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5 Editorial 6 ARTICLE: Gay Times at Pride Parade 8 Artist of the week: Kyra Clarke 10 MUSIC: Minutes to Minuit 11 COLUMN: Thrills, Spills & Sunday Chills 12 MUSIC: Strahan's Soul Food 14 NEWS 15

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Editorial

by Matthew Cattin

Hello again, How’s everybody fitting in? It’s amazing how quickly the campus has sprung into life. Two weeks ago, the quad was deserted but for a pair of raunchy pigeons making the most of the privacy. This week it’s an inflatable playground full of salespeople, campus maps, free sausages and fake tans. Rain threatened the week’s beginning but it seems the endless summer of ’13 isn’t quite ready to stop taunting me through the office window. And with round two of O-Week activities going down on campus, you have a nice excuse to shut your Mac lid and enjoy the sun while I slave over another issue of debate. Oh the fun never ends! One of the first things you will learn – or better learn fast – at university is that all of your schoolyard triumphs cease to matter. The 80 excellence credits you tore your hair out for are nothing but a number on a certificate and your hilarious head boy speech is gone with the wind. Nobody cares that you were beau of the ball and your “Orewa College

4 Lyfe” tattoo is nought but a shameful blemish. University is the grandmaster slate-wiper and you better get used to it. Everybody starts off on an even footing and how you deal with that will make or break you. I bring this up not in an attempt to depress you all but as a roundabout way to hopefully inspire. You see in my experience, it’s not always the excellence students that go on to achieve huge success at university – it’s the kids with passion. You know those kids from college that were streets ahead at every subject and cleaned up at senior prize giving? You know, the ones that are doing law, medicine or commerce this year? Well in my humble experience, these students don’t take the shift to university very kindly. Used to breezing through college, the challenge of university shocks their system and when they realise they are no longer best in show, they flail. Obviously this is a huge generalisation but I’ve seen it happen – the smarties going down left, right and centre. Then there are the students who never excelled in school but they had a driving

passion in one particular area – think Neville Longbottom and herbology. It’s these students that land on their feet when they are thrown into university. For the first time in their lives, they are able to focus on their passion, without the complicated distractions of English, physical science and algebra impeding their lives. They find their groove, get their heads down and own it – it’s fantastic to watch. I think that’s part of what makes university such a special step in life – it’s an equaliser, a fresh start. Nobody knows that in college you were the unpopular kid who spent lunch times skulking in the music room, shredding out metal riffs. There’s nobody to remember the time you threw up on your exam during the biology finals and ran out crying. Or the time you wore the same dress to the ball as the token ugly. The nicknames, the evil eyes, the dramas and the grades – these all stayed at college when you last walked out the front gate. Welcome to university. Matthew.

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ARTICLE: Gay Times at Pride Parade

GAY TIMES AT PRIDE PARADE.

The Pride Parade took over the streets of Ponsonby on February 14 for the first time in over a decade. India Hendrikse was there to take in the bright and colourful spectacle. 6

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ARTICLE: Gay Times at Pride Parade

All images by India Hendrikse

The cool, air conditioned calm of my taxi was a complete contrast to the overwhelming, energetic atmosphere that awaited me upon my arrival in Ponsonby Road on a day where freedom was expressed, and diversity was practised. I would like to say it was chaotic, but that seems too negative a term to describe a minority expressing their utmost desire for equality. In the western world we consider ourselves to be the land of people with freedom of speech. Democracy gives us, the citizens of New Zealand, the power to express our thoughts on the way in which our country should be governed. It seems to me though, that there are many parts to our society that people hold prejudice against. In a day and age where movements such as the civil rights movement and the suffrage movement have come so far in western society, I believe it is now time to put aside our prejudices and embrace a colourful world where diversity is cherished. The Auckland Pride Festival saw Auckland’s Rainbow Community (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Takatāpui, Intersex and Fa’afafine) come out to celebrate their culture and sexual orientation, and to show their pride in being who they are. The Auckland Pride Parade was an exuberant display of this community. From what I witnessed at the parade, Auckland has some proud supporters, and the footpaths of Ponsonby Road were brimming with people who embrace a society in which cultural diversity should be encouraged. The supporters were a mix of the young and the old. Families brought their children out, and youngsters partied in the popular clubs on the side of the road. Auckland’s café culture was in full swing, and when I tried to find a seat at a café, I was out of luck.

The Pride Parade is not made for the faint of heart. Bums, boobs and nipples were on show, and were received with laughs and cheers from the crowd. The Edge radio station had their fun-loving Dom from The Morning Madhouse baring his behind, and I even spotted our infamous Sally Ridge out and about showing her support. How exciting. The day included both political and religious references. Political parties and churches such as the likes of St Matthews in the city marched in the parade, to an ironically controversial backdrop of St Johns church. As a straight female, I personally do not see why the sexual orientation of others is a concern to anyone. I wish that everyone could let others be who they want to be, love who they want to love, and marry who they want to marry. Why don’t we all follow the original meaning of the word ‘gay’, and just be happy? Society needs to stop their concern with what others do within their own four walls. Relationships aren’t all about sex, and we need to realise that the Auckland’s Rainbow Community does not just represent sexuality, but love and freedom of expression. The parade was full of glitter, smiles, and sexy dance moves. A touching moment which saw a round of applause from the crowd was seeing the first march from gay members of the New Zealand Defence Force, striding proudly in their uniform. To me it represented unification of our country, and it helped break the stereotype that all gay people are flamboyant and sexually confident. Here were seemingly conservative people that represent our country, marching alongside their flamboyant counterparts, everyone rooting for the same cause.

The Pride Parade is not made for the faint of heart. Bums, boobs and nipples were on show, and were received with laughs and cheers from the crowd.

The parade lasted for around one hour, but the parties continued well into the night in the surrounding clubs in Ponsonby and the City Centre. As night fell, the Auckland skyline was lit up by rainbow coloured lights shining on to the Auckland Museum at the top of the Domain. In the centre of the rainbow lights stands the memorial to our New Zealand soldiers. Of course homosexuality was around in the times of World War One and Two, but it has been oppressed by religion and conservatism. The Parade seemed like a friendly reminder that a diverse society is better than an oppressed one. A democracy should mean freedom of expression, and freedom of sexual orientation and freedom in love should all be tied in. In my opinion, there should always be a little more love in the world, and Auckland’s Rainbow community really seems to know how to show it.

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Artist of the week

Kyra Clarke Founder and design director of Threaded Magazine

debate's wonderful designer Ceapum Kaushish caught up with Threaded Magazine's founder Kyra Clarke to get the lowdown on running a magazine, creativity and future. Tell us a little bit about your background. What lead to the inception of Threaded?

I always lent more towards art, art history, design and architecture growing up and started Threaded Magazine while studying graphic design in 2004 after noticing a distinct lack of magazines offering exposure for emerging creatives. I founded Threaded Media Limited [a graphic design studio offering creative solutions to discerning organisations which aren't prepared to settle for vanilla, paint-by-numbers design] off the backbone of Threaded Magazine which is in its 8th year of production and has grown in followship and status since its inception in 2004.

What is Threaded?

Threaded is an International art and design publication launched and produced here in Aotearoa. Over the years our core objective has shifted from being a platform focused on showcasing student work, to a platform that profiles emerging artists and designers alongside industrybased practitioners. Threaded Magazine could not exist without the core team of hard-workers and contributors committed to this project. Chocolate fish go out to; Fiona Grieve, creative director & editor, Lucas Milner, our Australian-based 3D

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designer, Scott Young, Budapest-based creative copywriter and we've just had the Threaded team expand further with designer Nick Baillie joining us full time in the new year.

Which is your favourite design project or issue to date?

Hard question... Honestly, every issue that is released enjoys a limited time in the 'favourite' spotlight for me. I always joke to my mum that the day I release an issue and it 'isn't' my favourite or 'the best yet' then it's time to throw in the towel! So thus said, Threaded Ed.13, the Luckyfor-Some issue is my favourite issue at the moment. One of my favourite studio projects would have to be the Threaded + Billabong 'Fresh Produce' NZ Range we released last year. The whole process encapsulates what Threaded is about!

How do you find creatives to collaborate with?

We have a real 'ear-to-the-ground' approach for scouting out creatives we wish to profile and we simply get in touch and invite studios around the world to participate and be involved - every now and then we are declined but we are persistent! We are a very small studio and working with other like-minded practitioners enables us to produce a

1. Kyra Clarke Photo by Troy G 2. Threaded Issues Photo by Re 3. Threaded Ed.13 Photo by Re 4. Threaded + Billabong 'Fresh Photo by Rebecca Brown

Artist of the week

"I started Threaded Magazine while studying graphic design in 2004 after noticing a distinct lack of magazines offering exposure for emerging creatives."

