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lNE TUNING PROCESS THAT BUILT UP TO SUCH FAMOUS RECORDS &RANK (ER MANN WAS ONE SUCH LUCKY MAN /N THE VERY DAY THAT THE ICONIC ALBUM COVER FOR 3ERGEANT 0EPPER WAS SHOT THE PHOTOJOURNALIST WAS GRANTED ONE PRECIOUS HOUR FROM WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE PHOTO GALLERY WAS BORN OVER FORTY YEARS LATER (ERMANN NEVER HEARD THE BAND PLAY THAT DAY THE HOUR HAP PENED TO BE THEIR LUNCH BREAK 9ET HIS ABILITY AS 3UNDAY 4IMES PHOTOG RAPHER ALLOWED HIM TO TURN A COL LECTION OF SNAPS OF FOUR ,IVERPUDLI AN MUSICIANS EATING AND SMOKING INTO A COMPELLING INSIGHT INTO THE

MEN AT WORK 4WENTY IMAGES FROM THE EXHIBITION WHICH RESIDED AT 3T 'ILES 3TREET 'ALLERY IN .ORWICH OVER THE SUMMER HAVE NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE EVEN TO 3UNDAY 4IMES READERS OF &OUR BAND MEMBERS AND ONE PRODUCER DIFFERENT DISTANCES FROM THE CAMERA BUT ALL MODELS OF CON CENTRATION 4HE PRODUCER STARES DIRECTLY INTO THE CAMERA *OHN ,ENNON LOOKS AT THE mOOR LOST IN THOUGHT 'EORGE (ARRISON EXHALES CIGARETTE SMOKE 0AUL -C#ARTNEY lDDLES WITH SOME GUITAR STRINGS 2INGO LOOKS ON FROM THE BACK GROUND DETACHED FROM THE REST *UST ONE EXAMPLE OF A SINGLE MOMENT IN TIME IN A RECORDING STUDIO ON ,ONDON OF A BAND AT THEIR PEAK CAPTURED EFFORTLESSLY BY (ERMANN S CAMERA !S THEY SAID THEMSELVES hAND IN THE END THE LOVE YOU TAKE IS EQUAL TO THE LOVE YOU MAKE v /N THIS EVI DENCE IT S NOT DIFlCULT TO SEE WHY 4HE "EATLES ARE THE MOST LOVED BAND IN THE HISTORY OF MUSIC -ATT 2AMSAY

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ALLING ALL FRESHERS AND WHATEVER IS LEFT OF THE ND AND RD YEARS (AS THE SUMMER LEFT YOU UNMOTIVAT ED AND @LUMP LIKE (AS THE LAST MONTHS OF BRAIN ACTIVITY BEEN CONSUMED BY SUMMER S SE DATED BY LOST NIGHTS VEGETATING IN FRONT OF "IG "ROTHER 4HEN WHY NOT KICK START A NEW YEAR AT 5%! WITH SOME OF THE INSPIRATIONAL EVENTS THE 5NIVERSITY AND .OR WICH HAS TO OFFER 4HE 3AINSBURY #ENTRE PRESENTS 4HE ,ATE 3HIFT AN INVITATION FOR BUDDING POETS PERFORMERS AND ARTISTS FROM ALL GENRES TO TAKE TO AN OPEN STAGE AND EXHIBIT THEIR WORK IN A THREE HOUR SESSION OF hRELAXED AND INVENTIVE ENLI VENMENT v !LL FORMS OF ART ARE ENCOURAGED 7EDNESDAY TH 3EPTEMBER PM PM FREE AD MISSION NIBBLES AND DRINKS &OR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT ,IZ "ALLARD ON E BALLARD UEA AC UK .ORWICH &RINGE &ESTIVAL -ORE THAN ARTISTS AND PERFORMERS

WILL FEATURE IN TWO WEEKS OF FREE ART EXHIBITIONS MUSIC POETRY ANI MATION AND WORKSHOPS AROUND THE CITY FROM &RIDAY TH 3EPTEM BER TO 3UNDAY TH /CTOBER VENUES PLAY HOST TO THE EVENT THE ,IBRARY 2ESTAURANT HOUSES SIX ART ISTS INCLUDING ESTABLISHED ARTISTS AND UPCOMING LOCAL ARTISTS SUCH AS .ORWICH PAINTER !ARON &ICKLING CURRENTLY STUDYING AT THE 3LADE 4HE .ORWICH ,ANES WILL SHOW CASE INSTALLATIONS AND ART SHOWS MEANWHILE LIVE ARTISTS SUCH AS THE 'UERRILLA 7HITE 7ALL !RT 'ALLERY WILL BRING THEIR WORK TO THE CITY S STREETS 7ATCH .ORWICH COME ALIVE WITH CUTTING EDGE CREATIVITY AT WWW NORWICHFRINGEFESTIVAL CO UK FOR MORE DETAILS !LWAYS SEEN YOURSELF AS THE PER FECT 2OMEO OR *ULIET 4HEN WHY NOT AUDITION FOR $RAMA3OC S TH TH /CTOBER 0RODUCTION OF 4IMBERLAKE 7ERTENBAKER S ,OVE OF THE .IGHTENGALE !UDITIONS WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE $RAMA 3TUDIO EARLY IN WEEK &AY (ARRIS

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URING -AY 4HE %VENT ATTENDED AN ACADEMIC CONFER ENCE ON * ' "AL LARD )T WAS HELD AT 5%! WHICH WAS A lTTING LOCATION CONSIDERING "ALLARD S FASCINATION WITH PLANNED TOWNS MODERNIST HIGH RISES AND OTHER @GEOGRAPHIES OF FEAR THOUGH IT WOULD ONLY BE TRULY lTTING IF THE LAKE WAS lLLED IN WITH CONCRETE 'UEST SPEAKERS INCLUDED 5%! S OWN -ARK #URRIE AND 6IC 3AGE AND THE AWARD WINNING NOVELIST 4OBY ,ITT 3IMON 3ELLERS THE MAN WHO RUNS THE PREMIER * ' "ALLARD SITE ON THE INTERNET BALLARDIAN COM MADE THE JOURNEY TO GIVE A PAPER ABOUT MICRO NATIONALISM 4HERE WAS ONE (ARVARD SCHOLAR WHO WAS

FASCINATED BY @4HE 0ORNOGRAPHY OF !BSTRACTION IN 4HE !TROCITY %XHI BITION WHILE ANOTHER FROM %XETER SPENT TWENTY MINUTES TALKING ABOUT @"RUTALISM !RCHITECTURE AND 3OCIAL ,IFE IN (IGH 2ISE 4HE PAPER SES SIONS WERE FASCINATING AND HAD AN AIR OF FURIOUS CONCENTRATION ABOUT THEM 4HE %VENT WASN T THE ONLY ONE SAT IN A CHAIR FURIOUSLY SCRIB BLING ON BEER STAINED PAPER (OWEVER THE CONFERENCE WASN T ALL WORK )N THE EVENING THE ACA DEMICS HAD MEALS TOGETHER AND IF THE STORIES ARE TO BE BELIEVED GOT FURIOUSLY DRUNK AND HAD A FEW POSSIBLY MISADVISED LIAISONS IN RENTED 5%! ACCOMMODATION .OT SO DIFFERENT FROM A STUDENT PARTY THEN &OR THOSE WHO DON T KNOW * '

"ALLARD IS A WRITER WITH A HISTORY (E IS KNOWN IN MANY CIRCLES FOR HIS AWARD WINNING BOOK %MPIRE OF 4HE 3UN n A BOOK WHICH DETAILED THE LOSS OF HIS PARENTS AND HIS TURBU LENT INTERNMENT IN A PRISON CAMP 4HE MAJORITY OF HIS WRITING HOW EVER DEALS IN DYSTOPIAN FUTURES OR THE GRIM HERE AND NOW 3OME OF HIS RECENT BOOKS HAVE PLAYED ON THEMES RANGING FROM TERRORISM STARTED BY THE DISSATISlED MIDDLE CLASSES -ILLENIUM 0EOPLE TO CLOAK AND DAGGER MURDER MYSTERIES SET IN THE HERMETICALLY SEALED ENVIRON MENT OF A &RENCH PLANNED TOWN #OCAINE .IGHTS (IS WRITING IS GRIM AND DEEPLY SCIENTIlC DWELLING ON THE THEMES OF ALIENATION FROM MODERN AR CHITECTURE AND THE NATURE OF LOSS

