The Event - Issue 219

v Exclusive interview with Foals...

The theme ‘Generation’ is looked at

by UEA’s creative writers...

Film looks at the role of the horror genre in modern cinema...

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Arts

p.6 )NTERVIEW WITH COMPOSER (OWARD 'OODALL

OF 2ED $WARF AND "LACKADDER FAME p.7 7E TAKE A LOOK AT THE "OOKER 0RIZE

Creative Writing

p.8 0OETRY AND PROSE FROM 5%! S l NEST WRITERS

ON THE THEME OF 'ENERATION

TV

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Features

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p.12 3OME OF OUR REGULAR FEATURES YOU ALL LOVE p.13 !N EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH &OALS

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Music

Editors Alannah Wells and Chloe Pew Latter

p.14 ! REVIEW OF THE NEW +INGS OF ,EON ALBUM

/NLY "Y .IGHT p.15 p.15 ! LOOK AT 3OMETHING 'OOD A NEW EVENT IN

.ORWICH p.16 ! LOOK AT THE LIVE MUSIC SCENE AROUND

.ORWICH p.17 !N EVENING WITH 4HE "LACKOUT

Arts Editors -­

Film

Editor-­in-­Chief Fiona Billings

Melissa York and Matt Ramsay Contributors -­ Jennifer Abbott, Constanze Arnold, Kirsty Kelly, Daniella McManamon, Matt Ramsay, Eleanor Robinson, Bernadette Schulz, Lisa Thom, Melissa York, Rachel Wemyss

Competitions Editor -­ Jonathan Clark

Creative Writing Editor -­ Penny Boxall Contributors -­ Jon Baldwin, Judith Barker, Nick Bernard, Isabel Lockhard Smith, Ryan O’Hara, Andrew Parrott, Sophie Playle, Susie Showers, Robert Van-­Egghen

Fashion Editor -­ Jessica Hamilton Duputy Fashion Editor -­ Flora Wong Contributors -­ Tom Benn, Alice Dijkster-­ huis, Adam Hickmott, Elaine Rogers, Jack Stones

Regulars and Feature-­ Contributors -­ Mark Buckingham, Paul Cook, Alannah Wells, Laura Wignall

Film Editors -­ Contributors -­ Jenna Brogan, Tom Furby, Gemma Henzley, Will Heppa, Caroline Preece, Adam Scales, Florence Stiff

p.18 7E PAY TRIBUTE TO 0AUL .EWMAN p.19 2EVIEWS OF THE l LMS TO SEE THIS FORTNIGHT p.20 $6$ RELEASES p.21 ! UNIQUE LOOK INTO THE DEVELOPMENT AND

HISTORY OF THE HORROR GENRE AND THE PLACE IT HAS IN MODERN CINEMA

Listings Editor -­ Natasha Barnes

What’s On

George Gilbert and Colette Lilford

Music Editor Sarah Christie Contributors -­ Matt Bull, Chris Bullock, Grace Denton, James Halling, Sam Hill, Kate Hinksman, Dean Hooper, Beth Martin, Stephanie Mckenna, Will Newton, Emma Parrott, Matthew Whelband,

TV Editor -­ Kirsten Peter Contributors -­ Josh Butler, Rachel Conquer, Rebekah McGill, Lauren O’Neill, Kirsten Peter, Mark Ray, Nicola Williams

Wired Editor -­ Karl Davies Contributor -­ Chris Bullock, Paul Bygrave, James Day

p.22 4HIS FORTNIGHT S HAPPENINGS IN .ORWICH

Wired

p.23 4HE BEST GAMES TO PLAY THIS FORTNIGHT

Competitions

p.24 #ROSSWORD 3UDOKU AND 'IVEAWAYS

Event Ratings Outstanding Excellent Good Mediocre Tragic!

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fashion

“the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior” the event

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“Something, such as a garment, that is in the current mode:” concrete.fashion@uea.ac.uk

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) AM OFTEN LEFT ASTOUNDED AT STUFF THAT BECOMES POPULAR AMONGST GIRLS

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arts

“The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colors, forms, movements”

concrete.arts@uea.ac.uk

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)N THIS FORNIGHT S ISSUE 7ORD 0LAY RETURNS IN A BLAZE OF GLORY TO PREVIEW -INTOTAUR S (IS $ARK -ATERIALS WHILE THE LITERARY WORLD TREMBLES WITH POLITICAL CONTROVERSY 4HEATRE IN &IVE CHATS AMIABLY TO UBER COMPOSER (OWARD 'OODALL OF 2ED $WARF AND 1 ) FAME ABOUT THE 4HEATRE 2OY AL S PRODUCTION OF HIS BALLET #ONCRETE 2E#OMMENDS (ARUKI -URAKAMI AND OUR FEA TURES PAGE AIMS TO SATISFY YOUR LITERARY JUICES WITH AN AL MIGHTY TORRENT OF "OOKER 0RIZE 5NTIL NEXT FORNIGHT

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Theatre in Five

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(OWARD 'OODALL 4HE %VENT (OW DID YOU COME UP WITH THE IDEA OF WRITING %TERNAL ,IGHT % (OW DID YOU MANAGE TO DO THIS 'OODALL 7ELL ) VE ALWAYS BEEN TICKLED BY THE IDEA OF WRIT ING A REQUIEM BUT ) DIDN T WANT TO WRITE A STRAIGHTFORWARD OLD FASHIONED REQUIEM FOLLOWING THE USUAL PATTERN 7HAT WAS EXCITING ABOUT THIS IS WRITING A CONCERT WORK AND DANCE PIECE AT THE SAME TIME

% &INALLY CAN YOU SUM UP %TERNAL ,IGHT FOR US ' )T HAS GROWN UP AS BOTH A CHORAL ORCHESTRAL WORK THAT COULD BE PERFORMED IN A CONCERT HALL AND ALSO THIS DANCE VERSION THAT WILL BE PERFORMED LIVE )T IS A CHORAL WORK BUT IT IS A MIXTURE OF SACRED AND SECULAR TEXTS n AND THIS MIXED SACRED AND SECULAR APPROACH TO A REQUIEM

' 4HIS IS A REQUIEM FOR THE LIVING AND A REQUIEM FOCUSING ON INTERRUPTED LIVES -ATT 2AMSAY

Concrete ReCommends )F YOU VE NEVER READ -URAKAMI BEFORE THEN !FTER $ARK IS THE PER FECT PLACE TO START 7RITTEN SEVERAL YEARS AGO IT HAS TAKEN UNTIL NOW TO GET A PAPERBACK TRANSLATION FROM THE *APANESE BUT IT HAS BEEN WORTH THE WAIT 7RITTEN WITH HIS SIGNATURE POETIC SURREALISM !FTER $ARK TELLS THE STORY OF ONE NIGHT IN THE LIFE OF TWO SISTERS (ALF OF THE STORY REVOLVES AROUND THE YOUNGER SISTER -ARI AND A SERIES OF ENCOUN TERS SHE l NDS HERSELF DRAWN INTO AFTER DECIDING NOT TO RETURN HOME THAT EVENING -EETING AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE IN A LATE NIGHT CAFÏ LEADS TO HER INVOLVEMENT IN A BRUTAL ATTACK ON A #HINESE PROSTITUTE AND THEN TO ENCOUNTERS WITH A GROUP OF WOMEN RUNNING A hLOVE HOTELv 4HE OTHER HALF OF THE STORY CENTRES ON THE ELDER SISTER %RI WHO

HAS BEEN IN A DEEP AND UNEXPLAINED SLEEP FOR MONTHS -URAKAMI NOVELS ARE ALWAYS BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN BUT THEY ARE OFTEN DENSE AND RATHER HEAVY WITH THE SYMBOLISM )T MAKES A CHANGE TO BE ABLE TO SIT DOWN AND READ !FTER $ARK IN AN HOUR OR TWO 4HE NOVEL IS A SHORT AND POIGNANT LOOK AT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO SISTERS AS WELL AS A FABLE LIKE JOURNEY THROUGH THE WORLD OF A CITY AT NIGHT 3O !FTER $ARK HAS MYSTERY VIOLENCE AND TYPICAL -URAKAMI INTROSPECTION SO YOU CAN FEEL DEEP 0LUS IT S SHORT ENOUGH THAT YOU CAN STILL GET TO THE ,#2 ON TIME 7HAT MORE DO YOU NEED TO RECOMMEND IT *ENNIFER !BBOTT

arts

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The Booker Prize 2008 4HE %VENT l LLS YOU IN ON THE SIX NOMINESS FOR THE FOURTIETH -AN "OOKER 0RIZE 4HE WINNER TO BE DECIDED ON /CTOBER TH

BRINGS WITH IT THE -AN "OOKER 0RIZE S TH !NNIVERSARY CEL EBRATIONS AND WE ARE STILL YET TO WITNESS ITS MIDLIFE CRISIS 3O WHAT MAKES IT SO SUCCESSFUL 4HE AIM WAS TO @ENCOURAGE THE WIDER READING OF THE VERY BEST IN l CTION AND ALL SALES RECORDS CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE THIS 9ET THE "OOKER PRIZE IS SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST l GURES 4HROUGHOUT THE DECADES IT HAS SPARKED CONTROVERSY AND THE ABSOLUTE SECRECY OF WINNERS UNTIL THE PRESENTATION PROVOKES SOME SERIOUS TENSION )TS EVER INCREASING PUBLICITY CAN BE SEEN IN THE RISE OF THE PRIZE MONEY FROM a TO a

AND ITS CONTINUAL BROAD CAST WHICH HAS HAD MILLIONS HOOKED EVERY YEAR SINCE +IRSTY +ELLY

The Rank Outsider.

Returning Nominee.

The Bookies’ Favourite.

The Clothes on their Backs, Linda Grant

The Secret Scripture, Sebastian Barry.

Sea of Poppies, Amitav Ghosh.

"OOKIES FAVOURITE 3EA OF 0OPPIES FOLLOWS A MOTLEY CREW OF STOWAWAYS AND SAILORS ABOARD THE SHIP )BIS ON A TUMULTUOUS SEA VOYAGE ACROSS THE )NDIAN /CEAN TO l GHT IN THE VICIOUS /PIUM 7ARS OF TH CENTURY #HINA 4HIS HISTORICAL ADVENTURE EXPLORES NOT ONLY SUCH VAST SETTINGS AS THE POPPY l ELDS OF THE 'ANGES AND EXOTIC BACKSTREETS OF #HINA BUT ALSO A WEALTH OF CHARACTERS OF ALL RACES AND CASTES 7ITH CURRENT BETTING ODDS AT AND CRITICS LAUDING 'HOSH S NOVEL WITH SUCH PRAISE AS hTER RIl Cv AND hPROFOUNDLY MOVINGv 3EA OF 0OPPIES IS CERTAINLY A STRONG CANDIDATE FOR THIS YEAR S AWARD

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4HIS IS 3EBASTIAN "ARRY S SECOND NOMINATION FOR THE "OOKER 0RIZE WITH WHAT THE 'UARDIAN DE SCRIBES AS hAN ASTOUNDINGLY AMBITIOUS BODY OF WORKv 4HE 3ECRET 3CRIPTURE PROVIDES A BEAUTIFUL AND POIGNANT PORTRAYAL OF AN ALTERNATIVE SECRET HIS TORY OF )RELAND THROUGH THE JOURNALS OF 2OSEANNE -C.ULTY AND HER PSYCHIATRIST $R 'RENE 4ROUBLED )RISH MEMORIES EMERGE REFRACTED THROUGH THE HAZE OF MEMORY BEHIND WHICH IS A STORY OF A LIFE BLIGHTED BY IGNORANCE AND CRUEL MISTREATMENT "ARRY IS ONE OF THE WRITERS COMING TO THE 5%! ,ITERARY &ESTIVAL THIS AUTUMN IN WHICH CASE IF HE WINS HE LL HOPEFULLY BE A VERY HAPPY MAN )F THIS YEAR IS NOT HIS HOWEVER THERE S ALWAYS THIRD TIME LUCKY %LEANOR 2OBINSON

&OR THE l RST TIME IN OVER A DECADE ONLY ONE WOMAN HAS MADE THE SHORTLIST 4HOUGH ANOMA LOUS IN THIS SENSE ,INDA 'RANT S 4HE #LOTHES ON 4HEIR "ACKS WITH ODDS OF TO WIN IS CERTAINLY NO TIMID COMPETITION $ESCRIBED BY 4HE 'UARDIAN AS @m UID AND ADDICTIVE THE NOVEL TELLS THE STORY OF 6IVIEN

DAUGHTER OF (UNGARIAN REFUGEES WHO SEAL OFF THEIR PAST TO LIVE AN INVISIBLE LIFE "UT WITH THE ARRIVAL OF AN ESTRANGED UNCLE IN A MOHAIR SUIT WITH A DIAMOND ON HIS WRIST AND A PROSTITUTE ON HIS ARM 6IVIEN S GREY PRESENT IS EXPLODED

$ANIELLA -C-ANAMON

The Newcomers

The Dark Horse The Northern Clemency, Philip Hensher

The White Tiger, Aravind Adigas

A Fraction of the Whole, Steve Toltz

.OVELIST AND JOURNALIST 0HILIP (ENSHER WHOSE NOVEL 4HE -ULBERRY %MPIRE MADE THE "OOKER LONGLIST IN HAS MADE HIS WAY UNTO THE "OOKER SHORTLIST WITH HIS NOVEL h4HE .ORTHERN #LEMENCYv 4HE NOVEL SPANS THE TWO DECADES FOLLOWING

