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Fashion

p.4 - #ITY #OLLEGE S TALENTED TEXTILE STUDENTS SHOW US HOW TO REWORK OUR OLD CLOTHES p.5 - 7E INTERVIEW FASHION DESIGNER 0OLLY )SABELLA

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p.6 - )AN -C+ELLEN AND 0ATRICK 3TEWART ARE COMING TO .ORWICH lND OUT WHY p.7 - 7HAT EXACTLY IS THE APPEAL OF 7AITING FOR 'ODOT

Creative Writing

p.8 - 5%! S WRITERS TACKLE THE THEME OF @EXPOSURE

Wired

p.9 - 7E REVIEW 2ESIDENT %VIL AND lND OUT OUR TOP THREE MOST ANNOYING SIDEKICKS

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The Event Editor-in-Chief Fiona Billings Editors Alannah Wells and Chloe Pew Latter Fashion Editor - Jessica Hamilton

Internet Editors - Chloe Pew

Deputy Fashion Editor - Flora Wong

Latter and Alannah Wells

Contributors - Emily Mason, Ruth Ryland

Deputy Internet Editor - Jack Clark

Arts Editors - Melissa York and Matt Ramsay

Contributors - Jake Maxwell-Watts, Chloe Pew Latter, Jake Rogers-Lowery, Helen Thomas

Contributors - Jennifer Abbott, Matt Ramsay, Laura Wignall, Melissa York

Music Editor - Sarah Christie Deputy Music Editor - Rob Morbin

Creative Writing Editor - Penny Boxall Contributors - Judith Barker, Carmina Masoliver, James Moore, R.D. Wakeman

Contributors - Alice Drummee, Ed Leftwich, Carmina Masoliver, Steph McKenna, Scott Monahan, Will Newton, Alec Plowman, Helen Thomas

Film Editors - Wired Editor - Karl Davies Contributors Dan Ring

Josh Butler, Karl Davies,

George Gilbert and Colette Lilford Contributors - Will Cross, Colette Lilford, James Marlow, Elizabeth Poole, Adam Scales, Ian Smith, Duncan Vicat-Brown

TV Editor - Kirsten Peter

Listings Editor - Natasha Barnes

Contributors - Josh Butler, Lindsay Harris, Liam O’Brien, Cathy Peters, Jonathan Rider, Duncan Vicat-Brown

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p.12 - 7E TAKE A LOOK AT MORE OBSURE ONLINE 46 ALONG WITH THE USUAL FAVOURTIES

Feature

p.13 - )NTERVIEW WITH 46 PRESENTER 4IM ,OVEJOY

Music

p.14 - )NTERVIEW WITH ROCKERS 2ISE !GAINST p.15 - /UR ALBUMS OF THE WEEK p.16 - !N EVENING WITH (OT ,EG p.17 - 0ETER $OHERTY ROLED IN TO TOWN LAST WEEK HOW DID HIS GIG FARE AMONGST 5%! S STUDENTS

Film

p.18 - 7E DISCOVER THE ART OF THE CINEMA TRAILER p.19 - 7E PAY TRIBUTE TO TALENTED ACTRESS .ATASHA 2ICHARDSON p.20 - $6$ RELEASES p.21 - 4HE ROLE THAT %AST !NGLIA HAS PLAYED IN THE MOVIES

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p.22 - !LL THE .ORWICH HAPPENINGS THIS FORTINGHT

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STUDENTS SWAP ‘TIL THEY DROP AT UEA’S FIRST FROCK SHOP

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SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW... #ITY #OLLEGE TEXTILE STUDENTS GIVE OLD WEDDING DRESSES A NEW LEASE OF LIFE

,AST WEEK 5%! STUDENTS COLLABORATED WITH 2!' 2AISING AND 'IVING SOCIETY TO HOLD 5%! S lRST EVER &ROCK 3HOP 4HE EVENT WAS CREATED TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE LOCAL "IG # CANCER CHARITY WHO CARRY OUT SOME OF THEIR RESEARCH AT 5%! AND WAS THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO FRESHEN UP YOUR WARDROBE /N 4HURSDAY TH -ARCH THE ,#2 DANCE mOOR WAS lLLED WITH TABLES AND RACKS OF INTERESTING AND ORIGINAL PIECES INCLUDING TWIN SET SUITS FAUX FUR COATS ROCKER TEES ANKLE BLACK BOOTS DETAILED CLUTCH BAGS AND EVENING PARTY DRESSES 4HE MAJORITY OF THE CLOTHES ON SALE WERE DONATED BY 5%! STUDENTS HOWEVER THERE WERE SOME REAL GEMS FROM THE "IG # CHARITY SHOP INCLUDING A STUNNING VINTAGE WEDDING DRESS 4HE EVENT RAN FROM PM AND SAW A WHOLE RANGE OF STUDENTS COMING IN AND OUT TO RImE AROUND TO lND A UNIQUE BUY 7ITH THE VINTAGE TREND SEEING SUCH POPULARITY ON THE HIGH STREET AND TO DESIGNERS THE &ROCK 3HOP SEEMED THE IDEAL CHANCE TO lND THE PERFECT PIECE ON A BUDGET ,AURA 7HITEHEAD ONE OF THE MAIN ORGANISERS OF THE EVENT STATED h4HE DAY WAS A GREAT SUCCESS WE WERE ABLE TO SHOW STUDENTS THE AMAZING THINGS YOU CAN lND WHEN SHOPPING AT CHARITY SHOPS WITHOUT HAVING TO DESTROY YOUR BANK ACCOUNT 7E ALSO ENDED UP RAISING A BRILLIANT a FOR THE "IG # CHARITY ORGANISATION v +ATE (OUSE WHO HELPED TO ORGANISE THE EVENT NOTED hA LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE ASKED IF THERE WILL BE ANOTHER &ROCK 3HOP 7E RE ALL lNAL YEAR STUDENTS BUT HOPEFULLY THE &ROCK 3HOP TORCH WILL BE PASSED ON v 2UTH 2YLAND

)N A WORLD OF DIMINISHING RESOURCES IT IS CRUCIAL THAT OUR FUTURE DESIGNERS LEARN ABOUT THE SUSTAINABILITY OF MATERIALS AND THAT EVEN THE MOST UNIMAGINABLE ITEMS CAN BE SALVAGED AND RECYCLED TO CREATE SOMETHING UNIQUE FASHION FORWARD AND STYLISH 4O GENERATE AWARENESS .ORWICH S "IG # CANCER CHARITY TEAMED UP WITH A GROUP OF TEXTILE STUDENTS AT THE .ORWICH #ITY #OLLEGE TO PRODUCE THE 2EINVENTION EXHIBITION 4HE "IG # CHARITY GAVE THE STUDENTS WEDDING DRESSES EACH COSTING A POUND WHICH OVER TIME HAD BEEN DONATED TO THE CHARITY SHOP AND INFORMED THEM TO IMAGINATIVELY RECONSTRUCT THE DRESSES INTO CUTTING EDGE FASHION PIECES 4HE TEXTILE STUDENTS TOOK INSPIRATION FROM OTHER CULTURES CATWALK DESIGNERS SUCH AS -ATTHEW 7ILLIAMSON AND HIGH STREET BRANDS LIKE !GENT 0ROVOCATEUR 4HEY ALSO USED A WHOLE RANGE OF CONVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES INCLUDING DYING RESHAPING CUTTING AND SEWING AS WELL AS SOME RATHER UNCONVENTIONAL METHODS SUCH AS RUSTING BONDING PLASTICS MANIPULATING THE FABRIC AND INCORPORATING HONEY BEE WAX 4HE lNAL PIECES WHICH WERE DISPLAYED AS AN EXHIBITION IN THE &ORUM FROM ND TO TH OF -ARCH WERE TRULY EXCEPTIONAL 4HERE WAS A WIDE RANGE OF DESIGN AND INTERPRETATION SOME OF THE STUDENTS HAD STUCK WITH THE CONCEPT OF A DRESS BUT ALTERED ITS ORIGINAL APPEARANCE SO MUCH IT WAS UNRECOGNIZABLE /THER STUDENTS CREATED COLOURFUL JEWELLERY TO ACCESSORIZE OUTlTS SCULPTED UNDERWEAR THAT WOULD GIVE ANY lGURE THE ULTIMATE HOURGLASS SHAPE AND CREATED INTRICATELY DETAILED WALL HANGINGS !T THE EXHIBITION A STUDENT HAD WRITTEN UNDERNEATH HER PIECE h7ITHOUT !RT THE CRUDENESS OF REALITY WOULD MAKE THE WORLD UNBEARABLE v A QUOTE TAKEN FROM TH CENTURY PLAYWRIGHT 'EORGE "ERNARD 3HAW )T SEEMS RATHER lTTING AS THE WHOLE PROJECT WAS ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP OF CONTEMPORARY CREATIVITY AND GLOBAL CONCERNS AND ISSUES $AVID %ASTAUGH THE %VENTS /FlCER OF THE #REATIVE !RT $EPARTMENT AT THE #ITY #OLLEGE HAD A LEADING ROLE IN MANAGING THIS PROJECT AND STATED THAT hIT WAS A GREAT HONOUR FOR OUR STUDENTS TO WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH THE LOCAL "IG # CHARITY TO PUT ON THIS INNOVATIVE EXHIBITION THE PROJECT TRULY EMBRACES ISSUES OF VISUAL CULTURE CONTEMPORARY FASHION AND GLOBAL ISSUES 7E HOPE IT HAS RAISED SOME AWARENESS OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY v 2UTH 2YLAND

DESIGNER PROFILE: MARC JACOBS )N ANTICIPATION OF THE lRST -ARC BY -ARC *ACOBS SHOP OPENING IN THE 5+ THIS !PRIL 4HE %VENT TAKES A LOOK AT -R *ACOBS CONTRIBUTION TO THE FASHION WORLD

-ARC *ACOBS WAS BORN ON TH !PRIL IN .EW 9ORK (E IS WIDELY REGARDED AS ONE OF THE WORLD S MOST INmUENTIAL DESIGNERS *ACOBS TALENT WAS CLEAR FROM THE BEGINNING WHILST STUDYING AT THE 0ARSONS 3CHOOL OF $ESIGN IN .EW 9ORK #ITY HE WAS AWARDED THE PRESTIGIOUS $ESIGN 3TUDENT OF THE 9EAR !WARD AS WELL AS A 0ERRY %LLIS 'OLDEN 4HIM BLE !WARD 7HEN HIS STUDIES HAD lNISHED AT 0AR SONS HE WORKED AS A DESIGNER FOR 0ERRY %L LIS )T WAS DURING THIS PERIOD HE DESIGNED HIS @GRUNGE COLLECTION WHICH WAS INmUENCED BY CLOTHES WORN BY MUSICIANS AND BANDS SUCH AS .IRVANA (OLE AND $EBBIE (ARRY *ACOBS STILL CITES MUSIC AS BEING AN INSPIRATION TO HIM AND IS FRIENDS WITH MUSICIANS SUCH AS #OURTNEY ,OVE 4HIS COLLECTION LED TO HIS DISMISSAL FROM 0ERRY %LLIS IN DESPITE THE COLLECTION BEING CHAMPIONED BY !NNA 7INTOUR

)N *ACOBS WAS SIGNED BY ,OUIS 6UIT TON TO DEVELOP A READY TO WEAR BUSINESS FOR THEM (E COLLABORATED WITH ARTISTS SUCH AS 3TEPHEN 3PROUSE AND 4AKASHI -URAKAMI 4HE YEAR SAW THE LAUNCH OF THE -ARC *ACOBS SISTER LINE @-ARC BY -ARC *ACOBS WHICH OFFERS -ARC *ACOBS STYLE AT A FRACTION ALLY CHEAPER PRICE !T HIS @-ARC BY -ARC *ACOBS STORES IN THE 53 HE OFFERS A RANGE OF @SPECIAL ITEMS AT CHEAP PRICES WHICH COST FROM AND INCLUDE ITEMS SUCH AS BAGS AND POCKET MIRRORS MANY OF WHICH HAVE THE SLO GAN @*ACOBS BY -ARC *ACOBS FOR -ARC BY -ARC *ACOBS ON THEM -ARC *ACOBS ALSO HAS A SUC CESSFUL FRAGRANCE RANGE )N &EBRUARY -ARC *ACOBS OPENED HIS lRST 5+ STORE AT -OUNT 3TREET ,ONDON 4HIS IS GOING TO BE FOLLOWED BY THE lRST 5+ @-ARC BY -ARC *ACOBS STORE ON !PRIL TH WHICH WILL ALSO BE ON -OUNT 3TREET

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DESIGNER INTERVIEW: POLLY ISABELLA

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*OHN "ULTITUDE 4HEATRE 2OYAL 0RESS /FlCER 4HE LURE OF HAVING TWO INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN NAMES IN .ORWICH IN ONE OF THE MOST INmUENTIAL PLAYS OF THE TH CEN TURY IS PROVING TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY THAT PEOPLE DON T WANT TO MISS !LMOST a WAS MADE FROM TICKET SALES IN A SINGLE DAY ON TH -ARCH WHICH IS AN INCREDIBLE NUMBER OF TICKETS TO BE SOLD FOR JUST ONE SHOW IN ONE DAY /UR BOX OFlCE STAFF WERE VERY BUSY AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE ALSO SECURING THEIR SEATS ON LINE )F YOU HAVEN T GOT YOUR TICKETS YET MOVE FAST TO MAKE SURE YOU CAN ENJOY THE PLAY 3EAN -ATHIAS $IRECTOR ON TOURING ) THINK IT S IMPORTANT A PLAY LIKE 7AITING &OR 'ODOT ISN T ONLY ,ONDON CENTRIC 4HIS IS A PLAY ABOUT THE PEOPLE AND WE ARE TAKING IT TO THE PEOPLE )T S A CHALLENGE MOVING FROM VENUE TO VENUE ON TOUR BECAUSE EACH PHYSICAL SPACE WILL BE DIFFERENT BUT ) THINK THE MOST INTERESTING PART WILL BE TO GAUGE THE DIFFER ING RESPONSES FROM THE AUDIENCES IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE 5+ !

