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WEDS 17 SEPT 12PM £5 ADV LASER QUEST ARTS CLUB TAKEOVER THURS 18 SEPT 7PM £5 ADV LOUIS BERRY FRI 19 SEPT 11PM 18+ FROM £4 PROPAGANDA FT. PIGEON DETECTIVES LIVE FRI 19 SEPT 7PM £6 ADV BUNK BED SAT 20 SEPT 7PM £6 ADV SPARE ROOM SAT 20 SEPT 11PM 18+ CHIBUKU RE-OPENING PARTY FT. BICEP, SKREAM, BEN PEARCE, ARTWORK, PBR STREETGANG, SG LEWIS, JOHN MCANDREW MON 22 SEPT 10PM 18+ FROM £4 MAMMOTH TUES 23 SEPT 7PM £8 ADV DARLIA THURS 25 SEPT 7PM £15 ADV GRANT NICHOLAS FRI 26 SEPT 11PM 18+ FROM £4 PROPAGANDA FT. THOM NICHOLAS FROM AMERICAN PIE FRI 26 SEPT 7PM £8 ADV JAWS SAT 27 SEPT 7PM £6 ADV ARCANE ADDICTION SAT 27 SEPT 10PM 18+ CIRCUS BIRTHDAY THURS 2 OCT 7PM £5 ADV ETCHES FRI 3 OCT 7PM £5 ADV WEIGHTSTOCK III SAT 4 OCT 11PM 18+ CHIBUKU FT. DUKE DUMONT, PYSCHEMAGIK, KIWI, ONEMAN SAT 4 OCT 7PM £8 ADV ELIZA & THE BEAR MON 6 OCT 7PM £8 ADV BLITZ KIDS WEDS 8 OCT 7PM £14 ADV NELL BRYDEN THURS 9 OCT 9PM 18+ £13.50 ADV DJ YODA (LIVE AV SHOW) FRI 10 OCT 6.30PM £7 ADV ANDREW METCALFE SAT 11 OCT 10PM 18+ CHIBUKU SUN 12 OCT 7PM £10 ADV THE TREATMENT TUES 14 OCT 7PM £12 ADV WHEATUS THURS 16 OCT 7PM £10 ADV LUCY ROSE FRI 17 OCT 7PM £9 ADV WOMAN’S HOUR SAT 18 OCT 10PM 18+ CHIBUKU FT. DUSKY (4 HOUR SET), DANIEL AVERY, LEON VYNEHALL, LORCA, HOLLY LESTER TUES 21 OCT 7PM £10 ADV SMOOVE & TURRELL WEDS 22 OCT 7PM £9 ADV BILLY LOCKETT THURS 23 OCT 7PM £13 ADV THE MEN THEY COULDN’T HANG FRI 24 OCT 7PM £22.50 ADV HEAVEN 17 FRI 24 OCT 7PM £6 ADV THE STRUTS SAT 25 OCT 10PM 18+ £10 ADV MR SCRUFF SAT 25 OCT 7PM £10 ADV WAKEY! WAKEY! FRI 31ST OCT 7PM £6 ADV AS ELEPHANTS ARE & PIXEL FIX SAT 1ST NOV 10PM 18+ CIRCUS HALLOWEEN PARTY FT. YOUSEF, JOSEPH CAPRIATI, OLIVER DOLLAR, KINK - LIVE, HEID WEDS 5 NOV 7PM £8 ADV DEXTERS THURS 6 NOV 7PM £8 ADV MARIKA HACKMAN FRI 7 NOV 7PM £10 ADV LORDS OF THE RIFF 2 SAT 8 NOV 7PM £8 ADV THE HEARTBREAKS TUES 11 NOV 7PM £7 ADV AMBER RUN THURS 13 NOV 7PM £6 ADV RICHIE CAMPBELL FRI 14 NOV 7:30PM £7 ADV KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD SAT 15 NOV 7PM £10 ADV COLDPLACE WEDS 19 NOV 7PM £12.50 ADV BARRENCE WHITFIELD & THE SAVAGES FRI 21ST NOV 7PM £12 ADV THE SMITHS INDEED SAT 22 NOV 7PM £8 ADV MAN OVERBOARD SUN 24 NOV 7PM £15 ADV KATIE ARMIGER WEDS 26 NOV 7PM £8 ADV COASTS FRI 28 NOV 7PM £12 ADV 3 DAFT MONKEYS THURS 4 DEC 7PM £10 ADV JANET DEVLIN SAT 6 DEC 7PM £12 ADV IAN PROWSE & AMSTERDAM FRI 16 JAN 2015 7PM £18 ADV AARON CARTER SAT 21 FEB 2015 7PM £15 ADV LASHOUT FEST THURS 19 MAR 2015 7PM £16.50 ADV THE SELECTER SAT 2 & SUN 3 MAY 2015 £20 EARLY BIRD WEEKEND TICKET FURY FEST EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT 90 SEEL STREET, LIVERPOOL, L1 4BH
Bido Lito! October 2014 3 Editorial I was trawling through Sky Movies the other day and I stumbled across a film I’d never heard of before called Disconnect, and I decided to give it a whirl based on the précis: “Technology causes several lives to intertwine with terrible consequences in this compelling drama.” Though I wasn’t in the mood for much brain exercise, I settled in with it, not expecting to last too long before nodding off. The story soon split into three different threads following a variety of characters, all running fairly parallel to each other, and regularly overlapping. Each character’s storyline slowly unspooled, with the plot based around their various interactions with each other on an assortment of communication devices: a reporter engaging with a chat-room stripper via a webcam; a prank Facebook Messenger conversation between students in the same high school; an identity theft chase that leads back to an online support group discussion. Without being overt, the drama was left to play out in these conversations, leaving you to wonder where they’d meander. It also brought you in really close to each of the stories, but in a weirdly cold way. There was little in the way of conventional scenes, actors acting and exchanging dialogue; instead, the