Goodall ebecca Brown ebecca Brown Produce' NZ Range

well-designed publication that showcases great work. Our collaborators get to lead and present themselves as they want to be seen, who they are and what drives them to do their work.

What are some of the biggest challenges you face in your line of work?

NDA's so can not disclose these as of yet, however, debate's designer Ceapum contributed to one of the bigger design projects our studio has been a part off - soon to be released nationwide this month.. :) And of course there is Ed.14 which we are gearing up for as I write!

Any big plans for 2013?

The much anticipated digital launch of With the magazine itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s collaborators Billabong NZ / Summer Range + Brochure Design Threaded on the iPad - which has been not meeting deadlines, printing presses in the testing/ pilot phase for nearly a breaking down, colours not being able year now! I have big dreams to travel to be achieved, ink not drying, missing to Singapore and potentially Japan and shipment vessel dates and going on-sale design conferences and field days and late. With client work; misinterpretation, workshops are a must! underestimating the scale of a project and tight turn-arounds. And in general; sleep You are an inspiration to so many deprivation, creative blocks, constant compromises, finding time to stay up to people - who inspires you the most? date with latest technology trends, Because I am a designer I should probably Billabong NZand / Summer Range + Brochure Design coffee-overloads, sugar cravings. list my top designers here. But these change constantly and role models who don't change are my mum & husband. The industry seems to be leaning They believe in me endlessly and even more towards the digital interface. when I carry the weight of the world on my How is the popularity of e-magazines shoulders sometimes they are always there affecting Threaded? Do you think to ground me and tell me not to sweat the print has any reasons to be afraid? small stuffâ&#x20AC;Ś Which if you know me I seem Well, we aren't afraid. Threaded has a to do endlessly... I actually hope I am not multi dimensional audience as it is the an inspiration to people, more so that what intersection of creative industries and the I do, what I believe in and work towards educational sector. Subject matter, high in Threaded Magazine is valued in the print production and digital enhancements creative community. are all key points of interaction to ensure the diverse audience interest is sparked. Offering well-crafted premium hardcopies of the magazine and having a significant on-line presence are equally important to us. We are growing a digital arm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; watch this space, we expect Threaded to be available from the iTunes store and Newsstand in the VERY near future...

Any upcoming projects that you are excited about? Always!! Unfortunately we have signed

Word of advice for upcoming artists?

Keep your eyes open for new opportunities and challenges. Never stop collecting, creating, and collaborating. Remember, nothing worth having comes easy.

Find out more about Threaded:

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MUSIC: Minutes to Minuit

Left to Right: Ryan Beehre, Ruth Carr and Paul Dodge

Minutes to Minuit by Matthew Cattin

Kiwi cool-kids Minuit are back at their best with their critically acclaimed fifth album Last Night You Saw This Band. To celebrate they are bringing a party to Auckland’s Juice Bar on March 15 as part of their album release tour. debate caught up with the bands sampler and producer Paul Dodge to talk about Kiwi pride, influences and releasing an album at the end of the world. “Time goes fast eh,” says Paul Dodge when I ask how it feels to be veterans of Kiwi music. “Lots of ways have come and gone but we can’t really be compared to veterans while Dave Dobbyn is still walking the planet eh,” he laughs. Made up of singer Ruth Carr and producers Paul Dodge and Ryan Beehre, Minuit has been delivering dope beats together for over a decade, etching their names permanently in New Zealand’s electronic scene. Their latest album Last Night You Saw This Band was released on 21 December last year to rave reviews with Groove Guide saying “Minuit blows my mind. They’re a voltaic electronic team delivering soulfully unpretentious music”. I asked if releasing their album on the Mayan

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apocalypse was a wise move but Dodge had logic on his side. “In New Zealand we are right at the start of the dateline and the Mayans were at the other side of the world so we figured we’d have about 12 hours where people could listen to our music. It was kind of a safe bet.” And what a 12 hours it would be. The album is a joyous celebration of sound – an elaborate mixture of beats, instrumentation and feisty Carr’s unique vocals. If you can imagine Vampire Weekend and The Ting Tings thrown together in a blender with Animal Collective at the controls, you’re just about there. Dodge is excited to hear what fans will make of the album’s direction which saw them employ a vast array of

instruments. “We are kind of classed as an electronic band so I think people assume it will just be synth but there is a lot of percussion and trumpets in there too.” “It’s interesting what you do soak up,” says Dodge when asked about the bands influences. “Any musician – or any people – change their tastes as time goes by [depending on] what they are hearing and what they are exposed to.” With gypsystyle brass, Pacific island-style rhythms and Haitian orphans all contributing on the record it’s a beautiful collaboration of culture and style. Thus if listeners detect a tropical element in the album, they are probably right – Carr wrote some of the tunes on sabbatical in Rarotonga and Dodge spent time lapping up the Africaninfused music of Haiti. With each member involved in side projects, Minuit have fingers in quite a few pies but they still love the music they share as a trio. “We all go off and do our own things at the same time and then we regroup and see – are we all still alive?” Alive is definitely an understatement. With their buzzy new album ready to blast, Minuit is ready to explode audience’s minds and dazzle their senses. And in a stroke of good fortune, debate has scored two double passes for the March 15 Juice Bar gig to give away to two lucky AUT students! Follow @debatemag on twitter and tell us why debate is awesome to be in to win. Come on – we need the ego boost!

COLUMN: Thrills, Spills & Sunday Chills

Thrills, Spills & Sunday Chills.

songs you should never play at a funeral

by Mike Ross

A student guide to the best bits and bobs our glorious supercity has to offer. Hi, I’m Mike - a third year Comms student with a nifty nose for scouting out the best things to do in Auckland each week. I basically head out and about doing awesome things all over town, then report back to you guys about them. Sucks to be me, huh? But I’m not talking about going to the zoo, Kelly Tarltons, or that sad plot of land that claims to be at the end of a rainbow. Oh no. I’m looking out for you guys. We’re all students here, and I reckon that if I’m not into doing something, then you guys probably won’t be either. This space is dedicated to dope things and dope things only. Think along the lines of the best BYOs, beaches, bars, op-shops, and open house parties that this city has to offer. Although O-Week may be over, we all know that there’s sweet FA to do until week three, so this time round the column is dedicated to parties. Let loose, enjoy the freedom while you can, and check out my picks for the best nightlife spots in the AK this week. Monday AULSS presents: The Law Stein - Toga Party at Waterfront & Lenin Auckland Uni’s Law Society boys sure know how to throw a party. Any self-respecting student shouldn’t miss the AULSS steins and although the first one of the year is a smaller affair than usual, it’s sure to be a banger. Happening at Waterfront and Lenin in the Viaduct from 9pm, what better way to kick off the second week of semester than with a Monday night bender? Wednesday TNC presents: Banglade$h at 1885 Wednesday night is solidly owned by student party The Nark Collective. Now entering its third year, TNC showcases the cutting edge of music every Wednesday at 1885 in Britomart . This week sees hot new indie band Banglade$h take the headliner’s spot, with DJs in support. It’s all happening here and there’s no door charge either, so head down and see what all the fuss is about.

Thursday Social Strut at Bin Bin Deluxe The North Shore’s the place to be every Thursday, with Takapuna pumping each week. New bar Bin Bin Deluxe is the hot ticket of the Taka strip with its weekly party ‘Social Strut’ packing out every week. Combine this with the close proximity of Mac’s Brewbar and The Elephant Wrestler, and you’re spoilt for choice.

Fuck it! (I Don't Want You Back) Eamon

How Deep is Your Love The Bee Gees

Since You’ve Been Gone Kelly Clarkson

Shots LMFAO

Gold Digger Kanye West

Somebody That I Used to Know Gotye feat. Kimbra

If You Don’t Know Me By Now Simply Red

Saturday Diamante at Everybody’s Unfortunately this year St Patrick’s Day falls on a Sunday, so most people will be getting Leprechaun-like the night before. Where to do this, you ask? My bet’s on Diamante, a brand new night at Everybody’s on Fort Lane. Traditionally a restaurant, Everybody’s could well be the most luxurious venue in the CBD, and with DJs jamming in the courtyard from 9pm till late, it’s set to be the place to be this St. Paddy’s.

