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!XED 46 7E LOOK AT SOME OF THE MOST SUPRISING CASES

4HE 'O 4EAM S .INJA CHATS TO US ABOUT THEIR SUCCESS AND JUST HOW ORIGINAL YOU CAN BE WHEN USING MUSIC SAMPLES

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Film  19  &  20 -OVIE 4RAILERS !N ART IN THEMSELVES "RITISH #INEMA -ORE THAN DIET (OLLYWOOD

Music  15 :ANE ,OWE !NALYSED AND APPRECIATED

Centre  Spread  12  &  13

Reviews

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4HE !PPRENTICE +ING OF THE (ILL ON $6$ SCI l HILARITY IN 2ED $WARF AND YOUR DOSE OF SOAPY SUDS

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-ARGARET !TWOOD 7E SIT DOWN FOR A CHAT

%DWARD 3CISSORHANDS ON STAGE AND 6ERSES FOR THE $ESIGNER 5NDERCLASS

Fashion  4  &  5

Film  18,  21  &  22

Regulars

Music  14,  16  &  17

&ASHION 0RINTS ,OOK PERFECT IN YOUR PRINTS

Creative  Writing  10 Listings  17

3YRIANA 4HE 0ROPOSITION AND 4HE 7EATHERMAN ON THE BIG SCREEN

)N (ER 3HOES (OWL S -OVING #ASTLE AND OTHERS ON THE SMALL ONE 4HE 0ADDINGTONS LIVE PLUS 4HE 3TREETS 4HE %DITORS AND MORE REVIEWED

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(AVE A GIGGLE AT WWW HARRY HILL TV

Hello 7ELCOME DEAR READERS TO THE TATTY BUT ENJOYABLE PAGES OF 4HE %VENT "ROUGHT TO YOU

BY US PURELY FOR YOUR OWN SELlSH PLEASURE 5SE THEM AS YOU LIKE AND DISCARD THEM AT THE SLIGHTEST WHIM WE WON T MIND HONEST "UT BEFORE YOU DO

lND A QUIET SPOT AWAY FROM THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE AND ENDLESS CUPS OF COFFEE !N INVITING NOOK YOU CAN CALL YOUR OWN 'RAB SOMETHING CAF FEINE FREE FOR A CHANGE A HERBAL TEA PERHAPS OR EVEN A lNE GLASS OF VIN TAGE RED #ONSIDER POPPING A SLIM CIGAR IN THE CORNER OF YOUR MOUTH

OR DONNING SOME PLUSH FOOTWEAR 2IGHT HO NOW YOU RE SUITABLY PRE PARED FOR YOUR FORTNIGHTLY DOSE OF 4HE %VENT 4HIS ISSUE WE VE CATERED TO A GREAT PLETHORA OF ENTERTAINMENT INTERESTS SUCH IS OUR DUTY 7E ARE MOST INTERESTED THIS FORTNIGHT IN THE SUBJECT OF SAMPLING IN MUSIC 7E WERE SO ENGROSSED IN THIS ISSUE THAT WE HAD TO ENLIST THE HELP OF 4HE 'O 4EAM S FOXY LEAD VOCALIST

.INJA TO GET TO GRIPS WITH THE ISSUE 3HE OBVIOUSLY DOESN T THINK THAT USING SAMPLES IS JUST PINCHING OTH ER PEOPLES MUSICAL BITS AND BOBS TO HAVE LUCRATIVE TOP TEN HITS WITHOUT WRITING ANYTHING YOURSELF 3HE DOES NOT BELIEVE THAT IT IS TANTAMOUNT TO AUDIO THEFT 7E OF COURSE AGREE HEARTILY WITH HER MOSTLY BECAUSE

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OF HOW LOVELY SHE IS BUT ALSO BE CAUSE ,ADYmASH IS SO WONDERFULLY UPBEAT FUN AND JUST PLAIN GOOD 7E HAD SUCH FUN WITH THIS ISSUE THAT WE COULDN T POSSIBLY KEEP IT TO OURSELVES AND HAD TO STICK IT ON THE CENTRE SPREAD FOR ALL TO SEE 7HY NOT STAGE YOUR OWN DEBATE ON THIS TOP IC AND HAVE YOURSELF A SMALL SLICE OF THE ACTION )F HOWEVER YOU DO FEEL THAT ALL FORMS OF SAMPLING ARE JUST NAUGHTY AND SHOULD BE STOPPED THEN DON T SHY AWAY 9OU HAVE THE VERY SPECIAL PLEASURE OF READING AN ARTICLE THAT CHALLENGES AND PROVOKES YOU 7RITE US A LETTER TO REGISTER YOU OPINIONS AND MAKE DISAPPROVING NOISES AS YOU OVERHEAR OTHER PEOPLE DISCUSS ING SILLY NOTIONS OF ERADICATING COPYWRITES 4HE AGAIN MUSIC MIGHT NOT BE YOUR THING )TS NOTHING TO BE ASHAMED OF IT HAPPENS TO LOTS OF PEOPLE AND THEY LIVE PERFECTLY FULL AND IMPORTANT LIVES 7E STILL LOVE YOU VERY MUCH 7HY NOT TAKE A BUTCHERS AT THE FASHION PAGES 4HEY RE ALWAYS GOOD FOR A BIT OF CHIC ESCAPISM AND YOU CAN PICK UP SOME HANDY HINTS FOR YOU NEXT SHOPPING TRIP AS YOU ESCAPE 4HIS ISSUE WE VE CHOSEN TO ENLIGHTEN YOU ON THE BEST WAYS TO PARADE YOUR PRINTS ! TOUGH ISSUE WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT WE RE DANGLING BETWIXT SEASONS 7HO CAN

ACCOUNT FOR SNOW IN THE MORNING AND SUN IN THE AFTERNOON 7ELLIES OR SUNNIES "EST TO PLAY IT SAFE AND CONCENTRATE ON THE MORE MANAGE ABLE ISSUE OF WHETHER POLKA DOTS OR BIG mOWERS LOOK BETTER FOR THAT NEW OUTlT YOU RE THINKING OF GETTING YOURSELF /R JUST LOOK AT THE PRETTY PICTURES /NCE YOU VE HAD YOUR lLL OF THE MORE FRIVOLOUS THINGS WE HAVE ON OF FER FOR YOU THIS FORTNIGHT YOU COULD JOIN US IN MOURNING FOR SOME AXED TELLY SHOWS )N FACT IT MAY BE MORE lTTING TO CALL THEM @AXED FRIENDS !FTER ALL WE SPEND FAR MORE ENJOY ABLE TIME WITH THEM THAN ANY HU MAN COMPANY 4HEY RE CRUELLY CUT DOWN IN THEIR PRIME SACRIlCED FOR THE DIRTY PLEASURE OF THE ALL MIGHTY DOLLAR 0ERHAPS THEY SHOULD HAVE SOME SORT OF CHARITY !FTER READING THE FEATURE IF YOU FEEL DRIVEN TO SET UP SUCH A CHARITY DO PLEASE CONTACT US FOR SUPPORT WHICH YOU RECEIVE

BY THE STEAMING BUCKETFUL ,ASTLY COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF THANK YOU WITH mORAL DECORATION AND COMPLIMENTARY CHAMPAGNE METAPHORIC CHAMPAGNE TO EVE RYONE WHO HELPED WITH THE ISSUE OR SENT GOOD THOUGHTS TO THE PRO DUCTION TEAM OR WHO INTENDED TO 9OU RE ALL VERY BEAUTIFUL

Editor-in-chief  3ARAH %DWARDES Editor  &  Designer +ATE "RYANT Art  Editor  2OANNA "OND

#ONTRIBUTORS 'ABRIELLE "ARNES *AMES #ONWAY

!LAN -URRIN

Fashion  Editor  ,AURA #OBB Film  Editor  3EBASTIAN -ANLEY

#ONTRIBUTORS +ATE "RYANT !NDY *UDSON ,YDIA -OSSAHEBI

,OUIS %ASTHORPE !LEX 'OLDUP !LEX +NOWLDEN

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Music  Editor  #HARLES 2UMSEY #ONTRIBUTORS !LEX !LLEN 7ILL (OLLOWAY

-ARK #RAWLEY &IONA "ILLINGS 3IMON 'RIFlTHS

#HRIS (YDE 'EORGE 7YNDHAM TV  Editor  #HRIS (YDE #ONTRIBUTORS 2EBECCA (UNT $EREK *OHNSTON

0HILIP 2OBINSON 7ALTER 0LINCH .ATASHA +UNDAIKER Creative  Writing  Editor   -ERINNE 7HITTON #ONTRIBUTORS !NNA 3TEWARD +ATE +ILALEA

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Internet  Editor  7ALTER 0LINCH Additional  Artwork  +ATE "RYANT

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HOSE OF US RESID ING IN NEGLECTED STUDENT SLUMS THIS SPRING CAN lNALLY HAVE THE CHANCE TO BE EN VOGUE 4HE CHINTZY PRINTS OF YOUR FADING CURTAINS HAVE MADE A MUCH NEEDED ESCAPE FROM THEIR MISERABLE CONmICT WITH THE SHAG PILE AND SUDDENLY BECOME HIP 3O WRECK REVENGE ON YOUR MISERLY LANDLADY AND SNATCH ANY mORAL FAB RIC THAT ISN T STITCHED TO THE lXTURES

KNOCKING YOURSELF TOGETHER A SEA SONAL ESSENTIAL

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TARTAN A LADYLIKE MAKEOVER $ITSY MINIS AND SHAPELY DRESSES WERE ALL GIVEN THE 3COTTISH STAMP !LICE 2OI WAS ONE OF THE MANY DESIGNERS TO RESCUE ANIMAL PRINT FROM IT S TRAU MATIC GIRL POWER PAST AND ADORN DRESSES WITH FAUX ENDANGERED DE SIGNS !FFORDABLE OUTLETS ARE ALSO PLAYING WITH PRINT AND THE SHOPS ARE BLOOMING WITH EVERYTHING FROM POLKA DOTS TO mORA AND FAUNA )T S NOT GREEDY TO TRY A BIT OF BOTH

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! CHILL IN LAST SEASON S STYLE MEANT MONOCHROME TONES CHEQUERED THE CATWALK 7ELL AFTER BLACK AND WHITE BANALITY SOMEONE HAD TO INVENT COLOUR #ONSIDER ANYTHING WILDLY BRIGHT IN A REPETITIVE CONlGURATION A DOABLE SPRINGTIME STYLE BUT WHERE SHOULD PRINT BEGIN /UTLANDISH !MERICAN STYLE ADVISORS WILL ALWAYS CAUTION LADIES ON THE PERILS OF PRINT AS AN ILL ADVISED PATTERN ON EVEN THE SLEEKEST OF lGURES CAN LOOK ATROCIOUS 0RINTS CAN CAUSE CURVES TO SPLURGE IN THE WORST WAY STEERING OUTlTS A LITTLE TOO CLOSE TO mORAL SOFA TERRITORY "UT DON T LET FEAR MEAN YOU ABANDON PATTERN ENTIRELY FANCY DESIGNS CAN LOOK HOT ON THE RIGHT TERMS 4HOSE

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Costume  Drama !S MUCH AS 0ARIS (ILTON REPRESENTS ALL THAT IS WRONG WITH THE WORLD SOMETIMES ALTHOUGH ) SAY IT THROUGH TENSELY GRITTED TEETH THE GIRL HAS A POINT 7ITH REGARDS TO DRESSING UP THE HEIRESS HAS SAID h$RESS CUTE WHEREVER YOU GO LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO BLEND IN v !LTHOUGH THERE S BEEN A LITTLE LOST IN TRANSLATION AS DRESSING CUTE THIS SIDE OF THE POND SUG GESTS KNITTED BOOTIES AND A PINK BABYGRO THE LATER PART OF HER WISDOM RINGS TRUE 7HY DO PEOPLE CHOOSE TO TRUDGE THROUGH LIFE IN THE JEANS THEY WORE YESTERDAY AND A T SHIRT THAT WAS FREE WITH A BEER PROMOTION ,IFE REALLY IS TOO SHORT TO NOT MAKE EVERY OUTlT LIKE EVERY MOMENT COUNT /N THAT NOTE THIS WEEK WE HEAD DOWN A DIMLY LIT ALLEY "RACE YOURSELF FASHION lENDS 4HIS WEEK WE TACKLE THE COURSE THAT COUTURE FORGOT

CAUTIOUS OF CLOTHING WITH THE VOL UME TURNED UP HIGH SHOULD STICK TO WEARING PATTERN IN MEASURED DOSES !DD mASHES OF PRINT WHEN SPLASHED VICARIOUSLY ON SELECTED ACCESSORIES 0ATTERNED SHOES HAIR BANDS OR SCARVES ARE EASY WARDROBE UPDATES AND CAN BE PAIRED WITH STRAIGHT LEG INDIGO JEANS AND A CRISP WHITE SHIRT

The  Outfits  Currently Known  as  Prints 4HOSE WANTING THE IMPACT OF AN OUT lT IN PRINT THIS SPRING SHOULD THANK THEIR FASHION STARS FOR $IANE 6ON &URSTENBERG AND HER SIN DISGUISING WRAPS -ISS 6& S DRESSES WERE DE SIGNED WAY BEFORE EVEN YOUR MOTH ER HAD SINS TO DISGUISE 4HEY WERE MADE WITH THE INTENTION OF MAKING WOMEN FEEL LIKE WOMEN &IVE MIL LION OF HER DRESSES WERE SOLD WITHIN FOUR YEARS OF GOING INTO PRODUCTION AND LUCKILY FOR US WOMEN AND OUR TIME TRANSCENDING IMPERFECTIONS

THE HIGH STREET HAS ALWAYS BEEN QUICK TO FOLLOW IN STYLISH SUIT $6& S DRESSES HAVE MADE A WELCOME RE TURN COMPLETE WITH COLOURFUL PRINTS OF LATE 4HOSE OF US SPORTING A PRO TRUDING MUMMY TUMMY BUT WITH OUT THE BAIRN IN TOE CAN SEEK SOLACE IN THE COMFORT AND SLEEK SILHOUETTE THAT THE DRESSES AFFORD +EEP CHILLS TO A MINIMUM WITH LEGGINGS OR TIGHTS BENEATH 2ECENT STRIDES IN THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF HIGH COUTURE HAVE MEANT THAT DESIGNERS HAVE l NALLY ACKNOWLEDGED THE WAIST 3O

PAIR YOUR PRINTED $6& DRESS WITH A STOMACH OBSCURING BELT THEN FEEL FREE TO DRINK AS MUCH AS BEER AS THE LICENSING LAWS ALLOW 7HEN THE WEATHER GIRL GETS A CLUE

YOU SHOULD SWIRL IN SOPHISTICATION IN AN EXTRAVAGANT COCKTAIL DRESS

DECORATED IN WILDLY DECORATIVE PRINTS JUST VERGING ON THE STYLISH SIDE OF (AWAIIAN TROPICAL 3PRING DRESSES WILL SEE THE RETURN OF THE mATTERING HALTER NECKS TIE $ON T FOR GET TO DElNE YOUR COLLARBONES WITH A DUSTING OF GOLDEN SPARKLE )N AN INTERESTING TWIST FROM LAST YEAR S BOHO TREND FASHION WILL ,OOK %AST 5NFORTUNATELY WE WON T ALL BE DRESSING LIKE .ORFOLK FARM ERS BUT ALMOST AS ELEGANTLY AS WE TAKE STYLE TIPS FROM BEAUTIFUL *APA NESE GEISHAS 7HERE AS THE LAID BACK HIPPY LOOK MEANT SOPHISTICATION WAS EXCHANGED FOR MUSSED UP STRESS FREE DRESSING THIS SEASONS mAVOUR OF !SIA OFFERS A LOOK WHICH IS CLEAN

