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Melissa York and Matt Ramsay
Contributors - Freddie Allen, Ruth Barton, Chris Bullock, Will Donovan, Alice Drummee, Katie Gee, Sam Hill, Dean Hooper, Kirsty Kelly, Harriet Kendall, Elsie King, Shaun Kitchener, JJ LaFou, Hannah Livingston, Steph McKenna, Will Newton, Jonathan Rider, Phil Stallard, Helen Thomas, Karine Wach-Donovan, Ben Winstanley
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Internet Editors - Chloe Pew
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Latter and Alannah Wells
Jonathan Clark
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Creative Writing
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Penny Boxall
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Contributors - Jennifer Abbott, Fay Harris
p.6 - 4HE %VENT 2ECOMMENDS 4HE "RIEF 7ONDEROUS ,IFE OF /SCAR 7AO p.7 - !LL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE .ORFOLK AND .ORWICH &ESTIVAL
Editor-in-Chief Fiona Billings
Deputy Fashion Editor - Flora Wong
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p.4 - 7ORKING TIPS ON WHAT TO WEAR TO SCORE THAT GRADUATE JOB p.5 - 4HE HOT AND NOT OF THIS YEAR S SUMMER TRENDS
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7HAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE TYPE OF ACT THAT APPEARS AT THE &ESTI VAL MUSIC DANCE DRAMA ETC -Y TASTES AND PREFERENCES ARE PRETTY ECLECTIC SO ) CAN T REALLY ANSWER THAT PER SE 9OU MIGHT SAY MY PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND HAS A MIXED ARTISTIC HERITAGE 4O SELECT FROM A HAND FUL OF WORK ) M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT SEEING IN 4HE 3MILE /FF 9OUR &ACE YOU RE PLACED IN A WHEELCHAIR HAVE YOUR HANDS BOUND AND A BLINDFOLD PUT ON 4RULY NOT AN EXPERIENCE TO BE MISSED
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PORARY MUSIC THEATRE DANCE OUTDOOR PERFORMANCE AND WORK FOR CHILDREN
(OW BIG A STANDING DOES THE ..& HAVE IN LOCAL AND NATIONAL CIRCLES ,AST YEAR AROUND PEOPLE ATTENDED EVENTS DURING THE &ESTIVAL AND WE BROKE ALL BOX OFl CE RECORDS WE PRESENTED NUMEROUS REGIONAL EXCLUSIVES WORLD AND 5+ PREMIERES 7E RE IN THE TOP l VE ARTS FESTIVALS IN THE COUNTRY WITH PLACES LIKE %D INBURGH /VER THE LAST l VE YEARS UNDER *ONATHAN S LEADERSHIP ..& HAS EXPANDED AND DEVELOPED INTO A TRULY INTERNATIONAL MULTI ART FORM PROGRAMME THAT COVERS CLASSICAL AND CONTEM
)S IT DIFl CULT TO GET AN EVEN BALANCE OF ACTS WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR OWN PERSONAL FAVOURITES *ONATHAN S PROGRAMMING ETHOS IS THREE DIMENSIONAL (E CONSIDERS POTENTIAL PROJECTS FROM NUMEROUS ANGLES THINKING ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE WORK THE AUDIENCE HOW IT WORKS TO DEVELOP THE &ESTIVAL PROGRAMME HOW IT MIGHT SERVE TO ANSWER PARTICULAR QUESTIONS OR EXPLORE PARTICULAR AREAS OF PRACTICE /F COURSE WE ALL HAVE OUR FAVOURITES AND PART OF THE JOY OF THE JOB IS BRINGING WORK YOU LOVE TO A NEW AUDIENCE 7ORKING TO MAKE THAT POSSIBLE IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST JOBS IN THE WORLD -ATT 2AMSAY
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REVEALED ALONG THE WAY AND THE PATH YOU TAKE CHANGES ACCORDINGLY /THER THAN ITS WINDING STORYLINE THAT WILL DRIVE YOU TO CONSTANTLY EX PLORE FURTHER IT CARRIES MANY OTHER DISTRACTIONS SUCH AS GAMBLING AND #HOCOBO 2ACING 4HERE ARE ALSO MINI GAMES THAT BRANCH FROM 3NOW BOARDING TO STRATEGICALLY DEFENDING A FORTRESS WITH TROOP PLACEMENT AND TACTICAL THINKING &INAL &ANTASY 6)) RE ALLY DOES HAVE IT ALL 6AUGHN (IGHl ELD
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(ALF ,IFE HUMANITY HAS BEEN CON QUERED BY A COLLECTION OF ALIEN RACES CALLED THE #OMBINE AND MUST BATTLE WITH THE HUMAN RESISTANCE TO FREE MANKIND (ALF ,IFE IS AUGMENTED BY THREE EXPANSIONS WHILST (ALF ,IFE HAS BEEN UPDATED WITH TWO @EPISODES AND BECAUSE THE GAMES ARE SEVERAL YEARS OLD THE MAJORITY OF THEM WILL RUN ON MOST COMPUTERS 4HE COM PLETE (ALF ,IFE SAGA IS a ON 3TEAM AN OBSCENELY LOW PRICE FOR SO MUCH CONTENT 7ILLIAM -ORAN
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!N INTRODUCTION TO THOSE WHO PUT THE WORDS IN THE ACTORS MOUTHS 'ENERALISATION THOUGH IT IS IT S FAIR TO SAY THAT PEOPLE DON T THINK OF TELEVISION WRITING AS AN ART 4HINK OF THE NOVELIST OR THE POET AND IMAG ES OF INK STAINED l NGERS AND SUFFERING FOR ONES ART COME TO MIND %QUALLY ONE MIGHT THINK OF GREAT JOURNALISM AND IMAGINE A l GURE STRIDING AROUND AN OFl CE INSPIRING DEBATE UNCOVERING TRUTHS AND GETTING TO THE BOTTOM OF A STORY (OW TRUE THESE PARTICULAR CLICHÏD IMAGES ARE IS NOT THE POINT &EW PEOPLE STAND UP AND SALUTE 46 WRITERS )T IS A MYSTERY WHY
/NE MUST NOD THEIR HEAD TO THE PEOPLE WHOSE DIALOGUE ONCE IT APPEARS ON OUR 46 SCREENS OFTEN GOES ON TO LIVE A SECOND LIFE BEING QUOTED BY ITS FANS AND FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE BECOME A SORT OF CULTURAL BACKDROP OF SOUND BITES TO LIVE ONE S LIFE BY ,OVE THEM OR HATE THEM SKETCH SHOWS AND SITCOMS ARE THE SOURCE OF MANY OF THESE PLAY GROUND CRIES AND MOMENTS OF WATER COOLER BANTER FROM -ITCHELL AND 7EBB S @4HAT S .UM BERWANG v REPORTEDLY BEING THE SLOW TORTURE OF MATHS TEACHERS EVERYWHERE TO FRAZZLED )4 SUP PORT WORKERS ASKING COLLEAGUES IF THEY VE @TRIED TURNING IT OFF AND ON AGAIN ON THE ADVICE OF 4HE )4 #ROWD %QUALLY DRAMAS HAVE THEIR OWN UNIQUE HOLD ON THE NATION WITH OFTEN MALIGNED SOAP WRIT ERS PRODUCING REAMS OF MATERIAL THAT KEEPS FANS HOOKED ON THE LIVES OF ORDINARY PEOPLE AT THE SAME TIME PROVIDING FERTILE GROUND FOR WRITERS
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.OW IN ITS l FTH SEASON 4HE !PPRENTICE HAS RE TURNED TO OUR SCREENS ONCE AGAIN MAKING 7EDNESDAY NIGHT TELEVISION REDEEMABLE 4HE BATTLE TO BECOME 3IR !LAN S APPRENTICE AND NEW EST SIX l GURE SALARY EMPLOYEE RAGES ON AND IS REVEALING THE MOST COMPETITIVE CHALLENGERS YET
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ON WITH IT )N AMONGST THE HEATED DISCUSSIONS AND SILENT TAXI RIDES THERE IS ALSO A BLOSSOMING RO MANCE TO LOOK OUT FOR BETWEEN 0HIL AND +ATE (OWEVER DISCRETION SEEMS TO BE A SLIGHT PROB LEM AS IT IS BROUGHT UP IN THE BOARD ROOM IN FRONT OF 3IR !LAN AND #O $RAMA TO ENSUE UN DOUBTEDLY )F YOU CAN T GET ENOUGH OF 4HE !PPRENTICE ITSELF YOU CAN ALSO TUNE IN TO 4HE !PPRENTICE 9OU RE &IRED STRAIGHT AFTERWARDS ON ""# TO SEE THE LATEST l RED CONTESTANT SQUIRM A LITTLE MORE TRYING TO DEFEND THEMSELVES IN FRONT OF !DRIAN #HILES AND A HOST OF CELEBRITY GUESTS 7HILST IT S MEAN AS LONG AS IT S NOT US BEING GRILLED IT S RATHER ENTERTAINING AND MORE THAN SLIGHTLY AD DICTIVE TO WATCH +ATE 3LEMMINGS
