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skinny jeans this season, The Rock
stripes and anchors, or embroidered roses. The brand Hell Bunny adds
both men and women. There are
quirky dresses. Check out the 50’s
Stepping into this shop is like stepping into a new world. There is a huge including The Rolling Stones, Queen and Led Zeppelin. Emblazoned recently incorporated the shop Black dread pins and coloured contacts. So step in, look around, embrace not a person who dresses head-to-toe in black leather and spiked jewellery, don’t be so quick to dismiss this shop.
look. For women, there is a huge
Situated opposite Delaney’s pub, St Andrew’s church is simply
trousers embellished with chains,
and ribboned corsets, or snap up
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criss-crossed
We saw it with the Autumn 2008
with
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mens’ suits. Drain pipe trousers stream the leg to gather at the and boots. The man bag is the staple item seen throughout
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BANKSY AND THE APPRECIATION POLITICAL GRAFFITI AROUND THE OF GRAFFITI WORLD I
goes beyond these boundaries and becomes a
At South Bank, by the River Thames in London,
mural. to the government, believing to have facilitated
In recent years, Bristol’s Banksy has become community and human rights, not claiming isn’t all about famous names though, and there
can be found throughout Tehran, but he also
enough to have money to go abroad, seek out
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THEATRE>NAME TO DROP> THEATRE>PREVIEW> CHAPTERHOUSE THEATRE COMPANY HAMLET This year Chapterhouse Theatre Company enters its 11th season of touring open-air Shakespeare’s Hamlet, one of Shakespeare’s most
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING of Beauty and the Beast.
Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Night The Taming of The Shrew, together The Mystery Plays Wonderland
Alice’s Adventures in
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
Suze Wood
open-air; ART,
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Beauty and the Beast
Richard Main, Chapterhouse producer, would and everyone in the Drama department for
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM Laura Riggs
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comedy. Run, student, run. You’d never know that the average student puts on of a sizeable amount of weight by
The Blue Horn Beaked Fish Warbler
they seem to do. And all those varied types of
swarm,
Moving without bending either knees or elbows. mayonnaise.
Although when a tree falls on it, and no-one is around, Simon Cox
athletes, who somehow gravitate towards the window, bust
UEA and Norwich
gives them away.
you’re a student, never stop running. where there is somebody to thank. and asked for a used laptop. and had a drink at Zest. for an hour, but in vain.
Ashraf Zidan
Carl Silverstone
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Television never fails to excite reaction and discussion, this week The Event’s writers express some of their more controversial views about what’s been on the box of late...
FIVE DAYS>RUNNING LIKE CLOCKWORK
the search for the infant.
ADULT SWIM Who says cartoons are for kids? On American
Five Days proves as entertaining
there are bouts of verbal frenzy as the anxiety
the Adult Swim channel raises its ugly, sweary, violent head. It’s depraved, it’s twisted, it’s
comes screeching to an agonising halt, leaving the passengers dwelling on their unfortunate
hands despite protests of, “where do you think you’re going?” The hammering on the driver’s door causes further alarm (as if his stress levels weren’t high enough already) but luckily there
are some of the best shows:
recalls the terrible moment he saw a body on the tracks to PC Franklin. Five Days is a clever intertwining of the
successful Star Wars parodies. It’s basically a lightning fast, pop-culture based sketch reel, with all sketches animated in charmingly
intensity that will leave you gripped - at least for the rest of the week. Ella Fairhurst
few seconds. Although fairly hit and more than enough classic as the Gummy Bear Trap, and Mr T and ’s.
Happily this also leads to light-hearted moments of banter, such as the police-woman’s mother constantly complaining, Clerks-style, Updates on the baby also provide some much have to be confronted by the protagonist. It is the performance of David Morrissey, who leads
HEROES>HOW TO SAVE A SCI-FI Heroes has used up a lot of story lines: the past, the future, family reunions, family unity, families at war, and the simultaneous loss of
place where powers are natural and the norm, and much more advanced than our heroes already have. As the natural world has not featured highly so far, super-powers could be so commonplace that animals have them too. Our
ROBOT CHICKEN You may well have heard of this one, thanks to
miss, there are sketches, such Mortal Kombat the Foo Fighters
TIM AND ERIC AWESOME SHOW, GREAT JOB! Let’s get one thing straight: either you’ll love this more than breathing, or you’ll have literally no idea what’s going on.
have humans that phase into animals, but that might be a bit too Twilight/True Blood.
