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06 How to Blag It as a Modern Art Critic
Modern art these days is arguably 10% artwork and 90% art speak. Here are some tips to help you tackle a modern art gallery without looking confused.
12 WUWO Festival Guide
Choosing the right festival is a gamble between a week in the sun and getting trench foot in a broken tent.
26 Interview with Natalia Tena
Molotov Jukebox singer and actor discusses music, boats, Game of Thrones and Harry Potter.
28 Fighting “The Man” with Dane Baptiste An interview with a clued-up and funny man working his way up the comedy ladder.
31 American Classics London
WUWO interviews a classically stylish store with a celebrity shopper list to prove it.
Editor in Chief Steven Godwin Content Editor Jack Courtez Copy Editor Laura Hester Design & Illustration Andrew Brown Nita Saroglou Jenny Maddock Writers Aisling Bea Andrew Taylor Craig Ballinger Haley Wise Matthew Cook Meaghan Kilroy Nader Khouri Stevie Martin Raphael Kim Sophia Boutique Alex Chiejina To get in contact about editorial requests: editorial@wuwomagazine.com
36 San Francisco Like a Local
Avoid the tourist traps and walk like a San Franciscan.
38 Red Dwarf’s Robert Llewellyn
Our reporter goes behind the scenes on Channel Flip’s new feature film, Ashen and the Quest for the Game Child.
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20 Gimmicks
18 Gadgets
38 Art Explorer
11 WUWO Likes
32 Food
22 Gameplay
21 Competitions
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Top Picks Hand-picked, intriguing happenings, venues, clubs, shops and more from London and beyond. Steam Back on The Met
Propaganda, Power and Persuasion
Ignite Brunch – Sumaya Flamenco
Late Night Jazz
London Transport Museum May 25-27 Transport yourself into the golden age of steam on the newly restored Metropolitan Steam Locomotive No. 1 to the Metropolitan line (along with with a GWR Pannier Locomotive & GWR Prairie Locomotive) and experience first-hand what steam trains were really like! Customers can travel in either the recently restored ex-Metropolitan Jubilee Coach, dating back to the 1890s, or ex-British Rail 1950s coaches. A number of journeys will take place between Amersham and Harrow-on-the Hill during this bank holiday weekend as part of the 150th anniversary celebrations of the world’s first underground train line in January 1863.
British Library, May 17 - September Have you ever wondered how much history has been affected by the powers of propaganda? The British Library is housing an exhibition that will help to enlighten Brits on the influences behind the cartoons, films, and posters that shaped our society today.
Café Consort, Royal Albert Hall Sunday 19th May – £28.50 Ignite brunch provides the perfect lazy Sunday recipe of brunch with a background of vibrant music. Sumaya brings together London’s finest flamenco artists. The group offers a fusion of modern and traditional influences, balancing due attention to the gypsy art form with a musically adventurous streak that defies stereotypes.The meal features a simple menu delivered with the finesse and quality you’d expect from the Royal Albert Hall.
Elgar room, Royal Albert Hall Every Thursday – £15 Thursday nights continue to see some of the best in contemporary jazz showcased at Late Night Jazz sessions in the Elgar room. With styles ranging from Dixie to acid to gypsy swing, a bit of research allows jazz fans to pick a night that most suits them.
MCM London Comic Con 2013
Your Mum's House
A Pirate’s Night
Camden Catacombes
London Excel Centre, May 24-26 Enjoy comics, video games, cartoons or sci-fi? If the answer to any of those is yes, you should really consider MCM London Comic Con on May 24-26 at London Excel Centre.
The Nest, Dalston Every Thursday Ironically labeled, Your Mums House, is home to everything that would be forbidden at your childhood abode. This weekly club event is the perfect outlet to start the weekend early. After a long gruelling week at the office, we all need a place to let go of our suits and suit up with neon and sparkles.
St Mary Overie Dock Cathedral Street, London The Golden Hinde is famous for its journey around the world in the late XV century. Upon its return, the ship was loaded with so much gold that even the crew got to take home a piece. The replica boat is open for day tours for tourists looking for a piece of historic gold.
Under Camden Market
However, if you’re looking for a piece of the action at night when the real pirate ship adventurers come out to play, they offer overnight stays for those who crave the bounty. You will be supplied with costumes and a Tudor dinner served among the cannons.
These tunnels run underneath Camden Lock and Stables Markets and are now owned by Railtrack. However, it is forbidden for the public to enter because of the risk of flooding from the canal system.
This year’s instalment includes all the amazing cosplay, game demos and celebrity panels that regular attendees are used to. This years line-up includes celebrities from Teen Wolf, Lara Croft’s voice and performance actor from the latest game, Falling Skies, Mass Effect and legendary Cowboy Bebop director Shinichiro Watanabe. wuwomagazine.com
This exhibition will touch on the displays of dictators, racism and war in ways that will shock you to your very core. Although many of you probably believe that these things don’t affect you, the British Museum will take you on a tour of your history up to the present day that will convince you of the unmistakable power of propaganda.
This event, hosted every Thursday at The Nest in Dalston, is a mecca for the eccentric and flamboyant Londoners seeking to get trapped in a basement with disco lights, fog, and a selection of local DJs.
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Ignite brunch is accompanied by the free ignite concerts on Friday lunchtimes in the Café Consort, which feature a selection of talented musicians from around the world.
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On May 23, Anthony Strong joins his band of London musicians to perform his own take on well-loved classics and a few of his own. Strong starred in the West End show Million Dollar Quartet and has performed with Marti Pellow, Beverly Knight and Paloma Faith.
Below the punk ridden streets of Camden lies something even more punk than studs and Mohawks. There is a secret labyrinth of catacombs unknown to those above. These were built in the 19th century as stables for horses used to move railway wagons.
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As A Modern Art Critic Modern art these days is arguably 10% artwork and 90% art speak. So how can you tell if something is truly impressive, and how do you converse with an expert without being dubbed an uncultured fool? Here are some tips to help you inflate your knowledge of art and tackle a modern art museum without appearing confused.