SMART AND VIVID 4HE FRESH PRINTS OF THE ORIENT mASHING IN VIBRANT TONES FOUND ONLY IN THE MOST EXOTIC mOW ERS WILL ADORN CLUTCHES SASHES AND BILLOWING KIMONOS &OLLOWING THE mORAL NOTE THE COR SAGES WHICH BECAME AN OUTlT ES SENTIAL EARLY THIS CENTURY HAVE RE TURNED WITH A SHOT OF SOMETHING '- IN THEIR STEMS /VERSIZED mORA WILL BE SCATTERED ON SHOES AND BAGS AND RECLINE IN LUXURY ATOP THE MOST LUXURIOUS OF PONYTAILS )N OTHER AC CESSORY REPORTS OUTlT ADDITIONS THIS SEASON WILL BE FABULOUSLY OR NATE !RMS NECKS AND EARS WILL BE SPRINKLED WITH JEWELS ADORNED WITH

DETAILED AND DRAMATIC CHARMS 2IB BONS PEARLS AND KNOTTED MOTIF SCARVES WILL BE DRAPED ON THE LOOPS OF YOUR EVERY OVERSIZED HANDBAG THIS SEASON ! KITSCH ADDED ACCES SORY WILL BE THE h"ORROWERS@v SIZED BUTTON 4HIS WILL BE INVOLVED IN THE DESIGN OF COATS SKIRTS AND SHIRTS

OR STANDING ALONE BROACH STYLE ON COLLARS AND BAGS

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2EMEMBER THOSE SNAPPY ELASTICS YOU D CLIP ON YOUR TROUSER TOPS WHEN DRESSING UP TIME DICTATED IT WAS YOUR TURN TO PLAY $AD 7ELL THEY VE DROPPED THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH CHILDHOOD CAVORTS AND CITY BANKERS AND ARE WELCOMED INTO OUR CLOSETS !CCESSORISE YOUR BRACES AS THOUGH THEY WERE THE MULTI PURPOSE NECKLACE COME BELT YOU NEVER KNEW YOU NEEDED 0ING THEM ON THE TOPS OF YOUR CITY SHORTS AND BRODERIE LACE VESTS OR SLIM lT SHIRTS AND OF COURSE ANYTHING IN A PAT TERNED FASHION :EBRAS TIGERS AND LEOPARDS SHOULD HAVE GOT THEIR SKINS COPYRIGHTED THIS SPRING AS PRINTS FROM THE EX OTIC SIDE OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM SADLY NO FREAKY "RITISH BADGERS

EXOTIC ANIMAL FOLK ONLY HAVE BEEN PAID HOMAGE TO !NIMAL PRINTS SHOULD BE WORKED ON ACCESSORIES IN A LOW KEY FASH ION ADORNING A SIMPLE SWEATER OR LAVISHED ON PUMPS OR KILLER HEELS (APPY 0ATTERNS FASHION LOVERS TILL NEXT TIME !ND NO ) AM NOT SORRY FOR OVER PUNNING THE WORD PRINTS

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) HAVE TAKEN A LOVER !ND AS WONDERFULLY FULL AS THE HOURS BETWEEN THE lRST EDITION OF .EIGHBOURS AND THE SECOND HAVE NOW BECOME THERE IS A MINOR HICCUP IN OUR CHARM ING SET UP (E IS AS SOME MAY SO TASTEFULLY PUT IT PART OF THE hSCIENCE SETv !ND THEREFORE CONSIDERS ANORAKS VERSATILE WARE FOR EVERY SEASON AND mEECY FABRIC A DAILY ESSENTIAL (E DRESSES FOR PRACTICALITIES PURPOSE RATHER THAN STYLES ) FEEL ASHAMED TO WALK WITH HIM AND OFTEN PRETEND ) DON T KNOW HIM WHEN MY FRIENDS APPEAR ) VE EVEN TAKEN TO HIDING BE HIND PILLARS /UR AFFAIR HAS BECOME A SECRET OPERATION AS ) ATTEMPT TO SMUGGLE HIM IN LATE AT NIGHT AND SHOVE HIM BACK OUT BEFORE THE SUN RISES (ELP URGENTLY REQUIRED "E FORE MY mATMATES REALISE THAT #RAGHOPPERS BACKPACK OUT SIDE MY DOOR EACH DAY WASN T LEFT THERE BY THE PLUMBER #LANDESTINE !LLIANCE WITH 3CIENCE

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)T IS SOMETHING THAT TROUBLES MANY A VISITOR TO 5%! 7HAT EXACTLY IS THE NEED FOR WALKING BOOTS AROUND CAMPUS 7HERE EXACTLY IS THE ROUGH AND ROCKY TERRAIN 0ERHAPS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE SQUARE AND THE HIVE /R MAYBE IT S THOSE TREACHEROUS STEPS LEADING TO THE LIBRARY 3ENSIBLE SHOES ARE AN INTERESTING CONCEPT AND WE MUST NOT MOCK THE UNFAMILIAR )N SOME CULTURES SHOES WHICH INCORPORATE BOTH A PADDED COLLAR AND A REMOVABLE FOOTBED ARE CONSIDERED ACCEPTABLE MAYBE EVEN ATTRACTIVE "UT SURELY NOTHING RIVALS THE MASSES OF SEX APPEAL CONCENTRATED INTO TO THE POINTY TOE OF A COME TO BED KICK ASS HEEL 3URELY ALL WOMEN WERE BORN WITH AN INNATE FOOT FETISH 4HEN THERE S ASEXUALUALITY OF AN ANORAK 7ATERPROOFS SHOULD REALLY HAVE ONLY ONE USE IN A RELATIONSHIP AND IT DOESN T COME WITH USEFUL 6ELCRO POCKETS AND A HIDDEN COMPARTMENT FOR YOUR mASK )F ONLY THERE WAS A DEGREE IN FASHION CRIMINOLOGY SOME COULD SCORE lRSTS BY SIMPLY SLUMPING IN THE 2ED "AR !NYHOW ) DIGRESS 9OU MY DEAR CHILD HAVE REACHED THE UNFORTUNATE REALISATION THAT MANY A BABE OF A CERTAIN AGE WILL ARRIVE AT !S MUCH WE MAY MOCK THE SCIENTIlC LITTLE CRITTERS GOOD MEN WEAR NAVY 4HEY ARE PARTIAL TO A COMFY mEECE OR TWO 4HEY HAVE SOFT LITTLE HANKIES TO CLEAN THEIR GLASSES WITH 4HEY ARE NOT ASHAMED OF BRINGING LUNCHES FROM HOME "AD MEN DO NONE OF THESE THINGS 4HEIR DRESS SENSE MAY BE MORE EXPENSIVE BUT DOES THAT MAKE UP FOR THEM TRYING TO PULL YOUR BEST FRIEND IN THE TWENTY FOUR HOUR LIBRARY 3O WHAT IF YOUR MAN WEARS A mEECE )T S WHAT LIES BENEATH HIS SOFT ZIP UP JERKIN THAT MATTERS -ANY A SCIENTIlC GENT WILL ENJOY SIMILARLY STUDIOUS PAST TIMES SUCH AS RAMBLING AND CLIMBING 4HIS IS BOUND TO ENTAIL A TIGHTLY HONED BOD )F THERE S CHEMISTRY IN HIS BIOLOGY WHO CARES IF THE PHYSICALITY AIN T ALL THAT (ANG ON IN THERE THERE S MONEY TO BE MADE IN SCIENCE THINK OF ALL THOSE MILLIONAIRES WITH KNOWLEDGE OF ROCK FORMATIONS

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!LAN -URRIN MEETS A WOMAN TO BE RECKONED WITH (E INTERROGATES -ARGARET !TWOOD ABOUT HER LATEST WORK HER INVENTION OF THE @,ONG0EN AND HER POLITICAL PERSUASIONS !LONG THE WAY HE RECEIVES A RE EDUCATION IN HOW TO DANCE TO THE RIGHT TUNE

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HE %VENT HAS WITNESSED A MIRACLE /N -ONDAY TH -ARCH WE HAD THE TERRIFYING PRIVILEGE OF MEETING WHAT APPEARED TO BE TWO DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THE SAME WOMAN 4HE lRST WOMAN ENCOUNTERED WAS -ARGARET !TWOOD DURING A PRIVATE INTERVIEW !S SOON AS !TWOOD ARRIVED WE WERE INTRODUCED TO HER DRY WIT !SKED BY HER ASSISTANT IF SHE SHOULD LEAVE US ALONE !TWOOD SMILED AND REPLIED h!CTUALLY DO YOU THINK YOU COULD STAY HEAR AND HOVER OVER US v /BVIOUSLY MORE IN TUNE WITH HER SARCASM THAN US

WHO mINCHED WITH DISCOMFORT

HER ASSISTANT IMMEDIATELY LEFT THE ROOM

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v&EMINISIM HAS BECOME SO BROAD YOU CAN T HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT WITHOUT NARROWING IT DOWNv

4HERE IS A KINDNESS AND INTELLIGENCE PRESENT IN -ARGARET !TWOOD S EYES WITHOUT BEING ETCHED IN HER FEATURES )N FACT THE YEAR OLD WRITER DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE A SINGLE WRINKLE YET WHEN SHE SPOKE IN HER SOFT RASPY #ANADIAN DRAWL HER FACE WAS INCREDIBLY EXPRESSIVE "UT IT SEEMS TO US THAT SUCH PRATTLE ABOUT THE READING OF FACES AND THE FEMALE AGEING PROCESS WOULD BE OF LITTLE INTEREST TO -ARGARET !TWOOD WHO BEING FORTHRIGHT AND TO THE POINT PREFERRED TO FOCUS ON THE CONCRETE AND SIGNIlCANT RATHER THAN SPEAKING IN ABSTRACTIONS 4HE lRST SUBJECT BROACHED WITH !TWOOD WAS HER NEW INVENTION THE ,ONG0EN 4HE CONTROVERSIAL DEVICE ALLOWS AN AUTHOR TO SIGN BOOKS REMOTELY VIA VIDEO FEED AND ROBOT HAND 4HE INVENTION HAS HAD SOME VERY VOCAL DETRACTORS WHO BELIEVE THAT IT HERALDS THE END OF THE BOOK TOUR 5NFORTUNATELY LITTLE WAS DONE TO SILENCE THE CRITICS WHEN ON ITS DEBUT IN .ORTH !MERICA THE ,ONG0EN FAILED TO WORK h)T WAS A SINGING FROG EXPERIENCE 4HE FROG ONLY SINGS WHEN YOU RE NOT LOOKING AT IT v LAUGHED !TWOOD 3HE ALSO ASSURED US THAT THE INVENTION DOES WORK AND THAT THE TECHNICAL PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN RECTIlED 7HEN WE SUGGESTED THAT THE LAUNCH OF THE ,ONG0EN IS DETRACTING ATTENTION FROM THE PUBLICATION OF HER NEW BOOK 4HE 4ENT SHE WAS QUICK TO ASSURE US THAT THIS IS NOT THE CASE AND USED THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT THE BOOK ITSELF h4HIS IS A VERY STRANGE KIND OF BOOK ) MEAN

IT S REALLY HORIZONTAL POETRY )T S A MIXED ASSORTMENT OF VERY SMALL lCTIONY THINGS WHICH ARE DIFFERENT FROM ONE ANOTHER ) VE MANAGED TO GET ABOUT THREE SCIENCE lCTION NOVELS ONTO ABOUT FOUR PAGES 3OME OF THEM ARE FABLES CHICKEN LITTLE STORIES 3OME OF THEM ARE SEQUELS (ORATIO S VERSION OF WHAT HAPPENED AFTER (AMLET 3O NONE OF THEM ARE PIECES OF REALISM LET S PUT IT THAT WAY v 7HEN IT COMES TO DISCUSSING THE PROCESS OF WRITING !TWOOD S ATTITUDE IS UNERRINGLY PRACTICAL AND ALL THE MORE REFRESHING FOR IT 7E REFERRED TO 3USAN 3ONTAG HAVING SAID THAT A GOOD WRITER IS SOMEBODY WHO IS INTERESTED IN EVERYTHING

AND THAT JUDGING BY THE MULTITUDE OF DIFFERENT THEMES AND IDEAS IN HER MORE THAN THIRTY PUBLISHED WORKS THAT INCLUDE PROSE POETRY AND ESSAYS WE SUGGESTED THAT THIS WOULD SEEM TO BE THE CASE WITH

!TWOOD HERSELF )T MADE US CURIOUS AS TO HOW SHE DECIDES WHAT IDEAS ARE WORTH THE TIME AND ENERGY OF PUTTING INTO PRINT h) DON T KNOW )F YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE STORY AND THERE ALWAYS HAS TO BE A STORY OF COURSE "UT IT NEVER BEGINS WITH AN AGENDA )T OFTEN GETS TAUGHT THAT WAY BECAUSE IT S EASIER TO TEACH AGENDAS THAN IT IS TO TEACH hTHIS IS HOW SOMEBODY TOOK A BIG PILE OF MUD AND TURNED IT INTO SOMETHING WITH A SHAPE v 3O OFTEN WRITING GETS TAUGHT BACKWARDS PEOPLE TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND THEY PULL THE AGENDA OUT AND THINK YOU MUST HAVE STARTED WITH IT BUT IN FACT IT S SOMETHING THAT DEVELOPED v !TWOOD IS A FORMER 0RESIDENT OF 0%. 0OETS %SSAYISTS AND .OVELISTS #ANADA WHICH ASSISTS WRITERS WORLD WIDE WHO LIVE UNDER POLITICAL OPPRESSION 7HEN ) ASKED HER IF SHE IS STILL INVOLVED WITH 0%.

IT WAS CLEAR THAT THIS IS A SUBJECT CLOSE TO HER HEART AND ONE THAT SHE IS ENTHUSIASTIC TO SPEAK ABOUT h9ES ) RAISE MONEY FOR IT ;0%.= 4HE LATEST THING WE WENT TO BAT FOR WAS /RHAM 0AMUK ;AUTHOR OF h-Y .AME IS 2EDv= WHO WAS ACCUSED BY THE 4URKISH GOVERNMENT OF BEING ANTI 4URKISH IN HIS WRITING AND THEY WERE GOING TO PUT HIM ON TRIAL FOR THAT v 4HIS LED US TO SUGGEST THAT

IN THE CURRENT POLITICAL CLIMATE

WRITERS OF BOTH lCTION AND NON lCTION HAVE A GREATER ROLE TO PLAY IN THE FORMING OF POLITICAL OPINION THAN EVER !TWOOD HOWEVER WAS SUSPICIOUS OF THIS SUGGESTION h9OU CAN T TELL WRITERS WHAT KIND OF WRITING THAT THEY SHALL DO 4HERE ARE PEOPLE DOING THAT KIND OF WRITING

BECAUSE THEY ARE INTERESTED IN IT AND THEY ARE GOOD AT IT 4HERE HAVE BEEN REGIMES THAT HAVE EMPLOYED WRITERS AND HAVE HAD A SORT OF STATE APPROVED KIND OF WRITING OR WHO HAVE BASICALLY KILLED OFF ALL THE WRITERS WHO WEREN T DOING THAT 4HAT PRODUCES POSTERS NOT WRITING v !TWOOD S BOOKS HAVE INCLUDED WOMEN OF ALL KIND BUT SHE WAS VERY CAREFUL TO LET ME KNOW THAT JUST BECAUSE SHE WRITES ABOUT WOMEN DOES NOT MEAN THAT SHE IS A FEMINIST h&EMINISMv IS ONE OF THE WORDS THAT HAS NOW BECOME SO BROAD THAT YOU CAN T REALLY HAVE A MEANINGFUL CONVERSATION ABOUT IT WITHOUT NARROWING IT DOWN !S FAR AS MY WRITING IS CONCERNED ) HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF BEING REALLY VERY FEMINIST AND ) HAVE ALSO BEEN ACCUSED OF BEING ANTI FEMINIST ) MEAN ) THINK PEOPLE THINK THAT IF

YOU ARE REALLY VERY FEMINIST THAT ALL THE WOMEN IN YOUR WORK SHOULD BE GOOD NOBLE PURE STRONG VIRTUOUS AND TRUE WHICH ACTUALLY ISN T REAL LIFE 3O ) PREFER TO BELIEVE THAT HUMAN BEINGS ARE HUMAN BEINGS