Swim, Awesome Show is made up of sketches,
Perhaps it’s not ‘Earth’ that they should be on. dimension perhaps?
dimension would be available to the heroes.
dubious health advice, inappropriate children’s dance workouts, and Tim sporadically turning
world to be explained and explored, the heroes’ circumstances would be fresh and new, and they would have new friends to make, and new enemies, too. The show normally works best if they’re outnumbered - freaks and underdogs - so they work as a team. The new dimension could be a
tectonic plates opening a portal could be acceptable. This new chapter could add some new faces and new life to the show. We might even lose some dull characters who want to ‘stay in the alternate dimension’. Natalie Stephenson
FRIENDS>I’LL BE THERE FOR YOU? Friends has been - without a doubt - one of the most dominant family TV shows of the last two decades, which explains why the announcement of its disappearance from our screens was met with a near-riotous response earlier this week. of every other popular TV show, with many being deemed as the ‘new Friends’: How I Met Your Mother, Will & Grace, among others. Yet one cannot help but compare these shows to Friends, and come to the conclusion that they lack the sparkle and popularity that it had at its peak. been spoilt by its repeated airing on the
six characters, who had become like family members. Many watch the repeats, even if they
be popularly screened. However, since Channel
to free up space for new shows, we’re sure we won’t be the only ones to think of this as the end of an era. So, while daily catch-ups with Friends can be
those six familiar faces will make a return to our screens... Friends: The Movie anyone? Rebecca Harrington
the world’s most amusing face.
AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE Following the adventures of a Machiavellian chip box, a sociopathic drink cup and a… meatwad, Aqua Teen Hunger Force is Adult Swim’s second most widely known show. Although a great ensemble piece, this show’s secret weapon is neighbour Carl - the episode in which he is repeatedly raped by a dog cloned from a banana is hysterical.
SUPERJAIL! Seemingly the brainchild of a crazed bulldog straining on a leash which has been fed nothing but hallucinogenics for several days, Superjail! is a sensory overload. Each episode follows The Warden - a cross between Willy Wonka
madcap humour, psychedelic imagery and… each episode ends with a surreal blood-bath that makes South Park look like Disney. Duncan Vicat Brown
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PRIMETIME>MARRIED SINGLE OTHER
DOWNLOAD>CALIFORNICATION of
lives. that they care for each other. Their various
women’s refuge, where we see the apparently
be something to keep your eye out for. as Dexter moving for it.
Weeds, but it is Entourage. The
the characters get up to in both shows. It has Entourage romance. Not to say that the swearing, sarcasm is the the obligatory post-Boosh Television, we recognise this as a rare nugget
is lost for him. The character might not last as long, especially if he is to get his comeuppances
no means least is Micha Butler
Natalie Stephenson
REALITY>WHY DID YOU KILL MY DAD? forgiven for thinking
Following the fatal stabbing of his father by remains to be seen, but it is certainly thought-
Lindsay Harris
FINALE>BEING HUMAN
there is only so far one can go with that premise. Vampire boy meets human girl has
Unless you’ve been living in a cave for the massive upsurge in the number of vampire/ supernatural series taking over our screens.
minor problem of them being non-corporeal. are everywhere. Now throw in the typical
with his hugely successful series Angel. Then along that is Twilight more or less cult following to mainstream success. Now there’s no shortage of vampireTrue Blood, The Vampire
Being
Human
Being Human are all regulars
However this is a supernatural series that, for sheer entertainment value alone, is probably
It must certainly now be near impossible
Caroline Walker
Diaries
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You lurk in the shadows, watching your prey whilst they are blissfully unaware of your presence in the room. You move from wall to wall, scrambling from surface to surface to stalk
for the Aliens and Predator may be, they do recreate the experience faithfully. Overall this game is an excellent update of a franchise; its omission of iron sights and crouching along with a dipped frame rate do
you are directly above them. Then you pounce, grab them from behind and turn them round so they can see what you are, a look of pure
Shooter, which for this game is ideal.