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Music: Strahan

Strahan's Soul Food

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MUSIC: Strahan

Music. It’s hard to avoid these days. It plays at the supermarket, in the car and on the phone you’re while on hold trying to sort out your student loan. I can only imagine that music has been around as long as man. I’m sure cave men discovered ways of creating varied sounds that they found enjoyable. These days, more so than ever, music is accessible. With modern technology and software like iPods, Spotify, Youtube, MTV and iTunes it’s hard to get far from music. Easy to use recording software has also enabled a lot more independent artists to make a name for themselves. And along with the thriving live music scene more and more these days people are listening to not-sowell known acts from down the street. I know for me, music is a big part of my life. I must listen a good few hours a day. iPod on the bus, Spotify when I’m studying, radio in the car. And I try to get to a few gigs a month. I guess the only not-so-great thing is New Zealand is so far from, well anywhere. We manage to drag a few big names over

here but nowhere near enough, in my humble opinion. More bands need to tack us on to their Australian tours because quite frankly, the New Zealand music industry isn’t too bad. It’s produced a number of artists that have gone on to succeed worldwide. Artists like Crowded House, Kimbra, Six 60 and Flight of the Conchords. New Zealand also has its fair share of festivals and annual tours. Rhythms and Vines has been around ten years and is the place to be over New Years. Parachute Music festival just had its 23rd anniversary and draws crowds of around 25000. The Classic Hits winery tour hasn’t been around as long but is a huge success nonetheless. Another great thing NZ has is the GrooveGuide. A free weekly mag with all the latest music news - be sure to grab yourself a copy each Tuesday from AuSM. Music is the perfect accompaniment to all things worth doing so if you’re keen to hear more about the New Zealand

music industry stay tuned! In debate, I’ll keep you in the loop with upcoming Kiwi artists, rambling on about what they’ve been up to and including an interview with them. To kick things off I put my soon-to-befamous questions to folk singer-songwriter Strahan. And because I have no final words of wisdom, here are some gems from the greats. “I think music in itself is healing. It’s an explosive expression of humanity. It’s something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we’re from, everyone loves music.” – Billy Joel “Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.” – Maya Angelou “If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.” – Albert Einstein

Erica 'music-mad' McQueen hits up soulful song-poet Strahan for some wisdom, trivia and plans for a big year ahead. Who’s in the band and what do they do?

Just the one. Strahan. haha.

And how’d y’all get together?

It was a simple meet and greet at birth really. Favourite lyric of yours?

“You pierce me with the dreamers sword” - a lyric off my new album because it means a lot to me. Band name meaning?

I was wondering for a while whether to go by my name or by something else. Strahan is Gaelic and means poet. I guess in the end I felt like the meaning really embodied my music and it was a total bonus that it was my name!

The last CD you acquired?

What can you never leave home without?

I know it’s silly but, I love...

If you like .......... you’ll love Strahan

If I wasn’t playing music I’d be ........../ My day job is ..........?

My bible - soul food.

Great coffee

Who’s been most influential on your songwriting/music-making?

Ryan Adams the songwriting extraordinaire. So many beautiful songs with such effortless execution.

Would you rather be covered in feathers or fish scales?

Feathers for sure. Who’d want to be covered in fish scales?!

If you could offer one bit of advice to those starting out song writing, what would it be?

Finish every song you write.

The last CD I got was actually given to me. A live album of Keith Green. He was a remarkable man.

Fist pumps. Every time.

Describe your ‘sound’ in three words or less.

Craziest thing you’ve done for your music?

Soul. Folk. Psalmery.

Fist pumps of high-fives?

Played to 25,000 at Western Springs for the first Crusty Demons Motocross Tour. That was amazing.

Jelly.

Traveling the world making the best coffees in the worlds most interesting cafes. My day job is Social Media.

Favourite smell?

Red Wine cooking in Risotto. Probably because it’s cooking right now and I’m frothing over it.

What can we expect to see from you over the next year?

A brand new album! A national tour and undoubtedly a few Facebook posts about great coffee.

Any final words of wisdom?

Don’t sit on the heater. And don’t believe you have to follow the same path as everyone else. All good things require sacrifice and few people have done anything great by following the pattern. --

Catch more of Strahan on www.strahanmusic.com

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NEWS

World News The national kumara crisis is causing wide-felt heartbreak as BurgerFuel enters its second month without kumara fries on the menu.

“They think we don’t give a starch what fries we are served – but I have standards”, says kumara enthusiast John Barclay.

The iconic snack was removed from BurgerFuel’s menu in early January due to a bad growing season and Burger Fuel marketing manager Alexis Lam issued a statement in an attempt to keep civilians calm.

“The Irish potato famine ain’t got nothing on this,” he adds, “people are starving out there”.

‘‘We apologise for the shortage. We’re hoping for kumara fries to be back in March – we’re expecting new season kumara in March.’’

Country Rages Over Kumara Crunch by Matthew Cattin

Angered by suggestions to simply “get potato fries”, University of Auckland students – who never pass up the opportunity to protest - are boycotting the restaurant until the nightmare ends, calling upon others to stand up and do the same.

Pope Benedict XVI is not adjusting well to the life after resigning from the papacy, according to Vatican reports. There have been rumours surfacing that his former holiness has been attempting to weasel his way back into power after a shocking, sudden and over-reported resignation.

Image by Sergey Gabdurakhmanov via Flickr

Pope Benedict XVI announced his retirement on February 11, saying he was “fed up with the lot of you” and he wanted to “stop wearing these stupid red shoes”. Benedict, or Bennie to his close friends, then stepped down from the papacy over the next few weeks. Bennie is one of only a few popes to have ever left the position as nearly every pope in history has not lived long enough to realise how dull the job is. When giving his statement to the assembled crowd at the Vatican, Benedict did show signs of fatigue (the official explanation given by the Vatican) though more evident was his loathing for the job.

Pope. How About Nope? by Kieran Bennett

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His former holiness gave an address of around 6 hours, making it one of the shortest in Vatican history. In it he confessed that being the Pope “wasn’t everything I thought it would be. Far too much Latin and large hats”. Gathered Catholics were vocal in their support, though whether this was because

“First marmageddon, now this? What can I tell my children? How can I raise them right in a world so full of hate?” says mother of three Kathy Umara. In an emergency broadcast last Sunday, the government urged civilians to keep calm and remember their humanity. “We need to pull together on this one New Zealand – this is a time for hope, a time for family,” says John Lock.

they felt his retirement was the right decision or because they were used to cheering at his every word is still up for debate. The following weeks were furious and alive with speculation and the former head of the Catholic Church found himself turned into an overnight celebrity. When pressed for comment, Benedict asked “aren’t there more interesting things happening in the world?” Recently this has all changed as Benedict has expressed a desire to re-take the papacy. Such a desire has thrown the clergy into a secrecy-ridden frenzy, denying anything and everything. It was revealed that the pope was “bored with how things are. There’s no excitement in his life and quite honestly he misses the snazzy red shoes”. According to Cardinal Angelo Soddano, who is leading the cardinals selected to vote on the new pope, “in the church, there’s no backsies. Once something’s done, it’s done; same reason we can’t tell people to start using condoms”.

SOCIAL MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS

Social Media Highlights

It’s been an interesting few weeks of news to say the least. With the nation swept up in shark paranoia, newspapers and television were plagued with stupidity with people advising ‘there are most probably no more sharks in the area’. Say what? That’s like saying there is most likely no sand in the desert. Well done news! Here are a few of my favourite stories to cause media ruckus over the last fortnight. In YouTube news, the Christchurch earthquake made its Harlem Shake debut; rattling feathers and generally bringing out the worst in YouTube commenters - AKA scum of the earth. Most comments I found too repulsive to replicate in print but here are some of the better ones ranging from the tonguein-cheek:

And of course the Oscars sent Twitter into a frenzy leaving no celebrity left unscathed.

And Pope jokes were flowing like holy water, with David Winer beautifully summing up this golden opportunity for laughs.

Jessi Klein @jessirklein Halle berry is 47. When are we gonna stop saying she looks great and start saying, "what the fuck is going on, this is terrifying."

Dave Winer @davewiner Perfect storm for Pope jokes. Since he's not dead no one can complain "You're being insensitive."

Joan Rivers @Joan_Rivers When I attend the Oscars I'm on the edge of my seat. Not because I'm nominated-I just don't want to catch anything from some starlet.