3OME HAVE ACCUSED HIS WRITING OF BEING REPETITIVE AKIN TO ANY SONG BY 4HE 2AMONES n THREE CHORDS PLAYED OVER AND OVER UNTIL THEY ATTAIN AN ALMOST HYPNOTIC EFFECT 4OBY ,ITT HOWEVER SEES THIS AS AN hADMIRABLE QUALITY v "ALLARD HAS BEEN WRITING FOR lFTY YEARS AND 4HE %VENT RECOMMENDS READING HIS SHORT STORIES IF YOU RE EVER STRAPPED FOR INSPIRATION 5%! S OWN *EANETTE "AXTER YOU CAN lND HER MOST OF THE TIME IN THE DANK ! 6 3ECTION OF THE LI BRARY IS TO BE CREDITED WITH THE (ERCULEAN EFFORT THAT MADE THE CONFERENCE POSSIBLE AND 4HE %VENT WISHES TO EXTEND A HEARTY IF LATE CONGRATULATIONS TO HER FOR MAKING IT ALL HAPPEN *ACK #LARK

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HE MOST ANNOYING MAN ON 46 0OSSIBLY 4HE FUNNIEST $El NITELY 0ETER 'RIFlN IS &AMILY 'UY AN OUTRAGEOUS CREATION OF 3ETH -AC&ARLANE THAT PUSHES THE BOUNDARIES OF NOT JUST SOCIAL ACCEPTABILITY BUT ALSO POLITICAL CORRECTNESS #ONSTANTLY HOUND ED BY THE ESTABLISHMENT IN THE 53 &AMILY 'UY CONTINUES TO PUT THE PROVERBIAL TWO lN

GERS UP TO ALL WHO OPPOSE THEM .OTHING IS SACRED TO THESE WRITERS WHO ARE NOTHING SHORT OF GENIUSES WHO ATTACK ORGANISED RELIGION POLITICAL PARTIES AND PUBLIC lGURES 0ETER IS ACCOMPANIED BY HIS OUTRAGEOUS FAMILY WITH EACH CHARACTER OFFERING A DIFFER ENT APPEAL (IS WIFE ,OIS IS THE SUPPOSED CON SERVATIVE REPRESENTATIVE ALTHOUGH THIS ILLU SION IS SOON DISPELLED AS WE SEE HER WILD SIDE OFTEN INCLUDING FULL BONDAGE GEAR AND SOME SERIOUS CASES OF '"( )N ANY NORMAL FAMILY THE ELDEST CHILD -EG WOULD SURELY HAVE BEEN TAKEN BY SOCIAL SERVICES OWING TO HER UTTER NEGLECT BY THE PAR ENTS 4HIS MAY SOUND DEPRESSING BUT IN THE HANDS OF THE &AMILY 'UY TEAM IT S HILARIOUS WITH -EG BEING ARRESTED FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT ON A BURGLAR AND EVEN HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH THE CLINICALLY INSANE MAYOR #HRIS THE TEENAGE SON IS A SIMPLE BOY AND A SERIAL MASTURBATOR WHOSE MAIN ATTRIBUTE IS AN APPARENTLY GIANT SCHLONG (E IS ALSO BEING TORMENTED BY THE MOST DISTURBINGLY EVIL MONKEY IN THE WORLD AS THE PICUTRE INDICATES 4HE 'RIFlNS HAVE ALSO ADOPTED A TALKING DOG WHO ENJOYS SMOKING HIGH CULTURE AND HAS A MAJOR ALCOHOL PROB

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*OURNAL 6 4HIS ENVIRONMENT IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY HOSTILE -USIC HAS BECOME A MISH MASH OF SOUNDS MORE DISCORDANT THAN HARMONIOUS !S TO WHY IT HAS TAKEN SUCH A BIZARRE TURN ) DO NOT HAVE AN ANSWER !LL THAT CAN SAVE ME FROM THIS PANDEMONIUM OF SOUND IS THE CONSTANT CHATTER OF THE TYPEWRITERS CLICK ! MOST REASONABLE SOUND CONlRMS MY RATIONALITY AS ONE WHO IS MAKING HIS WAY FROM ONE SIDE OF THE PAGE TO THE OTHER -Y JOURNEY MAY PERHAPS BE SOMEWHAT LESS GLAM OROUS THAN THE LUSH VEGETATION OF THE !FRICAN JUNGLE "UT ) CAN TELL YOU IT S A DAMN SIGHT BETTER SOUNDING 7HAT COULD COMPARE TO THE SONOROUS CHIRP OF THE FANTASTIC SPECIES OF BIRDLIFE HIGH UP IN THE THICK LEAFY BRACKEN AND TREETOPS OF %ASTERN !FRICA !LIEN UNINTELLIGIBLE NOISE HOVERS RESO LUTELY OVER MY SHOULDER LIKE SOME DAMN MOSQUITO WHICH WON T mY OFF AND BITE SOMEONE WHO IS ALREADY INFECTED WITH MALARIA ) SEE IT IS THE CUSTOM OF THIS COUNTRY TO STAND IN FRONT OF THESE GLASS BOXES FOR PERHAPS A MINUTE OR TWO STARE INTROSPECTIVELY FORM THEIR OPINION AND WONDER OFF IN A BALANCING TRANCE LIKE STATE .ONE SEEM DISTURBED BY THEIR INABILITY TO INTERACT PHYSICALLY WITH THE ARTEFACTS WHICH SEEM SO ODDLY DIVORCED FROM THEIR NATIVE ORIGIN ) LL TELL YOU WHAT IS STRANGE THOUGHx 7HERE S THE )VORY 0RECIOUS )VORY IS NO WHERE TO BE SEEN )T SEEMS THESE LOCALS HAVE GOT THEIR PRIORITIES COMPLETELY MISALIGNED

*OURNAL 6) 4HIS JOURNEY IS LEADING NO WHERE ) AM MOVING AHEAD THROUGH TIME RATHER THAN WHERE ) NEED TO GO BACK 4HE CATASTROPHIC NOISE THAT HAS INVADED THIS SERENE AND CALM ATMOSPHERE HAS PLACED ME ON EDGE ) FEAR PROGRESS IS THE ONLY WAY OUT OF THIS PREDICAMENT ) BLOCK MY RETURN BY CON STANTLY EXISTING CONTINUALLY TYPING MY LIFE S INCESSANT STREAM !ND THE SOURCE OF THE 2IVER .ILE SEEMS ALMOST LIKE A METAPHOR FOR lNDING THE COURSE OF MY OWN MOTIVATION FOR DISCOVERY !ND YET NOW ALL THAT ) DESPERATELY SEEK IS RECOVERY 4HOUGH MY TYPING RESOUNDS WITH ITS FORCE ) CANNOT PRESS UPON YOU WITH SUCH FORCE THAT ) APPLY TO THE KEYS TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT THIS IS A STRUGGLE FOR DOMINION OVER THE THOUGHTS THAT RUN INTO EACH OTHER AS TYPE WILL RUN AMOK 3O WILL THE IM AGINATION LOOKING DOWN THIS MAP WHICH HAS ALLOWED US TO NAVIGATE SO SUCCESSFULLY THE COUNTRY NOW KNOWN AS 4ANZANIA ) FEEL ITS SOMEWHAT ABSTRACT IMAGE OWES AN EXPLANATION TO THE READER WHO PERHAPS ON GAZING DOWN ONTO THE SURFACE WOULD SEE ONLY THE LINES AND PLACE NAMES INSIDE THERE LIES SUCH A VARIETY OF ANIMAL LIFE PAINT NOT WORDS COULD PICTURE THIS SCENE ! MAP IS NOT JUST WORD BUT IMAGE ALSO ) TOO LOOKING DOWN ON THIS MAP CAN PICTURE THE PLACE lLLED WITH THE NATIVES PRIDE AND ORIGINAL ARTEFACTS (OWEVER TO WITNESS THESE THINGS WOULD NEED BE A CATASTROPHE FOR THE JUNGLE IS NO LONGER A SAFE PLACE 4HE TREETOPS WILL BLOT OUT THE SKY AND THOSE INTREPID ENOUGH TO ENTER WILL BE STABBED BY INTERMINABLE DARKNESS "UT IF ) RETURN TO SET EYES ON THE DARK THEN PERHAPS ) WILL BE SATISlEDx

