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Weekend Guide

We're not going to mention the weather this time. No sirrreeee. So… we're going to sit here and twiddle our thumbs instead. You know the drill: village whores, Bedouin bands, and troupes of ladyboys. It's so good this weekend, it could rain for all we care. Oh Sh*t.

This week's guide is brought to you in association with Oakley, created for world-class athletes and driven to look beyond the conventional ideas of industry standards. UJ loves Oakley's Frogskins for the summer months; makes us feel all athletic, like.

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FRIDAY

otherVillage Whore Summer Fete
If village life - with all it's bunting, jam sandwiches and cider with Rosie - tickles your fancy, then Village Whore is for you. Bringing the old village hall to the city centre, Rosie won't be in situ with legs akimbo, but there will be a summer fete complete with tunes, raffle, human fruit machine, and maypole dancing. Cut-price Pimm's and rainbow cupcakes? Oooh that hussy's a cheap date.

Time:
7pm - 1am
Place:
Horse, 124 Westminster Bridge Rd, SE1 7XG
Cost:
£5
Info:
totallydarling.com

otherV&A Village Fete
Summer in London: makes us city slickers start to yearn for a ruddy good fete. Yes, we all have a little country in us, so if the Village Whore isn't up your street, join fête veterans Rob Ryan, Digit, and Tatty Devine, alongside newcomers to this ultimate arty extravaganza, including Jellymongers for foam topiary, helium karaoke, and balloon popping.

Time:
6:30pm - 10pm
Place:
V&A, Cromwell Rd, SW7
Cost:
£3
Info:
urbanjunkies.com/agenda

nightlifeKunst
When you're asked to 'do anything with cake' you just know you're about to be violated, in a good way. The mutant offspring of Kabarett, London's finest neo-Weimar cabaret night features Luke Wright's poetry and satire, Ekaterina Sknarina's erotic performance art and contortions, and of course, you the audience, all under the direction of Dusty Limits, the Dark Prince of London Cabaret, accompanied by Dawn Right Nasty on the decks.

Time:
8:30pm-2am
Place:
Royal Vauxhall Tavern, 372 Kennington La, SE11 5HY
Cost:
£5
Info:
theroyalvauxhalltavern.co.uk
SHOP

After Noah
Economic crisis, recession, credit crunch… it's all too gloomy - which is apparently why Abba are doing so well. Bring on some nostalgia, bring on the cheer, bring on money, money, money. Until that happens, and before you lose your marbles, hark back to those carefree childhood days and cheer yourself up with this colourful adult sized chute. Gimme Gimme Gimme!

Info:
After Noah, £84.99
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SATURDAY

musicBedouin Jerry Can Band
Combining desert flutes, reed pipes, the odd Egyptian lyre and surprisingly melodic junk percussion, with intriguing tales of pesky sheep rustlers, three-donkey dowries, the beautiful girl next-settlement and the efficiency of camels, this semi-nomadic band (meant both musically and socially) have Arabian folklore wrapped-up in, well, a jerry can. Well you try describing them without recourse to such punnery.

Time:
6:30pm
Place:
Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Rd, E1 6LA
Cost:
£12
Info:
urbanjunkies.com/agenda

MusicStranger Than Paradise
You've got to wander, sometimes, whether, somewhere in the curious land of Entertainment, there is a 'Prize for Most Curious or Silliest Artist Name'. And, assuming for the moment that there is, surely, then, the Stranger Than Paradise crew must be the keepers of said award, and tonight's festivities the grand finale. Top Shelf Jazz? Ms Honey Von Trapp? The Death of Fly Boy? It's the logical conclusion, Watson.

Time:
7pm-7am
Place:
Dex, 467-469 Brixton Rd, SW9 8HH
Cost:
£10-£25
Info:
myspace.com/gypsymadness

djFor3ign: Art Attacks
If Jodie Harsh and Scottee's Issue was a touch too off-the-wall for you, then, well, perhaps you should just look away now. Not only is tonight in deepest, strangest Shoreditch. Not only is it For3ign - the queen of crazy-as-a-box-of-frogs nights. But it's also a full-on art-edged special, with Matthew Stone, Scottee, K-Y-M and Josh You Are raising the standards of Saturday night club scandal to an all-time arty high.

Time:
8pm-2am
Place:
Bar Music Hall, 134 Curtain Rd, EC2A 3AR
Cost:
Free
Info:
myspace.com/foreignclub
COMPETITION

Cuervo
You know there's trouble when someone in a novelty Mexican hat shouts "tequila!" and starts pouring. UJ have five Jose Cuervo cocktail kits to add some class to this Summer's proceedings, with everything you need including a Kitchenaid blender, 6 tumblers, and 3 bottles of Cuervo Margaritas™. Tell us your best tequila story to win. Cuervo, available from selected Tesco & Asda stores for £5.49.

