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BLACK COMEDY ABOUT THE STRANGE NESS OF FAMILIAL RELATIONS BUT WITH THESE RELATIONS STRANGER THAN MOST 4HE TWISTS IN THE STORY NEED TO BE SEEN TO BE BELIEVED WITH THE CON STANT ONSLAUGHT OF MARRIAGE MURDER AND BETRAYAL MOUNTING TO EXTREME HILARITY %VERY PART WAS PLAYED WON DERFULLY FROM THE DELIGHTFULLY SLUTTY %LLA "ROWN AS MOTHER 2EBECCA TO HER SWEETLY DODDERING lANCÏ 7ILL 'IBBONS AS 0AUL FROM THE JITTERING MENACE THAT WAS 2UTH 3ANDELL AS 3ILVIA TO THE FRANKLY UPROARI OUS 4OM -ORAN AS -ATT PROVIDING THE BIGGEST LAUGHS OF THE NIGHT WITH A TOUCH OF *OHN #LEESE ABOUT HIM &ULL CREDIT HOWEVER MUST BE DUE TO THE WRITER !MBER $ODD WHO KEPT

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TOUCHING AND SENSITIVE MANNER BY INTERWEAVING THE MAIN PLOT WITH MANY MEMORABLE AND EQUALLY EN GAGING CHARACTERS 0ARTICULARLY NO TABLE WERE *ENNY +IRBY S "ESSIE WHO RESTORED YOUR FAITH IN THE ELDERLY TO WARM THE COCKLES OF YOUR HEART AND A WITTY SHOW STEALING MONOLOGUE FROM 3COTT "ROWN AS THE /LD -AN "EDPAN ACHIEVED A PERFECT BALANCE BETWEEN THE HEART RENDING AND THE HILARIOUS 7HEREVER THE AUDIENCE S FAVOUR ITISM LAY ON THE NIGHT IT WAS CLEAR TO ALL THAT THERE ARE SOME CRACKING PERFORMERS AND WRITERS AT 5%! AND TO PASS UP THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY AN EVENING IN THEIR PRESENCE WAS TO SEVERELY MISS OUT ON A DELIGHTFUL

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"EEN )NVOLVED .O /NE SEES THE "ARN "OMBING DOWN TO 7ENSUM 3TREET ON ONE S BIKE IS ALWAYS ENTERTAINING .OT LEAST BECAUSE THIS AFTERNOON S REASON HAPPENS TO BE A JAUNT TO /UTPOST 'ALLERY .ORWICH S LEAD ING CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY TO SEE THE NEW EXHIBITION .O /NE 3EES 4HE "ARN 4HIS EXHIBITION DISPLAYS THE WORK OF *O !DDISON A .3!$ GRADU ATE AND THE TITLE OF THE EXHIBITION IS APT DUE TO THE CONCEALED NATURE OF THE GALLERY ITSELF AND THE FACT THAT IF THE GALLERY SPACE WAS TO BE TRANS PORTED TO THE WILDS OF .ORFOLK THEN IT COULD EASILY BE A BARN BUT WE DI GRESS (OWEVER 4HE "ARN IS NOT THE GALLERY ITSELF )T IS A METAPHOR FOR THE WAY IN WHICH THE VISITOR IS MANIPU LATED THROUGH THE SPACE 4HIS MOVE MENT IS PROPELLED BY THE LARGEST OB JECT A BOULDER SHAPED BLACK MASS WHICH CENTRES THE OBJECTS TOGETHER )TS MULTI PLANED SURFACE POINTS TO WARDS ALL THE CORNERS OF THE ROOM

LEADING THE VISITOR TOWARDS THE THREE SMALLER PIECES 4HESE IN TURN ARE EVOCATIVE OF CHILDHOOD JOURNEYS AS CROUCHING DOWN ON THE mOOR TO VIEW THE MUL TI COLOURED mICKERING LIGHTS HIDDEN BEHIND A PLANK OF WOOD PAINTED BLACK IS REMINISCENT OF NIGHT TIME EXPEDITIONS IN THE FAMILY CAR 4HE

EVER CHANGING PATTERNS OF LIGHT AND THE VIEWS WITNESSED THROUGH THE PASSENGER WINDOWS ARE A KEY CON CEPT WITHIN THIS EXHIBITION !NOTHER OBJECT WHICH USES THIS MOTIF EVOKES THE CITYSCAPE AS WIT NESSED FROM AFAR 4HIS AGAIN USES A BLACKED OUT PIECE OF WOOD WITH OUT A LIGHT BEHIND IT WHICH SHINES THROUGH THE CARVED SPACE RESEM BLING EITHER SUPERMARKET WRITING ACCORDING TO THE /UTPOST BLURB

OR THE SIGNS OF (OPPERS TWENTY FOUR HOUR ROAD SIDE CAFES 4HIS IS THE WORLD IN WHICH THE EXHIBITION IN HABITS BUT INSTEAD OF SUGGESTING THE INNATE SEEDINESS OF THIS WORLD AS EXEMPLIlED BY %DWARD (OPPER IT BRINGS TO MIND THE PURE INNOCENCE OF VIEWING THE WORLD FROM A WIN DOW AND THE COMFORT OF WATCHING THE NIGHT FALL 4HE LAST OBJECT EXEMPLIlES THE

MINIATURIST TRADITION AS PLACED IN SIDE A HOLE IN THE WALL A DIMINU TIVE PICNIC TABLE AND BENCH SURVEY THE EXHIBITION FROM THEIR CAVE LIKE SHELTER 4HE MINIATURE IS A FASCINAT ING PART OF ART PRODUCTION AS IN THE TH CENTURY THE MINIATURE POR TRAITIST .ICHOLAS (ILLIARD DESCRIBED THE RULES OF LIFE FOR THIS PROCESS NO WOMEN BOOZE ROUGH SPORT AND ONLY GENTLE MUSIC TO LISTEN TO )T IS OBVIOUS THAT THESE IDEAS STILL PREVAIL WITHIN *O !DDISON S WORK AS THERE IS A STILLNESS EMANATING THROUGH THE EXHIBITION !S YOU LEAVE AN INNATE SENSE OF CALM LINGERS THROUGH THE GALLERY AS THE CITY NIGHT DRAWS IN .O /NE 3EES 4HE "ARN IS OPEN UNTIL THE ST .OVEMBER /UTPOST

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0ERHAPS 4HE %VENT IS BIASED BUT ANY BOOK WHICH 4HE 3UN HAS WANTED TO BAN WILL BE READ WIDELY IN THE OFlCE )S 4HIS 3UPPOSED 4O "E &UNNY IS A SELECTION OF COMICS ALL FUNNY AND ALL IN ABSOLUTELY AW FUL TASTE $AGSSON THE AUTHOR GRADUATED FROM THE )CELAND !CADEMY OF THE !RTS IN AND RECIEVED HIS lRST BOOK DEAL IN 4HE BOOK IS DEVISIVE WITH SOME CARTOONS PERHAPS BEING A LITTLE TOO EXTREME &OR INSTANCE

THERE IS ONE WHICH PICTURES A SMALL CHILD HOLD ING A PIECE OF PAPER UP TO AN OLD LADY SAYING h) MADE THIS DRAWING FOR YOU IN +INDERGARTEN

'RANNY .OW CAN ) PUT MY TONGUE IN YOUR MOUTH v -AKE OF THAT WHAT YOU WILL 4HAT SAID THE STICK lGURES THAT DOMINATE THE PAGES OF THE BOOK ARE THE HEART AND SOUL OF THE UNCOMFORTABLE HUMOUR THAT IS AT PLAY (IS ABILITY TO PORTRAY PEOPLE IN ALL FORMS FROM FAT DISGUSTING MEN TO OVERLY THIN MODELS IS IMPRESSIVE AND IT IS THIS EXPRESSIVENESS WHICH MAKES THE BOOK WHAT IT IS

h9OU BROKE UP 7HAT HAPPENED v h7E JUST DIDN T lT 3HE S A 3AGITTARIUS AND ) M A HOMOSEXUAL v !N INTERESTING TRAIT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS

HAS BEEN THE RISE OF COMICS AND CARTOONS FOR THE ADULT MARKET ! GOOD EXAMPLE IS &AMILY 'UY $AGSSON IS &AMILY 'UY TIMES TEN HUR TLING THROUGH A RELATIVELY CONSERVATIVE SECTION OF %NGLAND AND SCREAMING ABOUT REDUCING IN COME DISPARITY AND GIVING EVERY COUNCIL ESTATE RESIDENT A NEW HOME IN A NICE AND RELATIVELY EXPENSIVE SUBURBAN NEIGHBOURHOOD "OOKS LIKE THESE ARE NECESSARY 4HEIR CON

lDENT AND INCESSANT IRREVERENCE WARMS THE COCKLES AND lRES THE IMAGINATION !LSO IF $AGSSON IS THE ONE MAKING FUN OF TO NAME BUT A FEW INFANTICIDE RAPE PAEDOPHILIA SUI CIDE MURDER MASS MURDER THIN PEOPLE FAT PEOPLE OBESE PEOPLE MODELS CHILDREN GRIEV ING FAMILIES ,ENNY +RAVITZ .AZIS SEX SATIS FACTION CONTENTMENT AND LONELY PEOPLE THEN HE IS DOING A SERVICE TO THE WORLD BECAUSE AS LONG AS SOMEONE IS PAYING THESE ISSUES THE IR REVERENCE THEY SO RARELY EXPERIENCE THEN THE GENERAL POPULATION DON T HAVE TO )NSTEAD THEY CAN DO WHAT THIS REVIEWER DID WHICH IS TO PICK UP THE BOOK AND LAUGH AWKWARDLY AND GUILT ILY AT EVERY SINGLE JOKE WHILE TRYING TO DISGUISE THE LAUGHTER THROUGH AN ELABORATE SYSTEM OF COUGHS VERBAL TICS AND UTTERANCES VERGING ON 4OURETTES )F ALL THINGS THAT 4HE 3UN RILES AGAINST ARE THIS GOOD THEN 4HE %VENT FOR ONE WILL BE LOOKING OUT FOR THEM IN THE FUTURE 4O ASSESS THE LAUGHABILITY OF THE BOOK THE REVIEWER ENTERED THE #ONCRETE OFlCE AND ASKED SOME OF THE GREAT AND GOOD BEHIND THE ILLUSTRI OUS RAG FOR THEIR OPINIONS !NDY *ONES /PINIONS %DITOR h)T S PLAIN META AWESOME v %MIL !LLARD #HIEF 0HOTOGRAPHY h4HIS BOOK IS LIKE READING 4HE "IBLE ON lRE 7ICKED v &IONA "ILLINGS %VENT %DITOR h)T S JUST WEIRD v &AY (ARRIS $EPUTY !RTS %DITOR h) THINK IT ILLUSTRATES EVERYTHING WE WANT TO SAY BUT NEVER DO v 3UZANNA #ULLEN #REATIVE 7RITING %DITOR h3UBLIMELY POLITICALLY INCORRECT v )T IS THE OPINION OF THIS REVIEWER THAT EVERY CHILD SHOULD GET THIS FOR BOOK FOR #HRISTMAS )T S AVAILABLE FROM ALL GOOD BOOKSHOPS *ACK #LARK

! $AY IN THE ,IFE OF A 3TUDENT 3TEREOTYPE $EAR -UM AND $AD

4HANKS FOR THE MONEY YOU SENT ) BOUGHT FOURTEEN 0OT .OODLES SOME BOOKS FOR MY COURSE AND A MASSIVE TUB OF CRACKERS SO THAT SHOULD KEEP ME GOING FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS 5NIVERSITY IS A LOT OF WORK BUT ) AM lNDING TIME TO lT SOME FUN IN WE GOT RID OF OUR OUT OF DATE FOOD BY THROWING AN ACTIVITY NIGHT FEATURING SOFT MELON BOWLING SKATE ON THE LUMPY MILK AND ,EAFY 9ELLOW &LOWER !RRANGING ) M ENJOYING A VASE OF BROC COLI ENCASED IN WILTING CABBAGE LEAVES AND TOPPED OFF WITH A SQUIDGY OPEN AUBERGINE AS ) M WRITING THIS 4HE KITCHEN S A BIT OF A STATE THOUGH BUT IT S NOTHING A WIPE AROUND WITH A BIT OF VINEGAR WON T SOLVE 9OU ARE RIGHT CARRYING A PLASTIC BAG TO CHECK INTO CLOAKROOMS CHEAPER IS A GREAT IDEA IT SAVED ME P THE OTHER NIGHT BUT $AN SPLIT THE BAG WHILST TRYING TO GET lVE COATS AND FOUR PAIRS OF #ONVERSE IN THERE AND SCREAMED h$AMN v SO ) THINK THE CLOAKROOM GUY NOTICED 7E RE USED THEM

THOUGH FOR OUR WINGS 7E WERE THE ONLY mOCK OF SEAGULLS AT THE "EACH 0ARTY FOR SOME REASON ) MEAN WHO WEARS THEIR UNDERWEAR TO THE BEACH /H SPEAKING OF DON T SEND ME ANY MORE ) CAN WASH MY CLOTHES AGAIN BECAUSE ) WON A BET THAT 2EBECCA COULDN T LIVE OFF OF GRAVY GRANULES FOR TWO WEEKS 3HE S NOT AS HARDCORE AS US ,OVE FROM 4HE 3TUDENT -ISER -ELISSA 9ORK

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4HERE ARE BOUNCERS IN MY BRAIN ,ET ME IN ) M PAYING SIX POUNDS ON THE DOOR BUT THE MUSIC IS SHIT 7HAT A WASTE OF TIME #AN T GO NEXT DOOR )T S CLOSED ) VE BEEN STARING DOWN BARE STREETS AT BLANK SHEETS ) M RENTING IN A CUL DE SAC ) JUST NEED TO GET OUT 'ET IN -ENTAL BLOCK 7HAT TO WRITE 3OMETHING WITTY CLEVER SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF 7HICH IDIOT GAVE )NSPIRATION THE DAY OFF ,UCKY SOD 4HERE MUST BE A WAY IN ! WAY THROUGH THEM 4HE BOUNCERS IN MY BRAIN ,ET ME IN @) M A REGULAR ) PLEAD 7HAT DO THEY MEAN THAT S NOT GOOD ENOUGH ) M NOT GOOD ENOUGH ) M RENTING IN A CUL DE SAC

7HEN THE SLEEPY HEAT OF A WINTER SUN lLLS MY ROOM

#LOGGING MY HEAD WITH DULL IRON WEIGHT

) LOOK OUT AND SEE THE RAIN 4HE RAIN THAT SILENTLY FALLS FROM SUNNY SKIES !ND THOUGH THE SEA IS FAR AWAY ! MOCKING GULL SINGS ITS THROATY SONG !ROUND THESE ARTIlCIAL CAVERNS OF ROCK (IS REBELLIOUS VOICE ECHOES

