Mayhem! Magazine - Issue 13 (Winter Double)

Eat global.

Stay local.

Award-winning Koh Thai Tapas coming to 8 King’s Road, Southsea, December 7th 2012

koh-thai.co.uk Find us on Facebook or Tweet us @ThaiTapas

g in 12 ch 20 un c La De h 7t

YOUR

REAL ICE RINK 6TH DECEMBER - 6TH JANUARY LOVE SOUTHSEA FESTIVE MARKET

CLASSIC & QUIRKY CHRISTMAS GIFTS

OVER 90 OUTLET BRANDS & 30 RESTAURANTS & BARS BOOK YOUR ICE RINK SESSION NOW WWW.GUNWHARF-QUAYS.COM

presents

The Ultimate Man Makeover Does the man in your life need some serious help in the style department?

Is his hairstyle stuck in a distant decade?

Enter the competition before 31st January 2013 for a chance to win your man a luxury makeover worth ÂŁ1,000.

'203/)6) 276=6 '2746)5; 2* )9-1 ,2)5 &; 746 )-+)4 56;/-5, 1)9 ,%-4'76 %1( 342(7'6 3%'. '4)%6)( &; 6,) ):3)465 %6 4%() )'4)6 %03)4 2* 3%03)4-1+ 34-<)5 -1'/7(-1+ 570367275 5.-1'%4) 64)%65 *420 2/621 4291 %1( 2265 %1( % 5)/)'6-21 2* ()/-'-275 -1(6 ',2'2/%6)5

1') 6,) 64%15*240%6-21 -5 '203/)6) ;27 // +)6 6,) ',%1') 62 ')/)&4%6) 62+)6,)4 9-6, % +/%55 2* ,%03%+1) (-11)4 *24 692 %6 4%55)4-) /%1' *2//29)( &; % ! 1-+,6 %6 -+)4 -+)4

2 )16)4 6,-5 '203)6-6-21 )0%-/ " #

$ 9-6, > #274 1%0) > %0) 2* 120-1)) > #274 4)/%6-215,-3 62 6,) 120-1))

> ''73%6-21 2* 120-1)) > #274 '216%'6 170&)4 > 4)%5215 9,; ,) ()5)48)5 6,) 7/6-0%6) 0%.)28)4

999 60/)9-1 '2 7.

1 %552'-%6-21 9-6,

)405 21(-6-215 164%165 0756 &) ;)%45 24 28)4 // )164-)5 0756 &) 4)')-8)( &; ,745(%; 56 %17%4; // )/)0)165 2* 6,) 0%.)28)4 0756 &) 4)())0)( &; 6, )&47%4; %1( ):'/7(-1+ 6, )&47%4; -1%/-565 0756 &) %8%-/%&/) 21 6, )&47%4;

WORD FROM THE TOP!

Founder/Director Daniel Tidbury Editor Mia Habens Studio Manager Felicity Patrick Graphic Design Tidbury Media Staff Writers Edward Couzens-Lake Chris Morley Chris Donnelly Contributing Writers Sophie Tsimpris Mia Williams Rosie Saban Steven Weintraub Emma Reid Kelly Wickham Jennifer Le Roux Claire Lincoln Robyn Montague Yasmin Standley Arti Rajput Proof Readers Chris Pursey Felicity Patrick Nightlife Paparazzi Mick Wythe Matt Byne Sales/Marketing Jake Catterall Jennifer Le Roux Distribution Jamie Pay Online Editor Jennifer Le Roux Publisher Tidbury Media

023 9229 4408 hello@mayhemmagazine.co.uk The Clock Tower, 44 Castle Rd, PO5 3DE www.mayhemmagazine.co.uk Mayhem! is a free lifestyle magazine dedicated to keeping you up to date with the latest trends, fashions and interviews.

Our monthly instalments are available to pick up from the countless distribution points scattered across the city and surrounding areas at the beginning of each month. © Copyright 2012 All rights reserved Tidbury Media

EDITOR’S

LETTER Seasons greetings to all you Mayhemers!

Well, we may be seeing out yet another year, but 2013 is shaping up to be an exciting (and not at all unlucky) year ahead!

To kick things off in true Mayhem! style, we’ve been one-to-one with The Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson, for all the latest on one of the most anticipated movies of 2012 – The Hobbit. Plus, we’re catching up with Russell Brand and finding out about his latest project with comedy legend Eric Idle…and yes, he is a very naughty boy!

We’re catering for all you adrenalin junkies out there once again by scoping out what’s going down at this year’s Winter Extreme Games and, for all you music lovers, we’re checking out what’s hot and what’s not on the music scene in the coming months!

Plus, lots and lots more!

So here’s to seeing out the old and welcoming in the new – bring it on 2013!

Happy New Year!

For even more Mayhem!, checkout our website: www.mayhemmagazine.co.uk and join in the conversations on Facebook/themayhemmagazine.

Mia Habens | Editor @MAYHEMMAG

Check out our website for even more... www.mayhemmagazine.co.uk

THE MAYHEM MAGAZINE WINTER 2012/13 | MAYHEM!

5

WHAT’S INSIDE?

08 Mayhem!’s New Year Honours list 10 Roll on the summer!

12 Gadget gift guide 14 Get a room!

16 Winter extreme games 18 Get your skates on 20 Snow time!

24 Mayhem! Meets…

Peter Jackson 30 Bestselling books of 2012

l a i c e p S r e Wint

32 34 36 38 40 48

50 52 54 56

Story time Listen up!

New year, new music A chat with… Josh Kumra Eyes to the skies Life on the road with…

The Lumineers Happy Hanukkah Brand Identity 100 years ago Weird Christmas gifts

58 60 62 64 66 68 70

Mincing about Man’s best friend Christmas markets She Who Dares Goal mapping Go out with a bang Around the world on New Year’s day 72 World Aids Day 78 Getting close with…

Frisky & Mannish

PAGES 74-77 LOOK OUT FOR YOUR MATES WITH OUR ‘MAYHEM!’ MOMENTS... SEE

page 24

6

MAYHEM! | WINTER 2012/13

pa g e 38

page 52

pa g e 78

To advertise in Mayhem! Magazine call us on: 023 9229 4408

KEEP UP TO DATE!

The

BIG Question: It’s that time of year again to reflect on the memories and laughter of 2012. This month we asked you what’s been the highlight of your year. Here’s what some of you had to say:

xtra

Alexander Jones: “Highlight of the year...

Two amazing holidays, Cannes and Barcelona!”

Natalie Kenward: “One of the main highlights of my year has been finding out that one of my best friends is getting married next year ;0P xx”

Here’s what you’ve been tweeting, facebooking and chatting to us about online. Keep them coming!

Mayhem! Ten Ticket giveaway!

For the next two months we are giving away ten free haircuts courtesy of

‘United Salons’ in Southsea. Each week we’ll post the competition on facebook

3

1

urself holding Post a pic of yo em! Magazine yh Ma t the lates ok page at bo ce Fa on our k.com/ www. faceboo gazine themayhemma

YOU WIN

Victoria Bowness: “Highlights of my year, have been: planning my wedding, going on holiday to France and drinking lots of red wine, getting into my flat a!er the mud-feat that was the iow festival, and getting back into horse riding again! X” Leigh Barnfield: “mo farrah, pure awesome”

We want to hear from you, so get posting this month and you could see yours here in February!

2

Share it on YOUR wall!

What

YOU

are tweeting: There are loads of ways to join the lively Mayhem! network.

Let us know what you’re thinking.

Email us: hello@mayhemmagazine.co.uk Find us on Facebook at: /themayhemmagazine Follow and Tweet us: @mayhemmag Write to us: The Clock Tower, Southsea, Hampshire PO5 3DE

Checkout our online archive! www.issuu.com/mayhemmagazine

www.mayhemmagazine.co.uk Check out our website for even more... www.mayhemmagazine.co.uk

@JennaSimone “#TheHouse OfBurlseque tonight at the @ KingsSouthsea was brilliant!!

Thank you @ mayhemmag for our tickets :)” @jenniferthered “Loving the latest cover for @mayhemmag” WINTER 2012/13 | MAYHEM!

7

TO THE END OF THE WORLD!

MAYHEM!’S NEW YEAR

HONOURS LIST WRITTEN BY CHRIS MORLEY

LOVELY JUBILEE Where better to start than the Diamond Jubilee? Celebrations across the nation marked the current Queen Elizabeth’s 60 years on the throne on 6th February, and her subjects had yet more to celebrate after the London Olympics began on 27th July. Her Majesty popped up as a ‘Bond girl’ a good few months before Skyfall hit cinemas in just one of the many highlights from Danny Boyle’s opening ceremony as the rest of the world looked on, no doubt more than a little jealous.

But there was action higher in the cosmos, too – across 5th and 6th June we saw this century’s last transit of Venus (Venus passing directly between Earth and the sun). Whether you’re an avid viewer of The Sky At Night or not, that’s pretty impressive, but if you missed it the next one is due to occur in 2117. Plenty of time to save up for a telescope and try Patrick Moore at his own game…

8

MAYHEM! | WINTER 2012/13

go en like s to ow s th e Q ue an d ce an Ev eryone kn st um rc pom p an d ci of t ch bi ea a h r fo ee ts w it urs like sw t gh ou dish ou t hono m !’ th w e at ‘May he ne w ye ar , so bu t w it h a sve el rs go ou w e’ d have a ie goes for zz de ar old Li re he ly W t. is tw ing it slig ht le , w e’ re mak em de e w notable peop ts ev en nouring th e ead easier an d ho d looking ah an , 12 20 om fr t an rt im po

In other science news, Curiosity (the Mars Rover) landed on the Red Planet on 6th August, enabling resident boffins to finally answer David Bowie’s question of whether there is indeed Life On Mars. He’d been asking since 1971, so it’s about time really…

the first ‘talkies’, voices heard instead of vaudeville-style piano accompaniment to the action on screen, and the rest, as they say, is history) – there’s more we’ve probably forgotten, but do feel free to send us your own ‘best bits’ for the year!

Almost as old is the New Musical Express (NME), which celebrated its own Golden Jubilee on 25th September, having been in circulation since March 1952, initially in a newspaper format before moving into the sort of format seen in newsagents today.

2013 – A CALENDAR ODYSSEY

Moving into the cinema for a final prelude before the trailers for 2013, Paramount and Universal Pictures are both celebrating their 100th anniversaries, having been around for almost as long as anything approaching film-making as we know it (both looking to explore what was then a relatively new medium, having far to go from ‘silent’ film in the sense of no audible dialogue to

Providing the world hasn’t ended, as the doom-laden Mayans predicted it would, and your knickers are no longer in a twist, start looking to the future! As a fun fact, did you know that 2013 will be the first year since 1987 in which all four digits making up the year are different? Bet you didn’t think of that in your nervous glances at the calendar…

Sadly we’ve lost our crystal ball, but what we can tell you is this – new year, new start. So make of another 365 days grace what you will, and get cracking on those resolutions!

To advertise in Mayhem! Magazine call us on: 023 9229 4408

Groundlings Theatre 1PSUTNPVUIµT

NUTCRACKER -FU ZPVSTFMG CF TXFQU VQ JO UIF FYDJUFNFOU PG $ISJTUNBT XJUI

POF PG UIF NPTU GBNPVT DMBTTJDBM TUPSJFT PG BMM UJNF 5IF /VUDSBDLFS 5IJT VOQBSBMMFMFE XPSME GBNPVT TUPSZ CBTFE PO UIF CPPL CZ & 5 " )PGGNBO JT CSPVHIU UP MJGF JO B OFX NVTJDBM TFU UP EFMJHIU BVEJFODFT $PNQMFUF XJUI TFUT BOE DPTUVNFT UIJT JT POF OPU UP CF NJTTFE 8IBU NPSF DPVME B ZPVOH HJSM BTL GPS BU $ISJTUNBT UIBO GPS BMM IFS ESFBNT UP DPNF USVF "GUFS TOFBLJOH EPXOTUBJST BU NJEOJHIU UP QMBZ XJUI IFS OFX OVUDSBDLFS EPMM $MBSB JT TXFQU VQ JO B GBOUBTZ PG UPZ TPMEJFST HJBOU SBUT TOPX GBJSJFT NBHJD BOE NZTUFSZ "GUFS TBWJOH IFS CFMPWFE /VUDSBDLFS GSPN UIF ,JOH PG UIF 3BUT TIF JT XIJTLFE BXBZ UP BO FODIBOUFE MBOE BOE EBODFT UIF OJHIU BXBZ JO IJT BSNT NFFUJOH B IPTU PG TUSBOHF BOE FYPUJD DIBSBDUFST 5IF OJHIU QBTTFT JO B CMVS BOE TIF XBLFT VQ PO $ISJTUNBT NPSOJOH BU UIF GPPU PG UIF $ISJTUNBT USFF XJUI NFNPSJFT UIBU XJMM TUBZ XJUI IFS GPSFWFS BT XJMM UIF NFNPSZ PG UIJT BNB[JOH QSPEVDUJPO XJUI FWFSZPOF XIP TFFT JU

3&(6-"3 1&3'03."/$&4 5IVST UI %FD BU BN QN QN 'SJ UI %FD BU QN 4VO UI %FD BU QN QN 5VFT UI %FD BU QN 8FE UI %FD BU QN QN 5IVS UI %FD BU QN 'SJ TU %FD BU QN QN "EVMUT $IJMESFO $PODFTTJPOT 'BNJMZ UJDLFU XJUI NFBM 5JDLFUT JODMVEF B UXP DPVSTF $ISJTUNBT NFBM TFSWFE EVSJOH UIF TIPX 1&", 1&3'03."/$&4 4BU UI %FD BU QN QN 4BU OE %FDBU QN QN 4VO SE %FD BU QN QN .PO UI %FD BU BN QN "EVMUT $IJMESFO $PODFTTJPOT 'BNJMZ UJDLFU XJUI NFBM 5JDLFUT JODMVEF B UXP DPVSTF $ISJTUNBT NFBM EVSJOH UIF TIPX 6OSFTFSWFE TFBUT TIPX POMZ "EVMUT $IJMESFO $PODFTTJPOT 13&7*&84 5VFT UI %FD BU QN 8FE UI %FD BU QN PGG FBDI UJDLFU QSJDF 6OSFTFSWFE SFBS TFBUT TIPX POMZ "EVMUT $IJMESFO $PODFTTJPOT 4DIPPM CPPLJOHT 5FBDIFST HP GSFF

+"/6"3: FAWLTY TOWERS (FAREHAM MUSICAL SOCIETY) 'BSFIBN .VTJDBM 4PDJFUZ BSF QMFBTFE UP SF QSFTFOU UIFJS IJHIMZ BDDMBJNFE SVO PG UISFF FQJTPEFT PG UIF IJU ##$ 57 TFSJFT XSJUUFO CZ +PIO $MFFTF BOE $POOJF #PPUI UIJT UJNF BU (SPVOEMJOHT 5IFBUSF JO 1PSUTNPVUI $PNNVOJDBUJPO 1SPCMFNT 5IF )PUFM *OTQFDUPS 5IF (FSNBOT %BUFT +BOVBSZ BU QN 5JDLFUT JODMVEFT B UXP DPVSTF NFBM 4IPX POMZ

AUDITIONS *OUFSFTUFE JO BQQFBSJOH JO TPNF PG PVS QSPEVDUJPOT (SPVOEMJOHT XJMM CF IPMEJOH PQFO BVEJUJPOT UISPVHIPVU +BOVBSZ GPS -JUUMF .FSNBJE (VZT %PMMT BOE 8IBU "SF 8F -JLF 7JTJU PVS XFCTJUF GPS GVSUIFS JOGPSNBUJPO

888 '"$&#00, $0. (306/%-*/(4 5)&"53& 888 (306/%-*/(4 $0 6, ] ] ,&/5 453&&5 10354&" 10 #4

410/403&% #: MAGAZINE

WRITTEN BY EDWARD COUZENS-LAKE

ROLL ON THE SUMMER!

