THE NEW MASTERSOUNDS AT JELLY JAZZ!

The Jelly Jazz guys sure know how to throw a party, so we were excited to hear they had laid down plans for their annual Christmas shindig - and when we heard that they'd managed to get The New Mastersounds and Dionne Charles booked we got even more excited...

The Leeds-based New Mastersounds formed in 1999 and went on to become an internationally recognised force in the New Funk scene. They are joined by Brightonian soul sensation Dionne Charles on vocals. A classic Jelly Jazz night full of funk awaits! Get your tickets now to avoid disappointment...

WANTED: EMERGING DEVON FILMMAKERS!

Are you a filmmaker based in Devon? Do you have an innovative short film idea which you'd like to see made a reality? Are you interested in exploring new approaches to digital format? Do you feel you are ready to make the leap to a more ambitious/semi-professional level of short filmmaking? If you’ve answered yes to all these questions, read on...

Exeter Phoenix Media Centre is now inviting applications for up to two projects from film-makers based in Devon. You can apply either as a team made up of a writer and director or as an individual writer and/or director. Live action films and documentaries can be a maximum of 15 minutes and animation can be a maximum of five minutes duration. Any genre will be considered, although we are looking for ideas which are suitable for a range of distribution platforms.

These opportunities are part of Digital Shorts, run by South West Screen and the UK Film Council in association with Exeter Phoenix Media Centre, Somerset Film and 4mations.

Deadline for applications: Monday 10 November 2008

For more information on both opportunities and details of how to apply please visit http://www.swscreen.co.uk/WhatWeFund/112.aspx.

www.exeterphoenix.org.uk

VOTE FOR CHARLIE G - BEST NEW FACE AT TRANCE AWARDS.COM!

The Trance Awards is a celebration of the biggest and the best in the world of trance from the past 12 months. Featuring 13 categories voted for by the public, this year's event is the fourth annual Trance Awards and it's set to be the biggest date on the global trance calendar. Over the last few years, tens of thousands of fans have made themselves heard and the awards are recognised by the scene as a barometer of what’s hot and what’s not.

The awards culminate in a star studded ceremony and party at Ministry of Sound in London, on 21 November. The lineup this year includes Trance Awards stalwart Judge Jules, who will once again help to present the awards, alongside The Thrillseekers, Lange, Sied Van Riel, Claudia Cazacu and Gavyn Mitchell.

The South West's very own Charlie G is nominated in the Best New Face category. This year has been a successful one for our Charlie, as he's launched his own record label, done two Japanese tours, as well as a whole loads of gigs and he's also been a columnist for your favourite magazine - us of course...!

Check out Charlie's tracks at www.myspace.com/charliegmusic and vote for him now at www.tranceawards.com/vote!

JAMES MORRISON ON TOUR

The husky crooner has just announced an eleven date tour for March and April 2009, which stops off in the South West at Bristol Colston Hall on 21 Mar and Exeter University’s Great Hall on 27 Mar. His current November dates are sold out, as he travels around showcasing new album, Songs For You, Truths For Me. He’s also about to release a new single where he duets with Nelly Furtado, called ‘Broken Strings’.

His musical career kicked off on the streets of Porth, near Newquay, where he used to busk as a young lad. He hit the big time two years ago with the single ‘You Give Me Something’ and he’s gone on to enjoy success around the world. Make sure you catch him on his tour next year… Tickets are £21.50 and go on general sale today (Friday 24 October). Available at www.livenation.co.uk or www.gigsandtours.com 24 hr cc hotline 0871 2200 260.

SURFS UP THIS WEEKEND

The British National Surf Championships kick off tomorrow at Fistral Beach in Newquay, Cornwall. The two day event has just been given the go ahead, as huge swell is predicted for the weekend. Surfers from across the country will descend on Fistral beach to compete in the prestigious competition, and with categories for Womens, Mens, Masters and Veterans, this is sure to be a showcase of top surfing talent. Contest director Anton Roberts said, ““We’re expecting a solid swell meaning ideal conditions for this prestigious contest. 9am Saturday will see the first heats in the water!” We’ll keep you posted on the results after the weekend.

