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how to be ... a primate

all the trials of youth: the perils of teenage stardom

small talk: manchild

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a hard subject: screen censorship, + sixth sense big beat?: death in vegas interviewed

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therapy? + ooberman colour me bad: the underbelly of animation

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by jupitus: the event speaks to fat phill boo!: blair witch directors in conversation we've got it t aped: the musical in's and out's of the recording process

music: james live, the charlatans, robbie, westlife, mouse on mars, foo fighters, jungle brothers, sugar hill remixed

film: run Iota run, tarzan, blair witch project

16 on

arts: surrealism exhibition, war stories, writings drugs, a closed book

video - game: pokemon, message in a bottle, Bmm, omen trilogy competition

norwich's second hand bookshop 's examined

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television : soaps, walking with dinosaurs, brassed off

cinema: your guide to whats on the big screen

list ings: the comprehensive guide to all that's happening in norwich over the next two weeks

editor-in-chief: j ames tapsfleld editor: Iuke turner arts editor: alex mcgregor music editor: darcy hurtord screen editor: adam chapman listings: darcy & caroline copy editing: jay photos: iris waas dtp: Iuke turner, caroline ]eater, mark edwards contributing writers: john kinnear, saflya waley, lucy sacre, slmon jones, alex pollock, knowledge by robbie , anthony lovell , j oanna pawlik, astrld goldsmith, ash verjee , steve collins , Iuke chilton , krls siefken, carlo sumner, nikki fltcher, sandra lson, nick wallingford , wllllam lakeman , mischa gilbert, louise wickendon , chrls hassan, t oby hall, rachel nobes, andrew goodson, gemma catchpole, kate wenlock, melani davis, imogen dyckhoff thanks to: eastern daily press (james photo) , ents staff

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WIN! WIN! WIN! This week we at the event have a extra special competition for all of you , our lucky, lucky readers. Every generation loves to bang on about how things were in their day - our parents in the Sixties, boring old lecturers In the Seventies, and the Elghtles ... erm, come back to me on that one. Well , we 've had the nineties, and just in time for the end of this much maligned decade former NME journalist John Robb has w ritten a book to try and explain it all . Entitled The Nineties: What the F * * k was all that about? it contains a detailed cultural history of the decade, from Take That to Suede, the Simpsons to smack. Well, Mr. Robb has kindly signed a copy of the book for us to give awa y, along with two of his earlier books the Stone Roses and the Resurrection of British Pop and The Charlatans: We Are Rock. There are also CD's to be won , featuring extracts from the book, read by t he author himself. All you have to do to win Is answer the following question, answers In t he Concrete competition box in the hive: How many hours will there be altogether In the 1990's?

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loose talk: hat IS wrong with you people? Yes, you the great festering open sewer that is the general public. The reason I ask is because the BBC recently announced the Nations Favourite Song Lyrics. Listen carefully and you 'll hear the sound of exasperation, as once again I have to wade through the waist h1gh verbal excrement that is a national poll. Whenever a poll is announced as National you just know that the Mick Hucknall Oestrogen Group has come out and voted in record numbers. Again. But are we not talking semantics? For one must reach the conclusion w1th a clarity as sobenng as Satan urinating into your face whilst attending your Mother's funeral that due to the frequency and consistency of these damned polls, we are all members of the Mick Hucknall Oestrogen Group. At number one in this poll was Imagine by John Lennon, not Jealous Guy or even Give Peace A Chance but Imagine. Which is quite appropriate really considering the lack of Imagination it took to vote for this song. The reason why Imagine was victorious was il luminated by, ahem , Griff Rhys Jones who took time out of his busy gardening schedule to say "I am thrilled that Imagine is the winning song... lt is the sort of lyric that people recognise and know what it means". Pointless man . And here beginneth the full scale dumbing down of the open sewer. By Griff's rat1onale anything we don't understand isn 't very good. Well maybe it's your fault you don't understand it you diseased warthogs. Maybe it's too clever for you. Maybe this IS why the Manic Street Preaches are so popular. Anybody ever heard of the lowest common

denominator? We don't understand the ending to

2001 but that doesn 't mean we should burn every

is it just me or does everybody else apart from robbie know exactly where that waterfall will take his fluctuating waistline? print 1n existence unt1l our philistme eyes no longer have to look upon it. We don't understand black holes either do we? Well, maybe they're crap too. All of wh1ch 1s moderately ironic considering that a black hole is where I'd like to send the runner up of this poll, Blobbie Williams. That's right, Angels is the song with the second best lyrics of all t1me, ever. Apparently. "And down the water fall/Where ever it may take me". Is it just me or does everybody else apart from Robbie know exactly where that waterfall will lake his fluctuating waistline? To the bottom of the waterfall. Williams, duh . You're not going to fall down a waterfall and bob up to the surface 1nside the Louvre, are you? That man makes me so angry, I want to tear off my own arm just so I have something to throw at him. But the pain does not end there, oh for soothe 1f only it would, but it doesn't. Millennium was at number five. "We've got stars directing our fate".

Does anybody else feel uncomfortable at the amount of power this gives Russell Grant? Bohemian Rhapsody was at number three and how many of you actually know what Bismi//ah means? Come on, you voted for it. Don 't just sit there masturbating your lives. away, have some passion. Where was Bob Dylan m this list, where was Leonard Cohen or Tom Waits? No, you lot voted for Paul McCartney. What were you people thinking? He wrote the Frog Song. The Frog Song. Th is is the man that Mo Mowlam wanted to be Poet Laureate and look how many people listened to her. A/ex McGregor

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Spandau Ballet [5] The dark snake of sitcoms [10] 10: Mark Almond couldn 't keep it up in this band [4,4] 11: Film involving improper use of US foodstuffs [8,3] 12: Mr. Motion wrote a book about this big shirted Romantic [4,5] 13: The 'Stones liked their sugar this colour [5] 14: The , Mafia film [9] 15: Auguste _ _ , French painter [6]

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so you want to be a: [g)UOWUCIDU@ you've probably met one of these lovely burton shirt wearers in the pub. if you 're a girl they've probably pinched your bum. want to be one? here's how ... what do they do? A lot less than they'd have you believe. They say they shag loads of women, go for an early morning jog, shag some more, cook culinary masterpieces after a gruelli ng fou r hour session in the gym, and then shag some more, hur hur hur...you get the idea . In reality they sit in the pub scratching their balls making bad jokes about sex, inventing stories about their thousands of sexual conquests ('yeah, two blonde 1 7 year old virgin twins, gaggmg for it') Then they'll eat beans on toast. With beer. And they never get laid. Eve r. what do they wear? Well, they used to aspire to look like David Beckham, but then he started wearing 'skirts' ('Bender, hur, hur, hur" we hear the Primates cry) Nowadays 1t's mainly sportswear for the weekend, and Ben Sherman/ Burton's Casuals with a nice pair of loafers to impress the ladies. Accessories include pack of 20 B&H (not Silk Cut, they're for birds and poofs). Argas gold sovereign ring and the ubiquitous suspiciously stained copy of Apes Monthly ... sorry, I mean Loaded. where do they go? Down the pub with the lads mostly, but when they' re feeling adventurous, Liquid is a favourite. They're fond of tel li ng everyone about all the 'mental bangin ' il legal raves' they've been to, but of course it's all lies. And to the park on Sundays to play footba ll. Badly.

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where will they go? Nowhere much . The more enterprising ape might start up his own fake/ stolen goods stall, calling all the customers 'mate' or ·treacle' depending on gender. The less ambitious of the spec1es rema in on the dole, with stints at Asda here and there. Unfortunately, unlike many of their close relations in the wild, our particular brand of primates do technology not face extinction

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following the death of opportunity knocks starlet lena zavaroni the problems facing children in the entertainment industry have once again be forced into the spotlight. john kinnear looks at the pitfalls faced by todays young stars ... he recent news of the death of Lena Zavaroni shocked all those who remembered her as a precocious 9 year old singing her heart out on television in the early 70 's. The 35 year old former child star died in a Cardiff hospital, succumbing to infection, weakened following a brain operation to help her eat. She we ighed just 3 1/2 stone. Her battle with anorexia was well documented, contro lling her tragica lly short life for 22 years. Born in 1964 she grew up on a council estate in Rothesay, Isle of Bute, a sma ll island off the West

zavaroni became obsessed with food, developing as unhealthy a relationship with it as others do with alcohol and drugs Coast of Scotland. Plucked from obscurity as a 9year-old, she left her family home, moving to the hustle and bustle of a Piccadilly Hotel. For a few brief years it seemed she was on top of the world, w1nn1ng the 70's talent show Opportunity Knocks a record-breaking 5 weeks running. This led to several hit records , she was the youngest art1st to receive a silver disk (for sales or over 250,000) for her 197 4 single, Ma, He's Making Eyes At Me. As well as performing at the White House she appeared with the best in the business, with stars such as Frank Smatra and L1za Minneli, putting her up there as one of the most successful BritiSh celebnties of the early 70's. By the age of 12 she was earning £9000 a week. By the age of 16 she was hosting her own T.V. show Hold Tight, appeanng alongs1de the likes of Morecambe and Wise and Les Dawson.

She slipped out of the limelight in the late 80's, anorex1a rendering her too weak to continue in the business she loved . Her last T.V. performance was 6 years ago, singing One Day at a Time on Songs of Praise when it was hosted in her hometown. When she died she was living in a London council flat surviving on benefits of £48 a week. Zavaroni developed the disease that put paid to her career at the age of 13. She said she always felt guilty when costume designers would comment on her healthy frame - perfectly normal for a child, but not quite what they were used to when dressing starlets. She became obsessed with the one thing she loved, food, developing as unhealthy a relationship w1th it as others do with alcohol and drugs. While Zavaroni's story is undoubtedly tragic, it is unfortunately not unique. Perhaps the most famous child star casualty of recent years is Drew Barrymore. By her 13th birthday she had a resume that even an IT-gi rl would find slightly shocking: commercials aged 11 months; superstar and international cutie aged 7 following the success of E. T.; drinking aged 9; smoking dope aged 10; snorting cocaine aged 12. After her early success, years of drug abuse and relat1ve obscunty followed, culminating in a disastrously inappropriate and under the influence stnp on America 's David Letterman Show. Unlike Lena, however Drew has managed to revive her career thanks mainly to an eardrum bursting appearance in Scream. Starring roles in films such as Ever After and Never Been · Kissed have followed, making her one of today's hottest Hollywood properties. One chi ld star of the late 80's and early 90's who has yet to make it back on the A- l1 st is Macauly Culkin, who became the highest paid child actor ever follow1ng the success of the Home Alone films. By the time of 111s last major film , Richie Rich in 1994, he had amassed a personal fortune of an estimated $17 mi llion. Money certain ly hasn't bought happiness for Culkin , who has had to go

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small talk: manchild the event: who were your first musical heroes? max: The first stuff I bought was early hip-hop - Eric B and Rakim , and all the rap acts that came out around '87, '88. brett: Mine was a real mixture, because I've got three older brothers, and so there were lots of different styles going on - a lot of soul music as well as things like Iron Maiden ! how did you get so many collaborations on your album? max: Hard work, perseverance, and a bit of luck! Kelly Jones is on there because the guy who does our artwork also works for Stereophonics. We'd done this track with an AC/DC riff on it, we knew they liked them, and Kelly just went ahead and recorded vocals for it. Andy Cairns from Therapy? is on there as well. I've been a massive. fan from day one, and we were really surprised when he said he'd be up for it. We've also got Sadat X, from Brand Nubian. We just sent a tape over, and the rap came back - we haven't actually spoken to him at all! when should the album be coming out? brett: We're mixing it in a couple of weeks in London. Then it should be out in March next year - it's called

No Way Out. max: We've got singles coming out - Rocking The Place, which is a limited edition white label, is out now, and that's been played by Uam Howlett and on Radio 1. We've also got Return To The Dragon coming out in November.

you sound quite epic and cinematic - are you Interested In making soundtracks? brett: Yeah! A lot of people have said that, and we are influenced quite a lot by films, so I guess that comes across in our music. We like string arrangements as well as other stuff, so we'd definitely be up for any work like that! Saflya Watey

through the pain of watching his parents battle it

out in court and in public to see who was to be granted custody of the star and therefore control of his estate. In another twist in the star's already mixed up life he married Broadway actress Rachel Miner last year, when both were just 17.

here are many possible reasons as to why some child stars seem to end up worse off than their peers who haven't burst into the limelight. The main reason for this, in my opinion, is the fact that when children become famous the whole world seems to know who they are, before • they have had a chance to form their own opinions of themselves. This results in many developing personalities based on what the media say, which can either give the object of such attention an ego the size of Robbie Williams or turn them into a selfloathing, emotional cripple.

your teenage years should be a time where you have the freedom to experiment, to discover who you really are The kind of money these children are earning is also totally unnatural, while most people their age are out washing cars or scrounging pocket money to buy the latest Boyzone single, these children have the kind of spending power that many a government department would be proud of. The pressures of stardom can also be extremely isolating, with many celebrities unable to trust those that they want to get close to for fear of being used. For instance, by the time the Spice Girls had been around for a year every one of their 13 exboyfriends had sold their stories to the tabloids. Nowadays there are more child stars than ever as record company bosses, keen to exploit the

goldmine that is the pre-teen (or tweenie) market, have come to the realisation that 9 year olds would rather spend their millions of pounds of collective pocket money on Billie than Radiohead. The easiest way for the media moguls to get their hands on this money is to find a group of good looking teenagers who are so desperate to be famous that they sign contracts in which the record companies are the only winners. Now don't get me wrong, I'm a big fan of cheesy disposable pop, there's nothing I like better than to strut my stuff on a Thursday night to the likes of S Club 7 and Britney Spears, I am even the proud owner of the Steps album. There is however something slightly unnerving when you hear country star Lean ne Rimes at 16 talking about career objectives and the age range of her fan base. The pressures of stardom have already taken their toll on Billie, who has decided to rest for a year, citing obsessive 5ive fans who booed her every appearance and sent hate mail as a result of her relationship with Rich from the group. More alarming still is the number of column inches devoted to Britney Spears alleged boob job, and subsequent bra-less jiggling on the Disney Channel. Teenagers are self conscious at the best of times, so filling the world's newspapers and magazines with bitchy articles and photos is undoubtedly going to have some affect on the mental well being of those subjected to such scrutiny. Your teenage years should be a time where you have the freedom to experiment, to discover who you really are. A time where you should be able to get drunk and throw up in the street, have disasterous haircuts, snog who you want without worrying about them selling their story to the tabloids. it's not a time to worry about paparazzi waiting behind every corner or to reduce your experiences and goals into broadcast friendly soundbites. There will always be child stars, but unless they are given some sort of semi-normal existence tragedies like Lena's are inevitable in the unending quest for the "next big thing."

