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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF>HANNAH LIVINGSTON| concrete.editor@uea.ac.uk THE EVENT EDITOR>GRACE SIMPSON| concrete.event@uea.ac.uk

concrete.fashion@uea.ac.uk|FASHION EDITOR>KAT JONES FASHION WRITERS>GRACE ALLEN, JAMES HIGGINS, KAT JONES

concrete.arts@uea.ac.uk|ARTS EDITORS>FIONA HOWARD & KIRSTEN PETER ARTS WRITERS>DAVID BIGGINS, JANE BIRD, CAROLINA BODMER, ALICE BRUNT, CARMINA MASOLIVER

concrete.creativewriting@uea.ac.uk|CREATIVE WRITING EDITOR>STEPHANIE CROSS CREATIVE WRITERS>HANNAH GRIFFIN, JANE HARMATTAN, ANICKA UECKERMANN, ASHRAF ZIDAN

concrete.tvdigital@uea.ac.uk|TELEVISION EDITOR>JOSH BUTLER TELEVISION WRITERS>JOS H BUTLER, MICHA BUTLER, ELLA FAIRHURST, NICOLE FASSIHI, KIRSTEN PETER, CAROLINE PREECE

concrete.wired@uea.ac.uk|WIRED EDITOR>WILLIAM MORAN WIRED WRITERS>LUKE JENNINGS-HATT, RICHARD JOSLIN, WILLIAM MORAN, TOM PHILLIPS, GRACE SIMPSON

concrete.film@uea.ac.uk|FILM EDITORS>ELIZABETH POOLE & ADAM SCALES FILM WRITERS>RACHEL COXON, MICHAEL BLUNT, EMMA FEATHERSTONE, JAMES GALLOWAY, MICHAEL LOVELOCK, VIMBAI MUKWENHA, LIAM O’BRIEN, BERT WARDLOW

concrete.music@uea.ac.uk|MUSIC EDITORS>PAUL COOK & STEPH MCKENNA MUSIC WRITERS>MICHAEL BOND, BETHANY BULL, OLIVER BROOKS, PAUL COOK, SEB CRANE, HAZY HALE, JAMES HALLING, SEAN HARRIS, JACK LOUGHRAN, THOMAS MOORE, CHRIS OGDEN, THI SUA TRAN, ALEX THROSSELL, DUNCAN VICAT-BROWN, EMMA WEBB

concrete.event@uea.ac.uk|CANVAS EDITOR>BRUCE SIGRIST concrete.listings@uea.ac.uk|VENUE EDITOR>HELEN THOMAS VENUE WRITER>LAURA RIGGS

concrete.competitions@uea.ac.uk|COMPETITIONS EDITOR>WILL DONOVAN

Being editor of an entertainment pullout should bring some privileges but since I couldn’t think of any I am going to abuse my power and write a review in my editorial. I couldn’t let the visit of a legend to the LCR go overlooked and Henry Rollins is just that.

The high average age of the audience at Henry Rollins’ spoken word performance is a testament to the Black Flag frontman’s early 1980s punk rock credentials but there was plenty to offer his student fan base.

As his days of tearing up stages across the Western world fizzle out, Henry Rollins has fallen in love with travel, but not of the conventional kind. He visits places that many go out of their way to avoid and returns with tales that would amaze even the most cynical and world-weary. Rollins has friends in the right places and an effusive charisma and humour to bring the characters to life.

If I had to sit in a silent LCR for three hours again, I can think of no better way to spend it than listening to a self-depricating, manically unpatriotic American take you on his fascinating rambles across the globe. Don’t miss him next time!

Bon voyage, Grace xx

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CHARITY SHOP CHARM Mary Queen of Shops

FOR

CHARITY ON THE WEB

AGAINST

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Drew: Black jeans>£2, Striped hoody>£2, Shoes from Just Add Water, Belt>model’s own.

Kat

Drew: Suit trousers>£7 (comes with long suit jacket), Pinstripe jacket>£3, Grey t-shirt>£2, Black shirt>£1.50, Shoes from Just Add Water.

