The Event - Issue 212

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4HIS SEASON SEES THE RETURN OF THE PUSSY BOW AND THE BIB FRONTED BLOUSE SO SCOUR YOUR -UM S CLOSET FOR A CLAS SIC SEVENTIES mOWERY WALLPA PER PRINT ONE )F THIS PROVES UNSUCCESSFUL EMBRACE THE STARS STRIPES OR SPOTS TREND AS SEEN ON RUNWAYS AT #HANEL AND !NNA 3UI 4HESE LOOK BEST IN SOFTLY DRAPING MATE RIALS SUCH AS SILK OR CHIFFON AND THE BIGGER THE BOW OR

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-ARCH FOR !RTS 4HE RECENTLY ANNOUNCED CUTS BY THE !RTS #OUNCIL MAY LEAD TO THE CLOSURE OF SEPERATE ARTS ORGANISATIONS ACROSS THE 5+ PEOPLE ARE UNDERSTANDABLY UPSET BY THE NEWS !RTS WERE AT THE PROTEST MARCH TO CATCH THE ANGER OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND THEATRE PROFESSIONALS ALIKE

0ERSPECTIVES ON THE -ARCH h4HE #HAPELlELD BANDSTAND HAD NEVER BEEN SERENADED SO SWEETLY ON A 3ATURDAY MORNING THAN ON THE DAY OF THE MARCH AGAINST THE NOT VERY ACE !RTS #OUNCIL %NGLAND 5LTIMATELY THE SMOOTH JAZZ WAS A DISTRACTION TO THE CRISIS AT HAND THE POSSIBLE CLOSURE OF .ORWICH S 0UP PET 4HEATRE THE PLACE WHERE PEOPLE FROM THIS PART OF THE WORLD .ORFOLK AND 3UFFOLK GET TO CUT THEIR TEETH DESIGNING PUPPETS MAKING SCEN ERY LEARNING HOW TO BE A PUPPETEER WHICH IS NO EASY ENDEAVOUR 4HE POSSIBILITIESTHISSMALLESTABLISHMENT HAVE GIVEN THE THEATRE HUNGRY %AST !NGLIAN ARE ENDLESS %VEN MY FATHER A LOCAL GROUCHY OLD MAN WHO HAS SEEN THE lNE LINE OF THE !RTS #OUNCIL CHEQUE BOOK TAKEN AWAY FROM HIM WAS OUTRAGED TO HEAR THE LATEST 4HE @CULL AS IT HAS RIGHTLY BEEN CALLED IS INDEED SOMETHING WHICH THE SMALL LOCAL ARTISTIC NETWORKS OF .ORFOLK AND 3UFFOLK WILL lND HARD TO RECOVER FROM #ONlDENCE IN ARTISTIC PRAC TICE WILL BE SHATTERED IF !RTS #OUNCIL %NGLAND GOES AHEAD AND IT WILL BE DIFlCULT TO lND THE POSSIBLE LEADING

CULTURAL LIGHTS IN THE RURAL VILLAGES OF .ORFOLK AND 3UFFOLK THE PEO PLE WHO ENCOURAGE YOU AND ME TO DRAW TO FOLLOW AND CONSTRUCT AN AR TISTICALLY PRACTICAL DREAM IN A PLACE

h"LACK AS !LAN "ENNET SAYS WILL BE THE WINGS OF THE CHICKENS COMING HOME TO ROOST v 0ETER 7ILSON HEAD OF 4HEATRE 2OYAL WHERE MUD IS A MORE APPROPRIATE MEDIUM THAN OIL PAINT 3O GET YOUR 7ELLINGTON BOOTS ON AND TRUDGE OUT TO THE COUNTRYSIDE THIS WEEKEND VIEW THE ISOLATION UNDER .ORFOLK S WIDE BLUE SKY AND REMEMBER THAT CULTURE AND INNOVATION IS NEEDED IN THE SPACE KNOWN AS %AST !NGLIA WHICH GAVE AMONG OTHERS "ENJAMIN "RITTEN 7 ( !UDEN 'EORGE /R WELL AND "RIAN %NO THE SPACE TO PUT THEIR ARTISTIC DREAMS INTO PLAY v 3UZANNA #ULLEN

h$ESPITE THE BAD WEATHER IT WAS A REALLY GREAT TURN OUT AND EVERY ONE S SPIRITS WERE HIGH -INOTAUR PUTS ON PRODUCTIONS AT THE .OR WICH 0UPPET 4HEATRE TWO TO THREE TIMES A YEAR AND CUTS IN FUNDING WOULD FORCE THE MANAGEMENT TO RAISE THE COST OF RENTING THE SPACE 4HIS INCREASE COULD STAND IN THE WAY OF 5%! STUDENTS WANTING TO PERFORM IN ONE OF .ORWICH S MOST UNIQUE AND MUCH LOVED THEATRES v #HARLOTTE +ING 0RESIDENT OF THE -INOTUAR 4HEATRE #OMPANY h4HE EFFECT THIS WILL HAVE CANNOT BE UNDERESTIMATED )F THESE CUTS GO THROUGH AND IT SEEMS LIKE THEY WILL THEN IT WILL HERALD A DISMAL PERIOD FOR !RTS IN .ORFOLK AND ACROSS %NGLAND AS A WHOLE v *ACK #LARK !RTS %DITOR h)F YOU WANT TO HELP SIGN THE PE TITION ON THE %$0 7EBSITE OR SEE A SHOW AT THE 0UPPET 4HEATRE v )AN 7OODS -ANAGER OF THE .ORWICH 0UPPET 4HEATRE

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7ORLD "OOK $AY 7ITH 7ORLD "OOK $AY COMING UP IN -ARCH THE !RTS TEAM ARE DELVING INTO SOME OF THE NOVELLAS BEING REALISED IN CELEBRATION

+EVIN "ROCKMEIER 4HE "RIEF (ISTORY OF THE $EAD ! STORY ABOUT AN INTERPRETATION OF THE AFTER LIFE THE OPENING SEQUENCE OF THIS BOOK DESCRIBES hTHE CROSSINGv THE PASSAGE OF THE DEAD FROM THE HUMAN WORLD TO THEIR NEXT EXISTENCE "ROCK MEIER CONVEYS BEAUTIFULLY THE FANTASTICAL ELE MENT OF THE TRANSITION BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH )MMEDIATELY THE READER IS REFRESHED BY "ROCK MEIER S ORIGINALITY AND HIS LIGHT YET INTENSELY CREATIVE STYLE 4HROUGHOUT THE BOOK THE VIVID METAPHORS AND LANGUAGE PAINT THE LANDSCAPES I E WATCHING THE EVENING SKY hBRUISE OVERv 4HE "RIEF (ISTORY IS EXPERTLY CRAFTED THE READER IS ABLE TO LET THE NARRATIVE mOW OVER THEM CON lDENT THAT IT IS PLANNED OUT TO THE LAST DETAIL

4HE CHAPTERS ARE VERY WELL CONSTRUCTED QUICKLY FOCUSING IN ON THE ACTION AND lNISHING WITH A TIGHT POLISH 4HE LITTLE CLUES OF THE STORY PLOP QUIETLY BUT DElNITELY ONTO THE PAGE UNRAVEL LING THE MYSTERIES STEADILY BUT WITHOUT PA TRONIZING THE READER &OR A BOOK DISCUSSING THE JOURNEY TOWARDS DEATH THE ENTIRE TONE OF THE BOOK IS ONE OF CALMNESS AND DIGNITY BUT INEVI TABLY POIGNANT SADNESS 4HE AFTER LIFE AND ITS RELATION TO THE WORLD OF THE LIVING IS PLAYED OUT THROUGH THE EXPE RIENCE OF A WOMAN ,AURA STRANDED ALONE IN

THE !NTARCTIC WHILST THE REST OF THE WORLD COPES WITH A LETHAL PANDEMIC "ROCKMEIER IMAGINES A TYPE OF PLEASANT LIMBO HOLDING A SUSPICIOUSLY CLOSE RESEMBLANCE TO .9# A KIND OF NEO RE ALITY IN WHICH THE LIVING DEAD CARRY OUT THEIR LIVES UNTIL THEIR PLACE IN THE MEMORIES OF THE LIVING IS ERASED 4HE STORY IS A CLEVER CONSTRUCTION OF CIRCULAR LINKS BETWEEN ,AU RA S INTERNAL NARRATIVE AND THE INDIVIDUAL NARRATIVES OF HER LIVING MEMO RIES IN THE CITY OF THE DEAD 7HAT REALLY IMPRESSES ABOUT "ROCKMEIER IS HIS GRASP ON INTERNAL MENTAL DISCOURSE (E HAS AN EXPERT GRASP ON THE SUBTLE mUCTUATIONS AND ECCENTRICITIES OF THE MIND IN ISOLATION EN DEARING US TO HIS CHARACTERS THROUGH THE TOUCH ING CONVERSATIONS WITH THEIR OWN CONSCIENCE 3HAPING THE HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS USING EVE RYDAY SYMBOLS OF URBAN AND NATURAL IMAGERY HE SUCCEEDS IN THE DIFlCULT TASK OF MAKING THE HUMAN MIND TANGIBLE 4HERE IS A DElNITE SENSE OF DISILLUSIONMENT IN THE BOOK 4HE FUTURE OF THE LIVING IS DOMI NATED BY THE MERCILESS CAPITALIST DRIVE BENEATH THE DARK CLOUD OF TERRORISM 4HE POINT SEEMS TO BE THAT THE ONLY WAY TO ELEVATE THE HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS ABOVE THE GRIP OF ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE IS THROUGH THE DESTRUCTION OF THE CIVILISED WORLD "ROCKMEIER IS CLEARLY IN TERESTED IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE HU MAN CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE EXTERNAL REALITY HOW THEY PERMEATE EACH OTHER AND WHERE THE BOUNDARIES OF IMAGINATION SPIRITUALITY AND MEMORY BEGIN AND END (IS NARRATIVE mOWS UNINTERRUPTEDLY BETWEEN THE REAL AND THE UN REAL DEATH AND LIFE 4HERE IS A DISCUSSION IN THE BOOK ABOUT SOULS AND THEIR CONNECTION WITH THE BODY AND THIS IS THE CRUX OF "ROCKMEIER S STORY ) M NOT SURE HE HAS A STRAIGHT ANSWER 4HE SMATTERINGS OF IRONY EXPOSE HOW "ROCK MEIER DOESN T TAKE HIMSELF TOO SERIOUSLY BUT OFFERS AN INNOVATIVE AND PICTURESQUE IDEA OF HOW THE mESH AND THE SPIRIT COME TO A RESOLU TION BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH OR IN THE WORDS OF ONE OF HIS CHARACTERS AN hIDEAL BALANCE OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL LOCOMOTION v )F YOU ARE AT ALL WHIMSICAL INDULGE IN CHILD HOOD MEMORIES OR ARE INTERESTED IN THE IDEA OF AN AFTER LIFE ) WOULD THOROUGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK )T MAKES A GREAT TALKING POINT FOR GROUPS OF FRIENDS OR BOOK LOVERS JUST BE PRE PARED FOR A SAD ENDING ,YDIA (ARLEY

