The Utopia Strong| star and shadow cinema
Tyne And Queer + Brave Exhibitions brings you:The Utopia Strong
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S+S is a well-known volunteer run co-op venue who we work closely with to support access needs for all wherever possible.
The Star and Shadow has sloping ramps instead of steps everywhere, fully accessible toilet, changing places' with straps and hoists for people with disabilities.
The venue is fully wheelchair accessible, as a whole.
If you have any requirements, questions, or need adjustments to feel comfortable, please get in touch ahead of time — no request is too small! Just get in touch: Tyneandqueerinfo@gmail.com
This is a shared space for live sound, experimentation, and community.
Whether you’re deeply embedded in the strange and wonderful, or just curious, come and experience it with us.
Join us on 30th April . We’d love you to come down, show your support.
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The life of a psychonaut can take one to many plateaus of reality. Opinions vary as regards which of these are either desirable or optimal. All things considered though, it’s fair to say that once the average cerebral wanderer finds themselves a stoned skeleton on a motorbike, it’s a sign that they’re going places.
Such were the movements of The Utopia Strong, in making their third and arguably trippiest full length album for Rocket Recordings. As the band explain: “When recording we tend to have books, bits of art and interesting things lying around the place. (Kavus) had recently bought the Paul Kirchner compendium, Awaiting The Collapse. Paul’s character Dope Rider (the skeleton in question) drives around the desert, getting into all manner of high jinx and spouting cosmic philosophy, highlighting the absurdities of life, death and the American mythos. “When we had created that particular track, one of our most beautiful and outré, it seemed to name itself. Certainly, we were looking at the comic strips while listening to it and something about it’s wide-screen vibes and the beautiful desert seemed to marry together.”
Serendipity has always played a strong role in The Utopia Strong, with the improvisatory approach of Steve Davis, Kavus Torabi and Mike York - as well as the innate chemistry between the trio - allowing them to take extensions through dimensions that frequently end up as much of a surprise to the band as the listener.