The Event - Issue 222

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Gears of War 2 reviewed!

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Film explore why we all love a good Period Drama

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Editor-­in-­Chief Fiona Billings Editors Alannah Wells and Chloe Pew Latter Arts Editors -­ Melissa York and Matt Ramsay Contributors -­ Jennifer Abbot, Susie Showers, Amy Staniforth, Anni Ueckermann

Competitions Editor -­ Jonathan Clark Creative Writing Editor -­ Penny Boxall

Contributors -­ Jabez Crisp, Imogen Knowelden, Ailish McAlpine-­Green, Mag Tan

Fashion Editor -­ Jessica Hamilton Deputy Fashion Editor -­ Flora Wong Contributors -­ Rob Perry

Regulars and Feature -­ Contributors -­ Natalie Atkins, Colette Lilford, Chris Mitchell, Chloe Pew Latter, Bruce Sigrist,

Fashion

p.4 -­ 7E DEBATE THE WINTER FASHION PHENOMENON

TRAPPER HATS p.5 &IND OUT HOW WE FARE IN OUR #HARITY SHOP

CHALLENGE

Arts

p.6 4HE %VENT 2ECOMM%NDS TAKES A LOOK AT A BOOK BY !MERICA S 0RESIDENT ELECT "ARACK /BAMA p.7 7E SCRUTINISE THE 3POKEN 7ORD SCENE IN .ORWICH

Creative Writing

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

ON THE THEME OF @7ILDERNESS

TV

p.10 $O YOU AGREE WITH OUR 46 TURN OFFS p.11 7HAT S ON 46 THIS FORTNIGHT

Features

p.12 3OME OF OUR REGULAR FEATURES YOU ALL LOVE p.13 &ILM TAKES A LOOK AT THE ART OF ANIMATION

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Music

p.14 4HE ACTS THAT ARE THE NEXT BIG THING p.15 !LBUMS OF THE FORTNIGHT p.16 3INGLES OF THE FORTNIGHT p.17 2EVIEWS OF AND INTERVIEWS WITH BANDS THAT

HAVE PAID A VISIT TO .ORWICH IN RECENT

WEEKS

Film Editors -­ George Gilbert and Colette Lilford

Film

Listings Editor -­ Natasha Barnes

What’s On

Contributors -­ Tom Barbanneau, Chris Bentley-­Smith, Logan Gian-­ nini, Will Heppa, Ian Smith

Music Editor -­ Sarah Christie Deputy Music Editor -­ Rob Morbin Contributors -­ Freddie Allen, Matt Bull, Emma Galal, James Halling, Steph Mckenna, Will Newton, Emma Parrott, Duncan Vicat-­Brown, Matthew Whelband Ben Winstanley

TV Editor -­ Kirsten Peter Contributors -­ Lindsay Harris, Shaun Kitchener, Mark Mckenzie-­Ray, Liam O’Brien, , Jon Rider

Wired Editor -­ Karl Davies Contributors -­ Paul Bygrave, Ste-­ fan Rose

p.18 7E REVIEW CONTROVERSIAL DIRECTOR /LIVER

3TONE S NEW l LM 7 p.19 .EW AND UPCOMING RELEASES p.20 $6$ RELEASES p.21 7E EXAMINE THE "RITISH 0ERIOD DRAMA p.22 4HIS FORTNIGHT S HAPPENINGS IN .ORWICH

Wired

p.23 ! LOOK AT BIG #HRISTMAS RELEASE 'EARS OF

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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

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

CHARITY SHOP CHALLENGE

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arts

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

concrete.arts@uea.ac.uk

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!RTY SALUTATIONS

3TEPHEN +ING IS RELEASING A COLLECTION OF THIRTEEN SHORT STO RIES *UST !FTER 3UNSET AN ANTHOLOGY SO hRETCH WORTHYv HE EVEN hGROSSED HIMSELF OUTv 4ONI -ORRISON WHO RECENTLY VISITED 5%!

HAS RELEASED A HAUNTING NOVELLA ! -ERCY AS A PRELUDE TO HER MULTI AWARD WINNING NOVEL "ELOVED )N ! -ERCY -ORRISON REDIS COVERS THE URGENT POETIC VOICE OF "ELOVED THAT SHE LOST IN HER MORE RECENT NOVELS AND IT IS SAID TO BE ONE OF HER MOST HAUNTING WORKS YET )N OTHER LITERATURE NEWS A YEAR OLD VOLUME OF 3HAKESPEARE S WORK WORTH a MILLION WAS RETURNED TO $URHAM 5NIVERSITY ALMOST A DECADE AFTER IT WAS STOLEN 4WO TRANSATLANTIC DETECTIVES HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE CASE SINCE THE BOOK WENT MISSING AND HAVE DESCRIBED THE SUSPECT AS AN hINTERNATIONAL BUSINESSMANv 4HE BOOK IS NOW BEING HELD IN A SAFE AND SECURE LOCATION IN .ORTH %AST %NGLAND !NNI 5ECKERMANN

4HIS WEEK 7ORD 0LAY WAXES LYRICAL ABOUT 3HAKESPEARE

3TEPHEN +ING 4ONI -ORRISON )BSEN AND 4HE 6AGINA -ONO LOGUES 4HEATRE IN &IVE BOOGIES ON DOWN WITH /LIVIER !WARD WINNING CHOREOGRAPHER +AREN "RUCE ABOUT HER WORK ON NEW 4HEATRE 2OYAL PRODUCTION &OOTLOOSE 4HE -USICAL 4HE %VENT 2ECOMM%NDS A LITERARY m IRT WITH SHINY NEW 0RESIDENT %LECT AND MAN OF THE MOMENT "ARACK /BAMA !ND OVER ON THE !RTS FEATURE PAGE THE !RTS 4EAM DELVE INTO THE SO THRIVIN IT S POSITIVELY WRITHIN 3POKEN 7ORD CIRCUIT IN .ORWICH (APPY FORTNIGHT -ELISSA 9ORK AND -ATT 2AMSAY !RTS %DITORS

Theatre in Five

!HEAD OF $ECEMBER S VISIT OF &OOTLOOSE TO .ORWICH S 4HEA TRE 2OYAL 4HE %VENT SPEAKS TO CHOREOGRAPHER +AREN "RUCE ABOUT HER ROLE IN THE PLAY AND WHAT CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THE PRODUCTION WHEN IT ARRIVES IN THE CITY +AREN "RUCE IS AN /LIVIER !WARD WINNING CHOREOGRA PHER WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN SUCH PRODUCTIONS AS &AME

3ATURDAY .IGHT &EVER AND 4HE 7EDDING 3INGER )T BOASTS A TOP NOTCH CAST HEADED BY -AUREEN .OLAN 3HE MAY HAVE l RST SHOT TO PROMINENCE IN THE LATE 3EVEN TIES WITH HER SIBLINGS 4HE .OLAN 3ISTERS BUT SHE HAS CARVED OUT A STRONG THEATRICAL CAREER WINNING PARTICULARLY STRONG REVIEWS FOR HER PERFORMANCE IN "LOOD "ROTHERS 3HE WILL BE SUPPORTED BY A DYNAMIC YOUNG CAST IN THE MUSICAL SET IN SMALL TOWN "OMONT 4HE LIVES OF RESIDENTS ARE SHAKEN UPSIDE DOWN WITH THE ARRIVAL OF CITY BOY 2EN WHO IS DETERMINED TO BRING DANCE BACK TO A PLACE SHAKEN

BY A PAST TRAGEDY #AN YOU DESCRIBE THE ROLE AND THE RESPONSIBILITIES YOU HOLD IN A PRODUCTION SUCH AS THIS WHERE YOU ARE BOTH $IRECTOR AND #HOREOGRAPHER -Y l RST PRIORITY IS TO HOLD AUDITIONS AND CAST WHO S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE IN THE SHOW ) NEED TO CHECK THEIR ABIL ITY IN ALL DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS ACTING AND DANCING ) HAVE TO LIASE WITH THE FULL CREATIVE DEPARTMENT SUCH AS LIGHTING

SET DESIGN AND COSTUMES TO AGREE ON AN OVERALL DESIGN CON CEPT THEN REHEARSE THE FULL CAST IN BOTH THE PRODUCTION NUMBERS AND THE SCENES

/N #AMPUS 5%! S -INOTAUR DRAMA GROUP WILL BE PERFORMING (ENRIK )BSEN S SCATHING COMMENTARY ON NINETEENTH CENTURY MORALITY 'HOSTS FROM TH ND .OVEMBER AND $RAMA 3OC WILL BE PERFORMING A COLLEC TION OF SHORT PLAYS COMEDY SKETCHES AND MONOLOGUES IN $IVERSIFY WHICH PROMISES TO ENTERTAIN SHOWING FROM TH ST .OVEMBER !S FOR THEATRE IN .ORWICH THE 4HEATRE 2OYAL HAS A BUSY MONTH PERFORMING 2OMEO AND *ULIET HOSTING 'LYNDEBOURNE ON 4OUR AND ALSO WARMING UP FOR THE 0AN TO SEASON WITH #INDERELLA ON )CE FROM TH TO TH OF THIS MONTH !T 4HE 0LAYHOUSE THERE IS AN ECLECTIC MIX OF PERFORMANCES FROM ORCHESTRA TOURS TO 4HE 6AGINA -ONOLOGUES TH TH SAID TO BE AS SHARP AS 3EX IN THE #ITY AND AS FUNNY AS #ATHERINE 4ATE !NNI 5ECKERMANN

) WAS A PROFESSIONAL DANCER FOR MANY YEARS AND BE CAME AN ASSISTANT TO VARIOUS CHOREOGRAPHERS %VENTUALLY ) BECAME A CHOREOGRAPHER IN MY OWN RIGHT 4HE DIRECTION WAS A NATURAL PROGRESSION (OW MUCH PREPARATION GOES INTO THE SHOW AND FOR WHAT PERIOD OF TIME DO YOU REHEARSE PRIOR TO OPENING THE TOUR )N TERMS OF CREATING THE SHOW THERE ARE TWO WEEKS SPENT IN PRE PRODUCTION A MONTH REHEARSING AND A WEEK IS GIVEN TO TECHNICAL REHEARSALS 4HE PERFORMERS TAKE AROUND FOUR WEEKS BUT SOME MIGHT NEED EXTRA TUITION DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH EXPE RIENCE OR TALENT AND THE SIZE OF ROLE THEY HAVE ;TO PERFECT THEIR ROUTINES=

