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The Man Edition

This issue focuses on fashion for men. We look inside the wardrobe of UEA student Bobby, Hannah Britt discusses celebrity style and Kat Jones searches the campus for everyday student style.

INSIDE MY WARDROBE

Name: Bobby Orr Course: World Art Studies Age: 21 tŚǇ / ŚŽƐĞ ƚŚŝƐ KƵƞŝƚ͗ To cover my naked body. ĞƐĐƌŝďĞ ǇŽƵƌ ^ƚǇůĞ͗ ƉůĞƚŚŽƌĂ ŽĨ ŽůĚ ƐƚƵī ŵƵĐŚ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞĚ ďǇ ŵǇ ŐƌĂŶĚƉĂ͛Ɛ ŚĂŶĚͲŵĞͲĚŽǁŶƐ͘ &ĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞ ^ŚŽƉͬ>ĂďĞů͗ ǁŽŶĚĞƌĨƵů ƉůĂĐĞ ĐĂůůĞĚ sĂůƵĞ sŝůůĂŐĞ ŽǀĞƌ ŝŶ ĂŶĂĚĂ͘ &ĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞ ĞƐŝŐŶĞƌ͗ :ĞĂŶ WĂƵů 'ĂƵůƟĞƌ͘ &ĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞ tĂƌĚƌŽďĞ /ƚĞŵ͗ ĐůĂǁ ŽŶ Ă ĐŚĂŝŶ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ďĞĂƌ ƚŚĂƚ ŵǇ ŐŽĚĨĂƚŚĞƌ ŚƵŶƚĞĚ͘ tŚĂƚ &ĂƐŚŝŽŶ DĞĂŶƐ ƚŽ DĞ͗ ^ŚŽǁŝŶŐ ƐŽŵĞŽŶĞ ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ŶŽƚ ũƵƐƚ Ă Őŝƚ ƌĞůŝĂŶƚ ƵƉŽŶ ǇŽƵƌ ŵŽƚŚĞƌ͛Ɛ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚƐ͘

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Battle of the bands

The venue of this gig was outside the gents in the ARTS building entrance on a Monday afternoon. I stood poised, hoping to catch sight of stylish young men passing by, and I was not disappointed. These three lads were all very obliging when I leapt at them with my camera, and here we can see the real diversity of style present at UEA.

The Electro Singer

The Guitar Rocker

The Retro Frontman

ZŚǇƐ ĂůĚĞƌ ŵŝƌƌŽƌƐ ĂůǀŝŶ ,ĂƌƌŝƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝƐ ĐŚŽŝĐĞ ŽĨ Ă ƌĞůĂǆĞĚ ŐƌĞǇ ŚŽŽĚǇ͘ dŚŝƐ ƐƚǇůĞ ĂůƐŽ ŚĂƐ ƉůĂǇĨƵů ĞůĞŵĞŶƚƐ ŽĨ

tŝƚŚ ĂŶŝĞů ĂŶŬƐ͕ ǁĞ ƐĞĞ ĂŶ ĞĚŐǇͲƌŽĐŬĞƌ ŝŵĂŐĞ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƌĞƐĞŵďůĞƐ ƐŝŶŐĞƌ ƌĂŶĚŽŶ

tŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ZŽĐŬĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ůĞĐƚƌŽ ƐŝŶŐĞƌ ŝŶ ƚŽǁ͕ / ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ ǇŽƵ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ZĞƚƌŽ ĨŽƌŵĞƌ ĨƌŽŶƚŵĂŶ͘ KƵƌ ǀĞƌǇ ŽǁŶ :ĂŵĞƐ

ĐŽůŽƵƌ͕ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŽƌĂŶŐĞ ďůŽĐŬ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ďĂŐ ƐƚƌĂƉ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŽů ďůƵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƚĞĞ͘ dŚŝƐ ůŽŽŬ ŝŵƉůŝĞƐ ĐŽŵĨŽƌƚ ďƵƚ ĂůƐŽ ƐŚŽǁƐ Ă ƚĞŶĚĞŶĐĞǇ ĨŽƌ Ă ďŝƚ ŽĨ ƌĂǀŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐŝĚĞ͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ƵƉ ĨŽƌ Ă ůĂƵŐŚ͘ :ƵƐƚ ůŝŬĞ ƚŚĞ ŵƵƐŝĐ ƐƚǇůĞ͕ ĞůĞĐƚƌŽ ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ ƐƚĞĂůƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ŐĞŶƌĞƐ͖ ĞǆƉĞĐƚ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ƚŚĞ ŽůĚͲƐĐŚŽŽů ĚŝĚĂƐ ƚƌĂĐŬŝĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƉŽůŽ ƐŚŝƌƚƐ ŽĨ KĂƐŝƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƌĐƟĐ DŽŶŬĞǇƐ ĂůŽŶŐƐŝĚĞ ƚŚĞ ŶĞŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ŇĂƐŚǇ ĂĐĐĞƐƐŽƌŝĞƐ ŽĨ ĚĂŶĐĞ ŝĐŽŶƐ ůŝŬĞ ĂǀŝĚ 'ƵĞƩĂ͘

Name: ZŚǇƐ ĂůĚĞƌ Age: 19 Course: /ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ZĞůĂƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ DŽĚĞƌŶ ,ŝƐƚŽƌǇ Three Words to Sum Up my Style: ƌŝŐŚƚ͕ ĂƐƵĂů͕ ŚĞĞŬǇ

&ůŽǁĞƌƐ͘ dŚĞ Ăŝŵ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌŽĐŬƐƚĂƌ ƵŶŝĨŽƌŵ ŝƐ ƚŽ ůŽŽŬ ůŝŬĞ ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞŶ͛ƚ ƚƌŝĞĚ͖ ĚĂƌŬ ũĞĂŶƐ͕ ƉůĂŝŶ ƚͲƐŚŝƌƚ ĂŶĚ ďůĂĐŬ ũĂĐŬĞƚ ĐƌĞĂƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐĞŶƐĞ ŽĨ Ă ĐŽŵďŝŶĂƟŽŶ ŵĂĚĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĐůŽƚŚĞƐ ƉŝĐŬĞĚ ƵƉ Žī Ă ďĞĚƌŽŽŵ ŇŽŽƌ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƚŚĞ ĚĞƚĂŝůƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƉƌŽǀĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ƐŽŵĞ ͞ƚƌǇŝŶŐ͟ ŐŽŝŶŐ ŽŶ͘ EŽƚĞ ƚŚĞ ŵŽŶŽĐŚƌŽŵĞ ĞīĞĐƚ͕ ĞǀĞŶ ĚŽǁŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ďůĂĐŬ ĂŶĚ ǁŚŝƚĞ ƐŚŽĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ƐĞĂŵŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƚ ŽĨ ĂŶ͛Ɛ ũĂĐŬĞƚ ĞŶŚĂŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶĮƌŵ ƚŚĞ ůĂŝĚ ďĂĐŬ ŝŵĂŐĞ͘

Name: Daniel Banks Age: 19 Course: /ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ZĞůĂƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ DŽĚĞƌŶ ,ŝƐƚŽƌǇ Three Words to Sum Up my Style: ŝƌƚǇ͕ hƌďĂŶ͕ Dark

THE BECKS FACTOR

Ɛ ŽŶĞ ŚĂůĨ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͛Ɛ ŵŽƐƚ ƐƚǇůŝƐŚ ĐŽƵƉůĞ͕ ĂǀŝĚ ĞĐŬŚĂŵ ƉƌŽďĂďůǇ ĮůůƐ ŵŽƌĞ ĐŽůƵŵŶ ŝŶĐŚĞƐ ŶŽǁĂĚĂǇƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƵďũĞĐƚ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ƐƚǇůĞ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ŚŝƐ ƌŝŐŚƚ ĨŽŽƚ͘͘͘ Ɛ Ă ďƌĂŶĚ͕ ŚĞ ŝƐ Ă ƉŽǁĞƌŚŽƵƐĞ͘ DĞŶ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ďĞ Śŝŵ͖ ǁŽŵĞŶ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŚĞ ŵĞŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ůŝǀĞƐ ƚŽ ĞŵƵůĂƚĞ Śŝŵ͘ ,ŝƐ ƐĞǆ ƐĞůůƐ͘ tŚĂƚ ŵĂŶ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ǁĂŶƚ ƐŽŵĞ ƌŵĂŶŝ ƵŶĚĞƌǁĞĂƌ ĂŌĞƌ ƐĞĞŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ͙ďŽǆĞƌƐ͙ŝŶ ƚŚŽƐĞ ĂĚǀĞƌƟƐĞŵĞŶƚƐ͍ ĞĐŬŚĂŵ͛Ɛ ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ ŚĂƐ

ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ ĐŽŵĞ Ă ůŽŶŐ ǁĂǇ͘ >ŽŽŬŝŶŐ Ăƚ ŚŝƐ ƐƚǇůĞ ŶŽǁ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŚĂƌĚ ƚŽ ŝŵĂŐŝŶĞ ƚŚĞ ďŽǇŝƐŚ ƐĐƌƵī ŚĞ ƐƉŽƌƚĞĚ ĂƐ Ă ŇĞĚŐůŝŶŐ ĨŽŽƚďĂůůĞƌ͘ ^ŽŵĞ ĐŝƚĞ ƚŚĞ ŝŵŵĂĐƵůĂƚĞ sŝĐƚŽƌŝĂ ĞĐŬŚĂŵ ĂƐ ŚŝƐ ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ ĚŝĐƚĂƚŽƌ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƐŝŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ĂƌĐŚĞƚǇƉĂů ŵĞƚƌŽƐĞǆƵĂů ŝƐ ŽŌĞŶ ƉŚŽƚŽŐƌĂƉŚĞĚ Ăƚ ŚŝƐ ǁŝĨĞ͛Ɛ ƐŝĚĞ ŐĂǌŝŶŐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵƚƵƌĞ ƐůŝŶŬŝŶŐ ƵƉ ƚŚĞ ƌƵŶǁĂǇƐ ŽĨ DŝůĂŶ͕ ĂǀŝĚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĐŽŵĞ Ă ƐƚǇůĞ ŝĐŽŶ ŝŶ ŚŝƐ ŽǁŶ ƌŝŐŚƚ͘ ,Ğ ĞƉŝƚŽŵŝƐĞƐ ƚŚĞ ŵŽĚĞƌŶ ŵĂůĞ͖ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ŚĂƵƚĞ ĐŽƵƚƵƌĞ ĚĂǇǁĞĂƌ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŝƐƟŶĞ ŐƌŽŽŵŝŶŐ ŶŽƚ ŽŶůǇ ĂĐĐĞƉƚĂďůĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ

DĂĐŬĞŶǌŝĞ ĚŝƐƉůĂǇƐ Ă ƐŝŵŝůĂƌ ǀŝŶƚĂŐĞ ŵŝǆ ĂŶĚ ŵĂƚĐŚ ƐƚǇůĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĂƚ ŽĨ :ĂƌǀŝƐ ŽĐŬĞƌ͕ ƐŝŶŐĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŐƵŝƚĂƌŝƐƚ ŽĨ WƵůƉ͘ dŚŝƐ ůŽŽŬ ŝƐ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞůǇ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂů ƐŚŽǁŝŶŐ ĂŶ ĂƌƌĂǇ ŽĨ ĐŽůŽƵƌ͕ ƉĂƩĞƌŶ ĂŶĚ ƚĞǆƚƵƌĞ͘ ŽƵďůĞͲďƌĞĂƐƚĞĚ ũĂĐŬĞƚƐ͕ ƐƚƌŝƉĞǇ ũĞƌƐĞǇƐ͕ ŽǀĞƌͲ ƐŝǌĞĚ ƐŚŝƌƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƐůŝŵͲůŝŶĞ ƚƌŽƵƐĞƌƐ Ăůů ƉŝĞĐĞĚ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ƐŝŐŶŝĨǇ Ă ƌĞƚƌŽ ĨƌŽŶƚŵĂŶ͘ :ĂƌǀŝƐ ŽĐŬĞƌ ĐƌĞĂƚĞĚ Ă ƐŝŐŶĂƚƵƌĞ ƐƚĂƚĞŵĞŶƚ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝƐ ŐůĂƐƐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŚĞƌĞ :ĂŵĞƐ͛ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂů ĞůĞŵĞŶƚ ŝƐ ŚŝƐ ŚĂƚ͘

Name͗ :ĂŵĞƐ DĂĐŬĞŶǌŝĞ Age: 18 Course: WŚŝůŽƐŽƉŚǇ Three Words to Sum Up my Style: hŶŝƋƵĞ͕ ůĞĂŶ͕ ŽůŽƵƌ

ĂǀĞƌĂŐĞ ůĂĚ ĚŽǁŶ ƚŚĞ ƉƵď ŽŶ Ă ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ĂŌĞƌŶŽŽŶ ďƵƚ Ă ŵƵƐƚ ĨŽƌ ĂŶǇ ƐĞůĨͲƌĞƐƉĞĐƟŶŐ WƌĞŵŝĞƌƐŚŝƉ ǁĂŶŶĂďĞ͘ ,Ğ ĞǀĞŶ ŵĂĚĞ ŝƚ ĂƉƉƌŽƉƌŝĂƚĞ ĨŽƌ ŵĞŶ ƚŽ ǁĞĂƌ ƐĂƌŽŶŐƐ ĂŌĞƌ ďĞŝŶŐ ƉŝĐƚƵƌĞĚ ǁĞĂƌŝŶŐ Ă ůŽŶŐ ďůĂĐŬ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽŶ ŚŽůŝĚĂǇ ŝŶ ϭϵϵϴ͘ ĞĐŬŚĂŵ ĐŚŽŽƐĞƐ ƐŝŵƉůĞ͕ ƚĂŝůŽƌĞĚ ƉŝĞĐĞƐ ŝŶ ŵƵƚĞĚ ƚŽŶĞƐ͘ ,Ğ ŽŌĞŶ ůĞƚƐ ŚŝƐ ƚĂƩŽŽƐ ĚŽ ƚŚĞ ƚĂůŬŝŶŐ ĂůŽŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝƐ ƐĐƵůƉƚĞĚ ũĂǁ͕ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞƌ ƐƚƵďďůĞ͕ ĞīĞƌǀĞƐĐĞŶƚ ƐŵŝůĞ͕ ĂŶĚ͕ ŽĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ĂƚŚůĞƟĐ ďŽĚǇ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŝŶƐ ďŽƚŚ ŽŶ ĂŶĚ Žī ƚŚĞ ĮĞůĚ͘ ,ĂŶŶĂŚ ƌŝƩ

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ART>REVIEW>GREAT BRITISH ART?

ART>REVIEW>BEATLES TO BOWIE

ART>REVIEW>ONE AND OTHER

EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ĂƐƚůĞ Θ ƚŚĞ ƉŝĐƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ ƌŝƟƐŚ Ăƌƚ

ƌŝŐŝĚ DĂƌƌŝŽƩ ĮŶĚƐ >ŽŶĚŽŶ ƐƟůů ƐǁŝŶŐŝŶŐ

Hannah Speed ƉŽŶĚĞƌƐ ƚŚĞ ƉŽǁĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ WůŝŶƚŚ

ŶĞǁ ĞǆŚŝďŝƟŽŶ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ĂƐƚůĞ DƵƐĞƵŵ ŝƐ ƐŚŽǁŝŶŐ Ă Ɛ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ǇŽƵ ŵĂǇ ŚĂǀĞ ŝŶĂĚǀĞƌƚĞŶƚůǇ ǁĂŶĚĞƌĞĚ ƉĂƐƚ Žƌ ǀĂƌŝĞƚǇ ŽĨ ǁŽƌŬƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĐůĂŝŵ ƚŽ ďĞ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞƐ ŽĨ ŐƌĞĂƚ ƌŝƟƐŚ Ăƌƚ͘ ŝŶƚĞŶƟŽŶĂůůǇ ƐŽƵŐŚƚ ŽƵƚ ƚŚŝƐ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ͕ dƌĂĨĂůŐĂƌ ^ƋƵĂƌĞ ǁĂƐ dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ Ă ƌĂŶŐĞ ŽĨ ƉŝĞĐĞƐ͕ ĨƌŽŵ Žŝů ƉĂŝŶƟŶŐƐ ƚŽ ƐĐƵůƉƚƵƌĞƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƚƌĂŶƐĨŽƌŵĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ŶŽƚ ũƵƐƚ Ă ƉůĂĐĞ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƉŝŐĞŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŽƵƌŝƐƚƐ ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚ ƵƉŽŶ ǁĂƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ZŽǇĂů &ĂŵŝůǇ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂŶƐĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĚǁĞůů ďƵƚ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ůŝǀŝŶŐ ǁŽƌŬ ŽĨ Ăƌƚ͘ ŶƚŽŶǇ 'ŽƌŵůĞǇ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐĐƵůƉƚŽƌ ƌŝƚĂŝŶ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ƌƵƌĂů ƚŽ ĂŶ ƵƌďĂŶ ĞĐŽŶŽŵǇ͘ ǁŚŽ ŐĂǀĞ ƵƐ ƚŚĞ Angel of the North͕ ĐůĂŝŵĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ ĨŽƵƌƚŚ DĂŶǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ŚĂǀĞ ĂůƐŽ ĚĞĂůƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶĐĞƉƚ ƉůŝŶƚŚ ĨŽƌ ϭϬϬ ĚĂǇƐ ŽŶůǇ ƚŽ ŐŝǀĞ ŝƚ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƉƵďůŝĐ͕ ŝŶ ǁŚĂƚ ŚĂƐ ŽĨ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ŝĚĞŶƟƚǇ͕ ĂŶ ĞǆƚƌĞŵĞůǇ ĐŽŶƚĞŶƟŽƵƐ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ŝƐƐƵĞ Ăƚ ďĞĞŶ ĐĂůůĞĚ ͚Ă ĐĞůĞďƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĚĞŵŽĐƌĂĐǇ͛͘ Ϯ͕ϰϬϬ ƌĂŶĚŽŵůǇ ƐĞůĞĐƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽŵĞŶƚ͘ dŚĞ ĚŝǀĞƌƐĞ ŶĂƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ĞǆŚŝďŝƟŽŶ ƐŚŽǁƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƉƉůŝĐĂŶƚƐ ǁĞƌĞ ĞĂĐŚ ŐŝǀĞŶ ĂŶ ŚŽƵƌ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ϲƚŚ :ƵůǇ ƚŽ ϭϰƚŚ dŚĞ ĞĂƚůĞƐ ďǇ ZŽďĞƌƚ tŚŝƚĂŬĞƌ͕ϭϵϲϰ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶĐĞƉƚ ŽĨ ǁŚĂƚ ŝƐ ͚ ƌŝƟƐŚ͛ ŝƐ ƌĞĂůůǇ ŽƉĞŶ ƚŽ ŝŶƚĞƌƉƌĞƚĂƟŽŶ͘ KĐƚŽďĞƌ͖ ĐƌĞĂƟŶŐ Ă ŶŽŶͲƐƚŽƉ ĞǆŚŝďŝƟŽŶ ƌƵŶŶŝŶŐ ǁŚĂƚĞǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ZŽďĞƌƚ tŚŝƚĂŬĞƌ ƌĐŚŝǀĞ͕ dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ Ă ůŽŶŐ ĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚĞĚ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶ ŝŶ ƌŝƚĂŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƐĞĞƐ ǁĞĂƚŚĞƌ͕ ǁŚĂƚĞǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ͕ ǁŚĂƚĞǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ͘ dŚĞ ƉůŝŶƚŚ Ξ ZŽďĞƌƚ tŚŝƚĂŬĞƌ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ ĂĐƟŶŐ ĂƐ ƐŽĐŝĂů ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚĂƚŽƌƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ ĐůĞĂƌ ǁĂƐ ĐŽǀĞƌĞĚ ĚĂŝůǇ ďǇ ^ŬǇ ƌƚƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƐŚŽǁĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŐŚůŝŐŚƚƐ ŽĨ ĨƌŽŵ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌŬƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŐĂůůĞƌǇ͘ dƌĂĐĞǇ ŵŝŶ͛Ɛ ĐŽůůĂŐĞ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐ Ϯϰ ŚŽƵƌƐ ĂŶĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŽƐĞ ĂǀŝĚ ĨŽůůŽǁĞƌƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ǁĞďƐŝƚĞ͕ ĨŽĐƵƐĞƐ ŽŶ ŚĞƌ ŽƉŝŶŝŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ &ĂůŬůĂŶĚƐ tĂƌ͕ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ 'ŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ >ŽŶĚŽŶ ƐŽŽŶ͍ /Ĩ ƐŽ͕ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ŵŝƐƐ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ĞǆŚŝďŝƟŽŶ ŽŶĞĂŶĚŽƚŚĞƌ͘ĐŽ͘ƵŬ ƌĞĐŽƌĚĞĚ ĞǀĞƌǇ ŵŽŵĞŶƚ͘ ĐŽŶĐĞŶƚƌĂƚĞĚ ŽŶ ŝŵĂŐĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ &ŝƌƐƚ tŽƌůĚ tĂƌ͘ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇ ƐŚŽǁŝŶŐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ EĂƟŽŶĂů WŽƌƚƌĂŝƚ 'ĂůůĞƌǇ͕ Beatles to WůŝŶƚŚĞƌƐ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞĚ ĂŶ ĞĐůĞĐƟĐ ŵŝǆ ŽĨ ĞǆŚŝďŝƟŽŶƐ͖ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů KŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƐƚƌŝŬŝŶŐ ƉŝĞĐĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĞǆŚŝďŝƟŽŶ ŝƐ Ă ŵŽŶƚĂŐĞ Bowie; The 60s Exposed͘ dŚĞ ƉŚŽƚŽŐƌĂƉŚƐ ĂŶĚ ǁŝĚĞ ƌĂŶŐĞ ŽĨ ƉŽƉ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĞĚ͕ ŵĂŶǇ ŵĂĚĞ ƐŽĐŝŽͲƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ƐƚĂƚĞŵĞŶƚƐ͕ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ ƚĂƵŐŚƚ͕ ŽĨ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ŝƚĞŵƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŚĂĚ ůŝƩĞƌĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƌĞĞƚƐ ŽĨ >ŽŶĚŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ŵĞŵŽƌĂďŝůŝĂ ŽŶ ĚŝƐƉůĂǇ ƚƌĂĐĞ ƚŚĞ ƌŝƐĞ ĂŶĚ ƌŝƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌŽĐŬ ƐƚĂƌ͕ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ƌĂŝƐĞĚ ŵŽŶĞǇ ĨŽƌ ĐŚĂƌŝƚǇ͕ ƐŽŵĞ ďƵŝůƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŽĐĐĂƐŝŽŶĂů ƚŚĞ ĂƌƟƐƚ͕ dŽŶǇ ƌĂŐŐ͕ ŚĂƐ ŵĂĚĞ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐŚĂƉĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌŝƟƐŚ ƐƚĂƌƟŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ ƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ ƉƵďůŝĐŝƚǇ ƐŚŽƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĞĚ ĐůĞĂŶĞĚ͘ ŚŽƉĞĨƵů ƐŝŐŶ ĨŽƌ ƵƉĐŽŵŝŶŐ ŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞƐ͗ ĂŶ ƵŶĞŵƉůŽǇĞĚ /ƐůĞƐ͘ ƌŽĐŬĂďŝůůǇ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ ůŝŬĞ ŝůůǇ &ƵƌǇ ĂŶĚ dŚĞ ^ŚĂĚŽǁƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĞĂƌůǇ ϲϬƐ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ĚŝƐƉůĂǇĞĚ Ă ďůŽǁŶ ƵƉ ĐŽƉǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ s ǁŚŝůƐƚ ǁĂǀŝŶŐ Ă dŚĞ ĞǆŚŝďŝƟŽŶ ŝƐ ŽŶ ƵŶƟů ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ϭϬƚŚ :ĂŶƵĂƌǇ͕ ƐŽ ƚŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ĂŶĚ ŵŽǀŝŶŐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŚŽŵĞ ŐƌŽǁŶ ƉƐǇĐŚĞĚĞůŝĂ ŽĨ dŚĞ <ŝŶŬƐ͕ ƉůĂƋƵĞ ƉůĞĂĚŝŶŐ͕ ͚'ŝǀĞ ŵĞ Ă :Žď͕͛ ƚŽ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĂŝŵƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƉůĞŶƚǇ ŽĨ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ĚŽǁŶ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂŶĚ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ůŽŽŬ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ͘ /ƚ WŝŶŬ &ůŽǇĚ ĂŶĚ dŚĞ ZŽůůŝŶŐ ^ƚŽŶĞƐ ŝŶ ǁŽƌŬƐ ďǇ ƚŽƉ ƉŚŽƚŽŐƌĂƉŚĞƌƐ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů͘ ĐŽƐƚƐ άϮ͘ϳϬ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ŝŶ ƵƐƵĂůůǇ͕ ďƵƚ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ŐŽ ĂŶ ŚŽƵƌ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ĐůŽƐŝŶŐ͕ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ĂǀŝĚ ĂŝůĞǇ ĂŶĚ ĞĐŝů ĞĂƚŽŶ ůĂƚĞƌ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĐĂĚĞ͘ /Ŷ ƚŚĞ Ăƌƚ ǁŽƌůĚ͕ ĐŽŶƚĞŶƟŽŶƐ ĂƌŽƐĞ ƚŽ ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƉůŝŶƚŚ ĐŽƵůĚ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ϯ͘ϯϬƉŵ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ ŐĞƚ ŝŶ ĨŽƌ ũƵƐƚ άϭ͘ dŚĞ ƉŝĞĐĞƐ ŝŶ Beatles to Bowie ƌĞŇĞĐƚ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂŶƐĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ďĞ ĐůĂƐƐĞĚ ĂƐ Ăƌƚ Žƌ ŝĨ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ŵĞƌĞůǇ Ă ŚŝŐŚďƌŽǁ ĂƩĞŵƉƚ Ăƚ ƌĞĂůŝƚǇ ZĂĐŚĞů ,ĂŶĚĨŽƌƚŚ Θ ůŝĐĞ ƌƵŶƚ ƚŚĞ ƐŽĐŝĂů ĂŶĚ ĐƵůƚƵƌĂů ůĂŶĚƐĐĂƉĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ϲϬƐ ĂŶĚ ŝƚƐ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞ͖ ƐŬŝƌƚƐ ds͘ &Žƌ 'ŽƌŵůĞǇ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ ǁĂƐ ƚŽ ĂƐŬ ƚŚĞ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ͗ ͚tŚŽ ĐĂŶ ŐĞƚ ƐŚŽƌƚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŚĂŝƌ ŐĞƚƐ ůŽŶŐĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƐŽŵĞƟŵĞƐ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞŶ͛ƚ ĂŶǇ ďĞ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĞĚ ŝŶ Ăƌƚ͍͕͛ ͚,Žǁ ĐĂŶ ǁĞ ŵĂŬĞ ŝƚ͍͛ ĂŶĚ ͚,Žǁ ĐĂŶ ĐůŽƚŚĞƐ Ăƚ Ăůů͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ ƚŽ ƐƉŽƚ ƚŚĞ ůŝƩůĞ ŐůŝŶƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĞǇĞƐ ŽĨ ǁĞ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ŝƚ͍͛͘ ,Ğ ĂůůŽǁĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂů ƚŽ ŝŶƚĞƌƉƌĞƚ ǁŚĂƚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŽĨ Ă ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶ ĂŐĞ͕ ƚŚŝŶŬŝŶŐ ͚/ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞƌĞ͕͛ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĞǆŚŝďŝƟŽŶ ƚŚĞǇ ǁĂŶƚĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƉůŝŶƚŚ ĂŶĚ ĞǆĞƌĐŝƐĞ ƚŚĞ ĨƌĞĞĚŽŵƐ ƐŽ ŵĂŶǇ ƟĐŬĞƚ ĐŽŵĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŵĂƉ ŽĨ ͚^ǁŝŶŐŝŶŐ >ŽŶĚŽŶ͛ ƐŽ ǇŽƵ ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ ŽĨ ƵƐ ƚĂŬĞ ĨŽƌ ŐƌĂŶƚĞĚ͘ One and Other ǁŝůů ďĞ ƌĞŵĞŵďĞƌĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞƌĞ ƚŽŽ͘ dĞŶ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ dƵďĞ ĂŶĚ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ŵŝŶĐŝŶŐ ĚŽǁŶ ƌĞŝŶĨŽƌĐŝŶŐ Đŝǀŝů ůŝďĞƌƚǇ ĂŶĚ ƉƵƐŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƐƚƌĂŝŶƚƐ ŽĨ ĚĞĮŶŝƟŽŶ͕ ƚŚĞ <ŝŶŐƐ ZŽĂĚ ŝŶ Ă ƉĂŝƌ ŽĨ ŚĞůƐĞĂ ďŽŽƚƐ ĂŶĚ Ă ŬĂŌĂŶ͕ ũƵƐƚ ůŝŬĞ ďƵƚ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚůǇ͕ ŝƚ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƌĞŵĞŵďĞƌĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚŽƐĞ ůƵĐŬǇ :ĂŐŐĞƌ͘ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ ǁĞƌĞŶ͛ƚ ƉůĂŶŶŝŶŐ ŽŶ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ >ŽŶĚŽŶ͕ ƚŚĞŶ ŵĂǇďĞ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƚŽ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ŝƚ͘ ǇŽƵ ƐŚŽƵůĚ͘ Ύ ĞĂƚůĞƐ ƚŽ ŽǁŝĞ͖ dŚĞ ϲϬƐ ǆƉŽƐĞĚ ϭϱ KĐƚŽďĞƌ ϮϬϬϵʹ Ϯϰ :ĂŶƵĂƌǇ ϮϬϭϬ Ύ&Ƶůů WƌŝĐĞ άϭϭ͕ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ άϵ͕ ƌƚ &ƵŶĚ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ϱϬй ĚŝƐĐŽƵŶƚ ΎEĂƟŽŶĂů WŽƌƚƌĂŝƚ 'ĂůůĞƌǇ͕ ŶĞĂƌĞƐƚ dƵďĞ >ĞŝĐĞƐƚĞƌ ^ƋƵĂƌĞͬ Charing Cross

THEATRE>PREVIEW>LEE HALL AND THE PITMEN PAINTERS Lee Hall, the man behind Billy Elliot͕ ŚĂƐ ǁƌŝƩĞŶ Ă ŶĞǁ ƉůĂǇ ƚŚĂƚ ĐƌŝƟĐƐ ƉƌĞĚŝĐƚ ǁŝůů ĚŽ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ EŽƌƚŚ ĂƐƚ ŵŝŶŝŶŐ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚǇ what Calendar Girls ĚŝĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ t/͘ The Pitmen Painters has all ƚŚĞ ŝŶŐƌĞĚŝĞŶƚƐ ŽĨ Ă ƐƚĂŐĞ Śŝƚ ǁŝƚŚ ŝƚƐ ǁĂƌŵ ƐƚŽƌǇ ŽĨ Ă ŐƌŽƵƉ ŽĨ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ĐůĂƐƐ ŵĞŶ͕ ƐŚŽǁŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ďĂĐŬŐƌŽƵŶĚ ŝƐ ŶŽ ďĂƌƌŝĞƌ ƚŽ ďĞĐŽŵŝŶŐ ďŝŐ ŶĂŵĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ Ăƌƚ ǁŽƌůĚ͘ ,Ăůů ǁĂƐ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƐƚŽƌǇ ŽĨ Ă ŐƌŽƵƉ ŽĨ ŵŝŶĞƌƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƐŚŝŶŐƚŽŶ ǁŚŽ ďĞĐĂŵĞ ƚŽƉ ĂǀĂŶƚͲŐĂƌĚĞ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ͕ ĂŌĞƌ ƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞŵ ǁŚŝůĞ ďƌŽǁƐŝŶŐ ŝŶ Ă ďŽŽŬƐŚŽƉ͘ dŚĞ ƉŝƚŵĞŶ ǁĞƌĞ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ tŽƌŬĞƌƐ ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶĂů ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƌĞĚ Ă ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŽƌ ŝŶ ϭϵϯϰ ƚŽ ƚĞĂĐŚ ĂŶ Ăƌƚ ĂƉƉƌĞĐŝĂƟŽŶ ĐůĂƐƐ͘ dŚĞŽƌǇ ǁĂƐ ƋƵŝĐŬůǇ ĂďĂŶĚŽŶĞĚ ŝŶ ĨĂǀŽƵƌ ŽĨ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ Ă ĨĞǁ ǇĞĂƌƐ ƚŚĞǇ ŚĂĚ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĂǀĂŶƚͲŐĂƌĚĞ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ͘ dŚĞŝƌ ǁŽƌŬ ƐŽŽŶ ďĞĐĂŵĞ ŚŝŐŚůǇ ƐŽƵŐŚƚ ĂŌĞƌ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞǇ ƐƟůů ǁĞŶƚ ĚŽǁŶ ƚŚĞ ŵŝŶĞƐ ĞǀĞƌǇ ĚĂǇ͘ /ƚ ƉůĂǇƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ͛Ɛ ĞŵŽƟŽŶƐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ Ă ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ ,Ăůů͛Ɛ ǁŽƌŬ͘ ,Ğ ƐĂǇƐ͕ ͚/ ƚŚŝŶŬ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ƉůĂǇƐ / ǁƌŝƚĞ ĂƌĞ Ă ŵŝǆƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ ŚĂƉƉǇ͕ ƐĂĚ ĂŶĚ ŽƉƟŵŝƐƟĐ ƐŽ ŝƚ ŝƐ ǀĞƌǇ ŵƵĐŚ Ă ďƌŽĂĚ ĐŚƵƌĐŚ͕ ĂŶĚ / ƚŚŝŶŬ ƚŚĂƚ ŝŶǀŝƚĞƐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ ĚƌĂŵĂƟĐ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ͛͘ ŶŽƚŚĞƌ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ǁŽƌŬ ŝƐ Ă ĚŝƐĐƵƐƐŝŽŶ ŽŶ ĐůĂƐƐ͘ ďŽƵƚ The Pitmen Painters͕ ŚĞ ƐĂŝĚ͕ ͚/ƚ ΀ĐůĂƐƐ΁ ŝƐ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ / ǁƌŝƚĞ ĂďŽƵƚ Ă ůŽƚ͘ tŚĂƚ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚĞĚ ŵĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ǁĞƌĞ ŶŽƚ ƉůĂŶŶŝŶŐ ƚŽ ũŽŝŶ Ă

