The programme will include comedy from Paul Sweeney, poetry/spoken word from Liz Bentley, and music from Cusack as well as a screening of a short animated BAFTA-winning film called The Eagleman Stag.

Music from DJ Phlaaps.

Also featuring the Sundown poets, free book swap (bring your unwanted books with you).

£3 entry

www.sundownarts.org

iMISS CONVERSATION is a SUNDOWN MULTIMEDIA’s event to celebrate all things vintage. Have we forgotten the old way? Strictly non-digital event!

Listen to music! Be enraptured by spoken word! Bring your unwanted books to SWOOK (ie. swap for free) and your unwanted clothes to SWISH (ie. swap for free!) Bring vinyl, cassette tapes, VHS! ; this is a strictly non-digital event so turn that bleedin’ iPhone off!

7.30-10.30pm / £5 entry/£4 Yellow Card

Acts:

Spoken word from Rikki Livermore
Music from Little Penguin, Stuart Masters and The Cherry Scott Project

Flyer design by Laura Barnard.

BASED ON AN IDEA BY JO OVERFIELD:

“I do embrace a lot of technology for without it our aspects of work and life would be very different, I’m an engineers daughter after all. But I don’t believe it has always moved us forward in a positive way.  I’m not a downloader and that’s not because I disagree with it, it’s because I like the experience of buying an album.  The trip to the shops to search for that CD I read about means I get to leave the house, browse all the other CD’s in the shop and then have that eagerly anticipated wait until I get home to listen to the CD.  Once home, I’ll scan the sleeve for its artwork, read the lyrics with a cup of tea and place the CD proudly on the shelf with all the others.  Yes, downloading is often cheaper and faster but I don’t need everything in my life to be faster.

The abundance of social networking sites usually means there is not a person in the world you now can’t get hold of, everything and everyone is attainable which can leave some of us with a lesser appreciation.  I don’t have an ipod, I think they’re a great idea but I can’t afford one.  I recently read this great article with members of The Dead Weather; “I’ve gone on lunches with people that haven’t looked up from their iPhones, you feel like you’re having lunch on your own’” says Alison Mosshart.  I can totally sympathise, I know several folk with iphones who do exactly the same to me.  Perhaps I don’t want everything answered for me, maybe you could spare me the courtesy of a conversation with your face and not your head in a screen?”

See the full text on the blog – click HERE.

THE ALEX / 53 Alexandra Street / Southend, SS1 1BW

SUNDOWN on MYSPACE.

This is the last time that FALSE ALARM comes to the Alex, as from the next month, it will be hosted at the Royal Hotel!
This Friday you can expect some Residents ramblin boys and dead formats djs and gronz from 8pm!

£3 or £2 with NUS or Yellow Card.

THE ALEX / 53 Alexandra Street / Southend-on-Sea

(Issy Suttie)

Sunday Night of Comedy @ The Alex

Squat Betty Night of Comedy will include:

-ISY SUTTIE - Isy is perhaps better known as Dobby from Peep Show but she is also a hugely talented and popular live comedian and it awesome to have her at Squat Betty.

-THE REAL BRIAN BLESSED - Exceptional character comedy, a real treat in store if you haven’t seen him already

- JOSH WIDDICOMBE – a hot new talent

Doors open at 7.30 for 7.45 start! £3 entry

THE ALEX / Alexandra Street / Southend-on-Sea