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ypress Hill have just released single Teq uila Sunrise, and their LP IV is also out soon. So to celebrate the Hill story so far- which has included, among other things, an appearance with Homer and Co. on the Simpsons - we've got a limited edition copy of their new album to give away. And in order that you have something for those cold winter nights at home listening to the album we 've also thrown in a bottle of cockle-warming premier Tequila. To get your hands on IV (which is reviewed on page 6) and sample some fine Mexican handywork what you have to do is to tell us exactly how to drink a Tequila slammer. Pop your method onto a post card along with your name, school , year and a contact number and drop it in the competition box in the Hive. Extra points will be awarded for the most descriptive answer.
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tee 1n hol eing a support band must be hell, really.There you are, stuck on a tour bus for weeks on end, with noone but your fellow band-mates for company, watching the headliners get all the attention, autograph requests, and offers of sexual favours. Or perhaps it's a more agreeable prospect than you might think. According to Andy, drummer with the Stereophonic's current openers Annle Christian, life on the road is the best thlrig ever: 'We're being really well looked after, we're getting on great with the Stereophonlct, and the crew are great.• In fact they're quite shy ~about how well the whole thing Is going. "Yeah, Ifs tQtlallv emba~ teally. Everyone a8k8 us how the tour's going and we're like 'yeah, ~. great,' all the tJmel" Oe8plte the Image~ their namt conjures up (perhat')la fem8W finger/= with a penchlrit for tarl'ltiOut1nl8 ~ strepa, and ~ 10f91), Mni8Chtl8tlan are a four
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piece from Edinburgh, Whose line-up COf'llllll Of Andy on drurnt, 'Oavld on baas, Ohrlt on guitar, and L.arry on guitar and vocals. 1llelr curTent single, '1'116 0t1w Way sound8 like a cross between Sugar, Placebo, and ear1y Manlcs, but apparently the band's listening habits are a lot more diverse spanning vartoua flavours of dance mU8ic, the Super Furry Animals, Beck, and the new REM album.
Post-punk Mancunian gloom merchants Joy Division are also a major influence. especially lyrically. as singer Larry is, according to Andy. •a big lan Curtis fan.• As a new band, Annie Christian are
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understandably critical of the recent debate in the music press abOut the state of British music. According to the major weeklies, there is a dearth of real talent and originality amongst new bands in the UK. Andy firmly rejects this idea: "' don't think its been healthier for a long time." he affirms. "There's some great stuff out there, like ldlewlld, whom we know 'cos we're from the same town. Admittedly, nobOdy's buying singles any more, but thars just one part of a larger picture.• Such optimism seems to be paying
off, they're good enough friends to cope with the pressures of being a hardworking new band, and Andy maintains that they are all "happy bOys.• Happy they certainly are, but you'd be unwise to annoy thEi)m. Especially if you happen to be one of fhe all·slnglng, all-dancing girl groups currently topping the charta. "Blllle and B*witched should be taken out and shot,• growls Andy, menacingly. Annle Christian: a band who can speak for us all.
off. Since signing to V2 earlier thla year, Annle Christian have been more or less constantly on the road. Prior to the Stereophonics tour, they supported Curve, and the pace looks unlikely to stow clown for some t1rna
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What's the big fuss then? In terms of their influence on the rock/ heavy metal genre, Black Sabbath are right up there with the likes of 1970s legends Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple. in the super-band vacuum that followed the Beatles' split, Sabbath, with a completely different style and a 'keep it real' attitude, did their best to fill the gap.
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After two years of heavy touring and headlining festivals, Black Sabbath are about to tour in America, with such heavy metal luminaries as Pantera in support. They have also just released a live album, and look set to &lay at the top of the live attraction tree for a few years longer - or at least for as long as they can still stand up!. In retrospect ... Satan, laughing, spreads his wings ...
Who did/ does what? The classic line-up was Ozzy Osbourne on vocals, Tony lommi on guitar, Geezer Butler on bass, and Bill Ward on drums. There were numerous changes between 1980 and 1996,
Which is the best, then? The first six Black Sabbath albums are all timeless, and worthy (some would say essential) additions to any self-respecting rock fan's collection. · Of these, the general consensus is that Master of Reality is best. Packed full of . amazing songs and good old RAWK riffs, its subject matter ranges from dope smoking (Sweet/ea~ to environmental pollution (Into the Void).
