The Event - Issue 221

Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross; what’s going on and do we care?

Our very own photoshoot shows the best autumnal coats to be found in Norwich

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Arts

p.6 )NTERVIEW WITH THE 2OYAL 3HAKESPERE

#OMPANY S @2OMEO p.7 $ELVING INTO THE 4HEATRE 2OYAL WITH AN EXCLUSIVE TOUR AROUND THE VENUE

Creative Writing

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Editor-­in-­Chief Fiona Billings Editors Alannah Wells and Chloe Pew Latter Arts Editors -­ Melissa York and Matt Ramsay Contributors -­ Anni Ueckermann,Jennifer Abbott, Sufiya Shahnawaz, Daniella McManamon, Bernadette Schulz, Eleanor Sleet

Competitions Editor -­ Jonathan Clark Creative Writing Editor -­ Penny Boxall

Contributors -­ Kyra Sherwood, David Lebor, Mag Tan, Rebekah McGill, Jus-­ tin Coombes, Jonathan Baldwin, Jabez Crisp

Fashion Editor -­ Jessica Hamilton Duputy Fashion Editor -­ Flora Wong Contributors -­ Tom Benn, Alice Dijkster-­ huis, Andrea Lestrange

Regulars and Feature -­ Contributors -­ Mark Buckingham, Harry Low, Shaun Kitchener, James Curtis, Sufiya Shahnawaz

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p.14 !LPHABEAT CHAT TO 4HE %VENT ABOUT BEING ON TOUR AND THEIR RECENT SUCCESSES p.15 !LBUMS OF THE FORTNIGHT p.16 3INGLES OF THE FORTNIGHT p.17 )NTERVIEW WITH THE -YSTERY *ETS

Film

Contributors -­ Richard McCulloch, Adam Scales, Tom Furby, Liam O’ Brien, Jenna Brogan, Tiff Woolsey

p.18 2EVIEWS OF THE l LMS TO SEE THIS FORTNIGHT p.19 7HAT S ON SCREEN NOW AND WHAT S UPCOMING p.20 $6$ RELEASES p.21 )S *AMES "OND REALLY A CHAUVINISTIC AGENT

Listings Editor -­ Natasha Barnes

What’s On

p.22 4HIS FORTNIGHT S HAPPENINGS IN .ORWICH

Music Editor -­ Sarah Christie Deputy Music Editor -­ Rob Morbin

Contributors -­ Dan Youmans, Matthew Whelband, Will Donovan, Matt Bull, Duncan Vicat-­Brown, Adam Wison, Emma Galal, Carmina Masoliver-­ Marlow, Phil Stallard

TV Editor -­ Kirsten Peter Contributors -­ Fiona Howard, Duncan Vicat-­Brown, Kirsten Peter, Lindsay Harris, Mark Mckenzie-­Ray, Rachel Conquer

Wired Editor -­ Karl Davies Contributor -­ Paul Bygrave, Josh Butler

Wired

p.23 4HE BEST GAMES TO PLAY THIS FORTNIGHT

Competitions

p.24 #ROSSWORD 3UDOKU AND 'IVEAWAYS

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fashion

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

concrete.fashion@uea.ac.uk

.OW THAT SUMMER S OFl CIALLY OVER IT S TIME TO WRAP UP WARM 4HE %VENT VISITED THE LOVELY AND OFTEN OVERLOOKED .ORWICH ,ANES IN SEARCH OF SOME COATS AND JACKETS WORTH INVESTING IN -ODELS 4OM "ENN AND !LICE $IJKSTERHUIS 0HOTOGRAPHER !NDREA ,ESTRANGE 3TYLIST AND $IRECTOR *ESSICA (AMILTON

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7ITH THANKS TO 3OHO (IP B 0OTTERGATE "LUE *EAN #O ,OWER 'OAT ,ANE STUDENT DISCOUNT %LEMENTS ,OWER 'OAT ,ANE STUDENT DISCOUNT 0HILIP "ROWNE 'UILDHALL (ILL

the event

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arts

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

concrete.arts@uea.ac.uk

the event

Word ! WAVE OF AUTOBIOGRAPHIES WAS RELEASED THIS WEEK INCLUD ING CONTROVERSIAL RAPPER %MINEM S NEW BOOK 4HE 7AY ) !M AND COMEDIAN $AWN &RENCH S $EAR &ATTY 4HE @NOT SO UPBEAT SINGER -ORRISSEY HAS ALSO ANNOUNCED PLANS TO WORK ON HIS MEMOIRS !LAN "ENNETT POPULAR AUTHOR AND PLAYWRIGHT HAS GIV ING THE "ODLEIAN ,IBRARY IN /XFORD OVER YEARS WORTH OF WORK )NTERESTINGLY IT IS MOSTLY HANDWRITTEN AS "EN NETT DOESN T USE A COMPUTER WHICH ACCORDING TO "ENNETT hSEEMS TO DELIGHT THE ARCHIVISTSv -OVING TO MORE HISTORICAL LITERATURE ENTHUSIASTS FROM #AMBRIDGE 5NIVERSITY PERFORMED A LIVE HOUR MARATHON READING OF -ILTON S EPIC 0ARADISE ,OST TO MARK THE TH BIRTHDAY OF THE AUTHOR ON THE RD /CTOBER 4HE MARA THON WHICH WHICH MADE ITS WAY THROUGH ALL BOOKS AND ABOUT LINES OF POETRY WAS BROADCASTED ON THE IN TERNET !NNI 5ECKERMANN

Play

(ELLO THERE 4HIS CRISP AUTUMNAL MORN THE !RTS 4EAM DISCUSS %MINEM

$AWN &RENCH AND *OHN -ILTON WITH 7ORD WHILE 0LAY BOOKS UP ALL OF YOUR EVENINGS WITH ARTY WONDER 4HEATRE IN &IVE FEATURES $AVID $AWSON AKA 2OMEO IN THE 23# S 2OMEO AND *UILET !S ALWAYS IT PROMISES TO BE A BLINDER 4HE %VENT 2ECOMM%NDS $AVID 'UTERSON S 4HE /THER NOW THAT YOUR DAYS ARE OR ARE SOON TO BE ESSAY FREE !ND RATHER EXCITINGLY 4HE %VENT GO BACKSTAGE AND BE HIND THE SCENES AT THE .ORWICH 4HEATRE 2OYAL PAGE AND THE .ORWICH 0LAYHOUSE PAGE THE PLACES TO BE FOR ANY %AST !NGLIAN CULTURE VULTURE 4OODLE PIP

-ELISSA 9ORK AND -ATT 2AMSAY !RTS %DITORS

"E SURE TO CATCH THE CASCADE OF ENTERTAINMENT DESCEND ING ON THE .ORWICH 4HEATRE 2OYAL OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS INCLUDING $IONNE 7ARWICK #INDERELLA ON )CE

AND THE 2OYAL 3HAKESPEARE #OMPANY S 2OMEO AND *U LIET 4HE .ORWICH 0LAYHOUSE IS SHOWCASING FUNNY MAN 4IM -INCHIN AND THE 0HOENIX /PERA PRESENT &RANK ,EHAR S COMIC OPERETTA 4HE -ERRY 7IDOW )F YOU ARE INTO "IG "ANDS 4HE 3YD ,AWRENCE /RCHESTRA MAY JUST BLOW YOUR TRUMPET 4HE .ORWICH !RTS #ENTRE ARE ALSO RUNNING A ST #ENTURY -USIC PROGRAMME WHICH AIMS TO m AUNT DI VERSE CONTEMPORARY MUSIC LIKE AN ARTY TART 4HESE NIGHTS WILL FEATURE 2IGER %NO !KI /NDA -IRA #ALIX AND 0OWERPLANT -ELISSA 9ORK

Theatre in Five

#AN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT AUDIENCES MIGHT EXPECT FROM THIS PRODUCTION OF 2OMEO AND *ULIET 4HERE IS A REAL FEELING OF DANGER AND STYLE TO THIS PRODUC TION .EIL "ARTLETT THE DIRECTOR IS ALSO INCREDIBLY INSTINC TIVE AND CHALLENGES YOU RIGHT OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE

ENCOURAGING YOU TO BE BRAVE WHICH MAKES ME VERY EXCITED ABOUT BEING INVOLVED WITH THIS SHOW 0LUS KISSING ,AURA

WHO PLAYS *ULIET IS ALWAYS A BONUS

4HE %VENT CATCHES UP WITH 2OMEO AKA $AVID $AWSON

AHEAD OF THE 2OYAL 3HAKESPEARE #OMPANY S FORTHCOMING VISIT TO .ORWICH S 4HEATRE 2OYAL WITH 2OMEO AND *ULIET

4HIS IS THE l RST TIME YOU HAVE WORKED FOR THE 2OYAL 3HAKESPEARE #OMPANY (OW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT 4HE 23# IS ONE OF THOSE VERY SPECIAL COMPANIES THAT S DRENCHED IN HISTORY &OR A YOUNG ACTOR LIKE MYSELF IT S VERY REWARDING TO THINK ) MAY BE PERFORMING IN A PLAY TO PEO PLE WHO MAY NEVER HAVE SEEN A 3HAKESPEARE PLAY BEFORE

AND WHO NOW CAN AFFORD TO )T S MINE AND THE CAST S JOB TO MAKE SURE THEIR l RST TASTE WILL BE THE l RST OF MANY

)S WORKING WITH THE 23# SOMETHING YOU VE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO 4HE ONLY REAL DESIRE ) HAVE AS AN ACTOR IS THAT EACH ROLE IS A BIG CHALLENGE AND THAT IT DIFFERS COMPLETELY FROM THE LAST CHARACTER ) PLAYED 2OMEO IS ONE OF THOSE FASCINATING 3HAKESPEARE CHARACTERS AND YOU COULDN T GET MUCH DIFFER ENT FROM 3MIKE IN .ICHOLAS .ICKLEBY THE LAST ROLE ) PLAYED ON STAGE 4HE FACT THAT 2OMEO AND *ULIET IS WITH THE 23# MADE IT EVEN MORE APPEALING

(OW DOES IT FEEL TO BE PLAYING THE LEAD IN WHAT IS ONE OF 3HAKEPEARE S BEST KNOWN PLAYS $O YOU FEEL ANY PRESSURE ) DIDN T UNTIL YOU SAID THAT ) HAVEN T REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT IT "UT NO ) DON T REALLY FEEL PRESSURE AS SUCH !S LONG AS )

!RE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING OUT ON THE ROAD $O YOU HAVE ANY CONNECTIONS WITH ANY OF THE AREAS THE SHOW IS PLAYING ) LOVE TOURING BECAUSE EVERY CITY TAKES A SHOW TO ITS HEART VERY DIFFERENTLY AND AS AN ACTOR YOU GET TO LEARN A LOT ABOUT STAMINA )T S ALSO GREAT THAT WITH THE a TICKET OFFER FOR YEAR OLDS YOUNG PEOPLE CAN COME AND SEE 2OMEO AND *ULIET IN THEIR HOME TOWNS RATHER THAN HAVING TO COMMUTE ALL THE WAY TO ,ONDON %NDING UP IN 3TRATFORD AND ON THE #OURTYARD 3TAGE FOR #HRISTMAS WILL BE THE ICING ON A VERY EXCITING CAKE GET COMPLETELY INVOLVED AND FALL IN LOVE WITH THE CHARACTER ) M PLAYING THEN HOPEFULLY ACTOR S NERVES WON T COME INTO IT /F COURSE IT S GREAT BEING IN ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS STORIES EVER WRITTEN ) SUPPOSE BECAUSE EVERYBODY KNOWS THE TRAGIC TALE OUR CHALLENGE IS TO MAKE IT ALL THE MORE TERRI FYING AND MOVING BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT S GOING TO HAP PEN AS THE WORLD AND &ATE TURN AGAINST THE LOVERS

-ATT 2AMSAY

2OMEO AND *ULIET RUNS FROM .OVEMBER 4ICKETS ARE AVAILABLE FROM a

The Event RecommEnds )T MUST BE TOUGH TO BE $AVID 'UTERSON (IS l RST NOVEL 3NOW &ALL ING ON #EDARS DID SO WELL BOTH CRITICALLY AND COMMERCIALLY THAT NO ONE HAS BEEN THAT INTERESTED IN HIS OTHER WORKS EXCEPT TO COM PARE THEM UNFAVOURABLY WITH THE l RST 3O LET S TRY TO BE OBJECTIVE HERE 4HE FOURTH OF HIS FULL LENGTH NOVELS 4HE /THER IS NO REWORKING OF HIS l RST IDEA TO GET HIS SALES BACK UP IT ISN T 2AIN &ALLING ON 0INE 4REES OR 3LEET ON 2EDWOODS )N FACT PRECIPITATION AND FOLIAGE ARE WHOLLY SECONDARY TO THE TALE OF TWO FRIENDS WHO TAKE VERY DIFFERENT PATHS WITH THEIR LIVES .EIL #OUNTRYMAN GETS HIS DEGREE BECOMES A TEACHER MARRIES AND HAS CHILDREN *OHN 7ILLIAM "ARRY GOES AND LIVES IN A CAVE .O JOKE 'UTERSON DISPLAYS WITH AS LITTLE JUDGEMENT AS POSSIBLE THE LIFE OF A HERMIT IN THE FOREST AGAINST THE LIFE OF AN @ORDINARY MAN

