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PUTTING ON A BRAVE FACE 4HE SUBSTITUTION OF LARGE EXTRAVAGAN CIES FOR SMALLER LUXURIES IN TIMES OF ECONOMIC DIFl CULTY COULD PARTLY EX PLAIN THE JUMP IN SALES OF COSMETICS IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS 2ECENT l GURES FROM , /RÏAL "EIERSDORF AND 3HISEIDO SHOW THAT IN PARTICULAR THE SALE OF LIP STICK HAS SURGED IN RECENT MONTHS ,IPSTICK IS THE ULTIMATE FEEL GOOD IN DULGENCE IT HAS THE POWER TO MAKE THE WEARER FEEL SEXY WITHOUT THE COST OR GUILT OF A WHOLE NEW OUTl T 0OWERFUL WOMEN HAVE LONG BEEN SEEN TO HAVE A LOVE AFFAIR WITH LIPSTICK #LEOPATRA HAD AN EARLY FORM OF LIP STICK MADE FROM CRUSHED CARMINE BEE TLES WHICH GAVE A DEEP RED PIGMENT %LIZABETH ) MADE BRIGHT RED LIPS AND PALE FACES FASHIONABLE IN TH CEN TURY "RITAIN WHERE LIPSTICK WAS MADE OF BEESWAX AND RED STAINS FROM PLANTS !ND OF COURSE DEEP RED LIPSTICK WAS A SYMBOL OF SEDUCTION FOR THE SCREEN SI RENS OF THE S AND S

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FOR AND AGAINST: PATTERNED JUMPERS

!T l RST GLANCE THE CHUNKY PATTERNED JUMPER IS A DIFl CULT TREND THE KITSCH INDIE JUMPER IS MORE LIKELY TO BE ASSOCI ATED WITH YOUR GRANDMA S DODGY KNITTING THAN COUTURE FASHION (OWEVER ON CLOSER INSPECTION IT S ACTUALLY A VERY WEARABLE AND PRACTICAL LOOK 4HINK LESS DODGY S CHILDREN S TELEVISION PRESENTER AND MORE RETRO AND KITSCH -ATTHEW 7ILLIAMSON &URTHERMORE THIS TREND DOES NOT HAVE TO BE EXPENSIVE 3IMPLY POP INTO YOUR LOCAL CHARITY SHOP AND PICK UP THE MOST GAR ISH CREATION POSSIBLE TEAM WITH WET LOOK LEGGINGS OR WOOLLEN SHORTS WITH SOME CHUNKY SOCKS IF A GIRL OR SLIM l TTING TROU SERS TUCKED INTO MILITARY BOOTS IF A BOY

AND YOU TOO CAN JOIN THE 4OPSHOP FASH IONISTAS ! WOOLLEN JUMPER CAN ALSO BE EXTREMELY m ATTERING HIDING ANY LUMPS OR BUMPS PERFECT FOR THOSE hFATv DAYS WHEN YOU RELISH THE CHANCE TO MOPE #HARLOTTE &AULTLEY AROUND YOUR SQUALID BEDROOM RATHER THAN ENTER ING THE 5%! LIBRARY #HARLOTTE &AULTLEY

4HE WOOLLY JUMPER IS A PECULIAR BEAST )TS PATTERN AS BUSY AS THE FUR OF AN !FRICAN 7ILD $OG REm ECTS ITS SMELL A MALTING MUTT S BAS KET ! DOG ON ITS LAST LEGS CAN BE PUT DOWN WHEN IT HAS SUFFERED TOO LONG WHEN IT IS NO LONGER OF ITS TIME 7HO COULD DENY THAT THIS WOULD BE AN ACT OF KINDNESS )T CAN BE CREMATED OR BURIED SIX FEET UNDERGROUND

HAVING FOREVER LEFT THIS WORLD 4HIS SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED TO THE WOOLLY JUMPER YEARS AGO BEFORE IT BECAME POST MODERN BEFORE IT BECAME ANTIFOLK )T S BACK FROM THE DEAD BUT DEAD ALL THE SAME )T S LIKE A GREYING ,ABRADOR STUFFED NOSTALGICAL LY BY ITS OWNERS )T S A DOG THAT TAKES PRIDE OF PLACE IN A LIVING ROOM )TS MASTERS LISTEN TO "ARRY -ANILOW S @TIMELESS RENDITION OF -ANDY WEARING THE CARDIGANS THEY BOUGHT YEARS BACK NOT KNOWING THAT THEY AND THEIR WARM WINTER WOOLLIES ARE JUST ANOTHER LUMBERING ANACHRONISM IN THE POSTMODERN FUNFAIR 3AM %LLIOT

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MAKE UP TREND: RAINB RAINBOW PALETTES

)N THE GLOOM OF "RITISH WEATHER COMES THE ELECTRIC PALETTE OF %UROPEAN MAKE UP WITH DESIGNERS TREATING US TO A CASCADE OF COLOUR ON THE RUNWAYS -ODELS WERE SENT OUT ARMED WITH HEAVY MAKE UP IN SHOCKING NUANCES BOLD AND DEFINITIVE IT SENDS A CLEAR STATE MENT TO THE MASSES #OLOUR )S )N .OW HERE AT 4HE %VENT &ASHION WE HESITATE TO CONDONE THE @IN THING BUT WE LOVE THE FEELING THAT COMES WITH PENCILLING EYES WITH A STREAK OF EMERALD GREEN OR DASHING ON A SLICK OF SCARLET LIPSTICK 3HOW STOPPING EYES WERE TEAMING BACKSTAGE IN -ILAN WITH MAGENTA CORAL AND SAPPHIRE MIXES IN EVERY DIRECTION )F YOU DON T FANCY HEADING TO /PTIC LOOKING LIKE A NU RAVE RAINBOW NEVER FEAR THIS LOOK IS DEFINITELY ACCESSIBLE 7ITH MANY LEADING BRANDS EXTENDING THEIR RANGES TO COPE WITH THIS DEMAND FOR STATEMENT COLOUR YOU CAN CHOOSE TO GO AS FAR AS YOU WANT KOHL PENCILS IN TEAL EYE SHADOWS IN GOLD LIPSTICKS IN SHOCKING PINK THE CHOICE IS YOURS )N THIS DAY OF 0RIMARNI AND 4OPSHOP IT CAN BE A CHALLENGE TO FEEL DIFFERENT SO A NEW AND VIVID ADDITION TO YOUR MAKE UP ROUTINE CAN MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE )F YOU ARE LOOKING TO UPDATE YOUR STYLE OR JUST FANCY TRYING SOMETHING NEW EXPERIMENTING WITH SHADES AND COLOUR IS SURPRISINGLY LIBERATING TRY ADDING FALSE LASHES AND DIAMANTE DROPS TO FRAME THE EYES AND YOU WILL WONDER HOW YOU EVER LIVED WITHOUT THEM !LICE $IJKSTERHUIS

‘NEW YORK STYLE’ AT THE MALL, NORWICH 4HE -ALL .ORWICH HAS TEAMED UP WITH 4HE %VENT TO GIVE l VE LUCKY READERS THE CHANCE TO WIN A PAIR OF TICKETS TO SEE #ONFESSIONS OF A 3HOPAHOLIC WHICH OPENS AT 4HE 6UE #INEMA ON &RIDAY TH &EBRUARY &OR YOUR CHANCE TO GRAB TWO TICKETS TO THE HOTTEST l LM OF ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION

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7ORD IS SORRY TO REPORT YET ANOTHER WINTRY LIERARY DEATH *OHN 5PDIKE WHO WON THE 0ULITZER 0RIZE TWICE FOR 2ABBIT IS 2ICH AND 2ABBIT AT 2EST DIED AT THE AGE OF AFTER A LONG BATTLE WITH LUNG CANCER (E WAS ALSO THE WRITER OF #OUPLING AND 4HE 7ITCHES OF %ASTWICK )N SLIGHTLY MORE LIGHT HEARTED NEWS 3EBASTIAN "ARRY WAS AWARDED THE #OSTA "OOK 0RIZE RECEIVING a

FOR 4HE 3ECRET 3CRIPTURE /DDLY THE BOOK WAS DESCRIBED AS hm AWED IN MANY WAYSv 4HE CHAIR OF JUDGES -ATTHEW 0ARRIS HILARIOUSLY HAD THIS TO SAY ABOUT "ARRY S NOVEL @ THERE WAS A LOT WRONG WITH IT )T WAS m AWED IN MANY WAYS ALMOST NO ONE LIKED ITS ENDING &OR SOME THIS WAS FATAL ) DON T THINK THE ENDING WORKS NO BODY THOUGHT THE ENDING WORKED "UT THERE WAS A FEELING AMONG THE JUDGES THAT MANY GREAT WORKS OF LITERA TURE ARE ALSO m AWED v