Kat

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NORWICH CHARITY SHOP: THE SALVATION ARMY This community store is found on Lower Goat Lane in the town city centre and is open Monday-Saturday 9am4pm. The general feel of the

lacking in cash as there are smart, collared shirts, polos and tees, jeans, hoodies and sweaters, suits, jackets and

Many suits are just £7 and are records and clothes. The

men’s fashion and all the garments are clean, of good quality and are neatly organised.

There is such a great choice for male students

centres, schools, hospitals, medical centres and the emergency services.

Some current results of this

accommodated every night

GOK WAN WANTS YOU!

- 50 nurseries and playgroups.

Gok’s Fashion Fix is returning for a third series and the programme’s producers are looking for your help!

to make up for the lack of

price. A delivery service is also provided.

So if you are looking for

surprisingly wide range of scarves and jewellery. Both

too. There is a large array of accessories for women

More Norwich charity shops: Benedict’s Street.

London Street.

The Sue Ryder Charity Shop, 10A Earlham Road.

on providing programmes and support in homeless

Street Break Charity Unthank Road.

Shop,

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charity include: - 3,200 homeless people given food and shelter every night in 57 centres.

The Event would also like to thank the shop Just Add Water, that allowed us to use their window space for the photo shoot.

Just Add Water is found on 25-27 Bedford Street in the city centre. It sells a wide range of sports and leisure wear and

high quality, and scream vintage without the expensive price tags.

cost, then head on down to

clothes, there are excellent deals on furniture; they do a “starter pack” deal which

fancy.

Thank you to the two

chest of drawers, sofa and

of rummaging you are sure to

Army shop for agreeing to loan clothes for the shoot.

They need a group of six friends or work colleagues to help them put high street fashion to the test.

fashion to see which ones come out on top, please contact the email goksroadtesters@ endemoluk.com

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ART>REVIEW>PHOTOGRAPHY>SNAP HAPPY and They say a picture says a thousand words. So, entering the gallery at the Norwich Arts Centre Project 365, is like walking into a room of babbling three photographers from Norwich (Natalie Beal, Alexandra Bone and Tim Caynes) and

staggering.

Project 365 when Natalie and Alexandra set themselves the mammoth task of taking a photo everyday undertaking a similar challenge, by pledging to make a new record every month. Alexandra found Tim on Flickr, Norwich Arts Centre approached Wixel, and so Project 365 was born. appreciate how great a feat Project 365 is and subjects include underground bunkers and Alexandra admits some were the ‘desperate result of many hours wondering what to take Project 365

has led to some really good experiences and it promise makes Project 365 more inspiring.

self-imposed deadlines. Natalie confesses it

you can tell a lot about me as a person from and in place for all to see.’ Alexandra, whose

Your East at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, focuses on the work of Andy Crouch and Andi Sapey, two Norfolk-based photographers whose

this with so many people’.

to be confronted with a deluge of costumed

since he captures the changing features of

uniforms and elaborate geisha get-ups. One

signs, which include Friday Bingo, Fun Zone, Freshly Cut Sandwiches, and Barber Shop.

a glimpse in to the wacky goings-on in Tokyo and Japan assemble together brilliantly.

Project 365 commands you to take a closer look at the world around you.

was composed of an old man, holding a cat, in the middle of a busy metropolis street. He sadly disappearing). him, and passers-by stare at him with looks of moment contrasts hugely with the fast-pace of the technologically-driven city surrounding the man.

All of the photos are saturated in vivid, bright colours, and contain no labels, forcing me

restaurant. Crouch has said he aimed to ‘encompass anything quirky and colourful in Norfolk’, whilst Sapey became absorbed in followed its eccentric youth tribes which ram

oddball subjects, it also makes the viewer look

Your East

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THEATRE>THE RSC>THEATRE REVAMP King Lear Coriolanus

The Gods Weep

Henry IV Windsor

The Merry Wives of

Hamlet

LITERATURE>UEA WRITER’S CORNER>POET> STEPHANIE LEAL Atl,

Metrophobia Orgasm

Salad you

On the Discovery of the Somethin’

Egging Mr Vasey’s The Fruit What it els like to miss Davis

Metrophobia

Carmina Masoliver

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WEATHER Beacon of Life

Slowness of Summer The Winter Rush rush Instead Is replaced by silence Interrupted You can’t miss it.

As I slip into silence In this place in the sun This is peace.

The Rain The Sea

The color of peace

Anon

Invocation Oh my God! help me.

