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YOU CAN THROW SHT,SLING SHT,CATCH SHT,
OR DUCK WHEN THE SHT HITS THE FAN.
IKESTRA7 musicians making 1 sound for ALL people
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EASTSTREETARTContemporary arts organisation in Leeds. Their mission is to focus on the development of artists through our events programme, membership activities and professional development
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CANDYSHACKbiggest range of American sweets in the local area including Lucky charms , Nerds , Tootsie rolls...the list is endless
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SECRETLEEDSGILDERSOME TUNNEL :Leeds secret tunnel. An old railway tunnel that has been closed off. Some brave explorers went down for an adventure
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BUTTERSIDEUPOne of the best house nights around Leeds. We speak to two of the crazy DJ’s who will be playing at the night in the next couple of months.
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Sht is happening
Sht went down : gin tasting at jake’s bar
Sht’s going down : tecnique & asylum garden party
Massy’s book cellar
Ghost poet
New in leeds : the garage
The hyde park picture house
Marley : a bob marley documentary
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Crash records
Ziggy Stardust’s 40th birthday party
Arts cafe
Opposite cafe
Cookin’ some sht
Portraits : Sofia Coombs photography
Cyclops : Polly William
Cardboard Art : Evol
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Art in unusual spaces
Birdsyard
Reetsweets
Remade : Lizzie Harrison
Collection madness
Inside the liquor lab
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THE FIRST ISSUE EDITOR’S LETTER
CONTRIBUTORS
EDITORIAL IN-CHIEFAndy [email protected]
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MANAGING DIRECTOREddy [email protected]
CREATIVE DIRECTORSam [email protected]
EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTORElis [email protected]
ASSOCIATE EDITORLaurence [email protected]
STYLE EDITORDylan [email protected]
GRAPHIC DESIGNERSai [email protected]
COPER EDITORChris O’[email protected]
CREATIVE ASSISTANTNial [email protected] James Ramsden, Alicia Green, Polly
Williams, Sofia Coombs, Rosie Smith, Will Jennings, Imogen James, Ailsa Marrs, Amy Leigh, Thomas Clarks,
CONTACT
Liz Hargreaves (Coordinator)24 The CallsLeedsLS2 4AE
+44(0)113 274 [email protected]
PRINTER
Duffield Printers Ltd 421 Kirkstall Road Leeds, LS4 2HA
+44 (0) 113 279 [email protected]
SHT IS HAPPENINGWHATS HAPPENING IN & AROUND LEEDS
10 am - 4 pmat The Corn Exchange
LEEDS AFFORDABLE VINTAGE FAIR!Saturday 31 March 2012
The largest vintage fair of its kind, Judy’s Affordable Vintage Fair offers a selection of vintage, re-worked and hand made stalls selling clothing, home wares and accessories.
www.judysvintagefair.co.uk
at Seven bar
DILATE FIRST ISSUE LAUNCH PARTY
7 pm- 10 pm
A free publication that showcases emerging talent from across the arts and culture spectrum. It will be a casual evening of music (hosted by our friends at ‘absentminds’), live art, competitions and plenty of copies of the first issue for anyone who comes along.
.facebook.com/dilateinc
Wednesday 21 March 2012
at The Corn Exchange
MATES:AN EXHIBITION CELEBRATING DOGSFrom 18 until 25 May 2012
Mates is a celebration of Dogs through a selection of graphic art, illustration and contemporary craft from Leeds. We aim to return the love that dogs bring us by raising money for the Dogs Trust. Come down, look at some of our work, smile and maybe give some money to a good causeAll work is for sale at real prices. There will also be stall based goods available for purchase, and all profits go towards the Dogs Trust.
twitter.com/matesexhibition
10 am-6 pm everydayCity Varieties Music Hall
SIMON AMSTELL :NUMBWednesday 30 May 20128 pm-10.30 pm
The award-winning comedian, actor/screenwriter (Grandma’s House) and presenter (Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Popworld) returns with a brand new stand-up tour for 2012. Intensely vulnerable and painfully honest, Amstell attempts again to heal himself in public, following 2009’s critically acclaimed ‘Do Nothing’. With special guest Daniel Simonsen.
by tickets from : www.allgigs.co.uk
Millennium Square
LEEDS LOVE FOOD
10 am-5 pm everyday
You can enjoy events, food sampling, recipe ideas, market stalls and cooking demonstrations at key sites as we celebrate our amazing city.
www.leedslovefood.com
From 25 until 27 May 2012
Leeds Student Union
APPA : NICK BETHELLCLOTHING
9 am-7pm
Get yourself in the mood for a holiday with a Caribbean style sweatshirt or t-shirt. Limited stock!