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#LEESE TO ASK FOR A JOB ON THE SET OF HIS NEW lLM &IERCE #REATURES 4HIS LETTER LED TO A MINOR ROLE IN THE lLM AND WAS FOLLOWED BY HIS BIG BREAK AS -ILES IN THE CULT ""# SERIES 4HIS ,IFE (E HAS SINCE GONE ON TO STAR IN SHOWS LIKE #OUPLING AND THE NEW 46 DRAMA 3WINGTOWN IN WHICH HE PLAYS A S HUSBAND WHO MOVES WITH HIS FAMILY TO A #HICAGO SUBURB IN SEARCH OF A PEACEFUL LIFE OF BARBEQUES AND PICKET FENCES BUT WHO SOON lNDS OUT THERE IS MUCH MORE GOING ON BEHIND CLOSED DOORS THAN YOU WOULD IMAGINE 7ITH NEW SERIES LIKE THIS ONE AND MANY SUCCESSFUL lLMS UNDER HIS BELT WE RE SURE THIS ALUMNUS WILL BE AROUND FOR YEARS TO COME &IONA "ILLINGS

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3TARTING OFF AS A LIGHT HEARTED ATTEMPT TO GET ONE OF "RITAIN S BEST COMEDIANS TO PERFORM AT %UROPE S WORST MUSICAL SPECTACULAR THIS &A CEBOOK GROUP HAS CERTAINLY MADE AN IMPRES SION "ILL "AILEY PERHAPS BEST KNOWN FOR ROLES ON 46 SHOWS LIKE "LACK "OOKS AND .EVER -IND 4HE "UZZCOCKS AS WELL AS HIS LIVE STAND UP ACTS WAS THOUGHT BY GROUP CREATOR *AMES !BRAHAM TO BE THE PERFECT REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR NATION

FOR THE %UROVISION 3ONG #ONTEST -EMBER SHIP OF THE GROUP HAS GROWN RAPIDLY AND NOW BOASTS NEARLY MEMBERS WHO ALL AGREE THAT "ILL IS THE MAN FOR THE JOB 4HE GROUP SOON CAUGHT THE EYE OF THE ME DIA BEING MENTIONED ON BOTH *O 7HILEY S AND 4ERRY 7OGAN S RADIO SHOWS )T ALSO lNALLY GOT THE ATTENTION OF THE MAN HIMSELF WHO MADE PEOPLE S DREAMS COME TRUE BY ANNOUNCING HIS INTENTION TO ENTER THE CON TEST 7HEN HE TOLD AN EXCITED CROWD AT THE ,AT ITUDE FESTIVAL OF HIS PLANS HE STARTED THINKING OF A THEME THERE AND THEN SAYING h#LIMATE CHANGE HAS GOT TO BE IN THERE GLOBAL WARM INGxMAYBE A LOVE SONG v (E ALSO CAME UP WITH SOME POTENTIAL LYRICS h4HE CLIMATE HAS CHANGED YOUR HEART AND THE GLOBAL WARMING IS YET TO START v 3O DON T FORGET TO VOTE FOR "ILL WHEN THE TIME COMES TO DECIDE WHO WILL TAKE THE STAGE FOR US IN -AY HE S PROBABLY THE BEST CHANCE WE VE HAD FOR A WINNER SINCE +ATRINA AND THE 7AVES &IONA "ILLINGS

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(ANDS UP IF YOU CAN HONESTLY SAY YOU NEVER HEARD THE ANNOYINGLY CATCHY S HIT # EST ,A 6IE 4HOUGHT NOT &OR THE DENIM CLAD FOURSOME " 7ITCHED THIS CHART TOPPER SIGNALLED THE BEGINNING OF A SHORT BUT FAIRLY SUCCESSFUL POP CAREER &OLLOWED BY SEVEN 4OP SINGLES INCLUD ING h"LAME IT ON THE 7EATHERMANv AND h) 3HALL "E 4HEREv " 7ITCHED WAS COMPOSED OF FOUR GIRLS FROM )RELAND 4WIN SISTERS %DELE AND +EAVY ,YNCH SISTERS OF "OYZONE S 3HANE TOGETHER WITH 3INÏAD / #ARROLL AND ,INDSAY !RMAOU MADE CHART HISTORY WHEN THEIR lRST SINGLE WENT TO .UMBER /NE AS IT MADE THEM THE YOUNGEST GIRL BAND EVER TO DO SO 4HIS YOUNG IMAGE WAS PLAYED UPON A LOT IN THEIR EARLY YEARS WITH SOME OF THE GIRLS EVEN LYING ABOUT THEIR AGES IN ORDER TO BE MORE RE LATABLE TO THEIR EVER GROWING PRE TEEN FAN BASE 4HEY ALSO PLAYED ON THEIR TOMBOY IMAGE AND ARE MOST WELL REMEMBERED FOR WEARING MATCH ING DENIM JACKETS AND JEANS WHILE PERFORMING !FTER THEIR lRST SELF TITLED ALBUM WENT IN AT NUMBER THREE THEY HEADED TO THE 53 WHERE THEY HAD SUCCESS WITH THE SINGLE AND ALBUM )N THEY RELEASED !WAKE AND "REATHE A NEW ALBUM WHICH ONLY REACHED NUMBER lVE (OW EVER THEY CONTINUED TO WORK ON MORE MATERIAL AND PLANNED TO RELEASED A THIRD ALBUM AND AN EIGHTH SINGLE IN EARLY 5NFORTUNATELY DROPPED BY THEIR RECORD LA BEL MONTHS LATER THEY THEN STRUGGLED TO lND ANOTHER ONE TO TAKE THEM ON %VENTUALLY IN

1UEEN #HARLOTTE ! RIVETING 3T !LBANS HOME COMING SHOW AT 4HE (ORN IN !UGUST CAPPED WHAT HAS BEEN A GREAT YEAR FOR 4HE 7AGONS !S !DAM 'REG AND *AMES EMBARK ON THEIR THIRD AND lNAL YEAR AT 5%! THE BAND STILL RE MAINS A lRM PRIORITY IN THEIR MINDS AND WITH A WEALTH OF NEW MATERIAL ON THE HORIZON HOPES ARE HIGH AS THEY APPROACH THEIR TH GIG AT THE 1UEEN #HARLOTTE THIS 3ATURDAY 4HEY HAVE RECENTLY PRODUCED A THREE TRACK DEMO WHICH IS AVAILABLE AT WWW MYSPACE COM WAGONS AND PLAN TO GO BACK INTO THE STU DIO LATER THIS YEAR TO RECORD AN %0 !NDY *ONES

3EPTEMBER THEY OFlCIALLY SPLIT WHEN 3INÏAD LEFT THE BAND 3INCE THEIR SPLIT THEY HAVE EACH BEEN WORK ING ON VARIOUS MUSICAL PROJECTS ,INDSAY JOINED A BAND CALLED #LAYTON AS A SINGER AND WAS MAR RIED IN TO FORMER MEMBER ,EE "REN NAN 3INÏAD MANAGED GIRL GROUP -INX UNTIL AND NOW RUNS 3TAR !CADEMY A MUSICAL WORKSHOP FOR CHILDREN %DELE NOW WRITES SONGS FOR OTHER ARTISTS AS PART OF THE 8ENOMANIA TEAM AND HAS WRITTEN HITS FOR THE 3UGABABES AND 'IRLS !LOUD (ER SISTER +EAVY FORMED A SONG WRITING COMPANY CALLED 7HO 3ONGWRITERS AND ALSO WORKS ON PLAYS AND PERFORMS IN PANTOMIMES 4HE TWINS ARE NOW WORKING ON MATERIAL TOGETHER AND ARE PLANNING TO RELEASE A NEW ALBUM IN THE NEAR FUTURE 4HEY HAVE BEEN SEEN AT NUMEROUS UNI VERSITIES OVER THE LAST YEAR THE VIDEOS OF WHICH CAN BE FOUND FOR YOUR VIEWING PLEASURE ON 9OU4UBE &IONA "ILLINGS