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!ND l NALLY 3TUDENTS AT 5%! HAVE BEEN INUNDATED WITH FRIEND REQUESTS ON &ACEBOOK BY A FEW RANDOM PEOPLE THAT NO ONE APPEARS TO ACTUALLY KNOW 4HE @PEOPLE SUCH AS @#LARE *ENSON AND @3ALLY &RENCH HAVE BEEN ADDING STUDENTS AS FRIENDS FOR THE PAST WEEK 4HEORIES ARE ABOUND IN THE #ONCRETE /Fl CE AS TO WHO THESE PEOPLE REALLY ARE WITH IDEAS RANGING FROM A #)! CONSPIRACY TO THE POSSIBILITY OF THE 5NIVERSITY KEEPING TABS ON US "E CAREFUL WHO YOU MAKE FRIENDS WITH ,OUISE 7OODS
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The Soundtrack Of Our Lives
&OR MANY OF 4HE %VENT S LOYAL FANS THIS IS THE LAST ISSUE THEY WILL EAGERLY DEVOUR OVER COFFEE AND CAKE IN 4HE (IVE 9ES GRADUATION IS FAST APPROACHING AND IT IS NOW TIME TO REMINSCE ABOUT THE SOARING HIGHS AND CRUSHING LOWS OF OUR TIMES AT 5%! AND THE SONGS THAT PROVIDED THE SOUNDTRACK Klaxons Atlantis To Interzone
Justice vs. Simian We Are Your Friends
h4HIS SONG PRETTY MUCH SUMS UP THE l RST YEAR AT 5%! FOR ME $ANCING LIKE A MA NIAC WHEN :ANE ,OWE PLAYED IT IN THE ,#2 AND BOUNCING AROUND IN A NEON BLUR AMONGST A SWEATY GLOW STICK JUICE COVERED MOB AT THEIR GIG IN -AY EPIC TUNE v +ATIE 'EE
h4HIS SONG AND $AVID 'UETTA VS 4HE %GG S ,OVE $ON T ,ET -E 'O WERE AL WAYS PLAYED BY THE TALENTLESS $* 'ARY 3ULTER AT )GNITE 4HURSDAYS $ON T GET ME WRONG THOUGH THEY ARE GOOD SONGS AND THEY REMIND ME OF .OR WICH S GREATEST STUDENT NIGHT v $EAN (OOPER
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Calvin Harris Acceptable In The 80s
The Shoop Shoop Song
h4HIS SONG WILL NEVER COME CLOSE TO BE ING ONE OF MY FAVOURITES BUT IT LL ALWAYS REMIND ME OF UNI 4HE SONG WAS BLARING OUT OF A FRIEND S PHONE WE WERE DRUNK ENLY DANCING DOWN THE ROAD ALONGSIDE .ORFOLK 4ERRACE COLLECTING STRANGERS AS WE WENT !N AMAZING TIME v
h4HIS SONG REMINDS ME OF MY l RST SECOND NIGHT AT UNI %MILY WHO ) D ONLY JUST MET PERFORMED A PREVI OUSLY MADE UP PAIRED DANCE ROUTINE BY HERSELF LOOKING LIKE A CRAZED LOON IN FRONT OF LOADS OF STRANGERS 'OOD TIMES v 2UTH "ARTON
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The Auteurs Chinese Bakery
h,IVING ON CAMPUS IN THE l RST YEAR MEANT NO GAS ELECTRIC OR WATER BILLS AND THEREFORE MORE MUSIC 4HIS ELEC TRIC GUITAR DRIVEN STOMP WITH LYRICS ) DON T UNDERSTAND ACCOMPANIED ME ON NUMEROUS WALKS TO THE POST ROOM TO COLLECT RECENTLY ORDERED #$S GOT ME IN THE MOOD FOR TWICE WEEKLY ,#2S AND WAS ANOTHER SONG ) COULDN T PLAY PROP ERLY ON GUITAR v "EN 7INSTANLEY
The Clash Rock The Casbah
h4HIS IS A BIT OF STRANGE ONE BUT THE SONG THAT ) THINK WILL ALWAYS REMIND ME OF 5%! IS 2OCK THE #ASBAH BY 4HE #LASH )N MY l RST YEAR ) WOULD ALWAYS PLAY IT FULL BLAST IN MY ROOM BEFORE GETTING READY TO GO TO THE ,#2 AND PROCEED TO JUMP AROUND ENERGETICALLY UNTIL THE SONG l NISHED WHEN ) WOULD IMMEDIATELY PRESS REPEAT AND LISTEN TO IT AGAIN 4RY TO LISTEN TO THIS SONG WITHOUT LEAPING AROUND LIKE A MA NIAC 9OU CAN T v %LSIE +ING AKA #APTAIN *OLLY
Brewer & Shipley One Toke Over The Line
Sunblock I’ll Be Ready h,#2 )GNITE T SHIRT SWINGING THE "AYWATCH THEME TUNE IS THE ULTIMATE MEMORY 7HEN PLAYED THE DANCE m OOR WOULD l LL ESPECIALLY IN )GNITE WITH THE JOYOUS 'ARY 3ULTER SHOUT ING hTAKE YOUR TEE SHIRTS OFF FOR THIS NEXT ONE v %VERYTIME ) HEAR hDUUG A DUUG A DUNGv ) WON T JUST THINK OF THE (OFF ) WILL THINK 5%! v +ARINE 7ACH $ONOVAN
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h) REMEMBER THE l RST TIME ) HEARD THIS SONG VIVIDLY ) WAS LYING ON THE GRASS OUTSIDE #OLMAN (OUSE WITH MY m ATMATES EATING ICE CREAM AT THE END OF OUR l RST YEAR )T S A JOLLY SONG THAT ISN T PARTICULARLY DEEP BUT IT EPITO MISES THAT GOOD FEELING EVERYONE GETS WHEN THEY VE l NISHED AN ESSAY AND CAN SIT IN THE SUNSHINE DOING NOTHING IN PARTICULAR v (ANNAH ,IVINGSTON
Justin Timberlake Sexyback
h)T REMINDS ME OF l RST YEAR NIGHTS OUT h)T REMINDS ME OF l RST YEAR SUMMER BY AND MY FRIEND S HILARIOUS DANCING WHICH INVOLVED FRANTICALLY m AILING THE LAKE FOR OBVIOUS REASONS v ** ,A&OU LIMBS v !NONYMOUS
The Beach Boys Barbara Ann h4HE "EACH "OYS "ARBARA !NN WILL ALWAYS REMIND ME OF 5%! )MAGINE THREE DRUNK BOYS ON THE TOP DECK OF A BUS BELTING THIS OUT IN ROUNDS TAKING IT IN TURNS TO l ND THE ELUSIVE MIDDLE OF THE HARMONY AND SNEAKING VODKA SHOTS #LASSIC MEMORIES AND MANY UNHAPPY PASSENGERS v 7ILL .EWTON
MGMT Time To Pretend
h4HE SONG REPRESENTS YOUTH ELECTRO DANCING IN .ORWICH THE NOUGHTIES AND KIDDING OURSELVES THAT IT LL NEVER END &EELING hROUGHv hRAWv AND hIN OUR PRIMEv IS WHAT 5%! HAS PRO VIDED h9EAH IT S OVERWHELMING BUT WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO 'ET JOBS IN OF l CES AND WAKE UP FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE v .O NOT YET PLEASE v 2OB -ORBIN
The Vengaboys We Like To Party h"ECAUSE ) HAVEN T PARTIED THIS MUCH SINCE WELL EVER !ND ) DON T THINK ) LL BE ABLE TO PARTY AS MUCH WHEN ) M WORKING A TO /H AND 4HE 6ENGA BOYS CAME TO .ORWICH TWICE AND THEY WERE PRETTY SPECIAL v *ONATHAN 2IDER
Ewan McGregor & Nicole Kidman Elephant Love Medley h) LOVED THIS SONG BACK IN THE DAYS OF ACNE AND %WAN -C'REGOR OBSSESSIVE NESS YET ITS RESURRECTION AT A HOUSE PARTY THIS YEAR HAS MEANT IT WILL FOR EVER BE INGRAINED INTO MY MEMORIES OF UNI )T WAS PLAYED AT THE BEGINNING OF ONE OF THE BEST NIGHTS OUT ) VE EVER HAD AND THEREFORE THE ONLY SONG ) CAN REALLY REMEMBER FROM THAT NIGHT NAMELY AS ) WALKED THROUGH THE DOOR -Y FRIENDS WERE PLAYING THE -OULIN 2OUGE DRINKING GAME DRINK WHEN THEY SING hLOVEv AND ) CAN HONESTLY SAY IT WAS THE MOST JOYOUS HILARIOUS BEGINNING TO A NIGHT THAT SAW PEEING IN GARDENS AND PUKING IN ,#2 TOILETS THE DEl NITIVE UNI EXPERIENCE v +IRSTY +ELLY
Pulp Disco 2000
h4HIS SOUNDTRACKED MANY REVELRIES MOST MEMORABLY WHEN ) PERFORMED IT AT THE "LUE "AR KARAOKE ) GOT HIDE OUSLY DRUNK BEFOREHAND BUT THINGS WERE OKAY UNTIL ) REACHED A VERSE THAT hWASN T IN THE ORIGINAL SONGv OR SO ) CLAIMED AT THE TIME 4HROUGHOUT THIS UNKNOWN SECTION ) SCREECHED A VARIE TY OF OBSCENETIES TO THE BEMUSEMENT HORROR OF A JAM PACKED PUB v 3ARAH #HRISTIE
Beirut Elephant Gun
h) WAS SO HAPPY WHEN ) FOUND THAT MY OBSESSION WITH :ACH #ONDON S FOLK FROLICS WAS NORMAL ESPECIALLY AFTER GROWING UP IN A SCHOOL WHERE ANYONE WHO DIDN T THINK /ASIS WERE THE PINNACLE OF MUSIC WAS A FREAK )T S GOT UKULELE HORNS ACCORDION AND YOU CAN DANCE TO ITx (ONESTLY YOU CAN &OR ME IT S THE BEST SYMBOL OF COMING TO A PLACE THAT WAS ALLOWING ME TO GROW UP AND BE DIFFERENT )T S EITHER THAT OR SOME OF .ORWICH S ACE LOCAL STUFF v 3AM (ILL
