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Friday, 1.00 pm
Come to the Forest this Friday and treat yourself to a live performance of ‘I am sitting in a room’ by our very own Mr Stephen Patterson. One of composer Alvin Lucier’s best known works, the piece involves Stephen recording himself narrating a text, and then playing the recording back into the room, re-recording it. The new recording is then played back and re-recorded, and this process is repeated. Tthe effect is that certain frequencies are emphasized as they resonate in the room, until eventually the words become unintelligible, replaced by the pure resonant harmonies and tones of the room itself.
Intrigued? Come along and find out for yourself
The Forest would also like to point out that the photo is not of Mr Patterson
Launch of the third Dark Mountain book in EDINBURGH
Friday 7th December
8pm
Featuring readings from Dark Mountain writers, including Em Strang, Paul Kingsnorth and Thomas Keyes. Music from Mairi Campbell and Hailey Beavis.
Good vibes, good conversations and a chance to buy the new book.
A chance to meet other DM folk, put the world to rights and have some fun.
”For all our doubts and discontents, we are still wired to an idea of history in which the future will be an upgraded version of the present. The assumption remains that things must continue in their current direction: the sense of crisis only smudges the meaning of that ‘must’. No longer a natural inevitability, it becomes an urgent necessity: we must find a way to go on having supermarkets and superhighways. We cannot contemplate the alternative”
Find more about the Dark Mountain project here!
FOREST DRAMA AND PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP
Every Tuesday from 20.30 at the Forest Café
MEET ME THERE…
Ras Babi Babiker
Joshua Caole / Dave Hughes / Mark McCabe / Davey Nolan
Thursday 4th October
7pm
Joshua Caole
Caole’s music evokes the American songwriting greats like Gram Parsons yet simultaneously tiptoes along the lines of alt rock, post punk and folkier climbs. What binds these disparate influences together is his rough-with-the-smooth combination of coarse, velvet vocals with clean, beautiful ringwheeling guitar parts.
Combining the songwriting of Elliot Smith with the vocal fragility of Bright Eyes; tales of misspent nights and love not quite won makes his debut album Moon Palace (released April 2012) an
impressive, impassioned collection of songs.
After releasing his EP Slow Hearts in December 2010, Joshua Caole spent much of the past year playing in cramped, dark rooms in the UK and Europe including support slots with superb acts such as Smoke Fairies, Sarabeth Tucek, Richmond Fontaine and Laura Gibson - to name just a few - and appeared at festivals including; Lounge on the Farm, Apple Cart and Swn. The year was topped off with a slot at the December Sessions at the O2 arena in London.
This year he’s doing it all over again, touring Europe far and wide with freshly pressed copies of Moon Palace under his arm.
“Subtle, understated songs with death and beauty at their heart.”
- Adam Walton (BBC Wales)
Dave Hughes is a folk singer, originally from just outside Glasgow but now residing in Dundee. He has been playing live for 5 years, and in this time has clocked up over 200 gigs all around the UK.
In the past has played with, amongst others, Frank Turner, The Wonder Stuff, Chris T-T, Ricky Warwick (ex-The Almighty, now of Thin Lizzy), Jonah Matranga, Damien Dempsey, and The Indelicates.
Drawing influences from Bruce Springsteen, Christy Moore and The Clash, he plays a modern form of politically, socially aware, story-telling folk music.
Recently signed to London DIY label “Corporate Records” who released his third album “Despite the Blackout”. A six track acoustic folk record recorded between 2010 and the start of 2011. Backing band “The Renegade Folk Punk Band” features 5 members and sounds like a “punk rock ceilidh”.
With his musical cohorts, stomped his way through an Irish folk flavoured set of post punk songs that would surely have won the approval of Joe Strummer”, - Bluesbunny
“If Gaslight Anthem got in a fight with Against Me! at a folk festival” - Wesley Shearer, Scotscribbler
“songs that are too melodic to be the traditional, if not literal definition of punk, but too ramshackle for the folk circuit.” - Lisa-Marie Ferla, Last Years Girl
“Righteously riotous” - Ramblings of A Nik
THOMAS TRUAX
with special guests TURTLE LAMONE and FAITH ELLIOT
Wednesday 3rd October
8pm
THOMAS TRUAX
Straight outta Wowtown (via NYC), one-man band Thomas Truax is famed for his array of bizarre homemade instruments (including the now-legendary ‘Hornicator’), captivating live performances, and ground-breaking recordings. He crafts some very potent songs, poetically evocative and rich with melancholy. He’s recently collaborated on projects with Jarvis Cocker and Amanda Palmer and upped his profile considerably with acclaimed covers album ‘Songs From The Films Of David Lynch’.