The Instant Art Critique Phrase Generator
Putting the Phrases to Work
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Body Language
This tool is very useful if you’re working with people who also have no idea what they’re talking about when it comes to art, which seems to be the majority of museum dwellers. It works like this: you enter in a series of numbers and it randomly generates a phrase that sounds pretty damn pretentious. This could work! Take this for example, it's perfect: “I'm surprised that no one's mentioned yet that the iconicity of the purity of line brings within the realm of discourse the essentially transitional quality.”
In order to test out some of these phrases, I headed out to the Tate Modern. I learned that it is not really about what you say at all, it’s about the body language you use when you say it. Looking around the rooms, I noticed that it really helps to lean into the person and point at the painting, this gesture makes it seem as though you're showing them something completely unseen by common museum goers.
However, sometimes it throws in very specific words that could quickly discredit you. For example, “It's difficult to enter into this work because of how the aura of the sexy fish verges on codifying the exploration of montage elements.” Therefore, when using this tool, you must proofread phrases, as you may end up talking about a fish in the middle of a Rothko Gallery.
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You direct their eyes across the piece and say something about how “the shapes deliberately guide your eyes across the painting.” This one seemed to work every time. People really ate it up, no matter what you said, as long as you lean in and direct their eyes you could tell them “the bathroom is through the painting to the left.” They would be so encompassed by your ability to point knowingly that they would overlook the complete rubbish you had been spitting. Stroking your chin first doesn’t hurt either.
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DIY Society Repair Guide Russell Brand wrote an article on Thatcher describing her as “an icon of individualism, not of feminism.” Labour MP Glenda Jackson described the society left in her wake as one of “greed, selfishness and without care for the weaker.”
Have we become a society of selfish knob-heads? If so, should we join in, be selfish and protect ourselves first? Why be nice if no one else is? Knob-head behaviour occurs when one engages in selfish actions at the expense of others. Synonyms include behaving like the most offensive word for male and female genitalia - currently a c&%t or d*$k. The decline of the church means that we no longer have anyone dangling a carrot of heaven over our heads. The first world no longer has anyone beating us over the head telling us to be nice. We don’t have to leave the house anymore. Reality TV is the new #Mass. We all gather at the knob-head pulpit to watch people become “successful” through selfobsession and being mean to each other. We reward them with our viewing figures and offer up tweets of applause. Another dead opinion-divider from the 80s told us to look at the man in the mirror and change his ways. Frankly, it’s this monkey toting pop-star who we should be listening to. The other day there was one egg left in the house. I wanted it. My sister wanted it. I hid the egg, partly as a joke, mostly out of a selfish want for the egg. She had to leave for work. I got the egg. Thatcher would have loved that - a woman taking her protein needs into her own hands to win the day over someone else. Did I win in the long term? No. I had screwed over the person I love most in the world so I could have a hearty breakfast. Even if I had hid the egg from a stranger, it would have been as bad, because strangers are our worldly sisters or brothers and they deserve an egg too. We all behave like knob-heads sometimes (especially if we are hungry) but we’re not animals and we can make a choice. We are sophisticated creatures with reasoning skills. If we want to protect humanity from the monsters, we have to choose to be nicer on our own, even without Santa Claus waving the naughty/ nice list in front of us.
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That night I made my sister an omelette to make up for the eggcident. Unkind mould is growing over our collective souls, let’s scrape it off and make some life omelettes: - Apologise. The release of admitting you were wrong will free your mind and the rest will follow as long as you don’t repeat the same behaviour. - Accept apologies if they are in earnest otherwise the bitterness will give you a rind so hard and an inside more acidic than a gone off lemon. - Spitting/littering. Really? Pull yourself together. - Don’t use the word “gay” to describe something you think isn’t good. For centuries it was how we described the loveliest of girls and lambs. - Seeing someone who likes you, but who you’re not really that fussed about? Don’t string them along with phone calls, pigeons and texts because it’s comforting for you. Don’t leave a guy or girl to stew for so long that the meat falls off their bones and there is nothing left of them. End it in a way you would like to have it ended with you. - Seats are for elderly or pregnant people. End of. Get up. Pregnant people, please start rubbing your belly or shouting, “Ooh, I’m well pregnant” so it doesn’t get awkward. - Help to lift prams and bags up stairs. Note to men: nothing gets the lady lounge open for business quicker than seeing you lift something out of the goodness of your heart. SWOOON. - Pass on compliments, not just complaints. Think someone looks well? Tell ‘em! Think someone’s foot to ball skill is getting better? Tell ‘em! (I don’t know anything about football but that one is for the lads). Go to bed tonight and think, “Could I have been less of a selfish c*&t today?” Tomorrow let’s be better. No need to do a Jesus and tell us how great you’ve been - that is knobhead behaviour, get down off the cross, we need the wood.
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Every month the WUWO team trawls the internet, hangs around in music shops, goes to the cinema and sits in front of the telly. We compress a month’s worth of intensive procrastination into WUWO Likes, a brief guide to this month in media. Album Daft Punk - Random Access Memories The return of the legendary Daft Punk is making everyone in the techno, and all music worlds for that matter, very excited. The French dance duo are making a comeback with their new album scheduled for its much-anticipated release on May 21. Entitled Random Access Memories, this will be the first album from the duo since 2005, unless you count their work on the Tron: Legacy soundtrack in 2010. This 13-track album is available for pre-order online.
Television House of Cards Netflix is paving the way for original online content with the series House of Cards. The show is an adaptation from the BBC miniseries of the same name. Kevin Spacey, star and executive producer of the show, plays Frank Underwood, a Democratic politician from the south of the United States. He decides to exact his revenge on those who betrayed him when he was passed over for appointment as Secretary of State. The show was such a success in its first season released on February 1 this year, it is now in the process of producing 13 episodes for it's second season.