FORCING THE READER TO COMPARE AND CONTRAST WEIGHTING THE HAPPI

NESS OF THE CHARACTERS THOUGH THEIR SEPARATE STRUGGLES *OHN "ARRY MAY BE CHIPPING AT ROCK WITH A PICKAXE TO PAINSTAKINGLY CREATE HIS CAVE BUT .EIL #OUNTRYMAN IS PERSEVERING JUST AS FUTILELY WITH SEVERAL UNl NISHED MANUSCRIPTS $ESPITE THE BLEAK NOD TO THE IDEA OF 'NOSTICISM THAT DRIVES *OHN TO TURN HIS BACK ON LIFE 4HE /THER IS FULL OF SKILFULLY CRAFTED DESCRIPTIONS PRECISE DIALOGUE AND THE BIG QUESTIONS SUCH AS WHAT THE HELL TO DO WITH YOUR LIFE 7HAT 'UTERSON SHOWS IS THE DIFFER ENCE BETWEEN PARTICIPATING IN LIFE AND THE REFUSAL TO CONFORM TO THE SUPPOSED NECESSITY OF THAT PARTICIPATION 7HAT 'UTERSON ASKS IS WHAT PATH DO YOU CHOOSE TO TAKE 4HIS IS THE PRECISELY CALCU LATED

QUESTION *ENNIFER !BBOTT

arts

concrete.arts@uea.ac.uk

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The Royal Treatment

4HIS WEEK 4HE %VENT WAS SHOWN AROUND .ORWICH S 4HEATRE 2OYAL ONE OF THE REGION S PREMIER ARTS VENUES $ANIELLA -C-ANAMON %LEANOR 3LEET AND "ERNADETTE 3CHULZ INFORM US OF THEIR DISCOVERIES 3ILENCE IN THE STALLSx !CTORS BARELY AUDIBLE ABOVE THE DIN

WOMEN SELLING ORANGES SASHAY DOWN THE AISLES AND WOMEN SELLING OTHER WARES EYE MEN IN PRIVATE BOXES PEOPLE WANDER ACROSS THE STAGE MID PERFORMANCE AND THE HEADY SMOKE OF A HUNDRED CANDLES FORMS A STIm ING MIASMA 4HE THEATRE HASN T ALWAYS BEEN THE BAG RUSTLING HAUGHTY TURNING TUTTING PLACE IT IS TODAY "UT THOUGH YOU MAY STIm E SNEEZES FOR FEAR OF SCOLDING THE PERFORMANCES ARE DOUBTLESS OF A BETTER QUALITY AS ARE THE SEATS

AND THE ELECTRIC LIT AIR CONDITIONED AUDITO RIUM CERTAINLY MAKES FOR A MORE COMFORT ABLE VIEWING THAN YOU WOULD HAVE GOT IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE .ORWICH THEATRICAL SCENE &OR YEARS .ORWICH S 4HEATRE 2OYAL HAS PLAYED HOST TO DRAMA MUSIC AND DANCE PRODUCTIONS FROM ACROSS THE WORLD $ESPITE FREQUENT THREATS OF CLOSURE THROUGHOUT ITS HISTORY IT REMAINS THE PREMIERE THEATRE OF THE REGION ATTRACTING THE CRÃ’ME DE LA CRÃ’ME OF THE THEATRICAL CROP 4HE PRESENT BUILDING IS ITS THIRD REINCAR

NATION THE ORIGINAL HAVING OPENED IN AS THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE .ORWICH #OMPA NY OF #OMEDIANS $EMOLISHED AND REBUILT IN THE NEW THEATRE SAW AN ARRAY OF BI ZARRE ACTS TAKE TO THE STAGE FROM LIONS TO THE .IAGRA &ALLS CROSSING TIGHT ROPE WALKER THE 'REAT "LONDIN AND FROM THE DARK CLOAKED 0AGANINI WHO HAD ALLEGEDLY SOLD HIS SOUL TO THE DEVIL TO THE INCREDIBLY DOWN TO EARTH 4OM 4HUMB 4HOUGH THE THEATRE SURVIVED BOTH WORLD WARS IT WAS BURNT TO THE GROUND ON A 3UN DAY MORNING DURING THE PERILOUS IN BETWEEN YEARS 4HE BUILDING WHICH STILL STANDS TODAY WAS OPENED IN AND IT HAS IN THE MEAN TIME RESPONDED TO THE SHIFTING DEMANDS OF CULTURE BECOMING A CINEMA IN WHERE THE SHOWINGS WERE INTERSPERSED WITH PER FORMANCES BY STARS OF THE NEW "RITISH POP SCENE ,ATER PLANS FOR TURNING IT INTO A BINGO HALL WERE FORTUNATELY REJECTED AND IT HAS SINCE UNDERGONE VARIOUS BOUTS OF MODERNI ZATION AND IS NOW UNDENIABLY A 4HEATRE AND A 2OYAL ONE AT THAT $ANIELLA -C-ANAMON

#OMPARABLE IN SIZE TO ABOUT TWENTY l VE OTHER THEATRES IN THE 5+ THE 4HEATRE 2OYAL IS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL IN ITS CATEGORY

AND THE ONLY MAJOR STAGE IN .ORFOLK $ESPITE THE COUNTY HAVING ONE OF THE LOWEST POPULA TION DENSITIES IN "RITAIN THE 4HEATRE 2OYAL ANNUALLY DRAWS CROWDS OF AROUND

PEOPLE AND HAS RECENTLY WON AN AWARD FOR BEING THE h-OST 7ELCOMING 4HEATREv IN THE 5+ -ARK (AZELL THE -ARKETING $IRECTOR OF THE 4HEATRE 2OYAL TOLD US HOW THE THEATRE HAS EVOLVED FROM BASICALLY PUTTING ON SHOWS

TO MAKING CULTURE AND THE ARTS MORE ACCESSI BLE AND INTERESTING TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY

ESPECIALLY CHILDREN (OWEVER IT S NOT JUST ABOUT KIDS AS THERE S PLENTY TO INTEREST STUDENTS 4HERE S A LOT COMING UP FOR 3HAKESPEARE LOVERS WITH THE 2OYAL 3HAKESPEARE #OMPANY S SLEEK

MINIMALIST PRODUCTION OF 2OMEO AND *ULIET

AND 0ROPELLER AN ALL MALE DRAMA COMPANY

THAT PUTS A MODERN SPIN ON CLASSICAL PLAYS hIF YOU THINK 3HAKESPEARE ISN T FOR YOU THEN COME SEE THISv &OR THOSE WHO ARE INTO STAND UP COMEDY

THERE WAS $YLAN -ORAN OF "LACK "OOKS FAME PLAYING ON THE ND .OVEMBER AND DON T DESPAIR IF YOU VE MISSED HIS SHOW THERE S *IMMY #ARR TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN &EBRUARY !NOTHER UPCOMING PERFORMANCE IS 3LAVA S 3NOWSHOW 5SING CLOWNING TECHNIQUES AND PHYSICAL THEATRE THIS WINTER FAIRYTALE LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF FUN AND A GOOD WAY TO INDULGE YOUR INNER CHILD $ESPITE ITS LONG HISTORY THE 4HEATRE 2OY AL IS LOOKING TO THE FUTURE WHEN IT COMES TO STAGING PRODUCTIONS AND IS KEEN TO EMBRACE NEW MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGIES )N THE WORDS OF -ARK (AZELL h4HE 4HEA TRE 2OYAL IS A THEATRE THE CITY CAN BE PROUD OFv

!LTHOUGH THE 4HEATRE 2OYAL HAS NOT FORGOT TEN ITS INTERESTING AND DIVERSE HISTORY THERE REALLY IS A SENSE OF EXCITEMENT ABOUT WHAT IS COMING FOR THE FUTURE IN TERMS OF BOTH IN NOVATIVE DIRECTIONS AND HOW THEY ARE REACH ING OUT TO NEW AUDIENCES h7E ARE CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH A REAL TECHNOLOGICAL EVOLUTION IN THE WAY WE ARE ADVERTISING OUR SHOWS v SAYS *OHN "ULTITUDE

4HEATRE 2OYAL S 0RESS /Fl CER h4HE INTERNET IS A HUGELY VALUABLE RESOURCE AND HOW WE NOW SELL OF OUR TICKETS WE ARE ALSO CONSTANT LY UPDATING OUR ONLINE PODCASTS AND HAVE NINE NEW ONLINE AUDIO INTERVIEWSv )NDEED

*OHN SHOWS A SHARP MEDIA SAVVY AWARENESS OF THE NEED TO KEEP PACE WITH MODERN TIMES

WHICH HELPS TO ENSURE 4HEATRE 2OYAL STAYS UP THERE WITH THE OTHER CULTURAL HOTSPOTS IN .ORWICH "UT ABOVE ALL THERE IS A REAL PASSION AT

THE THEATRE FOR REACHING OUT TO THE COMMU NITY AS A WHOLE EMBRACING EVERYONE FROM STUDENTS SCHOOLCHILDREN TO 4HEATRE 2OYAL STALWARTS A COMMITMENT *OHN RELISHES h7E HAVE A MASSIVE RANGE OF SHOWS BECAUSE WE WANT TO PROVIDE A WAY IN TO THEATRE FOR AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE v 7ITH THIS IN MIND PERHAPS ONE OF THE MORE SURPRISING NEW SHOWS IS THAT OF 7AIT ING &OR 'ODOT 3AMUEL "ECKETT S MASSIVELY INm UENTIAL TH #ENTURY PLAY WHICH STARS HEAVYWEIGHTS OF THE STAGE AND SCREEN )AN -C+ELLEN AND 0ATRICK 3TEWART AND IS SCHED ULED FOR !PRIL 4HIS PUT UNm INCHINGLY ALONGSIDE OTHER SHOWS LIKE $ISNEY S (IGH 3CHOOL -USICAL

MARKS AN AMBITIOUS EFFORT BY 4HEATRE 2OYAL TO CATER FOR AN IMPRESSIVE ARRAY OF TASTES AND AGES %LEANOR 3LEET

"ERNADETTE 3CHULZ

creative cre ative writing

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

concrete.creativewriting@uea.ac.uk

This issue’s theme is “Illusion” The Light Gardener (in response to Justin Coombes’ photograph)

Remnants

9ESTERDAY IT WAS A TRAILER PARK ONE GLIMPSED AS THE BUS RATTLED BY ROTTED AWNINGS POTTED PLANTS STRUGGLING OUT OF WHAT WASN T SPRING BLUE TARPS TUCKED OVER UNIDENTIl ABLE SOMETHINGS AND THEN IT WAS PASSED

AND PAST 4ODAY IT IS THE BUS STOP

ALL UTILITARIAN METAL AND PLEXIGLASS SOME COLOR HALFWAY BLACK AND BROWN A HYBRID AND RIDGES ON THE NARROW BENCH .O GRAFl TI HERE BUT THE WINDOW WALLS ARE SCRATCHED AND SCARRED -OLDING SNOW CLINGS TO THE SHELTER

FADING BURIAL MOUND OF WINTER AND ITS HOARY l NGERS SPINY WITH FROST 4HE MUD HAS NOT ITS SHARP RESOLVE

BUT THE WET GRITTY GRAVEL IT NEVER REALLY LEAVES THE STREETS

THOUGH IT COLLECTS ON THE GRASS LIKE ASH COULD BE A WEAKER ECHO $ECAYING SNOW LEAVES LITTER IN ITS WAKE PREDICTABLE

THIS SURER ALMOST THAN THE SEASONS CERTAINLY SURER THAN ANY THROBBING BLOODBEAT ,INGERING LIVES THESE REMNANTS OF THINGS THAT ALWAYS FALL JUST BEHIND /NLY A LEAF PERFECTLY FORMED AND FACE DOWN IN THE MUD IS STILL GREEN )T S A FAKE IMITATION SPUN FROM PLASTIC AND SILK 'ENUINE LEAVES NEARBY ARE LONG SINCE BROWN AND SODDEN #IGARETTE BUTTS LIE HERE AND HERE

AND HERE SOME LIMP IN THE TRASH CAN BOLTED TO THE SHELTER S SIDE BUT MORE CLOUDING THE GROUND !LL THE SMOKERS HAD THEIR STORIES 4HERE WERE THOUGHTS EPHEMERAL THINGS OR POSSIBLY ETHEREAL SOME OF THEM BUT THEY DO NOT REMAIN HERE 4HOUGHTS ARE TOO m EETING FOR STEEL AND CONCRETE /NLY THEIR GHOSTS LIE SOGGY ON THE GROUND AND PERHAPS THE STORIES CHOKED IN SOOTY LUNGS

