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7th September 2010
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Winner Takes All

Sun, strawberries, snobbery and blazers: that’s Wimbledon. Or is it rain, Cliff Richard and another year of abject humiliation? Only time will tell, but at least Andy Murray’s got through to the third round. And now the whole nation is hoping he can emulate Fred Perry, not just by wearing a snazzy retro outfit, but by actually winning something too.

Talking of winning, there’s a few little competitions that we’d like you to be aware of. We’re offering the chance to win tickets to The Doctor’s Orders 4th Birthday Party at Herbal as well as VIP tickets to new fashion label blub night Scandalism at Scala. Both are pretty awesome prizes.

In addition, Spoonfed has been nominated for two Europa Awards, hosted by TechCrunch Europe. We’re in the shortlist for Best Mobile App and Best New Startup. So, please, click on the links and vote for us!

And finally, RIP Michael Jackson - what a hero. Apparently Londoners have planned a mass Moonwalk tribute. Jacko would be proud, or certainly confused.

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Friday 26th

Armed Forces Day

In association with The Sun and charity Help for Heroes, Ye Olde Watling is holding a day of activities to celebrate what Britain's war veterans have done for us all. The whole pub will be kitted out with patriotic flags and bunting and there's a raffle and auction to raise money for the charity. In addition anybody who presents an armed forces ID read on

where:
Ye Olde Watling
29 Watling Street
EC4M 9BR
when:
10am - 11pm
what:
Charity
cost:
Free
 

Silhouette

A couple of years ago and you'd be forgiven for thinking that Helena Gee was on the way out. Her band the Ivories had broken-up and the success the Kaiser Chiefs had brought to the Leeds music scene seemed to have turned into some poison chalice. It really looked like it was all over. But you can never predict these things, and a few short years read on

where:
The Fly
36-38 New Oxford Street
WC1A 1EP

who:
Silhouette + more
when:
7pm
what:
Folk, Indie, Rock
cost:
£6
 

Sketchatron Classic

The biggest sketch showcase in the country is back at the Pleasance this month with a dynamite line-up. Sketchatron is renowned for discovering great up-and-coming comics, but this will be more of a 'classic' gig. It includes favourite acts that have performed for them over the years with great success; now they are well and truly established read on

where:
Pleasance Theatre
41 Carpenter's Mews
N7 9DP

who:
The Penny Dreadfuls, Tommy and the Weeks
+ more
when:
8.30pm
what:
Sketches
cost:
£8
 

Spectrum

Pete Jordan's Spectrum imprint returns to Matter with a line-up primed to completely batter the hell out of the state of the art sound system.

Globally applauded producers and DJs on the chubby side, those brilliant Plump DJs head up the main room, with Lot49's tech-funk king Meat Katie, Herve, Duke Dumont and plenty of others.
read on

where:
Matter
Peninsular Square
SE10 0DY

who:
Meat Katie, Plump DJs
+ more
when:
10pm - 7am
what:
Breaks, House, Techno/Minimal
cost:
£5

Saturday 27th

Potted Pirates

After the hilarious success of Potted Potter, double act Dan and Jeff return in search of talking parrots and mysterious buried treasure, they’re swapping wizards for walking the plank and trading Hogwarts for the high seas... Shanties aside, Potted Pirates hits all the delightful notes you’d expect from this superbly shambolic duo. A show for read on

where:
Greenwich Theatre
Crooms Hill
SE10 8ES
when:
Times vary
what:
Performance Art
cost:
£10, £8 Concessions
 

Finally Punk

An endangered species thanks to a decade and a half of male, pop-punk domination, and it would seem that the all-girl punk band has finally been brought back from the brink. With bands like Plugs, Pens, Mika Miko and T.I.T.S all roaming the earth, it would seem that the spirit of Bikini Kill hasn't been totally destroyed by the hoards of skating read on

where:
The Grosvenor
17 Sidney Road
SW9 0TP

who:
Finally Punk, The Sticks
when:
8pm
what:
Punk
cost:
£5
 

Glad 2 Know You

Lo Recordings launch a new project at Corsica Studios tonight: Glad 2 Know You. Each night will feature the label coming together with another label they have worked with to explore, collaborate and celebrate. This edition features Parisian imprint Tigersushi with label boss Joakim bringing his full live band, rising star Krikor and the read on

where:
Corsica Studios
Farrell Court
SE17 1LB

who:
John Power, Tigersushi, Bass System
+ more
when:
9pm - 6am
what:
Electronica, Drum & Bass
cost:
£12

Sunday 28th

secretsundaze

Smith and Priestley's summer institution is a true original which contrasts with the dingy atmosphere of most daytime parties and still retains a considerable edge over similar efforts. Today they return to Light Bar with Berlin's iconic Panaorama Bar resident Prosumer making his secretsundaze debut. read on

where:
The Light Bar
223 Shoreditch High Street
E1 6PJ
who:
Giles Smith, James Priestley
+ more
when:
2pm - 10.30pm
what:
Funk/Soul, House, Techno/Minimal
cost:
£15, £12 Advance Tickets
 

Jonny Sweet

Jonny Sweet, from BBC2's Winging It and BBC3's Brave Young Men, is a comedy newcomer with bags of talent.

