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Wharton to Resign DAVID ROBERTS

Imperial College Union has found itself without a full compliment of sabbaticals-elect once again, as Dave W h a r t o n , elected in February as Deputy President (Finance &. Services) for 98/99, is expected to resign his post today. Mr

Wharton,

second

year

the U n i o n f o u n d itself o n e s a b b a t i -

y e a r . In t h e w o r d s of M r H e e p s ,

cal

"Here we go again".

short

for

excess

two

Wharton's

fellow

sabbati-

expressed

sorrow

months. Mr

Although

cals-elect

also

there

insufficient

u s u a l five

election

(with o n l y

process

week four

that he w o u l d not be t a k i n g u p his

weeks

elected

H e e p s is d e t e r m i n e d t o s e e a full

office.

h o p e d that

However,

they

his d e c i s i o n t o

stand

remaining

term),

c o m p l i m e n t of s a b b a t i c a l s

a s i d e n o w , w o u l d a l l o w a suitable

before

replacement

smooth

t o be f o u n d , t o join

this

the

summer,

hand-over and

elected allow

between

outgoing

the

m a t h s s t u d e n t , feels certain that he

incoming

will be a s k e d t o re-sit t h e year, a n d

S p e a k i n g t o Felix he m a d e his feel-

t h u s will a u t o m a t i c a l l y be

officers.

ings very clear, "the p o s i t i o n is a

deemed

unable t o take u p a s a b b a t i c a l p o s i -

vital

t i o n . A s a result, he has m a d e t h e

C o n s e q u e n t l y , he will ask a n extra-

d e c i s i o n t o resign n o w , t o a l l o w his

ordinary

s u c c e s s o r t o be e l e c t e d in t i m e t o

C o u n c i l , c o n v e n e d at t o d a y ' s A G M ,

one

take o v e r f r o m t h e present i n c u m -

bent, R o b Clark, o n 1 July.

tions.

which

meeting

suspend If

W h i l s t e x p r e s s i n g s o r r o w for M r

the

Council

must

fill".

the

election

concurs

ICU

regulawith

recommendation,

W h a r t o n o n a p e r s o n a l level, I C U

Heeps

this will

P r e s i d e n t A n d y H e e p s has p r a i s e d

a l l o w t h e n o r m a l fortnight of c a m -

t h e d e c i s i o n t o s t a n d d o w n , rather

p a i g n i n g t o be c u t t o a single w e e k ,

t h a n w a i t i n g until official results are

s o that e l e c t i o n s c a n be h e l d in the

announced

final w e e k o f t e r m . P a p e r s for the

emphasised

in July. that

However, Mr

p o s t will g o

Wharton's

rests

with

him

alone,

who

Dave Wharton; exam trouble

A d e c i s i o n t o await official c o n -

the other v i c t o r s f r o m February -

f i r m a t i o n of his results c o u l d have

Dave

left t h e U n i o n in t h e state of l i m b o

and E d S e x t o n - as the e l e c t e d face

it e x p e r i e n c e d at the b e g i n n i n g of

of I C U .

when

(Clubs

pencilled

in for W e d n e s d a y

and

T h u r s d a y 2 4 a n d 2 5 June, p r o d u c -

b e s t interests o f t h e U n i o n " .

year,

Wednesday

T he e l e c t i o n itself 'is provisionally

has

m a d e a "very b o l d d e c i s i o n , in the

this

u p next

a n d will be p o s t e d for t w o w e e k s .

d e c i s i o n t o t e n d e r his resignation

Hellard,

The

Adam

Cherington

ing a final result for t h e final d a y of term. A l t h o u g h r u m o u r s of i n t e n d e d c a n d i d a t u r e s a b o u n d , ther e are at

announcement

Dave

S o c i e t i e s ) elect S m i t a C h a t u r v e d i

Wharton's

o n l y d i s c o v e r e d she h a d failed her

A n d y H e e p s at o n T h u r s d a y after-

e x a m s in m i d - S u m m e r . The c o n s e -

noon,

q u e n t e l e c t i o n w a s t h u s unable t o

fresh r o u n d of s a b b a t i c a l

take p l a c e until N o v e m b e r 1 1, a n d

- the third set in as m a n y t e r m s this

resignation,

made

i m m e d i a t e l y triggers

off

elections

present

Anyone

interested

confirmed

runners.

standing

s h o u l d c o n t a c t A n d y H e e p s or the present

incumbent,

R o b Clark, in

the Union Office.

King's Union Manager

t i m e t o run t h e

' r ED S E X T O N

t e

Issue 1117 29 May 1998

one

occasion

Chirgwin

was

d r u n k that he r e f u s e d t o leave

King's college student union's (KCLSU) general manager, James Chirgwin, has finally been sacked for committing numerous offences over the past year, i n c l u d i n g fraud and drunken behaviour. Chirgwin had been

m o n t h , w h i c h he w r o t e off as " p r o motion

A t the t i m e C h i r g w i n

was head licensee

of t h e

KCLSU

bars a n d w a s o f t e n f o u n d d r u n k in

Chirgwin union

Other offences included cash-

several o t h e r was

ÂŁ250

Misconduct.

newspaper,

ROAR.

Union, which

bar tab in a p e r i o d of

one

bar's

safe

rarely t u r n e d

meetings

later b o u n c e d , a n d r u n n i n g u p a

c h e q u e s at the

the

record

book.

u n i o n buildings, e n d a n g e r i n g their license.

advances

d e e d s by t e l l i n g o n e staff m e m b e r to destroy

being student

also

a n d a t t e m p t e d t o c o v e r u p his m i s -

suspended KCLSU's

the p r e s e n c e of the Fire B r i g a d e at the i n c i d e n t .

ing

revealed

union".

authorised himself wage

for five m o n t h s o n full p a y before sacked,

the

b u i l d i n g d u r i n g a fire a l a r m , d e s p i t e

and

minor offences and

breaches of union regulations. finally

committed

sacked

for

Gross

29 M a y 1998

News in Brief...

Residents Say No to Diana Memorial ED

SEXTON

Over 250 Kensington and Chelsea residents demanded that plans for a 'Diana memorial garden' are scrapped at a public meeting last Tuesday evening.

what

already

A TEST O F PURE a

congested

age, a n d m a n y of t h e

EciSMTtww A

d e s i g n e d t o test t h e purity of t h e

Kensington, BBC

that

tacky...

commented "the

garden

ecstasy

testing

the

illegal

drug,

will

heavy

criticism from

has

come

under

the

drugs

focus

for

These

'silly

tourists'

w h i c h will be available t o the g e n -

silly

c z ar

Keith H e l l a w e l l .

T he

test,

eral p u b l i c , d e t e c t s the p r e s e n c e

people a year.

of several

Union's

p l a n n e d s i n c e last y e a r ; t h e R o y a l

K e n s i n g t o n a n d C h e l s e a , w a s less

Parks

Agency

condemning

sub-

his

mitted proposals to

comments,

a government

c o m p l a i n that infor-

com-

mittee

mation

last

but d i d

was

not

including

chemicals MDMA,

information

and

tablets, provides

concerning

the

e f f e c t s of the d r u g . Keith

speaking

B B C R a d i o 4 ' s Today

Programme,

order

make

dBs

way

for

development,

the Felix

will be v a c a t i n g its offices in the N o r t h W e s t c o r n e r of Beit Q u a d . On

Hellawell,

mere

MOVE

c o u l d r e a c h n u m b e r s of five m i l l i o n A l a n Clark, M P for

FELIX O N

D i a n a , Princess of W a l e s , has b e e n

T he g a r d e n of r e m e m b r a n c e for

based

kit,

simply a

tourists".

are

speculation.

many

residents

new

drug

a r e a . A r t critic Brian S e w e l l , o n e of celebrity

arguments

b o t h for a n d against use of the

5 June, t h e last issue t o

produced

from

the

current

p r e m i s e s will be r e l e a s e d , a n d the

D e c e m b e r .

readily available c o n -

c a l l e d t h e test "a s t e p t o o

Although

cerning the garden's

c l a i m i n g that e v e n

design.

d a m a g e d all parts of t h e s y s t e m .

Resource

be f i n a l i s e d , t h e gar-

T he

H e w a s also of the o p i n i o n that

Union

s h o u l d be m a d e t h e r e , a n d e m a i l

details den

exact

have y e t

a c r e s of

and

ecstasy

use o f D i a n a ' s m e m -

users t o o k o t h e r d r u g s t o c o u n t e r -

sixteen

ory in m e m o r i a l s a n d

act

thought

consist

nature

pure

far",

flowerbeds

projects

commercial

the

effects of e c s t a s y ,

and

that t h e kit w o u l d e n c o u r a g e d r u g use.

office will be m o v e d t e m p o r a r i l y to

the

and

Clubs Offices.

telephones

Societies

and

Centre,

behind All

the

enquiries

should work

normal. D u r i n g t h e s u m m e r , Felix will

and w a l k w a y s w i t h i n

are not exactly

new

the

issues.

this

T o n y P u g l i o , o n e of t h e kit's

m o v e a g a i n , this t i m e t o the s o u t h

British

inventors, d i s m i s s e d these claims,

s i d e of Beit Q u a d , w h e r e it will

set

u p five

p o i n t i n g o u t that s u c h a kit c o u l d

r e m a i n until next y e a r .

designed

s a v e lives. A s y e t n o r e s e a r c h has

grounds

Kensington

Palace.

Only

Alan Clark is not amused w e e k

A s p e c i a l g a r d e n for

woman

c h i l d r e n a n d areas for l e a v i n g p e r -

'Diana M e m o r i a l Tours',

s o n a l tributes [toilets?

t o take v i s i t o r s by c o a c h

around

t h e sites of L o n d o n that

featured

are like-

ly t o feature a m o n g t h e a t t r a c t i o n s . The p l a n s c a m e u n d e r a t t a c k at a

special

public

meeting

her favourite s h o p s a n d g y m n a s i um.

evening.

the a p p r o v a l of the L o n d o n Tourist

remem-

T he c o m p a n y w a s set u p w i t h

b e r i n g the c h a o s c a u s e d in t h e a r e a

Board:

If the

last S e p t e m b e r

garden

goes

when

Kensington

planned ahead,

memorial Kensington

Palace

became

impromptu

H i g h Street will have m u c h m o r e t o

shrine,

fear that

the

garden

will

worry

of touris ts

and

coaches.

attract t h o u s a n d s

c o n c l u s i v e l y that

MDMA

T he last issue of t h e year will be o n 2 4 June.

c a u s e s l o n g or short t e r m d a m -

m o s t in t h e P r i n c e s s ' life, i n c l u d i n g

K e n s i n g t o n T o w n Hall o n T u e s d a y M o s t residents,

shown

about

than

five

extra

thus i n c r e a s e traffic a n d p o l l u t i o n

UNION A G M The Annual General Meeting of Imperial College Union will take place TODAY at 12.30pm in dBs. Everyone is entitled to attend and to vote. A l l union officers will be presenting reports and will all be subject to questioning. BE THERE.

n Basement Falls Foul of the Floods

CLARE

was

a r o u n d t h e hall a n d their b e d r o o m s

b a s e m e n t residents e v a c u a t e their

t h r o w n u p by t h e d r a i n a g e s y s t e m ,

ankle d e e p in d r a i n w a t e r . The flow

rooms.

unable t o c o p e w i t h the h e a v y rain-

of w a t e r h e a d e d t o w a r d s the boiler

fall. W a t e r

room,

floors w e r e

Residents of B r a b a z o n H o u s e , one of the Charing C r o ss halls of residence in Pimlico, had their dedicated revision schedule interrupted o n Tuesday w h e n the basement level of the building flooded due to the heavy rains.

rounded up to

help

It s o o n b e c a m e a race against t i m e t o e m p t y the c o n t e n t s of the

deposit

points.

The

levels a l m o s t

s e v e n r o o m s a f f e c t e d by the f l o o d .

s i d e a n d it w a s water

clothing,

reached

the height of t h e w i n d o w s i l l s o u t -

Computer

equipment,

water

would

feared

start

that

the

come

t e x t b o o k s , C D players a n d files of

t h r o u g h the

n o t e s b e g a n t o pile u p in the b a s e -

continued.

m e n t library, but it b e c a m e a p p a r -

sheets

his r o o m in t h e m i d d l e of t h e after-

ent that t h e library t o o w a s in d a n -

a r o u n d the d o o r s but t o n o avail.

noon

ger of b e c o m i n g s u b m e r g e d .

O n e of t h e s t u d e n t s r e t u r n e d t o

water

find

outside

opening

the

large his

volume

door.

bathroom

Upon

door,

found water gushing from the overf l o w i n g t o i l e t s . T he w a t e r quickly a n d r e s i d e n t s

spread upstairs

transfer became were

of i t e m s t o higher a

priority as

barriers

the

building electricity

failed but w a s later r e s t o r e d t o the u p p e r f l o o r s of t h e team from

building.

arrived to p u m p the the

Students

flooded

affected

water

basement.

were

p l a c e d in

d e n t t o d i s c o v e r the f l o o d , w a s d i s -

t e m p o r a r y r o o m s a n d left t o locate

m a y e d to see

their

belongings above

and

used

throughout

floors

E m p t y r o o m s o n t h e floor up

were

idents

w i t h o u t h o t w a t e r . The

N i c h o l a s W a t e r s , the first resi-

bags.

opened

rain

pipes

The

hurriedly t h r o w n into

were

w i n d o w s if t h e

S a n d b a g s a n d piles of

fracturing hot water

u n d e r t h e p r e s s u r e a n d leaving res-

used

his c a r p e t

floating.

R e s i d e n t s not in the b u i l d i n g w h e n the f l o o d i n g o c c u r r e d r e t u r n e d find

their

belongings

scattered

belongings

assess the d a m a g e . Brabazon

aquarium"

one student.

and

" W e l c o m e to commented

29 M a y 1998

LETTERS

Letters to Felix...