(OW DID YOU COME TO WORK ON THE PRODUCTION ) WAS BOOKED AS THE ORIGINAL CHOREOGRAPHER THEN LATER TOOK OVER THE DIRECTION ON THE SECOND TOUR OF THE PRODUC TION IN (OW DID YOU BECOME INVOLVED IN CHOREOGRAPHY AS A CA REER

7HAT CAN AUDIENCES EXPECT FROM &OOTLOOSE 4HE -USICAL ON THE WHOLE &OOTLOOSE WILL GIVE YOU A TRUE MUSICAL THEATRE EVENING 9OU WILL FALL IN LOVE WITH THE CHARACTERS 9OU WILL LAUGH AND CRY WITH THEM YOU WILL SING ALONG WITH THEM AND AT THE END OF THE EVENING YOU WILL GET THE CHANCE TO JOIN IN -ATT 2AMSAY

&OOTLOOSE RUNS FROM $ECEMBER ST TO TH AT THE 4HEATRE 2OYAL 4ICKETS ARE AVAILABLE FROM a

The Event RecommEnds )T CANNOT HAVE FAILED TO CATCH YOUR ATTENTION THAT TWO WEEKS AGO !MERICA HELD THE ELECTIONS FOR ITS TH PRESIDENT 4HE WINNER WAS $EMOCRAT CANDIDATE "ARACK /BAMA THE (AWAIIAN BORN MIXED RACE SENATOR FOR )LLINOIS AND LESS WELL KNOWN THE AUTHOR OF TWO NON l CTION BOOKS 4HE l RST WAS $REAMS FROM MY &ATHER THE SECOND 4HE !UDACITY OF (OPE 4HOUGHTS ON 2ECLAIMING THE !MERICAN $REAM 7ITH DISCUSSIONS ON RACE INCLUSIVENESS IN POLITICS AND THE CHANG ING VALUES OF FAITH /BAMA LOOKS AT CONTEMPORARY !MERICAN SOCIETY HONESTLY AND ASSESSES THE SORT OF TRANSFORMATION NEEDED TO BRING BACK THE POSSIBILITIES PROMISED BY THE ORIGINAL !MERICAN $REAM 7RITTEN WHEN /BAMA WAS STARTING OUT AS A 53 SENATOR ALMOST THREE YEARS AGO 4HE !UDACITY OF (OPE WAS ONLY PUBLISHED IN "RITAIN RECENTLY DUE TO /BAMA S NEW GLOBAL STATUS AS A CANDIDATE FOR THE 7HITE (OUSE )T MAY HAVE SWUNG VOTES FOR HIM OVER IN !MERICA

BUT WHY SHOULD YOU READ IT NOW 4O START WITH WHETHER YOU RE 2E PUBLICAN #ONSERVATIVE $EMOCRAT ,ABOUR ,IBERAL OR APATHETIC

-ONSTER 2AVING ,OONY 0ARTY /BAMA IS ABOUT TO BECOME LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD AND SO KNOWING HOW HE STANDS ON A FEW THINGS IS A PLUS (IS BOOK IS EASY TO READ EVEN WHEN YOU DON T KNOW YOUR 53 POLITICS AND FRANK IN ITS ANALYSIS OF !MERICA AND HOW THE REST OF THE WORLD SEES IT !FTER TWO TERMS OF WATCHING THE 53 AND WONDER ING WHAT ON EARTH IS GOING ON THERE IS A CHANCE THAT !MERICA MAY NOW BE ABLE TO RETURN TO FORM )S THAT EXPECTING TOO MUCH OF ONE MAN -AYBE BUT THE DEPTH OF INSIGHT AND EMPATHY SHOWN THROUGHOUT 4HE !UDACITY OF (OPE LEADS 4HE %VENT TO BELIEVE THAT SOMEONE WITH SO MUCH INTEGRITY AND COMMON SENSE HAS THE BEST CHANCE OF IMPROVING THE m AGGING NATIONAL DREAM ESPECIALLY WHEN THE GUY HAS ACTUALISED HIS OWN *ENNIFER !BBOT

arts

concrete.arts@uea.ac.uk

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Speaking for Norwich ...

3USIE 3HOWERS INTRODUCES THE THRIVING 3POKEN 7ORD SCENE IN .ORWICH THE "IRDCAGE S CAT TAKES YOU ON A TOUR OF HIS FAVOURITE POETRY HAUNTS AND 0ERDITA &EARON AND %LEANOR 3LEET INTERVIEW PRACTISING POET !MY 3TANIFORTH

'OOD EVENING BIPEDS ) M THE BLACK AND WHITE "IRDCAGE CAT )F YOU LET ME RUB YOUR LEG AND LEAVE FUR ON YOUR STOCKINGS ) LL TAKE YOU ON A FELINE TOUR OF MY .ORWICH HIDEAWAYS ) M A BIT OF A POETRY SLUT YOU SEE ) LL GO TO ANY ARTS VENUE THAT S GOT HOT TALENT ) LIKE TO CURL UP IN THE BACK ROOM AT THE "IRDCAGE ON 0OTTERGATE THEY VE GOT SOME KIND OF CAB ARET OR MUSIC NIGHT NEARLY EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK /N 4UESDAYS ) LL SLINK NEXT DOOR TO 3T 'REGORY S #HURCH THAT S 3OAPBOX NIGHT ) LOVE THE ECHO OF GUITARS IN THAT HUGE SPACE

AND ALL THE FRIENDLY LAPS $OWN THE ALLEYWAY IS THE .ORWICH !RTS #ENTRE WHERE ) CAN SIT ON TOP OF SPEAKERS TO FEEL THE BASS )F ) VE CAUGHT A FROG OR A SPARROW AND ) M FEELING ENERGETIC ) LL SCAMPER DOWN %ARLHAM 2OAD AND CLAW IN THROUGH THE BACK OF 4HE

7ORKSHOP WHERE ) VE SEEN THE BIGGEST PIZ ZAS AND HEARD THE SWEETEST ACOUSTIC SOUNDS )F ) M OUT THAT WAY ALREADY ) M SPOILT FOR CHOICE 7ELL TWO 4HE 1UEEN #HARLOTTE AND 4HE 2OSE BOTH DO REGULAR OPEN MIC NIGHTS

AS DOES 4HE 4EN "ELLS BACK BY THE !RTS #EN TRE )F YOU LL VENTURE NORTH WITH ME UP -AGDALENE 3TREET WE LL PASS LOTS OF !SIAN CARPET STORES JUNK SHOPS DELICIOUS ALL NIGHT RESTAURANTS ALSO VENUES LIKE 4AKE 2IBS OF "EEF AND THE NOTORIOUS 5NIT 1UICK BEFORE THE SUN RISES MAYBE YOU CAN PAY FOR ME TO GET ON THE BUS TO +ING 3TREET PAST THE 7ATER FRONT TO $RAGON (ALL STOPPING BY 7ENSUM ,ODGE AFTERWARDS FOR A SAUCER OF GIN 7HAT A TREAT

!MY 3TANIFORTH A SECOND YEAR ,)4 STUDENT

LIFTS THE LID TO %LEANOR 3LEET AND 0ERDITA &EARON ON THE BURGEONING WORLD OF PERFORM ANCE POETRYx !BOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO A GROUP OF POETS CALLED )SLE CAME INTO SCHOOL TO DO A WORKSHOP WITH US 7E ALL WROTE POEMS DURING THE DAYTIME AND THEY INVITED A FEW OF US TO PERFORM THEM IN THE EVENING ) WENT BACK TO PERFORM MINE THAT NIGHT 4HAT WAS MY l RST TASTE OF PERFORMANCE POETRY OR STAND UP POETRY ) DIDN T DO MUCH AFTER THAT UNTIL ) BUMPED INTO ONE OF THE PEOPLE FROM )SLE IN .ORWICH AND HE SET ME UP WITH MY l RST GIG WHICH WAS REALLY COOL 4HERE ARE SO MANY WAYS TO GET INTO PER FORMANCE POETRY 3TAND UP POETRY IS LIKE AN AMALGAMATION OF MANY DIFFERENT ART FORMS 4HERE ARE LOADS OF GREAT NIGHTS IN .ORWICH WHERE YOU CAN GET OUT THERE AND DO THINGS )F YOU ALREADY WRITE POETRY 4HE #ABARET .IGHT ON 7EDNESDAY EVENINGS AT THE "IRDCAGE IN .ORWICH HAS LOADS OF GREAT POETS AND IS A REALLY GOOD SOUNDING BOARD FOR NEW IDEAS 4HERE S ALSO AN EVENT IN 'REAT 9ARMOUTH CALLED THE -ELTING 0OT THAT YOU CAN GET IN VOLVED WITH OR THERE S THE 5%! #REATIVE 7RIT ING 3OCIETY HERE

4HERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE 5%!

ALUMNI INVOLVED IN STAND UP POETRY THAT IT S A GREAT PLACE FOR IT )T S REALLY BLOSSOMING AS AN ART FORM NOW IT WASN T SO PROMINENT A FEW YEARS AGO BUT IT S A GROWING COMMUNITY AND REALLY WELL RECEIVED 'ENERALLY ) THINK .ORWICH IS CONSIDERED AS A HOTSPOT FOR 0ERFORMANCE POETRY 4HERE S THE "ROKEN 0IANO 3HOW EVERY FORTNIGHT AT THE !RTS #ENTRE IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE .EW 7RIT ING 0ARTNERSHIP AND -ONDAY .IGHT !LTERNA TIVE THAT HAVE A HEADLINE POET EVERY MONTH WITH SUPPORT ACTS AND THEY RE REALLY GOOD /THER THAN MY GOOD SELF WATCH OUT FOR ,UKE 7RIGHT 9ANNY -AC *OHN /SBOURNE ) ADORE *OHN /SBOURNE ) THINK HE S ONE OF MY FAVOURITE POETS 4HERE S A BRILLIANT GIRL CALLED $OCKERS -# AND OF COURSE 3CROOBIUS 0IP 4HERE S SO MUCH TALENT 'IVE IT A CHANCE %VERYONE WHO S BEEN WHO HASN T SEEN IT BEFORE REALLY ENJOYED IT )T S SOMETHING DIFFERENT FROM YOUR NORMAL STAND UP SO IS WELL WORTH TAKING A LOOK

