Leftlion Magazine Issue 20 Contents December 2007-January 2008 Editorial
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#20 our style is legendary Neville Staple of The Specials Shopping Cappo Nottingham Hiphop Miles Hunt Loay Hady Parental Guidance bad words inside New Notts Xmas Years Decorations Eve Dominic Minghella of BBC’s Nottingham Events Robin Hood Listings Guide LeftLion Magazine Issue 20 contents December 2007-January 2008 editorial Hoho wi’ yersen, youths! Nottingham Santa here, Sneinta, if 14 20 you will, tekkin’ a break from us sweatshop, putting me feet up on an elf, and gooin’ through me list to see whose been naughteh and who’s been nice this year, before I cum dahn yer chimneh. 06 Obviousleh, there’s some youths in this issue of LeftLion who are gonna get summat very nice in their stockings this year, what with the latest issue being so mint. Little Rikki Marr has cum aht wi’ some bleddy loveleh Xmas deccos in the centrespread, which I’ll be cutting aht and sticking on us tree, like. I’m also dead glad to see that there’s summat abaht shopping in this issue, because folk are forgetting May Contain Notts The A-Z Of Nottingham Hiphop Out And About what Christmas is abaht if you ask me: stop being so 04 Nottingham’s ‘Mr Sex’ with 12 The home of the UK scene, from 26 The Market Bar, Confetti ICT, consumerist, you batchy bleeders, and support your local a concentrated dollop of NG back to front Richer Sounds and Lace shops. I’m bleddy sick of snot-nosed youths asking for chain News-flange rammell. You get meh?. A Songwriter’s Tale Sorry, I Don’t Speak Geek Cos I’m well into me beats, I’m right chuffed that Cappo’s LeftEyeOn 14 The lead singer of The Wonder Stuff 27 Our team of SpodBusters make their gerring back on it, and there’s a skill interview wi’ him in 05 The Queen of the Midlands, makes his long-awaited return magazine debut. this issue, along wi’ a big shaht aht to all Nottingham bar- encapsulated through the medium spitters dem. Keep it Notts, ducks, yer know Sneinta got yer of photography back! It’s mint to see Miles Hunt back again, along wi’ folk Hady Character Nottingham Events Listings like Neville Staple aht the Specials and the bloke who made Facing Mecca? 16 Young local author bringing a novel 28 Seven pages of what’s what in Notts the latest Robin Hood show on telleh. 06 Our future dream is a shopping and Fresher approach scheme Norroneh that, but there’s all yer usual faves, all put Reinventing The Legend LeftLion Pub Quiz together by people who love their tahn. Rob Cutforth’s 19 The man behind the new BBC set of 35 Because the biggest erogenous been in a right mither after listening to Jo and Twiggeh, A Canadian In New Basford Merry Men reveals all zone is your brain Alan and Little Timmeh have saved you a right job wi’ their 08 We submerge Rob in Trent FM until listings sections, they’ll be getting an extra satsuma in their his lungs burst and his ears drown Oh Nottingham, Is Full Of Fun stockings this year. Amanda has had a wod wi’ some top- in rubbish Do You Want Deccing? 36 James Walker went to a Forest drawer local artists, and Mr Sex is chelping off again (and 20 Because if you’re gonna ruin your match and got well into it by the way, my elves have refused point-blank to mek you a tree with tat, make it our tat Su Pollard sex doll, you chatteh bogger). The Staple Diet 09 A very Special interview with the Write Lion Before I goo back to wok, I hope you don’t mind me bigging rudest singer of them all Artist Profiles 37 The best scribblings on our up everyone involved wi’ LeftLion, from folk like Reason, 23 Joseph Kelly, Dan Toporowski, creative writing forum Ben and Jared who wok theirsen ragged gerrin’ it together Rachel Parry and Samuel Mercer to all the people who write and mek pictures for it, to the Cappo youths who gerrit aht the door and drag it rahnd tahn, to all 10 The golden condor of Nottingham Rocky Horrorscopes the places that stock it and advertise in it. Sneinta reckons hiphop is home to roost LeftLion Bands 38 Roger Mean, Rob White and you’ve bin so good this year that it’s Ralleh Choppers all 25 Pennyblack, Rebel Soul Parade, Kids Notts Trumps go off on one rahnd! In Tracksuits and Yunioshi Anyroad up, I’m off nah. Mek sure you behave yoursen, don’t get too kaylide, and mek sure you leave a nice glass o’ Taboo and some peas aht before yer goo to bed on Xmas Eve. You get meh? credits Sneinta Editor Listings Editors Sound Bloke Jared Wilson ([email protected]) Tim