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p.4 7HERE TO SHOP IN .ORWICH p.5 4HE TOP lVE SHOPS FOR STUDENT DISCOUNTS
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p.6 )NTERVIEW WITH "RENDA "LETHYN STARRING IN 4HE 'LASS -ENAGERIE AT THE 4HEATRE 2OYAL THIS WEEK p.7 7E BRING YOU CLOSER TO THE %DINBURGH &RINGE
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p.18 )S 4HE $UCHESS WORTH SEEING p.19 2EVIEWS OF THE lLMS TO SEE THIS FORTNIGHT p.20 $6$ RELEASES p.21 &ILMOGRAPHY OF #HRISTOPHER .OLAN THE DIRECTOR OF THIS SUMMER S BLOCKBUSTER 4HE $ARK +NIGHT
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A tribute to Yves Saint Laurent !UGUST *UNE !LGERIAN BORN 9VES 3AINT ,AURENT HAILED AS THE SAVIOUR OF &RENCH FASHION IN THE LATE S STARTED HIS CAREER AT YEARS OLD AS DESIGN ASSISTANT FOR #HRISTIAN $IOR AFTER SHUNNING HIS FATHER S PLANS FOR HIM IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION !FTER $IOR SUBSEQUENTLY DIED ALL EYES WERE ON 3AINT ,AURENT PRE SENTING HIS lRST SHOW AT ONLY )T WAS A HUGE SUCCESS INCLUDING THE @TRAPEZE DRESS AND LEADING TO HIS HIGHLY POPULAR OWN LABEL (IS COLLECTIONS WERE OFTEN COSMOPOLITAN SLEEK AND APPEALED TO THE YOUNGER CROWD WITH THE INFAMOUS TUXEDO FOR WOMEN AND SAFARI DRESSES 3AINT ,AURENT THEN RELEASED HIS 2IVE 'AUCHE LINE 4HIS WAS THE GLAMOROUS COUNTERPART BASED ON AND INmUENCING THE ARTISTIC LIFESTYLE OF THE FASHIONABLE ,EFT "ANK DISTRICT OF 0ARIS INTRODUCING CASUAL PIECES INTO HIGH FASHION (AVING CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH MANY OF HIS MUSES SUCH AS ,OULOU DE LA &ALAISE AND #ATHERINE $ENEUVE ,AURENT WAS OFTEN IN THE PUBLIC EYE AND WAS KNOWN TO HAVE SUFFERED NERVOUS BREAKDOWNS AS A RESULT OF PRESSURE (E DIED EARLY THIS SUMMER AFTER A STRUGGLE WITH BRAIN CANCER (IS LONG TERM PARTNER 0IERRE "ERGE HAD HIS ASHES SCATTERED IN MARRAKESH AND BID A TEARFUL FAREWELL TO THE DESIGNER AT A FUNDERAL ATTENDED BY THE FRENCH PRESIDENT AS WELL AS GIANTS OF THE DESIGN WORLD *EAN 0AUL 'AULTIER #HRISTIAN ,ACROIX AND *OHN 'ALLIANO 3TEFANO 0ILATI CREATIVE DIRECTOR AT 93, SINCE PREVIOUSLY DESIGNING FOR -IU -IU TAKES OVER THE HOUSE OF 93, TO CONTINUE ITS LEGACY
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7ELCOME SOON TO BE FAITHFUL READERS
4HE "OOKER 0RIZE SHORTLIST WAS REVEALED OVER THE SUMMER WATCH OUT FOR OUR UPCOMING FEATURE ON THE SUBJECT 3ALMAN 2USHDIE WAS SHOCKED TO BE LEFT OFF DESPITE WINNING THE "OOKERS "OOKER FOR -IDNIGHT S #HILDREN %OIN #OLFER HAS BEEN COMMISSIONED TO CONTINUE 4HE (ITCHHIKER S 'UIDE TO THE 'ALAXY SERIES )N OTHER SCI l NEWS 0HILLIP 0ULLMAN HAS WRITTEN A FOREWORD FOR $R 7HO 4HE 7RITER S 4ALE A BOOK FOCUSING ON THE WRITING BEHIND $R 7HO SURPRISINGLY 0OPULAR NEW RELEASES INCLUDE 4HE -IGHTY "OOSH "OOK 'ANGS BY 2OSS +EMP AND 0HILLIPA 'REGORY S NEW HISTORICAL DEPICTION OF -ARY 1UEEN OF 3COTS 4HE /THER 1UEEN 4OP OF THE (ARDBACK "ESTSELLER S ,IST IS %NGLISH (OUSE BY #LIVE !SLET
4HIS IS THE !RTS 3ECTION ,ET US TAKE YOU ON A TOUR OF OUR !RTY 7ONDERLAND &IRST STOP IS OUR REGULAR LITERARY THEATRICAL NEWS COLUMNS 7ORD 0LAY WHICH WILL KEEP YOU UP TO DATE ON THE BEST NEW BOOK RELEASES AND 5%! $RAMA 0RODUCTIONS *UST BELOW YOU IS 4HEATRE IN &IVE WHERE YOU SHALL ENJOY lVE JUICY CHUNKS OF .ORWICH 4HEATRE 2OYAL GOSSIP 4HEN lNALLY THERE IS #ONCRETE 2ECOMMENDS WHERE 4HE %VENT MEETS 2ICHARD AND *UDY IN A POSITIVE WORDWIND OF LITERARY EXCELLENCE !ND ON YOUR RIGHT OUR FEATURES SECTION WILL TAKE YOU INTO THE MINDS OF DIRECTORS ACTORS WRITERS AND EVERY ARTY EVENT TO BE HAD IN .ORWICH 4HIS WEEK WE COVER 5%! AT THE %DINBURGH &RINGE &ESTIVAL IN ALL OF ITS BLAZING GLORY 'O FORTH AND BE ARTISTICALLY INFORMED -ELISSA 9ORK AND -ATT 2AMSAY !RTS %DITORS
Theatre in Five
!S AN INTRODUCTION TO THE THEATRE SCENE IN .ORWICH 4HE %VENT MEETS UP WITH 4HEATRE 2OYAL 0RESS /FlCER *OHN "ULTI TUDE AHEAD OF THE VISIT OF 4ENNESSEE 7ILLIAMS MASTERPIECE 4HE 'LASS -ENAGERIE THIS WEEK
REVIEWS ESPECIALLY UP IN -ANCHESTER AND THAT GOES FOR EVERYONE NOT JUST "RENDA "LETHYN 7HAT DOES "RENDA BRING TO THE PRODUCTION 3HE S A WIDELY REGARDED AND RESPECTED ACTRESS THAT IN ITSELF IS GOOD !DD INTO THAT THE FACT THAT SHE HAS TWICE BEEN NOMINATED FOR /SCARS 4HIS IS A WORLDWIDE STAR IN .ORWICH (OWEVER IT S NOT PURELY THE FACTOR OF CELEBRITY SHE REALLY BRINGS OUT THE PART OF !MANDA 7INGlELD )T S SUCH A CHALLENGING PLAY TO PERFORM AND SHE DOES JUSTICE TO WHAT IS SUCH A WELL WRITTEN PIECE OF WORK
7HAT IS YOUR ROLE IN THE THEATRE %SSENTIALLY ) PRODUCE HIGH PROlLE MEDIA FOR THE 4HEA TRE 2OYAL 4HIS COMES LARGELY IN PRINT BUT IS INCREASINGLY A MULTI MEDIA ACTIVITY ) HAVE TO SORT RADIO TELEVISION AND THE INTERNET WHICH IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT NOW ) HAVE TO AC CESS EVERYONE ) GO THROUGH #ONCRETE AS WELL AND PLENTY OF OTHER LISTINGS 7HERE DOES THE 4HEATRE 2OYAL STAND IN THE LOCAL ENVI RONMENT )T HAS AN EXTREMELY HIGH STANDING 4HERE S A MASSIVE VA RIETY OF DIFFERENT PRODUCTIONS THAT ARE STAGED 4HEATRE IS A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE TO OTHER NIGHTS OUT 0RICES HERE CAN START FROM AS LOW AS a 7E OFFER STUDENT AND YOUNG PERSON DIS COUNTS TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME ALONG 4HERE IS A YOUNG PERSON S DISCOUNT IN PLACE FOR 2OMEO AND *ULIET IN .OVEMBER 7E ALWAYS BELIEVE THAT WE CAN GET YOUNG PEOPLE IN FOR ONE PRODUCTION AND NOW WE NEED TO TRY TO GET THEM BACK AFTERWARDS 4HERE ARE GIGS PUBS AND CLUBS WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT QUALITY AND VALUE FOR MONEY WE OFFER AN EXCELLENT ALTERNATIVE
4HEATRICAL NEWS IS RATHER THIN ON THE GROUND THIS ISSUE AS THE STUDENT CALEN DAR HAS ONLY JUST BEGUN (OWEVER THERE ARE PRODUCTIONS APLENTY IN PRODUCTION INCLUDING $RAMA3OC S VERSION OF 0HILLIP 0ULLMAN S (IS $ARK -ATERIALS 4O GET IN ON THE VERY PACKED DRAMA SCHEDULE WHEN IT STARTS UP BE SURE TO VISIT 3OC-ART AND JOIN $RAMA3OC !LL STUDENTS ARE WELCOME 4HE 5%! S -INOTAUR 4HEATRE #OMPANY A SEMI PROFESSIONAL INDEPENDENT INSTIUTION FOR $RAMA STUDENTS ALSO RUN PRODUCTIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IN THE $RAMA 3TUDIO
"RENDA "LETHYN 7HAT MAKES THIS WEEK S PRODUCTION OF 4HE 'LASS -ENAG ERIE SO SPECTACULAR 4HERE ARE TWO MAIN REASONS 4HE lRST ONE IS THE FACT IT S 4ENNESSEE 7ILLIAMS 4HIS WAS HIS lRST PLAY AND IT S AUTOBIO GRAPHICAL 4HE PLAY IS SEEN AS A LANDMARK WORK IN THE HISTORY OF 53 DRAMA )N IT S OWN RIGHT THAT MAKES IT WORTH SEEING 4HE SECOND REASON IS THE CELEBRITY FACTOR "RENDA "LETHYN IS THE MAIN ACTRESS 4HE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HER ON STAGE IS A REAL COUP FOR .ORWICH 3HE S A NATIONALLY AND INTERNA TIONALLY RENOWNED ACTRESS 4HE PLAY HAS RECEIVED FANTASTIC
3O WHY SHOULD WE GO AND SEE 4HE 'LASS -ENAGERIE THIS WEEK 3IMPLY THIS IS A LANDMARK PIECE OF WORK THE LIKES OF WHICH YOU WON T SEE IN LOCAL THEATRE FOR MANY YEARS 4HERE IS THE COMBINATION OF THE TALENT AND SKILL OF "RENDA "LETHYN IT S A WELL WRITTEN PLAY AND THE CAST AND CREW HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS hIMPECCABLEv )F YOU VE NOT BEEN TO THE THEATRE IN .ORWICH BEFORE START IT ON A HIGH 4HE 'LASS -ENAGERIE RUNS AT THE 4HEATRE 2OYAL IN .ORWICH FROM -ONDAY TO 3ATURDAY 3EPTEMBER 4ICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE AND CAN BE BOUGHT FROM AS LITTLE AS a -ATT 2AMSAY
C Concrete ReCommends 4ERRY 0RATCHETT S APPROPRIATELY TITLED NON $ISC 7ORLD NOVEL ASKS THE QUESTION @7HAT IS IT TO BE A NATION )T ALSO ASKS @7HAT IS IT TO BE ALIVE @7HAT ARE 'ODS @7HAT IS IT TO BE A MAN n ) COULD GO ON 4HE NOVEL IS QUIZZICAL IN NATURE AND SHOWS VERY WELL THAT DE SPITE HUGE CULTURAL DIFFERENCES THE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION OF EXIST ENCE IS ONE THAT AFFECTS ALL OF US .ATION IS SET IN A PARALLEL WORLD ON AN ISLAND IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE )TS PROTAGONISTS ARE TWO YOUNG TEENAGERS -AU AND $APHNE AKA %RMINTRUDE THROWN TOGETHER AS THE SURVIVORS OF A TIDAL WAVE -AU WHO IS NOT QUITE A MAN WAS BORN ON THE ISLAND WHILE $APHNE WHO IS A 0RINCESS WITHOUT KNOWING IT lNDS HER SELF THERE AFTER A SHIP WRECK 4HROUGHOUT THE NOVEL THEY TEACH ONE ANOTHER ABOUT THEIR CULTURES WHICH RESULTS IN A SWEET LOVE STORY !LTHOUGH THEY SEEM ALONE THERE ARE SPIRITUAL FORCES ON THE ISLAND