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9OU VE DEVOURED A KEBAB AFTER A NIGHT SPENT GETTING HIT ON BEING FORCED TO DANCE SITTING ON A STICKY SOFA IN A HOLE ON 0RINCE OF 7ALES 2OAD AND NO ONE WOULD BLAME YOU WHEN YOU SOB INTO YOUR CHIPS hTHERE S NO SCENE IN .OR WICH v (OWEVER YOU WOULD BE WRONG $O YOU THINK 3TEPHEN &RY GOT PLAS TERED AT -ERCY .O HE GOT A SENSIBLE EDUCATION GOT DONE FOR CREDIT CARD THEFT AND WENT TO JAIL LEAVING A LEGACY OF SPOKEN WORD TALENT BEHIND HIM (IS ZYGOTE HAS GROWN INTO A MONSTER OF POETS COMEDIANS MUSICIANS AND ART ISTS WHO ARE ALL CLAMBERING TO SHOW OFF THEIR PERFORMANCE BLING .ORWICH HAS NURTURED GOLDEN BOYS LIKE ,UKE 7RIGHT HE FREQUENTLY HANGS OUT AT THE 3OUTH BANK #ENTRE WHERE THEY DO OPERA AND HE SHOUTS ABOUT !3"/S 4IM #LARE OF #HANNEL AND ""# 2ADIO FAME A GANG

OF )RISH COMICS THAT GENERALLY HANG OUT TOGETHER WHO ARE -ARCUS +EELEY ,OR CAN -C'RANE AND %OGAN ,AVERY AND THE DECEPTIVELY SWEET 7ELSHWOMAN 2HIAN %DWARDS 4HESE SICKENINGLY TALENTED PEOPLE HANG OUT IN DISUSED CHURCHES BARS AND WAREHOUSES ! LOT OF THESE PLACES ARE BIG SO THERE S ROOM FOR NEW ACTS AND THEIR FRIENDS TO BE THE NEXT .OR WICH SUPERSTARS )F YOU RE STILL SNIVELLING ON YOUR FOAM BURGER BOX MUMBLING hBUT ) DON T KNOW HOW TO GET A GIG IN .ORWICH v THEN YOU HAVEN T EVEN TRIED 'O TO AN EVENT USUALLY LISTED IN COOL MAGAZINES LIKE -AD $OG AND /UTLINE

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3USIE 3HOWERS

creative cre ative writing

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

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The theme for this issue is “Wilderness” The Wild Man (E STALKS THE FORESTS IN HIS SHAGGY OVERCOAT OF AUTUMN LEAVES THOSE AMETHYST EYES THAT GLARE AT EVERY NUT AND EVERY TREMBLING LEAF EVERY ANCIENT KNOT AND EVERY ROOT 7HEN HE SNEEZES THE WOODLAND CREATURES HIDE IN THEIR BURROWS AND HOLD THEIR BREATH 7HEN HE STROKES HIS WISPY BEARD

CRUMBS OF DIRT FALL FROM BETWEEN HIS l NGERS !ND WHENEVER HE DECIDES TO SIT AS STILL AS A ROCK ONE SIMPLY CANNOT TELL WHERE HE IS !ND SO HE WATCHES THE MAN TAKE HIS DOG FOR A WALK AROUND THE LAKE /R THE HAPPY COUPLE l NGERS TWINING EYES BLIND WANDERING ABOUT HIS TERRITORY 4HE CHILD IS LIFTED ONTO HIS FATHER S SHOULDERS 4HE GIRL CHATTERS AWAY ON HER PHONE 4HEN DUSK FALLS AND THE PEOPLE LEAVE !ND HE AWAKES #ONKERS SCURRY ABOUT HIS FEET AND HE PICKS ONE UP RUNS HIS l NGERS OVER ITS SURFACE THEN CRUNCHES IT THOUGHTFULLY 4HE MOON SMILES THINLY IN THE SKY THE SHADOWS COVER HIS DISHEVELLED HAIR 4IME TO MAKE THE FALLEN LEAVES DANCE TIME TO PUT THE TREES TO SLEEP ! DEEP RUMBLING EMERGES FROM HIS GUT AS HE STARTS TO HUM HIS AUTUMN LULLABY ! GENTLE BREEZE STROKES THE FOREST m OOR AND THE MOSS BEGINS ITS SLUMBER 4HE TREES DROOP AND THE OWL HOOTS THE BRANCHES GO STILL LIKE THE SURFACE OF THE LAKE 4HE STARS ARE COLD AND DISTANT AND EVERYTHING CURLS UP DRY AND CRACKLY LIKE THE GRAVEDIGGER S BREATH !ND HIS HIRSUTE SHAPE DISAPPEARS INTO THE DARKNESS -AG 4AN

x 2ICHARD AND -ICHAEL@S BEDROOM -ICHAEL 'ET DRESSED ) MADE DINNER RESERVATIONSx 9OU LOOK HORRIl ED 2ICHARD 7HAT /H DO ) 3ORRY -ICHAEL 7HY DO YOU LOOK HORRIl ED 7HAT S THAT LOOK FOR ) VE SEEN THAT LOOK BEFORE WHAT IS IT 2ICHARD .OTHING )T S JUST .O NOTHINGx -ICHAEL PLACES HIS HANDS ON HIPS WAITING ) JUST DON T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU CONTINUALLY MAKE DINNER RESERVATIONS FOR US AND THEN DON T EAT ANYTHING WHEN WE GET THERE - ) DO EAT 2 .O YOU DON T - 9ES ) DO 4HE OTHER WEEK ) ORDERED THAT EXTRAVAGANT SEA BREAM DISH )T WAS GARNISHED WITH FOUR TYPES OF SALAD AND TRIANGULAR CUT CHIPS 2 /RDERING IS NOT THE SAME AS EATING - ) ATE IT ) SAID IT WAS DELECTABLE 2 9OU DIDN T 9OU SAID IT 3/5.$%$ DELECTABLE "%&/2% YOU ATE IT 7HEN IT ARRIVED YOU SHRIEKED AT THE HEAD AND THE TAIL STILL BEING ATTACHED UNTIL THE WAITER BEHEADED ITx - x,IKE A LITTLE !NNE "OYLENx 2 x!ND THEN YOU ONLY NUDGED IT AROUND YOUR PLATE - 7ELL ) WAS SHOCKED )T DOESN T COME LIKE THAT FROM -ARKS AND 3PENx 2 x4ESCOSx - &ROM 4ESCOS 9OU NEVER THINK ABOUT IT HAVING A HEAD AND A TAIL /R A BRAIN OR A FAMILY OR A PERSONALITY *UST LIKE ) DON T THINK OF THOSE THINGS WHEN ) BUY SAUSAGES OR HAM OR BACONx 2 9OU DO KNOW ALL THOSE THINGS COME FROM A PIG ! POOR HELPLESS PIG THAT WAS PROBABLY FORCE FED ALL ITS LIFE AND THEN SAVAGELY HIT OVER THE HEAD WITH A MALLET JUST SO YOU CAN HAVE DINNER !ND A PIG HAS MORE PERSONALITY THAN A l SH - /H STOP WITH YOUR VEGETARIAN MARTYRDOM 9OU COULD BE A NEW SUPERHERO 6EGETARI "OY DESTINED TO SAVE THE WORLD FROM THE EVIL CARNIVORES ROAMING THE STREETS OF ,ONDON 2ICHARD BITES -ICHAEL LIGHTLY ON THE SHOULDER PRETENDING TO KNAW - MOCK ANNOYED 'ET OFF !NIMALx

!ILISH -C!LPINE 'REEN

Wild Innocence

The Forest

! BARREN LANDSCAPE A FROZEN WASTELAND 4HE MUTE FA ADE SPARKLES 7HITE SOOTHING INNOCENT $IAMOND PILLARS PIERCE THE COOL BLUE CANVAS

*AGGED WAVES OF CRYSTAL RISE FROM THE SEA

4HE RAIN SPITS WHILE THE WIND WHISPERS NOT CATACLYSMICALLY BUT CONSPIRATORIALLY !HEAD THE FOREST PATH WINDS AROUND DARK TREES DARK SHADOWS POUNCE 4HE CREAKING OF THE BRANCHES THE SILVER OF THE MOON 7AS LOVE ALWAYS THIS DARK

4HE ATMOSPHERE FRAGMENTS ! TUMULTUOUS BEAST RAMPAGES )T SLASHES ACROSS THE FRIGID PLANES )T PUNCTURES THE FROSTY SILENCE )T SLICES THE GLACIAL EDIl CE %ACH CREVASSE TESTS ITS LIMITS 4HE BRUTE LEAPS OVER THE ICY HURDLES

&URTHER AND FURTHER )T IS DETERMINED "UT THE LANDSCAPE IS UNFORGIVING 4HE WASTELAND IS STRAINED AGAINST THE MONSTER S MIGHT 4HE SHEETS SHIVER UNDER ITS HEAVY BOUNDS

%YES CAPTURE YOUR PRESENCE

CLOSE AT HAND AND YET A LIFETIME AWAY !S SHADOW STEALS YOU AS DARKNESS WRAPS ITSELF AROUND YOU LIKE A FAVOURITE CHILDHOOD BLANKET THE ROOT TRIPS ME AND ) FALL FOR AN ETERNITY

/FFER YOUR HAND AND PULL ME FROM THIS WILDERNESS 4HE CREATURE PLUMMETS THE ANIMAL CRASHES /FFER YOUR HAND AND )T RIPS AND TEARS INTO THE CHASM PULL THE KNIFE FROM MY )N A SHATTERED INSTANT THE WORLD FADES TO WHITEx WEEPING BODY /FFER YOUR HAND ! BARREN LANDSCAPE A FROZEN WASTELAND AND ) PROMISE 7HITE SOOTHING INNOCENT ) LL BE YOURS -ARK -C+ENZIE 2AY INDEl NITELY 4HE SURFACE IS BREACHED

)MOGEN +NOWELDEN 7ILDERNESS 4HE INVISIBLE LINE THAT WE CALL THE STATE )S AVATARS AND SIMULACRA PICTURES AND SIGNS !ND MAPS THAT HAVE NO MEANING "ECAUSE THEIR TERRITORIES ARE OUT OF DATE !ND NOW WANDERING THE DESERT OF THE REAL 4HE MODEL IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE MAN 4HE WHOLE GREATER THAN ITS PARTS 3O WE VALUE AN IDEAL 3O HERE IS THE SELF PORTRAIT SCULPTURE OF OUR LIVES !ND WE BECOME A STRANGE STRAIN OF MEN 3AYING h) HAVE FRIENDS ON FACEBOOKv "UT ONLY TALK TO TEN *ABEZ #RISP

No theme next issue, but the theme for January is “Shutters”.

