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Sexual Squealing! Words: Jonny Dee, Photographer: Steve Double Taken from the New Musical Express, 9 April 1994 Transcription: Acrylic Afternoons

After 13 years Pulp are Top 40 virgins no more, having finally lost their pop cherry with 'Do You Remember The First Time?' Jonny Dee shares some pillow talk with Jarvis Cocker and comedian/Pulp fan Jo Brand before making his excuses and leaving to poll various popstars about their very own first time.

Pressed up against a hotel room window 25 flights above the city. With UHT cream. And the whole of the Cowdenbeath reserve football team watching. In the toilets on Concorde. On a desk, On the roof. On a washing machine. They did it with candle wax. They did it in a bin liner filled with sun tan lotion. Up against the bonnet of a hired car, in Safeways car-park, at night, right in front of a security camera. With fruit. On drugs. In the bath with a bottle of Matey. She smeared fish paste all over his chest then they went at it like rabbits. In the rain. With Robbie Coltrane. On a mountain. They did it.

For most people, these situations are ridiculous fantasies. It never really happens like that. For the majority of us, it's damp patches, squeaky beds awkward. Pulp realise this. They know there's a world somewhere in between David Lynch and Grange Hill, The concrete world of council estates, Berni Inns, parks and pubs.

Jarvis Cocker, Pulp, Jo Brand and the NME have sat around a table in an East London photo studio all weekend, drinking coffee, telling each other things they'd never dare tell their mothers. About wanking... "I remember when someone first mentioned the word masturbate," remembers Jarvis. "I raced home to look in the dictionary and it said 'to abuse oneself'. I thought what, like shout 'you twat' at the mirror?"

About friends, about going with your best mate's girlfriend, Jarvis has talked about his favourite celebrity perv rumours - the American singer who enjoyed shitting on a glass coffee table while his partner lay underneath; the hamster story; the TV host who said "f--- me 'til I fart" to the producer in what they thought was an empty studio; the '80s star who went to hospital and had two pints of semen pumped out of him ("Later, it became dog semen!").

He talked about his first time, and his last time and the in between times. Now it seemed as if he'd gone too far - revealed too much. Recently Jarvis Cocker told a magazine about an erotic correspondence he keeps with a woman he has never met. Talking about how it had ruined the salacious magic of their postal affair. Revealing his sexual fantasy now would probably do the same. You don't have to tell us if you don't want, Jarvis. But he will. Because Jarvis Cocker loves to talk. And when you talk to Jarvis Cocker it is impossible not to talk about sex.

Pulp's songs are full of it. Their excellent new album, 'His 'n' Hers', is bulging with songs about shagging, and relationships, and what goes on between two people behind the net curtains: 'Lipgloss' - about being chucked by your lover; 'Acrylic Afternoons' - about making love in the afternoon being more special because everyone else is at work; 'Babies' - about spying on teenage lovers from a wardrobe; 'Pink Glove' - about dressing up to keep your sexual appetite feisty; and, of course, Pulp's first bona fide hit single 'Do You Remember The First Time?'.

Jarvis remembers his first time. He talks about it in a short film Pulp have made about the subject which will be shown on Channel 4 next month. It was in a park in his hometown of Sheffield, at night, behind some privet hedges, about 20 yards away from a bandstand. He was 19 and Pulp had just released their first album. Also in the film, talking about who, why, when and where are a dozen or so friends and celebrities - Jo Brand. Vic & Bob, Terry Hall, Alison Steadman. Justine from Elastica and Vivien Stanshall, among others.

"People imagine that celebrities have this idealised life," says Jarvis. "Again, it's the thing about sex being shown in this idealised light and really you should do it on a beach at sunset and violins are going to be playing. And somehow, if you do it in the back of a Ford Cortina then you've not done it properly. These famous people, all their introductions were as fumbling and untidy as anyone else's."

Russell, Pulp's guitarist, who has puzzlingly brought along 182 pairs of second-hand sunglasses all wrapped in protective plastic sheets, is, obviously, an obsessively fastidious character. Yet he is a man whose current star status - Pulp are on the verge of their much-longed-for Top Of The Pops and This Morning debuts - is anchored to nappies and bringing home the bacon as father to a six-month-old boy and five-year-old girl. Russell's sexual awakenings are, unsurprisingly, the strangest of all. He was 16 on a camping holiday with some mates... "I met this ginger lass and although I didn't really like her very much I thought, y-know, she was alright. So I asked her back to our tent, there was about four of us in it and nothing really happened but in the middle of the night I got all tangled and I ended up on top of this person next to me, doing it. But it wasn't this ginger girl, it was my friend's girlfriend," And was the friend in the tent at the time? "Oh yeah, he wasn't very happy about it, like"

Bassist Steve, a Sheffield Wednesday fan, lost his cherry in a house that backed on to Sheffield United's Bramall Lane ground when he was 16, to a glamorous blonde nine years his senior. Nick, the drummer, rather suitably since he's the sensible member of the group, lost his in a loft conversion "on some nice orange scatter cushions".