-ERGED WITH THE STEADY LULL OF THE DRIPPING RAIN #LOYING WISPS OF JEALOUS CLOUD GATHER ROUND THE TIPS OF TREES

4RAPPING THIS STRANGE IMITATION IN WRAPPINGS OF GULLING GREY *ON "ALDWIN

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"RIXTON $RY BATTLESHIP TEXT FEEDBACK STREET CAFFEINE RIVER 4HAMES SODA THE STYLE LEAKED LIKE A PHOTO 3ELLING LANDSCAPE P PHOTOCOPY MACHINES RECORD THE BEDSIT PROGRAMME

KISSING IN THE CHEMIST S THE DEALERS SKID AND PARK A CAFE UNDER YOUR NOSE THE DAY OF THE WEEK A lELD STAMPED INTO THE SKY IT S EASY TO WALK THRU 4HEY VE WORN THE WORLD IN BORN OUTSIDE THEIR lNGERPRINTS R mOWERS THERE S A HALLWAY UNDERGROUND BOOKSHOPS SPIN THEIR DUST IN TOILETS YOUR SONG ON THE &RIDAY RADIOS IN THE 2UBICON MARKET

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$ISREGARD YOUR FRIENDS &ORGET YOUR PARENTS ,ISTEN TO ME ) AM ALL THAT THERE IS !ND YOU ARE HERE TOO ) COME WITH A MESSAGE ,ISTEN TO ME ) TELL YOU TO LOOK AROUND YOU

4HE FERTILE GROUND 4HE SKY FOREVER BLUE ,ISTEN TO ME ) AM YOUR MOTHER !ND ALL WHO YOU EVER KNEW AND SOME YOU DIDN T 4HOSE WHO KNEW WHAT WAS GOOD FOR YOU ,ISTEN TO ME .EVER MIND YOUR SELF IMPORTANCE 9OU CALL THAT A FALL FROM GRACE #ROUCH AND HEAR MY PLEA ,ISTEN TO ME 4HE THING TO REALISE 4HAT WE MOSTLY THINK /F NOTHING AT ALL -ARCUS +EELEY

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!ND DELICIOUS EPIPHANIES ) SOAKED MY HANDS IN WATER LOOKING FOR BUBBLES

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-Y HEAD SWELLS LIKE A SWELLED UP THING 4HAT HAS INDEED BEEN SWELLED TOO MUCH +YLE FOUGHT THEM FOR THEIR PRIDE

(E WAS VALIANT ! REGULAR 3AMSON ) WOULD SAY 0UT DOWN YOUR SWORD YOUNG SOLDIER

4HERE WILL BE NO MORE lGHT TODAY !RMITAGE 3HANKS .OVEMBER

!IRPORT #HILDREN

9OU RE NOT READY TO TALK ABOUT DAD ARE YOU TO SLEEP GET JUST THE RIGHT VOLUME THE LEAVES ARE METAL IN AUTUMN THEY mY OFF AND KILL YOUNG LOVE IS THE RUSH BETWEEN CRACKS IN THE SEASON SOME OLD SLEEP OF MINE IS WRAPPED UP IN A BOOK ON THE BEDSIDE

) COLLECT SAFETY INSTRUCTION CARDS ) LIKE THE SIMPLE PICTURES IN ORANGE AND MINT OF WOMEN REMOVING THEIR HIGH HEELED SHOES AND SLIDING DOWN THE CHUTE -Y SISTER LIKES THE SICK BAGS !S THE PLANE STARTS TO CLIMB THE AIR IN THE CABIN BECOMES HEAVIER AS THE ENGINES SUCK OUT ALL THE MOISTURE FROM THE AIRPORT /UR BODIES lLL WITH WATER lRST OUR TOES THEN ANKLES THEN LEGS THEN STOMACHS -Y SISTER THROWS UP HER WATER INTO THE BAG AND THE VIOLENCE OF THE JAGGED PAPER EDGES AGAINST HER CHEEK UPSETS ME ) BEGIN TO FEEL FULL AND TIRED 4OO FULL TO EAT THE CARDBOARD PLANE FOOD WHICH IS JUST IS WELL AS IT S POISONED AND MAKES MY SISTER THROW UP MORE -Y HEAD DRIFTS FORWARD 3HE ELBOWS ME AWAKE AND ) RUB MY AIR CONDITIONED FACE BACK TO LIFE ,ATER SHE WOULD TELL ME THAT ) HAD FALLEN ASLEEP WITH MY EYES OPEN AND THAT MY IRISES HAD FADED GREY LIKE A DE ACTIVATED ROBOT

STREET STAINS ON MY PLASTIC BAG

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STATIONS HANGING UPSIDE DOWN

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MADE A STAND WAS IN IN WHICH IT COST THE !MERICAN ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY AN ESTIMATED MILLION DOLLARS 4HIS CURRENT STRIKE LOOKS SET TO HAVE AN EQUALLY HUGE IM PACT WITH NO RESOLUTION PREDICTED FOR ANY

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ERS BEING STUPID RESULTING IN FALLING OVER IN FUNNY WAYS SPECTACULAR OWN GOALS AND PRE POSTEROUS REFEREEING (IGHLIGHTS INCLUDED )PSWICH PLAYERS A PARTICULAR HIGHLIGHT FOR .ORWICH FANS DOING A RIDICULOUS CELEBRATORY DANCE ROUTINE FOR ABOUT HALF A MINUTE ON THE SIDE OF THE PITCH WHILST THEIR GOAL HAD BEEN DISALLOWED AND PLAY CONTINUED BEHIND THEM AND 3TEVEN 'ERRARD GETTING A RASPBERRY BLOWN AT HIM BY AN EXTREMELY CLEVER AND YOUNG #HELSEA MAS COT IN THE TUNNEL JUST BEFORE A ,IVERPOOL VS #HELSEA GAME 3EVERAL FOOTBALL PUNDITS GIVE THEIR INPUT ALONG THE WAY THEIR SARCASM USU ALLY BECOMING THE CROWING MOMENT OF THESE TOTAL AND UTTER HOWLERS 3O IF YOU HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS OR FRIENDS WHO ENJOY FOOTBALL LAUGHING AT FOOTBALLERS AS WE DO THEN THIS IS DElNITELY ONE YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER FOR #HRISTMAS /N THE OTHER HAND IF YOU ALSO KNOW OF SOME ONE WHO WOULD REALLY LIKE BOTOX BUT DOESN T CONSIDER THEMSELVES WRINKLY ENOUGH SHOW THEM THIS AND THEY LL BE BOOKING AN APPOINT MENT TOMORROW !NTHONY 'REEN

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WRITING JOBS ON ESTABLISHED !MERICAN TEL EVISION SHOWS COULD PROVE TOO TEMPTING FOR SOME !NOTHER POSSIBLE OUTCOME COULD BE A GREATER EXPORT OF "RITISH SHOWS TO THE 53 TO lLL THE VOID LEFT BY THE STRIKE 7ITH VERY LITTLE NEW MATERIAL LIKELY TO BE WRITTEN IN THE NEXT THREE MONTHS THE POSSIBILITIES FOR "RITAIN S WRITERS TO GET IN ON THE !MERICAN ACTION IS ENDLESS ALTHOUGH MOST ARE LIKELY TO SHOW THE 7'! STRONG SUPPORT 3O IN ESSENCE GET SET TO SEE RE RUN AFTER RE RUN ENDLESS &RIENDS AND 3IMPSONS REPEATS AND QUITE POSSIBLY A FEW CLASSICS AMONGST THE LISTINGS AS !MERICA PREPARES TO GO 46 COLD TURKEY OVER THE FES TIVE PERIOD

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ANALYSIS AND INTUITION PUZZLES 4HE PLAYER WITH THE MOST #ASE #REDITS AT THE END OF EACH !CT GETS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PICK FROM THE SUS PECT LINE UP lRST 4HE GAME ALLOWS YOU TO WATCH SOME EX CLUSIVE NEW FOOTAGE OF $AVID 3UCHET AS 0OI ROT THOUGH ONLY THE MOST AVID FAN WOULD ENDULGE THEMSELVES IN SUCH A LUXURY !CCORD ING TO THE BLURB IT S hFAMILY FUN GUARANTEEDv

WITH WHICH 4HE %VENT WHOLE HEARTEDLY DISA GREES !LTHOUGH THERE ARE SOME AMUSING SCENES FROM 0OIROT THE GAME DRAGS OUT FOR FAR TOO LONG TAKING NEARLY TWO HOURS TO WORK YOUR WAY THROUGH IT 7ITH FOUR @!CTS IN THE GAME

EACH ONE FEELS LIKE AN ENTIRE GAME ON ITS OWN

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WE CANNOT IMAGINE WHY ANYONE WOULD PUT THEMSELVES THROUGH THIS MORE THAN ONCE ES PECIALLY FOR THE OVER INmATED PRICE OF a 2ACHAEL 0RICE

0RIMETIME .EVER -IND THE "UZZCOCKS 4HURSDAY PM ""# 4HIS WEEK SAW THE VERY WELCOME RETURN OF 46 FAVOURITE .EVER -IND THE "UZZCOCKS TO ""# S 4HURSDAY NIGHT COMEDY LINE UP 4HE POPULAR FORMAT REMAINS THE SAME AS GUESTS APPEAR ALONGSIDE REGULARS IN A QUIZ BASED ON POP AND ROCK MUSIC 0OSH INDIE MAN 3IMON !M STELL RETURNS WITH HIS IRREVERENT STYLE TO HOST HIS SECOND FULL SERIES AS PRESENTER !MSTELL IS JOINED ONCE AGAIN BY OLD FAVOURITES 0HIL *UPI TUS AND "ILL "AILEY WHO HEAD UP THE TEAMS 4HE SHOW WHICH STARTED IN AND IS NOW IN ITS ST SERIES KICKED OFF THIS RUN WITH A BANG 4HE GUESTS INCLUDED RAPPER ,ETHAL "IZ ZLE AND MODEL +IMBERLY 3TEWART "AILEY AND *UPITUS SHOWED THAT THEY WERE STILL MASTERS OF THE QUIZ PROVIDING THE MAJORITY OF THE LAUGHS +IMBERLY 3TEWART DAUGHTER TO 2OD 3TEWART AND STAR OF HER OWN REALITY SERIES ON

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4HERE DOESN T SEEM TO BE A SINGLE HAPPY COU PLE IN #HESTER THIS WEEK WITH PEOPLE LYING AND CHEATING LEFT RIGHT AND CENTRE 4HERE S -C 1UEEN MAYHEM AS -ERCEDES AND 4ONY ARE STILL STRUGGLING TO DEAL WITH GUILT OVER THEIR ONE NIGHT STAND AFTER HE BEGINS TO GET HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH *ACQUI BACK ON TRACK &URTHER GRIEF LOOKS CERTAIN AS -ERCEDES DIS COVERS SHE S PREGNANT (OPEFUL *ACQUI THINKS THIS COULD BE HER CHANCE TO RAISE A BABY BUT -ERCEDES HAS OTHER IDEAS UNTIL 4INA MAKES A SHOCKING GENEROUS OFFER 4INA COMES CLEAN ABOUT 0ETE S HARASSMENT BUT HEARTLESS $OM THINKS SHE S OVERREACTING *AKE STARTS HIS lRST DAY ON THE BUILDING (ANNAH ARRIVES HOME SURPRISED TO lND "ETH THE CENTRE OF ATTENTION IN THE !SHWORTH HOUSE BUT AS THE FAMILY ATTEND THEIR lRST COUNSELLING SESSION HER CONlDENCE SOON STARTS TO GROW AGAIN 2HYS AND "ETH ARE STILL PLAYING WITH lRE WITH THEIR OBVIOUS CONTINUING FEELINGS FOR EACH OTHER )T CAN ONLY END IN HEARTACHE ,ORRAINE 3OUTHGATE

,IVING APPEARED TO BE !MSTELL S MAIN TARGET IN THIS EDITION OF THE SHOW (E CONSISTENTLY INJECTED SUCH LINES AS h7HAT DO THEY WANT YOU TO DO !CHIEVE SOMETHING v WHILST DISCUSSING HER ROLE IN THE PUBLIC EYE )T IS COMMON KNOWLEDGE THAT PARTICIPAT ING IN THE UNPREDICTABLE SHOW WILL MEAN THAT YOU ARE LEAVING YOURSELF OPEN FOR HEAVY SCRU TINY AS THE PROGRAMME IS RENOWNED FOR NOT SPARING THE FEELINGS OF ANY GUEST OR CELEBRITY %VEN MUSICAL INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS 0HIL #OLLINS AND %LTON *OHN HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO VERBAL ABUSE FROM FORMER HOST -ARK ,AMARR IN THE PAST 4HIS ESSENTIAL ASPECT OF THE SHOW WAS OVERLOOKED BY PAST PANELLIST 3AMUEL 0RESTON WHEN HE APPEARED ON THE PROGRAMME EARLIER THIS YEAR !MSTELL S USUAL BANTER FELL ON DEAF

EARS WITH 0RESTON WHO DID NOT TAKE HIS COM MENTS LIGHT HEARTEDLY 4HE SINGER STORMED OUT OF RECORDING AS !MSTELL READ OUT QUOTES FROM 0RESTON S THEN WIFE #HANTELLE (OUGHTON S AUTOBIOGRAPHY "AILEY THOUGHT FAST AND MANAGED TO RESCUE THE SHOW BY GRABBING A LOOKY LIKEY 0RESTON FROM THE AUDIENCE AND DUMPING HIM IN THE VACATED SEAT 4HE SHOW CONTINUED AS USUAL AND THE DAZED AUDIENCE MEMBER WAS BILLED AS @SPECIAL GUEST IN THE CLOSING CREDITS .EVER -IND THE "UZZCOCKS HAS CAUSED MILD CONTROVERSY IN THE PAST )N $ANI &ILTH

MEMBER OF THE BAND #RADLE OF &ILTH AP PEARED DRUNK ON THE PANEL AND WAS CONSE QUENTLY BANNED FROM EVER APPEARING ON THE SHOW IN THE FUTURE 3INGER !MY 7INEHOUSE ALSO STARRED WHILST SEEMINGLY VERY DRUNK 3HE

WAS SEEN TO REPEATEDLY INTERRUPT THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE TEAMS ASKING FOR MORE DRINK

SLOUCHING IN HER CHAIR AND USING EXTREMELY EXAGGERATED MOVEMENTS $ESPITE THE CONSISTENT MAYHEM CONTRO VERSY AND SEEMINGLY POINTLESS ACTIVITES .EVER -IND THE "UZZCOCKS CONTINUES TO BE A GREAT SHOW ! MUST FOR A 4HURSDAY NIGHT &RANCES 3 4AYLOR