UTS
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17, that would have given business secretary
these places will be impossible. Second, the Lord’s chosen replacement to
power to amend internet copyright law as they
experience the online mode as on the PS3 it is
suddenly your tail whips around and stabs them through the eye with a bloodcurdling scream
universe under the guise of Aliens: Colonial Marines, Rebellion (the developer), quickly changed its mind and produced an update of its classic Aliens Versus Predator franchise. Split into three separate campaigns, one for each species, a survival mode and an online play mode, where the longevity and life of this game mode is a riot and great fun if you want to see your friends squirm with fear. The premise is a simple one; survive waves of Aliens and then eventually Predators. Dropped into an arena
version, with improved visuals and a decent online mode. Having said that, the PS3 does run
on it and it contains the core storyline for what has taken place on the research colony. That does not mean to say the other two campaigns are sub-par, however. good job of making players feel helpless against the onslaught of Aliens and Predators that you come across, as all players have to defend themselves with is a handful of weapons,
crosshair indicates whether the Alien is in the cover of darkness and which way the ground is
on it is bloody good fun. Remember, you’re not in space, so everybody can hear you scream.
reveals that the government will not exempt
it gives a high court judge the right to issue an
rest can now go to court and demand that every
the draconian copyright crackdown. This means
MAKE A WEBSITE>GET THOUSANDS OF POUNDS WORTH OF SOFTWARE month. This is an opportunity to put whatever is in your brain on the internet. Suggested uses
GOOD STUFF
MICROSOFT LAUNCHES ANDROID APP
get anywhere in life, exposure is important, to get into the technical side will have plenty internet is a good place to start. Even if you have no concrete goal, the skills This is an excellent saving, given that the
likely that players will become disorientated. The Predator is much more bulky than both the are key when playing with him. Luring enemies away from each other and then striking with
on the planet that lead to ‘xenomorph’ aliens being let loose in the colony. The campaign plays out much like a survival horror shooter, almost like F.E.A.R., due to the fact that there is a persistent threat of encountering an Alien at any point. To raise that psychological tension,
-Uses the Alien/Predator franchises well
BAD STUFF
Android, developed by Google. The App, a barcode scanner called
for a series of tubes, the internet has plenty of niches to explore. 123-Reg is the largest web domain name provider in the UK and aims to make building a
you’re slumped in front of your computer and Studio, it’s all free.
other Smart Phone OS’, and allows barcodes to be decoded by a phone. This means barcodes
www.123-reg.co.uk/web-hosting/studentand check it out. among other things, web links.
Both species have the use of a heavy and -Steep learning curve for Aliens/Predators predator also has its signature weapons at its disposal, such as the spear, cloaking, proximity mines and the shoulder mounted cannon. No
7.5/10
NINTENDO TO LAUNCH NEW DSI
IT’S NEWS TO ME>SILLY STORIES, THE SUN AND SQUID SEX Since The Sun recently used our humble haven’t read it yet, go to
otherwise of an obscene character’. Not only was the poor squid sexually abused, The Sun Bizarrely, this story was on the main news
Over 11 million people visit The Sun’s
bricks which had a screen on them. Twenty
more mundane headlines such as ‘Snakes on a
of thesun.co.uk as a news website that makes improved
angle
views,
meaning
people
these ones have two screens.
people every month as news. Headlines such
a Smart Phone App designed for use with a the original site, a hit is a moneymaker as these silly stories thesun.co.uk in their millions, inadvertently increasing their
The Sun’s website on a daily basis, to replace your DSi. Really it’s just a DS that your granny or dad might prefer because of its larger size, pen-shaped stylus and brighter
DS boasted two screens, one of which was a touch screen allowing for more spontaneity
favourites from last week bore the headline mock-up of the photo accompanying the story,
worth considering, but remember that bigger game. The DSi, launched last April, featured a new camera and a slightly larger and brighter screen. This newest member of the team is simply a larger DSi; its screen is 93% larger or 4.2” compared with the DSi’s 3.25”. Sadly, Nintendo have not increased the screen
Open Rights Group, and Pirate Party UK for being almost, if not just as bad. The proposed provision could result in sites like YouTube or
you are given access to the full versions of
of the three, as it has had the most work focused
who isn’t familiar with the DS family, these are
legislature, they have taken one step forward and two steps back.
-Three individual campaigns provide variety enemies in the dark. Story-wise, it’s the usual
the arena) and a couple of weapons, only your
of the single player campaign can match the genuine tension and fear on display whilst playing. As the single player campaigns go the
becomes increasingly high pitched and faster as an enemy approaches. The Alien and Predator campaigns, however, feel like they have been stapled onto the side of the game, both of them bringing a much more stealthy approach to the game. Playing as an Alien, players can climb walls and traverse
small businesses would be open to massive
to, has been voted to be scrapped in the Lords.
buying and playing this excellent game, it’s worth considering what you want from it. The
you can choose to either run away or feast upon their brain. This is the life of H.R. Geiger’s Alien, and Aliens vs. Predator recreates the experience faithfully.