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the bbfc has recently relaxed it's ban on the depiction of excited male members in the cinema. /ucy sacre probes this most sensitive of issues ...

11e Bnllsh Board Of F1lm Class lf1cat1on has JUSt l1flecl 1t·s long stancl1ng ban on the screen1ng of erect male gen ita li a over new f1 1111 Romance. However. French auteur Cathenne BICiilat's fillll. WiliCil SIIC i)Otil wrote and Clirec tecl. IS not the f1rst wii !Ch l1as nsen to the cl1a llenge of pusl1 1ng back boundanes set by the BBFC . In the past. several f1lms. clecmecl ·arusuc · rather than ·pornographic·. due to th e1 r ·senous· nature. l1ave been maclc exceptions to the general rule. For example . 111 1976. Japanese cl1rector Nag1sa Osil1ma·s film. In The Realm Of The Sense rece1ved 1t's f1rst screenmg at the Cannes f1lm fest1val, and was subsequently seen in a few arthouse cmemas across Bnta 111. an d was f1nall y rel eased l1erc on video 111 1980. Similarly, the French f1lm Annabelle Pilltagee 11990). wh1ch also showed an erect p n1s on sc reen. passed ti1rough the sllf'f Bnl! sl1 classificatiOn system . F1lms of thiS expl iCit nature l1avc Infrequently found themse lves on Bnt1sh screens. so wily tile current cl1ange of 11eart. Howeve r, til e ma1n difference between Brelliat's Romance. and Osh 1ma·s, In The Realm Of T11e Sense 1s th e time it took for each to be approved IJy til e BBFC (tile ·c apparently sta nd1n g for cla ssJflca llon ra ther then censorl) . Romance on ly llad to wa1t a matter of months for 1t's BBFC approval. wl1creas 1t tool1 a num l)er of years for In The Realm Of The Sense to pass th rough tile system. it IS genera lly acl\nowledged that Bnllsll f1 1111 classification IS the stnctest m Europe, w1ti1 ng1d

rules as to wl1at IS clcemcd accepta ble for Bnllsh v1ewe rs and what IS not. Tl11s hJgll llgllts the fun damental qucsllon concern 1ng f1lm censo rsl11p: s1ncc op m1ons cl1ffer greatly from one person to tile next. who has the ngl1 t to ul timately dec ide what shoulcf or shouldn't make 1t onto Bnt1sh screens? From the 1970's unt1l recently. th iS person was tile Amencan Jamcs Furman, who stood 1n charge of t11c BBFC, and passed JUdgemen t on fil ms m til lS country. (He has s1nce been replaced IJy t11c fa1rly li lx~ral Andreas Wil ltlam-SmJth ).

it is unlikely that tom cruise will be seen in all his glory in his next film Til lS quest1on of taste. and w11o. 1f anyone, l1as the nght to censor visual entert ainment. IS one wh1ch cons1s tcntiy provo l1es cleba te between those who i)Cilcve tha t v1ewcrs sllould 11avc tile ngl1t to clccJdc for themselves what 1t is they w1sll to v1ew. and those who i)eilcve that censo rship fulfils a v1tal role 1n protecting soc1ety from visua l 'filth ·. Tlwrcfore tile BBFC's recent relaxat1on of the1r ru les concernmg an erect pen1 s on screen may be rega rded IJy some as i)elng a moral cock-up. and by others as simply allow1ng greater freedom of express1on for fJi mma l1ers. and freedom of ciiOJCe for v1ewcrs 1f you fmd tile 1mage of an erec t pen1s offens1ve. don't go and sec Brell1at's film.

Some may believe that there is a very th1n lme i)etwecn Romance an cl pornography, but Brelliat strongly argues aga1nst tillS, cla1m1ng that l1er fil m IS not pornography, s1nce trad1t1onal porn JS a1mcd at men . and her fil m IS scnpted by a woman. ancl IS a1med at women . it appea rs that a dJStJnCtJon between va nous f1lms 11as to be made in order for the content of one to be deemed acceptable. and the con tent of the other to be class1 fi ed as unacceptaiJic. Th1s. agam, all boils down to individual taste . Yet desp1tc the BBFC's new rul mg. til e distlllCtiOn macle between ·artistic' f1lms and blockbusters suggests t11at 1t JS un likely ti1at Tom Cru1se will be seen 1n all his glory in illS next film. and prol)able ti1at the 1mage of the erect pen1s won't escape the confines of the artl1ouse cinema qu1te ye t.

romance is showing at cinema city from october 26

sensor soon to become the next big film of the year, the sixth sense sees bruce willis take off the sweaty vest at last. simon jones looks at what the fuss is about ...

his year the fil m box off1ce has not been perform mg qu1te as expected. Wllllst not111ng could stop The Phantom Menace. the other supposed 'bloc kbus ters · have struggled and dropped out of the charts witl1ou t makmg muc11 of an impact. Jan De Bont's lamentable Th e Haunting i)eJng perl1aps tile most noti cea bl e cflsappolntment. Now, following t ile death of tile summe r season. several film s 11avc crept up from nowhere to surpass al l expectations ancf IJccome some of the most

in order to appear as scared as he needed to be osment would work himself up into a frenzy, often bouncing off the walls of the set successfu l of all lime. The most promment of these , of cou rse. 1s Til e Blair Witch Project, wh1ch the 11ype 1s already sadly threatenmg to swallow. Sligh tly less hyped. but equally lauded. 1s The Sixth Sense , the latest movie to star Bruce Willis: Wntten and d irected by a relat1ve unknown , ManOJ Nigh t Shyamalan. the mov1e has grossed $242 mil lion 1n JUSt nin e weeks in the US so far , mak1ng 1t the second most successfu l film of the yea r, after George Lu cas· money-mak111g macl11ne . Impressively. 1t is the f1rst film to take over $20 m 1l lion 111 eacl1 wee k of the first five weeks of 1ts run smce James Cameron's Titanic in 1997. What IS perhaps surpns1ng IS th at th 1s IS not Bruce Wil lis' usual effects-packed, explosion-dnven plot

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formula. as w1th last yea r's Armageddon . The Sixth Sense 1s touted as a " psyc ll ologJcal horror mov1e". relymg more on cf1sturbmg tile aud1ence than th rowing a bucketful of dJgJta l gore at them. Child psycllologist Malcolm Crowe (Bruce WilliS) IS assigned to a new paucnt, Cole Sear. a young I)Oy wl10 1s sup posed ly cxpenenc 1ng VISIOns of the dead. Co te's mot11cr (Ton1 Collettc of Muriel's Wedding l ame) 1s desperate fo r somciJody to 11clp her son from IllS 111Creas1ngly fngh tenmg VISIOns. Detai lS of t11e fil m's plot arc nollceably ske tcl1y . w1t11 on ly tillS IJase outl1ne eas1ly ava il able. Th 1s may be due to an appa rently stunnmg tw1st at the end . which l1as left many v1cwers ree ling. As ch1ld actor Haley Joel Osment (pictured), who plays Cole, says: "I f you haven't seen t11c mov1e ancl ti1cy start talk1n g about the end1ng, st1ck your fingers 111 you r ears and scream 'LALALALALA'. because you don·t want them to g1ve 1t i1wayJ " Inevitabl y the fil m rel 1es mu ch on Osment's performance wh1ch came as a b1g surpnse to Amencan audiences probably expec ll ng another outbreak of the d1sease Wittily known as Cu lk1n Syndrome. Advance wo rd suggests that th1s IS not somet11111g we rea lly neecl to worry ai)OUt. Industry 111SJ cfers have even been say1ng tha t Osment coulcf earn a best support1ng actor nom1nat1on at next year's Osca rs. He certa111ly seems to be unusually decl1catcd for a child actor. In order to appear as scared as he need ed to be in some scenes, t11e actor would work h1mself up 1nto a frenzy. often culmina ti ng in l1terally bounc111g off the walls of the set 111 order to disorient ancf fnghten h1msel f. Bruce Willis IS also sa1d to del1ver one of h1s best performances of recent ti mes (not such a maJOr fea t after be111g blown up on a meteor). ancf certainly looks di fferent from h1s usual appearance. He has a fu ll head of ha1r! Forget ghostly, vis1ons that's enoug11 to scare any kid ! The Sixth Sense opens 111 the UK on 12 November. And make su re nobody tells you t hat ending .. .

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eitgeists, eh? Tricky things to pin down. Just when you're least expecting it, something comes along that stands alone, utterly blowing everything else away. In the Contino Sessions, Death In Vegas have given us a truly exciting record, something to get people talking about music like it means something again. In a time that's been defined simply by being indefinable, fragmented, eclectic, they've somehow managed to capture an essence of what it's all about. Death In Vegas are two blokes from London, Richard Fearless and nm Holmes. You remember

i must confess i still don't know what big beat is. rictiard described it as being the jive bunny for the 90s Dirt, right? When that took off a couple of years ago they were reluctantly thrown in with the whole big beat explosion and never really recovered. Well, now they' re back, wiser and more focused; this time around things are going to be different. nm explains, "No one lumps us in with anything now. I must confess I still don't know what big beat is. Richard described it as being the Jive Bunny for the late 90s. As an engineer I worked with people like Jon Carter, people I respect. But on the back of that, other people would come up to me and ask

s me to do tracks with them, and I'd say, What are your influences?, and they'd look at me like I was stupid and say, well obviously we want to sound like the Chemical Brothers. Well , why?" They distance themselves from other bands, refusing to be pigeonholed; you could look at them as dance or rock. But they're too cutting edge to really fit snugly into any trend or genre. One look at their backgrounds confirms this. "Our knowledge of all kinds of music is so wide. People I know that make dance music don't only listen to dance music. I don't differentiate between the different genres of music because you can't really. We like dub and we like acid house and we like punk. I wouldn't expect anyone to like one kind of music." This certainly comes through on the album. They draw on an awe inspiring range of influences and styles and unite them, creating a sound spanning the last three decades while looking to the future. The only possible thing it could be compared to is the UNKLE album, Psyence Rction, but the multitude of collaborations in that made for sensual overload, and the music took so long to create it already sounded dated when it was eventually released. And the men from UNKLE didn't have lggy Pop. nm recalls the day they got together. "The night before we did it I was reaaing a book by the old NME journalist, Nick Kent, and it had a whole chapter about lggy Pop. lt was freaking me out so much I just had to put it away and get a decent night's sleep. lt was just more than I could cope with. Actually meeting him was not a natural experience, it was quite surreal. I never want to forget that feeling I had at the time. Uttle old me being in the same room as lggy Pop - I still pinch myself when I think about that." The resulting track Aisha, is as fearsome as you 'd expect from the only true punk left. A squall of guitars and lggy screaming 'I'm a murderer'. Enough to give you nightmares. it's prompted some to say that's it's the best thing he's done for 20 years. "The thing about lggy is he's never lost his cool. He's never sold out. We saw him at the LA 2, playing to about 300 people. Close your eyes and it could have been 1977. Fantastic." The album also features Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie, Jim Reid of the Jesus and Mary Chain, Dot Allison and the London Community Gospel Choir. The most difficult thing with a project of that scope is making it happen live. But once again, Death In Vegas do not disappoint. Uve visuals and