From 23 until 24 April 2012
facebook.com/nickbethellclothing
NICE AND EARLY
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FOR THE NOCTURNALS
The Brudnell Social Club
HAWK EYESFriday 16 March 20128 pm - 10.30 pm
Our new album ‘IDEAS’ will be released on 26th March through Fierce Panda in the UK and Vinyl Junkie in Japan.To celebrate this we will be playing a FREE gig with some of our favourite bands who will be confirmed shortly.
www.hawkeyesmusic.com
Leeds Student Union
METROPOLIS: ANDY C ALIVESaturday 28 April 201211 pm- 4 am
Voted National D&B Awards Best DJ for 5 consecutive years since 2006, Andy C is back in 2012 with his revolutionary Alive tour.Taking DJ shows to a new dimension, the Alive show will see Andy using 3 turntables, but with added cutting edge technology, to produce a spectacular visual event and software to remix tracks ‘on the fly’.
www.metropolis.co.uk
The Mint Club
SOUL CLAP: THE EFUNK ALBUM TOUR FEATURING SOUL CLAP & SLOW HANDSSaturday 21 April 201211 pm- 4 am
Soul Clap’s intergalactic album tour lands in Leeds this April, fresh from travelling the universe spreading the sound of their long awaited debut album on Wolf + Lamb; EFUNK. On board the space ship will be the boys themselves chipping in with a 3 hour set, with support from fellow Wolf + Lamb artist Slowhands performing his live show which incoporates his own live vocals.
www.soulclaps.us
The Faversham Hotel
TECHNIQUE & ASYLUM GARDEN PARTY W DJ SNEAK, HUXLEY, BEN UFO & MORESunday 6th May 20122 pm-4 am
Leeds’ biggest and most consistent bank holiday event kicks off a new season off the back of our fastest selling year in 2011 and before we’d even announced a third of the tickets had already gone, so here’s who’ll be providing the sounds for our launch party...
www.technique.org.uk/ gardenparty
Leeds College of Music
LEEDS COLLEGE OF MUSIC BIG BAND WITH SPECIAL GUEST, IAIN DIXONWednesday 4 May7.30 pm-11 pm
Leeds College of Music’s award winning Big Band was formed in 1984 by Al Wood and has gone from strength to strength ever since. Now under the direction of Neil Yates, the band competed at the Great North Big Band Festival in March 2010 with enormous success, winning the Open Section and receiving the Adjudicators’ Special Prize for the Rhythm Section, and Best Section for the Saxophone Section. The Big Bands most recent performance at Leeds College of Music was in May 2010 with acclaimed trombonist Pete Beachill.
www.lcm.ac.uk/
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We like it when Loiners become successful, or do something noteworthy – even if they’re not actually doing it in Leeds anymore. Like many of our best bands and artists, some of Leeds’ most talented minds when it comes to bars and booze are now based in London. We don’t take it personally though.
Chances are loads of Leeds folk will have been to a Leelex owned bar – they own a ‘holy trinity’ of Call Lane venues, Neon Cactus, Oporto and Jake’s, as well as the Hummingbird in Chapel Allerton, and (and this is what we’re interested in at the moment) The Portobello Star in that London. The chaps behind these places are Ged Feltham and Jake Burger (the man who lends his name to Jake’s Bar).
Let us introduce you to The Ginstitute, The Still Room and Copernicus. Sitting above the bar, these a small re-creation of a Victorian Gin Palace Bar, a space to learn more about the history of London gin in an interesting and entertaining way, while, possibly, drinking some gin cocktails, and part of that education comes in the form of Copernicus – London’s smallest working copper pot distillery.
For those who are interested, you can learn a lot about gin here. Indeed, should you fancy it you can even take part in gin blending (although it might set you back £100 quid per person).
SHT WENT DOWN :GIN TASTING AT JAKE’S BAR
PORTOBELLO ROAD GIN NO.171 IS AVAILABLE AT LATITUDE WINE & LIQUOR MERCHANTS AND GERRY’S WINES & SPIRITS, RRP £24,
WWW.PORTOBELLOSTARBAR.CO.UK,
The gin, Portobello Road Gin No.171 is a distilled London Dry Gin at 42%, it’s a blend of “traditional Gin Botanicals shipped from Europe, The East Indies and the corners of the Commonwealth”. The idea is that it harks back to the gins of yesteryear – those honoured in The Ginstitute – and shows off best that mix of flavours of herbs, spices and berries.
The results, as you may have guessed, are impressive. Neat, it’s a powerful, pepper-laden little drink with loads of berries on the nose, while when transformed into a gin and tonic, the spice dies down enough for the juniper to power through and show off.
SHT’S GOING DOWN :TECHNIQUE & ASYLUMGARDEN PARTY
Technique was conceived by Rory, Alice and David way back in 2000, the name stemming from a mutual love of New Order and their infamous balearic influenced album of the same name, but also a (not so) subtle way to get the prefix ‘tech’ into the name. You see, although over ten years on it may seem standard, trite even to think of Leeds city centre of as a haven for underground, experimental and groundbreaking sounds, often embodied by modern techno of the day, back then it was far from the case. If you mentioned ‘techno’ somebody would likely quote 2-Unlimited lyrics at you and although Morley’s institution The Orbit was still in flow and Back to Basics was doing its thing,
Leeds city centre was far from the underground haven that it is today, nor was the music quite so openly welcomed.
Technique of course, hosted the very biggest guests of the day too; the likes of Richie Hawtin, Rolando, Ricardo Villalobos and Dave Clarke
making their first appearance in Leeds city centre for Technique at the peak of their popularity. More telling perhaps however, are the more obscure guests of the day that Technique championed and who perhaps create the most unforgettable memories; a relatively unknown
In 2005, Technique and our friends at Asylum andThe Faversham launched The Garden Party as a friends and family soiree for Bank Holiday Sundays. The event has gone on to become one of the most respected and popular events in the UK and in Europe. The Garden Party continues to be more popular than ever, continually selling out in record time.