Mikey Mileos said it like it is. Mikey Mileos @ mikeymileos Pope quits to focus on dying. And Josh Gondelman took us back to school with this gem.

George Takei @ GeorgeTakei The only thing that could make the Oscars gayer, @ SethMacFarlane, is if I hosted them

Josh Gondelman @ joshgondelman I'm excited because we'll probably get a substitute pope who lets us watch movies.

kippkeyes This is one of the best harlem shakes ever, The woman hanging on for dear life behind the counter was epic The supportive: Kitty Kat A bit of shaking with things flying off the shelves etc.. I hardly call this offensive! Yes I am from Christchurch and have experienced all the big shakes, plus dealing with damaged house, EQC and also have lost a friend in the CTV building. Good luck with your fund raising attempts. Your video is certainly bringing out all the crazies lol The well-spoken: Rundell Lopez You're a biggest noob for uploading this And the shining beacon of reason. jeramiah lacough everyone calm your tits!

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PREZ SEZ

Kia Ora and Akwaaba! I hope you all enjoyed your first week at AUT! Throughout last week and continuing this week, AuSM have a huge range of fun filled activities for you. Check out our Facebook page for details. As I’m sure you have heard, AuSM is your students’ association. We provide crucial services like advocacy and representation but we also provide cool services for all AUT students. These include: -Free Feeds! Who doesn’t like free food! We have our free feeds every week from 12-1pm. On Mondays we are at our Manukau campus, Tuesdays we are at our Akoranga North Shore campus and Thursdays we are on the City campus. This service is open to all students, so take advantage and have a free feed!!

Kizito Essuman AuSM President (09) 921 9999 ext 8571

-Movie screenings! Each semester we hold a series of free movie screenings at the local cinemas. This year we are also extending this and are looking at providing screenings in the new Sir Paul Reeves building. Keep your eyes out for information and make sure you don’t miss out! -Vesbar! AuSM own and operate a student bar on our city campus. Vesbar offers cheap food and drink specials to students! Check out our website, www.ausm.org. nz for more info on vesbar and keep your eye out in debate for details about vesbar competitions and events. Of course as we welcome you to AUT in

AuSM Update

Orientation keeps going and going… Did you enjoy this amazing AuSM O’week so far? We still have this week filled with heaps of entertainment and free stuff for you! Don’t miss all the gigs and events we have this week!!

AuSM Connect

Search “AuSM Connect” at the App Store or Google Play and download it for free. It will keep you updated with news and events at all times!

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Head to www.facebook.com/ausm1 and like us now. This is where all the photos from Orientation craziness are posted and

2013, as a new or returning student, you will have noticed the new Sir Paul Reeves Building. The building cost over 100 million to build and brings AUT to the forefront of technology and innovation. As the primary users of the space, it’s important that the university knows how we are finding the new space and what our thoughts are. Please feel free to get in touch with me if you have any feedback. I am currently working through some issues around the facilities in the student kitchenette so if you have views of what we should put in there, please get in touch with me at kessuman@aut.ac.nz. It’s also important for me to inform you about some changes that are happening with AuSM. Your Executive Council have decided to review how AuSM is run and operated. A working group has been established to look at the structure of AuSM and to see if we can improve it. This will be an open, transparent and accountable process and we really want as many of you as possible to be involved with us as we work through this process. Watch this space and we will keep you informed about what we are doing! Remember, everything we do is for you! Now that the first week is down, the semester will fly by! Make sure to get involved, study hard, play hard and stay AuSM! Cheers, Your Prez, Kizito.

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Get ready - AuSM’s biggest foam party ever awaits you! Free Entry with giveaways and specials all night. See you this Friday 15th March at 7pm! R18 ID Required.

Work with Us

We are looking for volunteers who want work experience in design, events, marketing, magazines and more. Email Kate to find out more and let us know what you’re into: kate.lin@aut.ac.nz

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Article: Beauty and the Blade Runner

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Sports sensation Scott ‘Mogul’ Moyes pens his take on yet another iconic athlete caught in a self-induced shit storm. When the news broke of the Oscar Pistorius fiasco, it was pretty obvious what I was going to be writing about in this edition of debate - it’s not something you can really ignore. I could have a wank about the Blues beating the Hurricanes in the national capital. I could even attempt to hype up the test series versus England and try to convince you that more than one team is playing. Hey, at least I can step outside my front door now that the Warriors have won something, even if it was only a trial match. But now after a whirlwind series of

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unfortunate events, it would appear as though we have crowned a new OJ Simpson. The whole thing is pretty surreal. You often hear that saying, ‘you couldn’t have written that’. I think I’ve finally found the scenario that best fits this phrase because the twists in this plot are enough to make M Night Shyamalan dizzy. If it had just been any old Olympic athlete accused of murdering their girlfriend, this story would have made headlines around the world. Now make that athlete the double-amputee hero of South Africa; next make his girlfriend a stunning model and

just for good measure, let it happen on Valentine’s Day. I think it’s more mindboggling than it is shocking at this point in time. So when I sit down to find an angle on this story, I confess I feel no passionate emotion for either side of the equation. I don’t feel sympathy for a man that claims the shooting was a complete accident but neither do I feel outrage for such a despicable act. Mostly I just feel bewildered as to how something this outrageous can even happen in the first place.

ARTICLE: Beauty and the Blade Runner

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If it had just been any old Olympic athlete accused of murdering their girlfriend, this story would have made headlines around the world. They make mistakes just like you and I. It would be really easy for me to go off on a tangent about how people in the spotlight such as our sporting heroes need to be more careful about what they do. I could talk about how they need to be better role models and all that jazz. But unfortunately, people fuck up either way. Ben Barba was the best player running around in the NRL last year but now he’s going to miss a good chunk of this season because of drinking and gambling problems. Hell, Jennifer Lawrence looked stunning at the Academy Awards, but even she tripped over on the stairs walking up to the stage to receive her award.

I guess what it comes down to is it’s extremely easy for us to make saints out of our sporting idols. Especially in the case of Pistorius, we can get so wrapped up in their inspiring story of sacrifice that we think they can do no wrong. They’re pushing the boundaries of what we call impossible and it is only natural to bask in their brilliance. This is what gave Lance Armstrong such a convincing cover story for his performance-enhancing habits. It’s pretty hard for us to comprehend that such things can tempt someone who has achieved so much. That’s why it came as such a shock when we heard that Tiger Woods had been sleeping with all those women around the world. In truth, any young, male, multi-millionaire who isn’t turned on by sleeping with gorgeous babes simply isn’t human. And that’s the thing we tend to forget; at the end of the day they are human.

Now, I’m not saying that shooting your girlfriend is your average every day screw up. I’m not trying to defend the actions of Pistorius either. But unfortunately, violence towards women is not uncommon. In America alone, the deaths of over 1,100 women each year are a result of their partner. The sole reason this story has made the news around the world is because of who the murderer happens to be. If anything, seeing the sombre pictures of Pistorius in court has made me realize that no area of society is immune to such problems. Just because our sports heroes are driving around in Ferraris, it doesn’t mean they don’t have struggles in their life too. Accident or not, everybody has things they find it hard to deal with. Everybody has things they don’t talk about. Sometimes it just takes an unfortunate case such as this one to remind us that these sorts of things exist in our world whether we like it or not.

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Oscar is born in Johannesburg with fibular hemimelia. At 11-monthsold, Oscar has both legs amputated below the knee. At the Athens Paralympics, Oscar wins a bronze in the 100m. Time magazine names Pistorius in its annual top 100 influential people list. Oscar is charged with assault for slamming a door on a woman – charges are later dropped. Oscar becomes the first amputee runner to compete in the Olympic Games Oscar comes second at the Paralympics, sparking controversy when he complains about the length of the winner’s blades.

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Reeva Steenkamp was shot three times in Pistorius’ home.

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After a four day bail hearing, it was judged that Pistorius would be charged with pre-meditated murder.

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ROCKY KHAN Profile by Kahlia Finch

Photo by HBayard Photography

Rocky Khan is studying Sport and Recreation at AUT University. Born in New Zealand, the 23-year-old is the first Fijian with Indian descent to play in the International Rugby Board 7’s. His father is Indo-Fijian and his mother is from Rotuma, a small island 400km northwest of Fiji. He most recently played at the HSBC Sevens World Series and has represented the All Black Rugby 7’s team. 1. Tell us about your sport / team / tournament / results.

