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PHOTO OF THE FORTNIGHT Not only do we have the stunning photo of Johnny Marr on stage with The Cribs during their

THE ONE WITH... absolutely spectacular set in the LCR, our photo of 6thoctober2009issue232

the fortnight is a gorgeous photo of the Concrete

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF>HANNAH LIVINGSTON THE EVENT EDITOR>GRACE SIMPSON FASHION EDITORS>KAT JONES & DESIREE WARIARO

editorial celebrating the beauty that was our first

...THE INTERVIEWS issue of the term. Here’s to the second issue, and there is plenty to get excited about......... Until next time, Grace

FASHION WRITERS>KAT JONES, DESIREE WARIARO

ARTS EDITORS>FIONA HOWARD & KIRSTEN PETER ARTS WRITERS>DAVID BIGGINS, MATTHEW HUTCHINGS, BRIGID MARRIOTT

CREATIVE WRITING EDITOR>STEPHANIE CROSS CREATIVE WRITERS>SYLVIA ABRAHAM, CATH CARPENTER, RACHEL COXON, ROBERT VAN

EGGHEN, DENISE WINDELL

CANVAS EDITOR>DUNCAN VICAT-BROWN TELEVISION EDITOR>JOSH BUTLER TELEVISION WRITERS>SARA BARNARD, BEA BRADSELL, MICHA BUTLER, JOSH BUTLER, GEMMA

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EVENT...

HENZLEY, SARAH MORGAN, ROBERT VAN EGGHEN, CAROLINE WALKER

WIRED EDITOR>WILLIAM MORAN WIRED WRITERS>WILLIAM MORAN, STEFAN ROSE

MUSIC EDITORS>PAUL COOK & STEPH MCKENNA MUSIC WRITERS>MICHAEL BLUNT, PAUL COOK, PERDITA FEARON, JAMES GORMAN, JAMES HALLING, SHAUN KITCHENER, CONOR MAGUIRE, TOM MCINNES, STEPH MCKENNA, ALEX THROSSELL, DUNCAN VICAT-BROWN

FILM EDITORS>ELIZABETH POOLE & ADAM SCALES FILM WRITERS>MICHA BUTLER, RACHEL COXEN, WILL CROSS, NAOMI FRASER, JAMES MARLOW, JAKE MILLER, LUKE NASH, ELIZABETH POOLE, DUNCAN VICAT-BROWN, PAUL WARDLOW

VENUE EDITOR>HELEN THOMAS VENUE WRITER>JOSH HARRIS

COMPETITIONS EDITOR>WILL DONOVAN

FASHION>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>VINTAGE>5 ARTS>>>>>>>>>>DAN BROWN REVIEW>6 CREATIVE WRITING>>>>>>>>THE CIRCUS>8 CANVAS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>SHOEGAZE>9 TELEVISION>>>>>>>>FLASHFORWARD>11 WIRED>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>HALO3>12 MUSIC>>>>>>>>>>>>>INTERVIEWS>14 FILM>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>SURROGATE>18 VENUE>>>>>>>>>>>LAUGH OUT LOUD>22 COMPETITIONS>>>>>>>>>>GIG TICKETS>24

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THIS ISSUE, FASHION EDITORS DESIREE WARIARO AND KAT JONES THE STORY BEHIND TWO DESIGNERS WHO CONTINUE TO INSPIRE THEM REGARDLESS OF CURRENT TRENDS.

Kat on Stella McCartney

^ƚĞůůĂ DĐ ĂƌƚŶĞǇ ĐŽƵůĚ ƋƵŝƚĞ ĞĂƐŝůǇ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞƐĞ ͞ŐůŽƌŝĮĞĚ ŽīƐƉƌŝŶŐƐ͟ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĨĞĞĚ Žī ƚŚĞ ĨĂŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉĂƌĞŶƚƐ͘ Ƶƚ ŚĞƌĞ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ǁŽŵĂŶ ǁŚŽ ŚĂƐ ĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚĞĚ Ă ƌĞƉƵƚĂƟŽŶ ĂƐ Ă ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞƌ ďǇ ĐƌĞĂƟŶŐ Ă ŶĂƚƵƌĂů ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ƐĞǆǇ ĨĞŵŝŶŝŶŝƚǇ ŝŶ ŚĞƌ ĐŽůůĞĐƟŽŶƐ͘ ͞/ ǁĂŶƚĞĚ ƚŽ ĐƌĞĂƚĞ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ƉƌĞĐŝŽƵƐ͟ ƐŚĞ ƐĂǇƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚŝƐ ĚĞĮŶĞƐ ƚŚĞ ƉƵƌƉŽƐĞ ŽĨ ĐůŽƚŚĞƐ ĨŽƌ ŵĂŶǇ ǁŽŵĞŶ͘ DŽƐƚ ůŝƩůĞ ŐŝƌůƐ ŚĂǀĞ ŵĞŵŽƌŝĞƐ ŽĨ ĚƌĞƐƐŝŶŐ ƵƉ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŵŽƚŚĞƌ͛Ɛ ĐůŽƚŚĞƐ͖ ǁƌĂƉƉŝŶŐ ƵƉ ŝŶ ĐĂƐŚŵĞƌĞ ƉĂƐŚŵŝŶĂƐ͕ ƉƵůůŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƐĞƋƵŝŶŶĞĚ ƐŬŝƌƚƐ ĂŶĚ ĂƩĞŵƉƟŶŐ ƚŽ ǁĂůŬ ŝŶ ŚŝŐŚ ŚĞĞůƐ͘ tĞ ĨĞůƚ ĂĚŵŝƌĂƟŽŶ ƚŽǁĂƌĚƐ ŽƵƌ ŵŽƚŚĞƌƐ ĂƐ ƚŚĞǇ ǁĞ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ǁĞĂƌ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĐůŽƚŚĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĞǀĞƌǇĚĂǇ ůŝǀĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƵƐ͕ ŵĞƌĞ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͕ ŚĂĚ ƚŽ ǁĂŝƚ ƵŶƟů ǁĞ ǁĞƌĞ ͞ƉƌŽƉĞƌ ŐƌŽǁŶͲƵƉƐ͟ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ǁĞ ĐŽƵůĚ ĞŶƚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ ǁŽƌůĚ ĨŽƌ ƌĞĂů͘ DĐ ĂƌƚŶĞǇ͛Ɛ ĂƵƚƵŵŶ ůŝŶĞ ĞǆƵĚĞƐ ƚŚŝƐ ƐĞŶƐĞ ŽĨ ƉƌĞĐŝŽƵƐŶĞƐƐ ĂŶĚ ůƵǆƵƌǇ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĐĂŵĞů ĐŽĂƟŶŐ ͞DĂǆŝŵĂ͟ ĐŽĂƚ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ Ă ƐƚĞƉ ĂďŽǀĞ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĞŶĐŚ͘ /ƚƐ ŚŝŐŚ ŶĞĐŬ ĂŶĚ ƐŝŵƉůĞ ĚĞƚĂŝůƐ͕ ĂůŽŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ŝƚƐ ƐƵůƚƌǇ ĂďŽǀĞͲƚŚĞͲŬŶĞĞ ŚĞŵ ĂŶĚ ƌŝĐŚ ĐĂƌĂŵĞů ĐŽůŽƵƌ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚŝƐ ĐŽĂƚ Ă ŚŝŐŚͲĐůĂƐƐ ƉŝĞĐĞ ŽĨ ďĞĂƵƚǇ͘ ,Ğƌ ƐŝŐŶĂƚƵƌĞ ƐƚǇůĞ ŽĨ ƐŚĂƌƉ ƚĂŝůŽƌŝŶŐ ŝƐ ĂƐ ĂƉƉĂƌĞŶƚ ĂƐ ĞǀĞƌ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ϮϬϬϵ ĂƵƚƵŵŶ ĐŽůůĞĐƟŽŶ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƚǁŽ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞƐ ŽĨ ƐƵŝƚƐ ďĞĂƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ďĂůĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ŵĂƐĐƵůŝŶĞ ĂŶĚ ĨĞŵŝŶŝŶĞ ĂƩƌŝďƵƚĞƐ͘ KŶĞ ŝƐ ƟƚůĞĚ ͞ ƵƩĞƌŵŝůŬ ^ŝůŬ ^Ƶŝƚ͕͟ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŵĂŬĞƐ ǇŽƵ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ ǇŽƵƌƐĞůĨ ĂƐ ƚŽ ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ ǇŽƵ Ăŵ ǁŽƌƚŚǇ ƚŽ ƐůŝƉ ŝŶƚŽ ŝƚ͘ dŚĞ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ŚŽŶĞǇ ƐŚĞĞŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĨĂďƌŝĐ ĂĚĚƐ ĨĞŵŝŶŝŶĞ ĐŚĂƌŵ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƉŽǁĞƌĨƵů ŵĂůĞ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĞĚ ĐƵƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐƵŝƚ͘ dŚŝƐ ĐŽŶƚƌĂƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƚǁŽ ŐĞŶĚĞƌ ǁŽƌůĚƐ ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ ƐĞĞŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ͞dŚƵŶĚĞƌ 'ƌĞǇ tŝŶĚŽǁ WĂŶĞ ŚĞĐŬ ^Ƶŝƚ͘͟ ,ĞƌĞ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ DĐ ĂƌƚŶĞǇ ŚĂƐ ƌĞǀĞƌƐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƌŽůĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂů ŝƐ ĚŽŵŝŶĂƚĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƐĐƵůŝŶĞ ĂƩƌŝďƵƚĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ĐŽůŽƵƌ ŝƐ ŽĨ Ă ĚĂƌŬ ŐƌĞǇ ǁŝƚŚ ǁŽǀĞŶ ďůĂĐŬ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĨĂďƌŝĐ ŝƐ ŚĞĂǀǇ ĂŶĚ ƚŚŝĐŬ͘ dŚĞ ĐƵƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƚƌŽƵƐĞƌƐ ŝƐ ĚŝƐƟŶĐƚůǇ ĨĞŵĂůĞ͖ ƐƉĞĐŝĮĐĂůůǇ ƐŚĂƉĞĚ ĨŽƌ ŽƵƌ ĐƵƌǀĞƐ͖ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ƟŐŚƚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĂŶŬůĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ ĨŽůůŽǁ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƚƵƌĂů ůŝŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ůĞŐ͘ DƐ DĐ ĂƌƚŶĞǇ ĂƉƉĞĂƌƐ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ŐĞŶŝƵƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĞŶƚǁŝŶŝŶŐ ŽĨ ŵĂůĞ ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ ŝŶƚŽ ŽƵƌ ĨĞŵĂůĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͘ dŚĞ ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ŝŶƚĞŶƐŝƚǇ ŽĨ ŚĞƌ ĚĞƐŝŐŶƐ ĂƌĞ ĐĂƌƌŝĞĚ ŽƵƚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ǁĞĂƌĞƌ ŝŶ Ă ŵĂŶŶĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ĨƌĞƐŚ͕ ŐĞŶƚůĞ ĂŶĚ ŝŶƐƉŝƌŝŶŐ͘ tĞ ĂƉƉůĂƵĚ ŚĞƌ ĂĐŚŝĞǀĞŵĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ĂĚŵŝƌĞ ŚĞƌ ĞīŽƌƚƐ ĂƐ Ă ǀŝƚĂů ǁŚĞĞů ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŵĂĐŚŝŶĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ͘

Desiree on Coco Chanel

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ŽĐŽ ŚĂŶĞů ;ϭϴϴϯͲϭϵϳϭͿ ŶĞǀĞƌ ŐŽĞƐ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ƐƚǇůĞ͘ ƚƌƵůǇ ƐĞůĨͲŵĂĚĞ ǁŽŵĂŶ͕ ƐŚĞ ǁŽƌŬĞĚ ŚĞƌ ǁĂǇ ƵƉ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ĐŚŝůĚŚŽŽĚ ƐƉĞŶƚ ŝŶ ĂŶ ŽƌƉŚĂŶĂŐĞ ƚŽ ůŝĨĞ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƌĞǀĞƌĞĚ ŐƌĂŶĚ ŽůĚ ĚĂŵĞ ŽĨ WĂƌŝƐŝĂŶ ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ ŚŽƵƐĞƐ͘ /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ϭϵϲϬƐ ƐŚĞ ƌĞǀŽůƵƟŽŶŝƐĞĚ ǁŽŵĞŶ͛Ɛ ǁĂƌĚƌŽďĞƐ ďǇ ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐŝŶŐ ŚƌŝƐƟĂŶ ŝŽƌ͛Ɛ ƌĞƐƚƌŝĐƟǀĞ ĂŶĚ ĐŽƌƐĞƚĞĚ ǲEĞǁ >ŽŽŬǲ ǁŝƚŚ ŚĞƌ ŽǁŶ ŶĞǁ ĐŽůůĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŵŽƌĞ ǁĞĂƌĂďůĞ ĂŶĚ ǁĞĂƌĂďůĞ ŽƵƞŝƚƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŵŽĚĞƌŶ ǁŽŵĂŶ ŽĨ ĂŶǇ ƐŽĐŝĂů ĐůĂƐƐ͘ dŚĞ ĚĞƐŝŐŶƐ ƐŚĞ ĐƌĞĂƚĞĚ ƚŚĞŶ ĂƌĞ ƐƟůů ǀĞƌǇ ŝŶŇƵĞŶƟĂů ĨŽƌ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞƌƐ ŝŶ ǁŽŵĞŶ͛Ɛ ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ͘ dŚĞ ĞƉŽŶǇŵŽƵƐ ůŝƩůĞ ďůĂĐŬ ĚƌĞƐƐ͕ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂůůǇ ĐƌĞĂƚĞĚ ďǇ ŚĂŶĞů ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ϭϵϮϬƐ͕ ŚĂƐ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ĞǀĞƌǇ ŐŝƌůǲƐ ƐƚĂƉůĞ ƉĂƌƚǇ ĚƌĞƐƐ͕ ƉĂƌƚůǇ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŽĨ ŚĂŶĞůǲƐ ŝŶƚƵŝƟǀĞ ĐƌĞĂƟǀŝƚǇ ĂŶĚ ŚĞƌ ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ ŽĨ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ǁŽŵĞŶǲƐ ůŝǀĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŽŵĞŶ ĚƌĞƐƐ ƚŚĞ ǁĂǇ ƚŚĞǇ ĚŽ ŶŽǁ ĂŶĚ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞƌƐ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŽ ƚƌǇ ĂŶĚ ƌĞƉůŝĐĂƚĞ ŽĐŽ͛Ɛ ĞīŽƌƚůĞƐƐůǇ ĐŚŝĐ ĂŶĚ ƐŝŵƉůĞ ƚĂŝůŽƌŝŶŐ͘ dŚĞ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ ͞ ŚĂŶĞů ^Ƶŝƚ͟ ŝƐ Ă ĐŽŵďŝŶĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĐůĂƐƐŝĐ &ƌĞŶĐŚ ŚĂƵƚĞ ĐŽƵƚƵƌĞ ĂŶĚ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĂƟŽŶ ƚĂŬĞŶ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ŵƵĐŚ ǇŽƵŶŐĞƌ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĞ ƚŚĞŶ ϳϬͲǇĞĂƌͲŽůĚ ŽĐŽ͛Ɛ͘ dŚĞ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞĚ ĨƌĞĞĚŽŵ ĂŶĚ ĂƵƚŽŶŽŵǇ ďƌŽƵŐŚƚ ŽŶ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƐĞǆƵĂů ƌĞǀŽůƵƟŽŶ ŵĂĚĞ ŚĞƌ ĚĞƐŝŐŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵĨŽƌƚĂďůĞ ƐƵŝƚƐ ĂŶĚ ĚƌĞƐƐĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŵŝůůŝŽŶƐ ŽĨ ǁŽŵĞŶ ďŽƵŐŚƚ ĂŶĚ ƉĂƐƐĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĚĂƵŐŚƚĞƌƐ͘ hŶĚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ŐƵŝĚĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ ŐƌĞĂƚ <Ăƌů >ĂŐĞƌĮĞůĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ŚĂŶĞů ďƌĂŶĚ ƐƟůů ĞǆƵĚĞƐ ŽĐŽ͛Ɛ ƐƚǇůŝƐŚ ĞůĞŐĂŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ůĂďĞů ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞƐ ƚŽ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞ ĚƵƌĂďůĞ͕ ƚĂŝůŽƌĞĚ ĚĂǇ ǁĞĂƌ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ĂŌĞƌ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ͘ ŚĂŶĞů͛Ɛ ŵŽŶŽĐŚƌŽŵĞ͕ ƐǇŵŵĞƚƌŝĐĂů ĚĞƐŝŐŶƐ ĂŶĚ ĐůĂƐƐŝĐ ďĞĂƵƚǇ ŵĂŬĞ ŝƚ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͛Ɛ ŵŽƐƚ ŝĚĞŶƟĮĂďůĞ ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ ŚŽƵƐĞ͘ dŚĞ ďƌĂŶĚ͛Ɛ ŝŵĂŐĞ ƌĞǀŽůǀĞƐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƟŵĞůĞƐƐ ƐŝŐŶĂƚƵƌĞ ƉŝĞĐĞƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŚĂŶĞů EŽ͘ϱ ĨƌĂŐƌĂŶĐĞ͕ ĨĂŵŽƵƐůǇ ŵŽĚĞůůĞĚ ďǇ DĂƌŝůǇŶ DŽŶƌŽĞ ĂŶĚ ƐǇŶŽŶǇŵŽƵƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƉŽǁĞƌĨƵů ǁŽŵĞŶ͖ ƚŚĞ Ϯ͘ϱϱ ŚĂŶĚďĂŐ͕ ĨŽƌ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǇŽƵ ŵĂǇ ǁĂŝƚ ŽŶ Ă ůŝƐƚ ĨŽƌ ǇĞĂƌƐ ƚŽ ďƵǇ͖ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŚĂŶĞů ďĂůůĞƚ ƉƵŵƉƐ ĨĞĂƚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƵŶŵŝƐƚĂŬĂďůĞ ͞ ͟ ůŽŐŽ ĂŶĚ ďůĂĐŬ ĂŶĚ ĐƌĞĂŵ ƋƵŝůƚĞĚ ůŽŐŽ͘ Coco Chanel had her very own sense of style which she generously recreated in ŚĞƌ ĐŽůůĞĐƟŽŶƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ǁŽƌŶ ďǇ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ͘ &Žƌ ŚĞƌ͕ ǁŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ ǁŽƌĞ ǁĂƐ ĂŶ ĞǆƚĞŶƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ǇŽƵƌ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂůŝƚǇ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĂů ŽĨ ǇŽƵƌ ƐŽƵů ŝŵƉƌŝŶƚĞĚ ŽŶ ŝƚ͘ ŚĂŶĞů ŚĂĚ Ă ƐĂǇŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ ŐŽĞƐ ďƵƚ ƐƚǇůĞ ƌĞŵĂŝŶƐ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ͕ ƐŽ ǁŚĞŶ ďƵǇŝŶŐ Ă ŚĂŶĞů ƐƵŝƚ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ ƚƌƵƐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ ǁŝůů ůĂƐƚ ĨŽƌĞǀĞƌ͕ ďŽƚŚ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĂůůǇ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶĐĞƉƚƵĂůůǇ͘

fashion

06oct09 issue232

concrete.fashion@uea.ac.uk

sŝŶƚĂŐĞ ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ ŝƐ ĂŶ ĞǆĐĞůůĞŶƚ ǁĂǇ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ǇŽƵƌ ƐŚŽƉƉŝŶŐ Įǆ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ĨĞĞůŝŶŐ ŐƵŝůƚǇ ĂŌĞƌǁĂƌĚƐ͘ ƵǇŝŶŐ Ă ĨĞǁ ŬĞǇ ƉŝĞĐĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ ĐĂŶ ƐĂǀĞ Ă ĨŽƌƚƵŶĞ ĂŶĚ ǇŽƵ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĚŽŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚ Ă ĨĂǀŽƵƌ ďǇ ƌĞĐǇĐůŝŶŐ ĐůŽƚŚĞƐ͘ ďŝƚ ƋƵŝƌŬǇ͕ Ă ďŝƚ ĞĚŐǇ͕ Ă ďŝƚ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ͖ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ Ă ůŽŽŬ ƚŽ ƐƵŝƚ ĞǀĞƌǇŽŶĞ͘ &Žƌ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĂƟŽŶ͕ ƚĂŬĞ Ă ƉĞĞŬ ŝŶ ǇŽƵƌ ƉĂƌĞŶƚƐ͛ ǁĂƌĚƌŽďĞƐ ĂƐ /͛ŵ ƐƵƌĞ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƐŽŵĞ ǀŝŶƚĂŐĞ ŐĞŵƐ ůƵƌŬŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞƌĞ͘ dŚŝŶŬ ůĂƌŐĞ͕ ŬŶŝƩĞĚ ϴϬƐ ũƵŵƉĞƌƐ͕ ƐŬŝŶŶǇ ϲϬƐ ƟĞƐ͕ dǁŝŐŐǇͲƐƚǇůĞ ƐŚŝŌ ĚƌĞƐƐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ^ƚĂƌƐŬǇ ĂŶĚ ,ƵƚĐŚ ϳϬƐ ůĞĂƚŚĞƌ ũĂĐŬĞƚƐ͘ sŝŶƚĂŐĞ ŐŝǀĞƐ ƵƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ĐƌĞĂƟǀĞ ĂŶĚ ǁĞĂƌ ĂŶ ĞŶƐĞŵďůĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ ĚĞĐĂĚĞƐ Ăƚ ŽŶĐĞ͘ Wƌŝŵ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĐƌĞĚŝďůǇ ĐŽŽů ĂŶĚ ďŽƵƟƋƵĞ ǁŚŝĐŚ ůŽĂŶĞĚ ƵƐ ƚŚĞ ĐůŽƚŚĞƐ ĨŽƌ ŽƵƌ ƉŚŽƚŽ ƐŚŽŽƚ͘ dŚĞ ƐŚŽƉ͛Ɛ ƐĞůĞĐƟŽŶ ŝƐ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞůǇ ƵŶŝƋƵĞ͖ ƌĂŶŐŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ ĚĂǇǁĞĂƌ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŽ ĞǀĞŶŝŶŐ ǁĞĂƌ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ ĂŵĂǌŝŶŐ ĂďƵŶĚĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƐŚŽĞƐ͕ ďĂŐƐ ĂŶĚ ĂĐĐĞƐƐŽƌŝĞƐ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ ǁŽƌƚŚ ǀĞŶƚƵƌŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŝƚǇ ĐĞŶƚƌĞ ƚŽ ǀŝƐŝƚ ƚŚŝƐ ƚƌĞĂƐƵƌĞ ƚƌŽǀĞ ĂŶĚ ƉŝĐŬ ƵƉ Ă ďĂƌŐĂŝŶ͘ &ŝŶĚ Wƌŝŵ ŽŶ ^ƚ ĞŶĞĚŝĐƚƐ ^ƚƌĞĞƚ Žƌ ǀŝƐŝƚ ǁǁǁ͘ƉƌŝŵǀŝŶƚĂŐĞĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ͘ĐŽŵ ĨŽƌ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ͘

AMY WEARS: ϱϬƐ ĚƌĞƐƐ͕ άϰϲͬ ϴϬƐ ďĞůƚ͕ άϭϴͬϳϬƐ ĐĂƌĚŝŐĂŶ͕άϭϴͬϴϬƐ ďŽŽƚƐ͕ άϯϮ͘

TOM WEARS: ϳϬƐ ůĞĂƚŚĞƌ ũĂĐŬĞƚ͕ άϯϴͬϳϬƐ tƌĂŶŐůĞƌ ƐŚŝƌƚ͕ άϭϴͬϳϬƐ ŐƌĞĞŶ ĐĂƌĚŝŐĂŶ͕ άϭϴͬϲϬƐ ƐŬŝŶŶǇ ƟĞ͕ άϭϮͬŐƌĞǇ ƚƌŽƵƐĞƌƐ͕ ŵŽĚĞů͛Ɛ ŽǁŶͬϳϬƐ ďŽŽƚƐ͕ άϯϬ͘

dŚĞ ǀĞŶƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ůŝŬĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĂŶŬ :ĂŵĞƐ ĂŶĚ ^ŚŽŶĂ ĨƌŽŵ Wƌŝŵ ĨŽƌ ďĞŝŶŐ ƐŽ ĨƌŝĞŶĚůǇ ĂŶĚ ŚĞůƉĨƵů͕ ĂŶĚ ĨŽƌ ƐĞůĞĐƟŶŐ ůŽǀĞůǇ ŽƵƞŝƚƐ ŵŽĚĞůůĞĚ ďǇ ŵǇ ĂŶĚ dŽŵ͘ dŚĞ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽŽƚ ǁĂƐ ^ƚ >ĂǁƌĞŶĐĞ ŚƵƌĐŚ͕ ĚŝƌĞĐƚůǇ ŽƉƉŽƐŝƚĞ Wƌŝŵ͘ dŚŝƐ ŵĞĚŝĞǀĂů ĐŚƵƌĐŚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŚŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ^ƚ >ĂǁƌĞŶĐĞ dĞǆƟůĞ ĞŶƚƌĞ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŽīĞƌƐ Ă ǁŝĚĞ ǀĂƌŝĞƚǇ ŽĨ Ăƌƚ ǁĞĂƌ͕ ǀŝŶƚĂŐĞ ĐůŽƚŚĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƐĞǁŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĨĂďƌŝĐ ĐƌĞĂƟŽŶƐ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ĚĂŶĐĞ ůĞƐƐŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ŵƵƐŝĐĂů ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞƐ ƐƚĂŐĞĚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ƚŽŽ͘ &Žƌ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ǀŝƐŝƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ &ĂĐĞďŽŽŬ ŐƌŽƵƉ ďǇ ƐĞĂƌĐŚŝŶŐ ^ƚ >ĂǁƌĞŶĐĞ dĞǆƟůĞ ĞŶƚƌĞ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ Žƌ ĞŵĂŝůŝŶŐ ƐƚůĂǁƌĞŶĐĞƚĞǆƟůĞĐĞŶƚƌĞΛǇĂŚŽŽ͘ĐŽ͘ƵŬ Grag Mann

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EĂƚĂƐŚĂ WŝĐŬůĞƐ͕ ǁŚŽ ŚĂƐ ĂŶ ĞǆƚĞŶƐŝǀĞ ǀŝŶƚĂŐĞ ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ ĐŽůůĞĐƟŽŶ͕ ŝƐ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ŚĞƌ ƚŽƉͲŶŽƚĐŚ ĨĂŝƌƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŵĞŶ ĂŶĚ ǁŽŵĞŶ͛Ɛ ĐůŽƚŚĞƐ ĚĂƟŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ϭϵϬϬƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ϭϵϴϬƐ ĨŽƌ ƐĂůĞ͘ &Žƌ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ĐŚĞĐŬ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ &ĂĐĞďŽŽŬ ŐƌŽƵƉ ďǇ ƐĞĂƌĐŚŝŶŐ īŽƌĚĂďůĞ sŝŶƚĂŐĞ &ĂƐŚŝŽŶ ^ƚĂůů Ăƚ h ͘

^ƚǇůĞ ZĞǀŽůƵƟŽŶ ĂƌĞ ŚŽůĚŝŶŐ Ă ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ ƐǁĂƉƉŝŶŐ ĞǀĞŶƚ͘ dŽ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞ ǇŽƵƌ ĨƌĞĞ ŝŶǀŝƚĞ͕ ůŽŐ ŽŶ ƚŽ ǁǁǁ͘ƚŚĞƐƚǇůĞƌĞǀŽůƵƟŽŶ͘ ĐŽ͘ƵŬ

arts

06oct09 issue232

concrete.arts@uea.ac.uk

ART>REVIEW> SUBVERSIVE SPACES/THE EAST ANGLIANS AT THE SAINSBURY CENTRE ƌŽƉƉŝŶŐ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ^ĂŝŶƐďƵƌǇ ĞŶƚƌĞ ďƌŝŶŐƐ ĐŽŶƚƌĂƐƟŶŐ ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐĞƐ ĨŽƌ ƌŝŐŝĚ DĂƌƌŝŽƩ͘

DĂƌŬƵƐ ^ĐŚŝŶǁĂůĚ ŽŶƚŽƌƟŽŶŝƐƚƐ ;sŝĐŬǇͿ͕ ϮϬϬϯ WƌŝǀĂƚĞ ĐŽůůĞĐƟŽŶ͕ ƵƐƚƌŝĂ &ƌŽŵ ŶŽǁ ƵŶƟů ƚŚĞ ϭϯƚŚ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ^ĂŝŶƐďƵƌǇ ĞŶƚƌĞ ŝƐ ƌƵŶŶŝŶŐ ƚǁŽ ĞǆŚŝďŝƟŽŶƐ͕ The East Anglians ĂŶĚ Subversive Spaces: Surrealism and Contemporary Art, ǁŚŽƐĞ ǁŽƌŬƐ ĞǆĂŵŝŶĞ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŝŶŚĂďŝƚĂŶƚƐ͛ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚŝŶŐƐ͘ EŽƌĨŽůŬͲďŽƌŶ :ƵƐƟŶ WĂƌƚǇŬĂ͛Ɛ The East Anglians ĞǆƉůŽƌĞƐ ƌƵƌĂů ůŝĨĞ ŝŶ ĂƐƚ ŶŐůŝĂ ŝŶ Ă ĐŽůůĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƉŚŽƚŽŐƌĂƉŚƐ ƚĂŬĞŶ ĂƐ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ Ă

ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ĂƌƟƐƚ ŽǀĞƌ ŶĞĂƌůǇ Ă ĚĞĐĂĚĞ͘ WĞŽƉůĞ ƐƉĞĂŬ ŝŶ ůŽǁ ǀŽŝĐĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŐĂůůĞƌǇ ĚŝƐƉůĂǇŝŶŐ The East Anglians͘ dŚĞƐĞ ƉŚŽƚŽŐƌĂƉŚƐ ĚĞŵĂŶĚ ŝƚ͕ ĞĂĐŚ ŝŵĂŐĞ ƚĞůůƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƋƵŝĞƚ͕ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ƌƵƌĂů ůŝĨĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ƐƚĞĂĚŝůǇ ĚŝƐĂƉƉĞĂƌŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƌĞŐŝŽŶ͘ WĂƌƚǇŬĂ ŚĂƐ ďƌŝůůŝĂŶƚůǇ ĐĂƉƚƵƌĞĚ ŝŶ ĞĂĐŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ϱϴ ĐŽůŽƵƌ ƉŚŽƚŽŐƌĂƉŚƐ Ă ůĂŶĚƐĐĂƉĞ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚǇ ĞŵďĞĚĚĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ͘ WĂƌƚǇŬĂ ƚƌĂŝŶĞĚ ĂƐ Ă ĨŽůŬůŽƌŝƐƚ ĂŶĚ The East Anglians ŝƐ Ă ŵĞůĂŶĐŚŽůǇ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ Ă ǁĂǇ ŽĨ ůŝĨĞ ŝŶ ĚĞĐůŝŶĞ͖ Ă ĚĞĂĚ ĨŽǆ ŚĂŶŐŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ĨĞŶĐĞ ďĞĐŽŵĞƐ ĂŶ ŽŵŝŶŽƵƐ ƐǇŵďŽů͘ /Ŷ ĞĂĐŚ ƉŚŽƚŽŐƌĂƉŚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ Ă ƐĞŶƐĞ ŽĨ ŽƚŚĞƌͲǁŽƌůĚůŝŶĞƐƐ ĂŶĚ ƟŵĞůĞƐƐŶĞƐƐ͖ ƚŚĞ ŵĞŶ ĂƉƉĞĂƌ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ůĂŶĚƐĐĂƉĞ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ŽŶ͖ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŐĂǌĞ ŝƐ ĚŝƌĞĐƚĞĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĞĂƌƚŚ͘ dŚĞ ĞǆƉůĂŶĂƟŽŶƐ ĂĐĐŽŵƉĂŶǇŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌŬƐ ĚĞƚĂŝů ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ ĨĂĐŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ ƐŵĂůůͲƐĐĂůĞ ĨĂƌŵĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ ƚŚĞǇ ĨĂĐĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĚŽŵŝŶĂŶƚ ͚ĂŐƌŝďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐĞƐ͛ ĂŶĚ ĂůŽŶŐƐŝĚĞ WĂƌƚǇŬĂ͛Ɛ ƐŚŽƌƚ Įůŵ͕ My Friend Eric͕ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂůŝƟĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚǇ ĂƌĞ ďƌŽƵŐŚƚ ŝŶƚŽ ƐŚĂƌƉ ĨŽĐƵƐ͘ dŚĞ ĞǆŚŝďŝƟŽŶ ĚŽǁŶƐƚĂŝƌƐ͕ Subversive Spaces: Surrealism and Contemporary Art͕ ƐŚĂƌĞƐ ŵƵĐŚ ǁŝƚŚ The East Anglians͘ /ƚ ƚŽŽ ŝƐ ĐŽŶĐĞƌŶĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƟĞƐ ĂŶĚ ůĂŶĚƐĐĂƉĞƐ͕ ǇĞƚ ŝŶ ŝƚƐĞůĨ ƉŽƐĞƐ Ă ĚŝƌĞĐƚ ƚŚƌĞĂƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ǁĂǇƐ ŽĨ ůŝĨĞ ĂƐ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƚĞĚ ďǇ WĂƌƚǇŬĂ͘ dŚĞ ĐŽůůĞĐƟŽŶ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ ǁŽƌŬƐ ďǇ ŵĂŶǇ ĐŽŶƚĞŵƉŽƌĂƌǇ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ &ƌĂŶĐŝƐ ůǋƐ ĂŶĚ WĂƵůĂ ZĞŐŽ ĂůŽŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞƐ ŽĨ ǁŽƌŬ ĨƌŽŵ ůĞĂĚŝŶŐ ^ƵƌƌĞĂůŝƐƚƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ZĞŶĠ DĂŐƌŝƩĞ ĂŶĚ ŶĚƌĠ ƌĞƚŽŶ͘ dŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŚĂůĨ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞǆŚŝďŝƟŽŶ͕ Wandering the City, ŝƐ ĐŽŶĐĞƌŶĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ŽƵƌ ĞŶŐĂŐĞŵĞŶƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƵƌďĂŶ ƐƉĂĐĞƐ͖ ƚŚĞ ŐĂůůĞƌǇ ŝƐ ĨƵůů ŽĨ ŶŽŝƐĞ͕ ŵƵƐŝĐ͕ ĂŶĚ ǀŽŝĐĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ďŽƚŚ ĞǆŚŝďŝƚƐ ĂŶĚ ǀŝƐŝƚŽƌƐ͘ dŚĞ ƐƉĂĐĞ ŝƐ Ă ƚŚŽƌŽƵŐŚĨĂƌĞ͖ ĨŽƌŐŽƩĞŶ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ƌĞǀĞƌĞŶƟĂů ŚƵƐŚ ŽĨ The East Anglians ŐĂůůĞƌǇ ƵƉƐƚĂŝƌƐ͘ ĂůŝŶ ĂŶ͛Ɛ Sample

City ƐƚĂŶĚƐ ŽƵƚ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ƐĞĐƟŽŶ͘ /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽƚĂŐŽŶŝƐƚ͛Ɛ ƉůĂǇĨƵů ĂŶĚ ĞŶĚůĞƐƐ ĞǆƉůŽƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƵĐŚĂƌĞƐƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŵĂŐŝĐ͕ ŵǇƐƚĞƌǇ͕ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞŶ ƌŽŵĂŶĐĞ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ Ă ƚĂǁĚƌǇ ďĂĐŬĚƌŽƉ ŽĨ ĐŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ ĂŶĚ ƉŽǀĞƌƚǇ ĂŶĚ ĂůŽŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ůǋƐ͛Ɛ Railings͕ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŵŝůŝĂƌŝƚǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŝƚǇ ďĞĐŽŵĞƐ ĚŝƐƚƵƌďĞĚ͘ Psychic Interiors ŝƐ ŵŽƌĞ ĞǆƉůŝĐŝƚ ŝŶ ŝƚƐ ĐŽŶĨƌŽŶƚĂƟŽŶ ƚŽ ĐŽŵĨŽƌƚĂďůĞ ŝĚĞĂƐ ŽĨ ĚŽŵĞƐƟĐ ƐƉĂĐĞ ĂŶĚ ŽƵƌ ĨĂŵŝůŝĂƌŝƚǇ ǁŝƚŚ ŽƵƌ ŽǁŶ ďŽĚŝĞƐ͘ 'ƌĞŐŽƌ ^ĐŚŶĞŝĚĞƌ͛Ɛ ĨĂƐĐŝŶĂƟŶŐ ĞǆƉĞƌŝŵĞŶƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƵŶĐĂŶŶǇ Die Familie Schneider ŝƐ ĚŝƐƋƵŝĞƟŶŐ ƚŽ ƐĂǇ ƚŚĞ ůĞĂƐƚ͕ ǁŚŝůƐƚ DĂƌŬƵƐ ^ĐŚŝŶǁĂůĚ͛Ɛ ĐŽŶƚŽƌƚĞĚ ǁŽŵĞŶ ƌĞƐƉŽŶĚ ƚŽ ŝĚĞĂƐ ŽĨ ŚǇƐƚĞƌŝĂ ĂŶĚ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚ Ă ĐůĂƵƐƚƌŽƉŚŽďŝĐ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĨĞŵĂůĞ ďŽĚǇ͘ The East Anglians ĂŶĚ Subversive Spaces: Surrealism and Contemporary Art ƌƵŶƐ ĨƌŽŵ ϮϵƚŚ ^ĞƉƚĞŵďĞƌ ƚŽ ϭϯƚŚ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ ϮϬϬϵ͘ ŽŵďŝŶĞĚ ĂĚŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ ĨŽƌ ĐŽŶĐĞƐƐŝŽŶƐ ŝƐ άϮ͘ ^ĞĞ ǁǁǁ͘ƐĐǀĂ͘ ĂĐ͘ƵŬ ĨŽƌ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ŽŶ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ͘

