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4O WRITE THIS @AGAINST ) WILL HAVE TO DON MY HYPOCRISY HAT AS ) AM AS GUILTY AS THE NEXT MAN OF OWNING BASKET LOADS OF 4OPMAN GEAR (OWEVER IT DOESN T MEAN ) M HAPPY ABOUT IT OR THAT 4OPSHOP AND ME ARE FRIENDS 4HERE ARE A RANGE OF GRIPES ) HAVE WITH THEIR FASH IONABLE COUGH SPLUTTER VALUE FOR MONEY COUGH SPLUTTER DIE CLOTHING 4OPMAN IN PARTICULAR SEEM TO SPEND MOST OF THE TIME POUNDING THEIR l STS AND CRYING AT THE HEAD STONE OF NU RAVE S GRAVE 4HERE S NOTHING WRONG WITH THIS ) MYSELF JOIN THEM ONCE A WEEK IN THE @NU 'RAVE YARD JUST AFTER ) PAY MY RESPECTS TO NU METAL HOWEVER 4OPMAN ARE DOING EVIL FASHION VOODOO AND TRYING TO RESURRECT NU RAVE FROM ITS ETERNAL SLUMBER #UE T SHIRTS WITH A THOU SAND DIFFERENT NEON COLOURS ON THEM AND TEXT SCREAMING DUBIOUS SLOGANS LIKE h%LECTRO ,YFE v AS WELL AS EQUALLY COOL NEON WRIST BANDS IN THE ACCESSORIES SECTION A BARGAIN AT ONLY a (OW DO THE TRICKSY HOBBITS AT 4OPSHOP
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“The The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colors, forms, movements”
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7ELCOME BACK !RTSY FOLK
4HE BIG NEWS OF THE LITERARY WORLD OVER THE FESTIVE SEASON WAS THE TRAGEDY OF (AROLD 0INTER S DEATH 4HE 4HE "ETRAYAL AND 4HE (OMECOMING PLAYWRIGHT LOST HIS l GHT WITH CANCER AT THE AGE OF ON #HRISTMAS %VE *$ 3ALINGER THE AUTHOR OF 4HE #ATCHER IN THE 2YE CELEBRAT ED HIS TH BIRTHDAY OVER THE HOLIDAYS BUT STILL CONTINUES TO LIVE AS A RECLUSE IN HIS HOME IN .EW (AMPSHIRE )T WAS ANNOUNCED IN THE .EW 9EAR S (ONOURS ,IST THAT 4ERRY 0RATCHETT IS TO BE GIVEN A KNIGHTHOOD 4HE CREATOR OF THE HUGELY POPULAR $ISCWORLD SERIES SAID THAT HE hWAS STUNNED IN A GOOD WAY v (OWEVER THE FESTIVE SEASON ONLY BROUGHT BAD NEWS FOR *+ 2OWLING WHO DESPITE WINNING HER PLAGIARISM COURT CASE AGAINST (ARRY 0OTTER ,EXICON AUTHOR 3TEVE 6ANDER !RK COULDN T STOP IT BEING REWRITTEN AND RELEASED AS AN @UNAUTHORISED PUBLICATION ON TH *ANUARY -ELISSA 9ORK
4HE %VENT SPEAKS TO *ACK 2ICHARDSON A LOCAL BOY WHO IS HEAVILY INVOLVED IN 3NOW 7HITE .ORWICH 4HEATRE 2OYAL S PANTOMIME FOR THIS SEASON
(OPEFULLY EVERYBODY HAS HAD A CULTURAL #HRISTMAS AND YOU RE ALL BACK READY TO INDULGE YOURSELF IN MORE !RTSY GOODNESS 4HIS FORTNIGHT WE SPEAK TO .EIGHBOURS STAR AND LOCAL GIRL #AITLIN 3TASEY CURRENTLY BASKING IN THE GLORY OF BEING 3NOW 7HITE AT .ORWICH S 4HEATRE 2OYAL )N 4HE %VENT S FEATURE PAGE THIS FORTNIGHT WE HEAR FROM ALL SORTS OF OTHER PANTO PROS STARRING IN 3NOW 7HITE GIVING THE SECTION A TRUE FEELING OF MIRTH -EL 9ORK AND -ATT 2AMSAY !RTS %DITORS
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9OU ARE AN !3- FOR THE PANTOMIME 7HAT EXACTLY DOES AN !3- DO 7ELL !3- STANDS FOR !SSISTANT 3TAGE -ANAGER SO AFTER A RE HEARSAL PERIOD WE CONCENTRATE ON WHAT IS KNOWN AS TECH ING THE SHOW 4HIS MEANS WE MAKE SURE ALL THE PROPS ARE WHERE THEY SHOULD BE EVERYONE IS /+ IN THE WINGS BY THE SIDE OF THE STAGE AND GENERALLY MAKING SURE THE SHOW RUNS SMOOTHLY (AVE YOU EVER DONE ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE 7ELL LAST YEAR WAS MY l RST EVER PANTO ) HAVE BEEN AN !3- ON A COUPLE OF OTHER PRODUCTIONS BUT NEVER ANYTHING ON THE GRAND SCALE OF 3NOW 7HITE )T IS NICE BECAUSE ) HAVE WORKED WITH A LOT OF THE PEOPLE BEFORE ! LOT OF THE STAGE MANAGEMENT TEAM HAVE WORKED TOGETHER BEFORE AND ) KNOW A LOT OF THE CHO RUS CREW AND MANAGEMENT FROM LAST YEAR AS WELL ) REALLY LOVE BEING AN !3- )T IS NOT THE SORT OF JOB YOU COMPLAIN ABOUT BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS SUCH FUN /NE MINUTE YOU CAN BE OUT AND ABOUT LOOKING FOR
Play 0ANTO IS AHOY STILL UP UNTIL THE TH *ANUARY SO GO AND GRAB TICKETS FOR 3NOW 7HITE AND THE 3EVEN $WARFS WHILST THEY ARE STILL HERE )T STARS #AITLIN 3TASEY ,IZA 'ODDARD /BLIVION FROM 'LADIATORS AND A SPECIAL VIRTUAL APPEARANCE BY 3TEPHEN &RY 4HE .ORWICH 0LAYHOUSE IS PLAYING HOST TO "ERTOLT "RE CHT S 4HE 4HREEPENNY /PERA THROUGHOUT *ANUARY 4ICKETS ARE ONLY a AND ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE 5%! "OX /Fl CE IF YOU WANT TO GET YOUR CULTURE ON 4HAT STAPLE OF .ORWICH ECCENTRICITY 4HE .ORWICH 0UP PET 4HEATRE WILL BE PLAYING HOST TO /LD -OTHER (UBBARD AND A -ARIONETTE 7ORKSHOP USEFUL FOR YOU BUDDING STAGE HANDS -ELISSA 9ORK
3O HOW DID YOU l RST GET STARTED IN THE THEATRE WORLD 7ELL IT WAS A YEAR AND A HALF AGO ) WAS NEVER REALLY INTER ESTED IN A JOB LIKE THIS ) ASKED FOR SOME WORK AT THE 4HEATRE 2OYAL AND ) HAVE BEEN DOING IT EVER SINCE )T IS A JOB YOU CAN NEVER BE TIRED OF /NCE YOU HAVE HAD A TASTE YOU NEVER WANT TO DO ANYTHING ELSE 3O WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE A FULL TIME !3- ) DEl NITELY WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN THE THEATRE FULL TIME ) WOULD LIKE TO GO INTO ACTING SO ) M GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF APPLYING TO DRAMA SCHOOLS AND WORKING ON AUDITION PIECES ) ALSO REALLY ENJOY WORKING AS AN !3- AS WELL BECAUSE YOU ARE STILL INVOLVED IN THE WHOLE PROCESS OF A SHOW TO SUCH A LARGE EXTENT 9OU SEE HOW IT GROWS FROM NOTHING TO l NALLY PERFORM ING THE l NISHED SHOW
SOMETHING AND THE NEXT SOMEONE IS ASKING h#AN YOU GET THIS v %VERY DAY IS DIFFERENT AND ) LOVE EVERY MINUTE
!WAY FROM WORK WHAT DO YOU ENJOY AT THE THEATRE ) HAVE A REAL PASSION FOR MUSICALS ) LOVED 3OUTH 0ACIl C WHEN IT CAME TO THE 4HEATRE 2OYAL ) AM ALSO A BIG FAN OF 3HAKESPEARE AND REALLY ENJOYED THE 23# S PRODUCTION OF 2OMEO AND *ULIET WHICH WAS ON AT THE END OF THE YEAR -ATT 2AMSAY
The Event RecommEnds 7ITH THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS ENDING THEIR UNIVERSITY STUDIES IN THE COMING SUMMER ATTENTIONS ARE BEING TURNED TO @THE REAL WORLD AND JOBS THAT CAN BE GAINED UPON COMPLETION OF THEIR TIME AT 5%! 7ITH A LARGE AMOUNT OF COMPETITION FOR PLACES ANY ADVICE THAT CAN BE OFFERED IS WELL RECEIVED AND HERE l VE CONTRIBUTORS ARE WELL PLACED TO OF FER SUCH GUIDANCE !LL ACHIEVED GRADUATE POSITIONS WITH TOP COMPANIES AND THEREFORE GIVE INSIGHTFUL COMMENTS ON INTERVIEW TECHNIQUES AND SALES PITCHES 4HEIR COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS COVER EVERY ASPECT OF THE APPLICATIONS PROC ESS HANDLING YOUR #6 ASSESSMENT DAYS GROUP WORK AND ROLE PLAYS ARE ALL INCLUDED WITH USEFUL TIPS FROM THEIR OWN EXPERIENCES WITH THE INTENTION OF
GIVING YOU THE BEST OPPORTUNITY OF GETTING THE JOB YOU CRAVE 4HE BOOK S PUBLISHING COMPANY HOLDS THE MOTTO h"OOKS TO EDUCATE YOU "OOKS TO ENTERTAIN YOU "OOKS TO HELP YOU EVOLVE AS A PERSONv 7ITH THAT BIG JOB APPLICATION NOT FAR AWAY ANYTHING THAT ACHIEVES THAT IS JUST WHAT YOU NEED -ATT 2AMSAY 4HE 2EAL 'UIDE TO 'ETTING A 'RADUATE *OB IS AVAILABLE FOR JUST a UNTIL THE END OF &EBURARY IF BOUGHT FROM WWW REALGRADGUIDE COM &OR YOUR CHANCE TO GET HOLD OF ONE OF THREE FREE COPIES OF THIS BOOK SEE THE #OMPETITIONS PAGE PAGE OF THIS ISSUE OF 4HE %VENT
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The Fairest Of Them All
.EIGHBOURS STAR #AITLIN 3TASEY IS CURRENTLY STARRING IN THE PANTO IN .ORWICH 4HE %VENT SPOKE TO HER ABOUT 3NOW 7HITE 2ACHEL +INSKI AND THE FUTURE ,OCAL FANS OF .EIGHBOURS WERE DELIGHTED TO HEAR THE NEWS WHEN STARLET #AITLIN 3TASEY WAS AN NOUNCED IN THE LEAD ROLE IN .ORWICH S ANNUAL PANTOMIME 4HE EIGHTEEN YEAR OLD IS CURRENTLY ON STAGE AT THE 4HEATRE 2OYAL AS 3NOW 7HITE IN THE SHOW OF THE SAME NAME #AITLIN IS NO STRANGER TO THE REGION AS HER GRANDPARENTS STILL LIVE NEARBY AND HER MOTHER WAS BORN LOCALLY AS WELL 0ANTOMIME IS ONE OF THOSE BEAUTIFULLY "RITISH INSTITUTIONS SO THIS PRESENTS HER l RST OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAR IN SUCH A SHOW h) M VERY EXCITED v 3HE EXPLAINS h)T S SOME THING ) USED TO COME AND SEE WHEN ) WAS YOUNG BECAUSE MY MUM S FROM .ORWICH SO IT IS GOING TO BE FANTASTIC TO BE IN SOMETHING ) LOVED SO DEARLY WHEN ) WAS GROWING UP h)T S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE ) VE SEEN A PAN TOMIME AND THE l RST TIME ) VE EVER ACTUALLY BEEN INVOLVED IN ONE ) STARTED OFF DOING THEA TRE WORK WHEN ) WAS YOUNG SO IT LL BE AN OPPOR TUNITY TO GET BACK TO MY THEATRICAL ROOTS v (AVING SPENT CONSIDERABLE TIME IN %NGLAND WHEN SHE WAS YOUNGER BEFORE MOVING BACK TO !USTRALIA #AITLIN IS CLEARLY DELIGHTED TO BE BACK IN .ORWICH AND AMONG HER FAMILY h) HAVEN T SPENT #HRISTMAS IN THE CITY SINCE ) WAS TWELVE AND ) HAVEN T SEEN SNOW FOR YEARS TOO )T LL BE LOVELY SPENDING #HRISTMAS WITH MY FAMILY AGAIN ) M LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING THE THINGS ) DID WHEN ) WAS VERY YOUNG AND OPEN ING PRESENTS NEAR MY GRANDMOTHER S FAKE l RE v h) LOVE .ORWICH ) LOVE THE FACT THERE ARE COBBLED STREETS EVERYWHERE AND THE BUILD INGS ARE SO OLD )T S SO ROMANTIC IN AN %NGLISH
SENSE v #AITLIN IS DISTANTLY RELATED TO 3TEPHEN &RY WHO ALSO APPEARS IN 3NOW 7HITE AS THE -AG IC -IRROR VIA THE TECHNOLOGY OF TODAY OR THE MAGIC OF PANTO LAND (E PROVIDES A GLOWING ENDORSEMENT OF HIS FELLOW FAMILY CELEBRITY h#AITLIN IS WONDERFUL WE ARE VERY PROUD OF HER 3HE HAS BECOME A HUGE SOAP STAR AND IS DIVINE 9OU COULD l T HER IN A TEACUP WHICH IS RATHER UNUSUAL FOR OUR FAMILY AS WE TEND TO BE BUILT ON LINES SIMILAR TO THE 2OYAL !LBERT (ALL v #AITLIN DRAWS A FAMILY COMPARISON TO HER ACTING DUE TO THE HECTIC NATURE OF THEATRE AND ALSO TURNING HER ATTENTIONS BACK TO HER YEARS ON 2AMSAY 3TREET h7ITH .EIGHBOURS IT S A VERY IN TENSE RELATIONSHIP )T S LIKE A FAMILY 9OU SEND MORE TIME WITH THEM THAN YOU DO WITH YOUR OWN FAMILY AND FRIENDS 9OU HAVE THIS REAL CLOSENESS v 3HE SPENT OVER THREE YEARS ON !USTRALIA S MOST FAMOUS STREET WINNING ACCLAIM FOR THE CHALLENGING THEMES EXPLORED BY HER CHARACTER 2ACHEL BEFORE LEAVING AT THE END OF .OVEM BER 3HE WILL CONTINUE TO APPEAR ON SCREEN INTO UNTIL HER DEPARTURE /N HER TIME ON THE SET OF .EIGHBOURS #AIT LIN DISCUSSES HOW IT DEVELOPED HER AS AN AC TRESS h! LOT OF HARD WORK BUT VERY REWARDING ) VE BASICALLY GROWN UP THERE AND IT HAS BECOME A MASSIVE PART OF MY LIFE ) WILL ALWAYS THINK FONDLY ABOUT .EIGHBOURS v $ESPITE MUCH OF THE MATERIAL PERFORMED BY 2ACHEL IN MANY OF THE STORYLINES #AITLIN IS ABLE TO DRAW COMPARISONS BETWEEN HERSELF AND HER CHARACTER h) THINK WE RE BOTH STUBBORN HOPE LESS ROMANTICS AND A LITTLE BIT ANGRY ) LIKE TO PUT THAT DOWN TO PASSION THOUGH ) LIKE HOW SHE S ALWAYS ABOUT WHAT SHE WANTS ) ADMIRE THAT IN HER BECAUSE SHE S A YOUNG GIRL MUCH LIKE MYSELF AND ) HAVE GREAT DIFl CULTY IN MAKING DECISIONS FOR MYSELF v !LTHOUGH THE DOOR HAS BEEN LEFT OPEN FOR A RETURN IN THE FUTURE #AITLIN IS MORE INTENT ON LOOKING AT NEW ROLES SHE WILL BE ABLE TO GAIN WHEN 3NOW 7HITE S RUN DRAWS TO A CLOSE h) LOVE CHARACTER ACTING !S AN ACTOR YOU STRIVE FOR CHALLENGES OR YOU NEVER GROW ) OWE IT TO MYSELF TO TRY HARDER !FTER THREE YEARS YOU DO BECOME COMPLACENT AND YOUR WORK MAY START LACKING SO ANYTHING THAT IS CHALLENGING AND ) CAN REALLY INVEST IN WHOLLY IS SOMETHING ) WOULD REALLY LIKE TO DO v -ATT 2AMSAY