KNOWN AS THE 'RANDFATHERS AND THE 'RANDMOTHERS WHO ENTER -AU AND $APHNE S THOUGHTS 4HEREFORE IN SOME RESPECTS THE NOVEL RE SEMBLES THE !MERICAN 46 SHOW ,OST 9ET THE STORY DOES NOT LEAVE ONE GAGGING FOR ANSWERS )T IS VERY CLEAR THAT THE AFOREMENTIONED QUESTIONS CAN NEVER BE ANSWERED .ATION IS NOT AN URGENT PAGE TURNER )T IS A GOOD BOOK AND READ ING IT IS VERY PLEASURABLE AND INTERESTING BUT IT IS NOT PARTICULARLY FUNNY 0ARTS OF IT MADE ME SMILE AND LAUGH SLIGHTLY BUT MORE OF TEN IT MADE ME WANT TO CRY )T DEALS WITH DIFlCULT ISSUES IN A VERY TOUCHING MANNER AND THE CHARACTERS ARE SO LOVEABLE THAT NOT BEING AFFECTED BY THEIR HARDSHIP IS AN IMPOSSIBLE THING TO DO .ATION IS A LOVELY STORY YET IT IS NOT TO BE READ IF YOU RE NOT PREPARED TO THINK BECAUSE THINK YOU WILL (ANNAH 3TRAWSON
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Edinburgh Escapades
4HE %VENT W CENTRE STAGE AND BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE %DINBURGH &RINGE &ESTIVAL TO BRING YOU CLOSER TO 5%! S ADVENTURES AT THE WORLD S BIGGEST COMEDY FESTIVAL
4HE %VENT BEING THE THOROUGH CREATURE IT IS WE VE GOT THE %DINBURGH &RINGE &ESTVAL COVERED FROM BOTH THE FRONT AND BACK OF HOUSE 3COTT "ROWN ACTOR IN 'UARD IAN ACCLAIMED -INOTAUR PLAY "LESSED "E -Y "ED PAN BY !NT #ULE AND BELOW WE HAVE &RINGE 7ORKER ,AURA 7IGNALL TAKING US BACKSTAGE
I WAS PART OF AN INTREPID GROUP OF MEN AND WOMEN TOUTING TWO NEW PLAYS FROM 5%! "LESSED BE MY "EDPAN BY !NTHONY #ULE AND +EEPING IT IN THE &AMILY BY !MBER $ODD TRAV ELLED UP TO %DINBURGH UNDER THE JOINT NAME !MB I !NT 4HIS HIGHLY ECONOMIC STRATEGY AL LOWED BOTH PLAYS TO BE LISTED AT THE &ESTIVAL FOR THE PRICE OF ONE !WAY FROM PERFORMING THE MORE PASSIVE PURSUIT OF WATCHING SHOWS BECAME PRIORITY %VERY POSSIBLE ARTISTIC TASTE IS ACCOMMODATED FOR AND ) DEFY ANYONE TO LOOK THROUGH THE %DINBURGH &RINGE 'UIDE AND NOT lND AT LEAST ONE SHOW THAT RAISES AN INTERESTED EYEBROW &AVOURITES AMONGST THE !MB I !NT CAST INCLUDED A VAST ARRAY OF COMEDIANS AN IMPROVISED MUSICAL AND A POLITICAL PLAY DE LIVERED THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF HIP HOP "OTH OF OUR PLAYS DID GOOD BUSINESS AND WERE SOLD OUT FOR THE lNAL PERFORMANCES "Y THIS POINT EXHAUSTION WAS KICKING IN AND MOST WERE READY TO HEAD BACK HOME AND CATCH UP ON SOME MUCH NEEDED SLEEP (OWEVER BEING A GLUTTON FOR PUNISHMENT AND ARMED WITH A DESIRE TO WATCH RECENT 5%! GRADUATE *ON "RITTAIN COMPETE IN THE lNAL OF THE #HORTLE 3TUDENT #OMEDY !WARDS ) PRO
4HE &RINGE &ESTIVAL EXPERIENCE IS LIKE NO OTHER AS A TOURIST YOU ARE PLUNGED INTO A WHIRLWIND OF OVER EXCITED DRAMA STUDENTS PRANCING ALONG THE 2OYAL -ILE AN !USTRALIAN MIDGET IN A BOX HELD UP BY A FT #HINESE MAN A TRANSVES TITE DRESSED AS AN AIR HOSTESS WITH @SLEAZYJET WRITTEN ON HER TROLLEY AND HER BREASTS THE LIST OF BIZARRE SIGHTS ENCOUNTERED IS ENDLESS &OR THIRTY DAYS THIS WEIRD AND WONDERFUL 4IM "URTONESQUE WORLD BECOMES ALL YOU KNOW &OR TWENTY lVE OF THOSE DAYS IT RAINED OFTEN INCESSANTLY ,UCKILY WE WERE PROVIDED WITH WET WEATHER CLOTHES WHICH WERE ESSEN TIAL FOR OUR OUTDOOR EXISTENCE 7E WERE EIGHT STUDENTS WORKING FOR A COMEDY PROMOTIONS COMPANY THE @STREET TEAM HANDING OUT mIERS AND BROCHURES TRYING TO PERSUADE PUNTERS TO COME AND SEE OUR SHOWS !PART FROM ALONG THE 2OYAL -ILE AND OUTSIDE VENUES WHERE IT WOULD BE PRETTY MUCH IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP AN YONE TO TALK WE ACTED AS @COMEDY ADVISORS /UR ROLE WAS TO APPROACH PEOPLE AND THEN RECOMMEND SHOWS THAT WOULD SUIT THEIR TASTE !LTHOUGH WE HAD A VARIABLE ROTA SOME TIMES WE WOULD SPEND THE WHOLE DAY CIRCLING THE SAME COURTYARD DESPERATELY LOOKING FOR SOMEONE NEW AND FRIENDLY TO TALK TO 4HE PAY
WAS LOW AND THE HOURS LONG WITH NO DAY OFF FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH BUT WE HAD LOTS OF PERKS 7E WERE PUT UP IN TWO AMAZING mATS AP PARENTLY THEY WERE STUDENT ACCOMMODATION BUT MY ROOM WAS HUGE WITH A KING SIZE BED AND A PIANO 7E HAD "ERGHAUS JACKETS AND RUCKSACKS BECAUSE ONE OF OUR ACTS WAS SPON SORED BY THEM AND WE WERE INVITED TO TWO 6)0 PARTIES WHERE THE FREE FOOD AND BOOZE WAS UNLIMITED 7E WERE GIVEN FREE PASSES FOR MAJOR VENUES BUT APART FROM OUR COM PANY S SHOWS WE COULD ONLY CATCH SHOWS AF TER WORK AT PM OR IN OUR LUNCH BREAK )T WAS A VERY SURREAL WORLD WE BECAME AC CUSTOMED TO SEEING FAMOUS PEOPLE WALKING AROUND FROM *IMMY #ARR TO +EVIN 3PACEY AND WE BECAME GOOD FRIENDS WITH OUR COM PANY S CLIENTS WHO WERE GENERALLY VERY AP PRECIATIVE OF OUR EFFORTS TO PROMOTE THEM 7E MET MANY FASCINATING PEOPLE AND OUR TEAM GREW VERY CLOSE WORKING AND LIVING TOGETHER $ESPITE THE GRUELLING WORK IT WAS AN UNFORGETTABLE MONTH
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LONGED MY STAY FOR ANOTHER FOUR DAYS ) WAS NOW LIVING WITH FOUR COMEDIANS AND WAS GEN EROUSLY OFFERED THE OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM IN THEIR SHOW #OUPLE OF #OUPLES OF #OMICS 4HEIR VENUE WAS IN THE BIGGEST 7ETHERSPOONS IN %DINBURGH IT WAS HUGE AND SURPRISINGLY ELABORATE AS PART OF THE &REE &RINGE &ESTIVAL 4HE FREE ADMISSION OFTEN MEANS THAT THE
4HE &RINGE IS IN ESSENCE A MICROCOSM OF THE ENTIRE THEATRICAL SPHERE CROWD VARIED WILDLY FROM NIGHT TO NIGHT -A TERIAL COULD GO DOWN A STORM ONE EVENING THEN mOP THE NEXT .EVERTHELESS MY EVENINGS SPENT THERE NOT ONLY AFFORDED ME AN EDUCA TION BUT ALSO SOME OF THE MOST OUTSTANDING MOMENTS OF STAND UP THAT ) HAVE EVER HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE OF WITNESSING ) lNALLY MADE MY WAY HOME ON THE TH OF !UGUST AND QUIETLY CONSIDERED MY FORT NIGHT AT THE &RINGE #OMING TO THE %DINBURGH
&ESTIVAL HAD BEEN A MAJOR AMBITION OF MINE AND IT DID NOT DISAPPOINT ) HAD SEEN TRUE EX CELLENCE ON STAGE AND ) FELT PRIVILEGED TO BE IN ONE PLACE WITH SO MANY TALENTED PEOPLE ) WOULD ALSO LIKE TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED BOTH !MB I !NT AND #OUPLE OF #OUPLES OF #OMICS GET UP TO THE FESTIVAL (OWEVER AS ) CONSIDERED THE MANY ENTERTAINMENTS ON OFFER ) BEGAN TO REALISE THAT THE OLD SHOWBIZ CREDO ABOUT HAVING A @GIMMICK STILL APPLIES TODAY 3HOWS THAT DO NOT HAVE THE BENElT OF STAR CASTING OR A LARGE BUDGET CAN STILL ATTRACT AN AUDIENCE IF THEY HAVE A DRAW "E IT AN INTERESTINGLY DECORATED VENUE OR THE OFFER OF A FREE CROISSANT OR EVEN THE LOAN ING OF A UKULELE TO EACH AUDIENCE MEMBER 4HE &RINGE IS IN ESSENCE A MICROCOSM OF THE ENTIRE THEATRICAL SPHERE AND IN THIS UNFAIR WORLD A MEDIOCRE SHOW CAN STILL SELL OUT IF IT HAS SOMETHING UNUSUAL TO OFFER )T SEEMS 3TEPHEN 3ONDHEIM WAS RIGHT WHEN HE WROTE THAT h9OU GOTTA GET A GIMMICK IF YOU WANNA GET AHEAD v 3COTT "ROWN
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For this issue of Concrete, contributors have written on the theme of “Horizons” Impetus, perhaps... )N MY HAND A MINIATURE WORLD SWIRLS )N A TINY BALL OF GLASS COLOUR AND LIQUID 0RESSED TO MY EYE THE SCENE IS VAST INCOMPREHENSIBLE !S THE UPSIDE DOWN BEYOND MY MINISCULE LANDSCAPE 7HICH IS GARGANTUAN AND GROTESQUELY HUMAN %ACH POINT OF FOCUS IS LIGHT YEARS APART HOLDING THIS SPACE )N MY PALM TIME IS ALL SHARPNESS AND MAGNIlED DETAIL !ND IT SLIPS AND FALLS IN RETARDED MOTION SHATTERING !S A HUNDRED SMALL VOICES CRY OUT IN UNISON !ND STAR DUST STAINS THE GROUND *ON "ALDWIN 4URNER -ARK 2OTHKO
City Fox
4HE INTERNATIONAL #OMMUNIST )N HIS DREAMS HE S A SOLDIER (IS BOASTS UNCONTESTED HIS BOOTS UNTESTED 4HE SUN FOREVER RISING IN HIS EYES .EVER SWALLOWED BY THE DISCURSIVE DECADENCE /F THIS LITTLE LAND 'ENGHIS HAS BREACHED "YZANTIUM "UT lNDS HIMSELF ALONE !PART FROM THE LABELS ON WHITE MEN S %XTRA LARGE PASTEL SHIRTS !ND THE SAUCE ON MY NOODLES "ATTLE WITH NO NAME .O MEANING IN THE VAST &IELDS OF RICE PEOPLE 0LUCKED FROM THE PADDIES "OILED IN METAL CITIES 0OPPING SPITTING HISSING 2IPE FOR CONSUMPTION %XPORTING THEIR SUN ACROSS THE WORLD 4O BURN OUT IN OUR BELLIES )N CRIMSON RIBBONS ! HEEL IN MY THROAT ! LACE ROUND MY TONGUE &UCKING CHEAP SNEAKERS -AKE US #HEAP SNEAKY FUCKERS *OSHUA "RUCE !LLEN