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instrumentation mean they've got a real stage presence that most DJ-oriented bands lack. "I had it in my head from day one that we should be able to do it live. I don't like to go and see bands that get a great noise in the studio then think, bloody hell, how are we going to do this live?" After a summer of festival appearances they're embarking on a UK college tour with one particular show, at London Shepherd's Bush Empire on November 7, which Tim

if it all works out it'll be all the artists we've worked with on the album. rock history. is predicting to be momentous. "If it all works out it'll be all the artists we've worked with on the album. Rock history mate.· Death In Vegas are famed for their cutting edge, controversial music videos. And they've just made another one, for the forthcoming single, Neptune City. Directed by Fearless and shot in India, Holmes describes it as "one of the best videos I've seen by any band. We shot it mainly on handheld 16mm cameras. it's quite Technicolor, chopped up images like a kaleidoscope. Images of women marching and elephants. it's really triumphant." ith Death In Vegas you're not just getting a band, it's a multimedia experience. They're tapping into a long history of art and music uniting. Warhol and the Velvet Underground started it. Blur and Damien Hirst's Beagle 3 project are sending it into space. And for Death In Vegas, it's as important as the music itself. "The art and the music are very closely related. On the album artwork [which Fearless designed]. the repetition of the boots, the image being distorted and changed on a computer. We do the same with the samples on the album, looping them and shaping them. They mirror each other a lot." They're taking this even further, as nm goes on to say, "There are going to be exhibitions in London, Paris, Tokyo and San Francisco. The artwork will be on display and there'll be films, sculptures, neon things, spray art on the walls. The band's going to play at these events, but there's no stage. The band w111 be in with the art, in with the people that will see the art." So what does the future hold? They're working on new material and preparing for an American tour. There's also ta lk of doing a film score. They're ready to take on the world, and it'd better be ready for them.

what's the big fuss then? The Fall's distinctive brand of punk has proved to be as enduring as anything else the genre could dish up. Set against a back-drop of relentlessly noisy, yet curiously appealing guitars, 'singer' Mark E. Smith deliberates on a range of unlikely, sometimes downright bizarre topics. His style resembles a drunken, indecipherable, Mancunian tramp crossed with an amphetamine-fuelled rabble-rousing demagogue. In doing this they have influenced more groups than Morrissey could shake his gladioli at. All lo-fi nods at the Fall, and bands such as Hole and Elastica are keen to acknowledge their influence, as is artist Damien Hirst and comedy duo Lee and Herring. lt is also worth mentioning that venerable DJ John Peel OBE is a huge fan and has made sure they got plenty of late-night airplay. Smith has proved himself to be the most obstinately individual, irresistibly irreverent, astutely witty and furiously sagacious character in rock, and the Fall have been the most prolific and inventive group in Britain. who did what? This is a band who've had more line-up changes than Gary Glitter's had .. erm, shiny tasselled suits. Singer and king-pin Mark E. Smith, the only remaining original member, provides all the lyrics, the rest of the line-up has been changing continually. Famous alumni include Radio 1 's 'Lard', alias Marc Riley, a key member on many of the Fall's most fondly remembered albums. sold a few records then? Over their 21 year career the band 's appeal has remained strictly cultish. They have never been able to translate their huge influence and credibility into mainstream success, but multiple platinum discs and Noel Edmonds style mass appeal were never what the Fall were about. which is best? The Fall have made a tremendous number of albums, their discography shows over 20. Their creative zenith was almost definitely the early and mid-eighties. The albums This Nation's Saving Grace, Bend Sinister and Hex Endurance Hour perhaps represent the Fall at their most vitriolic and mesmerising best. this guy smith, bit of a character was he? Smith has something of a reputation for erratic, and sometimes violent behaviour. Be warned: his burgeoning middle age has done nothing to temper his boundless energy, and he still regularly has fights with members of his band. so what does the future hold? The one factor that singles out the Fall from every other band in Britain is that their mission statement has always been; move forward, forget about the past. Expect more albums from the Fall. Believe me; it'll take a nation of millions to hold the man Smith back. in retrospect ... 'I don't particularly like the person singing on this album. That said, I marvel at his guts' Mark E. Smith.

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herapy?'s rhythm section of Michael McKeegan (bass) and Graham Hopkins (drums) are two of rock's fighters. On the verge of a US/Austra lian tour, Hopkins broke his arm, and to further complicate matters, the band 's long term record label went bust. But Therapy? have pulled themselves back from the brink of splitting, and written an album which sees them returning to their noisy roots. So what keeps them going? "We're still really into it. We haven 't real ly got jaded", states Michael; "doing the album SemiDetached last year and the touring was the best fun

therapy? rose to the top of rock's gnarled tree only to be pushed off by the likes of feeder and terrorvision we've had in a long time. I still think of us as a new band." A new band? Therapy? will have been going for 10 years next March. In this time, they have risen to the top of British rock's gnarled tree, only to be pushed off by the likes of Feeder and Terrorvision. Can Therapy? climb back up? "I don't really want to be on kids' TV on a Saturday morning. " This bold statement comes from Michael, who clearly wants success to come back on Therapy?'s own terms. He proceeds to slate the music industry's commerciality-based ethos: "Even if you make a really good album for some reason a lot of people get hung up on chart position. I'd rather make a really shit hot album and do alright in the

charts than have a number one with an album I thought was poxy. I'd rather be able to hold my head up high." Publicity is something which doesn't concern the band. Graham is scathing about the "publicity for publicity's sake" ethos employed by other bands: "There are so many things that have happened to us. We could have easily brought Melody Maker or NME in and made headl ines, but it's just not our idea of what we're about." Clearly Th erapy? are a strongly principled band. There is no hint of irony about them, and their attitude that the quality of your music is the bottom line is refreshing in these hard-sell times. But they still have a new album to promote, the magnificently titled Suicide Pact- You Rrst. What is the agenda for the next few months? "Genuinely still enjoying what we're doing." Graham is in no doubt about this, "we just want to keep growing and keep playing." But 'rherapy? have had problems over touring in the past; most notably with ex-drummer Fyfe Ewing. What if these happen again? "If we get bored in six months time we'll just cancel some shows and take some time off. You kind of know when someone's about to crack" says Michael; "We'd just do something to break up that rock star thing of staying in your hotel until 10 minutes before the gig, walking onstage, playing the gig and then going back to your hotel room and drinking yourself into oblivion." Rock Stars are something Therapy? aren't. They are genuinely nice blokes doing what they love. There is no front to them at all, and this is summed up by Graham's final statement: "If people like us, brilliant. We 're happy playing here tonight. We're just happy to be out there."

ooberman started in a garage, and went on to achieve early success. however after talking to them joanna pawlik believes they belong in the gutter... oberman are Danny Popplewell (vocals]. Andy Flett (guitar), Sophia Churney (keyboards) and Steve Flett. And they are also boring. A phone conversation with Danny felt more like the compulsory thank you call to your gran, rather than a breathtaking glimpse into a rock and roll lifestyle. Like my gran, Ooberman have actively tried to cut themselves off from the evi ls of the late Twentieth Century, seeking to avoid that nasty 'popular' music and the young hoodlums that listen to it. Their twee indie pop began life in Andy's garage in Liverpool and after a brief spell at university, the band went public at the Glastonbury and Reading festivals in 1998. Their first two singles Sugar Bum and Shorley Wall, released on the independent Tugboat label, received a great deal of air play on Radio One and ended up selling over 10,000 copies. Tears From a Willow was released on October 11, and the album The Magic Treehouse is due to follow on the 25th. They have supported Blur and are touring with Travis and Gomez later this year, yet this early success has not aroused a relentless ambition . Far from it. Danny says he "doesn 't expect the single to do well. No-one will like it. it's not even the best one on the album ." it's not that great that their artistic integrity remains uncompromised, and to be honest the fact that they are releasing anything at all is all a big coincidence. Danny is about as good a salesman as he is entertainer. When asked the relatively uncomplicated question as to their influences, Danny becomes confused and disoriented (the geriatric resemblance continues .... ) and had to ask a friend (50/50 and audience input being unavailable to him). "The Beach Boys" was what

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the conference was able to come up with. Clearly Danny is not very enthused by his so-called idols. Surely the opportunity to recite a nightmarish touring anecdote might make this guy's heart beat quicker? Sadly not - the most notable thing that has happened to Ooberman on tour is their microphone failed . Once. A long time ago. Ooberman are boring. Don't let their unusual name fool you. lt does not stem from an unhealthy fascination with Nietzsche, nor from considering

a phone conversation with danny of ooberman felt more like a compulsory thank you call to your gran rather t han a breathtaking glimpse into a rock & roll lifestyle. themselves ak1n to the' bogeyman. Rather Ooberman was a character in a sit-com written when Andy and Danny were younger. I fear they have spent too much time in garages or treehouses and have ceased to function in or communicate with the big bad world. This may be a bit too harsh. They may be saturated with charisma and frightened by the results of their eternal charm and allure. But not today.

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you may think that animation is all about disney, but the genre does have far more to offer than soundtracks by tim rice. astrid goldsmith colours in the detail on a selection of moving delights ... the arnval of those ultra-trendy animated ads? Of course, there will always be the rogue successes. The Simpson 's and South Park are two current examples or amazingly popular animated

how could the actress playing wonder woman ever hope to live up to the eye boggling dimensions of the original cartoon?

this? Somebody who is pushing back the boundaries of the genre is the genius of Jamie Hewlett. His latest venture is Monkey Tennis, a slightly perverse account of a teenage boy and his misfit friends. lt will be gracing our television screens later th1s year. But what good is a televiSIOn programme? Somehow a film seems so much more exciting - the whole experience of going to a cinema is certainly more glamorous than sitting in front of a small box in your lounge ... Jamie Hewlett is God. Somebody give him funds to make a film. You will enjoy it a lot more than The Little Mermaid.

television programmes which don't have D1sney family values. However, the South Park movie as1de, 1t is rare to see 'subversive, dark, 'adult' feature length animation films. lt is much easier to get people interested in shorter snippets of animation, especially when the characters involved are fairly (and literally) two dimensional and the plots are simple. This IS why the classic Warner Bros. Bugs Bunny/ Duck et al work so well. But surely animation should not be limited to

K, let's play fantasy Mallets Mallet. I say 'animation', what's the first word that springs into your mind? Disney, perhaps? More than likely. lt is a sad state of affairs indeed when the majority of people's view of one of the greatest art forms is dominated by an oversized American rodent. Not that there is anything wrong w1th Mickey Mouse, in fact the early cartoons were pure genius. But the badly drawn, sentimentalised pap that Disney chum out year after year (Mu/an, Pocahantas, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules) is slowly draining the

you can mow bugs bunny down with a steam roller and watch his flattened form peel off the ground and bounce back into shape lifeblood of animation: originality. What IS so great about animation IS the fact that you can do anythmg you want with an extremely limited budget, something you can't do on live action films, no matter how 'real' the special effects are. You can mow Bugs Bunny down with a steam roller and watch his flattened form peel off the ground and bounce back into shape. You can mould Morph into a thousand different shapes. You can make truly disturbing images - even the MTV adverts have more wit and originality than recent Disney films. D1sney has also qu1te effectively dictated our moral stance as far as cartoons are concerned. There was outrage 1n the Seventies over the feature length cartoon Felix the Cat. lt was X-rated and semi pornographic, not something many of our generation have a problem with. The disgust arose from the fact that Felix was a fluffy, cartoon puddy cat not a million miles from sweet Sylvester. Felix the Cat is not a fantastic film. But that is not the point. At least it was humorous, creative and fresh. lt was using the medium of animation in a new and exciting way. This trend has been continued into the Nineties with

animation such as Crapston Villas, the late night television series set in a council estate. While both the animation (which was 3D plasticine) and the humour are crude, it is hysterically funny and sharply perceptive - more than can be sa1d for many actor based 'comedies' on TV. A very telling contrast between live action and animation can be found in the 1995 film Tank Girl. Originally an amazingly drawn, idiosyncratic and imaginative (not to mention hilarious) comic, the film was mainly live action and left much to be desired. While Lori Petty was adequate as Tank G1rl, she was still too clean, too Hollywood. This would not have mattered if the film had not contained snatches of animation showing the 'real' Tank Girl drawn by the creator, Jamie Hewlett, (the man also behind Whitey Action in The Face magazine). Just as MISS Petty was bobbing along nicely, just about convincing us she really drove a tank with her best Riot Grrrl acting, the animation would come along and show her up. As it was, the animated sections were the best b1ts of the film. Poor Lon. But she's not the only one w1th this problem. For example, how could the actress playing Wonder Woman ever hope to live up to the eye boggling dimensions of the onginal cartoon? Or, more recently, why are they bothering to make a live vers1on of Inspector Gadget? Especially with Matthew Broderick. They could have at least got someone with a longer chin.

ace it: Cartoons are better. The girls are prett1er, the stunts are more Impressive, the colours are more stunn1ng, the jokes are funnier. Has Rob1n W1lliams ever been more amusmg than the time when he played the Genie in Aladdin? Is there any female alive who is as sexy as Jessica Rabbit? Or as cool as Tank Girl? Or as cute as Betty Boop? More people are discovenng the power that animation can have. For example, would you even have considered buying Virgin Cola before

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h1l l Jupitus is just like one of those Terry's Chocolate Orange S1esta bars; you 've seen them around. you know what they are, what they do, and you often get them confused w1th confection of s1m1lar ilk. But, JUSt like a Terry· s Chocolate Orange S1esta bar, once you've experienced th1s un1que brand of product. your cerel)ral catalogu1ng mechanism forever files 1t under ·select' rather than 'Tat' or 'Nestle: Avoid'. Let me explain .. About a month ago, I 11ad a cns1s of fa1th, as I realised that I would prefer to spend December 31, 1999 on a remote desert ISland, far away from banal

celebration and Ben Sherman clad boys wandering down streets yelling. Was t11is to be the beginnings of my own reJeCtion from soc1ety. preferring the company of palm trees and sea bass to the company of my fellow human beings? Ah, but there stood Phill Jupitus shin1ng the light of solidarity into my m1nd and illum1nat1ng the truth, well maybe not THE truth. Either way the man shares my dream of an Angus Deyton End Of Year

Silow free New Year's Eve. So apart from a cocoa derived delicacy, just what is Phill Jupitus, stand-up, film buff, and one

third of the three pronged team that make up the Never Mind Tile Buzzcocks, real ly l1ke? I thought that if I asked him what three objects he wou ld take with him to this al l expenses paid trip to a remote island , it would give me some idea of the man behind the goatee; he chose a radio (for the World Service, and also for the fact that he, like all of us, would find li fe without John Peel unbearable, the entire Simpsons back cata logue, and a TVN1deo. Apart from the unofficial fourth object, a gu n, (" ... probably an Uzi 9mm - you get a good spray of fire") it's his passion for The Simpsons which is most telling. This is because when asked if there's anything else he would like to do, he quotes animat1on as a distinct possibility, and adds that he's "da bbled " and "investigated" whenever he's out on shoots; "I like watching the working process. "Going to th e cinema is not as much of an event as it used to be," he continues. He puts this down to the Video age, and how readily VHS and DVD are replacing the cinema ti c expenence . Phill Jupitus talks about film and cinema wi th a rare passion, often citing chi ldhood experiences as being pivotal precursors to his present and long-term interests; "That's why people want to be in bands .. , you th ink 'ha ng on, people do this for a living, and get paid? " . He seems to be as stimulated by The Blockbuster as he is by The Independent film , saying that he got as much of a buzz seeing the $40,000 Blair Witcil Project as he did the $100million + Pl1antom Menace, and sticking to the subject of sti mulation, I asked h1m whether he had seen Mr.