4HE .ORWICH 4HEATRE 2OYAL MORPHS INTO THE COOLEST PLACE KNOWN TO MAN OVER %ASTER WHEN WE ALL GO HOME FOR A MONTH 4YPICAL "UT IF YOU GET SICK OF YOU KNOW YOUR FAMILY AND YOU REMEM BER THAT YOU HAVE A HOUSE AND HOPEFULLY SOME FRIENDS ABOUT DElNITELY CHECK SOME OF THE EVENTS OUT #ALENDAR 'IRLS -ASKERADE &LASHDANCE &ARNDALE -IKADO -AGIC A +IND OF 1UEEN 7AITING FOR 'ODOT 4HE -USIC OF !NDREW ,LOYD 7EBBER *OSEPH 2OSS .OBLE AND "RAIN #ONLEY 0HEW !ND IF THE IDEA OF 3OOTY IN 3PACE DOESN T EXCITE YOU SEE A PSYCHOLOGIST THERE S SOMETHING WRONG UPSTAIRS )N THE SIMPLY GORGEOUS 0UPPET 4HEATRE GO SEE 4HE $RAG ON S 4ALE *OURNEY OF THE 4URTLE AND THE EXCELLENT "LACK 2AM 4HEATRE #OMPANY S .ORTHANGER !BBEY 4HE *ANE !USTEN STAGE ADAPTATION PROMISES TO BE A REAL HIGHLIGHT -ELISSA 9ORK

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The Event RecommEnds 4HIS COULD BE THE FATTEST BOOK YOU VE EVER READ FAT TER THAN THE (ARRY 0OTTER BOOKS FATTER THAN THE ODD DICTIONARY IT FALLS JUST UNDER PAGES "UT IF YOU CAN ENDURE THE LENGTH AND THE MORE VIOLENT ASPECTS OF ! .OVEL AND IT DOES GET PRETTY NASTY THEN #HILEAN WRITER 2OBERTO "OLA×O S LAST NOVEL IS ONE OF EXCEPTIONAL STRENGTH 4HE NOVEL WAS PUBLISHED POSTHUMOUSLY FOLLOW ING HIS DEATH IN &OUR AND A HALF OF THE lVE PARTS OF THE TEXT WERE COMPLETED BY "OLA×O HIMSELF WHO HAD SPENT THE LAST lVE YEARS OF HIS LIFE WORKING ON IT 4HE #HILEAN MOVED TO %UROPE IN HAVING

BEEN ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF TERRORISM AFTER STAND ING UP TO !UGUSTO 0INOCHET S COUP IN HIS COUNTRY AND THE ROLE OF CRIME BECAME A KEY ONE IN ALL HIS WORKS %ACH OF THE lVE PARTS OF THE NOVEL REVOLVES AROUND THE TOWN OF 3ANTA 4ERESA IN A NORTH -EXI CAN PROVINCE 4HE INTERWOVEN STORIES INVOLVE A HOST OF LARGER THAN LIFE CHARACTERS INCLUDING A RECLUSIVE 'ERMAN WRITER A SERIES OF LOVESTRUCK LITERARY CRITICS THE HEAVYWEIGHT HOPE OF -EXICAN BOXING AND A LARGE NUMBER OF MURDERERS DRUGGIES THIEVES AND MAD MEN

IS BOTH FUNNY AND SERIOUS "OLA×O S PITCH IS AS NEAR TO PERFECTION AS MOST WRITERS ARE EVER LIKELY TO GET (ORRIlC MURDERS ARE BALANCED AGAINST COMPASSIONATE ACTS OF LOVE AND SACRIlCE 4HE ISSUE OF CORRUPTION IN THE -EXICAN POLICE FORCE IS PLACED AGAINST A VERY COMPELLING AND PHILOSOPHICALLY BASED ARGUMENT FOR HANGING MATHS TEXT BOOKS ON WASHING LINES UNTIL THEY DISINTEGRATE )T IS NOT ALWAYS EASY READING BUT IS WORTH THE SLOG 7HATEVER DISCOMFORTING EVENTS OCCUR WITHIN THE PAGES YOU CAN T DISLIKE A NOVEL THAT ENDS WITH A DISCUSSION ON THE BENElTS OF ICE CREAM *ENNIFER !BBOTT

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/NLY &OOLS AND (ORSES &AWLTY 4OWERS "LACKAD DER n SOME OF THE FUNNIEST AND BEST LOVED PRO GRAMMES EVER SHOWN ON TELEVISION "UT UNLESS YOU RE WATCHING THE RE RUNS OF THESE SHOWS ON $AVE OR ' / , $ YOU RE NOT GOING TO SEE MUCH COMEDY AS GOOD AS THESE CLASSICS &ACE IT THERE S NOT MUCH THESE DAYS THAT CAN EVEN COMPARE TO THESE CLASSIC SITCOMS SURE THERE ARE CURRENT FAVOURITES SUCH AS 4HE )NBETWEENERS &AMILY 'UY AND 0EEP 3HOW BUT THEY RE HARDLY GOING TO BE CONSIDERED CLASSICS IN YEARS TIME ARE THEY 7HAT HAS HAPPENED TO TELEVISION SITCOM AND WHY HAS IT BEEN IN ALMOST CONSTANT DECLINE FOR THE PAST TWO DECADES 4HE SITCOM HAS BEEN A STAPLE OF TELEVISION SCHEDULES SINCE THE BEGINNING OF POPULAR TEL EVISION AS WE KNOW IT &ROM (ANCOCK S (ALF (OUR AND ) ,OVE ,UCY IN THE S TO 4HE 6ICAR OF $IBLEY AND &ATHER 4ED IN THE S SITCOMS HAVE OFTEN TOPPED THE RATINGS AND HAVE UN DOUBTEDLY PUT THEIR MARK ON POPULAR CULTURE 5NFORTUNATELY BECAUSE OF SITCOM S POPULARITY TELEVISION PRODUCERS HAVE RELIED TOO HEAVILY ON THEM WHICH HAS LED TO TODAY S ABUNDANCE OF POOR EXCUSES FOR COMEDY 4HIS YEAR S #OMIC 2ELIEF SPECIAL BY ""# 4HREE WAS A MIX OF THREE OF THEIR @BEST SITCOMS 4HE CHARACTERS OF 4WO 0INTS 'ROWNUPS AND #OM ING OF !GE WERE ALL SHOVED INTO 4HE !RCHER THE LOCAL PUB IN 4WO 0INTS IN AN ATTEMPT TO CREATE COMEDY THAT IS BETTER THAN THE SUM OF ITS PARTS )NEVITABLY IT WAS A RESOUNDING FAILURE 4HE COMBINATION OF THE CRUDE JOKES WHICH EACH OF THESE @COMEDIES RELY ON LED TO SOME OF THE MOST BASIC BANAL PUNCH LINES IN RECENT YEARS !ND BECAUSE THE LEAD CHARACTERS IN 4WO 0INT SAND 'ROWNUPS ARE PLAYED BY THE SAME PERSON

3HERIDAN 3MITH THERE WERE NUMEROUS JOKES ABOUT MISTAKEN IDENTITY WHICH WERE NEITHER FUNNY NOR CLEVER -AYBE THE EPISODE CAN BE EX CUSED BECAUSE IT WAS IN THE NAME OF CHARITY BUT THAT S HALF AN HOUR OF SOMEONE S LIFE THAT THEY CAN NEVER GET BACK WHICH IS CHARITY ENOUGH IN OUR OPINION

!ND EVEN THOUGH WE CAN PROCLAIM PRO GRAMMES SUCH AS 4HE )NBETWEENERS AND &AMILY 'UY AS EXAMPLES OF HOW GOOD COMEDY CAN BE THESE DAYS THEIR RELIANCE ON CRUDE HUMOUR MEANS THEY WILL NEVER TRULY BE SEEN AS CLASSICS 4HE BEST LOVED SITCOMS OF THE S DIDN T RELY ON FART JOKES CLEVER REFERENCES TO POPULAR CULTURE OR COMEDY VIOLENCE TO GET LAUGHS n THEY WERE CLEVERLY WRITTEN WELL ACTED AND SUITABLE FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY 4ODAY S OBSESSION WITH THE ABSURD AND CRUDE MEANS THAT COMEDY IN GENERAL HAS SEEN A GRADUAL DECLINE IN STANDARDS WITH THE SITCOM BEING BOTH THE MAIN VICTIM AND OFFENDER *ONATHAN 2IDER

&INDERS +EEPERS WHERE THE ONLY WAY FOR A CHILD TO GET IN TROUBLE WAS TO LEAVE THE ROOM CLEAN (OSTED BY .EIL "UCHANAN THE #)46 GAME SHOW WAS BROADCAST FROM TO )T WAS REGRET TABLY REVIVED FOR A BRIEF RUN FROM *ANUARY TO !PRIL REAFlRMING THAT WHICH WAS GREAT IN THE S SHOULD BE LEFT IN THE S &OLLOWING A PRELIMINARY QUESTION ROUND THE SHOW UNLEASHED THE TWO TEAMS INTO A GI ANT DOLLS HOUSE POSSESSING THE DISCONCERTING DIMENSIONALITY OF A FAIRGROUND #RAZY #OTTAGE 4HE CONTESTANTS MISSION WAS TO UTTERLY TRASH ROOMS SUCH AS THE RELATIVELY MUNDANE BATH ROOM KIDS BEDROOM AND KITCHEN THE TABOO -UM AND $AD S BEDROOM h/OOOH v AND THE EVER CHANGING FANTASY ROOM IN ORDER TO lND HIDDEN OBJECTS !T THE OUTSET OF EACH @RAID THE CHILDREN RECEIVED A CLUE RANGING FROM THE CRYP TIC h7HAT HAS SPOTS AND SIX FACES vx !N SWER A mUFFY DICE TO THE BLINDINGLY OBVIOUS hWHAT IS THE FOUR LEGGED SHIP OF THE DESERT v SECONDS OF CHAOTIC DRAWER UN TIDYING BED UN MAKING DIABOLICAL DESTRUCTION WOULD ENSUE 3ILLY STRING RAINED DOWN DRY ICE BILLOW ED OUT OF WARDROBES AND "UCHANAN HOPPED

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THE MEAN TIME TO THE VIEWING PUBLIC THEY RE ALL LOSERS 4HE VAIN ONE THE WIMPY ONE THE BULLY THE LIAR 9ES THE ONLY REAL WINNERS ARE THE VIEWERS SAFE IN THE KNOWLEDGE THEY COULD EASILY SET UP A *APANESE THEME NIGHT AT A COUNTRY BOOZER OR lND A CUCKOO CLOCK IN THE 3AHARA DESERT 'ET OUT YOUR INDEX lNGER AND GET POINT ING ALL TOGETHER NOW @9OU RE &IRED