) NOTICE THERE IS NO WAY OUT 9OU GOT ME BACKED UP IN THIS CORNER LIKE A CITY FOX ) SIT IN THIS CHAIR EVERY DAY %VERY DAY 4HERE S A PUB ACROSS THE ROAD BUT ) M TOO SCARED TO GO IN JUST IN CASE ) LOSE MY MIND AND THEN THE NEIGHBOURS WILL KNOW ) CAN T HANDLE MY DRINK 5PROAR n LIKE THE TIME YOU CUT DOWN MY HEDGE )N AND OUT THEY GO FREELY ) M SAT HERE WATCHING IN THIS DARK DAMP TERRACE UNABLE TO EVEN FEEL MY lNGERS UPON THE KEYBOARD !ND WHEN THE RAIN COMES AND WASHES AWAY THE ASH THEY ALL RUN INSIDE AND HIDE !ND THIS CITY FOX HAS FREE RUN OF THE CITY 4HE GATE S OPEN ON ITS RUSTY HINGES BUT THE PAVEMENT IS FAR TOO HARD TO FALL OVER ON 4HE BINS ARE AT THEIR CAPACITY 4HEY LOOK HOW ) FEEL ) DON T NEED THIS 3O CRY ME A FUCKING RIVER DARLING 7ASH AWAY THE DIRT 7ASH AWAY YOUR lLTH 9OUR LIES 9OUR DECEIT "ECAUSE ) DON T NEED THIS n BEEN CAGED FOR TOO LONG ) WANT TO GET OUT OF THIS BOX THIS CITY &REE TO RUN AS FAST AS ) CAN n OVER THE HORIZON n THIS FOX WILL KEEP RUNNING AND RUNNING AND RUNNING TO THE VERY ENDS OF THE %ARTH IT S mAT YOU KNOW 4O THE NEXT CITY THAT HAS THE SAME GREY BINS %MILY 7EST
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The Changing Face Of Television 7ATCHING 46 ONLINE )TS AS EASY AS A CLICK OF A MOUSE *OSH "UTLER LOOKS AT I0LAYER WHILE +IRSTEN 0ETER EXAMINES /$ 'OODBYE 6#2 SO LONG $6$ RE CORDER YOU ARE SELDOM NEEDED ANYMORE %VER SINCE THE RECENT RISE OF CHANNELS RELEASING EASY TO USE FAST EFFECTIVE VIDEO ON DEMAND 6/$ FACILITIES ONLINE FOR US TO CATCH UP ON OUR lX OF THE SOAPS 'OSSIP 'IRL OR EVEN FOOTBALL GAMES IF YOU CAN MAN AGE TO AVOID HEARING THE SCORE BE FOREHAND THERE S BEEN NO NEED TO STRUGGLE WITH INCOMPREHENSIBLE
INSTRUCTION BOOKLETS OR PLAN OUR LIVES AROUND WHAT S ON THE BOX AND CERTAINLY NO EXCUSE FOR MISS ING ANY &RESHER EVENTS &OR A QUITE A WHILE NOW WE VE BEEN ABLE TO STREAM RADIO SHOWS ON THE WEB AND LISTEN AGAIN IF WE HEAR SOMETHING THAT TAKES OUR FAN CY BUT SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THESE SERVICES IN THE STATES FOLLOWED BY THE CONTINUED SUCCESS OF ""# ) 0LAYER /$ AND )46 CATCH UP
WATCHING 46 ONLINE AND OUTSIDE ITS USUAL BROADCAST TIME IS BECOM ING THE NORM 4HIS IS THE ULTIMATE TOOL TO lT INTO INCREASINGLY HECTIC LIVES TELEVISION WATCHING IS NO LONGER THE COMMUNAL ACTIVITY IT ONCE WAS AS OFlCE WORKERS ACROSS THE LAND TRY TO lT IN AN EPISODE OF SOMETHING OR OTHER IN THEIR LUNCH BREAKS 9OU4UBE IS NO LONGER JUST THE PLACE TO GO FOR FUNNY CAT VIDEOS
AND THE LIKE AS MAJOR CHANNELS HAVE JUMPED ON THE BANDWAGON WHERE THEY TEND TO HOUSE POPULAR CLIPS OF OLD SHOWS AND PREVIEWS OF UPCOMING PROGRAMMES 4HE ""# HAS JUST LAUNCHED THE %ASTENDERS CHANNEL WHERE SOON FANS WILL BE ABLE TO LOGON TO WATCH $EN GIVE !NGIE DIVORCE PAPERS FOR THE THOU SANDTH TIME 4HIS PROLIFERATION OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO WATCH AS WELL AS THE MULTI
CHANNEL ENVIRONMENT HAS MEANT PEOPLE WATCHING TELEVISION IN THE CONVENTIONAL WAY IS VERY LOW WHILE WITHIN THREE MONTHS THE )0LAYER SERVICE ACHIEVED MIL LION DOWNLOADS WHEN THEY WERE EXPECTING /NE THING WE CAN BE SURE OF IS THE WAY WE WATCH TELEVISION IS RAPIDLY CHANGING "ELOW 4HE %VENT LOOKS IN DE TAIL AT A COUPLE OF THE SERVICES ON OFFER
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IS WHETHER THIS IS GOOD ENOUGH OR WHETHER THE ""# HAS A RESPONSIBIL ITY TO PROVIDE AN EQUAL SERVICE TO ALL TAX PAYERS /NE IMPRESSIVE ASPECT IS THAT THE I0LAYER IS REGULARLY BEING UP DATED 4HE RECENT VERSION NOW INCLUDES BETTER INTEGRATION OF RADIO PROGRAMS AND TELEVISION A IN CREASED SCREEN SIZE AND ADDED 233 FUNCTION n AN EXCITING ADDITION FOR ALL THOSE WHO REGULARLY USE 233 FEEDS &ACETIOUSNESS ASIDE THE RECENT INCLUSION OF I0LAYER CONNECTIVITY ON THE I0HONE AND I4OUCH IS A REAL IMPROVEMENT IF NOT A LITTLE BAFmING AS IT MEANS !PPLE CUSTOMERS ARE CURRENTLY THE ONLY VIEWERS ALLOWED TO VIEW CONTENT ON OUTSIDE DEVICES 0ERHAPS THIS IS KARMIC RETRIBUTION FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO DOWNLOAD ON THEIR -ACS BUT AGAIN IT S THIS KIND OF DOUBLE STANDARDS THAT SHOULDN T REALLY BE SEEN COMING FROM A PUB LIC SERVICE BROADCASTER 7HETHER OR NOT YOU THINK THE
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HASN T GOT MANY FANS WHO COULD NAME MORE THAN ONE OF THEIR TRACKS 4HE BAND WHO LISTS THE 0LAIN 7HITE 4 S AMONG THEIR -Y3PACE FRIENDS PLAYED GIGS IN !LASKA AND -ARYLAND LAST MONTH 5NFORTUNATELY THE POP ROCKERS FROM ,OS !NGLES WHO WROTE MOST OF THEIR SONGS THEM SELVES DID NOT WRITE h) LL "E 4HERE &OR 9OUv AS IT WAS WRITTEN SPECIlCALLY FOR THE SHOW BY -ICHAEL 3KLOFF AND !LLE 7ILLIS AND THEREFORE TO THIS DAY DON T RECEIVE MUCH OF THE MONEY GENERATED BY SALES AND AIRPLAY OF THE CATCHY NUMBER (ARRY ,OW
#ONCRETE IS 5%! S ONLY INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER 7E PRINT BETWEEN AND COPIES PER FORTNIGHT DURING TERM TIME MEANING WE PRODUCE ISSUES EACH ACADEMIC YEAR "EING WRITTEN AND PRODUCED BY STUDENTS MEANS THAT WE COVER THE STORIES THAT MATTER TO YOU )F YOU KNOW SOMETHING YOU THINK WE SHOULD BE FEATURING OR WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING YOU VE WRITTEN BECOMING PART OF THE PAPER THEN WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU 9OU DON T NEED ANY PREVIOUS QUALIlCATIONS OR JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE TO JOIN US JUST A WILLINGNESS TO GET INVOLVED )T ALSO DOESN T MATTER IF %NGLISH ISN T YOUR lRST LANGUAGE AS WRITERS FROM OTHER NATIONALITIES BRING A REFRESHINGLY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON THE TOPICS WE COVER 'ETTING INVOLVED IN #ONCRETE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH A NUMBER OF VERY USEFUL SKILLS IF YOU WANT TO GET A JOB IN JOURNAL ISM 4HE PROGRAMMES WE USE TO MAKE #ONCRETE ARE ALSO USED BY MANY NATIONAL MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS AND YOU WILL GAIN EXCELLENT EXPERIENCE OF WORKING IN A TEAM BOTH WITHIN INDIVIDUAL SECTIONS AND IN THE SOCIETY AS A WHOLE 0REVIOUS EDITORS AND WRITERS FOR #ONCRETE HAVE GONE ON TO WORK FOR AMONGST OTHERS NATIONAL NEWSPAPERS SUCH AS THE $AILY %XPRESS AND 4HE -IRROR AND MAGAZINES LIKE THE .-% AND 4OP OF THE 0OPS 'ETTING INVOLVED IN #ONCRETE COULD BE THE STEPPING STONE TO SOMETHING GREAT SO WHY NOT GIVE IT A GO
NEXUS .EXUS IS 5%! S AWARD WINNING 46 STATION 7E HAVE BEEN RUNNING FOR OVER YEARS NOW MAKING US ONE OF THE OLDEST STUDENT TELEVISION STATIONS IN THE 5+ 7E PRODUCE A WIDE RANGE OF PROGRAMMING FROM COMEDY TO REVIEW SHOWS TO CURRENT AFFAIRS AND BEYOND 7E ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED IN GETTING AHEAD IN THE MEDIA INDUSTRY OR SIMPLY LOOKING TO MAKE SOME GREAT 46 WITH A FRIENDLY BUNCH OF PEOPLE 7E REGULARLY ORGANISE SOCIALS AND WHETHER YOU RE INTERESTED IN BEING IN FRONT OF OR BEHIND THE CAMERA WE HAVE A GREAT CHOICE OF ROLES TO SUIT YOU 9OU CAN GET INVOLVED WITH ONE OF OUR EXISTING SHOWS GET A TEAM TOGETHER TO MAKE YOUR OWN PROJECT OR EVEN CREATE AND RUN YOUR OWN SHOW %ACH YEAR WE SUBMIT A LARGE AMOUNT OF OUR OUTPUT TO ENTER .A34! THE .ATIONAL 3TUDENT 46 !WARDS WHICH HAS OFTEN BEEN DESCRIBED AS @THE STUDENT "!&4!3 )N RECENT YEARS WE HAVE WON SEVERAL AWARDS INCLUD ING AN AWARD FOR @2EVERB OUR MUSIC REVIEW SHOW AS WELL AS WINNING THE @BEST MUSIC TO VIDEO CATEGORY IN 4HROUGH .EXUS YOUR WORK COULD BE SHOWN ON THE BIG SCREEN AND ONLINE TO POTENTIALLY MILLIONS OF STUDENTS AS WELL AS MANY BIG PLAYERS IN THE MEDIA INDUSTRY A GREAT WAY TO GET YOURSELF NOTICED
4O GET INVOLVED COME AND SEE US AT 3OCMART OR IF YOU CAN T MAKE IT ON THE DAY DROP US AN EMAIL AT .EXUSUTV GMAIL COM TO KNOW MORE /R YOU COULD COME DOWN TO THE STUDIO IN PERSON WE RE IN ROOM IN 5NION (OUSE
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“any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds;” concrete.music@uea.ac.uk
the event
So... You’ve started at UEA and you only need 40% to pass your first year, so you are more than ready to start exploring this fine city. The Event is here to guide you round the best music Norwich can provide.
