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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF>HANNAH LIVINGSTON| concrete.editor@uea.ac.uk THE EVENT EDITOR>GRACE SIMPSON| concrete.event@uea.ac.uk

FASHION>...UEA’s fashion favourites...>5 ARTS>...the art of burlesque dancing...>7

DEPUTY EDITOR>DUNCAN VICAT-BROWN

CREATIVE WRITING>...the environment...>8

concrete.fashion@uea.ac.uk|FASHION EDITOR>KAT JONES

CANVAS>...the subversive Stewart Lee...>9

FASHION WRITERS>HANNAH BRITT, MIMI GASTON-KENNEDY, KAT JONES, HELEN THOMAS, GEORGINA WADE

concrete.arts@uea.ac.uk|ARTS EDITORS>FIONA HOWARD & KIRSTEN PETER

TELEVISION>...live television at its liveliest...>10

ARTS WRITERS>ROSIE BARCROFT, DAVID BIGGINS, ALEC PLOWMAN, LAURA RIGGS

WIRED>...the wonderful Windows 7...>13

concrete.creativewriting@uea.ac.uk|CREATIVE WRITING EDITOR>STEPHANIE CROSS

MUSIC>...exclusive interviews...>14

CREATIVE WRITERS>DAPHNE EDWARDS, FEARCHAR MACLEAN, REBEKAH MCGILL, DARREN REICK

FILM>...2012 is slated...>21

concrete.event@uea.ac.uk|CANVAS EDITOR>GEORGE GILBERT

VENUE>...gig ticket giveaway...>22

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COMPETITIONS>...win an ipod nano...>24

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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way – in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.

Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities concrete.listings@uea.ac.uk|VENUE EDITOR>HELEN THOMAS concrete.competitions@uea.ac.uk|COMPETITIONS EDITOR>WILL DONOVAN

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...THE FREE NANO

fashion

20oct09 issue233

INSIDE MY WARDROBE

concrete.fashion@uea.ac.uk

tĞ ƚĂŬĞ Ă ƉĞĞŬ ŝŶƐŝĚĞ ƚŚĞ ǁĂƌĚƌŽďĞ ŽĨ Dŝŵŝ 'ĂƐƚŽŶͲ <ĞŶŶĞĚǇ ĂƐ ƐŚĞ ƌĞǀĞĂůƐ ŚĞƌ ĨĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞ ŽƵƞŝƚ͘ NAME> Mimi Gaston-Kennedy COURSE> American and English Literature AGE> 20 WHY I CHOSE THIS OUTFIT> I like structured looks and masculine pieces which can look very feminine

DESCRIBE YOUR STYLE> EŽ ƉĂƩĞƌŶƐ Žƌ ďƌŝŐŚƚ ĐŽůŽƵƌƐ͊ FAVOURITE SHOP/LABEL> Koh Samui in Covent 'ĂƌĚĞŶ͕ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĂŵĂǌŝŶŐ ĐŽůůĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƉŝĞĐĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ůĂďĞůƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ͛ƚ ŐĞƚ anywhere else, and lots of graduate fashion pieces which are handmade and one of a kind.

FAVOURITE DESIGNER> Miu Miu and Chanel FAVOURITE WARDROBE ITEM> All my shoes WHAT FASHION MEANS TO ME> /ƚ͛Ɛ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ǁĂǇ ƚŽ ĞǆƉƌĞƐƐ ǇŽƵƌƐĞůĨ ĞǀĞƌǇĚĂǇ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁŚĂƚ / ǁĞĂƌ ŽŌĞŶ ƌĞŇĞĐƚƐ ŚŽǁ / ĨĞĞů Žƌ ǁŚĞƌĞ /͛ŵ ŐŽŝŶŐ͘

fashion I L VE MY ...

20oct09 issue233

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...SKINNY JEANS

My favourite item of clothing is my ‘Pippa’ skinny jeans from Topshop; these skinnies have saved the day oh so ŵĂŶǇ ƟŵĞƐ͊ / ůŽǀĞ ƚŚĞƐĞ ũĞĂŶƐ ĨŽƌ ƐŽ ŵĂŶǇ ƌĞĂƐŽŶƐ͖ ĮƌƐƚ ŽĨ Ăůů͕ ƚŚĞǇ Įƚ ůŝŬĞ Ă ĚƌĞĂŵ͊ dŚĞǇ ŚƵŐ ĞǀĞƌǇ ĐƵƌǀĞ ĂŶĚ ŶĞǀĞƌ ůŽƐĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐŚĂƉĞ͖ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŚĞŵ ĞǆƚƌĂ ƟŐŚƚ͕ ƚƵŵďůĞ dry them and they suck in every part that wants (or ŶĞĞĚƐ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƐĞ ŵĂǇ ďĞͿ ƚŽ ďĞ ŚŝĚĚĞŶ͘ ƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƟŵĞ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ƐŽ ĐŽŵĨǇ ĂŶĚ ĚƵƌĂďůĞ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ ǁĞĂƌ them around the house (they are more forgiving on ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ƐƚĂŝŶƐ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ƐŽ ĚĂƌŬͿ͘ dŚĞǇ͛ƌĞ ŶŽƚ Ă ƚŽƚĂů ŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ ƚŽ ƉƵƚ ŽŶ͕ ƵŶůŝŬĞ ƐŽŵĞ ƐŬŝŶŶŝĞƐ /͛ǀĞ ĞŶĐŽƵŶƚĞƌĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ͕ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŐĞƫŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ ŽŶ ŝƐ ŚĂƌĚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ŐĞƫŶŐ :ŽĚŝĞ DĂƌƐŚ ƚŽ ƉƵƚ ŚĞƌ ŵĞůŽŶƐ ĂǁĂǇ͘ Ƶƚ ďǇ ĨĂƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ǀĞƌǇ ďĞƐƚ ƚŚŝŶŐ ĂďŽƵƚ ŵǇ ƐŬŝŶŶŝĞƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ĐĂŶ ŵĂŬĞ ĂŶǇ ŽƵƞŝƚ͘ KŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽǁŶ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƚͲƐŚŝƌƚ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ůŽŽŬ ŐƌĞĂƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƐƵĂů ůŽŽŬ͕ ďƵƚ ƚĞĂŵ them with a pair of amazing six inchers and a glitzy ƚŽƉ͕ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ƌĞĂĚǇ ĨŽƌ Ă ŶŝŐŚƚ ŽƵƚ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ƉůĂĐĞ͘ / ůŽǀĞ ŵǇ ƐŬŝŶŶǇ ũĞĂŶƐ͊

This issue students shout ŽƵƚ ĂďŽƵƚ ǁŚĂƚ ŝƚĞŵ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ǁĂƌĚƌŽďĞ ƚŚĞǇ ũƵƐƚ ĐĂŶ͛ƚ ůŝǀĞ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ͘

...SEVEN INCH HEELS

Georgina Wade 1st year Law

ŽƵŐŚƚ ĂŌĞƌ Ă ďĂĚ ĚĂǇ Ăƚ ǁŽƌŬ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ Ă ǇĞĂƌ ĂŐŽ ĨƌŽŵ <Ƶƌƚ 'ĞŝŐĞƌ͕ ŵǇ ďůĂĐŬ͕ ƉĂƚĞŶƚ͕ ϳ͟ ŚĞĞůƐ ĂƌĞ ŶĞǀĞƌ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ǁŝŶ Ă ƉƌŝǌĞ ĨŽƌ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂůŝƚǇ͘ Ƶƚ ǁŚŽ ĐĂƌĞƐ͕ / ůŽǀĞ ƚŚĞŵ͘ tŚŝůƐƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŵĂŝŶ ĐŽůŽƵƌŝŶŐ ŝƐ ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂƚĞĚ͕ ĞŶƐƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞǇ ŐŽ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶǇ ŽƵƞŝƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ŐŽůĚ ƐƟůĞƩŽ ƐĐƌĞĂŵƐ͕ ͚ůŽŽŬ Ăƚ ŵĞ͛͘ dŚĞǇ͛ƌĞ ƚŚĞ DĞŐĂŶ &Žǆ ŽĨ ƐŚŽĞƐ͖ ĞůĞŐĂŶƚ ǇĞƚ ŝŶĐƌĞĚŝďůǇ ƐĞǆǇ͘ tŚĞŶ / ǁĞĂƌ ƚŚĞŵ ŽƵƚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƚĂŬĞ Ă ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ůŽŽŬ Ăƚ ƚŚĞŵ͘ ƚ άϭϯϬ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ǁĞƌĞ Ă ďŝƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĞǆƉĞŶƐŝǀĞ ƐŝĚĞ ĨŽƌ Ă ŚƵŵďůĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚĂƚ ĨĂƚĞĨƵů ĚĂǇ / ůŝǀĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŶƚƌĂ ŽĨ KƐĐĂƌ tŝůĚĞ͕ ͚ĂŶǇŽŶĞ ǁŚŽ ůŝǀĞƐ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŵĞĂŶƐ ƐƵīĞƌƐ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ůĂĐŬ ŽĨ ŝŵĂŐŝŶĂƟŽŶ͛͘ Their seven inches would make even the stumpiest legs ůŽŽŬ ĂŵĂǌŝŶŐ͘ WĞƌƐŽŶĂůůǇ͕ Ăƚ ĂŶ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ƚĂůů ϱ͛ϴ͕͟ / ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ůŽǀĞ ƚŚĞŵ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŐĞŶĞƌŽƵƐ ĞǆƚƌĂ ŚĞŝŐŚƚ ƚŚĞǇ ƉŽƐƐĞƐƐ͘ / ůŽǀĞ ƚŚĞŵ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĨĞĞůŝŶŐ / ŐĞƚ ǁŚĞŶ / ǁĞĂƌ ƚŚĞŵ͘ dŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ŵĂŐŝĐĂů ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĞŶƐĞ ŽĨ ƉŽǁĞƌ ǇŽƵ ĂƐƐƵŵĞ ǁŚĞŶ ǁĞĂƌŝŶŐ ƐƉĞĐƚĂĐƵůĂƌ ƐŚŽĞƐ͘ ĞƩĞ DŝĚůĞƌ ŽŶĐĞ ƐĂŝĚ͕ ͚ŐŝǀĞ Ă Őŝƌů ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ƐŚŽĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŚĞ ĐĂŶ ĐŽŶƋƵĞƌ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͕͛ ĂŶĚ / ƚŚŝŶŬ ƐŚĞ ǁĂƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ƌŝŐŚƚ͘ ,ĂŶŶĂŚ ƌŝƩ ϭƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĂƟǀĞ tƌŝƟŶŐ

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arts

20oct09 issue233

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ART>REVIEW> SCULPTURE AND ARCHITECTURE AROUND CAMPUS David Biggins ĮŶĚƐ ŽƵƚ DŽŽƌĞ ĂďŽƵƚ Ăƌƚ ŽŶ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ ĂƌĞ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ Ă ďŝƚ ŽĨ Ăƌƚ ĂŶĚ ĐƵůƚƵƌĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ h ĐĂŵƉƵƐ ƚŚĞŶ ǇŽƵ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ůŽŽŬ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ĨŽƌ ǀĞƌǇ ůŽŶŐ͘ tĞ͛ƌĞ ǀĞƌǇ ůƵĐŬǇ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ŽƵƌ ŽǁŶ ŐĂůůĞƌǇ ŽŶ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ^ĂŝŶƐďƵƌǇ ĞŶƚƌĞ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŶŽƚ Ăůů ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ͞Ăƌƚ͟ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ h ŝƐ ĂƐ ŽďǀŝŽƵƐ͘ ŝƌĞĐƚůǇ ŽƵƚƐŝĚĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐĞŶƚƌĞ͕ ĨŽƌ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ͕ ĂƌĞ ƚǁŽ ŚŽůůŽǁ ďƌŽŶǌĞ ĮŐƵƌĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƐĞĞŵŝŶŐůǇ ŶŽ ĞǆƉůĂŶĂƟŽŶ ĂƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽƌŝŐŝŶ ʹ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ ŶŽ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟǀĞ ƉůĂƋƵĞ͊ ĚŵŝƩĞĚůǇ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ƉŽƉƉĞĚ ďĂĐŬ ŝŶƐŝĚĞ ƚŚĞ ^ĂŝŶƐďƵƌǇ ĞŶƚƌĞ ƚŚĞǇ ǁŝůů ƚĞůů ǇŽƵ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĐƵůƉƚƵƌĞ ŝƐ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ůĂƚĞ ĂďƐƚƌĂĐƚ ĂƌƟƐƚ ,ĞŶƌǇ DŽŽƌĞ ǁŚŽ ŝƐ ǁŽƌůĚ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƐ ƐŝŵŝůĂƌůǇ ŽĚĚ ƉŝĞĐĞƐ ůŽĐĂƚĞĚ Ăůů ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ŐůŽďĞ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƚŽ

ŵĂŬĞ ǇŽƵ ĨĞĞů ŐƵŝůƚǇ ĨŽƌ ŶŽƚ ŬŶŽǁŝŶŐ ŵŽƌĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ͘ ^Ž ǁŚǇ ŶŽƚ ŐŽ ĂŶĚ ŝŶǀĞƐƟŐĂƚĞ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ŝƚ͍ ůŵŽƐƚ ŝŶ ƐŝŐŚƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ DŽŽƌĞ ƐĐƵůƉƚƵƌĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ũƵƐƚ ŝŶ ĨƌŽŶƚ ŽĨ EŽƌĨŽůŬ dĞƌƌĂĐĞ͕

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ŵƵůƟƉůĞ ǁĂůŬǁĂǇƐ͘ ^Ž ŶĞǆƚ ƟŵĞ ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ ĂƌĞ ĨĞĞůŝŶŐ ƚŚĂŶŬĨƵů ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŵŝŶĚ ŵĞůƟŶŐ ůĞĐƚƵƌĞ ǁĂƐ ŚĂƉƉŝůǇ ũƵƐƚ Ă ƐƚŽŶĞ͛Ɛ ƚŚƌŽǁ ĂǁĂǇ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ďĂƌ Ͳ ǇŽƵ͛ůů ŶŽǁ ŬŶŽǁ ǁŚŽ ƚŽ ƚŚĂŶŬ͘

LITERATURE>REVIEW>THE BEATS:A GRAPHIC HISTORY Alec Plowman ĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌƐ ǁŚĂƚ ŚĂƉƉĞŶƐ ǁŚĞŶ ƚǁŽ ƵŶĚĞƌǁŽƌůĚƐ ĐŽůůŝĚĞ dŚƵŵďŝŶŐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ƉĂŐĞƐ ŽĨ The Beats: A Graphic History͕ ;ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƟƚůĞ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚƐ͕ Ă ǀŝƐƵĂů ďŝŽŐƌĂƉŚǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŬĞǇ ĮŐƵƌĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĞĂƚ ŵŽǀĞŵĞŶƚͿ͕ ŝƚ ďĞĐŽŵĞƐ ĂƉƉĂƌĞŶƚ ƚŚĂƚ Ă ďŽŽŬ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ŶĂƚƵƌĞ ĐŽƵůĚ ŽŶůǇ ƌĞĂůůǇ ŚĂǀĞ ĨŽƵŶĚ Ă ƉůĂĐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƌŬĞƚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ϮϬϬϬƐ͘ ǀĞŶ ƚĞŶ ǇĞĂƌƐ ĞĂƌůŝĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ ŵŝŐŚƚ ŚĂǀĞ ƐĞĞŵĞĚ ƵŶĨĞĂƐŝďůĞ͘ dƵƌŶ ďĂĐŬ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ϭϵϵϵ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŐƌĂƉŚŝĐ ŶŽǀĞů ŵĞĚŝƵŵ ŝƐ ƐƟůů ǀĞƌǇ ŵƵĐŚ ƉĞƌĐĞŝǀĞĚ ĂƐ ĂŶ ƵŶĚĞƌŐƌŽƵŶĚ ĐŽŶĐĞƌŶ͘ dŚĞ X-Men ŵŽƟŽŶ ƉŝĐƚƵƌĞ ŝƐ Ă ǁŚŽůĞ ǇĞĂƌ ĂǁĂǇ ĂŶĚ ĂƚŵĂŶ͛Ɛ ůĂƚĞƐƚ ŵĂŝŶƐƚƌĞĂŵ ŽƵƟŶŐ ;ϭϵϵϳ͛Ɛ Batman and RobinͿ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ĐŽŶƐŝŐŶĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŚŝƐƚŽƌǇ ďŽŽŬƐ ĂƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌƐƚ ĮůŵƐ ŽĨ Ăůů ƟŵĞ͘ dŽ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ƉƵďůŝĐ ĐŽŶƐĞŶƐƵƐ͕ ĐŽŵŝĐ ďŽŽŬƐ ĂƌĞ ƐƟůů ŬŝĚƐ ƐƚƵī͘ ϮϬϬϵ ĂŶĚ Ă Dark Knight ůĂƚĞƌ͕ ǁŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ ŽŶĐĞ ƉƵůƉ ŝƐ ŶŽǁ ĐŚŝĐ͘ ,ŝƉƐƚĞƌƐ ǁĞĂƌ Iron Man ĞŵďůĂǌŽŶĞĚ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ , Θ D ƐŬŝŶŶǇ Įƚ ǀĞƐƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ Sunday Times ƌƵŶƐ ĂƌƟĐůĞƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞŵĞƐ ŽĨ ĞǆŝƐƚĞŶƟĂůŝƐŵ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌŬƐ ŽĨ ůĂŶ DŽŽƌĞ͘ ŽŵŝĐ ďŽŽŬƐ ĂƌĞ ůĞŐŝƟŵĂƚĞ ĐƵůƚƵƌĂů ĐĂƉŝƚĂů͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ The Beats ŚĂƐ ĨŽƵŶĚ ĂŶ ĞǆŝƐƚĞŶĐĞ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƚĞƐƚĂŵĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƚŚŝƐ͘ Ɛ ŝƚƐ ďůĂĐŬ ĂŶĚ ǇĞůůŽǁ ĐŽǀĞƌ ƐĐŚĞŵĞ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ďŽŽŬ ŝƐ Ă ŬŝŶĚ ŽĨ Dummie’s Guide ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĞĂƚ ŵŽǀĞŵĞŶƚ͕ ĨŽĐƵƐŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌ ŽŶ ĮŐƵƌĞŚĞĂĚƐ :ĂĐŬ <ĞƌŽƵĂĐ͕ tŝůůŝĂŵ ^͘ ƵƌƌŽƵŐŚƐ ĂŶĚ ůůĞŶ 'ŝŶƐďĞƌŐ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƐŵĂůůĞƌ ƐĞĐƟŽŶƐ ĚĞĚŝĐĂƚĞĚ ƚŽ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĨŽŽƚŶŽƚĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐƵůƚƵƌĞ͛Ɛ ŚŝƐƚŽƌǇ͘ ^ƉĞĂƌŚĞĂĚĞĚ ďǇ ,ĂƌǀĞǇ WĞŬĂƌ ĂŶĚ Ě WŝƐŬŽƌ ŽĨ American Splendor ĨĂŵĞ ǁŚŽ ĂƌĞ ĐƌĞĚŝƚĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŵĂũŽƌŝƚǇ ŽĨ ĂƌƚǁŽƌŬ ĂŶĚ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ͕ Ă ƚĞĂŵ ŽĨ ĐŽŶƚƌŝďƵƚŽƌƐ ĂƌĞ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďůĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƉůĞƚŚŽƌĂ ŽĨ ĂƉƉĞŶĚŝĐĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƐƵƉƉůĞŵĞŶƚ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŝŶ ƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ͘ Ɛ ƚŚĞ Dummies ĂĞƐƚŚĞƟĐ ĂŶĚ ĚĞƚĂŝůĞĚ ƐƵďƐĞĐƟŽŶƐ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚ The Beats ƌĞĂĚƐ ĂƐ ŵƵĐŚ ůŝŬĞ Ă ƚĞǆƚďŽŽŬ ĂƐ ŝƚ ĚŽĞƐ Ă ŐƌĂƉŚŝĐ ŶŽǀĞů͘ WĞŬĂƌ ƚĞůůƐ ƚŚĞ ƐƚŽƌǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƚƌŝĂůƐ͕ ƚƌŝďƵůĂƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ŚĞĂƌƚĂĐŚĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁƌŝƚĞƌƐ ŝŶ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĚŽĐƵŵĞŶƚĂƌǇ ǀŽŝĐĞ͕ ĂŶĚ Ă ŬŝŶĚ ŽĨ ĐŽŶĐŝƐĞ ĚĞƚĂĐŚŵĞŶƚ ƉĞƌŵĞĂƚĞƐ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĐƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďŽŽŬ ŚĞ

ŚĞůŵƐ͘ WŝƐŬŽƌ͛Ɛ ĞĐŽŶŽŵŝĐĂůůǇ ŝůůƵƐƚƌĂƚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĐůĞĂŶ ĨƌĂŵĞĚ ƉĂŶĞůƐ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ŐŝǀĞ ƚŚĞ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ dŚĞ ĞĂƚƐ ŝƐ ĂŶ ŽďũĞĐƟǀĞ ƌĞƚĞůůŝŶŐ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ĂŶ ŝŵƉĂƐƐŝŽŶĞĚ ĂƉƉƌĂŝƐĂů͘ /ŶƐƚĂŶĐĞƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĂƚŚ ŽĨ ƵƌƌŽƵŐŚƐ͛Ɛ ǁŝĨĞ ŝŶ Ă ĚƌƵŶŬĞŶ ŐĂŵĞ ŽĨ tŝůůŝĂŵ dĞůů͕ ĨŽƌ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ͕ ĂƌĞ ƚŽƵĐŚĞĚ ƵƉŽŶ ĂƐ ŵĞƌĞ ŽĐĐƵƌƌĞŶĐĞƐ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ŝŶƐƚĂŶĐĞƐ ŽĨ ŐƌĞĂƚ ĞŵŽƟŽŶĂů ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶĐĞ͕ ƐƉĞĚ ƉĂƐƚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ ĞǀĞŶƚ ŚƵƌƚůĞƐ ŝŶƚŽ ďĞŝŶŐ͘ tŚŝůĞ ƚŚŝƐ ŵŝŐŚƚ ƐĞĞŵ Ă ĐƌŝƟĐŝƐŵ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƚŚŝƐ ƌĂƉŝĚ ƉĂĐŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ŬĞĞƉƐ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂĚĞƌ ĞŶŐĂŐĞĚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ďŽŽŬ͛Ɛ ϭϵϯ ƉĂŐĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ďŽŽŬ͛Ɛ ĂĨŽƌĞŵĞŶƟŽŶĞĚ ĂƉƉĞŶĚŝĐĞƐ ĂƌĞ ŵƵĐŚ ůŝŬĞ Ă ĐŽůůĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ǀŝƐƵĂů ĞƐƐĂǇƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĚŽĐƵŵĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ůĞƐƐ ĞǆƉůŽƌĞĚ ĂƐƉĞĐƚƐ ŽĨ ĞĂƚŶŝŬ ĐƵůƚƵƌĞ ďƌŝŶŐƐ Ă ƐƵďƐƚĂŶƟĂů ĚĞƉƚŚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŽǀĞƌĂůů ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ͘ ŵŝƐŚŵĂƐŚ ŽĨ ĂĞƐƚŚĞƟĐ ƐƚǇůĞƐ ůĞĂŶŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ŚǇƉĞƌͲƌĞĂůŝƐƟĐ ƚŽ ĞǆƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶŝƐƚ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ͕ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƐŚŽƌƚ ƐŶŝƉƉĞƚƐ ƌĞŶĚĞƌ ĐŽŶĐĞƉƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ĐŽƵŶƚĞƌĐƵůƚƵƌĂů ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ŝŶ Ă ǁĂǇ ƚŚĂƚ ŵĂŬĞƐ ƚŚĞŵ ƐĞĞŵ ĨƌĞƐŚ ĂŶĚ ƌĞůĞǀĂŶƚ ƚŽ ĂŶ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ ƐŽŵĞ ϱϬ ǇĞĂƌƐ ůĂƚĞƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƐĞĐƟŽŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂů ƚŽƵĐŚĞƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĂƌĞ ƚŚŝŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŝŶ ďŽĚǇ ŽĨ ǁŽƌŬ ŵĂŬĞ ĂŶ ĂƉƉĞĂƌĂŶĐĞ͘ dŚĞ ǀŽŝĐĞƐ ŐŝǀĞŶ ƚŽ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽǀĞŵĞŶƚ͛Ɛ ďŝƚ ƉůĂǇĞƌƐ ƐĞƌǀĞƐ ƚŽ ĞŶŚĂŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ĐĞŶƚƌĂů ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ĚŽĐƵŵĞŶƚĂƌǇ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂů ŶĂƌƌĂƟǀĞƐ ĐƌĞĂƟŶŐ Ă ĨƵůůĞƌ ŵĂŶŝĨĞƐƚĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĞĂƚ ĞƚŚŽƐ͘ The Beats: A Graphic History ŝƐ ĂŶ ŝŶƚƌŝŐƵŝŶŐ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů ĨŽƌ ĐŽŵŝĐ ďŽŽŬ ŵĞĚŝĂ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ϮϭƐƚ ĞŶƚƵƌǇ͘ Ɛ ŵƵĐŚ Ă ƚĞǆƚďŽŽŬ ĂƐ Ă ǁŽƌŬ ŽĨ ŐƌĂƉŚŝĐ Ăƌƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ďŽŽŬ͛Ɛ ŵĞƌŐŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƚĞǆƚͲ ďŽŽŬ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵŝĐ ƐƚƌŝƉ ĐŽĚĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĂĞƐƚŚĞƟĐƐ ŝƐ ĂŶ ĞŶŐĂŐŝŶŐ ĞǀĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ŽŶĞ ǁŚŽƐĞ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů ĐĂŶ ŚŽƉĞĨƵůůǇ ƉĞƌŵĞĂƚĞ ŝŶƚŽ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ ŐƌĂƉŚŝĐ ŶŽǀĞů ĨŽƌŵĂƚƐ͘ The Beats: A Graphic History is available from Souvenir Press Ltd RRP £12

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THEATRE>PREVIEW>OUR COUNTRY’S GOOD Laura Riggs ƉƌĞǀŝĞǁƐ ƌĂŵĂ ^ŽĐ͛Ɛ ƵƉĐŽŵŝŶŐ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟ ŽŶ

&ƌŽŵ ƚŽŵŽƌƌŽǁ ƚŚĞ ϮϭƐƚ ŽĨ KĐƚŽďĞƌ ƵŶƟ ů &ƌŝĚĂǇ ƚŚĞ ϮϯƌĚ͕ ƚŚĞ h ƌĂŵĂ ^ŽĐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŶĞǁĞƐƚ ĂĚĚŝƟ ŽŶ ƚŽ Ă ǁĞĂůƚŚ ŽĨ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐ ŶŽƚĂďůĞ ĚƌĂŵĂƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ Sweeney Todd͕ ĂŶĚ Shakespeare’s The Tempest͘ dŚĞ ϭϵϴϴ >ĂƵƌĞŶĐĞ KůŝǀŝĞƌ ǁĂƌĚ ǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ ƉůĂǇ͗ Our Country’s Good͕ ĂĚĂƉƚĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ŶŽǀĞů ďǇ dŚŽŵĂƐ <ĞŶĞĂůůǇ ĂŶĚ ĞůŽƋƵĞŶƚůǇ ĚƌĂŵĂƟ ƐĞĚ ďǇ dŝŵďĞƌůĂŬĞ tĞƌƚĞŶďĂŬĞƌ͕ ƐĞĞƐ ƚŚĞ ƌĂŵĂ ^ŽĐŝĞƚǇ ƚĂŬĞ Ă ƐƚĞƉ ƚŽǁĂƌĚƐ ůĞƐƐ ƌĞŶŽǁŶĞĚ ƚŚĞĂƚƌĞ ĂŶĚ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚŽƌǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Į ƌƐƚ ŐƌŽƵƉ ŽĨ

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DANCE>NEED TO KNOW>BURLESQUE dŚĞƐĞ ĚĂǇƐ ďƵƌůĞƐƋƵĞ ĐŽŶũƵƌĞƐ ƵƉ ŝŵĂŐĞƐ ŽĨ ĨĞĂƚŚĞƌ ďŽĂƐ͕ ƐĞƋƵŝŶĞĚ ďƌĂƐ ĂŶĚ ŽĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ƚŚĞ ƌĂǀĞŶ ŚĂŝƌ ŽĨ ŝƚĂ sŽŶ dĞĞƐĞ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ŝƚĂ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ŐƌĂĐŝŶŐ ŵĂŐĂǌŝŶĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĚĂǌǌůŝŶŐ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŚĞƌ ŵĂƌƟ Ŷŝ ŐůĂƐƐ ƌŽƵƟ ŶĞ͕ ďƵƌůĞƐƋƵĞ ǁĂƐ Ă ĨŽƌŵ ŽĨ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŵĞŶƚ ǀŝƌƚƵĂůůǇ ƵŶŬŶŽǁŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƐƐĞƐ͘ ĞĨŽƌĞ ŝƚ ďĞĐĂŵĞ ĂƐƐŽĐŝĂƚĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƐƚƌŝƉ ƚĞĂƐĞ͕ ĞŝŐŚƚĞĞŶƚŚ ĐĞŶƚƵƌǇ ƵƌŽƉĞĂŶ ďƵƌůĞƐƋƵĞ ǁĂƐ Ă ĨŽƌŵ ŽĨ ŚƵŵŽƌŽƵƐ ĂŶĚ ĞǆĂŐŐĞƌĂƚĞĚ ŵƵƐŝĐĂů ƚŚĞĂƚƌĞ͕ ŽŌ ĞŶ ƉĂƌŽĚǇŝŶŐ ĂŶ ĞǆŝƐƟ ŶŐ ƉůĂǇ ŝŶ Ă ĚĂƌŝŶŐ ƐƚǇůĞ͘ /ƚ ǁĂƐ ŽŶůǇ ŝŶ ƚǁĞŶƟ ĞƚŚ ĐĞŶƚƵƌǇ ŵĞƌŝĐĂ ƚŚĂƚ ƐƚƌŝƉƚĞĂƐĞ ďĞĐĂŵĞ ĂŶ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ďƵƌůĞƐƋƵĞ ĂƐ ǁĞ ŬŶŽǁ ŝƚ ƚŽĚĂǇ͘ KƌŝŐŝŶĂƟ ŶŐ ŝŶ ǀĂƵĚĞǀŝůůĞ ĂŶĚ ŵƵƐŝĐ ŚĂůů ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŵĞŶƚ͕ ĞĂƌůǇ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ďƵƌůĞƐƋƵĞ ƐŚŽǁƐ ǁŽƵůĚ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞ ƐƚƌŝƉƚĞĂƐĞ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵŝĐ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĞƌƐ Ă great amount. dŚĞ DŝŶƐŬǇ ƌŽƚŚĞƌƐ͛ ďƵƌůĞƐƋƵĞ ĐůƵďƐ͕ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ŝŶ ϭϵϭϮ͕ ǁĞƌĞ ŚƵŐĞůǇ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ĂŶĚ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞĚ ŐŝƌůƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĨĂŵŽƵƐ 'ǇƉƐǇ ZŽƐĞ >ĞĞ͘ >ĞĞ͕ ǁŚŽ ǁĞŶƚ ŽŶ ƚŽ ďĞĐŽŵĞ Ă Į ůŵ ĂĐƚƌĞƐƐ ǁĂƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ďƵƌůĞƐƋƵĞ͛Ɛ Į ƌƐƚ ƐƚĂƌƐ͘ ^ŚĞ ǁĂƐ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ ĨŽƌ ďŽƚŚ ŚĞƌ ǁŝƩ Ǉ͕ ƐŚĂƌƉ ŚƵŵŽƵƌ ŽŶ ƐƚĂŐĞ͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ŚĞƌ ƐĞĚƵĐƟ ǀĞ ƐƚǇůĞ ŽĨ striptease. EŽƚ Ăůů ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚŽŽĚ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƵŶĚĂƟ ŽŶƐ ŽĨ ďƵƌůĞƐƋƵĞ͕ ŝŶĚĞĞĚ͕ ŵĂŶǇ ƐĂǁ ƚŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ ŝĚĞĂ ĂƐ ŽďƐĐĞŶĞ͕ ůĞĂĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ Ă ůĂƌŐĞ ƐĐĂůĞ ĐƌĂĐŬ ĚŽǁŶ ŽŶ ďƵƌůĞƐƋƵĞ ĐůƵďƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ϭϵϯϬƐ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ϭϵϱϬƐ͕ ďƵƌůĞƐƋƵĞ ŚĂĚ ďĞĐŽŵĞ Ă ŵĂƐƐͲŵĞĚŝĂ ƉŚĞŶŽŵĞŶŽŶ͘ ůĂƐƐŝĮ ĞĚ ĂƐ ĞǆŽƟ Đ Žƌ ĨŽƌĞŝŐŶ͕ ŵĂŝŶƐƚƌĞĂŵ ŵĂŐĂǌŝŶĞƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ Newsweek ƌĞƉŽƌƚĞĚ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ďƵƌůĞƐƋƵĞ ƐŚŽǁƐ ŝŶ >ĂƐ sĞŐĂƐ Žƌ WĂƌŝƐ͕ ďƵƌůĞƐƋƵĞ ŚĂĚ ŶŽǁ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ƐǇŶŽŶǇŵŽƵƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĨĞŵĂůĞ ƐƚƌŝƉƚĞĂƐĞ͘ KŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ϭϵϱϬƐ ďŝŐŐĞƐƚ ďƵƌůĞƐƋƵĞ ƐƚĂƌƐ ǁĂƐ dĞŵƉĞƐƚ ^ƚŽƌŵ͕ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ ĨŽƌ ŚĞƌ ĐƵƌǀĂĐĞŽƵƐ Į ŐƵƌĞ ĂŶĚ Ň ĂŵĞͲƌĞĚ ŚĂŝƌ͘ ^ŚĞ ǁĂƐ ĚƵďďĞĚ ͚dŚĞ 'ŝƌů ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ &ĂďƵůŽƵƐ &ƌŽŶƚ͛͘ ^ƚŽƌŵ ĞŶũŽǇĞĚ Ă ůŽŶŐͲƚĞƌŵ ĐĂƌĞĞƌ͕ ƐƚĂƌƌŝŶŐ ŝŶ ŵĂŶǇ ƐƚƌŝƉƚĞĂƐĞ Į ůŵƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ

Teaserama͕ ŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƐŚĞ ĂƉƉĞĂƌĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ Ğƫ Ğ WĂŐĞ͘ ŶŽƚŚĞƌ ŵĂĚĞ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ ďǇ ďƵƌůĞƐƋƵĞ ǁĂƐ >ŝůǇ ^ƚ͘ Ǉƌ͘ She made her name through a series of acts such as :ƵŶŐůĞ 'ŽĚĚĞƐƐ͕ in which she pretended to make ůŽǀĞ ƚŽ Ă ƉĂƌƌŽƚ͘ dŚĞ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ďƵƌůĞƐƋƵĞ ƌĞǀŝǀĂů ǁĂƐ ƉŝŽŶĞĞƌĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŵŝĚͲϭϵϵϬƐ ďǇ ƚƌŽƵƉĞƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ dŚĞ sĞůǀĞƚ ,ĂŵŵĞƌ ƵƌůĞƐƋƵĞ ŝŶ >ŽƐ ŶŐĞůĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŝŶĚĞƉĞŶĚĞŶƚ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĞƌƐ ǁŚŽ ǁĂŶƚĞĚ ƚŽ ďƌŝŶŐ ďĂĐŬ ƚŚĞ ŐůĂŵŽƵƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŐŽŽĚ ŽůĚ ĚĂǇƐ͘ dŚĞ ŶĞǁ ďƵƌůĞƐƋƵĞ͕ Žƌ ͚ŶĞŽ ďƵƌůĞƐƋƵĞ͛ ĂƐ ŝƚ ŝƐ ǁŝĚĞůǇ ƌĞĨĞƌƌĞĚ ƚŽ͕ ǁŚŝƉƐ ƵƉ ƐƚƌŝƉƚĞĂƐĞ͕ ĐĂďĂƌĞƚ͕ ĞůĂďŽƌĂƚĞ ĐŽƐƚƵŵĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽƉƐ͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƵƐƵĂů ĞůĞŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ŚƵŵŽƵƌ͘ ^ŚŽǁƐ ƚĂŬĞ ƉůĂĐĞ ǁŽƌůĚǁŝĚĞ ĂŶĚ ǁĞůů ŬŶŽǁŶ ŵŽĚĞƌŶ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĞƌƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ ƌŝƟ ƐŚ ďŽŵďƐŚĞůů /ŵŵŽĚĞƐƚǇ ůĂŝǌĞ ĂŶĚ ŽĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ŝƚĂ sŽŶ dĞĞƐĞ͘ ƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇ ƚŚĞ hŶŝƚĞĚ <ŝŶŐĚŽŵ ďƵƌůĞƐƋƵĞ ƐĐĞŶĞ ŝƐ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĨŽƌĞǀĞƌ ŐƌŽǁŝŶŐ͘ hŶůŝŬĞ ƐƚƌŝƉƉĞƌƐ͕ ďƵƌůĞƐƋƵĞ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĞƌƐ ƉůĂĐĞ ĂŶ ĞŵƉŚĂƐŝƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ͚ƚĞĂƐĞ͛ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĞ ͚ƐƚƌŝƉ͛ ĂŶĚ ŽŌ ĞŶ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵ ĨŽƌ ĨƵŶ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ Ă ůŝǀŝŶŐ͘ WĞƌĨŽƌŵĞƌƐ ǁŝůů ŽŌ ĞŶ ƐƚƌŝƉ ĚŽǁŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĨĂŵŽƵƐ ŶŝƉƉůĞ ƚĂƐƐĞůƐ ĂŶĚ ŬŶŝĐŬĞƌƐ͕ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ ĂƌĞ ŶĞǀĞƌ ĨƵůůǇ ŶƵĚĞ͘ ƫ ƚƵĚĞƐ ƚŽǁĂƌĚƐ ĨĞŵĂůĞƐ ĞǆƉƌĞƐƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐĞǆƵĂůŝƚǇ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĐŽŵĞ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ĚĞĂů ŵŽƌĞ ƌĞůĂǆĞĚ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚƌŽĚƵĐƟ ŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ >ŽŶĚŽŶ ƵƌůĞƐƋƵĞ &ĞƐƟ ǀĂů ŝŶ ϮϬϬϳ͕ ŵĂŶǇ ĐůƵďƐ͕ ŵƵƐŝĐ ǀĞŶƵĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞŶ ŐǇŵƐ ĐŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ Ăƌƚ ŽĨ ƐƚƌŝƉƚĞĂƐĞ͘ ^Ž ůĂĚŝĞƐ͕ Į ŶĚ ǇŽƵƌ ĨĞĂƚŚĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƉĂƌŬůĞ ƵƉ ǇŽƵƌ ďƌĂƐ͕ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŝƚ ĂƉƉĞĂƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ŚĂƐ Ă ďƵƌŐĞŽŶŝŶŐ ďƵƌůĞƐƋƵĞ scene. ZŽƐŝĞ ĂƌĐƌŽŌ &Žƌ ƵƌůĞƐƋƵĞ ŝŶ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ĐŚĞĐŬ ŽƵƚ͗ ǁǁǁ͘ŬŝƩ ǇŐŽůŝŐŚƚůǇ͘ĐŽŵ ;tŽƌŬƐŚŽƉƐͬ ǀĞŶƚƐͿ ǁǁǁ͘ŚŽĐƵƐƉŽĐƵƐƚŚĞĂƚƌĞ͘ĐŽŵ ; ƵƌůĞƐƋƵĞͬ ĂďĂƌĞƚ ŝŶ EŽƌǁŝĐŚͿ

ŚĂŶŐŵĂŶ͛Ɛ ŶŽŽƐĞ ĂƌĞ ŝŶƚƌŝŶƐŝĐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐĐĞŶĂƌŝŽ͘ ƌŽĂĚůǇ͕ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂǇ ŝƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƚƌŝƵŵƉŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŚƵŵĂŶ ƐƉŝƌŝƚ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƌĐĞ ŽĨ ŽƉƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŵĞƚĂƉŚŽƌ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞĂƚƌĞ ŝƚƐĞůĨ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚŝƐ ŵĞĚŝƵŵ ƚŚĂƚ ŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞ ŽĨ ŚƵŵĂŶ ŶĂƚƵƌĞ ŝƐ ĂĐƋƵŝƌĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂŶƐĨŽƌŵĂƟ ǀĞ ƉŽǁĞƌ ŽĨ Ăƌƚ ĚŝƐĐƵƐƐĞĚ͕ Žī ĞƌĞĚ ĂƐ ĞĚƵĐĂƟ ǀĞ ĂŶĚ ƌĞƐƚŽƌĂƟ ǀĞ͘ /Ŷ Ă ƉůĂĐĞ ǁŚĞƌĞ͕ ĂƐ <ĞŶŶĞĂůůǇ ǁƌŽƚĞ͕ ͞ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ƉĞƌƐŽŶ ƵŶĚĞƌ ƐĞŶƚĞŶĐĞ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŶŽƌŵĂů ƚŚŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ĨƌĞĞ ŵĂŶ ĂďŶŽƌŵĂů͕͟ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ŽŶůǇ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶǀŝĐƚƐ Ͷ ůŽǁ ůŝǀĞƐ ǁŚŽ ďĞŐŝŶ ǁŝƚŚ ŶŽ ŵŽƌĞ ĚŝŐŶŝƚǇ ƚŚĂŶ ĂŶŝŵĂůƐ Ͷ ǁŚŽ ĂĐŚŝĞǀĞ ŚƵŵĂŶŝǌĂƟ ŽŶ͘ DĂŶǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ <ŝŶŐ͛Ɛ Žĸ ĐĞƌƐ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ƚŽƵĐŚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĂǁĂŬĞŶĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƐƉŝƌŝƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚŽƐĞ ƚŚĞǇ ŚĂǀĞ ƚƌŝĞĚ ƚŽ ƐƵďŽƌĚŝŶĂƚĞ͘ ^Ž͕ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ĂƌĞ ĂŌ Ğƌ Ă ƉŽŝŐŶĂŶƚ ǇĞƚ ƵƉůŝŌ ŝŶŐ ďƵƚ ĂůƐŽ Ă ƚŽƵĐŚŝŶŐ ǇĞƚ ĐŽŵŝĐ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƐĐĞŶĞƐ ŽĨ ĂŶ ĂŵŽƌŽƵƐ ŶĂƚƵƌĞ ƚŚƌŽǁŶ ŝŶ ĨŽƌ ŐŽŽĚ ŵĞĂƐƵƌĞ͕ ƚŚŝƐ Ăůů ĞŶĐŽŵƉĂƐƐŝŶŐ ƉŝĞĐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞĂƚƌĞ ƉƌŽŵŝƐĞƐ Ă ǁŝĚĞ ĂƉƉĞĂů ĂŶĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ǁĞůů ǁŽƌƚŚ Ă ǁĂƚĐŚ͘ Our Country’s Good ƌƵŶƐ ĨƌŽŵ tĞĚŶĞƐĚĂǇ ϮϭƐƚ ƵŶƟ ů &ƌŝĚĂǇ ϮϯƌĚ ŽĨ KĐƚŽďĞƌ ƐƚĂƌƟ ŶŐ Ăƚ ϳ͘ϯϬ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ h ƌĂŵĂ ^ƚƵĚŝŽ͘ dŝĐŬĞƚƐ ĂƌĞ άϱ ĂŶĚ άϯ͘ϱϬ ĨŽƌ ĐŽŶĐĞƐƐŝŽŶƐ͘ ǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ŶŽǁ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ Žǆ Kĸ ĐĞ͘

creative writing

20oct09 issue233

The Beach Only the silver sea shivers slightly at 6 in the mornings. The sand is pickled a ůŝƩůĞ ƚŽŽ ƉŝŶŬ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƐƉůŝƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞŶŝŶŐ͘ ŽůĚ ƵŶĚĞƌ ĨŽŽƚ͕ but it doesn't ƐƟĐŬ͖ ŝƚΖƐ ƚŽŽ ƐŝůŬǇ ĂŶĚ ƌŽƵŐŚ͘ / ǁĂůŬ ĚŽǁŶ ƚŚĞ ďĞĂĐŚ͕ ĂŶĚ step into the silver. At ĮƌƐƚ Ă ŵĞƚĂůůŝĐ ĨƌĞĞǌĞ ĨĞĞůŝŶŐ ƟƌĞƐ ŵǇ ĂŶŬůĞƐ͘ dŚĞŶ / ŝŵŵĞƌƐĞ ŵǇƐĞůĨ͕ ǁƌĂƉƉĞĚ ƵƉ ŝŶ ǁĂƌŵ ďůĂŶŬĞƚ͕ ƐǁŝŵŵŝŶŐ͕ / ĐŽŵĞ ƚŽ Ă ƌŝĚŐĞ͕ ũĂŐŐĞĚ͕ ŐƌĞĞŶ͕ ƐƉĂƌŬƐ ŽĨ ŽƌĂŶŐĞ͘ / ŚĂƵů ŵǇƐĞůĨ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚĂŵƉ͘

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It's Wednesday Again Who would have thought it would come to this? As it becomes so obvious people are so ruthless dŚĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͍ ůů ƉĞŽƉůĞ͍ EŽ͕ ŝƚΖƐ ũƵƐƚ ƚŚĞŵ They are the one's who we condemn tŽǁ͕ ŝƚΖƐ tĞĚŶĞƐĚĂǇ ĂŐĂŝŶ͊ dŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ĨƵůů ŽĨ ŝƚ͕ ǇŽƵ ŵƵƐƚ ĂĚŵŝƚ KŶ ds͕ ŝŶ ƚƌĂĸĐ͕ ŚĞĂĚůŝŶĞƐ͘͘͘/Ζŵ ƐŝĐŬ ŽĨ ŝƚ ŶĚ / ďůĂŵĞ ƚŚĞŵ͕ / ĐĂŶŶŽƚ ƉƌĞƚĞŶĚ Buck stops here is the message we must send. ĞƩĞƌ ŶŽƟĐĞ͕ ŝƚΖƐ tĞĚŶĞƐĚĂǇ ĂŐĂŝŶ͊ /ƚ ŬĞĞƉƐ ŐĞƫŶŐ ǁŽƌƐĞ ŚŽǁ ĨĂƌ ǁŝůů ŝƚ ŐŽ͍ ΖƟůů ŝƚ ŚŝƚƐ ďŽƩŽŵ͕ ƚŚĂƚΖƐ Ăůů / ŬŶŽǁ ZĞǀĞĂů ƚŚĞ ǁƌŽŶŐƐ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ǁĞ ĐĂŶ ŵĞŶĚ These are the wounds we must tend zŽƵ ŬŶŽǁ͕ ŝƚΖƐ tĞĚŶĞƐĚĂǇ ĂŐĂŝŶ͊

Over the tooth-ridge dŝŵĞ ŝƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞƐƐĞŶĐĞ͕ ĂƐ ŝƚ ŵŽǀĞƐ ĨĂƐƚ ĞĨŽƌĞ ǇŽƵ ŬŶŽǁ ŝƚ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ĚĂǇ ŚĂƐ ƉĂƐƐĞĚ DŽǀĞ ƐǁŝŌ ĂŶĚ ƐƵƌĞ ǁŝůů ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚŝƐ ĞŶĚ ŐĂŝŶƐƚ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽ ĨĞĞů ƌƵůĞƐ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞŶĚ dĂŬĞ ŶŽƚĞ͕ ŝƚΖƐ tĞĚŶĞƐĚĂǇ ĂŐĂŝŶ͊

Plunge down into the thick ǁĂƌŵ ĂŐĂŝŶ͕ ƟĐŬ ƟĐŬ ƟĐŬ ƵŶĚĞƌ ǁĂƚĞƌ ĨŽƌ Ă ĨĞǁ ƐĞĐŽŶĚƐ Feels longer WƵůů ŵǇƐĞůĨ ƵƉ͕ ŽŶƚŽ ŵǇ ƌŽĐŬƐ͘ ^ŚĂƌƉ ĂŶĚ ƌŽůůǇͲƐŵŽŽƚŚ͕ ŵǇ ĨĞĞƚ ĨĞĞů ƚŚĞ ĚĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ Ɛŝǆ ƐƵŵŵĞƌƐ ŽĨ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ZŽĐŬƐ ƌĞĂůŝƐĞ ƚŚĞ ǁĞƚ ŽĨ ŵǇ ĨĞĞƚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞǇ ƚĂƵŶƚ ŵĞ ƚŽ ƐůŝƉ͘ / Đůŝŵď ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉ ĂŶĚ ƐƚƌĞƚĐŚ͕ ƐƚĂŶĚ ƵƉ

Dirty WƌĞƩǇ ŽůůǇ͕ ƵŶŐǇ tŽƌůĚ KŽƉƐĞǇ ĚĂŝƐǇ͕ ƐŚĞ ĨĞůů ĚŽǁŶ DƵĚĚǇ ŚĂŶĚƐ͕ ŝƌƚǇ ƌĞƐƐ Silly Dolly Who will play with you now?

ZĞďĞŬĂŚ DĐ'ŝůů

Look out to miles and miles and miles and miles dƵƌŶ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ďĞĂĐŚ͕ ƐŽ ĨĂƌ away and no one knows how I made it / ƵŶǁƌĂƉ Ă ďŽŽŬ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ďĂŐ / ŚĂǀĞ ĂƩĂĐŚĞĚ ƚŽ ŵǇ ĂŶŬůĞ͕ / ůŝĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƌŽĐŬƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐƵŶ streaking my eyelashes and ŵǇ ďĂĐŬ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞƌǇ ŝŶĐŚ ŽĨ ŵǇ ƐŬŝŶ͕ ĂŶĚ / ůŝĞ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĨŽƌ ŚŽƵƌƐ͕ ƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ͕ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ůŝƩůĞ ƉŽŽůƐ͕ ƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ diving.

ŽŶΖƚ ďůĂŵĞ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƌƌŝĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵĞƐƐĂŐĞ ŽĨ ƟŵĞ EŽƚ ƚŽ ŶŽƟĐĞ ŝƚΖƐ ƐƉĞĞĚŝŶŐ ƵƉ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĐƌŝŵĞ /ŶŝƟĂůůǇ ŝƚ ŝƐ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ ƚŽ ĐŽŵƉƌĞŚĞŶĚ zŽƵƌ ŵŝŶĚ ĚĞŶŝĞƐ ŝƚ ĂƐ Ă ŐŝŌ ƚŽ ůĞŶĚ zĞƐ͕ ǇŽƵΖƌĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ͕ ŝƚΖƐ tĞĚŶĞƐĚĂǇ ĂŐĂŝŶ͊ ^Ž ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ ŝƐ ƌŝŐŚƚ ĨŽƌ ǇŽƵ ƚŽ ďĞ ĂŶŐƌǇ ĞĐŽŵĞ ĞŵƉŽǁĞƌĞĚ ĂŶĚ Ă ŽŶƐƵŵĞƌ sŝŐŝůĂŶƚĞ͊ EĞǁ ŐĂŵĞ͕ ŚŝŐŚĞƌ ůĞǀĞů͘͘͘Śŝƚ ΖĞŵ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ďĂĐŬ ĞŶĚ Power back to the people is what I contend KŚ ŵĞ͕ KŚ ŵǇ͕ ŝƚΖƐ tĞĚŶĞƐĚĂǇ ĂŐĂŝŶ͊ Darren Reick

Atmosphere Atmosphere is over rated 'ĂƐƐǇ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŽŌĞŶ stated That it is our most precious resource. When you think a short while longer You will see petrol is stronger ĂƌƌŝĞƐ ƵƐ͕ ĂƐ ŝƚ ďƵƌŶƐ ůŽǁĞƌ͕ ǆĐŝƟŶŐůǇ Žī ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͘

Ƶƚ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĚŽ ͕ ŵǇ ĨĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞ ƚŚŝŶŐ͕ ŝƐ ƚŽ Ɛŝƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ƐƚĂƌĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ƐůŽǁůǇ ďĞŐŝŶ ƚŽ ƚŚŝŶŬ͕ ƚƌĂŶƋƵŝůůŝƚǇ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĞƐ ƐƵĐŚ͕ ƉƵƌĞ ƌĞŇĞĐƟŽŶƐ͕ where everything makes ƐĞŶƐĞ͕ ĂŶĚ / ŬŶŽǁ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ƟŵĞ / ŬŶĞǁ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŽ ĚŽ Žƌ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŽ ƚŚŝŶŬ͕ ĂďŽƵƚ ĞǀĞƌǇƚŚŝŶŐ͕ Žƌ ŵĂǇďĞ / ũƵƐƚ ƐĂƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ŶŽ ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚƐ ƐƵƌĨĂĐĞĚ at all.

Next issue’s theme is

Anon

BEAUTY

dƌĂĸĐ ,ĞƌĞ ǁĞ ŐŽ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŇŽǁ͕ gaining speed that’s what I need. KŚ ŶŽ͊ ŽŵŝŶŐ ƚŽ Ă ƐƚŽƉ ĂŐĂŝŶ͊ ZĞĚ͕ ŵďĞƌ͕ 'ƌĞĞŶ͕ 'Ž͊ Why does it always seem so slow? ĂƌƐ͕ >ŽƌƌŝĞƐ͕ ŝŬĞƐ͕ Ă ůŝŬĞ͕ perhaps I should have taken a hike? DŽǀŝŶŐ ŝŶ ĂŶĚ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ůĂŶĞƐ͕ ǁŽƵůĚ / ŚĂǀĞ ƚƌŽƵďůĞ ŝĨ / ƚŽŽŬ Ă ƉůĂŶĞ͍ ,ŽŽƌĂǇ͕ / Ăŵ ĐŽŵŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĂŶ ĞŶĚ but I shouldn’t have taken that last bend. Daphne Edwards

Fearchar MacLean

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canvas

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OILING THE WHEELS OF THE COMEDY VEHICLE>THE ART OF STEWART LEE This week, George Gilbert explores the work of comedian Stewart Lee, a cult figure with a particular appeal for those who like their comics a little more dark and subversive. The date was January 2007; the time of the Celebrity Big Brother scandal, when a pair of halfwits launched a racist attack on a fellow housemate, attracting headlines all around the world, and promptly spawning well in excess of 44,000 complaints from the public to Ofcom alone. Amongst the gushing torrent of verbiage and platitudes, many of them approaching the original tirade in terms of the force of unwarranted rhetoric and hyperbole present, the scandal brought forth this press statement from the show’s sponsors, the Carphone Warehouse. “Racism…is entirely at odds with the values of the Carphone Warehouse”. Now, if the almost parodic use of the word ‘values’ doesn’t sound quite right in your mind, then you would do well to seek out the comedian Stewart Lee. If the statement seems unintentionally amusing to you, chances are that you already have. Stewart Lee is a comic who takes a playful delight in irreverance, but there’s much more to him than just that. Lee believes it is his job to challenge both the lionisation of cultural mediocrity and the transparency of the dishonest hypocrisy that defines our celebrity obsessed time. Unusually, rather than stating

the particular advantages of him in particular pointing out the plainly ridiculous, Lee realises it is part of the general futility of being a cult comedian. He was recently quoted as saying, “I’m an overweight, greying, middle-aged man in a suit that obviously needs letting out. I don’t have any power, so there wouldn’t be any skill in crushing me”. In essence, any comic is a bauble. Shiny and decorative, but pointless. Think of the trends that define the nation’s comic sensibilities. Peter Kay was behind the surreal and superb Phoenix Nights, but also behind the poorly received Britain’s Got The Pop Factor, and Possibly a New Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice (and do not be fooled by the verbose title; it isn’t funny). Similarly, flavour of the moment Michael Macintyre has been working for years, yet has only achieved truly breakthrough fame relatively recently. If it is not only a fickle role, being a comedian is also in essence trivial. Lee knows this, and for all his passionate pathos, his work will, like all comedy, carry a trace of futility about it. Like Camus’ The Outsider, it is this sense of belonging that makes Lee particularly compelling. A supporter of humanism and

democratic socialism, among other things, Lee is brilliant at tapping into the sense of futility in the face of widely supported but abhorrent cultural institutions. The genius of Lee is in the detail, and his ability to tap into a common countercultural consciousness is perhaps unmatched among any other comic. In his recent programme Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle, his first show on mainstream TV in almost a decade, Lee mocked subjects such as celebrity hardbacks, the recession and rubbish TV that saturates channels such as E4. “Watching Channel 4 is like a flood of sewage coming unbidden into your own home, whereas E4 is like you’ve constructed a sluice to let it in”. Ironically mocking Channel 4 (which had Lee on its schedule at one stage), was certainly not a lone foray against those who’ve frustrated him first hand. One of Lee’s own books, The Perfect Fool, attracted excellent critical reviews but did not sell huge amounts (as Lee says in his DVD 41st Best Stand Up Ever, “you’re just not getting the figures son”), and in a similar vein Lee notes the irony of a book appearing such as The Gospel According To Chris Moyles – a man who, Lee notes, having published now two volumes of his autobiography, “…has written more than

he’s read”. You have probably realised by now, capturing the essence of a comic, especially one who specialises in something as broad as counterculture, is particularly difficult. It is, however, worth trying, if only to draw some attention to an especially interesting comic who seems to be just slipping back into popular consciousness after a long hiatus after his controversial role as a writer of Jerry Springer: the Opera. Long live Stewart Lee!

television

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LIVE...AND KICKING THEMSELVES The Event ůŽŽŬƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŚŝƐƚŽƌǇ ŽĨ ůŝǀĞ ds ƐĐƌĞǁͲƵƉƐ ĂŌ Ğƌ Ă ǁĞĞŬ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ďŽŽŬƐ͘ Derren Brown loses five thousand pounds of an unwitting participant’s money on the spin of a roulette wheel, Anton Du-Beke jokingly uses an incredibly volatile racial slur against partner Laila Rouass in an otherwise genteel middle-class dancing competition and Dannii Minogue proves how well versed she is in red-tops by witlessly questioning contestant Danyl Johnson’s sexuality instead

of commenting on his singing. But rather than this being the inevitable implosion of reality TV sociologists worldwide have been praying to the god of humanism for, these are really just coinciding examples of a tradition of live TV blundering that goes back decades. From 1969 children’s television to this year’s MTV Music Video Awards, from intellectual game shows to biscuit dunking

chat shows, they’ve always been at it and whether it’s the celebrities conspiring to bring down television (if not society as a whole) or just an industry agreement to keep Denis Norden in work, the one thing that’s for certain is that it’s nothing new. The Event opens up the vaults of TV’s Finest Live Fumbles to prove it.

C**NTDOWN CONUNDRUM TV’s Finest Failures and TV Moments From LATE NOMINATION for them to be shown later on shows such as

You don’t get to be one of the longest running game shows in the world without having a few mishaps and Countdown ŚĂƐ ĚƵƟ ĨƵůůǇ ŚĂĚ ŝƚƐ fair share over the years. Although extremely popular among our fellow students, the target audience of housewives and pensioners in its usual teaƟ ŵĞ ƐůŽƚ ŚĂǀĞ ĨŽƌĐĞĚ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞƌƐ ƚŽ ĞĚŝƚ ŽƵƚ ƉŽƚĞŶƟ ĂůůǇ Žī ĞŶƐŝǀĞ ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ͖ ŽŶůǇ

‘LOO-LOO’ WAS THE HINT

“Oh we’re having a slight penny down here… a ƐůŝŐŚƚ ƉƌŽďůĞŵ͊͟ ĞǆĐůĂŝŵĞĚ ĨŽƌŵĞƌ Blue Peter ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĞƌ WĞƚĞƌ WƵƌǀĞƐ͕ ĂŌ Ğƌ >ƵůƵ ƚŚĞ ĞůĞƉŚĂŶƚ ĚĞĨĞĐĂƚĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚŝŽ Ň ŽŽƌ ďĂĐŬ ŝŶ ϭϵϲϵ͘ The long-running BBC children’s programme once starred the baby elephant which has now become one of the most memorable pieces of television. Lulu caused ĐŚĂŽƐ͘ ^ŚĞ ƉĞĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƉŽŽĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚŝŽ Ň ŽŽƌ͕

Hell͘ ^ŽŵĞ ĐůŝƉƐ͕ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ůĞŐĞŶĚĂƌǇ ͚ĐͲǁŽƌĚ Ň ĂƉƐ͛ ŝŶĐŝĚĞŶƚ͕ ŚĂǀĞ ĨŽƵŶĚ ŝŵŵĞŶƐĞ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌŝƚǇ through YouTube, where one recent video has received 56,088 views to date. The format of the show itself, with the ƐƵƉƉŽƐĞĚůǇ ƌĂŶĚŽŵ ƐĞůĞĐƟ ŽŶ ŽĨ ůĞƩ ĞƌƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ďŽĂƌĚ ĞĂĐŚ Ɵ ŵĞ͕ ĐŽƵůĚ ĐĂƵƐĞ ƉŽƚĞŶƟ ĂůůǇ massive problems for the Channel 4 producers, ǁŚŝůĞ Ă ůĂƌŐĞ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ǀŝĞǁĞƌƐ Į ŶĚ ƐƵĐŚ a clean-cut show going so wrong rather delicious to watch. However, while in the past contestants themselves would choose swearwords to play the game, they were quickly cut from the broadcast completely in 2008. The word ‘wankers’ was merely bleeped out. What is clear is that, despite the producers’ ďĞƐƚ ŝŶƚĞŶƟ ŽŶƐ͕ ĂƐ ůŽŶŐ ĂƐ Countdown ƐƟ ůů ŽĐĐƵƉŝĞƐ ŝƚƐ ƵƐƵĂů ĚĂǇƟ ŵĞ ƐůŽƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŚŽƉĞ that another hilarious mishap will somehow Į ŶĚ ŝƚƐ ǁĂǇ ŽŶ ƚŽ ŽƵƌ ƐĐƌĞĞŶƐ Ͳ ĞǀĞŶ ŝĨ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ũƵƐƚ our laptops. Caroline Preece

refused to leave the set with her keeper and trod on presenter John Noakes’ foot in the ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ͘ ͞KŚ ŐĞƚ Žī ŵĞ ĨŽŽƚ͊͟ ǁŝůů ĂůǁĂǇƐ ďĞ classic lines Blue Peter badge holders will never forget, but maybe the true humour lies with her keeper wordlessly being dragged along the Ň ŽŽƌ ůŝŬĞ Ă ƚŽǇ Į ŐƵƌŝŶĞ ĂƐ ŚĞ ĚĞƐƉĞƌĂƚĞůǇ ƚƌŝĞƐ ƚŽ ŐĂŝŶ ĐŽŶƚƌŽů ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĞĂƵƟ ĨƵů ĂŶŝŵĂů͘ ^Ɵ ůů͕ ŽŶĞ cannot help but feel sorry for the creature as she clearly doesn’t seem to like the guy and so Ă ŬŝŶĚ ŽĨ ũƵƐƟ ĐĞ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ĂĐŚŝĞǀĞĚ ǁŚĞŶ ƐŚĞ drags him straight through the muck. ,ĂƚƐ Žī ƚŚĞŶ ƚŽ :ŽŚŶ EŽĂŬĞƐ͕ ĂƐ ŚĞ maintains a good sense of humour throughout an episode which has become a prime example of a show that tries to be so careful with what it broadcasts being reduced to chaos by the ŝŶƚƌŽĚƵĐƟ ŽŶ ŽĨ Ă ĨŽƌĐĞ ŽĨ ŶĂƚƵƌĞ ĐĂůůĞĚ >ƵůƵ͘ ŶĚ ĂƐ Ă ƌĞƐƵůƚ͕ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ůĞŌ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞůǇ ƵŶƉůĂŶŶĂďůĞ ds ŵŽŵĞŶƚ ʹ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ƐŽ ŽŌ ĞŶ ƚŚĞ best kind of comedy. Nicola Pearson

People always warn about the dangers of working with children and animals, but what they forget is that whilst children and animals mostly cause a few giggles, adults are capable ŽĨ ĐƌĞĂƟ ŶŐ Ă ǁŚŽůĞ ďƵŶĐŚ ŽĨ ĐŽŶƚƌŽǀĞƌƐǇ͘ Which is something MTV found out to their cost at the Video Music Awards last month when Kanye West bounded onto stage, ŝŶƚĞƌƌƵƉƟ ŶŐ dĂǇůŽƌ ^ǁŝŌ ͛Ɛ ĂĐĐĞƉƚĂŶĐĞ ƐƉĞĞĐŚ to tell the crowd that Beyoncé should have won Best Female Video instead of her. This rightly ĐĂƵƐĞĚ Ă Ň ƵƌƌǇ ŽĨ ŽƵƚƌĂŐĞĚ ŵĞĚŝĂ ĐŽǀĞƌĂŐĞ͕ as well as a lot of booing from the astounded ĐĞůĞďƌŝƟ ĞƐ ĂƩ ĞŶĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĐĞƌĞŵŽŶǇ͘ tŚĂƚ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ĞĂƐŝůǇ Į ǆĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ a simple apology gained a whole new level of drama, when Barack Obama was overheard ĐĂůůŝŶŐ tĞƐƚ Ă ͞ũĂĐŬĂƐƐ͘͟ ,ŝƐ Žī ͲƚŚĞͲƌĞĐŽƌĚ comment was picked up by a nearby journalist ĂŶĚ ĚƵůǇ dǁŝƩ ĞƌĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͘ tŚŝůƐƚ ƚŚĞ comment was withdrawn an hour later, the damage had already been done.