ŐƌŽƵƉ ĂŶĚ ůĞĂƌŶ ƚŽ ƉĂŝŶƚ͘ dŚĞǇ ǁĂŶƚĞĚ ƚŽ ůĞĂƌŶ ĂďŽƵƚ Ăƌƚ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ Ă ƉůĂǇ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚĞĐŚŶŝƋƵĞ ʹ ŝƚ ŝƐ Ă ƉůĂǇ ĂďŽƵƚ ŵĞĂŶŝŶŐƐ͛͘ dŚĞ ƐƚŽƌǇ ŝƐ ĞŶŐĂŐŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚůǇ ĐŽŵďŝŶĞƐ Ă ƚŽƵŐŚ ŵĞƐƐĂŐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ŐĞŶƚůĞ ǁŝƚ ĂŶĚ ŚƵŵŽƵƌ͘ dŚĞ ƉůĂǇ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ƚŽŽ ŚĞĂǀǇ͕ ĐŚŽŽƐŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌ ŝƚƐ ůŝĨĞƐƚǇůĞ ĂŶĚ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ŵĞƐƐĂŐĞƐ ǀĞƌǇ ůŝŐŚƚůǇ͘ ,Ăůů͛Ɛ ƉĂƐƐŝŽŶ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂǇ ŝƐ ŝůůƵƐƚƌĂƚĞĚ ĂƐ ŚĞ ĞǆƉůĂŝŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ƌĞũĞĐƚĞĚ ƐŽŵĞ ďŝŐ ďƵĐŬƐ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐ ƚŽ ƉƌĞƐƐ ĂŚĞĂĚ ǁŝƚŚ The Pitmen Painters͘ ͞/ ŚĂĚ ƚŽ ƚƵƌŶ ĚŽǁŶ ƐŽŵĞ ďŝŐ ,ŽůůǇǁŽŽĚ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐ ƚŽ ĚŽ ƚŚŝƐ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ :ĞƌƌǇ ƌƵĐŬŚĞŝŵĞƌ ;ŽĨ Pirates of the Caribbean ĨĂŵĞͿ͘ ĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁĂǇ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ƐƉŝƌĂůůĞĚ͕ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ƚŽƚĂůůǇ ǀĂůŝĚĂƚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŚƵŶĐŚ͘ /ƚ ĚŽĞƐ ĨĞĞů Ă ǀĞƌǇ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂů ƚŚŝŶŐ͘͟ ^Ž ǁŝůů ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞƐ ŽƵƚƐŝĚĞ ƚŚĞ EŽƌƚŚ ĂƐƚ ŵŝŶŝŶŐ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƟĞƐ͕ ǁŚŽ ŵĂǇ ŶŽƚ ďĞ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ŝĚĞŶƟĨǇ ǁŝƚŚ ůŝĨĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽĂůĨĂĐĞ͕ ĞŶũŽǇ ŝƚ͍ ,Ăůů ƌĞƐƉŽŶĚƐ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ ĞŵƉŚĂƟĐ ǇĞƐ͘ EŽƌĨŽůŬ͛Ɛ ůĂŶĚƐĐĂƉĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌŝĞƐ ŵĂǇ ďĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ʹ ďƵƚ ůŝĨĞƐƚǇůĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƉĂƐƐŝŽŶƐ ĂƌĞ ŽŌĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ͘ Alice Brunt *Tuesday 10th November – Saturday 14th November at 7.30pm ΎdŚƵƌƐĚĂǇ ĂŶĚ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ŵĂƟŶĞĞƐ Ăƚ Ϯ͘ϯϬƉŵ Ύ ĂƉƟŽŶĞĚ WĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ŽŶ &ƌŝĚĂǇ ϭϯƚŚ EŽǀĞŵďĞƌ Ăƚ ϳ͘ϯϬƉŵ Ύ&ƌĞĞ ƉŽƐƚͲƐŚŽǁ ƚĂůŬ ĂŌĞƌ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ŽŶ tĞĚŶĞƐĚĂǇ ϭϭƚŚ November

ΎdŝĐŬĞƚƐ ĨƌŽŵ άϱ ͲάϮϬ͘ϱϬ Ύ Žǆ KĸĐĞ ϬϭϲϬϯ ϲϯϬϬϬϬ Ύǁǁǁ͘ƚŚĞĂƚƌĞƌŽǇĂůŶŽƌǁŝĐŚ͘ĐŽ͘ƵŬ

arts

03nov09 issue234

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THEATRE>PREVIEW

LITERATURE>REVIEW>UEA CREATIVE WRITING ANTHOLOGY >MINOTAUR SHORTS /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ůŽŽŬƐ Ăƚ h ͛Ɛ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ ƚĂůĞŶƚ͕ dŚĞ ǀĞŶƚ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚƐ ƚŚĞ ƉŽĞƚƐ ǆƉĞĐƚĂƟŽŶƐ ĂƌĞ ŚŝŐŚ ǁŚĞŶ ŚĂŶĚĞĚ Ă ďŽŽŬ ŽĨ ũƵƐƚ ĞŝŐŚƚ ƉŽĞƚƐ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͛Ɛ ƌĞĂƟǀĞ tƌŝƟŶŐ ŶƚŚŽůŽŐǇ͘ dŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŝƐ ŚƌŝƐ ƐƚǁŽŽĚ͘ tŚĞŶ ƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ŚŝƐ ƐĞĐƟŽŶ͕ ŽŶĞ ĐĂŶ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ŝŵƉĂƟĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ůŽƐĞ ĐŽŶĐĞŶƚƌĂƟŽŶ͘ dŚĂƚ ŝƐ͕ ƵŶƟů ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ƉŽĞŵ͘ &ĞǀĞƌ :ƵŶĞ ŝƐ ĮůůĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ĞŵŽƟŽŶ ĐĂƉƚƵƌĞĚ ŝŶ ŐƌĞĂƚ ůŝŶĞƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ͚ŽŶ ŵǇ ŇĞƐŚ / ƐĐƌĂƚĐŚ ĂǁĂǇ ŝŶƐŽŵŶŝĂ͕ ŽŶ ǇŽƵƌƐ͕ ŝŶƐĐƌŝďĞ ƚŚĞ ƐŚĂĚŽǁƐ͛͘ dŚŝƐ ƉŽĞƚ ďĞŐŝŶƐ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞĐĞĚĞŶƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂŶƚŚŽůŽŐǇ͘ ƚ ƟŵĞƐ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ƐƉĞůůƐ ŽĨ ŝŵƉĂƟĞŶĐĞ ǁŚĞŶ ƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŶŽƚ ǁĂŶƟŶŐ ƚŽ ĚǁĞůů ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƉŽĞƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ĨŽƵŶĚ ĚƵůů͕ ƚŚŝƐ ĂƌƟĐůĞ ǁŝůů ĨŽĐƵƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďƵŶĐŚ͘ <ƌǇƐƚĂůůŝ 'ůǇŶŝĂĚĂŬŝƐ͛ ĮƌƐƚ ƉŽĞŵ ŐƌĂďƐ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂĚĞƌ͛Ɛ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ͕ ĞǆƉƌĞƐƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƉĂŝŶ ŽĨ ƟŵĞ ĂŶĚ ƐƉĂĐĞ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ŝŵĂŐĞƌǇ ŽĨ ƚǁŽ ƉůĂŶĞƐ ƉĂƐƐŝŶŐ͘ ůů ŚĞƌ ƉŽĞŵƐ ĂƌĞ ƐƚƌŽŶŐ͕ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ƵƐĞ ŽĨ ƌŚǇƚŚŵ͕ ƌĞƉĞƟƟŽŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂů ƌŚǇŵĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ƐƵďǀĞƌƟŶŐ ĞǆƉĞĐƚĂƟŽŶƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĚĂƌŬ ŚƵŵŽƵƌ ŽĨ ŚĞƌ ůĂƐƚ ƉŽĞŵ͘ DĂƌŝƐĂ ^ŝůǀĂͲ ƵŶďĂƌ ǁƌŝƚĞƐ ŽĨ ŝƐƐƵĞƐ ƐƵĐŚ

ĂƐ ǁĂƌ͕ ĂďƵƐĞ͕ ůŽǀĞ ĂŶĚ ĨĂŵŝůǇ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚĂĐŬůĞƐ ƚŚĞŵ ŝŶ Ă ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂů ǁĂǇ͘ ŐĂŝŶ͕ Ă ƉŽĞƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƉĂĐŝƚǇ ƚŽ ĐƌĞĂƚĞ Ă ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ŝŵĂŐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂĚĞƌ͛Ɛ ŵŝŶĚ͕ ƐŚĞ ǁƌŝƚĞƐ ŚĞƌ ŵĞŵŽƌŝĞƐ ŝŶ Ă ǁĂǇ ŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĂŶǇŽŶĞ ĐĂŶ ƌĞůĂƚĞ ƚŽ͕ ͚ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ͚ƉůĂĐŝŶŐ ŚĞĞƌŝŽƐ ŽŶ ǇŽƵƌ ƚŽŶŐƵĞ͛͘ /Ŷ :ĞŶŶŝĨĞƌ tŽŶŐ͛Ɛ ƉŽĞŵƐ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ Ă ƐŝŵŝůĂƌ ĐŽŶũƵƌŝŶŐ ŽĨ ŶŽƐƚĂůŐŝĂ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ŐƌĞĂƚ ůŝŶĞƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ͚ǁŚĞƌĞ ǇŽƵ ŬĞĞƉ Ă ĐůĞĂŶ ǁĂƌĚƌŽďĞ ŽĨ ƐŵĂƌƚ ƐƵŝƚƐ ĂŶĚ ŚĂůĨͲŚĞĂƌƚĞĚ ƉƌŽŵŝƐĞƐ͛͘ ^ĂŵƵĞů ŝĨĐŚĂŬ ŚĂƐ Ă ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ƐƚǇůĞ ĂŶĚ ǇĞƚ ƵƐĞƐ Ă ǀĂƌŝĞƚǇ ŽĨ ǁĂǇƐ ƚŽ ǁƌŝƚĞ͕ ƐŚŽǁŝŶŐ ĂŶ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŵĞƚŚŽĚŽůŽŐǇ ŽĨ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ ŝŶ Ă ƉŽĞŵ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞ ƐŝŵƉůŝĐŝƚǇ ĚƌĂǁƐ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŝŵĂŐĞƐ ŽĨ ͚ƚŚĞ ďŝƩĞƌ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ƐƵŶ͛ ƐŚŝŶŝŶŐ ŽŶ ŚŝƐ ůŽǀĞƌ͛Ɛ ƐŬŝŶ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƟŶŐ ŶĞǁ ǁƌŝƚĞƌƐ͕ ƉŽĞƚƌǇ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ͕ ƐŽ ďƵǇŝŶŐ Ă ĐŽƉǇ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ďĞŶĞĮĐŝĂů ƚŽ ƐŽ ŵĂŶǇ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ǁĞůů ǁŽƌƚŚ Ă ƌĞĂĚ͘

Carmina Masoliver-Marlow

COMEDY>NAME TO DROP>SIMON AMSTELL

ŽŵĞĚŝĂŶ ^ŝŵŽŶ ŵƐƚĞůů͕ ŬŶŽǁŶ ĨŽƌ ŚŝƐ ƐĂƌĚŽŶŝĐ ǁŝƚ ĂƐ ŚŽƐƚ ŽĨ EĞǀĞƌ DŝŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƵǌǌĐŽĐŬƐ͕ ŝƐ ďƌŝŶŐŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ŶĞǁ ƐƚĂŶĚͲƵƉ ƐŚŽǁ ƚŽ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ͛Ɛ dŚĞĂƚƌĞ ZŽǇĂů ŽŶ ϳƚŚ EŽǀĞŵďĞƌ ϮϬϬϵ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ĐŽŵĞ ĞǆƉĞĐƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ůĂƵŐŚͲŽƵƚͲůŽƵĚ ƉƵƚ ĚŽǁŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŵƐƚĞůů ďĞĐĂŵĞ ƌĞŶŽǁŶĞĚ ĨŽƌ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ƵǌǌĐŽĐŬƐ ǇĞĂƌƐ͘ ƌŝƟĐƐ ŚĂǀĞ ŝŶƐƚĞĂĚ ƉƌĂŝƐĞĚ ŚŝƐ ůŝǀĞ ƐŚŽǁ ĨŽƌ ŝƚƐ ĚĞĞƉ ĂŶĚ ŝŶƚƌŽƐƉĞĐƟǀĞ ŶĂƚƵƌĞ͕ ƚŚĞ 'ƵĂƌĚŝĂŶ ĂƉƉƌŽǀŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ͚ĐĞƌĞďƌĂů ĐŽŵĞĚǇ ďĂĐŬĞĚ ƵƉ ďǇ Ă ŶĞǁĨŽƵŶĚ ĚĞƉƚŚ ŽĨ ĨĞĞůŝŶŐ͛͘ tŚŝůĞ ŝŶƐƵůƟŶŐ ĐĞůĞďƌŝƟĞƐ ŵĂǇ ŚĂǀĞ ĞĂƌŶĞĚ Śŝŵ ĂĐĐŽůĂĚĞƐ ůĂƚĞƌ ŽŶ͕ ŵƐƚĞůů͛Ɛ ƐŚĂƌƉ ƚŽŶŐƵĞ ůŽƐƚ Śŝŵ ŚŝƐ ĮƌƐƚ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƟŶŐ ũŽď Ͳ ŚĞ ǁĂƐ ĮƌĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ EŝĐŬĞůŽĚĞŽŶ ŝŶ ϭϵϵϴ ĨŽƌ ďĞŝŶŐ ͚ŵĞĂŶ ƚŽ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͛͘ EŽƚ ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐŝŶŐ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ŵĂŶ ǁŚŽ ŝŶĨĂŵŽƵƐůǇ ŵĂĚĞ ƌŝƚŶĞǇ ^ƉĞĂƌƐ ĐƌǇ͘ ,Ğ ǁĞŶƚ ŽŶ ƚŽ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ WŽƉǁŽƌůĚ ǁŝƚŚ DŝƋƵŝƚĂ KůŝǀĞƌ ĨŽƌ Ɛŝǆ ǇĞĂƌƐ͕ ƉƌĂĐƟƐŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ƉĞĐƵůŝĂƌ ŵŝǆ ŽĨ ĐŚĂƌŵ ĂŶĚ ƐĂƌĐĂƐŵ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ǀĂƐƚ ĂƌƌĂǇ ŽĨ ŵĂŶƵĨĂĐƚƵƌĞĚ ďĂŶĚƐ ĂŶĚ ƉƌĞƚĞŶƟŽƵƐ ŐƵŝƚĂƌŝƐƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞĂƌůǇ ŶŽƵŐŚƟĞƐ͘ dĂŬŝŶŐ ŽǀĞƌ ĨƌŽŵ DĂƌŬ >ĂŵĂƌƌ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŚŽƐƚ ŽĨ ƵǌǌĐŽĐŬƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐĂƟƌŝĐĂů ŵƵƐŝĐ ƉĂŶĞů ƐŚŽǁ͕ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϲ͕ ŵƐƚĞůů ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ͛Ɛ ŵŽĐŬŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ŵƵƐŝĐ͕ ďƌŝŶŐŝŶŐ ĚŽǁŶ ŚŝƐ ƌĞŝŐŶ ŽĨ ƚĞƌƌŽƌ ƵƉŽŶ ŐƵĞƐƚƐ ĨƌŽŵ ŵǇ tŝŶĞŚŽƵƐĞ ƚŽ <ĞŶǌŝĞ ĨƌŽŵ ůĂǌŝŶŐ ^ƋƵĂĚ͘ ,ŝƐ ƌĞƐŝŐŶĂƟŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ͕ ĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞĚ ĞĂƌůŝĞƌ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͕ ǁĂƐ ŵĞƚ ǁŝƚŚ ĚŝƐŵĂǇ ďǇ ĨĂŶƐ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŚŝƐ ƐƚĂŶĚͲƵƉ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ ƚǁŽ ĂƌůŝŶŐ &ĞƐƟǀĂůƐ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ ƐŽůĚͲŽƵƚ ƐŚŽǁ Ăƚ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͛Ɛ ĚŝŶďƵƌŐŚ &ƌŝŶŐĞ ŚĂǀĞ ŽŶůǇ ƐĞƌǀĞĚ ƚŽ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞ

ĂŶƟĐŝƉĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ǁŚĂƚ ƉƌŽŵŝƐĞƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ĂŶ ĞǆĐĞƉƟŽŶĂů ĂŶĚ ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚͲƉƌŽǀŽŬŝŶŐ ƉŝĞĐĞ ŽĨ ĐŽŵĞĚŝĐ ǁŽƌŬ͘ Susanna Wood

EŝŶĞ ŶĞǁ ƉůĂǇƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƐŚŽǁĐĂƐĞĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ DŝŶŽƚĂƵƌ dŚĞĂƚƌĞ ŽŵƉĂŶǇ͛Ɛ ĂŶŶƵĂů ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů ǁƌŝƟŶŐ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ^ŚŽƌƚƐ͕ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ h ^ƚƵĚŝŽ ƚŚŝƐ ŵŽŶƚŚ͘ ĂĐŚ ǇĞĂƌ ƚŚĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ĚŝƐƉůĂǇƐ Ă ŚĂŶĚĨƵů ŽĨ ďŝƚĞͲƐŝǌĞĚ ƉůĂǇƐ ǁƌŝƩĞŶ͕ ĚŝƌĞĐƚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĞĚ ďǇ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵƉĂŶǇ͘ KŶĐĞ ĂŐĂŝŶ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ Ă ďƌŝůůŝĂŶƚůǇ ƋƵŝƌŬǇ ƐĞůĞĐƟŽŶ ŽŶ ŽīĞƌ͕ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĚŝǀĞƌƐĞ ŵŝǆ ŽĨ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ƚǁŽ ƋƵĂƌƌĞůůŝŶŐ ŽůĚ ǁŽŵĞŶ ; ƵŶŬ ďǇ :ŽĞ tƌŝŐŚƚͿ͕ Ă ĚǇƐĨƵŶĐƟŽŶĂů ĐŽŵŵĞĚŝĂ ĚĞůů͛ ƌƚĞ ƚƌŽƵƉĞ ;>Ă dƌŽƵƉĞ ZĂŐƵ ďǇ ^ŚĞǇ ,ĂƌŐƌĞĂǀĞƐͿ͕ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞŶ Ă ŚĂƌĚͲŚŝƫŶŐ ůŽŽŬ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĂďǇ W ƐĐĂŶĚĂů ;^ĂǀĂŐĞ ďǇ ůĞǆ ^ƚƵĂƌƚͿ͘ ůĞĂŶŽƌ ^ĐĂƌĨĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ǁƌŝƚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ŽĨ sĂŵŽŽƐĞ Ͳ ďŝůůĞĚ ĂƐ Ă ͞ůŝŐŚƚͲŚĞĂƌƚĞĚ ƌŽŵƉ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƌĞƐƚ͟ Ͳ ƐĂŝĚ͗ ͚/͛ŵ ĮŶĚŝŶŐ ŝƚ ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐŝŶŐ ďƵƚ ĞǆĐŝƟŶŐ͘ / ĐĂŶ͛ƚ ǁĂŝƚ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ŝƚ͕ / ůŽǀĞ ŵǇ ĐĂƐƚ͘ /͛ŵ ƌĞĂůůǇ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ĨŽƌǁĂƌĚ ƚŽ ƐĞĞŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ^ŚŽƌƚƐ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ƐŽƵŶĚ ƌĞĂůůǇ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ͊͛ EĂƚĂůŝĞ >ĞƐƚĞƌ͕ ǁŚŽ ǁŝůů ƉůĂǇ ůŽƵĚŵŽƵƚŚ ĂƐƐŝĞ ŝŶ ZŽďĞƌƚĂ DŽƌƌŝƐ͛ ƵĐŬĞƚ͕ ĂĚĚĞĚ ͚/ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ůŽŽŬ ĨŽƌǁĂƌĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ^ŚŽƌƚƐ͘ ZŽďĞƌƚĂ ŚĂƐ ǁƌŝƩĞŶ Ă ďƌŝůůŝĂŶƚ ƉůĂǇ ĂŶĚ /͛ŵ ƌĞĂůůǇ ĞŶũŽǇŝŶŐ ŝƚ͛͘ Shaun Kitchener Shorts runs from the 4th-6th November at 7.30 at the UEA Drama Studio. Tickets are £5 and £3.50. ZĞƐĞƌǀĂƟŽŶƐ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ŵĂĚĞ ŽŶ ϬϭϲϬϯ ϱϵϮϮϳϮ

creative writing

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BEAUTY Katie’s poem

Natural Woman

Her skin is purely white ZĂǇƐ ŽĨ ƐůŝǀĞƌ ƌĞŇĞĐƟŶŐ Žī ,Ğƌ ĨƌĞĐŬůĞƐ ĂƌĞ ŚĞƌ ŽǁŶ ĨŽƌŵ ŽĨ ŝĚĞŶƟĮĐĂƟŽŶ Making her unique to the rest of the world. Her hair is shimmering red Catching the sunlight as it swings around her neck. This is beauty, ,Ğƌ ůĂƵŐŚ͕ ƐŽ ŝŶĨĞĐƟŽƵƐ ,Ğƌ ƐŵŝůĞ͕ ƐŽ ĞŶĐŚĂŶƟŶŐ ,Ğƌ ďĞŝŶŐ͕ ƐŽ ĐĂƉƟǀĂƟŶŐ This is beauty. A woman now, 18 Ready to move out into the world ǀĞƌǇƚŚŝŶŐ Ăƚ ŚĞƌ ĮŶŐĞƌƟƉƐ Ready to be touched And turned into gold.

The Dancer and the Cripple

There is no such thing as natural beauty, But looking good is just a woman’s duty, So pile high the powder and plaster on a smile, ‘Cause honey, looking ugly is never gonna be in style. With body hair you look a state, So pluck, shave, wax and epilate! To hear him say your place or mine? You’ll need to get that salon perfect shine, So shampoo, blow dry and straighten everyday ŶĚ ƐĂǇ ŐŽŽĚďǇĞ ƚŽ ŇǇͲĂǁĂǇƐ͊ Sit-ups, and daily trips to the gym Are good to help you keep so slim. Count calories in salads and other fun food :ƵƐƚ ƐŽ ǇŽƵ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ďƌĞĂŬ ĚŽǁŶ Ăƚ ǇŽƵƌ ƌĞŇĞĐƟŽŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ nude. ƵǇ ƉƌĞƩǇ ĐůŽƚŚĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĂĐĐĞƐƐŽƌŝĞƐ ĨŽƌ ŵĞŶ ƚŽ ŐŝǀĞ compliments :ƵƐƚ ƐŽ ƚŚĞǇ ĐĂŶ ĮŶĚ Ă ǁĂǇ ŝŶƚŽ ǇŽƵƌ ƉĂŶƚƐ͊ With an implant here and a nip-tuck there, You’ll be happy to prance around in just your underwear!

On the droplets that dangled perilously on jungle leaves. KŶ ƟŐŚƚƌŽƉĞƐ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƐŬǇƐĐƌĂƉĞƌƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŝůůĞŶŶŝƵŵ͛Ɛ ŶĞŽŶ ĐŝƟĞƐ͘ /Ŷ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƌĂŝŶĚƌŽƉƐ ĨĂůůŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ǀĞůǀĞƚǇ sky. On the wings of ravens in northern skies. In the arms of the desert wind in the Sahara.

,Ğ ĨŽůůŽǁƐ ŚĞƌ͕ ůŝŵƉŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝƐ ĐƌŽŽŬĞĚ ǁĂůŬŝŶŐ ƐƟĐŬ ĂŶĚ Ă ƐŵĂůů ƌƵƐƚǇ ůĂŶƚĞƌŶ ŝŶ ŚŝƐ ůĞŌ ŚĂŶĚ͘ ,ŝƐ ƌĂŐŐĞĚǇ cloak and stained hat form such a contrast to her fragile ƚƵƚƵ ĂŶĚ ĂŐŝůĞ ƐŵŝůĞ͘ tŚĞƚŚĞƌ ŽŶ ƟƉƉǇƚŽĞƐ Žƌ ǁŝƚŚ grand leaps into the air, the quaint pair wander through the dreams of dancers, ever ready to inspire but also to warn.

Carmina Masoliver

This is beauty. She is beauty. ,ĂŶŶĂŚ 'ƌŝĸŶ

She put on those white shoes and was condemned forever to dance. For they belonged to a cripple but she had lusted for them, those delicate snowy ballerina pumps. Eventually he found her and together, the pair made their way around the world, in a world of their own.

Blue as the Sky So here I am sat watching children run along golden sand chasing dogs trailing kites throwing balls up diving to catch them before they drop

ǁĂƌŵ ƐĂŶĚǁŝĐŚĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŚĂůĨͲĞĂƚĞŶ ƉĂĐŬĞƚƐ ŽĨ ĐƌŝƐƉƐ ůŝĞ ďǇ ƐƵŶͲƟĐŬůĞĚ ĨĞĞƚ melodic blue of the sky and sea that seems to shimmer from here I hear footsteps and turn to see you walking with your shoulders slumped and

The Last Leaf a rustling a need to escape tugging against its bonds as autumn fades hopeful yet sad the heights of summer glory the compost of next years crops a new return

EŽďŽĚǇ ŬŶŽǁƐ ĂŶǇŵŽƌĞ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉ ŝƐ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ďŝƚ ŽĨ ŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞ ůŽƐƚ ŝŶ ƟŵĞ͘ ^ŝďůŝŶŐƐ͍ >ŽǀĞƌƐ͍ Strangers? They say he was a shoemaker but then who ǁĂƐ ƐŚĞ͍ ŶĚ ǁŚǇ ĚŽ ƚŚĞǇ ĚĂŶĐĞ Ɵůů ŝƚ ŵĂŬĞƐ ǇŽƵƌ ŚĞĂƌƚ ache so? In a jerky clockwork fashion he stumbles but elegantly while she caresses his movements without ever quite touching him.

And so some people say that she stole his shoes, whether sister or customer or lover she once was. Others say he loved her and enchanted the shoes to trap her. But I think the story is simpler than that really. /͛Ě ƚĞůů ǇŽƵ ďƵƚ / ĐĂŶ͛ƚ ƚĂŬĞ ŵǇ ĞǇĞƐ Žī ƚŚĞŵ͘ Yee Tan

Tom Goldsmith

suddenly this just disappears Robert Van Egghen

Next issue’s theme:

ANIMALS

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RICH REBELS

This week, Will Donovan interviews Rich Fulcher about his new book, swearing at mustard and what’s next for the Mighty Boosh. Rich Fulcher does not disappoint. The anarchic comedian who created much loved Mighty Boosh characters Bob Fossil and The Ape of Death is just as hilarious in real life as on screen or stage. During our interview, in a quiet but occupied coffee shop, he nonchalantly swears at inanimate objects, sings the queen’s disappearance theme tune and sexually assaults his own book, Tiny Acts of Rebellion, while remaining one of the nicest stars you could hope to meet. Before his first ever book signing at Borders in Norwich, Rich spoke to The Event about rebelling against your friends, The Mighty Boosh and how to topple the monarchy. You’re known on your TV work for doing a lot of shouting and bizarre characters. Is it weird to go from that style to sitting down and writing? Well, on Snuff Box I don’t shout that much, I’m almost the opposite. But I shout when I’m writing, “I am writing!” It is kind of strange to write and not perform but because you can actually do these Tiny Acts, I like to go out into the street and do them and then write about them. So you have actually done most of these? Except for maybe one or two. It’s about my life! It’s hard to write them in a room, it’s better to go out and do them, say I’m in a coffee shop and I think “I could spit in the syrup!” No, wait, that’s not a good Tiny Act. These aren’t criminal activities; these are subtle, creative ways to rebel against society, your friends and things like that. So it’s a bit like the voice in the back of your head telling you exactly what you can’t do? The thing that I find from talking to people is that everybody has that voice. My book is trying to make that voice louder. Cos some people have lost that voice. …Can I say that? Edgar Allen Poe

said there’s an imp in all of us, and I think that’s true; it depends on what imp you’ve got. What imp do you have? That’s a t-shirt right there. This week you flipped off Big Ben as a Tiny Act The one day that it rained, that was when we did it. Liberal estimates are we had 100, but if it had been just a little bit nicer we could’ve had 3-500. We were rebelling against the weather as well. But the video footage looks good, it’ll be good to compare to the LA footage. What did you flip off in LA? A blade of grass, a baby, the Hollywood sign, erm, did I say a baby? I was in an astronaut hat. A lot of people think I’m angry with LA, but I’m not, I’m just flipping off a lot of stuff. I could be flipping you off under the table right now. [to our photographer] What a dick! Is there anything in Norwich you’ve flipped off? The mustard shop. Is this the mustard capital of the world? This is what poppies are to Afghanistan. Why is it yellow anyway? Doesn’t it come from green leaves? Actually, I bought some mustard, I figured I had to. To swear at in your own time? Yeah [laughs]. See, I do things which aren’t good for me, that’s the problem. So have any of these Acts landed you in trouble? There’s one where you get a universal remote, you use it when there’s a game on and switch the channel. Depending on the crowd, you could get in a little bit of trouble if you’re caught. Were you caught? I ran away. But people found out later, so you don’t just want to waltz in there like “hey guys! No hard feelings?” That’s why I have ratings in

the book one to four, four being most difficult. What new projects for TV are you working on? I did some interviews as Eleanor, where the whole point is to disturb the members of the group, so that they’re sexually confused, a few of them really go with it. I’m hoping to do some more stuff with that, maybe more for MTV2 or live stuff. Right now there’s all this potential stuff for the Boosh, but I’ve learnt that the best thing for us is to go off and do our own stuff then when we come back together we’re all fresh and dainty. Are there any plans for the Boosh? The answer to that is none of your business. No, there are all these things potentially but I don’t really know what order, there could be a movie or a tour or a fourth series. So it’s all going to happen, it’s just a matter of the right times. I know there’s been some talk that people are very hard to get hold of, is it hard to get everyone back together to work on stuff? It is, but we need some sort of signal, like the Bat symbol to get us all back together. I think that’s the next big project, forget the movie, it’s the signal to get together. Do you have a man-crush on Noel Fielding? Who doesn’t? I have a man crush on everybody on the show. I have a man crush on this table. I have a man crush on my nasal hairs. No, of course you get really close, you do a scene, you just want to.. No. [to our photographer] Do you have a man-crush? She’s a girl. Oh right, a girl-man-crush? You’re going to lead the story with “Rich has man crush on Noel!”

The Acts all seem to be little annoyances about everyday things, which could be seen as a British trait. As an American who’s lived here a long time have you thought this? I think it’s universal, but I think it plays really well here as there’s so much throughout a day which you want to rebel against because there’s a lot of stuff you can’t do anything about. Like being on the tube, being crushed. So why not, when the tube’s empty, sit right next to somebody and go “Hi! How’re you? Do you like daisies?” and get a reaction from that. I think it is very British. Do you think people here are more scared of social acts of rebellion? I think so; rebellion’s more rife here in terms of little things like that. I can’t explain it, maybe because of the monarchy. So if we do enough of these, the Queen will just have to leave? Yeah, the Queen will just evaporate if we do enough of them. I think we have to do 73 a day for 10 years then she just [starts singing aaah]. Do you have a personal favourite Act of Rebellion? We filmed some of them, they’re up on the website at www.tinyactsofrebellion.com which I really like. I like this one, you’re at Boots or something and you’ll buy a toothbrush and she says that’ll be £3, she gives you the change, you say thanks and walk away. Then you come back and say “oh excuse me, I just farted”. It’s a great reaction to get because you volunteer that you farted, but also delayed after you got away with it. And by the way I did just fart. Rich Fulcher’s debut book Tiny Acts of Rebellion is out now. Series 1-2 of Snuff Box and 1-3 of The Mighty Boosh are available on DVD.

television

03nov09 issue234

GOING OUT AFTER DARK

concrete.tvdigital@uea.ac.uk

The Event Žī ĞƌƐ Ă ƉŽƐƚͲ,ĂůůŽǁĞĞŶ ƌĞǀŝĞǁ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƐƚͲŵŽĚĞƌŶ Į ŐƵƌĞƐ ŽĨ ŚŽƌƌŽƌ ds͘

DEXTER zŽƵ͛ƌĞ ƉƌŽďĂďůǇ ƉƵƫ ŶŐ ĂǁĂǇ ǇŽƵƌ ŵĂƐŬƐ ĂŶĚ ƉƵŵƉŬŝŶƐ ĂŶĚ ďŝĚĚŝŶŐ ĨĂƌĞǁĞůů ƚŽ ,ĂůůŽǁĞĞŶ ĨŽƌ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ǇĞĂƌ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĂƚ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ŵĞĂŶ ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ƐĂǇ ŐŽŽĚďǇĞ ƚŽ ŐŽŽĚ ŚŽƌƌŽƌ ds͘ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞŶ͛ƚ ƐĞĞŶ Dexter ǇĞƚ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ǁĞůů ǁŽƌƚŚ Ă ǁĂƚĐŚ͘ dŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ĨŽůůŽǁƐ Ă ƐĞƌŝĂů ŬŝůůĞƌ ǁŚŽ ǁŽƌŬƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƌĞŶƐŝĐ ĚĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉŽůŝĐĞ ŝŶ DŝĂŵŝ ;ŵƵƌĚĞƌ ĐĂƉŝƚĂů ŽĨ ƚŚĞ h^Ϳ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŚŽƌƌŽƌ ĞůĞŵĞŶƚ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĂŶƟ Ͳ

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER Ƶī Ǉ ĨĂŶƐ ĂƌĞ ŽĨ Ă ĚĞĚŝĐĂƚĞĚ ƐŽƌƚ ĂŶĚ ŵĂŶǇ ŵĂǇ ŽďũĞĐƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ďĞŝŶŐ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞĚ ŝŶ Ă ,ĂůůŽǁĞĞŶ ƐƉĞĐŝĂů͕ ĐƌǇŝŶŐ͗ ͞ Ƶƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ Ăůů ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƌŽŵĂŶĐĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ĚƌĂŵĂ͕ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ͕ ŶŽƚ ƚŚĞ ŚŽƌƌŽƌ͊͟ Ƶƚ ǁŚŝůĞ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ Ăůů ǁĞůů ĂŶĚ ŐŽŽĚ͕ ƵŶĚĞŶŝĂďůǇ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ Ɵ ŵĞƐ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŚŽƌƌŽƌ ƚŚĞŵĞ ƐŚŝŶĞƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ŶĞǀĞƌ ŵŽƌĞ ƚƌƵĞ ƚŚĂŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĞƉŝƐŽĚĞ Hush͘ tŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŐŚĂƐƚůǇ Ͳ ďƵƚ ŽĚĚůǇ ŐƌĂĐĞĨƵů

Ͳ 'ĞŶƚůĞŵĞŶ ĚĞƐĐĞŶĚ ƵƉŽŶ ĞǀĞƌ ƐůĞĞƉǇ ^ƵŶŶǇĚĂůĞ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ƐƚĞĂů ƚŚĞ ǀŽŝĐĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ ƚŽǁŶ͕ ƌĞŶĚĞƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŝŶŚĂďŝƚĂŶƚƐ ƵŶĂďůĞ ƚŽ ƐƉĞĂŬ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ƐŵŝůŝŶŐ ĚĞŵŽŶƐ͕ ĐůŽƐĞůǇ ĨŽůůŽǁĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĨƵŵďůŝŶŐ ŐƌƵŶƚƐ͕ ƐƚĂůŬ ƚŚĞ ƚŽǁŶ Ăƚ ŶŝŐŚƚ ŝŶ ƐĞĂƌĐŚ ŽĨ ĨƌĞƐŚ ŚĞĂƌƚƐ ƚŽ ƌĞŵŽǀĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐŝůĞŶĐĞĚ ŽǁŶĞƌƐ͘ ŶĚ ǁŚŝůĞ ƵƐƵĂůůǇ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽƉŚĞƟ ĐͲůĂĚĞŶ Ƶī Ǉ ŵŽŶƐƚĞƌƐ ĂƌĞ ůĂƵŐŚĂďůǇ ƐĐĂƌĞůĞƐƐ͕ dŚĞ 'ĞŶƚůĞŵĞŶ ĂƌĞ ŐĞŶƵŝŶĞůǇ ƵŶƐĞƩ ůŝŶŐ͖ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐĂůŵ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶƚƌŽůůĞĚ ĞǆƚĞƌŝŽƌ ũĂƌƌŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐĂĚŝƐƟ Đ ŵŽƟ ǀĂƟ ŽŶƐ͘ ŶĚ ƐƟ ůů ƚŚĞ ůĂĐŬ ŽĨ ƐƉĞĞĐŚ ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ ƵƐĞĚ Ğī ĞĐƟ ǀĞůǇ ĨŽƌ ĐŽŵŝĐ ĂŶĚ ƌŽŵĂŶƟ Đ ƉƵƌƉŽƐĞƐ ĂƐ Ƶī Ǉ͛Ɛ ŝŶŶĞƌ ĐŝƌĐůĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ͚^ĐŽŽďǇͲ'ĂŶŐ͕͛ ŚĂƉůĞƐƐůǇ ƚƌǇ ƚŽ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƚĞ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ǁŽƌĚƐ͘ tŚŽ ĐŽƵůĚ ĨŽƌŐĞƚ͕ ĨŽƌ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ͕ ŶǇĂ͛Ɛ ŶŽŶͲ

CHARMED

SUPERNATURAL ŵŝĚƐƚ ƚŚĞ ƐŽƵŶĚƐ ŽĨ ĐůĂƐƐŝĐ ŵĞƚĂů ĂŶĚ ƌŽĐŬ ŵƵƐŝĐ͕ ĐŽŵĞ ƚŚĞ ƐĐƌĞĞĐŚŝŶŐ ƚŝƌĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĐůĂƐƐǇ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ ŽĨ ^ƵƉĞƌŶĂƚƵƌĂů͛Ɛ ͛ϲϳ ŚĞǀǇ /ŵƉĂůĂ͕ ĂŶĚ ĚƌĂŐŐŝŶŐ ĂůŽŶŐ ďĞŚŝŶĚ ŝƚ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ƚŚƌŝůůƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŚŝůůƐ ŽŶĞ ŚĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ƚŽ ĞǆƉĞĐƚ Ăƚ ƚŚŝƐ ƚŝŵĞ ŽĨ ǇĞĂƌ͘ dŚŝƐ ŚŽƌƌŽƌͲĨĂŶƚĂƐǇ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ŝƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ŽĨ ŝƚƐ ŬŝŶĚ ĂŶĚ ĂŶǇŽŶĞ ĐĂŶ ƐĞĞ ǁŚǇ ǁŚĞŶ ƐŝƚƚŝŶŐ ĚŽǁŶ ƚŽ ǁĂƚĐŚ ƚǁŽ ďƌŽƚŚĞƌƐ ʹ

