Arts / Quench: Arts

Drawings

This exhibition offers an exclusive overview of da Vinci’s career and the variety of his subjects and techniques.

Angus Mcbean

McBean was one of the most prominent portrait photographers of the

20th century, with a career that was both imaginative andever-evolving.

The Vagina Monologues: well, let’s just say I was pleasantly surprised. Thinking The Vagina Monologues was going to be full of feminists lecturing about women’s rights, I was initially apprehensive. As it turned out, I was entertained by the real-life experiences of several women and yes, you’ve guessed it, their vaginas.

Diversions

Exposure sees Diversions return to the stage with a new triple bill for 2007. Each of the dances is remarkably different from the others and it’s this variety that draws audiences back to see the dance company time and again.

Russell Howard

Russell Howard, recent star of Mock of the Week, is infectious. With a super-elasticised, improvisational mind and massive enthusiasm, his show was superb.

What’s On

Welsh National Opera @ Wales Millennium Centre, May and June

WNO’s Summer Season features world-class performances of Carmen, Damnation of Faust and The Seven Deadly Sins, amongst others. It promises to be a brilliantly diverse programme of shows, featuring collaborations with Diversions Dance Company and singers from across South Wales, as well as a trilogy of operas based on wildlife and conservation. Tickets start at just £5, so there’s no excuse to miss out. Box office: 08700 40 2000.

Latest Edition

Arcade Fire - Intervention

As a fan of Arcade Fire, I really want to plug this single. But Intervention is not very good, sounding more like a hymn than their angry selves. There are better tracks on the album Neon Bible, so buy that instead. Or see them live.

Diversions

In Review: Urban dictionary

In between spay-painting small horses with swastikas and sniffing glue the youth of today still like to chew the fat from time to time. Unfortunately the cretins have adopted a bizarre type of new-speak which can leave “me-mans” (myself and some of my close friends) “well vexed” (Perplexed, Peeved). That’s where the Urban dictionary comes in. With this peer monitored compendium of British and American slang you can find out what the little twazocks actually said to you before you walked off full of impotent rage and self loathing. Yay. To elaborate. After hearing a rap-tune recently I heard the word “skeet” a term with which I was unfamiliar. Consulting the Urban dictionary I discovered that skeet is a verb that describes, “Bustin’ a nut in a skizzles grill” or, the act of ejaculating onto a woman’s face. Other notable explanations submitted included the rather quaint: “To drop a banana item in Mario Kart 64, thereby causing a trailing opponent to slip on it and skid out” and the colorful “Something I would love to do on the Olsen twins. “The real fun lies in contrasting the Neanderthal with the surely mock-serious entries. Of course some helpful souls point out the real meaning of the word (something to do with clay pigeon shooting) but it is all done very tongue in cheek. A running dialogue on the site led one poster to claim it was a word which White people only heard about from the comedian Dave Chapelle. This in turn led one of his fellows to inform us that it is a completely fictional word invented by black people because they needed something to do in between collecting welfare cheques. As if via osmosis the stupidity seeps into you brain and you can impress the Gs in your hood with your newfound knowledge and/or prejudices lest ye be merced by your in the know peers.

Quench

Drawings

Angus Mcbean

Vagina Monologues

Diversions

Russell Howard

What’s On

This Week

Latest Edition

Arcade Fire - Intervention

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Baby 81

Diversions

Mark Ronson - Version

Orange Goblin - Healing Through Fire

In Review: Urban dictionary

Love school

The Voices - The Sound of Young America

Angus Mcbean

K-Day