46 #LASSICS 4HOMAS THE 4ANK %NGINE .EIGHBOURS

!NOTHER DAY ANOTHER SET OF DRAMAS AND SCAN DALS IN THE SMALL LAND OF 2AMSEY 3TREET 4HE 0ARKERS TAKE CENTRE STAGE THIS WEEK lRST WITH THE ONGOING CUSTODY BATTLE BETWEEN .ED AND +IRSTEN AND SECONDLY 2ILEY S SCANDALOUS CON FESSION WHICH SHOCKS HIS PARENTS +IRSTEN USES DIRTY TACTICS TO TRY AND WIN -ICKEY BACK BUT DURING THE BATTLE REALISES THAT IT IS .ED THAT SHE REALLY WANTS 4HE #ARMELLA /LIVER %LLE LOVE TRIANGLE GETS EVEN MORE COMPLICATED AS /LIVER DECIDES TO GET BACK WITH %LLE JUST AFTER #ARMELLA CONFESSES TO %LLE THAT SHE IS STILL IN LOVE WITH /LIVER 4OADIE IS ALSO SUFFERING THIS WEEK WITH THE VARIOUS TRI ALS OF 2AMSEY 3TREET S LATEST MEDICAL DRAMA AND DECIDES DRASTICALLY TO SET UP HIS OWN LAW lRM /N A LIGHTER NOTE 3USAN SEEMINGLY UNAF FECTED BY THE ENTERTAINING ANTICS OF HER NEIGH BOURS DECIDES SHE HAS A NEW PASSION FOR GOLF !NOTHER WEEK OF AMUSEMENT OUTRAGE AND DANGEROUS SECRETS IN OUR FAVOURITE STREET IN !US TRALIA 2EBECCA 2UTT

4OP THIS 7EEK 3OUTH 0ARK 3ATURDAY PM 0ARAMOUNT )F POSSIBLE THIS OUTLANDISH COMEDY IS EVEN FUNNIER THAN BEFORE DElNITELY NOT FOR THE EASILY OFFENDED

2AMSEY S +ITCHEN .IGHTMARES 4UESDAY PM # 'ORDON 2AMSEY SWEARS HIS WAY THROUGH ANOTHER HOUR OF HUMILIATING SOME INEPT RESTURANTEUR

$RAGON S $EN -ONDAY PM ""# "USINESS MEETS ENTERTAINMENT IN THIS OFTEN HILARIOUS SHOW

1) &RIDAY PM ""# )NTELLIGENT HUMOUR FROM 3TEPHEN &RIDAY AND THE GANG

-Y .AME IS %ARL &RIDAY PM # %ARL AND THE COMIC GENIUS 2ANDY ARE STILL MEANDERING THEIR WAY TO lNDING KARMIC BAL ANCE IN 2EDNECK CENTRAL

5PON SEEING THE TITLE OF THIS ISSUE S 46 #LAS SICS PROGRAMME WE BET A FEW OF YOU LET OUT A GIGGLE 'RANTED THERE IS SOMETHING COMI CAL ABOUT A BIG BLUE TRAIN WITH A FACE ON THE FRONT OF IT BUT TRY TELLING THAT TO THE KIDS WHO LOVE HIM !DMIT IT YOU ONCE LIKED HIM TOO

RIGHT "ASED ON THE BOOKS BY 7ILBERT 6ERE !W DRY 4HOMAS lRST APPEARED IN /CTOBER ON )46 4HE SHOW FOLLOWED THE EXPLOITS OF 4HOMAS AND HIS TANK ENGINE BUDDIES 3ET ON THE IMAGINARY ISLAND OF 3ODOR 4HOMAS EMBARKED ON A VARIETY OF ADVENTURES FROM HELPING HIS FELLOW ENGINES WHEN THEY WERE IN TROUBLE TO MAKING SURE THE LOCAL CHILDREN GOT THEIR ICE CREAM DELIVERY ON TIME 4HE EARLY EP ISODES WERE EVEN NARRATED BY A CERTAIN FORMER @"EATLE HERE S LOOKING AT YOU 2INGO 3UCH WAS HIS APPEAL THAT lVE YEARS AFTER HIS "RITISH TELEVISION DEBUT 4HOMAS CHUGGED

ACROSS THE POND TO !MERICA WHERE HE WAS SHOWN ON THE 0"3 TELEVISION STATION 4HE WORLD WAS SOON TO FOLLOW AS 4HOMAS MADE HIS WAY TO THE TELEVISIONS OF #ANADA *APAN AND 'ERMANY 3O FAR HE HAS APPEARED IN OVER COUNTRIES ! FEATURE lLM WAS INEVITABLE AND THIS CAME IN WHEN @4HOMAS AND THE -AGIC 2AILROAD WAS RELEASED !MAZINGLY 4HOMAS IS STILL GOING AND IS CURRENTLY IN HIS TH SEASON ENTERTAINING A WHOLE NEW GENRATION WITH THE WONDERS OF TALKING TRAINS #HILDREN ALL OVER THE WORLD STILL THINK OF HIM AS A LOVABLE LOCOMOTIVE ,ASTLY

WHO COULD FORGET THE THEME TUNE )T WILL STICK IN YOUR HEAD FOR DAYS #LASSIC STUFF INDEED :ULKImE (USSAIN

(EARD IT ON THE 'RAPEVINE 'OOD MORN TO YOU ALL AND WELCOME TO SAD TIMES IN THE WORLD OF TELEVISION 4HIS TRAGIC NEWS HAS BEEN COVERED IN THIS ISSUE S FEATURE BUT THE 7'! STRIKE IS STILL THE WORST THING TO HIT 46 SINCE $AVINA -C#ALL S GIANT MOUTH AND THEREFORE IS WORTH A MEN TION 4HE BAD NEWS CONTIN UES WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT 5GLY "ETTY IS MAKING A DESPER ATE ATTEMPT TO HALT SLIDING RAT INGS BY INTRODUCING CELEBRITY GUEST SPOTS 9OU KNOW IT S A DEATH SENTENCE WHEN YOU HAVE TO BRING IN 6ICTORIA "ECKHAM AND ,INDSAY ,O HAN "AD TIMES INDEED

,INKED WITH THE 7'! STRIKES &AMILY 'UY CREATOR 3ETH -AC&ARLANE HAS CALLED &OX PLANS TO AIR UNlNISHED EPISODES A hCOLOSSAL DICK MOVEv 'OTTA LOVE THAT GUY AND HATE ANY PIG HEADED ORGANISATION OWNED BY -URDOCH (ERE S LOOKING AT YOU 3UN AND $AILY -AIL /N A MORE HILARIOUS NOTE 46 @HARD MAN 2OSS +EMP WAS lLMING A NEW SHOW IN !F GHANISTAN WITH THE 2OYAL !NGLIAN 2EGIMENT WHEN HE hWET HIMSELFv AFTER A BRUSH WITH SOME 4ALIBAN GUNMEN (E WAS ALSO lLMED

BY TROOPS HAVING A CRAP WHICH IS NOW ON 9OU4UBE #LASSY !LSO AVOID )46 THIS WEEK MORE THAN USUAL AS ) M A #ELEBRITY RETURNS !NOTHER BUNCH OF NOBODIES DOING PISS ALL IN A JUNGLE STUDIO IN A DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO FURTHER THEIR PATHETIC CAREERS

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!RTHUR 3MITH 0ROFESSION #OMEDIAN !TTENDED 5%! $EGREE #OMPARATIVE ,ITERATURE !RTHUR 3MITH REAL NAME "RIAN IS A COMEDIAN WHO IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS WORK ON COMEDY RA DIO ON THE ""# SHOW 'RUMPY /LD -EN AND AS A GUEST ON VARIOUS PANEL SHOWS "ORN IN 3OUTH ,ONDON IN HE CAME TO 5%! IN TO STUDY #OMPARATIVE ,ITERATURE )N HIS LAST YEAR HERE HE RAN FOR 0RESIDENT OF THE 3TUDENT 5NION USING AN INTERESTING h$ON T VOTE FOR MEv CAMPAIGN STRATEGY 5NFORTUNATELY HE LOST OUT BY ONE PLACE COMING SECOND OUT OF NINE CANDIDATES AND INSTEAD WENT ON TO HIT THE 5+ ALTERNATIVE COMEDY CIRCUIT 3INCE LEAVING 5%! HE HAS PRESENTED A NUMBER OF RADIO SHOWS MOST NOTABLY %XCESS "AGGAGE FOR ""# 2ADIO AND 4HE 3MITH ,ECTURES ON 2ADIO (E HAS ALSO PENNED FOUR STAGE PLAYS

INCLUDING !N %VENING WITH 'ARY ,INEKER WHICH WON AN /LIVIER !WARD AND WAS MADE INTO A l LM FOR TELEVISION )N HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH PANCREATITIS

AN ILLNESS THAT NEARLY KILLED HIM !LTHOUGH HE

EVENTUALLY RECOVERED HE HAD TO BECOME A TEETO TALLER AND FOLLOWING A FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF DIABETES HE ALSO GAVE UP SMOKING 4HESE EXPERI ENCES LED HIM TO WRITE !RTHUR 3MITH S ,AST (ANGO ENCES LED HIM TO WRITE VER A COMEDY MONOLOGUE VER 3MITH WAS OFFERED THE ,IFETIME !CHIEVEMENT !WARD BY THE 0ERRIER !WARDS IN BUT TURNED IT DOWN BECAUSE hCOMEDIANS DISLIKE THE 0ERRIER !WARDS AND THE PUBLIC AREN T INTERESTED "ASI CALLY THEY WANTED TO TELL ME ) WAS OLD AND COOL WELL ) KNOW THAT ALREADY v &IONA "ILLINGS

5NI "ANDS

4HE 3COUNDRELS /UR UNI BAND THIS ISSUE IS 4HE 3COUNDRELS WHO ARE JUST BEGINNING TO MAKE THEIR NAME IN UN SIGNED MUSIC 7ITH %MIL !LLARD ON VOCALS 0HIL 3EAMAN ON KEYBOARDS AND GUITAR !LEX !LLEN ON LEAD GUITAR 4OM -ORAN ON DRUMS AND $AVE 2OBERTSON ON BASS THE BAND WAS FORMED IN LATE !T l RST JUST 0HIL AND $AVE WERE PLAYING TOGETHER IN A hJOKE BANDv WHICH HAD NO SERIOUS AGENDA 3OON ENOUGH THINGS BEGAN TO ESCALATE

AND !LEX JOINED FOLLOWED SWIFTLY BY 4OM AND THE MOST RECENT MEMBER %MIL 4HE MUSIC OF 4HE 3COUNDRELS IS JUST BEGIN NING TO TAKE SHAPE (AVING PREVIOUSLY PLAYED MOSTLY FOR THEIR OWN ENJOYMENT 0HIL REPORTS THAT THERE IS NOW hA GOAL AT THE END OF THE RAINBOWv 7ITH MOST MEMBERS IN THEIR l NAL YEAR AT 5%!

THE BAND HAS DECIDED THAT NOW IS AS GOOD A TIME AS ANY TO GET MORE SERIOUS ABOUT THEIR MUSICAL FU TURE 7ITH AN %0 IN PRODUCTION A BID FOR A RECORD DEAL IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER 2ECENT SONGS OF THE BAND HAVE INCLUDED 4HE "ALLAD OF $IRTY *OE %SPIONAGE AND /VER THE (ILL 3UCH HITS HAVE BEEN PERFORMED AROUND .ORWICH

INCLUDING HERE AT THE 5%! AT LAST YEAR S "LUE "AR

@(EARING !ID CHARITY CONCERT 4HEY VE ALSO BEEN FEATURED ON ,IVEWIRE MULTIPLE TIMES !LL MEMBERS HAVE HAD EXPERIENCE BEFORE THE FORMATION OF THE BAND AND ALL HAD DIFFERING STYLES SO THE END RESULT HAS BEEN AN AMALGAMA TION OF THEM ALL 0HIL 3EAMAN HAS DESCRIBED THEIR GENERAL GENRE TO BE hFUNKY BLUES WITH SOME JAZZ ELEMENTSv $UE TO PRESSURE FROM THIRD YEAR WORK UNFOR TUNATELY NO GIGS ARE CURRENTLY LINED UP BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR SOME OF THEIR MUSIC VISIT THE BAND WEBSITE AT WWW THE SCOUNDRELS CO UK AND KEEP YOUR EARS OPEN FOR THE UPCOMING %0 *AKE -AXWELL 7ATTS

&ACEBOOK 'ROUP OF THE &ORTNIGHT 'RADUATE IN THE

#ATHEDRAL NOT #ONGREGATION (ALL 4HE GROUP ADVOCATES HOLDING 5%! S GRADUA TION CEREMONY IN .ORWICH #ATHEDRAL RATHER THAN #ONGREGATION (ALL 4HE GROUP ONLY BE GAN A WEEK AGO BUT ALREADY HAS MORE THAN

MEMBERS 4HIS ISSUE OF THE GRADUATION CEREMONY HAS BEEN CONTROVERSIAL AT 5%! FOR SOME TIME 4HERE WERE COMPLAINTS LAST YEAR IN THIS VERY PAPER AS WELL AS ON THE INTERNET THAT a WAS TOO MUCH FOR A GRADUATION BALL TICKET 4HEY CLAIMED THAT PREVIOUS GRADUATION BALLS HAD BEEN ESSENTIALLY ,#2S WITH NIBBLES AND THE TICKET PRICES WERE EXORBITANT .OT TO MEN TION THE ANTICLIMAX OF HAVING A GRADUATION IN A PLACE WHERE MOST PEOPLE SPENT THEIR 4UESDAY NIGHTS 4HIS GROUP S MAIN COMPLAINT IS THAT IN THE ALL TIME LIST OF INSPIRING VENUES TO GRADUATE CONGREGATION HALL DOES NOT RANK HIGHLY 4HE SUGGESTION IS THAT THE CATHEDRAL WOULD BE A MUCH MORE SUITABLE LOCATION TO GIVE THE DAY A TRULY SPECIAL FEELING 4HE GROUP ALSO CLAIMS THAT AS THE 5NIVERSITY OF +ENT AND #ITY #OLLEGE MANAGE TO HAVE THEIR GRADUATION CEREMONY IN A CATHEDRAL IT SHOULD BE LOGISTICALLY AND MON ETARILY POSSIBLE FOR THE 5%! TO AS WELL 3OME OF THE GROUP HAVE COMMENTED THAT THEY WOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT HOLDING THEIR GRADUATION CEREMONY IN A PLACE OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP /THERS IN THE GROUP HAVE POINTED OUT

'ROENING S 'REATS

%VERYBODY HAS SEEN 4HE 3IMPSONS "UT HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN ITS CO CREATION &UTURAMA 7E BRING THEM BOTH FROM THE MIND OF -ATT 'ROENING TO THE PAGES OF 4HE %VENT AS *AMES "ILL INGS CONSIDERS 4HE 3IMPSONS AND &IONA "ILLINGS INTRODUCES &UTURAMA