With Mits, Alice, Alex and Rory having left Leeds for new pastures a few years prior, David and Jay took complete control of Technique in 2008 and finally decided in 2011 that it was time to say goodnight one last time – leaving Leeds a very different place to the one we found when we arrived. This wasn’t meant to last forever and so we say farewell but we will see you in the future, thank you all!
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BUTTER SIDE UP
HUNEE
Korean-born Berlin resident Hunee (aka Hun Choi) describes himself as a very good eater, feasting on bumpin’ disco cuts for breakfast, heating up deep jackin’ grooves for lunch and then slowing it right down for some soulful goodness for dinner. In the night he prefers to spend his time cookin’ up a storm on the turn-
tables digging deep for those golden nuggets whilst compiling some of the most invigorating mixes your ears are likely to ever hear! He is renowned for his elec-tric and energetic sets which never fail to excite the dance floor. Hunee is guar-
anteed to the whole room upside down!
11 May 2012Wire Club
www.wireclub.com
OOFT!
Ali Herron, the man behind OOFT! Music, Foto Recordings and new project Midnight Marauders, has become renowned for his production chops with silky smooth edits and some early OOFT! remixes alongside The Revenge. Over the
last 5 years, he has put out a series of deep, pitched-down house tracks on labels such as Instruments of Rapture, PPF, Delusions of Grandeur, Rememory and Wolf Music. Expect wide ranging edits of all genres through to deep-as-you-like house
that will have you throwing shapes until the lights come on. Ladies and Gentle-men, we are very happy to present to you, OOFT!
09 March 2012Wire Club
www.wireclub.com
A buttery selection of all things deep house, electronica, hip hop, broken beat, funk, soul, disco and everything in between. We aim to bring you the widest spectrum of different artists, offer an unparalleled atmosphere, and in doing so, have you all leaving with a mas-sive smile on your face.
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The impressive cocktail list at Massey’s reflects all that passion and experience
that Wes brought with him from the capital. As we chat, he starts rustling up the bar’s trademark cocktail, known as Massey’s Eden, which is a super-fresh tasting concoction that makes clever use of gin, cucumber, elderflower and honey. How did the drink come about? “I was working in a bar in Balham called
the Exhibit and I’d just created a new menu for them,” Wes says. “It was a
busy Friday night and I was making a mojito. I got the mint and I grabbed the cucumber instead of limes. The
customer in front of me then asked if I was making something with Hendrick’s
– so we decided to try it, but the Hendrick’s, cucumber and mint just
tasted awful. The guy I was working for at the time, Nick, said why don’t you try some sweeteners, so that’s where
the honey came in and the elderflower cordial to give the spin on it.”
BOOKSELLERSMASSEY’S
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IKES
TRA
GHOST POET
A fresh and exciting new sound created by seven musicians, Ikestra promises to be a powerful force on the UK music scene. The group draws upon influences from Africa and India, fusing these sounds with the heavy grooves of hip-hop and incorporating a multiplicity of instrumental effects to create a truly original and inspiring sound.
Sam Bell - percussion // Sam Gardner - drums // Henry Guy - bass// Joe Harris - guitar // Tom Henry - keys // Sam Bell - percussion // Craig Scott - guitar // Anna Stott - vocals
All material written/arranged/performed by Joe Harris & IKESTRA
soundcloud.com/ikestra
Dusting himself off, Ghostpoet dropped his debut single “Cash & Carry Me Home” on 24th January 2011, followed by his album “Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam” on 7th February 2011. Showcasing Ghostpoet’s loveably ramshackle, but hook-laden productions and his lazy baritone, the album is a neat summation of the MC’s musical journey to date,
but also an impressive statement of intent. Don’t sleep on this young, inventive British MC – he’s destined for greatness.
The 19th of July saw “Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam” nominated for the Mercury Prize ‘2011 Albums of the Year.
www.ghostpoet.co.uk
LEEDS’ OWN
COMING. DON’T MISS
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The Garage is set to become the place to go for the heads that know in Leeds. Always discerning you can be sure that everything at The Garage is motivated primarily by the love of music and whether you want to dance to it, buy it or chat it, this is the place to be for the best vibes in town.
Tristan da Cunha said ‘What we’ll have to offer the city will be totally unique and be a breath of fresh air for Leeds’ underground music lovers. It’s been far too long since the city has had a proper dance music specialist; some of the younger generations have never even had the chance to go record shopping. If you look at the nightlife Leeds has every week, it’s shocking that we don’t have a shop that supports the actual music and gives people the access to it in a purpose built environment. WaxWerks will be a record shop like no other and offer only the finest
underground house, disco & funk in a small intimate surrounding. Run like a co-op between some of the leading lights from the city’s underground scene you can be sure the selection will be “top shelf” and the service will be well informed, helpful and friendly. The way we are designing the space is so it can be part shop, part hang out with a relaxed lounge vibe to encourage people to come and feel part of something special. To say we’re excited about how it’s going to look, what it’s going to offer and the buzz it will create, is a large understatement.’
LAUNCH
NIGHT
31st MARCH
YOU CAN FIND YOURSELF IN DEEP SHT, OR BE HAPPIER THAN A PIG IN SHT
Highly eclectic – everything from big releases to arthouse and independent films. There’s also a regular programme of cinematic events. As well as the annual Christmas screening of It’s a Wonderful Life (which I never miss), the Hyde Park put on a variety of screenings with live musical accompaniment as well as lectures and talks featuring plenty of audience participation.