Resplendent in self-applied make-up and jumble sale chic, Pulp have the air of a band that has just stepped out of the salon. Jo Brand, meanwhile, looks like she's just stepped out of Ladbrokes. She is here today to share a makeshift conjugal bed with Jarvis for the NME. The scene is intended to insinuate that Jo has just seduced the lead singer of Britain's most fancy pop band. In reality the liaison is far from romantic - photographer Steve Double stands five feet above them balancing on a wobbling plank suspended between two ageing step ladders.

"Could you light up another fag, please Jo?" asks the lensman as the comedian puts out her 15th Silk Cut of the hour. "Oh, yes please," she deadpans, relishing the prospect. Sadly, in true life, Jo and Jarv are not lovers, but just good friends. They met after Brand professed a liking for Pulp in an NME interview and later agreed to appear in the First Time film. Hers was at a party, in the bathroom, with her head knocking against the toilet through the 30 seconds it took her first mate to climax. Jarvis and Jo make a good couple, both are collected and down to earth and from similar backgrounds - both have cared for people with disabilities, Jo as a psychiatric nurse, Jarvis in a nursery for deaf children. "When I first met Jarvis I embarrassed him by saying I thought 'Razzmatazz' was a work of utter genius," Jo reveals. "I don't really like much modern music, my head is stuck in the bands I liked when I was a teenager - The Clash and The Damned. But Pulp are great. I like Jarvis' songs because he realises that life is basically shit, but it's OK really."

That's Jarvis and Pulp encapsulated. For most people, the realisation that life is basically shit and not all Tizer and Cadbury's Roses comes when they're tortured teenagers, Jarvis Cocker, though, had his first Bell Jar moment at the age of five. "I had meningitis, that's what f---ed up my eyes. And because everyone thought I was going to die I got given loads of brilliant presents. then when I didn't die all the presents had to be burnt. All except these crap rubber spacemen 'cos they could be boiled. Things were never the same after that."

Amongst the confessions in the film there is an almost inconsequential long shot of a heavily pregnant mother wheeling a tot in a buggy. It's there to tell you that this, without precautions, is what the sweaty moments on shag-pile carpets result in. More tellingly, it looks as if the woman is no actress but has been filmed surreptitiously. Likewise, Pulp songs sometimes seem like small fragments of life glanced at from outside basement windows, lives constructed from strangers spotted in bus shelters.

It is easy to see why friends readily confess their amorous liaisons to Jarvis. He's easy to get on with, with a gentle Sheffield accent and unflappable nature. It is only when he forgets himself and starts mimicking the NME photographer's southern tones during the photo shoot that you see a different side of him. "Innit, innit," scoffs Cocker. "Taking the piss?" snaps Double half-jokingly. Cocker is visibly flustered. He is not, it seems, a man who enjoys confrontation - especially not violent ones. 'Joyriders' on the album is inspired by a gang of 14-year-olds his Hillman Imp broke down next to on a Sheffield estate. For a moment he thought they were going to attack him: that used to happen a lot when he was a kid because of his height and his glasses. Instead they made him sit in the Ford Sierra they'd stolen, listening to a rave radio station, while they hotwired his car for him.

So when was the last time you were hit? "It was about four days before last Christmas in London, about 3:30 in the morning. Me and Steve were walking back from a party and we saw these three kids on the other side of the road. One of them said, kind of cheerfully, 'Do you wanna fight?' It was said like, 'Have you got a light?', not aggressive, really casually. And while I was thinking about it he hit me in the face and my glasses went flying. Steve tried to pick my glasses up and he got kicked in the face." Did you hit him back? "No."

Have you ever started a fight? "Only once, at school. It was with one of my friends and we didn't really want it to happen but we kind of got stuck in this thing of saying 'I'm harder than you' and before we knew it everyone was crowding round us shouting 'fight, fight'. It became known as the longest fight in school history. I've never liked the idea of hitting someone in the face, it doesn't seem right, so I was trying really hard just to hit his sides and he couldn't reach my head anyway, so it just went on for hours."