THEY COME IN ALL VARIETIES v )N TRYING TO THINK OF QUESTIONS TO ASK A WRITER OF -ARGARET !TWOOD S CALIBRE WE FOUND OURSELVES WONDERING IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT SHE HAD NOT BEEN ASKED BEFORE 3HE ASSURED US HOWEVER THAT SHE NEVER GETS BORED AND THAT EVEN NOW VIEWS AND OPINIONS SHE ONCE THOUGHT lXED HAVE THE ABILITY TO REFRESH THEMSELVES FROM TIME TO TIME "UT DOES SHE ENJOY THE INTERVIEW PROCESS h)T DEPENDS WHO S DOING IT DOESN T IT $O YOU LIKE DANCING 9EAH SURE WHEN THE PEOPLE YOU RE DANCING WITH ARE GOOD DANCERS

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&RAISER AND 3EINFELD WHO HAVE ALL CHOSEN TO OPT OUT ON A HIGH RATHER THAN WAITING FOR THE SHOW TO BE SO FAR GONE THAT EVEN WATCHING #ROSS ROADS WOULD BE BETTER THAN ENDUR ING THE DIRE PLOTLINES OF THE SHOW IN ITS TWENTIETH SERIES (OWEVER IF THERE IS SCOPE FOR WELL WRITTEN AND ENTERTAINING SCRIPTS THEN WHY NOT GO AHEAD &ANS OF WILL KNOW THAT EVEN A SHOW WITH AN OSTENSIBLY IDENTICAL FORMAT CAN BE AS GREAT AS LONG AS THE PLOT IS CAP TIVATING "UT IT SEEMS THAT AMAZING SCRIPTS ARE JUST NOT ENOUGH ANY MORE 3HOWS LIKE 3MALLVILLE DRAW IN LARGE AUDIENCES AS WELL AS CASHING IN BUT SOMETIMES THE PLOTS SEEM TO BE RIDICULOUS NAMELY THE SHEER AMOUNT AND VARIETY OF THE METEOR ROCK MUTATED VILLAINS THAT THE HERO #LARK HAS TO lGHT EACH WEEK )T BEGS THE QUESTION n HOW MANY TIMES CAN A PERSON REALLY BE AFFECTED BY +RYP

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CONSIDERING EACH OF THE PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS MAKES APPROXIMATELY

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COMBINED WITH THE UNPRECEDENTED $6$ SALES LED TO THE REVIVAL OF THE SERIES IN #URRENTLY &RIENDS IS RUMOURED TO BE RETURNING WITH FOUR ONE HOUR SPECIALS ON THE CARDS AND EVEN A POSSIBLE CONTINUATION OF "UFFY AND !NGEL WITH A STRAIGHT TO $6$ MINISERIES ,ETS HOPE SOME OF THE MORE PROMISING SERIES CAN @DO A &AMILY 'UY AND MAKE THE NETWORKS THINK TWICE ABOUT CANCEL LING QUALITY SHOWS AND MAYBE JUST MAYBE YOUR FAVOURITE SHOW WILL RISE AGAINx

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CLOSED SKIN CREASED IN A THEATRICAL DISTORTION

4HE BED SPRUNG UP ALARMED AND THE COVERS PARTED #URTAINS BLINKED TOO OLD FOR ALL THIS RUSHING AROUND AND SO THE FARMERS CAME TO NOTICE THE HISS OF A SUNRISE PASSING

OF GOOD TIMES GONE BY 4HE FARM ERS WRUNG DRY THEIR HANDS AND DAMPED A mOCK OF BROOMSTICKS THAT COULD NO MORE BEAT mAMES INTO LEAVES THAN THEY COULD SHUSH

PREMATURELY THROUGH THE 4SITSIKAMMA 0INE AND FERNS WERE BELLOWING WAVING FROM THE VALLEY AND SNAPPING VINES WHIPPED THE NARROW PATHS THAT SQUIRMED TO DEAD ENDS

THE NIGHT S GRUFF AND SMOKY COUGH 7ITH A mICK OF THE WRIST PHLEGM AND SPARKS SPAT OUT AS SOMEWHERE A SPRAY OF PIGEONS CHASED AFTER BREADCRUMBS

4HIS IS THE CRIPPLED FOREST )TS TREE MUSHROOMS PUCKER UP THEIR WITHERED LIPS BUT THE LEAVES CURL AWAY AS A TICKLED FOOT

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!ND WHEN AT LAST THE mAMES CAME TO THE OLD TREE THE MEN S HATS LIFTED AND THEY TURNED THEIR HEADS QUICKLY AWAY LIKE MATCHSTICKS LIT 7ITH PEEPS AND POPS THE BRANCHES BATTLED TO A PATHETIC SURRENDER

(IS SPIRIT WELLED FROM THE TREES IN A CLEAR SAP THAT RAN TO DARK STAINS ON THE SOIL 4HE lRES MET

THEIR lNGERS LACED OVER THE NEW

BARREN CLEARING

)) 4HE lRE WAS KNEE HIGH TO HIM AS HE WAS KNEE HIGH TO THE lRE lGHTING CONVOY &ROM THERE AN EMBER LEAPT INTO HIS BOOT (E SQUEALED

7HITE PLUMES mUTTERED TRIUM PHANT "UT THIS WAS A VICTORY WHICH WIPED BY THE NORTH WIND

THE SKY WAS QUICK TO FORGET #ONTRAFUEGO n

THROUGH A KETTLE IN HIS SKIN (E WAS A SMALL BOY ALMOST INVISIBLE RUNNING WITH A lRE IN

HE HAD DELIVERED ONE lRE TO THE MOUTH OF ANOTHER !LL THE INSECTS mUSHED TO THE EM BERS OVERHEAD WERE SNUFFED OUT BY mOATING BIRDS

BY SHYNESS )T WAS A lREBALL CARNI VAL ,ONG mAMING TONGUES SEIZED TWIGS AND BIRDS WHICH STIRRED TOO LATE AND MONKEYS SPAT AND CRACKLED THROUGH THE CANOPY )N THE mASHES OF LIGHT THE TREES WERE CAUGHT FROZEN

THEIR ARMS AKIMBO LIKE IN SOME CRAZY DISCO EYES

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ERED HERSELF INTO THE RIVER LETTING IT LAP AROUND HER BELLY 5NDERWATER

) HEARD THE SOFT PUSH OF OARS AND BICKERING lSHER WOMEN ) WAS CURI OUS TO SEE IF A WOMAN WOULD PAY TAKA FOR A lSH WORTH ) NEVER FOUND OUT 4HE WOMEN GOT DISTRACTED WATCHING A PEASANT GIVING BIRTH IN THE 0ADMA -Y lRST BREATH WAS A THICK MOUTHFUL OF DIRTY WATER ) BOBBED UP QUICK AS A COCONUT AFTER THAT AND SPAT IT BACK "UT THEN MY MOUTH lLLED WITH THE SMELL OF THE ROASTING lSH THAT 'AD UA IS FAMOUS FOR !T lRST THESE lSH HAVE A SMOKY TASTE AND SOME PEO PLE THINK THE TEXTURE IS TOO TOUGH 0ERSEVERE %VEN ) WOULD PAY TEN TAKA FOR THESE lSH NOW !FTER WE MOVED FROM 'ADUA MY AUNTY 3HOMA WOULD TRY AND MAKE THESE lSH FOR ME ) WOULD EAT THEM SWEETLY SMILE AND THINK HOW DIFFERENT THEY TASTED 3HOMA AUNTY ALWAYS TELLS ME THE SAME THINGS ABOUT MY BIRTH THAT ) WAS THE FAST EST LABOUR EVER KNOWN OF IN 'ADUA PROVINCE AND THAT WOMEN STILL WENT DOWN TO THE RIVER FOR THE NEXT FEW

BY A BREEZE AUCTIONING THE NIGHT CHEAP IN ASH ,IZARDS SLID DOWN THE MEN S GROINS IN THE HEAT AND WHEN HE SPREAD THE BACKlRE FROM THE BALLS OF HIS FEET SPIDERS SANG LIKE GONDOLAS THROUGH THE BLACK CHANNELS 4HE THIN NECKS OF THE TREES ROSE

OPEN MOUTHED TO A GREY RAIN THAT FELL FOR DAYS

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/N A DRY SALTY DAY IN /CTOBER A MOSQUITO SAT ON WARM SKIN ANTS AS BIG AS SPIDERS CRAWLED OVER GRASSES AS THEY DRIED OUT CURLING AT THE COR NERS MY BABA NIPPED THE TOPS OF PLANTS AND ) WAS BORN A FEW MINUTES AGO CREASED AND CONFUSED INTO THE 0ADMA 2IVER "ANGLADESH IS A COUNTRY OF RIV ERS 3NOW MELTS OFF THE (IMALAYAS

AND THE MONSOON SEASONS IN .EPAL

"HUTAN AND )NDIA SWELL THE 'ANGES AND "RAHMAPUTRA 2IVERS BEFORE THEY EVEN CROSS BORDERS INTO OUR COUNTRY

POOLS BULGE OUT OF THE GROUND RIS ING UP LIKE BLISTERS LAKES BLOAT AND SLOP OVER THE SIDES AND ALL THIS WA TER POUNDS DOWN HILLS CHURNING UP ROADS ROOT CROPS PADDIES BECOME WEIRS SPREADING THICK BROWN DIS EASES SLURPED UP THE STEMS OF MARI GOLDS UNTIL SWOLLEN LEAVES SAG UNDER THE PLUMP WEIGHT AND EVERYONE SINKS THEIR KNEES INTO THE MUD AND PRAYS TO THE SON OF "RAHMA 4HE MONTH ) WAS BORN THERE WAS NO RAIN -Y MOTHER HOT AND EXPECT ANT HAD HEAVED HERSELF DOWN TO THE 0ADMA TO ESCAPE THE HEAT 3HE LOW

HIS BOOT LIFTING HIS LEGS LIKE A DEER (IS ENEMY WAS LEAF LITTER DEPLOYED

     -  Kate  Kilalea

The  Snake  Handlers

MONTHS THINKING THAT THEIR LABOURS WOULD BE AS EASY 9EARS LATER WHEN WE READ A NEWS STORY ABOUT WATER BIRTHS SHE CLAIMED THAT OUR FAMILY HAD DISCOVERED THIS IN 3HE WROTE TWO LETTERS TO THE $AILY 3TAR TELLING THEM EXACTLY THAT -Y AUNTY NEVER MENTIONED THE BAD THINGS .EVER TALKED ABOUT HOW AFTER ) WAS BORN EVERYTHING DRIED UP AND DIED THE PLANTS AT THE NURSERY

THE CHICKENS THE BUFFALOS THE lSH IN THE PADDY lELDS MY GRANDMOTH ER THE PIGS AND ) GUESS BABA S PET GECKO BECAUSE HE NEVER SAW IT AGAIN 7E HAD NO FOOD BUT THERE WERE ALL THESE STORIES lLLED WITH FOOD AND READY ON THE BOOKSHELF SHREDS OF PAPER GOT STUCK BETWEEN BABA S FRONT TEETH AMMA GOT THE LAST PAGE OF (ANSEL AND 'RETEL CAUGHT IN HER THROAT MY TONGUE TURNED BLUE INK RAN FROM THE CORNERS OF MY MOUTH

BY MIDDAY OUR BELLIES WERE FULL OF THINGS TO SAY WE HAD EATEN EVERY STORY ON THE MIDDLE SHELF

-  Anna  Steward

'AS WAS UP TO THREE DOLLARS A GALLON IN #ALIFORNIA

BUT CHEAP ENOUGH FOR US TO SPEND THE SUMMER COASTING ON CHURCH COLLECTION PLATESnDIXIE CUPS OF NICKELS AND QUARTERS WORTH OF UNLEADED ) PLAYED DRUMS A RICKETY SET WITH SHOT THREADS

BY THE END OF THE SEASON THE SNARE NEVER STOPPED WOBBLING

ONLY THE DEAD CENTER WAS A STURDY PLACE TO HIT ) D FORGET AND SET IT SHAKING AGAIN WHEN THE SNAKES CAME OUT

! PREACHER OUTSIDE 3COTTSBORO GOT BIT HALFWAY THROUGH A SERVICE 4HEY D JUST TAKEN THE lRST SNAKES OUT OF THE PLYWOOD BOX AN )RISH CROSS SCRATCHED ON IN MARKER

AND IT GOT HIM IN THE SOFT MEAT NEXT TO HIS THUMB 4HEY TOLD US TO KEEP PLAYING (IS HAND SWELLED TAUTENED

LOOKING LIKE AN EGGPLANT OR MELON SWEATING IN THE SUN (E SAT PROPPED AGAINST A PEW WHILE THEY PRAYED AND STOMPED AROUND HIM ) COUNTED THE HOURS AS WE DROVE AWAY 7E WERE CROSSING INTO 4ENNESSEE WHEN HIS FEVER BROKE OR HE DIED 7E NEVER HEARD WHICH ) NEVER ASKED 4HEY LIKED HAVING AN AUDIENCEn THE OLD WOMAN IN AN IMPOSSIBLY OLD FASHIONED BLUE DRESS mICKING HER EYES TO MINE AS SHE PASSED A SNAKE ALONG 4HAT FALL WE WERE BACK TO COLLEGE SEASON AND ANYTHING WE COULD GETnHOUSE PARTIES BACKYARDS

WATCHING A BRUNETTE IN A TANK TOP DANCE FACING THE BAND FULL ON HER TITS BOUNC ING AGAINST HER SHIRT )F ) WERE MEANT TO PLAY CHURCH MUSIC ) WOULD SAY SHE SCARED ME MORE THAN THE SNAKES BUT ) M NOT

AND ) MISSED A CUE ) WAS SO BUSY TRYING TO KEEP FROM GETTING HARD 3OMETIMES WHEN THE MUSIC S GO ING AND ) SEE ONE OF THOSE GIRLS

EYES SHINY WET LOOKING AT US ON STAGE ) FEEL MY FACE SETTLE INTO THAT SAME LOOK THEY ALL HAD

LIPS PURSED TO KEEP FROM SMIRK ING LETTING YOU SEE ME DO WHAT ) DO WHAT YOU LL NEVER UNDERSTAND (ERE S YOUR DANGER ,ORD (ERE S YOUR PRIDE

-  Meghan  Purvis

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!LTHOUGH THEY RE DOING PRETTY DAMN WELL MOST OF 4HE 'O 4EAM S MUSIC IS PRODUCED FROM SAMPLES #HRIS (YDE TALKS TO THEIR LEAD VOCALIST .INJA ABOUT THEIR STORY SO FAR AND JUST WHAT MAKES 4HE 'O 4EAM ABLE TO USE OTHER ARTISTS MUSIC LIKE IT WAS THEIR OWN 4HE LINE BETWEEN WHAT S ORIGINAL AND WHAT S RIPPING OFF SEEMS TO BECOME A LITTLE BIT BLURRED

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N ASSERTIVE VOICE EXPLAINS v7E RE UN SUM UP ABLE 9OU CAN T SUM US UP 9OU CAN T TELL WHAT WE RE ABOUT FROM THE FRONT COVER OF THE ALBUM FROM THE SINGLE ARTWORK FROM THE MUSIC WE MAKE 7E RE UNPREDICTABLE 7E CAN DO ANY THING 7E RE UNPREDICTABLE AND UN SUM UP ABLE v 3TRONG AND POSSIBLY MADE UP WORDS FROM A GIRL CALLED .INJA "UT WHAT BAND IS SHE DESCRIB ING 7HITE 3TRIPES /ASIS .OPE NEI THER OF THOSE BUT A FERVENT LITTLE BAND CALLED 4HE 'O 4EAM 4HAT ALL IMPOR TANT EXCLAMATION MARK SHOWS HOW FULL OF YOUTHFUL VIM AND VIGOUR THEY ARE 4HE 'O 4EAM lRST MADE RUM BLINGS IN OUR CHARTS LAST YEAR WHEN THE lRST ALBUM @4HUNDER ,IGHTNING

