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This page is going to get large, very quickly. For starters, there are a lot of photos from gigs, festivals, tours, art exhibitions and general buffoonery. Then there's scans of all our flyers, posters, comics, cookbooks, sketches and various screen prints (bags, patches and t-shirts) which will gradually start to appear... If you have any photos from our gigs, or copies of posters we don't have up here, we'd love any scans/jpgs/whatever to add to the collection - mail us at dangerchinchilla@hotmail.com - thanks!

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Coming soon: Leeds Independent Media Exhibition (LIME) photos from Leeds Library, September 2008.

Donald Trump & The Planets DIY Blockbuster feat Roman Alaska World Enterprises and guest artists The 42 New Briggate Gallery, Leeds - 5/6/7 September 2008 www.romanalaska.co.uk www.myspace.com/romanalaska Donald Trump & The Planets Group Exhibition, portaits and Planets submitted by: Kathryn Cooper, Laurence Collyer & Richie Lewis of The Ice Cream Headaches, Gay Against You and Holy Wow, Steve Keane of Chaos V Cosmos and Bromancer (poster design), Joe Mount of Metronomy, The Nous Vous Collective, Designzelganger, Ergo Phizmiz, Francois, Michael – Cats In Paris, Blair and Emma of Indescribable Cod, Dan Laidler of Tiger, Berecht, Electricity In Our Homes, James Beardmore, Sexton Ming of The Tasty Ones, Daniel Oliver, Isabelle Boinot, Tobias, Dominique Lagoblette, Jon Owen , Tea and Toast Band, Yeborobo, Mark Jasper of Wasp Display, Neil Andrews, Robert Stone, Les Enfant Bastard, Richard Chapman of Private Trousers, Rebecca Gilieron/Billy/Sarah of Wetdog, Sid Howells of Steveless, Chloe of AIDS Wolf and Seripop, Zeroten, Pete Willis, Tim Burrows of Private Trousers, Richard Lamy, Marcus Hessenberg of The Tulips, Sophie Politovitz of The Country Teasers and The Rebel, Ben Wallers aka The Rebel, Ben Hudson aka Ebola, Tomi of Aavikko, Computer Boys, WeAreFunnyPeople, Lisa of Bearsuit, Adrian Shaw of The Beale, Daniel J Boyle of Gentle Friendly, Jaison Thacker Koller aka Halva Squid Piper of Spin Spin The Dogs, Master and The Ice Cream Headaches, Amy Glover, Fiona Hutton, Jake Wilmour, Kate Andrews, Laura of Das Wanderlust, Shelf of The Pilgrim Fathers, Zara Morris, Tim Jeeves, Kamel, Keeby of Cleckhuddersfax, Tom of Cleckhuddersfax, Lawrence of Cleckhuddersfax, Dom of Chinchillla Tone and CHOPS, Brian Turner of WFMU, Greg of Sunset Cinema Club, Elizabeth Esselink of Solex, Neil Jeffries, Matt of Captain Blood Blood and The Seadogs, Toby French of Judith Priest, Mikki of Agaskoda Teliverek, Michael Crowe, Hannah at Wrong Music, Mush of Ten Benson, Vincent of Spin Spin The Dogs, Didi Mau, Daniel- Home of the Horror, Chris Sumlin of Lords, Roman Alaska World Enterprises Section. Roman Alaska World Enterprises General Store and Mount Dude Gallery, Bagtown nr Sleepwalk City – an installation including a dustbin with sounds. Laurence Collyer, Richie Lewis, Kathryn Cooper,David Gilmore and Neil Andrews. 'The Bank of Hieronymous Gosh ATM MACHINE' – Situated opposite Roman Alaska's Store in Bagtown by Kathryn Cooper. INCLUDING! Homemade Bric-a-brac Store submissions: --- Flux Capacitors For Sale by Kathryn Cooper --- Roman Alaska guitar 'The Electric Volcano' by Rich Chapman and Laurence Collyer, plus other homemade instruments on display by Rich Chapman --- The Mount Dude Gallery (features work by Robert Stone, Rebecca Gillieron, Joe Mount, Neil Andrews, Richard Chapman, Kathryn Cooper, Laurence Collyer, Richard Lewis, Leigh Curtis, Marcus Hessenberg, Pete Willis & Mathieu GaBLe) --- Sign-up to: Roman Alaska World Enterprises' Communal Novel entitled 'The Swaying Mantlepiece' --- Underpants by Miki of Agaskodo Televerik --- 'Doo Rags' and Doo Rag manuals By Olaf of LCDDBusiness cards and more by Andy Abbott (of Black Dogs) --- Roman Alaska World Enterprises adverts by Indescribable Cod, Richie Lewis, Kathryn Cooper and Laurence Collyer: Dial-A-Riff (also available: Dial–a–riff mugs), Angle-poise tramps, Lady of the lake mechanical underwater sculpture, Destructable alarm clocks, Tinned Food --- Roman Alaska World Enterprises Gymnasium: Therapy Tapes by Luke Ferris --- The Ice Cream Headaches' original Coconut masks by Kathryn Cooper --- Performance with object left behind By Daniel Oliver --- Designer doormats by Laurence Collyer and Richie Lewis --- Set Design Model for The Overdue Library Books 1st gig By Laurence Collyer --- Slug paper-weights by Neil K Andrews --- Short Films by Designzelganger, Private Trousers, Captain Blood Blood & The Seadogs and The Ice Cream Headaches --- Jurassic park coasters and place-mats By Richard Lewis --- Lamp making workshop by Richie Lewis --- An Upside-down Giraffe Suit By Neil K Andrews --- Original artwork by Dom and Nash of Chinchilla Tone plus Dom's collected art by Daniel Johnston, Brian Chippendale (Lightning Bolt), Anya (Coughs), etc --- T-shirts by Tim Burrows Dial-a-Riff Mugs by Laurence Collyer and homemade tennis ball by Neil K Andrews

