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TREND REPORT: LONDON FASHION WEEK 2009 ,ONDON &ASHION 7EEK IS READILY ACKNOWLEDGED AS A KEY EVENT TO BE PENNED INTO THE FASHION DIARY AND THIS YEAR S PREVIEW FOR THE ! 7 COLLECTIONS PROVED TO BE AS SUC CESSFUL AND DYNAMIC A SHOW AS ANTICIPATED 7ITH THE MAIN TENT SET IN THE GROUNDS OF THE .ATURAL (ISTORY -USEUM IN 3OUTH +ENSINGTON THE WEEKEND CELEBRATING THE TH AN NUAL ,ONDON &ASHION 7EEK DELIVERED AN ORNATE AND LAV ISH CROSS SECTION OF DESIGNER WEAR AND WAS ATTENDED BY THE USUAL CROWD OF SOCIALITES MODELS AND OTHER BIG NAMES FROM ACROSS THE BOARD /VER A l VE DAY PERIOD GUESTS WERE TREATED TO HOURS OF VISUAL INNOVATION FEASTING ON AN ARRAY OF READY TO WEAR COLLECTIONS AND THE USUAL HEADY IF TOTALLY IMPRACTICAL CREATIONS WHICH ALWAYS CLOSE THE SHOWS )T SEEMS ! 7 HAS TAKEN A CLASSIC LINE WITH MONO CHROMATIC THEMES RUNNING THROUGH EVERY COLLECTION AS WELL AS A NEAT EXPLOSION OF AUTUMNAL COLOUR m ASHES OF GOLD PLUM AND EARTHY RED TRACED THROUGH A LARGE NUMBER OF ENSEMBLES &RENCH DESIGN HOUSE #ELINE EXECUTED A GOR GEOUS LINE OF COATS IN THIS VEIN WITH RICH COPPER COLOURS SWEEPING THE RANGE /THER HOUSES CONTINUED OFFERING THEIR USUAL QUIRKY STYLE -ARIOS 3CHWAB FOR EXAMPLE EVER FAS CINATED BY THE FEMALE FORM DRESSED MODELS IN BODY CON FABRICS AND TULIP DRESSES DRAMATICALLY ACCENTUATING LEGS AND PLUNGING INTO CLEAVAGE

HER ! 7 READY TO WEAR LINE CONTINUES ON THE NATURAL THEME WITH l TTED KNITS AND TWEED SEP ARATES 3UMMER LOOKS AS THOUGH IT WILL PASS IN A m URRY OF PRINTS AND PATTERNS !FRICAN INSPIRED MAXI DRESSES AND BEJEWELED ACCESSORIES SEEN ON 3 3 RUNWAYS WILL ADD AN ETHNIC AND RELAXED FEEL TO YOUR WARDROBE 4HE !QUASCUTUM READY TO WEAR COLLECTION IS A l RM FAVOURITE WITH 4HE %VENT LIGHT AND AIRY NEU TRALS FADE INTO BLUE HUES IN A 3 3 LINE UP THAT OOZES SIMPLE AND EASY APPEAL n THE RANGE THEY REVEALED FOR ! 7 THIS YEAR IS EQUALLY CLASSIC A FOCUS ON BLOCK COLOUR AND CLEAN LINES BRINGS GROWN UP CHIC TO THE m OOR 7ITH SUCH INNOVATIVE TALENT ALLOWING EVEN BIG GER AND BETTER FASHION TO l LTER INTO OUR HIGH STREET SHOPS WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING ITS BEST EFFORT YET "UT WHATEVER YOU CHOOSE TO WEAR OVER THE COMING MONTHS ,ONDON &ASHION 7EEK HAS PROVED

ONCE AGAIN THAT "RITISH DESIGN IS DOING MORE THAN JUST HOLDING ITS OWN IN THE STYLE STAKES IT IS PIONEER ING A NEW VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF FASHION !LICE $IJKSTERHUIS

9ET WITH ALL THE FOCUS ON ! 7 WARDROBES AT ,ONDON &ASHION 7EEK WE AT 4HE %VENT WOULD LIKE TO DRAW BACK A LITTLE TO LOOK AT THE 3 3 TRENDS RELEASED MANY MONTHS AGO AND ONLY JUST BEGINNING TO ARRIVE IN STORES ! MÏLANGE OF m ORAL PRINTS FROM THE CATWALKS OF WILL HOPEFULLY BE l NDING THEIR WAY INTO YOUR SUMMER WARDROBE VERY %NG LISH ECCENTRIC WITH LACE AND SILK GIVING A FEMININE EDGE TO AN UNUSUALLY SOFT "RITISH LOOK ,UELLA PROVIDES A BEAUTI FUL RANGE OF m ORAL PIECES FOR THE COMING MONTHS JUST AS

FIRST LADY FACE-­OFF: MICHELLE OBAMA VS CARLA BRUNI 7ITH "ARACK /BAMA COMPLETING THE STEP UP FROM 53 3EN ATE TO #OMMANDER IN #HIEF JUST OVER A MONTH AGO HIS WIFE -ICHELLE SEEMS TO BE ADJUSTING IN TO HER NEW ROLE AS THE &IRST ,ADY OF !MERICAN FASHION 9ET HOW DOES -ICHELLE MATCH UP TO LAST YEAR S MEDIA FASHION FAVOURITE #ARLA "RU NI 3ARKOZY 7E COMPARE TWO RECENT OUTl TS FROM THE PAIR TO DETERMINE WHO THE REAL FASHION ICON IS 4O YOUR RIGHT THE RADIANT -ICHELLE /BAMA APPEARING AT AN EVENING TO HONOUR 3TEVIE 7ONDER IN LATE &EBRUARY )N A DEEP V NECK EMERALD GREEN SILK CHIFFON DRESS -ICHELLE IS WEARING A PIECE DESIGNED BY +AI -ILLER n7ONDER S WIFE 4HE BLACK SASH AND ,OREE 2ODKIN DIAMOND BANGLES WERE THE &IRST ,ADY S OWN INPUT 4O YOUR LEFT #ARLA "RUNI 3ARKOZY IN A VIOLET COAT AND BELTED CASHMERE SWEATER WITH m ANNEL TROUSERS UNDERNEATH ALL FROM 0ARISIAN DESIGNER $IOR 7HAT SOUNDS DRAB ON PAPER WAS PULLED OFF IN CHIC STYLE BY THE &RENCH 0RESIDENT S WIFE DURING LAST YEAR S STATE VISIT TO "RITAIN #OUPLED WITH THIS RATHER COOL 5NION *ACK BAG -RS "RUNI MANAGES TO REMAIN CLASSY WHILST ADDING IN FASHIONABLE m ARE 3O WHO IS THE TRUE FASHION ICON 7ELL IF THERE IS ONE

THING THAT CAN BE SAID ABOUT -RS /BAMA S WARDROBE IT IS THAT IT IS HARDLY GROUNDBREAKING LARGELY IN STEP WITH THE DESIGNS AND STYLES OF SOME OF THE MOST RECENT &IRST ,ADIES OF !MERICA 7HILST -ICHELLE INDEED BUILDS HER OUTl TS HERSELF

MOST FROM HER HOMETOWN DESIGNER ONE IS LEFT WONDERING WHETHER THE FAWNING FASHION REPORTS AROUND -RS /BAMA HAVE MORE TO DO WITH WHO SHE IS THAN WHAT SHE S WEARING 9ET THERE IS DEl NITELY MUCH TO BE SAID FOR THE BOUNDLESS CONl DENCE FROM A &IRST ,ADY PREPARED TO PICK AND CHOOSE HER OWN DESIGNS BUILDING HER OUTl TS FROM SCRATCH WITHOUT OUTSIDE ASSISTANCE 7HILST #ARLA "RUNI CERTAINLY OFFERS PO LITICAL CHIC SHOULD WE EXPECT ANYTHING LESS FROM A FORMER SUPERMODEL (ER RECENT CLAIMS THAT SHE DESPISES FASHION AND ALL OF ITS TRAPPINGS INDICATE FOR "RUNI IT S ALL ABOUT IM AGE RATHER THAN WHAT SHE NECESSARILY FEELS COMFORTABLE IN 7HILST "RUNI MAY WELL CONTINUE TO BE THE MORE CUTTING EDGE DRESSER OF THE PAIR -ICHELLE /BAMA S STATUS AND HER DESIRE TO CONTINUE DRESSING JUST AS SHE PLEASES n BARE ARMS INCLUDED SEEMS SURE TO CEMENT HER AS A 6OGUE DARLING FOR MANY YEARS TO COME -ATT 3MITH

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STEPHEN JONES EXHIBITION LAUNCH PARTY 3TEPHEN *ONES MILLINER FOR EVERYONE IN FASHION FROM $IOR TO 6IVIENNE 7ESTWOOD

,ANVIN *EAN 0AUL 'AULTIER AND #OMME DES 'ARCONS HOSTED THE OPENING OF HIS @(ATS !N !NTHOLOGY !NTHOLOGY %XHIBITION WITH A DECADENT PARTY AT THE 6ICTORIA !LBERT -USEUM DUR ING ,ONDON &ASHION 7EEK 7E ARRIVED BY CAB WITH OUR HEAD ADORNED POSSE INCLUDING THE CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF %RICKSON "EAMON A FASHION PHOTOGRAPHER FORMER EDITOR AND DESIGN CONSULTANT STYLIST

WHERE UPON LANDING ON THE STEPS WE SPY 2OISIN -URPHY BEHIND US 4HUS BEGAN THE ONSLAUGHT OF FASHIONABLE GUESTS INCLUDING 'ILES $EACON +ATIE 'RAND $APHNE 'UIN NESS %RIN / #ONNOR *ACQUETTA 7HEELER

*UDY "LAME AND !NOUCK ,EPERE BEFORE WE ENCOUNTERED !NNA 0IAGGI WITH -ANOLO "LAHNIK WHO POSED PERFECTLY FOR OUR PHOTO NEAR !GENT 0ROVOCATEUR S *OE #ORRES 4HE INVITATIONS EXPLICITLY ASKED YOU TO @DECORATE YOUR HEAD AND INDEED THE GUESTS OBEDIENTLY COMPLIED WITH ATTEMPTS OF GI ANT CONES CARDBOARD SHIPS GIANT +IRBY GRIPS AND FEATHERED ENSEMBLES 3ANS CHA PEAU THOUGH WAS THE 0 ) 8 S 0RINCESS *ULIA

WHO WAS SPINNING HER USUAL NEW WAVE POP TRACKS TO THE BOMBARDMENT OF CHAMPAGNE

0ARMA HAM WRAPPED TRUFm E AND LOBSTER CANAPES FRESH OYSTERS AND PATISSERIE CORNERS l LLED WITH DOUGHNUTS GREEN TEA CHOCOLATES

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4HE EXHIBITION CONSISTS OF HATS DECORAT ED WITH ALL SORTS FROM BRILLO PADS TO POM POMS ON HOODS TRILBIES AND TOP HATS AND HISTORICALLY SIGNIl CANT ITEMS SUCH AS A BON NET BELONGING TO 1UEEN 6ICTORIA AND 0HILIP 4REACY S FEATHERED HEADPIECE THAT #AMILLA 0ARKER "OWLES WORE TO HER WEDDING 4HE SHOW OPEN UNTIL ST -AY COVERS CENTU RIES INCLUDING OTHER ICONIC CREATIONS SUCH AS %LSA 3CHIAPARELLI S SURREAL @SHOE HAT INSPIRED BY 3ALVADOR $ALÓ THE %GYPTIAN !N UBIS MASK FROM " # AND THE SAMURAI HELMET THAT INSPIRED $ARTH 6ADER S COSTUME IN 3TAR 7ARS !FTER INTRODUCTIONS TO "RUNO &RISONI AND (ERVÏ VAN DER 3TRATEN ADORNING CARVED 0OILANE BREAD WE BUMPED INTO (ANNAH -ARSHALL AND $R .OKI AMONGST MORE ,ON DON BASED DESIGNERS ADORNING OUTl TS CIRCA ! 4RAK AT $ISNEYLAND 3TEPHEN HIMSELF

WHO STARTED HIS CAREER NEARLY YEARS AGO WITH CLIENTS SUCH AS 0RINCESS $IANA $AVID "OWIE 'WEN 3TEFANI +YLIE "EYONCÏ AND -ADONNA WAS WEARING A GLITTERING BLACK BERET 3INCE THIS IS THE l RST EXHIBITION TO BE DEDICATED TO MILLINERY OF COURSE 0HILLIP 4REACY WAS IN ATTENDANCE AMONGST DESIGN ERS SPOTTED LIKE *OHN 2OCHA ,ULU 'UIN NESS AND !NGIE +URDASH OF 'INA 3HOES )T SEEMS HATS ARE MORE THAN JUST BAD HAIR DAY RESORTS FEAR FOR YOUR HEAD &LORA 7ONG

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TRICKY TREND: JUMPSUITS )T SEEMS THAT *UMPSUIT FEVER HAS ONCE AGAIN DE SCENDED THROUGH THE FASHION RANKS AS IT MAKES ITS WAY FROM THE CATWALKS TO THE HIGH STREET

OFFERING AN AUDACIOUS AND DARING LOOK FOR ANYONE BRAVE ENOUGH TO TRY IT OUT #OMING IN ALL SHAPES SIZES COLOURS AND TEXTURES THE ALL IN ONE IS A FABULOUS ADDITION TO THE INTREPID FASHIONISTA S WARDROBE IT ELONGATES THE LEG

