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(ELLO )T S A DRAG BEING BACK AT UNIVERSITY ISN T IT !FTER A LENGTHY THREE MONTH BREAK SPENT GALLAVANTING AROUND AT HOME GETTING DRUNK ON 0IMMS AND REGALING YOUR FRIENDS WITH TALES OF 5%! S NOT OPPRESSIVE AT ALL GREY CONCRETE COLOUR SCHEME BE ING BACK IN %AST !NGLIA SEEMS A TAD BORING IN COMPARISON (OWEVER WITH A COPY OF 4HE %VENT IN YOUR HANDS AND A SPRING IN YOUR STEP A GREAT lRST WEEK IS BOUND TO BE HAD 7E HOPE /N THE TOPIC OF 4HE %VENT SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THE SNAZZY NEW FRONT COVER AND DESIGN )F NOT THEN ALL THAT HARD WORK CHANGING EVERYTHING AROUND WAS CLEARLY WAST ED ON YOU !LONG WITH A NEW DE SIGN AND LAYOUT WE VE GAINED SOME NEW BITS AND BOBS ELSEWHERE 4HE lLM SECTION HAS HAD A BIT OF A TRIM AND A RESHUFmE MEANING THAT WE HAVE UNFORTUNATELY LOST ONE OF THE FEATURES (OWEVER WE NOW HAVE A PAGE THAT APPEALS TO THE INNER GEEK IN ALL OF US A BRAND NEW COMPUTER GAMES PAGE %VERY WEEK WE LL FEA TURE A REVIEW OF A BRAND NEW GAME AND A RETRO CLASSIC RANGING FROM 3PACE )NVADERS ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO RELATIVELY MODERN CLASSICS 4HIS WEEK ,EGO 3TAR 7ARS HAS GAINED THE HONOUR OF BEING THE lRST NEW GAME REVIEWED MOSTLY BECAUSE ) HAVE BEEN LITERALLY ADDICTED TO IT FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND 3ONIC IS THE lRST RETRO GAME BE CAUSE IT S THE GAME THAT WHEN ) SHOULD HAVE BEEN BUSY DOING MY HOMEWORK ) WAS CONSTANTLY PLAY

ING INSTEAD !NYWAY REMOVING MY GEEK HAT WE VE ALSO GOT TONNES OF REVIEWS SPREAD LIBERALLY ACROSS THE PAGES CLUTCHED IN YOUR EAGER LITTLE HAND 2ANGING FROM NEW ALBUMS ,ILY !LLEN *URASSIC TO OLD AL BUMS 4HE 1UEEN )S $EAD AND SINGLES ON THE MUSIC PAGES THROUGH TO THEATRE AND BOOK REVIEWS FROM $6$ RELEASES TO NEW lLMS THERE S SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE IN HERE WE HOPE !ND WE HOPE THAT YOU ENJOY THEM AND APPRECIATE THE HOURS OF HARD WORK THAT THE WRITERS TO THE RIGHT OF THIS BLURB HAVE DONATED TO THIS lRST ISSUE 2AISE A CUP OF TEA TO THEM OR SOMETHING EQUALLY RAISE ABLE 7HILE THIS lRST ISSUE MAY STILL SHOW US lNDING OUR FEET A LITTLE BIT WE RE CONlDENT THAT 4HE %VENT WILL SOON BLOSSOM INTO THE HOTTEST EN TERTAINMENT PAPER THIS SIDE OF (EAT -AYBE !NYWAY WHERE ARE MY MAN NERS ! BIG WELCOME TO ALL THE FRESH ERS THAT HAVE JOINED US 7HETHER YOU RE FROM 3COTLAND OR #ORNWALL OR ANYWHERE INBETWEEN OR OVERSEAS WELCOME TO OUR HUMBLE UNIVERSITY AND WE HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT TIME HERE DOING YOUR DEGREE AMONGST OUR HALLOWED CONCRETE 7HILE HERE YOU MAY WANT TO GO TO ONE OF THE MANY GIGS THAT ARE HOSTED AT ONE OF THE VARIOUS VENUES IN .ORWICH /NE OF THE HOTTEST GIGS OF THE YEAR SO FAR IS THE 3HOCKWAVES #LUB .-% /N 4OUR NIGHT WHICH HAS COMPLETELY SOLD OUT AT THE 7A TERFRONT 7ITH THE NEW WAVE OF RAVE THAT .-% IS TOUTING AS THE @NEXT BIG

THING THE TOUR IS GUARANTEED TO PRO VIDE A CRACKING NIGHT OF MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT FROM BANDS SUCH AS 3HITDISCO WHO ARE AMAZING $ATAROCK 3IMIAN -OBILE $ISCO AND 4HE +LAXONS WHO ARE BEING HERALED ALREADY AS ONE OF THE BIG GEST NEW BANDS AROUND (OWEVER IT S COMPLETELY SOLD OUT SO THERE S NO CHANCE OF GETTING A TICKET NOW /R IS THERE 4HE %VENT HAS TEAMED UP WITH .-% AND 3HOCKWAVES AND HAS GOT HOLD OF TWO TICKETS TO THE NIGHT @7OW ) HEAR YOU CRY @HOW DO ) WIN SUCH AN AMAZING PRIZE )T S QUITE EASY REALLY 3OC-ART IS ON IN THE ,#2 ON 7EDNESDAY FROM UNTIL WHERE YOU CAN JOIN UP TO ALL THOSE CLUBS THAT SOUND OH SO COOL !LL YOU HAVE TO DO IS JOIN THE #ON CRETE CLUB A MERE a ISN T GOING TO BREAK THE BUDGET REALLY AND YOU LL AUTOMATICALLY GET ENTERED INTO THE PRIZE DRAW 9OU LL ALSO GET THE CHANCE TO mEX THOSE WRITING MUS CLES AND PEN A FEW ARTICLES FOR THE PAPER IF YOU FANCY IT 4HE WINNERS WILL BE CONTACTED BY PHONE SHORTLY AFTER 3OC-ART ENDS SO CANCEL ANY PLANS FOR 7EDNESDAY NIGHT JUST IN CASE YOU WIN !NYWAY THAT S ENOUGH WAFmING ON FOR THIS ISSUE 4HANKS AGAIN TO EVERYONE THAT S HELPED IN SOME WAY IN THIS ISSUE WHETHER IT S WRITING AN ARTICLE TAKING A PHOTO OR SIMPLY PASSING THE BISCUITS AROUND IN THE #ONCRETE OFlCE MANY THANKS TO ALL OF YOU 3EE YOU IN ANOTHER TWO WEEKS

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OR MOST OF US IT WENT A LITTLE SOMETHING LIKE THIS 7HITE SHIRT RED SWEATER CHARCOAL TROUSERS CHARCOAL SKIRT BLACK SHOES WHITE SHIRT STRIPY TIE SCHOOL BADGE OVERSIZED BLAZER MORE BLACK SHOESx OKAY SO YOU CATCH MY DRIFTx )F YOU ARE INTO FASHION THEN THERE S NO BETTER TIME TO BE A STU DENT .O TWO STUDENTS LOOK THE SAME AND NO TWO STUDENTS SHOULD LOOK THE SAME 4ODAY S STUDENTS WANT TO BE COOL THEY WANT TO BE THEMSELVES THEY WANT TO BE STYLISH AND THEY WANT TO BE PRACTICAL 9OU HAVE ALREADY TAKEN THE lRST STEP IN READING THE 6OGUE OF @#ONCRETE SO LOOKING COOL DURING THE AUTUMN WINTER SE MESTER SHOULD BE N O PROBLEMx !NY PLACE FULL OF YOUNG PEO PLE HAS ITS STEREOTYPES AND YES ) M TALKING ABOUT THE @-EAN 'IRLS KIND OF STEREOTYPE WHO JUDGE EVERYONE BY THE WAY THEY LOOK !RT STUDENTS LOOK LIKE ART STUDENTS MORE CREATIVE WITH THEIR APPEARANCE THAN A MEDIC FOR INSTANCE 3O THAT SHOULD MEAN THAT SPORTS STUDENTS DO INDEED TEND TO STICK TO THEIR TRAINERS AND JOGGING BOTTOMS ) MEAN SWEAT PANTS !T UNIVERSITY THERE IS GENERALLY AN AS SUMPTION THAT STUDENTS DON T MAKE AN EFFORT WITH THE WAY THEY LOOK AND ALTHOUGH THIS MAY BE PARTLY TRUE MANY OF US DO LIKE TO MAKE AN EFFORT /KAY SO IT S NOT EASY WALK ING ALL THE WAY TO A MUDDY CAMPUS IN YOUR STILETTOS AND WE DO TEND TO WALK AROUND IN A HUNG OVER DAZE WE KNOW WHAT S IN AND WHAT S OUT AND FOR A LOT OF YOUNG lRST YEARS THIS IS THE lRST TIME THAT THEY WILL BE DOING EVERYTHING FOR THEMSELVES &OR THE BOYS IT S ABOUT CREATING GIVING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO A LUXURIOUS SUPER SMART LOOK POSH LOOK EXACTLY HOW THEY WANT WITHOUT BEING EXPENSIVE 4HE S LOOK 5NLESS IT S THE @SKOOL DAYZ DIS IS THE ONE TO GO FOR WITH CARDIGANS CO UNIFORM WEARING DAYS REPRESENT OVER SHIRTS AND SLIM TIES FOR A PREPPY A WHOLE DIFFERENT ERA WHEN YOU GET BUT NEAT LOOK -ATERIAL FOR SLIM TIES TO UNIVERSITY 5%! IS NOT JUST ABOUT SHIRTS AND JACKETS IS NOT SHINY OR SILKY THE LECTURE HALLS AND LIBRARY 'O INSTEAD IT S ABOUT OPULENCE WITHOUT ONE STEP FURTHER AND YOU LL NOTICE THE RICHNESS OF HEAVY FABRIC !DD TO PLENTY OF SHOPS TO SPEND YOUR LOAN THIS A LITTLE BLACK OR BROWN BELT WITH IN SILVER GOLD OR BRONZE SQUARE STUDS ON 4HIS SEASON YOU LL ACTUALLY TOP OF SMART TROUSERS SLACKS OR EVEN WANT YOUR UNIFORM BACK FOR THE SKINNY TROUSERS @BOARDING SCHOOL LOOK AS CLASSIC 4HE CLASSIC SCHOOL UNIFORM LOOK COLOURS OF NAVY BLUE GREY BROWN DOESN T HAVE TO BE SO STRICT TEAM THE WINE AND BOTTLE GREEN HIT THE HIGH CONSERVATIVE CARDIGAN WITH A CASUAL STREET 5NIFORM SHAPES AND COLOURS TOP AND YOU RE ALMOST THERE &OR THE ARE BACK IN WITH A POST WAR EDGE GIRLS IT S ALSO ALL ABOUT THE SLIM lT TROU

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SERS AND LEGGINGS WITH OVERSIZED TUNICS AND SWEATER DRESSES ADDING A FEMININE TOUCH TO THE OUTlT 4HE UNIFORM COLOURS APPLY TO GIRLS TOO AND THE SUMMER SHIFT DRESS IS BEING RE PLACED WITH THE JERSEY DRESS 7E HAD THE JEANS FROM THE S NOW GO BACK A LITTLE FURTHER TO THE S AND WE HAVE THE SKINNY PANT #OVERING UP IS VERY MUCH IN THINK THE !UDREY SIL HOUETTE THAT IS ALL OVER THE '!0 ADS 4HIS ANDROGYNOUS SILHOUETTE IS SHAPED WITH A POLO NECK TOP AND THE CLASSIC SKINNY PANT MAKES THE OUTlT LOOK SIM PLE AND ELEGANT 7HAT WILL LOOK GOOD ON YOUR FEET IS

THE SEXY ANKLE BOOT )T IS BEST NOT TO WEAR THEM WITH BARE LEGS HOW EVER SKINNIES OPAQUE TIGHTS LEGGINGS OR JEANS WILL LOOK GREAT %VEN LEGGINGS THAT ARE A LITTLE SHORTER AND SHOW A HINT OF SKIN WILL BE mATTER ING 4WEED ALWAYS MAKES A COMEBACK FOR THE WINTER MONTHS BUT THIS TIME IT S NOT SO MUCH @TRENCH AS @PRINCESS AND THE RED PRINCESS COAT IS ONE OF THE MUST HAVE WOOL CASHMERE ITEMS OF THE SEA SON !LL OVER THE HIGH STREET THIS ABOVE THE KNEE CUTEY IS THE ULTIMATE ITEM TO COMPLETE THE SCHOOL OUTlT ( - HAS

GOT IT &RENCH #ONNECTION HAS GOT IT AND 4OPSHOP WILL PROBABLY HAVE IT 4HE GRACEFULLY TAPERED SEAMS TAILOR THE WAIST AND FORGIVE THE HIPS MOVING AWAY FROM THE TRENCH THIS COAT IS STILL GIRLY BUT LESS WOMANLY 3O THAT S THE BACK TO SCHOOL SIDE OF THINGS BACK TO UNI READY AND WILLING STRUTTING YOUR STUFF LIKE THE OLD SCHOOL COOL %NOUGH OF THE POETRY REMEM BER THE @BOARDING SCHOOL LOOK IS KEY THIS SEMESTER "UT DON T SPEND YOUR ENTIRE LOAN RIGHT AWAY AFTER ALL THERE S THE NEXT ISSUE OF #ONCRETE TO BE READ WITH LOTS OF NEW STYLES TO ADD TO YOUR TOO COOL FOR SCHOOL SKINNY PANT AND ANKLE BOOT COLLECTION