Student Protestors Depose President

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Spoof

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Hell,

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the e x a m , s o their w r i t i n g w a s fresh

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with

t h o u g h I d o n o t t h i n k that k n o w i n g

s o his answers

the n a m e s h a s a n y i n f l u e n c e o n t h e

quickly identified h i m . W o r d c o n f u -

m a r k i n g . In t h e o r y , u s i n g o n l y c a n -

o f t h e roaster/rooster a n d

d i d a t e s ' n u m b e r s m e a n s that o n e

sions

her c r e d i t , M r s S o f a e r r e a c t e d rela-

flavour/favour t y p e w e r e t y p i c a l o f

cannot

tively q u i c k l y (within a m o n t h ) by

o n e s t u d e n t . S e v e r a l s t u d e n t s have

m a r k i n g that this s t u d e n t w a s a w a y

b u y i n g a n e w c o o k e r . This d o e s n o t

poor spelling, but make

ill for t w o w e e k s , or that

m a k e u p for t h e d a n g e r in w h i c h

t y p e s o f error. O n e , f o r e x a m p l e ,

had

my flatmates a n d I were placed.

gets -cle a n d -cal end ing confused,

e d t o o n e o f t h e q u e s t i o n s (that is

s o "practicle" in o n e a n s w e r i d e n t i -

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d o n e a n e x t e n d e d e s s a y relat-

w e r e m a t t e r s o f luck a n d d i d n o t

into a n d cash stolen. Police r e c o m -

style o f w r i t i n g , i d e n t i f i e d a n o t h e r

need

mended

candidate.

marking. many

e s s a y s w e r e p r i n t e d , h a n d w r i t i n g is

was taken.

a give-away t o someone w h o has

M r s S o f a e r o n l y a c c e p t s rent in

marked

essays,

exam

questions

book from each student. O n e

has large a n d v e r y irregular letters,

I feel I s h o u l d a p o l o g i s e t o Felix

w h i l e a n o t h e r h a s very r o u n d e d let-

r e a d e r s for n o t r e v e a l i n g this h o r r o r

ters, w i t h d i s t i n c t i v e c u r l y t o p s t o

s t o r y p r e v i o u s l y . W h e n w e left last

s o m e o f t h e m . O n e h a s neat w r i t -

S u m m e r , all w e c o u l d think o f w a s

ing

s l o p i n g u n i f o r m l y t o t h e left,

getting away a n d enjoying the holi-

and

a n o t h e r has w r i t i n g w h i c h c a n

d a y s . I h o p e that this s e r v e s as a

slope

t o t h e left,

right,

or be

w a r n i n g t o p e o p l e t h i n k i n g o f rent-

upright, in different s e c t i o n s o f a n

ing

a n s w e r . S p i k y w r i t i n g in black f o u n -

f r o m M r s S o f a e r next y e a r , if

tain p e n ink i d e n t i f i e s o n e s t u d e n t . A n o t h e r w r i t e s t h e letter "n" like a n "in".

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course

credit card. Predictably, n o action

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when

overseas students, with a different

though

typical of

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take

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For all o f t h o s e w h o t h o u g h t Good Good people w a s just a o n e - o f f O a s i s c r i b b e d fluke (I c o u n t myself as o n e ) this single reveals t h e quality E m b r a c e have b e e n c l a i m i n g u p o n t h e m s e l v e s for all this t i m e . This is n o t h i n g short o f a n a n t h e m o f s h e e r m u s i c a l p e r f e c t i o n . T h e critics certainly will be laid t o rest.

dli

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b Too r b Too Late Silversun Too q A lot m o r e ' c u d d l y ' t h a n I w a s e x p e c t i n g , a l m o s t the B e e g e e s , but w i t h a tiny bit o f t o k e n guitaring. M i g h t a p p e a l t o 14 y e a r o l d Brian A d a m s fans, but n o t m a n y o t h e r s .

someone

m i s t e r b e c a u s e he's b a d t o t h e

e n v i r o n m e n t a n d is g i v i n g M r ' s a b a d n a m e ?

Really c h e e s y latin/samba i n f l u e n c e d p o p / d i s c o bastard.

David

Ola Chica

M o n t e p u l c i a no

T h e lead singer/crooner really s h o u l d

be f i r e d , a l o n g w i t h t h e rest o f t h e b a n d . T h e i n s t r u m e n t a l H o l l y w o o d m i x isn't b a d t h o u g h .

Blue Rose The Disconnected

EP Very well constructed melancholic indie. S a d ballads, chilling a c o u s t i c t u n e s r e m i n i s c e n t o f S i m o n a n d C a r f u n k e l b u t t h e last track, XXvb is u l t i m a t e l y u p l i f t i n g . Everything we _ Bound to d o well.

Transglobal Underground ethnic

sound

ant

dance

driven tunes,

freaks. Brilliant.

tune.

Cornelius Chapter 8 Strange v o c a l h a r m o n i e s a n d w e i r d e f f e c t s d r i ve C o r n e l i u s in t h e d i r e c t i o n o f t h e B o o Radley's G i a n t S t e p s a l b u m . O d d , very o d d indeed.

from

folk t u n e s be a ts .

are c o m b i n e d A must

with

excellent

f o r alternative

dance

N o t h i n g really i n s p i r a t i o n a l

or n e w here but t h e P r o o f o f Y o u is a g o o d i n d i e pop

y o u c an imagine,

A r a b i c s i n g i n g a n d Indian tablas t o g y p s y - p e a s -

S t r o n g f e m a l e v o c a l s run o v e r m e l o d i o u s guitar annoyingly W e l s h !

z yX xZlX

(Album sampler) Every

C o m f o r t The Proof of w

a bit like C a t a t o n i a but n o t as

z yX xZlX

xdj

Sleater-Kinney One More g Screaming punk attitude from the m u c h lauded A m e r i c a n r i n g - p i e c e . Riot girls c r o s s o v e r into the mainstream? Maybe. T h e B - s i d e , Don't |}~ { nop h__hb is a N i r v a n a - e s q u e r o c k e r though.

MUSIC

29 M a y 1998

A L B U M & LIVE

EARL BRUTUS R e v i e w s are g i v e n a m a r k o u t of

Tonight

arl

u Are

the Special One

Brutus sure

ain't

they

play

demented

rock

m i x e d in w i t h

five as f o l l o w s . . .

pretty,

a n d a Gary N u m a n e s q u e k e y b o a r d

d r u m s . This w o u l d n ' t necessarily be

glam

refrain. B o t h great a n t h e m s w h i c h

a b a d t h i n g , but t h e s o n g s lack t h e m o m e n t u m r e q u i r e d t o carry

are p e r f e c t for t h e m o s h p i t .

spacey

However,

e l e c t r o effects, a n d are unlikely t o

although

ther e

are

be invite d d o w n for t e a at

t h e b a w l i n g p u b rock,

Let me be Kind w i t h its m i n i m a l ist b e a t s , a n d t h e g e n t l e Don't Die aren't e n o u g h t o p r o v i d e relief f r o m t h e glampubpunkdrunkenbrawlinginacarparkstadium-

could

Their

the slower songs

lyrics

optimistically

d e s c r i b e d as i n c o m p r e h e n sible, a m a c h i n e g u n s u c cession

supermarket

anarchist bawled

soundbites, over

the

crazed

g l a m guitars that f o r m s t h e

and

Fruit C a k e Carrot Cake

• No

Fairy C a k e

Stars

C a k e of S o a p

All in all t h e a l b u m lacks

a l b u m is the f o l l o w u p t o

the

their 9 6 d e b u t a l b u m

We are

Space Cake

rock.

m e a t of their m u s i c . This

• •••

the

listener t h r o u g h a w h o l e a l b u m of

number

ten.

C h o c Fudge

innovation

their

"" d e b u t , a n d w h i l e i n d i v i d u a l

Tha Bomb!

s u c h as 99p a n d Come Taste my Mind w o u l d m a k e excellent live tracks a n d s i n g l e s , t h e r e is n o t q u i t e e n o u g h variety in their u n i q u e b r a n d of s t o d g y g l a m t o m a k e this a l b u m a n essential p u r c h a s e . tracks

T he first track, The SAS

and the Clam that goes with blasts o u t its c h o rus " Y o u are y o u r o w n r e a c t i o n " over the guitar r o c k a n d t w i s t e d s o u n d s c a p e o f a joblot of Dr W h o effects, w h i l e The Universal Plan e x c l a i m s "It's a beautiful w o r l d " over t h r o b b i n g s t a d i u m r o c k w o r k

s o m e w i l d a n d w o n d e r f u l intros -

Second Class a n d the Sixties s u p e r s p y in a l m o s t every m u s i c in c a s e t h e y are q u i c k l y b u r i e d u n d e r t h e h e a v y guitars a n d s t o m p i n g the c h u r c h o r g a n s o l o of

Phil

T h a B o m b will be back next w e e k w i t h t h e chief himself, M i l e n . H e ' l l have t h e l o w d o w n o n the

Lewis

current

and

past,

future r'n'b/hip h o p

happenings c o m i n g your way.

URUSEI Y A T S U R A Live at the LA2

rusei

•• •

Yatsura

aren't

your

usual

"SIAMESE!"

rock

b a n d . T h ey are a G l a s w e g i a n f O u r - p i e c e

t h e y d e m a n d . Eventually, the b a n d

a g r e e , a n d t h r a s h o u t a r e n d i t i o n o f this early

o b s e s s e d by J a p a n e s e junk c ulture a n d

favourite w i t h s u c h f o r c e that it's barely r e c o g -

tigers. R o u g h l y t r a n s l a t e d as ' n o i s y stars'

nisable. Ears p o p , light bulbs s m a s h , a n d w e

'obnoxious aliens', Urusei Yatsura w a s one

jump

the

most

popular anime

series p r o d u c e d ,

higher

and

higher

loving

the

to rture .

G r a h a m is b a n g i n g a w a y like a m a d m a n , a p p a r -

frankly bizarre s h o w s t a r r i n g o n e L u m - an b e a u -

ently u n s a t i s f i e d until h e ' s b r o k e n all the strings.

tiful alien s p o r t i n g h o r n s a n d a t i g e r - s k i n bikini.

Suddenly, they desert

It all starts t o fit t o g e t h e r . . .

instruments howling a d e m o n i c ,

the

s t a g e , l e a v i n g the ear-shattering

w a i l that m a t c h i n g t h e g r o w i n g p a i n in m y h e a d .

The L A 2 w a s surprisingly p a c k e d o u t for a b a n d that has o n l y just m a d e it into L o n d o n ' s

It's m a d n e s s - w e ' r e s h o u t i n g for m o r e , but n o -

musical

o n e c a n hear, n o t e v e n o u r s e l v e s .

consciousness.

something

men

are

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twenty-

swigging away

their

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S l o w l y it d a w n s o n us that ther e will be no

the

encore.

s u p p o r t A p p l e s in S t e r e o . A t least half of t h e s e m u s t be m u s i c ' j o u r n a l i s t s ' . B e t w e e n t h e

affect-

year-old

teeny

boppers.

absurdly e n t h u s i a s t i c girlies b o u n c e

pair

feather b o a s flying. Their v o i c e s are just a u d i b l e

y o u r c h i n a n d the D M s of s m e l l y s i x t h - f o r m e r s s m a c k y o u s q u a r e l y in the t e m p l e s as t h e y surf

- " B u y our

Fanzine! B u y our F a n z i n e ! "

the t o w a r d s the stage; all in t h e n a m e of f u n .

The s u p p o r t w e r e d u l y k i c k e d off, a n d after the

usual

faffing

and

false

starts,

Yatsura

s t o r m e d o n and thrashed out a deafening rendi-

T h e y s e e m e d t o be g e t t i n g

t i o n of Flaming

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the duller s o n g s o u t of the w a y first, a n d d e s p i t e

ering

the v o l u m e , t h e y w e r e n ' t

impressive

c a r r y i n g the

crowd

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through

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force.

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Urusei cacoph-

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over a terrible B e a c h

Boys cover

10.30pm,

o n y , a n d the p a r t y ' s o v e r like a burst b a l l o o n .

u p t o us,

just

ing g r a d u a l l y s u b s i d e s t o a m a n a g e a b l e

edly c o o l m u s o s run t h e real fans - o v e r e x c i t e d fourteen

A l t h o u g h it's

Y a t s u r a have left the b u i l d i n g . The m a s s i v e w a i l -

Tiger

Graham's

with sonic

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d r u m sticks, w e a v e s o n e b e t w e e n the strings, and c l o b b e r s it w i t h the o t h e r . T he

crowd,

however,

have

other

ideas.

nice

e n o u g h n o t t o k e e p their d i m i n u t i v e fans u p after their b e d - t i m e .