CAN CINCH THE WAIST AND THE PRACTICAL ELEMENT TO HAVING ONLY ONE THING TO THROW ON IS AL WAYS A POSITIVE 7ITH TRIBAL PRINTS HIGH ON THE 3 3 AGENDA HIGH STREET BRANDS ARE m OCKING TO INCORPORATE THE *UMPSUIT INTO THEIR STOCK WITH BOLD PRINTS AND RUSTIC PATTERNS THEY ARE SURE TO IMPRESS 4HE HUMBLE JUMPSUIT NEEDN T SCARE YOU OFF THE DIVERSE AND ULTIMATELY VERY

WEARABLE OPTIONS WHICH ARE m OATING AROUND IN ( - 5RBAN /UTl TTERS AND :ARA AFFORD A WHOLE HOST OF POSSIBILITIES IT IS SIMPLY A MATTER OF CHOOSING CAREFULLY AND BEING OPEN MINDED WITH NEW AND SLIGHTLY UNCONVENTIONAL TRENDS 7EAR THEM WITH PUMPS AND A CARDI IN THE DAY OR YOUR HIGHEST HEELS AND AN OVERSIZED BLAZER IN THE EVENING THE JUMPSUIT IS A DARING AND DRAMATIC LOOK WHICH WILL GET YOU FEELING FABULOUS IN NO TIME &OR AN EVEN MORE OPULENT EVENING LOOK

CAST YOUR EYE OVER THIS SEASONS $ESIGNER RANGE WHICH HAS SEEN THE JUMPSUIT CREEP BACK ONTO CENTRE STAGE OVER THE LAST FEW SHOWS 3TELLA -C#ARTNEY HAS PERFECTED THE STREAMLINED ALL IN ONE WITH A SKINNY TAPERED LEG OFFERING A

SEDUCTIVE YET SOPHISTICATED LOOK WITH $EREK ,AM HOT ON HER HEELS BRINGING HIS OWN UNIQUE TAKE ON THE CLASSIC ENSEMBLE /NLINE FASHION STORE REVOLVECLOTHING COM OFFERS A FABULOUS *UMPSUIT SEA PLEATED STRAPLESS NUMBER COTTON WITH A SIDE SLIT POCKET

IT PROVES THIS WARDROBE STAPLE IS ELEGANT AND STILL FUNCTIONAL 7HILST THE S JUMPSUIT WAS NOT FASHION S l NEST HOUR WE RE NOT SUGGEST ING YOU HARK BACK A FEW DECADES TO SHOULDER PADS AND BILLOWING NEON LEGS INSTEAD THINK SIMPLE STRUCTURED LINES WHICH COMPLIMENT YOUR SHAPE &ASHION IS ABOUT TAKING RISKS AND DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND A BANG UP TO DATE JUMPSUIT TICKS ALL THE BOXES !LICE $IJKSTERHUIS

4HE &ROCK 3HOP IS COLLECTING ITEMS ON -ON TH TO 7EDS TH -ARCH FROM PM IN THE (IVE 4HEY WILL BE TAKING IN ANY UNWANTED CLOTHES JEWELLERY OR SHOES FOR THE EVENT IN THE ,#2 ON TH -ARCH !LL PROCEEDS GO TO CHARITY

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"OOKER 0RIZE NOMINEE *ULIE -YERSON HAS BEEN CAUGHT UP IN A MORAL STORM THIS WEEK OVER 4HE ,OST #HILD 4HE BOOK WHICH WAS ABOUT THE WAYWARD DRUG ADDLED WAYS OF HER TEENAGE SON *AKE AND HIS SUBSEQUENT EVICTION FROM THE FAMILY HOME WAS WRITTEN WITHOUT HER SON S PERMISSION *AKE -YSERSON BLASTED HER WITH THE ADJECTIVES @NAÕVE AND @INSANE AND INTENDS TO WRITE HIS SIDE OF THE STORY )N OTHER NEWS #HRISTOPHER .OLAN THE REMARKABLE CEREBRAL PALSY SUFFERER WHO WROTE A 7HITBREAD PRIZE WINNING NOVEL AT THE AGE OF USING A POINTER ATTACHED TO HIS HEAD WHICH HE USED TO TYPE ON A KEYBOARD HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 4HE !RTS -INISTER LAUDED HIS ACHIEVEMENTS SAYING THAT hHE NEVER GAVE UP AND HE NEVER GAVE INv 4HE /DDEST "OOK 4ITLE OF THE 9EAR !WARD 3HORTLIST INCLUDES "ABOON -ETAPHYSICS 3TRIP AND +NIT WITH 3TYLE AND 4HE ,ARGE 3IEVE AND ITS !PPLICATIONS -ELISSA 9ORK

4HE STAGE VERSION OF MOVIE HIT #ALENDAR 'IRLS IS A SELL OUT AT .ORWICH 4HEATRE 2OYAL 4HERE ARE ONLY RETURNS LEFT FOR THE STAR STUDDED STORY OF THE 9ORKSHIRE 7) WHO BARE ALL IN THE NAME OF CHARITY WHICH RUNS FROM -ARCH 4HE %VENT CAUGHT UP WITH ONE OF THE STARS ,YNDA "ELLINGHAM FAR RIGHT

4HE EVENT TAKES PLACE THIS WEEK ON 4HURSDAY TH AT THE !SSEMBLY (OUSE ON 4HEATRE 3TREET 4ICKETS ARE STILL AVAIL ABLE FROM THE "OX /Fl CE AND ARE a 4HE DRESS CODE IS MASQUERADE SO BLACK TIES AND BALL GOWNS WITH MASKS THE MORE ELABORATE THE BETTER 3O IF YOU RE NOT ATTENDING THE FANTASTIC 4HE 7ONDERFUL 7ORLD OF $ISSOCIA SEE RIGHT HEAD ALONG TO THE !SSEMBLY (OUSE ON 4HURSDAY 5NTIL NEXT TIME -ELISSA AND -ATT

4HIS WEEK SEES !NTONY .EILSON S 4HE 7ONDERFUL 7ORLD OF $ISSOCIA AT .ORWICH S 0UPPET 4HEATRE 9OU RE INVITED TO JOIN ,ISA *ONES ON HER JOURNEY IN SEARCH OF HER ELUSIVE MISSING HOUR WHICH HAS SET HER LIFE OFF BALANCE 4HIS SEARCH HAS LEAD HER TO $ISSOCIA A WORLD WHERE THE UNUSUAL IS USUAL BE IT m YING CARS TIMEm IES DOLEFUL SCAPEGOATS SINGING BEARS AND MEN WITH NO SENSE AND NO TROUSERS A CURIOUS BLEND OF THE FUNNY THE FRIENDLY AND THE BRUTAL !LL PROl TS FROM 4HE 7ONDERFUL 7ORLD OF $ISSOCIA WILL BE GIVEN TO #ANCER 2ESEARCH 5+ 3O NOT ONLY DOES THE PRODUCTION PROMISE TO BE A FANTASTIC PIECE OF THEATRE IT S ALL IN THE NAME OF A GOOD CAUSE TOO )N THE WORDS OF !NTONY .EILSON HIMSELF h)F YOU LIKE !LICE IN 7ONDERLAND BUT THERE S NOT ENOUGH SEX AND VIOLENCE IN IT THEN $IS SOCIA S THE PLAY FOR YOUv 4HE 7ONDERFUL 7ORLD OF $ISSOCIA TH AND TH -ARCH .ORWICH 0UPPET 4HEATRE PM a OR a CONC #ARMEN 3IMONI

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(ERE IN .ORWICH THE SHOW HAS SOLD OUT 7HY DO YOU THINK IT IS SO POPULAR )T CELEBRATES THE GOOD SIDE OF HUMAN NATURE 0EOPLE TELL US THAT THEY HAVE LAUGHED AND CRIED IN EQUAL MEASURE 4HERE IS THAT WONDERFUL JUXTAPOSITION BETWEEN THE TRAGEDY OF *OHN S DEATH AND THE LAUGHTER WHICH IS PRODUCED BY THE WOMEN S AT TEMPTS TO DO SOMETHING TO MARK IT 4HE BIGGEST LAUGHS IN THE SHOW COME AS A RELEASE FROM THE TENSION THE AUDIENCE FEELS 4O GET THE AUDIENCE TO BOTH LAUGH AND CRY IS A REAL PLEASURE

(OW DID YOU FEEL WHEN YOU GOT THE PART ) WAS THRILLED AND A BIT GRATEFUL AND RELIEVED AS WELL ) D TAKEN PART IN A REHEARSED READING IN FRONT OF THE PRODUCERS AND *ONATHAN #HURCH WHO RUNS #HICHESTER WHERE WE OPENED THE SHOW 4HE AWFUL THING ABOUT DOING AUDITIONS IS THAT YOU NEVER KNOW WHETHER OR NOT YOU SHOULD PRESENT YOURSELF AS YOU OR TO BE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE LIKE THE CHARACTER YOU ARE HOPING TO PLAY !PPEARING IN THE PLAY MEANS SHEDDING YOUR CLOTHES ON THE .ORWICH STAGE EIGHT TIMES (OW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT )T DIDN T REALLY CROSS MY MIND (AD ) THOUGHT ABOUT IT ) WOULD HAVE BEEN A BIT APPREHENSIVE SINCE ) VE ALWAYS HAD A PROBLEM WITH SEX SCENES NOT THAT ) WANT ANYBODY TO GET THE IDEA THAT ) THINK OF MYSELF AS SOME SORT OF SIREN ) THINK THAT YOU HAVE ALWAYS TO BELIEVE THAT THE END JUSTIl ES THE MEANS )T WAS SO IMPORTANT THAT WE REHEARSED THE PHOTO SHOOT SCENE ON A CLOSED

GENERATED BETWEEN THIS GROUP OF WOMEN WHENEVER WE DO THE SHOW AN ENERGY THAT IS WONDERFUL

SET AND THAT WE COULD HELP EACH OTHER WITH OUR INSECURITIES $O YOU THINK SCENES LIKE THIS HAVE HELPED TO BRING YOU TO GETHER WITH THE OTHER ACTRESSES 4HERE IS A LOT OF TRUST IN THIS PRODUCTION -OST OF US ARE OVER AND THERE S A MUTUAL RECOGNITION THAT WE ALL FEEL VULNERABLE AND A BIT APPREHENSIVE OF HOW WE RE GOING TO DO THAT SCENE IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE !T THE SAME TIME THERE S AN ENERGY THAT IS

9OU HAVE DONE A HOST OF STAGE AND 46 WORK SUCH AS ,OOSE 7OMEN BUT YOU ARE STILL BEST KNOWN FOR THE INFAMOUS /XO COMMERCIALS $O PEOPLE STILL MENTION THOSE 4HEY WERE l LMED YEARS AGO AND YET THERE ARE PEOPLE IN SECTIONS OF THE BUSINESS WHO HAVE NEVER LET ME FORGET IT !T THE TIME IT LOST ME A LOT OF CREDIBILITY BUT NOWADAYS IT S ALL ABOUT PRESENTATION AND HAVING A HIGH MEDIA PROl LE ) M VERY PROUD OF THOSE COMMERCIALS 4HEY WERE LITTLE WORKS OF ART -ATT 2AMSAY

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4HE 4WILIGHT 3AGA BY 3TEPHENIE -EYER )T S 7EEK .INE -OST PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO m AG 0ROCRASTINATION IS AT ITS PEAK YOUR DAY HAS BEEN REDUCED TO CHOOSING BETWEEN ACTUALLY WASHING THE TOTTERING PILES OF PLATES IN THE KITCHEN OR SMACKING YOUR HEAD AGAINST A WALL JUST TO DELAY READING YOUR TENTH 3HAKESPEARE PLAY THIS TERM (ERE S WHERE 4HE 4WILIGHT 3AGA COMES IN 5NLIKE SMACKING YOUR HEAD AGAINST A WALL IT WON T KILL YOUR BRAIN CELLS BUT

UNLIKE READING 3HAKESPEARE IT WON T PAINFULLY EKE MORE CELLS OUT EITHER 4HE SERIES HAS SOLD MILLION COPIES WORLD WIDE AND WAS NAMED THE BESTSELLING NOVELS OF

IN THE 53! !FTER THE RELEASE OF THE l LM AD APTATION OF THE l RST BOOK 4WILIGHT 5+ l GURES HAVE BEEN ASTRONOMICAL TURNING THE l LM S YOUNG STAR

2OBERT 0ATTINSON INTO THE FACE THAT LAUNCHED A THOUSAND BOOK SALES 3O 4HE %VENT FELT LIKE IT WAS TIME TO COMMENT 4HE STORY IS VERY SIMPLE )SABELLA 3WAN ENROLS IN A NEW HIGH SCHOOL IN &ORKS 7ASHINGTON )T S DARK

IT S RAINY AND IT S FULL OF VAMPIRES WEREWOLVES AND INCUBI 4URNS OUT ONE OF THE VAMPIRES %DWARD #ULLEN IS A BIT OF DISH AND IS @IRREVOCABLY IN LOVE WITH "ELLA #UE MANY SEXY LIFE SAVING MANOEUVRES AND SULTRY ADMISSIONS OF UNDYING LOVE