This just goes to show that in our technologysaturated world you don’t even have to be live on air to be caught out anymore. To all of you ǁŝƚŚ ŵĞĚŝĂ ĂŵďŝƟ ŽŶƐ ͘͘͘ ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ǁĂƌŶĞĚ͊ Lindsay Harris

WITH FERNS LIKE THESE... Remember when TV meant perfectly staged lines, comedy-on-cue and not a hair out of place? When presenters behaved with dignity and poise? Nope, no-one else does either, not since live TV arrived on our screens. And one of ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌƐƚ Žī ĞŶĚĞƌƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐ ǀĞƌƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ This Morning on ITV. Phil and Fern are legendary for being unable to keep straight faces, and ǁŽƌƐĞ͕ ŶŽƚ ďĞŝŶŐ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ƌĞƐƵŵĞ ĂŌ Ğƌ ĨĂůůŝŶŐ into giggles like naughty schoolchildren. Example: This Morning were covering the types of biscuits viewers like to dunk in their tea. Phil reveals to everyone’s ‘shock’ that he does not like dunking biscuits. However, when they talk roast beef later on, ignoring Ăůů ƐĞǆƵĂů ŝŶŶƵĞŶĚŽ ĂůĞƌƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂĚ ƚŽ Ň ĂƌĞ ŝŶ her mind, Fern calmly notes, “You don’t mind dunking a bit of beef, then, do you?” Immature giggling breaks out and not even the sternest of schoolmasters could shame them in to silence.

But if they were having so many laughs ǁŚǇ ĚŝĚ &ĞƌŶ ůĞĂǀĞ͍ ZƵŵŽƵƌƐ Ň Ǉ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞƌ ďƵĚĚǇ WŚŝů ǁĂƐ ŐĞƫ ŶŐ Ă ƚŚŝƌĚ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶ ŚŝƐ ƉĂǇͲƉĂĐŬĞƚ͘ Feminism and pride take hits there, as did ITV ŽŶĞ ĂƐƐƵŵĞƐ ǁŚĞŶ &ĞƌŶ ůĞŌ ͕ ůĞĂǀŝŶŐ ǀŝĞǁĞƌƐ with the slightly staler Holly Willoughby. Phil and Fern as a team are sorely missed but their entry to the live TV hall of fame is assured for all the wrong reasons, and some of the right ones. Sophie Morgan

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PRIMETIME - EMMA Austen’s classic novel Emma is adapted charmingly under the skilful hand of Sandy Welch. The well-known characters spring to life in this fresh and funny series. Michael Gambon is the hidden gem of this period piece as Emma’s worry-wart ĨĂƚŚĞƌ͕ ĂƩĞŵƉƟŶŐ ƚŽ ďĂŶ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ĨƌŽŵ ĞĂƟŶŐ ĐĂŬĞ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵƉůĂŝŶŝŶŐ ĞŶĚůĞƐƐůǇ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞƐ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŽ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ Śŝŵ͘ ZŽŵŽůĂ 'ĂƌĂŝ ƉůĂǇƐ ƚŚĞ ďƌŝŐŚƚ͕ ǁŝƩǇ ĂŶĚ ƵŶĂƐŚĂŵĞĚůǇ ŵĂŶŝƉƵůĂƟǀĞ ŵŵĂ tŽŽĚŚŽƵƐĞ͕ ƐƉĞŶĚŝŶŐ ŚĞƌ ƟŵĞ ƉĂŝƌŝŶŐ ƵƉ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ,ŝŐŚďƵƌǇ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ Ă ĚĞůŝŐŚƞƵů ƐĐĞŶĞ ŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŵŵĂ͛Ɛ childhood dolls of a bride and groom fade into the matrimonial ceremony of Anne Taylor (Emma’s former governess) and Mr. Weston. Mr <ŶŝŐŚƚůĞǇ ůĂƚĞƌ ƐĐŽůĚƐ ŵŵĂ ĨŽƌ ƚƌĞĂƟŶŐ ƚŚŽƐĞ around her as she would her play things. Emma however claims to know people - ‘their hopes, ĚƌĞĂŵƐ ĂŶĚ ĂƐƉŝƌĂƟŽŶƐ͛͘ ^ŚĞ ŝƐ ŝŵŵŽǀĂďůǇ ƌĞĂƐƐƵƌĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ Ăůů ŚĞƌ ŝŶƚƌƵƐŝǀĞ ĂĐƟŽŶƐ ĂƌĞ ĨŽƌ the good of the community. It is clear that Emma is extremely intelligent ĂŶĚ ƉĞƌĐĞƉƟǀĞ͕ ǇĞƚ ƚŚĞ ǀŝĞǁĞƌ ŝƐ ůĞŌ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶŝŶŐ ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ ƐŚĞ ƵƐĞƐ ƚŚĞƐĞ ǁŝƚƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ďĞƩĞƌŵĞŶƚ of others or herself. In the midst of a heated argument between ƚŚĞ ƉĂŝƌ͕ Dƌ͘ <ŶŝŐŚƚůĞǇ ĞǆĐůĂŝŵƐ͗ ͞/ƚ ŝƐ ďĞƩĞƌ ƚŽ be without wits than to use them as you do”. Emma rebukes him with lines that would have feminists everywhere raising their hands in ƚƌŝƵŵƉŚ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ Ă ƐƵŐŐĞƐƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƉŝĞĐĞ ŐŽĞƐ ŽŶ͕ ŵŵĂ ŵŝŐŚƚ ůŽƐĞ ŚĞƌ ďŝƟŶŐ

DOWNLOAD - HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER ǁŝƚ ĂŶĚ ĨĂůů ƵŶĚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƐŽďĞƌŝŶŐ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ Dƌ͘ Knightley. Johnny Lee Miller as Mr. Knightley is a ƌĞĨƌĞƐŚŝŶŐ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ůŝŬĞƐ ŽĨ ,ƵŐŚ 'ƌĂŶƚ ŝŶ ŚŝƐ ƌŽůĞ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŵĂůĞ ƉƌŽƚĂŐŽŶŝƐƚ͘ ,ŝƐ ƐƟī ďĂĐŬ͕ ĐǇŶŝĐĂů ĂƫƚƵĚĞ ĂŶĚ ƐƚƌĂŝŐŚƚ ƚĂůŬŝŶŐ ŵĂŶŶĞƌ contrast perfectly with Emma’s reassured ĂƫƚƵĚĞ ĂŶĚ ǁŽŶĚĞƌĨƵůůǇ ĞǆƉƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ͘

You may have seen How I Met Your Mother ďĞŝŶŐ ĂĚǀĞƌƟƐĞĚ ŽŶ ϰ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ Friends and this may be because Friends has been repeated ad nauseum and now they need a new show to overplay. dŚŝƐ ŵĂǇ ƉƵƚ ǇŽƵ Žī ǁĂƚĐŚŝŶŐ͕ ďƵƚ ĨĞĂƌ ŶŽƚ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ ŶŽƚ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ Friends. The similarity between these shows begins and ends with a group of friends who live together in New York, and have seats seemingly reserved ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŵ Ăƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƌĞŐƵůĂƌ ŵĞĞƟŶŐ ƉůĂĐĞ͕ because How I Met Your Mother is a much more intelligent take on this friendship dynamic. The wit in the show is so much more than back and forth banter between characters (although that obviously is a big part of the show) but it is the ĐůĞǀĞƌ ĞĚŝƟŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ŵĂŬĞƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ĂŶĚ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ͘ dŚĞ ŵĂŶŝƉƵůĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƟŵĞ ŝƐ ƵƐĞĚ ƚŽ ƐƵĐŚ In the second episode, Emma’s matchmaking ĂŶ ĞǆƚĞŶƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĞůĨͲƌĞĨĞƌĞŶƟĂů ũŽŬĞƐ ĂƌĞ plans go awry in her mission to unite the naïve ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵůůǇ ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚŽŽĚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ĮǀĞ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ,ĂƌƌŝĞƚ ^ŵŝƚŚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĞŐŽƟƐƟĐĂů ǇŽƵŶŐ ǀŝĐĂƌ͕ of the show. It is possible that the show is so Dƌ ůƚŽŶ͘ ůĂŬĞ ZŝƚƐŽŶ ƉůĂǇƐ ŚŝƐ ƉĂƌƚ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ŚĂŵͲ ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ƚŚĞ ƐĐƌŝƉƚ ŝƐ ďĂƐĞĚ ůŽŽƐĞůǇ ŽŶ ŚĂŶĚĞĚůǇ ;ŝƚ ŝƐ ƉĞƌŚĂƉƐ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ƚŽŽ ŽďǀŝŽƵƐ ƚŚĂƚ the lives of friends, and creators of the show ŚŝƐ ĂīĞĐƟŽŶƐ ůĂǇ ǁŝƚŚ ŵŵĂ ĂŶĚ ŶŽƚ ,ĂƌƌŝĞƚͿ ĂƌƚĞƌ ĂǇƐ ĂŶĚ ƌĂŝŐ dŚŽŵĂƐ͘ dŚĞ ǁŝƩǇ ƐĐƌŝƉƚ ŝƐ however his style is generally in keeping with never let down by the cast that includes Apatow the feel of the series which combines a touch comedy stalwart, Jason Segel (&ŽƌŐĞƫŶŐ ^ĂƌĂŚ of screwball comedy with all the elegance and Marshall as well as various other bromances) ĞůŽƋƵĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ĂŶ ƵƐƚĞŶ ĐůĂƐƐŝĐ͘ coincidentally playing Marshall, but even more Put on your costume drama bonnet and ďƌŝůůŝĂŶƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƐƟŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŵŽƵƐůǇ ŐĂǇ EĞŝů catch this comedy of manners at 9pm, Sundays WĂƚƌŝĐŬ ,ĂƌƌŝƐ ĂƐ ĂƌŶĞǇ ^ƟŶƐŽŶ͕ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ on BBC 1. misogynous womaniser in New York. Rebekah McGill EŽƚ ƚŽ ŵĞŶƟŽŶ Ă ƐŚŽƵƚ ŽƵƚ ĨŽƌ :ŽƐƐ

Whedon geeks. Two of the main characters ĂƌĞ tŚĞĚŽŶ ƌĞŐƵůĂƌƐ͗ ůǇƐŽŶ ,ĂŶŶŝŐĂŶ Ă͘Ŭ͘Ă Willow from ƵīǇ ƚŚĞ sĂŵƉŝƌĞ ^ůĂǇĞƌ and the ĂǁĞƐŽŵĞ WĂƚƌŝĐŬ ,ĂƌƌŝƐ ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ ƌ͘ ,ŽƌƌŝďůĞ ĨƌŽŵ Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-long Blog. And these aren't even the only Whedon stars that appear on the show: Morena Baccarin (&ŝƌĞŇǇ and Serenity), Amy Acker (Angel and Dollhouse) and Tom Lenk ( ƵīǇ and AngelͿ ĂŶĚ ůĞǆŝƐ ĞŶŝƐŽĨ ; ƵīǇ and Angel ʹ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ,ĂŶŶŝŐĂŶ͛Ɛ ŚƵƐďĂŶĚͿ Ăůů

make cameos. Even if you’re not a Whedon cross-over fanboy/girl, this original take on a group of New York friends will have something for you ƚŽ ĞŶũŽǇ͘ Series two is currently showing on E4 at 7.30pm every weeknight, whilst series four is showing in America and hits the usual places Monday nights. Micha Butler

‘GARTH AND STACI’: LOST IN TRANSATLANTIC ŽŶ͛ƚ ůŽŽŬ ŶŽǁ͕ ďƵƚ Gavin and Stacey has ďĞĐŽŵĞ ƚŚĞ ůĂƚĞƐƚ ƌŝƟƐŚ ƐŚŽǁ ƚŽ ďĞ ƌĞŵĂĚĞ ďǇ the Americans. There seems to be a perceived ŶĞĞĚ ŽŶ h^ ds ĨŽƌ ĞǀĞƌǇ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ƌŝƟƐŚ ƐŚŽǁ ƚŽ ďĞ ƌĞŵĂĚĞ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ƉŽŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĂĐĐĞŶƚ ĨŽƌ Ă ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ͘ /Ɛ ƚŚŝƐ ƐŝŵƉůǇ because they don’t understand the style of the ƐŚŽǁ͕ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƌŵĂƚ ƵƐĞĚ͕ Žƌ ƐŝŵƉůǇ ŽƵƌ ƌŝƟƐŚ humour? Although surely if that were the case, there wouldn’t have been a successful show for American programmers to want to reproduce. With successes such as Life on Mars, perhaps it

ŝƐ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ƚŚĞǇ ďĞůŝĞǀĞ ƚŚĞǇ ĐĂŶ ŵĂŬĞ ŝƚ Ă ďĞƩĞƌ ƋƵĂůŝƚǇ ŽĨ ĚƌĂŵĂ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ďŝŐŐĞƌ ďƵĚŐĞƚƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚƵƌŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ĐŝŶĞŵĂƟĐ ĂŶĚ ƐƉĞĐƚĂĐƵůĂƌ ůŽŶŐ running serial drama in the vein of Lost or 24. Or could it be with shows such as dŚĞ KĸĐĞ and now Gavin and Stacey that since the loss of the long-running comedy show Friends and the original Scrubs, ŵĞƌŝĐĂ ǁĂŶƚƐ ƚŽ Įůů Ă ǀŽŝĚ ŝŶ the genre of comedy and are looking overseas for the content. Maybe the feeling is that ƌĞŵĂŬŝŶŐ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ƌŝƟƐŚ ƐŚŽǁƐ ŝƐ Ă ƋƵŝĐŬ way to gain an audience that has already been established.

Perhaps this is actually a good thing, and ŝƚ ƉƌŽǀĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƌŝƟƐŚ ƐŚŽǁƐ ĂƌĞ ĂƉƉƌĞĐŝĂƚĞĚ so much, but our short series frustrate the American desire for more and so they take ƚŚĞ ŵĂƩĞƌ ŝŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽǁŶ ŚĂŶĚƐ͘ Kƌ ƚŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƉŽƐƐŝďŝůŝƚǇ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ũƵƐƚ ƚŽŽ ŵĂŶǇ ŵŽŶĞǇ ŚƵŶŐƌǇ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ƌĞŵĂŬŝŶŐ ƌŝƟƐŚ shows purely to capitalise on their success. ůů ƚŚĞƐĞ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ ŽŶůǇ ƉƌŽǀĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŽƵƌ natural response to this news is ‘why’? If ŝŵŝƚĂƟŽŶ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƐŝŶĐĞƌĞƐƚ ĨŽƌŵ ŽĨ ŇĂƩĞƌǇ ƚŚĞŶ how come it feels so much like an insult? Natasha Golley

to be useless. If you want to make God laugh tell him your plans, but if you want to make everyone else laugh publish your theories about The X Factor. >ĂƐƚ ŝƐƐƵĞ ĞƌƌĞŶ ƌŽǁŶ ǁĂƐ ŝŶĨĂůůŝďůĞ͕ women on The X Factor were the ones being discriminated against and Anton du Beke was Ă ůŽǀĂďůĞ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂůŝƚǇ ǁŚŽ ƉƵƐŚĞĚ ĐĞůĞďƌŝƟĞƐ through polystyrene. It’s like trying to predict ǁŚĞƌĞ Ă ďĂůů ǁŝůů ůĂŶĚ ŽŶ Ă ƌŽƵůĞƩĞ ǁŚĞĞů Ͳ ĂƉƉĂƌĞŶƚůǇ ǀĞƌǇ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ͘ ƚ ůĞĂƐƚ ĞƌƌĞŶ ƌŽǁŶ has the defence that he actually came very

close to doing something that logic dictates ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ŝŵƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ͘ ĂŶŶŝŝ DŝŶŽŐƵĞ ĂŶĚ ĚƵ ĞŬĞ ũƵƐƚ ŚĂĚ ƚŽ ƐŵŝůĞ ĂŶĚ ŶŽƚ ƐĂǇ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŽŽ stupid. ^Ž ǁŚĞŶ DŝŶŽŐƵĞ ƚŽŽŬ ƵƉ ƚŚĞ ŝĚŝŽƟĐ ƚŽƌĐŚ͕ the BBC must have breathed a sigh of relief ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƌŝǀĂů ǁĂƐ ĐŽŵƉĞƟŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŵ ĞǀĞŶ ĨŽƌ ĐŽŶƚƌŽǀĞƌƐǇ͘ ͞/ƚ͛Ɛ Ă ũŽŬĞ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ͟ ďĞĐĂŵĞ Ă ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ĚĞĨĞŶĐĞ ďǇ ďŽƚŚ ƉĂƌƟĞƐ͕ ƐĞĞŵŝŶŐůǇ ĨŽƌŐĞƫŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚŝƐ Ăůů ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ ůŝǀĞ ĐĂŵĞƌĂƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƉŽŝŶƚĞĚ Ăƚ ďŽƚŚ ƚŚĞŵ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌƐŽŶ ƐƵƉƉŽƐĞĚůǇ ŝŶ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ũŽŬĞ ĂŶĚ

GRAPEVINE Weathermen have it easy. Sure they have to forecast the weather to a margin of error ŵĂƚĐŚĞĚ ŽŶůǇ ďǇ ĐŽǁƐ ŝŶ Ă ĮĞůĚ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞǇ ĚŽ ŝƚ ŽŶ ds Ͳ Ă ĮĐŬůĞ͕ ŵĞĂŶŝŶŐůĞƐƐ ŵĞĚŝƵŵ͕ ƵŶǁŽƌƚŚǇ ŽĨ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůǇ ĐĂƌĞĨƵů ũŽƵƌŶĂůŝƐŵ Ͳ let alone factual accuracies such as whether it will rain or not. Unless you have the end of ŝƚ ƌĞĐŽƌĚĞĚ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ũƵƐƚ ďĞĨŽƌĞ House the ŶĞĂƌͲŵŝƐƐ ƉƌĞĚŝĐƟŽŶƐ ŐĞƚ ůŽƐƚ ŝŶ ƟŵĞ͘ EŽǁ͕ ƚƌǇ ƉƵƫŶŐ ŽƵƚ Ă ƌĞŐƵůĂƌ ds ƐĞĐƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŝůů Ɛŝƚ around gathering obsolescence for a fortnight while the passage of TV proves your foresight

ŝŶ ďŽƚŚ ĐĂƐĞƐ ƚŚĞ ůĂƩĞƌ ǁĂƐŶ͛ƚ ůĂƵŐŚŝŶŐ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ Ăůů ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ǁŽƌƌǇŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ds ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ĐŽƌƌĞĐƚŶĞƐƐ seems to have the playground loophole of “we were only playing Miss”, because, not to climb on any soap-boxes, but their responsibility is ŶŽƚ ũƵƐƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌƐŽŶ ƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ ŝŶ ĨƌŽŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŵ but to the minority that person represents. EĞǆƚ ŝƐƐƵĞ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ Ă ,ĂůůŽǁĞĞŶ ƐƉĞĐŝĂů ʹ ƚŚĞƌĞďǇ ĐƌĞĂƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŽƉƉŽƐŝƚĞ ƉƌŽďůĞŵ ďǇ being published on November 3rd. Josh Butler

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KINGDOM HEARTS 358/2 DAYS tŚĞŶ ^ƋƵĂƌĞ Ŷŝǆ ĂŶĚ ŝƐŶĞǇ ĮƌƐƚ ĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ǁĞƌĞ ĐŽůůĂďŽƌĂƟŶŐ ŽŶ ĂŶ ĂĐƟŽŶ ƌŽůĞͲ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ŐĂŵĞ͕ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ ƚŽ ŐĂƵŐĞ ƚŚĞ ƐŽƌƚ ŽĨ ƌĞĂĐƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ͘ ŽƵůĚ Ă ŐĂŵĞ ŵĂĚĞ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ŝƐŶĞǇ ŽƌƉŽƌĂƟŽŶ ŚĂǀĞ a storyline mature enough for the fans of ^ƋƵĂƌĞ͛Ɛ ŵƵĐŚ ůĂƵĚĞĚ Final Fantasy series to appreciate? Seven years and four games later, the popularity of Kingdom Hearts has yet ƚŽ ǁĂŶĞ͘ dŚĞ ŶĞǁĞƐƚ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ͕ Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days, puts the player ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƟŵĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ ZŽǆĂƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ͞EŽďŽĚǇ͟ ŽĨ ^ŽƌĂ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ͛ ŵĂŝŶ ƉƌŽƚĂŐŽŶŝƐƚ͖ Ă ƐŽƌƚ ŽĨ ŵŝƌƌŽƌ ŝŵĂŐĞ ŽĨ ^ŽƌĂ͕ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ ďĞƌĞŌ ŽĨ Ă heart and memories. Tetsuya Nomura, director ĂŶĚ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞƌ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ͕ ŚĂƐ ŽŌĞŶ stated that he likes to keep some aspects of ŚŝƐ ŐĂŵĞƐ ƵŶĞǆƉůĂŝŶĞĚ͕ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ůĞƚ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŶƐ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽǁŶ ŝŶƚĞƌƉƌĞƚĂƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŽ ŬĞĞƉ ƵŶĂŶƐǁĞƌĞĚ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ ŽƉĞŶ ĨŽƌ ĂŶƐǁĞƌ ŝŶ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů ƐĞƋƵĞůƐ͘ hŶƟů ŶŽǁ͕ ZŽǆĂƐ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ one of these unanswered elements of Kingdom Hearts: players of the previous games will recognise him from Kingdom Hearts II, where ŚĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂǇĂďůĞ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƐĞĐƟŽŶ of the game. 358/2 Days ĮůůƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ďůĂŶŬƐ ƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚŝŶŐ ZŽǆĂƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ ŚĞ ƐƉĞŶƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƐŚĂĚŽǁǇ KƌŐĂŶŝǌĂƟŽŶ y///͘ 358/2 Days ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ^͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ĚŽĞƐ ŶŽƚ ƐƵīĞƌ from this, instead taking full advantage of the ŐƌĂƉŚŝĐƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚŝƐ ƐǇƐƚĞŵ ŚĂƐ ƚŽ ŽīĞƌ͘ dŚĞ ƉƌĞͲ rendered cut scenes look every bit as good as ƚŚŽƐĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ W^Ϯ͕ ĂŶĚ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞ ǀŽŝĐĞǁŽƌŬ from the original cast reprising their roles. The ŝŶͲŐĂŵĞ ŐƌĂƉŚŝĐƐ͕ ǁŚŝůĞ ƚŚĞǇ ĐĂŶ ƐŽŵĞƟŵĞƐ ůŽŽŬ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ũĂŐŐĞĚ͕ ĂƌĞ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ŽŶ ƉĂƌ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚŽƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŐĂŵĞ͕ ŐŝǀŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ Ă ƐĞŶƐĞ ŽĨ ĐŽŶƟŶƵŝƚǇ ĂŶĚ ƐŚŽǁĐĂƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŐƌĂƉŚŝĐƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂŶĚŚĞůĚ ĐĂƌƚƌŝĚŐĞ ŐĂŵĞƐ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ŽīĞƌ͘ dŚĞ ƐŽƵŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ŝƐ ŝŵƉĞĐĐĂďůĞ ƚŽŽ͖ ŵƵĐŚ

of the voice cast has returned, and while it is used only sparingly for key plot points in the cut scenes, the voice work does much to ĞŶŚĂŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵŝŶŐ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƐ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƐƚ ĚƌĂŵĂƟĐ ƐĐĞŶĞƐ of the series. While some of the music has been recycled from previous games, and can ƐĞĞŵ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ƌĞƉĞƟƟǀĞ ĂŌĞƌ Ă ǁŚŝůĞ͕ ŝƚ ĞǆƵĚĞƐ ƚŚĞ ĞǆƵďĞƌĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ĞŶĐĂƉƐƵůĂƚĞƐ͕ ĨŽƌ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ŵƵƐŝĐ ƵƐĞĚ ŝŶ ŐƌĂďĂŚ ŝƐ ĚŝƐƟŶĐƚůǇ ƌĂďŝĐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŵĞ͘ dŚĞ ŝŶͲŐĂŵĞ ƐŽƵŶĚ ĞīĞĐƚƐ ĂƌĞ ĂůƐŽ ƐƵƉĞƌď͖ ĞǀĞƌǇ clink of the Keyblade comes clearly through the speakers and greatly enhances combat. ZĂƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ůĞƫŶŐ ǇŽƵ ĨƌĞĞůǇ ĞǆƉůŽƌĞ ƚŚĞ ŝƐŶĞǇ ǁŽƌůĚƐ ĂƐ ŝŶ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐ ŐĂŵĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞ gameplay of 358/2 Days takes place through ƚŚĞ ĨŽƌŵ ŽĨ ŵŝƐƐŝŽŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ZŽǆĂƐ ƵŶĚĞƌƚĂŬĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ KƌŐĂŶŝǌĂƟŽŶ y///͘ dŚŝƐ ĐĂŶ ĨĞĞů ƋƵŝƚĞ ƌĞƐƚƌŝĐƟǀĞ Ăƚ ƟŵĞƐ͕ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇ ĂƐ ŵĂŶǇ ƉĂƌƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂĐĞƐ ǇŽƵ ǀŝƐŝƚ ĂƌĞ ŝŶĂĐĐĞƐƐŝďůĞ ŝŶ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ŵŝƐƐŝŽŶƐ͖ ƚŚĞ ƉŽŝŶƚ ŝƐ ƚŽ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞ ƚŚĞ ŽďũĞĐƟǀĞ ĂŶĚ ŐĞƚ out of there, rather than leave any room for ĞǆƉůŽƌĂƟŽŶ͘ dŚŝƐ ĂĚĚƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ǀĞƌǇ ůŝŶĞĂƌ feel of the storyline, and although there is ĂůǁĂǇƐ ƚŚĞ ŽƉƟŽŶ ƚŽ ŐŽ ďĂĐŬ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĚŽ Ăůů ƚŚĞ missions you have completed, it does feel like it has taken some of the soul out of the game ǁŚĞŶ ǇŽƵ ĂƌĞ ĨĂĐĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ůŽĐĂƟŽŶ ůŝŬĞ dǁŝůŝŐŚƚ dŽǁŶ͕ ƵŶĂďůĞ ƚŽ ƚĂůŬ ƚŽ ĂŶǇŽŶĞ Žƌ ĞǆƉůŽƌĞ Ăƚ ǇŽƵƌ ůĞŝƐƵƌĞ͘ &ƵƌƚŚĞƌ͕ ǁŚŝůĞ ƚŚĞ ĞǆƚĞŶƚ ƚŽ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ ĐƵƐƚŽŵŝƐĞ ZŽǆĂƐ͛Ɛ ǁĞĂƉŽŶƐ͕ ŵĂŐŝĐ ĂŶĚ ĞƋƵŝƉŵĞŶƚ ŝƐ ǀŝƌƚƵĂůůǇ ŝŶĮŶŝƚĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ĂůůŽǁƐ ĨŽƌ Ăůů ƐŽƌƚƐ ŽĨ ƉůĂǇĞƌ ƉƌĞĨĞƌĞŶĐĞƐ ĂƐ ƚŽ ĮŐŚƟŶŐ styles, it can be a pain to have to remember to ƌĞͲĞƋƵŝƉ ŝƚĞŵƐ ĂŶĚ ƉŽǁĞƌͲƵƉƐ ĞǀĞƌǇ ƟŵĞ ǇŽƵ ĞŵďĂƌŬ ŽŶ Ă ŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ͘ dŚĞ ƐƉĞůůƐ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƋƵŝƚĞ ƌĞƐƚƌŝĐƟŶŐ͕ ďƵƚ ŝƚ ŵĂŬĞƐ Ă ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƐŝŵƉůǇ hack and slashing with the Keyblade. As well as playing through the main story, players have the added feature of Mission Mode,

dŚĞ &ŝƌƐƚ WĞƌƐŽŶ ^ŚŽŽƚĞƌ ŝƐ Ă ĐƌŽǁĚĞĚ ŐĞŶƌĞ͕ ĨƌŽŵ ŚƵŐĞ ƚƌŝƉůĞͲ ƟƚůĞƐ ůŝŬĞ Call of Duty and Halo͕ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƌĞ ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ĂŶĚ ŶŝĐŚĞ ƟƚůĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚĂŬĞ ŽŶ Ă ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ƐƚǇůĞ ŽĨ ƉůĂǇ͕ ůŝŬĞ dŝŵĞƐŚŝŌ and Legendary. Before any of these games ĞǆŝƐƚĞĚ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁĂƐ Quake͖ Ă ĨĂƐƚ ƉĂĐĞĚ ƐĐŝͲĮ ĂƌĞŶĂ ƐŚŽŽƚĞƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ YƵĂŬĞ >ŝǀĞ ƚŚŝƐ ŚĂƐŶ͛ƚ changed at all. With such heritage behind its name Quake Live has a lot to live up to, however it is a faithful remake and update of the massively popular Quake 3 ŐĂŵĞ͕ ƐŽ ǇŽƵ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ŬŶŽǁ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ going to be good. Quake Live, unlike many other games, is a web browser based game, so it will run on any system as long as it has an ŝŶƚĞƌŶĞƚ ĐŽŶŶĞĐƟŽŶ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ďŽŶƵƐ ĨĂĐƚŽƌ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ŝƐ ĞŶƟƌĞůǇ ĨƌĞĞ ĂŶĚ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ŚĂƐ Ă ŚƵŐĞ

user base. With a helpful tutorial session at the start, you are well matched against players of a similar skill level. Further to this, with the low ŐƌĂƉŚŝĐĂů ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞŵĞŶƚ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ Ă ŐĂŵĞ ƚŚĂƚ ĐĂŶ be played anywhere you can bring your laptop, and is great in short ten minute sessions or even ƉƌŽůŽŶŐĞĚ ƉůĂǇƐ͕ ƐŽ ŝƚ͛Ɛ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ͕ ƐŝŵƉůĞ ǁĂǇ ƚŽ ŬĞĞƉ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶĞĚ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ƚƌĂǀĞůůŝŶŐ Žƌ ũƵƐƚ ŬŝůůŝŶŐ ƟŵĞ͘ tŝƚŚ ƐŽ ŵƵĐŚ ŽŶ ŽīĞƌ ĨŽƌ ĂŶ ĞŶƟƌĞůǇ ĨƌĞĞ game it would be madness to not try it out.

