THE HULME TUNE

On The Hulme Tune, Thursday 26 June @ 10-11am on ALL FM 96.9:

We have an exclusive interview with Italian Film Director, Mimmo Calopresti, when he visited Manchester on 12th June.

LIVE guest will be Dave Morgan, who’s performing “Hovis In Wonderland” for Not Part Of Festival on Tuesday 8th July at Matt & Phreds Jazz Club in the Northern Quarter.

Chill Factore are hosting “An Evening of Selfridges Fashion, Music and Celebrity, on Snow!” this Tuesday 1st July. With special guest appearance of the British Alpine Ski Team & ski demonstration. There will be a fashion show and live music entertainment. Paul & Kaite will be there to interview the BAS Team and others. More details see Chill Factore and Manchester Confidential

News about Henry Winkler coming to Manchester. You know, the guy who played the Fonz in the 70’s US sitcom “Happy Days”.

The British Urban Collective is coming to Manchester and auditions are being held at the Zion Arts Centre.

MUSIC: Joe Loss & his Orchestra “In The Mood”, Alex Gaudino ft Shena “Watch Out”, Coldplay “Viva La Vida”..

FULL Italian Contemporary Cinema event interviews available from weekend on www.mymanchester.net and www.allfm.org as well the Podcast from the show.

Paul

‘Paulasville’ is not about a house on a hill, but a city gone down it. This is Zion Young Actors Company’s debut performance and I think they’re gonna grow us.

This atmospheric gritty production starts off well, with good audience interaction and the visual effects from 3 projectors and smoke machine all adding to the effect. There’s an excellent performance from the Sanitary Department of the company that runs the city. Which makes you think that these guys are putting heart and soul into their parts and having fun.

Then it seemed to lose its momentum, towards the end, that captured me from scene 1. It looked as though the beginning was well worked on, with the end looking rushed. Some of the actors were quieter and, with people eating crisps, made me wonder what was going on. I would have liked to have seen total blackout in 1 or 2 scene changes and a rat in the rubbish. If the stage would have been larger then some of the props could have been left on stage in the shadows, so the pace could have kept increasing without interruption. Which, I think, was the idea behind Act II.

They need to work with masks more effectively to bring them alive. For the body language and head movements were more reminiscent of crash-test dummies. Instead of looking like police, I thought they were bank robbers.

Still, it was enjoyable to watch and I didn’t look at my watch once. The fact that I don’t wear one, has nothing to do with it. I wasn’t even yawning or scratching, which showed, that for a couch potato like me, it must have caught my interest throughout.

‘Paulasville’ is running every night at the Zion Arts Centre, Stretford Rd, Hulme, until Saturday night.

Royce Road, Hulme, was blocked off today for at least one hour between 5-6pm. Traffic was diverted by police as a few local Hulme residents demonstrated peacefully how they want to see Manchester City Council make the two halves of Hulme Park into one continuous stretch. Their argument is that children going from one side to the other could be in danger of traffic moving quickly along that part of Royce Road.

Parents are concerned about fast moving vehicles even though there are speed bumps and that these ramps won’t slow down boy racers. Yet, children should be accompanied by an adult if they are too young.

None of the demonstrators, however, was admitting as to who was in charge or who exactly organised the event.

Vanessa Hall, mother of a young son, tree surgeon and was elected Hulme Councillor 2003 -2008 for the Green Party, told The Hulme Tune, “As a parent myself, I don’t think its appropriate to have this road going through the park.” Vanessa, Chair of Manchester Green Party and their national spokesperson on women issues, went on to say that most parents think the road doesn’t need to be here.

Other Hulme residents, who live further along Royce Road towards City Road, argued that OAP’s who live local want the 263 bus to come back through St Wilfred’s estate. Last year, after money was spent on new bus shelters and raising kerb heights, the 263 was re-routed to go along Stretford Rd. This means that pensioners on the estate have to walk further while carrying heavy shopping across Stretford Rd at busy times.

Even though the Community Transport bus is available, local residents aren’t happy with the service. One woman, who doesn’t want to be named, told me, “People have to book the Community Transport bus the day before and not on demand as they wanted, then return at an exact time. Bringing back the 263 along Royce Road would benefit many. If Royce Road is blocked off then any hope of its return would be squashed.”

This is what Councillor Nigel Murphy had to say:

Royce Road Blockage - Cllr Nigel Murphy

You can listen to more of the interviews from this demonstration by listening to The Hulme Tune this Thursday 10-11am on ALL FM 96.9

Seriously, it takes a person in power, educated unto ignorance, to come up with the stupid rules which effects those on Incapacity Benefit living independently and wanting to do permitted work.

This Government says you can earn up to £81 a week for 16 hours and not effect your Incap. It seems a good deal.. doesn’t it? But, when you look into it more, you find that this Government takes it back, all but £20 or £5, by stealth again for those who rent their homes.

Yes, I would get to keep the money and benefits; but Housing and Council Tax Benefit is reduced so much that, after working for 16 hours, I would only get to keep £5 after paying FULL rent and Council Tax (don’t remind me). What a load of b*****it.

How dumb can you be and still breath? Which Bright Elected Representative Kingpin (BERK) in the Government stopped any incentive for me, who’s on Incap, to do any paid p/t permitted work at all?