Info:
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SUNDAY

artJohnny Cash: The Man in Black
Walk the line with the man in black as, five years on from his death, rare and unpublished images of Cash taken by those photographers closest to him reveal an intimate and revealing portrait of his career as the legendary singer-songwriter.

Time:
11am - 7pm
Place:
Proud Galleries, 32 John Adam St, WC2N 6BP
Cost:
Free
Info:
urbanjunkies.com/agenda

OtherLadyboy 2008
Canapes, Choos and Chicago, oh my! Sounds classy don't it - well throw in a healthy dose of Bangkok's finest drag acts and global contestants for Ladyboy 2008, and you've got yourself something camper than a Broadway musical. There'll be shimmying, shaking, and a celebrity guest, but all that jazz? All those joysticks more like it: tuck 'em in boys.

Time:
3pm
Place:
Mango Tree, 46 Grosvenor Pl, SW1X 7EQ
Cost:
£18, £15 adv.
Info:
mangotree.org.uk

musicClash Magazine Sunday Sessions
The near-legendary music mag, Clash, are back at Camden's finest with a stunner of a line-up to make you wish it was Saturday all over again. One of our favourites, the punk-popstress Ida Maria, is heading things up, and if for some crazy reason that's not enough, there's a brigade of Clash DJs on hand to help you see out the weekend with a bang.

Time:
1pm-late
Place:
The Lock Tavern, 35 Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8AJ
Cost:
Free
Info:
clashmusic.com
PHOTOS

UJ Noches de Terraza Photos
The fourth, and penultimate, of UJ Barcelona's Noches de Terraza summer aperitivo series brought some of the city's finest movers and shakers down to Hotel Pulitzer's lush VISIT UP terrace for drinks whilst Dime Que Tu No Cantas provided an eclectic mixture of flamenco, rock, pop, fusion and Latin beats.

Info:
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EAT

The Garrison
The owners of The Garrison must have been listening in when I described my perfect pub as it's as close as darn it.

Managing to do that nicely worn-in, vintage feel without it seeming hackneyed, it's as if everything in the place, from the woodwork to the light-fittings, has been washed up on a beach and just happens to work in a thrown-together way.

Well-spaced tables, a higher communal counter in the middle and more intimate boothy tables at the back prevent the pub from feeling like just another boozer and put as much of an emphasis on the food, which is justly deserved.

Don't expect refined as the style is distinctly rustic and the portions are almost too generous but the baked goats cheese starter is gooey and satisfying and the calves liver melts in the mouth.

They've just introduced their own, very palateable red wine, a 100% Petit Verdot produced by Saint Hilaire in the South of France, and are now open for free-range, organic, all-the-bells-whistles breakfast (who isn't these days?). The Garrison Full & Proper includes Orkney streaky bacon and Lincolnshire pork and sage sausages.

Ping-pong between their other establishment East Village down the road and you've got your whole weekend sorted.



Hours:
Mon-Fri 8am-3.30pm & 6-10pm / Sat-Sun 9-11.30am, 12.30-4pm
& 6-10pm (Sun 9.30pm)
Place:
99-101 Bermondsey Street, SE1 3XB
Cost:
£30
Web:
thegarrison.co.uk
Book:
020 7089 9355

The Connaught
We love it when one of London's grand-dame hotels has a refurb and the Connaught, which is now part of the Maybourne Group (which also owns Claridges and the Berkeley), is no exception.

But forget the rooms - after the bar, which at the Connaught is another David Collins special, the bit we're most interested in, of course, is the food.

Succeeding Angela Hartnett, who will open her new Italian, Murano, next month, Helene Darroze is the Michelin-starred French super-chef (the character of Colette in Ratatouille was apparently modelled on her) who has brought her charms to the hotel.

Choose from her eponymous, fine-dining restaurant, open Monday-Friday - where, as well as poncey things like oyster tartare with caviar jelly, there is also a whole Jambon noir on it's own trolley which is sliced at your table - or the more relaxed Gallery, open during the weekend, which focuses on the simple, seasonal and organic, and looks out over Carlos Place and Mount Street.

The refreshing thing about Darroze is that she's not a wincey, nouvelle cuisine type but a self-professed hearty cook who wants to stay true to her south-western roots. But this is the Connaught so it's not cheap.

Our advice: sneak in a hip flask of Burgundy.


Hours:
Helene Darroze - Mon-Fri 12-2.15pm & 6.30-10.15

The Gallery - Mon-Fri 7am-10.30pm / Sat-Sun 7.30am-10.30pm
Place:
16 Carlos Place, W1K 2AL
Cost:
HD £100 / G £50
Web:
the-connaught.co.uk
Book:
HD - 020 3147 7200
G - 020 3147 7100
Weekend guide by AC & MaM, food reviews by SL
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