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!S YOU WERE PROBABLY AWARE LAST WEEK WAS ,ONDON &ASHION 7EEK AND THE USUAL PARTY ATMOSPHERE WAS BUMPED UP BY THE GUARANTEE OF OVER FIFTY ESTABLISHED AND NEW DESIGNERS BEING GIVEN THE PLATFORM TO EXHIBIT THEIR WORK ON #ARNABY 3TREET +INGS 2OAD AND THE .ATURAL (ISTORY -USEUM IN THE BUSY STREETS OF ,ONDON ,IKE ANY LARGE FASHION EVENT TABLOID HEADLINES FIRED OUT OF CONTROL ABOUT DIVA TANTRUMS PARADES OF SKINNY MODELS HITTING THE CATWALK AND DESIGNERS THAT ARE SAVING THE PLANET 4HIS YEAR THE TRAGEDY OF A YOUNG MODEL COLLAPS ING DEAD AFTER A COSTUME FITTING IN 5RUGUAY S &ASHION 7EEK MEANT MANY DESIGNERS HAVE MADE THE CONTROVERSIAL DECISION TO BAN SIZE MODELS 'ENERALLY DESIGNER FASHION SAMPLES ARE USUALLY MADE FOR SIZE TEN WOMEN AND SOMETIMES LESS FOR COUTURE OUTFITS 0AUL 3MITH DECLARED THE END OF THE SUPER SKINNY MODEL TO @MAYBE ONE SIZE BIGGER HOWEVER THERE WAS NO SIGN OF A FULLER FIGURE AT HIS SHOW 4HE #LOTHES 3HOW ,IVE WHO SHOWCASED *ODIE +IDD AND .AOMI #AMPBELL SAID IT WILL BAN SIZE MODELS FROM ITS SHOWS IN $ECEMBER 4HE "IBA SHOW WAS AN HOUR LATE ON 4UESDAY AS (ILARY !LEXANDER SPARKED A ROW BETWEEN *EMIMA +HAN AND (UGH 'RANT !LEXANDER STATED UNFLATTERING COMMENTS ABOUT THE ORIGINAL SIZE IT GIRL *EMIMA +HAN S BIKINI PICTURES IN THE PRESS 4OPSHOP DID TWO CATWALK SHOWS IN THE CAPITAL BE FORE %UROPE SAW THEM IN A BID TO DISPROVE THE THEORY THAT ALL HIGH STREET BRANDS DO IS COPY THE CATWALK 4HE NEATLY CUT SOPHISTICATED OUTFITS FROM THE !RCADIA GROUP ARE AT THE OPPO SITE PRICE TAG TO THE DESIGNER RANGES STARTING AT FORTY POUNDS 4HE 4OPSHOP @5NIQUE COLLECTION WAS WATCHED EAGERLY WITH +ATE MOSS IN THE FRONT ROW AS YOUNG DESIGNERS SHOWCASE THEIR WORK ON THE SAME CATWALK AS MANY ICONIC DESIGNERS ,IFTING THE BRAND S CATWALK APPEAL WILL BE +ATE -OSS AS THE NEW FACE OF 4OPSHOP WHO IS DUE TO START WORK THIS WEEK +ATE -OSS IS ALREADY THE INSPIRATION FOR 4OPSHOP SHORTS VESTS AND TANKS AND A COLLECTION OF KEY PIECES n A +ATE JEAN BAG SHOE AND BOOT WILL BE COMING SOON EXCLUSIVELY TO 4OPSHOP %THICAL FASHION WAS A KEY THEME THIS YEAR AND THE $ANISH LABEL @.OIR SHOWED THAT FASHION DOESN T HAVE TO BE BAD FOR THE PLANET 7ITH ROCK AND ROLL CHIC TAILORING THE BLACK COLLECTION IS WOMANLY WITH A SOPHISTICATED EDGE CON TRASTED WITH THE WHITE SOFT FLOWING DRESS COLLECTION WITH ITS FEMININE DETAILING !LTHOUGH THE FABRICS ARE ORGANIC AND FAIR LY TRADED @.OIR DIDN T JUST STOP AT THE CONTRAST OF BLACK AND WHITE COLOURS )NSTEAD IT USED UNEXPECTED FABRICS AND COLOURS SUCH AS RED WITH PINK AND RED LATEX ON MANY ITEMS WHICH WAS NOT AT ALL IN KEEPING WITH THE REST OF THE COLLECTION 4HE %MPORIO !RMANI SHOW PULLED OUT ALL THE STOPS OFF THE CATWALK INVITING "EYONCE AND #ENT TO PERFORM FOR THE RED CAPSULE COLLECTION BENEFITING THE GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS 3PEAKERS INCLUDED "ONO !SHLEY *UDD !LICIA +EYS +IM #ATTRALL AND ,EONARDO $I#APRIO WHO SHOWED THAT IT WAS ABOUT THE BIGGER PICTURE MORE THAN JUST TRENDS

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IXING ART AND RELI GION H A S LONG BEEN A CON TROVERSIAL BOILING POINT 7HETHER ART HAS THE RIGHT TO EXPLORE THE LIMITATIONS THAT RE LIGION CAN IMPOSE UPON A SOCI ETY HAS BEEN A DEBATE AMONG THEOLOGIANS AND ARTISTS ALIKE FOR CENTURIES !RGUABLY THEN THE SUBJECT MATTER IS ONE THAT MOST STUDENTS WOULD BE AS DESPERATE TO AVOID AS A CAN OF NON ALCO HOLIC LAGER HOWEVER ONE 5%! UNDERGRADUATE HAS DECIDED TO EMBRACE THE CONTROVERSY #ARL -ARTIN HAS WRITTEN HIS OWN PLAY @"REAKING THE 0OPE BASED ON THE TERRIFYING STORY OF THE #ATHOLIC #HURCH S INFA MOUS -AGDALENE ,AUNDRIES 4HE PLAY TELLS THE TALE OF THREE YOUNG WOMEN SENT TO THE ASY LUMS IN THE S AND THE HOR RIFYING ORDEAL THEY SUFFERED AT THE HANDS OF THE NUNS THERE #LEARLY THEN -ARTIN HAS STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT THE PLACE OF RELIGION IN ART !DMIRABLE CERTAINLY BUT DOES IT NOT ALWAYS END UP BEING SOMEWHAT DIDAC TIC 4HE %VENT WONDERS NO MAT TER WHAT SIDE OF THE THEOLOGI CAL DEBATE YOU HAPPEN TO FALL ON h,ET ME SAY PRIMARILY THAT ) DO NOT THINK OF ART AND RELI GION AS ANTITHETICAL FORMS BE CAUSE BOTH OF THEM ARE CREATED BY MAN v -ARTIN COMMENTED WHEN WE SPOKE TO HIM h4HERE WAS ONCE A WORLD WITHOUT RELI GION AND ART 7HEREAS ART HAS DEVELOPED RELIGION HAS NOT 2EMEMBER THAT PLAYWRIGHTS IN 0LATONIC AND *ACOBEAN TIMES ALWAYS FACED ATTACKS FROM RELI GIOUS AUTHORITIES !RT WORRIES THEM BECAUSE IT INVITES PHILO SOPHICAL THOUGHT AND OPENS DI ALOGUE 2ELIGION AND ART WILL AL WAYS BE COLLABORATORS BECAUSE IN TESTING RELIGION YOU TEST THE FOUNDATIONS UPON WHICH SOCI ETY IS BASED /UR GENERATION IS DElNED BY APATHY AND NONE OF US BELIEVES IN ANYTHING ) D RATH ER DIE THAN SIT ON THE FENCE v )T SOUNDS VERY MUCH LIKE AN ANTI #ATHOLIC INSPIRED PIECE THEN IS THIS THE CASE h.O ) DON T THINK IT S AN ANTI #ATHOLIC PLAY ) HAVE A LOT MORE RESPECT

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LEAST THEY BELIEVE IN SOMETHING WHICH IS MORE THAN CAN BE SAID FOR MOST ) HAVE FAITH ALTHOUGH IT S WALKING ON A WIRE )T S NOT #ATHOLICS THAT GET UPSET BUT THE 6ATICAN OFlCIALS 4HEY SHOULD SPEND MORE TIME WORRYING ABOUT THE !)$3 CRISIS IN !FRICA &OR ME *OHN 0AUL )) SUMMARISED THE STATE OF THE #ATHOLIC CHURCH BEAUTIFULLY DYING DYING DY ING )T S AN ABSOLUTE JOKE TO GIVE HIM AN AWARD FOR HUMAN RIGHTS SO IT WAS NOT WITHOUT PLEASURE THAT ) NAMED MY PLAY v 7HAT THEN DID INSPIRE HIM TO WRITE THE PIECE IF IT IS NOT AT TACKING THE #ATHOLIC #HURCH h7E SPEND EVERY DAY OF OUR EXISTENCE FACED WITH THE PROOF THAT THE WRITINGS OF *EWISH MEN FROM THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO ARE NOT ONLY INCOMPATIBLE AND IR RELEVANT TO EVERYDAY LIVING BUT THEY RE @UNLIVEABLE 7HAT #HRIST SAID IS PROFOUNDLY RELEVANT AND VISCERAL YET CONTRADICTORY 7E CAN T GO ON UNDERGROUND TRAINS

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NOW TAKING THE PIECE UP TO THE %DINBURGH &ESTIVAL IN !UGUST WHERE HIS CAST WILL BE PERFORM ING A FULL THREE WEEK RUN AT THE PRESTIGIOUS 3MIRNOFF 5NDERBEL LY VENUE 'IVEN THE INCREDIBLE RENOWN THAT THE &RINGE ENJOYS AMONG THE HEART OF THE NATION S THEA TRE GOING PUBLIC IS -ARTIN NERV OUS ABOUT HOW HIS PIECE WILL BE RECEIVED h) THINK IT WILL BE RECEIVED WITH THE SUSPICIOUS NESS THAT MOST STUDENT THEATRE IS RECEIVED ) KNOW IT WILL TOUCH PEOPLE THOUGH IT ALREADY HAS AND ) M lERCELY PROUD OF THAT 4HIS HAS BEEN A DIFlCULT PROCESS IN THAT IT S REQUIRED ALL OF MY EN ERGY AND COMMITMENT AND ITS PRETTY MUCH RID ME OF SLEEP BUT ) M ECSTATIC v 7HEN ASKED WHAT KIND OF A REACTION HE S HOPING FOR -ARTIN PONDERS FOR A MO MENT BEFORE REPLYING h) WANT PEOPLE TO GO AWAY WANTING TO KNOW MORE ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT IS ESSENTIALLY ONE OF )RELAND S TROUBLES )T S IMPORTANT IN THIS CLIMATE TO HAVE AN OBJECTIVE 4HE PLAY ASKS QUESTIONS ABOUT POWER AND IT S MISUSE AND ) WANT ABOVE EVERYTHING ELSE FOR PEOPLE TO GO AWAY QUESTIONING THEIR FAITH )N AN IDEAL WORLD OUR FAITH WOULD BE STRONG 4HIS IS NOT AN IDEAL WORLD v 7HAT WOULD HE SAY THEN TO SOMEONE WHO SUGGESTED THAT IT WAS NOT THEATRE S PLACE TO MOR ALISE 4HE %VENT WONDERS h3UCH A COMMENT CASTS THEATRE AS SEPA RATE TO SOCIETY 4HEATRE IS MADE UP BY SOCIETY BECAUSE IT IS RE mECTIVE )T RESPONDS TO SOCIETY S ILLS AND BEAUTIES THAT S WHAT IT S ALL ABOUT 4HE ONLY PEOPLE WHO REJECT THIS IDEA ARE THOSE THAT NEED TO BE MORALISED ALTHOUGH ) DON T LIKE THE TERM 7HO DE CIDES WHAT MORALITY IS )T ALL COMES BACK DOWN TO HIERARCHY OF OPINION 4HESE ARE PROBABLY THE SAME PEOPLE WHO CLASSIFY THEATRE AS ENTERTAINMENT v 3URELY THOUGH ANY PIECE OF THEATRE THAT TRIES TO CHALLENGE THESE PRECONCEIVED ORTHODOX IES WILL AUTOMATICALLY BECOME SENSATIONALIST IT SEEMS INES CAPABLE 3O DID HE CONSCIOUSLY SET OUT TO TRY AND CREATE A SEN SATIONALIST PIECE h@3ENSATIONAL IS A DIRTY WORD 4HE ONLY SENSA TIONALISM ) WANT TO CREATE IS A FEELING IN THE GUT OF THE AUDI ENCE ) WOULDN T TRY AND AVOID