Find out more about the British Surfing Association at www.britsurf.co.uk

Tom Costelloe appeal confirmed

Promoter / DJ Tom Costelloe's appeal against his conviction for allowing drugs to be sold in Plymouth's Dance Academy is to be heard on Wednesday 29 and Thursday 30 October in the Court of Appeal.

We understand that the appeal will be heard as part of a parcel of cases affected by the 'Davis Points' - a new rule that witness statements given anonymously (like those given by the cops who participated in the Dance Academy trial) are no longer admissable as evidence. The Lord Chief Justice and a panel of judges may decide on a retrial, to quash his conviction, or not to do anything at all, in which case he will still able to appeal on other grounds. It's unlikely there will be a decision for a couple of weeks.

Fireworks spectacular at the Sandsifter!

On Sun 2 Nov don’t miss the FIREWORKS AT SANDSIFTER near Hayle. Promising to better last years impressive display, they’ve got the biggest, baddest display of professional pyrotechnics in West Cornwall all ready to go off. The event will start at 5pm with hog roast, drinks and music with the display commencing at 7pm. Entry is £4 per car or £1 on foot.

see sandsifter.eu for more info...

Burston Reunion Party

For all of you who remember trekking across the mid Devon countryside to the middle of nowhere (Bow) back in the last 90’s and early 00’s, House Trap present a special house and techno reunion gig on Fri 31 October at a more central location in Exeter – the Velvet Rooms on Fore St. They have managed to sort not one, not two, but three Burston legends to rock the reunion - Rowland The Bastard, Lazy Shaun & Creature Craig to take control of the Velvet Lounge for 'The Good The Bad & The Ugly - Big Burston Reunion'. The Question is, will Big Ray be there?! Doors 9pm, more info HERE

Skate comp in the city

Red Bull Manny Mania is a ‘Manual’ stake trick contest, taken from the initiative created in the USA, Red Bull has developed the event concept for the UK, and the tour will be stopping off in Bristol at St Paul’s Cathedral, Portland Square, BS2 8SJ on Sun 19 October. With over £2,000 in cash prizes up for grabs, you can be sure the cities top skaters will be in action, hoping to claim their share of the money! More info at myspace.com/redbullmannymania

Halloween treats for film fans!

Truro based film production company o-region have a feast of spooky treats for you this Halloween with a thrilling evening of music and film at this month’s roughcut, their renowned short film evening. Taking place on 13 October at Miss Peapods in Penryn, the evening will feature a cocktail of video nasties and putrid punk rock! They’ve spent months trawling the dark recesses of the film world to bring you filth, gore, blood and guts from filmmakers all over the UK, with films from Anastasia Kirillova, Esther May Campbell, Ham Williams and Shelley Claxton. The cinematic highlight of the evening will be a world premiere of Fleapit, a horror double bill made especially for the event by o-region favourites Brett Harvey and Ian Bucknole. Tales of the supernatural and horrible horrors will be complemented by a performance from all girl punk rockers The Eyelids. Get in the mood with some horror fancy dress because there will be a prize for the most shocking outfit, and gruesome games and bloodcurdling quizzes top off this feast of Halloween treats!

Tickets are £7.50 and are available through www.o-region.co.uk / www.crbo.co.uk or phone 01726 879500. It’s advisable to book in advance as space is limited.

The Guillemots head to Cornwall

We are delighted to announce that the Guillemots will be bringing their 'Fishbone for a drink' tour to Cornwall this autumn, with not one, but two dates, firstly at the Carnglaze Caverns, Liskeard on the 19th November and Princess Pavilion, Falmouth 20th November.

Promoters, SW1 Productions said 'The band were looking for unusual venues to play on this tour, they'd already asked us about Princess Pavilion as they'd heard it had a bandstand, and they loved the idea of playing in a Cave!'

The Guillemots (which is the plural of the name of a group of seabirds, but most often meaning the Common Guillemot), first emerged in 2005 with a support slot on Rufus Wainwright's sell out UK tour. 2006 brought the release of their Mercury Prize nominated debut album 'Through the Windowpane', which narrowly lost out to The Artic Monkeys, but firmly established the band with much critical acclaim.

In March this year, the bands follow up album 'Red' charted at no.9 in the UK album charts, with hit single 'Get Over It' reaching no.20 in the same month.

No strangers to Cornwall, the Guillemots supported KT Tunstall at the Eden Sessions earlier this year and in 2007 supported Paolo Nutini at the Rip Curl Boardmasters.