4HE 3IMPSONS

THAT ALTHOUGH THE BUILDING IS A PLACE OF WOR SHIP IT IS ALSO A PLACE OF CULTURAL AND ARCHITEC TURAL SIGNIl CANCE AND THE GRADUATION CEREMONY WOULD NOT BE A RELIGIOUS OCCASION 7E WOULD SIMPLY HOLD OUR GRADUATION IN A PLACE OF UNDE NIABLE BEAUTY MAKING IT TRULY SPECIAL 4HE GROUP ALSO CLAIMS THAT THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS OTHER THAN THE CATHEDRAL A MARQUEE

BY THE LAKE FOR EXAMPLE BUT ITS MAIN POINT IS THAT CONGREGATION HALL IS NOT REALLY THE MOST EXCITING PLACE TO HOLD A GRADUATION CEREMONY !NDY *ONES

%VER POPULAR EVER PRESENT 4HE 3IMPSONS HAS BEEN A MAINSTAY OF POPULAR CULTURE IN THE 7ESTERN (EMI SPHERE FOR THE LAST YEARS )T HAS BEEN THE FUNNIEST SHOW ON TELEVISION

BUT IS IT STILL AS GOOD AS IT ONCE WAS ENTERING ITS TH SEASON 4HE 3IMPSONS IS IN ESSENCE A SOFT SATIRICAL PARODY OF WHAT IS UNDERSTOOD TO BE @MIDDLE !MERICA )T IS BASED ON A TYPICAL !MERICAN FAMILY IN A STAND ARD SMALL TOWN AND TAKES EVERY EF FORT TO REVERSE PEOPLE S STEREOTYPICAL PERCEPTIONS 4HE SET UP IS FUNDAMEN TALLY IN A SITCOM STYLE YET BEING AN ANIMATION THE SCOPE FOR OUT LANDISH SITUA TIONS IS BIGGER

7HERE ARE THEY NOW !LFONSO 2IBEIRO !LFONSO 2IBEIRO IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS ROLE AS 7ILL 3MITH S GEEKY COUSIN #ARLTON "ANKS IN THE HIT S 46 SHOW 4HE &RESH 0RINCE OF "EL !IR

WHICH RAN FOR SEASONS BETWEEN AND 4HE SHOW TOLD THE STORY OF 7ILL 3MITH PLAYED BY HIMSELF AFTER HE MOVED FROM 7EST 0HILADELPHIA TO "EL !IR TO ESCAPE hA COUPLE OF GUYS WHO WERE UP TO NO GOODv 0REDICTABLY THE STREETWISE &RESH 0RINCE CLASHED SOMEWHAT WITH HIS NEWFOUND UPPER CLASS FAMILY AND PARTICULARLY WITH THE SPOILT BUT LOVEABLE #ARLTON "EFORE STARTING ON THE &RESH 0RINCE IN 2IBEIRO PLAYED THE LEAD ROLE OF 7ILLIE IN THE "ROADWAY HIT AND 4ONY WINNER 4AP $ANCING +ID AT THE AGE OF (OW EVER 2IBEIRO FEELS HIS REAL LIFE DANCE CAREER HAS SUFFERED DUE TO THE TYPECASTING HE EXPERIENCED AFTER THE SHOW BECAUSE OF HIS FAMOUS h#ART

THAN OTHER SHOWS &OR INSTANCE (OM ER 3IMPSON A MAN WITH NO AMBITION

INTELLIGENCE GRACE CHARM OR GUILE HAS BEEN INTO SPACE MET TWO PRESIDENTS

MANAGED A COUNTRY SINGER AND OWNED THE $ALLAS #OWBOYS 9ET NOTHING IS TOO EXTRAVAGANT AS THE VIEWER WILL AC CEPT ANY SITUATION THE WRITERS CREATE (OMER AND HIS CRAZY FAMILY NEVER AGE YET THEY ALWAYS REMEMBER PREVI OUS EXPERIENCES AND SO HAVE DONE MORE THAN A YEAR S WORTH OF STUFF IN DAYS (OWEVER THIS IS CARTOON WORLD SO THINGS DON T HAVE TO MAKE SENSE 9ET IS IT POSSIBLE THAT 4HE 3IMPSONS ARE RUNNING OUT OF IDEAS !NY OF YOU WHO HAVE SEEN THE LATEST SERIES OF THE SHOW MAY AGREE THAT THE JOKES ARE CLUNKY THE SET UPS ARE SLOW AND CHARACTER DEVELOP MENT SEEMS TO HAVE RUN OUT OF STEAM RELYING INSTEAD ON ZANY ANTICS 4HAT BEING SAID IT IS 4HE 3IMPSONS COMBINED WITH ITS OFFSPRING &UTURAMA

WHICH HAS SET SUCH A HIGH STANDARD (ENCE ANY COMPARISON HAS TO LIVE UP TO THESE HEADY LEVELS A DIFl CULT TASK TO BE SURE 7E VE ALL SEEN THE

NEW 3IMPSONS l LM WHICH WAS REm EC TIVE OF THE RECENT SERIES )N SOME PARTS GUT WRENCHINGLY HILARIOUS OTHERS MILDLY AMUSING AND IN SEVERAL DIS TINCTLY AVERAGE (OWEVER DISTINCTLY AVERAGE FOR 4HE 3IMPSONS WOULD BE OUTSTANDING FOR AN ABOMINATION SUCH AS -Y &AMILY AND VERY GOOD EVEN FOR QUALITY SHOWS LIKE +ING OF 1UEENS (EREIN LIES THE PROBLEM WITH CRITICIS ING THIS MOST REVERED PROGRAMME )T FEELS LIKE SACRILEGE (AVING GROWN UP WITH 4HE 3IMPSONS MANY OF IT S PHRAS ES ARE IN OUR VOCABULARIES LIKE h$ OHv AND h$ON T HAVE A COW MAN v )T ALSO PIONEERED THE COMMON DISMISSIVE TERM h-EHv AND 'ROUNDSKEEPER 7ILLIE S FAMOUS DESCRIPTIVE PHRASE hCHEESE EATING SURRENDER MONKEYSv IN REFERENCE TO THE &RENCH 4HE 3IMPSONS HAS UNDOUBTEDLY INm UENCED LANGUAGE CULTURE AND ACHIEVED THE STATUS OF INm UENCING OTHER TELEVISION PROGRAMMES ITSELF )T PIONEERED DISPENSING WITH A LAUGH TRACK AND RELYING ON SIGHT GAGS AND SOPHISTICATED DIALOGUE TO CREATE THEIR LAUGHS WHICH WORKED TO GREAT EFFECT 4HE SHOW ALSO CHANGED THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION THAT ANIMATIONS ARE ONLY FOR CHILDREN OPENING THE DOOR TO OTH ER EQUALLY FUNNY SHOWS SUCH AS &AMILY

'UY !MERICAN $AD AND 3OUTH 0ARK )N DEED 3OUTH 0ARK PAID HOMAGE TO 4HE 3IMPSONS IN THE EPSIODE h4HE 3IMPSONS ALREADY DID IT v 4HE 3IMPSONS IS NOW NOT JUST A TELEVISION SHOW IT S A FRANCHISE 4HE NEW l LM HAS ADDED TO THE FULL ARRAY OF $6$S BOARD GAMES COMPUTER GAMES CLOTHING AND MERCHANDISE WHICH ALREADY EXISTED !ROUND THIS TIME OF YEAR YOU CAN T GO INTO A SHOP WITHOUT THERE BEING A @NORMAL GIFT LIKE BATH PRODUCTS OR EVEN A CHESS SET WITHOUT 4HE 3IMPSONS LOGO PLASTERED ALL OVER IT 4HIS HAS CREATED SOMEWHAT OF A CLAUSTROPHOBIC ATMOSPHERE WHEN BUYING PRESENTS AND IT IS A PERVERSE

CREDIT TO THE SHOW THAT IT REMAINS POPULAR REGARDLESS OF BEING OVER EXPOSED TO SUCH AN EXTENT $ESPITE THE RECENT CRITICISM OF THE SHOW AND FALLING VIEWING l GURES DOWN IN THE 53 ALONE THE SHOW S CREATOR -ATT 'ROENING SEES NO IMMEDIATE END IN SIGHT CLAIMING hCREATIVELY THERE S NO REASON TO QUIT v -ANY DISAGREE SAYING THAT THE SHOW SHOULD END NOW JUST AFTER A SUCCESSFUL MOVIE AND BEFORE THE SHOW STAGNATES 7HATEVER YOUR OPINION THERE S NO DOUBTING THAT 4HE 3IMPSONS WAS AND STILL IS ON OF THE FUNNIEST SHOWS ON TELEVISION AND LOVE IT OR HATE IT IS PART OF ALL OUR LIVES

TURAMA IN THE MID S EVENTUALLY PITCHING THE IDEA TO 4HE 3IMPSONS BACKERS &OX AT THE END OF THE DECADE 7ITH INITIAL FUNDING FOR A EPISODE RUN 'ROENING AND CO DEVELOPER $AV ID 8 #OHEN BEGAN WORK ON THE l RST SERIES WHICH DEBUTED IN &OR THOSE OF YOU UNINITIATED IN THE WAYS OF &UTURAMA HERE S A QUICK GUIDE TO THE BACKGROUND OF THE SHOW )N THE l RST EPISODE WE MEET 0HILIP * &RY FROM THEN ON GENERALLY REFERRED TO AS JUST @&RY A PIZZA BOY IN .EW 9ORK

WHO ACCIDENTALLY FALLS INTO A CRYOGEN IC CHAMBER AT MIDNIGHT ON ST *ANU ARY (E IS FROZEN FOR YEARS

EVENTUALLY WAKING UP ON .EW 9EAR S %VE TO l ND HIS WHOLE LIFE AND EVERYONE HE KNEW HAS DISAPPEARED (E MEETS HIS CLOSEST LIVING RELATIVE

0ROFESSOR (UBERT &ARNSWORTH AND BY THE END OF THE l RST EPISODE HAS GOT A JOB AT &ARNSWORTH S INTERGALACTIC DE LIVERY BUSINESS 0LANET %XPRESS 3UPPORTING CHARACTERS INCLUDE ,EELA THE ONE EYED CAPTAIN FOR THE 0LANET %XPRESS DELIVERY SHIP "ENDER

A RUDE CRUDE AND LEWD ROBOT WHO WAS ORIGINALLY PROGRAMMED TO BEND GIRD ERS AND $R :OIDBERG THE INEPT ALIEN

DOCTOR OF THE BUSINESS 3ET IN WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS .EW .EW 9ORK EACH EPISODE OF THE SHOW SEES THE CHARAC TERS EMBARK ON VARIOUS ADVENTURES AND SCHEMES TRAVELLING THE UNIVERSE AND MEETING VARIOUS ALIEN RACES -ANY CELEBRITIES AND POLITICIANS FEATURE IN &UTURAMA OFTEN AS hHEADS IN JARSv A PROCESS INVENTED SO FAMOUS PEOPLE S HEADS CAN LIVE ON BEYOND THEIR NATURAL YEARS &AMOUS HEADS FEATURED INCLUDE ,EONARD .IMOY

'EORGE 7ASHINGTON AND 2ICHARD .IX ON AS THE 0RESIDENT OF %ARTH !L 'ORE IS ALSO A REOCCURRING GUEST STAR DUE TO HIS DAUGHTER +RISTIN S ROLE AS A WRITER AND STORY EDITOR ON THE SHOW AND FREQUENTLY APPEARS TALKING ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT &UTURAMA RAN FROM TO

WITH ITS l RST SEASON RATINGS HIGHER THAN THOSE OF FELLOW CARTOON SE RIES +ING OF THE (ILL &AMILY 'UY AND 3OUTH 0ARK !LTHOUGH THESE RATINGS WERE HIGH ALTHOUGH ADMITTEDLY NOT AS HIGH AS THOSE OF 4HE 3IMPSONS l RST SEASON THE &OX NETWORK CONSTANTLY CHANGED THE DAY AND TIME THE SERIES WAS SHOWN MOVING IT FROM 3UNDAYS TO 4UESDAYS AND THEN BACK AGAIN $E

SPITE THREE %MMY WINS AND NUMER OUS AWARD NOMINATIONS &UTURAMA S PRODUCTION WAS CANCELLED IN AT THE END OF THE FORTH SEASON 4HE LAST OF THE $6$ BOXSETS ALONG WITH A &U TURAMA GAME FOR THE 8BOX AND 03 WERE RELEASED AT THE END OF THAT YEAR

AND IT LOOKED LIKED &UTURAMA WOULD BE NO MORE (OWEVER FAN S HOPES FOR THE SERIES TO BE RECOMMISSIONED WERE RAISED WHEN AFTER SEEING THE SUCCESS FUL RETURN OF &AMILY 'UY -ATT 'ROEN ING WENT TO &OX TO SUGGEST A REVIVAL OF &UTURAMA &OX DIDN T WANT TO FUND AN OTHER SERIES SO 'ROENING WENT TO THE 5 3 CHANNEL #OMEDY #ENTRAL WHO AGREED TO PRODUCE ANOTHER SERIES 4HEREFORE FOUR NEW STRAIGHT TO $6$ FEATURE LENGTH EPISODES HAVE BEEN MADE THE l RST OF WHICH "ENDER S "IG 3CORE AIRED IN THE 5 3 THIS MONTH )T CARRIES ON FROM WHERE SEASON FOUR LEFT OFF AND ONCE THE FOUR l LMS HAVE BEEN RELEASED 'ROENING SAYS THEY WILL BE CUT UP AND AIRED AS INDIVIDUAL EPI SODES TO MAKE UP SEASON l VE 7HILE IT COULD BE ARGUED THAT 4HE 3IMPSONS COMEDY VALUE IS FALTERING AS IT REACHES ITS NINETEENTH SERIES &U

TURAMA S OUTLOOK IS LOOKING FAR MORE PROMISING !S LONG AS IT RETAINS THE IN TELLIGENT AND OCCASIONALLY IRREVERENT HUMOUR WE HAVE COME TO LOVE THERE IS NO REASON WHY &UTURAMA SO OFTEN DISMISSED AS 4HE 3IMPSONS WEAKER SIBLING CAN T LAST WELL INTO THE ST CENTURY

&UTURAMA 4O MANY PEOPLE -ATT 'ROENING S GREATEST CREATION IS 4HE 3IMPSONS (OWEVER WHAT CAME OUT OF HIS HEAD NEXT IS SURELY A POTENTIAL CONTENDER FOR THAT CROWN !LTHOUGH IT ONLY AIRED FOR FOUR YEARS &UTURAMA BECAME A CULT FAVOURITE SO MUCH SO THAT NEXT MONTH WILL SEE THE RETURN OF THE CAR TOON TO OUR SCREENS 'ROENING BEGAN FORMULATING &U