Movie The Great Gatsby The practice of turning great literature into movies is continuing with the release of the Great Gatsby movie coming out May 10. Although many of the previous movies on iconic books have been questionable, (On The Road, Life of Pi and others) the trend carries on as many other books are being transferred from page to screen this year. The Great Gatsby, however, consists of a great cast that will without a doubt outshine Kristen Stewart’s performance in the Jack Kerouac adaptation. The movie will feature Leonardo Di Caprio as Gatsby and Carey Mulligan as Daisy. Although it will be difficult for the movie to embody all the colorful symbolism of F. Scott Fitzgerald, this classic story will be sure to entertain.
Thought Catalog www.thoughtcatalog.com Possibly the future of journalism, Thought Catalogue is a forum for pertinent and relatable news and non-fiction compiled by a number of contributors. On this site you can find everything from the diaries of journalists who are suffering with disease, commentary on gay marriage to the best novels of the year. It is pretty much an open creative site that allows for a wide range of talented writers to share their opinions and experiences. The site is humble yet thought provoking. With new content appearing constantly, this site could keep you occupied for hours exercising your beliefs.
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Festival Guide The festival market exploded in the last decade and now there is a festival for everything and everyone. Choosing carefully comes down to the gamble between a week in the sun and getting trench foot in a campsite that smells like a skunk farm. WUWO’s guide gives you a run-down of major UK festivals plus more.
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Camden Rocks '13
Location: Near Market Harbour, Northamptonshire
Location: Multiple venues, Camden
When: 22nd – 25th August
When: 1 June
Genres: Rock, pop, folk, cultural
Genres: Rock, hardcore
Population: 8,000
Population: 2,760
Music Highlights: Primal Scream, Basement Jaxx, The Charlatans, Public Enemy
Music Highlights: Adrian Sherwood, The Correspondents, Prince Fatty ft. Horseman, Alice Russell
Price: £20
Festival Highlights: Big site and low capacity means no queues.
Festival Highlights: Community atmosphere, politically and environmentally conscious.
Kendall Calling
Location: Winchester, Hampshire
Location: Lowther Deer Park, Lake District
When: 8th – 11th August
When: 26th – 28th July
Genres: Ska, cabaret, gypsy, folk, reggae, dub, hiphop, dub-step and punk
Genres: Rock, dance, indie, hip-hop
Music Highlights: Toots and the Maytals, Foreign Beggars, The Parov Stelar Band, Dub Inc. Festival Highlights: Fancy dress, heavily themed “town” enviroment.
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Shambala Festival
Boomtown
Population: 20,000
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Population: 20,000
Festival Highlights: Cheap, quick and easy to get to.
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Music Highlights: Glen Matlock, Itch, Turbowolf, The Rifles
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Iceland Airwaves
Bestival
Reading/Leeds Festival
Secret Garden Party
Location: Reykjavík, Iceland
Location: Isle of Wight, Hampshire
Location: Reading/Leeds
Location: Abbots Ripton, UK
When: 30th October – 3rd November
When: 5th – 8th September
When: 23rd – 25th August
When: 25th – 28th July
Genres: Experimental
Genres: Indie, pop, dance, hip-hop
Genres: Rock, indie, metal, punk, dance
Genres: Pop, dub, electronic,
Population: 20,000
Population: 20,000
Population: Reading: 90,000 Leeds: 80,000
Population:32,000
Music Highlights: Kraftwerk, Gold Panda, In the Company of Men
Music Highlights: Wu-Tang Clan, Elton John, Snoop Dogg, Franz Ferdinand
Music Highlights: Eminem, Greenday, Biffy Clyro, Skrillex
Music Highlights: Bastille, Regina Spektor, Django Django, Aloosh
Festival Highlights: Global upcoming acts, five days long.
Festival Highlights: Three day mud bath treatment, expanded site with capped attendance.
Festival Highlights: Great first time festival.
Festival Highlights: Beautiful scenery, high profile guest speakers.
Glastonbury
Latitude Festival
Location: Glastonbury, UK
Location: Henham Park, Suffolk
When: 26th – 30th June
When: 18th – 21st July
Genres: Everything
Genres: Indie, electronic
Population: 177,500
Population: 35,000
Music Highlights: Rolling Stones, Arctic Monkeys, Chase and Status, Nas
Music Highlights: BlocParty, Foals, Modest Mouse, Kraftwerk
Festival Highlights: Most famous music festival on earth, range of acts.
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Festival Highlights: Great comedy stage, Latitude Contemporary Art Award.
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Boardmasters Festival
One Love
Download Festival
Symmetry Festival
Location: Newquay, Cornwall
Location: Upminster, Essex
Location: Donington Park, Leicstershire
Location: Peterborough
When: 7th – 11th August
When: 16th – 18th August
When: 14th – 16th June
When: 24th – 26th May
Genres: Rock, electronic
Genres: Reggae, dub, dancehall, ska
Genres: Metal, hardcore, punk, pop-punk
Genres: Pop, Rock, Indie, Dance
Population: 20,000
Population: 5,000
Population: 120,000
Population: 4,000 est.
Music Highlights: Basement Jaxx, The Vaccines, Ben Howard, Benga
Music Highlights: U-Roy, Black Uhuru, The Orb Sound System, Al Campbell
Music Highlights: Iron Maiden, Slipknot, Rammstein, The Hives
Music Highlights: Gentleman's Dub Club, Ms Dynamite, Ziontrain, Snareophobe ft Eva Lazarus
Festival Highlights: Surfing and skating competitions.
Festival Highlights: Relaxed atmosphere, reggae film tent.
Festival Highlights: On-site radio, strong online interaction.
Festival Highlights: Darkly themed surroundings, amazing food.