Part of sketch group House of Winsdor with Inbetweeners stars Simon Bird and Joe Thomas, he is a great sketch act (see Emma's review of House of Windsor in The Meeting) and we can't wait to see this solo show. read on

where:
Hen and Chickens
109 St Paul's Road
N1 2NA

who:
Jonny Sweet
when:
9.30pm
what:
Stand Up
cost:
£7

Monday 29th

Shugo Tokumaru

One of the busiest people in the music biz, Shugo Tokumaru not only writes and record his own stellar pop tunes under his own name, he also plays in the group Gellers, rocking the guitar, backup vocals, and other goodness. Similar in form and style to his compatriot Cornelius, he makes unique, disarming and hideously charming experimental folk ... read on

where:
The Garage
22 Highhbury Corner
N5 1RD
who:
Shugo Tokumaru
when:
7pm
what:
Folk
cost:
£7
 

Night of 400 Billion Stars

Another epic night of science and learning hosted by Robin Ince, following on from the Dawkins shows last Christmas.

Scientists, musicians and comedians will all be taking part in this charity event with proceeds going towards the Rationalist Association. read on

where:
Bloomsbury Theatre
15 Gordon Street
WC1H 0AH

who:
Robin ince, Chris Addison
+ more
when:
7.30pm
what:
Stand Up
cost:
£20, £15 Concessions

Tuesday 30th

Laura Solon - Rabbit Faced Story Soup

The second woman ever to win the Perrier Award in 2005, Laura Solon (BBC 1's Harry and Paul, Al Murray's Multiple Personality Disorder, Radio 4's Talking and Not Talking) returns with brand new character comedy ahead of the Edinburgh Festival.
 
Tickets can be booked through the website or over the phone: 0207 289 6054. read on

where:
Canal Cafe Theatre
The Bridge House Pub
W2 6ND
who:
Laura Solon
when:
7.30pm
what:
Fringe, Stand Up
cost:
£6, £5 Concessions
 

Dr Korczak's Example

Dr Janusz Korczak was a remarkable man who founded an orphanage for Jewish children in which he let the kids determine how the place was run and made them the experts on their own affairs. His free-thinking ideas were a massive influence upon the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Tragically, his orphanage and the community of children he cr... read on

where:
Arcola Theatre
27 Arcola Street
E8 2DJ

when:
8pm
what:
Tragedy
cost:
£15, £10 Concessions

Wednesday 1st

murmurART

Innovative online art gallery murmurART officially launches this July with a pop-up exhibition in The Wonder Room at Selfridges. murmurART have put together a panel of ten important art world types - including Tracey Emin, Kevin Spacey, Zaha Hadid, Sir Peter Blake and Kay Saatchi - and asked each one to choose their favourite emerging young artis... read on

where:
Selfridges
400 Oxford Street
W1A 1AB
who:
Rose Blake, Hugo Wilson
+ more
when:
9.30am - 8pm
what:
Art
cost:
Free
 

Remembering Jan Kaplicky

Czech architect Jan Kaplicky died in January of this year aged 71, thereby bringing to a close the career of one of the most exciting and innovative designers of recent times. Famous buildings include the Selfridges in Birmingham and the Comme des Garcons store in Tokyo. But, for many, Kaplicky will be best remembered for the fantastic media c... read on

where:
Design Museum
Shad Thames
SE1 2YD

when:
10am - 5.45pm
what:
Design, Architecture
cost:
From £5 to £9
 

Deerhoof

One of the originators of the whole experimental noise/pop thing that took over London's East End late last year, Deerhoof are a wonderfully bizarre mix of Japanese and American pop that swerves between sweet melodic structures and fingers-down-a-blackboard noise like a drunk driver running from the Met. Now they're making a welcome return to t... read on

where:
Scala
275-277 Pentonville Road
N1 9NL

who:
Deerhoof
when:
7.30pm
what:
Indie, Rock, Pop
cost:
£12.50

Thursday 2nd

The Art of Evolution

The influence of important thinkers often spreads far beyond the field in which they originally operated - look at Freud, Einstein or Derrida, to name just some relatively recent examples. But the thinkings of few others can have had an impact quite as wide-ranging as those of Charles Darwin. This July, Fae Brauer, Barbara Larson and Gavin Park... read on

where:
Courtauld Institute
14 Strand
WC2R 0RN

when:
12pm - 6pm
what:
Art, Science
cost:
From £30 to £70
 

Laughter in Odd Places

Laughter In Odd Places is a monthly (ish!) club that was set up by quirky comics Terry Saunders and Tom Bell after they'd had enough of playing smelly little pub rooms full of noisy drunk people. They've had comedy gigs in record shops, cafes, libraries, charity shops, book shops, galleries and even one in journalist Bruce Dessau's living room. To... read on

where:
Museum of London
London Wall
EC2Y 5HN

who:
Richard Herring, Josie Long, Simon Munnery
+ more
when:
8pm
what:
Stand Up, Sketches
cost:
Free