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about the experimentation in their more dancebased tunes? 'We have always been experimental with our music, but at the end of the day we just want to write good songs and play them," says Simon . . "The track Bozo [a very dance orientated song] was definitely an experiment and it hasn't done as well as we had hoped. We've decided that dance is not really the direction that we want to go in because you can get too bogged down with the technology. 'We want to do more stuff where we are all in the same room again, generally making lots of noise. Our new stuff will be a lot more 'old school'
that it is not exactly inspiring. There is still a need for good songs and bands that will inspire people to do things. I think there is a fan base out there who want to hear our music." As for the festival scene, Friend could only comment, 'What scene?" In relation to Glastonbury, a festival which the band triumphantly conquered in 1992, the guitarist mused: "I've been going since '85 and it has been heading downhill since. I'd like to see more free festivals again," he says wistfully, "I'd like to see the fences come down and the security men to be much more in the background. The
The musical kings of all things tie·dye return with a greatest hits collection. But Daryl Bramley wonders if this is really in keeping with their anarchist roots
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he greatest hits album market has become extremely lucrative over the past few years, with bands such as James, Depeche Mode and The Lightning Seeds all cashing in on the
trend. After ten years of touring, recording and seemingly fighting 'the system', The Levellers, a band who once told Glastonbury crusties to "keep climbing that fence", have jumped on the Greatest Hits bandwagon. So have they sold out? Simon Friend, guitarist and songwriter, says not. "We don't think in commercial terms," he claims, "We are musicians first and foremost. People are free to think what they like, but we just make music and survive on it."
Then why are the Levellers releasing a greatest hits album if not for the royalty cheques that it will bring? Again Simon is defensive. "Believe it or not we aren't really very famous or rich people. There is a greatest hits market out there and we released the album so that people who missed us the first time round might catch up," he explains, "The album is more of a full stop after ten years. Listening to it certainly reminds me of ten years work!" The band's recordings have often explored a varied musical mix, be it through the dance, ethnic or heavy metal genres, though they have always remained true to their folk roots. The best of album certainly demonstrates these variations, but have the band ever been worried
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police should get off site and the promoters should put more money into the festivals rather than into their own pockets." Despite these radical hopes, The Best of The Levellers seems to be just another nail in the coffin of the early teenage rebellion: a nostalgic look back at sniffing poppers in the park with your pseudo-traveller friends, and a betrayal of the people who climbed that fence to see a band who were the epitome of the ' F* *~ the system' war cry. There may well be only "one way of life", and it could well be "your own", but unless the next album gives us something very special the Levellers could easily spend the next ten years of their career standing still on Hope Street.
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They've been banned from Songs of Praise for being too sexy and they've just knocked Pavarotti off the top of the ca;ass•ac;ii.J...-. charts. Paul Stokes sp_ o ke to Katharine Blake, leader of the ~ediaeval Baebes, about her chanting habit lay pot falls in slow motion. lt hits the obbled floor, breaking into two and pilling its contents, a brick red paste, across the ground. The noise of the reaking pot which fills the abbey is quickly followed by a shrill scream. Friar John has been murdered in an apparently motiveless attack, throwing the whole village into a state of panic. Only one man can end the chaos; one man a_lone solve the mystery. Brother Cadfael steps out of the shadows, tests the wind with his finger, looks at the broken bowl, and tastes the paste. Then he reveals a complex plot which names the moody Miller's son as the murderer. He was jealous of the unfortunate cleric's collection of saints' fingers - case closed. What this short insight into the career of Derick Jacobi should show you is not that sons of the baking community are dishonest, but the fact that the middle ages are now all the rage. Cadfae/ is prime time, alternative medicine is the choice for the 90s generation and religious fanaticism is the vogue in 'bible belt' America. Fortunately, not everything medieval is as boring or as un-sexy as Jacobi's sleuthing monk. No, thank the Lord (or more appropriately, the pagan gods) the Mediaeval Baebes are coming to town! Middle English and acid mead meets lipstick and a whole host of controversy in this girl band with a difference. They have taken the classical world by storm with their vocal group arrangements of 13th, 14th and 16th century poetry, so, as you'll no doubt appreciate, the Baebes are not exactly a run-of-the-mill sort of band.· Brown haired siren, group leader and arranger Katharine Blake, who claims "divine inspiration" was behind the group's inception, is as surprised as most by the band's success. "Everyone did it for a laugh," she states matter-of-factly. ''When we started our aim was in no way commercial - we were doing it purely recreationally. lt was only when we'd been going nine months that we realised we were getting quite good. The response we got was really positive, and potentially it was a very commercial and universal idea. So we decided to get a record deal." Having signed to cross-over Virgin subsidiary Venture, the Mediaeval Baebes released their first album Salva Nos as a Christmas project in 1997. However, with the record's unexpectedly high sales and the Baebes obvious pulling power (if you will excuse the pun) a second album was quickly agreed upon. Worldes Blysse, a refreshingly simple yet Infectious collection of chants and songs, all in Old English and with traditional arrangements, was released last month. Pavarotti and the Three Tenors were sent running for cover as it blasted its way to the top of the classical chart. Although she describes knocking the large Italian off number one as "jolly good", Katharine is keen to stress that the Baebes are not in competition with anyone else. "I don't see the point of that, really. My main ambition is to better myself, rather than be better than other people or sell more records than them, because that's kind of irrelevant at the end of the day." However, if the Baebes aren't prepared1o get their hands dirty, plenty of other so-called religious types are. "People who know nothing about classical music or Medieval purism often think because we're glamourous we can't be any good," explains the head Baebe. However, uninformed criticism is the least of the bands worries, with the Church and
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the round up of this fortnight's music releases Cypress Hill Cypress Hill IV This, Cypress Hill's fourth album, the aptly titled IV is somewhat unsurprisingly full of tracks which lack the creativity and innovation of their 1990 eyponomus debut. This time round, the trio have stripped their sound down to hip-hop's bare essence: nothing but raps and rhythm, niether of which is particulary good. With more for letter words exchanged than in an heated espisode of Jerry Springer and an extremely boring beat, the tracks on this album worm their way under you skin and become somewhat of an irritation. A couple of songs like Audio X and Tequila Sunrise, do have the potential to be good but the acoustic guitars and Spanish-tinged sonics are ruined thatnks to B Real's and Sen Dog's lyrical output, or eimply lack of it.