Teach me to plant a tree Anicka Ueckermann

my life is a torment and a sea

Next issue’s theme: PERFORMANCE Ashraf Zidan

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HBO IS DEAD. LONG LIVE SHOWTIME AND AMC. Television True Blood

Mad Men Breaking Bad

Big Love

Treme Hung The Sopranos? The

The Wire

Wire

Dexter Nurse Jackie

Boardwalk Empire

NURSE JACKIE Nurse Jackie Scrubs Six Feet Under Oz The Sopranos

Nurse Jackie /

Ella Fairhurst

BREAKING BAD Breaking Bad , Breaking Bad

Malcolm In The Middle

Weeds

Weeds Breaking Bad Micha Butler

MAD MEN The Wire Mad Men

Mad Men Mad Men Mad Men Mad Men

The Wire.

Josh Butler

television

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PRIMETIME - THE PERSUASIONISTS

DOWNLOAD - THE VAMPIRE DIARIES Enough has already been made of The Vampire Diaries Twilight before Twilight

and

Micha Butler

made of ER

Diaries The Vampire Diaries has

Caroline Preece

DRAMEDY: WHEN THE FEELING’S GONE AND YOU CAN’T GO ON Wild at Heart

Shameless Glee and

Earth

Kirsten Peter

REALITY - HOW TO LOOK GOOD NAKED...

WITH A DIFFERENCE

GRAPEVINE Shameless Glee Glee

and Call Girl

With A

How I Met Your Mother Wild at Heart How To Look Good Naked

and Nicole Fassihi

Chips Josh Butler

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<G AMING><REVIEWS> N S M B .W EW UPER

ARIO

From the moment New Super Mario Bros. Wii started, this reporter was hooked. Each level is a showcase for why Nintendo are so great at making Mario games. A simple idea, such

ROS

II

in one course is introduced and then evolved throughout the level. The game gets you used to the concept, then spins it around, pushes

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manoeuvrability in water, the ability to slide through enemies and blocks, and allows you to throw ice balls. Epic.

Graphically the game looks very polished, with smooth 3D graphics throughout, and all enemies rendered with a sheen of graphical polish unseen in any side-scrolling Mario game.

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<I NTERNET> Y E F A S

GAINST EARCH CENSORSHIP

AHOO NTERS RAY

“Chinese law proscribes any form of hacking G-Mail accounts of some of its users. Now of State Hillary Clinton has now called for the

at the G-Mail accounts of Chinese human rights brilliant reworkings of classic themes, along

perfectly. And then the next level is something

mix as well.

All the levels (and there are lot, with several secret ones popping up where you least expect them) are brand new, although many do involve concepts from previous Mario nods back to older levels, rather than simple re-workings. The original DS New Super Mario Bros.

- the world layout for example, including levels punctuated by boss level castle stages, warp cannons, Boo Houses and Toad Houses for gaining power-ups - though everything seems evolved from its predecessor.

game and complete it in six to eight hours, but our completed save was a lot more than that.

this sort of thing.

Power-ups are now accessible from an

be clear on how it works, it appears as an item block at the start of a course if you fail more

level ahead. Stuck trying to beat a boss just as regular Mario? Re-try the level with your funky Propeller suit on! Once again, power-ups are winnable in Toad Houses, though these now contain mini-games for you to play to decide which power-ups you get.

where you must defeat them and save Toads

which the computer security industry has said is nothing new. Drummond added “we have can exchange your hard-earned coinage for

collect those Star Coins, and replay levels to try

world map screen, allowing you to pick one of the trickiest Mario games released of late. As such the “Super Guide” really is an excusable

missions, where you re-play levels where a Toad has been hidden, and must locate him/her/it and then carry them to the exit to save them.

or where the secret exits are. It is surprising Nintendo had chosen this to be the use for the

Mario-standard for more than 20 years. D-pad rather than A and B) to run and jump. A shake of the Wii-mote gives you a spin jump, while the

right number of power-ups, with regulars such as the Fire Flower, Star and Mini Mushroom making a return, alongside new items - namely the Propeller Suit and the brilliant Penguin Suit, which sees you gain grip on ice, more

levels! There are only a handful in the game, spread too far apart. Nintendo - you tease us by

about that already. Sigh.

dungeon on no less then four occasions. Spirit Tracks appears to have taken these complaints and improved them.

