enormous portions?

Opening Times 12-3pm Tuesday – Sunday Also 6-8pm on the first Friday (exhibition opening) and third Friday of each month - booking recommended. 01274 834928.

The café is part of the South Square Centre, a visual arts resource centre and the exhibition space South Square Gallery, based within a Grade II listed building, with artists’ studios, a print workshop, community space, fine art framer, and craft shop.

South Square 30th Anniversary Weekend To celebrate 30 years of South Square there’ll be a special weekend of events Friday 11-Sunday 13 May, with the café open for extended hours. The next exhibition in the Café will show work from Janet McLelland, starting 1 June.

Goa Goa, Harrogate Road Reviewed by James Kemp

Another curry house in Bradford is nothing new, but the people at Goa Goa are bringing a different slant on curry to the Undercliffe/Bolton area.

Goa Goa is a new South Indian restaurant in a traditional Yorkshire sandstone building, previously a pub on Harrogate Road. A contemporary interior and a warm greeting from smartly dressed and attentive staff match the impressive exterior.

The emphasis on South Indian food is obvious and is definitely a welcome addition to the already vibrant Asian cuisine on offer in Bradford.

The restaurant is perfectly situated for people who fancy eating out while not having to stray too far from their homes or compromise by getting a takeaway. For those not familiar with the area, it’s only a 645 bus ride from town.

The proprietor deserves some credit for seeing the potential in what was the Wellington pub. The layout is well thought out and intimate in scale, and the contemporary interior with its pendant lighting and modern furniture had similarities with some of the stylish restaurants on Leeds Road.

It has a calm atmosphere, and although only recently opened it felt warm and comfortable. There were a good number of diners and yet the dining area retained a gentle vibe, with a lounge area serving as a perfect intermediary space.

We were promptly shown to our table and asked whether we aware of their ‘bring your own drink’ policy. We had come prepared and the waiter promptly provided us with a corkscrew. This is a service that would have been gratefully received, if offered, but we were not the sort of diners to be fussed by doing it ourselves. Table water was served but only when requested.

The presentation of the main dishes was somewhat lacking, especially after the initial promise shown by the starters. I enjoy my curries in a hot balti dish with a healthy sprinkling of coriander. However the food itself was fragrant, fruity and well spiced. We tried two of the Goan dishes, the Tamarind lamb and the Goan fish curry, both of which tasted excellent.

The menu has some more leftfield dishes not available elsewhere, which we were tempted into trying. It was very pleasing to hear from the proprietor that they’re thinking of changing the specials menu every few months. This will surely turn the locals into regulars.

Having been lucky enough to visit Goa and try some of the signature dishes of the region I would really like to see more Goan dishes, and for the chef to not be afraid to challenge the customer. For example, a slow cooked vindaloo, done properly, with potatoes, chilli, vinegar and pork, or the Portuguese influenced chicken xaacuti.

All in all, a very promising first impression – Goa Goa should go from strength to strength.

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collective action is ecstatic: come together DIY, self-organised, grassroots, bottom-up activity is often born of a perceived lack, and in the face of adversity. ‘No one else is going to do it for us, so let’s do it ourselves.’ In music this may mean ‘I want to play a gig, there’s no venues organising the kind of bills we’d fit on, so we’ll put on our own‘; ‘I want a record of my band but no label wants to do it, so we’ll club together and self-release’; ‘My band wants to tour but we don’t have a booking agent, we’ll get in touch with venues and promoters independently’; ‘Tour vans are too expensive, we’ll drive our own’ and so on.

The often-underplayed aspect to these solutions is their necessarily collective nature. As a semi-wise man once said: ‘it’s not DIY, it’s DIO – Do It Ourselves’. What we might lack in money, resources, recognition – even conventional ‘talent’ – we make up in number. We may not have a lot as individuals but when we pool what we have, and share skills freely, it’s more than the sum of the parts. By this collective method we can achieve anything we’d normally go to professionals for, and have more fun doing it.

Naturally it’s a slower, messier, more mistake-laden journey than the conventional route of professional outsourcing, but what’s learned and gained exceeds the lack that instigated it. Collective action is ecstatic; through the practical activity of addressing a need together we do more than solve the problem, we produce an excess. This ‘added extra’ is found in the social relations – ‘the common’ - that arise from a type of co-production that differs fundamentally from the specialised, divided, self-interested, means-to-an-end mentality of capitalist ‘team work’. In this manner, collective selforganisation is a step towards a different (‘postcapitalist’) world.

For the radicals, so far, so rosy. From the most unlikely circumstances – even from oppressive conditions - a new reality emerges or is forced into being. Capitalism produces its own gravediggers.

But, as history proves, the process isn’t quite as simple as that. Recognising that we are all in the same bathtub and need to help each other to get out doesn’t necessarily lead to a non-capitalist reality, especially when the promise of ‘success’ is dangled temptingly like a newspaper ladder.

Consider the romantic ideal of the working class lad(s) done good, or the starving artist. From the Beatles to Oasis to Dizzee Rascal, we are familiar with the narrative. ‘The young man from the streets was so hungry for success - it was, after all, his only way out – that his art was brimming with an energy and spirit that we could see would be most profitable.’ The pervasiveness of this narrative corrupts collective activity. It turns the in-and-of-itself into a stepping stone. ‘Sure, we’ll work together for now - because we have to – but only until I’m recognised and appreciated and able to pursue my own thing.’ When this logic of self-advancement – the ‘common sense’ of capitalism underpins our activity, we become deaf to the radically different social relations that emerge from ‘doing it ourselves’. When the accumulation of private property is the goal, everything else fades into the background.

Moreover, we know that the real winners in such a scenario are never the artists but the middlemen, labels and management that identify and exploit this ‘authenticity’ and take their minimum 15%.

In the end the rich get richer whilst the (art)workers risk it all or go bust: the narrative of Casino Capitalism is reinforced and nothing really changes.

So, how does this play out on the streets of Bradford? There’s a great deal of talk of ‘getting along together’ in this town, and for good reason. There are many people from a diverse range of backgrounds – ethnic, religious, class-based, political – with what, on the face of it, appears to be little to go around and insubstantial support ‘from above’. As the media are recklessly keen to exaggerate, such a scenario is a ‘time-bomb’ unless we can tolerate one another and realise we’re all on the same page. Of course, the same-page to which the mass-media, big business or neoliberal government refer is in the capitalist handbook under ‘how to get yourself ahead’. This type of multiculturalism suggests that we put our differences aside in order to work together because ‘it’s in all our (self) interests’.

Again, the real benefactors of this type of ‘mutually-beneficial getting along’ are not the once-noisyand-buzzing swarm, but the beekeepers who are now better able to cream the top off their pacified, docile, more productive workforce.

To turn back specifically to music, look at the diverse pockets of activity in Bradford’s music scene.

There are a number of venues, bands, artists, organisations, promoters and so on that presently work in isolation. They have their own audiences that rarely cross-pollinate and, because these organisations don’t often work together, there’s a mistaken perception that ‘not much is going on’.

Magazines like HowDo?! are clearly addressing the problem by drawing such activity into one place under the shared umbrella of ‘Bradfordian Culture’. Likewise there have been ongoing attempts to form some kind of Bradford Music Network to share knowledge, skills and resources in the hope that it will grow the audience for (live) music in Bradford.

Such self-initiated collectivity should, and indeed must, happen. But if we are to really embrace, and build on, the transformative potential of ‘coming together’ we need to recognise the challenge it poses to the (capitalist) narrative of careerist self-advancement. This can only happen through an appreciation - not denial - of difference and a willingness to collectively discuss, and critique, our various positions and aspirations. Likewise, we should be wary of - if not sceptical about -attempts to provide ‘bigger and better’ opportunities for those involved in DIO activity. If we want a change of tune in this city then we need to sing from our own songsheets; the music it makes might not be wholly harmonious or recognisably catchy, but if it’s to have impact - to be heard from afar and carry across the valley - it cannot be the same as everyone else’s.

by Andy Abbott www.andyabbott.co.uk

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cragfEsT 25-27 maY, KiLnsEY sHOw grOund, nEar grassingTOn, sKiPTOn

“A gathering of likeminded people to enjoy music, entertainment and fun in the middle of some of the country’s most beautiful and safe surroundings.