LON $ANCEv AND HAS BEEN INVOLVED MORE IN THE ACTING AND DIRECTING BUSINESS EVER SINCE 2IBEIRO IS STILL RELATIVELY WELL KNOWN IN !MERICA HAVING WON BOTH #ELEBRITY 4OYOTA 'RAND 0RIX IN AND AND #ELEBRITY $UETS IN 3EPTEMBER (E ALSO HOSTED 9OUR "IG "REAK IN WHICH IS SIMILAR TO THE 5+ S 3TARS )N 4HEIR %YES -ORE RECENTLY 2IBEIRO MADE A BRIEF AP PEARANCE IN &ERGIE S 'LAMOROUS VIDEO (E ALSO VOICED A REPO GUY IN &AMILY 'UY %PISODE

3EASON ! &ISH OUT OF 7ATER IN 0ETER ASKS THE GUY IF HE WAS IN 3ILVER 3POONS 3ILVER 3POONS WAS 2IBEIRO S l RST BIG BREAK ON A 4 6 SERIES AND !LFONSO REPLIES h9ES ) WAS v $ESPITE RUMOURS OF DEATH FOLLOWING A HEAD SPIN WHILST l LMING A 0EPSI ADVERT 2IBEI RO IS STILL ALIVE AND WELL AND HAS ONE DAUGHTER

3IENNA WHO IS NOW YEARS OLD #HLOE 7ARREN

#HILDREN /F 4HE 2AVE .EW RAVE 3ICK OF IT YET -EET THE NEXT EVOLUTIONARY STEP IN S RAVE ELECTRO REVIV AL (ADOUKEN ,IKE IT OR NOT YOU LL BE HEARING A LOT FROM THESE GUYS IN THE NEXT YEAR -USIC EDITOR 'REG 3ULLIVAN MEETS (ADOUKEN FRONTMAN *AMES 3MITH TO lND OUT WHY

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T S AN AUTUMNAL 7EDNES DAY AFTERNOON AND WE@RE FACE TO FACE WITH THE FRONT MAN OF ELECTRO GRIME GA RAGE BAND OF THE MOMENT (ADOUKEN AHEAD OF THEIR HEADLINE SLOT LATE THAT EVENING AT 5%! /NLY A MINUTE AFTER SITTING DOWN WITH 3MITH WE RE INTERRUPT ED BY ONE OF PRODUCTION TEAM

h$O YOU KNOW 3PINAL 4AP MATE "ECAUSE YOU HAD A BIT OF A BIT OF @HELLO #LEVELAND MOMENT THERE 9OU KNOW WHERE YOU WORK YOUR WAY TO THE STAGE BUT YOU DON@T QUITE GET THEREv 4HE STORY !FTER BEING TOLD TO MEET IN THE ELUSIVE @PRODUCTION OFlCE WHERE THAT ACTUALLY IS 4HE %VENT WILL NEVER KNOW WE lND OURSELVES TRAIPSING AIMLESSLY IN AND AROUND THE BACK STAGE AREA FOR AROUND MINUTES

WHERE WE ENCOUNTER A SHOWER ROOM ENOUGH SAID A WEALTH OF YOUNG SUPPORT BANDS AND THE EN TRANCE TO THE MAIN STAGE SERIOUS ANTI CLIMAX BEFORE EVENTUALLY BUMPING INTO (ADOUKEN FRONT MAN *AMES 3MITH xTHE ONE PER SON IN THE BAND WHO WE WEREN@T SUPPOSED TO BE INTERVIEWING 4HIS WAS NEVER GOING TO GO SMOOTHLY (YPE BANDS ARE EASY COME

EASY GO THESE DAYS AND (ADOUKEN ARE NO EXCEPTION TO THAT RULE 4HE POST +LAXON GLOW STICK HEAVY EX CITEMENT THAT SURROUNDED ONE OF THE DElNING SINGLES OF 4HAT "OY 4HAT 'IRL BORDERED ON SHEER LUNACY 7HEREVER YOU VENTURED FOR

YOUR MUSIC CLUBS -46 POST PM 2ADIO .-% CRIES OF (OXTON HEROES AND INDIE CINDY S WHERE ALL THAT COULD BE HEARD !FTER SUC CESSFUL SECOND SINGLE ,IQUID ,IVES AND AN INFAMOUS FEATURE IN .-% THAT CITED (ADOUKEN AS THE BAND WHOSE MUSIC BROUGHT ABOUT WAR IN THE .-% OFlCE INTEREST IN THE mUORESCENT ADOLESCENTS REACHED FEVER PITCH !ND SINCE THEN 7ELL ALTHOUGH THE HYPE HAS REMAINED STEADY (ADOUKEN HAVE STILL GOT A

LONG WAY TO GO BEFORE THEY REACH THE GIDDY HEIGHTS OF +LAXONS OR #33 7HETHER OR NOT THEY REACH THAT PEDESTAL IS SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRE LY .EVERTHELESS IT IS EVIDENT THAT (ADOUKEN HAVE ALWAYS MORE OR LESS SOUNDED LIKE THE NEXT EVOLU TIONARY STEP IN S RAVE ELECTRO REVIVAL AND FOR THAT THEY HAVE THEIR PEERS TO THANKxh$O WE OWE +LAXONS OR #33 ANYTHING ) DON T THINK WE OWE #33 MUCH ) THINK +LAXONS AND THE WHOLE @PARTY VIBE THINGxYOU VE GOT TO GIVE A GOOD NOD TO THEM REALLY 4HEY ALMOST FORMED A PARTITION WITH THE FORMER INDIE SO YEAHx WE DElNITELY OWE THEM SOMETHING THERE v )N PERSON 3MITH IS SHY RUB BING HIS HANDS THROUGH HIS HAIR AND LOOKING DOWN WHEN HE SPEAKS 7HETHER THIS IS DUE TO ONE TOO MANY THE NIGHT BEFORE IS NOT CLEAR BUT AT THE MOMENT HE SEEMS A WORLD AWAY FROM THE EXUBERANCE THAT GOES HAND IN HAND WITH HIS BANDS TRADEMARK SOUND 7HEN ASKED ABOUT HIS TOP TWENTY PLAC ING IN THE NOW INFAMOUS .-% COOL LIST HE MERELY BRUSHES PAST THE SUBJECT WITH A SHRUG h9EAH

) VE SEEN ITxv HE CHUCKLES TO HIMSELF AND REFUSES TO SPEAK MORE OF THE TOPIC &OR A BAND NAMED AFTER A 3TREET

&IGHTER MOVE (ADOUKEN S CON CEPTION IS PRETTY RUN OF THE MILL

h(OW DID WE FORM *UST LIKE ANY OTHER BAND REALLY YOU GET TOGETH ER YOU JUST WANT TO MAKE MUSIC

WE DIDN T THINK MUCH OF IT REALLY v (OWEVER FOR THE @LUCKY FEW LIKE (ADOUKEN THINGS CAN SNOWBALL QUICKER THAN ANTICIPATEDx h3UD DENLY IT ALL JUST COMES TOGETHER

h$O WE TRY AND DISTANCE OURSELVES FROM THE NEW RAVE THING 7E USED TO v YOU EXCITE A FEW ! 2 MEN AND GIGS AND THEN YOU GET SIGNEDv 7HY SO QUICK 7ELL IN EARLY

(ADOUKEN WERE AS @NEW AND AS SHINY AS THEY GO 7HO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT A GRIME RAVE CROSSOVER WOULD HAVE WORKED AS WELL AS IT DID WITH DEBUT SINGLE

4HAT "OY 4HAT 'IRL A SONG THAT ARGUABLY DElNED THE LAUGHABLE @GRINDIE TAG THAT EVERYONE S FA VOURITE MUSIC WEEKLY COINED EAR LIER THIS YEAR h)T S HARD TO DISTIN GUISH WHERE WE GOT OUR TRADEMARK

SOUND FROM 7E WERE LISTENING TO A LOT OF 7HILEY 0RODIGY "UT IT S JUST AS MUCH ANY INDIE AS WELL 4HE 3TROKES 4HE 7HITE 3TRIPESxv 7E CARRY ON THE INEVITABLE PATH TO THAT OTHER TAG THE ONES THAT S BEEN NIGH ON IMPOSSIBLE TO ESCAPE UNLESS YOU VE BEEN LIV ING ON THE MOON FOR THE PAST YEAR

h$O WE TRY AND DISTANCE OURSELVES FROM THE WHOLE NEW RAVE THING 7E USED TO BUT NOW WE JUST SEE IT AS A GOOD THING ALL THE BANDS HAVE BECOME SO SUCCESSFUL OUT OF IT !S FOR THE BIGGER PICTURExIN DIE AT THE MOMENT IS POTENTIALLY IN A REALLY HEALTHY STATE BUT ALSO A REALLY STAGNATE STATE 9OU VE GOT TWO KINDS OF BANDS mYING THE mAG PEOPLE LIKE +LAXONS AND &OALS PUSHING IT FORWARD TRYING TO BE DIFFERENT THEN YOU VE GOT BANDS LIKE #OURTEENER S AGAIN THROWING BACK TO THE TIRED ,IBERTINES ERA ) MEAN HOW MANY BANDS CAN GET AWAY WITH DOING THAT (OW LONG IS IT GOING TO GO ON FOR v 4HESE WORDS DON T COME WITH BITTERNESS

IN FACT 3MITH JUST SEEMS AGITATED WITH CONTEMPORARY GUITAR BANDS

hIT ALL JUST SEEMS STALE TO ME v 4HEIR NEW SINGLE ,EAP OF FAITH

SIGNALS A HUGE DEPARTURE FROM THEIR EARLIER WORK 3MITH TREATS THE SUBJECT AS FAMILIAR TERRITORY

HINTING THAT HE MIGHT BE GETTING TIRED OF BEING ASKED WHEN HIS NEXT SCENESTER BASH IS GOING TO HIT THE AIRWAVES h) WOULDN T HAVE CHOSEN IT AS A SINGLE ) DON T THINK IT S OUR STRONGEST SONG ) JUST WANTED TO PUT SOMETHING OUT THAT WAS DIF FERENT SOMETHING THAT WASN T NEW RAVE OR GRINDIE )T THREW A LOT OF JOURNALISTS THEY MAY HAVE HATED IT BUT AT LEAST THEY COULDN T SAY IT WASN T ANOTHER GRINDIE SCENESTER BASH v !LTHOUGH THE HYPE HAS SETTLED

THEIR DEBUT WILL INEVITABLY MUSTER UP THE SIMILAR TYPE OF EX CITEMENT THAT SURROUNDED THEIR EARLY RECORDINGS h) THINK THE STUFF WE RE WRITING IS THE BEST MOST MA TURE STUFF WE VE DONE "UT AT THE SAME TIME YOU CAN NEVER TELL WHAT THE FEEDBACKS GOING TO BE LIKE )T S JUST THE RECORD WE WANT TO MAKE v 7HETHER YOU RE A FAN OF THE mOURO OR YOU FEEL MORE INCLINED TO BEAT THEM WITH A GLOWSTICKS WE DOUBT THIS LL BE THE LAST THING YOU HEAR FROM (ADOUKEN FRONT MAN *AMES 3MITH

3INGLE 2EVIEWS 6AMPIRE 7EEKEND .UMBERS #OLOURS

)T S OFlCIAL IT S HIP TO BE SQUARE 7ELL IT WOULD BE IF 6AMPIRE 7EEKEND GOT THEIR WAY 4HIS .EW 9ORK BAND HAVE GOT EVERYBODY TALKING AND COULD TURN OUT TO BE ONE OF THE UNLIKELIEST HIT BANDS OF THE YEAR 4HEY DRESS LIKE YOUR DAD COTTON /XFORD SHIRTS SLACKS AND DECK SHOES 4HEY REFERENCE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD S MUSICIANS LIKE 0ETER 'ABRIEL IN THEIR SONGS 4HEY NAMED THEMSELVES AFTER A POORLY MADE STUDENT lLM ONE OF THE BAND MEMBERS DIRECTED ABOUT THE UNDEAD COMING TO LIFE AND MORE IMPORTANTLY THEY SOUND LIKE NOTHING ELSE OUT THERE AT THE

MOMENT 4HEIR SOUND IS A FUSION OF !FRICAN RHYTHMS WITH 7ESTERN POP SENSIBILITIES 4HINK ,ADY 3MITH "LACK -AMBAZO JAMMING WITH THE ,IBERTINES 4HAT SOUNDS RIDICULOUS RIGHT "UT PERHAPS THAT S WHY IT WORKS SO WELL 6AMPIRE 7EEKEND S QUIRKY POP IS REFRESHING AND UPLIFTING 4HIS IS WHY THEY VE BECOME SO BIG AMONGST THE BLOGGERS AND ARE BEING TIPPED FOR BIG BIG THINGS BY MOST OF THE MUSIC PRESS 3O BUTTON YOUR SHIRTS TO THE TOP PUT ON YOUR BIG FRAMED GLASSES AND GET OUT YOUR WOOLLY JUMPERS GEEK CHIC IS COOL AGAIN

AN INSTANT HIT THOUGH SCANDALOUSLY THE SINGLE RECEIVED NO COVERAGE IN #ONCRETE 4HANKFULLY REDEMPTION ARRIVED AS THE #$ APPEARED IN THE OFlCE FROM AN UNKNOWN SAUCE AND ITS PRESENCE DEMANDED A REVIEW

-ARCUS *ONES

(ADOUKEN ,EAP OF &AITH

7ILL (OLLOWAY

,EVI 2OOTS 2EGGAE 2EGGAE 3AUCE 3ONG ,EVI 2OOTS ACHIEVED CULT STATUS BACK IN &EBRUARY OF THIS YEAR WHEN HE APPEARED ON $RAGONS $EN AND PERSUADED TWO OF THE MILLIONAIRES TO INVEST IN HIS 2EGGAE 2EGGAE 3AUCE WITH THE HELP OF SOME REGGAE MUSIC 4HE SONG AS WELL AS THE SAUCE WAS

ENJOYMENT OF LIFE WON THE $RAGONS OVER AND THEY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO SULK THROUGH ANYTHING SO HOW COULD WE NOT CRUMBLE IN THE FACE OF SIMILAR VIBRANCY 0LAY IT WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND YOUR DAY WILL BE INFUSED WITH A WARMTH THAT COULD ONLY BE REPLICATED BY CONSUMING A WHOLE JAR OF 2EGGAE 2EGGAE 3AUCE ITSELF

2OOTS CONDIMENT CLAIMS TO hPUT MUSIC IN YOUR FOOD AND WHILE THAT ASSERTION IS A DISCUSSION FOR THE FOOD PAGES HIS MUSIC IS CERTAINLY FULL OF A ZING AND ZEST THAT TANTALISES THE TONGUE TO SING ALONG 4HE SONG IS COMPLETE WITH CATCHY FEMALE BACKING VOCALS STEEL DRUMS AND TRUMPETS PLUS 2OOTS OWN OFTEN INCOMPREHENSIBLE MUTTERINGS !LL OF THIS MAKES IT BOB ALONG IN AN ENJOYABLY ADDICTIVE MANNER WHICH THAT OTHER BASTION OF MAINSTREAM REGGAE 3HAGGY WOULD BE PROUD OF 2OOTS MUSIC PASSION AND

7HO ARE THESE INDIE ROCKERS AND WHAT HAVE THEY DONE WITH (ADOUKEN 7HERE IS THE RAPPING

THE SPOKEN WITTY ASIDES AND GAMEBOY ESQUE FUTURISTIC BEATS )T WOULD SEEM THEY HAVE DECIDED TO hDO THE CLICHÏv AND WATER THEMSELVES DOWN TO GAIN WIDER APPEAL THE RESULTS ARE BLAND %ARLY TRACKS RECORDED FOR lRST ALBUM .OT (ERE 4O 0LEASE 9OU WERE SO ORIGINAL THEY SPAWNED SOME CRITICS TO CREATE A NEW GENRE TITLE @GRINDIE DUE TO THE GRIME GUITAR AND ELECTRO ELEMENTS BEING SPLICED TOGETHER 4HE GRIME HAS BEEN SERIOUSLY TONED

DOWN ON THIS TRACK AND IS MORE A WHIMPING OUT THAN A ,EAP /F &AITH /KAY SO THE SONG SHOWS A CERTAIN SOCIAL CONSCIENCE AND IT ALL SEEMS MORE POLISHED BUT THIS IS AT THE EXPENSE OF BEATS YOU CAN DANCE TO AND LYRICS YOU CAN RELATE TO EVEN LAUGH AT ) WANT TO HEAR THEM TELLING STORIES ABOUT @GANGSTERS WHO WORK IN !3$!