The surprising story of Spirit Tracks is

which was not the case in Phantom Hourglass.

Returning with new items though, will unlock new treasures. The touch system remains with one new mechanic and a minor improvement

ally Phantom that can be controlled at various points within the game. Movement is drawn raising element comes into play with the killing and some new takes on old franchise puzzles

is a massive market that Google is sure to want to take advantage of, with approximately 350 million internet users; a consumer base that

desire to cease censorship of its search engine results in China, and said it would seek a way to operate free of censorship while remaining within the bounds of Chinese law. So far, no changes have been made to the search engines

Google holds a third of Chinese search engine market, falling behind the most popular search engine in the country, Baidu, which holds 60% of the market. distance and does not operate its own service in the country. Instead it owns a 40% stake,

place.

such as Firefox or Opera.

With as many as twenty other businesses from search results include pages focused on as well as pages covering other topics Google agreed to censor in 2006, when the Google.cn

Available on Nintendo Wii Price: £45

9.5/10

assets based in China, as well as a slew of other subsidiary businesses. This may not be as much as an investment in the Chinese digital economy

widely-used web browser, although a patch has been rushed out to update the security

versions. However, both the French and The

Chinese

government

has

easily the hardest to control; there is simply too much of it and it is uploaded more quickly However this has not stopped the Chinese government from trying to impose control and

government involvement is suspected and censorship imposed by the state. In response,

repressive policies, and puts more pressure on it to reduce the degree to which it restricts access

The security breach that reportedly allowed the digital incursion to take place exists in

Tom Phillips

The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks was revealed in late 2009, it barely although they do tend to dry up as the game progresses and gameplay takes over.

The Tower of Spirits performs the role of the previous games main dungeon. However the player can skip any areas of the dungeon that

in a country and whether or not they are , China- and Europe-based Gmail users who are advocates of human rights in China appear

but again, it reinforces the whole ‘helping hand

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: SPIRIT TRACKS as “Phantom Hourglass but with trains”. Several months have passed, and there is a lot more to be excited about.

Phantom Hourglass drew complaints from media outlets, mainly its apparent casual gameplay, pure touch based control system and

announced that if an agreement cannot be reached with the Chinese government it will pull out of the country all together, and its website, Google.cn, will be no more. This is the

others charge ahead, players can get caught behind. Also, the collectable Star Coins are no longer used up unlocking Toad Houses, instead

to do so.

stated

William Moran

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK>CHAT ROULETTE YOUTUBE TO RENT MOVIES

issues seems to be Spirit Tracks signature. The game also features a new instrument: the pan pipe. The pipe is controlled by blowing into the microphone of the DS and moving the pipe on

made available. the correct tempo needed. It can turn a two minute musical puzzle into a twenty minute ordeal. also where most of the games joy comes from.

Movement on the train is done by drawing the route you wish to take on the tracks with the stylus, as the game progresses more areas to explore are unlocked. This makes the game feel sense of achievement is felt as each new place unlocks. The only problem with the train is the stopping mechanic which saw this reviewer go

on a wider scale - but this falls behind other is an MSN-style chat window. All sounds fairly normal so far but this is where following payment, in a style similar to that of in an otherwise enjoyable mechanic.

Overall Spirit Tracks is a wonderful

By logging on, you are connected with a “random stranger” (as the site so pleasantly describes them) and you are able to communicate with them

series and takes a while to separate itself from Zelda fans will love and hopefully a game that nonfans will love too.

just press F9 to move on to the next person.

Available on Nintendo DS Price: £35

8/10

encounter are bizarre at best, vomit-inducing at worst. The site seems to

WWW. CHATROULETTE. COM

more obselete compared to infrastructure. What this means is that to enjoy

This kind of internet use is becoming more widespread and, requiring high speed, large “Bass Ackwards,” “One Too Many Mornings,” growing strain on Internet Service Providers

never seen (or have wanted to see) them before...