'ET )NVOLVED GET NAKED 4HE !RT 3OCIETY ARE IN NEED OF YOUR HELP 4HEY ARE LOOKING FOR MALE OR FEMALE MODELS FOR ,IFE $RAWING SESSIONS WHICH TAKE PLACE ALTERNATING 4UESDAYS AND 4HURSDAYS PM .AKEDNESS WILL BE REWARDED WITH a CASH IN HAND AND PLENTY OF TEA AND BISCUITS TO SETTLE THE NERVES &OR THE LESS BRAVE CLOTHED MODELS ARE WELCOME BUT EXPECT TO BE PAID IN BISCUITS AND TEA ALONE 4HERE REALLY IS NO BETTER FEELING THAN GETTING NAKED TO INSPIRE SO GO ON AND GET INVOLVED !LL YOU NEED TO BRING IS A DRESSING GOWN OH AND YOUR "IRTH DAY SUIT &OR MORE DETAILS CONTANCT 3TACEY

ON S ARMES UEA AC UK OR !RT 3OC 0RESIDENT %MMA 7ATERWORTH ON E WATERWORTH UEA AC UK &AY (ARRIS

) M SITTING THERE LISTENING TO THE SEMINAR TUTOR AS HE IDENTIlES SOME PARTICULARLY COMPLEX IDEA IN SOME OBSCURE TEXT WONDERING WHETHER OR NOT ) LL MAKE IT THROUGH THE TRAFlC IN TIME TO PICK UP MY KIDS FROM SCHOOL (E S TALKING THEORY AND ) M WONDERING WHAT WE LL HAVE FOR DINNER TONIGHT /F COURSE WHEN HE SLAMS A PARTICULARLY SLIPPERY QUESTION ON THE TABLE AND THE TUMBLEW EED STARTS TO ROLL HE ALWAYS ENDS UP CATCHING MY BLEARY EYE !S FOR THE OTHER STUDENTS MOST OF WHOM ARE YOUNG ENOUGH TO BE MY KIDS WELL THEY HAVE TO SUFFER ME 4HEY DON T HAVE MUCH CHOICE -Y OWN KIDS SUFFER ME TOO IT S SOMETHING OF AN !B &AB SITUATION IN MY HOUSE 4HEY MIGHT EVEN SUGGEST THAT ) DON T REALLY QUALIFY FOR THE @MATURE STUDENT MONIKER BECAUSE WELL ) M NOT PAR TICULARLY MATURE BUT THAT S OKAY WITH ME ) TELL THE OTHER STUDENTS THAT IT S ALRIGHT ) M CRAZY BUT HARMLESS AND THEY LAUGH A LITTLE NERVOUSLY !ND ) MUST SAY IT IS ABSOLUTELY SURREAL TO SIT AN EXAMI NATION IN A LARGE HALL ALONG WITH HUNDREDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE 4HERE IS A SEARING DÏJÌ VU WHEN TURNING OVER THE PAPER TO READ THE QUESTIONS 4HE MATURE STUDENT IS AN ANOMALY CAUGHT BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA 7E HAVE MORE EXPERIENCE BUT WE HAVE MORE BAD HABITS 7E MIGHT BE A LITTLE MORE ORGANISED BUT WE USUALLY HAVE MORE RESPONSIBILITIES &EAR OF ARTICULATION MAY BE DIMINISHED BUT PATHOLOGI CAL CYNICISM MUST BE CONSTANTLY MONITORED 7E DON T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT BEING COOL AND THAT

MIGHT BE JUST AS WELL BUT WE GET KNACKERED JUST THINKING ABOUT THE PHRASE @INCREDULITY TOWARDS METANARRATIVES 7ORST OF ALL WE HAVE HISTORY BAGGAGE ALL THAT MALARKEY

7HAT ) DON T UNDERSTAND THOUGH IS WHATEVER HAS HAPPENED TO THE STUDENT MARCHES THE PROTESTS THE SIT INS AND OTHER ANARCHIC ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE TRADITIONALLY BEEN SUPPOSED TYPICAL OF STUDENT LIFE 4HAT S WHAT ) THOUGHT ) WAS SIGNING UP FOR 3TEREOTYPING IS NOT A PARTICULARLY USEFUL DEVICE IN MANY RESPECTS AND SO WITH MATURE STUDENTS 7E ARE A MIXED BUNCH -OST MATURE STUDENTS WOULD AGREE HOWEVER THAT OUR RETURN TO STUDIES IS ANOTHER RITE OF PASSAGE PROGRESSION METAMORPHOSIS AND ALL THE MORE REWARDING FOR ITS TAKING PLACE IN LATER YEARS 9OURS 4HE -ATURE 3TUDENT %DWARD $EADWOOD

4HIS WEEK S #REATIVE 7RITING PAGE HAS BEEN INSPIRED BY !LBERT %INSTEIN (ENRY -OORE AND 77))) @-OTHER AND #HILD (ENRY -OORE

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.EW MOMENTS MONUMENTS SHAPED BY CALLOUSED HANDS A NIPPLE GROWS UNDER THE INTENSE GAZE THAT lNDS EVERY CREASE BEFORE HE S lNISHED (E IS THE ONLY MAN TO SEE RIGHT TO THE BASE OF HER CARVING HIS INITIALS ONTO HER SCRATCHED SOLES

4HERE WAS ONCE A WOMAN CALLED ,YNNE 7HO WAS MOST UNUSUALLY THIN (ER HUSBAND WAS FAT !ND A BIT OF A TWAT SO SHE SKEWERED HIM ON A HAT PIN

(ENRY YOU TOLD ME ) COULD TOUCH THEM THEN SO ) CARESSED HER HUMPED SHOULDER WHILE YOU RUBBED THE KNEE 2EMEMBERING -OORE S HANDS SHE TINGLES WITH TENSION 4HE FOLDS OF FABRIC LIE THERE LIKE 5 S INVITING YOU TO SLIDE INTO THAT HARD HAMMOCK 0ERHAPS THIS IS WHERE ) LL SLEEP WITH YOU (ENRY n RIGHT HERE IN -OTHER S LAP AS THE CHILD IS MUFmED AT THE BREAST 0ERHAPS YOU LL COME HERE SILENTLY TOUCH ME AND ) LL RESPOND AS THE WARMTH SEEPS THROUGH THE STONE )SN T IT STRANGE HOW THE BABY S HEAD LOOKS LIKE AN ERECTION FROM BEHIND

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)T S DARK BENEATH THIS SHIP !TLANTIC NIGHT AND HURRICANE BLACK CLOUD HAVE SNUFFED THE STARS AND SWELLED HER CANVAS FULL ) FEEL THE BITE OF SPICE RICE BREEZE ALONG MY SPINES DEEP DOWN ON UNSEEN SAND ) HAVE TEETH BIG FOR A lSH AND mIMSY lNS CALCULATE THIS ABACUS OF WATERDROPS ) SEE PECULIAR FEET SWIMMING FROM YOUR SHIP HIGH UP TOO FAR TO CATCH 3OME MEN CALL ME MERMAID THEY ARE WRONG BUT IN NIGHT WATER ) WATCH WITH HUMAN EYES WAITING FOR THE GLINT OF MOON AGAINST THE SAIL AND mIRT MY TAIL ACROSS THE THIN MENISCUS OF YOUR SIGHT

&OR -AX 4ALMUND A FAMILY FRIEND WHO CATALYSED MY SEARCH FOR SOLUTIONS 4HERE WAS ONCE A WOMAN CALLED ,YNNE 7HO WAS MOST UNUSUALLY THIN (ER HUSBAND WAS FAT !ND A BIT OF A TWAT 3O SHE SKEWERED HIM ON A HAT PIN /NCE A MONTH HE WOULD COME AND WRESTLE DOWN A BOWL OF STEW WITH A TORN lST OF BREAD (IS MOUSTACHE BLACK AS THE WET DIRT HE OFTEN LEFT ON THE MAT HIS COLOGNE PERFUMING THE AIR WITH THE SHARP PUNCH OF CITRUS AND SPRUCE -Y MOTHER WOULD BRING OUT THE CANDLES WHILE MY FATHER lLLED THE DECANTER WITH THE DARKEST WINE HE COULD AFFORD AND MY SISTER PUT HER HAIR UP AND PINCHED HER CHEEKS (E BOUGHT US PRESENTS ONE #HRISTMAS COARSELY WRAPPED IN WAX PAPER ! SMALL BRASS LAMP FOR MY FATHER SILVER PLATED CANDLESTICK HOLDERS FOR MOTHER A LEATHER BOUND SKETCHBOOK AND PENCIL SET FOR -AJA AND FOR ME A WROUGHT IRON POCKET COMPASS WITH A PEARL DIAL PLATE 4HE NEEDLE ALWAYS POINTS NORTH HE SAID AND PRESSED THE COLD METAL INTO MY PALM !LEX !LLEN

-ANNERS MAKETH BOTH MAN AND WOMAN 2EMEMBER THAT WHEN YOU SHUT YOURSELF IN AND WARMTH UNFOLDS WHEN THIS JESTER IS LEFT OUT IN THE COLD LAUGHING AT HER FOOLISHNESS DRESSED IN ALIENATION S DRAB RAGS AGAIN !NON