I play for the All Black Rugby Sevens Team. We’re currently placed 1st in the HSBC Sevens World Series. There’s quite a lot of travel playing sevens for New Zealand. We play nine tournaments in a season in different locations around the world including Wellington, Dubai, Gold Coast, South Africa, Las Vegas, Hong Kong, Tokyo, London, and Glasgow.

2. With all that travel, how do you fit in study?

If you get named for tournaments you’re usually away from home for a month, so it makes studying really hard. This year I’m studying part time, and I’ve done summer school to try to keep up.

3. What is your most memorable sporting moment or achievement?

The Wellington Sevens Tournament. It was my first time playing at International level, and I was playing in my home country – it was such a special experience. There were

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lots of AUT Students in the stands having a good time which was awesome to see.

4. What’s the best advice you’ve been given by a Coach?

You get good at what you practice. If you practice doing nothing you get good at doing nothing. If you practice being busy you get good at being busy. This applies to work rate on the field as well as work rate at uni, and has helped me out a lot.

5. What are your sports goals? Where do you see yourself in 5 years’ time? Going to the Olympics in 2016 would be an incredible experience. But I’m just new to the team – I don’t want to think too far ahead. I’ve played two tournaments so far, so my goal at the moment is to make the next two tournaments.

6.What does it take to be a high performance athlete? How did you get where you are? Being a New Zealand athlete requires

commitment, sacrifice, and a willingness to work hard. Sevens is quite a physically hard sport, so I have to put lots of time into training and be careful with my nutrition. This means I don’t get to go out drinking with mates as much as most people. We train pretty much every day, with double day trainings three days per week. Plus we have training camps on top of that. Our training includes a combination of speed, weights, TRX training, and running.

7. What’s your go-to excuse for lecture lateness?

It’s always something like “I had training” or “I was away on a rugby trip”.

8. Sports heroes?

I don’t have any specific sports heroes, but I really like teams and individuals who play positively, who have good skills, and who show good sportsmanship.

9. What is the best post training meal?

Roast chicken and fried rice from Mercury Plaza.

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ARTICLE- A Memorandum

A Memorandum

by Scott Yeoman

Memorandum [mem-uh-ran-duh m] A short note designating something to be remembered, especially something to be done or acted upon in the future; reminder.

Don’t forget the subjects of old news – they are still suffering, we just can’t hear them anymore. Over our quick four month holiday break - and what a scorching hot break it was - I took a summer paper. I won’t bore you with the details, of which there were way too many, but what I will disclose to you lucky readers is that while researching the United Nations peacekeeping presence overseas, I was stunned by how many armed troops, military advisors, police and other UN personnel are still located in countries we no longer hear about. Asking around, I soon found out that I wasn’t the only one that is this oblivious, actually more like ignorant to what is happening in countries that lie beyond our current events curiosity. I struggle to think of the last time I read about Darfur in the papers, or saw Haiti on the six o’clock news. We may see a small article online every now and again on the ongoing civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but I guess the third largest conflict death toll since World War II deserves a few column inches from time to time -

5.5 million since 2008 is a lot of people after all. And the thing is I didn’t even question it, assuming I guess, that things were on the mend; that the people were no longer suffering. It simply slips from your conscience, and doesn’t get put back there unless something even worse happens, triggering media coverage. So I was shocked to see that as of the 31st December, 2012 there are still: • 9,464 UN uniformed personnel in Haiti, including 6,809 troops and 2,655 police officers. • 19,166 UN uniformed personnel in the DR Congo, including 17,090 troops, 675 military observers, and 1401 police officers. • 20,780 UN uniformed personnel in Darfur, home to the biggest UN peacekeeping mission, including 15,596 troops, 307 military observers and 4,877 police officers.

The extent and magnitude of these missions show us that these countries and their war and disaster ravaged populations are still suffering - even if their pain is no longer visible to most of the world. At the moment it is Syria that is dominating our headlines, but how long before it too, becomes repetitive and so is also thrown out onto the ‘old news’ pile to make way for the ‘new’ war that will captivate the world. Unfortunately there is more than one war going on at a time. All together the UN takes part in 14 peacekeeping missions and one special political mission world-wide. It currently has just under 100,000 uniformed personnel on duty, as well as over 15,000 UN civilian personnel. A quiet duty it seems, because until now I couldn’t name those 14 locations. Can you?

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Article: The Curse of Romantic Comedies

Celluloid Cellulite

The Curse of Romantic Comedies. Photo by discutivo via Flickr.com

Hazel Buckingham gets all emotional in a tell-all confessional of calories, yearning and Ryan ‘out-of-your-league’ Gosling. He’s just not that into you. A clever opening line, a hilarious film and an all too honest truth. Most of the time, when a guy isn’t texting you back, or making an effort to spend time with you, it’s cause he’s just not interested. But the witty romance film of the same name makes a damn good point; We just don’t understand. I mean come on girls, how many times have we sent one too many texts, drunk dialed or whined to our girlfriends about a guy not being interested? And it’s pretty obvious why. It’s not in our DNA - we’re not biologically destined to be this silly. It’s romance films. Those silly chick flicks, rom coms, romantic tragedies that we grew up watching. Romance films, are bad for your health. Picture this, it’s a Friday night, all your friends have dates and you are sitting at home watching The Notebook… Again. Strike one. You’re choosing a fantasy love life over a real social life. Grab some friends, hit the clubs, and get some frozen

yoghurt. Do whatever you want – you don’t have to be sitting at home alone cause a boy is too silly to see how amazing you are. But anyway, you’re sitting there, watching The Notebook and just as Ally is screaming at her Mum to let her love Noah, you reach for the chips/chocolate/ice cream/ [insert something with a trillion calories here]. Strike two. It’s a cold hard fact that you can’t watch a romance film without junk food – and lots of it. And as much as our insides are probably thanking us for the truckloads of sugar we are pouring into them (not), it completes the experience. So not only are you giving up a social life, but now you’re making the possibility of future dates and future social occasions drastically decrease by allowing yourself to get fat. Then, because you have gotten fat, and no one wants to date you, you sit at home on a Friday night watching The Notebook eating candy – see the problem? And IF you’re one of the few, who only watch romance films on cold, wet days when there’s definitely nothing else to do, and you chew on carrot sticks and

celery, I’m sorry but you’re not safe either. Because regardless of when we watch it and what we’re eating, as soon as Noah screams to Ally “it wasn’t over, it still isn’t over” and picks her up for the dramatic kiss in the rain, our hearts sink a little on the inside. Strike three. Yes, Ryan Gosling is beautiful and yes we have every right to swoon over him, but no, we don’t have every right to cry over the fact that we will never get a Ryan Gosling of our own (or if we do, it’ll be by some fluke miracle that involves a glass slipper and a coach that turns into a pumpkin). Now for the serious bit. Romance films are damaging to your health. They build up your expectations, they crush your self-esteem when said expectations aren’t met and they make girls believe in fairy tales. But hey, it’s not just the girls that are at risk. I know one too many guys who have secretly enjoyed a chick flick or two themselves. So just be aware when you are watching them – They are out to get you, they will destroy your life, and make you fat, and they are bad for your health.

*Disclaimer – written by a girl who stays at home on Friday nights to watch chick flicks and strongly believes there’s a Ryan Gosling out there for her*

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ARTICLE: Auckland Transport

Photo by Annupam Singh

Kieran Bennett’s claws come out in a vengeful vent on Auckland’s perfectly functioning and competent public transport system. Any resemblance to real transport ministers and CEOs, living or dead, is purely coincidental. Auckland transport have remained at the top of their game, staying committed to a five step plan implemented in early 2012 to piss off as many people as possible. The first step, accidently implemented early last year, was to raise the cost of public transport for no particular reason and delay a system that would have made the concession cards easy to understand. Auckland Transport felt this was the soft option and instead decided to rort the public and begin to piss everyone off by splitting the (at the time) one card into three. The collective frustration generated was high, prompting Auckland Transport to take advantage of it and unveil a five step plan in order to increase this frustration and anger. At the time passengers were sceptical that the public transport system could be, in the words of commuter Marie Haywood, “cocked up even more”; but passengers have been proven wrong. The number of people pissed at Auckland Transport has increased over 20%, with some passengers claiming ulcers as a result of the ‘service’ provided. Auckland Transport CEO Dr David Warburton is pleased “seeing as we’re only step one”. Step two, implemented last month, involved replacing the entire staff of kind, helpful and articulate conductors with a range of short, angry people who spoke only limited English. Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee said he was “utterly

blown away” by the amount of people who Auckland Transport had pissed off adding that “we couldn’t’ have done a better job ourselves”. When asked if Auckland Transport could be doing more to provide reliable public transport, Mr Brownlee frowned and seemed incapable of understanding the question. He said that Auckland Transport was fulfilling its contractual obligation by pissing people off in departments that the government itself could not do. Dr Warburton understood the question, but could not contain his laughter long enough to answer. When approached for an interview about the changes, the new staff simply screamed at our reporter and demanded a valid ticket. When one was not produced, they proceeded to tear his arm off and beat him with it. Mr Brownlee said that such action was entirely appropriate and commented, “I’m embarrassed I didn’t think of it”. The new staff will employ the latest in Auckland Transport customer relations techniques including mumbling incoherently, saying no to everything and never believing what passengers tell them. Dr Warburton said that such techniques were shown to increase the number of people pissed off in an amount of time by “at least one, maybe two per cent”. Training of new staff has cost approximately 1.3 billion dollars, half of which came from taxpayer dollars as “[Auckland Transport] could hardly

Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee said he was “utterly blown away” by the amount of people who Auckland Transport had pissed off... be expected to pay our own bills”. Mr Brownlee defended the subsidy, arguing it could have been much more expensive if Auckland Transport had splurged on gold plating the new staff, rather than just encrusting them with semi-precious stones and “besides, what’re taxes for?” It is expected that step three of the plan will be implemented sometime between October 2013 and whenever Auckland Transport can be bothered. Dr Warburton admitted that he wasn’t sure what the next step would be and that usually they “just throw some darts at a wall to see what we’ll do next. It’s what the drivers do for arrival times.” If passengers see friendly, helpful staff on any Auckland Transport service, they are asked to report them to Auckland Transport so that they can be shot and replaced. www.ausm.org.nz

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GUY CATER's Hypnosis Pocus by Nigel Moffiet

I experienced my first hypnotism show last year. Guy Cater was performing at AuSM’s Vesbar. Not willing to go under the spell the first time, I thought it was better to stand back and enjoy the show. After Cater had put a dozen or so brave participants “to sleep” it wasn’t long before I was ‘fined’ by a ‘policeman’ for having “bad breath” – as stated on my ticket. I was standing at the back of the bar minding my own business when this happened. The officer said he would let me of lightly; the fine cost me a few cents. Yes, Cater had those on stage believing they were heavy handed cops upholding the law of good oral hygiene – watching them go around issuing tickets in this fashion

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was like some kind of dystopian comedy.

worthy cause”.

It also got me thinking: what’s it like being a preforming hypnotist? “It beats the hell out of working for a living,” says Cater speaking from his home in Tokoroa.

But he found it difficult having to charge some patients full price for sessions that did nothing for them. It was then he became a little dispirited. “I could never handle that,” he says.

Cater says he always had a fascination for performance from a young age. Yet, he went onto train as a clinical hypnotherapist and worked in the field for some time before coming to the conclusion that he “wasn’t the right sort of personality to be a therapist or a counsellor”.

He hadn’t quite given up on his performing career by that stage either. He was doing all sorts of things from MC work to stand up and even performed as Hobo the Clown at children’s parties.

Asking what led him to study hypnotherapy, Cater says he always thought he “could help people” and hypnotherapy “seemed a very noble and

I asked him if he was one of those scary clowns. “We didn’t know there were scary clowns back then,” he says, a little surprised at my question. It wasn’t long before Cater combined his

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about to have a baby. So we go through the process of having a baby and we deliver a ball. We have them breastfeed and everything else. We put a gown on him and a little hat and fake boobs,” she says matter-of-factly.

There’s a lot of theatre in what I do. You can’t put a gun in a person’s hand and hypnotise someone and tell them to ‘go kill somebody’.

During his years of performing on the road, Cater has all kinds of hilarious stories to recount. However, his most memorable is more scary than funny. Cater explains he was performing a cops and robbers gag in Dubai. One of the men he had hypnotised was, as it turned out, an actual cop who pulled out his gun and fired a shot into the ceiling. “I’ve never said sleep so quickly before in my life. “It was quite freaky. Over here when I’m hypnotising people I ask if anyone’s chewing gum, you ask if ladies are pregnant, you don’t think about asking if anyone’s got a loaded gun,” he says gravely. Some more light hearted, if not idiotic, experiences are also recounted – one being when he performed on TVNZ’s Game Of Two Halves with Matthew Ridge, Marc Ellis, Martin Devlin and Mike

skills and started making a living as a performing hypnotist. And after 40 years of taking his show around the world, he hasn’t looked back. He performs with his wife Cynthia. They married in 2002 and both enjoy the welltravelled lifestyle the show brings. This year alone they’ve performed in Singapore and Indonesia and in May they’re off to the U.S. for three months before heading to Dubai after that. His bragging point is he’s “the only New Zealand entertainer to have headlined in Las Vegas this century”. Cynthia, who is in charge of all the sound requirements and often takes part as the onstage “nurse”, says she was working in office jobs before meeting Guy. She’s now loving the show business. “I meet a lot of new people. The most memorable thing is that I get to go overseas all the time,” she says. So what’s with the nurse, I ask her? “We tell a man he’s pregnant and he’s

King. He hypnotised Ridge. “When you have people like Mike King and Mark Ellis there getting me to do terrible things to [Ridge], which I did, and the producer would say ‘can’t use that one Guy, can you think of something else.’ “There were things like the size of his member or the lack of it. The fleas on his crotch was also hilariously funny. He was running around the set with his trousers down, so you can’t put that sort of thing on air.” So what kind of control does he have over those he puts to sleep? One hundred per cent control? “Oh, I would love to say yes, but the simple fact is no,” he says mischievously. “There’s a lot of theatre in what I do. You can’t put a gun in a person’s hand and hypnotise someone and tell them to ‘go kill somebody’. There may be a way around it by saying it’s a toy gun and get them to believe it, but the basic rule is nobody will do anything against their morals or their principals.

But that doesn’t mean to say his shows don’t dish up some surprising revelations about someone’s character. After years of performing as a hypnotist Guy still hasn’t worked out how much someone’s personality affects the way they’ll behave onstage. He recalls a young lady a few years ago who, according to her friends, was someone who “wouldn’t say boo to a mouse”. During his show he turned her into a sex expert and asked what advice she would give on anal sex. “She said one word three times. Lubricate, lubricate, lubricate,” he recalls. Her friends were stunned. I ask Cynthia what it’s like being married to a performing hypnotist. I imagine it could be daunting at times. “There’s never a dull moment, I’ll tell you that. “The thing that’s really tough is when you’re in a bad mood and he’s really funny,” she laughs. Of course, hypnotism is not without the cynics or critics – those who aren’t quite convinced of its authenticity; that it’s all a bit of showmanship. I wanted to get some first-hand account of what it’s like to be hypnotised, so I tracked down and spoke to the cop who issued me my ticket for bad breath. Although his time upholding the law was brief, AuSM student life manager Carl Ewen remembers every moment. “I can remember everything. Guy hypnotises you so you do remember everything so your friends can’t take the piss out of you afterwards and say you did things you didn’t do.” I ask if he recognised me when he issued me my fine for bad breath. He did. And he remembers giving me my fine. “I knew I couldn’t even smell your breath but because that was my job and I had the authority to issue tickets I knew I had to give you a ticket,” he says. So you knew you were a lying, corrupt cop I said. “Yeah,” he says grinning.

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He saved up his hours as a cleaner at Porch Recording Studio in Hamilton in order to fund his first E.P, The Arrow. Although he was familiar with the studio, it was his first time recording. Munshya impressed those around him including producer Regan McKinnon. “He’s one of the most hardworking musicians I’ve worked with to be honest - in terms of focus and dedication to his craft which is forever growing. He hasn’t done any recording before so he’s caught on to how it’s all supposed to go down by watching other people do it while he’s been around the studio,” says McKinnon. Munshya says he had his eyes and ears open while working as a cleaner in the studio. It was a source of motivation for him. “I’ve been there and seen artists walk in and walk out with projects”, he says enthusiastically. “I’ve been there for a long time and when I got to make an E.P it was amazing because I learnt so much.” For now Munshya remains focused on taking control of his own music and is in no hurry to look for record company interest despite radio play on Life FM and ZM. “I personally just want to be an independent artist,” he maintains. And keeping it real is important to him.