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4HEATRE 4HALIDOMIDE ND 3EPTEMBER ! MUSICAL BASED AROUND THALID OMIDE WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE OF FENSIVE n PERHAPS MORE SO THAN THE *ERRY 3PRINGER OPERA ,UCKY FOR US THEN THAT -AT &RASER S THEATRICAL OF FERING IS ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS AS WELL AS DELIBERATELY OFFENSIVE /N &RIDAY A PACKED 0LAYHOUSE WHOOPED AND CHEERED AS &RASER AND ON STAGE PART NER !NNA 7INSLET SANG DANCED AND TAP DANCED THEIR WAY THROUGH A SE RIES OF INCREASINGLY HILARIOUS SONGS AND ROUTINES SURROUNDING THE ISSUE OF THALIDOMIDE )T S LIKE SOMETHING THAT ,EGZ !KIMBO THE ,EAGUE OF 'ENTLEMEN S BRILLIANT ISSUES BASED ACTORS WOULD DREAM UP IN THEIR DEEPEST DARKEST HOUR /PENING WITH A COMPLETELY BARE STAGE WE WERE TREATED TO A SEQUENCE ABOUT THE BEGINNINGS OF THALIDOMIDE FROM ITS DEVELOPMENT IN THE S BY .AZI DOCTOR (EINRICH -UCKTER TO DESPITE THE OBVIOUS EFFECTS HOW PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES CARRIED ON PROlTING FROM IT AND EVADING THE BLAME 4HIS WAS CARRIED ON

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USING A COMBINATION OF PUPPETS AND ACTORS AND WORKED EXTREMELY WELL IN CONVEYING THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE STORY IN A SLAPSTICK WAY !LTHOUGH OF COURSE WE SOON FOUND OUT THAT ALL POLITICAL CORRECTNESS HAD BEEN SUSPENDED FOR THE NIGHT WHEN &RASER CAME ONSTAGE SHORTLY AFTER THIS WEARING A LUDICROUS SET OF ARMS CREATED FROM BROOMSTICK HANDLES WITH RUBBER GLOVES ON THE END ! SERIES OF VERY KNOWING GAGS BASED AROUND THEM NOT BEING REAL FOLLOWED WHICH SEEMED TO LOOSEN THE AUDIENCE INTO IT S DARK HUMOUR SOMEWHAT AS THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY SEEMED A BIT PRIM AND SHOCKED ABOUT THE PROCEEDINGS MUCH LIKE AN ELDERLY AUNT BEING TOLD THAT HER NEPHEW S ON SMACK 7ORMING IT S WAY FROM THE INTRODUCTORY PLOT ABOUT THE DRUG CAME THE STORY OF 'LYN SUFFERING FROM SCHOOL BULLIES AND +ATIE A SCIENTIST S DAUGHTER WHO FALLS

IN LOVE WITH THE CONCEPT OF @HELPING HIM RATHER THAN ACTUALLY LOVING HIM FOR WHO HE IS !S THE MUSICAL CONTINUED THE PLOT mICKED BETWEEN DIFFERENT STAGES OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP FROM THEIR AWKWARDNESS AROUND EACH OTHER

AT THROUGH TO TAKING ,3$ AT A PARTY TOGETHER DURING THEIR STUDENT YEARS AND HAVEN T WE ALL BEEN THERE 7HILE 'LYN S DISABILITY WAS OBVIOUSLY AN INTEGRAL PART OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP THE STORY ABOUT THE TWO OF THEM WAS A LOT MORE TOUCHING THAN INITIALLY THOUGHT

AND ULTIMATELY THE DISABILITY TOOK A BACK SEAT TO THE BLOSSOMING FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THEM .EVERTHELESS THE AFmICTION WAS ADDRESSED THROUGH SONGS RANGING IN STYLE FROM COUNTRY TO ROCK @N ROLL TO SLUSHY POP 7ITH LYRICS BANDIED AROUND SUCH AS hTALK TO THE mIPPER @COS THE FACE DON T CARE IT S LIKE A STRIPPER WITH NO PUBIC HAIRv AND THE PAIR DANCING AROUND STAGE AS IF THEIR VERY LIFE DEPENDED ON IT THE SONGS GAVE THE STORY A BREATH OF FRESH AIR /NE PARTICULAR SEGMENT IN WHICH 'LYN BECAME AN ALTERNATIVE S POET IN THE VEIN OF "EN %LTON WAS VERY SATIRICAL AND POEMS PERFORMED ABOUT 4HATCHER AND *ESUS WERE PRECISELY IN THE MOULD OF SUCH SOCIALIST POETS 4HE ONLY PROBLEM WITH THE SONGS WAS THE SLIGHTLY ROPEY SOUND QUALITY n &RASER S VOICE COULD OFTEN NOT BE HEARD OVER THE PRE RECORDED

BACKING BAND MEANING THAT THE FREQUENTLY LAUGH OUT LOUD LYRICS COULD SOMETIMES NOT BE UNDERSTOOD 3OME SONGS WERE CLEARLY MIMED ALONG TO MEANING PERFECT SOUND QUALITY BUT MAKING IT SEEM A LITTLE FAKE HOWEVER DOING THIS FOR ALL THE SONGS WOULD CERTAINLY GIVE THEM MAXIMUM IMPACT 4HE SHOW S SUBTEXT WAS CLEARLY ABOUT INSECURITY OR ANGER WITH YOUR LOT IN LIFE COMPLETE WITH THE USUAL MORAL ALONG THE LINES OF PEOPLE WILL LOVE YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE AND NOT WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE 7HILE THAT MAY SOUND A LITTLE SCHMALTZY THE DELIBERATELY OFFENSIVE STYLE DESIGNED TO SHOCK THE AUDIENCE OUT OF THEIR DISCOMFORT WORKED EXTREMELY WELL $ESPITE BEING BRANDED @SICK AND EXPLOITATIVE BY ONE ,IB $EM LOCAL COUNSELLOR IT S A FANTASTIC MUSICAL THAT JUST NEEDS A BETTER PRODUCTION BUDGET TO GIVE IT THE SHEEN THAT IT SO SORELY DESERVES #HRIS (YDE

0ICKS OF THE 3UMMER "OOKS )F IT S SHOCK VALUE YOU RE AFTER 4HEATRE )N A SOCIETY WHERE #HE ,IONEL 3HRIVER S @7E .EED TO 4ALK ABOUT +EVIN WILL DELIVER $EVASTATING AND DESPERATE 3HRIVER S ABILITY TO DECONSTRUCT THE MINUTIAE OF EVERYDAY LIFE WILL SHARPEN THE MIND AND TEAR AT YOUR HEART 4HE NARRATIVE IS ADDICTIVE AND HER TURN OF PHRASE READS LIKE 3HAKESPEARE ON ACID 4HE STORY REVOLVES AROUND +EVIN A SIXTEEN YEAR OLD MISANTHROPE WHO SEEKS TO lND THE MEANING OF LIFE BY SHOOTING SEVEN OF HIS CLASSMATES DEAD 4HE NOVEL TAKES THE FORM OF A SERIES OF LETTERS WRITTEN BY HIS MOTHER TO HER ESTRANGED HUSBAND !S SHE TRIES TO FATHOM THE DEPTHS OF HER SON S INSANITY AND DISCOVER WHETHER SHE HERSELF IS CULPABLE SHE LEARNS SOME HOME TRUTHS THAT WERE BEST KEPT IN THE VAULT !N IMPORTANT INSIGHT INTO THE !MERICAN TEENAGE PSYCHE THIS MEMORABLE BOOK ENSURES THAT WE ALL NEED TO TALK ABOUT +EVIN 2OANNA "OND

'UEVARA S FACE AND 6ELVET 5NDERGROUND T SHIRTS HAVE BECOME ABOUT AS STERILE AS A .IKE TICK TODAY SEEMS INlNATELY DISTANT FROM MUSIC AND POLITICS CONNECTING AT ALL 4OM 3TOPPARD S NEW PLAY 2OCK N 2OLL AT THE 2OYAL #OURT TAKES US BACK TO 0RAGUE UNDER THE 3OVIET INVASION OF #ZECHOSLOVAKIA AND TELLS THE STORY OF A ROCK BAND 4HE 0LASTICS WHO BECAME A SYMBOL OF RESISTANCE TO THE #OMMUNIST REGIME 4HROUGH HIS CENTRAL CHARACTER *AN SCENES mICK BETWEEN 0RAGUE AND #AMBRIDGE WHICH STARKLY HIGHLIGHTS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE -ARXIST IDEALS OF #AMBRIDGE PHILOSOPHER -AX AND THE HORRIlC REALITY OF CENSORSHIP IN 0RAGUE !SIDE FROM ITS SOCIO POLITICAL BACKGROUND MANY OTHER ASPECTS CONTRIBUTE TO THE PLAY S SUCCESS 3CENE ENDINGS PUNCTUATED BY PROJECTIONS AND MUSIC FOR EXAMPLE -IRANDA "RYANT

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%XTRAS ""# PM 4HURSDAYS 0OOR OLD !NDY -ILLMAN 4HE lRST SERIES OF %XTRAS 2ICKY 'ERVAIS FOL LOW UP TO @4HE /FlCE SAW THE SUPPORTING ACTOR WORKING ALONG SIDE A VARIETY OF ACTORS AS HE STRUG GLED HIS WAY THROUGH LIFE )N THE l NAL EPISODE HE WAS lNALLY GRANTED HIS OWN SITCOM AFTER YEARS OF TRYING TO GET IT PRODUCED 4HE MAKING OF HIS SITCOM FORMS THE BACKDROP FOR THE SECOND SERIES AS -ILLMAN SOON REALISES THAT HIS GOLDEN TICKET OUT OF BEING AN EXTRA HAS BECOME AN ALBATROSS AROUND HIS NECK AND HE HAS SIMPLY SWAPPED ONE TYPE OF HELL FOR ANOTHER )N THE lRST EPISODE !NDY STRUG GLED TO TAKE CONTROL OF HIS SITCOM AND GAIN A DEGREE OF ARTISTIC INTEG RITY WHILE HIS FRIEND -AGGIE STILL

STUCK BEING AN EXTRA WORKED ON A lLM WITH /RLANDO "LOOM 4HE UNIQUE AND PLATONIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO WITH THEIR SHARED UNHAPPINESS AT THEIR LIFE WAS ONE OF THE MOST CHARMING ASPECTS OF THE lRST SERIES AND IT S GREAT TO SEE A NEW DIMENSION TO THEIR FRIENDSHIP AS 'ERVAIS TAKES -ILLMAN S CHARAC TER TO THE NEXT RUNG UP THE LADDER WHILE LEAVING -AGGIE mOUNDERING AT THE BOTTOM )T ADDS A NEW DE GREE OF PATHOS AS -AGGIE TUSSLES WITH BEING HAPPY FOR !NDY AND GREEN WITH ENVY n ESPECIALLY WHEN WE LEARN THAT !NDY IS NOT HAPPY WITH HIS NEW POSITION n AND MAKES THE CHARACTERS SEEM THAT LITTLE BIT MORE LIFELIKE )N KEEPING WITH PREVIOUS EPI

WHILE !NDY BECAME INCREASINGLY SICKENED BY THE ""# S PRESSURE ON HIM TO MAKE HIS SITCOM MORE @BROAD AND HOW DIFFERENT IT NOW IS TO THE ORIGINAL SCRIPT 2EALISING HOWEVER THAT IT WAS A CHOICE BE TWEEN THIS AND WORKING AS AN EX TRA HE GRUDGINGLY TOOK THE CHANCE DESPITE DETESTING EVERY MOMENT OF lLMING (IS SITCOM HAS NOW BE COME A CATCHPHRASE DRIVEN SHOW AND IN THE SCENES SHOWN IT S CLEAR THAT 'ERVAIS IS TAKING SOME WELL DESERVED POTSHOTS AT ,ITTLE "RITAIN ET AL S ATTEMPTS AT SUBSTITUTING HU MOUR FOR AN INANE AND MEANING LESS CATCHPHRASE

7HILE %XTRAS COULD HAVE DAW DLED ALONG PUTTING !NDY ALONG SIDE A RANGE OF CELEBRITIES ON SET FOREVER THE NEW DIRECTION THAT THE SHOW HAS TAKEN WILL GIVE A COMPLETELY NEW ELEMENT TO LIFE BEHIND THE CAMERA -AINTAINING THE BRILLIANCE AND QUALITY OF THE lRST SERIES 'ERVAIS IS TO BE COM MENDED FOR NOT BEING LAZY ABOUT THE SECOND SERIES 7ITH @%XTRAS AND @4HAT -ITCHELL AND 7EBB ,OOK @ FORMING AN HOUR OF COME DY ON ""# EVERY WEEK 4HURSDAY NIGHTS ARE BEGINNING TO LOOK LIKE DElNITE STAYING IN NIGHTS #HRIS (YDE