Enjoy three days at the first feel-good, family music festival, in the Yorkshire Dales. Great music and fine ale together with entertainment for children, holistic therapy and camping. Relax, chill, forget your worries, all beneath breathtaking Kilnsey Crag.”

Toploader, The Saw Doctors, Mad Dog McCrea, The Dunwells, The Lancashire Hotpots all feature over the three days, plus more. Real ale is £3 a pint, there are children’s activities, quality food, and a Crag light show. Limited camping.

www.cragfest.co.uk

rOugH BEaTs 8TH - 10TH JunE, cLaPHam, nOrTH YOrKsHirE.

“A lush green island of music, food, cinema, theatre and comedy. Straight forward Yorkshire fun, with a tropical twist.....”

With Pulled Apart By Horses, Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals and Django Django, this promises to be pound for pound the best festival experience in the UK.” “Rough Beats Festival started as a party in 2003 and has grown by word of mouth from just 100 guests to 1500 in 2011 and 3000 in 2012. More than 50 performances on two main stages and other spaces. Camping is opened up on Thursday for an additional £5 payable on the day.

The rise of the mini independent festival over the last few years is a well-documented phenomenon, and although Rough Beats may be seen as a smaller sibling to Beatherder and Beacons, by no means is it the small party... Get your festival kit together and get your buzz on....

www.roughbeatsfestival.co.uk

grassingTOn fEsTiVaL 15TH - 30TH JunE, VariOus LOcaTiOns acrOss grassingTOn

Established for over 30 years, this community-run festival in the Dales is a little out-of-the box. This fortnight-long festival of the arts includes Poetry in the Pub with “Yorkshire’s finest pork pie with peas for supper” and family friendly workshops, alongside headliners like Billy Ocean and Alan Davies. This multi-disciplinary festival is spread across the town in different locations, with a good mix of pay-in and free events including a film festival, an Art Trail, musical Fringe, live comedy, food/dining events and Architect’s of Air’s newest Luminarium, Exxopolis, a huge incredible inflatable maze of light and sound. www.architects-of-air.com. Definitely worth a weekend away. It promises to be an adventure to party with our friendly neighbours!

www.grassington-festival.org.uk

BEaTHErdEr 29TH JunE – 1sT JuLY, riBBLE VaLLEY BETwEEn sKiPTOn and cLiTHErOE, LancasHirE

“I was struck by the festival’s main ethos. The lack of commercialisation is evident, meaning alcohol was reasonably priced and there wasn’t a sponsorship deal in sight. The attention to detail that makes the festival so unique is most commendable, every inch had been taken into deep consideration.”

Beats and barminess, with eleven contrasting stages playing host to an array of heavyweights, including Lee Perry, Orbital, Death In Vegas, Goldie, Black Lace (really!), and a hot selection of local talent, including Captain Hotknives. Now in the seventh year, the 2012 Fancy Dress theme is brought to you by the letter A. “Beats and barminess.”

www.beatherder.co.uk

summEr saTurnaLia 20TH - 22nd JuLY, carLETOn, nEar sKiPTOn

“Summer Saturnalia is a three-day celebration of music and art set in the beautiful North Yorkshire countryside. Not for profit, fiercely independent and only three years young - we’re the freshest festival around. We have a unique vibe you just don’t find at commercial festivals. This year is bigger than ever and even we are amazed at what’s being put together. Four stages of the best music and art from around the world.”

Open air, at a Dales farmland location, the festival offers an intimate vibe and a varied line up of music, art and film. Experimental and underground electronica , plus dancehall-infused techno, genre-spanning bass music and live acts. Other highlights include Yorkshire-based performance group Darkspark with a full blown circus extravaganza.

www.summersaturnalia.com

THE magic LOungEaBOuT 27TH - 29TH JuLY, BrOugHTOn HaLL, nEar sKiPTOn

“Historic Broughton Hall, in some of the most stunning countryside in Yorkshire, within 3,000 acres of secure and extensive landscaped grounds.”

Chic with Nile Rodgers, Kevin Saunderson feat. Inner City, and The Charlatans head up the main stage, whilst Dave Beer’s Back 2Basics celebrates its 21st year, taking the lead slot on the Supper Club stage. The festival seems to be really pushing the Yorkshire vibe, with Yorkshire pudding eating, gravy wrestling, rhubarb thrashing, tea making, coal carrying and of course, flat cap throwing. By ‘eck!

The Magic Loungeabout has a cinema, spa and massage parlour, plus stalls and a wide variety of children’s entertainment. It has several campsites, delightfully named The Brook (with free internet access), The View, The Family and the PARTY! For a price you can hire a massive selection of Tipis, Yurts and luxury tents. Looks like a cracker to me.

www.themagicloungeabout.net

BEacOns fEsTiVaL 17TH - 19TH augusT, funKirK EsTaTE, sKiPTOn

Born from the ashes of the popular Moor Fest and with an intriguing line up including the likes of Roots Manuva, Wild Beasts and Patrick Wolf, this promises to be one of the season’s most varied festivals. Set against the backdrop of the Yorkshire Dales, a festival for the eclectic music fan, Beacons is affordable, beautifully situated and plays host to a great selection of local and national musical acts. The capped capacity of 2,500 ensures it retains a garden party atmosphere.

In addition to the music the event has some great attractions such as a cinema, children’s entertainment, spoken word, theatre and dance. You can even camp in a bespoke tipi village away from the rest of the hoi polloi. Sorted!

www.greetingsfrombeacons.com

BingLEY music LiVE 31TH augusT - 2nd sEPTEmBEr, mYrTLE ParK, BingLEY, JusT uP THE rOad.

“BML is a fabulous 3-day music festival known for its ‘big heart, big sounds’. You’ll see your favourite bands performing live, in the intimate surroundings of Bingley’s gorgeous Myrtle Park. But don’t think intimate means small, there’ll be 15,000+ like-minded souls joining you!”

DJ Fresh, The Pigeon Detectives, Hard-Fi and The Charlatans feature on the Main Stage. On the Raise the Roof Stage there are the hilarious comedy heroes the Idiot B*stard Band, featuring Bradford-born Ade Edmondson with Neil Innes, Phil Jupitus and Rowland Rivron. Camping available in the Bingley area.

Plus Maverick Sabre, Delilah and Stooshe.

www.bingleymusiclive.com

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festivalguidE

rEmEmBEr fEsTiVaLs? THaT LazY HazY cOsmic drEam Of a nEw sOciETY. BuiLT On LOVE, HasH, nudiTY and Lsd? fuHgET iT. a HiPPY drEam BuiLT On sand.

Our LiVE music EdiTOr TaKEs us THrOugH THE mOdErn PissHEad’s guidE TO fEsTiVaL surViVaL To come out the other side of a festival intact here’s a list of essential items for tackling it head on.

1.Five or six cases of premium lager – the most important item of all. Or you have to pay a small fortune for warm, watered down piss. Booze lubricates the wheels of fun, although too much lubrication ensures the wheels fall off. This will happen at least once a day, ride it out.

2.More booze – at some point lager will stop working or you will become so bloated that it won’t stay down. When this happens, spirits are advised.

I suggest Jaeger, whiskey, gin or rum, preferably all of them. (Try not to get these hoochies in your eyes).

3.A good friend – you need at least one of these, to help, lean on, fight with and spoon when you’re completely hammered.

4.Sanitary supplies – toilet roll, Bonjela, toothpaste, baby wipes, bottled water, plasters. It’s important to keep clean - disease is rife in places like this. You can’t avoid getting filthy, but these might stop you looking like you’ve crawled out of a bin, even if that happens.

5.Some kind of shelter – take a tent or find some poor sap to put you up. You’ll need this when you tipple off the face of the planet, fall down a black hole or the sky starts imploding. Take a sleeping bag too.