OR DRIFTED AWAY IN THE SMOKE INDISTINGUISHABLE AND THEN TOO INDISTINGUISHED "UT THIS IS THE WAY OF ALL m ESH 7AIT ONE WEEK AND IT IS ALL OF IT GONE 4HE WIND HAS BLOWN EVEN THE MYSTERIES AWAY

+YRA 3HERWOOD

9OU DRIFT FROM YOUR NIGHT SHIFT SLEEP

TWELVE HOURS INTO SOLITUDE TO HOPE OUT ONTO DUSK GARDENS AND THINK AWAY THE LIGHT DIFFERENCE WITH A PROJECTION OF DAWN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD THE CACOPHONY IS TUNING UP 4WITCHING FOR COFFEE YOU l ND SOME SPILLING ON YOUR HAND 9OU CANNOT SCOPE THE LIGHT SOURCE

BUT THE LEAVES ARE PERFECTLY AGITATED AS IF IN SUNLIGHT OR SPOT LIT FROM SOMEWHERE HIDDEN

7HICH CAME l RST THE MURMUR OR THE SIGH 7HICH CAME AFTER

THE KISS OR THE LIE 7HAT SWIMS IN THE CORNER OF THE MIND AND REFUSES TO REVEAL ITSELF 3WING YOUR FEET BY THE WOODEN PIER YOUR EMPTY KICKS DO NOTHING TO THE AIR 3OMEBODY CHUCKLES 7HAT SHOULD YOU SAY 3URELY IT WAS FOR THE BEST AFTER ALL YOU ONLY MEANT WELL 4HE LANTERNS BY THE LAKE ARE BEING LIT UP BY A PAIR OF DELICATE HANDS 3OON TEA WILL BE SERVED 7ATER TRICKLES PAST DREAMILY EYES CLOSED LIPS PARTED )N A KINGDOM WHERE EVERYTHING IS INSUBSTANTIAL YOU CAN ONLY LIVE IN DREAMS /NE MOMENT A DEWDROP NEXT MOMENT SMOKE AND THEN THE DAINTIEST SPARKLE OF ICE -AG 4AN .UMBER 3EVEN 3TAY 0ERFECT .AIL #OLOUR

3OMEONE HAS THE KITCHEN LIGHT ON 9OU WONDER WHAT DREAMS THEY VE COLLECTED FROM THE DAY AS YOU l SH FOR THE SKY S BREAKING PROMISES !ND OVER BUNGALOWS YOU CATCH THE FOREST SHADOWING A TARP OF MOSS AND NEEDLES 4HE PINE SCENT LIKE SMELLING SALTS RECALLS YOU TO YOUR NATURAL m OOR

3TAY 0ERFECT 'OLD LETTERS SHINE !BOVE A BLOODY RED 0ERFECTION ENCASED WITHIN THICK GLASS ! $OLL $ISPLAYED 7HITE TEETH 2ED LIPS 3MILE 3TAY 0ERFECT

2EBEKAH -C'ILL

!FTERIMAGES /N AUTUMN NIGHTS THE HOUSE WOULD COME ALIVE IN LAY ERS

,IKE THIN ALMOST VOICES SLIPPING 4HROUGH THE STATIC 4HERE WERE GHOSTS 5NDER THE WALLPAPER BROWN AND FADED

3OMETIMES WITH A FAINTLY m ORAL PRINT OR ! FEW STRIPES WHERE A PATTERN USED TO BE 7E FOUND A PHANTOM CURLED !ROUND THE PIPES IN THE BASEMENT ONCE AND OTHERS 4HAT CLUNG TO LIGHTBULBS IN THE ATTIC AND THE KITCHEN

! THIN MIST BETWEEN GLASS AND l LAMENT 4HE LIGHTS DIDN T m ICKER 7E THOUGHT SOMETIMES THE BULBS BURNED OUT FASTER 4HAN THEY OUGHT BUT THAT WAS A SMALL SACRIl CE AND WE DIDN T MIND 7E KNEW WHEN WE BOUGHT IT THAT THE HOUSE WAS /NLY A SHELL THAT ITS SOUL WOULD COME CRAWLING OUT OF THE WOODWORK .OW AND THEN AND WE WANTED THAT THE IMPRINTS /F OTHER LIVES AND MEMORIES 3O WHEN WE RELAXED )N FRONT OF THE TELEVISION OR SAT ON THE PORCH TO WATCH THE SUN SET

7E TURNED THE VOLUME UP A BIT OR SPOKE A LITTLE LOUDER BECAUSE 7E WEREN T THE ONLY ONES LISTENING AND 3OMETHING IN THE WALLS GLOWED JUST A LITTLE 7HEN THE PORCH SWING CREAKED BACK AND FORTH AND 7E WEREN T MOVING IT WHEN THE WIND WHIRLED GREAT DRIFTS /F LEAVES INTO THE AIR AND TUMBLED THEM AROUND A SHAPE THAT 7ASN T QUITE THERE WHEN WE CAUGHT THE SCENT THERE FOR AN INSTANT !ND THEN FADING LIKE THE FOG THAT BURNED OFF THE LAKE AFTER DAWN OF !PPLE PIE WE HADN T BAKED OR THE SHARPNESS OF A LOG CRACKLING )N OUR UNUSED l REPLACE WE SMILED %VEN ON THE COLDEST NIGHTS A SILVER SLIVER MOON CHILL AND PALE )N THE DARK WE WEREN T ALONE +YRA 3HERWOOD

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Channeling the right spirit )N A DISORIENTATING MULTI CHANNEL %NVIRONMENT 4HE %VENT PICKS SOME CHANNELS TO HOP TO

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"IG 4RAIN IT WORKS ON THE IDEA THAT IF IT WAS FUNNY BEFORE PEOPLE WILL WATCH IT AGAIN .O ONE CARES ABOUT SEEING UP TO DATE HOT OFF THE PRESSES CAR REVIEWS IN 4OP 'EAR WE JUST WANT TO SEE (AMMOND LARKING ABOUT AND *AMES -AY PRETENDING TO BE SLOW WHILE *EREMY MAKES JOKES ABOUT THE &RENCH AND UPSETS ALMOST EVERYBODY 7HO S GOING TO WATCH A DOCU MENTARY ABOUT A FAMILY IN +ENT DO ING NOTHING WHEN YOU CAN SEE 2YAN 3TILES TRYING TO IMPERSONATE ANIMALS CROSSING THE ROAD )T S A NO BRAINER $AVE FOR THE WIN $UNCAN 6ICAT "ROWN

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Primetime: Desperate Housewives, Wednesday, 10pm, Channel 4

!T THE START OF A NEW SERIES OF $ESPERATE (OUSE WIVES IT IS CUSTOMARY FOR A REVIEWER TO SAY SOMETHING LIKE hWELCOME BACK GIRLS WE VE MISSED YOU v "UT THANKS TO THE WRITERS STRIKE

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STILL KNOW ,ONGORIA 0ARKER IS GORGEOUS UNDER NEATH "UT HER ACTING REMAINS CONVINCING AND 'ABY S l GHTING SPIRIT IS HARDLY DIMMED SO WE ARE STILL PROVIDED WITH ALL OF HER CUTTING COM MENTS AND SCHEMES 4HE OTHER HOUSEWIVES HAVE ALSO GROWN UP "REE HAS BECOME A CAREER WOMAN BUT BY QUESTIONABLE MEANS ,YNETTE IS STRUGGLING TO COPE WITH TEENAGE TWINS AND DITZY 3USAN HAS RUINED ALL HER HARD WORK FROM THE LAST SERIES BY SPLITTING UP WITH -IKE 7ELL

IT JUST WOULDN T BE $ESPERATE (OUSEWIVES WITH OUT A hWILL THEY WON T THEY v QUESTION HOVER ING OVER THOSE TWO 4HE NEW SERIES ALSO INTRODUCES YET ANOTHER CHARACTER WITH A MYSTERIOUS BACKGROUND AND DARK INTENT !S THE LATEST ADDITION ONTO WHAT MUST BE ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS STREETS

Who is next?

Branded Unsuitable

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THE 4!2$)3 IS ALREADY STARTING TO FEEL A LITTLE EMPTIER -ARK -C+ENZIE 2AY

"Y THE TIME YOU READ THIS THE STORM MAY HAVE WELL BLOWN OVER BUT AT THE TIME OF GOING TO PRESS WE WERE RIGHT IN THE MID DLE OF A MEDIA HURRICANE *ONATHON 2OSS AND 2USSELL "RAND S PHONE CALL TO YEAR OLD &AWLTY 4OWERS ACTOR !NDREW 3ACHS IN WHICH THEY LEFT AN ANSWERPHONE MESSAGE ABOUT "RAND SLEEPING WITH HIS GRAND DAUGHTER LED TO THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS AND THE PRESENTERS SUBSEQUENT SUSPENSIONS FROM BROADCASTING ON THE ""# )T IS BEING HOTLY DEBATED BY ANYONE WHO CARES ENOUGH TO HAVE AN OPINION 4HERE ARE SEVERAL ARGUMENTS

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$OCTOR NUMBER HAS BIG BOOTS TO l LL h7HEN $OCTOR 7HO RETURNS IN IT WON T BE WITH MEv ANNOUNCED $AVID 4ENNANT AS HE ACCEPTED THE AWARD FOR /UTSTANDING $RAMA 0ERFORMANCE IN THIS YEAR S .ATIONAL 4ELEVI SION !WARDS (IS DECISION HAS SENT SHOCK WAVES THROUGHOUT $OCTOR 7HO FANDOM AS WE SPECULATE WHO WILL BE THE NEXT $OCTOR 4HANKS TO THE REVIVAL OF THE TELEVISION SE RIES IN BY SHOW RUNNER 2USSELL 4 $AVIES

IT HAS BECOME A PHENOMENON TO A NEW GEN ERATION OF FANS PRODUCING TWO MAINSTREAM TELEVISION SPIN OFFS MILLIONS OF POUNDS IN MERCHANDISE AND MEMORABILIA AND ESTAB LISHING A FAN COMMUNITY NO LONGER CONSID ERED AS @CULT )N TODAY S WORLD IT S COOL TO BE A @WHOVIAN $AVIES WILL ALSO BE LEAVING IN BUT HAVE NO FEAR AS $OCTOR 7HO IS IN GOOD HANDS WITH NEW SHOW RUNNER 3TEVEN -OFFATT WHO HAS CONSISTENTLY PROVEN THAT HE IS CAPABLE OF HANDLING THE $OCTOR 7HO MYTHOS (E HAS WRITTEN SEVERAL EPISODES FOR THE SERIES SUCH AS 4HE 'IRL IN THE &IREPLACE FROM SERIES TWO AND "LINK WHICH IS OFTEN CONSIDERED THE BEST EPISODE OF @NEW 7HO FROM SERIES THREE 3O WHO IS THE BEST MAN OR WOMAN FOR THE JOB "OOKIES FAVOURITES INCLUDE 0ATERSON *OSEPH BEST KNOWN AMONGST STUDENTS FOR HIS ROLE IN 0EEP 3HOW AS -ARK S BOSS !LAN *OHNSON AND $AVID -ORRISSEY WHO IS STAR

IN THE WORLD %DIE S NEW HUSBAND $AVE 7IL LIAMS CUTS A MENACING l GURE /UTWARDLY RE SPECTABLE KIND AND CONSIDERATE AND EVEN EN COURAGING TEMPERAMENTAL %DIE TO TURN OVER A NEW LEAF WE ALL KNOW HE HAS ULTERIOR MOTIVES FOR MOVING TO 7ISTERIA LANE 4HE QUESTION IS

WHO IS HE AFTER !ND IF HE HAS NO PROBLEM INTIMIDATING AN OLD LADY THEN HOW FAR WILL HE GO TO ACHIEVE HIS ENDS &ROM THE LOOK OF THE l RST TWO EPISODES SE RIES l VE IS SET TO BE A ROARING SUCCESS !S LONG AS IT CAN REFRAIN ITSELF FROM DRAWING OUT THE MYSTERY FOR TOO LONG AS IT DID IN SERIES THREE

THEN OUR 7EDNESDAY NIGHT VIEWING SHOULD BE SORTED FOR A GOOD FEW WEEKS TO COME

-ONTY 0YTHON S &LYING #IRCUS

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MANY OF WHICH HAD NO REAL POINT OR PUNCH LINE TO THEM POKED FUN AT EVERYDAY "RITISH LIFE MAKING DULL AND BORING CHORES SEEM HI LARIOUS AND A WHOLE LOAD OF FUN 4HE WACKY SKETCHES WERE WRITTEN AND PER FORMED BY THE -ONTY 0YTHON TEAM 4ERRY *ONES