3O IF YOU WERE WONDERING WHAT ALL THE FUSS IS ABOUT IT S REALLY VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD 4HE 4WILIGHT 3AGA IS TRASHY TERRIBLY WRITTEN BUT ACHINGLY COM PELLING 4HE SECRET IS THAT -EYER HAS TAPPED INTO EVERY TEENAGE GIRL S LOVE FANTASY DANGEROUS BUT PROTECTIVE FALLEN ANGEL ANYONE 2INGING ANY "UFFY BELLS AND UNASHAMEDLY EXPLOITED IT FOR EVERY LAST ROYALTY ,IKE #ULLEN HIMSELF THE BOOKS ARE RIDICU LOUS BUT COMPLETELY SEDUCTIVE $O YOU DARE TO SACRIl CE YOUR LITERARY CREDIBILITY AND COME OVER THE DARK SIDE -ELISSA 9ORK

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A Golden Age? !LL THAT GLITTERS

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WHICH IS WHY IT IS ALL THE MORE DISAPPOINTING THAT THIS GOLDEN AGE IS NO MORE REAL THAN THE LAST %VERY MEDIUM WORTH ITS WEIGHT IN WELL

GOLD HAS PROVED IT BY HAVING A @'OLDEN !GE 46 S LAST ONE WAS FROM THE S TO S (OLLY WOOD AND RADIO BOTH HAD THEIRS BETWEEN S AND S AND EVEN COMIC BOOKS HAD A BRIEF AGE BETWEEN LATE S AND LATE S IN FACT THE S WERE A 'OLDEN !GE FOR GOLDEN AGES 4HERE ARE

HOWEVER TWO DIFFERENCES TODAY l RSTLY THESE LA BELS WERE AWARDED RETROSPECTIVELY IN THE SPIRIT OF

NOSTALGIA OR SELF PROMOTION WHEREAS OUR HOUR PRESS SEEMS TO HAVE PRE EMPTED THE EULOGY

BY PINNING THE RIBBON WHILE THE HORSE IS STILL RUNNING AND SECONDLY WHEN /RSON 7ELLES S 7AR OF THE 7ORLDS WAS ON THE RADIO EVERYBODY LISTENED WHEN 4HE 4WILIGHT :ONE WAS ON TELEVI SION PEOPLE WATCHED FROM BEHIND SOFAS )F WE ARE GOING TO DEl NE OURSELVES AS THE GENERATION THAT WATCHED -AD -EN SHOULDN T MORE PEOPLE BE WATCHING -AD -EN )N ALL THE EXCITEMENT OF ANNOUNCING THIS AGE IT SEEMS THAT THE VALUES THAT IT CHAMPIONS HAVE BECOME CONFUSED WITH THE SLOW BURNING @)T S NOT 46 IT S ("/ DRAMAS OF 3IX &EET 5NDER AND 4HE 3OPRANOS BEING MENTIONED IN THE SAME BREATH AS HIGH BUDGET PLOT TWISTERS LIKE ,OST AND (EROES ,EADING MEN AND WOMEN DOWN SIZED FROM THE BIG SCREEN ALSO SEEM TO BE IM PORTANT IN AND (OUSE ALTHOUGH WHY GOOD 46 NEEDS TO COPY BAD CINEMA IS UNCLEAR #HIEF OFFENDER IS $AMAGES THE 'LENN #LOSE HELMED CRITICAL DARLING THAT HAS WOWED AUDIENCES BY STARRING A HARD BOILED .EW 9ORK LAWYER WHO WAIT FOR IT PLAYS BY HER OWN RULES $AMAGES FOLLOWS THE $EXTER SCHOOL OF GRIPPING TELEVI SION BY STRAINING THE STORY TO REMAIN TENSE FOR MINUTES A WEEK AND PROVIDING A CONVENIENT PLOT TWIST WHEN THE THREADS THREATEN TO SNAP #LOSE IS BRILLIANT AND THE WRITING COULD BE FROM AN ABOVE PAR *OHN 'RISHAM ADAPTATION DESPITE BEING FROM A WRITER OF -ATTHEW -C#ONAUGHEY VEHICLE &OOL S 'OLD BUT WHERE SHOWS LIKE 4HE 7IRE EMBRACE THE TELEVISION FORMAT $AMAGES TWISTS IT TO A SHAPE IT WON T l T 5LTIMATELY GREAT 46 SHOULD ALWAYS BE CELEBRATED BUT CALLING AN ENTIRE AGE @GOLDEN REDUCES THE VALUE OF THE ONES THAT REALLY SHINE *OSH "UTLER

"UT IF $OCTOR 7HO DOESN T DO IT FOR YOU THERE IS PLENTY MORE HERE TO TICKLE YOUR FANCY #OM EDY SKETCHES WILL BE PROVIDED COURTESY OF 2ICKY 'ERVAIS AND THE ,ITTLE "RITAIN TEAM 4HERE WILL ALSO BE MUSICAL INTERLUDES FROM 4AKE 4HAT /A SIS &RANZ &ERDINAND AND 4HE 3ATURDAYS 4HOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE FOLLOWED ,ET S $ANCE &OR #OMIC 2ELIEF WILL BE ABLE TO TUNE IN FOR EVEN MORE QUAL ITY GEMS AS CELEBRITIES WITH TWO LEFT FEET TRY TO DANCE TO POPULAR SONGS !ND YOU CAN WATCH AS A HOST OF CELEBRITIES COME UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYE OF 3IR !LAN 3UGAR IN #OMIC 2ELIEF DOES 4HE !PPRENTICE )T S "OYS VS 'IRLS BUT WHO WILL FEEL THE SHAME OF 3IR !LAN S POINTING l NGER /N A MORE MIXED NOTE YOU MAY WANT TO LAUGH OR CRY AS THE LAST EVER &RENCH AND 3AUN DERS l LM PARODY IS BROADCAST WITH -AMMA

-IA REMADE WITH !LAN #ARR AND 0HILIP 'LENIS TER AS POSSIBLE FATHERS FOR 3IENNA -ILLER %ITHER WAY GET READY TO CHERISH WHAT WILL HOPEFULLY BE ANOTHER CLASSIC &RENCH AND 3AUNDERS SKETCH "UT OF COURSE IT S NOT JUST FOR THE COMEDY THAT YOU SHOULD TUNE IN 2EMEMBER THERE IS A PURPOSE TO THIS ENTERTAINMENT 4RY NOT TO GROAN WHEN ANOTHER IMAGE OF A NEGLECTED CHILD AP PEARS ON SCREEN EVEN IF YOU WOULD MUCH RATHER SEE !LAN 3UGAR l RING A USELESS CELEBRITY )T IS EASY TO BECOME DESENSITISED TO THE IMAGES THEY SHOW BUT THIS YEAR MAKE AN EFFORT TO RE ALLY THINK ABOUT THE REALITY BEHIND THE LAUGHTER %NJOY THE COMEDY AND THE MUSIC AND HAVE A GREAT EVENING "UT PLEASE REMEMBER THE MES SAGE BEHIND IT ,INDSAY (ARRIS

Heard it on the Grapevine

7E VE NOT HEARD FROM THE GRAPEVINE IN A FEW WEEKS AND NOT FOR LACK OF GOINGS ON ! CATCH UP IS THE ORDER OF THE DAY &IRSTLY SOMETHING SAD 7E ARE USED TO THE AIR OF DOOM AND GLOOM THAT SHROUDS THE l C TIONAL SUBURB OF 7ALFORD WHERE %ASTENDERS IS SET BUT LAST MONTH THE SADNESS SEEPED INTO REAL LIFE WITH ONE OF %ASTENDERS OLDEST STALWARTS PASSING AWAY AFTER A LONG BATTLE WITH CANCER 7ENDY 2ICHARD HAD PLAYED 0AULINE &OWLER ON THE ""# SOAP SINCE THE SHOW S l RST EPISODE IN UNTIL /THER SIGNIl CANT 46 ROLES INCLUDED !RE 9OU "EING 3ERVED THE SIT COM SET IN A DEPARTMENT STORE ECHOING THE EARLY DAYS OF 2ICHARD S CAREER WHEN SHE WORKED IN &ORT NUM AND -ASON S TO SEE HER WAY THROUGH STAGE SCHOOL 7ITH TRIBUTES m OODING IN FROM ALL HER OLD CAST MEMBERS IT IS CLEAR THAT SHE WILL BE SADLY MISSED ON THE 3QUARE AND ELSEWHERE MILLION PEOPLE WATCHED THE TRIBUTE SHOW BROADCAST AFTER HER DEATH /N TO LESS SOMBRE AFFAIRS AS YOU CAN SEE FROM OUR LOVELY FEATURES PAGE THIS ISSUE #OMIC 2ELIEF DRAWS NEARER BUT ITS ,ET S $ANCE SHOW HAS ALREADY PRODUCED SOME COMEDY GOLD THAT HAS BECOME A INTERNET CLASSIC WELL ACCORDING TO 7IKIPEDIA AND 7IKIPEDIA IS RIGHT ENOUGH FOR THESE PURPOSES 2OBERT 7EBB OF 0EEP 3HOW

FAME DANCING LEOTARD AND ALL IN A REMARKABLY ACCOMPLISHED VERSION OF )RENE #ARA S FAMOUS &LASHDANCE ROUTINE $ROP WHAT YOU ARE DOING NOW AND WATCH IT ON 9OU4UBE AND DON T FEEL BAD MALE OR FEMALE IF YOU SECRETLY LUST OVER 7EBB S LEGS !WARD FOR MILDLY EXCITING TELEVISION SCANDAL FOR THIS WEEK GOES TO 5NIVERSITY #HALLENGE AFTER IT CAME TO LIGHT THAT ONE OF THE FOUR CONTESTANTS ON THE WINNING TEAM IN FACT NO LONGER STUDIED AT #ORPUS #HRISTI #OLLEGE /XFORD WHEN COM PETING IN THE l NAL ROUNDS WHEN THE RULES STATE THAT YOU MUST BE A STUDENT WHILE COMPETING IN ALL ROUNDS OF THE COMPETITION 4HE TITLE WAS HANDED OVER TO -ANCHESTER 5NIVERSITY 5N FORTUNATELY THIS WAS DONE WITH THE LITTLEST OF FURORE WITH HOST *EREMY 0AXMAN COMMENTING h) SUPPOSE IT IS MILDLY EMBARRASSING v )T WAS A POOR EFFORT ON SCANDAL TERMS ONLY MADE SLIGHTLY MORE EXCITING BY THE INCLUSION OF 'AIL 4RIMBLE A MEMBER OF THE /XFORD TEAM WHO MADE NEWS FOR BEING BOTH ! )NTELLIGENT AND " &EMALE -IDDLE AGES ANYONE )T FRANKLY MADE ONE LONG FOR -ANUEL GATE AGAIN 7HERE WAS THE ANGER 7HERE WERE THE BOYCOTTS 7HERE WERE THE HURT GRANDPARENTS # -UST DO BETTER NEXT TIME +IRSTEN 0ETER

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The Psychotherapist

Dinner With a Friend

/N &RIDAY NIGHT WE TAKE REFUGE FROM THE MOVIE CROWD IN AN OVERDONE DINER 4HE TOMATO COLORED WALLS SIGH WITH CLASSIC MOVIE POSTERS AND PHOTOS OF THE CITY BEFORE IT WAS LOST IN SUBURBAN SPRAWL 7E HIDE BETWEEN THE TANGLED YELLOW AND BLUE BALLOONS THAT BELONG TO THE CHILDREN AROUND US 3HE LEANS INTO THE CHERRY GLOSSED BOOTH

TWIRLS HER STRAW 3HE TALKS ABOUT THE CRAZY COWBOY SHE SENT HOME TO -ONTANA AFTER A FEW WEEKS DATING 3HE SIGHS OVER THE WORK THAT ONCE SCATTERED ACROSS HER DESK BUT HAS TURNED INTO MOUNTAINS IN THE PAST THREE MONTHS 3HE SLIPS INTO A STORY ABOUT DOCTORS IN PRISTINE COATS PEERING OVER THEIR GLASSES TO READ CHARTS X RAYS 3HE DOESN T WANT CHEMO THIS TIME 3HE LEANS IN SMILES h) MIGHT NOT BE AROUND NEXT YEAR KID v (ER WORDS ARE THE 0OP 0OP OF THE BRIGHT BALLOONS AROUND US

$ONNING A MASK AS ) GO IN SO ) DON T SUFFOCATE OR DROWN

7ONDERING WHAT THE UNDERCURRENTS ARE DECIDING TO DO TODAY "ETWEEN US THESE ARE UNCHARTED WATERS

3OMETIMES DECEPTIVELY SHALLOW ) HIT MY HEAD AS ) GO DOWN

/R WITH AN INTERLUDE OF DEPTH FOLLOWED BY VERTIGO !ND DARKNESS ) NEED TO BE BETTER EQUIPPED TO EXPLORE 7HEN YOU LEFT THE ROOM ) HAD A GLASS OF BRANDY AND A CIGARETTE

%VEN THOUGH IT WAS THE WORST THING ) COULD DO ) CAN T GO DOWN THAT FAR FOR A WHILE

7E HAVE A (ALDANE CHART FOR THIS JOB TOO !ND IT WOULDN T BE THE l RST TIME ) GOT THE BENDS

Escapism

Andrew, 1992

3HE BREATHED INTO OUR LIVES LIKE A WHISPER ON THE AIR

!ND MADE OUT THAT TIME WAS OUR SAVIOUR &OR A MOMENT THERE IT WAS SOMETHING WE COULD BELIEVE

4HEY SAID IT WOULD BE LIKE A TRAIN PASSING BY THE HOUSE

THAT ) COULD WATCH CANDY COLORED CHARACTERS ON 46

AS THE WIND WHISTLED

3HE LEFT BEHIND SHOES ON MY PORCH AND SOCKS IN MY DRESSER DRAWER 3EQUINS ARE STILL HIDDEN IN THE CRACKS )N THE WOOD OF MY BEDROOM m OOR ) THINK WE ALL SAID YES SHE PASSED US ANOTHER DRINK AND LEFT !NOTHER DRESS BEHIND ) PUT MY HANDS THROUGH THE HOLES BUT THE MATERIAL WOULD NEVER l T ME 4HE WAY IT DID HER