3TRIKE GREW STEADILY POPULAR THROUGH WORD OF MOUTH DESPITE BEING RE LEASED IN AND CULMINATED IN THE RELEASE OF ,ADYmASH THIS YEAR A HYBRID OF OLD SCHOOL HIP HOP AND GIRL GROUPS FROM THE S 7ITH THEIR POPULARITY EVER GROWING THE BAND HAVE EMBARKED ON A JAUNT AROUND THE 5+ 4HE %VENT MANAGED TO COLLAR .INJA BACKSTAGE THE GROUP S hSASSYv

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h7E RE UN SUM UP ABLE 9OU CAN T TELL WHAT WE RE ABOUT FROM THE FRONT COVER OF THE ALBUMv

SINGER RAPPER SPOKESPERSON AND QUIZ HER ABOUT LIFE ON THE 'O 4HE GROUP S UNIQUE STYLE IS ONE OF THEIR MAJOR SELLING POINTS BUT HOW THE MUSIC BEGINS MAY SOUND A LITTLE STRANGE WHEN YOU HEAR THE lNISHED PRODUCT h)AN ;0ARTON THE BAND S FOUNDER= USES A S SAMPLER AND A FOUR TRACK TAPE RECORDER TO MESH TO GETHER SONG IDEAS WITH SAMPLES HEARD ALL OVER THE PLACE LIKE S COP SHOWS AND KIDS 46 AND MOVIES AND STUFF (E THEN MIXED ALL THIS STUFF TOGETHER AND MADE THE ALBUM ALL BY HIMSELF IN THE BASEMENT OF HIS PARENTS HOUSE 3O YEAH AT THE BEGINNING )AN HIMSELF WAS ALL OF 4HE 'O 4EAM v )AN FOUND .INJA THROUGH AN IN TERNET MESSAGE BOARD AND THEY MET SOON AFTER EXCHANGING MESSAGES h)AN WAS LOOKING FOR A FEMALE RAPPER BUT NOT ONE OF THOSE "EYONCE 2 " STYLE

WANNABE RAPPERS v 3HE ROLLS HER EYES AT THIS h) WENT TO A FEW OF THE PRAC TICES WHICH WERE REALLY GREAT BUT ) DIDN T REALLY REALISE ) WAS IN A BAND PROPERLY UNTIL ALL THESE CALLS STARTED COMING THROUGH REGULARLY AND )AN SAT US DOWN AND SAID @SOx EVERYONE HAP PY IN THIS BAND AND IT WAS LIKE @SHIT

MAN v 3HE CHUCKLES AT THIS h)T MAKES ME REALLY HAPPY TO BE IN THIS GROUP

ESPECIALLY AS ) DIDN T REALISE AND ) LOVE

EVERY SECOND OF IT v .INJA S FULL OF WORDS ABOUT THE -ERCURY -USIC 0RIZE SAYING THAT IT WAS A HUGE COMPLIMENT TO BE NOMI NATED FOR THE COVETED AWARD AND THAT

DESPITE THE PRODUCTION ON THE BAND S ALBUM BEING MUCH LOWER BUDGET THAN THE OTHERS THEY WERE NOMINAT ED AND IT FELT GREAT 3HE COMMENTED THAT WHEREAS A "RITISH BAND WOULD HAVE TAKEN THE AWARD AND BUILT ON IT

!NTONY AND THE *OHNSONS TOOK THE AWARD AND hDROPPED IT IN THE OCEAN ON THE WAY BACK HOMEv 3HE S CON lDENT HOWEVER THAT THEY WOULDN T HAVE NEEDED IT ANYWAY h7E DON T NEED THE AWARD TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THE MUSIC S ABOUT )F THEY LIKE IT

THEN THEY LL BUY IT v SHE GRINS ! WHOLE HOST OF ADVERTISING EXECU TIVES SEEM TO HAVE COTTONED ON TO THE HAPPINESS OF 4HE 'O 4EAM S MUSIC AND ARE CHOMPING AT THE BIT TO USE ANY OF THEIR SONGS h7E RE COMPLETELY AGAINST ADVERTISERS USING OUR MUSIC TO SELL THEIR PRODUCTS 7E WANT THE MUSIC TO BE KNOWN FOR BEING MUSIC AND FOR NOTHING ELSE )T TAKES AN ELEMENT AWAY FROM THE MUSIC WHEN IT BECOMES LINKED TO A BRAND n LIKE THAT &LAT %RIC GUY THAT WAS ADVERTISING JEANS EVE RYONE REMEMBERS THE YELLOW PUPPET TAPPING ALONG BUT NOBODY REMEM

BERS WHAT THE NAME OF THE SONG WAS

OR WHO MADE IT 7E VE TURNED DOWN 4 -OBILE 'ROLSCH -UELLER THE ,ABOUR 0ARTYxv 0LANS FOR A FURTHER SINGLE ARE BEING DEBATED AT THE MOMENT IN 'O (1 h4HE ALBUM HAS BEEN OUT FOR A WHILE

SO THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE KNOWN ABOUT 4HE 'O 4EAM FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AND SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE BRAND NEW TO WHAT WE DO 3O WE RE NOT TOO SURE 4HERE WILL BE A NEW ALBUM AND WE VE GOT SOME NEW SONGS BOUNCING ABOUT BUT WE RE GOING TO USE THE TIME OFF AFTER TOURING TO WORK A BIT HARDER ON THESE IDEAS AND POLISH THEM TO ALBUM STANDARDS v 4WO OF THE SONGS

4ITANIC 'RAFlTI AND 4HE )CE 3TORM

ALREADY SOUND LIKE POTENTIAL FUTURE SINGLES !S THE INTERVIEW DRAWS TO A CLOSE WE lNALLY ASKED HER WHAT ASPECT OF 4HE 'O 4EAM SHE D MOST LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED h4HAT S A BIT lNAL ISN T IT 7E HOPE TO HAVE MADE A FAIR FEW ALBUMS MORE BEFORE PEOPLE START TALKING ABOUT THE END OF OUR CAREER ) M SURE )AN WOULD JUST WANT TO BE REMEMBERED FOR DOING SOMETHING A BIT DIFFERENT AND FOR CHANGING THE WHOLE WAY SAMPLES ARE USED IN MUSIC .ORMALLY THEY RE JUST PUT ON A LOOP

BUT HE S COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND

CHANGED THE WHOLE CONCEPT BEHIND THAT ) THINK THAT S REALLY IMPORTANT AND ) THINK WE RE DIFFERENT FOR DOING THATv .INJA COMMENTS THAT THE WHOLE BAND WERE TAKING A CHANCE WITH THE ALBUM AS IT S A BIT DIFFERENT AND THAT NONE OF THEM KNEW HOW MUCH IT WOULD ALL TAKE OFF SHUNNING THE CON FORMITY AND NORMALITY OF WHAT CHART MUSIC IS TODAY AND BRINGING SOME THING FRESH TO MUSIC "UT ARE 4HE 'O 4EAM DOING SOMETHING THAT GOES AGAINST THE GRAIN OR IS IT JUST A CHANCE OF HAPPENING TO BE IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME 4HE !VALANCHES WERE DOING A SIMILAR THING TO WHAT 4HE 'O 4EAM ARE DOING NOW WAY BACK IN MIX ING SAMPLES WITH THEIR OWN MUSIC YET MAKING IT SOUND NEW AND ORIGINAL (OWEVER THE "RITISH PUBLIC DIDN T SEEM TO TAKE TO THEM AS WELL AS THEY HAVE WITH 4HE 'O 4EAM AND THEY FADED INTO OBSCURITY "ECK HAS ALSO BEEN WEAVING SAMPLES FROM DIVERSE SOURCES INTO HIS MUSIC FROM SOME YEARS WITH WHAT CAN MOST GENEROUSLY BE DESCRIBED AS A SLOW BURN SUCCESS (IS MOST RECENT RELEASE 'UERRO HAS MET WITH IMPRESSIVE CRITICAL ACCLAIM AND MODERATE CHART SUCCESS BUT SEEMS TO HAVE SURFACED MOST PROMINENTLY IN ADVERTISING AND BACKGROUND MU SIC ON 46 4HIS SUGGESTS THAT EVEN AN ARTIST WHO HAS EARNESTLY SET ABOUT CRAFTING SAMPLES INTO A DISTINCT AND IDIOSYNCRATIC STYLE IS STILL SUBJECT TO BEING SEEM SIMPLY AS A SIMPLY A JIN GLE MEISTER 7HEN GROUPS MIX SAMPLES INTO THEIR MUSIC DOES IT MAKE IT NEW OR DOES IT MAKE IT A REHASH 4HE LINE BE TWEEN WHAT S ORIGINAL AND WHAT S RIP PING OFF SEEMS TO BECOME A LITTLE BIT BLURRED /F COURSE IT TAKES TALENT TO DO ALL THIS AND MAKE AN ALBUM AS GOOD AS @4HUNDER ,IGHTNING 3TRIKE BUT IT COULD BE ARGUED THAT IT S UNIMAGINA TIVE TO STEAL SO MANY ELEMENTS FROM SO MANY DIFFERENT MEDIA )N A MUSI CAL CLIMATE WHERE ORIGINALITY SEEMS TO BE GOING OUT OF THE WINDOW WITH AN ENDLESS PARADE OF GUITAR GROUPS WIELDING THEIR DAD S *OY $IVISION ,0S AND THE ONLY hNEWv ACT OUT THERE IS A BUNCH OF SULKY TEENAGERS WITH AN AT TITUDE PROBLEM THAT ARE WORSHIPPED

BY ALL THE MUSIC PRESS CLUE THINK CHILLY APES DESPITE NOT REALLY BE ING THAT DIFFERENT TO BANDS FROM PAST DECADES IT SEEMS THAT SOMETHING THAT BREAKS FROM THE NORM EVEN SLIGHTLY WILL BE PRAISED FOR BEING MORE FRESH THAN THE AIR AT 3NOWDON S PEAK 3AM PLING IS SOMETHING THAT IS UNUSUAL IN THE CHARTS AND WHILE IT S FANTASTIC THAT A BAND HAVE BECOME AS PROLIlC AS 4HE 'O 4EAM HAVE WHEN SAMPLES PLAY SUCH A MAJOR PART OF THE MUSIC IT DOES SEEM TO BE A CASE OF HAVING THE RIGHT EXPOSURE AND BEING IN THE RIGHT MAGAZINES -AYBE A WAVE OF IMITATORS WILL SPAWN AND IN A COUPLE OF YEARS

THE CHARTS WILL BECOME CLOGGED WITH THEIR MUSIC AND WE LL BE GROANING FOR SOME NEW INNOVATIVE GUITAR BANDS )N THE MEANTIME 4HE 'O 4EAM ARE ALL WE VE GOT AND MAYBE THAT S THE WAY IT SHOULD BE

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3GT 0EPPER S ,ONELY (EARTS #LUB "AND %VERYONE S HEARD OF 4HE "EATLES AT SOME POINT IN THEIR LIVES IF YOU HAVEN T THEN QUITE FRANKLY YOU DON T DESERVE TO EVEN BE READING THESE MUSIC PAGES /VER THE COURSE OF A DECADE 4HE "EATLES RELEASED AROUND ALBUMS WHICH ALL REGULARLY FEATURE HIGHLY IN @'REATEST !LBUMS %VER POLLS AND DESERVEDLY SO 3GT 0EPPER S WAS ISSUED IN TO BOTH CRITICAL AND PUBLIC DELIGHT AND NEARLY YEARS LATER IT STILL SOUNDS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING AND IT S DEBATEABLE WHETHER ANY BAND HAS BETTERED THE ALBUM IN THAT TIME PERIOD 0ART OF ITS GENIUS IS HOW THE VARIOUS GENRES RUB AGAINST EACH OTHER WITHOUT TARNISHING ANY OF THEIR INDIVID UAL GLOSS THE SITARS OF 'EORGE (ARRISON S 7ITHIN 9OU 7ITHOUT 9OU FADE INTO MUSIC HALL SING ALONG 7HEN ) M 3IXTY &OUR AND IT SOUNDS PERFECTLY NATURAL !ND THEN THERE IS THE SHEER QUALITY OF THE SONGS 2INGO 3TARR S CHARMING 7ITH ! ,ITTLE (ELP &ROM -Y &RIENDS THE lRST PROPER "RITISH PSYCHEDELIA TRACK ,UCY IN THE 3KY WITH $IAMONDS AND ,ENNON S HAUNTING ! $AY IN THE ,IFE ARE ALL TRUE GEMS 7HATEVER COMPRISES IT S SHEER BRILLIANCE IT S TAG OF "EST "EATLES !LBUM NOT AN AC COLADE GIVEN OUT LIGHTLY IS COMPLETELY DESERVED AND

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SCENESTERS WHICH SHOULD ENSURE THAT NEITHER GO FOR IT %NGERICA HAVE UNDENIABLE MUSICAL ABILITY YET THE CONCOCTION OF METAL EMO PROG ROCK AND VOCALIST $AVID 'ARDNER S STAND UP JUST EQUATES TO A BAFmING AND UNDRINKABLE COCKTAIL !LEX !LLEN

0URE 2EASON 2EVOLUTION 4HE $ARK 4HIRD

! BAND NAMED 0URE 2EASON 2EVO LUTION WAS NEVER LIKELY TO PRODUCE A TWENTY MINUTE LONG THRASH PUNK ALBUM AND IT IS HARDLY SURPRIS ING THAT THE TOTAL RUNNING TIME OF THIS ALBUM COMES CLOSE TO THE HOUR MARK 4HE ALBUM ONLY FEA TURES NINE TRACKS AND MUCH LIKE THE -ARS 6OLTA S @&RANCES THE -UTE TWO OF THESE TRACKS ARE DIVIDED UP INTO SUITES 4HE $ARK 4HIRD IS THE SECOND ALBUM BY ,ONDON S 0URE 2EASON 2EVOLUTION WHO FORMED AT 7ESTMINSTER 5NIVERSITY 4HIS RECORD IS INTERESTING TO SAY THE LEAST AND IMPOSSIBLE TO PIGEON HOLE BE CAUSE IT S HARD TO NAME ANY OTHER BANDS THAT THEY MIGHT SOUND LIKE 4HE BAND ARE CERTAINLY AS AMBI TIOUS AS 0INK &LOYD AND AT TIMES

-EDS 0LACEBO S lFTH ALBUM AND THE lRST SINCE S OUTSTAND ING 3LEEPING 7ITH 'HOSTS HERALDS THE BAND TAKING THE SOUND THEY VE BUILT ON SINCE AND EXPANDING ON IT TO MAKE A MUCH TASTIER SOUND THAT LEAVES A BETTER AFTERTASTE 7HILE IT S BEEN HERALDED AS THEIR hBACK TO BASICSv ALBUM AND MIXING THE VARIOUS ELEMENTS THAT WORKED THE BEST FROM PREVIOUS RELEASES IT S ALSO CLEAR THAT THEIR SINGLES COLLEC TION /NCE -ORE 7ITH &EELING HAS BEEN A MASSIVE INmUENCE ON THE ALBUM S RECORDING AS ALL SONGS ON HERE COULD EASILY BE SINGLES 0ERHAPS NOT NECESSARILY 4OP 4EN OR EVEN 4OP 4WENTY SINGLES BUT SIN GLES NONETHELESS .OW HOW MANY ALBUMS CAN YOU SAY THAT ABOUT (IGHLIGHTS INCLUDE THE BROODING n WELL MORE DOWNRIGHT MENACING n 3PACE -ONKEY THE .INE )NCH .AILS ESQUE INDUSTRIAL METAL OF )N FRARED THE ETHEREAL "ROKEN 0ROM ISE IN WHICH PULSING GUITARS MAKE THE SONG SOUND ALIVE AND A GUEST APPEARANCE FROM -ICHAEL 3TIPE SOMEHOW WORKS INCREDIBLY WELL AND TITLE TRACK -EDS IN WHICH "RIAN -OLKO AND !LISON -OSSHART OF 4HE +ILLS THROW LINES ABOUT NEEDING THEIR MEDICINE TO EACH OTHER OVER A POUNDING DRUM BEAT 0ERHAPS THE BIGGEST SURPRISES ON THE ALBUM ARE