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ATED THE ANIMATIONS THAT APPEARED ALONGSIDE THE LIVE ACTION ALL WELL EDUCATED INDIVIDUALS WHO HAD ATTENDED INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS #AM BRIDGE 5NIVERSITY !FTER THE SUCCESS THAT THEY HAD WITH THE SHOW SEVERAL BOOKS WERE WRIT TEN AND l VE FANTASTIC l LMS CREATED INCLUDING -ONTY 0YTHON S ,IFE OF "RIAN WHO CAN FOR GET !LWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE AND -ONTY 0YTHON AND THE (OLY 'RAIL WHICH WAS THE BASIS FOR THE HIT MUSICAL 3PAMALOT A MUST SEE FOR EVERYONE WHETHER A HARD CORE FAN OR -ONTY 0YTHON NOVICE 4HE -ONTY 0YTHON BRAND WAS AND STILL IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT TO ANYTHING THAT HAS EVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE THUS MAKING IT AN INSTANT HIT RESULTING IN A HUGE FAN BASE THAT STILL GROWS EVEN TODAY 4HERE WERE MANY POPULAR SKETCHES ACROSS THE EPISODES MADE OVER THE FOUR SERIES SUCH AS THE FAMOUS @$EAD 0AR ROT SKETCH EACH DELIVERING THEIR OWN BRAND OF COMIC GENIUS THAT ONLY -ONTY 0YTHON COULD CREATE !BOVE ALL ELSE THE -ONTY 0YTHON TEAM PRO VIDED A WAY TO ESCAPE THE ORDINARY EVERYDAY LIFE AND ENTER INTO A WORLD FULL OF MADNESS AND FUN WHERE NOTHING HAS TO MAKE SENSE OR TO EVEN HAVE A POINT AND AFTER A HECTIC

BUSY DAY 4HE %VENT THINKS THAT IS WHAT WE ALL NEED 2ACHEL #ONQUER

PUT ON AIR AT ALL ESPECIALLY AS 3ACHS REPORTEDLY COMPLAINED BEFORE THE SHOW S BROADCAST ! l NAL AND IT SEEMS MUCH LARGER CAMP CAN T REALLY SEE WHAT THE FUSS IS ABOUT THE TWO COMEDI ANS ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR CONTRO VERSIAL HUMOUR THIS WAS NO DIF FERENT 4HEY VE BOTH APOLOGISED TO 3ACHS CASE CLOSED )T SEEMS TO BE THAT MAYBE PEOPLE JUST LIKE MOANING AND ARGUING 9OU ONLY HAVE TO TURN ON AN EDITION OF 0OINTS OF 6IEW IN THE EVENING TO SEE -RS $IS GRUNTLED

SAYING THE MUSIC ON A PROGRAMME WAS TOO LOUD

OR THE PRESENTER WAS TOO OB NOXIOUS #ERTAINLY THERE S GOT

TO BE A WAY OF SCRUTINISING AN ORGANISATION THAT IS PUBLICLY FUNDED BUT THE RISE IN OFl CIAL COMPLAINTS MADE ABOUT THE BROADCAST JUMPING FROM TWO AFTER THE ACTUAL SHOW TO NEARLY

AFTER PEOPLE HAD THE CHANCE TO READ ABOUT THE STORY SMACKS VERY GREATLY OF PEOPLE JUMPING ONTO AN INCREASINGLY LARGE BANDWAGON 3O WHY NOT JUMP ON YOUR SELF 0ICK YOUR SIDE WE VE HAD PRECIOUS LITTLE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT SINCE WE WERE TOLD ABOUT THE IMPENDING RECESSION 4IME FOR A GOOD MOAN +IRSTEN 0ETER

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2ICKY 4OMLINSON IS PERHAPS BEST LOVED FOR PLAY ING *IM 2OYLE IN THE HIT ""# SITCOM 4HE 2OYLE &AMILY 4HE POPULAR COMEDY RAN FOR THREE SERIES BETWEEN AND WAS BASED ALMOST SOLELY IN THE LIVING ROOM OR KITCHEN OF A WORK ING CLASS FAMILY 4HE "!&4! AWARD WINNING SHOW RETURNED FOR A ONE OFF #HRISTMAS SPECIAL IN 7RITTEN BY #AROLINE !HERNE AND #RAIG #ASH 4HE 2OYLE &AMILY REKINDLED THE ON SCREEN MARRIAGE BE TWEEN 2ICKY 4OMLINSON AND 3UE *OHNSTON THE PAIR HAD PREVIOUSLY PLAYED MARRIED COUPLE "OB

BY AND 3HEILA 'RANT IN "ROOKSIDE WHICH 4OM LINSON HAD APPEARED IN FOR l VE YEARS RESULTING IN IMPRESSIVE VIEWING l GURES FOR THE #HANNEL SOAP 4OMLINSON HAS ALSO APPEARED IN #RACKER AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF l LMS INCLUDING -IKE "AS SETT %NGLAND -ANAGER AND 4HE ST 3TATE WHERE THE BEARDED ACTOR APPEARED ALONGSIDE 3AMUEL , *ACKSON AND 2OBERT #ARLYLE ,ESS IS KNOWN ABOUT 2ICKY S INTRIGUING LIFE BEFORE HE BECAME AN ACTOR "ORN INTO A WORKING CLASS ENVIRONMENT IN "LACKPOOL IN 2ICKY WORKED ON A BUILDING SITE FOR MANY YEARS AND IT IS HERE WHERE HE BECAME INVOLVED IN POLITICS )N HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY 4OMLINSON REVEALS HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE .ATIONAL &RONT BETWEEN

BUT LATER COMMENTING h) REALISED THAT BY ATTACKING IMMIGRATION ) WAS LOOKING FOR A SCAPE GOAT FOR THIS COUNTRY S ILLSx ) WAS POLITICALLY NA

IVE AND POORLY EDUCATED v 2ICKY SOON SWUNG FROM FAR RIGHT TO FAR LEFT WING AND BECAME INVOLVED IN 4RADE 5NION POLI TICS (OWEVER HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THE STRIKE OF THE BUILDING INDUSTRY LANDED HIM IN JAIL FOR TWO YEARS IN THE EARLY S AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY AND INTIMIDATING VIOLENCE CHARGES WHICH 4OMLINSON STILL VEHEMENTLY DE NIES )T WAS EVEN REVEALED THAT 4OMLINSON HAD BEEN MONITORED BY THE -) DURING THE S )T WAS NOT UNTIL THAT AT THE AGE OF

4OMLINSON TOOK UP ACTING WHEN HE GOT A ROLE IN THE ""# l LM 5NITED +INGDOM 2ECENTLY 2ICKY MARRIED HIS LONG TERM PARTNER 2ITA #UMISKEY

CURRENTLY LIVES IN ,IVERPOOL AND TAKES CARE NOT TO FORGET HIS MODEST BACKGROUND )NSTEAD OF A HOLIDAY HOME 2ICKY OWNS A CARAVAN IN "ENI DORM AND HAS TAKEN ON A LESS STRENUOUS WORK LOAD SINCE A SUCCESSFUL QUADRUPLE HEART BYPASS IN HOWEVER THERE ARE PLANS FOR ANOTHER #HRISTMAS SPECIAL OF 4HE 2OYLE &AMILY -ARK "UCKINGHAM

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Facebook group of t he fortnight...

Wolf Fleeces: The New Black 9OU VE SEEN THEM AROUND ON THE STREETS IN THE SHOPS IN YOUR MINDS 9OU VE LONGED TO OWN ONE BUT CANNOT GET PAST THE TRADITIONAL OWNERS 7E RE TALKING OF COURSE ABOUT THE WOLF m EECE .OW FOR ALL THOSE HARBOURING SECRET LOVE FASCI NATION OR EVEN REVULSION AT THESE INFAMOUS GAR MENTS THERE IS A &ACEBOOK GROUP FOR YOU @7OLF &LEECES 4HE .EW "LACK /NLY FOUNDED EARLY IN THIS STILL m EDG ING GROUP ATTEMPTS TO RECLAIM THE TITULAR ITEM THAT CREATOR ,ISA (AMMERSLEY DESCRIBES AS THE hFASHION MARVEL v )N THE GROUPS OWN SHORT MANIFESTO THEY LAY BEAR THEIR QUESTIONABLY ACHIEVABLE AIMS TO MAKE THE WOLF m EECE WEAR ABLE BY YOUNGER MORE FASHIONABLE PEOPLE AND hBANISH THE MYTH THAT THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT WEAR THE WOLF m EECE SMELL OF URINE AND HAVE BAD GREYING HAIR THAT S TIED UP IN AN OVER SIZED SCRUNCHY v .OT WANTING TO PIGEON HOLE ITSELF INTO MERE m EECE BASED WORSHIP THE GROUP ALSO FEATURES REGULAR POSTS FROM MEMBERS REGARDING SIGHT INGS OF PEOPLE OUT AND ABOUT SPORTING VARIOUS ITEMS OF WOLF BEAR STALLION OR OTHER ANIMAL RELATED FASHION DISASTERS TRIUMPHS 4HE GROUP HAS AMASSED A SMALL IF VARIED FOLLOWING WITH POSTS COMING FROM AS FAR AWAY AS !MSTERDAM 4HE GROUP HAS CAPTURED ITS MEMBER S IMAG

INATIONS IN MORE WAYS WITH THE CLANDESTINE OR FRANKLY BLATANT PHOTOGRAPHS RECORDING SIGHT INGS OF m EECES ROAMING THE COUNTRY 3O THE GROUP MAY BE TAKING THE IDEA OF 7OLF AND OTHER ANIMAL m EECES AS HIGH FASH ION JUST A LITTLE BIT TONGUE IN CHEEK SO FAR SALES OF THE )DEAL 7ORLD PRODUCTS HAVE NOT BEEN AF FECTED BY A POPULARITY SURGE "UT THIS IS &ACE BOOK IRREVERENCE AND LOCAL HUMOR AT ITS BEST .OT A WIDELY KNOWN PHENOMENON THE m EECE

SO WE ARE INFORMED CAN CREATE REACTIONS OF IN TENSE SHOCK OR EVEN HORROR IN THOSE NOT USED TO ITS CHARMS 7E AT 4HE %VENT ARE GOING TO SUC CUMB TO THE MESSAGE OF @7OLF &LEECES 4HE .EW "LACK AND THE WARM LURE OF THE m EECE PARTICU LARLY WITH THIS COLD SNAP AND WILL BE RECEIV ING SHIPMENT OF MY VERY OWN DOLPHIN m EECE WITHIN THE WEEK *AMES #URTIS

. . . t h g i n t r o f s i h t n e e s e b o t Place Harry Low was given the chance to attend a night with DJ Normski at the Malibu Sound-­ clash ahead of his appearance at UEA this Thursday. Here’s his photo diary.

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Come and Play...

This week the Arts team take a look at what our lovely UEA campus has to offer in the form of arts entertainment in comparison to the exciting possibilities awaiting us in the city!

Venture off campus...

4HE 0LAYHOUSE BOASTS ONE OF THE MOST EC LECTIC AND DIVERSE THEATRES IN .ORWICH )T S ARTY VIBRANT AND HAS A GREAT COMEDY LINE UP 1UINTESSENTIALLY IT S THE KIND OF PLACE WHICH PUTS ON A GOOD SHOW WITH SOME OF THE BEST NAMES AT THE RIGHT PRICES )F YOU LIKE YOUR PLAYS TO BE A BIT MORE DYNAMIC

IF YOU RE TIRED OF THE ,#2 S LINE UP OF )N DIE BANDS AND WANT SOMETHING A BIT MORE MUSICALLY CULTURAL THEN 4HE 0LAYHOUSE IS THE RIGHT WAY TO GO #ONCESSIONARY RATES APPLY FOR STUDENTS AND THERE IS ALSO A 3TU DENT 'ROUP DISCOUNT SO GET TOGETHER SIX OR MORE FRIENDS AND YOU CAN GET AN EVEN BIG GER DISCOUNT 4HIS SEASON 4IM -INCHIN COMEDIAN WILL BE PERFORMING ON HIS SECOND 5+ TOUR ALONGSIDE OTHER UP AND COMING GREATS SUCH AS *OHN 3HUTTLEWORTH -OREOVER THERE WILL BE SOME 2ICH (ALL AND /TIS ,EE #RENSHAW AND COMMENTATOR AND STAND UP COMEDIAN -ARK 3TEEL WILL ALSO BE DEMONSTRATING HIS COMEDIC CAPABILITIES IN $ECEMBER 6ICTOR 3PINETTI IS ANOTHER ONE TO WATCH OUT FOR THE RENOWNED 7ELSH COMEDIAN IS FAMOUS FOR HIS FRANKNESS AND CANDID ATTITUDE TOWARDS HIS PRIVATE LIFE 4HE 0LAYHOUSE HAS SOME OF THE MOST REPUTABLE COMEDY IN .ORFOLK &OR

A FUNNY NIGHT OUT SPECIl CALLY FOR THE GIRLS IN .OVEMBER 4HE 6AGINA -ONOLOGUES WHICH HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS BEING AS SHARP AS 3EX AND 4HE #ITY WILL BE GRACING THE STAGE AT THE .ORWICH 0LAYHOUSE "ASED ON %VE %NSLER S 6AGINA )NTERVIEWS CONDUCTED WITH WOMEN FROM AROUND THE WORLD THIS WITTY AND MOV ING COLLECTION OF TALES GIVES VOICE TO A CHO RUS OF LUSTY OUTRAGEOUS POIGNANT BRAVE AND THOROUGHLY HUMAN STORIES 4HERE S A COMEDY DRAMA WHICH WOULD MAKE FOR A GOOD BOY S NIGHT OUT TOO IN $E CEMBER 4HE #OALITION 4ALES OF THE 5NINVITED