THE SHORTEST DAY

OF THE YEAR! Remember June? When the sun shone all day and, when it did set, it was soon with us again, a blazing ball of heat and light surging above the horizon.

But now? We get up in the dark, we go home in the dark. December sees the shortest day of the year go again. But, once it ’s the amount of daylight that we can indulge in per day will be on the increase again.

‘Mayhem!’ puts on its shades in celebration of the shortest day – a sure sign that things can only get better from now on...

WHEN IS THE SHORTEST DAY? It falls on 21st December this year. The sun rises in London at 8:04am and sets again just under eight hours later, at 3:54pm. That means 16 hours and 11 minutes of darkness in a whole day!

SO, THAT’S IT? Yep. 22nd December 2012 will see more daylight than that previously oh-so-depressing day. Make the most of it, spring can’t be far away now!

10 MAYHEM! | WINTER 2012/13

HOW MUCH MORE DAYLIGHT, EXACTLY? Four seconds actually. OK, that’s not much. But it’s a start! And by New Year’s Eve there is an extra one minute and one second additional daylight to be enjoyed compared to the shortest day. Par-TY!

DOES THE SHORTEST DAY HAVE A NAME? It’s known as the Winter Solstice – the time at which the sun is appearing, at noon, at its lowest altitude above the horizon.

BRRRR! Quite. But do bear in mind that, today, while it just means we might be a little bit chilly, for ancient cultures it was a time of unknown and untold terrors.

WHAT, NO STRICTLY COME DANCING? No, even worse than that. The gradual increase of the sun’s presence in the sky was seen as the rebirth of the sun god (in ancient Egypt, he was known as Ra) after his successful battle over the evil gods of darkness. Naturally enough people got a little tense as the life giving light of the day ebbed, so, when it began to return, it was a time of celebration.

MEANING? One is very close to home, that of Hogmanay. It is thought that the roots for what is now the world’s biggest booze up can be traced back to the Norse celebration of the Winter Solstice and the brighter days to come – as they surely will. Happy Solstice!

To advertise in Mayhem! Magazine call us on: 023 9229 4408

WRITTEN BY SOPHIE TSIMPRIS

GET THESE IN YOUR LIFE!

5P LFFQ FWFSZPOF IBQQZ BU UIJT UJNF PG ZFBS XF¤WF GPVOE BO BNB[JOH TFMFDUJPO PG HBEHFUT BOE HJ[NPT QFSGFDU GPS UIPTF MPPLJOH UP HJWF B MJUUMF TPNFUIJOH PO UIF UI %FDFNCFS .BZIFN ¤ IFSFCZ QSFTFOUT UIF VMUJNBUF HJGU HVJEF GPS

HOLGA IPHONE LENS FILTER CASE Instagram who? This case comes with nine different lens filters so you can take original, great quality photos straight from your phone. A macro lens for capturing objects 60mm from the lens turns your iPhone into a top of the line camera!

£17.99

PIONEER DDJ-WEGO

£ 2 50

This deck with Virtual DJ software is there for any aspiring DJ’s, just plug into a laptop and get started, with the Pioneer brand, you can’t go wrong.

iCADE CORE A new product from Apple, an arcade docking station if you will, just stand your iPad on the dock and immerse yourself into a world of games!

£48.98

ATTACKNIDS: ROBOT KILLER BATTLE DROIDS Launch discs at your opponent, three direct hits and you’re shut down but with a 360º rotating head for ultimate manoeuvring your opponent better have great aim!

Probably the best thing to happen since Beyblades.

£69.9 12 MAYHEM! | WINTER 2012/13

9

To advertise in Mayhem! Magazine call us on: 023 9229 4408

GET THESE IN YOUR LIFE!

£269

iPAD MINI This one’s for the Apple product fanatics out there, just like the iPad, but well, smaller! Vivid colour screen and all the apps available on the iPad, just a little more practical in size wouldn’t you say?

TURTLE BEACH: CALL OF DUTY BLACK OPS II HEADSET

£299.99

BODUM BISTRO HAND MIXER A hand mixer in a range of bright colours from kitchen experts Bodum, makes a great gift for anyone that needs a helping hand in the kitchen. It mixes quick, easy and looks awesome!

£299.99

For all you gamers out there this is probably a mere dream of yours but now, come to life! A great product from Turtle Beach, a headset designed for every man’s true love, COD! A little pricey for a hobby but why not.

SINGER 160 ANNIVERSARY SEWING MACHINE Singer are back and they’re doing it right.

Converting to elements of 20th Century technology, the new machine even has a touch screen stitch selection feature, SwiftSmart threading and stitch adjustment to take the stress out of sewing. Think you found grandmas present?

Check out our website for even more... www.mayhemmagazine.co.uk

£ 2 69

WINTER 2012/13 | MAYHEM!

13

PUBLIC DISPLAYS OF AFFECTION (PDA)…

ng n at i w h e d n i t e an s le t i c r a n g s t i n g co u p o r i a a p t k e, or en r ri d! h e r n e t w a n i e t w e or l t w n b l th wi b e e ci a on t he l l e s o r d e d f e c t i it h a w r it af ba ’ ve it W e f av o u b o m a y o f a r e sh r ’ r e is p l ou ou ST d o n n ly y i n g y M U en de he s u d y s ick v e ’ t o l t l g h o in s li ‘s

…SAVE IT FOR THE BEDROOM! WRITTEN BY MIA WILLIAMS

14 MAYHEM! | WINTER 2012/13

To advertise in Mayhem! Magazine call us on: 023 9229 4408

(PDA) PUBLIC DISPLAYS OF AFFECTION…

You may be slightly disturbed that your computer screen but as long as you’re prepared and know what to look out for, these nauseating posts may become avoidable.

THE STATUSES A traditional yet still fairly cringey tactic, found mainly in female users, ‘the status’ is an old time favourite, a simple yet effective way for the PDA addict to voice their love for their partner. Typical examples may be as simple as ‘love my baby sooo much!’ or ‘missing my boy tonight!’ You may be thinking, that’s not so terrible, I can handle that. However, there are always the extremists. Extreme Facebook PDA is like the braces you had when you were younger: painful and embarrassing. A prime example of this being, ‘Led In Bed Having Cuddles Love My Boy Your My Everything!!’

Tell tale signs to look out for in PDA type statuses – capitalisation of every word, spelling mistakes and over sharing. If you have a serial offender on your friends list, I’d suggest deleting immediately. ‘Liking’ their posts in an ironic fashion will just encourage them.

THE WALL POSTS /TWEETS Usually occurring regularly between a couple, can include things such as ‘love you forever baby!! <3 xxx’, ‘you’re my everything <3’ or simply a combination of meaningless symbols with no real point, for example ‘J <3 x’ Keen PDA couples are usually quite easy to find, they’ll pop up regularly in an attempt to make the world jealous of their unique and unrivalled love. My advice, keep them around. Couples that over share during the relationship also over share during the break up, and after annoying you for months on end don’t you deserve a little light entertainment?

THE AWKWARD COUPLE PHOTOS Possibly the worst aspect of internet PDA, the awkward couple photo can be self-taken photos of your favourite cyber couple, but can also include professional photo shoots. Not all pictures will qualify for the illusive awkward photo title, though. Just those that show them sharing salvia or in a slightly compromising position with only a carefully selected angle hiding the fact they aren’t wearing many clothes.

You’re probably thinking do these people have no shame? Spelling ability? Mobile phones? The answer to that is apparently not, but whether you’re a lover or a hater of virtual PDA hopefully now you’ll know what to look out for.

ANYTHING GOES

Vintage Clothing Anything Goes is the charity shop for Bivol Trust, which provides art, dressmaking and social groups for young people with learning disabilities in Portsmouth, Fareham and Gosport.

Come to us for an excellent range of affordable vintage clothing! If you are looking for special outfits from the 1940’s or 1950’s or just funky dresses, tops, skirts, jeans, bags or accessories from the 1960’s, 70’s or 80’s, come and have a look!

See also our special range of rare and sought after Edwardian and 1930’s dresses – ideal for weddings and a fraction of the usual cost! We also sell vinyls, vintage books and bric-a-brac.

You will come away with a bargain and you will be helping young disabled people too!!

97 Elm Grove, Southsea PO2 1LH

07588 657 315 www.thebivoltrust.org WWW.MARPLECROSSCENTRE.CO.UK/FIND-A-THERAPIST

Need to talk?

Visit the Marple Cross Centre and start to change your life

023 9229 5757 Albemarle House, Osborne Road, Southsea PO5 3LB

LET THE GAMES BEGIN!

WINTER

TREME XGAMES WRITTEN BY CHRIS MORLEY

16 MAYHEM! | WINTER 2012/13

To advertise in Mayhem! Magazine call us on: 023 9229 4408

LET THE GAMES BEGIN!

ed sports fan, If you’re a se as on th e look ou t you’re probably on ympics coming for th e Wint er Ol you fancy a soon . Bu t shou ld s revs on to th e Wint er X- Game with snowme n ES PN in January, te re d for, an d wome n we ll ca of ev en ts than ks to a rang e boar ding an d across skiing, snow et ition . Come snowmobile comp throug h th e with us as we race .

Arct ic condition s..

A HAZY SHADE OF WINTER The first ever X-Games were held in 1995 in Rhode Island, quickly gaining a fan-base for its emphasis on action as well as an ability to attract top talent from both winter sports and music. It’s this mix which most believe has ensured it remains popular, as you can watch big air being soundtracked by bigger riffs at the X-Festival, and if for some reason that doesn’t float your boat there are special parks set aside for spectators to learn the necessary skills to have a bash at the event of their choice.

So should you fancy yourself as the pretender to Heath Frisby’s crown (he was the first man to successfully pull off a snowmobile front flip in the ‘best trick’ category for his chosen mode of transport), why not have a go? Though we wouldn’t advise tearing it around your nearest ordinary suburban street, no matter how tempting it may be, or how much quicker a trip to the shops or your morning commute would seem!

BIG AIR, BIG DEAL Since its inception, the X-Games has made it its mission to be as eco-friendly as possible. Only biodiesel fuel is used to power the vehicles you see racing around you and recycling campaigns are organised around the site.

Whether or not specialist teams of Wombles speed about the place collecting people’s rubbish was as yet unconfirmed as we went to press but we like to think so – the thought of Great Uncle Check out our website for even more... www.mayhemmagazine.co.uk

Bulgaria grinding a superpipe (similar to the halfpipe in skateboarding) while Mike Batt busts out a heavy metal arrangement of his famous Wombling theme tune just too good to resist.

Since 2002, the Games have been held at Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen, Colorado. The ‘X’ comes from ‘Generation X’, a marketing term coined to describe those born between the early 1960s–80s. Perhaps a better definition comes from Professor Christine Henseler, in the book ‘Generation X Goes Global – Mapping A Youth Culture In Motion’. She wrote that it is: “a generation whose worldview is based on change, on the need to combat corruption, dictatorships, abuse, AIDS, a generation in search of human dignity and individual freedom, the need for stability, love, tolerance, and human rights for all”. The term was then coined by photographer Robert Capa in the early 1950s, though later mistakenly credited to a young Billy Idol, whose first taste of punk came as a member of late 70s/early 80s band Generation X (whose moniker came in turn from a 1965 sociology book by Jane Deverson, after Idol found his mum’s copy and decided it would make a good name for his group, which made four records between 1978–81).

Whether he took part in a spot of winter fun when not busy with the first wave of punk is unknown, but for more see www.espn.go.com, or if you have a digibox keep watching the schedules.

WINTER 2012/13 | MAYHEM!

17

ICE COOL!

R U O Y T GE S ON! SKATE

WR ITT EN BY CH

DOUBLE DUTCH 8JUI XJOUFS DPNJOH XIZ OPU FNCSBDF UIF JDF BOE TIPX PGG TPNF NPWFT BU UIF TBNF UJNF *DF TLBUJOH IBT CFFO B QPQVMBS XJOUFS TQPSU GPS NBOZ ZFBST XJUI FBSMZ IVNBOT JO DPME DMJNBUFT CFMJFWFE UP IBWF UBLFO UP JU BT BO FOFSHZ TBWJOH NFBTVSF &BSMZ TLBUFT XFSF NBEF GSPN BUUFOFE BOE TIBSQFOFE CPOF TUSBQQFE UP UIF CPUUPNT PG UIF XFBSFS¤T GFFU 5FDIOJDBMMZ UPEBZ¤T TLBUFST XPVME TFF UIJT BT NFSFMZ £HMJEJOH¤ BOE OPU QSPQFS TLBUJOH XIJDI UP NPTU XBT POMZ QPTTJCMF XIFO TUFFM CMBEFT SFQMBDFE UIF CPOF BMMPXJOH GPS UIF TLBUFT UP DVU JOUP JDF SBUIFS UIBO NFSFMZ TMJEF PWFS JU 18 MAYHEM! | WINTER 2012/13

13th or 14th Century (depending on whose account you trust) Holland was where skating for pleasure really took off, when the addition of steel edges to the blades enabled a greater degree of movement on ice. It became a real craze for the Dutch, with all classes of society taking part.

Many paintings by the group of artists known as the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Old Mastersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; depict crowds having a whale of a time whizzing about, and James II of England introduced the sport to British audiences upon his return from exile.

And he wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the only royal fan â&#x20AC;&#x201C; fun on the ice is said to have proved a spark for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, foreign aristocracy quickly following their lead. Louis XVI of France, Madame de Pompadour and Napoleons I and II ensuring it was also all the rage in Paris.

RIS MORL EY

WATCHING THE FIGURES Olympic-watchers will perhaps be familiar with figure skating, a sort of showier cousin to skating for the fun of it. This form is a centrepiece of the Winter Olympics, with various disciplines as competitors look to pull off some fancy footwork for points from a panel of judges. Spins and jumps are par for the course in singles and pairs competition â&#x20AC;&#x201C; with ice dancing injecting a touch of rhythm as male/female pairs look to show off their moves in time to music, as you should know if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever flicked over to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Dancing On Iceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; on a Saturday night.

So, pack your thickest socks and hop on the ferry â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Planet Ice in Gosport is your nearest ice-rink (see planet-ice.co.uk/arena/Gosport) and get your skates on this winter!

To advertise in Mayhem! Magazine call us on: 023 9229 4408

Based in the heart of the city, we extensively cover Portsmouth and Portsea Island with a fleet of around 110 cars and a range of 7 and 8 seater mini-buses.

FREEZING FUN!

SNOW TIME! sig ht Although a rare n it in th e sout h, w he in ds snow s our city gr love to a halt an d w e an an nothing more th ps to so here ’s som e ti of t os mak e th e m

MAKE DELICIOUS TREATS WRITTEN BY ROSIE SABAN

BE A BIG KID Snow in the air sends dogs barking mad and people a little bit immature.

But why not use it as the perfect excuse to re-live your childhood and go sledging or make snow angels, or what about the thrill of a snowball fight or even build a snowman?

Don’t forget to make him the old fashioned way; with a carrot nose, coal buttons and donate or knit-yourown scarf and hat…just remember he probably won’t come to life!

20 MAYHEM! | WINTER 2012/13

No, not of the yellow-snow variety, but did you know you can make delicious ice-cream and tasty ice drinks? For snow ice-cream just take four cups of snow and half a cup of milk, a quarter cup sugar and a quarter tsp vanilla essence and mix all in a bowl, adjusting the recipe as required. Or for refreshing ice drinks, just pop some snow in a glass and pour over your favourite squash or fruit juice. Always ensure you use clean snow, and if not certain, don’t pick it up and definitely don’t consume it!

HOW TO STAY SAFE AND HAVE FUN AMAZE YOUR FRIENDS Ever tried your hand at ice sculpting? Find a block of ice – be careful when obtaining it – and set to work with kitchen tools or garage ones. Take extreme care, with gloves and eye protection. If you’re not feeling creative enough, you could cheat by filling moulds with water and popping them in your freezer! Why not see what you can make and hold a winter wonderland party outside? Place your sculptures in the snowy setting and they won’t melt too quickly!