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A Right Turn-­off

#OMEDY IS A MATTER OF PERSONAL OPINION 4HESE WRITERS REVEAL THE SHOWS THEY CAN T STAND

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"OOSH FANS SEEM TO BE ADVOCAT ING THE TELEVISION EQUIVALENT OF 3TOCKHOLM SYNDROME IF ONE STAYS WITH SOMETHING AWFUL LONG ENOUGH THEY WILL EVENTUALLY START TO LOVE IT &OR THE RECORD ) VE GIV EN IT A FAIR SHOT ) CAN EVEN PUT UP WITH .OEL

&IELDING AT A PUSH (IS SPOTS ON 4HE 1UIZ OF THE 9EAR WITH 2USSELL "RAND AS THE @'OTH $ETECTIVES HAVE BEEN ENJOYABLE ENOUGH TO RAISE A SMILE WHETHER AT THE HU MOUR OR THE ONE MAN MISSION TO BRING BACK THE CAPE AS EVERYDAY WEAR ) M RELIABLY INFORMED THAT THE OTHER ONE IS QUITE ATTRACTIVE -Y REAL PROBLEM WITH THE SHOW WAS HIGHLIGHTED BEAUTIFULLY BY 3IMON !MSTELL ON "UZZCOCKS @9OU SAY FUNNY WORDS AND IT WORKS DOES IT (IPPOPOTAMUS AND *UG GLING !NYONE CAN DO THAT )

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) REALLY HAVE ) KNOW ) SHOULD BE SUPPORT ING IT WHOLE HEARTEDLY IT S "RIT ISH IT S ORIGINAL AND IT S GOT FABU LOUS ACTORS 3O WHY ON EARTH DOES IT NOT WORK FOR ME ! LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE STRANGE CAMERA WORK 4HE TRANSITIONS BETWEEN SCENES

WHICH ARE VARYINGLY SPED UP OR

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AN INEPT SCHOOL TEACHER n THEN PROVIDING HIS OWN @COMEDY TAKE ON WHAT WE HAVE JUST SEEN !ND THIS IS WHERE 0ONDERLAND STOPS BEING FUNNY !NY HILARITY THE VIDEO PROVIDES IS SWIFTLY FOR GOTTEN AS "RAND STARTS REPEATING WHAT HAS BEEN SAID OFTEN WORD FOR WORD IN HIS TRADEMARK HIGH PITCHED VOICE SHOUTING EVERY WORD MUCH TO THE DELIGHT OF HIS EXTREMELY EASILY PLEASED AUDI ENCE %VEN WORSE HE OFTEN DROPS IN THE ODD SWEAR WORD FOR THAT EX

TRA BIT OF LAUGHTER FOR ME THIS IS JUST ANOTHER REASON TO SWITCH OFF "RAND S CRUDENESS IS WHAT STARTED THE @-ANUELGATE CONTRO VERSY AND NOW HE HAS RESIGNED FROM THE ""# HE SEEMS VERY AT HOME ON #HANNEL BEING AS CRUDE AS HE LIKES n ) ONLY WISH PEOPLE WOULD COMPLAIN ABOUT 0ONDERLAND AND GET IT TAKEN OFF THE AIR

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TURN OUT TO BE JUST PLAIN WEIRD n AND WHO WANTS TO WATCH CRAZY PEOPLE FOR AN HOUR 'REEN 7ING MAY BE AWARD WINNING AND IT HAS CERTAINLY ACHIEVED A CULT STATUS BUT ) WILL REMAIN ONE OF THOSE VIEWERS SAY ING @ERR WHAT FOLLOWED BY A PROMPT CHANGE OF CHANNEL ,INDSAY (ARRIS

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Primetime: Britannia High, Sunday, 7PM, ITV1

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l CTIONAL PERFORMING ARTS SCHOOL 3TRICTLY #OME $ANCING JUDGE !RLENE 0HILIPS CAME UP WITH THE CONCEPT 'ARY "ARLOW WROTE THE SONGS

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GINA (AGEN FOR EXAMPLE IS PERHAPS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL OF THE BUNCH AS STRUGGLING MISl T ,AUREN AND FORMER 3KINS STAR -ITCH (EWER GIVES A GOOD PERFORMANCE DESPITE THE QUES TIONABLE POST -AXXIE HAIRSTYLE 3APPHIRE %LLA DOES HER BEST WITH SUPER BITCH #LAUDINE BUT THE CHARACTER S TRANSFORMATION FROM PATHETIC BULLY TO CLOSE FRIEND IS SO POORLY WRITTEN IN THE l RST EPISODE THAT IT S DIFl CULT TO TAKE HER SERIOUSLY "RITANNIA (IGH IS FAR FROM A TOTAL DISASTER

AND IT S CERTAINLY WORTH SEEING HOW THE SECOND HALF OF THE SERIES PANS OUT "UT WITH VIEWING l GURES BEGINNING TO SLIDE AND THE SCRIPT STRUG GLING TO l ND ITS FEET IT S BECOMING INCREASING LY DIFl CULT TO ENVISAGE THE SHOW RETURNING FOR A SECOND RUN NEXT YEAR 3HAUN +ITCHENER

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CAMPAIGNED TO GET IT BACK ON THE AIR $6$ SALES AND FAN REACTION WAS SO STRONG THAT &OX GREEN LIT A FEATURE l LM CONTINUING THE CREW S EXPLOITS IN 3ERENITY 7HEDON S WORK DOES NOT STOP THERE )N THE COMIC BOOK WORLD HE HAS HAD CRITICAL SUCCESS WITH !STONISHING 8 -EN AND SEASON EIGHT OF "UFFY $URING THE WRITER S STRIKE HE CO WROTE A MUSICAL l LM AVAILABLE ONLY ON THE )NTERNET

$R (ORRIBLE S 3ING !LONG "LOG )T COMBINES TWO VERY DIFFERENT GENRES MUSICALS AND SCI l

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Fascination with Animation

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Carbon Footprint Carnival and Lost Friday

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THE WOBBLE BOARD FEATURED IN HIS POPULAR @CLAS SIC @4IE -E +ANGAROO $OWN 3PORT MAY NOT HAVE DRAMATICALLY CHANGED THE WORLD BUT IS NONE THE LESS A POPULAR ONE )T IS SEEMINGLY STILL USEFUL AS WELL AS THE WOBBLE BOARD HAS MOST RECENTLY BEEN USED IN CHILDREN S TELEVISION PROGRAMME 3PONGE "OB 3QUARE0ANTS 4IE -E +ANGAROO $OWN

3PORT A SONG ABOUT ANIMAL CAPTIVITY ORIGINALLY CAUSED A BOUT OF CONTROVERSY IN !USTRALIA FOR ITS SEEMINGLY RACIST LYRICS TOWARDS !BORIGINES )N (ARRIS EXPRESSED HIS DEEP REGRET IN INCLUD ING THE LYRICS h,ET ME ABOS GO LOOSE THEY RE OF NO FURTHER USE v AND THEY ARE NO LONGER USED $ESPITE THE CONTROVERSIES HOWEVER HIS POPULAR ITY SOURED PERFORMING THE NOVELTY SONG ON THE ""# RADIO SHOW &ROM 5S 4O 9OU IN THE S

WITH 4HE "EETLES 4HE SONG WAS EVEN SUNG BY (ARRIS AT THE #OMMONWEALTH GAMES /PENING CEREMONY HELD IN "RISBANE IN )N THE S (ARRIS CREATED HIS FAMOUS l C TIONAL CHARACTER @*AKE THE 0EG WHO HAD THREE LEGS 'UESSING WHICH LEG WAS THE FAKE ONE WAS NEAR IMPOSSIBLE AND THE MUSICAL COMICAL EN TERTAINMENT CREATED ENJOYMENT FOR MILLIONS OF FANS (IS SLAPDASH AND )MPRESSIONIST STYLE PAINT ING MANNER HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED IN A NUMBER OF TELEVISION PROGRAMMES AND HIS PAINTING OF 1UEEN %LIZABETH )) IN PROVIDED A RENEWAL OF (ARRIS POPULARITY 4HE 1UEEN SUPPORTED (AR RIS WORK SAYING THAT THE WAY HE HAD PAINTED HER SMILE WAS PARTICULARLY PLEASING (ARRIS HAS CONTINUALLY FEATURED IN THE MU SIC CHARTS AT VARIOUS POINTS DURING HIS CAREER (E STARTED BY PLAYING THE DIDGERIDOO PERFORMING ON A NUMBER OF NOTABLE TRACKS INCLUDING TWO

BY THE ECCENTRIC +ATE "USH .O ONE CAN FORGET HIS RENDITION OF @4WO ,ITTLE "OYS A NEW RECORD ING OF WHICH HAS JUST BEEN RELEASED SUNG BY THE &RON -ALE 6OICE #HOIR )N HE EVEN MOVED INTO THE REALMS OF DANCE MUSIC (IS COLLABORA TION WITH 3TEVE ,IMA REACHED NUMBER AND HAS SINCE BEEN ADOPTED BY THE 3COTTISH &OOTBALL CLUB ,OVE HIM OR HATE HIM 2OLF (ARRIS IS APPEAR ING ON OUR SCREENS AGAIN WITH TWO NEW TELEVI SION PROGRAMMES RELEASED ON THE ""# THIS .O VEMBER !LTHOUGH NOT AS PROMINENT AS HE USED TO BE WITH A SERIES OF NEW PROJECTS LINED UP IT WILL BE A WHILE BEFORE (ARRIS DISAPPEARS FROM OUR LIVES COMPLETELY #HLOE 0EW ,ATTER

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SURFERS AND WIND AND KITE SURFERS COMBINE FOR AN AWESOME NIGHT OF HEALTHILY BALANCED CLUB INTEGRA TION AND RIVALRY 7ITH MANY SURPRISES TO BE EXPECTED AND AN ALMOST UNIMAGINABLE JOINING OF LOBSTERS AND OFF SHORE WIND FARMS IT S SET TO BE A GREAT NIGHT OUT AND AN EXCELLENT WAY TO MEET OTHER CLUBS IF YOU WANTED TO GET INVOLVED #HECK OUT FACEBOOK

&RIDAY TH .OVEMBER PM AM 5%! ,#2

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ITH THE RELEASE OF NEW BIGGER AND BETTER ANIMATED l LMS SUCH AS 7ALL % AND +UNG &U 0ANDA THE STANDARD OF ANIMATION HAS HIT NEW HEIGHTS 4HIS IS EXEMPLIl ED BY THIS SUM MER S RELEASES THE WELL ESTABLISHED BATTLE BETWEEN THE TWO BIG STUDI OS $REAMWORKS AND $ISNEY 0IXAR CONTINUES "UT HOW DOES EACH ANIMATION STUDIO ATTAIN SUCH LARGE AUDIENCES IN SPITE OF THE DIRECT COMPETITION $ISNEY 0IXAR STUDIOS l RST SHOT TO INl NITY AND BEYOND WITH 4OY 3TORY IN WHICH GENERATED A