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4HE )NTERNET IS THE 46 LESS STUDENT S BEST FRIEND WHEN THEY GO TO UNIVERSITY AND HAVE NO PARENTS TO PAY FOR A DIGIBOX 3KY OR CABLE .ORMAL TIME 46 OBVIOUSLY CLASHES WITH MORE IMPORTANT EVENTS @LECTURES AND ""# I0LAYER AND /$ PROVE TO BE A DISAPPOINTMENT WHEN WE WANT TO lSH ACROSS THE BIG POND TO !MERICAN SHOWS 3TREAMING SITES LIKE 3URF THE #HANNEL !LLUC AND 46 ,INKS HAVE BEEN lGHTING LEGAL BATTLES FOR MONTHS AGAINST COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK IN FRINGEMENTS BUT ALWAYS STOOD AS THE MORE SUC CESSFUL AND USEFUL )NTERNET TELEVISION SITES "OTH 3URF THE #HANNEL AND 46 ,INKS WORK BY LINKING TO THIRD PARTY SITES THAT HOST 46 CON TENT lLMS MUSIC VIDEOS ANYTHING TELEVISIBLE AND MEMBERS OF THE SITE CAN UPLOAD VIDEOS )N THIS WAY ALONGSIDE USING FOREIGN SERVERS THE SITES TRY TO AVOID LEGAL ACTION AGAINST COPY RIGHTED CONTENT @)NTERNET 4ELEVISION OR @I46 IS A RECOGNISED CONCEPT IN THE LAW BUT IT DOES OFFER

POSSIBLE ILLEGAL ACTION HOW COULD STREAMING A lLM RELEASED THE DAY BEFORE ON YOUR COMPUTER BE AT ALL LAWFUL .ONETHELESS WE CAN LET THE PROPRIETORS DEAL WITH THEIR LAWSUITS 4HE SITES OFFER EXTENDED SHOWS FROM ACROSS THE WORLD THAT EVEN REGULAR 46 DOESN T OFFER AND SO WE IN THE 5+ DON T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL A FOREIGN PROGRAMME SERIES IS RE LEASED ON $6$ TO BE ABLE TO WATCH IT !ND THOSE &AMILY 'UY EPISODES THAT CLAIM TO BE IN SEASON SEVEN BUT DElNITELY AREN T ON THE $6$ /UR !MERICAN FRIENDS HAVE UPLOADED THEM AS WELL !PART FROM DEALING WITH A SLOW CONNECTION WHEN STREAMING DODGY BOOTLEGS AND THE LEGAL ASPECTS I46 IS A ROARING SUCCESS FOR STUDENTS AND THE PUBLIC ALIKE 5PDATED MORE OR LESS DAILY WITH NEW CONTENT IT PROVES TO BE A SURE WIN NER FOR THE MORNING AFTER MISSING YOUR FAVOURITE PROGRAMME (ELEN 4HOMAS

-ANY OF YOU PROBABLY RECOGNISE HIM AS ONE HALF OF THE DUO WHO PRESENTED 3OCCER !- FOR OVER A DECADE (OW EVER NOW 4IM ,OVEJOY IS BRANCHING OUT AND LAUNCHING HIS OWN INTERNET 46 CHANNEL WITH 3IMON &ULLER &IONA "ILLINGS CHATS TO HIM ABOUT #HANNEL "EE #HELSEA AND HIS WORST EVER GUEST 4, 0ROBABLY PEOPLE LIKE .OEL 'AL LAGHER AND 2AY 7INSTONE 4HEY WERE ALWAYS FUNNY AND UP FOR A LAUGH NOT PROMOTING ANYTHING %VERYONE S A COMMERCIAL COMMODITY NOW ) WAS SPEAKING TO A CELEBRITY THE OTHER DAY ASKING IF THEY WANTED TO DO AN INTER VIEW AND THEY SAID NO BECAUSE THEY DIDN T HAVE ANYTHING TO SELL AT THE MO MENT 4HERE WAS ANOTHER BIG !MERICAN BAND WHO WE WANTED TO COME ON 3OCCER !- AND THEY WOULDN T BECAUSE THEY WEREN T hIN PROMOv AT THE MOMENT "ANDS BECAME LAME WHEN THEY STARTED USING PHRASES LIKE THAT

)NTERNET 3TREET6IEW PRIVACY 'OOGLE 3TREET 6IEW HAS lNALLY REACHED THE 5+ THIS WEEK AND .ORWICH IS ONE OF CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHERE MANY STREETS CAN BE SEEN WITH ª HORIZONTAL AND ª VERTICAL PANORAMIC VIEWS AT THE TOUCH OF A BUTTON %VERY OR METRES YOU SEE A NEW PART OF THE ROAD FROM A HEIGHT OF JUST TWO METRES AND WITH SPECTACULAR CLARITY 0RETTY IMPRESSIVE !MID ALL THE HYPE AND EXCITEMENT OF SEEING WHERE WE LIVE IN PANORAMIC HOWEVER ARE WE REALLY HAPPY TO SEE OURSELVES ON A SCREEN THAT CAN BE ACCESSED BY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WORLDWIDE SEEING EXACTLY WHERE WE SHOP WHO WE KNOW WHAT CAR WE DRIVE THE BARS WE FREQUENT AND EVEN WHERE WE LIVE )NTERNET MOGULS HAVE CONSTANTLY CLAIMED HOW THE GENERATION THAT HAVE GROWN UP WITH THE )NTERNET AT THEIR lNGERTIPS ARE UNAWARE OR AT LEAST UNCONCERNED ABOUT THEIR PRIVACY 4HINK PHOTOS ON &ACEBOOK -Y3PACE WALLS AND POSTING ADDRESSES AND PHONE NUMBERS IN PERSONAL DETAILS SECTIONS 4HE LIST COULD GO ON AS TO HOW MUCH INFORMATION WE INADVERTENTLY GIVE AWAY ON THE )NTERNET 4HANK FULLY ON MOST SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES IT IS THE USER S PREROGATIVE

AS TO WHAT INFORMATION THEY CHOOSE TO SHOW AND 'OOGLE HAS OF COURSE ATTEMPTED TO SHOW THE SAME GUARANTEES OF PRIVACY "UT DESPITE THE AUTOMATIC BLURRING OF FACES AND NUMBER PLATES PEOPLE ARE STILL RECOGNISABLE 7HAT HAPPENS IF YOU ARE CAPTURED DOING SOMETHING YOU WOULD MUCH RATHER NOT BE SEEN DOING .OT THAT THIS WOULD EVER HAPPEN OF COURSE !S MUCH AS WE ALL MAY BE INNOCENT PERUSERS OF 3TREET 6IEW THERE IS ALSO A MUCH MORE SORDID REALITY !LREADY IN !MERICA SINCE 3TREET 6IEW S LAUNCH THERE IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CLIN ICS HAVE HAD TO BE REMOVED FROM THE IMAGES AND YOU CAN IM AGINE WHY &RIGHTENINGLY MANY CRITICS OF THE )NTERNET ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT PRIVACY NO LONGER EXISTS AT ALL AND THAT WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT THERE IS NO WAY TO lGHT IT 'OOGLE S AIM IS TO HAVE EVERY CORNER OF THE WORLD AS AN IMAGE ON 3TREET 6IEW AND ALREADY 3)#+ LASER CANNON HAS BEEN USED TO ENHANCE THE SCANNING ARRAYS ON 'OOGLE CARS MEANING THAT $ DATA IS NOW COLLECTED AS WELL AS IMAGES )T MAY BE /RWELL S @"IG "ROTHER EFFECT BUT ON A POSITIVE NOTE

IT ALSO MAKES MORE OF THE WORLD ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE UNABLE TO SEE IT AND THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY SUCH A BAD THING IN FACT IT S QUITE EXCITING 'OOGLE HAS ALWAYS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF )NTERNET AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT AND THERE IS NO DOUBTING THAT IT IS INCREDIBLE TECHNOLOGY AND AN ENOR MOUS ADVANCEMENT IN HOW THE )NTERNET IS USED !RE WE REALLY READY TO START LETTING GO OF PRIVACY ALTOGETHER THOUGH 4ECHNOL OGY CHANGES SO QUICKLY SO WHO KNOWS WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE IMPRESSIVE ALTHOUGH RATHER INVASIVE 3TREET 6IEW WILL TURN OUT TO BE #HLOE 0EW ,ATTER

SPREAD CLUES ACROSS THE INTERNET SUCH AS CODE INSIDE A WEBPAGE OR AN UNUSUAL EMAIL ADDRESS 0LAYERS COMMUNICATE VIA FORUMS AND DEDICATED SITES AND SHARE THE CLUES THAT THEY HAVE UNCOVERED &OR EXAMPLE A SUBTLE IMAGE ON A POSTER MAY HIDE A PHONE NUMBER SOMEWHERE INSIDE WHICH IF RUNG WOULD SEND THE CALLER TO A PAR TICULAR PLACE OR TIME WHERE THEY WOULD lND A PLANE WRITING AN OTHER CLUE IN THE SKY /THER CLUES HAVE BEEN HIDDEN IN FAKE DOCU MENTARIES ON THE 3CI&I CHANNEL OR INSIDE A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE )T MAY SOUND WEIRD AND WONDERFUL BUT !2'S HAVE CAPTURED THE IMAGINATION OF A MASSIVE NUMBER OF PEOPLE 4HE MOST FAMOUS HAS BEEN DUBBED h4HE "EASTv AND MADE ITS APPEARANCE IN TO MARKET THE lLM ! ) !RTIlCIAL )NTELLIGENCE /THER NOTABLE !2'S INCLUDE h) ,OVE "EES v DESIGNED FOR THE GAME (ALO AND h4HE

&IONA "ILLINGS (I 4IM THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO TALK TO US 4IM ,OVEJOY .O PROBLEM &" /K SO LET S START OFF WITH A COU PLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT FOOTBALL )S 'US (IDDINK THE MAN THAT THE #HEL SEA FANS WANT PERMANENTLY 4, (E S DONE A GOOD JOB SO FAR SO YES WINS FROM AND ONE DRAW 3O YEAH )F WE D HAD HIM FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON WE MIGHT HAVE WON THE LEAGUE

)NTERNET !2'S SHORT CODE HIDDEN IN THE ARTICLE n BOLD LETTERS 7HAT KIND OF GAME THAT RUNS BY THE MANTRA hTHIS IS NOT A GAMEv WOULD TAKE THREE MILLION PLAYERS WORKING TOGETHER THREE MONTHS TO COMPLETE SPREAD CLUES ACROSS CYBERSPACE AND EVEN VENTURE INTO REAL LIFE MEDIA 4HIS IS A BRAND NEW TYPE OF GAME THAT WILL TRANSCEND THE TRADITIONAL GENRE AND CREATE A WORLD REMINISCENT OF &AMOUS &IVE TYPE ADVENTURES )T IS CALLED !LTERNATE 2EALITY 'AM ING !2'S AS THEY ARE MORE COMMONLY KNOWN TAKE THE REAL WORLD AS A PLATFORM SPREADING CLUES THROUGHOUT ALL TYPES OF ME DIA AND CREATING A STORYLINE AFFECTED BY PARTICIPANT S IDEAS AND INTERACTIONS 5NLIKE OTHER GAMES A PARTICIPANT DOES NOT COM PETE AGAINST OTHERS NOR DO THEY CREATE AN AVATAR OR CHARACTER IN ORDER TO PLAY 4HE GAME CONTROLLERS KNOWN AS @0UPPET -ASTERS

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$ARK +NIGHTv BASED UPON THE RECENT "ATMAN lLM 7HILST ADVER TISING IS UNAVOIDABLE SEEING AS THESE GAMES ARE MOSTLY DESIGNED AS A MARKETING TOOL IT IS SURREPTITIOUS AND HARDLY NOTICEABLE )F !2'S SUCCESSFULLY CAPTURE YOUR IMAGINATION IN THE SAME WAY THAT THEY HAVE MILLIONS OF OTHERS THE BEST PLACE TO lND OUT ABOUT CURRENT GAMES AND TO CATCH UP ON THE CLUES SO FAR IS WWW ARGN COM "UT BE WARNED ONCE YOU STEP INTO THIS NEW GENRE YOU LL NEVER LOOK AT THE WORLD IN THE SAME WAY AGAIN !NYTHING COULD BE A CLUE !NYONE COULD BE A PLAYER