But this will be their first headline show in the region and as you would expect from the band, will take on a slightly non traditional format... 'Fishbone for a drink' tour is in association with Future Shorts who are one of the leading and most innovative short film labels, who passionately believe in getting short films seen and creating a culture around the medium, Future Shorts is recognized by filmmakers, the industry and press alike as the cutting-edge short film label.

The format will be Future Shorts setting up a cinema screen to show short films with Guillemots providing an improvised live soundtrack as the first part of the show followed by a full Guillemots performance as the second part of the show. The Carnglaze Caverns show will be seated. Support details to be announced.

Tickets are £15.00 available from www.seetickets.com 0871 2200260, Princess Pavilion Box Office 01326 211222 or from Carnglaze Caverns box office 01579 320251 - subject to booking fee.

Newton Faulker Exclusive Gig

Just a quickie to let you all know that Newton Faulkner is doing a show at the Carnglaze Caverns, Liskeard, Cornwall on Saturday 31st January 09 - it's part of a national tour of places that Newton personally selected to play at so that he could introduce fans to his new material.

Tickets go on sale from 9am on Friday 10th October - they are available from www.seetickets.com 0871 2200260 - they are limited to 4 per order and subject to booking fee.

Glastonbury Festival 2009 - UPDATE

After tickets went on sale earlier than ever for Glasto 09, it looks like the success of this summer's festival is still ringing in people's ears as over half the tickets have already been sold. Which just goes to show what a bit of sunshine and a controversial booking can do for you!

Register online (or you can use your reg number from this year's festival if you ticked the "remember my details" box when you registered for Glasto 08) and buy tickets at www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk. This year for the very first time you can put down a £50 deposit to secure your ticket, paying the balance in February.

Now, it might feel weird to book tickets to a festival when you dont know any of the acts playing, but Glasto is so vast and diverse that you're sure to find something to your liking. The only other thing is...do you think the Met Office can do an eight month advance weather forecast...?

Free the Plymouth Two

Dance music magazine Mixmag has just launched a campaign to highlight the cause of Dance Academy owner Manoucehr Bahmanzadeh and DJ Tom Costelloe who were jailed earlier this summer for allegedly allowing drug dealing to take place in the Dance Academy. We covered this story last month, but Mixmag have looked at it from a wider angle - read it here - and join the campaign.

Appeals have been lodged for both Manoucehr and Tom but they are likely to take take a long time to come back to court. We will be keeping you up to date with this as and when developments happen, but in the meantime, read the article and join the campaign to Free the Plymouth Two.

MOONLIGHT SURF'S UP THIS SATURDAY!

THE RED BULL MOONLIGHTER sessions will take place at Putsborough Beach, located at the far end of Woolacombe Bay in North Devon on 4 Oct. The surf session is all about good times – there’s no competition, just good swell (hopefully). Starting at 6.30pm, there will be a bar and music at around 8.30pm, then the party will move on to a local venue. With the Red Bull wigwam and “re-energising” lounge and a volleyball net for non-surfers to have a play, this should be a lovely relaxing evening for all involved!

BREAKING NEWS: WHITE NOISE FESTIVAL CANCELLED

White Label Music were due to present the first White Noise Music Festival in Newquay in early November, but have just announced that the festival has had to be cancelled. The three day festival of cutting edge electronic music was due to be held at Hendra Holiday Park from 7 – 9 Nov. Billed as a festival with no rain, no mud, (just anoraks!), the line up included a Jarvis Cocker/Jason Buckle DJ set, Damo Suzuki and The Nitewreckers feat Dave Ball. The festival looked like it might be an interesting one, but it seems that sadly, the hurdles presented to the organisers simply became too much to overcome.

See www.whitelabel-music.co.uk for more information.

Glastonbury Festival 2009 tickets on sale!

For the first time in Glastonbury Festival’s history, tickets will go on sale eight months before the event.

From this Sunday (October 5th), festival-goers will be able to reserve tickets for next year’s event for a £50 deposit – or buy their tickets outright.

There will also be no limits on the number of tickets you can buy or reserve - as long as each purchase (or deposit) is matched with valid registration numbers.