6.Two pairs of sunglasses – not for protection from UV rays, but to shield your battered train wreck of a face from view.

7.Easy food, vitamins and painkillers. Anything you can pour boiling water into and eat, or put on a fire and cook in a tin is all you will be able to handle. Any other food will go off, get thrown and scattered. Vitamins keep you healthy. Vit C in the shape of oranges helps fend off scurvy and can be injected with the spirit of your choice, for hassle-free transportation into the arena. Multivitamins keep your paranoid mind at bay.

8. Tools – a torch, batteries, multitool (this can be confiscated, so beware), knife and fork, gaffer tape, beer bong. These will be needed, by you or some other lost soul.

9.An open mind. Anything can happen at festivals – when there is a will there is a way.

Things you’ll need when you get home.

1.A shower the very second you get in and before you fall into a coma.

2.A takeaway, which will hurt like hell, but is completely necessary.

3.Football, comedy or something to help you cabbage.

4.A good friend or two. Going from seeing 50,000 people to being by yourself is not an option.

5.A lot of something good to smoke.

6.Any booze you managed to salvage on your exit from the weekend.

7.Two or three days recuperation time.

8.A blanket to hide under.

9.Patience with each other.

10.And finally a hammer or a mallet to induce coma if you can’t sleep.

George quinn

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Deadline is Monday 21th May. festivals: pairs of tickets from a choice of We’ll pick 6 winners & send out

s, rOugH BEaTs & BEaTHErdEr, magic LOungEaBOuT, BEacOn grassingTOn fEsTiVaL. crag fEsT Good luck & have fun!

The 1in12 Club

Liberty ★ Equality ★ Solidarity

21–23 Albion Street Bradford BD1 2LY 01274 734160 www.1in12.com Established 1981

As always, events are open to all members and guests of the 1in12 club.

To join, see our website or pop in Thursday–Sunday from 7pm to fill in an application form.

We at the 1in12 will be bright tailed and bushy eyed after the May Day celebrations and we hope not too bedraggled to bring you yet another month of legendary bands at everyone’s favourite autonomous members club!

Speaking of which, renewals for 2012/13 are now due so come on down, fill in a form, perhaps imbibe a beverage or two and marvel at just some of the amazing treats in store for you this month...

Friday 4th May

The ever popular Robots vs. Sharks with their mission to promote the best in local live music presents: Jim Lockey & the Solemn Sun (+ support t.b.c.)

Saturday 5th May

The Three Johns featuring John Langford & Sally Timms from The Mekons—old time members will remember them as one of the first acts ever to play the club 31 years ago!

Saturday 12th May

A big day starting off with music and food in The Library from 2pm, Buskers’ Retreat presents: Lay It On The Line and guests... ...then from 8pm on the gig floor, punk legends The Mob will be gracing the stage.

This promises to be packed so getting in early is advised!

And as if May wasn’t great enough... Kicking off June will be the Evil Celebration Weekender on the 1st and 2nd June featuring a packed lineup on both days that includes Last Legion Alive, Drunk in Hell, Endless Grinning Skulls, Agnosy and many more!

See www.1in12.com for more details!

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BErLin sYmPHOnY OrcHEsTra As I step out my door, with the sole intention of running away from the vigorous intensities that the extroverts of my household restlessly exude, I realise that my escape is short-lived.

I am reeled back to reality by a combination of the vulgar smell of the slaughterhouse up Wakefield Road, and the ghastly sight of a loud and bright, 20 foot-wide billboard, kindly briefing me on the inanities of a Tesco life designed just for me - consumer number: 846532.

These assaults sharply penetrate my attempts to find sanctuary in my own thoughts, a refuge that in my opinion has long been underrated. When I think about it there aren’t many places I feel relaxed enough to gather myself, and what I question is whether this weakness belongs to my society or is an inability within me to deal with the intimidating factors of city life.

I have always felt sensitive to the influences around me. But one place I have recently found to satisfy the nostalgia of feeling immortal and untouchable by such influences is at a classical music concert, an event I would recommend as ideal for one who is not feeling greatly social, but doesn’t want to fester at home for the weekend.

When you first arrive it can feel as if you have somehow entered an underground clique of connoisseurs. Do not be subdued by the strict etiquette, to which my father found an amusing response, “Why do they clap the musicians before their performance? It’s just another day at work for them. One doesn’t clap a plumber or a joiner before he has done his work.”

And avoid concluding that your ‘uneducated ear’ makes you a less significant member of the audience than the music professor sat next to you - one of the beautiful aspects of music is it’s subjectivity, a notion that turns the idea of an ignorant ear into one of fresh perception. One of the greatest feelings the performance gives is that, when I leave a concert, I feel enlightened, as if I’m now seeing the world for the first time, or at least in a new light. No doubt a bit of Rachmaninoff’s magic sparkles in my brain for some time after the performance, a sensation whose refreshing feel cannot be understated.

So if you, like me, are looking for an alternative experience on a Friday or Saturday night, get yourself to www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/ support/orchestral The next orchestra to play in Bradford is definitely one to look forward to. 18 May sees the arrival of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra; surprisingly it’s only for the second time in 40 years. They will be performing Beethoven, Mozart and Brahms. I will be particularly looking out for the pianist Kit Armstrong, a student of one of my favourite pianists, Alfred Brendel, whose interpretations, particularly on Beethoven, are in my view unparalleled.

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sTaLKing HOrsE – sPEcTErs rEViEwEd BY BEn HOLdEn The bit of the lip as waves smash on the side of a small boat in a storm. The sly delight as dark clouds muster overhead. The sensation of moods deepening and emotions stirring. This is the feeling of Stalking Horse’s debut album Specters.

The rich layers show chief musician Wu at his most completive, building a world of storms and dark clouds, resonating and thunderous one moment, soft and yielding the next.

Veteran of Bradford’s This Et Al, Wu came to prominence for his intelligent pop articulations, and as that band passed away so Wu retreated to the East Coast to work with James Kenosha at his Lodge Studios in the wintery months of 2009 and 2010.

What emerged was a collection which woos the listener in, closing around the consciousness, wrapping one in a crafted world.

And so was born Specters in its menacing and beautiful glory. Panoramic soundscapes with striking, unique vocals matched by instrumentation including Chinese guitars, mandolins, pianos, ukuleles, taking you places you feared to tread but hoped to go. Places lush and to be studied.

Opening track Key Strokes sets a tone of simplistic beauty and untainted, thoughtful rock. The Dawn is Father to the Sun follows, its anthemic beauty weaving a melody around the sturdy guitars.

There’s a playfulness to 99 Stairs, and a haunting power to The Creeps. Mistress is a resigned contemplation on faithlessness, Doctor A Heart is pressing and urgent.

And so it goes, building into a holistic work that grows in the brain and stays in the soul.

Heathen Head, Howling Heart continues with a strong melody dodging through the intoned vocals, then onto Little Rituals, creating valleys of sweeping harmonies and dark clouds of throbbing guitars. Waterhole gathers the strands of the album together, and Lament is the perfect way to finish.

There are signposts and signifiers to others - solo Thom Yorke perhaps, Warp Records too - but Stalking Horse claim a sound, a mood, a feeling of their own.

Specters is released through Role Model Corporate Records on 28 May. Vinyl pre-orders and instant digital download available now at www.stalkinghorse.co.uk Stalking Horse play as part of Threadfest at Delius Centre, Saturday 26 May, with other bands, 2-8 pm.

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Beatitudes has had an interesting journey, from The Love Apple to Macrorys, the Beehive and The Kings Arms. Wherever it appears this live music event has been a staple of the Bradford music scene for the last ten years. After resting for a while Paul, Jon, Dave P and Harris recently came back with a bang in a new venue - The Mill, on Preston Street, off Thornton Road.

“I think the Mill is a perfect venue for Beatitudes”, says promoter Paul. “Although it has a good reputation for big dance events like Kulu and ParlezVous it also has strong links to the local music scene. Many bands have been rehearsing or recording there for years.”