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BOTH MAINSTREAM AND INDEPENDENT TITLES FOR THE 0# AND ALSO INCLUDES MULTIPLAYER SERVERS AND FORUMS FOR ITS MEMBERS !LL OF 6ALVE S GAMES ARE AVAILABLE BUT THE STORES OTHER CU RIOS DESERVE A MENTION !UDIOSURF IS A RHYTHM ACTION GAME WHICH YOU PLAY ALONG WITH YOUR OWN MUSIC LIBRARY AND WELL WORTH A LOOK
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PSN store (PS3, PSP) Xbox Live Arcade (XBox 360) /FFERING DOWNLOADABLE TREATS FOR OWNERS OF "ILL 'ATES BOX OF TRICKS THE 8BOX ,IVE !RCADE SERVICE PRO VIDES PLENTY OF DOWNLOADABLE FUN ,IVING UP TO ITS NAME THERE ARE MANY OLD ARCADE GAMES AVAILABLE
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&INAL &ANTASY #RYSTAL #HRONICLES WAS RATHER LACKING IN SINGLE PLAYER FOR A &INAL &ANTASY TITLE IT WAS REPETITIVE PRETTY BORING TO PLAY THROUGH AND HAD A VERY SIMPLE STORY (OWEVER IT WAS A GAME THAT REALLY CAME INTO ITS OWN ONCE YOU HAD SEVERAL MATES IN VOLVED )F YOU LINKED UP FOUR 'AME "OY !DVANCES TO YOUR 'AMECUBE THE CONSOLES BECAME CONTROLLERS !LL YOUR PERSONAL STATS ITEMS AND EQUIP MENT COULD BE ACCESSED FROM THE 'AME "OY MEANING THE MAIN SCREEN REMAINED UNCLUTTERED IT ALLOWED YOU TO SEE CLEARLY WHAT WAS GOING ON AS WELL AS APPRECIATE THE HIGHLY POL ISHED GRAPHICS )T WAS A MULTIPLAYER &INAL &ANTASY GAME THAT WAS SIMPLE
ENOUGH FOR CASUAL GAMERS TO PICK UP WHILST ALSO HAVING ENOUGH DEPTH TO KEEP MORE DEDICATED PLAYERS INTER ESTED 4HERE WERE CLEVER GAME PLAY EL EMENTS THAT ENCOURAGED TEAMWORK A WELL BALANCED BATTLE SYSTEM THAT WAS EASY TO UNDERSTAND AND A FEW SILLY MINI GAMES THROWN IN FOR GOOD MEASURE 7HAT S EVEN BETTER ABOUT THIS GAME TODAY IS THAT IT S CONSID ERABLY CHEAPER TO PURCHASE ALL THE HARDWARE REQUIRED 3O IF YOU FANCY A MULTIPLAYER GAME THAT HAS A LIT TLE MORE DEPTH THAN 7II 3PORTS GET SOME MATES TOGETHER AND GIVE #RYSTAL #HRONICLES A GO $AN 2ING
&OR FANS OF 3ID -EIER S MORE RECENT RELEASES SUCH AS THE #IVILISATION SERIES AND !LPHA #ENTAURI IT MAY BE WORTH TAKING A STEP BACK IN TIME TO REVISIT ONE OF HIS EARLIER CREATIONS n #OLONI ZATION 2ELEASED IN #OLONIZATION WAS A TURN BASED STRATEGY GAME UN LIKE ANY PREVIOUS -EIER CREATION 3TARTING OFF IN THE YEAR AS ONE OF FOUR %UROPEAN POWERS %NGLAND &RANCE 3PAIN OR THE .ETHERLANDS PLAY BEGAN WITH YOUR SHIP ARRIVING ON THE SHORES OF THE NEW WORLD 9OUR GOAL 4O COLONISE THE CONTINENT YOU HAVE DISCOVERED MAKING NEW COLO NIES FORGING ALLIES AND DEFEATING EN EMIES WHILST ALSO ENSURING A STEADY TRADE WITH YOUR HOME PORT TO KEEP
AND ARE AVAILABLE )T IS ALSO THE ONLY WAY TO ACQUIRE 7IPEOUT ($ THE LATEST ADDITION TO THE CLASSIC RACING SERIES
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Outrun Online Arcade 4HE POOR SALES OF THE PREVIOUS /UTRUN GAME HAVE NOT DETERRED 3EGA FROM HAVING ANOTHER CRACK AT BLUE SKY &ER RARI DRIVING ACTION !VAILABLE VIA 8BOX ,IVE !RCADE AND 03. HOPEFULLY THE NEW FORMAT AND REDUCED PRICE WILL BOOST ITS SALES AND HELP IT GAIN THE RECOGNITION AND POPULARITY IT TRULY DESERVES )F YOU LIKE YOUR ARCADE RAC ERS THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE MUST
Resident Evil 5 4HE LATEST EDITION OF THE 2ESIDENT %VIL SERIES RETAINS THE GAMEPLAY OF THE PREVIOUS INSTALMENT 2ESIDENT %VIL RATHER THAN THE ARCHAIC CONTROLS OF THE OLDER GAMES 3ET IN !FRICA THE MOST INTERESTING DEVELOPMENT IS THE INCLUSION OF A NEW SIDEKICK (OPE FULLY THEY LL BE OF MORE USE THAN SIDE KICKS IN PREVIOUS 2ESI GAMES WHO HAD A GREAT KNACK OF GETTING BRUTALLY EATEN BY ZOMBIES
Duke Nukem Forever 4HOSE WHO KNOW A THING OR TWO ABOUT GAMES WILL KNOW THIS IS A BIT OF A JOKE )NCOMING ENTRY $UKE .UKEM &OREVER HAS BEEN IN DEVELOPMENT FOR WHAT SEEMS AN ETERNITY WELL OVER A DECADE ANYWAY &ANS STILL HOPE IT WILL SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY AND THERE HAVE BEEN SIGNS OF LIFE RECENTLY )F IT YOUR BANK BALANCE HIGH ENOUGH TO DOES GET RELEASED IT l NALLY CAN SHED BUY MATERIALS FOR BUILDING YOUR EM ITS MOCKING NICKNAME $UKE .UKEM PIRE %VENTUALLY YOUR APPROVAL RATING 7HENEVER WOULD GROW HIGH ENOUGH TO DECLARE INDEPENDENCE FROM YOUR HOMELAND Alan Wake AND YOU COULD COMPLETE THE GAME BY !LAN 7AKE HAS BEEN ATTRACTING A HUGE DEFEATING ALL OF THEIR INVADING FORCES AMOUNT OF ATTENTION )T COMES FROM ATTEMPTING TO RE ESTABLISH SOVEREIGN DEVELOPERS OF -AX 0AYNE WHICH IS TY WELL REGARDED AS A SATISFYINGLY STYLISH #OLONIZATION WAS A POPULAR GAME AND SLICK EXAMPLE OF THE ACTION GEN IN THE MID S AND HAS RECENTLY SEEN RE !LAN 7AKE WILL LOOK TO BUILD ON A REVIVAL THANKS TO A NEW ADDITION TO THIS )N DEVELOPMENT SINCE THE 8BOX THE #IVILISATION SERIES #IVILIZATION )6 WAS ANNOUNCED !LAN 7AKE IS A #OLONIZATION "ASED ON THE ORIGINAL HORROR THRILLER WHERE THE PLAYER IN GAME IT HAS INTRODUCED A NEW GENERA VESTIGATES THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THEIR TION TO THE WONDERS OF THIS 3ID -EIER PARTNER CLASSIC &)ONA "ILLINGS +ARL $AVIES
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4HE %VENT CONSIDERS WHAT SOME 46 CHARACTERS MIGHT BE RESOLVING THIS *ANUARY * $ 3CRUBS &INALLY GET A HUG FROM $R #OX 0ROGRESS TO TWO PART PYJAMAS 'ROW AN AFRO 4RY A MORE MASCULINE DRINK THAN !PPLETINI $ECIDE WHETHER ) LIKE %LLIOT AND ACTUALLY STICK TO MY DECISION ,INDSAY (ARRIS
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(AVE SOME FAM ER LY TIME 0OSSIBLY PULL EVEN MORE -ITCH ELLS OUT OF THE WORDWORK
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0RACTICE SAYING @7HAT WILL IT BE DARLIN AND @'ET OUTTA MY PUB AND GET BOTH DOWN TO A l NE ART 0LAN A LESS DRAMATIC FAMILY #HRISTMAS WELL IN ADVANCE #HARADES IS PROBABLY BETTER THAN KIDNAP MURDER ARSON 2EMIND PEOPLE ) MADE THE BEEHIVE FAMOUS WELL BEFORE !MY 7INEHOUSE
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$OCTOR 7HO AND -ERLIN MAY BE OFF OUR SCREENS FOR NOW BUT )46 HAS COME UP WITH A NEW 3AT URDAY EVENING DRAMA WHICH ATTEMPTS TO l LL THE HOLE THEY LEFT "UT UNFORTUNATELY THAT IS ONE BIG HOLE THAT NEEDS l LLING AND THOUGH )46 HAVE MADE A BRAVE ATTEMPT SO FAR THEIR OFFERING JUST MISSES THE MARK $EMONS HAS A BASIC CONCEPT A TEENAGE BOY IS TOLD BY HIS ESTRANGED GODFATHER THAT HE IS THE LAST OF THE LEGENDARY 6AN (ELSING LINE AND IT IS HIS DESTINY TO l GHT THE EVIL WHICH IS LIVING ON OUR STREETS ! SIMPLE CONCEPT BUT ONE WHICH THE l RST EPISODE MADE A TOTAL HASH OF ESTABLISH ING 46 SHOWS SHOULD EITHER INTRODUCE CHARAC TERS TO THE AUDIENCE SLOWLY GIVING US TIME TO GET TO LIKE THEM BEFORE THEY ARE LAUNCHED INTO SERI OUS ACTION OR THE ACTION SHOULD BE SO MIND
BLOWING THAT WE ARE DRAWN INTO IT AND LEARN TO LIKE THE CHARACTERS THROUGH THEIR BEHAVIOUR $E MONS MADE THE MISTAKE OF TRYING TO DO BOTH AT ONCE MEANING WE BARELY CARED ABOUT TEENAGER ,UKE #HRISTIAN #OOKE BEFORE HE WAS ENGAGED IN HIS l RST l GHT WITH @HALF LIVES !DMITTEDLY #OOKE S APPEAL WAS ENHANCED BY HIS STUNNING GOOD LOOKS BUT IT WOULD BE NICE IN FUTURE TO SEE MORE OF HIS ACTING ABILITY AND LESS RELIANCE ON HIS NAKED TORSO )T IS NOT ONLY #OOKE S ACTING ABILITY THAT HAS BEEN WASTED 0HILIP 'LENISTER WHO GAVE A MARVELLOUS PERFORMANCE IN ,IFE ON -ARS PLAYS ,UKE S OVERLY DRAMATIC GODFATHER COMPLETE WITH AN UNNECESSARY AND DISTRACTING !MERICAN ACCENT "UT IT ISN T ENTIRELY 'LENISTER S FAULT IF WE FEEL THE URGE TO LAUGH AT HIM WHEN HE IS SUP
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*ONATHAN #REEK 4HE 'RINNING -AN $HRISTMAS IS ALWAYS A GREAT TIME FOR TELEVISION AND THIS YEAR WAS NO EXCEPTION WITH SPECIAL EPISODES OF 'AVIN AND 3TACEY 3HOOTING 3TARS AND 4HE 2OYLE &AMILY TO NAME JUST A FEW BUT ONE PROGRAMME STOOD OUT FROM THE SCHEDULES n *ONATHAN #REEK !FTER A l VE YEAR ABSENCE THE SHOW RETURNED WITH A ONE OFF TWO HOUR EPI SODE ON .EW 9EAR S $AY (EAVILY ADVERTISED AND MUCH HYPED *ONATHAN #REEK WAS WARMLY WELCOMED BACK ONTO OUR TELEVISION SCREENS 7ITH A BRAND NEW MURDER MYSTERY TO SOLVE THIS TIME INVOLVING THE DISAPPEARANCES OF SEV EN PEOPLE FROM AN APPARENTLY SEALED ROOM *ONATHAN !LAN $AVIES IS JOINED BY PARANOR MAL INVESTIGATOR *OEY 2OSS PLAYED BY 3HERIDAN 3MITH OF 4WO 0INTS OF ,AGER AND A 0ACKET OF #RISPS FAME !LTHOUGH THEY DO NOT SHARE THE SAME CHEMISTRY AS PREVIOUS PARTNERS HAVE HAD *OEY PROVIDED BOTH HUMOUR AND VITAL THINK ING n DIFFERENT TO *ONATHAN S @OUTSIDE THE BOX THINKING n TO CARRY THE PLOT FORWARD 7ITH A MYSTERY AS INGENIOUS AS EVER AND A SURROUNDING PLOT FULL OF THE TWISTS AND TURNS YOU D EXPECT FROM THE PROGRAMME WRITER $AV ID 2ENWICK PROVIDES US WITH A MUCH AWAITED RETURN TO FORM 4HIS TIME AROUND A MAN SION OWNED BY A MAGICIAN HOUSES A MYSTERI OUS ROOM THAT ALTHOUGH COMPLETELY SEALED HAS MANAGED TO APPARENTLY TURN PEOPLE INTO A STICKY GREEN LIQUID OVERNIGHT 7HEN *OEY S FRIEND CHALLENGES THE TRUTH BEHIND THIS LEGEND AND BECOMES THE ROOM S NEXT VICTIM *ONATHAN IS CALLED IN TO ASSIST *OEY IN DISCOVERING A RA TIONAL EXPLANATION (OWEVER THE PROGRAMME WAS FAR FROM PER FECT 7ITH SUB PLOTS INCLUDING *ONATHAN S OB SESSIVE LOVER THE MAGICIAN S LOVER S AFFAIR WITH AN EMPLOYEE AND *OEY S SUSPICIOUSLY ABSENT LOVER THE EPISODE BECAME SLIGHTLY CONFUSING