“Inventive and R
“Truax is shaping up nicely as one of the great rock eccentrics” - Uncut
“Genius.” - NME
http://www.thomastruax.com/
PLUS
TURTLE LAMONE
Piano-playing, Springsteen-influenced, melodic rock with punk rock ideals, Turtle Lamone is one of the hardest working DIY musicians in Scotland at the moment, and also one of the nicest. Oh, and his record is one of the best things released in 2012 so far.
https://www.facebook.com/turtlelamone
AND
FAITH ELLIOT
8pm sharp.
BYOB.
Free entry (first come first served).
The Bomb Will Tear Us Apart
@ the Forest - 141 Lauriston Pl
Saturday 29th September
7pm - close
We don’t want to set the world on fire, we just want to start a flame in your heart. Sadly, there’s nothing we can do about the imminent end of human civilisation. So join us as we learn to stop worrying and love the bomb with an evening of Cold War and Hot Beats. It’s the last party you’ll ever attend - until the next one!
Entry free before 9pm with a portion of tinned food (soup and beans preferred).
7pm - 8.30pm: Back to the 1950’s with Chutney Fez Films
8.30: The Live Fuses
9.05 - 10.00: Cyan Black , New Wave Electronicals to take you into the new age
Plus special guests and games including 5minute Warning Love and interactive exhibits.
“Most morbid idea for a party ever.”
“What’s wrong with you people?”
“Can I bring glow sticks?”
These are just some of things we’ve heard recently…
!!!Evening contains strobe, smoke and radioactive effects!!!
Forest Fringe 2012: Paper Stages
Volunteer an hour of your time, get a lovely festival in a book
clean build sing make do wash plumb tell grow
A lovely article and video from STV on our move to Tollcross and the opening celebrations.
New Forest: Buffering … 78%
Forest is back. We have a space, a coffee machine, and an ambition to make toasties. We need you. Help us grow it. Come. Now. Come. Now. 141 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh.
Things you can do
Build Shelves
Box Wiring
Fix Plumbing
Bring Flowers
Serve Coffee
Find Armchairs
Clean Like a Mofo
Organise Tools
Eat Glitter
Unpack Tea
Invent Recipes
Make Cupboards
Sing Us A Song
Give Us A Jukebox
Update This List
Friday 10th seems like the big day and it’s time to think…BIG. And Forest needs YOU for the greatest walking delirium the creative desert has led us to!
From Bristo to Disco will clutter the festival coronary pavement with a fiery procession leaving from Bristo Pl 3 (Forest’s former home) to our new home in Tollcross. Leading our steps to a new age of community art and soul sparkle at the core of the burgh will be the never sold last bottle of Exploading Car, Forest’s old own much cherished brew.
Following will be you and your own brew of present and future plans, projects and creativity that Forest eagerly awaits!
For this and because it’s time to celebrate all the things we love about Forest, here it is.
Meet outside Bristo Pl 3 at 6.45 on Friday 10th (start at 7, going through the Meadows and down Brougham St to Tollcross). In there, we will be welcomed by so much music, so much dancing.
But there’s more. Do you hula-hoop? Play with fire? Play an instrument? Love a bit of fancy dress? Here’s what this procession totally absolutely irrefutably needs:
- Cake. Bake a cake and let’s share it everyone on our way. The more, the sweeter.
- Two people dressed as mimes.
- Exploading Cars. Do you have a bottle at home? Bring it. Exploading Pride.
- Your best friend. Dogs. With hats and party collars.
- Human canvas. Get a friend, dress him in white. Get some paint. You get the general idea.
- Lights. Torchlights. Or candles. Remember the candles? We love candles.
- Hula hoop. Do you hula hoop? Whoop-a-doop. Bring your neon one! It’s from Bristo to Disco.
- Belly dancers. We love you. Dance with us.
- Instruments. We like instruments and we like it even more when you play them. Bring them and let’s fill our way with music.
- One olympic runner. Nudity highly suggested.
- Ukelele army. Gather your fellow ukelele soldiers and let’s uke the boogie out of this walk.
