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THE WEEK AHEAD…

Ahead of Glasgow Film Festival kicking off proper (more on that next week), this week we’re enjoying a selection of short films at GSFF – taking us from Butcher Boy’s home movies to Frames Per Second’s exploration of moving image in all its guises. Elsewhere, we vaguely celebrate Valentine’s Day. We say vaguely, because on the one hand we’re attending a vintage screening of classic black and white romance Brief Encounter, while our depraved alter ego is swilling 75p cider and listening to hardcore rock from the mean streets of Paisley…

PICKS O’ THE WEEK

Whoever’s idea it was to let sonic alchemists The Leg (accompanied by eccentric longtime collaborator, Paul Vickers) loose in the medieval catacombs of The Real Mary King’s Close is a bit of a genius. The raggle taggle bunch will be taking to the underground setting for two intimate sets over the same evening, marking the near completion of their new album, which they’ll be previewing in stripped-back style, with no amplification. Space is limited to 35 folk per set, so we’d suggest getting down early (or emailing simplebounty@yahoo.co.uk to reserve a ticket).

So, yes, our first Valentine’s-y pick of the week is decidedly, well, anti-love, as the musical clubber’s delight that is Milk throw an Anti-Valentine special. For the occasion they’ll be shunning all lovey-dovey music in favour of the hardcore rock racket that is Paisley trio, Carnivores (pictured). They’ll be accompanied by Glasgow’s So Many Animal Calls, and a late night DJ set from Midnight Lion. There’ll also be a special boozy concoction christened ‘Punch Drunk Love’, and made-to-order Pink Russians. Plus, o’course, all the romance that 75p cider straight outta the jumbo supermarket bottle can bring.

The Granny Would Be Proud collective transform themselves for the launch of Boyroom Blitz – their first fair tailored to all things man. There’ll be the usual selection of stalls selling vintage and hand-crafted goodies, but this time taking in a decidedly manly selection, including HocusPocus Silk’s handmade silk bowties, up-cycled men’s clothing from Glasgow-based designer Jenny Loof, and some specially-made accessories from Tatty Bon, of which we’ve obviously got our eye on the ‘Total Cunt’ cufflinks (pictured). Read our preview here.

The Devil Disco Crew (y’know, they of the rather immense, semi-regular live music-styled rave-ups in the capital) relocate to The Third Door for their first party of 2012, for which they’ll be inviting experimental Edinburgh trio Discopolis back to the stage, playing alongside somewhat mysterious newcomers Battle Of The Zoo – booked on the back of a 7-track demo they sent Devil Disco Club’s way. It’ll then be down to the resident DJs to keep y’all dancing into the bedtime hours. Read our recent chat with Discopolis here.

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The Future Shorts crew team-up with global cinema network The Other Cinema for a vintage-styled Valentine’s event with a bit of class, where they’ll be screening David Lean’s proper romantic tale of love and loss, Brief Encounter (pictured), for which attendees are encouraged to dress up in their WW2 finery. The screening will be followed by live music from Lorraine O’Sullivan, and ex-Orkestra Del Sol lass Isabel Lohss, before they have some fun with the vintage playlists – for which a bit o’ Screamin’ Jay Hawkins is a promise.

The cutesily-named Little Birds Market returns for 2012 just in time for a bit of a Valentine’s love-in, where they’ll be squeezing in even more stalls than usual across the vintage, craft and design board. It’ll see Glasgow furniture up-cyclers Zeus (pictured piece) make their market debut, plus sparkly vintage jewels from Stardust Memories, and, yes, pretty much anything else vintage-y you can damn well think of – knitwear, tea sets, textiles, and the like. Plus, o’course, their very own cake salon providing the sugar hits, as ever.

In honour of the Glasgow Short Film Festival, the spoken word specialists over at Words Per Minute join hands with Flatrate under the new guise of Frames Per Second, for which they’ll be staging performances from a selection of local writers, artists, musicians, and theatrical types, all of whom are exploring moving image beyond the boundaries of the cinema. The delights held within include a new mini film from novelist Ewan Morrison, created especially for the event, plus a screening of Adam Stafford (pictured) and Alan Bissett’s award-winning short, The Shutdown. Watch the preview here.

Monday night finds us choosing between Wu-Tang Clan’s most potent swordsman, the mighty GZA (pictured) – who brings his dexterous assault of colourful wordplay to The Arches – and Leeds-based band of lunatics Pulled Apart By Horses, who equally never fail to delight with their tight balls-to-the-wall rock check-list of torturous vocals, distortion, serious riffage, and hardcore clatter. Rare that a Monday night brings such a musical quandary. Meantime, check out the video for PABH’s new single V.E.N.O.M. We particularly enjoyed the flaming middle finger salute: here.

We end with a last bit of Valentine’s lovin’ (a fitting following to the flaming middle-finger salute of above, non?), as the lovely Red Door Gallery play host to an Alice In Wonderland-inspired exhibition for which Edinburgh-based artist and sometime Skinny illustrator Robbie Porter has created an actual house of cards, which focus on the imaginary adventures of an anonymous businessman. The prints will be intertwined with a selection of the most irreverent and interesting Valentine’s cards that Red Door Gallery could get their hands on (all of which will also be available to buy).

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