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2ICHARD %VANS 2EVIEW AND )NTERVIEW 9OU RESEARCHED 2OBOPHOBIA AT -)4 (OW DID THIS COME ABOUT ) D HEARD OF THE WORK OF 0ROFESSOR 2OD NEY "ROOKS HEAD OF -)4 S (UMANOID 2OBOT ICS 'ROUP OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS AND KNEW HE WAS INVOLVED IN CREATING AN INTELLIGENT HU MANOID ROBOT CALLED #OG (E KINDLY AGREED TO A MEETING AND THE !RTS #OUNCIL EVEN MORE KINDLY AGREED TO FUND MY TRIP THERE ) D MADE A DECISION TO SET THESE NOVELS IN "OSTON IN PART BECAUSE -)4 IS A WORLD LEADER IN ROBOTICS RESEARCH AND ALSO BECAUSE HISTORICALLY "OSTON PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY AND hROBOTv IS A #ZECH WORD THAT ACTUALLY MEANS SLAVE !S MUCH AS ) WANTED TO MEET THE SCIENTISTS ) ALSO WANTED TO MEET THE RO BOTS AND SEE WHETHER THEY HAD ANY hPRESENCEv WHICH THEY DO
)T S AND THE WORLD IS VERY MUCH THE SAME #ARS STILL EXIST THE WEATHER IS SLIGHTLY MORE UNPREDICTABLE AND PARAPLEGICS HAVE SEX WITH PROSTITUTE ROBOTS !H YES THAT BIT 2OBOPHOBIA IS THE NEW NOVEL BY 2ICHARD %VANS AND THE WORLD IT DETAILS IS LIKE OURS BUT WITH ONE MINOR DIFFERENCE !NDROIDS #ONVINCING ONES 4HE BOOK TRACKS THE EVOLVING RELATION SHIP BETWEEN !LEX 3ORBER OCCUPATION STAFF PSYCHOLOGIST FOR "IO-IMETICA AN ANDROID COMPANY AND +IM &OX "IO-IMETICA S MOST ADVANCED ANDROID COMPANION 4HEIR RELA TIONSHIP IS SET AGAINST A STORYLINE THAT DEALS WITH THE GROWING INTERRELATIONS BETWEEN THE ROBO WORLD AND THE REAL WORLD 0EOPLE EM PLOY ROBO NANNIES AND HAVE SEX WITH ROBO WOMEN AND OBVIOUSLY SOME PEOPLE AREN T HAPPY ABOUT THIS $ANGER LOOMS IN THE BOOK AND PREDICTABLY A RENEGADE APPEARS WHO SEEKS TO DESTROY THE ROBOTS AND THEIR KIN 4HINGS COME TO A HEAD AND REVELATIONS OC CUR THOUGH NOT ENOUGH TO lNISH THE STORY AND THE BOOK ENDS WITH AN OBVIOUS LEAD IN TO THE FOLLOW UP 3OUNDS DIRE RIGHT %VERY CLICHÏ YOU CAN IMAGINE YES 4HE BLURB ON THE BACK ONLY DEEPENS THE TREPIDATION AS IT CALLS THE BOOK hA SPINE TINGLING TALE OF ANDROID LOVE v 3HUD DER RIGHT 7RONG 5LTIMATELY THE BOOK DElES EX PECTATIONS AND THE SET UP CLICHED AND FA MILIAR AS IT IS DOES ALLOW THE EXPLORATION OF SOME INTERESTING ISSUES SUCH AS THE NATURE OF ROBOTIC CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE TECHNOLOGIES EMPLOYED TO MAKE THEM SEEM AND FEEL LIKE REALISTIC HUMAN BEINGS 4HE MOST INTERESTING ELEMENTS OF THE BOOK ARE FOUND NOT IN THE HUMAN DETAILS BUT IN THE PREDICTIONS %VANS MAKES ABOUT ROBOTICS AND HOW THEY LL BE EMPLOYED IN THE FUTURE )F YOU RE SEARCHING FOR A PIECE OF SCI l THAT DOESN T DELVE HEAVILY INTO THE TECHNICAL SIDE OF THINGS THEN EXPECT TO BE DISSAPOINTED BUT IF TECHNOLOGY IS YOUR THING AND FUTUROLOGY IS A PASTIME THEN THIS IS A BOOK FOR YOU h)T WAS NOT A HUMAN LANGUAGE THAT WAS USED FOR COMMUNICATION BUT A SILENT PHOT ONIC EXCHANGE OF DATA INVISIBLE PULSES OF IN FORMATION TRANSMITTED FROM ONE TO THE OTHER FASTER THAN THE BLINK OF AN ARTIlCIAL EYE v )NTERVIEW AND REVIEW BY *ACK #LARK
7HAT WERE THE MOST INTERESTING THINGS YOU DISCOVERED IN YOUR RESEARCH THAT DID NOT AP PEAR IN THE BOOK 4HAT IN THE EARLY S .!3! WANTED TO CREATE CYBORG ASTRONAUTS WHO COULD OPERATE OUTSIDE SPACECRAFT WITHOUT SPACESUITS .O WAY TO lT THIS CONCEPT INTO 2OBOPHOBIA BUT IT WILL SHOW UP IN A FUTURE STORY !NY PLANS FOR A FOLLOW UP *UST lNISHING %XILIUM A VERY DIFFERENT EVOLUTION FOR !LEX AND +IM 7ILLIAM 'IBSON #HARLES 3TROSS 7HAT OTH ER SCI l WRITERS INmUENCED YOU IN THE WRIT ING OF THIS BOOK .EITHER THOUGH SINCE WRITING 2OBOPHOBIA ) VE DISCOVERED BELATEDLY 7ILLIAM 'IBSON S WORK AND AM A BIG ADMIRER 2OBOPHOBIA EX PLORES SOME OF 0HILIP + $ICK S TERRITORY BUT OTHER TYPES OF ART ARE AS LIKELY TO INmUENCE ME AS BOOKS lLMS PAINTINGS MUSIC AND SO ON 4HE BOOK RAISES A LARGE NUMBER OF PHILO SOPHICAL QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SELF AND WHAT IT IS TO BE HUMAN 7HY DO YOU BELIEVE THAT ROBOTS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO SOCIETY ARE A GOOD WAY TO EXPLORE THESE QUESTIONS 4HROUGHOUT HISTORY MYTHS FROM AROUND THE WORLD TELL OF OUR DESIRE TO CREATE SOME THING IN OUR IMAGE AND NOW WE ARE ARE AT LAST CLOSE TO BUILDING REALISTIC HUMANLIKE ROBOTS )N PART ) THINK THEY ARE A MIRROR FOR OUR STRENGTHS AND mAWS /NE THING THAT CRE ATING ANDROIDS IS ALLOWING SCIENTISTS TO DO IS LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW OUR MINDS AND BODIES WORK AND HOW WE INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER &OR EXAMPLE TESTS WITH A *APANESE ANDROID SHOW THAT VISITORS SUBCONSCIOUSLY RELATE TO IT THE SAME WAY THEY DO WITH REAL PEOPLE EVEN THOUGH THEY hKNOWv IT S A ROBOT THEY MAKE EYE CONTACT WITH IT DON T LIKE TO REPRIMAND IT RECOGNISE IT AS A SOCIAL PRESENCE NOT AN OB