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And Mrs. Cru1se's saucy shenanigans in Eyes Wide Silul. Tl1e reply sw1ftly follows - while he can

appreciate that Tom and Nicole are masters of their trade, 1t doesn 't really appeal to h1m, saying, ''If I want to see a sexy fi lm, I'll get Illegal German porn". Talking to Phill Jupitus IS like chatting to an old school fnend, except that you actua lly do like h1m , unlike most playground chums. He's genu 1ne and direct, and never more so than when ta lkmg Comedy. I ask h1m whether stand-up is comedy in 1ts purest form, and wh1le not surprised by his answer. his response shows a real sense of affection not only for all those 1n the business, but the val1d1ty of the trade 1tself. "Getting on stage 1n front of people. your pnnc1ple aim bemg to make them laugh . That 's comedy. and 1t doesn't really matter what you do to ach 1eve that. .. To make his point. he gives an example, and Inadvertently stumbles across one of the more psychological aspects of stand-up; "A heav1ly tattooed, pint -sized Nazi coming on stage naked, and masturbating to make people laugh comes across more as a defence mechan1sm -'please make thiS image go away."' A good point, so why are there so many J1m Davidson's out there and not enough Bill Hicks? "it's like the Punk Rock explosion of'76 - everyone's hav1ng a go, you can do courses in it, and 1t's a viable career opt1on ... There is a trace of sadness 1n Ph1ll's voice as he proceeds to explain how the massive influx of standups 1s resu lting in a blanding out of quality performers. He iFlforms me that today there are at least 10 times the amount of people going into the business as there were when he started in 1983. To

if i want to see a sexy film i'll get illegal german porn highl ight the kind of scale he's talking about he says that he rea d that the Jongleurs' organisa tion (a company that run comedy venues nation-wide) need to find 4 7 stand-ups every weekend across the country. he conversation natural ly staggers drunkenly down to the alleyway of Nevermind Tile Buzzcocks ; I remember reading somewhere that Have I Got News For You is the sum of multi ple takes and cuts - all tha t razor-sharp wit and cunning comebacks aren't always necessari ly off the cuff or improvised. I asked Phill whether the 'Buzzcocks was handled in the same way, and more to the point, is a conscious effort made to perform, or is it really as we see it on the te levision - three guys having a laugh; "I'm not going to say, 'Oh well we arrive and make it up', there is a lot of prepa ration by the blokes at Talkback [the company behind N.M. T. B. and numerous other BBC shows] that put the questions together. " There are some things , he says, tha t you just can't prepare for - situations too bizarre to wa rrant succinct planning and execution ... "it's not every night you make your living pretending to be one of Steps, y' know , dancing around with a little 19 year old pop star singing to Boy George. " it's this fusion of contemporary and 'classic' artists and the span of mus1ca1 knowledge displ ayed by the team regulars that makes N.M. T.B. so hugely enjoyable to watch. So does Phill listen to as broad a selection off screen? Yes, he says, adding that he believes that most stand-ups are

cu ltural sponges. absorbing and retain ing matenal from the world around them. He says that his musical tastes are qu1te eclectic. and proceeds to l1st an admirably variable group of artists and performers whose matenal he purchased on h1s last CD buying binge; "I got the Planets Suite. and Ravel's Bolero ... ! JUSt got the new Clash album -

phil jupitus would take an uzi to a desert island "you get a good spray of fire" very weird, li stening to a new Clash record ... Holly Cole, a Canad1an Jazz s1nger. and I bought a earl Cox album as well. .. Please note that Phill did not include w1th1n th1s l1st any Boyzone records, a little peculia r perhaps given the fact that M1ster Jup1tus appeared 1n the sa1d Irish heart-throbs video for When The going Gets Toug/1.

Cl1che removed and honesty in its stead there truly is more to Phill Jup1tus than just a bellyful of laughs. Th1s guy doesn't just have pass1ng interests in TV, music and film. he has the rare quality of taking pnde 1n know1ng h1s stuff, and as such it's a joy to feed him a topic and hear him first break 1t down before scampenng mischievously off at a tangent in order to include crazy facts or notions stored in h1s brain for God knows how long. Like t11e steering wheel on a JCB with one of those little knobby things on 1t for greater ease of turn 1ng, I manoeuvred the conversation onto what was to be the fi nal question of the day. Is Ph1ll Jupitus happy? Has he done everything he wants to do? "''ve not travel led anywhere as much as I'd l1ke to ... I'd like to live abroad for a couple of years, I'd love to make a good fi lm .. . I've got loads of unfulfilled ambitions but I'm happy." Phill saves the best 'till last, summ111g up how he views life 1n one sensible and most deliciously honest sentence; "You should push tl1ings to make the m happen ... but if they don't happen, for God's sake don't get all pissy about it. ..

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carrying a knife on the shoot Both guys find this pretty funny. "You have to understand, this is Heather Donahue, • laughs Sanchez, "and she's getting a call and we're saying that we'd like you to do this improvisational feature [and) we'd like you to do it in the woods with these two other guys you don't know and you don't really know Who the hell we are.· Nevertheless, the performance they got out of the actress, one of frenzied panic, seems to suggest she felt the presence of a knife was a

there are no rules to film-making. you don't have to have brad pitt and you don't have to have steven spielberg directing necessity rather than a formality. They adopted a slightly unorthodox method of directing the trio of actors during the shoot, says Myrick. ·we would type up these directing notes Which we would give to the actors five or six times a day but without coming into contact with them. We'd just leave them at predetermined locations. That's how we'd direct them. We wanted them to get really close, like at the end When they are supposed to be1 hungry we didn't feed them too much and they knew this was going to happen, and they were into it, and really liked being starved!"

if you go down to the woods today, you might be in for a big surprise, and it won't be tony's sister. adam chapman speaks to the directors of the blair witch project... n ad placed in Backstage New York reads: "Actors needed for improvisational feature. No Union. V. little pay. You will need camping experience". Who would have thought that two years later this rather inauspicious of starts would end up being the most profitable film of all time? Not Blair Witch directors Dan Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez, that's for sure. For once you really get the feeling that it's not just the usual "look at me, I've been touched by the hand of Hollywood and I'm still charmingly modest" crap. When Myrick says that he had no expectations of the film and

so many times we'd be walking through the woods in camouflage and we'd be like 'what the hell are we doing out here' that it was a fluke that it became so huge it is very hard not to believe that the duo really are blown away by the phenomenal success of their $40,000 movie. And why not? After all it's been one of the biggest media events of the year, enough to faze even the most experienced of directors. Myrick and Sanchez, however, are anything but experienced. Sanchez, Cuban born, had only worked on a handful of films before 'Biair. For Dan Myrick, born in Sarasota, Florida, The Blair Witch Project marks his debut as a feature film director. Both men, affable and funny in interview, don't appear na·ive about the success of the film. When asked about involvement in bigger budget films they rem~in refreshingly aware of their limits. As Myrick puts it "lt'd be a fiasco if we did an $80 million movie right now". Even in 'Biair they found themselves tested. "We really had no idea

What the hell we were doing; reveals sanchez. "So many times we'd be walking through the woods in camouflage and we'd be like 'What the hell are we doing out here?'". A sequel to Blair Witch seems more than likely than a multi-million dollar extravaganza, though explains Sanchez, "We have an idea for a prequel, but we have to see whether they [distributors Artisan Entertainment) are going to let us do it or not. lt has to be the right time for us and them." Both men appear at ease with the control which The Blair Witch Project allowed them, not surprisingly really considering they had no film company breathing down their necks. To them this was one of the most important aspects, absolute freedom for · them and the actors. How about sharing the directorial duties? Surely there must be some degree of conflict? Apparently not. They seem to take the diplomatic approach When dealing with this. "If I feel strongly about something. • says sanchez, "I'll win, and if he feels strongly ~bout something then he'll win. We trust each other.· This element of freedom was not just valuable to them, says Myrick. The actors were really into it too. "On one side it was very tough and draining but as actors they had the opportunity to do an eight day play, twenty-four-seven, in character, with total creative freedom. They are probably never going to get that oppo(lunity to get that again". The prospect of a glorified acting camp didn't stop star Heather from

This only being an interview with the directors and not the actors I suppose I only have their word on that, although I seriously doubt ritual starvation tops anyone's "Things I Uke To Do At The Weekend" list.

owever, the directors remain confident that the improvisational methods adopted were beneficial to the end result. "We were always after realism ...What really inspired 'Biair was those old pseudo-documentaries about Big Foot. Our prime directive was to keep everything real.· A script in this case would have ruined the film, "confining things too much". Myrick believes that directors of moc;kumentaries Who rely too readily on scripts "are too insecure about their material and need everything

1]1] to be spoken and some films suffer because of that•. To this Sanchez adds-, "If we need a stilted bad actor then we'll go and cast one•. May 1 be the first person to put forward the suggestion of Keanu Reeves, Who I believe has a gap in his schedule. Despite the success of The Blair Witch Project Sanchez and Myrick are under no mis-conceptions as to the effect this will have on the movie industry in Hollywood. "They are stunned for a while but they don't really learn anything,· says Sanchez, although he believes there is a lesson to be drawn from their experiences. "lt shows that there are no rules to filmmaking. You don't have to have Brad Pitt and you don't have to have Steven-Spielberg directing. You don't have to have a soundtrack by Britney Spears and the Backstreet Boys•..what I hope it does is inspire other independent filmmakers and show that it can be done: Both are, however, concerned about the amount of hype that has been created around the film, but admit that it isn't really surprising if you consider that the website, an integral reason for the publicity drive that surrounded the film at the beginning, has been set up .since June '98, before the Sundance Festival made it the film to see. "Obviously a lot of people go into the movie expecting Scream and come out disappointed,• says sanchez, "but you are always going to have that with an experimental film such as this one. Hype gets people into the theatres and I think enough people come out liking it that it's not disappointing to us.· When confronted with the possibility that the scariest movie ever made may not actually be all that scary, I for one being one of those people who came away pants unsoiled, Ed

sanchez remains confident in the end product. "When the movie comes out on video do me a favour and rent it. Then go to your house alone at one o'clock in the morning and then tell me if it scares you. I think it works better on the television screen than at the movie theatres. • I am in absolutely no doubt as to the truth of this, and it is testament to the talents of the two directors that they have managed to make a film that for once lives up to much of the hype surrounding it. Good luck to them.