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4ORCHWOOD 7EDNESDAY ""# PM TOO HARD TO LIVE UP TO THESE PROMISES THUS PACK ING EACH SCENE WITH SEX SWEARING AND VIOLENCE LOSING NEARLY ALL THOUGHT OF LOGICAL STORY PRO GRESSION $UE TO MIXED RECEPTION BOTH FROM THE CRIT ICS AND ON THE INTERNET FORUMS THE SHOW HAS UNDER GONE A MINOR RE VAMP FOR THE SECOND SE RIES WITH CREATOR 2USSELL 4 $AVIES ADDING AN IN JECTION OF HUMOUR AND THE STARS INVOLVED CLAIM IT IS AN IMPROVEMENT ON ITS DEBUT YEAR 7ITH SO MANY SHOWS NOT GETTING A DECENT CRACK AT THE WHIP BEFORE BEING CANCELLED IT S NICE TO THINK THAT 4ORCHWOOD MIGHT HAVE THE CHANCE TO CHANGE AND GROW 3CI l AlCIONADOS AND MUCH OF THE FEMALE AUDIENCE ONE IMAGINES WILL BE PLEASED TO WEL COME *AMES @3PIKE FROM "UFFY -ARSTERS AS AN ENIGMATIC NEMESIS AND EX LOVER OF #APTAIN *ACK (ARKNESS *OHN "ARROWMAN WHOSE PRESENCE

LEAVE VIEWERS CHAMPING AT THE BIT FOR MORE !LL IN ALL 4ORCHWOOD LACKS THE HEART AND CHILD LIKE BRAVADO THAT MAKES $OCTOR 7HO SO SPECIAL TO IT S MASSIVE FAN BASE BUT FOR THOSE WHO lND THE $OCTOR A BIT CLOYING AND SENTI MENTAL OR ARE PREPARED TO VIEW 4ORCHWOOD AS AN ENTIRELY SEPARATE SHOW OR EVEN THOSE WHO SIM PLY ENJOY ESCAPIST 3CI &I FUN THE SECOND SERIES COULD BE WELL WORTH CHECKING OUT +IRSTIN 0ETER

46 #LASSICS $ANGERMOUSE .EIGHBOURS $ECLAN STRUGGLES TO COME TO TERMS WITH HIS ANGER AND REFUSES TO ACCEPT HIS THERAPIST S DIAGNOSIS !S A PHYSICAL OUTLET FOR HIS EMO TIONS $ECLAN RETURNS TO THE CARAVAN ONLY TO BE CONFRONTED BY /LIVER WHO PREVENTS HIM FROM MAKING AN EXPLOSIVE MISTAKE "RIDGET FEELS SUFFOCATED BY HER PARENT S CONSTANT NEED TO PROTECT HER AND BREAKING POINT COMES WHEN HOME CARE IS SUGGESTED 4HE +ENNEDY +INSKI 0ARKER CONmICT CON TINUES WHEN +ARL SEES -IRANDA S MISJUDGED CONFRONTATION WITH 2ACHEL (E VENTS HIS FRUS TRATION AT THE PERSECUTION OF HIS FAMILY ON AN UNFORGIVING -IRANDA 4HE SITUATION WORSENS WHEN 4OADIE REVEALS THAT IF 3USAN PLEADS GUILTY SHE WILL GO TO PRISON $ETERMINED TO PAY FOR HER CRIME 3USAN IS UNMOVED BY +ARL S PLEADING SO HE DESPERATELY TURNS TO -IRANDA FOR HELP BUT WILL SHE OBLIGE /LIVER AND 2ILEY S RIVALRY BOILS OVER IN A VERY PUBLIC ATTACK AT THE MARATHON $ISGUSTED BY THIS DISPLAY %LLE DECIDES THAT NEITHER IS WORTH HER AFFECTIONS -EANWHILE AT .O 0EPPER PERSUADES 2INGO TO ACCEPT HER HELP WITH HIS EATING DISORDER AND #ARMELLA ATTRACTS THE IN TEREST OF A CHARMING ENTREPRENEUR 2ACHAEL 0RICE

4OP THIS 7EEK 2AMSEY S +ITCHEN .IGHTMARES 7EDS PM # 'ORDON TRAVELS ACROSS THE POND TO HELL AT A LOAD OF UNRULY YANKS SORTING OUT THE GREASE BALL OF !MERICAN CUISINE $ElNATELY WORTH WATCHING SHOULD BE HILARIOUS

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h7HEREVER THERE IS DANGER HE LL BE THERE v EX CLAIMS THE SHOW S THEME TUNE 4HERE DOESN T SEEM TO BE ANY DANGER IN THESE HERE 46 PAGES BUT WE RE STILL GOING TO REMEMBER THAT LOVA BLE RODENT ANYWAY n THE STAR OF A PROGRAMME THAT UNEQUIVOCALLY DESERVES THE TAG OF @CLAS SIC $ANGERMOUSE ! CARTOON THAT WAS UNIQUE THANKS TO ITS ABILITY TO ENTERTAIN KIDS AND ADULTS ALIKE $ANGERMOUSE WAS A HIT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE !TLANTIC BEING ONE OF THE lRST "RITISH IMPORTS TO CRACK THE 5NITED 3TATES &IRST BROADCAST IN THE 5+ IN YUP THAT LONG AGO $ANGER MOUSE FOLLOWED THE SHOW S EPONYMOUS HERO AND HIS WORK AS A "RITISH SECRET AGENT /FTEN UP AGAINST HIS ARCHENEMY THE VILLAINOUS TOAD "ARON 3ILAS 'REENBACK A RANGE OF ADVENTURES ENSUED !DD THE INCLUSION OF A CLASSIC RED PIL LAR BOX AS HIS HIDEOUT AND A QUINTESSENTIALLY GOOFY SIDEKICK THE COMICAL 0ENFOLD AND THE

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(EARD IT ON THE 'RAPEVINE !WESOME PAGES THIS WEEK GIVE IT A SERIOUS READ .OT JUST A NORMAL READ REALLY BURY YOURSELF IN ITS JUICY GOODNESS 4HE BOTTOM FEEDING ""# HAS lNALLY DE CIDED TO CHANGE BOTH ITS ETHOS AND IMAGE SO BE PREPARED FOR LESS #AN &AT +IDS (UNT AND -Y -AN "OOBS AND -E AND MORE DRAMAS AND A CHAT SHOW WITH ,ILLY !LLEN .OT MY CUP OF TEA BUT MIGHT BE WORTH A LAUGH 4HE TALENTED ,ARRY $AVID CREATOR OF 3EIN FELD AND STAR OF #URB 9OUR %NTHUSIASM APPAR ENTLY VOWS AT THE END OF EVERY SEASON THAT HE WILL NOT DO ANOTHER ONE &ORTUNATELY CO STAR 3USIE %SSMAN CLAIMS WITHIN A COUPLE OF MONTHS HE IS ITCHING TO DO ANOTHER SERIES (OPEFULLY HIS GENIUS CONTINUES TO OOZE FROM HIS HAIRLESS HEAD AND WE SEE MORE EPISODES

OF THIS EXCELLENT SHOW !LSO IN !MERICA WE SEE /PRAH 7INFREY CONTINUING WITH HER PLAN TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD 3HE HAS GOT HER @/7. NETWORK THE /PRAH 7INFREY .ETWORK HOW INVENTIVE 3HE SHOULD RUN FOR PRESIDENT SHE D BE HANDS DOWN FAVOURITE AND THE DEMOCRATIC RACE WOULD BE OVER 9OU COULD HAVE A BLACK FE MALE CANDIDATE &INALLY THE INSIDIOUS DISEASE KNOWN AS (OLLYOAKS CONTINUES TO SPREAD ITS INFECTIOUS SLIME ACROSS SOCIETY WITH JUNKIES NOW ABLE TO GET THEIR ABHORRENT lX IN A CROSS PLATFORM SY RINGE WITH THE FAECES NOW AVAILABLE THROUGH THE INTERNET AND THEIR PHONES 7HEN WILL IT END *AMES "ILLINGS

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)S HE JUST KNOWN FOR HIS WASHBOARD ABS -AY BE "UT S FAVOURITE !DAM 2ICKITT HAS ACTU ALLY DONE A BIT MORE THAN WALK AROUND WITH NO TOP ON -OST PEOPLE WILL REMEMBER HIM FROM HIS BREAKTHROUGH ROLE AS .ICK 4ILSLEY IN #ORONA TION 3TREET (E PLAYED THE SON OF -ARTIN 4ILSELY AND 'AIL 0LATT AND WAS PART OF THE SOAP S lRST GAY KISS WITH 4ODD 'RIMSHAW IN (E HAD TWO SPELLS ON THE 3TREET FROM AND THE SECOND TIME BEING ONE OF A NUMBER OF CHARACTERS SACKED WHEN NEW PRODUCERS CAME IN "ETWEEN HIS TWO SPELLS ON THE SHOW HE AT TEMPTED TO LAUNCH A MUSIC CAREER (E RELEASED HIS DEBUT SINGLE ) "REATHE !GAIN IN REACHING NUMBER lVE IN THE CHARTS (OWEVER HIS FOLLOWING SINGLES ONLY HIT THE TOP AND

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(AVING SPENT THE SECOND HALF OF LAST YEAR PER FORMING AT VENUES SUCH AS THE / 7IRELESS &ES TIVAL AND THE 5NDERAGE -USIC &ESTIVAL SOME OF YOU MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH ,AURA -ARLING !P PARENTLY SHE S A hFOLK POP SINGER SONGWRITERv BUT THAT DESCRIPTION DOES LITTLE JUSTICE TO HER MUSIC 7ITH HAUNTING MELODIES ACCOMPANIED BY -ARLING S BEAUTIFUL VOICE HER SINGLES SUCH AS 'HOSTS AND -Y -ANIC AND ) LEAVE YOU WANTING TO HEAR MUCH MORE 4HE LATTER OF THESE TWO IS ESPECIALLY AMAZING AND HAS BEEN HEARD OVER TIMES ON HER -Y3PACE PAGE 'HOSTS RELEASED ON TH *ANUARY IS ONE OF SONGS ON -ARLING S DEBUT ALBUM !LAS ) #AN NOT 3WIM WHICH IS OUT ON TH &EBRUARY 7ITH SUCH A BRILLIANT VOICE AND NUMEROUS PERFORMANCES INCLUDING ONE ON *OOLS (OLLAND UNDER HER BELT IT WON T BE LONG BEFORE ,AURA -ARLING IS TOP PING BOTH THE SINGLE AND ALBUM CHARTS BOTH HERE AND ABROAD

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! FEW YEARS AGO 2OSS 2AI SIN VERY NEARLY STUCK WITH HIS CAREER IN THE RESTAU RANT INDUSTRY ,UCKILY FOR US HOWEVER HE DECIDED TO DO A CREATIVE WRITING COURSE AT 'OLDSMITHS IN ,ONDON AND 'OD S /WN #OUNTRY IS THE RESULT OF THAT DECISION 2EADY TO BE PUBLISHED IN -ARCH THE PLOT FOCUSES ON A DARK COMING OF AGE STORY SET ON THE .ORTH 9ORK -OORS