Bates ([email protected]) Mike Cheque David Blenkey Florence Gohard ([email protected]) Art Director Deputy Editors Legal Guru Dave designs this magazine, Al Needham ([email protected]) Photography Editor Amanda Ball commissions the illustrations Nathan Miller ([email protected]) Dominic Henry ([email protected]) and occasionally writes and draws the odd bit for it. Technical Director Photographers ‘Each day a few more lies eat into the seed with When he’s not scratching Alan Gilby ([email protected]) Al Greer which we are born, little institutional lies from his head over which font to Bobby G the print of newspapers, the shock waves of use, he’s probably trying Marketing and Sales Manager Dom Henry television, and the sentimental cheats of the to master screenprinting. Ben Hacking ([email protected]) Jon Jordan movie screen.’ [email protected] Jon Rouston Norman Mailer (1923-2007) Art Director David Blenkey ([email protected]) Illustrators Correspondence Address Ash Dilks LeftLion has moved. Our new address is: Art Editor Kim Thompson LeftLion, care of Stone Soup, The Oldknows Rob White Amanda Young ([email protected]) Mark Mackay Factory, St Anns Hill Road, NG3 4GP Illustrator Michael Lomon Rob White is an illustrator who Theatre Editor Rikki Marr If you would like to reach our readers by Adrian Bhagat ([email protected]) Rob White advertising your company in these pages does The Arthole section of this please contact Ben on 07843 944910 or email magazine and random other Community Editor Cover Illustration [email protected] scribbles here and there. He’s Charlotte Kingsbury ([email protected]) Si Mitchell designed album covers for Bent, LeftLion has an estimated readership of 40,000 T-shirts for Paul Smith and was Literature Editor Contributors in the city of Nottingham. In November 2007 exhibited in the Best of British James Walker ([email protected]) Colin The Geek LeftLion.co.uk received over 500,000 page views. Contemporary Illustration 2007 Ian Kingsbury Music Editors Kristi Genovese This magazine is printed on paper sourced from annual and exhibition. Check Natasha Chowdhury ([email protected]) Miles Hunt sustainable forests. Our printers are ISO 14001 his website for hours of fun. Robojude ([email protected]) Roger Mean certified by the British Accreditation Bureau for www.thearthole.co.uk their environmental management system. www.leftlion.co.uk/issue20 3 MAY CONTAIN with Nottingham’s ‘Mr. Sex’ Al Needham NOTTS www.leftlion.co.uk/blog October-November 2007 illustration: Mark Mackay FOREST AT THE TOP OF LEAGUE ONE ‘ARREST TABLE’ Get in! At least we’re top of the table for something. Baron von Carlton Surely Forest have more fans than anybody else in the league? Surely a percentage of arrests against attendance would be a better judge? Spectrum HQ Don’t know about thugs, but there’s plenty of moaning old gets where I sit, main stand. Would’ve thought most of them were too old to fight. mr.bear As soon as Aggravated Bitterness becomes an arrestable offence, Notts will be challenging for honours once more. Lord of the Nish Well, we’ve got bitterness and Forest have got 1 October 19 October arrogance, so that evens things up. Secret files released by the National Archives on Rudolf Hess include The Variety, the club in Radford, which for over 40 years was the only Stillman a letter from a Nottingham bloke offering cheery good wishes to place in Nottingham where you could play bingo with strippers from Hitler’s right-hand man, along with a photo of his kids holding up Matlock, finally closes down for good. Another part of Nottingham’s This is our third season in League One... I a model Zeppelin. ‘It’s like getting the autograph of an Australian soul disappears forever, and if you didn’t go, you’ll never know. guarantee you most of our arrogance has dissolved cricketer - you may not like things to do with his personal life and you into bitterness. have to strike a balance in getting their signature’ he said to the Post, 24 October Beast of the Bay whilst presumably popping a photo of his granddaughters throwing A Cinderhill factory worker gets shamed, due to spending £500 an Airfix plane at a Jenga stack in the post for Osama. on having a two-foot tattoo of Dumbledore on his back, only for Another bleeding ASBO maths monkey banging said imaginary wizard who doesn’t exist to be outed by JK the keys on the stats machine giving Notts a bad 2 October Rowling. ‘It’s been terrible’, he says to The Sun. ‘I’ve always liked name.