JECT 4HE OTHER AREA THAT WILL BECOME KEY AS WE PROGRESS IS THE MERGING OF ROBOTICS WITH BIOTECHNOLOGY LOTS OF ETHICAL QUESTIONS NEED TO BE ADDRESSED THERE &OR A BOOK ATTEMPTING TO PORTRAY A BELIEV ABLE TECHNOLOGICAL WORLD A LOT IS LEFT OUT &OR INSTANCE DURING THE WHOLE BOOK THERE IS ONLY ONE EXPLICIT REFERENCE TO THE INTERNET ;WHEN 'IBB SENDS A MESSAGE TO !MBER ON BEHALF OF HIS DAUGHTER= WHY IS THIS 0ROBABLY ) DIDN T THINK IT WAS NECESSARY TO THE STORY 7HEN A TECHNOLOGY IS SUCCESSFUL IT QUICKLY BECOMES PART OF OUR WORLD OR EVEN PART OF US )N THE S EARLY MOBILE PHONES WERE A BRICKS AND B UNAFFORDABLE BUT NOW THEY RE GIVEN AWAY FREE AND WE DON T THINK AT ALL ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY BEHIND THEM JUST h) M ON THE PHONE v &ANTASTIC TECHNOL OGY BECOMES UNREMARKABLE ALMOST ORGANIC AND ) TRY TO TAKE THIS APPROACH IN MY STORIES TOO 4HE OTHER THING TO THINK ABOUT HERE IS AS MUCH AS SCIENCE PROGRESSES SOMETIMES IT ALSO STALLS THERE S NO WAY TO BE SURE OUR CUR RENT RATE OF PROGRESS WILL CONTINUE ) GREW UP IN THE S AND S WHEN PEOPLE WERE lRST LANDING ON THE MOON !LL THE TALK OF THE TIME WAS THAT WE WOULD HAVE A LUNAR COLONY BY THE END OF THE CENTURY AND THEN OFF WE GO TO -ARS #LEARLY THAT DIDN T HAPPEN 4HIS PATTERN IS REPLICATED IN OTHER AREAS TOO THE CANCEL LATION OF #ONCORDE AND 3ONY S !IBO ROBOTIC DOG )NSTEAD OF mYING ,ONDON TO .EW 9ORK IN HOURS IT TAKES )NSTEAD OF GENUINELY IN TELLIGENT ARTIlCIAL PETS WE GET DUMB TOYS LIKE THE 2OBOSAPIEN 4HE ROBOTS APPEAR TO USE NETWORKS TO LINK THEM TO EACH OTHER BUT DON T EVER LOG ONTO THE INTERNET TO GATHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE WORLD 7HY IS THIS 3URELY IN THE FUTURE MOST DATA WILL BE ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE INTERNET AND WOULDN T ROBOTS BE THE IDEAL BEINGS TO SIFT THROUGH THIS DATA AND MAKE SENSE OF IT /NE REASON ) CHOSE NOT TO HAVE THE RO BOTS ALL KNOWING AND OPEN NETWORKED IS THAT IN THIS STORY THEY ARE NOT SERVICE ROBOTS BUT LEARNING BEINGS )T WOULD BE IDEAL IF YOUR HOME ROBOT IS ALSO LINKED TO THE INTERNET SO IT CAN TELL YOU RECIPES OR THE NEWS BUT IF YOU RE DESIGNING A ROBOT THAT MIMICS HUMAN LEARN ING THEN IT NEEDS TO LEARN THE WAY THAT WE DO BY EXPERIENCE AND BY RESEARCH 4HIS WAY THEY BECOME MORE THAN MOBILE ENCYCLOPAEDIAS 3CIENTISTS HAVE FOUND THAT A ROBOT MUST LEARN ABOUT ITS ENVIRONMENT AS WE DO BY CAUSE AND EFFECT THINK OF A BABY EXPLORING ITS NURSERY lNDING OUT WHAT HURTS AND WHAT DOESN T &OR A ROBOT TO BE TRULY INTELLIGENT IT NEEDS TO DE VELOP A SENSE OF SELF AND IT DOES THIS THROUGH EXPLORATION
4HE BOOK FOR ALL ITS RESEARCH SEEMS TO BE ATTEMPTING TO TELL A HUMAN STORY ABOUT THE NATURE OF CONSCIOUSNESS !RE MANY TECH NOLOGIES NOT DISCUSSED BECAUSE THEY AREN T RELEVANT TO THIS STORY OR IS THERE ANOTHER REASON ) WANTED THE ANDROIDS TO BE THE STANDOUT TECHNOLOGY IN 2OBOPHOBIA AND ) DIDN T WANT TO DISTRACT FROM THAT 4HE AREA ) WANTED TO EX PLORE WAS hIF YOU FOUND OUT YOUR PAST WASN T WHAT YOU THOUGHT IT WAS WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU v -EMORY PLAYS A HUGE PART IN HOW WE THINK OF OURSELVES SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU TAKE THAT AWAY 4HIS WAS MORE THE FOCUS FOR THE BOOK 3O AS MUCH AS IT S A THRILLER WITH SEX ROBOTS AND MURDERS IT ALSO CHARTS THE COL LAPSE OF A PERSONALITY WHICH IS A VERY hHU MANv ISSUE (AVING SAID ALL THAT ) VE TAKEN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT APPROACH WITH THE NEW BOOK %XILIUM WHICH FULLY EMBRACES A WORLD OF NOVEL QUITE ORGANIC TECHNOLOGIES AND GOES TO SOME STRANGE PLACES WITH THEM 7HAT GAVE YOU THE IDEA FOR THIS AND -ACHINE .ATION ! LONG TIME FASCINATION WITH ANDROIDS AND ALONG WITH IT HUMAN NATURE -ACHINE .ATION HAD A BIT OF A GOTHIC THEME 2OBOPHOBIA WAS MORE DRAMATIC ) M HAPPY IF EACH BOOK HAS A DIFFERENT TONE AS IT REPRESENTS GROWTH FOR THE CHARACTERS !NY ADVICE FOR ASPIRING WRITERS TECHNOLOGY RESEARCHERS OUT THERE "E PATIENT PERSISTENT TO THE POINT OF PIG HEADEDNESS GROW A THICK SKIN AND ALWAYS TRY TO IMPROVE YOUR SKILLS $O YOUR RESEARCH AND IF WRITING ABOUT TECHNOLOGY LOOK FOR THE AN GLE NO ONE ELSE IS TAKING !ND WITH WRITING THE FUTURE IT ALWAYS COME SOONER THAN YOU THINK 0EOPLE WILL ALWAYS USE TECHNOLOGY IN WAYS NO ONE EVER IMAGINED