IS SET TO BE AN AMAZING YEAR FOR %LLEN 0AGE 7ELL WHO WOULDN T WANT TO START THE YEAR WITH AN /SCAR NOMINATION FOR THEIR lRST BIG LEADING ROLE !FTER A FEW YEARS OF BIT PARTS IN 46 MOVIES AND A NUMBER OF SERIES %LLEN IS lNALLY RECEIVING WORLD WIDE ATTENTION FOR HER PORTRAYAL OF *UNO A PREGNANT TEENAGER IN THE lLM OF THE SAME NAME 9OU MIGHT VAGUELY RECOGNISE HER AS +IT TY 0RYDE IN 8 -EN 4HE ,AST 3TAND OR AS THE YEAR OLD TORTURER IN (ARD #ANDY (OWEV ER *UNO IS THE lLM THAT HAS BROUGHT HER TO THE MASSES AND SHE GIVES A CONVINCING AND HEARTFELT PERFORMANCE ONE THAT DElNITELY EARNS HER THE ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF AWARD NOMINATIONS SHE HAS RECEIVED 4HE REST OF THE YEAR LOOKS TO BE PROMISING FOR HER TOO WITH THE YEAR OLD #ANDAIAN DUE TO HAVE FOUR lLMS RELEASED IN INCLUDING *ACK $IANE AN INTERESTING SOUND ING hLESBIAN WERE WOLF MOVIEv 7E LL CERTAINLY BE CHEER ING FOR HER AT NEXT MONTH S /SCARS

3AOIRSE 2ONAN !NOTHER YOUNG ACTRESS GRACING THE RECENT AWARD NOMINATION LISTS IS 3AOIRSE 2ONAN !T ONLY SHE HAS SO FAR BEEN NOMINATED FOR NINE AWARDS FOR HER ROLE AS +EIRA +NIGHTLY S SISTER IN !TONEMENT 4HESE NOMINATIONS IN CLUDE THE h"IG 4HREEv /SCAR 'OLDEN 'LOBE AND "!&4! AND HAVE PROPELLED THE SCHOOL GIRL FROM )RELAND INTO INTERNATIONAL STARDOM "EFORE LAST YEAR SHE HAD ONLY BEEN IN TWO OTHER PROJECTS IN BOTH CASES AS A GUEST STAR IN FOUR EPISODES OF THE RESPECTIVE SERIES 3HE THEN WENT ON TO HAVE THREE lLMS OUT LAST YEAR INCLUDING !TONEMENT AND LOOKS SET TO REPEAT HER SUCCESS IN 3AOIRSE HAS THREE lLMS DUE OUT THIS YEAR $EATH $EFYING 3TUNTS WHERE SHE PLAYS THE DAUGHTER OF #ATHERINE :ETA *ONES #ITY OF %MBER AND ,OVELY "ONES DIRECTED BY 0ETER *ACKSON

0OPPY !DAMS 0OPPY !DAMS IS A DIRECTOR PRODUCER WITH A DEGREE IN .ATURAL 3CIENCES SO SHE S CERTAINLY EQUIPPED TO WRITE ABOUT THE SUBJECT OF HER DE BUT NOVEL 4HE "EHAVIOUR OF -OTHS $ElNITELY NOT AS DULL AS IT SOUNDS THE BOOK IS ACTUALLY A TALE OF TWO SISTERS REUNITED AFTER YEARS APART )T S DUE FOR RELEASE IN -AY THIS YEAR AND PROM ISES TO BE A BRILLIANT DE BUT FOR !DAMS

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ID cards: unacceptable !NDY *UDSON $EPUTY %DITOR 4HIS WEEK A NEWS STORY CAME OUT THAT CLAIMED LEAKED GOV ERNMENT DOCUMENTS REVEALED PLANS TO MAKE STUDENTS JOIN THE )$ CARDS SCHEME 4HIS WAS PICKED UP BY THE .53 IN A PRESS RELEASE WHO FOR ONCE GOT IT RIGHT WHEN THEY CRITI CISED THE IDEA 4HIS MAY SEEM ODD NEWS AS )$ CARDS SEEMED TO HAVE WITHERED AND DIED AFTER "ROWN S GREY REVOLUTION ) ASSUME HE DEFEATED HIS EN EMIES BY BEING SO DULL THAT NO ONE COULD BE BOTHERED TO STAND AGAINST HIM AND FACE GRUELLING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NECESSITY OF A TAX INCREASE ON THE PRICE OF LEFT HANDED SCREWDRIVERS 4O HIS CREDIT "ROWN SEEMED TO HAVE DITCHED THE IDEA NOT BY SPEAKING OUT AGAINST IT BUT RATHER SIMPLY BY CHANGING THE AGENDA TO ONE HE PREFERRED A USEFUL FORM OF POWER THAT IS

OFTEN OVERLOOKED )$ CARDS WERE A SILLY IDEA IT HAS TO BE SAID $EFENDERS MAY CLAIM THAT GOOD PEOPLE HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE BUT QUITE FRANKLY THIS IS WEAK &OR ONE THING WE RE NOT SIMPLY TALKING NAMES AND ADDRESSES

h4HESE AREN T SIMPLE )$ CARDS THAT MANY OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE BUT RATHER HIGH TECH MONITORING DEVICES THAT RECORD EVERYTHING v n AFTER ALL THE POSTMAN NEEDS TO KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE "UT THE EVER GROWING LIST OF IN FORMATION REQUIRED SEEMS FARCICAL AND THE FACT THAT THE (OME /FlCE CAN EXTEND THIS LIST AT WILL IS PARTICULARLY BI ZARRE 4HESE AREN T SIMPLE )$

CARDS THAT MANY OTHER COUN TRIES HAVE BUT RATHER HIGH TECH MONITORING DEVICES THAT RECORD EVERYTHING 4HE IDEA THEN IS TO TARGET STUDENTS n AFTER ALL IN THE EA GERNESS TO REGISTER AT UNIVER SITY AND GET STARTED ON A LIFE DElNING DEGREE WHOSE GOING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT ONE MORE FORM TO lLL OUT "UT FRANKLY THIS IDEA STINKS n IT CARRIES THE NOTION THAT STUDENTS DE SERVE SPECIAL ATTENTION THAT THEY CAN T BE TRUSTED AND ARE SUSPICIOUS INDIVIDUALS BY NA TURE )T CARRIES WITH IT THE STIG MA OF AN OLDER AND POORLY THOUGHT OUT DECISION BY THE GOVERNMENT TO CALL ON LECTUR ERS TO SPY ON h!SIAN LOOK INGv STUDENTS WHICH WAS SO RIDICULOUS AND INSULTING THAT ) DON T BELIEVE ) NEED COM MENT MORE ON IT 4HERE IS OF COURSE A STRONG ARGUMENT OF lNANCES AND GOVERNMENT INCOMPE TENCE ASSOCIATED WITH )$

Campus extremism (ANNAH / 'RADY /PINIONS 7RITER ,AST 4UESDAY SAW THE PUB LISHING OF THE LATEST GUIDE LINES REGARDING THE INVOLVE MENT OF UNIVERSITIES IN hTHE lGHT AGAINST TERRORIST ACTIVITIESv /N 4UESDAY 4HE 4IMES REPORTED h4HE GUID ANCE ADVISES UNIVERSITIES TO MAKE PROPER CHECKS ON STUDENT GROUPS OR OUTSIDE BODIES THAT BOOK UNIVER SITY PREMISES FOR SPEAKING EVENTSxv WITH SPECIlC REF ERENCE TO h!SIAN LOOKINGv STUDENTS 5NIVERSITIES INITIALLY RE JECTED THE PREVIOUS GUIDE LINES AS A THREAT TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH YET ACCEPTED THE MORE RECENT VERSION 3O WHAT EFFECT WILL THIS HAVE ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM .O ONE COULD ARGUE WITH $IANA 7ARWICK THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF 5NIVERSITIES 5+ WHO AS SERTED THAT h6IOLENCE OR

THE INCITEMENT TO VIOLENCE HAS NO PLACE ON A UNIVERSITY CAMPUS v (OWEVER INCITING VIOLENCE IS A CRIMINAL OF FENCE AND SURELY THEREFORE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE POLICE NOT OF LECTURERS 5NI VERSITY IS A PLACE WHERE IDE OLOGIES AND IDEAS ARE ABLE TO BE EXPLORED AND CHAL LENGED WHERE RECEIVED NO TIONS AND THE STATUS QUO CAN BE CONTESTED WITHIN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT 7OULD IT NOT UNDERMINE THE FUNCTION OF TUTORS TO INSPIRE THESE SORTS OF DEBATES IF THEY WERE ALSO ENGAGED IN SOME SORT OF SPYING ROLE FOR THE GOVERN MENT -OREOVER THE BANNING OF CERTAIN FUNDAMENTAL -USLIM SPEAKERS MIGHT AP PEAR IRONIC GIVEN THE RECENT APPEARANCE OF .ICK 'RIFlN THE LEADER OF THE FAR RIGHT ".0 AT THE /XFORD 5NIVER SITY DEBATING SOCIETY !RE WE TO CONCLUDE THAT THE GOVERN

MENT lNDS NO REASON TO IN TERFERE IN THE DISCUSSION OF THE BLATANTLY RACIST THOUGHT OF THE ".0 WHILE FUNDA MENTAL )SLAMIC IDEAS CANNOT BE SUBJECTED TO ROBUST DE BATE IN THE SAME WAY 4HE GUIDELINES DO CON TAIN SOME SENSIBLE SUGGES TIONS SUCH AS A MULTI FAITH CHAPLAINCIES TO PROMOTE IN TEGRATION WHICH WE INDEED HAVE AT 5%! )N FACT JUST LAST WEEK ) WAS WITNESS TO A CON VERSATION AS TO WHETHER THE #HAPLAINCY COULD BE USED TO HEAT UP SOME SNACKS FOR A (EBREW LESSON (OWEVER ) HOPE THAT OUR UNIVERSITY STAFF WILL DE VOTE THEIR TIME TO TEACHING US THE SKILLS TO DISCUSS AND CRITIQUE ALL IDEOLOGIES RATH ER THAN SCRUTINISING A TINY MINORITY OF -USLIMS WHO MANIPULATE THEIR PEACEFUL FAITH IN ORDER TO REINFORCE THEIR OWN ABHORRENT PREJU DICES