AND EXPLORES THE LIVES OF TWO NEIGHBOUR ING 3HEFl ELD FAMILIES (ENSHER IS PRAISED BY THE CRITICS FOR HIS EYE FOR DETAIL AND INSIGHTFUL SOCIAL OBSERVATIONS .ONETHELESS HIS PROSE OFTEN ERRING ON THE PURPLE SIDE MAY STRIKE READERS AS OVER WRITTEN 4HE LENGTH OF THIS SPRAWLING SOMEWHAT TOME LIKE NOVEL MAY WORK AGAINST (ENSHER YET ALL THINGS CONSIDERED HE COULD BE IN WITH A CHANCE

7RITTEN IN LETTER FORMAT )NDIAN JOURNALIST !R AVIND !DIGAS NOVEL 4HE 7HITE 4IGER IS A GRITTY

OBSERVANT TALE ABOUT THE TENSIONS BETWEEN RICH AND POOR TRADITION AND NEW MONEY IN ST CEN TURY )NDIA !DIGA IS ONE OF TWO l RST TIME NOVELISTS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE SHORTLIST SHOULD HIS NOVEL WIN ON THE TH /CTOBER THE RELATIVELY UNKNOWN AUTHOR WOULD RECEIVE THE BIG l NANCIAL REWARD AS WELL AS GREAT PUBLIC EXPOSURE AND ACCLAIM (OWEVER REVIEWERS ARE UNCLEAR ABOUT HIS CHANCES OF WINNING 4HE 3UNDAY 4IMES FEATURED A RAVING REVIEW OF HIS NOVEL AND BOOKIE l RM ,AD BROKES PIT IT AS THEIR FAVOURITE WHILE THE 'UARDIAN CALLS IT AN hUNLIKELY WINNERv

! &RACTION OF THE 7HOLE IS THE l RST NOVEL BY 3TEVE 4OLTZ SCREENWRITER %NGLISH TEACHER AND PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR )T HAS THE TRADEMARK PONDERINGS ON FREEDOM LOVE AND THE MEANING OF LIFE THAT MAKE IT ELIGIBLE FOR THE HIGH BROW TASTES OF THE "OOKER 0RIZE SHORTLIST BUT IT S NOT A FAVOURITE TO WIN 4HE STORY TRACKS *ASPER AND HIS ECCENTRIC FAM ILY WHILE RACING BETWEEN THE !USTRALIAN BUSH THE 4HAI JUNGLE STRIP CLUBS AND ASYLUMS 4OLTZ STANDS A CHANCE OF WINNING BECAUSE THE SHEER ENERGY OF THE NOVEL DESERVES RECOGNITION !LSO IT MAY BE TIME FOR A NEW NAME TO WIN 4HE "OOKER

2ACHEL 7EMYSS

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*ENNIFER !BBOTT

creative cre ative writing

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“any writing that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, forms” the event

Framing, Lakewood,California William A. Garnett American, 1950

concrete.creativewriting@uea.ac.uk

The theme for this issue is “Generation” Generations

4HEY STRETCH ON FOR ACRES LINE AFTER LINE OF TRACT HOUSES BORN FROM THE m AT TREELESS LANDSCAPE 3HOT FROM A FURTHER DISTANCE THE PHOTOGRAPH COULD HAVE BEEN MISTAKEN FOR ROWS OF SUGAR BEET OR LIMA BEAN CROPS

A PORTRAIT OF LIFE FROM ANOTHER TIME 4HIS IS A PICTURE OF PROGRESS

TELLING AS LAYERS ON THE WALL OF THE 'RAND #ANYON PEDESTALS OF SHALLOW CONCRETE FOUNDATIONS

THEN A GRID OF PINEWOOD SKELETONS

LITTLE MATCHSTICK CAGES AND IN THE CORNER

NEARLY OUT OF THE FRAME THE l NISHED PRODUCTS CASTING DULL SHADOWS ONTO THE EARTH )T ONLY OFFERS A GLIMPSE OF WHAT WILL COME

THESE RECENT CELLS OF STUCCO

PRECISE AND WHITE AS THE FAMILIES WHO WILL SOON OCCUPY THEM /KIES BORDER 3OUTH MIGRANTS DOCKWORKERS BRICKLAYERS

MACHINISTS AND WAR VETERANS WILL CROWD THE SALES OFl CE TO PUT A DOWN PAYMENT ON A MIDDLE CLASS LIFE TO SELECT A m OORPLAN WITH ROOM ENOUGH TO HOUSE A REFRIGERATOR AND WIFE 3UBURBIA THE LAST FRONTIER

l NALLY CONQUERED ON THIS FEATURELESS WASTE THE HOMES ARRAYED LIKE GRAVESTONES ACROSS A DESERT

%T IN !RCADIA EGO

! FUTURE OF MOTHERLESS EXISTENCE 'OD HAS TAKEN ME BACK

!PPARENTLY (OW STRANGE IT SEEMS WHEN ONE DOES NOT FOLLOW 4HE ORDER OF GENERATIONS

*UDITH "ARKER

Dialogue #YNICAL ) SIT AND SMOKE AT HOME

h) CANNOT BELIEVE THE NEWS THESE DAYS $EAR CHAP WHAT IS THE WORLD COMING TO v 4HE 46 SITS AND LOOKS AT ME h7HAT S UP 9OU GOT A PROBLEM OR SOMEl NK 4HIS IS THE WAY WE GOTTA BE YOU WANNA THINK YOU RE NOT COOL 7E RE HIP WE RE YOUNG WE RE DOWN WITH THE KIDS

7E TEACH THEM WHAT THEY WANNA BE 4HEIR 3KINS WILL SET THEM FREE +IDS LL BE YOUNG GET DRUNK @N BE STUPID

7HY TRY TO CHANGE THAT v h0OSTERITY MY DEARv ) SAY AND THROW -Y SHERRY IN THE l RE

St. Ives /NE THOUSAND HEAVY BOOTS ON COBBLED STREETS

WHERE HIP TO HIP HOUSES LEAN CURIOUSLY INWARDS THE SUBTLE INVASION PROCEEDS

.ICK "ERNARD

Old Women 4WO OLD WOMEN SIT BENCHED ,IKE APPLES PICKED AND PLACED THERE ,EFT THERE 2AINED SUNNED AND WINDED 3MALL AND SOUR EYES POLISHED AND PUSHED IN 4HEIR MOUTHS ARE FUZZY NOISES "UMBLEBEE SECRETS !BOUT ALL THE THINGS CHANGING AS THEY SIT STILL 4EARING UP FALLING DOWN AROUND THEM AND THEY JUST SIT (ER DACHSHUND STARTS BARKING 4HEN HER TERRIER STARTS BARKING BARKING !ND SHE SAYS TO HER h/KAY ) LL SEE YOU TOMORROW MORNING 'LORIA v h3EE YOU TOMORROW THEN -OLLY v !ND SHE GRIPS A LONG WHITE WORN HAND ALONG THE EDGE OF THE BENCH 0USHING INTO PLIMSOLLS 3HRUGGING INTO ELASTIC SLEEVES OF A WATERPROOF ZIP UP 3TANDS LIKE SHE S RECONSIDERING 0ICKING UP A PENNY FROM THE m OOR 4HEY RE WALKING SMALL STEPS SMALL LEGS 'RINNING TOOTHY AT THE SUN $OGS CHOKING TO GET THEM THERE FASTER

!T l RST IT IS JUST THE SWELLING OF THE SEA $ISTANT FOREVER COMING AND GOING .EARER FURTHER "UT STILL IT IS THERE EVERY MORNING OR EVENING 4O REm ECT THE DWINDLING LIGHTS /F THIS TOWN OR SEND THEM BACK INTO LIFE

/R FOR YOU TO LIE YOURSELF DOWN IN HER SHALLOWS !ND SURRENDER TO THE PULL AND INTIMACY OF HER GRASP

!NON

!ND YET EVEN BENEATH THE SWELLING SURFACE

4HESE FEET CONTINUE TO POUND WHETHER IN YOUR HEAD

/R UPON THE DEAD AND WISER STONES YOU CANNOT TELL "UT THEY KNOW )T IS ALL PLANNED OUT WITH MAPS AND l GURES

3UMS AND CALCULATIONS IN THE MARGINS AND STILL THIS TIDE !PPROACHES ERODING THE SHORE AND BECOMING THE PERIPHERY

The Last Day of Autumn -Y GRANDMA MUST HAVE BEEN A TREE IN A FORMER LIFE 3HE IS SLOWLY TURNING BACK INTO ONE (ER SKIN IS CARVED DEEP AS BARK

WITH THE SAME DARK SHADES AND MOTTLED SHADOWS 7HEN ) HUG HER ) CAN FEEL THE WILD CURLS OF HER HAIR BRUSH MY CHEEK LIKE AUTUMN LEAVES

AND ) CAN HEAR HER CRACKLED BREATHING LIKE THE WIND RUSTLING THROUGH HER /NE TRANSLUCENT AUTUMN AFTERNOON

) KICK THROUGH THE LEAVES TO VISIT HER 3HE IS SITTING BACK IN HER CHAIR

EYES CLOSED )T IS SO QUIET ) CAN HEAR THE WIND SIGHING THROUGH THE TREES IN THE GARDEN ) TOUCH HER HAND )T S COLD ,IKE BARK IN WINTER

*ON "ALDWIN

3OPHIE 0LAYLE

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Ghosts

,AST NIGHT ) WENT THROUGH YOUR BOXES AGAIN BLOWING OFF THE DUST AND SWALLOWING A LITTLE BIT 3LIDING DOWN THE ATTIC LADDER WITH THE BOXES CLUTCHED TO MY STOMACH ) THOUGHT AGAIN OF HOW COLD AND PLASTIC YOUR SKIN FELT WHEN ) GRAZED MY l NGER ACROSS IT ,OOKING AT THE PHOTOS INSIDE HOW WIDE YOUR SMILE STRETCHED AS YOU DANGLED YOUR ARM ROUND SOME PRETTY GIRL ) WONDERED IF YOU FELT ANYTHING AT ALL AS TIME SLOWLY ATE YOU FROM THE INSIDE STEADILY CHIPPING AWAY UNTIL THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT BUT A DIM RECOLLECTION OF WHAT YOU USED TO BE ) NEVER FOUND OUT WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE WRITHING IN PAIN 9ET YOU NEVER COMPLAINED ABOUT ANYTHING -AYBE THAT WAS A GENERATIONAL THING STOICALLY SOLDIERING ON BECAUSE OF THE WAR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT )F IT HAD BEEN ME ) WOULD PROB ABLY HAVE BEEN SCREAMING OUT EVERY DAY WANTING EVERYONE TO LAVISH CARE AND ATTENTION ON ME LIKE THEY DID ON YOU 9ET YOU JUST ACCEPTED EVERYTHING 9OU KNEW THERE WAS NO POINT IN WHINING NO POINT IN MOANING TO ANYONE AND EVERYONE ABOUT WHAT A BAD STATE YOU WERE IN )NSTEAD YOU ALWAYS TRIED TO PUT A SMILE ON ALL OF OUR FACES BELIEVING THAT IF WE FELT BETTER

YOU WOULD TOO -AYBE YOU WERE RIGHT -AYBE WE YOUNG PEOPLE DO HAVE A LOT TO LEARN !FTER ) LOOKED AT ALL THE PHOTOS READ THE LETTERS AND WENT THROUGH ALL THE DRAWINGS ) CAME DOWN THE STAIRS AND PUT ONE PICTURE ABOVE YOUR FAVOURITE CHAIR 3HE JUST SMILED HER USUAL WEARY SMILE AND TURNED AWAY BACK INTO THE KITCHEN .OW AS ) LOOK AT YOUR EYES BEAMING OUT UNDERNEATH THOSE BUSHY EYEBROWS ) REALISE THAT THOUGH ) DON T BELIEVE IN GHOSTS IT SEEMS LIKE YOU ARE STILL HERE 2OBERT 6AN %GGHEN

Half a cup, please -Y GRANDFATHER FORGOT THINGS IN THE HOME (E WOULD SET THE KETTLE TO BOIL FOR MY GRAND MOTHER AND THEN RETURN TO HIS STUDY LEAVING THE WATER UNTIL IT WAS COLD AGAIN @(E S USELESS SHE WOULD SAY 4HIS WAS THE MAN THAT HAD HELD CLODS OF EARTH IN HIS l STS WHILST WEARING A WHITE JACKET HAT

AND STEEL CAPPED BOOTS (E HAD SEPARATED THE FEATURES OF THE EARTH AS IF OPENING THE MOUTH OF A GIANT AND PULLED OUT TREASURES %ACH OBJECT HAD BEEN HEADING TOWARDS NOTHINGNESS SUCKED DOWN AND THEN CONSUMED ON THE SURFACE FADING THEN GONE (E PUT THEM IN CABI NETS

)N COMPANY n MY GRANDMOTHER S FRIENDS n HE SMILED AND NODDED AND HELD HIS BLINKS FOR LONG ENOUGH TO SUGGEST THAT INSIDE HIS MIND SOMETHING HAD CLOSED TO THEM

THOUGHT HE DIDN T MEAN IT TO -Y GRANDMOTHER WOULD TRY TO ENCOURAGE HIM

@$IDN T YOU KNOW SOMEONE THAT WORKED FOR THEM SHE D SOMETIMES ASK OR @9OU WERE SAYING THAT JUST THAT THE OTHER DAY WEREN T YOU

)N RESPONSE HE WOULD TORTOISE HIMSELF FURTHER INTO HIS SHIRT COLLAR WITH A QUIET

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/NCE THOUGH DURING A LULL IN CONVERSATION HE BROUGHT A BONE FROM HIS POCKET