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&" ) KNOW IT MIGHT PAIN YOU AS A #HELSEA FAN BUT CAN -AN 5TD WIN THE QUINTUPLE THIS YEAR 4, .AH NOT A CHANCE 7INNING TWO OR THREE TROPHIES IS A POSSIBILITY BUT lVE CAN T HAPPEN 4HEIR PERFORMANCES IN THE GAMES AGAINST )NTER AND ,IVER POOL PROVED THAT

&" (OW DID YOU GET INTO PRESENT ING 4, ) JUST DECIDED REALLY %VERYONE SAID ) COULDN T SO OF COURSE THAT WAS THE DRIVING FORCE ) MADE SHOW REELS OF MYSELF PRESENTING AND THEN LIED A LOT TO GET INTO PREMIERES AND THE LIKE ) WANTED TO KNOW HOW TO PRODUCE TOO ) DIDN T WANT TO BE ONE OF THOSE @TOKEN PRESENTERS 3O ) WROTE A LETTER EVERY DAY TO TRY AND GET WORK EXPERIENCE AND JUST DID LOTS OF THAT THE USUAL MAKING COFFEE LOTS AND LOTS OF COFFEE 9OU DID HAVE TO GIVE UP YOUR SOCIAL LIFE FOR A FEW YEARS %VERYONE WANTS TO BE IN 46 SO YOU HAVE TO PUT IN THE COMMITMENT

&" $O YOU PLAY FOOTBALL YOURSELF )F SO WHAT POSITION 4, 9EAH WITH MATES ) LIKE TO THINK OF MYSELF AS A MIDlELD GENERAL SPRAY

&" 9OU CAME TO THE ATTENTION OF MANY OF OUR READERS ON 3OCCER !- 7HO WAS YOUR BEST GUEST ON THERE AND WHY

&" !ND YOUR WORST GUEST 4, 4HERE WERE LOADS OF INDIE BANDS TRYING TOO HARD TO BE TOO COOL n CAN T REMEMBER THEIR NAMES NOW !MERI CANS WERE ALWAYS BRILLIANT ALWAYS CHATTY 0EOPLE DID USE US FOR PROMO TOO MUCH REALLY !ND SOMETIMES PEO PLE WERE JUST THRUST ONTO THE SHOW BUT DIDN T REALLY KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON LIKE .ICHOLAS 0ARSONS (E HAD NO IDEA (E WAS LOVELY BUT SO BEMUSED BY THE WHOLE THING ) GUESS THE WORST ONE WAS -EATLOAF BECAUSE ALL HE DID WAS SHOUT AND SCREAM AND TRY TO TAKE OVER THE SHOW )T WAS OK AT THE BEGINNING BUT GOT AN NOYING QUITE QUICKLY &" 3O NOW YOU RE WORKING ON #HAN

NEL "EE (OW MUCH OF YOUR WEEK DO YOU SPEND WORKING ON THE SITE 4, &ULL TIME BASICALLY lVE DAYS A WEEK 7E HAVE THE STUDIO IN THE OFlCE SO WE DO EVERYTHING THERE 3AYING THAT @WORK ISN T REALLY THE WORD ) D USE &" (OW DID 3IMON &ULLER GET IN VOLVED WITH THE PROJECT 4, 7E VE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR YEARS AND NEARLY DONE THINGS FOR 46 BEFORE BUT NEVER GOT ROUND TO IT 4HEN ) SUG GESTED DOING SOMETHING FOR THE INTER NET AND HE LOVED THE IDEA .EXT THING ) KNEW WE WERE SETTING IT UP )T S A GREAT PROJECT ) LOVE IT HE LOVES IT

&" 'IVE US THREE REASONS WHY OUR READERS SHOULD VISIT #HANNELBEE 4, %VERYDAY WE GIVE AWAY a MIL LION 4HERE ARE LOTS OF NAKED MEN AND WOMEN ,OADS OF GOOD CONTENT /K SO THE lRST TWO AREN T STRICTLY TRUE BUT ) M NOT @IN PROMO AT THE MO MENT 9OU CAN SEE 4IM ON 3OMETHING &OR 4HE 7EEKEND ""# ON 3UNDAYS AT AM AND EVERY DAY ON WWW CHANNELBEE COM

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7HEN HARD ROCKING VEGANS 2ISE !GAINST ROLLED INTO TOWN 4HE %VENT WAS THERE TO WITNESS THE WHOLE SHEBANG 3TEPH -C+ENNA QUIZZED GUITARIST :ACH "LAIR ON POLITICS SELLING OUT AND HOW IT FEELS TO BE THE NEW BOY IN THE BAND

3TEPH -C+ENNA (OW HAS THE 5+ TOUR BEEN SO FAR :ACH "LAIR )T S GREAT )T S BEEN SOLD OUT EVERY NIGHT %VERY TIME WE COME HERE THE CROWDS GET BIGGER AND THEY GET MORE SUPPORTIVE )T S JUST ACCUMU LATED AND IT S AWESOME 3- 4HE NEW ALBUM !PPEAL TO 2EA SON WAS RELEASED IN /CTOBER LAST YEAR )T WAS YOUR lRST WITH 2ISE !GAINST HOW WAS THAT PROCESS :" )T WAS FANTASTIC ) VE KNOWN THESE GUYS A LONG TIME AND WE RECORDED IN A STUDIO WHERE ) VE MADE ALMOST EVERY RECORD OF MY LIFE THIS IS MY TENTH COL LABORATION WITH "ILL 3TEVENSON AND ) FELT MORE AT HOME THERE THAN ) DO IN MY OWN HOUSE ) WAS MAKING SOME THING ) BELIEVED IN WITH THESE GUYS ) REALLY LOVED ) M VERY HAPPY 3- 9OU VE BEEN IN A NUMBER OF PREVIOUS BANDS SUCH AS '7!2 BUT 2ISE !GAINST ARE RIDING ON A MUCH LARGER WAVE OF SUCCESS (OW DOES IT FEEL :" 7E RE IN A POSITION NOW WHERE

2ISE !GAINST HAS GOTTEN BIGGER THAN THE GROUPS WE PLAYED WITH IN THE lRST PLACE )N THE PAST TWO THREE YEARS IT S REALLY TAKEN OFF BUT AS CHEESY AS IT SOUNDS WE VE ALSO STAYED THE SAME FOUR GUYS THAT LISTENED TO -INOR 4HREAT BACKSTAGE 7E JUST SHOW UP TO THINGS AND IT S LIKE @WOW THIS IS RE ALLY HAPPENING )F NONE OF THIS WAS HERE WE D STILL BE A BAND BUT JUST CARRYING AROUND OUR OWN GEAR 7E D STILL BE LOVING IT 4HIS IS THE REASON ) M IN 2ISE !GAINST TO BE HONEST WITH YOU IT S THAT PASSION FOR WHAT WE DO ) VE BEEN PLAYING MUSIC FOR YEARS AND WHEN PEOPLE TAKE NOTICE OF WHAT YOU RE DOING IT S THE BEST FEELING YOU CAN HAVE AS AN ARTIST 3- 3OME FANS HAVE CRITICISED !P PEAL TO 2EASON SAYING YOU HAVE SUC CUMBED TO MAJOR LABEL INmUENCES AND LOST YOUR HARDCORE SOUND 7HAT WOULD YOU SAY ABOUT THAT :" 0EOPLE CAN BELIEVE THIS OR NOT BUT IF 2ISE !GAINST WERE STILL ON &AT 7RECK #HORDS OR PUTTING MUSIC OUT THEM

SELVES !PPEAL TO 2EASON STILL WOULD HAVE CAME OUT EXACTLY THE SAME )T WAS THE SAME PEOPLE AT THE SAME STU DIO WHERE WE RECORDED OLDER ALBUMS LIKE 2EVOLUTIONS 0ER -INUTE .O MAT TER WHAT THIS IS THE RECORD THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN MADE 9OU HAVE TO REMEM BER THAT THERE S A TWO THREE YEAR GAP EACH TIME AND ALL FOUR OF US ARE BEING INmUENCED BY EVERYTHING AROUND US 3OME OF US HAVE STARTED FAMILIES AND WE HAVE CHILDREN AND WE VE CHANGED AS PEOPLE 7ITH EVERY RECORD 2ISE !GAINST HAS TAKEN A GRADUAL STEP FOR WARD IN A VERY DISTINGUISHED WAY )T STILL SOUNDS LIKE THE BAND BUT WE RE EXPANDING ALWAYS !S FOR THE PREPOS TEROUS STATEMENT OF THERE BEING A LA BEL INmUENCEx .O THERE S JUST US IN A STUDIO MAKING A RECORD ) M PROUD OF IT )F PEOPLE WANT TO HATE THEN GO AHEAD 3- %XPLAIN THE VIDEO CONCEPT FOR THE NEW SINGLE !UDIENCE OF /NE :" "EFOREHAND ) REMEMBER THINKING hTHIS COULD GO REALLY BADLY IT COULD

COME OFF A LITTLE WEIRD v "RETT 3IMON DIRECTED AND THE WHOLE THING ACTUALLY TURNED OUT EXCEPTIONALLY WELL 0EOPLE WILL THINK WE RE JUST MAKING A COM MENT ABOUT 'EORGE "USH WE ARE BUT WE RE ALSO MAKING TALKING ABOUT ANY BODY IN A POSITION OF AUTHORITY AND HOW THEIR DECISIONS CAN HAVE AN EF FECT ON SOCIETY AND THE WORLD AT LARGE (URRICANE +ATRINA INmATION THE BAIL OUTSx 7E TRIED TO PLAY IT OUT ON A LIT TLE TOY LEVEL SO YOU D GO hWOW THAT WOULD ALL BE REALLY MESSED UP IF IT HAPPENEDx 7AIT )T HAS v 4HIS COULD JUST BE A LITTLE KID IN HIS ROOM PLOT TING ALL THIS EVIL STUFF BUT IT S REAL 4HE VIDEO WAS JUST OUR LITTLE COMMENTARY ON THAT 3- 2ISE !GAINST ARE REPEATEDLY LA BELLED AS A @POLITICAL BAND $OES THIS ANNOY YOU AT ALL :" 4HERE S NO DOUBT THAT WE ARE A PO LITICAL BAND BUT WE RE ALSO A BUNCH OF FUN LOVING DUDES 7E RE NOT UPTIGHT 7E GET A LOT OF @WELL THEY RE VEGETAR IAN AND THEY VE GOT ALL THESE BELIEFS

SO ) CAN T BE MYSELF AROUND THEM BUT WE RE ACTUALLY THE BIGGEST BUNCH OF NERDS WITH THE CRAZIEST SENSE OF HUMOUR 7E DElNITELY HAVE BELIEFS BUT WE RE NOT FORCING THEM DOWN ANYONE S THROATS WE JUST MAKE SUG GESTIONS 7ITH THINGS LIKE ADVERTISING 0%4! AT OUR SHOWS IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THE FREE INFORMATION THAT S lNE )F YOU WANT TO JUST COME ALONG AND HAVE A GOOD TIME THAT S lNE TOO 3- (OW DO 5+ FANS REACT TO THE POLITICAL ASPECT OF YOUR MUSIC COM PARED TO THE 53 FANS :" 4HE 5+ AND %UROPE SEEM TO BE A LITTLE MORE AWARE OF THINGS 5NFOR TUNATELY !MERICANS ARE PROGRAMMED BY COMPANIES LIKE &OX .EWS AND THEY GET LIED TO AND THEY BUY INTO RUB BISH 4HE ELDERS IN THAT COUNTRY ARE SCREWED THEY RE STUBBORN MINDED AND SET IN THEIR WAYS 7E DON T SEEM TO GET AS MUCH NEGATIVE FEEDBACK ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS OVER HERE 3- 7HAT ARE 2ISE !GAINST S PLANS FOR THE REST OF 2UMOURS HAVE BEEN CIRCLING ABOUT 5+ FESTIVALS :" 7E RE PLAYING IN !USTRALIA *APAN AND (AWAII 4HEN WE START A WHOLE !MERICAN TOUR WITH 2ANCID SUPPORT ING US WHICH IS UNBELIEVABLE ) CAN T CONlRM OR DENY ANY FESTIVALS BUT WE LL DElNITELY BE BACK OVER HERE 7E MAY @STUMBLE ACROSS A FEW 3- &OR ANYONE GOING TO A 2ISE !GAINST SHOW FOR THE lRST TIME WHAT SHOULD THEY EXPECT :" 0EOPLE HAVE THIS CONCEPTION THAT THERE S GOING TO BE A LOT OF PREACHING BUT JUST COME AND EXPECT TO GET REALLY SWEATY AND HAVE FUN )T S ALL FAST IT S OVER QUICKLY AND IT S A REALLY GOOD TIME 3- )F A FAN WERE TO TAKE ONE THING AWAY WITH THEM FROM YOUR SHOW WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE THAT TO BE :" 4HAT THEY HAD FUN SAW ONE OF THEIR FAVOURITE SHOWS AND HOPEFULLY TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF THE MESSAGE AWAY WITH THEM 4O HAVE AN OPINION ANY OPINION ABOUT SOMETHING THEY DIDN T HAVE BEFORE WOULD MEAN THAT WE WERE DOING OUR JOB )F WE COULD CHANGE ONE KID S MIND AND GET THEM OPEN AND WILLING TO LISTEN THEN WE VE DONE IT