ŚĞƌŽ ŝƐ Ă ƐĞƌŝĂů ŬŝůůĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ŚŽƌƌŽƌ ĂĐƚƵĂůůǇ ůŝĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƐƚĂŶƚ ĨĞĂƌ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ͛Ɛ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ĐĂƵŐŚƚ͘ KĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ƚŚĞ ǀŝŽůĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵƵƌĚĞƌƐ ĂƌĞ Ăƚ Ɵ ŵĞƐ ĨƌŝŐŚƚĞŶŝŶŐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ŝŶƚŽ ĂĐĐŽƵŶƚ ƚŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ŬŝůůĞƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƉůĂǇ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉĂƌƚ ŝŶ ĞĂĐŚ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ͘ ^ĞĂƐŽŶ KŶĞ ŚĂƐ dŚĞ /ĐĞ dƌƵĐŬ <ŝůůĞƌ͕ ǁŚŽ ďĞĐŽŵĞƐ Ă ďŝŐŐĞƌ ŵǇƐƚĞƌǇ ƚŚĂŶ ŚŝƐ ŵƵƌĚĞƌƐ͘ ^ĞĂƐŽŶ dǁŽ ŚĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƐĞǆǇ ƉƐǇĐŚŽ >ŝůĂ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞƌ ůŽŽŵŝŶŐ ƚŚƌĞĂƚ ƚŚĂƚ ĞǆƚĞƌ ĂŬĂ dŚĞ ĂǇ ,ĂƌďŽƵƌ ƵƚĐŚĞƌ ǁŝůů ŐĞƚ ƵŶĐŽǀĞƌĞĚ͘ ^ĞĂƐŽŶ dŚƌĞĞ ŐŝǀĞƐ ƵƐ ƚǁŽ ƐĞƌŝĂů ŬŝůůĞƌƐ͖ dŚĞ dƌĞĞ dŽƉ ^ŬŝŶŶĞƌ͕ ĂŶĚ Ă ŵĂŶ ǁŚŽ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ƉƵƚ ŵƵĐŚ ƚƌƵƐƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ůĂǁ͕ ĞǀĞŶ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ

ŚĞ ŝƐ Ă ďŝŐ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĨŽƌĐĞŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ŝƚ͘ ^ĞĂƐŽŶ &ŽƵƌ ŝƐ ŽƵƚ ŶŽǁ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ h^ ĂŶĚ ůŽŽŬƐ ũƵƐƚ ĂƐ ĞǆĐŝƟ ŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĨƌŝŐŚƚĞŶŝŶŐ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ͘ :ŽŚŶ >ŝƚŚŐŽǁ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁĞƐƚ ƚŚƌĞĂƚ ĂŶĚ ĂŶ ŽůĚ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ ƌĞƚƵƌŶƐ ĨŽƌ Ă ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂů ŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ ƚŽ ĐĂƚĐŚ dƌŝŶŝƚǇ͕ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŶ ǁŚŽ ŬŝůůƐ ǁŽŵĞŶ ŝŶ ƚŚƌĞĞƐ͘ ĞǆƚĞƌ͛Ɛ ĚŽƵďůĞ ůŝĨĞ ƉƌŽǀĞƐ ĞǀĞƌ ŚĂƌĚĞƌ ĂƐ ŚĞ ŶŽǁ ŚĂƐ Ă ďĂďǇ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞƌĞĨŽƌĞ ŵŽƌĞ ĂĐƟ ǀŝƟ ĞƐ ƚŚĂŶ ďŽĚǇ ĚŝƐƉŽƐĂů ƚŽ ŬĞĞƉ Śŝŵ ƵƉ Ăƚ ŶŝŐŚƚ͕ ƐŽ ƚŚĞ ďŝŐ ƋƵĞƐƟ ŽŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ŝƐ͗ ĐĂŶ ŚĞ ŚĂǀĞ ŝƚ Ăůů͕ ĂŶĚ ĐĂŶ ŚĞ ŬĞĞƉ ŝƚ͍ Micha Butler

ǀĞƌďĂů͕ ďƵƚ ŐƌĂƉŚŝĐ͕ Žī Ğƌ ŽĨ ƐĞǆ ƚŽ yĂŶĚĞƌ͍ /ŶĚĞĞĚ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ĞƉŝƐŽĚĞ ƌĞŇ ĞĐƚƐ ďĞĂƵƟ ĨƵůůǇ ƚŚĞ ŵŝǆŝŶŐ ŽĨ ŐĞŶƌĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ Ƶī Ǉ ŚĂŶĚůĞƐ ƐŽ ƐŬŝůĨƵůůǇ͘ dŚĞ ƐƵƉĞƌŶĂƚƵƌĂů ĞůĞŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ĂĐƚƵĂůůǇ ŽƉĞƌĂƚĞƐ ŵŽƐƚůǇ ŵĞƚĂƉŚŽƌŝĐĂůůǇ͕ ĞǆƉŽƐŝŶŐ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶ ĂƐƉĞĐƚƐ ŽĨ ŐƌŽǁŝŶŐ ƵƉ͘ ŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŐŚƐ ĂŶĚ ůŽǁƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ^ĐŽŽďǇ 'ĂŶŐ͕ ǁŚŽƐĞ ůŝǀĞƐ ǁĞ ĨĂůů ƐŽ ĞĂƐŝůǇ ŝŶ ůŽǀĞ ǁŝƚŚ͕ ĂƌĞ ŽŶůǇ ƐĞĐŽŶĚĂƌŝůǇ ĐŽŵƉůŝĐĂƚĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ Ğǀŝů ǀĂŵƉŝƌĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĚĞŵŽŶƐ͘ ^Ž ǁŚŝůƐƚ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ŵĂǇ ďĞ ĐĂůůĞĚ Ƶī Ǉ ƚŚĞ sĂŵƉŝƌĞ ^ůĂǇĞƌ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ŶŽƚ ƚŽ ĨŽƌŐĞƚ͗ Ă ĨĂŶƚĂƐǇ ƐŚŽǁ ŝƐ ĨŽƌ ůŝĨĞ͕ ŶŽƚ ũƵƐƚ ĨŽƌ ,ĂůůŽǁĞĞŶ͊ Nicola Pearson and Josh Weatherill

tŚĞŶ ǇŽƵ ƚŚŝŶŬ ĂďŽƵƚ ŚĂƌŵĞĚ͕ ǇŽƵƌ Į ƌƐƚ ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚ ŵĂǇ ŶŽƚ ďĞ ŚŽƌƌŽƌ ;ĂŶĚ ŝĨ ŝƚ ŝƐ͕ ŶŽƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ƌĞĂƐŽŶƐͿ͘ /Ŷ ĨĂĐƚ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ŝƚƐ ĐĂŵƉ ƐƚŽƌǇůŝŶĞƐ ĂŶĚ ^Ğǆ ŶĚ dŚĞ ŝƚǇ ƐƚǇůĞ ͚ƐŝƐƚĞƌŚŽŽĚ͛ ƉƌŽƚĂŐŽŶŝƐƚ ŐƌŽƵƉ͕ ŵĂŶǇ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƋƵŝĐŬ ƚŽ ĚŝƐŵŝƐƐ ŝƚ ĂůƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ͘ dŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ŵĂǇ ŚĂǀĞ ŝƚƐ ĐƌŝŶŐĞǁŽƌƚŚǇ ŵŽŵĞŶƚƐ͕ ďƵƚ ŝĨ ,ĂůůŽǁĞĞŶ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ ƚŚĞ Ɵ ŵĞ ĨŽƌ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ĨƵŶ͕ ǁŚĞŶ ŝƐ͍ /Ŷ ĨĂĐƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ĞŶĐŽŵƉĂƐƐĞƐ Ăůů ŽĨ ƚŚĞ

ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ǁĞ ĂƐƐŽĐŝĂƚĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚŝƐ Ɵ ŵĞ ŽĨ ǇĞĂƌ͗ ǁŝƚĐŚĞƐ͕ ŵŽŶƐƚĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ŵĂŐŝĐ͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŽĐĐĂƐŝŽŶĂů ŵŝƐŐƵŝĚĞĚ ĐŽƐƚƵŵĞ ĐŚŽŝĐĞ͘ >ŝŬĞ ĂŶǇ ĨĂŶƚĂƐǇ ƐŚŽǁ͕ ƚŚĞ ŽďůŝŐŝƚŽƌǇ ,ĂůůŽǁĞĞŶ ĞƉŝƐŽĚĞ ŚŝŐŚůŝŐŚƚƐ Ăůů ŽĨ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĨĂĐƚŽƌƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨƵŶ ǁĂǇ ǁĞ͛ǀĞ ĐŽŵĞ ƚŽ ĞǆƉĞĐƚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ,ĂůůŝǁĞůů ƐŝƐƚĞƌƐ͕ ƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐ ĂŶ ĞƐĐĂƉĞ ŵŽƌĞ ƐĞƌŝŽƵƐ ƐŚŽǁƐ ŵĂǇ ŶŽƚ ďĞ ŝŶĐůŝŶĞĚ ƚŽ Žī Ğƌ͘ /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ĞƉŝƐŽĚĞ ͚ ůů ,ĂůůŝǁĞůů͛Ɛ ǀĞ͕͛ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ͛Ɛ ƚŚŝƌĚ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ͕ ǁĞ ƐĞĞ ƚŚĞ ƐŝƐƚĞƌƐ ƐĞŶƚ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ϭϳƚŚ ĐĞŶƚƵƌǇ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ƐĂǀĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĂŶĐĞƐƚŽƌ ĨƌŽŵ ďĞŝŶŐ ƚƵƌŶĞĚ Ğǀŝů͕ ƌĞĂĸ ƌŵŝŶŐ ƐŽŵĞ ŬĞǇ ƐƚĞƌĞŽƚǇƉĞƐ ĂůŽŶŐ ƚŚĞ ǁĂǇ͘ dŚĞ ĞƉŝƐŽĚĞ ďĞŐŝŶƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŐŝƌůƐ ƉƌĞƉĂƌŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ

ŵŽƌĞ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚůǇ͕ ǀĞƌǇ ĨŝŶĞͲůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ďƌŽƚŚĞƌƐ ʹ ĨŝŐŚƚ ĂŶĚ ĚĞƐƚƌŽǇ Ğǀŝů ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ƚƌǇ ĂŶĚ ĨŝŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŵŝƐƐŝŶŐ ĨĂƚŚĞƌ͘ ĂĐŚ ĞƉŝƐŽĚĞ ŝƐ ůŝŬĞ Ă ŵŝŶŝ ŚŽƌƌŽƌͲŵŽǀŝĞ͕ ĞůŝĐŝƚŝŶŐ ƐŽŵĞ ǀŝĞǁĞƌƐ ƚŽ ŚŝĚĞ ďĞŚŝŶĚ ĐƵƐŚŝŽŶƐ͕ ĂŶĚ Ăůů ǁŚŽ ǁĂƚĐŚ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ƐƵĐŬĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ǁŽƌůĚ͘ dŚĞ ĚŝĂůŽŐƵĞ ŝƐ ǁŝƚƚǇ ĂŶĚ ĐůĞǀĞƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ŵŽƌĞ͕ ŐĞŶƵŝŶĞůǇ ĨƵŶŶǇ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ƵŶƵƐƵĂů ŝŶ ŝƚƐĞůĨ ŝŶ ĂŶ ŽĨƚĞŶ ĨĂƌ ƚŽŽ ƉŽͲĨĂĐĞĚ ŐĞŶƌĞ͘ tŚĞƌĞĂƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŽƌƌŽƌ ĐĂŶŽŶ ůŝŬĞ ƵĨĨǇ͕ ƚŚĞ ĂǀĞƌĂŐĞ ǀŝĞǁĞƌ ĐĂŶ ŐĞƚ ŶŽƐƚĂůŐŝĐ ĂŶĚ ƚƌĞĂƚ ŝƚ ǁŝƚŚ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ĐŚŝůĚŝƐŚ ƉůĞĂƐƵƌĞ͕ ^ƵƉĞƌŶĂƚƵƌĂů ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ďŝŐ ĚĂĚĚǇ͖ ƚŚĞ ĐƌĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ ĂƌĞ Ğǀŝů ƚƌƵůǇ ƚĞƌƌŝĨǇŝŶŐ͖ ĂĚĚŝĐƚƐ ǁŝůů

ƌĞŵĞŵďĞƌ ͚dŚĞ ,ŽŽŬŵĂŶ͛ ĞƉŝƐŽĚĞ ŝŶ ^ĞƌŝĞƐ KŶĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŝƐ͘ &Žƌ ƚŚŽƐĞ ŶŽƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŬŶŽǁ͕ ƉŝĐƚƵƌĞ Ă ĚĞĂĚ Őŝƌů ůǇŝŶŐ ŝŶ Ă ďĞĚ͕ Ă ĐŽůůĞŐĞ ƌŽŽŵŵĂƚĞ ǁĂŬŝŶŐ ƵƉ͕ ƐĞĞŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ ƐĞĞŝŶŐ ŶŝŶĞ ǁŽƌĚƐ ǁƌŝƚƚĞŶ ŝŶ ďůŽŽĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ǁĂůů ʹ ͞ ƌĞŶ͛ƚ ǇŽƵ ŐůĂĚ ǇŽƵ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ƚƵƌŶ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ůŝŐŚƚ͍͟ ^ŚƵĚĚĞƌ͘ ^Ž ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ĨŝŶĚ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͛Ɛ ŚŽƌƌŽƌ ŵŽǀŝĞƐ Ă ƐŽƌĞ ĚŝƐĂƉƉŽŝŶƚŵĞŶƚ ^ƵƉĞƌŶĂƚƵƌĂů ŝƐ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ĂŶ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŝŶŐ͕ ƐƉŽŽŬǇ ĂŶĚ ŚŝŐŚůǇ ĐŚŝůůŝŶŐ ǁĂƚĐŚ͙ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĨƌŝĞŶĚ͕ ŶĂƚƵƌĂůůǇ͕ ĂŶĚ ŵĂǇďĞ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ƚƵƌŶ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ůŝŐŚƚƐ͘ :ƵƐƚ ŝŶ ĐĂƐĞ͘ Sophie Morgan

,ĂůůŽǁĞĞŶ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƟ ŽŶƐ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ƐĞŶƚ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ Ă Ɵ ŵĞ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ĚĂǇ ŚĂĚ Ă ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞůǇ Ěŝī ĞƌĞŶƚ ŵĞĂŶŝŶŐ͘ ƉƉůĞ ďŽďďŝŶŐ͕ ŵĂƐŬƐ ĂŶĚ ďƌŽŽŵƐƟ ĐŬƐ͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ Ă ĨĂŝƌ ĂŵŽƵŶƚ ŽĨ ĚĞĐĞŝƚ ĂŶĚ ƐĞĐƌĞƚ ŝĚĞŶƟ Ɵ ĞƐ ƚŚƌŽǁŶ ŝŶ͕ ƉƵƐŚĞƐ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ĂůŽŶŐ ƚŽ Ă ĐŽŶĐůƵƐŝŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞƐ WŚŽĞďĞ Ň ǇŝŶŐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ƐŬǇ ŝŶ ƚƌĂĚŝƟ ŽŶĂů ƉŽŝŶƚĞĚ ŚĂƚ ĂŶĚ ĐĂƉĞ͘ dŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƐĐĂƌǇ ͘ tŝƚŚ ĨƌĞƋƵĞŶƚ ƚƌŝƉƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƵŶĚĞƌǁŽƌůĚ ĂŶĚ ĚĞŵŽŶƐ ĐŚĂƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƚĂůĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ŽĨ ŚĂƌŵĞĚ ŝƐ Ă ĚĂŶŐĞƌŽƵƐ ŽŶĞ͖ ďƵƚ ǁŚŽ ƐĂŝĚ ǁĞ ĐŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚ ĞŶũŽǇ ŝƚ͍ Caroline Preece

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03nov09 issue234

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PRIMETIME - THE THICK OF IT

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Last week sadly saw the last episode in the excellent sixth series of Peep Show. But whilst you mourn the loss of Jeremy and Mark for ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ǇĞĂƌ Žƌ ƐŽ͕ ůĞƚ dŚĞ ǀĞŶƚ ƌĞĐŽŵŵĞŶĚ Ă ƐƵŝƚĂďůĞ ƌĞƉůĂĐĞŵĞŶƚ͗ ͛Ɛ The Thick of It. With with Peep Show co-creator Jesse ƌŵƐƚƌŽŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ͛Ɛ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ ƚĞĂŵ ŝƚ ĐŽƵůĚ ǁĞůů ďĞĐŽŵĞ ǇŽƵƌ ŶĞǁ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ Įǆ͘

With so many formulaic American TV shows washing up on our shores, ĞĨǇŝŶŐ 'ƌĂǀŝƚǇ is both refreshing and peculiar. It nestles ƋƵŝƚĞ ŚĂƉƉŝůǇ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƐŽĂƉ ĂŶĚ ƐƉĂĐĞ ŽƉĞƌĂ͖ undeniably an original premise for a show, but one that also happens to be its downfall. Set in the year 2052, ĞĨǇŝŶŐ 'ƌĂǀŝƚǇ follows eight astronauts on a six year mission through ƚŚĞ ^ŽůĂƌ ^ǇƐƚĞŵ͘ dŚĞ ĂƫƚƵĚĞ ƚŚĞ ǁƌŝƚĞƌƐ ƚĂŬĞ ƚŽ ƐƉĂĐĞ ƚƌĂǀĞů ŝŶ ƐŚŽǁƐ ůŝŬĞ ƚŚĞƐĞ ŝƐ ŽŌĞŶ Ă ĐŽŶĐŝƐĞ ƌĞŇĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĨƵƚƵƌŝƐƟĐ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ ďĞŝŶŐ presented to us. Well, just in case you were ǁŽƌƌŝĞĚ ĂďŽƵƚ ĂŐŐƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ ŵŝůŝƚĂƌŝƐƟĐ ĞǆƉĂŶƐŝŽŶ or corporate pillaging of the galaxy’s natural resources, our hero and narrator Donner tells us in a cringeworthy voiceover that man ďĞůŽŶŐƐ ŝŶ ƐƉĂĐĞ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ͕ ǁĞůů͕ ŵĂŶ ŝƐ Ă ƉƌĞƩǇ decent chap, and if you don’t believe him he ŚĂƐ ĂŶ ĂƩƌĂĐƟǀĞ͕ ŚĂƉƉǇͲŐŽͲůƵĐŬǇ ;ĂŶĚ ŵŽƐƚ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚůǇ͕ ŵƵůƟĐƵůƚƵƌĂůͿ ĐƌĞǁ ƚŽ ďĂĐŬ Śŝŵ ƵƉ͘ The exact purpose of the crew’s mission is ŶŽƚ ŵĂĚĞ ĞŶƟƌĞůǇ ĐůĞĂƌ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĂŶŬĨƵůůǇ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ the reason we’re watching. The main focus of the show is the loves, lives and passions of the crew and their nearest and dearest. The claustrophobic ƐĞƫŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐƉĂĐĞƐŚŝƉ ƐŝŵƉůǇ ƐĞƌǀĞƐ ƚŽ elevate the already ramped up sexual tensions. /ƚ͛Ɛ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ ƚŽ ŶŽƚĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŽŶŶĞƌ ŝƐ ƉůĂǇĞĚ by Ron Livingston, an actor who has tried his hand Ăƚ Ă ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ǇĞĂƌƐ͕ ŵŽƐƚ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůǇ ĂƐ Ă ďĂĚĂƐƐ ŚŽƐƚĂŐĞ ŶĞŐŽƟĂƚŽƌ ŝŶ ^ƚĂŶĚŽī and Jack Berger in Sex and the City. He is perfectly cast as the no-nonsense astronaut who plays by nobody’s rules but his own, while

The Thick Of It is the brainchild of writer and Alan Partridge genius Armando Iannucci ĂŶĚ ĨŽůůŽǁƐ ƚŚĞ ĚĂǇͲƚŽͲĚĂǇ ĂĐƟǀŝƚǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĮĐƟŽŶĂů ĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ^ŽĐŝĂů īĂŝƌƐ ĂŶĚ ŝƟǌĞŶƐŚŝƉ ; Ž^ Ϳ͘ dŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ƐĂǁ ƚŚĞ ďƵŵďůŝŶŐ ,ƵŐŚ ďďŽƩ ; ŚƌŝƐ >ĂŶŐŚĂŵͿ ƚƌǇŝŶŐ desperately to head the department with the ĂŝĚ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ^ĞŶŝŽƌ ^ƉĞĐŝĂů ĚǀŝƐĞƌ 'ůĞŶŶ ƵůůĞŶ ;:ĂŵĞƐ ^ŵŝƚŚͿ͕ :ƵŶŝŽƌ WŽůŝĐǇ ĚǀŝƐĞƌ KůůŝĞ ZĞĞĚĞƌ ; ĚĚŝƐŽŶͿ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŝǀŝů ^ĞƌǀŝĐĞ WƌĞƐƐ

^ĞĐƌĞƚĂƌǇ dĞƌƌŝ ŽǀĞƌůĞǇ ;:ŽĂŶŶĂ ^ĐĂŶůĂŶͿ͘ dŚĞŝƌ ǀĂůŝĂŶƚ ĂƩĞŵƉƚƐ Ăƚ ŝŶƚƌŽĚƵĐŝŶŐ ŶĞǁ ƉŽůŝĐǇ ŝŶŝƟĂƟǀĞƐ ŽŌĞŶ ĐŽŵĞ ƵŶĚĞƌ ĮƌĞ ďǇ the incredible whirlwind of profanity that is DĂůĐŽůŵ dƵĐŬĞƌ ;WĞƚĞƌ ĂƉĂůĚŝͿ͕ ǁŚŽ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ WƌŝŵĞ DŝŶŝƐƚĞƌ͛Ɛ ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ŽĨ ŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶƐ and whose idea of a response to a knock on ƚŚĞ ĚŽŽƌ ŝƐ ͞ ŽŵĞ ƚŚĞ &ͲǁŽƌĚ ŝŶ Žƌ &ͲǁŽƌĚ ƚŚĞ &ͲǁŽƌĚ Žī͘͟ KŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŶǇ ďƌŝůůŝĂŶƚ ĂƐƉĞĐƚƐ ŽĨ The Thick Of It͕ ĂƉĂƌƚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƐƚ͕ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ the fact that a lot of it is improvised, is that ǁŚĞŶ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚ ŝŵŝƚĂƟŶŐ ůŝĨĞ͕ ůŝĨĞ͛Ɛ ŝŵŝƚĂƟŶŐ ŝƚ͘ &ŽƵƌ ǇĞĂƌƐ ĂŐŽ ǁŚĞŶ ŝƚ ĮƌƐƚ ĚĞďƵƚĞĚ ŽŶ &ŽƵƌ͕ ŝƚƐ ƚŚŝƌĚ ĞƉŝƐŽĚĞ ĚĞĂůƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŝƐƐƵĞ ŽĨ ,ƵŐŚ ďďŽƩ ĐůĂŝŵŝŶŐ Ă ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ŚŽŵĞ͘ ŶĚ ƚŚŝƐ ǁĂƐ ďĂĐŬ ǁŚĞŶ ,ĂǌĞů ůĞĂƌƐ ĂŶĚ :ĂĐƋƵŝ ^ŵŝƚŚ ƐƟůů ŚĂĚ ũŽďƐ͘ The second series of eight episodes started ŽŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ŶŝŐŚƚ ;ĂŌĞƌ X-Factor - don’t worry, ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ ĐĂƚĐŚ ƚŚĞŵ ďŽƚŚͿ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŶĞǁ DŝŶŝƐƚĞƌ ĨŽƌ Ž^ ͕ EŝĐŽůĂ DƵƌƌĂǇ͕ who is played by cult comedy veteran Rebecca &ƌŽŶƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ĚŝĚ ŶŽƚ ĚŝƐĂƉƉŽŝŶƚ͘ tŝƚŚ ƐǁĞĂƌǇ ƟƌĂĚĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ DĂůĐŽůŵ͕ Ă ŚƵŐĞ ĞƌƌŽƌ Ăƚ Ă ƐŵĂůů press conference, controversy over a lumbar support chair and a Kate Thornton namecheck, it cannot be recommended enough. /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌĚƐ ŽĨ DĂůĐŽůŵ dƵĐŬĞƌ͗ ͞&ΎΎĐŬŝƚǇͲ bye.” ŝƐƌƵƉƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƋƵŝĞƚ ŽĨ Ϯ͕ DĂůĐŽůŵ Tucker et al. spin their way onto screens Saturdays at 10:10pm. Lauren O’Neill

ƐƟůů ŚĂƌďŽƵƌŝŶŐ Ă ƐŽŌ ƐƉŽƚ ĨŽƌ ĂƐƚƌŽͲŚŽƫĞ ŽĞ͘ While it’s certainly entertaining to see characters being drilled by hard-as-nails ƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ ŽĸĐĞƌƐ ŽŶĞ ŵŽŵĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ŐŽƐƐŝƉ ĂďŽƵƚ Ă ĚƌƵŶŬĞŶ ŽŶĞ ŶŝŐŚƚ ƐƚĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ ;ĂŶĚ Ăůů ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƐĐĞŶĞ ŶŽ ůĞƐƐͿ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŚĂƌĚ ƚŽ ŬŶŽǁ ǁŚĂƚ ƐŚŽǁ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ǁĂƚĐŚŝŶŐ ŚĂůĨ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ͘ tŝƚŚ ƚǁŽͲ dimensional characters engaging in clichéd ƐĐĞŶĂƌŝŽƐ ǇŽƵ͛ǀĞ ƐĞĞŶ ƚŽŽ ŵĂŶǇ ƟŵĞƐ ďĞĨŽƌĞ͕ it’s hard to see what there is here for fans of ĨĂƌ ďĞƩĞƌ ǁƌŝƩĞŶ ƐŚŽǁƐ ŽĨ ŝƚƐ ŝůŬ ůŝŬĞ 'ƌĞǇ͛Ɛ Anatomy͘ KŶ ƚŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ŚĂŶĚ͕ ĨŽůůŽǁĞƌƐ ŽĨ ĂƩůĞƐƚĂƌ 'ĂůĂĐƟĐĂ will most likely balk at the ƐŝŵƉůŝƐƟĐ ĂŶĚ ĨƌĂŶŬůǇ ƵŶŝŶƐƉŝƌŝŶŐ ƐƉĂĐĞ ŐĂĚŐĞƚƐ ŽŶ ĚŝƐƉůĂǇ͘ dŚĂƚ ƐĂŝĚ͕ ŚĂƚƐ ŵƵƐƚ ďĞ ĚŽīĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ǁƌŝƚĞƌƐ ĨŽƌ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ Ă ǌĞƌŽ ŐƌĂǀŝƚǇ ƐĞǆ ƐĐĞŶĞ͘

ůĞĂƌ ĐƵƚ ĐŽŶŇŝĐƚƐ ĂŶĚ ĞĂƐǇ ƚŽ ĚŝŐĞƐƚ ƚŚĞŵĞƐ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚŝƐ ŐŽŽĚ ĨŽĚĚĞƌ ĨŽƌ Ă ůĂǌǇ dŚƵƌƐĚĂǇ ŶŝŐŚƚ ďƌĂŝŶ ƐǁŝƚĐŚ Žī͕ ďƵƚ ĞǆƉĞĐƟŶŐ ĂŶǇ ƌĞĂů depth or originality is probably a mistake. Catch Defying Gravity ĂƐ ŝƚ ŇŽĂƚƐ ŽŶ ƚŽ Ϯ͕ Thursdays at 9pm. Jack Swain

DVD BOX-SETS: THE NATURAL ENEMY OF THE COMMON DEGREE So everybody has had one, that day where you ƌĞĂůůǇ ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ĚŽ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ͘ ƐƐĂǇ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ ŝƐ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ǀĞƌǇ ďŽƩŽŵ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽƌƚ ůŝƐƚ of things you’re willing to consider. So what do you do? Put the newest box set on the TV, and ĂǁĂǇ ǇŽƵ ŐŽ͘ /ƚ ƚĂŬĞƐ ŵŝŶŝŵĂů ĞīŽƌƚ ĂŶĚ ŬĞĞƉƐ you entertained for hours. Now all you need to ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĞƌĞŽƚǇƉĞ ŝƐ ũƵŶŬ ĨŽŽĚ ĂŶĚ ůĂǌǇ day clothes. Ɛ ĨŽƌŵƐ ŽĨ ƉƌŽĐƌĂƐƟŶĂƟŽŶ ŐŽ͕ Ăƚ ůĞĂƐƚ doesn’t make you feel as though you’ve done absolutely nothing all day. A weird phenomenon

GRAPEVINE Nobody wanted to write about School of Comedy this issue. Then again, nobody wanted to write about it last issue, so I should really take that as a hint to give in. Instead, I’m going to take it as a sign that the world needs convincing that School of Comedy ŝƐ ďŽƚŚ ǁŽƌƚŚ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ ĂďŽƵƚ Ͳ ǁŚŝĐŚ ďŽŝůƐ ĚŽǁŶ ƚŽ ĮǀĞ ƌĞĂƐŽŶƐ͗ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŶĞǁ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƌŝƟƐŚ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŽŶ ϰ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƐƚ importantly, it’s all of these things and yet not soul-crushingly dull. dŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚ ƚŽ ƐĂǇ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŐŽŽĚ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ŽŌĞŶ Ă ůŝƩůĞ

exists that if the characters have accomplished something, you feel as though you have too and it becomes okay to leave that essay for tomorrow. So why do DVDs and degrees mix as badly as lager, cider and blackcurrant? It’s the nature of the box set. A good analogy would be to give a child a months supply of sweets, and expect it not to eat the lot in one day. Nobody likes to ǁĂŝƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚƵŶŝŶŐ ŝŶ ǁĞĞŬ ĂŌĞƌ ǁĞĞŬ ĨŽƌ ǇŽƵƌ favourite series - although useful to alleviate the tedium of the evening in - is really a bit too ŵƵĐŚ ĞīŽƌƚ͘ /ŶƐƚĞĂĚ ǁŚǇ ŶŽƚ ǁĂƚĐŚ ŝƚ Ăůů Ăƚ ŽŶĐĞ͍

WƌŽďůĞŵ ƐŽůǀĞĚ͘ EŽƚ ƚŽ ŵĞŶƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ĞƉŝƐŽĚĞ you missed, and that can’t possibly be watched ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ƐĞƋƵĞŶĐĞ͘ EŽǁ ďƌŝŶŐ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĞƚ ƐŚŽƉƉŝŶŐ into the mix and you’ve got real problems. It’s all too easy to forget that, while some ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ƐĞĞŵ ƐŽ ŵƵĐŚ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ŶŽǁ ;Žƌ ůĞƚƐ ĨĂĐĞ ŝƚ͕ ĨƵŶͿ͕ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƚŚƌĞĞ ǇĞĂƌƐ͕ unless you come away with a decent degree, you may not be given the choice as to how to spend the day. So put down that box-set or face a future shelving them at HMV. Caroline Walker

bit racist, sexist, xenophobic, homophobic or just plain dumb, but then it’s also performed by kids, which is cute. Starring the brilliant Will Poulter of Son of Rambow, as well as various other preƉƵďĞƐĐĞŶƚ ƐĂƟƌŝƐƚƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƐŝŵŝůĂƌůǇ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ůĞǀĞůƐ ŽĨ talent, School of Comedy is like coming home to discover your child has shaved a word he doesn’t understand into the dog - if you don’t laugh, it’s ũƵƐƚ ĂŶŶŽǇŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŽīĞŶƐŝǀĞ͘ Speaking of enjoyment through ignorance of inherent faults, Doctor Who returns Sunday 15th EŽǀĞŵďĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĂƐƚƌŽŶŽŵŝĐĂůůǇ ƟŵĞůǇ ƟƚůĞ ͚dŚĞ tĂƚĞƌƐ ŽĨ DĂƌƐ͕͛ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůǇ ǁĂƚĞƌͲĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌŝŶŐ ƐĐŝĞŶƟƐƚƐ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ĐŽŶĨƵƐŝŶŐ

their televisions and their telescopes. ƉƉĂƌĞŶƚůǇ ^ƚĞǀĞŶ DŽīĂƚ ŚĂƐ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞĚ ƉŚǇƐŝĐŝĂŶ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ϭϭ͕ DĂƩ ^ŵŝƚŚ ŝƐ simply “the best” while Tennant has said tearful goodbyes as he departs for the neighbouring set of the The Sarah Jane Adventures. Smith ŵĂƌŬƐ ƚŚĞ ǇŽƵŶŐĞƐƚ D͘ ͘ ŝŶ ƟŵĞ ƚƌĂǀĞů ƐŽ ĨĂƌ͕ ĂŶĚ DŽīĂƚ ŚĂƐ ŶĞŝƚŚĞƌ ĐŽŶĮƌŵĞĚ Žƌ ĚĞŶŝĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƌƵŵŽƵƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂŶŶĞĚ ĂůƚĞƌĂƟŽŶƐ ƚŽ dĂƌĚŝƐ will make it smooth and white with a lower-case ͚ŝ͛ ĂĚĚĞĚ ƚŽ ŝƚƐ ŶĂŵĞ͕ ŵĂƌŬŝŶŐ ^ŵŝƚŚ͛Ɛ ĮƌƐƚ ďĂƩůĞ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ĂŶ ĂƌŵǇ ŽĨ ĐŽŵƉĂƟďŝůŝƚǇ ŝƐƐƵĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŌ͘ /Ŷ ŶĞǁƐ ƐŽ ŵƵĐŚ ƐĂĚĚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƌĞ ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƐŽŵĞǁŚĂƚ ŝŶƐƵůƟŶŐ ƚŽ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞ ŝƚ ĂŌĞƌ ŚĂůĨͲ

hearted iPod jokes, Andrew Lloyd Webber has ďĞĞŶ ĚŝĂŐŶŽƐĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƉƌŽƐƚĂƚĞ ĐĂŶĐĞƌ͘ EŽ ŵĂƩĞƌ how you feel about reality TV and the funnyfaced one jokes about it, it would be callous and ĨƌĂŶŬůǇ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ ƚŽ ĐŽŵĞ ƵƉ ǁŝƚŚ ʹ ƐŽ / ǁŽŶ͛ƚ͘ Although there’s no guarantee there won’t be a musical number about it on School of Comedy’s last episode. Yeah, it does musical numbers too. Next issue, to mark Remembrance Day we’ll ŚĂǀĞ Ă ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŶŽďůĞ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁĂƌ drama that is almost as old as war itself. Because, while that’s not even remotely possible, it sounds good. Josh Butler

