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DAVID ROBERTS President for 1998-99, by 650 Cherrington were also notable for votes to 400. gaining victories on every one of Dave Hellard, Adam Cherrington, Meanwhile, Ed Sexton and the twelve polling stations. Dave Wharton and Ed Sexton Adam Cherrington both secured All four of the victors proved emerged triumphant as the elec- relatively easy victories (as Felix nigh on incomprehensible by the tions for next year's Union time the result was sabbatical officers reached announced, although they their conclusion on all managed to confirm Wednesday. The result was that they were "Very, very greeted with a mixed reaction happy". Having accepted - cheers from the assembled that "I'm too drunk to crowd interspersed with cries make a comment", Dave of "Oh my God, the Union's Hellard then went on to being run by two barmen and attempt to sack all the bar a steward" from one senior M staff, before being whisked union figure. Jp away for celebratory drinks Unusually, the St Mary's by his future DPs. block vote, ordinarily the r jL Commenting on the decisive factor in sabbatical winners Rob Clark, incum- elections, failed to pick the bent DP F&S observed "all winners, with both Dave the candidates are inexpe- Wharton (Deputy President rienced, but a month is a F&S elect) and Dave Hellard long time for a handover". (incoming President) over- However, Andy Heeps, coming pressure for a New ICU President and Election from Mary's, to win Returning Officer, coun- on the first re-allocation of tered that "a lot of people votes. Both victors carried might be worried about their first round leads to suc- nexperience, but there's cess, although Dave Hellard was Editor and Deputy President C&S no difference between the situation aided by 146 second preferences respectively), with totals represent- now and that when 1 was elected in from St Mary's, installing him as ing over 65. Messers Sexton and November". Mary's RAG Lead the Way

KENT YIP of the most successful dashes in exchanged for Armani Suits and living memory. rowing gear - the former for min- St Mary's Hospital Rag Appeal Rag Week got off to a good gling with the city slickers and the has raised an enormous £40,200 start with the Breakfast Party latter for the sponsored twelve in aid of the Leukaemia Research Collection: Medics dressed in their hour row at Trafalgar Square. Fund in this year's rag week. green surgical gowns and white Generous donations from the pub- £24,104 was collected during coat, the unofficial uniform for the lic, as well as sponsorship, brought The Thursday's Circle Line Pub Crawl week, trooped down to Waterloo, in £1,000. alone, breaking last year's record of Paddington, and Kings Cross Light entertainment was organ- Students' £19,000. Both candidates running Railway Stations to 'raid' the early ised in the evenings, including a Newspaper for Imperial College Union morning rush hour commuters, Roman Night on Tuesday, where President were seen among the yielding £3,672. slaves were auctioned. The highest at Imperial exuberant crowd. For the braver medics, abseiling bid came from Marcus Wood, a College Rag activities were not confined down the wall of the medical final year clinical student, who paid within the medical school - school was next on the agenda. £110 for the 'Martini Girls'. Also Amsterdam was chosen as the des- Besides providing entertainment to held on the same night was the tination for this year's Rag Dash, an on-looking crowd, which con- drinking competition Centurion Issue the traditional cannon fodder event sisted of patients from the hospital, Club - participants had to down which took place three weeks ago. money was also raised for the good 100 double shots of beer within 1 1 09 The exotic nature of the Dutch cap- cause. The popularity of the event 100 minutes. Bands Night on ital was so popular among the was evident; not only were the bold Wednesday saw an attendance of 2 7 medics that all one hundred places ones sponsored five pounds for 200. Having survived the carnage February available on the tour were taken. each attempt, but the wait at one of post Circle Line Bop, Gladys The sheer number of Rag Dashers, point was almost an hour long. was transformed into a jazz club on 19 98 not to mention the amount of drink Later on in the week, white Friday evening; £2,000 was raised consumed on the way, made it one coats and surgical greens were through ticket sales. NEWS 27 February 1998

London Colleges Red Card for Football Snub NUS Strike Fourths

ANDREW OFORI events such as the Hyde Park JULIA HARRIES student on leaving was heard to demonstrations last November protest "What kind of fucking union The University of London will be (Felix 1097 and 1100), but on 4 The Imperial College Union is this?" Bath Union has contacted conspicuous by its absence dur- March Goldsmiths College will be Football Club are to face a Union Imperial College Union to inform ing the NUS 'shut-down' on 4 the sole University of London par- Disciplinary Committee next them of the trouble, and has March. The event comes as the ticipant, and will only be giving par- week, after the Fourth team advised ICU not to let the team NUS campaign against tuition fees tial support. The NUS are disap- caused trouble in Bath Union last into its bars. Mr Bentley comment- is reaching its culmination, with pointed with London's response; Wednesday. ed that" No respect was shown for current efforts being concentrated one union representative warned Having lost their BUSA game, the bar, the staff or the University." on opposition to the Teaching and "not supporting something like this the team went to the bar to drown This incident is the latest in a Higher Education Bill, which will is a big mistake". A former London their sorrows. According to Jo line of similar occurrences. Andy pave the way for the introduction student who is currently a member Humphrey, Assistant Bar Manager Heeps, 1CU President, decided to of fees. of the parliamentary division of the at Bath Union, they behaved in a bring the Fourth team before a The NUS 'shut-down' event has NUS emphasised the "onus is on "drunken, rowdy manner", jumping Union Disciplinary Committee, as received nation-wide backing with the choice of the student" and on tables, shouting and swearing. he has been very lenient on previ- 130 Further and Higher Education went on to explain "this isn't a new When asked to calm down by the ous occasions, a fact acknowl- institutes closing down for the day. phenomenon for this campaign", as Bar Supervisor they refused, and so edged by Donal Keene, the Football Students are being encouraged to London colleges regularly show a were cautioned by Sean Bentley, Club Captain. Mr Heeps observed go to their student unions rather lack of support at these type of the Assistant Bar Manager on duty "It's getting a little tedious. than attend academic sessions. events. He attributed this to a sig- at the time, who informed them However, I'm sure the Disciplinary Having gained support from the nificant number of commuters that they would not be served fur- Committee will make a decision." It Association of University Teachers making up the student population, ther at the bar. The team appeared seems unlikely that the Fourth and a significant number of lectur- consequently reducing the impor- to calm down, but when Mr team will be invited back to Bath, ers, the NUS have stressed that no tance of the unions in student life. Bentley's back was turned, they with Ms Humphrey remarking "they students should be academically However, ICU president Andy shouted and swore at him. Mr won't be very welcome here." disadvantaged as a result of the Heeps was more forthright in his Bentley then obtained the help of strike action. reasoning for not taking part, the Bath Sports President, Sarah London students have asserting "It's a case of shutting the Milne, in order to make them expressed the depth of their feeling stable door when the horse is leave. At this point the students against tuition fees in the past with halfway down the field". became even more abusive; one IC

Waterstone's Fire 'Warning Shot'

DAVID ROBERTS really like to see appear in Felix". tionery and so forth while the minimum times of opening", which Andy Heeps, IC Union Union Shop's still there". the present shop fails to do. Worse Fears are growing that President and sole student repre- Citing problems with opening still, the Hammersmith shop has Waterstone's, who last year took sentative on the Users Committee, hours and sub-branches of been closed on every occasion on over from the Union as sole objected very strongly to any pro- Waterstone's on the Charing Cross which Union staff have visited the bookshop on campus, may have posals to expand sales to cover and Hammersmith campuses, Mr site. Whilst sales of paper and sta- greater visions for their retail tionery are prohibited at South Ken, empire. Speaking at the first meet- they are allowed at Hammersmith. ing of the Bookstore Users However, a rapid spot check on Committee last week, Rachel demonstrated prices to be between Dickinson, the manager of the 20 and 30% higher than at the ICU campus branch, outlined her desire Shop. to stock cards and stationery in Speaking on behalf of the addition to science texts and a Union, Mr Heeps added "The prob- wide range of fiction. lems which we raised when tender- Despite the fact that the con- ing for the bookshop are now start- tract for the site explicitly states ing to rear their heads". However, "The sale of other magazines, the President was confident that newspapers, stationery, food....will College would turn down not be permitted", Ms Dickinson Waterstone's request, viewing the explained that "This is something I, issue more as "a warning shot", to personally, would really like to see which the Union should respond happen". Asked if expansion plans stationery "Waterstone's know Heeps observed "We don't believe "very firmly no". were connected to rumours that that's where we get our money that they are delivering on certain the campus branch was at present from and they can sod off". Ms promises". For example, the con- 30% under budget, she admitted Dickinson did accept that at pre- tract states that the hours of open- "Yes, we are having problems, sent expansion plans were unlikely ing at South Ken should be "9am to although that's not something I'd as "We can't go selling cards, sta- 6pm, Monday to Friday... these are 27 February 1998 NEWS WHO Covers Up Drugs?

JON TROUT and that the decision not to include acknowledged that it was the back- went on to say that it was an ongo- such a comparison was "based on ground paper in question, but ing issue and that the WHO have World Health Organisation offi- scientific judgement and nothing to claimed that the whole report not seen the last of New Scientist. cials in Geneva who produced a do with political pressure". The (Cannabis: A Health Perspective, a When asked if the damaged rela- report last December entitled statement went on to admit that Research Agenda) was to be based tions would prove problematic, he "Cannabis: A Health Perspective the background article "A on the conclusions of several back- retorted: "That's journalism. We are and Research Agenda" have been Comparative ground here to report the facts, and what called into disrepute, following Appraisal of the papers, writ- we say is in clear conflict with the allegations in New Scientist mag- Health and ten by WHO. We know what that docu- azine. Psychological experts in ment represents." The New Scientist article con- Consequences 1995, and Felix then contacted Phillippe cerned the suppression of a draft of Alcohol, that the com- Stroot, the Co-ordinator of Media containing a comparison between Cannabis, parison was Relations at WHO headquarters in cannabis and the legal drugs alco- Nicotine and removed fol- Geneva, who forwarded all ques- hol and tobacco. The leaked docu- Opiate Use", lowing the tions to Dr Monteiro, one of the ment concluded that the amount of whose conclu- political influ- authors of the cannabis report. As cannabis smoked world-wide not sions were ence of Felix was going to press, Dr only harms public health less than dropped, con- groups such Monteiro had not commented. Mr alcohol and tobacco, but would be tained several as the United Concar did warn Felix, however, "to likely to continue to do so if con- contradictions States expect nothing but the official line sumed on the same scale as these and conclusions National from Geneva." legal substances. New Scientist which "were not Institute on A copy of the background arti- claimed that the WHO had "bowed scientifically Drug Abuse cle has been unearthed, and the to political pressure" in removing sound", sug- and the authors finish the paper by stating : the comparative analysis "at the gesting that United "There are good reasons for saying last minute" following intense dis- New Scientist Nations that [cannabis] would be unlikely to pute between WHO officials, had been looking at an erroneous, International Drug Control seriously rival the public health risks cannabis experts and "external early report. Programme, Both groups are of alcohol and tobacco even if as advisors". The official line on the Speaking to Felix, David opposed to the legalisation of many people used cannabis as now withdrawal was that "the reliability Concar, author of the article and cannabis and would see this com- drink alcohol or smoke tobacco". and public health significance of deputy editor at New Scientist, parison as ideal ammunition for This certainly gives credence to such comparisons are doubtful". presented a different side of pressure groups. "They claim that New Scientist's claims, but it is This was echoed by the rushed events: "I am very familiar with their they pulled it because it was not unlikely that the apparently political WHO press statement, released 19 press statement" he remarked scientifically sound, but we at New reason for its omission will be offi- February, in defence of their posi- dryly; "we knew exactly what we Scientist went through the docu- cially admitted in the near future. tion, which stated that there was were looking at. We were not look- ment very thoroughly and we could "no attempt to hide information" ing at the wrong article." He see no such problem". Mr Concar No Butts for JCR Caterers