EŽƌĨŽůŬ͕ ϮϬϬϲ ;ĐͿ :ƵƐƟŶ WĂƌƚǇŬĂ

LITERATURE>REVIEW>THE LOST SYMBOL BY DAN BROWN &Žƌ ƚŚŽƐĞ ŽĨ ǇŽƵ ǁŚŽ ĂƌĞ ŚŽƉŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂŶ ƌŽǁŶ͛Ɛ ŶĞǁ ŶŽǀĞů The Lost Symbol ǁŝůů ƌƵŋĞ ĂƐ ŵĂŶǇ ĨĞĂƚŚĞƌƐ ĂƐ ŝƚƐ ƉƌĞĚĞĐĞƐƐŽƌ͕ ǇŽƵ ŵĂǇ ďĞ ĚŝƐĂƉƉŽŝŶƚĞĚ͘ tŚĞƌĞĂƐ The Da Vinci Code ůĞŌ ŵĂŶǇ ŽĨ ŝƚƐ ƌĞĂĚĞƌƐ ƌĞĞůŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ŵƵůƟͲůĂǇĞƌĞĚ͕ ƐĐĂŶĚĂůŽƵƐ ĂŶĚ ƉĞƌƐƵĂƐŝǀĞ ĐŽŶƐƉŝƌĂĐǇ ƚŚĞŽƌǇ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ůŝƩůĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁĂǇ ŽĨ ƐŚŽĐŬŝŶŐ ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂů ŝŶ ZŽďĞƌƚ >ĂŶŐĚŽŶ͛Ɛ ůĂƚĞƐƚ ĂĚǀĞŶƚƵƌĞ͘ zŽƵ͛ůů ůĞĂƌŶ ƚŚĂƚ͕ ĂƉƉĂƌĞŶƚůǇ͕ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƵŶĚŝŶŐ ĨĂƚŚĞƌƐ ŽĨ ŵĞƌŝĐĂ ŚĂĚ ŐƌĞĂƚ ĞǆƉĞĐƚĂƟŽŶƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŶĞǁ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ ĂŶĚ͕ ŽŚ ǇĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ǁĞƌĞ Ăůů ĨƌĞĞŵĂƐŽŶƐ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ďŽŽŬ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĐĂƵƐĞ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ĐŽŶƚƌŽǀĞƌƐǇ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ŵĂĚĞ ďǇ ŽīĞŶĚŝŶŐ Ă ďŝůůŝŽŶ ŚƌŝƐƟĂŶƐ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƌŽǁŶ͛Ɛ ŵŽƐƚ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ƉƵďůŝĐĂƟŽŶ ŚĂƐ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ƚŚĞ ĨĂƐƚĞƐƚ ƐĞůůŝŶŐ ĂĚƵůƚ ŶŽǀĞů ŽĨ Ăůů ƟŵĞ͘ tŝƚŚŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ǁĞĞŬ ŽĨ ďĞŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƐĂůĞ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂůůǇ ŝƚ ŚĂĚ ƉĂƐƐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƚǁŽ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ ŵĂƌŬ͘ Ɛ Ă ƌĞƐƵůƚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ĂůŵŽƐƚ Ă ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶƚǇ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚŝƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƚŚĞ ďŝŐŐĞƐƚ ƐĞůůŝŶŐ ďŽŽŬ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǇĞĂƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ŚŽůĚ ƚŚĞ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽŶĞ ƐƉŽƚ ƚŚŝƐ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ͘ tŝƚŚ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĮŐƵƌĞƐ ǁĞ ĐĂŶ ĂƐƐƵŵĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŵŝůůŝŽŶƐ ŽĨ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŵƵƐƚ ŚĂǀĞ ďŽƵŐŚƚ ŚŝƐ ůĂƚĞƐƚ ďŽŽŬ ďĂƐĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĞŶũŽǇŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƌŽǁŶ͛Ɛ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐ ǁŽƌŬ Ͳ ĂŶĚ ǁŚǇ ŶŽƚ ĞŶũŽǇ ŚŝƐ ďŽŽŬƐ͍ ĚŵŝƩĞĚůǇ ŚĞ ŚĂƐ Ă ĐƵƌŝŽƵƐůǇ ŝŶĐŽŶŐƌƵŽƵƐ ǁĂǇ ŽĨ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ ŚŝƐ ƉƌŽƐĞ Ͳ ƐĞŶƚĞŶĐĞƐ ůŝŬĞ ͞ŚĞ ƌĂŝƐĞĚ ŚŝƐ ŐŚŽƐƚͲǁŚŝƚĞ ĮƐƚ ĂŶĚ ďĂŶŐĞĚ ƚŚƌĞĞ ƟŵĞƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĚŽŽƌ͟ ĨƌŽŵ The Da Vinci Code ŶĞǀĞƌ ĨĂŝů ƚŽ ĂŵƵƐĞ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ ƚƌƵĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŵĂŶǇ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ƐƚĂƚĞŵĞŶƚƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ĂŶƟŵĂƩĞƌ Žƌ ƚŚĞ /ůůƵŵŝŶĂƟ Žƌ >ĞŽŶĂƌĚŽ Ă sŝŶĐŝ Žƌ ǁŝƚĐŚĐƌĂŌ Žƌ ^ŝƌ /ƐĂĂĐ EĞǁƚŽŶ Žƌ DĂƌǇ DĂŐĚĂůĞŶĞ͕ Žƌ ƉĞƌŚĂƉƐ ĂŶǇ ƐƚĂƚĞŵĞŶƚ ĂďŽƵƚ ĨĂĐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ŚĂƐ ĞǀĞƌ ŵĂĚĞ͕ ĂƌĞ ŵŝƐůĞĂĚŝŶŐ Žƌ ĞŶƟƌĞůǇ ǁƌŽŶŐ͘ zĞƚ͕ ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ ĂŶ ƌŽǁŶ͛Ɛ ůŝƚĞƌĂƌǇ ƐŚŽƌƚĐŽŵŝŶŐƐ͕

ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ƐƟůů ƐŽ ŵƵĐŚ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ĨƵŶ ĂďŽƵƚ ŚŝƐ ďŽŽŬƐ͘ ǀĞƌǇŽŶĞ ůŽǀĞƐ Ă ŐŽŽĚ ŵǇƐƚĞƌǇ ƐƚŽƌǇ ĂŶĚ ƌŽǁŶ ƉƵŶĐƚƵĂƚĞƐ ŚŝƐ ŵǇƐƚĞƌŝĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƉƵǌǌůĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶƐƉŝƌĂĐǇ ƚŚĞŽƌŝĞƐ͕ ĐŚĂƐĞ ƐĞƋƵĞŶĐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŝŶƚƌŝŐƵĞ͘ /Ĩ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŽŶĞ ƐŝŶ ƚŚĂƚ ƌŽǁŶ ĐĂŶŶŽƚ ďĞ ĂĐĐƵƐĞĚ ŽĨ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ƐƚŽƌŝĞƐ ďŽƌŝŶŐ͘ ƌŽǁŶ ĂůƐŽ ŚĂƐ Ă ŬĞĞŶ ĞǇĞ ĨŽƌ ĞǆĐŝƟŶŐ ƐĞƚ ƉŝĞĐĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŚĞ ŽďǀŝŽƵƐůǇ ŚĂƐ ǀĞƌǇ ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ŽƉŝŶŝŽŶƐ ŽŶ Ăƌƚ͘ Angels and Demons ƐǁĞĞƉƐ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂĚĞƌ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ZŽŵĞ Ăƚ Ă ƉƵůƐĞͲƉŽƵŶĚŝŶŐ ƉĂĐĞ͕ ǇĞƚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƟŵĞ ŚĞ ŚŝŐŚůŝŐŚƚƐ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ŽĨ ŐƌĞĂƚ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĂĞƐƚŚĞƟĐ ďĞĂƵƚǇ͘ dŚĞ sĂƟĐĂŶ͕ ƚŚĞ ĐƐƚĂƐǇ ŽĨ ^ƚ dĞƌĞƐĂ͕ ^ĂŝŶƚ WĞƚĞƌ͛Ɛ ^ƋƵĂƌĞ͕ ƚŚĞ &ŽƵŶƚĂŝŶ ŽĨ &ŽƵƌ ZŝǀĞƌƐ͘ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ ĂƌĞ ƉůĂŶŶŝŶŐ ŽŶ ǀŝƐŝƟŶŐ ZŽŵĞ ďƵƚ ŬŶŽǁ ǀĞƌǇ ůŝƩůĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĐŝƚǇ͕ ƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ Angels and Demons ǁŝůů ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ǇŽƵ ǁŝƚŚ ƉůĞŶƚǇ ŽĨ ŝĚĞĂƐ ŽŶ ǁŚĂƚ ŝƐ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ƚŽ ĂĚŵŝƌĞ͘ ĂŶ ƌŽǁŶ ŝƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚŽƐĞ ĂƵƚŚŽƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ƌĞĂĚ ƐĞĐƌĞƚůǇ͘ KǆĨĂŵ ŚĂǀĞ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůǇ ƐƚĂƚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĐŽŵŵŽŶůǇ ĚŽŶĂƚĞĚ ĂƵƚŚŽƌ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŚĂƌŝƚǇ͘ /ƚ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ďŽŽŬƐ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ďĞĐŽŵŝŶŐ ƐŽŵĞǁŚĂƚ ƐŚĞĞƉŝƐŚ ĂďŽƵƚ ƐĞĞŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ ŽŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽǁŶ ďŽŽŬƐŚĞůǀĞƐ͘ ŽƵŐůĂƐ ĚĂŵƐ͕ <ŝŶŐƐůǇ ŵŝƐ͕ :ĂŶĞ ƵƐƚĞŶ͙ ĂŶ ƌŽǁŶ͘ KŚ ǁŚĂƚ ǁŝůů ƚŚĞ ŶĞŝŐŚďŽƵƌƐ ƚŚŝŶŬ͊ WĞƌŚĂƉƐ͕ ǇŽƵ ŵŝŐŚƚ ĂƌŐƵĞ͕ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞŐƵŶ ƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ďŽŽŬƐ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞŶ ĂŌĞƌ ďĞĐŽŵŝŶŐ ƐŽ ŽīĞŶĚĞĚ ďǇ ǁŚĂƚ ^ƚĞƉŚĞŶ &ƌǇ ĚĞƐĐƌŝďĞƐ ĂƐ ͞ĂƌƐĞ ŐƌĂǀǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌƐƚ ŬŝŶĚ͟ ƚŚĞǇ ƚŚĞŶ ƐŝŵƉůǇ ĚŝƐĐĂƌĚĞĚ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ůŽĐĂů ĐŚĂƌŝƚǇ ƐŚŽƉ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŽŶŐŽŝŶŐ ƐĂůĞƐ ĮŐƵƌĞƐ ǁŝůů ŶĞǀĞƌ ĂŐƌĞĞ͘ David Biggins

arts

06oct09 issue232

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POETRY>NAME TO DROP>CAROL ANN DUFFY DĂƩ ŚĞǁ ,ƵƚĐŚŝŶŐƐ ƉƌŽĮ ůĞƐ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ƉŽĞƚ ůĂƵƌĞĂƚĞ ĂŶĚ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ' ^ ĂŶƚŚŽůŽŐǇ ƐƚĂůǁĂƌƚ͘ Virginia Woolf; Ezra Pound; Robert Frost – Just a few of the many names we associate with some of the greatest poetry of ƚŚĞ ϮϬƚŚ ĐĞŶƚƵƌǇ͘ DŽƐƚ ŽĨ ƵƐ ǁŝůů ŚĂǀĞ ƌĞĂĚ ƚŚĞŵ Ăƚ ƐŽŵĞ ƉŽŝŶƚ or other during our lives, even if it was only to get us through ŽƵƌ ͲůĞǀĞůƐ͘ Ƶƚ ǁŚĂƚ ĂďŽƵƚ ƉŽĞƚƌǇ ŶŽǁ͍ dŚĞ ƐƚƵī ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ǁƌŝƩ ĞŶ ĨŽƌ ƵƐ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞŶ ĂďŽƵƚ ƵƐ ŝƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ĐƌĞĂƚĞĚ ĞǀĞƌǇ ĚĂǇ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝĨ ŝƚ ŝƐ ĐŽŶƚĞŵƉŽƌĂƌǇ ǁƌŝƟ ŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ƌĞĂůůǇ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚƐ ǇŽƵ͕ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌŬƐ ŽĨ ĂƌŽů ŶŶ Ƶī Ǉ ĂƌĞ Ă ƉƌĞƩ Ǉ ŐŽŽĚ ƉůĂĐĞ ƚŽ ƐƚĂƌƚ͘ Ƶī Ǉ͕ ďŽƌŶ ϮϯƌĚ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ ϭϵϱϱ ŝŶ 'ůĂƐŐŽǁ͕ ŝƐ ŵŽƐƚ ĨĂŵŽƵƐůǇ known for her poetry, although you may also know her as a ĐĞůĞďƌĂƚĞĚ ƉůĂǇǁƌŝŐŚƚ ĂŶĚ ǁƌŝƚĞƌ͘ ,Ğƌ ĚĞďƵƚ ĐŽůůĞĐƟ ŽŶ ŽĨ ƉŽĞƚƌǇ ĞŶƟ ƚůĞĚ Standing Female Nude ;ϭϵϴϱͿ ǁĂƐ ĂŶ ŝŶƐƚĂŶƚ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ͕ ǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ^ĐŽƫ ƐŚ ƌƚƐ ŽƵŶĐŝů ǁĂƌĚ͘ ƐŚŽƌƚ ǁŚŝůĞ ůĂƚĞƌ͕ ŚĞƌ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ĐŽůůĞĐƟ ŽŶ͕ ^ĞůůŝŶŐ DĂŶŚĂƩ ĂŶ ;ϭϵϴϳͿ ǁĂƐ ǁĞůĐŽŵĞĚ ŝŶ ŵƵĐŚ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ǁĂǇ͕ ǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ^ŽŵĞƌƐĞƚ DĂƵŐŚĂŵ Award, with her use of the vernacular becoming at this point ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌŝƐƟ Đ ŽĨ ŚĞƌ ƚƌƵůǇ ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ƐƚǇůĞ͘ Mean Time was published ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ǇĞĂƌƐ ůĂƚĞƌ ŝŶ ϭϵϵϯ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ƚŚŝƐ ĂŶƚŚŽůŽŐǇ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ŝƚƐ ĨŽĐƵƐ ŽŶ ƌĞůĂƟ ŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ͕ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ ƚŽ ƚŚƌƵƐƚ Ƶī Ǉ ĞǀĞŶ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ŝŶƚŽ the limelight, winning her the Whitbread Poetry Award and the Forward Poetry Prize.

,Ğƌ ƵŶďůĞŵŝƐŚĞĚ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ŽĨ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ĐŽƵƉůĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ŚĞƌ contemporary style and universal popularity has lead to her ĐŽŶƟ ŶƵĞĚ ŝŶĐůƵƐŝŽŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ Y ĂŶƚŚŽůŽŐǇ ĨŽƌ ' ^ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂƐ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ EĂƟ ŽŶĂů ƵƌƌŝĐƵůƵŵ ƐŝŶĐĞ ϭϵϵϰ͕ ƐŽ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ƚŚŝŶŬ ǇŽƵ

ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƐĞ Ɵ ƚůĞƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ Havisham and Before You Were Mine͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƉƌŽďĂďůǇ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ǇŽƵ ƐƚƵĚŝĞĚ ƚŚĞŵ͘ DŽƌĞ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ƉƵďůŝĐĂƟ ŽŶƐ include The World’s Wife ;ϭϵϵϵͿ͕ Feminine Gospels ;ϮϬϬϮͿ ĂŶĚ Raptures ;ϮϬϬϲͿ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĞǆƉůŽƌĞƐ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŶǇ ũŽǇƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŽƌƌŽǁƐ ŽĨ

love. Ɛ ƚŚĞ Į ƌƐƚ ^ĐŽƫ ƐŚ͕ ĨĞŵĂůĞ ĂŶĚ ŝŶĚĞĞĚ ƚŚĞ Į ƌƐƚ ƉŽĞƚ ůĂƵƌĞĂƚĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƚǁĞŶƚǇͲĮ ƌƐƚ ĐĞŶƚƵƌǇ͕ ƐŚĞ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚƐ Ă ŚƵŐĞ ĐŚƵŶŬ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ h< ŝŶ ŚĞƌ ŶĞǁůǇ ĂƉƉŽŝŶƚĞĚ ƉŽƐƚ ;ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ƐƵĐĐĞĞĚĞĚ ŶĚƌĞǁ DŽƟ ŽŶ ĂƐ ůĂƵƌĞĂƚĞ ŽŶ ϭƐƚ DĂǇ ϮϬϬϵͿ͘ ƉŝŽŶĞĞƌ ŝŶ ŵĂŶǇ ƌĞƐƉĞĐƚƐ͕ ƐŚĞ serves as the face of modern poetry, throwing aside the almost ƵŶǁĂǀĞƌŝŶŐ ƚƌĂĚŝƟ ŽŶ ŽĨ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ŵĂůĞƐ͕ ǁŚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ĚŽŵŝŶĂƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƌŽůĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ͘ ŽŵŵĞŶƟ ŶŐ ŽŶ ŚĞƌ ĂĐĐĞƉƚĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƐŝƟ ŽŶ whilst being interviewed on Woman’s Hour͕ ZĂĚŝŽ ϰ͕ Ƶī Ǉ ƌĞǀĞĂůƐ ƚŚĂƚ ͞ƚŚĞ ĚĞĐŝƐŝŽŶ ǁĂƐ ƉƵƌĞůǇ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ƚŚĞǇ ŚĂĚŶ͛ƚ ŚĂĚ Ă ǁŽŵĂŶ͙ / ůŽŽŬ ŽŶ ŝƚ ĂƐ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƟ ŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŐƌĞĂƚ ǁŽŵĞŶ ƉŽĞƚƐ ǁĞ ŶŽǁ ŚĂǀĞ ǁƌŝƟ ŶŐ͕ ůŝŬĞ ůŝĐĞ KƐǁĂůĚ͘͟ ŶĚ ŝƚ ƐĞĞŵƐ ĂƐ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ ǁĞ ĐĂŶ ĞǆƉĞĐƚ ƐŽŵĞ ƉƌĞƩ Ǉ ĞǆƉůŽƐŝǀĞ ƐƚƵī ĨƌŽŵ Ƶī Ǉ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ ϭϬ ǇĞĂƌƐ ŽĨ ŚĞƌ ĞŵƉůŽǇŵĞŶƚ ĂƐ ůĂƵƌĞĂƚĞ ʹ ,Ğƌ Į ƌƐƚ ƉŽĞŵ ƐŝŶĐĞ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƐƚ͕ ĞŶƟ ƚůĞĚ WŽůŝƟ ĐƐ, ƐĞƌǀĞƐ ĂƐ Ă ĐƵƫ ŶŐ ďůŽǁ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ƌĞŐĂƌĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ DW͛Ɛ ĞǆƉĞŶƐĞƐ ƐĐĂŶĚĂů͕ ƐĂƟ ƌŝǌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ůĂŝƌŝƚĞ ƐůŽŐĂŶ ͞ĞĚƵĐĂƟ ŽŶ͕ ĞĚƵĐĂƟ ŽŶ͕ ĞĚƵĐĂƟ ŽŶ͘͟ /Ĩ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ ĞůƐĞ͕ ŐŝǀĞ ƚŚŝƐ ŽŶĞ Ă ƌĞĂĚ͘ Ƶī Ǉ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůǇ ǀŝƐŝƚĞĚ h ĂƐ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ >ŝƚĞƌĂƌǇ &ĞƐƟ ǀĂů͕ giving readings of The World’s Wife, Raptures and one of her ŵŽƐƚ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ƉƵďůŝĐĂƟ ŽŶƐ͕ To The Moon ;ϮϬϬϵͿ͘

COMEDY>UEA graduate and funny man dŽŵ DŽƌĂŶ ĐŚĂƚƐ ƚŽ dŚĞ ǀĞŶƚ ĂďŽƵƚ ǁŚĂƚ ŵĂŬĞƐ Śŝŵ >K>͘ tŚĞŶ ĚŝĚ ǇŽƵ Į ƌƐƚ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚĞĚ ŝŶ ŽŵĞĚǇ͍ When I was a child I always wanted to make people laugh, and wondered how this strange phenomenon called humor was constructed. Unfortunately, I was a rather stupid child, and my understanding of the world was so limited that I when I grew up I wanted to be a Tuna Sandwich. EĞǀĞƌƚŚĞůĞƐƐ͕ / ĐŽŶƟ ŶƵĞĚ ƚŚŝƐ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ ŝŶƚŽ ŵǇ ƚĞĞŶƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ǁƌŽƚĞ ũŽŬĞƐ ƚŽ ŐŽ ǁŝƚŚ ĐůĂƐƐ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟ ŽŶƐ at school. These were received about as well as a punch in the temple. tŚĞŶ ĚŝĚ ǇŽƵ Į ƌƐƚ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚĞĚ ŝŶ ŽŵĞĚǇ͍ &Žƌ ŵĂŶǇ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ůŝĨĞ ƐƵƉƉůŝĞƐ Ă ďŝŐ ĐŽŶĮ ĚĞŶĐĞ ďŽŽƐƚ ĂŶĚ Ă ŶĞǁ ůĞĂƐĞ ŽŶ ůŝĨĞ͘ / ĚĞĐŝĚĞĚ ƚŽ ĨŽůͲ ůŽǁ ŵǇ ĐŽŵŝĐ ĂƐƉŝƌĂƟ ŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ũŽŝŶĞĚ >ŝǀĞǁŝƌĞ ϭϯϱϬ͕ ǁƌŝƟ ŶŐ ƐŬĞƚĐŚĞƐ͕ ƉĂƌŽĚǇ ƐŽŶŐƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƟ ŶŐ ŵǇ ŽǁŶ ƐŚŽǁ͘ / ƚŚĞŶ ĨĂŝůĞĚ ŵǇ Į ƌƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ /͛Ě ƐƉĞŶƚ ƚŽŽ ŵƵĐŚ Ɵ ŵĞ ƚƌǇŝŶŐ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ĐŽŵĞĚŝĂŶ͘/ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ĂŐĂŝŶ Ăƚ h ƐƚƵĚǇŝŶŐ WĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ^ĐƌŝƉƚǁƌŝƟ ŶŐ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϲ͕ ĂŶĚ ŵĞƚ Ă ŵĂŶ ŶĂŵĞĚ WĂƚ ǁŚŽ ƌĂŶ Ă ƐŵĂůů ĐŽŵĞĚǇ ŶŝŐŚƚ Ăƚ dŚĞ tŽƌŬƐŚŽƉ ŽŶ ĂƌůŚĂŵ ZŽĂĚ͘ / ǁĞŶƚ ĂůŽŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĞĚ ĂŶ ϴͲŵŝŶƵƚĞ ƐƉŽƚ͘ /ƚ ǁĞŶƚ ĚŽǁŶ Ă ƐƚŽƌŵ ĂŶĚ /͛ǀĞ ŶĞǀĞƌ ƌĞĂůůǇ ůŽŽŬĞĚ ďĂĐŬ͘ ,Žǁ ĚŝĚ >K> ^ƚĂŶĚ hƉ EŝŐŚƚ ŐĞƚ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ͍ ZĂƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ƚƌĂǀĞůůŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚŝƐ ŵǇƐƚĞƌŝŽƵƐ ͞>ŽŶĚŽŶ͟ ƉůĂĐĞ͕ Žƌ ƌĞůǇŝŶŐ ŽŶ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƚŽ ƉƵƚ ƌĞŐƵůĂƌ ƐƚĂŶĚͲƵƉ ŶŝŐŚƚƐ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ͕ / ĚĞĐŝĚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ǁĂǇ ƚŽ ŬĞĞƉ ŵǇƐĞůĨ ƉƌĂĐƟ ĐŝŶŐ ǁĂƐ ƚŽ ƐƚĂƌƚ ƵƉ ŵǇ ŽǁŶ ŵŽŶƚŚůǇ ŶŝŐŚƚ at my local pub and constantly give myself gigs. I met a lot of other local and student amateur comedians, ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐůƵď ƚŽŽŬ Žī ŝŶ ŶŽ Ɵ ŵĞ͘ dŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ ƚŚƌĞĞ ǇĞĂƌƐ ĂŐŽ͘ ^ŝŶĐĞ ƚŚĞŶ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ƚĂĐŬůĞĚ ƚŚĞ K KE ĐŝŶĞŵĂ͕ ƚŚĞ WůĂǇŚŽƵƐĞ ĂŶĚ dŚĞ ĚŝŶďƵƌŐŚ &ƌŝŶŐĞ &ĞƐƟ ǀĂů͘ tŚŝĐŚ ŽŵĞĚŝĂŶƐ ĂƌĞ ǇŽƵ Ă ĨĂŶ ŽĨ͍ ĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ƐƚĂŶĚͲƵƉ ĐŽŵŝĐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽŵĞŶƚ ŝƐ DŝĐŚĂĞů DĐ/ŶƚǇƌĞ͕ ǁŚŽƐĞ ƐŚĞĞƌ ĞŶĞƌŐǇ ĂŶĚ ĞĐͲ ĐĞŶƚƌŝĐ ďƌŝůůŝĂŶƚ ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂů ĐĂŶ͛ƚ ĨĂŝů ƚŽ ĂŵƵƐĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŽĨ Ăůů ĂŐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ďĂĐŬŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͘ ^ĂǇŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵĞĚŝĂŶ ǁŚŽ ŵĂŬĞƐ ŵĞ ůĂƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ŚĂƌĚĞƐƚ ŝƐ Ă ŵĂŶ ŶĂŵĞĚ :Žǌ EŽƌƌŝƐ͕ ǁŚŽ ŽŌ ĞŶ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵƐ ǁŝƚŚ >ĂƵŐŚ KƵƚ >ŽƵĚ͘ ŽŶ͛ƚ ĂƐŬ ŵĞ ǁŚĂƚ ŵĂŬĞƐ Śŝŵ ƐŽ ĨƵŶŶǇ͕ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ƚƌƵƚŚ ďĞ ƚŽůĚ͕ / ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ƚŚŝŶŬ ĞǀĞŶ ŚĞ ŬŶŽǁƐ͘ ,Ğ ũƵƐƚ ŚĂƐ ĂŶ ƵŶďĞĂƚĂďůǇ ĂǁŬǁĂƌĚ ŶĂŝǀĞƚǇ ĂďŽƵƚ Śŝŵ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĐĂŶ͛ƚ ĨĂŝů ƚŽ ĐƌĂĐŬ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƵƉ͘ tŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ŐŽŝŶŐ ŽŶ Ăƚ dŚĞ ƐƐĞŵďůǇ ,ŽƵƐĞ͍ EĞǆƚ ǁĞĞŬ ǁŝůů ďĞ ŽƵƌ ĚĞďƵƚ ŶŝŐŚƚ Ăƚ dŚĞ ƐƐĞŵďůǇ ,ŽƵƐĞ͘ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ǁĞ ǁŝůů ƐƟ ůů ďĞ ƌƵŶŶŝŶŐ ŵŽŶƚŚůǇ ŽƉĞŶ ŵŝĐ ŶŝŐŚƚƐ ŝŶ dŚĞ ZŽƐĞ dĂǀĞƌŶ ŽŶ ZƵƉĞƌƚ ^ƚƌĞĞƚ͕ ǁĞ ǁĂŶƚĞĚ ƚŽ ƐƚĂƌƚ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ďŝŐŐĞƌ͕ ďĞƩ Ğƌ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƌĞ ƉƌŽͲ ĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů͘ dŚĞ ŶŝŐŚƚ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞƐ Ă ďƵī Ğƚ ŵĞĂů ŝŶ ƚŚĞ Ɵ ĐŬĞƚ ƉƌŝĐĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ǀĞŶƵĞ ŝƐ ƋƵŝƚĞ ƐŝŵƉůǇ ƐƚƵŶŶŝŶŐ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƚǁŽ ŐƌĞĂƚ ĂĐƚƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ Į ƌƐƚ ŚĂůĨ͕ ĂŶĚ / ǁŝůů ďĞ ŚĞĂĚůŝŶŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ ĞǆƚĞŶĚĞĚ ƐĞƚ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ǀĞƌǇ ĞǆĐŝƟ ŶŐ͘ dŚĞ ƐƐĞŵďůǇ ,ŽƵƐĞ ŝƐ ŽŶ dŚĞĂƚƌĞ ^ƚƌĞĞƚ͘ >K> ǁŝůů ƚĂŬĞ ƉůĂĐĞ ŽŶ KĐƚŽďĞƌ ϵƚŚ͕ ƐƚĂƌƟ ŶŐ Ăƚ ϭϵ͗ϯϬ͘ dŝĐŬĞƚƐ ĂƌĞ άϭϭ͘ϳϱ ĂŶĚ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƉƵƌĐŚĂƐĞĚ ďǇ ƉŚŽŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ dŚĞĂƚƌĞ ZŽǇĂů ďŽǆ Žĸ ĐĞ ŽŶ ϬϭϲϬϯ ϱϵϴϲϴϴ͘ dŝĐŬĞƚƐ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ďĞ ƉƵƌĐŚĂƐĞĚ ŝŶ ĂĚǀĂŶĐĞ͘ &Žƌ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟ ŽŶ ƚƵƌŶ ƚŽ VENUE ŽŶ ƉĂŐĞ ϮϮ͘

creative writing

06oct09 issue232

concrete.creativewriting@uea.ac.uk

The Silent Clown See the Clown EŽƚ ƐĂǇŝŶŐ Ă ǁŽƌĚ͘ EŽƚ ŶĞĞĚĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ŚĞĂƌĚ͘ tŚǇ ĚŽ ƚŚĞǇ ůŽŽŬ ƐŽ ƐĂĚ͕ Ɛ ŝĨ ƚŚĞǇ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ĐƌǇ͍ ƌĞ ƚŚĞǇ ůŽŶĞůǇ ŝŶƐŝĚĞ͍ / ǁŽŶĚĞƌ͕ ǁŽŶĚĞƌ ǁŚǇ͘ Ž ůŽǁŶƐ ĞǀĞƌ ƐŝŐŚ͕ ŽƵƚ ůŽƵĚ͍ Kƌ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐŝŐŚƐ >ŽƐƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƌŽǁĚ KĨ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͕ ǁŚŽ ĐŽŵĞ ƚŽ ůĂƵŐŚ ƚ ƚŚĞ ŵŝŵĞ͘ tŽƵůĚ Ă ůŽǁŶ ƐƉĞĂŬ 'ŝǀĞŶ ƟŵĞ͍ tŽƵůĚ ŝƚ ďƌĞĂŬ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŐŝĐ ƐƉĞůů͕ dŚĞ Ăƌƚ KĨ ďĞŝŶŐ Ă ůŽǁŶ /Ĩ ďƵƚ ŽŶĞ ǁŽƌĚ ĨƌŽŵ ŚŝƐ ůŝƉƐ ĚŝĚ ĚĞƉĂƌƚ͘ /Ɛ ƚŚĞƌĞ Ă ŚĂƉƉǇ ůŽǁŶ

Cistercian Pallor

THE CIRCUS

ƚĂƉ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĚŽŽƌ ƐŝŐŶĂůƐ ƐŚĞ ŝƐ ĐŽŵŝŶŐ ŝŶ͘ / ŐĞƚ ƵƉ ŚĂůĨͲĚƌĞƐƐĞĚ͕ ƵŶƐƵƌĞ ŽĨ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŽ ƉƵƚ ŚĞƌ ƚŚŝƐ ƟŵĞ ďƵƚ ƐŚĞ ƚĂŬĞƐ ŚĞƌ ƵƐƵĂů ƉůĂĐĞ͕ ƚǁŝƐƟŶŐ ŵǇ ŚĞĂƌƚ͘ ^ƚŽƉƉĞĚ ďǇ ǀĂĐĂŶƚ ĞǆƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶ͕ ŐůĂƐƐǇ ŝŶ ŝƚƐ ĞŵƉƟŶĞƐƐ ĂŶĚ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ ǁŝůů ĐŽŵĞ͘ KƵƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƉĂĐĞ ƚƌĞĞƐ Ɵůƚ͕ ƐƟƌƌĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƐƉƌŝŶŐƟŵĞ ďƌĞĞǌĞ͘ YƵŝůƚ ŽĨ ƐŬǇ͕ ƉĂƚĐŚĞƐ ŽĨ ďůƵĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŐĞŶĞƌĂů ŐƌĞǇŶĞƐƐ ĂďŽǀĞ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŵŝůŝĂƌ ƌĞĚͲďƌŝĐŬ ŚŽƵƐĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ĐƵƌƚĂŝŶͲďůŽĐŬĞĚ ǁŝŶĚŽǁƐ ƚŽ ŶŽƚ ůĞƚ ĂŶǇŽŶĞ ŝŶ͘ ŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ǁŚǇ /͛ŵ ĚĞĐĞŝǀĞĚ͘

Who will smile ŶĚ ŵĂŬĞ ŵĞ ĨĞĞů ŐůĂĚ &Žƌ Ă ǁŚŝůĞ͕ ƚŽ ŬŶŽǁ

ƐĞŶƐĞ ŽĨ ŇŝŐŚƚ ƚĂŬĞƐ ŚŽůĚ͕ ƐŽĂƌŝŶŐ ƐƚƌŝŶŐƐ ĂŶĚ ƉŝĂŶŽ ƐŽŌ ďƵƚ ĂƵƚŚŽƌĂƟǀĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ͘ dŚĞǇ ƐƚĂŶĚ ďǇ͕ ĂǁĞƐƚƌƵĐŬ ĂŶĚ ŶĞƌǀŽƵƐ͕ ŶŽƚ ŬŶŽǁŝŶŐ ŚŽǁ ƚŽ ĚĞĂů ǁŝƚŚ ƐŽŵĞŽŶĞ ĨĂůůŝŶŐ ŝŶƚŽ ƉůĂĐĞƐ ƚŚĞǇ ŚĂǀĞ ŶĞǀĞƌ ďĞĞŶ͘ / ĚƌĞĂŵ ŽĨ ďƵƩĞƌŇŝĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƌĂŝŶďŽǁƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƚĂƌƐ ƐƉƌŝŶŬůĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ŐŽůĚ͘ Ƶƚ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƵŶ ĐŽŵĞƐ ǁĞ ǁŝůů ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ŐŽ ŝŶƐŝĚĞ͘

EŽƚ Ăůů ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ůŽǁŶƐ ĂƌĞ ƐĂĚ͍ Sylvia Abraham

Send in the Clowns ^ĞŶĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ůŽǁŶƐ Ͳ YƵŝĐŬ ĨŽƌ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ŝƐ ǁƌŽŶŐ dŚĞ ĐƌŽǁĚ ŐĂǀĞ Ă ŐĂƐƉ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŝƚ ĚŝĚŶΖƚ ďĞůŽŶŐ͘ ,ĂƐ ƐŽŵĞďŽĚǇ ĨĂůůĞŶ Ͳ ŝƐ ĚĞĂƚŚ ƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ ŶĞĂƌ ƌĞ ƚŚĞ >ŝŽŶ ƚƌĂŝŶĞƌƐ ŚĂŶĚΖƐ ƚƌĞŵďůŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ĨĞĂƌ͍ dŚĞ ďĂŶĚ ƐŬŝƉƉĞĚ Ă ďĞĂƚ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁĞƌĞ ĂŶŝŵĂů ƌŽĂƌƐ YƵŝĐŬ ΗƐĞŶĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ :ŽĞǇΖƐ ƚŽ ďŽŽƐƚ ƚŚĞ ĂƉƉůĂƵƐĞΗ ^ĞŶĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ůŽǁŶƐ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŽŐƐ ǁŽŶΖƚ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵ tŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ dŝŐĞƌƐ ĂƌĞ ƌĞƐƚůĞƐƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŽŶͲĐŽŵŝŶŐ ƐƚŽƌŵ /Ŷ ŵŽƚůĞǇ ĂŶĚ ĐŽƐƚƵŵĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ͚ĞŶƚƌĞĞΖ ŵƵƐƚ ůĂƐƚ dŝůů ƚŚĞ ĐĂŐĞ ŝƐ ĂƐƐĞŵďůĞĚ Ͳ ƚŚĞŶ ŐĞƚ ͚Ğŵ ŽƵƚ ĨĂƐƚ͘ ^ĞŶĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ůŽǁŶƐ Ͳ ǁŚĂƚ ĚΖǇŽƵ ƐĂǇ͍ dŚĞǇΖƌĞ Ăůů ŐŽŶĞ tĞůů͕ ƚŚĂƚΖƐ ŝƚ͕ ǁĞΖƌĞ ĮŶŝƐŚĞĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ĐĂŶΖƚ ŐŽ ŽŶ tŚŽΖůů ŵĂŬĞ ͚Ğŵ Ăůů ůĂƵŐŚ Ͳ ŐĞƚ ƚŚĞ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ dŝůů ƚŚĞ ĚĂŶŐĞƌ ŝƐ ƉĂƐƚ ĂŶĚ Ăůů ƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ ĂƌĞ ƐŽůǀĞĚ͘ &ƌŽŵ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŝŐ dŽƉ ŐŽĞƐ ƵƉ Ͳ dŝůů ƚŚĞ ŬŝŶŐ ƉŽůĞ ĐŽŵĞƐ ĚŽǁŶ dŚĂƚΖƐ ƚŚĞ ƉŽǁĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŐůŽƌǇ ŽĨ ďĞŝŶŐ Ă ůŽǁŶ͘ Cath Carpenter