A LIVE MULTIMEDIA COMEDY WILL BE SHOWING )T S BEEN DESCRIBED AS h!NARCHIC FRENETIC AND GLORIOUSLY SILLYv BY SOME CRITICS "ASED ON THREE MALE m ATMATES AS THEY FACE WICKEDLY HOT KID SISTERS EVIL KILLER ROBOTS AND CONFUS ING PLOT DEVICES FROM OTHER DIMENSIONS THE NARRATIVE IS FUN AND ENGAGING -OREOVER ON ANY COMEDY NIGHT OUT DRINKS ARE ALLOWED TO BE TAKEN INTO THE AUDITORIUM )N ADDITION THERE IS SOME DRAMA ON !N ADAPTATION OF /LIVER 4WIST ALONG WITH SOME 0HYSICAL 4HEATRE .ATURES &ORCE AND &URY

WHICH SOUNDS LIKE IT IS WORTH CHECKING OUT )F YOU RE INTO #LASSICAL /PERA *AZZ 3WING

#OUNTRY OR 3OUL THERE IS SOMETHING TO SAT

ISFY YOUR CRAVING FOR LIVE MUSIC TOO )F YOU LIKE TRIBUTE BANDS THERE ARE A FEW ON NEXT SEASON #HECK OUT THE 0LAYHOUSE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION WWW NORWICHPLAY HOUSE ORG UK 7E REITERATE THAT THE PRICES ARE GOOD TOO 4HE SURPRISING THING IS IT DOESN T COST MORE THAN A NIGHT OUT TO THE PUB AND GUAR ANTEES GOOD ENTERTAINMENT )N ADDITION THE 0LAYHOUSE ALSO HOUSES ONE OF THE FUNKIEST BARS IN TOWN IT S RIGHT NEXT TO THE THEATRE IN THE SAME BUILDING -OREOVER IF YOUR AMBITIONS RESIDE WITH THE EASEL THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO HAVE YOUR WORK DIS PLAYED TO THE PUBLIC IN THE 0LAYHOUSE "AR !LL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CALL *OE -OUNSER AND ASK ABOUT THE !RT 3PACES 'O ON DARE TO VENTURE OFF CAMPUS

The Playhouse

42-­58 St.George’s Street

3Ul YA 3HAHNAWAZ

'ET TICKETS FROM THE 5NION "OX /Fl CE OR THE 0LAYHOUSE "OX /Fl CE ON

. . . w o n k u o y t a h w h t i w k c Sti

MINOTAUR SHORTS FESTIVAL 28th-­31st October 2008

!CTORS PERFORMING IN THE -INOTAUR 3HORTS &ESTIVAL

%VERY YEAR 5%! DRAMA STUDENTS HAVE THE OP PORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE THEIR OWN ORIGINAL PRO DUCTIONS AT THE -INOTAUR 3HORTS &ESTIVAL 4HE l RST l VE PLAYS OF THIS YEAR S COLLECTION WERE PERFORMED ON THE 4UESDAY AND 4HURSDAY EVE NINGS BEGINNING WITH 3HEY (ARGREAVES ,OVE 4AIL AN ANIMAL COMEDY DRIVEN BY A QUIRKY SCRIPT AND FOUR BRILLIANT CHARACTER PERFORMANC ES FROM THE CAST .EXT UP WAS 3ECRETS WRITTEN BY 0ETE 2ALPH AND DIRECTED BY *ACK 3WAIN 3ET IN AN INTERROGATION ROOM IT FEATURED EXCELLENT PERFORMANCES FROM *ENNY +IRBY AS THE STERN POLICEWOMAN AND #HLOE ,EE AS THE SUSPECT (OT 3NOW FROM $AN 3TRANGER AND !NOUSHKA "ONWICK FOLLOWED 4HE PLOT A GROUP OF DOC TORS TRY TO PASS A PATIENT OFF AS A HOSTAGE THEY ACCIDENTALLY KILLED WAS PLAYED TO PERFECTION

BY ITS CAST THEIR CHEMISTRY FURTHER ENHANCING THE ALREADY WELL CRAFTED SCRIPT )T WAS TOP CLASS ENTERTAINMENT AND WOULDN T HAVE LOOKED OUT OF PLACE ON A PROFESSIONAL STAGE )N 2OSIE !LLERSTON S HARROWING (OME

4OM #ROOKE AND -ATT -ILNE PLAYED TWO MEN TRAPPED INSIDE A STRANGE ROOM -ILNE WAS NOTHING SHORT OF AMAZING AND #ROOKE AFTER

A LIGHT HEARTED TURN IN $RAMA3OC S &RESHERS

PROVED HIS VERSATILITY IN SPECTACULAR FASHION 4HEIR PERFORMANCES WERE OUTSTANDING AND LEFT THE AUDIENCE EMOTIONALLY EXHAUSTED 4OM -ORAN S 7RITER S "LOCK HAD A TOUGH ACT TO FOL LOW BUT WAS THE PERFECT END TO THE EVENING )T FOLLOWED A STRUGGLING WRITER $OUGLAS 0AUL (EATH AS HE GOT TAKEN INTO HIS OWN MIND TO MEET HIS VARIOUS SENSES 4HE CAST WERE PHE NOMENAL BUT IN PARTICULAR +AYLEIGH +EAM GAVE AN UNDERSTATED AND TOTALLY BELIEVABLE PERFORMANCE AS $OUGLAS LATE WIFE AND 3AM (ONYWILL WAS HILARIOUS AS HIS 3ENSE OF (U MOUR 4HE SECOND HALF OF THE FESTIVAL PERFORMED ON THE 7EDNESDAY AND &RIDAY EVENINGS BEGAN WITH 4OM / 3ULLIVAN S "ARRY WITH 3COTT "ROWN ON TOP FORM AS THE TITULAR TAXI DRIVER 4HE HU MOUR WAS SHOCKING FOR THE FAINT OF HEART BUT THIS WAS A FANTASTICALLY WRITTEN PIECE !BBY (UNT AND 3AM #ONWAY S ENSEMBLE COMEDY 2EADY &OR 4AKE /FF WAS NEXT AND IN PARTICULAR %LEANOR 3CARFE AND +AT "UCKLE DESERVEDLY WON LAUGHTER FROM THE AUDIENCE AS A PAIR OF ELDERLY LADIES

/NLY "LOOD BY 0AUL (EATH AND 0ETE 2ALPH

WAS AN EMOTIONALLY CHARGED PIECE THANKS TO THE INTELLIGENT SCRIPT AND GOOD PERFORMANCES BY %DWARD 9ELLAND AND *AMES "ALL (EATH THEN PUT HIS ACTING HAT BACK ON FOR *ON !LLEN S .INETY %IGHT A STANDOUT DRAMA WITH A BRILLIANT SCRIPT AND ENGAGING PERFORMANCES BY (EATH AND !LEX 3TUART #HRIS 3INGLETON S WELL WRITTEN AND BRIL LIANTLY DIRECTED 4RAINS CLOSED THE FESTIVAL 3AM 3AUNDERS EFFORTLESSLY NAILED THE PART OF A YOUNG MAN PRONE TO THE OCCASIONAL PSYCHEDELIC TRIP

MAKING HIS NAMESAKE CHARACTER LIKEABLE AND GRIPPING TO WATCH .ATALIE ,ESTER WAS ABSO LUTELY HILARIOUS AS A WOMAN ON THE TRAIN -ATT -ILNE WAS GENUINELY CREEPY AS THE CONDUCTOR

+AT "UCKLE BROUGHT OUT THE SWEETNESS NECES SARY FOR LOVE INTEREST *EN AND (ELEN +ELLEHER SHOWCASED PERFECT COMIC TIMING AS THE STATION ANNOUNCER AND A CHAVVY YOUNG MUM %ACH INDIVIDUAL SHORT BOASTED A GREAT SCRIPT AND A GREAT CAST RESULTING IN A FANTASTIC TWO NIGHTS OF THEATRE .EXT YEAR S WRITERS HAVE A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW 3HAUN +ITCHENER

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music

“any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds;”

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Beatific Visions

!LPHABEAT THE BIGGEST BAND FROM $ENMARK SINCE THE INVENTION OF MUSIC ROLLED INTO .ORWICH AT THE END OF /CTOBER WITH SUPPORT ACTS 0AN DERING 4HE 'OLDDIGGERS AND $AS 0OP IN TOW TO PERFORM IN OUR VERY OWN ,#2 $AN 9OUMANS WAS THERE TO INTERVIEW THREE OF THE BAND !NDERS 2 BASSIST 2ASMUS KEYBOARDIST AND 4ROELS DRUMMER TER PARTY 7E COULD VE DONE THAT AND THE PRESS WOULD VE SEEN US DRUNK AND HAD A STORY "UT WE RE NOT INVITING THEM TO DO THAT WE DON T NEED IT )T S ABOUT THE MUSIC FOR US 4 )T S REALLY NICE THAT WE RE SELLING OUT OUR GIGS 7E VE NEVER BEEN TO .ORWICH BEFORE BUT IT WAS ONE OF THE l RST DATES ON OUR TOUR TO SELL OUT AND IT HAD TO BE MOVED TO HERE A BIGGER VENUE 2 7E FEEL THAT WE VE ACHIEVED SOMETHING PLAYING SO MANY GIGS AND FESTIVALS LAST SUMMER AND WE REALLY ENJOYING TOURING ALL OVER THE PLACE $9 (AVE ANY OF YOU BEEN TO UNI BEFORE 2 /UR GUITARIST ANOTHER !NDERS WENT FOR A WHILE BUT UNIVER SITY IN $ENMARK S A LOT MORE OPEN THAN IT IS HERE SO YOU CAN STUDY A VARIETY OF STUFF $9 )F YOU HAD TO COME TO "RITISH UNIVERSITY WHAT WOULD YOU STUDY !2 #OMMUNICATION THE MEDIA THAT KIND OF THING 2 7HAT KIND OF THING DO YOU HAVE TO STUDY TO BE AN ACCOUNT ANT $9 !CCOUNTING 2 4HAT S WHAT ) D STUDY 4 "IOLOGY MAYBE $9 7HAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD FOR !LPHABEAT 7HERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELVES IN A YEAR 4 )N A YEAR WE SHOULD VE RELEASED OUR SECOND ALBUM WE VE WRITTEN SOME NEW SONGS ALREADY AND ARE PLAYING SOME OF THESE ON THIS TOUR !ND THEN MAYBE SOME MORE TOURING !2 7E RE HOPING TO GO TO THE 53! SOMETIME BUT THAT S NOT ALL BEEN SORTED OUT YET $AN 9OUMANS (OW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE !LPHABEAT !NDERS 2 AFTER MUCH DELIBERATION $ANISH 0OP %NERGY WHICH SOUNDS A BIT LIKE A DRINK $9 7HERE DID THE NAME COME FROM )S IT TRUE THAT YOU USED TO BE CALLED 3ODASTAR 4ROELS 9EAH IT IS 0EOPLE USED TO COME UP TO US ASK US OUR NAME AND WE D HAVE TO SAY h3ODASTARv BUT NOW IT S LIKE h!L PHABEATv )T FEELS NICE ON YOUR TONGUE !2 )T S INSPIRED BY THE ALPHABET BUT ALSO A SONG BY 0RINCE CALLED !LPHABET 3TREET 4 %VERYONE CAN RELATE TO THE ALPHABET $9 7ERE YOU SURPRISED BY THE SUCCESS OF YOUR MUSIC IN THE 5+ ESPECIALLY BEING NEITHER !MERICAN NOR "RITISH 4 ) THINK WE KNEW IT HAD SOMETHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE WE D DONE IT IN $ENMARK WE D HAD QUITE A SUCCESS THERE 7E KNEW &ASCINATION WAS A REALLY GOOD SONG AND THEN WE MOVED HERE AND STARTED TOURING )T S USUALLY JUST SINGLES THAT COME OVER HERE BUT WE CAME OVER AND TOURED A BIT SO ) THINK THAT HELPED A LOT

h)T S JUST GREAT TO PLAY POP MUSIC AND NOT BE PLACED IN A BOX CALLED @INDIE MUSIC 0OP MUSIC CAN ACTUALLY BE WHAT IT WANTS TO BE

WITHOUT BEING JUDGEDv $9 7HAT S YOUR FAVORITE THING ABOUT BEING IN A SUCCESSFUL BAND !2 ) D DEl NITELY SAY PERFORMING WE RE A LIVE BAND AND THE FEELING OF STANDING ON STAGE IN FRONT OF A REALLY EXCITED CROWD IS AMAZING 7E LIKE INDIE MUSIC ROCK MUSIC AND HIP HOP MUSIC

BUT POP MUSIC S JUST THE BEST WAY TO CREATE A PARTY 4 )T S JUST GREAT TO PLAY POP MUSIC AND NOT BE PLACED IN A BOX CALLED @INDIE MUSIC 0OP MUSIC CAN ACTUALLY BE WHAT IT WANTS