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(E MAY BE BEST KNOWN AS THE DIRECTOR OF BIG SCREEN HITS 4HE (OURS AND 4HE 2EADER BUT 3TEPHEN $ALDRY #"% l RST MADE HIS NAME WITH THE .ATIONAL 4HEATRE PRODUCTION OF * " 0RIESTLEY S CLASSIC PLAY !N )NSPECTOR #ALLS 4HE HIGHLY ACCLAIMED PLAY IS CURRENTLY ON TOUR AND ARRIVES AT .ORWICH S 4HEATRE 2OYAL ON -ARCH RD RUNNING UNTIL THE TH 4ICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE AND CAN BE BOUGHT FROM AS LIT TLE AS a (ERE HE SPEAKS TO 4HE %VENT PRIOR TO HIS ARRIVAL IN .ORWICH

7ORD THIS WEEK BRINGS NEWS OF YET MORE PRIZES AND DEATHS WITHIN THE LITERATI AND 0LAY ANNOUNCES THE RETURN OF THE "ARD TO THE .OR WICH 4HEATRE 2OYAL AND A HOST OF ACOUSTIC SHOWS AT THE .ORWICH !RTS #ENTRE WHILE THE 0LAYHOUSE GETS ALL COMICAL 4HEATRE IN &IVE TALKS TO DIRECTOR 3TEPHEN $ALDRY #"% AHEAD OF THE APPEARANCE AT .ORWICH S 4HEATRE 2OYAL OF * " 0RIESTLEY S CLASSIC PLAY !N )NSPECTOR #ALLS WHICH TAKES TO THE STAGE AT THE START OF -ARCH /UR FEATURE AND BOOK REVIEW THIS WEEK PAYS HOMAGE TO ,'"4 (ISTORY MONTH THIS &EBRUARY "ERNADETTE 3HULZ DISCUSSES THE GRAND LEAPS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE AREA OF GAY LITERATURE 4HE %VENT 2ECOMMENDS GAY !FRICAN !MERICAN LITERATURE IN THE SHAPE OF 0ASSING BY .ELLA ,ARSEN 4OODLES

-ELISSA AND -ATT

4HE .ORWICH 4HEATRE 2OYAL WELCOMES THE RATHER EXCELLENT IF WE DO SAY SO OURSELVES 0ROPELLER 4HEATRE #OMPANY 4HE MODERN ALL MALE CAST WILL BE STAGING 4HE -ERCHANT OF 6ENICE AND ! -IDSUMMER .IGHT S $REAM NEXT WEEK 9OU VE MISSED "ASIL "RUSH UNFORTUNATELY (E ENDED ON 3ATURDAY THERE S ONLY 3HAKESPEARE NOW %MMY THE 'REAT 3ARAH 'ILLESPIE AND THE 0LAY THE -U SIC !COUSTIC 3HOWCASE IS ON AT THE .ORWICH !RTS #ENTRE "E THERE BE ARTY 4HE .ORWICH 0LAYHOUSE IS PLAYING HOST TO -OCK THE 7EEK FAVOURITE 4ONY 0ARSONS AND FELLOW COMICAL TYPES 4HE #OUNTERFEITS WHO ARE @HILARIOUS ACCORDING TO *ERRY (ALL -ELISSA 9ORK

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5NIVERSAL ARE LOOKING AT THE $6$ SALES OF -AMMA -IA AND GOING hWOWv BUT ) AM JUST GIGGLING AT THE SIDELINES AT THE MOMENT 4HE MUSICAL HAS BEEN AT THE CENTRE OF OUR LIVES FOR l VE YEARS 4HE IDEA THAT ) D SPEND TWO YEARS PUTTING IT BACK ONTO CELLULOIDx ) JUST l ND THAT FUNNY AT THE MOMENT -OVING BACK TO !N )NSPECTOR #ALLS DO YOU THINK THE AUSTERE SETTING AND THEMES WILL HIT HOME IN CREDIT CRUNCH "RITAIN 4HERE IS THIS PROFOUND RECESSION HITTING AND A PIECE OF WORK WHERE )NSPECTOR 'OOLE COMES OUT AND CALLS FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND COMMON PURPOSE AND AGAINST THE IDEAS OF SELl SHNESS AND GREED IS SOMETHING THAT ) THINK AUDIENCES HERE UNDERSTAND HUGELY

9OU HAVE HAD A BUSY TIME OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS WORKING ON 4HE 2EADER AND PREPARING FOR THE "ROADWAY OPENING OF "ILLY %LLIOTT 4HE -USICAL (OW HAVE YOU COPED WITH THAT ) WAS GETTING UP BETWEEN l VE AND SIX EACH MORNING AND WORKING IN 4HE 2EADER EDITING ROOM USUALLY UNTIL LUNCHTIME 4HEN ) D REHEARSE IN THE THEATRE DURING THE AFTERNOON NIP BACK TO THE EDIT ROOM WHILE THE CAST WAS ON THEIR TEA BREAK AND THEN BACK TO THE THEATRE FOR THE EVENING REHEARSALS AND INTO THE PRE VIEW PERFORMANCES

)T WAS RATHER WONDERFUL HAVING TWO VERY DIFFERENT FAMILIES IF YOU LIKE ALL WORKING INCREDIBLY HARD 7E DID ALL GET TOGETHER SOMETIMES AND THE l LM CREW CAME TO WATCH "ILLY

(OW WAS THAT 7ELL YOU VE GOT AROUND PEOPLE IN THE THEATRE WHILE THERE ARE JUST UP THE ROAD WORKING ON l NISHING THE l LM

4HERE ARE RUMOURS THAT THE MUSICAL VERSION OF "ILLY %LLIOTT IS GOING TO BE TURNED INTO A MOVIE TOO )S THAT GOING TO HAP PEN

3O !N )NSPECTOR #ALLS IS A PLAY WE CAN ALL RELATE TO !S WE MOVE INTO THIS EXTRAORDINARY TIME AS THE ECONOMY TANKS AND COMMUNITIES BECOME MORE UNDER THREAT THAT CALL TO ARMS OF 0RIESTLEY S IS ONE WHICH WILL BE RELEVANT ) M DY ING TO SEE HOW !N )NSPECTOR #ALLS RESONATES IN THIS ECONOMIC CLIMATE -ATT 2AMSAY 7ITH THANKS TO *OHN "ULTITUDE 0RESS /Fl CER AT THE 4HEATRE 2OYAL FOR HIS CONTINUED ASSISTANCE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR

The Event RecommEnds -ANY READ 0ASSING AS A NOVEL WHICH HIGHLIGHTS THE l GURE OF THE TRAGIC MULATTO OFTEN USED BY !FRI CAN !MERICAN WRITERS TO ADDRESS THE RACE PROB LEM 4HE COMPLEXITIES OF RACIAL DIVISION AND AS A CONSEQUENCE THE INHERENT PROBLEMS WITH RACE AS A CULTURAL SIGNIl ER ARE READILY ENGAGED 4HE AUTHOR .ELLA ,ARSEN WAS OF BIRACIAL PAR ENTAGE WHICH WAS CAUSE FOR GREAT CONCERN BY HER PEERS DUE TO THE IMPENDING PROBLEM OF ALLOCAT ING HER TO A RACE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CATE GORIES OF IDENTITY AT A TIME WHEN THIRD GENERATION EMANCIPATED !FRICAN !MERICANS STILL EXPERIENCED MARGINALIZATION AND RACISM

!LTHOUGH 0ASSING HAS GAINED SIGNIl CA NT CA NONICAL RECOGNITION FOR IT S MANIFEST CRITIQUE OF EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY RACIAL ATTITUDES IT IS ALSO EQUALLY AS WORTH Y A READ DUE TO ITS EXPLORATION OF A B LACK LESBIAN RELATIONSHIP ! SIGNIl ER OF BOTH SEXUAL AMBIGUITY AND CRITIQUE OF THE PATRIARCHAL AND REPRESSIVE SYSTEM OF S !MERICA (ISTORICALLY DOMINANT PERCEPTIONS OF SEXUAL ITY AND RACE HAVE BEEN EQUALLY AS OPPRESSIVE AS EACH OTHER IN TERMS OF FORCEFULLY ALLOCATING PEO PLE INTO CATEGORIES THEY MAY NOT HAVE BEEN COM FORTABLE WITH "OTH BLACK PEOPLE AND HOMOSEXU ALS HAVE BEEN OSTRACIZED FOR MERELY EXISTING