Poster by Ste Chaos Vs Cosmos Trump portrait - Neil K Andrews Trump jumer - Lachlann Rattray Trump figure - Dom Chinchilla 'The Electric Volcano' Bass Guitar by Rich Chapman & Laurence Collyer

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THE GUARDIAN UNLIMITED - The UK's new sonic pioneers (05-11-2007):

"When it comes to the experimental and the avant garde, US bands are beating us hands down. So where are our new sonic pioneers?

I'm going to put my hand up here and just come out with it: when it comes to music, these days, I'm a Yankophile. Yes, in terms of the "mainstream", things that fit happily into the broad genres of rock, pop, metal and dance, Britain is up there with the best of them and, post-Beatles, always has been. However, when it comes to music that falls through the cracks into the multifarious sub-genres (music that, for want of a better term, can be deemed "underground"), these days the US is way ahead of us.

It wasn't always thus: up until about a decade ago, there was no disparity. Through garage to punk, for every Sonics, Voidoids and Ramones we matched them with the Pretty Things, the Sex Pistols and the Clash. With alternative/indie rock, they had the holy quartet of Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr, Pixies and Pavement - but then we had bands of their equal such as the Fall, My Bloody Valentine, Jesus and Mary Chain and Stereolab. And, in the arena of the avant garde and experimental, they may have had Beefheart, Suicide and Pere Ubu, but from Henry Cow to Eno to Nurse with Wound - not to mention hugely influential musicians such as Derek Bailey and Keith Rowe - we had artists and groups to be extremely proud of.

Yes, you may argue the Fall and Stereolab are still going, but they are 31 and 17 years old respectively. Similarly, the still-going-strong Nurse with Wound were formed in 1978. Even Broadcast and Mogwai are no spring chickens, both having formed in 1995. And in the realm of electronica, the same can be said of Aphex Twin, Autechre and Boards of Canada.

In contrast, in the last 15 or so years, North America has continually produced countless exciting, risk-taking, vital bands and artists, the cream of which includes Tortoise, Blonde Redhead, Black Dice, Animal Collective (and all the off-shoot solo projects), Gang Gang Dance, Bardo Pond, Jimmy Edgar, Excepter, Lightning Bolt, Magik Markers ... but more than this, there is a whole new batch of artists who have come through in only the last few years and really are pushing the boundaries: Battles, Telepathé, Grouper, Eats Tapes, Marnie Stern, Dan Deacon, Effie Briest, Barr, No Age, Xiu Xiu, Dirty Projectors and Health to name just a few.

So what happened? Discussing the situation with friends in a pub the last week, two hugely profound conclusions were reached:
1) Who knows?
2) Talking about such an incendiary subject when alcohol is involved is a terrible idea, as it results in grown men embarrassingly reminiscing, teary-eyed, about the life-changing experience of seeing Chapterhouse in 1991.

While there may appear to be no adequate answers, then (and I'd like to hear your theories if you have any), there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Formed in 2003 by "a bunch of kids who were bored of the London music scene", London-based promoters UPSET! THE RHYTHM are one of the most important allies of underground music in the UK. While the majority of the acts they put on are US-based, for the reason I'm laying out here, they also are also fiercely supportive of UK acts, and, as they put it, are committed to "showcasing and supporting new, and often unheard of, local musicians". And UTR is certainly not alone in fighting the underground's corner, as promoters such as the Leeds-based CHINCHILLA Collective attest to.