Grace Simpson

Richard Joslin

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MAIN FEATURE UP IN THE AIR

With the global recession it

is

surprising

that

Twilight star Anna

fearful that she will not realise

few Up In the Air

is Up In the Air Up In the Air is far

Up in the Air

Lost

Michael Lovelock

6/10

OTHER SCREENS

All About

The

Steve

Book Of Eli which on this occasion fails to

There are twists in the plot

The characters are all two not reciprocate her feelings

nonetheless an entertaining

All About Steve is

Rachel Coxon

Vimbai Mukwenha

Emma Featherstone

2/10

3/10

5/10

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OTHER SCREENS

Brothers

become closer through their

Brothers revolves around the lives of Sam Cahill,

Brothers has a great cast in Maguire, Portman and Gyllenhaal, none of the

dishes and secondly the disappearance of any house

Six security guards, for the Eagle Shield Armored decide to steal the $42 million that they are supposed to

then The Boys are Back is

be a fool proof plan as long as all involved are up for the

and loving husband, is about to they are not believable as the

does his best as an implausible lot as it turns out, and not just

does not have anything to say

The Boys Are Back could have chosen

Back

is apparently based on a true

the side of the dashingly daring Armored pits

the underlying tensions of The Boys are

Seeing Grace is unable to

Bert Wardlow

3/10

James Galloway

the house, cue a stereotype of an emerging pile of dirty

DVD RELEASES

Brought up in poverty by his

provides any interest, playing The Bank Job, Oceanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Eleven and maybe even all had one thing in common;

Perfect Life demonstrates edgy and teenager

incarnated

5/10

not exactly returned to the United States in a blaze of Armored could have been much, much Michael Blunt

removing any tension from an

A snappy, smart and unexpected treat, (500) Days of Summer is a rom-com for

from indie darlings Joseph

the birth, life and death of

lead characters that remain

3/10

(500) Days Of Summer

in

promisingly - seemingly about to unfold as a tale of childhood hardship and trauma - it

sense of fun that can come (500) Days of Summer

fraternity, forcing himself into a series of terrifying and bizarre hallucinogenic consciousness Michael Lovelock and the imaged disintegrate; it becomes impossible to tell around

a

succession

of

4/10

chronology; by juxtaposing

something landscape of nights out in the city, the grind of

the bad sit right next to each

of achieving something truly

Liam Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien

8/10

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RATED OR SLATED? ALICE IN WONDERLAND

CINEMATIC CLASSICS > ALIEN (1979) A REVOLUTIONARY SCI-FI

than previous years, as this

With the world having gone James Cameron-mad over the release of Avatar, it was

Alice’s .

tale, it has a long history with the distributor, Walt Disney.

Alice’s as part of a series of shorts intended to establish

of hand drawn characters and a real actress, it was an

peoples opinion, the perfect choice of director for an

like The Terminator and Aliens would dominate the Christmas television schedule. Without

tale. He has a history of working for Disney, having started out in the industry as

“In space no-one can hear you today and perfectly executed by the cast, falling over and

to tell them that fake blood Alien, Cameron would not have been able to write, produce and direct the sequel, Aliens, which has been claimed

is sure to go hand-in-hand

of wonderland come to life on the big screen, but it shall also be presented in the shiny new

by Empire magazine as the

stars, with Steven Fry as the

book, but is in fact more of a sequel.

about the Alien, which heavily campaigns such as The Blair Witch Project and .

Alien

the chest). What adds an extra Ellen Ripley was ignored by both her superiors and subordinates alike before the alien ran amok on the spaceship. However, she is the only character to remain calm and then leads the remaining crew; a theme that is maintained by Cameron in the sequel. It was Sigourney

Alien all about? In the smallest of nutshells: spaceship pickup radio transmission from distance planet, crew explores it, alien infects crew member, then Alien kills the rest of the crew one-by-one. Sounds like

partner in crime Johnny Depp

Avatar). It

worked with his muse and

blockbuster; however, he could not emulate the kind of box

series, once again falls down the one of the works which helped

has stated that he feels

Studio, as it was then known.

Walt Disney was said to be

never established much of an

on the awesome so the fact they are together

character. He therefore wants his version to have more of an

weird visual and gothic styling

story and returned to the tale Snow White Walt Disney had actually wanted that honour to go to Paramount beat Disney to the

like a complete story, rather than a series of strange events.