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is named and shamed, showing an obvious bias towards the sea creature. The Sun claims that the man was charged with ‘performing an act of intercourse with a dead animal, namely an octopus/squid,
for Yorkshire puds’ and ‘Squirrels go nuts for a snack’ were among The Sun’s top ten weekend news stories. Though The Sun’s website is a constant source of amusement for me and all those who are able to see the irony in such stories, for the millions of people who use thesun.co.uk as their primary source of news, they will begin to of the news, if they didn’t already. The popularity of content sharing websites
to make The Sun the most read news website in the country.
biggest rivals in the Smart Phone market, it is likely that the company is looking to create
stated that their App store had seen over three billion downloads, with the highest market share of the App market. However, this is also to make more Apps accessible to more
not be confused with condonement. The Sun version of its phone OS later in the year. available as a free download from the Android
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ALICE IN WONDERLAND Alice Alice in Wonderland
Steph McKenna
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OTHER SCREENS
From Paris with Love follows
Leap Year follows Anna (Amy
The Crazies
The
Crazies
Michael Blunt
Josephine Lister
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A television movie with a
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Ring
The Omen
Chloe Chloe
Extraordinary Measures.
Heaven
Extraordinary Measures has the elements Erin Brockovich
Chloe Pandorum Case 39
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Far From A Single Man.
have seen The Exorcist The
DVD RELEASES
Bert Wardlow
Michael Lovelock
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The Horseman
this view.
Ratatouille
Wall-E
Cars UP
The Horseman
Paul Cook
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INTERVIEW SPECIAL>DR KEITH JOHNSTON ON THE FILM TRAILER
RATED OR SLATED? KICK-ASS: WILL IT? The eminent release of KickAss
one too many Batman re-runs on TV. This issue of reality is a huge factor in Kick-Ass:
The Event sat down with Dr. Keith Johnston, a lecturer of Film and Television studies in UEA’s school of FTV. Keith has
in to see the trailer and then
if someone in society should
including The Coolest Way to Watch Movie Trailers in the World. Before undertaking his
How do you feel that trailers
got tongues wagging in the
Stardust (director) and Snatch Kick-Ass
Keith Johnston>Well, there
of its violence and excessively In the 1930s and 40s they had which comes from an 11-yearviolence contained within it.
and we document some of his
underage violence, however
What are the key elements to a successful trailer? Keith Johnston>I know that
‘The Most Staggering Film Ever Made!’, really screen-
Mark Millar had for a comic
But what is Kick-Ass In short, a geeky school kid,
that there is a moral in the
the 1930s and 40s they were Ironically, all the technologies that have come on since then that have challenged
Kick-Ass comment on society’s lack of
Johnson, can’t seem to fathom
screens on which you can view
around the 1950s, when you
elements have remained the same. Do you think that stunt trailers
act structure, trailers have The Good Samaritan angle that Vaughn insists is there is a masked vigilante who wants to defend the city from evil,
Keith the audience thinks ‘What is
the growing interest in this
Johnston>I
think
makes the trailer stand out Which trailers do you feel
away too much has always however, that what is more
Spiderman trailers with Keith
What Lies Beneath trailer
Johnston>For sheer Independence Day
Towers, and more recently the new one for Toy Story 3 which
Daddy. Since the Big Daddy villain in New York City. The
for Psycho version
of
Batman,
Cage
however, thinks Kick-Ass is
of Kick-Ass, there are already talks of a sequel, should the that this will add to the reality
How important would you say
around showing something in the trailer; that really changed
the trailer, those were very
mentality. Another one is Star Wars: Episode One. It was
success. Duncan Vicat-Brown With the confusing nature
Rachel Coxon
Keith Johnston>
TRIVIA TIME *With Avatar already reaching
Hill. NBC and Working Title recently announced they for a sequel. The release date
Cameron to create an Avatar 2
Title Television. Working Title’s theatrical releases include the 2012.
*Bad news for girls of the Twilight
Alice in Wonderland has caused
including Bridget Jones’s Diary, Billy Elliot and
Nanny McPhee, Shaun of the Dead and Four Weddings and a Funeral.