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The recording studio is the witches cauldron of the music industry, where the the magic takes place and the hits bubble out. darcy hurford visits Iondon studio the dairy, and sees if new band diphonia have the dedication that they need... he recording studio. A place of mystery. Bands go into studios and vanish from the outside world. Eventually they emerge of course, blinking in the sunligllt with a brand new haircut and a shiny new recording, but they never tell you.about what went on inside, and basically, unless you get into a band yqurself, you may never know anything about this fine institution for music creation. Ages can pass, and all you know of your beloved band is that they've 'gone into the studio'. The suspense is unbearable. During the long gestation period prior to the release of The Second Coming, strange and bizarre rumours began to circulate about what the Stone Roses were actually doing. John Squire was apparently insisting on being called 'Sir' and was making snow sculptures. Neither of which was true, but that's the sort of nonsense t o which this recording studio business can lead. Well, The Event doesn't like being ignorant about these things you know, so we put our rampant curiosity and fruit knife sharp wits to the test, and got ourselves down to the Dairy Studio in London, to watch new band Diphonia recording, ask a few questions, take a few photos, ahd generally poke our noses around in a journalistic sort of way. The Dairy is located in Brixton, five minutes from the station. From the street it appears unassuming, but edge your way past the market stalls, walk down the side street, cross a courtyard and you find yourself looking at a rather pretty building. The Dairy is divided into three rooms; a miXing room , a recording room, and a living room-cum kitchen where they sit

drinking coffee and watching the sport on TV. If you had the idea that studios were places of Primal Scream-esque decadence and all night revelling, you'd be disappointed. The Dairy is clean and almost clinical in appearance. The only thing that could be used as evidence of a dissolute rock-n'rolllifestyle is the copy of The Sun on the table. Okay, so it's not

if you ha~ the idea that studios were places of primal scream-esque decadence and all night revelling you'd be disappointed Abbey Road, but we're not Rolling Stone either, so ner. Here we meet Diphonia. They're a four piece of 75%' Leeds origin, the rogue fourth member being based in London. Dave plays guitar, Carl plays bass, Baz is the singer, and Dave plays drums. Despite having been at the studio until five in the morning, they are very friendly and awake-looking. The music? "A strong

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techno element" pervades it, they say, and they are right. Funky guitar loops, strong rhythm, and powerful vocals which aren't scared to include a few backing harmonies. You can easily imagine this stuff getting radio airplay. Despite being a 'new' band, Diphonia have a long history behind them, involving, in no particular order, three name changes, getting a headline gig at New York's Mercury Lounge venue out of the blue, and playing Leeds Sound city in 1996 outside on the pavement. This was their first live gig, as they fondly recall: "We played out on the street, we hired a generator because we couldn't get booked into any of the venues. The police were driving by looking at us" Novel performances aside, Sound City did at least kick them off. Their origins go back much further though. Quite a long way biick, the other side of the Atlantic Ocean to be precise. The two Daves (Priestman and Lozdan) met in San Diego in 1992, travelled around the States to California and Las Vegas, before eventually returning to these shores, getting together with Car! and Baz, and recording under the name Spiritual Dip, later The Dip and now Diphonia.

hey've already managed to fit in a lot of recording work in that time, helped by the fact that they now have a home studio to twiddle the knobs in. As a band with considerable studio experience, how do they go about recording? "Now we have a formula where we start laying up on the computer, make a map of the song, a blueprint for where we'll place the electronics" says Dave. "We do the tracks live first, and then I think we know how we're going to record then. You start with rhythm, you know, bass and drums. I don't think anyone would tell you they start with any thing else. If you use loops, like we do here, we lay them down so we've got something to play on." Songs can take shape in different ways though, and

with the amount of technology around you've got to chase to the ·ultimate point where a song can go the recording methods vary accordingly; "We use a few different recording techniques. We've done a lot of work with computers, a lot of live work, just jamming, and the best part of the jam goes on tape. Sometimes we start with an acoustic track, and then just build, and then it'll get on computer and it'll just develop for weeks or more until you get the end result." · On the whole, bands record on multi track, which means that each instrument is recorded separately, rather than everyone going in together and playing at the same time, which is only really for demos and die-hard punk bands who only play three chords. The amount of time needed to achieve the finished version can also vary a lot, as Dave points out:

"Some songs turn around in a day, like East 24. Sometimes it takes years.· ·· This may explain a lot. Such as why bands like Helen Love can run off an album in a week or something, whereas others (Radiohead, The Stone Roses and the long lost Stereo MCs spring immediately to mind here) need what feels like an ·eternity. Personally, I'd always liked the punk idea that bands just turn up in the studio, knock out their songs, and then walk straight out again, having just recorded a masterpiece of naTve pop mastery, but apparently this is not what most bands do these days. Most musicians are extremely well informed about the studio equipment available to them and use it fully: "Look for the pinnacle. I mean, you can just churn and burn a song and it won't go anywhere. You can just knock it out willynilly, but with the amount of technology around you've got to chase to the ultimate point when~ a song can go." Sadly, we don't actually get to see the band playing any instruments, as they have already recorded the track East 24 beforehand and are now engaged in the mixing, which is what we get to see. East 24 is to be their single. There's a story behind it too. East 24th Street is the road where Diphonia stayed on a coincidence- ridden jaunt to New York, the chorus lyric runs "I don't believe '1n coincidence now", after one too many strange events took place; "'We were booked into this venue called the Continental, the gig was just a failure, it was shit, there was no one there, we'd lost our equipment (and passports) in a taxi the day before. lt was the dream come untrue. The next day, we got a call saying we'd got a headline gig at the Mercury Lounge, the venue was packed and we pulled that one off." e go to the mixing room next door, where Roy, a taciturn fellow is sitting on stool with wheels on, whizzing between mixing desk and computer screen, mixing a version of the band's intended future single East 24 , which they'll release on their own label, Alien Records. There's a nice settee for people to sit on while they're playing back a track, but the entire room is dominated by the mixing desk, a massive sprawling piece of black technology covered in flashing lights, screens that show the volume level as a moving wiggly line, and sliding switches so clever that they move by themselves. Apparently we are looking at about a quarter of a million pounds' worth of equipment. For that amount, as someone points out, you'd expect it to be able to write the music itself, not just move its switches. Incidentally, if you 're interested in the money side of things, the Dairy costs about £500 per day. Roy costs extra. No wonder bands are so broke when they start out, given that it'll take more than just a day to record that all important debut single, not to mention all the promotional costs. And then t here's 'no guarantee that it's going to sell! Mixing is the process of tweaking all the sounds on a recording into finished perfection, and there's a whole new language involved. Arms folded, or gesticulating, Diphonia start an impenetrable discussion which appears to be abOut.how the intra of the song should be altered. The words 'spread' , 'stab', and 'feed' are bandied about. The 'spread', it seems, is good, but something needs to be chang~ around the 'stab'. The 'feed' too, is under rigorous analysis. All these words! What do they all mean? Just a personal jargon apparently, made up by Diphonia. .-. "it's just referring to sounds. We just label sounds so that everyone knows what they mean. Well, we know.. ." And how did you develop this curious new lingo? "lt comes from hours and weeks and months spent in closed rooms, jamming songs. We've got our own language whereby we communicate anyway. When you play with someone, you just end up

understanding what they mean." Mixing is a real perfectionist's dream. · lt takes ages. We heard East 24 at least 20 times, and we were only there a few hours. The parts of the song the band want to alter are such minute, subtle sounds as to be imperceptible to an outsider. The track sounded fine the first time, and it's hard to hear what has to be changed. You get the impression the discussion could go on for ever. Does it ever get a bit out of hand sometimes? "lt can get ridiculous", Baz admits. "We spent two hours on t\vo seconds of music once. The computer was crying. lt just broke down and that was it." All in all, how much studio time will it have taken to record the 3.22 minutes of funk-

the words 'spread, and 'stab' are bandied about. the 'spread', it seems, is good, but something needs to be changed about the 'stab' sleaze perfection that is East 24? "You'd have to say seven days. No, we did the drums in a day, the guitars in a day, then the effects... three days, altogether", says Dave after some deliberation. "I wouldn't want to say you could record and mix in one day, but you could record in a day, mix in a day.• Seven day's work for three minutes of tune. Doesn't sound fair, does it? "Recording's about getting the music out of your head" says Baz. Does the finished track generally end up sounding the way they'd originally envisaged in their heads, as.it were? Apparently not. Unwittingly, we ourselves have witnessed a turning point in the recording of East 24 ... "it's just changed today since you've been here.

it's changed for the better because we've managed to follow the sound through. You can plan as much as you like, but when it comes to laying it down, music has a life of its own." Probably that's one of the great things about being able to write and record music -you never really know what's going to happen once you start working with it. And plus you get to spend lots of time in recording studios, 1Vhich impressionable people like myself think is cool. Asked how they think things will go from here, the band are hoping to go on tour, and with any luck they might even bless our dear Norwich in the future. Whether they' ll finally end up as stadium rock

demons with their own brown Rolls Royce's is unclear, but they have a personal variation on the 'it 's the taking part that counts' school of thought; "We've got a journey, we've got an end. it's always good to have an end to journey towards, but it's the journey that counts." Whatever that journey turns out like, one thing is definite. They will spend many more hours in a recording studio.

Fancy finding out a bit more a bout Diphonia? Take a gander at www.dipworld.com . lt 's currently being rebuilt, but should be up and running again shortly.

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~evenT) alex gopher W®TI!l ffiiTlsti:ID~~:ID:w~n Parisian producer Atex Gopher is very keen indeed to let us all know that he was "there from the beginning" of the French dance revolution (i.e. his mates Air and Xavier Jameux made it - he didn't), . and debut album' YouMyBaby&l is a brave, if confused attempt to catch up with the movement's rear guard. Essentially a rather disparate exercise in genre hopping from the pseudo George Clinton-isms of Party People and With ·U to such tracks as Tryin's spotless house, the whole collection seems to tack any real unity. Opener Time provides a misleadingly promising start, insinuating itself into your brain and digging as many impeccably produced P-funk hooks in as possible. Yet the album displays a complete tack of the wit and originality that makes Alex's chosen baRdwagon so interesting. Mr Gopher has evidently been nibbling at Air's Sexy Boy style synth vocals on the retro-Murist Ralph & Kathy (Space Oddity meets electronica), but this only highlights the gap between him and his peers. The whole affair is topped off with Quiet Storm, which

concerns, er, chilling out in the womb - lots of amniotic dub bass rumblings behind some terrifying baritone bloke commanding you to "listen to your mother's heart". Derivative, unimaginative and Steve Colllns ultimately forgettable.

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The stand-out tracks, like Impossible, and House is not a Home are driven by muscular acoustic guitar and new recruit Tony Rodger's funky keyboards. To be honest, I couldn't care less how many times the Charlatans have been arrested or depressed, or how many arguments or bad hair days they've had. What matters is that this is a terrific album. Luke Chllton

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sugar hill remixed ®~HOD/ ~Uu® n®H[fl)~ To celebrate 20 years of American hip-hop tabet Sugar Hill, Castle Records assembled the best and most prolific British artists to remix their output (the CD cover reads like a who's who of British hip-hop and mixing: Roots Manuva, Coldcut, Nightmares on Wax and the Scratch Perverts to name but a few) . The result of Castle's project is Sti//{fhe Joint. To even consider remixing seminal hip-hoppers like Grandmaster Aash, The Sugar Hill Gang and Trouble Funk requires both guts and skill, but thankfully these remixers have both in abundance. Particularly noteworthy tracks include the Scratch Perverts version of Adventures on the Wheel of Steel, Red Snappers take on Hey Fe//as, and Roots Manuva's jazz-inspired remix of The Message. True, there are weak spots on this album - The Wiseguy's and Two Lone Swordsmen's attempts being among them but with an occasional use of fast forward this shouldn't spoil your enjoyment of the album as a whole. One for both old skool and remix fans. Kris Siefken

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larger arena sized venue. James began their Set With twO songs from new album Millionaires. These tracks marked a slight change in direction as a more ambient motif swept through the guitars, clearly showing that if nothing else the new album will be worth listening to for Brian Eno's grandiose production. After opening in such a brave fashion song number three did end the chin stroking polite thoughtfulness of the audience, and replaced it with a frenzy as an impassioned rendition of Laid set the LCR ablaze. However it is to James' credit that after several studio albums and a greatest hits compilation the new material can stand along side the old. Of course certain quarters would quibble at the tack of inclusion of Sit Down within the set list but the gig ha rdty suffered for that. This is especially true considering·the set did include Come Home, Tomorrow, She's A Star and Say Something. A performance transcending professionalism and . spirited enough to entertain even the most fair weather of fans.

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Do you remember The Clangers? If not, it was a cult seventies children's series featuring several pink woolly creatures who lived on a planet somewhere in space with their friends the Soup Dragon and the iron chicken family. The Clangers never talked, communicating instead through whistling. Their creator also made Bagpuss, the saggy old cat who lived in the shop window and had friends such as the little girl Emity and the singing mice. Ah yes, those cheerful little creatures who used' to entertain us by chanting in high pitched voices and playing their organ. You enjoyed both programmes separately but it's unlikely you ever saw the crossover episode. Entitled Mouse on Mars, it involves one of the mice stealing the organ, flying to the red planet and after spiking the soup mines with LSD making a record with the chickens, the dragon and the Clangers. Until now it has never seen the light of day, but finally this bleeping, squeaking, whistling extravaganza known as Niun Niggung has been released. Or to translate for us non-tripping rodents, Space Junk, because Carlo Sumner that's what it is.

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released py Irish boyband Westlife. it is tipped to follow in the footsteps of their first two singles, which both reached the highly contested number one spot in the UK charts. It's a melancholy love song. lt will make you cringe the first time you hear Sandra lson it, but believe me, it grows on you.