4HE 2ESISTABLE 2ISE OF !RTURO 5I /N 4HURSDAY TH AND &RIDAY TH !PRIL A PRODUCTION OF "RECHT S 4HE 2ESISTABLE 2ISE OF !RTURO 5I WILL BE STAGED AT 4HE 'ARAGE 4HEA TRE &EATURING AN ENSEMBLE CAST OF PEO PLE AND A STAGESHOW INCLUDING CAULImOWERS BLOOD BIKINIS AND A COURT SCENE IN THE STYLE OF *ERRY 3PRINGER THE PRODUCTION LOOKS SET TO BE A MEMORABLE ONE #AST MEMBER -ACAL
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SLAUGHTERHOUSE )TS PROXIMITY KEPT THE ISSUE ALIVE FOR ME ) WONDERED WHAT PEOPLE WOULD DO IF THEY KNEW WHAT ANIMALS WENT THROUGH TO GIVE US THEIR mESH ) BEGAN TO SEARCH FOR FOOTAGE OF FACTORY FARMING ANIMAL TRANSPORT AND SLAUGHTER ON THE INTERNET )T S SURPRISING HOW MUCH IS OUT THERE 3OME FOOTAGE IS OPEN AND OFlCIAL TO SHOW HOW HUMANE IT ALL IS ) VE SEEN HORSES COWS DOGS SHEEP PIGS CHICKENS AND TURKEYS @STUNNED AND BLED OUT DISTURBING IMAGES THAT DON T LEAVE YOU ALONE v h"ECAUSE ) DO ALL THE SHOPPING AND COOKING ) SEE TO IT THAT MOST OF OUR MEALS DON T INCLUDE MEAT 7HEN THEY DO THE MEAT IS EXPENSIVE IN OTHER WORDS IT S ORGANIC AND FROM ANIMALS RAISED AND SLAUGHTERED
3HAKESPEARE S (ISTORY 3EASON 4O SOME IT WOULD A BE CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT HOURS OF 3HAKESPEARE OVER EIGHT PLAYS IN FOUR DAYS COVERING A CENTURY OF MEDIEVAL HISTORY 7ITH YOUR PARENTS 4HIS WAS THE CULMINATION OF THE 2OYAL 3HAKESPEARE #OMPANY S (ISTORIES SEASON WITH ACTORS PERFORMING THE EIGHT PLAYS FOR TWO YEARS 4HE ENTIRE SEQUENCE WAS ONLY BEING PERFORMED TWICE EACH IN 3TRATFORD IN ,ONDON IN -AY $ECIDING THIS WAS NOT TO BE MISSED ) BEGAN MY %ASTER HOLIDAYS WITH 3TRATFORD S lNAL PER FORMANCES 4HIS WAS A STRANGE WAY TO WATCH THEATRE BUT WOULD IT FEEL LIKE AN EVENT OR JUST A SERIES OF PLAYS 4HE lRST NIGHT WAS TOO EARLY TO TELL BUT AN EXCELLENT 2ICHARD )) WAS NOT IN DANGER OF BE ING A PREMATURE PEAK )T SIMPLY BEGAN A SERIES OF FANTASTIC PRODUCTIONS PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE OBSESSED WITH ACTORS DESCENDING FROM THE CEIL ING AS DIRECTOR -ICHAEL "OYD CERTAINLY IS $AY TWO PROVED AM IS NO TIME FOR 3HAKESPEARE ESPECIALLY AFTER A MONTH OF CON SUMING MORE CAFFEINE THAN OXYGEN TO GET ES SAYS IN %VEN SO FOLLOWING ACTORS IN THE SAME PART THROUGH SEVERAL PLAYS FORMS AN ATTACH MENT YOU JUST CAN T GET OTHERWISE IT S IM POSSIBLE NOT TO CARE WHEN (ENRY )6 DIES AFTER #LIVE 7OOD HAS PLAYED HIM SUPERBLY FOR NINE HOURS 4HE THIRD DAY BRINGS ALL THREE PARTS OF (ENRY 6) THE WEEKEND S CENTREPIECE .OW THE MURDERS BETRAYAL AFFAIRS AND CIVIL WAR RE ALLY BEGIN AND FALLING ASLEEP FOR lVE MINUTES IS FATAL SO IT S JUST AS WELL THAT THE ENTIRE DAY IS BREATHTAKING #HUCK )WUJI WAS PHENOMENAL AS (ENRY PLAYING THE TEENAGE KING AS PER FECTLY AS THE AGED DEPOSEE BUT SINGLING OUT ANYONE IS A DISCREDIT TO THE ENSEMBLE 4HIS PRODUCTION DEBUTED TWO YEARS AGO BUT RATHER THAN LOSING ITS FRESHNESS IT HAS BECOME AN AS TONISHING EVENT 4HESE ARE 3HAKESPEARE S EARLI EST PLAYS AND HARDLY HIS BEST BUT PERFORMED
TOGETHER AND SO STRONGLY THEY ARE MORE MOV ING THAN HIS GREATEST TRAGEDIES "Y DAY FOUR AND 2ICHARD ))) THIS WAS NO LONGER A TASK BUT A JOY 'ETTING A CHANCE TO SPEAK TO THE ACTORS AFTERWARDS THERE WASN T SO MUCH A RELIEF AS DISAPPOINTMENT THAT THE 3TRATFORD RUN HAD ENDED -OST LOVED BEING ABLE TO STAY WITH THE SAME ACTORS AND CHAR ACTERS FOR SO LONG BEING ABLE TO FULLY INVOLVE THEMSELVES WITH BOTH 4HEY SEEMED TO BE THE ONLY ONES WHO ENJOYED THE EXPERIENCE MORE THAN THE AUDIENCES AND FOR THE 23# THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF MANY ENSEMBLE PROJECTS )N STEAD OF A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE THIS COULD BE THE BEGINNING OF A GLORIOUS PERIOD FOR THE 23# WHATEVER THEY TACKLE NEXT ) D GLADLY HAVE A WEEK OF IT NEXT TIME 7ILL $ONOVAN
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46 #LASSICS "EAVIS AND "UTTHEAD .EIGHBOURS 4HIS WEEK ON .EIGHBOURS ,IBBY lNALLY lNDS OUT ABOUT *ANAE AND $ARREN S KISS AT THE STREET ""1 $EVASTATED ,IBBY TELLS $AR REN IT S OVER AND SHE S APPLYING FOR A JOB AT %RINSBOROUGH (IGH .ED TELLS *ANAE TO STAY AT 4OADIE S UNTIL THEY HAVE WORKED THINGS OUT $AN BELIEVES IT IS "RIDGET WHO IS INVOLVED WITH !NGUS AFTER SEEING THEM ARGUING OUT SIDE HIS mAT $ESPITE NOT BEING CAUGHT !N GUS ENDS THE RELATIONSHIP WITH 2ACHEL $AN HOWEVER IS STILL SUSPICIOUS OF "RIDGET AND SO CALLS HER PARENTS "RIDGET MAKES THE ULTI MATE SACRIlCE AND LIES ABOUT HAVING A CRUSH TO PROTECT 2ACHEL AND SAVE !NGUS JOB $E CLAN HOWEVER DOESN T BELIEVE THIS AND lG URES OUT THE TRUTH ABOUT !NGUS AND 2ACHEL !FTER BEING DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPI TAL WITHOUT BABY #HLOE #ARMELLA STRUG GLES TO FORGET -ARCO DESPITE PUSHING HIM AWAY AND 2OSIE FORCES HER TO DECIDE WHETHER SHE CAN REALLY LET HIM GO -EAN WHILE +ARL DISCOVERS THAT HIS TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT IS IN FACT /LIVER AND $ECLAN S FATHER 2ACHAEL 0RICE