The Bands
The Venues #ARNAGE
"EARSUIT
4HE ,#2
7HAT TO SAY ABOUT "EARSUIT 4HEY OCCASIONALLY SIDLE TO WARDS RIOT GRRL OR TWEE BUT THEIR STOP START SYNCHRONISED SHOUTING SCI l LEANING THEREMIN FEATURING !SIAN .OR FOLK KEYTAR POP NOODLING REALLY DOES DEFY DElNITION 9OUR MUM PROBABLY WOULDN T LIKE THEM 4HEY RE ACE
)T DOESN T JUST DO CHEAP SNAKEBITE OUR VERY OWN ,#2 IS ALSO .ORWICH S LARGEST LIVE MUSIC VENUE &OR DECADES THE ,#2 HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF ATTRACTING FANTASTIC BANDS TO THE DEPTHS OF %AST !NGLIA 4HE TRADITION IS STILL UPHELD WITH THIS TERM BOASTING ONE OF ITS STRONGEST EVER LINE UPS 3O DON T LET A POST 3KOOL $AZE HANGOVER PUT YOU OFF n RETURN TO THE ,#2 TO SEE SOME OF MODERN MUSIC S BIGGEST AND BRIGHTEST ACTS
h4HE ,#2 IS AWESOME FOR GIGS LITTLE PIT IN THE MIDDLE FOR THE HARDCORE MOSHERS AND THE UPPER PART FOR THOSE WHO JUST WANT TO HAVE A GOOD VIEW AND CHILLAX WITH A BEERv +ATIE 'EE THIRD YEAR &IVE 4O 7ATCH 4HE 3UBWAYS 4HE 3TREETS $IZZEE 2ASCAL %NTER 3HIKARI THE .-% 2OCK N 2OLL 2IOT 4OUR
4HE 7ATERFRONT
4HE +ABEEDIES 4HE +ABEEDIES CONTINUE .ORWICH TRADITION OF RIOT GRRL IN mUENCED AND FEMALE FRONTED BANDS 4HE BOYS BACKGROUND JANGLING lTS THE USUAL ARTROCK ADJECTIVES BUT THE BAND STAND OUT WITH LYRICS THAT ARE SLIGHTLY BARMY AND OFTEN FUN NY 4HE BOY GIRL DIALOGUE WORKS TO GREAT EFFECT ON SONGS SUCH AS 0ETIT &ILOUS "OY @WHAT ARE YOUR TURNS ON 'IRL @+UNG FUNx 0IE /N SINGLE ,OVERS /UGHT 4O THE WACKI NESS IS REIGED IN TO FORM A JOYFUL POP GEM THAT IN MORE ENLIGHTENED TIMES WOULD LIGHT UP THE CHARTS
The Nightlife
!S LONG AS YOU RE NOT STUCK BEHIND ONE OF THE IRRITATING PIL LARS THIS IS POSSIBLY .ORWICH S BEST GIG VENUE 4HE RIGHT SIZE TO ATTRACT BIG BANDS AND BIG AUDIENCES BUT STILL SMALL ENOUGH TO FEEL INTIMATE IT S THE BEST PLACE FOR DARK SWEATY ROCK AND ROLLING GOOD TIMES &IVE TO 7ATCH #33 -YSTERY *ETS &LEET &OXES &UNERAL &OR ! &RIEND .OUVELLE 6AGUE
#ARNAGE COMES TO .ORWICH AND ABOUT TIME TOO #ARNAGE HAVE BEEN RUNNING THEIR INFAMOUS STUDENT NIGHTS FOR YEARS SO EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVEN T VISITED 5%! BEFORE NOW YOU MAY ALREADY KNOW THE DRILL 4ENNER 4EE SHIRT TICKET "Y DONNING YOUR #ARNAGE 4EE SHIRT ON -ONDAY .OVEMBER TH YOU WILL GAIN ACCESS TO NUMEROUS PRE BARS ENDING THE NIGHT IN #HICAGOS ,IQUID WHERE MUSIC DUTIES ARE PRESIDED OVER BY #ARNAGE AND (ED +ANDI $*S /NE OF THE BIGGEST CLUB NIGHTS .ORWICH IS LIKELY TO SEE FOR A LONG TIME #ARNAGE IS CERTAIN TO LIVE UP TO ITS NAME 'ET KITTED OUT NOW OR ELSE YOU RE GOING TO BE MISSING OUT
'ET ,OW )NCREASINGLY POPULAR AT 5%! 'ET ,OW SELLS ITSELF AS SHOWCAS ING THE BEST OF GRIME DUBSTEP DRUM AND BASS GARAGE ELECTRO /N PAPER IT S HARD TO CHERRYPICK FROM THESE NON MAINSTREAM GENRES IN ORDER TO MAKE ONE SELL OUT NIGHT "UT AS IT IS 'ET ,OW S $*S PLAY IS AN EASY TO LOVE MISHMASH OF ALL THINGS GOOD !S WELL AS PULLING IN VARIOUS MUSICIAN TYPES SUCH AS &RIENDLY &IRES $* 0RANCEHALL AND *ACK 0ENATE THE 'ET ,OW GUYS ALSO MANAGED THE IMPRESSIVE FEAT OF GETTING -%$I! TO STAY OPEN UNTIL SIX IN THE MORNING 2ESULT 4HEY RE KICKING OFF THIS TERM ON 4HURSDAY AT 0O .A .A WITH 3KEPTA AND /NE MAN AS WELL AS THE REGULAR 'ET ,OW CREW ON $* DUTIES
.ORWICH !RTS #ENTRE 4HE .!# IS A CONVERTED CHURCH AND BANDS THAT PLAY THE !RTS #ENTRE OFTEN EITHER RISE UP TO CHALLENGE TO PULLING OFF SETS 'OD WOULD BE PROUD OF EVEN THOUGH ROCK AND ROLL IS THE MUSIC OF THE DEVIL OR ALTERNATIVELY STRUGGLE IN THE SLIGHTLY OVERWHELMING SURROUNDINGS %ITHER WAY .!# IS ONE OF .OR WICH S MOST PERSONABLE VENUES AND YOU VE GOT A VERY GOOD CHANCE OF BUMPING INTO THE HEADLINERS POST GIG
h.ORWICH GIGS ARE ALL ABOUT THE !RTS #ENTRE 'REAT AT MOSPHERE GREAT BUILDING AND ABOVE ALL YOU DON T PAY FOR COAT CHECK )F ) HAD IT MY WAY THEY WOULD BOOK ALL GIGS THERE WELL THE GOOD ONES v 0HIL 3TALLARD THIRD YEAR
4HE .EUTRINOS !NOTHER FEMALE FRONTED BOY BACKED BAND BUT 4HE .EU TRINOS ARE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT BEAST 4HE GUITARS ARE STILL SPIKY BUT INSTEAD OF 4HE +ABEEDIES LOVEABLE WONKINESS 4HE .EUTRINOS ARE ONE OF THE SLICKEST BANDS ON THE SCENE 4HERE S A WONDERFULLY TIGHT RHYTHM SECTION WICKED VOCALS AND AN IMAGE READY MADE FOR THE .-% 4HE REFERENCE POINTS FOR ANY FEMALE FRONTED ROCK BAND ARE WELL ESTAB LISHED BUT ON SONGS SUCH AS $ONKEY 7ORK THEY REALLY DO SOUND LIKE 4HE ,ONG "LONDES n WHICH IS NO BAD THING
&IVE TO 7ATCH 4HE 3PINTO "AND *OHNNY &LYNN 3WAY 4HE 2ESEARCH -ICAH 0 (INSON
4HE BEST OF THE REST &OR SEEING LOCAL BANDS OR EVEN VENTURING ON STAGE YOURSELF 4HE 1UEEN #HARLOTTE AND 4HE "RICKMAKER S ARE POPULAR CHOICES (OWEVER #ONCRETE S PICK IS 4HE "IRDCAGE "ILLING IT SELF AS A PURVEYOR OF hBOARD GAMES "LOODY -ARYS AND A BIT OF BOHEMIAv THE VENUE IS SMALL BUT COSILY ENDEARING )TS HOT TODDIES AND COMPLIMENTARY DISHES OF JELLY BEANS MAKE 4HE "IRDCAGE .ORWICH S MOST UNIQUE SPOT FOR GIG GOERS
The Studio
,IKE 'ET ,OW -ILKBAR IS MASTERMINDED BY 5%!ERS ! NEW PLAYER ON THE .ORWICH SCENE -ILKBAR PROMISES TO GIVE THE TOWN S hINDIEv CLUB SCENE A MUCH NEEDED BOOT UP THE JACKSIE 4HE +ILLERS -USE 4HE +OOKS ET AL HAVE REACHED A LEVEL WHERE THEY COULD NO LONGER BE TERMED ALTERNATIVE IF THEY EVER WERE !S SUCH -ILKBAR ESCHEWS THESE ACTS IN FAVOUR OF ACTUAL AL TERNATIVES CHECK OUT WWW MYSPACE COM MILKBARCLUBNIGHT FOR A FULL LIST OF THE ROCK GODS AND GODDESSES THEIR $*S PLAY AS WELL AS VIDEOS OF SPECIALLY RECORDED LIVE PERFORMANCES ,AUNCH NIGHT IS 7EDNESDAY TH /CTOBER AT -OJOS FORMERLY 3ONIC "E THERE OR BE SQUARE
The Label
&UTURE 3TUDIOS OF .ORWICH 4HERE ARE NUMEROUS OPTIONS FOR ANY BUDDING MUSICIANS COM ING TO .ORWICH INCLUDING 4HE 3ICKROOM A STUDIO IN HIDDEN IN THE BACK OF BEYOND THAT HAS BEEN BIGGED UP BY 2OB $A "ANK BUT &UTURE 3TUDIOS MAY BE YOUR BEST BET FOR RECORDING THAT VERY lRST DEMO &UTURE 3TUDIOS ARE PART OF THE .2 PROJECT A COMMUNITY BASED .ORWICH CHARITY 7HAT THIS MEANS FOR YOU IS MEANS THAT IF YOU RE A STUDENT UNEMPLOYED OR ON MEANS TESTED BENElTS OR EVEN ALL THREE OF THOSE OPTIONS STUDIO TIME IS A SNIP a FOR A lVE TRACK DEMO %QUIPMENT HIRE IS ALSO CONVENIENTLY CHEAP FOR ALL THOSE WHO VE ALREADY EXTIN GUISHED THEIR STUDENT LOAN
-ILKBAR
.2/.% 2ECORDS h&UTURE 3TUDIOS OFFER A DEAL TO RECORD A lVE TRACK DEMO FOR a IF YOU RE A STUDENT WHICH WE USED 4HE DAY WAS REALLY GOOD GREAT ENGINEER AND EQUIPMENT BUT WE COULD NEVER GET BACK IN TOUCH TO MAKE ONE OR TWO CHANGES LATER ON 3TILL WE GOT A PRETTY DAMN GOOD RE CORDING FOR A LOW PRICE v 7ILL $ONOVAN GUITARIST WITH 4ESS 7ILL
(OME TO LOCAL SCENE STALWARTS 4HE +ABEEDIES 4HE "ROWNIES AND AND 6IOLET 6IOLET .2/.% IS THE MOST UBIQUITOUS LABEL IN .ORWICH AND PROBABLY THE MOST PROFESSIONAL )T IS THIS EXPERTISE THAT HAS LED THE LABEL TO BE TOUTED BY THE LIKES OF !RTROCKER AND THE .-% .2/.% HAVE REGULAR RELEASES A BIG BACK CATALOGUE AND DO A GREAT JOB OF PROMOTING HOMEGROWN TALENT !LONG WITH PROFESSIONALISM COMES QUAL ITY CONTROL !S SUCH .2/.% MAY NOT BE THE EASY OPTION IF YOU RE A BUDDING BAND WANTING TO RELEASE YOUR lRST RECORD (OWEVER IT MEANS THAT ANYTHING THE LABEL PUTS THEIR NAME TO WILL BE WORTH A LISTEN
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Albums
Album
of the
The Streets
week !