Joy Division Disorder
h4HIS SONG HAS BEEN THE BACKDROP TO SOME OF THE BEST TIMES ) VE HAD AT 5%! BUT THE MOST VIVID MEMORY IT EVOKES FOR ME IS WHEN MY FRIENDS AND ) DANCED THE NIGHT AWAY AFTER THE ,IT "ALL THEM IN TUXEDOES AND POSH FROCKS ) IN ,ITTLE "LACK $RESS AND .IKE HIGH TOPS 4HE SONG PLAYED AS WE ALL DANCED FURIOUSLY MY HEAD SWIMMING WITH A MIXTURE OF SOUND HEAT AND AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF SUGAR FROM COUNTLESS !LCOPOPS !ND IT WAS IN THAT EXACT MOMENT SINGING ALONG AND LAUGHING WITH SOME OF MY FAVOURITE PEOPLE IN THE WHOLE WORLD THAT ) FELT THE KIND OF HEADY HAPPI NESS THAT CAN NEVER BE FORGOTTEN v !LICE $RUMMEE
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2ED ,IGHT #OMPANY ARE ON THE UP AND UP !FTER BEING TIPPED BY .-% AND :ANE ,OWE THE BAND COMMENCED THEIR l RST HEADLINE TOUR OF THE 5+ 7HEN THEY STOPPED OFF AT .ORWICH !RTS #ENTRE &REDDIE !LLEN WAS THERE TO WITNESS IT &! 7HO WOULD YOU CONSIDER YOUR MAIN INm UENCES TO BE 2& &OR THIS ALBUM %CHO AND THE "UNNYMEN (OUSE OF ,OVE AND 4HE #URE AS WELL AS MORE RECENT 0OST 0UNK INSPIRED BANDS LIKE )NTERPOL AND !RCADE &IRE 3O IT S NOT SO BROAD REALLY MORE OF WHAT SUITED THE CANVAS OF LIVING IN A BIG CITY LIKE ,ONDON FOR THE l RST TIME
&! &IVE ALBUMS THAT YOU GREW UP LISTENING TO !ND RECORDS YOU RE KICKING BACK TO ON THE TOUR BUS 2& 3IMON AND 'ARFUNKEL HAS ALWAYS BEEN A BIT OF A GUILTY PLEASURE 5 S "OY 0RESIDENTS OF THE 53! .IRVANA S .EVERMIND AND 0EARL *AM S 4EN #UR RENTLY 4HE -ACCABEES NEW SINGLE &LEET &OXES - AND THE NEW 3ECRET -ACHINES RECORD
WHEN ) WAS OR ) WAS AT THE BACK OF THE TENT THINKING hTHIS IS DEl NITELY WHAT ) NEED TO BE DOING v "UT SOME OF THESE REGIONAL GIGS HAVE BEEN BRIL LIANT WE PLAYED &IBBERS IN 9ORK THE OTHER NIGHT TO SEE THE PLACE PACKED OUT WITH PEOPLE SINGING ALONG TO EVERY SONG YOU PLAY IS A VERY SPECIAL FEELING &! "ACK TO TOURING DO YOU GET TIME TO WRITE MUCH WHILE ON THE ROAD 2& .O NOT REALLY ) l ND THE CREATIVE PROCESS VERY SEPARATE 4OURING IS KIND OF LIKE 'ROUNDHOG $AY 9OU NEED TO BREATHE IN A LITTLE TO BE CREATIVE SO ) SEPARATE THE TWO ) HAVE BEEN WRIT ING A FAIR BIT SINCE THE l RST RECORD THOUGH 7E VE GOT SOME TIME OFF AFTER THIS %UROPEAN TOUR SO ) M GOING TO BE DOING A LOT OF WORK THEN &! !RE YOU GOING TO SHOWCASE ANY OF THE NEW STUFF ON THIS TOUR OR ARE YOU KEEPING IT UNDER WRAPS 2& 9EAH WE PROBABLY WILL BE ON THE NEXT TOUR 7E VE GOT A LOT OF FESTIVALS THIS SUMMER SO PLAYING LIVE OUTSIDE WOULD PROBABLY BE THE BEST TIME TO TEST IT OUT ;LAUGHS= )T MIGHT SUCK &! 7HAT DO YOU GUYS DO TO RELAX HOW DO YOU KICK BACK 2& ;MORE LAUGHTER= 7E MAINLY JUST WATCH HORROR MOVIES )T SEEMS TO BE THE BEST WAY TO RELEASE PENT UP AG GRESSION 3PENDING MOST OF THE DAY
&! 7HAT WAS THE MOST MEMORABLE GIG YOU VE BEEN TO WAS THERE ONE THAT STOOD OUT ABOVE ALL OTHERS AND INSPIRED YOU TO PURSUE MUSIC AS A CAREER 2& ) SAW 2ADIOHEAD PLAY WHEN THEY DID THEIR BIG TENT TOUR 4HAT WAS IN CREDIBLE A DEl NING MOMENT FOR ME
IN THE VAN ON THE WAY TO VENUES IS VERY REPETITIVE BUT YOU KIND OF TRY YOUR BEST TO LOOK AROUND EVERY PLACE YOU STOP OFF AT &! 'ET MUCH OF A CHANCE TO CHECK OUT OUR l NE CITY 2& 7E VE ONLY JUST GOT HERE BUT ) LL BE OUT LATER WANDERING THE STREETS
“To see a place packed out with people singing along to every song you play is a very special feeling”
&REDDIE !LLEN (OW DID 2ED ,IGHT #OMPANY FORM ) HEAR THERE S A PRETTY COLOURFUL STORY BEHIND THE BAND 2ICHARD &RENNEAUX ;SINGER LEAD GUITAR= ) STARTED THE BAND BY POSTING AN ADVERT ON THE INTERNET AND 3HAWN ;$AY BASSIST= REPLIED FROM 7YOMING 7E EXCHANGED INm UENCES AND ) SENT HIM 3CHEME %UGENE A TRACK ) D AL READY RECORDED AND HE REALLY LOVED IT 3HAWN m EW OVER TO %NGLAND BUT UNFORTUNATELY HE DIDN T HAVE ENOUGH FUNDS TO STAY AND SO HE GOT DEPORTED "UT BEFORE HE BOARDED A PLANE BACK TO THE 3TATES ) TOOK HIM TO A PUB WHERE WE AGREED THAT HE D RETURN TO THE 3TATES TO SELL SOME STUFF SO HE COULD COME BACK TO THE 5+ 4HAT S WHAT HAPPENED AND 2ED ,IGHT #OM PANY WAS STARTED WE BOTH MOVED TO ,ONDON LIVING IN A BASEMENT m AT TOGETHER WHERE WE WROTE ALL OF THE MATERIAL BEFORE GETTING THE REST OF THE BAND TOGETHER &! 3O BEFORE THAT WHAT DID YOU GUYS DO 7ERE YOU ALWAYS MUSI CIANS OR DID YOU HAVE OTHER JOBS
2& 9EAH MUSIC S THE ONLY THING ) CAN DO REALLY ) VE ALWAYS RECORDED AND SO ) D PRODUCED ALL OF THE ALBUM CON TENT BEFORE WE ACTUALLY WENT INTO THE STUDIO WHERE ) CO PRODUCED IT WITH !DRIAN "USHBY 3O MUSIC S ALL ) REALLY CAN DO ) THINK FOR GOOD MUSICIANS THAT S ALL YOU REALLY CAN BE YOU KNOW IN LIFE YOU VE GOT TO BE GOOD AT ONE THING
“So music’s all I really can do. I think for good musicians that’s all you can really be; you know in life you’ve got to be good at one thing” &! 3O HOW DID YOU INITIALLY COPE WITH THE GEOGRAPHICAL DIFFERENCES 2& )T S WEIRD ) THINK IT S A SIGN OF THE TIMES BUT YOU CAN LITERALLY BE ANY
WHERE IN THE WORLD AND STILL HAVE THE SAME INm UENCES 3HAWN VERY MUCH HAD HIS EYES ON THE 5+ GROWING UP IN !USTRALIA ) WAS INm UENCED BY !MERICAN MUSIC SO ) GUESS WE KIND OF MET IN THE MIDDLE &! )N -ARCH YOU RELEASED YOUR l RST ALBUM &INE &ASCINATION 9OU MEN TIONED EARLIER THAT YOU WENT INTO THE STUDIO HAVING WRITTEN ALL OF THE MATERIAL BUT ARE THERE OTHER MEM BERS OF THE CREATIVE PROCESS DO OTH ERS CHIP IN 2& 7E KIND OF RECORD AS WE GO ALONG BUT IT S REALLY JUST MYSELF AND 3HAWN WHO CHIP IN BY THROWING IN STRUMENTS AROUND WE BOTH PLAY AND THEN SEE WHAT SETS &! $O YOU HAVE A FAVOURITE TRACK ON THE ALBUM 2& )T S STRANGE WHEN YOU START TOURING THE RECORD BECAUSE THE MUSIC YOU VE WRITTEN AT THE TIME IS YOURS BUT AS SOON AS YOU HAVE FANS WHO VE HEARD IT YOU HAVE TO SURRENDER IT TO THEM "UT PLAYING LIVE IS A DIFFERENT THING THE TRACK 7HEN %VERYONE IS %VERYBODY %LSE IS DEl NITELY A BAND FAVORITE
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Bambi Get Over It "AMBI 'ET /VER )T
The Maccabees 7ALL /F !RMS
