There isn't usually much going on in Portsmouth that catches my attention, but there's an event next week at the University (er, where I work) that looks like it should be worth attending.
As part of the 'British Culture & Society in the 1970s' conference there will be a screening of British avant-garde film. It will be introduced by David Curtis and Steven Ball, and will be followed directly by an interview between Ken Russell and Mark Kermode.
This will be kicking off at 4 pm, with the screening finishing at 5 pm and the interview starting at 6 pm. It will take place in Portland Building at the University of Portsmouth. Entry to the screening is free of charge, but I beleive there is a £5 charge for the interview.
Think I might go along to that one, providing they let me out of work early...
I don't get much in the way of new music these days, but I have been enjoying an album called 'V is for Viagra: The Remixes' by Puscifer. This 'band' actually seems to be a solo-project for Maynard James Keenan, better known for his full-time band Tool. Not that fussed about him or Tool, but I wanted to check out the remix work of people like Paul Barker, Danny Lohner and Dave Ogilvie.
Although it's fairly firmly rooted in 'Alternative Rock', the remixes allow the songs to drift into a nice dark electronic space that owes more to ambient dub and more left-field electronic music.
The two mixes by Lustmord are amongst the most played on my iPod right now.
