You can grab an issue of Yuck ‘n Yum at this year’s CCA Book Fair, Saturday 25 September in Glasgow – be sure to check it out.
More info can be found at the CCA website.
Many thanks to all who attended Yuck ‘n Yum’s inaugural AGK. Special thanks go to all the video makers and performers, because without them there would be no karaoke. We’d just have an AG and that would be no good whatsoever. An ultra special gold-plated THANK YOU in big shiny capital letters to our sponsors: Central Station, Huntly Hairst, Hannah Maclure Centre, The Skinny, MAP magazine and Electric Circus.
For those losers who did not attend, now’s your chance to pretend you did by viewing the winning videos. A complete selection will follow in the coming weeks, so stay tuned.
The videos were judged by representatives from Central Station Hannah Maclure and Yuck ‘n Yum.
The top prize for best video and the title of 2010 AGK champ went to Rachel Maclean. She won £300 and a mini residency at the Hannah Maclure Centre performance and cinema space for her supercool video I’m Your Biggest Fan (Paparazzi).
“I’m Your Biggest Fan sucks the viewer into a morphing toy town, a sexy sugary space which reinterprets ‘Lady Gaga’s’ hit ‘Paparazzi’. Alluding to the recent internet scandal questioning her gender.”
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Runner up prize for best video went to Andy Sim for his ‘Debaser’ which featured a unique take on the pixies classic with his band Fear Wasabi. He walked away with a 2 year subscription to MAP magazine.
“We’ve made you a movie and we want you to know, we’re sewing up eye balls, we’re seeing the words we’re (not the Pixies) fitting our dogs with lasers, don’t know about you but we are debasers.”
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The Yuck ‘n Yum team judged the best performance on the night to be The Deliberate Crumbs who enchanted the audience with their moving and heartfelt ode to the tribulations of allotment management for elderly characters. Sinead Bracken was runner up in the performance category she stole the hearts of the audience dressed as Milky the Milk Carton.
The AGK was describe variously as being “best night out by far in ages. made me glad to be in Dundee :D”, “twas rad so it was” and also “strangely erotic”.
Discussion has already begun on the 2011 agenda.
We are no longer taking bookings for buses for the AGK.
There are still a few seats left on buses from Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow, the remaining seats will be filled on a first come first served basis so if you’re hoping to get on a bus and haven’t booked turn up early to avoid disappointment!
A quick reminder of departure times:
ABERDEEN
Leaving from Project Slogan @ 6pm
EDINBURGH
Leaving from the ROXY @ 5pm
GLASGOW
Leaving from St. Vincent’s Place @ 5:30pm
All buses will also be returning after the event.
spaces still available on free buses from Aberdeen, Edinburgh & Glasgow – email agk@yucknyum.org to book a place!
more info: http://agk.yucknyum.org
Join YNY on the 18th of September to toast our inaugural AGK (Annual General Karaoke) in the Chambers Suite (opposite McManus Galleries), Dundee, 7.00-12pm.
Over the summer, Yuck ‘n Yum invited karaoke video submissions from musicians and artists throughout Scotland. With the submissions now in, we would like to invite you to come and participate in the night’s festivities. Not all creatives are keen on performing to their video, so this leaves you an opportunity to join in the fun and to make your voice heard – quite literally. The event is a Scotland-wide networking opportunity, with numerous professional development prizes to be won for the best performances on the night.
So, come join Yuck ‘n Yum for a sing-song and showcase your talent. Or for those less keen on the limelight, come along and enjoy what the AGK agenda has on offer.
Alongside the evenings proceedings resident DJ Ben ‘Jack Your Body’ Robinson will be spinning a ‘works night out’ set post Karaoke.
*FREE* buses will depart from Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen on the night but spaces are limited:
ABERDEEN
Leaving from Project Slogan @ 6pm
EDINBURGH
Leaving from the ROXY @ 5pm
GLASGOW
Leaving from St. Vincent’s Place @ 5:30pm
All buses will be returning to the same spots in the wee small hours of Sunday.
To book a seat on one of the buses email agk@yucknyum.org with your city of choice in the subject line. Seats will be given on a first come first served basis so be quick!
Here is a wee video of our summer 2010 launch, courtesy of Steven Crichton. Thanks to Edible Wearable who provided the Pie Roulette, Derek Lodge and Ben ‘Jack Your Body’ Robinson for providing the entertainment.