Jeremy

29 M a y

MUSIC

998

What's In The Box ? A new Monday night experience is about to hit the city, kicking off on the 1 June @ the Clinic, Gerard Street, Nr Shaftsbury Avenue. This is not just another D8JJ night featuring the same old DJs as you hear everywhere. This night dares to be different bringing you the best of the new breed, the next generation of DJs. Nice to see someone giving the up & coming guys ' n ' girls a chance.

his isn't just a blatant p l u g for a n e w night, c h e a p e r a n d m o r e a c c e s s i b l e t o the g e n e r a l really a m i n i t e l e v i s i o n . It a safe w a y t o m o v e the r e a s o n I'm m e n t i o n i n g , w e l l , f e a t u r i n g p o p u l a t i o n it's b o u n d t o have a large i m p a c t . a r o u n d , I've b e e n f o l l o w i n g this c r o w d for s o m e this n e w night is that t h e p e o p l e i n v o l v e d The m a n b e h i n d The Interface is DJ M a d t i m e n o w a n d there safe, a nice b u n c h . This is are t a k i n g t h e s c e n e o n e s t e p furthe future y a k n o w , as t i m e g o e s o n CVHRY MONDAY MIGHT SSKSSSP BOX BASS BEOO ther. T h ey will be b r o a d c a s t i n g live m o r e a n d m o r e p e o p l e will get c o n f r o m the c l u b t o all r o u n d t h e w o r l d n e c t e d u p a n d it will naturally take t h r o u g h t h e internet. A n d after last over. @ T H E CLINIC week's mission d e e p into the What DJs can we expect to hear 13 Geraitf SI Chinatown. SOHO, W1. underworld of pirate radio, I playing on Interface? t h o u g h this w e e k I'd stay o n t h e It's n o t a b o u t t h e b i g b o y s , it's right s i d e of t h e l a w for a c h a n g e a b o u t g i v i n g p e o p l e like y o u a Ld>V - L . and play things a little, w e l l , a lot chance. They [big names] have safer. p r i c e d t h e m s e l v e s o u t of it, c h a r g i n g Yes this n e w night is g o i n g t o be b r o a d c a s t live o v e r t h e internet f r o m the Interface pirate r a d i o site @ http://interface.pirate-radio.co.uk s o a n y o n e a n y w h e r e in t h e w o r l d w i t h a P C a n d internet c o n n e c t i o n c a n l o g o n a n d s e e h o w w e d o it in L o n d o n t o w n , the heart of D r u m &. B a s s s o m e w o u l d say. Interface d o e s n ' t just b r o a d c a s t D & B but c o v e r s the p h a t e s t u n d e r g r o u n d b e a t s r a n g i n g f r o m T e c h n o , G a r a g e , D r u m &. B a s s a n d everyt h i n g i n - b e t w e e n , but this t i m e it's legal a n d it reaches t h e four c o r n e r s of t h e g l o b e . Interface isn't exactly n e w as it's b e e n g o i n g for a b o u t a year n o w , but it's a n e w m e t h o d o f p e o p l e g e t ting t o g e t h e r , t a l k i n g a n d m e e t i n g . It n o t o n l y b r o a d c a s t s s o u n d live but a l s o i n c l u d e s live video footage. Interface is b e i n g h a i l e d by m a n y as t h e next s t e p f o r w a r d for the s c e n e , m a k i n g pirate r a d i o look very l i m i t e d in c o m p a r i s o n . But that s a i d they have n o n e e d t o w o r r y at the m o m e n t as only a s m a l l p e r c e n t a g e of t h e p e o p l e w a n t i n g to hear this sort of m u s i c h a v e the c a p a b i l i t i e s t o receive it w h e r e as e v e r y o n e ' s g o t a r a d i o . But as t i m e p r o g r e s s e s , a n d t h e internet b e c o m e s

A s h , w h o ran H e a r t F M a n d t h e n Face F M . F r o m t h e s e pirate stations A s h m e e t u p w i t h c l u b p r o m o t e r a n d o n - l i n e anarchist H o w a r d Jones. T h ey b l a g g e d a l o a d o f s o f t w a r e a n d s t a r t e d Interface - b r o a d c a s t i n g 2 4 h r s a d a y o v e r the net. N o w , a y e a r later, t h e y have s t a t e - o f - t h e - a r t e q u i p m e n t a n d a n average of 8 0 , 0 0 0 listener a w e e k , w i t h s o m e 6 , 0 0 0 at any o n e t i m e . I m e e t u p w i t h Paul Ibiza, w h o ' s i n v o l v e d ¬® w h i c h w i t h Interface a n d is p r o m o t i n g The « is g o i n g t o be b r o a d c a s t live o v e r t h e net.

I asked h i m : What is it all about?

£ 3 0 0 - 4 0 0 an hour. I can't afford that, a n d u l t i m a t e l y it c o m e s back o n t h e p u n t e r s w h o h a v e t o p a y inflated p r i c e s t o g o o u t . S o w h a t w e ' r e d o i n g is g i v i n g p e o p l e like y o u a c h a n c e , y o u c o m e d o w n bring a f e w p e o p l e s p r e a d t h e w o r d a n d all that a n d if all the DJs b r i n g d o w n a f e w p e o p l e w e ' l l have a little party a t m o s p h e r e g o i n g a n d that's all y o u n e e d t o get things s t a r t e d . It'll build f r o m that. W e ' l l have a c a m e r a m a n r u n n i n g a b o u t all o v e r t h e p l a c e f i l m i n g it f o r t h e live b r o a d c a s t , s o if p e o p l e c a n ' t m a k e it d o w n , t h e y c a n s e e w h a t is g o i n g o n o n y o u r c o m p u t e r s c r e e n a n d if t h e y like w h a t t h e y s e e , t h e y will c o m e d o w n t h e next w e e k . W e ' r e g o i n g t o be v e r y strict o n t h e d o o r , m a k i n g sure o n l y t h e right sort of p e o p l e are c o m i n g i n , w e ain't g o i n g t o be letting no h o o d s in or a n y o f that. W e w a n t t o c r e a t e a pleasant party v i b e , n o a t t i t u d e , n o h a s s l e .

It's a n e w w a y of learning w h a t ' s g o i n g o n . It's like t h e pirates, but w i t h pirates y o u d o n ' t k n o w w h o y o u ' r e r u n n i n g w i t h , or w h o ' s c o n trolling it - g a n g s t e r s a n d all that y e a h . W i t h Interface it's m u c h safer first it's totally legal as If you fancy checking out this new night just a n y o n e • c a n p u t i n f o r m a t i o n o n t h e n e t . drop me a line on t.j.morgan@ic.ac.uk as I've S e c o n d l y it's very e x p e n s i v e t o set u p therefo r e got a whole load of guest list places to give y o u n e e d b i g b u s i n e s s b a c k i n g it. W h a t y o u get away. Jo Public is n o t just t h e m u s i c but also live p i c t u r e s s o it's

D.O.S.E

Fillippa

Crack

The original m i x is a totally laid b a c k track w i t h a live j a z z c a f e s o u n d d e e p ' n ' m o o d y w i t h the e x q u i s i t e v o i c e a n d lyrics of Fillippa c o m p l e t i n g the e x p e r i e n c e . A l s o a livelier m i x f r o m S t e p p a ' s w h i c h is at a strange t e m p o s o m e w h e r e b e t w e e n D&JB a n d d o w n b e a t . A n intelligent D&VB feel a n d beat structure but at a slightly s l o w e r p a c e probably to keep the v o i c e of Fillippa a u d i b l e w h i c h c o m p l i m e n t s the b e a t s ' n ' breaks s u p e r b l y . O n e for t h o s e e a s y - g o i n g n u m b e r s for the s u m m e r nights a h e a d .

Strange title for a strange t u n e . D&-B w i t h h e a v y use of e l e c t r i c g u i tar - n o t s o m e t h i n g I've e v e r thought w o u l d go well together and this track r e m i n d s m e w h y . T he u n d e r l y i n g track is actually q u i t e g o o d , if a little h e c t i c , a n d if m o s t of the guitar bits w e r e t a k e n o u t it might just click as t h e r e are a f e w s m a l l bits w h e r e it s o u n d s alright but m a i n l y N O ! The o t h e r t w o tracks are in a m o r e h i p - h o p / d o w n b e a t style a n d I like t h e s e m u c h m o r e , s l o w i n g r o c k i n g b e a t s that o o z e p h a t n e s s u n p o l i s h e d r u g g e d breaks a n d gritty fx. M u c h m o r e like it.

(MCA)

Prime Suspect

(Rise ' n ' Shine) Ah ooh ooh eh ooh ooh is full of plenty of funky fresh garage g r o v e s . U s i n g s i m p l y beats but it's the layers of clever key p a t t e r n s , title v o c a l s t a b s a n d key c h a n g e s that ° get y o u m o v i n g . T he Two Step ¯ also has the s a m e set u p v o c a l s and keys, but u s e s different beats. Retro V i b e in a h a p p y h a p p y style w i t h a big p i a n o break that s p o i l s it for m e . Finally Dirty Tune is a little s t o r m e r R i c h a r d Purser has d e f i nitely g o t his key patterns, x y l o p h o n e s o u n d i n g b i n g b o n g s all s o r t e d . I love the w a y he k e e p s a d d i n g little bits of this ' n ' that s a m p l e s e t c c u t t i n g in a n d o u t like it's in the m i x . W i c k e d track.

Full Intention. ±²³ D e s c r i b e d as t h e u n d i s p u t e d kings o f d i s c o h o u s e , Full Intention bring us a u p l i f t i n g d a n c e track w i t h d i s c o o v e r t o n e s . O n the more c o m m e r c i a l s i d e of h o u s e this track has a pretty l a m e v o c a l telling y o u 'are s o m e b o d y ' , but u n d e r this slightly l a m e exterior there are in fact s o m e r o u g h b e a t s . S o if y o u c a n h a n d l e t h e lyrics a n d d i s c o s o u n d s this is a w e l l m a d e t u n e . For t h e m o r e u n d e r g r o u n d buyer their are t w o harder m i x e s L o n d o n m i x a n d t h e Dark D u b w h i c h has a d a r k bassline totally c h a n g i n g t h e feel of t h e track. N o t as b a d as I t h o u g h it w o u l d be.

Public

1998

INTERVIEW

the electric

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s S o this p r o c e s s is really unclear. It's really

Jeff M i l l s has l o n g b e e n d e s c r i b e d as t h e m o s t

n't n e e d t o release

it. I a c t u a l l y m a d e w h i t e

- in other w o r d s s o m e o n e f r o m India c a n talk t o

i m p o r t a n t n a m e in t e c h n o . H i s DJ s e t s i n c o r p o -

labels o f C y c l e 3 0 a n d g a v e t h o s e t o DJs a n d

s o m e o n e f r o m S p a i n in a m a t t e r o f s e c o n d s -

difficult

rate t h e d e f t u s e o f u p t o sixty r e c o r d s a n h o u r .

after I'd g i v e n o u t fifty c o p i e s I felt that t h e j o b

that language m i g h t b e c o m e t o o m u c h o f a n u i -

b e c a u s e w e ' r e still trying. W e ' r e still trying t o

People use the w o r d ' g o d ' to describe the musi-

w a s d o n e a n d I c a m e v e r y c l o s e t o n o t releas-

s a n c e t o c o m m u n i c a t e in t h e future, that it

d e f i n e exactly w h a t t h e s t r u c t u r e is. It's n o t a

cal abilities o f this m a n . Y e t d e e p d o w n h e feels

i n g that release.

might be easier t o c r e a t e a c o m p l e t e l y different

9 0 9 d r u m m a c h i n e , it's n o t a 3 0 3 s o u n d . W e

language. S o I t h o u g h t that m a y b e just u s i n g

t h o u g h t it w a s that. It's n o t a 8 0 8 . T h a t ' s a c t u -

images w i t h o u t a n y i n f o r m a t i o n e x c e e d s

ally w h a t t e c h n o is. It's t h e p r o c e s s o f trying t o

Why d i d you feel that over something that

it is all a b o u t d e p t h a n d a s o r t o f spirituality. ]eff is o n a m i s s i o n , y e t he c l a i m s n o t t o k n o w w h y

you have actually released?

he d o e s w h a t he d o e s . I h a d a rare o p p o r t u n i t y

It w a s a c o n c e p t u a l r e l e a s e . It w a s b a s e d o n

t o talk t o t h e m a n b e h i n d t h e m y t h . . .

t h e thirty y e a r c y c l e that w e as h u m a n s live i n . This c y c l e w h e r e t h i n g s regurgitate o v e r y e a r s ;

exactly

what

techno

m a k e future m u s i c .

language barriers. The l o g o w a s a c t u a l l y t h e start o f it. A n d I began

to define

t o a p p l y that

in m a n y

other

From the records you've listened t o , say

ways.

ten years ago, how close d o you think they

For people reading w h o don't know w h o

f a s h i o n , t r e n d s , p o l i t i c a l s i t u a t i o n s a n d every-

L o o k i n g at t h e s e i m a g e s t h e r e is n o t h i n g right o r

came t o what we have now (ie what is the

you are, can you explain w h o y o u are a n d

t h i n g . I g o t a v e r y early i n d i c a t i o n , just f r o m t h e

w r o n g a b o u t t h e m . It's n o t like if y o u l o o k at a

future for them)?

what you d o w i t h m u s i c .

DJs a n d t h e p r o d u c e r s that really w a n t e d t o

V a n G o g h p a i n t i n g a n d a n art e x p e r t c o m e s u p

hear t h i s .

a n d says, ' Y e s t h e l a n d s c a p e m e a n s this, a n d

Computer

It w a s a l m o s t as if I'd c o m e u p w i t h a t h e o -

blah, blah, bl a h ! " That m e a n s that w h a t I t h o u g h t

S o m e p e o p l e w e r e off, s o m e p e o p l e w e r e o n .

I'm originally f r o m D e t r o i t a n d I m a k e e l e c t r o n i c m u s i c for a l i v i n g . . . a s a n art. I c r e a t e . I've

Y e s s o m e p e o p l e w e r e right o n t h e m o n e y . world! Y'know? Pocket

calculator.

ry a n d just n e e d e d t h e right p e o p l e t o hear it s o

w a s w r o n g . S o it b e c o m e s a little t o o difficult,

L o o k at s o m e m o v i e s . I w a t c h e d 2 0 0 1

Can y o u describe your DJing style for peo-

that t h e y m i g h t c r e a t e s o m e t h i n g similar t o it.

trying to d e t e r m i n e w h a t is right o r w r o n g , s o

O d y s e e last night: S t a n l e y Kubrik w a s o n t h e

ple w h o ' r e listening? H o w you like t o express

T h a t ' s a n o t h e r w a y t o release m u s i c . T o release

let's just d o a w a y w i t h that. B e l i e v e w h a t y o u

money.

yourself...

a n i d e a . S o n o t t o release it d i r e c t l y f r o m t h e

believe a n d that's it!"

also b e e n DJing for s e v e n t e e n , e i g h t e e n y e a r s .

person

It's like a c o l l a g e o f m u s i c w i t h i n a c e r t a i n plete full l e n g t h o f t h e c o m p o s i t i o n but m a y b e parts o f it, at t i m e s . create a sort of layered-effect? painting which

is a c o l l a g e

when

I b e g i n t o break d o w n

from colour to

s o u n d ; f r o m d e p t h t o s o u n d . I relay all t h e s e

colours. Why do you choose t o express yourself

things t o s o u n d .

with electronic instruments? It's t h e m o s t c o n v e n i e n t w a y for m e t o be

different media? It is easy if y o u c o n s t r u c t y o u r o w n s c a l e .

able t o lay d o w n t h e i d e a . I ' m n o t a m u s i c i a n w h e r e I've s t u d i e d t o p l a y t h e g u i t a r o r t h e

Like for m e r e d is h o t ; high f r e q u e n c y . Blue is

p i a n o s o 1 u s e a different t y p e o f v e h i c l e t o c r e -

c o o l . Black is very l o w , s u b s o n i c f r e q u e n c i e s . S o

ate m u s i c .

if y o u c r e a t e y o u r o w n scale t h e n y e s it is easy.