9OU LIE ON THE SOFA WE m OAT AND LOOK DOWN

.O FORECAST OF WHAT S BENEATH BUT SOMETHING S MOVING 7E LL GO DOWN AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS 7E MAKE SHAPES IN THE MURK ! WHALE OR A CONVECTION CURRENT

/R A MEMORY OF SOMETHING YOU D RATHER FORGET &INALLY THE BOTTOM IS IN VIEW

BUT SOMETHING JAGGED POINTS OUT IN THE DARK 7E VE FOUND A BOAT )T READS h#ETERA $ESUNT v

) SPIED CRACKS IN HER ARMS BUT THEY FOLDED INTO EACH OTHER AGAIN AND HEALED OVER ) DID NOT WORRY AND SO WE DID NOT

7E LL TAKE DOWN THE TOOLS NEXT TIME 4HERE S DIGGING TO DO

)N THE END 7E WALKED THE PATH WE HAD ALWAYS WALKED 3HE LEFT OUR EYES WATCHING BUT NOT SEEING THINGS THE WAY THEY WERE 3AND STILL SCATTERS BETWEEN OUR TOES

Marisa Silva-­Dunbar

4UNNELLING DEEP INTO THE CAVERNS OF ME TO l ND SOME WAY TO SAY NOTHING SEEMS REAL ANYMORE LIKE THROUGH A GLASS SOAKED IN THE MORNING DEW SO FRESH RAW AND UNCORRUPTED LIKE ME BEFORE ) MET YOU

3HE SITS SHE WAITS

GREAT HEIGHTS AWAIT HER

BUT ALL SHE DOES IS FALL

PURPLE AND BLUE MARK HER JOURNEY 3HE SITS TIGHTER 3HE FACES A BOMBARDMENT OF HURDLES 9ET SHE SKIPS OVER EACH ONE WITH AN AIR OF DEl ANCE BUT INSIDE SHE FEELS THE PRESSURE

BURNING AND BUBBLING 3HE PUSHES IT DOWN TRAMPLES IT DOES EVERYTHING TO AVOID IT BUT STILL IT REARS ITS DEADLY EFm UVIUM OF VAPOURS 4HE JOURNEY IS NOT OVER

AGAIN SHE SITS TIGHTER AND SHE WAITS LONGER

FOR HER MOMENT OF GLORY 4HEN SUDDENLY A SMILE ENCAPSULATES HER FACE

R. Van Egghen

Stephanie Cross

Never Mind

William S. Burroughs

.EVER MIND NEVER MIND

4HE SNOW WILL FALL AND COVER THE TRACKS /F THE TEARS THAT STAIN YOUR CHEEKS

7HICH IN TURN WASHED AWAY 4HE SINS OF DAYS GONE BY !ND THEN IT WON T MATTER ANY MORE

7HAT HE SAW AND WHAT HE TOUCHED )T WON T MATTER THAT YOU LET HIM IN

.O NO IT WON T MATTER ANY MORE "ECAUSE YOU WILL FORGET

-Y FEET SLIDE IN MY SHOES

) CAN SEE THE BOTTOMS A KALEIDOSCOPE OF REDS AND BLUES ) M DIZZY FROM THE HEAT

THE RADIO IS BLARING ) DON T KNOW HOW TO HOLD THE WORDS IN MY HEAD

The Coal Elf 4HE COAL MINES BELOW %LDASTONE HAVE LONG BEEN ABANDONED BY THE MINERS ) DARESAY THERE IS STILL PLENTY OF COAL DOWN THERE BUT NOBODY IS DESIROUS OF A STROLL PAST THE WOODS AND INTO THE DESERTED MINES -INIATURE HILLS OF COAL SCATTERED ABOUT AND EMPTY CARTS MAKE UP THE HORIZON THE SUN BEING A BROKEN LANTERN SWAYING FROM ITS HOOK BY THE ENTRANCE

Eve Hooper

Patience

.OW ) AM LOST SPIRALLING HELPLESSLY LIKE DRIFTWOOD IN AN OPEN SEA AS THE WATER RIPPLES WITH THE CHARGING AND RETREATING OF THE WAVES ) SCREAM YOUR NAME WITH ADDED PAIN WORDS ARE LOST IN A TEARFUL HAZE

"UT THERE IS NO WIND IN THE CORNER OF THE CLOSET -Y "EAUTY AND THE "EAST NIGHT GOWN IS STICKY

PINK FABRIC FEELS LIKE MOSQUITO BITES

) THINK THE ROOF WILL LIFT OFF SOON

IT S BANGING AGAINST THE WALLS

THE HOUSE IS BREATHING

Like Writing on a Mirror

0HOTOGRAPHS CRUMPLE IN MY HANDS AS HALF HEARTED ATTEMPTS AT NORMALITY BUT THEN WE ONLY EVER GIVE REm ECTED LIGHT

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) WANT TO CRAWL OUTSIDE INTO THE HALL WHERE MY DAD AND -R 'ONZALES FROM DOWN THE BLOCK HOLD MATTRESSES TO SHIELD US -Y MOTHER SITS WITH ME

CRADLES MY SISTER IN HER ARMS

BLOCKS THE DOOR SO ) CAN T ESCAPE THE MUSTY SPACE

4HE WORRY IN THE END WAS SLEEP !ND IT WAS ONLY THEN WE REALIZED CLOCKS WERE REAL AND TIME RAN SPINNING ITS ARM IN CIRCLES !S IF IT DIDN T KNOW WHICH WAY TO POINT US

*ABEZ #RISP

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9OU WILL FORGET THE FEELING /F HIS HANDS AROUND YOUR HEART

!ND THE EMPTINESS OF THEIR ABSENCE 9OU WILL FORGET EACH KISS

!ND EVERY WHISPERED STOLEN MOMENT (E IS NO MORE (E IS NO MORE 4HE PAST CAN BE RE WRITTEN

*UST SO LONG AS YOU WORD IT RIGHT

!ND THE SNOW WILL FALL AND COVER THE TRACKS .EVER MIND NEVER MIND

Emily Smith

4HERE IS FEAR IN %LDASTONE VILLAGE OF A CREATURE IN THE MINES A COAL CREATURE THAT DWELLS IN THE BLACK DEPTHS TUMBLING ITSELF ABOUT Marisa Silva-­Dunbar UNMINED COAL FROLICKING IN THE BLACK DUST AND GRIT WHO USED TO MAKE MISCHIEF WHEN THERE WERE MINERS STILL THERE /NLY THE SIZE OF A CHILD IT WAS AND BLACK AS THE DARKNESS WITH EYES LIKE BURNING EMBERS YET WITH MUSCLES OF MOVABLE ROCK AND STONY LIMBS THE TORSO A BOULDER AND NO HAIR WHATSOEVER

-Y $EAR +HALANA *UDITH

%MILIE

3HE LIES BACK

'OLDEN SILK AND A GILT CLASPED THROAT %YES HALF CLOSED

(ALF CONSCIOUS

2APT AS A BOWL OF INCENSE SMOUL DERS

2EMEMBERING ALL SHE IS TO BE COME 4O BE PAINTED TO BE SUNG

)MMORTALITY IN A THOUSAND WORDS

! THOUSAND HUES (ER PRIZE IN HER ARMS

3HE IS BORN TO GOLDEN WATERS

4HE AMBER GLOBE GLIMMERED ! BALL OF WARMTH RISING IN OUR MOUTHS

4HAT ORGASM STRETCHING OUT OVER THE SKY

'IVING US LIFE %YELIDS COOLED BY WET EYES

4HE SUN AND MOON BESIDE US

'IALLO !FFERMICATO BEHIND

!DELE (ER DRESS EMBROIDERED WITH THE %YE

(ER GAZE CAUGHT

3WALLOWED IN A EUPHORIC SHAFT OF LIGHT $REAMS BECOME REALITY !ND TIME DROWNED IN REALISATION 4HE YOUNG WOMAN SAW 'OD IN THAT MOMENT (ER WORLD SOLITARY

4HE UNIVERSE IN STATE +RISHNA S INNUMERABLE FORM "EHOLD -Y MYSTIC OPULENCE 3EE NOW IN THIS MY BODY THE WHOLE UNIVERSE !LL ELSE YOU DESIRE TO SEE

$ANAÑ 7ELCOMING THE PAST

4O BE RETURNED TO THE SEA

4HE LOW SUN REm ECTED OFF STILL WATERS (ER BURNED SKY "IRTHING HER GOLDEN RAIN ! MIST BEFORE #UCKOO S SPIT CLOUDS 4HE DYING BREATH 4HE SUN IS 'OD

)T WAS SOMEWHAT FRIENDLY IN NATURE AT l RST WHEN THE MINERS DISCOVERED IT THE GLOWING EYES ROUND IN SURPRISE AS THE MINERS DUG AWAY AT THE COAL AND PLACED IT IN THEIR WAITING CARTS 3URPRISINGLY SPRIGHTLY FOR ONE SO STOCKY OF STATURE THE MEN NICKNAMED IT THE #OAL %LF AND LAUGHED AT ITS ANTICS AS THEY WORKED &ROM TIME TO TIME IT WOULD TRY TO PERSUADE THEM TO DANCE IN THE DARKNESS WITH IT BUT THEY WOULD BRUSH IT ASIDE IMPATIENTLY AND CONTINUE WITH THEIR WORK )N STONY SILENCE IT WOULD CROUCH IN THE CORNER WATCHING THEM THE EMBER EYES GRADUALLY TURNING INTO NARROW SLITS AS THE MONTHS PASSED AND l NALLY ALL COULD FEEL THE HOSTILE RESENTMENT AND THE MINERS GREW WARY OF THEIR FORMER PLAYMATE WHO NOW BEGAN TO UPSET THEIR HEAVY CARTS AND HIDE THEIR PICKAXES SPARKS m YING OUT OF THE CRUELLY SMILING MOUTH AND THE GLEEFUL LAUGHTER LIKE ROCKS DASHING AGAINST EACH OTHER ECHOING THROUGHOUT THE MINE 4HE FEAR GROWING WITH OLD SUSPICIONS THE MINERS BEGAN TO m EE AS ROCKS CAME TO THEIR FACES FROM EVERY DIRECTION THE #OAL %LF BOUNCING OFF THE WALLS EASILY AND LAUGHING LAUGHING THE SOUNDS OF GRINDING ROCK AND GNASHING TEETH )N THE CONFUSION THAT ENSUED SWINGING PICKAXES MADLY ABOUT IN VAIN TO HARM THE PLAYFUL MENACE NOW A DANGEROUS l END THE MEN DID HARM TO EACH OTHER AND MANY OF THEM SUCCUMBED TO THEIR INJURIES LATER /N THEIR DEATHBEDS OR IN THE ARMS OF GRIEF STRICKEN WIVES OR MOTH ERS THEIR LAST WORDS WERE ADMONITIONS THAT NOBODY SHOULD EVER GO DOWN TO THE MINES ELSE THE WRATH OF THE FEARSOME DEMON BE PROVOKED !ND SO IT WAS THAT THE CHILDREN WERE FORBIDDEN TO PLAY BY THE MINES THAT STORIES WERE TOLD BY THE l RE OF A DEVIL WITH BURNING EYES AND A FURNACE OF A MOUTH DWELLING DEEP IN THE MINES THAT EVENTUALLY CURIOUS DESCENDANTS WERE TO WANDER INTO THAT TANTALIZING FORBIDDEN PLAYGROUND !ND TO THEIR DELIGHT THESE CHILDREN FOUND THEMSELVES A NEW PLAYMATE UPON MINIATURE COAL HILLS AND ENORMOUS CARTS AS SMALL AND FROLICSOME AS THEMSELVES Mag Tan

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-USIC IS CHANGING )N A WORLD WHERE YOU CAN PAY WHAT YOU WANT FOR AN ALBUM OR PAY NOTHING AT ALL WHAT VALUE DOES MUSIC NOW HAVE !LEC 0LOWMAN INVESTIGATES HOW BANDS CAN BUILD CAREERS IN THE INTERNET AGE AND ASKS THE QUESTION IS DIGITAL MUSIC IN A DIGITAL URN

%ARLY LAST WEEK WWW MUSICRADAR COM PUBLISHED COMMENTS FROM 4HE #URE FRONTMAN 2OBERT 3MITH IN WHICH THE BIRD NEST HAIRED SINGER CRITICISED BANDS SUCH AS 2ADIOHEAD FOR DEVALU ING MUSIC THROUGH hPAY WHAT YOU LIKEv POLICIES ON THEIR LATEST ALBUM RELEASES !CCORDING TO 3MITH 2ADIOHEAD S DECI SION TO LET OTHERS PUT A PRICE ON THEIR MUSIC SUGGESTS THAT THE BAND DOES NOT HAVE ANY VALUE IN WHAT THEY DO 4HE SINGER S hVIOLENT DISAGREEMENTv WITH THE PAYMENT SCHEME FOR S )N 2AINBOWS ALBUM HAS UNDERSTANDABLY BEEN MET WITH SOME BACKLASH (IS TI RADE ON THE CONCEPT OF VALUE WHICH SEEMS TO GO HAND IN HAND WITH CAPITAL WORTH MAKES HIM LOOK OUTMODED IN A WORLD WHERE DEMAND FOR FREE MUSIC DISTRIBUTION OVER THE INTERNET IS COU PLED WITH THE DECLINE OF A RECORD IN DUSTRY WHICH MANY CONSIDER ARCHAIC .ONETHELESS 3MITH S OUTBURST RAISES SOME INTERESTING POINTS 7ITH THE DE CLINE OF TRADITIONAL PHYSICAL FORMATS