QUAKE LIVE

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<TECHNOLOGY> DO YOU NEED A NERD IN NORWICH? Kathryn Heuston interviews Elliot Ingram, a former UEA student, who is now a Norwich based entrepreneur in the IT industry, whose company specialises in computer repair.

THE EVENT: How and why did you start I Need A E.I: It started out because I was doing a lot of

E.I: zŽƵ͛ǀĞ ũƵƐƚ ŐŽƚ ƚŽ ůŝŬĞ ǁŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ĚŽŝŶŐ͘ Ɛ ůŽŶŐ ĂƐ ǇŽƵ͛ǀĞ ŐŽƚ ƚŚĞ ĂŵďŝƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĚƌŝǀĞ ƚŽ ŐŽ ƐŽŵĞǁŚĞƌĞ ǁŝƚŚ ŝƚ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ŶŽ ƌĞĂƐŽŶ ǁŚǇ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ͛ƚ͘ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ŐŽŽĚ ƐŬŝůůƐ ŚĞůƉ͘

company?

E.I: Anyone can start up a company. All you need is a name and a logo and a website. And a ƉŚŽŶĞ͘ / ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ Žī ƵƐŝŶŐ ŵǇ ŵŽďŝůĞ ĂŶĚ ŵŽǀĞĚ ŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞƌĞ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ĞĂƐǇ ĂƐ Ă ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ͕ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ you can register as self-employed.

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ŵŽŵĞŶƚ ƐŝŶĐĞ / ůĞŌ ƵŶŝ͘ WĞŽƉůĞ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ŶĞĞĚ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ĚŽŝŶŐ͘ dŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ Ă ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐŝŶŐůǇ ůĂƌŐĞ demand in Norwich for these services.

THE EVENT: tŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĐƌĞƚ ƚŽ ǇŽƵƌ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ͍

THE EVENT: tĂƐ ŝƚ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ ƐƚĂƌƟŶŐ ǇŽƵƌ ŽǁŶ

you are new to the series, therefore, I would ƌĞĐŽŵŵĞŶĚ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ŐĂŵĞƐ ĮƌƐƚ͕ ĂƐ 358/2 Days ŝƐ ƉƌŝŵĂƌŝůǇ ĐŽŶĐĞƌŶĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ĮůůŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ďůĂŶŬƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƌĞƵŶŝƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂǇĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ familiar characters, but looking at them from Ă ŶĞǁ ĂŶŐůĞ͘ KǀĞƌĂůů͕ ĂŶ ĞŶũŽǇĂďůĞ ŐĂŵŝŶŐ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƉƵƐŚĞƐ ƚŚĞ ďŽƵŶĚĂƌŝĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƉĂďŝůŝƟĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ^͘

E.I: /ƚ͛Ɛ ĚŽŝŶŐ ǁĞůů͕ /͛ǀĞ ŶĞǀĞƌ ƌĞĂůůǇ ŚĂĚ Ă ƋƵŝĞƚ

Nerd?

work for a friend of the family – web design and ĮǆŝŶŐ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ě ŐŽŶĞ ǁƌŽŶŐ͘ dŚĞŶ ŝƚ ŐŽƚ ƌĞĂůůǇ annoying, so I decided to use the skills that I had and start up a business. That was in my second year.

where you can play through all of the missions ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ƵƐŝŶŐ ǁŝƌĞůĞƐƐ ĐŽͲŽƉĞƌĂƟǀĞ ƉůĂǇ with other players. In this mode, it is possible ƚŽ ƉůĂǇ ĂƐ ĂŶǇ ŵĞŵďĞƌ ŽĨ KƌŐĂŶŝǌĂƟŽŶ y///͕ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ƵƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂůŝƟĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĂďŝůŝƟĞƐ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ďŽŶƵƐ ŽĨ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ƵŶůŽĐŬĂďůĞ characters from the previous games. All in all, Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days is a ǁŽƌƚŚǇ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĂƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ͘ tŚŝůĞ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞƉůĂǇ ĚŽĞƐ ƐƵīĞƌ ĨƌŽŵ ŝƚƐ ƌĞƐƚƌŝĐƟǀĞŶĞƐƐ͕ this is more than made up for by the engaging storyline and amazing graphics and sound. It ŝƐŶ͛ƚ ŶĞĐĞƐƐĂƌǇ ƚŽ ƉůĂǇ ƚŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ŐĂŵĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ĮƌƐƚ͕ ĂƐ 358/2 Days has enough of a ƐƵďƐƚĂŶƟĂů ƐƚŽƌǇ ƚŽ ƐƚĂŶĚ ŽŶ ŝƚƐ ŽǁŶ͕ ĂůƚŚŽƵŐŚ it does assume that players are already familiar with the general mythology of the ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ;ĨŽƌ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŶŽ ƌĞĂů ĂƩĞŵƉƚ ƚŽ ĞǆƉůĂŝŶ ǁŚĂƚ ,ĞĂƌƚůĞƐƐ ĂŶĚ EŽďŽĚŝĞƐ ĂƌĞͿ͘ /Ĩ

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THE EVENT: How is the company coming along?

/ ǁŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚ ďĞ ǁŚĞƌĞ / Ăŵ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽŵĞŶƚ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ the help of the UEA and the Entrepreneur Society (now UEAE).

THE EVENT: Any advice for aspiring entrepreneurs?

THE EVENT: ,ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐĞƐƐŝŽŶ ŚĂĚ ĂŶǇ ĞīĞĐƚ ŽŶ THE EVENT: What makes the perfect nerd? you as an entrepreneur?

E.I: They need to be technically very, very E.I: 'Ž ĨŽƌ ŝƚ͘ ƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇ ǁŚĞŶ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ Ă ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ E.I: /ƚ ŚĂƐŶ͛ƚ ƌĞĂůůǇ͘ /͛ŵ ůƵĐŬǇ ŝŶ ƚŚĂƚ /d ǁŝůů ŐƌŽǁ ĐŽŵƉĞƚĞŶƚ͕ ďƵƚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƟŵĞ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ƐƉĞĂŬ ʹ ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞŶ͛ƚ ŐŽƚ Ă ŵŽƌƚŐĂŐĞ͕ ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞŶ͛ƚ ŐŽƚ ŬŝĚƐ͕ ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞŶ͛ƚ ŐŽƚ ĚĞďƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ĂĐĐƵŵƵůĂƟŶŐ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ͘ dŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ŶŽ ƌĞĂƐŽŶ ǁŚǇ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ͛ƚ ŐĞƚ Ă ŐƌŽƵƉ ŽĨ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ŝŶ ǇŽƵƌ ŇĂƚ ĂŶĚ ƐĞĞ ǁŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ ĐŽŵĞ ƵƉ ǁŝƚŚ͘ dŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ĂůǁĂǇƐ Ă ŶŝĐŚĞ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ũƵƐƚ Ă ŵĂƩĞƌ ŽĨ ĮŶĚŝŶŐ ŝƚ͘

ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ͕ ƌĞĂůůǇ͘ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ ŶĞĞĚ Ă ƉŝƉĞ ĮǆŝŶŐ͕ ǇŽƵ ĐĂůů Ă ƉůƵŵďĞƌ͕ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ŶĞĞĚ ǁŝƌŝŶŐ ĮǆŝŶŐ͕ ǇŽƵ ĐĂůů ĂŶ ĞůĞĐƚƌŝĐŝĂŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ŶĞĞĚ ĐŽĚĞ ĮǆŝŶŐ͕ ǇŽƵ ĐĂůů ƵƐ͘ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ ŶĞĞĚ Ă ĐŽŵƉƵƚĞƌ ĮǆŝŶŐ͕ ǇŽƵ need a nerd.

WINDOWS 7

Ever since it was leaked to the Internet on ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ ϮϳƚŚ͕ ϮϬϬϴ͕ tŝŶĚŽǁƐ ϳ ŚĂƐ ĞǆĐŝƚĞĚ ƵƐĞƌƐ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ŵĂŶǇ ĂŐƌĞĞŝŶŐ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ KƉĞƌĂƟŶŐ ^ǇƐƚĞŵ ;K^Ϳ DŝĐƌŽƐŽŌ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ instead of Windows Vista. It was made available to the public in a limited beta in early January, ǁŝƚŚ ŽŶůǇ Ϯ͘ϱ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ ĚŽǁŶůŽĂĚƐ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ĂŌĞƌ ŽŶůǇ Ă ĨĞǁ ǁĞĞŬƐ ŝƚ ďĞĐĂŵĞ clear that interest in the beta was far greater ƚŚĂŶ DŝĐƌŽƐŽŌ ŚĂĚ ŝŶŝƟĂůůǇ ĂŶƟĐŝƉĂƚĞĚ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĚŽǁŶůŽĂĚ ůŝŵŝƚ ǁĂƐ ůŝŌĞĚ ŝŶ ĨĂǀŽƵƌ ŽĨ ƵŶůŝŵŝƚĞĚ ĚŽǁŶůŽĂĚƐ͘ dŚĞ ZĞůĞĂƐĞ ĂŶĚŝĚĂƚĞ ;ƚŚĞ ǀĞƌƐŝŽŶ DŝĐƌŽƐŽŌ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ǁŝůůŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƌĞƚĂŝůͿ ǁĂƐ ŵĂĚĞ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ŝŶ DĂǇ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ƐƟůů ďĞŝŶŐ ĚŽǁŶůŽĂĚĞĚ by users, many of whom claim to have started using it as their primary OS, in favour of previous ǀĞƌƐŝŽŶƐ ŽĨ tŝŶĚŽǁƐ͖ sŝƐƚĂ͕ yW͕ ĂŶĚ ƐŽ ŽŶ͘ Ŷ K^ ŝƐ Ă ƚǇƉĞ ŽĨ ƐŽŌǁĂƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƐ an interface through which a user can control Ă ĐŽŵƉƵƚĞƌ ƐǇƐƚĞŵ͘ /ƚ ĐŽŶƚƌŽůƐ ƚŚĞ ĂůůŽĐĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŽƌĚŝŶĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŚĂƌĚǁĂƌĞ ĂŶĚ ƐŽŌǁĂƌĞ resources, based on user input, and these ĂƌĞ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ tŝŶĚŽǁƐ ϳ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ƉƌĂŝƐĞĚ ĨŽƌ ĚŽŝŶŐ ǀĞƌǇ ǁĞůů͘ DŽƐƚ ƵƐĞƌƐ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ůŽŶŐ ďŽŽƚ ƟŵĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ tŝŶĚŽǁƐ sŝƐƚĂ ĂŶĚ tŝŶĚŽǁƐ yW͕ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůǇ ǁŝƚŚ ǀĞƌƐŝŽŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ have been installed on computers for a long ƟŵĞ͘ /ƚ ĐĂŶ ƚĂŬĞ ĞǀĞŶ ůŽŶŐĞƌ ĨŽƌ ĂƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶƐ ƚŽ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝǀĞ ĂŶĚ ƵƐĂďůĞ ĂŌĞƌ ƐƚĂƌƚ ƵƉ͘ KŶ ƚŚŝƐ ƌĞƉŽƌƚĞƌ͛Ɛ ĚĞƐŬƚŽƉ W ͕ tŝŶĚŽǁƐ ϳ ƚĂŬĞƐ ůĞƐƐ ƚŚĂŶ Ă ŵŝŶƵƚĞ ƚŽ ďŽŽƚ͕ ůŽĂĚ ƚŚĞ desktop, and become suitably responsive – a big improvement over the several minutes

ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ǀĞƌƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ sŝƐƚĂ ƌƵŶŶŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ W ƚŽ ĂĐŚŝĞǀĞ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƌĞƐƵůƚ͘ DĂŶǇ ŵĂǇ ƌĞŵĞŵďĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ ƐǁŝƚĐŚ ŽǀĞƌ ĨƌŽŵ yW ƚŽ sŝƐƚĂ͘ ůĂƌŐĞ ƉƌŽƉŽƌƟŽŶ ŽĨ hardware - printers, USB wireless network adapters, you name it – did not have Vista ĚƌŝǀĞƌƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ ŽĨ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ƐŽ ƵƐĞƌƐ ǁĞƌĞ ůĞŌ ǁŝƚŚ ƵƐĞůĞƐƐ ĚĞǀŝĐĞƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ƟŵĞ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ DŝĐƌŽƐŽŌ ŚĂƐ ůĞĂƌŶĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ŝƚƐ ŵŝƐƚĂŬĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƐ ŵĂĚĞ ďĂĐŬǁĂƌĚƐ ĐŽŵƉĂƟďŝůŝƚǇ Ă ƉƌŝŽƌŝƚǇ͘ tŝŶĚŽǁƐ ϳ ĂůƐŽ ŵĂŬĞƐ ĞǆĐĞůůĞŶƚ ƵƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŚĂƌĚǁĂƌĞ ƚŽ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ĂƉƉůŝĞĚ͘ dŚŝƐ ĂƌƟĐůĞ ǁĂƐ ǁƌŝƩĞŶ ŽŶ Ă ĨŽƵƌ ǇĞĂƌ ŽůĚ / D dŚŝŶŬWĂĚ dϰϯƉ ʹ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ K^ ƌƵŶƐ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ũƵƐƚ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ŝƚ ĚŽĞƐ

ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŵŽĚĞƌŶ ĐƵƐƚŽŵ W ŝƚ ƵƐƵĂůůǇ ƌĞƐŝĚĞƐ ŶĞǆƚ ƚŽ͘ ĞŵĂŶĚŝŶŐ ĂƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶƐ͕ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůǇ ŐĂŵĞƐ͕ ƌƵŶ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ŝƐƐƵĞ ŽŶ tŝŶĚŽǁƐ ϳ͕ ĞǀĞŶ ŝĨ ƚŚĞǇ ǁĞƌĞ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂůůǇ ĐƌĞĂƚĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ sŝƐƚĂ Žƌ yW in mind. In past versions of Windows, more and ŵŽƌĞ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ ǁĞƌĞ ĂĚĚĞĚ͖ /ŶƚĞƌŶĞƚ ǆƉůŽƌĞƌ͕ tŝŶĚŽǁƐ DĞĚŝĂ WůĂǇĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƐŽ ŽŶ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ ƚŽĚĂǇ DŝĐƌŽƐŽŌ ĂƩĞŵƉƚƐ ƚŽ ƚƌŝŵ ďĂĐŬ ĂƐ much as possible, wary to avoid infringing on ĂŶƟͲŵŽŶŽƉŽůǇ ůĞŐŝƐůĂƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ Ăƚ ŽŶĞ ƉŽŝŶƚ ĂůůŽǁĞĚ ƚŚĞ h ƚŽ ƉůĂĐĞ ŚĞŌǇ ĮŶĞƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵƉĂŶǇ ĂŶĚ ĨŽƌĐĞ ŝƚ ƚŽ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞ Ă ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ǀĞƌƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ tŝŶĚŽǁƐ yW͘ Ɛ ƐƵĐŚ͕ tŝŶĚŽǁƐ ϳ

ƚŽ ĐƵƐƚŽŵĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƌĞůĂƚĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŵ͘ tŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ƋƵŝƚĞ Ă ƌĂƌĞ ŵŝǆ͘ If you need a nerd, visit ineedanerd.co.uk or phone 01603858586. There is a 10% discount for UEA students.

ǁŝůů ƐŚŝƉ ŝŶ ƵƌŽƉĞ ĂƐ tŝŶĚŽǁƐ ϳ ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁŝůů ŶŽƚ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ /ŶƚĞƌŶĞƚ ǆƉůŽƌĞƌ ϴ͘ dŚŝƐ ƉůĂĐĞƐ ƵƐĞƌƐ in the unprecedented scenario of being given ĂŶ KƉĞƌĂƟŶŐ ^ǇƐƚĞŵ ǁŝƚŚ ŶŽ tĞď ƌŽǁƐĞƌ with which to download a Web Browser. This ƉƌŽďůĞŵ ŝƐ ĞĂƐŝůǇ ƐŽůǀĞĚ ďǇ ƉůĂĐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƵƐĞƌ͛Ɛ ďƌŽǁƐĞƌ ŽĨ ĐŚŽŝĐĞ ŽŶ Ă ŇĂƐŚ ŵĞŵŽƌǇ ĚƌŝǀĞ Žƌ other removable storage device and placing ŝƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŽŵƉƵƚĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ tŝŶĚŽǁƐ ϳ ŶĞǁůǇ ŝŶƐƚĂůůĞĚ͘ DŝĐƌŽƐŽŌ ŵĂǇ ŽīĞƌ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƐŽůƵƟŽŶƐ ƚŽ ƚŚŝƐ ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶ͘ Even for those that do not much care ĨŽƌ ŐĞƫŶŐ ŽƉƟŵĂů ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŚĂƌĚǁĂƌĞ͕ tŝŶĚŽǁƐ ϳ ŽīĞƌƐ ĞĂƐŝĞƌ ŶĂǀŝŐĂƟŶŐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞǁŽƌŬĞĚ ƚĂƐŬ ďĂƌ͕ ŶŽƟĮĐĂƟŽŶ area, and Libraries system, and works faster than previous versions of Windows. Windows ϳ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŐĞŶĞƌĂů ƉƵďůŝĐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ϮϮŶĚ KĐƚŽďĞƌ ϮϬϬϵ͘ dŚĞ tŝŶĚŽǁƐ ϳ ZĞůĞĂƐĞ ĂŶĚŝĚĂƚĞ ǁŝůů ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŽ ĨƵŶĐƟŽŶ ŶŽƌŵĂůůǇ ƵŶƟů DĂƌĐŚ ϭƐƚ ϮϬϭϬ͘ dŚĞ ZZW ŽĨ tŝŶĚŽǁƐ ϳ ,ŽŵĞ ĚŝƟŽŶ ŝƐ άϭϱϬ͕ ĂůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ for less than this from some suppliers.

William Moran

music

20oct09 issue233

concrete.music@uea.ac.uk

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ŽŵďĂǇ ŝĐǇĐůĞ ůƵď ĂƌĞ ƐƚƌĂŝŐŚƚ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ĐŽůůĞŐĞ ďƵƚ ĂƌĞ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ďĞŝŶŐ ŚĂŝůĞĚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ ŐƌĞĂƚ ŝŶĚŝĞ ŚŽƉĞ͘ dŚĞǇ ĮƌƐƚ ŵĂĚĞ ǁĂǀĞƐ ĂƐ ǁŝŶŶĞƌƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ϮϬϬϲ ZŽĂĚ ƚŽ s ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ͕ ďĞĂƟŶŐ Žī ĐŽŵƉĞƟŶŐ ďĂŶĚƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ dŚĞ ,ŽůůŽǁĂǇƐ ĂŶĚ ĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŽƉĞŶŝŶŐ ƐĞƚ Ăƚ ƚŚĂƚ ǇĞĂƌ͛Ɛ s &ĞƐƟǀĂů͘ EŽǁ ƚŚĞǇ ŚĂǀĞ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ĚĞďƵƚ ĂůďƵŵ͕ I Had the Blues but I Shook them Loose͕ ƚŽ ŚƵŐĞ ĐƌŝƟĐĂů ĂĐĐůĂŝŵ͘ ƵŶĐĂŶ sŝĐĂƚͲ ƌŽǁŶ ŵĞƚ :ĂĐŬ ^ƚĞĂĚŵĂŶ ;ǀŽĐĂůƐ ĂŶĚ ŐƵŝƚĂƌƐͿ ĂŶĚ Ě EĂƐŚ ;ďĂƐƐͿ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ h< ƚŽƵƌ ďƌŽƵŐŚƚ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŽ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ͘

/Ɛ ƚŚŝƐ ǇŽƵƌ ĮƌƐƚ ƟŵĞ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵŝŶŐ Ăƚ h ͍ EŽ͕ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƟŵĞ ǁĂƐ ŝŶ ϭϵϴϲ͕ ŽƉĞŶŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ dŚĞ ,ŽƵƐĞŵĂƌƟŶƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ǁĂƐ ƚǁŽ ǇĞĂƌƐ ĂŐŽ͘ / ǁŽƵůĚ ƐĂǇ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƉƌŽďĂďůǇ ŽƵƌ ĮŌŚ ƟŵĞ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ŚĞƌĞ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ Ă ŐŽŽĚ ǀĞŶƵĞ͘ dŚĞ ƐŝŐŚƚůŝŶĞ ŝƐ ŐŽŽĚͲ ĂƐ Ă ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĞƌ ǇŽƵ ůŝŬĞ ƚŽ ůŽŽŬ Ăƚ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ͘

ŽďǀŝŽƵƐ ŽŶĞƐ͕ ŝƚƐ ŶŝĐĞ ǁŚĞŶ ǇŽƵ ŐŽ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĂůďƵŵ ĂŶĚ ǇŽƵ ĮŶĚ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ƚƌĂĐŬƐ ĂƌĞŶ͛ƚ ƚŚĞ ƐŝŶŐůĞƐ͕ ŽŶĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞŶ͛ƚ ŚĞĂƌĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƌĂĚŝŽ͘ KŶĐĞ ǇŽƵ ŚĞĂƌ ŝƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƌĂĚŝŽ ǇŽƵ ŬŝŶĚ ŽĨ ůŽƐĞ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ǇŽƵƌ ĐŽŶŶĞĐƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ŝƚ͘ ƌĞ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂŶǇ ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ ǁƌŽƚĞ ǁĂǇ ďĂĐŬ ǁŚĞŶ ǇŽƵ ǁĞƌĞ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ Ăƚ ƐĐŚŽŽů͍ JS: Magnet͕ ǁĞ ǁƌŽƚĞ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŚĞŶ ǁĞ ǁĞƌĞ ůŝŬĞ ĮŌĞĞŶ͘ /ƚ ƉƌĞͲĚĂƚĞƐ ƚŚĞ ŶĂŵĞ ŽŵďĂǇ ŝĐǇĐůĞ ůƵď͘ tŚĞƌĞ ĚŽĞƐ ƚŚĞ ŶĂŵĞ ĐŽŵĞ ĨƌŽŵ͍ / 'ŽŽŐůĞĚ ŝƚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ Śŝƚ ŝƐ Ă >ŽŶĚŽŶ /ŶĚŝĂŶ ZĞƐƚĂƵƌĂŶƚ͊ E͗ tĞ ŚĂĚ Ă ƐŵĂůů ůŝƐƚ ŽĨ ŶĂŵĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ũƵƐƚ ŚĂƉƉĞŶĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ŽŶĞ ǁĞ ǁĞŶƚ ǁŝƚŚ͘ tĞ ƵƐĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ĐĂůůĞĚ dŚĞ ĂŶĂů͘ JS: EĂŵĞƐ ƐƵĐŬ͕ ďĂŶĚƐ ƐŚŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚ ŚĂǀĞ ŶĂŵĞƐ͘ E͗ ĐƚƵĂůůǇ ƚŚĞ ĨŽŽĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĂƚ ƌĞƐƚĂƵƌĂŶƚ ǁĂƐ ƌĞĂůůǇ ŐŽŽĚ͕ ǁĞ ĞŶĚĞĚ ƵƉ ƚŚĞƌĞ ďǇ ĂĐĐŝĚĞŶƚ͘

s &ĞƐƟǀĂů͕ ϮϬϬϲ͘ ,Žǁ ǁĂƐ ŝƚ ďĞŝŶŐ ŽŶƐƚĂŐĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĂŐĞ ŽĨ ϭϲ͕ ŝŶ ĨƌŽŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĂƚ ŵĂŶǇ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĂƚ ĂŵŽƵŶƚ ŽĨ ĞǆƉĞĐƚĂƟŽŶ͍ JS: /ƚ ǁĂƐ ǀĞƌǇ ƐƚƌĂŶŐĞ͘ tĞ ŐŽƚ ǀĞƌǇ ĚƌƵŶŬ͕ ĂƐ ǇŽƵ ǁŽƵůĚ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ ĨŽƵŶĚ ŽƵƚ ǁĞ ŚĂĚ ůŽĂĚƐ ŽĨ ƉƌĞƐƐ ƚŽ ĚŽ͘ ^Ž ǁĞ ǁĞƌĞ ũƵƐƚ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĚƌƵŶŬ ŬŝĚƐ ǁĂŶĚĞƌŝŶŐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ŐŝŐŐůŝŶŐ͘ dŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ ĨƵŶ͘ E͗ dŚĞƌĞ ǁĂƐ ũƵƐƚ Ăůů ƚŚŝƐ ĨƌĞĞ ďŽŽǌĞ͊ tŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ǇŽƵƌ ƉůĂŶƐ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƵƌ͍ JS: tĞ͛ƌĞ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ĂŶ ĂĐŽƵƐƟĐ ĂůďƵŵ͕ ŵĂĚĞ ƵƉ ŽĨ ŶĞǁ ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂů ĂŶĚ Ă ĨĞǁ ĐŽǀĞƌƐ͘ Ͳ tĞ͛ƌĞ ĐŽǀĞƌŝŶŐ Ă :ŽĂŶŶĂ EĞǁƐŽŵ ƚƌĂĐŬ͘ What made you decide to release Magnet as Ă ƐŝŶŐůĞ͍ /ƚ ƐĞĞŵƐ Ă ůĞƐƐ ŽďǀŝŽƵƐ ĐŚŽŝĐĞ ƚŚĂŶ͕ say, Lamplight͘ JS: tĞůů ƐŽŵĞƟŵĞƐ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ďĞƩĞƌ ŶŽƚ ƚŽ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞ ƚŚĞ

Ɛ Ă ďĂŶĚ ǁŚŽ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵůůǇ ũƵŐŐůĞĚ ŵƵƐŝĐ ĂŶĚ ƐƚƵĚŝĞƐ͕ ŚĂǀĞ ǇŽƵ ŐŽƚ ĂŶǇ ƟƉƐ ĨŽƌ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ͛Ɛ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ŵƵƐŝĐŝĂŶƐ͍ E͗ ;>ĂƵŐŚƐͿ tĞ ĐĂŶ͛ƚ ŐŝǀĞ ĂŶǇ ĂĚǀŝĐĞ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞŶ͛ƚ ĚŽŶĞ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ͊ tĞŐŽƚ ĐƌĂǌǇ ůƵĐŬǇ͘ JS: ǀĞƌǇƚŚŝŶŐ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ŚĂŶĚĞĚ ƚŽ ƵƐ ŽŶ Ă ƉůĂƚĞ͘ E͗ tĞůů͕ ŵƵƐŝĐĂůůǇ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝŶ ƚĞƌŵƐ ŽĨ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ŐŝŐƐ ǁĞ ǁŽƌŬĞĚ ƌĞĂůůǇ ŚĂƌĚ͕ ďƵƚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ ĚŝĚ ĂďƐŽůƵƚĞůǇ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ͘ JS: tĞ ǁĞƌĞŶ͛ƚ ŽƵƚ ůŝŬĞ ͚ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ƐƵĐĐĞĞĚ͕ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ƐƵĐĐĞĞĚ͛͘ DǇ ďĞƐƚ ĂĚǀŝĐĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ Ă ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ŽďǀŝŽƵƐůǇ ǇŽƵŶŐ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ ǇŽƵƌ ƟŵĞ͘ dŽŽ ŵĂŶǇ ďĂŶĚƐ ĂƌĞ ŝŶ Ă ƌƵƐŚ ƚŽ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů͘ tŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ƚŚĞ ƌƵƐŚ͕ ǁŚǇ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ǇŽƵ ũƵƐƚ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ǇŽƵƌ ƐŽŶŐƐ͍ E͗ ŽŶ͛ƚ ƐƚĂƌƚ Ă ďĂŶĚ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ƚŚŝŶŬ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ďĞ ďŝŐ͘ tĞ ŶĞǀĞƌ ƐĞƚ ŽƵƚ Ă ŐŽĂů ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ǁŚĞƌĞ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ŶŽǁ͕ ǁĞ ĚŝĚ ŝƚ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ǁĞ ǁĞƌĞ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ĨƵŶ͘ ŶǇ ůĂƐƚ ǁŽƌĚƐ͍ E͗ ǀĞƌǇŽŶĞ ƐŚŽƉ Ăƚ ^ŽƵŶĚĐůĂƐŚ͕ ƐŽ ŝƚ ŶĞǀĞƌ ĐůŽƐĞƐ͊