If you're hungover, susceptible to severe migraines, or simply respect your neighbours then this album is definately not for you. Case Closed I Amanda Aklen
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Darlings of the month Mercury Rev kicked off their set by casually strolling on stage. Opening with Endless, a track that has both guitarists y.tringing the emotion out of their instruments, Mercury Rev coax the listener into a hypnotic daze. Out of this trance comes their first 'conventional' song, Boys which makes the audience become surprisingly energetic as the emotive content of Mercury Rev's songs connect. However, with the home-straight in sight, th~ band began to undo much of their good work. Constant squealing guitar solos, endless repetition and vocal-less verses epitomise a period seriously lacking in energy. Only with Chasing does the band's musical meandering cease. A wall of static fills the air as they leave the stage maintaining the same indifference that they
entered with. Bob Mould, however, had read the audience's mind, and entered with the energy and attitude that the situation was crying out for. This being his last tour, Mould was clearly determined to go out on a high. As the first distorted chords kicked in it became cle~r how much bands like Green Day, Sonic Youth and Butthole Surfers owe to the former Traffic mainman, and the band tshirts worn by the crowd paid testament to this. Despite his years, Mould expended more energy than the whole of Mercury Rev. Dripping with sweat, he took the Waterfront through several up tempo, punky numbers which never grated. This is due in part to his careful, melodic vocal lines which battle it out for the top spot in your mental jukebox. Every song is a well-crafted masterpiece, and as his set ended it was clear to everyone present that the world is losing a songwriter of undeniable calibre and integrity. Jamle McK/e
State of the Heart Bill Sharpe (no, I've never heard of him, either) has teamed up with Dori Grusin (even less wellknown than groovin' Bill) to produce a new Latin jazz/sout' album for all you crazy kids out there, because "it's all about vibes, maaan". You know that you're in trouble when the sleevenotes tell you that these two household names met while developing a new piano synthesiser, an instrument which features prominently on this record. The first track plunges you deep into the world of cheese, as Bill and Don earnestly jam with their medallion-wearing session buddies to produce incredibly tedious cocktail-bar musak. The light-night cheese-o-rama continues unremittingly throughout this Donald Faganstyle album; the result is, sadly, a cross between the woeful in-built demonstrations on keyboards, and the flash, yet uninspiringly mundane, MOR soul and jazz music that they used to play in McDonald's. Gareth Llewellyn
Flame le Sebadoh's first single in two years and is a perfect example of why it's such a shame that they have been largely forgotten. With an insistent beat, cheery samples and bittersweet lyrics, this single definitely owes something to Beck • or does he owe something to them? Quite possibly.
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With a title like this you'd expect a song that salaciously seduces the listener, reducing you to knee wobbling jelly. Sadly, this is not the casa. The opening cetchy guitar part gives way to an unnecessarily bland soul diva style warbling, creating a record • ..,._ _ _ _lllilli_ less arousing than a pensioners knees. cae..r BIIZ/Inton
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Bland, bland, bland, BLAND. And slow. I don't care If it's from a film, there is no excuse for such banality in this day and age, And with this bum-wrenching ballad Jimmy Nail sucks like he's never sucked before. Go away and have a bath you ugly Geordie git. Thom Dunn
The Getaway People She liave Me Love This song flows along like waves lapping a Californian beach, and it can't help but shine some of that West Coast sun into these dismally dreary autumn days. The laid back groove and cool vibes convey a distinctly summery feel and see the Getaway's tapping into a similar vibe to Beck's more commercial numbers. Phi/ SttJphsn
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Movie-speak: "You are NOT going to dump me" This was the sentiment voiced by DJ Glint Eastwood's obsessive and murderous lan, Jessica Waiter, in the film Play Misty for Me. Every undergraduate's nightmare of a one-time partner's refusal to accept the termination of a relationship. Often preceded by .. . Movie-speak: "You weren't just going to ignore me, were you?" These are the words uttered by Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction. The film explores that ageold dilemma of how to act. after a one-nightstand. Irresponsible students are often asked these sorts of questions and find themselves in similar situations to poor old Michael Douglas. Let this movie be a warning to them that the next time they get a little too friendly during a night of revelling, they might end up minus their pet rabbit.