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The Event was present at the London MCM Expo ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ϮϰƚŚ ŽĨ KĐƚŽďĞƌ ůĂƐƚ ǁĞĞŬ͕ ƋƵĞƵŝŶŐ ƵƉ ǁŝƚŚ ŵĂŶǇ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĞŶƚŚƵƐŝĂƐƟĐ sĂůǀĞ ĨĂŶƐ ĂŶĚ gamers at the >ĞŌ ϰ ĞĂĚ Ϯ booth and we had a ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ Ă ŚĂŶĚƐͲŽŶ ƉůĂǇ ƚĞƐƚ ŽĨ >ĞŌ ϰ ĞĂĚ Ϯ ;>ϰ ϮͿ to our great excitement. >ĞŌ ϰ ĞĂĚ Ϯ ŝƐ ĞƐƐĞŶƟĂůůǇ ůŝŬĞ ǁŚĂƚ ŽŶĞ ŚĂƐ come to expect from every other game with a ŶƵŵďĞƌ ƚĂŐŐĞĚ ŽŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ŽĨ ŝƚ Ͳ Ă ƌĞŚĂƐŚ Žƌ Ă ƐĞƋƵĞů ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ĞǆƚƌĞŵĞůǇ ƐŝŵŝůĂƌ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ďƵƚ ǁŝƚŚ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ͛ůů ŵĂŬĞ ǇŽƵ ǁĂŶƚ to buy the new version, provided you enjoyed the previous game. Not that this is a bad thing, far from it, >ϰ Ϯ is an immensely enjoyable game and one cannot begrudge it simply for being a ƐĞƋƵĞů͘ For those unfamiliar with the original, >ĞŌ ϰ ĞĂĚ and >ϰ Ϯ are both FPS (First Person ^ŚŽŽƚĞƌͿ ŐĂŵĞƐ ƐĞƚ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĂŌĞƌŵĂƚŚ ŽĨ ĂŶ ĂƉŽĐĂůǇƉƟĐ ǌŽŵďŝĞ ŝŶǀĂƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͕ ĂŶĚ follows four survivors in their struggle to reach a rescue vehicle that will take them to safety at the climax of the campaign. The game has ŵƵůƟƉůĞ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶƐ ĐŽŶƐŝƐƟŶŐ ŽĨ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ůĞǀĞůƐ͘ dŚĞ ůĞǀĞůƐ ĂŶĚ ŐĂŵĞƉůĂǇ ĂƌĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ŽŶ ĞĂĐŚ play through due to the AI engine that has been dubbed the “Director” that monitors the players’ performance and changes things to provide a challenge. For example, a new feature in >ϰ Ϯ is that in the Hard Rain campaign, the ĂŵŽƵŶƚ ŽĨ ƌĂŝŶ ǁŝůů ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞ ƉƌŽƉŽƌƟŽŶĂůůǇ ƚŽ how well the players are doing, making visibility more of an issue and making it harder to do what >ϰ ŝƐ Ăůů ĂďŽƵƚ͖ ƐƉƌĂǇŝŶŐ ǌŽŵďŝĞ͛Ɛ ŐƵƚƐ and brains everywhere. On the topic of gore, ƚŚĞ ŽǀĞƌǁŚĞůŵŝŶŐ ůĞǀĞůƐ ŽĨ ǌŽŵďŝĞ ďŝƚƐ ŇǇŝŶŐ everywhere has been increased so much from ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŐĂŵĞ ;ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇ ŝĨ ƵƐŝŶŐ ĞǆƉůŽƐŝǀĞƐͿ ƚŚĂƚ Australia have taken it upon themselves to ban ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ĞŶƟƌĞůǇ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐŚŽƌĞƐ͕ ƐƟƌƌŝŶŐ ƵƉ ƋƵŝƚĞ Ă ďŝƚ ŽĨ ĐŽŶƚƌŽǀĞƌƐǇ͘

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The game is no stranger to debate despite the fact it that has not even yet been released. /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ǁĞĞŬƐ ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ ŝƚƐ ŝŶŝƟĂů ĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞŵĞŶƚ Ăƚ ϯ͕ Ă ͚ ŽǇĐŽƩ >ϰ Ϯ’ movement was formed, ǁŝƚŚ Ă ^ƚĞĂŵ 'ƌŽƵƉ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĚŝƐŐƌƵŶƚůĞĚ ĨĂĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ >ϰ fan base reaching nearly ϰϬ͕ϬϬϬ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ƌĞƐƵůƚĞĚ ŝŶ sĂůǀĞ ŇǇŝŶŐ in two of the groups leaders and having them personally play test the game. They responded ĨĂǀŽƵƌĂďůǇ͕ ƐĂǇŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ĨĞůƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĞƋƵĞů was “well done”. The steam group has now been shut down by its leaders. /Ŷ ƚĞƌŵƐ ŽĨ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŐĂŵĞ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ƋƵŝƚĞ Ă ĨĞǁ͘ /Ŷ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ ƚŽ ĐŽŵŵŽŶ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ǇŽƵ͛Ě ĞǆƉĞĐƚ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ƐĞƋƵĞů ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ŐĞŶĞƌĂů user interface updates, graphical updates, new common grunt enemies and textures, >ϰ Ϯ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚƐ ĮǀĞ ŶĞǁ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ďŝŐŐĞƌ ŝŶ ůĞŶŐƚŚ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚŽƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŐĂŵĞ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ĞĂĐŚ playable in campaign, versus, survival and the ŶĞǁ ƐĐĂǀĞŶŐĞ ŵŽĚĞ͘ /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌĚƐ ŽĨ sĂůǀĞ͕ “scavenge mode challenges players to compete in ƌŽƵŶĚͲďĂƐĞĚ ŐĂŵĞƐ ŽĨ ƵƉ ƚŽ ϴ ƉůĂǇĞƌƐ ;^ƵƌǀŝǀŽƌƐ ǀƐ͘ /ŶĨĞĐƚĞĚͿ͘ dŚĞ ^ƵƌǀŝǀŽƌƐ ŵƵƐƚ ďĂƩůĞ ďŽƚŚ ƚŚĞ Infected and the clock as they collect gas cans to refuel a generator located in each map. Every can the Survivors pour into the generator scores ƚŚĞŝƌ ƚĞĂŵ Ă ƉŽŝŶƚ ĂŶĚ ĂĚĚƐ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐůŽĐŬ͘͟ The game has special types of non regular ǌŽŵďŝĞƐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĂƌĞ Ă ŵĂŝŶ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ǁŚĂƚ ŐŝǀĞƐ >ϰ its charm and team gameplay due to the fact that ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ŐĞƚ ĐĂƵŐŚƚ ďǇ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞƐĞ ǌŽŵďŝĞƐ͕ ǇŽƵ ǁŝůů ŶĞĞĚ ŚĞůƉ ĨƌŽŵ ǇŽƵƌ ƚĞĂŵ͘ dŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŐĂŵĞ featured things such as “Boomers”, “Smokers”, and the infamous “Witches” and “Tanks” which are extremely deadly if not approached with ƵƚŵŽƐƚ ĐĂƵƟŽŶ͘ >ϰ Ϯ brings these all back and ĂĚĚƐ ŝŶ ƚŚƌĞĞ ƚǇƉĞƐ ŽĨ ŶĞǁ ǌŽŵďŝĞƐ͖ ͞:ŽĐŬĞǇƐ͕͟ ͞^ƉŝƩĞƌƐ͕͟ ĂŶĚ ͞ ŚĂƌŐĞƌƐ͘͟ :ŽĐŬĞǇƐ ǁŝůů͕ ĂƐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŶĂŵĞ ŝŵƉůŝĞƐ͕ ƌŝĚĞ ǇŽƵ ůŝŬĞ Ă :ŽĐŬĞǇ ĂŶĚ ŵĂŬĞ you unable to do anything except run where

ƚŚĞǇ ŵĂŬĞ ǇŽƵ Ͳ ƵƐƵĂůůǇ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ŚŽƌĚĞ ŽĨ ǌŽŵďŝĞƐ͕ Žƌ ŝŶƚŽ ^ƉŝƩĞƌ ĂĐŝĚ͘ ^ƉŝƩĞƌƐ ƐƉŝƚ ĂĐŝĚ ŽŶƚŽ Ă ůĂƌŐĞ ĂƌĞĂ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŇŽŽƌ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁŝůů ĚĂŵĂŐĞ ǇŽƵ ǀĞƌǇ ĨĂƐƚ Ͳ ŝƚ ĂůƐŽ ƐĞƌǀĞƐ ƚŽ ƐƉůŝƚ ƚŚĞ ƚĞĂŵ ŝŶ ŚĂůĨ ŝĨ ƚŚĞ ^ƉŝƩĞƌ ĚĞƉůŽǇƐ ŝƚƐ ǁĞĂƉŽŶ ŝŶƚĞůůŝŐĞŶƚůǇ͘ The Charger is the most mundane of the new ǌŽŵďŝĞƐ͖ ŝƚ ǁŝůů ƐŝŵƉůǇ ĐŚĂƌŐĞ Ăƚ ǇŽƵ ĂŶĚ ŬŶŽĐŬ you down. There are also a variety of new weapons and ŝƚĞŵƐ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ Ă ĚĞĮďƵůĂƚŽƌ ;ĚĞĮď ĨŽƌ ƐŚŽƌƚͿ which can be used to pick up team mates if they die. This item is crucial for the new realism mode, which places a special focus on teamwork ďǇ ŝŵƉůĞŵĞŶƟŶŐ Ă ǀĂƌŝĞƚǇ ŽĨ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ͘ sĂůǀĞ͛Ɛ ŚĞƚ &ĂůŝƐǌĞŬ ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚĞĚ ŝŶ ĂŶ ŝŶƚĞƌǀŝĞǁ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůǇ ĂďŽƵƚ ƌĞĂůŝƐŵ ŵŽĚĞ͘ EŽŶͲŚĞĂĚƐŚŽƚƐ ĚŽ ůŝƩůĞ ĚĂŵĂŐĞ ƚŽ ǌŽŵďŝĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ ŵĂŶǇ tŝƚĐŚĞƐ that wander around and will instantly kill anyone. dŚĞ ǌŽŵďŝĞƐ ǁŝůů ŽŌĞŶ ǁŽƌŬ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ :ŽĐŬĞǇ ƐƉĞĐŝĮĐĂůůǇ ďĞŝŶŐ ͚ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞĚ ƚŽ ǁŽƌŬ ǁŝƚŚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ǌŽŵďŝĞƐ͛͘ &ƵƌƚŚĞƌŵŽƌĞ͕ ŝƚĞŵƐ ǁŝůů ŶŽ longer glow from a distance, and melee weapons ŶŽǁ ƉůĂǇ Ă ŵŽƌĞ ƉƌŽŵŝŶĞŶƚ ƉĂƌƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ Ͳ you can pick up melee weapons separately from ŐƵŶƐ ŶŽǁ ;Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĞǆƉĞŶƐĞ ŽĨ ǇŽƵƌ ƐŝĚĞĂƌŵͿ Ͳ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ ƋƵŝƚĞ ůŝŬĞ ƌƵŶŶŝŶŐ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ŚŽƌĚĞ ŽĨ ǌŽŵďŝĞƐ͕ ĚĞĐĂƉŝƚĂƟŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ ǁŝƚŚ ǇŽƵƌ ŐƵŝƚĂƌ or katana. There’s also incendiary and explosive ammo, an item that sprays boomer bile over

GAMING ON THE CHEAP If you’re like most students, you won’t have a £900 gaming computer, and can’t run the latest, most graphically demanding games. However, ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ Ă ƌĂŌ ŽĨ ĐŚĞĂƉ͕ ůŽǁͲƌĞƐŽƵƌĐĞ ƵƐĞ games available that will run on almost any computer, be it desktop or laptop.Here are a few ĐŚĞĂƉ ŐĂŵĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ŐƌĞĂƚ ĨŽƌ ƉĂƐƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ͗ Audiosurf, Peggle and World Of Goo͘ dŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ game is similar to Guitar Hero͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ůĂƩĞƌ ƚǁŽ ĂƌĞ ĞƐƐĞŶƟĂůůǇ ƉƵǌǌůĞ ŐĂŵĞƐ͘ In Audiosurf players can convert any of the songs on their computer into a road which the player must drive along in a variety of vehicles ǁŚŝůƐƚ ŵĂŶŝƉƵůĂƟŶŐ ďůŽĐŬƐ ƚŽ ĂĐƋƵŝƌĞ ƉŽŝŶƚƐ͘ dŚĞ speed of the vehicle and the shape of the road ĐŚĂŶŐĞƐ ĐŽŶƟŶƵŽƵƐůǇ ĚĞƉĞŶĚŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƉĞĞĚ and intensity of the song being played.

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In Peggle, players must clear as many balls from the screen as possible with a limited number of shots. Once all the orange balls are hit, the level is over. There is gravity, and your ƐŚŽƚƐ ǁŝůů ĨĂůů Žī ƚŚĞ ƐĐƌĞĞŶ ĞǀĞŶƚƵĂůůǇ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ games physics engine means each shot should ďĞ Ă ĐĂůĐƵůĂƚĞĚ ĂƩĞŵƉƚ ƚŽ Śŝƚ ĂƐ ŵĂŶǇ ďĂůůƐ ǁŝƚŚ

ƚŚĞ ŐƌĞĂƚĞƐƚ ĞĸĐŝĞŶĐǇ ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ͘ World Of Goo ŝƐ ĂŶ ƚŽ ƉƵǌǌůĞ ŐĂŵĞ where the player must direct the goo from the ƐƚĂƌƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĮŶŝƐŚ ďǇ ƵƟůŝƐŝŶŐ ƐƵĐŚ ƚĞĐŚŶŝƋƵĞƐ ĂƐ bridge building and using a variety of goo types that peform a plethora of tasks. The game has been noted for its impressive soundtrack and

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ǇŽƵƌ ƚĂƌŐĞƚ͕ ĚƌŝǀŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĨĞĐƚĞĚ ƚŽ ĂƩĂĐŬ ƚŚĞŵ Ͳ Ă ŐŽŽĚ ĂŶƟͲƚĂŶŬ ŵĞĂƐƵƌĞ Ͳ ĂŶĚ Ă ǀĂƌŝĞƚǇ ŽĨ ŶĞǁ ŐƵŶƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ƉŝƐƚŽůƐ͕ ƌŝŇĞƐ͕ ƐŚŽƚŐƵŶƐ ĂŶĚ others. >ĞŌ ϰ ĞĂĚ Ϯ brings to the table a whole host of new things; items, gameplay modes, weapons, and uncommon infected that wear riot armour Žƌ ŚĂǌŵĂƚ ƐƵŝƚƐ Ͳ ƌĞŶĚĞƌŝŶŐ ǇŽƵƌ ĂƩĂĐŬƐ Ă ůŽƚ ůĞƐƐ ĞīĞĐƟǀĞ͘ /ƚ ƚĂŬĞƐ ĞǀĞƌǇƚŚŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ game and builds upon it, giving the franchise a much needed update and breath of fresh air. This ŐĂŵĞ ŝƐ Ă ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞ ŵƵƐƚͲďƵǇ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ĂƌĞ Ă ĨĂŶ ŽĨ ŝŶƚĞŶƐĞ ĂŶĚ ŚĞĐƟĐ &W^͕ ůŽǀĞ ŬŝůůŝŶŐ ǌŽŵďŝĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ team play. Despite the nagging voice in the back of one’s mind complaining about how it should ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ĂŶ ĞǆƉĂŶƐŝŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŐĂŵĞ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ Ă ƐĞƉĂƌĂƚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ĞŶƟƌĞůǇ͕ ƐƵĐŚ ĚŽƵďƚƐ ĂƌĞ blown away once one plays the game and is totally absorbed by the atmosphere, music, ĂŶĚ ƉƵŵƉŝŶŐ ǇŽƵƌ <Ͳϰϳ ƌŽƵŶĚƐ ŝŶƚŽ ŚŽƌĚĞƐ ŽĨ ǌŽŵďŝĞƐ ǁŚŝůĞ ĐŚĂŽƐ ĞƌƵƉƚƐ Ăůů ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ǇŽƵ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƌŵ ŽĨ ŐƵŝƚĂƌƐ ĚĞĐĂƉŝƚĂƟŶŐ ǌŽŵďŝĞƐ͕ ĞǆƉůŽƐŝŽŶƐ ƌŝƉƉŝŶŐ Žī ǌŽŵďŝĞ ůŝŵďƐ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ĚŽǌĞŶƐ͕ ĂŶĚ someone yelling “TANK!” Richard Joslin Available on: PC, Xbox 360 (Review based on PC version) Price: £30 PC | £50

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atmosphere. All these games are available on PC. Richard Joslin & William Moran Audiosurf: £5.99 Peggle: £9.99 World Of Goo: £16.99/Free Demo

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sŝƌƚƵĂů ǁŽƌůĚƐ͕ ƚŽ ŵĂŶǇ͕ ĂƌĞ ĮĐƟƟŽƵƐ ƉŝƉĞ dreams of the future; however they have existed ĨŽƌ ŵĂŶǇ ǇĞĂƌƐ͘ &ƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĚĂǇƐ ŽĨ ƚĞǆƚ ďĂƐĞĚ DƵůƟ User Dungeons (MUDs) like Utopia in the early 90s, to the society of Second Life in 2003 and the massively successful tŽƌůĚ ŽĨ tĂƌĐƌĂŌ released ŝŶ ϮϬϬϰ͘ tŝƚŚŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŚĂůĨ ŽĨ ϮϬϬϵ ĂůŽŶĞ ƚŚĞƌĞ was an increase of 39% in DĂƐƐŝǀĞůǇ DƵůƟƉůĂǇĞƌ Online game (or MMO for short) ƐƵďƐĐƌŝƉƟŽŶƐ͕ ďƌŝŶŐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ƐƵďƐĐƌŝďĞƌƐ ƚŽ ϱϵϳ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ůĂƌŐĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƉƵůĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ the USA. Almost all large game publishers are ƉƌŽĚƵĐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽǁŶ DDK ĨƌĂŶĐŚŝƐĞƐ͖ ĐƟǀŝƐŝŽŶͲ ůŝǌǌĂƌĚ ŚĂƐ tŽƌůĚ ŽĨ tĂƌĐƌĂŌ (WoW), Sony has Everquest ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞŶ ĞƚŚĞƐĚĂ ^ŽŌǁŽƌŬƐ are working on a Fallout MMO. Their appeal to developers resides in their ability to generate ǀĞƌǇ ŚŝŐŚ ƌĞǀĞŶƵĞ͕ ƌĞǀĞŶƵĞ ƚŚĂƚ ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƌĞͲ invested back into the game, or used on other projects. However the cost on gamers is shocking. DĂŶǇ ŐĂŵĞƌƐ ĂƌĞ ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƉĂǇ Ă ŽŶĞͲŽī ĨĞĞ ƚŽ ƉƵƌĐŚĂƐĞ ĂŶĚ ƉůĂǇ Ă ŐĂŵĞ͕ ŽĐĐĂƐŝŽŶĂůůǇ ŝŶǀĞƐƟŶŐ more money to buy expansions to further extend ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ͕ ĂůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ŝŶ ŵĂŶǇ DDK ƟƚůĞƐ ƚŚĞ ƉĂǇŵĞŶƚ ŵŽĚĞů ŝƐ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ͘ ^ŽŵĞ DDKƐ͕ ƐƵĐŚ as Second Life, it’s free to download and play; however if you wish to improve your experience you have to pay. With these games it’s not so much paying to ‘level up’ but instead to enrich your experience within the game. Further to this, many MMOs work by paying for a copy of the game, and then paying a monthly fee to keep playing; this cost varies from game to game (and is usually no more than £10). In the case of many MMOs you then also pay for any expansion packs released. This proves very expensive for many gamers; although as the numbers show, the cost isn’t enough to lure them away from ƚŚĞ ƚĞŵƉƚĂƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ĞǆƉůŽƌŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƐŽĐŝĂůŝƐŝŶŐ ŝŶ Ă

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virtual world. The problem lies with this lure of MMOs levelling mechanics; cases have been reported of many gamers becoming so enthralled in their environment that they neglect real life, playing the game excessively to the detriment of their social lives. There is a minority of gamers who are addicted to levelling up, or ‘grinding’ as it is called ďǇ ŵĂŶǇ ŐĂŵĞƌƐ͕ ũƵƐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ůŝƩůĞ ďŝƚ ƚŽŽ ŵƵĐŚ͕ and become totally immersed in the game. As any player of Role Playing Games (RPGs) knows levelling up can become something of a slog to get through and, in turn, become something ǇŽƵ ĞŶĚ ƵƉ ƐƚƌŝǀŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĂĐŚŝĞǀĞ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĂůůǇ͘ tŝƚŚ MMOs the levelling system varies from game to game, for example in EVE Online (a space

ĞǆƉůŽƌĂƟŽŶ ďĂƐĞĚ DDKͿ ǇŽƵƌ ƐŬŝůůƐ ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ůĞǀĞů up by grinding, but with the sheer amount of ƟŵĞ ǇŽƵ ƉƵƚ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ʹ ĂůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐŬŝůůƐ ĞǀĞŶ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂǇĞƌ ŝƐ ŽŋŝŶĞ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ůĞǀĞůůŝŶŐ ƵƉ ŝƐ ůĞƐƐ important in EVE, a game which is more about the management of resources and trade, than in other MMOs such as WoW where levelling up is ĂĐŚŝĞǀĞĚ ďǇ ŐĂŝŶŝŶŐ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ĨƌŽŵ ĮŐŚƚƐ͘ This is not to stereotype the typical MMO ŐĂŵĞƌ͕ ǁŚŽ ĐĂŶ ďĂůĂŶĐĞ ĂŶ ĂĐƟǀĞ ŚĞĂůƚŚǇ ƐŽĐŝĂů life and a sustained presence within the virtual ǁŽƌůĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŚŽŝĐĞ͕ ďƵƚ ŝŶƐƚĞĂĚ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽ ĮŶĚ themselves unable to juggle both a real world life and a virtual one. These make up the minority of gamers.

MY FACEBOOK FAVOURITE ŌĞƌ ĚŝƐĂƉƉĞĂƌŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ ŽƵƌ ƉƌŽĮůĞƐ last year, Get A Room Or This Happens UEA ŚĂƐ ĮŶĂůůǇ ďĞĞŶ ƌĞƐƵƌƌĞĐƚĞĚ͊ Anyone making drunken LCR ĐŽŶƋƵĞƐƚƐ ǁŝůů ŶŽǁ ŶŽƚ ŽŶůǇ ĚƌĞĂĚ the hangovers of Wednesday and Sunday mornings, they will also fear ƚŚĞ ŝŶĞǀŝƚĂďůĞ ŶŽƟĮĐĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ appearance in this now legendary group’s photo album. Never has anything so accurately documented the hilarious nature of the LCR and its sordid goings on, providing photographic evidence of ƚŚĞ ĂůĐŽŚŽůͲŝŶĚƵĐĞĚ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ

would much rather forget. Though is it amusing to trawl through the photos tagging, and ĐŽŶƐĞƋƵĞŶƚůǇ ƐŚĂŵŝŶŐ͕ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ ǁŚŽ clearly got on the wrong side of a few snakebites, the real novelty is ƚŚĞ ƉĂƉĂƌĂǌǌŝ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ͕ ƉŽƐŝŶŐ ĨĂƌĐŝĐĂůůǇ ŶĞǆƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ǀŝĐƟŵƐ ǁŚŽ ĂƌĞ oblivious to their capture. If you’ve never looked at this group before it is certainly advisable, not just for your entertainment but also to ĐŚĞĐŬ ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵƌ ĨĂĐĞ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ ĂƩĂĐŚĞĚ ƚŽ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ͛Ɛ ŝŶ ĂŶ ŝŶĐƌŝŵŝŶĂƟŶŐ ƐŶĂƉ͊ Grace Simpson

There have been instances of serious injury occurring from prolonged play. In one of most serious cases a Beijing gamer, known as ‘Snowly’ in the online community, actually ĚŝĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ĨĂƟŐƵĞ͘ ŌĞƌ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ĚĂǇƐ ĐŽŶƟŶƵŽƵƐůǇ͕ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂǇĞƌ ǁĂƐ ƉƌĞƉĂƌŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ Ă ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ ĮŐŚƚ ŚĞƌ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ǁĂƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŽ ƵŶĚĞƌƚĂŬĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĞǆŚĂƵƐƟŽŶ ƚŽŽŬ ŝƚƐ ƚŽůů ƵƉŽŶ ŚĞƌ ďŽĚǇ͘ dŚŝƐ ƐƉĂƌŬĞĚ Ă ŶĞǁƐ ĨƌĞŶǌǇ ĂŝŵĞĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŬĞƌƐ ŽĨ ƐƵĐŚ DDKƐ͘ ^ŚŽƌƚůǇ ĂŌĞƌ͕ ŝŶ Ă ĐĂƐĞ ŽĨ ŝŶĞǆƉůŝĐĂďůǇ ĐůŽƐĞ ƟŵŝŶŐ͕ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ƉůĂǇĞƌ ŬŶŽǁŶ ŽŶůŝŶĞ ĂƐ ͚dŚĞƌĞĂŌĞƌ͛ ĂůƐŽ ĚŝĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ĨĂƟŐƵĞ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ĂƌĞ ŽďǀŝŽƵƐůǇ ĞǆƚƌĞŵĞ ĐĂƐĞƐ ďƵƚ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ďƌŽƵŐŚƚ ƚŚĞ ŝƐƐƵĞ ŽĨ ĂĚĚŝĐƟǀĞ ĂŶĚ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂůůǇ ŚĂƌŵĨƵů ŐĂŵĞƉůĂǇ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ of MMO creators, and has prompted them to ďĞŐŝŶ ĐƌĞĂƟŶŐ ŵĞƚŚŽĚƐ ƚŽ ƌĞƐƚƌŝĐƚ ŐĂŵĞ ƟŵĞ ĨŽƌ ƉůĂǇĞƌƐ ƐŽ ƚŚĞǇ ĂǀŽŝĚ ĞǆŚĂƵƐƟŽŶ͘ dŚŝƐ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ brings up the issue that as paying players, they will be losing their right to play and use a service they have paid for. ‘Dungeon crawling’ does however create a social network in the game; by teaming up with fellow players and raiding ĚƵŶŐĞŽŶƐ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ ƌŝĐŚĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ͕ DDK gamers become part of a community. Overall, like any other game out there MMOs ĂƌĞ ĂĚĚŝĐƟǀĞ ƚŽ ƉůĂǇ ĂŶĚ ŐŽŽĚ ĨƵŶ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŽƐĞ who enjoy them, though in a minority of cases they have drained bank accounts, ruined social ŝŶƚĞƌĂĐƟŽŶ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ŵĂŶǇ ĨĂǀŽƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚĂůŬ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ friends in game rather than those they know outside the game world, and in extreme and rare cases MMOs end with the death of loved ones. There is a healthy community spirit within these ŐĂŵĞƐ͖ ŝŶ ĨĂĐƚ ͚^ŶŽǁůǇ͛ ĂŶĚ ͚dŚĞƌĞĂŌĞƌ͛ ǁĞƌĞ ŵŽƵƌŶĞĚ ĂŶĚ ŚĂĚ ĨƵŶĞƌĂůƐ Ͳ ďŽƚŚ ŝŶ ƌĞĂů ůŝĨĞ ĂŶĚ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ǀŝƌƚƵĂů ǁŽƌůĚƐ ʹ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŝƐƐƵĞ ŽĨ ŚŽǁ gamers can become so absorbed by these games and the impact they can have on this minority ƐƟůů ƌĞŵĂŝŶƐ͘ sĂƵŐŚŶ ,ŝŐŚĮĞůĚ

SOFTWARE FOR STUDENTS In the last issue, you may have read about DŝĐƌŽƐŽŌ͛Ɛ ŶĞǁ KƉĞƌĂƟŶŐ ^ǇƐƚĞŵ͗ tŝŶĚŽǁƐ ϳ͘ zŽƵ ŵĂǇ ĂůƐŽ ďĞ ĂǁĂƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ hůƟŵĂƚĞ ĚŝƟŽŶ ĐĂƌƌŝĞƐ Ă ZZW ŽĨ άϮϯϬ͕ WƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů ĚŝƟŽŶ άϮϮϬ͕ ĂŶĚ ,ŽŵĞ ĚŝƟŽŶ άϭϱϬ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ƉƌŝĐĞƐ ǁŝůů ƉƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƐŽŌǁĂƌĞ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ƌĞĂĐŚ ŽĨ ŵŽƐƚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘ dŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƐĂŝĚ ŽĨ DŝĐƌŽƐŽŌ KĸĐĞ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĐĂƌƌŝĞƐ ĂŶ ZZW ŽĨ άϯϱϬ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ Ăůů ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ůŽƐƚ ĂƐ DŝĐƌŽƐŽŌ ŚĂǀĞ ĨŽƌ ƐŽŵĞ ƟŵĞ ŽīĞƌĞĚ DŝĐƌŽƐŽŌ KĸĐĞ Ăƚ Ă reduced price for students, and they have now ĞǆƉĂŶĚĞĚ ƚŚŝƐ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵŵĞ ĨŽƌ tŝŶĚŽǁƐ ϳ͕ ƚŽŽ͘

/ƚ ŝƐ ƌĞĨĞƌƌĞĚ ƚŽ ĂƐ ͚dŚĞ hůƟŵĂƚĞ ^ƚĞĂů͛ ďǇ DŝĐƌŽƐŽŌ ĂŶĚ ƚŚŝƐ ĚĞƐĐƌŝƉƟŽŶ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ĨĂƌ ĨƌŽŵ the truth. As long as a valid ac.uk university ĞŵĂŝů ĂĚĚƌĞƐƐ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞĚ͕ tŝŶĚŽǁƐ ϳ ,ŽŵĞ ĚŝƟŽŶ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƉƵƌĐŚĂƐĞĚ ĨŽƌ άϯϬ͕ ǁŚŝůƐƚ DŝĐƌŽƐŽŌ KĸĐĞ ŝƐ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ĨŽƌ άϯϴ͘ϵϱ͘ dŚĞƐĞ are massive savings for very useful pieces of ƐŽŌǁĂƌĞ͕ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ƐƚĂƚĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞĐŽŶŽŵǇ͘ ĞƐŝĚĞƐ ŝŶĚŝĐĂƟŶŐ DŝĐƌŽƐŽŌ͛Ɛ interest in an ethical sales policy, it is also a clear ĂƩĞŵŽƉƚ ƚŽ ůƵƌĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂǁĂǇ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĂƉƉĞĂů ŽĨ ƉŝƌĂƟŶŐ ƐŽŌǁĂƌĞ͘ ^ĞĞ ƚŚĞ hZ> ĨŽƌ ĚĞƚĂŝůƐ͘ William Moran ŚƩƉ͗ͬͬƟŶǇƵƌů͘ĐŽŵͬǇĂǇƵǇϯǌ

music

03nov09 issue234

concrete.music@uea.ac.uk

INTERVIEWS MR HUDSON

ƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇ ŽŶ ƚŽƵƌ ǁŝƚŚ ĂůǀŝŶ ,ĂƌƌŝƐ͕ Dƌ ͚^ƵƉĞƌŶŽǀĂ͛ ,ƵĚƐŽŶ ƚŽŽŬ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ŚŝƐ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ Ăƚ h > Z ƚŽ ĐŚĂƚ ǁŝƚŚ Perdita Fearon. to have a look around. Hopefully this album is going to take me on that trip. /ƚ͛Ɛ ďĞĞŶ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ĂůďƵŵ ŝƐ Ă ďŝƚ ŽĨ Ă ĚĞƉĂƌƚƵƌĞ ĨŽƌ ǇŽƵ͘ How would you describe its sound? tĞůů / ƚŚŝŶŬ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ Ă ĚĞƉĂƌƚƵƌĞ͕ ŝƚ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ƐŽƵŶĚ͘ /ŶĞǀŝƚĂďůǇ͕ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ůŝŬĞ <ĂŶǇĞ tĞƐƚ ĂŶĚ :ĂǇ ͖ and staying in America, working over there, listening to music in taxis and going to the club was all going to have osmosis across ŝŶƚŽ ŵǇ ƐŽƵŶĚ͘ <ĂŶǇĞ ǁĂƐ ĞǆĞĐƵƟǀĞ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂůďƵŵ ĂŶĚ said: “I want you to make a pop album, let’s do this”. How did Kanye get involved? ,Ğ ŚĞĂƌĚ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĂůďƵŵ͕ dĂůĞ ŽĨ dǁŽ ŝƟĞƐ, and said: “Look, let me give you a hand on the next one”. It was really, really simple.

What’ve you been up to lately? I’m always in the studio; the days have just been packed with interviews, photo shoots, gigs, DJ sets and the studio. Your album, Straight No Chaser, was out on October 19th. Are ǇŽƵ ĚŽŝŶŐ ĂŶǇ ƉƌŽŵŽƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĂƚ͍ zĞĂŚ͕ /͛ŵ ƌĞĂůůǇ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĞŶũŽǇ ƉƌŽŵŽƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ͘ tĞ ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ŐŽ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ŽŶ ƚŚŝƐ ŽŶĞ͘ /͛ǀĞ ŶĞǀĞƌ ďĞĞŶ ƚŽ :ĂƉĂŶ͕ ŶĞǀĞƌ been to Australia, never been to South America and I really want

Straight No Chaser ĨĞĞůƐ ŚĞĂǀŝůǇ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞĚ ďǇ ǇŽƵƌ ƟŵĞ ŝŶ America- are you always inspired by where you travel to? ĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ͖ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ƚƌĂƉƉĞĚ ŽŶ Ă ƉůĂŶĞ Žƌ Ă ƚƌĂŝŶ Žƌ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ďĂĐŬ ŽĨ Ă ĐĂƌ͕ ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ Ăůů ƚŚĂƚ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ƚŚŝŶŬ ĂŶĚ ĮĚĚůĞ ǁŝƚŚ ŝĚĞĂƐ ŝŶ ǇŽƵƌ ŚĞĂĚ͘ dƌĂǀĞůůŝŶŐ ŝƐ ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ Ă ƉĞƌŬ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĐŚĂŶŐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƐŽƵŶĚ͘ dŚĂƚ ĮƌƐƚ ĂůďƵŵ ǁĂƐ ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ ƚŚĞ ƐŽƵŶĚ ŽĨ ƐŽŵĞŽŶĞ ƉŽƩĞƌŝŶŐ ĂďŽƵƚ ŝŶ EŽƌƚŚ >ŽŶĚŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝƐ ŵĂƚĞƐ͕ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĚŽůĞ͕ and ^ƚƌĂŝŐŚƚ EŽ ŚĂƐĞƌ is the sound of someone in the back of a limo in Hawaii. &Žƌ ŵĞ͕ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ƐŽŶŐƐ ĂƌĞ ůŝŬĞ ƐĐĞŶĞƐ ŽĨ Ă ĮůŵͲ ǀŝŐŶĞƩĞƐ͘

ĂƌŽůŝŶĂ ŽĚŵĞƌ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶĞĚ &ůĂŵďŽǇĂŶƚ ĞůůĂ͕ ĨŽƵƌ ƚĞĞŶƐ ŚĂŝůŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ ,ĞƌƞŽƌĚƐŚŝƌĞ͕ ƉƌŝŽƌ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŝŶĚŝĞͲƉŽƉ ŐŝŐ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƟŶŐ <ŝĚ ƌŝƟƐŚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ tĂƚĞƌĨƌŽŶƚ͘ What does the name mean – Flamboyant Bella? tĞůů ƚŚĞ ŶĂŵĞ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ƌĞĂůůǇ ŚĂǀĞ ŵƵĐŚ ƌĞůĞǀĂŶĐĞ ƚŽ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĚŽ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ͘ tŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ďŽǇƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƚŚŝŶŬŝŶŐ ŽĨ Ă ŶĂŵĞ ƚŚĞǇ ended up looking at this book full of newspaper headlines of the ůĂƐƚ ŚƵŶĚƌĞĚ ǇĞĂƌƐ Žƌ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ͘ dŚĞǇ ǁĞƌĞ ũƵƐƚ ŇŝĐŬŝŶŐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ that and “Flamboyant Bella” was one of the headlines and that’s basically where they stole it from. I think she was something ůŝŬĞ Ă ŐĂǇ ƌŝŐŚƚƐ ĨĞŵŝŶŝƐƚ ŽǀĞƌ ŝŶ EĞǁ zŽƌŬ Ăƚ ƐŽŵĞ ƉŽŝŶƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ϲϬƐ ĂŶĚ ďĞĐĂŵĞ ƋƵŝƚĞ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ͘ ^ŚĞ͛Ɛ ƐƟůů ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ŶŽǁ͕ ĂĐƚƵĂůůǇ͘ I watched an interview with her once and she was wearing the ƐĂŵĞ ƉŝŶŬ ĐŽĂƚ ĂƐ &ůŽ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁĂƐ ƋƵŝƚĞ ŽĚĚ͊ How would you describe your music? dŚĞ ƐŽƵŶĚ ŝƐ ƋƵŝƚĞ ƉŽƉͲǇ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ŐŝƌůͬďŽǇ ĐŚĞĞŬǇ ǀŽĐĂůƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁĞ Ăůů ƉůĂǇ ŽƵƌ ŽǁŶ ŝŶƐƚƌƵŵĞŶƚƐ͘ /ƚ ƌĞĂůůǇ ŵĂŬĞƐ Ă ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ ůŝǀĞ͕ because it’s not just someone singing with a backing track. It’s ŵŽƌĞ ƌĂǁ ĂŶĚ ůŝǀĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĞǆĐŝƟŶŐ ƚŚŝŶŐͲ ŽƵƌ ůŝǀĞ shows. zŽƵ͛ƌĞ ŐĂŝŶŝŶŐ Ă ĨĂŵŽƵƐ ƐƚĂƚƵƐ Ăƚ ƋƵŝƚĞ Ă ǇŽƵŶŐ ĂŐĞ͘ tŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ŝƚ like touring? I don’t think people really understand how big it is when we go out on tour. It is weird going to towns you’ve never been to before and people knowing your music and coming up to you ĂŶĚ ǁĂŶƟŶŐ ƚŽ ƚĂůŬ ƚŽ ǇŽƵ͘ tĞ ĂƉƉƌĞĐŝĂƚĞ ŝƚ͘ tĞ͛ǀĞ ƚŽƵƌĞĚ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ƚǁŽ ǇĞĂƌƐ ŽŶ ĂŶĚ Žī͕ ďǇ ŽƵƌƐĞůǀĞƐ ŚĞĂĚůŝŶŝŶŐ͘ EŽǁ ǁĞ͛ƌĞ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƟŶŐ <ŝĚ ƌŝƟƐŚ͘ tĞ͛ǀĞ ŽŶůǇ ĞǀĞƌ ĚŽŶĞ ŽŶĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ

ƚŽƵƌ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƟŶŐ ǆĂŵƉůĞ ŽŶůǇ ĨŽƌ ŶŝŶĞ ĚĂǇƐ͘ /ƚ ǁĂƐ mad, they’re such party animals. This tour has been a bit more relaxed. It’s nice to not have the stress of headlining to an extent, because if you don’t get loads of people turning up to the gigs then it doesn’t feel so much like it’s on you’re shoulders. tŚĂƚ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞƐ ǇŽƵƌ ƐŽŶŐ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ͍ dŚĞ ƐŽŶŐƐ ĂƌĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ƐƚƵī ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ŚĂƉƉĞŶĞĚ ƚŽ ƵƐ͘ dŚĞ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞ really comes from life experience. James writes all the songs Ͳ ŚĞ͛Ɛ ƌĞĂůůǇ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƉ ŵƵƐŝĐ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ƚŚŝƌƚǇ ǇĞĂƌƐ͕ from everything from ABBA up to Blondie, and then really ĐŽŶƚĞŵƉŽƌĂƌǇ ƐƚƵī ŶŽǁ͘ zŽƵƌ ƌĞƉƵƚĂƟŽŶ ǁĂƐ ďƵŝůƚ ƵƉ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ DǇ^ƉĂĐĞ ĞǀĞŶ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ǇŽƵ released a single… tĞ͛ƌĞ ŽŶ ĂďŽƵƚ ϭ͕ϴϬϬ͕ϬϬϬ ƉůĂǇƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽŵĞŶƚ͊ DǇ^ƉĂĐĞ ŝƐ Ă great tool to get your music out there, especially when you’re a band with hardly any funding behind you. It’s really simple to ƵƐĞ ĨŽƌ ďĂŶĚƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŽĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĨƌĞĞ͘ tĞ ƚŽŽŬ ĂĚǀĂŶƚĂŐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĂƚ ĨƌŽŵ ĚĂǇ ŽŶĞ͕ ĂŶĚ / ŐƵĞƐƐ ǁĞ ũƵƐƚ Śŝƚ ƚŚĂƚ DǇ^ƉĂĐĞ ŵĂƌŬĞƚ ƌŝŐŚƚ and it’s really done well for us. Have you got a single out now? Yeah, we’ve got a single called 'Ğƚ ZĞĂĐƟŽŶ͘ /ƚ ĐĂŵĞ ŽƵƚ ϮϭƐƚ September and it’s on iTunes now.