“The whimsical and entertaining performances of the characters set Dreamworks apart from Disney Pixar” STAGGERING

IN REV ENUE FROM AN ORIGINAL BUDGET OF MILLION 4HE CASTING OF 4OM (ANKS AS COWBOY 7OODY AND 4IM !LLEN AS "UZZ ,IGHTYEAR CREATED A TREMENDOUS BOX OFl CE DRAW FOR AUDIENCES 3LIGHTLY LATER IN

$REAMWORKS ANIMATION RELEASED THEIR l RST FEATURE l LM !NTZ OB TAINING JUST OVER MILLION IN REVENUE SIGNIl CANTLY LESS THAN $ISNEY 0IXAR S l RST l LM (OWEVER

WITH THE ADVENT OF THE 3HREK FRAN CHISE AMONGST OTHER l LMS MUCH HAS CHANGED AND THE COMPETITION IS NOW ON A MUCH MORE EVEN FOOT ING %ACH STUDIO HAS DEVELOPED ITS

OWN IN HOUSE STYLE FOR PRODUCING ANIMATED FEATURES 7ITH $ISNEY 0IXAR THE NARRATIVE AND PROCESS OF STORYTELLING IS SHOWCASED *OHN ,ASSETER ALSO #HIEF #REATIVE /F l CER WRITES A LARGE MAJORITY OF THE $ISNEY 0IXAR SCRIPTS AND THE COM MON STORY TRAITS OF THE CLASSIC $IS NEY l LMS SHINE THROUGH PROVIDING GOOD WHOLESOME FAMILY ENTERTAIN MENT 7HILST WITH $REAMWORKS

IT IS THE TALENT OF THE WITTILY CASTED COMEDY ACTORS WHICH IS THE MAIN POINT OF FOCUS -OST POPULAR OF THESE HAS BEEN THE 3HREK TRILOGY

WITH COMEDIANS -IKE -YERS AND %DDIE -URPHY AS 3HREK AND $ON KEY 4HE WHIMSICAL AND ENTERTAIN ING PERFORMANCES OF THE CHARACTERS SET $REAMWORKS APART FROM $IS NEY 0IXAR AND THE LOUD AND PROUD CASTING OF MAJOR STARS IN THEIR ANI MATIONS HAS ALSO DIFFERENTIATED THE STUDIO FROM $ISNEY 0IXAR S QUIET USE OF MAJOR (OLLYWOOD NAMES "UT WHAT IS TO COME FOR THE FUTURE OF ANIMATION $R 2AYNA $ENISON LECTURER IN &ILM AND 4ELE VISION STUDIES HAS PRODUCED MUCH DISCOURSE ON ANIMATION BEGIN NING HER ACADEMIC CAREER AT /XFORD 5NIVERSITY STUDYING *APANESE ,AN GUAGE AND #ULTURE 4HIS SPARKED AN INTEREST IN *APANESE CINEMA AND ON JOINING 5%! $R $ENISON RE ALISED A GAP IN THE SYLLABUS WHERE ANIMATION MIGHT l T (ER PASSION FOR ANIMATION STEMMED FROM FOND MEMORIES OF 3ATURDAY MORNING TELEVISION AS A CHILD WHICH HAS GREATLY SHAPED AND INFORMED HER PRESENT ACADEMIC CAREER #OLETTE ,ILFORD 7HAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE MOST RECENTLY PRODUCED ANIMATED l LMS SUCH AS 7ALL % AND +UNG &U 0ANDA $R 2AYNA $ENISON 4HEY WERE GREAT ) LIKED +UNG &U 0ANDA AS ) M INTO AND WORK ON MARTIAL ARTS l LMS AND THE l RST MINUTES OF 7ALL % BEING SILENT MEANS IT IS A THROWBACK TO EARLIER CINEMA

WHICH ) FOUND INTERESTING $ ANIMATION IS CONSTANTLY OFFERING SOMETHING NEW AND EXCITING AS IT IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF CINEMATIC TECH NOLOGY )T S THEREFORE VERY EXCITING TO BE TEACHING SOMETHING WHICH IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING # , !NIMATION PARTICULARLY #') HAS DEVELOPED SO RAPIDLY AND TO SUCH A HIGH STANDARD $O YOU THINK IT IS POSSIBLE THAT OTHER METHODS OF ANIMATION COULD BE COME OBSOLETE 2 $ ) D HOPE NOT ) D HOPE THERE D BE ENOUGH NOSTALGIA AND MARKET

“It is important that we document the history of and conversations around animation otherwise it may be forgotten forever” FOR ANIMATION TO KEEP TRADITIONAL FORMS POPULAR )T S ALSO INTRIGU ING TO SEE #') ENCROACHING ON 46

WHERE BEFORE IT WAS TOO EXPENSIVE

AS IT BLURS THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN THE GENRES # , 7HAT ABOUT THE FUTURE OF ANIMATION 2 $ 7ELL ANIMATION HAS HISTORI CALLY BEEN IGNORED AND IT S AN IM PORTANT AND CENTRAL PART OF l LM MAKING )T ISN T JUST A GENRE OR JUST FOR KIDS IT S A MODE OF l LMMAKING AND HOPEFULLY THOSE WHO STUDY ANIMATION WILL LEAVE HERE WITH A SENSE OF HOW BROAD THE INDIVIDUAL l LM INDUSTRIES ARE )T IS IMPORTANT THAT WE DOCUMENT THE HISTORY OF AND CONVERSATIONS AROUND ANIMA TION OTHERWISE IT MAY BE FORGOTTEN FOREVER

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The Next Big Thing

/N 3UNDAY TH .OVEMBER SIX OF THE HOTTEST OF %AST !NGLIA S HOT YOUNG THINGS BATTLED IT OUT IN THE ,#2 IN THE REGION S BIGGEST BATTLE OF THE BANDS CONTEST 4HE .EXT "IG 4HING 7E CAUGHT UP WITH l VE OF THE l NALISTS BEFORE THE MOST IMPORTANT NIGHT OF THEIR MUSICAL CAREERS

Let’s begin at the very beginning...

6ERY QUIETLY .ORWICH HAS BEEN DEVELOPING ONE OF THE MOST VARIED INVENTIVE AND IDIO SYNCRATIC MUSIC SCENES IN THE COUNTRY 3URELY

IT S TIME FOR A BAND TO BREAK OUT AND SHOW THE NATION WHAT .ORFOLK IS MADE OF 4HAT S WHERE 4HE .EXT "IG 4HING COMES IN .OW IN ITS l FTH YEAR THE CONTEST AIMS TO DISCOVER AND DEVELOP %AST !NGLIAN TALENT 4HE GRAND PRIZE WHICH INCLUDES a OF PRODUCTS FROM 0ROFESSIONAL -USIC 4ECHNOLOGY 0-4

A RECORDING CONTRACT WITH .2/NE 2ECORDS A a CASH PRIZE WITH BUSINESS ADVICE FROM !CCESS TO -USIC .ORWICH AND A STUDIO PACK AGE WITH &UTURE 3TUDIOS n IS TAILOR MADE TO ACHIEVE THIS )T S ALREADY PROPELLED PREVIOUS WINNERS 4HE 0ISTOLAS 2OSALITA ,E 4ETSUO AND 4HE +ABEEDIES ONTO BRIGHTER THINGS AND IT DID SO RIGHT ON OUR DOORSTEP 4HIS YEAR S SIX l NALISTS HEADING TO OUR VERY OWN ,#2 ON TH .OVEMBER FOR THE BIG NIGHT !LMOST LIKE 8 &ACTOR ALTHOUGH WITH NO -0S STICKING THEIR OAR IN WHEN WOULD BE STARS FAIL TO MAKE THE CUT /N THE AFTERNOON OF THE GIG l VE INTERVIEWERS SHARED THE ROLE OF (OLLY 7ILLOUGHBY "UT WHICH ACT WOULD BE THE NEXT ,EONA ,EWIS n AND WHICH WOULD BE THE NEXT 2IK 7ALLER

3ARAH #HRISTIE

The Moo

Rigo Jansci i am error Ed Sheeran )F 2IGO *ANSCI WAS A DESSERT WHICH DESSERT WOULD IT BE ! CHOCOLATE CAKE BECAUSE FUNNILY ENOUGH

2IGO *ANCSI CAKE IS A (UNGARIAN CAKE AND THAT S WHAT WE ARE NAMED AFTER 7HO ARE YOUR MUSICAL INm UENCES 7E HAVE ELEMENTS OF 4HE #URE AND MORE RECENTLY THINGS LIKE 3OULWAX 4OO -ANY $*S

THE +LAXONS !RE COMPETITIONS LIKE THIS THE BEST WAY TO SPOT NEW TALENT ) THINK THEY RE A VERY GOOD WAY 4HEY RE NOT SO MUCH A SHORTCUT BUT A GOOD WAY OF GET TING THERE A BIT QUICKER 7HAT DO YOU THINK OF THE ACTS YOU RE COM PETING AGAINST 6ERY VERY GOOD LOVE ALL THE GUYS PLAYING TO NIGHT JUST +ILLAMONJAMBO S HATS 4HEY RE COOL +ILLAMONJAMBO ARE QUALITY ) DON T KNOW WHERE YOU GET HATS LIKE THAT ) SUPPOSE MY PERSONAL FAVOURITE WELL ) LOVE 4HE -OO AND ) LIKE ) !M %RROR AS WELL ) THINK THEY RE REALLY GOOD THEY RE REALLY AWESOME 7HAT S THE BEST GIG YOU VE EVER BEEN TO -USE AT 7EMBLEY OR %ARLS #OURT OR 4OO -ANY $*S AND 3OULWAX IN ,IVERPOOL 7HO ARE YOUR FAVOURITE BAND -USE $AVID "OWIE AND 2ADIOHEAD

%MMA 0ARROTT

)F 4HE -OO WERE A DESSERT WHICH DESSERT WOULD YOU BE )T S GOT TO BE MILKY BLACK AND WHITE "LACK &OREST 'ATEAUX WITH CREAM BECAUSE IT S DARK AND ITS WHITE AND IT S DELICIOUS (OW DID YOU COME UP WITH YOUR NAME 7HEN WE STARTED OUT WE COVERED -Y 'ENERA TION BY 4HE 7HO 3OMEONE SHOUTED hWHAT S WAS YOUR NAME v AND WE SHOUTED h4HE -OOv