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Movie-speak: "Shwlngl" First brought to the world's attention by Mike Myers and Dana Carvey in Wayne's World. Many students of the male variety have been known to recite this seemingly primitive phrase when confronted with a particularly pleasant specimen of the opposite sex. However, as barbaric as it may initailly seem, when you realise that the letters actually stand for Sample of Heaven's Wondrousness and the Immensity of Nature's Glory, it puts a whole new slant on the matter.
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Movie-speak: "Why don't we just wait here for a while; see what happens... " The concluding line to John Carpenter's The Thing. Recited on a daily basis by the hundreds of students who pass the time of day within the plentiful drinking establishments located around Norwich. Not surprising, then, that anti-alcohol campaigners nationwide have launched vicious attacks on the film,
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claiming that it has resulted in habits of degradation and debauchery amongst the younger generation. Movie-speak: "Freedom!" William Wallace roared this single defiant word with his final breath (well Mel. Gibson did in Braveheart, which is good enough for me). He was probably unaware of the context in which his passionate cry was to be repeated centuries later. Nowadays it is a statement recited time and time again by exhausted students as they emerge from mind-numbing lectures and drag their tired bodies towards the bar. Wallace may have been the victim of a rather unpleasant disembowling, but he never had to sit through two hours of psychoanalytical thegry, did he? Movie-speak: "Be afraid. Be very afraid" Originally spoken by Geena Davis in The Fly after witnessing the bug-like qualities of Jeff Goldblum. These five words are frequently heard leaving the mouths of irate lecturers who have just been asked at very short notice for an extension to the essay deadline. Movie-speak: "You want the truth? You can't handle the truth!" Jack Nicholson made this line famous in A Few Good Men. Grateful philosophy lecturers the world over have been using the sassy phrase to get round all those awkward questions inconsiderate students are so prone to asking, such as, "Is there a God?" and 'What is the meaning of life?". Mr Nicholson made a few new friends with that one.
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Making the Break Weir's first taste of the big time came with the 1975 flick Picnic At Hanging Rock. It was his first international movie success and brought him widespread attention and praise. A few TV films followed, before Weir again hit the headlines with Gallipoli (1981), a masterful film about the utter wastefulness of war, which starred a young Me! G.ibson. The impressive output continued over the following years, 1983 seeing the release of the award-winning The Year of Living Dangerously, and 1985 bringing with it Witness, the classy thriller starring Harrison Ford. But after that, arguably Australia's best director seemed to lose his way, with only 1989' s Dead Poet's Society attracting much attention.
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However, this year Weir's The Truman Show has experienced massive success, both at the box office and from the critics, and hopefully it will mark his return to top form for some time to come.
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I."\ ..... \\I • \'. \ ' their work with like-minded people, as well as those who don't write but are still interested in literature , and perhaps wish to experiment with words themselves. T he Monday evening event is also not just for those on writing courses in EAS. Dr. Paul Magrs, one of t he EAS lecturers involved in the society, stresses that it is " Open to everybody." For those w ho enjoy wr iting but fee l daunted by the thought of reading out their work in front of a room full of strangers there is the possibility of having pieces d isp layed on the interne!. A UEA Creative Writing website is currently in preparation by Julia Bell of EAS , and s u bm issions of poetry, s tories and artwork are a ll great ly apopreciatcd. For those intercsred in exploring various writing techniques, there are occasional workshops o n vario us themes, often led by visiting writers . Although some of these activities may be exclusively for those on creative writing courses, a fa ir few arc open for all. Many creative writing linked activities arc run as joint efforts between the MA course and the Creative Wr iting Society, so the two often overlap. Creative Writing at UEA is thriving, so whether you 're the next !an McEwan, want to be the d iscoverer of the next McEwan, or arc just plain curious ... why not try it?