AT TIMES 4HIS WAS ESPECIALLY APPARENT WHEN A CHARACTER BARELY MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY TURNS OUT TO BE CENTRAL TO THE PLOT LEAVING THE VIEW ER LITTLE CHANCE OF SOLVING THE MYSTERY BEFORE *ONATHAN S THOROUGH EXPLANATION 7HEN THE PROGRAMME l RST BEGAN IN EPISODES WERE JUST AN HOUR LONG LIMITING THE COMPLEXITIES OF ANY SUB PLOT n WITH A LONGER RUNNING TIME MORE SUB PLOTS ARE REQUIRED WHICH UNFORTU NATELY LEADS TO CONFUSION $ESPITE ITS MISGIVINGS *ONATHAN #REEK MAN AGED TO LIVE UP TO THE HYPE SHOWING US WHY THE ""# IS CONTINUALLY REGARDED AS THE BEST PRODUCER OF ENTERTAINING DRAMA IN "RITAIN 4HE %VENT ONLY HOPES THE ""# TAKES NOTICE AND COMMISSIONS THE SHOW FOR A FULL SERIES SOME TIME SOON *ONATHAN 2IDER
PLIED WITH TRASHY LINES THAT REQUIRE HIM TO SAY @SMITE AND @THEE A LOT :OE 4APPER 3URVIVORS GIVES A CONVINCING PERFORMANCE AS THE BLIND DESCENDENT OF *ONATH AN (ARKER BUT THE %VENT CAN ONLY HOPE THAT ,UKE DITCHES HIS WHINY GIRLFRIEND 2UBY WHO WE LONGED TO SLAP THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAMME $EMONS WAS THE SUBJECT OF A HUGE MARKET ING CAMPAIGN AND CONSEQUENTLY MANAGED TO ATTRACT A RESPECTABLE MILLION VIEWERS FOR ITS l RST EPISODE "UT IT WILL HAVE TO PULL UP ITS SOCKS IN THE REST OF THE SERIES IF IT HOPES TO KEEP THAT l GURE (AVING BEEN CRITICISED FOR BEING TOO SIMILAR TO THE HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL "UFFY $EMONS NEEDS TO CONVINCE US THAT IT HAS SOMETHING NEW TO OFFER "ESIDES #HRISTIAN #OOKE S CHEST ,INDSAY (ARRIS
TV Classics 4HE +RYPTON &ACTOR
4HE +RYPTON &ACTOR WAS ONE OF )46 S MOST POPULAR AND LONG RUNNING GAME SHOWS AIR ING FROM TO /RIGINALLY PRESENTED BY 'ORDON "URNS THE SHOW TESTED THE SKILLS OF FOUR CONTESTANTS EACH REPRESENTING A DIFFER ENT COLOUR YELLOW RED GREEN OR BLUE 4HE TITLE REFERRED TO 3UPERMAN S HOME PLANET OF +RYP TON AS EACH @SUPERHUMAN CONTESTANT WAS PUT THROUGH THEIR PACES IN A SERIES OF TRIALS BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL 4HE MENTAL CHALLENGES INCLUDED THE SOLVING OF GEOMETRIC PUZZLES AND MEMORY AND OBSER VATION TESTS BUT BY FAR THE MOST POPULAR CHAL LENGE WAS THE ARMY ASSAULT COURSE 4HIS WAS PRE RECORDED FOR THE SHOW AND SAW EACH CON TESTANT COMPLETE A COURSE OF OBSTACLES INCLUD ING SCALING A FT WALL GRAPPLING WITH CARGO NETS AND GLIDING DOWN A ROPE SLIDE INTO WATER THINK THE ZIPLINE IN THE 'LADIATORS %LIMINATOR JUST BEFORE THE TRAVELATOR BUT WITH MUCH LESS
SPANDEX %ACH CONTESTANT WOULD BE MARKED ACCORDING TO THE TIME TAKEN WHICH WAS ADDED TO THEIR OVERALL +RYPTON &ACTOR SCORE %ACH SHOW WOULD l NISH WITH A GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ AND THE HIGHEST SCORING CONTESTANT WOULD AD VANCE TO THE NEXT STAGE IN THE COMPETITION !FTER A YEAR ABSENCE 4HE +RYPTON &AC TOR RETURNED TO OUR SCREENS ON .EW 9EAR S $AY PRESENTED BY "EN 3HEPHARD 4HE l RST EPISODE HAD A MODEST VIEWING l GURE OF MILLION WITH MANY OF THE OLD FAVOURITES STILL INTACT MOST NOTABLY A MORE @GRUELLING ASSAULT COURSE )T IS A PROMISING START BUT WILL THE MAKEOVER REIGNITE THE l RES OF A ONCE SUCCESSFUL 46 GEM OR WILL 4HE +RYPTON &ACTOR FALL INTO THE PIT OF FAILED SMALL SCREEN REVIVALS /NLY TIME WILL TELL -ARK -C+ENZIE 2AY
Heard it on the grapevine *ONATHAN 2OSS l RST GUESTS AS HE RETURNS AFTER S FAVOURITE SCANDAL ARE TO BE 3TEPHEN &RY AND ,EE %VANS )N HIS SPARE TIME ON THE NAUGHTY STEP 2OSS HAS TAKEN THE TIME TO SET UP A 4WITTER ACCOUNT 4WITTER IS SET TO BE THIS YEAR S INTERNET PHENOMENON WHERE PATRONS SIMPLY ANSWER THE QUESTION @WHAT ARE YOU DOING NOW A BIT LIKE A &ACEBOOK STATUS BUT WITHOUT PROl LES 2OSS IS USING HIS TO TRACK DOWN OTHER CELEBRITIES AND l ND OUT IF THEY ARE USING THE SITE AS WELL AS TELL HIS FANS WHAT HE S WATCHING ON THE BOX !PPARENTLY HE S A BIG FAN OF 2OCK )NCIDENTALLY &RY IS ALSO A BIG 4WITTER USER USING HIS FOR HIS TRADEMARK WITTY OBSERVA TIONS ON WHERE HE IS OR WHAT HE IS DOING
UPDATING SEVERAL TIMES A DAY 0ERHAPS THEY COULD DO THE WHOLE SHOW VIA COMPUTER 2ETURNING TO SCHEDULES LAST WEEK WAS (USTLE THE SLICK DRAMA HAS HAD TWO NEW CAST MEMBERS TO ADD TO THE CON CREW AFTER THE DE PARTURE OF *AMIE -URRAY AND -ARC 7ARREN TO PASTURES NEW &ORTUNATELY !DRIAN ,ESTER HAS RETURNED TO REPRISE HIS ROLE AS -ICKEY @BRICKS 3TONE WHO APPARENTLY WAS OFF SELLING THE 3YDNEY /PERA (OUSE )T SEEMS TO BE MORE OF THE SAME BUT AS THIS WON T BOTHER FANS NO OTHER PROGRAMME CAN GET AWAY WITH VERGING ON SMUG SLOW MOTION SHOTS AND KNOWING WINKS TO THE CAMERA AS WELL AS (USTLE CAN +IRSTEN 0ETER
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t h g i n t r o F e h t f o p u o r G k o o b e Fac He’s C.L.I.V.E on 25 ! GROUP SET UP IN HONOUR OF A &IRST "US DRIVER CALLED #LIVE !SHCROFT HAS GONE ON TO AMASS OVER MEMBERS WITH THE MAN HIMSELF JOINING IN THE PAST FEW DAYS 'ROUP NUMBERS HAVE SWELLED SINCE ITS CREATION IN *UNE LAST YEAR WITH A INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIP IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS #LIVE S NOTORIETY HAS MEANT THAT DISCUSSION TOPICS INCLUDING #LIVE BASED CHANTS HAVE SPAWNED 4HERE IS OFTEN A CARNIVAL ATMOSPHERE ON A POST ,#2 WHEN #LIVE IS AT THE WHEEL WITH A LARGE REPERTOIRE OF SONGS CHANTED 4HE GROUP HAS ALSO AIDED THE ORGANISATION OF A #HRISTMAS CARD SIGNING FOR #LIVE WHERE MEMBERS WERE INVITED TO ADD THEIR MESSAGE BEFORE IT WAS PRESENTED TO HIM ON THE l NAL 4UESDAY ,#2 OF LAST TERM ALONG WITH A COUPLE OF CRATES OF BEER "EN 7INSTANLEY WHO HOLDS THE TITLE OF @CHIEF #LIVE CHANT COMPOSER EXPLAINS THE THINKING BEHIND THE GROUP hTHERE IS A LOT OF FRUSTRATION WITH THE SERVICE PROVIDED BY &IRST "USES AT THE MOMENT BUT EVERYONE APPRECIATES #LIVE BECAUSE HE MAKES EVERYONE FEEL WELCOME ON HIS BUS AND WILL DO WHAT HE CAN TO HELP HIS PASSENGERS v 4HIS INCLUDES DROPPING PEOPLE AS CLOSE TO THEIR HOUSE AS POSSIBLE WHILST -R !SHCROFT WHOSE
SON HAS ALSO RECENTLY BECOME A MEMBER OF THE GROUP IS ALSO WELL KNOWN FOR HIS JOVIAL MANNER AT #HRISTMAS THE DRIVER WHO HAS BEEN WITH &IRST FOR OVER SEVEN YEARS DECORATED HIS BUS WITH TINSEL AND SNOW AND GAVE OUT CHOCOLATES TO PASSENGERS (E IS FAMOUS FOR HIS CHIRPY WHISTLING TOO
*AMES 6AN $ER "EEK WAS BORN IN IN #ON NECTICUT 53! (E MADE HIS NAME AS $AWSON ,EERY THE LEAD ROLE IN TEEN DRAMA $AWSON S #REEK WHICH RAN FROM UNTIL WHERE HIS CHAR ACTER SPENT ALMOST THE ENTIRE TIME FALLING IN AND OUT OF LOVE WITH *OEY 0OTTER PLAYED BY +ATIE (OL MES *AMES IS $UTCH !MERICAN AND STRANGELY IRON ICALLY HIS SURNAME TRANSLATES AS @FROM THE CREEK (E WAS STUDYING %NGLISH AT $REW 5NIVERSITY WHEN HE AUDITIONED FOR $AWSON S #REEK AND HE HASN T STOPPED ACTING SINCE *AMES STARRED IN TWO NOTABLE l LMS 6ARSITY "LUES AND 4EXAS 2ANGERS ALONGSIDE !SH TON +UTCHER AND WAS PAID A WHOPPING THREE MIL LION DOLLARS (E WON AN -46 MOVIE AWARD FOR HIS ROLE IN 6ARSITY "LUES AND ANOTHER FOR BEST CAMEO IN 3CARY -OVIE (IS MOST RECENT MEMORABLE PERFORMANCE WAS 3EAN "ATEMAN THE PROTAGONIST OF 2ULES OF !TTRACTION *AMES MARRIED (EATHER -C#OMB IN WHOM HE MET ON THE SET OF $AWSON S #REEK WHEN HER SISTER STARRED IN TWO OF THE EPISODES AND NOW LIVES IN .EW 9ORK #ITY FOR MOST OF THE YEAR (E HAS ACTED IN VARIOUS MINOR l LMS OVER THE YEARS AND
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3NOW 7HITE AND 4HE 3EVEN $WARFS RUNS AT .ORWICH S 4HEATRE 2OYAL UNTIL *ANUARY TH 4HE %VENT HEARS FROM THE STARS OF THE SHOW ,IZA 'ODDARD &AIRY 3NOWDROP
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h4HE THOUGHT OF DOING PANTO SO NEAR HOME SO ALL MY FAMILY CAN COME AND SEE IT IS WONDERFUL -Y GRAND DAUGHTER IS PARTICULARLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT AND WILL BE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME IN MY DRESSING ROOM NO DOUBT h)T IS JUST LOVELY 7HAT A JOY TO BE MINUTES FROM HOME OVER #HRISTMAS )T S PERFECT v
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2ICHARD 'AUNTLETT 3CRIPT WRITER .URSE .ELLIE !LSO SEEN WRITING PANTO S AROUND THE COUNTRY h) M ABSOLUTELY THRILLED ) HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME EVERY YEAR ) RE ALLY DO )T IS LIKE A PANTOMIME PLAYGROUND 7E HAVE TRAPDOORS WE HAVE m YING WE HAVE AN ORCHESTRA WE HAVE WONDERFUL SETS AND WONDERFUL COSTUMES h)T IS LIKE A FAMILY 7E COME TOGETHER AND HAVE SEVERAL WEEKS OF FUN 7E WORK HARD BUT WE ALSO PLAY HARD AND HAVE A NICE TIME h)T S THE l RST TIME ) VE PLAYED A NURSE AND ) M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT )T S GREAT FUN ) LOVED PLAYING THE $AME ) WAS BACK TO IT LAST YEAR AND IT WAS NICE TO l T BACK INTO SOME OLD DRESSES AND SOME NEW ONES TOO 4HIS YEAR ) M HAVING A NEW WARDROBE MADE h)T S A FANTASTIC CAST )T S VERY STRONG )T S HARD WHEN YOU RE WRIT ING IT BECAUSE YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE GETS A FAIR CRACK OF THE WHIP )T S A VERY TALL CAST TOO 4HREE OF THE MEN IN THE PANTO MIME ARE OVER SIX FOOT THREE )T S GOING TO BE GREAT FUN BUT ) LL HAVE A SORE NECK BY THE END h)T ENTERTAINS EVERYONE 4HE WHOLE FAMILY CAN COME AND THE WHOLE FAMILY WILL LAUGH AND IT S A HEALTHY LAUGH 4HERE S NO SMUT AND NO DODGY STUFF h)T S ALL VARIETY AND GOOD OLD FASHIONED LAUGHS AND WHEN IT WORKS THERE S NOTHING BETTER THAN A GOOD PANTO ) M NOT THE BEST SCRIPT LEARNER BUT IN PANTOMIME ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN )F YOU GET THE RIGHT BUNCH OF PEOPLE TOGETHER IT CAN BE REALLY QUITE EXCITING AND ) HOPE AUDIENCES WILL ENJOY IT AS MUCH AS THEY HAVE IN THE LAST FEW YEARS v 3NOW 7HITE AND THE 3EVEN $WARFS RUNS AT THE 4HEATRE 2OYAL UNTIL *ANUARY TH 4ICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE AND CAN BE BOUGHT FROM AS LITTLE AS a -ATT 2AMSAY
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7ITH HER l RST STUDIO ALBUM S &ORTRESS OF 3OLITUDE BEHIND HER AND RIDING ON THE POPULARITY OF SINGLES /H -Y 'OD AND ) ,IKE 9OU 3O -UCH "ETTER 7HEN 9OU|RE .AKED THE TWENTY FOUR YEAR OLD )DA -ARIA SEEMS SET FOR SUCCESS $ESIREE 7ARIARO CAUGHT UP WITH HER BEFORE HER 7ATERFRONT GIG AT THE END OF LAST YEAR TO TALK ABOUT DRUNKEN MADNESS BEING A NERD AND )DA S OBSESSION WITH - ) !