+ILLAMONJAMBO AT 4HE .EXT "IG 4HING AND IT STUCK )T SOUNDS LIKE A SILLY NAME BUT THE !RCTIC -ONKEYS IS A SILLY NAME AND THEY RE AMAZING 7HO ARE YOUR MUSICAL INm UENCES 2OCK BANDS 2ED (OT #HILI 0EPPERS 2AGE !GAINST 4HE -ACHINE A BIT OF HIP HOP OLD PUNK BANDS 2ANCID "IFFY #LYRO 0ARAMORE )F YOU WIN .EXT "IG 4HING WHAT DO YOU AIM TO GO ON AND ACHIEVE 4AKE OVER THE WORLD 7E D LIKE TO BE THE l RST BAND TO PLAY ON THE MOON 7E D USE THE MON EY TO PAINT OUR VAN IN COW COLOURS 7HAT DO YOU THINK OF THE ACTS YOU RE COM PETING AGAINST 7E LOVE %D 3HEERAN %VERY SINGLE BAND IS REALLY DIFFERENT IN THEIR OWN RIGHT 4HE JUDGES HAVE DONE REALLY WELL 7HAT S THE BEST GIG YOU VE EVER BEEN TO 2(#0 "IFFY #LYRO AT THE 5%! WAS ABSOLUTELY EPIC AND !VENGE 3EVENFOLD 3UM WERE PRET TY GOOD LAST YEAR TOO %MMA 'ALAL 4HE VICTORIOUS %D 3HEERAN

)F I AM ERROR WAS A DESSERT WHICH WOULD IT BE LAUGHS 5M CAN WE COME BACK TO THAT 7HO ARE YOUR MUSICAL INm UENCES !NYONE WHO S MADE REALLY INTERESTING CREA TIVE MUSIC WHO DOESN T JUST FOLLOW A GENRE BUT STARTS A NEW ONE LIKE *IMI (ENDRIX %LLIOT 3MITH 4OM 7AITS 2ADIOHEAD )F YOU WIN .EXT "IG 4HING WHAT DO YOU AIM TO GO ON AND ACHIEVE 7E RE RECORDING AN ALBUM WHICH SHOULD BE l NISHED BY #HRISTMAS 4HEN WE RE GETTING IN VOLVED IN MORE SOCIALLY AWARE EVENTS BECAUSE WE RE NOT JUST ABOUT THE MUSIC WE RE ABOUT ADDRESSING ISSUES HAVING AN INDIVIDUAL VOICE !RE COMPETITIONS LIKE THIS THE BEST WAY TO SPOT NEW TALENT .OT NECESSARILY BUT IT S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY TO NEW PEOPLE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON T REALISE HOW MANY GREAT MUSICIANS ARE RIGHT ON THEIR DOORSTEP 7HAT DO YOU THINK OF THE ACTS YOU RE COM PETING AGAINST 4HERE S A NICE RANGE AND BLEND OF STYLES IT S GOING TO BE HARD TO JUDGE 7HO S YOUR FAVOURITE BAND !T THE MOMENT PROBABLY !RCADE &IRE /H

AND FOR THE DESSERT THING PROBABLY CHEESE CAKE BECAUSE IT S MY FAVOURITE $UNCAN 6ICAT "ROWN

)F %D 3HEERAN WAS A DESSERT WHICH DESSERT WOULD HE BE ) D BE A CHOCOLATE MOUSSE (AVE YOU EVER BEEN TO .ANDOS 4HEIR CHOCOLATE MOUSSE

WHERE YOU GET THE WHITE ICING ON TOP 7HO ARE YOUR MUSICAL INm UENCES .IZLOPI *ASON -RAZ WHO S VERY FUNKY HIP HOPPY AND 7ILEY JUST BECAUSE OF HIS LYRICS !LSO A GUY CALLED &OY 6ANCE BECAUSE OF HIS LOOP PEDAL STUFF 9OU WROTE A SONG FOR .IZLOPI WHAT S THE CRAIC WITH THAT 9EAH IT S CALLED 4WO "LOKES AND A $OUBLE "ASS ) WENT TO SEE THEM GOT TO KNOW THEM AND IT ALL WENT UPHILL FROM THERE ) DID GUITAR TECH FOR THEM FOR FOUR OR l VE TOURS WHICH WAS GOOD FUN )F YOU WIN 4HE .EXT "IG 4HING WHAT DO YOU AIM TO GO ON TO ACHIEVE "IG THINGS ) D LOVE TO PLAY SOME ESTABLISHED FESTIVALS AND WITH THE MONEY ) D LIKE TO BUY A NEW LOOP PEDAL BECAUSE MY ONE BROKE 7HAT S THE BEST GIG YOU VE EVER PLAYED -Y FRIEND DOES A FESTIVAL IN ,ONDON CALLED 7ORDFEST WHICH ) PLAYED IN AND THE AUDIENCE GOT ME TO STRIP NAKED NOT TOTALLY NAKED BUT DOWN TO CERTAIN GARMENTS AND ) PLAYED MY SET WHICH WAS ALSO A VERY VERY GOOD GIG ;LAUGHS= &REDDIE !LLEN

Adele Swallow So... how was it for you?

)F YOU WERE A DESSERT WHAT DESSERT WOULD YOU BE ! GINGERBREAD LADY ) THINK OUR MUSIC COULD BE DESCRIBED AS GINGERY 7HO ARE YOUR MUSICAL INm UENCES !NI $IFRANCO +4 4UNSTALL "LOC 0ARTY ! LOT OF BOY BANDS ACTUALLY "UT NOT 4AKE 4HAT )F YOU WIN NEXT BIG THING WHAT DO YOU AIM TO GO ON AND ACHIEVE .OT REALLY WORLD WIDE FAME &ESTIVALS MAIN LY (OW MUCH DO COMPETITIONS HELP SPOT NEW TALENT $ON T KNOW 4HIS IS THE l RST ONE ) VE BEEN TO !CTUALLY NO THEY ARE VERY GOOD n THE WINNERS LAST YEAR WENT ON TO DO WELL 7HAT DO YOU THINK OF THE ACTS THAT YOU RE COMPETING AGAINST 4HEY ARE ALL VERY GOOD %VERYONE FROM THE SEMI l NAL WHO SHOULD VE GONE THROUGH DID GO THROUGH 7HAT S THE BEST GIG YOU VE EVER BEEN TOO 3IGUR 2OS AT ,ATITUDE 7HO IS YOUR FAVOURITE BAND /URS

-ATT "ULL

"ATTLE OF THE BANDS COMPETITIONS HAVE COME A LONG WAY SINCE 3ISTER !CT 4HE .EXT "IG 4HING WAS ENOUGH TO RESTORE THE MOST HARDENED CYNIC S FAITH IN "RITISH MUSIC 2IGO *ANSCI THRILLED WITH THEIR OLD SCHOOL ROCK THEIR SINGER COMING ACROSS LIKE A BLEND OF )GGY 0OP +EVIN 2OWLAND AND 2USSLE "RAND .EXT CAME I AM ERROR S SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS INDIE WITH STANDOUT TRACK 7AR ON 3ADNESS BUILDING FROM A SLOW BALLAD TO AN EPIC PROG BREAKDOWN 0INT SIZED SONGSTRESS !DELE 3WAL LOW AND HER BAND PLAYED MELODIC INDIE POP WHICH !DELE S GORGEOUS VOICE m OATED SWEETLY OVER +ILLAMONJAMBO S LOUTISH ENERGY DOMI NATED THE STAGE CALLING TO MIND 4HE 3PECIALS WITH THEIR RIOTOUS PUNK SKA !ND HARDCORE PUNKS 4HE -OO WHIPPED THE CROWD INTO A FRENZY WITH THEIR ANIMAL ENERGY AND STRATEGIC USE OF PARTY POPPERS 4HE STANDOUT ACT WAS WINNER %D 3HEERAN

WHO STUNNED WITH HIS BLEND OF ACOUSTIC POP

INDIE ROCK HIP HOP DANCEHALL AND GRIME 4HE COMPLEXITY OF THE MATERIAL SHOWED A MA TURITY FAR BEYOND HIS SEVENTEEN YEARS !LL IN ALL THIS YEAR S 4HE .EXT "IG 4HING WAS A CRACKER SHOWING JUST HOW MUCH GREAT MUSIC IS RIGHT ON OUR DOORSTEP $UNCAN 6ICAT "ROWN

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The Cure

Bloc Party

$REAM

)NTIMACY

h4HE VIEW ITS BEAUTIFUL AND OURS ALONE TONIGHTxv 2OBERT 3MITH S STRANGLED VOCALS BEGIN

PROPELLING US BACK TO THE PHE NOMENALLY HAUNTING BEAUTY OF $ISINTEGRATION !FTER FOUR TEASING SINGLE RELEASES ON THE TH OF EACH MONTH $REAM IS HERE A REMARKABLY BETTER EFFORT THAN THE BITING ANGST OF S 4HE #URE 3ET TO RECEIVE .-% S 'OD ,IKE 'ENIUS AWARD 4HE #URE IS A BAND THAT HAS TRIED ON EVERY SUIT FROM JUMBLING CATCHY POP LOVE SONGS TO DROWNING GHOSTLY WALLS OF NOISE 4HE ECH OING TWILIGHT JOURNEY OF 5NDERNEATH 4HE 3TARS AND THE ADOR ING SYRUPY SWEET 4HE /NLY /NE ARE PERFECT EXAMPLES OF THIS SKILL FOR JUXTAPOSITION 4HE SHORTEST TRACKS ARE ALSO IMPRESSIVE &REAKSHOW RATTLES AND JOLTS WHILST 3IRENSONG ECHOES A WAH WAH PEDAL GONE WONDERFULLY INSANE 4HE ONLY SHORTFALL OF $REAM IS THAT THE ALT ROCK SHAPE SHIFTERS SOMETIMES ALLOW THEMSELVES TO LAPSE INTO THE DISOR DERLY 4HE ARRANGEMENT OF 4HIS (ERE AND .OW 7ITH 9OU IS CON FUSING WHILST 3WITCH AND 4HE 2EASONS 7HY SOUND RHYTHMICALLY AMISS MAKING THE ALBUM FALL SHORT OF SPECTACULAR ! NOSTALGIC COMFORT FOR LONG TERM FANS BUT ONE THAT DOESN T QUITE SCALE THE CLASSIC HEIGHTS OF 7ISH 0ORNOGRAPHY OR $ISINTEGRATION

Beyonce

) !M 3ASHA &IERCE

%VEN THOUGH THE COVER LOOKS LIKE A CUT AND PASTE JOB FROM A 3UEDE ALBUM SLEEVE "LOC 0ARTY ARE l NALLY EXPLORING SOME OF THEIR OWN IDEAS WITH )NTIMACY !FTER THE ASTONISHING SUC CESS OF S 3ILENT !LARM +ELE /KEREKE DECIDED THAT HE WAS NOT THE SINGER IN A PUNK BAND BUT THE SPOKESPERSON OF OUR GENERATION RESULTING IN LAST YEAR S STRIKINGLY SELF INDULGENT !

