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46 .EWS ! LOOK INTO THE STRANGE WORLD OF MODERN 46 NEWS

4HE %VENT MANAGED TO WANGLE AN INTERVIEW WITH THE EX "LUR GUI TARIST WHEN HE WAS IN .ORWICH RECENTLY READ IT IN FULL HERE

TV Â 9

Graham  Coxon  12  &  13

Film  19  &  20 *AN 3ANDWICH 4HE CAREER OF %UROPEAN 3URREALIST *AN 3VNAKMAJER 'AMES AND (OLLYWOOD 7HY DON T THEY WORK WELL TOGETHER

Music  15  &  16

Reviews

TV Â 8

$OCTOR 7HO &AMILY 'UY ON $6$ AND A BLAST FROM THE PAST WITH 1UANTUM ,EAP ALONG WITH THE USUAL SOAPY SUDS

&ESTIVALS 4HIS SUMMER S BEST FESTIVALS EXAMINED ,ESS 4HAN *AKE !N INTERVIEW WITH THE SKA MONGERS

Art  7

Art  6

4HE -IGHTY "OOSH LIVE 'IRLFRIEND )N ! #OMA AND THIS WEEK S BESTSELLERS

Film  18,  21  &  22

-ORALITY IN 4HEATRE ! DISCUSSION WITH A 5%! PLAYWRIGHT

Fashion  4  &  5

#ANINE #HIC 7E LOOK AT HOW DOGS ARE TODAY S MUST HAVE ITEM

#ONFETTI 3ILENT (ILL AND 3LITHER REVIEWED ALONG WITH #ODE AND *AR HEAD ON $6$ AND OUR TOP SUMMER lLMS

Music  14  &  17

Regulars

!N EXTENDED 'OLDEN 3OUNDS ALONG WITH SINGLE AND ALBUM REVIEWS

Creative  Writing  10 Listings  17

Internet  23 !ROUND THE WORLD IN CLICKS WITH 'OOGLE %ARTH

Hello (ELLO TO YOU CHERISHED %VENT READER 7ELL DONE FOR PICKING UP .ORWICH S lNEST ENTERTAINMENT MAGAZINE YOU RE NOW HOLDING IN YOUR HANDS THE BEST GUIDE TO THE FORTNIGHT S EVENTS IN %AST !NGLIA 3O HOW CAN WE POSSIBLY MAKE SUCH SELF CONGRATULATORY COMMENTS 7HAT EXACTLY MAKES UP THIS lNE CANON OF WORK 7ELL WE HAVE A MARVELLOUS MIXTURE OF FEATURES IN THIS WEEK S ALMOST BULGING ISSUE )F YOU WANT TO READ ABOUT THE SEEDY ASPECTS OF 46 NEWS OR WHY DOGS ARE THIS SEASON S BIGGEST FASHION ACCESSORY

THEN LOOK NO FURTHER THAN PAGES OR )F MUSIC IS MORE YOUR CUP OF TEA THEN WE HAVE PREVIEWS OF THIS SUMMER S FESTIVALS AND A ,ESS 4HAN *AKE INTERVIEW ON PAGES AND 4HEN THERE S A LOOK AT THE LIFE OF THE 3URREALIST lLM DIRECTOR *AN 3VNAK MAJER ON PAGE AS WELL AS AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE UNIQUE RELA TIONSHIP BETWEEN (OLLYWOOD AND GAMES IN PAGE /F COURSE WE ALSO HAVE THE USUAL FANTASTICALLY WRITTEN REVIEWS

PENNED BY THE lNEST WRITERS EVER TO GRACE 'OD S GREEN EARTH /N TOP OF THIS WORD MOUNTAIN

THERE IS BURIED DEEP IN THE CENTRE OF THE %VENT AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH 'RAHAM #OXON THE ONE TIME "LUR GUITARIST WHO S NOW STRIKING

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OUT ON HIS OWN 7E LISTENED TO HIS THOUGHTS ON HIS OLD BAND HIS CUR RENT TOUR AND !RCTIC -ONKEYS "UT DEAR READER ONCE YOU VE TOSSED ASIDE THIS PAPER LIKE A USED CONDOM WHAT ELSE IS THERE FOR YOU IN THE BIG BAD WORLD OF .ORWICH 4HE LISTINGS ON PAGE PROVIDES A FEW IDEAS FOR WHERE TO GO OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS 4HE FANTASTIC @*ERRY 3PRINGER 4HE /PERA IS ALSO RUNNING AT THE 4HEATRE 2OYAL UNTIL THE TH WHICH IS WELL WORTH THE ADMISSION FEE )F YOU WANT TO HEAR SONGS ABOUT COPROPHILIA OR BEAR WITNESS TO A LEGION OF TAPDANCING +LU +LUX +LAN MEMBERS THEN THIS IS THE PLACE FOR YOU /F COURSE IT IS ALL DONE IN THE BEST POSSIBLE TASTE

DESPITE WHAT RIGHT WING #HRISTIAN GROUPS WOULD HAVE YOU BELIEVE

!NOTHER GREAT NIGHT OUT IS BEING PROMISED BY THE .-% .EW -USIC 4OUR ON THE TH WITH A SUPERB MIX OF NEW BANDS THAT ARE ALREADY BEING TIPPED FOR THE BIG TIME 3EE THE LISTINGS PAGE FOR MORE INFORMA TION ABOUT THE GIG HOPEFULLY WE LL SEE SOME OF YOU THERE 7E ALSO HAVE THE CHANCE TO GIVE SOMETHING BACK TO YOU THIS ISSUE A COPY OF 4HE 'OOD 3HOP PING 'UIDE COURTESY OF THE %THICAL #OMPANY /RGANISATION )F YOU VE EVER WANTED TO SHOP WITH A CLEAR CONSCIENCE SAFE IN THE KNOWLEDGE

THAT YOUR TASTY CHOCOLATE BAR WASN T MADE FROM THE TEARS OF A FARMER OR TO KNOW WHICH COMPANIES PRODUCE BANANAS THAT AREN T LOADED FULL OF PESTICIDES THEN THIS IS DElNITELY THE BOOK FOR YOU 7E HAVE lVE COP IES TO GIVE AWAY FOR FREE YES THAT S RIGHT FOR &2%% 4O BE IN WITH THE CHANCE OF WINNING ONE OF THEM

THEN SIMPLY SEND THE ANSWER TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTION TO CONCRETE EVENT UEA AC UK 7HICH OF THE FOLLOWING THINGS HAVE NOT BEEN BANNED BY THE 5N ION A #OCA #OLA DRINKS B .ESTLE PRODUCTS C #UTE mUFFY BUNNY RABBITS 'OOD LUCK 4HE lVE WINNING ENTRIES WILL BE DRAWN AT RANDOM )F YOU DON T WIN HOWEVER DON T DE SPAIR VISIT WWW THEGOODSHOPPING GUIDE CO UK FOR MORE INFORMATION OR INVEST IN THE BOOK IT S DElNITELY WORTH THE PRICE FOR A CLEARER MIND !NYWAY THAT S ENOUGH WAFmING ON FOR THIS ISSUE -UCH THANKS AND KUDOS TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE HELPED IN SOME WAY IN THIS ISSUE WHETH ER IT S WRITING AN ARTICLE TAKING A PHOTO OR SIMPLY PASSING THE BIS CUITS AROUND IN THE #ONCRETE OFlCE

THANKS TO ALL OF YOU 5NTIL 3EPTEMBER GOOD LUCK WITH EXAMS AND ENJOY THE SUN

Editor-in-chief  3ARAH %DWARDES Editor  &  Designer #HRIS (YDE Art  Editor  2OANNA "OND

#ONTRIBUTORS #HRIS (YDE 'ORDON 7EETMAN

Fashion  Editor  !NNA 3TEWARD Film  Editor  3EBASTIAN -ANLEY

#ONTRIBUTORS ,AURA "URNETT !LEX &LUX #HRIS (YDE

!NDY *UDSON #HARLOTTE +IMBERLEY

.ATASHA +UNDAIKER ,YDIA -OSSAHEBI *OHN -UTCH

4ONY 3AUNDERS

Music  Editor  #HARLES 2UMSEY #ONTRIBUTORS -ARK #RAWLEY 7ILL 'REAVES #HRIS (YDE

!NDREW 2ILEY 0ENAME 2ITERSON 'REG 3ULLIVAN TV  Editor  #HRIS (YDE #ONTRIBUTORS +IM $YER 2EBECCA (UNT .ATASHA +UNDAIKER 7ALTER 0LINGE Creative  Writing  Editor   7ALTER 0LINGE #ONTRIBUTORS 7ILL 'REAVES 0ETER 'RIFlN !NYA ,INH

3ARAH -ABLEY !NNA 3TEWARD 3ARAH 3WALHEIM

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)N THIS DOG EAT DOG WORLD EVERY PET NEEDS A LITTLE 4,# AS MUCH AS ITS OWNER SO !NNA 3TEWARD IS HERE TO GIVE YOU THE LOW DOWN ON FASHION FOR YOUR PAMPERED POOCHES AND FELINE FRIENDS

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F DOGS ARE MANS BEST FRIEND THEN SMALL DOGS AND HANDBAGS ARE WOMEN S 7ELL AT LEAST (OLLYWOOD WOMEN WITH MORE MONEY THAN SENSE 0ARIS (ILTON WAS RECENTLY SPOTTED WITH HER PAMPERED POOCH WEARING MATCHING SUNGLASSES 4HESE KEPT PETS ARE TOKEN POOCHES .O LONGER DO THEY HAVE TO WORK FOR THEIR SUP PER THEY GET IT SERVED TO THEM ON A SILVER TRAY WITH THE GRAPES PEELED AND DE SEEDED BESIDE CAVIAR AND FRESH ORGANIC MEAT #ATS LIKE &ELIX MAY WELL LIKE &ELIX BUT THEY ARE RARE 4ODAY S CATS LIKE TO GET THE CREAM

FRESH WHIPPED AND SERVED WITH STRAWBERRIES NOT PROCESSED CHUNKS OF OLD MEAT 7HAT WITH THE WORLD S FATTEST PETS AND DOGGIE DIETS THE IDEA OF BEING IN THE DOG HOUSE IS A LOT MORE APPEALING )N ALMOST EVERY MAGAZINE THERE ARE ENDLESS SHOTS OF POODLES #HI HUAHUAS AND TERRIERS IN 'UCCI AND ,OUIS 6UITTON BAGS (OWEVER AS MUCH AS WE D LIKE TO BLAME OUR !MERICAN FASHION ICONS IT SEEMS THAT THESE TRENDS STARTED A LITTLE CLOSER TO HOME )T WAS IN FACT THE TARTAN CLAD 3COTTIE DOGS THAT WERE THE PIONEERS OF PET FASHION )F ) TAKE YOU BACK TO THE EIGHTIES YOU LL RE MEMBER THE TARTAN COATS AND COLLARS THAT THESE DOGS USED TO WEAR AROUND TOWN $O YOU REMEMBER HOW WE COOED AND HOW CUTE THEY LOOKED 7ELL WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT WOULD HAVE LED TO THIS 4HERE IS GOOD MONEY TO BE MADE AS A PET STYLIST IT IS NOT A CAREER TO BE SNIFFED AT BUT IT INEVITABLY WILL BE )N ALMOST EVERY TOWN IN !MER ICA THERE SEEMS TO BE A DOG SALON WHERE YOU CAN GET YOUR PET S NAILS DONE WHILE YOU WAIT 4HEY CAN ALSO HAVE THEIR HAIR CUT DYED AND STYLED 7HAT NEXT 4HE FASHION MARKET HAS ALREADY MOVED FROM DOGS TO HAM STERS CATS AND GUINEA PIGS 4HERE IS EVEN A HOT OR NOT WEBSITE FOR CATS CALLED +ITTEN 7ARS #URRENTLY IT IS BLACK AND WHITE 3MELLY 6S SPHINX LIKE 'EORGE 7HO WILL WIN 9OU DECIDE )F BY ANY SMALL CHANCE ANY ONE S INTERESTED THEY ALSO HAVE AN UP COMING BOOK AND ARE NOW RE CRUITING 7ELL THAT S SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO IS IT NOT 3O IN THE FUTURE WILL WE HAVE FELINE SUPERMODELS 3OME WOULD SAY THEY RE PRETTY CATTY ALREADY 7E ALREADY HAVE PET SUPERSTARS )N THE

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Fashion S WE HAD THE SLICK LOCKS OF ,AS SIE THE S GAVE US THE SHAGGY ROCK @N ROLL DOGS LIKE (OOCH THE S HAD "EETHOVEN AND FOR THE NOUGHTIES WE HAVE THE SLIM LINE LOOKS OF 0ARIS (ILTON S BEST FRIEND

NO NOT .ICOLE 4INKERBELLE 3O WHAT SHOULD EVERY POOCH BE WEAR ING TO BE HIP THIS SEASON 4HIS SPRING SUMMER COLLECTION OF FASHION FOR PETS FEATURES 0LAYBOY PUPPY 0INK 4 SHIRTS FOR GIRLIE POO DLES SOLDIER STYLE OUTlTS FOR BUTCH BULLDOGS AND A VARIETY OF EVENING WEAR FOR THE CLASSIER KIND OF ,AB RADORS !LL PET FASHION COMES IN A VARIETY OF SIZES IS MACHINE WASH ABLE AND CAN EVEN BE TAILOR MADE TO SUIT EVERY NEED 7HAT A RELIEF !

FAVOURITE WITH CELEBRITIES IS MATCH ING OUTlTS 3O IT SEEMS THAT PETS ARE THE BEST ACCESSORY A GIRL COULD HAVE 7ELL ) GUESS THAT MEANS WE CAN SAVE MONEY ON EXPENSIVE JEWELLERY 4HINK AGAIN /NCE YOU HAVE BAGGED YOURSELF A SMALL CUTE DOG 9OU HAVE TO GET A SMALL CUTE HANDBAG FOR IT TO TRAVEL AROUND IN IT COULDN T POSSIBLE WALK ITSELF

THAT IS UNNATURAL !ND ONCE YOU HAVE THAT YOU HAVE TO GET A DIA MANTE COLLAR WITH ITS NAME ON

THEN THERE S ITS OUTlT ,IKE ANY WELL DRESSED FASHION ICON YOUR POOCH CAN T BE SEEN IN THE SAME OUTlT TWICE AND WHAT IF YOU TURN UP TO THAT ALL IMPORTANT DINNER DATE AND YOUR DOG IS WEARING THE SAME DRESS AS THE OBNOXIOUS WOMAN AT THE NEXT TABLE 'OD FORBID 7E SUGGEST

THAT YOU GET EACH OUTlT DESIGNER MADE /NE OFF BOUTIQUES ARE THE WAY FORWARD (OWEVER IT IS NOT JUST THE DRESS SENSE OF DOGS THAT IS QUIRKY &OR YEARS FAMOUS SINGERS MUSICIANS AND lLM STARS HAVE BEEN GIVING THEIR DOGS LET S SAY AHEM QUIRKY NAMES )F YOU ALREADY THOUGHT THE NAMES CELEBRITIES GIVE THEIR CHIL DREN VERGE ON WEIRD THEN WHAT ABOUT THE NAMES OF THEIR ! ,IST DOGS 4O NAME A FEW WE HAVE 3NOOP "UBBA #AESAR %NZO 4AL LULAH "IGHEAD #OMMISSIONER

"OECEPHUS #HEESEBURGER 4INK ERBELLE /LGA AND "USTA 0ICTURE IF YOU CAN -ARILYN -UNROE CALLING -AlA IN FOR HIS DINNER OR .ICOLE 2ICHIE SHOUTING &OXY #LEOPATRA ACROSS HER PERFECT ,! LAWN ! LIT TLE EXTRA THOUGHT SHOULD ALWAYS GO INTO HOW YOU WOULD FEEL CALLING YOUR DOG IN A PARK BUT ALAS THAT ISN T ALWAYS THE CASE !ND IT S NOT JUST ACTORS AND THE )T GIRLS OF ,! THAT HAVE HAD THE ODD FAUX PAS WITH NAMES 7ORLD LEAD ERS ROYALTY AND WRITERS ALL HAVE THEIR OWN UNIQUELY NAMED PETS &RANKLIN 2OOSEVELT NAMED HIS 3COTCH TERRIER -URRAY OF &ALLAHILL

1UEEN %LIZABETH S 7ELSH CORGI IS CALLED 2OSEVAL 'OLDEN %AGLE AND -ARTHA 3TEWART HAS THREE #HOWS NAMED "LUE -AXIMILLIAN 'EHNG HIS +HAN #HIN #HIN AND :ULEIKA $OBSON (AS THE WORLD GONE BARK ING MAD -AYBE

0ICTURE IF YOU CAN -ARILYN -ONROE CALLING -AlA IN FOR HIS DINNER OR .ICOLE 2ICHIE SHOUTING &OXY #LEOPATRA ACROSS HER PERFECT ,! LAWN

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5%! STUDENT #ARL -ARTIN S PLAY @"REAKING THE 0OPE IS SET FOR A SLOT AT THE %DINBURGH &RINGE &ESTIVAL FOLLOWING A SUCCESSFUL STINT IN .ORWICH "UT WHAT WAS IT THAT INSPIRED HIM TO WRITE THE PLAY (E DISCUSSES MORALITY AND MODERN THEATRE WITH 2OANNA "OND

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I X I N G ART AND RELI G I O N H A S L O N G B E E N A CON TROVERSIAL BOILING POINT 7HETHER ART HAS THE RIGHT TO EXPLORE THE LIMITATIONS THAT RE LIGION CAN IMPOSE UPON A SOCI ETY HAS BEEN A DEBATE AMONG THEOLOGIANS AND ARTISTS ALIKE FOR CENTURIES !RGUABLY THEN THE SUBJECT MATTER IS ONE THAT MOST STUDENTS WOULD BE AS DESPERATE TO AVOID AS A CAN OF NON ALCO HOLIC LAGER HOWEVER ONE 5%!