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(OLLYOAKS !FTER THE TRAGIC DEATH OF lVE (OLLYOAKS RESIDENTS IN THE lRE AT THE $OG IT WAS TIME TO SAY lNAL GOODBYES TO THE TWINS AND 3AM )T WOULDN T HAVE BEEN A TYPICAL SOAP FUNERAL WITHOUT AN ALTERCATION *USTIN CONFRONTED 2USS AND IS FURIOUS WHEN HE lNDS OUT HE WAS WITH -ERCEDES WHILE HIS SISTER WAS DYING &OZ CREATES A MURAL AS A TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO DIED IN THE VILLAGE WHILST .ANCY TELLS &OZ SHE LOVES HIM BUT DOES HE FEEL THE SAME WAY !FTER RECENTLY lNDING OUT SHE WAS PREGNANT AND WITH NO HOPE OF SUPPORT FROM THE BABY S FATHER !MY WAS LEFT CONFUSED AS WHAT TO DO 2ESORTING TO DRASTIC MEASURES SHE ATTEMPTED TO ABORT HER BABY HERSELF AT HOME RESULTING IN HER ENDING UP IN HOSPITAL 7ILL HER SECRET BE REVEALED %LSEWHERE 'ILLY S OUTBURST ABOUT 2HYS AND +ATHY S AFFAIR LEADS TO RAMIlCATIONS FOR 3ARAH AND !MY #ARRIE lNALLY BECAME AWARE OF .ICOLE S SHOCKING BULLYING IN SCHOOL -ERCEDES AND 2USS WAKE UP IN EACH OTHER S ARMS BUT HE IS SHOCKED WHEN SHE ASKS HIM TO MOVE IN WITH HER FAMILY AND *ACQUI IS RELEASED FROM PRISON A WEEK EARLY #OULD THE /WEN FAMILY S TIME IN (OLLYOAKS BE COMING TO AN END $ANIELLE -UTTER

.EIGHBOURS 4HE WEEK COMMENCED WITH +ARL AND 3USAN FACING THE DILEMMA OF WHAT TO DO REGARDING THEIR PASSIONATE MOMENT TOGETHER ONLY TO BE RESOLVED WITH THE START OF A SECRET AFFAIR %LSEWHERE IN THE STREET .ED STUMBLED ACROSS ,YN AND 0AUL IN WHAT APPEARED TO BE MORE THAN JUST A HUG BE TWEEN BUSINESS PARTNERS 3KY S SITUATION WAS REVEALED TO (AROLD $YLAN AND %LLE S RELATIONSHIP WAS MADE APPARENT TO 3KY AND )ZZY CONFRONTED 0AUL ABOUT HIS FEELINGS TOWARDS EX WIFE 'AIL -ID WEEK SAW "OYD AND *ANAE ELOPE TO GET MARRIED WITH THE ONLY SUPPORT COMING FROM THEIR YOUNGER SIBLINGS &AMILY CONmICTS AT THE WEDDING LEFT THE QUESTION AS TO WHETHER THERE IS ANY REAL HOPE FOR THESE TWO IN THE FUTURE 4HIS TUMULTU OUS WEEK ENDED WITH 2OBERT TRAPPING 0AUL IN AN ABANDONED MINESHAFT LEAVING THE THREE WOMEN IN HIS LIFE )ZZY 'AIL AND %LLE TO CONFRONT 2OB ERT ON THEIR OWN (AS 0AUL lNALLY MET HIS MATCH IN THE SHAPE OF ONE OF HIS OWN SONS 4HIS WEEK 3ISTER -ARY #ATHERINE RETURNS TO %RINSBOROUGH WITH NEWS THAT 2OBERT WAS THE LAST PERSON TO SEE #ONNOR BEFORE HE DIS APPEARED 4OADIE FEARS FOR #ONNOR S SAFETY (AROLD ASKS +ARL TO CONVINCE 3KY THAT SHE LL NEED $YLAN S HELP TO BRING UP THE BABY $ANIELLE -UTTER

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SODES THE CELEBRITIES THAT LINED UP TO APPEAR IN THIS SERIES RANG ING FROM #HRIS -ARTIN AND $AVID "OWIE TO )AN -C+ELLEN AND $AN IEL 2ADCLIFFE ALL SPORTINGLY PLAY HYPERBOLIC VERSIONS OF THEMSELVES TO COMEDIC EFFECT n SUCH AS /RLAN DO "LOOM S SELF OBSESSED *OHNNY $EPP HATER 4HE CRUX OF -AGGIE S PLOT REVOLVED AROUND HER NOT lND ING "LOOM ATTRACTIVE DESPITE THE MAGAZINES THAT HE CARRIED AROUND RATING HIM AS -OST !TTRACTIVE #E LEBRITY hWITH *OHNNY $EPP ONLY AT NUMBER v 4HE MEASURES TO WHICH HE WENT TO TRY AND CHANGE HER MIND PROVED THAT 'ERVAIS STILL HAS THE GIFT OF WRITING SCRIPTS TO MAKE US CRINGE AND LAUGH OUT LOUD IN THE SAME SCENE -EAN

,INCOLN "URROWS $OMINIC 0URCELL IS AN INMATE ON DEATH ROW IN PRIS ON FOR ASSASSINATING THE 6ICE 0RESI DENT S BROTHER A MURDER HE VOWS HE DID NOT COMMIT /NLY HIS BROTHER -ICHAEL 3COlELD 7ENTWORTH -ILLER BE LIEVES IN HIS INNOCENCE !TTEMPTING A DARING BANK ROBBERY -ICHAEL GETS HIMSELF INCARCERATED IN &OX 2IVER 0ENITENTIARY WITH ,INCOLN /NCE IN SIDE -ICHAEL MUST FORM ALLIANCES WITH A ROGUE S GALLERY OF FELONS WITH THEIR OWN SOMETIMES UNSAVOURY MOTIVES AND THUS BEGINS HIS ELABO RATE PLAN TO FREE ,INCOLN BY PULLING OFF THE ULTIMATE PRISON BREAK -EANWHILE ON THE OUTSIDE THE BROTHERS CHILDHOOD FRIEND AND LAWYER 6ERONICA $ONOVAN 2OBIN 4UNNEY WORKS TO UNCOVER THE CON

SPIRACY THAT PUT ,INCOLN IN JAIL lNDING A DEADLY TRAIL LEADING ALL THE WAY TO THE 7HITE (OUSE 4HE CUNNING PLOT TWISTS AND TENSION lLLED BEAT THE CLOCK STO RYLINE RIVALS THAT OF @ AND KEEPS THE AUDIENCE ON ITS TOES 7HAT MAKES THE SHOW UNIQUE IS THE LEVEL OF INTELLIGENCE AND SUSPENSE AND THE INTRICACY OF -ICHAEL S IN GENIOUS SCHEME STARTING WITH THE SECRETLY ENCODED BLUEPRINTS OF &OX 2IVER DISGUISED IN A TATTOO THAT COV ERS HIS ENTIRE BODY 4HE PLOT IS SO WELL THOUGHT OUT THAT YOU ALMOST THINK NOTHING CAN GO WRONG WHICH MAKES IT ALL THE MORE INTERESTING WHEN THINGS DON T GO TO PLAN 9OU CAN T HELP BUT FEEL FOR 3COlELD A MAN WITH SUCH PROMISE WHO GIVES IT ALL UP TO SAVE THE ONE

FAMILY MEMBER HE HAS LEFT AND IT IS THIS EMOTIONAL PLOT OF THE STORY THAT DRAWS YOU IN SUBTLY PULLING AT THE HEART STRINGS 4HE WRITERS MAKE US WARM TO THE INMATES EVEN lND ING SOME WAY TO MAKE SUCH A DES PICABLE CHARACTER AS 4 "AG 2OBERT +NEPPER A MURDERER AND PAEDO PHILE ALMOST LIKEABLE 0RISON "REAK DElNITELY LIVES UP TO ITS HYPE AND CONSIDERING THE hDUMMING DOWNv OF TELEVISION IT IS ONE OF THE FEW NEW SHOWS WORTH WATCHING !S WELL AS BEING INTEL LECTUALLY STIMULATING AND SKILFULLY WRITTEN 0RISON "REAK HAS SOME UTTERLY GUT WRENCHING CLIFF HANGERS THAT WILL KEEP YOU WANTING MORE ELEMENTS WHICH MAKE FOR A WIN NING SERIES .ATASHA +UNDAIKER

46 #LASSICS "UFFY THE 6AMPIRE 3LAYER @)N EVERY GENERATIONx THE SHOW WOULD START WITH ITS TOMBSTONES AND CROSSES mASHING ACROSS THE SCREEN AND EERIE MUSIC PLAYING IN THE BACKGROUND 7HO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT *OSS 7HEDON S ME DIOCRE lLM OF THE SAME NAME WOULD SPAWN A 46 SERIES THAT WAS LOVED BY MILLIONS ACROSS THE GLOBE "463 FOLLOWS THE LIFE OF "UFFY 3UMMERS 3ARAH -ICHELLE 'ELLAR A SEEMINGLY ORDINARY TEEN WHO HAP

PENS TO BE THE 3LAYER THE ONE GIRL IN THE ENTIRE WORLD GIVEN THE JOB OF KILLING VAMPIRES *OINED BY HER LOV ABLE AND APTLY NAMED 3COOBY 'ANG QUIRKY WITCH 7ILLOW THE GEEKY AND COMIC 8ANDER AND "RITISH LIBRARIAN SLASH 7ATCHER 'ILES WE FOLLOW THEIR LOVES AND LOSSES AND HOW THEY COPE WITH GROWING UP IN 3UNNY DALE A HOTSPOT OF DEMONIC ACTIVITY #OUPLED WITH WITTY AND CO MEDIC WRITING BRILLIANT SUPPORTING

CHARACTERS LIKE VAMPIRES 3PIKE AND !NGEL AND TERRIFYING VILLAINS NAME LY THE 'ENTLEMEN "UFFY CAPTIVATED AUDIENCES AND REGENERATED VAMPIRE LORE FOR THE MODERN GENERATION $ESPITE SOME UPS AND DOWNS IN PLOT THE SHOW ENDED ON A BRIL LIANT AND COMMENDABLE STORY ARCH BRINGING IT TO A PERFECT END ! MUST SEE FOR ANY FANTASY OR HORROR FAN .ATASHA +UNDAIKER

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7ITH THE LARGE AMOUNT OF FAN BASED HUBBUB CREATED AROUND 3NAKES ON A 0LANE YOU WOULD BE FORGIVEN FOR THINKING THAT THIS MIGHT BE ONE IRONIC " MOVIE TOO MANY "UT 3/!0 IS REALLY GOOD IT S AS SIMPLE AS THAT )T S HARD TO SERIOUSLY ANALYSE A lLM WITH A PREMISE OF h3AMUEL , *ACKSON lGHTS SNAKES ON A PLANE v BUT BY GOLLY IS IT ENTERTAINING )T HAS SUCH GREAT MOMENTS AS SNAKES IN A MICROWAVE SNAKES BREAKING UP THE MILE HIGH CLUB AND mIGHT ATTENDANTS DYING ON THEIR lNAL mIGHT BEFORE RETIREMENT )NCLUDING AN UPTIGHT %NGLISH BUSINESSMAN WHO HATES !MERICANS IT REACHES A POINT WHERE AN ALTERNATIVE TITLE TO THE lLM COULD WELL HAVE BEEN @3TEREOTYPES THE -OVIE )T EVEN HAS +ENAN FROM +ENAN AND +EL 3NAKES ON A 0LANE IS SILLY POINTLESS AND HAS BEEN DONE BEFORE SEE @3LITHER BUT THAT DOESN T DETRACT FROM WHAT IS AN ENTERTAINING MINUTES 4HE ONLY COMPLAINT IS THE SCENE WHEN THE SNAKES ARE UNLEASHED UPON THE PASSENGERS AT LARGE )N TRYING TO CRAM AS MANY OVER THE TOP DEATHS AS POSSIBLE INTO ONE SCENE IT ENDS UP BEING JERKY AND NAUSEATING YOU RE NEVER QUITE SURE WHAT JUST HAPPENED OR WHO HAS JUST DIED !LTHOUGH NONE OF THESE ONE DIMENSIONAL CHARACTERS ARE PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT IT DOES HIGHLIGHT SOME WEAKNESSES IN EDITING "UT OTHERWISE 3/!0 IS AN EXCELLENT PIECE OF LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT (ERE S HOPING THAT THEY MANAGE TO MAKE A SEQUEL NAMED @3HARKS ON A 0LANE !NDY *UDSON

! lLM BASED ON THE WEEK FOLLOWING 0RINCESS $IANA S DEATH IN !UGUST 4HE 1UEEN FOLLOWS THE ACTIONS OF THE 2OYAL &AMILY AND THE NEW 0RIME -INISTER 4ONY "LAIR AS THEY DEAL WITH THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ISSUES IN THE SHORT TIME BETWEEN HER PASSING AND HER FUNERAL (ELEN -IRREN IN THE LEAD ROLE IS VERY CONVINCING AS IS -ICHAEL 3HEEN AS 4ONY "LAIR (OWEVER OTHER CHARACTERS SUCH AS 0RINCE 0HILIP AND THE 1UEEN -OTHER SEEM PECULIAR AND OUT OF PLACE AND SCENES WHERE THEY SIT ON A SOFA WATCHING TELEVISION COVERAGE OF THE CROWDS SEEM EERILY REMINISCENT OF THE 46 SERIES 4HE 2OYLE &AMILY WITH 0HILIP S INSULT THROWING AND THE 1UEEN -OTHER S TEA DRINKING /VERALL THIS lLM HAS THE FEELING OF A PIECE THAT WOULD BE BETTER SUITED TO BEING A 46 DRAMA ON A 3UNDAY NIGHT )T DOES CAPTURE THE MOOD OF THE NATION AT THE TIME AND EVEN HAD ME RECOLLECTING MY FEELINGS AS AN YEAR OLD WATCHING THE PROCEEDINGS 4HIS IS A lLM WITH LIMITED APPEAL AND UNLESS YOU ARE A STAUNCH MONARCHIST YOU MAY lND LITTLE TO ENGAGE YOU HERE &IONA "ILLINGS