Michael Eavis says: "I'm pleased to point out that anyone intending to come to the Festival in 2009 won't be limited to one, two or even six tickets when the booking opens on October 5. Our only stipulation is that each ticket - bought or reserved - is matched to a valid registration number. This way we can ensure that tickets are going to genuine Festival-goers only. With your consent we will save your registration number so you won’t need to re-register for the next four years."

Says Michael Eavis: “After three years, I am now confident that we have developed the fairest ticketing operation available anywhere, and we are ready to go.

“With the new scheme, backed by the all-important registration process, everyone has an equal chance of getting a ticket. And most importantly, every ticket will be going to a genuine festival-goer direct.

“I’m also convinced that the £50 deposit will help a lot of people to spread the payment for their ticket over a much longer period.”

Next year’s Glastonbury runs for five full days - from Wednesday 24th June until Sunday 28th June 2009 – across 1,000 acres of beautiful countryside at Worthy Farm, Somerset.

Many festival-goers have already registered their names for the 2009 event and will therefore have their all-important registration number. Anyone who hasn't registered will still be able to do so through www.glastonburyregistration.co.uk. Those without internet access can apply for a registration form (enclosing an SAE) to Glastonbury, PO Box 2445, Glasgow G40 9AG.

When the booking lines (0844 412 4635) and website (www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk) open for ticket sales at 9am on 5th October, all registered festival-goers will have two options. They can either buy a full weekend ticket at a price of £175 (plus a booking fee of £5), or alternatively, tickets can be reserved at a cost of £50 per ticket. The balance will be payable by 1st February 2009.

NEW INDEPENDENT CINEMA OPENS IN PLYMOUTH

The Jill Craigie's cinema in the Roland Levinsky Building at the University of Plymouth opens it's doors this month, and to celebrate they are screening a number of silent films, presented with brand new soundtracks by a diverse selection of musicians.

These reinterpretations of classic films will include Buster Keaton’s 1925 masterpiece The General, Broken Blossoms, South and Battleship Potemkin.

Each screening promises to offer the audience something very rarely encountered in cinema and because each performance is either being performed live or specially curated for the event there'll exhibit that "had to be there" quality usually reserved for gigs or premiere's. Check out these listings:

02 Oct
THE GENERAL
Dir: Clyde Bruckman/Buster Keaton
USA/75mins/1925
6.30pm/£5 (£3 over 60s/free to UoP Students, staff and Friends Plus)
A combination of Buster Keaton’s physical comedy with dramatic stunts, accompanied by live music from energetic pianist and improviser, Andrew Odber.

09 Oct
BROKEN BLOSSOMS
Dir: DW Griffith
USA/90mins/1919
6.30pm/£5 (£3 over 60s/free to UoP Students, staff and Friends Plus)
Set in the east end of London in the lime house district amidst opium dens, Broken Blossoms is a dream-like tale of love in the face of adversity. Seven-piece progressive folk outfit the Dharma Bums perform a live score alongside a screening of this intimate and poignant film. New addition to the group, electronics maestro Oliver Charles will make his debut as a Bum at the gig so don’t miss out!

16 Oct
SOUTH
Dir: Frank Hurley
UK/81 mins/1919
6.30pm/£5 (£3 over 60s/free to UoP Students, staff and Friends Plus)
South tells the story of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ill fated journey to the Antarctic. The incredible voyage and subsequent marooning was captured by photographer, cameraman and adventurer Frank Hurley so there’s some pretty rare footage in this film. It will be accompanied by a new digitally generated score by composer Alexis Kirke, which captures the desolate, white landscape of Antarctica.

23 Oct
THE BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN
Dir: Sergei Eisenstein
USSR/75 mins/1925
6.30pm/£5 (£3 over 60s/free to UoP Students, staff and Friends Plus)
Eisenstein’s dramatisation of the 1905 Battleship Potemkin uprising against oppressive officers was intended as a piece of propoganda, but became an influential piece of film making because of the director’s use of montage, the influence of which can be seen in modern cinema – from Coppola’s Apocalypse Now to De Palma’s Untouchables. The screening will be accompanied by a specially developed digitally reconfigured orchestral piece from composer Shostakovich.

The Jill Craigie Cinema is in the Roland Levinsky Building at the University of Plymouth.
Box office: 01752 585050
www.peninsula-arts.co.uk