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Albums Peter Doherty 'RACE 7ASTELANDS /N 4HE %VENT S lRST LISTEN TO 0ETE $OHERTY S SOLO ALBUM WE WERE GETTING READY FOR HIS PERFORMANCE AT THE ,#2 LATER THAT EVENING RATHER APTLY DRAWING ON EYELINER AS HE SANG ! ,ITTLE $EATH !ROUND 4HE %YES WHICH TELLS THE FAMILIAR DARK TALE OF A WOMAN UNDER THE THUMB OF A MAN !NYBODY WHO KNOWS OF $OHERTY S MUSIC FROM 4HE ,IBERTINES ONWARDS WILL ALSO RECOG NISE !RCADY BUT MAY BE MORE CURIOUS ABOUT HIS NEW MATERIAL 4HE MESSAGE OF THE ALBUM AS A WHOLE SEEMS TO LIE IN THE COMBINATION OF CHOSEN SONGS WHICH IS REmECTED IN THE TITLE 'RACE 7ASTELANDS @'RACE IMMEDIATELY MAKES US THINK OF *EFF "UCKLEY AND @7ASTELANDS OF

4 3 %LIOT S EPIC POEM 4HESE REFERENCES ARE IN TEGRAL TO THE FEELING OF THE ALBUM AS $OHERTY SEEMS TO PRESENT A SIMILAR CRY FOR THE FUTURE BY LOOKING AT THE TRAGIC STATE OF PRESENT SOCIETY AS WELL AS HIS OWN LIFE AND EXPERIENCES SINCE STEPPING INTO THE LIMELIGHT OF CONSTANT TABLOID ATTENTION 4HOUGH THE SUBJECTS HE SINGS ABOUT EVOKE TRAGEDY THE SOFT VOCALS AND GENTLE MUSIC SUGGESTS A HOPE FOR THE FUTURE 4HIS MOOD IS SET FROM ,AST OF THE %NGLISH 2OSES WHICH STRIKES THE LISTENER AS AN INSTANT CLASSIC $OHERTY TRACK A ROMANTICIZED TALE OF SORROW -ANY OF THE SONGS SHOW A LONGING FOR THE PAST WITH THEMES OF CHILDHOOD SIMPLIC ITY AS WELL AS TIMES $OHERTY WOULD NOT HAVE EVEN LIVED IN WITH 2ETURNING $OHERTY HAS SAID THIS TRACK WAS INSPIRED BY A DREAM HE HAD AND THE ENTIRE ALBUM POSSESSES THIS DREAM LIKE QUALITY #ERTAIN LYRICS CONJOUR IM AGES OF AN ABSTRACT NARRATIVE SUCH AS IN 3ALOME WHERE THE "IBLICAL CHARACTER hFROM mAMES APPEARSv AS IF IN A VISION !NOTHER STAND OUT TRACK IS 3HEEPSKIN 4EARAWAY WHERE $OT !LLISON SINGS POIGNANT LYRICS SUCH AS hDEATH WILL NEV ER MEND YOU IT S LIKE TRYING TO DRY YOUR EYES

IN THE POURING RAINv SHE TAKES THE ROLE OF THE WOUNDED WOMAN AS $OHERTY IS THE MAN hFULL OF SCARS AND HEROINv 7ITH MANY REFERENCES TO hMORNINGv AND hDAWNv THIS ALBUM OPENS A NEW CHAPTER FOR THE MUSICIAN AN AWAKENING

3OME SAY $OHERTY IS LIKE -ARMITE IN THE SENSE THAT YOU EITHER LOVE OR HATE HIM 4HE %VENT DISAGREES ON THIS STATEMENT IN RELATION TO BOTH -ARMITE AND $OHERTY WE LIKE THEM BOTH BUT WOULDN T CALL OURSELVES A DIE HARD FAN OF EITHER $OHERTY S STRONGEST POINT HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN HIS THOUGHT PROVOKING LYRICS WHICH THIS ALBUM CERTAINLY CONTAINS AS ONE IS lLLED WITH THE URGE TO LISTEN OVER AND OVER AGAIN TO DECIPHER DIFFERENT MEANINGS /NE DANGER HERE IS THAT FOR SOME THE SONGS MAY SEEM REPETITIVE AND LACKING OF THE FORCE OF 4HE ,IBERTINES (OWEVER IT IS ESSENTIALLY AN ACOUS TIC ALBUM AND ALTHOUGH THE SLOW PACE MAY BORE SOME THERE IS A VARIETY OF STYLES SHOWN MOSTLY BY THE JAZZY PIANO NUMBER 3WEET "Y !ND "Y AND THE $YLAN LIKE 0ALACE OF "ONE )T IS AN ALBUM FOR TRUE MUSIC LOVERS THOSE WHO WANT MORE THAN SOMETHING CATCHY TO DANCE TO AND ARE ACTUALLY INTERESTED IN WHAT THE MU SIC HAS TO SAY #ARMINA -ASOLIVER

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3WEDISH AMBIENT TYCOONS *ENIFEREVER EVOLVE A STEP FUR THER INTO THE POST ROCK SCENE WITH THEIR SECOND ALBUM 3PRING 4IDES AN ECHO OF DEBUT #HOOSE A "RIGHT -ORNING PRO PELLED BY THEIR RECENT %0 (AV ING RECENTLY COMPLETED A TOUR WITH I,I+%42!I.3 AND GRACING OUR VERY OWN .ORWICH !RTS #ENTRE *ENIFEREVER HAVE ABAN DONED THEIR EXPERIMENTALLY SYNCOPATED ODDITIES OF lRST %0 )RIS AND ADOPTED A MORE MUSICALLY mOWING APPROACH 4HEY HAVEN T LOST THEIR EVOCATIVELY SHIFTING CHORD SEQUENCES OR OVERWHELM ING SOUND ONLY FULLY APPRECIATED PLAYED AT MAXIMUM VOLUME THROUGH HEADPHONES BUT SOMEHOW FEEL MORE AT HOME PER FORMING lVE MINUTE PLUS LONG SONGS (OWEVER WHILE THE SONGS THEMSELVES STAND AS INDIVIDUAL SUCCESSES THEY LACK THE HARMONY NEEDED TO BECOME A COMPLETE ALBUM 4HE WEAKER SONGS INTERFERE WITH TRACKS LIKE THE ELOQUENT LY COMPOSED #ONCRETE AND 'LASS OR OUTSTANDING 4HE (OURGLASS THAT REPRESENT THE QUARTET AT THEIR BEST (AVING BORROWED MIDDLE TRACK .ANGIJALA FROM S %0 OF THE SAME TITLE ONE CANNOT HELP BUT FEEL SLIGHT DISAPPOINTMENT LISTENING TO WHAT SHOULD BE A DEMONSTRATION OF THE BAND S DEVELOPMENT .ONETHELESS DON T TAKE THE RECORD S TITLE TRACK OR ITS OPENER AS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT S BEING OFFERED POIGNANTLY EXPRESSED LYRICS EMBEDDED IN CAREFULLY ORCHESTRATED UNEXPECTANCIES (ELEN 4HOMAS

!FTER THE RATHER UNSUCCESSFUL RE LEASE OF -Y $ECEMBER IN IT SEEMED THAT WAS IT FOR !MERICAN )DOL S lRST EVER WINNER "UT +ELLY #LARKSON S LATEST OFFERING !LL ) %VER 7ANTED PROVES SHE IS BACK ON FORM 2EACHING BEYOND CAN DY COATED ROCK #LARKSON EXPERI MENTS WITH A SHIMMERING SPEC TRUM OF SOUND AND GENRE TO CREATE AN IMPRESSIVE COLLECTION OF SONGS 4HE TITLE TRACK !LL ) %VER 7ANTED DABBLES IN FUNK AND BOASTS AN ENTRANCING BASS LINE WHICH PULSATES SOLIDLY OVER TWANGING GUI TARS ) 7ANT 9OU IS ALSO A HIGHLIGHT IT BLENDS GENTLE VOCALS AND A GLITTERING MIX OF SIXTIES SOUND INTO A TRACK WITH ENOUGH SWEETNESS TO LEAVE YOU BUZZING WITH A SUGAR RUSH "UT NOT ALL OF THE TRACKS IL LUMINATE THE ALBUM WITH SUCH ENDEARING ORIGINALITY 3AVE 9OU AND )F .O /NE 7ILL ,ISTEN TWO OF THE SLOWER SONGS WRAP PREDICTABLE MELODIES AROUND CLICHÏD LYRICS AND DON T SEEM TO lT THE PACE OR STYLE OF THE ALBUM /NE THING THAT CAN T BE DISPUTED HOWEVER IS #LARKSON S EX TRAORDINARY TALENT AND THE THUNDERING POWER OF HER VOICE HAS NEVER BEEN BETTER (ER VOCALS TEAR THOUGH HER SONGS WITH JAW DROPPING FEROCITY AND IT IS PRECISELY THIS IN A WORLD OVERRUN WITH SYNTHESISED POP PRINCESSES WHICH KEEPS HER MILES AHEAD OF HER CHART RIVALS !ND WITH NEARLY MILLION ALBUMS ALREADY SOLD AND THIS ONE DESTINED TO BE A HIT IT SEEMS !MERICA S SOUTHERN SWEET HEART REALLY DOES HAVE SOMETHING TO SHOUT ABOUT !LICE $RUMMEE

$ARE WE CALL THE LATEST RELEASE FROM 4HE $ECEMBERISTS A ROCK OPERA )T S A PRETTY BIG CLAIM TO MAKE PUTTING THE ALBUM AMONGST THE LIKES OF 0INK &LOYD S 4HE 7ALL OR 4OMMY BY 4HE 7HO BUT WHAT #OLIN -ELOY AND THE 0ORTLAND FOLK ROCKERS HAVE PRODUCED WITH (AZ ARDS OF ,OVE IS SOMETHING SPECIAL (/, IS AN IMPRESSIVE CONCEPT ALBUM CONSISTING OF AN INTRICATE FOLK LORE INSPIRED NARRATIVE WITH AN ARRAY OF CHARACTERS AND VOCAL TALENTS AND MUSIC THAT CREATES A WORLD FOR THIS TIGHT AND EFFECTIVE RECORD TO TAKE PLACE 4HE RECORD BENElTS FROM USING A CAST OF GUEST VOCALISTS TO SING THE ROLES OF THE NUMEROUS CHARACTERS PARTICULARLY WITH -Y "RIGHTEST $IAMOND S 3HARA 7ORDEN SOULFULLY WAILING h4HIS IS HOW ) AM REPAID v ADDING A DARK AND MENACING DEPTH TO 4HE &OREST 1UEEN AND THE OVERALL TONE OF THE ALBUM 4HE MUSIC ACTS ALMOST AS AN OMNIPOTENT CHARACTER IN ITSELF 4HE BASSY ORGANS AND DRUMS OF 4HE 2AKE S 3ONG ARE WORTH MEN TIONING CREATING AURAL SCENERY AND TELLING THE DARK TALES OF THE +NAVE !DMITTEDLY THE IDEA OF A TRACK CONCEPT ALBUM WILL PUT PEOPLE OFF (OWEVER JUST LISTENING TO 4HE 7ANTING #OMES IN 7AVES 2EPAID AND SINGING ALONG TO THE !RCADE &IRE ESQUE hOOO Sv WILL HAVE YOU DYING TO CHECK OUT THE ALBUM 7E WOULDN T BE SURPRISED IF (AZARDS /F ,OVE ENDS UP ON A FAIR FEW @ALBUMS OF THE YEAR LISTS 3COTT -ONAHAN