7EEKEND IN THE #ITY 4HANKFULLY FOR HIS SAKE AND OURS +ELE CAST THIS TITLE ASIDE WHEN WRITING )NTIMACY )N SHORT THIS IS A DEPARTURE FROM THEIR SOPHOMORE SOUND AND THEY RE HAVING A LOT MORE FUN 4HE SILLY LYRICS AND TEPID SONGWRITING ARE MOSTLY GONE IT S MORE ,ITTLE 4HOUGHTS THAN 3UNDAY AS "LOC 0ARTY REVISIT THEIR ROOTS 4HERE S JAGGED GUITARS AND FRANTIC DRUMS (ALO AND THE LAST MINUTE OF "ETTER 4HAN (EAVEN ARE BEAUTIFULLY SPIKY EXAMPLES BUT THE RECORD IS ALSO BLESSED WITH A NEWFOUND AMBIENCE IN THE TRADITION OF 3O (ERE 7E !RE #HECK OUT 3IGNS AND :EPHEREUS FOR THE BEST SPECIMENS 4HERE S ALSO A "IG "EAT FEEL !RES HAS A SLIGHTLY LUDICROUS BATTLE CRY BUT AN EXCELLENT REFRAIN $RUMMER -ATT 4ONG HAS BEEN GIVEN A FREE REIGN WITH THE KIT FOR THIS ALBUM AND IT PAYS OFF .EVER HAVE "LOC 0ARTY S DRUMS BEEN CLEARER LOUDER OR MORE INTERESTING 4HOUGH NOT THE MATURE ROCKERS THEY WANT TO BE THIS IS A BIG STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION 7ILL .EWTON 3TEPH -C+ENNA

4HIS THIRD SOLO ALBUM IS "E YONCE S CHANCE TO PROVE HERSELF AS A WELL RESPECTED SUPERSTAR IN THE VEIN OF 7HITNEY OR -ARIAH

AND SHE NEARLY GETS THERE 4HE ALBUM IS SPLIT INTO TWO HALVES WITH ) !Mx BEING THE MORE CLASSIC 2 N " BALLAD TERRI TORY AND 3ASHA &IERCE HER ON STAGE ALTER EGO FULL OF UP TEMPO SYNTHY 2 N " NUMBERS THAT ARE VERY @IN RIGHT NOW 4HE ) !Mx SIDE IS DEl NITELY GETTING MORE ATTENTION AT THE MOMENT WITH ITS LEAD SINGLE )F ) 7ERE ! "OY A HUGE WORLDWIDE HIT RIGHT NOW (OWEVER HER BIG STAB AT BEING A CLASSIC 2 N " SUPERSTAR IS WITH THE 2YAN 4EDDER PENNED (ALO )T S A MID TEMPO EPIC IF NOT SLIGHTLY TOO FRANTIC LOVE SONG IN THE SAME VEIN OF 2YAN S OTHER HIT "LEEDING ,OVE 4HE SERIOUS ARTIST VIBE IS SHOWN ONCE MORE WITH HER TAKE ON THE ARIA !VE -ARIA WHICH DEl NITELY STANDS OUT ON VOCAL QUALITY 4HIS HALF OF THE ALBUM IS PRETTY HOWEVER WITH THE BLAND "ROKEN (EARTED 'IRL AND $ISAPPEAR BE ING BIG COMEDOWNS AFTER THE STANDOUTS MENTIONED )T S A PRO GRESSION IN BOTH PRODUCTION QUALITY AND MUSICAL SUBSTANCE FROM HER LAST ALBUM THE BY THE NUMBERS " $AY (IGH PRODUC TION VALUES ARE ESPECIALLY EVIDENT IN THE 3ASHA HALF OF THE SET

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Gun ‘N’ Roses

The Streets

#HINESE $EMOCRACY

(EAVEN &OR 4HE 7EATHER

!FTER NEARLY YEARS OF TIRE LESS HARD WORK FOCUS AND l NE TUNING !XL 2OSE IS BURSTING BACK ONTO THE MU SIC SCENE WITH THIS THE MU SICAL EQUIVALENT OF ROAD KILL IN A TIME CAPSULE "UT THEN OF COURSE IT WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE LIKE THIS 7HILE THE REST OF THE WORLD WAS PROGRESSING !XL WAS GOING NOT AT ALL QUIETLY INSANE AND DOING A ROUND TOUR OF #ALIFORNIA S STRIP CLUBS 4HIS WOULD BE FORGIVABLE IF #HI NESE $EMOCRACY WAS EVEN HALF AS GOOD AS ANYTHING FROM HIS !PPETITE FOR $ESTRUCTION GLORY DAYS "UT WITH NO DISCERNIBLE TUNE AWFUL LYRICS h2EAL TIME VISIONARIES SITTING IN A #HINESE STEWv n SORRY WHAT AND TERRIBLE GUITARS DRUMMING AND SINGING THIS IS WITHOUT A DOUBT THE WORST @COMEBACK SINGLE OF ALL TIME 4HE FACT THAT !XL WASN T LAUGHED OUT OF THE RE CORDING STUDIO WILL HAVE UNSIGNED BANDS AROUND THE WORLD SCREAMING IN DESPAIR 4HE WORST THING IS THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY THE BEST OF THE MATERIAL FROM THE UPCOMING ALBUM SEE 4HERE 7AS A 4IME FOR A CHORUS SO BAD YOU MIGHT ACTUALLY GO INTO SHOCK )T S NOT ALL BAD NEWS THOUGH AS THIS PATHETIC ATTEMPT HAS CRE ATED A BRAND NEW INTERNET SPECTATOR SPORT IT S CALLED h7ATCH THE FANBOYS ATTEMPT TO DEFEND #HINESE $EMOCRACYv *UST 3AY .O $UNCAN 6ICAT "ROWN

The Shortwave Set 'LITCHES @. "UGS %VERY SO OFTEN YOU HEAR A SONG THAT S SO CATCHY SO INTERESTING SO EAR SHAT TERINGLY LOVELY THAT IT POS SESSES YOUR MIND AND FOR ONE BLISSFUL DAY IT BOUNCES AROUND YOUR HEAD LIKE TOD DLERS ON A BOUNCY CASTLE 'LITCHES @. "UGS IS JUST SUCH A TUNE .OW ON THEIR SECOND ALBUM CALLED 2EPLICA 3UN -ACHINE

AND ALSO GREAT 4HE 3HORTWAVE 3ET ARE TWO ,ONDON LADS AND A 3WEDISH GIRL THINK 2OISIN -URPHY MEETS $EBBIE (ARRY WHO DESCRIBE THEIR STYLE AS h6ICTORIAN FUNKv $ON T WORRY THIS IS ACTUALLY SAMPLE BASED POP OF THE TYPE THAT 'NARLS "ARKLEY DOES SO WELL SO IT S UNSURPRISING TO l ND HALF OF "ARKLEY WORKAHOLIC $AMON !LBARN BOTHERING SUPER PRODUCER $ANGER -OUSE ON PRODUCTION DUTIES 4RUE TO FORM HE m ESHES OUT THE GORGEOUS MELODIES HANDCLAP DRUMS AND CHIMING GUITARS WITH ALL MANNER OF BACKGROUND SQUIGGLES AMBIENT NOISE AND RETRO SOUND EFFECTS CREATING AN EPIC SOUND COLLAGE THAT GRABS YOU FROM THE l RST NOTES TO THE l NAL FADE 4HEY VE SUPPORTED 'OLDFRAPP AND 2ILO +ILEY ON TOUR AND $ANGER -OUSE HAS NAMED THEM AS HIS FAVOURITE CONTEMPO RARY BAND IF ANYONE KNOWS ABOUT MUSIC IT S HIM 3O GO AND SEEK THIS OUT OR $ANGER -OUSE WILL COME TO YOUR ROOM AND HURT YOU 0ROBABLY $UNCAN 6ICAT "ROWN

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AND TO SHOWCASE THEIR MUSICAL PROWESS BOTH TO THEIR FAN BASE AND TO A PANEL OF JUDGES WHO WILL CRITIQUE THEIR PERFORMANCE 4HE JUDGES WILL BE LOOKING NOT ONLY FOR RAW TALENT AND A PAS SION FOR MUSIC BUT ALSO PROOF THAT EACH BAND HAS THE STAR POWER NEEDED BY PULLING IN AS MANY FANS AS POSSIBLE #ROWD REACTION WILL PLAY A ROLE IN INm UENCING THE VOTE &IVE BANDS WILL BE BATTLING IT OUT IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE COMPRISING FANS AND MUSIC FANATICS 4HE BANDS PERFORMING ARE #LOACA A SIX PIECE 3KA ROCK BAND (EY:UZZ )NDIE FOLK WITH A TWIST OF &UNK 4HE -IDDLE /NES -ELODRAMATIC !COUSTIC )NDIE AND %ASY LISTENING 4ESS AND 7ILL !COUSTIC )NDIE AND $ANNY 7HITEHOUSE !COUSTIC &OLK 4HE MIX OF MUSICAL STYLES WILL MAKE FOR A DIVERSE NIGHT WITH THE ADDED ELEMENT OF CHOOSING A WINNER TO BENEl T FROM A DAY AT A TOP RECORDING STUDIO 4HE NIGHT WILL BE GOOD FUN FOR ALL INVOLVED SO COME ALONG WITH LOTS OF FRIENDS TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT AND TO EN JOY SOME *ACK $ANIEL S !LL GUESTS ON THE NIGHT WHO PURCHASE TWO *ACK $ANIEL S DRINKS CAN REDEEM A TOKEN FOR A FREE *$ 4 SHIRT 4HERE IS ALSO A .ATIONWIDE *$ 3ET 5NSIGNED COMPETITION