ƌĞ ǇŽƵ ĞŶũŽǇŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ h< ƚŽƵƌ ƐŽ ĨĂƌ͍ zĞƐ͕ ǁĞ͛ǀĞ ďĂƐŝĐĂůůǇ ďĞĞŶ ŽŶ ƚŽƵƌ ĨŽƌ ŵŽƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͘ ŚĂƌůŝĞ ĂŶĚ / ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ŝŶ DĂƌĐŚ ĚŽŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ^ƚĂƚĞƐ͖ ƚŚĞŶ ŝŶ Ɖƌŝů ƚŚĞ ^ĐŽƫƐŚ ĚĂƚĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞŶ ĞƐƟǀĂů͕ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ĂĐŽƵƐƟĐ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ƚŽƵƌ͕ ĂŶĂĚĂ͕ ƚŚĞ ƌŝƟƐŚ ĨĞƐƟǀĂůƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ^ƚĂƚĞƐ͘ tĞ ŐŽƚ ďĂĐŬ ƚǁŽ ǁĞĞŬƐ ĂŐŽ͊ Ƶƚ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ŶŝĐĞ͕ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ƐŵĂůůĞƌ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞƐ͘ zŽƵ͛ǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ŝŶ dŚĞ WƌŽĐůĂŝŵĞƌƐ ĨŽƌ ŽǀĞƌ ƚǁĞŶƚǇ ǇĞĂƌƐ ŶŽǁ͕ ŚŽǁ ŚĂǀĞ ǇŽƵ ŵĂŶĂŐĞĚ ƚŽ ƐƚĂǇ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ǁŽƌŬ ƐŽ ĐŽŚĞƐŝǀĞůǇ͍ ĞŝŶŐ ƚǁŝŶ ďƌŽƚŚĞƌƐ ŚĞůƉƐ͊ / ƚŚŝŶŬ ǁĞ ũƵƐƚ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ƉůĂǇ ŵƵƐŝĐ ĂŶĚ ŬĞĞƉ ĚŽŝŶŐ ŝƚ͘ tŚĞŶ ǁĞ ŐĞƚ ĂŶ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚǇ͕ ǁĞ ũƵƐƚ ƉƵƐŚ ŽƵƌƐĞůǀĞƐ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ ŝƚ͘ tĞ ǁĞƌĞ ƵŶĞŵƉůŽǇĞĚ ĨŽƌ Ă ůŽŶŐ͕ ůŽŶŐ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ǇĞĂƌƐ ĂŶĚ ŶŽǁ ǁĞ ŐĞƚ ƚŽ ĚŽ ƚŚŝƐͲ ƐŽ / ƚŚŝŶŬ ǁĞ ĐĂŶ ĂƉƉƌĞĐŝĂƚĞ ŝƚ ŵŽƌĞ͘

tŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ŝƚ ůŝŬĞ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ŝŶ ǇŽƵƌ ŚŽŵĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ͕ ^ĐŽƚůĂŶĚ͍ /ƚ͛Ɛ ŐŽŽĚ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĐƌŽǁĚƐ ĂƌĞ ůĂƌŐĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ǀĞƌǇ͕ ǀĞƌǇ ůŽƵĚ ŝŶĚĞĞĚ͘ ^ĐŽƚůĂŶĚ͛Ɛ ďĞĞŶ ƉŝǀŽƚĂů ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ͛ƌĞ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ĐĂƌƌǇ ŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƚŽƵƌ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƉůĂĐĞƐ͕ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ǁĞ͛ƌĞ ƐŽ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ƚŚĞƌĞ͘ tŚĂƚ ǁŝůů ďĞ ǇŽƵƌ ŶĞǆƚ ƐŝŶŐůĞ͍ dŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ŽŶĞ ƉŝƚĐŚĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƌĂĚŝŽ ŶŽǁ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƟƚůĞ ƐŽŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ͕ Notes and Rhymes ŽŶ Ă ĚŽƵďůĞ ͲƐŝĚĞ ǁŝƚŚ Three More Days ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ŐĞƫŶŐ Ă ĨĂŝƌ ĂŵŽƵŶƚ ŽĨ ƉůĂǇ͘ ŶǇ ĂŝƌƉůĂǇ ŽĨ ŶĞǁ ƚƵŶĞƐ ŝƐ Ă ŶŽǀĞůƚǇ ĨŽƌ ƵƐ͘ Carolina Bodmer

,Žǁ ǁŽƵůĚ ǇŽƵ ĚĞƐĐƌŝďĞ ǇŽƵƌ ŵƵƐŝĐ ƚŽ ƐŽŵĞŽŶĞ ǁŚŽ ŚĂƐŶ͛ƚ ŚĞĂƌĚ ŝƚ ďĞĨŽƌĞ͍ &ŽůŬ͕ ƌŽĐŬ͛Ŷ͛ƌŽůů͕ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ͕ ƉŽƉ ŵƵƐŝĐͲďĂƐĞĚ͘ &ĂŝƌůǇ ĂĐŽƵƐƟĐ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ Ă ƌŽĐŬ͛Ŷ͛ƌŽůů ďĂŶĚ͕ ďƵƚ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ ŚĞĂƌ ƚŚĞ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ŐĞŶƌĞƐ͘ ,Žǁ ĚŽĞƐ ŝƚ ĨĞĞů ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ĐůĂƐƐŝĐ ƐŽŶŐ͕ I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) ƚŚĂƚ ĞǀĞƌǇŽŶĞ ŬŶŽǁƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƐƟůů ůŝƐƚĞŶƐ ƚŽ ƚŽĚĂǇ͍ /ƚ͛Ɛ ŐŽŽĚ͖ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ďĞĞŶ ŽǀĞƌĂůů Ă ďĞŶĞĮĐŝĂů ƚŚŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƵƐ͘ KŌĞŶ ǁŚĞŶ ǁĞ ƉůĂǇ ĨĞƐƟǀĂůƐ͕ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĐŽŵĞ ĂůŽŶŐ ;Ă ďŝƚ ƐĐĞƉƟĐĂůͿ ƚŽ ŚĞĂƌ ŽŶĞ Žƌ ƚǁŽ ƚƵŶĞƐ͕

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Ž ǇŽƵ ĞǀĞƌ ŐĞƚ ŶĞƌǀŽƵƐ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵŝŶŐ͍ zĞƐ͕ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇ ŝĨ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞŶ͛ƚ ƉůĂǇĞĚ ĨŽƌ Ă ůŽŶŐ ǁŚŝůĞ͕ ŝĨ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƌƚ ŽĨ Ă ƚŽƵƌ͕ Žƌ ŝĨ ŝƚ͛Ɛ Ă ƌĞĂůůǇ ďŝŐ ŐŝŐ Žƌ Ă ŚŽŵĞƚŽǁŶ ŐŝŐ͘ KŶĐĞ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƵƌ͕ ǇŽƵ ŐĞƚ Ă ďŝƚ ŽĨ ŶĞƌǀĞƐ͕ ďƵƚ ũƵƐƚ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ǇŽƵ ŵŽƟǀĂƚĞĚ͘

ƚŚĞŶ ƚŚĞǇ ƐĞĞ ǇŽƵ ĚŽ ĨŽƌƚǇ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ ŽĨ ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂů͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ ƚŚĞǇ ĐŽŵĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ ŐŝŐ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ƚŚĞǇ ƌĞĂůŝƐĞ ƚŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ĞŝŐŚƚ ĂůďƵŵƐ͛ ǁŽƌƚŚ ŽĨ ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂů ǁŝƚŚ ƉƌŽďĂďůǇ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ƐŽŶŐƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ƐƵƉĞƌŝŽƌ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŽŶĞ Žƌ ƚǁŽ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ ŽŶĞƐ͘ Ƶƚ ƚŚŽƐĞ ŽŶĞ Žƌ ƚǁŽ ƐŽŶŐƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ŬŶŽǁŶ ĨŽƌ ƉĂǇ ǇŽƵƌ ďŝůůƐ ĂŶĚ ŬĞĞƉ ǇŽƵ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƌŽĂĚ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ƚŚŝŶŐ͘

Waterfront Gigs

&ĞƐƟǀĂů ŐŽĞƌƐ ĂƌĞ ƐƟůů ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ƌĞŐŝƐƚĞƌ ĨŽƌ ŽƚŚ EŽƵǀĞůůĞ sĂŐƵĞ ĂŶĚ dŚĞ dǁĂŶŐ ŚĂǀĞ ŚĂĚ ƚŽ 'ůĂƐƚŽŶďƵƌǇ ϮϬϭϬ͘ ĐĂŶĐĞů ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐŚŽǁƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ tĂƚĞƌĨƌŽŶƚ ƚŚŝƐ ŵŽŶƚŚ ŵĞƐƐĂŐĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŽĸĐŝĂů ǁĞďƐŝƚĞ ŚĂƐ ƌĞƉŽƌƚĞĚ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ ŝůůŶĞƐƐ ĂŶĚ ƵŶĨŽƌĞƐĞĞŶ ĐŝƌĐƵŵƐƚĂŶĐĞƐ͘ ƚŚĂƚ ĐĂŶĐĞůůĞĚ ƟĐŬĞƚƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƐŽůĚͲŽƵƚ ĞǀĞŶƚ ǁŝůů dŚĞ dǁĂŶŐ ŚĂǀĞ ŶŽǁ ƌĞƐĐŚĞĚƵůĞĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐŚŽǁ ĨŽƌ ďĞ ŽŶ ƐĂůĞ ĂŐĂŝŶ ŝŶ ƐƉƌŝŶŐ ϮϬϭϬ͘ ƚŚĞ ϮϭƐƚ KĐƚŽďĞƌ ĂŶĚ Ăůů ƟĐŬĞƚƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐ ĚĂƚĞ ĂƌĞ ƐƟůů ǀĂůŝĚ͘

Stephen Gately (1976-2009) dŚĞ ĞǆͲ ŽǇǌŽŶĞ ƐƚĂƌ ǁŚŽ ƚƌĂŐŝĐĂůůǇ ĚŝĞĚ ůĂƐƚ ǁĞĞŬ ǁĂƐ ďƵƌŝĞĚ ŶĞĂƌ ŚŝƐ ĨĂŵŝůǇ ŚŽŵĞ ŝŶ ƵďůŝŶ ŽŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ͘ ZŽŶĂŶ͕ <ĞŝƚŚ͕ DŝŬĞǇ Θ ^ŚĂŶĞ ǀŝƐŝƚĞĚ ^ƚĞƉŚĞŶ͛Ɛ ƉĂƌĞŶƚƐ ŝŶ ƵďůŝŶ ŽŶ dƵĞƐĚĂǇ ƚŽ ƉĂǇ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƌĞƐƉĞĐƚƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶĮƌŵ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŵŝůǇ͛Ɛ ĮŶĂů ǁŝƐŚĞƐ ĨŽƌ ^ƚĞƉŚĞŶ͘

music NEW RELEASES: ALBUMS

20oct09 issue233

concrete.music@uea.ac.uk

THE BRUTE CHORUS THE BRUTE CHORUS

dŚĞ ǀĞŶƚ ĮƌƐƚ ĐĂŵĞ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ dŚĞ ƌƵƚĞ ŚŽƌƵƐ Ăƚ Ă ŐŝŐ ŝŶ >ŽŶĚŽŶ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞǇ ǁĞƌĞ ŽƉĞŶŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ďĂŶĚ͕ ĂŶĚ ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐŝŶŐůǇ ƚŚĞǇ ƐĞĞŵĞĚ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĐƌŽǁĚ͘ dŚĞ ĞŶĞƌŐǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ĨƌĂŶƟĐ ƐǁŝƚĐŚŝŶŐ ŽĨ ŝŶƐƚƌƵŵĞŶƚƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĐƌĞĚŝďůĞ ƐƚĂŐĞ ƉƌĞƐĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ĨƌŽŶƚŵĂŶ :ĂŵĞƐ ^ƚĞĞů ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĨƌĞƐŚŝŶŐůǇ ƌĞƚƌŽ͕ ǇĞƚ ŵŽĚĞƌŶŝƐĞĚ͕ ƐŽƵŶĚ ŽĨ The Brute Chorus’ ŽǁŶ ďƌĂŶĚ ŽĨ ďůƵĞƐ ǁĂƐ ĂďƐŽůƵƚĞůǇ ĞŶƚŚƌĂůůŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĞŶĞƌŐŝƐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ ƚĞŶĨŽůĚ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞƌĞĨŽƌĞ ƵŶƐƵƌƉƌŝƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ ŚĂǀĞ ĐŚŽƐĞŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĚĞďƵƚ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ůŝǀĞ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞ͕

THE HOLLOWAYS 9/10 NO SMOKE, NO MIRRORS

ƌĞĐŽƌĚĞĚ ŝŶ ĨƌŽŶƚ ŽĨ Ă ĨĞǁ ŚƵŶĚƌĞĚ ŚĂƌĚĐŽƌĞ ĨĂŶƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĂŵĚĞŶ ZŽƵŶĚŚŽƵƐĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǇĞĂƌ͘ dŚĞ ŝŵŵĞĚŝĂĐǇ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƌĂǁŶĞƐƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ůŝǀĞ ƐŚŽǁ ŝƐ ƚƌĂŶƐůĂƚĞĚ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚůǇ ŽŶƚŽ ĚŝƐĐ͖ ƚŚĞ ĨƵůů ďĂŶĚ ĐŚĂŶƟŶŐ ŽŶ Send Me A Message ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĞƚŚĞƌĞĂů ƐĐƌĞĂŵƐ ĂŶĚ ĐůĂƐŚŝŶŐ ŐƵŝƚĂƌƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ŽĨ Chateau ĞǀŽŬĞ Ă ƌĞĂů ƉĂƐƐŝŽŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŵƵƐŝĐ͘ &ĂŶ ĨĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞ ĂŶĚ ŽůĚĞƐƚ ƌƵƚĞ ƚƌĂĐŬ She Was Always Cool ĂůůŽǁƐ ĂǀĞ &ĞƌƌĞƚ͛Ɛ ĨƵǌǌͲďĂƐƐ ƚŽ ƐŚŝŶĞ ĂŶĚ ƐĞĞƐ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ƌĞƚƵƌŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŬĂǌŽŽ ƐŽůŽ͕ ĂŶĚ The Cuckoo & The Stolen Heart ďƌŝŶŐƐ dŝŐƐ ĨƌŽŵ ŚĞǁ >ŝƉƐ ŽŶ ƐƚĂŐĞ ƚŽ ƐŚĂƌĞ ǀŽĐĂůƐ͘ dŚĞ ďĂůůĂĚƐ Blind Ulysses͕ Love’s Chains ĂŶĚ I’m Gonna Shake Your Treehouse Down ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ Ă ƌĞƐƉŝƚĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƵƉďĞĂƚ ƐŽŶŐƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĂůďƵŵ͕ ďƵƚ ĂƌĞ ŝŶ ŶŽ ǁĂǇ ůĞƐƐ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ͘ ZĞĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ĂŶ ĂůďƵŵ ůŝǀĞ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ĚŽĞƐ ŐŝǀĞ ǁĂǇ ĨŽƌ ŵŝƐƚĂŬĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ďĞŐŝŶŶŝŶŐ ŽĨ The Ransom͕ :ĂŵĞƐ ĨŽƌŐĞƚƐ ƚŚĞ ůŝŶĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŽŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƐƚŽƉƐ ĚĞĂĚ͕ ĂĚŵŝƫŶŐ͗ ͞/͛ŵ ŐůĂĚ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ŵĞ ǁŚŽ ĨƵĐŬĞĚ ƵƉ͕ / ǁŝůů ĂďƵƐĞ ŵǇƐĞůĨ ůĂƚĞƌ͘͟ ,ĞƌĞ ǇŽƵ ƐĞĞ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚůǇ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƌĞĨƌĞĞ ŵĂŶƚƌĂ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ ǁŚŽ ĂƌĞ ĂŶŐƌǇ Ăƚ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ ĨŽƌ ƌƵŝŶŝŶŐ Ă ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚůǇ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞĚ ĂůďƵŵ͕ ďƵƚ ƐĂƟƐĨǇŝŶŐůǇ ŚƵŵĂŶ ĂŶĚ ŐĞŶƵŝŶĞ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƚŽ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŵŝƐƚĂŬĞƐ͘ Alex Throssell

WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE OST

/Ĩ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ŐĞƫŶŐ ƟƌĞĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ǁĂǀĞ ŽĨ ĞůĞĐƚƌŽͲƉŽƉ ƚƌŽůůŽƉƐ͕ ƐŽͲĐĂůůĞĚ ZŶ ͚ŵƵƐŝĐŝĂŶƐ͛ ĂŶĚ ǁĂƚĞƌĞĚ ĚŽǁŶ ƌŽĐŬ ĂĐƚƐ ŇŽŽĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ŵƵƐŝĐ ĐŚĂƌƚƐ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĚĂǇƐ͕ ƚŚĞŶ ŵĂǇďĞ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŚŝŐŚ ƟŵĞ ǇŽƵ ƚƌŝĞĚ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ͘ >ƵĐŬŝůǇ ĨŽƌ ǇŽƵ͕ <ĂƌĞŶ K͛Ɛ ;zĞĂŚ zĞĂŚ zĞĂŚƐͿ ůĂƚĞƐƚ ŽīĞƌŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƌŵ ŽĨ ĂŶ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů ƐŽƵŶĚƚƌĂĐŬ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ďŝŐͲƐĐƌĞĞŶ ĂĚĂƉƚĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ^ĞŶĚĂŬ͛Ɛ ĐƌŝƟĐĂůůǇͲĂĐĐůĂŝŵĞĚ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͛Ɛ ƉŝĐƚƵƌĞ ďŽŽŬ Where the Wild Things Are ŝƐ Ă ǁĞůůͲ ǀĞƌƐĞĚ ƉƌŝŵĞƌ ŝŶ ͚ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ͛͘ ŽůůĂďŽƌĂƟŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ ĞĐůĞĐƟĐ ŵŝǆ ŽĨ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ͚ŝŶ͛ ŵƵƐŝĐŝĂŶƐ ĂŶĚ ĂŶ ĂŵĂƚĞƵƌ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͛Ɛ ĐŚŽŝƌ ƐŚĞ ŵĂŶĂŐĞƐ ƚŽ ĐƌĂŌ ƚƌĂĐŬƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƌĂŶŐĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƐƵďƚůĞ ĂŶĚ ŵŽŽĚǇ

dŚĞ ƐĂĐĐŚĂƌŝŶĞ ƉŽƉͲƌŽĐŬ ĨŽƵƌƐŽŵĞ͛Ɛ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ĂůďƵŵ ďƌĞĂŬƐ ŶŽ ŶĞǁ ŐƌŽƵŶĚ͕ ďƵƚ ƚƌĞĂĚƐ ŽǀĞƌ ǁĞůů ǁŽƌŶ ƉĂƚŚƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƐƵĐŚ Ă ƌĞůĞŶƚůĞƐƐ ũŽǇ ƚŚĂƚ ŵĂŬĞƐ ŝƚ ŚĂƌĚ ƚŽ ŶŽƚ ĂůůŽǁ ƚŚĞŵ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ƐůĂĐŬ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ŽĐĐĂƐŝŽŶĂůůǇ ůĂǌǇ ƐŽŶŐ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ͘ No Smoke, No Mirrors ŝƐŶ͛ƚ ĞǆĂĐƚůǇ ĐƵƫŶŐ Žƌ ĨƌĞƐŚ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƐŬĂͲŝŶƐƉŝƌĞĚ ƌŝīƐ ĂŶĚ ǀŽĐĂů ĂĞƌŽďŝĐƐ ŵĂŬĞ ŝƚ ĞĂƐǇ ƚŽ ĨŽƌŐŝǀĞ ƚŚŝƐ͘ ůĮĞ :ĂĐŬƐŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĐŽ ƐĞĞŵ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ŵĂƐƚĞƌĞĚ ƚŚĞ Ăƌƚ ŽĨ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ Ă ƐŽŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ƐŽƵŶĚƐ ĂƐ ŝĨ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ŵĂĚĞ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ĨĂůůŝŶŐ ĚŽǁŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂŝƌƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƐƚǇůĞ͘ On the Bus Ăƚ ƟŵĞƐ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƌĞŵŝŶŝƐĐĞŶƚ ŽĨ

6/10 ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůǇ ƐƉůŝƚ ĐŽĐŬŶĞǇ ĚƵŽ ŚĂƐ ĂŶĚ ĂǀĞ͕ ĂŶ ŽĚĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŝůůͲŵŝŶĚĞĚ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ ǁŚŽ ƵƐĞ ƉƵďůŝĐ ƚƌĂŶƐƉŽƌƚ ʹ ƚŚĞ ƐŽŶŐ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ƋƵŝƚĞ ƌĞĂĐŚ ƐŶŽďďĞƌǇ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŽĐĐĂƐŝŽŶĂůůǇ ŚĂǁŬŝƐŚ ƚŽŶĞ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ĞǆĂĐƚůǇ ĚĞƚƌĂĐƚ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ǀĞƌǇ ŵŝĚĚůĞ ĐůĂƐƐ ƐŽƵŶĚ͘ dŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƐŝŶŐůĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĂůďƵŵ Jukebox Sunshine ŝƐ ĞŶĐĂƉƐƵůĂƚĞĚ ďǇ ŝƚƐ ŝŶĂŶĞůǇ ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞ ƟƚůĞ͖ ƉůŽŶŬǇ ƐǇŶƚŚ ƐŽƵŶĚƐ ĂŶĚ ƚĞĞƚŚ ƌŽƫŶŐůǇ ƐǁĞĞƚ ŚĂƌŵŽŶŝĞƐ ƐƚƌĞƚĐŚ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƚŚƌĞĂĚ ďĂƌĞ ƐƵďũĞĐƚ ŵĂŶŶĞƌ͗ ͞/ ũƵƐƚ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ŐŽŽĚ ƟŵĞ͘͟ dŚĞ ,ŽůůŽǁĂǇƐ ĂƌĞ ĂƐ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ĐƵůƚƵƌĂů ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚĂƚŽƌƐ ĂƐ Ă ƐƉŽŽŶ ŝƐ Ă ǀŝĂďůĞ ƚŽŽů ĨŽƌ ĞǆĐĂǀĂƟŶŐ Žŝů͕ ďƵƚ ĨƌĂŶŬůǇ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ ƚŚĞ ƉŽŝŶƚ ʹ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ďŽǇƐ ĚŽ ŚĂƉƉĞŶ ƵƉŽŶ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂůůǇ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ Žƌ ĐŽŶƚĞŶƟŽƵƐ ƐƵďũĞĐƚ ŵĂƩĞƌ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ŝŶ Alcohol ƚŚĞǇ ŶĞǀĞƌ ĚŽ ĚĞǀŝĂƚĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƚǇƉŝĐĂů ƐŽƵŶĚ͕ ŵĂƐŬŝŶŐ ĂŶǇ ƌĞĂů ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ŝŶƐƚĞĂĚ ƚƵƌŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ ĂīĂŝƌ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ǀĂŐƵĞůǇ ƚŽŶŐƵĞͲŝŶͲĐŚĞĞŬ ƐŝŶŐͲĂͲůŽŶŐ ĂďŽƵƚ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ Ă ĨĞǁ ƚŽŽ ŵĂŶǇ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƉĞƌŚĂƉƐ Ă ƉŝƚǇ͕ ĂƐ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞǇ ĚŽ ƐƚƌĞƚĐŚ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ ƚŽ ƐŽŵďƌĞ͕ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ŝŶ Knock Me Down ƚŚĞǇ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ƐĞĞŵ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĚĞƉƚŚ͘ dŚĞ ƉŽƉ ďĂůůĂĚ͛Ɛ ĂŝƌǇ ǀŽĐĂůƐ ĂƌĞ ĐŽŵƉůŝŵĞŶƚĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐŝŶŐůǇ ŵĞĂƚǇ ŐƵŝƚĂƌ ǁŽƌŬ͘ ƉŝŶǁŚĞĞů ŽĨ ĂŶ ĂůďƵŵ͖ ĨƵŶ͕ ďƵƚ Ă ďŝƚ ŇŝŵƐǇ͘ Michael Bond

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ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĚŽǁŶƌŝŐŚƚ ďŝǌĂƌƌĞ͘ ^Ž ǁŚĂƚ ĚŽĞƐ ŝƚ ƐŽƵŶĚ ůŝŬĞ͍ tĞůů͕ ƚŚĞ ĂůďƵŵ ŝƐ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ ƌŽŽƚĞĚ ŝŶ ǁŚĂƚ ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĚĞƐĐƌŝďĞĚ ĂƐ ĐŽŶƚĞŵƉŽƌĂƌǇ tĞƐƚĞƌŶ ĨŽůŬ ŵƵƐŝĐ ʹ Ă ďĂƐŝĐ ĨƌĂŵĞǁŽƌŬ ŽĨ ŐƵŝƚĂƌƐ͕ ĚƌƵŵƐ ĂŶĚ ƉŝĂŶŽ ĨƌŽŵ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƚŚĞ ďŽŝƐƚĞƌŽƵƐ ǀŽĐĂůƐ ŽĨ <ĂƌĞŶ K ĐĂŶ ůĞĂƉ ŽƵƚ ĂŶĚ ŬŝĐŬ ǇŽƵ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĞĂƌƐ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ůŝŬĞ ƐŽŵĞŽŶĞ ƚŽŽŬ ƚŚĞ ĂŶƟͲĨŽůŬ ƐĞƫŶŐ ŽĨ ŵŽƐƚ ŵŽĚĞƌŶ ŝŶĚŝĞ Įůŵ ƐŽƵŶĚƚƌĂĐŬƐ ĂŶĚ ĚĞĐŝĚĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚƌŽǁ ŝŶ ƐŽŵĞ ^ŝŐƵƌ ZŽƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŽŵĞ zĞĂŚ zĞĂŚ zĞĂŚƐ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ŝƚ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ͘ ůƌŝŐŚƚ͕ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ƐƚĂƌƚ ŐĞƫŶŐ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ŝƚ ĚŽĞƐ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ƉĞŶĐŚĂŶƚ ƚŽ ƚƵƌŶ Ăůů ^ĞƐĂŵĞ ^ƚƌĞĞƚ ŽŶ ǇŽƵ ;ƐĞĞ All is LoveͿ ďƵƚ ĨƵŶŶŝůǇ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ŝƚ ĂĐƚƵĂůůǇ ǁŽƌŬƐ͘ KƚŚĞƌ ƚƌĂĐŬƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ ƚŚĞ ŵĞůůŽǁ ďĂůůĂĚƐ Hideaway ĂŶĚ Worried Shoes ǁŚŝĐŚ ŚĂǀĞ <ĂƌĞŶ ĐƌŽŽŶŝŶŐ ŽǀĞƌ ƐŽŵĞ ƐŝŵƉůĞ ŐƵŝƚĂƌ ĂŶĚ ƉŝĂŶŽ ƌŝīƐ ƌĞƐƉĞĐƟǀĞůǇ͖ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƌĞ ŽƵƚƌĂŐĞŽƵƐ Animal ǁŚŝĐŚ ĐŽŵďŝŶĞƐ ŽůĚͲǁĞƐƚĞƌŶ ƚǁĂŶŐ͕ ƚŚƵŵƉŝŶŐ ƚƌŝďĂů ďĞĂƚƐ ĂŶĚ ũƵƐƚ ŐĞŶĞƌĂů ŶŽŝƐĞ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞ Ă ƚƌĂĐŬ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŵĂŬĞƐ ǇŽƵ ĨĞĞů ůŝŬĞ Ă ŬŝĚ ĂŐĂŝŶ͘ ǀĞŶ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ĐŽŶƚĞǆƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ĂůďƵŵ ŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶƐ Ă ƐŽůŝĚ ƐĞŶƐĞ ŽĨ ĚŝƌĞĐƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ĨĂŶĐǇ ŬŝĐŬŝŶŐ ďĂĐŬ ĂŶĚ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ƐŽŵĞ ƟŵĞ ŽƵƚ ŝŶ ǇŽƵƌ ŽǁŶ ŝŵĂŐŝŶĂƟŽŶ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ǇŽƵ ǁĂŝƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƵƉĐŽŵŝŶŐ Įůŵ͘

Mark Cheng

dŚĞ ĂůďƵŵ ďĞŐŝŶƐ ƐůŽǁůǇ͕ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ ƵƉ ǁŝƚŚ dŽŵ ^ŵŝƚŚ͛Ɛ ĚĂƌŬ͕ ĚĞĞƉ ĂŶĚ ŵǇƐƚĞƌŝŽƵƐ ǀŽĐĂůƐ ƚŽ Ă ƉŽǁĞƌĨƵů ƐǇŶƚŚ ĂŶĚ ĚƌƵŵ ďĞĂƚ ĐŽŶĐůƵƐŝŽŶ͘ Bricks and Mortar ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞƐ ƚŚĞ ƐǇŶƚŚ ƚŚĞŵĞ͕ ĂŐĂŝŶ ĂĐĐŽŵƉĂŶŝĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ŵĞĂŶŝŶŐĨƵů ůǇƌŝĐƐ ĚĞƐĐƌŝďŝŶŐ Ă ĐŝƚǇ͕ ƉĞƌŚĂƉƐ ^ƚĂīŽƌĚ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂƚĞ ĨƌŽŵ͘ dŚŝƐ ƐŽŶŐ ŝƐ ƋƵŝĐŬůǇ ĨŽƌŐŽƩĞŶ ĂƐ Papillon͕ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƐŝŶŐůĞ͕ ƌĞĂůůǇ ĚŽĞƐ ͞ŬŝĐŬ ůŝŬĞ Ă ƐůĞĞƉ ƚǁŝƚĐŚ͟ ĂƐ ĚŝƚŽƌƐ ŶĞǁ ƐǇŶƚŚͬ ĞůĞĐƚƌŝĐ ĚŝƌĞĐƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŝƐ ĂůďƵŵ ŝƐ ŚĞĂƌĚ ŝŶ ĨƵůů ĨŽƌĐĞ͘ ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞ ŝŶƐƚĂŶƚ͕ ĂŶƚŚĞŵŝĐ ƚƵŶĞ͕ ĂĚĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŐƌŽǁŝŶŐ ĐŽůůĞĐƟŽŶ͘ dŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ ĨŽƵƌ ƚƌĂĐŬƐ͕ ĂůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƐŽƵŶĚŝŶŐ ƋƵŝƚĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĨƌŽŵ ŽŶĞ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ͕ ĨĂŝů ƚŽ ůŝǀĞ ƵƉ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ

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ƉƌŽŵŝƐĞ ŽĨ Papillon͘ ůů ďĞŐŝŶŶŝŶŐ ǀĞƌǇ ƐůŽǁůǇ ĂŶĚ ŵŝƐƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƐƚĂŶƚ ĂƩƌĂĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐ ŚŝƚƐ ŝ͘Ğ͘ Bullets͕ Munich͕ Smokers ĞƚĐ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ůĂĐŬ ĞŶĞƌŐǇ ĂŶĚ ůĞĂǀĞ ŶŽ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶ ĞǀĞŶ ĂŌĞƌ Ă ĐŽƵƉůĞ ŽĨ ůŝƐƚĞŶƐ͘ dŚĞ ĂůďƵŵ ĞŶĚƐ ŵŽƌĞ ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞůǇ͕ ǁŝƚŚ Eat Raw Meat = Blood Drool ƐŚŽǁĐĂƐŝŶŐ Ă ƚƌŝďĂů ĚƌƵŵďĞĂƚ ǁŝƚŚ >Ă ZŽƵǆͲĞƐƋ͘ ƐǇŶƚŚĞƐŝǌĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƌĞ ŵĞŵŽƌĂďůĞ ůǇƌŝĐƐ͗ ͞/ ŐŝǀĞ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ƚŽ ǇŽƵ͕ / ŐŝǀĞ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ƚŽ Śŝŵ͕ / ŐŝǀĞ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ƚŽ ŚĞƌ͖͟ ĂŶ ĞĂƐǇ ƐŝŶŐͲĂůŽŶŐ ĐŚŽƌƵƐ͘ KŶĞ ƐƟůů ŐĞƚƐ Ă ĨĞĞůŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚŝƐ ĂůďƵŵ ĨĂŝůƐ ƚŽ ůŝǀĞ ƵƉ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĂŶƟĐŝƉĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĞǆƉĞĐƚĂƟŽŶ ĂƐ͕ ĞǆĐůƵĚŝŶŐ Papillon͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŚĂƌĚ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ĂŶǇ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƐŽŶŐƐ ĐƌĞĂƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ďƵǌǌ ĂŶĚ ŚǇƉĞ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ͘ dŚƌŽƵŐŚ In This Light and On This Evening, ĚŝƚŽƌƐ ƚƌĂŶƐĐĞŶĚ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ŵŽƌĞ ĞůĞĐƚƌŝĐͬŝŶĚŝĞ ŐĞŶƌĞ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞƐ ŵŽƌĞ ƐǇŶƚŚĞƐŝǌĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ůĞƐƐ ŐƵŝƚĂƌ ƚŚĂŶ ƉƌŝŽƌ ĂůďƵŵƐ͘ tŚĞƌĞĂƐ ƐŽŵĞ ǁŝůů ůŝŬĞ ƚŚŝƐ ŶĞǁ ĚŝƌĞĐƟŽŶ͕ ůŝŬĞŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŽ JŽǇ ŝǀŝƐŝŽŶ, ŽƚŚĞƌƐ ǁŝůů ƐƵƌĞůǇ ƉƌĞĨĞƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĨŽƌŵĞƌ ǁŽƌŬƐ ĂŶĚ ǁŝůů ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ĂĐĐĞƉƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ŵƵƐŝĐ ƐĐĞŶĞ ŝƐ ƚƵƌŶŝŶŐ Ă ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ ĞůĞĐƚƌŽŶŝĐ ĐŽƌŶĞƌ͖ ǁŝƚŚ ďĂŶĚƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ůŽĐ WĂƌƚǇ ƉƌŽĚƵĐŝŶŐ ŵŽƌĞ ĚĂŶĐĞͲŇŽŽƌͲĮůůĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ >Ă ZŽƵǆ ƌĞŝŶǀĞŶƟŶŐ ϭϵϴϬƐ ĞůĞĐƚƌŽͲƉŽƉ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ĂůďƵŵ ŝƐ Ă ƐƚĞĂĚǇ ƉƌŽŐƌĞƐƐŝŽŶ͘ Seb Crane