Alice in make use of Hollywood

heavy

bet to say his version of Alice is going to be unlike anything else showing in cinemas this year.

weights

seeing glimpses of it in its awesome adulthood, stalking are not glamorous and none of them are worthy to be labelled only guess what other tricks it has in-between its many tentacles.

If you are too lazy to watch

had with Alien twenty-one years later.

What more can I say to you deal breaker I can assure you is the Alien, by far the best character in the movie. One of the best movie villains of all

nothing about the Alien the chest-burst scene; this alone merits the Oscar win for

air vents in the same way again. contained

the

spaced-out

Bert Wardlow

James Galloway

TRIVIA TIME to take the role of the Green Lantern.

in which the superhero movie was reborn on the big screen.

Judging by the movies in the

Fox has appeared as a likely

next ten years are going to be surrounds who will be playing which hero/sidekick/love Jude Law are apparently going to be appearing in Thor, part of the build up to the inevitable Avengers movie which will also feature Iron Man and The .

in the franchise will feature neither director Sam Raimi It will instead focusing on Meanwhile, reports suggest

fans will surely be psyched

in . It may sound like an all too obvious rumour but the movie is being produced by the same company as Transformers.

Scream 4 is also in the works.

Scary Movie parody the parody.

rollercoaster My Brother’s Keeper, the Rock inexplicably appearing as the tooth fairy

in... The Tooth Fairy, and Julia Roberts probably not breaking rom-com ground in Day Depp in does not let us down. movie world. Ricky Gervais was not warmly received by

things. Praise did come his way in the shape of wrestler Mickey Rourke however, who stated “I thought he was cool”.

Avatar

and The White Ribbon won and . James Cameron also took home The Hangover Comedy, Up

shows is less than two months

announced on February 2nd so place your bets now. For

movies include , A , and a George Clooney double whammy with Up In The Air and The Men Who Stare at Goats.

Michael Blunt

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This week The Event delves into the ever-growing genre of dubstep, looking at its history and

THE EVENTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S DUBSTEP PLAYLIST Night

ORIGINS OF A GENRE

Cockney Thug Untrue Night World War 7 In for the Kill

Saxon The Kiss

the UK, as it grew rather slowly; beginning with

Jahova VIP Stand By Alex Throssell

THE ARTISTS

SKREAM

BENGA

CASPA & RUSKO

Without doubt one of the forefathers of What Do You Call It? and then Midnight Request Line The dark tones of dubstep provide an

on FabricLive 37 Outside the Box, set

Diary of an Afro Warrior, In For The Kill Paul Cook Cockney Violin goes

Cockney Thug

Oliver Brooks

Paul Cook

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DJ Guise tells The Event What would you say are the reasons behind the success of dubstep in recent years?

Hyph Mngo

Would you like to see dubstep become more a part of the mainstream music industry?

What about it’s success in Norwich?

We Are Your Friends

Bethany Bull music students of Norwich wanted to hear?

and why?

The Event

“THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC-AL!”

Emma Webb

Grease, Dirty Dancing, Fame

The Black Crook

Mamma Mia! We Will Rock You

The Lion King, Wicked

We

Will Rock You

Bad Girls: The Musical

We Will Rock You

Les Miserables

Evita, Cats

Chicago, these

music NEW RELEASES >ALBUMS

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DELPHIC ACOLYTE

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LOSTPROPHETS 9/10 THE BETRAYED

This album, pre-empted by a great degree of hype and tantalizing single releases in 2009,

7/10

whilst Doubt and Counterpoint show Delphic’s synth-savvy leanings, providing a new twist

arguably the best track on the record. With a

percussive beats, choral harmonies, melodies and pulsing synth drones throughout Acolyte all come together to quench the thirst for fresh new music, and, more importantly, seem to grasp the more hopeful mood of the country;

most brutal. Next Stop Atro City matches this in ferocity and has a heavier guitar solo which wouldn’t look out of place if played alongside crowd favourite exhibits a piano intro, building into another

near-9 minute instrumental dance epic: its juxtaposing textures, from the tranquillity of the intro through the driving bass and layers of

by the band in numerous interviews. The rest of the tracks on vary from solid ...Jolly Good Felon

throughout the album. Another stand-out track, Halcyon, sounds like Friendly Fires at a Bloc Party dance set - and the list of notable tracks goes on.

half a million dollars on recording new material for their follow up to ,

with ‘Album of the Year’ claims. It is unsurprising well polished that the songs are a joy to listen to, and even if your mind wavers, the swash passes through you without complaint.