%VERYTHING IS "ORROWED
/NE OF THE KEY TRENDS OF CURRENT "RITISH MUSIC THAT IS BOTH CRITICALLY AND COMMERCIALLY ACCLAIMED FROM !RCTIC -ONKEYS TO +ATE .ASH IS LYRICS THAT CHRONICLE THE REALITIES OF EVERYDAY LIFE #UDDLING IN KITCHENS AND EATING CHEESE ON TOAST n IT S ALL ABOUT CELEBRATING THE MUNDANE "UT -IKE 3KINNER HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR YEARS IT WAS WHEN CRITICS WENT CRAZY OVER HIS SPEAK SUNG SHORT STORIES OF SUBURBAN LIVING 4HE ACCLAIM CONTINUED FOR -ERCURY NOMINATED DEBUT /RIGINAL 0IRATE -ATERIAL AND THE CONCEPT ALBUM FOLLOW UP ! 'RAND $ON T #OME &OR &REE 9ET 4HE 3TREETS FELL OUT OF FAVOUR WITH 4HE (ARDEST 7AY 4O -AKE !N %ASY ,IVING AN
ALBUM WITH A LEAD SINGLE THAT ABANDONED WORKING CLASS BOREDOM FOR TABLOID TALES OF PULLING POPSTARS "UT 3KINNER CAN T PRETEND HE STILL LIVES ON AN ESTATE SO WHERE DOES HE GO FROM HERE %VERYTHING )S "ORROWED 4HE 3TREETS FOURTH OFFERING BEGINS WITH A SOUND LIKE THE SPEAKER SHAKER THAT 4(8 STICK AT THE START OF MOVIES )T SIGNALS SOMETHING CINEMATIC BUT THEN WAVERS AND THE TITLE TRACK BEGINS 4HE CHORUS COULD BE CRIBBED FROM A (ALLMARK CARD n @) CAME TO THIS WORLD WITH NOTHING !ND ) LEAVE WITH NOTHING BUT LOVE %VERYTHING ELSE IS JUST BORROWED n BUT THE VERSES ARE 3KINNER AT HIS BEST TONGUE TWISTERS THAT CAPTURE THE TOP OF THE WORLD FEELING EVERYONE GETS ONCE IN A WHILE 4HIS SENSE OF AFlRMATION IS EVEN STRONGER ON NEXT TRACK (EAVEN FOR THE 7EATHER 3HOUTALONG CHORUSES (ANDCLAPS #ERTAINLY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STICKS OUT ON THIS ALBUM IS HOW HAPPY 4HE 3TREETS SOUND "UT (EAVEN FOR THE 7EATHER MARKS ANOTHER KEY MODE OF THE ALBUM ITS LYRICAL PREOCCUPATION WITH SPIRITUALITY 4HE CHORUS HAS A hTHE DEVIL HAS THE BEST PARTIESv LYRIC BUT THE VERSES ARE AGAIN MORE INCISIVE AND QUESTIONING 4HE 7AY OF THE $ODO DEALS WITH ACCEPTING THE INEVITABILITY OF DEATH AND IS MORE FUN THAN IT SOUNDS BUT
THE ALBUM S HIGHLIGHT IS /N THE %DGE OF A #LIFF (ERE 3KINNER S NEWFOUND POSITIVITY IS GIVEN MORE DEPTH BY BEING CONTRASTED AGAINST THE BAD TIMES 4HE TALE IS TOLD BY A ONCE SUICIDAL NARRATOR AND AS HE SAYS THE CHORUS CENTRAL CONCEIT IS @SO LOVELY THAT IT WILL STUN YOU AT A lRST LISTEN 5NFORTUNATELY THE ALBUM S SECOND HALF IS DISTINCTLY WEAKER .EVER 'IVE )N
IS AN UNEASY LISTEN TO 3KINNER COERCING SOMEONE INTO BED AND 4HE 3HERRY %ND S @@/RIGINAL 0IRATE -ATERIAL LYRIC JARS ON THIS COLLECTION !LLEGED ,EGENDS IS THE WORST OFFENDER 3KINNER AGAIN PUTS ORGANISED RELIGION UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT BUT IT DOESN T COME CLOSE TO THIRD ALBUM HIGHLIGHT .EVER 7ENT TO #HURCH ! THICK MINDED EXPOSE OF THE SO CALLED @RED BOOK THIS IS SUB SUB $AWKINS 4HE 3TREETS OWN SPIRITUAL POSITION SEEMS TO BE VERY ZEN EMBRACING LIFE AND AN ABILITY TO SMILE AND LET THINGS HAPPEN "UT HE CAN STILL BE INCISIVE CAPTURING THE TEXTURE OF A FEELING IN A TURN OF PHRASE LAZILY SPINNING OUT CAT S CRADLES OF RHYMES )T S A SHAME HE DOESN T ROOT HIS CONCEPTUAL DEBATING IN ACTUAL REALITY MORE OFTEN AS WHEN HE DOES IT WORKS WONDERS -ORE UNFORGIVABLY THE BEATS ARE PRETTY FORGETTABLE NOTHING COMES CLOSE TO BEING AS CATCHY AS &IT "UT 9OU +NOW )T OR $RY 9OUR %YES 9ET THE ALBUM IS PLEASANT ENOUGH AND WORKS WELL AS A COHESIVE WHOLE %VEN WITH 4HE 3TREETS WAVE OF IMITATORS %VERYTHING )S "ORROWED STILL HAS mASHES OF ORIGINALITY THAT MAKES IT WORTH A LISTEN 3ARAH #HRISTIE
Metronomy
Those Dancing Days
Conor Oberst
.IGHTS /UT
)N /UR 3PACE (ERO 3UITS
#ONOR /BERST
)T S NOT OFTEN YOU lND AN ALBUM WHERE EVERY SINGLE TRACK MAKES YOU WANT TO GET UP AND DANCE BUT -ETRONOMY S .IGHTS /UT IS EXACTLY THAT !S A FOLLOW UP TO THEIR LITTLE KNOWN DEBUT 0IP 0AIN 0AY 4HE a 9OU /WE .IGHTS /UT PROMISES TO MAKE -ET RONOMY A MUST LISTEN BAND FOR ANY SELF RESPECTING ELECTRO KID AS WELL AS BRINGING THEM TO THE ATTENTION OF MANY A MUSIC LOVER 0REVIOUSLY BETTER KNOWN FOR THEIR REMIXES OF OTHER PEO PLE S MUSIC &RANZ &ERDINAND AND 9EAH 9EAHS 9EAHS TO NAME JUST A COUPLE -ETRONOMY NOW CONSISTING OF /SCAR #ASH 'ABRIEL 3TEBBING AND *OSEPH -OUNT DELIVER JOYOUS INFEC TIOUS SYNTH DISCO ELECTRO POP GEMS WITHOUT ONCE LETTING UP 7HILST A CONSISTENTLY GOOD ALBUM THERE ARE OF COURSE DE LIGHTFULLY KILLER TRACKS IN THE FORM OF 2ADIO ,ADIO WITH ITS JERKY SCREECHY KEYBOARDS /N THE -OTORWAY A FAST PACED CLAP ALONG DANCE ANTHEM AND THE BANDS LATEST SINGLE (EARTBREAKER A SLOWER MORE POP CENTRED PIECE ABOUT YOU GUESSED IT HAVING A BROKEN HEART AND PICKING UP THE PIECES !LL TRACKS ADDING TO THE ALBUM S CONCEPT OF THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF hGOING OUT AND HAVING A CRAP TIME v .IGHTS /UT IS PERHAPS NOT LUDICROUSLY BRILLIANT AS .-% HAVE LABELLED IT BUT IS BRILLIANT NONE THE LESS AND A WORTHY ATTEMPT AT GETTING THE -ETRONOMY BOYS THE SUCCESS AND AC KNOWLEDGMENT THEY DESERVE #ARMEN 3IMONI
!H 3WEDEN 4HEY LL ALWAYS HAVE !BBA BUT THE COUNTRY IS STILL QUI ETLY PRODUCING SOME FANTASTIC ACTS *ENS ,EKMAN 0ETER "JORN AND *OHN 4HE +NIFE THE LIST GOES ON n AND ON AS NOW 4HOSE $ANCING $AYS CAN TENTATIVELY BE ADDED 4HEY ARE AN ALL GIRL lVE PIECE FROM 3TOCKHOLM WHOSE SONGS COULD BE PLAYED AT A 7IGAN .ORTHERN 3OUL NIGHT )N OTHER WORDS THEY SOUND ABSOLUTELY NOTHING LIKE THE ,ED :EPPELIN SONG FROM WHICH THEY TOOK THEIR NAME #RYSTAL CLEAR GUITARS CHITTERING DRUMS AND PARPING (AM MOND ORGANS IS THE SOUND OF )N /UR 3PACE (ERO 3UITS OVER WHICH SLIDES ,INNEA *ÚNSSON S SENSUOUS 3IA SOUNDING VOCALS 4HERE S A LOT ABOUT THIS ALBUM THAT S INCREDIBLY CHARMING ,IKE MANY BANDS THAT DON T SING IN THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE 4HOSE $ANCING $AYS LYRICS ARE OCCASIONALLY OFF KILTER AND THE BETTER FOR IT %ACH SONG IS GOOD WHEN TAKEN OF ITSELF PARTICULARLY ) +NOW 7HERE 9OU ,IVE ANY SONG ABOUT MIX TAPES IS AUTOMATI CALLY ACE AND !CTIONMAN "EST OF ALL IS (ITTEN WITH ITS TEAR STAINED LEAD VOCAL (OWEVER )N /UR 3PACE (ERO 3UITS SUFFERS FROM THE SAME LACK OF MOMENTUM THAT MANY INDIE POP ALBUMS HAVE 4HOSE $ANCING $AYS FALL PARTICULARLY HARD INTO THE lND A GEAR AND STICK IN IT CAMP 4HE ALBUM IS REPETITIVE BUT IN OUR SHUF mE BUTTON TIMES THE INDIVIDUAL SONGS ARE SO DARN LOVEABLE YOU CAN T CROSS 4HOSE $ANCING $AYS OFF THAT 3WEDISH LIST JUST YET
,ESS MUSICALLY AMBITIOUS THAN THE YEAR OLD S LATEST OFFER ING WITH "RIGHT %YES LAST YEAR S #ASSADAGA IS MORE SUCCESSFUL FOR IT .IK &REITAS LEAD GUITAR ADDS CONTROLLED mAIR TO SINGLE 3OULED /UT AND 3AUSALITO AND /BER ST MOVES NEATLY FROM SUBTLE ONE GUITAR ACCOMPANIMENTS TO MULTI INSTRUMENTAL TRACKS ON THE lRST ALBUM BEARING HIS OWN NAME SINCE ,YRICALLY THE SINGER IS CONCERNED PRIMARILY WITH ESCAPE AND ELSEWHERE @4HERE S NOTHING THAT THE ROAD CANNOT HEAL n -OAB AND YET THE ALBUM IS MORE UPBEAT THAN ANY OTHER HE HAS RELEASED -OCK ANGUISHED SCREAMS ON ) $ON T 7ANT TO $IE )N THE (OSPITAL ACCOMPANY *OOLS (OLLAND ESQUE PIANO STABS IN WHAT IS MUSICALLY THE ALBUM S BIGGEST DEPARTURE FROM PREVIOUS /BERST MATERIAL $ANNY #ALLAHAN S ELECTRIC GUITAR HALF MASKS THE STORY OF A BOY KILLED BY LEUKAEMIA AS /BERST ASKS HOW HIS FAMILY ARE @GETTING ON ALONE WHILE OFFERING A RARE MESSAGE OF HOPE n THAT @THE LOVE YOU FEEL YOU CARRY INSIDE CAN BE PASSED /BERST HAS ALWAYS BEEN MOST AFFECTING WHEN SINGING ABOUT HIMSELF HOWEVER AND HE RETURNS TO A FAMILIAR THEME ON THE ALBUM S lNAL AND BEST TRACK -ILK 4HISTLE WHERE HE PONDERS THE ULTI MATE ESCAPE CONCLUDING @) KEEP DEATH AT MY HEELS LIKE A BAS SET HOUNDxIF ) GO TO HEAVEN ) LL BE BORED AS HELL LIKE A CRYING BABY AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WELL "EN 7INSTANLEY