&ORMED OUT OF A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF "ROKEN 3OCIAL 3CENE #ANADA S -ET RIC SHOW THEIR MUSICAL DIVERSITY IN &ANTASIES A TRACK RECORD OF SYNTHS AND PULSING DISCO BEATS A WORLD AWAY FROM THE AMBIENT EXPERIEMEN TALISMS OF "33 &RONT WOMAN %MILY (AINES OFFERS THE MELODIC GUITARS AND SKIPPING DRUMS HER WEIGHTED AND DISTINCTIVE VOCAL STYLE 7HILST (AINES LYRICS FOR -ETRIC DO NOT QUITE MATCH UP TO THE POIGNANCY OF HER SOLO MATERIAL THEY PLAY TRUE TO THE FAST PACED DISCO DRIVEN MUSIC WITHOUT THE CLI CHÏS OR EMBARRASSMENT THAT SO MANY SIMILAR BANDS RELY ON 4HE CLIMAX OF THE RECORD IS REACHED IN THE MIDDLE WITH SINGLE 'IMME 3YMPATHY PRECEDED BY 'OLD 'UN 'IRLS TWO TRACKS THAT BEG TO BE PLAYED LOUD AND SUNG ALONG TO AND THEY EPITOMISE EVERY THING THAT IS GOOD ABOUT THE BAND 3TEERED BY THE CONTINUOUS PACE OF MELODY AND UNFORGETTABLE LYRICS 'IMME 3YMPATHY DOES NOT NECESSARILY SET THE SCENE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE ALBUM 4WILIGHT 'ALAXY SLOWS THE PACE DOWN NUMBINGLY AND 3TADIUM ,OVE DISAPPOINTS SLIGHTLY IN ITS REPETITIOUS STRUCTURE AND INSTRU MENTATION .ONETHELESS THESE m AWS ARE HARDLY NOTICEABLE AND THE RECORD HAS JUSTIl ED ITS ACCLAIM (ELEN 4HOMAS
4HE -Y3PACE OF "AMBI 'ET /VER )T A l VE PIECE FORMED WHILST AT 5%! STATES THAT THIS EPONYMOUS DEBUT IS A hDEMO ALBUMv 4HE DEMO QUALITY IS OCCASION ALLY INAUDIBLE BUT IT DOESN T LESSEN THE PROMISE OF THIS BRILLIANT CLUTCH OF SONGS 4HE BAND S INm UENCES ARE FAR MORE DI VERSE THAN THE NORM FROM S ROCK AND ROLL TO ROCKABILLY TO &RENCH CHANSON NIERS SUCH AS *ULIETTE 'RECO WHO S REFERENCED ON 4HAT 'IRL AND COMBINE TO FORM AN IDIOSYNCRATIC AND INCREDIBLE CATCHY SOUND "AMBI 'ET /VER )T PARTICULARLY STAND OUT FROM THE ALT INDIE PACK THANKS TO THE DOMINANCE OF 'EORGE +NIGHTS MANDOLIN AND FRONT WOMAN 3IM %LDEM S RAW BLUESY VOCALS 4HE BAND SET THE BAR HIGH WITH THE l RST TWO THIRDS OF THE ALBUM CONSISTING OF FRENETIC FUTURE ANTHEMS AND ALMOST INEVITABLY THEY CAN T QUITE SUSTAIN THIS QUAL ITY WHILST THE LAST TWO TRACKS ARE GOOD THEY DON T HOLD THEIR OWN AGAINST BARN STORMERS LIKE "AD -AN "UT THE OVERWHELMING CRITI CISM IS OF THE MOST POSITIVE KIND WHY ISN T THERE MORE 4AKE "OI IT HAS A BRILLIANT BACK AND FORTH STUTTER OF A VOCAL HOOK BUT WHILE THE LISTENER LONGS FOR THIS CHORUS TO BURST OUT ONE LAST TIME THE SONG TAILS AWAY INSTEAD 3TILL THIS IS A FANTASTIC DEBUT EFFORT IT S A PRIVILEGE TO HAVE A BAND THIS GOOD IN OUR l NE CITY 3ARAH #HRISTIE
)T S ONLY A COUPLE OF SUMMERS SINCE 4HE -ACCABEES EMERGED WITH #OLOUR )T )N !LTHOUGH IMPRESSIVE WITH CATCHY GUI TAR RIFFS AND YELPING VOCALS THE TRACKS CONFORMED TO THE FORMULA INTRODUCED BY BANDS SUCH AS 4HE &UTUREHEADS AND 4HE 9OUNG +NIVES (OWEVER WITH THE RELEASE OF 7ALL OF !RMS IT S APPARENT THAT 4HE -ACCABEES HAVE SHIFTED AWAY FROM MODERN ALTERNATIVE TRA DITIONS AND HAVE CREATED A MORE INDIVIDUAL SOUND &ROM THE GLORIOUS MELODIES AND GENTLY ECHOED VOCALS OF ,OVE 9OU "ETTER TO THE BEAUTIFULLY RHYTHMIC +ISS !ND 2ESOLVE AND 9OUNG ,IONS 7ALL OF !RMS BOASTS A STRONG COLLECTION OF VERSATILE AND ORIGINAL SONGS .O +IND 7ORDS IS EASILY THE ALBUM S HIGHLIGHT /RLANDO 7EEKS LOW SEDUCTIVE VOCALS BLEND SEAMLESSLY WITH CHIMING GUITARS AND A MELTING BASS LINE TO CREATE A TRACK THAT S DARK AND IRRESISTIBLE !LTHOUGH DEVELOPING A MORE MATURE AND DISTINCTIVE SOUND 4HE -ACCABEES HAVE KEPT A GRIP ON THE ELECTRIFYING RIFFS AND LIVELY VOCALS THAT MADE THEIR EARLIER TUNES )T S THIS MIXTURE OF SOPHIS TICATION AND ANIMATION THAT RENDERS THEIR LATEST ALBUM SO EN JOYABLE UPBEAT AND REFRESHINGLY TRENDY WITHOUT CONFORMING TO SCENE CONVENTIONS 7ALL OF !RMS IS THE PERFECT COMPANION FOR THE UPCOMING SUMMER DAYS !LICE $RUMMEE
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3ATAN IN THE TITLE 0IXIES SINGER &RANK "LACK PRODUCING EERIE COVER !RT "RUT S THIRD ALBUM APPEARS TO BE WHERE THEY GET SERIOUS "UT THANKFUL LY THEY DON T .OT EVEN NEARLY &RONT MAN %DDIE !RGOS HASN T QUITE MAN AGED TO TOP THE LYRICAL GENIUS OF THE BAND S DEBUT BUT SINCE NO ONE ELSE HAS EITHER THIS IS FORGIVEABLE &EW PEOPLE COULD AVOID SOUNDING RIDICULOUS WITH A CHORUS OF h) LOVE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION BUS OR TRAIN THEY RE BOTH AMAZINGv BUT IN HIS LOVE IT OR HATE IT SPOKEN WORD STYLE IT SOMEHOW WORKS !RGOS MAKES THE RECORD BUYING PUBLIC THE 3ATAN OF THE TITLE BUT HALF THIS ALBUM IS A (IGH &IDELITY ESQUE ODE TO POP MUSIC 4WIST AND 3HOUT WILL BE PAINFULLY FAMILIAR TO ANYONE WHO S PUB LICLY SUNG ALONG TO A SONG STUCK IN THEIR HEAD WHILE 4HE 2E PLACEMENTS CHORUS CONSISTS OF %DDIE S DISBELIEF THAT HE S ONLY JUST DISCOVERED THE PUNK BAND OF THE SAME NAME 6S 3ATAN S WHOLE SOUND IS FULL OF THIS PRIMAL LOVE OF MUSIC IT S GOT THE BOUNCING FUN OF A GREAT GARAGE ROCK BAND LIKE 'RAHAM #OXON IN HIS &REAKIN /UT PRIME !LTHOUGH SEX DRUGS AND ROCK ROLL ARE CLICHÏD TOPICS NOBODY CAPTURES THEIR AWKWARDNESS BETTER THAN !RGOS /NCE AGAIN !RT "RUT ARE TOP OF THE POPS 7ILL $ONOVAN
-ANNERS FEELS LIKE THE KIND OF ALBUM A ROMANTIC GIFTED YEAR OLD KEYBOARD GENIUS MIGHT MAKE )T S PLAYFUL AND IN NOCENT -ICHAEL !GELAKOS HIGH PITCHED VOCALS SAIL MERRILY ALONGSIDE THE SILKY SYNTHS AND BOUNCYCASTLE BEATS ! CHORUS OF CHILDREN OCCASIONALLY POP UP TO GIVE THAT *USTICE $ ! . # % FEEL A SOUND THAT WORKS WELL ON SOME SONGS BUT IS USED TOO LIBERALLY THROUGH OUT THE RECORD .ONETHELESS THIS YOUTHFUL EUPHORIC ATMOSPHERE MAKES -ANNERS FANTASTIC FOR SUMMER ,AST YEAR S #HUNK OF #HANGE %0 WAS INITIALLY MADE AS A 6ALEN TINE S $AY PRESENT FOR !GELAKOS GIRLFRIEND 4HE ONLY TRACK CARRIED THROUGH TO THIS FULL LENGTH OFFERING IS 3LEEPYHEAD PROBABLY DUE TO ITS EXPOSURE ON 46 SERIES 3KINS 4HE SAMPLE LADEN %0 WAS HEADING TOWARDS !VALANCHES TERRITORY BUT 00 HAVE TAKEN A MORE TRADITIONAL ELECTRONICA PATH ON AN ALBUM THAT HAS CLEARLY BEEN RECORDED BY A GROUP RATHER THAN AN INDIVIDUAL %VIDENCE OF SEASONED DRUM MING GUITAR AND PARTICULARLY KEYBOARD PLAYING WILL ASSURE CRITICS THIS IS A PROPER BAND NOT JUST A GANG OF GEEKY LAPTOP PRETENDERS (OWEVER 00 ARE AT THEIR BEST WHEN MESSING AROUND WITH SYNTHS ON OPENING TRACKS -AKE ,IGHT AND ,ITTLE 3ECRETS CREATING A DEBUT THAT S SURE TO PUT A SMILE ON YOUR FACE 2OB -ORBIN
4HE ,EISURE 3OCIETY CREATE A FOLKY SOUND THAT AT TIMES EVOKES INm U ENCES FROM SURF POP TO !MERICANA ,ED BY GENTLY SPARKLING GUITARS UKULELES AND BANJOS LAYERED ON TOP OF LIGHT PERCUSSION SUMPTUOUS ARRANGEMENTS INCORPORATE AN ARRAY OF INSTRUMENTS INCLUDING GLOCKEN SPIELS m UTES AND VIOLINS (IGHLY ACCLAIMED DEBUT SINGLE 4HE ,AST OF THE -ELTING 3NOW IS AN ACHINGLY GORGEOUS STRIPPED BACK MAS TERPIECE RIGHTLY EARNING AN )VOR .OVELLO NOMINATION 4HE 3LEEPER m OATS PAST EFFORTLESSLY AS IF LYING IN THE GRASS WATCHING THE CLOUDS ROLL BY /PENER ! &IGHTING #HANCE ! 3HORT 7EEKEND "EGINS 7ITH ,ONGING AND ! -ATTER OF 4IME ARE GLORIOUSLY UPLIFTING HIGHLIGHTS /N 7E 7ERE 7ASTED A HEAVY NIGHT ON THE LASH HAS NEVER SOUNDED MORE MELANCHOIC AND THE SUBLIME UKULELE DRIVEN ,OVE S %NOR MOUS 7INGS CLOSES THE ALBUM ON A HIGH 7HILST THE BOUNCY TONE OF MUCH OF THE RECORD STIRS INITIALLY SUMMERY IMAGES OF HOPE AND JOY THERE IS A DISTINCTLY WISTFUL AND BITTERSWEET LYRICAL CORE CONVEYED SUPERBLY BY THE PURR OF .ICK (EMMING S LONGING VO CALS LEAVING A LINGERING FEELING OF PENSIVENESS AFTER EACH LISTEN ! MAGNIl CENT DEBUT 4HE 3LEEPER IS THE PERFECT LAID BACK ACCOMPA NIMENT TO A LEISURELY SPRING DAY 0HIL 3TALLARD
