25/11/09

On 25th November 1963 the funeral of assassinated U.S. President John F. Kennedy took place at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. Hungarian born JFK was shot dead on 22nd November. We remember him as we try to live up to his eloquence at...

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Gift of the Gab (Speech Slam)

Spinoza Ház, 25th November, 19:30, 800 ft advance or 1000 ft on the door
Dob utca 15 [map]
Pest Centre, VII, Deak F. ter (M 1,2,3) 8 min

Budapest’s only English-language speech slam. Five contestants will compete for a place in the grand final in March 2010. Each will give a five-minute prepared speech on a topic of their choice. Judges, randomly picked from the audience, will score them. Each contestant will then give a three-minute impromptu speech on a topic chosen for them by the audience.

According to most studies, people's number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you're better off in the casket than doing the eulogy. Details here.



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JazzGödör (Concert)
Gödör, 20:00, free
It's Wednesday night. Let the jazz cats out of the bag and give them to a good home: Gödör. Tonight, Bobby Jaspar Prize winning guitarist Gadó Gábor appears, along with Szandai Mátyás and András Halmos.

Mafia, Cultus
Dürer Kert, 20:30, 700Ft
There are understandably 1000's of bands called Mafia on MySpace, so good luck finding out which one is appearing tonight. Cult cover band Cultus are easier, have a look at their website here. Top marks to Google Translate for this translation of the description of tonight's proceedings: "Zanzibar hardened the cult of the wilding domestic advocates before tearing off the heads". Got to be worth 700Ft.

Independent Wednesday Night (Club)
Szimpla Kert, Free
What more info do you want about tonight's Indie night other than it's "by Kidd"? Who's Kidd? Well it's a beer bottle-with-a-nipple sippin' 12-year-old kid spinnin' records of course.