Who or what do you despise? "Quality music - this spineless soul or castrated reggae that seems to mean quality, all this 'we're sophisticated us' when they're about as sophisticated as a plate of whelks. AOR music - Phil Collins, Eric Clapton. the main reason being - apart from the dire quality of the music - that by inference it implies that if you're an adult you're only interested in blandness. It's like once you get to a certain age you're not interested in anything exciting any more, you just want something that sounds OK on the M25."

Right now thousands will be having a Pulp record in their house for the first time. 'His 'n' Hers' is a perfect introduction: like a box of chocolates with equal portions of milk and dark, it is scattered with the teenage pop sensibilities of 'Babies' and 'Lipgloss', and with the crooning adult symphonies of 'Someone Like The Moon' and 'Pink Glove'. It is, indeed, utterly wonderful - Jarvis' voice reaching hitherto unheard ecstatic highs, from a Bryan Ferry, to an Ian Curtis, to a cheesy crooner, forever sounding like a man possessed by the music and only just managing to keep his composure.

Right now Pulp are possibly the most fashionable band in Britain, yet to many who have never been convinced by Cocker & co's shenanigans there lurks a deep suspicion that Pulp somehow aren't a proper band. They've been around too long (13 years), they're too old, they're a joke. They are all unpretentious, candid people who treat their fans as friends and maybe this is part of their problem - there's no mystery. Where most bands would spend their record company advance on fast cars and the latest Issey Miyake, Pulp take the train and shop at Cancer Research. Steve, currently homeless, prefers to sleep on Jarvis' floor rather than take up the offer of a free hotel bed.

Most of Pulp are all too aware that there are people who loathe their band for all the wrong reasons. They've read the ground-level presumptions: that Pulp are ironic, wacky and kitch, one too many times. They're hardly likely to carve '4 Real' into their forearms but, says Steve, "Just because we don't take ourselves too seriously doesn't mean we don't mean it." "We didn't set out to be different from other bands," adds Jarvis, "it just sort of evolved. That's what upsets me when people write those things - it implies it's all a clever joke. And the minute you mention the word ironic it implies you're not involved in things, and that's not true. I'd hate people to think I was observing things from a great height and saying 'this is what human beings are like, aren't they silly'. It is heartfelt."

The 'In Bed' pictures finished, Jo and Jarvis untangle themselves from the bedsheets and change out of their nightwear. They sit around for a while, flicking through the 1970s Men & Women magazines Jarvis bought from the charity shop across the road, and talk naturally turns to sex once more. "I read this problem in a tabloid paper recently," Brand tells us. "It was from this woman who enjoyed smearing fish paste on this bloke she was having an affair with. Then one day her husband came home from work early and the only way her lover could get out of the house was to jump through the window. And her question was: 'Can I get the council to repair the window?'"

It is that time once more. Time to ask Jarvis about his darkest sexual fantasy. Has he done it pressed up against a window, in a bin liner, with fish paste? With a nun? With two nuns? "I'm not going to tell you," he says, temptingly, mysteriously. "But it involves sherbet fountains."

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The Coffee Lover’s Guide To Glasgow, Scotland

When you think of Scotland, what do you picture? Perhaps you imagine rolling hills covered with purple heather, deep lochs hiding a prehistoric monster, highland cows grazing casually as a large man in a kilt walks past playing the bagpipes, plenty of rain. When thinking of a Scottish city, however, many probably picture Edinburgh and its mighty castle, the cobbled streets of the Royal Mile, or the imposing Arthur’s Seat looming above. Many may not think of Glasgow, Scotland’s so-called second city, but that would be a mistake.

Glasgow is a unique town—its evocative nickname is the Dear Green Place—and it has much to recommend it. Several universities, a shipbuilding legacy stretching back hundreds of years, not to mention some glorious architecture and stunning street art. Billy Connolly, Scotland’s funniest man and effective poet laureate, was born here, as were globally influential popsters Belle And Sebastian, which is reason enough to visit. You can spend days wandering its alleyways and gardens, or touring the numerous museums and galleries, and evenings checking out the city’s vibrant live music scene. And that’s before you consider the hospitality and friendliness of the local population. All in all, it’s a city that deserves to be explored.

This extends to its coffee scene: from sleek downtown espresso bars and minimalist design havens to cozy neighborhood roaster-retailers, and popular local wholesale roaster Dear Green Coffee, Glasgow has something for everyone. Here are five of its best coffee spots.