ADY 0ENELOPE AND 0ARKER 4ROY AND -ARINA #APTAIN 3CARLET AND #APTAIN "LACK NAMES INDELIBLY INKED INTO MANY STUDENTS CHILDHOOD MEMORIES (ERE AT 4HE %VENT WE ARE NO DIFFERENT SO WE COULD HARDLY PASS UP THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERVIEW THE MAN WHO ALLOWED THESE MEMORIES TO EXIST 'ERRY !NDERSON 4HE %VENT SOON LEARNS THAT IT TOOK !NDERSON A LONG TIME TO APPRECI ATE HIS OWN SHOWS QUITE AS MUCH AS HIS LEGIONS OF FANS DO 4HE MAN WHO BROUGHT US 4HUNDERBIRDS 3TINGRAY AND #APTAIN 3CARLET SAID THAT hFATE DECIDED TO MAKE ME WORK WITH PUPPETS v !N DERSON GOES ON TO SAY HOW h) DIDN T WANT TO DO IT ;WORK WITH PUPPETS= AND HOPED TO SWITCH TO LIVE ACTION &OOL ISHLY ) THOUGHT THE WAY OUT WAS TO MAKE THE PUPPET SHOWS SO GOOD THAT PEOPLE WOULD HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO TRANSFER ME )N FACT ) WAS DIGGING MY OWN GRAVE v 4HESE SEEM SOMEWHAT NEGATIVE SENTIMENTS FROM A MAN WHO WITH 4HUNDERBIRDS CREATED AN INTERNATIONAL HIT AS IMPRESSIVE AND MEMORABLE AS ANY OF THE lCTIONAL CHARACTERS RESCUE OPERATIONS 0ERHAPS IT IS MORE UNDER STANDABLE THOUGH WHEN YOU CONSIDER !NDERSON THE MAN BEHIND THE PUPPET STRINGS h4HROUGHOUT MY CAREER ) VE NEVER WATCHED OLD SHOWS ;OUT OF CHOICE= ) M

ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT WHAT YOU DO TO MORROW 7ITH THE EXCEPTION OF 4HUN DERBIRDS WHENEVER ) VE HAD TO WATCH THE SHOWS ) GET QUITE UPSET ) THINK ) SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT DIFFERENTLY OR WHY DID ) USE THAT BIT OF DIALOGUE v 4HIS SELF ANALYSIS IS NOT SURPRISING FOR A MAN WHO FORGED HIS WAY TO THE FOREFRONT OF HIS INDUSTRY BOTH TECHNO LOGICALLY AND lNANCIALLY 7HEN 3TING RAY HIT THE AIRWAVES IN IT WAS THE lRST EVER CHILDREN S PROGRAMME TO BE BROADCAST IN COLOUR IN "RITAIN AND THE PROGRESS IN 3UPERMARIONATION THE PROCESS OF ANIMATING THE PUPPETS TECHNIQUES THROUGHOUT SERIES SUCH AS #APTAIN 3CARLET MADE THE VISUALS EVER MORE IMPRESSIVE !NDERSON WAS ALSO A PIONEER IN MERCHANDISING TERMS SPOTTING THE POTENTIAL THAT TOYS AND BOOKS BASED UPON HIS 46 SHOWS HAD TO BRING IN EXTRA REVENUE h4HINKING VERY SIMPLYv SAYS !NDERSON hAS THE SHOWS WERE GET TING BETTER THEY WERE MORE EXPENSIVE TO PRODUCE ) HAD TO THINK OF WAYS TO MAKE MONEY OTHER THAN BROADCAST FEES v !NDERSON S PRESCIENCE IN SPOTTING THE IMPORTANCE OF ADVERTISING IS MERE LY EMPHASISED BY THE BATCH OF RECENT REMAKES SUCH AS 4RANSFORMERS WHICH WAS HEAVILY RELIANT UPON AN ARRAY OF TOYS LUNCH BOXES GAMES AND STATION ERY TO AUGMENT THE BOX OFlCE PROlTS 4HE %VENT COULD HARDLY BRING UP THE SUBJECT OF MODERN REMAKES WITH !NDERSON WITHOUT DISCUSSING THE 4HUNDERBIRDS MOTION PICTURE !NDERSON WAS FAMOUSLY TURNED AWAY BY THE PRODUCERS OF THE MOVIE WHO MINUS HIS ADVICE WENT ON TO MAKE A lLM WIDELY PANNED BY THE CRITICS AND

REJECTED BY THE PUNTERS AT THE BOX OF lCE 7HO CAN BLAME THEM (OW CAN YOU MAKE A 4HUNDERBIRDS lLM WITHOUT THE CLASSIC )NTERNATIONAL 2ESCUE BLUE UNIFORM AND COLOURED SASH )T S LIKE &RESHERS 7EEK WITHOUT FRESHERS !NDERSON DESCRIBES THE lLM AS hA LOAD OF CRAP v AND TELLS HOW IN THE LIGHT OF POOR PRE PUBLICITY 5NIVERSAL OFFERED HIM a TO GO TO THE PRE MIERE h) TURNED IT DOWN ) VE PLEADED WITH THE PRODUCERS OF THE lLM FOR THREE YEARS TO LET ME MAKE A NEW VERSION ) THOUGHT ) WAS MAKING GOOD PROGRESS BUT FOUR WEEKS AGO ) RECEIVED A LETTER SAYING IT HAD BEEN GIVEN TO ANOTHER PRODUCER )T S APPALLING v !NDERSON RETAINS SIMILAR IRE FOR THOSE IN CHARGE AT )46 7HEN #APTAIN 3CARLET RECEIVED A RE LAUNCH IN !NDERSON RAISED a MILLION TO HELP REVAMP THE SHOW WHICH WAS THEN AIRED AS PART OF -INISTRY OF -AYHEM ON 3ATURDAY MORNINGS h)T WAS APPALLING 46 4HEY CUT OFF THE FRONT TITLES AND THE END TITLES AND THE WHOLE MIDDLE SECTION 4HEY SHOWED THE lRST HALF ;OF THE PRO GRAMME= WHEN THEY FELT LIKE IT 4HEN THEY D SHOW THE SECOND HALF LATER ON )T WASN T EVEN LISTED ;IN 46 SCHEDULES= 7HEN ) TOLD THEM ) THOUGHT IT COULD COUNTER $OCTOR 7HO ) WAS TOLD ) D HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT MYSELF v 'IVEN HIS DERISION OF RECENT EF FORTS IT COMES AS A SURPRISE TO 4HE %VENT WHEN !NDERSON DECLARES THAT HE IS hNOT WARYv OF THE POSSIBILITY OF FUTURE REMAKES 4HE KEY TO ANYTHING THOUGH WOULD BE HIS INPUT !NDERSON IS lERCE LY PROTECTIVE OF HIS MANY CREATIONS AND HE CLEARLY BELIEVES HIS GUIDING HAND IS REQUIRED TO GUARANTEE THE SUCCESS OF

ANY NEW PROJECT (IS PASSION FOR HIS WORK BECOMES EVIDENT WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT THE NEW $6$ RELEASE $ICK 3PANNER 0) /NE OF HIS LESSER KNOWN WORKS IT WAS lRST AIRED IN AS PART OF *ANET 3TREET 0ORTER S .ETWORK SHOW ON #HANNEL IT HAS DEVELOPED A LOYAL FOLLOWING AND HAS NOW BEEN DIGITALLY RE MAS TERED AND RELEASED ALONGSIDE AN INTER

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POINT AND IN CAME THE SWEET MELODIES AND SOULFUL SYMPHONIES !LTHOUGH IT COULD BE ARGUED THAT #ALIFORNICATION IS A MORE IMPORTANT ALBUM THAN "Y THE 7AY FOR THE SOLE REASON THAT IT SAVED THE #HILIS IT WAS THE LATTER RECORD THAT SOLIDIlED THEIR PLACE IN ROCK HISTORY AND DESERVEDLY SO (ERE IS AN ALBUM FROM A BAND THAT HAS BEEN TO THE EDGE AND BACK 4HEY HAVE EXPERIENCED THE PHE NOMENAL HIGHS AND CATASTROPHIC LOWS OF BEING IN A FAMOUS ROCK GROUP AND "Y THE 7AY SEES THE TRIUM PHANT RETURN OF THE REJUVINATED BAND 3INGLES SUCH AS "Y THE 7AY #AN T 3TOP 5NIVERSALLY 3PEAKING AND :EPHYR 3ONG SOUNDTRACKED MANY PEO PLE S SUMMER OF AND MADE THE GENERAL PUBLIC AWARE OF A BAND THAT FEW KNEW EXISTED PRIOR TO THIS ALBUM 3OULFUL BALLADS LIKE 6ENICE 1UEEN AND $OSED TOUCH THE HEART AND UPLIFTING DITTIES SUCH AS /N -ERCURY AND #ABRON INSTANTLY GET THE TOES TAPPING &URTHERMORE "Y THE 7AY PORTRAYS A WILLINGNESS TO EXPERIMENT WITH MUSIC 2ATHER THAN SIMPLY RELYING ON A GUITAR AND DRUMS FORMULA THE BAND BRING IN SYNTHESIZERS AND THREE PART VOCAL HARMONIES THAT UNDERLINE THE BEAUTY OF THE SONGS 7ITH LAST YEAR S ALBUM 3TADIUM !RCADIUM RECIEV ING MIXED REVIEWS AND DISAPPOINTING PERFORM ANCES AT THIS SUMMER S 2EADING AND ,EEDS FESTIVALS IT SEEMS UNLIKELY THAT THE #HILIS WILL EVER RETURN TO SUCH FORM BUT THEN AGAIN THAT S WHAT PEOPLE SAID IN *AMES (EARN

h,ET S DANCE TO *OY $IVISION AND CELEBRATE THE IRONYv 3TUFF THAT LET S DANCE TO 4HE 7OMBATS AND BELIEVE ME AFTER HEARING THIS YOU CERTAINLY WILL BE !FTER +ILL THE $IRECTOR AND "ACKlRE AT THE $ISCO IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME UNTIL THEY RELEASED A SINGLE THAT WOULD HELP THEM TAKE OVER THE WORLD THIS IS IT 4HE INTRO IS JUST SO INFECTIOUS

