the cut cover.indd 1 - MC Bashy - Slash - Chris Lambert - Julia Goldsworthy MP: Current affairs affecting young people 7/3/08 08:09:23 Ronnie Grebenyuk Daniel Adjei The season of growth, spring 2008 is finally Firstly, I’d like to thank you for picking up here, and with that I would like to welcome the first issue of The Cut. In this issue’s you to the first ever issue of The Cut. I’m paper I can happily tell you we’ve got great Ronnie Grebenyuk, one of the editors. I would features guaranteed to keep your eyes stuck like to congratulate everyone from The Cut to the page. That’s why you picked up The on the hard work that has gone into the Cut, because you want entertainment at its publication, done so you the reader know best. I can’t say you should pick up a Cut only to expect the best. I hope you have newspaper and expect to read all about as much fun reading it the celebrities and the as we had producing dark sides of their lives it. As you should have because that’s not what realised it’s FREE, so take we’re about. What I can The Cut Newspaper advantage! This issue is say however, is that you The Stowe Centre packed, from music and won’t be disappointed. 258 Harrow Road London W2 5ES fashion to politics and It’s been written by young real life stories as well as people and it’s for young [email protected] much more so what are people, on a positive and www.thecutnewspaper.com you waiting for?! inspirational level. This issue is packed with exclusive interviews with musicians, from Bashy and The Cool The latest news from The Cut The boy from Brum takes on the world Kids to legendary Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash. We’ve got comment too: an article on the growth of drug trafficking and a feature on the role stress plays in the lives of young Lucinda Chua, Lady Lykez, Rowdy Superstar, Are young people missing out? people today. There’s with an interview with Will Kay, Chockablock Promoter JP Britain’s youngest MP, Julia Goldsworthy, plus a Hoxton Versus Hamstead fashion shoot – there’s really something for everyone. You can also expect tons of excellent The truth about life after prison What’s upsetting our children? photography, all done by The Cut photography team, so read on and enjoy! Cover: The Cool Kids photographed by Just what are Jamaica’s Fowl Pills? Neque. Duis augue arcu, sodales a, dignissim Matthew Benson (http://www.bntl.co.uk) This project is a partnership between Hardcore Is More Than Music and the Why are more young people getting caught Maniac, Little D, Skitz Beatz and P Money Paddington Development Trust funded up in this seedy world? by Mediabox through the Department for Children, Schools and Families. The Cut Newspaper is published by Hardcore Is More Than Music Ltd. 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Log onto www. recyclenow.com and enter your postcode to find your nearest sites. Neque. Duis augue arcu, sodales a, dignissim Tips on buying that first car They really are too cool for school The Cut goes to the match Hoxton Versus Hamstead On the track with the Olympic sprinter Taking London by storm We did! Meet the team behind The Cut the cut pp02-03.indd 5 7/3/08 08:10:32 Get up to speed on the latest we’ve noticed here at The Cut. Take a look at what we have been up to while we’ve been putting this Pic: Lucinda Chua Check this out: Issue together. www.myspace.com/ stowe_news BOO to closing Skateparks! Rumour has it part of the South Bank known as the Undercroft is due to be closed by the council and the whole area revamped. The area has been there since the 1970s and the future of the whole space is now uncertain. Sign the petition to save it! petitions.pm.gov.uk/savesb Hundreds of fans and journalists turned out to This issue’s Introducing section features London’s Institute of Education to hear David upcoming photographer Lucinda Chau. Lynch talk about transcendental meditation. Check out her work in person at the Hand and Heart Gallery from May 2008 and the New Art As an aspiring filmmaker, meeting David Exchange this Summer. Lynch was the peak of my young career in Forget Miniclip. This spring a new game will film. Although Lynch was there to promote his http://www.handandheartgallery.com hit the net. Soul Control is a new computer spiritual work in transcendental meditation game developed by young people in he didn’t hesitate to answer questions on southeast London. According to 18 year old his films. After the press conferences my Stephen Mazonis, one of the games creators colleague Cathy and I waited anxiously for The David Beckham The Cut recomends: and originator of the project idea, ‘It’s similar an interview. I sat and anticipated the perfect mohican has been Rebel Muzik to game’s like Grand Theft Auto.’ ‘Only in Soul question. Luckily we even shared an elevator revived in a new A night of Iinsightful Control, you play a teenager on a London with the man himself. After watching Lynch incarnation; the conscious hip hop, estate, and have to interact with other being swamped by press and fans, Bob Roth, Frohican. The Cut got spoken word and characters in the street, your family and your vice-president of the David Lynch Foundation an exclusive interview angelic vocals with mates.’ The project was run by RollingSound managed to get us a quick interview in with the man who an open mic section with funding from Mediabox, and combined which I asked him how transcendental claims to have kicked for those who love the computer game design, film making and music meditation could benefit young aspiring off this trend, Simon stage and want to be production. filmmakers like myself. His answer was clear; The world and their Webb at the Transport heard, no vulgarities meditation is the best way to rid fear, stress wife are going for London’s press or profanities just The photography and styling team went south Download it for yourself for free at: and anxiety making more room for creativity. blonde. Amy hit the launch. positive vibes! This of the river to Koshomo Studios to shoot this www.soulcontrolgame.co.uk Sounded good to me... and who better to bottle, the bleach monthly night takes issue’s lead fashion story. It was live. Not only take inspiration from than such a pioneering bottle that is, when See page 42 place on the first did we have a whole host of young designers Check out our latest news filmmaker? Read the extended article in the she was feeling at Thursday of every and MCs down from all all london, the studio and projects at: next edition of The Cut. her lowest ebb. Now month and is not to had its very own reptile collection! We got to hardcoreismorethanmusic.com Text: Zainab Adamu she’s getting better be missed! meet Sidney the snake and Sarah the scorpion. the dark locks are Where: Inn on The back. Other sirens Green, Labroke Grove. Check it out on page 24 rocking the blonde ting are Nelly Furtado, Mary J Blige and Pete Doherty. www.thecutnewspaper.com ‘I am also a little bit in awe of Hiroshi Lucinda Chua photographed by Hal Sear Suggimoto’s series of cinema theatres’ Her still images give a similar impression as a Hopper painting would in the sense that there is a moment of vacuity or void captured in her Photographer work, which in turn is very beautiful. hat interests me most about She works on medium and large format film photography is the fact that it is and spends a lot of time setting up and totally subjective in what it can ‘staging’ her shots so that everything she represent’ wants to shoot is as intended before going W ahead with the photo shoot. So says Lucinda Chua, a young photography graduate whose development is certainly ‘With point and shoot photography you can something to watch out for this year. Her get some great pictures but it’s usually by photographs have such character and depth chance. If you know what you are doing as they portray undetermined, yet implied with a camera and why you are doing it, narratives, which leave the audience curious theoretically you can make sure that each for more. picture is something you want.’ Her advice to aspiring photographers is One of her first influences was Wolfgang Lucinda recently took part in the Channel ‘If it is something you really want, be prepared Tillmans.