A lot of electronic m u s i c i a n s choose

become DJs. H o w was that for you?

A n d there isn't just o n e s c a l e . T h a t ' s t h e c r e ation of the producer.

that one day people w h o learn about the his-

m u s i c , w i t h o u t v o c a l s , g o e s s o far s o fast a n d

tory of m u s i c might learn about jazz artists

hits s o m a n y p e o p l e s o q u i c k l y . Y o u listen t o it

s u ch as M i l e s Davis, a n d then follow straight

lage. A r e you trying to create this piece of art

a n d y o u like it or y o u don't like it, a n d that's that.

on t o techno-jazz artists s u c h as C a r l Craig

thinking,

You create your art, your collage, in night-

who aren't really accepted jazz m u s i c i a n s at

" W e l l they want to dance, so I'll make t h e m

clubs. Would you ever consider t a k i n g a dif-

dance."?

ferent style of records a n d creating different

ferent type of set based on the layout and

types of canvasses

size or appearance of the club?

are

N o . Those elements, come

Is it easy to translate these things f r o m

In your personal o p i n i o n , do you think

I think m a y b e that's t h e r e a s o n w h y t e c h n o

When you're DJing you're creating a c o l single-mindedly

So you're putting things over each other t o Like

but f r o m the person t o

another person a n d then t o the people.

t i m e f r a m e . S o w h a t y o u hear is n o t t h e c o m -

Yes.

to people,

Space

second

y o u just

the dance

elements

in t h e A x i s m a t e r i a l . T h e i d e a

c o m e s first, t h e n t h e s t r u c t u r e a n d t h e n 1 feel I

in other types of s i t u a -

tions? Y e a h I h a v e . I've m a d e m u s i c for industrial music,

p o s i t i o n t o b e a b l e t o p r e s e r v e t h e t h i n g s that w e l o v e d w h e n w e w e r e y o u n g e r . It's t o o s o o n

commercials,

h o w m a n y w o m e n ; h o w m a n y p e o p l e are s i t t i n g

for u s t o d o that. T h e m u s i c is still t o o n e w . W h o

m u s i c for n o r e a s o n o r m a i n p u r p o s e at all b u t

a r o u n d t h e w a l l ; h o w m a n y p e o p l e are in t h e

will be r e m e m b e r e d a n d w h o w o n ' t ? I c a n think

m a t e r i a l it c o m e s n u m b e r o n e .

just f o r . . . w e l l I ' m lucky e n o u g h t o h a v e m y s t u -

back; h o w m a n y p e o p l e are actually d a n c i n g .

of s o m e p e o p l e . . .

T h e l o g o is a h a n d in t h e g e s t u r e o f either

backdrop

N o . U s u a l ly it's b a s e d o n t h e p e o p l e . T h e t y p e o f p e o p l e that t h e y are; h o w m a n y m e n ,

s h o u l d m a k e it d a n c e a b l e . S o it actually c o m e s

use o n the Purpose M a k e r releases?

films,

S u r e . 1 think t h e s i t u a t i o n is that w e n e e d m o r e t i m e for us t o g e t o l d e r a n d t h e n g e t in a

s e c o n d o r m a y b e t h i r d . In t h e P u r p o s e M a k e r Can y o u tell us a bit a b o u t the designs you

small

present?

d i o in m y h o m e . I live in a g i g a n t i c r o o m , t o c r e -

So if many people were sitting around the

You say that you are fuelled by emotion,

ate m u s i c just for t h e d a y . I g e t u p early in t h e

w a l l would you dare t h e m to dance?

morning

you be more aggressive or would you start off

cised as

slowly?

think it strange that we use computers which

after

eating

breakfas t

and I

make

g i v i n g o r r e c e i v i n g . That's basically w h y I c r e a t e d

s o m e t h i n g that just p l a y s t h r o u g h o u t t h e d a y . I

Would

yet m u s i c made by computers is often critic o ld a n d e m o t i o n l e s s .

Don't you

I s t a r t e d off as a DJ a n d o v e r t i m e I b e g a n t o

If you made a record based on a concept

t h e label; t o g i v e this m u s i c for D j s t o u s e . That's

k e e p it g o i n g c o n t i n u o u s l y w h i l e I ' m w o r k i n g or

u n d e r s t a n d , after l i s t e n i n g t o s o m a n y r e c o r d s

that you had imagined and you played it to

w h y this m u s i c w a s d e s i g n e d , n o t t o be T o p 4 0

m a k i n g m y b e d or t a k i n g a s h o w e r . It's just

t h i n g . A l s o h o w h o t it is; w h a t t h e h u m i d i t y is

It's n o t t h e m a c h i n e s that m a k e t h e m u s i c .

for s o l o n g , that m a y b e I s h o u l d try t o b e g i n t o

hits, but just as a v e r y g o o d s o l i d track that y o u

s o m e t h i n g that I hear w h e n I w a n t t o hear it.

like; t h e d i s t a n c e f r o m t h e DJ b o o t h t o t h e p e o -

It's t h e p e r s o n . It's just like a n ink p e n o r a t y p e -

m a k e m u s i c m y s e l f . S o I d i d a n d for h a v i n g s u c h

f r o m it, then w o u l d you be disappointed?

and

I interpreted something different

Slowly because

t h e y ' r e w a i t i n g for s o m e -

are logical machines to convey our emotions?

c o u l d play in b e t w e e n t h o s e p o p u l a r tracks. A n d

What happens at the end of the day?

p l e ; t h e t y p e o f lighting. This all h a p p e n s as I ' m

writer. Y o u c a n w r i t e u s i n g a t y p e w r i t e r , but it's

a l o n g b a c k g r o u n d in p l a y i n g m u s i c 1 f o u n d it

N o . M y m a i n p u r p o s e is that y o u h e a r d it

as I p r o d u c e d t h e first release I d i s c o v e r e d that

1 turn it o f f a n d I l o s e it. A n d it's just t h e

w a l k i n g f r o m t h e d o o r t o t h e b o o t h in a m atte r

t h e w o r d s that y o u t y p e that c r e a t e t h e e m o t i o n

q u i t e e a s y t o m a k e it. O n c e y o u learn s i m p l y

a n d y o u h a d a r e a c t i o n . That y o u w e r e m o v e d in

m a n y DJs u s e d t h e m for t h e s a m e r e a s o n , that

m u s i c for that d a y . It's just for m e . If y o u ' r e

of m i n u t e s .

not t h e t y p e w r i t e r . In o t h e r w o r d s it's h o w y o u

h o w t o m a k e it, t h e n y o u c a n figure o u t h o w t o

s o m e w a y , w h e t h e r it w a s negative or p o s i t i v e ,

t h e r e w a s a g a p at that t i m e , that y o u c o u l d n ' t

lucky e n o u g h t o m a k e m u s i c a n d h a v e it in t h e

m a n i p u l a t e it a n d h a v e it d o t h i n g s that y o u

t h e fact is that it a f f e c t e d y o u s o m e h o w .

e v e n b u y this t y p e o f m u s i c b e c a u s e p e o p l e just

s a m e p l a c e w h e r e y o u live y o u c a n d o t h i s .

weren't m a k i n g t h e m .

use t h e e q u i p m e n t . T h e m a c h i n e d o e s n ' t have a

a n d t h e y p a i d t o have a g o o d t i m e . T h a t ' s n u m -

b r a i n . It can't think, at lease n o t y e t . It's just a

1 read you were once an architect.

ber o n e . A n d t h e n w h a t I w o u l d like t o p l a y for

t o o l w i t h w i r e s o r k n o b s . If y o u have a b a d i d e a ,

I was studying.

t h e m c o m e s s e c o n d . I ' m only there b e c a u s e t h e

the e q u i p m e n t will relay y o u r b a d i d e a ; if y o u

Does this kind of use of structure and

p e o p l e a s k e d m e t o be there. S o I n e e d t o m a k e

have a brilliant i d e a a n d y o u u s e it c o r r e c t l y t h e n

form and light come into what you are doing

t h e m feel c o m f o r t a b l e as quickly as p o s s i b l e . S o

it's d o n e !

w a n t it t o d o or m a k e t h e m a c h i n e s d o exactly

Are you ever interested in what other peo-

w h a t y o u w a n t t h e m t o d o . S o that w a s t h e

ple saw in your records? O r do you just want

very s i m p l e c o m p o s i t i o n s for that r e a s o n . That's

process.

to see t h e m being moved?

w h e r e t h e title c a m e f r o m , "I'm m a k i n g this title for a p u r p o s e , a n d I'm g i v i n g it t o y o u . A n d it's y o u r h a n d that is r e c e i v i n g . "

today? C o u l d y o u describe yourself maybe as

I n e e d t o let t h e m k n o w that it's O K t o c o m e t o

a sound architect?

the d a n c e f l o o r . I think over years y o u just b e g i n

It's easy. I k n o w w h i c h d i r e c t i o n I'm g o i n g i n .

t o k n o w p e o p l e a n d h o w t h e y a c t a n d club life.

I k n o w I'm g o i n g t o m a k e e l e c t r o n i c m u s i c for

You say that you c o u l d make the machines

Indirectly. B e c a u s e I w o u l d n o t w a n t that t o

do exactly w h a t y o u w a n t e d t h e m t o d o . Do

affect

you think that you've made tracks where y o u

music.

could step back a n d say, "Yes. This is exactly what 1 wanted to express w i t h this track!"?

m e t h e next t i m e I sit d o w n t o m a k e

Do you al s o feel that it's a f o r m of c o m -

So would that affect you?

munication? Where 1 c o m e f r o m the hand is a

It m i g h t . A n d I ' m usually afraid o f that. For

Yes. M a n y . M a n y of t h e m .

example when someone

Can you explain s o m e of the things that

" W o w ! Y o u ' r e t h e b e s t DJ a n d blah blah b l a h . "

you have expressed through your music? W e l l I t h i n k first y o u h a v e t o h a v e a n i d e a before y o u sit d o w n t o m a k e m u s i c . T h e n y o u k n o w e v e n t u a l l y w h e r e a n e n d is. B e c a u s e y o u ' l l

So I d e c i d ed to make

I never forget that t h e p e o p l e p a i d t o g e t in

comes

u p a n d says

Even if they a l l came back to y o u , not one sold? Wouldn't that mean something to you? Wouldn't that affect y o u in s o m e way? It w o u l d m a k e it m o r e difficult for m e t o p u t

Do you think that s o u n d can change the

Do you think there are people w h o are

m y life; n o t h o u s e , n o t reggae b u t t e c h n o . S o I

can be used to

appearance of an interior or surrounding, not

capable of liking your music but are afraid of

c a n r u n faster b e c a u s e I k n o w t h e things that I

c o m m u n i c a t e w h o l e stories. Do you see it as

superficially but in your m i n d ' s eye? A s if y o u

the term techno. Maybe it produces a nega-

n e e d t o be able t o g o o n this r o a d . I k n o w that

a f o r m of c o m m u n i c a t i n g w i t h o u t language?

were translating colour into s o u n d . . .

tive image in their m i n d . Do you know how to

1 n e e d a s t u d i o s o I c a n m a k e t h e m u s i c faster,

take the music out to those people?

I k n o w that I n e e d t o travel s o 1 c a n s e e as m a n y

s y m b o l of c o m m u n i c a t i o n in Indian and o r i ental dance, a n d gestures

Sure. I o n l y s p e a k English a n d . . . O K , a little bit o f F r e n c h ! 1 find it really difficult, as 1 travel,

m u s i c . T h e y d o that for a r e a s o n . It's t o m a k e

I think t h e r e ' s a lot o f m i s c o n c e p t i o n a b o u t

p e o p l e as p o s s i b l e , I k n o w that, w i t h every n e w

y o u c a l m after that terrible m e e t i n g . It c o u l d be

w h a t it is in t h e m e d i a . Y ' k n o w t e c h n o is this

release, I n e e d t o think differently, I k n o w I n e e d

lan-

like, say, a m b i e n t m u s i c w h i c h has a really great

h a r d n o i s e . W h a t it i s . . . i t ' s t h e p r o c e s s o f trying

t o k e e p u p w i t h w h a t is n e w in t h e w o r l d in

describe

a p p l i c a t i o n if it w e r e a p p l i e d . 1 think in y e a r s it

t o c r e a t e s o m e t h i n g that is in t h e future. S o m e

t e r m s of t r e n d s a n d t e c h n o l o g y a n d f a s h i o n a n d

s o m e t h i n g b e c a u s e in English w e m a y n o t have

probably will b e . It's d e s i g n e d for a s p e c i f i c p u r -

t y p e o f feeling. It's n o t necessarily m u s i c o f t h e

t h e w a y p e o p l e think. S o I k n o w t h e t h i n g s that

t h e w o r d s . In J a p a n e s e for e x a m p l e t h e y have

p o s e a n d that' s t o m a k e y o u c a l m d o w n .

future, but it's t h e p r o c e s s o f trying t o create

are o f interest in m y c a r e e r o r craft.

o u t t h e next r e c o r d , but it d o e s n ' t m e a n that I

sible t o relay m y true feelings. In s o m e

finished w i t h i t . " If y o u h a v e n o i d e a t h e n o f

w o u l d n o t p u t o u t t h e next r e c o r d .

guages

W h a t usually h a p p e n s is that I'll h a v e a n i d e a o f

But would you not feel that if no one was buying it, no one was liking it?