ZOMBIE INDIE GIRLS AND THE REALITY OF ,IQUID ,IVES -AYBE IT S A GROWER BUT THE INITIAL REACTION TO THIS TUNE IS THAT IT S A REGRESSIVE INSTANTLY FORGETTABLE INDIE CHART TRACK 3TICK TO THE @GRINDIE PLEASE (ADOUKEN

2OB -ORBIN

!LBUM 2EVIEWS ,ES 3AVY &AV

,ETS 3TAY &RIENDS 4HIS ALBUM REVIEW SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE PAPER WEEKS AGO BUT SOMEHOW SOMEWAY IT SHUFmED PAST TOO QUIETLY 1UITE HOW THAT HAPPENED IS BEYOND THE %VENT TEAM !GAINST ALL RULES WE HAVE DECIDED TO PUBLISH THIS ON THE BASIS OF THIS RECORD BEING ONE OF THE BEST AND MOST SIGNIlCANT ALBUMS OF 'REG 3ULLIVAN

,ES 3AVY &AV ARE CRAZY MAD AS HATTERS 4IM (ARRINGTON PROBABLY DESIGNS HATS HE SEEMS TO DESIGN EVERYTHING ELSE FOR HIS $EADLY 3QUIRE LABEL NO SERIOUSLY EVERYTHING FROM OVEN MITTS TO BABY CLOTHES 7HEN HE@S NOT DOING THAT HE@S THE CHARISMATIC AMPLY FRAMED FRONT MAN OF "ROOKLYN BASED ART PUNKERS ,ES 3AVY &AV /K SO YOU MAY HAVE NEVER

HEARD OF ,ES 3AVY &AV AND YOU MAY BE ASKING WHY YOU SHOULD CARE ABOUT THEIR MUSIC 4HE ANSWER IS SIMPLE ,ES 3AVY &AV ARE ONE OF THE FEW BANDS AROUND TODAY WHO ARE WILLING TO STICK THEIR NECKS OUT AND TRY SOMETHING GENUINELY DIFFERENT 4HEY DO THE BAND AS A HOBBY WHILST HOLDING DOWN STEADY JOBS THEY WON T SIGN FOR A MAJOR LABEL AND IF THEY WANT TO WEAR TIGHT RED HOT PANTS ON STAGE THEN THEY LL DARN WELL WEAR THEM 4HE BAND FREQUENTLY DO AND A QUICK BROWSE OF 9OU4UBE WILL ILLUSTRATE JUST HOW INSANELY ABSURD THE BAND S LIVE SHOWS REALLY ARE ,ET S 3TAY &RIENDS IS ,ES 3AVY &AV S THIRD FULL LENGTH ALBUM AND IS THEIR MOST ACCOMPLISHED RECORD TO DATE %ARLIER RELEASES BY THE BAND LIKE THEIR LAST ALBUM 'O &ORTH WERE SOMETIMES HANDICAPPED BY THE BAND S OWN UNRELENTING DESIRE TO EXPERIMENT WHICH AT TIMES MADE PARTS OF THEIR RECORDS UNLISTENABLE 7ITH THIS NEW ALBUM THE BAND SEEM TO HAVE STRUCK MORE OF A BALANCE BETWEEN ACCESSIBILITY OF THE MUSIC AND EXPERIMENTATION AS A RESULT THE RECORD IS A REAL CONTENDER FOR ALBUM OF THE YEAR 4HE STANDOUT TRACK ON THE ALBUM IS 0ATTY 3MITH A TRACK SO INSANELY CATCHY THAT YOU LL BE TOE TAPPING ALONG TO IT BEFORE YOU VE EVEN HEARD THE lRST CHORUS IT S A GLORIOUS MISH MASH OF DISCO PUNK RHYTHMS AND HAMMY FALSETTO VOCALS 4HE ALBUM IS FULL OF TRACKS THAT ARE UNLIKE ANYTHING YOU VE HEARD BEFORE OPENING TRACK 0OTS 0ANS IS AN ANTHEMIC CALL TO ARMS AGAINST THE MEDIOCRITY OF MODERN MUSIC AND DISMISSES THE SPECULATION THAT ,ES 3AVY &AV WERE SPLITTING UP h4HIS BAND S A BEATING HEART AND IT S NOWHERE NEAR ITS ENDv ANNOUNCES (ARRINGTON TRIUMPHANTLY IN THE LAST LINE OF THE TRACK 2AGING IN THE 0LAGUE !GE IS BRILLIANTLY

UNSUBTLE UPFRONT ROCK WHICH SHOWCASES (ARRINGTON S TALENT FOR WITTY TURNS OF PHRASE PARTICULARLY LINES LIKE h"EING THE KING WAS PRETTY COOL ) D HAVE TO SAY THAT RULING RULED v 7HAT MAKES THIS ALBUM GREAT IS ALSO THE VARIETY OF MATERIAL ON THE ALBUM 4HIS IS ILLUSTRATED WELL BY THE AMBIENCE NATURE OF RECENT SINGLE 7HAT 7OULD 7OLVES $O

WHICH SHOWS A DIFFERENT SIDE TO THE BAND 7ITH ,ET S 3TAY &RIENDS ,ES 3AVY &AV HAVE SHAKEN UP THE KALEIDOSCOPE OF MODERN ROCK MUSIC AND SHOWN WHAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED WITH A LITTLE BIT OF IMAGINATION A BUNCH OF TALENT AND A HELL OF A LOT OF BALLS 7ILL (OLLOWAY

+ID 2OCK

,ETHAL "IZZLE

#ARBON 3ILICON

2OCK @N 2OLL *ESUS

"ACK 4O "IZZNEZZ

4HE ,AST 0OST

,ESS THAN A YEAR AFTER 0AMELA !NDERSON lLED FOR DIVORCE FROM HIM AND THEIR LENGTHY THREE MONTHS OF WEDDED BLISS "OB @+ID 2OCK 2ICHIE RETURNS TO THE MUSIC SCENE WITH A SURPRISINGLY GOOD COMEBACK !MEN HAS GOSPEL CHOIR BACKING AND SIMPLISTIC CHEERY ACCOMPANIMENT BEGINNING IN A DISTASTEFULLY PREACHY WAY )T IS NAUSEATING ENOUGH TO PLAY AS A lTTING BACKGROUND TRACK FOR A SEGMENT ON #HILDREN IN .EED BUT WITH LYRICS LIKE @) DON T KNOW WHAT S WORSE NATU RAL DISASTERS OR THESE WOLVES IN SHEEP CLOTHING PASTORS THE SONG IS A PASSIONATE CONDEMNATION OF LARGE SOCIETAL ISSUES /THER SONGS FOCUS ON 2OCK S OWN SELF REDEMPTION AS IN 2OLL /N FOR EXAMPLE WHERE HE SINGS h) M LOOKING BACK ON WHERE ) VE ROAMEDv 4HE SUBTLE VOCAL HARMONY AND VOCAL CENTRIC RESONANCES OF THIS NUMBER FOUND IN THE ALBUM S OTHER REmECTIVE BALLADS $ON T 4ELL -E 9OU ,OVE -E AND THE BEAUTIFULLY CRISP AND MELODIC "LUE *EANS AND A 2OSARY DI VERGE STARKLY FROM THE UNAPOLOGETICALLY EXPLICIT 3O (OTT AND 3UGAR THAT COMMAND THE LISTENER S ATTENTION WITH THEIR DIRTY

ROARING ELECTRIC GUITAR RIFFS 2OCK N 2OLL *ESUS PROVES THAT +ID 2OCK HAS NEVER FALLEN SHORT OF BEING THE @ILLEST MOTHER

EVEN AFTER BEING REJECTED BY 0AM 4WANGING COUNTRY DITTY (ALF 9OUR !GE IS AN UNSUBTLE YET HILARIOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR 2OCK TO HAVE A JIBE AT !NDERSON h) FOUND SOMEONE NEWx SHE S HALF YOUR AGE AND TWICE AS HOTv

3OMETIMES IT IS DIFlCULT TO TAKE SOME RAP NAMES SERI OUSLY 2OLL $EEP $IZZY 2ASCAL AND ,ETHAL "IZZLE ALL INCLUDED -ONIKER ASIDE HOWEVER -R "IZZLE HAS BEEN MAKING A NAME FOR HIMSELF RECENTLY BY PARTAK ING IN COLLABORATIONS WITH SEVERAL ROCK BANDS INCLUD ING 9OURCODENAMEIS -ILO AND 'ALLOWS ALMOST MAKING HIM AN ACCEPTABLE NAME TO DROP IN INDIE CIRCLES !LMOST /N "ACK 4O "IZZNEZZ THE CRED IBLE ACTS TO SAMPLE HAVE ARRIVED EN MASSE WITH 4HE 2UTS

4HE #LASH AND "ABYSHAMBLES ALL MAKING AN APPEARANCE 5NSURPRISINGLY THOSE ARE THE BEST THREE TRACKS ON THE AL BUM "ABYLON S "URNING 4HE 'HETTO IS AN ENJOYABLE RANT AT ,ONDON AND PARLIAMENT 0OLICE /N -Y "ACK IS AN AMUSING

APPARENTLY TRUE LIFE STORY OF ,ETHAL S CRIME DAYS AND WHILST "OY WHICH FEATURES "ABYSHAMBLES IS IN SOME WAYS A MISSED OPPORTUNITY IT IS STILL A STANDOUT TRACK WELL WORTH HEARING )N MANY WAYS ,ETHAL "IZZLE HAS BEGAN TO TAKE UP A ROLE AS THE "RITISH +ANYE 7EST SHUNNING MUCH OF THE STERE OTYPICAL RAP WORLD IN ORDER TO STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD

AND INDEED AT TIMES HIS LYRICS CAN BE AS GRATING AS +ANYE S ARE (OWEVER HE SUCCEEDS IN MAKING AN ALBUM BETTER THAN MOST OF THE ,ONDON GRIME PACK IS CAPABLE OF AN ENTERTAIN ING COLLECTION OF SONGS WHICH AREN T TOO HEAVY GOING AND CLOSER 2EmECTION WOULDN T BE OUT OF PLACE ON 4HE #OLLEGE $ROPOUT $IZZY WHO

2OOTS MUSIC 4HE GENRES WHERE ALL MUSICAL FORMS STEM FROM

THE TRADITIONAL MUSIC OF A PARTICULAR NATION THE PURE FORMS IF YOU WILL #OUNTRY

"LUES &OLK 2EGGAE !ND NOW 0UNK 4HIRTY YEARS ON FROM THE ORIGINAL EXPLOSION 0UNK HAS BECOME EMBODIED INTO THE 5+S MUSICAL SPIRIT ITS BASIC CHORD STRUCTURE FORMING THE BASIS FOR MANY OF TODAY S MAINSTREAM BANDS INCLUDING 4HE 0IGEON $ETECTIVES AND 4HE !RCTIC -ONKEYS &OR A BLUEPRINT TO PROVE THIS LOOK NO FURTHER THAN #ARBON 3ILICONS RECENT OFFERING 4HE ,AST 0OST 7HO 7ELL THE LEAD SINGER AND GUITARIST IS NO OTHER THAN -ICK *ONES FROM THE HOLIEST OF CLASSIC 0UNK BANDS 4HE #LASH AND WHO WAS LAST SEEN PRODUCING 4HE ,IBERTINES

WHILST 'ENERATION 8 S 4ONY *AMES ALSO HELPS OUT 4HE ALBUM ITSELF IS A STRIPPED DOWN BACK TO BASICS POLITICAL JOURNEY

WHICH SOUNDS FOR THE MOST PART LIKE WELL 4HE #LASH 4RACKS SUCH AS OPENER 4HE .EWS AND 4HE 7HOLE 4RUTH ARE INSTANTLY CATCHY ANTHEMS TO BE SHOUTED FROM THE ROOFTOPS

WHILST ACCOMPLISHED STANDOUT #AESARS 0ALACE SHOWCASES THE BAND S GUITAR PLAYING ABILITIES #LOSER 7HY $O -EN &IGHT )S THE ICING ON THE CAKE A REmECTION ON THE WORLD TODAY )T S ONE OF THOSE RECORDS THAT AFTER SEVERAL PLAYS WILL ONLY BE REMOVED FROM YOUR #$ PLAYER KICKING AND SCREAMING

READY TO KICK START A REVOLUTION !N ESSENTIAL FOR 0UNK FANS

AND ONE TO PUT ON THE LIST FOR EVERYBODY ELSE 2OOTS MUSIC HAS NEVER SOUNDED COOLER OR MORE CRUCIAL

#AROLINE $UNMORE

-ICHAEL "LUNT

-ICHAEL "LUNT

,IVE 2EVIEWS

#ALVIN (ARRIS

7EDNESDAY TH .OVEMBER 5%! #ALVIN (ARRIS PLASTERED THE ,#2 WITH HIS DISCO PRESENCE LAST WEEK AND SOUGHT TO CREATE ONE MASSIVE PARTY &AMOUS FOR HIS POP PRINCE STYLE HE SPORTED AN ALMOST mORESCENT BLUE AND YELLOW SHELL SUIT JACKET