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The first new material from the Foo Rghters in two years finds them in more melodic mood than previous efforts. Disappointingly, this means lead singer Dave Grohl sounds less like the crazed grizzly bear of Monkey Wrench, and more like a frustrated Luke Chllton o.ld man wh9's lost his glasses.

guided by voices Uu©O@J ©[fl) Uu©[W@ GBV's newest release has the appeal of a car engine's drone. Relying on a dull acoustic chord progression, Hold On Hope lacks the attractive beat of modern music. Most songs of such monotonous calibre are able to save themselves through in depth lyrics. Not this tune, which deserves no emotional response. In conclusion, this song will never grow on you, so stop listening to it. Nick Walllngford

jungle brothers .~@~ @J®W[fl) Rappers The Jungle Brothers again try to repeat the club crossover success of I'll House You, this time with production by Big Beat lightweights the Propellerheads. Uke the breakbeat funk of last single VIP this is good stuff, but misses the experimental edge that made their earlier records so inspiring. Willlam Lakeman

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22nd october cinema city franka potente moritz bleibtreu armin rohde

Lola's in a hurry. Boyfriend Manni (Bieibtreu), a small-time runner for a big-time gangster, is stuck in a phone booth with a big problem: he needs to get 100,000 marks quick. Owing to an unhappy series of minor hiccups, his l.ara Croftalike partner in crime Lola (Potente) has failed to pick him up on time, and he has managed to mislay a rather large sum of money. One panicky call later, our flame-haired heroine has twenty minutes to find the cash from somewhere before the mountainous Mr. Schuster (Rohde) opens a whole can of whoopass on the hapless protagonist. What ensues is a roller-coaster ride through packed city streets as we follow Lola in her race to find the money. Three possible endings are shown as the film progresses, with German Director Tom Tykwer delighting in shoving his characters through a hyperkinetic pop shredder of time leaps, plot shifts, techno poundings and animated segments. In the process he manages to cast aside such extraneous baggage as linear plot narrative, conventional character formation and even time itself. That the whole thing holds together bears testament to the directorial skill of Tykwer. Snip-happy editing lend the whole film a glossily seamless MTV aesthetic. Beat perfect articulation of time jumps and fate changes

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"On the 21 October 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland while shooting a documentary. A year later their footage was found ... â&#x20AC;˘ and so begin arguably the scariest, and most unnerving 87 minutes of your celluloid-watching life. What makes the film so effective is that you, the viewer, genuinely have no more idea of what is going on than do the hapless three. The only perspectives are from the two

(each characters' destiny is communicated in a quick series of 'what if snapshots) ensure that the whole movie never falls into the trap of slowing down to a perfunctory Sliding Doors style workout. As if all the above wasn't enough to be getting on with, Tykwer's packed in some hefty overarching themes: we have fate, reality, time, love, life and death - all deftly communicated via a combination of technical wizardry. The surreally grainy handheld 8mm is interspersed with lush cinematic crane shots, articulating the distinction between plotlines. Rapid fire dialogue and some memorable images (a rally of dominoes, a roulette table and clocks everywhere) all serve to make this a visual feast. lt is arguable that the sheer density of so many compacted elements might distract attention from the central relationship between Manni and Lola; this is essentially a high-speed love story after all. However, a careful combination of a dynamic, economical script and a fine sense of visual comedy means this is one love story that must surely fill theatres in markets outside Germany. Probably one of the few truly original films to skip over the post-Tarantino tendency towards irony saturated kitschfests, this is as immediate, enjoyable, perfectly constructed and downright funny as populist German cinema has ever been. Catch up with thi~ movie before Hollywood Steve Colllns does.

handheld cameras the characters carry, which rather cleverly allows a continual first person narrative (albeit different first persons). The effect is enhanced by a perpetually shaking camera (a la Lars von Trier), a picture that is either black and white or drained of colour, and a soundtrack not of music but of crunching leaves and distant moans. The editing is raw and consistently unsettling, and the whole contrives to give you a consistent feeling of confusion, of disorientation. Watching it, you continually have to remind yourself that what you are watching isn't real! The boundaries between art and life blur; that comforting buffer zone is found to have dissolved. Blair Witch creators Dan Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez adopted an equally experimental

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By Sanchez and Myrick's own admission, The Blair Witch project may be more effective a film when seen on the small screen. The claustrophobic atmosphere and the realism of the performances are perhaps better suited to a night in on your own than a popcom fest at your local multiplex. Nonetheless the kind of fear The Blair Witch Project instills in you is reminiscent of the Grimm fairy tales that frightened you in your childhood, and had you checking in you wardrobe or under your bed for unknown spooks. Where you may ask, is the criticism? Well there isn't any. lt really is that good ... so good in fact, it hurts! mlscha gilbert blalr witch directors interviewed page 11

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Dense jungle, a half naked ape-man and the disembodied voice of Phil Collins? lt may sound like an early Blair Witch Project imitation, yet rest assured that it is merely our furry old friend Disney, returning with yet another classic story they've obviously been saving for quite a while: Tarzan. And he has issues. Not only have his parents been eaten in his formative years, but he has been raised by gorillas and become the hapless object of cruel teenage monkey-style ostracism on account of his pinkness. Furthermore, he has to go through a gruelling rites of passage storyline, proving his apehood to his friends as well as going through a super fast puberty and an abrupt sexual awakening. And this is a cartoon? Such a dense undergrowth of thematic concerns might make it appear that Mr. Mouse and co have somewhat overdone it this time, the moral message ("our hearts are all exactly the sameÂˇ etc) perhaps obscuring the storytelling. This, however, is far from true - the whole experience of this film is an absolutely perfect blend of 'old' and 'new' Disney;

the freshness and charm of the Jungle Book with the spectacle and social conscience of more modem productions. While sticking faithfully to Edgar Rice Burroughs' original novel, the characterisation has been slightly modified, with the formerly submissive Jane (voiced by Minnie Driver) now a confident modem woman, whilst the elegantly coiffured Tarzan (Tony Goldwyn) isn't afraid to get in touch with his less bestial side, at one point preferring flower picking to chest beating. Even the obligatory Hollywood Brit stereotypes are a delight to watch, and the device of leaving the audience in the gorillas' company for the first half of the film puts us firmly on their side, with a clever switched-dialogue device allowing us (but not the explorers) to hear the gorillas in perfect English. Add to all this some ground-breaking CG techniques which allow conventionally animated characters to interact with 'virtual' backgrounds - as well as creating incredible roller-coaster rides through the trees with our protagonist - and you have something of a Disney classic. Above all, though, this movie is great fun. The Disney of today seems to know it does not need to throw in too many subtle ironic quips for the adults to love it too; the Jungle Book style musical number where the gorillas flatten the Britons' camp will indeed have you grinning like a particularly nostalgic monkey. Steve Colllns

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the untamed eye surrealist exhibition , norwich castle museum Anyone w1shing to see a selection of works by Salvador Dali , Max Ernst, Rene Magntte and Joan Mire has un til 21 November in which to do so. This rare chance to view surrealist works in Norwich has been brougl1t about by the ongoing col laboration between the Castle Museum and the late Gallery, and IS the last collectiOn to be shown at the museum before it closes for refurbishment. The lottery funded prOJect IS mcrease the status of the gallery to a standard worthy of future late shows. Charactenstically b1zarre and at t1mes disturbing, the exhibition Incorporates lobsters, telephones and bananas. If th1s discourages anybody be rest assured that 1t is possible to v1sit the Castle Museum know1ng nothmg about surrea li sm and come away feeling quite an expert. This is thanks to the helpful explanations along th e wa lls that address the origins and aims of surrea list art, its links with

the theones of S1gmund Freud and its relevance to contemporary culture. Surrealists aim'ed to encourage people to view their surroundings differently, by juxtaposing two everyday objects. The exhibition certainly achieves this by, if nothing else, displaying Dali's famous Lobster Telephone . The object has since come to symbolise surrealism and it is the fi rst piece a vis1tor to the exhibition will see. In a sim1lar way Chirico places together a Greek statue and a bunch of bananas in his p1ece entitled The Uncertainty of the Poet. On one wall Dali is quoted as saying "I never have the slightest idea what my pictu res mean" - an indication. perhaps that we are not 1ntended to preoccupy ourselves with searching for a meaning or message in every piece. Instead vistors are encouraged to question their rational view of the world through glimpsing at the artists' suppressed though ts. Louise Wickendonnce

a closed book gilbert adair As a result of a horrific acc1dent, a d1stmgu1shed Booker Prize w1nning author is left terribly disfigured, not only blind, but eyeless. Retreating to a small, ISOlated village 111 the Cotswolds, he rejects the outside world for what he perceives it to have done to h1m. F1ve years on. the story beg1ns. The novelist - Paul - dec1des to wnte a last great defillltive work: h1s autobiography. To help him w1th th1s he advertises 111 The Times for a literary assistant who is to be his eyes; to descnbe the outs1de world he can no longer see. In answer comes 111 John Ryder, who proves to be most accomp li shed at the observational skills necessary for the task. However the truth of these observations become blurred as much of what is described is at odds with reality, lead1ng the reader to question Ryder's motives. Blind and out of touch with the world, Paul has to accept what he 1s told by Ryder; from the

the vintage book of war Sebastian faulks Unlike other war story anthologies, the Vintage Book does not confine 1tself to a particular war, voice or experience. Instead it combines stories from the Western Front with those of the Iraqi desert and also, to its credit, includes lesser known authors amongst the well established Sassoons or Hemingways. This diversity ensures that simple generalisations abou t the morali ty of war are avoided, and as such those looking for a quick, gratuitous 'wargasm' w1ll be disappointed. Indeed, the stories of mothers, lovers, doctors and soldiers resist a simple synthesis mto a smgle anti war statement and the chronologica l ordenng of the stories comments on the nature of ''the war story" as a genre as much as the actual wars themselves. During this century men who themselves have experienced the most brutal fighting have lamented upon the wa r experience in great and sobering detail. These stories had influenced the next generation of soldiers. Yet wars are waged and life is lost still. Therefore from this anthology one can

conclude, sadly, that every generation does seem to have to fight 1ts own war, each more ghastly than the last. Indeed when America entered its "conflict" wi th Vietnam the retelling of war experiences had a more disturbing effect. lt contributed to the desensitisa tion to violence of so many soldiers, that some characters remark on their inability to distinguish between faction and reality- acting or death. Faulks observes in his introduction that war has become "infected by the language of N1ntendo" and that as the boundaries between the fictionalised and actual expenences become increasingly blurred, in reading these stones we are impartial observers of the late twentieth century war experience. Th is anthology may inspire you to JOin Amnesty International, but its tone is more one of resignation. And as the anthology closes with an image of Western Civilisation futilely climbing a never-ending staircase as in one of Escher's impossible images, a second anthology sadly seems Joanna Pawlik a foregone conclusion .

writings on drugs sadie plant colour of h1s t1e, to a Pnncess Diana memorial on the empty plinth in Trafalgar Square to Tony Bla1r's disgraced res1gnation from office. Although the novel IS pnman ly a thriller, Ada1r enters into a discussion concerning the literary process 1tself. Several parallels are drawn between the blind novelist and the reader - the former IS at the will of Ryder and the latter the author for their knowledge of events. Despite this extra dimens1on , the mystery of Ryder's motive proves to be cliched in its resolution . This IS a disappoin ti ng end to the tension and fear that Ada1r skilfully builds up through the novel's intenor monologue, which forces the reader to turn every page nervously. However, a delightful twist is added at the finale, leaving the reader to puzzle over the final outcome, long after the book had been closed. Chris Hassa n

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If your looking for literature on drugs these days you' re spoiled for cho1ce. The oft quoted "chemical generation" (that's you and me by the way) are bombarded monthly w1th new releases on the subJeCt. lt cou ld be argued that lrvme Welsh 's Tra inspotting initiated the avalanche of literature, wh1ch 1nclude books such as Ecstasy and The Acid House. However. wha t all these books seem to cover 1s short. punchy pieces on the theme of 'I'm so wasted. I've JUSt done five pills·. However. Writings On Drugs includes a more in-depth approach, draw1ng on scientific and philosophical mfluences. which include Freud on Cocaine and Coleri dge on the finer points of opium, as well as the more contemporary W1ll1am Burroughs on a variety of psychoactives. The much lauded Sir Arthur Conan Doyle makes h1s position known, as excerpts of Sherlock Holmes are given, with the eminent detective methodically injecting both cocaine and

morphine (presumably before a particularly euphonc 'Elementary Watson.' ). This makes for a far more rewarding read, and personally, one would rather learn about the stoned views and expenences of Lewis Carol, who wrote much of Alice in Wonderland wh ilst tripping out on mushrooms, rather than some of the more contemporary 'urban surv1vors' ramblmg on wh1le coked up to the eyeballs. If you want a marg1n of ·substa nce· to go w1th your read1ng, then Writings On Drugs offers a rare and welcome perspective on a controversial and much mal1gned su bject. Toby Hall

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i.. 7 a very predictable lightweight romance film, but the two leads do well with script and it stays quite fast moving, with few vomit inducing, contrived cheesy moments. The support cast help give the film a good balance, with the relationship between Costner and his father (played by Paul Newman) well portrayed as he helps Garrett get over the death of his first wife. The interwoven themes of love and fate are played out for all their worth, and by the end it does all get a bit melodramatic, especially the final scenes, but it is no worse off for this. Just make sure you have a box of tissues handy, to mop up those tears for its final conclusion. Carol/ne Jeater

Sending out an SOS , sending out an SOS, well you get the general idea. While strolling out along a stretch of deserted coastline, Theresa Osbourne (Robin Wright Penn) finds a 'message in a bottle' a simple romantic letter penned by the mysteriuos 'G' . She decides to trace the writer of the letter a quest that leads her to Kevin Costner, who after the horrors of the Postman and Wateiworfd returns to what he does best, being the middle aged woman's bit of crumpet. Costner plays a sailboat builder named Garett who gets mixed up with Wright Penn as she becomes intrigued in the message and Costner and his past. This has all the ingredients for