Y e a h s u r e . It's t h e a p p l i c a t i o n o f e l e v a t o r

t o c o m m u n i c a t e w i t h p e o p l e . It's a l m o s t i m p o s -

hear it a n d t h e n y o u ' l l s a y , " O K t h a t ' s it a n d I ' m c o u r s e y o u ' l l never u n d e r s t a n d w h e r e t h e e n d is.

Difficult for m e t o d e t e r m i n e that.

H o w d o you stay focused?

it's a l m o s t

t o o difficult

a c o n c e p t o r a p l a c e o r a p e r s o n . That is t h e

That w a s never really t h e c a s e . I m e a n there

m a n y subtle m e a n i n g s for w o r d s that w e don't

If you were on tour and you h a d the same

basis o f t h e r e l e a s e . T h e i n d i v i d u a l t r a c k s are t h e

h a v e b e e n m a n y releases, o r I've m a d e releases

e v e n have. O u r language is v e r y s i m p l e s o I think

bag of records, and you went to t w o clubs on

p e o p l e trying t o m a k e

e l e m e n t s that m a k e u p t h e release itself. T h a t ' s

that I've never r e l e a s e d b e c a u s e I felt that I d i d -

that as c o m m u n i c a t i o n s b e c o m e m o r e frequent

two consecutive nights w o u l d y o u play a dif-

tomorrow.

s o m e t h i n g . S o w h a t y o u ' r e h e a r i n g is y o u n g s o m e t h i n g that

is o f

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I still w o n d e r w h y i n t e r v i e w e r s persist in a s k i n g M a r t i n Bell a b o u t

h i s w h i t e suits a n d s u n d r y

lucky c h a r m s that h a v e b e e n w i t n e s s t o m o r e despair

Kangol-hatted

lot b e c a u s e t h e y really s a c r i f i c e d for m y e d u c a -

ical injury f r o m flying s h r a p n e l in Sarajevo, Bell is

t i o n . " A s a result, h e w o r k e d h a r d e r t h a n h e

adamant,

i n s t r u c t i o n o f their d e l u d e d e d i t o r s that r e g a r d it

n e e d e d a n d m i s s e d o u t o n m u c h o f c o l l e g e life.

that w a r h a s n o t s c a r r e d h i m : "I like t o think it

as a c o n c e s s i o n called

the

than

"It sort o f m a k e s y o u a w a r e o f t h e blessings that " M y parents really s e l d o m h a d t w o p e o p l e w h o h a v e n ' t b e e n in t h e s e p l a c e s s o m e c o i n s t o rub t o g e t h e r , " h e says, "I o w e d t h e m a t i m e s take for g r a n t e d . " A p a r t f r o m a v e r y p h y s -

M a n c u n i a n at M a i n e R o a d . I s u s p e c t i t ' s o n t h e

grief

and

late nights a n d later m o r n i n g s at t h e t a x p a y e r s '

expense.

to what I suppose

housespouses

to the point of persuading himself

are n o w

h a s n ' t d o n e m e a n y h a r m . In fact, I h a v e t o . " Y e t

nation.

w h i l e Bell h a s s u r v i v e d , his t w o d i v o r c e s s uggest

the

Thankfully u n b u r d e n e d by s u c h c o n s t r a i n t s , y o u

the

will hear n o m e n t i o n o f w h i t e suits, k i t s c h pixies

c a s u a l t i e s o f its o w n .

or St C h r i s t o p h e r ' s at 7 p m o n T h u r s d a y 4 June when

Imperial

College

Radio

broadcasts

war

correspondent

lifestyle

claimed

Last y e a r Bell quit t h e B B C t o s t a n d in t h e

its

g e n e r a l e l e c t i o n at T a t t o n . W a s h e u s e d a s a

recent i n t e r v i e w w i t h M r B e l l . W h a t y o u will hear

pawn

are t h e t h o u g h t s o f a m a n w h o s p e n t o v e r t h r e e

H a m i l t o n ? W h y d i d L a b o u r r e c e i v e his l a w y e r ' s

t o return

decades reporting from the world's bloodiest

bill? H o w d o e s

trouble spots; a m a n w h o challenged the fourth-

broadcast

safest Tory seat in t h e last e l e c t i o n - a n d w o n .

a tactical

vote

against

Neil

h e s e e t h e future o f British

j o u r n a l i s m ? L i s t e n T h u r s d a y t o find

out.

O n t h e 31 A u g u s t this y e a r , t h e B B C ' s infamous war correspondent

Ian

t u r n e d M P will b e

Bell j o i n e d t h e B B C after c o l l e g e a n d w e n t

sixty. H e w a s e d u c a t e d in C a m b r i d g e - first at

o n t o report from over 7 0 war-torn countries.

Leys S c h o o l a n d t h e n at K i n g ' s C o l l e g e w h e r e h e

Part o f m e c o n s i d e r s it a n u n e n v i a b l e e x p e r i -

read English. But a c h i e v i n g a d o u b l e first h a d its

e n c e , o n e that m u s t h a r d e n y o u t o h u m a n suf-

d o w n s i d e . For B e l l , c o l l e g e w a s n ' t t h r e e y e a r s o f

fering. "I think rather t h e revers e", e x p l a i n s Bell.

THE REAL B L O N D E Starring: M a t h e w M o d i n e , M a x w e l l C a u l f i e l d , C a t h e r i n e K e e n e r , Daryl H a n n a h , Elizabeth Berkely, K a t h l e e n Turner Director: T o m D i C i l l o * it

eird.

Let m e say

again.

W-e-i-r-d.

that

s h o o t . A s The Real Blonde s o clear-

That's

ly d e m o n s t r a t e s ,

the only w a y t o describe

y o u c a n take sus-

p e n s i o n o f d i s b e l i e f w a y t o o far.

The Real Blonde. A m i s h - m a s h o f absurdist comedy and nineties s e x u a l angst t o p p e d o f f w i t h a t h o r o u g h l y e i g h t i e s cast a n d style, it's a film that's g o i n g n o w h e r e in a real hurry.

In e s s e n c e , t h e p r o b l e m is that

forties

the

film

boils d o w n t o a d o z e n

p o o r l y d r a w n caricatures

running

a r o u n d t h e s c r e e n in s e a r c h o f h a p piness.

Every m o d e l or a c t r e s s a

d u m b b l o n d e . Every m a n is thirty-

T he p l o t is a s o m e w h a t c o n v o -

something,

l u t e d tale o f t w o o u t o f w o r k N e w

sexually

frustrated,

angst-ridden a n d desperate.

York a c t o r s s t r u g g l i n g t o find " r e a l "

The o n e " r e a l " character c o m e s

a c t i n g parts a n d their i d e a l w o m a n ,

in t h e f o r m o f M o d i n e ' s long-suf-

fering girlfriend, Catherine

"real"

blonde.

Queue

liaisons

Keener.

with v a r i o u s m o d e l s a n d a c t r e s s e s ,

S h e ' s a m a k e - u p artist (and thus

as M o d i n e a n d C a u l f i e l d navigate

c o m e s i n t o daily c o n t a c t w i t h y e t

either

e n d of the greasy

pole.

m o r e d u m b b l o n d e s a n d c a m p arty

W h i l s t C a u l f i e l d l a n d s a lucrative

t y p e s ) t r y i n g t o live her life w i t h o u t

role in a d a y t i m e s o a p , M o d i n e is

g i v i n g into t h e c o n s t a n t

f o r c e d t o w o r k as a w a i t e r w h i l e h e

a n d l e c h e r y that s h e f a c e s

w a i t s for a break.

d a y . H e r s c e n e s p r o v i d e light relief

Whether

DiCillio

director

t h o s e a r o u n d her. S a d l y , h o w e v e r ,

i d i o c y o f t h e g l a m o u r i n d u s t r y is

The Real Blonde lacks t h e s h a m e l e s s satire of his earlier w o r k s like Johnny Suede a n d Living in Oblivion. W h a t results is really just a n u n s u r p r i s i n g romantic c o m e d y , advocating the o n e - w o m a n philosophy of M o d i n e as far h a p p i e r t h a n C a u l f i e l d ' s string o f o n e - n i g h t s t a n d s . makes

the

film

strange, h o w e v e r , a r e t h e b i z z a r e c a m e o s w h i c h clutter worth

celluloid.

t w o hours Christopher

Lloyd's c a m p head waiter, Kathleen Turner's

her s t o r y is o n l y g i v e n a fraction of

a n d certainly

What

bitchy

agent

a n d Steve

every

t o t h e i d i o c y that s e e m s t o befall all

really t r y i n g t o p a r o d y t h e s p i r a l l i n g unclear,

harassment

H e r a blonde? I don't think so.

the r u n n i n g t i m e it d e s e r v e s . Indeed, the whole thing comes

Buscemi's

l u w i e director provide

Yet t h e p r o b l e m isn't h e r , i t ' s

s o m e light relief, but t h e r e m a i n d e r

the

are straight f r o m t h e shelf m a r k e d

blonde

"Quirky Hollywood

crosses

characters".

role. S h e is t h e q u e s t i o n a b l y actress

who

Modine's

repeatedly path

and

t o g e t h e r m o r e as several individual stories

rather

than

as a n inter-

weaved whole. Having gone separate

ways

their

early o n , M o d i n e

A p r i m e e x a m p l e c o m e s in t h e

a t t e m p t s t o lure h i m a w a y f r o m his

a n d C a u l f i e l d s e e m d e s t i n e d never

f o r m of Elizabeth B e r k e l e y ' s b l o n d e

girlfriend, p l a y e d by t h e s p a r k l i n g

to see o n e another again, and none

actress/model.

Berkley, p r e v i o u s l y

Keener.

The simple

question

s e e n in t h o s e great A m e r i c a n cult

why?

i c o n s Showgiris

¶¶· ´µ i m p r o v e s o n her track r e c o r d

actress. H e ' s a miserable,

a n d s l i d es effortlessly f r o m d i s m a l

there's the questionable

a n d Saved

m e r e l y average

scale.

by the

o n the acting

She's

beautiful

young thirty-

s o m e t h i n g , o u t of w o r k actor. T h e n which

fifty g u y s

mistake

p o i n t at her f o r

M a d o n n a o n t h e set o f a v i d e o -

of t h e c h a r a c t e r s really s e e m

inter-relate o n a n y t h i n g m o r e t h a n a s e x u a l l e v e l . But t h e n ,

perhaps

that's the point the DiCillio, w h o also w r o t e t h e s c r e e n p l a y , is trying to prove.

Dave

29 May 1998

FILM

•

REVIEWS A N D C O M P E T I T I O N S

WILD T H I N G S

STAR PROFILE:

Starring: M a t t D i l l o n , K e v i n B a c o n , N e v e C a m p b e l l , D e n i s e R i c h a r d s , Bill M u r r a y Director: John M c N a u g h t o n * * Vi

amn

fine c a s t . D a m n

plot.

A n d , er, that

KEVIN BACON

silly

about

Wild ¹º» ¸ ¼½¾ w h i l s t s o u n d i n g like b o x office g o l d o n p a p e r , is u l t i m a t e l y a very d i s a p p o i n t i n g f i l m it u p , b e c a u s e

sums

fashioned

thriller

upon a time,

Bacon

was

unknown

Kevin

virtually

bit-part

actor

d o i n g t h e r o u n d s in H o l l y w o o d ,

w i t h o u t ever l o o k i n g d e s t i n e d for major

It's a n a t t e m p t t o p r o d u c e a n old

nce

stardom.

Then

something

c a m e t o c h a n g e all that...Yet unlike

strong

ensemble cast, absolutely n o spe-

other

cial effects a n d a p l o t t w i s t i e r t h a n

break c a m e n o t t h r o u g h a classic

A-list

actors,

Bacon's

big

a snake t h a t ' s h a d a r u n - i n w i t h a

role o r a part in a Jim C a m e r o n

c o r k s c r e w . S a d l y , h o w e v e r , it turns

flick. N o , w h e n I s p e a k o f B a c o n ' s

out t o be a thriller h a r k i n g b a c k t o a

b i g break, 1 s p e a k o f c o u r s e o f t h e

different age - t h e early eighties in

Kevin B a c o n g a m e .

fact, w i t h l o n g lingering s h o t s o f sun s o a k e d

Y o u s e e , Kevin B a c o n ' s rise t o

beaches a n d scantily

i n t e r n a t i o n a l f a m e has n o t h i n g t o

c l a d , d r i p p i n g w e t t e e n a g e girls. T he

pre-publicity

describes

with

everything to

d o with

s o m e bored American College stu-

Wild Things as a h o t , s e x y thriller -

d e n t s a n d t h e internet. For as it is

yet e v e n t h o s e w h o g o t o s e e it

told

s i m p l y o n t h e s e g r o u n d s will

s t a r t e d t r y i n g t o link every film in

d i s a p p o i n t e d as t h e s e x s c e n e s are

Bacon

Wild

Minister's question time. O h , a n d Neve

C a m p b e l l has a

no-nudity

these

students

t h e U n i v e r s e t o g e t h e r , t a k i n g Kevin

rare, brief a n d as e r o t i c a s P r i m e

clause in her c o n t r a c t , s o t h e r e .

in l e g e n d ,

as their

centre,

a n d for-

sooth, a legend w a s born. c l a i m i n g that D i l l o n has r a p e d her too,

and Bacon

arrives

o n the

Richards s m o u l d e r s in a n utterly

predictable

way, and

doesn't

For t h o s e o f y o u still i g n o rant

of the g a m e ,

then

check

s c e n e t o investigate. I w o n ' t s p o i l it

seem

plot a n d a c t i n g m a y be o f m o r e

for y o u b y s a y i n g w h a t

happens

t o p off at every available o p p o r t u -

immediate

Everything

next, suffice t o s a y that at t i m e s it

nity. B a c o n p r o j e c t s his u s u a l c o l d ,

begins p r o m i s i n g l y as s p o i l t r i c h -

seems to happen without rhyme

h a r d exterior a n d Dillon is clearly

cerned,

kid

nor r e a s o n .

u p t o something

has b e e n filled w i t h s o - s o s u p p o r t -

For t h e rest o f us, h o w e v e r , t h e concern.