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dissertation on the 'campus novel', but he also gave the crowd a sneak preview of the forthcoming Inspector Morse episode which he wrote the screen play for. Obviously the last minute nature of Bradbury's talk meant that he was always going to struggle to fill Lecture Theatre . One, and indeed the crowd was disappointingly sparse. However this in fact made for a less formal , more intimate', and more comical discussion then normal. A German student in the crowd threatened to upstage the creative writing master by revealing that he had experiences of studying 'campus novels' similar to those that Bradbury had been ridiculing . But the good humour of the evening allowed Bradbury to sail on into a discussion about the intricacies of Morse and television adaptation generally. By the time his talk finished and the audience rushed off into the relative warmth of the gale blowing outside, Malcolm Bradbury had emphatically saved the evening from being a damp squib by providing a lot of sparkle and a big bang.
m Paltrow H this shows anything, it h!Qhlights the our continumg thtrst for true romance and here Emma 1s poss1bly the most trresitible of the lot. Adapted it may have been, and, no doubt, will contmue to be, but as a novel 1t stands alone as a bnlhantly crafted classic. Emma, living WJth her incomgible father, sees it as her duty in upper-class English society to help wavenng singletons find true love. Her persistence only results in calamity all around her wh1le her own love life flounders; those whom she loathes fall for her and those whom she sets her sights on aren't interested. Eventually she gets a stem telling off from her close friend Mr Knightly and shortly after comes to the shocking realisation that she is in love with him. She believes all hope of ever being happy is lost until Mr Knightly shows up and... well, you can probably guess the rest. Nowadays Austen's tales have a been-therebefore feel to them, but it was, of course, Austen who championed the romantic novel in the first place. With a knife-cutting irony and a delicious array of characters it's no wonder that the Hollywood greats are queuing up to play the enduring Emma.
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the MA course in Creative Writing, has won the Booker Prize. His latest novel, Amsterdam was described as a "wise satire" by former Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd, who chaired this year's judging committee and presumably knows about these things. Another former student, James Boyle, now controller of Radio Four, has made it onto the ObseNer's 300 most powerful people in Britain. At number 228, Boyle is more powerful than lrvine Welsh (253) or Betty Boothroyd (264), but less so than Chris Evans (148) or Geri Halliwell. And yes, Tony Blair is at number one. Germaine Greer (number 211 , incidentally) is rumoured to have received a £500,000 advance for her long awaited new book. Called The Whole Woman, it attacks current sexual attitudes and the so-called 'lipstick' feminism of younger writers. Someone who didn't make the ObseNer list was Neil Hamilton, currently giving lectures in Texas to oil millionaires. Hamilton is also working on his first novel, with the working title Media Assassins. The storyline remains unclear, but could prove to be a tangled web of lies and corruption. An autobiography, then? We wait with baited breath.
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This 1s the point where the pace of the novel p1cks up and 1t is most beautiful. The metaphorical and the literal are m1xed as Berta dtscovers that her moods have an amazing effect on the weather. Through the magic of the weather her pass1ons are unleashed, w1th very unpredictable effects on the rela!Jonsh1ps between Berta and her father, the two towns. and ultimately the eXIstence of the1r world Berta La Larga is a story of pass1on, jealousy and love, where nothing is literal and metaphor and magic are everything. A fable of Simplicity and humour that takes you away. as aH good novels should, to a beautiful
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that most students, away from the nest for the first time since birth, have never had to do it before. Fast·food joints such as Breakers offer a quick·fix solution to the problem , but their presence does not encourage students to cook nutritional meals for themselves. Another problem is the lack of decent cooking facilities on campus. In The Village, where no ovens are available, cooking is time consuming and difficult. With television schedules jam·packed with cookery shows one is left wondering why people are not better informed about the basics of cooking. Perhaps this is due to the nature of the programmes. Ready, Steady, Cook, cited as UEA students' most watched cookery show, is little more than a game show with cooking in it. lt provides little or no instruction on how one should actually go about cooking properly. Indeed, the show acts as more of a stage for the chefs to show how 'wacky' and 'funny' they can be. At present, only Delia Smith presents a cookery show that actually teaches us how to cook, covering a range of recipes from the basic to the more intricate and artistic. He[ approach to cooking is calm , detailed and, with book sales in excess of ten million copies and 25 years in the business, highly successful. Her latest book is currently at the top of the best·seller lists, perhaps an indication that the British public really does want to learn how to-cook. After all , how difficult can it be? it's not exactly brain surgery.
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voices the chief commando in the effects extravaganza from Gremlins creator Joe Dante. 4/5 ANTZ More CGI-antics, this time revolving around cute animated insects. Woody Alien and Sharon Stone lend their vocals ..