The Hyde Park Picture House occupies an important place in Leeds’s cultural heart – as I discovered during my first year at uni, thanks to its partnership with the Leeds international film festival.
As well as getting my yearly Frank Capra fix, I always try to attend the events it holds in partnership with other Leeds-based film organisations, such as `festival, and regular student/community happenings.
Film critic Mark Kermode has called the Hyde Park “a lovely, lovely cinema … the kind of place that you’d actually want to go to and watch a film”. Simple things make a big difference: the man who greets you at the door and the gas-lit wall-lamps. Most importantly, though, it’s the passion
and respect for film you find in both the audience and the staff. That and the retro “Turn off your mobile phone” message that rolls before a film, which never fails to draw a few laughs.
73 Brudenell Road Headingley, Leeds LS6 1JD0113 275 2045
hydeparkpicturehouse.co.uk
PICTURE HOUSEHYDE PARKThe
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MARLEY
Directed by Kevin Macdonald, and – just as importantly – executive-produced by Ziggy Marley
and Island Records founder Chris Blackwell, this is a long and very enjoyable hagiography of Bob Marley:
a languorously drawn-out act of homage to the adored Rastafarian star and musical hero.
It is a fundamentally respectful film. If any interviewee were to mention the possibility that
Marley had nicked the Banana Splits TV theme tune for Buffalo Soldiers, then that interviewee would undoubtedly be taken out and savagely beaten,
with the cameras rolling. As it happens, the subject doesn’t come up. Macdonald’s overwhelming
warmth and passion suffuses the picture, and the testimony he gets from Marley’s friends, family and
fellow band members has pungency and insight. Macdonald gives a vivid picture of the man who
rose from dirt-poor beginnings in Trench Town in Kingston to become an international legend,
Jamaica’s answer to Ali or Che.
CRASH RECORDS
Crash Records has been a part of the Leeds music scene for 25 years. Our first shop opened on Woodhouse Lane in 1985. Two years later we made the move to our present address at 35 The Headrow where we have remained ever since. For those of you who are not sure of our exact loca-tion we are directly opposite Primark. We carry a broad range of CDs, and vinyl (7”/12” singles and LPs) and specialise in indie, alternative, rock, punk, metal plus a few other genres. If there is something that we don’t have in stock we can usually order it from one of the many record labels and suppliers that we deal with. If you wish to check availability of any item of stock then please email [email protected] we will reply and let you know if we have it in stock, or if we can order it and what the price would be. We also keep an ever changing range of local stock in the shop. Apart from CDs and vinyl we also stock a range of offi-cial merchandise (t shirts etc). The supplier we deal with: Masons Music has a gallery that you can browse. If you see anything on there that we don’t have in stock and you would like us to order then please let us know by following the email link. As a ticket agent for all the major venues in the area (and also Leeds Festival) we receive allocations for a wide variety of gigs and events. Tickets can be purchased over the counter in the shop or on our website. We always aim to get our tickets out to people straight after the order has been processed. We also have a long term association with Cavendish Travel and sell ticket and travel packages to gigs in Manchester and Sheffield. Being an independent record store we take pride in the service that we give to customers old and new. Please feel free to call into the shop, pick up the phone or fire off an email to us if you have any questions you think we may be able to help you with.
Ian, Paul, Melissa, Karis Crash Records35 The HeadrowLeedsLS1 6PU
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ZIGGY STARDUSTFEATURING ULTIMATE BOWIE
LEEDS IRISH CENTRE
MONDAY 4TH MAY
DOORS 7:30PM
Monday 4th June 2012 is the 40th anniversary of “The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars” and the day when EMI are reissuing a remastered version of the album on CD, and on 180g vinyl LP
We have decided to mark this anniversary by getting one of the very best tribute bands Ultimate Bowie to perform Ziggy Stardust in full and in the same running order as the album release. After a short break they will come back on stage and play a David Bowie greatest hits set.
The night is a celebration of one of the most iconic albums ever released and a tribute to one of our greatest music stars.
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40TH BIRTHDAY PARTY
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EAT SHTTHERE ARE SOME PLACES THAT YOU JUST HAVE TO TRY.
Dry Dock-Duck & Drake-Dusty Miller-Eddisons-Escape Bar & Restaurant-FAB Cafe-Falconers-Rest-Fibre-Flares-Fox & NewtFox and HoundsGarforth-Working
Men’s Club-Grove Inn-Hare and Hounds-Harrogate Arms-Harrogate-Brasserie Hotel-
Head Of Steam-Headingley Taps-Henrys Cafe Bar-Hoagy’s Ba-rHorse & Farrie-Host
Cafe Ba-Jack’sJD Wetherspoon - The Winter Gardens-JD Wetherspoons-Knox Arms-Lamb
& Flag Inn-LS6-LUU Old Bar-Miners Arms-Mr Foley’s Ale House-Muckles-Muse Ale and Wine BarNelson Inn-New Inn-New Roscoe-
No 19 Bar & GrillNorthern Monkey-
PUB ‘N’ GRUB
The Arts Cafe
Arts Cafe Bar keeps things simple. There are basic wooden tables and chairs and the room is bright and airy void of decorations besides the art on the walls. Every-thing is neutral to focus the attention on the painting which is exhibited regularly
and this cafe doubles as an art gallery.