Kaf

One of the newer cafes to grace Glasgow’s bustling West End, Kaf is a sliver of a place sitting comfortably at the end of Hyndland Street, opposite Mansfield Park. Even though it’s only been open a short time, Kaf has immediately jumped to the top of most people’s must-visit coffee spots in Glasgow, as much for its impeccably understated atmosphere and Scandinavian-inspired food as its coffee.

A tiny cafe, taller than it is wide, Kaf can accommodate about 10 people at any one time. The white walls and house plants give it a fresh feel while the large window at the front of the shop lets light stream in, making the whole place feel big and airy despite its small size. A La Marzocco Linea Classic and Mahlkönig EK43 grinder dominate the counter, producing coffee from a rotating lineup of the best roasters around, from Bath’s Colonna Coffee to Foundry Coffee Roasters of Sheffield.

Kaf is a calm, refined, and exquisitely focused cafe, staffed by knowledgeable and friendly baristas. The coffee is meticulously crafted, the attention to detail apparent in each swivel of latte art. This, combined with its peaceful mood, makes Kaf an ideal place to ease into the day, enjoy a coffee, and ponder your next move.

Kaf Coffee is located at 5 Hyndland St, Glasgow. Visit their official website and follow them on Facebook and Instagram.

Papercup

Staying in the West End, Papercup Coffee Company is about a mile and half north then east from Kaf. Located on the busy Great Western Road, Papercup is a definite local favorite. Always bustling, always welcoming, it’s a narrow, galley cafe with a line of tables on the right, a long counter on the left, and a tiny kitchen at the back. The decor is pared-back and uncomplicated, with one major exception: on the right-hand wall overlooking the counter is a mural by the famed Australian street artist Steen Jones (the only one in the UK). A coffee at Papercup is a visceral experience; the slender nature of the space and low tables brings you face-to-face with your drink as it is being prepared.

Papercup roasts its own coffee, just around the corner on Belmont Lane, and offers drinks made via Hario v60, AeroPress, and the ever-present La Marzocco Linea Classic. The baristas work at a tireless pace to ensure the near-constant demand is met, while the tiny kitchen at the back provides an extensive brunch-focused food menu, featuring local, ethical, and sustainable produce wherever possible.

Papercup is a clear choice among the locals and students who populate the West End, meaning it is never quiet, but even if you have to wait for a seat, the end result is more than worth it.

Papercup Coffee Company is located at 603 Great Western Rd, Glasgow. Visit their official website and follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Laboratorio Espresso

Heading now into Glasgow’s busy downtown, Laboratorio Espresso is situated at the foot of a sleek office building on West Nile Street, just around the corner from Queen Street train station. A stylish, award-winning cafe design matched with a commitment to showcasing outstanding roasters from all over Europe, Laboratorio exudes sophistication in its aim to bring Milanese espresso culture to the people of Scotland.

It’s a compact space, decked out in concrete and wood paneling, but its huge windows and high ceilings make it feel bigger than it is. There are a couple of tables inside as well as a fairly sizable outside seating setup (for those long, hot Scottish summer days). Of course, the best seats in the house are the stools in front of the windows, perfect for people-watching while you sip your third espresso of the day and pretend that you’re in Milan.

Their La Marzocco Linea Classic pumps out espresso from a rotating lineup of Europe’s best roasters, including the Barn and Five Elephant from Berlin and London’s Union Hand-Roasted Coffee. Laboratorio takes great care in choosing its collaborators, ensuring that customers get to sample only the best in-season coffees.

Laboratorio Espresso is located at 93 W Nile St, Glasgow. Visit their official website and follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Spitfire Espresso

Another central Glasgow favorite, Spitfire Espresso is about half a mile east of Laboratorio, near the campus of Strathclyde University. An open-plan cube on the corner of Ingram Street and Candleriggs, its big windows let in lots of natural light to highlight the red, white, and blue interior. There is a distinctive World War II theme, with model airplanes everywhere, ’50s rock ’n’ roll on the stereo, and the aforementioned color scheme (the colors of the Royal Air Force) extending to the cups, espresso machine—a bright red La Marzocco FB70—and counter.

Spitfire serves Thomson’s Coffee, one of Glasgow’s oldest coffee roasters, using a custom blend fittingly named Gunnerbean. The cafe also offers soups, sandwiches, and house-made cakes, for those looking for something hearty to accompany their coffee, as well as an extensive craft beer menu for a post-work indulgence. Outdoor seating runs the length of the cafe on both streets, and on a nice day is usually filled with customers and their dogs (Spitfire is extremely “dug-friendly,” as locals might say).