ABC A SOLDIERS DAUGHTER NEVER CRIES Not even when she's shopping onions, say the same scientists who told us that one in every ten cats hates Whiskers. No idea what that's got to do with the film though . THE TRUMAN SHOW A deeply disturbing film , and not because it stars Jim Carrey. this film will make you go home and check your house for camera's. 3/5 SMALL SOLDIERS Toy soldiers come to life and proceed to fight it out in a suburban house. Tommy Lee Jones
PRIMARY COLOURS John Travolta as the US President in this timely controversial release of the controversial novel based around Clinton's election campaign. lt also sheds light on many of his extra-presidential activities. SAVING PRIVATE RYAN Tom Hanks, Matt Damon and several gallons of fake blood are all crafted together by Spielberg into this definitive World War 11 movie. 5/5 OR DOLITTLE Eddie Murphy's career descent continues with this pointless Hollywood version of a favourite children 's classic. Not even a talking guinea pig
VELVET GOLDMINE Friday, November 20 at 5:30pm and 11 :15pm Saturday, November 21 ; Monday, November 23 at 5:30pm Tuesday, November 24 at 8:15pm Glam is back in this oportunity to see Ewan McGregor in the nude.
can save this film. LOCK STOCK & TWO SMOKING BARRELS Vinny Jones is on-side in this British gansta film 4/5
ODEON SNAKE EYES Nicholas Cage stars in the panic thriller that leads from a night at the boxing to assingnations, 1OOOs of witnesses and a girl in a blonde wig . Never has people hitting each other been so fun . 3/5
LA REVEE DES ANGES Friday, November 20; Saturday, November 21 ; Monday, November 23 at 8:15pm Tuesday, November 24 at 2:30pm and 5:45pm LORD OF THE RINGS Saturday, November 21 at 2:30pm Animated version of Tolkien 's classic serial.
THE EXORCIST Is it the most disturbing film ever made or are the special effects just too laughable to be taken seriously? Find out as this possession story gets the cinema re-release treatment a la' Star Wars.
HINDI FILM Sunday, November 22 at 5:00pm EVITA Sunday, November 22 at 8:00pm Madonna and Jimmy Nail together in one film? 11 must be Chrismas!
MULAN The latest Disney marketing device, sorry film is a sweeping historical epic set in ancient china. it's lead female character is a politically correct brave warrior chick. Unfortunately it still has talking animals.
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HALLOWEEN H20 Jamie Lee Curtis returns to this, the seventh of the series, under the flimsy plot device of having faked her own death. In this, the seventh of the series she finds her new life interrupted by her murderous past.
CINE A CITY LA GRANDE ILLUSION Wednesday, November 11 ; Thursday, November 12 at 5:45pm A world cinema classic about class divides, war and friendship . Two WW1 French airmen are shot down and have to face divided loyalties as they plan their escape.
US MARSHALL'S Thursday, November 12, 7pm Tommy Lee Jones in the unnescary but entertaining sequel to The Fugtive. THE GINGERBREAD MAN Friday, November 13, 9pm A lawyer defends a woman who is being tortured by her religious father, starring Kenneth Brannagh and Robert Duvall in the latest Grisham adaption. MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL Tuesday, November 17, 9pm Kevin Spacey and John Cusack star in a Glint Eastwood movie, taking you to a different world, where life is not considered important.
KARAKTER Wednesday, November 11 at 8:15pm; Thursday, November 12 at 2:30pm and 8:15pm An aspiring young lawyer finds his career hampered by debt and the shadow of his bailiff father. The film follows the struggle between them both and the consequences of their conflict. Winner of the Best Foreign Film Oscar 1998. Subtitled.
LOST IN SPACE Thursday, November 19, 7pm lt's not like the old days for this old TV sitcom, with a regenerted film version including a whole host of special effects. WILD THINGS Friday, November 20, 9pm An all-star cast where Matt Dillon plays a guidance counsellor accused of rape by rich girl Denise Richards. Also starring Kevin Bacon and Neve Campbell.
LOVE IS THE DEVIL Friday, November 13; Saturday, November 14; Monday, November 16 at 5:45pm Tuesday, November 17 till Thursday, November 19 at 8:15pm Thursday, November 19 at 2:30pm
PORTRAIT OF A LADY/ THE WINGS OF THE DOVE Sunday, November 22, 7pm/ 9.30pm A double bill of Henry James adaptations.
LE BOSSU Friday, November 13; Saturday, November 14; Monday, November 16 at 8:15pm Tuesday, November 17 at 2:30pm Tuesday, November 17 till Thursday, November 19 at 5:30pm
MARTHA MEET FRANK, DANIEL AND LAWRENCE Tuesday, November 24, 9pm Romantic comedy, where three men fall for one woman.
AUSTIN POWERS INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY Friday, November 13 at 11 :15pm The grooviest spy in the world? Shagadelicbabyl
To mark the 25th anniversary of The Exorcist's original release the film has been given a second airing. This tale of Satanism, posession and a fight between good and evil still has the power to send shivers down the spine. When the film was first out it was this storyline coupled with horriffic special effects that caused the film to be refused a video certificate. Though these effects seem rather dated in light of the computer age, the film must be seen because of its status as a classic of the horror genre- though try to forget the multitude of dodgy 80's imitations that it spawned. fact that it is a at the time it caused a huge storm of classic of controversy resulting in has been banning on video; the films horror effects now seemed rather dated and naff.