THOSE WHICH THROW THE LISTENER OFF GUARD COMPLETELY n THE PIANO LED AND SINISTER NURSERY RHYME STYLE )N 4HE #OLD ,IGHT /F -ORNING

WHICH SOUNDS LIKE IT COULD lT ONTO $ANNY %LFMAN S SOUNDTRACK TO 4HE .IGHTMARE "EFORE #HRISTMAS

AND 3ONG 4O 3AY 'OODBYE WHICH MIXES CLASSIC 0LACEBO WITH n GASP n SYNTHS AND MAKES A PERFECT CLOSE TO THE ALBUM 7HILE IT MAY BE A BIT 0LACEBO BY NUMBERS AT TIMES THIS IS DElNITELY NOT A BAD THING YOU

IN THE ALBUM ROCK HARDER THAN ,ED :EPPELIN 4HE VOCALS ON THIS ALBUM ARE ALMOST ALL RECORDED IN HARMONY WHICH GIVES THE BAND S SOUND A DREAM LIKE QUALITY IMAG INE A SOUND SIMILAR TO A CHOIR OF $RUID "EACH "OYS 4HE HIGHLIGHT OF THIS ALBUM HAS TO BE THE RECENT SINGLE @4HE "RIGHT !MBASSADORS OF -ORNING WHICH CLOCKS IN AT NEARLY MINUTES LONG 4HE SONG STARTS

BY LULLING THE LISTENER INTO A TRANCE WITH THE CONTINUOUS CHANTING OF THE CHORUS THEN FROM NOWHERE A

DEMONIC GUITAR LICK KICKS IN WHICH DRAGS THE LISTENER BACK INTO REALITY 4HIS ALBUM CONJURES UP IMAGES OF A CONmICT BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HELL LIGHT AND DARK AND THE LISTENER IS GIVEN A FRONT ROW SEAT )F SOUNDING 0ROG MEANS EXHILA RATING AND INVENTIVE ROCK MUSIC THEN THIS ALBUM IS 0ROG !LTHOUGH TO DISMISS THIS ALBUM WOULD BE FOOLISH BECAUSE THIS ALBUM IS IM MENSELY REWARDING FOR ANY LOVER OF GOOD MUSIC 7ILL (OLLOWAY

0URE 2EASON 2EVOLUTION

WOULD GENERALLY BE BUYING THE AL BUM TO HEAR PLACEBO AND THERE S ENOUGH MUSICAL TRICKERY ON HERE TO KEEP EVEN THE MOST CASUAL OF LISTEN ERS HOOKED 4HE BASIC ELEMENT THAT THEY HAVE ACHIEVED WITH -EDS MAY NOT EXPAND OR EVOLVE THEIR STYLE BUT IT WILL CERTAINLY ATTRACT PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT YET EXPERIENCED THE 0LA CEBO EFFECT 0LACEBO RETURN TO TOP FORM WITH A POSSIBLE CONTENDER FOR ALBUM OF THE YEAR ALREADY #HRIS (YDE

*AHEIM 'HETTO #LASSICS 'HETTO #LASSICS IS THE SECOND AL BUM FROM THE .EW *ERSEY CROON ER *AHEIM THE USUAL RECIPE FOR A STEREOTYPICAL 2 " PIE IS RIGHT ON TROUBLED YOUTH GHETTO ROOTS CON SPICUOUS ',# MUSIC 7AYNE AND 7AYNETTA WOULD GET JIGGY TO IN A CONVERTED 6AUXHALL NOVA )T S ALL THERE BUT SERIOUSLY THIS ALBUM ISN T BAD AT ALL IT JUST DOESN T HAVE THAT EDGE )T S PERFECTLY LISTENABLE SUR PRISINGLY EVEN TO THE BASIC STUDENT GENERIC ROCK FAN 4RACK 4HE #HO SEN /NE STARTS OFF THE ALBUM WITH STYLE CATCHING ATTENTIONS AS WELL AS IMAGINATIONS BUT BY THE TIME THE TH TRACK COMES AROUND IT ALL JUST BLENDS INTO ONE PRETTY AVERAGE AL BUM 4HERE IS NO DOUBT THAT *AHE IM IS A VERY TALENTED VOCALIST BUT IT ISN T REALLY ANYTHING DIFFERENT FROM OTHER 2 " ARTISTS FROM THE 5 3 OF THE SAME ILK )F YOU WANT TO GET INTO THIS KIND OF MUSIC YOU ARE BETTER OFF GOING FOR @'ET LIFTED BY *OHN LEGEND (OWEVER IF YOU WANT MORE OF THE SAME THEN THIS ISN T A BAD EXAMPLE IT JUST DOESN T BREAK NEW GROUND -ARK #RAWLEY

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In  the  Zane &OR MANY OF ITS LISTENERS THE :ANE ,OWE SHOW ON 2ADIO IS THE ONLY THING THAT ENCAPSULATES THE REALITY OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY WITH IT S CUTTING EDGE SONGS AND GENERIC BREADTH 3IMON 'RIFlTHS LOOKS INTO THE WORLD OF ECLECTICISM

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:ANE JOINED THE RANKS OF ASPIRING ALTERNATIVE $*S AT ,ONDON@S 8&- RADIO STATION "EFORE LONG :ANE S TALENTS WERE RECOGNIZED BY -46

WHO PROVIDED HIM WITH HIS OWN SHOW 'ONZO SHOWN NIGHTLY ON -46 4HE NEXT LEAP IN HIS CAREER WAS TO CROSS OVER FROM ALTERNATIVE TO MAINSTREAM RADIO AND IN *UNE :ANE MOVED INTO THE EMPTY SLOT LEFT BY 3TEVE ,AMACQ S %VENING 3ESSION ON ""# 2ADIO 2ADIO HAS BEEN HIS PROFESSIONAL HOME EVER SINCE AND HIS UNMISTAKEABLE TONES AND TUNES CAN BE HEARD -ONDAYS THROUGH 4HURSDAYS AT O CLOCK $ESPITE HIS OBVIOUS SUCCESSES IN THE lELD :ANE IS STILL KEEN TO EMPHASISE THAT RADIO $* ING IS NOT THE LIMIT OF HIS FORTE )N ADDITION TO THE HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL (OME

4APING 4OUR WHICH HAS VISITED 5%! TWICE THIS ACADEMIC YEAR AND TRAVELS TO DOZENS OF CLUBS BARS AND STUDENT UNIONS AROUND THE COUN TRY :ANE HAS ALSO RELEASED TWO ALBUMS AS PART OF "REAKS #O /P

A THREE PIECE BAND BASED IN .EW :EALAND 4HEIR LATEST OFFERING 4HE 3OUND )NSIDE RELEASED IN IS A DELICIOUSLY WARM AND MELLOW SLICE OF SUMMER LOVING DESCRIBED BY :ANE AS hCOMING FROM A LOVE OF LIFE S MAGIC MOMENTSh WITH INmUENCES RANGING FROM -ARVIN 'AYE TO 4ORTOISE FROM 3EBADOH TO #ROSBY 3TILLS .ASH 9OUNG 4HE ALBUM CAPTURES INTUITIVELY A RANGE OF EMOTIONS AND MOODS A REFRESHING DISPLAY OF DEPTH WHICH CAN BE DIFlCULT TO CONVEY USING THE MEDIUM OF $* ALONE /N THE SUBJECT OF RADIO $JING :ANE SAYS ON HIS OFlCIAL 2ADIO WEBSITE THAT h) REALLY THINK THAT RADIO REALLY HAS TO BE AN HONEST REPRESENTATION OF WHOEVER S DRIVING IT AS MUCH AS WHOEVER S LISTENING TO IT v 4HIS IS CLEARLY AN ETHOS WHICH :ANE AND HIS COHORTS HAVE KEPT WITH THEM IN THE MAKING OF THIS ALBUM AND THE RESULTS REmECT THIS ADMIRABLY /NE EMOTION :ANE HAS NEVER FOUND DIFlCULT TO CONVEY EVEN ON THE RADIO IS HIS UNFALTERING ENTHU SIASM )NDEED IT HAS BEEN SUGGEST ED BY SOME THAT -R ,OWE SHOULD CURB HIS ENTHUSIASM WHILST ON THE AIR "UT IN A LIVE SETTING AS WITH

THE (OME 4APING TOUR ENERGY AND CHARISMA ARE TWO VITAL ASSETS WHICH CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS AN INTENSELY ENJOYABLE AND FOR MANY UNFORGET TABLE CLUB NIGHT THE LIKES OF WHICH ARE SOMETHING OF A SCARCITY AT THE ,#2 !FTER WITNESSING :ANE S DIS PLAY BEHIND THE DECKS THE APPEAL OF 3KOOL $AZE AND 'OD FORBID

-ERCY APPEAR SOMEWHAT mEETING 7HEN (OME 4APING ARRIVED ON -ARCH TH EXPECTATIONS WERE RUNNING HIGH &OR THE STUDENTS OF 5%! :ANE S LAST APPEARANCE WAS CERTAINLY A TOUGH ACT TO FOL LOW !GGRAVATED BY OVERCROWDING

A $RACONIAN )$ POLICY QUEUES AT THE BAR AND OVERWHELMING HEAT

THE NORMALLY GOOD NATURED ,#2 CROWD APPEARED RESTLESS AND AT TIMES ALMOST VIOLENT ALTHOUGH UL TIMATELY THE SPIRITS REMAINED HIGH 7HEN :ANE TOOK TO THE STAGE JUST AFTER O CLOCK HE MET THIS AN TICIPATION HEAD ON RIPPING INTO SOME STAPLE ,#2 CLASSICS OFFSET WITH A TOUCH OF $RUM "ASS AND A SPLASH OF (IP (OP (OWEVER FOR SOME THIS SIMPLY WAS NOT ENOUGH 4HE lRST (OME 4APING TOUR WAS A TRULY GROUNDBREAKING ,#2 SUR PASSING "RIGHTON 2OCKS IN THE hALTERNATIVEv STAKES UNRIVALLED BY 4UESDAY NIGHTS IN TERMS OF ATMOS PHERE GENERALLY AMALGAMATING ALL THE FACTORS WHICH CONSTITUTE A GREAT NIGHT 7HILE THIS INSTALMENT BY NO MEANS FAILED IN THESE RESPECTS THE

"REAKS #O OP

/NE EMOTION :ANE HAS NEVER FOUND DIFlCULT TO CONVEY IS HIS UNFALTERING ENTHUSIASM

FRESHNESS WAS LACKING IN NEW MU SIC WE MIGHT TRUST BUT THE OPTION TO STICK TO A SLIGHTLY MORE STEADFAST TRACKLIST FAILED TO IGNITE THE ,#2 IN QUITE THE SAME WAY THAT :ANE CAN NORMALLY EMANATE WITH EASE !FTER THE GIG A PARTICULARLY JILTED ,#2 GOER WAS SPOTTED REPRIMANDING THE MAN HIMSELF FOR hPRESSING PLAY ON THE ,#2 COMPILATION TAPEv AND SUPPOSEDLY DOING LITTLE ELSE 7HILE THIS MAY SOUND A TAD HARSH IT WAS A VIEW WHICH SEEMED PREDOMI NANT )T MAY HAVE BEEN A SAFE BET WHEN UP AGAINST THE CONSERVATIVE MUSICAL TASTES OF POP CULTURE BUT THE STUDENT GURUS HAD COME IN SEARCH FOR SOMETHING MORE 0ER HAPS MOST JILTED OF ALL WAS 5%! S VERY OWN $* COMBO "EATS )N !BUN DANCE 0ROMISED A SUPPORT SLOT ON TONIGHT S BILL ,UKE FROM ")!

HIMSELF A SECOND YEAR ,)4 STUDENT

TOLD 4HE %VENT THAT h:ANE S MATES SHOWED UP AT THE LAST MINUTEv AND THE SLOT WAS HANDED OVER h4HAT S SHOWBIZv MAY WELL BE A VALID RE BUTTAL BUT READERS CAN BE FORGIVEN FOR SEEING THIS AS SOMETHING OF AN INJUSTICE :ANES FUNDAMENTAL AP PEAL IS HIS ABILITY TO MIX STYLES AND GENRES INTO A CUTTING EDGE SET WITH AN ABILITY TO MAKE EVEN THE MOST REMOTE OF SOUNDS LISTENABLE 4HE SET MAY HAVE BEEN QUALITY BUT IT WAS A RECOGNISABLE QUALITY .ONETHELESS -R ,OWE TONIGHT SHOWED 5%! EXACTLY WHAT HE DOES BEST PLAY GREAT TUNES AND GEN ERALLY GET THE PARTY GOERS JUMP ING THIS TIME HE EVEN GOT THEM MOSHING ALL THE WHILE GENERALLY LOOKING LIKE HE S HAVING A GREAT TIME 3O WHETHER IT S ROCK HIP HOP DANCE DRUM AND BASE OR EVEN LCR POP THERE IS ONLY ONE MAN WHO HAS IT ALL

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4HE 2HYTHM &ACTORY !LDGATE

h!SK US HOW WE WERE FORMED PEO PLE LOVE TO ASK US THAT v REQUESTS ,LOYD BASS EAGERLY h9EAH WELL WE WERE ALL WORKING IN .EW 9ORK

) WAS A TAXI DRIVER AND ) WAS JUST DRIVING -ARV GUITARS ONE DAY

WHEN WE FOUND 4OM VOCALS AT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH HIS HAND ALL MESSED UP 3O WE TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPITAL AND *OSH GUITARS WAS THERE .O WAIT ) WASN T A TAXI DRIV ER ) WAS A WRESTLER v HE EXPLAINS WISTFULLY AND TO GO OUT RATHER IN ACCURATELY .OW IN A LITTLE %NGLISH DRESSING ROOM THE 0ADDINGTONS ARE LOOKING TO BUILD ON THEIR IN TERESTING HISTORY AND EXPAND ON THEIR QUAINT PRESENCE THEY HAVEN T JUST COME TO REMINISCE BUT TO START SOMETHING NEW 3EEMINGLY FOSTERED BY EVERYONE S FAVOURITE ,IBERTINE 0ETE $OHERTY

THE ONCE UNFASHIONABLE 2HYTHM &ACTORY IN !LDGATE BECAME THE UN LIKELY VENUE AND GENERAL DROP IN CENTRE FOR 4HE ,IBERTINES FAN BASE

Off  the Record *ACK AND *AMES

)T SEEMS AS IF YOU CAN NO LONGER DRIVE MORE THAN THREE MILES THROUGH THE !MERICAN COUNTRYSIDE WITHOUT PASSING A HEARTBROKEN MUSICIAN SITTING UNDER A TREE IN THE SHADE

STARING WISTFULLY IN TO SPACE SINGING MELANCHOLY SOULFUL COMPOSITIONS ABOUT LOVE AND LOSS TO ANYONE WHO LL LISTEN *ACK *OHNSON IS AN ARTIST ARGUABLY AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE INCREASINGLY OVERCROWDED @ONE MAN AND HIS GUITAR GENRE )N BETWEEN DREAMS SEEMS TO HAVE MADE THIS MODEST LAID BACK SURFER INTO SOMEWHAT OF A CELEBRITY OF LATE AND THOSE WHO WERE PERCEPTIVE ENOUGH TO LATCH ON TO HIS PREVIOUS RELEASE "RUSHlRE &AIRYTALES WILL KNOW THAT *ACK S DELICATE BLEND OF REGGAE BLUES AND ROCK HAS EXCEPTIONAL WORTH (OWEVER THE MAN THAT AT THE MOMENT CAN DO NO WRONG IS ON THE VERGE OF LEAVING HIS MUSIC WHICH HAD STARTED AS JUST A WHIM TO GET THROUGH WAVELESS PERIODS ON SOME EXOTIC REEF "UT WHAT DO WE HAVE TO OFFER IN THE WAY OF *ACK THIS SIDE OF THE POND )S IT A BAD THING TO SAY THAT THE BEST THE "RITS CAN OFFER AT THE MOMENT IS *AMES "LUNT THERE MAY BE A LONG LIST OF ACOUSTIC CROONERS BUT IT IS ONLY *AMES WHO HAS REALLY GOT HIMSELF ACROSS TO THE MASSES ALBEIT WITH MUCH CRITICISM AND ARGUABLY UNDESERVED MOCKING 7HILE *ACK GREW UP ON A BOARD IN (AWAII *AMES WAS TRAINING AT 3ANDHURST WHEN *ACK WAS GLIDING OUT OF BARREL WAVES *AMES WAS IN STRICT REGIMENT AT +OSSOVO "OTH PICKED UP A GUITAR BUT WHILE ONE SMOOTHED WHITEWASH AND GROOVED SUNRAYS THE OTHER STRAINED STATIC LOVE SONGS "OTH ARE HUGELY EMOTIVE BUT ONE PLAYED TO US FROM BETWEEN OUR DREAMS WHILST THE OTHER TRIED TO DRAW LOVE FROM BEDLAM 4HE INNOCENCE AND MODESTY THAT MAKES THIS GENRE SO EF FECTIVE CAN HAVE THE MOST DIVERSE OF ROOTS BUT AT THE HEART OF IT ALL YOU NEED IS TO PICK UP THE GUITAR !LEX !LLEN AND #HARLES 2UMSEY