TO BE WITHOUT BEING JUDGED $9 7HY DO YOU THINK !LPHABEAT HAVE BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL IN AN AGE SO DOMINATED BY INDIE MUSIC 4 "ECAUSE IT S A BIT OF A CHANGE 0EOPLE IN THE 5+ HAVE NEVER BEEN EXPOSED TO POP MUSIC OR POP CULTURE FROM SAY $ENMARK

OR 3WEDEN AND THEY VE BOTH GOT REALLY INTERESTING POP SCENES )T S ALSO REALLY GREAT TO SEE OUR LIVE POP GIGS GETTING GOOD RE VIEWS 7E HAVEN T GOT BIG SCREENS OR DANCERS OR l RE WORKS WE RE NOT THAT KIND OF POP MUSIC

h7E VE BEEN TOGETHER FOR SIX YEARS THAT SHOWS THAT WE RE A SERIOUS BANDv !2 7HEN YOU COME TO A SHOW WITH US IT S NOT CHOREOGRAPHED

IT S JUST US JUMPING AROUND 2ASMUS 7E VE BEEN TOGETHER FOR SIX YEARS THAT SHOWS THAT WE RE A SERIOUS BAND $9 4ELL US A BIT ABOUT YOUR SUPPORT ACTS 4 7E LIKE MUSIC FROM 2IHANNA OR 3UGABABES THEY HAVE REALLY GOOD SONGS SO WE WANTED SOME REAL POP BANDS TO TOUR WITH US $AS 0OP ARE WRITING SOME REALLY GOOD POP SONGS THEY RE DIFFERENT BUT THEY RE STILL PURE POP 2 0ANDERING AND THE 'OLDDIGGERS ARE POP MUSIC THAT MAKES YOU DANCE 4HEY ARE CHOREOGRAPHED AND IT S JUST ANOTHER FORM OF POP MUSIC /UR GIGS ARE LIKE A TOURING SHOWCASE OF POP $9 7HAT OTHER BANDS ARE YOU INTERESTED IN 4 4HE 7OMBATS 7E RE SUPPORTING THEM IN ,IVERPOOL BUT THEY ASKED SO THEY MUST BE MASSIVE FANS OF !LPHABEAT $9 7HAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT MEDIA ATTENTION )S IT JUST PAR FOR THE COURSE OR ARE THERE LIMITS !2 ) THINK YOU CHOOSE FOR YOURSELVES HOW MUCH YOU WANT TO BE IN THE MEDIA 4 2 9EAH !2 7E DON T INVITE THE PRESS TO COME AND SEE US TO DO AN AF

2EGARDLESS OF WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR !LPHABEAT IT S PRETTY CLEAR THAT THEIR DEBUT ALBUM 4HIS )S !LPHABEAT IS A MASSIVE HIT AND IT S ALL THANKS TO THEIR TOURING ENERGY AND INDIVIDUAL ITY SOMETHING WHICH IS APPARENT EVEN WHEN YOU MEET THEM BEFORE A GIG TO INTERVIEW THEM !BSOLUTE LEGENDS

0OP 1UIZ (OW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE $ENMARK 0RETTY GIRLS AND CHEAP BEER $AS 0OP %NERGY AND GOOD GUYS 0ANDERING AND THE 'OLDDIGGERS 3UGABABES MEET 0RINCE 4HE %IGHTIES $ONKEY +ONG !NDERS 3' 4AMBOURINE MAN YELLING ENERGY 3TINE 0ROFESSIONAL PETITE CUTE MESSY &AVORITE CAKE #HOCOLATE CHOCOLATE FUDGE CAKE &AVORITE SANDWICH 4 4UNA 2 #HICKEN AND BACON !2 %GG AND CRESS IT S A MORNING THING &AVORITE !LPHABEAT TRACK 2 !2 4OUCH -E 4OUCHING 9OU LIVE 4 ) LOSE A SMALL PART OF MY LIFE EVERY NIGHT WE PLAY THAT SONG IT S SO HARD TO PLAY ON THE DRUMS 3O MAYBE "OYFRIEND INSTEAD &AVORITE BAND 7E DON T HAVE ONE "UT WE RE LIKING 4HE &LAMING ,IPS RIGHT NOW 0RINCE IS REALLY GOOD "UT IT REALLY DEPENDS ON WHAT KIND OF MOOD YOU RE IN $AVID "OWIE

MAYBE &AVORITE BOOK 4 .INETEEN %IGHTY &OUR !2 4HE $ICE -AN 2 ) M NOT THAT BIG OF A READER BUT ) THINK THAT THE $AN "ROWN BOOKS ARE PRETTY GOOD THEY RE GOOD ENTERTAINING BOOKS

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Albums Girls Aloud

! FEW WEEKS AFTER ACHIEVING THE BIGGEST l RST WEEK SINGLE SALES OF THE YEAR SO FAR THE GIRLS RELEASE THEIR NEW SET /UT /F #ONTROL )T OBVIOUSLY STARTS WITH NUMBER ONE 4HE 0ROMISE 4HIS SINGLES S SASSINESS AND CUTE MELODIES INITIALLY MADE IT QUITE HARD TO DIGEST BUT IT S WHEN YOU LISTEN A BIT DEEPER AND HEAR THE DISTINCTIVELY MANIC 8ENOMANIA SONG STRUCTURE THAT IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE NEW 'IRLS !LOUD SINCE #HEMISTRY AND THE CRITICS l NALLY GETTING ON BOARD THAT IT BECOMES ADDICTIVE #OMPARED TO 4ANGLED 5P THERE

ARE LESS ELECTRONIC UP TEMPO SONGS !S WITH #ALL 4HE 3HOTS

MANY OF THE SONGS ON /UT OF #ONTROL ARE MID PACED INCLUDING 5NTOUCHABLE 4URN 4O 3TONE AND GORGEOUS ELECTRO BALLAD 4HE ,OVING +IND 7ITH THIS SONG THE GIRLS HAVE ONCE AGAIN FOUND THAT MAGIC FORMULA AND IT COULD WELL HAVE THE INGREDIENTS TO BE THEIR NEXT NUMBER ONE 4HINK 2OBYN S 7ITH %VERY (EARTBEAT AND YOU LL GET AN IDEA OF THIS ALBUM S OVER RIDING SOUND 5NTOUCHABLE IS .ADINE S BIG SHOW ON THIS ALBUM BUT SHE ISN T THE ONLY STAR OF /UT /F #ONTROL )T S A REAL TREAT TO HEAR A LARGER PROPORTION OF THE OTHER GIRL S VOICES 3ARAH AND +IMBERLY ESPECIALLY GET MORE AND NOT JUST SPEAK SINGING PARTS EITHER )T S A LONG OVERDUE CHANGE AND MAKES SOME SONGS SOUND EVEN MORE MENTAL THAN IF THE ALBUM WERE CONVENTIONALLY .ADINE AND #HERYL HEAVY 3ONGS LIKE ,OVE )S 4HE +EY AND &IX -E 5P BRING BACK THE CHEEKINESS THAT THE GIRLS HAD IN

/UT OF #ONTROL THEIR PAST HITS "IOLOGY AND ,ONG (OT 3UMMER "OTH HAVE SOME GREAT GUITAR RIFFS AND SAUCY LYRICS

MAKING THEM SOLID ALBUM TRACKS -ISS 9OU "OW 7OW HOWEVER HAS ALL THESE ELEMENTS BUT SOUNDS LIKE ABOUT TEN CHORUSES MASHED TOGETHER TO MAKE A SONG PERFECT 'IRLS !LOUD 4HIS IS DEl NITELY NOT AN ALBUM FULL OF MOCK S SONGS

AS 4HE 0ROMISE MAY FOOL SOME INTO THINKING IT MAY BE BUT REALLY WHEN WERE 'IRLS !LOUD EVER SHEEP 3PEAKING OF SHEEP THE ONE CLUNKER OF THE SET IS ,IVE )N 4HE #OUNTRY WITH ITS FARMYARD ANIMAL SOUNDBITES AND DRUM AND BASS BEAT IT SOUNDS LIKE AN OFF CUT FROM THE GIRLS LAST ALBUM !FTER FOUR STUDIO SETS THE QUALITY OF THIS IS A REAL FEAT )T SHOWS THAT NEITHER THE GIRLS NOR "RIAN (IGGINS HEAD 8ENOMANIAC HAVE LOST FAITH IN THE POTENTIAL THEIR MUSICAL PAIRING CAN BRING TO THE TABLE 4HIS HAS THE GIRLS PERSONALITY STAMPED ALL OVER IT

AND THE CHANGES TO THEIR SOUND COMPLIMENT THE ELEMENTS THEY

HAVE EXCELLED AT OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS 9ET IT ALSO WORKS AS A SET OF SONGS DISTINCT FROM EVERYTHING ELSE THEY HAVE DONE )T WILL BE FASCINATING TO SEE IF THEY CAN KEEP BRINGING SOMETHING FRESH TO THE TABLE FROM NOW ON OR IF THEY TRY

AND ATTEMPT ONE BIG HIT A YEAR WITHOUT ANY FURTHER SUBSTANCE

LIKE CERTAIN OTHER GIRL BANDS -ATTHEW 7HELBAND

Los Campesinos!

Snow Patrol

The Computers

7E !RE "EAUTIFUL 7E !RE $OOMED

! (UNDRED -ILLION 3UNS

9OU #AN T (IDE &ROM 4HE #OMPUTERS

.O SINGLES NO VIDEOS LIMITED EDITION ,OS #AMPESINOS SEEM TO BE SNEAK ING OUT THAT DIFl CULT SECOND ALBUM "UT THE #ARDIFF SEVEN PIECE SHOULD BE SHOUTING ABOUT THIS RECORD AS LOUDLY AS THEY SHOUT ALMOST EVERY CHORUS ON IT 2ELEASED JUST EIGHT MONTHS AFTER THEIR PHENOMENAL DEBUT 7!"

7!$ PICKS UP WHERE ,OS #AMPESINOS LEFT OFF 0OUNDING GLOCKENSPIELS CRASH ING GUITARS AND FRONTMAN 'ARETH S DESPERATE CRIES ARE STILL BALANCED BY SOOTHING VIOLIN AND CO VOCALIST !LEX S DELICATE VOICE "UT THE BAND NO LONGER PLOUGH THROUGH EVERY SONG MAKING THE TRACKS MORE CONSIDERED AND MATURE THAN THE PRIMAL RUSH OF THEIR DEBUT 4HE THEMES HAVE DARKENED TOO WHILE THERE S STILL LOST LOVE FOOTBALL AND READING THERE S NOW MORTALITY AND VOMIT ! LOT OF VOMIT 7HILE THE LYRICS CAN BORDER ON PRETENTIOUS IT ONLY MAKES ,OS #AMPESINOS MORE ENDEARING WHENEVER THEY TRY TOO HARD THEY RE JUST A BOUNCING SYNTH LINE FROM MAKING YOU SMILE 4HE FANZINE INCLUDED WITH THE #$ HAS THE SAME BALANCE A PAGE OF &RENCH POETRY NEXT TO A DRAWING OF 4ONY #ASCARINO MAKES FOR ONE OF THE MOST RIDICULOUS ALBUM SLEEVES EVER $ESPITE ITS QUICK GENESIS 7!"