With an uncomplicated but well-stocked bar, plenty of space to sit or stand and one of the sweetest PAs in Bradford, The Mill is a great venue.

The relaunch event felt intimate, friendly and welcoming, with music from the stage and the floor including The Steals, whose captivating light and dark melodies weave together to compliment Jayne Hanna’s beautiful voice. The guitars and strings of A Rookery’s acoustic contemporary folk, plus smoky soul from Dariush Kanani and Jade, were also highlights of a strong lineup.

Talented musicians, excellent sound and a captivated audience made for a thoroughly enjoyable evening. It’s great to see Beatitudes back and looking so strong. Check it out on the first Thursday of every month.

Robert Thompson

HOwdO?! PrEsEnTs: wOrLdwidE fEaTuring TEssa smiTH and gaVin JacKsOn

To be honest I was a little disappointed when I heard Tom Attah couldn’t make it. After checking him out on YouTube I was really looking forward to an evening of blues. So it was with some trepidation that I took my seat in the basement of the Balanga Bar for HowDo?! magazine’s inaugural event. The replacement artist, jazz vocalist Tessa Smith, accompanied

by Gavin Jackson, kicked off with Michael Jackson’s Billie Jean and my fears were assuaged.

This smiley mixture of Dido and Helen Baxendale warmed the audience with her infectious sweetness. And it was smiles all round as audience and artist reflected the night’s ambience with a pleasing symmetry. There was a genuine encore call at the end and the crowd weren’t disappointed, as the best was saved for last with a mashup of Oh Happy Day and the Black Eyed Peas’ I Gotta Feeling, and tonight was a good, good night…

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Dean McPhee plays a mesmerizing, shimmering, evocative, completely formed style of music. Not one in development, or on its way – it’s already there. What I wanted to understand was how Dean got there.

The first music I heard was my dad’s - Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Howlin’ Wolf, guitar-based music, I absolutely loved it.

The first music I got myself when I was 9 or 10, was Guns ‘N’ Roses, their first album, on tape. I think a lot of young kids loved Guns ‘N’ Roses when they came out. Though as a kid I thought that Sweet Child O’ Mine was Tina Turner, I actually thought it was a Tina Turner tune! When I was a kid I went through a phase of always wanting to hear heavy metal and being continuously disappointed with stuff that wasn’t very heavy.

I liked Metallica, and I liked Stone Roses as well – there’s a bit of guitar playing on there. That was when I was about nine or ten, really young. About 15, 16 I started getting into stuff that I still rate now – Sonic Youth, Neu!, weird jazz. I liked jungle as well, anything unusual and experimental, often instrumental.

When I started playing guitar I was six, I was taught to play by a friend of my dad’s who was in a punk band, really random stuff, little 12 bar blues things. Then I learned all the Led Zeppelin tunes, my dad bought me the book with all the tunes. Getting my head around all the different chords and just teaching myself.

That was when I was eight or nine, and then I got some guitar lessons, and learnt a bit of folk guitar picking. I started to think: if you’ve got a chord you can add little bits, and do certain things. I was starting to think about the basics of building the way I play now.

I played my first gig at about 10 with some older people, playing folk tunes. I started playing in bands when I was 13. We all brought something to it that we liked, so it sounded like a weird mish-mash - one of them liked proper funk, he was into stuff like Funkadelic, Parliament. So he was playing funky music, and I was bringing the blues, Led Zeppelin thing.

I started getting more experimental when I was 16, 17, doing my own thing a lot more. I think that when you’re playing music you learn something standard and get good at that, then once you’ve reached the edge of that you think ‘Okay, what can I do now?’.

do they do that?’.

I didn’t have a decent guitar, rarely played though an amp for quite a long time. I had a choice, I could get an acoustic or an electric, not both because I was skint. So I chose an electric. I noticed when I played it through the amp just how nice it sounded – just with a bit of echo on – I really enjoyed the sound. At some point I started thinking ‘How can I enhance it, or build it up a bit?’ I found a really good delay pedal. But it’s really an obvious thing: when you plug a guitar into a nice-sounding amp and play it, it inspires you to play, doesn’t it?

That was my guitar and my amp and so my playing has developed in the way it has – if I’d had a different guitar and a different amp it might be different. It’s just your common-or-garden amp.

I’m trying to build up more than one layer of sound, trying to make a self-contained piece of music: I’m doing the backing, and then something in the foreground at the same time. Without either it’d be quite boring. You’re forced, if you want to play solo guitar, to find a way to make it interesting and get some layers into it.

I developed in some fairly hostile live environments, and that forced me to try to engage people, and to work out how to get their attention. If somebody is making a load of noise, if you talk quietly then they’ll start listening to you, more than if you shout. That sort of psychology can come into it, if you bring something to a real hush.

I’ve been talking about doing gigs with Rob St. John – he’s a singer/guitarist, plays really nice music. I’ve got friends called Samandtheplants and Magpahi, just moved over to Todmorden, they do stuff on labels like Twisted Nerve and Finders Keepers, that kind of axis. David A. Jaycock, he’s a multi-instrumentalist, plays some interesting stuff. There’s Dan Haywood’s New Hawks, they put out a triple vinyl album, centred around a songwriter, Dan Haywood – he went off up to the furthest part of north Scotland watching birds, and wrote 36 songs in a feverish week-long episode, and he’s spent six years teaching it to a band. He’s very good. Also Nope, That Fucking Tank, and the Michael Flower Band.

I like dubstep, I like reggae, jungle. I tend to listen a lot to that kind of music.

Playing music, it evolves, it’s a natural process. You can’t sit and play the guitar continuously, day after day, without it developing of its own accord. What I’ve noticed on my recent stuff is that I’m getting that extra bit of fluidity, being able to play high solo bits, quite fluid melodies and stuff. I’ve had one or two ideas about incorporating other sounds, but it’s under wraps. But it is something good.

Plus I heard loads of stuff like Neu!, and Sonic Youth, and started listening more to Jimi Hendrix. When I was about 15, 16 I went through all his albums, before that I hadn’t realised how experimental some of it was.

I’d decided about 18, 19: ‘Right, I’m going to suss out my own way of playing’ but I knew it’d take a really long time. I decided to learn the whole fretboard – not every note by name, I don’t read music – so that whatever I play I know what I’m playing. So I learned the major scale across the whole fretboard, and started working on being able to understand chords, and chord theory, and trying to get a bit deeper with the music.

And I started listening more deeply, listening more to Miles Davis. I liked certain things about jazz and I was trying to recreate it in my playing. And I stopped playing with other people so much. I always liked soloing – a lot of the music I grew up with, like blues and rock, what I liked was the improvising and the soloing.

I was backing myself while trying to solo at the same time, that was where I was going. Trying to build some kind of jazz, like a modal jazz chord thing – because I was hearing things like Kind of Blue and thinking ‘How do they do those chords?’ they were so much more interesting, you can’t quite work out what the note is, it just sounds like a little cloud, a little cluster of notes, and I was thinking ‘How

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BanTams BanTEr POdcasT inTErViEw BY HaigH simPsOn Tom Fletcher and Dom Newton-Collinge are the presenters, producers and promoters of Bantams Banter, a ‘true to the terraces’ Bradford City podcast. They have been a breath of fresh air in an otherwise miserable two seasons down at Valley Parade and we were delighted to be able to catch up with them to discuss their show and find out why Dom’s underpants are responsible for City’s decade of despair.

wHaT’s BanTams BanTEr?

TOm; We just record what we chat about on a match day. We want it

to be the voice of the fans and a broadcast that’s true to the terraces.

That’s where the raw emotion comes out and that’s where Bantams Banter was born.

for everything, even with the makeup woman we were like ‘Thank you so much, this is amazing!’. But they loved us, we were saying stuff that wouldn’t ordinarily be said on MOTD and they were laughing their heads off into these earpieces, it was a real confidence booster.