CARDS 0EOPLE MUST REPLACE THE CARDS AT COST WHENEVER THEIR DETAILS CHANGE AND THIS HITS STUDENTS PARTICULARLY HARD n OFTEN WE CHANGE AD DRESS EVERY YEAR 7ITH THE LIST OF INFORMATION SO LONG IT SEEMS DIFlCULT TO EXPECT

h4HE IMPLICATION THAT STUDENTS MUST GET ONE IS CLOSE TO FORCING US TO HAVE A CHIP IMPLANT THAT MONITORS OUR EVERY MOVEMENT v ANYONE TO KEEP THEIR CARD UP TO DATE CONSTANTLY AND THE lNE FOR PUNISHMENT CAN REACH a )N ADDITION TO THIS THE GOVERNMENT S RE CENT RECORD WITH LOSING LARGE AMOUNTS OF DATA AND MANY TROUBLED )4 PROJECTS MUST SURELY LEAD TO THE ARGUMENT

THAT IT S NOT EVEN A TECHNI CALLY FEASIBLE PROJECT "UT ARGUMENTS OF lNAN CIAL INCOMPETENCE WHILE IM PORTANT PALE TO THE MOST IM PORTANT ASPECT WHICH IS THE SIMPLE FACT THAT THE )$ CARDS SCHEME IS AN ASSAULT ON CIVIL LIBERTIES 4HE IMPLICATION THAT STUDENTS MUST GET ONE IS CLOSE TO FORCING US TO HAVE A CHIP IMPLANT THAT MONITORS OUR EVERY MOVEMENT 4HE )$ CARD SCHEME CARRIES THE IM PLICATION THAT ALL PEOPLE ARE GUILTY AND POTENTIAL TROUBLE MAKERS AND THE GOVERNMENT MUST BE READY TO SWOOP DOWN ON ANYONE WHO STARTS ANYTHING IT DOESN T LIKE 6ERY ODD AS ) THOUGHT OUR LEGAL SYSTEM OPERATED ON THE BELIEF THAT PEOPLE WERE INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY 3TUDENTS SHOULDN T HAVE TO BE PICKED OUT LIKE THIS AND THE GOVERN MENT SHOULDN T BE BRINGING IN MANDATORY )$ CARDS IN SUCH AN INSIDIOUS MANNER

It Still Matters -ARK 'ILLIES -0( 0RESIDENT 4HE LARGEST SCALE ANTI POVERTY MOVEMENT CAME TOGETHER UNDER THE BANNER OF @-!+% 0/6%249 ()34/29 IN .OW IN WITH THE CAMPAIGN DISBANDED AND BE COMING A DISTANT MEMORY THE lGHT AGAINST POVERTY LIVES ON AND MUST CONTINUE TO DO SO 0OOR COUNTRIES ARE STILL REPAYING UNAFFORDABLE LOANS WHICH THE 5+ AND THE REST OF THE RICH WORLD GAVE IR RESPONSIBLY 3OME OF THESE WERE TO OPPRESSIVE REGIMES OFTEN FOR ARMS SALES /TH ERS WERE FOR USELESS PROJECTS FROM WHICH ONLY 7ESTERN COMPANIES BENElTED 4HERE FORE PEOPLE MUST CONTINUE TO PRESSURE POLITICIANS AND DECISION MAKERS TO ADDRESS WORLD POVERTY AND TO MAKE THE 4RADE *USTICE MOVEMENT PROMINENT IN THEIR )NTERNA

TIONAL 4RADE 0OLICY 4HE -AKE 0OVERTY (ISTORY 3OCIETY AT 5%! AND AT OTHER UNIVERSITIES ALIKE HAVE TAKEN ON THE ROLE OF RAISING AWARE NESS AMONG STUDENTS OF THESE ISSUES AND TO RAISE FUNDS TO FACILITATE CHARITIES GEARED TOWARDS ERADICATING WORLD POVERTY 7E WANT TO SUPPORT CAUSES THAT HAVE A TANGIBLE IMPACT ALLOWING POOR DEVEL OPING COUNTRIES TO CATCH UP WITH THE 7EST IN BUSINESS INDUSTRY AND AGRICULTURE 4HE PROCEEDS FROM OUR LAST FUNDRAISER WERE DONATED TO THE 7ESTERN !FRICAN $EVEL OPMENT /BJECTIVE 7!$/ WHO PROVIDE BUSINESS ADVICE AND lNANCIAL SUPPORT TO BUD DING PROJECTS WHICH IS A CLEAR EXAMPLE OF OUR AIMS /UR EMAIL IS MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY UEA AC UK -0( WILL BE HOSTING #HANGE IN THE (IVE ON AT PM

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6INCENT 6INCENT AND 4HE 6ILLAINS 0RETTY 'IRL 4HEY MAY NOT WIN MANY PRIZES FOR CLEAR CUT ORIGINALITY BUT %AST ,ONDONER S 6INCENT 6INCENT AND THE 6ILLAINS HAVE DASHED THEIR MUSIC WITH A SPARK OF S ROCK AND ROLL THAT ALLOWS THEM TO RAISE THEIR HEADS ABOVE THE INDIE CROWD WHILST REMAINING WAIST DOWN IN A SNUG OF GENERIC SAFETY &ORMED IN AND BASCIALLY THE EXTENDED FAMILY OF 4HE 2UMBLE 3TRIPS LED BY FORMER MEMBER #HARLIE 7ALLER

'OSPEL "OMBS AND HAS THE PLEASANT POTENTIAL TO EXPAND THE BAND S POPULARITY 4HE LYRICS LACK SIGNIlCANT DEPTH BUT ARE RIDDLED WITH UPBEAT RHYMES MAKING THE TOE TAPPING TRACK CAPABLE OF USHERING AWAY THOSE WINDSWEPT *ANUARY BLUES &RONTMAN 6INCENT 6INCENT S VOCALS ARE SPIRITED AND THE INSTRUMENTALS CLEAR CUT LEAVING THE LISTENER WITH LITTLE TO lND DISAGREEABLE

!FTER lLLING THEIR LAST TWO ALBUMS WITH GLAM STOMPING SYNTHED UP SEXINESS 'OLDFRAPP HAVE RETURNED TO THE DELICACY OF THEIR lRST RELEASE &ELT -OUNTAIN "OTH AMBIENT AND ELECTRIC INCARNATIONS OF THE BAND HAVE PRODUCED MOMENTS OF BRILLIANCE SO THIS NEED NOT BE A MOVE FOR THE WORSE 4HE TRACK OPENS WITH PRECISE !IR STYLE KEYBOARDS AS !LISON 'OLDFRAPP SINGS IN A HUSHED TONE ABOUT hA BRIGHT BLUE 3ATURDAYv AND hPASTEL WARDS v 4HE SONG SEEMS TO LACK THE EDGE OF DARKNESS 'OLDFRAPP ARE LOVED FOR UNTIL YOU REALISE IT S BEING SUNG FROM A HOSPITAL BED 4HESE LYRICS ARE JUXTAPOSED WITH WARM AND CHITTERING ELECTRONICA

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4HESE .EW 0URITANS "EAT 0YRAMID 7HAT HAPPENS WHEN HISTORY SCIENCE AND MAGIC COLLIDE IN ONE TIGHTLY COMPACTED SPACE 3OMETHING BEAUTIFUL IS FORMED A "EAT 0YRAMID 3OUTHEND S 4HESE .EW 0URITANS HAVE BEEN TOUTED AS BEING A POTENTIALLY BIG BAND EVER SINCE THEY lRST RELEASED THEIR BEDROOM RECORDED .OW 0LUVIAL DEMO BACK IN EVER SINCE THEN THERE S BEEN HUGE ANTICIPATION FOR THE RELEASE OF THEIR lRST FULL LENGTH RELEASE !PPETITES WERE WHETTED EVEN MORE BY THE RECENT RELEASE OF SINGLES SUCH AS THE EPIC .AVIGATE .AVIGATE WHICH APPEARS ON THE ALBUM IN AN ABRIDGED FORM AND DOUBLE ! SIDE .UMBERS #OLOURS WHICH ALSO BOTH FEATURE ON THE ALBUM 4HESE .EW 0URITANS HAVE TO BE ONE OF THE MOST INTRIGUING BANDS AROUND AT THE MOMENT PARTICULARLY GIVEN THE MYSTICISM WHICH SEEMS TO SURROUND THEM 4HE BAND ARE NEVER SEEN DRESSED IN ANYTHING BUT BLACK AND IN INTERVIEWS WITH THE BAND THEY ARE UNWILLING TO GIVE STRAIGHTFORWARD ANSWERS BUT INSTEAD GIVE CRYPTIC GUARDED AND CODED ANSWERS 4HIS IS VERY MUCH REmECTED IN THEIR MUSIC WHICH HAS ALWAYS BEEN lLLED WITH CODES AND REFERENCES TO MAGIC AND THE SUBLIME 7HEN THEY lRST CAME OUT NO ONE WAS REALLY SURE HOW TO PIGEONHOLE THEIR SOUND WHICH LED TO THE BAND BEING UNFAIRLY LUMPED IN WITH THE .EW 2AVE SCENE WHICH BECAME SO BIG IN 4HIS ALBUM IS SURE TO DISPEL ANY CONNECTIONS WITH NEON CLAD HYPE SURFERS LIKE THE +LAXONS WHOSE DEBUT THEY HAVE GREATLY SURPASSED WITH "EAT 0YRAMID 3O WHERE TO BEGIN 4HERE S EIGHT SECOND AMBIENT NOISE TRACKS LIKE THE PURE )$- OF $OPPLEGANGER BONE SHAKING HEAVY RHYTHM ON #OLOURS AND THEN THERE S ELECTRO ROCK SONGS LIKE %LVIS WHICH IS PERHAPS THE CLOSEST THING ON THE ALBUM TO A STRAIGHTFORWARD SINGLE 4HROUGHOUT