4HE DECISION BY .ELLA ,ARSEN TO INCLUDE A DAR ING AND INNOVATIVE LESBIAN SUB NARRATIVE IN HER PLOT NOT ONLY GIVES RECOGNITION TO B LACK LESBI ANS BUT IN HIGHLIGHTING THE LESBIAN RELATIONSHIP

SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE RACE PROBLEM SHE PRESENTS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO INTELLIGENT BLACK WOMEN VIRTUALLY UNPARALLELED IN THE WHITE MALE DOMINATED LITERARY COMMUNITY OF THE EARLY TWEN TIETH CENTURY ! REVOLUTIONARY NOVEL NOT TO BE UNDERESTI MATED BY READERS 3Ul A 3HAHNAWAZ

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&EBRUARY IS ,'"4 MONTH SO 4HE %VENT MARKS THE OCCASION BY LOOKING BACK ON LESBIAN LITERATURE THROUGH THE AGES "ERNADETTE 3CHULZ REPORTS %VERYONE HAS HEARD OF /SCAR 7ILDE THE 6ICTORIAN POET AND PLAYWRIGHT KNOWN FOR HIS WITTY IRONIC STYLE AND HIS SEXUALITY SO UNACCEPTABLE TO 6ICTO RIAN MORALITY THAT IT GOT HIM JAILED IN 7ILDE S ENDURING FAME BEGS THE QUESTION WHY THERE IS NO FEMALE WRITER OF THE SAME STA TUS AND INFAMY 4HE ANSWER MAY PARTLY LIE IN THE FACT THAT WOMEN S WRITING WAS GENERALLY LOOKED DOWN UPON AND EXCLUDED FROM THE LITERARY CAN ON UNTIL MUCH LATER 7ILDE WAS ARRESTED UNDER THE #RIMINAL ,AW !MENDMENT !CT WHICH MADE hGROSS INDECENCYv BETWEEN MEN A CRIMINAL OFFENCE .O SUCH LAW EXISTED FOR WOMEN WHICH MEANS LESBIANS COULD hGET AWAY WITH ITv MORE READILY THAN GAY MEN COULD !ND YET LESBIANS SUFFERED PERHAPS AN EVEN WORSE FATE FOR IT INVISIBILITY 4HAT BEING SAID MALE WRITERS OF EROTICA IN 6ICTORIAN TIMES WERE OFTEN FASCINATED WITH THE IMAGE OF THE h%XOTIC 3APPHISTv THE THEN CURRENT TERM FOR FEMALE HOMOSEXUALITY )NTERESTINGLY ENOUGH BOTH THIS TERM AND ITS MODERN VERSION DATE BACK TO THE EARLIEST KNOWN LESBIAN POET n 3APPHO OF ,ESBOS )F WE IMAGINE LESBIAN LITERATURE CONTAINED WITHIN ONE BOOKSHELF THEN 3APPHO S POEMS ABOUT HER LOVE FOR OTHER WOMEN WOULD BE AT THE VERY BOTTOM IN A SHELF MARKED "# (ER WORK WAS BANNED BY THE CHURCH FOR ITS hINm AMMATORY CONTENTv AND THE SILENCE SUR ROUNDING LESBIANS IN LITERATURE WAS ONLY REALLY BROKEN IN THE MODERNIST ERA WHERE STYLISTIC AND SEXUAL EXPERIMENTATION AND OPEN MINDEDNESS OFTEN WENT HAND IN HAND 4HE LESBIAN BOOKSHELF WAS BEGINNING TO LOOK A BIT FULLER THAN IT HAD FOR PREVIOUS CENTURIES AND FOR THE l RST TIME WOMEN S EXPERIENCES WITH OTH ER WOMEN WERE NOT JUST BEING WRITTEN ABOUT BUT ACTUALLY PUBLISHED 4HE ESTABLISHMENT S REACTION TO THIS WAS PREDICTABLY SCANDALIZED AND REPRES

SIVE CENSORSHIP FOLLOWED SUIT 4HE MOST FAMOUS EXAMPLE OF THIS IS 2ADCLYFFE (ALL S 4HE 7ELL OF ,ONELINESS n A GLOOMY NOVEL ABOUT THE FATE OF GAY WOMEN CHARMINGLY CALLED hINVERTSv BY ITS AUTHOR )T WAS BANNED IN IN AN hOBSCENITY TRIALv AS THE AUTHORITIES BELIEVED IT TO BE A SOURCE OF CORRUPTION &OLLOWING THIS

OVERTLY LESBIAN THEMES IN l CTION WERE TABOO FOR DECADES TO COME )NTERESTINGLY THE SAME MONTH AS (ALL S NOVEL WAS BANNED 6IRGINIA 7OOLF S NOVEL /RLANDO WAS PUBLISHED 7OOLF WROTE IT AS A HOMAGE TO HER LOVER AT THE TIME 6ITA 3ACKVILLE 7EST WHO HERSELF WAS NOTORIOUS FOR HER m AMBOYANT AFFAIR WITH AN OTHER DAUGHTER OF HIGH SOCIETY 6IOLET 4REFUSIS !LTHOUGH /RLANDO INCLUDES ANDROGYNY GEN DER BENDING AND ALLUSIONS TO LESBIAN LOVE IT WAS RECEIVED POSITIVELY ! FEW DECADES LATER THE S AND S SAW THE EMERGENCE OF LESBIAN PULP l CTION SUCH AS THE "EEBO "RINKER #HRONICLES PLAYING WITH BUTCH AND FEMME THEMES IN AN ERA OF RESTRICTIVE MORALITY !LL THIS WAS SOON TO CHANGE THE STUDENT UPRIS INGS OF AND THE WOMEN S MOVEMENT MADE 7ESTERN SOCIETY A MORE OPEN PLACE 4HE S SAW THE CONm UX OF LESBIAN AND FEMINIST WRITING THERE WAS AN OUTPOURING OF PO LITICAL POLEMICS AND LITERARY CRITICISM BY WRITERS SUCH AS +ATE -ILLETT !NDREA $WORKIN AND !UDRE ,ORDE TO NAME BUT A FEW !LSO WORTH MENTION ING IS 2ITA -AE "ROWN S LESBIAN COMING OF AGE CLASSIC 2UBYFRUIT *UNGLE PUBLISHED IN 4HE BODY OF LESBIAN LITERATURE IS GROWING AND WIDENING IN SCOPE (ERE WE HAVE SUCH HIGHBROW NOVELISTS AS *EANETTE 7INTERSON WHO IS KNOWN FOR BEAUTIFUL EXPERIMENTAL NOVELS THAT PLAY WITH CONCEPTS OF TRUTH AND l CTION AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND META NARRATIVE !NOTHER POPULAR WRITER IS 3ARAH 7ATERS

WHOSE ATMOSPHERIC HISTORICAL NOVELS CONTRAST RICH WELL RESEARCHED DETAIL AND SITUATIONAL COM EDY WITH ACUTELY REALISTIC PORTRAYALS OF LESBIAN LOVE IN MORE REPRESSIVE TIMES -INORITY WRITING IS GAINING MORE CRITICAL RECOGNITION AND POPULARITY IN RECENT YEARS THE 53 ESPECIALLY IS NOTABLE FOR THE EMERGENCE OF BLACK AND WORKING CLASS WRIT ERS WITH LESBIAN THEMES PERHAPS MOST FAMOUSLY !LICE 7ALKER S NOVEL 4HE #OLOR 0URPLE 7RITING AGAINST ALL ODDS WE VE GONE FROM A FEW DUSTY TOMES IN THE ANCIENT 'REEK SECTION TO OVERm OWING SHELVES FOR MODERN AND CONTEMPO RARY LESBIAN WRITING POETRY PROSE PULP l CTION AND HIGHLY LITERARY BOOKS INCLUDED )T S A LIBRARY ANYONE CAN BE PROUD OF AND HOPEFULLY ONE DAY A SHELF WON T BE ENOUGH TO CONTAIN IT