$ESIREE 7ARIARO 4ELL ME A LITTLE ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND )DA -ARIA ) M FROM A SMALL TOWN IN .ORWAY CALLED .ESNA ABOUT PEOPLE LIVE THERE MY FAMILY WAS QUITE MUSICAL ) MADE MY MIND UP EARLY TO GO INTO THE MUSIC BUSINESS !T ) MOVED TO "ERGEN A .ORWEGIAN CULTURAL MECCA 4HERE ) STARTED WRITING SONGS AND JAMMING A BIT WITH PRODUCERS 4HEN ) MOVED TO 3TOCKHOLM AND MET THE GUYS WHO ARE NOW MY BAND 3TARTED WORKING WITH 4IMO 2AISANEN ACCLAIMED 3WED ISH MUSICIAN AND PRODUCER WHO REALLY INSPIRED ME AND HELPED ME MOVE FORWARD MUSICALLY 7E RECORDED MY l RST ALBUM IN ,ONDON IN TEN DAYS 7E|VE BEEN TOURING EVER SINCE FOR ALMOST THREE YEARS NOW IT S HARD WORK $7 7HAT IS TOURING LIKE )- )T S CERTAINLY DIFFERENT AND HAS BEEN A COM PLETELY OVERWHELMING AND NEW EXPERIENCE FOR ME )N THE BEGINNING IT WAS REALLY EXCITING AND FUN UTTER CHAOS A LOT OF DRINKING AND MADNESS 'RADUALLY ) BEGAN TO SET MYSELF SOME LIMITS
AND TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF BALANCING WORK AND PARTYING )T S EVENED ITSELF OUT NOW 4OURING IS REALLY FUN BUT IT TAKES A TOLL ON ONE S HEALTH ) FEEL LIKE ) HAVE TO TAKE IT EASY SOME TIMES IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY IT $7 7HO ARE YOUR INm UENCES )- ) M NOT TOO INTERESTED IN "RITISH OR %URO PEAN MUSIC !MERICAN BANDS HAVE PROBABLY IN m UENCED ME THE MOST ) M INCREDIBLY OBSESSED WITH MUSIC SO ALL SORTS MAKE ME HAPPY REALLY %VERYTHING IS SO OPEN NOW )N DISCOVERING NEW MUSIC THERE ARE NO BOUNDARIES )N THE S AND S IT WAS LIMITED TO WHAT RECORDS WHERE SHIPPED ACROSS THE !TLANTIC FROM 53! .OW EVERYTHING IS AVAILABLE !LL MUSIC IS INTER CON NECTED )DA -ARIA STARTS SINGING CHORUS FROM ,AUREN (ILL S %VERYTHING IS %VERYTHING )T S HARD TO TALK ABOUT INm UENCES WE LISTEN TO ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING 4HIS WEEK ) LISTENED TO -ETALLICA -ESSHUGGAH *ONI -ITCHELL - ) ! "RAZILIAN SALSA AND MERINGUE - ) ! IS PROBABLY MY BIG GEST OBSESSION RIGHT NOW %VERYTHING SHE DOES IS
COMPLETELY UNIQUE $7 ) AGREE 3HE MIXES A LOT OF GENRES IN AN INNOVATIVE WAY (ER STYLE IS ALMOST A PATCH WORK OF EVERYTHING IN OUR GENERATION 9OU ARE SIMILAR BOTH POWERFUL AND REPRESENTATIVE OF DIVERSITY )- 9EAH MAYBE ) WOULDN T COMPARE MYSELF TO - ) ! THOUGH $7 9OU RE BOTH YOUNG MULTI CULTURAL WOM EN WORKING AS MUSICIANS IN ,ONDON (AVE YOU MET )- .O $7 3HE STARTED TO GAIN FAME THROUGH -Y3PACE ) READ SHE AND ,ILY !LLEN HAVE THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF FANS ON THERE TOO )T HELPS THEM SELL RECORDS HAS THE INTERNET HELPED YOU IN ANY WAY )- 9EAH IT S FANTASTIC 0EOPLE CAN LISTEN TO MY MUSIC AROUND THE WORLD IN +INA -EXICO %NGLAND 53! IT FEELS A BIT MAGICAL -Y3PACE HELPED LAUNCH MY CAREER 4HINGS CHANGED AFTER ) STARTED PUTTING UP SONGS 3UDDENLY PEOPLE WOULD KNOW THE l RST LINES OF MY LYRICS BEFORE ) D EVEN RELEASED AN ALBUM !ND ) GOT A GREAT BOOKING AGENCY 4HEY SAW MY SITE CALLED ME UP AND ARRANGED A MEETING 4HE WHOLE INTERNET REVOLUTION MEANS YOU CAN l ND EXACTLY THE TYPE OF MUSIC YOU LIKE TODAY 9OU VE GOT COMMUNI TIES WHERE PEOPLE TIP EACH OTHER OFF ON GOOD MUSIC AND IT DOESN T MATTER WHERE IT S FROM 9OU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCOVER NEW STUFF ALL THE TIME )T S GREAT PROGRESS $7 7HAT TO YOU THINK OF l LE SHARING AND IL LEGAL DOWNLOADING )- 3UPER DUPER -Y GREAT FEAR IS THAT ) WILL HAVE TO CHARGE PEOPLE FOR IT ) DON T THINK ONE CAN OWN MUSIC )T S JUST AIR $7 3O DO YOU THINK CONCERTS SHOULD BE FREE TOO )- .OPE THAT S MANUAL LABOUR $7 (OW OFTEN ARE YOU ONLINE )- ) DON T HAVE MUCH TIME RIGHT NOW "UT AT MY NERDIEST ) D SPEND A LOT OF TIME CHATTING AND HAD A LOT OF ONLINE FRIENDS 7E D JUST DISCUSS MUSIC AND SEND SONGS TO EACH OTHER !T THIS POINT )DA -ARIA STARTS GETTING RESTLESS AND ABRUPT LY MOVES TO A CORNER OF THE ROOM TO WORK ON SOME NEEDLEWORK (ER GUITARIST WHO S BEEN LISTENING IN QUICKLY FOLLOWS SUIT AND SWITCHES HIS LAPTOP ON $7 !RE YOU REASONABLY HAPPY WITH YOUR LIFE RIGHT NOW )- ) HAVE A LIFE WHERE ) M ALLOWED TO DO WHAT EVER THE HELL ) LIKE ) VE REALIZED MY DREAM IN GIVING OUT A RECORD AND ) THINK THERE S A FUTURE IN THIS BUSINESS FOR ME
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,I HAS THE VOICE OF A HEARTBROKEN FAIRY AND MAKES EXTRAORDINARY MUSIC "ORN ,I ,YKKE 4IMOTEJ :ACHRISSON IN 3TOCKHOLM SHE LIVED IN 0ORTUGUESE MOUNTAINS FOR l VE YEARS SPENDS WINTERS IN )NDIA AND MOVED TO .EW 9ORK AT THE AGE OF 3HE STATES THAT SINGING IS THE BEST WAY TO RELEASE ALL HER EMOTION AND THIS SHOWS IN SONGS LIKE ,ET )T &ALL ABOUT THE INDULGENCE OF CRYING AND %VERYBODY "UT -E AN EXPRESSION OF HER ISOLATION h-Y HIPS DO LIE COS IN REALITY ) M SHYv SHE EXPLAINS ON $ANCE $ANCE $ANCE 3UCH HEIGHTENED SENSITIVITY PLUNGES ,I INTO HER OWN WORLD A WORLD THAT IS GENTLE AND THOUGHT FUL ,ITTLE "IT GLOWS WITH FRAGILITY AND CUTENESS -USICALLY THERE IS ANOTHER SIDE TO THE WHISPER INGS ) M 'OOD ) M 'ONE IS A DANCE TUNE AND COLLABORATIONS WITH +LEERUP AND +ANYE 7EST SHOW HER VERSATILITY 3HE WRITES AND RECORDS QUICKLY SO EXPECT MORE SOON 2OB -ORBIN
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2EFORMED SOUTHERN BELLE "RITNEY 3PEARS LOOKS HEAVENLY IN THE ARTWORK FOR HER NEW RE LEASE )T S A SHAME THAT HER MUSIC IS NOT EQUALLY DIVINE 5NFORTUNATELY "RITNEY S PERFORMANCE OF #IRCUS LEAD SINGLE 7OMANIZER ON 8 &ACTOR LAST YEAR REm ECTS HER RETURN TO POP CLUMSY BADLY CHOREOGRAPHED AND COMPLETELY OUT OF SYNC (ER LAST hCOMEBACKv ALBUM "LACKOUT IN LATE WAS SEXY DIRTY ADULT DANCE POP BAD "RIT NEY AT HER BEST 4HE MUSIC VIDEOS EXPOSED AN OUT OF SHAPE SHAMBOLIC FORMER POP PRINCESS AND HER LIVE PERFORMANCE WERE UNFORGETTABLE FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS 4HE 6-! EPITOMISED THIS PARTICULAR "RITNEY ERA (OWEVER SHE WAS PERFORMING WHERE IT MATTERED IN THE STUDIO AND WITH THE HELP OF PROLIl C PRODUCERS INCLUD ING "LOODSHY !VANT AND 4HE .EPTUNES CREAT
ED A SURPRISINGLY COHERENT AND CATCHY ALBUM &OR EXCITED FANS AWAITING HER SECOND COME BACK 7OMANIZER WAS A CRUEL TEASE 7ITH SIMI LAR SYNTH BEATS AND SEDUCTIVE VOCALS TO PREVI OUS HIT 'IMME -ORE NOT TO MENTION THE VIDEO SHOWING OFF "RIT S HOT NEW BODY FANS WERE AN TICIPATING ANOTHER BATCH OF KILLER TUNES #IRCUS DOES NOT FULl L ANY EXPECTATION APART FROM THE SUSPICION THAT !MERICAN TEEN IDOLS DO NOT GET BETTER WITH AGE &ROM READING THE TRACK LISTING YOU WOULDN T KNOW THAT SLUTTY "RITNEY HAS BEEN GLOSSED OVER WITH NAMES SUCH AS ,ACE AND ,EATHER +ILL 4HE ,IGHTS AND )F 5 3EEK !MY READ THAT ONE CARE FULLY ONE ASSUMES THAT "RITNEY HAS JUMPED ON +ATY 0ERRY S SHOCK POP BANDWAGON #IRCUS DOES SHOCK BUT NOT IN THE WAY "RITNEY INTENDED "RITNEY HAS RETURNED TO THE SICKLY BALLADS THAT FREQUENTED HER EARLIER ALBUMS BUT -Y "ABY IS A STEP TOO FAR BEING THE MUSICAL EQUIVALENT OF VOMIT /UT &ROM 5NDER IS A TYPICAL "RITNEY BALLED AND IS LISTENABLE THOUGH THE EDGIER 5N USUAL 9OU EXPRESSES A MORE MATURE APPROACH TO SLOW POP -MM 0API IS JUST DISTURBING SEEM INGLY ABOUT HER DIFl CULT RELATIONSHIP WITH HER FATHER YET INCLUDING LYRICS SUCH AS h,ET S MAKE
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OUT v 4HROUGHOUT THE ALBUM "RITNEY WHINES ABOUT PRESS ATTENTION HER CONFUSED AND CHA OTIC LIFESTYLE HER OPPRESSIVE RELATIONSHIPS ONE NIGHT STANDS AND OF COURSE THE CIRCUS THAT SUR ROUNDS HER "UT HONESTLY WE ALL REVEL IN SEEING "RITNEY SPRAWLED ACROSS THE .ATIONAL %NQUIRER BUT WE DON T WANT TO HEAR HER MOANING ABOUT IT TO HALF BAKED SOUNDTRACKS AND AT TIMES SIM PLY UNBEARABLY ENHANCED SCREECHY VOCALS AS IN 3HATTERED 'LASS OR AS "RITNEY PUTS IT hSHATTERED GLA EEEEEEEE ASSSSSSSSS v &RANKLY #IRCUS SOUNDS LIKE SOMEONE HAS LET "RITNEY PLAY WITH A KEYBOARD AND AN EFFECTS BOX
WITH HER HIGH SCHOOL LYRIC BOOK AND ACCIDEN TALLY RELEASED IT AS A CREDIBLE COMEBACK 7HILST ON "LACKOUT IT WAS CLEAR THAT "RITNEY HAD LITTLE CONTROL OVER ANY OF ASPECT OF THE PRODUCTION PROCESS HER PEOPLE WERE PROBABLY LUCKY TO GET HER IN THE STUDIO AT ALL 7HEN YOU COMPARE 0IECE OF -E AND +ILL 4HE ,IGHTS BOTH SONGS AD DRESSING "RITNEY S SUPPOSED AVERSION TO MEDIA ATTENTION YOU KNOW WHERE THE CONTROL SHOULD BE "RITNEY CAN AFFORD AND ATTRACT THE BEST PRO DUCERS IN THE WORLD AND BY LETTING THEM TAKE THE REIGNS SHE CAN CONTINUE TO REINVENT HERSELF AND RELEASE QUALITY ALBUMS "RITNEY SHOULD KNOW BY NOW THAT HER MUSIC SHOULD BE IN SYNC WITH THE INDUSTRY RATHER THAN REm ECTING HER LIFE WHICH IS WHY 2IHANNA ESQE "LACKOUT WORKED SO WELL "RITNEY THE ARTIST AND "RITNEY THE PER SON SHOULD REMAIN TWO DIFFERENT ENTITIES 7E ALL WANT TO WATCH THE CIRCUS BUT AFTER DRAGGING OURSELVES THROUGH THESE TRACKS OF MAUDLIN SELF OBSESSED POP MULCH WE CERTAINLY DON T WANT TO LISTEN TO THE #IRCUS 'RACE 3IMPSON