Richards

throws

herself

teacher D i l l o n , a n d t h e n h i m of r a p e .

accuses

D i l l o n finds

himself

Indeed,

the chain

events

ish.

t o o fussy a b o u t t a k i n g her

f r o m start t o f i n -

Only Murray,

in a

hilarious

l e a d i n g t o t h e o n - s c r e e n antics o n l y

c a m e o o f a G r i s h a m style lawyer,

s t a n d i n g a l o n e against t h e m i g h t o f

really begins t o b e c o m e clear

a n d C a m p b e l l , p l a y i n g against t y p e

Richards' f a m i l y . S a c k e d ,

t h e c l o s i n g c r e d i t s roll, a n d a series

as d r u g g e d u p trailer-trash s h i n e ,

a n d guilty in t h e e y e s o f t h e t o w n ,

of flashbacks

he turns t o t h e o n e p e r s o n w h o w i l l

w h a t t h e hell's b e e n g o i n g o n for

defend

t h e last t w o h o u r s .

Wild Things is a s a d e n d i t e m e n t phrase "they don't m a k e t h e m like t h e y u s e d t o " . It tries t o s u c c e e d as a n o l d - f a s h i o n e d thriller, but u l t i m a t e l y g i v e s in a n d s i m p l y tries t o c a s h in o n t h e ' sex a p p e a l o f its y o u n g s t a r s . . . . A n d fails. O

him - washed

homeless

u p lawyer

M u r r a y . S o far, s o g o o d , s o p r e dictable.

Sadly,

attempts

t o explain

however,

all t h e

plot

t w i s t s c o m e a c r o s s as utterly p o i n t -

H o w e v e r , n o w it all starts t o g e t

less. A t p o i n t s t h e turns c o m e s o

c o m p l i c a t e d , as t w i s t after t w i s t t i e

fast that it all b e c o m e s laughable,

both

a n d q u i t e frankly w e s i m p l y d o n ' t

cast

and

plot

knots.

C a m p b e l l a d d s t o t h e allegations ,

of that s t o c k

care about these people.

Dave

Win with the

out www.cs.virginia.edu/~bct7 m/bacon.html. A s far as a c t u a l a c t i n g is c o n however,

Bacon's

career

i n g r o l e s . W h i l s t his p e r f o r m a n c e s in Sleepers

a n d particularly Murder in the First b r o u g h t s o m e d e g r e e of critical a c c l a i m , he has been unable to p r o d u c e consistently. M o r e i m p o r t a n t l y , h o w e v e r , his c h o i c e o f roles has frequently let him d o w n . Witness such appaling ãäåæ m u n d a n e f i l m s as The River â Picture Perfect a n d this w e e k ' s Wild Things. H e s e e m s t o o intent o n c a s h i n g in o n "star v e h i c l e s " rather t h a n p r o m o t i n g h i m s e l f t o the b i g m o n e y l e a g u e s . Wild Things

(1998)

Telling Lies in A m e r i c a (1997) Picture Perfect

(1997)

Destination Anywhere (1997 Sleepers Apollo

(1996)

13 ( 1 9 9 5 )

M u r d e r in t h e First ( 1 9 9 5 ) River W i l d , The (1994) A Few G o o d M e n (1992) This w e e k , y o u have t h e c h a n c e ÀÁÂÃ a to w i n tickets t o The James ¿ l o w b u d g e t British c o m e d y s t a r r i n g John H a n n a h . To

win

simply

film.felix@ic.ac.uk with the answer t o this q u e s t i o n :

Which film links the stars of ÄÅÆÇÈ and ÉÊË

The

answers

last

tricky p o s e r w a s : T i m R o t h

ÕÖ×ÀØÙ Ã

week's

ÍÎÏ Ñ Ì ÐÒ

Drew B a r r y m o r e ÓÔ Julia R o b e r t s (Pretty Woman) a n d G o l d i e H a w n (First Wives Club) starred in W o o d y A l l e n ' s Everyone Says I ÛÜ Love Ú Ý T h e r e w e r e far l e s s c o r r e c t entries t h a n usual this w e e k , s o c o n g r a t u l a t i o n s t o all o f y o u w h o m a n a g e d t o work out the correct link.

The first five c o r r e c t entries o u t of t h e e m a i l hat w e r e :

JFK ( 1 9 9 1 ) Flatliners ( 1 9 9 0 Tremors

Irwan Anuar Sheyi Claxton Martin Prognat Amir Chazali Tim Saunders

(1990)

She's H a v i n g a Baby

(1988)

P l a n e s , T r a i n s &. A u t o m o b i l e s (1987) Quicksilver Footloose

(1986) (1984)

×ßàá o f f i c e

Only W h e n I Laugh (1981)

(in t h e N W c o m e r o f Beit Q u a d ) t o

National Lampoon's Animal

Please d r o p into t h e Þ pick u p y o u r p r i z e s .

Friday the 13th (1980) House

(1978)

ARTS

29 M a y 1998

STEINBERG'S DAY O F

ATONEMENT

Pentameters Theatre

e warned, y o u might trouble

have

g i o u s o l d - f a s h i o n e d v i e w s a n d her

old

The

m o d e r n , secular o n e s . A s S t e i n b e r g

rash 'rich b i t c h ' a n d b o t h b e c a m e

the headmaster,

d i s a p p r o v i n g l y p u t s it, she g o e s t o

compassionate,

intelligent

and

ardly

synagogue, "once a year and w h e n

insightful p e o p l e . S t e i n b e r g ' s

feel-

finding

Pentameters

Theatre

L o n d o n ' s first ever fringe t h e a t r e . It

m a n a n d she as an ignorant,

tially a little c a r i c a t u r e d a n d i n c l u d e man,

a d e c e n t , if c o w -

and

the

naive

extremely c o m i c school

and

secretary.

is in H a m p s t e a d , a b o v e a p u b , a n d

s h e ' s ther e she talks a b o u t her job,

ings c h a n g e ,

A s w e l l as b e i n g t h o u g h t p r o v o k i n g

is very s m a l l . B e careful w h e r e y o u

car a n d f a m i l y h o l i d a y s " w h i l e he is

significant w a y . T o r m e n t i n g h i m s e l f

a n d intelligent t h e p l a y is very witty

put

g o d - f e a r i n g a n d d e v o u t . She visits

o v e r his ' s i n ' he starts h a v i n g night-

and

t h e retired S t e i n b e r g t o

mares,

S t e i n b e r g ' s D a y of A t o n e m e n t is a

your

feet -

the

actors

may

t r e a d o n y o u as t h e r e is n o s t a g e as

apologise

which we

s u c h a n d the w h o l e p l a c e is literal-

for w h a t s h e ' s d o n e a n d f o l l o w i n g

cleverly

ly a b o u t t e n - f o o t

Jewish

monologues.

square!

This u n u s u a l i n t i m a c y m a k e s for

doctrine,

must

forgive

her, or this will be v i e w e d as c o m -

h o w e v e r , in a

and

There

are

see

integrated

smoothly

into

his

thoroughly

enjoyable.

m o v i n g a n d s e n s i t i v e play a n d y o u d o n ' t h a v e t o be religious t o

o n l y six

characters

get

s o m e t h i n g o u t of it.

and

m i t t i n g a s i n just as great. B e i n g a

a n d e v e n f e w e r p r o p s . A f e w chairs

y o u ' l l feel like y o u are actually part

m a n o f integrity a n d religious d e v o -

a n d a b o o k c a s e w e r e u s e d in a v a r i -

c o n e s - it's o n l y r u n n i n g until June

of the a c t i o n . T he story is a b o u t t h e

t i o n , he duly d o e s s o , a n d a s t r o n g

ety of i n g e n i o u s a n d o f t e n h u m o r -

14th.

unlikely

between

friendship develops between t h e m .

o u s w a y s t o let us k n o w w h a t ' s

Steinberg, a n elderly J e w i s h t e a c h e r

The c h a r a c t e r s ' o p i n i o n of e a c h

g o i n g o n . A lot of i m a g i n a t i o n is

a very a b s o r b i n g e x p e r i e n c e

friendship

and

Frances B o u r n e a m o t h e r a n d

other

PTA

member

opinion)

w h o has f o r c e d

his

(and i n d e e d t h e changes

audience's

dramatically

c o m p u l s o r y r e t i r e m e n t . It e x p l o r e s

t h e y b e c o m e c o n f i d a n t s . H e start-

the

e d as a stuffy, b l i n k e r e d a n d c r u e l

differences

between

his

reli-

G e t y o u r t i c k e t s n o w , at

Judith and

r e q u i r e d o n t h e part o f t h e a u d i striking. All of the c h a r a c t e r s are e s s e n -

MONSTERS OF GRACE

The Playhouse Theatre

The Barbican Centre

a n d c o n s c i e n c e s . A n o t h e r interest-

m i n e finally m a n a g e d t o g e t

ing c h a r a c t e r is O n o r i a , t h e n o v e l -

tickets for this sell o u t p l a y

ist's l a n d l a d y w h o d i s m i s s e s Ersilia

starring

Juliette

Binoche.

at first as a p r o s t i t u t e , t h e n , as she

Christian

e n c e but in fact this m a k e s it m o r e

NAKED

fter a great battle, a f r i e n d o f

ÂŁ6.50

atre

he B a r b i c a n C e n t r e has just kicked

off

new

by five a d u l t s a n d a v e r y y o u n g b o y .

festival,

Not

m u c h w a s actually h a p p e n i n g

BITE:98, an international the-

but

emotionally

event

s t r o n g a n d visually it w a s arresting-

with

collaboration

it w a s

all

very

expectations were quite high since

f i n d s o u t t h e y o u n g w o m a n w a s in

b e t w e e n t w o brilliant artists, Robert

it h a d b e e n

t h e p a p e r s , b e c o m e s very kind t o

W i l s o n a n d Philip G l a s s . T o

things like a n a q u a r i u m , a g i g a n t i c

A n d I m u s t a d d that I w a s n ' t d i s a p -

her

turns

t h e s e p e o p l e a little: Robert W i l s o n

p i e c e of t u r q u o i s e c l o t h w r a p p e d

p o i n t e d at a l l .

against her w h e n t h e truth finally

is a major A m e r i c a n t h e a t r e d i r e c -

around

c o m e s o u t . It feels like O n o r i a is

tor

m o s t s t u n n i n g effect.

T he

hyped up so much.

play

about

young

and

right at

the

end

who

has

worked

place

extensively

beautiful.

The

director

woman,

used

which had

w o m a n Ersilia w h o is t a k e n c a r e of

t h e v o i c e of t h e p e o p l e , a n d reacts

o v e r t h e w o r l d ; Philip G l a s s is o n e

T he

by an o l d e r m a n , a n o v e l i s t , as s h e

just like m o s t of us d o n o w a d a y s .

of t h e m o s t i m p o r t a n t a n d i n n o v a -

central part as he w a l k e d a c r o s s t h e s t a g e into a c l o s e d off c h a n g i n g

little b o y s e e m e d

to play a

tive c o n t e m p o r a r y c o m p o s e r s hav-

find o u t that s h e w a s in t h e n e w s -

s p o t l e s s , he d o e s a perfect job w i t h

ing w r i t t e n the f a m o u s " m u s i c in 12

r o o m . T he a n i m a t i o n s t h e n s tarte d

p a p e r s a n d that t h e n o v e l i s t is try-

his a c t o r s . H e g i v e s t h e play a lot of

parts". H i s m o s t recent w o r k is the

a n d right at t h e e n d he w a l k e d o u t

ing to w r i t e a f i c t i o n a l a c c o u n t

e n e r g y a n d the d e s i g n a d d s a lot of

music

c o m e s o u t of h o s p i t a l . W e

later

her life. F r o m ther e o n , w e w i t n e s s w h a t has h a p p e n e d t o her. V a r i o u s

Jonathan

p o w e r to the

Kent's

direction

Kundun.

performances.

All of t h e a c t o r s are very g o o d ,

m e n a p p e a r : her f i a n c e , her lover

Juliette

(a m a r r i e d m an) a n d t h e journalist

course,

g i v i n g a s p l e n d i d perfor-

that i n t e r v i e w e d her for t h e n e w s -

mance

n o t t o o far f r o m her film

Binoche

in particular,

p a p e r article. T h ey all e x p l o i t her

roles

and

A m a n t s d u P o n t - N e u P ) . She give s

the v i c t i m all t h r o u g h t h e p l a y . A s

all she has in her t o Ersilia's c h a r a c -

w e get further into t h e s t o r y

ter, a l t h o u g h s h e c a n

she clearly c o m e s a c r o s s

("Three C o l o u r s : Blue",

"Les

sometimes

find o u t that Ersilia t r i e d t o c o m m i t

be h a r d t o u n d e r s t a n d . O l i v e r F o r d

suicide.

D a v i e s as N o t a t h e novelist is fan-

P i r a n d e l l o has c r e a t e d a w o n derful c o n f r o n t a t i o n b e t w e e n

one

w o m a n a n d t h e m e n in her life w h o are t r y i n g t o h e l p her, a l t h o u g h in the

end

it feels

like t h e y

have

d e s t r o y e d her. T he p a r a d o x is that

t a s t i c a n d very funny. The good.