THE ALBUM THE EMPHASIS IS MUCH MORE ON RHYTHMS AND DISCORDANCE RATHER THAN MELODY AND HARMONY 4HE BAND SUCCEED IN CREATING TRACKS WHICH SEAMLESSLY MERGE GENRES PARTICULARLY ON TRACKS SUCH AS THE IMMENSELY DARK 3WORD OF 4RUTH WHICH IS A MIX OF ELECTRO $@N@" AND EVEN $UBSTEP TO NAME A FEW *ACK "ARNETT S DELIVERY IS SO SINISTER AT TIMES THAT IT S REMINISCENT OF THE CONFRONTATIONAL STYLE OF 'RIME MUSIC WHICH THE BAND ARE ALL BIG FANS OF h)NlNITY IS NOT AS FAST AS ME v HE BARKS OUT ON )NlNITY 9TINIFNI WITH A NONCHALANCE WHICH HINTS AT HIS TENDER YEARS HE STILL ONLY "EAT 0YRAMID IS PURE EMPIRICISM IN ACTION IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS CRAFTED BY A ROOM FULL OF #OLD 7AR 3CIENTISTS EXPERIMENTING IN NOISE WARFARE DEEP UNDERGROUND IN A 3OVIET "LOC COUNTRY 4HESE .EW 0URITANS ARE SO FAR AHEAD OF MOST OF THEIR

PEERS SO FULL OF IDEAS AND INVENTION THEY RE EVERYTHING A BAND SHOULD BE )T S HARD TO THINK OF A mAW THIS ALBUM HAS )F THERE S ONE THING THAT WILL STICK IN YOUR HEAD AFTER LISTENING TO THIS ALBUM THEN IT S THE SOUND OF HEAVY INDUSTRY COGS GRINDING SPARKS mYING ORES BEING WROUGHT )T S THE SOUND OF A BAND WHO ARE ALREADY FULlLLING THEIR POTENTIAL AND WHO COULD REALLY LEAD "RITISH ROCK MUSIC INTO A NEW AGE OF CREATIVITY AND IDEAS "EAT 0YRAMID IS A CHALLENGING INTERESTING AND DOWNRIGHT UNNERVING DEBUT ALBUM IT S HARD TO THINK OF ANY OTHER BANDS COMING CLOSE TO IT IN 7ILL (OLLOWAY

4HE 2ESIDENTS

4HE -ARS 6OLTA

2IVERS #UOMO

4HE 6OICE OF -IDNIGHT

4HE "EDLAM IN 'ODLIATH

!LONE 4HE (OME 2ECORDINGS OF 2IVERS #UOMO

4HE 6OICE OF -IDNIGHT IS A CON CEPT ALBUM WITH EACH SONG BEING BASED AROUND A STORY OF A MAN CALLED .ATE HIS GIRL FRIEND #LAIRE AND THE SAND MAN THE hVOICE OF MIDNIGHTv 4HE ALBUM TELLS THE STORY OF .ATE S FEAR OF THIS SANDMAN 4HE SONGS HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED AS hMUSIC THEATREv AS A LOT OF THE SONGS CONSIST OF NOTHING BUT TALKING 4HE lRST SONG 4HE 3ANDMAN STARTS OFF AS A TWO MINUTE PHONE CONVERSA TION WITH .ATE SHOUTING h)T S HIM IT S HIM 4HE 3ANDMAN ) SAW HIMv 4HE SONG THEN CHANGES AND .ATE AND #LAIRE SING TO EACH OTHER OVER THE TOP OF DARK HORROR lLM TYPE MUSIC )T THEN TURNS BACK INTO A SPEECH ABOUT .ATE S LOVE FOR #LAIRE WITH CHEESY LINES SUCH AS h4HIS PICNIC IS SO PER FECTv AND h) HAVE TO KISS YOU #LAIREv 4HE REST OF THE ALBUM CONTINUES IN THIS WAY WITH CREEPY MUSIC AND ALL THE LYRICS BEING SPEECH BETWEEN THE CHARACTERS WHICH ARE EITHER SUNG OR FOR THE MOST PART SPOKEN 3OME OF THE SONGS ARE QUITE INTERESTING AND DARK SUCH AS 4HE 4ELESCOPE MANY ARE JUST REPETITIVE AND DULL 4HE ALBUM lNISHES WITH #LAIRE TELLING HER CHILD TO GO TO SLEEP OVER THE TOP OF hMONSTERv SOUND EFFECTS 4HIS ALBUM CERTAINLY IS DIFFERENT AND IS A CHANGE FROM THE ALL THE )NDIE IN THE CHARTS AT THE MOMENT BUT THE STORY DID NOT INTEREST THIS REVIEWER AND THE SONGS WERE NOT GRIP PING &OR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN A FAN OF CONCEPT ALBUMS THIS WILL NOT CHANGE YOUR MIND #HISTINA (AYNES

)T S BEEN SIX YEARS SINCE !T THE $RIVE )N THE MOST EXHILARATING BAND OF THE EARLY NOUGHTIES WERE CUT DOWN IN THEIR PRIME 3INCE THEN THE ARGUABLY MORE TALENTED MEMBERS OF THE BAND #EDRIC "IXLER :AVALA AND /MAR 2ODRIGUEZ ,OPEZ HAVE BEEN PLYING THEIR TRADE MAKING MUCH MORE EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC UNDER THE NAME 4HE -ARS 6OLTA 4HEIR NEW ALBUM 4HE "EDLAM IN 'OLIATH IS THE BAND S FOURTH FULL LENGTH EFFORT AND IS PERHAPS THEIR HEAVIEST RECORD TO DATE 4HE ALBUM IS FULL OF A CACOPHONY OF SOUNDS #EDRIC S $ALEK LIKE VOCALS WAILING OVER THE TOP OF A BLACKSPLOITATION FUNK BAND BATTLING A .ORTH !FRICAN TRIBAL FOLK GROUP THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF A COSMIC JAM SESSION WHILST A SANDSTORM RAGES ALL AROUND THEM 4HAT DESCRIPTION MAY MAKE THE BAND SOUND RIDICULOUS AND THEY PROBABLY ARE BUT YOU HAVE TO ADMIRE THE BALLS OF 4HE -ARS 6OLTA FOR CONSISTENTLY PRODUCING SUCH DIVERSE UNCOMPROMISING AND DOWNRIGHT ODD SOUNDING MUSIC )DENTIFYING INDIVIDUAL TRACKS FOR PRAISE ON THIS ALBUM IS TOUGH THE .ORTH !FRICAN INmUENCE IN 3OOTHSAYER IS INTRIGUING AND THE IMMEDIACY OF 7AX 3IMULACRA IS STRANGELY COMPELLING !T lRST LISTEN THE ALBUM IS EXTREMELY OVERWHELMING BUT THEN IT SEEMS LIKE ONE WHICH REWARDS THOSE WHO STICK WITH IT

4HIS RECORD COULD HAVE BEEN SO GOOD 7HILE NOT INTENDED TO CONVERT NEW FANS TO 7EEZER A COLLECTION OF OVER TEN YEARS WORTH OF HOME RECORDINGS BY FRONTMAN 2IVERS #UOMO SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO SEND ANY DIE HARD FAN TO THEIR HAPPY PLACE )T OFFERS SOME FORM OF CLOSURE FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE WAITED SO LONG FOR A WINDOW INTO 2IVERS SOUL (OWEVER PERHAPS AS A RESULT OF POOR RELATIONS BETWEEN ARTIST AND LABEL OR PERHAPS AS A RESULT OF 2IVERS OWN REFUSAL TO PLAY BALL !LONE IS AN ANTICLIMAX 7HAT S ON OFFER JUST ISN T ENOUGH 4HE COLLECTION SHOULD HAVE BEEN EXPANDED INTO A BOX SET WITH ACCOMPANYING $6$ OR BOOK OR ANYTHING 7E GET A SHORT SYNOPSIS AND LYRICS TO EVERY SONG BUT MOST HAVE BEEN DOWNLOADED BY 7EEZER FANS FOR OVER A DECADE LIKE "LAST OFF AND 3UPERFRIEND FROM THE DELETED "LACK (OLE 3ESSIONS 4HE TRACKS ARE REMASTERED AND IT IS NICE TO HAVE THEM ON ONE TANGIBLE CUT OF PLASTIC BUT THIS WRITER FORECASTS THE ADVENT OF THE DISGRUNTLED 7EEZER NERD !LONE IS A RECORD THAT WILL SELL BECAUSE PEOPLE ADORE 7EEZER AND WILL CHERISH A GLIMPSE INTO THE TROUBLED MIND OF THEIR FRONT MAN !T TIMES IT S DELIGHTFULLY MOVING ,ONGTIME 3UNSHINE AND OFFERS mEETING GLANCES AT PURE GENIUS THE ORIGINAL HOME RECORD ING OF "UDDY (OLLY (OWEVER IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO SATISFY THOSE INSATIABLE BLOGGERS WHO HAVEN T FELT TRULY MOVED SINCE THEY lRST DISCOVERED 0INKERTON 2OLL ON 7EEZER ALBUM NUMBER SIX *OSEPH (ENLEY

7ILL (OLLOWAY

,IVE 2EVIEWS

/NE .IGHT /NLY

3ATURDAY TH *ANUARY .ORWICH !RTS #ENTRE

/NE .IGHT /NLY KICKED OFF THEIR lRST 5+ 4OUR AT THE .ORWICH !RTS #ENTRE 4HE lVE YOUNGSTERS WHO HAIL FROM (ELMSLEY 9ORK SHIRE BEGAN THEIR MUSICAL LIFE AS A "EATLES COVER BAND 4HEY WOULD HAVE REMAINED SO IF THEY HADN T MADE THE DECISION TO SACK THEIR LEAD GUITARIST AND RECRUIT THE CHARISMATIC 'EORGE #RAIG WHO EVENTUALLY BECAME THEIR LEAD SINGER 4HE BAND ATTRIBUTE THEIR SNOWBALLING SUCCESS TO THIS SHAGGY HAIRED PRODIGY WHO THEY SAY HAS hTHE )NDIE GOD GENE THROBBING DEEP IN HIS MARROW v !T A JAW DROPPING SEV ENTEEN YEARS OF AGE HE HAS PENNED THE MA JORITY OF THEIR SONGS INCLUDING THEIR CATCHY NEW SINGLE *UST &OR 4ONIGHT WHICH WAS RE CENTLY CHOSEN AS *O 7HILEY S 2ECORD OF THE 7EEK 4HE SUPPORT THEY HAVE ATTRACTED FROM THE MUSIC INDUSTRY S HEAVY WEIGHTS COUPLED WITH BEING NAMED @4(% )NDIE BAND OF BY 3UNDAY 4IMES 3TYLE INSTILLED US WITH HIGH EXPECTATIONS 7ERE /NE .IGHT /NLY ABLE STAND UP TO SUCH FANTASTIC CRITICAL ACCLAIMS 4HE AUDIENCE WAS DIVERSE RANGING FROM SCORES OF EMO TEENS ATTEMPTING TO IMITATE THE BOYS UNKEMPT ROCK N ROLL GLAMOUR TO WELL SEASONED AGING ROCKERS WHO WAITED TO BE IMPRESSED %NERGETIC SUPPORT BAND .ICK (ARRISON WHETTED THE APPETITE WITH THEIR REGGAE 0OLICE VIBE BUT COULD BY NO