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NEW RELEASES: ALBUMS

THE FLAMING LIPS EMBRYONIC

/ƚ ŝƐ ƐĂĨĞ ƚŽ ƐĂǇ ƚŚĂƚ dŚĞ &ůĂŵŝŶŐ >ŝƉƐ ĚŽ ĐŽŵƉƌŽŵŝƐĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĞǆƚĞŶƚ ƚŚĂƚ :ŽŚŶ DĐ ĂŝŶ ĚŽĞƐ ďĂĐŬ ĂůůĞǇ ĂďŽƌƟŽŶƐ͘ tĞ ĂƌĞ ƚĂůŬŝŶŐ ŚĞƌĞ ĂďŽƵƚ Ă ďĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŝŶ ϭϵϵϳ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ĂŶ ĂůďƵŵ which was intended to be played on four stereos Ăůů Ăƚ ŽŶĐĞ͘ ǀĞŶ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ĨĞĞůͲŐŽŽĚ ĂĐŝĚͲ pop of zŽƐŚŝŵŝ ĂƩůĞƐ ƚŚĞ WŝŶŬ ZŽďŽƚƐ they ĐĂŶ͛ƚ ƐĞĞŵ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ ďƵƚ ĂĚĚ Ă ĐŽƵƉůĞ ŽĨ ďŝǌĂƌƌĞ ŝŶƐƚƌƵŵĞŶƚĂůƐ͘ ^Ž ŝƚ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ ƌĞĂůůǇ ĂŶǇ ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ĂŌĞƌ ϮϬϬϲ͛Ɛ ƚ tĂƌ tŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ DǇƐƟĐƐ went a ůŝƩůĞ ƚŽŽ ĐůŽƐĞ ƚŽ ĐƌŽƐƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŝŶƐƚƌĞĂŵ ůŝŶĞ͕ that the >ŝƉƐ ƌĞƚƵƌŶ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƉƐǇĐŚĞĚĞůŝĐ͕ ŬƌĂƵƚͲ ƌŽĐŬŝŶŐ ŵďƌǇŽŶŝĐ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ Ă ƉŽƉ Śŝƚ ŝŶ ƐŝŐŚƚ

THE SATURDAYS 9/10 WORDSHAKER

ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ͛Ɛ ƚǁĞůŌŚ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞ ŝƐ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ďĞƩĞƌ ĨŽƌ ŝƚ͘ ŵďƌǇŽŶŝĐ is not a concept album but there ĂƌĞ Ă ĨĞǁ ĚĂƌŬ ƚŚĞŵĞƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƉĞƌƐŝƐƚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĞŝŐŚƚĞĞŶ ƚƌĂĐŬƐ ŽŶ ĚŝƐƉůĂǇ͖ ŵŽƐƚ ŶŽƚĂďůǇ that of a dying ego, evil, and subtle references to the end of the world (The Ego’s Last Stand, tĂƚĐŚŝŶŐ dŚĞ WůĂŶĞƚƐͿ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ŶĞĐĞƐƐĂƌŝůǇ Ă ŶĞǁ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ >ŝƉ͛Ɛ ĐĂŶŽŶ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ŚĂǀĞ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ĚŽŶĞ ĚŽŽŵ͘ dŚĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŶŽǁ ƚŚĞǇ ĂĐƚƵĂůůǇ ƐĞĞŵ ƚŽ ŵĞĂŶ ŝƚ͘ See The Leaves ŝƐ ƋƵŝƚĞ ƉŽƐƐŝďůǇ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƐŝŶŝƐƚĞƌ ƚƌĂĐŬ ƚŚĂƚ tĂǇŶĞ ŽǇŶĞ ŚĂƐ ĞǀĞƌ ǁƌŝƩĞŶ͘ ůŽƚ ŽĨ ŵďƌǇŽŶŝĐ can be characterised as ũƵƐƚ ĚŽǁŶƌŝŐŚƚ ďŝǌĂƌƌĞ͘ dŚĂƚ ĚŽĞƐ ŶŽƚ ŵĞĂŶ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ ďƌŝůůŝĂŶƚ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͘ ǀĞŶ I Can Be A Frog ǁŚŝĐŚ ƋƵŝƚĞ ůŝƚĞƌĂůůǇ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ <ĂƌĞŶ K ĚŽŝŶŐ animal impressions and Gemini Syringes which includes a guest spot from German math legend dŚŽƌƐƚĞŶ tƂƌŵĂŶŶ͕ ŵĂŶĂŐĞƐ ƚŽ Įƚ ŝŶ ŝŶĐƌĞĚŝďůǇ ǁĞůů ǁŝƚŚ ǁŚĂƚ ŝƐ ƐƵƌĞůǇ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĞƐƚ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ KŬůĂŚŽŵĂ ďĂŶĚ ǇĞƚ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ here that can be classed as easy listening but it is an album which is challenging, rewarding and ƋƵŝƚĞ ƐŝŵƉůǇ ƐƚƵŶŶŝŶŐ͘

DŝĐŚĂĞů ůƵŶƚ

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/Ŷ ůŝƩůĞ ŽǀĞƌ Ă ǇĞĂƌ dŚĞ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇƐ ŚĂǀĞ ƐĐŽƌĞĚ ĨŽƵƌ dŽƉ ϭϬ ƐŝŶŐůĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞĚ Ă ƐĞůůͲŽƵƚ h< ƚŽƵƌ͕ ƐŽ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽ ƌĞĂů ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƐŽƉŚŽŵŽƌĞ album Wordshaker boasts more of the same ƉƵŶĐŚǇ ĞůĞĐƚƌŽͲƉŽƉ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ŵĂĚĞ ƚŚĞŵ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ͛Ɛ ĨĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞ Őŝƌů ďĂŶĚƐ͘ >ŝŬĞ ůĂƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ͛Ɛ ƉůĂƟŶƵŵͲƐĞůůŝŶŐ ĚĞďƵƚ͕ Wordshaker ŝƐ ƉĂĐŬĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƐŽƉŚŝƐƟĐĂƚĞĚ ůǇƌŝĐƐ͕ ŝŶƐƚĂŶƚůǇ ĐĂƚĐŚǇ ŚŽŽŬƐ ĂŶĚ ƉůĞŶƚǇ ŽĨ ĮĞƌĐĞ ĂƫƚƵĚĞ͘ One Shot and the ferocious ƟƚůĞ ƚƌĂĐŬ ĂƌĞ ƚǁŽ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌ ŚŝŐŚůŝŐŚƚƐ͖ ĞĂĐŚ ďŽĂƐƟŶŐ ůƵĚŝĐƌŽƵƐůǇ ŚĞĂǀǇ ďĂƐƐůŝŶĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŚŽƵƚͲ a-long choruses that, crucially, give the girls

ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽǁŶ ŝĚĞŶƟƚǇ ĂůŽŶŐƐŝĚĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŶƵŵĞƌŽƵƐ ĐŽŶƚĞŵƉŽƌĂƌŝĞƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ĂŶ ĂůďƵŵ ďƌŝŵŵŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶĐĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ŵŝƐďĞŚĂǀŝŶŐ ďŽǇĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ are told on numerous occasions that foul play ǁŝůů ŶŽƚ ďĞ ƚŽůĞƌĂƚĞĚ͘ dŚĞ ŽďůŝŐĂƚŽƌǇ ďĂůůĂĚƐ ĂƌĞŶ͛ƚ ĂƐ ŵĞŵŽƌĂďůĞ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƵƉͲƚĞŵƉŽ ĐƵƚƐ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞǇ Śŝƚ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƌŬ ŵŽƌĞ ŽŌĞŶ ƚŚĂŶ ŶŽƚ͘ dŚĞ ŝŶƐƚĂŶƚůǇ ůŝŬĞĂďůĞ Deeper, ƚŚĞ ŽŶůǇ ƚƌĂĐŬ ŽŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƚŚĞ ŐŝƌůƐ ŚĂĚ ĐƌĞĂƟǀĞ input, provides a rare moment of vulnerability, and Not Got Enough ŝƐ ĂŶ ĞƉŝĐ ĐŽƌŬĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ƐŽ ŵƵĐŚ ƚƵŐ ƚŚĞ ŚĞĂƌƚƐƚƌŝŶŐƐ ĂƐ ƐĞƚ ĮƌĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŵ͘ dŚĞ ĂůďƵŵ ĞǆƉĞƌŝŵĞŶƚƐ ƚǁŝĐĞ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƐůŝŐŚƚůǇ ƌŽĐŬŝĞƌ ƐŽƵŶĚ ʹ ůĞĂĚ ƐŝŶŐůĞ Forever Is Over ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ůĞĂǀĞ ŵƵĐŚ ŽĨ Ă ůĂƐƟŶŐ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶ͖ but Open Up, an enjoyable slice of harmless ĐŚŝĐŬͲƌŽĐŬ͕ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƐ Ă ŶŝĐĞ ďƌĞĂŬ ĨƌŽŵ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ŐƌŝŶĚŝŶŐ ƐǇŶƚŚƐ ĂŶĚ ƉŽƐƚͲ'Ă'Ă ĞůĞĐƚƌŽ ƚƵŶĞƐ͘ Wordshaker ŝƐŶ͛ƚ ƋƵŝƚĞ ĂƐ ĨƌĞƐŚ ĂƐ ŝƚƐ predecessor, nor is it free from the occasional ĮůůĞƌ͕ ďƵƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƉůĞŶƚǇ ŽĨ ƌĂĚŝŽͲĨƌŝĞŶĚůǇ ƐƚŽƌŵĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ŐŝƌůƐͲŽŶͲƚŽƉ ĂƫƚƵĚĞ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƚŽ ŬĞĞƉ dŚĞ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇƐ ŐŽŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ Ă ǁŚŝůĞ ǇĞƚ͘ ŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ ^ƵŐĂďĂďĞƐ ƐƚƌƵŐŐůŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ Ă ŶĞǁ ŝĚĞŶƟƚǇ ĂŶĚ 'ŝƌůƐ ůŽƵĚ ŽŶ Ă ƚǁĞůǀĞͲŵŽŶƚŚ ŚŝĂƚƵƐ͕ ǇŽƵ ƌĞĂůůǇ ĐĂŶ͛ƚ ĨĂƵůƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƟŵŝŶŐ͘ ^ŚĂƵŶ <ŝƚĐŚĞŶĞƌ

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>ĂƐƚ ƚĞƌŵ͛Ɛ ƐƚŽƉ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ tĂƚĞƌĨƌŽŶƚ saw The Maccabees play to a modestly sized, intimate crowd ŽĨ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ϴϬϬ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͘ dŚĞǇ ŐĂǀĞ a stellar performance of all their Colour It In classics as well as fresh material from second album Wall of Arms͘ /Ŷ ƵŐƵƐƚ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ ƉůĂǇĞĚ ƚŽ over 20,000 in a similarly rammed ED ͬZĂĚŝŽ ϭ ƚĞŶƚ Ăƚ ZĞĂĚŝŶŐ &ĞƐƚŝǀĂů ĂŶĚ ŚĂĚ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ŝŶĨĞĐƚŝŽƵƐ ŝŵƉĂĐƚ͘ hƉŐƌĂĚĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ h > Z ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͕ The Maccabees once again proved ǁŚǇ ƚŚĞǇ͛ƌĞ ƐŝŵƉůǇ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ŝŶĚŝĞ ĂĐƚƐ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ͘ Ǉ ƚŚĞ ƚŝŵĞ KƌůĂŶĚŽ tĞĞŬƐ ĂŶĚ co arrived on stage to open with No Kind Words the majority of the capacity crowd were poised to sing along to every word, whistle every ƚƵŶĞ ĂŶĚ ũƵŵƉ ƚŽ ĞǀĞƌǇ ĐŚŽƌƵƐ ůŝŶĞ͘ Typically high-tempo, on the nose instrumentals and clear, precise

ǀŽĐĂůƐ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ŵĂŬĞ dŚĞ DĂĐĐĂďĞĞƐ Ă ũŽǇ ƚŽ ǁĂƚĐŚ͘ Mary, First Love and Lego, despite being just four years old conjured up a brilliant sense of nostalgia for the long-term fans who Orlando himself comments are ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝǌĂďůĞ ŝŶ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ͕ƉŝĐŬŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ ĨĂŵŝůŝĂƌ ĨĂĐĞƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĞƚ͘ Newer material from Wall of Arms has become just as popular as No Kind Words, Dinosaurs and Young Lions had the crowd excitedly pushing towards the front in a human wave, the odd hand and fingers protruding from the ŵĂƐƐ͘ dŚĞ ĐƌŽǁĚ ǁĞƌĞ ĂůƐŽ ƚƌĞĂƚĞĚ to some rare B-sides which featured the welcome accompaniment of their three piece brass section, a refreshing and complementary addition to The DĂĐĐĂďĞĞƐ͛ ƐŽƵŶĚ͘

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MUMFORD & SONS>ARTS CENTRE >FRIDAY 2ND OCTOBER ZĞƚƵƌŶŝŶŐ ƚŽ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ĂŌĞƌ Ă ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ƐůŽƚ ĨŽƌ dŚĞ DĂĐĐĂďĞĞƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ tĂƚĞƌĨƌŽŶƚ ŝŶ DĂǇ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͕ DƵŵĨŽƌĚ ĂŶĚ ^ŽŶƐ ŵĂĚĞ Ă ƚƌŝƵŵƉŚĂŶƚ ŚĞĂĚůŝŶĞ ĚĞďƵƚ ŝŶ ƉƌŽŵŽƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐŽƉŚŽŵŽƌĞ ĂƩĞŵƉƚ͕ Sigh No More͕ ƚŽ Ă ƐŽůĚ ŽƵƚ ƌƚƐ ĞŶƚƌĞ ŽĨ ĨĞƌǀĞŶƚ ĨĂŶƐ͘ DĂƌĐƵƐ DƵŵĨŽƌĚ ďƌŽƵŐŚƚ ŚŝƐ ĨŽůŬ ŽƵƞŝƚ ĨƌŽŵ >ŽŶĚŽŶ ƚŽ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ energy and sonorous enthusiasm of four men under the pressure of expectant admirers and ŝĚŽůŝƐĞƌƐ͕ ǁĂŝƟŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ůŝƐƚĞŶ ŽĨ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚͲĂŶƟĐŝƉĂƚĞĚ ƌĞĐŽƌĚƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƌŝƟƐŚ ĨŽůŬ scene. ƌŵĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ĂĐŽƵƐƟĐ ŐƵŝƚĂƌ͕ ďĂŶũŽ͕ ĚŽƵďůĞ ďĂƐƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŝŵƉůŝĮĞĚ ĚƌƵŵŬŝƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞĚ tumultuous applause to old and new songs ĂůŝŬĞ͘ ĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƟŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐĐŽƉĞ ŽĨ ƐƚƌŝƉƉĞĚ ĚŽǁŶ ŚĞĂƌƞĞůƚ ŐůŝŵŵĞƌƐ ƚŽ ĞĂƌͲǁƌĞŶĐŚŝŶŐ

full band epics, each song delivered full vocal harmonies and passion enough to engulf any ŵƵƐŝĐ ǌĞĂůŽƚ͘ dŚĞ ƐĞůĨͲƟƚůĞĚ W ůĞĂǀĞƐ ůŝƩůĞ ƚŽ ďĞ ĚĞƐŝƌĞĚ ŝŶ ĐŽŵƉĂƌŝƐŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ůŝǀĞ ƐŚŽǁ͖ ŝƚ ĚŽĞƐ ůŝƩůĞ ũƵƐƟĐĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĨƵůůͲďŽĚŝĞĚ ĂǁĞ ŽĨ ĨŽƵƌ ǀŽŝĐĞƐ ĞŶǀĞůŽƉŝŶŐ ŽŶĞ͛Ɛ ĞĂƌƐ ĨŽƌ ĂŶ ŚŽƵƌ ĂŶĚ a half of unbridled ecstasy, in a promise of a momentous record. ŽŵƉůĞƚĞ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĐŽǀĞƌ ŽĨ ĂůǀŝŶ ,ĂƌƌŝƐ for the ZĂĚŝŽ >ŽƵŶŐĞ ƚŚĞ ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ ĚĂǇ͕ ƚŚĞ ŐŝŐ͛Ɛ setlist comprised largely of unheard album ƚƌĂĐŬƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞƌĞ ŇĂǁůĞƐƐůǇ ǇĞƚ ĐĂƉƟǀĂƟŶŐůǇ performed, as well as more popular previously released favourites, >ŝƩůĞ >ŝŽŶ DĂŶ and Awake My Soul, perfect singalongs for the masses of ůŽŶŐ ƟŵĞ ĨĂŶƐ͘ Helen Thomas

EASTPAK ANTIDOTE>UEA LCR>THURSDAY 8TH OCTOBER

As the only Brits on the tour, openers Ghost of a Thousand are fun, entertaining to watch, yet strikingly unoriginal. Not that this really ŵĂƩĞƌƐ͖ ƚŚĞǇ ƉůĂǇ͕ ƚŚĞ ĐƌŽǁĚ ĚƌŝŶŬƐ ĂŶĚ everyone is happy. EŽǁ͕ ŽƵƌ ƟĐŬĞƚƐ ƐĂǇ dŚĞ &Ăůů ŽĨ dƌŽǇ ƐŚŽƵůĚ have been up next, yet no one else seems to ŶŽƟĐĞ ƚŚĂƚ &ŽƵƌ zĞĂƌ ^ƚƌŽŶŐ ĂƌĞ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ŝŶƐƚĞĂĚ͘ ĮǀĞͲƉŝĞĐĞ ĨƌŽŵ DĂƐƐĂĐŚƵƐĞƩƐ͕ &ŽƵƌ zĞĂƌ ^ƚƌŽŶŐ ĐůĞĂƌůǇ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ƉĞŶĐŚĂŶƚ ĨŽƌ ĨƵůů ďĞĂƌĚƐ ĂŶĚ ƵŶĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞĚ ĐŽǀĞƌƐͲ ĚŝĚ ƚŚĞǇ ƌĞĂůůǇ ƚŚŝŶŬ ƚŚĂƚ ŶŽďŽĚǇ ǁŽƵůĚ ŶŽƟĐĞ Ă ^ůĂǇĞƌ ƐŽŶŐ͍ ,ĂǀŝŶŐ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŚŝƐ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ŵƵƐŝĐĂůůǇ ƟŐŚƚ͕ ĞŶĞƌŐĞƟĐ performers and go down well with the gradually swelling crowd. ŶƟͲ&ůĂŐ ĨĂŶƐ ƐŚŽǀĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĨƌŽŶƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ŽŶĞ͕ ǀĞƌǇ ŬŝŶĚůǇ͕ ǀŽŵŝƚƐ͘ ǆĐŝƚĞŵĞŶƚ͍ dŽŽ ŵƵĐŚ ^ƚƌŽŶŐďŽǁ͍ tĞ͛ůů ŶĞǀĞƌ ƌĞĂůůǇ ŬŶŽǁ͕ ďƵƚ͕ ǇŽƵ͛ůů

all be relieved to hear that he recovered quickly, ĂŶĚ ǁĂƐ ƐŽŽŶ ǇĞůůŝŶŐ ĂůŽŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ůĞĂĚͲƐŝŶŐĞƌ͕ :ƵƐƟŶ ^ĂŶĞ͘ ŶƟͲ&ůĂŐ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ƐĞĞŵ ƚŽ ďĞ ŽŶ ƚŽƉ ĨŽƌŵ ƚŚŝƐ ĞǀĞŶŝŶŐ͘ dŚĞǇ ƐĞĞŵĞĚ ďŽƌĞĚ͖ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ŵĞƐƐĂŐĞ ĐĂŵĞ Žī ƐůŝŐŚƚůǇ ƌĂŵďůŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ͕ ǀŽŵŝƚͲďŽǇ ĂƐŝĚĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ĐƌŽǁĚ ƐĞĞŵĞĚ vaguely disappointed that a band that can be

ĨĂŶƚĂƐƟĐ ůŝǀĞ ĐĂŵĞ Žī Ă ďŝƚ ŇĂƚ͘ ůĞǆŝƐŽŶĮƌĞ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ǁĞƌĞ ĨĂƌ ĨƌŽŵ ĚŝƐĂƉƉŽŝŶƟŶŐ͘ ,Žǁ ĐŽƵůĚ ƚŚĞǇ ďĞ͕ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƐĞƚͲ ůŝƐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ǀĞƌŐĞƐ ŽŶ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƟŽŶ͕ ůĞĂĚ ǀŽĐĂůŝƐƚƐ 'ĞŽƌŐĞ WĞƫƚ ĂŶĚ ĂůůĂƐ 'ƌĞĞŶ ƐĞĞŵŝŶŐůǇ Ăƚ the very top of their game and a band united in their unrivalled energy and presence on stage. ,ŝŐŚůŝŐŚƚƐ Drunks, Lovers, Sinners and Saints and Boiled Frogs are greeted with some rather ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ ƐŝŶŐͲĂůŽŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĂŶĂĚŝĂŶ ĮǀĞͲ ƉŝĞĐĞ ůĞĂǀĞ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂŐĞ ŝƚ ŝƐ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ ƚŽ ŝŵĂŐŝŶĞ ƚŚĞǇ ĐŽƵůĚ ŐĞƚ ĂŶǇ ďĞƩĞƌ͘ Then they return for their encore: Happiness ďǇ ƚŚĞ <ŝůŽǁĂƩ ŝƐ ƐƉĞůůͲďŝŶĚŝŶŐůǇ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů͕ ǁŝƚŚ ĂůůĂƐ͛ ŵĞůŽĚŝŽƵƐ ǀŽŝĐĞ ĮůůŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ > Z with something that feels surprisingly, yet unavoidably, a whole lot like love. Gemma Henzley

NME RADAR>WATERFRONT>MONDAY 12TH OCTOBER ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ƋƵĂƌƚĞƚ zĞƐ 'ŝĂŶƚĞƐƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƚŽŶŝŐŚƚ͛Ɛ ŽƉĞŶĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĞŶĞƌŐĞƟĐ ĞůĞĐƚƌŽ ƉŽƉ ǁĞŶƚ some way to energising the small crowd that had turned out for them. In the end those ƚŚĂƚ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚĞ ĞīŽƌƚ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŐŝŐ ĞĂƌůǇ ŵŝƐƐĞĚ ŽƵƚ ŵĂƐƐŝǀĞůǇ͖ Ă DŝĐŚĂĞů :ĂĐŬƐŽŶ inspired vocalist, big choruses and heavily ƉĞƌĐƵƐƐŝǀĞ ďƌĞĂŬĚŽǁŶƐ ŇĂǀŽƵƌĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŝŶŐ ƐǇŶƚŚ ŐƌŽŽǀĞƐ͘ ůĞĂƌ ƐŝŐŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ the band also really enjoyed playing (sporadic clapping and synchronised dancing) sealed ƚŚĞ ĚĞĂů͘ zĞƐ 'ŝĂŶƚĞƐƐ ǁĞƌĞ ǀĞƌǇ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ͕ ƉƌŽĚƵĐŝŶŐ Ă ǀĞƌǇ ŝŶĨĞĐƟŽƵƐ ƐŽƵŶĚ ĂŶĚ ǀĞƌǇ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů ƐŚŽǁ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ũƵƐƚ Ă ƐŚĂŵĞ ƚŚĂƚ WĂƐƐŝŽŶ Pit and The Ilk beat them to it. dŚĞ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ŐƌŽƵƉ͕ > ͛Ɛ >ŽĐĂů EĂƟǀĞƐ͕ ǁĞƌĞ Ă ǀĞƌǇ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ͕ ǇĞƚ ĞƋƵĂůůǇ intriguing band. The four part vocal harmonies,

ƌĞŵŝŶŝƐĐĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƌŽƐďǇ͕ ^ƟůůƐ͕ EĂƐŚ ĂŶĚ zŽƵŶŐ ŵŝŐŚƚ ŚĂǀĞ ƉƵƚ ƐŽŵĞ Žī͖ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ of raucous guitars, thunderous percussion, keyboard parts, the occasional mandolin and a synth made for a very original sound which is hard to describe, but recommended to be heard live. The highlight, amongst many, was an impromptu, strobes out, percussion fuelled ũĂŵ ǁŝƚŚ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ŽĨ zĞƐ 'ŝĂŶƚĞƐƐ ĂŶĚ 'ŽůĚĞŶ ^ŝůǀĞƌƐ͘

'ŽůĚĞŶ ^ŝůǀĞƌƐ ŚĞĂĚůŝŶĞĚ ĞĂƌůǇ ;ĚƵĞ ƚŽ DĂƌŝŶĂ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŝĂŵŽŶĚƐ͛ ƐŝĐŬ ůĞĂǀĞͿ ĂŶĚ͕ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƐŽůĞ ƌŝƟƐŚ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞƐ͕ ǁĞŶƚ ĂďŽƵƚ ŝŵƉŽƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƚǇƉŝĐĂů >ŽŶĚŽŶ ŇĂŝƌ͘ dŚĞ ƐƚĂŐĞ ǁĂƐ ĚƌĂƉĞĚ in red and gold velvet, frontman Gwylim Gold was clad in the most garish shirt/jacket ĐŽŵďŝŶĂƟŽŶ ǇŽƵ ĐŽƵůĚ ĞǀĞƌ ĐŽŶĐĞŝǀĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ show was amazing. The darker edge that the band added to their slower songs like Fade to Black and Please Venus created a genuinely ŚĂƵŶƟŶŐ ďůƵĞƐǇ ĂƚŵŽƐƉŚĞƌĞ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚůǇ ĐŽŶƚƌĂƐƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƵƉďĞĂƚ͕ ϴϬƐ ƟŶŐĞĚ͕ ĐƌŽǁĚ pleasing True Romance and The Shakes. dŚĞ ŐŝŐ ĞŶĚĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ĨƌĂŶƟĐ ƐƚƌŽďĞĚͲ ŽƵƚ ũĂŵ ĂƐ Ă ŇƵƌƌǇ ŽĨ ŶŽƚĞƐ ĐĂŵĞ ĐƌĂƐŚŝŶŐ ĚŽǁŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĚŽƵďůĞ ƟŵĞ ŽƵƚƌŽ ŽĨ Arrows of Eros Ͳ ĨĂŶƚĂƐƟĐ͘ Alex Throssell

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THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS

Ɛ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂů ƐĐƌĞĞŶ ĂƉƉĞĂƌĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ůĂƚĞ ,ĞĂƚŚ >ĞĚŐĞƌ͕ dŚĞ /ŵĂŐŝŶĂƌŝƵŵ ŽĨ ŽĐƚŽƌ WĂƌŶĂƐƐƵƐ ǁĂƐ ŶĞǀĞƌ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă Įůŵ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ĨĂůů ƵŶĚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƌĂĚĂƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ĚĞƐĞƌǀĞĚůǇ ƐŽ͘ dŚŝƐ ůĂƚĞƐƚ ŽīĞƌŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ďƌŝůůŝĂŶƚůǇ ƚǁŝƐƚĞĚ ŵŝŶĚ ŽĨ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ dĞƌƌǇ 'ŝůůŝĂŵ ŽƉĞŶƐ ŝŶ ŵŽĚĞƌŶͲĚĂǇ >ŽŶĚŽŶ ǁŚĞƌĞ Ă ƚƌŽƵƉĞ ŽĨ ƉŽǀĞƌƚǇͲ ƐƚƌŝĐŬĞŶ ƚƌĂǀĞůůŝŶŐ ƉůĂǇĞƌƐ͕ ůĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ĂŶĐŝĞŶƚ ŽĐƚŽƌ WĂƌŶĂƐƐƵƐ ; ŚƌŝƐƚŽƉŚĞƌ WůƵŵŵĞƌͿ ĂŶĚ ĨĞĂƚƵƌŝŶŐ Ă ďĂŶĚ ŽĨ ŵŝƐĮƚƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ĚĂƵŐŚƚĞƌ sĂůĞŶƟŶĂ ;>ŝůǇ ŽůĞͿ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ǇŽƵŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶĨƵƐĞĚ ŶƚŽŶ ; ŶĚƌĞĞ 'ĂƌĮĞůĚͿ͕ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵŝŶŐ Ă ŵƵĚĚůĞĚ ƐŝĚĞͲƐŚŽǁ ƚŽ ŝŶĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ͕ ĂŶĚ Ăƚ ƟŵĞƐ ĚƌƵŶŬ ĂŶĚ ǀŝŽůĞŶƚ ƉĂƐƐĞƌƐͲďǇ ŽƵƚƐŝĚĞ ŶŝŐŚƚĐůƵďƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƚǁŝůŝŐŚƚ ŚŽƵƌƐ͘ WĂƌŶĂƐƐƵƐ͛ ƐŚŽǁ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ Ăůů ŝƚ ƐĞĞŵƐ͕ ĂƐ Ă ŵŝƌƌŽƌ ĐŽŶƚĂŝŶĞĚ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ŝƚƐ ŚŽƌƐĞͲĚƌĂǁŶ ƐĞƚ ŝƐ ŝŶ ĨĂĐƚ Ă ƉŽƌƚĂů ƚŚĂƚ ƚƌĂŶƐƉŽƌƚƐ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽ ĞŶƚĞƌ ŝƚ ĚĞĞƉ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽǁŶ ŝŵĂŐŝŶĂƟŽŶƐ͕ ŝŵŵĞƌƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ ŝŶ ĂŶ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ĞǆŝƐƚĞŶĐĞ ŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĨĂŶƚĂƐŝĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĚƌĞĂŵƐ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƌĞĂůŝƐĞĚ͘ WĂƌŶĂƐƐƵƐ ŝƐ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ďĞŝŶŐ ƉĞƌƉĞƚƵĂůůǇ ƐƚĂůŬĞĚ ďǇ Ă ^ĂƚĂŶͲůŝŬĞ ĮŐƵƌĞ ;dŽŵ tĂŝƚƐͿ ǁŚŽ

