october2013
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ASHLEY MOULTON, AMY MURNAN, DAVID NOBAKHT,
AMY PAY, IAN ROGERS, LUCY ROGERS, CHRIS SEAL,
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BUZZ MAGAZINE
suite 3, 2nd floor, 1-7 castle street, cardiff cf10 1bs
published EAC PUBLISHING
contents by CHRISTINA GAROFALO
cover by BUZZ MAGAZINE
04roundup
“This ancient festival of ghosts and blood sugar”
10upfront
A glut of comedians coming to ‘our’ area can mean
only one thing: a roundup feature with lots of their
press photos included. Obliged more often than not to
strike a wacky pose, comics tend to take a crap photo,
although Reginald D Hunter’s pic is quite nice. Plus
Swn Festival, Ray Mears and Alison Moyet
28film
I’m not saying that Keiron Self is old, but I am saying
he’s of a different generation to me. You see, while he
mentions that Dexter Fletcher directs Proclaimersstuffed musical Sunshine On Leith, he doesn’t see
fit to call him “the guy from Press Gang” or “the
unpopular Gamesmaster presenter”
30food&drink
As well as the £45-a-head tasting menu the other Buzz
staff inexplicably let me review this month, I was also
gifted (a low-res PDF of) a £90 art book with several
photos of Genesis P Orridge of Throbbing Gristle’s
penis. Among other things you neither expected nor
wanted a mention of in this particular contents entry
38previews
A nice variety of venues and locations across these
four hardy sections this month... apart from the
clubs page, which highlights one night in Swansea
and two each in Clwb Ifor Bach and the students’
union. This is because two things moved at the last
minute because a venue closed, and Cardiff is pretty
much on its arse again as a decent place for dance
music. Ho hum
46reviews
If there are any scores or opinions you don’t agree
with in this section, why not bring it up when you see
me in the pub or something? I do, after all, tell the
reviewers what to say in their reviews, so it’s only fair
52fashion
The problem with committing to doing some sort of
joke for every contents entry is the resulting pressure
to ‘perform’, and as I survey a page of short reports on,
mostly, chain stores setting up in shopping centres, I
realise that I am no Peter North in this department
54sport
Dear BikePark Wales, new mountain bike park near
Merthyr. I notice you describe the highest peak in
your location as a “mountain”, despite it being only
491 metres high, whereas the UK government defines
mountains as anything over 600m. You may think that
defying regulations is cool and rebellious; I beg to differ
56travel
Maya Acharya tells us about Halloween pissups
in New York. If, like her, you sure do hate those
Brooklyn hipsters (see first paragraph), avoid them
by going to a “grimy as hell” dive bar or an organic
vegan bakery (see the ‘recommended’ section)
57listings
My housemate’s cat Mew (see this contents entry
in last month’s issue) came home safe and well in
September. Fans of this page can now call off the
search
78competitions
Q. What was the 1978 movie Halloween originally
going to be called? A. Air Bud 3: World Pup
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