UNDERGRADUATE HAS DECIDED TO EMBRACE THE CONTROVERSY #ARL -ARTIN HAS WRITTEN HIS OWN PLAY @"REAKING THE 0OPE

BASED ON THE TERRIFYING STORY OF THE #ATHOLIC #HURCH S INFA MOUS -AGDALENE ,AUNDRIES 4HE PLAY TELLS THE TALE OF THREE YOUNG WOMEN SENT TO THE ASY LUMS IN THE S AND THE HOR RIFYING ORDEAL THEY SUFFERED AT THE HANDS OF THE NUNS THERE #LEARLY THEN -ARTIN HAS STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT THE PLACE OF RELIGION IN ART !DMIRABLE

CERTAINLY BUT DOES IT NOT ALWAYS END UP BEING SOMEWHAT DIDAC TIC 4HE %VENT WONDERS NO MAT TER WHAT SIDE OF THE THEOLOGI CAL DEBATE YOU HAPPEN TO FALL ON h,ET ME SAY PRIMARILY THAT ) DO NOT THINK OF ART AND RELI GION AS ANTITHETICAL FORMS BE CAUSE BOTH OF THEM ARE CREATED

BY MAN v -ARTIN COMMENTED WHEN WE SPOKE TO HIM h4HERE WAS ONCE A WORLD WITHOUT RELI GION AND ART 7HEREAS ART HAS DEVELOPED RELIGION HAS NOT 2EMEMBER THAT PLAYWRIGHTS IN 0LATONIC AND *ACOBEAN TIMES ALWAYS FACED ATTACKS FROM RELI GIOUS AUTHORITIES !RT WORRIES THEM BECAUSE IT INVITES PHILO SOPHICAL THOUGHT AND OPENS DI ALOGUE 2ELIGION AND ART WILL AL WAYS BE COLLABORATORS BECAUSE

IN TESTING RELIGION YOU TEST THE FOUNDATIONS UPON WHICH SOCI ETY IS BASED /UR GENERATION IS DElNED BY APATHY AND NONE OF US BELIEVES IN ANYTHING ) D RATH ER DIE THAN SIT ON THE FENCE v )T SOUNDS VERY MUCH LIKE AN ANTI #ATHOLIC INSPIRED PIECE

THEN IS THIS THE CASE h.O ) DON T THINK IT S AN ANTI #ATHOLIC PLAY ) HAVE A LOT MORE RESPECT

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h4HEATRE RESPONDS TO SOCIETY S ILLS AND BEAUTIES 4HAT S WHAT IT S ALL ABOUT v

FOR PEOPLE WITH FAITH BECAUSE AT LEAST THEY BELIEVE IN SOMETHING

WHICH IS MORE THAN CAN BE SAID FOR MOST ) HAVE FAITH ALTHOUGH IT S WALKING ON A WIRE )T S NOT #ATHOLICS THAT GET UPSET BUT THE 6ATICAN OFlCIALS 4HEY SHOULD SPEND MORE TIME WORRYING ABOUT THE !)$3 CRISIS IN !FRICA &OR ME *OHN 0AUL )) SUMMARISED THE STATE OF THE #ATHOLIC CHURCH BEAUTIFULLY DYING DYING DY ING )T S AN ABSOLUTE JOKE TO GIVE HIM AN AWARD FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

SO IT WAS NOT WITHOUT PLEASURE THAT ) NAMED MY PLAY v 7HAT THEN DID INSPIRE HIM TO WRITE THE PIECE IF IT IS NOT AT TACKING THE #ATHOLIC #HURCH h7E SPEND EVERY DAY OF OUR EXISTENCE FACED WITH THE PROOF THAT THE WRITINGS OF *EWISH MEN FROM THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO ARE NOT ONLY INCOMPATIBLE AND IR RELEVANT TO EVERYDAY LIVING BUT THEY RE @UNLIVEABLE 7HAT #HRIST SAID IS PROFOUNDLY RELEVANT AND VISCERAL YET CONTRADICTORY 7E CAN T GO ON UNDERGROUND TRAINS WITHOUT THE FEAR OF BEING BLOWN UP CHILDREN CAN T GO TO SCHOOL WITHOUT BEING MOLESTED AND ) CAN T WALK THROUGH THE STREET WITHOUT THE FEAR OF SOMEONE SLITTING MY THROAT 7E ARE ALL CARRYING THE CROSS OF A PARADIGM OF UNCERTAINTY )F EVER THERE WAS A TIME TO SEARCH FOR THE ROOT OF IT ALL TO CONFRONT HOW VULNER ABLE WE ARE IT S NOW 4HAT S WHY ) WROTE THE PLAY v &OLLOWING ITS EXTREMELY SUC CESSFUL RUN AT THE 5%! STUDIO LAST .OVEMBER #ARL IS IN FACT

NOW TAKING THE PIECE UP TO THE %DINBURGH &ESTIVAL IN !UGUST

WHERE HIS CAST WILL BE PERFORM ING A FULL THREE WEEK RUN AT THE PRESTIGIOUS 3MIRNOFF 5NDERBEL LY VENUE 'IVEN THE INCREDIBLE RENOWN THAT THE &RINGE ENJOYS AMONG THE HEART OF THE NATION S THEA TRE GOING PUBLIC IS -ARTIN NERV OUS ABOUT HOW HIS PIECE WILL BE RECEIVED h) THINK IT WILL BE RECEIVED WITH THE SUSPICIOUS NESS THAT MOST STUDENT THEATRE IS RECEIVED ) KNOW IT WILL TOUCH PEOPLE THOUGH IT ALREADY HAS AND ) M lERCELY PROUD OF THAT 4HIS HAS BEEN A DIFlCULT PROCESS IN THAT IT S REQUIRED ALL OF MY EN ERGY AND COMMITMENT AND ITS PRETTY MUCH RID ME OF SLEEP BUT ) M ECSTATIC v 7HEN ASKED WHAT KIND OF A REACTION HE S HOPING FOR -ARTIN PONDERS FOR A MO MENT BEFORE REPLYING h) WANT PEOPLE TO GO AWAY WANTING TO KNOW MORE ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT IS ESSENTIALLY ONE OF )RELAND S TROUBLES )T S IMPORTANT IN THIS CLIMATE TO HAVE AN OBJECTIVE 4HE PLAY ASKS QUESTIONS ABOUT POWER AND IT S MISUSE AND ) WANT ABOVE EVERYTHING ELSE FOR PEOPLE TO GO AWAY QUESTIONING THEIR FAITH )N AN IDEAL WORLD

OUR FAITH WOULD BE STRONG 4HIS IS NOT AN IDEAL WORLD v 7HAT WOULD HE SAY THEN TO SOMEONE WHO SUGGESTED THAT IT WAS NOT THEATRE S PLACE TO MOR ALISE 4HE %VENT WONDERS h3UCH A COMMENT CASTS THEATRE AS SEPA RATE TO SOCIETY 4HEATRE IS MADE UP BY SOCIETY BECAUSE IT IS RE mECTIVE )T RESPONDS TO SOCIETY S ILLS AND BEAUTIES THAT S WHAT IT S ALL ABOUT 4HE ONLY PEOPLE WHO REJECT THIS IDEA ARE THOSE THAT NEED TO BE MORALISED ALTHOUGH ) DON T LIKE THE TERM 7HO DE CIDES WHAT MORALITY IS )T ALL COMES BACK DOWN TO HIERARCHY OF OPINION 4HESE ARE PROBABLY THE SAME PEOPLE WHO CLASSIFY THEATRE AS ENTERTAINMENT v 3URELY THOUGH ANY PIECE OF THEATRE THAT TRIES TO CHALLENGE THESE PRECONCEIVED ORTHODOX IES WILL AUTOMATICALLY BECOME SENSATIONALIST IT SEEMS INES CAPABLE 3O DID HE CONSCIOUSLY SET OUT TO TRY AND CREATE A SEN SATIONALIST PIECE h@3ENSATIONAL IS A DIRTY WORD 4HE ONLY SENSA TIONALISM ) WANT TO CREATE IS A FEELING IN THE GUT OF THE AUDI ENCE ) WOULDN T TRY AND AVOID

ANYTHING BUT ) WOULD NEVER CONSCIOUSLY SEEK IT )T S ABOUT lNDING NOT SEARCHING ) FEEL SO FRUSTRATED AT THE STATE OF THE WORLD AT THIS KIND OF APATHY TO WARDS EVERYTHING SO REALLY THE PLAY IS ME HAVING A KIND OF IN TELLECTUALISED RANT v )T HAD LONG BEEN SAID THAT THE AUTHOR SHOULD BE CONSID ERED SEPARATELY FROM HIS WORK

THAT THE SIGNATURE SHOULD BE DIVIDED FROM THE SIGN FOR ART CAN ONLY BE MEASURED BY WHAT IT MEANS TO THE INDIVIDUAL SPEC TATOR 4HIS WOULD SEEM TO IM PLY THAT ART CAN TOO EASILY BE MANIPULATED BY THE AUTHOR TO DICTATE WHATEVER MESSAGE THEY CHOOSE TO EMPHASISE DOES HE AGREE h7ELL PLAYWRIGHTS ARE ONLY AS MANIPULATIVE AS THE REST OF THE WORLD )T DEPENDS ENTIRELY ON HOW WELL THEIR ARGU MENT IS ARTICULATED !UDIENCES HAVE BRAINS AND HEARTS AND IT S UP TO THEM TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY VE SEEN )F YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT DICTATORSHIP OR MANIPU LATION LETS TALK ABOUT #ATHOLI CISM OR THE -IDDLE %AST v 4HE STATE OF "RITISH THEATRE HAS BEEN IN CONSIDERABLE DE CLINE FOR MANY YEARS NOW SEEM INGLY MORE INTENT ON SELLING OUT FOR COMMERCIAL GAIN THAN STIM ULATING ARTISTIC INTEGRITY SO WHAT DOES -ARTIN THINK THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR THE ART FORM h4HEA TRE HAS BECOME THIS DOMAIN FOR HIGHBROW ENTERTAINMENT 4HERE SEEMS TO BE A SENSIBILITY THAT EQUATES IT WITH INTELLECTUAL UN DERSTANDING "UT THEATRE ONLY RELIES ON ONE THING EMPATHY )F YOU HAVE THAT IT S ALL THERE FOR THE TAKING 4HERE IS AN ATTI TUDE THAT EVERYTHING HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE IN "RITISH THEATRE AND THIS IS GROSSLY IMPRECISE 4HEA TRE WILL DEVELOP AND CHANGE ALONGSIDE THE SOCIETY IT REmECTS

BUT IT NEEDS DARING AND INNOVA TION 4HEATRE SHOULD ALWAYS BE SOMETHING ONE RECOVERS FROM v ! GOOD POINT BUT DOES HE SEE A PLACE FOR HIMSELF IN THIS FUTURE HE PREDICTS h) THINK WE NEED TO REMEMBER WHAT !RTAUD SAID

THAT THEATRE SHOULD BASICALLY AWAKEN EVERY RESPONSE INTELLEC TUAL EMOTIONAL DEFENSIVE 4HE KIND OF THEATRE THAT MAKES PEO PLE QUESTION THEIR OWN REALITIES IS ALWAYS BEST AND THAT S WHAT WILL LAST THE LONGEST !S FOR ME ) WANT TO WRITE WRITE WRITE v

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4HE -IGHTY "OOSH ARE ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING COMEDY ACTS OF RECENT YEARS (AILED AS A BIZARRE CROSS BETWEEN -ONTY 0Y THON AND ,EWIS #ARROLL THE ACT IS COMPRISED OF .OEL &IELDING AND *ULIAN "ARRATT WHO WHILE BUILDING THE "OOSH S REPUTATION OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS HAVE AP PEARED IN OTHER 46 SHOWS LIKE 'ARTH -ARENGHI S $ARKPLACE

.ATHAN "ARLEY AND 4HE )4 #ROWD 4HEIR OWN 46 SHOW WAS lRST SHOWN ON ""# IN AND WAS GREETED WITH CRITICAL ACCLAIM AND PUBLIC APPROVAL !

SECOND SERIES SHORTLY FOLLOWED )N THE "OOSH HAVE HIT THE ROAD TO BRING A SHOW TO PLACES UP AND DOWN THE COUNTRY FROM #ROYDON TO #ARLISLE !ND IT S UT TERLY UTTERLY BRILLIANT "LENDING A MIX OF NEW MA TERIAL AND RECYCLED GAGS FROM THE TWO 46 SERIES THE SHOW S PLOT SEES HEROES 6INCE .OIR AND (OWARD -OON &IELDING AND "ARRATT SEARCHING FOR THE 2UBY OF -ANTUMBI IN THE !RC TIC TUNDRA SO THAT THEY CAN USE IT TO RESURRECT THEIR DEAD FRIEND

THE SHAMAN .ABOO hTHE ENIG MATIC PANTHERv &IELDING AND "ARRATT S OBVIOUS mAIR FOR COM EDY SHINES MOST IN THE lRST SEC TION OF THE SHOW IN WHICH THEY BICKER IN FRONT OF THE LOWERED CURTAIN AND RIFF OFF EACH OTHER S IMPROVISED JOKES 4HE SARKY AND SPARKY BANTER OF THE PAIR WAS A JOY TO WATCH WITH REFERENCES TO #HARLIE "ROWN 0ETE $OHERTY AND -ATTEL BOARD GAMES COM ING THICK AND FAST /NE PARTIC ULARLY FUNNY EXCHANGE OCCURS

4HE YEAR IS +AREN n A 6ANCOUVER TEENAGER n COLLAPSES AT A SUBURBAN HOUSE PARTY AFTER TAKING A COUPLE OF VALIUM WASHED DOWN WITH A COCKTAIL 3HE SUBSEQUENTLY FALLS INTO A COMA FROM WHICH SHE DOES NOT WAKE UNTIL TWENTY YEARS LATER

BY WHICH TIME THE WORLD HAS MOVED ON WITHOUT HER WHERE SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT 4HEN PEOPLE START FALLING ASLEEPx #OUPLAND CONTINUES TO BE FASCINATED WITH THE EPHEMERA OF TEENAGE DREAMS 'IRLFRIEND IN A #OMA CONTAINS ALLUSIONS TO THE LANGUAGE OF TEENAGE JOURNALS AND THE PATHOS OF HIGH SCHOOL YEAR BOOKS (OWEVER

THIS NEW ADDITION TO #OUPLAND S PORTFOLIO REPRESENTS A MOVE AWAY FROM THE @'EN 8 EXPERIENCE EXPLORED IN HIS PREVIOUS NOVELS )N 'IRLFRIEND #OUPLAND DIS PLAYS A HIGHLY DEVELOPED mAIR FOR LANGUAGE 3CINTIL LATING FRAGMENTS OF DESCRIPTION SURFACE THROUGHOUT

DISTURBING THE NARRATIVE TORPOR @) THOUGHT OF JEWELS BEING TOSSED FROM AN OCEAN LINER OVER THE -ARIANA 4RENCH GONE FOREVER 'IRLFRIEND IN A #OMA IS AT ONCE AN APOCALYPTIC FABLE AND A THOUGHTFUL EXPLORATION OF POST MODERN ANXIETY OF THE CREEPING FEELING THAT @LIFE NOW ISN T WHAT IT OUGHT TO HAVE BECOME #OUPLAND S PROSE IS ELECTRIC HIS PLOT TWISTS AT EVERY TURN 'IRLFRIEND IN A #OMA -ORRISSEY S FAVOURITE BOOK IS A GRIPPING READ AND GUARANTEED NOT TO INDUCE NARCOLEPSY 'ORDON 7EETMAN

WHEN 6INCE BRAGS ABOUT HOW HE S INVENTED A GAME IN WHICH A HUGE WHITE RABBIT CHASES YOU AND YOU MUST THROW THINGS hLIKE PEBBLES OR YOUR SHOE OR A GREENHOUSEv AT IT TO DETER IT AS IT RAPES YOU IF IT CATCHES UP WITH YOU 4HE DISGUSTED AND SNEER ING LOOK THAT (OWARD GAVE WAS PRICELESS AS WAS HIS EVENTUAL REPLY h4HAT S NOT REALLY A GAME

THOUGH IS IT )T S MORE A SERIES OF HORRIlC EVENTS THAT ENDS IN A RAPEv %VERYTHING ABOUT THE JOKE FROM THE SILENCES TO THE STRESSES WAS PERFECT AND SET THE PITCH ACCURATELY FOR THE INSANITY THAT FOLLOWED 4HE SHOW BUILDS IN SPEED

INTRODUCING FAVOURITE CHARAC TERS FROM THE 46 SHOW LIKE 4HE (ITCHER AND 2UDI AND ENDS IN A SPECTACULAR SWORD lGHT BETWEEN THE PAIR 7ITH GAGS ABOUT THE ACT OF PHYSICAL LOVE WITH A DECAPI TATED HEAD hSOMETHING ""# WOULDN T QUITE LET US GET AWAY WITHv AND hDUCK JIZZv THE TONE

OF THE LIVE SHOW WAS CERTAINLY A LOT MORE ADULT THAN THE SERIES

BUT THIS ADDED TO THE UNIQUE FEEL OF THE PERFORMANCE 4HE SET ITSELF REMAINED MINIMALISTIC THROUGHOUT USING AS FEW BACKDROPS AS POSSIBLE 0ROPS WERE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN n THERE WAS EVEN A SEQUENCE BASED AROUND MIMING AT ONE POINT n BUT THIS DIDN T DETRACT FROM THE QUALITY AT ALL 3ONGS FROM THE 46 SHOW ALSO FEATURED

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THIS NEW SEASON REMAINS TO BE SEEN YET FROM THE EARLIER EPISODES IT COULD BE CRITICISED OF BEING TOO SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS ONE WITH THE RANDOM HINTS ABOUT @4ORCH WOOD APPEARING MUCH LIKE THOSE OF @"AD 7OLF THAT PLAGUED 2OSE IN THE LAST SEASON (OWEVER THE SE

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COVER THINGS SUCH AS 2UDOLPH THE 2EINDEER VISITING A DOCTOR S WHERE IT TRANSPIRES HIS NOSE GLOWS DUE TO A TUMOUR AND WHAT HAPPENED WHEN 0ETER THE SHOW S EQUIVALENT TO (OMER FORGOT HOW TO SIT DOWN 3O NOW THAT WE KNOW WHAT THE SHOW IS ABOUT WHAT S ON THIS NEW $6$ 4HE RELEASE COMPRISES EPISODES FROM THE NEW SLEW OF EPISODES NONE OF WHICH HAVE BEEN AIRED ON "RITISH TELLY AS YET 4HE ONLY PROBLEM IS THATx THEY RE A BIT DISAPPOINTING 4HE lRST EPISODE IN WHICH 0ETER AND WIFE ,OIS DISCOVER -EL 'IBSON S PLANS FOR A SEQUEL TO 4HE 0ASSION OF THE #HRIST HAS SOME TRULY BRILLIANT MOMENTS AND BUILDS THE VIEWER S HOPES UP BUT THE REST OF THE SERIES FAILS TO LIVE UP TO THIS HIGH BENCHMARK )T BECOMES CLEAR

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SPREAD ACROSS THE EPISODES SUCH AS WHEN #HRIS THE FAMILY S SON GETS SUCKED INTO A CERTAIN ! (A VIDEO AND BABY GENIUS 3TEWIE S BEG FOR A CEREAL BAR AND THE AMOUNT OF REFER ENCES THROUGHOUT THE EPISODES TO ALL MANNER OF POP CULTURE BOTH PAST AND PRESENT IS IMPRESSIVE IN ITSELF 4HIS $6$ IS DElNITELY SOMETHING THAT THE SHOW S LEGION OF FANS WILL WANT BUT NEWCOMERS MAY BE BETTER OFF CHECKING OUT EARLIER SERIES lRST TO SEE WHAT ALL THE FUSS IS ABOUT #HRIS (YDE

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RACISM THE 6IETNAM 7AR AND THE #OLD 7AR WITH 3AM IN THE BODY OF A BLACK MAN IN THE SOUTH JUST

BEFORE THE #IVIL 2IGHTS MOVEMENT STARTS AND MOST PROMINENTLY LEAP ING INTO ,EE (ARVEY /SWALD 1UANTUM ,EAP CAPTIVATED AUDIENCES WITH ITS BLEND OF WIT AND INNOVATIVITY PROVIDING AN INSIGHTFUL YET ENTERTAINING SHOW WITH A STRONG MORAL MESSAGE BEHIND IT (OPEFULLY WE LL GET TO SEE 3AM MAKE THAT lNAL LEAP SOME TIME SOON .ATASHA +UNDAIKER