4OP 4HIS &ORTNIGHT 4HE "IG "ANG 4HEORY 4HURSDAY PM # $ESPITE NEW SHOWS COMING OUT THIS IS STILL THE BEST COMEDY ON 46
$IRTY 3EXY -ONEY &RIDAY PM # /NE OF THE NEW RAFT OF QUALITY 53 SHOWS STARRING 3IX &EET 5NDER S 0ETER +RAUSE AND THE LEGENDARY $ONALD 3UTHERLAND ,OOKS REALLY GOOD
$ESPERATE (OUSEWIVES 7EDNESDAY PM # 3TILL SWINGING BETWEEN DARK DRAMA AND OUTRIGHT COMEDY THE NEW SERIES IS UNSURE WHAT TO MAKE OF ITSELF .ONETHELESS HIGHLY WATCHABLE
3KINS -ONDAY PM % &INAL EPISODE THIS WEEK ROUNDING OFF A LARGELY DISAPPOINTING SERIES ,AST ONE THROW FROM THE PRESENT CAST
(OW TO ,OOK 'OOD .AKED 4UESDAY PM #
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)N THE WORLD OF 46 HISTORY THERE ARE SOME SHOWS WHOSE STATUS OF CAST IRON CLASSIC IS AS SURED n YOU JUST CAN T MESS WITH THEM "UT EVERY NOW AND THEN A SHOW COMES ALONG WHERE THE TAG OF CLASSIC IS DISPUTED ! SHOW COMES ALONG THAT YOU EITHER THINK IS ABSOLUTE QUALITY OR YOU DETEST IT WITH A PASSION 7ELL THOSE !MERICAN IDIOTS "EAVIS AND "UTTHEAD WERE THE STARS OF SUCH A SHOW n THE APTLY TITLED "EAVIS AND "UTTHEAD #REATED BY -IKE *UDGE WHO WAS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR +ING OF 4HE (ILL "EAVIS AND "UTTHEAD RAN FROM TO 7ITH A SHOW LENGTH OF JUST UNDER MINUTES EPI SODES USUALLY DEALT WITH THE PAIR KILLING TIME BY ENGAGING IN SARCASTIC CONVERSATION AND FANTASIZING ABOUT SEX AND GENERALLY DESTRUC TIVE BEHAVIOUR 4HEIR CONVERSATIONS WERE ALSO OFTEN IMPLICIT CRITIQUES OF SOCIETY TOO n CHECK
OUT SOME CLIPS ON 9OU4UBE TO SEE WHAT WE RE ON ABOUT ! FEATURE LENGTH EPISODE WAS ALSO MADE WITH GUEST STARS "RUCE 7ILLIS AND $EMI -OORE THEN STILL A COUPLE )T IS A CREDIT TO THE GENIUS OF THE SHOW THAT A PLOT CENTRED AROUND A MISSING 46 COULD LEAD TO THE 7HITE (OUSE WITHOUT BEING UTTERLY RIDICULUS "EAVIS AND "UTTHEAD S RECEPTION WAS BOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE 3OME SAW IT AS BEING TOO LEWD AND OFFENSIVE WHILE OTHERS INCLUD ING !MERICAN CHAT SHOW HOST $AVID ,ETTER MAN DEFENDED IT CLAIMING IT WAS A CLEVER VEHICLE FOR SOCIAL CRITICISM AND WAS ACTUALLY AN INTELLIGENT COMEDYx 7E LL LET YOU MAKE UP YOUR OWN MIND ON THAT ONE 3O UNLESS YOU ARE A HARDCORE FAN THIS SHOW S STATUS AS A CLASSIC IS DEBATABLE n YOU EITHER REALLY LIKE THE PAIR OR YOU CAN T STAND THE SIGHT OF THEM "UT THERE IS NO DOUBT THEY WERE AND STILL ARE AN ICONIC DUO FROM THE S +IF (USSAIN
(EARD IT ON THE 'RAPEVINE 4HIS WEEK FOR A CHANGE ) M GOING TO START ON A NEGATIVE NOTE &IVE THAT BASTION OF QUAL ITY TELEVISION HAS BROUGHT IN A RAFT OF 53 REAL ITY 46 SHOWS TO ITS OFFSHOOT &IVE ,IFE WHICH IS NOW TO BE CALLED &IVER ) M SURE GIVING IT A NEW NAME AND CHANGING THE LOGO IS REALLY GOING TO HELP RATINGS WHEN YOU RE STILL BROAD CASTING UTTER TRIPE ** !BRAMS CREATOR OF ,OST AND !LIAS IS WORKING ON A NEW SHOW FOLLOWING A YOUNG FEMALE &") AGENT AND TWO OTHERS AS THEY IN VESTIGATE hUNEXPLAINED PHENOMENON v ) SHALL RESERVE CRITICISM DUE TO THE CREATOR S PEDIGREE HOWEVER IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY RE JUST RIPPING OFF THE 8 lLES .EWS OF SOME RESIGNATIONS THIS WEEK WITH 'ETHIN *ONES QUITTING "LUE 0ETER AND +ERRY +ATONA QUITTING HER DEPRAVED REALITY SE
RIES $EEP LOSSES ) M SURE YOU LL AGREE !LAN #ARR THE HIT AND MISS # COMIC HAS lNALLY SAID SOMETHING RIGHT (E CRITICISED "IG "ROTHER DESPAIRING AT HAVING TO HUMOUR EVICT EES ON 4HE &RIDAY .IGHT 0ROJECT !T LEAST ONE OF THEM REALISES HOW BREATHTAKINGLY AWFUL THE CANCER OF OUR SOCIETY IS &INALLY A QUICK ROUND OF THE BIG RATINGS WINNERS RECENTLY $OCTOR 7HO S RETURN SAW AN IMPRESSIVE MILLION VIEWERS AS DID THE !RSENAL V ,IVERPOOL #HAMPIONS LEAGUE CLASH WHICH WAS ONE OF THE GAMES OF THE SEASON $ISAPPOINTINGLY HOWEVER THEY WERE BOTH OUTDONE BY "IANCA WHOEVER THAT IS RETURN ING TO %ASTENDERS WHICH CLAIMED OVER MIL LION VIEWERS -ORE TO COME IN THE lNAL ISSUE NEXT WEEK *AMES "ILLINGS
&ACEBOOK 'ROUP OF THE &ORTNIGHT 4HOSE WHO ENJOY
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PARTAKE IN THE DISTRIBUTION ACQUISITION OF HIGH l VES