HELD IT ABOVE THE CENTRE OF THE TABLE AND SAID @) THINK HE WAS A PILGRIM

-Y GRANDMOTHER PULLED THE PLATE OF BISCUITS AWAY FROM THE FOREIGN OBJECT

@4HIS WAS FAR FROM HIS HOME SAID MY GRANDFATHER @(E MUST HAVE LOVED SOMETHING

TO TRAVEL ALL THIS WAY 4HE BONE SHOOK IN HIS HAND (E PLACED IT BACK IN HIS POCKET AND LOOKED AT MY GRAND MOTHER 7HEN HER FRIENDS HAD GONE SHE SAID @9OU DID WELL 3HE SMILED AS SHE SAID IT AND THEN KISSED HIM !NDREW 0ARROTT

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0RY UP AND PEEK UNDER THE LINOLEUM m OOR 3CAVENGE THE CUPBOARDS RANSACK THE CRAWLSPACES

COMB THROUGH THE CLOSET WHERE YOUR WINTER COATS KEEP THEMSELVES WARM ALL SUMMER LONG LIKE THE SHOVEL AND WEED HOE LEFT ALONE TO ROT IN THE TOOL SHED IN THE NEIGHBOR S BACKYARD )N THIS MODERN m OOR PLAN

THERE S NO ROOM FOR BASEMENTS OR ATTICS SO SEARCH WHERE YOU CAN SWEEP YOUR PALM BENEATH THE WASHER AND DRYER SHAKE OUT THE SILK CURTAINS AND LOVE SEAT CUSHIONS AND DIG BEHIND THE TELEVISION SET !NY RELIC WILL DO A PHOTOGRAPH OF GRANDMA IN A GYMSLIP

*APANESE GLASS m OATS PORCELAIN FACED DOLLS

FALSE WOODEN TEETH OR A GOLD POCKET WATCH &IND SOMETHING TO HOLD AS TANGIBLE PROOF OF A TIME WHEN THE CHILDREN STILL KNEW HOW TO l NGER A ROTARY DIAL OR l NE TUNE THE SIGNAL ON A CRYSTAL RADIO 4HE POST RATE WAS A NICKEL AND YOU COULD TASTE IT /UT BACK THE FAMISHED CLOTHESLINE DISPLAYS NOTHING THE VOID OF OUR LIVES LEFT OUT TO DRY

,IFE THAT S THE NAME OF THE GAME

!ND ) WANT TO PLAY THE GAME WITH YOU

/UR GENERATION IS WHAT WE SEE AND WHAT WE DO )T S WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE FEEL

3OMETIMES OBSCURE BUT IT S ALWAYS REAL 4HE PRESENT IS OFTEN THE ENVY OF THE PAST

7E WANT IT TO STAY BUT IT NEVER LASTS 7E LL SOON LOOK BACK AS OTHERS DO

h)T WASN T LIKE THAT IN MY DAYv SUD DENLY RINGS TRUE 0EOPLE TRY TO PUT US DOWN

*UST BECAUSE WE GET AROUND 7E LL ALL EVENTUALLY BRIDGE THE GAP WE ARE THE YOUTH OF THE NATION

4HIS TIME BELONGS TO OUR GENERATION

.ICK "ERNARD

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The Degenerate

'ENERATING DISGUST IS A PASTIME 4RAINS IN PARTICULAR OCCASION THE BEST OPPORTUNITIES TRAPPING US WITH THE VARIED SMELLS AND NOISES OF INCARCERATION 4HE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS 4HE DAY IS &RIDAY AND ) AM TRAVELLING HOME /UTSIDE THERE IS AN ORANGE GLOW LEVITATING JUST ABOVE THE STREETLAMPS BUT THE REST IS DARKNESS AND RAIN )NSIDE THE LIGHTS ARE CLINICAL 7E ALL LOOK PASTY ILL AND SORT OF DILUTED 4O MY LEFT THERE IS AN UNUSUAL BOY (IS FEATURES SEEM TO CONGREGATE IN THE CENTRE OF HIS FACE AS IF SOMEONE HAS TUGGED ON AN INVISIBLE THREAD

DRAWING HIS NOSE AND EYES AND MOUTH TOGETHER IN AN UGLY MASS 3KIN PEPPERED WITH THE REMAINS OF ACNE ) WOULD SAY HE IS ONE OR TWO YEARS OFF BEING A MAN (E IS ALWAYS TWITCHING TAPPING HIS l NGERNAILS AGAINST THE WINDOW DARTING EYES AT ME AND AT THE WOMAN OPPOSITE 3HE IS EQUALLY FASCINATING AND HAS POTENTIAL ) LEER AT HER AND RAISE MY EYEBROWS

SPIT ON MY HAND AND WAVE IT INCHES FROM HER RIGHT BREAST GRIN INANELY INTO THE WAXY EAR OF THE BOY 3HE IS GENUINELY REVOLTED SHE HAS HEARD OF PEOPLE LIKE ME AND SHE IS SCARED (AIR SYMMETRICALLY PARTED DOWN THE MIDDLE AND METICULOUSLY APPLIED MAKE UP TO CONCEAL THE PITS AND FURROWS OF AGE ) l ND HER ATTEMPTS AT PERFECTION IRRITATE ME ) BURP AND THIS TIME THE SHOCKWAVES RESONATE AT LEAST FOUR ROWS DOWN THE CARRIAGE 9OUNG BUSINESSMEN TURN AROUND IN THEIR SEATS AND SCOWL AT ME ) GNASH MY TEETH IN REPLY &INGERS LEAVING SMALL PRESSINGS OF GREASE ON THE SCREEN OF MY MP ) SELECT SOMETHING OFFENSIVE AND TURN UP THE VOLUME 4HE EFFECT IS GLORIOUS ) GULP UP THE SWEATY AIR AND SMILE CONTENTEDLY -Y STOP IS SOON 7E RE HURTLING TOWARDS IT AND ) CAN T STOP IT AND THEY CAN T STOP ME !S ) STAND UP TO LEAVE A LITTLE GIRL ) HADN T NOTICED BEFORE TUGS ON MY SLEEVE AND SAYS HAPPILY @9OU LOOK LIKE MY 'RANNY @) M BETTER THAN YOUR 'RANNY ) RETORT TAPPING HER ON THE ANKLES WITH MY WALKING STICK

)SABEL ,OCKHART 3MITH

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THE 3HEPHERDS "USH %MPIRE BUT TENSIONS BETWEEN (ARVEY AND -ORTIMER NEVER DISAPPEARED AND THE SITUATION CAME TO A HEAD SHORTLY AFTER WHEN THE PAIR CAME TO BLOWS WHILST DISCUSSING A RECORD DEAL (ARVEY AND THE REMAINING TWO MEMBERS OF THE BAND *OHN (ENDY AND 4ERRY #OLDWELL STILL TOUR AND CAN BE FOUND PLAYING TO STUDENT CROWDS AROUND THE COUNTRY !MAZ INGLY THE TRIO ALL STRUGGLE l NANCIALLY AS IT WAS -ORTIMER WHO WROTE NEARLY ALL OF THE BANDS HITS )RONICALLY IT IS (ARVEY THE BANDS BIGGEST STAR WHO HAS FALLEN HARDEST ! SERIES OF COURT APPEARANCES WERE FOLLOWED BY A BIZARRE INCI DENT IN WHEN (ARVEY MANAGED TO RUN HIMSELF OVER WHILST REVERSING HIS CAR SPARKING RUMOURS OF AN ATTEMPTED SUICIDE (ARVEY CUR RENTLY WORKS AS A PLUMBER TO SUPPLEMENT HIS INCOME FROM TOURING WITH %AST HIS VAN DOUBLING AS A TOUR BUS -ARK "UCKINGHAM

4HERE WAS NO DOUBT IN OUR MINDS THAT THIS WAS 4(% &A CEBOOK GROUP OF THE FORTNIGHT WHEN WE STUMBLED ACROSS IT ON A WET AND WINDY POST ,#2 MORNING ! LARGE MAJORITY OF US WERE BROUGHT UP WITH THE WARM MAGICAL GLOW OMITTING OUT OF THE TELEVISION WHILST WE WATCHED #INDY WHISKED OFF HER FEET BY THE HANSOM 0RINCE #HARMING A SNOWY LADY RUNNING OFF WITH A GANG OF SMALL MEN AND A LOBSTER SINGER SOME PRETTY CATCHY TUNES (OWEVER AS THIS GROUP POINTS OUT MANY ARE NOW WALKING AROUND WITH THESE IDEALISED MEMORIES IN GRAINED IN OUR HEADS AND THEY ARE NOW INl LTRATING OUR EVERYDAY LIVES 7HEN A YOUNG MAN CHUCKS US OUR SHOE BACK ACROSS THE ,#2 AFTER LOOSING IT MID GIG AND WE SHOVE IT BACK ON OUR SWEATY FEET WE

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!FTER MONTHS OF NON STOP TOURING AND PROMOTION &OALS INTENSE INDIE ELECTRO ROCK OUTl T AND /XFORDSHIRE S SECOND MOST SERIOUS BAND HAVE EMBARKED ON A NEW THIRTEEN DATE 5+ TOUR STOPPING OFF IN .ORWICH TO PLAY TO A SOLD OUT ,#2 &RONT MAN 9ANNIS 0HILIPPAKIS SITS DOWN WITH 0AUL #OOK TO DISCUSS EVERYTHING FROM THE DEBUT MASTERPIECE !NTIDOTES A SUMMER l LLED WITH FESTIVALS AND THE 5M "ONGO STYLED FOLLOW UP ALBUM READY TO GO INTO PRODUCTION IN EARLY WHERE THERE S A BEACH 7E WANT TO MAKE A MORE SUMMERY RECORD LIKE 5M "ONGO OR SOMETHING ) WANT OUR RECORD TO HAVE THE SAME SORT OF AES THETIC AS 5M "ONGO ) THINK

CAN T HELP BUT FEEL SMUG THAT OUR UGLY STEP SISTERS DIDN T GET THEIR l RST -ANY WILL HAVE HAD A @"EAUTY AND THE "EAST MO MENT ALTHOUGH IT IS MORE OF TEN THAN NOT THE BEER GOGGLES ACTING RATHER THAN ANY FORM OF MAGICAL BEASTIALITY AND MORE OFTEN THAN NOT WILL l ND THAT THE BEAST IS STILL IN BED WITH THEM THE MORNING AF TER (OWEVER THERE IS REALLY NO HARM IN LONGING FOR THAT DASHING YOUNG CHAP LADY ON A WHITE STALLION TO PICK YOU UP AFTER /PTIC WHEN OUR RELI ABLE .ORWICH TAXI l RMS HAVE LET US DOWN *ORDAN AND 0ETER HAVE SET US A $ISNEY WEDDING TO AS PIRE TO AND MY NAME IS AL READY ON THE WAITING LIST FOR THAT SPARKLY PUMKIN COACH 3CREW REALITY

h) WOULD DEl NITELY LIKE TO ;RECORD THE NEXT ALBUM= SOMEWHERE WHERE THERE S LOTS OF FRESH PINEAPPLES AND MANGOS AND STUFF AND WHERE THERE S A BEACH 7E WANT TO MAKE A MORE SUMMERY RECORD LIKE 5M "ONGO OR SOMETHING ) WANT OUR RECORD TO HAVE THE SAME SORT OF AESTHETIC AS 5M "ONGO ) THINKv 0# 9OU CITE A HUGELY DIVERSE NUMBER OF INm U ENCES n WHAT ACTS AND ARTISTS WOULD YOU SAY IN m UENCE YOUR MUSIC THE MOST 9+ 7E LISTEN TO RECORDS WITH AN APPETITE TO AB SORB THINGS SO ) LIKE TO THINK WE THEN CHANNEL THAT INTO OUR OWN MUSIC ) LISTEN TO MUSIC PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THE TIME AND ) THINK THAT EVEN WITH OUT BEING CONSCIOUS OF IT THE MUSIC YOU LISTEN TO ENTERS YOU AND THEN WHEN YOU RE REQUIRED TO PRODUCE A SONG OR AN ALBUM IT COMES OUT SOME WHERE ALONG THE LINE !T THE MOMENT WE RE LIS TENING TO A LOT OF SURF ROCK AND STUFF AND 0ANDA "EAR WITH ONE OF THE GUYS FROM !NIMAL #OLLEC TIVE n .OAH ,ENNOX n IT S AN ALBUM CALLED 3TRAW BERRY *AM THAT S FANTASTIC 7E ALSO LISTEN TO A LOT OF #ORNELIUS 0ORTISHEAD AND A LESSER KNOWN BAND CALLED 4HE )NVISIBLE THAT S MY TIP FOR NEXT YEAR BY THE WAY

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A BRILLIANT METAPHOR FOR THE FEELING OF FEAR AND TERROR INDUCED WHEN A COMIC STANDS IN FRONT OF A CROWD l LLED ROOM 4HE NIGHT TOOK PLACE AT THE 2IBS OF "EEF PUB ON -AGDALEN 3TREET IN AN INTIMATE ROOM DOWN STAIRS PACKED TIGHTLY WITH AN EXCITED CROWD 9OU REALLY GOT A RUN FOR YOUR MONEY WITH A WHOPPING NINE ACTS PERFORMING INCLUDING $AN THE COM PERE *OZ .ORRIS A YEAR 5%! DRAMA STUDENT BE GUN THE EVENING WITH CONl DENCE AND RELISH HIS MAIN JOKE WAS CENTRED ON HATRED OF THE GYM BUT IT WAS NOT CLICHÏD HE WAS ERUDITE AND FUNNY :EN 3MITH WAS THE NEXT ON THE BILL A LOCAL MAN FROM ,OWESTOFT (E PITCHED HIMSELF AS OUR TELEVISION ADVISOR AND TOLD US HIS THOUGHTS FOR NEW REALITY 46 SHOWS SUCH AS @MEAL OR NO MEAL WHERE THE PERSON TO HOLD OUT WITHOUT EATING THE LONGEST WOULD WIN (E WAS AN INVENTIVE COMEDIAN BUT HIS WORK NEEDED A BIT MORE POLISHING AGAINST THE WEALTH OF TALENT IN THE NIGHT S LINE UP &OLLOWING