OF WHICH HE KEPT INSISTING THE SLEEVES WERE TOO SHORT BUT IT DIDN T SEEM TO AFFECT HIS PERFORMANCE TOO MUCH AND TRUE TO HIS WORD HE IMPRESSED @ALL THE GIRLS WITH HIS BLACK SKINNY lT JEANS AND 3COTTISH CHARM 2ENOWNED FOR HIS LONG INTROS IT INITIALLY SEEMED LIKE (ARRIS WAS NEVER GOING TO ENTER

THE STAGE THE BAND MILKED IT AS LONG AS HUMANELY POSSIBLE WITH THE PULSATING SYNTH SOUNDS OF @$ISCO (EAT (OWEVER WHEN HE DID EVENTUALLY MAKE HIS ENTRANCE THE ENERGY THAT SET ALIGHT THE ,#2 CROWD WAS SO SPECTACULAR YOU HAD TO PINCH YOURSELF TO WAKE YOU UP FROM YOUR )BIZA LIKE TRANCE &OR THE lRST TIME IN ,#2 HISTORY IT WAS AS IF THE $ISCO "ALL SERVED A PURPOSE )T WAS DEBATABLE WHETHER HIS ALBUM WOULD TRANSFER SUCCESSFULLY TO THE LIVE ARENA BUT THERE S NO DOUBT (ARRIS MANAGED

TO PULL IT OFF ! GREAT EXAMPLE OF THIS WASHIS FALSETTO VOICE IN -ERRYMAKING !T -Y 0LACE IT PERFECTLY ECHOED THROUGH THE ROOM SENDING SHIVERS DOWN EACH AN EVERY SPINEx THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A GUY THAT KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT HE S DOING AND CLEARLY SO DOES HIS BAND 4HE BAND WERE NO DOUBT SAVOURING THE MUSIC AS MUCH AS THE AUDIENCE WERE AS THEIR FRANTIC

SIMULTANEOUS NODDING ILLUSTRATED !T TIMES YOU ACTUALLY FELT LIKE YOU WERE IN YOUR OWN FRONT ROOM WATCHING THE #HURCHILL ADVERT ON REPEAT (ARRIS S EXCITEMENT SHONE THROUGH FOR THE WHOLE GIG AND WITH HIS MINI MIXING DESK AT HIS SIDE (ARRIS GLIMMERING SMILE ECHOED THAT OF A CHILD WITH A NEW TOY 4HESE WERE THE MANNERISMS OF A MAN IN HIS ELEMENT #ALVIN (ARRIS CLEARLY DIDN T WANT TO BE ANY WHERE ELSE BUT THE ,#2 %VERYONE WAS OF COURSE IN ANTICIPATION FOR !CCEPTABLE )N 4HE S BUT WHEN IT EVENTUALLY CAME IT WAS MERELY AN ANTI CLIMAX )NSTEAD IT WAS 'IRLS THAT HAD THE CROWD ON STRINGS AND 4HIS )S 4HE )NDUSTRY THAT HAD THEM DANCING LIKE NOTHING ELSE 4HE SENSE OF FUN THAT SURROUNDED THIS EVENT MADE THE WHOLE NIGHT REMARKABLY INFECTIOUS AND HIS PANTO STYLE ENGAGEMENT MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO JOIN IN )T WAS

ALMOST DISAPPOINTING TO STEP BACK OUTSIDE INTO THE BITING WINDS AND MURKY LEAVES OF AUTUMN WHILE IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND

YOU KNEW (ARRIS WAS MOST LIKELY READYING THE NEON GLOW STICKS FOR HIS NEXT AWE INSPIRING SHOW (OLLY 7ATTE

%NTER 3HIKARI

4HE 2AVEONETTES

-ONDAY TH .OVEMBER 5%!

7EDNESDAY TH .OVEMBER .!#

h2EMEMBER REMEMBER THE TH OF .OVEMBER v SAYS 4REVOR THE 7OLF AS THE %NTER 3HIKARI SET IS ABOUT TO BEGIN (IS SPEECH MARKED TWO SIGNIlCANT EVENTS ONE IT WAS "ONlRE .IGHT AND TWO %NTER 3HIKARI HAD DECIDED TO GRACE 5%! ONCE AGAIN BRINGING WITH THEM AMAZING SOUNDS AND THE HARDCORE RAVE MADNESS THAT THEY THEMSELVES CREATED 4HE SUPPORT PROVIDED FOR THIS EVENING WERE HARDCORE BAND 9OUR $EMISE AND

ALTERNATIVE ROCK ACT (UNDRED 2EASONS 9OUR $EMISE PROVIDED EVERYONE WITH AN EXCUSE TO JUMP INTO EACH OTHER WHILE (UNDRED 2EASONS USED SOME OLD FAVOURITES TO GET THE CROWD SINGING AND DANCING IN A WAY THAT DIDN T INVOLVE A CONCUSSION OR TWO 4O SAY THAT %NTER 3HIKARI DIDN T DISAPPOINT IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT TO SAY THAT THEY WERE ON AWESOME FORM WOULD BE A MORE ACCURATE WAY OF DESCRIBING THE SHOW THEY PUT ON FOR THE ,#2 MASSES ON "ONlRE .IGHT )T S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE A BAND INTERACTING WITH THE CROWD DURING THEIR SET BUT IT S EVEN BETTER WHEN THEY HAND OUT FREE GIFTS AND MAKE THE CROWD LAUGH WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID 4HE MOST BIZARRE OF THESE WERE CONDOMS THEY HANDED OUT NAMED *ONNY 3NIPER ALL OF WHICH BORE THE SLOGAN h)F YOU PLAY THE lELD

PLEASE WEAR A SHIELDv .O IT S NOT ALWAYS ABOUT THE MUSIC WITH 3HIKARI 4HE BAND ENDED THE SHOW WITH SAYING THAT THIS WAS THERE SECOND TO LAST SHOW ON THE TOUR WHICH LEADS US TO WONDER WHETHER THEY ARE PREPARING TO TOUR THE STATES IN SUPPORT OF THEIR DEBUT ALBUM S RELEASE OR TO HEAD BACK TO THE STUDIO SO SOON AFTER THE SUCCESS OF THEIR lRST ALBUM 4AKE 4O 4HE 3KIES 7HAT IS EVIDENT HOWEVER IT THAT ON THIS KIND OF FORM

THAT +ERRANG AWARD FOR "EST ,IVE !CT WAS MORE THAN DESERVED 3COTT #HARMAN

!FTER SOME TECHNICAL PROBLEMS WITH THEIR MICROPHONES 4HE 2AVEONETTES ARE lNALLY READY TO START THEIR SET !S THEY TAKE TO THE STAGE

IT IS EVIDENT THAT THEY ARE AN AWESOMELY COOL BAND 4HEY LOOK AMAZING 3UNE 2OSE 7AGNER SOMEHOW MANAGES TO PULL OFF LOOKING LIKE 3CREECH FROM 3AVED "Y 4HE "ELL AND 3HARIN &OO IS A BLONDE VERSION OF 5MA 4HURMAN IN 0ULP &ICTION WHILST THE DRUMMER HAS THE LOOK AND THE GENERAL PERSONA OF SOMEONE ON THE CATWALK .OT ONLY ARE 4HE 2AVEONETTES INCREDIBLY

COOL AND INCREDIBLY ATTRACTIVE THEY ALSO MAKE DAMN GOOD MUSIC 4HEIR RETRO SURF PUNK SOUND HAS A DISTINCTLY MODERN FEEL TO IT DUE TO THE UNDERLYING CONNOTATIONS OF SEX THEIR NEW ALBUM IS AFTER ALL CALLED ,UST ,UST ,UST 7ITH ONLY TWO GUITARS AND JUST TWO DRUMS YOU MAY WONDER HOW CAN THEY MAKE SUCH GOOD MUSIC 7ELL THEIR MINIMALIST AND SIMPLE APPROACH IS WHAT MAKES THEM SO BRILLIANT BOTH IN THEIR MUSIC AND IN THEIR LOOK 4HE WAY THAT 7AGNER AND &OO EFFORTLESSLY HARMONISE WITH EACH OTHER ON MOST TRACKS SIMPLY ADDS TO IT 4HEY STARTED OFF THE SET WITH A COUPLE OF NEW SONGS OFF THE LATEST ALBUM BEFORE GOING INTO SOME CLASSICS 4HEIR MINIMALISM DOES NOT MEAN THEY JUST DO SLOW CRAPPY ACOUSTIC NUMBERS /N THE CONTRARY MANY OF THE SONGS ARE MORE LIKE WALLS OF SOUND SUCH IS THE INmUENCE OF NOTORIOUS WEIRDO 0HIL 3PECTOR 4HE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EVENING THOUGH ARE UNDOUBTEDLY ,OVE )N ! 4RASHCAN AND !TTACK /F 4HE 'HOST 2IDERS WHICH BOTH HAVE THEIR TRADEMARK JANGLING GUITARS OVER A POUNDING

NON STOP DRUMBEAT AND A COVER OF 3TEROLABS &RENCH $ISCO WHICH ACTUALLY SURPASSES THE ORIGINAL 4HE 2AVEONETTES ARE CRIMINALLY UNDER RATED AND UNKNOWN !FTER THIS PERFORMANCE IT IS BAFmING WHY THIS COULD BE .ICK 2EADING

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SO WHILST IT WAS WELL RECEIVED BY CRITICS FEW PEOPLE ACTUALLY KNEW IT EVEN EXISTED 5LTIMATELY THIS IS THE TRAGEDY OF THIS MOVIE &AR BETTER THAN "ATMAN &OREVER AND ITS DIRE SEQUEL -ASK OF THE 0HANTASM IS A TERRIlC MOVIE THAT DESERVES FAR MORE ATTENTION THAN IT HAS EVER RECIEVED ,IAM / "RIEN

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4HE *ANE !USTEN "OOK #LUB $IR 2OBIN 3WICORD 2ELEASED h(E LOOKS AT ME LIKE ) M THE BOWL OF ICE CREAM AND HE IS THE SPOON v 4HIS LINE MAY CAUSE YOU TO INSTANTLY CONSIDER 4HE *ANE !USTEN "OOK #LUB TO BE SENTIMENTAL CHICK mICK mUFF HOWEVER THIS ADAPTATION OF THE PHENOMENALLY SUCCESSFUL BOOK WRITTEN BY +AREN *OY &OWLER

WILL NOT LEAVE YOU DISSATISlED 3ET IN #ALIFORNIA A GROUP OF SIX PEOPLE FORM A BOOK CLUB EACH CHOOSING A *ANE !USTEN NOVEL TO DISCUSS OVER A PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS "UT WHAT THEY lND IS NOT JUST AN AP

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!MERICAN 'ANGSTER $IR 2IDLEY 3COTT 2ELEASED !MERICAN 'ANGSTER CHRONICLES THE TRUE STORY OF (ARLEM DRUG LORD &RANK ,U CAS $ENZEL 7ASHINGTON AND THE DETECTIVE TASKED TO BRING HIM DOWN 2ICHIE 2OBERTS 2USSELL #ROWE 4HE lLM IS INCREDIBLY AMBITIOUS IN ITS SCOPE PLAYING WITH OUR CONVENTIONAL ASSUMPTIONS OF HERO AND VILLAIN 4HE STORY TAKES SOME HUGE LEAPS THAT ARE NOT FULLY EXPLAINED AND CHANGES IN CHARACTERS GO UNEXPLAINED )T S NOT THAT THE STORY DOESN T MAKE SENSE OR CHARACTERS APPEAR CONTRADIC TORY BUT THAT THE WHOLE lLM EXUDES AN AURA OF UNFULlLLED POTENTIAL 4HE

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STARRING 4OM #RUISE -ERYL 3TREEP AND 2OBERT 2EDFORD THERE ARE CER TAIN EXPECTATIONS WITH THIS LEVEL OF SUPERSTARDOM WHICH ARE NOT QUITE MET 4HE lLM EXCELS IN ITS EVEN HAND ED DEALING WITH POLITICAL ISSUES BUT IT LACKS THE SOCIAL COMMENTARY NEEDED TO PROPEL IT FURTHER UNFORTUNATELY PLACING IT IN THE COLUMN OF lLMS THAT HAVE FAILED TO LIVE UP TO THEIR POTEN TIAL $ESPITE ITS SHORTCOMINGS ,IONS FOR ,AMBS WILL BE A lLM EXPERIENCE TO DISCUSS AND DEBATE LONG AFTER THE CREDITS ROLL +ATHERINE %VANS

TWO LEAD CHARACTERS ARE THE BEST EX AMPLE OF THIS ,UCAS S PERSONALITY IS NOT EXPLORED FULLY AND 2OBERTS IS PRE SENTED AS A MAN WHO DRINKS HEAVILY AND NEGLECTS HIS SON (OWEVER IN HIS PROFESSIONAL LIFE HE IS SCRUPULOUSLY HONEST A ONE MAN CRUSADE AGAINST BENT COPS HIS CHARACTER SEEMS SIMPLY HOLLOW 4HE lLM HOWEVER ENTERTAINS THROUGHOUT AND IS AN AMBITIOUS AT TEMPT TO UNITE THE TRADITIONAL COP AND MAlA GENRES !LTHOUGH IT FALLS JUST SHORT OF THE MARK IN TRULY PULLING IT OFF IT MAY WELL BE REMEMBERED AS THE PRECURSOR TO SOMETHING GREAT !NDY *ONES

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)F THE TRAILER ISN T ENOUGH TO PUT YOU OFF THIS AP PALLING lLM THEN HOPEFULLY THE PHRASE hACCIDENT PRONE PENGUIN SPECIALISTv IS 'OD ONLY KNOWS WHY SUCH lLMS ARE EVEN MADE ,ACKING lNESSE THE lLM RELIES ON CRUDE AND UNORIGINAL JOKES WHICH AT BEST GIVE A MILD GROAN !S ROM COMS GO 'OOD ,UCK #HUCK FALLS mAT ON BOTH ACCOUNTS

&ROM THE OFFSET "EOWULF LOOKS TERRIlC BUT THANK FULLY UNLIKE IT HAS ENOUGH STORYLINE TO CARRY IT THOUGH THE MOTIONS 4HE EPIC POEM IS BROUGHT ENTERTAININGLY TO LIFE BY AN EXTREMELY GIFTED CAST AND CREW HOWEVER AS WITH MOST ADAPTATIONS THE lLM DOESN T HOLD A CANDLE TO THE ORIGINAL EPIC POEM BUT IT DOES A BLOODY GOOD JOB TRYING