,AST YEAR S WINNER OF THE ,IVEWIRE 3TUDENT 2A DIO "ATTLE OF THE "ANDS -ONDATTA &UNK ARE A BAND UNITED BY THEIR LOVE OF &UNK 4HEIR CURRENT FOUR PIECE LINE UP HAS BEEN PLAYING FOR EIGHTEEN MONTHS WITH 5%! S #HRIS 'RIGGS ON DRUMS +EIRAN "RENNAN ON BASS -ARK (OWES ON GUITAR AND VOCALS FROM ,AUREN $OVE )NSPIRED BY ARTISTS SUCH AS *AMES "ROWN AND THE *"S ,YN #OLLINS *IMI (ENDRIX AND 0RINCE THEY AIM TO BRING THE FUNK SOUNDS OF THE S AND S TO THE CITY OF .ORWICH 4O DATE THEY HAVE ALREADY HEADLINED AT THE 5%! LINE UPS AT THE +ING 3TREET MUSIC FESTIVAL OPENED AT THE ,ORD -AYOR S FESTIVAL IN #HAPELl ELD AND HAVE TWICE SUPPORTED LOCAL BAND 3PEEDOMETER AT THE !RTS #ENTRE 4HE BAND HAVE ALSO HAD AIR PLAY ON 2ADIO /NE AS A RESULT OF WINNING THE "ATTLE OF THE "ANDS .EXT ON THE CARDS FOR -ONDATTA &UNK IS A SPECIAL ONE OFF SHOW THE -ONDATTA &UNK %X PLOSION ON THE TH -AY AT .ORWICH !RTS #EN TRE WHICH WILL ALSO FEATURE 4HE 3TILHOUETTES THE 5%! S 0UDDING "OYS AND MORE -ONDATTA &UNK ALSO HAVE PLANS TO RECORD AN ALBUM ON REEL TO REEL FOR A PROPER FUNK SOUND 9OU CAN VISIT THEIR PAGE ON -Y3PACE AT MYSPACE COM MONDATTAFUNK WHERE YOU CAN HAVE A LISTEN TO SOME OF THEIR SONGS AND l ND A LIST OF THEIR UPCOMING GIGS 2ACHAEL 0RICE
3IX $EGREES OF 3EPARATION
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$EDICATED TO CELEBRATING THE HIGH l VE THIS &A CEBOOK GROUP UNSURPRISINGLY ORIGINATES FROM THE 53 &OUNDED IN THIS GROUP HAS OVER MEMBERS SHARING AN APPRECIATION FOR THIS POPULAR FORM OF DEMONSTRATING SOCIAL BE LONGING "RANCHING OUT TO APPRECIATE OTHER FORMS OF HIGH l VE SUCH AS THE HIGH TEN HIGH l VE WITH BOTH HANDS AND FOOT HIGH l VES SELF EX PLANATORY THE GROUP NAMES 4HE 4ODD FROM 3CRUBS AS THEIR IDOL 3CRUBS FANS WILL KNOW 4HE 4ODD AS A GREAT PROPAGATOR OF THE HIGH l VE 7ITH POSTS SUCH AS hOCCASIONAL INAPPRO PRIATE HIGH l VING v hTHE EMOTIONAL BACKLASH OF BEING LEFT HANGINGv WHILE TRYING TO GIVE A HIGH l VE AND hHIGH l VE n l NGERS SPREAD OR TOGETHER v THIS GROUP CONl RMS THAT THE HIGH l VE HAS BECOME AN INSTITUTION WORLDWIDE !N ESTABLISHED MEMBER OF THE GROUP TOLD 4HE %VENT hTHE HIGH l VE BRINGS FRIENDS TOGETH ER IT S THE FEEL GOOD FACTOR THAT MAKES PEOPLE CONTINUE THIS TREND 'IVING A HIGH l VE IS JUST AS GOOD AS RECEIVING A HIGH l VE IT S A WAY OF SHOWING PEOPLE YOU CARE v 4HE GROUP IS EAGERLY AWAITING .ATIONAL (IGH &IVE $AY WHICH FALLS ON THE THIRD 4HURS DAY OF !PRIL EVERY YEAR TAKING PLACE THIS YEAR ON TH !PRIL 4HIS DAY OF CELEBRATION
& ORIGINATED AT THE 5NIVERSITY OF 6IRGINIA IN AND HAS SINCE SPREAD ACROSS THE 3TATES AND FURTHER Al ELD 3O IF YOU RE WONDERING WHAT TO DO ON TH !PRIL TAKE A LEAF OUT OF THIS GROUP S BOOK AND SHARE THE HIGH l VE LOVE AROUND 5%! 7HO SAID HIGH l VES ARE EVER INAPPROPRIATE )F YOUR LEC TURERS KNOW IT S FOR THE GOOD OF SOCIETY WE RE SURE THEY LL JOIN IN TOO .IAMH -URPHY
7HERE !RE 4HEY .OW WHOLE HOST OF STARS BEFORE THEY WERE FAMOUS INCLUDING 2OB ,OWE 0ATRICK 3WAYZE %MILIO %STEVEZ -ATT $ILLON AND 4OM #RUISE !FTER THE SUCCESS OF 4HE +ARATE +ID -AC CHIO MADE TWO SEQUELS ONE IN AND THE OTHER IN 4HE NEXT HIT FOR -ACCHIO WAS IN WITH THE COMEDY -Y #OUSIN 6INNY ALONG SIDE *OE 0ESCI AND -ARISA 4OMEI !S FOR HIS PRIVATE LIFE POST +ARATE +ID IN HE MARRIED 0HYLLIS &IERRO WHO HE IS STILL WITH AND TOGETHER THEY HAVE TWO CHILDREN AND ALL LIVE BACK IN ,ONG )SLAND )N A NUTSHELL -ACCHIO HAS STILL BEEN WORK ING IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY DIRECTING A FEW l LMS AND POPPING UP HERE AND THERE *ENNA 7HYSALL
%DWARD *AMES /LMOS 7HO IS PERHAPS BEST KNOWN AS THE !DMIRAL OF THE SURVIVING #OLONIAL &LEET IN "ATTLESTAR 'ALACTICA IN WHICH HE HAS A VIBRANT LOVE HATE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE 0RESIDENT OF THE RAGTAG GOVERN MENT PLAYED BY
-ARY -C$ONNELL ! ROLE THAT IS SOMEWHAT OF A PROMOTION IN GOVERNMENT FROM &IRST ,ADY -ARILYN 7HITMORE IN )NDEPENDENCE $AY THE ALIEN PUNCHING EXTRAVAGANZA IN WHICH THE TITULAR DAY IS EVENTUALLY SAVED BY THE GENIUS OF THE WACKY $AVID ,EVINSON PLAYED BY
*EFF 'OLDBLUM 7HO IN SAVING THE PLANET WAS LIKELY ATONING FOR HIS EARLIER EFFORTS TO DESTROY IT AS 6ERMINOUS 3KUMM IN #APTAIN 0LANET AND THE 0LANETEERS A PROGRAM WHICH HAS ALSO FEATURED ACTORS 4IM #URRY ,E6AR "URTON AND
3TING 7HO IN ADDITION TO FRONTING 4HE 0OLICE HAD A MINOR ROLE AS &EYD 2AUTHA IN ONE OF THE ADAPTA TIONS OF EPIC SCIENCE l CTION NOVEL $UNE WHICH WAS DIRECTED BY
$AVID ,YNCH 7HO ALSO DIRECTED %RASERHEAD WHICH WAS WATCHED BY 'EORGE ,UCAS WHO AFTER SEEING IT OFFERED ,YNCH THE OPPORTUNITY TO DIRECT 3TAR 7ARS %PISODE 6) 2ETURN OF THE *EDI (AD HE ACCEPTED HE WOULD OF COURSE HAVE WORKED WITH THE ROGUISHLY CHARMING (AN 3OLO WHICH WAS PLAYED BY THE THEN ONLY RECENTLY FAMOUS
