A message from Mayor at Associated Minds;
“The double A side videos taken from Metabeats’ heavyweight debut ‘Metaphysical’ LP are out now on You Tube. Check em out, enjoy and all that goodness.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WR7Q8vu-08c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avz_AmJdGR8
The LP is available at all good record stores or online @ HMV, iTunes, Amazon etc or direct from us nice folk at www.associatedminds.com/store
I hope it’s a sunny Saturday.
Peace
Mayor”
Ice Cream Social*
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*a new club night blending indie, electronic, new music, remixes & underground classics:
Justice, Bloc Party, The Rapture, New Young Pony Club, Maximo Park, M.I.A., Cornelius, Arctic Monkeys, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Daft Punk, LCD Soundsystem, Super Furry Animals, CSS, !!! & more!
(+ admission includes access to Spandex Ballet - Sin City’s alternative 80s night)
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Sat 15th Dec @ Sin City
price: £3 (we’re on the top floor)
doors : 11-3.30
more details online : http://www.icecreamsocial.co.uk
Swansea’s annual underground & politically charged film festival is just around the corner.
With a program of events including short movies, radical documentaries, music videos and animation, the festival hosted by Undercurrents reveals truly underground and challenging films that shouldn’t be missed.
“Friday 30th November @ Monkey Cafe
Undercurrents Beyond TV Festival kicks off in style with a party at Monkey to celebrate the launch of their new surf flick On the Push.
Featuring music from;
The Savage Jazz http://www.thesavagejazz.com/
and Kali Mist http://profile.myspace.com/kalimist05Saturday and Sunday 1st and 2nd December
Follow it up with radical, thought-provoking, funny, shocking indy films at the Taliesin.
Check out the Website for a full program of events: http://www.beyondtvfestival.info/.
The next Framework Social is on the way; Tuesday 6th of November at St. James Social Club.
This is probably Swansea’s most unique event and Pretty Shitty City recommends checking it out.
In their own words…
“If you haven’t been before you can find us on St James crescent, just off Walters rd as you walk towards the uplands from the city centre.
As always, we are looking for an artist in residence to respond to the proceedings; performance based work to entertain the masses and static, film or video work to exhibit throughout the venue.
If you think you could contribute to the shared experience, then reply to this email with contact details and a brief description of your work and ideas, and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.
The Social is an excellent opportunity to experience new and challenging work; experiment with your own practice and ideas in the unique context of the St James Social club; interact with like and unlike minded people, or just come for the atmosphere…
We’re looking forward to it already.
Framework.”
http://www.myspace.com/frameworkswansea
Until then, check out these photos below from previous Framework artist in residence, Adam Goodge and his project ‘Hello, I’m Johnny Cash’.
The Framework Social is back and they’re putting a call out for an artist in residence plus people who work in the fields of video, installation, drawing, performance & music. Get in touch if you want to contribute; frameworkcontact@yahoo.co.uk or check out their new myspace; myspace.com/frameworkswansea.
The next Framework event will be Tuesday September 4th 7pm, £2 entry (no charge for participants) at St. James Social Club, St. James Crescent, Uplands, Swansea, SA1 6DR.
The soon to be opened Elysium Gallery (formerly the Exposure Gallery) are seeking artists for solo or group shows and one off events.
Artists working in any media are welcome; e.g. Installation, Interactive/Open Studio, Film, Music, Photography, 3D, Performance, Experimental or Sound etc.
Contact Jon elysiumgallery@yahoo.co.uk or check the Elysium Gallery myspace for more news.
Framework, a Swansea based Artist Collective are hosting their next event at St. James’s Social Club in Uplands this Tuesday (3rd July). So if you’re looking for arty, eclectic entertainment this week, you should pop down.
This time we’ve got the following host of talent to enjoy; performance work by Fay Crispin, video work by our own Paul Woodland, ukulele musings from Joan Jones and of coarse the usual bingo excitement will continue. We’re also proud to present Jonathon Anderson as Framework Socials’ very first artist in residence.
Framework Social is a space for experimentation and the development of practices so we are open to suggestions for works, live or static to show. It is also a space for us to build a creative community together so it really is an open space in which you can contribute and participate.
Entrance will cost you two pounds.
The Framework Social is being held at St. James Social Club, St. James Crescent, Uplands, Swansea, SA1 6DR.
This rather fetching image turned up in my email inbox last week.
It’s of photo of Paul Durden (co-writer of Twin Town) with Lily Allen, and it also appeared to come from Mr.Durden himself.
For those who don’t know, we ‘borrowed’ the name of this site from a scene in Twin Town; a film set in Swansea, also co-written by Allen’s uncle and starring her father.
Lets hope Mr. Durden isn’t planning on taking legal action. 
Multimedia artist, Thomas Jerome Newton, has one of his tracks featured on BBC Radio 1’s Best of Unsiged Podcast this week. It also got airplay on Huw Stephens’ radio show here.
The track, Kites, which has been remixed by Newton, is also available on the ‘Radical Turf presents: Hello Future?’ compilation from Radical Turf Records.
You can listen to more of Newton’s tracks and watch his experimental ‘Timestream’ films at his MySpace page or his Timestream Arts website.
Undercurrents have started a video blog, allowing you to easily download & share their films.
The project, named Offline TV, is still in early stages but you can already watch a short introductory film that includes Hamish’s solar-powered video production suite (on a beach in the Canary Isles)!
The site is powered by Broadcast Machine: a free, open-source tool that lets you easily create video blogs on your website. Plus the downloads are compatible with RSS, bittorrent, iTunes etc.
You can download the videos directly from the Offline TV website, or alternatively you can subscribe using Democracy, another free program which gives you access to loads more Internet TV channels (like Adult Swim and ZeFrank).