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HE "RITISH TELEVI SION NEWS IS USU ALLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE ICONIC CHIMES OF "IG "EN A FORMAL SET AND SEQUENCE DESIGN WITH AN AUTHORITATIVE NEWSREADER WITH AN /XBRIDGE ACCENT WEARING A SMART SUIT AND MOST IMPORTANTLY CLEARLY RELAYING FACTS (OWEVER ALL OF THIS IS CHANGING )T NOW APPEARS THAT NEWS PRODUCERS FEEL THIS IS ALL A BIT TOO BORING FOR THE "RITISH PUBLIC

WHO SEEM TO HAVE LOST THE ABIL ITY TO DIGEST INFORMATION UNLESS IT IS DISPLAYED TO THEM BY COMPUTER GRAPHICS WITH AN ACCOMPANYING MONO SYLLABIC EXPLANATION OR IN A RECONSTRUCTION WITH A DUMBED DOWN COMMENTARY 4HE NEWS CAN BARELY GET THROUGH ONE ITEM WITH OUT A mASHY 0OWER0OINT PRESENTA TION TURNING THE OLD @DESK IN FRONT OF ,ONDON VISTA BACKDROP SET INTO A MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION .OWA DAYS NEWS REPORTERS WALK THROUGH A HYPERSPACE THAT DISPLAYS MAPS

GRAPHS PIE CHARTS AND WORDS THAT MERELY ECHO WHAT THE PRESENTERS HAVE JUST SAID IN CASE YOU MISSED IT THE lRST TIME 4HUS THE TELEVI SION NEWS IS BEGINNING TO BLUR THE DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN INFORMATION AND ENTERTAINMENT AS IT DESPERATELY TRIES TO AMUSE US WITH SENSATIONAL EFFECTS -USIC AND GRAPHICS ARE NOW THE ORDER OF THE DAY RATHER THAN FACTUAL INFORMATIVE JOURNALISM )N A CONSUMER SOCIETY WHICH VALUES THE MEDIUM OVER THE MESSAGE ARE PRODUCERS JUST TURNING THE NEWS INTO ANOTHER COMMODITY THAT IS DE SIGNED TO ENTERTAIN US RATHER THAN SERIOUS PIECES OF INFORMATION FROM WHICH WE FORM OUR OWN OPINIONS )T COULD BE SAID THAT THE NEWS IS HAVING TO RESORT TO ATTENTION GRABBING HEADLINES AND VISUAL EF FECTS TO GAIN THE APPRECIATION OF YOUNGER AUDIENCES WHO ON THE WHOLE MAINTAIN THAT THE NEWS IS BORING AND DULL )S THIS THE @TABLOID NEWSPAPER APPROACH THE ONE THAT BROADCASTERS SHOULD TAKE TO TARGET A YOUNGER AUDIENCE PUT BLUNTLY MAXIMUM PICTURES AND MINIMUM WORDS 7HAT DOES IT REALLY SAY ABOUT THE "RITISH PUBLIC IF THE ONLY WAY WE WILL DIGEST INFORMATION ON SAY THE PRICE OF OIL IS IF IT IS DEMON STRATED TO US ON GRAPHS AND CHARTS THAT WOULD NOT LOOK OUT OF PLACE IN A PRIMARY SCHOOL CLASSROOM )S THIS AN INSULT TO THE INTELLIGENCE OF THE

"RITISH PUBLIC AS A WHOLE OR WOULD PRODUCERS ARGUE THAT THEY ARE MERE LY CATERING FOR A VISUAL GENERATION WHO HAVE A SHORTER ATTENTION SPAN /NLY LAST WEEK IT WAS REVEALED THAT THE .(3 WOULD BE FACING THOUSANDS OF JOB CUTS SO HOW DID )46 RESPOND TO THIS SERIOUS PIECE OF "RITISH NEWS "Y STAGING A .(3 THEMED @-ASTERMIND 9ES THEY DE CIDED THAT THE BEST WAY TO INFORM THEIR VIEWERS OF THIS NEWS THAT POS ES A HUGE CHALLENGE TO THE ,ABOUR GOVERNMENT WAS TO TRIVIALISE IT BY TURNING THE ITEM INTO A @SPECIALIST SUBJECT FOR A POLITICAL COMMENTA TOR WHO WAS QUIZZED BY ONE OF THE NEWSREADERS 3UCH AN APPROACH WAS PATRONISING IN THE EXTREME AND PROVES ONCE MORE THAT THE ONLY WAY TO CONVINCE US TO TUNE INTO THE NEWS RATHER THAN @4HE 3IMPSONS IS TO USE THE FORMAT OF A GLORIlED GAME SHOW WITH mASHY GRAPHICS AND DRAMATIC MUSIC &URTHER EVIDENCE OF THIS @DUMB ING DOWN CAN BE FOUND IN TELEVI SION REPORTS FROM THE ONGOING )RAQ WAR WHEN THE 0ENTAGON ENLISTED (OLLYWOOD TO PRESENT ITS DAILY BRIElNGS TO THE WORLD /NE OF THE WORLD S TOP ART DIRECTORS WAS HIRED TO CREATE A a SET FOR !MERI CAN COMMANDERS TO GIVE DAILY UPDATES ON THE TROOPS PROGRESS STANDING ALONGSIDE PLASMA SCREENS 4ELEVISION PROJECTION SCREENS WERE ALSO USED TO SHOW MAPS GRAPHICS AND VIDEOS OF ACTION 4HE AIM OF THIS WAS NOT ONLY TO MAKE THE 0EN TAGON LOOK GOOD IN A TIME OF PUBLIC DISQUIET ABOUT THE WAR BUT TO ADD A TOUCH OF @(OLLYWOOD GLAMOUR AND DRAMA TO MILITARY PROCEDURES AND STRATEGIES 4HE TELEVISION NEWS SUC CEEDED IN SANITISING THE VIOLENT ACTS OF WAR BY ASSOCIATING THEM WITH THE @SAFE WORLD OF lLM AND USING EU PHEMISMS SUCH AS @SMART BOMBS AND @SURGICAL BOMBING TO GIVE THE IMPRESSION THAT THERE WAS THE MINI MUM RISK OF CIVILIAN CASUALTIES 4HUS IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THE TELEVISION NEWS WILL NOW STOP AT NOTHING TO DRAMATISE AND SPICE UP SERIOUS WORLD EVENTS IN AN EFFORT TO GAIN OUR INTEREST 4HIS DOES NOT STOP WITH WAR BROADCASTS FOR INSTANCE

WHEN REPORTING ON THE RECENT CON VICTION OF A MURDERER )46 WENT TO GREAT LENGTHS TO STAGE A DRAMATIC RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ATTACK WITH ADDED SLOW MOTION IN THE STYLE OF @#RIMEWATCH AS IF TO FOOL THE VIEWER INTO THINKING THAT THEY WERE WATCHING A lCTIONAL CRIME SHOW "Y

BLURRING THE DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN ENTERTAINMENT AND INFORMATION

THE NEWS IS GIVING US A DIFlCULT TASK IN DECIPHERING THE REAL FROM THE TELEVISION DRAMA AND COULD BE SEEN AS NEGATING THE SERIOUSNESS OF SUCH CRIMES &ORMAL NEWS BROADCASTS HAVE DEVIATED INTO EMOTIVE PIECES OF ENTERTAINMENT THAT RELISH IN SCAN DAL AND DRAMA SURELY CHANGING THE WAY THAT THE "RITISH PUBLIC VIEW IM PORTANT WORLD EVENTS 0REVIOUSLY

VIEWERS WERE LEFT TO DRAW THEIR OWN CONCLUSIONS ON THE NEWS OF THE DAY n HOWEVER NOW THEIR OPINIONS ARE SWAYED BY THE BIAS AND SENSATIONAL ISM OF THE PRESENTERS %VEN THOUGH BY LAW THE TELEVI SION NEWS HAS TO BE UNBIASED THERE HAS BEEN A SIGNIlCANT INCREASE IN THE USE OF EMOTIVE LANGUAGE AND POWERFUL MUSIC THAT ACCOMPANIES NEWS STORIES 4HE AIM OF THIS IS TO PROVOKE A REACTION IN THE VIEWER IN mUENCING THE WAY THEY FEEL ABOUT A CERTAIN ISSUE 4HE MAIN CULPRITS ARE )46 AND 3KY .EWS WHO HAVE RE CENTLY TAKEN TO USING PUNS AND ALLIT ERATION THAT WOULD MAKE @4HE 3UN PROUD SUCH AS DESCRIBING THE @DIRE DILEMMA THAT FACES THE DOOMED #HARLES #LARKE OR THE ,ONDON @POI SON PLOTTER 7ITHOUT A DOUBT THIS MAKES THE STORIES MORE INTERESTING

AS WE ARE MADE TO FEEL MORE EMO TIONALLY ATTACHED TO THOSE INVOLVED (OWEVER IT TRIVIALISES THE STORIES THAT ARE DISCUSSED AND GOES AGAINST THE KEY PRINCIPAL OF THE NEWS WHICH IS TO CONVEY FACTS )T IS NOT JUST THE WAY THAT THE

!RE PRODUCERS SIMPLY CATERING FOR A VISUAL GENERATION WITH A SHORTER ATTENTION SPAN

STORIES ARE PRESENTED THAT DEMEANS THE NEWS BUT OFTEN THE ACTUAL STO RIES THAT HAVE BEEN MAKING THE HEADLINES &OR EXAMPLE THE FACT THAT $AVID "ECKHAM COULD JUST ABOUT MUTTER A SENTENCE IN 3PANISH AFTER HAVING LIVED IN 3PAIN FOR OVER A YEAR MADE HEADLINE NEWS !S MIRACULOUS AS THIS STORY MAY BE IT DOES NOT RE ALLY MATCH UP TO THE MILLIONS THAT ARE DYING OF !)$3 IN !FRICA OR THE CRISIS THAT FACES THE .(3 (OWEVER

BY PLACING IT AMONGST SUCH GRAVE STORIES THE NEWS IMPLIES THAT IT IS OF EQUAL STANDING AS THE PLIGHT AND DEATH OF MANY INNOCENT CIVILIANS 4ELEVISION PRODUCERS WOULD MOST PROBABLY ARGUE THAT THEY WOULD NOT REPORT ON $AVID "ECKHAM IF THE PUBLIC HAD NO INTEREST IN HIM 4HUS

IS THIS NOT JUST A DAMNING REmEC TION OF A SOCIETY WHO IS JUST AS CON CERNED BY THE STATE OF A FOOTBALLER S VOCABULARY AS THEY ARE BY THE FACT THOUSANDS STAND TO LOSE THEIR JOBS IN THE .(3 AND THE IMPLICATIONS THIS HAS OUR HEALTH SERVICE 4HE NEWS HAS DIGRESSED FROM A PROGRAMME THAT USED TO DIRECTLY OUTLINE RECENT WORLD EVENTS TO A PIECE OF ENTERTAINMENT THAT IS COM PARABLE TO @TABLOID TAT SENSATION ALISING EVERY STORY AND TRIVIALISING MAJOR EVENTS 0ERHAPS AS A SOLUTION TO THIS WE SHOULD ALL JUST WATCH THE LOCAL NEWS INSTEAD TO BE ENTER TAINED BY ACTUAL TRIVIAL EVENTS SUCH AS THE BODY ODOUR OF .ORFOLK BUS DRIVERS AND A PIGEON THAT DECIDED TO BUILD ITS NEST IN A SATELLITE DISH GRIPPING STUFF

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/H GOOD ,ORD EXAMS ARE LOOMING 4HE lRST ONE IS ONLY TWO WEEKS ON &RIDAY NOW !ND ) VE NOT EVEN STARTED REVISING 2IGHT ) LL JUST MAKE THIS CUP OF TEA THEN ) LL START MAKING NOTES ON THE LECTURE FROM WEEK 'OOD GRAVY SLIDES ON THE TOPIC OF GRAMMAR 7ELL

) GUESS IT S GOT TO BE DONE ) LL JUST CHECK MY EMAILS lRST 4HEN GO ON THE USUAL NEWS SITES AND BAND PAGES TO SEE IF THERE S ANY THING INTERESTING GOING ON IN THE WORLD 7OW THAT WAS A QUICK TWO HOURS ) SUPPOSE ) SHOULD PROB ABLY START MAKING THOSE NOTES NOW 7ELL MAYBE AFTER SOME FOOD /H IT S THE EVENING NOW AND ) PROMISED MY FRIEND ) D GO ROUND TO WATCH SOME $6$S WITH HER ) LL START THOSE NOTES TOMORROW AFTER ) lNISH SHOP PING !ND AFTER THE NEWEST EPISODE OF ,OST !ND WRITING THIS

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called  Ken

4HOUSANDS OF CROSSES SURROUND WHERE HE STANDS

(IS WORDS SPEAK OF 'OD BUT THERE S BLOOD ON HIS HANDS

4HE PEOPLE ARE GHOSTS THAT BEHOLD HIM ON HIGH

(IS PLEDGES GRAFlTI THE lELDS WHERE THEY LIE

&IRST IT WAS ALL BLUE /N mAT SCREENS ON EACH CHAIR

TWENTY FOUR SEAS LINED UP IN FRONT OF SEAT ' .OW FORK SPOON AND KNIFE POINT LIKE DOUSING RODS TO WATER STRAIGHT INSTEAD OF THE CRAYON RED LINE LOOSE AS A RIVER

-Y NAME IS +EN ) VERY RARELY CARRY A FROWN 4HIS IS BECAUSE MEN &REQUENTLY TOUCH MY CROWN

-  Peter  Griffin

Student  Housing  Haiku 4HE TIME HAS NOW COME 4O LOOK THROUGH THE HOUSING LIST !ND lND SOMEWHERE NEW /H PARANOIA 7ILL WE EVER GET A HOUSE )N THE 4RIANGLE -  Will  Greaves

The  General (IGH IN THE PULPIT THE GENERAL STANDS

! GUN IN HIS POCKET THE BOOK IN HIS HANDS

/RDERED IN ROWS LORDS AND LECHERS ARE THERE

7ITH SINS IN THEIR HEARTS AND A

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h7HAT GREATER MOTIVE WHAT GREATER REWARD

4HAN TO lGHT FOR YOUR MAKER

YOUR SAVIOUR OUR ,ORD v 4HEY NOD AND THEY SMILE AT THE MAN IN THE STAND

4HE BOOK IN HIS POCKET A GUN IN HIS HAND -  Sarah  Swalheim

Dark  Times

Love-In-Idleness

4ENDRILS OF BLACKNESS RIPPLED OUTWARDS QUESTING SEARCHING

HUNTING (E STUMBLED BACK WARDS !S IF IN RESPONSE THE SHADOWS SHOT TOWARDS HIM .O (E WOULDN T LET THEM REACH HIM

COULDN T LET THEM REACH HIM

,ORDS !ND ,ADIESx *ACK )N 4HE 0ULPITx 3KUNK CABBAGE 3QUAW ,ILY 3TINK ,ILY #HOCOLATE ,ILYx !LBA IS RUNNING PLANT NAMES THROUGH THE HOUSE 3HE HAS HAD MY BOOK STUCK IN HER HANDS SINCE 7EDNESDAY 3O AFTER PAGE lFTY NINE

) COULDN T TELL YOU HOW 2HODODENDRONS WERE TAKEN FROM THE (IMALAYAS TO 3COTLAND "EFORE lFTY NINE ) COULD TELL YOU OF MANY THINGS (OW 2HODODEN DRONS MAKE DIFFERENT COLOURED mOWERS FROM THE SAME SOIL 4OO ACID AND THEY ARE SKY BLUE 4OO ALKALI AND THEY ARE THE DAINTIEST PINK !LBA IS WHITE ,OVE )N )DLE NESS .OT ACID NOR ALKALI

3HE IS IN THE KITCHEN NOW ) CAN FAINTLY HEAR HER ASKING COOK FOR A CHOCOLATE LILY AMONG THE FROTHING LENTIL POTS #OOK TUTS !LBA GIGGLES AND NOW SHE IS BACK TO SKIP PING 3PARROWGRASS &OR GET -E .OTS #ACTI .IGHT

4HE WORLD PLUNGED INTO DARK NESS "LEARILY HE DRIFTED INTO CON SCIOUSNESS AND WITH GREAT EFFORT

FORCED HIS EYES TO SLOWLY OPEN (IS HEAD WAS SWIMMING WITH PAIN (E WASN T SURE (E FOUND HIMSELF LYING ON THE mOOR CURLED UP ON HIS SIDE NEXT TO THE WALL (E PUSHED HIMSELF UP GRADU ALLY AND SHUFmED ROUND UNTIL HIS BACK WAS LEANING AGAINST IT (E WAS EXHAUSTED DRAINED (IS FACE FELT THE WORST AS THOUGH ALL HIS ENERGY HAD OURED OUT OF IT AND LEFT HIM EMPTY "UT SOMEHOW

HE THOUGHT THERE WAS COMFORT IN THAT VOID /UT OF SIGHT A SHADOW RIPPLED Sarah  Mabley

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AND .AKED "OYS THROUGH THE CORRIDOR 4HE LAST PLANT BUBBLES OFF THE PAGE THROUGH HER LAUGHTER 7ORDS SOUND DIFFERENT WHEN SHE SAYS THEM 3PAH ROWW GRASS CURVES OFF THE PAGE PAST THE BOOKSHELVES AND LIFTS UP INTO THE CEILING 4HE SINGING GETS LOUDER !S SHE PASSES THE STUDY -EADOW 3AFFRON AND -ILFOIL WHIZZ BY THE DOOR 4HEN SHE IS OUT AND MUST BE IN THE GARDEN WITH ,AD S ,OVE $AY S %YE AND *ACARANDAS IN HER MOUTH 3MALL LEAVED ,IME 4REE TAILS OFF AND THE WORDS BECOME MUFmED ) EXPECT SHE HAS GONE ROUND TO THE BACK OF THE HOUSE TO TELL THE "ANYAN TREES ABOUT THEIR DISTANT RELATIVES *UNIPER ,ING )N DIAN 0IPE AND 3UNDEW

) PRESS MY FOREHEAD AGAINST THE GLASS LOOK DOWN TO A COUNTRY SPLIT OPEN LIKE HOT FRUIT 4HE ,ONELY 0LANET SAYS "ANGLA DESH IS A COUNTRY OF RIVERS !S ) READ THIS LINE SNOW MELTS OFF THE (IMALAYAS

4HE MONSOON SEASONS IN .E PAL "HUTAN AND )NDIA SWELL THE 'ANGES AND "RAH MAPUTRA "EFORE THEY CROSS BORDERS #HANGE NAMES TO 0ADMA

-EGNHA 0OOLS BULGE OUT OF THE GROUND

RISING UP LIKE BLISTERS

LAKES BLOAT AND SLOP OVER THE SIDES AND ALL THIS WATER POUNDS DOWN HILLS CHURNING UP ROADS

ROOT CROPS PADDIES BECOME WEIRS SPREADING THICK

BROWN DISEASES SLURPED UP THE STEMS OF MARIGOLDS UNTIL THEY SAG UNDER THE PLUMP WEIGHT

AND EVERYONE SINKS THEIR KNEES INTO THE MUD

AND PRAYS TO THE SON OF "RAHMA

TO "UDDHA TO THE ALMIGHTY !LLAH WHILE LOTUSES SWEEP DOWN PAST THEIR MUDDY KNEED PRAYERS -  Anya  Linh

Borders  4HERE S A PLASTIC GLOBE IN "ORDERS 4HE EQUATOR WIDE AS MY PALM WITH A PENCIL SHARPENER INSET UNDER THE AXLE SHAVINGS GET PUSHED THROUGH THE SOUTH POLE INTO ITS EDGES ) PRESS MY THUMB NAIL DOWN ON WHAT ) THINK IS .ORWICH