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TO SHARE THEIR MUSICAL TALENTS WITH EACH OTHER 7HILST IT HAS BEEN UN DENIABLY INmUENTIAL TO 4HE 0AD DINGTONS RAPID ASCENT IT HAS CREAT ED IT S OWN PROBLEMS h 0EOPLE USED TO JUST CARE ABOUT WHO WE HUNG ABOUT WITH BUT NOW THE ALBUM S OUT IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE 7E WERE SORT OF STUNG THROUGH ASSO CIATION TO A LARGE EXTENT "UT THERE AREN T REALLY ANY OF THOSE ,IBERTINES SCENE BANDS LEFT ANYMORE ANYWAY

THEY VE ALL GONE THAT SCENE DIED A LONG TIME AGO IT S JUST BAD JOURNAL ISM v EXPLAINS *OSH h.AME ONE BAND THAT HASN T HAD BREAKS IN THE END YOU CAN GET ALL THE BREAKS IN THE WORLD BUT YOU VE STILL GOT TO HAVE THE SONGS v ARGUES ,LOYD IN A WAY THAT SUGGESTS IT WASN T THE lRST TIME HE HAD BEEN ASKED 4HE BAND AREN T HELPED TONIGHT BY %DI TORS PLAYING DOWN THE ROAD OR BY BEING SANDWICHED IN BETWEEN 4HE #RIBS EARLIER IN THE WEEK AND $IRTY 0RETTY 4HINGS TO COME SO THE AT

TENDANCE IS MODEST AT BEST )N THEIR 3EX 0ISTOLS GEAR ) CAN T HELP BUT FEEL THAT 3ID 6ICIOUS AND CO THE SEC OND TIME ROUND WOULD CONTAIN ALL THE SHOCK AND SURPRISE OF A JACK IN A GLASS BOX !FTER GIVING ONE ROADIE A -OHAWK FOR NO PARTICULAR REASON

OTHER THAN THAT BACKSTAGE IS QUITE BORING AND NOT ALL IT S CRACKED UP TO BE 4HE 0ADDINGTONS COME OUT ON STAGE AND TEAR IN TO @3OME /LD 'IRL 4HOUGH SOME OF THE TRACKS SHOW PROMISE @ TO A a AND @ TO NAME A COUPLE MUCH OF THE MATERIAL SEEMS TO FALL WELL SHORT OF EMULATING THEIR HEROES AND THE REASON ALL OF THE SO DUBBED ,IB ERTINES SCENE BANDS ARE NO LONGER AROUND IS ALL TOO APPARENT 4HE 0ADDINGTONS HAVE FAILED TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY EDGE TO EFFORTLESSLY GLIDE ON TO THE SCENE BUT THEIR MODEST HOPES AND DREAMS MIGHT CARRY THEM FURTHER THAN EXPECTED !LEX !LLEN

Live  Gigs 4HE %DITORS ,#2 7ITH A PLATINUM SELLING ALBUM AND TWO HIT SINGLES %DITORS WERE ALWAYS GOING TO BE A SOLD OUT GIG WHEN THEY CAME TO THE 5%! !ND SO THEY WERE ! PACKED ,#2 OF FANS RANGING FROM TO WERE TREATED TO TWO QUALITY SUP PORT ACTS BEFORE THE MAIN BAND SATISlED THE PAINSTAKING ANTICI PATION &IRST SUPPORT +UBICHEK ARE A .EWCASTLE BASED GUITAR BAND WHO PLAYED AN EIGHT SONG SET BUT ONLY GOT THE CROWD GOING ABOUT HALF WAY THROUGH WITH ONE OF THEIR BETTER KNOWN SONGS h.IGHTJOYv /VERALL THEY RE CEIVED A GOOD RECEPTION FROM A SOMETIMES RATHER SOMBRE AND RELUCTANT CROWD "RAKED THEN TOOK TO THE STAGE AND PRO VIDED THE AUDIENCE WITH A VARI ETY OF SONGS OUT OF WHICH h!LL .IGHT $ISCO 0ARTYv STOOD OUT AS A FUTURE HIT DUE FOR RELEASE ON !PRIL RD 4HE ROCKERS THEN PERFORMED A SERIES OF SECOND SONGS INTERSPERSED THROUGHOUT THEIR SET PROVIDING THE AUDI ENCE WITH GREAT ENTERTAINMENT DESPITE THE USUAL LACK OF REC OGNITION 4HE MINIATURE GEMS INCLUDED AN ODE TO THE 53 VICE

PRESIDENT h#HENEYv AND THE IMAGINATIVELY TITLED h#OMMA #OMMA #OMMA &ULL 3TOPv !ND SO lNALLY IT WAS TIME FOR THE %DITORS AND THE APPRECIATIVE ROAR AS THEY TOOK TO THE STAGE SET THE TONE FOR HOW THEIR ENTIRE SET WOULD BE RECEIVED 3TARTING WITH A COUPLE OF THEIR LESSER KNOWN TRACKS THEY SOON LAUNCHED INTO THE INFECTIOUS h"LOODv DUR ING WHICH VOCALIST 4OM 3MITH GOT THE WHOLE CROWD CLAPPING ALONG WITH HIM 4HEN CAME h!LL 3PARKSv THEIR NEXT SINGLE FOR RE LEASE FROM THE ALBUM h4HE "ACK 2OOMv ON -ARCH TH AND h&ALLv WHICH WAS HAUNTINGLY

POWERFUL LIVE AND ENHANCED BY AN INCREDIBLE LIGHT SHOW 4HEY lNISHED AN ENERGETIC SET WITH AN ENCORE THAT HAD THE ADDED ADDITION OF A MIRROR BALL ON STAGE

4HE MOSAIC OF LIGHT HIGHLIGHTED THE BANDS SUDDEN APPEARANCE IN THE VOGUE THAT IS THE NEW ROMAN TIC REVIVAL BUT THE SHAMELESSLY PUT ON QUIRKS OF THE GROUP SIMPLY EX PLAIN THEIR INABILITY TO lND ORIGINAL GROUND THROUGH THEIR MUSIC 4HE lNAL SONG HOWEVER h&INGERS IN THE &ACTORIESv PROVIDED THE IDEAL lN ISH TO A BRILLIANT GIG ENJOYED BY THE AND YEAR OLDS ALIKE &IONA "ILLINGS

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Singles FUTURE DOESN T LOOK TOO DARK FOR 4HE 3TREETS AND FOR -IKE YET MORE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL 'REG 3ULLIVAN

4HE 3TREETS 7HEN 9OU 7ASN T &AMOUS 4WO YEARS SINCE HIS LAST WORK 3KIN NER S BACK AND AT HIS UP MOST BIO GRAPHICAL hHOW THE HELL AM ) SUP POSED TO BE ABLE TO DO A LINE IN FRONT OF COMPLETE STRANGERS WHEN ) KNOW THEY VE ALL GOT CAMERAS v ONLY SECONDS IN AND HIS RETURN FEELS AS DYNAMIC AS EVER 7HEN 9OU 7ASN T &AMOUS DEALS WITH AN APPARENT CE LEBRITY LOVE INTEREST WHICH APPEARS TO BE EATING AT POOR OLD -IKE AND AS THE TITLE SUGGESTS IT DEGRADES THE MAN TO THE POINT THAT IT MAKES 3KIN NER FEEL AS IF HE hWASN T FAMOUSv ,IKE HIS SUBJECT MATTER FROM SQUARE ONE IT S DIFlCULT NOT TO BECOME HOOKED 4HE BACKBEAT BITES AT THE EARS UNLIKE LITTLE AROUND TODAY AND ALTHOUGH THIS MAY NOT SHOWCASE THE TRUE LYRICAL TALENTS OF -IKE 3KINNER

THEY RE CERTAINLY GREAT FUN 7HEN 9OU 7ASN T &AMOUS DISPLAYS LITTLE OF THE AVANT GARDE UNDERGROUND NOSTALGIA OF PAST EFFORTS IRONICALLY

THIS IS 4HE 3TREETS AT THEIR MOST LIS TENABLE POP MUSIC WHICH IS O K TO LIKE )F THIS IS ANYTHING TO GO BY THE

TO CAPTURE ONE OF THOSE @THAT BAND WAS AMAZING MOMENTS 4RIVIUM HAVE TAKEN THE OLD SCHOOL ROCK SOUND A RECALL OF THE GLORY DAYS OF METAL BUT HAVE ADDED AN INTENSITY AND SKILL THAT SEIZES YOUR EARS BY THE LOBES TO INJECT THEIR MESSAGE

WHICH NOW THROUGH THEIR SECOND FULL LENGTH IS PROFOUNDLY POIGNANT &OR ALL THOSE WHO MERELY BATTER AN EYE TO THIS OFTEN STEREOTYPICAL GENRE ARE lNALLY FORCED TO SIT UP AND TAKE NOTE A MELODY HAS EMERGED FROM THE NOISE 7ALTER 0LINCH

4RIVIUM $YING )N 9OUR !RMS &LORIDA BORN QUARTET 4RIVIUM BASED THE NAME ON THE ,ATIN FOR AN INTER SECTION BETWEEN THREE SCHOOLS OF LEARNING IT IMPLIED OPEN MINDED NESS TO DIFFERENT STYLES 4HE EXPLO SION OF MELODIC 53 METAL INTO THE MAINSTREAM HAS BECOME TO FADE OF LATE BUT 4RIVIUM SEEM TO BE HOLD ING UP WHAT IS LEFT OF NU METAL 4HIS IS THE SECOND SINGLE RELEASED FROM THEIR HIGHLY ACCLAIMED !SCEND ANCY ALBUM USHERING IN A NEW ERA OF HARD RIFFS AND MANIC GUITAR SO LOS 4RUE TO THEIR NAME THIS SINGLE PACKS A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT PUNCH TO PREVIOUSLY HEARD TRACKS ! HEAVY

BUT CATCHY RIFF TAKES CENTRE STAGE THROUGHOUT THE SONG WITH STRONG AND MELODIC VOCALS BACKING IT UP )T IS SONGS LIKE THIS THAT ONLY RE QUIRE AN ATMOSPHERE lLLED WITH PYROTECHNICS AND SCREAMING FANS

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IT IS STILL A PLEASANT SURPRISE TO PUT ON THE TRACK AND BE SUDDENLY TAKEN ON A JOURNEY TO A GARDEN OF MOWN GRASS SURROUNDED BY PINE TREES WITH A GREY STATUE IN THE MIDDLE AND CHANGE FROM A GEEKY STUDENT TO A RE SPECTABLE GOOD LOOKING IMPORTANT PERSON THE SONG PROVIDES AN ODD FEELING OF SIGNIlCANCE @53 MIGHT SOUND A LITTLE LIKE A PIANIST AT A BAL LET RECITAL TO START WITH BUT IT SOON ROLLS INTO SOME LOVELY SUSTAINED STRINGS AND PIANO "Y THE END OF THE TRACK YOU FEEL LIKE LIFE WOULD lNALLY TAKE ON SOME KIND OF MOMENTOUS MEANING IF ONLY CLASSICALLY TRAINED 2EGINA 3PEKTOR WOULD BE YOUR GIRL FRIEND @53 IS HER LATEST SINGLE TAKEN FROM THE ALBUM TITLED -ARY !NN -EETS 4HE 'RAVEDIGGERS !ND /THER 3HORT 3TORIES 'EORGE 7YNDHAM

2EGINA 3PEKTOR

%VER HEARD OF HER )T DOESN T MAT TER HEAR HER ONCE AND YOU LL NEED TO HEAR HER AGAIN 7HERE DOES THIS OBVIOUSLY BEAUTIFUL 2USSIAN CHAN TEUSE LIVE 7HAT lLMS DOES SHE LIKE 7HAT FOOD DOES SHE EAT !ND ABOVE IS SHE SINGLE !LTHOUGH YOUR HEARTS MIGHT SINK A LITTLE WHEN YOU HEAR THE BIZARRESOUND SOUND THAT ENCOMPASSES THE LIKES OF THE DESPI CABLE 4ORI !MOS MIXED WITH "JORK

What’s  On

4HE %DITORS !LL 3PARKS +EEPING TO THE SIMPLE STUFF 4HE %DITORS APPEAR TO BE EMERGING AS A "RITISH RESPONSE TO THE +ILLERS WHO STORMED STAGES AND CHARTS THIS SIDE

OF THE !TLANTIC IN LATE 4HE ALMOST -ORRISSEY LIKE VOCALS OF FERED TO US ON THIS TRACK PROVIDE AN INDICATION OF WHERE THESE GUYS ARE COMING FROM THE CATCHY MELODY SUGGESTING LITTLE IN THE WAY OF MUSI CAL GENIUS YET THEY RE SO TIGHT THAT IT WORKS 4HEIR ALBUM 4HE "ACK 2OOM LOOKS ELSEWHERE FOR ITS APPEAL BE CAUSE !LL 3PARKS IN SUMMARY IS THEIR TOKEN MELODIC SINGLE n WITH LITTLE TO PLAY WITH THEY WON T GET AWAY WITH MANY MORE 3O THIS IS !LL 3PARKS THE BAL LAD RELEASE FROM THE ALBUM "ACK $OOR 4HE BAND HAVE EXPLICITLY EX PRESSED THEIR ADORATION FOR *OY $I VISION AND THE COMPARISONS MADE BETWEEN THEM AND WITH )NTERPOL ARE NUMEROUS "UT WHAT ARE THE EDITORS ACTUALLY OFFERING US 4HE GUITAR APPEARS TO BE A SQUASHED AND CONTORTED EFFORT AT REPLICATING #OLDPLAY IN AN EDGIER FASHION BUT FAILS TO ACHIEVE ANY SORT OF VARIA TION 4HEY CERTAINLY AREN T THE ONLY NEW BAND ON THE SCENE TO BE AP ING #OLDPLAY S SIGNATURE STYLE )N SUMMARY THEY RE GOING TO NEED TO PULL SOMETHING NEW OUT OF THE BAG TO REALLY IMPRESS !S A SINGLE IT IS lNE AND MELODIC !S A REPRESENTA TIVE PIECE OF THEIR WORK IN GENERAL

ITS JUST AN ADEQUATE REPRESENTATION OF A BAND lNDING THEIR FEET IN FACT

YOU WOULD PROBABLY ONLY NEED TWO OR THREE SONGS FROM THIS ALBUM TO GAIN AN INSIGHTFUL VIEW INTO THE MUSICAL MINDS OF 4HE %DITORS 'EORGE 7YNDHAM

Wednesday  15/3/06

h7ONDERS OF THE 7ORLDv n &AIR 4RADE )NTERNATIONAL 0ARTY a PM ONWARDS (IVE ,#2

Thursday  16/3/06

5NION &ILM +ISS +ISS "ANG "ANG a PM ,4 &EETlRST a PM ,#2 3AMBA -APANGALA /RCHESTRA 6IRUNGA a PM .ORWICH !RTS #ENTRE

Friday  17/3/06

5NION lLM +ING +ONG a PM ,4 /LA /NABULE a PM .ORWICH !RTS #ENTRE S .IGHT AND #HAINS ON 6ELVET a PM 7ATERFRONT 3T 0ATRICK S $AY ,#2 a PM ,#2