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This week’s theme: “Highway” Highway )T IS OFTEN SAID THAT THE JOURNEY HOME FEELS QUICKER THAN WHEN YOU SET OUT n EVEN THOUGH IT S THE SAME DISTANCE BOTH WAYS 3TEPHEN REm ECTED THAT IT FELT TRUE ENOUGH FOR HIM (E WAS ALREADY HALFWAY ALONG THE HIGHWAY AND HAD ONLY TAKEN HIS LITTLE HORSE TWO WEEKS )T HAD FELT LIKE MONTHS WHEN HE WAS STARTING OUT TWO YEARS AGO !S HE LET 2ED HIS HORSE CHOOSE HIS OWN PACE THROUGH THE FOREST 3TEPHEN SUPPOSED WHEN YOU WERE DREADING WHAT YOU WERE TRAVELING TOWARDS THE JOURNEY WAS BOUND TO DRAG (E LIFTED HIS HEAD BACK AND LOOKED UP INTO THE MOUNTAINS HUNCHED ABOVE THEM ALL 4HEY WERE SHROUDED IN A BLUE MIST BUT 3TEPHEN KNEW ABOVE THAT THE PEAKS WERE SNOW CAPPED AND ETERNAL 7AR WOULD NEVER ALTER A MOUNTAIN THEY JUST LOOKED DOWN UPON THE LAND AS ALWAYS 7AR !LREADY HE WAS FORGETTING IT ALREADY IT WAS MORE FADED THAN YESTERDAY AND A WEEK FROM NOW WOULD BE MORE FADED STILL 9ET SOMEHOW IT WOULD ALWAYS MANAGE TO HAUNT HIM AND SEEM SO VIVID 3UCH COMPLEX THINGS AS WAR COULD DO THAT 3TEPHEN WAS RIDING THE HIGHWAY WHICH CUT ALMOST DIAGONALLY ACROSS THE LAND WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED OTHER MEN 4HEY WERE BATTLE SCARRED AND WEARY BUT OUTWARDLY WERE JOVIAL ENOUGH 4HEY DRIFTED OFF DAY BY DAY IN ONES AND TWOS BACK TO THE VILLAGES THEY HAD BEEN DRAFTED FROM 3TEPHEN CLOSED HIS EYES AND FELT THE STEADY HYPNOTIC RHYTHM OF HIS BRAVE LITTLE HORSE UNDER HIM AND LISTENED IN ON THE MEN HE RODE THE HIGHWAY WITH 4HEY COMPARED INJURIES AND TOLD JOKES BUT MOSTLY THEY TALKED OF THE FAMILY THE WIVES AND CHILDREN THAT AWAITED THEM 3TEPHEN SENSED THAT THESE ARMORED MEN WERE EXCITED AND IMPATIENT TO GET HOME 7HETHER THEY WERE LOSERS OR VICTORS THEY WERE VICTORS THEIR WIVES WOULD BE ALL TOO PLEASED TO SEE THEM 4HEY COULD TASTE HER HOME MADE CAKES NOW 9ET HE FELT DIFFERENT (E DID NOT KNOW WHY BUT AS 2ED S HOOVES ATE UP THE HIGHWAY AND HE REACHED HOME MUCH FASTER THAN HE LEFT HE FELTxNERVOUS 4HE MEN WERE WELCOMED AS HEROES THAT NIGHT IN A TOWN ALONG THE HIGHWAY AS THEY HAD BEEN IN THE COUNTLESS OTHER TOWNS /NCE THE HORSES AND MEN WERE FED AND WATERED AND HAD TURNED IN FOR THE NIGHT n 3TEPHEN LAY BACK ON HIS BLANKET AND STARED AT THE CEILING (E WAS TWENTY TWO (E HAD THREE BROKEN RIBS AND A SON HE HAD NEVER MET (E HAD A WIFE HE D BARELY KNOWN .OBODY EVER TOLD YOU WHAT TO DO WHEN THE l GHTING STOPPED 9OU DIDN T HAVE TO BE GEARED UP ANYMORE 4HE MOUNTAINS STILL WORE SNOWY CAPS AND THE HIGHWAY MARCHED ON AS ALWAYS

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BRINGING THE PLAYER BACK TO THE l C TIONAL CITY OF 3AN 6ANELONA ! LOT HAS CHANGED SINCE THE l RST GAME DUE TO A LARGE CORPORATION MOVING INTO

THE CITY WRECKING THE POPULAR SKATE SPOTS AND DEMONISING THE SKATERS 3O IT S UP TO THE PLAYER TO MASTER HIS TRICKS AVOID THE SECURITY AND GET HIS FACE ON THE FRONT OF THE NATIONAL SKATEBOARDING MAGAZINES )F YOU ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH THE l RST GAME THE MAIN DRAW WAS THE REVOLUTIONARY @m ICK IT CONTROL SYSTEM 2ATHER THAN PRESS BUTTONS TO JUMP OR PERFORM TRICKS YOU USE THE LEFT THUMBSTICK TO ROTATE YOUR CHARACTER S BODY WHILE THE RIGHT THUMBSTICK IS USED TO @OL LIE YOUR BOARD OR TO PERFORM VARI OUS TRICKS 4HE BENEl T OF THIS SYSTEM IS THAT EVERY TRICK AND MOVE IN THE GAME IS AVAILABLE FROM THE VERY BE GINNING YOU NEED ONLY MASTER THE

CONTROLS TO ACCESS THE FULL RANGE ON OFFER 4HE SYSTEM MANAGES TO @FEEL LIKE SKATEBOARDING WHERE YOU l ND YOURSELF PRACTICING FOR A PHOTOSHOOT FOR HOURS JUST TO SEE WHAT MOVES YOU CAN PULL OFF TO CATCH THAT PERFECT PIC TURE !NOTHER MAJOR UPGRADE IS IN THE @BAILING SYSTEM 4HE PLAYER CAN NOW CHOOSE TO DELIBERATELY LOSE CON TROL OF THE BOARD AND TO MANOEUVRE HIS CHARACTER INTO A MID m IGHT POSE BEFORE CRASHING PAINFULLY BACK TO EARTH %VERY MAJOR ACCIDENT IS SCORED ON HOW FAST YOU WERE GOING AND HOW MANY BONES YOUR CHARACTER MAN AGED TO BREAK SO EVEN THOSE BRAND NEW TO THE SERIES WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE

IT A GO 4HE LOCATIONS AROUND THE CITY ARE WONDERFULLY RENDERED THE TRAFl C AND LOCALS ARE EVERYWHERE AND THE CHARACTER CUSTOMISATION TOOL HAS BEEN MASSIVELY IMPROVED FROM THE l RST OUTING 4HE GAME ALSO INCLUDES A PLETHORA OF ONLINE AND MULTIPLAYER MODES TO PLAY AGAINST YOUR FRIENDS

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UNLOCKED THAN PREVIOUS "URNOUT TI TLES 4HIS IS A DEEP YET PURE "URNOUT EXPERIENCE 3IMPLY FAST CARS AND BIG CRASHES AND LOTS OF THEM TOO 4HROW IN MULTIPLAYER MODES THAT ONLY NEED ONE CONTROLLER INCLUDING THE INFAMOUS CRASH MODE A TOP NOTCH SOUNDTRACK AND VISUALS THAT STILL STAND UP TODAY AND YOU HAVE YOURSELF A TRULY COMPLETE "URNOUT PACKAGE 4HE GLORY OF SMASHING YOUR WAY TO VICTORY WITH SWEATY PALMS AND MELTING EYES HASN T BEEN REPLICATED SINCE BOTH IN THE SERIES AND OUTSIDE OF IT "URNOUT 4AKEDOWN TRULY IS THE GREAT RACING GAME #HRISTOPHER 7ILSON

! LITTLE KNOWN FACT NOWADAYS +ON AMI USED TO HAVE NOT ONE BUT TWO FOOTBALL SERIES +ONAMI S 4OKYO BRANCH MADE THE 7INNING %LEVEN SE RIES WHICH WE ALL KNOW AND LOVE IN %UROPE TODAY AS 0RO %VOLUTION 3OCCER (OWEVER +ONAMI ALSO USED TO MAKE ANOTHER SERIES MADE BY THEIR DEVEL OPERS IN /SAKA IN *APAN IT WAS CALLED *IKKYO 7ORLD 3OCCER AND KNOWN IN THE WEST AS )NTERNATIONAL 3UPERSTAR 3OCCER

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4HERE ARE FEW THINGS MORE IRRITATING THAN THE RECENT TREND FOR COMPARING NEW BANDS TO *OY $IVI SION 4AKE %DITORS

FOR EXAMPLE *OY $IVISION HAD AN IN TENSE CLAUSTROPHO BIC SOUND WHEREAS %DITORS SOUND LIKE THEY RE PLAYING ATOP -T /LYMPUS !ND IF 3MOKERS /UTSIDE 4HE (OSPITAL $OORS WERE THE SADDEST THING )AN #URTIS HAD EVER SEEN THEN HE WAS CLEARLY PRONE TO MASSIVE EXAGGERATION 4HEN THERE S 'LASVEGAS $OWNBEAT LYRICS BLACK AL BUM COVER REGIONAL ACCENT n YEP THEY MUST BE THE REINCARNATION OF THE GLOOMY -ANCUNIANS %XCEPT THEY SOUND LIKE 4HE *ESUS AND -ARY #HAIN WITH AN EXTRA SCOOP OF 0HIL 3PECTOR SO THERE GOES THAT THEORY 7HITE ,IES ARE THE LATEST BRIGHT YOUNG