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A Whale Of A Time .OAH AND THE 7HALE )NTERVIEW &REDDIE !LLEN 7HAT S THE STORY BEHIND THE BAND NAME $OUGIE &INK 7E RE GENERALLY QUITE EVASIVE ABOUT IT )T S AN AMBIGUOUS AURAL AESTHETIC THAT WE DON T REALLY LIKE TO DELVE TOO DEEPLY INTO ) THINK IT S ONE OF THOSE NAMES WHICH JUST SOUNDS GOOD BASICALLY !ND PEOPLE KEEP ON BRINGING THESE MYTHS TO IT WHICH IS ALWAYS PLEASANT &! )S THERE ONE SONG THAT YOU AND THE BAND ENJOY PER FORMING MORE THAN THE REST $& 7HEN YOU PLAY LOTS OF SONGS ALL THE TIME YOUR NEWEST ONES TEND TO BE YOUR FAVOURITE OR AT LEAST THEY SHOULD BE 3O SOME OF THE NEW SONGS ARE THE MOST PLEASANT TO PLAY 9OU LL HAVE TO CHECK THEM OUT BUT &IRST $AYS OF 3PRING IN PARTICULAR IS ONE TO LOOK OUT FOR &! )S THE NEXT ALBUM HEADING IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION TO YOUR DEBUT $& ) THINK THAT IT S A PROGRESSION )F YOU TOOK THE TWO SEPER ATELY YOU COULD PROBABLY ARGUE THAT THEY ARE FROM TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT BANDS ) THINK BOTH ALBUMS HAVE THEIR OWN KIND OF THEMATIC NUCLEUS SO IN THAT SENSE THEY ARE VERY DIFFERENT ONE TALKS ABOUT ONE THING ONE TALKS ABOUT ANOTHER -USICALLY

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$& 9EAH THE -YSTERY *ETS ARE FROM THERE AS WELL 4O BE HON EST WHEN WE WERE THERE WE WERE COMPLETELY UNAWARE OF THE HERITAGE OF THE PLACE AND WHO WAS PLAYING AROUND US )T DIDN T HIT US UNTIL WE MOVED INTO THE CENTRE OF TOWN "UT WHEN WE WERE STARTING WE GOT PICKED UP BY 9OUNG AND ,OST #LUB 4HEY WERE PUTTING ON GIGS OF MUSIC THAT THEY LIKED

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WARDS THE BAND 4HERE ISN T ENOUGH TIME TO DO SOMETHING THAT ISN T RELATED TO .OAH AND THE 7HALE 7HEN YOU RE ON TOUR IT S HARD ENOUGH TO JUST STAY HUMAN REALLY STAYING CLEAN IS ENOUGH OF A CHORE WHEN YOU VE GOT TO SHOWER IN VENUES AND LIVE IN A BUNK IN A CELL DORMITORY 7E ALL LISTEN TO MUSIC A LOT IT S AN INTEREST OF OURS BEYOND A CAREER AND A JOB &ILM AS WELL #HARLIE ESPECIALLY OBSESSES ABOUT CINEMA 5RBY AND ) LIKE TO STAY IN SHAPE OBVIOUSLY !ND OUR HORN SECTION ARE LADS REALLY .EED TO KEEP THEM UNDER CONTROL &! 4HREE ALBUMS THAT YOU VE BEEN KICKING BACK TO RECENT LY $& 4HE 3LEEPING 3TATES ALBUM ) VE BEEN LISTENING TO A LOT 4HERE S A l LM CALLED 'RIZZLY -AN AND #HARLIE SEEMS TO BE OBSESSED WITH THE SOUNDTRACK TO THAT AND ALSO WE VE BEEN LISTENING TO 7ILCO QUITE A LOT 9ANKEE (OTEL &OXTROT -ATT 5RBY ;CHIMES IN= "EEN LISTENING TO -AGNETIC &IELDS QUITE A BIT AND LOTS OF STUFF CONNECTED WITH 7ILCO &! (AVE THERE BEEN MANY MENTAL MOMENTS SO FAR ON THIS TOUR $& ;GLANCES TO 5RBY WHO RESPONDS WITH A GRIN= .O ;LAUGHS= 4HERE WAS THE l RST .OAH AND THE 7HALE STAGE INVASION IN 'LASGOW 5RBY 4HAT WAS MORE SCARY THAN MENTAL &! &INALLY WHAT S THE VERDICT ON OUR l NE CITY OF .OR WICH 5RBY !CTUALLY VERY VERY NICE 7E GO ALL OVER "RITAIN AND HERE THERE S NICE ARCHITECTURE NICE SHOPS AND THE PEOPLE SEEM QUITE NICE !NYWHERE WITH A CASTLE OR CATHEDRAL GENER ALLY YOU RE GOING TO GET SOME NICE ARCHITECTURE $& 4HIS IS 5RBY S SOCIOLOGICAL ARCHITECTURAL THEORY "UT YEAH

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4HERE ARE NOT ENOUGH SUPERLATIVES FOR THIS BAND 9OU MAY NOT KNOW /KKERVIL 2IVER AND EVEN THEN YOU MAY NOT APPRECIATE JUST HOW GOOD THEY ARE UNTIL YOU SEE THEM LIVE &OR BOTH REASONS IT S A SHAME THE AU DIENCE l GURES WERE UNDERWHELMING WHEN THE GROUP PLAYED 4HE 7ATERFRONT "UT WHEN /KKERVIL 2IVER TOOK TO THE STAGE SUITED AND BOOTED IN CHARITY SHOP CHIC FRONT MAN 7ILL 3HEFF GAVE A SELF FULl LLING PROPHECY h) HEAR YOU RE A ROWDY CROWD 7ELL YOU CAN ROCK OUT AFTER THIS ONE v 4HE BAND PROCCEDED TO PLAY A BEAUTIFULLY BALANCED SET SPANNING THEIR TEN YEAR CAREER !FTER KICKING OFF WITH ! 'IRL )N

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SELF REFERENTIALLY DEBATING THE VERY POINT OF POP MUSIC 7HEN HE STARES INTO AN AUDIENCE MEMBER S EYES WHILE SINGING hHE S THE LIAR WHO LIED IN HIS POP SONG AND YOU RE LYING WHEN YOU SING ALONG 0OP ,IE IT S A DISCON CERTING EXPERIENCE "UT THEN THIS ISN T PAS SIVE MUSIC /KKERVIL 2IVER MAKE YOU THINK "UT THEY ALSO MAKE YOU m AIL 4HE FOCUS ON /KKERVIL 2IVER HAS BEEN 3HEFF S LYRICS

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-OVIE OR -AYBE S FEEDBACK l LLED BREAKDOWN THE BAND CARRY THE AUDIENCE ALONG WITH THEM 4HIS GIG ACHIEVES WHAT THE BEST MOST TRAN SCENDENTAL LIVE SETS DO THEY MAKE YOU STOP BEING AN INDIVIDUAL FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS

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Dir: John Moore Release Date: 14/11

Dir: Kevin Smith Release Date: 14/11

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Dirs: Mark Osborne & John Stevenson Release Date: 17/11

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“It is the pretty frocks, thespian actors and the English traditions of tea-­ drinking, red post boxes and talk of ‘the wireless’ that has made the genre the success it is today”

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• Improvisation -­ Solos and duets. UEA School of Music. 7.30pm. £4 NUS • Erik Mongrain. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £10 NUS • Club Tropicana. LCR. 10pm. £3.50 adv

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20th

• Florian Kitt/Rita Medjimorec. UEA School of Music.

1pm. £4 NUS • DiverSiFy. UEA Drama Studio. 7pm. £2 • New Found Glory. LCR. 7.30pm. £15 • Fish. The Waterfront. 7.30pm. £17.50 • Charlie Musselwhite And Dave Peabody. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £10 NUS • ‘An Entrepreneurs Evening’. Sainsbury Centre, UEA. 7-­10pm. £2

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• Show of Hands. The Waterfront. 7.30pm. £15 • Tim Minchin: Ready For This? The Playhouse. 8pm.

Sold Out • Day-­Glo Rave LCR. 10pm. £3.50 adv

26th • The Fratellis. LCR. 7.30pm. Sold Out • Dreadzone. The Waterfront. 7.30pm. £12.50 • Gabriella Cilmi. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £12.50 • Simon Day: What A Fool Believes. The Playhouse.

8pm. £16.50

27th • Cinderella -­ Christmas Pantomime. Norwich Puppet Theatre. 7.30pm. £8 • The Script. LCR. 7.30pm. Sold Out • Whole Lotta Led. The Waterfront. 7.30pm. £9 NUS • Vagina Monologues. The Playhouse. 8pm. £14 NUS • Adriano Adewale Group. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £8 NUS

3rd 28th

• Music At One -­ Matthew Martin. The Assembly House.

1pm. £4 • DiverSiFy. UEA Drama Studio. 7pm. £2 • Motorhead. LCR. 7.30pm. Sold Out • Murcof with Grup Instrumental BCN216. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £8 NUS • 80s Night + Motor City Magic. The Waterfront. 10pm. £3.50

• Cinderella -­ Christmas Pantomime. Norwich Puppet Theatre. 7.30pm. £8 • Vagina Monologues. The Playhouse. 8pm. £14 NUS • Vanilla Kick Presented By Tilting Sky. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £5 • Carbon Footprint Carnival with Lost Friday. 8pm. LCR. £6 • Non Stop 90s + Roobarb. The Waterfront. 10pm. £3.50

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29th

• Todd Rundgren. The Waterfront. 7pm. £18.50 • The Syd Lawrence Orchestra. The Playhouse. 7.30pm. £15 NUS • Tom Hingley. Queen Charlotte. 7.30pm. £7 • The Hair presented by All Sorted. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £5 • Meltdown + Play. The Waterfront. 10pm. £3.50 NUS

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• Airbourne. LCR. 7pm. £12 • John Otway Band. The Waterfront. 7pm. £12 • Cheeky Cheeky And The Nosebleeds. Norwich Arts Centre. 11pm. £7 • Pub Quiz. Blue Bar. 7.30pm. Free

24th • Jung Chang. LT1. 6.30pm. £6 • Star Attraction Show feat. Jay Sean and Magnet Man. LCR. 7.30pm. £8 NUS • Ida Maria. The Waterfront. 7.30pm. £8 • Tim Minchin: Ready For This? The Playhouse. 8pm.

Sold Out

• Cinderella -­ Christmas Pantomime. Norwich Puppet Theatre. 7.30pm. £8 • Simon Yates: Beyond The Void. The Playhouse.

7.30pm. £13 NUS • Albert Lee and Hogans Heroes. Norwich Arts Centre.

8pm. £12.50 NUS • Meltdown + Wraith. The Waterfront. 8pm. £3.50 NUS

30th • Steel Noise Promotions presents ‘The Rotted’.

Queen Charlotte. 2.30pm. £6 • Cinderella -­ Christmas Pantomime. Norwich Puppet Theatre. 7.30pm. £8 • Primal Scream (NME Rock n Roll Riot Tour). LCR. 7pm. £22.50

1st • Feeder. LCR. 7.30pm. Sold Out • Peter Bruntnell, Michael Weston King and Jeb Loy Nichols. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £8 NUS • John Shuttleworth. The Playhouse. 8pm. £13 NUS • Waterfront’s 15th Birthday Party. 10pm. Free!

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