YOU CAN T STOP LISTENING 7ITH SIMPLE DOWN TEMPO VERSES LEAD ING UP TO A RIP ROARING INSTANTLY CATCHY CHORUS THE 7OMBATS HAVE SURELY WRITTEN ONE OF THE BEST SONGS OF THE YEAR )T EVEN COMES COMPLETE WITH "OHEMIAN 2HAP SODY ESQUE hOOOH WAH WAH WAH OOOHv IN THE MIDDLE FURTHER EMPHASISED IN THE VIDEO 4HE lNAL PART OF THE SONG IN CLUDES AN HOMAGE TO *OY $IVISION WITH THE LINE hLOVE TEAR US APARTv PART OF WHICH IS SUNG BY A CHIL DREN S CHOIR 4HIS GIVES THE LATTER PART OF THE SONG A GREAT BUILD UP TO THE lNAL CHORUS WHICH WILL DElNITELY MAKE YOU DANCE )F YOU DON T CLEARLY THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOU )F THE 7OMBATS WERE A SUPER HERO THEY WOULD BE 3UPERMAN THEY REALLY ARE THAT GOOD 7E WOULD STRONGLY URGE YOU TO LISTEN TO ,ET S $ANCE TO *OY $IVISION AND ALL OF THEIR OTHER SONGS FOR THAT MATTER .ICK 2EADING

/THER 3INGLES TIMES AND GIVEN A PERM 4HE TRACK IS PACKED WITH .UMAN SYNTHS +ATE "USH WAILS APLENTY AND IT MOVES WITH A SWAGGER UNHEARD SINCE 0RINCE LAST PRANCED PROPERLY .U 2AVE MAY BE DEAD BUT THE FUTURE OF "RITISH DANCE MUSIC IS BRIGHTER THAN A MILLION GLOW STICKS 7ILL (OLLOWAY

SIMILAR TO PREVIOUS ONES HARKING BACK TO A LATE ,IBERTINES SOUND ! RHYTHMIC CATCHY BEAT COMBINES WITH A GRINDING RIFT TO DRAW YOU IN TO AN IMPRESSIVE EXPERIENCE 4HE REPETITIVE NATURE OF THE TRACK IRONICALLY SEEMS TO FADE THE MORE YOU LISTEN TO IT AND ONE CAN IMAGINE WHEN PERFORMED LIVE $ELIVERY COULD INSPIRE A CROWD 4HIS SONG LITERALLY REEKS OF ,ONDON AND YOU CAN T HELP BUT LOVE IT )T APPEARS THAT DESPITE HIS CURRENT ATTEMPTS TO INSTRUCT YOUNG FELONS ON THE CORRECT USAGE OF HARD DRUGS $OHERTY IS ABLE TO DELIVER WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT FROM "ABYSHAMBLES WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU D HOPE FOR *AMES "ILLINGS

,ATE /F 4HE 0IER

4HE 4HRILLS

"ATHROOM 'URGLE

"ABYSHAMBLES

2UMOUR HAS IT THAT ,ATE /F 4HE 0IER USED TO TAKE THE GIRLS THEY WERE WOOING INTO CAVES TO PLAY THEM INSTRUMENTAL (AWKWIND NUMBERS 7HEN THE BAND AREN T TRYING TO MASTER THE SUBTLETIES OF 3ILVER -ACHINE ON #ASIO KEYS THEY RE PRODUCING RATHER SPLENDID TRACKS LIKE "ATHROOM 'URGLE WHICH SOUNDS LIKE ALL THE MUSIC FROM THE S CRAMMED ONTO A SINGLE CASSETTE THEN REWOUND FAST FORWARDED

$ELIVERY )T WAS WITH TREPIDATION THAT ) PRESSED PLAY ON $ELIVERY SIMILAR TO THAT OF TEACHER MARKING THE WORK OF A PROMISING STUDENT WHO NEVER QUITE ACHIEVES THEIR POTENTIAL 3O IT IS WITH GREAT RELIEF THAT WE CAN SAY $ELIVERY AMPLY EXPRESSES 0ETE $OHERTY S TALENT 4HIS LATEST OFFERING FROM $OHERTY S ENSEMBLE IS REMARKABLY

-IDNIGHT #HOIR 4HE 4HRILLS NEW SINGLE IS A VERY ME LODIC EASY GOING SONG AND IS IN THE SAME VEIN AS THEIR SECOND ALBUM ,ET S "OTTLE "OHEMIA AND RELIES ON THE TRIED AND TESTED FORMULA OF THEIR EARLY HIT 3ANTA &E 4AKEN FROM THEIR ALBUM 4EENAGER IT S SOMETHING THAT WILL PROBABLY PLEASE MOST 4HEIR TRADEMARK VOCALS AND LIGHT CATCHY MELODIES ARE INSTANTLY RECOGNISABLE 4HE CLASSICAL HARPSICHORD TINT ALSO ADDS SOMETHING DIFFERENT AS WELL AS

THE ADDITION OF BACKWARD GUITARS ALL ADDING TO THE FRESHNESS OF THE SONG 4HEIR NEW ALBUM IS ALTOGETHER BASED ON A MORE REmECTIVE STYLE AND 4HE -IDNIGHT #HOIR FOLLOWS THIS PERFECT LY ,YRICALLY THIS SONG IS VERY MELLOW AND REMINISCENT OF A FORMER TIME 0ERHAPS NOT ONE THAT WILL MAKE YOU WANT TO GET UP AND DANCE TO INSTEAD IT IS A WELL ROUNDED TRACK AND PER FECT TO CHILL OUT TO )T WILL DElNITELY BE SOMETHING YOU LL WANT TO HEAR AGAIN AND AGAIN 2ACHAEL 0RICE

0RIZHORN $ANCE 3CHOOL 9OU !RE 4HE 3PACE )NVADER 0RINZHORN $ANCE 3CHOOL ARE A BAND WITH A SOUND TO SHOUT ABOUT 4HEY RECORDED THIS SHORT LO l NUMBER IN A CHAPEL AND THE ACOUSTICS ARE ALL THE BETTER FOR IT 4HE DRUMS POUND THE

GUITARS ECHO AND THE SINGER S VOICE COMES CONMPLETE WITH A DISTINCTIVE "RITISH DRAWL WHICH MANAGES TO SOUND SERIOUS EVEN WHEN SINGING THE TITLE LINE hYOU ARE THE SPACE INVADER v 4HE BAND ARE FAIRLY NEW BUT THEY VE ALREADY BEEN SIGNED TO DFARECORDS WHICH MAKES SENSE CONSIDERING THEY SOUND LIKE A BAR lGHT BETWEEN ,#$ 3OUNDSYSTEM AND 4HE !RCHIE "RONSON /UTlT 4HE SONG ITSELF IS A GOOD ONE AND THE BAND PLAY TO THE STRENGTHS OF THEIR RECORDING ENVIRONMENTS LENDING TO IT A FRENETIC AND CONFUSED SOUND FOREVER UNDERPINNED BY THE POSSIBLY FAKED CRACKLE OF VINYL !FTER A COUPLE OF MINUTES THE SONG S ONE TWO STOMP IS SQUASHED BY A MASSIVELY OVERDUBBED GUITAR SOLO WHICH SCREECHES CHIMES AND LEERS UNTIL THE DRUMS CAN MARCH IT BACK INTO LINE 4HE SONG ENDS WITH DRUMS AND BASS AND A FAINT TASTE OF SWEAT *ACK #LARK