The spot is also people-friendly, of course, and the staff is hugely welcoming and engaging, making Spitfire an obvious gathering point for the many students and professionals who live, work, and study in the surrounding neighborhoods.

Spitfire Espresso is located at 127 Candleriggs, Glasgow. Visit their official website and follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

It All Started Here

It All Started Here is another of the new kids on the Glasgow coffee block, opening in May 2017 in Shawlands on the south side of the city. A permanent home for the successful pop-up stall that has been making appearances at events and markets around town for the past few years, It All Started Here keeps to that pop-up ethos by only being open Friday through Sunday. This is due to owner William Heenan also working a full-time job during the week, but he has plans to hire some staff and slowly expand opening hours, which has just begun with the aforementioned Friday opening.

The menu, for both coffee and food, is simple and carefully considered. It All Started Here’s coffee lineup showcases two coffees—one on espresso, one on batch—supplied by a different roaster each week from all around the UK (and occasionally farther afield). Using a Nuova Simonelli Aurelia two-group, Heenan crafts elegant, delectable drinks; I’m still haunted by the flat white made with Ethiopia Wegida Blue from Strangers Coffee in Norwich, England.

Its location means that those visiting Glasgow to sample the coffee will need to travel slightly farther away, but Heenan’s hospitality and excellent barista skills make It All Started Here a worthwhile coffee destination, as well as a chance to visit a sometimes-overlooked area of the city.

It All Started Here is located at 75 Deanston Dr, Glasgow. Visit their official website and follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Fionn Pooler is a journalist based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and the publisher of The Pourover. Read more Fionn Pooler on Sprudge.

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Concrete Pump Hire in Sheffield and Its Importance

In the beautiful city of Sheffield, construction projects are a common sight. People look for complete assistance from experts to finish their project on time. They need a variety of machines and tools for short term. Buying such machinery can be expensive and a useless deal after the project is complete. The best way is hiring them. Concrete pump hire in Sheffield is one of them. Concrete pump hire involves renting specialized equipment designed to efficiently transport liquid concrete to construction sites. These pumps are equipped with long hoses and powerful mechanisms that enable them to deliver concrete to even the most inaccessible areas, such as high-rise buildings or tight spaces.

Uses of Concrete Pump Hire in Sheffield

There are varied uses of concrete pump that will surely enhance your experience. You will get a number of added benefits.

High-Rise Construction: Sheffield's skyline continues to evolve with the addition of high-rise buildings. Concrete pumps are indispensable in such projects, as they enable the seamless pouring of concrete at various heights, eliminating the need for manual labor and reducing construction time.

Residential Construction: Whether it's building foundations, driveways, or patios, residential construction projects often require precise and efficient concrete pouring. Concrete pumps ensure uniform distribution of concrete, resulting in stronger structures with minimal wastage.

Infrastructure Projects: From bridges to tunnels, infrastructure projects demand sturdy concrete structures. Concrete pump hire facilitates the rapid and accurate placement of concrete, allowing for smoother project execution and timely completion.

Commercial Developments: Shopping centres, office complexes, and industrial facilities all rely on concrete for their construction. Concrete pumps offer the flexibility to navigate around obstacles and deliver concrete precisely where it's needed, optimizing construction workflows.

Who Needs Concrete Pump Hire Services?

Whether large-scale developers or small contractors, construction companies benefit greatly from concrete pump hire services. By outsourcing concrete pumping tasks, they can focus on other aspects of the project while ensuring efficient concrete placement.

Professionals involved in design and planning can recommend concrete pump hire to their clients as a means to streamline construction processes and enhance project efficiency.

Even individuals undertaking small-scale construction projects, such as home renovations or landscaping, can benefit from concrete pump hire. It saves time and effort compared to traditional methods of concrete pouring.

Municipalities and government agencies overseeing infrastructure development projects can utilize concrete pump hire to expedite construction timelines and ensure the quality of public infrastructure. CemPump is a one-stop trusted name in this domain, when it comes to concrete pump hire in Sheffield. Check all details and get precise solutions.

Summary: Concrete pump hire in Sheffield emerges as a vital tool for enhancing productivity and efficiency. By enabling precise concrete placement in a variety of construction scenarios, these services cater to the needs of developers, contractors, and DIY enthusiasts alike

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