Lost in my Thoughts tŚĂƚ Ă ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ĚĂǇ ďƵƚ ĚŽ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŬŶŽǁ / Ăŵ ƐŽ ĨĂƌ ĂǁĂǇ ůŽƐƚ ŝŶ ŵǇ ŚĂƉƉǇ ĚƌĞĂŵƐ Žƌ Ăƚ ůĞĂƐƚ ƚŚĂƚƐ ǁŚĂƚ ŝƚ ƐĞĞŵƐ͘ EŽ ŵŽƌĞ ůŝƐƚĞŶŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ ƚĂůŬ͕ / Ăŵ ũƵƐƚ Ăƚ ƉĞĂĐĞ ƚŽ ǁĂůŬ͘ /Ŷ ŵǇ ǁŽƌůĚ ŽĨ ĚŝƐƚĂŶƚ ůĂŶĚƐ͕ ƐŚŽƵůĚ / ƐŚĂƌĞ Ăůů ŵǇ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ ƉůĂŶƐ͘ KŚ ǁĞůů͕ / ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ŐŽ͕ ŶŽ ŽŶĞ ǁŝůů ƌĞĂůůǇ ŬŶŽǁ͕ ǁŚĂƚ Ă ůŽǀĞůǇ ƟŵĞ / ŚĂĚ ũƵƐƚ ĨŽƌ Ă ĚĂǇ ĂǁĂǇ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ŝƌĐƵƐ͘ Denise Windell

Now it hasn’t worked like I planned /͛ŵ ĮŶĚŝŶŐ ĐŽŵĨŽƌƚ ŝŶ ǇŽƵ ĂŐĂŝŶ Ͳ ǇŽƵƌ ĐƵƌǀĞƐ͕ ǇŽƵƌ ƐŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ǇŽƵƌ ƐŚĂƉĞƐ͘ ƉůĞĂƐĂŶƚ ƐŵĞůů ŽĨ ĐĂŬĞ ŚŝƚƐ ƚŚĞ ŶŽƐƚƌŝůƐ ĂŶĚ ŚĞƌĞ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ƵŶĐŽǀĞƌŝŶŐ ǁŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ ŽŶůǇ ŚĂůĨͲƌĞǀĞĂůĞĚ ďĞĨŽƌĞ͘ &Ğǁ ĨĞĞůŝŶŐƐ ĂƌĞ ƌĞĂůůǇ ĞǆĐŚĂŶŐĞĚ ďĞǇŽŶĚ ǁŚĂƚ ĚĞĞƉ ĚŽǁŶ / ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ŬŶĞǁ͘

The Circus of Horror ŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ůĂƵŐŚŝŶŐ ŝŶ ĂŵƵƐĞŵĞŶƚ͘ ĚƵůƚƐ ŐĂƐƉŝŶŐ ŝŶ ŚŽƌƌŽƌ͘ ^ŽŵĞ ƐĐƌĞĂŵ͘ ^ŽŵĞ ĂƌĞ ƐŽ ƐĐĂƌĞĚ ƚŚĞǇ ĐĂŶΖƚ ƐƉĞĂŬ͘ dŚĞǇ ďĞŐŝŶ ƚŽ ƚŚƌŽǁ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ Ăƚ ŵĞ͕ / ůŽŽŬ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ŝŶ ŵǇ ŽǁŶ ŚŽƌƌŽƌ ĂŶĚ / ƌƵŶ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ŝŶ ŵǇ ƐŵĂůů ĐĂŐĞ͕ ĚĞƐƉĞƌĂƚĞůǇ ƚƌǇŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ Ă ǁĂǇ ŽƵƚ͘ DǇ ŵĂƐƚĞƌ ŐĞƚƐ ŚŝƐ ƐƚĂī ĂŶĚ ďĞĂƚƐ ŵĞ ĐŽŵŵĂŶĚŝŶŐ ŵĞ ƚŽ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵ͘ / ĨĂůů ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŐƌŽƵŶĚ͘ ^Ɵůů ĨƌĂŶƟĐĂůůǇ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƐŽŵĞŽŶĞ͕ ĂŶǇŽŶĞ ƚŽ ƐĂǀĞ ŵĞ͘ / ƐĞĂƌĐŚ ĨŽƌ Ă ƐǇŵƉĂƚŚĞƟĐ ƐŵŝůĞ Žƌ ŬŝŶĚ ǁŽƌĚƐ͘ ,Ğ ďĞĂƚƐ ŵĞ ŚĂƌĚĞƌ ĂŶĚ / ĚƵĐŬ ŵǇ ŚĞĂĚ ĂŶĚ ĐƵƌů ŝŶƚŽ Ă ďĂůů͘ ,Ğ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞƐ ƚŽ ďĞĂƚ ŵĞ ďƵƚ / ĨĞĞů ŶŽ ƉĂŝŶ͘ / Ăŵ ŶƵŵď͘ / ĨĞĞů ŶŽ ŚĂƚƌĞĚ͘ EŽ ƐŽƌƌŽǁ͘ / ĨĂůů ŝŶƚŽ Ă Ɖŝƚ ŽĨ ďůĂĐŬŶĞƐƐ͕ ƵŶĂďůĞ ƚŽ ŵŽǀĞ͕ ƚŽ ĨĞĞů͕ ĨŽƌĞǀĞƌ ƚŽ ďĞ ŬŶŽǁŶ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŝŶ ƐŚŽǁ͕ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŝƌĐƵƐ ŽĨ ,ŽƌƌŽƌ͘ Anon

Next issue’s theme is

THE ENVIRONMENT

ĂĐŬ ŶŽǁ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ŵƵƐŝĐ ƉůĂǇƐ ŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ďůĂŶŬŶĞƐƐ ŝƐ ƐƟůů ƚŚĞƌĞ͘ WĂŐĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ ǁƌŝƩĞŶ ŽŶ͘ dŚĞ ĞƚĞƌŶĂů ĐŝƌĐƵƐ͘ ŶĚ ƐŽŵĞǁŚĞƌĞ ŝŶ ŵǇ ŚĞĂĚ / ĐĂŶ ŚĞĂƌ ǇŽƵ ƚĞůůŝŶŐ ŵĞ ͞ƐŽŵĞƟŵĞƐ / ůŝŌ ǇŽƵ ƵƉ ũƵƐƚ ƚŽ ůĞƚ ǇŽƵ ĚŽǁŶ͘͟ Robert Van Egghen

Alone in a memory ^ŝƫŶŐ ŝŶ ŚĞƌ ĐŚĂŝƌ͕ ƐŚĞ ŝƐ ĚŝƐƚĂŶƚ͘ ,Ğƌ ŵŝŶĚ ǁĂŶĚĞƌƐ ƚŽ ďĞĨŽƌĞ͖ ƚŚĞ ĂĐŚĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĚĞĚ ďĞĂƵƚǇ͘ ^ŚĞ ŝƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐĞŶƚƌĞ ƐƚĂŐĞ͖ Ă ƌŝŶŐ ƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚĞĚ ďǇ ĞǆĐŝƚĞĚ ĨĂĐĞƐ͕ ƐŽ ĞǆƉĞĐƚĂŶƚ͕ ĚĂǌǌůĞĚ ďǇ ŚĞƌ ĐŽƐƚƵŵĞ͘ ĨĞĂƚŚĞƌ ŝŶ ŚĞƌ ŚĂŝƌ͖ ƐŚĞ ĐůŝŵďƐ͕ ŚŝŐŚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŚŝŐŚĞƌ͕ Ă ĚŝƐƚĂŶƚ ǀŽŝĐĞ ǇĞůůƐ͘ ĂƌĞĨƵů ƚƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ Ă ǁŝĚĞ ƐŵŝůĞ͕ ƐĂĨĞůǇ ĐƌŽƐƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐŬĞůĞƚĂů ǁŝƌĞ͘ dŚŽƐĞ ǁĞƌĞ ƚŚĞ ĚĂǇƐ ŽĨ ƌĞĚ ĂŶĚ ǁŚŝƚĞ͘ Ƶƚ ŶŽǁ ƐŚĞ ƐŝƚƐ ĂůŽŶĞ͖ ƋƵŝĞƚ ŝŶ ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚ͘ >ŽƐƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŵĞŵŽƌŝĞƐ ŽĨ ĨĂŵĞ͘ >ŽƐƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĚĂǇƐ ŽĨ ďĞĂƵƚǇ͕ ŶĚ ůŽƐƚ ŝŶ ŚĞƌ ŐůŽƌŝŽƵƐ ĐŝƌĐƵƐ͘ Rachel Coxon

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BREAKING DOWN THE WALL OF SOUND: A HISTORY OF SHOEGAZE dŚŝƐ ǁĞĞŬ͕ ƵŶĐĂŶ sŝĐĂƚͲ ƌŽǁŶ ĚŝƐĐƵƐƐĞƐ ƚŚĞ ŐĞŶƌĞ ŽĨ ƌŽĐŬ ŵƵƐŝĐ ŬŶŽǁŶ ĂƐ ^ŚŽĞŐĂǌĞ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŚĂƐ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĞĚ ďĂŶĚƐ ĂƐ ĚŝǀĞƌƐĞ ĂƐ dŚĞ sĞƌǀĞ͕ dŚĞ ,ŽƌƌŽƌƐ ĂŶĚ dŚĞ ĂŶĚǇ tĂƌŚŽůƐ͘

THE ESSENTIALS DǇ ůŽŽĚǇ sĂůĞŶƟŶĞ Ͳ >ŽǀĞůĞƐƐ /ƚ ŶĞĂƌůǇ ďĂŶŬƌƵƉƚĞĚ ƌĞĂƟŽŶ ZĞĐŽƌĚƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŽŽŬ ƚǁŽ ǇĞĂƌƐ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ͘ tŽƌƚŚ ŝƚ͍ ďŽǀĞ ĂŶĚ beyond. So good that Kevin Shields never even tried to beat it. Key Tracks: Loomer, Soon

ZŝĚĞ Ͳ EŽǁŚĞƌĞ

>ŽŽŬŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ guitar music? Can’t stand Kings of Leon? Over Oasis? Fed up of Feeder? Then Shoegaze ;ƚĞƌƌŝďůĞ ŶĂŵĞ͕ ďƵƚ ƐƟĐŬ ǁŝƚŚ ŝƚͿ ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ the genre for you. Blending layers of heavily ĚŝƐƚŽƌƚĞĚ͕ ĂŵŽƌƉŚŽƵƐ ŐƵŝƚĂƌƐ ǁŝƚŚ ĚƌĞĂŵǇ͕ ƵŶŝŶƚĞůůŝŐŝďůĞ ǀŽĐĂůƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ŶĂŵĞ ǁĂƐ ĐŽŝŶĞĚ ďǇ the NME in the early 90s because of the band’s ƚĞŶĚĞŶĐǇ ƚŽ ƐƉĞŶĚ ĞŶƟƌĞ ŐŝŐƐ ƐƚĂƌŝŶŐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĞǆƚĞŶƐŝǀĞ ĞīĞĐƚƐ ƉĞĚĂůƐ ƐƚƌĞǁŶ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂŐĞ ;ŶĞĂƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐŚŽĞƐ͘͘͘Ϳ͕ ĚĞĞƉ ŝŶ ĐŽŶĐĞŶƚƌĂƟŽŶ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ĞīĞĐƚƐ ĐŽŵďŝŶĞ ƚŽ ĐƌĞĂƚĞ Ă ƐŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ĐŽƵůĚ ĞŝƚŚĞƌ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů͕ ĞǆĐŝƟŶŐ thing you’ve ever heard, or feel like the sound ŽĨ ǇŽƵƌ ƐƉĞĂŬĞƌƐ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ Ă ĮŐŚƚ͘ The so called ‘daddies’ of the scene ĂƌĞ ƵďůŝŶ͛Ɛ DǇ ůŽŽĚǇ sĂůĞŶƟŶĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ visionary front man, Kevin Shields (They’re going to be appear a lot, so let’s just call them D sͿ͘ &ŽƌŵĞĚ ŝŶ ϭϵϴϯ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ Ă ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ůŽǁͲŬĞǇ ƌŽĐŬ WƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ϴϬƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƐŚŽǁĞĚ ƐŽŵĞ ƐŝŐŶƐ ŽĨ ƐŽŶŝĐ ĞǆƉĞƌŝŵĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ͕ ĐůĞĂƌůǇ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞĚ ďǇ dŚĞ :ĞƐƵƐ ĂŶĚ DĂƌǇ ŚĂŝŶ͕ dŚĞ ŽĐƚĞĂƵ dǁŝŶƐ ĂŶĚ WŚŝů ^ƉĞĐƚŽƌ͛Ɛ ͚tĂůů ŽĨ ^ŽƵŶĚ͛ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ƐƚǇůĞ͘ dŚĞŶ ŝŶ ϭϵϴϴ ĐĂŵĞ You Made Me Realise͕ ĨŽůůŽǁĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ĚĞďƵƚ >W͕ Isn’t Anything͘ ƌŝƟĐƐ ĨĞůů ŽǀĞƌ ĞĂĐŚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƚŽ ůĂǀŝƐŚ ƚŚĞŵ ǁŝƚŚ ƉƌĂŝƐĞ͖ Uncut called it ‘one of ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ƌŝƟƐŚ ƌŽĐŬ ĂůďƵŵƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŝŐŚƟĞƐ͛͘ Isn’t Anything ŝŶ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĞƉŝĐ͕ ďůŝƐƐĞĚͲŽƵƚ ƐŽƵŶĚƐĐĂƉĞƐ ĞǀĞƌ ƌĞĐŽƌĚĞĚ͖ All I Need genuinely sounds like you’re hearing it from space. Shields and second guitar player Bilinda Butcher created ƚŚĞ ƐŝŐŶĂƚƵƌĞ ŐƵŝƚĂƌ ĚƌŽŶĞ ďǇ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ƚǁŽ distorted rhythm guitars simultaneously (a &ĞŶĚĞƌ :ĂǌǌŵĂƐƚĞƌ ĂŶĚ &ĞŶĚĞƌ :ĂŐƵĂƌ͕ ĨĂĐƚ ĨĂŶƐͿ͘ dŚĞ ĨŽůůŽǁ ƵƉ͕ Loveless, had a legendarily ƚƌŽƵďůĞĚ ĐŽŶĐĞƉƟŽŶ ;ƐĞĞ dŚĞ ƐƐĞŶƟĂůƐͿ ďƵƚ ŝƐ ǁŝĚĞůǇ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƐĞĚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ^ŚŽĞŐĂǌĞ ĂůďƵŵ ƚŽ ĚĂƚĞ͘ tŽƌĚƐ ĐĂŶ͛ƚ ĚŽ ŝƚ ũƵƐƟĐĞ͕ ũƵƐƚ ŐŽ ĂŶĚ listen to the thing. ŶĚ ƐŽ ĐĂŵĞ ƚŚĞ ǁĂǀĞ ŽĨ ŝŵŝƚĂƚŽƌƐ͖ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ĚĂǁŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ϵϬƐ ǇŽƵ ĐŽƵůĚ ďĂƌĞůǇ ŵŽǀĞ ĨŽƌ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ĞĂŐĞƌ ǇŽƵŶŐ ƐŚŽĞͲŐĂǌĞƌƐ͘ &ƵƌƚŚĞƌ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞƐ ǁĞƌĞ ďƌŽƵŐŚƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƚĂďůĞ͕ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ŝŶŽƐĂƵƌ :ƌ͕ dŚĞ ^ŵŝƚŚƐ ĂŶĚ ^ƉĂĐĞŵĞŶ ϯ͕ ƌĞƐƵůƟŶŐ ŝŶ Ă ǁŝůĚůǇ ĚŝǀĞƌƐĞ ĐĂŶŽŶ ŽĨ ǁŽƌŬ͘ tŚŝůĞ ŶŽ ŽŶĞ quite scaled the giddy heights of MBV, early examples such as Ride, Moose and Yo La Tengo ŚĂĚ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ǀĞƌǇ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ĂƩĞŵƉƚƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĐƌŽǁŶ͕ ĐƌĂŌŝŶŐ ĂůďƵŵƐ ŽĨ ƐƉĞĐƚĂĐƵůĂƌ ƐĐĂůĞ ĂŶĚ ĂŵďŝƟŽŶ͘ /Ŷ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ͕ ďĂŶĚƐ ůŝŬĞ dŚĞ ŽŽ

Radleys and Charterhouse took the genre in a ŵŽƌĞ ƉŽƉƉǇ ĚŝƌĞĐƟŽŶ͕ ǁŚŝůĞ ƐƟůů ƌĞƚĂŝŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ďůƵƌƌǇ͕ ĚƌĞĂŵůŝŬĞ ĞůĞŵĞŶƚƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ^ůŽǁĚŝǀĞ ǁĞŶƚ ĨŽƌ Ă ŚƵƐŚĞĚ͕ ĞƚŚĞƌĞĂů ƐŽƵŶĚ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁĂƐ ĚĞƌŝĚĞĚ ďǇ ĐƌŝƟĐƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ ďƵƚ ƐƚĂŶĚƐ ƵƉ ǁĞůů ƚŽ ƌĞͲ ĞǀĂůƵĂƟŽŶ ƚŽĚĂǇ͘ dŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ ^ŚŽĞŐĂǌĞ ĂĐƚ ďǇ ĨĂƌ ĂƌĞ ŵŽƌĞ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ůĂƚĞƌ ǁŽƌŬ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĞĂƌůǇ WƐ ĂŶĚ ĮƌƐƚ ĂůďƵŵ ĂƌĞ ĞǆĐĞůůĞŶƚ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŐĞŶƌĞ͖ ŶŽǁĂĚĂǇƐ͕ ǇŽƵ ŵĂǇ ŬŶŽǁ ƚŚĞŵ ĂƐ dŚĞ sĞƌǀĞ͘͘͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ůĞĂĚŝŶŐ ƵƉ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĂĚǀĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƌŝƚƉŽƉ͕ ƚŚĞ ĐƌŝƟĐƐ ďĞŐĂŶ ƚŽ ƚƵƌŶ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ƐŚŽĞŐĂǌŝŶŐ͘ ƵĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐĞůĨͲŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐĐĞŶĞ͛Ɛ ŵĂũŽƌ ƉůĂǇĞƌƐ͕ ƐŽŵĞ ƚŽŽŬ ƚŽ ƌĞͲ labelling the genre ‘The Scene that Celebrates /ƚƐĞůĨ͛͘ KŶ ƚŽƉ ŽĨ ƚŚĂƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ŵƵƐŝĐ ďƵǇŝŶŐ ƉƵďůŝĐ ǁĞƌĞ ŶŽǁ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ Ă ǀŽŝĐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ĐŽƵůĚ ŝĚĞŶƟĨǇ ǁŝƚŚ͕ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ^ŚŽĞŐĂǌĞ͛Ɛ ŵŽƐƚůǇ ŝŶĂƵĚŝďůĞ ůǇƌŝĐƐ ĐŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ͘ /ŶƐƚĞĂĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ĚŝƐĂīĞĐƚĞĚ ǇŽƵƚŚ ƚƵƌŶĞĚ ƚŽ ƐŽĐŝĂůůǇ ĐŽŶƐĐŝŽƵƐ Britpop and angsty Grunge, driving many Shoegaze bands to try their hand at a more ŵĂŝŶƐƚƌĞĂŵ ƐŽƵŶĚ͖ ƐŽŵĞ ǁĞƌĞ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ;dŚĞ ŽŽ ZĂĚůĞǇƐ ŚĂĚ Ă ŚƵŐĞ Śŝƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĞǆǇ͛ƐͲĞƐƋƵĞ Wake Up Boo!Ϳ͕ ƐŽŵĞ ǁĞƌĞŶ͛ƚ ƐŽ ůƵĐŬǇ͗ ŐĞŶƌĞ ƐƚĂůǁĂƌƚƐ >ƵƐŚ ǁĞŶƚ ĨŽƌ Ă ĨƵůů ƌŝƚƉŽƉ ƐŽƵŶĚ ĂŶĚ ǁĞƌĞ ƌŝĚŝĐƵůĞĚ ďǇ ĞǀĞƌǇŽŶĞ͕ ĞǀĞŶƚƵĂůůǇ ĚŝƐďĂŶĚŝŶŐ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĚƌƵŵŵĞƌ͛Ɛ ƐƵŝĐŝĚĞ ŝŶ ͛ϵϲ͘ ŶĚ ŽĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ǁĞ Ăůů ŬŶŽǁ ĂďŽƵƚ the rise, then decline, then rise again of The sĞƌǀĞ͕ ĂƐ ZŝĐŚĂƌĚ ƐŚĐƌŽŌ͛Ɛ ĂƌƌŽŐĂŶĐĞ ŐƌĂĚƵĂůůǇ pushed Nick McCabe’s sublime guitars into the background. As for MBV? Shields scrapped all ƐƚƵĚŝŽ ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂů ƌĞĐŽƌĚĞĚ ĂŌĞƌ Loveless and they faded into obscurity.

Of course, our current magpie musical ĐƵůƚƵƌĞ ǁĂƐ ŶĞǀĞƌ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ůĞƚ ^ŚŽĞŐĂǌĞ ƐƚĂǇ ĚĞĂĚ͘ ^Ž ŶŽǁ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ;ĚƌƵŵ ƌŽůůͿ͘͘͘ ŶƵͲŐĂǌĞ͊ <ŝĐŬĞĚ Žī ďǇ ůĂƚĞ ϵϬƐ ĂůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞ ĂĐƚƐ ůŝŬĞ DŽŐǁĂŝ ĂŶĚ ƌŽŬĞŶ ^ŽĐŝĂů ^ĐĞŶĞ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ŶĞǁ

ŝŶĐĂƌŶĂƟŽŶ ƵƐĞƐ ƚŚĞ ^ŚŽĞŐĂǌĞ ŐƵŝƚĂƌ ƐƚǇůĞ ŵŽƌĞ ĂƐ Ă ĐŽŵƉůŝŵĞŶƚĂƌǇ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ ƚŽ ŽƚŚĞƌ ŐĞŶƌĞƐ͖ ĨŽƌ example, Broken Social Scene use it to enhance ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽǁŶ ďƌĂŶĚ ŽĨ ĂůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞ ŝŶĚŝĞ͕ ǁŚŝůĞ Dϴϯ ŝŶĨƵƐĞ ŝƚ ǁŝƚŚ ĞůĞŐĂŶƚ ƐǁĂƚŚĞƐ ŽĨ ƐǇŶƚŚ ĨŽƌ Ă ŵŽƌĞ ĞůĞĐƚƌŽŶŝĐ ĨĞĞů͘ KƚŚĞƌ ŶƵͲŐĂǌĞƌƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ ĂĐƚƐ ĂƐ ĚŝǀĞƌƐĞ ĂƐ ^ŝůǀĞƌƐƵŶ WŝĐŬƵƉƐ͕ dŚĞ ĂŶĚǇ tĂƌŚŽůƐ͕ ůŽŶĚĞ ZĞĚŚĞĂĚ͕ WůĂĐĞ ƚŽ ƵƌǇ ^ƚƌĂŶŐĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƌǇƐƚĂů ^ƟůƚƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ ĂůŽŶĞ͕ dŚĞ ,ŽƌƌŽƌƐ ĞŶũŽǇĞĚ ŚƵŐĞ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ĂůďƵŵ͕ ƌĞƉůĂĐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŐŽƚŚ ƉĂŶƚŽŵŝŵĞ ĂĐƚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĐŽŵďŝŶĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŐĂƌĂŐĞ ƌŽĐŬ͕ ƐǇŶƚŚƐ ĂŶĚ ŐƵŝƚĂƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƐĐƌĞĂŵ ^ŚŽĞŐĂǌĞ͕ ǁŚŝůĞ ĂĐƚƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ dŚĞ ŝŐ WŝŶŬ ĂŶĚ ^ŝĂŶ ůŝĐĞ 'ƌŽƵƉ ŚĂǀĞ ŵĂĚĞ ǁĂǀĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƐŝŵŝůĂƌ ǀĞŶƚƵƌĞƐ͘ Ƶƚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂů ƌĞĂƐŽŶ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ĞǆĐŝƚĞĚ͍ /Ŷ ϮϬϬϳ͕ D s ǁĞŶƚ ďĂĐŬ ŽŶ ƚŽƵƌ ĂŶĚ ĂƌĞ ŶŽǁ ďĂĐŬ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚŝŽ͘ <ĞǀŝŶ ŵƵƐƚ ƚŚŝŶŬ he’s on to something very, very good...

TRIVIA TIME * The vocal track on Loveless almost sounds as if vocalist Kevin Shields is asleep. This may be ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ ǁĞƌĞ ĂǀĞƌĂŐŝŶŐ ŽŶĞ Žƌ ƚǁŽ hours sleep throughout the recording process * Robert Smith of The Cure is a big fan: “[My ůŽŽĚǇ sĂůĞŶƟŶĞ΁ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ďĂŶĚ / ŚĞĂƌĚ ǁŚŽ ƋƵŝƚĞ ĐůĞĂƌůǇ ƉŝƐƐĞĚ Ăůů ŽǀĞƌ ƵƐ͘͟ Ύ zĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ŶĂŵĞĚ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ĂŶĂĚŝĂŶ ŚŽƌƌŽƌ Įůŵ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ ƌĞŵĂĚĞ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͘ Ύ KŶ ϭϭƚŚ :ƵŶĞ ZŝĐŚĂƌĚ ƐŚĐƌŽŌ ŽĨ dŚĞ sĞƌǀĞ ǁĂƐ ĂĚŵŝƩĞĚ ƚŽ ŚŽƐƉŝƚĂů ĂŌĞƌ ĚƌŝŶŬŝŶŐ ŚŝŵƐĞůĨ ƚŽ ĞǆƚƌĞŵĞ ĚĞŚǇĚƌĂƟŽŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ĚƌƵŵŵĞƌ WĞƚĞƌ Salisbury trashed a hotel room, but the next day ƚŚĞǇ ǁĞƌĞ ŽŶƐƚĂŐĞ ĂŐĂŝŶ͖ ĐĂŶ͛ƚ ĐĂůů ƚŚĞŵ ůĂǌǇ͘ * Nick McCabe on third album Urban Hymns: ͞ Ǉ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ / ŐŽƚ ŵǇ ƉĂƌƚƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚ ƌĞĂůůǇ Ă ŵƵƐŝĐ ĨĂŶ͛Ɛ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ͘ /ƚ ũƵƐƚ ƐŝƚƐ ŶŝĐĞůǇ ŶĞǆƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ KĂƐŝƐ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ͟ Ύ dŚĞ ƚĞƌŵ ͚dŚĞ ^ĐĞŶĞ ƚŚĂƚ ĞůĞďƌĂƚĞƐ /ƚƐĞůĨ͛ ĐĂŵĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŵŽƐƚ ^ŚŽĞŐĂǌĞƌ͛Ɛ ĂƩĞŶƚĞĚ ĞĂĐŚ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ ŐŝŐƐ͕ ĚƌĂŶŬ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƐŽŵĞƟŵĞƐ ƉůĂǇĞĚ ŝŶ ĞĂĐŚ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ ďĂŶĚƐ͘ /ƐŶƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŶŝĐĞ͍ ΎtŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĞǆĐĞƉƟŽŶ ŽĨ zŽ >Ă dĞŶŐŽ͕ ǁŚŽ ĂƌĞ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ͕ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ďŝŐ ĞĂƌůǇ ^ŚŽĞŐĂǌĞ ďĂŶĚƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƌŝƟƐŚ͕ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƐƚ ǁĞƌĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ dŚĂŵĞƐ sĂůůĞǇ͘ ƵŶĐĂŶ ǁƌŽƚĞ ĂŶĚ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞĚ ƚŚŝƐ ƉĂŐĞ͕ ĂŌĞƌ ůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ ŚŽǁ ƚŽ ƵƐĞ ƚŚĞ ƐŽŌǁĂƌĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ ŽĸĐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŚĞůƉ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ƚĞĂŵ ŽĨ ĞĚŝƚŽƌƐ͘ &Žƌ ǇŽƵƌ ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ǇŽƵƌ ŽǁŶ ƉĂŐĞ ŝŶ dŚĞ ǀĞŶƚ͕ ƉůĞĂƐĞ ĞŵĂŝů ĐŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ͘ ĞǀĞŶƚΛƵĞĂ͘ĂĐ͘ƵŬ

Generally considered to be the second best Shoegaze album. Steve Lamacq called them ͚,ŽƵƐĞ ŽĨ >ŽǀĞ ǁŝƚŚ ĐŚĂŝŶƐĂǁƐ͛͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ŝŶĐŽƌƌĞĐƚ͖ ƚŚĞǇ͛ƌĞ ďĞƩĞƌ than House of Love. Key Tracks: Seagull, Dreams Burn Down

ŚĂƉƚĞƌŚŽƵƐĞ Ͳ tŚŝƌůƉŽŽů A more accessible Shoegaze album, but also among the best. Combines the distorted, ĚƌĞĂŵǇ ƐŽƵŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƉŽƉͲƌŽĐŬ ĞůĞŵĞŶƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ recall The Smiths. A great place to start. Key Tracks: Falling Down, Pearl

dŚĞ ŽŽ ZĂĚůĞǇƐ Ͳ /ĐŚĂďŽĚ ĂŶĚ / &ŽƌŐĞƚ tĂŬĞ hƉ ŽŽ͊ ĂŶĚ Ăůů ƚŚĂƚ ĐĂŵĞ ĂŌĞƌ͕ this is the only Boo album you need. <ĞǇ dƌĂĐŬƐ͗ ĂƚǁĞĂǌůĞ͕ Kaleidoscope

dŚĞ sĞƌǀĞ Ͳ sĞƌǀĞ W dŚŝƐ ĞĂƌůǇ W ƉƌŽǀĞƐ beyond any doubt that EŝĐŬ DĐ ĂďĞ ǁĂƐ ƚŽ ƌŝƚƉŽƉ͛Ɛ ŐƵŝƚĂƌƐ ǁŚĂƚ :ĂƌǀŝƐ ŽĐŬĞƌ ǁĂƐ ƚŽ ŝƚƐ ǁŽƌĚƐ͘ Key Tracks: Gravity Grave, She’s a Superstar

DŽŐǁĂŝ Ͳ zŽƵŶŐ dĞĂŵ dŚĞ EƵͲ'ĂǌĞ ŵŽǀĞŵĞŶƚ ďĞŐŝŶƐ ƚŽ ƐƟƌ͖ ĐŽůŽƐƐĂů instrumental loveliness from the noisy Scots. Key Tracks: Mogwai Fear Satan, Like Herod

dŚĞ ,ŽƌƌŽƌƐ Ͳ WƌŝŵĂƌǇ ŽůŽƵƌƐ KŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŐƌĞĂƚ ƌĞͲ ŝŶǀĞŶƟŽŶƐ͖ ƐĐĂƌǇ ƉƵŶŬƐ return as the lovechild of MBV, The Stooges ĂŶĚ <ƌĂŌǁĞƌŬ͘ Key Tracks: Mirror’s Image, Sea Within a Sea

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DISSERTATION DISTRACTIONS! The Event ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚƐ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͛Ɛ ŶĞǁ ƌŝƟ ƐŚ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƚĞŶƟ Ăů ƚŽ ƐŝĚĞͲƚƌĂĐŬ ǇŽƵƌ ĚĞŐƌĞĞ͘

MERLIN “Merlin, are you deaf?” “I wish.” With those words, BBC’s hit magical drama Merlin returned, sparking humour, adventure and suspense into our dull, magicless lives. dŚŽƵŐŚ ƐŽŵĞ ƐĂǇ ƚŚĞǇ ŚĂĚ ĂŶƟ ĐŝƉĂƚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ Į ƌƐƚ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ǁŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ͕ true fans sat down to watch, eager to see the developments for the second season. ^ŽŵĞ ĨĂĐĞ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ǁŝƚŚ ďĞǁŝůĚĞƌŵĞŶƚ if they don’t share the tension of whether DĞƌůŝŶ͛Ɛ ƐĞĐƌĞƚ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƌĞǀĞĂůĞĚ ĞǀĞƌǇ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ͕

COME DINE WITH ME Come Dine With Me ŚĂƐ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ďĞĞŶ Ă ĨĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞ for students, the unemployed and general layĂďŽƵƚƐ ŽĨ Ăůů ĂŐĞƐ͕ ďƵƚ ŶŽǁ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĐƌĞƚ ŝƐ ŽƵƚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ͛Ɛ ŶĞǁ ƉƌŝŵĞƟ ŵĞ ƐůŽƚ ŚĂƐ ƐĞĞŶ ŝƚ ďŽŝůŝŶŐ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŽ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ds͛Ɛ ďĞƐƚͲůŽǀĞĚ ƐŚŽǁƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶƟ ŶƵĞƐ ƚŽ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĞ ĐŽŽŬĞƌǇ ƉƵŶƐ ŝŶ ĐƌŝƟ ĐƐ ŶĂƟ ŽŶǁŝĚĞ͘ However, original fans may have a few issues with the new super-compact hour-long ĞƉŝƐŽĚĞƐ͘ zĞƐ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ƐƟ ůů ŚĂƐ ĂǀĞ >Ăŵď͛Ɛ simply hilarious commentary (surely Come Dine With Me wouldn’t have survived this

HOLE IN THE WALL For those unfamiliar with the show, Hole In The Wall ŝƐ Ă ŐĂŵĞ ƐŚŽǁ ďĂƐĞĚ ŽŶ Ă :ĂƉĂŶĞƐĞ ĨŽƌŵĂƚ͕ ŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ͲůŝƐƚ ĐĞůĞďƌŝƟ ĞƐ ĚŽŶ ƵŶĨŽƌŐŝǀŝŶŐ ůǇĐƌĂ ũƵŵƉƐƵŝƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƚƌǇ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ďŽĚŝĞƐ Į ƚ ƚŚĞ shape of a hole in a moving wall in order to avoid said wall knocking them into a swimming pool. zŽƵ ŵĂǇ ďĞ ƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ ĂŶĚ ǁŽŶĚĞƌŝŶŐ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĂƉƉĞĂů ŝƐ ƚŽ ƐƵĐŚ ĂŶ ĂďƐƵƌĚ ƐĞƚ ƵƉ͕ ĂŶĚ ǇŽƵ should know, it’s much more than the ridiculous

LAST CHANCE TO SEE The Last Chance To See ƌĂĚŝŽ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ ǁĂƐ Į ƌƐƚ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ďǇ ŽƵŐůĂƐ ĚĂŵƐ ĂŶĚ DĂƌŬ ĂƌǁĂƌĚŝŶĞ as a way of introducing us to the animals our ůŝĨĞƐƚǇůĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƉƵƐŚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĞǆƟ ŶĐƟ ŽŶ͘ EŽǁ͕ ƚǁĞŶƚǇ years on, Stephen Fry is honouring his friend ĚĂŵƐ͛ ŵĞŵŽƌǇ ďǇ ƌĞǀŝƐŝƟ ŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĂŶŝŵĂůƐ ĂŶĚ seeing if his message had succeeded in making ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐŝƚƵĂƟ ŽŶƐ ĂƌĞ ĂŶǇ ůĞƐƐ ďůĞĂŬ͘ &ƌǇ ŝƐ ũŽŝŶĞĚ ďǇ DĂƌŬ ĂƌǁĂƌĚŝŶĞ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŐŝǀĞƐ Ă ďĂůĂŶĐĞ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ŶĂƚƵƌĞ ĚŽĐƵŵĞŶƚĂƌǇ

ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĚŝĞͲŚĂƌĚ ĨĂŶƐ ŵŝŐŚƚ Į ŶĚ themselves perplexed at why they like such ĂŶ ŝŶŶŽĐĞŶƚ ĨĂŵŝůǇ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵŵĞ͘ /ƚ ƉƌŽďĂďůǇ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ ƚŚĞ ƐƉĞĐŝĂů Ğī ĞĐƚƐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĂƌĞ ǁŚĂƚ ǁĞ ĐŽƵůĚ ƉŽůŝƚĞůǇ ƚĞƌŵ ͚ƐƵďͲƉĂƌ͕͛ ŝƚ ĐŽŶƚĂŝŶƐ ŶŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďůŽŽĚǇ ǀŝŽůĞŶĐĞ͕ ƐĞǆ Žƌ ĂŶǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŶĂŝůͲ ďŝƟ ŶŐ ŚŽƌƌŽƌ ƚŚĂƚ ƐŽ ŵĂŶǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƌĞ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ƚĞůĞǀŝƐŝŽŶ ƐŚŽǁƐ ĞŵďƌĂĐĞ͘ Ƶƚ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ĚŽĞƐ ĞŶĐĂƉƐƵůĂƚĞ ŝƐ Ă ĨĞĞůŝŶŐ ŽĨ ďƌŽƚŚĞƌŚŽŽĚ and chivalry; of magic and innocence that ůĞĂĚƐ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ĐŚŝůĚŚŽŽĚ ŐĂŵĞƐ ŽĨ ĨĂŶƚĂƐǇ͘ There are old favourites merging in with new talent such as Richard Wilson who plays Merlin’s advisor and has some hilarious lines. ƌƚŚƵƌ ĂŶĚ DĞƌůŝŶ͛Ɛ ƵŶƵƐƵĂů ƌĞůĂƟ ŽŶƐŚŝƉ evolves from prince/servant, to friends, and

ďĂĐŬ ĂŐĂŝŶ͕ ŝŶĐŝƟ ŶŐ ŚƵŵŽƵƌ͕ ĨƌƵƐƚƌĂƟ ŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƐŽŵĞƟ ŵĞƐ Ă ůŝƩ ůĞ ƐƵƐƉĞŶƐĞ͘ dŚŝƐ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ͕ Ă ƉƌŽďůĞŵĂƟ Đ ƌŽŵĂŶĐĞ ŝƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ Ăŝƌ ĨŽƌ ƌƚŚƵƌ and maidservant Guinevere – enough said. /ƚ͛Ɛ ƉƌŽďĂďůǇ ƵŶƐƵƌƉƌŝƐŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƐĂǇ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ ǁŚŽůůǇ ŚŝƐƚŽƌŝĐĂůůǇ ĂĐĐƵƌĂƚĞ ďƵƚ there is a simple joy running throughout the forty-something minutes that is extremely ĂĚĚŝĐƟ ǀĞ ĂŶĚ ĚĞůŝŐŚƞ ƵůůǇ ŶŽƐƚĂůŐŝĐ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚ Ă ĐůĂƐƐŝĐ ďǇ Ăůů ŵĞĂŶƐ͕ ďƵƚ ĨŽƌ ƉƵƌĞ͕ ƵŶďƌŝĚůĞĚ ds ŵĂŐŝĐ ƚŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ŶŽŶĞ ďĞƩ Ğƌ͘

