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Spoken Word Tongue Fu

Like a nice glass of a red or a decent bit of fluff, good spoken word is hard to find. At worst you feel like you’ve stumbled across an open group therapy session with an AABB rhyming scheme. At average, you’ve let yourself into a struggling poet’s focus group. Sometimes though, you magic across an event that manages to vet out the bilge and leave you with a select line-up of spoken wordsters excelling in lyrical dexterity and vocal originality. If it’s not Apples and Snakes then chances are it will be some set-up at Rich Mix. Tonight’s Tongue Fu is a cacophony of words, jazz, improv and will set the bar for future knowledge of the spoken word scene. I don’t lend my ears to just any poetry night, so when something hard to find has been found, it would be more tragic than a bad poet to keep it to myself. / SJ where Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Rd, E1 6LA 020 7613 7498 when 8pm - late how much £7/£5 concessions

film I'm Here

When I saw Shoreditch inundated with unbranded white posters and a line drawing of a girl stating I’m here, I was immediately suspicious, for it was the all too familiar smell of brand whoring. Soon enough, I noticed the introduction of Absolut Vodka in their posters. When brands do their ‘hey we’re ambassadors for the arts, we’re cool and we understand you’ I start snolling (snorting and eye rolling) uncontrollably. HOWEVER, having said that, I admit, the whole thing is temptingly cool. For one, it’s free. It’s in a car park. And it’s Spike Jonze. Supposedly, Absolut backed him to create a film about anything he liked, so what we have is a love story of two robots living in LA. As long as you ignore the Absolut man in jeans and a youthful tee going on about their vision of making ordinary life more interesting (I’m sorry, did I just vomit a little?), we all just might be a little impressed. / Vanessa Morrish
where NCP Carpark, Brewer St, London, Basement Entrance: Peter St, London W1F 0AG when 7pm; 8.45pm how much Free - book tickets via website

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