4ALLADEGA .IGHTS 4HE "ALLAD OF 2ICKY "OBBY $IR !DAM -C+AY 2ELEASED 4ALLADEGA .IGHTS FOLLOWS THE STORY OF 2ICKY "OBBY 7ILL &ERRELL A PIT CREW

MEMBER TURNED .!3#!2 RACING STAR WHOSE @WIN AT ALL COSTS APPROACH HAS MADE HIM AN !MERICAN NATIONAL HERO 7HEN A mAMBOYANT &RENCH &ORMULA /NE DRIVER *EAN 'IRARD CHALLENGES HIM FOR THE SUPREMACY OF .!3#!2 2ICKY "OBBY MUST FACE HIS OWN DEMONS AND lGHT FOR HIS PLACE AS RACING S TOP DRIVER 4HE FEW GOOD MOMENTS OF COMEDY CENTRE AROUND "OBBY S RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS ESTRANGED FATHER 2EESE 'ARY #OLE BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO SAVE THE lLM FROM BEING BORING 4HE RACING SCENES HOLD VERY LITTLE ENTERTAINMENT WITH THE lRST HALF DRAGGING ON 3ACHA "ARON #OHEN IS UNBEARABLE TO WATCH AS 'IRARD MAINLY AS HIS ACCENT GOES BEYOND THE ABSURDLY FUNNY INSTEAD BECOMING SHAMBOLIC AND RIDICULOUS 7HAT MADE THIS MOVIE EVEN MORE TEDIOUS WAS THE NOT SO CUNNING ADVERTISING OF PRODUCTS GOING AS FAR AS ACTUALLY HAVING A COMMERCIAL WITHIN THE MOVIE !S A WHOLE THE lLM IS DISAPPOINTING LEADING US TO WONDER IF &ERRELL CAN EVER CREATE ANOTHER MOVIE LIKE !NCHORMAN .ATASHA +UNDAIKER

,ITTLE -ISS 3UNSHINE $IR *ONATHAN $AYTON 6ALERIE &ARIS 2ELEASED !LTHOUGH SADLY NO LONGER SHOWING IN .ORWICH CINEMAS WE FELT THAT WE HAD TO INCLUDE A REVIEW OF THIS EXCELLENT lLM SIMPLY BECAUSE IT IS DElNITELY IN 4HE %VENT S TOP lLMS OF THE YEAR

4HE PLOT IS FAIRLY SIMPLE n A FAMILY FALLING APART AT THE SEAMS PILE INTO A CAMPER VAN TO TRAVEL TO #ALIFORNIA FOR A BEAUTY PAGEANT THAT THE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER HAS ENTERED #UE THE VARIOUS FAMILY MEMBERS lNDING OUT MORE ABOUT EACH OTHER LEARNING TO RESPECT EACH OTHER S WILDLY DIFFERING PERSONALITIES AND GETTING INTO VARIOUS SCRAPES ALONG THE WAY !LTHOUGH THE PLOT SOUNDS SIMPLE AND A LITTLE 2OYAL 4ENNANBAUMS ESQUE ,ITTLE -ISS 3UNSHINE TRULY EXCELS IN ITS CHARACTERISATION 7HILE ALL THE CHARACTERS FROM 'REG +INNEAR AS THE MOTIVATIONAL SPEECH OBSESSED FATHER TO 3TEVE #ARELL AS THE SUICIDAL UNCLE SEEM ONE DIMENSIONAL AT lRST THE EXPERIENCES THAT THEY SHARE TOGETHER SLOWLY MAKE THEM ROUNDER AND MORE BELIEVABLE 0ATHOS FOR THE CHARACTERS IS NEVER FAR AWAY 4HE SYMPATHY AND SQUIRMING EMBARRASSMENT WE FEEL FOR #ARREL WHEN HE BUMPS INTO A FRIEND AT A GARAGE WHILE BUYING PORN BUILDS UP ONE OF THE lLM S BEST SCENES WHILE THE FAMILY S MEAL TOGETHER IN WHICH THEY EAT A FAMILY BUCKET OF FRIED CHICKEN ON PAPER PLATES AND DRINK FROM PLASTIC BEAKERS SHOWS THEIR STRUGGLE TO MAKE ENDS MEET SO SIMPLY YET EFFECTIVELY 0ACKED FULL OF GENUINE LAUGH OUT LOUD MOMENTS AND WITH ITS FAIR SHARE OF MOVING SCENES TOO ,ITTLE -ISS 3UNSHINE IS AN ABSOLUTE JOY FROM START TO lNISH +EEP AN EYE OUT FOR IT ON $6$ n IT S WELL WORTH EVERY PENNY #HRIS (YDE

$IR $AVIS 'UGGENHEIM 2ELEASED 7ITH THE GREAT RISE OF THE DOCUMENTARY IT SEEMS UNSURPRISING TO lND ONE THAT DOESN T EVEN BOTHER TRYING TO BE lLM LIKE n !N )NCONVENIENT 4RUTH IS ONE LONG LECTURE GIVEN BY THE EX 6ICE 0RESI DENT OF !MERICA 3OUNDS BORING BUT IT S ACTUALLY SOMETHING SPECIAL 4HERE HAS NEVER BEEN A lLM QUITE LIKE !N )N CONVENIENT 4RUTH AND FOR THAT REASON IT DESERVES UTMOST PRAISE AND RESPECT !L 'ORE PROVES HIMSELF AN EXCELLENT ORA TOR AND USES SIMPLE FACTS AND lGURES TO EXPLAIN IN AMAZING DETAIL EXACTLY WHY CLIMATE CHANGE SHOULD BE A CON CERN FOR EVERYONE (E MANAGES TO USE HUMOUR AND ENTERTAINMENT BUT AT THE CORE THE lLM REPRESENTS A SOLID DEBATE ON ENVIRONMENTALISM 'ORE MAKES USE OF EXTENSIVE FACTS AND lGURES STUNNING PHOTOGRAPHY AND WELL CHOSEN AND WELL PRODUCED VIDEO CLIPS TO lRE HOME THE MESSAGE 4HERE WILL BE PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE THIS TO BE A CYNICAL ATTEMPT AT SCORING POLITICAL POINTS BUT 'ORE IS FAIR BAL ANCED AND THOUGHTFUL 4HE lLM IS HON EST OPEN AND COMPELS YOU TO AGREE THROUGH FACTS AND SINCE IT IS ABLE TO PULL THIS OFF SO WELL IT SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT THE STRENGTH OF THE ARGUMENT AS WELL AS THE QUALITY OF PRESENTATION 7HETHER YOU RE A DIE HARD ENVIRON MENTALIST OR UNCERTAIN ABOUT THE AR GUMENTS BEHIND GLOBAL WARNING !N )NCONVENIENT 4RUTH WILL SHOCK AND EN TERTAIN YOU IN A WAY THAT NO lLM HAS MANAGED BEFORE !NDY *UDSON

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3EPTEMBER TH IS HARDLY A DATE WE LL FORGET ESPECIALLY IN OUR GENERATION AND WITH REACHING ITS TH COMMEMORATION .ATASHA +UNDAIKER TAKES A LOOK AT THE DIF FERENT lLMS AND TELEVISION SHOWS INmUENCED BY THE 7ORLD 4RADE #ENTER ATTACKS

EPTEMBER TH IS AN EVENT THAT WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE OUR LIVES 4HE AFTER EFFECTS ARE VAST MOST NOTABLY THE h7AR ON 4ERRORv AND UNSURPRISINGLY IT HAS HAD A PROFOUND EFFECT ON lLM AND TELEVISION 3HOWS SUCH AS @3LEEPER #ELL WHICH FOCUS ON )SLAMIC TERRORIST CELLS IN THE 5NITED 3TATES MAY NOT HAVE EXISTED IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE INmUENCE AND INTEREST CAUSED BY THE ATTACKS 4HROUGHOUT THE YEARS THE NUMBER OF ON SCREEN ADAPTATIONS AND DOCUMENTARIES BASED ON HAVE STEADILY INCREASED HOWEVER IT IS ONLY NOW THAT STUDIOS ARE WILLING TO DEAL DIRECTLY WITH WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY /NE SUCH SHOW IS THE MINI SERIES @0ATH TO AIRED ON THE ""# THIS 3EPTEMBER WHICH COVERED PROCEEDINGS STARTING FROM THE 7ORLD 4RADE #ENTRE BOMBING IN UP TILL #LAIMING TO BE A DRAMATIZATION RATHER THAN A DOCUMENTARY OF THE EVENTS DETAILED IN S @4HE #OMMISSION 2EPORT THIS MINI SERIES ZEROED IN ON THE EXPERIENCES OF KEY POLITICAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PLAYERS INVOLVED TAKING VIEWERS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AT THE #)! THE &") AND THE 7HITE (OUSE %VEN BEFORE IT WAS AIRED THE SHOW HAD MUCH CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING IT 3EVERAL MEMBERS OF THE #LINTON ADMINISTRATION CLAIMED THAT THE lLM WAS lLLED WITH INACCURACIES AND DISTORTIONS AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE NETWORK AMIDST PRESSURE TONED DOWN ITS INTERPRETATIONS OF CERTAIN #LINTON SCANDALS 4HE SERIES MANAGED TO CAPTURE THE ATMOSPHERE OF IMPENDING DOOM AND THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT ONE IS LEFT TO DWELL ON SOME APPALLING MISTAKES MADE IN THE HANDLING OF TERRORISM PRIOR TO 3EPTEMBER TH 4HE PUBLIC HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW WHAT REALLY WENT ON AND DRAMATISATIONS LIKE @0ATH TO GIVE US SOME INSIGHT INTO WHAT HAPPENED EVEN THOUGH IT IS NOT ENTIRELY FACT 4HE BIG SCREEN HAS HAD IS SHARE OF BASED lLMS SUCH AS DRAMA 5NITED WHICH FOLLOWS THE STORY OF THE PASSENGERS ON THE FOURTH HIJACKED PLAN ON 3EPTEMBER TH AND THEIR ATTEMPT TO TAKE

BACK CONTROL OF THE PLANE 4HE REAL EVENTS THAT CAUSED THE ULTIMATE CRASH OF THE PLANE CAN NEVER BE KNOWN AS THERE WE NO SURVIVORS AND THE EVENTS DEPICTED IN THE lLM ARE ALL SPECULATIVE RECONSTRUCTED FROM THE MANY PHONE CALLS MADE BY PASSENGERS AND CREW (OWEVER /LIVER 3TONE S @7ORLD 4RADE #ENTER IS THE lRST MOVIE DEALING DIRECTLY AND MORE FACTUALLY WITH THE ATTACKS FOLLOWING THE REAL LIFE STORY OF TWO .9# 0ORT AUTHORITY OFlCIALS *OHN -C,OUGHLIN .ICHOLAS #AGE AND 7ILL *IMENO -ICHAEL 0ENA WHO ATTEMPTED TO EVACUATE THE TOWERS BUT GOT TRAPPED IN THE RUBBLE 4HEY WERE TWO OF THE LAST PEOPLE FOUND ALIVE AMIDST THE WRECKAGE AND ALSO WORKED ON THE lLM TO MAKE IT AS ACCURATE AS POSSIBLE $OCUMENTARIES LEAD THE WAY FOR MORE CLEAR AND FACTUAL LOOKS ON EVENTS 4AKE A LOOK AT -ICHAEL -OORE S @&AHRENHEIT WHICH TURNS THE CAMERA ON 'EORGE 7 "USH AND HIS 7AR ON 4ERRORISM AGENDA )T IS INTERESTING TO SEE THE ACTUAL FOOTAGE OF "USH BEING NOTIlED OF THE ATTACK WHILE -OORE NOTES THAT hWITH NOTHING TO DO AND NO ONE TELLING HIM WHAT TO DOv "USH CONTINUED TO SIT IN THE SCHOOL CLASSROOM n WHICH HE WAS VISITING AT THE TIME n DURING THE ATTACKS DOING NOTHING THUS FAILING TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO DEFEND HIS NATION 4HROUGH FACTS FOOTAGE INTERVIEWS AND SOME INJECTION OF ANTI WAR PROPAGANDA -OORE ILLUSTRATES HIS CONTENTION OF HOW THE "USH ADMINISTRATION HAVE LANDED !MERICA IN WORSE TROUBLE THAN EVER BEFORE AND WHY !MERICANS SHOULD NOT STAND FOR IT $OCUMENTARIES SERVE TO INFORM THE PUBLIC EVEN IF THERE IS SOME BIAS OF WHAT @REALLY HAPPENED (OWEVER THEY CAN ALSO SHINE THE SPOTLIGHT ON LESS ADMIRABLE FEATURES OF PEOPLE IN THE WAKE OF /NE OF THE MOST SHOCKING 46 DOCUMENTARIES THIS 3EPTEMBER WAS #HANNEL S @ ,IARS EXPOSING HOW A HANDFUL OF !MERICAN CITIZENS SET ABOUT EXPLOITING THE 3EPTEMBER TH DISASTER FOR THEIR OWN lNANCIAL GAIN WHILST THE REST OF THE WORLD STRUGGLED TO COME TO TERMS WITH THE ENORMITY OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED 4HOUSANDS HAD DIED IN THE ATTACKS BUT NO ONE KNEW EXACTLY HOW MANY OR WHO THEY WERE LEAVING AMPLE CHANCE FOR GREEDY OPPORTUNISTS 3TEPHEN ,ASKOWSKI