7!$ DOESN T FEEL AT ALL RUSHED ,OS #AMPESINOS HAVE GAINED THE CONl DENCE TO PULL BACK THEIR LOUDER MOMENTS BUT STILL HAVE THE TUNES TO GET UN DER YOUR SKIN 7ILL $ONOVAN

4HE LEAD SINGLE FROM 3NOW 0ATROL S LATEST ALBUM DID NOT l LL 4HE %VENT WITH OPTIMISM 4AKE "ACK 4HE #ITY OMITTED ANY OF THE BAND S INDIVIDUALITY

CONFORMING TO WHAT A POPULAR SONG SHOULD SOUND LIKE 'ARY ,IGHTBODY S h7OAH WOAH WOAHv THROUGHOUT MADE US REGRET OUR PREVIOUS LOVE FOR THE BAND ! (UNDRED -ILLION 3UNS DOES NOT DIFFERENTIATE FROM WHAT THE PREVIOUS TWO MULTI PLATINUM ALBUMS OFFERED

WITH 'RAMMY AWARD WINNER *ACKNIFE ,EE ON PRODUCING DUTIES AGAIN #LEARLY 3NOW 0ATROL ARE NOT TAKING ANY RISKS 4HEY FOR GOT HOWEVER THE RISK OF BEING BORING )T S A RISK THAT JUST ABOUT PAYS OFF BECAUSE YOU STILL HEAR MORE OF WHAT YOU LIKE ABOUT THIS BAND !FTER ALL IT S HARD NOT TO LIKE THE NICEST BAND IN "RITAIN 4HEIR MUSIC IS UNPRETENTIOUS AND ,IGHTBODY S LYRICS ARE BEAUTIFUL THROUGHOUT /N #RACK 4HE 3HUTTERS HE SINGS h!ND JUST WATCH YOU AS THE RAYS TANGLE UP AROUND YOUR FACE AND BODYv WHICH NESTLES COMFORTABLY NEXT TO THE EXCELLENT CHORUS DRIVEN OPENER )F 4HERE S ! 2OCKET 4IE -E 4O )T !DVENTURE IS NOT COMPLETELY LOST WITH THE WICKED CON CLUSION 4HE ,IGHTNING 3TRIKE n A THREE PART SONG THAT BEATS AND SINGS FOR SIXTEEN MINUTES CHOIR AND BRASS ORCHESTRA INCLUDED ! (UNDRED -ILLION 3UNS IS TOO SIMILAR TO THE BAND S PREVI OUS WORK AND A FEW SONGS FEEL LIKE l LLERS BUT THERE IS SOME SOLID WORK HERE 'OOD ENOUGH JUST TO KEEP THEIR FAN BASE -ATT "ULL

'OD BLESS &IERCE 0ANDA AN IN DEPENDENT ,ONDON RECORD LABEL

RESPONSIBLE FOR BRINGING THE LIKES OF !RT "RUT !SH AND "OY +ILL "OY TO OUR ATTENTION AND SEEM TO HAVE A KNACK FOR SNIFl NG OUT ORIGINAL TALENT 4HEIR LATEST RE LEASE A SEVEN TRACK MINI ALBUM FROM %XETER PUNKS 4HE #OM PUTERS IS NO EXCEPTION PITCHED SQUARELY AT THE SAME AUDIENCE THAT LAPPED UP 'ALLOWS LAST YEAR 4HIS IS A RIFF HEAVY SHOUTY PUNK OF THE KIND THAT HAS SELDOM BEEN SEEN SINCE THE DAYS OF "LACK &LAG BUT MOST IM PORTANTLY IT S DAMN GOOD FUN THESE LADS SOUND LIKE THEY RE HAVING THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES %ACH TRACK IS A POTENT COMBINATION OF LIGHTNING RIFFAGE

THROAT SHREDDING VOCALS AND MACHINE GUN DRUMS ALL RAT TLING BY AT A FRANTIC PACE WITH NO TRACKS LASTING MUCH OVER THREE MINUTES )N FACT WHEN THEY DO SLOW DOWN FOR THE CLOS ING TRACK #ITY 'HOSTS THEY COMPLETELY FALL APART THE HARSH SCREAMS SOUND COMPLETELY OUT OF PLACE WITH THE TRACK S PLOD DING GLOOM "UT EVERYTHING ELSE PARTICULARLY OPENER 4EENAGE 4OURETTES #AMP AND INTENSE SCREAM ALONG -UST 4RY (ARDER

WILL HAVE YOU GAZING LONGINGLY AT THAT BATTERED COPY OF .EVER MIND THE "OLLOCKS )T S BY NO MEANS PERFECT LYRICALLY THEY VE GOT A LOT OF GROWING UP TO DO BUT ON THIS EVIDENCE 4HE #OMPUTERS ARE DEl NITELY ONE TO WATCH FOR NEXT YEAR $UNCAN 6ICAT "ROWN

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Singles

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The Killers

Hannah and Sam

Miley Cyrus

(UMAN

7HO S "ITTEN 9OU

4HINGS

!FTER PLAYING 'LASTONBURY

HEADLINING 2EADING AND ,EEDS

HAVING TWO 5+ NUMBER ONE ALBUMS AND WORKING WITH MU SIC LEGEND ,OU 2EED IT S FAIR TO SAY 4HE +ILLERS HAVE MANY STRINGS TO THEIR BOW )S THE LEAD SINGLE FROM THEIR FORTHCOMING ALBUM ANOTHER EPIC UP BEAT NUMBER FROM THE 6EGAS BOYS .OT EXACTLY (UMAN CONTAINS ALL OF THE ELEMENTS WE ARE USED TO FROM 4HE +ILLERS ELABORATE USE OF SYNTHS AND HEARTFELT LYRICS THAT WOULD SOUND RATHER CRASS IF NOT SUNG BY THE EVER SO CHARMING "RANDON &LOWERS 7HAT IS DIFFERENT IS THAT THE CHORUS IS THAT IT IS SLOW PACED AND DEVOID OF THE WHALING EPIC VOCALS HEARD ON PREVIOUS HITS SUCH AS -R "RIGHTSIDE AND 7HEN 9OU 7ERE 9OUNG h9OU GOTTA LET ME KNOW !RE WE HUMAN /R ARE WE DANCERS v ARE THE LYRICS OF AN INFECTIOUS CHORUS THAT YOU WILL BE SINGING TO YOURSELF OVER AND OVER 4HEN WE HEAR AN UNANTICIPATED S KEYBOARD TUNE AND THE SONG REALLY KICKS IN )T S POP AND IT S BRILLIANT 4HIS SONG HASN T TAKEN THE BAND IN A WHOLE NEW DIRECTION

AND IT S BY NO MEANS AS INSTANT AS -R "RIGHTSIDE (OWEVER +ILL ERS FANS CAN SLEEP WELL KNOWING THAT THERE IS MORE OF THE SAME

ALTHOUGH WITH A NEW S GROOVIER SOUND )T LOOKS LIKE WE CAN EXPECT GREAT THINGS FROM FORTHCOMING ALBUM $AY AND !GE !DAM 7ISON

(ANNAH AND 3AM ARE A PAIR OF YEAR OLD SIXTH FORMERS AND THEIR YOUTH MAKES THIS SONG EVEN MORE OF AN ACHIEVEMENT THAN IT ALREADY IS 7HO S "ITTEN 9OU IS FAR MORE LYRICALLY AND STRUCTURALLY SOPHISTICATED THAN THE WORK OF BANDS THAT HAVE BEEN TOGETHER AS LONG AS (AN NAH AND 3AM HAVE BEEN ALIVE 4HE SONG DOES HAVE FAMILIAR REF ERENCE POINTS THE GLOCKENSPIEL AND INNOCENT CHILDLIKE LYRICS ARE HALLMARKS OF TWEE 9ET UNLIKE OTHER TWEE INSPIRED BANDS

(ANNAH AND 3AM ARE ABLE TO HIT EMOTIONAL REGISTERS ABOVE @HAPPILY KOOKY 7HO S "ITTEN 9OU STARTS WITH A 2EGINA 3PEKTOR ESQUE PIANO LINE AND BUILDS FROM THERE WITH LOVEABLE LYRICS AND A SERIES OF CATCHY NON IDENTICAL CHORUSES 4HE BUOYANCY OF THE l RST TWO THIRDS OF THE SONG MAKES THE l NAL CODA EVEN MORE AFFECTING WHEN THEY GO ALL OUT WITH THE SWEETLY UNSURE STUT TERING QUESTION OF h7HAT WOULD YOU SAY IF ) SCRIBBLED YOUR NAME INTO MY HEART v (ANNAH AND 3AM ARE GENUINELY GOOD BUT THANKFULLY UNSHOWY SINGERS KEEPING THEIR COOL IN THE MIDST OF INTRICATE HARMONIES 4HEIR !USSIE ACCENTS ARE UNUSUAL AND WONDERFUL TO HEAR COMFORTING EVEN TO THOSE WHO DIDN T GROW UP WATCHING .EIGHBOURS (ANNAH AND 3AM S -YSPACE LABELS THE CURRENT VERSION OF 7HO S "ITTEN 9OU AS A @DRAFT YET IT S STILL ONE OF 4HE %VENT S l NDS OF 3ARAH #HRISTIE

/K SO WE KNOW MOST OF YOU WILL BE MORE THAN A LITTLE DIS MAYED IN SEEING YEAR OLD -ILEY #YRUS NEW SINGLE BE ING REVIEWED IN THE CREDIBLE MUSIC SECTION OF 4HE %VENT (OWEVER AS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR AND HIGHEST EARNING INTERNATIONAL TEEN STARS OF THE MOMENT #YRUS IS PROVING HERSELF A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH 2ISING FROM THE HUGELY SUCCESSFUL $ISNEY SHOW (ANNAH -ONTANA -ILEY #YRUS HAS ENJOYED WHIRLWIND SUCCESS 9ET #YRUS IS NO MERE POP MANNE QUIN AS SHE CO WROTE EIGHT OF THE THE SONGS ON HER DEBUT ALBUM ,OADED WITH TEEN ANGST AND HEAVILY APPLIED EYE LINER -I LEY SINGS HER HEART OUT IN 4HINGS ABOUT A BOY WHO DRIVES HER TO THE DEPTHS OF CRAZINESS BUT WHOM SHE CANNOT BEAR TO BE WITHOUT )T S ALL VERY 4EN 4HINGS ) (ATE !BOUT 9OU ESQUE "UT IT IS RELATABLE AT LEAST TO MOST OF THE ADOLESCENT POPULATION

AND THAT IS THE SECRET OF ITS SUCCESS 4HE SINGLE IS SIMPLE AND UNOFFENDING AND IN THE RUN UP TO #HRISTMAS IT PROVIDES AN UPBEAT ALTERNATIVE TO THE MEL ANCHOLIC DRIVEL THAT USUALLY OCCUPIES THE WINTER CHARTS 0OS SESSING AN UNTIMELY MATURITY AND HONESTY #YRUS UPLIFTING HARMONIES ARE A BREATH OF FRESH AIR "LAST IT ON YOUR I0OD AND DANCE AROUND YOUR BEDROOM 7E DARE YOU %MMA 'ALAL

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-YSTERY *ETS )NTERVIEW !HEAD OF THEIR 7ATERFRONT GIG 2OB -ORBIN CATCHES UP WITH BASSIST VOCALIST +AI &ISH AND DRUMMER +APIL 4RIVEDI 4HE %VENT 7ELCOME BACK TO .ORWICH BOYS +APIL 4HANKS LAST TIME WE PLAYED HERE IT WAS GREAT THAT WAS AT THE !RTS #ENTRE % 7HAT S DIFFERENT THIS TIME AROUND +AI .OW WE RE PLAYING TO PEOPLE WHO KNOW THE ALBUMS RE ALLY WELL ESPECIALLY THE SECOND ONE WHICH HAS BEEN OUT FOR SEVEN MONTHS NOW % !NY MAJOR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE RECORD AND THE LIVE PERFORMANCES +APIL 9EAH 3OMETIMES IT S JUST A MISTAKE AND YOU JUST HAVE TO GO WITH IT LIKE IF ) GO INTO DOUBLE TIME WHEN IM NOT SUP POSED TO REMEMBER +AI (EY ) THOUGHT YOU DID THAT ON PURPOSE +APIL (AHA YEAH WELL ) KIND OF DID THEN REALISED SHIT 4HIS ISN T GUNNA WORK AND YOU KEPT LOOKING AT ME AND ) WAS NODDING LIKE SING +AI (AHA BUT YEAH WE DO LOOK AT LIVE PERFORMANCES AS SEPA RATE !DD BITS AND PIECES MAKES IT MORE FUN FOR US AS WELL % "LAINE S FRONTMAN S DAD (ENRY IS ON THE RECORD BUT DOESN T TOUR ANYMORE BET THAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT TOO +AI 9EAH SURE (ENRY S ON BITS AND PIECES % 7HY DOESN T HE TOUR ANYMORE +AI &OR "LAINE IT S JUST THAT THING OF FEELING LIKE YOUR OWN MAN )T WAS TIME TO m Y THE NEST AND SPREAD OUR WINGS % 3O WAS YOUTH AND SPREADING YOUR WINGS AN INSPIRATION FOR 4WENTY /NE 7HAT ELSE INSPIRES YOU +AI 7HEN WE RE WRITING EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN THING THAT THEY RE INTO AND THAT S WHY ALL THE SONGS SOUND A BIT DIFFER ENT 7E WERE GONNA MAKE A DANCE RECORD AND IT WAS GONNA BE ALL ELECTRONIC BUT THEN IT JUST TURNED OUT TO BE MORE OF A GUITAR RECORD ! WHOLE BUNCH OF THINGS INSPIRED 4WENTY /NE A LOT OF S PRODUCERS THAT S SOMETHING THEY DID RE