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7OLF S SHORT BOUT OF RETIREMENT IS OVER AND HE S RETURNED TO THE SCENE AS ONE HELL OF A FRISKY BOY (IS NEW ALBUM 4HE "ATCHELOR RELATES HIS DE PRESSION AFTER THE -AGIC 0OSITION TOUR )T WILL BE FOLLOWED BY 4HE #ONQUEROR A MORE UPBEAT RECORD ABOUT TRUE LOVE 6ULTURE IS THE l RST SINGLE TO BE TAKEN FROM 4HE "ATCHELOR AND WAS DESCRIBED BY 0ATRICK AS HIS h,! SONGvx UNSETTLINGLY DIRTY 4HE SONG KICK STARTS WITH AN S ELECTRO POP SOUND AIDED BY PRODUCER !LEC %MPIRE A DARKER AND THICKER NOISE THAN ANYTHING HE S DONE BEFORE 'ONE IS THE BOY WITH THE UKULELE PLAYING ELEC TRO EDGY FOLK SONGS ABOUT CATCHING TRAINS THROUGH THE COUNTRY SIDE AND IN CRAWLS A SEXED UP GLAM POP QUEEN WITH A PENCHANT FOR MAKING BONDAGE CLAD MUSIC VIDEOS AND BEING THROWN OUT OF -ADONNA CONCERTS 9ET UNDERNEATH THIS m AMBOYANT DIVA PER SONA THERE REMAINS A TALENTED MUSICIAN SO MOST FANS SHOULD BE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED AT THIS TRANSFORMATION (OWEVER THOSE MOURNING THE LOSS OF HIS MORE PENSIVE SOUND SHOULD REMAIN OPTIMISTIC FOR THE REST OF 4HE "ATCHELOR WHICH HOPES TO DELIVER SOMETHING MORE FAMILIAR 3TEPH -C+ENNA
&OR EVERY THOUGHTFUL EMOTIONALLY RESO NANT ,ILY !LLEN SONG THERE IS ALWAYS A FUN TONGUE IN CHEEK FOLLOW UP WAITING IN THE WINGS !ND SO IN THE WAKE OF 4HE &EAR ARGUABLY ONE OF THE BEST SINGLES OF THE YEAR SO FAR WE HAVE .OT &AIR )F SHE S DESPERATE TO SHED HER BALLSY ALMOST IM MATURE IMAGE SHE S CERTAINLY NOT SHOW ING IT HERE .OT MANY POPSTARS COULD DEADPAN h) LIE HERE IN THE WET PATCH IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BEDv AND h) SPENT AGES GIVING HEADv AND GET AWAY WITH IT BUT FROM ,ILY WE VE ALMOST COME TO ACCEPT IT AND ON THE WHOLE EMBRACE IT .OT &AIR DEMONSTRATES HER ABIL ITY TO SIT DOWN AND PEN A TUNE ABOUT THE ISSUES IN LIFE THAT OTHER SINGER SONGWRITERS STAY WELL AWAY FROM AND IN THIS CASE SHE POSES THE DILEMMA OF l NDING HER 0RINCE #HARMING AND DISCOVERING HE S COMPLETELY USELESS IN THE BEDROOM 4HE SPAGHETTI WESTERN INSTRU MENTATION IS QUIRKY AND WELL SUITED BUT IT S FAR INFERIOR TO THE MA TURE ELECTROPOP OF 4HE &EAR 'ENERALLY HOWEVER .OT &AIR REASSURES THOSE WHO FEARED SHE WAS HEADING DOWN A FULL TIME SERIOUS ROUTE AND IT S A TESTAMENT TO HER TALENTS AS A SONGWRITER THAT SHE CAN DO SERIOUS POP AND THROWAWAY DITTIES IN EQUAL MEASURE
!SHER 2OTH S RIDICULOUSLY CATCHY SINGLE ) ,OVE #OLLEGE CELEBRATES THE CAREFREE STUDENT LIFE OF DRINKING ALL NIGHT AND SLEEPING ALL DAY 2OTH RAPS OVER A SAMPLE OF 7EEZER S 3AY )T !IN T 3O AND IT IS REALLY CHILLED AS IF HE IS REMEMBERING LAST NIGHT WHILE DEALING WITH A HANGOVER !LTHOUGH WE CAN T SEE IT OUR SELVES 2OTH HAS BEEN LABELLED THE NEW %MINEM BUT DON T EXPECT ANYTHING GROUNDBREAKING WITH THIS LIGHT HEARTED TUNE 4HE GOOD THING ABOUT HIM IS HE DOES NOT PRETEND TO BE FROM -ILE HE S FROM THE SUBURBS HE GOES TO COLLEGE AND HE DOESN T HIDE IT WITH SHAM TALES OF GUNS AND HARD SHIP !FTER REMINISCING ABOUT hAWFULLY CRAZYv PARTIES SURELY WE ALL FEEL THE SAME AS 2OTH BY THE END OF THE SONG WHEN HE ASKS h$O ) REALLY HAVE TO GRADUATE /R CAN ) JUST STAY HERE FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE v "EYOND THIS SINGLE 2OTH HAS A TALENT FOR FREESTYLING AND IF HIS VERSION OF ,IL 7AYNE S ! -ILLI IS ANYTHING TO GO BY WE CAN EXPECT SOMETHING LESS ABOUT COLLEGE PARTIES AND MORE POLITICALLY CONSCIOUS LYRICS IN THE FUTURE (ARRIET +ENDALL
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7HETHER IT S FOR SHAVING HER HEAD KISSING -ADONNA PERFORMING WITH A SNAKE AROUND HER NECK OR BEING MARRIED FOR LESS THAN A DAY "RITNEY 3PEARS HAS ALWAYS BEEN ONE TO ATTRACT CONTROVERSY 7ITH HER MUSIC HOW EVER SHE S ALWAYS KNOWN WHERE TO DRAW THE LINE 3HE S OFTEN SEDUCTIVE BUT NEVER EXPLICIT 3HE S PROVOCATIVE BUT NEVER GRAPHIC )F 5 3EEK !MY IS WHERE THE LINE IS CROSSED AND IF YOU DON T UNDERSTAND WHAT ALL THE FUSS IS ABOUT THEN YOU RE NOT SAYING THE TITLE FAST ENOUGH 4HE DOUBLE ENTENDRE OF THE LYRICS IS NON EX ISTANT BECAUSE THE KEY LINE h!LL OF THE BOYS AND ALL OF THE GIRLS ARE BEGGING TO IF YOU SEEK !MYv DOESN T MAKE ANY SENSE UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT IS REALLY BEING SAID 4HIS ISN T "RITNEY BEING CHEEKY THIS IS "RITNEY BEING BLUNT )N FACT WITH THE AUTO TUNED VOCODER EFFECTS IN FULL m OW IT S HARDLY EVEN "RITNEY AT ALL -USICALLY THE TRACK IS A FUN AND DANCEABLE ELECTRO POP ROMP FULL OF CATCHY HOOKS AND PUNCHY PRODUCTION AND IN THAT RESPECT IT S ONE OF THE STANDOUT MOMENTS FROM LAST YEAR S #IRCUS "UT WHILST HALF OF 3PEARS APPEAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN HER RAUNCHY EDGE )F 5 3EEK !MY IS PARTLY SPOILED BY ITS LACK OF SUBTLETY 3HAUN +ITCHENER
0SYCHEDELIA LET S BE BRUTALLY HONEST THERE HASN T BEEN A GREAT EXAMPLE OF IT SINCE THE S .OEL AND ,IAM STOP CRYING 7HEN ATTEMPTING TO BE PSYCHEDELIC MOST BANDS JUST EAT A FEW COLOURFUL DOTS OF PAPER DISTORT THE VOCALS AND MESS AROUND WITH TIME SIGNATURES WHILST LISTENING TO 3YD "ARRET ERA &LOYD RECORDS 3O THE LAST PEO PLE YOU D EXPECT TO ACTUALLY DO IT WELL WOULD BE RETRO OBSESSED ONE TRICK PONY GARAGE PUNKS 4HE (ORRORS WITH THEIR SILLY HAIR SKINNY LEGS AND FAIRGROUND HORROR SHOW ROUTINE 7ELL THINK AGAIN BECAUSE THEY VE ONLY GONE AND PULLED IT OFF 3EA 7ITHIN ! 3EA GREAT PSYCHEDELIC TITLE IS EASILY ONE OF THE BEST SINGLES OF SO FAR /PENING SPARSELY PERSISTENT BEATS ARE ENTWINED IN FREAKY GUITAR ECHOES AND A PARANOID DISTORTED VOCAL 4HEN 4HE (ORRORS JOIN 4HE 3TONE 2OSES $EATH #AB FOR #UTIE AND 4HE "ETA "AND IN THE RANKS OF @"ANDS WITH EIGHT MINUTE SINGLES THAT COM PLETELY CHANGE FOUR MINUTES IN AS GORGEOUS SYNTHS AND ALL MAN NER OF BIZARRE EFFECTS BUILD UP TO A MOUNTAIN OF LOVELY NOISE )T S UNLIKE ANYTHING YOU VE HEARD THIS YEAR AND THE BEST NEWS IS THAT THE OTHER LEAKED TRACKS OFF UPCOMING ALBUM 0RIMARY #OLOURS ARE EVEN BETTER ,ADIES AND GENTS 4HE (ORRORS HAVE ARRIVED $UNCAN 6ICAT "ROWN
