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Will


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I've just added the following to the PulpWiki news page and I thought it was worth posting here too.

Sky Arts 1 are broadcasting a week of programmes dedicated to Sheffield music. All programmes start at 9pm and are introduced by John Shuttleworth. Included are three excellent documentary films made by Sheffield Vision exploring the Sheffield music scene from the late-70s through into the 90s.

Monday, 1st November - Made in Sheffield
A documentary film, released in 2002, about Sheffield music focusing on the development of influential late-70s post-punk era bands such as Caberet Voltaire, The Human League, ABC, Heaven 17 and Artery. It includes an interview with Jarvis and his sister Saskia talking about the Sheffield music scene at that time and early Pulp.

Tuesday, 2nd November - Jarvis' Songbook
First shown on Sky Arts last year, Jarvis talks to Will Hodgkinson about his song writing and plays acoustic versions of Pulp songs and his solo work.

Wednesday, 3rd November - Pulp live in '95
Pulp live at Brixton Academy on 21st December 1995.

Thursday, 4th November - The Beat Is The Law Part 1 (TV edit)
Documentary film released on DVD earlier this year looking at the Sheffield music scene during the 80s. It explores the social context of industrial decline, the miners' strike, mass unemployment and dole culture. Bands featured include Clock DVA, Hula and Chakk, as well as a lot of Pulp related material.

Friday, 5th November - The Beat Is The Law Part 2
"Part 2 of the Beat Is The Law follows the characters in Part One out of the 80s and into the 90s, when socialism turned into socialising. Their journey takes them to the epicentre of the biggest movements since Punk, Dance and Britpop..." This documentary film won't be released on DVD until next year.

More info:
The Beat Is The Law on Facebook
The Beat Is The Law - Sky programme info
Sheffield Vision




-- Edited by Will on Tuesday 2nd of November 2010 08:47:32 AM

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Thanks Will.
Was Jarvis' lyric from Last Day of The Miners' Strike a quote from something or did he come up with it himself '' '87 socialism gave way to socialising...''?

And I didn't realise that a sequel to The Beat Is The Law was pending.

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Pulp live is being shown on sky arts HD! Does anyone think this will surface later on the web for download as a torrent or something? It may be the only chance we have for a HD pulp gig/recording.

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Surely the quality can't be any better than the DVD version as it wasn't produced with HD in mind you can only get as good as it is in the first place?!

Thanks for the heads up Will.

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weed wrote:

Surely the quality can't be any better than the DVD version as it wasn't produced with HD in mind you can only get as good as it is in the first place?!

Thanks for the heads up Will.



Yeah but hopefully it'll run at the right speed, unlike the DVD, so those of us without Sky will need to scramble to get our paws on it! Also, maybe there's more tracks? Or was the whole gig interspersed throughout FEELINGCALLEDLIVE?



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weed wrote:
Surely the quality can't be any better than the DVD version as it wasn't produced with HD in mind you can only get as good as it is in the first place?!


Thanks for the heads up Will.


In a remarkable bit of forethought for 1995, the Brixton Academy gig was in fact shot with HD cameras. (It might not have been editted in HD though)

I think the slow motion effect that people complain about is intentional. Its subtle enough that most people won't notice, but it lends a certain 'drama' to the visuals. I hate it too.



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I wish they wouldn't do silly effects with recordings of concerts. I want it as close to actually being there as possible.

As for the HD - I guess there's only one way to find out...

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On the Ultimate Live DVD the actual footage & sound are microscopically too slow, meaning that the audio is a semitone flat, surely this was just a mastering cockup, I don't remember the original FEELINGCALLEDLIVE DVD being similarly aflicted?

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I went to the screening of The Beat Is The Law Part 2 at the Academy 2 in Sheffield yesterday. Really impressed with it - probably my favourite of the three SheffieldVision films thus far. Not quite as Pulp-centric as Part 1, but still lots of Jarv/Russell/Nick/Candida, plus Hawley. The main thread is late '80s dance culture (Fon/Warp stuff vs the Nine O'Clock Service - some truly disturbing footage of the latter - all far more interesting than I'd expected), followed by the '90s rise and fall of Pulp and The LongPigs (not much on Baby Bird, surprisingly).