REPORTED HIS EX WIFE MISSING AND APPLIED TO THE 53 'OVERNMENT S 6ICTIMS &UND JUST DAYS BEFORE THE lNAL DEADLINE IN $ECEMBER (E CLAIMED UP TO COMPENSATION BUT IN FACT HIS WIFE WASN T DEAD ,ASKOWSKI WAS FOUND NOT GUILTY OF FRAUD BY REASON OF INSANITY 4HE STORIES OF THE FRAUDSTERS AND THE LENGTHS THEY WOULD GO TO IN ORDER TO CHEAT THE SYSTEM WERE REMARKABLE ONE MAN EVEN GOING AS FAR AS TAKING MONEY CLOTHES AND TOYS FROM HIS COMPANY CO WORKERS AND NEIGHBOURS FOR HIS ORPHANED NIECE A GIRL WHO DIDN T EXIST 4HE NUMBER OF ATTEMPTED FRAUDS IS UNKNOWN BUT ONLY AROUND TWO DOZEN PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO COURT AND CONVICTED 7HAT WAS SO STRIKING WAS THE FEELING THAT THE FRAUDSTERS HAD VIOLATED THE SANCTITY OF BY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF PEOPLE S EMOTIONS AND THE

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!GNES ON HER WORK ) HAVE CHOSEN THE WELL KNOWN "ABEL MYTH TO GIVE A STRUCTURE TO THE CYCLE OF MY POEMS ) AM TAKING THE MYTH IN ITS ORIGINAL CONNOTATION AS THE STATE OF CONFU SION AND CHAOS THAT MAY AFFECT LINGUISTIC EMOTIONAL COGNITIVE AND PSYCHOLINGUISTIC ASPECTS OF EVERYDAY LIFE ) AM MAKING AN ATTEMPT TO EXPERIMENT WITH ISSUES OF LANGUAGE VERSUS REALITY WHERE IT MAY BECOME DIFlCULT TO DIFFERENTI ATE BETWEEN THE CREATOR SOURCES WHETHER IT IS LANGUAGE THAT DE TERMINES OR IN FACT CREATES REALITY AND THE OBJECTIVE WORLD AROUND US OR VICE VERSA 4HESE QUESTIONS HAVE PROVOKED ME TO THINK FURTHER AND EXPLORE IDEAS ABOUT BEING A BILINGUAL POET SUCH AS IF LANGUAGE CREATES THE SURROUNDING WORLD DIRECTING US TO MAKE SENSE OF IT ALL WHAT PROBLEMS A WRITER WITH A SECOND LANGUAGE MIGHT HAVE TO FACE ) HAVE LOOKED INTO BOOKS THAT ) THOUGHT MIGHT GIVE ME THE ANSWER $ERRIDA %CO ETC BUT ) MUST CONFESS OFTEN THEIR THEORIES HAVE JUST INCREASED MY CONFUSION FUNNILY EVEN READING THESE BOOKS IN (UNGARIAN HAS NOT MADE THEM MORE ACCESSIBLE ) HAVE BEEN INTERESTED IN THE MYTH AS A FOUNDATION TO BUILD MY IDEAS ON BUT ADDITIONALLY ) HAVE BEEN TRYING TO EXPAND IT BY BLENDING IT WITH OTHER CONCEPTS E G WITH ANCIENT (UNGARIAN BAL LADS OR CREATING A CHARACTER WHO PERHAPS BECOMES AN ALLEGORY OF A BILINGUAL MIND ) HAVE INTENDED TO BE COURAGEOUS WITH MY SECOND LANGUAGE THEREFORE ) HAVE OFTEN NOT TRIED TO BE ACCURATE INEVITABLY LETTING MY OWN MOTHER TONGUE CREEP INTO THE REALM OF MY %NG LISH POETRY )NTERESTINGLY THE MORE ) HAVE FELT ) COULD CONTROL THIS SECOND LANGUAGE THE MORE ) HAVE HAD TO REALISE ) HAVE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS FAILURE IN MANY WAYS

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ONE OF THE TOP THREE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IN THEIR LIVES !T MANY UNIVERSITIES AND SCHOOLS IT IS THE ONLY PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN lND OUT ABOUT THE LATEST PARTIES WITH THE HANDY h%VENTSv FEATURE ALLOWING ANYONE TO INFORM THEIR FRIENDS OF THE NEXT THING TO ADD TO THEIR SOCIAL CALENDAR 7ITH SUCH ENORMOUS GROWTH OCCURRING IN THE 53 IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE &ACEBOOK CAME ACROSS THE POND )N /CTOBER TWENTY ONE 5+ UNIVERSITIES INCLUD ING /XFORD #AMBRIDGE AND ,3% JOINED THE EVER EXPANDING COMMUNITY -ORE SOON FOL LOWED INCLUDING 5%! WHICH WAS ADDED TO THE LIST IN THE EARLY SUMMER OF THIS YEAR AND HAS QUICKLY ESTABLISHED ITSELF AS WORD SPREAD AMONGST FRIENDS !LL YOU NEED IS A UNIVERSITY EMAIL ADDRESS AND YOU RE GOOD TO GO 3O WHAT EXACTLY CAN YOU DO ON &ACE BOOK 7ELL IT S SIMILAR TO OTHER SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES IN MANY OF ITS FEATURES AS YOU WOULD EXPECT 9OU CRE ATE A PROlLE OF YOURSELF INCLUDING THE USUAL VITAL STATISTICS LIKE GENDER BIRTHDAY AND HOMETOWN AND THEN ADD A PROlLE PICTURE 0ER SONAL INFOR MATION SUCH AS FAVOUR ITE MU SIC 46 SHOWS AND lLMS ACCOM PANY AN h!BOUT -Ev SECTION THAT CAN ALL BE TAILORED TO SHOW YOUR PREFERENCES !NY PHOTOS YOU WANT TO SHARE CAN ALSO BE PUT IN NAMED ALBUMS FOR ALL YOUR FRIENDS TO SEE 4HE OTHER FEATURES INCLUDE ADDING FRIENDS FROM UNIVERSI TIES ALL OVER THE WORLD AND lNDING THOSE LONG LOST SCHOOL PALS WHO ARE DOING RANDOM SUBJECTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY 'ROUPS ABOUT ANYTHING FROM 46 PROGRAMMES TO SPORTS CLUBS AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN HAVE BEEN SET UP AND IF YOU FEEL THE URGE YOU CAN ALWAYS START YOUR OWN 4OMATO !P PRECIATION GROUP AND INVITE ALL YOUR FRIENDS TO JOIN 4HERE ARE MANY KEY DIFFER ENCES IN

&ACEBOOK IS ESTABLISHING ITSELF AS A CONTENDER FOR THE CROWN AS THE KING OF INTERNET SOCIAL NETWORKS

THE FEATURES OF &ACEBOOK TO DISTIN GUISH IT FROM -Y3PACE AND OTHER RI VALS 4HE h3TATUSv OPTION IS USEFUL AS YOU CAN LET YOUR FRIENDS KNOW WHAT YOU RE UP TO OR WHO YOU RE WITH !N OTHER FUN FEATURE IS THE WAY YOU CAN GIVE ANYONE A PLAYFUL @POKE WHICH THEY lND OUT ABOUT NEXT TIME THEY SIGN IN (OWEVER A WORD OF WARNING POKING HAS BEEN KNOWN TO GET OUT OF CONTROL AND IF YOU RE NOT CAREFUL IT CAN TURN INTO AN ALL OUT WARx 4HE NEWEST FEATURE OF &ACEBOOK IS ALSO THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL %ARLIER THIS MONTH THE .EWS AND -INI &EEDS WERE INTRODUCED 4HEY EACH RECORD YOUR MOVEMENTS ON &ACEBOOK SHOW ING YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS WHAT EACH OTHER HAS BEEN DOING SUCH AS WHO HAS UPDATED THEIR PROlLE OR WRIT TEN ON SOMEONE ELSE S WALL -ANY PEOPLE COMPLAINED THAT THESE NEW FEEDS WERE AN INFRINGEMENT ON THEIR PRIVACY AND SUBSEQUENTLY &ACEBOOK BOSSES ADDED INCREASED CONTROLS SO INDIVIDUALS CAN DELETE THEIR ACTIVITIES 4HERE ALSO LOOKS TO BE CONTROVERSY ALREADY BREWING OVER THE NEXT MOVE PLANNED FOR &ACEBOOK 4HE IDEA IS TO OPEN THE WEBSITE UP TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC BY CREATING REGIONAL NETWORKS 0RESENTLY ONLY UNIVERSITY AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ALONG WITH THE STAFF OF CERTAIN COMPANIES AND NON PROlT ORGANISATIONS SUCH AS 0EPSI CAN CREATE PROlLES 4HE PROPOSED MOVE HAS CAUSED ALARM AMONGST MANY CURRENT &ACEBOOK USERS AS THEY SEE THE SITE IN ITS CURRENT STATE AS BEING MUCH SAFER AND MORE SECURE THAN SITES LIKE -Y3PACE AS IT IS HARD TO HIDE YOUR TRUE IDENTITY ON &ACEBOOK AS YOU MUST HAVE A LEGITIMATE UNI VERSITY EMAIL ADDRESS TO REGISTER 4HE DOWNSIDE OF THIS IS THAT IT DOES NOT ALLOW BANDS OR CELEBRITIES TO CREATE THEIR OWN PAGES SOMETHING THAT IS HUGELY POPULAR ON -Y3PACE 'ROUPS WERE SET UP ON &ACEBOOK AS SOON AS THE NEWS ABOUT THE REGIONAL NETWORKS WAS ANNOUNCED AND THESE ARE GROW ING IN MEMBERS RAPIDLY (OWEVER DESPITE ANY CONTRO VERSY AT THE MOMENT THE FUTURE FOR &ACEBOOK LOOKS INCREASINGLY BRIGHT 7ITH REGARDS TO ITS POPULARITY THE FACTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES )T IS THE SEVENTH MOST VISITED WEBSITE IN THE 53 MILLION PHOTOS ARE UPLOADED DAILY AND NEW PROlLES ARE CREATED EVERY WEEK )T IS REPORTED THAT THE LIKES OF 9AHOO AND 6IACOM ARE IN TALKS TO BUY THE SITE FOR AROUND BILLION 4HIS POPULARITY IS EASY TO SEE JUST BY LOOKING AT THE AMAZING GROWTH OF THE 5%! NETWORK OVER A MERE THREE MONTHS 3O GO ON CON NECT TO THE RAPIDLY EXPANDING WORLD OF &ACEBOOK AND WHILE YOU RE THERE DON T FORGET TO JOIN THE #ONCRETE 'ROUP 4HE JURY S OUT OVER WHICH ONE S BET TER -Y3PACE IS MUCH MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR THE MASSES WHEREAS &ACEBOOK HAS BECOME AN ONLINE FORUM FOR ALMOST EVERY FACET OF UNIVERSITY LIFE .OW IT S OVER TO YOU TO WORK OUT WHICH ONE YOU PREFER