I suppose a lot of people, on hearing the two new singles, would ƐĂǇ ƚŚĂƚ /͛ǀĞ ĂďĂŶĚŽŶĞĚ ŵǇ ƐŽƵŶĚ ďƵƚ /͛ǀĞ ŚĂǀĞŶ͛ƚ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ƐƟůů ŝŶ there, it’s just evolving. Straight No Chaser ŝƐ Ă ŐŽŽĚ ŵŝǆ ŽĨ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ĂŶĚ ŶŐůŝƐŚ sounds. I wanted the best of both worlds; take the best of American ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ďƵƚ ƐƟůů ƐƚĂǇ ĮĞƌĐĞůǇ ŶŐůŝƐŚ͘ zŽƵ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵ͕ ǁƌŝƚĞ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞ͘ ĂŶ ǇŽƵ ĞǀĞƌ ƐĞĞ ǇŽƵƌƐĞůĨ picking just one? EŽ͘ / ŵĞĂŶ͕ ƚŚĞǇ͛ƌĞ Ăůů ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƚŚŝŶŐ͕ ůŝŬĞ ďƌĞĂŬĨĂƐƚ͕ ůƵŶĐŚ ĂŶĚ ĚŝŶŶĞƌ͘ tŚŝůĞ / ǁĂƐ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ ĂůďƵŵ /͛Ě ŐĞƚ ƵƉ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƌŶŝŶŐ͕ Ɛŝƚ Ăƚ ŵǇ ĐŽŵƉƵƚĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĐŽīĞĞ ĂŶĚ ǁŽƌŬ ŽŶ ƐƚƵī͘ Then in the evening you have a few beers and want to get on the stage and sing. Who inspires you most? ŽǁŝĞ͕ ŶŽ ĚŽƵďƚ͘ Ɛ ĂŶ ĂƌƟƐƚ͕ ƚŚŽƐĞ ĂůďƵŵƐ ĨƌŽŵ ĂďŽƵƚ ϭϵϲϴͲϲϵ were brilliant. He’s a consummate star in several areas; fashion ĨŽƌǁĂƌĚ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞŶ ĚŝǀŝŶŐ ŝŶƚŽ ĮůŵƐ͘ Ž ǇŽƵ ŝŶƚĞŶĚ ƚŽ ŐŽ ŝŶƚŽ ĂĐƟŶŐ͕ ĚŽŝŶŐ ĂŶǇ ĐĂŵĞŽƐ ƉĞƌŚĂƉƐ͍ /͛Ě ůŽǀĞ ƚŽ ďƵƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂŶ͘ / ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ĚŽ ũƵƐƟĐĞ ƚŽ ƉƌŽŵŽƟŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ĂŶĚ ƐƚĂƌƚ ƚŚŝŶŬŝŶŐ ĂďŽƵƚ ŐĞƫŶŐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ĂŶĚ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͘ /͛ŵ ũƵƐƚ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ĨƵŶ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ǀŝĚĞŽƐ and working with others.

FLAMBOYENT BELLA

music LIVE MUSIC

03nov09 issue234

concrete.music@uea.ac.uk

EDITORS > UEA LCR > SUNDAY 18TH OCTOBER Early into Editors’ sell-out hour and a half set, ĨƌŽŶƚ ŵĂŶ dŽŵ ^ŵŝƚŚ ďƌĂŬĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ŚŝƐ ƉŽƐƚƵƌŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ ƚŽ ŝŶĨŽƌŵ ƚŚĞ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ĨƌĞŶǌŝĞĚ ƚŚƌŽŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŽŶŝŐŚƚ͛Ɛ ƐŚŽǁ ŝƐ Ă ĐĞůĞďƌĂƟŽŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ third synth-heavy ‘Terminator inspired’ album ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ũƵƐƚ ƚŽƉƉĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĂůďƵŵ ĐŚĂƌƚƐ͘ >ŝŬĞ ƌŶŝĞ͕ ĚŝƚŽƌƐ͛ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ŝƐ ĐŽůŽƐƐĂů͘ dŚĞǇ ŽƉĞŶĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĂƉŽĐĂůǇƉƟĐ In This Light and On This Evening; the electronic heart beat of the track punctuated by a mass of electronic ƐĐƌĞĞŶƐ ĞŵŝƫŶŐ ĚŝƐƚŽƌƚĞĚ ůŝŐŚƚ͕ ĐŽŵƉůŝŵĞŶƚĂƌǇ ŽĨ ďŽƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĨƵƚƵƌŝƐƟĐ ƐŽƵŶĚƐĐĂƉĞ ĂŶĚ dŚĞ ^ŵŝƚŚƐ ĚŝƐũŽŝŶƚĞĚ ŵŽǀĞŵĞŶƚ͘ EĞǁ ƚƌĂĐŬƐ ĂƌĞ ĨƵƐĞĚ ĞīŽƌƚůĞƐƐůǇ ǁŝƚŚ crowd favourites, from the band’s two previous ƉůĂƟŶƵŵͲƐĞůůŝŶŐ ĂůďƵŵƐ͖ ƚŚĞ ĚĂƌŬŶĞƐƐ ŽĨ Munich and Blood are given more emphasis ŶĞǆƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ůŝŬĞƐ ŽĨ ŶĞǁ ƚƌĂĐŬƐ Bricks and Mortar

and You Don’t Know Love, as guitars and synth ĐŽŵďŝŶĞ ǁŝƚŚ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ĞīĞĐƚ͘

While the older tracks are performed with driving intent (The Racing Rats notably causing a mass sing-along) they are the output of a welloiled machine; it is the new tracks that allow

ĚŝƚŽƌƐ ƚŽ ĞǆƉƌĞƐƐ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ͘ tŚŝůĞ ƚƌĂĐŬƐ like Eat Raw Meat=Blood Drool may not be as accessible as some of their previous output and ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĞ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ĐƌŽǁĚ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƟŽŶ ĂƐ their other notable hit singles Smokers Outside, The Hospital Doors and All Sparks, it is the sound of fresh vitality, more akin to Bladerunner than /ŶƚĞƌƉŽů͘ ^ŵŝƚŚ ŚĂƐ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŚĂƚ In This Light is a ĐŽŶĐĞƉƚ ĂůďƵŵ͕ ĞǀĞƌǇ ƐŽŶŐ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƟŶŐ ͞ƚŚĂƚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ƟŵĞ ĂŶĚ ƌŝŐŚƚ ƉůĂĐĞ͕ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ůŝŐŚƚ and on the right evening something you have ƐĞĞŶ ϭ͕ϬϬϬ ƟŵĞƐ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ĐĂŶ ƐƟůů ƚĂŬĞ ǇŽƵƌ ďƌĞĂƚŚ ĂǁĂǇ͘͟ dŚĞ > Z ƚŽŶŝŐŚƚ ŝƐ ĐůĞĂƌůǇ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ƟŵĞ ĂŶĚ ƉůĂĐĞ͖ Ă ĐĞůĞďƌĂƟŽŶ͘

Oliver Brooks

SONIC BOOM SIX>WATERFRONT>WEDNESDAY 14TH OCT

REVEREND & THE MAKERS >WATERFRONT > THURS 22ND OCT

For those not familiar with the Boom, they are a punk band from Manchester who blend elements of reggae, hip hop and punk grit ǁŝƚŚ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů͕ ƐŽĐŝĂůůǇ ĐŽŶƐĐŝŽƵƐ ůǇƌŝĐƐ͘ dŚĞ tĂƚĞƌĨƌŽŶƚ ĂƐ Ă ǀĞŶƵĞ ƐƵŝƚƐ ĂŶ ŝŶƟŵĂƚĞ ƌŽĐŬ ŐŝŐ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ĚĞĐĞŶƚ ĂĐŽƵƐƟĐƐ ĂŶĚ Ă ĐŽŵƉĞƚĞŶƚ ƐŽƵŶĚ ƐǇƐƚĞŵ ĂŶĚ W ͘ dŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ďĂŶĚ͕ &ĂŝŶƚĞƐƚ /ĚĞĂ͕ ƉůĂǇĞĚ punk and ska-punk and a few punky-reggae covers, which are always good to get people in ƚŚĞ ŵŽŽĚ͘ dŚĞǇ ǁĞƌĞ ĨŽůůŽǁĞĚ ďǇ dŚĞ ^ŬŝŶƚƐ͕ ǁŚŽ ĂůƐŽ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŚĞ ƉƵŶŬǇ ƌĞŐŐĂĞ ǀŝďĞƐ ŽĨ ^ ϲ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŚŝƉͲŚŽƉ ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚĂƌǇ͘ ^ŽŶŝĐ ŽŽŵ ^ŝǆ ĂƌƌŝǀĞĚ Ăƚ ϵ͘ϰϬƉŵ ĂŶĚ ƉůĂǇĞĚ just over an hour, the set consisted of mainly songs from their new album City of Thieves and the previous album Arcade Perfect, as well as a ĨĞǁ ĐůĂƐƐŝĐƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĮƌƐƚ ƚǁŽ ƌĞĐŽƌĚƐ͘

/ƚ ŚĂƐ ũƵƐƚ ŐŽŶĞ ϭϭƉŵ dŚƵƌƐĚĂǇ ŶŝŐŚƚ ĂŶĚ most of the country seem to be stuck to their ƚĞůĞǀŝƐŝŽŶ ƐĞƚƐ ǁĂƚĐŚŝŶŐ YƵĞƐƟŽŶ dŝŵĞ͘ zĞƚ͕ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĞƉƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ h ƌĂŵĂ ^ƚƵĚŝŽ ƐƚĂŶĚƐ dŚĞ ZĞǀĞƌĞŶĚ͕ ĂŬĂ :ŽŶ DĐ ůƵƌĞ͕ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ Ă ŚĂŶĚͲ ƉŝĐŬĞĚ ĐŽůůĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƐŽŶŐƐ ƚŽ ŬĞĞƉ ŚŝƐ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶĞĚ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ƚŚĞǇ ĮŶŝƐŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ůĂƐƚ ƉŝŶƚ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ŐŝŐ͘ /ŶƐŝĚĞ ƚŚĞ > Z͕ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŐŝŐ ŽĨ Ă ŶĞǁ ƚŽƵƌ ǁĂƐ Ă ŐŽŽĚ ƐŚŽǁ ĨŽƌ ZĞǀĞƌĞŶĚ ĂŶĚ dŚĞ DĂŬĞƌƐ͘ dŚĞǇ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƐĞƚ ǀŝďƌĂŶƚůǇ ǁŝƚŚ ĨĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞƐ Žī ƚŚĞ previous album, such as The State of Things and the top ten hit Heavyweight Champion of the World͘ ,ŝŐŚůŝŐŚƚƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ĂůďƵŵ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞĚ Mermaids ĂŶĚ DĐ ůƵƌĞ͛Ɛ ƐŽůŽ ĂĐŽƵƐƟĐ ǀĞƌƐŝŽŶ of Long Long Time͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƉĂƵƐĞĚ Ă ĚĂŶĐĞ ĐƌĂǌǇ audience for two and a half minutes before ŶŽƌŵĂů ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ ǁĂƐ ƌĞƐƵŵĞĚ͘

/ƚ ŝƐ ŐŽŽĚ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ƚŚĂƚ Ă ŚĞĂůƚŚǇ ƉƵŶŬ ƐĐĞŶĞ is alive in Norwich, with brightly coloured mohawks a plenty and a lively mosh pit going ŽŶ ĚŽǁŶ ƚŚĞ ĨƌŽŶƚ͘ dŚĞ ŽŽŵ ǁĞƌĞ ũŽŝŶĞĚ ďǇ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ŽĨ dŚĞ ^ŬŝŶƚƐ ĨŽƌ Ă ĐŽƵƉůĞ ŽĨ ƐŽŶŐƐ͕ ďŽƚŚ ƉůĂŶŶĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƵŶƉůĂŶŶĞĚ͘ dŚĞŶ͕ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ both danced and rocked out to a good dose of punk reggae and hip hop, the crowd was wholly ƐĂƟƐĮĞĚ͘ Sam Carney

dŚŝƐ ďĂŶĚ ǁŽŶƚ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ǇŽƵƌ ůŝĨĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ new album is more of the same rather than ĂŶ ĞǀŽůǀĞĚ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ŽĨ ĚŝƌĞĐƟŽŶ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ dŚĞ ZĞǀƐ ŐŝǀĞ Ă ƌĞĂůůǇ ŐŽŽĚ ůŝǀĞ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ͕ ĂŶĚ do manage to communicate their energy and ĞŶũŽǇŵĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐƌŽǁĚ͘ dŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ ĂŶ ĂĐƚ ƚŽ ůŽŽŬ ŽƵƚ ĨŽƌ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ŶĞǆƚ ǇĞĂƌ͛Ɛ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ƐĞĂƐŽŶ͘ Ross Grant

BLACK STONE CHERRY> UEA LCR> FRIDAY 23RD OCT dŚŝƐ ƐŽůĚ ŽƵƚ ŐŝŐ ŚĂƐ ƉůĞŶƚǇ ŽĨ ĞǆƉĞĐƚĂƟŽŶƐ ƚŽ ůŝǀĞ ƵƉ ƚŽ͕ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵŝŶŐ ŽŶůǇ Ă ĨĞǁ ŵŽŶƚŚƐ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ůĂƐƚ ƌŝƟƐŚ ƚŽƵƌ͕ ƐŽŵĞ ĨĂŶƐ ǁĞƌĞ ďŽƵŶĚ ƚŽ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ ŝĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƌŽƵƟŶĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƐƚĂůĞ ĂŶĚ ƟƌĞĚ͘ ůĂĐŬ ^ƚŽŶĞ ŚĞƌƌǇ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŽŶĐĞ ĂŐĂŝŶ ƉƌŽǀĞ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ĂŶ ŝŶĐƌĞĚŝďůĞ ůŝǀĞ ĂĐƚ͘ A great opening act, Parlour Mob drew in the audience and showcased their talent well, ǁŝƚŚ Ƶī DĐ<ĂŐĂŶ͛Ɛ >ŽĂĚĞĚ ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ͘ dŚĞ ĨŽƌŵĞƌ 'ƵŶƐ E͛ ZŽƐĞƐ ďĂƐƐŝƐƚ͛Ɛ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů ŵƵƐŝĐ ǁĂƐ ŐŽŽĚ͕ ĂƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĮŶĂůĞ ĐŽǀĞƌ ŽĨ It’s So Easy͘ <ŝĐŬŝŶŐ Žī ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚƌĞĞ ŐƌĞĂƚ ŽƉĞŶŝŶŐ ƚƌĂĐŬƐ͖ Rain Wizard, Backwards Gold and ^ŚŽŽƟŶŐ Star͕ ůĂĐŬ ^ƚŽŶĞ ŚĞƌƌǇ ƐĞƚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ĂŶĚ ŐĞƚ ƚŚĞ ĐƌŽǁĚ ŐŽŝŶŐ͘ Lesser known Cowboy ĨŽůůŽǁƐ ŝŶ ĂŶ ĂƩĞŵƉƚ ƚŽ try something new; for a song they rarely ever ƉůĂǇ ůŝǀĞ ŝƚ ŐŽĞƐ ĚŽǁŶ ǁĞůů͘ dŚĞǇ ĨŽůůŽǁĞĚ ƚŚŝƐ

back the pace with ballad Please Come In and Soul Creek͘ ƌƵŵŵĞƌ :ŽŚŶͲ&ƌĞĚ zŽƵŶŐ ŐŽĞƐ Ăůů out on a lengthy drum solo, which he concludes ďǇ ƚŚƌŽǁŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ĚƌƵŵƐƟĐŬƐ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐƌŽǁĚ ĂŶĚ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ĂŶ ŝŶĐƌĞĚŝďůĞ ĮŶĂůĞ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝƐ ŚĂŶĚƐ͘ dŚĞ ďĂŶĚ ĐĂŵĞ ďĂĐŬ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ ĂĐŽƵƐƟĐ ǀĞƌƐŝŽŶ of Peace Is Free, then throwing doughnuts to the ĐƌŽǁĚ͕ ĨŽůůŽǁĞĚ ďǇ Ă ĐŽǀĞƌ ŽĨ >ǇŶǇƌĚ ^ŬǇŶǇƌĚ͛Ɛ Sweet Home Alabama͘ dŚĞǇ ŐŽ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ with tracks Maybe Someday and Lonely Train, before concluding with the moving Things My Father Said, and what could be We Are The Kings͕ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƐŝŶŐĞƌ ŚƌŝƐ ZŽďĞƌƚƐŽŶ͛Ɛ ůǇƌŝĐƐ ĨĂŝů ĐŽŵĞ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐŽƵŶĚ ƐǇƐƚĞŵ͘ dŚŝƐ ǁĂƐ however the only slight glitch in an otherwise ƐƵƉĞƌď ƐĞƚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƵŶŵŝƐƐĂďůĞ <ĞŶƚƵĐŬǇ ƌŽĐŬĞƌƐ͘ with a run of solid favourites, including Blind Man and Hell and High Water, before bringing

Caroline Walker

music

03nov09 issue234

concrete.music@uea.ac.uk

LIVE MUSIC

TORD GUSTAVSEN ENSEMBLE>THE FORUM> SUNDAY 18TH OCTOBER The concept of holding a contemporary jazz night at The Forum may seem, for some, to be a challenging prospect. In fact, the large space within The Forum lends itself to music both ĂĞƐƚŚĞƟĐĂůůǇ ĂŶĚ ĂĐŽƵƐƟĐĂůůǇ͘ hŶĨŽƌƚƵŶĂƚĞůǇ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ŽƉĞŶŶĞƐƐ ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ ƚŚĞ ƌŽŽƚ ŽĨ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĨĞǁ ŶĞŐĂƟǀĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ĞǀĞŶƚ͕ ŶĂŵĞůǇ the peripheral noise from surrounding businesses. Lead by a stunning local pianist, the Kit Downes Trio (with Calum Gourlay on double bass and James Maddren on drums) ŽƉĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŶŝŐŚƚ͘ ^ŚŽǁĐĂƐŝŶŐ ĞǆĐĞůůĞŶƚ ĐŽŵƉŽƐŝƟŽŶƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞŝƌ forthcoming album, Golden, the trio play with comfortable, ŵŽĚĞƐƚ ǀŝƌƚƵŽƐŝƚǇ͘ ŶƚŚƵƐŝĂƐƟĐĂůůǇ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ŵƵƐŝĐŝĂŶƐ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ ĨƵůĮů ƚŚĞŝƌ ĨƌĞƋƵĞŶƚ ƟƚůĞ ŽĨ ͞ŽŶĞƐͲƚŽͲǁĂƚĐŚ͘͟ ƌŝƟĐĂůůǇͲĂĐĐůĂŝŵĞĚ EŽƌǁĞŐŝĂŶ ƉŝĂŶŝƐƚ dŽƌĚ 'ƵƐƚĂǀƐĞŶ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ ĞŶƐĞŵďůĞ ;:ĂƌůĞ sĞƐƉĞƐƚĂĚ ŽŶ ĚƌƵŵƐ͕ DĂƚƐ ŝůĞƌƚƐĞŶ ŽŶ ĚŽƵďůĞ bass and Tore Brunborg on saxophones) headline. Their music

ŝƐ Ăƚ ŽŶĐĞ ďƌŽŽĚŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĞǆĂĐƚ͘ dŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ƌĞĨƌĞƐŚŝŶŐůǇ ǁŚŝƐƉĞƌͲ ƋƵŝĞƚ ůŝǀĞ͕ ůĞƫŶŐ ĞǀĞƌǇ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĞĚ ŶƵĂŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ĞǆƉĞƌƚ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ ŽĨ ŵƵƐŝĐŝĂŶƐŚŝƉ ďĞ ŚĞĂƌĚ ǁŝƚŚ ĂƐƚŽƵŶĚŝŶŐ ĐůĂƌŝƚǇ͘ ǀĞƌǇ ƐŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ŵĂĚĞ ŝƐ ŚŽŶĞĚ ďǇ ŝƚƐ ƌĞƐƉĞĐƟǀĞ ĂƵƚŚŽƌ ǁŝƚŚ ƐƚĂŐŐĞƌŝŶŐ intellectual clout. tŚĞƚŚĞƌ ŝƚ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ Ă ĐůŽƚŚĞƐ ƉĞŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ůŽǁĞƐƚ ďĂƐƐ ƐƚƌŝŶŐ͕ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌŝĂů ƐĐƌĂƉĞ ŽĨ ƐƟĐŬͲƟƉ ĚŽǁŶ Ă ĐǇŵďĂů or breathy organic soundscape from a saxophone reed, not once does the ensemble go wrong, nor do they stray into the grounds of pretension. ĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ĞŶƐĞŵďůĞ ŝƐ ĨĂƐĐŝŶĂƟŶŐ ƚŽ ǁĂƚĐŚ͘ Their intelligence demands respect, their dynamic control and ǀĂƌŝĞƚǇ ĐŽŵƉĞůƐ ǇŽƵ ƚŽ ůŝƐƚĞŶ͘ 'Ž ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ǇŽƵƌ ǁĂǇ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ƚŚĞŵ͘ James Gorman

OXJAM >ARTS CENTRE >SUNDAY 25TH OCTOBER Maybe it’s because the Arts Centre is a bit out of the way, or ŵĂǇďĞ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŐĞƫŶŐ ůĂƚĞ ŽŶ Ă ƐĐŚŽŽů ŶŝŐŚƚ͕ ďƵƚ ĨŽƌ some strange reason, the former church turned usually buzzing ǀĞŶƵĞ ŝƐ ĐůŽƐĞ ƚŽ ĞŵƉƚǇ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ Ă ŵĂƐƐŝǀĞ ƐŚĂŵĞ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŽƉĞŶĞƌƐ ƚŚĞ tŽĞ ĞƟĚĞƐ ĂƌĞ ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ ŽŶĞƐ ƚŽ ǁĂƚĐŚ͘ >ŝŬĞ EŽĂŚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ tŚĂůĞ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ Ă ĚƌŝŶŬ ǁŝƚŚ :ŽǇ ŝǀŝƐŝŽŶ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ĚŝƐĐƵƐƐŝŶŐ ůĞŌĮĞůĚ ƉŽƉ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ Ăůů ĂŶƚŚĞŵŝĐ ĐŚŽƌƵƐĞƐ ŽǀĞƌ ƐŝŶŝƐƚĞƌ ĂƚŵŽƐƉŚĞƌŝĐƐ ĂŶĚ DƵƐĞ ƚŚĞĂƚƌŝĐƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ŵĂŬĞ DĂƩ ĞůůĂŵǇ proud. ůů ŽĨ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŵĞĂŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ϮŚŽƚϮƐǁĞĂƚ ĂƌĞ ůĞŌ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƚŽƵŐŚ ĂĐƚ ƚŽ ĨŽůůŽǁ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞǇ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ƋƵŝƚĞ ůŝǀĞ ƵƉ ƚŽ ŝƚ͘ dŚĞ ĚƵŽ ĂƌĞ reminiscent of Los Campesinos without the lyrical content, ŵŝǆĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ůŽŶĚŝĞͲĞƐƋĞ ĚŝƐĐŽ ƉƵŶŬ͖ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƐƚĂŶƚ ƐŚŽƵƚǇ ǀŽĐĂůƐ Ăůů ďĞĐŽŵĞ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ϮŵƵĐŚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ŽĨ Ă ƌĞůĂƟǀĞůǇ ƐŚŽƌƚ ƐĞƚ͘ KĐĐĂƐŝŽŶĂů ŐĂƌĂŐĞ ŐƵŝƚĂƌ͕ ĞǀĞŶ ƌĂƌĞƌ ĨĂůƐĞƩŽ ǀŽĐĂůƐ ĂŶĚ Ă ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶƚ ůŝǀĞ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ĚŽĞƐ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ

a good band hidden in there somewhere. ,ĞĂĚůŝŶĞƌƐ ũĂŶŐŽ ũĂŶŐŽ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ŬŝŶĚ ŽĨ ďĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ &ĂĐƚŽƌǇ ZĞĐŽƌĚƐ ǁŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ŬŝůůĞĚ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ƐŝŐŶĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ůĂƚĞ ĞŝŐŚƟĞƐ͘ &ƌĞƐŚ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ǀŝĐƚŽƌŝŽƵƐ ƐĞƚ Ăƚ >ĂƟƚƵĚĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ ƌĞĨƵƐĞ ƚŽ ůĞƚ ƚŚĞ ůŽǁ ĂƩĞŶĚĂŶĐĞ ĮŐƵƌĞƐ ĂīĞĐƚ ƚŚĞŵ ĂŶĚ ŽŶĐĞ ĂŐĂŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ŝƐ ŵŝƐƐŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ͘ ũĂŶŐŽ ũĂŶŐŽ ĂƌĞ ĐŚĂƌŝƐŵĂƟĐĂůůǇ ůĂŝĚ ďĂĐŬ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ƐŽŵĞŚŽǁ ƐŝŵƵůƚĂŶĞŽƵƐůǇ ƌĞŵĂƌŬĂďůǇ ĞŶĞƌŐĞƟĐ͕ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂŐĞ ĐŽŵĞƐ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞ ǁŝƚŚ ĚĞĐŽƌĂƟŽŶƐ ƌĂŶŐŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ ĂƌƟĮĐŝĂů ŐƌĞĞŶĞƌǇ ƚŽ ĂŶ ŝƌŽŶŝŶŐ ďŽĂƌĚ͘ tŽƌůĚǇ ďĞĂƚƐ ŵŽƌĞ ĞǀŽĐĂƟǀĞ ŽĨ ,Žƚ ŚŝƉ ƚŚĂŶ sĂŵƉŝƌĞ tĞĞŬĞŶĚ͕ ũĂŐŐĞĚ ƉŽƐƚͲƉƵŶŬ ŐƵŝƚĂƌ ƌŝīƐ ĂŶĚ ŽīͲďĞĂƚ ǀŽĐĂůƐ ĐŽŵďŝŶĞ ƚŽ ĨŽƌŵ ŝŶƚĞůůŝŐĞŶƚ ĚĂŶĐĞ ŵƵƐŝĐ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ďƌĞĂƚŚƚĂŬŝŶŐůǇ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞŶ ƐƵĐĐĞĞĚƐ ŝŶ ŐĞƫŶŐ ƚŚŽƐĞ ůƵĐŬǇ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ ŵŽǀŝŶŐ ĂůŽŶŐ͘ ŽŶĐůƵƐŝŽŶ͍ ŐĂŝŶƐƚ ƚŚĞ ŽĚĚƐ͕ KǆũĂŵ Ăƚ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ƌƚƐ ĞŶƚƌĞ ƉƌŽǀĞƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ĂŶ ĞŶŽƌŵŽƵƐ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ͘ Michael Blunt

OXJAM >MUSTARD LOUNGE tŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ďĂƌ ŽƉĞŶŝŶŐ ŝƚƐ ĚŽŽƌƐ Ăƚ ϴƉŵ͕ ŽƚŚĞƌ ǀĞŶƵĞƐ ŚĂĚ gained a larger crowd than the 11 people The Delaney played ĨŽƌ͘ EĞǀĞƌƚŚĞůĞƐƐ͕ ƐŽŵĞ ŐŽŽĚ ďĂŶƚĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ĂŶ ĞŶĞƌŐĞƟĐ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ŵĂŬĞƐ ƚŚĞƐĞ ŐƵǇƐ ǀĞƌǇ ĞŶĚĞĂƌŝŶŐ͘ dŚĞǇ ƉůĂǇ ŵŽƐƚůǇ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶŝǌĞĚ Ăůƚ͘ ZŽĐŬ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ĐĂƚĐŚǇ ŐƵŝƚĂƌ ƌŝīƐ ĂŶĚ ďŝŐ͕ ǀŽĐĂů͕ ĐŚŽƌƵƐĞƐ͘ dŚĞŝƌ ĂďŝůŝƚǇ ƚŽ ƐǁŝƚĐŚ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƐƚƌƵŵĞŶƚĂů ƐŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĂŶĂŶĂŶĂŶĂǇŬƌŽǇĚͲůŝŬĞ ŽƉĞŶĞƌ ƚŽ ŵŽƌĞ >ŽƐƚƉƌŽƉŚĞƚƐ ƐƚǇůĞ ƐŽŶŐƐ ŬĞĞƉƐ ƚŚĞ ŐĞŶƌĞ ĨƌŽŵ ďĞĐŽŵŝŶŐ ƐƚĂůĞ͘ dŚĞ ĞůĂŶĞǇ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ƐŽƵŶĚ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů ĂŶĚ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ ƚĞůů ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐŽŶŐƐ ŚĂǀĞ ŚĂĚ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ǁŽƌŬ͖ ƚĞŵƉŽ ĐŚĂŶŐĞƐ͕ ŐƌŽŽǀĞ ďƌĞĂŬĚŽǁŶƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ harmonious chorus in ^ĂůǀĂƟŽŶ ĂƌĞ Ăůů ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ͕ ďƵƚ ŽĐĐĂƐŝŽŶĂů ŇĂǁƐ ůŝŬĞ ƵŶƚƵŶĞĚ ŐƵŝƚĂƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƵŶŵĞŵŽƌŝƐĞĚ ƐŽŶŐƐ ƐůŝŐŚƚůǇ ŵĂƌ their performance. The Vegas Fame Index also comment on the poor turnout ďƵƚ ƐŽŽŶ ŐĞƚ ĂďŽƵƚ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ϲϬƐ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞĚ ƌŝƚ ZŽĐŬ Ŷ ZŽůů͘ hŶůŝŬĞ dŚĞ ĞůĂŶĞǇ͕ ds&/ ĂƌĞ ůĞƐƐ ƟŐŚƚ ĂŶĚ ŝŶƐƚĞĂĚ ĐĞŶƚƌĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐŽƵŶĚ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ŐƵŝƚĂƌ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĞĚ ũĂŵƐ͖ Ăƚ ŵĂŶǇ ƟŵĞƐ ƚŚĞ ŐƵŝƚĂƌŝƐƚͬ ǀŽĐĂůŝƐƚ ƚĂŬĞƐ ĐĞŶƚƌĞ ƐƚĂŐĞ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ƚŚĞ ďĂƐƐ ĂŶĚ ĚƌƵŵƐ ũƵƐƚ ŬĞĞƉ the rhythm. With Any Luck͕ Ă ƐŝŵƉůĞ ƚŚƌĞĞͲĐŚŽƌĚ ďůƵĞƐǇ ƐŽŶŐ͕ ĐƌĞƐĐĞŶĚŽƐ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ƐůŽǁ ƉĂĐĞĚ ƐƚƌƵŵ ƚŽ Ă dŚĞ tŚŽ ůŝŬĞ ĞŶĚŝŶŐ͖ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ůĂƌŐĞ ƐŽƵŶĚ ĮůůƐ ƚŚĞ ďĂƌ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ

ƐŽƵŶĚ ŝƐ ũƵƐƚ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ĚĂƚĞĚ͘ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞůǇ ƵŶŶĞĐĞƐƐĂƌǇ ƉĞƐƐŝŵŝƐƟĐ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ƌĂŶƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŵŝĚĚůĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐĞƚ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƵŶĚĞƌŵŝŶĞƐ ƚŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ ĐĂƵƐĞ ŽĨ KǆũĂŵ͕ ƌƵŝŶƐ ŝƚ͘ dŚĞǇ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐ Ă dŚĞ ŶĞŵǇ ͚ƐŽŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŵĞƐƐĂŐĞ͛ ůŝŬĞ ŵĂŶƚƌĂ ĨƌŽŵ ŚĞƌĞŝŶ ĂŶĚ͕ ůŝŬĞ dŚĞ ŶĞŵǇ͕ ƐŽƵŶĚ ĚƵůů ĂŶĚ ĨŽƌŵƵůĂŝĐ͘ dŚŝŶŐƐ ƉŝĐŬ ƵƉ ĂŐĂŝŶ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞǇ ƌĞƚƵƌŶ to the 60s styling with Disappear, but someone needs to remind ƚŚĞŵ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ƐŵĂůů ďĂƌƐ ŝŶ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ͕ ŶŽƚ ŚĞĂĚůŝŶŝŶŐ Knebworth. &ĞǀĞƌ &ĞǀĞƌ ĂƌĞ ƚŽŶŝŐŚƚ͛Ɛ ŚĞĂĚůŝŶĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ĂƌĞ ͞ƚŽƉ ĚŽŐƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ĂůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞ ŵƵƐŝĐ ƐĐĞŶĞ͟ ĂĐĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐŝŶŐĞƌ ĨƌŽŵ dŚĞ ĞůĂŶĞǇ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ ƚŚĞƌĞ ƌĞĂůůǇ ŝƐ ůŝƩůĞ ǁĂǇ ƚŽ ĚĞƐĐƌŝďĞ ǁŚĂƚ they do, as their sound and image is such a clash of cultures. The ďĂŶĚ ŝƐ Ă ƚŚƌĞĞ ƉŝĞĐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚǁŽ ĨĞŵĂůĞ ŐƵŝƚĂƌŝƐƚƐ͕ ďŽƚŚ ĂĐƟŶŐ ĂƐ ǀŽĐĂůŝƐƚƐ ƚŽŽ͕ ǁŚŽ ĂƌĞ ďĂĐŬĞĚ ďǇ Ă ĚƌƵŵŵĞƌ ǁŚŽ ƐĞĞŵƐ ŵŽƌĞ Ăƚ ƉůĂĐĞ ŝŶ Ă ŵĞƚĂů ďĂŶĚ͘ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞǇ ůŽŽŬ ŝŶŶŽĐĞŶƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞǇ ĐƌĞĂƚĞ ŝƐ ĂŐŐƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ͖ ŐƌƵŶŐǇ͕ ĞĚŐǇ ŐƵŝƚĂƌƐ ĂŶĚ ŚĞĂǀǇ ĚƌƵŵƐ ǁŽƌŬ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ĂŶŐƐƚ ƌŝĚĚĞŶ ŝĚŝŽƐǇŶĐƌĂƟĐ ƐŚŽƵƚǇ ǀŽĐĂůƐ͘ dŚĞŝƌ ůŽͲĮ ĂŶĂƌĐŚŝĐ ƐŽƵŶĚ ŝƐ ŽďǀŝŽƵƐůǇ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ĂƐ Ă ĐƵůƚ ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ ŵĂƐƐŝǀĞůǇ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞƐ ƚŚĞ ĐƌŽǁĚ͘ dŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ ďĂŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŶŝŐŚƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁŽƌƚŚ ƐĞĞŝŶŐ͕ ďƵƚ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ ŽŶůǇ ƚĂŬĞ ƐŽ ŵƵĐŚ͘ Alex Throssell