Arts Cafe Bar is definitely putting some efforts in sourcing locally and from ethical sources and the food made with these ingredients is tasty and nicely presented
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Opposite Cafe
might not get the opportunity to visit Opposite all that often, but when I do it’s always a pleasure. For starters, it’s a really friendly space, and despite not being back here for months I even recognised a few faces. So they keep their regulars, which is always reassuring. Secondly, the place is pretty trendy. With awesomely quirky graffiti on the front bar and mini herb gardens, yes herb gardens, out the
front it’s just ruddy cool. I spotted rosemary, sage and more and was instantly jeal-ous. (I’m trying to grow herbs!)
Lastly, of course, the coffee is aces. I got a lovely vanilla latte, which was a little colder than I’d like, but the coffee is divine. Just the job to make me feel spritely enough to face town and pick up some last minute bits before going away. The perfect spot for students with laptops, dreamers with notebooks and mini meet
ups for a decent bit of caffeine.
IF YOU LIKE COFFETHIS IS THE SHT
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TURKEY BURGERS WITH CILANTRO-LIME MAYONNAISE AND KALE SLAW
1 pound dark-meat turkey (93 percent lean or less)2 scallions, sliced - I used 3 scallions, one time I even used 4, rebel, I know!
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves
salt and pepper
1/4 cup mayonnaise - regular mayo not miracle whip - 1/2 cup 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro - 4 tablespoons
1 teaspoon fresh lime juice - 2 teaspoons 1 garlic clove, minced - 2 garlic cloves minced
3-4 lacinato kale leaves (depends on size), washed, de-stemmed & thinly sliced - the original recipe called for 2 romaine lettuce leaves, but I only had kale on hand so I used that instead
and loved it. 1 medium carrot, coarsely grated
2 tablespoons mayonnaise - regular not miracle whip1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
pinch of salt and pepper
In a medium bowl, gently combine the turkey, scallions, mustard and thyme.
Form the mixture into four patties and season with salt and pepper, if desired.Look there is a daddy burger and next to it is the little bitty Eli burger.
You can either grill up the burgers 6 to 8 minutes per side or cook them up in a skillet. If you’re going to cook them up in a skillet then heat up a tablespoon of olive oil in a large
skillet over medium heat. Cook the patties until cooked through, 6 to 8 minutes per side.This mayo has a bit of a kick to it and I have been using it on tons of sandwich recipes. I
actually have an extremely yummy vegetarian sandwich that I will be posting soon. Anyway, I really think this mayo has helped Eli to become a turkey burger fan.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise, cilantro, lime juice & garlic until com-bined.
Yep, that is all there is to it. Refrigerate mayo until needed. This mayo can even be made a day ahead of time.
n a medium bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise, vinegar, and a pinch of salt and pepper. Add the sliced kale and grated carrot and toss to coat.
Refrigerate slaw until needed.
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MIXED NUT TARTELETTES
1 cup Jeanne’s all purpose gluten free mix1/4 cup cocoa powder
1 stick (115g) unsalted butter, kept very coldpinch of salt
2-3 tablespoons ice cold water
For the filling:1/2 cup unsalted pistachios
1/2 cup hazelnuts1/4 cup waluts
4 tablespoons unsalted butter1 cup raw honey
1 teaspoon kosher salt1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 large eggs
Prepare the pastry. In the bowl of a food processor, (or follow the same instructions if doing by hand), pulse together the flour and the cocoa powder until incorporated. Add
the butter and pulse until the butter resembles small peas and is evenly incorporated. Add the salt and pulse on more time. Gradually, stream in the cold water until the flour just
comes together. Turn the mixture out onto your work surface and form into a 2-inch thick, round disk. Wrap with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 30 minutes (or overnight) before
rolling out.
Flour your working surface with tapioca flour (if gluten free) or regular flour and start rolling out the dough to about 1/4-inch thick adding more flour as you feel the dough starts to stick. You can also roll it out in between two sheets of plastic wrap of parchment paper, especially with working with the gluten free version. Cut eight 5-inch rounds of dough and
place them inside eight 3 to 4-inch tartlet pans. Place a small piece of parchment paper inside each of them, fill with dried beans and refrigerate for another 30 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 350F (both convection and not) and position a rack in the middle.
Place the tart shells on a baking sheet and bake the tartlets for about 15 minutes (with the dried beans inside). Remove from the oven, let cool for 5 to 10 minutes and remove the
beans and parchment paper.
In the meantime, prepare the filling:Place all the nuts on a baking sheet and toast until golden for about 10-12 minutes.
Remove from the oven and let cool. Remove the skin from the hazelnuts (see my tip at the end of the recipe). Coarsely chop all the nuts. Reserve.
Melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium-high heat until brown bits form on bottom of pan, about 5 to 8 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool.
Stir together the honey, salt, and vanilla in a medium bowl. Whisk in the eggs, then the brown butter. Fold in the nuts with a spatula or wooden spoon. Divide the filling among
the tartlet shells. Bake tartelettes until filling is set around edges and jiggles slightly in the middle, about 30 minutes. Cover with foil over tart if the crust gets too dark. Remove from
the oven and let cool.