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!LBUM 2EVIEWS *URASSIC &EEDBACK &OR RAP FANS WHO ARE SICK OF DA GANGSTA CLICHE OR FOR ROCK FANS WHO JUST WANT TO SLIDE *URASSIC HAVE RATHER HIS TORICALLY PROVIDED A BEDROCK FOR THAT LEARNED MUSIC TASTE WHICH MIGHT OTHERWISE BE ASSOCIATED WITH SOME TIMELESS CLASSIC * HAVE NEVER COMPROMISED ON THEIR LYRICAL ARCHI TECTURE WORDS THAT CARRY BETTER THAN A BANTER SESSION WITH 2USSELL "RAND AND A SWAGGER THAT WOULD MAKE EVEN COCK SURE &IDDY FEEL INADEQUATE 9ET STILL THERE IS SOMETHING THAT STOPS THEM FROM BEING TOO hPOPv AN AFFECTIONATE LABEL THAT S LACED WITH VITRIOL * S CONCRETE SCHOOLYARD IS PAVED WITH GOLD 4HEY CLAIM SIMPLICITY EVEN THROUGH THE RELEASE OF h&EEDBACKv YET THE TAG TEAM DELIVERY SERVES UP SOMETHING MORE SOPHISTICATED THAN THE USUAL POSSE THAT MIGHT FOLLOW A GENERIC DETROIT -# )N ESSENCE .U -ARKS BEATS ARE A LITTLE TOO FUNKED TO CARRY A RAP BUT SOMEHOW THE FOUR -#S SLITHER ROUND IT TOO SMOOTH TO KICK OUT OF BED AND TOO DAMN COOL TO VACATE 'RANDMASTER &LASH S HONOURABLE DESCENDANCY JUST LIKE THEIR BRAND S DERIVA TION n * MAINTAIN THE SKILL AND IMPERTURBABLE POISE TO SWING AS IF THEY VE BEEN SWINGING ALONG SINCE THE BEGIN NING OF TIME &EEDBACK FEATURES THE NEWEST RELEASE 7ORK )T /UT A LAID BACK GEM IN WHICH THE GROUP TEAM UP WITH THE $AVE -ATTHEWS "AND $ESPITE BEING AN UNEXPECTED COLLABORA TION THE MARRIAGE STEMS FROM CLAIMS THAT THEY SHARE A FAN BASE WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS CREDIBLE THE FUSION OF SOUL ROCK AND HIP HOP SHOWS THAT *URASSIC ARE FAR FROM PRE DICTABLE 4HE ALBUM AS A WHOLE DEMONSTRATES THEIR SOUND ABILITY TO EXPERIMENT WITH NEW IDEAS EVEN WITHOUT THE SCIENTIlC CARE OF THEIR RECENTLY DEPARTED #UT #HEMIST )N DEED THEIR LIVE SHOWS BACK THIS UP NEATLY AS $* .U -ARK

CREATES BIZARRE SOUNDS OF +ID +OALA PROPORTIONS WITH CHIL DRENS TOYS AS HIS TOOL *URASSIC COULD WELL BE THE BIGGEST GROUP OF THE YEAR TO MAKE AN APPEARENCE AT THE HUMBLE ,#2 4HE CONCEPT IS CLEARLY EFFECTIVE BUT THIS TIME THEIR LYRICAL CRAFTSMANSHIP SALAD IS DRESSED IN FUNK AND LAYERED WITH EMINENCE (IP HOP HAS REALLY BEEN MISSING SOME THING SPECIAL IN THE ABSENCE OF *URASSIC AND ALTHOUGH FANS OF THEIR PREVIOUS EFFORTS MIGHT FEEL SLIGHTLY BETRAYED

BY THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE COME SUCH A LONG WAY FROM 0OWER )N .UMBERS THEY SHOULD STILL APPRECIATE THE QUALITY THAT REMAINS UNDER CONTROL * USED TO DO OLD SCHOOL PRETTY WELL NOW THEY ARE OLD SCHOOL n SO WHILE OLD SCHOOL STAYS THIS COOL THEIR RHYMES WILL HIT THE DESIGNATED AREA ) HOPE YOU GOT YOUR SHOTS CAUSE THIS IS LYRICAL MALARIA #HARLES 2UMSEY

4HE 9OUNG +NIVES 6OICES /F !NIMALS AND -EN 4HE 9OUNG +NIVES ARE /XFORD S lRST MAJOR CONTRIBUTION TO KNOCKABOUT POP DITTIES SINCE 3UPERGRASS n WHICH IS FORTUNATE FOR THEM AS IT SEEMS A BIT LIKE THE SPIRIT OF 'AZ #OOMBES ET AL IS ENGRAINED DEEP WITHIN THE GROOVES OF THEIR DEBUT ALBUM &ROM THE SCREECHING GUITAR AND DIZZYING BASSLINES OF ALBUM OPENER @0ART 4IMER THROUGH TO CLOSER @4REMBLINGS OF 4RAILS IT S GENUINELY AFFECTING TALE OF A BREAK UP IN FOREIGN CLIMES IT S CLEAR THAT THE BAND HAVE BEEN BRUSHING UP ON GREAT "RITISH POP MUSIC OF THE LAST TWENTY YEARS MIXING 84# WITH A SMATTERING OF "LUR AND 3UPERGRASS AND POSSIBLY A HINT OF -ORRISSEY S CLEVER WORDPLAY AND WITTICISMS (OWEVER ONE THING THAT THE 9OUNG +NIVES HAVE THAT MAKES THEM A CUT ABOVE THE REST OF "RITAIN S EMERGING ROCK BANDS IS THAT THEY HAVE PERFECTED A KNACK OF THROWING OUT QUALITY SONGS WITHOUT NOTICING 4HERE IS GENUINELY NOT A BAD SONG HERE n AND HOW MANY ALBUMS CAN YOU SAY THAT ABOUT 6OICES OF !NIMALS AND -EN SHOWS THAT THE 9OUNG +NIVES POSSESS A mAIR FOR GREAT SONGS AND A PASSION FOR "RITISH ROCK )T S UNDOUBTEDLY ONE OF THE BEST "RITISH ALBUMS OF THE YEAR AND IF THE BAND DOESN T GET A -ERCURY NOD NEXT YEAR THEN EVERYONE AT 4HE %VENT WILL EAT OUR COLLECTIVE HATS #HRIS (YDE

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,ILY !LLEN !LRIGHT 3TILL 4HROUGHOUT HISTORY COUNTLESS ISSUES HAVE ARISEN SO DIVISIVE AS TO CAUSE MAJOR CIVIL UNREST n ABORTION SCIENCE VS RELIGION AND WARS IN DISTANT EXOTIC LANDS TO NAME A FEW )N A SIMILAR VEIN COMES ,ILY !LLEN WITH HER DEBUT ALBUM !LRIGHT 3TILL )N ONE CAMP ARE THOSE CONTENT WITH HER TEPID DRONE MOCKNEYED OVER INSTANTLY FORGETTABLE PEDESTRIAN POP LADEN WITH BORROWED HOOKS AND TEXTBOOK RADIO FRIENDLINESS )N THE OTHER CAMP ARE THOSE UTTERLY PERPLEXED BY HER METEORIC RISE IN POPULARITY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH HEARING LYRICS ABOUT EXTORTIONATE HOUSING PRICES %VERYTHING S *UST 7ONDERFUL FROM A MILLIONAIRE S DAUGHTER WHO ATTENDED THE SAME SCHOOL AS 0RINCE #HARLES AND EQUALLY AS SQUEAMISH AT THE SHEER LACK OF SONGWRITING ABILITY ON DISPLAY 7E RE AWARE THAT @4ESCO RHYMES WITH @AL FRESCO ,ILY n IT S JUST A SAD FACT OF LIFE THAT WE D RATHER NOT BE REMINDED OF !LRIGHT 3TILL SONGS OF VACUOUS CRINGEWORTHY DRIVEL FROM AN UNDESERVING TALENTLESS BRAT 7HERE DO YOU STAND 0HIL 2OBINSON

) M FROM "ARCELONA ,ET -E )NTRODUCE -Y &RIENDS &OR YEARS 3WEDEN HAS BEEN EXPORTING THE lNEST OF PRODUCTS TO "RITAIN 3VEN 'ORAN %RIKSON HARDCORE PORN AND mAT PACK FURNITURE TO NAME BUT THREE 4HE LATEST IMPORT COMES IN THE SHAPE OF ) M &ROM "ARCELONA A TWENTY NINE PIECE BAND LED BY @THE NEW 4IM $E,AUGHTER %MANUEL ,UNDGREN 4HE IRONY OF THE ALBUM TITLE IS THAT %MANUEL WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER OFF HAD HE LEFT HIS FRIENDS AT HOME !FTER THE lRST FEW TRACKS THE SICKLY SWEET HARMONIES WHICH COULD ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS SOUNDING LIKE 4HE 4HRILLS GONE ALL EVANGELICAL BEGIN TO GRIND ON ONE S SOUL ,YRICALLY THE ALBUM IS MUNDANE AND RESEMBLES THE ATTEMPTS OF A SIX YEAR OLD WRITING A POEM DETERMINED TO RHYME EVERY SINGLE LINE AT WHATEVER COST /THER THAN THE TRACK @#HICKEN 0OX A KITSCH SONG THAT COMPARES LOVE TO AN ITCHY MEDICAL CONDITION RELIEF IS FOUND IN THE MERCILESSLY BRIEF MINUTE PLAY TIME 3ADIE 'EORGE

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4HE 3MITHS 4HE 1UEEN )S $EAD

2ECORDED IN LATE UNDER A WAVE OF HARDSHIPS n WHEN RELATIONS WITH 2OUGH 4RADE WERE AT AN ALL TIME LOW AND !NDY 2OURKE WAS lRMLY ON THE BROWN n 4HE 3MITHS PENULTIMATE ALBUM PROVED TO BE THEIR lNEST WORK AND WAS TO CHANGE THE COURSE OF "RITISH MUSIC FOREVER 4RACKS SUCH AS #EMETRY 'ATES -ORRISSEY S INFAMOUS MIS SPELLING AND "IGMOUTH 3TRIKES !GAIN DISPLAY -ORRISSEY S DEVASTATING WIT AND LYRICAL GENIUS WHILE FAN FAVOURITE

) $ON T &EEL ,IKE $ANCIN

4HERE )S ! ,IGHT 4HAT .EVER 'OES /UT WAS TO PROVE *OHNNY -ARR AS ONE OF THE MOST ACCOMPLISHED MUSICIANS OF HIS TIME 7ITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SLIGHTLY OFF KILTER .EVER (AD .O /NE %VER EACH AND EVERY SONG ON THE ALBUM IS A GEM THAT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME BETTER THAN ANY OF TODAY S POPULAR BEAT COMBOS CAN EVER HOPE FOR .EVER HAS A PIECE OF VINYL MEANT SO MUCH TO SO MANY n AN ESSENTIAL FOR ANY RECORD COLLECTION 0HIL 2OBINSON

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4HE "EE "EE 3EE 9OU + 'OLD /+ ) LL ADMIT IT n ) ONLY CHOSE TO REVIEW THIS BECAUSE THE NAME OF BOTH THE BAND AND THE SINGLE ARE QUITE FRANKLY GENIUS !ND THE FRONT COVER WAS QUITE PRETTY !ND THEIR OBSESSION WITH RETRO 46 WAS FUNNY HENCE THE PICTURE ABOVE ,UCKY ME THEN THAT THE SONGS ON THE #$ ARE ACTUALLY REALLY QUITE GOOD -AIN SONG @9OU + 'OLD IS NOT ABOUT THE PERENNIAL HOME OF "LACKADDER AND +EEPING 5P !PPEARANCES REPEATS BUT A JAUNTY THREE MINUTE BLAST OF 0ULP ESQUE POP ABOUT LOVE THAT TIME HONOURED FAVOURITE 4HINK BOUNCY BASSLINES THINK ALMOST SNEERED *ARVIS LIKE VOCALS AND LYRICS THINK BRIEF SQUEALS OF SYNTHESIZER THINK ENERGETIC DRUMMING n IT S AS IF 3HEFFIELD S FINEST GOT STUCK

IN AND FINDING THEIR WAY BACK TO EMERGED WITH THIS POLISHED GEM " SIDE @$ISCOVER % IS AN ALTOGETHER DIFFERENT AND DARKER AFFAIR ALTHOUGH IT S RAUCOUS ALMOST GRUNGE LIKE GUITARS POUNDING DRUMS SUBDUED BASS AND VOCALS DRIPPING WITH EMOTION RECALL ANOTHER OF "RITPOP S FINEST 3UPER &URRY !NIMALS 4HE TWO SONGS WORK BRILLIANTLY ALONGSIDE EACH OTHER SHOWCASING DIFFERENT SIDES OF A SUBJECT MATTER BOTH LYRICALLY AND MUSICALLY AND HINT THAT 4HE "E "E 3EE DESPITE ONLY FORMING THIS YEAR MAY SOON BE HEARING THE RUSTLE OF THE .-% S PAGES BECKONING n AND THAT SOMETIMES IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO JUDGE A BOOK OR SINGLE BY IT S COVER #HRIS (YDE

3CISSOR 3ISTERS .EW 9ORK S lNEST QUEENS OF (I .2' POP CAPTURED THE HEARTS OF THE 5+ POPULATION TWO YEARS AGO WITH THEIR DEBUT ALBUM WHICH SOLD OVER MILLION COPIES IN THIS COUNTRY ALONE !FTER A STRING OF SUCCESSFUL SINGLES THE BAND RETREATED BACK TO !MERICA TO WORK ON THEIR FOLLOW UP ALBUM !ND PERHAPS UNSURPRISINGLY IT S CAMPER THAN A ROW OF PINK TENTS ) $ON T &EEL ,IKE $ANCIN IS THE LEAD SINGLE FROM THE ALBUM AND HAS SCORED THE 3ISTERS THEIR lRST .UMBER IN THE 5+ 2ESURRECTING THE SPIRIT OF BOTH THE "EE 'EES AND THE .OLAN 3ISTERS IT SEES *AKE 3HEARS NOW SPORTING A PEROXIDE BLONDE HEAD OF HAIR ADOPTING A FALSETTO PREVIOUSLY ONLY THOUGHT TO BE ACHIEVEABLE BY CASTRATOS (E SINGS THE LYRICS AT SUCH A HIGH PITCH THAT THEY ARE VIRTUALLY INCOMPREHENSIBLE .OT THAT IT MATTERS n THE WHOLE CABOODLE SOUNDS RUDDY GREAT 7ITH !NA -ATRONIC DOING HER USUAL BACKING VOCALS THAT DON T REALLY ADD A GREAT