T. We went in really shy and came out as Ant and Dec. d. We’ve done a lot of legwork introducing ourselves to all these top

dogs at the different organisations, trying to get our names on their radar. It’s been a slog, but we’ve had some interesting stuff come from it. We’re the first port of call if ever they need a dynamic duo that isn’t Ant and Dec, don’t charge and don’t really want to appear on national television. We’re on it. Just doing the podcast is almost like a full time job though. I have dreams of winning the Euro Millions and buying the old Allan Jeffries building in Shipley, sticking a big Bantams Banter sign in the window and just chilling out in there all day. But seriously, I do dream of doing something like Bantams Banter full time, we’ve got a lot of good ideas and we trust ourselves to be able to do it better than anyone else can, we’ve worked hard for it.

wHaT’s THE BEsT inTErViEw YOu’VE EVEr dOnE?

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HOw is iT gOing rigHT nOw?

if YOu wErEn’T dOing THE POdcasT wHaT wOuLd BE YOur PErfEcT POsT-maTcH riTuaL?

It’s not bias, it’s not pretentious, it is just fans telling it how it is and creating a mental image for people who can’t go through it themselves, for whatever reason. Obviously they can go on websites and forums etc. but having us doing this podcast, it’s like a real match day experience for them. It’s easy to listen to and it’s accessible - we want people to think they can engage with us. And I think a lot of media is moving towards that these days.

T.

Better than we could have possibly imagined. We used to do a podcast called the Tom and Dom Show, and if we got 100 downloads in a week we would be high fiving each other, anchor man-style. We hit 200,000 downloads last month, for this season alone, it’s crazy.

dO YOu wOrrY aBOuT THE THings YOu saY in THE HEaT Of THE mOmEnT?

d. We have said things that maybe we shouldn’t have said and things

that are embarrassing, but we’re not bothered. We never really edit out anything because then you lose that honesty that Bantams Banter is built on.

Jacko (Peter Jackson) really opened up to us, we got about four proper scoops out of that interview. I think it was because we were very casual about it and allowed him to open up. We started the interview by chatting about my stag do, it wasn’t really professional at all but it worked because it got him relaxed.

T.

I always used to go to the Sweet Centre on Lumb Lane with my brother and my dad.

d. I didn’t really have one, but I used to wear the same clothes every

game. Same socks, same undies. I had the same pair of undies from year six at middle school to the end of sixth form. Grey Calvin Classics.

wHaT Has gOnE wrOng THis sEasOn?

d. I stopped wearing them lucky undies. Seriously, after I binned those undies… we got relegated from the Premier League, relegated from the Championship, relegated from League 1.

T. Well, I think the real question is, what’s gone wrong over the last 10 T. It could be live, in theory. years, it just seems to be a continuous demise. d. Yeah, but to do it live it costs about 30 grand and we swear, you’re d. It’s like having to downgrade your phone every year; you start off not allowed to do that live. sO HOw dOEs THaT gO dOwn wiTH THE OTHEr cOmmEnTaTOrs in THE PrEss BOx?

T. Oh they hate us. d. Derm Tanner, BBC Radio Leeds, loves it. He’s lapping it up, we’ve been on his show loads of times.

T.

We stand up and cheer because we’re real fans, and that kind of goes against press box etiquette.

wHaT’s THE funniEsT THing THaT Has HaPPEnEd in THE sHOws?

d.

Probably when we continually slate a player for about 50 minutes, and then they go and score an absolute belter. We’re there cheering and shouting ‘We love him!’ sounding like complete idiots, it’s brilliant. It happens to all fans, old men usually.

didn’T YOu dO sOmE wOrK On maTcH Of THE daY rEcEnTLY?

d. Yeah, we got invited to do some stand-in punditry.

T. It was filmed as if it was going out live to test how it would work

when they moved the show to Manchester, we were there on the MOTD couch with Colin Murray and Dan Walker, it was brilliant.

d. We must have looked like right planks because we were so grateful

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with an iPhone and end up with a Nokia 8210 from 1998. You look at it and think, ‘How am I going to get back to having a decent phone now?’.

T. That’s an awful metaphor. d. I think it’s alright… Each year there’s a different team, each year

there’s been a clearout, and from the board to the management to the players it has all changed. I think what we need is so

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Biff - BarBara windsOr inTErViEw “Barbara Windsor is a proper star”, says Bradford international Film Festival co-director Neil Young, as Barbara Windsor stands at the top of the Pictureville stairs. As the star descends towards the stage, we hear that voice: “Hello darling”, as if to everybody in the cinema.

After the usual ‘I’m so thrilled to be here in Bradford’ speech, Windsor talked about how she first got into acting, before moving onto the film for which she was Bafta-nominated, Sparrows Can’t Sing, shown after the talk. After a short clip from the film, Neil Young said “We won’t show the whole thing just yet”, to which she replied, full of humour and humility, “No don’t do that, everybody will get bored”.

The banter with the audience was second to none; it felt like we were all there to have a good chat, like old friends catching up and not an audience watching two people talk on a stage.

One particularly good story she shared with the audience was how she met the infamous Kray twins while filming Sparrows Can’t Sing. The Krays’ club was used in the film and they made sure nobody disturbed the filming.

Another topic Windsor talked about in depth was her friendship with the Carry On great Kenneth Williams. Windsor showed so much emotion, and it was obvious she meant every word she said about the late great comedian. Surprisingly, the Carry On films didn’t receive that much attention, but one main point she did stress is that there was not a single person in the Carry On team that she didn’t love.

Out of all the films Barbara Windsor has starred in, none have been as financially successful as Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland. Windsor told the story of how, when she arrived at Pinewood to first meet Burton, it was pouring with rain and he was stood outside with an umbrella waiting for her car to arrive. The first things the director said to her were: “Can I hear that laugh?” and “I love the Mitchells”.

Neil Young kept the conversation flowing perfectly with the festival’s special guest, then the audience chipped in with questions, with Windsor happy to answer all of them. The advice she gave to all young drama students was simple but inspiring: ‘Ask questions and never be afraid’.

One particularly good question from the audience was: who would be at your perfect dinner party?

The guests? Kenneth Williams rolled off her tongue instantly. Winston Churchill, Amy Winehouse, Elvis Presley and Billie Holiday would also receive an invite.

Neil Young then gave Windsor the Lifetime Achievement Award. Windsor, as cool and calm as anything, simply said “I wondered when I was going to get that!” and the clapping turned into laughing. As Windsor left the stage she was saying “I don’t want to go, I’d much rather be sat amongst you just having a chitchat”.

Barbara Windsor is a lovely, honest and wonderful person and a real British gem.

James Voller

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Biff - raY winsTOnE in cOnVErsaTiOn wiTH marK KErmOdE Let’s face it, the special guests at this year’s Bradford International Film Festival were all mesmerising. But especially the popular film critic Mark Kermode and the man himself, Ray Winstone.

Winstone came to the stage to applause, and then Kermode then started the conversation rolling, asking Winstone how he got into film. Winstone revealed that his first ever role was as an extra in the Love in Arms episode of The Sweeney, where he wasn’t sure of exactly what the director wanted to happen. He was supposed to be shot at the end of the scene, but instead he jumped over a fence and ran off; the director liked it and it was left in the final episode.

The big turning point in his career was undoubtedly Nil By Mouth, which he talked extensively about. Before he accepted the role he was doubting the worth of his career, and if he should continue as an actor, so we have Gary Oldman to thank for that. Winstone went on to reveal that Gary Oldman is in fact is the best director he has ever worked with - a huge honour, as he has recently worked with the likes of Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese. Winstone even went as far as to say, “I owe my career to Gary Oldman”.

The night was brilliant and both Ray Winstone and Mark Kermode were fantastic, not just with each other but with the audience.

James Voller

summEr suPErHErOEs Last year we had a superhero film-filled summer, with five films dedicated to them. This year sees perhaps two of the most important films in the genre being released. With The Avengers and The Dark Knight Rises, it seems like the genre has hit a peak.