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!N %VENING 7ITH Hot Leg 4HE )NTERVIEW !LEC 0LOWMAN 9OU ARE PLAYING THE 7ATERFRONT TONIGHT 7HAT CAN WE EXPECT FROM THE SHOW AND HOW HAVE YOU BEEN lNDING THE TOUR SO FAR 3AM 7HAT CAN YOU EXPECT ! MAN ROCK SHOW ! MAGNIlCENT DISPLAY OF ROCK 4HE TOUR HAS BEEN THE BEST SO FAR 7E RE PLAYING BETTER AS A BAND THAN WE HAVE EVER DONE BEFORE AND THE CROWDS HAVE BEEN AWESOME .OW THE ALBUM IS OUT EVERYONE IS SING ING THE LYRICS BACK TO US WHICH REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCEx IT S BEEN A GREAT TOUR !0 (OW WOULD YOU DElNE MAN ROCK 7HERE DOES IT COME FROM *USTIN )T COMES FROM THE GROINS OF FOUR ADULT MEN )T S THE SOUND THAT OCCURS WHEN THERE S FOUR TIMES AS MUCH TESTOSTERONE AS A HIGHLY TESTO STERONE DRIVEN PERSON )T S THE MUSI CAL DISTILLATION OF ALL THAT IS MAN !0 4HE LYRICS TO !SHAMED REmECT A CLEAR DISSATISFACTION WITH REALITY TEL

!LEC 0LOWMAN EVISION MUSIC CULTURE (OW DO YOU FEEL PROGRAMMES SUCH AS THE 8 &AC TOR AFFECT CONTEMPORARY MUSIC *USTIN )T S REALLY SAD THAT WHAT IS ES SENTIALLY A MARKETING COMPANY CAN MAKE A TALENTLESS PERSON NUMBER ONE 4HAT S PATHETIC THAT S SOMETHING THAT S GONE BADLY WRONG AND 8 &ACTOR HAS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT x 4HE WHOLE COUNTRY IS TO BLAME FOR SIT TING THERE AND WATCHING THAT MINDLESS

4HE 'IG FUCKING BOLLOCKS $ON T GO AROUND RUINING THE INDUSTRY FOR PEOPLE LIKE US WHO WORK HARD ARE TALENTED AND ARE NOT GETTING THE RECOGNITION THAT WE DESERVE !0 7HAT CAN WE EXPECT FROM (OT ,EG IN THE FUTURE *USTIN ,OTS OF SURPRISES 7E VE DRAWN UP THE STAGE PLAN FOR THE BIG BIG STUFF .OW IT S JUST A QUESTION OF WHETHER OR WHEN WE GET THERE 4HE NEXT RECORDx HALF OF THE NEXT RECORD IS ALREADY IN THE SET 7E VE JUST GOT TO GET IT RECORD ED )T S ALL WRITTEN !LEC &INALLY (OT ,EG 7HAT DOES IT MEAN *USTIN 7HAT DOES IT MEAN /URS IS NOT TO PONDER LAUGHS 7HAT DOESN T IT MEAN )T DOESN T MEANx )T S NOTH ING TO DO WITH 2OD 3TEWART )T S NOTH ING TO DO WITHx 3AM )T S NOT RUBBISH (OT ,EG EQUALS A GOOD BAND *USTIN (OT ,EG EQUALS MAN ROCK

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4HE LAST RUMOUR YOU WANT TO HEAR AT A GIG IS THAT THE MAIN FEATURE IS YET TO ARRIVE ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU RE THERE TO SEE FAMOUSLY INTOXICATED FORMER GENIUS 0ETER $OHERTY !N APPREHENSIVE CROWD WAS NOT HELPED BY UNCHARISMATIC SUP PORT FROM 4HE 4HIRST A GROUP CONSPICUOUS ONLY FOR THEIR HAIRSTYLES AND $OT !LLINSON WHOSE ILL CONCEIVED COVER OF -ASSIVE !TTACK S 4EARDROP PROVED THAT TRIP HOP CAN T BE DONE ACOUSTI CALLY 7HEN 0ETER lNALLY DECIDED TO ARRIVE HE

LOOKED PALER mABBIER AND GREASIER THAN THE TABLOIDS WOULD HAVE US BELIEVE #LEARLY DRUNK HE STUMBLED AROUND AND APPEARED BORED AND ANXIOUS AT ONE POINT TAKING TIME OUT AT THE BACK OF THE STAGE SEEMINGLY UNSURE OF WHAT TO DO NEXT /NE THING 0ETER DID GET RIGHT WAS HIS CHOICE OF SONGS (E FORSOOK MUCH OF HIS NEW ALBUM AND PLAYED A SET CONSISTING ALMOST ENTIRELY OF ,IBERTINES CROWD PLEASERS AND SOME OF "ABY

SHAMBLES BETTER EFFORTS OPENING WITH A ONE SIDED RENDITION OF #AN T 3TAND -E .OW LACKING SUBSTANCE WITHOUT #ARL S INPUT BUT IN NO WAY LACKING PASSION .ATURALLY THE RELIEVED CROWD GOT A LITTLE OVEREXCITED AT THIS POINT PROVOKING SURGES THE LIKE OF WHICH YOU MIGHT EXPECT TO lND AT A 1UEENS /F 4HE 3TONE !GE GIG NOT A SOLO ACOUSTIC SHOW 4HE AUDIENCE ONLY STARTED TO CALM DOWN TO A MORE MANAGEABLE LIGHTER SWAYING MOOD WITH 4HE ,OST !RT OF -URDER AND "RECK 2OAD ,OVER ! PERFECT SEGUE FROM THESE INTO +ILLAMANGIRO ALLAYED ANY FEARS THAT 0ETER MIGHT BE A SPENT FORCE AS A SHOWMAN )N FACT HE HARDLY MISSED A NOTE ALL EVENING DESPITE HIS OBVIOUS PRE GIG SUBSTANCE ABUSE (IS VOICE WAS CLEAR AND STRONG WHILST SINGING BUT HIS SURLY BANTER LEFT MUCH TO BE DESIRED 3LURRED QUES TIONS INSULTS AND BIZARRE STOPPAGES hCANx CAN SOMEONE TURN OFF THAT LIGHT )Tx IT S VERY BRIGHTxv hHANG ONx IS THAT A SCOUSE IN THE HOUSE v CREATED A SLIGHTLY SYMPATHETIC ATMOS PHERE AMONG THE YOUNGER AGES BUT MUST HAVE CONlRMED EVERYTHING THAT THE OLDER GENERATION THOUGHT ABOUT 0ETER S CHOSEN LIFESTYLE (E LOOSENED UP A LITTLE AS THE NIGHT WORE ON APPEARING HAPPIER BOUNCIER AND FULL OF LIFE TOWARDS THE END !N EXCELLENTLY TIMED

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%VERYONE WHO ENJOYS LIVE MUSIC IF YOU RE NOT IN THIS CATEGORY SORT IT OUT EVENTUALLY COMES TO REALISE THE SECRET TO A TRULY GREAT GIG /F COURSE GREAT MUSIC TECHNICAL ABILITY AND A GOOD CREW ARE IMPORTANT FACTORS BUT ALL THESE ARE POINTLESS IF THE BAND DOESN T CONNECT WITH THE CROWD 4HIS WAS CRYSTALLISED PERFECTLY DUR ING THE #RAZYlSTS GIG AT 4HE 7ATERFRONT 4HE lRST BAND WAS 'WEN 3TACY A FOUR PIECE FROM )NDIANAPOLIS 4HEY BLASTED THROUGH SOME METALCORE BY NUMBER PIECES MUSICALLY NOTH ING SPECIAL BUT PLAYED FAIRLY WELL (OWEVER THE LEAD SINGER AND BASSIST GOT THE CROWD GOING AND AS A RESULT CAME ACROSS WELL 4HIS WAS IN COM PLETE CONTRAST TO 0OISON 4HE 7ELL A BAND THAT

HOLDS SWAY OVER A WEALTH OF IMPRESSIVE MATE RIAL AND ORIGINALLY FAMOUS FOR THE STRENGTH OF THEIR LIVE SET -USICALLY THEY WERE VERY TIGHT BUT THE BAND AS A WHOLE SEEMED UNINTERESTED AND AS A RESULT GOT A POOR REACTION 3O ON TO THE MAIN EVENT 9OU WILL RARELY SEE A BAND LOOK SO AT HOME ON STAGE #RAZY lSTS SET WAS HEAVILY DOMINATED BY TRACKS FROM THEIR SECOND AND THIRD ALBUMS ONLY TWICE DIP PING INTO THEIR NEW MATERIAL AND ONLY PLAYING ONE TRACK OFF THEIR DEBUT AS AN ENCORE /N THEIR ALBUMS #RAZYlSTS SOUND HALF EMO HALF METAL BUT LIVE THEY ARE ALL METAL 4ECHNICALLY #RAZY lSTS WERE HEARTSTOPPINGLY PRECISE 'ONE ARE THE INTRICATE PRODUCTION TRIMMINGS INSTEAD OF TRY ING TO RECREATE THEM THEY PLOUGH THROUGH TWICE AS FAST AND TWICE AS HEAVY 4HE BEST PART OF THE GIG THOUGH WAS THE AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION THE SING ALONG MENTALITY WAS FANTASTIC WITH OF THE CROWD KNOWING EVERY WORD +UDOS TO THE GIRL WHO GOT ON STAGE AND SANG $ESTROY THE -AP WITH THE BAND &EW BANDS UNDERSTAND BETTER THAN #RAZYlSTS THAT HALF A GIG IS THE AUDIENCE AND FEW BAND S GIGS WILL BE HALF AS GOOD )F YOU LIKE METAL IT S A GIG TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE %D ,EFTWICH

4HIS GIG WAS OSTENSIBLY THE LAUNCH FOR "EARSUIT S NEW SINGLE AND A FUNDRAISER FOR THEIR 3837 TRIP BUT IN ACTUALITY THE NIGHT SHOWCASED THE STRENGTH AND DEPTH OF .ORWICH MUSIC WITH BOTH SUPPORTS PLAYING KILLER SETS "EARSUIT WEREN T THE ONLY STARS ON SHOW &IRST UP WERE 4HE -IDDLE /NES PURVEYORS OF ACCORDION AND RECORDER lLLED JOY 4HEY PLAYED TRACKS OLD INCLUDING GEMS SUCH AS 'OODNIGHT 3ONG TO BE FOUND ON THEIR DEBUT %0 AND VERY NEW BUT COULDN T SQUEEZE IN EVERY CROWD FAVOUR ITE 'OOD !S .EW n OH THAT KEY CHANGE n MUST WAIT FOR ANOTHER NIGHT 4HIS WEALTH OF LOVELINESS SUGGESTS THE BAND IS READY TO GRADUATE FROM SUP PORTING ACT TO HEADLINER BONUS POINTS FOR THE GRIN INDUCING COVER OF 4HE $RESDEN $OLLS $IRTY "USINESS FEATURING ROCK GLOCKENSPIEL 4HE NEXT SUPPORT 4HE "ROWNIES IS ALSO SET TO

COVER OF 4HE 3PECIALS 'ANGSTERS WAS A PERSONAL HIGHLIGHT 0ETER DANCING AROUND THE STAGE LIKE A FAIRY AT MIDSUMMER NO DOUBT RELIVING SOME GLORIOUS TIME PAST !S THE ALCOHOL SET IN IT BE CAME INCREASINGLY DIFlCULT FOR 0ETE TO STOP (E LOOKED LIKE HE WAS HAVING FUN AND IT S A FAIR TESTAMENT TO HIS ABILITY THAT HE COULD CONTINUE TO BASH OUT SONGS LONG AFTER MOST OF US WOULD BE HUGGING THE TOILET !RCADY &UCK &OREVER AND 7HAT +ATIE $ID WERE AMONG THE BEST IN A STRONG SET THOUGH HE RELIED ON THE CROWD TO DO MUCH OF HIS SINGING TOWARDS THE END AS HE CONCENTRATED ON HITTING ALL THE STRINGS IN THE RIGHT ORDER !S IT APPROACHED PM HIS ROAD IES SEEMED TO REALISE IT WOULD BE FUTILE TO TRY AND REMOVE 0ETER FROM THE STAGE SO WE WERE TREATED TO AN EXTRA MINUTES OF $OHERTY WOR RIED STAFF ONLOOKING $OT !LLINSON REMOUNTED THE STAGE LOOKING FRIGHTENED NEXT TO A LEERING 0ETER THOUGH SHE DIDN T ADD A GREAT DEAL TO THE SHOW AND HASTILY DEPARTED AS SOON AS THE JOB WAS DONE 0ETER PROVED THAT HE IS STILL A GREAT SHOW MAN AS LONG AS HE CONCENTRATES 7E DOUBT HE LL EVER RECAPTURE THE OLD MAGIC OF SIX YEARS HENCE BUT THIS SET WAS ENCOURAGING 7ILL .EWTON