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Global Gathering
Rebellion Festival
Field Day
Noisily Festival
Location: Long Marston Airfield, Warwickshire
Location: Winter Gardens,Blackpool, Lancashire
Location: Victoria Park, Tower Hamlets, London
Location: Noseley Hall, Leicestershire
When: 26th – 27th July
When: 8th – 11th August
When: 25th May
When: 24th – 27th May
Genres: House, trance, dubstep, hip-hop
Genres: Punk, hardcore, oi, ska
Genres: Rock, indie
Genres: Trance, electronica, house, breakbeat
Population: 50,000
Population: 3,500
Population: 30,000
Population: 1,000
Music Highlights: Example, Plan B, Sub Focus, Jamie Jones, Steve Aoki
Music Highlights: The Casualties, The Misfits, Sham 69, Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine
Music Highlights: Animal Collective, Bat for Lashes, Objekt, Fucked Up
Music Highlights: Ticon, Perfect Stranger, Plump DJs
Festival Highlights: Village fête feel, talented new acts.
Festival Highlights: Very friendly, interactive environment.
Festival Highlights: Best collection of electronic artists in the UK and hot showers.
Festival Highlights: The worlds largest punk festival, Blackpool beach.
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T in the Park
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Isle of Wight Festival
5 £18
Location: Kinross-shire, Scotland
Location: Isle of Wight, Hampshire
When: 12th – 14th July
When: 13th – 16th June
Genres: Pop, rock, indie, dance
Genres: Rock, indie, folk, dance
Population: 85,000
Population: 55,000
Music Highlights: Mumford & Sons, Rihanna, The Killers, Chase and Status
Music Highlights: The Stone Roses, Killers, Bon Jovi
Festival Highlights: Scotland’s biggest music festival, Kaleidoscope Club special guests.
Festival Highlights: Family friendly, new VIP toilets (extra charge).
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Festival Gadgets
Even if you've watched every episode of Ray Mears out there, surviving in the Serengeti requires different skills and tools to surviving a weekend of music and overpriced (yet copious amounts of) cider. That's where our festival gadget guide comes in.
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2. Polaroid Pic 300 Instant Camera - Purple £44.98
3. Large Waterproof Overboard Case £24.99
4. The Beer Belly £29.95
5. Glow In The Dark Toilet Roll £2.99
6. Jetboil Flash Coffee Bundle £85.00
If you try to wear Wellington boots for four days your feet will look like you’ve developed festival trench foot. Despite your best efforts, there will be more water and mud in your wellies than outside of them by the end of the day.
People spend £300 on a phone with an amazing camera and then apply a Polaroid effect to lower the quality. An actual Polaroid camera is not only cheaper, tougher and instant, but it will last long after the charge on your iPhone runs out.
Ever woken up on an airbed, floating in a semi submerged tent? With British festival weather this is always a possibility. What makes it worse is a waterlogged phone and the inability to cook breakfast because your food has been reduced to a soggy pulp.
“Five quid a pint!” Festival drink prices are a sobering thought for many, but with eight grumpy looking bouncers on guard, for many it is the only option.
Even pilots need a light to land at night and the same is true of festival toilet goers. Being stuck in a portaloo after dark can be a challenge at best and a smelly liability at worst.
There is something frustrating about having thousands of pictures but having to wait to get a physical copy. An instant camera allows you to share your memories with friends in a way more meaningful than Facebook or Instagram.
Overboard's cases range in size and are very popular with fishermen, sea-farers and festival goers because they float and guarantee their ability to keep your valuables dry.
The alternative is the BeerBelly. This stealth beverage holder may just become your favourite strap-on. Holding over four pints, this inconspicuous vest can be hidden underneath any short sleeved top, as long as you don’t mind looking like you’ve spent the last year dining exclusively on butter.
Being the 1000th person to use this loo in the last 24 hours, the key is to be as quick as possible. This glow in the dark loo role not only ensures accuracy and reduces the time spent fumbling for a torch, it can also be used to turn an unsuspecting friend into a luminous mummy or to make a tent stand out at night.
You’re desperately hung-over in your tent. What price do you put on a coffee? If your answer is £85.00 you should probably stop drinking. For those who refuse to give in, Jetboil is a super fast outdoor stove and pot combination that boils half a litre in two minutes.
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Loose the blisters and rubber boots with these humorously designed covers that allow you to wear your most comfortable shoes without wrecking them. However, be warned that this is not an excuse to wear Uggs. www.geniegadgets.com
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The set includes a stove, fuel, 50g of coffee and a coffee press. Simply add the coffee to hot water, allow to brew and plunge for a good start to your festival morning.
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Top four festivals of all time Below is a list of our top four festivals EVER. If you were hoping to find Woodstock on our list, then sorry to disappoint. It was just too easy/supreme/incomparable. Take it as a marker for sublime entertainment.
Coachella – 2012 – California, USA
Lollapalooza – 2011 – Chicago, USA
This festival makes it to the top of our list for its ability to make the dead rise. You heard that right!
The best festival for metal, rock, punk, hip-hop, comedy acts and crafts to give a bit of flavour. That year’s festival saw the Lollapalooza debut and return of Slim Shady, Eminem. It had been a while since we heard from him, but his appearance and performance assured fans that he was still with us.
In 2012, using projection technology, the legendary hip hop artist Tupac was back to perform with his long time friend and collaborator Snoop Dogg. Live but not alive, the performance had the crowd screaming for the hologram, even after they watched him vanish from the stage.
His encore track Lose Yourself provided an empowering moment, not just for the fans but also for himself.
Isle of Wight Festival – 1970 – Isle of Wight, England
Burning Man – Always – Black Rock Desert, USA
One of the longest and largest festivals in the world was held on a small UK island. There were around 600,000 – 700,000 festival goers after the organisers declared it a free event.
Burning Man is not your average festival of artists on stages; it is a ‘city’ that exists in the desert for a couple of days in the summer.
The festival is the highest attended festival in the history of man. Even though the concert failed commercially, it remained a winner in the hearts of those who saw Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, Joni Mitchell, Miles Davis and other famous names. wuwomagazine.com
This self-defined festival contains installations created by its ‘citizens’ who are active participants in the festival. They run activities, sculptures, workshops, music and installations, the latter using objects from natural and modern day life in a function that may not conform to their initial purpose.