!LBUM 2EVIEWS +ANYE 7EST 'RADUATION $O YOU BELIEVE THE HYPE +ANYE CERTAINLY DOES (E CEMENTED HIS STATUS AS THE WORLDS NUMBER ONE HYPE MACHINE BY DESCRIBING HIS LATEST OFFERING AS ONE OF THE hTOP TEN HIP HOP RECORDS OF ALL TIMEv -ODESTY IS BY NO MEANS HIS STRONG POINTxAT A GUESS WE IMAGINE ,ATE 2EG ISTRATION AND 4HE #OLLEGE $ROPOUT ARE IN +ANYE S TOP TEN AS WELLxMAYBE EVEN THE TOP lVE $AYS LATER #ENT SAID HE D RETIRE IF 'RADUATION S SALES SURPASSED #URTIS !S MUCH AS WE DESIRE THE LATTER TO ACUTALLY HAPPEN THE 7EST EGO TRIP #ENT VS +ANYE DEATH MATCH IS ALL BUT mACCID PUBLICITY IT LL PISS OFF AS MANY PEOPLE AS IT WILL INTEREST THEM IN THE MUSIC 4HE TRUTH IS INSIDE THE ST CENTURY S FATTEST HEAD RESTS THE ST CENTURY S FATTEST ICON 0UT ASIDE THE INmATED EGO NONSENSE AND YOU LL DISCOVER AN INNOVATIVE INVEN TIVE MUSICIAN +ANYE DESTROYS BOUNDARIES POST ,ATE 2EG ISTRATION HE GRADUATED FROM HIP HOP APPRENTICE TO ST CENTURY POP CULTURE ICON AND WITH 'RADUATION HE S DO ING HIS BEST TO CEMENT THAT @GENIUS TAG A TAG THAT SEEMS HARDER AND HARDER TO COME BY THESE DAYS !S BLISTERINGLY ANTICIPATED A RETURN AS RETURNS CAN BE +ANYE S SIGHTS ARE NOW lRMLY SET ON TRANSCENDING !MERICA AND TAKING OVER THE WORLD 7ITH $AFT 0UNK MASH UP LEAD SINGLE 3TRONGER DEBUTING AT NO +ANYE S DREAMS ARE TRULLY BECOMING A REALISATION ,IKE IT OR NOT 3TRONGER HAS INlLITRATED AIRWAVES ACROSS THE COUNTRY LIKE A RASH AND 'RADUATION WILL INEVITABLY BE ONE OF THE YEARS BIGGEST RECORDS 3O IS IT ACTUALLY ANY GOOD 7HERE ,ATE 2EGISTRATION AND 4HE #OLLEGE $ROPOUT WERE HIP HOP NOSTALGIA TRIPS

'RADUATION SITS lRMLY AND PROUDLY AS A POP PRODUCT OF 3YNTH HEAVY AS MANY PREDICITED 'RADUATION IS PROOF THAT +ANYE S CREATIVE JUICES ARE STILL mOWING PLEAS URABLY (IS SIGNATURE MOVES ARE NEVER LESS THAN EXIHILAT ING SAMPLING INNOVATIVE DRUM BREAKS SYNTH LOOPS THE FOUNDATIONS ARE ALL IN PLACE 9OU SEE +ANYE S BEST WHEN HE S RUNNING FROM THE CLICHES PUSHING BOUNDARIES 4AKE ) 7ONDER A BEAUTI FUL ODE TO 5 S #ITY /F "LINDING ,IGHTS COMPLETE WITH 3ONIC THE (EDGEHOG BACKING SYNTH AND &LASHING ,IGHTS A STRINGS HEAVY BEAT MIX BACKED BY A SPARKLY ELECTRO PI ANO FROM THE FUTURE ITS A HIP HOP MASTERCLASS THAT ANY RAPPER WOULD KILL FOR 4HE ALBUM PEAKS WITH 4HE 'LORY BY TRANSFORMING A RELATIVELY UNKNOWN EARLY -* SAMPLE INTO THREE AND HALF MINUTES OF PURE POP BLISS +ANYE HAS POTENTIALLY PRODUCED ONE OF THE RECORDS OF THE YEAR &OR THE MOST PART ITS A SUGARCOATED PLEASURE TRIP AN ALBUM HAPPY ENOUGH TO BASK IN ITS OWN hmAWED GREAT NESSv &LAWED @&RAID SO &OR THE lRST TIME IN +ANYE S CAREER YOU THINK HE COULD HAVE DONE A LITTLE BETTER &ROM THE LYRICAL FAUX PA IN "IG "ROTHER 7EST S LOVE LETTER TO *AY : SHUDDER v) TOLD *AY ) WAS DOING A SONG WITH #OLDPLAY THE NEXT THING ) KNOW HE S GOT A SONG WITH #OLDPLAYv TO THE SHAMEFUL MEDIOCRICITY OF $RUNKEN (OT 'IRLS YOU CAN T HELP THINKING 7EST S JUST FALLEN SHORT OF THE MARK 9ET YOU D BE HARD PRESSED TO TAKE AWAY +ANYE S AM BITION INNOVATION AND QUALITY AND WITH 'RADUATION HE S MADE HIS BIGGEST LEAP FORWARD 4AKE TIME OUT TO LISTEN TO THE #HRIS -ARTIN DUET (OMECOMING AND YOU MIGHT

JUST BELIEVE +ANYE DESERVES THAT @GENIUS LABEL HE S BEEN CHASING ALL THIS TIME .OT QUITE THE MASTERPIECE WE ALL EXPECTED BUT THRILLING ALL THE SAME +ANYE 7EST HAS NOW GRADUATED *UST 'REG 3ULLIVAN

#ALVIN (ARRIS

2ILO +ILEY

(ARD &I

) #REATED $ISCO

5NDER 4HE "LACKLIGHT

/NCE 5PON ! 4IME )N 4HE 7EST

#ALVIN (ARRIS BORN IN THE EIGHTIES BUT CREATING A SOUND THAT IS STRONGLY INmUENCED BY THE DECADE BEFORE (E DID NOT IN FACT @CREATE DISCO BUT HAS CERTAINLY REINVENTED IT 7E KNEW THAT !CCEPTABLE )N 4HE S WAS GOING TO BE SOMETHING SPECIAL FROM ITS VERY lRST PLAY BUT WE COULDN T HAVE PREDICTED THAT BOTH THAT AND 'IRLS WOULD TURN OUT TO BE THE DANCE ANTHEMS THEY NOW ARE ,IVING UP TO THOSE TWO SINGLES WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE HARD BUT THE SLIGHTLY LESS ENTHUSIASTIC -ERRY -AKING !T -Y 0LACE JUST ABOUT MANAGES IT 4HE ALBUM DOES CONTAIN A COUPLE MORE POTENTIAL mOOR lLLERS WITH TRACKS LIKE 6EGAS AND $ISCO (EAT HOWEVER THIS IS POSSIBLY EXPECTED WHEN THE lRST CONTAINS A BASS LINE THAT BEARS MORE THAN A RESEMBLANCE TO THE SUCCESSFUL DEBUT !T TIMES YOU WONDER IF @#ALV HAS ANYTHING ON HIS MIND OTHER THAN hGETTING ALL THE GIRLSv WHEN IN #OLOURS HE INSISTS THAT THEY hMAKE IT SHORTv AND CONSTRUCTS SIMILAR REQUESTS THROUGHOUT THE ALBUM BUT ) SUPPOSE IF WE WANTED TO DROWN IN LOVE AND LOSS WE D BE LISTENING TO 4HE &RAY 4RACKS LIKE .EON 2OCK AND %LECTRO -AN ARE RATHER PASSIVE AND YOU CAN DO LITTLE MORE THAN CONJURE UP AN IMAGE OF 2OSS AND -ONICA DANCING IN THEIR DORKY DAYS IN &RIENDS 4HIS IS NOT SOMETHING TO LISTEN TO IF YOU RE SEARCHING FOR YOUR SOUL BUT THE NEXT TIME YOU RE PUTTING ON YOUR DANCING SHOES DElNITELY GIVE IT A GO (OLLY 7ATTE