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CANDY SHACK With a shop in Headingley (Leeds), Candy Shack supplies traditional and retro sweets, American chocolate bars, Wonka goodies and Lucky Charms to the general public throughout Leeds and surrounding areas.
The company is managed by Lucy Sunderland who has been working in the Sweet Shops sector for many years.
Enabling customers to re live their childhood from the wide range of traditional and retro sweets, the company provides the general public with a good quality Sweet shop. With polite, experienced staff, the service is designed to give the customers everything they want.
18A Otley Road Leeds, Leeds, Headingley, West Yorkshire LS6 2AD
Tel 0113 230 6291facebook.com/candyshackheadingley
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Sofia uses image making as a way to gain a greater understanding of the unfamiliar and the observed behaviour of others, using documentary photography to communicate with her audience.
SOFIA COOMBS PHOTOGRAPHY
Contact
www.sofiacoombs.co.uk
+44 7864 660 441
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POLLY WILLIAMS
some words.
“I am currently finishing my degree in graphic design at Leeds college of Art due to graduate in 2012. The inspiration for my work is image driven with an emphasis on hand lettered typography, il-
lustration and identity across a range of media.
Feel free to get in touch to discus freelance work or collaborations.”
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URBAN CITYSCAPES SPRAY PAINTED ON CARDBOARD PANELS BY EVOLGerman street artist EVOL is currently showing a number of new pieces at Jonathan LeVine gallery. The new works feature urban facades spray painted with the use of stencils on flat sheets of cardboard. Much like his outdoor graffiti, these stencils display an uncanny attention to detail, depicting light and shadow that transforms mundane surfaces of consumer packaging into fascinating, seemingly multi-dimensional pieces of art. The show runs through May 5th.
www.evoltaste.com
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East Street Arts is a contemporary arts organisation in Leeds. Our mission is to focus on the development of artists through our events programme, professional development and studio/facility provision.
We take a holistic approach to working with artists on a professional level to empower them to realise their potential.
East Street Arts provides 78 affordable studios, project space and other resources for visual artists, from three buildings in Leeds. Artist development and networking are key components to building the community associated with ESA. A growing membership, currently approaching 250, involves a wider layer of practitioners and the organisation is developing work with the support of a volunteer team.The organisation maintains a Public Programme and various ongoing projects. In the Current year we are working to launch two artist development initiatives involving group learning and peer-to-peer exchange. A project that will run from a fourth location in the City will incorporate aspects of enterprise development and community engagement.
eaststreetarts.org.uk/
East Street ArtsPatrick StudiosSt Marys LaneLeedsLS9 7EH
T- +44 (0)113 248 0040F- +44 (0)113 248 0030
Twitter: @EastStreetArts
EAST STREET ART
GET INVOLED
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ART IN UNUSUAL SPACEArt in Unusual spaces is an organisation constituted as a Community Interest Company in 2010 and based in Leeds. We programme and facilitate the use of disused and temporarily dormant spaces by artists, most often city centre shop units.
CALLING ALL ART STUDENTS
Throughout September and October 2010, SLICE will be hosting a series of inter-institutional artist residen-cies in 42 New Briggate, a small shop unit in Leeds City Centre. We would like to hand the space over to 3 students at a time, ideally one from each of the fol-lowing three institutions: Leeds College of Art, Leeds Met and University of Leeds.There is no restrictions on theme or media, but it is hoped that the residency will provide a platform for collaboration and for to creating new work. It is a chance to integrate within the creative community in Leeds, to develop your practice and make connec-tions with other emerging artists working in the city.
Each residency will run for 6 days, from Saturday, with a public opening in 42 New Brigggate at the end of each residency on Thursday 6 – 8pm. There are small bursaries available of up to £50 per residency to help cover material costs.
If you are interested in taking part in a residency, please get in touch! Email asliceofart @gmail.com to register your interest, with the below sections com-pleted.
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DEAR SANTA,
OK MOST OF THE TIME...
I’VE BEEN GOOD ALL YEAR
FUCK IT. I’LL BUY MY OWN SHT.
ONCE IN A WHILE...
BIRD
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When I told people we were doing Yorkshire week, emails poured in telling me about Birds Yard on Kirkgate Road in Leeds. I’ve never had so many emails about one shop before. Kat even mentioned it in her Leeds guide earlier today. If there’s one thing Leeds excels at, it’s independent shopping and a quirky boutique or seven. Birds Yard is basically all of that under one roof.
There are three floors to the shop all with tiny little spaces for indy vendors. I want to go and explore all of it, but I’m stuck in South London. Instead, I’m having a little nose through their website. On the ground floor, I’ve found a gorgeous little vintage shop called Young and Lost, beautiful bags from Holly & Ruby and I really like Brain & Magic and the t-shirts from One 4 Sorrow.
Wait, there’s more! There’s a couple more
shops - another fashion boutique and a homewares shop (neither have particularly enticing websites) and most importantly: the second floor has a hairdressers! The hairdressers specialises in afro hair, and I’m now thinking that all cool shops should have people to give you a blow dry.
Birds Yard looks like a truly special shop, full of interesting designers that change often. It’s a bit like a real life Etsy, just with people who want to make your hair pretty.
BUY SOME SHT
"Birds Yard is what Leeds has been yearning for for such a long
time - many people have grumbled since the loss of the Corn
Exchange and have wondered when 'something' else will happen.