TRIVIA TIME s ĐĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ^ŝƌ /ĂŶ DĐ<ĞůůĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĐƌŝƉƚ ĨŽƌ dŚĞ ,Žďďŝƚ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĮŶŝƐŚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌĞĚ ǀĞƌǇ ƐŽŽŶ͘ &ŝůŵŝŶŐ͕ ŝĨ Ăůů ŐŽĞƐ ǁĞůů͕ ŝƐ ĞǆƉĞĐƚĞĚ ƚŽ ƐƚĂƌƚ ŶĞǆƚ ƐƉƌŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ůĂƐƚ ĨŽƌ ũƵƐƚ ŽǀĞƌ Ă ǇĞĂƌ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ Ăůů ŐŽŽĚ ŶĞǁƐ͘ DĐ<ĞůůĞŶ ƐĂǇƐ ƚŚĞ ƐƉĞĐƵůĂƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ƌĂŐŽƌŶ ĂŶĚ >ĞŐŽůĂƐ ǁŝůů ŵĂŬĞ ĐĂŵĞŽ ĂƉƉĞĂƌĂŶĐĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ŵŽǀŝĞ ŝƐ ũƵƐƚ Ă ƌƵŵŽƵƌ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůǇ ĐŽŶĮƌŵĞĚ ĂĐƚŽƌƐ ĂƌĞ ŚŝŵƐĞůĨ ĂŶĚ ŶĚǇ ^ĞƌŬŝƐ͘ ͻ&ƌĞĂŬǇ &ƌŝĚĂǇ͕ ƚŚĞ ďŽĚǇ ƐǁĂƉƉŝŶŐ ŵŽǀŝĞ ĨĞĂƚƵƌŝŶŐ >ŝŶĚƐĞǇ >ŽŚĂŶ͕ ŚĂƐ ŐŽƚ Ă ƐĞƋƵĞů ŚĞĂĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŽƵƌ ƐĐƌĞĞŶƐ ĐĂůůĞĚ &ƌĞĂŬǇ DŽŶĚĂǇ͘ Ɛ ĞǆƉĞĐƚĞĚ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ Ă ďŽĚǇ ƐǁĂƉ ĂŐĂŝŶ͕ ďƵƚ ƚĂŬĞƐ ƉůĂĐĞ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ Ă ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ Ă ƚĞĂĐŚĞƌ͘ dŚĞ ƐĞƋƵĞů ǁŝůů ŶŽƚ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞ >ŽŚĂŶ Žƌ :ĂŵŝĞͲ>ĞĞ ƵƌƟƐ͕ ďƵƚ DĂƌŬ tĂƚĞƌƐ͕ ǁŚŽ ĚŝƌĞĐƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ Įůŵ͕ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƉƌŽĚƵĐŝŶŐ͘ ͻdŽǇ ^ƚŽƌǇ ϯ ŚĂĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƚƌĂŝůĞƌ ůĞĂŬĞĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ǁĞĞŬĞŶĚ ďƵƚ ŚĂƐ ŶŽǁ ďĞĞŶ ŽĸĐŝĂůůǇ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ǀŝĞǁĞĚ ŽŶ ĞŵƉŝƌĞŽŶůŝŶĞ͘ĐŽŵ͘ dŚĞ ƚƌĂŝůĞƌ ƐŚŽǁƐ ƚŚĞ ŐƌŽǁŶ ƵƉ ŶĚǇ ŐŽŝŶŐ Žī ƚŽ ĐŽůůĞŐĞ ƐŽ ŚĞ ŐŝǀĞƐ ƵƉ ƚŚĞ ƚŽǇƐ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ Ƶǌǌ ĂŶĚ tŽŽĚǇ͕ ƚŽ Ă ƉůĂǇŐƌŽƵƉ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ĂƌĞŶ͛ƚ ĂƐ ŐƌĞĂƚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƉƉĞĂƌ͘ dŚĞ ŵĂŝŶ ŐŽƐƐŝƉ ƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ŵǇƐƚĞƌǇ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ ǁŚŽ ĂƉƉĂƌĞŶƚůǇ͕ ŵĂŬĞƐ Ă ƐŵĂůů ĐĂŵĞŽ ŝŶ Up͕ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ůŝƩůĞ ŐŝƌůƐ ƌŽŽŵ͘ dŚĞ ŚŝŐŚůǇ ĂŶƟĐŝƉĂƚĞĚ Įůŵ ǁŝůů ďĞ ŽƵƚ ŶĞǆƚ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ͘

ƐĞĞŬƐ ƚŽ ďƌŝŶŐ ƉĞƐƟůĞŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ĚĞĂƚŚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƵƚŽƉŝĂŶ ǁŽƌůĚƐ͘ ŵŽƌĂůŝƚǇ ƚĂůĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƉŽǁĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŝŵĂŐŝŶĂƟŽŶ ƚŽ ĐƌĞĂƚĞ ďĞĂƵƚǇ͕ ŝŶ Parnassus͕ ĐŽŶƚĞŵƉŽƌĂƌǇ >ŽŶĚŽŶ ďĞĐŽŵĞƐ ĂŶ ƵƌďĂŶ ǁĂƐƚĞͲůĂŶĚ ŽĨ ĚĞƌĞůŝĐƚ ǁĂƌĞͲŚŽƵƐĞƐ͕ ƌƵďďŝƐŚ ĚƵŵƉƐ ĂŶĚ ĚĞĐĂĚĞŶƚ ƐŚŽƉƉŝŶŐ ĂƌĐĂĚĞƐ ŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝŵĂŐŝŶĂƟŽŶ ŚĂƐ ůŽƐƚ Ăůů ĐƵƌƌĞŶĐǇ͘ dŚĞ

“The fantasy sequences are a feast for the eyes” ĨĂŶƚĂƐǇ ƐĞƋƵĞŶĐĞƐ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ĂƌĞ Ă ĨĞĂƐƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĞǇĞƐ͖ Ă ĚĂǌǌůŝŶŐ ĚƌĞĂŵͲůŝŬĞ ůĂŶĚƐĐĂƉĞ ĂďƵŶĚĂŶƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƐǇŵďŽůŝĐ ŝŵĂŐĞƐ͘ dŚĞ Įůŵ͛Ɛ ŵĂŝŶ ĐŽŶƚƌŽǀĞƌƐǇ ŝƐ͕ ŽĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͕ >ĞĚŐĞƌ͛Ɛ ƵŶƟŵĞůǇ ĚĞĂƚŚ ŵŝĚǁĂǇ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŚĂƐ ƌĞƐƵůƚĞĚ ŝŶ ŚŝƐ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ŵǇƐƚĞƌŝŽƵƐ ĂŵŶĞƐŝĂĐ dŽŶǇ͕ ƐƉĂƐŵŽĚŝĐĂůůǇ ƚƌĂŶƐĨŽƌŵŝŶŐ ŝŶƚŽ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ŝŶĐĂƌŶĂƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ŚŝŵƐĞůĨ͕ ƉůĂǇĞĚ ďǇ :ŽŚŶŶǇ ĞƉƉ͕ :ƵĚĞ >Ăǁ ĂŶĚ ŽůŝŶ &ĂƌƌĞůů͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŐĞŶĞƌĂůůǇ ďŝǌĂƌƌĞ

ƚŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ƐŽŵĞŚŽǁ ŵĂŬĞƐ ƚŚĞƐĞ ŵĞƚĂŵŽƌƉŚŽƐĞƐ ƐĞĞŵ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚůǇ ĂƉƉƌŽƉƌŝĂƚĞ͘ >ĞĚŐĞƌ͛Ɛ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ŝƐ ƐƚƌŽŶŐ͕ ďƵƚ ƵŶůŝŬĞ ŚŝƐ ƉŽǁĞƌĨƵů ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞƐ ŝŶ ƌŽŬĞďĂĐŬ DŽƵŶƚĂŝŶ ĂŶĚ dŚĞ ĂƌŬ <ŶŝŐŚƚ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ŽŶĞ ĨŽƌ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŚĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƌĞŵĞŵďĞƌĞĚ͘ ĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞƐĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ,ŽůůǇǁŽŽĚ͛Ɛ ĮŶĞƐƚ ĂĐƚŽƌƐ͕ ůŝƩůĞͲŬŶŽǁŶ ƌŝƟƐŚ ĂĐƚŽƌ ŶĚƌĞǁ 'ĂƌĮĞůĚ ŝƐ Ă ŶĞǁůǇͲĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌĞĚ ŐĞŵ͕ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ƌŽůĞ ĂƐ ŶƚŽŶ͕ Ă ŵĞŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƚƌŽƵƉĞ ĨƌƵƐƚƌĂƚĞĚ ďŽƚŚ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝƐ ƵŶĨƵůĮůůŝŶŐ ĞǆŝƐƚĞŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ ƵŶƌĞƋƵŝƚĞĚ ůƵƐƚ ĨŽƌ WĂƌŶĂƐƐƵƐ͛ ĚĂƵŐŚƚĞƌ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ĞŵŽƟŽŶ͕ ŚƵŵŽƵƌ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶǀŝĐƟŽŶ͘ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ůĂĐŬ ŽĨ Ă ĐŽŚĞƌĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶƐŝƐƚĞŶƚ ŶĂƌƌĂƟǀĞ ŵĂǇ ďĞ ŽīͲƉƵƫŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƐŽŵĞ ǀŝĞǁĞƌƐ͕ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ͛Ɛ ĮŶĂůĞ͕ ŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƚŚĞ ďŽƵŶĚĂƌŝĞƐ ƐĞƉĂƌĂƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŵĞŶƚĂů ǁŽƌůĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂů ďĞŐŝŶ ƚŽ ůŝƚĞƌĂůůǇ ĐƌƵŵďůĞ͕ ŝƐ ƚŚƌŝůůŝŶŐ ƚŽ ǁĂƚĐŚ͘ dŚĞ /ŵĂŐŝŶĂƌŝƵŵ ŽĨ ŽĐƚŽƌ WĂƌŶĂƐƐƵƐ ŝƐ Ă ĐŝŶĞŵĂƟĐ ďĂŶƋƵĞƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĞǇĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŵŝŶĚ͘ Michael Lovelock

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ͻdŚĞ Ğǀŝů ^ƉŝĚĞƌ DĂŶ ǀŝůůĂŝŶ sĞŶŽŵ ŝƐ ƐŽŽŶ ƚŽ ďĞ ƐĞĞŶ ŝŶ ŚŝƐ ŽǁŶ ŵŽǀŝĞ͘ 'ĂƌǇ ZŽƐƐ͕ ǁŚŽ ŝƐ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇ ƌĞǁƌŝƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ^ƉŝĚĞƌ DĂŶ ϰ ƐĐƌŝƉƚ͕ ǁŝůů ƐƚĂƌƚ ǁŽƌŬ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ Venom Įůŵ ƐŽŽŶ͘ dŽƉŚĞƌ 'ƌĂĐĞ͕ ǁŚŽ ĚŽŶŶĞĚ ƚŚĞ ďůĂĐŬ ĐŽƐƚƵŵĞ ŝŶ ^ƉŝĚĞƌ DĂŶ ϯ͕ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ůŝŬĞůǇ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ Ă ƌĞĂƉƉĞĂƌĂŶĐĞ͖ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ ŽĨ sĞŶŽŵ ǁŝůů ĂůƐŽ ďĞ ŐŝǀĞŶ Ă ƌĞǀĂŵƉ͘ ,ŝƐ ŶĞǁ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĂŶ ĂŶƟͲŚĞƌŽ ǁŚŽ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĨĞŶĚĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŝŶŶŽĐĞŶƚ͘ ͻ ĂǀŝĚ ^ĐŚǁŝŵŵĞƌ ŝƐ ĚŝƌĞĐƟŶŐ Ă ŶĞǁ ĚĂƌŬ ĚƌĂŵĂ ĐĂůůĞĚ dƌƵƐƚ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ĂďŽƵƚ Ă ϭϰͲǇĞĂƌͲŽůĚ Őŝƌů ǁŚŽ ŝƐ ŐƌŽŽŵĞĚ ŽŶůŝŶĞ ĂŶĚ ƐƵďƐĞƋƵĞŶƚůǇ ĂďƵƐĞĚ͘ ůŝǀĞ KǁĞŶ ĂŶĚ ĂƚŚĞƌŝŶĞ <ĞĞŶĞƌ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌĞŶƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂďƵƐĞĚ ĐŚŝůĚ͘ dŚĞ ĮůŵƐ ĐĞŶƚƌĞƐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŵŝůǇ ƵŶŝƚ ƚƌǇŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĚĞĂů ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚŝƐ ĐƌŝƐŝƐ͘ dŚĞ Įůŵ ŝƐ ^ĐŚǁŝŵŵĞƌ͛Ɛ ĮƌƐƚ ƐŝŶĐĞ ZƵŶ͕ &Ăƚ ŽǇ͕ ZƵŶ ƚǁŽ ǇĞĂƌƐ ĂŐŽ͖ ĮůŵŝŶŐ ǁŝůů ƐƚĂƌƚ ŝŶ EŽǀĞŵďĞƌ͘ ͻdŚŽƐĞ ďĞŚŝŶĚ ƚŚĞ tĂƌĐƌĂŌ ŵŽǀŝĞ ŚĂǀĞ ŶĂŵĞĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐĐƌĞĞŶ ǁƌŝƚĞƌ ĂƐ ZŽďĞƌƚ ZŽĚĂƚ͕ ǁŚŽƐĞ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐ ǁŽƌŬƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ ^ĂǀŝŶŐ WƌŝǀĂƚĞ ZǇĂŶ ĂŶĚ dŚĞ WĂƚƌŝŽƚ͘ dŚĞ Įůŵ ǁŝůů ĨŽůůŽǁ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů ƉůŽƚ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ĐŽŶƚƌĂĚŝĐƚŽƌǇ ƚŽ ƌĞƉŽƌƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƌƌĂƟǀĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ĐŽŵĞ ĨƌŽŵ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ tĂƌĐƌĂŌ ŶŽǀĞůŝǌĂƟŽŶƐ͘ Rachel Coxon

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®Ù͗ Zç Ä &½ ®Ý « Ù Z ½ Ý ã ͗ ϬϳͬϭϬͬϬϵ

®Ù͗ W ã Ù ®½½®Ä¦Ý½ ù Z ½ Ý ã ͗ ϭϰͬϭϬͬϬϵ

tŚĂƚ ŚĂƉƉĞŶƐ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ǌŽŵďŝĞ ĂƉŽĐĂůǇƉƐĞ ĚĞĐŝĚĞƐ ƚŽ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ĨƵŶŶǇ͍ dŚĞ ĂŶƐǁĞƌ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ^ŚĂƵŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞĂĚ͕ ďƵƚ ŽŵďŝĞůĂŶĚ͘ dŚĞ ƉůŽƚ ǁŽŶ͛ƚ ǁŝŶ ĂŶǇ ŵĂƌŬƐ ŽŶ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂůŝƚǇ͖ ĨŽƵƌ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŵĞĞƚ ĂŶĚ ƌĞůƵĐƚĂŶƚůǇ ĚĞĐŝĚĞ ƚŽ ũŽŝŶ ĨŽƌĐĞƐ ƚŽ ƚĂĐŬůĞ ƚŚĞ ǌŽŵďŝĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŽŽŶ ƌĞĂůŝƐĞ ƚŚĞǇ ƐŚĂƌĞ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶ ĐŽŵŵŽŶ ƚŚĂŶ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂůůǇ ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚ͘ dŚĞ ƚǁŽ ĨĞŵŵĞ ĨĂƚĂůĞ ƐŝƐƚĞƌƐ͕ >ŝƩůĞ ZŽĐŬ ĂŶĚ tŝĐŚŝƚĂ ; ďŝŐĂŝů ƌĞƐůŝŶ ĂŶĚ ŵŵĂ ^ƚŽŶĞͿ ĂŶĚ dĂůůĂŚĂƐƐĞĞ ;tŽŽĚǇ ,ĂƌƌĞůƐŽŶͿ ĂƌĞ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ůŝŬĞĂďůĞ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ Ă ƐŚĂŵĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽƚĂŐŽŶŝƐƚ͕ ŽůƵŵďƵƐ͕ ƉŽƌƚƌĂǇĞĚ ďǇ :ĞƐƐĞ ŝƐĞŶďĞƌŐ ;Ă ƉŽŽƌ ŵĂŶ͛Ɛ DŝĐŚĂĞů ĞƌĂͿ͕ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ůĞĂƐƚ ĞŶũŽǇĂďůĞ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ǁŝƚŚ

ŚŝƐ ĞĐĐĞŶƚƌŝĐ ŵĂŶŶĞƌŝƐŵƐ ƉĞƉƉĞƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƌƌĂƟǀĞ͘ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ĂŌĞƌ Ă ĚĞĐĞŶƚ ǌŽŵďŝĞ ŇŝĐŬ͕ ŝƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ǁŝƐĞ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ Ϯϴ tĞĞŬƐ >ĂƚĞƌ͘ ^ĂǇŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ͕ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ǀĞŶƚƵƌĞ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƚŚĞĂƚƌĞ ĞǆƉĞĐƟŶŐ Ă ŐŽŽĚ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ͕ ƚŚĞŶ ǇŽƵ ǁŝůů ŶŽƚ ďĞ ĚŝƐĂƉƉŽŝŶƚĞĚ͘ ŝůů DƵƌƌĂǇ ŚĂƐ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ĐĂŵĞŽ ĂŶĚ dĂůůĂŚĂƐƐĞĞ͛Ɛ ƋƵĞƐƚ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ Ă ƚǁŝŶŬŝĞ ;ĂŶ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ĐĂŬĞͿ ĂŵŽŶŐƐƚ ƚŚĞ ǌŽŵďŝĞƐ ŝƐ ůĂƵŐŚƐ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ǁĂǇ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ Ă ŐŽŽĚ Įůŵ͕ ďƵƚ ŝƚ ǁŽŶ͛ƚ ďĞ ƌĞŵĞŵďĞƌĞĚ ŝŶ ǇĞĂƌƐ ƚŽ ĐŽŵĞ͘

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James Galloway

&ĞĂƚƵƌŝŶŐ Ă ǁĞůůͲƌŽƵŶĚĞĚ ĐĂƐƚ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ sŝŶĐĞ sĂƵŐŚŶ͕ :ĂƐŽŶ ĂƚĞŵĂŶ ĂŶĚ <ƌŝƐƚĞŶ ĂǀŝƐ͕ ŽƵƉůĞ͛Ɛ ZĞƚƌĞĂƚ ĨŽůůŽǁƐ ĨŽƵƌ ĐŽƵƉůĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŽŵĞĚŝĐ ŵŝƐŚĂƉƐ ŽŶ Ă ƚƌŽƉŝĐĂů ŝƐůĂŶĚ ŚŽůŝĚĂǇ͘ /Ŷ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ƐĂǀĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƚƌŽƵďůĞĚ ŵĂƌƌŝĂŐĞ͕ :ĂƐŽŶ ĂŶĚ ǁŝĨĞ ǇŶƚŚŝĂ ƚƌĂǀĞů ƚŽ ĚĞŶ͖ Ă ƚƌŽƉŝĐĂů ƌĞƐŽƌƚ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĐĂƚĞƌƐ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉŝŶŐ ĂŝůŝŶŐ ĐŽƵƉůĞƐ ƌĞǁŽƌŬ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ͘ dŚƌĞĞ ĨĞůůŽǁ ĐŽƵƉůĞƐ Śŝƚ ƚŚĞ ŝƐůĂŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŵ͕ ŚŽƉŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ Ă ǀĂĐĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĨƵŶ ĂŶĚ ƌĞůĂǆĂƟŽŶ͕ ďƵƚ ƐŽŽŶ ƌĞĂůŝƐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ŵƵƐƚ Ăůů ĞŶĚƵƌĞ ĐŽƵƉůĞƐ ƚŚĞƌĂƉǇ ĂŶĚ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ ƚŽ ĂƐƐĞƐƐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŽŵƉĂƟďŝůŝƚǇ͕ ůĞĂĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŵƵĐŚ ƌĞĂůŝƐĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ůŽĂƚŚĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉĂƌƚŶĞƌƐ͘

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®Ù͗ Ù Ä ÊÄ ÃÖ Z ½ Ý ã ͗ ϬϵͬϭϬͬϬϵ

®Ù͗ «Ù®ÝãÊÖ« Ù ^Ã®ã« Z ½ Ý ã ͗ ϭϲͬϭϬͬϬϵ

ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ >ŽǀĞ ,ĂƉƉĞŶƐ ŚĂƐ Ă ƉƌŽŵŝƐŝŶŐ ƉƌĞŵŝƐĞ͕ Ă ŐƌŝĞǀŝŶŐ ǁŝĚŽǁĞƌ ƌĞŶĞǁƐ ŚŝƐ ĨĂŝƚŚ ŝŶ ůŝĨĞ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ŚŝƐ ĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌǇ ŽĨ Ă ŶĞǁ ůŽǀĞ͕ ŝŶƐƚĞĂĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƋƵŝƌŬǇ ŝŶĚŝĞ ƌŽŵͲ ĐŽŵ ǇŽƵ ǁŽƵůĚ ĞǆƉĞĐƚ͕ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ŝƐ ŵĞƌĞůǇ Ă ƌĞĐƌĞĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵĞĚŝŽĐƌĞ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚ :ĞŶŶŝĨĞƌ ŶŝƐƚŽŶ ŝƐ ƐŽ ƉƌŽŶĞ ƚŽ ĐŚƵƌŶŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĚĂǇƐ͘ dŚĞ ƐƚŽƌǇ ŝƐ Ă ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂůůǇ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ ŽŶĞ͕ ŐƌŝĞǀŝŶŐ ŚƵƐďĂŶĚ ƵƌŬĞ ZǇĂŶ ; ĂƌŽŶ ĐŬŚĂƌƚͿ ŚĂƐ ŐĂŝŶĞĚ ǀĂƐƚ ĨĂŵĞ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ŚŝƐ ƐĞůĨͲŚĞůƉ ďŽŽŬ ͚ ͲKŬĂǇ͊͛ ͕ďƵƚ ďĞŐŝŶƐ ƚŽ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ ŚŝƐ ŚǇƉŽĐƌŝƐǇ ĂƐ ŚĞ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞƐ ƚŽ ƐĞůĨͲ ĚĞƐƚƌƵĐƚ͘ ,Ğ ƌĞƚƵƌŶƐ ƚŽ ^ĞĂƩůĞ ;ƚŚĞ ƉůĂĐĞ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ǁŝĨĞ͛Ɛ ďƵƌŝĂůͿ ĂŶĚ ŵĞĞƚƐ ƋƵŝƌŬǇ ǇŽƵŶŐ ŇŽƌŝƐƚ ůŽŝƐĞ ; ŶŝƐƚŽŶͿ͕

ǁŚŽ ŚĞ ƋƵŝĐŬůǇ ĨŽƌŵƐ Ă ĐŽŶŶĞĐƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ͘ dŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĨƌƵƐƚƌĂƟŶŐ ƚŚŝŶŐ ŝƐ ƵŶĚĞŶŝĂďůǇ ƚŚĞ ĨĂƐĐŝŶĂƟŶŐ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ƚƌǇŝŶŐ ƐŽ ŚĂƌĚ ƚŽ ĞŵĞƌŐĞ ĨƌŽŵ ĐŬŚĂƌƚ͛Ɛ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ͕ ďƵƚ ŵƵĐŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁƌŽŶŐ ŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ƚŚĞ ĨĂƵůƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂĐƚŽƌƐ͘ tŝƚŚ ƐƵĐŚ Ă ǁĞĂŬ ĂŶĚ ƵŶŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ ƉůŽƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ůĂĐŬ ŽĨ ĐŚĞŵŝƐƚƌǇ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƚǁŽ ůĞĂĚƐ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ƌĞĂůůǇ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ŚĂǀĞ ŵƵĐŚ ƚŽ ǁŽƌŬ ǁŝƚŚ ŝŶ Ă ďǇͲƚŚĞͲŶƵŵďĞƌƐ ŵŽǀŝĞ ƚŚĂƚ ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƐŽ ŵƵĐŚ ŵŽƌĞ͘

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Caroline Preece

tŚŽ ŶĞĞĚƐ ƚŽ ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚ &ƌĞƵĚ͛Ɛ ƚŚĞŽƌŝĞƐ ǁŚĞŶ ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ dƌŝĂŶŐůĞ͍ dŚŝƐ ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚͲƉƌŽǀŽŬŝŶŐ ƉƐǇĐŚŽůŽŐŝĐĂů ƚŚƌŝůůĞƌ ŝƐ Ă ŵŝǆƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ 'ƌŽƵŶĚŚŽŐ ĂǇ ŵĞĞƚƐ dŚĞ WŽƐĞŝĚŽŶ ĚǀĞŶƚƵƌĞ͘ /ƚ ŬŝĐŬƐ Žī ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŵŽƚŚĞƌ͛Ɛ ĐŚŝůůŝŶŐ ƉƌŽŵŝƐĞ ƚŽ ŚĞƌ ĐŚŝůĚ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŚĞŶ ƐŚĞ ŚĂƐ Ă ďĂĚ ĚƌĞĂŵ ƐŚĞ ũƵƐƚ ĐůŽƐĞƐ ŚĞƌ ĞǇĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚŝŶŬƐ ŽĨ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ŶŝĐĞ͘ tĞ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞŶ ƚĂŬĞŶ ŽŶ Ă ũŽƵƌŶĞǇ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞƌ ƵŶƐƚĂďůĞ :ĞƐƐ ;DĞůŝƐƐĂ 'ĞŽƌŐĞͿ ĂŶĚ ŚĞƌ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ ŽŶ Ă ďŽĂƟŶŐ ƚƌŝƉ͘ ŌĞƌ Ă ƚƌĂŐŝĐ ĞůĞĐƚƌŝĐ ƐƚŽƌŵ ƚŚĞǇ ĮŶĚ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ ŵŝƌĂĐƵůŽƵƐůǇ ŽŶ ďŽĂƌĚ Ă ĚĞƐĞƌƚĞĚ ĐƌƵŝƐĞůŝŶĞƌ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ŽŶůǇ ŽŶĞ ƉƵƌƉŽƐĞ ŝŶ ŵŝŶĚ͘ dŚĞ Įůŵ ƉůŽĚƐ ĂůŽŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ƚĞĚŝŽƵƐ ŝŶ ƌĞƉĞĂƟŶŐ ŬĞǇ ƐĐĞŶĞƐ͕

tŚŝůƐƚ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ĐŽŵĞĚŝĐ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů͕ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ĨĂŝůƐ ƚŽ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ůĂƵŐŚͲ ŽƵƚͲůŽƵĚ ŚŝůĂƌŝƚǇ ĂŶĚ ŝŶƐƚĞĂĚ ŽŶůǇ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞƐ Ă ĨĞǁ ŐŽŽĚ ůĂƵŐŚƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĂƌĞ ĨƌŽŵ ŵŝŶŽƌ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ ŝŶƐƚĞĂĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŝŶ ƐƚĂƌƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ sĂƵŐŚŶ͘ ŶŽƚŚĞƌ ĚŽǁŶĨĂůů ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ Ăƚ ƟŵĞƐ ƚƌŝĞƐ ƚŽ ĂĚĚƌĞƐƐ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƌĞ ƐĞƌŝŽƵƐ ŶĂƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶŇŝĐƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĐŽƵƉůĞƐ ĨĂĐĞ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞŶ ƋƵŝĐŬůǇ ƌĞǀĞƌƚƐ ƚŽ ũƵǀĞŶŝůĞ ŐĂŐƐ͘ ůů ŝŶ Ăůů ĂŶ ĞĂƐǇ ƚŽ ǁĂƚĐŚ Įůŵ ŝŶ Ă ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ƉĂƌĂĚŝƐĞ ƐĞƫŶŐ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ ůĂĐŬ ŽĨ ŐŽŽĚ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ ŵĂŬĞƐ ŝƚ ŶŽƚ ǁŽƌƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƚƌŝƉ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐŝŶĞŵĂ͘

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Jessica Hytner

ůŽƐŝŶŐ ŝƚƐ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů ŝŵƉĂĐƚ͘ Ƶƚ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚĂďůĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚŝƐ ŐĞŶƌĞ͕ ĂůůŽǁŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞƐ ƚŽ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ ĞǀĞƌǇƚŚŝŶŐ ďǇ ĮůůŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚŽƐĞ ĂŶŶŽǇŝŶŐ ŐĂƉƐ ĂŶĚ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŝŶŐ ƐŽŵĞ ŝŶŝƟĂůůǇ ƚǁŽ ĚŝŵĞŶƐŝŽŶĂů ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ͘ ŚƌŝƐƚŽƉŚĞƌ ^ŵŝƚŚ ŚĂƐ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ ŵĂƚƵƌĞĚ ĂŶĚ ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞĚ ƐŝŶĐĞ ŚŝƐ ůĂƐƚ ŽƵƟŶŐƐ͕ ƌĞĞƉ ĂŶĚ ^ĞǀĞƌĂŶĐĞ͕ ĐƌĞĂƟŶŐ Ă ĐůĞĂŶ ĂŶĚ ƉŽůŝƐŚĞĚ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ͘ ,ŝƐ ĐůĞǀĞƌ ƵƐĞ ŽĨ ĐŝƌĐƵůĂƌ ŶĂƌƌĂƟǀĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƐŽŵĞ ŚŝĚĚĞŶ ŵŽƟĨƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ůĞĂĚƐ ƚŽ ĂŶ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ ďƵƚ ĚŝƐƚƵƌďŝŶŐ ĮŶĂůĞ͘

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WĂƵů DĂƌƟŶ

hÖ ®Ù͗ W ã Ê ã Ù Ι Ê W ã ÙÝÊÄ Z ½ Ý ã ͗ ϬϵͬϭϬͬϬϵ >ŝǀĞ ĂĐƟŽŶ ĮůŵƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ŐƌŽǁŝŶŐ ŽůĚ ĂƌĞ ƌĂƌĞ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ͕ ďƵƚ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ŽĨ '/ ĂŶŝŵĂƟŽŶ͕ Ă ƐĞƉĂƌĂƚĞ ƌĞĂůŵ ŽĨ ǁŝƐĞͲĐƌĂĐŬŝŶŐ ĂŶŝŵĂůƐ ĂŶĚ ŚŝŐŚͲŽĐƚĂŶĞ ĂĐƟŽŶ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ Ăůů ďƵƚ ŶŽŶĞǆŝƐƚĞŶƚ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƉĞƌŚĂƉƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂƐŽŶƐ WŝǆĂƌ͛Ɛ ůĂƚĞƐƚ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞ͕ hƉ͕ ŝƐ ƐŽ ƌĞĨƌĞƐŚŝŶŐ͖ ŝƚƐ ďŝƩĞƌƐǁĞĞƚ ƐŝŶĐĞƌŝƚǇ Ă ĨĂƌ ĐƌǇ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƉ ĐƵůƚƵƌĞ ƌĞĨĞƌĞŶĐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƐƟĐ ĐǇŶŝĐŝƐŵ ŽĨ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĮůŵƐ ŽĨ ŝƚƐ ƐŽƌƚ͘ /ƚ ƚĞůůƐ ƚŚĞ ƐƚŽƌǇ ŽĨ Ă ũĂĚĞĚ ŽůĚ ŵĂŶ ;ǀŽŝĐĞĚ ďǇ Ě ƐŶĞƌͿ ǁŚŽ ƌĞĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌƐ ŚŝƐ ǇŽƵƚŚĨƵůŶĞƐƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ĂƩĂĐŚŝŶŐ ƚŚŽƵƐĂŶĚƐ ŽĨ ďĂůůŽŽŶƐ ƚŽ ŚŝƐ ŚŽƵƐĞ ĂŶĚ ŇŽĂƟŶŐ ĂǁĂǇ ƚŽ ^ŽƵƚŚ ŵĞƌŝĐĂ͕ ĂĐĐŽŵƉĂŶŝĞĚ ďǇ ĂŶ ŽǀĞƌͲĞĂŐĞƌ ďŽǇ ƐĐŽƵƚ ;:ŽƌĚĂŶ EĂŐĂŝͿ͘ ĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚĞĞŵŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ŵŝŶƵƚĞ ĚĞƚĂŝůƐ ŝŶ ĞǀĞƌǇ ĨƌĂŵĞ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƉƌŝŶĐŝƉĂůůǇ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌͲĚƌŝǀĞŶ͖ ĞǀĞƌǇ ũŽŬĞ ĂŶĚ ĂĐƟŽŶ ƐĞƚͲƉŝĞĐĞ ŝƐ ŝŶ ĂŝĚ ŽĨ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĮůŵŵĂŬĞƌƐ͛ ƐŝŶĐĞƌĞ ĐŽŵŵŝƚŵĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ͛Ɛ ĨĂŶƚĂƐƟĐĂů ƉůŽƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƌĞĂůůǇ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐĞƐ͘ tŚĂƚ ƐĞĐƵƌĞƐ Up ĂƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǇĞĂƌ͛Ɛ ŬĞǇ ĮůŵƐ ĂŶĚ ƉƵƚƐ ŝƚ ŚĞĂĚ ĂŶĚ ƐŚŽƵůĚĞƌƐ ĂďŽǀĞ ŝƚƐ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƟĂƟŽŶ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŚŝůĚůŝŬĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŵĞƌĞůǇ ĐŚŝůĚŝƐŚ͘ Up ŐŽĞƐ ďĞǇŽŶĚ ƐŝŵƉůĞ ĐŚŝůĚ͛Ɛ ĨĂƌĞ ƚŽ ŽīĞƌ Ă ǁŝƐƞƵů ŵĞĚŝƚĂƟŽŶ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ĐŚŝůĚŚŽŽĚ ĂŶĚ ǁŚĂƚ ŝƚ ŵĞĂŶƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ĂŶ ĂĚƵůƚ͘