- Animal suits. It’s time to bring out that panda costume. Dust off the tiger suit and get your wolf hat ready. Bring comfy shoes because you’ll be shaking that tail to dawn.
- Bikes. Brief stop for cycle bell solo in the Meadows. Oh yeah.
- Silly hats, silly moustaches, silly glasses. Even better if all at the same time.
- Primary colour outfits. Cyan shirt, cyan leggings, cyan shoes. Because we love the Forest flyers.
- Signs. Make a big cardboard sign with your favourite Forest slogan.
- And everything else. These are suggestions. Dreams. A Forest carnival. A surreal celebration. Bring your fancy dress, your bicycle helmet or your I ♥ Forest badge. Most importantly bring yourself no matter what. Walk with us. Celebrate with us.
See you there?
STIRLING: THE GOLDEN HOUR
Wednesday 18th July 2012 at the Junk Rooms - 7pm
Ladies and gentlemen, friends and lovers, kings and pawns — The Golden Hour returns to Scotland!
Join us for new words, blistering, blissful music and visual rubbish all in a beautiful space — The Junk Rooms, Stirling.
Featuring:
Words:
EWAN MORRISON: Gets his malls out. Heartbreaking, provocative, true tales and tall prophecies from the Nostradamus of Glasgow.
CHRIS POWICI: Always points true north. The poetic compass nails us for the billionth time.
RACHEL MCCRUM: was almost a doctor. But now she just heals. You don’t need a paper to tell which way the wind blows.
Music:
HAILEY BEAVIS: Like a lucky piece of gum found under your desk which still has lots of flavour. But that is not why we love her — we love her songs. If you haven’t — see her now because you deserve it. If you have — we know you are already here with us. Maybe she still uses a myspace.
BILLY LIAR: Might just rock your face off. Or, he might cuddle the crap out of you. We can never tell — but please, for your own safety, don’t just sit there like bloodless Cambridge slugs. Clap, jeer, spit, whoop or cream but for god’s sake — feel something. Or don’t. We like him when he’s angry.
FLAWS, the debut album by boletes, is out now. This great name-your-price digital album is downloadable via bandcamp with 50% of the download profits going to bring back Edinburgh’s ‘Forest cafe’.
Limited edition physical copies of the album are available for pre-order with the release date still to be announced.
Download your copy here : http://boletes.bandcamp.com/
There will also be a performance at Henderson’s St John’s on Lothian Road on the 2nd of April for Edinburgh University Art Society at 11pm.
The Inky Fingers Open Mic 28 February from 8-11pm
It’s free !!!!!!
This month, we’re incredibly excited to be featuring two top US poets, KEN ARKIND and JON SANDS, as part of their UK tour. Ken Arkind is a National Poetry Slam Champion, Nuyorican Poets Cafe Grand Slam Champion and full time touring artist who has performed across the US, been publishedin numerous anthologies, and featured in HBO, CBS, NBC and Borders.com’s Open Door Poetry series. Jon Sands is a full-time teaching & performing artist. His first full collection of poems, The New Clean, was released in 2011 from Write Bloody Publishing. Jon is currently the Director of Poetry Education at the Positive Health Project.
The Inky Fingers Open Mic takes place on the fourth Tuesday of the month, from 8-11pm. It’s free to come and free for anyone to perform, regardless of style, experience, or identity. We want to hear from everybody, and we want to support everybody in performing for a friendly audience. We want your poems, your rants, your ballads, your short stories, your diaries, your experimental texts, your heart, your mind, your body. We want the essay on your summer holidays you wrote when you were four, your adolescent haiku, and extracts from your eventually-to-be-completed epic fantasy quadrilogy. We want to hear your best new work as well. And we want people to care about the way words are performed.
As well as the open mic, each night features top performers from the UK and further afield: we bring you the best in poetry, storytelling, fiction, and everything else that involves putting beautiful words in a beautiful order!
Spaces to perform are limited, so please email inkyfingersedinburgh@gmail.com to reserve a space.
Knitting Workshop
Sunday 5th February - 2-6pm
Autonomous Centre of Edinburgh
A chance to learn to knit and work on a group piece of work! It’s also a chance to meet together while we are waiting for a new building!
The needles and wool will be supplied but please feel free to bring your own.
ACE, 17 West Montgomery Place, Edinburgh EH7 5HA