The knock-on effect of this is palpable evidence of the UK underground rousing itself from a baffling hibernation, with bands such as LEOPARD LEG, THE POLLY SHANG KUAN BAND (who have released a seven-inch single on Ecstatic Peace, and toured with Magik Markers), QUACK QUACK, CHOPS, BIRDS OF DELAY and HEX OUT TAPES producing work of note.

It will be interesting to see how the scene develops over the next few years, then, and who knows, perhaps in the near future at All Tomorrow's Parties - that reliable barometer of who matters - we'll see just as many UK acts on the bill as those from across the pond". (James Wignall, GUARDIAN UNLIMITED).

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Since May 2006 Dom has travelled 6.4 times around the world on tour with bands such as Lightning Bolt, T.I.T.S., Parts & Labor, Action Beat, Army Of Flying Robots, Snowblood, Erase Errata, Lords, The Unit Ama, Lafaro, Coughs, I Had An Inkling, Serfs, Kling Klang, Cowtown, Ashtray Navigations, Quack Quack, Pit Er Pat, Fulborn Teversham, Bilge Pump, Humanfly, OvO, Talibam!, KIT, Mika Miko, No Age, HEALTH, Origami, Cissy, CHOPS, Video Hippos, Daniel Johnston and Friends (Jad Fair from Half Japanese, Norman Blake of Teenage Fanclub, Mark of Sparklehorse, James McNew of Yo La Tengo, Scout Niblett and Kristian Goddard), Two Minute Noodles, The Declining Winter, Oxes, Sun Ra's Arkestra, Cleckhuddersfax and Beards!

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CHINCHILLAFEST 5 PLAN B APRIL 2007 REVIEW

C H I N C H I L L I T E R A T E - A COMIC Chinchillafest 5, 2007 Contributions from A. Raine, D. Clare, D.T. Broughton, D. Birchill, L. Canter, J. Nash, T. Carrick, H. Knott, L.Drozd, D. Millward, D. Harrison and colour front/back cover by Bri! Tracing paper sleeve by J. Nash D Clare - Bug D Clare - Birds H Knott - From Sketchbook L Canter - Icon L Canter - Things That Equal A Good Time D Harrison - Sea Farer D T Broughton - Ski-ing _____________________ RECOVER WITH RECIPIES Chinchillafest5, 2007 See below!

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Cityhopping article by Dom for That Dam Magazine!, Amsterdam. Drawings by Lucy Canter. 2005.


Leeds is a funny place.
The city centre has more CCTV per square foot than any other city in the world, practically void of culture, except lurid consumption. The city centre is laid out in 16 square blocks, with 10 cameras per block on average. By contrast, there are only 7 cameras per city block in the most highly surveilled neighbourhoods in New York and Chicago (which are much larger cities and consequently, have much larger blocks too!). It is near impossible to walk without being videotaped, no matter where you go. A police van glides around the one way system, more video cameras hidden behind the blackened windows, just in case the cameras above you miss something vital, like your next step forwards. Most of the centre suffers the same fate as cities across the UK; generically concreted, pedestrianised, filled with advertising and multi-national corporations. The buildings of any architectural note are now being renovated so that the most expensive designer fashions and trendy eateries get the nicest buildings. Visit the Corn Exchange, the building looks amazing, but be prepared to be moved on by security if you're not interested in actually buying anything. In the five years I've been in Leeds, fewer and fewer independent shops exist in the centre; the council and escalating rents are actively removing the poor. The council even employs 'community police officers', who have no real powers of arrest, but are more than happy to move the homeless away from sight of the shoppers and further deter the most heinous of city centre crimes; begging and shoplifting. There's a grand total of eight places in the city centre that I visit; The Jobcentre, Beano's Wholefood Co-Op, the Chinese supermarket, Out Of Step Records, Jumbo Records, the Library, art gallery and the train station. On the very rare occasion that I eat out, limited by unemployment and veganism (and a deep guilt at having to pay money for someone to serve me), I choose between Hansa's Gujarati vegetarian and vegan restaurant and Little Tokyo (who do serve meat, but also have a good vegan and veggie menu). I found it pretty funny that Bas (Pfaff, Seedling) said he saw adverts in Holland for day trips from Amsterdam to go Christmas shopping in Leeds. It really doesn't have anything particularly attractive about it compared to some cities like York, and it doesn't really have different shops to other cities either. It is a compact centre, so it's easy to walk around, but with Leeds' nouveau-suave cool comes high prices, probably a lot more expensive than in Holland. One thing I would say though, is that Leeds has got some really beautiful countryside close by.; The Yorkshire Dales, Moors, Pennines, Wolds and coastline are all full of breathtaking scenery. But this is Cityhopping...