Friday 3rd

Surface - Image - Event

Painting? In Hoxton? It'll never catch on. Well perhaps it will. With people beginning to tire of one-joke conceptualism, Standpoint Gallery presents an exhibition of painting, featuring work by five contemporary artists. What links them all together is what the PR spiel terms 'emergent figuration'. In short, this means that the prime focus of... read on

where:
Standpoint
45 Coronet Street
N1 6HD
who:
Fiona Murray, Ilona Szalay
+ more
when:
12pm - 6pm
what:
Painting
cost:
Free
 

The Doctor's Orders 4th Birthday Party

To celebrate four years of dosing the capital with the finest hip hop, The Doctor's Orders are hosting a series of events throughout July. Alongside their regular club nights there'll be live shows, free parties and even a pub quiz. Tonight their party at Herbal meshes some of the top names from their wish list (DJ Vadim anyone?) with some new tal... read on

where:
Herbal
12-14 Kingsland Road
E2 8DA

who:
DJ Vadim, Spin Doctor
+ more
when:
9pm - 3am
what:
Hip Hop
cost:
£10
 

Them 1st Birthday Special

Them celebrate one whole year of serving London with cutting edge electronica, pure bass weight and giant beat-addicted creatures from the deep. Yet another smashing line-up is in place to absolutely destroy Corsica Studios, with Hyp!Hyp!Hyp! hosting Room Two. Them are in control in the main room, with Mad Decent upstart Mumdance in to spin his bas... read on

where:
Corsica Studios
Farrell Court
SE17 1LB

who:
Mumdance, Boxcutter
+ more
when:
10pm - 6am
what:
Electro, Dubstep, Hip Hop
cost:
£9

Saturday 4th

Wireless 2009

Iconic house and beats specialists Basement Jaxx headline the first day of the newly re-branded Wireless Festival.

Also topping an action packed bill are hip-hop acts The Streets and Dizzee Rascal as well as sets from electro/dance superstars Frankmusik and Digitalism.
read on

where:
Hyde Park
W2 2UH
who:
Basement Jaxx, Digitalism, Dizzee Rascal
+ more
when:
1pm - midnight
what:
Dance Music
cost:
£45, £80 Weekend Ticket
 

The Importance of Being Earnest

What better way to while away a summer evening than with a top notch alfresco performance of this Oscar Wilde classic in a grassy corner of Regent's Park? This vintage piece of Wilde is a classic drawing room farce of tangled love lives and mistaken identities... but distinguished with his trademark satirical slant and a seemingly unceasing fl... read on

where:
Open Air Theatre
Regent's Park
NW1 4NR

when:
8pm
what:
Classic, Comedy
cost:
From £10 to £42
 

Snap, Crackle and Pop

Wow. Christian Martin from the Dirtybird stable (which he co-runs) is flying in from San Fran to play this intimate little gig.

Justin Martin's brother, one half of their sick production duo aptly named The Martin Brothers and DJ of absolute brilliance.

This will be incredibly good, and unbelievably it's only £3. Well done Snap, Crackle and Pop.
read on

where:
Horse & Groom
26 Curtain Road
EC2A 3NZ

who:
Christian Martin, Jac the Disco
+ more
when:
10pm - 4am
what:
Disco, Electro, House
cost:
£5, £3 Before 11pm

Sunday 5th

Workshop Missoni

Missoni have come a long way from their origins as producers of jersey tracksuits in the 1940s to become one of the most instantly recognisable fashion brands in the world. Known for bold zig-zag patterning and subtle use of tone and texture, Missoni is still very much a family-orientated operation. This year it's fifty years since the company's off... read on

where:
Estorick Collection
39a Canonbury Square
N1 2AN
when:
11am - 6pm
what:
Fashion, History
cost:
Free
 

The Fix presents... Edinburgh Previews

For Edinburgh preview season, the esteemed Fix comedy mag is holding a series of double bills with some of their favourite acts performing every Sunday evening. If you like weird or alternative comedy, you are in for a treat tonight. Hilarious character act Brian Gittins will be performing his new show Brian Gittins: Roadside Cafe Owner, full of l... read on

where:
Wilmington Arms
69 Roseberry Avenue
EC1R 4RL

who:
Brian Gittins, Tim Key
+ more
when:
6pm
what:
Stand Up
cost:
£6
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