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‘09 Through The Grapevine Mercury Prize Nominees 7INNER &LORENCE AND THE -ACHINE 4ITLE 4"# +ATE .ASH MEETS +ATE "USH WITH GUITARSxISH ,ADYHAWKE ,ADYHAWKE ! COOL CONCOCTION OF DANCE CONTINENTAL ELECTRO AND INDIE ,ATE OF THE 0IER &ANTASY "LACK #HANNEL /FF BEAT KEY BOARDS STRANGE NOISES AN INNOVATIVE MUSIC REVOLU TION !NTHONY AND 4HE *OHNSONS 4HE #RYING ,IGHT (E GARTY HAULTS HIS LOVE AFFAIR WITH DISCO TO MAKE AN OTHER CHARMING RECORD WINNER 7ILEY 3EE #LEAR .OW !FTER BEING A PIONEER OF THE %SKIMO GRIME SOUND 7ILEY WENT MORE MAINSTREAM ON THIS ONE STILL A WORTHY CANDIDATE 0LUS 4HE 7HITE ,IES 4O ,OSE -Y ,IFE 'LASVEGAS 'LASVEGAS -OGWAI "ATCAT -ETRONOMY .IGHTS /UT -S $YNAMITE 4"# WINNER TOKEN JAZZ AND CLASSICAL ALBUMS 4"#
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4HE 3ATURDAYS MADE AN IM PRESSIVE BREAKTHROUGH IN PERHAPS ONE OF THE FEW POP ACTS IN RECENT TIMES TO ACHIEVE MAINSTREAM SUC CESS WITHOUT BEING LAUNCHED ON A REALITY 46 SHOW 7ITH A COUPLE OF HIGHLY CREDIBLE TOP TEN HITS UNDER THEIR BELTS INCLUDING THE FANTASTICALLY ENERGETIC 5P THEY BEGIN THE .EW 9EAR WITH THE TOUGH TASK OF KEEPING UP THE MOMENTUM AND ESTABLISHING THEMSELVES AS A GROUP WITH STAYING POWER )T COMES AS A BIT OF A DISAPPOINTMENT THEN THAT )SSUES A SONG ABOUT HAVING CONFUSING FEELINGS FOR MISBEHAVING BOYFRIENDS VEERS DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO BEING JUST ANOTHER BLAND GIRL BAND BALLAD !FTER RISING TO FAME WITH UNIQUE PUNCHY m OORl LLERS IT S A QUESTIONABLE DECISION TO MAKE THEIR NEXT MOVE A FORGETTABLE DOWN TEMPO TRACK THAT BRINGS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING NEW TO THE MARKET (AVING EDITED THE ORIGINAL ALBUM S VERSION KILLER LINE TO MAKE IT MORE RADIO FRIENDLY hSLAPv WAS REPLACED WITH hLEAVEv )SSUES LOSES THAT DISTINCTIVELY EDGY APPEAL THAT MADE THEIR l RST SINGLES SO APPEALING 5LTIMATELY IT S A PLEASANT ENOUGH WAY TO SPEND THREE MINUTES AND YOU REALLY CAN T FAULT THE GIRLS VOCAL ABILITY BUT IN AN AGE OF 2 N " GIANTS AND LANDl LL INDIE 4HE 3ATUR DAYS CAN T REALLY AFFORD TO BRING OUT WHAT COULD EASILY HAVE BEEN AN EARLY 3UGABABES " SIDE 3HAUN +ITCHENER
. 2OSES #HINESE $EMOCRACY WAS A m OP AS WAS THEIR LAST FESTIVAL REUNION GIG BUT MAYBE STILL THE TOKEN METAL BAND AT 2EADING ,EEDS /N SECOND THOUGHTS !# $# MIGHT BE A BETTER BET THEIR %UROPEAN TOUR SOLD OUT IN UNDER A NANO SECOND 4HEN THERE ARE THE USUAL SUSPECTS OF THEM HAV ING A BAND BEGINNING WITH THE LETTER @+ +AISERS +ILLERS + / , +ASABIAN +LAXONS AND +ANYE WILL JOIN THE PARTY THIS YEAR
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What? It Could Happen... .OW JUST IN CASE OUR PREDICTIONS ARE ALL WRONG HERE S SOME STUFF THAT PROBABLY WON T HAPPEN THIS YEAR 4HREE PEOPLE ARE TRAMPLED TO DEATH IN A MAD BOX OFl CE RUSH WHEN -ICHAEL *ACKSON ANNOUNCES
4HE NAME 2OSE %LINOR $OUGALL NOT RINGING ANY BELLS (OW ABOUT 2OSAY $OUGALL S STAGE NAME AS A NOW EX MEMBER OF ACE POP PICKERS 4HE 0IPETTES 7ELL IF YOU HAVEN T HEARD OF THEM YOU SHOULD HAVE 4HIS $OUGALL S l RST SOLO SINGLE IS A SLIGHT DETOUR FROM THE GIRL GROUP REVIVALS OF HER FORMER BAND RATHER THAN m IRTING WITH RETRO THE !TARI TWITTERING OF !NOTHER 6ERSION OF 0OP 3ONG COULDN T SOUND MORE 'ONE TOO ARE THE KILLER CHORUSES THE SINGLE IS SELF CONSCIOUSLY LOW KEY SO IT MAY TAKE A FEW PLAYS TO GET STUCK IN YOUR HEAD "UT WITH THE AID OF $OUGALL S VOCAL RIFl NG hKISS KISS KISS MEv THE LO l KEYBOARD LINE AND THE SLOW INEVITABLE BUILD OF HARMONIES IT SHOULD GET THERE EVENTUALLY 4HE LYRICS AREN T BREAKING ANY BOUNDARIES h) WANT YOU )N MY LIFEv BEING A CASE IN POINT BUT $OUGALL S VOCALS ARE STRONG ENOUGH TO REMOVE ANY INANITY AND THE SUPERB PRODUCTION THROWS IN SYNCOPATED HANDCLAPS TAMBOURINES AND THE KITCHEN SINK !LTHOUGH NOT QUITE l RING ON ALL CYLINDERS YET !NOTHER 6ERSION OF 0OP 3ONG SHOWS A HELL OF A LOT OF POTENTIAL )F 4HE 0IPETTES CON TINUE TO KEEP LOSING MEMBERS IT MAY BE $OUGALL WHO PROVIDES OUR SLICES OF POP PIE IN 3ARAH #HRISTIE
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HE WILL TOUR SMALL VENUES IN THE 5+ THROUGHOUT *UNE INCLUDING .ORWICH S VERY OWN 7ATERFRONT 4ICKETS ARE ASTONISHINGLY CHEAP AT a !ND OF COURSE KIDS GO FREE 0ETE $OHERTY AND !MY 7INE HOUSE COLLABORATE ON AN ALBUM ENTITLED "ACK 4O #RACK RELEASED IN $ECEMBER 4HE l RST SINGLE "E 3ICK 7HEN 4HE ,IGHTS 'O /UT IS THE #HRISTMAS NUMBER ONE 8 &ACTOR WINNER #LIVE !SHCROFT S MOVING COVER OF 7ALKING )N 4HE !IR IS NARROWLY BEATEN TO THE TOP SPOT BUT 3IMON #OWELL SOMEHOW OWNED THE RIGHTS TO EVERY SONG IN THE TOP TEN THAT DAY SO WASN T FUSSED &INALLY :AVVI SHUTS ALL ITS SHOPS NATIONWIDE TO FOCUS l NANCES ON THEIR EVER m OURISHING WEBSITE WHERE THEY SELL -0 S )T IS CHEAPER THAN I4UNES AND WITH A GREATER SELECTION OF MUSIC TO BUY :AVVI BECOMES THE MOST SUCCESS FUL 5+ COMPANY OF 2OB -ORBIN
WAS HUGELY SUCCESSFUL FOR 'IRLS !LOUD 4HEY TOPPED BOTH THE SINGLES AND ALBUMS CHARTS ATTRACTED NINE MIL LION VIEWERS TO THEIR 46 SPECIAL AND ONE PARTICULAR MEMBER BECAME THE BIG SUCCESS STORY OF 4HE 8 &ACTOR .OW AS THEIR RAPID ASCENT TO NATIONAL TREASURE STATUS CONTINUES THEY BEGIN THE .EW 9EAR WITH THEIR MILESTONE TH SINGLE 4HE ,OVING +IND IS PENNED BY THE 0ET 3HOP "OYS AND IS A STAN DOUT TRACK FROM THEIR /UT OF #ONTROL ,0 )T COUPLES HEARTBREAK ING LYRICS WITH A DOWN TEMPO YET EUPHORICALLY DANCEABLE SOUND THAT S NOT AT ALL DISSIMILAR TO THEIR HIT #ALL 4HE 3HOTS 4HE RESULT IS ONE OF THE GIRLS MOST EMOTIONALLY RESONANT SINGLES TO DATE AND EVEN THOUGH THEY DIDN T WRITE IT THEMSELVES THEY STILL SING IT WITH A CONVINCING SENSE OF PASSION &ULL CREDIT IS ESPE CIALLY DUE TO .ICOLA 2OBERTS FOR HER MOST AFFECTING VOCAL PER FORMANCE TO DATE )T S EASY TO JUMP ON THE BANDWAGON OF A POPULAR PHENOM ENON AND BLOW IT OUT OF PROPORTION BUT 'IRLS !LOUD DESERVE ALL THE CREDIT THEY RECEIVE &OR SIX YEARS THEY VE BEEN CHURNING OUT BOUNDARY PUSHING POP MUSIC AND 4HE ,OVING +IND JUST GOES TO PROVE THAT THEY RE STILL VERY MUCH ON TOP OF THEIR GAME +EEP IT UP GIRLS 3HAUN +ITCHENER
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*AMES (ALLING )T SEEMS THAT THE l RST TWO ALBUMS 4HE &UTURE HEADS AND .EWS AND 4RIBUTES WERE A UNIT TOGETHER DO YOU SEE 4HIS IS .OT THE 7ORLD AS SOMETHING DIFFERENT 4HE &UTUREHEADS ) DON T KNOW NO )T S ALL BEEN A BODY OF WORK THAT S DEl NED US 7E SOLD MORE SINGLES OF "EGINNING OF THE 4WIST THAN WE VE SOLD OF ANYTHING BEFORE AND WE HAVEN T SOLD AS MANY OF THE THIRD ALBUM AS THE l RST BY A COUNTRY MILE *( 4HERE IS A DIFFERENT SONIC FEEL TO THE NEW ALBUM )S IT NEW START 4& 9EAH KIND OF WE JUST HAD A MORE DIRECT APPROACH )T S LIKE WE VE BEEN PIGEON HOLED INTO THIS WE RE GOING TO BE A BIT DIFFER ENT )T S A MORE SIMPLE RECORD A BIT MORE CLASSY AND CLASSIC *( $ID THE CREATION OF YOUR OWN LABEL AFFECT THIS 4& )T DID YEAH 7E JUST DECIDED WE WERE GOING TO GO FOR ONE THING A LOT OF SONGS ON THE RECORD HAVE ONE STRONG THEME HAM MERED HOME WITH LOUD CHORUSES AND QUIET VERSES 4HEY RE ALL UP TEMPO THERE S NO BALLADS *( )S THE SUCCESS OF THE l RST ALBUM A BURDEN TO FULl L 4& $El NITELY IT S HARD 9OU START TO LOOK AT YOURSELF AS AN UNSUC CESSFUL +AISER #HIEFS OR UNSUCCESSFUL &RANZ &ERDINAND 7E STARTED OFF AS AN UNDERGROUND PUNK GROUP SO WHEN YOU GET ACCLAIM YOU THINK hOH SHIT WE SHOULD BE SELLING AS MANY AS THE l RST ALBUMv BUT WE NEVER STARTED OFF THINKING LIKE THAT *( 4HERE WAS BANDS FROM A FEW YEARS AGO WHO YOU MENTIONED WHO ALL HAD HUGE l RST ALBUMS BUT SUFFERED WITH THEIR SECOND ALBUMS 7HY DO YOU THINK THIS IS 4& 4HAT S THE PUBLIC AND PRESS PEOPLE ARE ONLY INTERESTED IN THE NEXT NEW THING NO ONE S GIVING BANDS A CHANCE 4HERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY BANDS THAT HAVE FALLEN BY THE WAYSIDE WHERE ARE 4HE