Remember snow and ice are cold, so wrap up warm.

Dig out your Long Johns and wear that extra layer. Hats are warm and cool, so don a bobble, some mittens and a scarf and avoid frostbite!

Don’t ever venture onto unknown land. You might be standing on what appears to be a thick slab of ice and impressing your mates, but it could crack at any minute. Remember it’s unpredictable and who knows how deep the water is below. Also avoid eating or touching snow from public areas…below the first layer, a dog may have done his business.

Be careful and be aware, but have a chilly good time!

To advertise in Mayhem! Magazine call us on: 023 9229 4408

AS M U IST MEN M R CH CH – 5P Y N N LU OO YDA 12N VER .95 E 15 £

ADVERTORIAL

EAR WARMER

SKI HEADPHONES .JEMBOE #5 4,* JT B XJSFMFTT IFBEQIPOFT BOE NJD JOUFSDPN TZTUFN UIBU XPSLT XJUI PUIFS #5 4LJ BOE NPCJMF QIPOFT XJUI CVJMU JO #MVFUPPUI Designed for people on the slopes or mountains who want to make handsfree calls or keep in touch with other skiers using voice activation, or just listen to music.

Using Bluetooth technology, the Midland BT SKI lets skiers and snowboarders receive and make hands-free calls on their phones. You can also control and listen to music on your phone, mp3 player or connect to your GPS. It also doubles as an intercom when two Midland BT SKI sets are paired together.

Easy to fit and comfortable to wear, the BT SKI Earwarmers have stereo earphones and a boom microphone that can be worn with or without a ski helmet and, built-in AGC functionality can automatically control the volume in relation to background noise. ÂŁ129.99 AVAILABLE ATâ&#x20AC;Ś

WWW.NEVADARADIO.CO.UK HIGHLIGHTS: Â&#x2122; >ciZgXdb [ZVijgZ id another BT SKI set with a range of up to 200m Â&#x2122; ;jaa hiZgZd hdjcY Â&#x2122; EV^g je id ndjg e]dcZ via Bluetooth to receive and make calls Â&#x2122; 8Vc WZ jhZY l^i] dg without a ski helmet 22 MAYHEM! | WINTER 2012/13

Â&#x2122; ;jaan lViZgegdd[ and snowproof Â&#x2122; 6YY^i^dcVa l^gZY connection for nonBluetooth devices Â&#x2122; 6<8 [jcXi^dcVa^in automatically controls volume in relation to background noise

TECHNICAL SPEC: Â&#x2122; >ca^cZ 8dcigdah/ 6chlZg$ :cY 8Vaa! BjiZ! CZmi$ EgZk^djh IgVX`! EVjhZ$ Play, Volume Â&#x2122; :^\]i ]djgh IVa` I^bZ Â&#x2122; (% ]djgh HiVcY 7n I^bZ Â&#x2122; 8]Vg\^c\ Dei^dch/ 8Vg! Power Adapter, USB

Â&#x2122; L]Vi¸h ^c i]Z 7dm4 Â&#x2122; B^YaVcY 7I H@> YZk^XZ Â&#x2122; :VglVgbZgh l^i] hiZgZd earphones and boom microphone Â&#x2122; KZaXgd higVe [dg Ă&#x20AC;m^c\ the device directly onto the SKI helmet Â&#x2122; HiZgZd VjY^d XVWaZ id connect to an iPod Â&#x2122; B^c^ JH7 lVaa X]Vg\Zg

To advertise in Mayhem! Magazine call us on: 023 9229 4408

BRAND NEW TO PORTSMOUTH

NEW TO PORTSMOUTH

KOH THAI TAPAS® Multi-award winning Koh Thai Tapas® Restaurant to open in Southsea on 7th December 2012 Koh Thai Tapas® is the revolutionary and innovative restaurant concept brought to you through the combined vision of a group of intrepid foodies. Here, you can enjoy modern yet classic Thai cuisine made with ingredients of the highest calibre and served in a trendy, vibrant atmosphere.

What makes Koh Thai® truly unique is that dishes are served Thai Tapas™ style, making it the perfect meal to share with friends. Now you can enjoy the mouthwatering flavours of the East combined with the service ideals from Europe, all culminating in the perfectly relaxed dining style with the tantalising option to sample a little of everything!

Total Waste Solutions

MULTI-AWARD WINNING CUISINE Koh Thai® was awarded Bournemouth’s Restaurant of the Year 2010 just 11 months after opening in Boscombe in December 2009. The Group’s success continued with a second (and even larger) restaurant in Bournemouth’s ‘Soho Quarter’, with rave reviews and praise from nationally acclaimed publications, such as the Good Food Guide and Hospitality Today.

From the moment you walk through the door deep ambers and reds lure you in and the spray painted Thai backdrops are a beautiful setting for what truly is a complete dining experience based on great value, perfectly cooked food, outstanding service all in a convivial atmosphere.

WWW.KOH-THAI.CO.UK | 023 9282 4825 No. 8 Kings Road, Southsea, Portsmouth, PO5 3AH Find them on Facebook and Tweet them @ThaiTapas

5 Great Reasons to call TJ Waste & Recycling Competitive Rates Fast, Reliable Service All Waste Streams Dealt With Specialists in All Aspects of Waste Management A Local Company That Cares About Our Customers

New Transfer Station Now Open in Portsmouth

CALL NOW on

02392 706137 www.tj-waste.co.uk

MAYHEM! MEETS…

Peter

Jackson INTERVIEW BY STEVEN WEINTRAUB

24 MAYHEM! | WINTER 2012/13

To advertise in Mayhem! Magazine call us on: 023 9229 4408

MAYHEM! MEETS…

We catch up with Peter Jackson as he talks about ‘Lord of the Rings’ and his reluctance to direct ‘The Hobbit’.

Check out our website for even more... www.mayhemmagazine.co.uk

WINTER 2012/13 | MAYHEM!

25

MAYHEM! MEETS…

26 MAYHEM! | WINTER 2012/13

To advertise in Mayhem! Magazine call us on: 023 9229 4408

MAYHEM! MEETS…

“The idea of having an ensemble of 13 dwarves terrified me” What day of shooting are you up to?

I dunno, I don’t really follow it. It was 225 a few days ago, so must be in the 230-odd range now. It’s good, we’re on schedule. We’re going to finish on the day that we planned to a year and a half ago, so that’s good news. for you to make this production feel like ‘Lord of the Rings’, or do you want it to feel like something entirely different?

Neither really, but obviously it shouldn’t feel entirely different.

The way I went into it when I got involved as a director was that I’d go into it as exactly the same filmmaker that did Lord of the Rings, like I’m returning to Middle Earth. Lord of the Rings was incredibly good and evil, black and white. It was pretty basic whereas this one has a slightly more of a fairy tale quality, slaying dragons and going for gold. The elements of the story give you room to change the tone slightly, but in terms of the look and the feel and the filmmaking style I wanted to keep it pretty consistent and keep everything feeling like it’s the same world.

When it comes to continuity, for example, in the book, whenever Bilbo puts on the ring he doesn’t really feel the negative effects, but obviously when Frodo has the ring in the trilogy it ’s a much different story. Are those the kind of things

Yeah. Obviously that’s all embedded in Tolkien, he didn’t know anything about the ring when he wrote The Hobbit and then he wrote a whole trilogy around the ring 20 years later.

The way that it’s rationalised, and I think people in the Tolkien world have rationalised it, the ring doesn’t really gain its power until Sauron comes back and actively starts to look for it, so it’s asleep for a while.

In the days of Frodo it’s getting very agitated and it wants to find its way back to Sauron. We’re taking that approach. But we are very gradually building up the effects of the ring within the movie. So the first time he puts it on it’s simply a magic ring, but each time he puts it on the effect of it gets to him a bit more. We’re doing a little story within that.

Is it still going to be that same effect where he is in that shadow world?

Well, he’s in a shadow world, but not quite the nightmarish one that was in Lord of the Rings. Again that was more influenced by Sauron and the Eye of Sauron and all that, so we’re not dealing with that this time around, but it is the beginnings of that.

Can you explain a little bit about Gandalf’s storyline? Some of the actors that we’ve talked to have hinted about that.

It seems like when you read The Hobbit Gandalf arbitrarily picks Bilbo, and we’re hearing that there is a grander reason for why he’s picked and for why Gandalf is around him.

Maybe not just plucking them out of trouble whenever.

Can you expand on the necessity of putting answers into a story that didn’ t?

It’s interesting. It does go back to what we were talking about before, when you do have the slightly weird

Check out our website for even more... www.mayhemmagazine.co.uk

situation where Tolkien wrote this book as a children’s book in 1936 and then later on he wrote The Lord of the Rings. He was toying with the idea of republishing The Hobbit as a rewritten book that would tie in to Lord of the Rings. That never really happened, but a lot of the material ended up in the appendices of the later editions of Return of the King.

So we’ve got access to all this material and we’re able to delve into those appendices and search for little clues about bits of story. You get the feeling that maybe if he’d sat down to really flesh it out we would have got a lot more information from some of those writings. I always get frustrated if suddenly something happens and it has no particular reason for happening.

Gandalf visits Hobbiton, he loves hobbits, he remembers hobbits are very insular and they’re very contained. They’re suspicious of the outside world and he just remembers this young Bilbo Baggins as a young child who was the one hobbit that he sees that loves adventure, likes danger, loves scary stories, that has a more outgoing spirit, and when he wants a hobbit to be a burglar on this adventure he returns to Hobbiton and he finds Bilbo. He deliberately hunts down Bilbo, because that’s the hobbit who he thinks would be the best for this. He’s appalled and shocked to find at the end of 18 years Bilbo’s become stuffy, and ultra conservative, and not at all like the little boy that he remembers. So that’s the beginning of their relationship.

WINTER 2012/13 | MAYHEM!

27

MAYHEM! MEETS… So does the innate goodness of Hobbits play into this at all?

Yeah. A lot of people in this story have agendas. Dwarves want to get their homeland back. Thranduil wants to get what’s owed to him in the mountain, what he perceives as being his, and Bilbo is the one person that doesn’t have those sorts of motives.

He finds himself caught up in this crazy adventure with characters that he’s got to deal with and come to terms with. It’s interesting.

It took so long to get The Hobbit moving. When did it become a apparent that so many things seemed to be pointing to you and what made you want to ultimately do it?

When Guillermo left we didn’t have a green light and we didn’t have a movie, and so it was freewheeling, in a sense, for at least two, maybe three months. I was there as a caretaker, but it wasn’t like anything much could be done ’cause there was no budget, there was nothing really.

We didn’t know what was going to happen with MGM. But we were working on the script with Fran and Phil and Guillermo for a period of time beforehand. We were starting to work up the characters and so I was beginning to get connected to the material quite well.

I never wanted to do The Hobbit in the first place ’cause the idea of having an ensemble of 13 dwarves terrified me and I thought, well, it’s going to be much more interesting to have another filmmaker dealing with that I’ll just go with it and see what happens.

I thought it would be much more interesting to see what somebody else did with it, but the weird thing with this is that having ended up where I am, the fact that there’s 13 dwarves in it, is the great joy of the movie. I’ve actually swung 180 degrees round now. It’s like I suddenly think, ‘Wow, this movie is really cool because of all these 28 MAYHEM! | WINTER 2012/13

characters, these eccentric dwarves.’ And we’ve given each of them personalities and things and they are very much the heart of the story. Bilbo is the soul of the story, but the dwarves and their wanting to reclaim their homeland is very much the heart. I like these guys now. Actually I’m pleased it ended up the way it did.

In ‘ The Hobbit ’, Tolkien is really exploring these ideas of modern versus ancient views of heroism.

Is this something that you’re exploring here? Is this a search for heroes?

The book has some of those themes.

Thorin is very much an anti-hero in some respects. He’s become so obsessed with what he believes to be the right thing – that he crosses a boundary in a way, with the dragon sickness and things. So he’s an interesting character. The hobbits are always the greatest heroes ’cause they’re us, they’re the unlikely hero who is thrust into this incredible danger and they have no choice but to get the goodness within themselves and the strength within themselves and try to survive and get through it, so they’re always the most interesting heroes. They’re not the sort of person you would really think would be able to take on a dragon, but you see them actually doing that and I find that sort of heroism in films really interesting.

In ‘Lord of the Rings’ so many of the the issues just trying to come to the screen pre-dated you even becoming involved, whereas with ‘ The Hobbit ’ it seems like it must be the biggest challenge of your career. Is this the biggest challenge you’ve ever had to

Making the movie has been a lot of fun. Since we’ve started shooting it’s been pretty plain sailing, touch wood. I’ve been having a blast. It was an incredibly painful couple of years

leading up to it, yeah. That was the most stressful time. So stressful that I got an ulcer, which was awesome, but anyway the ulcer was actually quite good because it gave everybody six weeks of extra pre-production time which I think everyone was delighted with. When I was laid up for six weeks, they couldn’t believe their luck. ‘Cause literally the Art Department, Wardrobe Costume all got an extra six weeks to prepare for the movie, so I think there was a lot of people that were quite happy about that. It was tough, but once we got it running it’s been fantastic. I hope the fun that we’ve had is a spirit that goes into the movie. I hope you see that on the screen.

You’ve been pushing the boundaries

the slave motion cam, you have 48 frames per second and you have 3D. Could you talk about the technology you’re bringing

I just think that we’re living in a world where the technology is advancing so rapidly. You’re having cameras that are capable of more and more. The resolution on cameras is jumping up. Three or four years ago filmmakers using digital cameras were shooting at 2K and now we’re shooting this at 4K and I’m sure within three or four years it’ll be 8K. It’s just going insane with the development, the speed of it, and likewise projection. And shortly the one thing we’re all hanging out for is brighter projection for 3D, but the laser projectors are on the horizon and they’re certainly going to massively improve the brightness.

It’s really a question of do you just say, “Okay, this is what we’ve been used to for the last seventy-five or eighty years, and that’s what we’re going to stick with.” Or do you explore ways to actually harness this technology to give people a better experience?

To advertise in Mayhem! Magazine call us on: 023 9229 4408

MAYHEM! MEETSâ&#x20AC;Ś

Check out our website for even more... www.mayhemmagazine.co.uk

WINTER 2012/13 | MAYHEM!

29

LEAFING BACK THROUGH 2012

BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR "GUFS BOPUIFS GBCVMPVT ZFBS GPS MJUFSBUVSF BOE UIFSF SFBMMZ IBWF CFFO TPNF DSBDLFST 8BUFSTUPOFT PG 1PSUTNPVUI UBLFT B MPPL CBDL BU XIBU ZPV¤WF CFFO SFBEJOH NPTU UISPVHIPVU UIF MBTU NPOUIT BARED TO YOU SYLVIA DAY

FIFTY SHADES OF GREY E.L. JAMES

This trilogy (Fifty Shades of Grey/Darker and Freed) has been the runaway success of the year and occupies numbers 1, 2 and 3 in our chart! Oft times called â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Mummy Pornâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; the books chart the romance between Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele and are definitely this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s must read books.

WRITTEN BY EMMA REID

NON-FICTION THE HAIRY DIETERS SIMON KING & DAVE MYERS Si and Dave give us all their favourite recipes, only this time they are low fat. If you watched the TV series, you will know how much they lost on this diet but without giving up too much of their beloved food! A fabulous book with some wonderful and tasty recipes.

30 MAYHEM! | WINTER 2012/13

This is the first book in Sylvia Dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Crossfire series. Gideon and Eva meet and fall in lust is this erotic romance. If you have finished Fifty Shades and are looking for something else in the same vein then this is the perfect book!

A GAME OF THRONES GEORGE R. R. MARTIN Eddard Stark is visited by his old friend, who offers him a job he canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t refuse in the opening to this epic series of novels.

This meeting sets in motion a chain of events that will affect everything and everyone in this massive cast of characters. Martin creates a world that contains epic battles, impressive scenery, love, betrayal and of course dragons. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s absolutely fabulous and we loved every minute of it!