THE IMPETUS ON THE SPEED AND TEMPO RALITY OF ACCESSING MUSIC THROUGH THE PERMEATION OF MYSPACE CULTURE AND THE NEWFOUND ACCESSIBILITY THAT UN SIGNED BANDS HAVE TO REACH A WIDE AU DIENCE THROUGH THE INTERNET ONE HAS TO QUESTION WHETHER A RE ASSESSMENT OF HOW WE VALUE MUSIC IS NECESSARY

#AN WE UNDERSTAND MUSIC THROUGH THE SAME MODES OF SCRUTINY AS USED IN A CULTURE BEFORE -Y3PACE 7HAT )N 2AINBOWS WAS ACTUALLY hWORTHv AS AN ALBUM IS STILL A SUBJECT UNRESOLVED 2ADIOHEAD S MANAGEMENT HAVE BEEN LOATH TO RELEASE THE SALES l G URES DURING THE MONTHS IN WHICH THE RECORD WAS AVAILABLE FROM THE BAND S WEBSITE -ANY HAVE SPECULATED HOW EVER THAT WITHOUT RECORD COMPANIES AND RETAILERS AFTER A CUT OF THE PROl TS

)N 2AINBOWS WOULD HAVE OUTSOLD ANY RECORD IN 2ADIOHEAD S BACK CATALOGUE

EVEN IF PUNTERS WERE ONLY PAYING PEN NIES PER UNIT &URTHERMORE THE l NAN CIAL REVENUE GENERATED BY THE BAND S SUPPORTING SOLD OUT WORLD TOUR NEEDS TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION "E YOND COMMERCIAL REASONING ONE MAY ALSO CONSIDER THE CONDITIONS OF DISTRI BUTION WHICH ALSO HAVE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE VALUE THAT THE BAND PLACES ON THEIR MUSIC 6IA THE BAND S WEBSITE )N 2AINBOWS WAS ONLY AVAILABLE AS A FULL ALBUM 4HIS SYSTEM CONTRASTS THAT OF ONLINE MUSIC RETAILERS SUCH AS I4UNES

WHERE RECORDS CAN BE DISSECTED BY THE DISCERNING BUYER WHO HAS THE OPTION TO PURCHASE INDIVIDUAL TRACKS 2A DIOHEAD S ENCOURAGEMENT FOR FANS TO VIEW THE RECORD AS A COHESIVE WHOLE RATHER THAN A SELECTION OF TRACKS ARGU

ABLY PUTS A VALUE IN THE ALBUM FORMAT ITSELF A NOTION WHICH OFT SEEMS ABAN DONED IN THE DIGITAL WORLD #ERTAINLY THE ALBUM FORMAT SEEMS ON THE DECLINE WITHIN A DIGITAL FRAMEWORK !S MUSIC INCREASINGLY BE COMES A FORM ENGAGED THROUGH I0OD HEADPHONES ON THE BUS TO WORK OR VIA -Y3PACE WHILE SURl NG THE WEB A SENSE OF TEMPORALITY BECOMES APPAR ENT -Y3PACE GIVES BANDS A SIX SONG LIMIT IN WHICH TO MAKE A STATEMENT

COUPLED WITH RESTRICTIONS ON UPLOAD SIZE AND SONG FORMAT %VEN ON SITES

“The longevity of bands without the financial stability of Radiohead appears at stake” SUCH AS REVERBNATION WHERE MUSI CIANS CAN UPLOAD UNLIMITED TRACKS

MAXIMUM UPLOAD SIZES STILL PLAY A SIG NIl CANT FACTOR IN THE AMOUNT OF MU SIC MADE AVAILABLE FOR DISTRIBUTION

3OME MIGHT ARGUE THAT SITES SUCH AS -Y3PACE FUNCTION NOT AS A GROUND FOR ARTISTS TO MAKE A CREATIVE STATEMENT

BUT AS A FORUM FOR BANDS TO PROMOTE THEIR MUSIC ENTICING FANS INTO ENGAG ING WITH THE BAND FURTHER BY PURCHAS ING MORE OF THEIR MATERIAL 9ET WITH THE DECLINE OF THE PHYSICAL ALBUM FOR MAT ONE HAS TO PONDER HOW EASY IT WILL BE FOR FUTURE BANDS TO OFFER MORE MATERIAL THAN THE LIMITATIONS OF MU SIC NETWORKING SITES ALLOW MUCH LESS WHO WILL HEAR THEIR SONGS IN A MARKET SATURATED WITH MUSIC OF VARYING QUAL ITY PERFORMED WITH VARYING ABILITY )N DEED THE LONGEVITY OF BANDS WITHOUT THE l NANCIAL STABILITY OF 2ADIOHEAD APPEARS AT STAKE WITHIN THE FAST MOV ING MUSIC CONSUMPTION CULTURE OF THE PRESENT DAY 0ERHAPS IT IS TELLING THAT AGAINST THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE VALUE OF RE CORDED MUSIC IN THE ST #ENTURY THE FAR MORE PRIMITIVE FORM OF LIVE MUSIC REMAINS A STABLE SOURCE OF INCOME FOR BANDS )NDEED MANY COMMENTA TORS HAVE NOTED A REVERSAL IN THE ROLES THAT TOURS AND ALBUM RELEASES PLAY FOR BANDS WITH A NEW RECORD SEEN BY MANY AS A PROMOTIONAL TOOL FOR LIVE DATES RATHER THAN A PRODUCT IN IT SELF 7HILE ) PAID a FOR MY COPY OF )N 2AINBOWS A PRICE WHICH ) FELT WAS JUSTIl ED GIVEN THE LACK OF ALBUM ART WORK AND LINER NOTES ) SPENT CLOSE TO a ON A TICKET FOR THE BAND S SHOW IN 6ICTORIA 0ARK AND AN ADDITIONAL a ON A T SHIRT 7ITH THE TYPICAL LIVE SHOW FOR A SIGNED GROUP RUNNING BETWEEN AN HOUR AND THREE HOURS BANDS ARE GIVEN MUCH MORE SPACE WITH WHICH TO MAKE AN ARTISTIC STATEMENT THAN VIA -Y3PACE %VEN THE AVERAGE HALF HOUR SLOT GIVEN TO UNSIGNED ARTISTS AT LOCAL BAND NIGHTS GIVES AN ACT MORE ROOM TO BREATHE THAN A TYPICAL MUSIC WEB SITE 4HE DIGITAL ERA IS AN UNCERTAIN TIME FOR MUSIC 0RECONCEPTIONS OF VALUE AND MERIT ARE UNDENIABLY UN DER RECONSIDERATION AND DESPITE THE INCREASE IN ACCESS AND TECHNOLOGY AND ACCESS ARTISTIC STATEMENTS BECOME DIF l CULT TO CREATE )T IS PERHAPS IN THE TRA DITIONAL GROUNDING OF LIVE MUSIC THAT ARTISTS OF THE ST CENTURY SHOULD BE PLACING MOST VALUE

The Essential Websites 0ITCHFORK 4HE 'ODFATHER OF INDIE MUSIC IN THE INTERNET AGE 0ITCHFORK CLAIMS TO HAVE GIVEN BANDS SUCH AS !RCADE &IRE THEIR l RST SHOVE INTO THE SPOT LIGHT 3UCH CLAIMS SHOULD BE TAKEN WITH A PINCH OF SALT BUT 0ITCHFORK S COVERAGE OF MUSIC NEWS AND PAS SION FOR l NDING FRESH TALENT CANNOT BE FAULTED

,AST &M $OWNLOAD ,AST &M S SOFTWARE

WHICH WILL hSCROB BLEv EVERY SONG YOU LISTEN TO 4HE PURPOSE )T TRACKS WHAT ART ISTS YOU LIKE AND THEN GIVES SPOT ON RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SIMILAR ACTS TO ENJOY

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4HE (YPE -ACHINE

-USIC BLOGS ARE ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING VENUES FOR l NDING NEW MUSIC AND THERE IS A HECK OF A LOT OF THEM 4HIS IS WHERE 4HE (YPE -ACHINE COMES IN A BLOG AGGRE GATOR IT CHARTS THE TRACKS THAT ARE BREAKING IN MUSIC LAND AND TAKES MERE SECONDS TO SEARCH THROUGH THE THOUSANDS OF BLOGS IT FOLLOWS TO l ND YOU THAT REALLY GOOD SONG OFF OF 3KINS 3ARAH #HRISTIE

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(ADOUKEN 4HE 0RODIGY DIDN T ONLY DEl NE A GENRE BUT INVENTED IT 2EINVENTING THE UNDER GROUND DANCE SCENE IN THE 5+ AND BRINGING IT TO THE MASSES WITH DEBUT AND SOPHOMORE EFFORTS %XPERIENCE AND -USIC FOR THE *ILTED 'EN ERATION THE BAND PROGRESSED TO RELEASE THE MASTERPIECE BENCHMARK ALBUM 4HE &AT OF THE ,AND IN )T TOOK l VE YEARS BEFORE THE BAND RELEASED ANOTHER SINGLE AND SEVEN BE FORE THE FOURTH ALBUM !LWAYS /UTNUMBEREDx !ND SO YEARS AFTER THE DEBUT ALBUM

4HE 0RODIGY ARE BACK WITH )NVADERS -UST $IE A FULL THROTTLE RETURN TO FORM 4HE SINGLES )N VADERS -UST $IE AND /MEN SHOWCASE THE TWO SIDES OF 4HE 0RODIGY THAT ARE EVIDENT IN THE NEW MATERIAL )NVADERS -UST $IE IS A 0ENDU LUM PASTICHE OF REPETITIVE ELECTRONIC ACCENTS AND RATHER SUB STANDARD BASSLINE AND DRUM BEAT /MEN ON THE OTHER HAND IS 4HE 0RODIGY AT THEIR PUREST MIXING PSYCHEDELIC ELECTRONICA

PARANOID VOCALS AND A CLASSIC HEAVY BASSLINE COMPLEMENTED BY SOME FANTASTIC DRUMMING -OMENTS OF DANCE PERFECTION NOSTALGIC IN THEIR EPIC SOUND AND SCOPE PEPPER THE ALBUM 4AKE -E 4O 4HE (OSPITAL SOUNDS LIKE

Various Artists 7ARCHILD (EROES 4HERE CAN BE SOMETHING RATH ER SATISFYING ABOUT HEARING A GOOD COVER VERSION OF ONE OF YOUR FAVOURITE SONGS 3ADLY

THIS IS WHERE 7AR #HILD S QUITE PROMISING COMPILATION ALBUM FALLS m AT TOO MANY TRACKS JUST DO NOT WORK 4HE TRACK LISTING LOOKS IMPRESSIVE AND SHOULD SOUND SO )NSTEAD FOR THE MOST PART SONGS FEEL UNCONVINCING AND SLIGHTLY AMATEURISH (EROES IS MADE UP OF COVER VERSIONS BY SOME OF TODAY S BIGGEST ARTISTS WHO HAVE DONATED THEIR TALENTS TO THE CAUSE #ON TRIBUTIONS INCLUDE A CRINGE WORTHY COVER OF "LONDIE S #ALL -E BY &RANZ &ERDINAND A FORGETTABLE VERSION OF $AVID "OWIE TRACK h(EROESv BY THE USUALLY SPOT ON 46 ON THE 2ADIO AND A COVER OF ,IVE AND ,ET $IE BY $UFFY WHICH IS TRULY PAINFUL TO LISTEN TO IN PLACES (OWEVER ,ILY !LLEN WHO COVERS 4HE #LASH HIT 3TRAIGHT TO (ELL

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A *ILTED 'ENERATION " SIDE FULL OF 0RODIGY IN NOVATION EXPERIMENTALISM AND SHEER CATCHI NESS %PITOMIZING THE BAND S RETURN TO FORM

THIS IS BY FAR THE SINGLE OF THE ALBUM AND WILL NO DOUBT BE A FUTURE RELEASE 7ARRIORS $ANCE AND 4HUNDER ALSO HARNESS SOME OF THE OLD BUT NOT FORGOTTEN SOUNDS OF THE MID S 0RODIGY 2EGGAE AND DUB WHICH HAVE INm UENCED THE BAND SO MUCH ALSO GET A NOD NICELY BRINGING