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WƌĞƚĞŶƟŽƵƐ ŶĂŵĞ͘ WƌĞƚĞŶƟŽƵƐ ƟƚůĞ͘ ŽǀĞƌ Ăƌƚ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ͕ Ăƚ ďĞƐƚ͕ ĨŽƌŐĞƩĂďůĞ͘ &ĂĐƚŽƌ ŝŶ Ă ůĞĂĚ ƐŝŶŐĞƌ ;ǁŚŽ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ Ă Őŝƌů ďƵƚ ŝƐ͕ ŝŶ ĨĂĐƚ͕ Ă ďŽǇͿ ǁŚŽ ŐƌĞǁ ƵƉ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĞǆƚƌĞŵŝƐƚ ŚƌŝƐƟĂŶ ĐŽŵŵƵŶĞ ŬŶŽǁŶ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ŽĨ 'ŽĚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚŝƐ ĚĞďƵƚ ĞīŽƌƚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ^ĂŶ &ƌĂŶ ĨŽƵƌ ƉŝĞĐĞ ƐĞƚƐ Žī some serious alarm bells. But fear not, gentle ƐŽƵů͖ ůŽŽŬ ƉĂƐƚ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĨĂĐƚŽƌƐ ĂŶĚ ŐĞƚ ƐƚƵĐŬ ŝŶƚŽ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ĂůďƵŵƐ ŽĨ ϮϬϬϵ͘ zŽƵ ƐĞĞ͕ ŚƌŝƐ KǁĞŶƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ĂĨŽƌĞŵĞŶƟŽŶĞĚ ĨƌŽŶƚŵĂŶ͕ ŇĞĚ ŚŝƐ ĐŽŵŵƵŶĞ ĂŐĞĚ ϭϲ ĂŶĚ lived on the streets. Anyone with a story that

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ĐŽŽů ŵƵƐƚ ŵĂŬĞ ŐƌĞĂƚ ŵƵƐŝĐ ;^ĞĂƐŝĐŬ ^ƚĞǀĞ͕ ĂŶǇŽŶĞ͍Ϳ͘ dŚĞ ŽƌĚĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚĂǇ ŝƐ ŶŽƐƚĂůŐŝĂ͕ ĞĂĐŚ ƚƌĂĐŬ ĚƌĞŶĐŚĞĚ ŝŶ Ă ƐƵŶͲŬŝƐƐĞĚ ĂůŝĨŽƌŶŝĂ ǀŝďĞ ďĞĂŵĞĚ ŝŶ ƐƚƌĂŝŐŚƚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƐŝǆƟĞƐ͖ Laura ƐŽƵŶĚƐ ůŝŬĞ ĂŶ ůǀŝƐ ŽƐƚĞůůŽ ƐŝŶŐůĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝĨ ĂŶǇŽŶĞ ĐĂŶ ĂƉĞ ƚŚĞ ƐŝǆƟĞƐ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŽƐƚĞůůŽ͘ dŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ĂůƐŽ ŵŽƌĞ ŽĨ ĂŶ ĞĚŐĞ ƚŽ ƚƌĂĐŬƐ ůŝŬĞ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵŶŶŝŶŐ ĚƌŽŶĞ ƌŽĐŬ ŽĨ Morning Light ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ^ƉĞĐƚŽƌͲ ĞƐƋƵĞ Big Bad Mean Mother F*cker͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ďŝǌĂƌƌĞůǇ ŚĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ŵĞůŽĚǇ ĂƐ tĞŝƌĚ ů zĂŶŬŽǀŝĐŚ͛Ɛ ĞĂĐŚ ŽǇƐ ƉĂƌŽĚǇ Trigger Happy. KǁĞŶƐ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ƋƵŽƚĞĚ ĂƐ ƐĂǇŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ Album ŝƐ ĂŶ ͞ŽǀĞƌŇŽǁ ŽĨ ĞǆƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶ͕͟ Ă ƌĞĂů ŵĞůƟŶŐ ƉŽƚ ŽĨ ŝĚĞĂƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƚǇůĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŶŽ ƌĞƐƚƌŝĐƟŽŶƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ƐŚŽǁƐ͘ WƌŽĐĞĞĚŝŶŐƐ ŬŝĐŬ Žī ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽƌƚ͕ ƐŚĂƌƉ ƐŚŽĐŬ ŽĨ Lust for Life, a ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ůŝƩůĞ ƐůŝĐĞ ŽĨ ƉŽƉ ŐĞŶŝƵƐ͘ Ƶƚ ƚŚĞŶ Ă ĨĞǁ ƚƌĂĐŬƐ ůĂƚĞƌ ƚŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ Hellhole Retrace, a seven minute, downbeat ballad awash ǁŝƚŚ ŐŽƌŐĞŽƵƐ ŚĂƌŵŽŶŝĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƉƐǇĐŚĞĚĞůŝĐ ŇŽƵƌŝƐŚĞƐ͖ WŝƚĐŚĨŽƌŬ ŶĂŵĞĚ ŝƚ ƚŚĞ ϯϴϯƌĚ ŐƌĞĂƚĞƐƚ ƐŽŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĐĂĚĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞǇ͛Ě ŬŶŽǁ͘ ĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚŚŝƐ ƐĐŚŝǌŽƉŚƌĞŶŝĂ͕ Album ǁŽƌŬƐ ĂƐ Ă ĐŽŚĞƐŝǀĞ ǁŚŽůĞ͖ ƚŚĞ ƐŽƵŶĚƚƌĂĐŬ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ͘ ǆĐĞƉƚ͕ Ǉ͛ŬŶŽǁ͕ Ă ĨĞǁ ŵŽŶƚŚƐ ůĂƚĞ͘ EŝĐĞ ŽŶĞ ŐƵǇƐ͘ Duncan Vicat-Brown

ŌĞƌ ĨŽƵƌ ǇĞĂƌƐ ĂŶĚ Ă ůŝŶĞ ƵƉ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ only one of the original three band members ĂƌĞ ůĞŌ͕ tŽůĨŵŽƚŚĞƌ ŚĂǀĞ ĮŶĂůůǇ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ůŽŶŐ ĂǁĂŝƚĞĚ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ĂůďƵŵ͘ ĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚŚŝƐ͕ Cosmic Egg remains similar to their debut, with ^ĂďďĂƚŚͲĞƐƋƵĞ ƌŝīƐ ĂŶĚ ŶĚƌĞǁ ^ƚŽĐŬĚĂůĞ͛Ɛ ĚŝƐƟŶĐƟǀĞ ǁĂŝů ǁŚŝĐŚ ĐŽŵďŝŶĞƐ KǌǌǇ͛Ɛ ƚŽƌƚƵƌĞĚ ǇĞůƉƐ ǁŝƚŚ ZŽďĞƌƚ WůĂŶƚ͛Ɛ ŝŶĐƌĞĚŝďůĞ ƌĂŶŐĞ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ŐƵŝƚĂƌŝƐƚ ĐŚĂŶŐĞƐ ƚŚĞ ĚǇŶĂŵŝĐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ͛Ɛ ƐŽƵŶĚ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ŵŝǆĞĚ ƌĞƐƵůƚƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ĂůďƵŵ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ ĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞƐ Ă ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ŬŝŶĚ ŽĨ tŽůĨ͖ ĚĞŶƐĞƌ

BOB DYLAN 3/10 CHRISTMAS IS THE HEART KŶůǇ DĐ ƵůůŽĐŚ ĂŶĚ ŐƵŝƚĂƌŝƐƚ tŝůů ^ĞƌŐĞĂŶƚ ƌĞŵĂŝŶ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů ϭϵϴϬ ůŝŶĞͲƵƉ͖ ďƵƚ ĞǀĞŶ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉƌĞƐĞŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ƐŚƌĞĚĚŝŶŐ ŚĂƌƐŚ ŐƵŝƚĂƌ ƐŽƵŶĚ ĂŶĚ ďƌŝůůŝĂŶƚůǇ ƉŽĞƟĐ ůǇƌŝĐƐ ŽĨ ŽůĚ ŚĂǀĞ disappeared, instead The Fountain displays ǁĞĂƌŝƐŽŵĞ ŐĞŶĞƌŝĐ ƐŶŽŽǌĞͲƌŽĐŬ͘ dŚĞ ŵĂũŽƌŝƚǇ ŽĨ ƐŽŶŐƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ďůƵƌ ŝŶƚŽ ŽŶĞ ůĂƌŐĞ ďůŽď of nothingness, not even lead single I Think I Need It Too? has any redeeming features ǁŽƌƚŚ ŶŽƟŶŐ͘ WĞƌŚĂƉƐ Life of a 1,000 Crimes ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ŵĞŵŽƌĂďůĞ ƉƵƌĞůǇ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŽĨ ŝƚƐ absurdity. The Fountain is far too polished, far too ƐƵĐĐŝŶĐƚ͘ tŝƚŚ ƚŚŝƐ ĂůďƵŵ ĐŚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ĮƌŵůǇ ƐƚĞƉƉĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĚĞƉƌĞƐƐŝŶŐ ƌĞŐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ͚ĚĂĚͲ ƌŽĐŬ͖͛ ƚŚĞ ƚǇƉĞ ŽĨ ŵƵƐŝĐ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ƐƚĞƌĞŽƚǇƉŝĐĂůůǇ ůŝƐƚĞŶĞĚ ƚŽ ďǇ ĮŌǇͲƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ Top Gear ǁĂƚĐŚŝŶŐ͕ ĚŽƵďůĞ ĚĞŶŝŵ ǁĞĂƌŝŶŐ ŵŝĚĚůĞ ĂŐĞĚ men. They will no doubt buy the album, put it in ƚŚĞ ƉůĂǇĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ sŽůǀŽ͕ ůŝƐƚĞŶ ƚŽ ŝƚ ŽŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ ƉƌŽŵƉƚůǇ ƚŚƌŽǁ ŝƚ ĚŽǁŶ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŇŽŽƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƐĞŶŐĞƌ ƐĞĂƚ ĂůŽŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĐƌƵƐŚĞĚ ĐĂŶƐ ŽĨ ZĞĚ Ƶůů͕ dǁŝǆ ǁƌĂƉƉĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ &ůĞĞƚǁŽŽĚ DĂĐ͛Ɛ 'ƌĞĂƚĞƐƚ ,ŝƚƐ Ͳ Ă ƉůĂĐĞ ǁŚĞƌĞ The Fountain unfortunately belongs. James Halling

Bob Dylan is one of those people you always assume to be dead. Then he appears in a Cadillac ad and you remember, oh no, he just sold out. A Christmas album was just another way, it seemed, for The Man to show ŽǁŶĞƌƐŚŝƉ ŽĨ ŽůĚ Žď͘ ŽŶǀĞŶƟŽŶĂů͕ ĐĂƉŝƚĂůŝƐƚ͕ unoriginal. Ƶƚ Ă ĐŽŶĨĞƐƐŝŽŶ ŚĂƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ŵĂĚĞ Ͳ dŚĞ ǀĞŶƚ ĂĐƚƵĂůůǇ ƐŽƌƚ ŽĨ ůŝŬĞƐ Christmas is the Heart͘ ,ŝƐ ĐŚŽŝĐĞƐ ĂƌĞ ŵĂŝŶůǇ ĐŚĞĞƌǇ͕ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͛Ɛ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ƐŽŶŐƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŚĞ ŵĂŶĂŐĞƐ ƚŽ ĐŽŶǀĞǇ

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ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŚĞĂǀǇ ŐƵŝƚĂƌƐ ƵŶĚĞƌƉŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĞŶƟƌĞ ŵŝǆ͕ ƵŶĨŽƌƚƵŶĂƚĞůǇ ůŽƐŝŶŐ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐƉĂƌƐŝƚǇ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƚŚĞǇ ƵƐĞĚ ƚŽ ƐƵĐŚ ŐƌĞĂƚ ĞīĞĐƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĮƌƐƚ ĂůďƵŵ͘ zĞƚ ƚŚŝƐ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ŝŶ ƐŽƵŶĚ ĂůƐŽ ďƌŝŶŐƐ ƵŶĞǆƉĞĐƚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐŝŶŐůǇ ĐŽŵƉĂƟďůĞ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞƌĞ ŶŽƚ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ debut. In the Morning, for example, begins ĂƐ Ă ďůĂƚĂŶƚ ŚŽŵĂŐĞ ƚŽ dŚĞ ĞĂƚůĞƐ͛ Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, ďĞĨŽƌĞ ůĂƵŶĐŚŝŶŐ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ĐŚŽƌƵƐ ƌŝƉƉĞĚ ƐƚƌĂŝŐŚƚ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ >ĞĚ ĞƉƉĞůŝŶ͛Ɛ The Ocean. This may seem unoriginal, yet tŽůĨŵŽƚŚĞƌ ƐŽŵĞŚŽǁ ŵĂŶĂŐĞƐ ƚŽ ĐŽŵďŝŶĞ these fundamentally disparate songs so well ĂŶĚ ƐŽ ƐĞĂŵůĞƐƐůǇ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ƌĞƐƵůƚ ĐƌĞĂƚĞƐ Ă ŶĞǁ ĞŶƟƚǇ ŝŶ ŝƚƐ ŽǁŶ ƌŝŐŚƚ͘ ůƐĞǁŚĞƌĞ͕ Eyes Open shows them at their heaviest yet with a ĚƌŝǀŝŶŐ ŵĞƚĂů ƌŝī ƚŚĂƚ ǁŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚ ĨĞĞů ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ƉůĂĐĞ ŽŶ DĞƚĂůůŝĐĂ͛Ɛ Black album. tŚŝůĞ ĂĚŵŝƩĞĚůǇ Cosmic Egg ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĚĞŶŽƵŶĐĞĚ ĂƐ Ă ŵĞƌĞ ƚƌŝďƵƚĞ ƚŽ ůĂƚĞ ϳϬƐ ŚĂƌĚ ƌŽĐŬ͕ ^ƚŽĐŬĚĂůĞ ŚĂƐ ĐůĞĂƌůǇ ĚŽŶĞ ŚŝƐ ƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ ĂŶĚ ŚĂŶĚƉŝĐŬĞĚ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ĂƐƉĞĐƚƐ ĨƌŽŵ Ăůů ŽĨ ŚŝƐ favourite bands. Cosmic Egg’s ƚŚŝĐŬůǇ ůĂǇĞƌĞĚ͕ ƌĞǀĞƌďͲŚĞĂǀǇ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ŝƐ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞĚ ƚŽ ƉůĂĐĞ tŽůĨŵŽƚŚĞƌ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƚƵƌĂů ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐŽƌ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂĚŝƵŵ ĮůůŝŶŐ ďĂŶĚƐ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ƚƌǇŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĞŵƵůĂƚĞ͘ Jack Loughran

6/10 Ă ĐŚŝůĚŝƐŚ͕ 'ƌŝŶĐŚͲǇ ĐŚĞĞŬŝŶĞƐƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŽŽ͘ >ŝƐƚĞŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĞŶƵŶĐŝĂƟŽŶ ŽŶ ͚ůĂŶĞ͛ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ line of Here Comes Santa Claus͙ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞŶ͛ƚ even words. Must Be Santa is another gem; the speed ĂŶĚ ƚŽŶŐƵĞͲŝŶͲĐŚĞĞŬ ŚƵŵŽƵƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌĞŶĚŝƟŽŶ is almost Pogues, and Dylan is now old enough ƚŽ ƐŽƵŶĚ ůŝŬĞ Ă ǇŽƵŶŐ ^ŚĂŶĞ DĂĐ'ŽǁĂŶ͘ The First Noel͕ Ă ŵŽƌĞ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ĐŚŽŝĐĞ͕ ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ ďƌŝůůŝĂŶƚ͕ ďƵƚ ĨŽƌ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ƌĞĂƐŽŶƐ͘ ǇůĂŶ ĂĐƚƵĂůůǇ ŵĂŶĂŐĞƐ ƚŽ ƐƟĐŬ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƚƵŶĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ŚĞ ŚĂƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂŶ ĂŶĐŝĞŶƚ ǀŽŝĐĞ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ůŝŬĞ ƚŚĞ ŐŚŽƐƚ ŽĨ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ƉĂƐƚ͘ dŚĞ ďĂĐŬŝŶŐ ĐŚŽƌƵƐ ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ ĂŵƵƐŝŶŐůǇ ŚŝŐŚͲƉŝƚĐŚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĐŚĞƌƵďŝĐ͘ Adeste Fideles, however, is a lowlight and by Hark͕ Žď ƐŽƵŶĚƐ ůŝŬĞ ŚĞ ŚĂĚ ĂŶ ĞŐŐŶŽŐ ƚŽŽ many. But then, he does have more tar than lung these days, and it is not the easiest song to sing. KǀĞƌĂůů͕ ƚŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ ĂůďƵŵ ǁŽƌŬƐ ǀĞƌǇ ǁĞůů ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ͘ ^Ž͕ ŐŽ ŽŶ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĨŽƌ ĐŚĂƌŝƚǇ͘ ŶĚ ĨŽƌ Žď Ͳ ŶŽƚ ĚĞĂĚ ǇĞƚ͘

Hazy Hale

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dŽ ƚŚŽƐĞ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ĨĂŵŝůŝĂƌ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌŬƐ ŽĨ ŵĂŝŶƐƚĂǇ ŐƌƵŶŐĞƌƐ WĞĂƌů :Ăŵ͕ ƚŚĞ ǀŝďĞ Žī ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ͛Ɛ ůĂƚĞƐƚ ĚŽƵďůĞ ͲƐŝĚĞ ŵĂǇ ĐŽŵĞ ĂƐ Ă ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐĞ͘ /ŶĚĞĞĚ͕ ǁŚŝůĞ ŽŶĐĞ ŶŽƚŽƌŝŽƵƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŵŽŽĚǇ͕ ĂŶŐƌǇ ĂŶĚ ĚŝƐƐŝĚĞŶƚ ŝŶƚƌŽƐƉĞĐƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ĨƌŽŶƚ ŵĂŶ ĚĚŝĞ sĞĚĚĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ^ĞĂƩůĞ ƌŽĐŬĞƌƐ

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ƐĞĞŵ ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ůĂƩĞƌ ǇĞĂƌƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŶŽƵŐŚƟĞƐ ƚŽ ĂƐƉŝƌĞ ƚŽ ĂŶ ĂůƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ĐŚĞĞƌŝĞƌ ƉůĂƚĞĂƵ͘ Got Some ĂŶĚ Just Breathe ĂƌĞ ƉĞƌŚĂƉƐ ƌĞŇĞǆŝǀĞ ŽĨ ŵŝĚĚůĞ ĂŐĞ͕ ŽĨ ŶĞǁ ĨŽƵŶĚ ĨĂƚŚĞƌŚŽŽĚ ĂŶĚ ŽĨ Ă ŵŽƌĞ ŽƉƟŵŝƐƟĐ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ĐůŝŵĂƚĞ ĂŶĚ ŝŶĚĞĞĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ĂŶŐƵŝƐŚ ŽĨ ƉĂƐƚ ŐůŽƌŝĞƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ rearviewmirror Žƌ Jeremy ŝƐ ĚŝƐƉůĂĐĞĚ ŝŶ ĨĂǀŽƌ ŽĨ Ă ŵŽƌĞ ƉĂƌĞŶƚĂů͕ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďůĞ ĚŝƐƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ͘ >ǇƌŝĐĂůůǇ͕ sĞĚĚĞƌ ŚŽůĚƐ ŽƵƚ Ă ŚĂŶĚ ƚŽ ŚŝƐ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ͕ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ŝŶǀŝƟŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŽ ǁĂůůŽǁ͘ Got Some’s ƐŝŵƉůĞ ďƵƚ ĞīĞĐƟǀĞ ƉĂŶǌĞƌ ďĂƐƐůŝŶĞ͕ ƐƉŝŬǇ ŐƵŝƚĂƌ ƚŽŶĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŬŝĐŬ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ďĂůůƐ ĚƌƵŵŵŝŶŐ ŐŝǀĞ ƚŚĞ ƐŽŶŐ ĂŶ ĞīĞĐƟǀĞ ƉƵŶŬŝƐŚ ƵƌŐĞŶĐǇ ǁŝƚŚ sĞĚĚĞƌ ƐƉŝƫŶŐ ǁŽƌĚƐ ůŝŬĞ Ă ĚĞŵĞŶƚĞĚ ƉƌĞĂĐŚĞƌ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ Just Breathe’s ƉŝĐŬŝŶŐ ĂĐŽƵƐƟĐ ĚƌŝǀĞ͕ ŚĂƵŶƟŶŐ ĐĞůůŽ ůŝŶĞ ĂŶĚ ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂƚĞĚ ǀŽĐĂů ĚĞůŝǀĞƌǇ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ƌŽŽƚƐǇ͕ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ĞĂƌƚŚǇ ƋƵĂůŝƚǇ ĂŶĚ ĂŶ ŽǀĞƌƌŝĚŝŶŐ ŵĞƐƐĂŐĞ ŽĨ ŚŽƉĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŐŝǀĞƐ ƚŚĞ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ Ă ŵĂƚƵƌŝŶŐ͕ ĚĂƌĞƐĂǇ ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞ ďĂŶĚ͘ Alec Plowman

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Y͗^Ž͕ ƚĞůů ŵĞ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ǇŽƵƌƐĞůĨ͘ ͗/͛ŵ ŝŶ ŵǇ ĨŽƵƌƚŚ ǇĞĂƌ Ăƚ h ĂŶĚ ŚĂǀĞ ũƵƐƚ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ƐƚƵĚǇŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ Ă D^Đ ŝŶ DĂƌŬĞƟŶŐ͕ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞĚ ƚŚŝƐ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŝŶ ^ŽĐŝĞƚǇ͕ ƵůƚƵƌĞ ĂŶĚ DĞĚŝĂ͘ /͛ŵ ĂůƐŽ ƉƉůĞ ĂŵƉƵƐ ZĞƉ ĨŽƌ h ͘ Y͗tŚǇ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ĂŵƉƵƐ ZĞƉ Ăƚ h ͍ ͗ DǇ ƌŽůĞ ŽŶ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ ŝƐ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŽŶůǇ ĂďŽƵƚ ϮϬй ŽĨ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂƌĞ ĂǁĂƌĞ ŽĨ ĂŵĂǌŝŶŐ ŽīĞƌƐ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůŝŶĞ ƉƉůĞ ^ƚŽƌĞ ĨŽƌ ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƐ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͕ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ Ă ĨƌĞĞ ƚŚƌĞĞͲǇĞĂƌ

ŚĂƌĚǁĂƌĞ ǁĂƌƌĂŶƚǇ ĂŶĚ ƚǁŽͲǇĞĂƌƐ ϮϰͲŚŽƵƌ Ă ĚĂǇ ƚĞůĞƉŚŽŶĞ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ͕ ŶŽƚ ƚŽ ŵĞŶƟŽŶ ĚŝƐĐŽƵŶƚƐ ŽĨ ƵƉ ƚŽ ϭϱй ŽŶ Ă ǀĂƌŝĞƚǇ ŽĨ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚƐ͘ KŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďŝŐŐĞƐƚ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞƐ ǁŚĞŶ ƉƵƌĐŚĂƐŝŶŐ Ă ĐŽŵƉƵƚĞƌ ŝƐ ĐŽƐƚ͕ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇ ƚŽ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĂƌĞ ĂǁĂƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƉƉůĞ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚƐ ĂƌĞ ĐŚĞĂƉĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĞǇ ŵĂǇ ŚĂǀĞ ĂƐƐƵŵĞĚ͘ Y͗tŚĂƚ ĚŽĞƐ Ă ĂŵƉƵƐ ZĞƉ ĚŽ͍ ͗tĞůů͕ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ ǇĞĂƌ /͛ŵ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ďĞ ŚŽƐƟŶŐ ǁŽƌŬƐŚŽƉƐ͕ ƚŚƌŽǁŝŶŐ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͕ ƐƚĂī ĂŶĚ ĨĂĐƵůƚǇ ƚŽ ĐƌĞĂƚĞ ŐƌĞĂƚĞƌ ĂǁĂƌĞŶĞƐƐ ŽĨ ƉƉůĞ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ h ŵŽƌĞ ŽĨ ĂŶ ƉƉůĞͲĨƌŝĞŶĚůǇ ƉůĂĐĞ͊

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ROYKSOPP 5/10 THIS MUST BE IT

/ƚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ĮǀĞ ǇĞĂƌƐ ƐŝŶĐĞ ZŝƐĞ ŐĂŝŶƐƚ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ Siren Song of the Counter Culture͕ Ă ĐĂƌĞĞƌ ŚŝŐŚůŝŐŚƚ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŵĂƌŬĞĚ ƚŚĞŵ ŽƵƚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͛Ɛ ďĞƐƚ ƉŽůŝƟĐŽͲƉƵŶŬ ďĂŶĚ͘ ^ŝŶĐĞ ƚŚĞŶ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ Ă ĐůĂƐƐŝĐ ĐĂƐĞ ŽĨ ƐĂůĞƐ ƌŝƐŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƋƵĂůŝƚǇ ĨĂůůŝŶŐ͘ Savior, ƚŚĞ ƚŚŝƌĚ ƐŝŶŐůĞ ĨƌŽŵ ůĂƐƚ ǇĞĂƌƐ Appeal To Reason͕ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚƌĞŶĚ ďǇ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ƚŽŽ ĨĂƌ ŝŶƚŽ ĞŵŽ ƚĞƌƌŝƚŽƌǇ͘ dŝŵ DĐ/ůƌĂƚŚ͛Ɛ ǀŽĐĂůƐ ŚĂǀĞ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ďĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ƉŽŝŶƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŚŝĐĂŐŽ ƋƵĂƌƚĞƚ ďƵƚ ŚĞƌĞ ŝƚ ũƵƐƚ ƐĞĞŵƐ Ă ďŝƚ ŇĂƚ͕ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ƚŚĞ ďĂĐŬŝŶŐ ǀŽĐĂů ƐŚŽƵƚƐ Ăůů ƐĞĞŵ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ďŝƚ ĂŶƚŚĞŵͲďǇͲŶƵŵďĞƌƐ͘ ^ŽŵĞ ŶŝĐĞ ĚƌŝǀŝŶŐ ĚƵĞů ŐƵŝƚĂƌ ǁŽƌŬ ŐŝǀĞƐ Savior Ă ůŝƩůĞ ƌĞĚĞŵƉƟŽŶ ďƵƚ ŝƚ ƐƚĂŶĚƐ ƉŝƟĨƵůůǇ ŶĞǆƚ ƚŽ ĨŽƌŵĞƌ ŐůŽƌŝĞƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ Give It All. ĚĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ĐƌŝŶŐĞ ǁŽƌƚŚǇ ůǇƌŝĐƐ ŽĨ ͞/ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ŚĂƚĞ ǇŽƵͬ / ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ŚĂƚĞ ǇŽƵ͕ ŶŽ͕͟ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ ŝƐ ůĞŌ ĂǁŬǁĂƌĚůǇ ŽŶĞ ƐƚĞƉ ĂǁĂǇ ĨƌŽŵ WůĂŝŶ tŚŝƚĞ d͛Ɛ ƚĞƌƌŝƚŽƌǇ͘ Ƶƚ ŚĞǇ͕ ŝĨ ƚŚĂƚ ŵĞĂŶƐ ŝƚ ǁŝŶƐ ƚŚĞŵ Ă ĨĞǁ ŵŽƌĞ ĂĚŽůĞƐĐĞŶƚ ƚĞĞŶĂŐĞ ĨĂŶƐ ƚŚĞŶ ǁŚŽ ŝƐ ƚŽ ĂƌŐƵĞ͘ Michael Blunt

8/10

&ĞĂƚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŚĂƵŶƟŶŐ͕ ŵŽƵƌŶĨƵů ǀŽĐĂůƐ ŽĨ <ĂƌŝŶ ƌĞŝũĞƌ ;&ĞǀĞƌ ZĂǇͬdŚĞ <ŶŝĨĞͿ͕ ZƂǇŬƐŽƉƉ ƌĞƚƵƌŶ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƚŚŝƌĚ ŽīĞƌŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƵƉďĞĂƚ ĂůďƵŵ Junior. ^ƚĞƉƉŝŶŐ ĂǁĂǇ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƚƌĂĚĞŵĂƌŬ ƐŝŵƉůŝƐƟĐ ďĞĞƉƐ ĂŶĚ ůŽŽƉƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ĚĂŶĐĞ ĚƵŽ ďƌŝŶŐ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ŵŽƌĞ ŵƵůƟůĂǇĞƌĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ĂƉŽĐĂůǇƉƟĐ ŝŶ ŝƚƐ ĂƌƌĂŶŐĞŵĞŶƚ͘ ƌƵŵƐ ĐƌĂƐŚ ƌĞůĞŶƚůĞƐƐůǇ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ĐǇĐůŝĐĂů ƐǇŶƚŚ͕ ǁŚŝůĞ ƚŚĞ ĐƌŝĞƐ ŽĨ ƌĞŝũĞƌ ƉŝĞƌĐĞ ƚŚĞ ŵƵƐŝĐĂů ĐŚĂŽƐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ŝƚ͘ ŶĚ ũƵƐƚ ĂƐ ƋƵŝĐŬůǇ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƐƚŽƌŵ ŽĨ ƐŽƵŶĚ ďĞŐŝŶƐ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŽǀĞƌ͘ dŚĞ ĨĂƐƚ͕ ƉƵŵƉŝŶŐ ďĞĂƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂĐŬ ĂƌĞ Ă ŚƵŐĞ ĐŽŶƚƌĂƐƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĚƵŽ͛Ɛ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐ ĐŽůůĂďŽƌĂƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ƌĞŝũĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ĚŽǁŶƚĞŵƉŽ What Else is There͘ tŚŝůĞ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƵŶůŝŬĞůǇ ƚŽ ƐĞƚ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ŽŶ ĮƌĞ Žƌ ǁŝŶ ŽǀĞƌ ĂŶǇ ŶĞǁ ĨŽůůŽǁĞƌƐ͕ ZƂǇŬƐŽƉƉ ĨĂŶƐ ĂƌĞ ďŽƵŶĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ǀĞƌǇ ŚĂƉƉǇ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚŝƐ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ Ă ĮƫŶŐ ƐĞŶĚŽī ĨŽƌ Junior ďĞĨŽƌĞ ZƂǇŬƐŽƉƉ ƌĞƚƵƌŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁŝŶƚĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ Senior͕ ĂŶĚ ƐŚŽǁƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂůŵŽƐƚ Ă ĚĞĐĂĚĞ ĂŌĞƌ Eple͕ ƚŚĞǇ ƐƟůů ŬŶŽǁ ŚŽǁ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ĂŶ ŝŶĨĞĐƟŽƵƐ ƚƵŶĞ͘ Alex Dalligan

film

03nov09 issue234

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MAIN FEATURE

CIRQUE DU FREAK: THE VAMPIRE’S ASSISTANT ®Ù͗ W ç½ t ®ãþ Z ½ Ý ã ͗ ϮϯͬϭϬͬϬϵ Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant͕ ďĂƐĞĚ ƵƉŽŶ ĂƌƌĞŶ ^ŚĂŶ͛Ɛ ǁŝůĚůǇ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ŽĨ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͛Ɛ ŚŽƌƌŽƌ ďŽŽŬƐ ;ƚŚĞ ƚŚŽƵŐŚƞƵůůǇ ƟƚůĞĚ The Saga of Darren ShanͿ͕ ĨŽůůŽǁƐ ƚŚĞ ĞǆĐŝƟŶŐ ĂĚǀĞŶƚƵƌĞƐ ŽĨ ĂƌƌĞŶ ^ŚĂŶ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ ŝŶŝƟĂƟŽŶ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŝƌƋƵĞ ĚƵ &ƌĞĂŬ͕ Ă

ŵĂŐŝĐĂů ƚƌĂǀĞůůŝŶŐ ĨƌĞĂŬ ƐŚŽǁ ƌƵŶ ďǇ ĂŶ ĞŶŝŐŵĂƟĐ ǀĂŵƉŝƌĞ ;:ŽŚŶ ͘ ZĞŝůůǇͿ͘ dŚƌŽƵŐŚ Ă ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ŽĨ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ĐŽŶǀŽůƵƚĞĚ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ͕ ĂƌƌĞŶ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ ĨƌŝĞŶĚ ^ƚĞǀĞ ŐĞƚ ĚƌĂǁŶ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ǁĂƌ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƵƉƉŽƐĞĚůǇ ŐŽŽĚ sĂŵƉŝƌĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƚĞƌƌŝďůǇ Ğǀŝů sĂŵƉĂŶĞƐĞ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁŝůů ;ƚĂŬĞ Ă

OTHER SCREENS ^ ó s/

ŐƵĞƐƐͿ ƚĞĂƌ ƚŚĞŵ ĂƉĂƌƚ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƚĞĞŶ ĂĚǀĞŶƚƵƌĞ ŚŽƌƌŽƌ Ăƚ ŝƚƐ ŵŽƐƚ ůŝŐŚƚǁĞŝŐŚƚ͕ ďĞŐŐŝŶŐ ƚŽ ďĞ ĂůůŽǁĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ǀĂŵƉŝƌĞ ĐƌĂǌĞͲǁĂŐŽŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ has dominated our small ĂŶĚ ďŝŐ ƐĐƌĞĞŶƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ͘ /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ǁĂŬĞ ŽĨ Twilight͕ ŵŽǀŝĞ ƐƚƵĚŝŽƐ ŵƵƐƚ ŬŶŽǁ that anything with fangs will ďĞ Ă ŵĂũŽƌ ďŽǆͲŽĸĐĞ ĚƌĂǁ ĂŶĚ ƚŚŝƐ ǁŝůů ƵŶĚŽƵďƚĞĚůǇ ďĞ Ă ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƚŚŽƌŽƵŐŚůǇ ƵŶĚĞƐĞƌǀĞĚ ĂƐ The Vampire’s Assistant ŝƐ ƚĞƌƌŝďůǇ ĚŝƐũŽŝŶƚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶĨƵƐĞĚ͘ dŚĞ ƐĐƌĞĞŶƉůĂǇ ĂƉƉĞĂƌƐ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ǁƌŝƩĞŶ ďǇ ƐŽŵĞŽŶĞ ǁŚŽ has no idea of how to form a ƉůŽƚ͘ ^Ž ĐŽŶǀŝŶĐĞĚ ŝƐ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ WĂƵů tĞŝƚǌ ƚŚĂƚ ŚŝƐ Įůŵ ǁŝůů ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ƐĞƋƵĞůƐ ƚŚĂƚ