Saturday  18/3/06

4OM #ONWAY 3ARAH 3IXSMITH -AGIC FOLK &2%% PM .ORWICH !RTS #ENTRE

2ETROACTIVE FEAT TRIBUTE BANDS a PM ,#2 -ELTDOWN AND "RITPOPPIN a PM 7ATERFRONT

Monday  20/3/06

9OUNGBLOOD "RASS "AND a PM .ORWICH !RTS #ENTRE

Tuesday  21/3/06

3WING AND 3WEET WITH 2AY 3IMMONDS &2%% PM 4HE 'REEN -AN 0IRATE ,#2 a PM ,#2

Wednesday  22/3/06

5NION &ILM (ARRY 0OTTER AND THE 'OBLET OF &IRE a PM ,#2

Thursday  23/3/06

5NION &ILM )N (ER 3HOES a PM ,4 3EX 0ISTOLS %XPERIENCE a PM 7ATERFRONT

Friday  24/3/06

5NION &ILM 4HUMBSUCKER a PM ,4 *ULIA "IEL a PM .ORWICH !RTS #ENTRE $ED (OT #HILLI 0EPPERS a PM 7ATERFRONT "RIGHTON 2OCKS a PM ,#2

Saturday  25/3/06

,ARK a PM 4HE !LIBI &LIRT a PM ,#2 -ELTDOWN AND 7RAITH a PM 7ATERFRONT

Sunday  26/3/06

'RAHAM #OXON a PM 7ATERFRONT

Tuesday  28/3/06

"LUE !EROPLANES a PM 7ATERFRONT .ICK 0AGE .ICK (ILL &2%% PM 4HE 'REEN -AN

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&OLLOWING THE RELEASE OF HIS NEW AL BUM ,OVE 4RAVELS AT )LLEGAL 3PEEDS

'RAHAM #OXON IS SET TO TOUR THE 5+ THROUGHOUT -ARCH AND !PRIL AND HAS ALREADY GOT TONGUES WAGGING ABOUT HIS PERFORMANCES &OLLOWING THESE GIGS HE WILL BE SUPPORTING 4HE +AISER #HEIFS ON THEIR UPCOMING 5+ TOUR WHICH IS SURE TO RAISE HIS PROlLE NO END !FTER SOME AWKWARD STUMBLING AT THE BEGINNING OF HIS SOLO CAREER #OXON IS STARTING TO WRITE THE CALIBRE OF SONGS SO MANY IN DIE FANS HAVE BEEN EXPECTING OF HIM !S A RESULT HIS LIVE PERFORMANCES HAVE ALL THE CONlDENCE AND mAIR OF AN ARTIST THAT HAS lNALLY COME INTO HIS OWN #OXON SEEMS TO HAVE FREED HIMSELF FROM THE @ONE FROM "LUR WHO ISN T $AMON !L BARN LABEL THAT HE WORE FOR SO LONG AND IS LOOKING VERY HEALTHY FOR IT .OT JUST A GOOD GIG BUT A VERY EXCITING TO SEE SUCH A PROMISING ARTIST

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THERE S SO MUCH TO COVER AND TIE TOGETHER n @EVERYTHING S CONNECTED SAYS THE TAGLINE ALTHOUGH SOME CONNECTIONS ARE FAIRLY OBLIQUE n THAT THERE S LITTLE TIME LEFT FOR THE CHARACTERS TO MAKE THEIR EMOTIONAL MARK #LOONEY S "OB "ARNES WAS

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VERSITY ARE KEPT AT A DISTANCE 4HE SHOOTING STYLE IS SOBER AND UN SHOWY OFTEN HANDHELD WITH DRA MATIC EVENTS COMMONLY FRAMED IN LONG SHOT )N ONE UNUSUALLY TENSE SEQUENCE AN EXPLOSION ERUPTS IN CLOSE UP ONLY FOR THE IMAGE TO IM MEDIATELY SWITCH TO BIRD S EYE VIEW OF THE lRE n NOW ABSURDLY SMALL AND REMOTE 4HE SOUND DESIGN TOO

TAKING A SIMILAR APPROACH TO 'OOD .IGHT AND 'OOD ,UCK WORKS TO FRAGMENT THE BIG PICTURE SUDDENLY DRAINING SOUND LEVELS TO NOTHING OR INTRODUCING UNSOURCED VOICES !S THE BIGGEST STARS ON SHOW

'EORGE #LOONEY AND -ATT $A MON PROVIDE THE STRONGEST POINTS OF IDENTIlCATION BUT THE lLM ALSO GIVES A VOICE TO A NUMBER OF !RAB CHARACTERS INVOLVED IN THE TRANSNA TIONAL NARRATIVE WEB WITH CORRUPT ED OIL TRADE AT ITS CENTRE AMONG THEM TWO YOUNG SUICIDE BOMBERS 'AGHAN HAS SPOKEN OF (OLLYWOOD !RAB STEREOTYPES BEING A PRIME TAR GET FOR DEMOLISHMENT AND IS CARE FUL TO AVOID THE FRUITCAKE CARICATUR ING OF SCORES OF 53 ACTION MOVIES 4HE TERRORISM OF 3YRIANNA IS THE TERRIBLE EFFECT OF POWERFUL FORCES

CULTURAL POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC 4HE SOMETIMES TALKY AND DENSELY DETAILED NARRATIVE IS PUNC

TURED WITH GUT CHURNING VIOLENCE #LOONEY UNCOMFORTABLE SEEMING AND OBSCURED BY A WIRY BEARD AND PUT ON WEIGHT IS AT THE CENTRE OF THE MOST SHOCKING SET PIECE n A FEW SECONDS OF UNWATCHABLE lNGERNAIL TORTURE THAT RIVAL -ARATHON -AN S DENTAL DRILL SEQUENCE FOR WINCING IMPACT n AND THERE ARE mASHES OF POLICE BRUTALITY TOO %XAMPLES OF LAUGHS ARE RARER BUT EARLY FAM ILY SCENES WITH -ATT $AMON AND !MANDA 0EET AS ONE OF THE FEW FE MALE CHARACTERS HAVE AN UNFORCED HUMOUR ABOUT THEM AND ONE LINE ABOUT REGIONAL POLICY n @IN THIS TOWN YOU RE INNOCENT UNTIL INVES TIGATED n PERFECTLY UNITES TERRIFYING CORRUPTION WITH THE WIT OF ITS BEN EFACTORS 3YRIANA IS NOT WITHOUT SENTI MENT OR THE ODD BIT OF HAMMY CHARACTER ACTING #HRIS #OOPER TURNS IN ANOTHER "USH ESQUE PARO DY HUMMING WITH DOWN TO EARTH CHARM AND ILL GOTTEN POWER BUT IS UNMATCHED FOR RIGOR IN PROVOCA TION )F TOGETHER WITH 'OOD ,UCK

AND 'OOD ,UCK IT SUGGESTS A RETURN TO THE STYLE OF S POLITICAL CIN EMA THEN THE NARRATIVE REMAINS BRACINGLY TOPICAL TO THE END 3EB -ANLEY

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AND $ENEUVE PLAYS THEM WITH ICY INGENUITY 0IERRE "ATCHEFF 5N #HIEN !NDALOU 4HE PHANTOM DOUBLES IN $AVID ,YNCH S ,OST (IGHWAY AND -ULHOLLAND $RIVE TAKE THEIR CUE FROM ,UIS "UNUEL AND 3ALVADOR $ALI S DELIRIOUS 3URREALIST CLASSIC

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ACTOR !DAPTATION TELLS THE STORY OF TWIN BROTHERS #HARLIE AND $ONALD

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E G I N N I N G WITH A QUOTE @-OVIE TRAILERS ARE DESIGNED TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE lLM IN QUESTION IN A VERY SHORT SPACE OF TIME &OR EXAMPLE THIS IS THE PREVIEW FOR A lLM CALLED 4HE (ITCHHIKER S 'UIDE TO THE 'ALAXY !S WITH MOST TRAILERS THIS ONE WILL DAZZLE YOU WITH SPECIAL EFFECTS AND SHOW HOW FUNNY IT WILL BE 4HERE WILL BE PLENTY OF THE USUAL SHOUTING /F COURSE THERE WILL ALSO BE PLENTY OF HEARTLESS EVIL VILLAINS HIDEOUS CREATURES ROBOTS DOLPHINS AND THEN OF COURSE THE PROMISE OF TRUE LOVE 4HEN THE TRAILER WILL CLAIM THAT THE lLM IN QUESTION IS THE GREATEST ADVENTURE OF ALL TIME n WHICH

WHILE USUALLY FALSE IS IN THIS CASE

ENTIRELY TRUE !ND LASTLY THERE IS A lNAL MONTAGE n OFTEN SET TO ROCK MUSIC n THAT IS DESIGNED SIMPLY TO BLOW AWAY WHATEVER SYNAPSES YOU HAVE LEFT IN YOUR BRAIN 4HIS FORMS A TRAILER !ND SO GOES THE DRY HUMOUR OF THE 3TEPHEN &RY NARRATED TRAILER FOR LAST YEAR S REMAKE OF ER 4HE (ITCHHIKER S 'UIDE TO THE 'ALAXY ! BETTER OR MORE SARCASTIC EXPLANATION OF THE BASICS OF A lLM TRAILER COULD NOT BE WRITTEN SO THAT ONE S BEEN PINCHED FOR THIS INTRODUCTION 4HEY RE SOMETHING THAT WE VE ALL SEEN ON OUR TRIPS TO THE CINEMA 7HETHER IT S mASHY ONES FOR THE LATEST (OLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTER

CUTESY ONES FOR ANOTHER 2ICHARD #URTIS "RITISH ROMANTIC COMEDY OR SERIOUS ONES FOR HIGHBROW DRAMAS

WE RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE BASIC CONCEPT OF ONE "UT WHAT GOES INTO MAKING TRAILERS WHAT THEY ARE 7HEN DID THEY START !ND WHY DO THEY ALL HAVE THAT ANNOYING BLOKE SPEAKING IN HIS DULCET TONES OVER THE TOP OF THEM 4RAILERS BEGAN IN THE S

WHEN CINEMA BECAME THE BIGGEST ENTERTAINMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE 4HEY WERE ORIGINALLY TACKED ONTO THE END OF lLMS HENCE THE NAME BUT IT WAS QUICKLY REALISED THAT CUSTOMERS LEFT AFTER THE lLM WITHOUT BOTHERING TO WATCH THE TRAILERS AND SO THEY WERE MOVED TO BEFORE THE lLM WHERE THEY HAVE REMAINED SINCE 7HILE MANY PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT HAVING TO SIT THROUGH THEM BEFORE SEEING A lLM

THERE IS A SIMPLE WAY TO GET AROUND THIS n TURN UP TO A lLM MINUTES

AFTER IT S DUE TO START AND YOU LL MISS THEM ALL 4HEY USUALLY CONSIST OF A SERIES OF SCENES FROM THE lLM THAT IS BEING ADVERTISED !S THEIR PURPOSE IS TO ATTRACT AN AUDIENCE TO THE lLM AND MAKE THEM BELIEVE IT S THE BEST THING SINCE SLICED BREAD A FEW HIGHLIGHTS OF THE lLM ARE SELECTED USUALLY DUE TO HOW EXCITING FUNNY OR DRAMATIC THEY ARE AND SHOWN TYPICALLY NOT IN THE ORDER THAT THEY RE SHOWN IN THE lLM AND WITHOUT PRODUCING SPOILERS 'ENERIC TRAILERS FOLLOW THIS PATTERN BUT A FEW EXCEPTIONS TO THIS ARE MUCH MORE MEMORABLE BECAUSE THEY BREAK FROM THE NORM %XAMPLES OF TRAILERS THAT DON T STICK TO THIS RULE INCLUDE 4ERMINATOR WHICH USES hSPECIAL SHOOTv FOOTAGE 0SYCHO IN WHICH (ITCHCOCK GUIDES THE AUDIENCE AROUND THE INFAMOUS "ATES -OTEL AND WINDS UP IN -ARION #RANE S BATHROOM WHERE HE SUDDENLY PULLS BACK THE SHOWER CURTAIN AND THE FAMOUS BLOOD CURLING SCREAM SCENE IS SHOWN AND THE lRST TRAILER FOR 4HE $A 6INCI #ODE WHICH WAS MADE BEFORE SHOOTING OF THE lLM HAD EVEN BEGUN AND CONSISTED OF THE CAMERA PANNING AROUND THE -ONA ,ISA /NE OF THE UNIQUE ABILITIES OF TRAILERS IS THAT THEY CAN SHOW DIABOLICAL MOVIES IN A POSITIVE LIGHT 4HE TRAILER FOR THE RECENT !EON &LUX MADE THE lLM LOOK LIKE AN EXCELLENT -ATRIX ESQUE lLM ABOUT A DYSTOPIAN FUTURE WITH PLENTY OF ACTION PACKED lGHT SCENES A TENSE PLOT AND lGURE HUGGING LEATHER ABOUND 5NFORTUNATELY THE lLM PROVED TO BE ABOUT AS EXCITING AS A LETTUCE SANDWICH WITH CRINGE WORTHY DIALOGUE AND PREDICTABLE lGHTING )T PROVED THAT THE MASTERMINDS BEHIND TRAILERS ARE VERY CUNNING IN WHICH SCENES ARE CHOSEN ! LIST OF THE STARS AND POSSIBLY DIRECTOR IF IT S A HOUSEHOLD NAME WILL ALWAYS APPEAR 4HIS IS BECAUSE IDIOTS WHO WILL GO AND SEE A lLM SIMPLY BASED ON THE NAMES OF THE ACTORS ARE EASY TARGETS AND THE SHEER MENTION OF THE NAME MAY BE ENOUGH TO CONVINCE THEM TO SEE THE lLM &OR EXAMPLE *IM #ARREY HAS BEEN IN ENOUGH GOOD lLMS OVER THE YEARS TO ENSURE THAT HE S GATHERED ENOUGH OF A DEDICATED FOLLOWING

YET THE RECENT &UN 7ITH $ICK !ND *ANE WAS ENOUGH TO CAUSE EVEN THE MOST HARDCORE #ARREY FAN TO LAUGH THEIR WAY OUT OF THE CINEMA )F ANY OF THE ACTORS OR THE DIRECTOR

HAS WON ANY AWARDS OR BEEN IN ANY GROUND BREAKING lLMS THIS WILL BE MENTIONED TOO n SUCH AS THE TRAILER FOR +ING +ONG WHICH MENTIONED 0ETER *ACKSON S ,ORD OF THE 2INGS /SCARS /NE IDIOSYNCRATIC ASPECT OF TRAILERS IS THE GRAVELLY VOICED GUY THAT NARRATES THEM #ONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF IT IS NOT THE SAME MAN THAT DOES EVERY SINGLE TRAILER n A SCHOOL IN (OLLYWOOD TEACHES BUDDING VOICE OVER ARTISTS HOW TO HAVE THE SAME TONE PRONUNCIATION AND PACE 4HE REASONING BEHIND WHY THIS PRECISE VOICE IS STRIVED FOR IS UNCLEAR IT IS POSSIBLY BECAUSE IT S QUITE AUTHORITATIVE AND CALMING OR MAYBE BECAUSE IT CAN GO FROM BEING JOVIAL TO STERN IN A SECOND 7HATEVER THE LOGIC FOR THIS DISCERNIBLE VOICE IS REMAINS UNCLEAR BUT IT S DIFlCULT TO IMAGINE PHRASES SUCH AS hIN A WORLD WHERExv OR hTHE LAST HUMANS ALIVExv BEING SPOKEN IN ANY OTHER WAY 4RAILERS CURRENTLY CIRCULATING IN CINEMAS INCLUDE THOSE FOR 4HE $A 6INCI #ODE 8 -EN 3UPERMAN 2ETURNS AND -ISSION )MPOSSIBLE 4HE EARLIEST DATE OF ANY OF THESE lLMS TO COME OUT IS TH -AY -ISSION )MPOSSIBLE WHICH MEANS THAT THE GAP BETWEEN THE lRST AIRING OF THE TRAILER AND THE ACTUAL RELEASE OF THE lLM IS AROUND TWO AND A HALF MONTHS 4HIS LENGTHY TIME PERIOD MEANS A LOT MORE PEOPLE WOULD SEE THE TRAILER THAN IF IT WAS RELEASED

