March 2007 » People's Republic of South Devon

‘And it all shines on…’

By PRSD, on Saturday, March 31, 2007

“Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.”

If you didn’t catch the film when it was at the cinema, and you missed it on telly last night, then at least catch the trailer of the US vs John Lennon on D+CFilm.

PS We’re a country at war, not for an insane reason – for

Just the ticket

By PRSD, on Friday, March 30, 2007

Have you checked out the new, extended arthouse cinema listings on D+CFilm yet? Well, you should, because there’s a great week of movies on the way.

There’s all the info you need on: Nick Broomfield’s Ghosts, which you may have noticed we’ve been bigging up because of the socio/political issues (Film Studies 101 don’t fail me

Nick Broomfield’s Ghosts, the story of the Chinese cockle pickers who died in Morecombe, opens at Plymouth Art Centre today (to be followed soon at Exeter Picturehouse). An eye-opening account of the plight of migrant workers – and a good film to boot.

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Melting Pot Podcast #12

By PRSD, on Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Keep in step as we shuffle along to the music of the Devon scene. Find out what tune Niki would shake a stick out to if she was angry (and you don’t want to make her angry). Here’s the clues. Is it a) Kolo with Lamb and Flag, b) Quarantine singing Vice Versa, c) The

Traffic stopping

By PRSD, on Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Don’t get pulled along by the Daily Mail’s, et al, next dodgy debate about migrant workers. Instead do something useful and watch Nick Broomfield’s Ghosts, which is coming to the region, and understand the plight of people who are exploited by human traffickers and unscrupulous employers (cheap food anyone?).

But don’t think it can’t

Berlin nights

By PRSD, on Monday, March 26, 2007

Now’s your chance to turn the People’s Republic into the Weimar Republic – well on April 13 and the first Friday every month at least – with the Surreal Saloon’s claim of putting a bit of Berlin nightlife into the south west.

Five star

By PRSD, on Sunday, March 25, 2007

What’s been happening onÂ D+CFilm this week? Answer: loads. But don’t just sit there slapping your forehead cos you missed it all – weâ€™veÂ hand-picked the weekâ€™s best movie-type stories from round the regionÂ and listed them below. Sounds simple, don’t it? Almost too simple…

1. Faerie fan does it for ver kids

2. Prize for potty-mouthed pet

3. D+CFilm fights

Saving all round

By PRSD, on Sunday, March 25, 2007

As another incentive to turn that shade a bit more green (like saving the world isn’t enough), Bovey Climate Action has tried to help our save pennies too (now that’s not something to sniff at). The group has secured a 10% B&Q discount on renewable energy products with the Newton Abbot branch, which is available

Quails take off

By PRSD, on Saturday, March 24, 2007

Before you start clambouring around, saying ‘we knew them when…’, let us remind you that Plymouth Herald Battle of the Bands finalists The Quails first came to our attention last summer.

And if you gossip hungry fiends out there want the latest gen, this Teignmouth crew (The Quails, duh) are ‘in negotiations’ with Sarah Woodward’s new

In my tribe

By PRSD, on Saturday, March 24, 2007

Tinariwen played Dartington Hall on March 22 and it’s their history that really makes people take notice of their music.

The band was originally part of the Tourag tribe of Mali, in the Sahara. Swapping their guns for guitars, the band has played countless sell out shows all over the globe, and finally ended up in

Idiom-atic

By PRSD, on Friday, March 23, 2007

Eye, eye – it’s hard, it’s funky, it’s Idiom. See them tonight on SpectralWorkshoptv.

Flying down to Newquay

By PRSD, on Friday, March 23, 2007

At least when the one from the Monkees who wore the wooly hat flew down to Rio there were probably no trains and even less chance that Greenpeace would pay for them. Ah, those ages of innocence, when the idea of global warming was a thing of the future – at least we have nuclear