A SHELTER FROM THE STORM DAVID JUPP

THE STRANGERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S CHILD ALAN HOLLINGHURST Summer 1913 George Sawle brings home his friend from Cambridge, the impact of this visit will affect the family for decades to come. Bennett explores English culture, history and society in this brilliantly crafted novel.

DEATH COMES TO PEMBERLEY P. D JAMES If you who loved Jane Austenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pride and Prejudice, P D James has written an excellent sequel. When George Wickham comes back into Elizabethâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life years after her marriage to Darcy, no one could predict the tragic consequences.

James uses all her experience at crime writing to keep you guessing until the end. Very enjoyable.

DOUBLE CROSS BEN MACINTYRE

This has been by far one of our most popular local interest books of the year. Jupp was born near Reading and his family moved to Portsmouth at the height of the Second World War. He survived the bombing of the city and brings us this excellent book about his experiences.

Double Cross is Macintyreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s latest spy tale and it gives an insight into the world of the spies who made D-Day possible. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the story of Bronx, Brutus, Treasure, Tricycle and Garbo. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss this excellent history book!

To advertise in Mayhem! Magazine call us on: 023 9229 4408

UK Singing Competition

Enter Now at... www.TeenStarCompetition.co.uk

WRITTEN BY CHRIS MORLEY

STORY TIME…

MERRY CHRISTMAS CHARLIE DICKENS

ht? od Christ mas story, rig Eve ry body lov es a go ins bra the t tha is w kno Bu t wh at you may not al boy st pop ular was a loc behind one of the mo mas ist Chr Au thor of ‘A – Charle s Dicken s. The ruary Feb 7th on rts mouth Carol’ , was bor n in Po 1843, ber em Dec 19 on g lis hin 1812 , and sin ce its pub o n out of print – als the book has nev er bee n, adaptation in televisio for der provin g ric h fod ppe ts and ‘Jim Hen son ’s’ Mu behind ‘ Bla cka dde r’ to the season al chill among those bravin g es on the story. tak n ow bring us their

So take a seat on the rug and curl up as Uncle Mayhem! reads you a festive tale – are you sit ting comfortably? Good.

32 MAYHEM! | WINTER 2012/13

To advertise in Mayhem! Magazine call us on: 023 9229 4408

STORY TIME…

WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT, CHARLIE?

The story is simple – miser Ebenezer Scrooge changes his ways after having the bejesus scared out of him by night-time visits from his deceased business partner Jacob Marley (no relation to Bob, though A Reggae Carol would be a worthy addition to the adaptations list, no?) and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet To Come.

Prior to these unwelcome guests, old Scrooge has been a bit of a miseryguts, taking out his hatred of all things Christmassy on his clerk, Bob Cratchit. As if that weren’t enough, Scrooge’s refusal to hand Cratchit a decent wage packet makes it difficult for Cratchit’s son Tiny Tim to get treatment for a serious illness, until the Ghost Of Christmas Yet To Come shows him the effect of his cruelty – Tim’s death.

Luckily for everyone involved, Scrooge gets the spiritual kick in the pants he needs to change for the better, waking up on Christmas Day full of the joys of the season, taking up his nephew Fred’s invitation for dinner after initially putting his foot down with a resounding ‘no’ (proving that even in Victorian times the basic concept behind Come Dine With Me was in development), and anonymously sending the Cratchits a turkey. A good thing to do to avoid what Scrooge calls ‘shadows of what may be’, and make ‘bah, humbug’ a distant memory!

A DOSE OF SOCIAL REALISM

But while people were presumably taking A Christmas Carol to their hearts as a nice festive tale, contained within its ‘staves’ (as Dickens called the chapters), was a very real social message. His book was published in the wake of the Poor Laws, a draconian early benefits system for those who could not find work, and the narrative of his story can be read as an expression of sympathy for those trapped in poverty, as well as a critique of those among the richer strands of society who did little but take advantage of them - a gripe many working people even in this day and age could find sympathy with, perhaps?

But it’s not all bad news – in the spring following the publishing of the book, The Gentleman’s Magazine (not that sort of gentleman’s magazine, stop sniggering at the back) reported a massive rise in charitable donations, which was attributed to the power of the book, and money and morale were raised in public readings in various settings. Actor Sir Squire Bancroft raising £20,000 for the poor in one reading, while a Captain Corbett-Smith read it to his soldiers during the festive season in the trenches of World War One – no humbugs there, eh?

LISTEN UP!

WRITTEN BY CHRIS DONNELLY

A FT ER ANOT H ER YEAR OF SUPERB MU SICAL RELEAS ES ACROSS TH E G ENRES, ’MAYH EM!’ TAK ES A QUICK G LANC E AT W HAT’ S COMING OUR WAY IN 2013

34 MAYHEM! | WINTER 2012/13

THE JOY FORMIDABLE At festivals this trio come alive with their crushing signature tracks like ‘Cradle’, ‘Austere’, and the unforgettable ‘Whirring’, but although Reading & Leeds was one of the few places you could catch leading lady Ritzy Bryan and cohorts Rhydian and Matt last August, they promised more music soon. Titled ‘Wolf’s Law’ and arriving on 21st January, tracks like ‘This Ladder Is Ours’ show them back in fine form with their anthemic rock.

‘Cholla’ is enticing too, but there’s a subtle worry for many previous fans, particularly given the early listen of the album’s title track, which proves to sound far more like a ballad than anything else they’ve put out to date. We can only hope it’s a brief moment of respite on the album before they belt out another anthem.

To advertise in Mayhem! Magazine call us on: 023 9229 4408

LISTEN UP!

FOALS

EVERYTHING EVERYTHING Their return has been triumphant, with ‘Cough Cough’ reminding their old following what they’ve been missing, as well as giving them their very first taste visit into the UK Top 40. The title track has been punchy and euphoric, with Jonathan Higgs going from frontman to director for their accompanying video that features rather a lot of drum-playing; on some exceptionally big drums.

They’ll struggle to take those ones on tour with them when they follow the release of ‘Arc’ with a UK tour, beginning in January.

The next single ‘Kemosabe’ is a little like it’s title; you’ll either love it, or hate it and only time will tell if the second time around they can notch up even more trips into the Top 40, or if they’re going to be stuck on the cusp of the music scene again. It would definitely help if you could pin their sound down to any one genre for starters!

BASTILLE It’s always felt as if Dan and his Bastille band mates have been on a journey towards their debut full-length forever, but now they seem to have finally found where they’re taking their song-writing, it’s time.

Due for release in early March, it’s titled after what has arguably been one of their best tracks to date, ‘Bad Blood’. Made In Chelsea has been one of many shows to feature the odd bit of Bastille, and their huge following will be pleased to know much-loved tracks including ‘Flaws’ will make an appearance on an album that will be cherished by many, and likely be a one-of-a-kind album in 2013.

Check out our website for even more... www.mayhemmagazine.co.uk

Foals promised to be back after ‘Total Life Forever’ and although the Oxford quintet have taken considerable time with this third studio album, the recent release of their soaring single ‘Inhaler’ has sounded promising and more than made up for the wait. It’s always been frightfully hard to even attempt pronouncing frontman Yannis’ surname, but by the end of 2013, we could all be very well versed with the correct pronunciation, and spelling, of ‘Philippakis’.

This winter you can catch them touring lots of tiny venues, and it’ll be the last chance for a while to grasp what Foals are all about when they play right in your face, to lots of sweaty bodies! In the same way The Maccabees stormed to the top at the start of 2012 with their return, Foals look set to do similar with ‘Holy Fire’, which is released on 11th February.

BIFFY CLYRO Scottish rock-gods Biffy Clyro return with ‘Opposites’, their sixth studio outing, that comes as a two disc bundle. Opener ‘Stingin’ Belle’ is by no means ‘luke-warm’ or a ‘gentle opener’, launching you into their racing rock once more. If one thing’s guaranteed, it’s that you definitely won’t hear ballad versions of that being softly sung by any X Factor contestant this Christmas.

There’s some future classics hidden away on both discs, and although much of it has been kept under tight wraps, recent live shows have seen many tracks appear, with many conjuring great responses from audiences, including the exceptional ‘Sounds Like Balloons’.

WINTER 2012/13 | MAYHEM!

35

WRITTEN BY CHRIS MORLEY

HANDS IN THE AIR!

KICKING IT LIVE Oh, you lucky swines. The South Coast is home to a wide-ranging selection of venues, from the Portsmouth Guildhall, Wedgewood Rooms, The Pyramids and the Rifle Club in Portsmouth to the Guildhall, Joiners or Cellars in Southampton.

Or, if you fancy something a little different in a live setting, try your local pub or the Cellars at Eastney – one among many boozers offering a treat for your ears on a weekend evening.

g on your Tired of sw itchin he aring th e d radio or iPod an ju st fe d or f, uf same old st et h with up to th e ba ck te th ey ke ep ish th e chart ru bb r fe ar , ve ne l, el W pl aying? un d of so e pop picke rs , as th don’ t so – re he th e fu tu re is ak e/R ebe af raid to Re-M sic oh Mu Mode l, as Roxy ed. vis ad ce on so -w ise ly

If this were the NME, we’d be telling you you absolutely had to listen to what we’d championed, or you wouldn’t be seen as cool. People would point and stare at you as you went about your day, they imply. But no, we’re much nicer than that – so instead, here’s our guide to doing things your way, a punkrock DIY alternative to going along with the in-crowd…

36 MAYHEM! | WINTER 2012/13

Or if you’re looking to learn to play an instrument – whether you fancy yourself as the next Eddie Van Halen (flashy guitar solos the order of the day), look for your nearest instrumental teacher, or join a fun, no-pressure group to learn and train your ears so other people can listen to you for a change… (www.batalaportsmouth.com offering the fine art of samba drumming, for example).

DANCE TO YOUR OWN BEAT Don’t be taken in by the music press lists of what’s trendy and what isn’t.

It changes every few months, or seconds if they’re particularly finicky.

Go with what you feel, and trust your instincts. If you’ve been listening to a particular artist for months on end and are up for experimenting with similar sounds, try something like Spotify or LastFM, both of which allow easy wriggle-room for personal taste, and cut out the adverts which get in the way of the tunes on commercial radio. BBC 6 Music is also a great source if you want radio made by avid listeners for avid listeners.

PRESSING MATTERS Ah, the music press. With the power to make or break someone with a single withering paragraph, everyone’s a critic, you might think.

But actually, its not all bad. You could write about something you love, and people can read it! Start by thinking local – try www.mintsouth.com/2012 for an eye on the local scene, and if you feel up to it send your own pieces for the chance to see yourself in print.

What more to say but ‘get it on’, in the immortal words of T-Rex!

To advertise in Mayhem! Magazine call us on: 023 9229 4408

A CHAT WITH… INTERVIEW BY CHRIS DONNELLY

Ahead of his album launch on 6th January, we chat with Josh Kumra about how it feels touring with the likes of Mr Hudson, Wretch 32 and Labrinth Can you tell us something about yourself which will surprise us and all your fans, to get us started? do you have a secret party trick, a weird food you crave or a funny anecdote?

Yes! I have recently found out that I am an awesome juggler! It’s the only party trick I have.

wouldn’t necessarily be what happened that inspired me to write, it would be the feeling I got when I saw it happen that inspires me.

Your music sounds like it’s

Your debut album feels as if it ’s tantalisingly close to being released now – what can people expect from it and are there any surprises?

blues and sometimes a Gospel

It feels closer than ever! There’s definitely some beat peppered love songs in there and as far as surprises go I think there may be a few but that would be telling.

I’m glad you can hear that! I grew up on my father’s music such as Cream, The Rolling Stones and Ray Charles so the blues influence is something that is very natural! When I was younger I thought the blues/gospel singers were cool, so I guess I’m just trying to be cool too : )

The video for your lead single ‘Waiting For You’ sees a series of characters and yourself travelling in the back of a pick-up truck. What’s the story behind it both musically and in terms of the accompanying images?

I’m very happy with the video. ‘Waiting For You’ is a song about Love and Loss and I think the different scenarios really play on that. You see a magician who is surrounded by the things he loves but you also see him lose the ability to create magic and that’s why it’s easy to relate to as we all feel love and loss sometimes.

What other topics do you use to help you with your song writing?

I don’t really see them as topics, I kind of base my songwriting on feelings and emotions. If I see something happen it 38 MAYHEM! | WINTER 2012/13

become something that featured in your music?

It must be surreal sometimes working or touring with people like Mr Hudson, Wretch 32 and Labrinth – what’s been the most valuable moment or piece of advice you’ve taken away from working with artists of that calibre and status?

Working with Wretch, Hudson and Lab has taught me that nothing will come to you, you really do have to work really hard and find a love in what you are doing. They haven’t given me advice but they don’t have to because I see what I have to do by witnessing their struggle and success.

To advertise in Mayhem! Magazine call us on: 023 9229 4408

A CHAT WITH… There must have been some incredible moments in 2012 for you judging by all your tours, wrapping up your debut album and playing lots of festivals; have you got just one personal highlight?

Do you know what, there actually isn’t a highlight because the whole year has been incredible, opening the undercover stage at V was amazing but so was listening to my album in my mum’s car! I’ve been doing the things I used to dream of as a kid.

So 2012 is definitely a year to be remembered.

Like many artists who start off as soloists in the acoustic scene currently, you too have built up a strong live presence with a live band to help you. Had you always envisioned your music being made ‘bigger’ in that way?

Yeah it’s always been a dream of mine to find musicians to work with and I’m so glad I have the opportunity to tour with a great band. It’s nice to take those acoustic songs which I could have written in my bedroom and make them into a big piece of music to play in front of crowds of thousands!

What one thing about your music has made you proud? A particular lyric, a special song..etc

‘Good Things Come To Those Who Don’t Wait’.

So far you’ve supported some pretty impressive artists, despite not even releasing a full-length. Next year you’ll even support the Mercury-nominated Lianne La Havas! Do you enjoy touring with so many inspirational artists?

I love touring and to support artists as talented as Lianne La Havas is a real pleasure!

If you had to nominate an album or band/artist for an award like a Mercury or a Brit, which/whom would you choose and why?

Ben Howard hands down! ‘Every Kingdom’ is one the best albums I have ever heard. Some artists build a career on their lyrics, some on their sound but every single thing I have heard from Ben has so much class to it. He’s the don!

When you get to a new town and have a spare moment,

Where the Nandos is at.

What do you miss most of all when you’re away from home touring?

Not a lot really, apart from the obvious like family and friends. On tour is where I belong.

How do you unwind after your shows?

Have a nice chilled beer with my crazy tour manager.

Who did you last go and see play a gig (as a normal punter)? Can you give us your very own review in a sentence or two?

The Killers at the O2 with my little brother. The show was great! Brandon is such a good front man. He is the closest thing to Freddie Mercury I’ve seen.

album out January 6th!

Who was the last artist or band that you heard that made you more or less stop what you’re doing and go “WOW!”? Would you tip them for big things in the future?

I have just started listening to The Lumineers and I think I did go ‘WOW!’ and I would definitely urge you to check them out! They are going to be huge.

Say that someone accidentally dropped your guitar whilst you were setting up at a venue with you. known nothing about until now; what would

I would buy a very expensive new guitar I guess.

Check out our website for even more... www.mayhemmagazine.co.uk

WINTER 2012/13 | MAYHEM!

39

EYES TO THE SKIES!

Fancy yourself as the next Bill Oddie? Then the RSPB (Royal Society For the Protection of Birds) Big Garden Birdwatch could be for you! Dig out your binoculars and venture out into nature as

WATCH THE

BIRDIE! WRITTEN BY CHRIS MORLEY

A FLYING START

SCIENCE OF SONG

Taking part couldn’t be simpler – over the weekend of 26th –27th January, count the number of different feathered friends you spot in your garden or local park. A number of events will be taking place across the country, though you could just as easily take a trip to Titchfield Haven, where birdwatchers are positively welcomed, the set-up there proving ideal.