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SKIMMING THE #ASPIAN SEA

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ODDS WITH HIS PLACE IN THE WORLD #HRIS (YDE MET THE MAN FOR A CHAT AT THE 7ATERFRONT

HE 7ATERFRONT IS NOT THE MOST GLAM OROUS OF LOCATIONS FOR A GIG

BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IM AGINATION 3TICKY mOORS WALLS THAT SEEM TO HAVE BEEN PAINTED YEARS AGO AND YEAR OLD GIRLS CLUTCHING PINTS OF 3NAKEBITE ARE THE MOST FONDLY REMEMBERED ASPECTS OF THE VENUE AND IT S CERTAINLY A FAR CRY FROM SAY THE CAPACITY OF -ILE %ND STADIUM 3PARE A THOUGHT THEN

FOR POOR 'RAHAM #OXON WHO IN THE WAKE OF HIS DEPARTURE FROM "LUR HAS GONE FROM PLAYING SUCH STADIUMS A DECADE AGO TO DINGY LITTLE VENUES LIKE THE 7ATERFRONT )N -ARCH THE GUITARIST STOPPED OFF AT .ORWICH S lNEST FOR A SOLD OUT SHOW AND DEMONSTRATED JUST WHAT HAS BEEN KEEPING HIM IN #ON VERSE SHOES SINCE HIS LEAVING THE BAND n HIS UNIQUE MIXTURE OF BLISTERING ROCK AND BOUNCY POP 7ITH A SIXTH SOLO AL

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h) WANT TO MAKE MUSIC THAT ONLY ELVES CAN UNDERSTANDv

BUM TO PROMOTE 4HE %VENT MANAGED TO MEET THE LEGEND IN THE GLAMOROUS BACKSTAGE AREA OF THE 7ATERFRONT AND

OVER A BOTTLE OF WATER SINCE COMING OUT OF REHAB IN #OXON HAS NOT TOUCHED ALCOHOL DISCUSSED HIS CUR RENT MUSIC *AMES "LUNT AND ELVESx 3O THEN 'RAHAM WHY PLAY AT THE 7ATERFRONT h) REALLY LIKE DOING THESE SORT OF GIGS 4HE TOUR S GOING REALLY WELL AND WE VE RELAXED THE SET SO IT S A LOT LESS STRESSFUL ) M NO LONGER STRESSED ABOUT HAVING TO GET BITS RIGHT ABOUT HAVING TO GET CHORDS ABSOLUTELY SPOT ON AND SO WE CAN HAVE A LOT MORE FUN v (E MYSTERIOUSLY CONCLUDES WITH A COMMENT ABOUT A FRENETIC PERFORM ANCE IN ,EEDS THAT ENDED WITH HIS BODY BEING COVERED IN BRUISES BUT HE DIDN T GO INTO DETAILS AS TO WHAT HAP PENED $ID HE FALL OFF A STACK OF AMPS $ID HE TRIP INTO THE MOSH PIT AND GET

BATTERED 3END ANY SUGGESTIONS TO THE #ONCRETE OFlCES PLEASE !FTER CONlRMING THAT HE WOULD BE PLAYING SONGS FROM MOST OF HIS AL BUMS IT S LITTLE KNOWN THAT HE RECORD ED FOUR ALBUMS WHILE STILL IN "LUR TO MODEST CRITICAL PRAISE BUT POOR SALES

#OXON DISCUSSES HIS MOVEMENT FROM THE FRINGES OF INDIE DOM TO BECOMING AS BIG AS HE IS TODAY n UNDOUBTEDLY HELPED BY .-% S GLORIlCATION OF HIS lFTH ALBUM AND PERHAPS BEST SYM BOLISED BY HIS HEADLINING THE 2ADIO STAGE AT #ARLING 7EEKEND IN TO PLAYING DURING THE AFTERNOON ON THE MAIN STAGE IN h)T WAS GOOD FUN TO PLAY IN THE DAYTIME BUT A BIT FUNNY TO PLAY IN THE DAYLIGHT ) DO PREFER PLAYING IN A TENT THOUGH n YOU CAN HAVE LIGHTS ON YOU AND THERE S A BIT MORE OF AN ATMOSPHERE SO IT FEELS A BIT MORE LIKE A PROPER SHOW v 7E

BRIEmY CONSIDER ASKING A QUESTION ABOUT "LUR SUCH AS WHETHER HIM RE JOINING THE BAND WILL EVER HAPPEN

BUT WITH STRICT INSTRUCTIONS FROM #OX ON S RECORD LABEL RINGING IN OUR EARS TO NOT MENTION "LUR $AMON !LBARN OR 'ORILLAZ WE LET THE MOMENT SLIDE AND CARRY ON WITH OUR STOCK PILE OF QUESTIONS SUCH AS THE PERHAPS INEVI TABLE QUESTION OF WHAT DIRECTION HIS NEXT ALBUM WILL GO IN #OXON PAUSES TO TAKE A DRAG FROM HIS CIGARETTE lD DLES NERVOUSLY WITH HIS #ONVERSE AND MUSES ABOUT HIS CURRENT THOUGHTS h) VE BEEN LISTENING TO A LOT OF ACOUSTIC STUFF LATELY SO IT MIGHT BE A BIT GENTLER -Y BRIEF TO MYSELF FOR THE ALBUM WAS TO MAKE SONGS THAT ONLY ELVES CAN UN DERSTAND "UT THAT WOULD BE IMPOS SIBLE AND WOULD SOUND RIDICULOUS v 2IGHTx 2EGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT WILL OR WILL NOT BE COMPREHENSIBLE TO FAIRY FOLK #OXON ALSO CONlRMED THAT HE WOULD LIKE 3TEPHEN 3TREET PRODUCER OF CLASSIC ALBUMS BY 4HE 3MITHS "LUR AND +AISER #HIEFS TO HELP HIM AGAIN /N THE SUBJECT OF THE +AISERS #OXON ALSO MENTIONED HIS GUEST APPEARANCE ON THE ALBUM n REVVING THE MOTOR BIKE AT THE BEGINNING OF @3ATURDAY .IGHT h3TEPHEN WANTED A MOTORBIKE AT THE START OF THE TRACK SO HE CALLED ME UP AND ) RODE OVER TO THE STUDIO 7E MIKED IT UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET MY OLD (ONDA 5NFORTUNATELY FOR THE +AISERS ) VE SOLD THAT ONE NOW

BUT ) VE GOT PLENTY OF OTHER BIKES IN ,ONDON THAT ) PREFER LIKE A 4RI UMPH BECAUSE IT S THE SAME YEAR AS THE 4ELECASTER ) PLAY v /N THE TOPIC OF #OXON S CAMEO APPEARANCES HE ALSO DENIED ANY CHANCE OF HIM WORK ING WITH #ARL "ARAT OR 0ETE $OHERTY IN THE NEAR FUTURE AFTER PLAYING LIVE WITH EACH OF THEM COMMENTING THAT "ARAT SEEMS QUITE COMFORTABLE WITH HIS hBROGUE STAMPINGv NEW BAND AND THAT 0ETE JUST NEEDS TO BE LEFT ALONE

hTO SEE WHAT HAPPENS TO HIM (E S A GOOD BLOKE HE JUST NEEDS TO SORT HIM SELF OUT v )T IS NOTICEABLE THAT WHEN COM MENTING ABOUT $OHERTY #OXON TAKES A VERY LONG PAUSE TO CHOOSE HIS WORDS CAREFULLY )T SEEMS THAT HE S LEARN HIS LESSON AFTER A FEW DAYS PREVIOUSLY

IN WHICH A THROWAWAY COMMENT HE MADE ABOUT *AMES "LUNT COMPAR ING HIS LYRICS TO A GREETING CARD WAS GROSSLY EXAGGERATED BY JOURNALISTS AND MADE OUT TO BE QUITE A VICIOUS ATTACK

WHEN IN REALITY IT WAS MEANT AS A SLIGHT REMARK h/H GOD YEAH THAT v #OXON REMARKS WHEN THE TOPIC WAS

BROUGHT UP LOOKING ALMOST PAINED 3O WHAT WAS ACTUALLY SAID h) WAS A BIT ANNOYED WITH WHAT HAPPENED ) WAS IN AN INTERVIEW WITH A GUY WHO STARTED TAKING THE MICKEY OUT OF HIM AND ) JUST SORT OF SAID @WELLx v #OXON TRAILS OFF AND SHRUGS h) WASN T VERY ANGRY ABOUT *AMES "LUNT OR HIS MUSIC n ) DIDN T BLAST HIM AS THE NEWSPAPER PUT IT n ) JUST SAID THAT ) COULDN T UNDERSTAND WHY THERE WASN T A LOT MORE DEPTH OR ANGER TO HIM OR WHY HE SEEMS TO DWELL ON THE SURFACE OF BEAUTY WITHOUT GETTING TO THE NITTY GRITTY ,IKE A GREET ING CARD )T WASN T AN ATTACK JUST ANx OBSERVATION v #LEARLY STILL MORE THAN A BIT ANNOYED ABOUT WHAT HAD HAP PENED WE QUICKLY CHANGED THE SUBJECT AWAY FROM -R "LUNT #OXON IS FULL OF PRAISE FOR THE CURRENT "RITISH ROCK SCENE HOWEVER h4HERE S A LOT OF NEAT BANDS AROUND AT THE MOMENT +AISER #HIEFS 4HE 2AKES

'OOD 3HOES !RCTIC -ONKEYS ) THINK

CULTURALLY THE -ONKEYS ARE FUCKING ACE ) THINK THEY SHOULD GO EVEN MORE TO THE EXTREME WITH USING THEIR ACCENTS TO SING IF THEY CAN %VERYBODY SHOULD SING IN THE MOST EXTREME ACCENTS THEY CAN SO !MERICANS CAN T UNDERSTAND THEM v HE GRINS (OW DOES HE FEEL

ABOUT BEING SUCH AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE "RITPOP MOVEMENT OF THE S THAT UNDOUBTEDLY INSPIRED THE CURRENT WAVE OF "RITISH ROCK BANDS h7HEN ) WAS PART OF IT TEN YEARS AGO "RITISH MUSIC WAS ALL VERY SMOOTH AND EGOCENTRIC .OW IT S A LOT GRITTIER MORE REALISTIC

MORE NOISY AND DElNITELY LESS POPPY )T S BECOME A LOT MORE ACCEPTED AND THAT S GREAT BECAUSE IT MEANS YOUNGER PEOPLE ARE GETTING INTO GUITAR MUSIC v !FTER THE TOUR WILL IT BE STRAIGHT BACK INTO THE STUDIO TO MAKE ANOTH ER RECORD AND TEACH THE KIDS OF TODAY HOW IT S DONE OR WILL IT BE TIME TO TAKE A BREAK h) DON T WANT TO GO BACK TO MAKING MUSIC STRAIGHTAWAY ) VE NOT DONE ANY PAINTING FOR A WHILE ;#OXON DOES ALL THE ARTWORK FOR HIS RELEASES HIMSELF AND PAINTED THE ALBUM SLEEVE FOR "LUR S @ = SO ) WANT TO HAVE A BREAK AND DO SOME OF THAT FOR A BIT ) D QUITE LIKE TO MAKE SOME SHOES AS WELL

LEARN TO MAKE THEM AND MAKE MYSELF SOME PAIRS v !S MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY

#OXON NOW HAS SIX SOLO ALBUMS UNDER HIS BELT n WILL HE RELEASE A COMPILATION TO SHOW AUDIENCES WHAT MUSIC HE S BEEN MAKING SINCE h) BLOODY HOPE NOT v #OXON SAYS WITH VENOM

CLEAR DISGUST ETCHED ONTO HIS FACE h)

SUPPOSE THOSE COLLECTIONS ARE ALRIGHT

AND THEY RE QUITE HANDY IN A WAY AND IT WOULD BE FUN TO COMPILE MY SONGS

BUT ) THINK THERE S A LOT MORE TIME LEFT UNTIL ) CAN RELEASE A PROPER "EST /F !

LOT OF "EST /F ALBUMS AREN T REALLY THAT GOOD n LIKE THE "LUR "EST /F IT WASN T A "EST /F AT ALL IT WAS JUST A COLLECTION OF SINGLES AND EVEN THEN IT WASN T NEC ESSARILY THE BEST SINGLES v /H CRIKEY (E S MENTIONED THE DREADED " WORD $O WE MOVE ON OR PURSUE THE TOPIC FURTHER .ERVOUSLY WE ASK HIM TO EX PAND ON WHY HE DISLIKED THE "LUR "EST /F h)T WASN T THE BEST THINGS THAT "LUR DID NOT BY A LONG SHOT *UST A BUNCH OF SINGLES !ND THEN YOU HAD TO RECORD THE OBLIGATORY NEW SONG )T S A REALLY WEIRD AREA AND SOMETHING THAT ) DON T THINK ) M READY TO EXPLORE JUST YET v !FTER A BRIEF DISCUSSION OF THE NEXT SINGLE @9OU AND ) WHICH CAME OUT THIS WEEK WE ENDED THE INTERVIEW )T BECAME CLEAR THROUGHOUT THAT $AVID 7ALLIAMS CRUEL IMPRESSION OF #OXON IN THE 2OCK 0ROlLE EPISODE ON "LUR WAS PERHAPS A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE TRUTH THAN ONE MIGHT THINK WITH HIS NERV OUS DEMEANOUR AND SLIGHTLY BIZARRE STATEMENTS 7HILE THIS COULD EASILY BE PUT DOWN TO HIS UNEASE AROUND JOUR

h%VERYBODY SHOULD SING IN THE MOST EXTREME ACCENTS THEY CAN SO !MERICANS CAN T UNDERSTAND THEMv

NALISTS A TRADEMARK OF HIS MUSICAL CA REER IT IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE THAT #OXON IS TRYING TO CREATE A PERSONA FOR HIM SELF )T WAS NOTICEABLE BACKSTAGE THAT

WHEN INFORMED OF THE INTERVIEW #OX ON SLIPPED ON HIS FAMOUS .(3 STYLE GLASSES AND TOOK THEM OFF AGAIN ON lNISHING 3O WHY WEAR THEM FOR THE INTERVIEW )T IS SIMPLY THAT HE IS TRY ING TO HIDE HIS TRUE SELF BEHIND A CHAR ACTER MUCH LIKE $AMON !LBARN WITH 'ORILLAZ 4HE TWO MUSICIANS HAVE USED THESE GUISES AS A WAY FOR THEM TO GET AWAY WITH SAYING THINGS AND MAKING MUSIC THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN DEEMED PRETENTIOUS IF THEY D DONE IT hOUT OFv CHARACTER 7HILE #OXON CLEARLY ENJOYS STEPPING INTO THE LIMELIGHT AND PUTS ON A DAMN GOOD SHOW IT S OBVIOUS THAT HE IS STILL EVEN NOW CLOSE TO !L BARN IN THEIR PURSUIT OF MAKING MUSIC BEHIND A MASK %ITHER WAY #OXON IS CLEARLY HAPPY WITH HIS PLACE IN MUSIC AT THE MOMENT AND UNTIL THAT HAPPY DAY IN THE FUTURE IN WHICH HE REJOINS "LUR WE SHOULD CHERISH HIM AS THE BEST GUITARIST OF OUR GENERATION AND PURVEYOR OF SOME OF THE lNEST ELF BASED ROCK AROUND 0(/4/3 "9 0(), 2/").3/.

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@! 3MALL 6ICTORY AND THE SOARING @%VERYTHING S 2UINED STICK CLOSE TO THEIR MORE APPROACHABLE POP ROCK TEMPLATE YET WITH THE WHITE TRASH MOCKING @26 OR THE ORGAN AND CHOIR ENSEMBLE WHICH CONCLUDES @*IZZLOBBER &AITH .O -ORE DISPLAY A PENCHANT FOR THE ECLECTIC AND UN PREDICTABLE 0ATTON S UNIQUE TALENT FOR SWITCHING EFFORTLESSLY BETWEEN HARDCORE SCREAMING AND SOFT CROONING OFTEN IN THE SAME SONG @-ALPRACTICE WHICH ALSO FEATURES AN UNEXPECTED SAMPLE FROM .EW 9ORK JAZZ ROCK PURVEYORS +RONOS 1UARTET IS TRULY BEWILDERING )T S LITTLE WONDER THAT THE RECORD IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE BAND S lNEST HOUR #ELEBRATED AS ONE OF THE MOST INmUENTIAL RELEASES OF THE S

@!NGEL $UST IS ALSO UNDESERVEDLY ACCUSED AS BEING THE INSPIRATION FOR THE LATER NU METAL REVOLUTION 9ET SUCH A TURGID BANAL GENRE COULD NOT BE FURTHER FROM @!NGEL $UST S VERSATILITY !LTHOUGH 0AT TON S MODERATELY SUCCESSFUL LATER PROJECTS IN PARTICULAR 4OMAHAWK AND THE STRANGE YET UNDENIABLY FANTASTIC -R "UNGLE HAVE GONE SOME WAY TO RECAPTURING THE VOLA TILE ENERGY OF &AITH .O -ORE FANS HAVE BEEN LEFT PRAYING FOR THAT ELU SIVE REFORM )N THE MEAN TIME WE MUST MAKE DO WITH GEMS SUCH AS @!NGEL $US T 4HE INSPIRED COVER OF THE #OMMODORES CLASSIC @%ASY PROVIDES A SUITABLY lTTING CLOSE TO THIS TRULY ALTERNATIVE GENRE BASH ING AND BOISTEROUS RECORD 7ILL 'REAVES

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'UNS . 2OSES !PPETITE FOR $ESTRUCTION @!PPETITE FOR $ESTRUCTION WAS THE ALBUM THAT DID IT ALL FOR 'UNS .