O v e r a l l this is a great night o u t for t h e a t r e lovers a n d will

e v e n if Ersilia a p p e a r s t h e v i c t i m , in

queuing

mess

in t h e s e

men's

lives: she s u c c e s s f u l l y c o m m i t s s u i c i d e in t h e last s c e n e o f t h e p l a y . The four m e n h a v e t o live forever w i t h this t r a g e d y o n their

minds

please

B i n o c h e ' s fans.

the e n d s h e t r i u m p h s a n d leaves a n enormous

other

m e m b e r s of the cast are a l s o very

definitely w o r t h

all

the

for M a r t i n

Scorsese's

Wilson and

film

the

enclosed

room

Glass

have

w h e r e h e first w a s .

already c o l l a b o r a t e d in 1976,

pro-

T he d i r e c t i o n w a s

back

perfect,

giving

d u c i n g a g r o u n d b r e a k i n g w o r k at

t h e a c t o r s t h e m a x i m u m of s p a c e

the t i m e , Einstein on the

to express

Beach. Monsters of Grace is a f u s i o n of 13th c e n t u r y Sufi d e v o t i o n a l s o n g s w i t h 3 D a n i m a t i o n s , all this t o t h e s o u n d o f Glass's m u s i c . H e u s e s quite a few traditional Persian i n s t r u m e n t s (mostly s a m p l e d ) but his style is instantly r e c o g n i s a b l e . T h e re w e r e 13 s c e n e s in t o t a l , s e v e n of w h i c h w e r e 3 D a n i m a t e d , w h e r e w e all h a d t o w e a r o u r little 3 D g l a s s e s t o w a t c h . It w a s all pretty i m p r e s s i v e : lots of m o v e m e n t , a l t h o u g h things didn't a l w a y s m a k e s e n s e . There w a s use of g e o m e t r i cal figures, everyday settings, h o u s e s a n d forests, a n d o n e p a r t i c ularly a m a z i n g p i e c e : a m a n ' s h a n d b e i n g f i l m e d f r o m all angles a n d t h e n b e i n g cut o p e n at t h e p a l m . The o t h e r s c e n e s w e r e a c t e d o u t

themselves,

free f r o m

the " d i c t a t o r s h i p " of w o r d s . This is so exhilarating to w a t c h : the animations

are

superb

and

Philip

Glass's m u s i c is s i m p l y d i v i n e . H i s fans

won't

newcomers

disappointed

will

fall

and

under

the

c h a r m of that b e a u t y . This c o l l a b o r a t i o n is a and

masterpiece

has s h o w n n e w d i r e c t i o n s for

theatre/performance/music c r o s s o v e r s . This is the stuff of the future, Cleansed

a but

different with

way

the

same

i m p a c t : o n e feels this is a revelation. The future l o o k s bright if t h e s e g u y s i n f l u e n c e u p c o m i n g artists.

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29 M a y 1998

ARTS A N D B O O K S

SWEET CHARITY Victoria Palace Theatre

ast

year,

I had

what

was

from

film

Frederico

Fellini,

Dancers

show

off their

voices

s t a n d i n g in a very short p i n k

N i g h t s of Calabria", a b o u t a p r o s t i -

with

d r e s s a n d k n e e length b o o t s , h o l d -

tute w h o l o o k s for love o n street

yawning

i n g a s i g n , w i t h m y friends in the

c o r n e r s , the m u s i c w a s w r i t t e n by

Spender",

a u d i e n c e s h o u t i n g a n d w h i s t l i n g at

"The R i c h M a n ' s Frug" in very little

Coleman,

Dorothy

and

the

Fields. The

lyrics

musical

has

and great

impossibly aplomb,

their

way

s n a r l i ng

and

through

"Big

and dancing aloofly

black d r e s s e s .

piece

the

j o k e s against the film stars of the

that this s h o w is f u n , a n d is not

O p S o c p r o d u c t i o n of S w e e t

t i m e , e s p e c i a l l y the stars of trashy

m e a n t t o be t a k e n at all seriously. It

exhibitionism

was

Charity, a s t u n n i n g p e r f o r m a n c e by

romantic

comedies.

all c o n c e r n e d , w i t h s o m e a m a z i n g

hilarious

scene

a c t i n g f r o m y o u r s truly. S o it w a s

bumps

where

Charity

rapidly fading

important

remember

is e n t e r t a i n m e n t of a s u p e r i o r q u a l ity. G o o n , b l o w the last

of y o u r s t u d e n t l o a n o n a trip t o see this; if y o u like silly s h o w s w i t h o u t

m o v i e R o m e o , a n d e n d s u p in his c l o s e t , w a t c h i n g h i m m a k e love t o

m u c h p l o t , but w i t h great d a n c i n g ,

the

his

ballad

singing, peerless choreography and

Tomorrows",

a n ability t o h a v e y o u leaving the

new

Charity

Embankment

production at

the

see

c h a r t s the

Sweet

called

w h i c h o n the s u r f a c e a p p e a r s t o be

t h e a t r e s i n g i n g a n d f l o a t i n g , then

a n o r d i n a r y , slightly sickly s o n g , but

y o u will l o v e this.

Charity

Many

Palace

history of

"Too

sings

W r i t t e n in the sixties, this m u s i cal

girlfriend. H e

Victoria

Theatre.

w h e n taken

in c o n t e x t ,

becomes

highly i r o n i c a l .

H o p e V a l e n t i n e as she falls in love,

This

With such

production,

directed

traffic-stopping

"Big Could

Friends

See

Langford

l o v e , m e e t s a b a n d of d o p e - s m o k -

and

i n g evangelists, leaves her job as a

voice, and dances with exuberance

of A n d r e w L l o y d - W e b b e r ' s

hostess,

a n d g r e a t skill. In their m i c r o s c o p i c

free, s a c c h a r i n e

dance-hall

into the

and

lake

gets

again.

The

Metcalf, as

the

stars

Bonnie

hapless

Charity,

predicted,

she

is in fine

d r e s s e s a n d p e r i l o u s l y high the

other

Fandango

L o v e t o C r y A t W e d d i n g s " a n d "Too Many

Tomorrows",

this

heels,

Marilyn

h u m a n i t y a n d quality of the w r i t i n g .

the

other

entries

Larry is a real man,- y o u c a n

the see

m e n d it t o e v e r y o n e , it is a w o n -

h i m , a m b l i n g a l o n g in his o l d Harris

derful,

tweed

enjoyable

jacket,

digging up

shrubs

W him

for

Monroe

Ballroom

Ann Patchett from

irony-

musicals.

Carol Shields his is the b o o k that w o n the

show

d e s e r v e s t o be as s u c c e s s f u l as any

THE MAGICIAN'S ASSISTANT

Orange

N o w " , "I

Carol

LARRY'S PARTY

and

"If

falls flat o n her face, g e t s p u s h e d

pushed

thoughtful

songs

Spender",

into the lake in C e n t r a l Park, falls in

script w a s a d a p t e d by N e i l S i m o n

really, really g o o d . I r e c o m -

remnants

B-

some

Chelsea

and

into

There

t r e p i d a t i o n that I c y c l e d m a d l y u p the

faintly satirical t o n e s , w i t h a lot of

with great excitement,

It's

legs

long

m e . The r e a s o n for this particular 1997

Prize this y e a r .

powerful

c a l l e d "Le n o t t e d i Calabria", or "The

m e , whilst a spotlight flashed

Legs. What else do you expect from a musical about prostitutes.

hour,

u n d o u b t e d l y m y finest

hat h a p p e n s t o the assistant after the

magician

A n o t h e r b o o k o n the p r i z e shortlist,

this is a

Orange sensitive

dies? W h e n she's l o v e d

and delicately written novel, with

twenty-two

just the

vanished

years,

by h i m , s a w e d

been

in half,

right b a l a n c e of w i t a n d

compassion.

The

tragic

widow

book. W e w a t c h the h e r o , Larry J.

w i t h l o v i n g c a r e , s i t t i n g a r o u n d the

m a d e t o h a n g in m i d - a i r a n d h a d

S a b i n e , a w i f e a n d y e t not a w i f e , is

Weller, g r o w u p f r o m a y o u n g m a n

family tabl e w i t h his m o t h e r

h i m pull rabbits o u t of her

d e p i c t e d as a s t r o n g w o m a n , f r o m

in his t w e n t i e s t o a late f o r t y - s o m e -

father,

thing, a n d chart his life, t h r o u g h his

large parties, w a l k i n g u p t o y o u in

sparkly d r e s s , p u t her tights in stor-

t w o marriages, the birth of his s o n

the street a n d s a y i n g " H i " . K n o w i n g

age a n d get o n w i t h her life s o m e -

became

t o his c o m a a n d his e v e n t u a l r e c o v -

h i m , I n o w feel that I have a m u c h

how?

ery, v i a his o b s e s s i o n for m a z e s . A s

better i d e a of m e n in g e n e r a l ,

m a g i c i a n d i e s of a brain a n e u r y s m ,

feeling

uncomfortable

and at

age,

d o e s she

When

cleav-

just h a n g u p

Parsifal

the

her

Great

a l o v i n g family, w h o fell in love w i t h man

loved

who his

and

loved

men,

right

hand

trusted

and

woman, him.

Her

g r o w i n g a w a r e n e s s of her o w n abil-

a y o u n g m a n , he t o o k Floral S t u d i e s

their anxieties a n d the angst they

t w o y e a r s after his lover P h a n d i e s

ity t o

at college, a n d e n d e d u p w o r k i n g

c a n suffer at certain a g e s . I l o v e d

of A I D S , S a b i n e is left

card-tricks, pulling eggs from peo-

for F l o w e r w o r l d in T o r o n t o ,

where

stranded.

perform

the

magic

tricks,

this b o o k , it is the p e r f e c t antithe-

S u d d e n l y , she

he'd lived all his life. O n his first

sis t o the

their lawyer, e x p l a i n i n g that Parsifal

tance

h o n e y m o o n , he a n d D o r r i e w e n t t o

prose

was

from

k n e w Parsifal h a d h a d , h e l p her t o

H a m p t o n C o u r t , a n d it w a s

here

B r i z z i a n d that a w f u l L a n a C i t r o n

c o p e w i t h life w i t h o u t h i m , p a r t i c u -

was

êëì çèé 1114). It d e s e r v e d t o w i n the

A l l i a n c e , N e b r a s k a , a n d his m o t h e r

that

a n d t w o sisters w a n t t o m e e t her,

larly as his sister, Kitty, is a l m o s t his

b o r n . A f t e r his d i v o r c e , he t o o k a

p r i z e , a n d I h o p e the a u t h o r gains

his w i d o w . S h o c k e d ,

double.

course in G a r d e n D e s i g n , m o v e d t o

m o r e p u b l i c i t y t h r o u g h this b o o k , I

Sabine w e l c o m e s

C h i c a g o , started his o w n c o m p a n y ,

can't w a i t for her next o n e .

into her h o m e , a n d gradually realis-

e v o c a t i v e ; the beautiful d e s c r i p t i o n

es that only t h r o u g h t h e s e p e o p l e

of the flatness of N e b r a s k a , a n d the

she c a n get t o k n o w the m a n

contrast with Los Angeles bring up

Larry's

remarried his w i f e Head

love

and was moved

Women's

mazes

happy.

inelegant writers

and

such

careless

Enrico

Then,

England,

Studies

Sussex, a n d they d i v o r c e d . H e t h e n met Carol, and to celebrate

both

his e x - w i v e s v i s i t i n g C h i c a g o at the s a m e t i m e , they t h r o w a party. Put like this, it d o e s n ' t s e e m at all extraordinary. W h a t s e t s it apart

Ciulia

Sometimes

loved.

once

g e t s a letter f r o m Guy

When

N e b r a s k a , she

Fetters

but

weary,

Parsifal's f a m i l y

they

she

ple's ears a n d her instant into

the

This

thoughtful

novel,

return

familiar

images

follows them,

and

between

the

extremely

poignant

and

differences

p l a c e s in m y life. I

Guy's

really e n j o y e d this b o o k a n d I reco m m e n d it t o all d i s p l a c e d p e r s o n s

he d e p e n d e d o n her, w i t h the h e l p

a n d e v e r y o n e w h o likes t o see life

of his faithful lover, the

from a wider viewpoint.

the

Vietnamese Phan.

behind

never

t r a n s f o r m a t i o n t o Parsifal a n d w h y

learns

reasons

accep-

fam ily s h e

delicate

îï ôõ í ðñòó

Martin

Ăś

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29 M a y 1998

FICTION

J A C K FRUSCIAIMTE H A S L E F T THE B A N D

LIKE, L O V E HATE, A D O R E Deirdre Purcell

Enrico Brizzi

his

haunting

and

t h r o u g h , I w a s practically c r y i n g , as

p o i g n a n t b o o k , d e a l i n g as it

the

does

Angela's

with

the

somewhat

controversial subjects of date rape

whole

Ireland,

including

best

so-called

friend,

Patsy, turns o n J a m e s w i t h a w i s h

modern

writer,

U n h a p p y , M i s u n d e r s t o o d Rich Boy t o the S m u g , Self-Satisfied Virgins

tle, if any, i d e a a b o u t g r a m -

a n d the

Boring, Bourgeoisie

par-

mar, a limited vocabulary, a cynical

ents. To begin with, 1 was

attitude t o w a r d s life a n d a

e d in the b o o k as a portrayal of

good

interest-

t o utterly d e s t r o y

men

The

A n g e l a , w i t h her c a p a b i l i t y t o l o v e ,

g r a s p of slang. To h e r a l d e d as

chief p r o t a g o n i s t , a y o u n g m a n of

forgive a n d u n d e r s t a n d , is unable

n e w JD Salinger, y o u n e e d t o w r i t e

after a w h i l e , I b e c a m e b o r e d . By

nineteen,

t o s e e a s o l u t i o n t o her t r o u b l e s .

a r a m b l i n g , practically

in g e n e r a l .