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Here’s a list of some May games for all your black mirrors. Metro: Last Light – PC, XBOX 360 and PS3 - 17th May First-person-shooter The brilliantly terrifying game of 2010 gets a sequel that should hopefully be nothing short of a fright at every corner. Metro 2033 had FPS fans calling out for their mummy in a derelict future Moscow. The survival horror game is set in a post-apocalyptic future Russia in the year 2034. The surface bleeds mutants and the survivors have been forced to live in little colonies in the subways of Moscow. They fight against mutated creatures who try to call the Metro home as well, and other humans who fight for control of a doomsday device. Sounds like Fallout? Expect less RPG and more atmospheric FPS presented with smooth graphics and attention to detail.
Soul Sacrifice – PSVita – 1st of May Action adventure In this brutal co-op game, you play as a slave who finds a sorcerer’s journal that enables the player to experience epic battles between sorcerers and monsters of the past. In order to use magic, the player must be willing to make an exchange or ‘sacrifice’ a possession. This sacrifice can range from belongings to limbs and even a life. So, what are you prepared to sacrifice? The demo is out now on the PlayStation network, so go check it out. Be prepared to see some fantastically grotesque creatures and an annoying talking book.
360, PS3, Wii U, 3DS, iPhone, iPad and Android – 21st of May Racing Driving its way to our screens is the adaptation of the notorious Fast and Furious. The game is said to tie in with the story of the forthcoming film, Fast and Furious 6, as well as the stories for other films in the franchise. It also promises a lot of vehicle customisation, drifting and heists. We just hope the game doesn’t follow the tracks of the films, releasing a new game almost every two years, and packing them with a monotony of muscles, bikinis and nitrous. Leave that for the Need for Speed franchise.
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NORTH by MaJiKer Tuesday 11 June, 8pm Tickets: £12.50 (plus booking fee) Majiker’s new show “North” combines Nordic folk melodies, vocal harmony and beatboxing to portray the frosty chill of nature. This “love letter to the beautiful landscapes of the north” features artists from all over the world including Mercury nominated Sam Lee who’ll be performing a guest solo set at this Elgar Room show. WUWO has two tickets to give away. To enter, send your contact details and name to competition@wuwomagazine.com with the “North” in the subject. Terms and Conditions Only one entry per person. Winners will be chosen at random from all the correct answers. The winners will be contacted by email and will need to confirm their attendance no later than 2pm on Thursday 6 June. Prize includes two entries to NORTH BY MaJiKer only. Accommodation and travel to the Royal Albert Hall are not included. There is no cash equivalent. Tickets cannot be exchanged, refunded or resold. Royal Albert Hall and WUWO Magazine may contact applicants by email in relation to this competition. The competition is not open to employees of the Royal Albert Hall. This competition is promoted by Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP
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24 ART EXPLORER | WUWO REGULAR
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Art Explorer
Factotum
Jud Turner
WUWO has teamed up with the Woolff Gallery in Westminster to bring readers innovative and in-demand artists every month via an on-page gallery of our own. Jud Turner has been working with found or re-purposed objects and welded steel for over 20 years. Although his training at the University of Oregon was focused on drawing and painting, he enjoys the process of making sculpture, finding objects which can be re-purposed, the long hours working in the solitude of the studio, and the way that his practice affects how he views the world around him. Woolff Gallery, 89 Charlotte St, London, W1T 4PU Immolation
Ebune the Ram
Monsantic Gardens
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26 MUSIC | INTERVIEW BY: JACK COURTEZ
27 MUSIC
Music
Interview with Natalia Tena Molotov Jukebox mixes ska, swing and more so people "dance til they fall over or in love.” Singer/accordionist Natalia Tena also stars in Harry Potter and Game of Thrones. WUWO met with Natalia to talk boats, Chatroulette and career juggling. How is juggling life as a musician and an actor? It’s rife with excitement and hard decisions. Why did you choose to do a tour of Brazil over North America? I hadn’t seen my best friend for ages so when I booked a ticket to Brazil to go and see her, the band booked with me on a gun-ho unplanned tour. We had an amazing, amazing time and adventure. It was vibrant and you feel alive like life is in colour. When I got back into Gatwick Airport in January everything was grey, I literally cried. It is a shock to come back from such an epic place. 2013 isn’t your first year at Boomtown, why are you coming back? Ahh! I had such a good time last year, it is my new favourite festival without a doubt, the weather was boiling. It was like being on set somewhere between Starwars and a western. How much difference does the weather make? Glastonbury was a swamp when you played and Boomtown was very hot. I don’t deal well with weather but either way I still get to dress up like a twat and go dancing. In the Czech Rupublic it was sooo hot. I got there and I thought I was going to die, it was the opposite of England. I ended up doing the show in a bikini, using the top to wipe the sweat off and a bandana to contain my wet, sweaty and disgusting hair. You recorded the music video for “I Need It” on Chatroulette. Is it a scary place? Nahh, I’ve seen penises before, it’s fine! I didn’t even know about it until we were doing the video. I’m a big technophobe, I barely understand my phone. What do you read in your spare time? I love Chuck Palahniuk. I also love Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London, it's like Neil Gaiman meets JK Rowling meets Terry Pratchett. I love books and comics but because I live on a boat I had to give away nearly all my books to make way for my comics. If you kept all your books, how many years would you have before it sinks? I would have sunk in the first few days. Before I moved I had a party and I had to make everyone take at least three books. wuwomagazine.com
Has anybody fallen in yet? Well, I have. I had cycled along them in the dark and I’d cycled along them drunk in the dark but I had never fallen in. Then on my third day on the boat I was a little tipsy while walking to buy tin foil and I just walked in. I suppose it has to happen at some point!