Twilight co-star Kristen Stewart. They were dreaded curse of the sequel
((500) Days of Summer helm the next Spider-Man
a result of a row with Disney. They were less than keen at the shortened window that
Zoolander
Things Fall Apart. Fiddy will take the lead role of a star “who faces his own mortality while in his senior year in college.” Sounds actually act for this role. Gemma Boyle
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Seb Crane,
THE INTERVIEW How’s the tour going, any highlights so far? Mike (rhythm guitarist):
J: M: J: M:
How does the new album compare to your M: bands we’ve had out with us have been really
M: What musicians did you aspire to be when you were growing up? M:
J:
now, then I don’t know what we would have said,
M: I think it’s a really good mix of all our previous Fake Sound... then you will
Why did you choose Sharks and Kids In Glass Houses to support you? M:
J: M:
Start Something or
they deserve to do well and they’re some of our
What can we expect from you tonight? M: We have kind of tried to make it more of a
Jamie (keyboardist): Last Train Home that we’ve played at Reading and everyone’s jumping up and down is great, but there are songs from Where We Belong
then
been endless banter on stage and we just mess So the new songs have been going down really well? J: more than ever, we thought about how they would perform live as opposed to just how they
You’ve been around ten years now, what are your career highlights? M:
- that was when we felt like we were moving out
If you could form a super-group, who would be in it? M: J: M: he’d have to be good wouldn’t he? I’d have two
J:
you just want to go on stage and just perform
LOSTPROPHETS LIVE > THE FAKE SOUND OF PROGRESS? album, The Betrayed
in a Vivienne Westwood diamante belt and long hand, leading the assembled throng through a Next Stop Atro City, and
album Transmission
Start Something stage for an hour and a half, and in this sense The Betrayed had been nurtured
Dstryr And Dstryr from both album and set: “Religion needs a new employer / I’ve got the rope you need to
Omen material in LA - reportedly spending around $500,000 - to merely suggest that the resultant
Last Train Home and Shinobi vs. Dragon Ninja,
Burn Burn
The Fake sound of Progress and We Are Godzilla You Are Japan
sound of progress? Oliver Brooks
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NOW:
THEN:
Everybody Hurts
Is This The Way To Amarillo?
Everybody Hurts ..Amarillo
We Are The World
Do They Know It’s Christmas?
We are The World
that Everybody Hurts
RAPPER EVENTUALLY BEHIND BARS... Duncan Vicat-Brown and Tom McInnes
managed to release a total of twenty one mostly Who’s Your Caddy? Not that the heat has done anything to slow with everyone from Eminem and Kanye to Tha Carter III
Rebirth
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BIZARRE TOUR > UEA LCR > FRIDAY 19TH FEB Chipmunk took to the stage in spectacular fashion and performed his track Saviour
Pass Out
O My Daze
Oopsy Daisy, Look for me and Diamond Rings
Too Many Man and
Kieran Cordery
LOS CAMPESINOS! > ARTS CENTRE > MONDAY 22ND FEB good
Youngster
Hold On Now, Romance is Boring There Are Listed Buildings
and Romance is Boring The Sea is a Good Place To Think About the Future You! Me! Dancing!. scolding Death to Los Campesinos!
Michael Blunt
HOT CHIP > UEA LCR > WEDNESDAY 24TH FEB on the crowd should not detract from the panache that well
No Fit State when all the crowd wanted was Ready for the Floor, and the general turnout
Hold On and Over and Over
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ALBUMS>>> ELLIE GOULDING LIGHTS
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CHUMBAWAMBA ABCDEFG
5/10 Singing Out the Days
Wagner at the Opera Puccini Said Under the Sheets
You Don’t Exist
ABCDEFG
Underground, Puccini Said, Voices, That’s All
ABCDEFG
Lights
Torturing James
Underground Voices, That’s All
Tubthumping.
Jack Loughran
JOANNA NEWSOM HAVE ONE ON ME
Hazy Hale
THE AUTOMATIC 7/10 TEAR THE SIGNS DOWN
5/10 Insides
Baby Birch Interstate No Provenance Tear the Signs Down Easy
Heat Noise Run and Hide Heart of the Sun Have One on
Sweat Race to the
Monster
Me
Ys Have One on Me The Milk-Eyed Mender.
Monster
Ys.