4HROUGH "URTON S ,OOKING 'LASS 4IM "URTON WILL DIRECT TWO MOV IES FOR $ DISTRIBUTION BY $ISNEY THE PREVIOUSLY RUMOURED &RANK ENWEENIE IN WHICH A YOUNG BOY BRINGS HIS DOG BACK TO LIFE AFTER IT S RUN OVER PLUS A NEW VERSION OF !LICE IN 7ONDERLAND "URTON WILL START WITH !LICE AND HE S GOT A SOLID SCRIPTWRITER ON BOARD IN THE FORM OF ,INDA 7OOLV ERTON 4HE ,ION +ING "EAUTY AND THE "EAST 7ITH SINISTER #HESHIRE CATS MURDEROUS QUEENS AND CHAIN SMOKING CATERPILLARS ALREADY IN ITS TWISTED BIZARRE WORLD WE CAN ONLY WAIT TO SEE WHAT WONDERS THE MIND OF 4IM "URTON WILL COME UP WITH 3PIELBERG S (ONORARY 'LOBE 3TEVEN 3PIELBERG WILL BE HONOURED AT NEXT *ANUARY S 'OLDEN 'LOBE !WARDS WITH THE #ECIL " $E-ILLE !WARD FOR HIS @OUTSTANDING CONTRI BUTION TO THE ENTERTAINMENT lELD

#HECK OUT 4HE &ORBIDDEN +INGDOM CLIP ON 9OU4UBE 7ITH *ACKIE #HAN AND *ET ,I IN THE SAME MOVIE YOU JUST KNOW IT S GOING TO BE MIND BLOW INGLY AWESOME 4HE /THER "OLEYN 'IRL 4RAILER !DAPTED FROM 0HILIPPA 'REGORY S NOVEL THE lLM FOCUSES ON -ARY 3CARLETT *OHANSSON AND !NNE .ATALIE 0ORTMAN "OLEYN BOTH OF WHOM HAD AFFAIRS WITH (ENRY 6))) %RIC "ANA AT THE BEHEST OF THEIR FAMILY IN ORDER TO SECURE THE FAMILY S STATUS

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(AIRSPRAY $IR !DAM 3HANKMAN ! BIG GIRL WITH BIG HAIR 4RACY 4URN BLAD .IKKI "LONSKY BECAME THIS SUMMER S BIG HEROINE .O WEBS OR WANDS NEEDED (AIRSPRAY FOLLOWS AN ORDINARY GIRL S DREAM TO DANCE ON HER FAVOURITE TELEVISION PROGRAMME 4HE #ORNY #OLLINS 3HOW WHERE SHE RADICAL LY CHANGES VIEWERS PERCEPTIONS HELP ING THE SHOW TO BECOME INTEGRATED IN THE CONCLUDING NUMBER 7ITH CATCHY SONGS AND FANTASTIC DANCING (AIRSPRAY IS PURE ENTERTAIN MENT YET THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL MESSAGES THE lLM DELIVERS HELP IT TO HAVE MORE DEPTH AND GIVE YOU SOME

THING TO REALLY CARE ABOUT 7ITH AN ALL STAR CAST INCLUDING *OHN 4ROVOLTA IN DRAG #HRISTOPHER 7ALKEN AND :AC %FRON CONTINUING HIS DOMINATION OF MODERN DAY MU SICALS EVERY ACTOR PLAYS THEIR PART SPOT ON PROVING TO BE TALENTED SINGERS AND DANCERS 4RAVOLTA IS SURPRISINGLY GOOD AS %DNA 4URNBLAD 4RACY S MOTHER

AND DElNITELY ADDS ANOTHER LEVEL OF HUMOUR TO THE lLM "LONSKY S DEBUT IS FANTASTIC AND SHE WITHOUT A DOUBT STEALS THE SHOW ! REAL FEEL GOOD lLM THAT DEALS WITH IMPORTANT ISSUES

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(ARRY 0OTTER AND THE !T 7ORLD S %ND /RDER OF THE 0HOENIX $IR 'ORE 6ERBINSKI $IR $AVID 9ATES )N THE DARKEST lLM OF THE SERIES YET

(ARRY 0OTTER $ANIEL 2ADCLIFFE AND HIS FRIENDS MUST STRUGGLE TO PREPARE FOR 6OLDEMORT S INEVITABLE RISE WHILE THE REST OF THE WIZARDING COMMUNITY REFUSE TO BELIEVE (ARRY S WARNINGS 9ATES CAPTURES THIS GRITTY STORYLINE WELL ON lLM BUT THIS SLOW STARTER FAILS TO LIVE UP TO THE TRUE POTENTIAL OF * + 2OWLING S MUCH LOVED ORIGINAL #HLOE 7ARREN

7HEN THE ORIGINAL 0IRATES HIT CIN EMAS YEARS AGO WE WERE PRESENTED WITH A SURPRISINGLY FUN ROMP !P PARENTLY THE PRODUCERS HAVE FOR GOTTEN HOW THEY MADE A lLM THAT GOOD AS THE TWO SEQUELS HAVE BEEN LABORIOUS AND DEPRESSING !S WE FOLLOW THE NOW HUGELY IN mATED CAST THROUGH VARIOUS BATTLES AND ADVENTURES ALL SENSE OF INTEREST IS LOST AMONG THE MAZE OF PLOT TWISTS 7ITH SO MANY CHARACTERS TO FOLLOW IT S IM POSSIBLE TO EMPATHISE WITH ANYONE $EPP IS AS GOOD AS EVER 'EOFFREY 2USH S "ARBOSSA CHEWS HIS SCENES

"ORDERS 1UICK lRE &ILM 1UIZ !NSWER THIS QUESTION FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A TOP TITLE $6$ FROM "ORDERS

1 &AMILY 'UY SEASON SIX FEATURED A SPOOF EPISODE OF 3TAR 7ARS 7HY WAS THIS EPISODE NAMED @"LUE (ARVEST %MAIL YOUR NAME AND ANSWER TO CONCRETE EVENT

UEA AC UK BY 4HURSDAY TH .OVEMBER WITH @"ORDERS &ILM 1UIZ IN THE SUBJECT LINE

4HE "ORDERS -ONTHLY &ILM 1UIZ ON 4HURSDAY TH .OVEMBER FROM PM )T S .ORWICH S ANSWER TO .UMBER 7ANG BUT WITHOUT THE NUMBERS AND THE WANGING 3O IF YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS ARE lLM BOFlNS CROAK h2OSEBUDv JUMP IN YOUR SLEIGH AND COME AND JOIN US INSTORE ON THE TH 'REAT $6$ PRIZES TO BE WON

7IN (ITMAN 'OODY 0ACKS 7E HAVE BRILLIANT (ITMAN GOODIE PACKS TO GIVE AWAY WHICH INCLUDE A T SHIRT

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-" ,IGHT 5P 53" $EVICE AND A KEY CHAIN &OR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION 7HAT IS THE NAME OF THE $ANISH COMPUTER GAME DEVELOPER THAT CREATED THE (ITMAN SERIES %MAIL YOUR NAME AND ANSWERS TO CONCRETE lLM UEA AC UK BY 4HURSDAY TH .OVEMBER WITH @(ITMAN -ERCHANDISE IN THE SUBJECT LINE

7IN (ITMAN /PENING .IGHT 4ICKETS 4HE .ORWICH /DEON IS HOSTING A SPECIAL LATE NIGHT SCREENING OF (ITMAN ON .O VEMBER TH %VERYONE THAT TURNS UP DRESSED TO KILL IN (ITMAN ESQUE ATTIRE GETS A FREE DRINK ON ARRIVAL 4HERE WILL BE A PRIZE FOR THE BEST DRESSED (ITMAN WOMAN 4O CELEBRATE THE RELEASE WE HAVE PAIRS OF TICKETS FOR GIVE AWAY TO THIS SPECIAL SCREENING &OR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION 7HO PLAYS !GENT IN THE MOVIE %MAIL YOUR NAME AND ANSWERS TO CONCRETE lLM UEA AC UK BY -IDDAY 7EDNESDAY TH .OVEMBER WITH @(ITMAN 4ICKETS IN THE SUBJECT LINE

LIKE lNE TOBACCO AND *ACK $AVEN PORT S TORTURED .ORRINGTON PROVIDES SOME GENUINE HEART "UT EVERY SCENE LACKING THESE CHARACTERS DRAGS ON

AND THERE ARE A LOT OF THEM +EIRA +NIGHTLEY IS PARTICULARLY BAD AND ONE SCENE WHERE SHE MAKES A SUP POSEDLY INSPRING 1UEEN %LIZABETH ESQUE RALLYING SPEECH TO THE MASSES IS CRINGEWORTHY 3OME mASHY SPECIAL EFFECTS AT THE END ARE NOT ENOUGH TO SAVE 0I RATES 4HE ONLY STRONG RECOMMEN DATION IS THE CHANCE TO SEE +EITH 2I CHARDS SURPRISINGLY ENJOYABLE TURN AS *ACK 3PARROW S FATHER !NDY *UDSON

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REALLY STEP BEHIND THE CAMERA AND DIRECT !LTHOUGH TRADITIONALLY

THE ROLES OF ACTOR AND DIRECTOR HAVE BEEN KEPT LARGELY SEPARATE IN RECENT YEARS THE LINE HAS BECOME INCREAS INGLY BLURRED 4HE RESULTS HAVE BEEN MIXED AND THERE HAVE BEEN SOME REAL mOPS BUT THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN SOME OUTSTANDING SUCCESSES MOST NOTABLY ON THE PART OF A FORMER KING OF THE SPAGHETTI WESTERN 5NTIL THE S AN ACTOR TURN ING TO DIRECTING WAS A RARE PHE NOMENON 2OBERT -ONTGOMERY PRODUCED SOME INTERESTING WORK IN THE S %NGLISH ACTRESS )DA ,U PINO HAD SOME SUCCESS THE DECADE AFTER AND ACTOR #HARLES ,AUGHTON S .IGHT OF THE (UNTER IN IS NOW REGARDED AS AN EXCEPTIONALLY WELL DIRECTED THRILLER (OWEVER APART FROM /RSON 7ELLES S ICONIC #ITIZEN +ANE WHICH HE BOTH DIRECTED AND STARRED IN THERE WERE FEW MAJOR lLMS PRODUCED FROM AN ACTING DI RECTING COMBINATION UNTIL )T WAS IN THIS YEAR THAT SCREEN LEGEND #LINT %ASTWOOD PRODUCED HIS DIREC TORIAL DEBUT 0LAY -ISTY WITH -E A TAUT THRILLER WHICH HE ALSO STARRED IN %ASTWOOD ENJOYED FURTHER ACTING SUCCESS THROUGH THIS DECADE AND THE NEXT WITH A NUMBER OF WELL RECEIVED lLMS INCLUDING THE FAMOUS $IRTY (ARRY SERIES (OWEVER IT WAS FOR HIS DIRECTING THAT HE WOULD RECEIVE GREATER CRITICAL ACCLAIM 3INCE THE START OF THE S %AST WOOD HAS PRODUCED A STRING OF TOP QUALITY lLMS WHICH HE HAS BOTH DI RECTED AND ON THE MOST PART STARRED IN )N HIS GRITTY WESTERN 4HE 5NFORGIVEN WON !CADEMY !WARDS FOR BEST DIRECTOR AND BEST PICTURE !

0ERFECT 7ORLD AND -YSTIC 2IVER WERE ALSO WELL RECEIVED AND S EX CEPTIONAL -ILLION $OLLAR "ABY WON FOUR ACADEMY AWARDS INCLUDING BEST PICTURE &LAGS OF OUR &ATHERS AND ,ETTERS FROM )WO *IMA BOTH ENJOYED

h )N THE LAST DECADE OR SO THERE HAS BEEN A mURRY OF AC TORS SUCCESSFUL LY TRYING THEIR HAND AT DIRECT ING 7HO KNOWS WHAT COULD EMERGE IN YEARS TO COME SHOULD CONTEMPORARY SCREEN ICONS SUCH AS "RAD 0ITT AND *OHNNY $EPP DECIDE TO STEP BEHIND THE CAMERA v COMMERCIAL AND CRITICAL SUCCESS AND TOOK %ASTWOOD S TOTAL TALLY OF DIRECT ED lLMS UP TO (E IS ONE OF ONLY THREE DIRECTORS IN HISTORY TO RECEIVE TWO BEST PICTURE AWARDS %ASTWOOD MAY BE THE MOST TALKED OF ACTORS TO HAVE STEPPED THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CAMERA BUT HE IS BY NO MEANS ALONE IN THIS FEAT +EVIN #OSTNER S $ANCES WITH 7OLVES AND 2OBERT 2EDFORD S /RDINARY 0EO PLE WERE BOTH CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED AND BOTH MEN WON !CADEMY !WARDS FOR THEIR DIRECTING AN AWARD THEY MISSED OUT ON AS ACTORS 5BER COOL 'EORGE #LOONEY S SECOND DI RECTORIAL EFFORT 'OOD .IGHT AND 'OOD ,UCK RECEIVED GLOWING REVIEWS AND SIX ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS IN 4HIS YEAR 3EAN 0ENN S DRAMA )NTO THE 7ILD AND "EN !FmECK S 'ONE "ABY 'ONE HAVE BOTH BEEN TIPPED FOR /SCAR SUCCESS 4HIS IS NOT TO SAY THAT EVERY AC TOR S EFFORT AT DIRECTING HAS BEEN A SUCCESS "EN 3TILLER S 4HE #ABLE 'UY

RECEIVED LUKEWARM REVIEWS EVEN IF IT WAS A BOX OFlCE HIT AND %D DIE -URPHY S (ARLEM .IGHTS WAS PANNED BY CRITICS AND AUDIENCES ALIKE "UT ON THE WHOLE IN THE LAST DECADE OR SO THERE HAS BEEN A mURRY OF ACTORS SUCCESSFULLY TRY ING THEIR HAND AT DIRECTING 7HY 3OME THINK IT S BECAUSE THEY ARE AC TORS lRST AND DIRECTORS SECOND AND WILL PUSH THEIR CAST TO ITS LIMITS

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7HATEVER THE REASONS BEHIND THE TREND IT IS NOT GOING ANYWAY ANYTIME SOON 4HE EVER GROWING POOL OF ACTORS WHO HAVE PROVED THEY CAN DIRECT AS WELL AS ACT ARE INmUENCING THE INDUSTRY MORE AND MORE YEAR BY YEAR 7HO KNOWS WHAT COULD EMERGE IN YEARS TO COME SHOULD CONTEMPORARY SCREEN ICONS SUCH AS "RAD 0ITT AND *OHN NY $EPP DECIDE TO STEP BEHIND THE CAMERA 7ATCH THIS SPACE

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