/NE OF THE UNIQUE ABILITIES OF TRAILERS IS TO SHOW DIABOLICAL MOVIES IN A POSITIVE LIGHT SEE !EON &LUX

A WEEK BEFORE THE lLM S RELEASE DATE AND MEANS THAT PUBLICITY FOR THE lLM WILL BE INCREDIBLY HIGH 4HIS EXAMPLE SHOWS HOW INTEGRAL TRAILERS ARE IN PUBLICISING A lLM n IN

WHEN THE TRAILER FOR THE lRST 3TAR 7ARS PREQUEL 4HE 0HANTOM -ENACE BEGAN SHOWING BEFORE CERTAIN lLMS MANY HARDCORE FANS BOUGHT TICKETS TO SEE THOSE lLMS JUST TO SEE THE TRAILER AND WOULD THEN LEAVE THE CINEMA 4RAILERS HAVE BECOME A CENTRAL PART OF THE CINEMA INDUSTRY TODAY

AS THEY PROMOTE A lLM MONTHS IN ADVANCE OF ITS RELEASE MEANING MORE PEOPLE WILL SEE THE TRAILER

MEANING MORE PEOPLE WILL SEE THE lLM ON ITS RELEASE MEANING MORE MONEY FOR BOTH CINEMAS AND THE PEOPLE INVOLVED WITH THE lLM 7ITHOUT THEM IT WOULD BE DIFlCULT TO KNOW WHICH lLMS ARE OUT AND WHEN NOT TO MENTION THAT WE D HAVE NO IDEA OF WHAT A lLM WOULD BE ABOUT 7HILE THEY CAN BE IRRITATING SOMETIMES THEY RE AS IMPORTANT TO CINEMA AS BUYING OVERPRICED POPCORN n AND lNDING OUT ABOUT A FORTHCOMING lLM CAN SOMETIMES BE MORE INTERESTING THAN THE lLM ITSELF AND WITH THEIR INCLUSION ON $6$S AND THE INTERNET THEY ARE MORE WIDELY SEEN AND INmUENTIAL THAN EVER BEFORE 7HETHER THEY RE ADVERTISING OR AN ART FORM TRAILERS WILL BE AROUND FOR AS LONG AS CINEMA IS AND *OE 0UBLIC IS A LOT BETTER OFF FOR IT

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Mock-Hollywood (OLLYWOOD S GRIP OVER MAINSTREAM lLM MARKETS HAS RESULTED IN NON 53 CINEMAS PRO DUCING LESS INDIVIDUAL MORE @!MERICAN OUTPUT "RITAIN INCLUDED )S THERE AN AUDIENCE FOR DISTINCTIVELY "RITISH lLMS OR IS (OLLYWOOD S REIGN INDElNITE "Y *OHN -UTCH

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A "RITISH lLM WHICH WORKS DESPERATELY TO CAPTURE AN !MERICAN AUDIENCE THE ISSUE OF THE OBSESSIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN "RITISH CINEMA AND ITS BIGGER BROTHER (OLLYWOOD BECOMES AN UNAVOIDABLE ISSUE )NCREASINGLY "RITISH lLMMAKERS HAVE LOOKED AT NEW WAYS TO MARKET THEIR lLMS IN !MERICA OFTEN BY INCORPORATING !MERICAN ACTORS

SETTINGS OR THEMES BUT DO WE REALLY NEED TO PLAY SO COMPULSIVELY TO AN !MERICAN AUDIENCE 4RUE INDEPENDENT "RITISH lLMS CAN BE JUST AS SUCCESSFUL AND THROUGH EMBRACING !MERICAN IDEAS AND STARS WE BEGIN TO LOSE OUR SENSE OF NATIONAL IDENTITY -ANY lLMMAKERS CHOOSE TO MODEL THEIR lLMS AROUND AN !MERICAN AUDIENCE CONCENTRATING MORE ON ITS APPEAL RATHER THAN ITS QUALITY AS A lLM "ECAUSE OF THIS

BIG 5+ lLMMAKERS SUCH AS &ILM &OUR OFTEN UNINTENTIONALLY RESTRICT THEMSELVES FROM BEING INNOVATIVE OR RADICAL IN CASE THE lLM FAILS TO ATTRACT ITS TARGET AUDIENCE )T SEEMS OUR ATTEMPT TO BE AS GOOD AS (OLLYWOOD IS WHAT HOLDS US BACK FROM BEING TRULY ORIGINAL .OT ALL "RITISH PRODUCTIONS HAVE HOWEVER FALLEN VICTIM TO PRESSURES TO !MERICANISE INDEED SOME OF THE 5+ S BIGGEST INTERNATIONAL HITS HAVE BEEN TYPICALLY "RITISH lLMS SUCH AS "ILLY %LLIOT AND 4HE &ULL -ONTY 4HE &ULL -ONTY WHICH HAD TO BE SUBTITLED IN !MERICAN CINEMAS BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT UNDERSTAND THE 3HEFlELD ACCENT WAS A MAJOR SUCCESS BECAUSE OF ITS ORIGINAL PLOT AND ITS HUMOUR )TS SELLING POINTS WERE DERIVED THROUGH GOOD lLMMAKING RATHER THAN THROUGH ITS CAST OR IDEAS !T THE OTHER END OF THE SPECTRUM IS .OTTING (ILL A RELATIVELY BIG BUDGET "RITISH lLM MADE TO CATER FOR "RITISH AND !MERICAN AUDIENCES .OTTING (ILL NOT ONLY DEMONSTRATES OUR TENDENCY TO PLAY TO AN !MERICAN AUDIENCE BUT ALSO THE WAY THE "RITISH lLM INDUSTRY OFTEN LOOKS UP TO (OLLYWOOD 4HROUGH (UGH 'RANT S CHARACTER 7ILLIAM

WE SEE A STEREOTYPICAL BUMBLING "RITISH GENTLEMAN WHO IS POLITE

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HANDSOME BUT NOT PARTICULARLY WEALTHY 7ILLIAM BECOMES ENTHRALLED BY A FAMOUS !MERICAN ACTRESS !NNA PLAYED BY *ULIA 2OBERTS 7ILLIAM S CHARACTER AND INDEED WHOLE FAMILY UNDERSTAND THEIR VAST SOCIAL INFERIORITY TO THE !MERICAN STAR EMBARRASSINGLY WORSHIPING !NNA WHO CONSIDERS 7ILLIAM S LIFE AS NOVELTY AND CUTE !NNA IS REALLY THE ONLY !MERICAN CHARACTER IN THE MOVIE AND SO IS THE SOLE PORTRAYER OF !MERICAN LIFE 4HE %NGLISH CHARACTERS RELATIONSHIP WITH !NNA PRESENT THE "RITISH PEOPLE AND "RITISH LIFE IN AN INFERIOR LIGHT TO THE !MERICANS 4HE EMPLOYMENT OF AN !MERICAN STAR WORKED EFFECTIVELY TO GATHER A CROSS !TLANTIC AUDIENCE THOUGH THE EXTRA REVENUE GENERATED FROM USING AN !MERICAN ICON AND MARKETING THE lLM IN !MERICA IS ONLY RELATIVE 2OBERTS WAS PAID MILLION DOLLARS FOR HER ROLE IN .OTTING (ILL WHEREAS A NATIONAL STAR WOULD HAVE COST $.!

STUDIOS MUCH LESS AND THE lLM WOULD RETAIN ITS APPEAL IN "RITAIN 5SING TOKEN !MERICAN STARS IN "RITISH MOVIES IS A LONG RUNNING HABIT -ORE OFTEN THAN NOT YOU LL lND A LONE !MERICAN ACTOR IN A CAST OF "RIT ACTORS AND THEIR FACE SPLASHED OVER THE ADVERTISEMENTS !LTHOUGH BIG !MERICAN STARS DO NOT USUALLY INTERFERE TOO MUCH WITH THE OVERALL lLM WE AS AN AUDIENCE

ARE BEGINNING TO EXPECT TO SEE AN !MERICAN STAR IN ANY FORTHCOMING "RITISH MOVIE "ECAUSE OF THIS

"RITISH CINEMA IS SEEN TO RELY ON (OLLYWOOD AND ITS BIG STARS /UR OBSESSION WITH (OLLYWOOD AND !MERICANISING OUR lLMS HAS MADE IT INCREASINGLY DIFlCULT TO DETERMINE WHETHER A lLM IS IN FACT "RITISH &OR EXAMPLE THE AUTHORSHIP OF THE TITLE 4HE "EACH IS DEBATABLE 4HOUGH DIRECTED BY THE WELL ESTABLISHED "RITISH DIRECTOR $ANNY "OYLE IT IS LARGELY SET IN !SIA AND FOLLOWS THE LIFE OF A YOUNG !MERICAN PLAYED BY ,EONARDO $I #APRIO 4HE REMAINING CAST IS MULTINATIONAL AND NOT DOMINATED BY "RITISH ACTORS YET THE lLM IS STILL CONSIDERED TO BE A "RITISH ONE -UCH OF THE NEED TO !MERICANISE OUR lLMS COMES AS A RESULT OF THE DEMANDS FROM AUDIENCES !LTHOUGH SOME APPRECIATE lLMS FOR THEIR INGENUITY AND INNOVATION THE LARGEST MARKET ARE THOSE WHO ENJOY THE LATEST GENERIC BLOCKBUSTER WITH A FAMILIAR CAST CREW OR STORY LINE )T IS THE RECOGNISABLE lGURES AND PLOTS THAT SELL MOVIES (OLLYWOOD IS JUSTIlABLY THE MOST DOMINANT lLM PRODUCING INSTITUTION IN THE WORLD 4HOUGH IT HAS A TENDENCY TO REPRODUCE lLMS ACCORDING TO A SPECIlC FORMULA IT DOES ON OCCASION PRODUCE QUALITY MARKET LEADING lLMS AND

SO IS WORTHY OF OUR ADMIRATION 4HE PROBLEM IS THAT WHILST OUR STUDIOS CONTINUE TO IDOLISE (OLLYWOOD

THEY SHY AWAY FROM EXPLORING OUR OWN CULTURE AND IDEAS 4HE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING OUR OWN INDEPENDENT CINEMA IS REPRESENTED THROUGH THE PASSING OF THE #INEMATOGRAPH &ILMS !CT IN WHICH ENSURED THAT AT LEAST OF lLMS SCREENED IN CINEMAS WERE "RITISH MADE 4HE !CT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AND PROMOTED VOLUME RATHER THAN QUALITY BUT WAS AN EARLY GOVERNMENTAL INTERVENTION IN AN ATTEMPT TO PROMOTE "RITISH lLM !LTHOUGH PIONEERING lLM PRODUCTION IT WAS NOT LONG AFTER THE INVENTION OF MOVING IMAGE THAT !MERICAN lLMS BEGAN TO DOMINATE "RITISH SCREENS BY ONLY OF lLMS SCREENED IN THE 5+ WERE "RITISH MADE 4ODAY "RITISH lLM HOLDS A TINY PROPORTION OF THE GLOBAL MARKET AND SO CANNOT COMPETE WITH (OLLYWOOD IN TERMS OF VOLUME THOUGH SUCCESS CAN STILL BE ACHIEVED WHILST REMAINING DISTANT FROM (OLLYWOOD 2ATHER THAN LOOKING UP TO (OLLYWOOD "RITAIN SHOULD INSTEAD LOOK AT WAYS OF CREATING ITS OWN DISTINCTLY UNIQUE lLMS THAT EXPLORE "RITAIN AND ITS CULTURE FOR IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE SHOULD APPEAR CULTURALLY INDEPENDENT DIVERSE AND INTERESTING THROUGH OUR lLMS RATHER THAN MERELY A SUB PAR (OLLYWOOD IMITATION

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2AY 7INSTONE AND THE EVER VERSATILE %MILY 7ATSON 3EB -ANLEY

4HE 7EATHER -AN $IR 'ORE 6ERBINSKI 2ELEASED .ICHOLAS #AGE STARS AS POPULAR #HICAGO 46 WEATHERMAN $AVID 3PRITZ WHO HAS A CHANCE AT THE BIG TIME WHEN THE NATIONAL MORNING SHOW @(ELLO !MERICA CALLS HIM TO AUDITION 9ET WHILE HIS PROFESSIONAL LIFE IS ON THE UP HIS PERSONAL LIFE

SEEMS TO BE DETERIORATING RAPIDLY HE IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A PAINFUL DIVORCE HIS FATHER 2OBERT 3PRITZEL -ICHAEL #AINE IS SERIOUSLY ILL

AND HIS CHILDREN CLEARLY APPEAR TO BE SUFFERING FROM THE FAMILY S SITUATION (OWEVER ALTHOUGH IT MAY SOUND AS THOUGH THE lLM IS OF A SERIOUS NATURE THERE ARE MANY ELEMENTS WHICH PROVIDE HUMOR

ALBEIT SOMEWHAT DARK 4HIS PROVES TO BE A CONSIDERABLE WEAKNESS OF THE lLM SINCE IT RESULTS IN THE ABSENCE OF A CLEAR GENRE 7HILE ONE MINUTE THE lLM MAY APPEAR TO BE CONVEYING AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE NAMELY THE IMPORTANCE OF FATHERHOOD ANY EMOTION FELT FOR THE CHARACTER IS QUICKLY DESTROYED BY UNNECESSARY HUMOR !LEX +NOWLDEN

4HE 7ORLD S &ASTEST )NDIAN $IR 2OGER $ONALDSON 2ELEASED "ETTING HIGH ON A CENTRAL PERFORMANCE BY !NTHONY (OPKINS

2OGER $ONALDSON S ENDEARING lLM IMMEDIATELY COMES UP TRUMPS (OPKINS S "URT -UNRO

A REAL LIFE .EW :EALAND GERIATRIC BIKER IS AN IRRESISTIBLE BUNDLE OF CHEERY BENEVOLENCE UNASSUMING EXPERTISE AND PASSIONATE DOGGED DETERMINATION n AND HE CARRIES NEARLY EVERY SCENE WHETHER THROWING UP DUST WITH HIS )NDIAN 4WIN 3COUT -OTORCYCLE OR lLING HIS YELLOWED TOENAILS WITH AN ELECTRIC SANDER "URT S JOURNEY TO THE 5TAH 3ALT &LATS WHERE HE HOPES TO SET A WORLD SPEED RECORD ASSUMES AN EPISODIC ROAD MOVIE STRUCTURE REMINISCENT OF 4HE 3TRAIGHT 3TORY $AVID ,YNCH AND INITIAL CULTURE CLASH DIFFERENCES n HE MEETS A

TRANSVESTITE IN (OLLYWOOD AN !MERICAN )NDIAN ON THE ROAD AND A TROUPE OF mASHY !MERICAN SPEED DEMONS IN 5TAH n ARE QUICKLY SORTED OUT WITH A mASH OF +IWI CHARM !

SLIGHT TENDENCY TO SENTIMENTALISE ASIDE 4HE 7ORLD S &ASTEST )NDIAN IS AS SPRY AND CHEERING A COMEDY TO COME OUT OF (OLLYWOOD IN A WHILE n AND CERTAINLY THE HIGH POINT OF $ONALDSON S CAREER THUS FAR WHICH TAKES IN #OCKTAIL 3PECIES AND 4HE 2ECRUIT 3EB -ANLEY

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4HE -ATADOR $IR 2ICHARD 3HEPARD 2ELEASED )T S ALWAYS REFRESHING TO SEE 0IERCE "ROSNAN STEP OUT OF "OND S TUXEDO

AND TAKE MORE ORIGINAL ROLES (ERE

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