ůŽŶŐ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ Śŝŵ͍Ϳ͘ zĞƐ͕ ŝƚ ƐƟ ůů ŚĂƐ ƐƚƌĂŶŐĞƌƐ ŵĞĞƟ ŶŐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ďĞŐŝŶŶŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁĞĞŬ͕ ĐŽŽŬŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ĞĂĐŚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ ŐƌĂĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƵůƟ ŶŐ ĚŝŶŶĞƌ ƉĂƌƟ ĞƐ͘ zĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ŽŶĞ ƚŚŽƵƐĂŶĚ ƉŽƵŶĚƐ ƉƌŝǌĞ ĨƵŶĚ ŝƐ ƐƟ ůů ďƌŽƵŐŚƚ ŝŶ ŽŶ Ă ƐŝůǀĞƌ ƚƌĂǇ and of course, yes, the contestants are stark ƌĂǀŝŶŐ ŵĂĚ͕ ĂŶĚ ǇĞƚ ŝƚ ƐƟ ůů ĨĞĞůƐ ůŝŬĞ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ is missing. dŚĂƚ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ Ɵ ŵĞ ƚĂŬĞŶ ŝŶ ŐĞƫ ŶŐ ƚŽ ŬŶŽǁ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĐĞƌƟ Į ĂďůĞ ǁĂŶŶĂďĞͲ ĐŚĞĨƐ͘ ƌŐƵĂďůǇ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ǁĂƐ ǁĂƚĐŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŵĞĂůƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ƉƌĞƉĂƌĞĚ͕ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ Ă ĐŚŽƉ ďǇ ĐŚŽƉ ĂĐĐŽƵŶƚ ŽĨ ǁŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ĚŽŶĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ŚŽǁ ŝƚ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĚŽŶĞ͘ /ƚ ǁĂƐ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŝŶŐ͕ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ŽĐĐĂƐŝŽŶĂůůǇ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟ ǀĞ ĂŶĚ͕ ŵŽƐƚ

ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚůǇ͕ ŝƚ ƉƌŽŵƉƚĞĚ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ĂǀĞ >Ăŵď͛Ɛ ǀĞƌǇ ďĞƐƚ ƐŶŝƉĞƐ͘ Having said this, Come Dine With Me ŝƐ ƐƟ ůů ĂŵŽŶŐƐƚ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ŽŶ ds Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽŵĞŶƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ͚ĐĞůĞďƌŝƚǇ͛ ǀĞƌƐŝŽŶ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ƐƉĂǁŶĞĚ makes for some hilarious viewing. If anyone missed the recent episode with Eastenders’ Big Mo, then check it out on 4od. We promise you ǁŽŶ͛ƚ ďĞ ĚŝƐĂƉƉŽŝŶƚĞĚ͊

way a man’s package looks in that silver skin Ɵ ŐŚƚ ƐƵŝƚ ;ƐƵƐƉĞĐƚĞĚ ƐƚƵĸ ŶŐƐ ďǇ ƐŽŵĞͿ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ even more than how the thinnest women look lumpy in all the wrong places in the suits that Bowie would think looked odd. As outragous as the constumes are, the ƐŚŽǁ ďƌŝŶŐƐ ƐŽ ŵƵĐŚ ũŽǇ ũƵƐƚ ďǇ ƐĞĞŝŶŐ ŚŽƐƚ͕ ŶƚŽŶ Ƶ ĞŬĞ͕ ŐĞƚ ŚŝƐ ŽǁŶ ďĂĐŬ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĐĞůĞďƌŝƚǇ ǁŽƌůĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƚĞƌƌŝďůĞ ĚĂŶĐŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƚŽ ƐĂƟ ƐĨǇ Ăůů Strictly fans, not ƚŽ ŵĞŶƟ ŽŶ ƐĞĞŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ŝƌƌŝƚĂƟ ŶŐ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ůĞĂƐƚ ďĞĂƌĂďůĞ ƐŚŽǁƐ ŐĞƫ ŶŐ ĚƵŶŬĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ƉŽŽů ŽĨ ǁĂƚĞƌ͘ tŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶǀĞŶŝĞŶƚ Ɵ ŵĞ

ƐůŽƚ ũƵƐƚ ďĞĨŽƌĞ Strictly Come Dancing, this show is a lot of fun to switch on to if you’re staying in on a Saturday night, and the nature of the shows allows you to do more than one thing while it’s on without missing out on any of its ƉĂƌƟ ĐƵůĂƌ ŶƵĂŶĐĞƐ͘ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ Į ŶĚ ǇŽƵƌƐĞůĨ ďŽƌĞĚ ŽŶ a Saturday night, it’s worth tuning in. Seriously, ƚŚĞ ƐƵŝƚƐ ĂƌĞ ƌĞĂůůǇ Ɵ ŐŚƚ͘

ĂŶĚ ĐĞůĞďƌŝƚǇ ƚƌĂǀĞů ƐŚŽǁ͘ &ƌǇ͛Ɛ ƌĞĂĐƟ ŽŶƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĂŶŝŵĂůƐ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ ĨƌƵƐƚƌĂƟ ŽŶ ŽǀĞƌ ůĂĐŬ ŽĨ ŵŽĚĞƌŶ conveniences gives a light-hearted feel to the ƐŚŽǁ ĂŶĚ ŵĂŬĞƐ ŝƚ ŚŝŐŚůǇ ƌĞůĂƚĂďůĞ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ we are also given a great view of not just the ĂŶŝŵĂůƐ ĨĂĐŝŶŐ ĞǆƟ ŶĐƟ ŽŶ ďƵƚ ŵĂŶǇ ŽĨ ƚŚŽƐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŚĂďŝƚĂƚƐ͘ KŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟ ŶŐ ƉĂƌƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ programme is the new angle given on the threat ŽĨ ĞǆƟ ŶĐƟ ŽŶ͘ tĞ ĂƌĞ ƐŚŽǁŶ ƚƌĂĚŝƟ ŽŶĂů ůŽĐĂů ƚŚƌĞĂƚƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĂŶŝŵĂůƐ͕ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƐƵƉĞƌƐƟ Ɵ ŽŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ůĞĂĚ ŵĂŶǇ ƚƌŝďĞƐ ƚŽ Ŭŝůů ƚŚĞ ǇĞͲ ǇĞ ŽŶ sight, and the most surprising threat is that of

ƚŚĞ ǁĞƐƚ͛Ɛ ĂƩ ĞŵƉƚƐ ƚŽ ŐŽ ŐƌĞĞŶ͘ ĞĨŽƌĞƐƚĂƟ ŽŶ is one of the largest threats to these animals and ŵŽƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ĚĞĨŽƌĞƐƚĂƟ ŽŶ ŝƐ ĐĂƵƐĞĚ ďǇ ĂŶ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞ ŝŶ ŶĞĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƌĞĐǇĐůĂďůĞ ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂůƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƌŝƐŝŶŐ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌŝƚǇ ŽĨ ďŝŽĨƵĞůƐ͘

Merlin graces the screens of BBC1, 6.15pm, Saturday. Sophie Morgan

The omnipresent Come Dine With Me has an ǆƚƌĂ WŽƌƟ ŽŶƐ ŽŵŶŝďƵƐ ƚŚŝƐ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ Ăƚ ϰƉŵ͕ ŚĂŶŶĞů ϰ͘ Gemma Henzley

&ŝƫ ŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŽ Ă ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ƐůŽƚ͕ ,ŽůĞ /Ŷ dŚĞ tĂůů ŝƐ ŽŶ ϭ Ăƚ ϱ͘ϰϱƉŵ͘ Micha Butler

If you want to catch your own last chance to see ƚŚĞƐĞ ĨĂƐĐŝŶĂƟ ŶŐ ĂŶŝŵĂůƐ Žƌ ũƵƐƚ ůŽǀĞ ^ƚĞƉŚĞŶ &ƌǇ͕ ƚŚĞ Į ŶĂů ĞƉŝƐŽĚĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĂŝƌĞĚ ŽŶ Ϯ ŽŶ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ Ăƚ ϴƉŵ ĂŶĚ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ Į ŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶƟ ƌĞ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ŽŶ ŝWůĂǇĞƌ͘ Bea Bradsell

television

06oct09 issue232

concrete.tvdigital@uea.ac.uk

PRIMETIME - DERREN BROWN

DOWNLOAD - FLASHFORWARD

ĞƌƌĞŶ ƌŽǁŶ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞƐ ƚŽ ƐŚŽǁĐĂƐĞ ŚŝƐ ƚĂůĞŶƚ for highly entertaining and controversial shows; Ă ƚĞůĞǀŝƐŝŽŶ ĐĂƌĞĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ ŬŝĐŬĞĚ Žī ďĂĐŬ ŝŶ ϭϵϵϵ with ĞƌƌĞŶ ƌŽǁŶ͗ DŝŶĚ ŽŶƚƌŽů͘ ,Ğ ŚĂƐ ƐŝŶĐĞ given us ZƵƐƐŝĂŶ ZŽƵůĞƩĞ, Séance, DĞƐƐŝĂŚ, The System, amongst many others and most memorably in The Heist persuaded members of the public to unknowingly perpetrate a bank ƌŽďďĞƌǇ͘

Pilot episodes of new American shows are ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ ďƵƚ ƌĂƌĞ ŽŶ ƌŝƟƐŚ ƐĐƌĞĞŶƐ͖ ĨƌŽŵ True Blood ;&yͬ ŚĂŶŶĞů ϰͿ ƚŽ Saving Grace ;DŽƌĞϰͿ ƚŽ ŶĂŵĞ ũƵƐƚ ƚǁŽ͕ ϮϬϬϵ ŚĂƐ ƐĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ĂƌƌŝǀĂů ŽĨ ĐŽƵŶƚůĞƐƐ ŝŵƉŽƌƚƐ͘ ^Ž͕ ĂƐŝĚĞ ĨƌŽŵ ĨĞĂƚƵƌŝŶŐ h alumni Jack Davenport, what makes FlashForǁĂƌĚ worth watching? &Žƌ ŽŶĞ ƚŚŝŶŐ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ďŝůůĞĚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ͚ŶĞǁ Lost͛ ʹ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŵĂǇ ďĞ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚůĞƐƐ ƌĞƉĞƟͲ ƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉŚƌĂƐĞ ͞ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŬĞƌƐ ŽĨ Lost͟ ʹ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝŐŚ ĂĐƟŽŶ͕ ŝŶĞǀŝƚĂďůĞ ƉůŽƚ ƚǁŝƐƚƐ ĂŶĚ Ă ĐŽŶĨƵƐŝŶŐ͕ ůŽŶŐͲǁŝŶĚĞĚ ƉůŽƚůŝŶĞ͖ but actually the plot is what really sets Flash&ŽƌǁĂƌĚ ĂƉĂƌƚ͘ /Ŷ Ă ǁŽƌůĚ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŶĞǁ ƚĞůĞǀŝƐŝŽŶ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ĂƌĞ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐŝŶŐůǇ ĂůŝŬĞ͕ ;ƐĞĞ ϰ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ůĂƚĞƐƚ EĞǁ zŽƌŬͲƐĞƚ ƐŝƚĐŽŵ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁŝƐŚĞƐ ŝƚ was Friends) there is something undeniably apͲ pealing about a show which promises to tread ŶĞǁ ŐƌŽƵŶĚ ĂŶĚ &ůĂƐŚ&ŽƌǁĂƌĚ͛Ɛ ƉƌĞŵŝƐĞ ĚŽĞƐ ũƵƐƚ ƚŚĂƚ͘ KŶ ŽŶĞ ĚĂǇ͕ ƚŚĞ ĞŶƟƌĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ƐŝŵƵůͲ ƚĂŶĞŽƵƐůǇ ďůĂĐŬƐ ŽƵƚ ĨŽƌ ƚǁŽ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ ĂŶĚ ϭϳ ƐĞĐŽŶĚƐ͕ ŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƟŵĞ ƚŚĞǇ Ăůů ƐĞĞ Ă ǀŝƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ƐŝŵƉůĞ͕ ŝŶƚƌŝŐƵŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ďƌŝůůŝĂŶƚ͘ ĞƐƚ ŽĨ Ăůů͕ ƚŚĞ ƉŝůŽƚ ĚŽĞƐ ŶŽƚ ĚŝƐĂƉƉŽŝŶƚ͘ /Ŷ fact, it almost manages to live up to the hype – no small feat considering how much hype there was, and that The Guardian is running a weekly ĞƉŝƐŽĚĞͲďǇͲĞƉŝƐŽĚĞ ƌĞǀŝĞǁ͘ dŚĞ ƉŝůŽƚ͕ ĂƉƚůǇ ƟͲ tled EŽ DŽƌĞ 'ŽŽĚ ĂǇƐ, thrusts its viewers ĚŝƌĞĐƚůǇ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĂĐƟŽŶ͕ ŽƉĞŶŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƐŚŽƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ͛Ɛ ŚĞƌŽ͕ DĂƌŬ ĞŶĨŽƌĚ͕ ĨƌŽŵ ŝŶƐŝĚĞ Ă

dŚŝƐ ƟŵĞ ŝƚ ŝƐ Ă ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ŽĨ ŚŽǁ ƚŽ͛Ɛ ŝŶ ƐƵĐŚ ĮĞůĚƐ ĂƐ ǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ůŽƩĞƌǇ͕ ĐŽŶƚƌŽůůŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƟŽŶ͕ ďĞŝŶŐ Ă ƉƐǇĐŚŝĐ ƐƉǇ͕ ĂŶĚ ĮŶŝƐŚŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ĞƌƌĞŶ ƚƌĂǀĞůůŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŵĂŝŶůĂŶĚ ƵƌŽƉĞ ƚŽ ďĞĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƐŝŶŽ Ăƚ ƌŽƵůĞƩĞ͕ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĂƉƚůǇ ŶĂŵĞĚ ,Žǁ dŽ dĂŬĞ ŽǁŶ ĂƐŝŶŽ͘ /Ɛ ĂŶǇ ŽĨ ŝƚ ƌĞĂů͍ tŚŽ knows! But it is what it is, an entertainment ƐŚŽǁ͕ ĂŶĚ ŶŽ ŽŶĞ ĐĂŶ ĚĞŶǇ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶƐ͘

There are bound to be some people that ĐƌŝƟĐŝƐĞ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ĂĚŵŝƩĞĚůǇ ƚŚĞǇ ůĂĐŬ some of the intensity and mystery of his earlier work, and yet despite this they are immensely ĨĂƐĐŝŶĂƟŶŐ͘ dŚĞ ĞǆƉůĂŶĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ůŽƩĞƌǇ ƉƌĞĚŝĐƟŽŶƐ ŵĂǇ ŚĂǀĞ ƉƵǌǌůĞĚ ƐŽŵĞ͕ ĂƐ ĂŌĞƌ Ă ůŽŶŐ ďƵŝůĚͲƵƉ to how he might have genuinely predicted the EĂƟŽŶĂů >ŽƩĞƌǇ ŶƵŵďĞƌƐ͕ ŚĞ ĐůŽƐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ ĞǆƉůĂŶĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŚŽǁ ŚĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ĮǆĞĚ the machine, but of course that being illegal he ĚŝĚ ŶŽ ƐƵĐŚ ƚŚŝŶŐ͘ Ŷ ŽĚĚ ƐĞƚƵƉ ĂĚŵŝƩĞĚůǇ Ͳ ůŝŬĞ Ă ƉƵŶĐŚͲůŝŶĞ ǁŝƚŚ ŶŽ ůĂƵŐŚ ʹ ĂŶĚ ǇĞƚ ŝŶ ƐŽŵĞ ǁĂǇƐ Ă ĐůĂƐƐŝĐ ĚŝƐƉůĂǇ ŽĨ ŵŝƐĚŝƌĞĐƟŽŶ ŽŶ Ă ŐƌĂŶĚ ƐĐĂůĞ͘ ^ŽŵĞ ŵĂǇ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ĐůŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ůŝĞ ŚĞ ƐƚƌŝŶŐƐ ŚŝƐ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ ĂůŽŶŐ with but then he never says that they would be ǁƌŽŶŐ ƚŽ͘ ĞƌƌĞŶ͛Ɛ ŶĞǁ ͚ĞǀĞŶƚƐ͛ ŵĂǇ ŶŽƚ ďĞ ƚŽ ĞǀĞƌǇďŽĚǇ͛Ɛ ƚĂƐƚĞ ďƵƚ ǁŚĂƚ ŚĞ ŽīĞƌƐ ŝƐ ŝŶƚƌŝŐƵĞ͕ ŚƵŵŽƵƌ͕ ƐŚŽǁŵĂŶƐŚŝƉ ĂŶĚ ĐŚĂƌŝƐŵĂ͘ ͞ ĞůŝĞǀĞ ǁŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ ǁĂŶƚ͕͟ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ŚŝƐ ŵĂŶƚƌĂ͕ ĂŶĚ ďĞŝŶŐ ĂŶ ĞǆͲĨƵŶĚĂŵĞŶƚĂůŝƐƚ ŚƌŝƐƟĂŶ ŚĞ ƐĞĞŵƐ to have respect for all but the stupidest and ŵŽƐƚ ĚĂŶŐĞƌŽƵƐ ŽĨ ďĞůŝĞĨ ƐǇƐƚĞŵƐ͘ dŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ every chance you’ll come away feeling like you’ve been tricked, but that’s probably just ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ͘ ĞƌƌĞŶ ƌŽǁŶ͛Ɛ dƌŝĐŬ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ DŝŶĚ Ϯ ƐƚĂƌƚƐ ϭϬ͘ϯϬƉŵ͕ dƵĞƐĚĂǇ ŽŶ ŚĂŶŶĞů ϰ͘ Caroline Walker

crashed car, and then following him out into ĐŚĂŽƐ͘ dŚĞ ƐĐĞŶĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĞŶ ŝŶƚĞƌƌƵƉƚĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƟƚůĞ ƐĞƋƵĞŶĐĞ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞŶ ĨŽůůŽǁĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ŽďůŝŐĂͲ ƚŽƌǇ ͚ĨŽƵƌ ŚŽƵƌƐ ĞĂƌůŝĞƌ͕͛ ŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǀŝƚĂů ĞůĞŵĞŶƚƐ to any successful TV show are established: the ƐĞƫŶŐ ;> Ϳ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ ;ƚŚĞ ƵƐƵĂů ĂƐͲ ƐŽƌƚŵĞŶƚ͗ ĂŶ & / ĂŐĞŶƚ͕ Ă ĚŽĐƚŽƌ͕ Ă ďĂďǇƐŝƩĞƌ͕ Ă tortured recovering alcoholic and an endearing ƐŵĂůů ĐŚŝůĚ ʹ ǁĞ ĐŽƵůĚ ŐŽ ŽŶͿ͘ <ƵĚŽƐ ŵƵƐƚ ďĞ ŐŝǀĞŶ ƚŽ &ŝǀĞ ĨŽƌ ƐŶĂƉƉŝŶŐ ƵƉ

&ůĂƐŚ&ŽƌǁĂƌĚ and almost guaranteeing itself its ĮƌƐƚ ƌĞĂů Śŝƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ͘ KĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͕ ŶŽ ƉŝůŽƚ is perfect and there is certainly a long way to ŐŽ͘ Ƶƚ ĨŽƌ ŶŽǁ͍ tĞ ĐĂŶ͛ƚ ǁĂŝƚ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ ŚĂƐ ŝŶ ƐƚŽƌĞ͘ ĂƚĐŚ &ůĂƐŚ&ŽƌǁĂƌĚ ϵƉŵ͕ DŽŶĚĂǇ ŶŝŐŚƚƐ ŽŶ &ŝǀĞ͘ Sara Barnard

X-FACTOR VS STRICTLY COME DANCING: AN AGE/OLD QUESTION With both X-Factor and Strictly Come Dancing currently clogging up the weekend airwaves, those not addicted to one or both of these shows might be inclined to wonder what it is ƚŚĂƚ ĂĐƚƵĂůůǇ ĂƩƌĂĐƚƐ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŵ͘ /Ɛ ŝƚ the merciless judging panels? The tugs on the ŚĞĂƌƚƐƚƌŝŶŐƐ ĂƐ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂŶƚƐ ƚƌŝƵŵƉŚ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ odds while Snow Patrol’s Chasing Cars whines in the background? Or is it the fact that Cheryl ŽůĞ ůŽŽŬƐ ůŝŬĞ ĂŶ ĂƉŚƌŽĚŝƚĞ ƐƚĂƚƵĞƩĞ ďƌŽƵŐŚƚ to life? Whatever the reason, both shows generate Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ƉƵďůŝĐŝƚǇ͘ &ŝƌƐƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĐŝƐŝŽŶ ƚŽ ƉůĂĐĞ X-Factor ĂƵĚŝƟŽŶƐ ŝŶ ĨƌŽŶƚ ŽĨ ůŝǀĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞƐ

gave the show a drama boost (thereby proving that Britain has, if not talent, then at least a ůŽƚ ŽĨ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ĨƌĞĞ ƟŵĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŚĂŶĚƐͿ͘ dŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƉůĂĐĞŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƐŝǆƚǇͲŽĚĚ ũƵĚŐĞ ƌůĞŶĞ WŚŝůŝƉƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶŬĂďůǇ ǁƌŝŶŬůĞͲ

ĨƌĞĞ ůĞƐŚĂ ŝǆŽŶ ŽŶ Strictly Come Dancing ůĞĚ ƚŽ ĂĐĐƵƐĂƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ĂŐĞŝƐŵ ǁŝƚŚ ĞǀĞŶ ,ĂƌƌŝĞƚ ,ĂƌŵĂŶ ĞŶƚĞƌŝŶŐ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƚƌŽǀĞƌƐǇ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ǀĂůƵĂďůĞ ĐŽŶƚƌŝďƵƟŽŶ ŽĨ ͞ĂƐ ƋƵĂůŝƟĞƐ DŝŶŝƐƚĞƌ͕ / Ăŵ ƐƵƐƉŝĐŝŽƵƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ĂŐĞ ĚŝƐĐƌŝŵŝŶĂƟŽŶ ƚŚĞƌĞ͘͟ And that is perhaps where the issue of ĐůĂƐƐ ĐŽŵĞƐ ŝŶ͘ EŽƚ ĞǀĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĚĞǀŽƚĞĚ fan could pretend that either show does much ŵŝŶĚͲĞǆƉĂŶĚŝŶŐ͘ ŽƚŚ ƐŚŽǁƐ ĂƌĞ ĐŚĞĂƉ ĂŶĚ trashy and yet wildly popular because arguably ƚŚĞǇ ƌĞŇĞĐƚ ƚŚĞ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĂƚĐŚĞƐ ƚŚĞŵ͘ The upgrading of female judges to younger ŵŽĚĞůƐ ǁŚŝůĞ ^ŝŵŽŶ͕ >ĞŶ͕ ƌƵŶŽ Ğƚ Ăů ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ

ƚŽ ǁŝƚŚĞƌ ŶŝĐĞůǇ͖ ƚŚĞ ŽǀĞƌͲĞŵŽƟŽŶĂůŝƐĂƟŽŶ͖ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞŽĐĐƵƉĂƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ͚ŽƌĚŝŶĂƌǇ͛ ĂŶĚ ͚ƌĞĂů͛ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ŝƚ Ͳ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĂƌĞ Ăůů ŝŶĚŝĐĂƟǀĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐƵůƚƵƌĞ ǁĞ ůŝǀĞ ŝŶ͘ ĐƵůƚƵƌĞ ǁŚĞƌĞ ĐůĂƐƐ ůŝŶĞƐ ŚĂǀĞ apparently blurred but other divisions remain ʹ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ǁŚǇ ,ĂƌƌŝĞƚ ,ĂƌŵĂŶ ŐĂǀĞ ŚĞƌ ƚǁŽ ĐĞŶƚƐ͘ dŚŽƵŐŚ ǇŽƵ ŵŝŐŚƚ ƚŚŝŶŬ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ƐŽŵĞŽŶĞ ǁŚŽ ƌĞĂůůǇ ƐŚŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞĚ ĂŵŽƵŶƚ ŽĨ ĨƌĞĞ ƟŵĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŚĂŶĚƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ͕ yͲ&ĂĐƚŽƌ͛Ɛ ĮŶĂů ϭϮ Śŝƚ ƚŚĞ ůŝǀĞ ƐƚĂŐĞ Ăƚ ϴƉŵ ŽŶ /dsϭ͕ ǁŚŝůĞ ^ƚƌŝĐƚůǇ ŽŵĞ ĂŶĐŝŶŐ͛Ɛ ƌĞŵĂŝŶŝŶŐ ϭϯ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ Ăƚ ϳƉŵ ŽŶ ϭ͘ Robert Van Egghen

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ƚĞůĞǀŝƐƵĂů ĐŽǀĞƌĂŐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ĨŽůůŽǁƐ ͚ůŽŽŬ Ă ďŝƚ ƐŝůůǇ on ,ĂǀĞ / 'Žƚ EĞǁƐ &Žƌ zŽƵ’ it seems Johnson’s ĂĐƟŶŐ ĐŚŽƉƐ ŚĂǀĞ ĂĐƚƵĂůůǇ ǁŽƌƐĞŶĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝƐ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞ ŝŶ ƉŽǁĞƌ͘ EĞǆƚ ƐƚĞƉ ŝƐ ƉƌĞƐƵŵĂďůǇ ƚŽ ĐĂŵĞŽ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ YƵĞĞŶ͛Ɛ ƐƉĞĞĐŚ͘ /Ŷ ŽƚŚĞƌ ŶĞǁƐ͕ WŝĞƌƐ DŽƌŐĂŶ ŝŶƚĞƌǀŝĞǁĞĚ ůŝī ZŝĐŚĂƌĚ ĂŶĚ ƵƐĞĚ ŚŝƐ ũŽƵƌŶĂůŝƐƟĐ ƚĂůĞŶƚƐ ƚŽ ƌĞǀĞĂů ĞǆĂĐƚůǇ ŚŽǁ ŵƵĐŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŶ ďĞŚŝŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƐŽŶŐƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƐĂŝĚ ŵĂŶ ǁĂŶƚĞĚ ƌĞǀĞĂůŝŶŐ Ͳ ŶĂŵĞůǇ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ůŝŬĞƐ ƚĞŶŶŝƐ͘ WĞĞƉ ^ŚŽǁ returned to a resounding ͚Śŵŵŵ͛ ŽĨ ǀĂŐƵĞ ĨĂŵŝůŝĂƌŝƚǇ͕ ĂŶĚ <ĞŝƚŚ &ůŽǇĚ ĐŽŝŶĐŝĚĞŶƚĂůůǇ ĚŝĞĚ ũƵƐƚ ĂƐ ds ĐŚĞĨƐ ŶĂƟŽŶǁŝĚĞ ƌĞĂůŝƐĞĚ ŚĞ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĐƵůŝŶĂƌǇ ŵĞƐƐŝĂŚ͘ &ƌĂŶŬŝĞ ŽǇůĞ ŚĂƐ ĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞĚ ŚĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ

leaving DŽĐŬ dŚĞ tĞĞŬ Ͳ ĂƉƉĂƌĞŶƚůǇ ĨĂǀŽƵƌŝŶŐ Ă ĐĂƌĞĞƌ ŝŶ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ Ͳ ĂŶĚ EĞǀĞƌ DŝŶĚ dŚĞ Buzzcocks ĂƩĞŵƉƚƐ ƚŽ ĚŽ Ă ,/'E&z by featuring ĨĂŵŽƵƐ ŐƵĞƐƚ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĞƌƐ ƚŽ ƌĞƉůĂĐĞ Ă ĚĞƉĂƌƟŶŐ ŚŽƐƚ ^ŝŵŽŶ ŵƐƚĞůů Ͳ :ŽŚŶƐŽŶ͛Ɛ ŶĞǆƚ ƐŝůǀĞƌ ƐĐƌĞĞŶ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ŝƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ďĂŐ ƚŚĞŶ͘ Jon & Kate Plus 8 ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐĂůĐƵůĂƚŽƌƐ ŽƵƚ ƚŽ ŶĞŐŽƟĂƚĞ ŚŽǁ ƚŚĞǇ ǁŝůů ĚŝƐƚƌŝďƵƚĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉƌŽŐĞŶǇ ǁŚŝůĞ :ŽŶ ĮůĞƐ ĨŽƌ Ă ĐĞĂƐĞ and desist order to prevent TLC rebranding it as <ĂƚĞ WůƵƐ ϴ͗ ^ŝŶŐůĞͲDŽƚŚĞƌ͛Ɛ ^ƚŽƌǇ͘ Speaking of reality show couples with more children than ƚŚĞǇ ĐĂŶ ĐŽƵŶƚ͕ 'ƌĂŚĂŵ EŽƌƚŽŶ ŚĂƐ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŚĂƚ WĞƚĞƌ ĂŶĚ <ĂƟĞ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ŐĞƚ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ŝĨ ŽŶůǇ

ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂƐŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ǁŝůů ďĞ ďŽƌŝŶŐ ŐƵĞƐƚƐ ƵŶƟů ƚŚĞǇ ĚŽ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞďǇ ĂƩĞŵƉƟŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ŵŽƐƚ ŶŽďůĞ ŽĨ ƉƵƌƐƵŝƚƐ͗ ƐƚĂǇŝŶŐ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ǀŝĞǁĞƌƐ͘ Oddly ^ĂǁͲůŝŬĞ ͚/ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ƉůĂǇ Ă ŐĂŵĞ͛ͲƐŚŽǁ͕ The Cube will be returning to challenge chavs ƚŽ ǁĂůŬ ŝŶ Ă ƐƚƌĂŝŐŚƚ ŝŶƐŝĚĞ ,ĂŶŶŝďĂů >ĞĐƚĞƌ͛Ɛ bedroom and Living has renewed the Come Wed tŝƚŚ DĞ ĨŽƌŵĂƚ ƐŚŽǁ͕ &ŽƵƌ tĞĚĚŝŶŐƐ͕ saying ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ƚĂĐŬůĞ ŵŽƌĞ ĐƵůƚƵƌĞͲĐůĂƐŚ ŝƐƐƵĞƐ͕ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ͚ƉŝŶŬ Žƌ ƉƵƌƉůĞ͍͛ ĂŶĚ ͚ŚŽǁ ĚƌƵŶŬ is too drunk?’

tŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĂƐƐƵƌĞĚ ƐƚĞƉ ŽĨ ĂŶ Z^ ƚŚĞƐƉ͕ dŚĞ DĂŶ ,ŝŵƐĞůĨ ǁĂůŬƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ ƉƵď͘ dŚĞ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ ƚƵƌŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŚĞĂĚƐ͖ Ă ŶĂƟŽŶ ŚŽůĚƐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ďƌĞĂƚŚ͖ ,ŝƐ ZŽǇĂů ůŽŶĚĞŶĞƐƐ ŽƉĞŶƐ ŚŝƐ ŵŽƵƚŚ ĂŶĚ ƐĂǇƐ͘͘͘ Well who the hell remembers? To consider ŚŽǁ ŵƵĐŚ ƉůĂŶŶŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĞīŽƌƚ ŵƵƐƚ ŚĂǀĞ ǁĞŶƚ ŝŶ ƚŽ ŐĞƫŶŐ ŽƌŝƐ :ŽŚŶƐŽŶ ŝŶƐŝĚĞ ƚŚĞ YƵĞĞŶ sŝĐ for those precious seconds is to lose all faith in ŵŽĚĞƌŶ ƉŽůŝƟĐƐ͘ /Ĩ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ƐƚĂŐĞ ŽĨ

Josh Butler

wired

06oct09 issue232

concrete.wired@uea.ac.uk

<GAMING><REVIEWS> HALO 3: ODST

dŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚ ĂďŽƵƚ Halo 3: ODST ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ ĂƌĞ ŐĞƫŶŐ ƚǁŽ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ŐĂŵĞƐ͘ KŶ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĚŝƐŬ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶ ŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǇŽƵ ƉůĂǇ ͚dŚĞ ZŽŽŬŝĞ͕͛ ĂŶ KƌďŝƚĂů ƌŽƉ ^ŚŽĐŬ dƌŽŽƉĞƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ͚&ŝƌĞĮŐŚƚ͛ ŵŽĚĞ͘ ODST͛Ɛ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ĚŝƐŬ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞ ŵƵůƟƉůĂǇĞƌ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ĨƌŽŵ Halo 3͘ dŚŝƐ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ĚŝƐŬ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞƐ ĞǀĞƌǇ Halo 3 ŵĂƉ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ƚŽ ĚĂƚĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚƌĞĞ ŶĞǁ ŵĂƉƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĨŽƌŵ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ͚DǇƚŚŝĐ DĂƉ WĂĐŬ͛͘ ODST ŝƐ ƚŚĞƌĞĨŽƌĞ ďŽƚŚ Ă ŶĞǁ ƟƚůĞ ĂŶĚ ĂŶ ŽůĚ ŐĂŵĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƟŵĞ͘ EŽƚ ŵƵĐŚ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƐĂŝĚ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŵƵůƟƉůĂǇĞƌ ĚŝƐŬ͖ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƐŝŵƉůǇ Ă ƌĞƉĂĐŬĂŐŝŶŐ ŽĨ Halo 3 ĂŶĚ Halo 3͛Ɛ ĚŽǁŶůŽĂĚĂďůĞ ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ͘ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ ůŝŬĞ Halo’s ŵƵůƟƉůĂǇĞƌ Ă ůŽƚ ƚŚĞŶ ǇŽƵ ǁŝůů ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŽ ĞŶũŽǇ ǁŚĂƚ ŝƐ ŽŶ ŽīĞƌ͘ dŚĞ ĚŝƐŬ ŝƐ ďĞƐƚ ǀĂůƵĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŽƐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ĚŝĚ ŶŽƚ ƉƵƌĐŚĂƐĞ Halo 3͛Ɛ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶĂů ŵĂƉƐ͕ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ĚŝĚ ƐƉĞŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĞǆƚƌĂ ŵŽŶĞǇ͕ ƚŚĞŶ ǇŽƵ ǁŝůů ůŝŬĞůǇ ƐŚĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ƐůŝŐŚƚůǇ ƐŽƵƌ ĨĞĞůŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ ĂƌĞ ƉĂǇŝŶŐ ƚǁŝĐĞ ĨŽƌ ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ͘ Halo 3 ŝƐ ƐƟůů ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƐƚ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ƐŚŽŽƚĞƌƐ͖ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ůŝŬĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƉĞƌƐŽŶ ƐŚŽŽƚĞƌƐ ƚŚĞŶ ƚŚŝƐ ĚŝƐŬ ŽīĞƌƐ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ĂĐƟŽŶ ƚŽ ďĞ ŚĂĚ͘ ͚&ŽƌŐĞ͛ ĂŶĚ ͚dŚĞĂƚƌĞ͛ ŵŽĚĞ ĂƌĞ ĂůƐŽ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŚŝƐ ĚŝƐŬ ƐŽ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ ĞĚŝƚͬĐƌĞĂƚĞ ǇŽƵƌ ŽǁŶ ŵĂƉƐ ĂŶĚ ƌĞǁĂƚĐŚ ǇŽƵƌ ďĞƐƚ ŵŽŵĞŶƚƐ͘ dŚĞ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶ ĚŝƐŬ ŝƐ Ăůů ŶĞǁ ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ͘ ͚ ĞǀĞůŽƉĞƌ ƵŶŐŝĞ͛ ƐĞƚ Ă ŚŝŐŚ ĞǆƉĞĐƚĂƟŽŶ ŽŶ

WET

WET͕ Ă ƟƚůĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƌĞĨĞƌƐ ƚŽ ͚ǁĞƚǁŽƌŬ͛ Ͳ ŵƵƌĚĞƌƐ Žƌ ĂƐƐĂƐƐŝŶĂƟŽŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƌĞƐƵůƚ ŝŶ ŚĂŶĚƐ ǁĞƚ ǁŝƚŚ ďůŽŽĚ ʹ ŝƐ Ă ƐƚǇůŝƐĞĚ ƚŚŝƌĚ ƉĞƌƐŽŶ ƐŚŽŽƚĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ ƐƚĂƌƚƐ ďǇ ŚŝƫŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŐƌŽƵŶĚ ƌƵŶŶŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ƐƚŽƉ ƵŶƟů ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ͘ WůĂǇĞƌƐ ƚĂŬĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƌŽůĞ ŽĨ ZƵďŝ DĂůŽŶĞ͕ ĂŶ ĂƐƐĂƐƐŝŶ Žƌ ƉƌŽďůĞŵ ĮǆĞƌ͕ ǁŚŽ ĂŐƌĞĞƐ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ Ă ǁĞĂůƚŚǇ ŽůĚ ŵĂŶ ĮŶĚ ŚŝƐ ůŽƐƚ ƐŽŶ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŝƚ ƐŽŽŶ ďĞĐŽŵĞƐ ĂƉƉĂƌĞŶƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚŝƐ ŵĂŶ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ǁŚŽ ŚĞ ĂƉƉĞĂƌƐ ƚŽ ďĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞƐĞ ŬŝŶĚƐ ŽĨ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ ƐŽ ŽŌĞŶ ĚŽ͕ ZƵďŝ ďĞĐŽŵĞƐ ǁƌĂƉƉĞĚ ŝŶ Ă ǁĞď ŽĨ ŝŶƚƌŝŐƵĞ ĂŶĚ ĐƌŝŵŝŶĂů ĂīĂŝƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚĂŬĞƐ ŚĞƌ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŐůŽďĞ ĂŶĚ ƵůƟŵĂƚĞůǇ ůĞĂĚƐ ƚŽ ŚĞƌ ŬŝůůŝŶŐ ůŽƚƐ ŽĨ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŝŶ ŚĞƌ ƐĞĂƌĐŚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƚƌƵƚŚ ĂŶĚ ƐƚƌƵŐŐůĞ ƚŽ ƐƵƌǀŝǀĞ͘ zŽƵƌ ƉƌŽƚĂŐŽŶŝƐƚ ŝƐ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ĂĐŚŝĞǀĞ ǀŝĐƚŽƌǇ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ŚŽƌĚĞƐ ŽĨ ŐƵŶŵĞŶ ƚŚĂƚ ŽƉƉŽƐĞ ŚĞƌ ůĂƌŐĞůǇ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŽĨ ŚĞƌ ĂĐƌŽďĂƟĐ ƐŬŝůůƐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĂƌĞ ƵƐĞĚ ĨƌĞƋƵĞŶƚůǇ ĂŶĚ ƚŽ ŐƌĞĂƚ ĞīĞĐƚ͘ ZƵďŝ ĐĂŶ ƐůŝĚĞ ĂůŽŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŇŽŽƌ͕ ƌƵŶ ĂůŽŶŐ ǁĂůůƐ͕ ũƵŵƉ ĨƌŽŵ ƌŽŽŌŽƉ ƚŽ ƌŽŽŌŽƉ ĂŶĚ ůĞĂƉ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ŵŽǀŝŶŐ ĐĂƌƐ ʹ ĂŶĚ ƐŚĞ ĐĂŶ ĚŽ Ăůů ƚŚŝƐ ǁŚŝůĞ ƐŚŽŽƟŶŐ ŚĞƌ ƚǁŽ ƌĞǀŽůǀĞƌƐ͘ Ɛ ŝĨ ƚŚŝƐ ǁĂƐŶ͛ƚ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ĮƌĞƉŽǁĞƌ͕ ƐŚĞ ĂůƐŽ ĐĂƌƌŝĞƐ Ă ŬĂƚĂŶĂ ĨŽƌ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵŝŶŐ ŵĞůĞĞ ĂƩĂĐŬƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƚĞ ŐƌĞĂƚ ĂŵŽƵŶƚƐ ŽĨ ďůŽŽĚ͘ ZƵďŝ ŝƐ ĞƐƐĞŶƟĂůůǇ Ă ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞ ďĂĚĂƐƐ͘ ^ŚĞ ĞǀĞŶ ƌĞŐĂŝŶƐ ŚĞĂůƚŚ ďǇ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ Ă ƐǁŝŐ ŽĨ ǁŚĂƚ ůŽŽŬƐ ůŝŬĞ :ĂĐŬ ĂŶŝĞů͛Ɛ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƚŚƌŽǁŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ďŽƩůĞ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ Ăŝƌ ĂŶĚ͕ ǇŽƵ ŐƵĞƐƐĞĚ ŝƚ͕ ƐŚŽŽƟŶŐ ŝƚ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ Ă ƐƚŽƌǇ͕ ĂŶĚ ĞīŽƌƚ ŚĂƐ ĐůĞĂƌůǇ ďĞĞŶ ƉƵƚ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐŝŶĞŵĂƟĐ ƐĞƋƵĞŶĐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ͕ ĂůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞƉůĂǇ ŝƐ ǁŚĂƚ ŵĂŬĞƐ ƚŚŝƐ ǁŚĂƚ ŝƚ