MEANS COMMAND THE FULL FORCE OF THE SELL OUT CROWD WHO WERE HERE TO SEE ONE BAND AND ONE BAND ONLY !NTICIPATION WAS HEIGHTENED WHEN A DANCE REMIX OF THE CURRENT SINGLE BEGAN BLASTING OUT WHILE THE STAGE DIMMED LEAV ING ONLY THE GLOW OF THE RED NEON SIGN SPELL ING OUT THEIR NAME 4HE BAND TOOK TO THE STAGE ON TIME TO A RAUCOUS APPLAUSE AND FRENZIED SCREAMING FROM THE NUMEROUS GAG GLES OF ADOLESCENT GIRLS &ILLED WITH ENERGY AND WIDE EYED ENTHUSIASM THEY LAUNCHED STRAIGHT INTO SONGS FROM THEIR FORTHCOM ING ALBUM 3TARTED A &IRE 4HEY IMMEDIATELY GOT THE CROWD CLAPPING ALONG AND IMITATING THEIR JERKY SYNCHRONIZED DANCE MOVES 4HEY EASED EFFORTLESSLY INTO THEIR DEBUT SINGLE 9OU AND -E FOLLOWED BY THE DISJOINT ED YET RHYTHMIC 4IME #RAIG S VOICE IS CLEAR AND DISTINCTIVE WITH THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF )N DIE WHININESS 4ECHNICALLY IT IS FAULTLESS BUT HE HASN T QUITE PERFECTED HIS ONSTAGE PER SONA AND CAN LOOK A LITTLE GORMLESS 3ONGS WERE INTERSPERSED WITH HIS CHATTY COM MENTS THE HIGHLIGHT BEING h)S THIS A CHURCH YEAH #OOL v YET HE FAILED TO ESTABLISH A CONNECTION TO THE CROWD AND HIS SHAMELESS PLUGGING OF THE SINGLE BEGGING THE CROWD TO PURCHASE IT NO LESS THAN THREE TIMES BE CAME IRRITATING

"RITISH 3EA 0OWER 3UNDAY TH *ANUARY 7ATERFRONT

"RITISH 3EA 0OWER IS A BAND WITH A WELL DESERVED REPUTATION FOR HAVING A UNIQUE IMAGE AND PUTTING ON ELECTIC LIVE GIGS AND THIS RECENT EXAMPLE WAS NO EXCEPTION 4HEIR CULT OF DIE HARD FANS WERE TREATED TO BOTH NEW SONGS FROM RECENT ALBUM $O 9OU ,IKE 2OCK -USIC AND CLASSICS FROM THE TWO PREVIOUS ALBUMS AS 3EA 0OWER PUT ON ANOTHER SPECIAL SHOW TO MAKE SURE VIEWERS GOT THEIR MONEYS WORTH 3UPPORT WAS PROVIDED BY 'LASWEGIAN INDIE BAND -AKE -ODEL A SUITABLY AVERAGE COLLECTION WHOSE ENJOYABLE BUT SLIGHTLY BLAND SONGS PROVIDED A STARK CONTRAST TO THE MADNESS THAT WAS TO COME 7HEN 3EA 0OWER CAME ON FROM THE START THEIR POWERFUL VISUAL STYLE WAS USED TO COMPLEMENT THE SHOW n THE STAGE WAS ADORNED WITH mAGS AND BAND MEMBERS WORE A WEIRD COMBINATION OF ARMY UNIFORMS S STYLE RUGBY TOPS AND MORE mAGS USED AS

CAPES .EW SONG 7AVING &LAGS WAS BELTED OUT WITH ITS LYRICAL PRAISE OF IMMIGRANTS IN ODD DISTINCTION TO THE PATRIOTIC NATURE OF THE STAGE SET UP 0OPULAR HITS FROM THEIR PREVIOUS ALBUMS SOON FOLLOWED WITH THE POWERFUL 2EMEMBER -E PROVING TO BE A PARTICULARLY GOOD HIGHLIGHT (ELPING TO DRIVE THE CRAZINESS WAS AN AIR RAID SIREN BROUGHT OUT AT SEVERAL MOMENTS TO RALLY THE CROWD WHO IT MUST BE SAID WERE GENERALLY DISAPPOINTING WHEN COMPARED TO THE ENERGETIC NATURE OF THE BAND )N ADDITION 3EA 0OWER KEPT UP THEIR TRADITION OF HAPPILY SWAPPING INSTRUMENTS THROUGHOUT THE GIG ESPECIALLY AS SINGER AND GUITARIST 9AN SWAPPED PLACES WITH BASSIST (AMILTON AS THE LATTER SUNG MANY OF THE SONGS WHICH HE WROTE FOR $O 9OU ,IKE 2OCK -USIC 4HE PACE OF THE GIG RARELY SLOWED AS NUMEROUS GUITAR HEAVY PIECES WERE PLAYED AND ALTHOUGH !BI &RY WAS PRESENT WITH HER VIOLA TO ADD A MORE DIGNIlED STYLE TO SEVERAL SONGS OVERALL THE ATMOSPHERE MAINTAINED AN ELECTRIC AND FRENETIC FEEL 4HE END CAME ALL TOO SOON AFTER AN HOUR AND A HALF BUT FORTUNATELY LEAD GUITARIST .OBLE HUNG AROUND TO PROVIDE VIOLENT BANTER WITH THE CROWD INCLUDING DRAGGING OUT ONE PERSON AND GETTING HIM TO PLAY DRUMS BEFORE TRYING TO LEAP ON THE GUY S BACK )T WAS A GOOD WAY TO END A UNIQUE PERFORMANCE FOR US LUCKY STUDENTS !NDY *UDSON

(OWEVER WE WOULDN T WANT TO BE TOO HARSH ON THE YOUNG WHIPPER SNAPPERS AND IN THEIR FAVOUR THEY HAVE CERTAINLY PROGRESSED PROFESSIONALLY SINCE THEIR APPEARANCE AT THE 7ATERFRONT SUPPORTING THE 0IGEON $ETEC TIVES IN .OVEMBER &OR 4HE %VENT THE HIGH LIGHT WAS THEIR UNEXPECTED COVER VERSION OF THE 3UGABABES HIT !BOUT 9OU .OW WHICH WAS TRANSFORMED WITH BLASÏ 9ORKSHIRE UN DERTONES AND AMBITIOUS KEY CHANGES 4HE SET LASTED AN HOUR lNISHING WITH *UST &OR 4ONIGHT WHICH WAS WELL REHEARSED AND NOTE PERFECT BUT A LITTLE MEDIOCRE

4HE PROBLEM IS THAT THESE TALENTED TEEN AGERS HAVE ALLOWED THEIR RECENT TASTE OF FAME TO GO TO THEIR HEADS 4HEY WERE TOO GLARINGLY AWARE OF THE FEMALE ATTENTION THEY WERE GEN ERATING AND PLAYED UP TO IT COMING ACROSS AS ALMOST ARROGANT A FACTOR WHICH MARRED THEIR OVERALL PERFORMANCE /NE .IGHT /NLY ARE ASPIRING TO BE INDIE GREATS BUT THEY NEED TO REALISE THAT THEY HAVE SOME BIG SHOES TO lLL AND A GREAT DEAL OF GROWING TO DO UNTIL THEY ARE GOING TO lT COMFORTABLY !LICE 3AGGERS

!VENGED 3EVENFOLD &RIDAY TH *ANUARY 5%! !S BRIMMING WITH PRESENCE AS EVER !VENGED 3EVENFOLD TOOK TO THE ,#2 STAGE WITH A POWER FUL CHARISMA THAT WAS TO EASILY WITHSTAND THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT CHURNING OUT ALL THEIR FANS FAVOURITE SONGS EACH WITH AS MUCH EN ERGY AND SWAGGER AS THE LAST %ACH MEMBER OF THE BAND WAS MORE THAN HAPPY TO STRIKE A POSE RIGHT AT THE EDGE OF THE STAGE TEASING THE FRONT ROWS OF THE CROWD AND GIVING US ALL A CLOSER VIEW OF THEIR INCREDIBLE TECHNICAL SKILLS !VENGED 3EVENFOLD ! 8 ARE PROlCIENT EN TERTAINERS AND TICK ALL THE BOXES WHEN COMMU NICATING WITH THE AUDIENCE !S IF THE SPEED OF THE SONGS WASN T ENOUGH TO GET THE CROWD GOING - 3HADOWS CARIES OUT THE USUAL BANTER WITH THE CROWD (E TELLS US WE RE A GREAT CROWD AND MUCH BETTER THAN THE *APANESE CROWDS ! 8 HAD JUST lNISHED A TOUR OF *APAN 5%! WAS THE lRST DATE ON THEIR "RITISH TOURx OF COURSE THE CROWD HERE FELT IT WENT WITHOUT SAYING THAT THEY WERE INDEED ! 8 S BIGGEST FANS AND THE BEST CROWD POSSIBLE AND SO CHEERED IN AGREEMENT /F COURSE WE ALL KNOW THAT - 3HADOWS BEING SUCH A CHARMER SAYS THAT TO EVERYONE (E ALSO GOT THE CROWD SINGING BACK TO HIM WARBLING OUT A LARGE RANGE OF NOTES LIKE A ROCK -ARIAH #AREY AND HOLDING THE MIC TO THE CROWD TO ECHO HIM BACK 4HEY ALSO MADE US FEEL INCLUDED BY LETTING US IN ON A FEW IN JOKES AND KEPT THE AUDIENCE SWEET TO THE LAST THROWING OUT HANDFULS OF PLECTRUMS AS THEY EXITED THE STAGE AT THE END "ACK TO THE MUSIC AND ! 8 ARE STILL STORM ING THROUGH ALL THEIR HITS !LMOST %ASY "AT #OUN