THINGS TO BE SLAPPED WITH THE *OY $IVISION TAG

AND AGAIN IT S OFF THE MARK 4HE 7EST ,ONDON TRIO ORIGINALLY CAUSED RIPPLES AS A TECHNICOLOR POP ACT UNDER THE MONIKER &EAR OF &LYING

WHOSE YOUTHFUL EXUBERANCE AND CHIRPINESS BORDERED ON IRRITATING .EVERTHELESS THEY HAD MODERATE SUCCESS EARNING SUPPORT SLOTS WITH ,AURA -ARLING 4HE -ACCABEES AND *AMIE 4 "UT AS YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED "RITAIN S HARDLY TECHNICOLOR AT THE MOMENT 4HE COLD EST GLOOMIEST WEATHER IN RECENT MEMORY

COMBINED WITH AN EVEN FROSTIER ECONOMIC CLI MATE HAVE DAMPENED THE PUBLIC S MOOD SO MUCH THAT S #HRISTMAS NUMBER ONE WAS A TERRIBLE COVER VERSION WHICH TOOK SUBTLETY AND LIT IT ON l RE THEN CHUCKED IT OFF A CLIFF OF AN ALREADY DEPRESSING SONG 4HE DAYS OF -R "LOBBY SINGLES ARE OVER #LEARLY A PERCEPTIVE BUNCH &EAR OF &LYING SCRAPPED THEIR NAME

THEIR IMAGE AND THEIR SOUND AND RETURNED AS 7HITE ,IES TO VASTLY INCREASED CRITICAL ACCLAIM AND INTEREST !ND NOW RIDING ON THE CREST OF A WAVE OF HYPE COMES THE DEBUT ALBUM 4HE l RST IMPRESSION THAT THIS ALBUM GIVES IS THAT WE HAVE BEEN LIED TO $ESPITE THE *OY

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$IVISION COMPARISONS AND THE DARKER THAN DARK SUBJECT MATTER 5Nl NISHED "USINESS IS LIT ERALLY ABOUT DEAD PEOPLE IN LOVE 4O ,OSE -Y ,IFE WON T HAVE YOU GAZING LONGINGLY AT THE RA ZOR BLADES ! BETTER COMPARISON WOULD BE TO )NTERPOL AS THESE MORBID LYRICAL THEMES COME PACKAGED WITH DRIVING BASS LUSH INSTRUMENTA TION HUMMABLE CHORUSES AND EVEN DANCEABLE

IT SOUNDTRACKING ADVERTS OR MONTAGES ON 46 RECENTLY THEN YOU PROBABLY HAVEN T BEEN WATCHING ANY !LSO EXCELLENT IS &ROM THE 3TARS

WHICH DITCHES THE %DGAR !LLEN 0OE LYRICAL THE ATRICS IN FAVOUR OF AFFECTING LYRICS CONCERNING A MILLIONAIRE S BREAKDOWN 4HERE ARE NO WEAK TRACKS HERE AND SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE MINUTE RUNTIME ARE NUMEROUS MOMENTS OF GENIUS THE HUSHED MIDDLE SECTION OF &AREWELL TO THE &AIRGROUND THE GUITARS OVER THE BORDER LINE POP ROCK OF &IFTY ON OUR &OREHEADS THE EN TIRE l RST MINUTE OF 5Nl NISHED "USINESS 4HIS IS A DEBUT THAT BRIMS WITH CONl DENCE AND AMBITION CLEARLY THE WORK OF A BAND THAT HAS A GREAT DEAL OF TALENT AND POTENTIAL 4HE SENSIBLE MONEY WOULD BE ON 7HITE ,IES BE COMING A HOUSEHOLD NAME BY ESPECIAL LY AS THEY HAVE SECURED A SPOT ON THIS YEAR S .-% !WARDS 4OUR SET TO DESTROY THE ,#2 IN A COUPLE OF DAYS #ATCH THEM SOON BEFORE THEY GO SUPERNOVA AND START PLAYING THE STADIUMS

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"UILT AROUND ELECTRONIC DANCE BEATS

,ADY 'AGA S DEBUT ALBUM 4HE &AME ATTEMPTS TO DELIVER A COMMENT ON THE BANALITY AND YEARNING THAT SUR ROUNDS FAME SET AGAINST SOME AWE SOME DANCE BEATS !S A DANCE ALBUM IT IS SECOND TO NONE BUT ,ADY 'AGA HAS BEEN QUOTED AS SAYING SHE WOULD LIKE POP TO BE hTAKEN AS SERIOUSLY AS l NE ARTv 3HE SEEMS TO BE ATTEMPTING TO DO WITH MUSIC WHAT 7ARHOL DID WITH ART AND THIS IS THE DOWNFALL OF THE ALBUM 4HE ALBUM SLEEVE GIVES THANKS TO h!NDY 7ARHOL $AVID "OWIE 0RINCE -ADONNA AND #HANELv AS THOUGH SHE BELIEVES HER NAME SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ALONGSIDE THESE ICONS BUT IN TRUTH HER MUSIC IS LITTLE MORE THAN SHALLOW SEXY POP WITH THE OCCASIONAL MOMENT OF GENIUS (ER INTELLIGENCE SHOWS THROUGH IN SONGS LIKE 3TARSTRUCK A SONG THAT SEEMS TO BOTH GIVE HOMAGE TO MUSIC AS WELL AS ILLUSTRATING THE EMPTINESS THAT ITS POPULARITY CAN MEAN BUT HER INTELLIGENCE FALLS DOWN IN CRASS LINES LIKE h) M BLUFl N WITH MY MUFl N v (OWEVER SHE HAD THE NUMBER ONE CHART SPOT FOR THREE WEEKS AS WELL AS MASSIVE RECORD SALES SO SHE MUST BE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT 4HE &AME IS A SERIES OF CATCHY DANCE TRACKS WITH MOMENTS OF BRILLIANCE IN BETWEEN ITS SHALLOW OVERTURES )T IS NOT PERHAPS

THE DEl NING MOMENT IN POP MUSIC THAT ,ADY 'AGA WOULD LIKE IT TO BE BUT IT IS AN IMPRESSIVE DEBUT ALBUM

7ELL l RST THINGS l RST &OR A COMPI LATION OF SONGS LABELLED !NTI ,OVE 3ONGS AROUND OF THE SONGS ARE SIMPLY ABOUT LOST LOVE IT S JUST LOVE FROM A DIFFERENT ANGST RIDDEN TEAR STAINED ANGLE ! PERFECT ALBUM IF ON 6ALENTINE S $AY YOU WANT TO WALLOW IN SELF PITY WHILE GUZZLING 4ESCO 6ALUE GIN "UT SEMANTICS ASIDE THE COMPILATION MAINLY WORKS A MIX OF EMO SCREAMO ROCK AND METAL KEEPS A DECENT PACE THROUGHOUT 4HE OPENER .ICKELBACK S 3OMETHING IN 9OUR -OUTH BANNED FROM 5+ RADIO BECAUSE APPARENTLY WE ARE ALL PRUDES STARTS THE #$ OFF ON A JOKEY NOTE -OST OF THE STAND OUT TRACKS WILL BE SONGS YOU KNOW "IFFY #LYRO S -OUNTAINS 0ARAMORE S -ISERY "USINESS AND THE BRILLIANT 4RY (ONESTY BY "ILLY 4ALENT DON T NEED ANY INTRODUCTION /THER THAN THE OBVIOUS 4HE -IXED 4APE BY *ACK S -ANNEQUIN IS IRRESISTIBLY CATCHY 'IRLS BY +IDS )N 'LASS (OUSES IS ANOTHER THAT KEEPS YOU HOOKED THROUGHOUT WITH SOME SOLID GUITAR PLAYING AND A VOCAL THAT BEGS TO BE SUNG ALONG TO 4HE ALBUM HAS SOME DOWN NOTES THOUGH !TREYU S $OOMSDAY OPENS WITH A STEREOTYPI CAL METAL RIFF AND FOLLOWS IT UP WITH SOME EMPTY LYRICS THAT CAN HARDLY BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY h$OOMSDAY HAS COME EARLY THIS YEAR 4HE LAST ANGEL HAS DIEDv AND THE LESS SAID ABOUT 'ALLOWS /RCHES TRA OF 7OLVES THE BETTER !LL IN ALL A DECENT MIX OF SONGS AND THE CLOSER !MANDA 0ALMER S ,EEDS 5NITED NEEDS SPECIAL MENTION FOR REMINDING US h7HO NEEDS LOVE WHEN THERE S $UKES OF (AZZARD v #AT $AVIS #HRIS "ULLOCK