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3TILLS OR 4HE 7ALKMEN *( #AN YOU SEE A TIME WHEN BANDS WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE GREAT RECORDS LATE INTO THEIR CAREERS 4& 9OU DON T MAKE GREAT MUSIC ON YOUR l RST ALBUM YOU MAKE AN UNDERGROUND ALBUM 9OU HAVE TO GIVE BANDS A CHANCE TO GROW 0EOPLE USED TO WANT TO BUY INTO THAT 4HAT S WHAT THE MU SIC INDUSTRY NEEDS TO SURVIVE NOT TO STOP DOWNLOADING BUT TO GET REAL MUSIC FANS TO ACTUALLY BUY THINGS *( $OES THIS MEAN YOU VE BECOME DISILLUSIONED WITH NEW MUSIC OR ARE YOU STILL INm UENCED BY NEW BANDS 4& ) HAVE BECOME DISILLUSIONED ) JUST WASH MY HANDS OF IT ALL AND LISTEN TO "RUCE 3PRINGSTEEN AND !# $# )T S SO HARD .OW ANYONE WHO WEARS SKINNY JEANS AND GETS A HAIRCUT AND PLAYS THREE CHORDS GETS A RECORD DEAL .O ONE BUYS RECORDS ANYMORE AND YOU ALL LOOK LIKE TWATS 4HEY ALL WALK AROUND WITHOUT KNOWING THE REFERENCE POINTS IT S LIKE YOU DON T EVEN KNOW WHO 4HE 7HO ARE YOU DON T KNOW WHO 4HE *AM ARE BUT YOU RE DRESSED LIKE FUCKING 0AUL 7ELLER IN 9OU SEE PEOPLE IN THEIR m OWERY SHIRTS AND YOU RE LIKE hOH DO YOU LIKE 4ALKING (EADS v AND THEY SAY hWHO ARE THEY v 7HAT &EAR OF -USIC *( 7HAT ARE THE PLANS FOR THE FOURTH ALBUM 4& 7E START IN *ANUARY BUT WE DON T KNOW WHAT WE RE GOING TO DO WE MIGHT DO A COLLECTION OF %0S 7E RE NOT AN ARTS PROJECT WE RE A BUSINESS AND IF PEOPLE DON T WANT TO BUY OUR ALBUMS WE RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING ELSE )T S HARD IN A RECESSION BUT IT S NOTHING TO DO WITH HOUSE PRICES PEOPLE DON T WANT TO SPEND MONEY ON THINGS THEY CAN GET FOR FREE *AMES (ALLING
7HEN WATCHING 4HE &UTUREHEADS LIVE RECENTLY IT WAS DIFl CULT TO BELIEVE THAT THIS WAS THE SAME BAND THAT PRODUCED SUCH GENUINE EXCITEMENT ONLY A FEW YEARS AGO "ACK IN 4HE &UTUREHEADS FEROCIOUS LIVE PERFORMANCES SAW THEM AS FRONT RUNNERS CRITICALLY AND COMMERCIALLY IN A SCENE DOMINATED BY "RITISH )NDIE 9ET THIS POPULARITY HAS DIMINISHED THANKS TO SUB STANDARD SECOND AND THIRD ALBUMS AND AN INDUSTRY m OODED BY SIMILAR SOUNDING BANDS 4HE FEELING OF DISILLUSIONMENT EXPRESSED IN THEIR INTERVIEW WAS TRANSFERRED ONTO THE STAGE 4HEIR PERFORMANCE WAS PASSION LESS UNCOMFORTABLE AND SEEMINGLY WITHOUT STRUCTURE 4HIS TRANS MITTED ITSELF ONTO A THIN CROWD WITH EVEN EARLY HITS SUCH AS $E CENT $AYS AND .IGHTS AND -EANTIME ENCOURAGING LITTLE IN THE WAY OF ACTIVITY AMONGST THE FRACTURED CROWD 4HERE WAS A BRIEF PERIOD OF UPLIFT PREDICTABLY AROUND THEIR BIGGEST HIT (OUNDS OF ,OVE BUT THIS IS PERHAPS THE MOST DOMINANT ISSUE THAT SURROUNDS 4HE &U TUREHEADS AND THEIR LACKLUSTRE PERFORMANCE THEY APPEAR TRAPPED BY THE SUCCESS OF THEIR l RST ALBUM S 4HE &UTUREHEADS BOTH ARTISTICALLY AND IN TERMS OF AUDIENCE RECEPTION 4HEY RE l NDING IT DIFl CULT TO DEVELOP AS A BAND AND ARE HELD DOWN BY AN INDUSTRY IN CONSTANT SEARCH FOR THE NEXT BIG THING *AMES (ALLING
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NOWHERE NEAR AS SCARY AS IT SOUNDS 9OU MAY REMEMBER THEM FROM THE SLIGHTLY HYSTERICAL AND COMPLETELY DESERVING l VE STAR REVIEW FOR THEIR SINGLE 'LITCHES @N "UGS WHICH APPEARED IN A PREVIOUS ISSUE OF 4HE %VENT 4ONIGHT S GIG EASILY STOOD UP TO UNREASONABLE EXPECTATIONS THE !RTS #ENTRE S RENOVATED CHURCH PROVIDING A SUITABLE BACKDROP FOR THEIR EPIC SOUNDSCAPES 3INGLES (OUSE OF ,IES AND THE AFOREMENTIONED 'LITCHES @N "UGS ARE EVEN MORE HYPNOTIC LIVE AND IT S FANTASTIC TO HEAR 3LINGSHOT AND )S )T !NY 7ONDER FROM THEIR l RST ALBUM BEING LIFTED TO EVEN GREATER HEIGHTS 4HEY ALSO PROVED THEIR AUDACITY WITH A COMPLETE REHASH OF ARGUABLY THEIR MOST FAMOUS TRACK .O 3OCIAL AS WELL AS AN ICY COVER OF 'RACE *ONES 3LAVE TO THE 2HYTHM h) HEARD SHE TRACKS DOWN EVERYONE WHO COVERS HER SONGS 3HE JUST GOT 3HIRLEY "ASSEY SO WE RE NOTHING IF NOT BRAVEv 7HILE HARDLY THE MOST ANIMATED LOT THE BAND MAKE FOR ENTERTAINING HOSTS PARTICULARLY !NDREW S BANTER AND 5LRI KA S HABIT OF CHANGING INSTRUMENT BETWEEN AL MOST EVERY SONG "UT THROUGHOUT THE GIG THERE WAS A NAGGING FEELING THAT THESE SONGS BELONG IN A HUGE VENUE LIKE OH SAY THE !LBERT (ALL 3ORT IT OUT "RITAIN $UNCAN 6ICAT "ROWN
,EVELLERS LATEST ALBUM ,ETTERS FROM THE 5NDER GROUND WAS RELEASED IN THE SUMMER OF TO MINIMAL INTEREST COMING THREE YEARS AFTER THE DISAPPOINTING 4RUTH AND ,IES AND MANY MORE SINCE THEIR LAST COMMERCIALLY SUCCESSFUL RECORD )T WAS A PLEASANT SURPRISE THEN TO l ND IT THEIR STRONGEST OFFERING FOR A WHILE AND THREE MONTHS AFTER ITS RELEASE THE BAND CAME TO 5%! ARMED WITH A SERIES OF NEW SONGS WHICH l TTED COMFORTABLY ALONGSIDE ALREADY ESTABLISHED LIVE FAVOURITES ,EVELLERS LIVE PERFORMANCES ARE ALWAYS EN ERGETIC BUT THE BAND HAS FOUND A NEW INTENSITY n AND VOLUME SINCE THEIR LAST 5+ TOUR %ACH SONG WAS PLAYED FASTER THAN ON RECORD AND WITH A PUNK LIKE RAPIDITY "URN !MERICA "URN A SIN GLE FROM THE NEW ALBUM WAS INTRODUCED BY SINGER -ARK #HADWICK AS A hNEW PUNK CLASSICv SUGGESTING THAT THERE WAS A CONSCIOUS DECISION BY THE BAND TO PRESENT THEIR NEW MATERIAL IN A
DISTINCTIVE STYLE 4HE RAPID l RE NATURE OF THE PERFORMANCE HAD MIXED EFFECTS THE SONGS COMPLEMENTED EACH OTHER WELL AND THERE WAS NO SUGGESTION THAT THE BAND WERE USING OLDER MATERIAL TO MASK THE WEAKNESS OF NEWER TRACKS BUT IT WAS ALSO DIFl CULT TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN SONGS 4HE HIGH VOLUME AND SPEED ALSO MEANT THAT SUB TLETY OF MANY NEW SONGS SUCH AS $EATH ,OVES 9OUTH AND "EFORE 4HE %ND WAS LOST AND MOST LYRICS BECAME INCOMPREHENSIBLE AS THE BAND RACED THROUGH A NUMBER OF MID S ALBUM TRACKS ,ETTERS FROM THE 5NDERGROUND SHOWCASES ,EVELLERS l ERCE POLITICAL BENT AS MUCH AS ANY OTHER ALBUM FROM THEIR YEARS IN MUSIC BUT THIS WAS LOST IN A LIVE SETTING WHERE THE MUSIC WAS SO CLEARLY GIVEN PRECEDENCE 4HE BAND RETURNED TO THE STAGE FOR AN EN CORE COMPOSED MAINLY OF TRACKS FROM THEIR MOST SUCCESSFUL ALBUM S ,EVELLING THE ,AND AND IT WAS THESE THAT WERE BEST RECEIVED BY AN ENTHUSIASTIC AUDIENCE 7ITH A STRONG MINUTE SET ,EVELLERS REMINDED PEOPLE THAT IF THEIR BEST ALBUMS ARE PROBABLY BEHIND THEM THEY STILL PUT A GOOD LIVE SHOW BY DRAWING ON THEIR HISTORY "EN 7INSTANLEY
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HE 3PIRIT WANTS TO BE COOL AND STYLISED UNFORTUNATELY IT IS NEITHER 4HIS IS DEl NITELY NOT 3IN #ITY AND DESPITE THE OBVIOUS LINKS 4HE 3PIRIT DOES NOT DESERVE TO BE ASSO CIATED WITH 2ODRIGUEZ S FAR SUPERIOR l LM $ESPITE SHOOTING THE l LM ON GREEN SCREEN JUST AS 2ODRIGUEZ DID THE BACKGROUNDS APPEAR TO ALL BE VERY SIMILAR OFTEN THE DIRECTOR OPTS FOR A BACKGROUND OF MIST RATHER THAN UTILISING THE CONSIDERABLE TECH NOLOGY AT HIS l NGERTIPS THAT ALLOWED 2ODRIGUEZ TO CREATE 3IN #ITY 4HAT SAID 4HE 3PIRIT DOES NOT LOOK AWFUL AND ATTENTION COULD HAVE BEEN DIVERTED FROM THE l LM S VISUAL DEl CIENCIES WITH A GOOD SCRIPT 2EGRETTABLY -ILLER S l RST ATTEMPT AT SCRIPT WRITING IS ON AN EVEN FOOT ING WITH HIS DIRECTING 7ITH LINES SUCH AS hTOILETS ARE ALWAYS FUNNYv FROM THE /CTOPUS 3AMUEL , *ACK SON THE VILLAIN AND hREMEMBER TO BRUSH YOUR TEETHv FROM 4HE 3PIRIT 'ABRIEL -ACHT TO A NEWS REPORTER
Dir: Frank Miller Release Date: 1/1/09
IT IS NIGH ON IMPOSSIBLE TO TAKE THIS l LM SERIOUSLY 4HE PLOT IS RUDIMENTARILY SIM PLE THE /CTOPUS IS DETERMINED TO
THE TALENTS OF 3CARLETT *OHANSSON AND %VA -ENDES IN PARTICULAR ARE WASTED IN THIS l LM "OTH ARE FAN TASTIC ACTORS WHO REMAIN UNDEREM PLOYED THROUGHOUT 4HEY ARE IN 4HE 3PIRIT PURELY TO LOOK GOOD AND THAT IS ONE REDEEMING FEATURE OF THE l LM ITS WOMEN DO LOOK STUNNING (OWEVER IT SEEMS THAT THE SOLE PURPOSE OF EVERY SCENE IN WHICH THESE WOMEN APPEAR IS TO SHOW THE AUDIENCE HOW BEAUTIFUL THEY CAN BE )T IS OBVIOUS THAT *ACKSON ENJOYED HIS TIME AS THE /CTOPUS A CONVEN TIONAL VILLAIN EVEN BY COMIC BOOK STANDARDS (E PARADES AROUND WITH A SMILE ON HIS FACE CARRYING A SEEM INGLY INl NITE AMOUNT OF WEAPONS WITH WHICH TO DO BATTLE WITH THE 3PIRIT "UT EVEN HIS CHEERFUL DISPLAY CANNOT RESCUE 4HE 3PIRIT AS THE HERO HIMSELF SAYS hPARDON ME BUT IS THERE A POINT TO ALL THIS v
RETRIEVE A VASE OF BLOOD WHILST 3AND 3AREF %VA -ENDES THE 3PIRIT S OLD m AME IS AFTER hTHE SHINY THING TO END ALL SHINY THINGS v 7HILST 3AREF
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EAN 0ENN IS AN ACTOR WHO HOLDS A TRIPLE ROLE OF BEING FAMOUS FOR HIS POLITICAL ACTIVISM PRIVATE LIFE AND ALSO HIS BODY OF WORK IN THE MOVIES !S -ILK IN WHICH 0ENN STARS AS ICONIC GAY RIGHTS l GURE (ARVEY -ILK IS BE ING RELEASED LATER THIS MONTH THERE IS P E R H A P S NO BET TER TIME
THAN A BRIEF LOOK AT THE ACTOR WHO IN THE IMMORTAL WORDS OF THE $AILY -AIL PRESENTS HIMSELF AS AN hARMCHAIR REVO LUTIONARYv )T WOULD BE AN UNFORTUNATE ERROR TO OVERLOOK THE ACTING TALENT OF 0ENN FOR HIS POLIT ICAL ICONOCLASM 0ENN HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR THE "EST !CTOR /SCAR NO LESS THAN FOUR TIMES WINNING ON ONE OC CASION FOR HIS ROLE IN THE DOWNBEAT CRIME DRAMA -YSTIC 2IVER 0ENN HAS RIGHTLY ATTRACTED NOTORIETY AS ONE OF THE MOST OUTSTANDING ACTORS OF A GENERATION (IS STANDOUT TRAIT IS THE INCRED IBLE ENTHUSIASM