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&ASHION REPORTER !LICE 3AGGERS HAS A CHAT WITH THE "AD(ATTER GIRLS AND TELLS ALL ABOUT THEIR PLANS FOR FUTURE @(ATWALKS@ AND WHO THEY WOULD LOVE TO SEE WEARING THEIR CREATIONS
2ALPH -ACCHIO
0LAYED THE ENIGMATIC 2ICK $ECKARD IN "LADE 2UNNER WHERE HE WAS TAUNTED BY THE PROPHETIC ORIGAMI OF FELLOW OFl CER 'AFF PLAYED BY
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&OR THOSE OF YOU WITH 3KY -OVIES IT WON T HAVE GONE UNNOTICED THAT 4HE +ARATE +ID l LMS ARE ON EVERY l VE MINUTES .OT THAT THIS IS A BAD THING /+ SO 0ART ))) IS JUST AWFUL AND 0ART )) PATCHY THOUGH IT DOES HAVE A GREAT BIT WITH THE BLOCK OF ICE THE ORIGINAL l LM OF IS GREAT FUN ,ETS NOT FOR GET THAT IT COINED THE NOW FAMOUS CATCHPHRASE hWAX ON WAX OFFv WASHING A CAR HAS NEVER BEEN THE SAME SINCE 4HE l LM WAS A MASSIVE HIT MAKING A STAR OUT OF 2ALPH -ACCHIO THE SO CALLED +ARATE +ID BUT AS QUICKLY AS HE EMERGED HE DISAP PEARED WITHOUT A TRACE 3O WHERE IS HE NOW "ORN IN ,ONG )SLAND IN -ACCHIO WAS ACTUALLY WHEN HE PLAYED YEAR OLD $AN IEL (E HAD LANDED OTHER ROLES ONE OF THE MOST NOTABLE BEING A GREASER IN &RANCIS &ORD #OP POLA S 4HE /UTSIDERS IN WHICH STARRED A
h9OU CAN KEEP YOUR HAT ON v OR OUR FASHION FEATURE WE THOUGHT WE D CEL EBRATE LIVING IN THIS l NE FASHIONABLE CITY OF .ORWICH AND SNIFF OUT SOME LOCAL DESIGN TAL ENT ) BELIEVE THAT 5%! STUDENTS ARE AMONG THE MOST STYLISH IN THE 5+ HAVING A PARTICU LAR PENCHANT FOR QUIRKY ONE OFFS AND VINTAGE TREASURES 4WO FASHION CONSCIOUS FEMALES WHO HAVE TAPPED INTO THIS INDIVIDUALISM ARE +IRSTY !LSTON AND (OLLY %THERIDGE WHO TOGETHER MAKE UP THE DESIGN TEAM OF 4HE "AD(ATTERS PRODUCING EXQUISITE HEADWEAR OR hFAS CINATORSv AS THEY ARE NOW COMMONLY KNOWN "UT THESE ARE NOT YOUR AVERAGE FRILLY PASTEL CREATIONS DONNED BY AUNTIES AT 2EGISTRY /Fl CE WEDDINGS THESE ARE STRIKING ATTENTION GRABBING )SABELLA "LOW EAT YOUR HEART OUT PIECES OF CRANIAL SCULPTURE 4HEY ARE CAREFULLY CRAFTED OUT OF OLD INCH 6INYL RECORDS OFTEN BENT OUT OF SHAPE AND ACCESSORIZED WITH SHOCKING PINK BLOOMS BABY PEACOCK FEATHERS AND SEQUIN SPLASHED NET VEILING %ACH CREATION IS UNIQUE NAMED AND RECORDED BY THE GIRLS AND ARRIVE PERCHED ATOP LAYERS OF TISSUE PAPER IN BROWN CARDBOARD HAT BOXES ) CAME UPON THE "AD(ATTERS DESIGNS BY SURPRISE WHEN BROWSING IN h$ORIS 0HOEBES FAVOURITE BOUTIQUEv AT .ORWICH 4OMBLAND !NTIQUE #ENTRE A TREASURE TROVE OF AFFORDABLE VINTAGE CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES DATING BACK TO THE S WHERE THE GIRLS DISPLAY A SMALL SELECTION OF THEIR WORK ) IMMEDIATELY FELL IN LOVE WITH A SULTRY PURPLE AND BLACK NUMBER BUT UNFORTUNATELY AT THAT TIME EVEN THE REASONABLE a PRICE TAG WAS BEYOND MY BUDGET (OWEVER A FEW MONTHS LATER ON RECEIVING AN INVITE TO A PARTY HATS THEMED SHINDIG ) HOT FOOTED DOWN TO THE SHOP AND EMERGED CLUTCHING MY "AD(ATTERS BOX OF BEAUTY ,IKE A SHINY NEW PAIR OF SHOES ) KEPT TAKING IT OUT OF THE BOX MARVELLING AT ITS PRETTINESS AND EXPERIMENTING WITH DIFFERENT ANGLES 3HOULD ) HAVE THE VEIL COMING DOWN OVER BOTH EYES OR SEDUCTIVELY SKIM MING ONE 7HAT WOULD ) WEAR IT WITH /FTEN A FASHION CYNIC ) HAD REMAINED A FASCINATOR VIRGIN UNTIL THIS MOMENT AND HADN T ANTICIPATED THAT THE ADDITION OF A HEADPIECE WOULD SET MY PRI OR FASHION KNOWLEDGE ALL A TREMBLE 7AS ) SUPPOSED TO MATCH MY OUTl T TO THE HAT OR SHOULD ) LET THE HAT DO THE TALKING IN A MANNER OF SPEAKING !NYTHING PATTERNED WAS TOTALLY OUT OF THE QUESTION AS WAS THE CORRESPONDING SHADE OF FUCHSIA PINK OR PALE LILAC BOTH MAKE ME LOOK DECIDEDLY PEAKY PROMPTING CONCERNED LOOKS AND ENQUIRIES REGARDING MY HEALTH !FTER MUCH DELIBERATION ) OPTED FOR MY USUAL FAILSAFE THE LITTLE BLACK DRESS WITH BLACK ACCESSORIES OFFSET WITH A GLARING SLASH OF HOT PINK LIP STICK ) PLACED THE CENTREPIECE ON ONE SIDE ATOP A SHINY CROWN OF STRAIGHTENED HAIR ) FELT INCREDIBLY GLAMOROUS PARADING AROUND WITH MY NEW ACCESSORY IT WAS A GREAT ICE BREAKER CONVERSATION STARTER AND AN ALL ROUND FANTASTIC ADDITION TO ANY PARTY ) RECEIVED AN ABUN DANCE OF CURIOUS hOOHSv AND hAAHHSv FROM FEMALE ADMIRERS AND NUMEROUS COMPLIMENTS FROM FELLOW HAT WEARERS 4HEREFORE ) THOUGHT IT WAS ONLY FAIR THAT ) SHOULD SHARE MY DISCOVERY WITH OUR DEVOTED FASHION READERS ) WAS INQUISITIVE AS TO THE ORIGIN AND INSPIRATION BEHIND THE CONCEPT SO ) CONTACTED THE DESIGNERS FOR A BRIEF INTERVIEW 4HE GIRLS BEGAN BY RECOUNTING THE ROMANTIC TALE OF THE BIRTH OF THE "AD(ATTERS BUSINESS WHILST ON A GIRLY WEEKEND IN SUNNY "RIGHTON 4HANKS TO (OLLY