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THE TRACK SOMETIMES FEELS LIKE A MICROCOSM OF TRENDS FROM THE l FTEEN YEARS OVER WHICH IT WAS CREATED /NE COULD BE FORGIVEN FOR CALLING "ETTER DATED OR OVERBLOWN YET THE SHAMELESSNESS OF ITS DE LIVERY MAKES IT SOMEHOW ENDEARING &URTHERMORE STRIP AWAY THE IMMERSIVE PRO TOOLS PRODUCTION VALUES AND YOU ARE LEFT WITH AN INFECTIOUSLY CATCHY TUNE 4HE TRACK HAS SING ALONG POTENTIAL AND ITS THEMES OF LOVE AND LOSS ARE UNIVERSAL IN THEIR APPEAL 7HILE IT MIGHT NOT BE THE LIFE RAFT TO KEEP '.2 Am OAT "ETTER IS AN UNDENI ABLY ENJOYABLE SONG

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Live Reviews Milkbar Records Label Launch Night

Mongrel

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!T THE END OF *ANUARY THE !RTS #ENTRE PLAYED HOST TO THE LAUNCH OF -ILKBAR A RECORD LABEL WITH AS YET NO ACTUAL RECORDS TO LAUNCH 4HE EVENING FEATURED THREE OF THE LABEL S FOUR SIGN EES AND WAS HEADLINED BY *EREMY 7ARMSLEY

AN ARTIST WHO ERM ISN T SIGNED TO -ILKBAR "UT ENOUGH OF THIS SLIGHTLY LEFT l ELD MARKET ING STRATEGY AND ONTO THE MUSIC &IRST UP WERE #OLD (ANDS A TENDER YOUNG THREE PIECE WITH A SOUND HIGH ON 4HE 3TOOGES AND 4HE #RAMPS

LOW ON INDIVIDUAL STYLE 4HEY RE FUN TO SEE LIVE THEIR HIGHLY ENERGETIC PERFORMANCE WAS AN EN DEARING MIX OF GUTSY AND NAIVE BUT MANY SONGS ARE INCHOATE 4HE FACT THAT THESE EARLY WORKS ARE NOW BEING RECORDED WILL CLEARLY ALTER THE BAND S DEVELOPMENT AND IT LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW #OLD (ANDS GROW .EXT WAS 4AWNY /WL A SOLO PROJECT BUT FOR THIS GIG BACKED BY THE "IRDS OF 0REY 4AWNY /WL WAS THE MOST IDIOSYNCRATIC OF THE NIGHT S ACTS WITH STOP START RHYTHMS FRANTIC

PERCUSSION AND FANTASTIC HARMONIES (E S AN ARTIST GENUINELY TRYING TO DO DIFFERENT AND EVEN WHEN HE DIDN T PULL IT OFF TEMPO CHANGES SO ABRUPT THEY DISRUPTED THE AUDIENCE S ENGAGE MENT AN OCCASIONAL LACK OF MIC TECHNIQUE HE REMAINED THE MOST ENDEARING AND INTERESTING ARTIST PARTLY BECAUSE OF HIS BEAUTIFUL BARITONE 4HE LAST -ILKBAR BAND WERE 4HE 2OMANCE OF "ALLOONING A HIGHLY POLISHED FOR ALL THEIR SELF DEPRECATION ACT WHO BOTH LOOK AND SOUND LIKE A REAL PROPER BAND -ORE SPECIl CALLY THEY BOTH LOOK AND SOUND LIKE -YSTERY *ETS MINUS THE HAIR 3TILL COMMENDATIONS TO ANY GROUP THAT NOT ONLY TURNS THE NONSENSE VERSE h/NE l NE DAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHTv INTO A SONG LYRIC BUT ATTACHES IT TO A CAN T KEEP STILL #URE RIFl NG POP SONG &INALLY WAS *EREMY 7ARMSLEY S PRIMARY COL OURED INDIE POP (E SHOWCASED SOME CRACKING SONGS BUT ALSO PROVED THAT ITS NOT JUST m EDGLING LOCAL BANDS WHO ARE IN NEED OF QUALITY CONTROL 3OME TRACKS DRAGGED AND IT WAS TELLING THAT HIS TWO COVERS OF .ICK $RAKE S 2IVERMAN AND .EW /RDER S 4EMPTATION PROVOKED THE BIGGEST CROWD REACTION 3ARAH #HRISTIE

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1UEEN #HARLOTTE *ANUARY ST

/VER THE LAST YEAR 3OAPBOX HAS ELBOWED ITS WAY INTO OUR COLLECTIVE CONSCIENCE AND CEMENTED ITS POSITION AS .ORWICH S l NEST PROMOTER 4HIS HOUR MARATHON IN THE !RTS #ENTRE IS A TESTA MENT TO ITS DIVERSITY SPANNING MUSIC COMEDY

AND SPOKEN WORD 4HERE S A FREE LUNCHTIME PREVIEW AND A TORRENT OF OCCASIONALLY INSPIR ING OCCASIONALLY BEMUSING /PEN -IC PER FORMERS BUT THE EVENT REALLY BEGINS AT PM WHEN THE MAIN ACTS START TO APPEAR !FTER AN UN 0# ONSLAUGHT FROM THE ,/, COMEDY CLUB

THE DELICATE 3ULA -AE $EANE IS THE l RST MUSI CIAN AND DOES A VALIANT JOB OF SPLICING THROUGH THE BEER MIST !RMED ONLY WITH HER PIANO AND HER VOICE SHE DELIVERS SONGS TINGED WITH 2E GINA 3PEKTOR ISH BEAUTY

.EXT ACT 3USIE 3HOWERS IS A COMPLETE CONTRAST (ER UKULELE LED VIGNETTES ABOUT SANDWICH ES SHIT %NGLISH TOWNS AND AMPUTEES HAVE DRUMMED UP LEGIONS OF SUPPORTERS SINCE HER ARRIVAL IN .ORWICH ONLY LAST 3EPTEMBER %VEN IF THE COLLECTED MASSES FAIL TO CATCH HER MONKEY YOU HAD TO BE THERE HER SET IS A UNIQUE AND ENTERTAINING DOSE OF SARDONIC HUMOUR $ANNY 7HITEHOUSE THEN ARRIVES SHOELESS AND CHARMING 3O +ING 3OAK )N AND &EELING THE #HILL PROVOKE BOUTS OF CLAPPING AND SING ING ALONG BUT FURTHER BACK $ANNY S BEGUILING LYRICS BECOME LOST IN THE NOISE OF THE BAR AND THE DETERMINED DRINKING OF THE CROWD )T S A SHAME THEY MISS OUT ON AN ACOUSTIC SHUFm E INTERPRETATION OF "ILLIE *EAN !S THE FESTIVAL WINDS DOWN THOSE WITH STAMINA MOVE BACK INTO THE HALL FOR THE HEAD LINERS "AMBI 'ET /VER )T 4HEY ARE A BLINDING LIVE BAND AND PROVE THAT THEY HAVE SUBSTANCE ENOUGH TO JUSTIFY THAT AMAZING NAME )NCORPO RATING TRADITIONAL INDIE WITH EXTRA LASHINGS OF MANDOLIN AND TAMBOURINE THEY EVEN SQUEEZE OUT A FEW YELLS OF h!RRIBA v FROM THE DANCERS NEXT TO THE STAGE )T S THE PERFECT END TO AN EX HAUSTING BRILLIANT DAY )SABEL ,OCKHART 3MITH

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4HEIR SOUND DIVULGES THE PEDIGREE OF THE MU SICIANS FORMER LINE UPS AND FEATURES THE EMERG ING RAPPERS ,OWKEY OF -ONGREL AND 0ARIZ -ONGREL PROVIDE STORMY MELODIC FOUNDATIONS FOR STRONG COLOURING BY THE MINORITY -#S AS THEY ARE INVITED TO EPISODICALLY SHOWCASE THEIR WARES 0REVAILING CHORUSES ENCOURAGE AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION AND SONGS CONTINUOUSLY SKEW BACK FOR OUR CONTRIBUTION WITH AN AIR OF CONSCRIPTION 4HIS TROUPE BASKS IN THE AMALGAMATING ENJOY MENT THAT COMES FROM GENERATING SONGS THAT ARE DIVERSE UNRULY AND OCCASIONALLY NURSERY RHYME 3TANDOUT TRACKS ARE 4HE -ENACE AND (IT &ROM 4HE -ORNING 3UN THEIR DEBUT SINGLE 0ARLEY WITH THE PERFORMERS CONl RMS *ON S LATEST CAUSE GIV ING "LACK !SIAN AND FEMALE -#S THE PLATFORM TO PROGRESS WITHOUT SECURING EDITORIALS IN .-% .OT ALL HIS PROPHESIES WILL BE FULl LLED BUT THE MOMENTUM HE CREATES WILL OPTIMISE THE POTEN TIAL OF THESE ARTISTS 4HE TERM -ONGREL hNOT IN KEEPING WITH WHAT IS CORRECT PROPER OR LOGICALv IS UNDOUBTEDLY THIS BAND S PREROGATIVE h) LIKE REBELS THEY ARE MY INm UENCESv HE SUPPLIES BE FORE SIPPING ON HIS OWN CAN OF #OKE *ENNY 2OBINS