Well 'something' has definitely started happening…"
Leeds Guide
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Reetsweet is a different kind of shopping experience – a designer/maker fair, featuring fashionable and exciting handmade goods – from original art, to homewares and jewellery.
Every fair is free to attend and every fair features new makers…we hope to see you soon! Follow our blog and join the campaign against crap craft!
By handpicking only the very best contemporary and fashionable crafts made to the highest quality you will find nothing else like it – our mission is to promote the new wealth of craft talent that has come to the fore in the last few years online, and instead allow you to shop their work in person – keeping things local! We host our events in fun locations where you can spend the day shopping away from luxury brands, empty shops, pound shops, and big chains, relax and find something really special made by hand in the North and meet the makers!
www.reetsweet.comreetsweet.blogspot.com
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INTERVIEW WITH LIZZIE HARRISON, FOUNDER OF REMADE IN LEEDS3rd Floor’s Laura Nicol talks to
sustainable fashion dedicator Lizzie
Harrison about her recent project
ReMade in Leeds…
3rd Floor: Before your MA, what degree
course did you do?
Lizzie Harrison: I had already started
the project; I had already been making
clothing under Antiform for a couple
of years before and I had been running
pop-up shops around Leeds, to open
small retail spaces and assigning other
opportunities for other local crafts people
to sell their products. I was also running
the production for a couple of other little
fashion labels and I realized there was no
way that I was going to be able to make
enough clothes on my own to make the
label successful so I knew I had to do some
manufacture. It was already fully recycled
at that point, I was using recycled fabrics
and I suddenly realized that there was a
massive hole in my plan in the production
so with the desire of wanting to keep the
production local I approached London
College of Fashion (LCF). When you
do a masters you approach them with
a project so they can get an idea of the
sort of project you are wanting to do, so I
wrote a brief outlining the core ideas that
I would like to achieve for the beginning
of my masters.
3rd Floor: So did you go to university
before you started the research project?
Lizzie Harrison: Yes I did, I did my under-
graduate degree at Leeds College of
Art and Design and from the beginning
of the second year everything I did
was looking at sustainability, regardless
to the project title. It was creating the
image of my own work practice and
then I applied this to whatever project
I got set. I also opened a studio that
I work from now, in my second year
myself with a couple of the other girls,
as a local community arts base. My final
degree collection was again recycled
and it was looking at retailing locally
with less and less cause on production
so I guess it just reflects the way I do
everything now. It wasn’t like I woke up
one day and decided that I wanted to
be a sustainable fashion designer, it is
my outlook on life, and so now that I am
a fashion designer this is how I do it.
3rd Floor: So you have always been
interested to a more sustainable and
ethical view on life?
Lizzie Harrison: Yes, I’m really into
growing my own food, cooking and
doing little events with my friends.
We have always swapped clothes
and shopped at charity shops. To me
it makes sense, so it is now the way I
do everything, I find it very difficult to
design for a big commercial company if
I knew how stuff was going to be made.
I have been asked to do it a couple of
times and have had to turn it down as
I can’t associate the decisions that I
have and the reality of what will happen
based on those decisions. I couldn’t
turn a blind eye towards it.
3rd Floor: As we were discussing at
the ‘Fashion Transitions’ conference
that there are so many definitions of
sustainability, what would you say your
definition of ‘sustainable fashion’ is?
Lizzie Harrison: I feel that the reason
we have got ourselves into a situation
that we have globally in the industry is
that everyone has something to say to
become homogenized. The products
have become homogenized; the way it
is produced has become homogenized.
I think the way that sustainability will
work is if everyone approached it
differently, we would end up with a much
more diverse industry. So I don’t think
that any one route such as using natural
dyes, recycling or using hemp or nettle
will work, I think the industry has the
perception of designers approaching
the issue in one way. Sustainability for
me is about creating beautiful products
for your own sustainable and ethical
stand point; for some people human
rights issues are really important, for
some people the issue of the economy
is really important, for some people
supporting cotton producers is really
important. I think it is about people
following their passion and creating
something really exciting with everyone
taking an individual approach.
www.remadeinleeds.org
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YOU CAN HAVE TOO MUCH SHT,
NOT ENOUGH SHT,
THE RIGHT SHT,
THE WRONG SHT
OR A LOT OF WEIRD SHIT...
SOME WEIRD SHT
COLLECTING MADNESS
Barb BrownleeInternational Brick Collectors
Q: How did you begin?A: My husband Bill and I began collecting bricks in 1980. We were in Lawrence, Kansas,
and found a brick in his father’s garden.Q: What’s your favorite brick?
A: One that says “Don’t Spit on the Sidewalk.”Q: What happens when you die?
A: It’s a heavy hobby. When we moved, it cost more to move the bricks than our furniture. We plan to put them into our patio.
Q: What keeps you going?A: We love to tell stories about liberating bricks. When hunting bricks you are usually in a
rundown area of a city and strange people are wondering what you are up to.Q: Any life lessons learned from bricks?
A: If you think you are the only one collecting a certain thing, there is always someone else out there thinking the same thing.
Belva GreenAntique Comb Collectors
Q: How did you begin?A: I received my first one in 1947, then I found a
pretty comb in 1951 in a $3 junk box.Q: What's your favorite comb?