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TO SEE WHY THE FANS CAME OUT AND WHY A QUEUE BEGAN FORMING AT AROUND MIDDAY &IGHTSTAR ARE GOOD THERE IS NO GETTING AROUND IT 3IMPSON AND CO OPEN WITH #OLOURS "LEED TO 2ED A TRACK FROM NEWLY RELEASED ALBUM "E (UMAN 4HE CROWD GO WILD AND THE TONE OF THE EVENING IS SET )T IS OF COURSE OLDER TRACKS THAT RECEIVE THE BIGGEST SING ALONGS AND LARG EST PITS 3ONGS SUCH AS 0ALAHNIUK S ,AUGHTER AND THE ACOUSTIC !METHYST TAKE ON ANTHEMIC PROPORTIONS LIVE AND THE CROWD LAP UP EVERY SINGLE SECOND 4HERE ARE SOUND ISSUES WHICH ARE CLEARLY BOTHERING THE BAND BUT MOST OF THE CROWD DON T EVEN NOTICE #LOSING TRACK $EATHCAR IS THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE ENTIRE SET WITH THE TECHNICAL ABILITY OF EACH BAND MEMBER BEING PARTICULARLY OBVIOUS ES PECIALLY THAT OF DRUMMER /MAR !BIDI WHOSE PRECISION IS STRIKINGLY RARE 4HE SET IS OVER WELL DESERVED APPLAUSE IS RE CEIVED AND MANY FANS ARE HOARSE FROM SCREAM ING h-ARRY ME #HARLIE v 'EMMA (ENZLEY
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4ONIGHT HAS PULLED IN A SURPRISINGLY YOUNG CROWD DIFFERING FROM THE MORE MATURE AUDIENCE THAT THE 0ENNSYLVANIAN HEADLINERS HAVE PREVI OUSLY ATTRACTED IN THE 5+ .EVERTHELESS THESE YOUTHFUL FOLLOWERS DO WELL TO ADD ENTHUSIASM TOWARDS THE OPENING SET FROM BALLSY LOCAL KIDS 4HE "ROWNIES FOLLOWED BY A WELL ROUNDED PER FORMANCE FROM "RIGHTON S ALT ROCKERS 4ELEGRAPHS 4HEY ADD EVEN MORE POWER TO THE TRASHING WALL OF NOISE AND ENERGY THAT SLOWLY ACCUMULATES AS )NNERPARTYSYSTEM TAKES TO THE STAGE INTRODUCING THEMSELVES WITH THE TEASINGLY SEDATE 3TRUCTURE AND ,AST .IGHT IN "ROOKLYN !S THEY MOVE INTO A GUITAR DRIVEN RENDITION OF THE NEW SINGLE (EART OF &IRE EXCITEMENT LEVELS HIT THE ROOF AND THE VEN UE ERUPTS INTO A BURST OF l ERY FORCE THAT BARELY RESTS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING $ESPITE IT BEING THE l NAL DATE OF THEIR 5+ TOUR THE BAND IS STILL ON CUE FOR AN ALARMING SENSORY OVERLOAD 4HE LIGHT SHOW IS BLINDING SIL HOUETTING THE FOUR PIECE m YING AROUND THE STAGE WHILST THE GUITAR SYNTH AND DRUM BEATS ARE SO HEAVY THAT THEY ALMOST DROWN 0ATRICK .ISSLEY S
VOCALS COMPLETELY )N SHORT EVERYTHING IS MOV ING PULSATING AND VERY VERY LOUD 4HE SET STICKS TO TRACKS FROM THE SELF TITLED ALBUM WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A COVER OF *OY $I VISON S 4RANSMISSION A " 3IDE ON THE $ON T 3TOP SINGLE WHICH BARELY ANYONE RECOGNISES /BSES SION HAS THE AUDIENCE JUMPING AS *ESSE #RONAN HEAD BANGS OVER HIS KEYBOARD AT THE SPEED OF TWICE PER SECOND WHILST THE THUNDERING INTRO TO $IE 4ONIGHT ,IVE &OREVER MAKES IT ONE OF THE MOST MEMORABLE AND EXCITING MOMENTS OF THE EVENING 4HE PERFORMANCE ENDS WITH THE BAND S BREAKTHROUGH SINGLE $ON T 3TOP WHICH SEIZES ALL REMAINING ENERGY FROM THE CROWD AND THROWS IT BACK INTO THEIR FACES THEY RECIPROCATE BY BAND ING TOGETHER TO l LL IN FOR .ISSLEY WHEN HIS VO CALS l NALLY HIT BREAKING POINT 4HE ENCORE OF 4HIS %MPTY ,OVE SERVES AS A MUCH NEEDED DROWSY COOL DOWN PERIOD WRAPPING UP AN UNFALTERING l NALE TO THEIR 5+ VISIT 3TEPH -C+ENNA
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AS A DEVICE TO REm ECT THE FEELINGS OF DESPAIR FELT BY THE MAJORITY OF THE CHARACTERS WHO FEATURE 4HE USE OF IMAGERY AND COLOUR IS PARTICULARLY EXCELLENT 4HIS IS A BARREN WORLD FREE OF CHAl NG PATERNAL l GURES AND FULL OF UNLOVELY PEOPLE BUT NOT WITHOUT ITS PECULIAR POETRY !RGUABLY SOME OF THE MORE SENSATIONAL SCENES OF VIOLENCE COULD HAVE BEEN REASONABLY OMITTED BUT THAT S A MINOR QUIBBLE ,EAVING THE CINEMA FEELING THAT YOU VE WATCHED SOMETHING NOT JUST ENJOYABLE BUT SIGNIl CANT IS ALWAYS A GOOD FEELING AND THIS l LM WILL CER TAINLY PROVOKE THAT SENSATION AMONG LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO LOVE MOVIES ,ET 4HE 2IGHT /NE )N COULD BE THE l RST TRULY MUST SEE l LM OF THE YEAR
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2ICHARD #URTIS THE MAN WHO BURDENED US WITH (UGH 'RANT AND BLESSED US WITH "LACKAD DER PRESENTS HIS LATEST CINEMA OUTING THE SEA FARING COMEDY 4HE "OAT 4HAT 2OCKED 4HIS "RIT m ICK IS SET IN WHERE THERE WAS A SCARCITY OF ROCK AND POP MUSIC ON THE ""# MONOPOLISED AIRWAVES DESPITE ITS GROW ING IMPORTANCE IN POPULAR CULTURE 4O l LL THIS VACUUM UP POPPED PIRATE RADIO STATIONS LIKE THE l CTIONAL 2ADIO 2OCK BROADCASTING FROM BOATS IN THE .ORTH 3EA 2ADIO 2OCK IS THE GROOVIEST MOST HAPPEN ING PLACE TO BE MAN !ND WHY WOULDN T IT BE %VERYONE S THERE /N TOP OF THE HOST OF RECOGNISABLE FACES THERE ARE MOMENTS TO MAKE
YOU LAUGH MOMENTS TO MAKES YOU CRINGE A BLINDING SOUNDTRACK AND LOOSE MORALS )N FACT THE ONLY THING LOOSER THAN THEIR MORALS WAS THE PLOT 7ITH LITTLE OVERARCHING STORY AND EACH CHARACTER ARC DEALT WITH QUICKLY AND INDIVIDU ALLY IT FELT LIKE WATCHING AN ENTIRE SITCOM SERIES IN ONE SITTING 4HOUGH IT S BY NO MEANS A WORK OF COMIC GENIUS YOU LL HAVE A SMILE ON YOUR FACE BY THE END OF THIS VERY "RITISH FEEL GOOD COMEDY *AMES -ARLOW
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I Love You, Man
Dir: Kevin Macdonald Release Date: 24/4/09 0AUL !BBOTT S ""# SERIES OF THE SAME NAME WAS A TAUT YET UNDERSTATED POLITICAL JOURNALISTIC THRILLER WITH SOME SUPERB PERFORM ANCES FROM $AVID -ORRISSEY +ELLY -ACDONALD AND -ARC 7ARREN +EVIN -ACDONALD S TOTALLY UNNECESSARY REMAKE HAS THE SOLE MERIT OF PROV ING THAT THROWING A BUNCH OF ! LIST ACTORS INTO A PREVIOUSLY SUCCESSFUL FORMULA BY NO MEANS GUARANTEES AN ENJOYABLE l LM )N FACT THE COMBINED EFFORTS OF A FAT AND DEPRESSING 2USSELL #ROWE AN ANNOYINGLY SQUEAKY 2ACHEL -C !DAMS AND A SPECTACULARLY WOODEN "EN !Fm ECK ENSURE THAT YOUR TWO HOURS SPENT IN THE CINEMA ARE UN
Dir: John Hamburg Release Date: 17/4/09
FORGIVABLY DULL 4HE SURPRISINGLY TERRIBLE SCRIPT AND WOEFUL UNDER USAGE OF (ELEN -IRREN WHOSE ENTIRE RAISON D ÐTRE APPEARS TO BE SLIPPING VULGARITIES INTO THE DIALOGUE FOR CHEAP TITTERS MAKES ONE PUZZLE OVER !BBOTT S CREDIT AS AN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER $ESPITE A COUPLE OF TENSE CHASE SCENES THIS IS AN UNIMAGINATIVE SNORE OF A l LM WHICH MAKES THE ORIGINAL SERIES LOOK EVEN BETTER IN COMPARISON