TONY OFORI The main thrust for this change seems to be attitude of the catering staff. They dislike the Smoking in the JCR and the adjacent area intense smell that emenates from the corridor between the JCR and the Senior Common Room and the rubbish that accumulates. The is facing a possible total ban following a recent Chairman of the Health and Safety Committee, meeting of the Health and Safety Committee. John Foster, reiterated this saying that the cater- At the meeting, held on 12 February, the com- ers find the environment "very unpleasant" and mittee expressed their concerns over the prac- "feel uncomfortable about entering the area to ticality of continuing with the existing arrange- carry out cleaning". Another reason for the ment change is that the corridor is seen as a possible Currently, there is a lack of accommodation seating area for the overflow from the JCR. for those who wish to smoke in the JCR so this The Committee feels strongly about of the move will anger many that feel they are already withdrawal of this unofficial smoking area, and in an ill-catered for minority. A possible solution there are rumours of catering staff strikes if lies in the proposed refurbishment of the JCR things continue the way they are. The college where a properly ventilated smoking area is secretary has been contacted over the affair and provided. However this scheme which was orig- if the Health and Safety Committee get their inally supposed to be completed in 1997, imay way the new ban could take effect from the end be postponed again this year. Another possibil- of this term. ity under consideration is the instalment of an air-recycling machine in the corridor outside the IC's smokers forced to resort to desperate JCR. LETTERS 27 February 1998 Letters to Felix...

LET'S HAVE A WORDS OF college. This provides a much-need- ed sense of identity to students who m '::' ; ' GOOD MOAN WISDOM would otherwise struggle to identify with ICU (which is, let's face it, a lit- Elections Liven Up at Last Dear Felix, Dear Jeremy, tle bland, tradition-wise). The other week I was feeling a It's not often that I write a let- - They provide an extra layer bit down on the world so 1 decided ter to Felix, mainly because I spend where students can become to get away for a week with a mate most of my life in the office as involved in clubs and societies, and of mine at Sheffield Uni and we Editor Without Portfolio anyway, also experience politics (yes, even had a little tour round the country but I'm afraid that I can't let Simon committees). In a college where to visit a few mates. We visited Baker (and others) criticisms of ICU the level of apathy is constantly quite a number of Unions in the go unanswered. bemoaned, it is surely a good idea week and most were very good - Firstly, to answer the argument to give students an opportunity to Sheffield was absolutely fantastic. that there are too many commit- get involved wherever possible. This Friday I came back to the tees in ICU. This must be the first Finally, what do you propose to FELIX good old ICU. I couldn't believe time I have ever seen anyone com- replace them with? I agree with how shabby it seemed compared plain that too many people were Simon that some of them should to all the other unions in the coun- taking an interest in running the concentrate on their essential roles try I'd been to. And to add insult to Union; the truth is that there is of Academic Affairs and Welfare, injury they charge you to get into always room for more help, and as and waste less effort on in-fighting the damn place. What really took Chair of Publications Board I know and bitching about Felix, but the 27 February 1998 the biscuit was having sat down in that 1 wouldn't mind a hand some- CCUs are an integral part of IC. the Chill Out room with a load of times. I agree that at first sight Remove them, and you might as mates (where we had a table and there would seem to be a large well change the name to 'Metric all had seats) 1 needed to nip number, but bear in mind that College'. downstairs to the toilet. Going out when trying to deal with over 250 Cheers, K'-Mih ^r.:'i-'---;- AAAV XX. I noticed a queue so I said on the clubs and societies and serve the Mark Baker :;„;.! ft'?; XXX/> AA;x; XX fx guy on the door that I was just needs of around 10,000 students Publications Board Chair &. Felix AXXX'-X >/x t'Yvr. .":;'-' i 'A AX: XX'/ .

going downstairs quickly could he one necessarily has some com- Editor Without Portfolio. S,;!v;"; / X' :i'->.. /XXil//

let me back in - 'Yeah no problem", plexity. Of course the CCU struc- XXXA .Xxr/X: :'?! //X AAXA. ture does confuse the matter was the reponse. Coming back Email: [email protected] .uk upstairs I tried to return to my somewhat, but I'll come back to SLEEPING DOGS... beer, seat and mates only to find them later. /l>X.

Y to have to queue. What sort of German society, I sympathise that last week, but we mislayed it. .'' Kl<:< A i:''.-:.: iX:. idiocy is this? I can understand fire he was needlessly and irritatingly Apologies.

regulations meaning there has to juggled between two committees X ' : be limited numbers in the room but for months. In the future I would Dear Editor, ;:';>;;''? xx/ .. x: \ surely if you've got a chair and you suggest that when it is not obvious Thank God someone has been have a word with the staff on the which Clubs and Society brave enough to draw attention to CixXA/X -A >;';. wit!

you back in. There seems to be no bility for a new club, that the mat- in the accommodation office. My :A'.»vx : AiA.iX. common sense here. ter be referred to the Deputy misfortune was to want to live at All this has really riled me - President (Clubs &. Societies) or clayponds, and the patronising especially when I'm regretting my even taken the ICU Executive treatment that I received from her ' ! . ' I,'.',. [ decision to come to Imperial in the Committee. It is a shame that nei- was unbelievable ! Not only did I get

; first place (I took a year out before ther SCC nor OSC saw fit to take shouted at, but as my English was v 'CJ: ' ' -'Ax< Xr; coming here and could easily have this action. then not too good she spoke in a i! n;.:> uk, kept on working instead of taking Getting on to the issue of very slow sarcastic voice to me, like my degree - I wish I had). The CCUs, I used to be of the opinion I was a child! Why does the college A/>-/(A/Ax question at the moment I'm asking that they were a self-serving worth- have such a person dealing with vul- 'b'AXn A/ixrx Thomson myself is even if I pass my exams in less historical anomaly. However, nerable students? There must have the summer do I really want to having seen what a reformed, for- been other complaints over the iv.ii; return to this money-grabbing insti- ward looking a well-run CCU can years and I have spoken to at least JNew:; : xx ;< . y ..y.vsin.' . tution which seems to remove all do (taking ICSMSU and to a lesser ten others who have suffered in a academic ambition and breed extent, RSMU, as shining exam- similar way How can you complain AXXxX-X

sheer apathy. ples) I now feel that CCUs are vital when if you do you won't get any !/ l:X: 1 Sorry about all that - rant over. to the well-being of ICU as a whole, accommodation? We are intimidat- jrisnn R,inv.narhan eind Alok |ha Cheers, for the following reasons; ed by her, it is totally unfair. Where '//:: AX';, A ?ey

Andy Hallas (Mech Eng I) - They preserve the heritage and are you Rector? Sack the bulldog, Ar: ' ': : ! ;,'i'uri , tradition of the disparate parts of and please get a spaniel! I daren't give my name as I ' . V-S'Xor, 'foil Trout' expect they won't do anything and I " Lit- : '.». Deadline for letters is 6pm Tuesday. Letters may be edited for may need to stay in clayponds again length, but will not be altered or corrected in any other way. unfortunately. Well done, anyway! Rig'- Letters may be signed or anonymous, but please show your swipe Y.L card when submitting them. 27 February 1998 NOTICES AND EDITORIAL TYPINH ERRIRS MOANING MINNIE Editorial 1 have certainly learnt my lesson of Referring to the end of Milen's "Tha allegiance to the mighty word Bomb" in last week's Felix: I think his processor, and learnt it well. I must friend who was in IC Radio may PEACE AND the power to make changes, are assume that my crummy and out- have misheard. It is the general totally ignorant of what cannabis dated handwriting is to blame for a opinion of the entire college that his DRUGS, MAN use is actually like. This means that not insignificant error in your inter- regular item in Felix is more of a they are forced to rely on the tradi- pretation of my letter, published source of hilarity at his unfortunate Whether or not the World Health tional arguments - 'cannabis is bad Febtuary 20. To my knowledge, breadth of vocabulary, rather than Organisation bowed to direct gov- for you' and 'cannabis leads to 'Plots' is not responsible for a great any serious look at the current ernment pressure when it sup- hard drugs'. Full marks to the New deal of classical philosophical music around. If he would like to pressed parts of its report showing Scientist for blowing both of these thought, though I may be proved take some advice - read a dictionary cannabis to be a largely myths right out of the wrong. The chap I was in fact after and do not write in Felix. If you benign substance, there water with their report was Plato. I shall say no more than (referring to all readers) enjoy REAL is no doubt that the last week that. music then listen to IC Radio some- government wanted (marijuana, newscien- Alun Hart time. You will discover that it is them to keep schtum. tist.com). Chem 1 rather good. However, this is not I think that this Much appreciated, because they are evil argument is being >From the people who CAN conspirators but some- approached back to read and write. thing much more pro- front. The question isn't Dave Edwards saic - fear of the so much 'Should unknown. Legalising or cannabis be legalised?' What on earth are you trying to decriminalising as 'Why is it banned in achieve with this ill-thought out cannabis is felt to be the first place?' The fact letter, Dave? It seems especially the political equivalent of jumping is that the drug was initially prohib- churlish to slag off the Felix music off a cliff on the off-chance of hit- ited for totally spurious reasons, pages when we have just gone to ting a trampoline. Whatever the and the ban has endured on the the effort of organising a whole arguments and debates are flying strength of arguments that have looks like 'Plots' to me. Who's page for IC Radio (Page 15). around, the truth is that no-one now proved false. Bearing in mind this Plato guy, anyway? Ed Besides, most IC students CAN'T really knows what the conse- the results of the latest studies, listen to IC Radio, but they CAN all quences of such a move would be. there isn't a single decent reason read Felix. Ed The problem is that those cam- why a well-informed adult should- paigning for the status quo, and n't be able to buy and enjoy the virtually all of the people who have drug in peace. HAIR NEWS HAIR NEWS HAIR NEWS The Cypriot, French, Italian & Important Spanish Societies present:

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As I have been a bit slow clubs. His ability to maintain a ver- that I hadn't paid them a visit for a will look fantastic, consisting of off the mark this week, tical stance while consuming alco- while, so last Monday I donned maple panelling and polished con- and am writing this on hol has been called into question, the hard hat and ventured onto the crete, which surprisingly will work Wednesday morning, I can com- but is being worked on... BMS site (thanks again to Phil well. The most interesting design ment on the Election results. In the Obviously, as a humble scribe, the Hilton and Ollie Clarke). Since the feature, however, is not the roof or words of veteran political com- post of Felix Editor is of the great- place is due to be handed over to the atrium itself, but the ground mentator, Bruce Forsyth, 'didn't est interest to me, so it was good College on 13th April, now seems floor toilets. For reasons best they do well.' It seems that we to see Ed Sexton triumph. Though a good time to see what the state known to Sir Norman Foster, he have achieved a very favourable both candidates were sound, Alok of play is. Miraculously, it is only has taken his inspiration for these outcome- no New Election victo- Jha's wish to turn two weeks facilities from Southside, using ries, no hacks and a Mary's block Felix into a maga- behind schedule very, very similar black granite. vote that proved to be as effective zine sent a shiver and still on bud- This has the potential to confuse as a chocolate teapot. Of course, I down my spine. CD get, a first for inebriated medics and biologists attribute the anti-hack vote to my Old lags who Imperial College. mightily in lectures after a heavy last column, so 1 shall be expecting have been here no My biggest con- session, though some would argue a pint off each of the Daves in the longer than is DQ cern remains this will happen irrespective of the fullness of time. Some new blood healthy will that it will be lost sanitaryware. All in all, it's looking is exactly what is needed to shake remember the C on the medics, very good, and I await my invita- things up. This should not be seen last time this was who will fail to tion to the official opening. as an attack on the incumbents, down in 1994 o appreciate such For a College so steeped in but now the merger has hap- under the stew- a fine building. apathy, it is fantastic to see that pened, the new thinking required ardship of Beccy SUf That said, some the Summer Ball has got off the is unlikely to be provided by peo- Land. That must on ^ j of the rooms ground. This is precisely the sort of ple nurtured in the ways of old. never be allowed have been event that IC needs to show to the This sounds like a call for a to happen again. Felix is, and must designed to take straw on the country that we are a class act, Thatcherite reforming zeal- what a remain, a newspaper, which is floors (only joking, folks!). both academically and socially. For good idea, as she once said. what Ed has planned for next year. Surprisingly, there are two huge my small part, I shall be shame- Congratulation also to Adam Any chance of a job, guv, in what offices for "Students' Unions". lessly plugging it here form now to Cherrington, also from outside the will be my final year? Does this mean one for Mary's and the event, so buy those tickets, be Union fold, though with some use- My friends at Schal were get- one for the RCSU? Do either you staff, student or idle layabout. ful abilities in dealing with sports ting worried, as was lan Caldwell, deserve one? The finished atrium

This Sunday, 1 March, the in the past and the EU's main pur- and renovation costs before build- Access to the Countryside Act, Countryside March will take place in pose is to rid Europe of these prob- ing on brownfield sites at all. But which a Labour Government intro- Hyde Park. Press coverage of this lems in perpetuity. The Government the Council for the Protection of duced, making the Peak District the event has been divided, on left- is pointedly not applying to the Rural England are up in arms any- first National Park and reinforcing wing/right-wing lines, with left-wing Commission for compensation way, saying that Prescott will not the laws on footpaths. It decided papers suggesting that it is being British farmers are entitled to keep his word on the issue. They then against the right to roam, leav- organised by landowners and farm- (under EU law) due to the apprecia- have some justification - one of his ing it instead to landowners them- ers who are doing quite nicely and tion of the pound. first actions as Environment selves, with the local authorities are in no position to ask for more. Other problems seem to await Minister was to authorise the build- watching over them and if neces- Other papers suggest that the prob- our country friends: the last ing of 10,000 new homes near sary enforcing the law. Many peo- lems of rural areas are more serious Conservative Government carefully Stevenage, and then telling West ple feel this has not worked, with than the townies would realise and delayed a nasty decision on the Sussex to increase to 50,700 the vast tracts of land still inaccessible maybe it is time to take action. to the public. However, it appears Approximately 80% of the pop- that that the Country Landowners' ulation live in built-up areas, giving a Hamish Common Association has convinced Downing similar make-up in the House of Street to backtrack on the right to Commons, with the national Westminster roam policy, and instead maintain press/TV consisting almost entirely the voluntary access agreements, of London-based journalists (papers implemented (or not, as the case often have North of England corre- may be) today. This will be an inter- Eye esting choice for Downing Street to spondents in the same way that they have a German or US corre- make. spondent.) So perhaps it is under- potential explosion in housing number of new homes it must It is worrying the Government standable that country folk are dis- requirements and the lack of space accommodate (West Sussex is now seem bent on discrediting the enchanted with the way things are to build them, leaving their succes- seeking a judicial review). Countryside Rally by arguing that it running. The march, which may look sors the choice of overcrowding The other issue that affects the is run by landowners and farmers, similar to the rally held recently in and impossibly high house prices or countryside also divides it - the and that its view are not represen- support of fox-hunting, comes at a building on greenfield sites. John issue of the 'right to roam', unfet- tative of the countryside communi- time of change in the countryside. Prescott, the Deputy Prime Minister tered access to vast tracts of land, ty. That is the standard political pre- EU members are planning to dis- and Environment Minister, has irrespective of who it is owned by. amble to completely ignore their mantle some of the Common decided that 60% of all new homes This is one of the oldest issues for demands. Despite the stories that Agricultural Policy so that taxes and must be built on 'brownfield' sites - Labour, with memories of struggles some bosses have forced their food prices can be lowered. renovated urban land. This is not against the landowners who also employees to attend the rally (other Remember the CAP was designed pleasant for the building industry owned the factories and mines they bosses have banned their staff from with the express intention of not who are aware that housing estates worked at. Labour made a promise attending), if they get as many peo- having market forces invade agricul- with a nice view of the countryside in its election manifesto that it ple out as they promise to, then it tural production, with the fairly rea- sell rather better than those with a would introduce the right to roam, will be a demonstration of solidarity sonable defence being that there nice view of other buildings, and completed unfinished business that the Government would be wise have been plenty of riots and wars also have to pay any contamination from the 1949 National Parks and not to ignore. Imperial College Union Operatic Society presents

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Whoops! As I'm sure you'll all have noticed sniff while you bring the liquid up to the boil. up nicely with a piece of string, bow-tied if there was a bit of an error in last week's special Put this roux to one side. wanted.) Also add the garlic, a couple of tbis of - we've already done carrot cake. It should Finally, fry the onion gently until it turns sugar and a pinch of nutmeg. Pour the beer roux instead have been that old favourite Turnip translucent and slightly brownish on the edges. in. If there isn't enough liquid to cover every- Surprise. No bother, just replace the word car- Right, that's all the heavy stuff out of the way thing add the remaining 'A I beer until there is. rot with turnip everywhere and Baldrick's your and now it's time to put everything together. Cover the pan and put on a low heat for at uncle. In a large solid pan, place first a layer of beef least 2 hours. The longer it cooks the better. This week I'm doing a serious meal for seri- ously hungry people. Both the dishes are typi- Cratin Dauphinois cally French and go down very well with a few bottles of red. 1 kg potatoes ®- 1 '/i pt milk Carbonade de Boeuf "~ 2-3 cloves of garlic, crushed

*" I kg beef, shin is best, cut into squares Peel the potatoes and slice them up as fine- —5x5x2 cm ly as you possibly can. The ideal situation is for 200g smoked pork belly, diced them to be trahslucent. This will take a lot of "~ 500 g chopped onion time and effort and you will get bored but hey, *" 1 litre cheapo lager this is serious cooking we're talking about. » 2 tbl flour Once that is done, give them a rinse in cold 3 cloves of garlic, crushed water and drain well. This gets rid of some of the starch and stops this dish getting too Heat up a fair amount of oil in a (big) pan stodgy. and fry the meat until well brown as usual. Slowly heat up the milk, season it with a When it's nearly done add the pork belly and fry large pinch of salt, some pepper and a bit of gently for around 10 minutes so that it renders nutmeg. Get your favourite oven dish (a thick its fat (i.e. the fat melts and seeps out). Don't ceramic one is a bonus but not necessary), oil it forget to add a large pinch of pepper to season We had a picture of a potato, but this lightly and smear the crushed garlic cloves all everything. picture of some Colorado beetles ate it. over the sides and bottom. Take the meat out, drain well keeping as Place the sliced potatoes in the dish and pat much fat in the pan as possible and put into a and pork then a layer of onion and repeat until them around until it looks flat and even. Pour low oven to keep it warm. there is none left. Add a bouquet garni. (This the milk over, put a few knobs of butter on the Now delicately sprinkle the flour into the consists of a stick of celery, some sprigs of top and slide into the oven, gas mark 4/5, 180- pan and fry gently until it starts to turn brown. thyme and a few stray ends of parsley all 190°C. The gratin needs to roast for at least an Pour in 3A I of the beer, stir well and have a good wrapped up in the green bit of a leek and tied hour, preferably two.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Cannabis: to smoke or not to smoke...