S PARTNER S ADDICTION TO VINYL AND THEIR SHARED LOVE OF THE UNDERGROUND DANCE MUSIC SCENE THE GIRLS HAD HOARDS OF RECORDS AT THEIR DISPOSAL AND BEGAN TO EX PERIMENT WITH METHODS OF ATTACHING CLIPS AND ACCESSORIES 4HE ORIGINAL RECORD CONCEPT HAS EVOLVED TO INCLUDE SHAPED COLOURED AND EVEN PATTERNED VINYL %ACH IS TOPPED WITH A "AD(ATTERS TRADEMARK LABEL AND THEIR VERY OWN SLOGAN AND COMPANY ETHOS h%VERY $AY IS ,ADIES $AY v ! VISIT TO THEIR -Y3PACE PAGE SHOWS THE GIRLS PUTTING THIS STYLE RULE INTO PRACTICE WASHING THE DISHES IN A FROUFROU NUMBER BAKING WHILST PEEKING OUT THROUGH m OW ER PETALS !ND WHY NOT 4HESE FASCINATORS ARE TOO FABULOUS TO BE RELEGATED TO THE DARK DEPTHS OF YOUR CLOSET FOR SPECIAL OCCA SIONS THEY ARE DESIGNED TO BE ADORED AND CHERISHED REGARDLESS
OF YOUR AGE 7HEN ) QUESTIONED THE GIRLS ON WHICH CELEBRITIES THEY WOULD MOST LOVE TO SEE MODELLING THEIR RANGE TOP CHOICES WERE ,ILY !LLEN FOR HER TREND SETTING CAPABILITIES AND KOOKY YET GLAMOROUS STYLE FOLLOWED BY .OEL &IELDING AS HIS -IGHTY "OOSH ALTER EGO 6INCE .OIR THEY ARE SURE HE WOULD SNAP ONE UP IF THEY WERE BROUGHT TO HIS ATTENTION 4HE "AD(ATTERS LIST OF ACHIEVEMENTS IS OVERm OWING AND SINCE THEIR LAUNCH IN !PRIL THE COMPANY IS GOING FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH 4HEY NAME A FAVOURABLE WRITE UP IN (AT ,IFE .EW 9ORK S LEADING HAT DIRECTORY AS ONE OF THEIR MOST NOTABLE TRI UMPHS /NE COULD ALMOST PICTURE #ARRIE "RADSHAW SQUEAL ING WITH DELIGHT AND PLACING AN ORDER FOR ONE WITH EXTRA LARGE BLOOMS TO SIT ATOP HER UNTAMEABLE MANE OF CURLS ,OCALLY THEY HAVE PERFORMED AT THE "IG "AMBOO HELD AT 4HE 4ALK NIGHTCLUB STAGING A (ATWALK CONSISTING OF POETRY MUSIC AND RAUCOUS DE SIGNS MODELLED BY THE GORGEOUS "AD(ATTER COLLECTIVE 4HEY ARE CURRENTLY SITTING ON SOME EXCITING PROSPECTS THE POSSIBILITY OF HOLDING A (ATWALK AT 'LASTONBURY APPEARING AT THE 'LADE -USIC &ESTIVAL AND POTENTIAL HAT REQUESTS FOR !SCOT !LONGSIDE THIS THEY WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BESPOKE HATS FOR CUSTOMERS THROUGH THEIR -Y3PACE PAGE FOR ONLY OF YOUR %NGLISH 0OUNDS THEY ARE WILLING TO MAKE A DESIGN TO YOUR SPECI l CATIONS AND WILL ENDEAVOUR TO COMPLETE IT WITHIN THE SPACE OF A WEEK 9OU CANNOT SAY FAIRER THAN THAT FOR MINIMAL COST YOU CAN BECOME THE OWNER OF A UNIQUE PIECE OF HAT HISTORY 0ERFECT IF YOU ARE STRUGGLING TO l ND THAT SPECIAL SOMETHING FOR A SUMMER WED DING PROM OUTl T OR IF YOU NEED TO JAZZ UP YOUR EVERYDAY ATTIRE THESE ADD A TOUCH OF GLAMOUR TO ANYONE S WARDROBE
4HE "AD(ATTERS HAVE GENEROUSLY GIVEN ONE O F YOU LUCKY READERS THE CHANC E TO WIN A FREE CUSTOM MAD E HAT *UST ANSWER THIS SIMPLE QUESTION 7HERE DID THE "AD(ATT ERS l RST BEGIN 3UBMIT YOU NAME TELEP HONE NUMBER AND ANSWER TO CONCRETE EVENT UEA AC U K BY 'OOD LUCK
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&ESTIVALS 4HE "EST OF THE 2EST -ISSED OUT ON 'LASTO 4OO LATE FOR 2EADING AND ,EEDS $OWNLOAD NOT FOR YOU 2OB -ORBIN GIVES US INSIGHT INTO A FEW ALTERNATIVE FESTIVALS THAT PERHAPS MAY NOT BE AT THE TOP OF YOUR LIST BUT LL CERTAINTLY BE PACKED WITH THE VERY BEST BANDS AROUND
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T CAN BE DIFlCULT ENOUGH GETTING TICKETS FOR THE LIKES OF 4 IN THE 0ARK $OWN LOAD 6 AND 'LOBAL LET ALONE 'LASTONBURY 2EAD ING AND ,EEDS 3O IT S QUITE POSSI BLE THAT YOU DIDN T GET A TICKET BE IT THROUGH BAD LUCK OR SHEER LAZI NESS -AYBE YOU DON T FANCY THOSE FESTIVALS AND WOULD RATHER BUCK THE TREND .EED SOMETHING HARDCORE /R A BIT MORE CHILLED OUT /R PER HAPS YOU RE JUST A FESTIVAL WHORE WHO WON T STOP UNTIL THE SMELL OF GRASS SWEAT AND BEER IS INGRAINED INTO YOUR SKIN 7HATEVER THE REA SON IT S WELL WORTH CHECKING OUT THE BEST ALTERNATIVE FESTIVALS ON OF FER THIS SUMMER 'ATECRASHER 7EEKEND 3UMMER 3OUTHSYSTEM 4URWESTON !ERODROME .ORTHAMP TONSHIRE TH TH -AY #AMPING 4ICKET a )F YOU lNISH YOUR EX AMS EARLY AND WANT TO PARTY HARD REALLY HARD THEN THIS IS THE PERFECT SOLUTION !NYTHING ENDORSED BY 'ATECRASHER IS GOING TO BE MAD AND SURE ENOUGH THE LINE UP IS RAMMED WITH A WEALTH OF ELECTRONIC TALENT AND THE SCHEDULED lNISH IS AM ON BOTH DAYS 4HE FACT THAT EACH hDAYv LASTS APPROXIMATELY HOURS MEANS A ONE DAY TICKET a IS STILL GREAT VALUE (EADLINERS 4HE #HEMICAL "ROTH ERS AND 4HE 0RODIGY WILL BE CAUSING CARNAGE IN THE EARLY HOURS #OULD YOU ASK FOR ANYTHING MORE FROM A DANCE FESTIVAL %ARLY %VENING 'EMS 0ENDULUM TAKE DRUM AND BASS TO THE MAIN STAGE A TAD MORE COMMERCIAL THAN IN THE OTHER ARENAS 3HY &X MASHING UP HIP HOP WITH DRUM AND BASS HOPEFULLY SOME FREESTYLES #HICANE PROVIDE THE PRE PARTY CHILL ALMOST LIKE LYING ON THE BEACH IN )BIZA BE FORE THE WILDNESS OF THE NIGHT "EST /THER &IVE #ONlRMED 0AUL 6AN $YK 0AUL/AKENFOLD 3IMIAN -OBILE $ISCO *USTICE AND !UDIO "ULLYS ,OOK OUT FOR A CHEEKY SCAMP RUN NING ROUND SELLING 4REBOR MINTS AS SOMETHING ELSE FOR a A POP 7IRELESS (YDE 0ARK ,ONDON (AREWOOD (OUSE ,EEDS RD TH *ULY $AY 4ICKET a !PPARENTLY IT S THE