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OF JEALOUSY IN HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH :OOEY 4HE l LM ALSO FOLLOWS 0ETER TO HIS JOB IN REAL ESTATE PERHAPS TRY ING TO ADD MORE DEPTH TO A STORYLINE THAT IS INEVITABLY CHEESY $ESPITE QUITE A SLOW START WITH LIMITED HUMOUR ONCE 3EGEL AND 2UDD S ONSCREEN CHEMISTRY IS ES TABLISHED HILARITY ENSUES AS 0ETER DOESN T KNOW HOW TO HANDLE HAVING Dir: James Wong MALE FRIENDS !LTHOUGH NOT WITHOUT ITS FAULTS Release Date: 8/4/09 ) ,OVE 9OU -AN CERTAINLY MAKES FOR 9OU MAY REMEMBER $RAGONBALL : WITH FOND ENJOYABLE VIEWING MEMORIES OF THE SPIKEY HAIRED HERO 'OKU l GHTING FOES WITH GREAT BALLS OF l RE WHICH %LIZABETH 0OOLE THEY SEEM TO SPEND MOST OF AN EPISODE CHARGING UP )F YOU SEE $RAGONBALL %VOLUTION WITH EXPECTATIONS OF EPIC l RE BALLS YOU WILL BE SORELY DISAPPOINTED AS IT ISN T UNTIL ONE HOUR AND FOUR MINUTES INTO THIS ONE HOUR MINUTE l LM THAT WE l NALLY GET SOME WELL DESERVED BALL ON BALL ACTION )F INSTEAD YOU WANT TO SEE IT FOR GREAT POLITICAL SATIRE CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT OR EVEN TWIST IN THE PLOT DON T BOTHER THIS l LM IS ABOUT AS TWO DIMENSIONAL AS A -ICKEY -OUSE CARTOON "Y FAR THE BEST THING ABOUT THE l LM IS THE PERFORMANCE OF #HOW 9UN &AT n THE MAN CAN DO NO WRONG n AND THE ELEPHANT Dir: Gavin Hood IN THE ROOM SCREAMING h3ILLY WHITE KID THAT Release Date: 29/4/09 MAN IS *APANESE ./4 YOUR GRANDFATHER v (AVING EXTREMELY LOW EXPECTATIONS PREDICTABLY OUT OF HAND "UT DESPITE YOURSELF YOU WILL l ND THE l LM OF THIS l LM ESPECIALLY AFTER THE FA )T WOULD NOT BE CYNICAL TO ASSUME QUITE FUN MOUS LEAK OF ITS WORKPRINT RECEIVED THAT THE SCRIPT S MARGINALISATION OF MIXED REVIEWS ON THE WORLD OF IN SEVERAL CHARACTERS LIKE #YCLOPS AND -ICHA #HARLES TERNET PIRACY THIS REVIEWER WAS 'AMBIT IS A RESULT OF THE PRODUCERS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED BY THE l NISHED INTENT TO HAVE ENOUGH MATERIAL TO PRODUCT SQUEEZE OUT A COUPLE MORE SEQUELS (OWEVER THIS DOES NOT MEAN AT THE EXPENSE OF SOME MORE CHAR THAT 7OLVERINE IS ANY LESS OF AN ACTER DEVELOPMENT OVER THE TOP MINDLESSLY VIOLENT .EVERTHELESS UNLESS YOU ARE EX AND CHEESY ESCAPADE &ROM THE OFF PECTING TO l ND ANY DEEPER MEANING (UGH *ACKMAN CLEARLY RELISHES EVERY 7OLVERINE REMAINS A FAIRLY BREEZY LACERATION AND DECAPITATION WHICH EVENING AT THE CINEMA HE UNLEASHES UPON THE MANY HORDES OF GOONS AND MUTANTS WHO CHASE 7ILL (EPPA HIM AS A RESULT OF HIS ESCAPE FROM A COVERT MILITARY OPERATION THAT GETS
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Dir: Tom Hooper Release Date: 27/3/09 )T S DIFl CULT TO BELIEVE NOW BUT IN THE EARLY S ,EEDS 5NITED n CURRENTLY IN THE #OCA #OLA ,EAGUE /NE n WERE THE DOMINANT FORCE IN %NGLISH FOOT BALL 4HE $AMNED 5NITED TELLS THE STORY OF HOW IN ,EEDS SIGNED AS MANAGER THE MERCURIAL GOBBY AND OFTEN BRILLIANT "RIAN #LOUGH 4HE RESULT WAS A DISASTROUS DAY DALLIANCE THAT SAW ,EEDS WORST FORM IN DECADES AND NEARLY DESTROYED #LOUGH S REPUTATION 4HOUGH DISAPPOINTINGLY SHORT ON THE TECHNICAL DETAILS THE l LM IS AN ENGROSSING CHARACTER STUDY WITH -ICHAEL 3HEEN GIVING AN EXHILARATING PERFORMANCE 4HE l LMMAKERS NICELY
) ,OVE 9OU -AN COMICALLY PRESENTS 0ETER +LAVEN 0AUL 2UDD WHO ON PROPOSING TO HIS GIRLFRIEND :OOEY PLAYED RELATIVELY POORLY BY 2ASHIDA *ONES REALISES THAT HE NEEDS TO l ND A BEST MAN !FTER DISCOVERING THAT :OOEY HAS SIX BRIDESMAIDS AND A MAID OF HON OUR 0ETER FOLLOWS THE SUGGESTION OF HIS HOMOSEXUAL GYM INSTRUCTOR BROTHER !NDREW 3AMBERG AND GOES ON A SERIES OF hMAN DATESv IN HIS SEARCH FOR A BEST MAN UNDER THE RULES OF hJUST AFTER WORK DRINKS AND CASUAL LUNCHES NO DINNERS OR MOV IESv %VENTUALLY MEETING 3YDNEY &IFE *ASON 3EGEL THE PAIR FORM A FRIEND SHIP WHICH IS SOON TO BE THE SUBJECT
CAPTURE THE SMOKE l LLED ROOMS RICKETY TERRACES AND MUDDY PITCHES OF THE ERA WHILST SMARTLY RESISTING THE TEMPTATION TO SMOTHER THE PROCEED INGS WITH KITSCHY S POP MUSIC AND CULTURAL REFERENCES )N A GENRE WHERE THE CLOSEST THING TO QUALITY HAS BEEN "END )T ,IKE "ECK HAM THERE S CLEARLY ROOM FOR A GREAT SOCCER MOVIE 4HE $AMNED 5NITED ISN T QUITE THAT BUT IT S CERTAINLY A RARE EXAMPLE OF A l LM ABOUT FOOTBALL THAT MANAGES TO SCORE INTELLECTUALLY )AN 3MITH
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Behind Enemy Lines: Columbia
Dir. Tim Matheson Release date: 5/5/09
/H DEAR 4HERE ARE BAD l LMS THERE ARE REALLY BAD l LMS AND THEN THERE ARE l LMS MADE BY WRESTLERS 3TARRING -R +ENNEDY APPARENTLY HE S ONE OF THESE WRESTLER FELLOWS AND SOME ONE FROM (OW ) -ET 9OUR -OTHER THIS SECOND SEQUEL TO THE /WEN 7ILSON ORIGINAL FALLS PAST BEING @SO BAD IT S GOOD CATEGORY AND JUST ENDS UP BEING @SO BAD IT S REALLY REALLY BAD 4HERE S SO MUCH WRONG HERE THE WORST OPENING SCENE OF ALL TIME SHOCKINGLY BAD CAM ERA WORK PERFORMANCES THAT BELONG ON 3MACK DOWN NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT NONE OF THE
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The Day The Earth Stood Still Dir. Scott Derrickson Release date: 20/4/09
LEADS SEEM TO BE IN ANY DANGER AT ANY POINT MEANING THERE S ABOUT AS MUCH TENSION AS THE AVERAGE EPISODE OF 4RISHA 4OP IT ALL OFF WITH A TWIST THAT COMES FROM NOWHERE AND MAKES NO SENSE AND YOU RE LEFT WITH A l LM THAT FEELS LIKE IT WAS MADE BY CHIMPS /R WRESTLERS COME TO THINK OF IT %PIC FAIL $UNCAN 6ICAT "ROWN
3COTT $ERRICKSON S UPDATE OF THE CLASSIC S SCI l IS UNFORTUNATELY MORE THAN A LITTLE DIS APPOINTING 6ISUALLY IMPRESSIVE IT FEELS BE REFT OF ANY ORIGINALITY OR CHUTZPAH INSTEAD RELYING ON THE CLICHÏ OF HUGE EFFECTS TO COM PENSATE FOR THE LACK OF EMOTIONAL INTEREST +EANU 2EEVES AS A ROBOT SHOULD IN THEORY WORK BUT HIS ACTING STYLE TYPICALLY DEVOID OF EXPRESSION DOES LITTLE TO JUSTIFY THE APPARENT INTEREST IN HIS CHARACTER +LAATU FALLING TO %ARTH AND PROPHESISING DESTRUCTION )N ADDITION THE REST OF THE CAST SAVE FOR *OHN #LEESE IN A CAMEO
ROLE FARE LITTLE BETTER IN REPRESENTING THEIR CHAR ACTERS AS ANYTHING MORE THAN THE USUAL GENRE CARICATURES 4HE l RST THIRTY MINUTES OR SO ARE IN TERESTING ENOUGH BUT THIS PROJECT SOON LOSES ITS WAY AMID SOME FAIRLY MEANINGLESS #') AND UN INVOLVING PLOT TWISTS 4HE BIGGEST FAILURE OF THE l LM THOUGH IS THAT UNLIKE THE ORIGINAL IT LACKS A CLEAR MESSAGE n CERTAIN SCENES LOOK THE PART BUT IT IS WORTH ASKING WHAT EXACTLY IS THE POINT 'EORGE 'ILBERT
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Akira Kurosawa )N THE l NAL ISSUE OF THIS ACADEMIC YEAR #HRISTOPHER -ILLS EXPLORES THE l LMS AND IMPACT OF !KIRA +UROSAWA ONE OF THE l NEST l LM MAKERS OF ALL TIME !S #HRIS EXPLAINS ALL l LM FANS OWE IT TO THEMSELVES TO CHECK OUT AT LEAST A FEW OF THE WORKS OF THIS LEGEND OF CINEMA
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EN YEARS AGO ONE OF THE MOST INm UENTIAL DIRECTORS OF ALL TIME PASSED AWAY $ESPITE BEING ADORED BY l LMMAKERS SUCH AS 'EORGE ,UCAS AND &RANCIS &ORD #OP POLA !KIRA +UROSAWA IS HOWEVER UN FORTUNATELY STILL VIRTUALLY UNKNOWN BY THE l LM GOING PUBLIC 7ITH (OL LYWOOD REMAKING HIS MASTERPIECE 3EVEN 3AMURAI IT IS ABOUT TIME YOU GOT TO KNOW SOME OF HIS OTHER CLAS SIC l LMS +UROSAWA HAS ALWAYS STATED THAT THE BIGGEST INm UENCES ON HIS l LMMAKING WERE THAT OF HIS BROTH ER (EIGO AND THE DIRECTOR +AJIRO 9AMAMOTO (EIGO +UROSAWA WAS A "ENSHI NARRATOR SILENT l LM NARRATOR AND WAS A SMALL CELEBRITY IN HIS OWN RIGHT 4HIS INm UENCE OF SILENT CINEMA IS CLEAR IN +UROSAWA S DIRECTION AND FEATURES MOST NOTABLY IN THE OPENING OF 2ASHOMON WITH ITS USE OF SPARSE