A: I prize the hair ornament that belonged to my mother.
Q: What happens when you die?A: Who would want it? I'd like to donate it to a
museum in my village in Michigan.Q: How are the combs stored?
A: They're displayed on glass shelves. Every-thing is cataloged, sketched, photocopied,
photographed and numbered.Q: Any good stories?
A: I visited a comb museum in France once.Q: Anything else?
A: I've learned about ancient world history from researching headdresses and have compiled a
book, "The Comb Collectors Companion."Q: What are you looking for?
A: An ivory fancy comb!Q: What would you collect if you were starting
over?A: Something smaller, indestructible, less expen-
sive and easier to care for. Maybe buttons?
Suzanne LipschitzSmurf Collectors Club
Q: How many members does your group have?
A: About 1000. Ninety percent are adults.
Q: How did you hook up with Smurfs?
A: I started collecting for my five-year-old son in 1979 as a reward for
doing well in school.Q: What happens when you die?A: My grandson will get them, if he shows interest. If not, my best
Smurfy friend.Q: Any good stories?
A: I appeared on News 12 as the Smurf Lady.
Q: What have Smurfs taught you?A: As my son said during the TV
taping: “It keeps her out of trouble.”Q: What are you still looking for?A: A paint variation I don’t have!Q: Would you do anything differ-
ently?A: I would have set aside more
room.
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INSIDE THE LIQUOR LAB1966: From a paper by a forensic scientist at the Welsh National School of Medicine in Cardiff: “A 52-year-old nightwatchman was required to climb a short ladder and inspect thermometers which were suspended in a vat of beer. Some months earlier he had been rebuked for allowing his electric torch to fall into the beer. One morning his clothes, except for his socks, were found in a pile. On the surface of the beer there was a layer of carbon dioxide foam about 15 inches deep. The vat was drained and the man’s body found wedged against some heating coils; he had drowned. It was deduced that he had allowed his torch or spectacles to fall into the beer and undressed and dove in to retrieve it. It is likely that his death was in part due to surfacing into the layer of foam.” (Medicine, Science and the Law)
1968: A doctor in St. Louis reported a case of “beer drinker’s finger,” in which a woman had placed the pop-top rings from several cans of beer over her left ring finger and could not remove them. “Questioning the patient about the nature of the metallic rings on her finger showed her memory to be somewhat clouded.” (Journal of the American Medical Association)
1970: Researchers in Texas injected 64 mice with Smirnoff vodka or Schenley’s Golden Light bourbon (eight year old). Nine of the mice managed to stay awake. (Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol)
1975: Scientists reported that of 57 people in Tehran who drank a batch of hooch, 17 died and two became blind. (Forensic Science)
1987: Researchers asked 13 men and women to spend three nights in a sleep lab. On one night they drank orange juice, on another night they drank scotch and on the third night they drank vodka. They found that the subjects didn’t sleep as well after they drank alcohol. (Archives of Internal Medicine)
1993: Researchers at a Bronx hospital reported that beer makes you more drunk during or after a meal while whisky makes you more drunk when you haven’t eaten. (Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research)
1994: Scientists found a Canadian man who, in blind taste tests, not only correctly identified 50 of 51 samples as whiskey or brandy but also knew the brand of every whiskey. (British Medical Journal)
1998: Three researchers from Stanford gave breath tests to 747 baseball fans during the fifth inning and determined that most of the 41 percent who were already drunk were age 35 or younger. (Annals of Emergency Medicine)
2002: Thirteen researchers from the University of Utah tested the carbon isotope ratios of 160 beers. They found that inexpensive beer generally contains more C(4) carbon than expensive beer. (Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry)
2002: Danish scientists discovered that the energy intake from goulash is higher when eaten with wine and beer than with soda. (International Journal of Obesity and Related Metabological Disorders)
2003: “A 31-year-old man was admitted to the emergency room with severe abdominal pain. Persistent exploration of the patient’s history disclosed a visit to the Munich Octoberfest the night before, during which he had ingested a condom filled with beer.” No further explanation is offered
-- BIG GAP. PEOPLE WERE SMOKING DOPE. --
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SECRET LEEDS
The surviving North portal of Gildersome tunnel hides away in thick woodland in Dean woods. Looking at the heavily overgrown area these days it’s hard to imagine that express trains raced through here 40 years earlier. This place has the most eerie, strangest atmosphere you can imagine, I’ve visited here on my own before, but you always sense your not alone.
This May 2007 shot shows just how deep the water level was guarding the entrance to the forbid-den portal of the underworld. Gildersome tunnel is a bit of a monster at 1 mile 571yds (2.13km) it has remained unexplored for many years. The gate was added sometime in the early 90’s and this
GILDERSOME TUNNEL
seems to have been the last time anyone has been in. There are no pictures or reports of this tunnel to be found anywhere on the net so what lies beyond is anyone’s guess. This is the only entrance as the Western portal has been infilled when the M621 motorway was built near to the Showcase cin-ema at Birstall. When i took this picture i never thought i’d reach the other end 5 months later. The tunnel has been badly affected by water ingress over the insuing years keeping it a well & truely out of bounds place.
’’I found’ the north portal about a year ago down at the bottom of a wood
and seemingly miles from anywhere. It was one of the scariest places I have
ever been and the hairs on my neck were on end all the time I was there’’
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OFTHATSHT!