camera was frequently trained on the actors’ faces, blue-lit by the glow from their laptops, computers or mobile phones. As the text of their various conversations ticked across the screen in the space over their shoulders, we were left to watch their reactions. It soon became an engrossing piece, as we almost remotely and voyeuristically watched emotions play across faces as the plotlines spiralled into ever-weirder territory. By the time it came to its inconclusive and slightly clumsy denouement I was far past nodding off, and was struck by the detached intimacy of the way each character had slowly become consumed by their communication devices. They had also, indeed, become disconnected from their own lives as they rolled on about them. Perhaps inevitably it made me think about the way I interact with the variety of ‘social’ networks at my fingertips, and how ingrained each one has become in my life. Though I’m sure I could survive without Instagram (hmmm…), I’m not sure how I’d cope without the ability of instant communication. Take this issue for example: three of this month’s features were set up and agreed upon over Facebook Messenger, while another one was largely done via a text message conversation. Direct line obtained, information exchanged, job done. But why did I still feel a little guilty doing it that way? One thing that Disconnect did leave me to ponder was how all-encompassing our relationship with social networks can be. It’s easy to get lost in the maze of possibilities that Twitter, Facebook and Instagram (and whatever else you waste your time on) throws up. Via status updates, links to songs, liking articles, retweeting words of wisdom, and carefully selecting what photos we’re ‘tagged in’, each of us who engage with social media is (perhaps unwittingly) building an avatar of ourselves that we want the rest of the world to see. I see it as like the “residual self-image” of the characters in The Matrix: a projection of how we see ourselves – or, even, how we want others to see us. People are so aware about online self-promotion today that I sometimes wonder if they even bother what someone else thinks. Of course, it’s all about control. It’s so easy to get wrapped up in micro-managing the small things of our “residual self-image” that we forget about the bigger picture. We forget to open our eyes and experience the world happening around us. In Ralph Ellison’s book Invisible Man, the title character says, “life is to be lived, not controlled”; I’d agree with that, and I’d raise you Tyler Durden (to Tyler Durden) in Fight Club – “just let go”. In this I’m reminded of a beloved friend, Yasmin Jones, whose pure nature was to throw caution to the wind. “Fly away like a butterfly” was a favourite saying of hers; for this, and much more, she will always be remembered. Christopher Torpey / @BidoLito Editor Features 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 GULF TEAR TALK AMIQUE LIVERPOOL MUSIC WEEK PEAKING LIGHTS SILENT CITIES GOD UNKNOWN Regulars 4 NEWS 24 PREVIEWS/SHORTS 26 REVIEWS Bido Lito! Issue Forty Nine / October 2014 bidolito.co.uk 4th Floor, Mello Mello, 40-42 Slater St, Liverpool, L1 4BX Editor Christopher Torpey - chris@bidolito.co.uk Editor-In-Chief / Publisher Craig G Pennington - info@bidolito.co.uk Reviews Editor Sam Turner - live@bidolito.co.uk Designer Luke Avery - info@luke-avery.com Proofreading Debra Williams - debra@wordsanddeeds.co.uk Words Christopher Torpey, Craig G Pennington, Patrick Clarke, Phil Gwyn, Jack Graysmark, Laurie Cheeseman, Josh Ray, Richard Lewis, Alastair Dunn, Maurice Stewart, Dave Tate, Laurence Thompson, Paddy Hughes, Josh Potts, Paul Riley. Photography, Illustration and Layout Luke Avery, Jack McVann, Chris McCoy, Gareth Arrowsmith, Robin Clewley, Jordan Abraham, Brian Roberts, Sam Wiehl, John Johnson, Glyn Akroyd, Stuart Moulding, Adam Edwards. 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