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HAPPY TOGETHER Monday, November 16, 6.30pm This tale of two lovers exiled to Argentina, explores the intricacies and frailties of their turbulent relationship as they face the fact that moving to a different country may not be the solution to their problems. Snap shot images and ruthless editing make this an extremely interesting cinematic effort. Directed Or Wong Kar-Wai, the man behind the cult classics Fallen Angels & Chunking Express the film won a directorial award at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.
LITTLE WOMEN Saturday, November 14 at 2:30pm A classic film of a classic book. THELMA & LOUISE Sunday, November 15 at 5:00pm Feminist road movie well spoofed by French and Saunders. KUNDUN Sunday, November 15 at 7:30pm
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THE GL YNDEBOURNE TOURING OPERA PRESENTS FLIGHT THEATRE ROYAL, OPERA 7.15pm £5 to £33
BUDDY HOLLY AND THE CRICKETERS MADDERMARKET THEATRE, GIG What about that plane crash? 7:30pm £9.50
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JAZZEXTRA THE KING OF HEARTS THEATRE , GIG Sensational six piece youth band led by Gill Alexander 4:30pm £3.50
GORGEOUS MANHATTANS , CLUB Happy House club night. 9pm-4am £5
LIFE WITH HENRY MOORE SAINSBURY CENTRE: CR ESC ENT WING , ART Ann e Garrould , Henry Moore's niece gives a personal insight into th e life and works of the artist. 5pm - 8pm £3 (£2) Ticket includes gallery admission PURE SWING MANHATTANS, CLUB Uplifting swing for the people of Norwich. 9pm-2am FREE SUPERFLY MOJO'S, CLUB Feisty fu nk & ballistic beats. 10pm-2am £3 THECONCEPTCOMEDYCLUB THE CONCEPT, COMEDY London circuit comics . All drinks £1 .50. Tables can be reserved in advance with the club Doors 8.30pm £4
THE GL YNDEBOURNE TOURING OPERA PRESENTS COSt FAN TUTTE THEATRE ROYAL, DRAMA 7:15pm £5 to £41
UNDERGROUND MOJO'S, CLUB Lo-Fi and lndie night. 10pm-2am £3
ELKIE BROOKS THEATRE ROYAL, GIG 8:00pm £3 to £14.50 SUNDAY SERVICE MANHATTANS, CLUB House night. 8pm -2am FREE ABSOLOUTE BEGINNERS SAINSBURY CENTRE, GALLERY CAFE, ART Bridge! Garrard gives a view into art for the novice . 6pm £5 (£3) Ticket includes gallery admission .
JOOLS HOLLAND'S SEVEN LEAGUE BOOGIE TOUR UEA LCR , GIG Another annual visit from the TV star and the man who's played UEA more than any other. His Rhythm and Blues Orchestra is also along for th e ride. 7:30pm £12 .50
GERARDPRESENCERANDTHEJACK PARNELL TRIO RED LION THORPE, GIG Th e award winning trump eter brings his renound style and skills to Norwich . 8:30pm Free entry
ORPHY ROBINSON 'S NUBIAN VIBES ENSEMBLE THE ASSEMBLY HOUSE , MUSIC Orphy Robinson and his vibraphone are joined by various musici an s including a string quartet from th e Reggae Philharmonic Orchestra. as they put an African flavour on various tunes. £8/ £6 concessions THE GL YNDEBOURNE TOURING OPERA PRESENTS RODELINDA THEATRE ROYAL, OPERA 6:45pm £5 to £41
THE DAMNED WATERFRONT, GIG Classic new wave band , featuring Captain Sensible, and ex-Sister of Mercy, Patricia Morrison. 7:30pm £9adv
CARWASH LIQUID, CLUB Funky 70s disco night. Wear your flares and get in for free . Otherwise £3.