even

a n d the g e n e r a l t r e a t m e n t of y o u n g by s o c i e t y

him, and

a p p e a r s that y o u h a v e t o lit-

Italian

Youth

Culture today,

but

incompre-

the e n d o f the b o o k , I s h r u g g e d ,

has

The b o o k is g r o u n d b r e a k i n g in

hensible a c c o u n t of s o m e o n e ' s life,

a n d just t h o u g h t , " w h o c a r e s ?" The

its p o w e r a n d h o n e s t y , a n d its s u b -

have it h y p e d u p by the m e d i a a n d

slacker

u n n a m e d illness, p r e s u m a b l y A I D S ,

ject m a t t e r . It d o e s n o t p r e t e n d t o

t h e n sit b a c k a n d talk a b o u t

pop

after a w h i l e , a n d the b o o k wasn't

is the y o u n g e s t

Angela,

watched

woman

her

brother

who

mother

die

style

of w r i t i n g g e t s

dull

a n d s e e n her fam ily split u p a n d

be a n e a s y r e a d , it is c h a l l e n g i n g ,

c ulture. The a u t h o r of this b o o k has

sufficient t o k e e p m e interested for

taken into c a r e . J a m e s , o n l y t w o

a n d will m a k e y o u think. This b o o k

b e e n h a i l e d as the b o l o g n a v e r s i o n

any a p p r e c i a b l e length of t i m e .

months

flies in the face o f r e c e i v e d w i s d o m

of JD Salinger, w i t h his quirky, off-

poses

beat p r o s e , a n d his fairly a c c u r a t e

old

the

time

his

mother's d e a t h , w a s b r o u g h t u p by

and

public

opinion,

and

his fiercely p r o t e c t i v e

and loving

challenging and d e m a n d i n g

sister,

become

t i o n s . W h y d o w e s h o w s u c h little

and

has

now

ques-

p o r t r a y a l of a d i s i l l u s i o n e d , g e n e r a t i o n X Italian t e e n a g e r . A l e x , falls in love w i t h

Aidi,

scowlingly h a n d s o m e y o u n g m a n ,

c a r e a n d c o m p a s s i o n t o w a r d s the

anti-hero,

growing

young,

w h o breaks his heart, by r e f u s i n g t o

he c l a i m s l e a d h i m o n . W h e n he is

u n e m p l o y e d m e n ? W h y , in a c a s e

b e c o m e his s t e a d y girlfriend a n d by

c o n v i c t e d of s e x u a l assault, all hell

of r a p e , or s e x u a l assault

g o i n g t o A m e r i c a t o s t u d y English.

breaks l o o s e , a n d he is r e p e a t e d l y

o n l y ever

side?

That is the p l o t , in a s e n t e n c e . If w e

beaten

Why

up,

sent

hate

mail

and

hear the v i c ti m 's

d o e s the m e d i a never s p a r e

add

the families o f the a l l e g e d aggres-

life in g e n e r a l , his d r o p - o u t f r i e n d s ,

With

s o r? W i t h b o o k s like this c h a l l e n g -

a n d his o p i n i o n s o n the o t h e r c h i l -

ever

ing o u r p e r s p e c t i v e o n life, I h o p e

d r e n at his s c h o o l , w e

h e a r d in the m e d i a , the girl's, the

that the

entire n o v e l . A n d it's not very g o o d .

w h o l e of Ireland are against h i m ,

o t h e r w a y slightly, a n d a l l o w for the

and,

feelings of the m a n t o be t a k e n into

praised

consideration.

E u r o p e a n , Enrico B r i z z i has

increasingly only o n e

or c a s t r a t e d by hostile

side

public.

of the

story

e x c e p t in the e y e s of his sis-

ter, he c a n d o n o right. This b o o k

balance

also tracks A n g e l a ' s fam ily history,

may

swing

Melinda

the

Messenger

f r o m her d y s f u n c t i o n a l c h i l d h o o d , to

her

tentative

romance

with

and

burgeoning

K e n . The

heart-breakingly

story

honest

Palmer-Tompkinson

P u b l i s h e d by FFI b e a t w a x N o t available y e t

t o that the boy's m u s i n g s o n

wished dead

Tamara

his

w h o is a c c u s e d of r a p i n g a girl w h o

underclass

Italia: nul p o i n t s .

The b o o k has by

the

have

been

the

effusively across

media

been

l a u d e d t o the skies, a n d y e t , w h e n it c o m e s d o w n t o it, the h e r o in the

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w i t h her b o o k , Larry's Ăť

ent t o p i c s , e a c h

their o w n w a y , a n d it is interesting t o c o m p a r e styles a n d ideas. W i t h

t w e n t i e t h c e n t u r y . W i t h 7-2 o d d s in

s e p a r a t e p r i z e s , m o r e b o o k s will be

her

brought

favour,

Carol

end of

Shields'

s e e m e d t o be a n o b v i o u s

book choice,

forward

into

the

public

e y e , a n d g e n u i n e l y t a l e n t e d writers

men;

will be g i v e n s o m e publicity, w i t h

effect o f f e r i n g a n olive b r a n c h

limelight hoggers

d e a l i n g as the

it d o e s w i t h

opposite

sex

in a p o l o g y

for

practise this t y p e of s e g r e g a t i o n in

like M a r t i n A m i s

a n d W i l l Self p u t a s i d e .

their e x c l u s i o n . It s e e m s s t u p i d t o of

The International IMPAC

d e a l w i t h life in

the

of m a l e angs t at the

D e i r d r e Purcell's

Love Like Kirsten Bakis' Lives of the Monster Ann Patchett's The Magician's Assistant a n d A n i t a Shreve's The Weight of as w e l l as C a r o l Shields' Larry's Party. Each b o o k is as p o w erful a n d e v o c a t i v e as e a c h o t h e r , a n d all will be r e v i e w e d in Felix in the next f e w w e e k s .

Dublin Literary Award "Voices they speak own" Javier

change slightly a language not Marias

when their

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prize

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work

the

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English language, w i t h n o m i n a t i o n s

The

f r o m a r o u n d the w o r l d . It w a s i n a u -

Pauline

Melville's

g u r a t e d in 1 9 9 6 , a n d at ÂŁ 1 0 0 , 0 0 , is an e x t r e m e l y p r e s t i g i o u s a n d l u c r a tive p r i z e t o w i n . The w i n n e r , H e r t a

The Land of Creen announced last W e d n e s d a y . Ironically, this is the o n l y b o o k o n the shortlist that is not available in the U K , a l t h o u g h j e t - s e t t i n g t y p e s c a n buy it w h e n they next p o p over t o N e w York. The shortlist this year c o n s i s t e d of:

# M a r g a r e t A t w o o d ' s Alias " %&'( A n d r e B r i n k ' s Imagings of $ D a v i d D a b y d e e n ' s The Counting +,-. Jamaica Kincaid's The )* 0 Autobiography of My / Earl 2 34 5 1 Lawerance Lovelace's 078 # N o r f o l k ' s The Pope's 6 G r a h a m S w i f t ' s Last Orders and Guy Vanderhaeghe's The : 9 Englishman's as w e l l as H e r t a M u l l e r ' s The Land of Green Plums. T h e s e will be r e v i e w e d in Felix in the n e w t e r m . Muller

with

was

29 M a y 1998

;

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ACROSS

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DOWN

M a n y e a r n s for c o u n t r y (11)

Combine

with

component

C o v e r s p r e a d ? (4)

T w i s t p a s s a g e for t e s t i n g flight?

G o d l a n d s o n t h e m o o n ? (6)

P o r t i o n o f a l m s in tent, p e r h a p s

A star, s h i f t e d r e d , is apart (7)

e n g i n e , initially (5)

(4-6)

10 Let sign reveal s p a r k l e (7) 11 Blast o u t t r o u b l e d s u m (8) 14 Tent

contains

mother,

right,

a n d q u e e n - n o p o i n t ! (7) 16 L e a n p e r s o n

w h o gives

with

d i r e c t i o n (7)

(10) 6

Elegant s m a l l y o u n g bird (4)

Rent

18 N o n m a n u a l car, p e r h a p s , for

herb

m i x t u r e for f e l l o w

h u m a n (8)

T o r q u a y ' s first d i c t a t o r (8)

12 S t a t u e t t e of b a k e d e a r t h

C o n f u s e d elf rots s m a l l f l o w e r s

13 C u r t

(7) Fifty-one? H u n d r e d ? It is l a w ful! (5)

15 O p e r a t e c o m p l e t e l y f u n c t i o n a l -

Kill N o r t h e r n t e r m i t e w i t h axe, p e r h a p s (10)

bar,

perhaps,

(10)

without

F r e n c h w a t e r for official (10) ly (8) 17 O u t l i n e d A m e r i c a n current

air? (7) 19 Best s i t u a t i o n s w o r k for T i m at first (6) 20

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Gliders'

Sports Letters

The w e a t h e r ' s p l a n t o g e t rid of us

L a n d Cruiser, a l o n g r o p e , A n d y set

began l o n g before w e a r r i v e d . N o

t h e I C G C s p e e d r e c o r d at 25 m p h -

sooner

the

s l e d g i n g s p e e d r e c o r d , that is. A s

;f the L o n g M y n d o n Thursday

s o o n as the s h o w s t o p p e d for fif-

h a d e v e r yo n e

reached

afternoon, than the s n o w b e g a n t o

teen

fall. A l a s , it w a s t o be a w h i t e Easter!

w e r e c l e a r e d a K21

minutes,

the

hanger

doors

wheeled

w i t h o u t w a s t i n g a s e c o n d , the CFI

not w o r t h i h e p a p a

w a s c o n d u c t i n g a test flight to c heck

•

the c o n d i t i o n s . W e all m a n a g e d

l !•'•'• •.'.-.' :• : '• : '•

. >. indi-

short five m i n u t e flight each before the w e a t h e r c l o s e d in again.

t ate great flying w e a t h e r . The heavy s n o w fall c o n t i n u e d

.... Things c o u l d only get

better,

o n G o o d I riday. Fortunately, there is

a n d they d i d ! O n S u n d a y, the s n o w

a fantastic

began t o t h a w , it w a s t o be a great

warm a n d cosy

club-

house. W i t h the h e a v y s n o w a n d

gliding day; M a n y n e w

unlikely

the

e x p e r i e n c e d s o a r i n g c o n d i t i o n s for

weather,, s o m e a t t e m p t e d t o leave

the first t i m e . A n d y ' G l i d i n g - G o d '

imminent

change

S GOING ON?

BACK Dear Felix,

again arid the 5 - d a y forecast w a s u vias p r i n r e d

E U N I O N BITES

out.

l a n M c A s k i l l &- C o . h a d g o t it w r o n g

low' :

29 M a y 1998

members

early before g e t t i n g s n o w e d i n . It

H o l m e s flew 2 9 6 ,

w a s t o o late! By the e v e n i n g , there

102, for well over an hour before he

w e r e s n o w drifts of 2 - 3

feet. A l l

got

roads t o the M y n d w e r e

impass-

hungry a n d

the c l u b ' s G r o b came

down

for

Dear Felix,

response

your

Going Down with the w e w o u l d like t o t h a n k the S o u t h s i d e p o s s e for a great d a y a n d e v e n i n g , h o w e v e r w e w o u l d like t o reply in k i n d : [Felix

1116

What

it like t o

I realise that it's t h e

article

sell

s u c h as rugby, f o o t b a l l a n d h o c k e y have gone

in t o h i b e r n a t i o n , but

w h y d o n ' t w e hear a b o u t t h e rest for a c h a n g e ?

crap

beer? N e x t t i m e y o u run o u t

summer

t e r m , a n d h e n c e that field s p o r t s

T he s m a c k of leather o n w i l l o w , t h e burst of chalk as the t e n -

plastic skiffs w e will h a p p i l y l e n d

nis ball m a k e s a n o t h e r perfect ace,

you some more.

even

would

girls referee

like t o t h a n k

for his

the

entertaining

i n t e r p r e t a t i o n of t h e rules a n d t h e

what

the

mountaineering

c l u b h a d for d i n n e r this w e e k . A l l these

civilised sports

should

f e a t u r i n g p r o m i n e n t l y , y e t it s e e m s

flowers he s ent t h e m (guilt trip?).

that

s o m e l u n c h . Jane a n d A f a n d i h a d a

Sorry for p i c k i n g t h e girls w h o c a n

g o l f e r s , c r o q u e t players, c l i m b e r s

bit of a g o in the single-seater

cricketers,

tennis

players,

play the beautiful g a m e ! H a d w e

a n d c y c l i s t s are n o m o r e

say

w e l l . It w a s a g o o d d a y for beginners

known

your

t h a n t h e rugby h e n c h m e n .

mad) p e o p l e of i c G C w h o m a d e it

a l s o. I h a d m y t w o longest flights yet

vision

(sunglasses)

chesty

Surely t h e b o a t c l u b - the m o s t

to the M y n d this Easter w e r e A n d y

a n d g o t lots of exercises c o v e r e d .

c o u g h s (fags) w e w o u l d h a v e n o t

overfunded a n d coveted organisa-

J.P.

The retrieve w i n c h w a s fantastically

w a s t e d our t i m e a n d let t h e girls

tion

Charlie

efficient a n d there w a s hardly any

t e a m beat y o u i n s t e a d .

C o l l e g e - c o u l d tell us w h a t they

able. This w a s a b l e s s i n g in disguise. The

Holmes,

brave

(some

Lynsey

Lodge,

Meinhard

Wilson,

Neil

would

Geldeard, Ober,

and

wait t o be l a u n c h e d . The recovery of

A f a n d i . T hose w h o p l a n n e d t o c a m p

l a n d e d gliders w a s s o m e w h a t m o r e

events.

in tents o u t s i d e m a n a g e d

difficult in the s n o w . This required a

Mothew,

Jane to

find

4 W D and some

r o o m in the b u n k h o u s e . T he

snowfall

continued

Despite

the

boys

had and

look forward to Ed

impared

other

history

Imperial

have t o s h o w for the u n t o l d m i l lions this w e e k ?

Seb

S p o r t s m e n a n d w o m e n of the

patienc e . unlikely

such

in t h e

literate

college - take up your pens and write!

weather

Saturday. This d i d not s t o p us f r o m

c o n d i t i o n s , a fun t i m e w a s h a d by all

having fun. W i t h the C F l s T o y o t a

a n d w e g o t s o m e flying in as w e l l .

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