MAKE THE TRANSITION TO HEADLINE STATUS WITH THEIR DEBUT ALBUM OUT IN !PRIL 4HE BAND LOOK FANTAS TIC PARTLY DUE TO THE ENDEARING CONTRAST BETWEEN SECOND GUITARIST -AXIE S LEAPING AND LEAD GUITAR IST .ATHAN S STATIC CONCENTRATION AND WITH LYRICS LIKE )T +ILLS h#AN ) TAKE YOU BACK TO MINE ) LL DRINK SPIRITS YOU LL DRINK WINEv THEY REVIVE THE MUCH MISSED SPIRIT OF (ELP 3HE #AN T 3WIM 0UNK YET PROFESSIONAL YOU NEED TO SEE THEM !3!0 !LTHOUGH EARS WERE RINGING FROM 4HE "ROWN IES SET THE CROWD WERE PRIMED FOR THE HEADLINERS THANKS TO CAKES AND KISSES SOLD TO FUND THAT 3837 TRIP AND SOME BEAR BASED PORN "EARSUIT TOOK TO THE STAGE IN MATCHING CAPES AND THIS COMIC STRIP GARB MIRRORED SONGS THAT TRAVELLED FROM THE 3O LAR 3YSTEM *UPITER &ORCE TO EROTIC ENTERTAINMENT &OXY "OXER 4HESE GRAND OLD MEN AND WOMEN OF THE .ORWICH SCENE PLAYED A SET THAT RANGED ACROSS THEIR EIGHT YEAR CAREER FROM ACE OLDIES LIKE (EY #HARLIE (EY #HUCK TO NEW SINGLE -USCLEBOUND "EARSUIT PROVIDED SOME TOP BANTER ALTHOUGH 4HE %VENT MUST AGREE TO DISAGREE WITH )AIN 2OSS CLAIM THAT .ORWICH HAS NO GOOD BANDS 4HE -ID DLE /NES AND 4HE "ROWNIES ARE TWO OF THE BEST IT S TRUE BUT THEY RE THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG NOT THE EXCEPTION THAT PROVES THE RULE 3ARAH #HRISTIE

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DAPTED FROM THE BEST SELLING BOOK BY *OHN 'ROGAN -ARLEY -E CHARTS THE HEART WARMING REAL LIFE STORY OF HOW -ARLEY A HYPERACTIVE ,ABRADOR AFFECTED HIS FAMILY S LIFE 4HE lLM BEGINS WITH NEWLYWEDS *OHN 'ROGAN /WEN 7ILSON AND *ENNY *ENNIFER !NISTON MOVING TO SUNNY &LORIDA IN ORDER TO START A FAMILY 7HEN *EN SUGGESTS HAVING CHILDREN *OHN S WORK COLLEAGUE 3E BASTIAN %RIC $ANE SUGGESTS *OHN BUYS A PUPPY INSTEAD 4HE lLM S REAL STARS ARE THE APPROXIMATELY DOGS WHO PLAYED -ARLEY /WEN 7ILSON AND *ENNIFER !NISTON WITH $ANE AND +ATHLEEN 4URNER WHO PLAYS A DOG TRAINER ONLY PLAY MINIMAL PARTS &ROM THE MOMENT -ARLEY NAMED AFTER "OB BOUNDS ONTO THE SCENE HE STEALS THE ACTING LIMELIGHT !S HE GETS OLDER -ARLEY S DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR DOESN T CHANGE FROM CHEWING SOFAS AND EATING NECKLACES TO MISTAKING THE

EMENT TO THE lLM !LTHOUGH -ARLEY -E CERTAINLY IS A COMEDY AND IS PACKED WITH LAUGHS THE lLM ALSO CAPTURES THE VERY SERIOUS ISSUES MARRIAGE CREATES AND THE COM FORT A FOUR LEGGED FRIEND CAN BRING $IRECTOR $AVID &RANKEL AND SCREEN PLAY WRITERS 3COTT &RANK AND $ON 2OOS HAVE CREATED THE lLM BEAUTI FULLY SO THAT IT DOESN T CONFUSE THE AUDIENCE OR ITSELF BY SWITCHING FROM COMEDY TO DRAMA TOO QUICKLY #ERTAINLY NOT JUST A lLM FOR DOG OWNERS OR DOG LOVERS -ARLEY -E WILL APPEAL TO ANYONE WHO HAS OWNED A PET OR HAD SOMEONE IN THEIR LIFE THAT HAS INSPIRED THEM 0ACK PLENTY OF TISSUES AS THIS lLM IS AN EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER -ARLEY -E IS DElNITE LY A 0EDIGREE SORRY COULDN T RESIST COMEDY DRAMA

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ATCHING THE TRAILERS BE FORE THE START OF A lLM IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE CINEMATIC EXPERIENCE AS ANY CINEMA GOER WOULD AGREE 3OME MIGHT ARGUE THAT IT IS THE BEST ,OGI CALLY THIS IS UNSURPRISING AS A TRAILER USUALLY BOILS DOWN A LENGTHY STORY INTO A SPACE OF A FEW MINUTES TYPI CALLY SHOWING THE BEST MOMENTS OF A lLM 4HIS IS DElNITELY EFFECTIVE AND APPROPRIATE FOR OUR INCREASINGLY PA TIENCE ABSENT CULTURE (OWEVER THE QUALITY OF TRAILERS RANGES CONSIDERA BLY AND IT ISN T ALWAYS LINKED TO QUAL ITY OF THE lLM ITSELF (ERE ARE THREE APPROACHES TO THE SCULPTING OF THE @THREE MINUTE SELL

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Lesbian Vampire Killers Dir: Phil Claydon Release Date: 20/3/09

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THE WHOLE PICTURE FEEL LIKE A 'AVIN AND 3TACEY SPIN OFF #HARACTERISTI CALLY (ORNE S PERFORMANCE IS DEVOID OF ANYTHING EVEN CLOSE TO CHARISMA AND #ORDEN S WINKING EVERY TIME HE BEHEADED A LESBIAN VAMPIRE GOT VERY BORING $ESPITE THE POOR SCRIPT AND PRE DICTABLE ACTING WEIGHING IT DOWN THE DIRECTION AND EDITING MANAGED TO DRAG THE lLM OUT OF THE LESBIAN CESS PIT IT HAD DUG FOR ITSELF 4HE COMIC BOOK STYLE WHICH HAS BEEN ADPOTED COMPLIMENTS ,6+ S NOT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY TONE *AMES -ARLOW

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4HE SEQUEL TO -EET THE &OCKERS IS WINGING ITS WAY TO UNSUSPECTING CINEMA GOERS 4HE NEXT lLM TO GRACE THE SERIES OF -EET THE 0ARENTS AND -EET THE &OCKERS COMES ,ITTLE &OCKERS 1UITE SURPRISING IS THAT 0ETER 3EGAL IS SET TO DIRECT THE lLM EVEN MORE SHOCKING IS THAT "EN 3TILLER AND 2OBERT $E .IRO ARE RETURN ING TO STAR IN THE NOT SO FUNNY FRANCHISE

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Choke Dir: Clark Gregg Release Date: 23/3/09 #HOKE IS BASED ON A NOVEL OF THE SAME NAME WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY #LARK 'REGG 4HE lLM FOLLOWS 6IC TOR -ANCINI 3AM 2OCKWELL WHO IS A SEX ADDICT WHILST SUPPORTING HIS HOSPITALISED MOTHER (USTON AND DESIRING THE LOVE OF HOSPITAL @NURSE 0AIGE -ARSHALL +ELLY -ACDONALD WHO CARES FOR HIS MOTHER 7ITH #HOKE THE PLOT IS INSIGNIl CANT COMPARED TO THE FRAGMENTS OF HUMOUR THAT CERTAIN KEY MOMENTS OF THE lLM PROVIDE IN PARTICULAR THE BUNCH OF OLD WOMEN THAT HAR ASS -ANCINI AS WELL AS THE MOTH ER S DEATH AS A RESULT OF CHOKING ON CHOCOLATE 4HE PROBLEM WITH #HOKE IS THAT IT S ACTUALLY QUITE FORGETTABLE

"ECAUSE THE BLACK HUMOUR IN THE lLM DOES COME IN WAVES THIS DIS CARDS OTHER MOMENTS OF THE lLM RESULTING IN THE MAJORITY OF THE PLOT BECOMING INSIGNIlCANT 4HE BASIS OF THE SCREENPLAY IS WEAK AND THERE IS NO SENSE OF CLIMAX IN THE lLM AS WE KNEW THAT THE MOTHER COULD POTENTIALLY DIE AND -ANCINI WOULD END UP WITH -ARSHALL (OWEVER THE WAVES OF HUMOUR ARE WORTHY ENOUGH TO VIEW THE lLM JUST DON T EXPECT ANY ENIGMAS TO COMPENSATE FOR AN OVERALL SHALLOW SCREENPLAY !DAM 3CALES

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Natasha Richardson 1963 - 2009 4HE BEAUTIFUL ACTRESS .ATASHA 2I CHARDSON DIED LAST WEEK AFTER WHAT WAS SAID TO HAVE BEEN A MINOR MIS HAP DURING A BEGINNER S SKI LESSON 4HE ACTRESS MARRIED TO ,IAM .EE SON WAS ANNOUNCED BRAIN DEAD ON 7EDNESDAY TH -ARCH AND HER FAMILY HAD TO MAKE THE DIFlCULT DECI SION TO TURN OFF HER LIFE SUPPORT MA

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Ghost Town

Dir: Marc Forster Release date: 23/3/09

/N RELEASE THIS WAS SUBJECT TO THE KIND OF ABUSE YOU D EXPECT A CONVICTED SEX CRIMINAL WOULD HAVE TO DEAL WITH "UT IS IT REALLY ALL THAT BAD 3HORT ANSWER NO ,ONG ANSWER KIND OF 4HE MAIN PROBLEM HERE IS THAT EVERYONE S TRYING TOO HARD $IRECTOR -ARC &ORSTER CRANKS THE STYLE UP TO BUT THE PLOT IS SO VAGUE THAT THERE MAY AS WELL NOT BE ONE $ANIEL #RAIG IS STILL A COMPELLING "OND BUT HE S SO RELENTLESSLY SERIOUS YOU JUST FEEL LIKE SLAPPING HIM AND TELLING HIM TO GET OVER IT -ATHIEU !MALRIC S VILLAIN BARELY REGISTERS AND

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East Anglia - the Movie! 7HEN THINKING OF WHERE THE GEOGRAPHICAL CENTRE OF THE lLM UNIVERSE COULD BE lXED THE lLM LOVER MIGHT THINK OF (OLLYWOOD POSSIBLY "OLLYWOOD MAYBE EVEN GOOD OLD 0INEWOOD STUDIOS IF IT MUST BE LOCATED WITHIN "RITISH SHORES BUT DEAR OLD %AST !NGLIA HOME OF THE FENS 5%! AND NOT MUCH ELSE 7ELL YOU WOULD BE WRONG )AN 3MITH EXPLAINS THE ROLE THAT %AST !NGLIA HAS PLAYED IN THE MOVIES OVER THE YEARS