Now, here’s where it gets a little tricky.

Let’s say you’ve opted to join in the Big Garden Birdwatch, you’re out and about and you hear a familiar noise.

Is it a bird call, or birdsong? Seasoned birdwatchers (and some academics) claim there is a difference, and it’s all dependent on the vocal complexity and length of the sound we hear emanating down from the sky or up close and personal in the wild.

So why not lose yourself in the sights and sounds of nature? Ducks, geese and other wading birds will be taking advantage of winter refuge, with several other species flying south for the winter for similar reasons – anticipate a sort of orchestra of the skies, as various calls and songs fill the air…quite a thought, no?

See www.rspb.org.uk/birdwatch and www3.hants.gov.uk/countryside/ titchfield for more, or dig out copies of the likes of the Collins Publishing Bird Guide and the similar Identifying British Birds. All you need now is a flask of tea and a camera and you’re all set!

Just don’t watch Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds (1963) before you set off!

40 MAYHEM! | WINTER 2012/13

Calls tend to serve as a means of keeping in contact with a flock across certain distances, or raising the alarm should things take a turn for the worst. Songs are believed to serve more of a purpose in mating season, mini-symphonies with which males seek to impress the ladies and take them back to their nests for something a bit special, as experiments into the phenomenon indicate that the better quality of song a male bird has, the better chance he has of landing himself a mate.

Or if you’re really lucky, you could stumble across a spot of antiphonal duetting. This simply means two

birds duetting to such a high standard that their calls seem to almost merge into one. It’ll come as little surprise that several classical composers have been influenced by the feathered blighters going about their business outside their windows – Beethoven’s ‘Sixth Symphony’ and the ‘Spring movement’ of Vivaldi’s ‘Four Seasons’ among the more famous works to have plundered from nature’s winged music buffs.

Going even further back in time, many musicologists believe that birdsong had a massive impact on the early development of human music, as part of what is known as mimesis (imitation of natural sound) by the first humans. See also David Rothernberg’s book Why Birds Sing, or watch the BBC Four documentary of the same name looking into his theories – the crux of his argument being that birds vocalise in similar scales to humans (the wood thrush seen as an exponent of the diatonic scale, while its cousin the hermitthrush bats for the pentatonic).

To advertise in Mayhem! Magazine call us on: 023 9229 4408

-OWCHAK

BOOK NOW

E S TA B L I S H E D 2 0 Y E A R S

FOR YOUR SPECIAL DAY

TANDORI INDIAN RESTAURANT We have been successfully serving customers for over 20 years and have won numerous awards including most recently ‘Curry Chef of The Year 2011–12 & 2012–13’ BUFFET MEAL SUN, MON & TUES Fantastic value, all you can eat! £9.75 Adult/£6.00 Child

EALE FR C O L E DELIV

OPEN EVERY DAY

12–2pm for lunch (NO FRIDAY LUNCH) 5.30pm–11.30 for dinner 270 Havant Road, Drayton, PO6 1PA

RY

ORPISETN MAS

CH 12– 6pm DAY ENU FOR M CALL S. ETAIL AND D

Please call for reservations or take-away orders

023 9237 5007

MENU ONLINE AT WWW.MOWCHAK.CO.UK

Him Top £45 Jumper £140 Denim £115 Her Scarf £28 Jumper £115 Belt £35 Denim £120 Top £28

WINTER FASHION WITH DIESEL, GUNWHARF Photography Daniel Tidbury Models Alex Jones and Monica Wood Hair Amanda Strother

Him Denim £85 Coat £140 Shirt £60 Top £20 Check out our website for even more... www.mayhemmagazine.co.uk

WINTER 2012/13 | MAYHEM!

43

WINTER FASHION WITH DIESEL, GUNWHARF Him Jacket £145 Shirt £50 Top £20 Trouser £100 Her Jumper £120 Scarf £28 Top £16 Denim £145

Check out our website for even more... www.mayhemmagazine.co.uk

WINTER 2012/13 | MAYHEM!

45

Him Jumper £115 Shirt £50 Denim £110 Bag £95 Watch £153 (Limited Stock) Two colours available Her Scarf £28 Jacket £110 Top £16 Denim £145 Belt £70

INTERVIEW BY CHRIS DONNELLY

LIFE ON THE ROAD WITH…

Lumineers The

Following their amazing show at the Southampton Guildhall last month supporting Civil Wars, we caught up with The Lumineers to find what life is like on the road.

48 MAYHEM! | WINTER 2012/13

For those who may not have heard of you before, can you describe what might be expected from a live show?

Describe a live show? Most new fans think we’re a three piece but we travel as a five piece – with guitar, bass, piano, drums, cello and a few more instruments thrown in the mix throughout the show.

You’ve been supporting ‘Civil Wars’ on this tour . can you tell how this came about?

We were approached and asked if we wished to open for them. We said yes.

What ’s been the highlight of your time in the UK so far?

There have been many highlights – one of the fondest memories of the trip was playing our own headlining show at Koko – our largest sold out show outside of the US – beautiful old theatre with about four levels of balconies, and a great crowd.

You must be looking forward to your shows here next year – even more so now you’ve had to add an extra date due to demand?!

Yeah it’s all pretty surreal. Adding or upgrading any of these shows is very new to us. We’ve played where we’ve outnumbered the folks in the audience so it’s a thrill for us.

To advertise in Mayhem! Magazine call us on: 023 9229 4408

LIFE ON THE ROAD WITH… What have you been doing in between shows?

In between shows – nowadays there isn’t much downtime, but we try to see parts of the cities where we’re playing. I try to write when I can, keep in touch with my loved ones. Sleep.

A simple life is a good life.

Can you describe the difference between your gigs at home and your shows here?

The difference in audiences can be very interesting. It’s hard to predict, and each city can have a different reaction and feel. It’s not necessarily dependent on whether we’re in the US vs outside of the US, but more so how people react to a show. It’s like churches – I grew up going to a stiff catholic church, where if you were excited about something you may sit up and look attentive, respectful and silent. But if I was at a baptist church I might react with less inhibitions.

Regions and cultures dictate some of that, and I think we get a charge out of connecting with people in an audience when we can.

Touring the US can last for months, what are some of the things that keep you going for those long periods away from home?

We’ve been touring for the past couple years pretty steadily. This particular tour we’re on, I will have been away from my home in Denver for four months, so I had to pack and live out of a suitcase for that period of time. It was a funny thing packing a scarf in 90 degree weather. But I think just staying in touch with the people I love, and staying focused keeps me pretty motivated to do what I do.

What ’s the story behind your single ‘Ho Hey ’ that’s soon to be released here?

Ho Hey – we wrote that a couple years ago, and it began in Brooklyn and was completed in Denver. Its original version had no ‘ho’ or ‘hey’ in

it, because although we felt it worked live, we were concerned it would be annoying on a record – live and studio are two different animals. But at the end of the day, those ho’s and hey’s punctuated the song and glued the track together. But I don’t think we ever thought it would be anything that it has become. inspiration to write from?

I find characters, complex and three dimensional ones with contradictions, very interesting. I was a psychology major, and my father was a psychologist. I think I enjoy those contradictions within people.

The worst thing you can do as a writer is create a caricature Can you remember a moment that really changed or ‘shaped’ what you do musically as a band?

Yes – when living in Brooklyn I sent Jer a song idea – it was Flowers in your hair – it was simple, lyrical, melodic, concise and very much in line with the rest of the songs we ended up writing. I had a music teacher who once told me “the best musicians know when to shut up”.

Can you describe what it means to enjoy spending each day making or playing music together for a living?

It’s like anything you do repeatedly.

It requires upkeep and we’re always in search of purpose. The songs have to feel fresh to us as performers, otherwise our performance will be stale. So we’re always trying to rework certain songs, incorporate new ones into the set... we also spent a fair amount of time earning no money, losing money mostly. Those years taught us a lot about how to actually be a band. Luckily, we all love and care about each other and try to communicate – leave nothing to the imagination – so that no mole-hills turn into mountains.

What do you want your fans to feel after they’ve watched you?

Check out our website for even more... www.mayhemmagazine.co.uk

I want them to feel how I felt when I went to shows that I cared about – they are our medicine, I hope we are theirs.

What ’s been your proudest moment to date as a band?

Proudest moment? We played letterman and all took our families/ loved ones out to dinner – it made me pretty proud that we could do that and that we all cared about each other enough to want to share the moment with each other.

How does it feel to have achieved so much with your music through your independent label Dualtone in Nashville, in recent months?

It feels good. I think there is a natural evolution, almost Darwinian, in the music business. It’s changing, people are experimenting with new and different business models, because the models of the past aren’t working anymore. We are a band interested in our rights as artists and musicians, and things like long-term thinking and fairness of contracts are important to us. I hope ours is an example of what is possible whether a band is on a major, an indie, or whatever – surround yourself with people you identify with – we wanted a bunch of motivated, smart, hungry hustlers.

Which artists or bands are your current musical obsessions?

I really love some of the bands we’re lucky enough to bring out with us on tour – Y La Bamba, Paper Bird, Sawmill Joe and, lastly, Langhorne Slim.

What was the last thing that made you all smile and get that warm feeling inside?

Headed home after a long tour, seeing our loved ones.

What are your dreams about?

Dreams – I need some new ones, I’m living mine right now.

Gr ab the album!

OUT NOW! WINTER 2012/13 | MAYHEM!

49

LIGHT THE WAY…

HAPPY HANUKKAH WRITTEN BY EDWARD COUZENS-LAKE

Don’t be surprised if you hear the phrase ‘Happy Hanukkah’ ut tered soon – because this time of the year isn’t just about Christmas.

The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah (‘dedication’) is celebrated for eight days and nights from the 25th day of the Jewish month of Kislev which neatly coincides with the end of November.

‘Mayhem!’ doffs its kippa in respect and takes a look at Hanukkah, a special time of faith for millions of people all over the world.

IS IT THE SAME AS CHRISTMAS? Most definitely not. Christmas does not have the monopoly on end of year celebrations. Hanukkah is not based around the birth of Jesus Christ and all the assorted add ons – star; stable; three wise men; gifts etc, but is held to commemorate the re-dedication of the holy temple in Jerusalem, dating way back to a famous Jewish victory over the Syrian Greeks in 165 B.C.E.

IT’S A MAJOR HOLIDAY THEN? Strangely enough, no. Jewish law states that it is one of the less important Jewish holidays (like Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur) but, due to its proximity to the relative young upstart that is Christmas, it has, in contemporary times, become a lot more popular within the Jewish religion.

50 MAYHEM! | WINTER 2012/13

HOW IS IT CELEBRATED? Because many Jews live in predominately Christian societies, Hanukkah has become much more Christmas-like. Jewish children receive gifts for Hanukkah – often one gift for each of the eight nights of the holiday – by making Hanukkah extra special, parents feel that their children won’t feel left out of all the Christmas festivities going on around them.

WHAT ARE THE TRADITIONS? The major tradition of Hanukkah is the lighting of the Hanukkiyah, a centrepiece that holds eight candles in a row with a ninth set a little above the others. Variations of this are now popular decorations that form part of the Christmas celebration as well.

WHAT ABOUT FOOD? Hanukkah isn’t all about dedication and solemnity. It is traditional to eat lots of fried foods such as latkes (potato pancake) and sufganiyot (deep fried doughnut).

IS IT CELEBRATED LOCALLY? Yes. Hanukkah is big in and around Portsmouth with local business and traders already advertising seasonal flowers, chocolates and other treats to help the celebrations along. And you won’t need to look too hard to see a Hanukkiyah in a window. So why not light a candle and join in yourself? As the saying goes: May the lights of Hanukkah usher in a better world for all humankind.

To advertise in Mayhem! Magazine call us on: 023 9229 4408

GET INVOLVED!

Get support and information on all of this...

Join ofuarme hall of

es to awesome pictur ur yo nd se y pl m Si magazine.co.uk hello@mayhem the best ones and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll print e! in the next issu

getting active food, health & weight mental wellbeing smoking sexual health teeth/dental young peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s health alcohol substance misuse Visit or call

for more information or to direct you to services that can help.

ONE TO ONE WITH…

BRANDIDENTITY A MAYHEM! EXCLUSIVE

Eccentric Russell Brand is an instantly recognisable figure, a behemoth on the comedy circuit, a growing presence in Hollywood, and a wonderfully entertaining interviewee. If you can get him to sit still for long enough, that is...

The cast of What About Dick? reads like the who’s who of British comedy.

Penned by Monty Python legend Eric Idle, the one-off musicalcum-comedic-play stars cross-dressing absurdist Eddie Izzard, Peep Show ace Sophie Winkleman and stand-up pioneer Billy Connolly.

But one of its many leading talents – for reasons you are no doubt aware – is today stealing the limelight.

52 MAYHEM! | WINTER 2012/13

To advertise in Mayhem! Magazine call us on: 023 9229 4408

ONE TO ONE WITH…

P

art vampiric Bohemian, part hairy biker, Russell Brand is implausibly excitable. His words, eyes and hands dive about the place like some dizzy school child, tanked up on e-numbers. It’s easy to remember, immediately, the extent to which we miss him on this side of the Atlantic.

His period of self-imposed exile in America – following the BBC Radio scandal involving Andrew Sachs – has, no doubt to the ire of many, provided stellar opportunities for the 37-year-old comedian.

Through Get Him to the Greek, The Tempest and Rock of Ages, the garrulous West Ham United FC fanatic’s Hollywood career has gone from strength to strength.

Even his high-profile marriage – and subsequent split – from pop star Katy Perry has elevated his standing from cult British concern to genuine superstar. It seems Brand can do no wrong.

That said, he’s not without his critics, but today is evidence of how warm, charming and genuinely funny a presence Brand can be. He’s here to promote the Idle-written show, in which he plays the eponymous Dick.

As an actor, we ask, what kind of preparation is needed to play the character of Dick? “You’re being cheeky, ain’t you? You’re being cheeky. A lifetime of rehearsal,” he says, in that famous cockney twang.

“To be honest, it’s like any other role.

I come across as carefree at times but I really do care. I have a huge respect for the people who create and cultivate wonderful film, TV and theatre. This is supreme, refined talent at the highest level. These writers, producers and directors are the modern-day explorers; I applaud them.”

Brand, despite his voracity, appears less a fan of the media throng that accompanies any new project. Does he miss his time out of the spotlight?

“It seems a long time ago now so I guess I have got used to it. There is a level now where I understand I will always be watched, almost like a thief would. I am the star of a 24-hour CCTV B-movie, and it ain’t pretty. But there are ways to quickly getting used to the whole thing, even when you don’t feel like it. I like roundtables,” he says, noting his isolation from the rest of the group, “because it makes me feel like I’m important. Why do you think I have to be on my own? Why do you think that? That’s my question!”

Being away from the group gives him a chance to jokingly insult his friend and co-star Sophie Winkleman.

“She stands alone as a blemish on an otherwise perfect portrait,” begins his characteristically elongated – but brilliantly funny – mickey take.

“But for her involvement, we could have achieved comedy greatness.

This could have gone down in the annals as a great work of genius. But Sophie Winkleman was a single tear in the canvas of perfection. On an Arabian rug, as not to offend Allah, one error is always included.”

Comedy and tragedy obviously have a relationship with each other, so you have to inherently understand what the tragedy is to play the comedy.”

“I think the sense of humour in all of us is inherent, but you have to cultivate it and educate it. Like some people would be good at football or basketball or something, but then they require the training, don’t they? So what I think it comes from — and I think this must be true, because every time I think about it, it’s a pang for me that nearly makes me cry — is it’s a response to pain and fear. It’s a response to the knowledge of death. It’s a response to the certainty that there’s something else, that humour provides us a moment of respite, relief. An explosion away from the conformity, the unnatural condition we’re forced to live in as these gentle animals that we are.”