FULL CIRCLE THE FEELING THAT MUSIC IS BOTH INm U ENTIAL AND INm UENCED 4HIS IS DEMONSTRATED BRILLIANTLY BY BOTH 7ORLD S /N &IRE AND #OL OURS WHICH INTERESTINGLY SOUND HEAVILY INm U ENCED BY (ADOUKEN WITH HINTS OF COMPUTER ELECTRONIC HIDING AMONGST THE SOLID BASE OF A 0RODIGY BASSLINE )T SEEMS THAT 4HE 0RODIGY HAVE BEEN INm UENCED IN THE CREATION OF THIS RECORD BY BANDS THEY THEMSELVES HAVE HAD A HUGE IMPACT ON 4HE l NAL TRACK FROM THE ALBUM IS A BOOT LEG STYLED JAZZ CREATION 3AMPLING -ANFRED -ANN S CLASSIC /NE 7AY 'LASS +EITH &LINT AND CO HAVE INFUSED A FEEL GOOD HORN SECTION WITH A SIMPLE DRUMBEAT TO CREATE A FANTASTIC l NAL SONG TO END A FANTASTIC COMEBACK ALBUM ON )T WILL NO DOUBT BE DIFl CULT TO COMPLETELY FOR GET ABOUT 0ENDULUM WHEN LISTENING TO THIS RECORD BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY WHAT SHOULDN T EVER BE FORGOTTEN IS WHO CAME l RST &ANS OF 4HE 0RODIGY AND 0ENDULUM ALIKE n BUY THIS ALBUM 0AUL #OOK

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)N THE THREE YEARS SINCE S #OMING (OME .EW &OUND 'LORY HAVE BEEN BUSY WITH SIDE PROJECTS IN THE FORM OF 4HE )NTERNATIONAL 3UPERHEROES OF (ARDCORE PART TWO OF THEIR COVER ALBUM SERIES &ROM 9OUR 3CREEN TO 9OUR 3TEREO )) AND LEAV ING 'EFFEN 2ECORDS IN FAVOUR OF %PITAPH 4HANKFULLY THEY RETURN ON TH -ARCH WITH .OT 7ITHOUT ! &IGHT THEIR SIXTH STUDIO ALBUM TO DATE 0RODUCED BY -ARK (OP PUS OF "LINK FAME THE ALBUM MARKS THE BAND S RETURN TO POP PUNK HEAVYWEIGHT STATUS 4HE ALBUM S OPENER THE APTLY TITLED 2IGHT 7HERE 7E ,EFT /FF SETS THE TONE FOR THE REST OF THE ALBUM POP PUNK IN ITS l NEST FORM 4RACKS SUCH AS $ON T ,ET (ER 0ULL 9OU $OWN AND ) LL .EVER ,OVE !GAIN ARE LITTERED WITH SING ALONG GANG VOCALS AND BOUNCY STORM ING GUITARS WHILST 4ANGLED 5P CONTAINS ONE OF THE CATCHIEST CHO RUSES YOU LL HEAR ALL YEAR !LTHOUGH THERE ARE CLEAR HARDCORE INm U ENCES WHICH POP UP AT VARIOUS POINTS THE ALBUM COULD EASILY SLOT IN BETWEEN S 3TICKS AND 3TONES AND S #ATALYST .OT 7ITHOUT A &IGHT MAY BE THE LATEST IN A LONG LINE OF MATERIAL FROM A BAND THAT VE BEEN TOGETHER FOR YEARS BUT .EW &OUND 'LORY SHOW NO SIGN OF RELENTING 4HIS IS A RECORD THAT UNASHAM EDLY PROVES hIF IT AIN T BROKE DON T l X ITv

#URSIVE HAVE KEPT THEIR BIG SOUND AND MUSICAL QUIRKINESS FOR THEIR SEVENTH ALBUM -AMA ) M 3WOL LEN 7HILST RETAINING THEMES OF RELIGION BASHING AND #ATHOLIC SCHOOLING FROM PREVIOUS RECORDS

THEIR NEW RELEASE HAS NEITHER (APPY (OLLOW S BRASS SECTION NOR 4HE 5GLY /RGAN S STRING ARRANGEMENTS (OW EVER IT IS ENTIRELY REMINISCENT OF THE #URSIVE FROM THE BEGINNING OF THEIR REFORM IN WITH FAST PACED BEATS AND EXPRESSIVE VO CALS 4HEIR METHOD OF RELEASE IS NEW THOUGH SADDLE CREEK COM IS OFFERING THE ALBUM FOR DOWNLOAD FOR A STARTING PRICE WHICH IS RISING BY A DOLLAR A DAY BEFORE IT ENTERS SHOPS ON TH -ARCH 4HE RECORD OPENS WITH )N THE .OW AND 4IM +ASHER DEMON STRATING THE SONGWRITING TALENT THAT HELPED /MAHA ONTO THE IN DIE MAP 4HE CONTEMPLATION OF HIS LYRICS IS ENHANCED BY CAREFUL DICTION YET THEY LACK THE SUBTLE INTELLIGENCE OF 4HE 5GLY /RGAN .ONETHELESS THE ACCOMPANYING MUSIC l TS ALONGSIDE THEIR MEAN INGS .EW SINGLE &ROM THE (IPS STANDS AS THE PERFECT EPITOMISING TRACK WITH ITS ABRUPT LIFE INJECTING hWE WERE BETTER OFF AS ANIMALS RIGHT v WHILST THE OPPOSING -AMA ) M 3WOLLEN AND -AMA ) M 3ATAN EVOKE DARKER AND MORE PENSIVE TONES #URSIVE HAVE MOVED FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH DURING THEIR YEAR EXISTENCE AND

WHILST -AMA ) M 3WOLLEN MAY NOT GIVE THEM ANY MAINSTREAM ATTENTION THEY ARE TYPIFYING THE FORMULAE OF ENTERTAINMENT THAT HAS ALWAYS WORKED BEST FOR THIS .EBRASKAN QUARTET (ELEN 4HOMAS

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Pet Shop Boys ,OVE %TC

4HE BI ANNUAL #OMIC 2ELIEF SINGLE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PRESTIGIOUS TASK FOR ANY CONTEMPORARY CHART ACT

EVEN IF THE RECORDS THEMSELVES OF TEN FALL SHORT OF CREDIBLE POP MU SIC 4HE LAST NINE OFl CIAL RECORDS FOR THE CHARITY PERFORMED BY THE LIKES OF 'IRLS !LOUD 3UGABABES AND -C&LY HAVE ALL GONE STRAIGHT TO THE TOP OF THE CHARTS AND THE JOB THIS YEAR HAS BEEN HANDED TO 4HE 3ATURDAYS JUST SEVEN MONTHS AFTER THEIR DEBUT 4HEIR TERRIl C DEBUT ALBUM EASILY TOPS ANYTHING THE 3UGABABES HAVE DONE IN THE LAST YEAR SO IT S QUITE OBVIOUS THAT THE GROUP CAN DO A LOT BETTER THAN THIS HIGHLY UNORIGINAL $EPECHE -ODE COVER "UT AS CHARITY RECORDS GO YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT WITH A PINCH OF SALT %SSENTIALLY #OMIC 2ELIEF IS ABOUT HAVING A GOOD TIME FOR A GOOD CAUSE AND YOU CERTAINLY CAN T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM *UST #AN T 'ET %NOUGH )T S ENERGETIC THE CAMP FACTOR IS THROUGH THE ROOF AND IT S EXACTLY WHAT A #OMIC 2ELIEF SINGLE SHOULD BE FUN #LEARLY WITHOUT THE CHARITY AFl LIATION IT WOULD BE LABELLED A COMPLETE CATASTROPHE "UT IF CHEESY #OMIC 2ELIEF SINGLES ARE A BOX TO BE TICKED FOR ANY RISING POP GROUP THEN FULL CREDIT TO 4HE 3ATURDAYS FOR PULLING IT OFF WITH EASE 3HAUN +ITCHENER

0ET 3HOP "OYS RETURN LATER THIS MONTH WITH 9ES THEIR l RST STUDIO ALBUM SINCE ,OVE %TC THE OPENING TRACK AND l RST SINGLE FROM THE ALBUM WAS CO WRITTEN WITH "RI AN (IGGINS OF 8ENOMANIA THE PRODUCTION GROUP MOST NOTABLY RESPONSIBLE FOR MANY 'IRLS !LOUD HITS 4HE COLLABORATION IS WITH HINDSIGHT NATURAL GIVEN 03" S ELECTRONIC SOUND AND THE INm UENCE IS CLEAR FROM THE OPENING BARS WHERE A SOFT SYNTHESISER THROBS ALONGSIDE A GENTLE DRUM BEFORE .EIL 4ENNANT S VOCALS SMOOTHLY ENTER THE MIX !T THIS POINT HE CONCERNS HIMSELF WITH CLICHÏD SO CIAL COMMENT IN A WAY THAT 'IRLS !LOUD WISELY ESCHEW THE UNA VOIDABLE LYRICAL MESSAGE IS THAT THERE IS MORE TO LIFE THAN FAME AND WEALTH WITH THE HORUS MANTRA INTONING h$ON T HAVE TO BE A BIG BUCKS (OLLYWOOD STAR DON T HAVE TO DRIVE A SUPER CAR TO GET FARv 4HIS HOWEVER DOES NOT STOP THE BAND FROM MOVING EFFORTLESSLY BETWEEN VERSE AND CHORUS TO CREATE A GOOD IF UNDISTINGUISHED

EFFORT $ULL LYRICS ARE PLEASANTLY ACCOMPANIED THROUGHOUT WITH A UNWAVERING SYNTH AND DRUM BACKING THAT SERVES TO CREATE THREE AND A HALF MINUTES OF SOLID POP ,OVE %TC SITS COMFORTABLY ALONGSIDE OTHER HITS FROM THE DUO S BACK CATALOGUE AND SUGGESTS PROMISE FOR THE ALBUM TO COME IN A FORTNIGHT S TIME "EN 7INSTANLEY

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THE SONG IS STILL A GOOD LISTEN SHOWING THEY HAVEN T LOST IT QUITE YET #HRISTOPHER -ILLS

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5%! ,#2 -ARCH TH FRONTMAN "RIAN &ALLON WAS IN HIS ELEMENT AS THEY DELIVERED 'REAT %XPECTATIONS TO AN ADORING CROWD 4HE BAND WERE ENERGETIC AND GUITARIST !LEX 2OSAMILIA PRODUCED SOME SLICK SOLOS DUR ING A GREAT VERSION OF 0EARL *AM S 3TATE OF ,OVE AND 4RUST h7E CAME TO SING OUT A CHORUS RE INVENT THE GOOD TIMES v HE DECLARED DURING 7E #AME 4O $ANCE A TASK WHICH 'ASLIGHT CARRIED OUT EFFORTLESSLY &ALLON S CHARISMA DREW THE AU DIENCE INTO HIS ECCENTRIC RAMBLINGS WHICH COV ERED EVERYTHING FROM 3TARBUCKS SIGNS TO "RUCE 3PRINGSTEEN S BOWLING HABITS 9OU CAN HEAR IN BOTH SOUND AND LYRICS THE INm UENCE OF 4OM 0ETTY #OUNTING #ROWS *OE 3TRUMMER "OB $YLAN AND COUNTLESS OTHERS (OWEVER MERGING SONGS WITH COVERS INCLUD ING )T S ! -AN S -AN S -AN S 7ORLD DID NOT AL LEVIATE MID SET INCONSISTENCIES IN TIMINGS AND GUITAR LEVELS !LTHOUGH 4HE 3OUND EARNED THE LOUDEST SINGALONG THE REAL HIGHLIGHTS WERE /LD 7HITE ,INCOLN AND $RIVE ! FRANTIC ENCORE INCLUDED THE BRILLIANT ) D ! #ALLED 9OU 7OODY

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'REG -ANN 2OCHESTER .9 BAND 4HE 0OLAR "EAR #LUB START ED THE EVENING WITH A SHORT LIVELY SET $ESPITE A SLIGHTLY GENERIC HARDCORE TINGED STYLE THEY WON OVER LISTENERS WITH SKILLED MUSICIANSHIP AND AN ENGAGING VOCALIST h,ET S BEGIN AT THE BEGINNING v &RANK 4URN ER SANG AS HE OPENED AN ACOUSTIC SUPPORT SLOT WITH ) +NEW 0RUFROCK "EFORE (E 'OT &AMOUS 4HE DYNAMIC GUITAR PLAYING AND PASSION OF HIS SONGS MAKES 4URNER ONE OF THE BEST CONTEMPO RARY "RITISH SONGWRITERS AROUND AND FANS AND NEWCOMERS ALIKE WERE TRANSl XED &ROM ,ONG ,IVE THE 1UEEN TO CLOSER 4HE "ALLAD OF -E AND -Y &RIENDS 4URNER HAD A ROOM FULL OF BACKING SINGERS (IS SEARING PERFORMANCE SET THE BAR HIGH FOR 4HE 'ASLIGHT !NTHEM "OUNDING ON STAGE

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BEGAN TO PLAY AND THE BEAUTIFUL 'IVE A ,ITTLE ,OVE

OFF THEIR ALBUM 0EACEFUL 4HE 7ORLD ,AYS -E $OWN (OWEVER THERE WERE QUITE A FEW THINGS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN IMPROVED UPON &IRST OFF THE STRANGE USE THE BAND MADE OF ARTY VIDEOS THROUGHOUT THE GIG BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER THE SUPPORT AS WELL AS DURING THEIR PERFORMANCE 4HEIR #LUB 3ILENCIO 4OUR OF WHICH 5%! WAS THE l RST VENUE GETS FANS TO SEND IN VIDEOS FOR A COM PETITION TO SCREEN A DIFFERENT SHORT l LM ON EVERY NIGHT OF THEIR TOUR AS WELL AS THE BAND S OWN VID EOS 2ATHER THAN ENHANCE THEIR PERFORMANCE THE STRANGE RAMBLINGS OF A VIOLENT MADMAN IN A RED SUIT ANYONE ELSE WHO WENT WILL KNOW WHO WE MEAN IN THE BAND S VIDEOS JUST LEFT THE CROWD WONDERING WHAT THE HELL WAS GOING ON 7ITHOUT THE FANTASTIC ,AURA -ARLING S VOCAL TALENT THE BAND CERTAINLY SUFFERED MOST OBVI OUSLY IN THEIR TOP HIT 9EAR S 4IME ! LOT WAS PLAYED FROM THEIR FORTHCOMING ALBUM OUT IN *UNE AS WELL WHICH MEANT THAT THE CROWD DIDN T KNOW MOST OF THE SONGS (OWEVER ALL IN ALL IT WAS A GOOD EVENING BUT WOULD HAVE BEEN SO MUCH BETTER IF THE BAND HAD LEFT THEIR l LM GEEK SIDE AT HOME AND CONCENTRATED MORE ON THE MU SIC OFF THEIR FANTASTIC l RST ALBUM 3UZANNE %LLIS