ĐƌĞĂƟŶŐ ŶĞǁ ŚŽŽŬƐ ĨŽƌ ǇĞƚ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ƐĞƋƵĞů͘ tŝƚŚ ƵŶĚĞƌͲĚĞǀĞůŽƉĞĚ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ Ă ůĂĐŬůƵƐƚƌĞ ƐĐƌŝƉƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞĚ ƉƌĞƐĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ŐŽƌĞ ŝƐ ƵƐĞĚ ƚŽ ƉĂƉĞƌ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞƐĞ ŇĂǁƐ͘ ŽŶĐĞ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů ŐƵŝůƚǇ ƉůĞĂƐƵƌĞ ŶŽǁ ůŽŽŬƐ ĐƌĞĂƟǀĞůǇ ƟƌĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƵŶŝŶƐƉŝƌŝŶŐ͘ dŚĞ ǁƌŝƚĞƌƐ ĂƌĞ ƐŝŵƉůǇ ĐŚƵƌŶŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ ŇĂƚ ƐĐƌŝƉƚƐ ƚŽ ĨƵĞů Ă ĨƌĂŶĐŚŝƐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ůŽŶŐ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ƐƚĞĂŵ͘ WĂƵů DĂƌƟŶ

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say their lines well enough and ƚŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ĂĐƟŽŶ ŵŽǀĞƐ ƚŽ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ ƉůĂĐĞƐ͘ dŚĞ Įůŵ ŵĂǇ ŶŽƚ ĚĞƐĞƌǀĞ :ŽŚŶ ͘ ZĞŝůůǇ͛Ɛ ƐƚĂƚƵƐ ĂƐ ͚ƐƚĞĂůŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ͕͛ ďƵƚ ŚĞ ŝƐ ĞĂƐŝůǇ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ƚŚŝŶŐ ŝŶ ŝƚ͕ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŚĞƌŽ ǀĂŵƉŝƌĞ >ĂƌƚĞŶ ƌĞƉƐůĞǇ͘ ůŽŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝƐ ŵƵůƟĐŽůŽƵƌĞĚ '/ ƐƉŝĚĞƌ͕ ZĞŝůůǇ ŝƐ ĐŽŶƐŝƐƚĞŶƚůǇ ǁĂƚĐŚĂďůĞ ĂŶĚ it is refreshing to see him in a ƐůŝŐŚƚůǇ ŵŽƌĞ ƐĞƌŝŽƵƐ ƌŽůĞ ĂŌĞƌ ŚŝƐ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ƐƚƌŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƚĞƌƌŝďůĞ tŝůů &ĞƌƌĞůů ŵŽǀŝĞƐ͘ /ƚ ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĂƌŐƵĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ŝƐ ŵŝƐĐĂƐƚ͖ ŚŝƐ ƉƵĚŐǇ ͚ĞǀĞƌǇŵĂŶ͛ ĨĂĐĞ ŝƐ hard to take seriously in the ĚƌĂŵĂƟĐ ƐŚŽƚƐ ŽĨ Śŝŵ ƐƚƌŝĚŝŶŐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ĐĞŵĞƚĞƌŝĞƐ͕ ůŽŶŐ ƌĞĚ ĐŽĂƚ ďŝůůŽǁŝŶŐ ďĞŚŝŶĚ Śŝŵ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ Śŝŵ͕ ƚŚĞ

Will Cross

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®Ù͗ ^« Ä » Ù Z ½ Ý ã ͗ ϮϴͬϭϬͬϬϵ

®Ù͗ t Ý Ä ÙÝÊÄ Z ½ Ý ã ͗ ϮϯͬϭϬͬϬϵ &ĂŶƚĂƐƟĐ Dƌ &Žǆ ŝƐ ǁŚŝŵƐŝĐĂů ǁŽŶĚĞƌďŽǇ tĞƐ ŶĚĞƌƐŽŶ͛Ɛ ƐƚŽƉ ŵŽƟŽŶ ĂĚĂƉƚĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ZŽĂůĚ ĂŚů͛Ɛ ŵƵĐŚͲůŽǀĞĚ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͛Ɛ ďŽŽŬ͘ dŚĞ Įůŵ ƚĞůůƐ ƚŚĞ ƐƚŽƌǇ ŽĨ Dƌ &Žǆ͕ Ă ĨŽƌŵĞƌ ĐŚŝĐŬĞŶ ƚŚŝĞĨ ƚƵƌŶĞĚ ũŽƵƌŶĂůŝƐƚ ǁŚŽ ǁĂŶƚƐ ƚŽ ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞ ƚŚĞ ůŝĨĞ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ǇŽƵŶŐ ĨĂŵŝůǇ͘ hŶĨŽƌƚƵŶĂƚĞůǇ ĨŽƌ Dƌ &Žǆ͕ ŚŝƐ ĂƩĞŵƉƚ ƚŽ ĚŽ ƚŚŝƐ ĚƌĂǁƐ ƚŚĞ ǁƌĂƚŚ ŽĨ ůŽĐĂů ĨĂƌŵĞƌƐ ŽŐŐŝƐ͕ ƵŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ĞĂŶ͘ dŝƌĞĚ ŽĨ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉƌŽƉĞƌƚǇ ƐƚŽůĞŶ ďǇ Dƌ &Žǆ͕ ƚŚĞ ĨĂƌŵĞƌƐ ĚĞĐŝĚĞ ƚŽ ůĂǇ ƐŝĞŐĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ Śŝůů Dƌ &Žǆ ĐĂůůƐ ŚŽŵĞ͘ &ĞĞůŝŶŐ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďůĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŚĂƌĚƐŚŝƉ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ďƌŽƵŐŚƚ ŚŝƐ ĨĂŵŝůǇ͕ Dƌ &Žǆ ĚĞĐŝĚĞƐ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ƌĞǀĞŶŐĞ͘ &ĂŶƚĂƐƟĐ Dƌ &Žǆ ŝƐ ǀŝƐƵĂůůǇ

Įůŵ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƵŶǁĂƚĐŚĂďůĞ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŶŝĐĞ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ Śŝŵ ŐŝǀĞ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƐƚ ĂŶ ĂĐƟŶŐ ůĞƐƐŽŶ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ůŽƚƐ ŽĨ ŽƚŚĞƌ ďĂĚ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ƚŽ ƐĂǇ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚŝƐ Įůŵ͖ ƚŚĞ ŐƌĂƟŶŐ ƚĞĞŶ ƌŽĐŬ ƐŽƵŶĚƚƌĂĐŬ͕ ƚŚĞ ŚŽƐƚ ŽĨ ĂďƐŽůƵƚĞůǇ ƉŽŝŶƚůĞƐƐ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ DŽŶŬĞǇ 'ŝƌů ĂŶĚ ^ŶĂŬĞ ŽǇ͘ dŚĞ ďŽƩŽŵ ůŝŶĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ Cirque du Freak ĚĞƐƉĞƌĂƚĞůǇ ǁĂŶƚƐ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ĨƌĂŶĐŚŝƐĞ͕ ďƵƚ ŝƚ ĂƉƉĞĂƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ƐĂĐƌŝĮĐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĐƌƵĐŝĂů ĞůĞŵĞŶƚƐ ŽĨ ĮůŵŵĂŬŝŶŐ ŝŶ ĚŽŝŶŐ ƐŽ͘

& Äã Ýã® DÙ͘ &Êø

®Ù͗ < ò®Ä 'Ù çã Ùã Z ½ Ý ã ͗ ϮϯͬϭϬͬϬϵ dŚĞ ƌĞƚƵƌŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵĞŶĂĐŝŶŐ͕ murderous funhouse Saw VI ŝƐ ƵƉŽŶ ƵƐ ĂůůŽǁŝŶŐ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞƐ ƚŽ ƌĞƚĂŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐĂĚŝƐƟĐ ĂŶĚ ǀŽǇĞƵƌŝƐƟĐ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ,ĂůůŽǁĞĞŶ͘ Saw yet again ƐŚŽǁƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚƐ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞƐ ŶĞĞĚ Ă ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ƐƚŽŵĂĐŚ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ƐƵƌǀŝǀĞ ƚŚĞƐĞ ŐƌŝƐůǇ ƐĐĞŶĞƐ ŽĨ ŶĂƐƟŶĞƐƐ͘ dŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĨƌƵƐƚƌĂƟŶŐ ƚŚŝŶŐ is Saw’s ĐŽŶǀŽůƵƚĞĚ ďĂĐŬ ƐƚŽƌǇ͕ ƚƌǇŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĨŽĐƵƐ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů ƉůŽƚ ƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚŝŶŐ :ŝŐƐĂǁ͛Ɛ ůŝĨĞ ǁŚŝĐŚ ďĞŐƐ ƚŚĞ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ ŝĨ ǁĞ ƌĞĂůůǇ ĐĂƌĞ ĂŶǇŵŽƌĞ͘ ĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚŚĞ ƵŶŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů ƉůŽƚůŝŶĞ͕ ŵĂŶǇ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ ĂǀŝĚ ĨĂŶƐ ŚĂǀĞ ǁĂŶƚĞĚ ƚŽ ŬŶŽǁ ĨƌŽŵ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐ ƐĞƋƵĞůƐ ƌĞŵĂŝŶ unanswered as the writers ƚĞĚŝŽƵƐůǇ ĐŽŶĐĞŶƚƌĂƚĞ ŽŶ

ŚĞ ƐƉĞŶĚƐ ŵŽƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ƐĞƫŶŐ ƵƉ ƚŚĞ ŵƵůƟƚƵĚĞƐ ŽĨ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ĨŽƌŐĞƚƐ ƚŽ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ Ă ƐŽůŝĚ ƐƚŽƌǇůŝŶĞ͘ Ɛ ŝŶ ĐŝƌĐƵƐĞƐ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ͕ ŽŌĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƐŝĚĞƐŚŽǁƐ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ƉĂƌƚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ŶŽ ĞǆĐĞƉƟŽŶ͘ dŚĞ ƐƉĞĐŝĂů ĞīĞĐƚƐ ĂƌĞ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƚŽ ƐƵƐƚĂŝŶ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ͕ ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŚĂƌĚ ƚŽ ĐĂƌĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ĂŶǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐƵƉƉŽƐĞĚ ƉĞƌŝů͘ ^ĂůŵĂ ,ĂǇĞŬ ŵĂŬĞƐ Ă ĨĞǁ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŝŶŐ ĂƉƉĞĂƌĂŶĐĞƐ ĂƐ Ă ďĞĂƌĚĞĚ ůĂĚǇ ĂŶĚ tŝůůĞŵ ĂĨŽĞ ŝŶĞǆƉůŝĐĂďůǇ ĐĂŵĞŽƐ now and then in mildly weird ĨŽƌŵ͘ dŚĞ ƚǁŽ ůĞĂĚ ďŽǇƐ ;:ŽƐŚ ,ƵƚĐŚĞƌƐŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŚƌŝƐ DĂƐƐŽŐůŝĂͿ ĂƌĞ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚůǇ ĂĚĞƋƵĂƚĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƌŽůĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞǇ

ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů͕ ƚŚĞ ĂŶŝŵĂƟŽŶ ƐƵŝƚƐ ƚŚĞ ƚŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ Ă ƌĞĨƌĞƐŚŝŶŐ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ĨƌŽŵ '/͘ 'ĞŽƌŐĞ ůŽŽŶĞǇ ĂŶĚ DĞƌǇů ^ƚƌĞĞƉ͛Ɛ ǀŽŝĐĞƐ Įƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ ůŝŬĞ Ă ĨƵƌƌǇ ŐůŽǀĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ĂƌĞ ũŽŝŶĞĚ ďǇ ŶĚĞƌƐŽŶ ƌĞŐƵůĂƌƐ͖ ŝůů DƵƌƌĂǇ͕ KǁĞŶ tŝůƐŽŶ ĂŶĚ :ĂƐŽŶ ^ĐŚǁĂƌƚǌŵĂŶ͘ &ĂŶƚĂƐƟĐ Dƌ &Žǆ is a lot of ĨƵŶ͕ ďƵƚ ĐŚĂŶŐĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƚŽƌǇ ĐŽƵůĚ ƵƉƐĞƚ ĨĂŶƐ ŽĨ ĂŚů͛Ɛ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů ďŽŽŬ͘ &ĂŶƐ ŽĨ tĞƐ ŶĚĞƌƐŽŶ ǁŝůů ĞŶũŽǇ ƚŚŝƐ͕ ĨĂŶƐ ŽĨ ĨĂŝƚŚĨƵů ŵŽǀŝĞ ĂĚĂƉƟŽŶƐ ŵĂǇ ŶŽƚ͘ Bert Wardlow

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^Ğƚ ŝŶ Ă ƐƚƌĂŶŐĞ ĂŶĚ ĨƵƚƵƌŝƐƟĐ͕ yet somehow refreshingly ƌĞƚƌŽ͕ ƉŽƐƚͲĂƉŽĐĂůǇƉƟĐ ǁŽƌůĚ͕ 9 ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƚĂůĞ ŽĨ Ă ŐƌŽƵƉ ŽĨ ƌĂŐĚŽůůƐ ůĞŌ ƚŽ ƐƵƌǀŝǀĞ ĂŵŽŶŐƐƚ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƌŶĂŐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƌĞŵĂŝŶƐ ĂŌĞƌ Ă ĐĂƚĂƐƚƌŽƉŚŝĐ ǁĂƌ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ŚƵŵĂŶƐ ĂŶĚ ŵĂĐŚŝŶĞƐ͘ The Matrix ĐƌŽƐƐĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ Toy Story and a dash of Lord of the Rings͕ 9 ŝƐ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ŐŽĚĨĂƚŚĞƌ ŽĨ ĚĂƌŬ ĂŶŝŵĂƟŽŶ͕ dŝŵ ƵƌƚŽŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ƐŚŽǁƐ͘ WŽƐƐŝďůǇ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŵŽǀŝĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŐŽƚŚŝĐͲƐĐŝͲĮ ŐĞŶƌĞ͕ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ĐŚĂƌƚƐ ƚŚĞ ũŽƵƌŶĞǇ ŽĨ ϵ ; ůŝũĂŚ tŽŽĚͿ͕ ĐŚĂƌŐĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƌĞƐƚŽƌŝŶŐ ŚƵŵĂŶŝƚǇ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͘ ,Ğ ŝƐ ĨŽƌĐĞĚ ƚŽ ďĂƩůĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ůĞŌŽǀĞƌ ŵĂĐŚŝŶĞƐ͕ ŵŽƐƚ ŶŽƚĂďůǇ Ă ƐŶĂŬĞͲĚŽůůͲ ƐƉŝĚĞƌ ĐƌĞĂƟŽŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ƋƵŝƚĞ

ƉŽƐƐŝďůǇ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƚĞƌƌŝĨǇŝŶŐ ƚŚŝŶŐ ĞǀĞƌ ƚŽ Śŝƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĐƌĞĞŶ͘ Ɛ ŝĨ ƚŚŝƐ ǁĂƐŶ͛ƚ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ͕ ϵ ĂůƐŽ ŚĂƐ ƚŽ ƵŶůŽĐŬ ƚŚĞ ĐůƵĞƐ to his and his fellow ragdolls’ ĞǆŝƐƚĞŶĐĞ͘ 9 ƐƵīĞƌƐ Ăƚ ƟŵĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ƌƵƐŚĞĚ ƉůŽƚůŝŶĞ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽƌƚ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ŽĨ ŝƚƐ ĞŝŐŚƚǇ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ ďƵƚ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƌĞĐƟĮĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƐƉĞĐƚĂĐƵůĂƌ ĂŶŝŵĂƟŽŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĂĐĐŽŵƉĂŶŝĞƐ ŝƚ͘ ƵĞ ƉůĞŶƚǇ ŽĨ ƚĞŶƐŝŽŶ͕ ĞŵŽƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ Ă ĨƌĂŶƟĐ ďƵƚ ƐĂƟƐĨǇŝŶŐ ĐŽŶĐůƵƐŝŽŶ͘ Ŷ ĂƐƐƵƌĞĚ ĚĞďƵƚ ďǇ ĐŬĞƌ͕ 9 ŵĂŶĂŐĞƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ďŽƚŚ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů ĂŶĚ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŝŶŐ͘ Michael Blunt

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®Ù͗ < ÄÄù KÙã ¦ Z ½ Ý ã ͗ ϮϴͬϭϬͬϬϵ This Is It ŝƐ ŚĂƌĚůǇ Ă ĚŽĐƵŵĞŶƚĂƌǇ͕ ŶĞŝƚŚĞƌ ŝƐ ŝƚ Ă ďŝŽƉŝĐ͕ ŶŽƌ Ă ƚƌŝďƵƚĞ͘ dŚĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ĞǆƉĞĐƚ Ă ĐŽŵƉŝůĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƌĞŚĞĂƌƐĂůƐ ƐŚŽƚ ďĞĨŽƌĞ :ĂĐŬƐŽŶ͛Ɛ ƵŶƟŵĞůǇ ĚĞĂƚŚ͖ ŝƚ ŝƐ Ă ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶĐĞƌƚƐ ŚĞ ŝŶƚĞŶĚĞĚ ƚŽ ŚŽůĚ͘ DŽĚŝĮĞĚ ǀŝĚĞŽƐ ŽĨ ƐŽŶŐƐ ůŝŬĞ Thriller and Smooth Criminal ĂƌĞ ƵƐĞĚ ĂƐ Ă ďĂĐŬĚƌŽƉ ĂƐ ŚĞ ƚĂŬĞƐ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂŐĞ͖ ƚŚĞ Thriller ǀŝĚĞŽ͕ ŵĂĚĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶĐĞƌƚ͕ ŚĂƐ Ă ϯ ĞīĞĐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŵĂŬĞƐ ƚŚĞ ǌŽŵďŝĞƐ ĂƉƉĞĂƌ ƚŽ ůĞǀŝƚĂƚĞ ƚŽǁĂƌĚƐ ƚŚĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ͘ ĞŚŝŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƐĐĞŶĞƐ ƚĂŬĞƐ ŽĨ ďƌŝůůŝĂŶƚ ĚĂŶĐĞ ƌŽƵƟŶĞƐ ;ƐŽŵĞ ůĞĚ ďǇ :ĂĐŬƐŽŶ ŚŝŵƐĞůĨͿ ĂŶĚ ŵƵƐŝĐ ƌĞŚĞĂƌƐĂůƐ ŐŝǀĞ ƚŚĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ Ă ƌĂƌĞ ŐůŝŵƉƐĞ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŐŝĐ ŽĨ ǁŚĂƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ĂŶ ƵŶĨŽƌŐĞƩĂďůĞ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ͘

dŚĞ Įůŵ ŝƐ ŐĞŶĞƌŝĐĂůůǇ ŵŽƐƚ ĂŬŝŶ ƚŽ Ă ŵƵƐŝĐĂů͕ ďƵƚ ŝŶƐƚĞĂĚ ŽĨ ĚŝĂůŽŐƵĞ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ͕ ĨƌĞƋƵĞŶƚ ŝŶƚĞƌĂĐƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ :ĂĐŬƐŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝƐ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ĂŶĚ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĞƌƐ͘ ĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ Ă ƚƌĞĂƚ ĨŽƌ :ĂĐŬƐŽŶ ĨĂŶƐ͕ ŝƚ ĚŝƐƉůĂǇƐ ďŽƚŚ ŚŝƐ ƚĂůĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƟŽŶŝƐƚ ŶĂƚƵƌĞ͗ ŚĞ ƌĞŐƵůĂƌůǇ ďƌĞĂŬƐ ŝŶƚŽ ŝŵƉƌŽŵƉƚƵ ĚĂŶĐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚĂŶƚƌƵŵƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝŶ ŽŶĞ ƐĐĞŶĞ ŚĞ ƉŽŝŶƚƐ ŽƵƚ ͞/ ǁĂŶƚ ŝƚ ƚŚĞ ǁĂǇ / ǁƌŽƚĞ ŝƚ͕͟ ǁŝƚŚ ƌĞĨĞƌĞŶĐĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŬĞǇ ŶŽƚĞƐ ŝŶ Human Nature͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ŝŵƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ ƚŽ ǁĂƚĐŚ ƚŚŝƐ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ĨĞĞůŝŶŐ ĐŚĞĂƚĞĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŝƚ ƉƌŽŵŝƐĞƐ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ƐŚŽǁ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŶŽ ŽŶĞ ŐŽƚ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ͘ Mercedes Brown

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®Ù͗ ½ ø Z »Ê¥¥ Z ½ Ý ã ͗ ϯϬͬϭϬͬϬϵ hŶŬŶŽǁŶ ůĞǆ ĚĞ ZĂŬŽī ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ůĂƚĞƐƚ ĮůŵĂŬĞƌ ƚŽ ƵŶůŽĂĚ ŚŝƐ ǀĞƌƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌŝƟƐŚ ŐĂŶŐƐƚĞƌ Įůŵ ŽŶƚŽ ŽƵƌ ƐĐƌĞĞŶƐ͘ Dead Man Running ƚĞůůƐ ƚŚĞ ƐƚŽƌǇ ŽĨ EŝĐŬ <ĂŶĞ ;dĂŵĞƌ ,ĂƐƐĞŶͿ͕ ĂŶ ĞǆͲĐŽŶ ĨŽƌĐĞĚ ƚŽ ƌĞƚƵƌŶ ƚŽ ŚŝƐ ŽůĚ ǁĂǇƐ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ĞĂƌŶ άϭϬϬ͕ϬϬϬ ƚŽ ƉĂǇ Žī ŚŝƐ ŵŽƚŚĞƌ͛Ɛ ůŽĂŶ ƐŚĂƌŬ͘ tŝƚŚ ZŝŽ &ĞƌĚŝŶĂŶĚ ĂŶĚ ƐŚůĞǇ ŽůĞ ĂŵŽŶŐƐƚ ƚŚĞ ĞǆĞĐƵƟǀĞ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƚĂƌƌŝŶŐ ϱϬ ĞŶƚ͕ ŝƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĞĂƐǇ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ƉƌĞƐƵŵƉƟŽŶƐ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ĞǀĞŶ ƐĞĞŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ Įůŵ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ĂĐƚƵĂůůǇ ŝŶĐƌĞĚŝďůǇ ǁĂƚĐŚĂďůĞ͘ EŝĐŬ͛Ɛ ďĞƐƚ ĨƌŝĞŶĚ ŝŶŐ͕ ƉůĂǇĞĚ ďǇ ĂŶŶǇ ǇĞƌ͕ ĐƌĞĂƚĞƐ ƐŽŵĞ ŐĞŶƵŝŶĞůǇ ĐŽŵŝĐ ŵŽŵĞŶƚƐ͕ ǇĞƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞƐ ĂƌĞ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ŽǀĞƌƐŚĂĚŽǁĞĚ ďǇ ƌĞŶĚĂ ůǇƚŚĞ͛Ɛ ƌŽůĞ ĂƐ EŝĐŬ͛Ɛ ŝŶǀĂůŝĚ ŵƵŵ͖ Ă ŚŽƐƚĂŐĞ ŝŶ ŚĞƌ

ŽǁŶ ůŝǀŝŶŐ ƌŽŽŵ͘ dŚĞ ƉůŽƚ ƌĞŵĂŝŶƐ ĂĐƟŽŶͲ ƉĂĐŬĞĚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ďƵƚ ĐĂŶ ďĞ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ƉƌĞĚŝĐƚĂďůĞ ŝŶ ƉĂƌƚƐ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞŶ͛ƚ ƐĞĞŶ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ŐĞŶƌĞ ďĞĨŽƌĞ͘ /ƚ ƐĞĞŵƐ ĂƐ ŝĨ ZĂŬŽī ŝƐ ƚƌǇŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĐŚĂŶŶĞů ŚŝƐ ŝŶŶĞƌ 'ƵǇ ZŝĐŚŝĞ ďƵƚ ƵŶĨŽƌƚƵŶĂƚĞůǇ ŚĞ ĨĂůůƐ ƐŚŽƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƌŬ͖ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ŵŽƌĞ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů ǁŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƉƌĞĨĞƌĂďůĞ͘ KǀĞƌĂůů͕ Ă ŐŽŽĚ Įůŵ͕ ďƵƚ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ĞǆĐŝƚĞĚ ĂďŽƵƚ͘ Lorna Pontefract

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Halloween 2͕ ǁƌŝƩĞŶ ĂŶĚ ĚŝƌĞĐƚĞĚ ďǇ ZŽď ŽŵďŝĞ͕ ƚƌŝĞƐ ƚŽ ĞǆƉůŽƌĞ Ă ƉƐǇĐŚŽůŽŐŝĐĂů ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ >ĂƵƌŝĞ ^ƚƌŽĚĞ ;^ĐŽƵƚ dĂǇůŽƌͲ ŽŵƉƚŽŶͿ ĂŶĚ ŚĞƌ ƉƐǇĐŚŽƉĂƚŚŝĐ ďƌŽƚŚĞƌ DŝĐŚĂĞů DǇĞƌƐ ;dǇůĞƌ DĂŶĞͿ͕ ǁŚŽ ŽŶĐĞ ĂŐĂŝŶ ŚĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚĞŶƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŬŝůůŝŶŐ ĞǀĞƌǇ ŚƵŵĂŶ ƚŚĂƚ ĐƌŽƐƐĞƐ ŚŝƐ ƉĂƚŚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĨĂŵŽƵƐ ƚŽǁŶ ŽĨ ,ĂĚĚŽŶĮĞůĚ͘ dŚĞ Įůŵ ƉƌŝŵĂƌŝůǇ ĨŽĐƵƐĞƐ ŽŶ >ĂƵƌŝĞ ĂŶĚ ŚĞƌ ŚĂůůƵĐŝŶĂƟŽŶƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŵŝƌƌŽƌ DŝĐŚĂĞů͛Ɛ ĂŶĚ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞ Ă ŐŚŽƐƚůǇ ŝŵĂŐĞ ŽĨ ĞďŽƌĂŚ ;^ŚĞƌŝ DŽŽŶ ŽŵďŝĞͿ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ǇŽƵŶŐ DŝĐŚĂĞů DǇĞƌƐ͘ dŚĞ Įůŵ ĚĞƐĞƌǀĞƐ ƐŽŵĞ ĐƌĞĚŝƚ ĨŽƌ ĞǆƉĂŶĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŐĞŶĞƌŝĐ ƉĂƩĞƌŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐůĂƐŚĞƌ Įůŵ ďǇ ĞǆƉůŽƌŝŶŐ ŝƚƐ ƉƐǇĐŚŽůŽŐŝĐĂů ĚĞƉƚŚ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƚŚŝƐ ǀĞƌǇ ĚĞƉƚŚ ƚŚĂƚ ŝŐŶŽƌĞƐ ƚŚĞ ƚƌƵĞ ŵĞĂŶŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ,ĂůůŽǁĞĞŶ

ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ Őƌŝƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ǀŝĞǁĞƌ ǁŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ĞǆƉĞĐƚĞĚ͘ Halloween ĐĞůĞďƌĂƚĞƐ ŝƚƐĞůĨ ĂƐ Ă ƐŝŵƉůŝƐƟĐ ƐůĂƐŚĞƌ Įůŵ ƚŚĂƚ ŬŶŽǁƐ ǁŚĂƚ ŝƚ ŝƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚŝƐ ǁĂƐ ƐŽŵĞŚŽǁ ůŽƐƚ ŝŶ ƚƌĂŶƐůĂƟŽŶ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ƌĞŵĂŬĞ͘ dŚĞ ƉƐǇĐŚŽůŽŐŝĐĂů ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƚǁŽ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ ĚŽĞƐ ĂĚĚ ĂŶ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ ĞůĞŵĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ͕ ďƵƚ ǁŚĞŶ ĐŽŵďŝŶĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŐŽƌĞ͕ ǀŝŽůĞŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĂůŝƐŵ͕ ŝƚ ůĞĂǀĞƐ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ĐŽŶĨƵƐŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ǀĞƌǇ ĂƚǇƉŝĐĂů ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŐĞŶƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ǌŽŵďŝĞ ǁĂƐ ƚƌǇŝŶŐ ƚŽ ůŽĐĂƚĞ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ͘ Adam Scales

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®Ù͘ ^ Ã Z ®Ã® Z ½ Ý ã ͗ ϮϲͬϭϬͬϬϵ Drag Me to Hell͕ ǁƌŝƩĞŶ ĂŶĚ ĚŝƌĞĐƚĞĚ ďǇ ^Ăŵ ZĂŝŵŝ͕ ŝƐ ĂŶ ĂƵƚŚĞŶƟĐ ƚǁŝƐƚ ƚŽ Ă ǁĞůů ĞǆŚĂƵƐƚĞĚ ŐĞŶƌĞ͘ dŚĞ Įůŵ ĨŽůůŽǁƐ ůŽĂŶ ŽĸĐĞƌ ŚƌŝƐƟŶĞ ƌŽǁŶ ; ůŝƐŽŶ >ŽŚŵĂŶͿ ǁŚŽ ĚĞŶŝĞƐ ŐǇƉƐǇ ^ǇůǀŝĂ 'ĂŶƵƐŚ ;>ŽƌŶĂ ZĂǀĞƌͿ ĂŶ ĞǆƚĞŶƐŝŽŶ ŽŶ ŚĞƌ ŵŽƌƚŐĂŐĞ͘ dŚŝƐ ĂĐƟŽŶ ƐƟŵƵůĂƚĞƐ Ă ĐŚĂŝŶ ŽĨ ƐĐĂƌĞƐ͕ ůĂƵŐŚƐ ĂŶĚ ĞǆĐŝƟŶŐ ŵŽŵĞŶƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĐƌĞĂƚĞ Ă ĨƌĞƐŚ ĂŶĚ ĞǆĐŝƟŶŐ ƚĂŬĞ ŽŶ ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ ĨĞĞů ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ Ăůů

ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞĚ ŽƵƌƐĞůǀĞƐ͘ dŚĞ Įůŵ ĐŽŵƉŝĐĂƚĞƐ Ă ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ƐŝŵƉůĞ ƉůŽƚ ƚŚĂƚ Ăƚ ĮƌƐƚ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƉƌĞĚŝĐƚĂďůĞ ĂŶĚ ǁŽƌƚŚůĞƐƐ͘ ƋƵĂƌƚĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁĂǇ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŝƚ ƉůĂĐĞƐ ŝƚƐ ŽǁŶ ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂůŝƚǇ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŚŽƌƌŽƌ ŐĞŶƌĞ͕ ĐƌĞĂƟŶŐ Ă ĐŽŵŝĐĂů ŽƵƩĂŬĞ ƚŚĂƚ ĞŶŚĂŶĐĞƐ ƚŚĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ͛Ɛ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ͘ Drag Me to Hell ŬŶŽǁƐ ǁŚĂƚ ŝƚ ǁĂŶƚƐ ƚŽ ďĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ĞǆĂĐƚůǇ ǁŚĂƚ ŝƐ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞĚ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ Ăƚ ŽŶĐĞ Ă ĨŽƌŵƵůĂŝĐ ŚŽƌƌŽƌ

Įůŵ ĂŶĚ Ă ƐƚĂƌƚůŝŶŐ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ͕ ĂŝŵĞĚ Ăƚ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞƐ ŽĨ Ăůů ƚǇƉĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĂŐĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ŵŝǆ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƚǁŽ ŝƐ ǁŚĂƚ ŵĂŬĞƐ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ƐŽ ĞŶũŽǇĂďůĞ ĂŶĚ ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂƚĞĚ͘ ^Ăŵ ZĂŝŵŝ ŚĂƐ ƉƌŽǀĞŶ ŽŶĐĞ ĂŐĂŝŶ ƚŚĂƚ ŚŝƐ ĮůŵƐ ĐĂŶ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌ͕ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ǁĂǇ ƚŽ ŚĞůů͘͘͘ Adam Scales

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®Ù͘ : çÃ Ê½½ ãͲ^ ÙÙ Z ½ Ý ã ͗ ϯϬͬϭϭͬϬϵ tĞ͛ǀĞ Ăůů ďĞĞŶ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ŝƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ ĐƌĞĞƉǇͲŬŝĚͲŵŽǀŝĞ ƚŚĂƚ ĐŽƵůĚ ĞǀĞŶ ƐůŝŐŚƚůǇ ĐŽŶƚĞŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ The Omen͖ ƵŶĨŽƌƚƵŶĂƚĞůǇ The Orphan ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ƚŚĂƚ Įůŵ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ĐŚŝůĚ ŚŽƌƌŽƌ ĮůŵƐ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ĐŽŵĞ ŽƵƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ tĞƐƚĞƌŶ ǁŽƌůĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ĨĞǁ ǇĞĂƌƐ ;ǁĞ Ăůů ŬŶŽǁ ǁĞ ĐĂŶ͛ƚ ĐŽŵƉĂƌĞ ǁŝƚŚ DĞǆŝĐŽ ĂŶĚ 'ƵŝůůĞƌŵŽ Ğů dŽƌŽ͛Ɛ Pan’s Labyrinth and The Devil’s BackboneͿ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚŝƐ Įůŵ ŝƐ Ă ĨĂƌ ĐƌǇ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƐĐĂƌǇ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ

ŽĨ ŽůĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŵĂĚĞ ŵŽƌĞ ǁŽŵĞŶ ƚĂŬĞ ďŝƌƚŚ ĐŽŶƚƌŽů͘ dŚĞ Įůŵ ƚƌŝĞƐ ƚŽ ďĞƩĞƌ ŝƚƐĞůĨ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ŚŽƌƌŽƌƐ ůŝŬĞ The Unborn ďǇ ŇŝƌƟŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĐůĂƐƐŝĐ ŚŽƌƌŽƌ ƚĞĐŚŶŝƋƵĞƐ͖ ƌĞŇĞĐƟŽŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŵŝƌƌŽƌ͕ ŬŝĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƵƉƐƚĂŝƌƐ ǁŝŶĚŽǁ͕ ďƵƚ ĚŽĞƐ ŶŽƚ ĨŽůůŽǁ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŵ͘ dŚŝƐ ƐĐƌĞĂŵƐ ŽĨ Ă ĨĂƵǆ ŝŶƚĞůůŝŐĞŶĐĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ĚƌĂǁƐ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚŝƐ ĞīŽƌƚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ͕ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞǇ ĮŶĂůůǇ ƵƐĞ ƚŚŝƐ ƟƌĞĚ ĐůŝĐŚĠ͘

dŚĞ Įůŵ͛Ɛ ŵŽƐƚ ǁŽƌƌǇŝŶŐ ĂƐƉĞĐƚ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ ƚŚŝƐ ĞǆŚĂƵƐƚĞĚ ĮůŵͲ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ƚĞĐŚŶŝƋƵĞ͕ ďƵƚ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƉŽůŝƟĐƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĚŽĞƐ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ŽƌƉŚĂŶƐ͕ Žƌ ĂƐƚĞƌŶ ƵƌŽƉĞĂŶƐ͘ dŚĞ ŵŽƌĂů ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ƚĂůĞ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ͞ ĚŽƉƟŶŐ ŝƐ ŽŶůǇ ĨŽƌ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶƐ ĂŶĚ ŶĞǁ ďŽƌŶ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͘͟ Micha Butler

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DĞŐĂŶ &Žǆ ŝƐ ŬŶŽǁŶ ĨŽƌ ŚĞƌ ƌŝĚŝĐƵůŽƵƐůǇ ŐŽŽĚ ůŽŽŬƐ͕ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ŚĞƌ ƵƉĐŽŵŝŶŐ Įůŵ͕ Jennifer’s Body͕ ƵŶƐƵƌƉƌŝƐŝŶŐůǇ ĞǆƉůŽŝƚƐ͘ Ƶƚ ǁŚĂƚ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƐĂŝĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ĂŶĚ ĐĂƐƚ͍ ,ĂǀŝŶŐ ũƵƐƚ ŵŝƐƐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƐŽƵŐŚƚ ĂŌĞƌ ,ĂůůŽǁĞĞŶ ƐůŽƚ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƐĞƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ĞŶƚƌǇ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ ŵĞĞƚƐ ŚŽƌƌŽƌ ŐĞŶƌĞ͘ ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ <ĂƌǇŶ <ƵƐĂŵĂ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ƉŽƐƐĞƐƐ Ă ůŽŶŐ ĮůŵŽŐƌĂƉŚǇ ďƵƚ ŝƚ ĚŽĞƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ ƚŚĞ ĐƌŝƟĐĂůůǇ ĂĐĐůĂŝŵĞĚ ŝŶĚŝĞ ŇŝĐŬ 'ŝƌůĮŐŚƚ͕ ƐŝŐŶŝĨǇŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů Jennifer’s Body ŚĂƐ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ďŽǆ ŽĸĐĞ Śŝƚ͘ &ƌĞƐŚ Žī ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ƐŚĞ ŚĂƐ ĞŶũŽǇĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ Transformers ĨƌĂŶĐŚŝƐĞ͕ &Žǆ ƉůĂǇƐ Ă ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ŚŝŐŚ ƐĐŚŽŽů