:EN WAS *ANE (ILL A SOMETHING FEMALE WHO BROUGHT MATURITY AND EXPERIENCE TO THE STAGE 3HE HAD EXCELLENT TIMING AND RAZOR SHARP WIT THE AUDIENCE WERE IN l TS WITH HER UN PC CHILD HATRED JOKES AND GROWING OLD DISGRACEFULLY !FTER A BREAK !LEX 2YDEN A $URHAM STUDENT AND .ORWICH LOCAL WON THE CROWD OVER WITH HIS YOUNG CHARM AND QUICK WITTED HUMOUR ,UKE 0AWSEY WAS IN THE NEW COMEDIAN SLOT THIS YOUNGSTER HAD GUTS AT SEVENTEEN AND PROVED HE HAD A LOT OF COMIC POTENTIAL !FTER ,UKE -ARCUS +EELEY A YOUNG DEADPAN )RISHMAN SHONE WITH HIS BITTER SMOKER JOKES AND 4OM & S ALTER EGO ,E ONARD THE ,OSER WAS VERY EFFECTIVE $AN -C+EE THE COMPERE AND FOUNDER OF THE NIGHT WAS VERY ENERGETIC AND HAD THE CROWD IN RIOTS OF LAUGHTER WITH HIS WACKY TALE ABOUT THE EMO KID WITH ALOPECIA 4HE HEADLINER 'ARY (ATE CRIME CAME ON DRUNK SAYING HE HAD NOT REALIZED HE WAS GOING ON LAST (IS RUDE VIOLENT MUSICAL COMEDY WENT DOWN WELL WITH THE CROWD BUT ) WASN T CONVINCED HE HAD MUCH TALENT BEYOND STRINGING A FEW CORDS AND A FEW INSULTS TOGETHER 3ALT "OX IS A GREAT NIGHT OF ALCOHOL AND MIRTH

PERFECT FOR AN ALTERNATIVE EVENING OUT $AN HAD GATHERED A STRONG GROUP OF COMICS AND ) LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT ONE SCHEDULED FOR THE TH OF /CTOBER

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0AUL #OOK 9OU HAVE PLAYED .ORWICH 7ATER FRONT AND .ORWICH !RTS #ENTRE BEFORE (OW WAS IT PLAYING SUCH INTIMATE VENUES 9ANNIS 0HILIPPAKIS ) REALLY LIKED THE !RTS #EN TRE THAT WAS GREAT BUT ) DON T REALLY REMEMBER THE .ORWICH 7ATERFRONT ) LOVED THE !RTS #EN TRE GIG WE DID ) LOVE DOING SMALL SHOWS AND WE PLAYED THAT ONE WITH ONE OF OUR FAVOURITE BANDS -ETRONOMY ) LIKE .ORWICH AS WELL IT RE MINDS ME OF /XFORD QUITE A LOT SO IT FEELS PRETTY HOMELY AND STUFF ) LIKE PLAYING ANY VENUE RE ALLY AS LONG AS IT S AT NIGHT INDOORS ) DON T LIKE PLAYING FESTIVALS EARLY IN THE DAY WHEN IT S HOT n OTHER THAN THAT ) LIKE PLAYING ANYWHERE

h7E VE BASICALLY BECOME LIKE A TEN LEGGED ANIMAL n WE RE ALWAYS TOGETHER AND ) THINK WE NEED SOME SEPARATION v 0# !FTER A HECTIC AND THE CURRENT TOUR TAK ING YOU UP UNTIL #HRISTMAS WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR NEXT YEAR n A NEW TOUR OR NEW MATERIAL

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9+ .O NO MORE TOURING WE VE BEEN TOURING FOR LIKE A YEAR AND HALF NOW )N $ECEMBER WE LL JUST GO BACK TO /XFORD AND PROBABLY GO OUR SEP ARATE WAYS FOR A WHILE EACH WRITE SOME SONGS ON OUR OWN AND JUST HAVE SOME TIME TO OURSELVES 7E VE BASICALLY BECOME LIKE A TEN LEGGED ANI MAL n WE RE ALWAYS TOGETHER AND ) THINK WE NEED SOME SEPARATION !FTER #HRISTMAS WE LL START ON THE NEXT ALBUM AND ) M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT BECAUSE WHEN YOU RE ON TOUR YOU DON T

REALLY l ND TIME TO WRITE ANYTHING AND ) M EX CITED ABOUT STARTING ON SOME NEW STUFF ) MEAN

WE VE BEEN PLAYING SOME OF OUR SONGS FOR TWO YEARS NOW AND THAT S NOT HOW MUSIC SHOULD BE OR HOW BANDS SHOULD WORK BUT BECAUSE OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY AND WORKING FOR CERTAIN LABELS YOU GET MADE TO TOUR A LOT 0# 9OU PLAYED NEARLY ALL THE BIG FESTIVALS THIS YEAR DID YOU HAVE A FAVOURITE AND LEAST FAVOUR ITE 9+ -Y FAVOURITES WERE 2EADING AND ,EEDS AND &UJI 2OCK IN 4OKYO AND ,OLLAPALOOZA IN !MER ICA -Y LEAST FAVOURITE WAS PROBABLYx WELL THE

h9OU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED *OHNNY 2OTTEN AND ALL THAT "ASI CALLY IF YOU SAW YOUR FRIEND GETTING PUNCHED IN THE FACE YOU WOULDN T JUST STAND THERE WOULD YOU v WEATHER AT "ESTIVAL WAS JUST UNBELIEVABLE SO BAD AND ALSO ,ATITUDE WASN T GREAT BECAUSE WE WERE SO TIRED BECAUSE WE D COME STRAIGHT FROM 3PAIN 0# 7HAT HAPPENED AT THE FESTIVAL IN "ARCELO NA 9+ 9OU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED *OHNNY 2OTTEN AND ALL THAT BASICALLY IF YOU SAW YOUR FRIEND GETTING PUNCHED IN THE FACE YOU WOULDN T JUST STAND THERE WOULD YOU 3O YEAH THAT S ALL ) HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT

0# 9OU EXPLAINED IN YOUR BLOG HOW CHOOSING THE BANDS TO SUPPORT YOU ON THIS TOUR WAS A LONG AND PAINSTAKING DECISION (OW DID YOU DECIDE UPON -APS !TLASES AND 7ILD "EASTS 9+ 7ELL THEY RE DOING HALF THE TOUR THE OTHER HALF IS BEING DONE BY (OLY &

K AND $ANANAN AYKROYD 4HEY RE JUST BANDS THAT WE LIKE THAT S ALL )T WAS A LENGTHY PROCESS BECAUSE NONE OF US COULD AGREE ON WHO WAS RIGHT BUT BECAUSE %D WIN E MAILS MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE IT WAS KIND OF HIS l NAL DECISION 7HAT A F

G SQUARE /FTEN WHEN YOU RE HEADLINING TOURS YOUR LABEL OR MANAGERS TRY TO GET BANDS THAT WILL BOOST TICK ET SALES AND STUFF BUT WE RE NOT ABOUT THAT REALLY

WE JUST CHOOSE BANDS THAT WE REALLY CARE ABOUT PLUS -APS AND !TLASES HAVE NEVER PLAYED IN THE 5+ BEFORE SO WE REALLY LIKE TO HELP AND ANY KIND OF EXPOSURE WE CAN GIVE TO BANDS IS GREAT 0# !FTER THE SUCCESS OF !NTIDOTES HAVE YOU GOT ANY CONCRETE PLANS TO RECORD YOUR FOLLOW UP AL BUM 9+ 7ELL WE VE COME UP WITH LIKE THIRTY LOOPS FOR THE NEW ALBUM BUT WE NEED TO THEN PUT THOSE DOWN AND CRAFT THEM INTO SONGS WHEN WE GET INTO THE STUDIO 3PENDING TIME APART AND THEN COMING BACK TOGETHER WILL HOPEFULLY HELP EVERY THING CONVERGE AFTER THE #HRISTMAS BREAK 7E RE TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO RECORD THE RECORD IN (A WAII BUT THE MORE WE TALK ABOUT IT THE MORE WE REALISE HOW DIFl CULT THAT COULD BE ) WOULD DEl NITELY LIKE TO DO IT SOMEWHERE WHERE THERE S LOTS OF FRESH PINEAPPLES AND MANGOS AND STUFF AND

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WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT THEY WOULD NOW BE BANGING OUT THEIR FOURTH ALBUM AFTER TOURING THE WORLD GETTING HAIRCUTS AND HEADLINING 'LASTONBURY EARLIER THIS SUMMER !S SHOWN BY THEIR l RST NUMBER ONE HIT IN FACT THEIR l RST TOP TEN THE ADDICTIVE 3EX /N &IRE 4HE &OLLOWILL &OUR HAVE hl GURED OUT THE FORMULAv AND GIVEN THEIR FANS A RATHER

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MAKES FOR A ROUSING THUMPER +INGS OF ,EON MANAGE TO HIT HARDER WITH THEIR NEXT TRACK #RAWL WHICH PROVES REMINISCENT OF THEIR PREVIOUS ALBUM "ECAUSE OF 4IMES 4HEN WE GET TO THE THIRD TRACK 0ROBABLY THE MOST POPULAR JUSTIl CATION FOR BUYING THE ALBUM 3EX /N &IRE 9OU SURELY KNOW HOW IT GOES BY NOW IF NOT SORT IT OUT !ND IF YOU l ND ANYONE WHO HAS HEARD IT AND DOESN T LIKE IT 4HE %VENT WILL EAT IT S METAPHORICAL HAT 2EPETITIVE GUITARS AND RAUNCHY WAILING LYRICS MAKE FOR A RIDICULOUSLY ADDICTIVE SONG $El NITELY A SENSIBLE CHOICE AS THE ALBUM SINGLE 4HE SAME INGREDIENTS ARE FED INTO THE MOUTH OF THE FOURTH SONG 5SE 3OMEBODY 7ITH A MORE PROMINENT DRUM BEAT AND WITH JUST AS MUCH EMOTION AND ENTERTAINMENT AS

THE PREVIOUS THREE TRACKS THE LISTENER IS BOUND TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT THEIR PURCHASE 7HAT S PLEASING IS #ALEB ACTUALLY SEEMS TO GENUINELY FEEL SOME INTRINSIC APPRECIATION OF SOMEONE h9OU KNOW THAT ) COULD USE SOMEBODY LIKE YOUv /NE MIGHT THINK THAT THEY VE BECOME SOPPY IN THEIR MATURITY UNTIL YOU REMIND YOURSELF OF THE PREVIOUS TRACK

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4OWERS /F ,ONDON WERE SUPPOSED TO BE THE RE BIRTH OF PUNK NOISY MESSY AND RUDE (OWEVER LARGELY AS A RESULT OF $ONNY 4OURETTE MAKING A RIGHT PLONKER OF HIMSELF ON h#ELEBRITYv "IG "ROTHER THEY HAVE INSTEAD BECOME SOME THING OF A NATIONAL JOKE AND THIS /ASIS SOUND A LIKE SIN GLE WON T HELP MATTERS 4HEIR NEW ALBUM &IZZY 0OP AND THIS LEAD SINGLE .A KED ON THE $ANCE &LOOR WERE INTENDED TO BE A RELAUNCH A CHANCE FOR THE BAND TO RID THEMSELVES OF THE LABEL OF BE ING hTHATv BAND !ND INCREDIBLY THIS SONG ISN T BAD "UT NOR IS IT PUNK 0OP MAYBE BUT NOT PUNK 4HIS IS A SONG WHICH IF IT WAS RELEASED BY -C&LY MIGHT BE GOOD 4HE CHORUS IS INFECTIOUS THE LYRICS NONSENSICAL THINK ALONG THE LINES OF 3COUTING &OR 'IRLS THE VIDEO LIGHT HEARTED

WHICH MAKES FOR A GREAT SING ALONG )T DOESN T HOWEVER

CHANGE THE FACT THAT 4OWERS /F ,ONDON ARE SELL OUTS PER HAPS THIS IS A DISAPPOINTMENT TO PUNKS NATIONWIDE BUT SOMEHOW WE DOUBT IT 3OMETIMES FUN OFTEN ANNOYING AND .AKED ON THE $ANCE &LOOR IS NOT A SINGLE WHICH WILL BE EARNING 4OWERS /F ,ONDON ANY MUSICAL ACCOLADES ANYTIME SOON

/KAY SO THEY RE NOT THE COOLEST BAND EVER "UT 4HE *O NAS "ROTHERS NEW RELEASE "URNIN 5P IS A REASONABLY GOOD ATTEMPT AT ASCENDING THE SLIPPERY SLOPE TO 5 + POP STARDOM ! CATCHY OPENING RHYTHM INESCAPABLY DRAWS YOU INTO A MILDLY REPETITIVE l RST VERSE !ND THEN THE CHORUS COMES !ND GOES NOWHERE .O MAJOR HOOK