annabis is a substance that is and forgetting what it was that... with the promise of "a mega- any contractor to shame. Cdefinitely in the public eye at erm... oh. The bad effects of bostin' reefer", I immediately It is not my place to pass judge- the moment, with the alleged cannabis are such a cliche that I am sprang out of my self-contempla- ment on dope, even if I felt com- cover-up of the World Health sure everyone aged fifteen and up tive apathy to go to see what all the pelled to. What 1 saw was a lot of Organisation report concerning its knows them by heart: short-term fuss was about. I was presented people enjoying themselves. effects on health in comparison to memory loss, destruction of con- with an evil-smelling hunk of brown Perhaps it was the thick brown alcohol and tobacco, and a recent centration, antimotivational syn- muddy mulch, and I found myself haze floating menacingly several suggestion from the British Medical drome, cancer... However, the old thinking straight away how many feet below the ceiling, or alterna- Authority that the law should be wacky baccy's popularity is defi- people had had it up their rectal tively the spectacle of users sitting relaxed in cases where marijuana is nitely high at the moment. tract for it to get where it was now. cross-legged on the floor, unable to used medicinally. There is no place Remember all that fuss about peo- 1 was interested, but not get up, but I had a very pleasant where these issues are contested ple rolling joints in BBC2's "This enough to try it; four people disap- evening as well. There can be no more strongly than inside College Life"? To portray smoking in such peared up to someone's room, doubt that Mary Jane has a strong itself, and with the large volume of an off-hand and socially acceptable becoming denizens of a depraved allure, and will undoubtedly be busts and tribunals which make way resulted in many complaints, druggy den, and I sat and watched used or misused for many genera- Andy Heeps' job that little bit hard- but seldom has a drama captured them. tions hence, but I believe that the er, it seems a very ripe time to the reality of the 90's toking phe- Well, statistically, I imagine a issue of damage to those who address the issue. nomenon so well. fair proportion of you lot know indulge will probably always be in Most of the effects of cannabis I never came into contact with what transpired; Orbital, Kettle contention, and, I reckon, rightly seem to involve "saying hello to drugs of any form until I was thor- Chips, improvised smoking equip- so. Mr. Gravity", falling over, "feeling oughly corrupted by coming to IC. ment, long and eloquent tirades All Campbell well mellow, man", giggling, eating When a certain young individual about methods of "skinning up", quantities of food that would give strolled into my room in hall in the detailing the process with con- Weight Watchers a hysterical fit, middle of my first term last year structional accuracy that would put FINE, YOUNG AND ABLE IC SLAVES FOR A DAY ARE UP FOR SALE, WILLING TO DO (ALMOST) ANYTHING FOR A PRICE IN THE NAME OF RAG. ALL WELCOME TO BID.

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BEST may be something for you! BEST (The Board of European Students of Technology) is a non-political, non-profit network of students HAIR SALON from 21 different European countries. It was founded in 1989 with the aim of 'promoting Europe 15a Harrington Road amongst Europeans. Local BEST Groups (LBG) keep in contact via the Web. South Kensington London SW7 3ES Summer Programme (as the courses have come to be known collectively) is just one of the events(1 Minute organ- walk from South Kensington Tube) ised by BEST. Under the same terms you might attend a one week Short Intensive Training (SIT)CU in T & BLOW DRY Helsinki on a non-technical topic such as management, marketing or presentation technique, or a one week intensive language course in Krakow. You might also participate in a cultural exchange betweenBY OU R TOP STYLISTS two LBGs, each undertaking to outdo the other in intricacy of local custom, and no doubt, the ability£1 to 5 LADIES consume obscene quantities of fermented hops! And if that's not enough then you can always go skiing £13 MEN in Tignes, mountaineering in the Alps or canoeing on the Rhine... Where's the catch? Although IChasNormal in Price £30 the past been a part of the BEST network we have since lapsed into a state bordering dangerously on sus- pension because... well frankly... we haven't organised a single event for the past two year. There are

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MUSIC - 11 Reviews are given a mark out of Will's got a Shifty Disco Thing, 17 - BOOKS five as follows... while Dennis is Beekeeping. Never Find out about the new tomes M mind, there' always rhc Singles! for Mother and Sophie's Scandal and Tha Bomb! ! wnnoui even having to read them Water Bong

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ALBUMS

VARIOUS THE BEEKEEPERS It's A Shifty Disco Thing (Voll) Third Party Fear And Theft

hifty Disco is an Oxford Yorke. The Radiohead influence is n opening raucous anthemic stomach and churns itself over and S based independent label who evident, but the style is sufficiently A rant delivered at break-neck over. There's also Beau Peepshow, have just released this com- original to set them apart so hope- speed is usually employed to Second Skin and Catgut to chew on pilation of some of their best tunes fully the inevitable comparisons in try to jumpstart some artists' for dessert if you're still hungry for of last year. the press won't drag them down. albums into action, disguising the more. However, if you feel like The tracks on this CD range The other songs are mostly inevitable dive into the much slow- you're going to get chronic punk from thrash rock to trash lo-fi elec- credible, with stuff like Blah Na Na er and less exhilarating numbers. indigestion, relief can be found tronica with some tripped-out bal- by Impossible Music Force and The Beekeepers do not employ this slightly in / Only Want To See You; lads thrown in here and there for Magdalen Sky by Mark Gardener tactic. The album commences with Suffer and Elsewhere to ease the good measure. A lot of the tunes making the whole thing a very the comparatively quiet and per- razorblade riffs and rampaging have a 'recorded-on-a-four-track- pleasant listen. Mind you, I really sonal Eyeballed, which happens to rants. There's also a comic bonus in-my-mates-garage' feel to them, can't work out what's going on be the only track written by lead track at the end, which is outra- but this only serves to make the with the DJ Remould and Spunkle singer Jamie East. From there, geously ridiculous; I'll just say that compilation something you won't tunes. They're a sort of cross we're thrown into the aggression- it tells the story of mice singing at get sick of listening to. between a very early Erasure demo fuelled and indie-fied punk world the Albert Hall! Unfortunately, as a lot of the songs and an episode of Teletubbies. that is home to these guardians of Third Party, Fear and Theft is a are some of the bands' first mater- The material being promoted honey-makers. fantastically fiery album but the ial, it is a little dull so it's never here is all very worthy and it's the With this short amount of Beekeepers' turbulent sound is going to be at the top of my stack. kind of album I'd be really happy material, it's surprising to report best experienced live. It would be One track that stands out miles about owning if it came free on the that bombshells feel like they're wise to try and catch them soon above the rest, is Building by The front cover of the NME. I'd say that being dropped left, right and cen- before they explode along with Unbelievable Truth - a band to it's definitely worth keeping track tre. Killer Cure chainsaws its way accompanying ticket prices. watch out for. It's a sort of REM of future Shifty Disco releases for into your mind with its mix of spiky However, you could always get style ballad with really strong the sort of gems that are hidden on guitats and layered vocals. The yourself a copy of the album now: vocals coming from Andy Yorke, this CD. d infectious Do You Behave Like That for insurance purposes, naturallyEl brother of Radiohead's Thorn William Smith at Home? cuts itself into your sonic Dennis

SINGLES

Dust Junkys - What Time Is It? tune, crunching guitars, hip hop beats and Lionrock - Rude Boy Rock The Dust Junkys sound like a cross between effects sounding the same as ever. The rock rap Throw this on the decks, lay back and just relax Black Grape and Fun Loving Criminals on happy cross over was fairly fresh four years ago when ... scarcely any vocals here ... just music, and it pills. A funky, catchy, little summer tune. Senser were making all the right noises and is all good for that. Just rock wit dem! On the headlines. Unfortunately this will do neither for flip, Best Foot Forward will satiate the hunger of them. the dance crew and Push Button Cocktail is THE ESSENTIAL CHOON 1 Ramzi another compelling track. Definitely worth get- Mandalay - Flowers Bloom ting. For some strange reason the radio edit is Karen Ramirez - Distant Dreams CD Sampler remixed by Alex Reece. Reece destroys the bril- One thing - the girl can sing! Different styles THE ESSENTIAL CHOON 2 liant lyrical composition of the original, featured over different production styles show she is Bim Sherman - Earth People as a B-side, but adds not such a bad dark adaptable but titles like Troubled Girl, Looking A refreshingly original song infused with the sounding tune. The original however is excellent for Love, If We Try, and Lies seem to indicate tabla sounds of Talvin Singh. The man's voice is drum 'n' bass with floaty female vocals. the usual tried and tested subject matter but for just too good, and with his lyrics, make a bril- most people that isn't a problem. Apart from liant track. The remix by Ronnie &. Clyde take it Senser - Breed that, this is a promising start for her. into drum bass land, which turns out to be Senser got rid of three out of their original line surprisingly good! El up of five and now it's Kerstin singing with the Roni 12 MUSIC 27 February 1998

THA BOMB

4 Tick, Tick, Tick, Tick, BOOM!! Tha Bomb is back after a one week lay off and its bigger

and badder than before.

What up!!! Check this shit out, a whole page, Doggstyle. Saying all that, rumour has it that On an album front, there really ain't nothing yeah that's right a whole page. Is this hot or Snoop has already signed a new deal with anoth- worth chatting about. The Queen Pen has been what? I was checking thru' Felix and I spotted er record label and has already started working the best so far and that's reviewed here. Besides that the dance techno guys have a whole page with Dre. The fact that he's signed to a six album that '98 has been low on real quality, some stuff for their column, Electric Cafe, and then 1 saw deal at Death Row doesn't seem to matter, keep has come thru' on import but nothing really blew that IC Radio had a whole page, well at this point an eye on this situation it could all get quite up. The much hyped Jagged Edge album is said I decided 1 want a page and look at this I have a nasty. to not have lived up to the hype, the tune The whole page (big props to jason and Alok, the This week sees the release of some wicked Way That You Talk made expectations real high, music editors). A whole page means a whole little tunes and they're even on UK release, so we but the album just couldn't live up to it. The Ride host of new stuff, check this out. You got the don't need to spend a fortune buying imports. soundtrack is the only thing to have caused any normal ranting and raving from me, as well as First up is Holler by Ginuwine this has been damage on the scene, but even that wasn't out- album reviews for the real deal phat stuff, classic around for a while and most consider it the best standing, the lack of any real competition proba- trax all about the classics from back on the day track off the album, phat bass line with the G bly gave it such hype. Looking to the future there and whatever other shit I Man's soild vocals and is some smart stuff to come, the pick is probably can think of, this is Tha a pretty good rap make the Faith Evans joint from the Bad Boy family, Bomb. this a wicked tune. which has already got hype, the new Aretha Did y'all all see the Queen Pen delivers her Franklin album (first single already out and Brit Awards? I caught album this week and to wicked, more next week) and the one I'm look- most of it, soul was in conincide comes the ing forward to most the Tony Rich album. If the the house and some first single Man Behind new Rich album is anything like the last then awards even came this the Music, this first hit we're in for a treat. Gangstarr, 'nuff said. way, the biggest being as an import in Milen Best Female and Best September and blew up Male going to Shola and back then, this is still a Finlay. But what the fuck track though. The i kni V' <'' in ii :: is was going on with the Teddy production is . :b ." : ;i >p and