ODST ďǇ ŚŝƌŝŶŐ ŚĂůĨ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ds ƐŚŽǁ &ŝƌĞŇǇ: EĂƚŚĂŶ &ŝůůŝŽŶ͕ ĚĂŵ ĂůĚǁŝŶ ĂŶĚ ůĂŶ dƵĚǇŬ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ dƌŝĐŝĂ ,ĞůĨĞƌ ĨƌŽŵ ĂƩůĞƐƚĂƌ 'ĂůĂĐƟĐĂ ƚŽ ǀŽŝĐĞ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ͛Ɛ ŵĂŝŶ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ǀĞƌǇ ƐƚƌĂŶŐĞ ŚŽǁ ODST ĨĞĞůƐ ƐŽ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ǇĞƚ ƐŽ ƐŝŵŝůĂƌ͘ Ɛ ĂŶ ODST ǇŽƵ ĂƌĞ ŶŽƟĐĞĂďůǇ ǁĞĂŬĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ͚DĂƐƚĞƌ ŚŝĞĨ͕͛ ƚŚĞ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ƉƌŽƚĂŐŽŶŝƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƚŚƌĞĞ ŐĂŵĞƐ͕ ǇĞƚ ĐŽŵďĂƚ ƐƟůů ĨĞĞůƐ ƚŽƚĂůůǇ ůŝŬĞ Halo͘ ŽŵŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ Halo 3 ŝƚ ŝƐ Ă ǀĞƌǇ ƐƚƌĂŶŐĞ ƌĞĂůŝƐĂƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ͚ ƌƵƚĞƐ͛ ĂƌĞ ĂĐƚƵĂůůǇ ŵƵĐŚ ďŝŐŐĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ǇŽƵ͊ /Ŷ Ă ƐƚĞƉ ĂǁĂǇ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ƐŚŽŽƚĞƌ ƚƌĞŶĚ͕ ODST ŚĂƐ Ă ŚĞĂůƚŚ ďĂƌ ĂŶĚ ŚĞĂůƚŚ ƉĂĐŬƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ͘ dŚŝƐ ĂĚĚƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĨĞĞůŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ ĂƌĞ ŵŽƌĞ ǀƵůŶĞƌĂďůĞ͘ dŚĞ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶ ŝƐ ƐŚŽƌƚ ĞǀĞŶ ďǇ ƐŚŽŽƚĞƌ ƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚƐ ďƵƚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ǁĞůů ƉĂĐĞĚ͕ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ŝƚ Ă ďůĂƐƚ ƚŽ ƉůĂǇ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ǁĂǇ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ͘ ǀĞƌǇ ƐĞƚ ƉŝĞĐĞ ďĂƩůĞ ŝƐ ŐƌĞĂƚ ƚŽ ƉůĂǇ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ďĞŝŶŐ ƵŶĨĂŝƌ ĂŶĚ ĂƐ Ă ǁŚŽůĞ ŝƐ ǀĞƌǇ ǀĂƌŝĞĚ͘ ODST͛Ɛ ŽƚŚĞƌ ŶĞǁ ŽīĞƌŝŶŐ ŝƐ ͚&ŝƌĞĮŐŚƚ͛ ŵŽĚĞ͘ ͚&ŝƌĞĮŐŚƚ͛ ƉŝƚƐ ƵƉ ƚŽ ĨŽƵƌ ƉůĂǇĞƌƐ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ǁĂǀĞƐ ŽĨ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐŝŶŐůǇ ŚĂƌĚ ĞŶĞŵŝĞƐ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ƐŽ ŵƵĐŚ ĨƵŶ ƚŽ ƉůĂǇ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ŵĂŶǇ ŚĂǀĞ ǁĂŶƚĞĚ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ŝŶ Ă Halo ŐĂŵĞ ĨŽƌ ǇĞĂƌƐ͘ zŽƵƌ ƚĞĂŵ ƐŚĂƌĞƐ Ă ƉŽŽů ŽĨ ůŝĨĞ ĂŶĚ ŵƵƐƚ ŚŽůĚ ŽƵƚ ĂƐ ůŽŶŐ ĂƐ ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ͘ ŶĞŵŝĞƐ ĂƌĞ ŵĂĚĞ ŚĂƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ŽǀĞƌĐŽŵĞ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ĂĐƟǀĂƚĞƐ ƉŽǁĞƌ ƵƉ ͚ƐŬƵůůƐ͛ ĂŶĚ ƉůĂǇĞƌƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐ ŐĂŵĞƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĨĂŵŝůŝĂƌ ǁŝƚŚ ŵĞĚĂůƐ ĂǁĂƌĚĞĚ ĨŽƌ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ĂĐƟŽŶƐ͘

ŝƐ͘ ǀĞƌǇ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ŝƐ ĨĂƐƚ ƉĂĐĞĚ ĂĐƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ĞŶĞŵŝĞƐ ĨĂůůŝŶŐ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ǇŽƵ͕ ĚŽǌĞŶƐ Ăƚ Ă ƟŵĞ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ĂůƐŽ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶƚĞŶƐĞ ƐĞĐƟŽŶƐ ŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ĂƌĞ ĚĞƉŝĐƚĞĚ ŝŶ Ă ŶŽŝƌ ƐƚǇůĞ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůǇ ĐŽůŽƵƌƐ ƵƐĞĚ ĂƌĞ Ă ƉŽǁĞƌĨƵů ĐŽŶƚƌĂƐƚ ŽĨ ďůĂĐŬ͕ ǁŚŝƚĞ ĂŶĚ ďůŽŽĚͲƌĞĚ͘ ƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƐĞĐƟŽŶƐ ZƵďŝ͛Ɛ ĂƩĂĐŬƐ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ĨĂƐƚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƌĞ ƉŽǁĞƌĨƵů͕ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ĨŽƌ ŚĞƌ ƚŽ ĚĞĂů ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞĚ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ĂƌŵĞĚ ŐŽŽŶƐ ŝŶ ŚĞƌ ǁĂǇ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĨĂƐƚĞƌ ƐŚĞ ŬŝůůƐ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶƚĞŶƐĞ ŚĞƌ ƌĂŐĞ ďĞĐŽŵĞƐ͘ ^ŽŵĞ ŵĂǇ ďĞ ĚŝƐĂƉƉŽŝŶƚĞĚ ƚŽ ŚĞĂƌ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ƐŽŵĞ ƋƵŝĐŬƟŵĞ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŵĞĂŶƐ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ŵŽŵĞŶƚƐ ŽĨ ĐŝŶĞŵĂƟĐ ĂĐƟŽŶ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ǁŝůů ƉƌŽŵƉƚ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂǇĞƌ ƚŽ ƉƌĞƐƐ Ă ďƵƩŽŶ Žƌ ĐŽŵďŝŶĂƟŽŶ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ZƵďŝ ĂǀŽŝĚ ĚĞĂƚŚ͘ tŚŝůƐƚ ƚŚĞƐĞ ŚĂǀĞ ŐĞŶĞƌĂůůǇ ďĞĞŶ ĂĐĐĞƉƚĞĚ ĂƐ Ă ŵĞĐŚĂŶŝĐ ŝŶ ŐĂŵŝŶŐ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƐƟůů ƐŽŵĞƟŵĞƐ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ ƚŽ ƌĞĂĐƚ Ăƚ ũƵƐƚ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ƉƌĞĐŝƐĞ ŵŽŵĞŶƚ͕ Žƌ ŵĂƐŚ Ă ďƵƩŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĞǆƚĞŶƚ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞĚ ƚŽ ĂǀŽŝĚ ĚĞĂƚŚ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁŚĞŶ ĚǇŝŶŐ ŵĞĂŶƐ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ Ă ǁŚŽůĞ ƐĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŐĂŵĞƉůĂǇ ĂŐĂŝŶ ũƵƐƚ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŽĨ ŽŶĞ ŵŝƐƚĂŬĞ ŝƚ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ďŽƚŚ ĨƌƵƐƚƌĂƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƌƵŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŇŽǁ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ͘ dŚŝƐ ĐĂŶ ĂůƐŽ ŚĂƉƉĞŶ ŝĨ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂǇĞƌ ŐĞƚƐ ůŽƐƚ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁŝůů ƉƌŽďĂďůǇ ŚĂƉƉĞŶ ĞǀĞƌǇ ŶŽǁ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ͕ ďƵƚ ŶĞǀĞƌ ĨŽƌ ƚŽŽ ůŽŶŐ͘ &ŽƌƚƵŶĂƚĞůǇ͕ ƚŚĞƐĞ ŵŽŵĞŶƚƐ ĂƌĞ ŶŽƚ ƚŽŽ ƉƌŽůŝĮĐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƉůĂǇĞƌƐ ǁŝůů ĞĂƐŝůǇ ďĞ ĚŝƐƚƌĂĐƚĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞŵ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ǀŝƐƵĂů ƐƚǇůĞ ĂŶĚ ĞǆĐĞůůĞŶƚ ŵƵƐŝĐ͘ dŚĞ ĐŽŵƉŽƐĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ͛Ɛ ƐĐŽƌĞ ŝƐ ƋƵŽƚĞĚ ĂƐ ƐĂǇŝŶŐ͕ ͞/ ǁĂŶƚĞĚ ŵƵƐŝĐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ƐĐĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŝƚ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ǇŽƵ͕ ŵĂŬĞ ǇŽƵ ĨĞĞů ůŝŬĞ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ͘

wired

06oct09 issue232

concrete.wired@uea.ac.uk

KANYE WEST SEIZES CENTRE STAGE

/͛ŵ ƌĞĂů ŚĂƉƉǇ ĨŽƌ ǇŽƵ͕ /ŵŵĂ ůĞƚ ǇŽƵ ĮŶŝƐŚ͘͘͘ Halo 3: ODST ŝƐ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ŵŝǆ ŽĨ ŽůĚ ĂŶĚ ŶĞǁ͖ ƚŚĞ ůĞŶŐƚŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶ ĂŶĚ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ƐŵĂůů ĂŵŽƵŶƚ ŽĨ ŽǀĞƌĂůů ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ ǁŝůů ƉƵƚ ƐŽŵĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ Žī ďƵƚ ĨŽƌ ĂŶǇŽŶĞ ǁŚŽ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ůŝŬĞƐ Žƌ ŝƐ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ Halo ƐĞƌŝĞƐ͕ ODST ŝƐ Ă ŵƵƐƚ ďƵǇ͘

Stefan Rose

/ƚ ŚĂĚ ƚŽ ƉƵƚ ǇŽƵ ŽŶ ĞĚŐĞ ĂŶĚ ĨƌĞĂŬ ǇŽƵƌ ďƌĂŝŶ ŽƵƚ͘ &ĂĐĞͲŵĞůƟŶŐ͕ ŵƵƐŝĐĂů ĚĞďĂƵĐŚĞƌǇ͘͟ ǀĞƌǇ ƉŝĞĐĞ ĮƚƐ ƚŚĞ ĂĐƟŽŶ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚůǇ͘ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƐƐŝďŝůŝƚǇ ƚŚĂƚ ƐŽŵĞ ǁŝůů ďĞĐŽŵĞ ďŽƌĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƐŝŵŝůĂƌ ĐŽŵďĂƚ ƚĞĐŚŶŝƋƵĞƐ ƵƐĞĚ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƌĞƉůĂǇ ǀĂůƵĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƌŵ ŽĨ ŚĂůůĞŶŐĞ DŽĚĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƐƉĞĐƚĂĐƵůĂƌ ƐĞƚ ƉŝĞĐĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ^ƚŽƌǇ DŽĚĞ ƚŽ ĚƌĂǁ ƉůĂǇĞƌƐ ďĂĐŬ ŝŶ ĨŽƌ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ƉůĂǇ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ͘ 'ƌĂƉŚŝĐĂůůǇ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ ƐƉĞĐŝĂů͕ ĂŶĚ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ ŵŽĚĞůƐ ůŽŽŬ Ă ďŝƚ ƌŽƵŐŚ͕ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇ ǁŚĞŶ ĐŽŵƉĂƌĞĚ ƚŽ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ĂǁĞƐŽŵĞ Ăƌƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ďŽǆ͕ ŵĂŝŶ ŵĞŶƵ ĂŶĚ ůŽĂĚŝŶŐ ƐĐƌĞĞŶƐ͕ ďƵƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚ ƚŽŽ ŶŽƟĐĞĂďůĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚŝƐ ǁŝůů Ăůů ůŝŬĞůǇ ďĞ ĨŽƌŐŽƩĞŶ ǁŚĞŶ ZƵďŝ͛Ɛ ƐǁŝŶŐŝŶŐ

ƌŽƵŶĚ Ă ƉŽůĞ ǁŚŝůĞ ƐŚŽŽƟŶŐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐĞ͘ tŚĂƚ ǁĞ ƐĞĞ ŝŶ WET ŝƐŶ͛ƚ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ ŶĞǁ͖ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ďĞĞŶ ĚŽŶĞ ďĞĨŽƌĞ͘ dŚĞ ƐůŽǁͲŵŽƟŽŶ ƐŚŽŽƟŶŐ ƐĞĐƟŽŶƐ ĂƌĞ ŚĞĂǀŝůǇ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĞĚ ďǇ Max Payne͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĂĐƌŽďĂƟĐƐ ƐĞĞŵ ƌĞŵŝŶŝƐĐĞŶƚ ŽĨ Mirror’s Edge Žƌ Prince of Persia ďƵƚ ŶĞǀĞƌ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĂƐƉĞĐƚƐ ďĞĞŶ ƚŚƌŽǁŶ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ĚĞŐƌĞĞ ŽĨ ŵĂĚŶĞƐƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŚĂŽƐ ŝŶ Ă ŐƌŝŶĚŚŽƵƐĞͲ ĞƐƋƵĞ ƐĞƫŶŐ͘ William Moran Available on Xbox 360, PS3 (Review based on Xbox 360 version) Price: £40

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<ĂŶǇĞ tĞƐƚ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůǇ ďĞĐĂŵĞ ĂŶ ŽǀĞƌŶŝŐŚƚ /ŶƚĞƌŶĞƚ ŵĞŵĞ ĂŌĞƌ ŚĞ ƐƚŽƌŵĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂŐĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ϮϬϬϵ Dds sŝĚĞŽ DƵƐŝĐ ǁĂƌĚƐ ĂƐ dĂǇůŽƌ ^ǁŝŌ ǁĂƐ ĂĐĐĞƉƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĂǁĂƌĚ ĨŽƌ ĞƐƚ &ĞŵĂůĞ sŝĚĞŽ͘ Ɛ ƐŚĞ ďĞŐĂŶ ŚĞƌ ĂĐĐĞƉƚĂŶĐĞ ƐƉĞĞĐŚ͕ <ĂŶǇĞ tĞƐƚ ƐƵĚĚĞŶůǇ ĂƉƉĞĂƌĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂŐĞ͕ ƐƚŽůĞ ƚŚĞ ŵŝĐƌŽƉŚŽŶĞ͕ ƐĂǇŝŶŐ ͞/͛ŵ ƌĞĂů ŚĂƉƉǇ ĨŽƌ ǇŽƵ͖ /͛ŵ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ůĞƚ ǇŽƵ ĮŶŝƐŚ͕͞ ĂŶĚ ƚŽůĚ ƚŚĞ ĐƌŽǁĚ ƚŚĂƚ ĞǇŽŶĐĞ͛Ɛ ǀŝĚĞŽ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ǁŽŶ͕ ĂƐ ŝƚ ŝƐ ͞ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ǀŝĚĞŽƐ ŽĨ Ăůů ƟŵĞ͘͟ ,Ğ ƚŚĞŶ ŚĂŶĚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŵŝĐƌŽƉŚŽŶĞ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ dĂǇůŽƌ ĂŶĚ ƐƚŽƌŵĞĚ Žī ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂŐĞ͘ ƵĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐƚ ƚŚĂƚ tĞƐƚ ŚĂĚ ƚĂŬĞŶ ƵƉ dĂǇůŽƌ͛Ɛ ƟŵĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ĐƵƚ ƚŽ Ă ĐŽŵŵĞƌĐŝĂů ďƌĞĂŬ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƐŚĞ ĐŽƵůĚ ĮŶŝƐŚ ŚĞƌ ƐƉĞĞĐŚ͘ >ĂƚĞƌ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞŶŝŶŐ͕ ĂŌĞƌ ĞǇŽŶĐĞ ǁŽŶ sŝĚĞŽ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ zĞĂƌ͕ ƐŚĞ ŝŶǀŝƚĞĚ dĂǇůŽƌ ŽŶƐƚĂŐĞ ƚŽ ĮŶŝƐŚ ŚĞƌ ƐƉĞĞĐŚ͘ <ĂŶǇĞ ǁĂƐ ƌĞƉŽƌƚĞĚůǇ ƚŚƌŽǁŶ ŽƵƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ĂŌĞƌ ƌĞƚƵƌŶŝŶŐ ŚŽŵĞ ŚĞ ƉŽƐƚĞĚ ĂŶ ĂƉŽůŽŐǇ ŽŶ ŚŝƐ ďůŽŐ͕ ǁƌŝƩĞŶ ŝŶ Ă ƐƉĞĐƚĂĐƵůĂƌůǇ Ăůů ƵƉƉĞƌ ĐĂƐĞ ĨŽƌŵĂƚ͘ ůĞĂƌůǇ ĨŽƌ <ĂŶǇĞ ĂƉƐ >ŽĐŬ ŝƐ

ĐƌƵŝƐĞ ĐŽŶƚƌŽů ĨŽƌ ĐŽŽů͘ ŌĞƌ ůĞƐƐ ƚŚĂŶ ƚǁĞŶƚǇ ĨŽƵƌ ŚŽƵƌƐ ŚĂĚ ƉĂƐƐĞĚ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ĞŶƟƌĞ ĞǀĞŶƚ ŚĂĚ ƉƌŽŵƉƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ /ŶƚĞƌŶĞƚ ^ƵƉĞƌƐƚĂƌƐ ŽĨ ŶŽƚŽƌŝŽƵƐ ŝŵĂŐĞ ďŽĂƌĚ ͚ϰĐŚĂŶ͚͕ ƚŽ ŵŽĐŬ Śŝŵ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ ŝŶĞǆƉůŝĐĂďůĞ ŽƵƚďƵƌƐƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƉŽŝŶƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ ǁŝůů ŶĞǀĞƌ ďĞ ĨŽƌŐŽƩĞŶ͘ WŝĐƚƵƌĞĚ ŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ <ĂŶǇĞ

ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŵŝĐƌŽƉŚŽŶĞ ĨƌŽŵ ^ǁŝŌ͛Ɛ ŚĂŶĚƐ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŶǇ ĨƵŶŶǇ ƉŚŽƚŽƐŚŽƉ ŵĂŶŝƉƵůĂƟŽŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ĐƌĞĂƚĞĚ ƐŝŶĐĞ ŚŝƐ ďƵŵďůŝŶŐ ŝŶƚĞƌƌƵƉƟŽŶ͘ WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ KďĂŵĂ ĐĂůůĞĚ tĞƐƚ ͞Ă ũĂĐŬĂƐƐ͕͞ ĂŶĚ ŵĂŶǇ /ŶƚĞƌŶĞƚ ƵƐĞƌƐ ŶŽǁ ƵƐĞ ŽŌĞŶ ĞĚŝƚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĐĂƉƟŽŶĞĚ ŝŵĂŐĞƐ ŽĨ <ĂŶǇĞ ƚŽ ƉŽŝŶƚ ŽƵƚ

ĂǁŬǁĂƌĚ ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶƐ Žƌ ƚŽ ŝůůƵƐƚƌĂƚĞ ƚŚĂƚ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶ ƉĞŽƉůĞͬŵŽǀŝĞƐͬŐĂŵĞƐͬďŽŽŬƐͬŽƌŐĂŶŝƐĂƚŝŽŶƐͬ ĐŽƵŶƚƌŝĞƐͬƐƉĂĐĞ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵƐ ;ƉŝĐƚƵƌĞĚ ĂďŽǀĞͿ ĂƌĞ ďĞƩĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ͘

/Ĩ ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞŶ͛ƚ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ͕ <ĂŶǇĞ tĞƐƚ͛Ɛ ŝƐ Ă ĨĂĐĞ ǇŽƵ ǁŝůů ĂůŵŽƐƚ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ ƌƵŶ ŝŶƚŽ Ăƚ ƐŽŵĞ ƉŽŝŶƚ ŽŶůŝŶĞ͕ ƵƐƵƌƉĞĚ ŵŝĐƌŽƉŚŽŶĞ ŝŶ ŚĂŶĚ͘ William Moran

music INTERVIEWS

06oct09 issue232

concrete.music@uea.ac.uk

DƵƐŝĐ ĚŝƚŽƌ WĂƵů ŽŽŬ talks summer soundtracks with Australia’s The Temper Trap and ĚŝƐĐƵƐƐĞƐ ƚŚĞ ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ŶĞǁ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů Ăƚ :ŝŵŵǇ͛Ɛ &Ăƌŵ ǁŝƚŚ ŝŶĚŝĞ ǀĞƚĞƌĂŶƐ ƚŚůĞƚĞ͘͘͘

THE TEMPER TRAP

ATHLETE

Concrete caught up with Australian hot-topic band ‘The Temper Trap’ before their sell out show at Norwich Arts Centre and discussed the ďĂŶĚ͛Ɛ ƌĂƉŝĚ ƌŽƵƚĞ ƚŽ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ĨĂŵĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŚĞĐƟĐ ƵƌŽƉĞĂŶ ƚŽƵƌ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ ĂƌĞ ƐĞƚ ƚŽ embark upon.

^ƵīŽůŬ͛Ɛ ͚,ĂƌǀĞƐƚ Ăƚ :ŝŵŵǇ͛Ɛ͛ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ůĂƚĞƐƚ ĞǀĞŶƚ ƚŽ ĐƌŽƉ ƵƉ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ĐĂůĞŶĚĂƌ ďƵƚ ŝƐ Ă ǁĞĞŬĞŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƚǁŝƐƚ͘ ŽĂƐƟŶŐ ĂŶ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ ϮŶĚ ǇĞĂƌ ůŝŶĞƵƉ ĂůŽŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ ĂƌƌĂǇ ŽĨ ds ĐŚĞĨƐ ƚŚĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ŚĞůĚ Ăƚ ͚:ŝŵŵǇ͛Ɛ &Ăƌŵ͛ ;ŵĂĚĞ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ ŽŶ ϮͿ ŝƐ Ă ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ĨŽŽĚͬŵƵƐŝĐ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ͘ We sat down with headliners ‘Athlete’ to talk about the band’s new album ‘Black Swan’ and ƚŚĞŝƌ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞƐ͘

zŽƵƌ ĐŚĂƌƚ ƚƌĂĐŬ ͚^ǁĞĞƚ ŝƐƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ͛ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ĚĞƐĐƌŝďĞĚ ĂƐ ͚dŚĞ ^ŽƵŶĚ ŽĨ ^ƵŵŵĞƌ͛ Ͳ tŚĂƚ͛Ɛ your response to that? I just think the fact it has had so much air play like being used in ‘500 Days of Summer’, on an ad on Channel 4 and on the soccer highlights show has contributed to people actually being able to hear the song. It’s hard for me to say it’s the “sound of summer” but I guess that’s ƚŚĞ ǁĂǇ ŝƚ ǁŽƌŬƐ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ŚĂĚ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ĞīĞĐƚ ďĂĐŬ home in Australia. It came out and didn’t really ŐĞƚ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƵŶƟů ƚŚĞ ďĞŐŝŶŶŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ͘ tŚĂƚ ƐŝŶŐůĞ ĚŽ ǇŽƵ ƉůĂŶ ƚŽ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞ ŶĞǆƚ͍ Yeah it’s going to be ‘Fader’. I’m not sure when it’s going to come out, probably in November or something. It was more of a record label decision than ours but they think that would be Ă ŐŽŽĚ ĨŽůůŽǁ ƵƉ ƚŽ ͚^ǁĞĞƚ ŝƐƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ͛͘ Ž ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ĂŶǇ ĞĂƌůǇ ƉůĂŶƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ ĂůďƵŵ͍ Yeah, we’ve been asked that a lot recently actually. We’ve all been playing around in our ŽǁŶ ƟŵĞ ĂŶĚ ƐƚƵī͘ tĞ͛ǀĞ ũƵƐƚ ŚĂĚ Ϯ ǁĞĞŬƐ Žī

ďƵƚ ǁĞ ƚŚŝŶŬ ŝƚ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƋƵŝƚĞ Ă ďŝƚ ŽĨ ƟŵĞ ďĞĨŽƌĞ we get back into the studio. We’ve got a few ideas of where we want the new material to go but it will be a while before we start working on that. dŚĞ h< ƚŽƵƌ ŚĂƐ ŶŽǁ ƐŽůĚ ŽƵƚ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞůǇ͕ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂŶǇ ƐŚŽǁƐ ǇŽƵƌ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůǇ ĞǆĐŝƚĞĚ ĂďŽƵƚ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ͍ Well we’re excited to go to Norwich as we’ve never played there before. We had to cancel a show in Norwich before unfortunately so we’re interested to see what the crowd there is like. We’re hoping the places we haven’t been to before will surprise us the most. We’re also really looking forward to playing London as it had to be upgraded to a bigger venue which is cool. It’s now at ‘Heaven’ which is a gay bar ĂƉƉĂƌĞŶƚůǇ ƐŽ ƚŚĂƚ͛ůů ďĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ͊ tĞ͛ƌĞ excited to play all of them - to sell out a tour in ŶŐůĂŶĚ ŝƐ ũƵƐƚ ƌĞĂůůǇ ĞǆĐŝƟŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƵƐ͘

zŽƵ͛ƌĞ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ǁŝƚŚ ĂĚůǇ ƌĂǁŶ ŽǇ ƚŚŝƐ ǁĞĞŬĞŶĚ ǁŚŽ ŚĂƐ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚĞĚ ǇŽƵ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ͕ ŚĂǀĞ ǇŽƵ ďƵŵƉĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ Śŝŵ ǇĞƚ͍

zŽƵ͛ƌĞ ĚŽŝŶŐ Ă ƵƌŽƉĞĂŶ ƚŽƵƌ ƐŽŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ dŚĞ :ŽǇ &ŽƌŵŝĚĂďůĞ͕ ĚŝĚ ǇŽƵ ŵĞĞƚ ƵƉ Ăƚ ZĞĂĚŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ ĂŶĚ ĚŝĚ ǇŽƵ ƐƉĞĐŝĮĐĂůůǇ ĐŚŽŽƐĞ ƚŚĞŵ to support you?

tŚĞƌĞ ĚŝĚ ǇŽƵ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ƚŚĞ ůĂƚĞƐƚ ĂůďƵŵ͍

No we haven’t met them yet actually but we wanted to tour with them here in the UK but we were both busy. We’re really looking forward to ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŵ ŝŶ ƵƌŽƉĞ ďƵƚ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞŶ͛ƚ really ever seen or met them so it will be a new experience for us both.

ǁŚŝĐŚ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ ďƵƚ ǁĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ƌĞĂůůǇ ůŝŬĞ ƚŽ ƉůĂǇ >ĂƟƚƵĚĞ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ƌĞĂůůǇ ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŝŶ ^ƵīŽůŬ ǁŚĞƌĞ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ĨĂŵŝůǇ ĂƌĞ ĨƌŽŵ͘ Unfortunately the upcoming tour doesn’t have Ă ƐŚŽǁ ŝŶ ĂƐƚ ŶŐůŝĂ͘

zĞĂŚ ǁĞ ďŽƚŚ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚĞĚ hϮ ĂŶĚ Z D ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂŶĚ / ǁĂƐ ĐŚĂƫŶŐ ƚŽ Śŝŵ ƚĞŶ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ ĂŐŽ actually. We’re really good friends with his bass player Stephen Fretwell too as he’s come on ƚŽƵƌ ǁŝƚŚ ƵƐ Ă ĨĞǁ ƟŵĞƐ͘ tĞ ƵƐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ producer as him on ‘Black Swan’ actually, Tom ZŽƚŚƌŽĐŬ ǁŚŽ͛Ɛ ĚŽŶĞ ůŽĂĚƐ ĨƌŽŵ &ŽŽ &ŝŐŚƚĞƌƐ ƚŽ ůďŽǁ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ǁĂǇ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ůŝŽƚ ^ŵŝƚŚ ĂŶĚ ĞĐŬ͘

We recorded some of it in L.A. at ‘Sunset Sound’ which is one of those famous place where ŚŝƐƚŽƌǇ ŝƐ ũƵƐƚ ĚƌŝƉƉŝŶŐ Žī ƚŚĞ ǁĂůůƐ͘ tĞ ŐŽƚ ƚŽ use the same studio room that Led Zeppelin used which was cool but we recorded the rest ŽĨ ŝƚ Ăƚ ŽƵƌ ŽǁŶ ƐƚƵĚŝŽ ŝŶ ^ŽƵƚŚ ĂƐƚ >ŽŶĚŽŶ͘ ,ĂǀĞ ǇŽƵ ŚĂĚ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ĞǆƉůŽƌĞ ƚŚĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ƐŝƚĞ͍ Yeah we haven’t enjoyed much of the local ĐƵŝƐŝŶĞ ǇĞƚ ďƵƚ / ŚĂǀĞ ŚĂĚ ƉůĞŶƚǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŝĚĞƌ͊ KŚ ĂŶĚ Ă ƌĂƐƉďĞƌƌǇ ĐƵƉĐĂŬĞ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁĂƐ ƉƌĞƩǇ ƐĞŶƐĂƟŽŶĂů͊ dŚŝƐ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ ůŝŬĞ ƚŚĞ ďŝŐ ĨĞƐƟǀĂůƐ ůŝŬĞ s and Glastonbury. There’s something really nice about it not trying to compete with something ůŝŬĞ ZĞĂĚŝŶŐ͘ dŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ŵŽƌĞ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚǇ ƐƉŝƌŝƚ ĂŶĚ :ŝŵŵǇ͛Ɛ ŐŽƚ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ƌĞĂůůǇ ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ŚĞƌĞ͘ ƌĞ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂŶǇ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĨĞƐƟǀĂůƐ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ Žƌ ǁŽƵůĚ ůŝŬĞ ƚŽ ƉůĂǇ͍

,Žǁ ǁŽƵůĚ ǇŽƵ ĚĞƐĐƌŝďĞ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ĚŝƌĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ͚ ůĂĐŬ ^ǁĂŶ͍͛ Well we worked with a producer on this one ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƟŵĞ ŝŶ Ă ĨĞǁ ǇĞĂƌƐ͘ / ƚŚŝŶŬ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ songs on this album we tried to come up with ƐŽŶŐƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ƐƟůů ǁŽƌŬ ǁĞůů ƐƚƌŝƉƉĞĚ ďĂĐŬ to be played on the piano or on the guitar. /Ɛ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂŶǇŽŶĞ ŚĞƌĞ ǇŽƵ ƌĞĂůůǇ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ this weekend? Yeah we want to catch Badly Drawn Boy later ĂŶĚ ĂůƐŽ :ŽƐĞ 'ŽŶǌĂůĞǌ ĂƐ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞŶ͛ƚ ƐĞĞŶ Śŝŵ ďĞĨŽƌĞ͘ tĞ ƌĞĂůůǇ ůŝŬĞĚ ŚŝƐ ĮƌƐƚ ĂůďƵŵ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ kind of reminds us of this weird road trip we did across America as we listened to it a lot whilst driving through the desert.

tĞ͛ǀĞ ŐŽƚ Ă ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ĐŽŵŝŶŐ ƵƉ ŝŶ ƵďĂŝ ƐŽŽŶ

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:ĂŵŝĞ d ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ĨŽƌĐĞĚ ƚŽ ƉŽƐƚƉŽŶĞ ŚŝƐ ŐŝŐ ŚĞƌĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ > Z ĚƵĞ ƚŽ ůĂƌǇŶŐŝƟƐ͘ dŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ŚĞƌĞ Ăƚ h ŝƐ ƉŽƐƚƉŽŶĞĚ ƵŶƟů ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ŶŽƟĐĞ͘ ůů ƟĐŬĞƚƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ϳƚŚ KĐƚŽďĞƌ ǁŝůů ďĞ valid for the eventual date of the show.

Thom Yorke has announced that he is ƚŽ ĨŽƌŵ Ă ŶĞǁ ďĂŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ ZĞĚ ,Žƚ Śŝůŝ WĞƉƉĞƌƐ͛ ďĂƐƐŝƐƚ &ůĞĂ ĂŶĚ ĞǆͲZ D ĚƌƵŵŵĞƌ :ŽĞǇ tĂƌŽŶŬĞƌ͘ dŚĞ ƵŶŶĂŵĞĚ ďĂŶĚ ŚĂƐ Ϯ shows booked in October at L.A.’s Orpheum Theatre.

/Ŷ ŐĂŵŝŶŐ ŶĞǁƐ KǌǌǇ KƐďŽƵƌŶĞ ĂŶĚ :ĂĐŬ Black are to star in a heavy metal game. hŶůŝŬĞ ͚'ƵŝƚĂƌ ,ĞƌŽ͛ Žƌ ͚ZŽĐŬ ĂŶĚ͛ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ŝƐ ŶĂƌƌĂƟǀĞͬĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ ďĂƐĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ ŐƵĞƐƚ ĂƉƉĞĂƌĂŶĐĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ :ƵĚĂƐ WƌŝĞƐƚ ĂŶĚ Motorhead’s Lemmy.