I had to make the train at 6:30 for the Harry Potter audition. I cycled like a maniac to get from the station, walked in wheezing and tripped on a chair. I’ve heard being clumsy helped you get the part of Tonks in Harry Potter? Yes it did. I was doing a play in Ipswich, which finished very late and I had to make the train at 6:30 for the Harry Potter audition. I cycled like a maniac to get from the station, walked in wheezing and tripped on a chair. What was it like saying goodbye to the cast of Harry Potter after filming? They had a wrap party and they invited us to play, so I got to say goodbye to everyone in my own way with music. Do you think your interests in literature, theatre influence Molotov Jukebox? I’d I think everything plays into everything, you’ve just read some depressing Russian next song is going to be that way inclined.
film and hope so. right? If book the
You’ve said this new album is going to be in a different direction to your current stuff – in what way? It is about modernizing the sound, darker songs, not all party-party music, more thoughtful and thought out. Adam, Sam and I write the tracks and it is like being pregnant. Some come out in minutes, some in days and others take fucking months. Do you have a favourite gig to date? Playing with the Kooks in Berlin blew my little mind. It also helped that I like sausages and beer because I ate loads of sausages and drank loads of beer.
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28 COMEDY | INTERVIEW BY: ALEX CHIEJIN
Comedy
Fighting the Man with Dane Baptiste Dane J Baptiste is a smart and funny man working his way up the comedy ladder. Despite a braced ankle, the South Londoner was still up for grabbing a drink with us to discuss comedy, “The Man” and getting started. What inspired you to go into comedy? I’ve always been a big fan of comedy. I remember going up to see my cousins in America, they were big on horror films and I wasn’t. I used to watch a lot of American comedy to offset the horror films I had seen. What is it like being a comedian born and bred in South London? I think it's an advantage as an observational comic. South London is a good foundation because I’m somewhere cosmopolitan. I find the majority of the material I develop comes more from reflection. The biggest advantage you’ll have is your horizons and how open-minded you’re willing to be. Do you have any rituals you perform before you get on stage? I get very nervous so I get as clean as possible. I tend not to drink as I’m a bit paranoid that if I forget or deliver a line wrong, I’ll think it was down to the drinking. It’s a pretty basic ritual; cleanse my bowels, cleanse my palette, clear my head. Has there been a time when you wished you were not onstage? At my third show I made the schoolboy error of thinking, “I’ve proven I’m funny now, all I have to worry about is new material.” I found out the hard way when I did a performance at Brunnel University. A lot of people who went to the show had only gone to kill time before the after-party. There was a very long line up, so people were already agitated. It went so badly, I was too ashamed to ask for my expenses because I didn’t want to see anybody. That was my first ‘purple heart’ in comedy. Since then I don’t think any of them have been that bad.
The BBC describes you as having a vengeance and fight against “The Man”. Who is “The Man”? It depends on what I’m pissed off at at the time and ranges from previous employers to TFL. It’s anyone who gets in the way of human life and happiness. Working out who “The Man” is, is a big part of my journey. You’ve taken a course in comedy; what was that like? The guy who runs The Comedy School, Keith Palmer, was a good inspiration for me to get my head down and work a lot harder. It was a good experience and I still speak to the people who run the course. A number of acts were involved including Phill Jupitus, Judith Jacobs, Felix Dexter and Andi Osho. They work with prisons and young people. It was a very good non-profit organisation to be involved in. And from your experience in the comedy course, do you think anybody can be funny or is it something you either have or don’t? I guess anyone can make anybody laugh but it’s more of the consistent way of picking apart the tentacles of humour and finding out what makes people laugh, innovating on that and making it personal. Growing up in 80s south London, you must’ve witnessed the reign of Thatcher. Did it affect you personally? Growing up, I didn’t know much about her policies. I remember the removal of milk from schools, but to be fair I wasn’t that big on milk so I didn’t mind. You hear the echoes from your family and that affects you.
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So who makes you laugh? Do you have any role models? I've got a lot of older influences like Richard Pryor, Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle. You'll hear that all the time if you speak to comedians, but what I like most is working with like-minded people. When I go to gigs and meet other comedians, they understand the journey and the mind-set.
I guess anyone can make anybody laugh but it’s more of the consistent way of picking apart the tentacles of humour Have you got any advice for those trying to break into comedy? Write in the form that you enjoy. There has been a recent explosion in comedy and there are a lot of clones appearing. In a society where we have social media and opinions now clog our atmosphere, you’re one of the few people in a position that when you talk, people will listen, so enjoy and explore that as much as possible. Cherish your time on stage because not many people have that voice. That’s my advice.
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30 FASHION | WUWO REGULAR
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American Classics London Forget about trends, seasons and the always trivial ‘what’s in this month’. We talk to Rachel Brickley, owner of American Classics in Covent Garden, London, on why there is no reason to reinvent the wheel when it comes to men’s fashion. By only stocking labels that have been doing the same thing for hundreds of years, selling simplicity and quality at its best, they have a loyal customer base including Eric Clapton, David Beckham and The Killers.
Fashion WUWO's new fashion section seeks out the best, the bold and the fresh in fashion, presented in digestible chunks alongside exclusive item giveaways.
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How did American Classics start? We were established in 1981 and tried to source real vintage Americana from the 1950’s upwards. I wanted to sell the what men want from fashion. Nothing does it better than American clothes for a steadfast masculine approach.
Tatty Devine’s personalised Speech Bubble Necklace allows you to design and watch it being made from start to finish in their 44 Monmouth Street store or at Selfridges on Oxford Street.
Starter Black Label has launched their first ever range of five panel caps in an assortment of styles that incorporate everything from olive branches to outer space.
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Why change from selling old to new clothing? About 15 years ago it started to get really difficult to get hold of vintage clothing. It was going up in price and it was items from the 1980s rather than 50s, 60s and 70s which to us is not vintage so we decided to take a different approach. We still keep that vintage feel and only sell brands that have been around for years but still produce American clothing in the original style like Red Wing Shoes (who have been around for 120 years), Levi vintage, Buzz Rickson fly jackets and Pendleton shirts. So men don’t care about fashion? They do care and they take pride in the way they look but their whole psychology behind it is entirely different to women. They stick to what they know.