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4HE MUSIC DEFENDS ITSELF BUT NONETHELESS LET S CLEAR A FEW THINGS UP 4HE ,IBERTINES BRASH INDIE PUNK HAS HELPED SHAPE THIS MUSICAL DECADE 3HARP CYNICAL OB SERVATIONS ON MODERN "RITAIN INTERTWINED WITH SARCASTIC REFERENCES TO LITERATURE AND %NGLISH TRADITION COMPRISED THE DEBUT 5P 4HE "RACKET 4HIS ALBUM HELPED PAVE THE WAY FOR +AISER #HIEFS AND !RCTIC -ONKEYS TO GIVE THEIR OWN TWIST ON THE SO CALLED GARAGE ROCK REVIVAL 4HE ,IBERTINES WAS ANOTHER INSTANT CLASSIC #ARL AND 0ETE HAD HONED THEIR UNCANNY ABILITY TO WRITE DELIGHTFULLY MORISH GUITAR ARRANGEMENTS "EING MUCKY PUPS WAS STILL THEIR NICHE AND

SONGS CONTINUED TO BE LITTERED WITH WICKED ONE LINERS LIKE h4HEY SOLD THE RIGHTS TO ALL THE WRONGSv !DMITTEDLY WITHOUT "ARAT "ABYSHAMBLES $OWN )N !LBION WAS COMPARABLY m IMSY )T BE CAME CLEAR THAT 0ETE IS A WITTY WRECKLESS ROMAN TIC AND #ARL IS THE PESSIMISTIC INTELLIGENT PER FECTIONIST THAT PROVIDED BALANCE $IRTY 0RETTY 4HINGS LACKED A BLEEDING HEART &OR 4HE "LINDING %0 AND THEN 3HOTTER S .ATION 0ETE LISTENED TO $REW AND #O AND HIS CATCHY GUITAR NOISES WERE MADE INTO PROPERLY POL ISHED MELODIES THAT EVEN *ARVIS #OCKER WOULD BE PROUD OF 4HIS RECORD FOUND THE TRAMPY ELO QUENCE THAT 4HE ,IBERTINES HAD SEARCHED FOR

AS WAS EVIDENT IN "ABYSHAMBLES GIGS $OHERTY HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN ENERGETIC MESMERISING PERFORMER BUT RECENTLY IT HAS BEEN HIS REm ECTIVE ACOUSTIC SETS THAT HAVE STOLEN THE SHOW (ENCE THE SOLO MOVE AND TRACKS LIKE 3ONG &OR ,OVERS )T IS STILL EARLY DAYS IN THE IMPISH ,ONDONER S CA REER AND NOW HE HAS REDISCOVERED A BALANCE HIS MUSICAL GENIUS CAN SHINE THROUGH ONCE MORE *ONATHAN 2OY $AVY

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THE AUDIENCE WITH BOTH PITY AND FEAR THE OPTIMUM REACTION TO THE UNWANT ED SON OF A WHORE !ESTHETICALLY 3NYDER ADOPTS THE SAME -ATRIX INSPIRED SLO MO STYLE AS HE DID IN ALLOWING THE AUDIENCE TO FULLY APPRECIATE THE BEAUTIFUL COM POSITION AND THE CRISP REALITY OF THE ACTION SEQUENCES (IS STRIKING ABILITY TO APPEAL TO YOUR SENSES IN SPITE OF THE COMIC S RESTRICTIVE FORMAT IS ALSO ILLUSTRATED THROUGH HIS MUSICAL SELEC TION 7ATCHMEN S INSPIRED SOUNDTRACK IS USED TO SATIRIC ENDS AS IS EXCES SIVE VIOLENCE SNAPPING BONES AND BUTCHERED DOGS EXCESSIVE NUDITY $R -ANHATTAN S EIGHT INCH m ACCID AND 2ORSCHACH S HYPERBOLICALLY MEL ANCHOLIC VOICE OVER DIARY ENTRIES 4HE EXCESSES ARE TOO OVER THE TOP TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY AND THEY MAKE YOU REALISE HOW UNNECESSARILY TAME THE REST OF THE GENRE IS 7ATCHMEN IS A l LM ACCESSIBLE TO ANYONE WHO CAN STOMACH ITS EXCESS ES EVEN THOSE WHO HAVEN T READ THE

Dir: Zack Snyder Release Date: 6/03/09

COMIC (OWEVER THOSE LEARNED IN THE SOURCE MATERIAL WILL APPRECIATE HOW THE EMOTIONAL IMPACT HAS BEEN RETAINED MAKING SCENES LIKE 2ORSCH ACH S UNMASKING FEEL JUST AS UNNATU RAL AND INTRUSIVE !S WITH ALL NOVEL ADAPTATIONS THE PACE OF SOME RELATIONSHIP ARCS IS TOO

QUICK AND MINOR CHARACTERS GET NEXT TO NO SCREEN TIME BUT THE PLOT IS SO TIGHT THAT YOU DON T MISS THEM *AMES -ARLOW

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WHILST RARELY RESORTING TO STEREOTYPES /N THE OTHER HAND THE TEACHERS SEEM LESS WELL FORMED ASIDE FROM -R -ARIN &RAN OIS "ÏGADEAU AND THE SCENES IN THE STAFF ROOM FAIL TO HOLD ATTENTION IN COMPARISON TO THOSE

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The Unborn Dir: David S. Goyer Release Date: 27/2/09 4HE 5NBORN WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY $AVID 3 'OYER FOLLOWS THE LIFE OF #ASEY "ELDON /DETTE 9USTMAN WHO IS BESET BY MERCILESS DREAMS

AND A GROTESQUE CHILD WHO SHE SUS PECTS IS HER DEAD TWIN WHO DIED IN HER MOTHER S WOMB AND NOW WANTS TO BE BORN 7HAT IS UNIQUE AND SO ENGAG ING ABOUT 4HE 5NBORN IS IT STEPS AWAY FROM HORROR S CONVENTIONAL NOTIONS OF MURDER AND AFTERLIFE

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THE l LM WHICH DOESN T SHOW THE HORROR TO BE IN THE MIRROR REm EC TION THAT WE SO OFTEN EXPECT BUT IN THE BATHROOM CABINET ITSELF WHICH SUGGESTS THE l LM S REJECTION OF TRA DITIONAL HORROR CONVENTIONS WHEN IT REALLY DIDN T HAVE THE AUTHORITY OR INGENUITY TO DO SO "ELDON DISCOVERS AT THE END OF THE l LM THAT SHE HERSELF IS ALSO HAVING TWINS WHICH IS FAIRLY PRE DICTABLE AND RATHER IRONIC CONSIDER ING HOW @DIFFERENT THE l LM ALWAYS STRIVED TO BE

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The International Dir: Tom Tykwer Release Date: 27/2/09 !ND SO THE CREDIT CRUNCH GETS ITS OWN SPY THRILLER 3URELY THE #REDIT #RUNCH BREAKFAST CEREAL IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER 3ORRY COULDN T RESIST 4HE MAIN ISSUE WITH THIS l LM IS THAT IT SEEMS VERY UNSURE AS TO WHAT IT WANTS TO BE 4HE PLOT FOCUSES ON BIG EVIL BANKS CONTROLLING DEBT AND IS REASONABLY CLEVER IN A #ONSTANT 'ARDENER SORT OF WAY BUT THE PACING IS TURGIDLY SLOW IN PLACES AND SOME OF THE EXPOSITION IS FAR TOO BLATANT h) DON T WANT YOU BREAKING DOWN LIKE YOU DID TWO YEARS AGOv WOW

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The Young Victoria Dir: Jean-­Marc Vallee Release Date: 6/3/09 'LANCING AT YOUR WATCH SEVERAL TIMES DURING A l LM IS GENERALLY A BAD SIGN &OLLOWING THE VIRTUAL IMPRISONMENT AND LATER REIGN OF A YOUNG 1UEEN 6ICTORIA THIS l LM HAS LITTLE TO OFFER MOST VIEWERS )T WILL HOWEVER APPEAL TO THAT DEMO GRAPHIC WHICH HAS BECOME ALL TOO IMPORTANT FOR THE l LM INDUSTRY AS OF LATE n THE TEENAGE GIRL &OLLOWING THE WILDLY SUCCESSFUL SPATE OF (IGH 3CHOOL -USICAL l LMS

AMONG OTHERS 4HE 9OUNG 6ICTORIA WILL OFFER A DIFFERENT SLANT IN ITS FO CUS ON HAVING A STRONG INTELLIGENT FEMALE LEAD RATHER THAN THE AMI ABLE AIRHEADS THAT MANY OF THIS TYPE OF l LM OFTEN FEATURE %MILY "LUNT

IS EXCELLENT AT SHOWING THE QUEEN AS SHE WOULD LATER BE REMEMBERED AS BEING n HEADSTRONG COURAGEOUS AND l ERCELY INDEPENDENT 4HE l LM IS AWASH WITH UNIN TERESTING COURT RIVALRIES THAT BORDER ON TEDIUM "UT WHILE 0AUL "ETTANY PLAYS ,ORD -ELBOURNE WITH ALL HIS USUAL RAKISH CHARM IT IS A GREAT SHAME THAT THE YOUNG SOVEREIGN IS LEFT TO ROMANCE A 0RINCE !LBERT WHO (IGH 3CHOOL -USICAL HAS ALL THE PERSONALITY OF A BAKED POTATO !FTER THE SUCCESS OF (3- WHICH HAS GROSSED ALMOST a MILLION WORLDWIDE 7ILL (EPPA SINCE BEING RELEASED IN /CTOBER

IT MUST COME AS NO SURPRISE THAT $ISNEY HAVE RELEASED DETAILS ABOUT THE FOURTH PART OF THEIR VERY LUCRATIVE FRANCHISE 4HE l LM ITS SET TO PRODUCE SHOCKWAVES AROUND THE (3- COMMUNITY AS THE OLDER CAST OF CHAR ACTERS WILL NOT BE RE APPEARING AFTER THEIR GRADUATION AND INSTEAD WILL BE REPLACED

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ALL THIS IS PREAMBLE TO THE NEWS THAT THE GOVERNATOR HIMSELF !RNOLD 3CHWARZENEG GER WILL BE RETURNING TO THE BIG SCREEN IN A CAMEO ROLE 4HIS COULD BE HARD TO BEAT FOR DUMB EXCITING FUN

GIVE SOLID PERFORMANCES THAT DO JUST ABOUT ENOUGH TO JUSTIFY THE SOME WHAT SLOW BUILD UP 0RIMARILY WHAT STANDS OUT IS A FASCINATION WITH THE DARKER SIDE OF HUMAN NATURE THE ROAD AS NOT MERELY A MEANS TO CHANGE DISTANCE BUT ALSO AN ARBITER OF CHANGES IN PERSONALITY AND ATMOSPHERIC STYL ISED DEATH SCENES )T IS THESE ASPECTS OF THE l LM RATHER THAN THE STRUCTURE THAT MAKE THIS A CAPABLE DEBUT AL BEIT ONE WITH SOME NOTABLE m AWS 'EORGE 'ILBERT

!FTER A DELAY IN RELEASE DATE FAN EXPECTA TION SUSPENSE HAS RISEN TO FEVER PITCH FOR THE NEW 4REK l LM AND HAS RISEN ANOTHER NOTCH WITH THE ONLINE RELEASE OF THE LATEST TRAILER 4HE TRAILER LOOKS FANTASTIC FEATURING TOP NOTCH &8 AND ALSO HINTING TOWARDS A FULLY m ESHED OUT +IRK ORIGINS STORY 4REK @ WILL APPARENTLY ALSO FEATURE A GREAT DEAL OF STATE OF THE ART SPACE COMBAT WHICH WILL SURELY l LL A VOID WHERE THE UNDERWHELMING 3TAR 7ARS PREQUELS LEFT OFF

)RON -AN 4HE -ICKEY 2OURKE THEME CONTINUES )T IS STRONGLY RUMOURED THAT THE STAR MIGHT AP PEAR IN )RON -AN WITH *ON &AVREAU RE TURNING TO DIRECT THE SEQUEL OF THE HUGELY SUCCESSFUL l RST l LM 4HE CERTAINTIES ARE THAT 2OBERT $OWNEY *R WILL BE REPRISING HIS ROLE AS THE TITULAR CHARACTER AND 3AMUEL , *ACK SON WILL APPEAR AS .ICK &URY

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Mary Poppins: 45th Anniversary Edition Dir: Robert Stevenson Release date: 2/3/09

