Archive for March 17th, 2007
What the heck’s been going on over at D+CFilm this week? Ah, so glad you asked. Lots, is the answer. That’s why we’ve hand-picked the week’s best movie-type stories from round the region and listed them below, in order of sexiness.
Sounds simple? It bally-well is.
1. Reel Indi pops a cap in the ass of global terrorism
2. D+CFilm ’so cynical’ shocker
3. Wire Daisies trapped in YOUR computer
4. Wing wingding sting thing
5. Spaghetti bolognaise - what exactly is it?
How do you like them apples?! Of course, when we say ‘apples’ we mean ’stories’. Was that not made clear? Sorry.
Posted by Thin White Duke
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March 17th, 2007
Just a week after councillor Tudor Evans confirmed he’s gonna plonk a Life Centre on Plymouth’s Central Park, news reaches PRSD that this year’s Love Parks Week will take place between June 16 to 24.
Regular viewers will remember we at the People’s Republic were overwhelmingly against last year’s Life Centre wheeze - primarily because of the news the facility would eat into ‘just’ two per cent of the park’s 200 acres. Hey, you do the math.
So hooray for GreenSpace’s Love Parks Week, which promotes the benefits of parks and encourages people to discover what they have to offer.
Scheduled activities taking place include hundreds of events in some of the UK’s best-loved green spaces, a photo compo and a conference celebrating community involvement in parks.
Perhaps someone could invite Cllr Evans along and gently remind him parks are visited by some 2.5 billion citizens each year.
Oh, and that the £26.4million cost of the Life Centre would be better spent protecting Central Park from future development, and, um, renewing Plymouth City Council’s discontinued contract with respite care organisation Kids. Y’know, just for starters.
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March 17th, 2007
If you want to discover the power hip-hop can have to excite, question and beguile then you’d be well advised to hop over to the the hippest of them all, Ursula Rucker, who’s only UK appearance in a world-wide tour is at the Exeter Phoenix as part of the Virbraphoinic festival, on Monday.
Rucker’s stark stories, powerful prose and mystical music has marked her out as one to watch, and there’s already a buzz that this hard hitter is happening along to the People’s Republic, squeezing in our small state between gigs in Singapore and Slovenia.
Criticism of the US government, fellow hip hoppers and a fine line in social commentary have shown her to be a strong and independent spirit with an individual voice.
Fearless, contemporary, and hey, let’s face it, cool, catch Ursula Rucker at the Exeter Phoenix on Monday at 8pm. That’s £8 to you, unless you can get in for £6.
Posted by Cptn
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March 17th, 2007