NO REAL VERSE CHORUS DIFFERENTIATION JUST SLIGHTLY FASTER SINGING 4HE REST OF THE SONG PROCEEDS SIMILARLY WITH THE BAND TRYING TO MAKE THE PRETTY DIRE LYRICS MORE IN TERESTING BY INTERJECTING WHAT SEEMS TO BE THE STANDARD CRED GIVER TO RECENT POP SONGS A FEW LINES FROM A RAP PER $ESPITE THE CHORUS NOT REALLY WORKING THE TUNE DOES STICK IN YOUR HEAD FOR HOURS AND YOU WILL l ND YOURSELF WALKING TOWARDS THE "AR HUMMING THAT PESKY RHYTHMx 3O DESPITE THE SONG S FAILINGS THE HUGELY COMMERCIAL NATURE OF THIS BAND AND THE QUESTIONABLE LYRICS @"ABY

YOU TURN THE TEMPERATURE HOTTER @#OS ) M BURNIN UP DON T REALLY l T WITH THEIR WHOLESOME %VANGELICAL IM AGE THIS IS A FAIR ENOUGH TUNE !ND DON T DOUBT FOR A SECOND THAT WITH THE FULL MIGHT OF $ISNEY BEHIND THEM

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3OMETHING 'OOD ORGANISER 'RACE $ENTON WRITES ABOUT .ORWICH S MOST INTRIGUING NEW EVENT 3OMETHING 'OOD WAS CONCEIVED BY MYSELF AND ENCOURAGED

BY MY FRIEND -ATTHEW IN -AY 'OOD THINGS ARE NOW HAPPENING ON A FAIRLY REGULAR BASIS IN $RAGON (ALL UNDER THIS TITLE $* THE l NEST .ORWICH $* WHO SPINS HIS DISCS ON BEAUTIFUL GRAMOPHONES AND SPURNS THE MODERN AGE IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE PROCESS HOSTING EACH EVENT WITH HIS DAPPER TONES AND ENSURING EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT S HAPPENING "ANDS THAT HAVE PLAYED SO FAR ARE THE TEA TOAST BAND 4HE -OUNTAIN 0ARADE

*AM ON "READ -AT 2IVIERE 4HE -IDDLE /NES 4HE -ADRIGALS

3AM *AMES (ILL 4HE /WL "OX /NE#HIP0OTATO AND THE 4RAN SCENDENTAL 7ATER -USICIANS 4HE 3HRIEKING 6IOLETS AND %D MUND #OTTAM 4HE EVENTS AIM TO BE AS INCLUSIVE AS POSSIBLE TO BRING PEOPLE WHO MAY BE INTIMIDATED BY A LIVE MUSIC EVENT INTO A COMFORTABLE SPACE AND TO BRING BANDS TOGETHER WHO MAY NOT USUALLY l ND THEMSELVES PLAYING IN SUCH AN UNUSUAL VENUE 4HE MEDIEVAL HALL MAKES EVERY SOUND LARGE AND ROUND AND EACH NOTE SOARS TO THE RAFTERS !T THESE EVENTS WE ALWAYS TRY TO PRO VIDE A WELCOMING SPACE WE HAVE SERVED FREE TEA AND TOAST IN HONOUR OF THE TEA TOAST BAND AND ALWAYS PROVIDE BLANKETS

RUGS AND CUSHIONS FOR PEOPLE TO SIT ON 4HE PLAN FOR NEXT TIME IS TO HAVE FREE CAKE AND HOME MADE ICED GINGER TEA 4HE NEXT 3OMETHING 'OOD IS IN FACT THIS VERY WEEK ON 4HURSDAY TH /CTOBER )T WILL INCLUDE THE BEST .ORWICH BAND "AMBI 'ET /VER )T PLAYING A QUIETER THAN USUAL SET 4HE (EN RY "ROTHERS #HARACTERS &ROM "OOKS AND &RANK EACH PLAYING THEIR OWN DIFFERENT TAKES ON FOLK AND 4ONY (ALL WHO DRAWS THE CARTOONS FOR THE %$0 PLAYING TUNES ON HIS MELODEON AND WEAVING SOME MAGIC ,OOK OUT FOR OUR HAND MADE GLITTERY POSTERS AND SIMPLE HAND WRITTEN m YERS AROUND CAMPUS 4HERE ARE ALSO EXCITING THINGS TO LOOK TO IN THE FUTURE )SH -ARQUEZ TOURING "RITAIN WILL BE STOPPING OFF IN .ORWICH

AND WILL BE HOSTED BY 3OMETHING 'OOD HIS BAND WILL CONSIST OF 3TANLEY "RINKS FORMERLY !NDRE (ERMAN $UNE AND $AVE "EAUCHAMP DRUMMER DAVE OF *EFF ,EWIS BAND FAME 4HEY WILL PLAY IN THE CRYPT ROOM BELOW 4AKE ON .OVEMBER TH 4HERE S ALSO A CHILDREN S 3OMETHING 'OOD TAKING PLACE DURING THE DAYTIME ON THE TH .OVEMBER IN $RAGON (ALL WHICH WILL INCLUDE LIVE MUSIC WORKSHOPS CREATIVE STUFF AND DRESSING UP 9OU CAN COME AND GET YOUR FACE PAINTED EVEN IF YOU AREN T A CHILD 4HE NAME 3OMETHING 'OOD WAS CHOSEN TO IMPLY THAT WHATEVER EVENT WE PUT ON WE WILL ENSURE THAT SOMEONE HAS A GOOD TIME WHETHER A CHILD A PROPER FOLKIE OR A DIE HARD ANTI FOLK FAN 7E HOPE TO MAKE GOOD PEOPLE AND GOOD MUSIC AND GOOD TIMES COINCIDE MORE REGULARLY IN .ORWICH &OR MORE INFORMATION ON THE EVENTS THEMSELVES THE IDEAS BE HIND THEM AND THE FUTURE PLANS FOR 3OMETHING 'OOD YOU CAN VISIT WWW MYSPACE COM YOUKNOWTHATSOMETHINGGOODISGOINGTOHAPPEN

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3PRIGHTLY INDIE POP l VE PIECE 4HE 3PINTO "AND ARE APPAR ENTLY FOND OF MASK COMPETITIONS 4HEY ARE ALSO BACK WITH NEW ALBUM -OONWINK 3AM (ILL CAUGHT UP WITH GUITARIST CO VOCALIST .ICK +RILL BEFORE THEIR SHOW AT THE .ORWICH !RTS #ENTRE AND QUIZZED HIM ON ALL THINGS 3PINTO TWINKLE AND THE HABITS OF %DDIE 6AN (ALENx

3( %VENING .ICK (OW HAS THE TOUR BEEN GOING SO FAR .+ 'REAT ACTUALLY "EEN A BLAST AND IT S ONLY A WEEK ALMOST SINCE WE GOT HERE IN %UROPE 3( (OW LONG HAS IT BEEN SINCE YOU WERE IN %UROPE LAST THEN .+ 4WO YEARS 7E VE JUST BEEN TOURING IN !MERICA AND THEN PRETTY MUCH RECORDING THE NEW ALBUM .ICE TO BE BACK IN .ORWICH 3( 9OU VE BEEN IN .ORWICH BEFORE .+ 9EAH WE PLAYED THE !RTS #ENTRE BEFORE )T S AWESOME )T S LIKE ONE OF OUR FAVOURITE VENUES TO PLAY )T S A GREAT LITTLE COMPLEX ,OOKING FORWARD TO IT 3( !NY STRANGE TOUR REQUESTS BEFORE YOU GET STARTED %DDIE 6AN (ALEN USED TO HAVE A BOWL OF JUST ORANGE - - S

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.+ 7E HAVE THE SAME 4HERE ARE A LOT OF MUSICAL SIMILARI TIES LAUGHS .OT REALLY 7E DON T REALLY HAVE ANY WEIRD RE QUESTS NOWADAYS 7E DO HAVE SURPRISE ALCOHOL ON OUR RIDER THOUGH 3( 3URPRISE ALCOHOL .+ 9EAH SOMEONE JUST BRINGS IT OUT )N &RANCE WE GOT THIS STUFF THAT WAS TO REPLACE !BSINTHE WHEN !BSINTHE WAS MADE ILLEGAL ) FORGET WHAT IT S CALLED ) DRINK IT IN THE SAME WAY ) REALLY LIKE IT ) SUPPOSE IT HELPS IF YOU REALLY LIKE LIQUORICE 4ONIGHT WE VE GOT THIS VODKA FRUIT JUICE PINEAPPLE THING MIXED ALL TOGETHER IN A BOTTLE )T S BRIGHT BABY BLUE 7E LL SEE WHAT THAT DOES LATERx 3( 0LEASED WITH THE NEW ALBUM .+ 9EAH IT S REALLY WHAT WE WANTED TO ACHIEVE )T WAS RE CORDED A LOT DIFFERENTLY FROM THE LAST ALBUM .OT IN DAYS OFF SCHOOL AND ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR 4HIS WE ACTUALLY REHEARSED THE ALBUM FOR SIX MONTHS AND WENT RIGHT INTO A RECORDING STUDIO 7E WERE A LOT MORE FOCUSED ON THE SONGS AND AR RANGEMENTS THAN WE DID BEFORE -E AND 4OM (UGHES BASS IST CO VOCALIST WROTE ALL OUR SONGS BEFORE GOING INTO THE STU DIO AND SET UP THE ARRANGEMENTS AND STUFF IN IT 3( -Y LITTLE COUSIN CALLED YOUR MUSIC hTWINKLYv -ANDOLINS

GLOCKENSPIELS KAZOOS IS TWINKLE PART OF THE 3PINTO SOUND .+ 4WINKLE 9EAH WE ALWAYS LOOK TO DIFFERENT SOUNDS TO PLAY WITH AND MAKE A PART STAND OUT BETTER IN A SONG /UR AP PROACH TO SONGS LENDS ITSELF TO MORE ELABORATE TONES 3OME TIMES WE THINK WHY PLAY IT ON A GUITAR WHEN WE CAN PLAY IT ON A UKULELE )T S FUN TO MESS WITH THAT POP SONG FORM 7E ONLY HAVE THREE FOUR MINUTE SONGS ) LIKE CONCISE MUSIC 3( 9OU VE BEEN LABELLED ECCENTRIC BY SOME &AIR ENOUGH .+ ) SUPPOSE 7HAT IS ECCENTRIC 7HY NOT $O YOU WANT SOME WINE 3( 9ES 4HANK YOU

3TROLLING ON STAGE AND DONNING GUITARS NONCHALANTLY 4HE 3PINTO "AND SUDDENLY CAME BURSTING INTO LIFE WITH A KIND OF ENERGY THAT PUTS OTHERS TO SHAME .EW TRACK AND OPENER 3UMMER 'ROF FROM LATEST ALBUM -OONWINK WAS GIVEN A WHOLE NEW DIMENSION AS THE BAND BEAUTIFULLY HARMONISED JUMPED AND DANCED AROUND THE SLURRED TONES OF .ICK +RILL S VOCAL .EXT SWITCHING TO THE CLIPPED !MERICANA TONES OF BASSIST VOCALIST 4OM (UGHES THE BAND MOVED TO 6IVIAN $ON T ALSO FROM -OONWINK 4HE SWITCH OF VOCAL DUTIES KEEPS THE 3PIN TO S SET ALIVE A TACTIC SHARED BY OTHER ODD ROCKERS "RITISH 3EA 0OWER AND THE FORCE OF CHARACTER ON STAGE IS TRULY FANTASTIC 4HE BAND BLITZ THROUGH TRACKS FROM DEBUT .ICE AND .ICELY $ONE PICKING UP KAZOOS FOR "ROWN "OXES AND TURNING UNEX PECTED HIT SINGLE -ANDY INTO A THRILLING DANCE CLASSIC LEAD ING TO SOME OF THE SCENE TEENS AT THE FRONT TO GET A BIT OVER EXCITED !LL THIS VISUAL AND SONIC BLUSTER CAN JUST ABOUT DIS GUISE THE FACT THAT MANY OF THE 3PINTO S ALBUM TRACKS CAN RUN TOGETHER SOMEWHAT EACH SLIGHTLY SIMILAR TO THE LAST )F THEY CAN SHAKE THINGS UP A BIT FOR THEIR NEXT ALBUM BUT KEEP THE INCENDIARY STAGE PERFORMANCE THEN 4HE 3PINTO "AND HAVE THE CHANCE TO BECOME SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL

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!S THE 4ING 4INGS PLAYED THEIR BRAND OF ELEC TROPOP TO A SOLD OUT ,#2 THE WORDS @4ALK 2UBBISH -AKE 3ENSE WERE PROJECTED ONTO THE SCREEN BEHIND THE BAND 4HIS STATEMENT ENCAPSULATES ALL OF WHAT THE 4ING 4INGS ARE AND COULD BE 4HERE IS A LEVEL OF RUBBISH A THROWAWAY POP RHYTHM TO ALL OF THE SONGS ON THEIR HIT ALBUM 7E 3TARTED .OTHING YET THEIR LIVE PERFORMANCE SHOWED HOW MUCH SENSE THIS DUO CAN MAKE 4HE SUPPORT ACT &IGHT ,IKE !PES CAME OUT WITH A BANG LITERALLY HAMMERING SPADES ONTO THE CROWD BARRIER 4HEIR MANIC ELECTRO INFUSED SOUND HEADED

BY A SCREECHING VOICE REMINISCENT OF "E 9OUR /WN 0ET OPENED THE GIG UP COMPLETELY

BLASTING THROUGH A HUSHED ATMOSPHERE AND READYING THE CROWD FOR WHAT WAS TO COME FROM THE MAIN EVENT 4HOSE EXPECTING THE 4ING 4INGS TO PERFORM A SIMPLE RUN THROUGH OF THE ALBUM WERE PROVEN WRONG AS THE SET DEMONSTRATED THE MUSICAL ABILITY THE BAND HAVE WHEN PERFORMING LIVE PLAYING LONGER