3ARAH #HRISTIE
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music concrete.music@uea.ac.uk
Singles Róisín Murphy
Bloc Party
Glasvegas
-OVIE 3TAR 3LAVE 4O ,OVE
4ALONS
$ADDY S 'ONE
2ØISÓN IS SOMETHING OF AN UNDERGROUND POP ICON !LTHOUGH BEST KNOWN FOR HER WORK WITH -OLOKO SHE HAS SINCE CREATED TWO ALBUMS OF GLAM OROUS ELECTRONICA THAT SOUND LIKE NO OTHER ARTIST AROUND -OVIE 3TAR IS THE LATEST SINGLE FROM HER NEWEST ALBUM /VER POWERED AND IS DElNITELY THE MOST COMMERCIAL TRACK SHE HAS RELEASED AS A SOLO ARTIST )T HAS A CATCHY CHORUS WHOSE LYRICS MIRROR HER PAST RELATIONSHIP WITH EX BANDMATE -ARK "RYDON @YOU LL BE DIRECTOR AND ) LL BE YOUR MOVIE STAR ADDING UP TO ONE OF 2ØISÓN S TRADEMARK GLITTERY POP AFFAIRS 4HE DOUBLE ! 3IDE OF -OVIE 3TAR IS A COVER OF "RYAN &ERRY S 3LAVE TO ,OVE 2ØISÓN TURNS IT INTO A DARKER MORE SENSUOUS SONG THAN THE ORIGINAL %IGHTIES POWER BALLAD BUT SADLY DOES NOT REACH THE EPIC HEIGHTS OF &ERRY S VERSION BUT THEN COULD ANY COVER )N HER CURRENT INCARNATION 2ØISÓN S VOCALS ARE A BIT LACKING IN BACKBONE ESPECIALLY COMPARED TO PREVIOUS WORK SUCH AS -OLOKO S 0URE 0LEASURE 3EEKER %VEN SO THIS IS STILL GREAT STUFF AND YOU WON T HEAR IT UNLESS YOU SEARCH FOR IT
&OR A BAND WHOSE GENERIC AND STYLISTIC LEANINGS HAVE mUCTU ATED OF LATE "LOC 0ARTY ARE BACK ON lNE FORM WITH THEIR NEW SINGLE 4ALONS )T S A FRENETIC DELIVERY OF THEIR TRADE MARK JAGGED WAILING GUITARS BREAKNECK DRUMS AND STIRRING VOCALS (OWEVER 4ALONS IS MORE OF A BACK DATED " SIDE TO &LUX RATHER THAN A RETURN TO THE INDIE DElNING MATERIAL OF THE BAND S DEBUT 3ILENT !LARM 9ET THE TRACK IS DELICIOUSLY RHY HMIC AND INFECTIOUSLY CATCHY MAKING IT A lTTING INTRO DUCTION TO NEW ALBUM )NTIMACY "UT 4ALONS LIKE MUCH OF THE ALBUM FOCUSES SOMEWHAT TOO HEAVILY ON +ELE S VOCALS AT THE EXPENSE OF THE INTRICATE DUELLINGS THAT MADE 3ILENT !LARM SUCH A FANTASTIC ALBUM ! 7EEKEND IN THE #ITY "LOC 0ARTY S SOPHOMORE EFFORT WAS A MOVE AWAY FROM A PURE BRED INDIE STYLE TOWARDS AN ELECTRO POP FEEL 7ITH THEIR NEWEST SINGLE "LOC 0ARTY CONTINUE THIS MIXING OF STYLES AND TEMPOS AND SO DRAW EVEN FUTHER AWAY FROM THEIR REAL TALENT FOR PLAYING FAST AND mAWLESS INDIE RIFFS
$ADDY S 'ONE HAS BEEN RE RE LEASED ALMOST A YEAR SINCE IT ORIGINALLY CAME OUT ON v DUE TO FRESH HYPE SURROUNDING NEW ALBUM 'LASVEGAS "UT FORGET THIS SEEMING CASH IN THE $ALAMAR NOCK QUARTET ARE FAR FROM YOUR TYPICAL .-% ENDORSED INDIE SCENSTERS 4HE SONG HAS BEEN SLOWED DOWN BUT ITS ROUGH UNPOLISHED FEEL REMAINS 3IMPLE GUITAR RIFFS STEADY DRUMS ATMOSPHERIC KEYS SLOW SLOGGING SLEIGH BELLS AND WHAT SOUNDS LIKE A BAG PIPE POPPING UP NOW AND AGAIN ALL COME TOGETHER TO CREATE THE FOUNDATIONS ON WHICH *AMES !LLAN S EARNEST 'LASWEGIAN VOICE CAN RING OUT HEROICALLY 4HE LYRICS DESCRIBE BOTH LOVE AND RESENTMENT TOWARDS AN ABSENT FATHER !LLAN SOUNDS CLOSER TO TEARS WITH EVERY WORD FANTASIZING THEN BITTERLY ABUSING BEFORE lNALLY TELLING HIMSELF hFORGET YOUR DAD HE S GONEv 4HE BASIC INSTRUMENTAL BLEND IS DIFFERENT FROM MANY ACTS OF THE MOMENT BUT NOTHING EXTRAORD INARY 9ET WHEN MATCHED WITH !LLAN S UNIQUE VOICE AND THE WAILING BACK VOCALS THE SONG IS OVERWHELMED BY AN EPIC RAW SINCERITY ! REAL EMPATHY PRO VOKING TEAR JERKING GEM
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4HIS SONG HAS BEEN IN THE TOP TEN FOR WEEKS ALREADY EVEN THOUGH IT ONLY GOT ITS FULL RE LEASE ON THE TWENTY SECOND OF 3EPTEMBER )T SEEMS THAT A 2IHANNA SINGLE HAS BECOME SOMETHING OF AN EVENT WITH PEOPLE BUYING IT REGARDLESS OF ITS QUALITY DUE TO THE POPULARITY OF THE ARTIST )T S AN ENVIABLE POSITION TO BE IN AND ) CAN T THINK OF MANY YOUNG ARTISTS BE ING THIS LUCKY APART FROM "RITNEY IN HER HEYDAY PERHAPS &ROM THE TITLE YOU EXPECT THIS SINGLE TO BE A BIT MORE 4HRILLER THAN IT IS ESPECIALLY WITH A $AVID ,A#HAPELLE ESQUE VIDEO 3O IT IS SADLY A BIT OF A LET DOWN WHEN YOU lRST HEAR IT $ISTURBIA IS ALL A BIT h2IHANNA BY NUMBERSv WITH THE SPO KEN WORD INTRO ALMOST IDENTICAL TO 3 / 3 (OWEVER $ISTUR BIA GAINS SOME EXTRA CREDIT BY VIRTUE OF BEING INlNITELY BETTER THAN THE POLISHED TURD THAT WAS 4AKE ! "OW 7ITH THIS BEING THE SEVENTH SINGLE FROM 'OOD 'IRL 'ONE "AD AND WITH A RUMOURED TWO MORE STILL TO COME "REAKIN $ISHES AND 2EHAB WE AREN T GETTING RID OF THIS POP PRINCESS FOR A LONG WHILE
#HANGES IS NOT THE LIVELY COMEBACK SINGLE 3WITCH )T /N WAS THREE YEARS AGO OR ANYWHERE NEAR AS MEMORABLE AS ,EAVE 2IGHT .OW IN )T IS HOWEVER TYPI CAL 7ILL 9OUNG ,IKE MOST OF THE POP IDOL S SONGS IT IS A GROWER AND YOU WILL SOON lND YOURSELF SINGING ALONG WITH THE CATCHY YET QUITE SIMPLISTIC CHORUS 4HE VIDEO IS THE BIG SPECTACLE 9OUNG IS RENOWNED FOR HIS UNIQUE CINEMATIC MUSIC VIDEOS WHICH HAVE PREVIOUS LY SEEN HIM PARODYING 4OP 'UN AND STARING IN AN OLD VER SION EPISODE OF "LUE 0ETER &OR THE #HANGES PROMO 9OUNG LEAVES HIS EMPTY TOWN FOR WHAT CAN BE PRESUMED TO BE A MORE EXCITING LIFE YET THIS EXCITEMENT COMES IN THE FORM OF HIM BEING SET ON lRE ELECTROCUTED AND EVENTUALLY DROWNING IN THE RAIN )T S NOT THE HAPPIEST OF VIDEOS BUT HE DOES WEAR A NICE SUIT IN IT %ASY LISTENING WITH A GOOD MELODY #HANGES IS PERFECT FOR RADIO 4HE SONG SHOWS OFF 9OUNG S VOCAL TALENTS AND PROVIDES A GREAT INSIGHT AND BUILD UP TO HIS FORTHCOMING ALBUM ,ET 'O OUT ON THE TH 3EPTEMBER
-ATTHEW 7ELLBAND
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One of the highlights of this term’s gigs is Enter Shikari. After returning to the road - and to UEA - the band will hit the studio to work on their second album. Bassist Chris Batten took some time out of recording demos to speak to Klayre Collis and Scott Charman.
4HE %VENT (OW IS YOUR SUMMER GOING #HRIS #HRIS "ATTEN ) LIKE SUMMER HOLIDAYS n IT S NICE TO BE AT HOME "UT THEN ON OTHER HAND IT S NOT A REAL HOLIDAY AS WE RE WORKING HARD TO WRITE THE NEXT RECORD % 7HAT KIND OF BAD HABITS DO THE GUYS HAVE ON THE ROAD #" 2OB LEAVES TOENAIL CLIPPINGS EVERYWHERE (E S NOR MALLY TOO DRUNK TO REMEMBER WHAT HE S DONE n HE LEAVES US THESE hSURPRISESv IN THE CORRIDOR AND IS ASLEEP WHEN WE DIS COVER THEM % 4HREE NECESSITIES ON THE ROAD #" I0OD A LAPTOP AND CHOCOLATE &OR ME CHOCOLATE DOES WONDERS )T CALMS ME DOWN n CHOCOLATE CALMS NERVES % 7HAT S YOUR GIG PREFERENCE "RIXTON !CADEMY OR 5%! #" 5%! IS SMALLER SO IT TAKES US BACK TO WHEN WE lRST STARTED 7E USED TO PLAY WITH AUDIENCES RIGHT IN OUR FACES SO WE COULD SEE HOW THE CROWD WAS FEELING 4HE BARRIER IS A BIT OF A DISTRACTION THOUGH AS IT S HARDER TO JUMP INTO CROWD 7E LOST ALL OF OUR SHOES ONCE FROM CROWDSURlNG 2OB WAS DOWN TO ONE PAIR OF mIP mOPS THE ONES HE ONLY WEARS WHEN HE S LAZING AROUND % $O YOU HAVE ANY PRE GIG RITUALS #" ! FEW 7E DO VOCAL WARM UPS AND TRY TO HYPE OUR SELVES UP YOU KNOW RUN AROUND LIKE MANIACS FOR lVE MIN UTES TO GET WARMED UP % 7HAT S THE WEIRDEST THING THAT S BEEN THROWN ON STAGE EXCLUDING GLOW STICKS #" 'LOW STICKS 'OD THEY RE ANNOYING ) HAD ONE EX
PLODE IN MY EYES ONCE THAT WAS PAINFUL %RMx 3INGLE SHOES UNDERWEAR 7ITH MESSAGES ON IT .ORMALLY GUYS UNDERWEAR LAUGHS % $O YOU HAVE ANY CREEPY FANS #" 4HERE ARE PEOPLE WHO TURN UP TO EVERY GIG BUT NONE OF THEM ARE REALLY STALKERISH 4HERE S A FEW PRANK CALLS AND PEOPLE WHO TURN UP TO MY HOUSE ASKING FOR DIRECTIONS BUT ARE ONLY HERE TO SEE IF ) REALLY LIVE THERE "UT WE DO OUR BEST TO GET OUT TO SEE OUR FANS 9OU ONLY GET THOSE STALKERS WHEN YOU HIDE YOURSELF AWAY 0EOPLE GET ENOUGH OF US SO THEY DON T FEEL THE NEED TO BE STALKERISH % 7HY DID YOU DECIDE TO START YOUR OWN RECORD LABEL 7AS IT FOR FREEDOM OR TO OWN THE RIGHTS TO YOUR OWN MUSIC