All the interviewees shine, and there are some nice little stories and insights that go beyond the usual fell-out-of-a-window-became-a-pop-star-decided-I-didn't-like-it stuff that tends to get wheeled out. Bits of the videos for Manon and My Legendary Girlfriend also make an appearance (both very well used actually), as does quite a bit of Glastonbury '95, and most excitingly some fantastic previously unseen camcorder footage from a 1991 show at The Leadmill (1 Sep 1991 I think). Hopefully there'll be more of that to be seen on the DVD when it comes out.

Oh, and Russell was at the screening, he buggered off before I had chance to say hello though!

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Glad to hear you liked it Mark, as I succumbed to the pre-order DVD offer. I'll have to wait til January to see if it was worth it.

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Cheers for that Mark...hmm, footage of the Leadmill gig does indeed sound intriguing.
Looking at Pulpwiki, there's no info for the concert played there on the 1st of Sep 1991 but the previous day they played in Halifax and you can view the set-list and a Melody Maker write-up here:

http://www.pulpwiki.net/Pulp/Live310891PieceHallHalifax

Interestingly Live On featured twice in the set, as the second song and again as the encore. They must have seriously have been thinking of releasing it as a single at this time and/or weren't too keen on playing too much from Seperations which still hadn't been released at that point. I wonder is that the latest record of them playing a song twice in the same gig.

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Looking forward to this programme tonight - Sturdy told me that Live On was indeed earmarked as "the next big song" - when it was demoed it lost the special vibe that was created in front of the live audience - listen to La Cigalle 1991 where they play Space, DYWMA? Death II etc - fantastic gig !

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Double post but I dont care - The Beat Is The Law, what a fantastic documentry - for those who have not heard Rattlesnakes, buy this or watch it on Sky Arts

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Brixton 1995 is currently showing on Sky Arts 1... repeated 3am for you night owls smile.gif

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Oh my giddy aunt...check this out (specifically 3.38 onwards). Frigging Leadmill '91 footage (must be what Sturdy mentioned above)! Separations and a very early Babies with Jarvis even giving Nick the plaudits for writing it (while taking the piss aswell).

[video=http://www.youtube.com/user/jarvizcocker#p/c/C48A21B15668F901/4/rIZ4aO4etbI]

Edit: Just coming up as a white box for some reason, here's the URL


Looks like the poster has put up all the Pulp bits featured from The Beat Is The Law I and II from the Sky Arts programmes.


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Amazing clips. Love the band talking about the 'House' remix smile.gif

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Yeah, a bit bizarre that of all the talk devoted to Pulp's career in the film, so much of it is dedicated to the remix of This House Is Condemned...

Also, when they're talking about the turning point when things began to go their way (the release of My Legendary Girlfriend), the name of the song isn't mentioned at all and the footage shown is of Seperations at the Leadmill which, though great to see, didn't really make sense given the subject matter.

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Eamonn wrote:
Yeah, a bit bizarre that of all the talk devoted to Pulp's career in the film, so much of it is dedicated to the remix of This House Is Condemned...
It does make sense in the context of the film, which is much more about the late '80s Sheffield electronic scene (Warp Records, FON etc, which Parrot and Winston were heavily involved with) overall than Pulp. That remix represents Pulp's attempt to engage with that scene, so it's very relevant to the film. Otherwise Pulp don't have much to do with a lot of what the film's about.

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Thatīs fair enough then.

A DJ friend of mine, who is big into electronica/drumīnībass/house, has a bit of respect for Pulp due to their Warp connection/Steve and Jarvisī directing of Aphex Twin videos/the line-up they put on at Magna etc but heīs not into guitar songs so I played him This House Is Condemned lately and he loved it!

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