! 1 : duet between Texas and slick with the swing > no :>':::' :< y\ : i Method Man? That was beats in full effect and '" ij"« : :>." fucked, there was no the other members of '<-;.:: i" them. point, someone said to Blackstreet even turn J>" l: «»" ' ' Doy: in me that the rap just up for the hook, there ruined a pretty good are no real remixes to so it's on. Next Friday y'all for a wicked night song and I'd have to talk of and ya better off ' r in, we agree. Rumours of the Snoop and Deathrow fighting to part getting the album. The 1 e. You NWA get-together have ways, but who will get their way? We'll soul man Lynden David know rhe rime, you know rhe place. |iisi come been confirmed; Dre, Ice just have to wait and see. Hall is back with the sec- 'ii> ii >;; V < ' Cube and Yella will all be ond cut from his getting together for a track on the soundtrack of acclaimed debut set, the track's called Do I the new Cube movie. Eazy-E won't be there for Quality this is a serious bit of soul, returning to Class! obvious reasons and I ain't sure 'bout MC Ren. the basics of simple tune and inspired vocals. If The hot news in hip-hop is the Snoop Dogg situ- you missed Sexy Cinderalla the first bomb from ation, basically Snoop wants to leave Death Row. his LP that's on the b-side, the remixes aren't The Chronic - Dr Dre Recently he told the press that his life was in bad, for the connoisseur this is a must. The R&B The album that really started the whole West danger and with most of the people at Death track blowing up on import is The Weekend from Coast thang going. NWA had just broken up, Row either in prison or dead he's probably got a the Ride soundtrack, strangely the record com- with Ice Cube the only real man on the west point. Another factor is the quality of his music, pany has decided to give it an early release date coast, but from nowhere Dr Dre and Death Row his last album Tha Doggfather was the worst rather than waiting the normal year or so, and for were unleashed. Dr Dre took us on a journey thing to come out of Death Row, the boy seri- that we should be thankful, this is a TUNE. I ain't into the G-Funk Era. 'The Chronic' was an intro- ously needs to hook up with Dr Dre and start gonna say how good it is cause you should duction to brand new style and some new faces bringin' their skillz together to create the quality already know, this ...well just buy it, you won't be - The Death Row Inmates - DOC, Kurupt, That that we saw on The Chronic and the classic disappointed. Nigga Daz, Lady of Rage and of course the big dog Snoop. The amazing production from Dre may never be surpassed by the man again, the The Phat Selection killer cut from the album was the stunning Nuthin' But a C Thang, which featured more laid You Make Me Wanna - Usher Holler - Ginuwine back gangsta vocals from Snoop. Wit Dre Day Usher still there doin' the business with this Best cut from the album, gets a release on was a straight dis to Eazy-E and everyone who phat tune, even if its been out for a long time British this week, Timbalands production is ever cussed the West Coast. Next up was the this still rocks. phat. classy Let Me Ride a wicked piece of head nod, The Weekend - Dave Hollister So Good - Davina sampling the P-funk king George Clinton's TUNE, R&£ at its best with Redman and Erick So Good, nuff said! Mothership Connection, with Jewel on back- Sermon with the rap. Dangerous Busta Rhymes ground vocals and RBX &. Snoop helping Dre Wishing On A Star - Jay-Z Second cut from 'When Disaster Strikes', this with the rap this was always destined to be a Remake of the old classic with Jay-Z doin' a doesn't live up to the hype of 'Put Your standout track. As well as those the album was little rap, simple but a tune. Hands...' but still quality. packed with other gems, Lil Chetta Boy, Rat- My Melody (LP) - Queen Pen No, No, No - Destiny's Child Tat-Tat-Tat and many others. Dre delivered an Check the review on this... Wicked. Wicked, head nod delight. all time classic, if you ani't got it, get it. 27 February 1998 MUSIC 13

CLUBSCENE - COMPILATION MARK FARINA DOPE UP FOR GRABS ! Friko Disko. (United DJs of America) DOPE ON PLASTIC VOL.5

W W nited D)s of America have res we have another competi- 19 fat cuts, a fusion of down beats tracks and the mixing is spot on but I been highlighting the cream tion for you lucky people with 'n' breaks with phat hip-hop it all just doesn't click. of America's D| talent and Ylmor e CDs to give away THREE flavours. Some of the highlights are Now here's your chance to find in fact, so you can judge for your- Steady G, DJ For Prez, Way Out out for yourselves, by answering selves if this latest release from the West with King Of Funk, and the the following question. long running and highly successful massive B-Boy Stance by the Where does D) Jam/ John Dope On Plastic series (sold over Freestylers. Stapleton live and host his 150,000 copies) lives up to the There is nothing inherently monthly Blow Pop club ? standard they have already set. wrong with this CD, but there does A. Exeter John Stapleton's mixing is first seem to be something missing; it B. Cleethorpes class, neat and tidy as you would never really grabs your attention C. Bristol expect from such a veteran. Mixing and locks you into it. I could not lost talented, and blending the tunes to near per- put my finger on why this is just Entrys into the Felix office or e- on fire, on fection. alright and not a must have, as it mail [email protected]. ITTcl ;e DJs in the This compilation is packed with has such a strong selection of |o Public ideed but is it JAMES HARDWAY er a rich blend THE NEON LOUNGE (Recordings Of Substance)

like this album. wether this is drum &. bass with a There are some very strong touch of jazz, or jazz with a heavy tracks on here that work well in touch of D&B as it is very evenly the clubs, as well as being an balanced. And the rolling jazz licks album you can sit back and lis- never really overpower or sound ten to as a whole. It has a large out of place here, they merely musical content (a vast array of complement each other. It's nice still in the musical instruments are incor- to hear such original work. It has porated into the soundscape) already got it's own sub-genre, i different and is cleverly constructed being described as loungecore by ass but you do, at works very well, because 1 am from the one before. least, have to appreciate jazz music not a big jazz lover, and I quite I could not make my mind up to enjoy this album. tTlcl Jo Public

DRUM 'N' BASS HOUSE

Chocolate weasel. Music for Body Rockers. Blame. Visions Of Mars. Fifty Fifty. Tonight I'm dreaming (Ninja)16th Feb. (Goodlooking Rec.) 2nd March. (Jackpot) 1 st March This latest offering from T-Power and accom- Blame the man who brought us Music Takes I preferred the Amethyst's dub mix to the orig- plish is a slow tempo big beat sort of ting, with You (moving shadow) back in '92, (I wonder inal which isn't a bad track in itself. Amethyst heavy electro influences. One of the mixes who remembers that?). And he's still got the cut down on the vocal, darken the atmos. and starts off sounding like Billy Jean, then when the touch, another truly breath-taking track. Those sneak some D&J5 style drum/brake patterns into bass comes in it sounds like Another One Bites of you who've heard Blame's Logical the programmer. Which all works rather well, The Dust; then the strong atmosphereicals Progression Pt.Z CD (a great moment in musi- creating a hypnotic deep house feeling. The come in and you're away. This is my favourite cal history), this is the first track from that CD. original mix is more vocal &. up-beat, with a mix. There's also Jah Rasta dub ragga mix as Drift along on the futuristic breaks, soothing b- stomping b-line. well that works and is a little different. ' line, robotic voices &. deep lush break downs. Enjoy the visions of Mars. The Talisman & Hudson. Bowser. Street Beat EP. Horizontal Recreation. (C.S.M.F) (Freshkanova) 2nd March Scarlet Lake. Into The Sun. This is a hypnotic blend of deep house and A firing selection of beats, my favourite track is (Temple Rec) mid March. electro styles reminiscent of Orbital, but under Let Ya Body Rock. Clever programming, nice lit- This sounds like Roni Size (b-line) meets Bukem the smooth computer programming and boun- tle touches of scratching, lovely chopped-up (clean crisp beats) which works well with a nice cy bass-line there is quite a hard track hiding beats and plenty else going on to keep you cheesy American film sample, but they have away. This is different to what I have been hear- interested. This all combines to make for a over done it a bit with the general jazz backing ing recently, it has an early hardcore ('90-'92) totally original and superb track. at times. Future Engineer's remix strips away feel to it but with new technology making for a the Roni b-line and jazz piano, makes it more of pleasant break from the norm. This track has an out 'n' out intelligent style which I do like; it strength in depth, and will make a welcome could almost be Bukem. addition to my box. 171 cl jo Public 14 MUSIC 27 February 1998