ALLY WELL THEN TOOK RISKS TO GET SOUNDS THAT HAD NEVER BEEN HEARD BEFORE % 3O YOU WERE DELIBERATELY AIMING FOR SOME SORT OF S FEEL +AI .O THERE S NOT AN OVERALL S FEEL JUST BITS IN A COU PLE OF SONGS /BVIOUSLY 4WO $OORS $OWN AND -* HAVE THAT REFERENCE BUT IT WOULD BE LAZY JOURNALISM TO CALL IT AN S ALBUM % #OULDN T AGREE MORE &OR -* DID YOU JUST REALISE THAT YOUR BAND HAD THE SAME INITIALS AS -ICHAEL *ACKSON AND DECIDED SOMETHING HAD TO BE DONE ABOUT IT +APIL 9EAH WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING REALLY -ICHAEL *ACKSON SO AS LIKE A DRAFT TITLE WE JUST HAD @-* 4HEN "LAINE WROTE LYRICS AND THEY WENT REALLY WELL WITH THE TITLE SO IT KIND OF JUST STUCK % 4HE SINGLE 9OUNG ,OVE IS COLLABORATION WITH ,AURA -AR LING SHE S QUITE FOLKY HOW DID THAT COME ABOUT +AI 7E JUST m IPPED THROUGH .-% AND DECIDED TO COLLABO RATE WITH THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THERE (AHA NO THAT S ONLY HALF TRUE % 3ERIOUSLY +AI .O OF COURSE NOT +APIL .O IT S TRUE +AI 3HE TOURED WITH .OAH !ND 4HE 7HALE AND WE THOUGHT WE D ANNOY THEM BY STEALING HER AWAY 3HE S NOT AN OBVIOUS CHOICE JUST TRIED SOME STUFF AND IT TURNED OUT REALLY WELL % !NY OTHER COLLABORATIONS TO LOOK FORWARD TO +AI 7E JUST STARTED WRITING SOME NEW STUFF BUT IF A SONG DEMANDS IT OR IS ASKING FOR IT THEN WE LL DO IT % (AVE YOU BEEN WRITING THE NEW STUFF ON TOUR +AI 7E NEVER WRITE ON TOUR WE GO SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN 3O FAR WE HAVE ABOUT FOUR SONGS WE LL DEl NITELY BE TRYING TO GET THE ALBUM OUT FOR NEXT YEAR THOUGH % ,OOK FORWARD TO IT #HEERS GUYS

!N AIR RAID STYLE SIREN BEGINS WITH SPOTLIGHTS AND AFTER A SUFl CIENT AMOUNT OF BUILD UP THE BAND TAKES THE STAGE 4HE BAND STARTS WITH (IDEAWAY THE l RST TRACK OFF NEW ALBUM 4WENTY /NE FOLLOWED BY 4WO $OORS $OWN 4HE CROWD ARE IMMEDIATELY DANCING AROUND IN A CHEERFUL SPIRIT 4HE NEXT SONG (ALF IN ,OVE WITH %LIZABETH STRIKES A PERSONAL NOTE BUT IS ALSO THE POINT WHERE THE CROWD GO WILD SINGING ALONG LOUDLY AND JUMPING UP AND DOWN .EXT UP FOLLOWS BREAK THROUGH SINGLE 9OUNG ,OVE NORMALLY FEATURING ,AURA -AR LING !T THIS POINT THE BAND IS IGNORING THE OLDER FANS CHANTS OF @:OOTIME &OR THE REST OF THE SET THEY CHANGE BE TWEEN OLD AND NEW SONGS BUT IT SEEMS THAT IT WILL NEVER BE hZOOv TIME ,IVE THE BAND SHOW MORE MUSICAL EXPERIMEN TATION 4HEY LEAVE STAGE TO A RAGING APPLAUSE AND THE CON TINUED CHANTS OF @:OOTIME BRING THEM BACK FOR AN ENCORE 4HEY PLAY OLD FAVOURITES !LAS !GNES AND #AN T &OOL -E $EN NIS BUT THE CROWD ARE STILL UNSATISl ED 4HE CROWD START THE CHANT OF @:OOTIME AGAIN AND THE BAND l NALLY GIVE THEM WHAT THEY WANT :OOTIME S LYRICS REFER TO A l LM ABOUT A GIRL WHO WAS SUCKED INTO "ERLIN S HEROIN SCENE WHICH MAKES SENSE SOMEHOW -YSTERY *ETS LIVE SHOW IS AS EUPHORIC AND ADDICTIVE #ARMINA -ASOLIVER -ARLOW

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UNDERSTATED GUITAR DOING WELL TO CAPTIVATE A CROWD THAT HAD TO WAIT AN HOUR FOR ANY MU SIC ,ATER JOINED BY THE REST OF THE &OXES THE HUMAN VOICE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT INSTRU MENT ON DISPLAY &OUR OUT OF THE l VE MEMBERS ASSUME VOCAL RESPONSIBILITIES BLENDING THEIR VARIED HARMONIES SEAMLESSLY INTERTWINED

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) FIRST SAW 3CROOBIUS 0IP PERFORM AT A PO ETRY SLAM TWO YEARS AGO OF WHICH ) WAS A FEATURED POET AND SCORER ) GAVE HIM NINE OUT OF TEN *UST ONE YEAR LATER HIS COLLABORATION WITH $AN ,E 3AC RESULTED IN THE SUCCESS OF 4HOU 3HALT !LWAYS +ILL 4HEY HAVE BEEN GIGGING TOGETHER REGULAR LY SINCE THEN AND THEIR FAN BASE HAS JUST KEPT ON GROWING 4HE 7ATERFRONT WAS PACKED WITH PEO PLE SWAYING AS THE BOYS BEGAN THEIR SET WITH THE THEME FROM 4HE !NTIQUES 2OAD SHOW A FAMILIAR STARTER TO THEIR LIVE SETS

%NTER 3HIKARI ALSO OPEN THEIR GIGS WITH THE SAME THEME HOWEVER 3CROOBIUS 0IP HAS STRESSED THAT HE HAD SEEN $AN ,E 3AC DO $* SETS YEARS BACK WHICH INCLUDED IT ! FEW SONGS IN 3CROOBIUS DEMANDED THE CROWD TO DANCE MORE AND SO THEY DANCED 4HE WHOLE ROOM WAS A SWARM ING SWEATING MOSH PIT OF ADOLESCENT BODIES (IGHLIGHTS WERE A SPOKEN WORD PERFORMANCE OF THE POEM 2AT 2ACE AND TWO INTERESTING COVERS OF 4HE 3UGABABES AND 4HE 3PECIALS GIVING A UNIQUE TWIST TO WELL KNOWN SONGS 4HE SHOW RANGED FROM THE POIGNANT LYRICS OF !NGELS BAL ANCED WITH SONGS TO DRIVE THE CROWD WILD LIKE 4HE "EAT THAT MY (EART 3KIPPED 7HAT MAKES A REALLY GOOD GIG IS GENERALLY THE ATMOSPHERE AND WITH THE 3CROOBIUS REP ARTEE IN BETWEEN SONGS AND THE CROWD S ENTHUSIASM SHOUTING ALONG WITH THE LYR ICS AS THEY ARE SPAT OUT OF 0IP S LIPS THIS ONE WAS DEFINITELY UP THERE 3OME MAY DEEM 3CROOBIUS 0IP A SELL OUT FOR TURNING HIS POETRY INTO A POSTER FOR POP CULTURE BUT IT IS SURELY A STEP FORWARD FOR POETRY A GENRE OF WRITING THAT MOST ONLY RELATE TO IN REFLECTION OF OLD SCHOOL DAYS ANNOTATING 3HAKESPEARE *UST BE CAUSE POETRY IS TAKEN INTO THE MAINSTREAM DOESN T MEAN THE BEAUTY IS LOST AFTER ALL

POETS NEED TO MAKE MONEY TOO 0OETRY IS OFTEN SOMETHING PEOPLE DON T SEE THE POWER OF UNTIL SHOWN IT IN A CONTEXT THEY CAN UNDERSTAND AND CONNECT WITH .OW

)F ONLY 3CROOBIUS 0IP REMEMBERED ME #ARMINA -ASOLIVER -ARLOW

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Ghost Town

Dir: David Hack Release Date: 24/10

Dir: David Koepp Release Date: 24/10

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High School Musical 3 Dir: Kenny Ortega Release Date: 22/10

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DVD releases Iron Man Dir: Jon Favreau Release Date: 27/10

.OW WE ALL KNOW THAT (IGH 3CHOOL -USICAL ISN T EVERYBODY S CUP OF TEA "UT IF THIS RECENT PHENOMENON OF ALL SINGING ALL DANCING BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS HAS IN FACT TAKEN YOUR FANCY THEN THIS IS DEl NITELY THE THING FOR YOU 7ITH A BEAUTIFUL CAST AND THAT LITTLE TWIST OF $ISNEY MAGIC (IGH 3CHOOL -USICAL 3ENIOR 9EAR REALLY IS THE PERFECT WAY TO CAP OFF A SUC CESSFUL TRILOGY OF SQUEAKY CLEAN GOODNESS 0RESENTING US WITH EVEN MORE ALL STAR PIZZAZZ IF POSSIBLE THAN THE l RST TWO INSTALMENTS

NUMBER THREE IS BOUND TO LIVE UP TO

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Dir: Hana Makhmalbaf Release date: 10/11/2008

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Dir: M. Night Shyamalan Release date: 3/11/08

THE SYMBOLISM AND RAW EMOTION SUCK YOU IN AND SPIT YOU OUT FEELING VERY MUCH A PART OF "AKTAY S WORLD 3OME OF THE SCENES ARE A TRULY DISTURB ING COMMENT ON THE WAY WAR AND CONm ICT HAVE SHAPED THE LIVES AND MINDS OF CHIL DREN IN !FGHANISTAN 1UOTING -AKHMAL BAF h%VEN A STATUE CAN BE ASHAMED OF WITNESSING ALL THIS VIOLENCE AND HARSHNESS HAPPENING TO THESE INNOCENT PEOPLE AND

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YEARS OF ESCAPIST ACTION (E SEEMS TO BE MERELY A VESSEL FOR FETISHISM

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• Noah And The Whale. The Waterfront. 7.30pm. Sold Out • Oliver Twist. The Playhouse. 7.30pm. £10 NUS • Trio Sonnerie. UEA School of Music. 7.30pm. £4 NUS • Polar Bear. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £8 NUS • Stars and Stripes LCR. 10pm. £3.50

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5th • UK National Day of Action On Fees. Cambridge.

• Okkervil River. The Waterfront. 7.30pm. £11.50 • Oliver Twist. The Playhouse. 7.30pm. £10 NUS • Hazel O’Connor with Cormac De Barra in Beyond Breaking Glass. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £10.50 NUS • Sports Night. Blue Bar

• Eddi Reader. The Waterfront. 7.30pm. £19.50 • About Time / No Tomatoes. Norwich Puppet Theatre.

7.30pm. £5.50 • Edinburgh And Beyond ft. Glenn Wool. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £10 NUS • Chris Cox. The Playhouse. 8pm. £10 NUS • Malibu Vibe Tour ‘08. LCR. 10pm. £3.50

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12th • Richard Holmes. LT1. 6.30pm. £6 • Extreme. LCR. 7.30pm. £28.50 • Half Man Half Biscuit. The Waterfront. 7.30pm. £16 • Into Flight. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £5

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• Go Audio. The Waterfront. 7pm. Sold Out • Telly Addicts LCR. 10pm. £3.50 • After the US Elections -­ What Next?

LT3. 7pm. Free

7th • Alter Bridge. LCR. 7.30pm. £16 • About Time / No Tomatoes. Norwich Puppet Theatre.

7.30pm. £5.50 • Country Legends. The Playhouse. 7.30pm. £15 • Small Town Bullies. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £4 • 80s Night + Hit Parade. The Waterfront. 10pm. £3.50 NUS

• The Zutons. LCR. 7.30pm. Sold Out. • Fightstar. The Waterfront. 7.30pm. £12 • Roger Eno. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £8 NUS • Games Night: Mariokart. Blue Bar. 8.30pm

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• Music At One -­ Nicholas Jukes. The Assembly House.

1pm. £4 • Taio Cruz. The Waterfront. 7.30pm. £10 • UEA Symphony Orchestra and UEA Choir. Norwich Cathedral. 7.30pm. £4 NUS • Pam’s House. LCR. 9.30pm. £7.95 NUS • Rawkus + Paradise City. The Waterfront. 10pm. £3.50

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8th • Finch. The Waterfront. 7pm. £10 • About Time / No Tomatoes. Norwich Puppet Theatre.

7.30pm. £5.50 • Tim Minchin. The Playhouse. 8pm. Sold Out • A List w/ Harmony. LCR. 10pm. £4 • Meltdown + Ska’d Up. The Waterfront. 10pm. £3.50 NUS

• Merry Widow. The Playhouse. 7.30pm. £12 • Mira Calix. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £5 NUS • Meltdown + Britpoppin’. The Waterfront. 10pm. £3.50 NUS • Club Retro. LCR. 10pm. £4

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• Next Big Thing 5. LCR. 7.30pm. £5 • Classic Manchester Night. The Waterfront. 7pm. £10 • The View. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. Sold Out • Youthmovies. Queen Charlotte. 8pm. £6 • Pub Quiz. Blue Bar. 7.30pm. Free

• James Morrison. LCR. 7.30pm. Sold Out • Powerplant -­ Import/Export ft.Joby Burgess. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £5 NUS • Pub Quiz. Blue Bar. 7.30pm. Free

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10th • The Stranglers. LCR. 7.30pm. £23 • The Automatic. The Waterfront. 7.30pm. £11 • Micah P Hinson. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £10

• Sebastian Barry. LT1. 6.30pm. £6 • Dizzee Rascal. LCR. 7.30pm. Sold Out • The Kills. The Waterfront. 7.30pm. £10 • Grada. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £8 NUS

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