&OR SOME BIZARRE REASON 2ILO +ILEY ARE NOT A MAINSTREAM SUCCESS )T BAFmES THE MIND AND IS JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT CAN NEVER BE EXPLAINED BECAUSE QUITE SIMPLY 2ILO +ILEY ARE AWESOME 7ITH NEW ALBUM 5NDER 4HE "LACKLIGHT THERE IS CERTAINLY THE POTENTIAL TO CHANGE THIS )T MAY NOT BE AS GOOD AS 4HE %XECUTION /F !LL 4HINGS BUT THAT IS VERY CLOSE TO PERFECTION /N THE WHOLE THE NEW ALBUM IS ON A PAR WITH -ORE !DVENTUROUS WHICH IS SOME ACHIEVEMENT 5NDER THE "LACKLIGHT MAY NOT HAVE THE SAME STAND OUT MOMENTS AS SOME OTHER ALBUMS SEE 0ORTIONS &OR &OXES BY -ORE !DVENTUROUS BUT THE QUALITY OF THE COMPLETE ALBUM IS PRETTY GOOD 4HE -ONEYMAKER SIGNALS A DIFFERENT DIRTIER SOUND TO THE USUAL SUNSHINY INDIE ROCK (OWEVER THERE IS STILL PLENTY OF THIS LEFT IN "REAKIN 5P HAS THE ABILITY TO PUT A SMILE ON ANYONE S FACE SEES THEM EMPLOYING A MORE COUNTRY STYLE AS DOES THE BEST SONG ON THE ALBUM 3MOKE $ETECTOR WHICH COMES COMPLETE WITH HANDCLAPS 7HAT MORE COULD YOU WANT /NE OF THE BEST THINGS ABOUT 2ILO +ILEY WHICH IS AGAIN EVIDENT ON 5NDER THE "LACKLIGHT IS *ENNY ,EWIS VOCALS AS SHE POSSES ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL VOICES IN MUSIC )T IS SO SWEET AND INNOCENT THAT ONLY SHE COULD MAKE A SONG ABOUT HAVING SEX WITH A YEAR OLD NOT SEEM SLEAZY 4HIS COMBINED WITH "LAKE 3ENNETT S GUITAR AND AN UNCANNY KNACK OF WRITING GREAT AND CATCHY SONGS IS WHY YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO 2ILO +ILEY .ICK 2EADING

(AVING NEVER BEEN A HUGE FAN OF THE LADS FROM 3TAINES THE lRST TIME AROUND IT WAS WITH A MILD SENSE OF TREPIDATION THAT WE ACCEPTED THE OFFER TO REVIEW THE CLICHÏD hDIFlCULTv SECOND ALBUM 3ADLY OUR FEARS PROVED TO BE WELL FOUNDED AS MINUTES LATER ) WAS LEFT DISTINCTLY UNDERWHELMED BY THEIR SOPHOMORE EFFORT )T IS VERY MUCH AN EXAMPLE OF AN ALBUM WHERE THE BEST SONGS HAVE BEEN CHERRY PICKED AS SINGLES TO LURE THE UNSUSPECTING PUBLIC WITH HOPES THAT THE REST OF THE ALBUM WILL LIVE UP TO THE SAME STANDARD !ND ) HAVE TO ADMIT THAT THE TWO SINGLES 3UBURBAN +NIGHTS AND #AN T 'ET !WAY ARE ENJOYABLE ENOUGH BUT ARE EASILY THE BEST SONGS ON OFFER 4HE LYRICS WERE NEVER THE STRONG POINT THE lRST TIME AROUND AND ALL THE SAME SONG WRITING CLICHÏS ARE OUT IN FULL FORCE HERE !NY ATTEMPTS AT DEEP AND MEANINGFUL SOCIAL COMMENTARY FALL WELL AND TRULY mAT ON THEIR FACE 7HEN THE MELODY IS THERE THIS IS EASILY OVERLOOKED BUT THE SPARSITY OF THE ALBUM S BOUNCIER MOMENTS ONLY SERVE TO HIGHLIGHT THE BANALITY OF THE REST #HANCES ARE IF YOU WERE A FAN OF THE lRST ALBUM THEN YOU LL LIKE THIS TOO IF LIKE US YOU WERE ONE OF THE UNCONVERTED BEFOREHAND DON T EXPECT THIS TO CHANGE YOUR MIND !DAM "ARRETT

,IVE

3TEREOPHONICS &RIDAY TH 3EPTEMBER 5%!

7ITH OVER TEN YEARS EXPERIENCE OF BEING CONSIDERED ONE OF THE BEST LIVE ACTS "RITAIN HAS PRODUCED +ELLY *ONES LEADS HIS COMPANIONS BACK INTO THE FRAY FOR A SELL OUT TOUR OF THE COUNTRY THIS AUTUMN 4HE .ORWICH FRATERNITY STRUCK GOLD WHEN IT WAS ANNOUNCED OVER THE SUMMER THAT THE 7ELSH GROUP WERE TO PLAY A WARM UP GIG AT 5%! PRIOR TO THE TOUR AND TICKETS SOLD OUT INSTANTLY &OLLOWING THE POSTPONEMENT OF THE ORIGINAL *ULY GIG THE BANDgS lRST OF THEIR CAREER FERVOUR RETURNED TO CAMPUS AT THE START OF 3EPTEMBER WHEN THINGS lNALLY GOT

GOING AND 3TEREOPHONICS RETURNED TO THE ,#2 FOR THE lRST TIME SINCE THE RELEASE OF THEIR THIRD ALBUM )T SEEMS APT THAT THE SECOND SONG PERFORMED BY THE WARM UP ACT THE HIGHLY PROMISING ,ITTLE -AN 4ATE WHO PLAYED A FULL SET IN 4HE @0HONICS ABSENCE ON THE ORIGINAL DATE WAS ENTITLED (ERE 7E 'O !GAIN AND THE PACKED AUDIENCE WAS DULY PUMPED UP IN READINESS /NE OF THE BAND S GREAT STRENGTHS IS THAT THEY CAN CALL UPON BIG HITS FROM EACH OF THEIR lVE PREVIOUS ALBUMS AS WELL AS THE FORTHCOMING EFFORTS FROM ALBUM NUMBER

SIX 0ULL 4HE 0IN 4HE OPENING FOUR TRACKS IN A NINETY MINUTE SET INCORPORATED THE FULL RANGE OF SIX DIFFERENT ALBUMS STRETCHING ELEVEN YEARS "Y EFFORTLESSLY SWITCHING FROM 4HE "ARTENDER AND THE 4HIEF INTO "ANK (OLIDAY -ONDAY AND GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO ! 4HOUSAND 4REES TRACK ONE ON THE DEBUT ALBUM 7ORD 'ETS !ROUND THE RESOURCES THAT THE BAND HAVE AT THEIR CONTROL IS APPARENT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING 7ORD DElNITELY GOT AROUND AND OVER A DECADE LATER 4HE 3TEREOPHONICS ARE DEMONSTRATING WHY THEY CAN lLL STADIUMS NEVER MIND THE SMALL CAPACITY OF 5%! +ELLY *ONES HAS COMMENTED THAT THE BAND S NEWEST OFFERING TO BE RELEASED IN /CTOBER BRINGS THEM AS CLOSE TO BEING THE BAND THEY VE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE #ONSIDERING THAT THE MOST RECENT FOUR ALBUMS HAVE ALL REACHED THE TOP SPOT IN THE 5+ S ALBUM CHART FANS CAN LOOK FORWARD TO SOMETHING SPECIAL WITH 0ULL 4HE 0IN )T -EANS .OTHING IS THE lRST SINGLE TO BE RELEASED FROM THE NEW ALBUM AND DESPITE RECEIVING A SURPRISINGLY MUTE SING ALONG REACTION FROM THE OTHERWISE ENERGETIC AUDIENCE IT DOES NOTHING TO DETRACT FROM THE FACT THAT +ELLY *ONES IS STILL PUMPING OUT NEW LYRICS FOR EACH NEW ALBUM THAT APPEARS 2ICHARD *ONES AND !RGENTINEAN