CLUBSCENE THE UNDERGROUND MUSIC GUIDE ie

Anyone connected with the London dance approach with this. Basically the nights we put as it may sound, Craig feels that the well-being scene will tell you that techno is currently going on in the past were on quite a large scale and and satisfaction of the customer should come through a bad patch. Some might even say that the prices to get in were also high (ten to fifteen before mega six-figure profits. He is also show- it is dying, slowly and painfully. Some so-called pounds). We're using the Analog City name and ing us that spending thousands on commercial- "underground" DJs who have become house- still going for a large crowd and stuff, but we're ly known DJs can be a waste of money. One hold names appear to have lost touch with the trying to keep the prices down. thing we don't seem to realise is that techno scene that nurtured and raised them. The whole "With this event we're offering a quality contains strength in depth. There are many spin- thing has become too commercial, many argue. night where everybody can pay five pounds. I ners out there who can hold a crowd, fill a floor With promotors charging more and more to fill think that if we can do that and still put on big and keep a night going as well as any "name". their nights with DJs who charge extortionate underground London DJs , with about fifteen They should also be given a chance, and the booking fees, and competition from other playing at each night (in three rooms) then it will respect within the dance community that Analog hybrids of music such as drum'n'bass, 97 was a City commands is the perfect advertisment for terrible year for techno. people to notice them. There is a growing voice however, that is The approach to the structure and running proclaiming that techno doesn't have to die. of the night is also being experimented with by Although the innocence of the summer of love Craig. Rather than having one DJ to play a long now belongs to an older generation and the set, the warm-up will be two hours and each guy 'techno-purist' can no longer be catered for, afterwards will be on for an hour. He claims that these people claim to have some valid reasons this will pressurise all the DJs to "produce the for the survival of underground dance music. goods" quickly and within a set time limit. With One of the strongest reasons is Craig Thomas many different DJs playing so closely together, and his club Analog City. the whole night looks like keeping a varied and Despite being involved in electronic music fresh sound to it. This will be anything but bor- for many years, Craig is one of a new breed of ing boom boom techno!" DJs. He not only spins internationally on a regu- So who are these DJs who will be strutting lar basis, but he has learnt the ins and outs of their stuff at Analog City! One of the highlights the music industry. His achievements include will be James Ruskin, founder of the popular music production and the very succesful Analog Blueprint label, and co-resident at Circulation in City nights. During the mid 1990s this was a Brixton with Andy Weatherall. His style is club that introduced the sounds of techno to a described as Jeff Mills-esque but with his own large audience. The best American and personal twist added. Charlie Hall has been European DJs could be found playing on the instrumental in the scene for years now. same line-up as some excellent home-grown Formerly of the Drum Club Collective (a musical talent. group and a legendary club), Charlie plays a var- The best DJs meant the best music of the ied selection but is known to be into his hard genre, and also an amazing array of turntable Chicago house. Terry Mitchell is described by techniques, transforming a pair of decks into a Craig as "one of the best DJs I know". His style musical instrument. This all tied in with Craig's is raw and in yer face, with scratching and cut- philosophy that techno music is more than just ting used alongside the techno player's trusty computerised grunts and farts, that the words mixing skills. Finally we come to Richard electronic and funky can be used as adjectives in Summerhayes. He works in Covent Garden's the same breath! Eukatech Records and is one of the best but Starting off as a music nut, Craig discovered underrsted spinners currently in the scene. promotion as a vehicle to further his own DJing Incidently, I've only covered one room! career, rather than as a means in itself. After a Other people appearing will be Dave few years involvement in the house scene, Muthersole (of Musikmagazine), Mark Dale (the Analog City was started in 1994. London's club- brother of Mr Abstrakt Dance Colin Dale, and a land is a notoriously fickle and competitive ter- superb DJ in his own right) and Keith Anderson. ritory, so it is quite an achievement for a club to There will also be some student DJs appearing be running for so long. It is also a testament to who are threatening to break the scene and Craig's musical background. Clubs may well rely make a name for themselves. on business sense, but if you can find the bal- ance between profit and putting on a good Look out for Analog City on Saturday 7 show (ie choosing the right DJs, understanding be a new way of approaching things. Also the March 1998 at Camden Island Market (106-110 your crowd, music selection) for your customers customers won't feel ripped off that they're Kentish Town Road; nearest tube Camden then you're onto a winner! Besides its London paying so much money, as they are doing in so Town) from 10pm till six in the morning. And residency, Analog City has toured the UK exten- many London clubs at the moment. that wasn't a typing error, tickets are just five sively and even opened its doors abroad. Craig "1 don't think you should be charging fifteen pounds. cites a recent tour of Croatia as a particularly ful- pounds to get into these bloody places. If the filling experience. "It's amazing how a war-torn music is meant to be underground, then why are The electric cafe, in association with Analog country can party. It doesn't matter what the you paying completely astronomical prices? I'm City is giving away ten pairs of V.I.P. tickets to fuck's going on around you. I played in a blown- going for an approach where you don't have to this event. Just answer this simple question. out cinema. It was the best experience I've ever charge that much on the door but you are get- had." ting quality DJs who are up-there in the techno One of Craig Thomas' favourite techno Next Saturday sees Analog City in London scene." producers is "Mad" Mike Banks, who started once again. The night proves to be unique and That's right! This is a Saturday night club in Underground Resistance Records in Detroit. special in many respects, but I'll leave it to Craig London with fifteen of the best techno Djs that In which US state is the city of Detroit? to explain you his concepts in his own words. our city has to offer in three rooms and a crack- al;ck "We're going for a completely different ing sound system for just five pounds. Cliched 27 February 1998 THE IC RADIO PAGE 15

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Hello Felix people, and welcome that's worth checking out." that's as powerful as the one at the back to the wonderful world of IC James Ratcliff started out when Ministry, in a room half the size. Competitions, Sessions, Radio. As I explained in my little he was 14, playing at his own par- Everyone was totally into the Interviews and General Cool Stuff introductory piece last week, I'll be ties. He sees DJing as a logical pro- music: we overran by something Check out the Electric Cafe on giving you a run down of what the gression from his love of music. like four hours." Sundays midnight - 2am and on station is up to, with features on Inspired by people such as C.J He doesn't just stick to DJing Tuesdays from 9-11 pm for an bands we've got in session and Macintosh, he has since pro- either. Working under the name of exclusive live mix set from Mr. C profiles of some of our top DJs. gressed to playing in clubs ike the 'The Dirty Stop-outs' with partner (formerly of The Shamen) from This week I'm featuring James Ministry of Sound, Hanover Grand, and manager Lee Peterson, he's Subterrain at The End. There will Ratcliff, one of the stars of our Aquarium and Cafe de Paris. done quite a bit of studio work. also be an extended interview with Friday dance night, and "one of the Working alongside DJs such as The most note worthy involvement both him and Layo from the Usual most up for it people about". Judge Jules and the Ministry resi- to date being a mix of 'Deep Day' Suspects, as well as a competition dent Mark Wilkinson, he's built up by Katrina Vaughn on WorX to win one of three copies of the The music he plays is not easily quite a following. But doesn't he Records. He describes the process Dope on Wax 5 mix CD. categorised. "The roots definitely get nervous playing alongside such as being "surprisingly routine at There's also an interview with lie in American house but also with big names? times," with the real satisfaction Coal Chamber will be going out on easy, fun, upfront tracks along the "I don't get nervous," he confi- coming when they catch their work the Steve Metal show from 9 - lines of Pushca. I don't play too dently assures, 'although I don't being played by other DJs... 10pm on Monday, and Montrose hard, just accessible big party want to make a mess." It's an atti- James Ratcliff is one of the Avenue will be interviewed by beats." And his favourite tune at tude you need if you want to suc- many DJs playing it in the mix on Gareth from 12-lpm on Tuesday. the moment? "There's one by ceed, especially when you're play- our Friday dance night. His warm Don't forget the competition to 'Voices of Life' by Steve Silk Hurley, ing in front of a knowledgeable fol- up show goes out between 7 and design the radio station a new logo. there's the original anthem mix lowing. "Yeah, the Limehaus 8pm every week. See the adverts around college for that's got a wicked vocal and really [Bedford] is really good because details. The closing date is 6 wide bassline- everyone loves it. it's such a genuine crowd." The March, so if you want to win £50 of There's also loads of good stuff best gig so far? "We did a gig in music, put pen to paper (or hand to being released by Subliminal, North London, at a huge S&JV1 mouse) and get original. Mousse T and Masters at Work party. We were using a 12k rig jonny Pants

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REVIEWS YUE EPSu#*E I pielberg's latest film is K,'.;;.' v''-^.? set in 1839 and cen- I Mi; tres on 53 Africans I jli who take over the slave ship La AMISTAD Amistad from their captors. Starring: Morgan Freeman, Dijmon Honsou, Anthony Hopkins Unfortunately events don't go to DirectonSteven Spielberg plan and they end up in America "tf, i'Si I'i-'V-.T'ii i'k'-Jhrtf!'.;'': J !jf!j:w>;:\, fighting for their freedom at a time ' ,. i i .*(. i; !;i when the majority of blacks in the A your supermodel wife is oniy country were slaves.

The Africans are supported by XNK,"::-.'"'/. Pi ;"i '<' XP ',ri;..;.«.t!fe:i-. Wlr.Hji abolitionists including Theodore you purely because they want

Joadson (Freeman) and a young ' i'„ ' ';.!,:> real estate attorney Roger Baldwin Hopkins' situation in his second (McConaughey) who initially likens his clients to livestock. However, Edge, a superior outdoor adven- the obstacle to justice is not the ture film in the mould of Deadly judge or jury, who seem to Pursuits and The River Wild. sympathise with the Africans, but the pro-slavery President Martin reserved aging Englishman, albeit Van Buren (Hawthorne) whose with a stunning wife in the form main interest lies in securing a of Elle MacPherson. The two take second term in office and avoiding opportunity to analyse the politics the imagination he did in ' :, ilji. i civil war. His challenge is met by and ideologies of the time and its Schindler's List. Coupled with lit.I ' ' ' . the former president John Quincy effect on a small defenceless group fantastic cinematography, Amistad ii : > tip Adams (Hopkins) who eventually of outsiders. At its heart, it's a is an excellent piece of film-making I i .... agrees to support the Africans in courtroom drama focusing on and the most artistic film Spielberg Baldwin, who may or may not be their bid for freedom. corruption in the judicial system has ever directed. From a director having an affair with the wealthy Previous Spielberg films have Hopkins' portrayal of the old renowned for his crowd-pleasers, . . ;,-: ; ;: ip>p been more concerned with the and absent-minded former this must rank as one of his least sion between the two men, and delivery of their sensational president is effective but the star of commercial. You probably won't tki i ifs'iii . ..:i ht M aspects rather than attempting to this film is Hounsou as the slave's cry; you will just enter deep events conspire to place them induce empathetic understanding leader, whose capability of reflect- thought. However, I don't mean for miles from civilisation, relying on from the audience. With Amistad, ing almost every emotion with people to watch it in an attempt to iri'i''.*:.-. ;;<; .>:?.!. this is not the case as powerful supreme authenticity is simply better themselves. No. Watch it i .i, ...... 1 , emotions are on view throughout, inspirational. The direction is because you'll love it. El as the usual Hollywood thriller mainly emanating from the suffer- relaxed and well paced with Tesfaye N Asfaw but this film manages to retain ing Africans. We are given the Spielberg opting to leave more to suspense throughout. This is clue

whose character strives to help LA MAMAN ET LA PUTAIN fair proportion of the streets where the film is set. Starring: Jean Eustache Initially at least, the film is entertaining enough; suspecting that the younger man Director:jean-Pierre Leaud, Francoise Lebrun Parisian cafe society and a bunch of hippies are fertile wants to kill him and obtain his territory and the script is witty and light-hearted. inheritance through his wife. It is he greatest French film of the 70's, claims the Unfortunately, the pretentious attitude that starts off a treat to see the distinguished T press release of La Maman et la Putain. I'm not being ridiculed becomes the foundation for the rest of actor pitting his wits against the sure what that says about the competition, but the story. The situation becomes increasingly incredi- dangers of the great outdoors the film was also richly rewarded at Cannes at the ble until it reaches almost farcical proportions. It;, i' ; . . n: :;.. time. This re-issue boasts "corrected" subtitles, It is tastefully shot in black and white although the unpredictable ending, makes The although this reviewer found them rather American- deafening background noises and frankly mediocre P.ichp:. ,.;.i;w H;Y ;Yi.;=Ki &:iM.s<*<-.:, i'i'i biased. delivery give the overall impression of a lack of pro- But this is a trifling complaint: the main problem fessionally. Its ultimate downfall, however, is that with the film is its length of over 3'/z hrs. In that length given as long as 4 hours, it still cannot deal with all of of time one could quite easily go to Paris and visit a the issues it attempts to cover. D Tom lllingworth