AND PASSION HE DISPLAYS IN ALL OF HIS ROLES AND THE FAMOUS STUDIED INTENSITY WITH WHICH HE CHOOSES TO PORTRAY HIS CHAR ACTERS ON SCREEN (IS MODERN WORK IN HEAV YWEIGHT PRODUCTIONS SUCH AS 4HE !SSASSINATION OF 2ICHARD .IXON AND ) AM 3AM AS WELL AS THE TWO AFOREMENTIONED STANDOUT ROLES IS ALL A FAR CRY FROM HIS DEBUT IN A 46 EPISODE OF ,ITTLE (OUSE ON THE 0RARIE IN WHICH 0ENN WAS SUPPOSEDLY CAST BECAUSE HIS FATHER HAP PENED TO DIRECT SOME OF THE EPISODES "UT IT ISN T REALLY TOO MUCH OF A STRETCH TO CLAIM THAT THE NUANCE AND EMOTIONAL IN TENSITY WHICH 0ENN IS FAMOUS FOR WAS PRESENT EVEN AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE (IS FULL ON APPROACH TO WHAT HE CONSIDERS IMPORTANT
IS PERHAPS WHAT HAS LEANT 0ENN HIS VIGOUR IN THE WORLD OF POLITICAL ISSUES ! SELF CON FESSED ADVOCATE OF PROGRESSIVE AND LIBERAL POLITICS 0ENN IS AN OUTSPOKEN CRITIC OF AMONGST OTHER THINGS OUTGOING 0RESI DENT 'EORGE 7 "USH (E HAS
BEEN CRITICAL OF THE )RAQ WAR WHAT HE SEES AS REGRESSIVE SO CIAL POLICIES AND THE "USH AD MINISTRATIONS hSIMPLISTIC AND INm AMMATORY VIEW OF GOOD AND EVILv !S SUCH AN OUTSPOKEN CHAR ACTER IT IS l TTING TO GIVE 0ENN
THE LAST WORD ON HIS CONCERNS h) DON T CONSIDER MYSELF SPE CIl CALLY POLITICAL YOU KNOW ) THINK OF WORKING AS AN ACTOR AS BEING A HUMAN THING 4HE CON CERNS ) HAVE THAT FALL INTO POLI TICS ARE HUMAN CONCERNSv 'EORGE 'ILBERT
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Other Screens / DVD Release Slumdog Millionaire
Yes Man
Dir: Peyton Reed Release Date: 26/12
*IM #ARREY S QUALITY AS AN ACTOR IS OFTEN SEEN AS VARIABLE ACCORDING TO THE SILLINESS OR SERIOUSNESS OF EACH OF HIS l LMS SO IT S ONLY RIGHT THAT 9ES -AN WHICH AIMS ITSELF AS A MIDDLE MARKET COMEDY SHOULD FEEL DISTINCTLY AVERAGE "ASED ON THE EXCELLENT BOOK BY $ANNY 7ALLACE *IM #ARREY PLAYS #ARL !LLEN AN ORDINARY MAN WHO DECIDES TO SAY YES TO EVERY OP PORTUNITY #UE A VARIETY OF SCENES WHERE HE DOES THINGS SUCH AS BREAK INTO AN OPERA HOUSE )NTERSPERSED IN THESE SCENES IS :OOEY $ESCHANEL AS CARL S NEW @YES GIRLFRIEND AND HER BUBBLY CHARM AND ANGELIC FACE CERTAINLY IMPROVE PROCEEDINGS
Dir: Danny Boyle Release Date: 9/1
5NFORTUNATELY 9ES -AN LACKS MUCH OF THE BOOKS WHIMSICAL HU MOUR AND CRAZINESS 4HERE ARE A FEW MOMENTS OF GENUINE FUN THOUGH ESPECIALLY THOSE INVOLVING 2HYS $ARBY OF &LIGHT OF THE #ONCORDES WHO PLAYS +ARL S ENTHUSIASTIC BOSS "UT WHILST 9ES -AN IS ENJOYABLE SOME GAGS ARE LESS FUNNY THAN OTH ERS (OWEVER IT S GOOD TO SEE THAT *IM #ARREY CAN STILL PUT ON A GOOD PERFORMANCE
!NDREW 3MITH
3LUMDOG -ILLIONAIRE A FLICK WHERE $ANNY "OYLE SHOWS US -UMBAI hTHE MAXIMUM CITYv IN ALL IT S SQUALOR AND SPLENDOUR IS ABOUT *AMAL -ALIK A -UMBAI hSLUMDOGv WHO WIN S THE MAXIMUM PRIZE ON THE )NDIAN 7HO 7ANTS 4O "E ! -ILLIONAIRE )T IS A HEART WARMING VISUALLY TANTALISING AND STARTLINGLY POIGNANT FILM HOWEVER BENEATH ITS LIKEABLE POMP AND SPLENDOUR LIES A VAPID INTELLECTUAL MESSAGE *AMAL IS ABLE TO ANSWER THE MAJOR ITY OF THE QUESTIONS BECAUSE THE ANSWERS TO THEM ARE TIED TO SIGNIFI CANT MOMENTS IN HIS LIFE 4HIS ALLOWS THE FILM TO CUT BETWEEN THE SHOW AS IT HAPPENS
4HE 7RESTLER
AND PORTIONS OF *AMAL S LIFE THAT CONCEAL WITHIN THEMSELVES THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTION )T S A NEAT TRICK AND GIFTS THE FILM WITH A RELENT LESS NARRATIVE DRIVE BUT IN DOING SO IT BLINDSIDES THE AUDIENCE TO THE CENTRAL MESSAGE OF THE FILM WHICH UNFORTUNATELY IS THAT THE ONLY WAY THE SLUMDOG CAN BECOME MILLION AIRE IS TO HAVE LED A LIFE COINCIDEN TAL ENOUGH FOR THE ANSWERS ON THE SHOW TO RELATE TO HIM *AMAL IS ONE IN A MILLION SURE BUT NOT A MIL LIONAIRE HE S JUST VERY VERY LUCKY
Dir: Steven Soderbergh Release Date: 2/1
HIDDEN BEHIND MUNDANE DIALOGUE 3ODERBERG DOES NOT HELP HIS CAUSE WITH SOME CURIOUS CUTTING GUNl GHTS BEGIN WITHOUT WARNING AND THEN ARE BROUGHT TO A PREMA TURE CONCLUSION AS THE l LM CUTS TO THE AFTERMATH WITH #HE TREATING THE WOUNDED /VERALL #HE IS A l LM THAT LACKS PERSONALITY AND EXUBERANCE AND WHAT IS LEFT BEHIND IS LITTLE MORE THAN A BORING DOCUMENTARY #HRIS "ENTLEY 3MITH
4HIS TRIO OF MOVIES SHOWS WHY DIRECTOR *IM *ARMUSCH IS SO CHER ISHED *ARMUSCH MAKES l LMS ABOUT ODDBALL BUT LIKEABLE CHARACTERS STUCK IN UTTERLY HUMDRUM CIRCUM STANCES n YET DESPITE THE LACK OF GLAMOUR HE MAKES HIS SUBJECTS SEEM INTRIGUING AND EVEN EXOTIC 4HIS IS WELL DEMONSTRATED IN S -YSTERY 4RAIN AN ANTHOLOGY OF STORIES SET IN A RUNDOWN -EM PHIS HOTEL )T INCLUDES SOME LOVELY MOMENTS OF *APANESE ECCENTRIC ITY THANKS TO A PAIR OF %LVIS WOR SHIPPING KIDS ON PILGRIMAGE FROM 9OKOHAMA n AND A TANTALISING HINT OF THE SUPERNATURAL THANKS TO AN APPEARANCE BY %LVIS HIMSELF . I G H T /N %ARTH IS ALSO AN ANTHOLOGY
Dir: Jim Jarmusch Release Date: 5/1
3CHEDULED TO BE RELEASED LATER THIS WEEK 4HE 7RESTLER TELLS THE STORY OF A WASHED UP HAS BEEN WHO RETURNS TO FAME AND PROMINENCE YEARS AFTER HIS l RST ASCENT TO STARDOM IN TERESTINGLY 7UNDERKIND DIRECTOR $ARREN !R ONOFSKY DECIDED TO CAST -ICKEY 2OURKE FOR THIS ROLE )T LOOKS LIKE THE GAMBLE HAS PAYED OFF HANDSOMELY WITH ADVANCE SCREENINGS AND CRITICAL REVIEWS OF THE l LM BOTH BEING MET WITH AN EXTREMELY POSITIVE RESPONSE %XPECT /SCAR NOMINATIONS IN DUE COURSE FOR DIRECTOR AND STAR
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!S NOTED EARLIER THIS ISSUE LEGENDARY ACTOR 3EAN 0ENN IS BACK IN THIS INTERPRETATION OF A PROMINENT l GURE IN THE GAY RIGHTS MOVE MENT (ARVEY -ILK IN THE l RST ADAPTION OF THE STORY ON SCREEN FOR OVER YEARS 4HE l LM HAS WON RAVE REVIEWS BY THOSE LUCKY *ACK #LARK ENOUGH TO HAVE SEEN IT AT TIME OF WRITING AND HAS ALREADY CRACKED )-$B S LIST OF THE TOP GREATEST l LMS OF ALL TIME
Jim Jarmusch Collection: Vol. 2
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0ART ONE OF 3ODERBERG S EPIC FOUR HOUR BIOPIC OF THE ARGENTINE REVOLU TIONARY AND PHYSICIAN #HE 'UEVARA "ENICIO $EL 4ORO TELLS THE STORY OF THE #UBAN REVOLUTION FROM THE MOMENT WHEN MEN TRAVELLED ON A BOAT FROM -EXICO TO WHEN 0RESI DENT "ATISTA S RULING GOVERNMENT ACCEPTED DEFEAT 4HE l LM S MAIN FAULT IS THAT IT FAILS TO FULLY ENGAGE WITH ITS AU DIENCE WHILST INITIALLY THE VAST AMOUNT OF FACTUAL DETAIL MAY BE EN GROSSING IT IS INCREASINGLY DIFl CULT TO RELATE TO THE CHARACTERS EXCLUD ING #HE AS THEY ARE ALL VERY SIMILAR TO EACH OTHER WITH MUNDANE PER SONALITIES AND WHAT MOTIVATES THEM
! QUICK LOOK AT SOME OF THE BIG MOVIES COMING OUT SOON PROVIDES HOPE FOR THOSE THAT HAVE STUCK WITH THE CINEMA THROUGH SOME LEAN TIMES
4HE #URIOUS #ASE OF "ENJAMIN "UTTON
CONTAINING l VE STORIES ABOUT TAXI DRIVERS AND THEIR PASSENGERS MAK ING JOURNEYS IN DIFFERENT CITIES 3LIGHTLY LESS ENDEARING THAN -YS TERY 4RAIN IT S HAMPERED BY AN UN LIKELY OPENING TALE WHERE 7INONA 2YDER PLAYS AN ,! CABBIE 4HERE S SOME GREAT RATTLING MUSIC BY 4OM 7AITS THOUGH $EAD -AN IS *ARMUSCH S WILD CARD ! DEMENTED PSYCHEDELIC 7ESTERN ABOUT AN INNOCUOUS AC COUNTANT WHO BECOMES THE QUARRY OF BOUNTY HUNTERS IT BOASTS AN ASTONISHING CULT MOVIE CAST HEAD ED BY *OHNNY $EPP AND 2OBERT -ITCHUM )T S EXHILARATING STUFF BUT NONETHELESS IT WAS A RELIEF AFTERWARDS WHEN *ARMUSCH CAME DOWN FROM ORBIT AND RETURNED TO MAKING MORE TRADITIONAL FARE LIKE "ROKEN &LOWERS
! BIZARRE STORY ABOUT A BOY BORN AN OLD MAN WHO UNDERGOES A PROCESS OF REVERSE AGEING /N THE FACE OF IT IT SOUNDS MORE LIKE SOME THING THAT 4IM "URTON WOULD HAVE A CRACK AT IN ONE OF HIS LIGHTER MOMENTS BUT CERTAINLY NOT SOMETHING DIRECTED BY THE DARK AND STYL ISH AUTEUR $AVID &INCHER HE OF &IGHT #LUB AND 3E EN FAME
#HE 0ART 4WO &OLLOWING ON FROM 3TEVEN 3ODERBERGH S *ANUARY RELEASE OF #HE 'UEVARA PART ONE THE SECOND l LM IN THE DUAL PARTER LOOKS AT #HE S LIFE AFTER HIS ROLE IN THE #UBAN UPRISING IT SELF ,IKE THE l RST l LM ITS TAKE ON THE LIFE OF THE MOST FAMOUS OF ALL 4 SHIRT BENEl CIAR IES PROMISES TO BOTH POLARISE OPINION AND STIMULATE DEBATE
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$IRECTED BY :ACK 3NYDER WHO ALSO HELMED IN RECENT YEARS THE EXCITING REMAKE OF $AWN OF THE $EAD AS WELL AS THE BRASH AND LADDISH 7ATCHMEN IS THE l LM ADAPTION OF POSSIBLY THE MOST HIGHLY RATED GRAPHIC NOVEL EVER 4HE l LM S LABARYNTHINE PLOT OF A )AN 3MITH ROUS TO KILL OFF ALL A CITY S SUPERHEROES MEANS THE l LM IS LIKELY TO RETAIN THE BROODING AT MOSPHERE AND GRITTY DIALOGUE THAT !LAN -OORE WOULD HAVE INTENDED
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DVD Releases Somers Town
Eden Lake
Dir: Shane Meadows Release date: 12/01/09
3HOT IN BLACK AND WHITE THIS l LM IS A TOUCH ING PORTRAYAL OF LIFE IN 3OMERS 4OWN IN NORTH ,ONDON WITH THE FOCUS ON TWO MAIN CHARACTERS 4OMMO 4HOMAS 4URGOOSE IS A WAYWARD TEEN AGER WHO HAS COME TO THE CITY FROM THE MID LANDS IN SEARCH OF A BETTER LIFE -AREK 0IOTR *AG IELLO IS A 0OLISH BOY WHO HAS ALSO JUST MOVED INTO THE AREA WITH HIS FATHER A RAILWAY WORKER AT 3T 0ANCRAS STATION )N SPITE OF -AREK S QUIET SENSITIVITY AND 4OMMO S TROUBLE SEEKING NATURE THE PAIR FORM AN UNLIKELY FRIENDSHIP WHICH IS STRENGTHENED BY THEIR MUTUAL INFATUATION WITH A