2OSES )T BROUGHT THEM THE DRUGS

THE GIRLS AND THE MONEY 4HIS WAS ALSO THE ALBUM THAT SIGNALLED AN END TO THE POODLE HAIRED BACK COMBED POP ROCK OF THE EARLY S AND SIGNALLED THE RETURN OF ROCK AND ROLL DEBAUCHERY &ROM BE ING hLOADED LIKE A FREIGHT TRAINv IN @.IGHT 4RAIN TO RECORDING LEAD SINGER !XL 2OSE HAVING SEX IN THE STUDIO FOR THE SOUND EFFECTS ON @2OCKET 1UEEN 'UNS . 2OSES PROVE THEIR STATEMENT THAT hNICE BOYS DON T PLAY ROCK AND ROLLv /THER STAND OUT TRACKS ON THE ALBUM INCLUDE THE CLASSIC @7EL COME TO THE *UNGLE WITH ITS CLEVER USE OF THE JUNGLE AS AN ALLEGORY FOR SOCIETY @)T S 3O %ASY AND ITS TALE OF BEING ALIENATED FROM SOCIETY LATER COVERED BY -ANIC 3TREET 0REACHERS AND THE ODE TO HEROIN @-R "ROWN STONE !S WELL AS 2OSE S SCREECHED LYRICS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF THE BAND IS UNDENIABLY THE BRILLIANT GUITAR WORK OF 3LASH

WHO SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO RIP OUT ANY RIFF OR SOLO IN HIS SLEEP 4HE ALBUM OF COURSE ALSO CON TAINS ARGUABLY THEIR MOST FAMOUS RELEASES @3WEET #HILD / -INE AND @0ARADISE #ITY AND IS AN ESSENTIAL PURCHASE DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT IS THE SOUND OF A BAND THAT WAS CON STANTLY TREADING THE lNE LINE BE TWEEN EXCESS AND SELF DESTRUCTION 4HEY WERE NEVER ABLE TO REPEAT THE CONSISTENT QUALITY OF THIS ALBUM IN THEIR NEXT RELEASES @5SE 9OUR )L LUSION AND AND

BY THE END OF THE S THEY WERE lNISHED JUST AS @!PPETITE HAD MADE OTHER ACTS UNFASHIONABLE @.EVERMIND HAD COME ALONG AND SIGNALLED THE END OF 'UNS . 2OSES %XCESS WAS OUT AND GRUNGE WAS IN THE KIDS DIDN T WANT TO SEE THE @0ARADISE #ITY

THEY WANTED TO SMELL LIKE TEEN SPIRIT AND AFTER THEIR lNAL ALBUM OF PUNK COVERS 4HE 3PAGHETTI )NCI DENT THE STRUGGLE TO CONTAIN !XL S EGO BECAME TOO MUCH AND 'UNS . 2OSES WENT THEIR SEPARATE WAYS

LEAVING A TRAIL OF BROKEN *$ BOTTLES AND TRASHED HOTEL ROOMS BEHIND THEM -ARK #RAWLEY

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METAL AND n GULP n PROG AND FRONTMAN "ILLY #ORGAN S CLEAR TALENT AS A LYRICIST AND MUSICIAN

THE BAND REMAINED A CONTINUING SOURCE OF AMAZING MUSIC THROUGH OUT THE DECADE UNTIL THEIR SPLIT IN

)T IS THIS ALBUM THAT REMAINS THEIR MOST AMAZING ACHIEVEMENT

RESURRECTING THE BLOATED GHOST OF THE DOUBLE ALBUM LAST SEEN mOAT ING AROUND @4HE 7ALL IN THE LATE S AND PACKING MORE INTO ITS TRACKS THAN YOU D lND IN $OHER TY S SMACK PIPE $ESPITE THE PRE TENTIOUS TITLE AND THE EVEN MORE POMPOUS SPLITTING OF THE SONGS THE SLIGHTLY ROCKIER @$AWN TO $USK AND THE MORE EXPERIMENTAL @4WILIGHT TO 3TARLIGHT IT REMAINS THE QUINTESSENTIAL BEGINNER S GUIDE TO THE 0UMPKINS WITH THEIR BIGGEST SONGS @4ONIGHT 4ONIGHT

@:ERO @ ALL FEATURING ALONG SIDE TREATS LIKE 4HE #URE ESQUE MINUTE RUSH @8 9 5 THE HEAD BANGING METAL OF @*ELLYBELLY THE SWEET ACOUSTIC @4HIRTY 4HREE AND PROG EPIC @4HRU 4HE %YES /F 2UBY )T IS HERE WHERE THE ALBUM S STRENGTH LIES n THE 0UMPKINS SEEM INGLY MASTERS OF ANY GENRE THAT THEY TURN THEIR MIND TO EFFORTLESSLY MIX ALL MANNER OF GENRES ACROSS THE AL BUM 4HE lRST #$ OPENS WITH THE PIANO LED INSTRUMENTAL @-ELLON #OLLIE AND QUITE POSSIBLY ONE OF THE MOST DEPRESSING SONGS EVER

THEN SEGUES INTO THE SWEEPING VIO LINS OF @4ONIGHT 4ONIGHT WHICH THEN BOUNCES INTO THE BRAIN MELT ING ROCKER @*ELLYBELLY FOLLOWED BY THE SCUZZY AND GRUNGY @:ERO x YOU GET THE IDEA 4HIS IS WITHOUT EVEN MENTIONING #ORGAN S AMAZING LYR ICS THE INCREDIBLE MUSICIANSHIP OF THE OTHER THREE 0UMPKINS AND THE BEAUTIFUL YET SINISTER ARTWORK THAT COULD HAVE BEEN LIFTED FROM AN S CHILD S BOOK 7ITH THE SHEER QUALITY OF MUSIC ENCOMPASS ING ALL MANNER OF EMOTIONS THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE CLASSIC AND CAN T BE RECOMMENDED ENOUGH #HRIS (YDE

7HILE NOT QUITE AS URBAN OR EVEN AS SHARP AS PREVIOUS EFFORTS @&EAR OF A "LACK 0LANET HAS REMAINED AS 0UBLIC %NEMY S GREATEST ALBUM AND ONE OF THE MOST ACCLAIMED OF THE EARLY S #HUCK $ 4ERMINA TOR 8 AND &LAVOR &LAV NOW MAES TROS OF HIP HOP IN THEIR OWN RIGHT

SPAWNED A WHOLE NEW APPROACH TO THEIR GENRE 4HEY MAY HAVE HARNESSED INTELLEGENT RAP LYRICS BUT THE POLITICAL IMPACT WAS EASILY PARALLED BY THE INTRICATE SCULPTURE THAT WAS THEIR SOUND )T WAS ABLE OF AUTHENTICISING CONVINCING AND REVOLUTIONISING THE ACCESSIBILITY OF HIP HOP )T MAY BE HARSH BUT TRUE TO SAY MOST OF THIS ALBUM S IMPACT WAS EPITOMISED IN @&IGHT 4HE 0OWER A PUNCH IN THE FACE OF 53 HYPOCRISY AND THE SAME SPIRIT THAT HAS DElNED 0UBLIC %NEMY AS ONE OF THE FEW RAP ACTS THAT THINKS OUTSIDE THEIR OWN BUBBLE #HUCK $ S LYRICAL INNOVATION IS COMMANDING AND PROPHETIC AND THE COMPLEXITY OF THE "OMB 3QUAD S MUSIC CHALLENGES GENERIC RAP WITH A BLAST OF FUNK AND PAS SION 4HEMES BASED ON (OLLY WOOD S RACISM MISCEGENATION AND HYPOCRISY ARE SKIRTED WITH A DEEP PASSION DESPITE THE POUND ING PORTRAYAL WHICH IF ANYTHING

ADDS TO THE REALITY OF THE SOCIAL CONTEXT )T TOOK THE GROUP ONLY TRACKS TO SHATTER THE LIMITS OF TRADIONAL RAP &LAWED ONLY IN THE FACT IT TRIES TO COVER SO MUCH CONTROVERSIAL GROUND @&EAR OF A "LACK 0LANET ESTABLISHED THE UNCERTAIN PRESENCE OF 0UBLIC %N EMY BY FOCUSING THEIR IDEAS INTO A COHERANT PLETHORA OF ART 7ITH A GREATEST HITS ALBUM NOW IN THE STORES IT IS EVIDENCE THAT 0UBLIC %NEMY OVERCAME THEIR PROBLEM ATIC CAREERS BY MAKING RAP A CUL TURE NOT JUST A GENRE h,EAVE THIS OUT YOUR F

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Festival  Spirit 4HE SUMMER IS UPON US AND ANTICIPATION IS BUILDING 7ITH THE FESTIVAL SEASON LOOMING #HARLES 2UMSEY LOOKS AT WHAT THE "RITISH COUNTRYSIDE HAS TO OFFER IN THE ABSENCE OF 'LASTONBURY

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OW THAT THE SUN HAS COME OUT AND THE C O M P L E T E LINE UPS ARE JUST ABOUT PINNED DOWN

THE SUMMER IS ALREADY HOTTING UP FOR ANOTHER EXPLOSIVE YEAR OF MUSIC FESTIVA LERY AND THE LIKE 7ITH 'LAS TONBURY ON ITS TRADITIONAL CROP ROTATION YEAR THE NATION S HIP PIES ARE LOOKING FOR SOMEWHERE ELSE TO EXPERIENCE THE MUSIC THE S LEFT US WITH !ND AS .-% TAKES OVER THE ONCE DIVERSE #AR LING WEEKEND THERE HAS BEEN A HUGE SHIFT IN THE SPECTRUM OF FESTIVALS &OR SOME REASON THIS YEAR THE #ARLING WEEKEND SOLD OUT IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE IN FACT THAT REASON WAS THAT 'LASTONBURY REGULARS NEEDED SOMEWHERE ELSE TO CRASH FOR THE WEEKEND !NOTHER REASON MIGHT ALSO BE THE LINE UP !NY FOOL COULD NOTICE THAT THE RELATIVE QUALI TIES OF THE BANDS PLAYING AT 2EADING AND ,EEDS HAVE DEVEL OPED A LOT AND NOT NECESSARILY FOR THE BETTER !T ONE STAGE WE WERE TREATED TO BROAD ROCK GEN RES "RITISH AND !MERICAN IN FUSED WITH THE ODD CLASSIC ACTS LIKE 'UNS AND 2OSES OR 'REEN $AY ANYTHING ALTERNATIVE FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO DIDN T FANCY SPENDING THE SUMMER IN )BIZA OR -AGA !ND YES THERE WAS HIP HOP THE 2OOTS AND * PLAYING THE MAIN STAGE ONLY A FEW YEARS AGO "AR MAYBE THE POOR RECEP TION OF #ENT THE CROWDS EM BRACED THE DIVERSITY OF THEIR IN HERENT ALTERNATIVE SCENE !ND THE SAME CROWDS WOULDN T LET PRETENDERS GET ANY SAY EITHER

EVERY ACT HAD TO EARN THEIR PO SITION ON THE STAGE OR BE BOOED OFF FOR LACK OF RESPECT ONE HIT WONDERS THE 2ASMUS QUIT AFTER ONE SONG AT 2EADING BECAUSE THEIR LACK OF GRAFT MEANT THEY DID NOT DESERVE THEIR MAIN STAGE SPOT /NLY TWO YEARS ON AND &RANZ &ERDINAND HEADLINE THE #ARLING WEEKEND AFTER RELEASING A FOL LOW UP ALBUM AND A BRIEF SE RIES OF SEMI SUCCESSFUL SINGLES

DIRECTLY IN THE EYE OF CONTEM PORARY VOGUE THEIR METRO SEXU AL STYLE WILL FADE AS QUICKLY AS IT BEGAN IN THE SAME WAY AS EVE

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RY FLAVOUR OF THE MOMENT HAS DONE .OT THAT THIS IS ANYTHING NEW OR INDEED BAD 4HE ONLY UNFORTUNATE FACT IS THAT THEIR POPULARITY THROUGH ANNOUNCE MENT OUTWEIGHED FESTIVAL VETER ANS -USE WHO ARE A NAME WITH UNDERSTANDABLE ATTACHMENT TO SUCH A PRESTIGIOUS SLOT !S FOR THE REST OF THE LINE UP THERE COMES A SORRY LIST OF .-% EN DORSEMENTS WHO WILL BE POPU LAR AS LONG AS SKINNY JEANS AND COLOURFUL CONVERSE REMAIN SO 4HIS STILL ISN T NECESSARILY A BAD THING BUT IT IS CLEAR THAT THE #ARLING WEEKEND IS MORE POP THAN EVER BEFORE IT MIGHT BE WHAT THE MASSES WANT TO HEAR AND THERE IS NO FAULT IN THAT

BUT FOLLOWING THIS IT HAS BEEN ARGUED THAT ,EEDS AND 2EAD ING HAVE STOLEN THE ATMOSPHERE AND AUDIENCE THAT WOULD OTH ERWISE HAVE SPENT THE SUMMER AT THE 6 FEST 4HIS HAS THEREFOR SIMULTANEOUSLY FORCED ALTERNA TIVE ROCK FANS TO THE USUALLY HEAVIER $OWNLOAD FESTIVAL AT $ONNINGTON 0ARK 4HIS COULD ALSO BE DOWN TO THE FACT THAT MUSIC FESTIVALS IN THIS WORLD OF POLITICAL CORRECTNESS AND SCARE MONGERING HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO HUGELY STRICT SAFETY REQUIRE MENTS !UDIENCES ARE YOUNGER AND MORE INNOCENT SO FESTIVAL POLICE HOUND THE CAMPSITES IN SEARCH OF ANY ANTISOCIAL BEHAV IOUR .O DOUBT THIS IS A GOOD

THING IN GENERAL BUT UNDER THE SHADOW OF THE HOMEMADE FES TIVAL LAW MOODS ARE SUBJECT TO A DARKNESS THAT MAY NOT AL WAYS BE WELCOME 4HIS MIGHT BE THE REASON THAT THERE HAS BEEN A SHIFT IN THE MUSIC SPEC TRUM HARDCORE ROCK FANS MIGHT BE SEARCHING FOR SOMETHING SLIGHTLY MORE EXTREME AND EDGY WHICH CAN NO LONGER BE FOUND AT THE EVER MORE FAMILY ORIEN TATED #ARLING WEEKEND $OWN LOAD MIGHT BE THE ANSWER THIS YEAR IN SUCH CASES 4HREE YEARS AGO 'UNS AND 2OSES FELT THAT THEIR STYLE AND GENRE BELONGED IN FRONT OF AN EAGER CROWD AT THE ,EEDS FEST

ONE YEAR LATER AND -ETALLICA ATTRACTED A HOST OF METAL FANS TO THE SAME ALREADY BOOMING

#ARLING WEEKEND ALONGSIDE OTHER WELL ESTABLISHED ROCKERS SUCH AS #OHEED AND #AMBRIA

!VENGED 3EVENFOLD AND &UNERAL &OR ! &RIEND !LL FIVE OF THESE EXAMPLES HAVE COME TO TERMS WITH THE FACT THAT THERE IS NO LONGER A PLACE FOR THEM AT THE NOW FAR MORE MAINSTREAM #AR LING WEEKEND AND HAVE PACKED UP IN FAVOUR OF THE $OWNLOAD FEST USUALLY FAMOUS FOR SKIN HEAD BEEFCAKES AND OTHER NU METAL TASTES /NCE AGAIN IT S NOT ALL BAD THOUGH FOR THOSE FANS OF GENRES ANYWHERE LEFT OF POST HARDCORE $OWNLOAD IS THE PLACE TO BE OF COURSE TRUE

4HE LACK OF OVER LAP HAS LEFT LITTLE ROOM FOR DIVER SITY IN THIS YEARS FESTIVAL LINE UPS

METAL FANS MAY BE COMPLAIN ING ABOUT THE DILUTION OF EMO THAT HAS STAINED THEIR OTHER WISE SOUND LINE UP )T SEEMS A LINE HAS TO DRAWN BETWEEN THE GENRES APPEARING AT FESTI VALS IT S JUST UNFORTUNATE THAT THERE IS SO LITTLE ROOM FOR OVER LAP )T ALL COMES DOWN TO A WAR BETWEEN TWO OF %NGLAND S BEST SELLING MUSIC MAGS .-% AND +ERRANG #ARLING AND $OWN LOAD &OR THE MAJORITY OF ALTER NATIVE MUSIC FANS WHOSE TASTE FITS SOMEWHERE INBETWEEN A CHOICE WILL HAVE TO BE MADE !LL IN ALL THE UNDERLYING THEME SEEMS TO BE THAT MUSI CAL DIVERSITY AT FESTIVALS HAS SOMEWHAT WANED 4HERE IS LESS ROOM FOR BANDS TO PUT ON A RE ALLY GOOD SHOW AT VENUES OF ANY PERSUASION THE ONLY QUES TION TO ASK IS WHY )S IT BE CAUSE .-% HAVE BECOME SUCH A POWERFUL ENTITY THAT THEY HAVE SOUGHT TO DOMINATE THE HUGELY POPULAR AND LUCRATIVE #AR LING WEEKEND /R IS IT IN TRUTH THE INNOCENT FACT THAT DOMESTI CATION OF SUCH FESTIVALS HAS LEFT HUNGRY GIG GOERS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING MORE EXTREME &OR THE REGULAR FESTIVAL ATTENDEES HOWEVER THE LINE UP SHOULDN T BE IMPORTANT AT ALL LIVE MUSIC ROCKS WHICHEVER WAY YOU LOOK AT IT AND THE EXPERIENCE OF A WEEKEND UNDER CANVAS FOR MOST BEATS EVEN THE BEST LIVE ACTS

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Music

More  of  Less  than  Jake 3KA PUNK MISCREANTS ,ESS 4HAN *AKE RETURNED TO 5%! FOR THEIR UMPTEENTH SHOW IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THIS -ARCH !NDREW 2ILEY CAUGHT UP WITH THE BAND AS WELL AS RE VIEWING THEIR BLINDING LIVE SET

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HERE ARE MANY GREAT MUSI CIANS AND TOURS THAT SEEM TO VISIT 5%! ON AN ANNUAL BA SIS *OOLS (OL LAND -OTOR HEAD AND THE .-% TOUR TO NAME A FEW 0ERHAPS IT IS OUR FAIR INSTITU TION S ABILITY TO JUDGE AND ACCEPT GOOD MUSIC OR PERHAPS IT IS JUST THE GEOGRAPHICAL FACT THAT WE HAVE ONE OF THE ONLY SIGNIlCANT VENUES IN THE AREAx .ONE THE LESS VETERAN 53 PUNK POPPERS ,ESS 4HAN *AKE CAN BE ADD ED TO THAT ELITE GROUP OF ARTISTS THAT JUST KEEP COMING BACK FOR MORE .ORWICH LOVING 4HE REASON THEY KEEP PAYING FREQUENT VISITS h4HE BIRDS HERE SEEM TO BE EASIER TO HOOK UP WITH THAN OTHER PLACES IN %NG LANDv STATES AN INTENSELY STRAIGHT FACED #HRIS $EMAKES GUITARIST AND VOCALIST FOR ,ESS 4HAN *AKE $EMAKES BLEACH HAIRED AND BAGGY EYED PERHAPS FROM THE ROCK AND ROLL LIFESTYLE OR PERHAPS HE IS JUST A PRODUCT OF TWO BAGGY EYED PARENTS IS VERY DEADPAN AND AT TIMES IT IS HARD TO TELL WHETHER OR NOT HE IS JOKING PRETENDING TO BE A DEVOUT #HRISTIAN AND THEN -USLIM

BUT JUST hFUCKING WITHv ME *OKING ASIDE HE DOES LOOK UPON .ORWICH FONDLY h)T S A GOOD PLACE TO PLAYv

HE SAYS WITH AN AIR OF SINCERITY

hWE VE PLAYED HERE SINCE THE lRST TIME WE CAME OVER SIX YEARS AGO

AND WE HAD SUCH A GOOD TIME IN .ORWICH THAT WE DECIDED TO COME BACKv !ND DO THEY PARTAKE IN CAM PUS FESTIVITIES WHEN THEY PLAY IN SUCH PLACES h7E DON T DRINK OR TAKE PART IN THOSE ACTIVITIESxv HE SAYS SOMBRELY FOLLOWED BY HIS FACE LIGHTING UP h/F COURSE WE DO !NY CHANCE WE CAN GETv 3PEAKING OF STUDENTS THE QUES TION OF ILLEGAL DOWNLOADING IS RAISED h7E LOVE IT 7E RE GOING TO RELEASE OUR ALBUM FOR FREE DOWN LOADv HE JOKES WITH HIS FACE THEN TURNING SERIOUS h9OU CAN T STOP IT AND IT S BLATANT STEALING "UT ) DO IT

EVERYONE ELSE DOES IT IT S JUST THE WAY IT IS RIGHT NOWv HE REASONS 7HEN ASKED ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT HE IS WORRIED ABOUT BEING IN %NGLAND AND CATCHING BIRD mU HE