MORE LAYERED VERSIONS OF EVERY SONG WITH THE USE OF LOOPED KEYBOARD DRUM BEATS AND

BASS LINES 4HEIR OPENER 7E 7ALK IS ONE OF THE SLOWER SONGS ON THE ALBUM AND TO BEGIN WITH SEEMED LIKE AN ODD CHOICE TO PUMP THE CROWD BUT AS THE SONG BUILT UP IT TOOK A ON A DIFFERENT DIMENSION THAT CAUGHT THE AUDI ENCE S ATTENTION 4HE THEME CONTINUED WITH THE SONG 'REAT $* WHICH LIVE WAS MORE GUI TAR DRIVEN THAN THE ALBUM VERSION AND REALLY GOT THE CROWD GOING )T SEEMED LIKE THE BAND TOOK WHAT THEY RELEASED ON THE ALBUM S BASIC BEATS AND CREATED A SET LIST WHERE THEY EXPERI MENT AND PUSH THE BOUNDARIES OF THEIR OWN SOUND 4HE STANDOUT SONG WAS THE TITLE TRACK 7E 3TARTED .OTHING WHICH WAS RECREATED AND GIVEN AN ENERGY AND LIFE LIVE THAT WAS SOME THING ELSE 4HE OBLIGATORY CURTAIN CLOSER OF 4HAT S .OT -Y .AME WAS RELATIVELY UNTOUCHED

BUT BEING A MASSIVE CROWD PLEASER THEY CAN HARDLY BE BLAMED FOR THAT !LL IN ALL THIS GIG WAS A REAL SHOWCASE OF WHAT THE BAND CAN DO

AND PROVED THEY MAKE FAR MORE SENSE THAN RUBBISH #HRIS "ULLOCK

&INALLY A BAND WORTHY OF SHEDDING SOME MUCH NEEDED SHADE ONTO THE NEO TECHNI COLOUR GLOW OF RECENTLY SUCCESSFUL @INDIE ACTS 4HIS IS THE CASE IF YOU BELIEVE THE NOW EXPECTED PRE ALBUM HYPE OF ANY BAND THAT CONTAINS ANY ELEMENT OF DIVERSITY GRANTED

BY A BLOOD THIRSTY AND RUTHLESS MAINSTREAM MUSIC PRESS 5NFORTUNATELY HOWEVER 7HITE ,IES MANAGED TO FALL JUST SHORT OF THIS PROC LAMATION AT THE !RTS #ENTRE THIS 7EDNESDAY WITH THEIR STATIC AWKWARD AND SHORT SET (ARRY -C6EIGH S GANG OF GLOOMERS CERTAIN LY GIVE THE IMPRESSION OF A CONTEMPORARY EQUIVALENT OF THE HIGHLY COMPARABLE *OY $IVISION OR %CHO AND 4HE "UNNYMEN "UT THEIR SINISTER BLACK UNIFORM PUDDING BOWL HAIRCUTS AND UNINTERESTED DEMEANOUR AP PEAR TO BE A LAZY ATTEMPT AT CONVEYING AN IMAGE RATHER THAN ALLOWING THE MUSIC TO SPEAK FOR ITSELF 4HIS SEEMS TO BE THE CASE WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE BAND S RECENT HIS TORY &ORMED IN 7HITE ,IES MADE A SMOOTH TRANSITION FROM &EAR OF &LYING THEIR PREVIOUS ACT &EAR OF &LYING FUNDAMENTALLY WERE A 4OPMAN CLAD BALLADY POP ACT WHO ADOPTED THE KIND OF $AY 'LO ATTIRE WORN

BY BANDS SUCH AS ,ATE OF 4HE 0IER 5NFOR TUNATELY THEIR LIVE SHOW DID THEM LITTLE FA VOURS IN ANY ATTEMPT FOR REDEMPTION 4HE l RST FEW EXAMPLES OF SONGS EXPECTED TO BE ON THE EAGERLY ANTICIPATED NEW ALBUM DUE FOR RELEASE IN EARLY BLUSTERED THROUGH UNCOMFORTABLY WITH SINGLE 5Nl NISHED "USI NESS STANDING OUT AMONGST AN ARRAY OF WHAT APPEARED TO BE A CATALOGUE OF )NTERPOL " SIDES 7HAT SEEMED TO BE A POWER FAILURE AT

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THE MIDPOINT OF THEIR SET COUPLED WITH AN ISSUE SURROUNDING DRUMMER *ACK "ROWN S KICK DRUM PEDAL HALTED ANY MOMENTUM 7HITE ,IES WERE ATTEMPTING TO CREATE AL LOWING FOR BASSIST #HARLES #LAVE TO DECLARE h'OD F

ING HATES US v 4HE SECOND HALF OF THE SET SAW THE BAND RELAX AND EASE OUT 5 ESQUE POWER ROCK THAT MOTIVATED THE CROWD INTO A FEW CLAP ALONG HANDS IN THE AIR MO MENTS 4HE END AND PINNACLE OF THEIR SET CAME WITH THE ARRIVAL OF LATEST SINGLE $EATH

A DRIVING DANCEY AND SURPRISINGLY UPBEAT OFFERING THAT EASILY COULD BE AN %DITORS SIN GLE 4HE ISSUE WITH 7HITE ,IES IS THAT THEY ARE DISTINCTLY AVERAGE !LTHOUGH THE MUSIC IS INARGUABLY GOOD THEY ARE NOT THE SAV IOURS OF POST PUNK GLOOM THAT THE MUSIC INDUSTRY HAS LABELLED THEM *AMES (ALLING

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3OUTH 7ALES ROCK OUTl T 4HE "LACKOUT RETURNED TO THE .ORWICH 7ATERFRONT JUST SEVEN MONTHS AFTER LAST PLAYING $EAN (OOPER CAUGHT UP WITH VOCAL IST 'AV AND DRUMMER 3NOZ WHILST THEY WERE HANGING OUT ON THE TOUR BUS $ (I GUYS 4HANKS FOR COMING BACK TO .ORWICH SO SOON ' .O PROBLEM )T S A GOOD SCENE THEY GOT HERE $ .ORWICH WASN T ON THE ORIGINAL TOUR LIST THOUGH 3 !PPARENTLY OUR TOUR MANAGER WAS TRYING TO GET A SHOW BUT WE COULDN T l T IT IN 4HEN OUR %UROPEAN TOUR l N ISHED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER AND THE DATE BECAME FREE $ 3O YOU VE JUST GOT BACK FROM %U ROPE ' 9EAH "ELGIUM WAS THE LAST ONE

AND WE ALSO PLAYED !USTRIA 3WITZER LAND )TALY 'ERMANY AND (OLLAND $ 4HE SUPPORT IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT TONIGHT ' 4HAT WAS BECAUSE OF THE LATE SCHED ULING &ROM &IRST TO ,AST AREN T m YING IN UNTIL TOMORROW SO THEY OBVIOUSLY COULDN T PLAY TONIGHT $ 'O !UDIO WERE THE SUPPORT ON

THE LAST TOUR AND NOW THEY HAVE A GROWING FOLLOWING THEMSELVES ' 7E WERE GUTTED THAT THEY COULDN T PLAY THE WHOLE TOUR LAST TIME BECAUSE THE SINGER F

D UP HIS KNEE )T S GOOD TO SEE THEM DOING WELL $ !RE YOU RELEASING ANY MORE SIN GLES OFF 7E !RE 4HE $YNAMITE ' .O THAT S IT FOR NOW 7E ARE BUSY WRITING FOR THE NEXT ALBUM AND WE HOPE TO START RECORDING IT IN $ECEM BER 3 7E VE GOT TEN NEW SONGS AND SOME OF THEM ARE THE HEAVIEST WE VE EVER WRITTEN TWO OR THREE MAKE US SOUND LIKE A HARDCORE BAND AND SOME OF THE OTHERS ARE LIKE THE MOST POPPY MELLOW STUFF WE VE EVER WRITTEN $ 7HAT WAS IT LIKE TO COLLABORATE WITH ,OSTPROPHETS ' 4HE BAND AND )AN WERE DEl NITELY AN INSPIRATION ON US 4O SEE A BAND MILES DOWN THE ROAD DO WELL GIVES YOU THE SELF BELIEF $ 7HO GETS TOP BUNK ON THE TOUR BUS ' ) D RATHER THE BOTTOM BUNK BE CAUSE ) CAN COLLAPSE ONTO IT WHEN DRUNK STOP DROP AND ROLL 3 !ND ) DON T DRINK SO ) JUST SORT OF CLAMBER IN 4HERE ARE THREE BEDS IN

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) D GROW UP TO BE A 4HE ,EFT (ANDED 'UN AND "UTCH #AS SIDY FROM "UTCH #ASSIDY AND THE 3UN DANCE +ID .EWMAN ALSO PROVIDED THE VOICE OF $OC #ASSIDY IN THE MULTI AWARD WINNING $ISNEY 0IXAR ANIMATION #ARS IN EXHIBITING

HIS TALENTS TO A WHOLE NEW GENERA TION OF CINEMA GOERS 4HIS WAS TO BE HIS l NAL BIG RELEASE AS .EWMAN S HEALTH BEGAN TO DETERIORATE AND A FORMAL RETIREMENT WAS ANNOUNCED IN THE SPRING OF

HERO h "UTCH #ASSIDY CESS OF MILLION .EWMAN S FAN BASE HAS BEEN HIT HARD BY THE NEWS OF THEIR HERO S

DEATH AND INTERNET FORUMS ARE AWASH WITH MESSAGES OF CONDOLENCES TO HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN -ANY FANS ARGUE THAT TO CALL .EWMAN A @CELEBRITY IS AN INSULT TO HIS MEMORY AS THE STAR HAD TRULY HOPED THAT HE COULD CHANGE THE WORLD FOR THE BETTER 7HATEVER YOUR VIEWS ON THE IDEA OF CELEBRITY HOWEVER IT IS CLEAR THAT 0AUL .EWMAN S DEATH HAS LEFT A BIG HOLE THE l LM INDUSTRY AS ONE OF !MERICA S MOST PHILANTHROPIC STARS 'EMMA (ENZLEY

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Righteous Kill

Dir: Paul W. S Anderson Release Date: 26/09

Dir: Jon Avnet Release Date: 25/09

$IRECTOR 4ERRENCE -ALICK IS SET TO RELEASE HIS NEW l LM 4HE 4REE OF ,IFE NEXT YEAR 7ITH FOUR YEARS SINCE HIS LAST l LM 4HE .EW 7ORLD

THE l LM HAS ALREADY GENERATED A LOT OF BUZZ AND EVEN MORE EXCIT ING IS THE l LM S CAST OF "RAD 0ITT AND 3EAN 0ENN 3ET IN $EATH 2ACE CENTRES ON *ENSEN !MES *ASON 3TRATHAM AN EX .!3#!2 RACER FRAMED FOR THE MURDER OF HIS WIFE !MES IS INCAR CERATED IN 4ERMINAL )SLAND A FOR PROl T PRISON HOUSING SOME OF THE WORST CRIMINALS IN !MERICA (E IS THEN FORCED BY THE 7ARDEN *OAN !LLEN TO TAKE PART IN THE BRUTAL @$EATH 2ACE A KILL OR BE KILLED COMPETITION WHERE THE WINNER OF l VE RACES IS SET FREE /NE LINE IN THIS l LM PRETTY MUCH SUMS IT UP h)T S ALL ABOUT RATINGS FAST CARS PRETTY WOMENv 4HE PLOT IS COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS

THE DIALOGUE STILTED AND THE RACES ARE LAUGHABLY LIKE A LATE NINETIES VIDEO GAME 4HERE ARE HOWEVER A FEW SAVING GRACES 3URPRISINGLY A COUPLE OF GOOD ONE LINERS ARE WRIT TEN INTO THE DRAB SCRIPT MAKING IT GOOD FOR A FEW LAUGHS !LSO THE ACTION IS IF BIZARRE PRETTY ENJOY ABLE )T S A ONE DIMENSIONAL l LM

BUT PULLS BACK FROM THE BRINK OF BEING MIND NUMBING 4OM &URBY

I’ve Loved You So Long Dir: Philippe Claudel Release Date: 26/09

4HE l LM BEGINS WITH SHOTS OF *U LIETTE S +RISTEN 3COTT 4HOMAS FACE

STRIPPED OF MAKE UP GREY SKINNED

DARK EYED AND SMOKING 3HE LOOKS AS THOUGH SHE HAS SPENT YEARS LOCKED UP IN PRISON WHICH SHE HAS 4HE &RENCH l LM WITH %NGLISH SUBTITLES FOLLOWS *ULIETTE S LIFE WITH HER SISTER ,EA %LSA :YLBERSTEIN

AFTER PRISON 4HE CONCOCTION OF A REKINDLED SISTERHOOD UNDERLYING SECRETS SHOCKING TRUTHS AND AN EX CONVICT S AWKWARD BREAK INTO SOCI ETY BECOME A RECIPE FOR A GRIPPING MOVIE

4HE STEADILY REVEALING AND CON TROLLED PACE OF THE NARRATIVE MIR RORS *ULIETTE S COMPOSURE FEEDING THE VIEWER WITH SUSPENSE THE NEED TO KNOW WHY SHE WAS ARRESTED

AND WHAT MADE HER DO WHAT SHE DID 7ITH l VE STAR PERFORMANCES ALL ROUND AND AN UNSETTLING PLOT

#LAUDEL DELIVERS A COMMERCIALLY VIABLE AND INTELLIGENT DEBUT WHICH HAS ALREADY WON TWO WELL DESERVED AWARDS AT THE "ERLIN &ILM &ESTIVAL &LORENCE 3TIFF