WUWO has teamed up with Tatty Devine to offer three lucky winners a personalised speech bubble necklace. The perfect perspex speech bubble comes on a golden chain with your words laser-etched and then inked in black. Need ideas? Why not turn yourself into a real life Lichtenstein with a pop art phrase or sound effect - we like "Whaam!"
New online shop on the block Ida Ruby pays homage to vintage glamour through their range of corsets, basques and bustiers. Take advantage of their 40% sale before it ends on May 14.
The established travel range from Eastpak now features the ‘Spins’ collection. The new additions combine durable materials, lightweight construction and a new take on animal and floral prints, bright bold colours and graphic styles.
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So it’s their attitude towards shopping? Exactly! Levi classic jeans (the ones you have to soak in the bath) are expensive but they go on and on for years. When they finally fall apart they come in and buy the exact same pair. The whole way the younger female generation shop is entirely different. They want to be seen in what’s new and throw stuff away. Men just want to wear something that is classic, cool and most importantly, low maintenance. What do you think people’s views are on American clothing as a whole in the UK? I think they love it! Looking back, people like Clint Eastwood are still cool and are still watched by the younger generation and he was wearing these clothes. It is just the optimum of masculinity. What is your key to success? Don’t go off the beaten track, it’s classic and it’s quality! INTERVIEWED BY SOPHIA BOUTIQUE
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32 FOOD | WORDS BY: HALEY WISE
WUWO's menu Curious Diets
Cocktail Of The Month
Most people understand that losing weight requires a change of both diet and lifestyle. For those that don’t, here is a diet that relies on the power of sunglasses. Advocates say the use of a blue tint can help curb their appetites and release supportive chemicals in their brains.
Jalapeño Tequila Everyone knows tequila can really spice up a night. It's one of those drinks that can turn a boring night into an escapade of streaking and hot stupid decisions. Imagine if you could make the tequila spicy itself how sizzling could your night end up? Instead of taking shots of the highly spiced stuff, try making it into a spicy jalapeño tequila margarita!
Although this may seem like just another ineffective diet fad, it has been in the Japanese news for quite a while as it helps to lessen the appeal of your meals. Would you feel ravenous for a blue steak or potato?
Ingredients 1 bottle of 100% agave tequila 3 jalapeño (Serrano) peppers 1 large pitcher How To Make It Tip: Wear gloves while handling peppers. 1. Cut stems off peppers and slice lengthwise, scoop out seeds and slice into strips.
The supposed effectiveness is attributed to a rise in serotonin levels that is associated with the blue light. An excess of serotonin has been proven to effect mood, sleep, and appetite, all of which influence your weight. When Johnny Depp was spotted wearing blue sunglasses, rumors that he was using this diet remained frequent yet unsubstantiated. Regardless of whether this diet works, at-least it makes everyone else look like a smurf and by comparison, your obesity isn’t a big deal.
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2. Displace a bit of tequila from the bottle and drop in peppers. 3. Wait. Taste a bit every 24 hours until you reach the desired amount of spice, which may take up to a week. 4. When it is hot to your liking, strain tequila into the pitcher and funnel it back into the bottle. 5. Take shots and make jalepeño margaritas!
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34 DIY | WORDS BY: RAPHAEL KIM ILLUSTRATION: NITA SAROGLOU
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DIY
wine cork board
DIY Playing with living materials is exciting, especially when it occurs outside of pharmaceutical and academic laboratories. The notion of genetically manipulating organisms for art may seem far-fetched, but it's a lot easier than it sounds.
Lava Fish Lamp This fishy lava lamp works due to bioluminescent bacteria that live on the skin of marine fish. When the organic material begins to decay, the bacteria’s glow is observable in low-light conditions.
How to make a cheap quirky bulletin board and get drunk in the process! All you have to do is either drink dozens of bottles of wine in a day (disclaimer: we do not recommend this option) or remember to save your corks over time. Once you have accumulated enough corks for this project, I would say 25-50 per corkboard would suffice depending on the size of the frame, you can get on with building it.
You Will Need Lots of corks Hot glue Picture frame Tacks (for finished product) A hardback book, quite thick A craft knife Glue Sponge brush
You Will Need 10 small un-skinned salt water fish such as sardines 1 litre of water 2 tbsp of salt 1 litre plastic bottle inc. lid
Method
Method
Mix two tablespoons of salt into one litre of water.
Collect corks. Cut corks down the middle lengthwise. Lay corks out on board, flat side down, to make sure they all fit correctly before you start to glue. You can lay them all the same way or alternate horizontal and vertical. Be creative! However, it is important to make sure they all work before you glue them down or it will ruin the board. If some don’t fit, you can trim them down to the correct size to slot into the frame.
Pour the saltwater and fish into the bottle. Seal the bottle to prevent spills and smells.
Start to glue the corks one by one onto the cardboard behind the frame. When last cork is glued, leave to dry overnight to ensure they are stuck properly.
Store the fish in a cool place for a day.
Mount frame on wall and tack up all the memories you’ve made through drinking all that wine!
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36 TRAVEL | WORDS BY: HAYLEY WISE
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Travel
San Francisco like a local San Francisco, somehow outshined by Los Angeles and Miami on this side of the pond, is one of the best-kept secrets of North America. With its Victorian architecture, progressive attitude and hippie filled parks, the hilly city has more to offer than just famous twins and naked people. Fishermans Wharf
Nightlife
It may be tempting to be drawn to the Fisherman’s Wharf tourist magnet, and that is only acceptable for one golden reason: In N’ Out. This classic California burger house is the pride and joy of the west coast, make sure you order everything ‘animal style’ - you won’t regret this messy madness! After all that horse you’ve been eating, this will really hit the spot. You've discovered what's worthwhile at the wharf, and are now free to spend the rest of your time immersing yourself in the real, gritty culture.