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LAUGHS h.O NOT AT ALL ) VE BEEN SHAKING SO MANY HANDS AND NOT WASHING MY HANDS AFTER TAKING A SHIT ) VE BEEN TRYING TO GET BIRD mU v !ND BEING IN %NGLAND SEEMS TO BE A VERY AFmUENT DECISION FOR THE BAND 4HE TOUR HAS PRACTICALLY SOLD OUT AND $EMAKES SAY S THAT hIT S BEEN VERY GOOD !LL PACKED OUT AND VERY SWEATYv (E THEN JOKES THAT THE MAIN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN !MERICAN AND "RITISH AUDIENCES IS THAT hTHE KIDS STILL LIKE US HERE v +IDS IS A KEY WORD FOR DESCRIB ING A TYPICAL ,ESS 4HAN *AKE AUDI ENCE AND DESPITE THE BAND ALL BEING CONSIDERED VETERANS #HRIS DOESN T SEEM TO MIND ONE BIT h!DULTS DON T HAVE ANY MONEY BE CAUSE THEY SPEND IT ALL ON BEER +IDS SPEND THEIR MONEY ON COMING TO SHOWSv HE REASONS (E ALSO ADMITS TO ENJOYING THE hVIBRANT AND YOUTH FULv NATURE OF THEIR AUDIENCES 7HEN ASKED ABOUT WHAT HE THINKS ABOUT THE CURRENT POPULAR TRENDS IN MUSIC OF "RIT INDIE AND %MO HE LAUGHS h) LOVE TIGHT GIRL JEANS ON GUYS AND BAD HAIR CUTS )T FEELS LIKE THE SEVENTIES ARE BACK AGAINv 7HEN ASKED OF HIS FAVOUR ITE ALBUM OF THE LAST YEAR HE BRINGS UP "ARRY -ANILOW S GREATEST HITS

VOLUME TWO WHICH IS GREETED WITH LAUGHTER h) M BEING DEAD SERIOUS

IT S A GREAT RECORDv HE STATES STERNLY !BSENT FROM ,ESS 4HAN *AKES

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CURRENT STAGE PERFORMANCES ARE THE COSTUMES WORN OVER THE YEARS $E MAKES ONCE APPEARED ON STAGE IN .ORWICH AS A HORRIFYING TRUCKER

AND NOTABLY THEIR EQUIVALENT OF "EZ 3KULLMAN WHO USED TO CAUSE MAYHEM ONSTAGE FOR THE BAND

CART WHEELING AND PERFORMING MANY PARTY PIECES $EMAKES SAYS 3KULLMAN IS NOW A VETERINARIAN !N INTERESTING STORY THAT DOES BEG THE QUESTION THAT MOST VETERAN BANDS COME ACROSS ARE THEY PREPARING FOR LIFE AFTER THE BAND h! COUPLE OF GUYS FROM THE BAND HAVE THINGS SET UP ) VE BEEN INVOLVED ENOUGH YEARS TO KNOW THAT ) CAN GET A JOB IN THE INDUSTRY IF ) NEED TOv /NE OF THOSE PROJECTS IS DRUMMER 6IN NIE &IORELLO S RECORD LABEL &UELED BY 2AMEN WHO HAVE THE INCREAS INGLY POPULAR 0ANIC !T THE $ISCO ON BOARD AMONGST OTHERS !FTER WELL OVER A DECADE TOGETH ER ,ESS 4HAN *AKE STILL SEEM TO BE STILL GOING STRONG WITH NEW ALBUM )N 7ITH THE /UT #ROWD COMING OUT AT THE END OF -AY h)T S EXCIT INGv #HRIS GRINS REFERRING TO THE , ! RECORDED ALBUM !FTER TONIGHT

THERE IS ONE MORE DATE IN %NGLAND

BEFORE TOURING %UROPE A PROSPECT THAT DOES NOT DAUNT HIM h/THER THAN THE LANGUAGE BARRIER KIDS ARE STILL KIDS AND IT STILL FEELS THE SAME v HE SAYS !ND HIS FAVOURITE PLACE TO PLAY /THER THAN .ORWICH OF

h) LOVE TIGHT GIRL JEANS ON GUYS AND BAD HAIR CUTS )T FEELS LIKE THE SEVENTIES ARE BACK AGAINv

COURSE h(OLLAND IS ALWAYS A GOOD TIMExv HE SAYS SMIRKING #OME SHOW TIME THE QUEUE BURSTS INTO THE ,#2 EAGER FOR A GOOD TIME 4HIS REPORTER BEING AP PROXIMATELY SIX FOOT TALL WITH ALL THESE TEENY MOSHERS AROUND IT IS EASY TO IMAGINE BEING 7ILLY 7ONKA WALKING AMONGST SOME SKATE SHORT ED /OMPA ,OOMPAS UNTIL A GIANT BURGER HEADED TEEN BLOCKS YOUR VIEW OF THE STAGEx ,ESS 4HAN *AKE BOUND ONSTAGE

NONE OF THEM STANDING STILL FROM THE lRST NOTE TO THE LAST 4HEIR HIGH ENERGY AND TIGHT PLAYING FUELS A SELF PRESERVATION LACKING AUDIENCE INTO EXCITEMENT .EW SINGLE /VER RATED THOUGH SLIGHTLY GENERIC lTS IN WELL WITH THE SET AND BODES WELL FOR THE NEW ALBUM 4HE BRASS SEC TION DOES NOT SEEM GIMMICKY AND ADDS TO THE SOUND IN A VERY POSI TIVE WAY !ND IT DOES LOOK SO COOL TO SEE LOADS OF PEOPLE DOING AIR TROMBONE ALONG TO THE SONGS 4HE CONTRAST OF #HRIS $EMAKES DIRTY VOICE AND DREAD LOCKED BASSIST 2OGER -ANGANELLI S FRIENDLY POP PUNKY VOICE ADDS TO THE FUN OF THE ,ESS 4HAN *AKE EXPERIENCE @!LL -Y "EST &RIENDS ARE -ET AL HEADS SENDS THE CROWD INTO A STORMY SEA OF PEOPLE IT COULD AL MOST BE HARNESSED AS A POTENTIAL RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE 4HE SONG IS ARGUABLY THE UNIVERSAL ANTHEM FOR HAVING A GOOD OL SKANK &OR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON T KNOW WHAT SKANKING IS IT S THAT ENERGETIC DANCE PEOPLE DO ON ROCK NIGHTS WHERE ONE KICKS THEMSELVES IN THE HEAD WHILST DOING CRAZY JAZZ HANDS ,ESS 4HAN *AKE S EXTENSIVE REPER TOIRE IS HIGHLIGHTED MID SET WHEN THEY PLAY A MEDLEY OF THEIR SONGS A QUICK BURST OF DIFFERENT CATCHY CHORUSES AIMING TO PLEASE AN EA GER CROWD WITH THEIR OWN FAVOURITES !ND IT S NOT AS IF THEY HAVE A SHORT SET 4HE NIGHT COMPLETED WITH THE lRING OF CONFETTI HAS BEEN TRULY EN TERTAINING )T S HARD NOT TO ENJOY THE OBVIOUS PASSION THE BAND HAVE FOR PLAYING LIVE 3HOWING A REFRESHING RELATION SHIP WITH THEIR FAN BASE THE BAND HAVE BOOKED OUT THE BLUE BAR DOWNSTAIRS FOR AN AFTER SHOW PARTY

AND EVERYONE IS INVITED 4HE AGE DEMOGRAPHIC HERE HOWEVER SUG GESTS THEY MAY GET TO ENJOY A PARTY OF ABOUT THREE PEOPLEx

Music

Reviews STILL MANAGED TO SEND GOOSE BUMPS DOWN AUDIENCE S SPINES 7HATEVER IT IS ENOUGH PRAISE CANNOT BE LAUD ED ONTO THE SONG AND THE LONGER IT STAYS AT THE TOP SMASHING RECORDS

THE BETTER *UST GO OUT AND BUY THE DAMN SINGLE YOU LL THANK US ONE DAY #HRIS (YDE

TONES REMAIN CONSISTENTLY STRIKING THROUGHOUT 4HIS IS CERTAINLY A TRACK OF FRIENDLY VIBES TO EASE YOU INTO THE DAY 4HEMAN /FROCK

BAND ALONG WITH THE ENTHUSIASMS OF THE "RITISH 2OCK SCENE $ElNITELY THE PERFECT GIFT FOR THOSE WHO FEARED THAT "RITISH GUITAR BANDS HAD FALLEN INTO THE HANDS OF .-% %MO .EMO

'NARLS "ARKLEY #RAZY 7HAT CAN POSSIBLY BE SAID ABOUT THIS SONG THAT HASN T ALREADY BEEN SAID 7E ALL KNOW THAT IT S THE lRST SINGLE EVER TO GET TO THE COVETED .UMBER SLOT ON DOWNLOADS ALONE AND THAT IT S SPENT LONGER AT THE TOP THAN ANY SINGLE FOR QUITE SOME TIME /H YEAH AND THAT IT S COMPLETELY

UTTERLY FANTASTICALLY BRILLIANT 3ERI OUSKY WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CAN REMEMBER A GOOD SONG BEING AT .UMBER %SPECIALLY ONE THAT SEEMS TO BE LIKED BY EVERYONE FROM YEAR OLD TRUCKERS AND HOUSEWIVES TO INDIE KIDS AND BAGGY PANT WEAR ING HIP HOP KIDS 1UITE WHAT MAKES THE SONG SO DAMN GREAT IS UNCLEAR 0ERHAPS IT S PRODUCER $ANGER -OUSE S LAYER ING OF INSTRUMENTS AND SOUNDS 0ERHAPS IT S RAPPER #EE ,O S SILKY SMOOTH VOICE AND RELAXED DELIVERY 0ERHAPS IT S THAT IT CAN BE CHANGED COMPLETELY AND STILL SOUND GOOD THEIR 4OP OF THE 0OPS PERFORMANCE SLOWED THE TRACK DOWN CHUCKED A LOAD OF VIOLINS INTO THE MIX AND

(UNDRED 2EASONS 4HE 0ERFECT 'IFT

#ORINNE "AILEY 2AE 4ROUBLE 3LEEPING 4HE SWEET SHINY SWOONS OF #ORINNE "AILEY 2AE SEEM TO HAVE ENTERED THE HEARTS OF MANY SINCE THE RELEASE OF @0UT 9OUR 2ECORD /N EARLIER THIS YEAR .EW SINGLE @4ROUBLE 3LEEPING@ IS SET FOR RELEASE AT THE BREAK OF SUM MER AND IT IN NO WAY FALLS SHORT OF PROVIDING A CHILLED SUMMER SONG TO COMPLEMENT THE SOUNDTRACK OF THE SEASON OF SUN 4HE LIGHT AND AIRY FEEL OF #ORINNE S MUSIC IS QUITE SPE CIAL AND ITS UNIQUENESS AND INNO CENCE CARRY THE IMAGINATION ALONG IN A BREEZE )T SEEMS AS IF THE ,EEDS LASS HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THE SEASONS THROUGH HER RELEASES YET HER DULCET

What’s  On

)T IS GIVES GREAT PLEASURE TO AN NOUNCE THAT (UNDRED 2EASONS ARE BACK ON FORM 7HO EVER SAID THAT LACK OF DEVELOPMENT FOR A BAND WAS A BAD THING HAD FAILED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE CAREERS OF THE "RIT lVE PIECE 7HEN YOU PRODUCE SUCH A GROUND BREAKING DEBUT ANY FOLLOW UP RECORD WILL SURELY BE CURSED BUT AFTER EXPLORING OTHER DIMENSIONS OF MUSIC APART #OLIN $URAN HAS BROUGHT (UNDRED 2EASONS BACK ONTO THE BEATEN TRACK AND BACK WITH THE SAME VIGOUR THEY lRST GRACED US WITH 4HE 0ERFECT 'IFT WOULD HAVE EASILY SLOTTED ON )DEAS !BOVE /UR 3TATION AND MAYBE EVEN OVERSHAD OWED THE ANTHEMIC CLASSICS 3IM PLICITY BUT SPARKLING WITH ENERGY THE POWERFUL GUITARS AND UNSUBTLE POISE HAS COME ALONG TO REINTRODUCE THIS

-ORRISSEY 2INGLEADER OF THE 4ORMENTORS ! NEW -ORRISSEY ALBUM IS LIKE A SOLAR ECLIPSE OR WAKING UP NEXT TO A STUNNING GIRL AFTER A DRUNK NIGHT OUT AN EVENT THAT HAPPENS ONLY ONCE EVERY FEW YEARS 7HEN HE DOES BLESS US WITH ANOTHER ALBUM OF SONGS THE -OZFATHER NEVER DISAP POINTS AND THIS LATEST OFFERING FOL LOWS THAT PATTERN "EFORE DISCUSSING THE ALBUM ITSELF IT S WORTH NOTING THE LOVELY PACKAGING THAT THE #$ COMES IN &ROM THE PHOTO OF -OZZA MID CONCERTO THAT GRACES THE FRONT TO THE FAUX ,0 APPEARANCE OF THE #$ ITSELF IT S CLEAR THAT THIS ALBUM HER ALDS A NEW ERA OF -ORRISSEY )NDEED

THE lRST TRACK @) 7ILL 3EE 9OU )N &AR /FF 0LACES OPENS WITH THE SOUND OF PASSING AIRPLANES DROPPING BOMBS

BEFORE DESCENDING INTO !RABIC PIPES CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WOULDN T HAVE lTTED INTO 6IVA (ATE (OWEVER THE ALBUM SOON DE SCENDS INTO MORE FAMILIAR TERRITORY

AS lRST SINGLE @9OU (AVE +ILLED -E KICKS IN WITH IT S MORE FAMILIAR -OR RISSEY VIBE /THER STAND OUT TRACKS INCLUDE @4HE &ATHER 7HO -UST "E +ILLED WITH ITS SOARING CHORUS

SNEERED LYRICS AND SINISTER CHIL DREN S CHOIR AND @4HE 9OUNGEST 7AS 4HE -OST ,OVED WHICH SOUNDS LIKE IT COULD EASILY lT ONTO ANY ALBUMS BY 4HE 3MITHS WORTHY PRAISE IN DEED 0OSSIBLY THE ALBUM S lNEST AND MOST DElNING MOMENT IS THE MINUTE EPIC @,IFE )S ! 0IGSTY )T BE GINS WITH A MENACING GUITAR AKIN TO @(OW 3OON )S .OW THAT GRADUALLY BUILDS BEFORE A CRASHING COMEDOWN AND HUSHED ENDING WITH -ORRISSEY WHISPERING LYRICS OVER TREMBLING STRINGS )T WORKS SO VERY WELL AND HEREIN LIES THE ALBUM S STRENGTH AND AFOREMENTIONED NEW DIRECTION THE ARRANGEMENTS OF SONGS ARE INCRED IBLY RICH WITH THE LAYERING OF INSTRU MENTS GIVING EACH SONG A RICHNESS THAT REWARDS MULTIPLE LISTENS 4HIS IS NOT TO SAY THAT THE ALBUM IS WITHOUT mAWS THE LAST HALF DRAGS A BIT AND DOESN T HAVE ANY STAND OUT SONGS

OTHER THAN THE UPLIFTING CLOSER @!T ,AST ) !M "ORN $ESPITE THIS MINOR NIGGLE IT IS A GREAT ALBUM WITH -OR RISSEY S USUAL mAIR FOR LYRICS SHINING THROUGH THROUGHOUT !BSOLUTELY -OZ TASTIC #HRIS (YDE

Wednesday  10/5/06

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4HE .-% .EW -USIC 4OUR RETURNS TO .ORWICH WITH A MENU THAT PROMISES TO CATER FOR ALL MANNER OF ROCK FANS &IRST ON THE BILL ARE 3HEFlELD S lNEST 4HE ,ONG "LONDES PURVEYING THEIR UNIQUE BLEND OF ART ROCK AND POP PUNK 9ES

THAT MAY SOUND LIKE EVERY IDENTI KIT BAND AROUND AT THE MOMENT BUT THIS BAND ARE SERIOUSLY GOOD !ND THEY HAVE THE ADDED BONUS OF AN ABSOLUTELY GOR GEOUS LEAD SINGER IN +ATE *ACKSON .EXT IS _&ORWARD 2USSIA WHO PROMISE TO SERVE UP A FRESH SLICE OF INDIE DISCO AF TER YOUR ,ONG "LONDE STARTER &OR THE MAIN COURSE THERE S 4HE !UTOMATIC FROM 7ALES WITH A TASTY COMBINATION OF SYNTHS AND GUITARS &INALLY IF YOU CAN SQUEEZE THEM INTO YOUR SWELLING STOM ACH THERE S "OY +ILL "OY AND THEIR QUITE FRANKLY BRILLIANT OLD SCHOOL INDIE ROCK !ND ALL THAT FOR A TENNER 9ES PLEASE JUST PASS THE BILL AND AN !FTER %IGHT

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Film

Main Feature Confetti $IR $EBBIE )SITT 2ELEASE $ATE

$EBBIE )SITT S PITCH PERFECT MOCKUMENTARY FOLLOWS THE EFFORTS OF THREE COUPLES AS THEY PREPARE FOR A @MOST ORIGINAL WEDDING COMPETITION ORCHESTRATED BY A PUBLICITY HUNGRY WEDDING MAGAZINE CALLED #ONFETTI 4HE SELECTED CONTESTANTS n @THE BEST OF A BAD BUNCH SAYS PUBLISHER !NTONI n ARE AS FOLLOWS -ATT AND 3AM PLAN A "USBY "ERKLEY ESQUE SONG AND DANCE NUMBER COMPLETE

WITH HARMONIC VOWS TENNIS PRO *OSEF AND HIS lANCÏ )SABELLE WANT A TENNIS THEMED CEREMONY AND NATURISTS -ICHAEL AND *OANNA PROPOSE WALKING DOWN THE AISLE NUDE 4HE MATERIAL ALLOWS FOR SOME WELL WORN JOKES ABOUT BAD SINGING AND NUDIST COLONIES BUT FOR THE MOST PART #ONFETTI WORKS HARD TO KEEP ITS HUMOUR SHARP AND OFF KEY !PPARENTLY IMPROVISING

THROUGHOUT THE CAST ARE DROLLY UNDERSTATED TO A FAULT -ARTIN &REEMAN ESSENTIALLY REPRISING HIS ROLE FROM 4HE /FlCE IS ESPECIALLY AT HOME IN THIS mY ON THE WALL SHOOTING STYLE WHERE HIS SUBTLE RANGE OF MURMURS AND TICS A PANICKED DROP JAW GRIN IN RESPONSE TO THE SUGGESTED VOW SONG IS A REAL HOOT CAN BE FULLY EXERCISED )N A SLIGHTLY THANKLESS ROLE *ESSICA 3TEVENSON LAYERS HER

TIMID MOUSEY 3AM WITH ANGUISH AND ODDBALL EXUBERANCE "UT THE PICK OF THE CENTRAL PERFORMANCES IS 3TEPHEN -ANGAN AS *OSEF -ANGAN

A FAMILIAR FACE FROM # S 'REEN 7ING DOES A NICE LINE IN BOORISH

INFANTILE ARROGANCE AND TAKES THE OPPORTUNITY HERE TO DARKEN THE PERSONA @0EOPLE DON T LIKE ME HE TELLS HIS lANCÏ IN ONE POIGNANT SEQUENCE LATER WHEN IT TRANSPIRES THAT HE IS CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGED TO ATTEND @PRE MARITAL COUNSELLING