-OVIE CRITICS AND AUDIENCE ALIKE WERE WAITING WITH BAITED BREATH THIS WEEK AS TWO (OLLYWOOD LEGENDS !L 0ACINO AND 2OBERT $E .IRO ONCE AGAIN TEAMED UP FOR NEW CRIME THRILLER 2IGHTEOUS +ILL $IRECTED BY *ON !VNET THE l LM FOLLOWS THE STORY OF LONG TIME POLICE PARTNERS 4URK $E .IRO AND 2OOSTER 0ACINO AS THEY INVESTIGATE A SERIES OF BRUTAL KILLINGS SEEMINGLY TARGETED AT CRIMI NALS 4HE STARS BOTH GIVE SOLID PERFORM ANCES WITHOUT NECESSARILY STRETCHING THEMSELVES WHILE THE INCONTESTABLE CHEMISTRY THAT MADE S (EAT

SUCH A CLASSIC IS APPARENT )N SPITE OF THIS THERE IS THE CONSTANT FEELING WHILE WATCHING THAT WITH A MESSY SCRIPT AND A LACK OF THRILLS A MORE EPIC OUTING FOR THE ONCE GREAT DUO WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE SATISFYING .EVERTHELESS JUDGING BY THE IN TEREST SURROUNDING THE l LM AND ITS SITUATION IN THE 53! BOX OFl CE CHART

THESE STARS STILL RETAIN THE POWER THEY ONCE HAD ONE OF THE ONLY ELEMENTS LIFTING THIS FROM JUST BEING A BY THE NUMBERS CRIME MOVIE #AROLINE 0REECE

How to Lose Friends and Alienate People Dir: Robert B. Weide Release Date: 3/10

2OBERT " 7EIDE S PURPOSELY KNOW ING l LM ADAPTED FROM A BOOK BY 4OBY 9OUNG SEES 3IMON 0EGG PLAY A MISl T "RIT ATTEMPTING TO INl LTRATE THE (OLLYWOOD GLITTERATI BY POSING AS AN INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST 4HE SITUATION OF ATTEMPTING TO EXPLORE THE VACUOUS PERSONALITIES BEHIND THE GLITZ OF SHOWBIZ IS ONE THAT IS RIPE FOR COMEDIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE PICTURE PROMISES MUCH IN THE OPENING FEW SCENES 7HILST 0EGG IS AT TIMES ENGAGING AS 3IDNEY 9OUNG AND -AX -INGHEL LA FEATURES IN A VERY FUNNY CAMEO ROLE THIS PICTURE IS A LITTLE TOO SELF

CONSCIOUS 7EIDE S ERRATIC DIRECTION MEANS THE l LM IS NOT AN EFFECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF SOME VERY DISPARATE PARTS AS THE l LM IS AT TURNS FUNNY AND SOPHISTICATED BUT ALSO CRUDE

LEWD AND OCCASIONALLY DISGUSTING )T S AN ODD MIX AND FEELS LIKE AN ADULT DRAMA AND A GROSS OUT TEEN COMEDY FUSED UNEASILY TOGETHER 4HE l LM IS PARTIALLY SAVED HOWEVER

BY SOME FUNNY SET PIECES THAT MAKE THE MOST OF 0EGG S COMEDIC TALENT 'EORGE 'ILBERT

!FTER +UNG &U 0ANDA GROSSED MILLION AT THE INTERNATIONAL BOX OFl CE IT S HARDLY SURPRISING THAT $REAMWORKS WOULDN T PASS UP THE OPPORTUNITY OF A SEQUEL 3O IN +UNG &U 0ANDA WILL GRACE OUR SCREENS WITH NOT ONLY THE RE TURNING VOCALS OF *ACK "LACK AND !NGELINA *OLIE BUT ALSO POSSIBLY

THAT OF 3ETH 2OGEN *ACKIE #HAN AND $USTIN (OFFMAN JOINING THE MERRY MENAGERIE

4HE l LM WORLD WILL BE EXCITED BY THE PROSPECT THAT -ARTIN 3CORSESE AND 2OBERT $E .IRO ARE UNITED ONCE AGAIN TO ADAPT h) (EARD 9OU 0AINT (OUSESv 3CORSESE IS SET TO DIRECT THE PIC TURE WHICH WILL STAR HIS LONG TIME COLLABORATOR $E .IRO )T INVOLVES A MOB STORY OF AN ASSASSIN BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN IN VOLVED IN THE DEATH OF MOB BOSS *IMMY (OFFA .OTHING LIKE STICKING TO WHAT YOU ARE GOOD AT EH GUYS (OPEFUL LY THE RESULT WILL BE UP THERE WITH 4AXI $RIVER 'OODFELLAS ET AL

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DVD Releases Zo-­ diac:

:ODIAC FOLLOWS THE SELF DESTRUCTIVE PATH OF TWO 3AN &RANCISCO HACKS *AKE 'YLLENHAAL AND 2OBERT $OWNEY *R AND A DETACHED COP -ARK 2UFFALO WHO BECOME OBSESSED WITH THEIR QUEST TO TRACE ONE OF !MERICA S MOST NOTORIOUS SERIAL KILLERS 4HE LABYRINTHINE PLOT OF RED HERRINGS ALLOWS THE AUDIENCE TO EMPATHISE WITH THE FRUSTRATION OF ALL THREE CHARACTERS !S A RE SULT THIS UNDERSCORES THE NOIRISH THRILLER UNDERTONES THAT THE DIRECTOR &INCHER DAB BLED WITH IN 3EVEN (OWEVER &INCHER SHOWS IMMENSE METHOD IN HIS MADNESS FROM HIS MURKY CITYSCAPES OF URBAN DECAY TO DE SPOILING THE IMAGE OF COSY !MERICANA

Mongol Di-­

4HE ALMOST LYRICAL CAMERAWORK AND MOODY LIGHTING ACCENTUATES THE CHARACTERS DOWNFALL AS THEIR HUNT GRADUALLY RUINS THEIR PERSONAL LIVES :ODIAC IS QUITE CLEARLY A LABOUR OF LOVE FOR &INCHER DESPITE ITS LENGTH WHICH BOR DERS ON DESCENDING INTO TEDIUM AT TIMES 7HAT PERMEATES THROUGHOUT THE l LM

HOWEVER IS A CONSTANT SENSE OF &INCHER TEARING AWAY AT THE TRADITIONAL IMAGE OF !MERICA S SUPERIOR MORALITY 7ILL (EPPA

Dir. Sergei Bodrov Release date: 29/9/08

3ERGEI "ODROV BEST KNOWN FOR HIS AWARD WIN NING MOVIE ! 0RISONER /F 4HE -OUNTAINS HAS EXCELLED HIMSELF IN -ONGOL 4HROUGH A COM BINATION OF STUNNING LANDSCAPES IMMENSE BATTLES AND AN EPIC LOVE STORY HE BRINGS TO LIFE THE LEGENDARY 'ENGHIS +HAN 4HIS HOWEVER IS NOT THE BRUTAL AND BARBARIC CONQUEROR DEPICTED IN THE HISTORY BOOKS 4HIS IS THE STORY OF THE YOUNG 4EMUDG IN AND HIS RISE TO POWER AS THE +HAN 4HIS IS A DARK l LM WITH NO PUNCHES PULLED IN THE BATTLE SCENES BUT THIS IS BAL ANCED BY THE VERY HUMAN PORTRAYAL OF 4EMUDGIN 4ADANOBU !SANO AS A HUSBAND

A FATHER AND A LEADER

&ANS OF EPICS SUCH AS ,ORD OF THE 2INGS WILL l ND A SPARK OF INTEREST IN THE l LM S ROOTS IN THE REAL WORLD AND THOSE WHO PREFER THE AC TION ADVENTURE OF WILL l ND SATISFACTION IN THE GRITTY REALISM OF 4EMUDGIN S WAR "EAUTIFUL IN IT S CINEMATOGRAPHY AND EX CITING IN IT S PLOT THIS IS A MUST SEE FOR LOVERS OF THE FANTASY ACTION ADVENTURE GENRE

4OM &URBY

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4HE RELEASE OF INCREASINGLY VIOLENT HORROR l LMS HAS CALLED INTO QUESTION THE ROLE OF THE HORROR GENRE %XAMINING THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE HORROR GENRE SINCE THE ADVENT OF THE @VIDEO NASTY IN THE S AND S !DAM 3CALES EXPLORES THE UNIQUE PLACE THAT HORROR OCCUPIES IN MODERN CINEMAx

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HIS DEBATE IS BY NO MEANS AN ACADEMIC INSIGHT INTO THE BOUNDARIES OF THE HORROR GENRE BUT MERELY A PER SONAL INSIGHT INTO A l ELD THAT HAS BEEN OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO MANY OVER THE YEARS 7HY DO AU DIENCES GO TO VIEW A HORROR l LM 7HY DO WE ENJOY THE FRIGHT SUS PENSE AND TERROR THAT THE GENRE INm ICTS UPON US )SN T IT TRUE THAT THE CINEMATIC EXPERIENCE IS EM PLOYED TO ESCAPE THE HARSH REALI TIES OF OUR SOCIETY NOT TO ENGAGE FURTHER IN THEM %XPLORING SUCH DEBATES IS A WORTHWHILE STARTING POINT IN AN EXPLORATION OF THE HORROR GENRE

BREAK HIM FREE 4HIS PARTICULAR EXAMPLE CON NOTATED A PHILOSOPHY OF RELI GIOUS INm UENCE #ONTEMPORARY ISSUES OF RELIGIOUS CONm ICTS AND FAITHS ARE SYMBOLISED BY THE CROSS !NDY IS KILLED ON AND THIS IS EXPLOITED BY THE l LM AS A PRO TEST FOR CHANGE 7HILST IT IS IMPORTANT NOT

h %VEN THOUGH THE CONTEMPORARY HOR ROR OVERSTATES THIS WITH THE OVERLOAD OF

h )SN T IT TRUE THAT THE CINEMATIC EXPE RIENCE IS EMPLOYED TO ESCAPE THE HARSH REALITIES OF OUR SO CIETY NOT TO ENGAGE FURTHER IN THEM v )T IS WITHOUT DOUBT THAT THE HORROR GENRE ABOVE ALL GENRES

INTEGRATES EXPLICIT SOCIAL IDE OLOGIES WITHIN ITS NARRATIVE AND ICONOGRAPHY IN AN ATTEMPT TO @SHOCK THE AUDIENCE INTO THE RE ALITIES OF OUR CULTURE IN A PROTEST FOR UNIVERSAL CHANGE 4HE SLASH ER l LM IN PARTICULAR FROM THE S AND S EXPLORED ISSUES OF SEX DRUGS CORRUPTION AND ALCO HOLISM BY CONSTRUCTING A REPETI TIVE NARRATIVE STRUCTURE THAT WE COULD IDENTIFY WITH 4EENS WENT TO A SUMMER CAMP ENGAGED IN THESE ACTIVITIES AND THEN WERE KILLED OFF 4HIS IDENTIl CATION IS HEIGHT ENED BY FAMILIARITIES SUCH AS CALENDAR DATES &RIDAY THE TH

OR HOLIDAYS (ALLOWEEN OR EVEN SCHOOL EVENTS 0ROM .IGHT IN AN EFFORT TO DRAW OUR EXPERIENCES AND OUR MINDS INTO THE l LM TO ENGAGE

VIOLENCE AND GORE

US IN AN ACT OF SOCIAL REm ECTIVITY WHERE WE THINK h) HAVE BEEN TO THIS EVENTv OR hTHANK 'OD THIS IS NOT MEv WHEN IN FACT IT IS OUR VERY SOCIETY THAT IS BEING DIS PLAYED )T COULD BE ARGUED THEN THAT OUR SOCIAL LIVES AND CULTURAL OUTLOOK IS BEING MODIl ED BY THE HORROR l LM WITHOUT US EVEN REALISING THE TRANSFORMATION IS IMPENDING %VEN THOUGH THE PARTICULAR SUB GENRE OF @SLASH ER MAY RAISE SOCIAL

CONCERNS

WHERE DOES THE CONTEM PORARY HOR ROR STAND )S 3AW OR (OSTEL

STILL A WORTHY ART FORM IN TERMS OF SOCIAL REm ECTIVITY 4HE MODERN HORROR

BY DEl NITION WILL OFTEN TRY TO BE MORE PHILOSOPHICAL BY EVEN INTRODUCING RELATIVELY NEW SUB GENRES SUCH AS THE @PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR THAT MAINTAIN OUR EN GAGEMENT THAT WAS ABSENT AFTER THE DEMISE OF THE SLASHER l LM )F WE ANALYSE 3AW FOR EXAM PLE THIS IS NOT A @STRAIGHT UP GORE FEAST )T EXPLOITS A STATIC NARRATIVE OF KIDNAPPING AND PSYCHOLOGI CAL TORTURE ALLOWING US TO META PHORICALLY @GET INSIDE THE MINDS OF CHARACTERS AND VILLAINS IN DI RECT CONTRAST TO THE MORE PHYSI CAL NATURE OF THE SLASHER l LM 4HE CONTEMPORARY HORROR THEN USES COMPLICATED SYSTEMS OF THE INTERNAL BODY AND THE MIND

NOT ONLY TO APPEAL TO INTEL LECTUAL READERS BUT ALSO TO EXPRESS ITS IDEOLOGY IN AN INNOVATIVE WAY MAIN TAINING OUR INTEREST AND THEREFORE SOCIAL OUTLOOK ON A GENRE THAT HAS THE ABILITY TO ACHIEVE THIS )T MAY APPEAR TO BE A STRAIGHTFORWARD IDEA