Of course, your mind will rarely waver as the rather strategic placement of the more upbeat, familiar tracks excites the avid listener. Opener Clarion Call is an instant hit with a hugely euphoric instrumental break halfway through,

THESE NEW PURITANS HIDDEN

that; not all of the tracks can be as good as others, and so some are lost, undermined by the brilliance of other songs on the album. However, in looking at the album as a whole, the future of the band and the prospects for music in 2010, it seems that Delphic really have (to paraphrase one of their lyrics) “given us something we can believe in”.

Alex Throssell

how the tracks sounded, decided to scrap everything and start again.

Betrayed.

It starts as it means to go on with an opening track full of dark sounding guitar, from Ian Watkins. This leads into

,

Although this album may not be the strongly from the bands early career that all their fans will have hoped for, it is sure to bring

to request music of a similar genre to their worthy of their stage presence, hardcore edge and A-list rock band status.

Seb Crane

THE IMAGINED VILLAGE 9/10 EMPIRE AND LOVE

7/10

be more suited as a soundtrack to an epic postIt is sparse and bleak, with only the occasional

Slade’s choice. However, the cover is a gem, bringing

piercing the brilliant haze of These New Puritan’s sinister drone. This musical texture contrasts debut album 2008’s released almost exactly two years ago. Their

down to focus on the lyrics (‘I don’t know why’

the highlight of the album. the

it accurately as post-punk, “Mark E. Smith ”.

Hidden couldn’t be further than this

These New Puritans have begun the decade with a bang. To be exact a bang of a six-foot high Japanese Taiko drum. This bang (from an instrument used frequently on their new album Hidden) will reverberate around the music of

Beat . These elements are created by the brilliantly incorporated classical instruments and choral vocals. But crucially, Hidden also has much prevalent. First single We Want War and sixth track Fire Power provide the album with big tunes and give it mainstream accessibility.

These New Puritans early demos indicated

original that it sounds unlike anything released Hidden massively important

famous

many-layered version, altering not only in is the third album from folk music project The Imagined Village, exploring

(with vocals from Jackie Oates) is also brilliant, as is Sweet Jane and Space Girl.

mainstream folk music as it interweaves so

, however, is the similarity of the songs all have a similar tone, and are sung in similar

styles. The songs frequently blend into an echoing, confusing polyphony, that prominently

something special. wasn’t quite it, but with Hidden, the band have made their

wordless backing vocals give the music a

James Halling

the boundaries of language.

It makes sense that a project aiming to

Due to this factor, referencing Hidden as a

other

genres in order to be appreciated fully.

Hazy Hale

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>ALBUMS>>> HOT RATS TURN ONS

BEACH HOUSE 5/10 TEEN DREAM

9/10 becomes the order of the day.

Bike. This is probably one of those songs that

Zebra

Add

Jack Loughran

Duncan Vicat-Brown

> SINGLES>>>

OWL CITY 1/10 FIREFLIES

GIRLS CANâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;T CATCH ECHO

9/10

LIGHTSPEED CHAMPION MARLENE

6/10

The concept of an echo is not complex. Wikipedia describes Marlene experience this phenomenon

spoken. The concept of this song is not complex either. In

absorbing.

Marlene, becomes mired by a heavy

It reverts back to the former

to look back at the release lost.

Things become too bogged speaking

of

hopes

shame the vibrancy it begins the rest of the track.

and pioneered by its predecessors.

immediately.