HE DESPERATELY REFUSES ALLUDING TO EARLIER THERAPY SESSIONS 7ITH ITS MASTERLY FAUX DOCUMENTARY COMPOSITION #ONFETTI BEARS AN OBVIOUS RESEMBLANCE TO #HRISTOPHER 'UEST S COMEDIES PARTICULAR 4HE -IGHTY 7IND AND "EST IN 3HOW BOTH CONCERNED WITH ECCENTRIC PERFORMANCE 4HE PRESENCE OF !LISON 3TEADMAN AS AN INTERFERING MOTHER ALSO BRINGS TO MIND THE OBSERVATIONAL FAMILY DRAMAS OF -IKE ,EIGH WHOSE BITTERSWEET HUMANISM lNDS ITS WAY INTO )SITT S lLM AT FREQUENT INTERVALS ,IKE WORK BY ,EIGH AND OTHER MULTI STRAND NARRATIVE lLMMAKERS SUCH AS 2OBERT !LTMAN

#ONFETTI HAS THE CONlDENCE TO HINT AT INTERSECTING STORYLINES OR

BURIED SECRETS WITHOUT PROVIDING FULL BLOWN RESOLUTION 7E NEVER KNOW WHY 3AM S FATHER IS ABSENT

OR WHY HE IS WELCOMED BACK AT THE WEDDING BY 3AM BUT NOT BY HER MOTHER !ND ARE )SABELLE S #ANADIAN FAMILY REALLY UNABLE TO ATTEND THE WEDDING BECAUSE OF MONEY PROBLEMS !FTER MINUTES OF EXQUISITELY RENDERED EMOTIONAL TENSION AND CHARACTER DETAIL THE IDEA OF THE WEDDING CEREMONIES THEMSELVES SEEMS ALMOST DISTASTEFUL BUT THE THREE SET PIECES MANAGE A PLEASING MIX OF KITSCH SPECTACLE AND TENDERNESS 0ERHAPS IT S A CONCESSION TO GENRE THAT THE lLM S NICEST ALL ROUND COUPLE TAKE HOME THE TROPHY 3AM AND -ATT WITH THEIR LAVISHLY CHOREOGRAPHED MUSICAL PASTICHE BUT THERE ARE A FEW SURPRISES IN THE lNAL STRETCH

INCLUDING A WINNING NUDIST COUP !ND JUST WHEN YOU THINK #ONFETTI HAS DISPENSED ONE TOO MANY FAIRYTALE ENDINGS THE HAPPILY MARRIED WINNERS BRING UP THE MATTER OF THEIR a PROPERTY PRIZE @WE HAVEN T ACTUALLY RECEIVED THE DEEDS YET BUT THEY KEEP TELLING NOT TO WORRY xSO lNGERS CROSSED

3EB -ANLEY

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3PIKE ,EE S SMOULDERING MASTERPIECE WATCHES "ROOKLYN IN THE GRIPS OF A HEATWAVE HEAVY WITH DISSATISFACTION AND RESENTMENT )T S ,EE AT HIS MOST POLEMICAL BUT THERE ARE NO EASY ANSWERS ON OFFER

AND THE ATTENTION GRABBING ISSUE OF RACISM IS LINKED TO OTHER QUESTIONS OF POLITICS ECONOMICS AND MORALITY 4HE GENERAL ATMOSPHERE OF PRICKLY OPPRESSIVENESS IS TEMPERED BY ,EE S CENTRAL PERFORMANCE AS -OOKIE THE GOOD NATURED DELIVERY BOY WHO WORKS IN AN )TALIAN !MERICAN PIZZA CAFÏ -Y 3UMMER OF ,OVE 0AWEL 0AWLIKOWSKI

! HEADY STEW OF "RITISH OBSERVATIONALISM %UROPEAN POETIC REALISM AND SENSATIONAL TRAGEDY

-Y 3UMMER OF ,OVE RIGHT WAS A

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WELCOME RAY OF LIGHT IN A "RITISH lLM INDUSTRY SUNK IN GANGSTER lLM BRAGGADOCIO .ATHALIE 0RESS AND %MILY "LUNT AS THE TWO GIRLS WHO FORGE A DELIRIOUS RELATIONSHIP AROUND THE 9ORKSHIRE MOORS ARE SO UTTERLY COMPELLING AS TO UPSTAGE 0ADDY #ONSIDINE ! 3UMMER S 4ALE %RIC 2OHMER

%RIC 2OHMER IS ON WELL TRODDEN TERRITORY HERE WITH A SUN BAKED TALE OF HOLIDAY ROMANCE AND EMOTIONAL TURMOIL )MPECCABLY NATURALISTIC

BUT GRIPPING ALL THE SAME IT S A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO 2OHMER S SERIES OF SEASONAL PAEANS 3EPTEMBER 7OODY !LLEN

4HE MOST "ERGMANIAN OF 7OODY !LLEN S CHAMBER DRAMAS 3EPTEMBER IS AN INTENSELY HERMETIC AFFAIR

3EALED UP IN A 6ERMONT COUNTRY HOUSE WHILE SUMMER DIES AWAY OUTSIDE THE CHARACTERS TALK LOVE AND EXISTENTIALISM AND ENDLESSLY DECLARE UNREQUITED LOVE !LLEN RESHOT THE MAJORITY OF THE ORIGINAL MATERIAL WITH AN ALTERED CAST BUT YOU D NEVER GUESS IT FROM THE ASTONISHING ENSEMBLE PLAYING !LLEN REGULARS -IA &ARROW AND 3AM 7ATERSTON ARE TYPICALLY EXCELLENT BUT TOP HONOURS GO TO %LAINE 3TRITCH AS THE BLUSTERING BUT SORROWFUL MATRIARCH %ASY 2IDER $ENNIS (OPPER

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IN PARTICULAR *ACK .ICHOLSON ON

THE CUSP OF HIS CAREER BEST DECADE n SPAWNED A CHAIN OF LACKLUSTRE IMITATIONS 3EB -ANLEY

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Madness  and  Marionettes

*AN 3VNAKMAJER S UNCANNY BLEND OF ANIMATED OBJECTS LIVE ACTION AND PUPPETS MAKES A TRIUMPHANT RETURN IN RECENT EFFORT ,UNATICS A TALE OF HORROR AND REVOLUTION SET IN AN ASYLUM 3EB -ANLEY SURVEYS THE CAREER OF %UROPE S FOREMOST 3URREALIST

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HE LAST !LICE IN 7 O N D E R L A N D A D A P T A T I O N YOU WATCHED PROBABLY DIDN T INTRODUCE A 7HITE 2ABBIT CONSTANTLY lGHTING TO KEEP HIS SAWDUST GUTS FROM SPILLING OUT OR A CATERPILLAR MADE FROM AN OLD SOCK DENTURES AND GOOGLY EYES OR A TROUPE OF SKELETAL ANIMAL SOLDIERS n AND WHERE ELSE WOULD THEY BE WELCOME BUT IN A *AN 3VANKMAJER lLM 3VANKMAJER S !LICE IS A GRAND THEATRE OF THE ABSURD ROOTED IN ,EWIS #ARROLL S DREAM LOGIC BUT FAR MORE MACABRE AND VIOLENT THAN THE PAGES OF ANY CHILDREN S NOVEL

HOWEVER UNSENTIMENTAL )N SOME WAYS !LICE AND 3VANKMAJER S OTHER lLMS ARE CLOSER TO HORROR THAN THE CHILDREN S FABLES AND FOLK STORIES THEY ARE OFTEN BASED ON n OR MAYBE THERE S A HEART OF DARKNESS BEATING BENEATH THE SURFACE OF ANY FAIRYTALE 4HINK OF ,ITTLE 2ED 2IDING (OOD 3INCE HIS EARLIEST #ZECH ANIMATIONS IN THE S AND S 3VANKMAJER HAS lLTERED CHILDHOOD lCTIONS THROUGH THE

MOST UNCOMPROMISING PURVEYORS OF SUBVERSION AND SCANDAL FROM DE 3ADE TO 3ALVADOR $ALI TO ,UIS "UNUEL 0UNCH AND *UDY

AN EARLY MINI MASTERPIECE STAGES A FURIOUS BATTLE BETWEEN THE FAMOUS PUPPETS OVER THE POSSESSION OF A LIVE GUINEA PIG THE TWO DUELLISTS BEAT EACH OTHER TO DEATH WHILE THE FURRY CREATURE SCURRIES AROUND INDIFFERENTLY )N &OOD TWO DINERS SIT DOWN TO LUNCH BUT ARE mATLY IGNORED BY THE WAITER &RUSTRATED THEY WOLF DOWN WHATEVER THEY CAN LAY THEIR HANDS ON n PLATES NAPKINS THE TABLE n BEFORE FACING EACH OTHER IN A CANNIBALISTIC FRENZY ! CARD CARRYING MEMBER OF THE 0RAGUE 3URREALIST GROUP SINCE

3VANKMAJER IS ONE OF A VERY FEW @MILITANT 3URREALISTS WORKING IN lLM TODAY (E IS ESPECIALLY SNIFFY REGARDING WHAT HE CALLS @3URREALIST AESTHETICS n THAT IS ART MIMICKING THE ICONOGRAPHIC VISUALS OF PAINTERS LIKE -AGRITTE AND $ALI n AND INSISTS ON A LARGE SCALE DElNITION OF THE MOVEMENT THAT ENCOMPASSES @WORLD VIEWS PHILOSOPHY IDEOLOGY

PSYCHOLOGY MAGIC .EVERTHELESS

THE VISUAL TONE OF HIS OWN WORK

3VANKMAJER ON SET FOR ,ITTLE /TIK

IS CLEARLY VERY IMPORTANT AND HIS TRADEMARK STOP MOTION ANIMATION IS A SPECTACULAR EXAMPLE OF 3URREALIST ALCHEMY n LOCATING THE MARVELLOUS IN THE MUNDANE n IN ACTION 7HEN YOU CAN BREATH LIFE INTO ANY OBJECT

THE FAMOUS 3URREALIST DICTUM @AS BEAUTIFUL AS THE CHANCE MEETING ON A DISSECTING TABLE OF A SEWING MACHINE AND AN UMBRELLA BECOMES A LITERAL POSSIBILITY @!S BEAUTIFUL AS THE ENCOUNTER BETWEEN A SOCK AND A PAIR OF FALSE TEETH PERHAPS /VER HIS FOURTH DECADE AS A lLMMAKER 3VANKMAJER INCREASINGLY TURNED TO LIVE ACTION lLMING WITH ANIMATION AS AN OCCASIONAL BUT POTENT INTRUSION INTO THE REALIST lLM WORLD &AUST HIS SECOND FULL FEATURE AFTER !LICE CENTRES ON THE DIABOLICAL SEDUCTION OF FURROWED MIDDLE AGED MAN PLAYED BY 0ETER #EPEK #EPEK STAGGERS THROUGH THE NARRATIVE AS BOTH A LIVE ACTOR AND A CLAY OR WOODEN PUPPET

MOVING FROM THE HUMDRUM STREETS OF 0RAGUE TO A -EPHISTO IAN UNDERWORLD (ERE ANIMATION IS USED EXCLUSIVELY TO REPRESENT THE SUPERNATURAL MANIFESTATIONS OF THE $EVIL FRUIT SPONTANEOUSLY PUTRElES

3VANKMAJER S TRADEMARK STOP ANIMATION IS A SPECTACUALR EXAM PLE OF 3URREALIST ALCHEMY

INTO BROWN mESH AND MAGGOTS A CLAY FOETUS IN A JAR GROWS TO BECOME A BABY THE $EVIL S LACKEY APPEARS AS A DISEMBODIED HEAD ERUPTING THROUGH THE mOORBOARDS )N ,ITTLE /TIK 3VANKMAJER MOVES CLOSER STILL TO A FAMILIAR HORROR lLM

WITH A FAIRLY LARGE CAST OF HUMAN CHARACTERS AND ONLY ONE CENTRAL ANIMATION THE TERRIFYING STUMP MONSTER OF THE TITLE 4HE MOVE TOWARDS LIVE ACTION CINEMA HAS STIRRED SOME CRITICS TO ACCUSATIONS OF ARTISTIC COMPROMISE BUT IT S HARD TO SEE THE LATER WORKS AS ANYTHING OTHER THAN SUPREMELY ECCENTRIC 4HE POLITICAL SUGGESTION IS CERTAINLY MORE FORCEFUL IN THESE lLMS LOCATED AS THEY ARE IN A WORLD LOADED WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL TRAPS SET BY WARRING LEFT AND RIGHT IDEOLOGIES 3VANKMAJER S LATEST ,UNATICS YET TO RECEIVE A RELEASE IN "RITAIN

WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOSTLY LIVE ACTION SOME ANIMATION VEIN WITH VETERAN ACTORS *AN 4RISKA AND -ARTIN (UBA ON THE CAST LIST AND DANCING COW TONGUES IN THE SCREENPLAY )N A FURTHER 3VANKMAJERIAN VARIETY OF (ELL THE lLM DESCRIBES A LUNATIC ASYLUM RUN IN ONE CASE BY STRICT AUTHORITARIANISM AND IN THE OTHER

BY ORGYING ,IBERTINES .EITHER DO THE TRICK FOR OUR YOUNG HERO WHO ATTEMPTS A DESPERATE GETAWAY 4HE DIRECTOR HAS FRAMED IT AS A GENRE HORROR lLM BUT WITH HEAVY DOSES OF DE 3ADE A CHARACTER BASED ON THE -ARQUIS ACTUALLY FEATURES

REELING OFF BLASPHEMOUS PASSAGES FROM HIS OWN WRITINGS %DGAR !LLAN 0OE SEVERAL SHORT STORIES ARE CITED BY 3VANKMAJER AND EVEN 'ODARD WHOSE NIGHTMARISH SATIRE 7EEKEND FEATURES SOME MEMORABLY GRUESOME SEQUENCES IT SEEMS UNLIKELY THAT ,UNATICS WILL SIT EASILY NEXT TO !N !MERICAN (AUNTING )N THE CURRENT CLIMATE OF ARTHOUSE CINEMA 3VANKMAJER STANDS OUT MORE THAN EVER AS A GENUINE RADICAL UNSWAYED BY THE DOMINANT TRENDS OF .EW %XTREMISM AND BITTERSWEET ROMANTIC DRAMA !ND AFTER THE DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE 1UAY "ROTHERS LATEST EFFORT 4HE 0IANO 4UNER OF %ARTHQUAKES WHICH MIXED LIVE ACTION AND 3VANKMAJER INmECTED ANIMATION

TO STILTED EFFECT ,UNATICS LOOKS PRIMED TO CLAIM THE TOP SPOT IN MODERN 3URREALIST CINEMA .OT THAT 3VANKMAJER WILL BE CONCERNED WITH ANYTHING AS PROSAIC AS A CANON n THERE ARE NEW NIGHTMARES THAT NEED DREAMING

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Rating  Games  4HE TIDE OF POPULAR OPINION HAS TRADITIONALLY RAN VERY MUCH AGAINST COMPUTER GAME TO lLM ADAPTATIONS AND FOR GOOD REASON "UT WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE TRANSLATION PROCESS THAT IS SO PROBLEMATIC AND CAN 0ETER *ACKSON DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT "Y *ASSIM (APPA

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2ESIDENT %VIL !POCALYPSE

FEW YEARS AGO THE lLM I N D U S T R Y WOULD RELEASE AN OFlCIAL VIDEO GAME OF A MOVIE IF THE PRODUCERS SAW ANY POTENTIAL lNANCIAL PROlT IN THE GAME S RELEASE 4ODAY THE lLM INDUSTRY APPEARS TO HAVE DEVELOPED A TREND TO DO THE OPPOSITE RELEASING lLMS BASED ON VIDEO GAMES -OST OF WHICH HAVE SO FAR BEEN VERY LOOSELY BASED ON THE GAMES RATHER THAN BEING PURE lLM VERSIONS OF THE GAMES )N RECENT YEARS MORE AND MORE VIDEO GAME FRANCHISES HAVE ALREADY TURNED INTO lLMS 3OME OF THESE TITLES WOULD INCLUDE 3UPER -ARIO "ROS 3TREET &IGHTER -ORTAL +OMBAT 4OMB 2AIDER (OUSE OF THE $EAD &INAL &ANTASY AND !LONE IN THE $ARK )N THE SPAN OF FRANCHISES SUCH AS (ALO -AX 0AYNE 4EKKEN 0RINCE OF 0ERSIA &AR #RY &EAR %FFECT $UNGEON 3IEGE

(UNTER 4HE 2ECKONING $EAD OR !LIVE AND #ASTLEVANIA AMONG OTHERS ARE SCHEDULED TO APPEAR ON THE BIG SCREEN 3OME OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED lLMS ARE UNDER STRICT SUPERVISION OF THE GAME DEVELOPERS WHILE OTHERS OUTCOMES DEPEND ENTIRELY ON THE lLM PRODUCER S VISION 2UMOURED YET STILL UNCONlRMED ARE THE FRANCHISES

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4URNING AN INTER ACTIVE ENTERTAIN MENT MEDIUM INTO A PASSIVE ONE DOES NOT COME WITHOUT ITS FAIR SHARE OF PROBLEMS

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SUCH AS (ALF ,IFE -ETROID 7ARCRAFT

-ETAL 'EAR 3OLID AND THE VERY CONTROVERSIAL GAME FRANCHISE 'RAND 4HEFT !UTO )N ORDER TO MAKE A lLM ADAPTATION OF A VIDEO GAME SOME FORM OF COMPROMISE HAS TO TAKE PLACE 4URNING AN INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT MEDIUM INTO A PASSIVE ONE DOES NOT COME WITHOUT ITS SHARE OF PROBLEMS 4HE GAME PLAYER IS VERY OFTEN IN CONTROL OF A CHARACTER THAT INTERACTS ALONE WITH A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT AND SOLVES PUZZLES THROUGHOUT THE GAME USING THE CHARACTER S VAST ARRAY OF MOVES 4HE GAME PLAYER MAY ALSO BATTLE AGAINST BOSSES )T ALSO BECOMES A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE )N lLMS

lGHTING SEQUENCES CAN OCCUR QUITE REGULARLY (OWEVER CHARACTER TO ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION TO SOLVE PUZZLES HAPPENS RARELY AND MOST lLMS DEPEND ON CHARACTER TO CHARACTER INTERACTION TO PROGRESS THE STORYLINE 4HE COMPROMISES MADE IN GAME TO lLM ADAPTATIONS RANGE FROM ADDING ADDITIONAL CHARACTERS TO ALTERING THE PLOT IN ORDER TO MAKE THE lLM MORE APPEALING TO A MAINSTREAM AUDIENCE 4HIS IS EXEMPLIlED BY GIVING THE PROTAGONIST ADDITIONAL COMPANIONS ALONG WITH HIM HER ON SCREEN 7E HAVE ALREADY SEEN THIS IN lLMS INCLUDING 4OMB 2AIDER $OOM AND !LONE IN THE DARK 6ERY MIXED REACTIONS COME