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Nic Cage does porn , well not literally of course, but if he had it might have made th is piece of tosh a bit more interesting. As it is Cage gives one of the most wooden performances of his career and 8MM wi ll go down in history as a film that you only rent if you arrive at th e video store just before closing and don't know any better. 8 mm sees Cage dabble with the underworld as he goes in search of 'the answers· after being given a 'snuff fil m' · an actually murder record ed on fi lm - which a woman finds in her late husbands safe . Sounds an in teresting premise, but in the hands of Joel 'Batman and Robin' Schumacher 1t just becomes mind numbllng dull. While there is plenty of action in the underworld sequences and a good performance from Joaquim Phoenix as Cage's underworld confi dente the pace never really seems to p1ck up. By the time you reac h the second hour of the fil m 1t j ust gets more and more unbelievable With plot

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atmosphere: This large and roomy shop is situated in the Tombland area of the city, almost opposite those fine Cathedral gates that outshine the horror of the Ikon front entrance. Though it's not strictly a second hand bookshop, they do sell a range of vastly discounted titles. Insi de the atmosphere is more like a bookshop that sells new stuff, all wel l laid out, and with most of the editions very recent and up to date. The focus is on historica l books, wi th a range on archaeology for all you budding trowel lers. In a way the shop seems just a little too organised for a second hand book shop, a bit bright with none on those nice dingy corners to find gems in .. This is redeemed, however, by the slightly strange section at the back of the shop devoted to religious iconography, with a fine range of Church cand les and crucifixes of all sizes. On an amusing note the . sale table contains a book entitled Where to go in Yugoslavia. This, unsurprisingly, is drastically reduced .

atmosphere: Bookman spends his days sitting by the window of his shop, smoking roll ups, reading and listening to music, which is as perfect an existence as anyone could wish for. lna way the shop feels more like a house, with standard sized rooms, and out the back the re's a really cool old fashioned kitchen range like they used to have in the old days. The book stock is very comp rehensive, and is particu larly good for biography and Star Trek novels, of whic h there are hundreds. As well as the standard book provision Bookman will happily sell you stuff from his range of comics going back over the years. He also stocks a lot of second hand vinyl, and some very nice antique prints at even nicer prices.

bargains: The Fishes Of Lake Tanganyika priced £8.95, reduced from £24.75 recommended if: You like government stationary or you're planning to restart the Spanish lnqu1sition.

tombland books 11©lMl [Q)~ <ID Uil cQ] atmosphere: Almost next door to the Black Horse Tombland Books is a true second hand book shop. All beams and brown decor, this place is perfect for having a proper old snoop around. Most impressive is their range of first editions and leather bound books dating back for donkey's years, with superb titles such as Scudamore·s 1817 work Treatise on Gout and Rheumatism, or Floyers 1882 treatise Unexplained Baluchistan. Most of these books would probably serve no real useful purpose to the late 20th Century student, but they would look damn cool on your shelf. There also seems to be more books than there IS space on the shelves, wh1ch IS always a good thing, and the whole place does have a rather pleasant, booky smell. bargains: Pricing for Resu lts, John Wintel £1 recommended if: You want to make your bookshelves look nice or you're addicted to that common problem, book sniffing.

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bargins: Antique print of the battle of Naseby, 50p recommended if: You like comics , or have a kitchen range fetish like me. What have I said?

scientific anglian: @l1a [Q)@UiJ@cQlo©l1@ @11V'®®l1 atmosphere: A trip to the Scientific Anglian is truly and experience not to be forgotten, and must rate as one of the fi nest second hand bookshops that I have ever visited . Th is is not because of their particularly good selection, but because this is more than just a shop. On first glance it may seem that this is because it looks like a bit of a bomb s1te, w1th books all over the place, even just lymg around on the fioor. Indeed, there is actually a World War One anti Zeppelin bomb hanging from the ceiling, and you can't help but worry that the sligh tly crazy looking owner hasn't ta ken out the fuse. As well as the bomb there is lots of strange ephemera around, and umpteen stickers around the shop, attempting to explain where things are. To help in the gu1de the shop owner has found a Spitting Image puppet of Margaret Thatcher, which helpfully points out the horror sect1on. You may not look at, let along buy, a single book at the Scientific Anghan , but believe me, this shop IS well worth the visit.

bargains: Urn , we were so interested in all the paraphernalia lying around that we forgot the pnces. Sorry. recommended if: You like a real, unsanitised retail experience. And get there quick - the owner is getting rather old, and besides, that bomb cou ld go off anytime.

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atmosphere: This is the sister (or brother, to uphold equality) to Tombland books, and can be found a little way away on the corner of King Street near Anglia TV. The shop was quite quiet, which is not surprising when you have to d1ce with death to cross the road to get there. However the risk is well worth it, as they have a rea lly good selection of fiction and classics, with Jack Kerouac amonsgt others. EAS students could find this place invaluable as there are two walls covered in Literary Criticism to nick ideas from. Aside from that there is a good range of stock, with a classic entitled Chums of the Northern Patrol, what what.

atmosphere: This shop makes you wish that the alphabet had never been invented, what with th e amount of initials in its name. But id it hadn't been, then there wouldn't be any books, and the shop by default could not exist. An interesting paradox, oh yes. Because 'EIIis is situated on one of the main routes into town the prices can be a bit higher than in other second hand shops. However, they do a good range of Penguin editions at a reasonable price, and if you 're 1nto military history and fiddling with tanks then this could be the place for you. Some interesting titles included High Horse, presumably the thing you get off, rather than an equine with the munchies, and Liturgy Coming to Life, a scary prospect 1f ever there was one.

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never far away and help this time comes in the form of Jim McDonald , who gives her a hand in deciding her future. Watch out for the episode on Monday 25 October. Once agai n Mike Baldw1n is in someone's bad books, this ti me 1t is Lmda Sykes who is not happy. After being sacked by Mike she goes back to her old boss Paul Wheeler, wh ich won 't go down well with Mike. However, the major gossip in the Street th1s fortnight is that Sharon Gaskell might be getting back with lan Bentley, who she dumped at the alter after finding out he was cheating on her, lan returned to Weatherfield last month after Sharon tried unsuccessfully to commit suicide. Seemg Sharon again brought back all the old feelings and lan began to realise what he had been m1ssing but not surprisingly Rita and Sally are susp1c1ous of what lan's motives really are. The trials and tribulations continue in the country village of Emmerdale this week. Caveman Chris is alive but still suffering at the hands of L1am Hamilton, his newly discovered half brother. Liams lecherous ways also move in on Zoe Tate when she gets news of his heroic actions involving Joseph, her cherished nephew; who comes close to death . The Pollar vs Dingle feud lives on as the Dingles aim to foil Eric's latest seam concerning his plans for a gym. Now Paddy and Mandy are finally wed, it appears Paddy still has not made an honest woman of his wife, seeing as they have to return early from Ven1ce to report to the police. As you can see, a marriage to a Dingle will never be a bed of roses ... Gemma Catchpole, Kate Wenlock, Me/ani Davis, lmogen Dyckhoff

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20:30 Years of palaeontological research has told us that dinosaurs were very big, very scary and very, very cool. They are also very dead, so we can't see them a fact which has added to the reverence in which we hold these mythical beasts. However, with the assistance of a few PC 's and about 6 million pounds, those wildlife-bothering chaps at the BBC have attempted to explode the Dino myth in a computer generated orgy of sex, violence and tonnes of poo. For this, perhaps the BBC's most unlikely fly on the wall series yet, is Walking With Dinosaurs, a close up look at the seedy, unnattractive underbelly of the dinosaur myth. All is laid bare as the camera probes into the more shadowy crannies of these ancient beasts' private lives: not only do we discover that cute little

coelophsis were prone to cannibalism but also that 'gentle' giant Stegosuraus was actually a heartless baby-killer, and the innocent looking Diplodocus (who gets a touching soft focus love scene) was in fact a tree destroying eco-villa in. Obviously there 's a certain amount of artistic licence to compensate for our limited knowledge, and the standard documentary approach does unglamourise them somewhat oust try looking that Natural History Museum Brontosaurus in the eye socket again after this), but on the whole this is fascinating, awe-inspiring stuff. The'making of program (Wednesday, 8pm) is interesting too - if only for the comedy value of watching expert palaeontologists solemnly trying to perfect their lguanadon impressions. Stomping. Steve Col/ins

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22:00 Dear old Margaret Thatcher. Did a lot for the country, she did; blew the North Sea oil revenues, caused the boom/ bust cycle that brought us yuppies for first course and recession for dessert, while at the same time managing to count as Our Nations Friends umpteen right wing regimes whose speciality was murder and torture . Closer to home she managed to single-handedly wreck British manufacturing industry, resulting in three million people out of work by the time she'd finished and widened the gap between rich and poor to a level appalling for a supposedly developed and modern society. One of the particularly charming miseries she inflicted on the country was to pretty must destroy the coal industry, shutting most pits and resulting in despair for the communities that served the mines. This is the grim atmosphere that pervades much of Brassed Off, the tale of a northern brass band struggling as their jobs disappear around them. Thei r instruments are old and battered, but things take a turn for the better when a sexy young brassist (Tara Rtzgerald) I , •• t[o

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get carter wednesday, october 20, 17:30, thursday october 21, 20:15 Seventies British gangster fi lm, Michael Caine goes 'up north' to investigate his brothers death.

strangers on a train thursday, october 21, 17:45 Hi tchcock film noir with two strangers agreeing to murder an enemy for the other while sitting on the Norwich to London train, or something like that. felicia's journey friday, october 22, 17:45, saturday, october 23, 17:45, monday, october 25, 17:45, tuesdaythursday, october 26-28, 20:15 Up the duff Irish girl comes over to England to find her lover, the only thing she knows about him is that he works repairing lawn mowers ... quick trip to B and Q then. the war zone friday - saturday, october 22-23, 20:!5, monday, october 25, 20:15, tuesday - thursday, october, 2628, 17:45 Tim Roth directs his first feature film , set in Devon with a 15 year old boy trying to come to terms with his sexuality, and family upheaval at home. I know where I am going sunday, october, 24, 17:00 Delayed by a storm in Scotland , Wendy Hiller becomes involved with Roger Livesey, in this romantic comedy drama. tea with mussolini sunday, october 24 , 19:30 True story of Director Franco Zeffirelli's childhood in fascist Italy, showing his experiences being left with a group of women known as 'the scorpions', Cher, Judi Dench and Maggie ~mith co star. analyze this friday - saturday, october 29 - 30, 17:45, monday, november 1, 17:45, tuesdaythursday, november 2-4, 20:15 Lisa Kudrow proves she is a friend who can act, in this mafia comedy, with Robert De Niro the boss who seeks out Billy Crystal (mistaken fool) as a shrink to resolve his insecurities. wonderland friday - saturday, october 29 -30, 20:15 Michael Winterbottom film's entertaining film examining three generations of a London fam ily,

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baadash sunday, october 31, 17:00 Unsubtitled Hindi action fl ick

the big lebowski tuesday, october 26, 21:00 The Coen bothers return after their Oscar winning fi lm, Fargo , with this a tale of a past it ten pin bowler (Jeff Bridges) who is mistaken for a wealthy industrialist. John 'Roseanne' Goodman also stars.

notting hill sunday, october 31, 20:15 Foppish Hugh Grant meets superstar Ju lia Roberts in one of London 's trendier areas. He throws orange juice on her, she pouts, they fall in love ... .you know the rest. See review below a midsummer night's dream monday, november 1 , 20:!5, tuesday-saturday, november 2-6, 17:30, Skinny minnie Calista Flockhart, stars alongside Rupert 'king of the fairies' Everett, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Kevin Kline in Shakespeare's mischievous romantic comedy.

