Music: August 23rd, 2010
Beirut
Only date in the South East for Zach Condon and his band of multi-instrumentalists who wield accordions, trumpets, mandolins, ukuleles, a trombone, bass and double bass. Inspired by Balkan folk-pop, French chanteuse, Mexican troubabdour, ‘80s synth, and ‘90s house, the aptly named Beirut (after the highly pluralistic city) are an unlikely success story.
Friday 27 August, Winter Garden, Eastbourne
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Bare Cheek: August 23rd, 2010
Brian Mitchell & Joseph Nixon’s thoroughly scurrilous Brighton column
Hove Factually
Five facts you never knew about fantabulous Hove
1. Hoveish, the ancient language still spoken by over nine per cent of the indigenous population, is thought, of all extant, to be the closest to Indo European, with the possible exceptions of Nadsat, Troll and Unwinese.
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Astral Angi: August 23rd, 2010
Astral asks if you’re feeling charitable
ARIES {Mar 21–Apr 20}
Aries must put aside all thoughts of self and think of others. I could do with some help right now. Why not pop round and tackle this ironing. Chiffon creases so easily.
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Celebcity: August 23rd, 2010
Birdman drama for Holly Walsh, Olly Murs films in Brighton, and Ricky Gervais makes a hasty getaway
Pier Plunge for TV Comedian
Sussex was big news nationwide last week as the Worthing Birdman competition catapulted the county to the number one spot on BBC news online. The festival (in which ‘fun flyers’ dress in elaborate costumes and leap off the Art Deco pier) supplied two of the top ten most watched clips on the news website, with the seaside antics getting more hits than stories on Barack Obama and new The One Show anchor, Alex Jones.
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