£5 FOR 16 HOURS IS SLAVE LABOUR - WHERE IS THE INCENTIVE IN THAT?

Perhaps this money that this Government gets back goes on MP’s second homes - new kitchens for all + new chandeliers + cleaners + decor+ landscape gardening + maybe we are paying their Council Tax + window cleaning + new fitted carpets + expensive mahogany furniture and 4 poster beds for all 4 or more bedrooms? While some of us on Incap are still trying to keep one single roof over our heads and wondering how we make ends meet! Is this where some of the duty on fuel is going?

Any jobs going in Parliament? I could do with 2 homes and being chauffeur driven or helicopter to work.

Why doesn’t this Government do something more constructive and not obstructive - change this stupid rule?

A street in Manchester became the location for the new ITV 3-part drama series “Wired” today. Great Bridgewater Street, off Oxford St, was turned into Prince’s Street EC2, with a London bus and the bar “Temple” being a London Underground station. Some of the shots were filmed in London itself and today Manchester and then Liverpool next week.

WIRED stars Jodie Whittaker (Venus, St Trinians), Toby Stephens (Jane Eyre, Die Another Day), Charlie Brookes (Eastenders), Laurence Fox (Lewis) and Sacha Dhawan (Splintered, Bradford Riots) and is about a £250m Internet bank fraud. The gang use an innocent mum to steal money.

You can just make out Beetham Tower in the background.

The series will be shown on ITV in Autumn this year.

Now spot the mistake on the set?

The number at the bus stop is ‘2′ while the number on the bus is ‘96′.

A costly mistake, if it is a mistake that is, to come back to Manchester and shoot it again. Maybe, they just film the back of the bus? Perhaps, the bus was hijacked? Or, the bus got diverted? What if the mum is a bus driver and wanted to stop off at the bank?

Guess I’ll have to wait until the Autumn to find out.

Paul Ridyard and his lovely assistant Kate Boltain bring you interviews, reports, great music, what’s on and gig info from Hulme & Central Manchester going out live bi-weekly on Thursday 12 June - with humour to have you laughing ’til lunch.Tune in to ALL FM 96.9 or listen live online at www.allfm.org

HELP - that is. Obviously some of the info is private and this would give the council insight to a new strategy and we don’t want to give them an inch… do we?

The good news is, is that the bailiffs cannot break into my flat to take my stuff - it’s illegal for them to do so. Something the council nor Jacob’s doesn’t want the public to know. Each of the bailiff’s visits cost me £24 for the first one and £18 for the next one. Yet, all they can do is stand outside - in the pouring rain, I hope. It will put an extra £44 on the total bill and me, being on Incapacity Benefit, cannot afford this cruel diabolical extra cost by this Manchester City (Mafia) Council. ‘PAY or DIE!!!’ - so to speak.

Who cares if I become homeless - AGAIN! They certainly don’t.

What if Manchester City Council made me homeless? Well, the council would give me a newly built flat within a month and £500+ worth of goods from DWP benefits and then another Council Tax bill to welcome me back with.

If only this Government could invest in helping us heavily, poor, over council-taxed souls on to a new brighter positive path to better mental & physical health and further educating all into university for free and thus freeing our minds from the torment of stresses, anxieties and depression due to Council Tax payment withdrawals, with the threat of an unscheduled house clearance courtesy of Manchester City Council.

Then moving, with forward thinking, to the beams of endless possibilities of career opportunities. Therefore, gloriously transforming our ignored human existence from parasite to contributor? Which previously awaited those that were privileged and exclusive, having parents on such high incomes that they can afford to pay all of their 2.4 off-springs’ University fees 10 times over.

I did go to the CAB in Hulme, after all. They were very nice and, more importantly, very helpful indeed. I may be able to get even more money in unclaimed benefits.

In the meantime, all this is costing YOU the council tax payer even more money as the administration cost to local government mounts up. Which leads to higher council tax rates next year and a deficit in this year’s council budget. All thanks to Gordon (Ebenezer) Brown, our very own Sheriff of Nottingham, and now he’s Prime Minister. Give it to the poor in one hand and take it back with the other - tighter than a Russian economy.

By now it must have cost the council more money than the £112.33 owed. Not my problem, as the cost to this council increases every month.

Dear Government,

It would have been cheaper to the British tax payer if you gave those on Incapacity Benefit FULL Housing and Council Tax Benefits.

Signed.. ME

Will I pay it… maybe.. eventually, when it cost this council more and more money in the administration costs alone.

I can’t wait until Manchester City Council takes a man with a disability, on benefits, to court to face jail. Prisons are over crowded, so they’ll release him by letting him off. Then he doesn’t have to pay the council tax bill at all .. He won’t have to do the time.. and YOU pay the cost in legal fees, on both sides, and this resulting in increased council taxes. When people do come out of prison, they get a new home, benefits and money for household items and re-decorating, incentives to get more education (I hear) and a social worker to help them claim every penny from the Government - British tax payer, again, footing the bill.

Hopefully, this Government or the next one may see clearly that there needs to be a change to give those who have a disability on Incap full H&CT Benefit. To live independent lives - not having to go back to living with aging parents, to be a burden to them, or ask a friend to put them up and risk their Housing Benefit being stopped.

Why did the Government introduce the Council Tax in the first place?