Luke Nash

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film

20oct09 issue233

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DVD RELEASES ϭϮ ZÊçÄ Ý

ÊÙ ½®Ä K Ý Ùò Ä Z ÖÊÙã

®Ù͘ Z ÄÄù , Ù½®Ä Z ½ Ý ã ͗ ϭϮͬϭϬͬϬϵ

®Ù͘ , ÄÙù ^ ½® » ®Ù͘ :Ê ù ,®½½ Z ½ Ý ã ͗ ϭϮͬϭϬͬϬϵ Z ½ Ý ã ͗ ϮϴͬϬϵͬϬϵ

ǀĞƌ ŚĞĂƌĚ ŽĨ Ă Įůŵ ŝŶǀŽůǀŝŶŐ Ă ĐĂƚͲĂŶĚͲ ŵŽƵƐĞ ĐŚĂƐŝŶŐ ƉůŽƚůŝŶĞ ĂŶĚ Ă ƌĂĐĞ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ƟŵĞ͍ WƌŽďĂďůǇ͘ ŽĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŵĞĂŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĐƌŝƉƚ of ϭϮ ZŽƵŶĚƐ ŝƐ ƋƵŝƚĞ ĨĂŵŝůŝĂƌ͍ /ƚ ƉƌŽďĂďůǇ ŝƐ͘ ϭϮ ZŽƵŶĚƐ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚƐ Ă EĞǁ KƌůĞĂŶƐ ĐŽƉ ;:ŽŚŶ ĞŶĂͿ͕ ǁŚŽ ƵƉŽŶ ƐŚŽŽƟŶŐ Ă ƚŚŝĞĨ͛Ɛ ŐŝƌůĨƌŝĞŶĚ͕ ŝƐ ƚŚĞŶ ĐŽŶĨƌŽŶƚĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ĂŶŐƌǇ ŵĂŶ ǁŚŽ ĚĞŵĂŶĚƐ ĞŶĂ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞ Ă ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ŽĨ ŵŝƐƐŝŽŶƐ ĂƐ ƉĂǇďĂĐŬ͘ dŚĞ ƐĐƌŝƉƚ ŝƐ ŐŽŽĚ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƚŽ ŬĞĞƉ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ƟĐŬŝŶŐ ĂůŽŶŐ͖ ƚŚĞ ĂĐƟŽŶ ƐĞƋƵĞŶĐĞƐ ĂƌĞ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ ĐƌĞĚŝďůĞ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĂŶ ĂůůͲƌŽƵŶĚ ŐŽŽĚ ĂƩĞŵƉƚ Ăƚ

ƚŚĞ ĂĐƟŽŶ ŐĞŶƌĞ͘ dŚĞ ŽŶůǇ ƐůŝŐŚƚ ƉƌŽďůĞŵ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ ĐŽŶƐƚĂŶƚůǇ ƚƌŝĞƐ ƚŽ ĐŽŵƉĞƚĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ďŝŐ ĮƐŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŽĐĞĂŶ͕ ǁŚĞŶ ŝŶ ĐŽŵƉĂƌŝƐŽŶ ϭϮ ZŽƵŶĚƐ ŝƐ ƐŚƌŝŵƉͲůŝŬĞ͘ ĂĐŚ ĚĞƚĂŝů ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ĐŽŶƐƚĂŶƚůǇ ƌĞĐĂůůƐ ŽƚŚĞƌ ŐƌĞĂƚƐ ŽĨ ŝƚƐ ŐĞŶƌĞ͕ ĨŽƌ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ ^ƉĞĞĚ ĂŶĚ ŝĞ ,ĂƌĚ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁŚŝůƐƚ 12 Rounds ŝƐ ĞŶũŽǇĂďůĞ͕ ŝƚ ǁŽŶ͛ƚ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ůĂƐƟŶŐ ŝŵƉĂĐƚ ƵƉŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ Speeds ĂŶĚ Die Hards ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ǁŽƌůĚ͘

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Elizabeth Poole

ŽƌĂůŝŶĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƐƚŽƌǇ ŽĨ Ă ĨĞŝƐƚǇ ƚĞĞŶĂŐĞ Őŝƌů ǁŚŽ ŵŽǀĞƐ ƚŽ Ă ŶĞǁ ŚŽƵƐĞ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƐŚĞ ĨĞĞůƐ ŶĞŐůĞĐƚĞĚ ďǇ ŚĞƌ ďƵƐǇ ƉĂƌĞŶƚƐ͘ tŚĞŶ ƐŚĞ ĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌƐ Ă ƉŽƌƚĂů ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ͚KƚŚĞƌ tŽƌůĚ͛ ĨƵůů ŽĨ ĚŽƉƉĞůŐĂŶŐĞƌƐ ŽĨ ŚĞƌ ŶĞŝŐŚďŽƵƌƐ ĂŶĚ ĨĂŵŝůǇ͕ ƐŚĞ ƚŚŝŶŬƐ ƐŚĞ ŚĂƐ ĨŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŚĂƉƉŝŶĞƐƐ ƐŚĞ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ƐĞĂƌĐŚŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ͘ Ƶƚ ũƵƐƚ ǁŚĞŶ ƐŚĞ ŝƐ ƐƚĂƌƟŶŐ ƚŽ ƉƌĞĨĞƌ ƚŚŝƐ ŶĞǁ ǁŽƌůĚ͕ ƐŚĞ ƌĞĂůŝƐĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ Ăůů ĂƐ ŝƚ ƐĞĞŵƐ͘ dŚĞ Įůŵ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ŵƵĐŚͲŚǇƉĞĚ ďǇ ĐƌŝƟĐƐ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ŵĂŶǇ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ĂƐƐŝŐŶŝŶŐ ŝƚ ĐůĂƐƐŝĐ ƐƚĂƚƵƐ ĂŶĚ ũƵƐƟĮĂďůǇ ƐŽ͘ dŚĞ ƐƚŽƌǇ ŝƐ ŐŽŽĚ ŶĂƚƵƌĞĚ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ

ĞǀĞƌ ďĞŝŶŐ ƐŝĐŬůǇ ĂŶĚ ĐƌĂĐŬůĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĚĂƌŬŶĞƐƐ ƚŚĂƚ Ăƚ ƉŽŝŶƚƐ ŝƐ ƚƌƵůǇ ƚĞƌƌŝĨǇŝŶŐ͘ dŚĞ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ ŽĨ ŽƌĂůŝŶĞ ŝƐ ůŝŬĞĂďůĞ ĂŶĚ ŶĞǀĞƌ͕ ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚŚĞ ƚŚĞŵĞƐ ŽĨ ĨĂŵŝůǇ ĂŶĚ ůŽǀĞ͕ ďĞĐŽŵĞƐ Ă ĐůŝĐŚĠ͘ /ŶƐƚĞĂĚ ƐŚĞ ŝƐ ĞǀĞƌǇ ĐŚŝůĚ͛Ɛ ŝĚĞĂů ŚĞƌŽŝŶĞ͗ ĨƵŶŶǇ͕ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ďŝƚ ŵŽŽĚǇ ďƵƚ ƵůƟŵĂƚĞůǇ Ă ŚĞƌŽ͘ dŚĞ ƐƚŽƉ ŵŽƟŽŶ ĂŶŝŵĂƟŽŶ ŝƐ ƚƌƵůǇ ĨĂŶƚĂƐƟĐ͕ ĞǀĞƌǇ ďůŝŶŬ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞǇĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚǁŝƚĐŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƵƚŚ ŝƐ ĐĂƵŐŚƚ ŝŶ ƵůƚƌĂ ƌĞĂůŝƐƟĐ ĚĞƚĂŝů͘ Lucy Moore

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film

20oct09 issue233

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RATED OR SLATED?

2012>A FILM BY ROLAND EMMERICH 'ŽĞƚŚĞ͘ <ĂŶƚ͘ ^ĐŚŽƉĞŶŚĂƵĞƌ͘ ĞĞƚŚŽǀĞŶ͘ DŽǌĂƌƚ͘ EŝĞƚǌƐĐŚĞ͘ tĂŐŶĞƌ͘ 'ĞƌŵĂŶǇ Ͳ ŝŶ ƟŵĞƐ ƉĂƐƚ Ă ĐĞŶƚƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƵƌŽƉĞĂŶ ŶůŝŐŚƚĞŶŵĞŶƚ͕ Ă ƉůĂĐĞ ŽĨ ŵƵƐŝĐĂů ĞǆĐĞůůĞŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ŝŶƚĞůůĞĐƚƵĂů ŝŶƋƵŝƌǇ͘ zĞƚ ƚŚĞ ůĂŶĚ ŽĨ >ĂŶŐ ĂŶĚ ,ĞƌǌŽŐ ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďůĞ ĨŽƌ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͛Ɛ ŵŽƐƚ ĐƌŝƟĐĂůůǇ ĚŝƐůŝŬĞĚ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽĚĞƌŶ ĞƌĂ͕ ZŽůĂŶĚ ŵŵĞƌŝĐŚ͘ ŵŵĞƌŝĐŚ͛Ɛ ĐƌĞĚŝƚƐ ŚĂǀĞ ĂƩƌĂĐƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŝƌĞ ŽĨ ǀŝƌƚƵĂůůǇ ĞǀĞƌǇ ĐƌŝƟĐ ǁŚŽ ŚĂƐ ĞǀĞƌ ƚĂŬĞŶ

ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ĞŶĚŝŶŐ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϮ͕ ĂŶĚ Ă ƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚĞƌ ǁŚŽ ůĞĂĚƐ Ă ŐƌŽƵƉ ŽĨ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƚŽ ĮŐŚƚ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ƚŚĞ ŽŶĐŽŵŝŶŐ ĂƉŽĐĂůǇƉƟĐ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ͘ ^Ž ĨĂƌ͕ ƐŽ ǀĞƌǇ The ĂǇ ŌĞƌ dŽŵŽƌƌŽǁ͘ zĞƚ ŵĂŶǇ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ĮůŵƐ ŚĂǀĞ ĂƩĂŝŶĞĚ ĐŽŵŵĞƌĐŝĂů ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ͘ /Ŷ ĂŶ ĂŐĞ ǁŚĞƌĞ ĐŚĞĂƉ ĚŝƐĂƐƚĞƌ ƚŚƌŝůůĞƌƐ ;ƚŚŝŶŬ ƚƌĂƐŚ

as 'ŽĚǌŝůůĂ or ^ƚĂƌŐĂƚĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ŽďǀŝŽƵƐůǇ͕ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ ƐƉĂŶ ǁŚŽ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌ Ă ƚŚƌĞĞͲ ŵŝŶƵƚĞ ƐŽŶŐ ͚ĞǆƚĞŶĚĞĚ͛ ĂƌĞ ůŝŬĞůǇ ƚŽ ĞŶũŽǇ Ă Įůŵ ǁŚĞƌĞ ĐŝƟĞƐ ŽĨ ĐƵůƚƵƌĞ ĂƌĞ ƌĂǌĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŐƌŽƵŶĚ ďǇ ƐŽŵĞ ŐŝĂŶƚ ŵŽŶƐƚĞƌ Žƌ Ă ŶĂƚƵƌĂů ĚŝƐĂƐƚĞƌ͘ Ƶƚ ƐƟůů͕ ŝƐ ƚŚŝƐ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ͍ tŚĂƚ ŝƐ ŝƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŐĞŝƐƚ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ƟŵĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŐŝǀĞƐ ƐƵĐŚ ƉŝĐƚƵƌĞƐ ĂŶ ĂůůƵƌĞ͍ WĞƌŚĂƉƐ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ǁƌŽŶŐ ĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ƐŝŐŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŵŵĞƌŝĐŚ͛Ɛ ƐƚĂƌ

“Emmerich’s credits have attracted the ire of virtually every critic”

“It will either be charmingly bad... or absolutely awful”

ƵƉ Ă ƉĞŶ Žƌ Ă ŬĞǇďŽĂƌĚ͘ ,ŝƐ ĮůŵƐ ĂƌĞ ƵƐƵĂůůǇ ƐŚĂůůŽǁ ĞīĞĐƚƐͲĐĞŶƚƌĞĚ ĞǆƚƌĂǀĂŐĂŶǌĂƐ ǁŚĞƌĞ Ă ǁŽƌůĚ ůĂŶĚŵĂƌŬ ŝƐ ŝŶĞǀŝƚĂďůǇ ĂŶĚ ŝŶǀĂƌŝĂďůǇ ďůŽǁŶ ƵƉ Ăƚ ƐŽŵĞ ƐƚĂŐĞ͘ ,Ğ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ĨĂŝƌ ƚŽ ƐĂǇ͕ ĂŶ ĂĐƚŽƌ͛Ɛ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ŚĞ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ĨĂŝƌ ƚŽ ƐĂǇ͕ Ă ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ǁŚŽ ďĂƐĞƐ ĮůŵƐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ŶƵĂŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ŝĚĞĂƐ͘ ^Ž ŝƚ ŝƐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŚĞĂǀǇ ŚĞĂƌƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĚŝƐĐĞƌŶŝŶŐ ĮůŵŐŽĞƌ ůĞĂƌŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŵŵĞƌŝĐŚ͛Ɛ ůĂƚĞƐƚ Įůŵ͕ ϮϬϭϮ͕ ŝƐ ƐŽŽŶ ƐĞƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƵŶůĞĂƐŚĞĚ ƵƉŽŶ ƚŚĞ ǀŝĞǁŝŶŐ ƉƵďůŝĐ͘ dŚĞ Įůŵ ĐĞŶƚƌĞƐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ DĂǇĂŶ ŵǇƚŚ

ŝƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ǁĂŶĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ĂůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ŝƚ ŵĂĚĞ ƐŽŵĞ money, ϭϬ͕ϬϬϬ was a commercial failure ŶĞǆƚ ƚŽ ƐŽŵĞ ĞĂƌůŝĞƌ ŚŝƚƐ͘ tŝůů ƚŚĞ ƉƵďůŝĐ͕ ĚĞůƵŐĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ĞǀĞƌ ŵŽƌĞ ŐƌĂŶĚŝŽƐĞ ĞīĞĐƚƐ ĂŶĚ ĞŵƉƚǇ ĐŚƵƚǌƉĂŚ͕ ďĞ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ƐƚĂŶĚ ŵƵĐŚ ŵŽƌĞ ŽĨ ŵŵĞƌŝĐŚ͛Ɛ ǁŽƌŬ͍ /ƚ ǁŝůů ĞŝƚŚĞƌ ďĞ ĐŚĂƌŵŝŶŐůǇ ďĂĚ͕ ůŝŬĞ ŚŝƐ ^ƚĂƌŐĂƚĞ, or, like ƚŚĞ ĂĨŽƌĞŵĞŶƟŽŶĞĚ ϭϬ͕ϬϬϬ ͕ ĂďƐŽůƵƚĞůǇ ĂǁĨƵů͘ /Ĩ ƚŚĞ ůĂƩĞƌ ŚŽůĚƐ ƚƌƵĞ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ĂůǁĂǇƐ DŝĐŚĂĞů ĂǇ͘ George Gilbert

like ƌĂŐŽŶ tĂƌƐ or ^ŚĂƌŬ ŝŶ sĞŶŝĐĞͿ ĂƌĞ ƌĞĂĚŝůǇ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ŽŶ ĐƵƚͲƉƌŝĐĞ s Ɛ͕ ǁŚǇ ŝƐ ŝƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƉƵďůŝĐ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŽ ƐŚĞůů ŽƵƚ ŚĂƌĚͲĞĂƌŶĞĚ money to see his work in the comfort of the ĐŝŶĞŵĂ͍ ĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ĂŶ ŝŶŝƟĂů ƉƵůů ƚŽ ďĞ ŚĂĚ ĨƌŽŵ ƌĞͲǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ĨƌĂŶĐŚŝƐĞƐ ƐƵĐŚ

CINEMATIC CLASSICS> KRAMER VS. KRAMER 1979 For those of you unfamiliar with this ŵĂƐƚĞƌƉŝĞĐĞ ŽĨ ĐŝŶĞŵĂ͕ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĮǀĞ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ǁĞ ƐĞĞ Ă ĨƌƵƐƚƌĂƚĞĚ ǁŝĨĞ ůĞĂǀŝŶŐ ŚĞƌ ŚƵƐďĂŶĚ ĂŶĚ ƐŽŶ͘ ƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ǁĞ ƐĞĞ ƚŚŝƐ ĞīĞĐƟǀĞůǇ ŶĞǁ ĨĂƚŚĞƌ Ͳ ŽĨ ĂŶ ĞŝŐŚƚ ǇĞĂƌ ŽůĚ ďŽǇ Ͳ ĐŽŵĞ ƚŽ ƚĞƌŵƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝƐ ŶĞǁ ƌŽůĞ ŝŶ ƐŝŶŐůĞ ƉĂƌĞŶƚŚŽŽĚ͕ ĐƵůŵŝŶĂƟŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĞǀŝƚĂďůĞ ĐŽƵƌƚ ĐĂƐĞ ŽǀĞƌ ĐƵƐƚŽĚǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďŽǇ ;ŚĞŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ƟƚůĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĮůŵͿ͘ dŚĞ ƚǁŽ ŵĂŝŶ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ ĂůŽŶĞ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚŝƐ Ă ƐƚĂƌ ƐƚƵĚĚĞĚ ĐĂƐƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ďƌŝůůŝĂŶƚ ƵƐƟŶ ,ŽīŵĂŶ ĂŶĚ DĞƌǇů ^ƚƌĞĞƉ

ĂƌĞ dĞĚ ĂŶĚ :ŽĂŶŶĂ <ƌĂŵĞƌ͘ ǀĞŶ ƚŚŝƐ ĞĂƌůǇ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĂĐƟŶŐ ĐĂƌĞĞƌƐ ƚŚĞǇ ŽǁŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĐƌĞĞŶ ƚŽ ƐƵĐŚ ĂŶ ĞǆƚĞŶƚ ǇŽƵ ĨŽƌŐĞƚ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐŽŶ ŚĂĚ Ă ĐƵƚĞ ďƵƩŽŶ ŶŽƐĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ůŽŽŬ ƌĞŵŽƚĞůǇ :ĞǁŝƐŚ͘ ZĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ŝŶ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ϭϵϳϵ ƚŚŝƐ Įůŵ ĞŶĐĂƉƐƵůĂƚĞƐ ƚŚĞ ŝƐƐƵĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĐĂĚĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ĞǆƉůŽƌĞƐ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ ƌĂŝƐĞĚ

“...This film is so effortlessly beautiful and poetic....” ďǇ ƚŚĞ ϭϵϳϬ͛Ɛ͘ Ǉ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĐĂĚĞ ŽĨ ĞƋƵĂů ƌŝŐŚƚƐ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌ ŚŽǁ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽŵŽƟŽŶ ŽĨ ǁŽŵĞŶ ŵĂǇ ŶŽƚ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĮŶŝƟǀĞ ĂŶƐǁĞƌ ƚŽ ĞƋƵĂů ƌŝŐŚƚƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁŽŵĞŶ ĂƌĞ ŶŽƚ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ƚŚĞ ĨĂƵůƚůĞƐƐ ŵĞŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ͘ dŚĞ ĐŽŶƚƌŽǀĞƌƐŝĂů Įůŵ ŵĂŬĞƐ ƵƐ ŐƌŽǁ ƐŽ ĨŽŶĚ ŽĨ ƵƐƟŶ ,ŽīŵĂŶ͛Ɛ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ dĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƌŽůĞ ŽĨ ƐŝŶŐůĞ ĨĂƚŚĞƌ ŝƐ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶĞĚ ĂŶĚ :ŽĂŶŶĂ ǁĂŶƚƐ ŚĞƌ ƐŽŶ ďĂĐŬ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ĂŵĂǌŝŶŐ Įůŵ ŵĂŬĞƐ ƵƐ ƌĞĂůŝƐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ũƵƐƚ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ƐŚĞ ŝƐ ŚŝƐ ŵŽƚŚĞƌ ĚŽĞƐ

ACADEMY AWARDS WINS BEST DIRECTOR BEST PICTURE BEST SCREENPLAY BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE DUSTIN HOFFMAN ŶŽƚ ŵĞĂŶ ƐŚĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ƵůƟŵĂƚĞ ƉĂƌĞŶƚ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŶŽ ǁŽŶĚĞƌ ƚŚŝƐ Įůŵ ŝƐ ƐƵĐŚ Ă ĐůĂƐƐŝĐ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ĮǀĞ KƐĐĂƌƐ ƵŶĚĞƌ ŝƚƐ ďĞůƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƐƐƵĞƐ ƌĂŝƐĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ƐƟůů ƐŽ ƌĞůĞǀĂŶƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŽĚĂǇ͛Ɛ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ͘ tŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŚĞĂƌƚͲǁĂƌŵŝŶŐ ƐĐĞŶĞƐ ŽĨ ĨĂƚŚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƐŽŶ ďŽŶĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚĞ ŚĂƌĚĞƐƚ ŽĨ ŚĞĂƌƚƐ ƐŚĞĚ Ă ƚĞĂƌ ĂŶĚ ůŽŶŐ ĨŽƌ Ă ĮƐŚŝŶŐ ƚƌŝƉ ǁŝƚŚ ĚĂĚĚǇ͕ ƚŚŝƐ Įůŵ ŝƐ ƐŽ ĞīŽƌƚůĞƐƐůǇ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ĂŶĚ ƉŽĞƟĐ͕ ĂƐ ŝƚ ĐĂŶ ŽŶůǇ ďĞĞŶ ƐĞĞŶ ĂƐ Ă ĐůĂƐƐŝĐ͘ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ŶŽƚ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ƐĞĞŶ ƚŚŝƐ Įůŵ ŝƚ ŝƐ ǁĞůů ǁŽƌƚŚ ƚŚĞ ǁĂƚĐŚ͕ ŝƚ ǁŝůů ďƌŝŶŐ ǇŽƵ ƚĞĂƌƐ ĂŶĚ ůĂƵŐŚƚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƐŽ ŵƵĐŚ ŵŽƌĞ͘͘͘ Micha Butler

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE MERYL STREEP NOMINATIONS BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY BEST FILM EDITING BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE JUSTIN HENRY BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE JANE ALEXANDER

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competitions

20oct09 issue233

concrete.competitions@uea.ac.uk

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CROSSWORD Across 1: Death by electricity (13) 7: Large sailing ship (7) 8: Planes, _____ and Automobiles, :ŽŚŶ ,ƵŐŚĞƐ Į ůŵ ;ϱͿ 10: ______ & Cressida, Shakespeare play (7) ϭϭ͗ ŝŐ ĐĂƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƐƚƌŝƉĞƐ ;ϱͿ 12: Beer (3) ϭϯ͗ :ŽŚŶŶǇ sĞŐĂƐ ƐŝƚĐŽŵ͕ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚůǇ ƐƵŝƚĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƉƵƌƉŽƐĞ ;ϱͿ ϭϱ͗ ůŽƚŚĞƐ ;ϲͿ ϭϲ͗ dŚĞ ƌĞƐƵůƚ ŽĨ ĐƌĞĂƟ ǀĞ ůĂďŽƵƌ͕ ƉĂŝŶƟ ŶŐ Žƌ ƐĐƵůƉƚƵƌĞ ;ϯͿ ϭϴ͗ ƐĂĨĞ͕ ƚŽ ũƵŵƉ ŽǀĞƌ ;ϱͿ Ϯϭ͗ ůĞĐƚƌŽŶŝĐ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟ ŽŶ ;ϰͿ ϮϮ͗ ƐĂĚ͕ ĚƵůů ƐŽŶŐ ;ϱͿ Ϯϰ͗ dŽ ŝŶŇ ƵĞŶĐĞ Ă ĚĞĐŝƐŝŽŶ ďǇ ŐŝǀŝŶŐ ŵŽŶĞǇ ;ϱͿ Ϯϱ͗ Ŷ ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ Žƌ ŝĚĞĂ ;ϱͿ Ϯϲ͗ ^ƉŽƌƚ ƉůĂǇĞĚ Ăƚ tŝŵďůĞĚŽŶ ;ϲͿ

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Down tĞ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ĐŽƉǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ďŽŽŬ ϭ͗ ĨƌŝĐĂŶ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ ǁŚŝĐŚ WŚĂƌĂŽŚƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ EŽǁ ^ŚŽǁ ƚŽ ŐŝǀĞ ĂǁĂǇ͊ ŽŶĐĞ ƌƵůĞĚ ;ϱͿ Ϯ͗ dŽ ƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚ ĨƌŽŵ Ăůů ƐŝĚĞƐ Žƌ dŚĞ ZĂĚŝŽ ϰ ƐĂƟ ƌĞ ƐŚŽǁ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ĞŶǀĞůŽƉĞ ;ϳͿ Ă Śŝƚ ĨŽƌ ŽǀĞƌ ϭϬ ǇĞĂƌƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ϯ͗ dŽ ĂƌŽƵƐĞ ;ϵͿ ƌĞŐƵůĂƌƐ ŚĂǀĞ ũƵƐƚ ϰ͗ ĂŶŶŽƚ ďĞ ďƌŽƵŐŚƚ ďĂĐŬ͕ ǀŝďƌĂƚĞ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ Ă ďŽŽŬ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ unreel (anag.) (13) ďĂŋ ŝŶŐ Žƌ ƉŽŝŶƚůĞƐƐ ǁŽƌůĚ ƌĞĐŽƌĚƐ ϱ͗ ^ƵŐĂƌ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉ ŽĨ Ă ĐĂŬĞ ;ϱͿ on earth. ϲ͗ ,ŽůĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŶŽƐĞ ;ϳͿ ϵ͗ Ʃ ĂĐŬĞƌ ;ϵͿ ^ƚĂƌƐ ,ƵŐŚ ĞŶŶŝƐ͕ ^ƚĞǀĞ WƵŶƚ͕ :ŽŶ ,ŽůŵĞƐ͕ DĂƌĐƵƐ ϭϮ͗ dŽ ůĞĂǀĞ ďĞŚŝŶĚ ;ϳͿ ƌŝŐƐƚŽĐŬĞ ĂŶĚ DŝƚĐŚ ĞŶŶ ĂƌĞ Ăůů ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ŽŶ ϭϰ͗ dŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ͕ ĞǀĞƌǇ ŝƚĞŵ ;ϯͿ ŚŝůůĂƌŝŽƵƐ ĨŽƌŵ ĂƐ ĂůǁĂǇƐ͘ ϭϳ͗ ĂƌĚƐ ƵƐĞĚ ƚŽ ƉƌĞĚŝĐƚ ƚŚĞ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ ;ϱͿ dŽ ďĞ ŝŶ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ͕ ũƵƐƚ ďƌŝŶŐ ǇŽƵƌ ϭϵ͗ ZĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟ ǀĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞĚ ĐƌŽƐƐǁŽƌĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ Žĸ ĐĞ ďŽĚǇ ;ϱͿ ƵƉƐƚĂŝƌƐ ŝŶ hŶŝŽŶ ,ŽƵƐĞďǇ dŚƵƌƐĚĂǇ ϮϵͬϭϬͬϬϵ͗ ϮϬ͗ WĞŽƉůĞ ĂŐĞĚ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ϭϯ ĂŶĚ ϭϵ ;ϱͿ EĂŵĞ͗ Ϯϯ͗ ^ĞůĨͲĞƐƚĞĞŵ Žƌ ĐŽŶĮ ĚĞŶĐĞ͕ &ƌĞƵĚŝĂŶ ƚĞƌŵ ;ϯͿ ŵĂŝů͗

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WĞƌŵĂŶĞŶƚ ZĞǀŽůƵƟ ŽŶ Ăƚ ŽƌĚĞƌƐ͊ ŽŵĞ ŝŶͲƐƚŽƌĞ ĂŶĚ ǁŝƚŶĞƐƐ ŽƵƌ ĞǀĞƌͲ ĐŚĂŶŐŝŶŐ ƌĞǀŽůƵƟ ŽŶĂƌǇ ƌĂŶŐĞ ŽĨ Ɛ ĂŶĚ s Ɛ Ăƚ ŐƌĞĂƚ ǀĂůƵĞ ƉƌŝĐĞƐ͘ WŝĐŬ ƵƉ Ă s ĨƌŽŵ ĂƐ ůŝƩ ůĞ ĂƐ άϯ͘ϵϵ͊

dŽ ďĞ ŝŶ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ Ă άϭϬ ŽƌĚĞƌƐ ǀŽƵĐŚĞƌ͕ ďƌŝŶŐ ŽŶĞ Žƌ Ăůů ĐŽƌƌĞĐƚůǇ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞĚ ^ƵĚŽŬƵ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ Žĸ ĐĞ ŝŶ hŶŝŽŶ ,ŽƵƐĞ ďǇ dŚƵƌƐĚĂǇ ϮϵͬϭϬͬϬϵ͘ EĂŵĞ͗ ŵĂŝů͗

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by Thursday 29/10/09. dŚĞ Į ůŵ ŚĂƐ Ă ůŝŵŝƚĞĚ ƌƵŶ ŽĨ ŽŶůǇ ƚǁŽ ǁĞĞŬƐ Students get a discount when they access which is selling out at record speeds, but ƚŚĞ ƉƉůĞ ĚƵĐĂƟ ŽŶ ƐƚŽƌĞ ŽŶ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ͘ 'Ž ƚŽ ŝŶĞŵĂ ŝƚǇ ǁŝůů ŐŝǀĞ ƚŚĞ ǁŝŶŶĞƌ Ɵ ĐŬĞƚƐ ƚŽ Ă ƐĐƌĞĞŶŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŚŽŝĐĞ͊

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