“Humour temporarily alleviates that burden; it shows us that our spirit lives on, that we can change things... that we can triumph against all adversity. There’s always a march stolen by the intellectual elite, by the atheists, “Sophie Winkleman is that Arabian that somehow we have to be error. Have you noticed, as I have, how grown up, that somehow we have minute her eyes are? Such narrow, tiny to be serious - that there’s some slits within a face, barely a soul peeping obligation towards academia through, just further nothingness,” he and bureaucracy. But the fact is says, returning finally to the original we can just be silly if we like.” question, which happened to be, ‘have you met the others before?’

No, is the short answer – but that wouldn’t be Brand’s style. “I just took it as some kind of comedy school, to tell you the truth. For me,” he says, “it was like an education. I went there just to learn.”

He switches between being deadly serious and superbly funny with aplomb, tackling human nature, sexism and religion with assuredness, that is as sardonic as it is verbose. “Because of the enormous sensitivity required to be a comedian,” he says, “there’s a velocity of thought.

Check out our website for even more... www.mayhemmagazine.co.uk

Certainly Brand sways between the two extremes. Silliness is at his heart, but he’s embedded himself in all the reflective torment of life in certain acting roles. His lead performance in the remake of Arthur, for instance, saw the one-time drug addict portrayed as a self-destructive, chaotic but ultimately charming Englishman in New York.

But surely the cockney funnyman has, today, identified his perfect role.

Would he ever, we ask, like to do a musical on Broadway?

“Yeah,” he says, “I want to be Fagin in Oliver!”

WINTER 2012/13 | MAYHEM!

53

BACK IN THE DAY!

UP FO¤U FYBDUMZ HPJOH FS X PV Z Z EM UF JU

"EN PSOJOH JO BOE N BT UN JT IS $ PO XBLF VQ JMM CFGPSF GPS IPVST JO U¤N L PS X UP E UF FD YQ CF F UNBT OHF GPS ZPVS $ISJT SU UJNF CFJOH HJWFO BO PSB F MFTT FWFO UIBU TIP UI S WF OF

VU #

FS EJOO BOE F QFSJPE CFJOH TFFO OPX BHP TBX UIF GFTUJW U JT GGFSFOUMZ UP IPX J EJ Z FS W

FE BU CS DFMF

CHRISTMAS 100 YEARS AGO

WRITTEN BY EDWARD COUZENS-LAKE

54 MAYHEM! | WINTER 2012/13

To advertise in Mayhem! Magazine call us on: 023 9229 4408

BACK IN THE DAY!

Mayhem! climbs aboard the time machine and has a look at a century-old Christmas.

OLDE WORLD

CHURCH

Christmas at the time would have featured many of the familiar images that now assail us every year on greetings cards – snow clad villages full of excited children making snowmen while top-hatted gentlemen and their wives would deign to walk the snowy streets wishing their fellow man good cheer. It’s an old image and an endearing one that is a million miles away from how we celebrate Christmas now, yet to many, it’s still their picture of the ideal Christmas.

The folk of the early 20th Century were still a God-fearing bunch, so attendance at church would have been de rigueur, with as many as half a dozen, maybe more, services held during the day – all of which the more devout would have attended, and without question, despite the obvious distractions of the season.

EAT, DRINK, BE MERRY! Goose would have been the Christmas meal of choice for many, although it is likely it would have been eaten late in the day rather than in the middle of it, as we tend to do now. Wine was, at the time, a drink that was enjoyed by the more ‘well off’ members of society but ale would have been cheap and plentiful, and enjoyed by many.

TOYS The must-haves for the children of 1912, the X-Box of the time would have included dolls houses and tea sets for the girls while the boys would have entertained themselves with toy forts with soldiers and train sets. Gender reinforcement? You bet!

U-NEED-US For all your dressing up theme and party nights. Costumes, accessories, make-up, wigs…

PLUS, LOTS MORE!

CELEBRATE! Families would have made their own entertainment and, for one day only, normally straight laced and dour middle-class fathers would shake off the shackles of post-Victorian Britain and made clumsy efforts at showing not only affection to their children, but joining in popular parlour games of the time such as ‘blind man’s bluff’ and charades’. Christmas trees would have been in evidence – but were still a relatively new addition, having been popularised (but not introduced) by Queen Victoria’s husband, Albert, towards the end of the 19th Century.

of what we take for granted now at Christmas will the Mayhem! magazine of December 2112 be gently mocking?

Worth thinking about!

30 ARUNDEL STREET, PORTSMOUTH PO1 1NW

023 9282 3013

info@brideandzoom.net www.brideandzoom.net Tel: 07541953784

WEIRD CHRISTMAS

WRITTEN BY ROSIE SABAN

OH YOU SHOULDNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;T HAVE. NO REALLY!

GIFTS

DEALING WITH UNWANTED GIFTS

$ISJTUNBT QSFTFOUT BSF IBSE UP DIPPTF BOE FWFO IBSEFS UP HFU SJHIU 3FTFBSDI TVHHFTUT UIBU MBTU ZFBS XF SFDFJWFE Â&#x192; CJMMJPO XPSUI PG $ISJTUNBT QSFTFOUT UIBU XF EJE OPU XBOU BOE IBWF OPU VTFE ÂŁ.BZIFN ¤ UBLF ZPV PO B UPVS PG TPNF HJGU HBGGT TPNF TFBTPOBM TQBSLMFST BOE PGGFS TPNF UPQ UJQT GPS EFBMJOH XJUI UIF HJGUT GSPN IFMM UNWANTED GIFTS Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve all been there â&#x20AC;&#x201C; you open up Aunty Mavisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; poorly wrapped gift and pull out a scarf the hue of green that even the incredible hulk would smirk at, or Mumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bought you a blender even though the only kind of soup youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re capable of cooking comes in a tin.

Ok, so we might not have been precisely THERE, but we all get weird and wonderful â&#x20AC;&#x201C; often just plain odd â&#x20AC;&#x201C; presents from time to time.

The thing to do in these situations is smile, politely say â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;thank you!â&#x20AC;&#x2122; to the offending relative or friend and remember â&#x20AC;&#x201C; it could be worse.

Spare a thought for these weird Christmas gifts: 56 MAYHEM! | WINTER 2012/13

But, if you are one of the unlucky ones this year, what are your options?

1) Keep it, put it up in the loft and try and repress the memories that your partner of five years thought it was a good idea to buy you a life-size replica of Thor

THE STATUE OF LIBERTY Weighing in at 225 tons, and measuring 46.5 metres tall â&#x20AC;&#x201C; is officially the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest gift, given by France to the US in 1886. Shipped in pieces, I think we can all be a little more grateful that we havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t had to find room for five-metre long hands and other giant anatomy parts somewhere in the garden.

SEVERED EAR Van Gogh cut off the lower half of his left ear on 23rd December 1888, wrapped it in cloth, and then handed it to a prostitute named Rachel. It is not known precisely why he did this, though many continue to theorise. Either way, it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make for much of a Christmas present!

A GLASS PICKLE In Germany itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s traditional to hide an ornamental glass pickle deep within the Christmas tree, the first child that finds it on Christmas morning is supposed to have good luck throughout the year, but in reality they actually possess a glass pickle â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and a face full of pine needles.

DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fret, nestled alongside the terrible gifts, are the amazing gifts!

Bear in mind ladies, more diamonds are bought at Christmas than at any other time of the year.

2) Keep it, and look out for an opportunity to offload it on someone else as a gift 3) Take it back (tact necessary if asking for gift receipts so you can return an item) 4) Sell it on eBay, no one will be any the wiser, hopefully 5) Swap it, swapshop. co.uk is a brilliant way to get the things you really wanted 6) Give it to charity, if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re feeling particularly philanthropic after what is often a fairly materialistic holiday, why not give it away to help raise money for a good cause?

To advertise in Mayhem! Magazine call us on: 023 9229 4408

PRINTERS & STATIONERS Print

Design

Copy

Digital

Opening times needs For all your Printing Mon-Fri s to Brochures. from Business Card 9am - 4:45pm nery needs Closed Weekends For all your Statio ils to from pens & penc g. discount printing & bindin on shop purchases

10%

.

ry Sticks and CDrom

We print from Memo

on production of this advert.

Conditions apply

Printing Binding Photocopying Stationery Encapsulating Printer Paper Business Stationery Card Faxing Pads Notebooks

Tel: 023 9281 1118

info@errandjervis.co.uk www.errandjervis.co.uk Fax: Office 023 9273 8338 ~ Shop 023 9287 1001 63-65 Albert R oad, Southsea, Portsmouth, Hants. PO5 2R Y

Portsmouth careers advice for everyone

c i V d l O e h T

Functio n availab ro o m le private for hire

*CONDITIONS APPLY, SELECTED WINE ONLY

O5 4A Q P a se h t u o S , d a o 104 St. Pauls R

e n i w f o e l t t Free byoLunch for booking of 2

w ith Sun da this Ad* h it w le p o e or more p 023 9229 7013 MONDAY

TUESDAY

Free Pnigohotl Pub Quiz from 9pm all

Free Pool Everyday Until 5pm WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

Student aoke Night Kar

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

e m i T y t r a P

SUNDAY Sunday, Traditional Roast Dinner 1pm until 4.30pm and Cabaret from 8pm

WRITTEN BY CHRIS MORLEY

WHO ATE ALL THE PIES?

MINCING

ABOUT Ah, Christmas time! You’re off work until New Year, you kick off your shoes, get into your slippers, pour yourself a nice cup of tea or coffee and scramble around the kitchen cupboard looking for something to go with it. Why not treat yourself to a mince pie as we tell you more about these seasonal treats, as synonymous with the season as Santa Claus

CRUSADERS, WITH BELLS ON The mince pies we know, love and have to tell ourselves not to scoff too many of, can be traced back to the Crusaders, who brought back the ingredients as well as the methods of cooking them from the Holy Land – suggesting that they liked nothing more than a spot of baking when not striving to get proper access to holy sites in and around Jerusalem for their fellow Christians, doing so in a rather warlike manner. We hope they shared the pies around as reparations, in the spirit of the season!

The treats the Crusaders would have munched on between sorties refined the combination of sweet and savoury for which the mince pie has always been known – meat, fruits and spices thrown into the mix. Giving them to family and friends as a festive offering is believed to date from a Roman custom during their 58 MAYHEM! | WINTER 2012/13

festival of Saturnalia, where those high up in the Vatican rankings were presented with sweetmeats in honour of the god Saturn.

NO PIES FOR YOU But it hasn’t always been plain sailing.

During the English Civil War the rather joyless Oliver Cromwell banned them following the victory of his Roundheads over the Cavaliers of King Charles II, writing that: “Nay, the poor rosemary and bays, and Christmas pie (as the mince pie was then known), is made an abomination.”

Puritans didn’t have much time for them either, thanks to their supposed connection with Catholicism – it was written that: “All Plums the Prophets Sons defy, And Spice-broths are too hot; Treason’s in a December-Pye (another name for a mince pie), And Death within the Pot.” Some went so far as to consider them unfit for consumption by clergymen –

Isaac Bickerstaff (actually Jonathan Swift under a pseudonym) saying: “The Christmas-pie is, in its own nature, a kind of consecrated cake, and a badge of distinction; and yet it is often forbidden, the Druid of the family.

Strange that a sirloin of beef, whether boiled or roasted, when entire is exposed to the utmost depredeations and invasions; but if minced into small pieces, and tossed up with plumbs and sugar, it changes its property, and forsooth is meat for his master.”

More for the rest of us, then!

All a rather long winded way of saying he didn’t really fancy one. But why let a few miserable souls spoil the party when you can dig in and celebrate that rarest of things – a tasty pastry treat that’s been around since before Mr Kipling (unless he owns a Tardis and was somehow present at their creation, a sort of culinary Time Lord).

But that ’s a story for another day – get them while they’re hot!

To advertise in Mayhem! Magazine call us on: 023 9229 4408

Jaipur

RY INDIAN CUISINE CONTEMPORA ED AND FULLY AIR CONDIT ION FULLY LICENSED

FREE DELIVERY 10% Discount

TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY

ON COLLECTION & CASH PAYMENT ONLY

BOOK NOW FOR CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR

AND RECEIVE A BOTTLE OF

CHAMPAGNE ON A TABLE FOR 4

TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY

BANQUET MEAL DEAL

1 Papadum • 1 starter • 1 Curry 1 Rice/Pilau Rice or Plain Naan or Side Dish Ice Cream or Coffee

£8.95

(N/A ON TAKEAWAY) SUN-THURS TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY

STUDENT MEAL DEAL 1 Papadum • 1 Curry • 1 Rice/Pilau Rice • 1 Plain Naan £6 for takeaway £7 for eat-in, ID REQUIRED. 7 DAYS A WEEK TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY

£6.00

023 9273 0300

217 Albert Road, Portsmouth PO4 0JP

WRITTEN BY KELLY WICKHAM

MANâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BEST FRIEND!

A DOGâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S

LIFE!

*U¤T B DMBTTJD FWFO #BSBDL 0CBNB TBJE JO BGUFS XJOOJOH UIF 64 FMFDUJPO UIBU IJT LJET FBSOFE UIF SFXBSE PG B EPH UP BDDPNQBOZ UIFN UP UIF 8IJUF )PVTF )PXFWFS XJUI NPOFZ DPNFT IFMQ BOE UIF CVSEFO JT FBTFE TP IFSF¤T TPNF JNQPSUBOU QPJOUT UP SFNFNCFS CFGPSF NBLJOH UIBU JSSFTQPOTJCMF CVZÂ&#x2DC;

A dogâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life span is approximately 13 years.

If your child is 12 now, will he/she still be living at home when the dogâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on its last legs? You do the math.

NO MONEY? BIG problem! Dogs are expensive.

From food to toys, to annual jabs and sudden vet care, every penny counts.

On average a dog can cost its owner about ÂŁ100 per month, so thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ÂŁ1,200 a year, and ÂŁ15,600 in 13 years!

60 MAYHEM! | WINTER 2012/13

ON GETTING A DOGâ&#x20AC;Ś q 3FTFBSDI EJĂŠFSFOU breeds and decide which dog best suits your lifestyle. For example, Border Collies need lots of exercise whereas Greyhounds are as lazy as Jim Royaleâ&#x20AC;Ś

q (FU ZPVS QPPDI B decent collar and ID tag, just in case he finds that loose fence panel you never got round to fixing. q .BLF TVSF ZPV DPNQMZ with the right vaccines and worming/flea medications, seek advice from your local vet if in doubt q & OSPM ZPVS XBHHZ tailed friend in a training class. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great chance for them to socialise too.

R S PCA

& District Portsmouth Shelter imal RSPCA An e nvilles Lan a R 76 â&#x20AC;&#x201C;1 4 17 Z 3E O14 Fareham , P 41 01329 6675

TOP TIPS

NOT BIG ON THE GREAT OUTDOORS? The dog is Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m afraid. Remember dogs love being out and about in the natural world, especially getting good walks. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not one for moving off the couch, perhaps an independent cat would suit you better!

If you get a puppy or often a rescue dog, remember that these animals need to be taught right from wrong, just like a child.

Too much discipline and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have a petrified pooch and the RSPCA knocking, and not enough and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll find the dog rules the roost.

q #F SFTQPOTJCMF â&#x20AC;&#x201C; thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no such thing as the dog-poop-fairy and you could face fines of between ÂŁ50-ÂŁ1000, so bag it and bin it! q 3FNFNCFS UIF winter is the time for mud, cold and wetâ&#x20AC;Ś if you can still handle walking your dog and dealing with the mess, then youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re one hardy pet owner!

To advertise in Mayhem! Magazine call us on: 023 9229 4408

Buying New?e We will collect your old for fre

Washing machines Fridges and dishwashers Sofas and armchairs Tables and chairs

Beds and bedroom furniture TVs, DVDs, Hi-Fi stereos and docking stations Small electrical items and other furniture

CONTACT US

Telephone: 02392 291574 Email: debra@debra.org.u

k

Address: 51-55 Elm Grove, Southsea, Portsmouth PO 5 We offer a house clearance service

(charges may apply)

Please note we may not be able to accept some items due to safety or quality reasons.