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ďŽƵƚ ĨŽƌƚǇͲĮǀĞ ƐĞĐŽŶĚƐ ŝŶƚŽ ƌĂŶĚ EĞǁ͛Ɛ ĨŽƵƌƚŚ ;ĂŶĚ͕ ŝĨ ƚŚĞ ƌƵŵŽƵƌƐ ĂƌĞ ƚƌƵĞ ĮŶĂůͿ ĂůďƵŵ͕ ǇŽƵ ƐƚĂƌƚ ƚŽ ƐƵƐƉĞĐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ůĞĂĚ ƐŝŶŐĞƌ :ĞƐƐĞ >ĂĐĞǇ ŵĂǇ ŚĂǀĞ ŐŽŶĞ Ă ďŝƚ͕ ǁĞůů͘͘͘ǁƌŽŶŐ͘ ŌĞƌ ŽŶĞ ŵŝŶƵƚĞ ĂŶĚ ƚǁĞŶƚǇͲƚǁŽ ƐĞĐŽŶĚƐ͕ ƚŚĂƚ ŶŝŐŐůŝŶŐ ƐƵƐƉŝĐŝŽŶ ŝƐ ĐŽŶĮƌŵĞĚ͘ Daisy ďĞŐŝŶƐ ĂŶĚ ĞŶĚƐ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ ŽůĚ͕ ĐƌĂĐŬůŝŶŐ ƌĞĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ŽĨ Ă ŐŽƐƉĞů ŚǇŵŶ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƉůĂǇƐ ĨŽƌ ŶĞĂƌůǇ Ă ŵŝŶƵƚĞͲĂŶĚͲĂͲŚĂůĨ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ ƐƵĚĚĞŶůǇ ďƵƌƐƚ ŝŶƚŽ ůŝĨĞ͕ ŬŝĐŬŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƐĐƌĞĂŵŝŶŐ͕ ƉŽƵŶĚŝŶŐ ŝƚƐ ĮƐƚƐ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ŝƚƐ ŽǁŶ ŚĞĂĚ ĂŶĚ ďŽƵŶĐŝŶŐ ŵĂŶŝĐĂůůǇ Žī ƚŚĞ ǁĂůůƐ͖ ƚŚĞ ĂůďƵŵ ŝƐ ĂŶ ĞŵŽƟŽŶĂů ƚƌĂŝŶǁƌĞĐŬ͘ >ĂĐĞǇ ĂůƚĞƌŶĂƚĞƐ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƉƌŝŵĂů͕ ĂŐŽŶŝƐŝŶŐ ĐƌŝĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĂŶ ĞƋƵĂůůǇͲ ĚŝƐƚƌĞƐƐŝŶŐ ƉŝŶͲĚƌŽƉ ǁŚŝƐƉĞƌ͘ ^ƚĂŶĚŽƵƚ ƚƌĂĐŬƐ

ZERO 7 YEAH GHOST

dŚŝŶŬ ŽĨ ĞƌŽ ϳ ĂŶĚ ǇŽƵ ďĞŐŝŶ ƚŽ ĂŶƟĐŝƉĂƚĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ďůĞŶĚ ŽĨ ĐĂůŵŝŶŐ ŝŶƐƚƌƵŵĞŶƚĂůƐ ĂŶĚ ŵĞůůŽǁ ǀŽĐĂůƐ͘ Yeah Ghost ŽīĞƌƐ ƚŚŝƐ ƐŝŐŶĂƚƵƌĞ ƐƚǇůĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŵŝůŝĂƌ ĐŚŝůůĞĚ ůǇƌŝĐƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŽŌ ǀŽĐĂůƐ ŝŶ Pop Art Blue ĂŶĚ The Road. ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ Ă ĚŝƐƟŶĐƚ ŵŽǀĞ ĂǁĂǇ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƚŽŶĞ ŽĨ Simple Things ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĐůƵƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ĚŝƐƟŶĐƚůǇ ďƌŝƚͲƉŽƉ ĂŶĚ ĚĂŶĐĞͲŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞĚ ƚƌĂĐŬƐ ůŝŬĞ Medicine Man, ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ƵŶĚŽƵďƚĞĚůǇ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂŶĚ ŽƵƚ ƚƌĂĐŬ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĂůďƵŵ ǁŝƚŚ ŝƚƐ ƉůĂǇĨƵů ǀŽĐĂů ĂŶĚ ƵƉďĞĂƚ ŵĞůŽĚǇ͘ Yeah Ghost ďĞŐĂŶ ĂƐ Ă ƉƵƌĞůǇ ŝŶƐƚƌƵŵĞŶƚĂů

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PLEASURE WHICH HUMAN NATURE CANNOT DO WITHOUT.” CONFUCIUS

METRONOMY 8/10 NOT MADE FOR LOVE EP

Sink ĂŶĚ Bought a Bride ƐŚŽǁĐĂƐĞ ƚŚĞƐĞ ǀŽĐĂůƐ ŶŝĐĞůǇ͘ dŚĞ ĨĂĐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ƐƚĂŶĚŽƵƚ ƚƌĂĐŬƐ Ăƚ Ăůů ŝƐ ǁŽƌƌǇŝŶŐ͘ ϮϬϬϲ͛Ɛ The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me ďƌĞĂŬͲŶĞĐŬĞĚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ŝƚƐ ŚŽƵƌͲůŽŶŐ ƌƵŶŶŝŶŐ ƟŵĞ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ĂŶ ƵŶƐĂƟƐĨĂĐƚŽƌǇ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ͖ ƐŽŶŐƐ ƌŝƐŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƐǁĞůůŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ƉŽǁĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƐĞůĨͲĂƐƐƵƌĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ Ă ƐĞŵŝŶĂů ďĂŶĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŚĞŝŐŚƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉŽǁĞƌƐ͘ tŚŝůĞ ĂŝƐǇ ŝƐ͕ ŝŶ ŵĂŶǇ ǁĂǇƐ͕ Ă ƉƌŽŐƌĞƐƐŝŽŶ͕ ŝƚ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ĨĞĞů ƋƵŝƚĞ ĂƐ ĐŽŶƐŝƐƚĞŶƚ͘ dƌĂĐŬƐ ůŝŬĞ Bed ĂŶĚ Gasoline ĨĞĞů ƐŽŵĞǁŚĂƚ ƵŶĮŶŝƐŚĞĚ͕ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶƚĞƌůƵĚĞƐ ƚŚĂŶ ĨƵůůǇͲĨŽƌŵĞĚ ƐŽŶŐƐ͕ ǁŚŝůƐƚ Be Gone ŝƐ ũƵƐƚ ƵƩĞƌůǇ ďĞǁŝůĚĞƌŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŝŶĚŝƐƟŶŐƵŝƐŚĂďůĞ ǀŽĐĂůƐ ĂŶĚ ƚǁĂŶŐǇ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ ŐƵŝƚĂƌ͘ ^Ɵůů͕ ƚŚĞ ĂůďƵŵ ŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶƐ Ă ƉƌĞǀĂŝůŝŶŐ ƐĞŶƐĞ ŽĨ ƵƌŐĞŶĐǇ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŽǀĞƌĂůů ƉĂĐŬĂŐĞ ůĞĂǀĞƐ ŽŶĞ ƐůŝŐŚƚůǇ ƐŚĞůůͲƐŚŽĐŬĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ͕ ĂƐ >ĂĐĞǇ ƌĞƉĞĂƚƐ ͞/͛ŵ ŽŶ ŵǇ ǁĂǇ ƚŽ ŚĞůů͊͟ ŽǀĞƌ ƉŽƵŶĚŝŶŐ ĚƌƵŵƐ ĂŶĚ ƐĐƌĞĞĐŚŝŶŐ ĨĞĞĚďĂĐŬ͘ zŽƵ ďĞůŝĞǀĞ Śŝŵ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƚŚŝƐ ƋƵĂůŝƚǇ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂƐ ŬĞƉƚ ƌĂŶĚ EĞǁ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƌĞĨƌŽŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐĐĞŶĞ ƐŝŶĐĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĚĞďƵƚ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϬ͘ dŝŵĞ ŚĂƐ ďĞƚƌĂǇĞĚ :ĞƐƐĞ >ĂĐĞǇ ʹ ŚĞ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ͞ƐƚĂǇ ĞŝŐŚƚĞĞŶ ĨŽƌĞǀĞƌ͕͟ ŚĞ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ͞ĚŝĞ ǇŽƵŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƐĂǀĞ ŚŝŵƐĞůĨ͟ ĂŶĚ ŚĞ͛Ɛ ƌĞĂůůǇ ŶŽƚ ŚĂƉƉǇ ĂďŽƵƚ ŝƚ͘ Tom McInnes

DĞƚƌŽŶŽŵǇ ĂƌĞ ĂƌŐƵĂďůǇ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƌĞƌƵŶŶĞƌƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝŶĚĞĞĚ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂƚŽƌƐ͕ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ǁĂǀĞ ŽĨ ƌŝƟƐŚ ĂůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞ ĞůĞĐƚƌŽͲƉŽƉ͘ WƌĞǀŝŽƵƐ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞƐ͕ Pip Paine (Pay The £5000 You Owe) ĂŶĚ Nights Out ǁĞƌĞ ǁƌŝƩĞŶ ďǇ ĂŶ ŽƵƞŝƚ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŚĂƐ ƐŝŶĐĞ ƐƉůŝƚ͕ ĂŵŝĐĂďůǇ ƚŽ ŶŽƚĞ͕ ĂƐ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů ŬĞǇƐͬďĂƐƐ ƉůĂǇĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŐĞŶĞƌĂů ŶŝĐĞ ŐƵǇ 'ĂďƌŝĞů ^ƚĞďďŝŶŐ ŚĂƐ ĨŽƌŵĞĚ ŚŝƐ ŽǁŶ ďĂŶĚ zŽƵƌ dǁĞŶƟĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ŶĞǁ ůŝŶĞƵƉ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ĞǆͲ>ŝŐŚƚƐƉĞĞĚ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶ ĚƌƵŵŵĞƌ ŶŶĂ WƌŝŽƌ͕ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞƐ Ă ŶŽƟĐĞĂďůĞ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐŽƵŶĚ͘ DĞƚƌŽŶŽŵǇ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐůǇ ƐŽƵŶĚĞĚ ƵƉďĞĂƚ ĂŶĚ Ă ŚĞĂǀǇ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞ ŽŶ ĐĂƚĐŚǇ ƐǇŶƚŚ ŵĞůŽĚŝĞƐ ĐƌĞĂƚĞĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽǁŶ ĚŝƐƟŶĐƟǀĞ ƐŽƵŶĚ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ŽƉĞŶŝŶŐ Not Made for Love ŚĂƐ Ă ŶĞǁ ƐŽŌĞƌ

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7/10 ƐŝĚĞ ǁŝƚŚ ŚĂƌŵŽŶŝĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŵĞůŽĚŝĞƐ ƌĞŵŝŶŝƐĐĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐůŽǁĞƌ ƚƌĂĐŬƐ ŽŶ ,Žƚ ŚŝƉ͛Ɛ ĚĞďƵƚ͘ >ǇƌŝĐĂůůǇ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŝƚ ƌĞŵĂŝŶƐ ƚǇƉŝĐĂůůǇ ƚƌƵƚŚĨƵů͖ ŚĞĂƌƚďƌĞĂŬ ĂŶĚ ŵŝƐĨŽƌƚƵŶĞ ĐŽŶƚƌĂƐƚ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƉƉǇ ŝŶƐƚƌƵŵĞŶƚĂů ůŝŶĞƐ͘ Do the Right Thing ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞƐ ƚŚŝƐ ƚƌĞŶĚ͖ Ă ŐƌŽŽǀǇ ďĂƐƐ ůŝŶĞ ĂŶĚ ŚŝŐŚ ǀŽĐĂů ŚŽŽŬƐ ƐŽƵŶĚ ůŝŬĞ ŽůĚ DĞƚƌŽŶŽŵǇ͕ ďƵƚ Ă ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ ŵĂƚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐŽƵŶĚ ŚĂƐ ƚĂŬĞŶ ƉůĂĐĞ͘ dŚĞ W ƐĞĞŵƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƌŶŝŶŐ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ŶŝŐŚƚ ŽƵƚ ĚĂŶĐŝŶŐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐ ĂůďƵŵƐ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĞĚ͘ What Do I Do Now?͕ ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ Ă ĨĂƐƚĞƌ ƉĂĐĞĚ ƐǇŶƚŚ ůŝŶĞ ĂŶĚ ŚĞĂǀŝůǇ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞĚ ǀŽĐĂůƐ͕ ĂůƐŽ ĂĚŚĞƌĞƐ ƚŽ ƚŚŝƐ ŵĂƚƵƌĞĚ͕ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ƐƵďĚƵĞĚ ƐŽƵŶĚ ĂŶĚ ĐůŽƐĞƐ ƚŚĞ ϯ ŶĞǁ ƚƌĂĐŬƐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĐŽŶƚĞŵƉůĂƟǀĞ ĨĞĞů͘ DŽƵŶƚ͕ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ Ă ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶ ƉĞŶĐŚĂŶƚ ĨŽƌ ƌĞŵŝǆŝŶŐ ŚŝŵƐĞůĨ͕ ŚĂƐ ĮůůĞĚ ŝƚ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ W ǁŝƚŚ ƌĞŵŝǆĞƐ ďǇ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ŽƚŚĞƌ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞƌƐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ďƌŽĂĚĞŶƐ ƚŚĞ ƐŽƵŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ƚƌĂĐŬƐ͘ dŚĞ ŶĞǁ ƐŽƵŶĚ ŽĨ DĞƚƌŽŶŽŵǇ ŝƐ ƉůĞĂƐĂŶƚůǇ ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐŝŶŐ ďƵƚ ŬŶŽǁŝŶŐ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ ĐĂŶ ĂĐŚŝĞǀĞ͕ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇ ǁŚĞŶ ǀĞŶƚƵƌŝŶŐ ĚŽǁŶ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĚŝĞ ŇŽŽƌͲĮůůĞƌ ƌŽƵƚĞ͕ ůĞĂĚƐ ŽŶĞ ƚŽ ƌĞĐŽŵŵĞŶĚ ĂůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞ ƚƌĂĐŬƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ Radio Ladio ĂŶĚ Heartbreaker ƚŽ ĂŶǇ ŶĞǁ ůŝƐƚĞŶĞƌƐ͘ Alex Throssell

7/10 DO YOU WANT THE TRUTH OR SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL? ĂůďƵŵ ĂŌĞƌ Simple Things ǀŽĐĂůŝƐƚ ^ŝĂ ƐƉůŝƚ ĨƌŽŵ ĞƌŽ ϳ ƚŽ ƉƵƌƐƵĞ ƐŽůŽ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ͘ ŝŶŶƐ ĂŶĚ ,ĂƌĚĂŬĞƌ͛Ɛ ĚĞĐŝƐŝŽŶ ƚŽ ďƌŝŶŐ ŝŶ ŶĞǁ ǀŽĐĂůŝƐƚƐ ƌĞƐƵůƚƐ ŝŶ ĂŶ ĞĚŐŝĞƌ ĮŶĂů ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚ ĂŶĚ ƉƌĞǀĞŶƚƐ ƚŚĞ ŵƵƐŝĐ ĨƌŽŵ ďĞĐŽŵŝŶŐ ƵŶƌĞŵĂƌŬĂďůĞ͘ EĞǁ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ ƐŬĂ DƚƵŶŐǁĂǌŝ͛Ɛ ǀŽĐĂůƐ ĂƌĞ ŽƵƚƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ͕ ŽƐĐŝůůĂƟŶŐ ŇĂǁůĞƐƐůǇ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŚŝůůĞĚ ŽƵƚ Swing ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ǀŽĐĂů ũƵŵƉŝŶĞƐƐ ŽĨ Mr McGee͘ dŚĞ ĂůďƵŵ ŝƐ ďŽƚŚ Ă ĚĞƉĂƌƚƵƌĞ ĂŶĚ Ă ĐŽŶƟŶƵĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ĞƌŽ ϳ͛Ɛ ƐƚǇůĞ͘ ƚ ƟŵĞƐ ƚŚĞ ǀŽĐĂůƐ ĂƌĞ ƌĞŵŝŶŝƐĐĞŶƚ ŽĨ ZĞŐŝŶĂ ^ƉĞŬƚŽƌ͛Ɛ ĨŽůŬͲ ƉŽƉ ƐŝŶŐŝŶŐ͕ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ĐƌŝƟĐĂů ĐŽŵƉĂƌŝƐŽŶƐ ŽĨ ƐŽŵĞ ƚƌĂĐŬƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŚŽƵƐĞ ŵƵƐŝĐ ŽĨ ĂƐĞŵĞŶƚ :Ăǆǆ ĂƌĞ ŶŽƚ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ĨŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ͘ dŚĞ ŶĞǁ ǀŽŝĐĞƐ ŽĨ ĞƌŽ ϳ ĂƌĞ ĐƌƵĐŝĂů ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ŽĨ Yeah Ghost͕ ƌĞŝŶǀĞŶƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƌĞŶŐƚŚƐ ŽĨ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐ ĂůďƵŵƐ ĂŶĚ ďƌŝŶŐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ ƵƉ ƚŽ ĚĂƚĞ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ŽǀĞƌƐŚĂĚŽǁŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƐƚƌƵŵĞŶƚĂůƐ͘ zĞĂŚ 'ŚŽƐƚ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ƐŽ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĨƌŽŵ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐ ŽīĞƌŝŶŐƐ ĨƌŽŵ ĞƌŽ ϳ͖ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂĐŬƐ ĂƌĞ ĞĂƐŝůǇ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƐĂďůĞ ĂƐ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ͘ dŚŽƐĞ ŶĞǁ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŵ ǁŝůů ĞŶũŽǇ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵďŝŶĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŽŶĞƐ͕ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ĞǆŝƐƟŶŐ ĨĂŶƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƉůĞĂƐĂŶƚůǇ ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ƚƵƌŶ ƚŚŝƐ ĂůďƵŵ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚƐ͘ Perdita Fearon

dŚŝƐ ƟŵĞ ůĂƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ͕ WĂůŽŵĂ &ĂŝƚŚ ĐŽƵůĚ ĞĂƐŝůǇ ŚĂǀĞ ƚĂŬĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŵƵƐŝĐ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌǇ ďǇ ƐƚŽƌŵ͘ ƌƟƐƚƐ ůŝŬĞ ƵīǇ͕ ĚĞůĞ ĂŶĚ 'ĂďƌŝĞůůĂ ŝůŵŝ ŵĂĚĞ ϮϬϬϴ ƚŚĞ ǇĞĂƌ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƋƵŝƌŬǇ͕ ƐŽƵůĨƵů ůĂĚŝĞƐ ƚŽŽŬ ĐŚĂƌŐĞ͖ ďƵƚ ŶŽǁ ƚŚĞ ŐĞŶƌĞ ŽĨ ĐŚŽŝĐĞ ŚĂƐ ƐŚŝŌĞĚ ƚŽǁĂƌĚƐ ƐǇŶƚŚͲŚĞĂǀǇ ĞůĞĐƚƌŽ ƚƵŶĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƐŽƵůͲ ƉŽƉ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ ůŝŬĞ &ĂŝƚŚ ĂƌĞ ƌĞĂůůǇ ƐƚƌƵŐŐůŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ ĂŶ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ͘ dŚĂƚ ƐĂŝĚ͕ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ďĞ ĨŽŽůĞĚ ʹ &ĂŝƚŚ ŵĂǇ ĂƉƉĞĂƌ ƚŽ ďĞ ƵīǇ ͛Ϭϵ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĚĞďƵƚ ŝƐ ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐŝŶŐůǇ ƵŶůŝŬĞ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ ǇŽƵ͛ůů ŚĂǀĞ ŚĞĂƌĚ ĨŽƌ Ă ǁŚŝůĞ͘ dŚĞ ŽƌĐŚĞƐƚƌĂƐ ĂƌĞ ŽƵƚ ŝŶ ĨŽƌĐĞ͕

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ƚŚĞ ůǇƌŝĐƐ ĂƌĞ ǁŝƐƞƵů ĂŶĚ ĚƌĂŵĂƟĐ͕ ĂŶĚ &ĂŝƚŚ ƵƟůŝƐĞƐ ŚĞƌ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ ĂĐƟŶŐ s ďǇ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ĞǀĞƌǇ ĞŵŽƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ĞĂƐĞ͘ EĂŵĞůǇ Broken Doll ŝƐ ĂŶ ĞƉŝĐ ďĂůůĂĚ ŽĨ ĐŝŶĞŵĂƟĐ ƉƌŽƉŽƌƟŽŶƐ͕ ĂŶĚ Play On ŚĂƐ Ă ĚĞƚĞƌŵŝŶĞĚ ŵĂƌĐŚ ƚŚĂƚ ĐůŽƐĞƐ ƚŚĞ ĂůďƵŵ ŝŶ ƐƚǇůĞ͘ ZĞĐĞŶƚ ƐŝŶŐůĞ New York͕ ǁŝƚŚ ŝƚƐ ǁŝƐƞƵů ŝŶƐƚƌƵŵĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĂůŵŝŐŚƚǇ ĮŶĂůĞ͕ ŝƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĞƐƚ ŵƵƐŝĐĂů ŵŽŵĞŶƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǇĞĂƌ͘ /Ŷ ĨĂĐƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůǇ ƉŽƉ ƐŽŶŐƐ ŝŶ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ŵĞŵŽƌǇ ƚŽ ĞŵƉůŽǇ Ă ŐŽƐƉĞů ĐŚŽŝƌ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ďĞŝŶŐ ƉĂŝŶĨƵůůǇ ĐŚĞĞƐǇ͘ ĞƐƉŝƚĞ Ăůů ƚŚŝƐ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂůŝƚǇ ĂŶĚ Ă ĐŽŶƐŝƐƚĞŶƚůǇ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ ǀŽĐĂů ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ͕ Do You Want… ĨĂůůƐ ũƵƐƚ ƐŚŽƌƚ ŽĨ ďĞŝŶŐ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ƚƌƵůǇ ĂŵĂǌŝŶŐ͘ dƌĂĐŬƐ ůŝŬĞ Stargazer ĂŶĚ My Knees Are Weak ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ŵŽŵĞŶƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ƌĞĂůůǇ ůĞĂǀĞ ŵƵĐŚ ŽĨ ĂŶ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶ ŽŶĐĞ ƚŚĞǇ͛ƌĞ ĮŶŝƐŚĞĚ͕ ĂŶĚ Ăƚ ƟŵĞƐ ƚŚĞ ůǇƌŝĐƐ ĂƌĞ ůĞƚ ĚŽǁŶ ďǇ ŵƵƐŝĐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚƌŝĞƐ ƚŽŽ ŚĂƌĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ŽǀĞƌͲƚŚĞĂƚƌŝĐĂů͘ ^Ɵůů͕ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ Ă ďĞƩĞƌ ĂůďƵŵ ƚŚĂŶ ŝƚƐ ƐŝŶŐůĞƐ͛ ĐŚĂƌƚ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞƐ ǁŽƵůĚ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ͛Ě ďĞ Ă ŚĂŵĞ ŝĨ͕ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ĞůĞĐƚƌŽͲƉŽƉ ĐůŝŵĂƚĞ͕ &ĂŝƚŚ ũŽŝŶĞĚ ss ƌŽǁŶ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ůŝƐƚ ŽĨ ƐŝŶŐĞƌƐ ǁŚŽ ŚĂĚ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ĂůďƵŵ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ǁƌŽŶŐ ƟŵĞ͘ Shaun Kitchener

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ĚŝƐĐƵƐƐĞĚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ Ă ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ǀĞŝů ŽĨ ŐŽƚŚŝĐ ƌŽŵĂŶƟĐŝƐŵ͘ DŽƌĞŽǀĞƌ͕ ůŽŶŐͲƚĞƌŵ ĨĂŶƐ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƐĞ ĂŶĚ ĂƉƉƌĞĐŝĂƚĞ ƚŚĞ ĨĂƐƚĞƌͲƉĂĐĞĚ ĞŶĞƌŐǇ ŽĨ DĞĚŝĐĂƚĞ ĂŶĚ Sacrilege ƚŚĂƚ ĞĐŚŽ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ͛Ɛ ĞĂƌůŝĞƌ ƉƵŶŬ ŝŶĨƵƐĞĚ ƐŽƵŶĚ͘ dŽŽ ^ŚǇ dŽ ^ĐƌĞĂŵ ĂŶĚ sĞƌŽŶŝĐĂ ^ĂǁǇĞƌ ^ŵŽŬĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƉĞƌŚĂƉƐ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůǇ ƐůŝŐŚƚůǇ ƐƚƌĂŶŐĞ ĂŶĚ ŝůůͲĮƫŶŐ ƚƌĂĐŬƐ͕ ŶĞǀĞƌƚŚĞůĞƐƐ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ďǇ ŶŽ ŵĞĂŶƐ ƉŽŽƌ͘ &ŝŶĂů ƚƌĂĐŬ /ƚ tĂƐ DŝŶĞ ƐůŽǁůǇ ĐŽŽůƐ ƚŚĞ ĂƚŵŽƐƉŚĞƌĞ ƵŶƟů ŝƚƐ ĐůŽƐĞ͕ ĂůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ŝƚ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ ƋƵŝƚĞ ƚŚĞ dŚŝƐ dŝŵĞ /ŵƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ ŚŽƉĞĚ ĨŽƌ͘ ŽŵŝŶŐ ŝŶ Ăƚ Ă ƐƚƌŝĐƚ ϰϯ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ͕ Crash Love ŝƐ ƉŽǁĞƌĨƵů͕ ĐƌŝƐƉ ĂŶĚ ĐƌǇƐƚĂů ĐůĞĂƌͲ &/͛Ɛ ŵŽƐƚ ĨŽĐƵƐĞĚ ĞīŽƌƚ ƚŽ ĚĂƚĞ͘ Stephanie McKenna

WILD BEASTS 2/10 ALL THE KINGS MEN

KŚ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ ƐŚĞ ĐůĞǀĞƌ͘ ^ĞĞ͕ ƐŚĞ ƐĂǇƐ ͚ĚŝƐĐŽ ƐƟĐŬ͛ ǁŚĞŶ ƌĞĂůůǇ ƐŚĞ ŵĞĂŶƐ͙ŽŚ ǇŽƵ ŐĞƚ ƚŚĞ ŝĚĞĂ͘ >ĂĚǇ ' ĂŶĚ ŚĞƌ ĐůĞǀĞƌ ǁŽƌĚ ƚƌŝĐŬƐ͘ ,ŽŶĞƐƚůǇ͕ ƚŚŝƐ Őŝƌů;͍Ϳ ŝƐ Ă ƚŽƚĂů ůĂƵŐŚ ƌŝŽƚ͘ ^ŽƌƌǇ ĨŽƌ ĂŶǇŽŶĞ ǁŚŽ ǁĂƐ ƉĞƌŵĂŶĞŶƚůǇ ŝŶũƵƌĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĂƚ ĞǆƉůŽƐŝǀĞ ďƵƌƐƚ ŽĨ ǀŝŽůĞŶƚ ƐĂƌĐĂƐŵ͘ &ŝƌƐƚ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ĮƌƐƚ͖ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ ĂƐ ďĂĚ ĂƐ Poker Face͘ Ƶƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚ ĂƐ ŐŽŽĚ ĂƐ͕ Ǉ͛ŬŶŽǁ͕ ƉƌŽƉĞƌ ŵƵƐŝĐ͘ zŽƵ ŬŶŽǁ ƚŚĞ Ěƌŝůů ďǇ ŶŽǁ͗ ůĂǌǇ͕ ƌĞƉĞƟƟǀĞ ďĞĂƚƐ͕ ĂŶ ƵŶƌĞŵĂƌŬĂďůĞ ŚŽŽŬ ĂŶĚ ͞ĐůĞǀĞƌ͟ ;ŝĞ͘ ƉƵŶŶŝŶŐͿ ůǇƌŝĐƐ͘ /Ŷ Ă ǁŽƌůĚ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƐƚƌƵŐŐůŝŶŐ ďĂŶĚƐ ĂƌĞ ƌĞǁƌŝƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƉ ŵƵƐŝĐ ƌƵůĞďŽŽŬ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ũƵƐƚ ŶŽ ĞǆĐƵƐĞ ĨŽƌ ĂŶǇŽŶĞ ƚŽ ďĞ ƉƵƫŶŐ ŽƵƚ ŵƵƐŝĐ ƚŚŝƐ ĚƵůů ĂŶĚ ƵŶŝŶƐƉŝƌĞĚ͘ dŚĞ ŶŽǀĞůƚǇ͛Ɛ ǁŽƌŶ Žī ŶŽǁ ƐǁĞĞƚŚĞĂƌƚ͕ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ĐŽƵůĚ ĨĂĚĞ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ŽďƐĐƵƌŝƚǇ ŶŽǁ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ě ďĞ ƐŵĂƐŚŝŶŐ͘ /ŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐůǇ͕ ƐŽŵĞŽŶĞ ĞůƐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ ĂŵďŝŐƵŽƵƐ ŐĞŶĚĞƌ ƐĂŶŐ Ă ŵƵĐŚ ďĞƩĞƌ ƐŽŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƟƚůĞ ĨŽƵƌ ǇĞĂƌƐ ĂŐŽ͙ ŚŝƐͬŚĞƌ ĐĂƚĐŚƉŚƌĂƐĞ͍ ͚/͛ŵ KůĚ 'ƌĞĞĞĞĞĞĞĞĞĞŐŐ͛

Duncan Vicat-Brown

9/10

dŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ Ă ƌĞĂƐŽŶ ǁŚǇ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŝŶƐƚƌĞĂŵ ŵƵƐŝĐ ƉƌĞƐƐ ĚŽĞƐ ŶŽƚ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ďĂĚ ǁŽƌĚ ƚŽ ƐĂǇ ĂďŽƵƚ tŝůĚ ĞĂƐƚƐ ʹ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ͕ ƋƵŝƚĞ ƐŝŵƉůǇ͕ ďƌŝůůŝĂŶƚ͘ All ƚŚĞ <ŝŶŐ͛Ɛ DĞŶ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ƐŝŶŐůĞ ƚŽ ďĞ ƚĂŬĞŶ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐŽƉŚŽŵŽƌĞ ĂůďƵŵ dǁŽ Dancers, ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ĞĂƌůŝĞƌ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͘ tŝƚŚ Ă ƐǁŝŶŐŝŶŐ ƚŽŵͲďĞĂƚ ƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĐĂŶǀĂƐ ĨŽƌ ƐŚŝŵŵĞƌŝŶŐ ŬĞǇďŽĂƌĚƐ ĂŶĚ ƐǁŝƌůŝŶŐ ŐƵŝƚĂƌƐ͕ tŝůĚ ĞĂƐƚƐ ŚĂǀĞ ĐƌĂŌĞĚ Ă ƉŽƉ ƐŽŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ƐŽƵŶĚƐ ďŽƚŚ ƐŝŵƉůĞ ĂŶĚ ŝŶƚƌŝĐĂƚĞ Ăƚ ĞǀĞƌǇ ƚƵƌŶ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŶŽ ĚŽƵďƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐŝŵŝůĂƌŝƚǇ ŝŶ ůĞĂĚ ƐŝŶŐĞƌ ,ĂǇĚĞŶ dŚŽƌƉĞ͛Ɛ ǀŽŝĐĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĂƚ ŽĨ ŽŶĞ ŶƚŚŽŶǇ ,ĞŐĂƌƚǇ ;ŽĨ ŶƚŚŽŶǇ Θ ƚŚĞ :ŽŚŶƐŽŶƐͿ ďƵƚ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ƚŽ dŚŽƌƉĞ͛Ɛ ĚŝƐĐƌĞĚŝƚ͖ ƚŚĞ ĨĂůƐĞƩŽ ǇĞůƉ ŽĨ ͚tĂƚĐŚ DĞ͕ tĂƚĐŚ DĞ͊͛ ƚŚĂƚ ŝŶƚƌŽĚƵĐĞƐ ĞĂĐŚ ǀĞƌƐĞ ŐŝǀĞƐ ǁĂǇ ƚŽ ƐŽŵĞ ĐůĞǀĞƌ ǁŽƌĚ ƉůĂǇ͕ ůĂǇĞƌĞĚ ŽǀĞƌ ĂŶ ŝŶƐƚĂŶƚůǇ ĐĂƚĐŚǇ ͚ŽŽŚ ŽŽŚ͛ ƌĞĨƌĂŝŶ͘ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ǁŝƚŚ ƚǁŽ ĨĂŶƚĂƐƟĐ ĂůďƵŵƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŶĂŵĞ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ƐŝŶŐůĞ ƐŚŽǁƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŵƵĐŚ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŽ ĐŽŵĞ ĨƌŽŵ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƌŝƚĂŝŶ͛Ɛ ŵŽƐƚ ƉƌŽŵŝƐŝŶŐ ǇŽƵŶŐ ďĂŶĚƐ͘ Conor Maguire

music LIVE MUSIC

06oct09 issue232

concrete.music@uea.ac.uk

THE CRIBS>UEA LCR >THURSDAY 24TH SEPTEMBER A new tour, a new album, a new member and what appears to be the beginning of a new era for The Cribs. This series of changes probably means that nothing will ever be the same for The Cribs again. dŚĞŝƌ ƐŚŽǁ ŚĞƌĞ Ăƚ h ͕ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ tour to promote the band’s latest long-player Ignore the Ignorant perhaps symbolised this ƚƌĂŶƐĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚůǇ͘ /ƚ ƐĂƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ďƌŝŶŬ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƉƵŶŬ ĂŐŐƌĞƐƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ dŚĞ ƌŝďƐ famous shows of old (stage diving, lip bleeding, guitar smashing) and a U2-esque arena tour (video screens and power stances). The gig as a whole was competent, the ƐŽŶŐƐ ƐŽƵŶĚĞĚ ĮŶĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐĞƚ ůŝƐƚ ǁĞůů ƐĞůĞĐƚĞĚ but there was nothing inspiring, nothing that ũƵƐƟĮĞĚ ƚŚĞ ůŝǀĞ ƌĞƉƵƚĂƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚŝƐ ďĂŶĚ ŚĂƐ

spent years establishing. The recruitment of a fourth member, ƉŽƐƐŝďůǇ ƚŚĞ ŐƌĞĂƚĞƐƚ ƐŽŶŐͲƐŵŝƚŚ ŽĨ Ăůů ƟŵĞ͕ Johnny Marr has given them a musical depth and quality that is clear on both LP and live. dŚĞ ƐŽŶŐƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĞĚ ŇĂǁůĞƐƐůǇ ĂŶĚ ŶĞǁ merged into old with ease. Opener We Were Aborted ďĞĂƵƟĨƵůůǇ ďůĞŶĚĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ ĐůĂƐƐŝĐ Hey Scenesters and closers Be Safe and City of Bugs were stunning.

The Cribs have seemingly made a perhaps ƵŶĐŽŶƐĐŝŽƵƐ ƐƚĞƉ ĂǁĂǇ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŝŵƉŽƐĞĚ ƟƚůĞ of “the biggest cult band in Britain” towards a ŚŝŐŚĞƌ ďƌĂŶĐŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌŝƟƐŚ ŵƵƐŝĐ ƐĐĞŶĞ ƚƌĞĞ͘ But this could perhaps be to their detriment. dŚĞŝƌ ƌŽŵĂŶƟĐ ĂƉƉĞĂů ƚŚĂƚ ĐƌĞĂƚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĐĂƉƟǀĂƚĞĚ ƐƵĐŚ Ă ůĂƌŐĞ ĐƵůƚ ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ ĂůǁĂǇƐ surrounded their accessibility and below the ƌĂĚĂƌ ĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚ͘ /Ĩ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƩĞŵƉƚ ƚŽ ƐŚĂŬĞ Žī their cult status and move above and beyond ƚŚĞŶ ƚŚĞǇ ĐŽƵůĚ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂůůǇ ůŽƐĞ ƚŚĞ ĂƉƉĞĂů which drew so many towards them originally. This factor was unfortunately apparent at ƚŚĞ > Z ůĂƐƚ dŚƵƌƐĚĂǇͲ ƚŚĞ ŽůĚ ĨĂŶƐ ůŽŽŬĞĚ disappointed and new fans uninspired, a fatal ŵŝǆ ĨŽƌ Ă ďĂŶĚ ĂƩĞŵƉƟŶŐ ƚŽ ƐƚĂƌƚ ĂŐĂŝŶ͘ James Halling

ZERO 7>UEA LCR>WEDNESDAY 30TH SEPTEMBER ĞƌŽ ϳ ĂƌĞ ǁĞůůͲŬŶŽǁŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĚŽǁŶͲ tempo chill-out sound than for fast-paced ŝŶƐƚƌƵŵĞŶƚĂůƐ͖ ƐŽ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĐŝƐŝŽŶ ƚŽ ƐŚŝŌ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŽǁĂƌĚƐ ƚŚĞ ůĂƩĞƌ ĨŽƌ ŶĞǁ ĂůďƵŵ Yeah Ghost is ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ ĂŶ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ ŽŶĞ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ ďĞĞŶ Ă ŐŽŽĚ ĨĞǁ ǇĞĂƌƐ ƐŝŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ band last bothered the mainstream album or singles charts, so depending on your viewpoint ƚŚĞ ũƵŵƉ ŝŶ ŵƵƐŝĐĂů ĚŝƌĞĐƟŽŶ ŝƐ ĞŝƚŚĞƌ Ă ƌĞĂůŝƐĂƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ĐŽŵŵĞƌĐŝĂů ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ ǁŽƌƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĞīŽƌƚ͕ Žƌ ĂŶ ĂƩĞŵƉƚ ƚŽ ƌĞͲǀĂŵƉ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ ĂŶĚ ďŽƵŶĐĞ ďĂĐŬ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ůŝŵĞůŝŐŚƚ͘ ŝƚŚĞƌ ǁĂǇ͕ the new material is currently being showcased ŽŶ Ă ŶĂƟŽŶǁŝĚĞ ƚŽƵƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ĂůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ĐĂůů Ăƚ h > Z ǁĂƐŶ͛ƚ Ă ƐŽůĚ ŽƵƚ ĂīĂŝƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ƌŽŽŵ ǁĂƐ considerably busy; most of the crowd eager to hear some of the chilled-out classics for which

ƚŚĞ ĚƵŽ ĂƌĞ ŵŽƌĞ ĐŽŵŵŽŶůǇ ŬŶŽǁŶ͘ WĞƌŚĂƉƐ ƵŶƐƵƌƉƌŝƐŝŶŐůǇ͕ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƟŵĂƚĞ ĚŽǁŶͲƚĞŵƉŽ ƐŽŶŐƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĚƵŽ͛Ɛ ďĂĐŬ ĐĂƚĂůŽŐƵĞ ƚŚĂƚ ĞĂƌŶĞĚ ƚŚĞ ďŝŐŐĞƐƚ ŬƵĚŽƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĮƫŶŐůǇ ƐƵďĚƵĞĚ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƌŵůĞƐƐ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ͘ ^ƚƌŝƉƉĞĚ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ũƵƐƚ ĂŶ ĂĐŽƵƐƟĐ ŐƵŝƚĂƌ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƵŶƟŶŐ ǀŽĐĂůƐ͕ ĨĂŶ ĨĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞ /Ŷ dŚĞ tĂŝƟŶŐ Line ŝŶ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌ ƐƚŽŽĚ ŽƵƚ ĂƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ highlights of the night. The newer, livelier material went down a

ƐƚŽƌŵ ĂƐ ǁĞůů͕ ĐŽŵƉůŝŵĞŶƚĞĚ ďǇ ďƌĞĂƚŚƚĂŬŝŶŐ ůŝŐŚƟŶŐ ĚĞƐŝŐŶ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ĂƐ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ as the band themselves. A couple of the ƚƌĂĐŬƐ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ǀŽĐĂůƐ ĨĞůƚ ŽǀĞƌůŽŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĚŝƐĞŶŐĂŐŝŶŐ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ Ă ƐŵĂůů ĐƌŝƟĐŝƐŵ ʹ ƚŚŝƐ was a consistently strong gig powered by ŵƵůƟͲƚĂůĞŶƚĞĚ ŵƵƐŝĐŝĂŶƐ͕ ĂŵĂǌŝŶŐ ǀŽĐĂůŝƐƚƐ ;ĐƌĞĚŝƚ ƚŽ ŶĞǁĐŽŵĞƌ ƐŬĂ DƚƵŶŐǁĂǌŝ ĨŽƌ ĂŶ ĂŵĂǌŝŶŐ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ŶĞǁ ƚƌĂĐŬ The Road ŝŶ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌͿ͕ ĂŶĚ ŽĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŐŝĐͲŵĂŬŝŶŐ ŽƵƞŝƚ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ͘ Yeah Ghost probably won’t be causing too ŵƵĐŚ ŽĨ Ă ƟĚĂů ǁĂǀĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĂůďƵŵ ĐŚĂƌƚƐ ǁŚĞŶ ŝƚ ŝƐ ĮŶĂůůǇ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ƚŚŝƐ ŵŽŶƚŚ͕ ďƵƚ ǁŚĞŶ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ ƉƵůů ůŝǀĞ ƐŚŽǁƐ ůŝŬĞ ƚŚŝƐ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĂŐ͕ ĨƌĂŶŬůǇ ǁŚŽ ĐĂƌĞƐ͍ Shaun Kitchener

HOCKEY>ARTS CENTRE>MONDAY 28TH SEPTEMBER tŝƚŚ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ďƵǌǌ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂƐ ůĞĚ ƚŽ Ă ƚŚŽƵƐĂŶĚ ͚,ŽĐŬĞǇ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ŐŝǀĞ Ă ƉƵĐŬ͛ ƉƵŶƐ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŶŽ ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŽŶŝŐŚƚ ƚŚĞ WŽƌƚůĂŶĚ ƋƵĂƌƚĞƚ ĮŶĚ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ƚŽ Ă ƉĂĐŬĞĚ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ƌƚƐ Centre. The venue is certainly brimming with ĂŶƟĐŝƉĂƟŽŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ƉŽƐƐŝďůǇ ƐƉƵƌƌĞĚ ŽŶ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞ ŽĨ ,ŽĐŬĞǇ͛Ɛ ĚĞďƵƚ ĂůďƵŵ Mind Chaos, ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ƚŚŝƐ ǀĞƌǇ ƐĂŵĞ ĚĂǇ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞƌĞĨŽƌĞ ƐŽŵĞǁŚĂƚ ŽĨ Ă ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ,ŽĐŬĞǇ ŬŝĐŬ Žī proceedings with what is possibly the worst ƚƌĂĐŬ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ƌĞůĂƟǀĞůǇ ĚƵůů Work. /Ĩ ƚŚĂƚ ĨĂŝůƐ ƚŽ ůŝŐŚƚ Ă ĮƌĞ͕ ƚŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ ƐŽŽŶ ƌĞĚĞĞŵ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ ďǇ ŬŶŽĐŬŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ ƚǁŽ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ singles within the next three songs. Both Learn To Lose and Song Away hint at the band that The Killers might have become if they hadn’t

sold their souls to the devil and show just why ,ŽĐŬĞǇ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇ ĮŶĚ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ ĚƌŽǁŶŝŶŐ ŝŶ ŵĞĚŝĂ ĞǆƉĞĐƚĂƟŽŶ͘ Comparisons have ranged from LCD ^ŽƵŶĚƐǇƐƚĞŵ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ^ƚƌŽŬĞƐ ƚŽ ^ƉƌŝŶŐƐƚĞĞŶ ĂŶĚ even to Maggie May-era Rod Stewart. However ,ŽĐŬĞǇ ĂƌĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ďĞƐƚ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŚĂŶŶĞůůŝŶŐ the Stones. Curse This City and Wanna Be Black ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ƚǁŽ ĚŝƐƟŶĐƚ ŚŝŐŚůŝŐŚƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŶŝŐŚƚ͕ showcasing Ben Grubin’s vocal talents to the ŵĂǆ ĂƐ ŚĞ ĚŽĞƐ ŚŝƐ ďĞƐƚ DŝĐŬ :ĂŐŐĞƌ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶ up on the stage.

ƉĂƌƚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ŽƉĞŶŝŶŐ ƐŽŶŐ͕ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůǇ ƟŵĞ that they really fail to connect is when they ƚƌǇ ƐŽŵĞ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ĨŽůŬ ǁŝƚŚ Four Holy Photos. /ƚ͛Ɛ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ ŶŽ &ůĞĞƚ &ŽǆĞƐ ĂŶĚ ũƵƐƚ ůŽŽŬƐ ĂƐ ŝĨ ,ŽĐŬĞǇ ĂƌĞ ƚƌǇŝŶŐ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ƚŽŽ ŚĂƌĚ ƚŽ ŵŝǆ ŝƚ ƵƉ a bit. Ɛ ƚŚĞǇ ŐŽ Žī ƚŽ Śŝƚ ƐŝŶŐůĞ Too Fake, a clearly won over crowd bays for more and the band ƌĞƚƵƌŶ ƚŽ ŬŶŽĐŬ ŽƵƚ ƚǁŽ ŵŽƌĞ ƚƌĂĐŬƐ ĨƌŽŵ Mind Chaos͕ ƐůŽǁĞƌ ƚƌĂĐŬ Everyone’s The Same Age and a blistering Put The Game Down. Grubin ůŽŽŬƐ ĂƐ ŝĨ ŚĞ ŵĂǇ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ďŽƌŶ ƚŽ ĨƌŽŶƚ Ă ƐƚĂĚŝƵŵ ďĂŶĚ ĂŶĚ Žī ƚŚĞ ďĂĐŬ ŽĨ ƚŽŶŝŐŚƚ͛Ɛ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŵĂǇ ďĞ ũƵƐƚ ǁŚĞƌĞ ,ŽĐŬĞǇ are heading. Michael Blunt

film

06oct09 issue232

concrete.film@uea.ac.uk

MAIN FEATURE SURROGATES

The backdrop of Jonathan Mostows’ new ƐĐŝĞŶĐĞͲĮĐƟŽŶ Įůŵ Surrogates shows a new, ĂůŵŽƐƚ ƵƚŽƉŝĂŶ͕ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŚƵŵĂŶƐ ůŝǀĞ ŝŶ ŝƐŽůĂƟŽŶ ƵƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƌŽďŽƚ ƐƵƌƌŽŐĂƚĞƐ ƚŽ ĐĂƌƌǇ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ůŝǀĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŽƵƚƐŝĚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͘ dŚĞ ƵƐĞ ŽĨ ƐƵƌƌŽŐĂƚĞƐ ĐƌĞĂƚĞƐ Ă ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ

; ƌƵĐĞ tŝůůŝƐͿ͕ ǁŚŽ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĚĞƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ŽǁŶ ƐƵƌƌŽŐĂƚĞ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞƌĞĨŽƌĞ ĨŽƌĐĞĚ ƚŽ ŐŽ ŽƵƚƐŝĚĞ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ƚŽ ƐŽůǀĞ ƚŚĞ ŵƵƌĚĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵƉůĞǆ ƐƚƌĂŶĚƐ ŽĨ ĐŽŶƐƉŝƌĂĐǇ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ ƌĞǀĞĂůƐ͘ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ƐŽŵĞ ĂĐƟŽŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ŽǀĞƌůǇ ĂĐƟŽŶ ƉĂĐŬĞĚ͕ ŝŶƐƚĞĂĚ ƚŚĞ ƉƐǇĐŚŽůŽŐŝĐĂů ƚƵƌŵŽŝů ŽĨ 'ƌĞĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ ũŽƵƌŶĞǇ ŽĨ ƐĞůĨͲĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌǇ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ůŝǀŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ͚ƌĞĂů͛ ǁŽƌůĚ

“In classic sci-fi style, the film has a definite ‘us’ and ‘them’ divide”

ǁŚĞƌĞ ĐƌŝŵĞ ŝƐ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ŶŽŶĞǆŝƐƚĞŶƚ͕ ƉůĂƐƟĐ ƐƵƌŐĞƌǇ ŝƐ ĞƌĂĚŝĐĂƚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƐƚ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚůǇ ŚƵŵĂŶƐ ĂƌĞ ƐĂĨĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌŝůƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŚŽŵŝĐŝĚĞ ŝŶ ǇĞĂƌƐ ƐŽŽŶ ƚƵƌŶƐ ƚŚŝƐ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ǁŽƌůĚ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů ŶŝŐŚƚŵĂƌĞ͕ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŝŶ ĚĞƚĞĐƟǀĞ dŽŵ 'ƌĞĞƌ

ŝƐ ĨŽƌĞĨƌŽŶƚĞĚ͘ dŚĞ Įůŵ ĂůƐŽ ĨĂǀŽƵƌƐ ƐŽĐŝĂů ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚĂƌǇ ŽǀĞƌ ĐĂƌ ĐŚĂƐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĞǆƉůŽƐŝŽŶƐ͕ ǁĂƌŶŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŽǀĞƌ ƵƐĂŐĞ ŽĨ ƚĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐǇ ŝŶ ƐŽĐŝĂů ŝŶƚĞƌĂĐƟŽŶ ŝŶ ŵŽĚĞƌŶ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ͘ /Ŷ ĐůĂƐƐŝĐ ƐĐŝͲĮ ƐƚǇůĞ͕ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ŚĂƐ Ă ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞ ͚ƵƐ͛ ĂŶĚ ͚ƚŚĞŵ͛ ĚŝǀŝĚĞ͘ dŚĞ ͚ƵƐ͛ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƐƵƌƌŽŐĂƚĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƵƐĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ͚ƚŚĞŵ͛ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ƌĞďĞů ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ ǁŚŽ ůŝǀĞ ŝŶ ŚƵŵĂŶͲŽŶůǇ ǌŽŶĞƐ ĂŶĚ ďŽǇĐŽƩ ĂŶǇ ĨŽƌŵ ŽĨ ƚĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐǇ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƚĞŶƐŝŽŶ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ

ƚŚĞƐĞ ƚǁŽ ĨĂĐƟŽŶƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĚƌŝǀĞƐ ǁŚĂƚ ůŝƩůĞ ĂĐƟŽŶ ŚĂƉƉĞŶƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ͘ ƌƵĐĞ tŝůůŝƐ ƉůĂǇƐ ŚŝƐ ƵƐƵĂů ƚŽƵŐŚ ŐƵǇ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƉůĂǇƐ ŝƚ ǁĞůů͕ Ăƚ ĮƌƐƚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŚĂƌĚ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ Śŝŵ ƐĞƌŝŽƵƐůǇ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ƐƵƌƌŽŐĂƚĞ͛Ɛ ďŝǌĂƌƌĞ ŇĂǁůĞƐƐ ĂƉƉĞĂƌĂŶĐĞ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ĚŽĞƐ ŐŝǀĞƐ Śŝŵ Ă ƌĂƌĞ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚǇ ƚŽ ƐŚŽǁ ƐŽŵĞ ĞŵŽƟŽŶ ƌĂŶŐĞ͘ tŚŝůƐƚ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƋƵŝƚĞ ĂŶ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŝŶŐ Įůŵ ŝƚ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ƐƚĂŶĚ ŽƵƚ ĂƐ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ ŶĞǁ͕ ƚŚĞ ƌŽďŽƚͬ ŚƵŵĂŶ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŝŵƉĂĐƚ ŽĨ ƌŽďŽƚƐ ŝŶ ŽƵƌ ĚĂŝůǇ ůŝǀĞƐ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ĚŽŶĞ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ŝŶ ƐƵĐŚ ĮůŵƐ ĂƐ Blade Runner and I Robot͘ dŚĞ ƐƚŽƌǇ ŚĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů ƚŽ ďĞ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ũƵƐƚ ĞŶũŽǇĂďůĞ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƌƌĂƟǀĞ ŚĂƐ Ă ĨĞǁ ŚŽůĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƉƌĞĚŝĐƚĂďŝůŝƚǇ ŝƐƐƵĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĂůƐŽ ǀĞƌŐĞƐ ŽŶ ďĞŝŶŐ ƉƌĞĂĐŚǇ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐǇ ƵƐĂŐĞ͘ dŚĞ Įůŵ ŝƐ ǁŽƌƚŚ Ă ǁĂƚĐŚ ĨŽƌ ƌƵĐĞ tŝůůŝƐ ďƵƚ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ƐĞƚ ĞǆƉĞĐƚĂƟŽŶƐ ƚŽŽ ŚŝŐŚ͘

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Rachel Coxon

^çÙÙÊ¦ ã Ý ®Ù͗ ¹ÊÄ ã«ÊÄ DÊÝãÊó Z ½ Ý ã ͗ ϮϱͬϬϵͬϬϵ

TRIVIA TIME Ύ Ɛ ǇŽƵ Ăůů ƉƌŽďĂďůǇ ŬŶŽǁ ďǇ ŶŽǁ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐĂĚĚĞƐƚ ŶĞǁƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌǇ ŚĂƐ ĚĞĂůƚ ƵƐ ƐŝŶĐĞ :ĂŶƵĂƌǇ ŽĨ ϮϬϬϴ͕ ƚŚĞ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ĂŶĚ ǁŽŶĚĞƌĨƵů WĂƚƌŝĐŬ ^ǁĂǇǌĞ ƉĂƐƐĞĚ ĂǁĂǇ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ϭϰƚŚ ŽĨ ^ĞƉƚĞŵďĞƌ͕ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ǇŽƵŶŐ ĂŐĞ ŽĨ ϱϳ͘

Ύ &Žƌ Ăůů ŽĨ ǇŽƵ ǁŚŽ ůŽǀĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƋƵŝƌŬǇ 500 Days of Summer ǇŽƵ͛ůů Ăůů ďĞ ƉůĞĂƐĞĚ ƚŽ ŚĞĂƌ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ DĂƌĐ tĞďď ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ƐŝŐŶĞĚ ƚŽ ĚŝƌĞĐƚ ĂŶ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ƌĞŵĂŬĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂŶŝƐŚ ŶŽŝƌ ƚŚƌŝůůĞƌ Just Another Love Story.

ΎdŚĞ ŵĂŶ ďĞŚŝŶĚ ƚŚĞ KĐĞĂŶ͛Ɛ ůĞǀĞŶͲĂŶĚͲ ƚŚĞŶͲƐŽŵĞ ĨƌĂŶĐŚŝƐĞ Ͳ ^ƚĞǀĞŶ ^ŽĚĞƌďĞƌŐŚ Ͳ ŝƐ ŐĞƫŶŐ ƌĞĂĚǇ ƚŽ ďƌĞĂŬ ĂǁĂǇ ĨƌŽŵ ŚŝƐ ďĂŶŬ ŚĞŝƐƚ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ƐĞƚ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ Ă ƐƉǇ ƚŚƌŝůůĞƌ ĐĂůůĞĚ Knockout͘ dŚŝƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƐƚĂƌƌŝŶŐ Ă ŬŶŽĐŬŽƵƚ ŽĨ Ă ŵŝǆĞĚ ŵĂƌƟĂů ĂƌƚƐ ĞǆƉĞƌƚ ;ŚĞŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ƟƚůĞͿ 'ŝŶĂ ĂƌĂŶŽ͘ ĂƚĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƵŶƐƵƌĞ ŽŶ ƚŚŝƐ ŽŶĞ͕ ŚŽƉĞĨƵůůǇ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ǁĞ ǁŝůů ŚĞĂƌ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚŝƐ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ͘

Ύ dŚĞ ůĞŐĞŶĚĂƌǇ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ZŽŵĂŶ WŽůĂŶƐŬŝ ŝƐ ƵŶĚĞƌ ĂƌƌĞƐƚ ŝŶ ^ǁŝƚǌĞƌůĂŶĚ ĂŶĚ ŵĂǇ ďĞ ĨĂĐŝŶŐ ĞǆƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ h^ ůĞĂǀŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĨĂƚĞ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ůĂƚĞƐƚ Įůŵ The Ghost ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ ƵŶŬŶŽǁŶ ĨĂƚĞ͘ dŚĞ ƐƚĂƌ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƌƵŶ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ h^ ĨŽƌ

ŽǀĞƌ ϯϬ ǇĞĂƌƐ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ƐŽŵĞŚŽǁ ƐƟůů ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ĮůŵƐ͘͘͘

Ύ͙dŚĞ ƚŚƌŝůůĞƌ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƐƚĂƌƌŝŶŐ ǁĂŶDĐ'ƌĞŐŐŽƌ ŝƐ ƐƟůů ŝŶ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ŵĂǇ ŶŽƚ ďĞ ĮŶŝƐŚĞĚ ŝŶ ƟŵĞ͕ ďƵƚ ĞǀĞŶ ŝĨ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ƐƟůů ŶŽ ŐƵĂƌĞŶƚĞĞ ŚĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ƐĞůů ŝƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞ h^ Įůŵ ĚŝƐƚƌŝďƵƚŽƌƐ͘

Ύ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚ ĞŶ ^ƟůůĞƌ ĂŶĚ ZŽďĞƌƚ Ğ EŝƌŽ ŚĂǀĞ ŚĂĚ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ŽĨ ƐĞůůŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ ǇŽƵ͛Ě ďĞ ǁƌŽŶŐ͕ >ŝƩůĞ &ŽĐŬĞƌƐ ŝƐ ŝŶ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ŶŽǁ ĂŶĚ ǁŝůů ďĞ ŚŝƫŶŐ ŽƵƌ ƐĐƌĞĞŶƐ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϬ͘ /Ĩ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƚŽ ƐĞůů ǇŽƵ Ă ƟĐŬĞƚ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ĐĂƐƚ ůŝƐƚ ŵĂǇ ďĞ͕ ǁŝƚŚ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ŽůĚ ĨĂĐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ůŝŬĞƐ ŽĨ :ĞƐƐŝĐĂ ůďĂ ĂŶĚ KǁĞŶ tŝůƐŽŶ ŽŶ ďŽĂƌĚ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƐĞƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƐƚĂƌ ƐƚƵĚĚĞĚ ĐĂƐƚ ǇĞƚ͘

Ύ ůů ǇŽƵ ĂŶŝŵĠ ĨĂŶƐ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƉůĞĂƐĞĚ ƚŽ ŚĞĂƌ͕ ^ƚƵĚŝŽ 'Śŝďůŝ ǁŝůů ďĞ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ Taketori Monogatari Ă͘Ŭ͘Ă The Tale of the Bamboo ƵƩĞƌ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ Ă ĐůĂƐƐŝĐ :ĂƉĂŶĞƐĞ ƚĂůĞ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ĐĞŶƚƵƌŝĞƐ ŽůĚ͕ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ŵĂĚĞ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ŵŽǀŝĞ ƚǁŝĐĞ ďĞĨŽƌĞ Ͳ ŝŶ ϭϵϲϬ ĂŶĚ ϭϵϴϰ Ͳ ĂůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƟŵĞ ŝƚ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĂŶŝŵĂƚĞĚ͘ Micha Butler

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Based on the true story of Nathanial Ayers, The Soloist ŝƐ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ǀĞƌƐŝŽŶ of a book chronicling the descent of Ă ŐŝŌĞĚ ŵƵƐŝĐŝĂŶ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ƐĐŚŽůĂƌƐŚŝƉ Ăƚ EĞǁ zŽƌŬ͛Ɛ ƉƌĞƐƟŐŝŽƵƐ :ƵůůŝĂƌĚ ^ĐŚŽŽů͕ ƚŽ ƐĞǀĞƌĞ ƐĐŚŝǌŽƉŚƌĞŶŝĂ͕ ƐŽĐŝĂů ĞǆĐůƵƐŝŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŚŽŵĞůĞƐƐŶĞƐƐ͘ Unfortunately, there is a sense ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ĨĞĞůƐ ƚŽŽ ďŝŐ ĨŽƌ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ :ŽĞ tƌŝŐŚƚ Ͳ ƚŚĞ ĂŵďŝƟŽƵƐ ǀŝƐŝŽŶ ǁŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ŚĂŶĚůĞĚ ďĞƩĞƌ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŚĂŶĚƐ ŽĨ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ ŵŽƌĞ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ͘ dŚĂƚ ƐĂŝĚ͕ :ĂŵŝĞ &Žǆǆ ;ĂƐ ƚŚĞ brilliant but troubled Ayers) and ZŽďĞƌƚ ŽǁŶĞǇ :ƌ͘ ; ŶŐĞůŝŶŽ͕ journalist and unlikely friend to Ayers) are nothing short of astounding – ďŽƚŚ ƚĂůĞŶƚĞĚ ĂĐƚŽƌƐ ĂƌĞ ŽŶ ƚŽƉ ĨŽƌŵ

ĂŶĚ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ůŝŬĞĂďůĞ ƋƵĂůŝƚǇ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞŵ͕ ĐĂƌƌǇŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ĞŵŽƟŽŶĂůůǇ ĂŶĚ ƐƚĞĂĚĨĂƐƚůǇ ŚŽůĚŝŶŐ ŽƵƌ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ͘ ^ŽŵĞ ƐĐĞŶĞƐ ĚŽ ĂƉƉĞĂƌ ƚŽ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ ƐŽŵĞǁŚĂƚ ŽĨ Ă ƐĞŶƐŽƌǇ ŽǀĞƌůŽĂĚ ʹ ǀŝǀŝĚ ĐůĂƐŚŝŶŐ ŽĨ ŵƵƐŝĐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽůŽƵƌ Ͳ ŝŶĚŝĐĂƟǀĞ ŽĨ tƌŝŐŚƚ ƚƌǇŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĚŽ ƚŽŽ ŵƵĐŚ Ăƚ ŽŶĐĞ Ͳ ďƵƚ ŽǀĞƌĂůů ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ůĞŌ Ă ƌĞĂů ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ŚƵŵĂŶ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĚĞŵƉƟŽŶ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ďĞůŝĞĨ͘ Naomi Fraser

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Does the world really need another ƌĞŵĂŬĞ ŽĨ Fame? That’s the ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ ƉŽƐĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚŝƐ ƐŽŵĞǁŚĂƚ ƵŶĚĞƌǁŚĞůŵŝŶŐ ǀĞƌƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŝĐŽŶŝĐ ϭϵϴϬ ŵŽǀŝĞ ĚŝƌĞĐƚĞĚ ďǇ ůĂŶ WĂƌŬĞƌ͘ This was later turned into a TV ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƌŽĂĚǁĂǇ ŵƵƐŝĐĂů ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝŶƚƌŽĚƵĐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĚĞůŝŐŚƚƐ ŽĨ ůĞŐǁĂƌŵĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ĚĂŶĐŝŶŐ ŽŶ ĐĂƌƐ ƚŽ ĂŶ ĞŶƟƌĞ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶ͘ Ɛ ǁŝƚŚ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐ ŝŶĐĂƌŶĂƟŽŶƐ͕ Fame ĨŽůůŽǁƐ Ă ŐƌŽƵƉ ŽĨ ĚŝǀĞƌƐĞ characters across four years at the ĞǆĐůƵƐŝǀĞ EĞǁ zŽƌŬ ŝƚǇ ,ŝŐŚ ^ĐŚŽŽů ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ WĞƌĨŽƌŵŝŶŐ ƌƚƐ͘ dŚĞǇ ůĞĂƌŶ to dance, sing, act and look good ǁŚŝůƐƚ ǁĞĂƌŝŶŐ Ă ůĞŽƚĂƌĚ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŝŶ ĂƩĞŵƉƟŶŐ ƚŽ ĐƌĂŵ ƐŽ ŵĂŶǇ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ ŽǀĞƌ ƐƵĐŚ Ă ůŽŶŐ ƟŵĞ ƐƉĂŶ ŝŶƚŽ ϭϬϳ

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The bicentennial year of Charles Darwin’s birth is undoubtedly a ƐƵŝƚĂďůĞ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞ Ă ďŝŽƉŝĐ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƉŝŽŶĞĞƌŝŶŐ ŶĂƚƵƌĂůŝƐƚ͕ ĂŶĚ :ŽŶ ŵŝĞů ŐŝǀĞƐ Ă ǀĂůŝĂŶƚ ĂƩĞŵƉƚ Ăƚ Ă ƉƐǇĐŚŽůŽŐŝĐĂů ƉƌŽĮůĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŶ͘ hŶĨŽƌƚƵŶĂƚĞůǇ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƉƌĞĐŝƐĞůǇ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽďůĞŵ͘ ĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ͛Ɛ ƟƚůĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ ŽĨ On the Origin of Species takes a back seat and is dealt with in Ă ĐŽƵƉůĞ ŽĨ ŽǀĞƌĚƌĂŵĂƟĐ ŵŽŶƚĂŐĞƐ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĐŚŝĞĨ ďƵůŬ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ĐŽŶĐĞƌŶŝŶŐ ĂƌǁŝŶ͛Ɛ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝƐ ƚƌŽƵďůĞĚ ĨĂŵŝůǇ͘ ZĞĂůͲůŝĨĞ ĐŽƵƉůĞ WĂƵů ĞƩĂŶǇ ĂŶĚ :ĞŶŶŝĨĞƌ ŽŶŶĞůůǇ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞƐ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƐĐŝĞŶƟĮĐĂůůǇ ĂŶĚ ƌĞůŝŐŝŽƵƐůǇ ŽƉƉŽƐĞĚ ŚĂƌůĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŵŵĂ

dĞĐŚŶŝĐĂůůǇ͕ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ŝƐ ĞǆĐĞůůĞŶƚ͕ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇ ǁŚĞŶ ŝƚ ǀŝƐŝƚƐ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƌĞ ĞǆŽƟĐ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶƐ͘ dŚĞ ƐĐĞŶĞƐ ŝŶǀŽůǀŝŶŐ ǁŝůĚůŝĨĞ ƐƚĂŶĚ ŽƵƚ ďƌŝůůŝĂŶƚůǇ͘ ŚƌŝƐƚŽƉŚĞƌ zŽƵŶŐ͛Ɛ ƐĐŽƌĞ ŝƐ ĐŽŵƉůŝŵĞŶƚĂƌǇ ĂŶĚ ƵŶŽďƚƌƵƐŝǀĞ͕ ďŽůƐƚĞƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĞŵŽƟŽŶĂů ĚĞƉƚŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ŚĂƉƉĞŶŝŶŐ ŽŶƐĐƌĞĞŶ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ƉůŽƚ͛Ɛ ŵŽƌŽƐĞ ŶĂƚƵƌĞ does ensure that ƌĞĂƟŽŶ ŝƐ Ă ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ ǁŽƌŬ ƚŽ ĞŶũŽǇ͕ ĂůďĞŝƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƐŽŵĞ ƐŽůŝĚ ŝĚĞĂƐ ďĞŚŝŶĚ ŝƚ͘

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Will Cross

Pandorum͕ 'ĞƌŵĂŶ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ŚƌŝƐƟĂŶ ůǀĞƌƚ͛Ɛ ĞŶƚƌǇ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐĐŝͲĮͬŚŽƌƌŽƌ ŐĞŶƌĞ͕ ĨŽůůŽǁƐ ŽǁĞƌ ; ĞŶ &ŽƌĞƐƚĞƌͿ ĂŶĚ WĂǇƚŽŶ ; ĞŶŶŝƐ YƵĂŝĚͿ ĂƐ ƚŚĞǇ ĂǁĂŬĞŶ ĨƌŽŵ ŚǇƉĞƌ ƐůĞĞƉ ŽŶďŽĂƌĚ Ă ƐƚĂƌƐŚŝƉ ŵŝůůŝŽŶƐ ŽĨ ŵŝůĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ĂƌƚŚ͘ >ĂĐŬŝŶŐ ŝŶ ŵĞŵŽƌǇ͕ ŶĞŝƚŚĞƌ ŵĂŶ ŬŶŽǁƐ ƚŚĞ ĨƵůů ĚĞƚĂŝůƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ Žƌ ǁŚĂƚ ŚĂƐ ŚĂƉƉĞŶĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŝƉƐ ĐƌĞǁ͘ ŌĞƌ ƉŽǁĞƌ ůŽƐƐ͕ ůŽĐŬĞĚ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŝŶ ƐŚŝƉ͕ ŽǁĞƌ ŵƵƐƚ ǀĞŶƚƵƌĞ ƚŽ ƌĞƐƚĂƌƚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂĐƚŽƌ͘ Ɛ ŚĞ ũŽƵƌŶĞǇƐ ĚĞĞƉĞƌ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŝƉ͕ ŽǁĞƌ ĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ƚĞƌƌŝďůĞ ŚĂƐ ŚĂƉƉĞŶĞĚ ƚŽ ƌĞƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐƌĞǁ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŝƉƐ ŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ ŝƐ ŬĞǇ ƚŽ ŚƵŵĂŶŝƚǇ͛Ɛ ƐƵƌǀŝǀĂů͘ ŚƌŝƐƟĂŶ ůǀĞƌƚ ǁĂƐ ŚĂŝůĞĚ ĂƐ ͚ƚŚĞ 'ĞƌŵĂŶ EĞǁ &ĂĐĞ ŽĨ ŝŶĞŵĂ͛ Ăƚ

ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ ƚŚĞ ŵŽǀŝĞ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƌƵƐŚĞĚ͘ dŚĞ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ ĂƌĞ ŶĞǀĞƌ ĂůůŽǁĞĚ ƚŽ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĞƌĞŽƚǇƉĞƐ ŽĨ͗ ƚŚĞ ŶĞƌĚǇ ŽŶĞ͕ ƋƵŝĞƚ ŽŶĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ŚŽƚ ŽŶĞ͕ ĞƚĐ͘ Fame ŝƐ ŶŽƚ Ă ďĂĚ ŵŽǀŝĞ͖ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ũƵƐƚ Ă ďůĂŶĚ͕ ƵŶŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů ŽŶĞ͘ dŚŽƵŐŚ ĨĂŶƐ ŽĨ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ƐŝƚĐŽŵƐ ŵĂǇ ĞŶũŽǇ ƚŚĞ ĂƉƉĞĂƌĂŶĐĞƐ ďǇ ĂĐƚŽƌƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ <ĞůͲ ƐĞǇ 'ƌĂŵŵĞƌ ͕ ƚŚĞ ǀŽŝĐĞ ŽĨ ^ŝĚĞƐŚŽǁ Žď ĂŶĚ &ƌĂƐŝĞƌ͕ ĂŶĚ DĞŐĂŶ DƵůůĞǇ ǁŚŽ ƉůĂǇĞĚ <ĂƌĞŶ ŝŶ tŝůů ĂŶĚ 'ƌĂĐĞ͘ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ͛ǀĞ ƐĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů ƚŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚŚͲ ŝŶŐ ŶĞǁ ŚĞƌĞ͘ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞŶ͛ƚ͕ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ŶŽƚ ŵŝƐƐŝŶŐ ŵƵĐŚ͘

4/10

Jake Miller

ƚŚĞ ϮϬϬϱ &/ Įůŵ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů͕ ďƵƚ ĂŌĞƌ ǁĂƚĐŚŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ͕ ŚŝƐ ĮƌƐƚ ,ŽůůǇǁŽŽĚ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ǁŚǇ͘ dŚĞ ĚŝƌĞĐƟŽŶ ŝƐ ĐůŝĐŚĠĚ͖ ĨƌĞŶǌŝĞĚ ĐĂŵĞƌĂ ŵŽǀĞŵĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ĚĂƌŬ ůŝŐŚƟŶŐ is intended to create tension and suggest an unseen terror but instead ŵĂŬĞƐ ǁŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ŐŽŝŶŐ ŽŶ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ ƚŽ ĨŽůůŽǁ͘ None of Pandorum’s ideas ĂƌĞ ŝƚƐ ŽǁŶ͖ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ŝƐ Ă ŬŝŶĚ ŽĨ ͚&ƌĂŶŬĞŶƐƚĞŝŶ͛Ɛ ŵŽŶƐƚĞƌ͛ ŵĂĚĞ ĨƌŽŵ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƌƉƐĞƐ ŽĨ ďĞƩĞƌ ĮůŵƐ͘

2/10

Paul Wardlow

d« /Äò Äã®ÊÄ Ê¥ >ù®Ä¦ ®Ù͗ Z® »ù ' Ùò ®Ý Ä D ãã« ó ZÊ ®ÄÝÊÄ Z ½ Ý ã ͗ ϬϮͬϭϬͬϬϵ /ŵĂŐŝŶĞ Ă ǁŽƌůĚ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ůŝĞƐ͕ ĞƵƉŚĞŵŝƐŵƐ ĂŶĚ ŝŵĂŐŝŶĂƟŽŶ͘ ZŝĐŬǇ 'ĞƌǀĂŝƐ ĚŝĚ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƵůƚ ǁĂƐ The /ŶǀĞŶƟŽŶ ŽĨ >ǇŝŶŐ͘ 'ĞƌǀĂŝƐ ƐƚĂƌƐ as failing fat screenwriter Mark ĞůůŝƐŽŶ ǁŚŽ ŝŶǀĞŶƚƐ ůŝĞƐ ǁŚĞŶ ŚĞ ůŽƐĞƐ ŚŝƐ ũŽď ĂŶĚ ĨĂĐĞƐ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽƐƉĞĐƚ ŽĨ ŚŽŵĞůĞƐƐŶĞƐƐ͘ dŚŽƵŐŚ ƉĂĐŬĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ 'ĞƌǀĂŝƐ͛ ƚƌĂĚĞŵĂƌŬ ǁŝƩǇ ĂƐŝĚĞƐ͕ ŵƵŵďůŝŶŐ and his self confessed ability to ‘take ĨŽƌĞǀĞƌ ƚŽ ƐĂǇ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ͕͛ ƚŚĞ ŽƉĞŶŝŶŐ ĮǀĞ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ ƉƌŽǀĞ ƚŚŝƐ ŵŽǀŝĞ ŶŽƚ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ĐŽŵĞĚǇ͘ /ŶƐƚĞĂĚ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ Ă ďůĂƚĂŶƚ ĂƩĂĐŬ ŽŶ ƌĞůŝŐŝŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ͛Ɛ ƐŚĂůůŽǁŶĞƐƐ͘ ƐůŽǁ ƐƚĂƌƚĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞŵŝƐĞ ǁĂƐ ďĞƩĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ǁŚĂƚ ĂƉƉĞĂƌĞĚ ŽŶ ƐĐƌĞĞŶ͘ dŚĞ ŝĚĞĂ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŝŶ this world not only told the truth but ǁĞƌĞ ĐŽŵƉĞůůĞĚ ƚŽ ďůƵƌƚ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŝŶŶĞƌ ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚƐ ƌĞƐƵůƚĞĚ ŝŶ ƉůĂƐƟĐ͕ ƉƌŝŵĂƌǇ ƐĐŚŽŽů ƐƚǇůĞ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞƐ͘ ^ƵĐŚ ĚĞĐŝƐŝŽŶƐ ƐĞĞŵĞĚ ůŝŬĞ ĚŝƌĞĐƟŶŐ ĚŝƐĂƐƚĞƌƐ͘͘͘Ăƚ ĮƌƐƚ͘ Ƶƚ ŶŶĂ͛Ɛ ;:ĞŶŶŝĨĞƌ 'ĂƌŶĞƌͿ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ ƉƌŽŐƌĞƐƐŝŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ ƐŽĐŝĂů ƐŶŽď ƚŽ ĨƌĞĞ ƚŚŝŶŬĞƌ ǁĂƐ ĐĂƉƚƵƌĞĚ ďǇ ŚĞƌ ĂĐƟŶŐ ďĞĐŽŵŝŶŐ ƉƌŽŐƌĞƐƐŝǀĞůǇ ůĞƐƐ ǁŽŽĚĞŶ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝŶŶŽǀĂƟǀĞ ƚĞĐŚŶŝƋƵĞ ŚĞůƉĞĚ ƐŚĂƉĞ ƚŚĞ ƐƚǇůĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽǀŝĞ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ƌĞĂĸƌŵŝŶŐ 'ĞƌǀĂŝƐ͛ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ůŽŶĞ ǀŽŝĐĞ ŽĨ ƌĞĂƐŽŶ ŝŶ ĂŶ ŝŶƐĂŶĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͘ dŚŽƵŐŚ ŶŽƚ ǁŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ ŵĂǇ ďĞ ĞǆƉĞĐƟŶŐ͕ The /ŶǀĞŶƟŽŶ ŽĨ >ǇŝŶŐ ǁŝůů ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ ŐŝǀĞ ǇŽƵ Ă ůŽƚ ƚŽ ƚŚŝŶŬ ĂďŽƵƚ ĂŌĞƌǁĂƌĚƐ͘

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James Marlow

film

06oct09 issue232

concrete.film@uea.ac.uk

DVD RELEASES &®¦«ã®Ä¦

K Ý Ùò Ä Z ÖÊÙã K Ý Ùò Ä Z ÖÊÙã

®Ù͘ ®ãÊ DÊÄã® ½ Z ½ Ý ã ͗ ϮϴͬϬϵͬϬϵ

®Ù͘ :Ê ù ,®½½ ®Ù͘ :Ê ù ,®½½ Z ½ Ý ã ͗ ϮϴͬϬϵͬϬϵ Z ½ Ý ã ͗ ϮϴͬϬϵͬϬϵ

WĂĐŬĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƚĞƐƚŽƐƚĞƌŽŶĞͲĮůůĞĚ boxing, &ŝŐŚƟŶŐ ŝƐ͕ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ĚŽƵďƚ͕ ĂƉƉƌŽƉƌŝĂƚĞůǇ named. dŚĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƐĞĞƐ dĂƚƵŵ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĚŽǁŶͲŽŶͲ ŚŝƐͲůƵĐŬ ^ŚĂǁŶ DĐ ƌƚŚƵƌ͕ ƐĞůůŝŶŐ ĨĂŬĞ ďŽŽŬƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƌĞĞƚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ Ă ĮƐƚͲĐůĞŶĐŚŝŶŐ ĂƌŐƵŵĞŶƚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĐƵƐƚŽŵĞƌ͘ ŌĞƌ ƐĞĞŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ^ŚĂǁŶ ŚĂƐ ŐƌĞĂƚ ĮŐŚƟŶŐ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů͕ ,ĂƌǀĞǇ ;dĞƌĞŶĐĞ ,ŽǁĂƌĚͿ ŵĂŬĞƐ Śŝŵ ĂŶ ŽīĞƌ ŚĞ ĐĂŶ͛ƚ ƌĞĨƵƐĞ ďǇ ĨƵŶĚŝŶŐ Śŝŵ ƚŽ ĞŶƚĞƌ ĮŐŚƟŶŐ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶƐ͘ Ɛ ƚŚĞǇ ƐƚƌƵŐŐůĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ŐƌŝŵǇ EĞǁ zŽƌŬ ďĂĐŬĚƌŽƉ

ĂŶĚ ĞƋƵĂůůǇ ƐƵŝƚĂďůĞ ƐŽƵŶĚƚƌĂĐŬ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚĞ ŵŽŽĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ũƵƐƚ ƌŝŐŚƚ͘ ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ŝƚŽ DŽŶƟĞů ĚŽĞƐ Ă ƌĞĂƐŽŶĂďůĞ ũŽď͕ ďƵƚ ŽĐĐĂƐŝŽŶĂůůǇ ƚŚĞ ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ ĮŶĚ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ ŝŶ ŵĞĂŶ ƚŚĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƉƵƐŚĞĚ ƚŽ ĐĂƌĞ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ dĞƌĞŶĐĞ ,ŽǁĂƌĚ ƉƵƚƐ ŽŶ Ă ďƌŝůůŝĂŶƚ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ŚĂŶŶŝŶŐ dĂƚƵŵ ĂŶĚ ƵůĂǇ ,ĞŶĂŽ ĂƌĞŶ͛ƚ ŚĂƌƐŚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĞǇĞ͘

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Elizabeth Poole

ŶŽƚŚĞƌ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŝŶŐ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ Įůŵ ŝƐ ĐŚƵƌŶĞĚ ŽƵƚ in KďƐĞƌǀĞ ĂŶĚ ZĞƉŽƌƚ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ^ĞƚŚ ZŽŐĂŶ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ůĞĂĚ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ ZŽŶŶŝĞ ĂƌŶŚĂƌĚƚ͕ Ă ŚŽƉĞůĞƐƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƉĞĐƚĂĐƵůĂƌůǇ ƌƵďďŝƐŚ ƐĞĐƵƌŝƚǇ ŐƵĂƌĚ ŽĨ Ă ƐŚŽƉƉŝŶŐ ŵĂůů͘ dŚĞ Įůŵ ĨŽůůŽǁƐ ZŽŶŶŝĞ͛Ɛ ŚĂůĨͲŚĞĂƌƚĞĚ ĂƩĞŵƉƚƐ ƚŽ ŬĞĞƉ ƚŚĞ ŵĂůů ƵŶĚĞƌ ĐŽŶƚƌŽů͕ ĨƌŽŵ ƐŚŽƉůŝŌĞƌƐ ƚŽ ƚƌŽƵďůĞƐŽŵĞ ƚĞĞŶĂŐĞƌƐ͕ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ǀǇŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ůŽǀĞ ŽĨ ĂŶ ŝŶͲŚŽƵƐĞ ĐŽƐŵĞƟĐ ƐĂůĞƐͲ ƉĞƌƐŽŶ͕ ƌĂŶĚŝ ; ŶŶĂ &ĂƌŝƐͿ͘ dŚĞ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ ŵŽƌĞ ůŝŬĞĂďůĞ͖ ǁŚĞŶ

ZŽŶŶŝĞ ;ǁŚŽ ƚĂŬĞƐ ŵĞĚŝĐŝŶĞ ĨŽƌ ŚŝƐ ďŝƉŽůĂƌ ĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶͿ ĂĐƚƐ ůŝŬĞ Ă ďƵīŽŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƚƌŝĞƐ ƚŽ ƌĂƉĞ ƌĂŶĚŝ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐĐƌŝƉƚ ŝƐ ƚĂŬĞŶ Ă ďŝƚ ƚŽŽ ĨĂƌ ďǇ Ă Įůŵ ƚŚĂƚ ĐŽŶƐƚĂŶƚůǇ ĨĞĞůƐ ůŝŬĞ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƚƌǇŝŶŐ ƚŽŽ ŚĂƌĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ĨƵŶŶǇ͘ :ŽĚǇ ,ŝůů ďŽƚŚ ĚŝƌĞĐƚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ǁƌŽƚĞ ƚŚĞ ƐĐƌŝƉƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ KďƐĞƌǀĞ ĂŶĚ ZĞƉŽƌƚ, however, the Įůŵ ǁŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞĚ ĚƌĂŵĂƟĐĂůůǇ ŚĂĚ ^ĞƚŚ ZŽŐĂŶ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƐĐƌŝƉƚ ŚŝŵƐĞůĨ͘

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Elizabeth Poole

film

06oct09 issue232

concrete.film@uea.ac.uk

RATED OR SLATED?