The Avengers is the culmination of a five year set-up from Marvel Studios. Bringing together earth’s mightiest heroes is a fan boy’s wet dream, and an unprecedented moment in cinema.

Team-ups are part of the milieu of the superhero comic, and with The Avengers we are not only getting a film adaptation of the team, but also a film adaptation of this time-honoured comic book tradition.

But as Marvel forges its shared universe on screen, Christopher Nolan puts a full stop on his interpretation of Batman. The Dark Knight Rises boasts it’s the end of a legend, and with Bane as the main villain that could be true. Famously, Bane did great damage to Batman in the 1990s, and his presence in the film leads to certain conclusions for any comic fan.

Bane is also famous for being in the much-maligned Batman And Robin, as nothing more than a brainless henchman. Another interesting addition to the film is Catwoman, whose last cinematic appearance was a disaster. However, the cat suit-wearing femme fatale was immortalised on screen by Michelle Pfeiffer in Tim Burton’s Batman Returns. So Nolan yet again subverts expectations by picking villains who have already made an impact on the big screen, for better or worse. But lightning could strike twice and he could accomplish another Joker. Whatever the outcome, it will be interesting to see how it all ends.

As one franchise ends another is reborn, as The Amazing Spiderman breathes new life into the character. After Sam Raimi’s problematic but profitable Spiderman 3, Sony Pictures decided to head in a different direction and reboot the franchise. This interpretation of Peter Parker sports a new director, cast and tone. This has left the film open to the predictable outpouring of hate from the internet community, but it’s actually in the spirit of the superhero comic.

Comics are constantly shifting creative teams, with new writers and artists putting their own spin on a character. In fact this reboot is much like Marvel’s revitalization of Spiderman in 2000, when they released Ultimate Spiderman, a comic book free of past continuity and with an update of the character’s origin, as The Amazing Spiderman is going to be.

Another reboot and the last big superhero film of the year is Dredd. To be fair to the British-produced film, this is a different adaption of Judge Dredd and has nothing to do with the Sylvester Stallone film from 1995. The most interesting aspect of the whole project is that Alex Garland, writer on 28 Days Later and Never Let Me Go, is writing the script, which suggests that the production will be taking the character seriously. But, as this is a Judge Dredd film, expect testosterone, violence and a sprinkling of dark humour. It will be interesting to see a British take on the famous British comic book character.

So, this year may not have as many superhero films as last year, but it’s a big year for the genre. The big question is - where does it all go from here?

Dan Cole is a comic book aficionado. Amongst other publications, he writes for the influential comic book blogs A Comic Book Blog (acomicbookblog.com) and Kabooooom (kabooooom. com/) You can find him on Twitter: @gizmo151183.

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Bradford and Bollywood go back a long, long way.

There’s that famous scene in East Is East where the family drives all the way from Salford to Bradford just to watch an Indian film. That’s because, during the 1950s and 60s, migrant mill and foundry workers thought nothing of making the journey from Newcastle or Sheffield to Bradford, just to catch an Indian film on their day off. You see, Bradford was in the enviable position of having several exclusively Indian cinemas. Initially, Asian entrepreneurs hired cinema halls to show Bollywood films on Sunday afternoons, but demand was so high that some enthusiasts ended up buying cinemas that had been destined for closure.

It wasn’t uncommon to catch a film at noon at the Western Talkie Theatre in Little Horton, perhaps moving onto the Kashmir Cinema in Wakefield Road, or the Arcadian Picture House on Manchester Road for the 3pm show.

Visitors had to make the most of their long trip, after all! There was no professional circuit of distributors then.

Cinema owners sourced prints by contacting Indian businessmen in London or Birmingham who had connections with film companies in India. Many of Bollywood’s legendary actors, such as Dilip Kumar, Dharmendre, Sunil Dutt and Vijayanthimala came when their film was screened for the first time in Britain, which was often in Bradford.

I suppose you could call it a film “premiere” although it wasn’t exactly a red carpet set up; it was billed as a “personal appearance”. The distributor would call the star up on stage to say a few words at the start of the film, and then they signed a few autographs.

One of the men involved in organising this memorable scene was my father. He helped to establish the Commonwealth Film Society in Bradford during the early 1960s. His father too was a regular cinemagoer. The mills were running round the clock so it was normal for men to work 6 days (or nights!) a week and overtime was always welcome. A day off then was very precious indeed. Before mum joined my father in Keighley in 1964, he shared a house with many men in exactly the same situation – essentially living like bachelors, with wives and responsibilities aplenty back in Pakistan. No wonder the cinema became a focal point on Sunday afternoons, when men wore probably the only suit they possessed, visited friends and then went to see a film together – their cultural equivalent of drinking in the pub, I suppose.

Mum remembers my paternal grandfather making special trips to Bradford on weekends because no Indian films were screened in Keighley. Unable to curb his cinema habit once his daughter-in-law arrived, my grandfather would pretend he was visiting friends, as mum explains: “Well, because it was usually a love story, he felt embarrassed about me knowing, so he never mentioned it to me. But my husband knew because all the people who ran those cinemas, they knew my husband and they’d tell him, ‘Your father was here. He was watching this film’. They ran the same film again and again, and he’d sit there watching all day, the same film. That was all his social life!”

Bollywood films are long – three hours is normal! – so the cinemas had canteens which sold properly brewed Pakistani chai, as well as samosas and kebabs to keep the punters replenished.

Once the wives and children began to arrive in Bradford, the cinema scene became more family-oriented, with homemade egg sandwiches sustaining the filmgoers through the double bill.

50 years on, we’re spoilt for choice today, with Bradford’s main cinemas showing several Bollywood films alongside the mainstream offering, at any given time. But despite the genre’s recent popularity in Britain, Bollywood is sadly still a largely Asian preserve. There was a time when my non-Asian friends would willingly watch practically anything as long as it bore the ‘world cinema’ tag, and yet they’d all turn their noses up at the mere mention of Bollywood.

There’s been a marked shift though. More and more of my non-Asian friends are now telling me they’d love to learn about Bollywood, and watch a film or two, but they just don’t know where to begin.

That’s how the idea of Bollywood for Beginners came about. I’ve teamed up with the National Media Museum to screen a number of classics from the last five decades, over the coming months. I’ll be on hand at every screening to explain who the key personalities are, why the films contain all that singing and dancing, as well as the features that have made these films the classics they are today.

The season starts with Sholay, from 1975, and meaning Embers, which is generally accepted as one of the greatest Indian films of all time. Sholay’s acclaimed script, memorable dialogue, megastar cast and technical excellence are still revered to this day. It’s a great film for beginners of Bollywood since it needs little cultural explanation. With a script heavily influenced by The Magnificent Seven and Butch Cassidy, Sholay tells the story of two criminals hired to capture a ruthless bandit. It might be billed as an action-adventure, but it still contains typical Bollywood ingredients - heroes and heroines, songs and dances, romance and comedy, as well as a heavy dose of emotion. Sholay is also a fine example of the interlinked nature of Bollywood; not only was it produced and directed by a father and son team, the film also features two real life couples in the main roles – all of them legends, even today. And 37 years after release the film’s villain, Gabbar Singh, remains the most popular Bollywood villain of all time!

Sholay (PG), subtitles, National Media Museum Sunday 27 May only, 11.45am-3.45pm (includes talk and interval) Irna qureshi blogs about being British, Pakistani, Muslim and female in Bradford, against a backdrop of classic Indian films: www.bollywoodinbritain.wordpress.com

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BcB radio – featured show # 2 From Here...

Presented by Lorna E, aka Lorney McGrawney, From Here bridges the 10-11pm gulf every Tuesday between World Waves and Old Ronnie’s Rock n’ Roll.

Lorna elucidates: From Here is a many-headed beast - it gobbles up music and current affairs at a local and national level, it snuffles around being irreverent and exploratory. It dislikes authority without wisdom. It’s a bit of a mule. Albeit one that likes funk and funkiness and requiem masses.