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WITH THE CROWD PROVIDING STRONG VOCAL SUPPORT +RIS PLAYS THROUGH ALL THE !TARIS CLAS SICS SUCH AS 3AN $IMAS (IGH 3CHOOL &OOTBALL 2ULES AND 3UMMER 7IND 7AS !LWAYS /UR 3ONG (E ASKS FOR THE CROWD S FURTHER PARTICIPATION FOR )N 4HIS $IARY TO l LL IN THE BACKING VOCALS (E ROLLS INTO A SENTIMENTAL COVER OF 4HE $ESCENDENTS (OPE

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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (YPED FOR WHAT HAS SEEN LIKE MONTHS ON END 4HE #URIOUS #ASE OF "ENJAMIN "UTTON IS A NOVEL DRAMA THAT ULTIMATELY FAILS TO LIVE UP TO ITS LOFTY EXPECTATIONS )NSPIRED BY A SHORT STORY OF & 3COTT &ITZGERALD

$AVID &INCHER S NEW WORK GREATLY EX PANDS UPON THE TALE S SIMPLE NOTION OF A MAN WHO AGES BACKWARDS INTO A MINUTE LONG EPIC THAT REMAINS RATHER POINTLESS 2ARELY DOES ONE FEEL ENGAGED IN THE SUBJECT OF THIS MODERN ODYSSEY THAT CHARTS ODD YEARS OF !MERICAN HISTORY THROUGH THE PROTAGONIST S OWN PECULIAR GROWTH &OR WHILE THE MAIN CHARACTERS OF "ENJAMIN AND HIS OBJECT OF AFFECTION $AISY ARE AD MIRABLY PERFORMED BY "RAD 0ITT AND #ATE "LANCHETT RESPECTIVELY THEY ARE PORTRAYED AS RATHER PASSIVE OBSERV ERS OF THE MOMENTOUS EVENTS OF THE TH CENTURY "ENJAMIN S TURBULENT JOURNEY FROM A SLEEPY REST HOME

PAST l RST LOVE WITH 4ILDA 3WINTON S

NARRATIVE THREAD TO TIE "ENJAMIN S LIFE TOGETHER THE l LM REMAINS A DIS JOINTED SERIES OF EVENTS 4HE NON EXISTENCE OF ANY POINT TO THE l LM THEREFORE MAKES ONE FEEL COMPLETELY INDIFFERENT TO THE TRIALS AND TRIBULA TIONS OF THE VARIOUS CHARACTERS 7HILE THE STORY OF A MAN WHO AGES BACKWARDS MAY APPEAR TO BE AN ORIGINAL IDEA THE BOREDOM INDUCED

BY ITS LACKLUSTRE STORYLINE MAKES HIS PECULIAR ILLNESS SEEM A COMPLETELY UNREMARKABLE GIMMICK 5NDOUBT EDLY THE l LM WILL RECEIVE SEVERAL PLAUDITS FOR ITS MAUDLIN SUBJECT MAT TER "UT FOR ALL OF &INCHER S TECHNICAL BRILLIANCE 4HE #URIOUS #ASE OF "EN JAMIN "UTTON WILL LEAVE THOSE MOV IEGOERS IN SEARCH OF AN !MERICAN CLASSIC VERY COLD INDEED

Dir: David Fincher Release Date: 6/02/09

7ILL (EPPA MARRIED ARISTOCRAT ONTO A DRAWN OUT SEA VOYAGE WHERE HE BRUSHES WITH THE HORRORS OF 7ORLD 7AR 4WO TO HIS

EVENTUAL REUNION WITH HIS ESTRANGED FATHER AND ORIGINAL SWEETHEART OFTEN FEELS LIKE A MEANDERING LIFE STORY THAT

BEARS A STRIKING RESEMBLANCE TO THAT OF &ORREST 'UMP 4HE DIFFERENCE WITH "UTTON IS THAT IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY

Cinefile: Arnold Schwarzenegger !HHH THE 'OVERNATOR 4HE YOUNGEST EVER -R /LYMPIA AGED JUST WAS THE FORMER HIGHEST PAID ACTOR IN THE WORLD AND IS NOW A SUCCESSFUL POLITI CIAN BEING TOUTED BY MANY AS A FUTURE PRESIDENT BRINGING US EVER CLOSER TO THE FUTURE AS PREDICTED BY $EMOLITION -AN )T CAN HARDLY BE DENIED THAT !RNIE S HAD A HELL OF A CAREER BUT THE JURY IS STILL OUT ON HIS l LM CAREER AC TION HERO OR HOPELESS OVERPAID CRE TIN /R HOPELESSLY OVERPAID ACTION CRETIN 7ELL LET S SEE THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED BY THE l LMS THEMSELVES /NLY AN IDIOT WOULD SUGGEST THAT NONE OF HIS l LMS ARE POOR 2AW $EAL

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Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist

Revolutionary Road Dir: Sam Mendes Release Date: 30/1/09

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Dir: Peter Sollett Release Date: 30/1/09

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He’s Just Not That Into You Dir: Ken Kwapis Release Date: 6/2/09

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Bolt 3-­D

Dir: Byron Howard & Chris Williams Release Date: 6/2/09

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Death Race

Dir: Peter Cattaneo Release date: 09/03/09

! VEHICLE FOR 2AINN @$WIGHT IN THE !MERICAN /Fl CE 7ILSON THIS COMEDY IS STRAIGHT FROM THE SAME SCHOOL AS (OT 2OD AND "ALLS OF &URY COMEDIES FEATURING STRANGE PEOPLE DOING ODD THINGS 4HIS TIME IT S A SHOULDA BEEN ROCK STAR WHO DRUMS FOR HIS NEPHEW S BAND AND INEXPLI CABLY MAKES THEM FAMOUS 7ILSON GETS THE BEST LINES AS YOU D EXPECT

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Dir: Paul W.S. Anderson Release date: 02/02/09

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And the Oscar goes to...

3OME RECENT COMMENTARY HAS DECRIED THE l LM WORLD S MOST FAMOUS AWARDS CEREMONY AS INm UENCED BY POLITICS RATHER THAN ORIGINAL DECISION MAKING 9ET AS #HRIS 7ILSON EXPLAINS THE /SCARS NEED TO BE ROBUSTLY DEFENDED AGAINST SUCH CHARGES FOR THIS YEAR S l ELD LEAVES PLENTY OF OPTIMISM THAT THE !CADEMY WILL MAKE SOME INSPIRING AND POPULAR DECISIONS

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ANY PEOPLE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT THE !CAD EMY !WARDS HAVE LOST THEIR WAY IN RECENT YEARS 3OME UNPOPU LAR CHOICES HAVE SERVED TO THROW THE GULF BETWEEN PUBLIC OPINION AND THE !CADEMY S CHOICE OF WHO WILL GET THE COVETED /SCAR INTO WIDER PERSECTIVE 4HE RESULT IS THAT THE CEREMONY HAS ATTRACTED SOME MORE UNFAVOURABLE COMMENTS THAN WENT BEFORE )T IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER

HOWEVER THAT WHETHER YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH WHAT THE !CADEMY HAS TO SAY THE /SCARS ARE DESPITE THE AT TEMPTS OF THE "!&4!S AND THE 'OLD EN 'LOBES THE BE ALL AND END ALL OF MOVIE AWARDS 7INNING AN /SCAR STILL IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE THE HOLY GRAIL OF CINEMATIC ACHIEVEMENT 4HIS YEAR IS LIKE NO OTHER AS FAR AS NOMINATIONS ARE CONCERNED 5N LIKE IN PREVIOUS YEARS THERE IS A POS SIBILITY THAT ANY ONE OF THE l VE l LMS NOMINATED IN THE HEADLINE "EST -O