Tear... Tear the Signs Down is
Have One on Me Helen Thomas
Michael Blunt
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LOSTPROPHETS FOR HE’S A JOLLY GOOD FELON! 7/10
LOW SEA 9/10 NEVER YOURS
JAMIE T EMILY’S HEART
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Never Yours,
Emily’s Heart The Betrayed,
Kings & Queens
The Fake Sound Of Progress,
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LIVING IN HARMONY
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BY HAZEL COMPTON
I wrote this when thinking of the recession, yet I do not believe in its views nor its portrayal of Britain. This is fiction, intended to make you read, not make you riot. Thank you, and enjoy. I am the same as you. I eat, I sleep, I smile, I cry. And we both love. We both can feel the crispy silk of the grass underneath and between our
mugs. You know the voice of your best friend as well as I know mine. You can visualise the image of your home clearly, as can I.
for our restricted choice of supplements. All
got enough electricity to keep a low-energy
feed children en mass, rearing each individual
beginning of the supermarket, divided from the rest of the cornucopia of food you can amble through. You got to choose what you fancied
for a few hours, and that is on a good day. Then, those who had declared themselves unemployed were forced to sell their homes,
Ironic that we have lowered ourselves to
keeps the peace; no revolts can happen with one man alone if he has no following. you could also choose from the grey porridge
that when we were building our towering My mother and father walked through the same one, hand in hand. They were reassuring one another and I tried to follow them, but one
I’ve seen you all together, in the park on the haircut jiggling, called me back. She directed and pushed me to walk through the doorframe billowing and milk-tooth smile aglow. It’s easy
for my mother, and she came back for me. When I lay my head down on my stoic bed at night, my nightmares are of the way my
your central-heated, plush kitchen. Your loving, benevolent mother will place a plate of hot, home-baked pride before you, and you will eat
back to tenderly imprint her lips to my cheek
become so accustomed to. They are like the background music of the radiator. I don’t have a family. I did, but we declared ourselves before things got too bad, we thought
felt her lips kiss me, but I have nightmares that voice had made it sound like she knew what was happening as she smiled at me, before walking
my own life, so I was given independence. I they had forced this upon me. My parents had swallowed it hard and I understand why now, because with this independence, I’ve lost my unity; I’m one of many forced to learn to make our own dinner, when I can manage to gather enough tokens to trade for basic ingredients.
to her, without my father, leaving me to step
was you. You were clever enough to capitalise on our capital’s downfall. Illegal immigrants became the nouveau rich as the pound fell against every other currency. You brought our homes that we’d built so lusciously, brought country to your tastes and brought us out of pocket. With fences erected and parameters divided, we became the illegal aliens in our own land, unable to enjoy the lavishness of our countryside for the cost of travelling around. Whilst you freely pollute our air with cars and the land, we can only walk the paths we are assigned to be on. Again, the government eased us into this
used to be all for it; taking my brother, her I had sat looking out of my bird pooh and every weekend, talking themselves of the way they were going to join yoga classes and pilates, aerobics and dancing. They never did, but the walks are now a memory I relish for their social and unneeded
upon the lush emerald of grass, and I saw you, into your mouth. You knew you didn’t have to
gruel granules named so in a cleverly marketed ploy.
graves.
eat such a delight. I used to love chocolate, but slog miles to get what we need to survive. We cannot walk anywhere; you’ve generously given us our own space, but you constrict us in case
I looked down at you with self-pity and jealousy as I spooned the granules into my mouth. I was dishes all arcing like rainbows into the recycled
You don’t want us destroying the landscape we dribble down my chin back into my woeful
rainbow. It’s supposed to calm all doubt that it’s nothing but healthy. It’s ironically telling us that name suggests a trust in its contents to provide us with such fundamental sustenance to keep us living. It’s a pity it tastes of bile. Would you trade it for the love-spread feast
to override my archaic ideas of pride and self-
through the chipped frame of that second door. I split mother from father and they never were reunited.
I watch you from my window in envy all day, but you don’t care for the rough-edged, over the fence. You would back away in fear
government got tougher. As people fell to seeking allowance, we were told to work on public projects, including building tower blocks of prison-like cubicles. One bed, a cracked sink, toilet that would be apt to clog with anything more than two-ply paper. We ignorantly built these space-conserving shelters with no
they connect into the wall. A conveyer-belt and solar power, which meant those blocks only
government has eliminated obesity in us, purely because we can’t get enough to binge upon government funded help for struggling parents for so long, he was used to strangers picking him up and carrying him away from mother’s
really did think he was going to go play. Families were split up, as it was cheaper to
Britain from me.
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