#" 7E FELT THERE WAS A MARKET AND WE KNEW WE HAD THE POTENTIAL /NCE WE HAD A FEW RELEASES A FEW MAJOR LABELS TRIED TO GET US BUT WE ALREADY HAD A GOOD VIBE AND JUST WENT FOR IT % 7HAT IS YOUR GENRE #" /H GOD WE DON T KNOW )T WAS SAID TO BE NEW RAVE BY .-% EARLY ON BUT WE DIDN T AGREE 7E RE MORE HARDCORE TRANCE METAL TRANCECORE MOST OFTEN 4O US IT S NO GENRE JUST WHAT WE WANT TO PUT IN % (OW S THE NEW RECORD COMING ALONG #" )T S GOING REALLY WELL ACTUALLY 7E RE GOING TO CUT MORE DEMOS TODAY AND ARE HEADING BACK TO THE STUDIO AFTER THE TOUR % $O YOU HAVE A TITLE FOR YOUR NEW ALBUM #" .O % /N 7IKIPEDIA IT SAYS IT S CALLED #ABIN &EVER #" LAUGHS 4HAT S A GOOD IDEA 7E DO MAKE UP WORKING TITLES FOR THE SONGS AND ALBUM BUT WE JUST WANT TO GET IN TO RECORD BEFORE THINKING ABOUT THAT % (AVE YOU GOT A RELEASE DATE FOR THE NEW ALBUM #" )T S HARD TO SEE HOW LONG IT S GOING TO TAKE BUT !PRIL NEXT YEAR IS A VAGUE AIM % $O YOU HAVE ANY SINGLES OUT SOON #" 9EAH ON .OVEMBER THE ST )T S CALLED 7E #AN "REATHE )N 3PACE 0EOPLE $ON T 7ANT 5S 4O %SCAPE )T S REALLY AN OLD DEMO YOU CAN STILL lND IT ON PEER TO PEER SITES 7E RECORDED IT FOUR OR lVE YEARS AGO IN AN OLD GARAGE BUT WE VE RE RECORDED IT AND IMPROVED IT )T S A ONE OFF SINGLE AND WILL NOT BE ON THE NEW ALBUM % 4HANKS #HRIS
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ENCE 'EORGIANA IS STRAPPED UP IN COSTUMES DESIGNED BY -ICHAEL / #ONNOR WHICH ARE BEAUTIFUL BUT CLEARLY QUITE PAINFUL TO WEAR +NIGHTLEY HAS REVEALED THAT IN BE TWEEN TAKES THE CREW HAD TO FASH ION A WOODEN HEAD REST FOR HER TO LAY HER HEAD AS THE WIG WAS METAL FRAMED AND WAS QUITE A WEIGHT ON HER SHOULDERS !SIDE FROM THE PRACTICALI TIES OF THE lLM THE NARRATIVE IS SOMEWHAT MOVING AND THE lLM IS QUITE CLEARLY A LABOUR OF LOVE FOR ALL THOSE INVOLVED
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ITH ALL THE EXUBERANCE AND RICHNESS EXPECTED FROM A COSTUME DRA MA 4HE $UCHESS LIVES UP TO ALL THAT IS EXPECTED FROM "RITISH PERI OD lLMS ARISTOCRATICALLY ARRANGED MARRIAGES AFFAIRS POLITICS AND RESPIRATORY DENYING CORSETS BUT 4HE $UCHESS DOES HAVE A DIFFERENT
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HEN AT THE AGE OF +EIRA +NIGHT LEY ASKED FOR HER OWN AGENT HER PARENTS PROBABLY COULDN T HAVE QUITE IMAGINED THE HUGE SCOPE OF HER CAREER SOME YEARS LATER BUT MAY HAVE A SNEAKY SUSPICION SHE D BE AN ACTRESS WHEN SHE GREW UP #OMING FROM A PROLIlCALLY lLMIC BACK GROUND HER FATHER IS ACTOR 7ILL +NIGHTLEY AND HER MOTHER PLAYWRIGHT 3HARMAN -AC DONALD +NIGHTLEY BEGAN HER ACTING CAREER AT THE MODEST AGE OF ON 46 AS @LITTLE GIRL IN 2OYAL #ELEBRATION 4HE PRECOCIOUS NESS OF THE YOUNG GIRL IS UNMISTAKEABLY THE POUTING BUT BEAUTIFUL +NIGHTLEY SHE HAS COME TO BE !FTER THIS FOLLOWED A SERIES OF ROLES ON THE "RITISH CINEMA TELEVISION SCENE INCLUD ING AN APPEARANCE ON 4HE "ILL WHERE ALL GREAT "RITISH ACTORS BEGIN A ROLE IN /LIVER IN AND AS THE DAUGHTER OF 'WYN IN 4HE 0RINCESS OF 4HIEVES IN 4HE lRST SIGN OF THINGS TO COME WAS HER ROLE AS A DECOY 1UEEN IN 3TAR 7ARS %PISODE 4HE 0HANTOM -ENACE IN 2ETURNING ONCE AGAIN TO THE "RITISH SCENE +NIGHTLEY WAS IN THE BOX OFlCE HIT "END IT ,IKE "ECKHAM WHICH EL EVATED HER STATUS AS A YOUNG "RITISH ACTRESS
#ENTURY !MONGST HER OTHER DIS TRACTIONS FROM HER MARRIAGE IS HER KEEN INTEREST AND HEAD FOR POLI TICS ALTHOUGH THE FACT THAT SHE IS FEMALE QUASHES THE POTENTIAL FOR HER TO HAVE ANY POWER 4HE lLM IS BASED ON THE BEST SELLING BIOGRAPHY BY !MANDA &OREMAN 'EORGIANA $UCHESS OF
GREATLY !LTHOUGH A lLM STAR BY THIS STAGE +NIGHTLEY NEVERTHELESS ATTENDED %SHER #OL LEGE TO DO HER ! LEVELS IN #LASSICS %NGLISH ,ITERATURE AND 0OLITICAL (ISTORY ALTHOUGH THIS WAS OF SOME DIFlCULTY TO HER AS SHE IS DYSLEXIC )N LATER YEARS +NIGHTLEY HAS BEEN IN A NUMBER OF HIT lLMS SUCH AS ,OVE !CTUALLY
$EVONSHIRE AND THE SCREENPLAY BY *EFFREY (ATCHER AND !NDERS 4HO MAS *ENSEN IS AN EXCELLENT TRANSLA TION FOR THE BIG SCREEN 4HE MISE EN SCENE OF THE lLM CONSTANTLY BELITTLES 'EORGIANA WITH THE ENORMOUS GRANDEUR OF THE $UKE S HOUSE WHICH INVOKES FURTHER EMPATHY FROM THE AUDI
0IRATES OF THE #ARIBBEAN +ING !RTHUR NOT SUCH A HIT 0RIDE AND 0REJUDICE !TONEMENT 4HE %DGE OF ,OVE AND MOST RECENTLY 4HE $UCHESS $ESPITE NUMEROUS SUGGESTIONS OF ANO REXIA BY SOME SECTIONS OF THE MEDIA +EIRA +NIGHTLEY HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS AWARDS FROM BEAUTY MAGAZINES AND GRACED THE COV ERS OF MANY MORE "EING THE CURRENT FACE OF #OCO #HANEL ON TELEVISION ADVERTISEMENTS +NIGHTLEY IS EVIDENTLY PROUD hTO HAVE BEEN ASKED TO WORK WITH SUCH AN ICONIC HOUSE AS #HANEL AND THRILLED TO FOLLOW THE EXTRAORDI NARY WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH IT BEFORE v .EXT YEAR +NIGHTLEY WILL PLAY #ORDELIA IN A lLM VERSION OF +ING ,EAR TO FURTHER HER EXPERIENCE IN A DIFFERENT lELD OF ACTING .OT A BAD SET OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS TO ACHIEVE BY THE TENDER AGE OF
+IERA ON APPEARING IN lLMS h4HE PROBLEM FOR ME WAS THAT BY BEING IN THE lLM THE MAGIC WAS BROKEN ) LOVED THE lRST 3TAR 7ARS lLM AND MY MUM WAS REALLY INTO IT TOO THAT S WHY ) TOOK THE PART "UT THE &ORCE WASN T THERE WHEN WE WERE lLM ING IT AND THEY DIDN T HAVE REAL LIGHT SABRES WHICH ANNOYED ME v
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Man on Wire
Dir. Ben Stiller Release date: 19/9/08
Dir. James Marsh Release date: 1/8/08
Wall-E " CHARMING FAMILY lLM PROVIDING
4HIS INTERESTING DOCUMENTARY CUM FEATURE TELLS THE FASCINATING STORY OF 0HILIPPE 0ETIT A DAREDEVIL HIGH WIRE WALKER WHO WITH HELP FROM HIS FRIENDS MANAGED TO BREAK INTO THE TWIN TOWERS IN AND WALK A CABLE LINE BETWEEN THE SUM MIT OF BOTH SKYSCRAPERS 0ETIT MAKES AN ENGAGING HOST AND THE TESTIMO NIES FROM HIS FRIENDS ACCOMPLICES AND LOVER ARE OFTEN HUMOUROUS AND OFFER ENGAGING INSIGHTS INTO HIS RATHER @EXTREME PERSONALITY 4HE PHOTOGRAPHY OF HIS lNAL ACT IS UN DENIABLY IMPRESSIVE AND IS WORTH THE PRICE OF ENTRANCE ALONE 4HE RECKLESSNESS AND IM PETUOSITY OF 0ETIT IS SO GREAT THAT
PERHAPS ON BEING OFFERED A CHANCE TO COLLABORATE WITH HIM EVEN FAMED DAREDEVIL %VIL +NIEVEL WOULD HAVE WALKED AWAY IN SHAME AND EMBAR RASSMENT 3EEING THE DARING &RENCHMAN SCALE THE NOW EXTINCT SKYSCRAPERS MEANS THAT THE lLM CARRIES A SENSE OF TRAGIC IRONY BUT 0ETIT S OWN PHI LOSOPHY n THAT IT IS A GREAT THING TO RISK DEATH DOING SOMETHING YOU LOVE n MAKES A REASSURING CONTRAST TO THE OFTEN STARK IMAGERY 'EORGE 'ILBERT
&ILMIC REmECTIVITY INVOLVES THE EXPLORATION OF THE INNER WORKINGS OF (OLLYWOOD AS A MEANS OF ATTRACT ING AN INTEREST FROM THE MASS AUDI ENCE SOMETHING THAT 4ROPIC 4HUNDER UNREMITTINGLY ACHIEVES .OT ONLY IS THE SCRIPT CONSTRUCTED FROM ONE LINERS OF ONGOING HUMOUR AND AB SURDITY BUT THE CAST CONSISTING OF "EN 3TILLER AND *ACK "LACK EXCEL IN CONSTRUCTING SITUATIONS THAT ARE SO ILLOGICAL WE ALMOST FORGET THAT WE ARE WATCHING A PRODUCT OF THEIR MIS FORTUNES CREATING THE lLM &OUR ,EAF SET IN 6IETNAM )NEVITABLY lLMING DOES NOT GO AS CALCULATED AND ONCE THE DIRECTOR $AMIEN #OCKBURN 3TEVE #OOGAN DIES THE ACTORS ARE DRIVEN INTO DIS
EQUILIBRIUM FACING THE @&LAMING $RAGON GANG IN THEIR PROVINCE OF THE 'OLDEN 4RIANGLE 4HE HUMOUR SPAWNS FROM THE CHARACTERS DIVERSE CULTURAL REPRESENTATIONS WHICH MERGE TIGHTLY TOGETHER CREATING A @TROPIC THUNDER NOT A THUNDER OF RAGE AND DARKNESS BUT OBSCENE HU MOUR AND ABSURDITY WHICH CONNECT WITH US DIRECTLY 7HAT COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN A lLM OF MEANINGLESS GAGS AND TORTURE ACTUALLY RESULTED IN A POTENT SUMMER BLOCKBUSTER SHOW ING SIGNIlCANCE FROM ITS OPENING
Mamma Mia!