Old favourites from different genres like the Redskins, Count Basie and Amparanoia jostle for space with newbies – the stranger the better. Music is the soundtrack to our lives and I gravitate towards music that makes me dance and music that makes me think. Last year I particularly loved the Austra album, Does It Offend You Yeah, and Peyoti for President amongst others. Locally we have some massive talent – Alt Track (even though they’re in London now), Captain Hotknives, LaLa and the BooYa, Yo El Rey... too much to mention.

I’ve been involved with BCB in one way or another since I was a slip of a girl back in 1994. How time flies. I love it here. I never cease to be surprised by the people involved and the fact that I can turn on the radio on a Sunday morning and listen to the entire soundtrack of the Jungle Book. Thank you to BCB presenter Nigel Lambert for that one, although it only happened the once. But there’s so much more to it – politics, and social awareness. I’ve met people at BCB whose stories I might never have heard if I wasn’t involved with the station.

It’s a fantastic, diverse, lovable community and an asset to Bradford.

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By Zathoon Hussain When I was at college the Daily News was a regular stop for sweets and a ponder over the magazine section, whilst talking to the friendly shopkeeper.

Those interested in more than just local news might take time to look through the vast range of magazines. You can easily mistake the right hand side of the shop for a mini-library. Following popular demand from students and lecturers publications range from music, photography, graphics, fashion to marketing, literature, culture and politics, and the list keeps growing. I glimpsed an archaeology mag next to HowDo?! It’s clearly the top shop.

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By Gideon Seymour Hand Made in Bradford is a lovely new shop and art space at the ex-Zavvi/Virgin shop, once part of Brown Muff’s legendary department store.

Fabric set up the space to showcase the work of the district’s makers and artists. The ground floor is a bright and attractive shop selling the work of more than 35 makers and artists - ceramics, prints, photographs, jewellery, textile products and much more. The first floor has the Picnic Parlour, created with Bradford Peoples’ Centre, where anyone can sit in comfort and enjoy their lunch from neighbouring shops and cafes.

The Peoples’ Gallery is a space where anyone can show artwork. Next to this is Fabric’s new art space. This is currently showing Time & Place, images from the former Belle Vue photo studio in Manningham. This is part of Fabric’s contribution to the Arts Council’s new digital platform ‘The Space’. And next to this is the Gallery of Children’s Art, with work from across the district. Hand Made in Bradford is open Tuesday to Saturday from 10am to 5.30pm.

See Fabric’s website www.fabricculture.co.uk for special events, exhibitions, workshops and much more.

BRaDFoRD: THE WINE BaR CaPITal oF THE NoRTHERN HEMISPHERE...

By Mr Johnston

Bradford’s nightlife offerings verge on the embarrassing. Although the city centre is blessed with some great traditional watering holes it simply doesn’t give the discerning individual the kind of choices that our neighbours in other parts of Yorkshire take for granted.

So news of two new wine bars opening in the city centre is most welcome. It couldn’t come at a better time, with the extremely popular Sparrow Bier Cafe putting Bradford very much back on the map for a drinking night out in West Yorkshire.

South East Bar is an intimate venue well situated between the Alhambra Theatre and the Media Museum. It’s open on a Friday and Saturday night and offers a fantastic selection of wine and international bottled beers, plus an incredible spirit menu considering the modest size of the bar.

The Court Room Cafe Bar is in the splendid Malik House on Manor Row, opposite the Nawaab Restaurant, and is a great addition to the recent revival of the North Parade area. There’s a well planned menu of wines, bottled beers, and spirits. Keep your eye out for upcoming events in their cosy lounge and atmospheric courtyard.

CoMRaDES

By Mr Johnston A new club opens in Bradford on Friday 4th May. It is called Comrades and will be a variety club with a mix of comedy and tribute acts and an 80s disco.

It is based in the old Yates’s on Queensgate just off Kirkgate and it seems the owners are filling a gap in the market for nostalgia. The 600 capacity venue will be hosting other weekly events soon.

Further plans in the summer will bring a grill menu and world beers including British cask ales. Premiership football games live on huge screens next season.

For more info visit: Facebook Comrades Bar.

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MIK ARTISTIK’S EGO TRIP @ THEATRE IN THE MILL, BD7 1DP ROBOTS Vs SHARKS PRESENT; Jim Lockey & the Solemn Sun + Eskimo Fandango + more @ THE 1 IN 12 CLUB, BD1 2LY SCOTTISH FALSETTO SOCK PUPPET THEATRE @ EXCHANGE ARTS CENTRE, BD21 2LE JATP JAZZ; Matt Gough @ THE IRISH CENTRE, BD1 2RX THE LIVE ROOM PRESENT; the Jackie Oates Band @ CAROLINE ST SOCIAL CLUB, BD18 3JZ

Sat 5th May_

SALTAIRE ARTS TRAIL; until Mon 7th May - for full listings - www.saltaireartstrail.co.uk It’s life but not as we know it – exhibition from Tim Smith + community groups @ SHIPLEY COLLEGE, BD18 3LQ We Happy Few – alternative mapping project from Yvonne Carmichael + Andy Abbott @ 44 WHITLAM ST, BD18 4PE Wundernacht – a collection of the exotic + unusual – cross art form event with House of Rose + Brown, Cherry Kino, The Old Tramshed + more @ THE EXHIBITION BUILDING, EXHIBITION ST, SALTAIRE. HOUSEKEEPING SOCIETY; ace band + probably cake @ TREEHOUSE CAFE, BD7 1BN JHALLA + JATHI; double bill - classical sitarist Mick Taylor + bharatanatyam dancer Pallavvi Saran Gujral (with live violin, vocals + mridangam) @ KALA SANGAM, BD1 4TY ‘WUNDERNACHT’; music, animation, art, storytelling, film, photography, poetry and installation and locally brewed ale @ EXHIBITION BUILDING SHIPLEY COLLEGE, EXHIBITION ROAD, SALTAIRE.

sam’s PicK!! aNTE; McWatt + Pifco + Hagman @ KIRKGaTE CENTRE, SHIPlEY, BD18 3EH

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ante is part of Shipley’s May Day celebrations, starting on Saturday 5th May with a small press, zine and print fair followed by an evening benefit gig. Sunday 6th May is an ante-art factory - dress for mess and produce your own £25million masterpiece. An ante-Art exhibition runs throughout the weekend with contributions from local and international DIY art-activists who use art as a megaphone and a weapon for change. all events except the gig are admission free/donation. www.ante-art.co.uk ANTE continued @ KIRKGaTE CENTRE, SHIPlEY, BD18 3EH TOWNSTREEET SEAMONSTER; A lively mix of classic indie & contemporary pop @ CAFE 12, BINGLEY, BD17 6JX

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DISCOUNT COMEDY CHECKOUT @ GLYDE HOUSE, BD5 0BQ BERLIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA; Special gala concert@ ST. GEORGE’S HALL, BD1 1JT LEGO FUN DAY; family fun + café @ KIRKGATE CENTRE, BD18 3EH UFO CLUB; 60s psychedelic and rock + roll @ POLISH CLUB, BD5 OBH ACOUSTIC NORTH; oopen mic night @ GLYDE HOUSE, BD5 0BQ GOD / HEAD; Oval House presents: Chris Goode + Company (until Fri 11th) THEATRE IN THE MILL, BD7 1DP THORNTON OPEN STUDIOS + JAZZ WEEKEND @ SOUTH SQUARE CENTRE, BD13 3DL. YOU HAD ME AT HELLO + Rosie + Ashestoangels @ EXCHANGE ARTS CENTRE, BD21 2LE MARC OTWAY AND ABI UTTLEY; A sophisticated blend of jazz, soul and pop @ CAFE 12, BINGLEY, BD17 6JX THE SHIPLEY ALTERNATIVE; Shipley’s unique indy market returns @ KIRKGATE CENTRE, BD18 3EH THE BUSKER’S RETREAT; featuring Spencer, Luke Hirst & Sarah Smout +Tia Kalmaru @ The 1 IN 12 CLUB CAFÉ, BD1 2LY WORKERS + SHIRKERS CABARET; Sentimentalists + Alex Mettrick + DJ Papa D + Richard Marriott @ KIRKGATE CENTRE, BD18 3EH CRUCIAL BREW; 5 peice reggae band from the North East @ THE NEW INN, THORNTON, BD13 3JX THE WINTER BANDSTAND; Otra + Gerry Cooper @ CAROLINE ST SOCIAL CLUB, BD18 3JZ