AVATAR: REVOLUTIONARY SCI-FI? &ŝƌƐƚ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ĮƌƐƚ͖ ƚŚŝƐ ĐŽƵůĚ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ƚŚĞ ǁĂǇ ǁĞ ǁĂƚĐŚ ĮůŵƐ͘͘͘ĨŽƌĞǀĞƌ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ĚŝƌĞĐƚĞĚ ďǇ :ĂŵĞƐ ĂŵĞƌŽŶ͕ ƚŚĞ ǀŝƐŝŽŶĂƌǇ ǁŚŽ ďƌŽƵŐŚƚ ƵƐ Aliens͕ The Terminator ;ĂŶĚ ŝƚƐ ƐĞƋƵĞůͿ ĂŶĚ True Lies͕ ĂŶĚ ĂďŽƵƚ ƟŵĞ ƚŽŽ͖ ŚĞ ŚĂƐŶ͛ƚ ŵĂĚĞ Ă ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞ Įůŵ ƐŝŶĐĞ ϭϵϵϳ͘ dŚĞ ďŝŐ ƌĞĂƐŽŶ ǁŚǇ Avatar ĐŽƵůĚ ƌƵůĞ ŝƐ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂƐŽŶ ŚĞ ŚĂƐŶ͛ƚ ŵĂĚĞ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ ĞůƐĞ ĨŽƌ ϭϮ ǇĞĂƌƐ͘ ĂĐŬ ƚŚĞŶ ŚĞ ƉŝƚĐŚĞĚ ŚŝƐ ƐĐƌŝƉƚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ďƵĚŐĞƚ ǁĂƐ ĐĂůĐƵůĂƚĞĚ͕

ƐƚĞƌĞŽƐĐŽƉŝĐ ϯ ŝŵĂŐĞƐ͖ ďĂƐŝĐĂůůǇ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ĐĂŶ ƐŝŵƵůĂƚĞ ŚƵŵĂŶ ƐŝŐŚƚ ƚŽ Ă ĚĞŐƌĞĞ ŽĨ ĂĐĐƵƌĂĐǇ ŶĞǀĞƌ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƐĞĞŶ͘ DŽƟŽŶ ĐĂƉƚƵƌĞ ĂŶŝŵĂƟŽŶ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ƵƐĞĚ ƚŽ ĐƌĞĂƚĞ ƉŚŽƚŽͲƌĞĂůŝƐƟĐ '/ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ͕ ďƵƚ ŝŶ ƐƵĐŚ ĂŶ ĂĚǀĂŶĐĞĚ ǁĂǇ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚŝƐ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ĚŽŶĞ ƐŝŵƵůƚĂŶĞŽƵƐůǇ ǁŝƚŚ

ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂů Ăŝƌ ďĂƩůĞ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ůŝŬĞ ŝƚ ǁŝůů ĞǆĐĞĞĚ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ ǇŽƵ͛ǀĞ ĞǀĞƌ ƐĞĞŶ ďĞĨŽƌĞ͘ Avatar ĐŽƐƚ ΨϮϴϴ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ƐŚŽǁƐ͘ hŶĨŽƌƚƵŶĂƚĞůǇ ƚŚĞ ƉůŽƚ ŝƐ ĚĂŌ ƚŽ ƐĂǇ ƚŚĞ ůĞĂƐƚ͖ Ă ƉĂƌĂƉůĞŐŝĐ ĨŽƌŵĞƌ ŵĂƌŝŶĞ ŚĂƐ ŚŝƐ ĐŽŶƐĐŝŽƵƐŶĞƐƐ ƚƌĂŶƐĨĞƌƌĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ďŽĚǇ ŽĨ Ă

“Avatar cost $288m... and it shows”

“This could change the way we watch films” ďƌŝŶŐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ůŝŵŝƚĂƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ƚĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐǇ ŝŶƚŽ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĂƟŽŶ͘ /ƚ ĐĂŵĞ ƚŽ ΨϰϬϬ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ͘ ZĞĂůŝƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ŶŽ ƌŝŐŚƚͲŵŝŶĚĞĚ ƐƚƵĚŝŽ ǁŽƵůĚ ƉĂƌƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĂƚ ĂŵŽƵŶƚ ŽĨ ŵŽŶĞǇ͕ ĂŵĞƌŽŶ ƐĂƚ ďĂĐŬ ĂŶĚ ǁĂŝƚĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƚĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐǇ ƚŽ ĐĂƚĐŚ ƵƉ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝƐ ǀŝƐŝŽŶ͘ dŚĞŶ͕ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϮ͕ ŚĞ ƐĂǁ The Two Towers ĂŶĚ tĞƚĂ ŝŐŝƚĂů͛Ɛ '/ ŵŝƌĂĐůĞ 'ŽůůƵŵ͘ dŝŵĞ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ƚŽ ǁŽƌŬ͘ /Ŷ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ͕ ďƌĂŶĚ ŶĞǁ ĐĂŵĞƌĂƐ ǁĞƌĞ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉĞĚ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĐĂŶ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞ

dŚĞ ĐĂƐƚ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ŵƵĐŚ ĐŽƉ ĞŝƚŚĞƌ͘ ^Ăŵ tŽƌƚŚŝŶŐƚŽŶ ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĂůƌŝŐŚƚ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƟŶŐ ĐĂƐƚ ŝƐ ǁŽƌƌǇŝŶŐ͖ ƌĞůŝĂďůĞ ŚĂŶĚƐ ^ŝŐŽƵƌŶĞǇ tĞĂǀĞƌ ĂŶĚ 'ŝŽǀĂŶŶŝ ZŝďŝƐŝ ĂƌĞ ĐŽƵŶƚĞƌĞĚ ďǇ DŝĐŚĞůůĞ ͚WŽƵƚǇ͛ ZŽĚƌŝŐƵĞǌ ĂŶĚ ŽĞ ^ĂůĚĂŶĂ ;hŚƵƌĂ ŝŶ Star Trek͕ ĂƌŐƵĂďůǇ ƚŚĞ ǁĞĂŬĞƐƚ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞͿ͘ ŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ ƚŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ :ŽĞů ĂǀŝĚ DŽŽƌĞ͕ ŝŶĞǆƉůŝĐĂďůǇ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ Ă ƐĐŝĞŶƟƐƚ͖ ĂŌĞƌ dŚĞ ,ŽƫĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ EŽƫĞ ŚĞ ƐŚŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚ ďĞ ĂůůŽǁĞĚ ŝŶ ĮůŵƐ͘ ŶŽƚŚĞƌ ŝƐƐƵĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ͕ ĂƐ ŚŝƐ ĐĂƌĞĞƌ ŚĂƐ

ƚŚĞ ĂĐƚŽƌ͛Ɛ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ͖ ĂŐĂŝŶ͕ ƚŽ ĞǆƉůĂŝŶ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ŵĞĂŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ĐĂŶ ĚŝƌĞĐƚ ƚŚĞ ĂĐƚŽƌ͛Ɛ '/ ĐŽƵŶƚĞƌƉĂƌƚƐ ĂƐ ŝĨ ƚŚĞǇ ǁĞƌĞ ĂĐƚƵĂůůǇ ƚŚĞƌĞ͘ dŚĞ ƚƌĂŝůĞƌ ůŽŽŬƐ ĂďƐŽůƵƚĞůǇ ƐƚƵŶŶŝŶŐ͖ ƚŚĞ ǀŝƐƵĂůƐ ĂƌĞ ďĞǇŽŶĚ ĂŵĂǌŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĞīĞĐƚƐ ůŽŽŬ ŝŶĐƌĞĚŝďůĞ͘ /Ŷ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ͕ ĂĐƟŽŶ ƐĞƋƵĞŶĐĞƐ ĂƌĞ ĐŽůŽƐƐĂů͕

EĂ͛ǀŝ ;Ă ďŝŐ͕ ďůƵĞ͕ ŚƵŵĂŶŽŝĚ ĂůŝĞŶͿ ĂŶĚ ƚƌĂǀĞůƐ ƚŽ WĂŶĚŽƌĂ͕ ƚŚĞ EĂ͛ǀŝ͛Ɛ ŚŽŵĞ ƉůĂŶĞƚ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŚƵŵĂŶŝƚǇ ŝƐ ĂƩĞŵƉƟŶŐ ƚŽ ŐƵƚ ĨŽƌ ƌĞƐŽƵƌĐĞƐ͘ ,Ğ ŵĞĞƚƐ Ă ĨĞŵĂůĞ EĂ͛ǀŝ͕ ůŽǀĞ ŚĂƉƉĞŶƐ͕ ďĂƩůĞ ĨŽƌ WĂŶĚŽƌĂ͛Ɛ ƐƵƌǀŝǀĂů͖ Ă ďŽƌĞĚ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ŵŽƌĞ Fern Gully ƚŚĂŶ Aliens͘

ƉƌŽŐƌĞƐƐĞĚ͕ ĂŵĞƌŽŶ ŚĂƐ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ŵŽƌĞ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶĐůŝŶĞĚ ƚŽ ďůƵĚŐĞŽŶ ŚŝƐ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƵŶŶĞĐĞƐƐĂƌǇ ƐĞŶƟŵĞŶƚ͖ ƚŚƵŵďƐ ƵƉ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ŽĨ Terminator 2 ĂŶǇŽŶĞ͍ ŶĚ ŚĞ ĚŝƌĞĐƚĞĚ Titanic͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŶĞĞĚĞĚ ƚǁŽ ĞǆƚƌĂ ŚŽƵƌƐ ũƵƐƚ ƚŽ ĐƌĂŵ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ƐĞŶƟŵĞŶƚ ŝŶ͘ hŶĨŽƌƚƵŶĂƚĞůǇ͕ Avatar ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ůŽŽŬ ůŝŬĞ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ďƌŽŬĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĞŶĚ͘ dŚŝƐ ĐŽƵůĚ ŵĂŬĞ ŚŝƐƚŽƌǇ͕ ǇŽƵ ũƵƐƚ ŵŝŐŚƚ ŶŽƚ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůǇ ĞŶũŽǇ ŝƚ͘ Duncan Vicat-Brown

CINEMATIC CLASSICS>VALERIE AND HER WEEK OF WONDERS /ƚ ŝƐ ƉĞƌŚĂƉƐ ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞ ŽĨ ĚƌĞĂŵƐ ŚĂƐ ŶĞǀĞƌ ďĞĞŶ ƐŽ ĐŽŶǀŝŶĐŝŶŐůǇ ƉŽƌƚƌĂǇĞĚ ĂƐ ŝŶ :ĂƌŽŵŝů :ŝƌĞƐ͛Ɛ sĂůĞƌŝĞ ĂŶĚ ,Ğƌ tĞĞŬ ŽĨ tŽŶĚĞƌƐ͘ &ŝƌƐƚ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ŝŶ ǌĞĐŚŽƐůŽǀĂŬŝĂ͕ ŝƚƐ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ ŽĨ ŽƌŝŐŝŶ͕ ŽŶ ϭϲƚŚ KĐƚŽďĞƌ ϭϵϳϬ͕ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ŝƐ ƚƌĞĂƐƵƌĞͲƚƌŽǀĞ ŽĨ ŵǇƐƚĞƌŝĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ŶĂƌƌĂƟǀĞ ŝƐ ůŽŽƐĞ ƚŽ ƐĂǇ

ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ƉŽǁĞƌ Ͳ Ă ƉƌŝĞƐƚ ĞŵĞƌŐĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ďĞŚŝŶĚ Ă ŚŽƌƌŝĮĐ ŵĂƐŬ ƚŽ ƌĞǀĞĂů Ă ǇĞƚ ŵŽƌĞ ŚŽƌƌŝĮĐ ĨĂĐĞ ĂƐ ŚĞ ĂƩĞŵƉƚƐ ƚŽ ŵŽůĞƐƚ ƚŚĞ ƉƵďĞƐĐĞŶƚ sĂůĞƌŝĞ͖ ǁŚĂƚ ŵĂǇ Žƌ ŵĂǇ ŶŽƚ ďĞ ƚŚĞ Őŝƌů͛Ɛ ĨĂƚŚĞƌ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƚŽ ŵĞƚĂŵŽƌƉŚŽƐĞ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ǀĂŵƉŝƌĞ Ăƚ ǁŝůů͕ ƚĞƌƌŝĨǇŝŶŐ sĂůĞƌŝĞ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŵŝǆƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ ƐƚƌĂŝŐŚƚͲŽƵƚ ŐŽƚŚŝĐ ŚŽƌƌŽƌ͕ ƐĞǆƵĂůŝƚǇ ĂŶĚ ǀŝŽůĞŶĐĞ͘ dŚĞ Įůŵ͛Ɛ ŵĂŝŶ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂůŵ ŽĨ ĐŝŶĞŵĂ͕ ďƵƚ ŽŶ ůŝƚĞƌĂƚƵƌĞ͘ dŚĞ ĂƵƚŚŽƌ ŶŐĞůĂ ĂƌƚĞƌ ǁĂƐ Ă ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐĞĚ ĨĂŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŚĂƌĚ ŶŽƚ ƚŽ ƚƌĂĐĞ ĞĐŚŽĞƐ ŽĨ :ŝƌĞƐ͛Ɛ ĞƌŽƟĐŝƐĞĚ

“The film’s main influence is not on the realm of cinema, but on literature” ǁŝƚŚ Ă ũŽǇŽƵƐ ƐƉƌŝŶŐƟŵĞ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƟŽŶ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ŚĞƌ ƐĞǆƵĂůŝƚǇ Žƌ ŚĞƌ ŝŶŶŽĐĞŶĐĞ͍ ʹ ĂŶĚ ĞŶĚŝŶŐ

ƚŚĞ ůĞĂƐƚ͗ ŝƚ ĐŽŶĐĞƌŶƐ ƚŚĞ ĂĚǀĞŶƚƵƌĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞƉŽŶǇŵŽƵƐ sĂůĞƌŝĞ ŝŶ Ă ǀĂŐƵĞůǇ ŵĞĚŝĞǀĂů ǌĞĐŚ ƚŽǁŶ ĂƐ ƐŚĞ ĚĞĂůƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŚĞƌ ďƵƌŐĞŽŶŝŶŐ ƐĞǆƵĂůŝƚǇ͘ >ŝŵŝƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ƚŽ ŵĞƌĞ ƐǇŶŽƉƐŝƐ ŝƐ ĨĂƌĐŝĐĂů͖ ŝƚ ŝƐ Ă ĚŝƐŽƌŝĞŶƚĂƟŶŐ ĨĞǀĞƌ ĚƌĞĂŵ ŽĨ ĚĞƐŝƌĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚƌĞĂƚ͕ ďĞŐŝŶŶŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƚŚĞŌ ŽĨ sĂůĞƌŝĞ͛Ɛ ƉĞĂƌůƐ ʹ ǁŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞǇ͍ ƐǇŵďŽů ŽĨ

ĞƌŽƟĐĂůůǇ ĂǁĂŬĞŶĞĚ ǇŽƵƚŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƚŽǁŶ͘ ǌĞĐŚŽƐůŽǀĂŬŝĂ ǁĂƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ ĞŶŵĞƐŚĞĚ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĂƐƚĞƌŶ ůŽĐ͖ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŝŶŝƟĂůůǇ ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ Ă Įůŵ ŽĨ ƐƵĐŚ ĐŽůŽƵƌ͕ ƐƵĐŚ ǀŝǀĂĐŝŽƵƐŶĞƐƐ ĐŽƵůĚ ĞŵĞƌŐĞ ĨƌŽŵ ďĞŚŝŶĚ ƚŚĞ /ƌŽŶ ƵƌƚĂŝŶ͘ /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ƚƌƵĞ ƐƉŝƌŝƚ ŽĨ ƐƵƌƌĞĂůŝƐƟĐ ĂŶĂƌĐŚǇ͕ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ƚĂĐŬůĞƐ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ŶŽƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ Ă ƉĂƚĞƌŶĂůŝƐƟĐƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞƌĞ ŝŶĂĚǀĞƌƚĞŶƚůǇ ĞƐƉŽƵƐĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ h^^Z͘ dŚĞ ƉƌŝŶĐŝƉůĞ ĂŶƚĂŐŽŶŝƐƚƐ ĂƌĞ ŵĞŶ ŝŶ

ĨĂŶƚĂƐǇ ŝŶ ŚĞƌ ĂĐĐůĂŝŵĞĚ dŚĞ ůŽŽĚǇ ŚĂŵďĞƌ͘ ĂƌƚĞƌ ƉƵďůŝƐŚĞĚ Ă ĐŽůůĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƐŚŽƌƚ ƐƚŽƌŝĞƐ ŝŶ ϭϵϳϵ ƚŚĂƚ ƌĞƚŽůĚ ĐůĂƐƐŝĐ ĨĂŝƌǇƚĂůĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŚŝŐŚůǇ ƐĞǆƵĂůŝƐĞĚ͕ ĨĞŵŝŶŝƐƚ ǀŝĞǁƉŽŝŶƚ͖ sĂůĞƌŝĞ ĂŶĚ ,Ğƌ tĞĞŬ ŽĨ tŽŶĚĞƌƐ ŝƐ ĞǆĂĐƚůǇ ƚŚĂƚ ʹ Ă ĚƌĞĂŵůŝŬĞ ĨŽůŬ ƚĂůĞ ĞŶĞƌŐŝƐĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů ŽĨ ĨĞŵŝŶŝƐƚ ĂŶĚ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ůŝďĞƌĂƟŽŶ͘ dŚĞ Įůŵ ŝƐ ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŚŝƐƚŽƌǇ ŽĨ ĐŝŶĞŵĂ͘ &ĞŵŝŶŝƐƚ͕ ĂŶĂƌĐŚŝƐƚ͕ ƐƵƌƌĞĂůŝƐƚ ʹ ŝƚ ŝƐ Ă Įůŵ ƚŚĂƚ

“The film is unique in the history of cinema” ŝƐ ƌĂĚŝĐĂů͕ ŶŽƚ ũƵƐƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǀŝĞǁƐ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚĞĚ͕ ďƵƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƌƵĐƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ ŝƚƐ ŽǁŶ ŶĂƌƌĂƟǀĞ͘ &Žƌ Ăůů ŝƚƐ ǀĂŐƵĞŶĞƐƐ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƵůƟŵĂƚĞůǇ Ă Įůŵ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƚƌŝƵŵƉŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŽƉƉƌĞƐƐĞĚ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ŽƉƉƌĞƐƐŽƌƐ͖ ƚŚĞ ǇŽƵŶŐ ĂŶĚ ůŝďĞƌĂƚĞĚ ĞǀĞŶƚƵĂůůǇ ĞŶƚƌĂƉ ƚŚĞ ĐƌĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŽŶĐĞ ŚĞůĚ ƚŚĞŵ ĐĂƉƟǀĞ Ͳ ŝƚ ŝƐ Ă ƌĞƐŽůƵƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ǌĞĐŚŽƐůŽǀĂŬŝĂŶƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ ĐŽƵůĚ ŝŶƚĞƌƉƌĞƚ ĂŶǇ ǁĂǇ ƚŚĞǇ ƉůĞĂƐĞĚ͘ Luke Nash

22 venue VENUE>THE SIGHTS & SOUNDS OF THE CITY 06oct09 issue232

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TUESDAY 6TH

WEDNESDAY 14TH

Ύ ^ĂůƐĂ >ĞƐƐŽŶх,ŝǀĞхϱ͗ϯϬƉŵхάϮ Ύ Ăƌ ďϰ > ZхhŶŝŽŶ ďĂƌхϴƉŵ Ύ ƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ tŽƌůĚ > Zх> ZхϭϬƉŵх άϯ͘ϱϬ

Ύ ^ŽŶŝĐ ŽŽŵ ^ŝǆхtĂƚĞƌĨƌŽŶƚх ϳ͗ϯϬƉŵхάϴ͘ϱϬ Ύ EŽŝƐĞƩ ĞƐх> Zхϳ͗ϯϬƉŵхάϴ͘ϱϬ Ύ dŚĞ hŶƚŚĂŶŬƐх ƌƚƐ ĞŶƚƌĞхϴƉŵх άϭϬ

WEDNESDAY 7TH

THURSDAY 15TH

Ύ h >ŝƚĞƌĂƌǇ &ĞƐƟ ǀĂůхZŝĐŚĂƌĚ ǇƌĞхϳƉŵхάϲ Ύ ĂƐǇ ^ƚĂƌ ůůͲ ƐƚĂƌƐхtĂƚĞƌĨƌŽŶƚхϳ͗ϯϬƉŵхάϭϱ Ύ ^ƉŽƌƚƐ EŝŐŚƚхhŶŝŽŶ ďĂƌхϵƉŵ

Ύ ĂůǀŝŶ ,ĂƌƌŝƐх> Zхϳ͗ϯϬƉŵхάϭϰ Ύ &ŝůŵх/ >ŽǀĞ zŽƵ͕ DĂŶх>dϭхϳ͗ϯϬƉŵ хάϮ͘ϳϱ Ύ EŽƵǀĞůůĞ sĂŐƵĞхtĂƚĞƌĨƌŽŶƚх ϳ͗ϯϬƉŵхάϭϳ͘ϱϬ

THURSDAY 8TH Ύ ĂƐƚƉĂŬ ŶƟ ĚŽƚĞ dŽƵƌ ;Ō ͘ ůĞǆŝƐŽŶĮ ƌĞ͕ ŶƟ Ͳ&ůĂŐ͕ dŚĞ &Ăůů ŽĨ dƌŽǇ͕ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƌĞͿх> Zхϲ͗ϯϬƉŵхάϭϱ Ύ &ŝůŵх/Ŷ dŚĞ >ŽŽƉх>dϭхϳ͗ϯϬƉŵх άϮ͘ϳϱ Ύ ZƵďǇ dƵƌŶĞƌхWůĂǇŚŽƵƐĞхϴƉŵхάϭϱ Ύ 'ĞŽƌŐĞ ^ǌŝƌƚĞƐ͗ ŽŶǀĞƌƐĂƟ ŽŶ tŝƚŚх ƌƚƐ ĞŶƚƌĞхϴƉŵхάϰ Ύ ŝŶŐŽхhŶŝŽŶ ďĂƌхϴƉŵ

FRIDAY 9TH Ύ &ŝůŵх,ŽƚĞů ZǁĂŶĚĂх>dϭхϳ͗ϯϬƉŵ хĨƌĞĞ Ύ ^ƚĞǁĂƌƚ >ĞĞ ;ϴƚŚ Θ ϵƚŚͿхWůĂǇŚŽƵƐĞхϴƉŵхάϭϰ Ύ >ŝů͛ > ZхhŶŝŽŶ ďĂƌхϴƉŵ Ύ WĂŵ͛Ɛ ,ŽƵƐĞх> Zхϵ͗ϯϬƉŵхάϳ͘ϵϱ Ύ zŽƵƌ 'ƵŝůƚǇ WůĞĂƐƵƌĞƐ Θ WĂƌĂĚŝƐĞ ŝƚǇхtĂƚĞƌĨƌŽŶƚхϭϬƉŵхάϯ͘ϱϬ

EVENT SPOTLIGHT> LAUGH OUT LOUD /Ŷ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ŵŽŶƚŚƐ͕ ǁŚĂƚ ĐŽƵůĚ ƚĞŶƚĂƟ ǀĞůǇ ďĞ ĐĂůůĞĚ ƚŚĞ ͞EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ ƐĐĞŶĞ͟ ŚĂƐ seen something of an explosion. Alongside ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů ĐŽŵĞĚǇ ĐůƵďƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ZĞĚ ĂƌĚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽŶƚŚůǇ ŽŵĞĚǇ ^ƚŽƌĞ performances at the Forum, there is now Ă ƉƌŽĨƵƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ŝŶĚĞƉĞŶĚĞŶƚ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ ĐůƵďƐ ƉůǇŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƚƌĂĚĞ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŝƚǇ͕ ĂŶĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƌĞĨƌŽŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŵ ŝƐ h ͛Ɛ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ club, Laugh Out Loud. Laugh Out Loud was founded around three ǇĞĂƌƐ ĂŐŽ ďǇ dŽŵ DŽƌĂŶ ĂŶĚ WĂƚ ĂŚŝůů ĂŶĚ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ŐŽŶĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƐƚƌĞŶŐƚŚ ƚŽ ƐƚƌĞŶŐƚŚ ƐŝŶĐĞ ƚŚĞŶ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŶŽǁ ďŝŐŐĞƌ ĂŶĚ ďĞƩ Ğƌ ƚŚĂŶ ĞǀĞƌ͘ ^Ɵ ůů ƌƵŶ ďǇ dŽŵ DŽƌĂŶ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƐŽŵĞ ŚĞůƉ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚŝƌĚ ǇĞĂƌ ĚƌĂŵĂ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ĚĞĂů ŽĨ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ĨƌŽŵ ůŽĐĂů ǀĞŶƵĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĞƌƐ͕ it is now set to take its place as one of the ƉƌĞŵŝĞƌĞ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ ŶŝŐŚƚƐ ŝŶ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ͘ ,ĂǀŝŶŐ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĞĚ ŝŶ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ƉƵďƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ĨĞǁ ǇĞĂƌƐ͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ǀĞŶƵĞƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ

FRIDAY 16TH SATURDAY 10TH

MONDAY 12TH

Ύ ŝůĞŶ :ĞǁĞůů Θ ďĂŶĚх ƌƚƐ ĞŶƚƌĞхϴ͗ϯϬƉŵхάϲ Ύ tĞĞŬĞŶĚ ǁĂƌŵͲƵƉхhŶŝŽŶ ďĂƌх ϵ͗ϯϬƉŵ Ύ ůƵď ZĞƚƌŽх> ZхϭϬƉŵхάϰ͘ϱϬ ΎDĞůƚĚŽǁŶ Θ ƌŝƚƉŽƉƉŝŶхtĂƚĞƌĨƌŽŶƚ хϭϬƉŵхάϯ͘ϱϬ

Ύ h >ŝƚĞƌĂƌǇ &ĞƐƟ ǀĂůх Žůŵ dŽŝďŝŶх>dϭхϳƉŵхάϲ Ύ ED ZĂĚĂƌ dŽƵƌ ;Ō ͘ 'ŽůĚĞŶ ^ŝůǀĞƌƐͿхtĂƚĞƌĨƌŽŶƚхϳ͗ϯϬƉŵ хάϵ͘ϱϬ Ύ dŚĞ WƌŽĐůĂŝŵĞƌƐх> Zхϳ͗ϯϬƉŵх άϭϲ͘ϱϬ Ύ ŝŽŶ dƌĂŝŶх ƌƚƐ ĞŶƚƌĞхϴƉŵхάϴ

SUNDAY 11TH Ύ 'Ž ƵĚŝŽх> ZхϳƉŵхάϭϬ͘ϱϬ Ύ dŚĞ dǁĂŶŐхtĂƚĞƌĨƌŽŶƚхϳƉŵх άϭϮ͘ϱϬ Ύ WƵď ƋƵŝǌхhŶŝŽŶ ďĂƌхϳ͗ϯϬƉŵ

WůĂǇŚŽƵƐĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ůĂƌŐĞƐƚ tĞƚŚĞƌƐƉŽŽŶƐ ŝŶ ĚŝŶďƵƌŐŚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ϮϬϬϴ &ƌŝŶŐĞ &ĞƐƟ ǀĂů͕ ƚŚĞǇ are now about to perform a special gala ŶŝŐŚƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁŽŶĚĞƌĨƵů ƐƐĞŵďůǇ ,ŽƵƐĞ ŽŶ dŚĞĂƚƌĞ ^ƚƌĞĞƚ͘ dŚŝƐ ŶĞǆƚ ƐƚĞƉ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐůƵď͛Ɛ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ ŝƐ ƚƌƵůǇ ƚŚĞ ĐƵůŵŝŶĂƟ ŽŶ ŽĨ Ă ǀĞƌǇ ůĂƌŐĞ ĂŵŽƵŶƚ ŽĨ ŚĂƌĚ ǁŽƌŬ͘ ŽǌĞŶƐ ŽĨ ĐŽŵĞĚŝĂŶƐ ŚĂǀĞ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶĞĚ ĐƌŽǁĚƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƟ ƌƌĞĚ ƵƉ ƵƉƌŽĂƌŝŽƵƐ ůĂƵŐŚƚĞƌ Ăƚ >K>͛Ɛ ƌĞŐƵůĂƌ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ ŶŝŐŚƚƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐůƵď ŚĂƐ Į ƌŵůǇ ĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚĞĚ ŝƚƐĞůĨ ĂƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĞŶũŽǇĂďůĞ ŶŝŐŚƚƐ ŽƵƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĂƌĞĂ͕ ĨŽƌ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ Žƌ ĨŽƌ ĂŶǇŽŶĞ ǁŚŽ ĞŶũŽǇƐ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ Ă ŐŽŽĚ Ɵ ŵĞ͘ /ƚƐ ƌĞƉƵƚĂƟ ŽŶ ŝƐ ƚŚĂŶŬƐ ƚŽ ĞǀĞƌǇ ƐŝŶŐůĞ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵĞĚŝĂŶƐ ǁŚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ĐŽŶƚƌŝďƵƚĞĚ ƚŽ ŝƚ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ǇĞĂƌƐ͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĞŶƚŚƵƐŝĂƐƟ Đ ĂŶĚ dedicated support of the audience. Now that experience is about to be shown in a whole ŶĞǁ ůŝŐŚƚ͕ ĂƐ ŽŶ &ƌŝĚĂǇ ƚŚĞ ϵƚŚ ŽĨ KĐƚŽďĞƌ ƚŚĞǇ͛ůů ďĞ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƐĞŵďůǇ ,ŽƵƐĞ ĨƌŽŵ ϳ͗ϯϬƉŵ ŽŶǁĂƌĚƐ͘ dŚĞ ĞǀĞŶŝŶŐ ǁŝůů feature sets from Ben Briggs and Joz Norris, ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ĂŶ ĞǆƚĞŶĚĞĚ ŚĞĂĚůŝŶĞ ƐĞƚ ĨƌŽŵ dŽŵ DŽƌĂŶ͕ Ăůů ŚŽƐƚĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ŝŶŝŵŝƚĂďůĞ ^ĐŽƩ ƌŽǁŶ͘ dŝĐŬĞƚƐ ĂƌĞ άϭϭ͘ϳϱ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞƐ Ă ĨƵůů ďƵī Ğƚ ŵĞĂů ĐŽŽŬĞĚ ďǇ

TUESDAY 13TH Ύ ^ĂůƐĂ ůĞƐƐŽŶх,ŝǀĞхϱ͗ϯϬƉŵхάϮ Ύ , >> z ^͊ & ^d͊ ;Ō ͘ DŝĐĂĐŚƵ Θ ƚŚĞ ^ŚĂƉĞƐͿх ƌƚƐ ĞŶƚƌĞхϴƉŵхάϳ͘ϱϬ Ύ dŚĞ WǇũĂŵĂ WĂƌƚǇх> ZхϭϬƉŵх άϯ͘ϱϬ

Ύ &ŝůŵх'ĂŶĚŚŝх>dϭхϳ͗ϯϬƉŵхάϮ͘ϳϱ Ύ ŝǌǌĞĞ ZĂƐĐĂůх> Zхϳ͗ϯϬWDхάϭϳ͘ϱϬ Ύ ϴϬƐ EŝŐŚƚ Θ ^ŽƵů dŽǁŶхtĂƚĞƌĨƌŽŶƚ х ϭϬƉŵх άϯ͘ϱϬ

SATURDAY 17TH Ύ dŚŝƐ dŽǁŶ EĞĞĚƐ 'ƵŶƐхDĂƌƋƵĞĞх ϳƉŵхάϰ Ύ dŚĞ KƚŚĞƌ KŶĞх> ZхϭϬƉŵхάϰ͘ϱϬ Ύ DĞůƚĚŽǁŶ Θ ^ŬĂ͛Ě hƉхtĂƚĞƌĨƌŽŶƚхϭϬƉŵхάϯ͘ϱϬ

SUNDAY 18TH Ύ ĚŝƚŽƌƐх> ZхϳƉŵхάϭϴ͘ϱϬ Ύ WƵď ƋƵŝǌхhŶŝŽŶ ďĂƌхϳ͗ϯϬƉŵ

MONDAY 19TH Ύ /ĚůĞǁŝůĚхtĂƚĞƌĨƌŽŶƚхϳ͗ϯϬƉŵхάϭϱ

ƚŚĞ ƐƐĞŵďůǇ ,ŽƵƐĞ͛Ɛ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ ĐŚĞĨ͕ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽŵŝƐĞƐ ƚŽ ĞǆŚŝďŝƚ ƚŚĞ ǀĞƌǇ ďĞƐƚ ŽĨ ǁŚĂƚ >ĂƵŐŚ KƵƚ >ŽƵĚ ĐĂŶ Žī Ğƌ͘ tŚĞƚŚĞƌ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ĂŶ ŽůĚ ƌĞŐƵůĂƌ ŽĨ >K> nights and want to come and support ƚŚĞŵ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ďƌĂŶĚ ŶĞǁ ǀĞŶƵĞ͕ Žƌ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞůǇ ŶĞǁ ĂŶĚ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ĐŽŵĞ ĂŶĚ ƐĞĞ ǁŚĂƚ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ĨƵƐƐ ŝƐ ĂďŽƵƚ͕ ƚŚĞŶ Ɵ ĐŬĞƚƐ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ďŽŽŬĞĚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ dŚĞĂƚƌĞ ZŽǇĂů Žǆ Kĸ ĐĞ

ŽŶ ϬϭϲϬϯ ϱϵϴϲϴϴ͘ Josh Harris LOL Comedy Club can be contacted via Facebook (‘Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club’ group) and the Assembly House can be contacted on 01603 626402 or by email at admin@assemblyhousenorwich.co.uk.

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