Free collection of smaller items is at the discretion of the store manager. Our van drivers will make the final decision regarding the collection of any donations.

DEBRA is a charity which supports people with Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), an agonising condition which causes the skin to blister at the slightest touch.

1JF

GET INTO THE FESTIVE SPIRIT!

EUROPEAN CHRISTMAS

MARKETS

WORTH EXPLORING WRITTEN BY EDWARD COUZENS-LAKE

JOF BOE :FT UIF TDFOU PG NVMMFE X NJY NJODF QJFT QMVT B TFBTPOBM DIFFS PG GFTUJWF NVTJD BOE HPPE G UIF £.BZIFN ¤ MPPLT BU TPNF P CFTU $ISJTUNBT NBSLFUT

GERMANY The â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Daddyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, home of the most famous and celebrated of all Christmas markets. Many of the towns and cities along the Rhone and Moselle Valley provide an idyllic, almost picture-book location for Christmas markets, snugly set in and around half timbered buildings, old city quarters and majestic Cathedrals. Those at Trier, Koblenz and Mainz are particularly famous â&#x20AC;&#x201C; however, the smaller locations, those in Bernkastel-Kues, Cochem, RĂźdesheim, Worms, Speyer and Ahrweiler are also well worth a visit.

62 MAYHEM! | WINTER 2012/13

BMM PG ZPVS "ENJU JU :PV EP OFBSMZ F UIFTF $ISJTUNBT TIPQQJOH POMJO UISPVHI EBZT 'JHIUJOH ZPVS XBZ FTQFSBUF DSPXET PG JODSFBTJOHMZ E EJUJPO TIPQQFST JT B GFTUJWF USB FF UIBU ZPV¤E SBUIFS OPU T U SF JOUSPEVDFE #VU XBJ TFE BOE JMJ DJW 5IFSF JT B SBUIFS BZ PG PDDBTJPOBMMZ DIBSNJOH X QJOH Â&#x; EPJOH TPNF PG ZPVS TIPQ LFU BU B $ISJTUNBT NBS

BELGIUM FRANCE These are a great base for a weekend away â&#x20AC;&#x201C; that amazing festive atmosphere with just a little Gallic flavour thrown in. And the wines?

Fabulous! There are some in Paris, naturally, but also in Lille â&#x20AC;&#x201C; both easily accessible via the Eurostar.

Further afield, try combining French ambience with a Germanic influence, for example, in Strasbourg.

HOLLAND Holland has many Christmas markets including a remarkable one at Valkenburg which is located in a system of caves. There are also markets held in Nijmegen and Maastricht.

Christmas markets in Belgium are very popular. Brussels is served by Eurostar which makes for a quick and easy journey, always a bonus. Notable Belgian Christmas markets include the Brussels Winter Wonderland and Bruges Christmas market (Bruges is a particularly beautiful City) as well as a relatively new market in Ypres.

BRITAIN Our own Christmas markets often have a continental theme, bringing with them French or German traders.

German markets, for example, are held in Birmingham, Bournemouth, Leeds, London, Glasgow and Oxford.

There is also an exceptionally good one held at Winchester, barely 30 miles away from Portsmouth. Visit www.winchester-cathedral.org.uk for more information.

To advertise in Mayhem! Magazine call us on: 023 9229 4408

F S J )

F 1SJWBU WF 4FS WJDF &YFDVUJ UBODF USBWFM OH EJT P M

M M B

S P G

3: 3 " $

0 &% 5 -*$&/4 44&/(&34 1" OFE P J U J E O P "JS $ FSWJDF T

S V P I

03 '

8 0 #00, / 5."4 $)3*4 :&"3 /&8

BZT t 3BDF E T H FWFOU O J U S P Q t 4 S U S VOT P Q S J B

M M t " JQT t %BZ US S VOT t -POEPO OE )FO t 4UBH B S VOT t 4DIPPM S U BOE T P Q B F 4

t SBOTGFS U

F T J V S D F USJQT t 5 IFBUS ZT t (PMG EB OHT t 8FEEJ H USJQT O J Q Q P I t 4 NPSF Z O B N

E y BO

E O B

U 4UBS

S V P Z

I GJOJT

O J

Z F O KPVS F D O F E J G DPO PSF VM GPS N B 1 U D B U $PO CPPLJOH NBLF B M DPN P U S P O JP J JOGPSNBU FM !HNB W B S U QBVMT

M F W B S 5 T

M 1BV

A CHAT WITH…

Rachel LOWE

INTERVIEW BY JENNIFER LE ROUX

Mayhem! took a moment to catch up with the entrepreneur, Rachel Lowe, who was famously knocked back on Dragons Den in 2004 before successfully releasing Destination Games at Hamleys. We interviewed Rachel in our October 2011 issue when she described her battle with bankruptcy, had just received her MBE and was very excited about her new venture and ‘statement brand’, She Who Dares. So we couldn’t wait to find out how it was going…

SHE WHO DARES 64 MAYHEM! | WINTER 2012/13

To advertise in Mayhem! Magazine call us on: 023 9229 4408

A CHAT WITH… It’s great to have you back Rachel! When we last spoke you talked about hopes for a fantastic 2012, how is the year going so far?

2012 has so far been a really exciting year.

The best bit has been seeing my final products made so hopefully 2013 will be even better!

Describe the moment of inspiration and concept

In 2009 I was recognised for my ‘services to business’ with an MBE after encouraging enterprise in schools, colleges and universities.

This acknowledgment and honour, ultimately, inspired the creation of She Who Dares, my brand designed to celebrate women.

The products are gifts that create an opportunity to acknowledge the women in your life who inspire you and who you are proud of.

Whether she has won an Olympic Gold Medal, or graduated from university, or for simply being an amazing mum, our gifts are for anyone you wish to honour. They are gifts that say ‘I believe in you’.

How many products have you launched to date?

The She Who Dares signature range consists of a stunning grade 1 leather handbag, a beautiful clutch bag and pendant made with Swarovski elements, and an elegant fragrance ‘Eminence’, all beautifully gift boxed.

What makes these products different to others on the market?

She Who Dares is a brand filled with emotion and pride. We believe that nothing is impossible, you can achieve anything and do it with style. Every product features our iconic contemporary rose, a symbol of recognition and a recurring theme throughout the range.

When did you meet Simon Dolan and how has he helped with your success so far?

I first met Simon, known for being the ‘Twitter Dragon’, when he was asking for 140-character pitches for business investment. I got in touch with him and it turned out he’d heard of me and seen the Destination brand. Simon is the sole investor and there is no bank funding required, which is like a dream. He is a great person to work with, not only does he have extensive business experience and a proven track record, but he is a genuinely nice person, with a lovely family.

How many Destination games do you now have?

Having signed a deal with the London 2012 Olympic Games I released Destination London Check out our website for even more... www.mayhemmagazine.co.uk

2012. I also signed a fresh deal with Warner Bros for a final edition of Destination Hogwarts, a Harry Potter edition, in time for the final film.

We sold out of this edition and have now had more made due to demand. We now have around 23 editions of Destination and have recently released a new travel format of our Destination London regional game.

Have the 2012 Olympics edition of Destination Games sold well?

It was a real honour to work with the Olympic Games. We haven’t got any stock left but we didn’t sell the volume that we had anticipated.

I think across the industry the Olympics was much quieter than originally expected in terms of high street retail. Being involved in such a massive project was still fab!

What’s been your highlight of 2012?

2012 has been a great year for me. I feel so proud to have completed my new range. I truly believe that if you are passionate about something and you believe in it, never give up – nothing is impossible and you can achieve anything.

For my highlight, it would have to be visiting the production line to see my finished products completed. After all the work, seeing my final products was amazing.

What are your future plans for the business?

She Who Dares has already been trademarked in most parts of the globe, so this is also very exciting for us, we intend to take the brand global.

I think the concept for the She Who Dares brand will do very well in the United States.

There is so much to look forward to and I am blessed to have an amazing business partner who gives me room to grow. My ultimate goal is simply to be happy and for my children to be settled and happy, which I think I have already achieved.

Is there anything else you would like to add/share with our readers?

All of my experiences in life and especially in business have led to the two-year development of my new brand She Who Dares. The brand development itself has been a journey for me, not only in learning a new industry and developing a fragrance from scratch, but also the brand message, a statement which I firmly believe in: ‘Never give up – Nothing is impossible’. www.SWDfashion.com WINTER 2012/13 | MAYHEM!

65

WRITTEN BY CLAIRE LINCOLN

ONE DAY AT A TIME!

HOW TO KEEP YOUR

NEW YEARâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S

RESOLUTIONS! *U¤T UIBU UJNF PG ZFBS BHBJO 5IF FYDJUFNFOU PS ESFBE PG $ISJTUNBT BOE UIFO UIF FYQFDUBUJPO PG UIF QFSGFDU /FX :FBS¤T &WF XIFO XF BMM MPPL BNB[JOH KVTU MJLF XF¤WF TUFQQFE PVU PG BO . 4 BEWFSU ESBOL SFTQPOTJCMZ BOE POMZ FBUFE B GFX PG UIPTF QJ[[B QBSUZ CJUFT /P +VTU NF UIFO And then thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day, where weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all feeling guilty for our over-indulgence, nursing hangovers from hell and thinking, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be differentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to write that book, get fitter, get rich, blah, blah, blah â&#x20AC;&#x201C; often arriving back a year later with the exact same thoughts. Soâ&#x20AC;Śwhat can you do to make sure you really can reach your New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goal?

BE SMART Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve probably heard of SMART goals; Specific, Measureable, Achievable, Relevant and Timed.

If your goal was to be a healthier weight, for example, is your goal to become a pound or ten pounds lighter?

If you want to get slimmer, does reducing your waist by an inch mean youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve achieved your goal? Maybe obtaining a healthy BMI or an ideal weight would be better? These goals are all measurable as you can chart your journey and, by tracking your progress to see how and what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve achieved, they are hugely beneficial to keep your motivation high.

66 MAYHEM! | WINTER 2012/13

BE REALISTIC So, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re planning on finishing that novel in six months? Or get a super model figure in three?

Make sure your goals are realistic and consider the commitments of writing 1,000 words a day when you have a day job, kids to feed and the dog to walk etc.

If your goal was to run a marathon and you wanted to do it in a monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time, it might be a stretch if the only exercise youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done in the past ten years is reaching for the remote control.However, if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always had a burning desire to write a book and never quite finished because life just kept getting in the way, then putting a realistic time limit on it could make it your perfect goal.

BE SELFISH FOR ONCE Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to make sure youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re setting these goals for you and not for someone else â&#x20AC;&#x201C; this is really important for your motivation. Do you want to write that novel because you want to or because youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to impress someone, or think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something everyone should do? Consider also the deeper reasons why you should want to achieve your goals. Perhaps your reasons to be fit and healthy might be because you want to be there for your kids for a long, long happy future into old age?

BE POSITIVE Whatever our reasons, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a good idea to refer to your goals in a positive tense. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;giving upâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; smoking â&#x20AC;&#x201C; youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re gaining health and vitality, and more cash in the bank. Instead of losing weight, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re getting health and energy. This will help keep your motivation really high and massively increase your chances of achieving them.

To advertise in Mayhem! Magazine call us on: 023 9229 4408

Take our short survey and be entered into a draw to

WIN

* To find out more, checkout our facebook page or visit www.mayhemmagazine.co.uk

SCAN ME!

A new iPod Touch

SCAN ME!

@MAYHEMMAG THE MAYHEM MAGAZINE

WRITTEN BY ROBYN MONTAGUE

3, 2, 1.... HAPPY NEW YEAR!

GO OUT WITH A

BANG y, With 2013 on its wa e th why not welcome New Year by sparking some fun into the celebration with a

LONDON

an in the UK to watch

MANCHESTER Known as the party capital of the North, Manchester has a little something for everyone. The city centre fireworks display is surrounded by plenty of pubs and clubs in the Northern Quarter to prepare your alcohol jackets for the show. For a classy celebration head to Deansgate Locks or get fired up on Canal Street, home to the famous gay village. For the perfect view take a spin around the Spinningfields ice rink and skate under the stars.

Maybe before hitting the town as coordination is key!

68 MAYHEM! | WINTER 2012/13

EDINBURGH New Year’s Eve, or better known as Hogmanay to the Scotts, is a big deal to say the least. The legendary celebrations in the city centre are something to add to the ‘things to do before you die’ list. Every year there’s a torchlight procession on the 30th December to welcome two days of street parties and firework displays in Gaelic tradition. To get down Edinburgh style you’ll have to pay to party as they’re ticketed events, but it’s money well spent!

>chiZVY d[ h^ii^c\ ^c [gdci d[ i]Z IK id lViX] i]Z ÀgZldg`h display at the London Eye this year, head down and lViX] i]Z bV\^X ]VeeZc l^i] ndjg dlc ZnZh# >i¸h V [gZZ event that hosts an amazing atmosphere with thousands of people coming together to see in the New Year. >[ ndj¸gZ cdi ^cid XgdlYh dg VgZ V a^iiaZ W^i XaVjhigde]dW^X! Primrose Hill and Parliament Hill on Hampstead Heath are the best places to park your behind.

LIVERPOOL If you fancy a bit of culture to top off your year then Liverpool is the place to be. Scousers know how to celebrate with some of the best clubs and bars in the country. Liverpool will make sure your evening is packed with energetic events and fantastic fireworks but if you intend to keep up with the Liverpudlian lot, don’t expect to remember much the next day.

CARDIFF Calennig celebrations take place in the Welsh capital every year with unmissable events. For a family orientated night, their winter wonderland will take your breath away.

The midnight skating session or BT infinity Star ride is great for those who fancy a change. Skate rinks, mulled wine, and fireworks lighting up the sky all add to a brilliant night in the city.

To advertise in Mayhem! Magazine call us on: 023 9229 4408

www.protyre.co.uk

Call your local centre for a free winter check or to make use of the vouchers below.

Protyre Portsmouth 468 London Road Hilsea Portsmouth PO2 9RN 02392 694741

Protyre Fareham Russell Place (opposite Magistrates Court)

Fareham PO16 7SE 01329 220743

If you present this voucher before the 31st December 2012

If you present this voucher before the 31st December 2012

Cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer. Only available at Protyre/team Protyre on direct purchases.

Ask in store for full T&Câ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. Some services only available at selected centres. Visit protyre.co.uk for full details.

Cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer.

Only available at Protyre / team Protyre. Not available on purchases made via the internet. Ask in store for full T&Câ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. Some services only available at selected centres.

Visit protyre.co.uk for full details.

WRITTEN BY KELLY WICKHAM & YASMIN STANDLEY

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

AROUND THE WORLD

ON NEW YEARâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S

DAY!

*U¤T UIF TBNF UJNF GPS FWFSZPOF TU %FDFNCFS "O FYDVTF UP TUBZ VQ QBTU CFEUJNF QMBOU UIBU VOFYQFDUFE LJTT PO B TFDSFU DSVTI PS USBWFM UP BO FYDJUJOH EFTUJOBUJPO 8IBUFWFS UIF QMBOT FWFSZPOF FWFSZXIFSF DFMFCSBUFT UIF /FX :FBS XJUI TUZMF CVU XF EPO¤U BMM EP JU JO UIF TBNF XBZÂ&#x2DC;

BRAZIL Wearing colourful undies is the Brazilian way! Often choosing red, yellow or any other bright colours, the South Americans pop on their bright coloured negligee to catch good fortune for the upcoming year. Wearing red can mean a prosperous love life ahead whereas yellow will be a sign for hopeful riches.

70 MAYHEM! | WINTER 2012/13

IRELAND Our leprechaun cousins, have a tradition, whereby single Irish ladies place Mistletoe under their pillows on New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Eve. The lucky green stuff is meant to find their future husbandâ&#x20AC;Ś as well as ridding them of all bad luck.