Polk Street is a good place to start easing yourself into the nightlife. Tourists are not completely shunned and you can find everything from a rock n’ roll dive bar to a late night dance club all within a few blocks. Littered with bars including Hemlock Tavern, Vertigo and Blur, you can have one hell of a night within the confines of a single street! No getting lost in a foreign city necessary.
Golden Gate Bridge While you’re near the water, do as the locals do and grab a 40-ounce bottle of beer and head over to Baker Beach to see the Golden Gate Bridge. Even if it’s not a gorgeous day the views are still breathtaking. This beach, the only one that ever welcomes a kiss of sun, is less well known and is claimed by only locals on nice days, with the tourists mistakenly heading to Ocean Beach to get caught in foggy sandstorms. You’re welcome.
Delores Park The rumours are true - like the rest of California, the SF culture revolves around lounging in natures most precious gift to the Golden Coast: the sun. Due to the frequent breeze and marine layer (sea fog) at the beach, the residents of SF have been hard at work to find the warmest part of the city. Up atop a hill that overlooks downtown, lies Delores Park in the Mission District. Scattered with hippies, hipsters and general weirdos, there is nothing that will give you the taste of SF like Delores on a sunny day. Here you can see hoolahoopers, acrobats and people doing activities you don’t quite understand.
Mission Street Once you are sufficiently pissed and feel brave enough to conquer a the taste of Mexico, head down to Mission Street and dig into a Suiza Burrito at Taqueria Cancun. This may be a little overwhelming to those who are unfamiliar with Mexican food, but just think of it as a cultural experience like fish and chips.
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Ok, now that you have graduated from Polk, it’s time for the next step. The Mission is the heart of the city, mixing Mexican and American customs that creates the culture fusion that makes SF so unique. It’s a bit tricky to navigate but it's worth the struggle when you end up at Beauty Bar, home to the funkiest nights SF has to offer. You’ll probably see some folk dressed up in drag. Don't be alarmed, just consider yourself highly cultured. Delirium can always promise a rowdy night, as indicated by the pile of skateboards in the corner as you walk in this hidden, old-school, hip hop dive of a bar. The nights generally end in broken jukeboxes and getting picked up and forcefully crowd surfed by a bunch of grungy skaters.
Bay Bridge A recent installation on Bay Bridge is helping it to up its game in the competition for the most beautiful bridge to connect SF with the east bay. The Bay Bridge has installed a series of LED lights to create a visual feast for those who enjoy sitting by the water at night. This installation will run for the next two years, so make your way over and behold the first rave bridge around!
Getting Around The transportation is not what you see in the movies. It's a tourist trap that will eat your time and money. Get with the 21st century and ride the white MUNI buses. While less romantic, this system is convenient, cheap, and they still run on cables. So, technically you rode a cable car, VOILA! The buses generally run up and down the same street, making it pretty easy to get where you’re going.
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38 TV STAR | INTERVIEW BY: MATTHEW COOK
TV Star
Interview with Robert Llewellyn
Robert Llewellyn is taking a break on the set of his new film Ashen and the Quest for the Game Child. Instead of his usual mechanoid appearance in Red Dwarf, WUWO is greeted by a smiling humanoid, sporting a lovely bow tie and fetching corduroy trousers.
In a film self touted as ‘Indiana Jones meets Monty Python, bargain hunt and a side salad of road movie’, writer Stuart Ashen and director Riyard Barmania also help us get to grips with this YouTube extravaganza .
Robert, a lot of people who have had the success that you have think they don’t need the internet anymore, but you blog and tweet quite a lot? Robert: Too much apparently.
Tell me a little about the project? Robert Llewellyn: It’s challenging the old format of how you make something and that really fills me with hope and vigour for the future.
You mention on your blog that you travelled 50 miles up the M5 with a screaming Australian in labour. What was that like? Robert: It took quite along time and it was cold. To put it in some vague context it was my wife giving birth to my son.
You’ve brought in crowd funding through Indiegogo. How has that gone? Stuart Ashen: That’s gone really well. It’s something you have to really prepare beforehand, carefully setting out the perks and what’s going to happen at what level, and how you’re going to tell people about it. You have to have a strong plan and be pushing something people really want to see. The film will be completely free to watch. How do you feel about piracy? Stuart: It’s a difficult one, you hear so much conflicting information about it, I mean there are people saying that the more a film is pirated the more it actually sells. Robert: There are two approaches to piracy - from my generation and from people my age who run massive movie industries. There’s all this ‘it’s criminal’ and it’s stealing’ or ‘this is our content’, you know? Well, Stuart has just made something that has completely bypassed that. If someone downloads it off YouTube and puts it on a DVD and sells it at a market place then good luck, but what the hell! You can watch it at home anyway. Are there any restrictions that you’ve seen in this kind of approach to a production? Riyad Barmania: The creative approach is still the same. When I say I’m making a feature film for online they’re still like “Oh, it’s an online feature film” but I’m hoping that when we show them what we make then they’ll go, “Well that was pretty good.”
So you don’t just pick up Australians? Robert: No I had met her before. It was very cold and very dark and she can make a lot of noise. It was 3am and my Land Rover was so noisy that the screams and bellows of an extremely healthy Australian were drowned out by the noise of my gearbox. Would you like to do an episode of Scrapheap Challenge homage to driving your wife up the M5? Robert: Yes, driving women in labour, I think is a great contest. I think we should drive women in labour to the hospital in varying types of transport. They’re at their most colourful stage at that point. Stuart: Yes, but logistically difficult. Robert: It would be hard to time it wouldn’t it? The production management would be a nightmare. “It’s three in the morning get in the car!” Finally a quick Red Dwarf question: if Lister came out of stasis and was presented with a hologram Margret Thatcher to keep him sane in the depths of space, would Kryten long for Rimmer? Robert: Kryten is quite a humanitarian so he would long for Rimmer. Rimmer is much easier to control. Maggie would be terrifying on board Red Dwarf.
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