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The Edge, starring Anthony Look out next week for a chance to Free trips to The Edge with Hopkins and Alec Baldwin, is win tickets to see Good Will released today. As you'll no doubt Hunting, Matt Damon's heart- n c fi ii have read above, it is a superior warming tale of a maths genius O thriller set in the Alaskan wilderness which has been nominated for nine II CU II KENSINGTON and boasts excellent acting by the Oscars. leads. Thanks to the Odeon Last week's winners knew that Kensington one of five pairs of Kevin Costner starred with Sean tickets and quad posters can be Connery in The Untouchables. They yours by emailing [email protected] are: with the answer to: Erik Parker Catherine Macleod For which film did Anthony Kai-Wing Shiu Hopkins win a Best Actor Oscar? Mark Jelinek Chris Greener 27 February 1998 BOOKS 17

FICTION SOPHIE'S SCANDAL m mm.. . Virginia Blackburn MOTHER

Marjone Riddel ophie Brackenbury, welcom- has just turned lesbian in what is a Martin and Penny's brother, S ing agent and telephone long line of attempts to shock her Michael, is interested in Sophie. intermediary for van However, Sophie is sure that the Trocken and Co., spends most of last time they met, Martin was a her time dreaming of being a shin- j nerd. On top of this there's a ing light in whatever world her i string of alliterative ex-boyfriends: "Children's Book" category or not. imagination takes her. Sudden j Desparate Dan, Weirdo Will and It is written in large type and jolts back to reality are frequent Tommy (Tiffany) the Trannie. contains illustrations, however, and are supposed to provide Sophie's Scandal is built on a some gentle humour. However, diet of frenzied sensationalism. Its after a while, the style becomes location is familiar, as she lives \" :.!a .;'Or, . y- obvious and the resulting door- just off High Street Kensington bell/telephone/knock comes as and the offices are situated on The narrator of this novel is a too much of a predictable end to Gloucester Road. Its pace is quick girl in her twenties who has Sophie's latest reverie. but it is definitely a girly novel, recently moved to London. The The real humour comes from written in a gossip-like style. story centres around the corre- the manic web-like plot. Sophie Essentially it is a tale of tense spondence between this girl and finds herself amid chaos and con- encouters, takeovers and tangled her mother in a small insular vil- fusion. Her tyrannical boss, Mr. relationships. It's probably best lage. We are told of the mother- van Trocken, is more irrit read by women on long journeys ly warnings to eat properly, wrap able than usual. His downtrod- to while away the hours. I'd prefer up warm and get enough sleep. den wife is unnervingly at ease, Sophie's World. which is more than can be said Dennis. Mifo&v £<5W'Ms; -d.»m about her husband's mistresses. than the health of her daughter Sophie's shady businessman of a Publisher: Corgi. 'Hi.afc H Whm het »!;':!«»>=' boyfriend, Martin, is turning up at Price: £5:99 her office while everyone else is Available: Now Bowling club think. In a nutshell looking for him. Her best friend and parents. Penny's girlfriend, the story is a parody of the work colleague of Martin, Penny, Charlotte, has a secret about ni-p-i-.-v; that a typically British humour Is brought out. The comedy Is THE mainly ironic with misunder-

up most of the |okes. This is FELIX used to good effect and although era I wa: WEEK floor with laughter the book brought a smile to my face on Arts Meeting - noon. For all inter- numerous occasions. This was ested in exhibitions and theatre Features Meeting - 1 pm. If you could relate to the daughter's Only 1 Week Left! want to write or layout features, take photographs, or just have an response to this type of parental idea, come along. The competition to win £50 of music of Books Meeting - noon. A -Oil (in. your choice by designing a new logo for IC enjoyable book: it is not a Chai ns . Radio is in its final week! The winning entry News Meeting - 1pm. For all ping story line and probably will will be used in a new range of merchandise, writers, researchers and not :; photographers as well as for liaison with record companies. Film Meeting - 12 noon. Get free The logo must be original, contain the words tickets to top films. smile to your face.

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TREADING THE BOARDS DUET FOR ONE New End Theatre spirit. She has discussed the conse- her feelings. As the sessions associated with Freudian psychiatry t first you feel a little bit quences of Multiple Sclerosis with progress, she appears even more and leaves you with a much more A embarrassed. The scene is family and friends and has come up child-like. Dr Feldman, however, humane impression of the profes- set in Dr Feldman's office, with several plans of action for the continues to probe into her rela- sion. and within the confines of this tiny coming years. Dr Feldman only tionships with her parents and wor- Extra merit has to go to Anita auditorium it is almost as if you are serves to irritate her, and his dem- ried husband. The hard shell that who talks almost non-stop sat in on what should be a private anding questions merely spark off Stephanie has built around herself throughout the two hour long play. consultation. an angry response. Stephanie was begins to weaken and she finally Once you have entered the story Anita Parry really excels in her an extremely talented violinist unleashes the emotion that she you really do get involved. When role as Stephanie Abrahams, a before this disease destroyed her would have previously communi- she falls out of her wheelchair, in young woman in her 30s that has ability and, seemingly, her purpose. cated through her violin. one of the more dramatic scenes, been confined to a wheelchair by Dr Feldman's own love of the violin This drama is profoundly you instinctively jump up to help Multiple Sclerosis. She is pushed by is evident and he appears to the intense. There are no scenery her before realising that you're in a her husband to seek help through audience to share some of changes, no fancy costumes and theatre. You are left with a strong the well-known Dr Feldman (Peter Stephanie's pain. However, she is certainly no singing or dancing. feeling of reflection... not bad for a Ellis). blind to this and sees his questions The subject has obviously been husband and wife duo who are best Stephanie starts the sessions as a sign of jealousy or incompe- well-studied by both the director, known for playing in "The Bill". with a casual attitude; she obvious- tence. She feels that Dr Feldman Janeena Sims and the actors. Jenny and Demelza ly doesn't believe that the treat- does not appreciate her intelli- Although Peter Ellis plays his role a ment is necessary as she has a gence and she plays spiteful games little hard during the first act, the strong character and a positive to try to avoid a confrontation with play still reviews the stereotypes

SALAD DAYS PREVIEW Union Concert Hall

ater this week, Imperial the next few years - a graduation themselves. Needless to say this see the show in its full glory of daz- L College Union Operatic day. We meet two friends from well leads them on a vast adventure of zling costumes and bright lights, Society once again takes to to do families, Tim and Jane, as secrecy, political scandals and but this certainly did not prevent the floorboards to bring us 'Salad they both graduate and have to say quests for missing musical instru- the cast from visibly enjoying them- Days', a light carefree musical farewell. They insist on keeping in ments ... well ... a piano. selves in a spirited performance. So about romance, youth and... well touch and arrange to meet the fol- The large cast equip themselves in these last few days as they are ... a piano. After many weeks of lowing week, by which time they extremely well through the large busy painting set, rigging lights and rehearsals, and worrying, they have discover that both of their families chorus pieces with entertaining trying to keep calm, maybe you put together a show that must have different ideas about the choreography, and there are some should be thinking about giving surely contain something to appeal paths through life they should take: wonderful solos by the leads. your support to these enthusiastic to most tastes - memorable tunes, Tim to get a job with one of his Working with a particularly quirky performers. lively performance, raunchy Dons, uncles, Jane to marry. It is here that script they manage to adapt the Matt Williams UFO's, cabinet ministers, and... they meet a tramp who pays them humour in such a way as to provide well... a piano. to look after his piano for a month moments of bizarre amusement The story starts in a scene I am - a piano that forces everyone who and crafted wit. sure will be witnessed by many in hears it to relax, dance and enjoy Unfortunately I was not able to

10,000 BROKEN MIRRORS The Oval Theatre

e read the press release to diminish, with more than a little mischevious nature and bored with were not good. After reading the W for this play after we had help from the moon, who appears just orbiting the earth, decides to press release and arriving at the been persuaded by Julia intent on "helping" the proceedings go down and 'help' the family, with theatre, which looked like a grotty to see it. Our hearts sank. "Two on earth. Tensions between the disastrous consequences. primary school, we expected teenage boys, thrown together by family members, in particular the The set was extremely simple something much worse, and were their parents marriage, develop a two boys are, in the beginning, and unusual, consisting of five plat- surprised to find we really enjoyed gay relationship." Oh no, three made strikingly clear, but as the forms of different heights, on it. hours of doom. play progresses these feelings are wheels. These doubled as beds, Oh, and by the way, look out Fortunately this wasn't true. In replaced by new animosity tables and the orbits of the Sun and for Tenebris Light on your tube the opening scene the audience is between the gay lovers and Diana, Moon, being moved around the journey in the morning, as he works introduced to the four family mem- who makes no secret of her disap- stage as their uses changed. This for London Underground! bers, Diana, Lawrence, Aleister, proval of the situation. was a little puzzling at first , but Hayley and Marina and Eddie, and the Sun and Moon, The Sun and Moon are always actually worked very well. The light- who look down on the proceedings present, watching the family as ing also added a subtle touch, with from a raised mobile platform on they live their lives. The Sun, repre- the Sun's yellow light guarding the the stage. As the relationship senting 'Good' is content to just married couple while the Moon's between the two boys, Aleister and watch and let those on earth cold blue hue shadowed the illicit Eddie unfolds and deepens, so that resolve their own problems, but the lovers. between husband and wife is seen Moon, portraying the 'Bad' has a Our preconceptions of this play 27 February 1998 ARTS 19