“This influence of silent cinema is clear in Kurosawa’s direction” SOUND AND MOVING CAMERA +URO SAWA S l RST l LMMAKING EXPERIENCE HOWEVER CAME FROM 9AMAMOTO WHO HIRED HIM AS AN ASSISTANT WHILE HE WORKED AT 0#, 3TUDIOS WHICH LATER BECAME KNOWN AS 4OHO
2EMADE AS 4HE -AGNIl CENT 3EVEN 3EVEN 3AMURAI TELLS THE STORY OF A RAG TAG GROUP OF SAMURAI HIRED TO DEFEND A VILLAGE THAT IS ROBBED EVERY YEAR BY A GROUP OF BANDITS 2EGARDED NOW AS THE l RST MODERN ACTION l LM WHAT IS MOST REMARKABLE IS THAT AT OVER THREE HOURS IN LENGTH THE l LM NEVER FALTERS FOR A MOMENT 7ITH RICH AND MEMO RABLE CHARACTERS HEART WRENCHING REVELATIONS AND ONE OF THE MOST IN m UENTIAL l NAL BATTLES IN HISTORY 3EVEN 3AMURAI IS THE QUINTESSENTIAL +URO
3OON HE WAS DIRECTING HIS l RST FULL LENGTH FEATURES -ADE UNDER TIGHT GOVERNMENT RESTRICTIONS THEY ARE AR GUABLY INTERESTING FOR COMPLETIONISTS ONLY 4HEY DID HOWEVER HONE HIS l LMMAKING CRAFT AND SOON HE WAS RELEASING l LMS THAT WERE TO BECOME CLASSICS $RUNKEN !NGEL 3TRAY $OG AND 3CANDAL 4HEY MARK THE l RST COLLABO RATIONS WITH TWO OF +UROSAWA S FA VOURITE ACTORS 4AKESHI 3HIMURA AND ARGUABLY THE MOST FAMOUS *APANESE ACTOR OF ALL TIME 4OSHIRO -IFUNE 3TARRING BOTH -IFUNE AND 3HIMU RA 3TRAY $OG A RARE NON !MERICAN l LM NOIR IS STILL REGARDED AS ONE OF THE DIRECTOR S BEST l LMS 2ELEASED IN
IT TELLS THE STORY OF A DETECTIVE WHO FRANTICALLY SEARCHES FOR HIS STO LEN REVOLVER 3ET DURING A 4OKYO HEAT WAVE THE l LM IS AN EARLY EXAMPLE OF ONE OF +UROSAWA S KEY DIRECTORIAL TRAITS IN ITS USE OF WEATHER WITHIN THE STORY ,IKE MANY OF THE DIRECTOR S BEST l LMS IT WAS REMADE AS THE *APANESE l LM .ORA )NU BUT IT COULD NEVER RE CAPTURE THE INTENSITY AND THE PER FORMANCES OF THE ORIGINAL !FTER 3CANDAL CAME THE MOST IM PORTANT l LM IN +UROSAWA S CAREER AND ARGUABLY IN THE HISTORY OF *APANESE CINEMA 2ASHOMON TELLS THE STORY OF A RAPE AND MURDER TOLD FROM CON m ICTING POINTS OF VIEW 4HIS UNCON VENTIONAL NARRATIVE DEVICE HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY INm UENTIAL AND FREQUENTLY COPIED SUCH AS 6ANTAGE 0OINT 4HE 5SUAL 3USPECTS AND PROBABLY MOST IMPORTANTLY 4HE 3IMPSONS !LTHOUGH NOW REGARDED AS A CLASSIC WHEN 2ASHOMON WAS INITIALLY RELEASED IN *APAN IT WAS MET WITH SOMEWHAT LUKEWARM RESPONSE #RITICS LIKED IT BUT WHEN COMPARED WITH THE DIREC TOR S EARLY WORK IT DIDN T COMPARE TO SOMETHING LIKE 3TRAY $OG )T WAS ONLY BECAUSE AN )TALIAN TEACHER 'UILIANA 3TRAMIGIOLA RECOMMENDED THE l LM
FOR THE 6ENICE l LM FESTIVAL THAT THE l LM ACHIEVED ITS SUCCESS )T WON THE 'OLDEN ,ION AND THEN EVENTUALLY THE "EST &OREIGN &ILM /SCAR AT THE !CAD EMY !WARDS A CATEGORY CREATED SPE CIl CALLY FOR THE l LM 7HAT FOLLOWED IS ONE OF THE l NEST CYCLE OF l LMS IN CINEMATIC HISTORY EVEN RIVALLING (ITCHCOCK +UROSAWA S )KIRU 3EVEN 3AMURAI 4HRONE /F "LOOD (IDDEN &ORTRESS 9O JIMBO AND 3ANJURO HAVE INm UENCED EVERYTHING FROM ! &ISTFUL /F $OL LARS TO 3TAR 7ARS AND SAVE )KIRU ARE WHAT THE DIRECTOR IS MOST KNOWN FOR 3AMURAI l LMS
“ What followed is one of the finest cycle of films in cinematic history, even rivalling Hitchcock” SAWA l LM $ESPITE MANY OTHER EXCELLENT WORKS THE DIRECTOR NEVER ACHIEVED THIS PEAK AGAIN AND HIS LATER l LMS +AGEMUSHA AND FOLLOW UP 2AN NEED ED THE PERSONAL FUNDING OF ,UCAS AND #OPPOLA +UROSAWA IS A CINEMATIC LEGEND AND EVERY l LM FAN OWES THEM
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• Alec Empire. The Waterfront. 7.30pm. £12 • Marissa Nadler. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £8 • Girls who are boys who like boys to be girls. LCR. 10pm. £3.50 adv
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• Open Forum: Student’s Entertainments. LCR. 5.30pm. Free • The King Blues. The Waterfront. 7.30pm. £8 • Doves. LCR. 7.30pm. £18 • Karan Casey. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £10 NUS • Sports Night. Blue Bar. 9pm. Free
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• Deadmau5. LCR. 7.30pm. £12.50 • Maccabees. The Waterfront. 7.30pm. £10 • An Evening of Clairvoyance. Norwich Puppet Theatre. 7.30pm. £10 • The Next Stage ft. Mike Swai Band + Femi Temowo. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £5
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• Ben’s Brother. The Waterfront. 7.30pm. £12.50 • School Of Seven Bells. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £7 • Go Wild! LCR. 10pm. £3.50 adv
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• Slumdog Millionaire. LT1. 7.30pm. £2.75 • Cage The Elephant. LCR. 7.30pm. £10 • Rawkus + Paradise City. The Waterfront. 10pm. £3.50 NUS • The Next Stage ft. Tim Clare + Helen Mort. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £5 • Karaoke. Blue Bar. 8.3pm. Free
• Wishbone Ash. The Waterfront. 7.30pm. £15 • Gallows. LCR. 7.30pm. £13 • Fertilizer - Good S**t from Poland. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £8 NUS • Sucioperro. The Marquee. 8pm. £4 • Sports Night. Blue Bar. 9pm. Free
14th
• An Evening with Matt Le Tissier + Paul Merson. Norwich City Football Club. 7pm. £20 • Leicester Comedy Festival Tour ft. Stewart Francis. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £10 NUS • Madagascar. LT1. 7.30pm. £2.75
15th • ...sometimes I pretend to be a writer. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £3 • Zane Lowe Home Taping Tour. LCR. 10pm. £5.50 NUS • 80s Night + All Our Yesterdays. The Waterfront. 10pm. £3.50
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• The Next Stage ft. Transept + Horses Brawl + Aldrin In The • Near Dark II May-hem Metal Festival. Queen Charlotte. 2.30pm. £6 Eagle. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £5 • Meltdown + Britpoppin Sci-Fi Night. The Waterfront. 10pm. • Meltdown + Ska’d Up. The Waterfront. 10pm. £3.50 NUS • Club Retro. LCR. 10pm. £4.50 adv £3.50 • Now 90s. LCR. 10pm. £4.50 adv
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• Thrash and Burn UK Tour. The Waterfront. 5.30pm. £14 • In The Flesh: Pink Floyd Tribute. LCR. 7pm. £12.50 NUS • The Quiz. Blue Bar. 7.30pm. Free
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• Cursive. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £8.50 • The Quiz. Blue Bar. 7.30pm. Free
18th • La Roux (NME Radar Tour). The Waterfront. 7.30pm. £9.50 • The Monday Night Alternative ft. Francesca Beard. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £5
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