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LCR DISCO UEA LCR , CLUB In Club Tropicana the drinks were free , at the LCR are they're copious . Drink , dance and drooling over potential pulls? £2.50 CLUB CLASSICS FROM THE 70s, 80s & 90s RICK'S PLACE , CLUB FREE all night with Stud. ID/ £1 with flyers before JOY RIDE CO NCEPT, CLUB East Anglia 's premier Soul and R'n'B club with the naughty posters. £3
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Return of the worrymgly popular BOs nostalgia night, In the Stud1o:Funky Groove Shack. £4/£3.50/£3 CLUB FLINT RICK'S PLACE, CLUB £2 before 11 pm GORGEOUS MANHATTANS, CLUB Happy House club night. 9pm-4am £5
CHAINS ON VELVET WATERFRONT, CLUB Metal, Grunge, Goth and AlternatNe 1n the stud1o, courtesy of UEA dev1ant soc. £2 before 11 pm/ £2.50 after STUDENT NIGHT LIQUID, CLUB Cheap, mcreasingly popular student mght from Norwich's latest club Free before 11pm w1th UEA card ESTEEM MANHATTANS,CLUB Gay night. 9pm-2am £2
GREASE THEATRE ROYAL, MUSICAL Former Bras singer, Matt Goss dons the leather Jacket and ha1r gel for the as the successful London musical visits Norwtch. CONTINENTAL MODERNISM AND BRITISH FURNITURE IN THE 1930S ELIZABETH FRY BUILDING FOYER, EXHIBITION A talk about the Pritchard Archive, to coincide w1th te opentng of the SCVA Window Show. 6pm FRE'E' DJANGO BATES
THE ASSEMBLY HOUSE GIG Founder member of Loose Tubes bnngs hts Intricate and soft music to Norw1ch . 8pm £9/ £7.50 concessions DR. JOHN UEA LCR, GIG Swampy New Orleans blues legend, and Paul Weller's mate bnngs h1s piano to the LCR. 7:30pm £9 so MEDIAEVAL BABES WATERFRONT, GIG Hardcore mediaeval music from the babes who were baned from Songs of Pra1se. 7:30pm £9adv DORIS LESSING LECTURE THEATRE 1, TALK ?pm £3.50, students £2 Author of The Golden Notebook and The Fifth Child speaks.
LCR DISCO UEA LCR. CLUB Student night of drunkeness 10pm, £2.50 CLUB CLASSICS FROM THE 70s, 80s & 90s RICK'S PLACE, CLUB FREE all mght With Stud. ID/ £1 with flyers before
MELTDOWN WATERFRONT, CLUB India, Newpop and Alternative dance 1'1 the studio: ALL OUR YESTERDAYS, 60's soul and R'n B 9 30pm £4/ £3.50/ £3 CWFS@ZOOM ZOOM CLUB Uplifttng house & garage 10pm-3am £5 A NIGHT FOR DISCERNING ADULTS RICK'S PLACE, CLUB £ 3 with f1yers before 11 pm DANCE CLUB MANHATTANS, CLUB 9pm-4am £5
PRINCIPAL SKINNER'S NIGHT CLASS WATERFRONT, CLUB A different kind of student night at Norw1ch's alternative club. 1Opm £1/£2.50 SANCTUARY IKON, CLUB Old favourite Student night. Chart downstairs, lndie/ Britpop upstairs. 9pm-2am £1 stud . before 11/ £2 stud after CA AWASH LIQUID, CLUB Funky 70s disco night. Wear your flares and get in for free . Otherwise £3. UNDERGROUND MOJO'S, CLUB Lo-Fi and lndie ntght. 10pm-2am £3
EDDIREADER WATERFRONT, GIG Former Fairground Attraction singer and Scotch songstress comes to the Waterfront. Let's hope it's perfect for her. ?pm £8.50 THE STRANGLERS UEA LCR, GIG Ageing new wave hipsters return with a slightly different line up, where has the song wnter gone? 7:30pm £9.50
Fancy getting medieval with the Baebes? Well, The Event has a candelabra, a t-shlrt and a copy of their album Worldes Btysse for one lucky winner. Five lucky runners up will also get a copy of the album. Just answer this simple question ••
ROUTES IN RHYTHM FRAZER HALL, BETHEL STREET, CLUB DJ Yusufu brings the latest dance craze from Africa and the Carribbean 8pm £5/ £3 concess1ons
How many Mediaeval Baebes are there In the group?
KATE WILLIAMS TRIO KING OF HEARTS THEATRE, GIG Bpm £6/ £5 concess1ons
Pop n to the Concrete office In Union House and tell us the answer or drop a note In the competition box In the Hive. Entr es close on Wednesday, November 18.
ANDY SHEPPARD NORWICH PLAYHOUSE, JAZZ The new generatron of JSZZ mustcrans get a chanc to play with one of the all time greats 8pm £11/ £9 concessions
JOY RIDE CONCEPT, CLUB East Anglia's premier Soul and R'n'B club with the naughty posters. £3
PURE SWING MANHATTANS, CLUB Upliftmg swmg for the people of Norwich. 9pm-2am FREE SUPERFLY MOJO'S CLUB Feisty funk & ballistic beats. 10pm-2am £3
REEF UEA LCR, GIG See Don't Miss.
THE THATCHER YEARS WATERFRONT CLUB
SUNDAY SERVICE MANHATTANS, CLUB House night. 8pm-2am FREE CHAINS ON VELVET WATERFRONT, CLUB Rock, metal & alternative. £2 before 11 pm/ £2 50 after STUDENT NIGHT LIQUID, CLUB New cheap student ntght from Norw1ch's latest club Free before 11 pm with UEA card HENRY ROLLINS UEA LCR, SPOKEN WORD Rock hardman forgets his guitar and turns to poet, but will anyone listen?
ESTEEM MANHATTANS, CLUB Gay night 9pm·2am £2
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