To advertise in Mayhem! Magazine call us on: 023 9229 4408

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

MEXICO

DENMARK

Instead of celebrating New Yearswith a bottle of champers, Mexicans consider New Year to be the best time to communicate with loved ones from beyond the grave. Nice!

In Denmark they choose to throw breakable dishes and crockery at each other’s doors. Rather than irritate them, it actually delights them, as the one with the most broken china on their doorstep is said to be the luckiest.

GERMANY New Year is traditionally celebrated in groups of families, friends or loved ones, so how would you feel about Dinner for One? The Germans choose to watch the British show ‘Dinner for One’ every New Year. It’s the same episode which has now been aired since 1972. Nobody knows why this has been the case, but the punch line: “same procedure every year” is now a popular German catchphrase.

SWITZERLAND Ever heard of dropping a dollop of cream on the floor to ring in the New Year with good luck, wealth and peace? Well that’s what some do in Switzerland: it’s thought to bring a year of abundance.

PORTUGAL In Northern Portugal the children do something that we in the UK tend to do at Christmas. They sing carols, as the children visit houses and sing they are given coins and treats.

PHILIPPINES ECUADOR Instead of following the Auld Lang Syne traditions, Ecuador follows our bonfire night traditions, by burning a scarecrow at New Year.

Every family dresses up and fill the scarecrows with newspapers and pieces of wood then set fire to them at midnight, destroying all their bad luck from the past 12 months.

Check out our website for even more... www.mayhemmagazine.co.uk

In the Philippines, they have a special belief that wearing something round or eating round fruits will bring good luck for the entire year.

JAPAN In Japan they have ‘forget-the-year’ parties, and generally consider it a time to forgive and forget, they hang straw ropes across their homes to ward away evil spirits and welcome good luck and happiness.

WINTER 2012/13 | MAYHEM!

71

WRITTEN BY ARTI RAJPUT

DON’T BE SILLY, WRAP THAT WILLY!

Do you ever feel like you have a lot to say but don’t know how?

Here’s a chance to learn the facts and put your knowledge into action to help yourself and others. World Aids Day is the perfect opportunity to be a part of a great cause.

Creating awareness isn’t just about telling people that it’s World Aids Day, it’s about helping others understand the necessity of this day. World Aids Day brings awareness about safe sex and it isn’t something to shy away from. HIV is most commonly passed on via sex without a condom or by sharing infected needles, syringes or other injecting drug equipment. Over 90,000 people live in the U.K. with HIV and most of them don’t know it.

World Aids Day brings HIV to the forefront of everyone’s mind with honesty, kindness and most importantly a laugh. While fundraising you can enjoy yourself 72 MAYHEM! | WINTER 2012/13

and help out an important cause.

There are activities from crazy cake baking competitions to the silly-sideways sponsored runs. You can fundraise any day of the year in whatever way you like but the 1st December is all about making people aware of HIV and being safe.

Most people are unaware that they have contracted the disease because they haven’t been checked. It’s a simple procedure now, where all you have to do is give a saliva sample as quick as a brief snog in a club. From a young age we have been told the same line ‘better to be safe than sorry’ alongside ‘don’t take candy from a

stranger’. So it’s time to be safe and get a quick check, there’s no weeklong wait for the results and as soon as you know you can get all the support you need.

Grab yourself the most stylish accessory around, red crystal bling in the form of a brooch to remind the world to always be safe. This is a worldwide opportunity to unite in the fight against HIV and to follow it on by raising awareness of HIV all year round.

As a last note, here’s another phrase to remember from your teen years: ‘Don’t be silly, wrap that willy!’

To advertise in Mayhem! Magazine call us on: 023 9229 4408

You can’t get fitter than a chicken in a pitta!

SHOW YOUR STUDENT ID MON–THURS FOR

20% STUDENT DISCOUNT AT NANDO’S IN GUNWHARF QUAYS

TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY, ASK IN STORE FOR MORE DETAILS

COMEDY DUO!

n n is h’ n d Ma a y k s on ri r oo m s ou t ‘ F d o o w C h e ck w e dg e em ber at t h e day 9t h Dec s un

FRISKY & MANNISH INTERVIEW BY CHRIS DONNELLY PHOTO BY ROSIE COLLINS

78 MAYHEM! | WINTER 2012/13

To advertise in Mayhem! Magazine call us on: 023 9229 4408

COMEDY DUO

Hilarious musical comedy-cabaret duo Frisky and Mannish (aka Laura Corcoran and Matthew Floyd Jones) hit The Wedgewood Rooms in Portsmouth this winter.

Best known for their pop music parodies and shrewd observations, they’ve been called ‘the mad scientists of pop’ We head backstage for a quick threesome!

Is it quite strange still, or have you got used to seeing your names on posters at live music venues, alongside other chart artists who you might consider ‘featuring’ in your own performances?

That doesn’t really happen often – unless Cheryl is taking in Eastleigh Arts Centre on her next tour, but hasn’t announced it as yet... but it did happen quite memorably at the Shepherd’s Bush O2 Empire in London. There were posters around for everyone from Led Zeppelin to Lily Allen. But we were most excited about a charity gig that had been there, including B*Witched, Steps and 5ive all on one bill. I mean, can you imagine? And we played that same stage. A hallowed space, indeed.

You almost bring a ‘ taste’ of comedy to art events like the Fringe around the country when you gig, or just lots of laughs when they come to one of your shows?

When we perform at quite diverse, art-driven festivals, we do find the audience more genteel on the whole, and they tend to spend the first five minutes wearing a look of shock, confusion and a strange, burgeoning delight. But somewhere like the Edinburgh Fringe, which is more comedy-driven, has a completely different kind of audience – they

arrive tanked-up and ready to laugh their faces off. And sometimes we feel like they think we’re doing a bit too much singing. We lie somewhere between those two perhaps.

We call it cabaret.

If you could make a major headline in a newspaper by doing anything crazy, what would you do?

Frisky: When I was 11 I participated in a record-breaking tapathon.

I’m still surprised that didn’t make the national news.

Mannish: I would probably want us to create a video that told The X Factor off for using “cabaret” as a dirty word, make it go viral and then get in the Guardian... oh, wait, we already did that. In which case, I’d slag off Joanna Lumley.

That’s got to be a crime.

Of all the people and material you incorporate into your performances, who or what normally gets the best reaction?

It depends who’s flavour of the month. At the moment people are enjoying a gentle lampoon on Lana Del Rey, and also Made in Chelsea.

However, people always seem to have time for a bit of fun with The Bangles. Truly, a timeless group.

And for you both personally, what’s the most enjoyable thing you perform and why?

Check out our website for even more... www.mayhemmagazine.co.uk

Frisky: I like it when you forget that you’ve been doing most of the talking, but just feel like you’re at a party with people, with everyone having a good time! When you catch individuals’ eyes, you sometimes feel like you’ve made a new friend.

I don’t have many friends.

Mannish: I love that each audience member responds differently to each spoof. Sometimes, they absolutely don’t understand the one about the Crash Test Dummies because they don’t know the song, but are on the floor when we get to the Bee Gees.

Also, there’s an unsurpassable thrill in seeing one rather straight-laced man go to pieces over a particular joke, with his wife/girlfriend who dragged him along staring at him, like ‘Are you enjoying it more than me?’

When you’re touring, how do you pass your time travelling? Are you constantly just practising new sketches and lyrics?

Frisky: I don’t travel massively well, so I either just stare at the road and sing loudly to Tenacious D albums, or sleep. Rock and roll!

Mannish: I engage in 30 minutes of Yogalates, followed by a steam facial, all the while learning Japanese from a handy pocket book... except no I don’t, I do the above with F. TURN TO READ ON…

WINTER 2012/13 | MAYHEM!

79

COMEDY DUO! Have you ever been unfortunate enough to run into an artist whose song you have ‘enhanced’? How did they take it? How do you see that going down if you haven’ t experienced it yet?

In our first full run at the Fringe, Kate Nash was in attendance as we performed our version of her singing Kate Bush’s ‘Wuthering Heights’.

She was extremely gracious about it, observed that we had, in fact, correctly copied her video choreography, and posed for a photo.

And mercifully, she still hasn’t sued.

What’s the most serious thing you’ve ever done? Have you had

Frisky: I’ve temped. That’s pretty serious. Audio-typing is only for the most dilligent and professional of office-workers. I lasted a month.

Mannish: In my former life, I was employed by two grand bastions of British culture – the National Portrait Gallery and the Royal Academy of Music. Oh, wait, actually three.

Chessington World of Adventures.

You’ve had the chance to perform at some incredible venues already - we heard you were even at the Sydney Opera House! What was that like?

It was the first performance we did in Australia! We just thought, ‘Well, we can’t top this. Let’s enjoy it.’ They really look after you at that kind of venue too. We had snacks and wine backstage, and all the Tim Tams we could eat. It was heaven. We did a Tim Tam slam before every show.

Your X Factor video blogs have been keeping a lot of people entertained lately - would you ever consider getting yourselves on the judging panel?

Frisky: IT’S ONLY THE DREAM OF MY LIFE. I actually just got my Nicole Scherzinger-style lace bodysuit. For some reason it doesn’t quite look the same on me...

80 MAYHEM! | WINTER 2012/13

Mannish: I guess that makes me Louis. Although I’d rather be Tulisa.

Talking about how ‘urban’ she is while sitting on the most spangly primetime variety show panel watching wannabes belt Whitney. T, you left ‘urban’ back in your Camden council house with Dappy. Now, you’re ‘Grazia’.

Is there anyone on this year’s show that you actually enjoy watching and hearing from each week?

There’s actually a lot of real talent this year. But we all know it’s actually about the judges, and they are doing a sterling job this time round. Bravo, all!

It’s all about waiting with bated breath to find out which baked good Nicole will use in an address to a contestant.

“Oh pumpkin pie..” “My sweet little babycakes..” “Warm cheese toastie..”

There are a few showbiz rumours that you’re alleged to have started – if you could spread a rumour that everyone would agree with, what would it be?

The only good rumours are the ones that people vehemently deny, so we wouldn’t want everyone to agree with it! For instance, if we spread the word that Shirley Bassey is Dizzee Rascal’s mum (which is actually true – come to our show to find out why), then we want Dizzee taking out a three-page ad in the Daily Mail saying “Nah, it ain’t true, bruv, I’m proper street yeah.” Controversy is the name of the game here.

As a pop parody duo, there’s probably not enough room for another member, but if you could, who would you recruit and why?

Anyone who can: make tea, provide wine, source Marks and Spencers salad box thingies, play drums and/ or guitar, deep clean corsets and meggings, share witty anecdotes, secure penthouse suites of hotels for bargain price, and live in a little box that we can put in a shed if we’re bored of him/her/it.

Have you had a most memorable moment from the last few months of touring?

Frisky: We had a couple get up and do their own elaborate dance routine at the back of the room in Reading.

It was really impressive! I had to get them up on stage to show everyone.

That wasn’t strictly planned, but we then made one of them our plaything for the next section. He was clearly, ahem, ‘merry’, so it was touch-and-go for a bit, but luckily it played out well. I certainly won’t forget that soon! playing venues like KOKO that cram so many people in to see you?

It doesn’t matter how big the room is, as long as everyone in there is your friend. The worst gigs are small, hostile audiences. Luckily we haven’t faced them often, but when you’re essentially at a big, awkward blind date, it is hard work. Give us a lovely big loud room any time!

Is heckling something you face when you’re on stage? Have you had any good comebacks that have made said heckler shut up?

Mannish: We tend not to get heckled, although whether that’s because people are open-mouthed in awe of our talent, or struck dumb with horror, I’m not sure. One brilliant heckle I remember was when we walked onstage in our full finery to be greeted with a man saying: “You cannot be serious.” I liked F’s comeback: “we are”.

Finally, if you could add another tour date, to play anywhere in the country world, where would you play and why?

Frisky: I’d love to go back to America, either New York or LA. Well, maybe LA at the moment. NYC perhaps has bigger things on its mind than whether or not Eternal Flame is creepy right now...

To advertise in Mayhem! Magazine call us on: 023 9229 4408

Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs Starring Strictly’s Lisa Riley!

12 Dec 2012 –6 Jan 2013 One Night of Elvis 26 Jan 2013 The House of Burlesque 1 Feb 2013 The World’s Greatest Michael Jackson Concert 2 Feb 2013 The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists At The Wedgewood Rooms 17 Feb 2013 Chris Addison 18 Feb 2013 Zippos Circus February Half Term!

19–24 Feb 2013 The Rise & Fall of Little Voice 11–16 March 2013

BOX OFFICE 023 9282 8282

FACEBOOK.COM/KINGSTHEATRE

WWW.KINGS-SOUTHSEA.COM TWITTER.COM/KINGSSOUTHSEA

# ' # " " " # "# ' " " * 1 " " %" * %" " " & ' ! " , %" ! ' "# ' " " ' ' " " " ! " %" " ,-

" " ! ) 0 "

" & " " " * " ' # " " ' " ' ! " # " %" " " & ' ! " #" + " # ' " ! " ' #" " " "" # ' # " " # "# ' " " ) * "" + " , %" + " " " & ' ! " " ! , " ' # " " " " " "

+ & 0 " "

" , ! ' * ! ' # "" * + " , & " * ' # / * " , " " " & "* ' ! "* ' " " * ,

$ " )

)



' # " " # %" " " & ' ! " " , "# ' " "

   

* %" !

(

(

$ " (.

.

(

" (

" ((

(

(

$

" (

* .

$ " ) . )

"

" $

" .

" .

(

"

)

* )

)

" (

"

)

& &

& #

# $ %

' &

) ) # $ " $ $ # $ $ #

, ' $ $ # $ #

$ $ ' #

0 !"# $% &'(&) 6 +%,-. /+ /, &* 8 +%,!13$ + 1 3 +1/!," &0 ) !9!1#.:/,5 !9!1#.:/,5 &0 2 3 $/+/!" 4!44/ ,4 &; 07 <! 31! .:! !3, &06 *7 00 +1/5:.!,!" 13 /. &06 *7 08 $ 3$ ,3./9!4 &07 *7

0 !"# $% &'(&) 6 +%,-. /+ /, &* 8 </$$# 34 , &06 *7 ) .:! = # + 1 /"3 $! &06 *7 ' <: $! $ ..3 $!" &' 06 . 3>.!1 &06 *7 0 .:! 4!$! .!1 &0* 0* !"# $% &'(&) 02 4. 1, <3# &08 66 .:! "+3.:!14 &; *7 62 !"# $% &'(&)

0* !"# $% &'(&) 0; .:! 1355!" .1 %4!1!" :/$3,.:1 /4.4 &06 0' 9/$$35!14 &06 *7 6* #!$$ < 31" &0 *7 6; " 5 /4 "!3" &07

!"# $% &'(&) * +%,-. /+ /, &* 00 "/1.# " &' 0' !"# $% &'(&) 02 1!3"# 4.!3"# 5 & 6* % " 1!4!,.4 & 6) $% , ! & 6' 3, !1$/, &07

! !

"

" " *

!

+

*

+

(

"

Theme nights &y Sunday carver

# 2 #1 0

*

Yonkers NEW YORK STEAK & FISH BAR

" . "! #, "# # $% , !1 ' #

SPECI

LUNC H

Meal

AL

MENU

and D

rink *

£7.95

One d

rink p

er per

son

+

2 %

, #

! " 0 (" / . -

) 2

! " # "

2

$

& "! 2 48 Osborne Road, Southsea Portsmouth PO5 3LT Email: southsea@yonkersfoodbar.co.uk

WWW.YONKERSFOODBAR.CO.UK

023 9307 6062

Opening times: Monâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Fri 12â&#x20AC;&#x201C;2pm & 5â&#x20AC;&#x201C;11pm, Sat & Sun 12â&#x20AC;&#x201C;11pm

Find us on Facebook

*WITH THIS AD

WEDNESDAY ONLY 5PM UNTIL 8PM