DRUMMER *AVIER MAY BE THE MORE UNSUNG MEMBERS OF THE BAND BUT NOTHING CAN BE TAKEN AWAY FROM THEIR SKILL IN MAKING LIVE EVENTS SO MEMORABLE !IDED BY THE ENERGY AND A CERTAIN DEGREE OF ECCENTRICITY OF *AVIER 2ICHARD S GUITAR ABILITIES GIVE A NEW MEANING TO TRACKS THAT NEVER MADE IT BIG ON THE CHART SCENE -ADAME (ELGA $EVIL AND ESPECIALLY 3UPERMAN AND 6EGAS 4WO 4IMES ARE TRACKS THAT MAY NOT SELL CHART #$ S BUT CERTAINLY HELP ENHANCE THE REPUTATION THAT FANS ARE WATCHING ONE OF THE BEST LIVE BANDS AROUND &INISHING ON THE SINGLE THAT MADE THE BAND FAMOUS ,OCAL "OY IN A 0HOTOGRAPH BEFORE ENCORING TO A NOW RAPTUROUS AUDIENCE WITH SIGNATURE TRACKS -AYBE 4OMORROW AND THE COLOSSAL $AKOTA 4HE 3TEREOPHONICS PLAYED FOR LONG ENOUGH TO COVER ALL BASES AND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FAN FAVOURITE 4RAFlC ALL OF THE KEY SONGS WERE PERFORMED OVER THE COURSE OF THE EVENING 9ET THE BAND PERFORMED TO THE EXTENT THAT FANS WERE STILL LEFT CLAMOURING FOR MORE EVEN AFTER THE ENCORE HAD lNISHED .OT THAT THEY VE EVER BEEN AWAY 4HE 3TEREOPHONICS ARE BACK BETTER BRILLIANT -ATT 2AMSAY

"EST /F 4HE &ESTS

2EADING &ESTIVAL

'LASTONBURY &ESTIVAL

)T lRST APPEARED IT WOULD BE A WASHOUT WITH AN OMINOUS LETTER SENT OUT DAYS BEFORE THE FESTIVAL DESCRIBING HOW AROUND HALF OF THE SITE WAS STILL UNUSABLE DUE TO THE SUMMER mOODS BUT LUCKILY THE SUN SHONE THROUGH THE ENTIRE BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND (IGHLIGHTS OF THIS YEAR S FESTIVAL WERE +INGS OF ,EON PLAYING TRACKS FROM THEIR NEWEST ALBUM "ECAUSE /F 4HE 4IMES AND CLASSICS LIKE 4HE "UCKET AND 3OFT FROM !HA 3HAKE (EATBREAK DRAWING AN EVEN BIGGER CROWD THAN /THER NOTABLE ACTS INCLUDED !RCADE &IRE AND 0ARAMORE WHO DREW

IN A HUGE CROWD FOR THEIR DIFlCULT EARLY PM SLOT 4HE #OMEDY 3TAGE HOSTED THE LIKES OF $IRTY 3ANCHEZ AND BRILLIANTLY SARCASTIC 3IMON !MSTELL /NE OF THIS WRITER S FAVOURITE ACTS OF THE WEEKEND WAS .INE )NCH .AILS WHOSE ENERGY FUELLED SET TORE THROUGH A DECADE OF THEIR BACK CATALOGUE lNISHING WITH THE EMOTIONAL AND REmECTIVE (URT SUNG BACK TO 4RENT 2EZNOR BY AN AWE STRUCK CROWD (EADLINING 3ATURDAY WERE THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED 2ED (OT #HILLI 0EPPERS WHO DISAPPOINTED MANY FANS BY REFUSING TO PLAY HITS LIKE 5NDER 4HE "RIDGE INSTEAD CHOOSING TO CONCENTRATE ON THE UNINSPIRING 3TADIUM !RCADIUM ALBUM (AVING SAID THAT BASSIST -IKE @&LEA "ALZARY AND #HAD 3MITH PROVED THAT THEY ARE ONE OF THE BEST RHYTHM SECTIONS OF ROCK *OHN &RUSCIANTE ALSO IMPRESSED WITH A SHORT SOLO MID SET 4HE RECENTLY REFORMED 3MASHING 0UMPKINS DAZZLED FANS ON 3UNDAY NIGHT WITH CLASSICS SUCH AS AND "ULLET 7ITH "UTTERmY 7INGS !LL IN ALL ALTHOUGH THE LINEUP THIS YEAR WAS LACKING IN PLACES LIKE 2AZORLIGHT HEADLINING &RIDAY NIGHT WITH ONLY TWO ALBUMS UNDER THEIR BELT THIS YEAR S 2EADING &ESTIVAL HAD A PARTICULARLY GOOD ATMOSPHERE AND WAS WELL WORTH THE TICKET PRICE 4IM "RIGGS

%MBRACE THE MUD 9OU KNOW YOU RE AT 'LASTONBURY FESTIVAL WHEN YOU SEE THOSE ICONIC MUD PEOPLE IN THE mESH ROLLING AROUND LIKE THEY VE GOT NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE )T S ALSO AN INDICATION THAT THE RAIN CLOUDS ARE ABOVE INTENT ON SOAKING YOU THROUGH AND DAMPENING YOUR SPIRITS 'IVE IT A DAY AND YOU LL GIVE UP HOPE OF SUN AND MORE OR LESS EMBRACE THE RAIN IN THE REALISATION THAT AT LEAST YOUR WELLIES ARE GETTING THEIR MONEY S WORTH "ESIDES THE WASH OUT WEATHER 'LASTO YET AGAIN DELIVERED MEETING EVERYONES EXPECTATIONS WITH NOT A DUD PERFORMANCE IN SIGHT (IGHLIGHTS INCLUDED THE LIFE AFlRMING !RCADE &IRE WHO GRACED THE /THER STAGE ON THE &RIDAY INSTRUMENTS APLENTY &ROM THE GLORIOUS 2EBELLION ,IES AND .O #ARS 'O TO THE SCREAM YOUR LUNGS OUT MOMENT OF THE FEST IN 7AKE 5P !RCADE &IRE EFFORTLESSLY LIVED UP TO THE HYPE AND THE LABEL OF ONE OF THE GREATEST BANDS OF TODAY 4HE 'LASTONBURY SITE BEING A MINI CITY

IT WAS A HARD FEAT SPRINTING THROUGH INCHES OF MUD TOWARDS THE 0YRAMID STAGE POST !RCADE &IRE TO CATCH !RCTIC -ONKEYS BUT DEFYING LAWS OF TIREDNESS AND INTOXICATION WE MADE IT $IZZEE S SILENT -C ING AND SOUND PROBLEMS ASIDE ! #ERTAIN 2OMANCE WAS WORTH OUR LACTIC ACID BUILD UP ALONE 4HE FACT IS IF ALL THE BANDS PULLED OUT OF 'LASTO IT WOULD STILL BE WELL WORTH THE a WE SOMEHOW MANAGED TO FORK OUT "ONGOS IN THE STONE CIRCLE PIRATE SHIPS RABBIT HOLES WITH PEOPLE IN FANCY DRESS INSIDE THEM PIRATE SHIPS CHAPELS SPONTANEOUS $OHERTY ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCES IT S NOT CALLED THE "IG $ADDY OF FESTS FOR NOTHING !ND IF THAT WASN T ENOUGH RAVING TO 4HE #HEMS ON 3UNDAY %VENING MADE US WANT TO RELIEVE THE EXPERIENCE ALL OVER AGAIN 4ILL NEXT YEAR 'REG 3ULLIVAN

-AIN &EATURE

/UTSTANDING %XCELLENT 'OOD -EDIOCRE 4RAGIC

$IR 1UENTIN 4ARANTINO

4HINKING ABOUT 'RINDHOUSE AND HOW THE STUDIOS DECIDED TO SPLIT UP THE 0LANET 4ERROR $EATH 0ROOF DOUBLE FEATURE JUST MAKES US AT 4HE %VENT MAD "UT IF YOU LET IT DETER YOU FROM SEEING 1UEN TIN 4ARANTINO S SERIAL KILLER mICK $EATH 0ROOF YOU RE MISSING OUT ON A FANTASTIC lLM

$EATH 0ROOF ITSELF IS SPLIT UP INTO TWO DISTINCT PARTS n BOTH WEAVED TOGETHER BY HOMICIDAL 3TUNTMAN -IKE PLAYED BY A BRIL LIANT +URT 2USSELL ,ETTING HIS FOOT FETISHES GET THE BETTER OF HIM -IKE TURNS DEADLY STALKER COM PLETE WITH MENACING SCOWL AND SKULL EMBLAZONED BLACK #HEVY

.OVA CHASING GIRLS DOWN THE ENDLESS DIRT HIGHWAYS )N THE lRST PART WE GET TO SEE HIS DARK SIDE AS WE ARE FALSELY LULLED INTO SECU RITY LIKE THE GIRLS HE CHARMS "UT JUST LIKE THE CHILLING MUSIC HE S ALWAYS HIDING IN THE BACKGROUND READY TO REAR HIS HEAD 3USPENSE IS A MUST BUT YOU RE ALMOST INTO

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