Dir. David Gordon Green Release Date: 12/9/08
7HEN TWO LOVABLE POTHEADS GET EN TANGLED IN A GANG WAR A MEANDER ING STONER COMEDY GETS ENMESHED WITH A COP DRAMA AN ASSORTMENT OF UNASHAMED COP MOVIE CLICHÏS n HITMEN DRUG BARONS AND CROOKED COPS n INTRUDE INTO THE SILLY ANTICS OF A COUPLE OF STONERS $ESPITE THE SATIRICAL IMPLICA TIONS OF AN ABSURD OPENING SCENE WHICH BRAZENLY HERALDS THE lLM S TITULAR INTOXICANT 0INEAPPLE %XPRESS NEVER PRESUMES TO PASS ANY JUDGE MENT BE IT POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE 7EED SMOKING BROADER APPLICA TION TO OTHER DRUGS IS DISMISSED BY &RANCO S POT DEALER IN A SINGLE LINE SEEMS VARYINGLY FUN RELAXING STRESSFUL DEPRAVED AND n COME THE
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SOME BLESSED LIGHT RELIEF FROM THE RATHER ACTION HEAVY OFFERINGS FROM (OLLYWOOD THIS SUMMER 7ALL % COULD BE 0IXAR S MOST CHARMING AND CERTAINLY TECHNICALLY ACCOM PLISHED lLM TO DATE 3OME CRITICS HAVE DISCUSSED THE POLITICAL INCLINATIONS OF 7ALL % AND CLEARLY THERE IS AN UNDERLY ING MORAL ASPECT ESPECIALLY IN THE LATTER HALF (OWEVER THE TECHNICAL SUPREMACY AND SHEER CHARM OF THE lLM CARRY THE DAY FOR ADULTS AND
!LTHOUGH THE ONSET OF A lLM FRAMED AROUND !BBA SONGS MAY BE A HORRIFYING PROSPECT TO SOME -AMMA -IA IS ONE OF THOSE GOOD CLEAN FUN lLMS THAT EVERYONE WILL SECRETLY ENJOY 4HE ADDED ENJOYMENT BY THE MULI STAR CAST WITH ADDED HUMOUR FROM 0IERCE "ROSNAN S SINGING AND THE MISCHIEVOIUS *ULIE 7ALTERS MAKES -AMMA -IA AN EXTREMELY UPLIFTING 3UMMER WATCH
HIDEOUSLY ESCALATORY CLIMAX n GRO TESQUELY VIOLENT 4HE MOVIE CONSISTENTLY MANAG ES TO RISE ABOVE AND EVEN BE ENTIRELY SEPARATE FROM ITS SUBJECT MATTER SO THAT THE PLOT BECOMES AN EXCUSE FOR ABSURDITY AND THE 0INEAPPLE %XPRESS BECOMES A DEVICE FOR JUSTIFYING TWO AMIABLY DOPEY CHARACTERS )T IS NOT A MOVIE ABOUT WEED BUT ONE ABOUT FRIENDSHIP AND FOOLISHNESS WHICH MEANS FOR THE DUBIOUS YOU DON T HAVE TO SMOKE TO GET THE JOKE 0AUL (EATH
!FTER A COUPLE OF DUDS 'UY 2ITCHIE HAS RETURNED TO FORM WITH THIS CON VOLUTED ROMP 3ET IN A SOMEWHAT FANTASTICAL VISION OF ,ONDON S UN DERWORLD WE GET A MYRIAD OF PLOT THREADS INVOLVING INEPT GANGSTERS SLINKY FEMME FATALES A 2USSIAN JAZILLIONAIRE OF THE !BRAMOVICH MOULD AND A BIZARRE NEVER SEEN PAINTING THAT SEEMS TO TIE EVERY THING TOGETHER 4HE CAST ALL lLL OUT THEIR STEREO TYPED ROLES WITH ENTHUSIASM WITH 4OBY +EBBELL AS ROCKSTAR *OHNNY 1UID STANDING OUT WITH HIS ODDBALL MANNERISMS NO DOUBT INSPIRED BY 0ETE $OHERTY -EANWHILE 2ITCHIE
MANAGES TO lT IN A FEW SUBVERSIVE JOKES MESSING AROUND WITH A GENRE HE HELPED POPULARISE SUCH AS WITH A HILARIOUS COMING OUT SCENE "UT OVERALL 2OCKNROLLA IS FAIRLY PREDICTABLE AND DOESN T ADD ANY THING NEW TO THE "RITISH GANGSTER GENRE "UT IT IS A GENRE THAT 2ITCHIE IS OBVIOUSLY COMFORTABLE WITH &ROM THE ELECTRIC OPENING CREDITS TO A lNALE THAT PROMISES MORE 2OCKNROLLA IS AS SATISFYING AND FUN MOVIE -ICHAEL 3COTT
The Dark Knight !FTER A TIDAL WAVE OF HYPE THE EAGERLY AWAITED 4HE $ARK +NIGHT l NALLY HIT OUR SCREENS THIS SUMMER 4HANKFULLY THE RESULT LIVED UP TO ALL EXPECTATIONS .OLAN AGAIN FRAMES HIS PICTURE SUPERBLY WITH A BLEAK OMINOUS MOOD SUPPORTED BY A lNE SCORE AND FANTASTIC CIN EMATOGRAPHY (EATH ,EDGER IS EX CELLENT AS "ATMAN S NEMISIS THE JOKER IRONING OUT ONE OF THE FEW WEAKNESSES OF "EGINS WHICH BOAST ED LARGELY FORGETTABLE VILLAINS
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3MILEY &ACE IS A lLM ABOUT A GIRL CALLED *ANE !NNA &ARIS 3CARY -OVIE AND &RIENDS lRST RATE STONER AND IS LIVING WITH HER WEIRD AND SLIGHTLY SCARY ROOM MATE 3TEVE $ANNY -ASTERSON *ANE WHO SPENDS MOST OF HER DAYS GETTING STONED AND ATTENDING AUDITIONS TO PAY FOR HER WEED HABIT STUMBLES UPON A FORBIDDEN STASH OF @MAGIC CAKES IN THEIR FRIDGE AFTER CONSUMING THE ENTIRE BATCH SHE GOES ON A CRAZED RAMPAGE ACROSS !MERICA TO GET TO HER BELOVED @(EMP &ESTIVAL !LTHOUGH THERE IS A GOOD RANGE OF STARS IN THE lLM !DAM "RODY AND
!NNA &ARIS THIS IS EITHER OUT OF STRANGE HUMOUR TASTE OR PITY AS THE lLM IS SHOCKINGLY AWFUL )F INDEED YOU WERE STONED AT THE TIME OF WATCHING 3MILEY &ACE IT MAY MAKE THE lLM MORE BEARA BLE (OWEVER THE VOICE OVER BY 2OSCOE ,EE "ROWNE ADDS A PLEASANTLY COMFORT ING AND WITTY RELIEF FROM THE SEVERITY OF THE lLM S STUPOR #OLETTE ,ILFORD
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Dir. Noel Clarke Release date: 13/10/08
!DULTHOOD IS THE FOLLOW UP TO THE lLM +IDULTHOOD 4HE STORY CONCEN TRATES ON 3AM PLAYED BY DIRECTOR .OEL #LARKE WHO lNDS HIS LIFE AFTER HIS RE LEASE FROM PRISON VERY DIFlCULT DUE TO THE SOCIAL ALIENATION CAUSED BY HIS IN CARCERATION 4HE lLM HAS SOME INTERESTING POINTS TO SAY ABOUT KNIFE CRIME WHICH GIVES IT A KIND OF TOPICAL SERIOUSNESS THAT UN DERSCORES THE MORE FRIVOLOUS MOMENTS OF THE lLM 5NFORTUNATELY SUCH A PICTURE THAT STRIVES TO MAKE PROFOUND POINTS IS IN PART UNDERMINED BY THE CHAV CUM GANG STER DIALOGUE WHICH IS AT TIMES TOTALLY
INAUDIBLE OR MAYBE PURPOSEFULLY IN COMPREHENSIBLE 4HE OTHER KEY WEAK NESS OF !DULTHOOD IS THE UNSYMPATHETIC PORTRAYAL OF THE CHARACTERS n UNHELPFUL WHEN WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE MOVED BY 3AM S TOUGH LIFE AFTER HIS RELEASE !DULTHOOD IS STRIVING TO BE MUCH MORE THAN THE SUM OF ITS PARTS AND PER HAPS WOULD HAVE BEEN WITH TIGHTER DI RECTION AND MORE MORAL RESTRAINT 'EORGE 'ILBERT
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The Knight Triumphant
4HE SUCCESS OF THIS SUMMER S 4HE $ARK +NIGHT HAS CEMENTED #HRISTOPHER .OLAN S REPUTATION AS ONE OF THE BEST CONTEMPORARY lLM MAKERS IN THE BUSINESS "UT THOSE FAMILIAR WITH HIS SHORT lLMOGRAPHY KNEW THEY WOULDN T BE LET DOWN AS 'EORGE 'ILBERT WRITESx
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HE PRESSURE ON .OLAN FOR HIS LATEST lLM 4HE $ARK +NIGHT TO MEET EXPECTATIONS WAS IMMENSE !FTER AN ASTONISHINGLY SUCCESSFUL VIRAL CAMPAIGN THAT SPREAD THOUGH THE INTERNET LIKE A CYBERSPACE BUSHlRE AND SKY HIGH EXPECTATIONS AFTER THE SUCCESS OF THE lRST lLM IN THE @NEW "ATMAN FRANCHISE S "ATMAN "EGINS ANYTHING LESS THAN BRILLIANCE WAS LIKELY TO BE REGARDED AS A DISAPPOINTMENT 4HANKFULLY 4HE $ARK +NIGHT NOT MERELY MET BUT SURPASSED THE EXPECTED CRITERIA )NEVITABLY THE ALMOST OUTRAGEOUS SUCCESS OF .OLAN S lLM MEANT HE CAME UNDER EVEN GREATER SCRUTINY THAN BEFORE /NE POSSIBLE CRITICISM OF .OLAN ONE THAT HAS BEEN VOICED BY SOME ESTEEMED CRITICS IS THAT IT S A PITY THAT HE HAS DECIDED TO CONCENTRATE ON A FRANCHISE THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN PRESENTED NUMEROUS TIMES RATHER THAN PURSUE HIS OWN ORIGINAL IDEAS
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• Poster Sale. Marquee near Square. 9am-5pm • Farmers’ Market. LCR. 10.30am-3.30pm • ‘Is Uni Right For You?’. Advice Centre. 11am-12.30pm • Mature Students’ Reception. Grad Bar. 12-2pm • Off-Campus Commuters’ Reception. Blue Bar. 5.30- 7pm • 999 Emergency Services LCR. 10pm. £4
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• Poster Sale. Marquee near Square. 9am-5pm • SocMart. LCR. 11am-4.40pm • SportsMart. Sportspark. 11am-4.30pm • Strike Anywhere. The Waterfront. 7.30pm. £9 • World Music Party ft. Signature. LCR. 8pm. £5 • Four Poofs And A Piano. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £15
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• Poster Sale. Marquee near Square. 9am-5pm • Kill Hannah. The Waterfront. 7.30pm. £9 • Zane Lowe. LCR. 9.30pm. £5.50 NUS • Jacqui McShee’s Pentangle. Norwich Playhouse. 7.30pm. 15 NUS • Ironman. LT1. 7.30pm. £2.75 • Longview. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £8
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• ‘Is Uni Right For You?’. Advice Centre. 11am-12.30pm • Jason Manford. Norwich Playhouse. 8pm. £12 NUS • Sennen. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £6 • Harmony (R’n’B Club Night). LCR. 10pm. £4 • Non Stop 90s. The Waterfront. 10pm. £3.50 NUS • Roobarb Hard Dance All-Nighter. The Studio@The Waterfront. 10pm-4am. £6 NUS
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• Volunteers Fair. LCR. 11am-3pm • The Blackout. The Waterfront. 7.30pm. £11 • Mark Thomas. Norwich Arts Centre. 8.30pm. £10 • Pyjama Party. LCR. 10pm. £3.50 adv
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•The Subways. LCR. 7pm. £12.50 • Classic Legends of Rock Tour 08. The Waterfront. 7pm. £20 • Buddhist Meditation Class. City College. 7.30pm-9pm. £5 • This Town Needs Guns. The Queen Charlotte. 8pm. £4 • White Lies. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £7
2nd • Sam Sparro. LCR. 7.30pm. Sold Out • Moremi. Norwich Playhouse. 7.30pm. £8 NUS • Forgetting Sarah Marshall. LT1. 7.30pm. £2.75 • Rhod Gilbert. Norwich Arts Centre. 8.30pm. £8 NUS • Shaolin Hussle ft. Alex Paterson. The Waterfront. 9pm. £7 NUS • La Boheme. Theatre Royal. 7.30pm. £6+
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• Firewalk Fundraiser. The Forum. 7pm • Travis. LCR. 7.30pm. Sold Out. • Horrid Histories of Norwich Guided Walk. Adam and Eve. 7.30pm. £7.50 • Mitch Benn. Norwich Playhouse. 8pm. £12 NUS • War On Drugs. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £7 • 80s Night + Hit Parade. The Waterfront. 10pm-2am. £3.50 NUS
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• Launch of Black History Month. The Forum. 10am- 5.30pm • National Youth Jazz Orchestra. Norwich Playhouse. 8pm. £15 NUS • Spinto Band. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £8 • Freshers Bash. LCR. 9.30pm. £10 • Meltdown + Wraith. The Waterfront. 10pm. 3.50 NUS
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• National Green Day Picnic. Chapelfield Gardens. 1pm • The Ting Tings. LCR. 7pm. Sold Out • Pub Quiz. Blue Bar. 8pm • The Rascals presented by All Sorted. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £8
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• Cherie Blair. LT1. 6.30pm. £6 • Adrian Ramsay MP. 1.33 Union House. 7pm • Foals. LCR. 7.30pm. Sold Out • Norwich Ghost Walk. Henry’s Bar and Cafe. 7.30pm. £5 • Transition Norwich Talk: From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience. Friends Meeting House, Upper Goat Lane. 7.30pm
• Performance and Shadow Theatre Workshop. Nor- wich Puppet Theatre. 10.30am-4pm. £30 • Club Retro. LCR. 10pm. £4.50 adv • Reloj De Arena. Norwich Playhouse. 8pm. £13 NUS •Tosca. Theatre Royal. 7.30pm. £6+ • Meltdown + Punk’d UP. The Waterfront. 10pm-2am. £3.50 NUS
• Dragonforce. LCR. 7.30pm. Sold Out • Michael McIntyre. Theatre Royal. 7.30pm. £5+ • Roots Manuva. The Waterfront. 7pm. £13.50 • Pub Quiz. Blue Bar. 8pm
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• Natty. The Waterfront. 7.30pm. £8 • Arty McGlynn, Nollaig Casey, Máire Ní Chathasaigh and Chris Newman. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £12 NUS • Bingo. St John’s Cathedral Parish Hall. 8pm
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Games for Freshers Week
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