Dir: Ethan and Joel Coen Release date: 9/2/09

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YOURSELF LAUGHING THE CONFUSION ITSELF PROVID ING HUMOUR 7ITH THE #OEN BROTHERS DIRECTING THE LIKES OF #LOONEY 3WINTON AND -ALKOVICH THE l LM WAS BOUND TO BE A SUCCESS !LTHOUGH IT ENTER TAINS KEEPING THE VIEWER ON THEIR TOES AS THE CHARACTERS LIVES CONSTANTLY INTERTWINE "URN !FTER 2EADING DOES NOT LIVE UP TO ITS HYPE AND EXPECTATIONS

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ARRIVES ON THE SCENE BRINGING WITH HER A CARPET BAG FULL OF WONDERMENT AND ADVENTURES )F YOU HAVEN T YET SEEN THE l LM AS A CHILD OR INDEED AN ADULT THEN SHAME ON YOU 'O AND WATCH IT NOW AND YOU LL WONDER HOW YOU EVER LIVED WITHOUT IT

Õ `ÊÞ ÕÊi` ÌÊÌ ÃÊ«>«iÀ¶ #ONCRETE %DITOR 6ACANCY FOR &ULL 4IME !PPLICATIONS ARE INVITED FOR THE POSITION OF #ONCRETE %DITOR FOR THE PERIOD 3EPTEMBER TO *UNE 4HE POSITION IS ONLY OPEN TO CURRENT STUDENTS AT THE 5NIVERSITY OF %AST !NGLIA AND MAY BE TAKEN AS A YEAR OUT DURING A DEGREE INTERCALATION OR DIRECTLY AFTER GRADUATION 4HE SUCCESSFUL APPLICANT NEED NOT HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN INVOLVED IN THE PRODUCTION OF #ONCRETE BUT MUST BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE THE FOLLOWING %XCELLENT GRAMMAR AND EDITING SKILLS 4EAM LEADERSHIP QUALITIES 'OOD ORGANISATION AND TIME KEEPING !N UNDERSTANDING OF THE NEEDS OF THE #ONCRETE 3OCIETY +NOWLEDGE OF !DOBE )N$ESIGN AND 0HOTOSHOP 0LEASE SEND A #6 COVERING LETTER AND A PROPOSAL OUTLINING YOU PLANS FOR THE PAPER UP TO WORDS FOR THE ATTENTION OF THE %DITOR &IONA "ILLINGS TO CONCRETE EDITOR UEA AC UK #LOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS TH -ARCH INTERVIEWS TO BE HELD ON TH TH !PRIL )F YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE ROLE OF THE %DITOR PLEASE COME ALONG TO THE 1 ! SESSION TH -ARCH PM 2OOM UPSTAIRS IN 5NION (OUSE /R EMAIL CONCRETE EDITOR UEA AC UK

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4HE l LM WORLD IS NOT SHORT OF FAMOUS PARTNERSHIPS "ONNIE AND #LYDE $EPP AND "URTON 0ALIN AND 'ILLIAM )N A PARTNERSHIP THAT HAS LASTED OVER THIRTY YEARS 2OBERT $E .IRO AND -ARTIN 3CORCESE HAVE ENTERTAINED AUDIENCES ALL OVER THE WORLD ALSO BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR SOME OF THE l NEST l LMS OF MODERN TIMES #HRIS "ENTLEY 3MITH EXAMINES SOME OF THE PRODUCTS OF THIS BOND AND EXPANDS ON HOW THIS CHEMISTRY HAS WORKED

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T BEGAN IN 4HE l LM WAS -EAN 3TREETS AND 2OBERT $E .IRO WAS CASTED BY -ARTIN 3CORSESE AS *OHNNY "OY A YOUNG HOODLUM WHO OWES A CONSIDERABLE DEBT TO THE LOCAL MOB -EAN 3TREETS WAS THE l RST l LM THAT TACKLED 3CORSESE S NOW COM MON THEMES OF VIOLENCE GUILT AND REDEMPTION GIVING US A COMPELLING TALE OF A YOUNG MAN GROWING UP IN THE GANGSTER ENVIRONMENT THAT WAS .EW 9ORK S ,ITTLE )TALY $E .IRO IS TYPICALLY MESMERIC AS THE SOCIOPATHIC YOUNG HOOD SOME HOW ELICITING OUR SYMPATHY FOR A CHARACTER WHO DESERVES LITTLE /RIGI NALLY 2OGER #ORMAN 3CORSESE S ONE TIME MENTOR PROMISED TO FUND THE

“The director poured every ounce of his energy into the film convinced that it could be his last” l LM ONLY IF 3CORSESE CHANGED IT TO MAKE THE LEADS !FRICAN !MERICANS "UT 3CORSESE WAS DETERMINED TO MAKE A l LM WITH ITS ROOTS IN HIS OWN EXPE RIENCES 4HE RESULT IS THAT -EAN 3TREETS

OF #OMEDY FOR HIS FAVOURITE $E .IRO PERFORMANCE 2OBERT 2EDFORD S /RDI NARY 0EOPLE WON "EST 0ICTURE THAT YEAR

ALTHOUGH 2AGING "ULL S CHANCES TOOK A MAJOR HIT WITH THE REVELATION THAT *OHN (INCKLEY *R HAD BEEN INSPIRED BY 4AXI $RIVER IN HIS ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF 0RESIDENT 2EAGAN 3CORSESE l NALLY RECEIVED BOTH THE !CADEMY !WARD FOR "EST 0ICTURE AND "EST $IRECTOR FOR 4HE $EPARTED IN THE LATTER IN PARTIC ULAR WAS THOUGHT TO BE LONG OVERDUE

WITH SOME CRITICS LABELLING IT HIS @,IFE TIME !CHIEVEMENT /SCAR )T WAS l RST REPORTED IN /CTOBER THAT $E .IRO AND 3CORSESE ARE TO WORK TOGETHER AGAIN FOR THE l RST TIME SINCE #ASINO IN ON ) (EARD 9OU 0AINT (OUSES )T IS DOWN FOR RE LEASE IN SO l LM FANS AND CRITICS

HAS AN INCREDIBLE AUTHENTICITY 4HREE YEARS LATER 3CORSESE WID ENED HIS SCOPE TO MAKE 4AXI $RIVER %VEN AMONGST THOSE WHO HAVE NOT SEEN THE l LM $E .IRO S h!RE YOU TALKIN TO ME v MONOLOGUE DELIVERED WITH FEROCITY AT HIS OWN REm ECTION IS KNOWN AND QUOTED 4AXI $RIVER TOOK A LONELY MAN THE 6IETNAM VETERAN 4RAVIS "ICKLE AND CHRONICLED HIS DE SCENT INTO INSANITY $E .IRO DEPICTED 4RAVIS LONELINESS AND DETERIORATION WITH SUCH DEPTH THAT IT WOULD NOT BE A SURPRISE TO COME ACROSS SOME ONE LIKE "ICKLE IN THE STREET #O STARS (ARVEY +EITEL AND A YOUNG *ODIE &OS TER ALSO LEAVE A LASTING IMPRESSION IN THE ROLES OF A PIMP AND AN UNDERAGE PROSTITUTE 3CORSESE S DIRECTION IS IN NOVATIVE THROUGHOUT 4HINK BACK TO THE SCENE WHERE 4RAVIS IS ON THE PHONE TO "ETTY APOLOGISING FOR THEIR @DATE THE NIGHT BEFORE 4HE CAMERA PANS AWAY FROM 4RAVIS TO SHOW THE EMPTY CORRIDOR HIS EXPLANATIONS ARE FAR TOO PATHETIC TO WITNESS !S A NEW DECADE BEGAN 3CORSESE PRODUCED WHAT MANY WOULD CONSIDER HIS l NEST CONTRIBUTION TO @DA MOVIES 4HAT l LM WAS 2AGING "ULL "Y 3CORS

ESE S OWN ACCOUNT $E .IRO SAVED THE DIRECTOR S LIFE WITH THE PROJECT 4HE )TALIAN !MERICAN DIRECTOR HAD DEVELOPED A PERILOUS COCAINE AD DICTION BUT ONCE $E .IRO HAD CON VINCED 3CORSESE THAT HE HAD TO MAKE THIS *AKE ,A-OTTA BIOPIC THE DIRECTOR POURED EVERY OUNCE OF HIS ENERGY INTO THE l LM CONVINCED THAT IT COULD BE HIS LAST $E .IRO S METHOD ACT ING FOR 2AGING "ULL IS THE STUFF OF LEG END &ILMING WAS POSTPONED FOR FOUR MONTHS WHILE HE ATE HIS WAY AROUND .ORTHERN )TALY AND &RANCE IN ORDER TO

GAIN THE POUNDS REQUIRED TO POR TRAY THE OLDER ,A-OTTA IN THE l LM S LATTER STAGES (E ALSO TRAINED EXTEN SIVELY AS A BOXER ENTERING THREE BOUTS AND WINNING TWO OF THESE 4HESE PREPARATIONS ALONE DID NOT MAKE HIS PERFORMANCE GREAT THEY ADDED THE l NAL PANACHE TO A FANTASTIC PORTRAYAL OF A SELF LOATHING MASOCHISTIC MAN 4HE POWER OF $E .IRO S PERFORMANCE IS EXEMPLIl ED IN ,A-OTTA S REALI SATION THAT HE WAS hTHAT BADv

HIS EX WIFE CORDIALLY INFORMED HIM hYOU WERE WORSE v /N OPENING 2AGING "ULL RE CEIVED MIXED REVIEWS WITH SOME CRITICS DISTURBED BY ITS GRAPHIC VIOLENCE BUT IT HAS SINCE BECOME THOUGHT OF AS ONE OF THE GREATEST MOVIES OF ALL TIME !T THE !CADEMY !WARDS $E .IRO PICKED UP "EST !CTOR THE ONLY TIME HE HAS DONE SO UNDER 3CORSESE 3OMEWHAT SURPRIS INGLY THE DIRECTOR POINTS TO 4HE +ING

“[De Niro] also trained extensively as a boxer, entering three bouts and winning two of these” HAVE TWO YEARS TO WAIT FOR THE RETURN OF ONE OF THE GREATEST PART NERSHIPS IN MODERN CINEMA

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• Elizabeth Fry, the Gurneys and Quakerism. Dragon Hall.

7.30pm. £4.50 • Ghost Walk. Adam and Eve. 7.30pm. £6 • Alex Horne -­ Birdwatching. Norwich Arts Centre. 8.30pm. £8 NUS • Pirates LCR. 10pm. £3.50 adv

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7.30pm. £3.50 NUS • La Guerre de Troie n’aura pas lieu. UEA Drama Studio.

7.30pm. £3.50 NUS • Derby Day LCR. 9pm. £3.50 adv

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• The Wonderful World of Dissocia. Norwich Puppet Theatre. 7.30pm. £3.50 NUS • Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain. The Playhouse.

7.30pm. Sold Out • La Guerre de Troie n’aura pas lieu. UEA Drama Studio.

7.30pm. £3.50 NUS

13th

• Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain. The Playhouse.

7.30pm. Sold Out • La Guerre de Troie n’aura pas lieu. UEA Drama Studio.

7.30pm. £3.50 NUS • Lost Friday. LCR. 9.30pm. £6 • Rawkus + Funeral for a Friend DJ set. The Waterfront.

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• Richard Mabey. LT1. 7pm. £6 • Gojira. The Waterfront. 7.30pm. £10 • Breabach. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £8 NUS • Comedy Store. The Forum. 8pm. £10.20 NUS

19th • Something Good. Dragon Hall. 7pm. £5 • Dai (Enough). The Playhouse. 7.30pm. £12 NUS • Calling All The Heroes. Norwich Puppet Theatre. 7.30pm. £6 • Distortion. The Waterfront. 7.30pm. £6

20th • Stacey Kent and her Musicians. The Playhouse. 7.30pm. £15 NUS • Alan Bates Hypnotist. LT1. 7.30pm. £4.50 • Mr Scruff. LCR. 9pm. £8.50 • 80s Night + Motor City Magic. The Waterfront. 10pm. £3.50 NUS

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• Talent (LGBT History Month). The Talk. 7.30pm. £5 • The Ring of Fire: A Tribute to the Music of Johnny Cash.

The Playhouse. 7.30pm. £13.50 • La Guerre de Troie n’aura pas lieu. UEA Drama Studio.

7.30pm. £3.50 NUS • Meltdown + Britpoppin. The Waterfront. 10pm. £3.50 NUS • Now 90s. LCR. 10pm. £4.50adv

• Buzz! Clash of the Unis. Blue Bar. 7pm. Free • [SPUNGE] The Waterfront. 7pm. £10 • Bearsuit. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £5

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8pm. £6 NUS • St Patrick’s LCR. 10pm. £3.50 adv

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• Hot Leg. The Watefront. 7.30pm. £11 • Peter Doherty (Solo Acoustic Show). LCR. 7.30pm. £19 • Tweet Woof Tweet Records Launch Party. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £3

• All-­Day Adult Puppet-­making Workshop. Norwich Puppet Theatre. 10.30am. £30 • Calling All The Heroes. Norwich Puppet Theatre. 7.30pm. £6 • Meltdown + Ska’d Up. 10pm. £3.50 NUS • Club Retro w/80s hour 11-­12pm. LCR. 10pm. £4.50adv

• Lily Allen. LCR. 7pm. Sold Out. • Rumble Strips. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £8

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23rd • Wednesday 13. The Waterfront. 7.30pm. £13 • The Monday Night Alternative ft. Salena Godden.

Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £5

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