BUT DON T THE NUMEROUS HORROR REMAKES THAT HAVE INVADED OUR SCREENS SUP PORT CLAIMS THAT THE GENRE STILL COMMUNICATES A SENSE OF SOCIAL MEANINGFULNESS 4HE 4EXAS #HAINSAW -ASSACRE WASN T REMADE JUST BECAUSE OF MODERN TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES BUT BE

CAUSE OF A CERTAIN IDEOLOGICAL DISCOURSE THAT THE l LM CAN COM MUNICATE TO US A MESSAGE WE OB VIOUSLY DID NOT HEAR IN THE ORIGI NAL /NE SCENE THAT STANDS OUT IS THE GRAPHIC SEQUENCE WHEN !NDY IS THROWN ON A CROSS WHERE A HOOK MEETS HIS BACK A N D

BLOOD RUNS DOWN HIS BODY ONTO THE FACE OF %RIN WHO IS TRYING TO

THIS IS ONLY A HYPER BOLE FOR A MESSAGE THEY WANT YOU TO HEAR v TO READ INTO ISSUES TO THE EXTENT THAT IT WILL DESTROY THE INTENDED MEANING THE HORROR GENRE WILL OFTEN BENEATH THE ICONOGRAPHY OF GORE AND TORTURE ENCODE SOME KIND OF IDEOLOGY THAT DIRECTLY RELATES TO OUR SOCIAL LIVES %VEN THOUGH THE CON TEMPORARY HORROR OVERSTATES THIS WITH THE OVERLOAD OF VIOLENCE AND GORE THIS IS ONLY HYPERBOLE IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THE MESSAGE IS REm ECTED LOUD AND CLEAR !FTER REVIEWING HIS l LM $IARY OF THE $EAD EARLIER THIS YEAR ) WAS FOR TUNATE ENOUGH TO MEET 'EORGE ! 2OMERO WHO UTTERED TO ME THE TWO WORDS h3TAY 3CAREDv 7HILST THIS INSTRUC TION MAY SOUND SIMPLE TO h3TAY 3CAREDv WOULD SUG GEST TO LIVE A LIFE OF ANXIETY AND TERROR SOMETHING THAT THE HORROR GENRE TRIES TO OVER COME NOT EXPLOIT

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• Jobs Fair. LCR • CSS. The Waterfront. 7.30pm. £12.50 • Circulus. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £7 • Wild West LCR. 10pm. £3.50 adv.

8th

• Wellbeing Fair. LCR • David Lodge. LT1. 7pm. £6 • Southside Johnny And The Asbury Jukes. The Water front. 7.30pm. £20 • Preston Reed. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £8 NUS • Sports Night. Union Bar. 8pm

• Q+A Session with Vince Cable. 6pm. Arts 2.02 • Enter Shikari. LCR. 7.30pm. Sold Out. • Illegal Eagles. The Waterfront. 7.30pm. £17.50 • Games Night: Bingo. Union Bar. 8.30pm • The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. LT1.

7.30pm. £2.75

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• Film: Mongol. LT1. 7.30pm. £2.75 • The Lost Levels -­ BBC Norfolk Showcase. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £4 • An Evening With Jeremy Hardy. The Playhouse. 8pm. £13 NUS • Pams House. LCR. 9.30pm. £7.95 adv • Rawkus + Paradise City. The Waterfront. 10pm. £3.50

15th

• The Courteneers. LCR. 7.30pm. £13.50 • Aiden. The Waterfront. 7.30pm. £13.50 • The Comedy Store @ The Forum. 8pm. £10 NUS • Sports Night. Union Bar. 8pm

16th • You Me At Six. The Waterfront. 7pm. £9 • Geraldine Brooks. LT1. 7pm. £6 • The Streets. LCR. 7.30pm. Sold Out. • The Gentlemen Of Motown. The Playhouse. 7.30pm. £13 NUS • Mor Karbasi. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £10 NUS • Games night: Mariokart. Union Bar. 8.30pm

3rd 17th

• Rockstar Taste of Chaos Tour. LCR. 7pm. £17.50 • The Bible: The Complete Word Of God. The Playhouse.

7.30pm. £13 NUS • Chris Murray. Bedford’s Bar. 8pm. £6 • Wombatwombat’s Peel Day gig: The Moo plus 8 others.

Norwich Arts Centre. 8.30pm. £6 • 80s Night + Motor City Magic. The Waterfront. 10pm. £3.50

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11th

• For One Night Only! presented by Theatre 101.

Norwich Puppet Theatre. 7.30pm. £10 • An Evening With Jeremy Hardy. The Playhouse. 8pm. £13 NUS • Zimba 2008. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £5 NUS • Now 90s. LCR. 10pm. £4.50 adv • Meltdown + Ska’d Up. The Waterfront. 10pm. £3.50

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• The Metros. The Waterfront. 7pm. £7 • Pub Quiz. Union Bar. 7.30pm • Shichiceikai. Norwich Arts. Centre. 8pm £10 NUS

14th

• Elizabeth And Raleigh: Late But Live. The Playhouse.

8pm. £12 NUS • Moussu T E Lei Jovents. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £10 NUS • The A List w/ Harmony. LCR. 10pm. £4.50 adv • Meltdown + Britpoppin’. The Waterfront. 10pm. £3.50

• Stiff Little Fingers. The Waterfront. 7pm. £16 • Pub Quiz. Union Bar. 7.30pm

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• Dirty Pretty Things. LCR. 7.30PM. £15 • Brand New Heavies. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £15 • David Gutterson. LT1. 7pm. £6 • Jazz Jam session. Blueberry. 9pm

20th

• Dan Le Sac VS Scroobius Pip. The Waterfront.

7.30pm. £10 • Shakespeare’s R+J. The Playhouse. 7.30pm. £10 NUS • Tom Russell. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £11 NUS

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7ITH WINTER DRAWING IN AND #HRISTMAS AROUND THE CORNER 0AUL "YGRAVE TAKES A LOOK AT WHAT THE WORLD OF GAMING HAS TO OFFER IN THE COMING MONTHS 4HE FESTIVE SEASON IS TRADITIONALLY A BUSY TIME FOR THE VIDEOGAME INDUSTRY SAW THE RE LEASES OF (ALO #ALL OF $UTY "IOSHOCK AND -ASS %FFECT AMONG OTHERS AND LOOKS TO BE EVEN BUSIER 3O WHICHEVER PLATFORM YOU OWN THERE S SURE TO BE SOMETHING THAT TICKLES YOUR FANCY THIS #HRISTMAS &OR THE 8BOX .OVEMBER TH SEES THE RELEASE OF 'EARS OF 7AR THE SEQUEL TO THE UN DENIABLY FANTASTIC l RST INSTALMENT ,AUNCHED IN 'EARS OF 7AR WAS THE l RST GAME TO KNOCK (ALO OFF THE 8BOX ,IVE TOP SPOT AND SET A NEW STANDARD FOR NEXT GEN GRAPHICS AND GAMEPLAY 4WO YEARS ON AND 'EARS PROMISES MORE OF THE SAME MORE WAR TORN ENVIRON MENTS INTENSE MULTIPLAYER ACTION AND EVEN

MORE BLOODY VIOLENCE AS YOU TAKE ON THE ,O CUST HOARD )F CHAINSAWS AND HEADSHOTS AREN T YOUR THING THEN &ABLE TH /C TOBER MIGHT BE WORTH A LOOK 3ET YEARS AFTER THE l RST GAME THE PLAYER WILL ONCE AGAIN BE FREE TO EXPLORE THE l CTIONAL WORLD OF !L BION ALTHOUGH THE SWORDS AND ARMOUR HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH MUSKETS AND SLOTH AS THE WORLD MOVES INTO THE COLONIAL ERA 7ILL YOU BE A SLAVE TO 'OOD OR A MAS TER OF %VIL 9OU DECIDE ,ITTLE"IG0LANET IS PROB ABLY THE MOST INNOVATIVE TITLE TO BE RELEASED THIS #HRIST MAS $UE OUT ON /CTOBER ND ON THE 03 THE GAME IS EFFECTIVELY A PUZZLE PLATFORMER WHERE THE PLAYER PROGRESSES BY CREATING NEW ENVIRONMENTS IN ORDER TO PASS THROUGH VARIOUS OBSTACLES )T PROMISES TO BE A SUPERB TOOL FOR THE MORE CREATIVELY MINDED PLAYER OR CASUAL FUN FOR THE AVERAGE PLAYER )F THE THOUGHTS OF CELL SHADED GRAPHICS AND CHILDISH FUN LEAVES YOU COLD 2ESISTANCE IS OUT ON THE ST .OVEMBER 3ONY S ALTERNATE

Gaming Great Ikaruga !NYONE WHO S PLAYED GAMES FOR A WHILE REMEMBERS THE OLD SCHOOL SHOOT EM UPS TITLES SUCH AS $ SPACESHIP BLASTERS 2 TYPE AND 3PACE )NVADERS 4HE GENRE HOWEVER HAS HAD LITTLE TO OFFER SINCE CREATIONS LIKE $OOM REDEl NED THE SHOOTER GENRE 4HIS CHANGED IN WITH )KARUGA S RELEASE ON THESE SHORES )KARUGA ISN T THE TYPICAL @SHOOT EVERY THING THAT MOVES GAME IT IS BASED AROUND A UNIQUE PRINCIPLE n POLARITY %NEMIES AND BULLETS ARE EITHER BLACK OR WHITE BLACK SHIPS l RE BLACK BULLETS AND VICE VERSA (OWEVER YOUR SHIP CAN CHANGE ITS COLOUR 9OU CAN NOT BE KILLED BY THE BULLETS MATCHING YOUR COLOUR n THEY ACTUALLY HELP YOU SCORE POINTS AND CHARGE UP ATTACKS 9OU ALSO DEAL DOUBLE DAMAGE TO DIFFERENT COLOURED ENEMIES /F COURSE YOU RE @SAFER STAYING THE SAME COLOUR AS THEM THEY CAN T KILL YOU BUT DESTROYING SAME COLOUR OPPONENTS CAUSES THEM TO EX PLODE IN A STORM OF BULLETS MAKING COLOUR CHANGING DIFl CULT 4HIS IS THE BASIS FOR THE CHAINING SYSTEM %VERY TIME YOU DESTROY THREE LIKE COLOURED ENEMIES YOU GET BONUS POINTS WHICH GROW WITH EACH CONSECUTIVE CHAIN 3O IS IT A SHALLOW MECHANIC 7HY NOT STAY WHITE AND JUST DODGE THE BLACK BULLETS )T S NEVER THAT SIMPLE SOME TIMES THE SCREEN IS COVERED IN A BLIZZARD OF BLACK ENERGY MAK ING STAYING WHITE IMPOSSIBLE ,IKEWISE YOU HAVE TO PASS THROUGH LINES OF WHITE BULLETS AT

TIMES )N ADDITION THERE ARE THE END OF LEVEL BOSSES WHICH REQUIRE INCREDIBLE SKILL AND STRATEGY TO SURVIVE )KARUGA IS A SHORT GAME WITH l VE LEVELS

BUT IT IS SO TOUGH YOU LL BE SWEATING BLOOD

AND THE THOUGHT OF A SIXTH IS LITERALLY TERRI FYING 4HUS IT IS NOT FOR EVERYONE BUT IT IS AN EXQUISITE WORK OF ART AND WELL WORTH A DOWNLOAD OFF 8BOX ,IVE !RCADE IF YOU RE A HARDCORE GAMER *AMES $AY

HISTORY SHOOTER ONCE AGAIN YOU LL BE BATTLING THE #HIMERA AN ADVANCED ALIEN RACE HELLBENT ON CONVERTING OR KILLING EVERY MEMBER OF THE HUMAN RACE 4HIS TIME YOU LL BE l GHTING THE ENEMY ACROSS !MERICA FROM #HICAGO TO 3AN &RANCISCO USING AN EXPANDED RANGE OF WEAPONRY -ANKIND S SURVIVAL ONCE AGAIN RESTS IN YOUR HANDS 4HE 7II ALSO HAS NO SHORT AGE OF NEW BLOCKBUSTER TITLES OUT THIS #HRISTMAS WHICH WILL BE A GREAT RELIEF TO THOSE GROWING BORED OF WIGGLING THEIR 7IIMOTES IN THE BOWL ING GAME .OVEMBER TH SEES THE RELEASE OF 7II -USIC

YET ANOTHER NEW FRANCHISE LOOK ING TO CAPITALISE ON THE SUCCESS OF 'UITAR (ERO AND 2OCK "AND 7II -USIC ALLOWS CHARACTERS TO SIMULATE THEIR OWN BAND

HOWEVER IT PROMISES MORE THAN DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTS AS WELL AS THE ABILITY TO CONDUCT A FULL ORCHESTRA WITH UP TO FRIENDS )N CASE THE PREVIOUS TWO TITLES ARE MORE YOUR TASTE THE FOURTH INSTALMENT OF THE 'UITAR (ERO SERIES

7ORLD 4OUR IS OUT .OVEMBER TH FOR THE 7II

8BOX AND 03 &OR THE 0# 'AMERS OUT THERE &ALLOUT AND

2ED !LERT WILL BOTH BE COMPETING FOR YOUR AT TENTION ON /CTOBER ST &ALLOUT IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED TITLES OF THIS YEAR

PROMISING THE FREEDOM OF /BLIVION BUT IN A FUTURISTIC NUCLEAR WASTELAND AND INCLUDING A MULTITUDE OF HIGH TECH WEAPONRY AND GADG ETS 2ED !LERT IS THE NEXT GAME IN THE HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL #OMMAND AND #ONQUER SERIES THE AMBITIOUS 5332 IS ONCE AGAIN STRIVING FOR WORLD DOMINATION ALTHOUGH THE THREAT THIS TIME MAY NOT BE FROM THE 2ED -ENACE 3O

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