10 things I hate about you thursday, october 21, 19:00 More Shakespeare updates, this time it is the turn of The Taming of the Shrew. Set in an American high school this time, it sees Andrew Keegan trying to get the older sister of his potential beau a date, so that he that he will be free to date her sibling. the thin red line friday, october 22, 21:00 Terrance Malick's WW2 masterpiece, set in Japan and starring Sean Penn and Woody Harrelson. See review below. Rollerball (double bill), sunday, october 24 19:00 21'st century double bill, lots of violence in both. Rollerball being a vicious game used to sap the anti social feelings of the masses. Starship troopers (double bill), sunday, october 24 21:00 Starship Troopers director Paul Verhoven shoots Denise Richards and friends into space to save us against alien baddies. How nice of him. the apple monday, october 25, 18:30 A true story of two girls let loose on the world after being locked up by their batty parents for 12 yea rs. Its gentle humour and setting amongst the people

the waterboy thursday, october 28, 20:00 Sandler proves that his success in the Wedding Singer was no fluke by starring in this hit comedy from the Farrelly brothers about a mentally challenged boy who works as a waterboy for an American football team. the faculty friday, october 29, 21:00 A bunch of social misfit school children (breakfast club anyone?) club together to overcome the unnatural forces that are at work in their midst, that being a mass of alien teachers. hilary and jackie monday, november 1, 18:30 Critically acclaimed film about cello player Jacqueline du Pre. With Emily Watson in the lead role. plunkett and macleane tuesday, november 2, 21:00 Britpackers reunite, post Trainspotting reunion for Johnny Lee Miller and Robert Carli sle as Plunkett and Macleane, two highwaymen after cash and Liv Tyler.

runaway bride Richard Gere and Julia Roberts return for a salary enhancing jaunt in this romantic comedy. Roberts being the bride who fears commitment and Gere the journo after her story, the pair are an attractive coupling but this is not a patch on Pretty Woman . deep blue sea After the appalling Cutthroat Island, director Renny Harli n comes back for more aquatic adventures .. .you have been warned. At least the shark looks good. analyze this: Shrin k Billy Crystal hel ps Robert De Niro overcome his paranoia's as a mafia boss, the regu lar killing of

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big daddy: Infantile humour alert, Adam Sandler (he of Wedding Singer fame) returns to the wide screen to adopt an orpaned small boy and turn th is into box office smash hit. tarzan: Tarzan swings into town, for the school half term holidays, still if you beat the rush of kiddies in the queue, then you will get the chance to see some fine Disney animation and hear the dulcet tones of Tony Goldwyn as Tarzan and Minnie Driver as Jane, what more cou ld one ask for? Mighty Joe Another one for the kiddies, this time lad's mag favourite Charlize Theron saves lovely gorilla Joe from the big nasty outside world, thats the general public to you and me.

bowfinger: Steven Martin gets his revenge on Anne Heche for dumping him, with this tale of a film maker (Martin) dating an actress (played by Heather Graham) whose sole ambition is to make it big in Hollywood, and on achieving this promptly becomes a lesbian. detroit rock city: Hawk, Jam, Trip and Lex (is it obvious thy are American?) are desperate to see their favourite band play, that's KISS by the way. Set in 1978, the film follows them on their big adventure, fleeing the beady eyes of their parents .

american pie: Teen 'Porkies for the 90's' flick showing a group of 18 year old boys trying to lose their virginity before graduation . On thing is guaranteed you will never look at a fruit pit in quite the same way after watching this.

doug's first movie After the transfer of the Rugrats from the small I screen, Nickelodeon punish us some more by giving Ooug Funny the same treatment. the haunting: Hollywood remake, sees Liam Neeson inviting three people to his big scary house , so he can write a book about scaring them ... .hmmm. Catherine Zeta Jones also stars.

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This is not a film about that strange line of red tape in the Hive which you' re not allowed to cross with an alcoholic drink, but one of the most powerful anti war films ever made. Critics and audiences alike went crazy over Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan, but many believe that the Thin Red Line is a far superior fi lm. Set in the war in the Far East the combat seems all the more intense, as the various soldiers struggle to retain an identity in the face of the brutality of modern confl ict. Saving Private Ryan 's flying body parts and gore were all very well, but this film demonstrates how war affects the world in general we are even shown the damage caused to the natural world by humanities most deadly creations. This film should not be missed.

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wednesday: ®©'tk®!ID®O' ~@ my life story & the younger younger 28's waterfront - gig Jake Shillingford and pals come and play some spangley indie pop, ably supported by tune merchants YY28s. £6 joseph heller lt1 The author of Catch 22 and Closing Time talks about his work at part of the International Uterary Festival. 19:00 £2 concessions superfly mojos- club Seventies grooves and funk all night long at this enduringly successful club night. bouncy house and balearic beats liquid - club Come large it at Uquid for some lbiza-esque clubbing fun, innit. girl of the week hys - club n1ght Hmm, not sure what that's all about, but it's 'legendary' apparently. £1, happy hour 0:00 - 01:00 annie theatre royal A cute red haired orphan roams New York in search of substitute parents 1n this well-known mus1cal. Lesley Joseph stars. 19 :30 £3.50 - £23.50

rammed ikon - club night Cheap and cheerful with lots of retro tunes. Pints are 80p, everything else is £1.20 £1 admission 84 23:30 with discount ticket. pure swing manhattans - pure swing Uplifting swing for the people of Norwich . 21:00 - 2:00 FREE

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the monastary of sound ricks place - club night Chart hits and party tunes all night. Free for NUS 21:00 - 02:00 charty handbaggy the loft - club night Long running and popular gay night. £3/ £4

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roger raynor st. peter mancroft - gig A lunchtime organ concert at St Peter Mancroft church , for those who fancy a little cultu re of a Friday. 13:10 £3 concessions, otherwise £4

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lcr disco uea - club night Ah yes, the LCR, top Thursday student attraction and scourge of early Fnday morn1ng lectures. £2.75 21:00 - 02:00 annie theatre royal See Wednesday, October 20. 14:30 and 19:30 £3.50 - £23.30 in the mix mojos - club night An enticmg m1xture of trance, techno and house, made even more attractive tJy the offer of cheap

whamtastic SO's mojos - club night As the name does rather suggest , a night of 80s tunes where a double vodka costs but a mere £1.50 . Free 84 23:30 gorgeous manhattan's - cl ub night Happy house club night tonight. 21 :00 - 0 4:00 £5 trances black arts centre - gig One of Ireland's leading folk smgers, whose output ranges from ballads to upbeat country. £10/ £8 concess1ons annie theatre royal - play See Wednesday, October 20 19:30 £3. 50 -£23 elite ikon - club night Chart music and fun at Ikon tonight. £2 84 23:00 plus a free drink if you have a ticket.

the end sound system waterfront - club night Offeryerface present some underground tech-funk house, Including DJ Vodka and DJ Tonic. They're also giving away t-shirts and COs. 22:00 - 04:00 £6 84 23:00/ £7 NUS after

hy times Hys 0 club night Thank goodness it's Friday, that's what I say. £3

super furry animals uea - gig Wales' finest come for some psychedelic pop hits that Will bring JOY to many. lt would be nice if they'd bring their tank but I doubt they w1ll.

rick's place club night Dance music, plus more commercial stuff. And Caning 1s 99p. Free 84 23:00 or with a flyer, otherwise £2.

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annie theatre royal - play See Wednesday, October 20 14:30 and 19:30 £3 .50 - £23

international club moJOS - club n1ght Fee l rea lly cosmopoli tan as you dance to mu s1c from here there and everywhere . £2 non mem bers

joe strummer & the mescaleros uea - g1g Once amazing music1an does solo gig at the LCR. Respect your peers - vote w1th you feet. £12.50

sunday service manhattans - cl ub n1ght House night 20:00 - 02:00 FREE

meltdown waterfront - club n1ght lnd1e galore downstairs, and house, ac1d tracks and b1g beat upstairs. Plus they' re promot1ng lan Brown and Bla1r Witch ProJeCt 22:00 - 02:00 £3/ £3.50 the popes arts centre - g1g They used to be a backing group for Shane MacGowan, enemy of dentists everywhere. Now they're gomg 1t alone. £6 concessions

re :fresh ikon - club n1ght Club anthems and hits, w1th regular guest DJs as a feature. £2 B4 22 :30 and free drink B4 23:00 with a ticket. satisfaction hys - club night House and sw1ng, that's the thmg. I'm a poet , now you know 1l. £4 B4 23:00 , £5 after. tfi mOJOS - club n1gh t Celebrate Saturday with a mixture of music dance club manhattans - clu b n1ght Come and dance to a very la te hour indeed. 21 :00 - 0 4 :00 ricks place - club night Dress smartly and come round to Rick's for some party music and hits. £3 B4 23 :00, £6 after.

illegal eagles uea - gig Too nght they' re Illegal , bei ng a cover band shouldn't be allowed espec1ally a cover band of someone who wrote a song as d1re as Hotle Ca lifornia . £9.50 annie theatre roya l - play See Wednesday, October 20 . 19:30

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ca rwash li QU id - club n1ght Seven ties d1 sco n1ght. Dress clothes and you get 1n free Otherwise £3.

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slinky hys - club night Hys' very own student night, w1th half price dnnks all night. Free w1th student ID, otherwise £1 cast uea- g1g Have a 'Fine Time· with John Powers and all his Instrument playmg mates, 1f that's your cup of tea, la. £11.50 student night liqu1d - club night Very popu lar student n1ght out. Dnnks £1. Free B4 23:00 with UEA card. symposium & crashland waterfron t - gig 'We dnnk the sunshine wh1ch is heaven-senV Cos some of us aren 't old enough for alcohol yet'. Only JOking. £6 annie theatre royal See Wednesday , October 20 19:30

wednesday: @@~@@@[? ~7/ beth orton uea- gig Mercury nomina ted songstress hits Norwich with her

distmct1ve brand of folk-dance comedown rnus1c. Shack support. £10

superfly mOJOS - club n1ght D1g out those groovy th reads and get on down to some grea t funky grooves. breakbeat era waterfront - g1g Ron1 Size 's new project fi nally play their top drum & bass stuff for Norwich 's listening pleasure. Honestly, they really are this t1me . Look at it as prac tice for Prophet 1f you will. Why is all this on the same night as Beth Orton though? I don 't know, 1t's like when you wait half an hour for one bus and three come along at once. £8.50 prophet waterfront - club n1ght A m1xture of jungle, drum & bass and breakbeat to get you up and danc1ng like you 've stood on an ants' nest. Or something. £4 B4 23:00 rammed ikon - club night Lots of retro tunes, w1th 70 's, 80 's and 90 's classics . 80p a pi nt too. £1 B4 23:30 w1th d1scount t1cket 10pm- 2am

bouncy house and balearic beats liquid - club nigh t Relive any Ibiza experiences you may have here at Liquid tonight. pure swing manhattan·s - club mght lt don't rnean a thi ng, if it ain't got that swing 21:00 - 02:00 FREE annie· theatre roya l See Wednesday, October 20. 19:3 0

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lcr disco uea - club n1ght Yay ! it's the LCR and boys and girls campus-w1de come out to dance and drink the night away. herbaliser waterfront - gig No, not a new sort of healthy teabag, but a top 11iphop duo who are really quite good. £7 julie felix arts centre - gig The name may be reminiscent of cat food, but be ye not confused. She was a folk star 1n the Sixties, don't you know. Up there with Bob Dylan and Joan Baez, they say. £6 concess1ons in the mix moj os - club night Sorne trance , some techno and some house, lovingly m1xed together with a few drinks offers. Free B4 00 :00 rick's place - club night Commercial hits and party tunes here tonight. Dnnks are £1 all n1ght. Free to NUS . 21 :30 - 02:00 charty handbaggy the loft - club night Popular gay n1ght. £3/ £4 skylight maddermarket theatre On a cold wi nter's night, a teenage boy v1s1ts h1s teacher's house to be reconciled w1th his father.

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anthems. £3 B4 11pm, £6 after.

19:30 £4/£6.50

21:30- 02:00

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manhattan's Self-explanatory though this title is, this 1s a night for dancing

dance club night theatre royal See Wednesday, October 20. 14:30 and 19:30

21:00 - 04:00 annie

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theatre royal See Wednesday, October 20 14:30 and 19:30

skylight maddermarket theatre See Friday, October 28

miss moneypenny's classic tour waterfront - club night Classic house in the matn auditorium with the" likes of AI McKenz1e and Paul Christian, and the Scammers and James Slalom upstairs. There's also a cafe bar.

22:00 - 06:00 £10 NUS advance/more on the door

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whamtastic 80's moJo's - club night E1ght1es excitement to tide you over until the next Retro n1ght, w1th cheap vodka. Free B4 23:00

international club mOJO's - club n1ght Nothing to do on Sunday? Come, listen and dance to music from around the world instead of watch1ng Songs Of Praise.

ricks place - club night More top chart tunes. Plus, Carhng's only 99p! Free B4 23:00 /With flyer, otherwise £2

gary moore uea- g1g Revered artist plays for the flock tonight in the LCR.

sunday service manhattan's - club n1ght House n1ght for 1f you don't want to stay 1n your own house. 20:00 - 02:00 FREE

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maddermarket theatre See Fnday, October 28

1kon - club night A busy party night to start off the weekend, w1th chart and party favourites. £2 B4 23:00 and a free drink B4 23:00 w1th a ticket.

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manhattan's - club n1ght Happy house club night

moJo's - club n1ght lndie and lo-fi night

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theatre royal See Wednesday, October 20

1kon - club night Ikon's popular weekly student night, w1th current chart and retro class1cs. A Club 18 - 30 holiday 1s being given away for each of the first four weeks of term. Discounted drinks. Free B4 22:00, plus free drink With ticket B4 23:00

19:30 £3.50 - £23.50 skylight maddermarket theatre - play See Friday, October 28

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carwash liquid - club n1ght Carwash was the cat on Will o' the Wisp, wasn 't he? Anyway, thiS IS a sevent1es night, and 1f you dress accordingly you get in free. £3 else.

rose tremain LT 1 meltdown waterfront - club n1ght lnd1e k1ds, you know where to go. Yep, you guessed 1t, the Waterfront. There's a whole lot of soul going on upstairs - Motown, Northern, Stax, you name it, it's here.

22:00 - 02:00 £3.50/£3

The author of Sacred County and Mus1c and Silence comes to talk about her work.

19:00 £2 concessions skylight maddermarket theatre See Friday, October 28

re:fresh ikon - club night Club anthems and top tunes, with regular guests to include DJs and chart acts. £2 B4 22:30, with a free drink B4 23:00 with ticket.

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norwich playhouse - play The true story of John Ha1gh, who disposed of h1s vtctims in the aforementioned nasty way. Runs unt1l Saturday, November 6.

club night Smart dress tonight for some chart pop and club

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