"RIAN -CFADDEN FEAT ,EANN 2IMES %VERYBODY S 3OMEONE 2ECIPE FOR COMMERCIAL SUCCESS NUMBER 'ET AN EX BOYBAND MEMBER PREFERABLY )RISH WITH AN IDENTITY CRISIS PUBLICISED PRIVATE LIFE AND mEDGLING SOLO CAREER AND PAIR HIM UP WITH AN ESTABLISHED FEMALE BALLAD WARBLER SEE IF #ELINE $ION S AVAILABLE SETTLE WITH ANY OLD BIG NAME IF NOT .EXT THROW TOGETHER A MAJOR MINOR CHORD PROGRESSION COMPLETE WITH PREDICTABLE MIDDLE AND SEDATE GUITAR SOLO #OBBLE TOGETHER SOME HOLLOW MECHANICALLY SENTIMENTAL LYRICS @2EMEMBER YOU ARE NOT ALONE THIS HOUSE IS EVERYBODY S HOME WORKS QUITE WELL 'ET HIM TO DO THE lRST VERSE HER THE SECOND BOTH ON THE CHORUS ETC ETC YOU KNOW HOW IT ALL WORKS 3OME TURGID !MERICAN lLM WILL LAP IT UP FOR THE SOUNDTRACK AND THERE S TONS OF DESPERATE MIDDLE AGED HOUSEWIVES AND "4%# DRAMA STUDENTS OUT THERE WILLING TO BUY IT "UNG THE RADIO STATIONS A FEW QUID YOU CAN T GO WRONG "RIAN -C&ADDEN AND ,EANN 2IMES AS LUCRATIVE A CORPORATE PARTNERSHIP AS WHEN 0OWERGEN TEAMED UP WITH )46 7EATHER !ND ABOUT HALF AS ENTHRALLING 0HIL 2OBINSON

RUGGED LOTHARIO

DEAL TO THE SONG BUT YOU LOVE HER ANYWAY AND 0ADDY "OOM CONTRIBUTING A DRUMBEAT THAT S SO SIMPLE YET INCREDIBLY EFFECTIVE THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OF THE MUSICIANS SHOULDN T REALLY WORK TOGETHER BUT THEY SOMEHOW DO /NCE A SMATTERING OF %LTON *OHN S TINKLING OF THE IVORIES ARE THROWN INTO THE MIX YOU RE LEFT WITH A SIMMERING POT OF PURE

POP PERFECTION THAT COULD MAKE A WORTHY SOUNDTRACK FOR ANYTHING FROM A HEN PARTY TO AN OFlCE SHINDIG n OR SIMPLY TO DANCE ALONG TO WHILE YOU RE COOKING YOUR MORNING OMELETTE 3IMPLY SUPERB THIS SINGLE MEANS THAT OUR COLLECTIVE HOPES ARE STILL HELD HIGH FOR THE NEWLY RELEASED 4A $AH #HRIS (YDE

*AMIE 4 )F 9OU VE 'OT 4HE -ONEY -USIC MAKERS WHO CHOOSE AN ACOUSTIC GUITAR AS THEIR MEDIUM ARE HARDLY SCARCE NOWADAYS IT HAS BECOME PLAIN OF LATE THAT SATURA TION IS REACHING A CRITICAL HEIGHT OF MONOTONE ESPECIALLY WHEN MEDIO CRE INDIE ENSEMBLES TRY TO IMITATE THE SUCCESSES OF THE FEW ARTISTS WITH GENUINE POISE 4HE TRUE MUSICIAN OVERCOMES THESE PROBLEMS IT S THE BANDS WITH AN ORIGINAL TWIST THAT MAKE IT BIG 3URELY THEN *AMIE 4 3OUTH ,ONDON LAD OF ONLY IS ON TO SOMETHING SPECIAL (E FOL LOWS SOUNDS NOT TOO FAR AWAY FROM 0LAN " S SELF MADE GENRE OF ACOUS TIC HIP HOP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT YET *AMIE 4 ISN T INmUENCED BY RAP STEREOTYPES AND HAS NONE OF THAT IN HERENT NECESSITY TO BANTER ABOUT DA STREETS 'OOD STUFF #HARLES 2UMSEY

STREETWISE BARD

BUDDING APPRENTICES

+ASTORTION 4HE +ASTORTION %0 2IDING THE -Y3PACE WAVE HAS OPENED THE DOOR TO THOUSANDS OF BANDS INDEED THE !RCTIC -ONKEYS SUCCESS STEMS MUCH FROM THAT PRAISED WEBSITE +ASTORTION ARE LOOKING TO DO THE SAME ONCE AGAIN %X (IGH ON 'RAVITY -YLES &ELL AND 0AUL .ICHOLSON HAVE POLISHED OFF A LINE UP OF TALENT WHICH RIVALS MANY ROCK GREATS 4HIS SELF TITLED #$ HAS EVERYTHING A BAND NEEDS FOR MUSICAL DOMINATION FROM THE IMPECABLY CATCHY @STONE TREES AND HOUSES TO THE WONDERFULY INFUSED ACCOUSTIC ROCK @FESTIVAL 'OOD OLD FASHIONED BRITISH ROCK IS BACK AND IT S BETTER THAN EVER "EFORE LONG HUGE CROWS WILL BE SINGING @2UN NING !WAY WITH AS MUCH GUSTO AS A -ETALLICA CONCERT )F THERE S ONE BANDWAGON YOU SHOULD CLAMBER ON THIS YEAR THEN THIS IS IT BUT MAKE SURE YOU STRAP YOURSELF IN BECAUSE THE RIDE WILL BE LONG AND ROCKING 3AM 7ALLAM

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.EW +IDS ON THE "LOCK 4HE BANDS THAT MIGHT MAKE IT THIS YEAR ARE NEVER EASY TO SPOT 7ITH SO MANY NEW IDEAS AND WANNABES SATURATING THE MARKET #HARLES 2UMSEY LOOKS AT THE ARTISTS WHO MIGHT JUST HAVE WHAT IT TAKES

AST YEAR #ON CRETE DEM ONSTRATED IT S SOUND ME DIUM QUALITIES THROUGH THE SUGGESTIONS OF ARTISTS SUCH AS 0LAN " #ORINNE "AILEY 2AE AND THE MERCURY PRIZE NOMINEE 3WAY MAKING WAVES IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR /K SO MAYBE THEY DIDN T GET BIG ENOUGH TO SURF ON BUT AT LEAST THEY BROKE THROUGH 3POT TING NEW ARTISTS IS NORMALLY THE PREROGATIVE OF :ANE OR .-% BUT YOU MUST ASK WHETHER THIS IDEN TIlCATION IS JUST EQUAL TO THE PRO MOTION #ONCRETE HAS FAR LESS INmUENCE AND SO CAN ONLY TRY TO SPOT QUALITY EVEN IF THIS QUALITY IS OVERLOOKED BY THE FAILURE OF MORE MAINSTREAM PUBLICATIONS TO MAR KET SAID POTENTIAL PHENOMENON 4HE -YSPACE CRAZE THAT S CURRENT LY CORRUPTING OUR CHILDREN MAY BE THE WORLDS LARGEST COMMUNITY OF YEAR OLD EMO KIDS BUT ITS CHIEF FUNCTION IS TO PROVIDE BANDS WITH A WAY OF GETTING THEIR MUSIC HEARD 7ORD OF MOUTH LIKE NEVER BEFORE HAS OPENED A NEW DOOR TO lND ING AND APPRECIATING NEW MUSIC 3TILL ASIDE FROM PREACHING ABOUT A BAND YOU SAW DOWN AT YOUR LO CAL LAST WEEK THERE IS LITTLE IN THE WAY OF UNEARTHING THE NEXT !RCTIC -ONKEYS YOURSELF %VEN IF YOU WENT TO A RANDOM #AMDEN mAT PARTY YEARS AGO TO BE HOST TO UNI DROP OUTS #ARL AND 0ETE SERENAD ING THE NIGHT ) DOUBT YOU WOULD HAVE PREDICTED THAT THE ,IBERTINES WOULD BECOME WHAT THEY DID BE COME 4HE ,IBERTINES ROLLED A SIX AND MADE IT BIG AND SO CONCRETE WILL ROLL THE DICE ON SOME CURRENT MUSICAL mAVOURS THAT HAVE THE PO TENTIAL TO MAKE IT IF OF COURSE THE POWERS THAT BE .-% 2ADIO AGREE 4HIS YEARS HIP HOP BREAK THROUGH MIGHT WELL COME OUT IN THE FORM OF ,UPE &IASCO PROUDLY ANNOUNCING HIMSELF AS THE NERD OF RAP ,UPE S SONGS ARE FAR FROM THE NORMAL DEBAUCHERY OF YOUR AVERAGE GHETTO PREACHER -EN TORED BY NON OTHER THAN *AY : HIS DEBUT %0 HAS JUST BEEN RELEASED A RECORD OF BOHEMIAN ORIGINS AND LIKE ITS WRITER IS LACKING A

SELF CONSCIOUS SWAGGER THAT MIGHT OTHERWISE EARN A TITLE LIKE PRETEN TIOUS 3O WITH THE ELEGANCE OF *AY : STYLE RAPPING BUT THE MEANS AND DELIVERY OF SOMETHING FAR MORE CONTEMPLATIVE ,UPE IS ALL SET TO PUT SOMETHING NEW ON THE TABLE 4HE INTELLIGENCE OF HIS LYRICAL CREATIONS SUGGESTS THAT THIS MUSIC WILL BE ACCEPTED IN THE BROADER SCHEME OF THINGS YET BECAUSE OF THIS YOU ACTUALLY COME AWAY THINKING ABOUT THINGS DIFFERENTLY 0ROPAGANDA RAP IN ITS TRUEST YET MOST CONSIDERED FORM BRIDGING THE RAP AND HIP HOP GAPS ,UPE &IASCO MIGHT JUST BE THE NEW AND UNTAINTED +ANYE 7EST !FTER A (IATUS THAT LEAD TO PRO DUCING FOR THE #ARDIGANS 3PAR KLEHORSE RETURN WITH THEIR FOURTH ALBUM !LL THOUGH NOT QUITE THE NEXT BIG THING THERE IS SOMETHING THAT SUGGESTS THAT THE MELANCHOLY MAVERICKS MIGHT JUST WIN ACCLAIM WITH A NEW GENERATION OF MUSIC FANS $REAMT FOR ,IGHT 9EARS )N THE "ELLY OF A -OUNTAIN SUGGESTS ANOTHER SHAVING OFF THE .-% DAR LING DONER RACK BUT THE EXPERIENCE OF THE GROUP MIGHT SUGGEST THAT A REBIRTH IN THE VEIN OF $EPECHE -ODE IS ON THE CARDS 3TILL IS ALL THAT LAMENTABLE NOSTALGIA REALLY WORTH IT !NGELS AND !IRWAVES WERE UP FOR A "EST )NTERNATIONAL .EW

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COMER AWARD AT THIS YEARS +ERRANG AWARDS !NYONE WHO HAS HEARD 4OM $ELONGE SING WILL UNDERSTAND THAT THERE CAN BE LITTLE IN WAY OF GENRE CHANGE FROM "LINK AS HIS TRADEMARK #ALIFORNIAN WHINE DElNED THE ERA OF POP PUNK !L THOUGH LITTLE HOPE IS HELD OUT FOR HIS NEW PROJECT ATTENTION SHOULD BE DRAWN TO HIS PARTNER IN CRIME S NEW PROJECT WHICH COMBINES THE AWESOME DRUMMING SKILLS OF 4RAVIS "ARKER AND THE NOW FAR MORE SOBER SENSITIVITIES OF -ARK (OPPUS /FF TO A SLOW START AFTER DEPARTURE OF 0UNK VOCALIST #AROL (ELLER THERE IS STILL LITTLE DOUBT THAT THE QUARTET WILL BE RECEIVED WELL IN THE COMING YEAR *UST LIKE #HARLIE 3IMPSON WANTING TO TURN AWAY FROM HIS "USTED DAYS -ARK (OPPUS HAS CREATED A FAR MORE CONSIDERED AND TECHNICAL ENSEM BLE WHICH SHOULD AT LEAST BE GOOD ENOUGH TO JOIN THE MASS EXODUS OF #ALIFORNIAN 0UNK BANDS DESPERATE TO WIN OVER THE TROUBLED HEARTS OF !MERICAN YOUTH 3O LONG AS THERE ARE TEENAGERS THERE WILL BE SUCH GENRES HOPEFULLY -ARK AND 4RAVIS WILL BE ABLE TO PULL THIS MORE MA TURE APPROACH OUT OF THE BAG AND NOT BE WEIGHED DOWN WITH THEIR PAST 4HOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO STUMBLE ACROSS THE STRANGE GYPSY PUNK OUTlT

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