ĐŚĞĞƌůĞĂĚĞƌ ǁŚŽ ĞǀĞƌǇ Őŝƌů ǁĂŶƚƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞƌǇ ŐƵǇ ǁĂŶƚƐ ƚŽ ĚĂƚĞ͘ ŌĞƌ Ă ƐƚƌĂŶŐĞ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŐŝŐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ůƵĐŬǇ ĐŚĂƉƉǇ :ĞŶŶŝĨĞƌ ;DĞŐĂŶ &ŽǆͿ ŝƐ ƚƌǇŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƐĞĚƵĐĞ ; ĚĂŵ ƌŽĚǇͲ ƐŽŵĞ ĞǇĞ ĐĂŶĚǇ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŐŝƌůƐͿ͕ ƐŚĞ ĮŶĚƐ ŚĞƌƐĞůĨ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ ƵŶƵƐƵĂů ĂƉƉĞƟƚĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ďůŽŽĚ ŽĨ ďŽǇƐ ĞǀĞƌǇǁŚĞƌĞ͘ DĞŐĂƚƌŽŶ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĚŝƐŐƵƐƚĞĚ͘ Ɛ :ĞŶŶŝĨĞƌ ƐĞƚƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ŽŶ Ă ŵĂůĞͲŽŶůǇ ƚŚŝƌƐƚ ƋƵĞŶĐŚ ŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ͕ ŚĞƌ ďĞƐƚ ĨƌŝĞŶĚ EĞĞĚǇ ; ŵĂŶĚĂ ^ĞǇĨƌŝĞĚͿ ŵƵƐƚ ƌĂĐĞ ƚŽ ƐĂǀĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ůŝǀĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƚŽƉ :ĞŶŶŝĨĞƌ͛Ɛ ŬŝůůŝŶŐ ƐƉƌĞĞ͘ /Ĩ ŶŽ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƌĞĂƐŽŶ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ƚŚŝƐ Įůŵ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ĨŽƵŶĚ͕ ŐŽ ĂŶĚ ƐĞĞ ŝƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƐĐƌŝƉƚ͘ ŝĂďůŽ ŽĚǇ͕ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůǇ ǁƌŝƩĞŶ KĐƐĐĂƌͲ

ǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ Juno, ŝƐ ƌƵŵŽƵƌĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ŽŶ ƚŽƉ ĨŽƌŵ ĂŐĂŝŶ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ĐŽŵĞĚǇͲŚŽƌƌŽƌ ŇŝĐŬ͘ dŚĞ ĐĂƐƚ ŝƐ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ƚŚĂƚ ĐƌŝƟĐƐ ĂƌĞ ƌĂǀŝŶŐ ĂďŽƵƚ͘ :ŽŚŶŶǇ ^ŝŵŵŽŶƐ ƉůĂǇƐ EĞĞĚǇ͛Ɛ ďŽǇĨƌŝĞŶĚ͕ Ă ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůǇ ŐŽŽĚ͕ ďƵƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŵĂŶĚĂ ^ĞǇĨƌŝĞĚ ǁŚŽ ŝƐ ĞǆƉĞĐƚĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ŽŶĞ ƚŽ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇ ǁĂƚĐŚ ŽƵƚ ĨŽƌ͘ DĞŐĂŶ &Žǆ ŝƐ ƐƵƉƉŽƐĞĚůǇ ĨĂŶƚĂƐƟĐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ĞǆƉĞĐƚĞĚ ŐŝǀĞŶ ƚŚĂƚ ƐŚĞ ŝƐ ďǇ ĨĂƌ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƐƵŝƚĂďůĞ ,ŽůůǇǁŽŽĚ ĂĐƚƌĞƐƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŝƐ ƌŽůĞ͘ ŌĞƌ ŚĞƌ ƐƚĂŶĚͲĂŶĚͲůŽŽŬͲ ƉƌĞƩǇ ƌŽůĞ ŝŶ Transformers͕ &Žǆ ŝƐ ŐŝǀĞŶ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ĂĐƟŶŐ ůŝŵĞůŝŐŚƚ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ Įůŵ

ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ƵŵďůĞďĞĞ ĂŶĚ ĐŽ͘ ƐĐĂƌĞĚ͕ ďƵƚ ƉƌŽƵĚ͘ ůƌŝŐŚƚ͕ ƐŽ ǁĞ Ăůů ŬŶŽǁ ƚŚŝƐ Įůŵ ŝƐ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĞǆƉůŽŝƚ ĂŶĚ ĚŝƐƉůĂǇ ŚĞƌ ďŽĚǇ ĨŽƌ Ăůů ƚŽ ƐĞĞ͕ ƚŚĂƚ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ŝƐ Ăůů ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƟƚůĞ͕ ďƵƚ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ũŽŬĞ͍ >Ğƚ͛Ɛ ĨĂĐĞ ŝƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ƌŝƟƐŚ ǁŝŶƚĞƌ ŝƐ ĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚŝŶŐ ĨĂƐƚ ĂŶĚ ǁĞ Ăůů ŶĞĞĚ ĂŶ ĞǆĐƵƐĞ ƚŽ ƐƚĂǇ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁĂƌŵƚŚ ŽĨ Ă ĐŝŶĞŵĂ ƐĐƌĞĞŶ͘ ƉƉĂƌĞŶƚůǇ ƚŚĞ ƐĐĂƌǇ ŵŽŵĞŶƚƐ ĂƌĞ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ďŝƚ ŚŝƚͲĂŶĚͲ ŵŝƐƐ͕ ďƵƚ Ăůů ĂŶĚ Ăůů ŝƚ ůŽŽŬƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ĂŶ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŝŶŐ ǁĂƚĐŚ͘ KŚ͕ ĂŶĚ DĞŐĂŶ &Žǆ ŝƐ ŝŶ ŝƚ͘͘͘ Elizabeth Poole

CINEMATIC CLASSICS> JOHN CARPENTER’S HALLOWEEN, 1978 John Carpenter’s Halloween ǁĂƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƉƌŽŵŝŶĞŶƚ ƐůĂƐŚĞƌ ĮůŵƐ ŽĨ ŝƚƐ ŬŝŶĚ͕ ŶŽƚ ŽŶůǇ ƌĞͲŝŶǀĞŶƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƚĞƌŵ ͚ƐůĂƐŚĞƌ͕͛ ďƵƚ ƵƐŝŶŐ ŝƚ ĂƐ Ă ĨŽƌĐĞ ŽĨ ƐŽĐŝĂů ĂŶĚ ŵŽƌĂů ĂŶŶŝŚŝůĂƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐŵĂůů ƚŽǁŶ ŽĨ ,ĂĚĚŽŶĮĞůĚ͕ /ůůŝŶŽŝƐ͘ KŶ ,ĂůůŽǁĞĞŶ ŶŝŐŚƚ ϭϵϲϯ͕ ƐŝǆͲǇĞĂƌͲŽůĚ DŝĐŚĂĞů DǇĞƌƐ ŵƵƌĚĞƌƐ ŚŝƐ ĮŌĞĞŶͲ ǇĞĂƌͲŽůĚ ƐŝƐƚĞƌ :ƵĚŝƚŚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŚŽŵĞ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ďƵƚĐŚĞƌ ŬŶŝĨĞ͘ ,ŝƐ ƉĂƌĞŶƚƐ ĮŶĚ ŽƵƚ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŬŝůůŝŶŐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƐĂŶĐƟŽŶ DŝĐŚĂĞů ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƌĞ ŽĨ ƌ͘ ^Ăŵ >ŽŽŵŝƐ ; ŽŶĂůĚ WůĞĂƐĞŶĐĞͿ ĨŽƌ Ă ƚŽƚĂů ŽĨ ĮŌĞĞŶ ǇĞĂƌƐ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ ŚĞ ĞƐĐĂƉĞƐ͘ dŚĞ Įůŵ͕ ĞǀĞŶ ƚŽ ƚŚŝƐ ǀĞƌǇ

ĚĂǇ ĐŽŶƚĂŝŶƐ Ăůů ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞůĞŵĞŶƚƐ ŽĨ ͚ƐůĂƐŚĞƌ͛ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ ůŽǀĞ͕ ĞǀĞŶ ŝĨ Halloween ŝƐ ƐŝŵƉůŝƐƟĐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƵƌĨĂĐĞ͘ ĞŚŝŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƐŬ ŽĨ DŝĐŚĂĞů ŝƐ Ă ŵŽŶƐƚĞƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƚŚŝƐ ŝĚĞĂ ŽĨ ŶŽƚ ŬŶŽǁŝŶŐ ĞǆĂĐƚůǇ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽŶƐƚĞƌ͕ ƚŚĂƚ ŬĞĞƉƐ ƵƐ ĐĂƉƟǀĂƚĞĚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ͘ dŚĞ ŵĂƐŬ ƐĞƌǀĞƐ ƚŽ ƐĞƉĂƌĂƚĞ ƚŚĞ ǀŝĞǁĞƌ ĨƌŽŵ ŝĚĞŶƟĨǇŝŶŐ Žƌ ĞŵƉĂƚŚŝƐŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŬŝůůĞƌ͕ ĂƐ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ƚŽůĚ ƚŚĂƚ Ă ŵĂŶ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ĐĂƉĂďŝůŝƚǇ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ŶŽƚ ďĞ ĂůůŽǁĞĚ ƚŽ ĨŽƌŵ ĂŶǇ ŬŝŶĚ ŽĨ ĐŽŶŶĞĐƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĞǆƚĞƌŶĂů ǁŽƌůĚ͘ DŝĐŚĂĞů ŝƐ ƉŚǇƐŝĐĂůůǇ ƚƌĂƉƉĞĚ͕ ŵĞŶƚĂůůǇ ƚƌĂƉƉĞĚ͕ ĂŶĚ ŶŽ ĚŽƵďƚ ƐĞǆƵĂůůǇ ƚƌĂƉƉĞĚ

ĂƐ ǁĞůů͘ ůů ŽĨ ƚŚĞƐĞ ŶŽƟŽŶƐ ďƵŝůĚ ƵƉ͕ ĂŶĚ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĮŶŝŶŐ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌŝƐƟĐ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ĂŶŐĞƌ ĂŶĚ ĨƌƵƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ Ͳ ŝƌŽŶŝĐĂůůǇ ĞŵďŽĚŝĞĚ ďǇ ǇŽƵŶŐ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ǁŽŵĞŶ ŚĞ ŚĂƐ ŶĞǀĞƌ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞĚ͘ KŶ ƚŚĞ ŽŶĞ ŚĂŶĚ͕ ǁĞ ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚ DŝĐŚĂĞů ŝƐ Ă ǀŝĐŝŽƵƐ ŬŝůůĞƌ ǁŚŽ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĞũĞĐƚĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƐŽĐŝĂů ƌĞĂůŵ ĂŶĚ ƐĞĐƟŽŶĞĚ ĂŐĂŝŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŵĞŶƚĂů ŝŶƐƟƚƵƟŽŶ͘ KŶ ƚŚĞ ƌĞǀĞƌƐĞ͕ ǁĞ ƵŶĐŽŶƐĐŝŽƵƐůǇ ďƵŝůĚ Ă ĐŽŶŶĞĐƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ DŝĐŚĂĞů Ͳ ǁĞ ďŽƚŚ ŽďũĞĐƟĨǇ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƚŚŝŶŐ Ͳ ƚŚĞ ĞƌŽƟĐ ĚĞƐŝƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĨĞŵĂůĞ ďŽĚǇ͕ ǁĞ ďŽƚŚ ĨĞĞů ƚŚĂƚ ŽƵƌ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ ŝƐ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ƵƐ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂůůǇ͕

ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞŶ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚůǇ͕ ǁĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƐĂǁ DŝĐŚĂĞů ǁŚĞŶ ŚĞ ǁĂƐ Ɛŝǆ ǇĞĂƌƐ ŽůĚ͕ ƐŽ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ĐŽŶŶĞĐƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝƐ ŝŶŶŽĐĞŶĐĞ͘ Halloween ũƵƐƟĮĞĚ ƚŚĞ ͚ƐůĂƐŚĞƌ͛ ƐƵďͲŐĞŶƌĞ ŶŽƚ ĂƐ ͞ƐŝŵƉůŝƐƟĐ ĂŶĚ ĨŽƌŵƵůĂŝĐ ƚĞĞŶͲ ƚƌĂƐŚ͟ ďƵƚ ĂƐ Ă Įůŵ ƚŚĂƚ ĐĂŶ ĐŽŵƉůŝĐĂƚĞ ǀŝĞǁŝŶŐ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶƐ͕ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ǁŽŵĞŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ϭϵϳϬ͛Ɛ ĞƌĂ ŽĨ ĨĞŵŝŶŝƐŵ͕ Įůŵ ǀŝŽůĞŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ĐĞŶƐŽƌƐŚŝƉ͕ ƐĞǆƵĂůŝƚǇ͕ ĂŶĚ ƐŽ ŵĂŶǇ ŽƚŚĞƌ ŝƐƐƵĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ƐƟůů ƉƌŽŵŝŶĞŶƚ͘ zĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ͚ƐůĂƐŚĞƌ͛ ŐĞŶƌĞ ĚŽĞƐ ŚĂǀĞ ĨŽƌŵƵůĂŝĐ ƉůŽƚƐ͕ ďƵƚ Halloween ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ďǇ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ Ă ĨŽƌŵƵůĂŝĐ ƉůŽƚ͕ ŽƵƌ ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚƐ ĂƌĞ ŶŽƚ ŽĐĐƵƉŝĞĚ ŝŶ

* /Ŷ dŚĞ ĞĚƌŽŽŵ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ dŽĚĚ &ŝĞůĚ ŚĂƐ ƐŝŐŶĞĚ ƵƉ ƚŽ ĚŝƌĞĐƚ ĂŶ ĂĚĂƉƚĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŽƌŵĂĐ DĐ ĂƌƚŚǇ͛Ɛ Blood Meridian͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ƐƚƌŝĐƚůǇ Ă ŚŽƌƌŽƌ Įůŵ͕ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ ŝĨ &ŝĞůĚ ƐƟĐŬƐ ƚŽ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ ůŝŬĞ ƚŚĞ ŶŽǀĞů͛Ɛ ƐƚŽƌǇůŝŶĞ ŝƚ ǁŝůů ŚĂǀĞ ŵŽƌĞ ďƌƵƚĂůŝƚǇ͕ ďůŽŽĚͲůĞƫŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŵƵƟůĂƟŽŶ ƚŚĂŶ ĂŶǇ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ Saw ĮůŵƐ͘

Ύ ZŽďĞƌƚ ZŽĚƌŝŐƵĞǌ ŚĂƐ ĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞĚ ŚŝƐ ŝŶƚĞŶƟŽŶ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ Ă ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞ ůĞŶŐƚŚ ǀĞƌƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ Ă ŶŽǀĞůƚǇ ƚƌĂŝůĞƌ ŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĂƩĂĐŚĞĚ ƚŽ ŚŝƐ ĞǆƉůŽŝƚĂƟŽŶ ĚŽƵďůĞ ďŝůů 'ƌŝŶĚŚŽƵƐĞ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ͘ ZŽĚƌŝŐƵĞǌ ŚĂƐ ƌŽƉĞĚ ŝŶ ĂŶ ĞǆƚĞŶƐŝǀĞ ĂŶĚ ĞƐŽƚĞƌŝĐ ĐĂƐƚ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ZŽďĞƌƚ ĞEŝƌŽ͕ ^ƚĞǀĞŶ ^ĞĂŐĂů ĂŶĚ >ŝŶĚƐĂǇ >ŽŚĂŶ͘

Ύ &ŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ ŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ ŚŝƐ ƌĞƚƵƌŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ǌŽŵďŝĞ ŐĞŶƌĞ ǁŝƚŚ Land ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞĂĚ͕ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ 'ĞŽƌŐĞ ͘ ZŽŵĞƌŽ ǁŝůů ƌĞĂŶŝŵĂƚĞ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĐĞĂƐĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƐŝǆƚŚ ƟŵĞ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝƐ ƵƉĐŽŵŝŶŐ Survival of ƚŚĞ ĞĂĚ͘

Ύ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ƌĞŵĂŬĞƐ ŽĨ ĂǀŝĚ ƌŽŶĞŶďĞƌŐ͛Ɛ ŚŽƌƌŽƌ ĮůŵƐ ĂƌĞ ŝŶ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ͘ Saw II–IV ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ĂƌƌĞŶ >ǇŶŶ ŽƵƐŵĂŶ ŝƐ ĂƩĂĐŚĞĚ ƚŽ Ă ƌĞŵĂŬĞ ŽĨ Scanners͕ ĂŶĚ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ŽƚŚĞƌ ĮůŵƐ͘

ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ ǁŚĂƚ ŝƐ ŐŽŝŶŐ ŽŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƌƌĂƟǀĞ͕ ďƵƚ ǁŚĂƚ ǁŝĚĞƌ ƐŽĐŝĂů ŝƐƐƵĞƐ ƚŚŝƐ ŶĂƌƌĂƟǀĞ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚƐ ŽƵƚƐŝĚĞ ƚŚĞ ĮůŵŝĐ ǁŽƌůĚ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ Ă ƋƵĂůŝƚǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ͚ƐůĂƐŚĞƌ͛ Įůŵ ƚŚĂƚ ŵĂŶǇ ĨĂŝů ƚŽ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƐĞ Žƌ ƚĂŬĞ ŝŶƚŽ ĂĐĐŽƵŶƚ͘ Halloween ƐƉĂǁŶĞĚ ĞŝŐŚƚ ƐĞƋƵĞůƐ ĂŶĚ ƚǁŽ ƌĞŵĂŬĞƐ ŽǀĞƌĂůů͘ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ŶŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŵ ůŝǀĞ ƵƉ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů ǀĞƌƐŝŽŶ͕ ƚŚĞǇ Ăůů ƐƟůů ƌĂŝƐĞ ŽŶĞ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ͗ ǁŚĂƚ ǁŝůů ǇŽƵ ďĞ ĚŽŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ,ĂůůŽǁĞĞŶ͍

Adam Scales

SCARY SECRETS Ύ ĂƌŝŽ ƌŐĞŶƚŽ͛Ɛ ŚĂƵŶƟŶŐ ϭϵϳϳ ĐƵůƚ ĐůĂƐƐŝĐ͕ Suspiria͕ ŝƐ ƐĞƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƌĞŵĂĚĞ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϬ͘ /ŶĚĞƉĞŶĚĞŶƚ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ĂǀŝĚ 'ŽƌĚŽŶ 'ƌĞĞŶ͕ ǁŚŽƐĞ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞ ĚĞďƵƚ 'ĞŽƌŐĞ tĂƐŚŝŶŐƚŽŶ͕ ďĞĐĂŵĞ ĂŶ ŝŶĚŝĞ ĐĂƵƐĞ ĐĠůğďƌĞ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϬ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ĂƩĂĐŚĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ͕ ĂƐ ŚĂƐ ĂĐƚƌĞƐƐ EĂƚĂůŝĞ WŽƌƚŵĂŶ͘ Ύ tĞƐ ƌĂǀĞŶ ŚĂƐ ĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƟƚůĞ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ƵƉĐŽŵŝŶŐ ŚŽƌƌŽƌ Įůŵ͗ DǇ ^ŽƵů ƚŽ dĂŬĞ͘ dŚĞ Įůŵ ĂůůĞŐĞĚůǇ ĐŽŶĐĞƌŶƐ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů ŶŽƟŽŶ ŽĨ Ă ĚĞĐĞĂƐĞĚ ƐĞƌŝĂů ŬŝůůĞƌ ƌĞƚƵƌŶŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŚŝƐ ŚŽŵĞ ƚŽǁŶ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ĮŶŝƐŚ ǁŚĂƚ ŚĞ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ͘

* The 'ŚŽƐƚďƵƐƚĞƌƐ ĐĂƐƚ ĂƌĞ ƐĞƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƌĞƵŶŝƚĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƟŵĞ ƐŝŶĐĞ ϭϵϴϵ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƚŚŝƌĚ ŝŶƐƚĂůůŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĨƌĂŶĐŚŝƐĞ͕ ƉĞŶĐŝůůĞĚ ŝŶ ĨŽƌ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞ ƐŽŵĞ ƟŵĞ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϮ͘ Ύ ĞŶŝĐŝŽ Ğů dŽƌŽ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƉŽƌƚƌĂǇŝŶŐ dŚĞ tŽůĨŵĂŶ ŝŶ Ă ϮϬϭϬ ƉŝĐƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ŶĂŵĞ͘ dŚĞ ϮϭƐƚ ĞŶƚƵƌǇ ƵƉĚĂƚĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐůĂƐƐŝĐ hŶŝǀĞƌƐĂů ĨƌĂŶĐŚŝƐĞ ǁŝůů ĂůƐŽ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞ ,ƵŐŽ tĞĂǀŝŶŐ͕ ŵŝůǇ ůƵŶƚ ĂŶĚ ŶƚŚŽŶǇ ,ŽƉŬŝŶƐ͘

Luke Nash

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*Salsa Lesson>,ŝǀĞхϱ͗ϯϬхάϮ Ύ:ŽŚŶ >ĞĞƐ͛ ĂƌĐůĂǇ :ĂŵĞƐ ,ĂƌǀĞƐƚх tĂƚĞƌĨƌŽŶƚхϳ͗ϯϬхάϭϴ͘ϱϬ Ύ ŝůů tǇŵĂŶхdŚĞĂƚƌĞ ZŽǇĂůхϳ͗ϯϬхάϲ *Mabon> ƌƚƐ ĞŶƚƌĞхϴƉŵхάϴ ΎWŝƌĂƚĞ WĂƌƚǇх> ZхϭϬƉŵхάϯ͘ϱϬ

Ύ^ĂůƐĂ EŝŐŚƚх,ŝǀĞхϱ͗ϯϬ Ύ&ŝůŵхdŚĞ WƌŽƉŽƐĂůх>dϭхϳ͗ϯϬ хάϮ͘ϳϱ Ύ ĂŬĂ ĞǇŽŶĚх ƌƚƐ ĞŶƚƌĞхϴ͗ϯϬх άϭϬ

WEDNESDAY 4TH

ΎDƵƐŝĐ Λ ϭх ƐƐĞŵďůǇ ,ŽƵƐĞхϭƉŵх άϰ Ύ&ŝůŵхWƵďůŝĐ ŶĞŵŝĞƐх>dϭхϳ͗ϯϬ хάϮ͘ϳϱ Ύ>ŝů͛ > Zх Ăƌхϴ͗ϯϬ ΎWĂŵ͛Ɛ ,ŽƵƐĞх> Zхϵ͗ϯϬхάϳ ΎZĂǁŬƵƐ Θ WĂƌĂĚŝƐĞ ŝƚǇхt&хϭϬƉŵ хάϯ͘ϱϬ

FRIDAY 13TH

Ύ^ƉŽƌƚƐ EŝŐŚƚх Ăƌхϵ͗ϯϬ

THURSDAY 5TH Ύ&ŝůŵх>ŽŽŬŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƌŝĐх>dϭхϳ͗ϯϬх άϮ͘ϳϱ Ύ^ĞƚŚ >ĂŬĞŵĂŶхt&хϳ͗ϯϬхάϭϲ Ύ ƵƌŽƌĂ ŽŶĮ ƌĞ EŝŐŚƚх ƌƚƐ ĞŶƚƌĞ> ϴƉŵхάϰ Ύ ĚĂŵ ,ŝůůƐхWůĂǇŚŽƵƐĞхϴƉŵхάϭϱ Ύ ŝŶŐŽх Ăƌхϴ͗ϯϬ

^ƚ ŶĚƌĞǁ͛Ɛ ,Ăůůхϳ͗ϯϬхάϰ ΎdĂŶŐŽŵŽƟ ŽŶхWůĂǇŚŽƵƐĞхϳ͗ϯϬхάϭϱ Ύ^ŝŵŽŶ ŵƐƚĞůůхdŚĞĂƚƌĞ ZŽǇĂůхϳ͗ϯϬ хάϱͲϮϬ ΎtĞĞŬĞŶĚ tĂƌŵͲƵƉх ĂƌхϴƉŵ FRIDAY 6TH Ύ ĂďǇ ĂůĚĞх ƌƚƐ ĞŶƚƌĞхϴ͗ϯϬхάϴ Ύ ƌĂŌ &Ăŝƌх&ŽƌƵŵхϵ͗ϯϬͲϱƉŵ Ύ&ŝůŵхdƌĂŶƐĨŽƌŵĞƌƐх>dϭхϳ͗ϯϬхάϮ͘ϳϱ Ύ >ŝƐƚ Θ ,ŝǀĞх> ZхϭϬƉŵхάϰ͘ϱϬ ΎDĞůƚĚŽǁŶ Θ ZĂǁŬƵƐхt&хϭϬƉŵх Ύ ĚĞŵх ƌƚƐ ĞŶƚƌĞхϴƉŵхάϳ άϯ͘ϱϬ ΎdŚĞ >ŝů͛ > Zх ĂƌхϴƉŵ ΎϴϬƐ EŝŐŚƚ Θ ,ŝƚƐ WĂƌĂĚĞхt&хϭϬƉŵх άϯ͘ϱϬ SUNDAY 8TH ΎDĂŐŶƵŵхt&хϳƉŵхάϭϴ͘ϱϬ ΎEĞǆƚ ŝŐ dŚŝŶŐ ϲх> ZхϳƉŵхάϱ SATURDAY 7TH *The Quiz> Ăƌхϳ͗ϯϬ Ύ ƌĂŌ &Ăŝƌх&ŽƌƵŵхϵ͗ϯϬͲϱƉŵ Ύ^ƉĂƌŬƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ WĂƌŬх ĂƌůŚĂŵ WĂƌŬ> *Outpost> ƌƚƐ ĞŶƚƌĞхϴƉŵхάϮ ϱƉŵхάϯ Ύh ŚŽŝƌ Θ ^ǇŵƉŚŽŶǇ KƌĐŚĞƐƚƌĂх

MONDAY 9TH Ύ ĂŶ <ŝƚƐŽŶх ƌƚƐ ĞŶƚƌĞхϴ͗ϯϬхάϴ

SATURDAY 14ST

*Salsa Lesson>,ŝǀĞхϱ͗ϯϬхάϮ Ύ,ƵŶĚƌĞĚ ZĞĂƐŽŶƐхt&хϳ͗ϯϬхάϭϮ Ύ ĂǇ'ůŽ ZĂǀĞх> ZхϭϬƉŵхάϯ͘ϱϬ

Ύ ůŝƐĚĂŝƌ ZŽďĞƌƚƐ Θ >ƵŬĞ &ŽǁůĞƌх ƌƚƐ ĞŶƚƌĞхϴƉŵхάϳ ΎDĞůƚĚŽǁŶ Θ ƌŝƚƉŽƉƉŝŶŐхt&> ϵƉŵхάϯ͘ϱϬ Ύ ůƵď ZĞƚƌŽх> ZхϭϬƉŵхάϰ͘ϱϬ

WEDNESDAY 11TH

SUNDAY 15TH

Ύh >ŝƚĞƌĂƌǇ &ĞƐƟ ǀĂůх:ĂǀŝĞƌ DĂƌŝĂƐх>dϭхϳƉŵхάϲ Ύ ŝī Ǉ ůǇƌŽх> Zхϳ͗ϯϬхάϭϲ ΎZƵŵďůĞ ^ƚƌŝƉƐхt&хϳ͗ϯϬхάϵ ΎDĂƌǇ ƉǁŽƌƚŚх ƌƚƐ ĞŶƚƌĞхϴ͗ϯϬ хάϰ Ύ^ƉŽƌƚƐ EŝŐŚƚх Ăƌхϴ͗ϯϬ

ΎEĞǁ ĞĂƵƟ ĨƵů ^ŽƵƚŚхt&хϳƉŵхάϮϬ Ύ^ƚĞǀĞ ,ĂĐŬĞƩ х> ZхϳƉŵхάϭϳ Ύ ŝŐ WƌŝǌĞ YƵŝǌх Ăƌхϳ͗ϯϬхάϯ

TUESDAY 10TH

MONDAY 16TH Ύ ĞǀĞƌůĞǇ <ŶŝŐŚƚх> Zхϳ͗ϯϬхάϮϮ͘ϱϬ ΎWŽƌƟ ĐŽ YƵĂƌƚĞƚх ƌƚƐ ĞŶƚƌĞхϴƉŵ хάϭϬ

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ϭ͗ Į ŐƵƌĞ ŽĨ ŵŽĐŬĞƌǇ ;ϴ͕ϱͿ ϳ͗ ͺͺͺͺ WĂƌƚǇ͕ ŝŶĚŝĞ ďĂŶĚ ;ϰͿ ϴ͗ Ɛ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ;ϰͿ ϵ͗ ĂƌĚ ŐĂŵĞ ;ϰͿ ϭϬ͗ ^ŵĂůů ŵŝƐĐŚŝĞǀŽƵƐ ĐƌĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ ;ϰͿ ϭϮ͗ &ŽƌŵĂů ĐůŽƚŚĞƐ ;ϰͿ ϭϯ͗ ƌƵŶĐŚǇ ĨŽŽĚ ƐŽůĚ ŝŶ ƉĂĐŬĞƚƐ ;ϱͿ ϭϱ͗ KƉƉŽƐŝƚĞ ŽĨ ƵŶĚĞƌ ;ϰͿ ϭϲ͗ ,ŽŵĞƚŽǁŶ ŽĨ ^ŽŶŝĐ ŽŽŵ ^ŝǆ ;ϭϬͿ ϭϴ͗ ŵŵĂŶƵĞů ĚĞďĂǇŽƌ͛Ɛ ŶĂƟ ŽŶĂů ĨŽŽƚďĂůů ƚĞĂŵ ;ϰͿ ϮϬ͗ ,ĞĂĚǁĞĂƌ ;ϯͿ ϮϮ͗ ϭϵϳϴ :ŽŚŶ ĂƌƉĞŶƚĞƌ ŚŽƌƌŽƌ Į ůŵ ;ϵͿ Ϯϰ͗ <ŝŶŐĚŽŵ ;ϱͿ Ϯϱ͗ tĞƐ ͺͺͺͺͺͺͺͺ͕ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ŽĨ &ĂŶƚĂƐƟ Đ Dƌ͘ &Žǆ ;ϴͿ

Ϯ͗ ĂŵƉƵƐ ĨŽŽĚ ƐŚŽƉ ;Ăďďƌ͘Ϳ ;ϯͿ ϯ͗ dŚĞ ƐƚĂƚƵƐ ŽĨ Ă ǁŝĚĞůǇ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƐĞĚ ƉĞƌƐŽŶ Žƌ ŽďũĞĐƚ ;ϲͿ ϰ͗ hŶĚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƚŚƌĞĂƚ ŽĨ ďĞŝŶŐ ƐŚŽƚ ;ϴͿ ϱ͗ DĞĂŶƐ ŽĨ ƚƌĂǀĞů ;ϵͿ ϲ͗ tŽůĨŵŽƚŚĞƌ ĂůďƵŵ ;ϲ͕ϯͿ ϳ͗ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ǀĞŶƵĞ ĐŽŶƚĂŝŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ Ϯ ;ϭϭͿ ϭϭ͗ dƌĂĨĂůŐĂƌ ^ƋƵĂƌĞ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůǇ ƐĂǁ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞƐ ŽŶ ŝƚƐ ĨŽƵƌƚŚ ͺͺͺͺͺ ;ϲͿ ϭϰ͗ DƵƐŝĐĂů ďĞĂƚ ;ϲͿ ϭϳ͗ ZƵƐƐŝĂŶ ĚŝĐƚĂƚŽƌ ǁŚŽ ĚŝĞĚ ŝŶ ϭϵϱϯ ;ϲͿ ϭϵ͗ ƚŚůĞƚĞ ǁŚŽ ǁŽŶ ƐƉƌŝŶƟ ŶŐ ŐŽůĚ ŝŶ ϭϵϯϲ KůǇŵƉŝĐƐ͕ :ĞƐƐĞ ͺͺͺͺ ;ϱͿ Ϯϭ͗ WŝĞĐĞ ŽĨ ƐŬĞůĞƚŽŶ ;ϰͿ Ϯϯ͗ &ĞŵĂůĞ ŵĞŵďĞƌ ŽĨ Ă ƌĞůŝŐŝŽƵƐ ŽƌĚĞƌ ;ϯͿ

BADLY DRAWN PLANET tĞ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ĐŽƉǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ďŽŽŬ ĨƌŽŵ WĞƚĞƌ sĞŐĂƐ ƚŽ ŐŝǀĞ ĂǁĂǇ͊ &ƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ǁĂƌƉĞĚ ŐĞŶŝƵƐ ďĞŚŝŶĚ ƚŚĞ ^Ɵ ĐŬŵĞŶ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ͕ ĂĚůǇ ƌĂǁŶ WůĂŶĞƚ ŝƐ Ă ƌĂŶĚŽŵ ƚĂŬĞ ŽŶ ŵŽĚĞƌŶ ůŝĨĞ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ĨƵůů ŽĨ ƐŝŵƉůĞ

SUDOKU with

EASY

5 7 1 6 2 3 5 1 7 9 7 7 1 6 5 8 6 5 2 1 3 5 7 4 6 5 1 3 8 2 3 6 1 8 4 2

4 5 1

2 6

1 9

2 7

3 1

5 8 6

MEDIUM

9 6

3 2

2 3 5

5 9

ĚƌĂǁŝŶŐƐ ǇĞƚ ŚŝůĂƌŝŽƵƐ ĚƌĂǁŝŶŐƐ ĂŶĚ ǁŝƩ Ǉ ŽďƐĞƌǀĂƟ ŽŶƐ͘ dŽ ďĞ ŝŶ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ͕ ũƵƐƚ ďƌŝŶŐ ǇŽƵƌ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞĚ ĐƌŽƐƐǁŽƌĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ Žĸ ĐĞ ƵƉƐƚĂŝƌƐ ŝŶ hŶŝŽŶ ,ŽƵƐĞ ďǇ dŚƵƌƐĚĂǇ ϭϮͬϭϭͬϬϵ͗ EĂŵĞ͗ ŵĂŝů͗

HARD

5 3 7 4 8 9 6 1 3 7 6 2 8 6 2 4 9 2 5 1

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 ϭϮͬϭϭͬϬϵ͘ EĂŵĞ͗ ŵĂŝů͗

Did you know…? Ͳ ůŵŽƐƚ Ăůů ŝŶŬũĞƚ ĂŶĚ ƚŽŶĞƌ ĐĂƌƚƌŝĚŐĞƐ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƌĞĮ ůůĞĚ Žƌ ƌĞŵĂŶƵĨĂĐƚƵƌĞĚ͕ ǇĞƚ ĞĂĐŚ ǇĞĂƌ ŽǀĞƌ ϰϱ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ ĐĂƌƚƌŝĚŐĞƐ ŐĞƚ ƚŚƌŽǁŶ ĂǁĂǇ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ h< ĂŶĚ ĞŶĚ ƵƉ ŝŶ ůĂŶĚĮ ůů ƐŝƚĞƐ͘ Ͳ/ƚ ƚĂŬĞƐ ϭ͘ϱ ƉŝŶƚƐ ŽĨ ĐƌƵĚĞ Žŝů ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ŽŶĞ ŝŶŬ ĐĂƌƚƌŝĚŐĞ ĂŶĚ ǁŝůů ƚĂŬĞ ϭϬϬϬ ǇĞĂƌƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƌƚƌŝĚŐĞ ƚŽ ĚĞĐŽŵƉŽƐĞ͘ Ͳ/ŶŬ ĂŶĚ ƚŽŶĞƌ ĐĂƌƚƌŝĚŐĞƐ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƌĞĐǇĐůĞĚ Ăƚ /ŶŬ ǆĐŚĂŶŐĞ͕ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ͘ ŵĞŶƚĂůůǇ ĨƌŝĞŶĚůǇ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚ͕ ďƵƚ ŽŶĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ŵŽƌĞ ĐŽƐƚͲĞī ĞĐƟ ǀĞ ĂƐ ǁĞůů͘