Jack Loughran

Thi Sua Tran

Thomas Moore

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turn-out were unable to warm to Damien

However, it was at this point that Kulashâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interludes imbued with sarcasm showed he was

Despite his undoubted charisma and the could not carry the music, the rest of the

This Too Shall Pass, in which Kulash displayed a sense of showmanship,

What To Do medium of hand bells provided a lull from

of the set all hope that had existed within performance arrived when the band decided than lukewarm response to the OK Go! trump Here It Goes Again, it was clear that the band would competent performance as their own personal

Sean Harris & Michael Bond

LAURA VEIRS > ARTS CENTRE > THURSDAY 21ST JANUARY of July Flame

the celebratory Carol Kaye, there was an

Sun is King

call you mine?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;

support of her seventh album July Flame with steadfast tone of older track Cast A Hook audience to accompany the choir in To The Country crowd with two solo sets, their minimalism

airily in July Flame closer, Make Something Good Chris Ogden

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THE VIRTUES OF VEGANISM

Having been challenged by a friend to become vegan for a month, Bruce Sigrist discusses So it’s a new year, a new decade and business as usual for the swarms of ambitious January resolutions. Between stopping smoking and abstinence, charitable donations and staying in contact with Uncle Geoff, the will to diet is inevitably going to linger on the backs of many peoples’ minds. When this popped up in conversation with my vegan friend not long ago, she challenged me to exaggerate this resolution and live life sans meat and dairy for a month. On paper, this looks like a piece of cake. With over 250,000 active vegans in this country, it’s easy to scorn at the task and assume this is just a case of saving money, careful shopping and a renewed relationship with Linda McCartney and the toilet. For a passionate carnivore, however, things are easier said than done; I’m twenty days in and would kill for a gritty post-LCR hamburger.

The first obstacle is in the little annoyances that take you by surprise. A nice warm muffin neither looks nor smells like an egg, but is guilty as sin. The apparent alternative to meat – Quorn – contains dairy and the great British cup of tea needs its milk. Even alcohol is surprisingly vegan intolerant; most beers, wines and ciders use a clarifying agent called isinglass, which is inspiringly sourced from fish bladders. The time and effort spent avoiding these products is taxing and admittedly quite impressive. Some vegans go a step further by boycotting materials like leather, wool and silk, and there are even those (fruitarians) who will only eat foods that have fallen naturally from a plant, without being harvested. Even if you disagree with the reasons for veganism, the dedication to their cause is nonetheless impressive.

VEGANISM>THE FACTS>>> Veganism does not stop at dietary choices. Vegans do not wear leather, wool or other materials taken from animals. Many products such as perfume, alcoholic drinks and vitamins and supplements.

Finding out the contents of such products requires the cause.

World Vegan Day is on the 1st November every year, the birthday of the Vegan Society, which was founded in 1944

by Donald Watson and Elsie Shrigley.

com, the term vegan was coined by Donald Watson abstain from all animal products from those who only refuse to eat animals.

For vegan recipes, try simpleveganrecipes.com, veganvillage.com and vegansociety.com for all things vegan.

There are approximately 250,000 vegans in the UK.

Granted, some problems can be solved with nifty loopholes.

A cup of coffee, for example, can be whitened (and curdled) by simply adding soya milk. My response to the alcohol problem was simply to ignore it: I’m a student, I need to draw the line somewhere, and no one appreciates the guy who fumbles for an excuse as to why they won’t down the dirty pint. Asides from that, the diet is just a case of compromising and replacing whatever delicious meat you’ve missed with mushrooms, vegetables or anything that feels remotely chewy. Linda McCartney also becomes a saint; her range of hot dogs, sausage rolls and burgers can emulate the flavours surprisingly well.

Some imitations, however, cannot be made. For all the moral and ethical goodness veganism promotes, there is no decent excuse for the suffering it causes with the consumption of ‘Sheese’, the dairy free alternative to fromage. Claiming to be a ‘realistic’ substitute, Sheese is inexcusably horrible, so much so that a reasonable case could be put forward to illegalising the stuff. Its offensiveness is not just in the vile taste, but also in the claim that Sheese simulates specific flavours such as cheddar and mozzarella. It is no more representative of cheese than a scrubbing sponge.

Having nearly finished this month long ordeal, I’m getting close to vaguely understanding how to comfortably get by on a vegan diet. The passion for the cause is reason enough for some, and with enough forward planning and a good routine it does turn into a relatively smooth journey. For someone who loves meat, however, it can be tedious and frustrating, and

definitely reason enough to grumble whenever someone offers you a cocktail sausage. On a final note, if there are any proud vegans reading this, beaming with the knowledge that I’ve done my part in reducing meat consumption, rest assured: for every animal I didn’t eat in January, I’ll be devouring ten next month.

Captain America’s Hamburger Heaven will soon see a lot of business.

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