AST !NGLIA HAS APPEARED IN MORE lLMS THAN YOU MIGHT THINK n AT LEAST ITS HISTORIC BUILDINGS HAVE 0ERHAPS ITS MOST CIN EMATIC MANSION IS %LVEDEN (ALL ON THE 3UFFOLK STRETCH OF THE ! WHICH FEATURED IN 4IMOTHY $ALTON S lRST "OND MOVIE 4HE ,IVING $AYLIGHTS IN 3TANLEY +UBRICK S SWAN SONG %YES 7IDE 3HUT AND IN ,ARA #ROFT 4OMB 2AIDER WHERE IT WAS THE TITULAR HEROINE S FAMILY HOME 4HE LOCAL SECTION OF THE ! IS A NO TORIOUS TRAFlC BOTTLENECK AND IN REAL LIFE IT S DOUBTFUL WHETHER ,ARA #ROFT WOULD HAVE REACHED 4HETFORD NEVER MIND #AMBODIA %LSEWHERE (EYDON (ALL NEAR !YLSHAM TURNED UP IN 4HE 'ROTESQUE A BOTCHED ADAPTATION OF 0ATRICK -C'RATH S GOTHIC NOVEL AN WAS ONE OF THREE .ORFOLK HALLS USED

“The old-worldly atmosphere of this Norwich neighbourhood has earned it a place in several films” FOR THE ADAPTATION OF ,AURENCE 3TERNE S 4RISTAN 3HANDY THE OTHERS BE ING "LICKING (ALL AND &ELBRIGG (ALL IN THE SAME AREA 7IVETON (ALL NEAR "LAKENEY ON THE NORTH COAST WAS USED IN THE ADAPTATION OF /LIV

ER 'OLDSMITH S 3HE 3TOOPS 4O #ONQUER WHILE NEARBY (OLKHAM (ALL IS A LO CATION IN THREE NEW lLMS n "ARBARIAN 0RINCESS +EIRA +NIGHTLY VEHICLE 4HE $UCHESS AND THE 3TEPHEN 0OLIAKOFF DIRECTED "OTH %LVEDEN AND (OLKHAM (ALL WERE UTILISED FOR LAST YEAR S $EAN 3PANLEY AS WERE %LM (ILL AND THE CATHEDRAL PRECINCTS IN .ORWICH 4HE OLD WORLDLY ATMOSPHERE OF THIS .OR WICH NEIGHBOURHOOD HAS EARNED IT A PLACE IN SEVERAL lLMS INCLUDING THE (AROLD 0INTER SCRIPTED 4HE 'O "E TWEEN THE lRST -ONTY 0YTHON MOVIE !ND .OW &OR 3OMETHING #OM PLETELY $IFFERENT AND S ADAPTATION OF .EIL 'AIMAN S NOVEL 3TARDUST FOR WHICH THE "RITON S !RMS TEAHOUSE ON %LM (ILL WAS TRANS FORMED INTO THE 3LAUGHTERED 0RINCE TAVERN S 7ILT AN UNFORTUNATE ADAPTATION OF A 4OM 3HARPE NOVEL ESCHEWED THE CATHEDRAL AREA AND USED .ORWICH #ITY (ALL AND 3T !UGUSTINE S INSTEAD

(ISTORIC WORKING BUILDINGS IN %AST !NGLIA THAT HAVE APPEARED IN MOVIES INCLUDE NORTH .ORFOLK S #LEY 7INDMILL IN THE %LIZABETH 4AY LOR lLM #ONSPIRATOR "INTREE -ILL ON THE 2IVER 7ENSUN IN 4ARKA 4HE /TTER AND THE LIGHTHOUSE AT 3OUTH WOLD IN 0ETER 'REENAWAY S $ROWNING "Y .UMBERS %AST !NGLIA S COASTLINE HAS PROVED CINEMATIC TOO 'WYNETH 0ALTROW WAS SEEN STROLLING ALONG NORTH .ORFOLK S (OLKHAM "EACH AT THE END OF 3HAKE SPEARE )N ,OVE WHILE 7INTER TON ON 3EA WAS USED FOR S *ULIA ONE OF THE BEACH HUTS NEAR THE 'UN (ILL "EACH #AFÏ IN 3OUTHWOLD AP PEARED IN S )RIS AND THE lLM VERSION OF $AVID #OPPERlELD USED "ENACRE "EACH SOUTH OF ,OWESTOFT $UE LARGELY TO ITS NUMEROUS AIR BASES %AST !NGLIA HAS APPEARED IN SEVERAL MILITARY AND ESPIONAGE MOV IES 4HE $AMBUSTERS EMPLOYED ,ANGHAM !IRlELD IN NORTH .ORFOLK WHILE 2!& ,AKENHEATH IN NORTHWEST 3UFFOLK FEATURED IN THE #OLD 7AR THRILLER $EFENCE /F 4HE 2EALM AND IN 0IERCE "ROSNAN S SECOND "OND OUTING 4OMORROW .EVER $IES )PSWICH MADE A RARE lLM APPEARANCE IN THE ADAPTATION OF &REDERICK &ORSYTH S NUCLEAR CONSPIRACY THRILLER 4HE &OURTH 0ROTOCOL WHICH CONTAINED A SHOT OF HELICOPTERS mYING UNDER /R WELL "RIDGE ON THE TOWN S OUTSKIRTS 3OME OF THIS WAR SPY MOVIE IN

VOLVEMENT HAS BEEN BIZARRE ! .OR FOLK BROAD DOUBLED AS A 6IETNAMESE PADDY lELD IN +UBRICK S &ULL -ETAL *ACKET WHILE ACROSS THE COUNTY "URN HAM $EEPDALE AND 2!& -ARHAM STOOD IN FOR .ORTH +OREA IN "RO SNAN S lNAL "OND MOVIE $IE !NOTHER $AY 4HE +ING S ,YNN DISTRICT TAKES THE PRIZE FOR PRETENDING TO BE FARAWAY PLACES )N THE TOWN SERVED AS TH CENTURY .EW 9ORK IN 2EVOLUTION AND NEARBY #ASTLE 2ISING AS $EN MARK IN /UT /F !FRICA -EANWHILE THE 7ASH AREA AND THE &ENS TO THE SOUTH SUBSTITUTED FOR 'ERMAN OC CUPIED (OLLAND IN -ICHAEL 0OWELL S WARTIME MORALE BOOSTER /NE /F /UR !IRCRAFT )S -ISSING 5NFORTUNATELY FEW lLMS HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN ABOUT %AST !NGLIA 'RA HAM 3WIFT S FAMOUS &ENS SET NOVEL 7ATERLAND WAS TURNED INTO A CREDIBLE lLM IN WITH (OLBEACH -ARSH ON THE 7ASH USED AS A LOCATION BUT INEVITABLY THE lLM LEFT OUT THE HISTOR ICAL LAYERS THAT GAVE THE BOOK ITS SENSE OF PLACE !NOTHER &ENS SET MOVIE THAT SAME YEAR .ICK 7ARD S $AKOTA 2OAD CAPTURED THE AREA S LYRICAL BLEAKNESS BUT DIDN T DO ANYTHING AT THE BOX OF lCE &ILMED AT (UNSTANTON AND 7ELLS $AD 3AVAGE WAS A CRIME THRILLER THAT MADE A WELCOME RUSTIC DEPAR TURE FROM THE USUAL IDENTIKIT ,ONDON GANGSTER EPICS n THE CRIME OVERLORD BEING A TOUGH .ORFOLK TULIP FARMER PLAYED BY 3TAR 4REK S 0ATRICK 3TEWART !LAS $AD 3AVAGE WAS NEVER AS GOOD AS ITS BASIC IDEA !ND DESPITE ITS MANY GHOSTLY LEG ENDS AND ITS SOMETIMES EERIE LAND SCAPES THERE HAVE BEEN FEW %AST !N

GLIAN HORROR OR FANTASY MOVIES /NE BORDERLINE EXAMPLE WAS THE STRANGE lCTIONAL ROCK DOCUMENTARY "ROTHERS /F 4HE (EAD ABOUT 3IAMESE TWINS FROM A REMOTE .ORFOLK MARSH WHO END UP FRONTING A S PROTO PUNK ROCK BAND 4HE lLM MADE SIN ISTER USE OF NORTH .ORFOLK LOCATIONS LIKE "ARNINGHAM (ALL #LEY -ARSHES AND "LAKENEY 0OINT AND ITS MUSIC WAS PRETTY GOOD TOO &INALLY LEGENDARY HORROR ACTOR 6INCENT 0RICE MADE TWO SCARY MOV IES IN %AST !NGLIA n S 4OMB /F ,IGEIA WHICH FEATURED #ASTLE !CRE 0RIORY NEAR 3WAFFHAM AND S 7ITCHlNDER 'ENERAL 4HE LATTER WAS POSSIBLY THE MOST %AST !NGLIAN MOV IE EVER )T DEALT WITH A REAL CHARAC TER IN LOCAL HISTORY THE NOTORIOUS

“ Unfortunately, few films have actually been about East Anglia ” WITCH HUNTER -ATTHEW (OPKINS AND TURNED THE 3UFFOLK COUNTRYSIDE INTO AN UNSETTLINGLY PRETTY BACKDROP FOR (OPKINS BRUTAL ACTIVITIES !MONG THE LOCATIONS WERE "RANDESTON VILLAGE 3T *OHN S #HURCH NEAR 4HETFORD AND /R FORD #ASTLE ON THE COAST )NHABITANTS OF /RFORD WHO REMEMBER 7ITCHlNDER 'ENERAL S SHOOTING CLAIM THAT SCREAMS EMANATED FROM THE CASTLE DUNGEON FOR THREE DAYS NON STOP

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• Miles Jupp. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £8 NUS • Black and White LCR. 10pm. £3.50 adv

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25th

• Graham Swift. LT1. 7pm. £6 • The International Party. LCR. 7pm. £4 adv • Red Light Company. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £7 • Sports Night. Blue Bar. 8pm. Free with Sports Association Card

26th

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• Film: Zack and Miri Make a Porno. LT1. 7.30pm. £2.75 • Mike TV. The Marquee. 7.30pm. £3 • The Rifles. The Waterfront. 7.30pm. £12.50 • Ruth Notman. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £8 NUS • Games Night: Guitar Hero. Blue Bar. 8.30pm. Free

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• Long Days Journey Into Night. Norwich Puppet Theatre. 7.30pm. £3.50 NUS • Lucy Porter. The Playhouse. 8pm. £12 NUS • Karaoke. Blue Bar. 9pm. Free • Non-Stop 90s + Shine. The Waterfront. 10pm. £3.50 NUS • Harmony ft. Tahmac and Segge Dan. LCR. 10pm. £4 adv

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• UEA Rock Gospel Choir. St Stephen’s Church. 5.30pm. £3 NUS • Long Days Journey Into Night. Norwich Puppet Theatre. 7.30pm. £3.50 NUS • The Top 50 LCR. 10pm. £4 adv • Meltdown + Wraith. The Waterfront. 10pm. £3.50 NUS

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• Barnado’s UEA Talent Show. The Hive. 7.30pm. • Pub Quiz. Blue Bar. 7.30pm. Free • Jason Manford. The Playhouse. 8pm. £12 NUS

29th

• Day Glo Rave LCR. 10pm. £3.50 adv

31st

1st

• UEA Chamber Choir & Collegium Musicum. St Peter Mancroft. 7.30pm. £4 NUS • Sports Night. Blue Bar. 8pm. Free with Sports Association Card • Robin Ince. Norwich Arts Centre. 8.30pm. £10 NUS

2nd

• Wildbirds and Peacedrums. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £6 • Film: Ghost Town. 7.30pm. £2.75 • The End of Term Bash ft. Jo, Bradley & Paul from S Club. LCR. 9pm. £10 adv

3rd • Sid Kipper Silver Darlings. Norwich Puppet Theatre. 7.30pm. £6.50 • Ha Ha Hamlet. The Playhouse. 8pm. £12 NUS • Selfish C**t presented by Twee Off! Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £5 • 80s Night + Hit Parade. The Waterfront. 10pm. £3.50 NUS

4th

• Mardling the Bard: A Dog’s Tale. Norwich Puppet Theatre. 8pm. £6.50 • Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £10 NUS • Pams House Spring & Bouncy Ball. LCR. 9.30pm. £7.95 NUS • Meltdown. The Waterfront. 10pm. £3.50 NUS

5th

• Norfeo! Norwich Puppet Theatre. 3pm. £5 • Mardling the Bard: A Dog’s Tale. Norwich Puppet Theatre. 8pm. £6.50

30th • Ross Ainslie and Jarlath Henderson. Norwich Arts 6th

• Geoff Dyer. LT1. 7PM. £6 • N Dubz. LCR. 7.30pm. Sold Out • Philip Clouts Quartet. Norwich Arts Centre. 8pm. £8 NUS

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