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DISCOUNT COMEDY CHECKOUT @ GLYDE HOUSE, BD5 0BQ BERLIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA; Special gala concert@ ST. GEORGE’S HALL, BD1 1JT LEGO FUN DAY; family fun + café @ KIRKGATE CENTRE, BD18 3EH UFO CLUB; 60s psychedelic and rock + roll @ POLISH CLUB, BD5 OBH OVERDRIVE; covers from Genesis to Foo Fighters @ SHIPLEY PRIDE, BD18 3HH BROKEN HEARTS CLUB BAND @ THE NEW INN, THORNTON, BD13 3JX

SEE CENTRE PULLOUT FOR INFORMATION OF VENUES AND EVENTS...

wk4 - THrEad fEsTiVaL; a frEE music EVEnT in VEnuEs acrOss THE ciTY-cEnTrE Thu 24th May_

FOOD + WINE TASTING EVENING + gambling @ NAPOLEON’S CASINO + RESTAURANT, BD1 4DR TOPIC FOLK CLUB; Presents Katriona Gilmore & Jamie Roberts @ BRADFORD IRISH CENTRE HoWDo?! PRESENTS; Worldwide; featuring Stop Motion Trio & DJ lubi @ BalaNGa BaSEMENT CluB BD1 3PT Opening Thread Festival is the 3rd in a series of HowDo?! live music events which explores all things “worldy”.

Stop Motion Trio is a jazz outfit with elements of Latin & Hip-Hop. 1 pianist, 1 jazz drummer and 1 double bassist!

DJ Lubi is one of the UK’s top soul/funk/latin djs and promoters. Celebrating 30 years in the music industry; Lubi started his musical career in Bradford spinning jazz and funk at the University of Bradford’s Subway Bar and Checkpoint West Indian Centre in 1982. As part of the DIG! family, he was instrumental in putting Leeds on the map during the Acid-Jazz era, bringing such names as Gilles Peterson and Mr Scruff.

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Sun 27th May_

BRADFORD UNIVERSITY MUSIC SOCIETY; TLMC Open Day @ The Theatre in the Mill, University of Bradford (12pm-7pm) NO HANDS + LAMB SAWRENCE PRESENT; Blue arsed flies (London) + Matoke (Cambridge) + Spirit of John (Leeds) + Wilful Missing + Bradford’s number 1 alt. pop party @ POLISH CLUB, BD5 0BH THE AIRE VALLEY SINGERS; celebration concert@ ST. PAUL’S CHURCH, BD18 3EH REDWIRE; debut single launch @ LIVE LOUNGE AT UTOPIA, BD1 2QT MUGENKYO TAIKO DRUMMERS @ ST. GEORGE’S HALL, BD1 1JT DANZA CONTEMPORANEA DE CUBA; also Sat 26th @ ALHAMBRA THEATRE, BD1 1AJ MaBU Presents: Stalking Horse, Young Liar, The Horn The Hunt @ DELIUS ARTS & CULTURAL CENTRE, BD7 1AA (2pm-8pm) BLACK DOGS FM INSTALLATION @ HAND MADE IN BRADFORD, BD1 1RU (10am-5pm) THIS OBSCENE BABY AUCTION Presents: Black Moth, Gum Takes Tooth, Cut Yourself in Half @ 1in12 Club, BD1 2LY DESI NIGHT; with DJ’s and Dhol players playing Bollywood, Bhangra & RnB @ SPICE BAR LOUNGE RESTAURANT BRADFORD LGBT PRIDE; be gay among the fountains @ CENTENARY SQUARE / CITY PARK, BD1 1SD VICTOR JARA; the Squires/Barker/Modarelli/Brooks/Munoz Collective present a theatre-cabaret exploration of the life and death of the Chilean activist, theatre director and musician@ THEATRE IN THE MILL, BD7 1NX BIG TOE’S HI FI + Nucleus Roots @ @ THE MILL, BD7 1LU THE MOOR FOLK PRESENT; Pete Morton + Boss Caine @ EXCHANGE ARTS CENTRE, BD21 2LE BLUES NICKS; classic blues @ SHIPLEY PRIDE, BD18 3HH SALTAIRE VINTAGE HOME & FASHION FAIR @ VICTORIA HALL, SALTAIRE, BD18 3JS THE SPARROW’S first birthday*** @ THE SPARROW BIER CAFE, BD1 3HZ

sOmETHing sPEciaL!! ART FARMERS + KALA SANGAM PRESENT; art farmers open mic on tour, hosted by Poet and the loops (Martin Christie) ft Mr. Beaumont @ Kala SaNGaM, BD1 4TY Sunday roast of an event! Art Farmers take their open mic on tour to St. Peter’s House.

Expect the usual.

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Tues 5th June

THE UGLY SPIRIT; a backstage play by Russell Barr @ SQUARE CHAPEL, HALIFAX, HX1 1QG LIVE COMEDY @ SUBURBAN BAR BAILDON, BD17 5EH GLOBAL FOOD FRIDAY; Solamatik free festival – a multi-cultural world carnival @ CENTENARY SQUARE / CITY PARK, BD1 1SD POLLY + THE BILLETS DOUX; genre-defiant quartet @ EXCHANGE ARTS CENTRE, BD21 2LE THE 1 IN 12 CLUB WEEKENDER; benefit gig with Last Legion Alive + Agnosy + more tbc @ THE 1 IN 12 CLUB, BD1 2LY NOEL BOWLER: MAKING SPACE; artists talk – Islam in contemporary Ireland @ IMPRESSIONS GALLERY, BD1 1SD BRADFORD OPEN; arts + crafts fair inc South Asian arts & crafts @ KALA SANGAM, BD1 4TY (see www.bradfordopen.org.uk for other events - until Tue 5th June) THE 1 IN 12 CLUB WEEKENDER; benefit gig with Last Legion Alive + Agnosy + more tbc @ THE 1 IN 12 CLUB, BD1 2LY SALTAIRE ANTIQUES & COLLECTABLES MARKET @ VICTORIA HALL, SALTAIRE, BD18 3JS OPEN MIC with Featured Bands first Tuesday of the month with YORKSHIRE GIG GUIDE and YORKSHIRE MUSIC COLLECTIVE @ FACTORY STREET STUDIOS, BD4 9NW

OngOing EVEnTs during maY wEEKLY

BEEHIVE POETS; every Monday@ NEW BEEHIVE INN, BD1 3AA THE DRAWING CLUB; every Tuesday, models, music, projections @ DELIUS ARTS CENTRE, BD7 1AA BRADFORD SCRATCH ORCHESTRA; every Thursday, ensemble improv facilitated by Richard Ormrod @ TASMIN LITTLE MUSIC CENTRE, BD7 1DP TIME FOR TEA; every Friday, free tea and cakes for over 55s @ IMPRESSIONS GALLERY, BD1 1SD

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ARTISTIC OFF-LICENCE; painting, photography, video, sculpture, jewellery, music, performance @ THE AIREDALE SHOPPING CENTRE, BD22 3QQ TIME AND PLACE; Photographs and stories of Bradford’s Asian communities since the 1950s @ HAND MADE IN BRADFORD, BD1 1RU NOEL BOWLER: MAKING SPACE; Islam in contemporary Ireland @ IMPRESSIONS GALLERY, BD1 1SD LIFE ON LINE; the world’s first gallery dedicated to exploring the impact of the internet@ THE NATIONAL MEDIA MUSEUM, BD1 1NQ

www.bradfordmuseums.org www.impressions-gallery.com www.fabricculture.co.uk

www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk www.brad.ac.uk/gallery

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