Another police video van traces you from the centre of Leeds to the streets of the inner city terraced houses. Even this low quality housing is rising in price, the area filling up with more and more students and greedy landlords as the two universites expand further. I came here as a student - most leave after graduation, their unwanted rubbish cluttering the streets. I stayed on. Something held me here. Most of the inner city areas have high ethnic minority populations. Don't believe for a minute that multi-culturalism is positive terminolgy. The reality of it is that different cultures are segregated and alienated, the mainstream picking and choosing from other cultures what is deemed acceptible for its own selfish desires. The BNP, a racist, fascist group seeking legitimacy through politics are standing for seats in the elections and are known for stirring racial hatred in other northern towns of the UK. Notably, most of their votes are from areas without many ethnic minorities. I live a minute away from a road which was the most burgled road in the country for three years in a row. As in many other cities in the North during the mid 1990's, the area was the scene of a riot brewed with police aggrevation and racial tension. However, the Burley and Hyde Park area of inner Leeds where I live, has a wonderous selection of community groups, organisations and individuals empowering themselves and others to create social change...

Most of my friends live within a ten minute walk of my front door. Within five minutes I am treated with a choice of independent fruit and veg shops and continental mini-markets with a huge variety of interesting, cheap vegan food. Chomp! A creative resource centre I volunteer/work at has a vegan wholefood co-op! More chomp! Two minutes away is an art-house cinema built in the Victorian era, still with its gas lamps. It looks beautiful, and it shows some great films. I could not begin to start listing how many bands and independent promoters live within a short walk of my house - there's a lot of gigs to see. The choice of independent music always puts a smile on my face. If I had the money and the time I could easily go to five or six DIY gigs every week of the year, and as well as the hundreds of different local bands, Leeds is a regular stop for an equally wide variety of touring bands. It's actually pretty silly; the number of gigs to see, the number of people involved in playing, organising, listening, enjoying. I think it would take me some time to adjust to not having so many gigs to go to; like I said before, I am spoiled. I am grateful. I am inspired. There's several places nearby to see the gigs, most of them rooms above pubs like The Packhorse, The Fenton and The Cardigan Arms. The Brudenell Social Club is larger but almost like a second home. There's also A-Spire and a bunch of other squatted venues, from churches, warehouses, call centre towers, pubs and abandoned government buildings. The squats are meeting spaces and venues, with vegan (almost) organic food, free shops, workshops, etc. You can go during the day or night and socalise away from the buy, buy, buy mentality that is present day capitalism. Squat gigs always have a special atmosphere about them, but the authorities aren't too keen and most of them end up having to close after a week or two. One was raided by riot police with tear gas, although the front door was kept shut long enough to get all the band equipment and PA and cooking equipment out of the back door!

I'm thinking I probably haven't portrayed Leeds in a very positive light, but really, I share the same disdain for most cities. They display the inadequacies of people and our lifestyles in painfully blatant and subtle ways, it's only when I get to meet and spend time with good people that I grow any feeling of attachment. Because as much as I'm reminded of our inadequacies in cities, they are also the most striking places to be reminded that people can be good - and that gives me a glimmer of hope that I might still be breathing in 20 years time.

I see streets of people working to better the quality of their housing, I see recycling projects, I see people dedicated to improving the quality of life for themselves and their communitites, every day I see positive interaction, creativity and friendships. When I thought about the title of this edition, Cityhopping, it made me think about the places I've visited, and how I feel much more of a connection to all the places where I've made friends and learnt more about their culture rather than just absorbing the attractions pushed to you as a tourist. It made me think about communities, and how many people offer such affection and welcoming, and how great it would be if there was more of this.

During my first three years in Leeds I distinctly remember the skies turning grey in September and a layer of permanently drizzling cloud descending over the city until at least late April. In the last few years, I've noticed that these damp, grey months haven't been nearly as forboding as they used to be. I'm reasonably sure there's even been some occasional days of sunlight, patches of blue sky and possibly even a day or so of relative warmth. Perhaps it's just that summer's coming? Well, either way, Leeds spoils me...

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coffee is for grown ups
200 comics by lucy canter, 2004

coffee is for grown ups has sold out. lucy has been self-releasing her own comics since.

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CHINCHILLA GIG HISTORY

Still got a load of missing gigs from this list, going to go through our piles of flyers and work out what else we need to add!

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