Growing up in a YounG-World

by Nigel Moffiet

YounG-World, aka Mulenga Munshya, didn’t fall into hip-hop to be part of any scene- he turned to it, rather, as a way to help him through loneliness. Hip-hop is like a friend to him he says. It gives him comfort. I was speaking to Munshya over the phone between his classes – he lives in Hamilton where he is studying music. He is friendly, and seems wise for an 18-yearold paving a fresh music career. Born in Zambia, Munshya came to New Zealand seven years ago with his uncle “looking for a better life”. He says he never got to know his real mum and dad until 2010, and admits his “life became

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peppered with family difficulties”. Struggling to find close connections with those around him, he turned to hip-hop and started jotting down lyrics and rhymes – whatever was on his mind. “I always felt that pen and paper was my best friend,” he says. And not just any old friend. It was a friendship “where I could share real emotional stuff…and through that I felt I could say whatever I want. “I expressed myself and I felt I became a better person in the end by deciding to do hip-hop with a positive influence.”And music is something Munshya works hard at.

“I don’t want to rap about money,” he says. Rather, he likes to take note of his surroundings, the people around him and the subtleties of life. “I’m driving and if I see someone by the side of the road sitting there that person could have been through so much in their life. From that picture I’ve just seen, I could create a story from that.” Growing up he was exposed to rap music and would listen to Biggie and 2Pac as well as “a couple of Zambian artists”. He does cling to aspects of his culture by incorporating some of his language into his music and remembering places he’s come from, but it seems he’s been cultured by hip-hop itself more than anything. His love of hip-hop has helped him grow and that’s the message he wants to share. We all have our struggles he admits. But it’s easy to focus on them. For Munshya, music is about balancing the struggles with the good things in life. It’s about finding a “positive influence” and a “solution” to a bad situation. Munshya wants his music to connect with people and help them. “For me, that’s like a pay check at the end of the day”.

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FASHION: New York Fashion Week 2013

New York Fashion Week 2013 by Joshua Fache January heralds the start of the readyto-wear fashion collections, gathering the world’s glitterati and international fashion press to New York, London, Milan and Paris to showcase the coming fall collections. To be honest, New York fashion week has never really been my favourite. Known as the capital of cool, sophisticated sportswear popularised by Calvin Klein, Donna Karen and Marc Jacobs, I always felt that New York lacks a certain amount of vision and innovation in design that the fashion capitals in Europe long ago mastered. This season however, trawling through what seemed like an endless amount of collections, I was surprised to find designers taking more of a risk and swaying away from the ‘commercial’ looks normally associated with New York. Here are some of my favourites.

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Alexander Wang.

All eyes will be on Wang in the upcoming Paris Week as he presents his first collection for Balenciaga, taking the coveted position after the shock resignation of Nicolas Ghesquiere last year. I have to admit I was a little apprehensive about Wang being able to fill such an extraordinary designers shoes, however if his NY collection is anything to go by I’m actually rather excited. The boxing inspired collection featured oversized coats and outerwear using a combination of brushed mohair, embroidered leather appliques and astrakhan in shades of black, grey and smoke. Who doesn’t want a pair of fur and leather boxing gloves!

Anna Sui. Sixties silhouettes are often overdone and seem to be a fall back for many designers time and time again *cough Marc Jacob’s*, however Anna Sui’s mash up of colour, texture and pattern, included in her accessories was a feast for the eyes, and a playful ode to sixties pop for 2013. I especially loved the fur jacket in emerald green. Jeremy Scott.

Think NY club kid meets British punk and you have Jeremy Scott. Sweaters with bug eyed monster-esque prints and a playful use of colour was a standout and made a nice contrast to some of the more sombre, serious collections. Short skirts and skin tight clothing is possibly a little inappropriate for winter but who cares!

FASHion: New York Fashion Week 2013

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Left to Right: Alexander Wang Anna Sui Jeremy Scott Marc Jacobs Zac Posen Thom Brown

Zac Posen and Marc Jacobs. These designers get a dual mention for their mutual use of exquisite workmanship in both their collections. Posen’s origami style drapery and soutache embroidery was a stand out for me - very Parisian with an air of couture not normally found in New York. The rust coloured satin pieces were a standout. Jacob’s too, with his use of fox fur and mohair was beautiful, but it was the use of sequins that really caught my eye. As well as the stunning sequin outfits like the one pictured, flashes of light were emitted from the sequins and worked subtly into the collection, adding interest and dimension to the pieces. Both had beautiful collections. Proenza Schouler.

Now to be honest I was initially in love with designers Jack McCollugh and Lazaro Hernandez’s collection for Proenza Schouler. The use of laser cut leather with heat fused embroidery and elaborate fabrications, mouldered into fluid coats and jackets was breath-taking. However, although I loved this collection, the silhouette and shapes are almost identical to Balenciaga a few seasons ago which lost

them a few brownie points in my eyes, but still an amazing runway presentation none the less. Lastly, my all-time favourite collection from New York.

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Thom Brown.

Worst Collection: Steven Alan…. I’d never heard of him and now I know why. This is a prime example of someone who makes clothes, not fashion…… YAWN

What can I say? Known more for his menswear collections with the use of tweed suiting and proportion experimentation I was pleasantly surprised when I stumbled across his womenswear collection. Amazing! The use of suiting and proportion play was still there, in a dramatic display reminiscent of the late fashion genius Alexander McQueen. Browne’s collection ticked all the boxes, creativity, drama and innovation, an absolutely stunning collection! Not as wearable as the majority of collections on display in New York, but truly one of the most breath-taking displays of what fashion is all about.

Best Collection: Thom Brown

One to watch: Sally LaPointe On the Street Trend: The must have accessories of New York fashion week was Prada’s flower motif Spring 2013 collection.

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Unknown Mortal Orchestra: II ◊◊◊◊◊ Reviewed by Marcus Logan

After ending his stint in New Zealand pop-punk group The Mint Chicks, Neilson relocated to Portland and began recording experimental psychedelic jams in his basement. Flirting with the idea of quitting music and getting a 9-5 job, Neilson luckily released his solo work online before he dropped out of the game. A tune by the name of Ffunny Ffrends made its name heard around the net and any chance of Neilson settling for a normal job was thrown out the window. These experimental jam sessions turned into Unknown Mortal Orchestra, who in June 2011 released their self-titled debut to critical acclaim. This was followed by a relentless touring schedule, including numerous stints opening for indie heavyweights Grizzly Bear as well as a record deal with world-renowned Jagjaguwar. The gruelling time on the road served as Neilson’s main source of inspiration in developing sophomore release II. The never-ending parties and lifestyle that consume touring musicians had a huge impact on Neilson, who ultimately found himself battling intense psychological demons, loneliness and isolation. This experience’s effect on UMO’s new music is immediately apparent. The first lyrics on opening track From the Sun are “isolation can put a gun in your hand”, undeniably setting the tone for the rest of the album. Lead single Swim and Sleep (Like a Shark Does) builds on this disdain; “I wish that I could swim and sleep like a shark does. I’d fall to the bottom and I’d hide ’til the end of time”. A far cry from the themes of their debut Ffunny Ffrends: “I like all of my life, all of my life, all my funny friends.” 60′s-esque dreamy, intertwining guitar hooks and riffs float through the clouds as does Neilson’s near-falsetto on another stand-out track So Good at Being in Trouble. Evidently, the idea for the song came from a late night encounter with a groupie in Neilson’s hotel room. Initially entering the room offering “party favours” she soon began sobbing, and pouring her heart out “I dunno man, I think I’m just so good at being in trouble”. This phrase obviously stuck in his mind, the end result is one of the more captivating hooks on the record; “So good at being in trouble/So bad at being in love.” All in all, Unknown Mortal Orchestra has managed to create another outstanding piece of work. While playing on completely different themes and emotions to their debut, they have managed to stick with the vintage, lo-fi sound that leaves listeners feeling equally as fuzzy on the inside. Neilson describes II as a night album - the lyrically poignant record is best enjoyed in a pitch black room, alone, with the speakers cranked. UMO are a band which require great attention and intent listening to fully appreciate their work, at times it may be hard but in the end it is a truly rewarding experience.