Dir: James Watkins Release date: 19/01/09
&RENCH WAITRESS AT THE LOCAL CAFÏ 3OMERS 4OWN IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF 3HANE -EADOWS ABILITY TO PORTRAY FRIENDSHIP AND BONDING AMONG YOUNG MEN AS WELL AS THE HU MOUR AND JOY THAT CAN BE FOUND EVEN IN THE POOREST AREAS OR THE HARDEST TIMES 4HIS l LM IS AN UPLIFTING TALE WHICH WILL PUT A SMILE ON THE FACE OF ALL BUT THE MOST COLD HEARTED VIEWERS 4OM "ARBANNEAU
%DEN ,AKE ISN T JUST A "RITISH HORROR l LM BUT MORE OF A COMMENTARY ON "RITISH CULTURE 4HE NARRATIVE FOLLOWS ROMANTIC COUPLE *ENNY +ELLY 2EILLY AND 3TEVE -ICHAEL &ASSBENDER AS THEY SETTLE INTO AN IDYLLIC REMOTE LAKE UNAWARE THAT THEY ARE SURROUNDED BY A MOB OF TEENAGERS WHO WANT NOTHING MORE THAN TO RUIN THEIR RE LAXATION 7HAT IS SO STRIKING AND AUTHENTIC ABOUT THE l LM IS THAT WHILE THE BASIC OUTLINE CON FORMS TO THAT OF A MERE 3LASHER l LM A COUPLE IN THE WOODS ARE TORTURED THE l LM IMMEDI
ATELY MOVES AWAY FROM THIS AND REBIRTHS INTO A FRESH AND FRIGHTENING COMMENTARY ON TODAY S YOUTH CULTURE AND THE THREAT THEY IMPOSE TO THE IDEALS OF SOCIETY 4HE l LM ISN T SCARY IN A HORROR l LM MANNER BUT MORE A SHOCK VALUE FROM THE CONTENT OF THE SCREEN THE BRUTALITY THAT THIS YOUTH GANG HAS ON THIS LOVING COUPLE AND HOW THE COUPLE PERHAPS REPRESENTS SOCIETY ITSELF HOW THIS GENERATION ARE SLOWLY IMPACT ING ON OUR EVERYDAY LIVES !DAM 3CALES
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Zombie Movies...With Brains! :OMBIE l LMS HAVE ALWAYS GAINED A SUBSTANTIAL AND VARIED BODY OF FANS THE GORE HUNGRY THE CULT FOLLOWERS AND THOSE WHO ENJOY THEM SIMPLY FOR WHAT THEY ARE (OWEVER )AN 3MITH EXAMINES SEVERAL ZOMBIE l LMS WHERE THE MEANINGS EXTEND FAR BEYOND THE GORE
:
OMBIES ARE MINDLESS SHAMBLING CREATURES BUT THAT DOESN T MEAN ZOM BIE MOVIES THEMSELVES ARE MINDLESS -AKE THOSE SHAMBLING ZOMBIES A METAPHOR n FOR PROLETAR IAN WORKERS CONSUMERS OPPRESSED PEOPLES n AND YOU HAVE ENDLESS
“Hammer horror films look creaky today, but to audiences of the 1950s and 1960s...must have seemed sensational” OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOCIAL COMMENT (ERE ARE SIX EXAMPLES WHICH ARE ES SENTIAL VIEWING FOR SOCIOLOGISTS
Plague of the Zombies (1966) and capitalism (AMMER HORROR l LMS LOOK CREAKY TODAY BUT TO AUDIENCES OF THE S AND S n ACCUSTOMED TO THE STAID BLACK AND WHITE FARE OF THE POST WAR "RITISH l LM INDUSTRY n THEIR LUSH 4ECHNICOLOR GOTHIC MUST HAVE SEEMED SENSATIONAL 0LAGUE (AM MER S ONLY ZOMBIE PICTURE FEATURES AN EVIL #ORNISH SQUIRE USING #ARIB BEAN MAGIC TO RAISE LOCAL VILLAGERS FROM THE DEAD AND PUT THEM TO WORK IN HIS TIN MINE n BECAUSE ZOMBIES DON T DEMAND WAGES BOARD OVER TIME PAY OR TRADE UNION REPRESENTA TION )S THIS A CASE OF VOODOO ECO NOMICS
Night Of The Living Dead (1968) and 1960s American angst .IGHT WAS THE INm UENTIAL DEBUT OF
DIRECTOR 'EORGE 2OMERO n NOW CONSIDERED THE MAESTRO OF ZOMBIE l LMMAKERS )MAGINING A SCENARIO WHERE THE DEAD ARE RETURNING TO LIFE EN MASSE AND DEVOURING THE PROP ERLY LIVING 2OMERO S l LM REm ECTS THE FEARS OF LATE S !MERICA )TS RACIAL TENSIONS ARE SYMBOLISED BY THE FATE OF THE BLACK HERO ULTIMATELY MISTAKEN FOR A ZOMBIE AND SHOT BY A POSSE OF TRIGGER HAPPY REDNECKS !ND THE REDNECKS ZOMBIE SHOOTING BURNING ACTIVITIES ARE NOT UNLIKE THE EVENTS HAPPENING IN 6IETNAM AT THE TIME
Dawn Of The Dead (1979) and consumerism 4HE SHOPPING MALLS SPREADING ACROSS THE !MERICAN LANDSCAPE IN THE S INSPIRED 2OMERO TO REVISIT .IGHT S ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE 4HIS SEQUEL HAS FOUR SURVIVORS TAKING REFUGE IN AN ABANDONED MALL AND FORTIFYING IT AGAINST THE LIVING DEAD 2OMERO USES THE SETTING TO SATIRISE BOTH THE STERIL ITY OF CONSUMERISM n THE FOURSOME S LIVES RAPIDLY GROW TEDIOUS DESPITE THEIR UNLIMITED ACCESS TO EVERYTHING IN THE MALL S STORES n AND ITS IDI OCY AS MORE SURVIVORS SHOW UP AND THE TWO GROUPS l GHT FOR POSSESSION OF THE BUILDING THOUGH IT CONTAINS ENOUGH SUPPLIES FOR EVERYBODY 4HE ZOMBIES MEANWHILE BECOME IRREL EVANT
Braindead (1992) and colonialism ,ORD /F 4HE 2INGS DIRECTOR 0ETER *ACK SON HAS THIS ODDITY LURKING ON HIS #6 n A MOVIE SO GORY THAT *ACKSON MUST HAVE l LMED IT WITH WINDSCREEN WIP ERS ATTACHED TO HIS CAMERAS )N S .EW :EALAND n WHICH RESEMBLES A DULL PAROCHIAL REGION OF %NGLAND n A HAPLESS YOUNG MAN l NDS HIM SELF BATTLING AN ARMY OF THE LIVING DEAD LED BY HIS ZOMBIE l ED PUS OOZING AND INCREASINGLY MONSTROUS MOTHER 3OME HAVE INTERPRETED HIS STRUGGLE AGAINST THE MOTHER MONSTER AS A METAPHOR FOR .EW :EALAND S EF FORTS TO FREE ITSELF FROM ITS COLONIAL PARENT
28 Days Later (2002) and angry Britain
Shaun Of The Dead (2004) and the slacker generation
7ITH TERMS LIKE ROAD RAGE AND AIR RAGE HAVING RECENTLY ENTERED "RIT AIN S VOCABULARY IT S EASY TO SEE WHY THE IDEA OF A VIRUS THAT TRANSFORMS ITS VICTIMS INTO WRATHFUL SLAVERING HY PERACTIVE ZOMBIES APPEALED TO DIREC TOR $ANNY "OYLE
3IMON 0EGG AND %DGAR 7RIGHT S COM EDY INVESTIGATES HOW "RITAIN S BOOZY COMPUTER GAMING SOMETHINGS WOULD REACT TO A 'EORGE
“Romero uses the setting to satirise both the sterility of consumerism... – and its idiocy”
2OMERO STYLE ZOMBIE EMERGENCY )TS CONCLUSIONS )NITIALLY THEY D BE TOO HUNGOVER TO NOTICE WHAT WAS HAPPENING 4HEIR GAMING SKILLS WOULD COME IN HANDY WHEN l GHTING THE ZOMBIES OFF "UT THEY D STILL END UP IN THE PUB
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13th • Noverre Visual Arts Society screening of South Pacific. The Assembly House. 2.15pm • Giles Apap. UEA School of Music. 7.30pm. £4 NUS • Shoestring Shorts. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £2 • Pimps N Hos LCR. 10pm. £4 adv
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• Third Thursday Lecture Series. Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Culture. 6pm. Free • Cercle Francais de Norwich talk. Friends Meeting House. 7.15pm. £1.50 • Kent DuChaine. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £6 NUS
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• United Nations Asociation lunch talk. Friends Meeting House. 1pm. £2 • Norfolk Historic Buildings Group. Elizabeth Fry Building. 7.30pm • Horses Brawl. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £6 NUS
17th • East Anglian Archive film screening, The Home Front: East Anglia at War. Norwich Castle Museum and Gallery. 2pm • Jive Talkin’ peform The BeeGees. The Playhouse. 7.30pm. £16.50 • Club Retro LCR. 10pm. £4 adv
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20th • The Threepenny Opera. The Playhouse. 7.30pm. £12 NUS • Allegri String Quartet. UEA School of Music. 7.30pm £4 NUS • Norwich Writers’ Circle. The Assembly House. 7.30pm. £3 • Who Writes This Crap? Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £6 NUS • Two Of A Kind LCR. 10pm. £4 adv
21st • Kerrang! Tour 2009. LCR. 6.30pm. £14.68 • The Threepenny Opera. The Playhouse. 7.30pm. £12 NUS • Kris Roe (from The Ataris). Queen Charlotte. 7.30pm. £7 • Comedy Store. The Forum. 8pm. £10.20 NUS • Spidermilk EP Launch. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £3
22nd • Language and Translation Issues in the Context of Globalization public lecture. LT3. 6pm. Free • The Threepenny Opera. The Playhouse. 7.30pm. £12 NUS • Limehouse Lizzy. The Waterfront. 7.30pm. £12.50 • Airbourne Toxic Event. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £6
23rd • The Threepenny Opera. The Playhouse. 7.30pm. £12 NUS • The Rivers presented by All Sorted. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £5
24th • The Society of Anime and Manga meeting. Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library. 5.30pm. Free • The Threepenny Opera. The Playhouse. 7.30pm. £12 NUS • Teddy Thompson. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £10 • The A List w/ Harmony. LCR. 10pm. £4 adv
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• Norfolk Wayfarers Walking Club. Barn Road car park. • BBC Local History event - Forum Footprints. The Forum. 9.30am 10am - 4pm • East Anglian Archive film screening, Norwich in the Fifites. • Buzzcocks. The Waterfront. 7pm. £15 Norwich Castle Museum and Gallery. 1.30pm.
• Ugly Duckling. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £8
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26th • Architects. The Waterfront. 7.30pm. £8 • Sonic Arts 53 feat. The Electronic Hammer. UEA School of Music. 7.30pm. £4 • The Monday Night Alternative ft. Jude Simpson. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £5
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