TRY "EAST AND THE (ARLOT ETC 3UCH A SATISFYINGLY TIGHT BAND 3YNYSTER 'ATES AND :ACKY 6ENGENCE BLAST OUT THEIR SOLOS NOTE PERFECT FOR ALL TO SEE AND TO EVERYONE S LISTENING PLEASURE 4HEIR SONGS ARE SO CHARACTERISTICALLY LONG THAT IT S A WONDER EVEN THEY MANAGE TO REMEMBER WHERE THEY ARE IN A SONG BY THE lFTH VERSE 4HIS IN MIND WHEN THEY GO OFF FOR THE ENCORE YOU FEEL YOU VE HARDLY HAD ENOUGH AND THE AUDIENCE SOON MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THEY WANT MOREx !VENGED NEVER ONES TO DO THINGS BY HALF MEASURES QUICKLY RETURN WITH AS MUCH mARE AS THEY DID AT THE BEGINNING OF THE NIGHT AND PLAY FOR LONG ENOUGH AGAIN AS TO LEAVE THE CROWD PERFECTLY SATISlED ! VERY SUCCESSFUL NIGHT IN ALL THE CROWD ALL LEAVE WITH GRINS ON THEIR FACES !VENGED STORMED ON ROCKED OUT AND BLASTED US AWAY &AR FROM LEAVING EXHAUSTED THOUGH THE CROWD LEAVE EXHILARATED AND ELATED WITH ENOUGH ROCK AND ROLL IN THEIR HEARTS TO LAST THEM FOR AT LEAST THE REST OF THE NIGHT #AIT &AWKES

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"ASED ON THE 4ONY !WARD WIN NING 3TEVEN 3ONDHEIM MUSICAL 4IM "URTON AND *OHNNY $EPP S SIXTH COLLABORATION COMES IN THE FORM OF A BLOODY MUSICAL TALE OF MURDER MEAT PIES AND ONE MAN S DESIRE FOR VENGEANCE !FTER BE ING FALSELY IMPRISONED BY *UDGE 4URPIN !LAN 2ICKMAN "ENJAMIN "ARKER *OHNNY $EPP IS SHIPPED OFF TO !USTRALIA (E ESCAPES lFTEEN YEARS LATER AND RETURNS TO ,ONDON AS 3WEENEY 4ODD TO SEEK REVENGE

ON THE MEN WHO TORE HIM FROM HIS WIFE AND CHILD 4AKING UP SHOP IN HIS OLD &LEET 3TREET ROOM 4ODD JOINS FORCES WITH -RS ,OVETT (ELENA "ONHAM #ARTER A PIE SHOP OWNER WHO USES 4ODD S HAP LESS VICTIMS TO ADD A LITTLE MEAT TO HER PRODUCT 7ITH HIS KEEN EYE FOR THE MA CABRE "URTON WAS MADE TO DIRECT THIS lLM 4HE ALMOST BLACK AND WHITE VISUALS ADD TO THE GRIM STORY WITH 3WEENY S ,ONDON A SQUALID

CITY lLLED WITH lLTHY NARROW STREETS AND INSECT INFESTED ROOMS BEARING LITTLE HOPE FOR ITS INHABITANTS 4HE GHOULISH PALLID FACES AND SUNKEN EYES OF 4ODD AND -RS ,OVETT ADD TO THE SPREADING DECAY "URTON SEAMLESSLY INTERWEAVES THE MUSICAL WITH MODERN lLM 4HERE ARE OF COURSE SOME MUSI CAL NUMBERS OMITTED BUT TO THE ONES THAT REMAIN HE ADDS A DARK COMEDIC DIMENSION WHICH ONLY STRENGTHENS THEIR POWER -OST OF

$IR 4IM "URTON 2ELEASED

THE SWEETNESS AND LIGHT OF THE STAGE VERSION WHICH WAS ADDED BY THE YOUNG LOVERS !NTHONY AND *OHAN NA IS CLIPPED FROM THE lLM TO GIVE IT A MORE MACABRE FEEL )T S THE LITTLE TOUCHES "URTON BRINGS n LIKE HEAR ING 4ODD S VICTIMS PLUNGING DOWN HEAD lRST ONTO THE SKULL CRUSHING STONE mOOR n THAT ENDOWS THE lLM WITH A UNIQUE LEVEL GRISLINESS !S ONE CAN IMAGINE SINGING IN AN ACCENT IS FAR FROM EASY BUT $EPP IS SURPRISINGLY GOOD (IS

VOICE LACKS THE lNESSE OF SOME OF THE OTHER CAST BUT HE MAKES UP FOR IT IN HIS VIGOROUS AND EMOTIONALLY POWERFUL PERFORMANCE "Y CUTTING OUT THE SEXUALITY OF THE MUSICAL 4ODD BECOMES A CHARACTER WHOLLY FOCUSED ON REVENGE AND AS A RESULT HE BECOMES A LITTLE mAT LOOSING AN ELEMENT THAT WOULD HAVE SPICED UP THE NARRATIVE "ONHAM #ARTER SHINES ADDING STROKES OF TENDER NESS TO -RS ,OVETT AND A SOME WHAT ENDEARING QUALITY TO HER GHASTLY CHARACTER -OST WOULD lND A MUSICAL BASED ON A MURDEROUS BARBER WHO SLITS HIS PATRON S THROATS AND THEN STUFFS THEM IN MEAT PIES HARD TO SWALLOW )T S DElNITELY GOT THE ODDS AGAINST IT "UT THAT S WHAT PEOPLE SAID ABOUT THE RAT WHO COULD COOK GOURMET FOOD )T S ELEGANTLY GRUE SOME BUT BY NO MEANS IS IT A HOR ROR -OST OF THE SCENES OF THROAT SLITTING ARE ACCOMPANIED BY THE WONDERFUL 3ONDHEIM SCORE WHICH SOFTEN THE FRIGHT ONE MAY GAIN FROM BRIGHT RED ARTERIAL SPRAY HIT TING THE SCREEN $ON T LET THE GORE DETER YOU FROM SEEING A TRULY RE MARKABLE AND ENTERTAINING lLM .ATASHA +UNDAIKER

!CCESS !LL !REAS )N 4HE 6ALLEY OF %LAH

7HEN CAREER OFlCER (ANK $EERlELD 4OMMY ,EE *ONES HEARS THAT HIS SON HAS GONE !7/, FOLLOWING HIS TOUR OF DUTY IN )RAQ HE SETS OUT TO UNCOVER THE TRUTH BEHIND HIS DIS APPEARANCE (E ENLISTS THE HELP OF POLICE DETECTIVE %MILY 3ANDERS #HARLIZE 4HERON WHOSE STEADFAST INTEGRITY PITCHED AGAINST HER HEART

LESS MALE COLLEAGUES HELPS $EER lELD IN HIS STRUGGLE TO UNRAVEL THE FACTS !S THE MYSTERY UNFOLDS VIEW ERS ARE UNSETTLED BY FOOTAGE TAKEN FROM $EERlELD S SON S CAMERA PHONE USED IN )RAQ 4HE GRAINY CLIPS OF !MERICAN SOLDIERS JOKING ABOUT AMONGST )RAQI CORPSES ARE

TOUGH TO SIT THROUGH $EERlELD BE GINS TO ENDURE HURTFUL REALISATIONS ABOUT HIS SON HIS COUNTRY AND ALL THE PATRIOTIC IDEALS HE ONCE STOOD FOR BY CHALLENGING THESE IDEALS THE lLM CLIMAXES WITH REVELATIONS BOTH POIGNANT AND THOUGHT PROVOKING 7RITER AND DIRECTOR 0AUL (AGGIS REVEALS AN ASPECT OF THE )RAQI OC

CUPATION NOT SHOWN BY THE MEDIA AND DESPITE APPEARANCES THE STORY IS UNASSUMINGLY TOLD 4HOSE WHO SCOFFED AT THE KNIFE EDGE MELODRA MA OF HIS /SCAR WINNING #RASH WILL BE IMPRESSED BY THE SUBTLER DO MESTIC FEEL OF THIS WORTHY FEATURE )N A PRESS RELEASE IN ,ONDON (AGGIS SPECULATED ON !MERICA S ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE WAR @7E LOVE TO BLAME OTHERS FOR OUR MISTAKES AND NOW WE RE BLAMING "USH SAYING h/H MY 'OD YOU LIED TO US v WELL THAT WAS FUCKING OBVI OUS IN THE lRST PLACE WASN T IT 7E AREN T ADDRESSING THESE ISSUES WE RE A COUNTRY WHO NOW SAYS hIT S PERFECTLY lNE TO TORTURE PEOPLE JUST CALL IT SOMETHING ELSE AND WE WON T MINDvx7E SHOULD BE SHOUTING FROM THE ROOFTOPS 0RESSED ABOUT HIS POLITICAL IN TENTIONS REGARDING THE lLM HE IN SISTED @) WANTED THE AUDIENCE TO WALK AWAY AND ASK THEIR OWN QUES TIONS ) DIDN T WANT TO DRUM HOME MY OWN POLITICS (E ALSO CLAIMED @) LOVE MY COUNTRY ) JUST DON T REC OGNISE IT ANYMORE

(AGGIS ENDED WITH A SPIEL ABOUT THE TITLE 4HE 6ALLEY OF %LAH IS WHERE THE STORY OF $AVID AND 'O LIATH TOOK PLACE @)T S A STORY OF RE MARKABLE BRAVERYxBUT WHAT KIND OF KING SENT A BOY TO lGHT A GIANT (OW COWARDLY AND CORRUPT 2ELAT ING THIS TO !MERICA HE SAID @/N 3EPTEMBER TH THE PRESIDENT SAID hOUR COUNTRY IS UNDER ATTACK THERE IS A MONSTER OVER THERE v AND SOME OF OUR BOYS SAID hWE LL GO FORWARDv )T WAS AN INCREDIBLE ACT OF BRAVERY "UT WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THEY REAL ISED THEY WERE NOT $AVID THEY WERE 'OLIATH 4HESE MEN AND WOMEN ARE COMING HOME SHATTERED AND DESTROYED 7E HAVE THE HIGHEST RATE OF SUICIDE IN OUR MILITARY HISTORY ) SPOKE TO SO MANY OF THESE BEAUTIFUL KIDS WHO DID HEINOUS THINGSxTHEY BURST INTO TEARS AND SAID h) JUST WANT TO APOLOGISE TO THE )RAQI PEO PLE THAT S ALL ) WANT TO DO v :AK +LEIN

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