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Atoms for Peace – Amok ◊◊◊◊◊ Reviewed by Matthew Cattin

Atoms for Peace – the base molecules of Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beck and R.E.M together in a chemical synthesis of undiluted awesomeness. The fact this supergroup has evaded my radar until now has me – an avid music snob since 2005 - thoroughly embarrassed. In saying that, my pride tastes pretty damn good to swallow with the band’s unexpected beats running Amok in my inner ear canals. Before Your Very Eyes unwinds like a B-side from Radiohead’s brilliant King of Limbs – a cascade of trip hop beats and a descending guitar riff that’s instantly infectious. Flea’s signature hop bounces to the beat – a welcome addition to the party and a definite change in feel to Radiohead’s Colin Greenwood. Thom Yorke’s voice is back at its smoothest, intimate and mournful in its falsetto glory. It seems already that Atoms for Peace is very much his baby, a band of musicians gathering to work under his unique direction. For an album opener, it seals the deal, saying more in its first five minutes than most bands can utter in an entire record. You’re not going to attempt singing along any time soon but by Jove it’s intriguing music. I’m hooked. Leading single Judge, Jury and Executioner may sound like a nod to dystopian Judge Dredd but I assure you it’s significantly more chill than its namesake. Ingenue starts off an inaccessible note sequence but when the beat drops in, tinkling like droplets in a pool, it all makes sense – the music spreads its wings. Flea, so prominent in the opener, has at this point faded into relative obscurity where he remains for most of the record, his talents somewhat wasted in the vision that obviously wasn’t his. I’m loathe to tack a rating to such an intricate record. I’ve passed off Thom Yorke’s brilliance before only to return months, or years later, and discover that the cocoon I trampled flourished into a brilliant beauty. However, as much as I want Thom Yorke’s babies, I don’t think the rest of the band, particularly Flea, were made use of as much as they should have been. For one of the best bass players in music, I was left craving a bit more Flea. Nonetheless, it’s a grand album that will stand up to repeated plays – largely due to its chronic weirdness. Fun times.

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Foxygen - We are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace& Magic ◊◊◊◊◊ Reviewed by Nigel Moffiet

Flight Starring: Denzel Washington, Kelly Reilly and John Goodman Directed by Robert Zemeckis

◊◊◊◊◊ Reviewed by Matthew Cattin

Robert Plant once spoke of Led Zeppelin being a filter for all the music they admired – the band “begged, borrowed and stole” he said unabashedly. That sums up Foxygen’s debut album We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic. So who do they beg, borrow and steal from? It only takes one quick listen of the album to work that question out. The opening track In the Darkness bursts to life with Beatlemania; it’s like a long lost track from Magical Mystery Tour packed with psychedelic lyrics: “And maybe in space/There’s an alien race/I wouldn’t be surprised/So without further ado/We’d like to introduce you to/The darkness.” So the lyrics don’t make much sense but we get the picture – here is a young American band basking in the grooves of their heroic idols. Made up of Sam France and Jonathan Rado, both in their early twenties, Foxygen not only replicate the sounds we are all familiar with, they work hard to etch something distinctive and contemporary into the album. In terms of following a similar formula, I’m thinking MGMT and possibly even Peter, Bjorn & John as present day bedfellows all sharing a similar approach. But Foxygen aren’t afraid to take it one step further. There are songs on this album which leave the listener in no doubt as to the original tune. The track On Blue Mountain has the verse: “I was climbing up the mountain/ Said I need someone that change to say”, This is sung with Jagger-like swagger to the tune of Under My Thumb. The song switches gears to the chorus: “We can live on the mountain/ Like living in the sunset”, which is undoubtedly the tune of Elvis’ Suspicious Minds. There are also less obvious cues, but the abundance of influence is there with Dylanesque brooding on No Destruction mixed with Velvet Underground delivery. I could go on. You could revel in the nostalgia of it all but the sounds chop and change like currents on rough water. Some of the tracks seem disjointed or lacking in direction. Sam France and Jonathan Rado are hyperactive musicians. I would have preferred if the album found its groove and stuck to it. Overall, this is captivating mix of songs from an album that sounds like a lost relic from the 60s. Foxygen are a group worth paying attention to. France and Rado embrace their influences and create something unique from them. It will be interesting what they come up with once they evolve and cast their sound into the future. Maybe it won’t be necessary to rattle off obvious comparisons next time.

The Rolling Stones’ Sympathy for the Devil was an excellent song choice for Robert Zemeckis’ new film Flight. Not only is it an excellent tune, it more or less sums up the moral crux of the story. “Just as every cop is a criminal, and all the sinners saints”, Flight is the story of an intoxicated pilot, Whip Whitaker, who manages to safely (relatively speaking) land an aircraft after it malfunctions and tips into a nose dive mid-flight. Nearly every passenger on-board survives because of Whitaker’s heroic aviation skills, who somehow managed to keep calm throughout the ordeal and pull off an impossible, life-saving manoeuvre. When it is discovered later in the film that he was drunk and high on cocaine at the time, well that’s when things start getting interesting. It’s great to watch a film that makes you think. Based entirely on a moral principle, you’re thrown into the philosophical deep end to try and swim through the implications of the ordeal. Whitaker, played superbly by Denzel Washington, has been an alcoholic for decades and being drunk in the cockpit is just another day at the office for him. With a bit of cocaine for a pick-me-up, he gets his chemicals firing in just the right way to fly like a champ and it’s suggested in the story that his liquid courage was the only thing that saved the plane that day. So in essence, a doomed flight was saved by Whitaker’s severe breach of protocol. What follows is the intriguing, often frustrating story of Whitaker’s battle with the drink as he tries to escape a prison sentence for criminal negligence (being a krunk pilot). Along the way he receives help from various people but unfortunately, never the help he needs. Kelly Reilly plays Nicole, an ex-junkie who moves in with Whip after being kicked out of her apartment. She is dealing with her addiction properly and moving forward the best she can, all-the-while trying to get Whitaker back on the straight and narrow. There’s Don Cheadle who plays Whitaker’s lawyer, trying to gear him up to win the case, basically by denying everything. My personal favourite however has to be John Goodman, who plays Whitaker’s scene-stealing and hilarious dealer. Keep an ear out for some great pop culture references. While it’s not the best of this year’s Oscar offerings, Flight is an entertaining ride start to finish. The ending felt quite small compared to the build-up but in the films climactic moment, I didn’t know which way the story was going to go so that’s always a bonus. And with a sweet old-school soundtrack of the Stones, Chilis, Joe Cocker and Bill Withers, you can’t go wrong.

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The second to last bite of my sandwich was better than the last. I can’t find the right balance between my fan and my electric blanket. My iPad 3 doesn’t warm my lap as much as my MacBook Pro. I don’t have enough chips for my dip, but if I open another packet of chips, I won’t have enough dip for my chips. I was pressing ‘A’ too fast and I had to speak to the Pokémon centre lady all over again. I can’t hear the TV over my crunchy snacks. I accidentally clicked iTunes and now I have to wait two minutes for it to open before I can close it again. My PC is so advanced I can’t play old games. My fridge is too dark because all of my food is blocking the light. I ate too much food for lunch and now I’m tired. I dropped my MacBook on my other MacBook. I want to read but my ebook overheated. I want to take a yoga class but I can’t trust my farts. I only wanted one cookie, but two were stuck together.

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The earliest account of Atlantis is from the classical Greek philosopher Plato in his Dialogues, and all claims today of the existence of the continent trace back to this source. However by referencing Atlantis, Plato was not attempting to make a historical claim and none of his contemporaries treated it as such. Rather, Atlantis was used as a literary device to tell a story of good vs. evil, in which Atlantis took the role of a corrupt and powerful empire that in the far distant past fought against the good and virtuous Athenians. Despite this, in the late 19th Century, a book written by Ignatius L. Donnelly took the accounts of Plato’s Atlantis literally and stimulated popular imagination in the continent by marrying them to Christian tradition, positing that Atlantis contained the Garden of Eden and was destroyed by Noah’s flood. Donnelly believed that the continent resided somewhere in the Atlantic ocean, and that artefacts of the ancient civilisation would soon be discovered. Over a century later, no such evidence exists. Modern plate tectonic theory and the mapping of the ocean floor discount the possibility of a large undiscovered landmass in the Atlantic Ocean.

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Starring: Miles Teller, Justin Chon, Jonathan Keltz Synopsis From the writers of The Hangover comes a movie 21 years in the making. Straight-A college student Jeff Chang (JUSTIN CHON of the Twilight Saga) has always done what’s expected of him. But when his two best friends Casey (SKYLAR ASTIN of Pitch Perfect, Wreck-It Ralph) and Miller (MILES TELLER of The Spectacular Now, Project X, Rabbit Hole) surprise him with a visit for his 21st birthday, he decides to do what’s unexpected for a change, even though his critical medical school interview is early the next morning. What was supposed to be one beer becomes one night of chaos, over indulgence and utter debauchery in this outrageous comedy.

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