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DRAMATICALLY WITH THE IMMINENT DIGITAL 46 SWITCHOVER APPROACHING AND AN INCREASING NUMBER OF COMPANIES VYING FOR THE CHANCE TO SELL CONSUMERS TELEVISION TELEPHONE INTERNET AND EVEN MOBILE PACKAGES ALL IN ONE CONVENIENT BUNDLE 7HEN EVEN THE ""# AN ESTABLISHMENT THAT TO MANY STANDS AS A REPRESENTATION OF TRADITION IN THE MODERN WORLD IS MAKING SIGNIlCANT STEPS TO EVOLVE AND CATER FOR CONSUMERS IN THE DIGITAL AGE THEN IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE THE SIGNIlCANT CHANGES TAKING PLACE IN THE WAYS THAT WE RECEIVE AND CONSUME NEW MEDIA 4HE EXPLOSION OF WEBSITES LIKE 9OU4UBE DEMONSTRATE HOW PEOPLE ARE CREATING THEIR OWN MASS MEDIA THROUGH COMMUNITY BASED USER CREATED CONTENT &OR THE lRST TIME IN HISTORY THE )NTERNET HAS PROVIDED AN OUTLET IN WHICH ANYONE CAN EXPRESS THEIR TALENTS AND OPINIONS TO THE MASSES AT LITTLE EXPENDITURE FAME NO LONGER EVEN EQUATES TO WEALTH )NTERNET AND CONSOLE USERS ALSO EXPERIENCE A SENSE OF @COMMUNITY THROUGH THE WAYS IN WHICH THEY INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER PROMOTING A SENSE OF DEMOCRATIC ENTERTAINMENT INVOLVING ALL USERS 9ET TELEVISION IS ALREADY BECOMING A
'AMING 'REATS -ARIO +ART 3ERIES 4HROUGHOUT .INTENDO S LONG AND VERITABLE HISTORY THE COMPANY IS PERHAPS MOST REVERED FOR ITS COLOURFUL HOST OF VIDEOGAME CHARACTERS ITS INNOVATIVE YET ACCESSIBLE GAMEPLAY AND AN OVERRIDING PHILOSOPHY FOR CREATING FUN MEMORABLE VIDEOGAMING MOMENTS 4HE -ARIO +ART 3ERIES IS PERHAPS ONE OF THE lNEST EXAMPLES OF WHY .INTENDO HAS ACHIEVED SUCH A REPUTATION -ARIO +ART PRESENTS THE PLAYER WITH A SIMPLE KART RACING FORMULA FACING OFF POPULAR .INTENDO CHARACTERS AND FOES ACROSS VARIOUS THEMED TRACKS RANGING FROM -USHROOM +INGDOM CASTLES TO TERRAIN AS VARIED AND ADORABLY STEREOTYPICAL AS DESERT POLAR JUNGLE AND MOUNTAIN (OWEVER THE INTRICACY BEHIND THE SERIES APPARENT SIMPLICITIES IS WHAT TRULY GIVES -ARIO +ART S GAMEPLAY SUCH DEPTH AND REPLAYABILITY %ACH CHARACTER HAS A DIFFERING BALANCE OF SKILLS AND DISADVANTAGES IN WEIGHT ACCELERATION AND SUSCEPTIBILITY TO BARGING FROM OTHER PLAYERS FUELLING THE lERCELY COMPETITIVE NATURE OF THE GAME /NE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTORS
TO -ARIO +ART S POPULARITY IS ITS ABILITY TO SUCCEED IN ATTRACTING EXPERIENCED AND NOVICE GAMERS ALIKE THROUGH SIMPLE YET INTUITIVE CONTROLS "ASIC STEERING ACCELERATING AND BRAKING ARE ALL STRAIGHTFORWARD ENOUGH TO TURN THE BIGGEST TECHNOPHOBE INTO A STICKY TONGUED SHELL BRANDISHING GREEN DINOSAUR 3CHUMACHER IN HALF A LAP 9ET ADVANCED AND EVEN CONTROVERSIAL MANOEUVRES SUCH AS DRIFTING CAN PROVE TECHNICALLY DIFlCULT TO PULL OFF SUCCESSFULLY MUCH TO THE SATISFACTION OF MORE EXPERIENCED GAMERS &URTHERMORE THE CONSISTENT HIGH LEVELS OF QUALITY THAT GAMERS HAVE COME TO EXPECT FROM .INTENDO S IN HOUSE GAME DEVELOPMENT IS ALWAYS RAISED TO NEW LEVELS 4HE -ARIO +ART BRAND HAS BECOME SYNONYMOUS FOR FRANTIC FAST PACED MULTIPLAYER ACTION AND EACH SUCCESSIVE INCARNATION OF THE TITLE HAS MULTIPLIED THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REAL LIFE PLAYERS POSSIBLE WITHIN A RACE 7ITH THE LATEST RELEASE OF THE SERIES ON .INTENDO S NEXT GEN CONSOLE THE 7II POPULARITY FOR THE SERIES IS SET TO CONTINUE TO GROW )N A SERIES lRST THE GAME WILL BE PACKAGED WITH A STEERING WHEEL PERIPHERAL AND INCLUDE ONLINE PLAY GUARANTEEING GAMERS PLENTY MORE KART RACING MAYHEM THIS GENERATION -OLLY #ARLTON
MORE DEMOCRATIC MEDIUM THE ""# HAS DEMONSTRATED ATTEMPTS TO TAP INTO THE )NTERNET DEMOGRAPHIC THROUGH RECENT ""# THREE PROGRAMMING LIKE ,ILY !LLEN AND &RIENDS 0ROLIlC 9OU4UBERS ASK THE SHOW S GUESTS QUESTIONS AND EACH OF ,ILY S @FRIENDS HAS THEIR OWN ONLINE PROlLE PAGE ALLOWING THE SHOW TO COLLATE AND RELAY TRIVIAL FACTS AND lGURES ABOUT THE AUDIENCE DURING BROADCASTS )GNORING ,ILY !LLEN S DIRE PRESENTING SKILLS AND OTHER CURRENT BANAL EXAMPLES OF @DEMOCRATIC AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION THIS COULD TURN INTO THE BEGINNING OF SOMETHING
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