FROM THE FANS REGARDING THIS MATTER 3OME FANS APPEAR TO LIKE THE IDEA AS IT MAY SUIT A lLM ADAPTATION BETTER

WHILE GAME PURISTS DESPISE THIS AS IT MAY CONTRADICT THE STORY OF A GAME /THER CHANGES MADE TO lLM ADAPTATIONS OFTEN INVOLVE REMOVING IMPORTANT SUB PLOTS THAT DO NOT INCLUDE THE MAIN CHARACTER 7HILE GAMES MAY CONTAIN PARALLEL STORIES

SOME OF WHICH MAY NOT INVOLVE THE MAIN CHARACTER A lLM TYPICALLY CHOOSES AN ARTISTIC METHOD TO PORTRAY THE STORY OF A MOVIE AND GENERALLY STICKS WITH IT 4HE RESULT OF A lLM PRODUCTION INSPIRED BY A GAME IS ENTIRELY DEPENDANT ON WHAT THE lLMS PRODUCERS

SCRIPTWRITERS AND DIRECTOR HAVE FELT THEY NEEDED TO MAKE THE SCRIPT FOR THE lLM MORE MAINSTREAM THAN THE VIDEO GAME ITSELF 'ENERALLY FANS DO NOT LIKE THESE MODIlCATIONS AS THEY TEND TO INCLUDE DRASTIC CHANGES TO THE STORYLINE OR LOCATIONS THAT DO NOT CORRESPOND TO THE GAMES 4HE 2ESIDENT %VIL lLMS ARE PRIME EXAMPLES OF THIS ALTERING BOTH PLOT AND VISUALS )NSTEAD OF REMAINING A STEREOTYPICAL HORROR lLM SIMILAR TO THE INSPIRATIONAL SOURCE THE lLM TURNS INTO A GENERIC ACTION HORROR ORIENTED MOVIE (AVING SAID THIS IT MUST BE NOTED THAT THE lRST 2ESIDENT %VIL GAME WAS CRITICISED FOR HAVING APPALLING ACTING ASSOCIATED WITH IT

SIMILAR TO THAT OF A " HORROR MOVIE

AND SOME lLM CRITICS CLAIM THIS WAS ALSO THE CASE FOR THE lLM EVEN WITH THE lLMS (OLLYWOOD ESQUE APPEARANCE 3ILENT (ILL RECEIVED VERY MIXED FEEDBACK FROM ITS FANS 4HE lLM STAYS TRUE TO THE GAME S PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR ATMOSPHERE

INCORPORATING MANY OF THE GAME S ASPECTS INTO THE lLM MEDIUM )T ALSO CONTAINS MANY GAME REFERENCES THE FANS ADORE /N THE OTHER HAND THE lLM DIFFERS ITSELF PLOT WISE SO MUCH THAT IT CONTRADICTS THE GAME S !NOTHER PROBLEM GAME TO lLM MAKERS HAVE IS TO TRY CRAMMING HOURS OF GAME PLAY INTO A TWO HOUR LONG lLM .ORMALLY

THIS MAINLY INVOLVES REMOVING MOST PUZZLE ELEMENTS FROM THE GAME AND PACKING IN ONLY THE KEY PLOT ELEMENTS !RGUABLY THIS ALSO REMOVES SOME OF THE GAME S SPIRIT IN THE lLM ALTHOUGH THIS IS MOST NECESSARY TO MAKE A DECENT MOVIE (OWEVER GAMES THAT ARE HEAVILY PLOT DRIVEN SUCH AS &INAL &ANTASY AND -ETAL 'EAR 3OLID REQUIRE NUMEROUS HOURS OF RESEARCHING THE GAME UNIVERSE TO GET ANYTHING OUT OF THESE GAMES 3QUARE %NIX HAS TAKEN AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT APPROACH IN THEIR LATEST GAME TO lLM ADAPTATION &INAL &ANTASY 6)) n !DVENT #HILDREN 7HILE THE PREVIOUS &INAL &ANTASY MOVIE 4HE 3PIRITS 7ITHIN DID NOT DO AS WELL AS ANTICIPATED AT THE BOX OFlCE !DVENT #HILDREN WAS A $6$ SALES HIT BY DELIVERING A lLM STRICTLY FOR THE FANS !S &INAL &ANTASY 6)) ALREADY HAS AN EXTENSIVE FAN BASE

THIS HAD AN OBVIOUSLY IMPACT ON THE $6$ SALES %XPANDING UPON AN ALREADY EXISTING UNIVERSE RATHER THAN RETELLING THE STORY IN A COMPRESSED FORM HAS GIVEN THE MOVIE MUCH CRITICAL ACCLAIM !CCORDING TO ""# S WEBSITE FANS OF THE (ALO SERIES CAN BE HAPPY TO KNOW THAT ACCLAIMED DIRECTOR 0ETER *ACKSON ,ORD OF THE 2INGS +ING +ONG HAS AGREED TO PRODUCE BUT NOT DIRECT "UNGIE S EPIC SCIENCE lCTION lRST PERSON SHOOTER 4HE SCRIPT IS WRITTEN BY !LEX 'ARLAND

AUTHOR OF THE POPULAR NOVEL 4HE "EACH 4HE 0RINCE OF 0ERSIA lLM SCRIPT WILL BE WRITTEN BY *ORDAN -ECHNER THE ORIGINAL CREATOR OF THE FRANCHISE AND WILL BE PRODUCED BY *ERRY "RUCKHEIMER lLMS 7HAT THE FUTURE HAS IN STORE FOR THESE lLM ADAPTATIONS RESTS IN THE HANDS OF THE DIRECTORS lLM COMPANIES AND NATURALLY THE FANS OF THE GAMES

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Other Screens 3ILENT (ILL $IR #HRISTOPHE 'ANS 2ELEASED 7HEN WILL (OLLYWOOD LEARN &ILM ADAPTATIONS OF GAMES JUST DON T WORK 4HE TWO INDUSTRIES SHOULD LEARN TO PLAY IN THEIR OWN BEDROOMS AND THAT THE OCCASIONAL ,EGO BRICK THROWN INTO THE OTHER S ROOM IS ONE TOO MANY (ERE HOWEVER WE HAVE A lLM BASED ON A COMPUTER GAME THAT IS NEARLY n OH SO NEARLY n REALLY QUITE GOOD 4HE mIMSY PLOT PARANORMAL GIRL IS MYSTERIOUSLY DRAWN TO SMALL TOWN IN !MERICA IS OVER AND DONE WITH IN ABOUT lFTEEN MINUTES MEANING THERE S PLENTY OF TIME FOR SUPERNATURAL SHENANIGANS AS THE GIRL S MOTHER AND A SUPPOSEDLY ATTRACTIVE POLICE WOMAN WANDER AROUND THE ETHEREAL 3ILENT (ILL LOOKING FOR THE NOW MISSING CHILD AND TRYING TO lGURE OUT WHY THE TOWN IS PLAGUED BY DEMONS AND MUTATED HUMANS 7HILE THIS MAY NOT SOUND LIKE MUCH ON PAPER IT IS GENUINELY DONE WELL AND THE lLM DOESN T LET ITS SHEER LACK OF PLOT PREVENT IT FROM THROWING ALL MANNER OF GROTESQUE CREATIONS AT THE AUDIENCE FROM ARMLESS BUT HARMFUL HUMANOIDS TO BURNT AND SHRIEKING CHILDREN 4HIS COMPLETE LACK OF DIRECTION DOES BECOME THE lLM S DOWNFALL HOWEVER AS THE LAST HALF HOUR SUDDENLY BECOMES BOGGED DOWN IN INCOMPREHENSIBLE PLOT AND ENDS WITH A BIT OF A DAMP SQUIB )T S AS IF THE WRITERS SUDDENLY REALISED AFTER lNISHING THE SCRIPT

THAT THEY NEEDED TO JUSTIFY ALL THE

DEMONS AND ZOMBIES n AND THE PLOT TO ENCOMPASS THIS MANAGES TO CONFUSE THE AUDIENCE SPECTACULARLY $ESPITE THIS LET DOWN IT IS A GREAT HORROR lLM AND WORTH SHELLING OUT FOR *UST DON T EXPECT TO COME OUT WITH AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE lLM #HRIS (YDE

3LITHER $IR *AMES 'UNN 2ELEASED !LTHOUGH PROVIDING AN INITIAL BREATH OF FRESH AIR TEACHER %LIZABETH "ANKS MARRIAGE TAKES A TURN FOR A WORSE WHEN HER HUSBAND IS TAKEN OVER BY AN EVIL BLOODTHIRSTY ALIEN ENTITY INTENT ON DEVOURING THE WHOLE PLANET VIA A SWARM OF MIND CONTROLLING SLUGS 7HILE IT FEATURES MANY A GROSS OUT COMIC MOMENT AND SOME KNOWING REFERENCES TO ITS PREDECESSORS INCLUDING AN EXCELLENT TAKE ON THAT FAMOUS SCENE FROM 4HE 3HINING IT NEVER CROSSES THE LINE INTO THE KIND OF SPOOF FARCE PROMISED BY ITS TRAILER ! THOROUGHLY ENTERTAINING HORROR #LIFF (AMMETT

4HE 3QUID AND THE 7HALE $IR .OAH "AUMBACH 2ELEASED "ASED ON THE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES OF DIRECTOR .OAH "AUMBACH AND HIS BROTHER 4HE 3QUID AND THE 7HALE IS AN ACUTELY PAINFUL AND TERRIBLY FUNNY PORTRAIT OF DYSFUNCTION IN A .EW 9ORK FAMILY SHATTERED BY DIVORCE "AUMBACH WORKED WITH

7ES !NDERSON ON 4HE ,IFE !QUATIC

AND HIS FOURTH FEATURE RESEMBLES NOTHING SO MUCH AS !NDERSON S MASTERWORK 4HE 2OYAL 4ENENBAUMS

ALBEIT WITH A MEASURE MORE AWKWARD SEX A TEENAGE SON FUMBLES INEPTLY WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND THE YOUNGER SON DEVELOPS AN UNFORTUNATE HABIT OF SMEARING MASTURBATORY EMISSION OVER SCHOOL LIBRARY BOOKS *EFF $ANIEL S PATRIARCH "ERNARD A COUSIN TO 4HE 2OYAL 4ENENBAUMS S 2OYAL 'ENE (ACKMAN IS A WONDERFUL CREATION n MONUMENTALLY EGOTISTIC AT ONE POINT HE MERRILY DUBS +AFKA @ONE OF MY PREDECESSORS STUBBORN TO A FAULT AND YET SOMEHOW CHILDISHLY ENDEARING ,AURA ,INNEY AS HIS WIFE TURNS IN A TYPICALLY EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE AS DO THE TWO CHILD ACTORS *ESSE %ISENBERG AND /WEN +ILNE PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COME TO NEGOTIATING THOSE TRICKY CATHARSIS MOMENTS 4HE SCREENPLAY

A LITERATE UNSENTIMENTAL BUT POIGNANT PLEASURE BRISTLES WITH WRY SATIRE MAINLY AT THE EXPENSE OF PRETENTIOUS INTELLECTUALISM YEAR OLD 7ALT REFERS TO 4HE -ETAMORPHOSIS WHICH HE HAS NEVER READ AS @VERY +AFKAESQUE "ERNARD DISMISSES ! 4ALE OF 4WO #ITIES AS @MINOR $ICKENS COMPLAINING THAT SCHOOL SET NOVELS ARE INVARIABLY THE WORST EXAMPLE OF ANY AUTHOR S WORK )F THE CLOSING SEQUENCE STEERS DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO CLICHÏ WITH A MUSIC BACKED DASH ACROSS .EW 9ORK THE lNAL MOMENTS WHICH REVEAL THE TITULAR BEASTS IN ENIGMATIC FASHION MORE THAN MAKE UP FOR IT 3EB -ANLEY

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7HAT S IT ABOUT THEN $EAD ,EAVES STARS 2ETRO A MAN WITH A TELEVISION SET FOR A HEAD AND 0ANDY A SEXY FEMME FATALE WITH A BIRTHMARK OVER HER RIGHT EYE THAT CAUSES HER TO HAVE MYSTERIOUS HALLUCINATIONS ABOUT PAST EVENTS 4HIS FUTURISTIC FABLE BEGINS WITH OUR TWO HEROES STRANDED OUTSIDE AN ANONYMOUS METROPOLITAN CITY SOMETIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE 4O ADD TO THE CONFUSION THE TWO CHARACTERS ARE NAKED AND SUFFERING FROM AMNESIA )N ORDER TO SURVIVE THEY HAVE TO lND THE BARE NECESSITIES FOR HUMAN EXISTENCE IN A POST MODERN ENVIRONMENT I E CLOTHES FOOD AND OF COURSEx A CAR 5NFORTUNATELY THEIR "ONNIE AND #LYDE STYLE OF VIOLENT ACTION IN ORDER TO PURCHASE THESE GOODS CAUSES THEM TO BE PURSUED AND INEVITABLY ARRESTED BY THE COPS 4HEIR PUNISHMENT FOR STEALING ' " ( AND RESISTING ARREST IS TO BE INCARCERATED IN @$EAD ,EAVES A PRISON UNIT BASED ON THE SURFACE OF THE -OON )MMEDIATELY AFTER 2ETRO AND 0ANDY S INCARCERATION 0ANDY S FRIGHTENING HALLUCINATIONS RETURN 7HAT FOLLOWS IS AN UBER VIOLENT AND EXHILARATING MASQUERADE ON HOW TO ESCAPE PRISON AND SERIOUSLY KICK SOME ASS

) TRUST THE MUSIC AND VISUALS ARE SUITABLY SPECTACULAR $EAD ,EAVES IS SO MUCH MORE THAN A PURE ANIME DEFYING GENRE AND BECOMING A HYBRID OF POST MODERN APOCALYPTIC *APANESE AND WESTERN ANIMATION 4HE GRAPHICS AND CINEMATOGRAPHY IS ONLY ONE LAYER TO THIS POIGNANT lLM CREATED BY 0RODUCTION ) ' THE -ANGA ANIMATION HOUSE WHICH PROVIDED THE VISUALS FOR THE ANIMATED SEQUENCE IN +ILL "ILL 6OL 4HIS INSANELY STYLIZED VISION IS AS MUCH A TOUR DE FORCE IN MUSIC AS IT IS IN ACTION 4HE DAZZLING SOUNDTRACK PULSATES THROUGHOUT THE NARRATIVE

PUSHING FORWARD THE PROGRESSION OF THE PLOT THROUGH A SLICK MIXTURE OF TECHNO RHYTHMS AND BOUNDING ROCK RIFFS !T THE lLM S PREMIERE IN *APAN THE DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER HAD THE SEATS REMOVED FROM THE AUDITORIUM

TRANSFORMING THE VENUE INTO A GIANT RAVE ENCOURAGING THE AUDIENCE TO PERCEIVE NOT ONLY THE HIGHLY CONSTRUCTED AND INNOVATIVE VISUALS BUT TO DANCE TO THE MESMERISING MIX OF MUSIC THAT IS CONTINUALLY PUMPED THROUGHOUT !ND THERE YOU WERE THINKING ANIME WAS JUST FOR GEEKS 7HERE CAN ) lND OUT MORE ABOUT $EAD ,EAVES #HECK OUT WWW DEADLEAVES COM WHERE YOU CAN DISCOVER EVERYTHING THAT IS PART OF THIS FUTURISTIC ODYSSEY

INCLUDING THE TRAILER DETAILED CHARACTER ANALYSIS AND INTERVIEWS WITH THE CAST DIRECTOR AND PRODUCERS AS WELL AS PROVIDING OTHER LINKS TO THE POPULAR CULT lGURES THAT ARE THE CREATIVE FORCE BEHIND 0RODUCTION ) '

4HE 3QUID AND THE 7HALE

#HARLOTTE +IMBLEY

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$IR -ICHAEL 7INTERBOTTOM 2ELEASED #INEMA #LUB -ICHAEL 7INTERBOTTOM S CHILLING DISTOPIAN THRILLER IS NOT WITHOUT ITS DETRACTORS BUT BENEATH A FACE OF STALE SCI l TROPES THERE S MUCH TO SAVOUR 3ET IN A NEAR FUTURE 3HANGHAI WHERE CLONING AND EMBRYO SPLITTING ARE COMMONPLACE #ODE PICTURES AN URBAN SOCIETY SUBJECT TO /RWELLIAN LEVEL SURVEILLANCE ALBEIT WITH A NOVEL TWIST GOVERNMENT MONITORING HAS BEEN INSTALLED TO PREVENT INCESTUOUS BIRTHS

ACCIDENTAL OR OTHERWISE /UR HERO OF COURSE 4IM 2OBBINS TRANSGRESSES GLOBAL LAW UNKNOWINGLY WHEN HE FALLS IN LOVE WITH A GIRL 3AMANTHA -ORTON WHO IS A GENETIC MATCH FOR HIS MOTHER n A VIOLATION OF #ODE /N ONE LEVEL #ODE IS AN /EDIPAL ROMANCE REWORKING ASPECTS OF /EDIPUS 2EX THE MAIN CHARACTERS CONSULT A GREAT ORACLE

SOLVE RIDDLES THE HUGE CORPORATION AT THE CENTRE OF THE PLOT IS CALLED 3PHINX AND SHARE AN NEAR

INCESTUOUS RELATIONSHIP THAT RESULTS IN A PSYCHIC BLINDING -YTHIC RESONANCE ASIDE

#ODE IS PITCHED AT A SATIRE OF CONTEMPORARY IMMIGRANT POLITICS 4RAVEL CAN ONLY BE ACHIEVED BY SECURING OFlCIAL @PAPELLES IDENTITY PAPERS THAT COMBINE INSURANCE AND TRANSIT PERMISSION 7INTERBOTTOM HERE REVISITS THE THEME OF BOUNDARIES nTHEIR FUNCTION HOW IDENTITY IS CONSTRUCTED AGAINST THEM n THAT MARKS SEVERAL OF HIS lLMS

MOST PROMINENTLY THE ASYLUM DOCU DRAMA )N 4HIS 7ORLD !S LOVERS 7ILLIAM AND -ARIA

4IM 2OBBINS AND 3AMANTHA -ORTON COULD NOT BE MORE MISMATCHED "UT WHAT SEEMS AT lRST LIKE AN UNFORTUNATE SPOT OF CASTING n HIM TOWERING AND TACITURN HER IMPISH AND PASSIONATE n ACTUALLY WORKS IN FAVOUR OF THE lLM AND ITS NOIRISH STEW OF UNFATHOMABLE MOTIVES AND IDENTITIES #ERTAINLY BOTH ACTORS DO WELL TO STAY ENGAGINGLY mAWED

AMIDST A mURRY OF MINDWIPES -AINTAINING A FAIRLY HIGH LEVEL OF TRAGIC INTENSITY THROUGHOUT

7INTERBOTTOM S lLM DOES OCCASIONALLY mASH WITH A DEADPAN WIT FAMILIAR FROM EFFORTS LIKE (OUR 0ARTY 0EOPLE AND THE RECENT ! #OCK AND "ULL 3TORY !T ONE POINT

7ILLIAM TELLS -ARIA HOW SPECIAL HIS CHILD IS @%VERYONE S CHILDREN ARE SPECIAL SHE REPLIES WISTFULLY

@IT MAKES YOU WONDER WHERE ALL THE ORDINARY GROWN UPS COME FROM -ARCEL :YSKIND AND !LWIN ( +UCHLER S CINEMATOGRAPHY PROVIDES OCCASIONAL RELIEF FROM

THE DISASTROUS HUMAN ROMANCE

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