“Winning an Oscar still is, and always will be, the holy grail of cinematic achievement” TION 0ICTURE CATEGORY COULD WIN THE GOLDEN STATUE 4HIS MAKES A WELCOME CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS YEARS WHEN THE AWARD HAS ALWAYS FELT LIKE A ONE OR TWO HORSE RACE -OST NOTICEABLY LAST YEAR WHEN THE AWARD WAS CERTAIN TO GO TO EITHER THE #OENS MAGNIl CENT THRILL ER .O #OUNTRY FOR /LD -EN OR THE $ANIEL $AY ,EWIS VEHICLE 4HERE 7ILL BE "LOOD *UNO AND COMPANY MAY AS WELL HAVE NOT TURNED UP 4HIS YEAR HOW EVER WITH NOMINATIONS FOR 3LUMDOG -ILLIONAIRE &ROST .IXON 4HE #URIOUS #ASE OF "ENJAMIN "UTTON -ILK AND 4HE 2EADER ONLY THE LATTER APPEARS TO HAVE RECEIVED ANY

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“Films that truly de-­ serve the glory that comes with an Os-­ car win will receive NEGATIVE PRESS 4HE ACTING AWARDS ALSO DEMON STRATE THEIR FAIR SHARE OF COMPETITION THIS YEAR %VEN THOUGH THE "EST 3UP PORTING !CTOR NOD SEEMS HIGHLY LIKELY TO GO TO THE LATE (EATH ,EDGER FOR HIS TRULY GROUND BREAKING PORTRAYAL OF COMIC BOOK CLOWN AND YIN TO "AT MAN S YANG 4HE *OKER -ICHAEL 3HAN NON FOR 2EVOLUTIONARY 2OAD OR *OSH "ROLIN FOR HIS PART IN -ILK COULD JUST AS EASILY TAKE HOME THE /SCAR !ND WHILE LAST YEAR SAW $ANIEL $AY ,EWIS STROLL INTO (OLLYWOOD AL MOST POSITIVE HE WOULD LEAVE WITH THE AWARD FOR "EST ,EADING -ALE

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DOG S NOMINATIONS DEMONSTRATE THIS ALONE BUT WITH THE ADDITION OF A HEAVILY TIPPED WIN FOR +ATE 7INS LET IN THE BEST ACTRESS CATEGORY AND POTENTIAL AWARDS ELSEWHERE FOR "RIT PRODUCTIONS (APPY 'O ,UCKY AND 4HE $UCHESS THIS YEAR COULD BE ONE OF THE 5NITED +INGDOM S BEST SHOWINGS AT THE !CADEMY !WARDS 4HOSE WHO SUGGEST THAT THESE PAR TICULAR AWARDS DEMONSTRATE A LACK OF RELEVANCE ANYMORE NEED ONLY LOOK TOWARDS THE TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT NOMINATIONS (IGHLY CELEBRATED BY CRITICS AND FANS ALIKE #HRISTOPHER .OLAN S COMIC BOOK CRIME THRILLER 4HE $ARK +NIGHT HAS RECEIVED A STAG GERING EIGHT NOMINATIONS DEMON STRATING THAT THE !CADEMY AREN T AFRAID TO HAND OUT PRAISE TO A BIG SUMMER BLOCKBUSTER !ND WHILE THEY MAY ONLY BE FOR TECHNICAL ACHIEVE MENTS POTENTIAL VICTORIES FOR )RON -AN 7ANTED AND (ELLBOY 4HE 'OLD EN !RMY ARE SET TO PLEASE THOSE WHO USUALLY IGNORE THE /SCARS FOR THEIR GENERAL BIAS AGAINST THE BLOCKBUSTER 4O SPEAK ABOUT THIS YEAR S CER EMONY STRICTLY IN TERMS OF COMPETI TION HOWEVER IS TO IGNORE SOME OF

THE LESSER CATEGORIES )T IS HIGHLY LIKELY THAT 7ALL % WILL WALK AWAY WITH THE STATUE FOR "EST !NIMATED &EATURE AND ANIMATED )SRAELI DOCUMENTARY 7ALTZ WITH "ASHIR SIMPLY BASED ON ITS RE CEPTION WHEN IT WAS ANNOUNCED AS A NOMINATION IS EXPECTED TO LEAVE WITH THE "EST &OREIGN ,ANGUAGE &ILM AWARD -AN ON 7IRE IS ALSO HEAVILY TIPPED TO GET THE /SCAR FOR "EST $OCU

it” CAGO WINNING IN PREVIOUS YEARS YOU CAN BE EXCUSED FOR EXPRESSING SOME BEMUSEMENT TOWARDS THE !CADEMY "UT WITH A BOARD OF NOMINATIONS AS STRONG AS THAT OF THIS YEARS IT APPEARS THE !CADEMY ARE l NALLY REWARDING l LMS THAT DESERVE THE RECOGNITION

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10th • China China China!!! opening. Sainsbury Centre. 10am. £4 • Sarah Gillespie. Nowich Arts Centre. 8pm. £8 NUS • When I’m 64 LCR. 10pm. £3.50 adv

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• Talk: ‘Money.Sex.Power.Fun. What can Jesus offer me?’.

Bill Wilson Room. 1pm. Free • Reel Big Fish. LCR. 7.30pm. £13.70 • Sports Night. Blue Bar. 8pm. Free

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• Shockwaves NME Awards 2009. LCR. 7pm. Sold Out • Film: The Incredible Hulk. LT1. 7.30pm. £2.75 • The Hamsters play Jimi Hendrix, ZZ Top and The Hamsters! The Waterfront. 7.30pm. £12.50 • Games Night: Guitar Hero. Blue Bar. 8.30pm. Free

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• Film: Boys Don’t Cry. LT1. 7.30pm. Free • Music Night: BreakSoc Showcase. Blue Bar. 8pm. Free • Killamonjambo. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £5 • Rawkus + Bullet For My Valentine DJ set. The Waterfront.

10pm. £3.50 NUS

14th • MagiMation II. Norwich Puppet Theatre. 10am. £20 • The Counterfeit Stones. The Playhouse. 8pm. £18.50 • Imperial Leisure. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £6 • Meltdown + Britpoppin’. The Waterfront. 10pm. £3.50 NUS • A List w/ Harmony. LCR. 10pm. £4.50 adv

15th

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• The Three Bears. Norwich Puppet Theatre. 2.30pm. £5 NUS • Children of Bodom / Cannibal Corpse. LCR. 7pm. £16.50 • Pub Quiz. Blue Bar. 7.30pm. Free

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• Cool Frogs. Norwich Puppet Theatre. 2.30pm. £5 NUS • Duncan Oakley. The HIve. 8pm. £4.50

17th • The Town Mouse & The Country Mouse. Norwich Arts Centre. 2pm/4pm. £4 NUS • The Kabeedies. The Waterfront. 7.30pm. £6 • Beoga. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £8 NUS • Skool Daze. LCR. 10pm. £3.50 adv

18th

• The Insect Circus. The Playhouse. 2.30pm/6.30pm. £7 NUS • The Tempest by William Shakespeare. UEA Drama Studio.

7.30pm. £3.50 NUS • Comedy Store. The Forum. 8pm. £10.20 NUS • Sports Night. Blue Bar. 8pm. Free

19th

• Imelda May. The Waterfront. 7.30pm. £10 • Fence Collective ft King Creosote. Norwich Arts Centre.

8pm. £10 • Its David O’Doherty Time! The Playhouse. 8pm. £10 NUS • Games Night: Rock Band. Blue Bar. 8.30pm. Free • Silent Disco. LCR. 10pm. Sold Out

20th • The Tempest by William Shakespeare. UEA Drama Studio.

7.30pm. £3.50 NUS • Barry Cryer -­ Still Alive. The Playhouse. 7.30pm. £17.50 • Film: The Duchess. LT1. 7.30pm. £2.75 • Wombatwombat. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £6 • 80s Night + Motor City Magic. 10pm. £3.50 NUS

21st • The Brilliant Bag Show. Norwich Puppet Theatre. 4pm. £5 NUS • Wild Beasts. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £7 • Pappy’s Fun Club: Funergy! The Playhouse. 8pm. £10 • Meltdown + Ska’d Up. The Waterfront. 10pm. £3.50 NUS • Now 90s. LCR. 10pm. £4.50 adv

22nd • Acoustic Music Event. Norwich Puppet Theatre. 5pm. £5 NUS • A Day To Remember. The Waterfront. 7pm. £9 • The Wombats. LCR. 7pm. Sold Out • Pub Quiz. Blue Bar. 7.30pm. Free

23rd • Tonight is Goodbye + Attack Attack. The Waterfront.

7.30pm. £7.50 • Flhip Flhop: Everything Happens on the Break. The Playhouse. 7.30pm. £8 NUS • The Monday Night Alternative ft Chris Hicks. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £5

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