CULTURE HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON Photographs at the Hayward Gallery

his exhibition is primarily a to Islington. They refrain, however, struction with marked optimism, night train, an acknowledgement of T celebration of one of this from being journalistic or docu- compassion and wit. High-spirited an instantaneous beauty that would century's greatest photogra- mentative in style due to their street children are portrayed play- pass most of us by. One disap- phers in his 90th year. Evidently objectivity and their attentiveness ing in civil war torn Seville through pointment is the display's British Cartier-Bresson has an extraordi- to aesthetic effect. Hardly any of a bomb-damaged wall. Muscovites photos, which inevitably show less nary ability to find the character in the photos record a specific his- crowd Red Square for the 1954 empathy with their primarily aristo- the crowd or the back street of any toric event, the vast majority agricultural show with not a prod- cratic subject matter. provincial town. He dispels any focussing on the description of the uct of collective farming in sight. Cartier-Bresson described his notion that photographic art is lives of ordinary Europeans. The astonishing spontaneity of work as "putting one's head, one's solely for the appreciation of the It is easy to forget in this era of the photographs often result in a eye and one's heart on the same initiated with a style that is both readily available consumer durables natural surrealism; one shot por- axis". We would strongly recom- direct, human and displays a truly the privations and struggles which trays a double bass seemingly rid- mend this vast exhibition to any- magic eye. The photographs are only fifty years ago were common- ing a bike down a rocky Serbian dirt one; it will not fail to inspire both simplistically displayed, spanning place. Cartier-Bresson takes us track to nowhere. One of the most Europeans and non-Europeans. nearly seventy years of travel through the years of pre-war touching photos captures two throughout Europe, from Istanbul depression and post-war recon- sleeping lovers on a Romanian Helen Johns and Matt Williams

PER KIRKEBY Sculpture at the Tate Gallery

ollowing the success of my in the central part of the Tate tunately these are skills which I the Tate by their arty parents F last visit to the Tate, 1 Gallery and consists mostly of a sadly lack. thought it was great fun, as it pro- decided to return and con- series of large bronzes, sup- The largest exhibit on display vided the perfect backdrop for a front the latest special exhibi- posedly representative of dif- was specially created and can hard- game of hide and seek. tion on offer by that well- ferent body parts. I should add ly fail to be noticed. Entitled "Brick The exhibition runs until May known Danish artist, Per at this stage that if you have Wall", it is not just one large brick but I wouldn't recommend making Kirkeby. Born in Copenhagen any body parts that resemble wall, but several arranged so that a special trip, unless you are inter- in 1938, his works include these then you should seek they are parallel and interlinking, ested in bricklaying; your time sculpture, paintings, drawings, medical advice immediately. displaying superb bricklaying skills. would be better spent looking at prints, films and performing With a little insight and a lot of 1 walked around them several times the special Bonnard exhibition or arts. He also writes poetry and imagination it may be possible wondering how to appreciate the wandering around the other gal- prose. to see the anatomical forms true artistic potential of this piece. leries. The exhibition is displayed envisaged by the artist; unfor- The children unwillingly dragged to Claire Ashwin

SHOSTAKOVICH CAM PANA S FLAMENCAS Barbican Centre PEACOCK THEATRE

he cycle of Shostakovich's music, the concert on March 5th or all lovers of Spain and its Tati, Milagros Mengibar and T music is being given rave will introduce this great musical F traditions, as much as for the Joaquin Grilo - who reached the press reviews. Somehow, and political work, written in uninitiated, soul of the Hispanic these concerts are inspiring the Leningrad while under siege by the "Campanas Flamencas" spectators and led the LSO to play as if they are indeed Nazis. Tickets are extremely rea- is a dazzling show of rest into a certain one of the greatest orchestras in sonable, with standby available on short dance wonder and the expe- the world; credit for this remark- the night to anyone brandishing a sequences, performed rience of an unprece- able achievement must be given to student card. with breathtaking ener- dented sensation in Rostropovich, who was a great Stephen gy and burning pas- front of such incom- friend of the composer for over 30 LSO with Mstislav Rostropovich sion. parable fire and ener- years. I found Rostro-povich's (conductor) Further concerts on 1, It is vibrant and gy- approach a little too serious for the 4, 5, 8 March. takes us back to the The only thing more frivolous pieces but this paid intimate and sponta- which may cause a off for the more intense and In the same area, the Guildhall neous roots of certain 'dilution' of the atmospheric symphonic works. School of Music are putting on a Flamenco, in atmosphere, a 'disin- The next ones include the pop- performance of the Barber of Andalucia, drawing its tensification' of the ular 5th symphony in the same Seville, the famous Rossini opera. inspiration from the performance is the concert as the 6th symphony, a Anyone interested in going to see intense feeling of joy size of the theatre, chamber concert by an all star cast opera cheaply should definitely go and sorrow, passion certainly too big to led by Rostropovich - this time along to see this reputedly excel- and pain, exhaltation retain and carry showing off his virtuoso 'cello play- lent production. and agony. through, as it would in ing - and two concerts of the 7th Arts Ed A 'disciplined' and quiet London a typical Spanish 'tablao', all the symphony. For those of you who audience was quickly set on fire by extraordinary power of the dancing are not so familiar with this sym- See diary pages for more details the performers - amongst whom and the singing. phony or even of Shostakovich's on anything in the Arts pages are such established stars as La Danuta Pieter FICTION 27 February 1998

From the author of Raising Demons, Caspar von Wrede, comes another dark tale from the edge.,

He can see the sky and it is the most beautiful thing he has ever seen, a vast dome of infinite blue. He can see the sun. It has gradually, imper- ceptibly, crept across the heaven. In the begin- ning he had to strain his eyes to the left as far as they would go to see it and now he was begin- ning to have to strain them to the right. They ache from the constant light but that doesn't bother him. The sun is still warm on his face, even though it must be getting late. He can't remember when it last shone but he imagines it was a very long time ago; maybe he never noticed it. Some clouds formed earlier on in the direc- tion of where his feet must be. Long, thin tenu- ous clouds that appeared out of the air to drift peacefully away beyond where he could see warmed it, or maybe he is too numb to feel it. them. Sometimes a billow of smoke will pass This mud will swallow him and maybe he will over him and his world will briefly be cold with never be recovered. There are so many others shadow. The smell of cordite will sting his nose out here, each once a person, with a face that and sometimes clods of mud will patter around had smiled and cursed and cried, who had so soon. It is far too early. He should have been him. thrown up by the explosion. But then the breathed and felt pain. Each had been loved. allowed more time than this. He stops trying to smoke passes and again the delicious sunlight Each with a story to tell, but not anymore. He is move, and closes his eyes. Tears are streaming caresses him. almost like them; he has forgotten his story. out from under his eyelids. He can hear every shell as it shrieks earth- Strangely he does have one last memory He forces himself to breathe slowly, to try to wards and each time he wonders again whether though, one lone recollection amongst the order the thoughts in his mind before it is per- one of them will end its brief, violent flight emptiness in his mind. It is the memory of a manently extinguished. Time slows down so that through the air on him. But none of them do. room. its passing is barely perceptible. Maybe his mind Some fall so far away that he can barely feel the The room is small, rectangular, and contains knows it is about to be vaporised, he thinks, mud around him shiver as they detonate. Others only a sink, a bed, and a cupboard. The walls are maybe it is slowing down his perception of time hit the ground only tens of feet away, tearing made of smooth wood, painted light yellow, and so that he can have a few more moments. Any deep wounds into the soil and showering him there is a door opposite the bed. Another wall second now...any second. His whole body is with the fragments. Endlessly they fall from the has the sink, of white porcelain, attached to it. shaking. This anticipation is killing me, is the only blue sky, bearing their loads of destruction. But There is a lamp hanging from the ceiling, with an thought in his mind. He would have laughed never on him, not yet. He's glad that they don't. opaque white shade. It has a wick that glistens insanely had he been able to do so. He is in no pain. He can watch the sky and the with oil and a long fluted chimney of glass. But The moments pass, and he is still alive. It's sun in its timeless orbit; maybe he will even see better than this the room has a window. And a dud, it's a bloody dud. For many minutes he it set. through this window he can see a field of long lies with his eyes closed, maybe even for as long He must be losing blood. He cannot move grass, and beyond it a flat body of water that as half an hour. He cannot think but continues to anything apart from his eyes. He cannot feel his stretches almost to the horizon. On the horizon cry silently. are dark rolling hills and above them, the sky, legs. And his memory is gone. His mind is blank, Then there is a new sensation, warmth dark blue and filled with towering stacks of white wiped; he does not know his name or what has around his breast, for the first time an ache. I'm cloud. He does not know what is beyond the happened to him. He just knows that he is lying bleeding, I must have opened a wound. He door. When he tries to open it there is only that here in the mud, between bodies and craters, realises that this time it really is the end. He emptiness that has swallowed the rest of his and long coils of barbed wire. Waiting. feverishly tries to think of his past, someone he memories. He is living in the present. His past is gone, knew, anything, but it is useless. There is noth- as is his future. There is just the timeless present, This room must have meant something to ing. Sounds are becoming more distant, the sky and he can feel that it is infinite. him, for its memory to survive whatever it was darker, but he realises that the darkness is only Someone was close to him, very close. He that left him here bleeding into the mud. Or in his mind. He is dying. could hear their breathing, long and slow, as if maybe it was just luck that he has one meaning- He re-enters the room, searching for a they were asleep. He would have been able to less last recollection whilst everything else was memory that he might have missed but there is touch them if he could have moved his arm. The purged. What happened in this room? He will nothing new. He looks through the window breathing was with him for a long time, very reg- never know, but he can savour its memory. scanning the glorious vista, but he's seen it all ular, somehow intimate. He listened to it and Suddenly he can hear shouting. The gunfire before. He turns round and suddenly there is a breathed with them. But then the breathing had seems to have increased. He can hear the whine cot in the middle of the room, a simple wooden stopped, without warning, from one breath to of bullets as they cut the air overhead, briefly cot, painted white. It is occupied. Ever so slowly the next and he was alone. Further away some- intruding into his world. A machine gun is firing he bends over and delicately moves a blanket so one had been saying a name. Franceses, over somewhere in quick bursts and its explosive that he can see into the child's face. With an and over and over again. A normal voice. As if chatter is making unremembered fears stir in his overwhelming certainty he suddenly remembers they were mentioning the name in conversation, mind. There is a machine gun nest close to him. that he is a father, and that this is the child again and again, no change in the tone or the Was that what they were trying to take out? whom he never saw, who was born after he speed, like a record needle stuck in its groove. There are screams and more shouting. And sud- began his service at the front. He is transfixed by But they too had stopped suddenly. A shell denly something flies through the air, thrown by its beauty, its innocence, its peacefulness, but he probably got them. If he could speak would he an unseen hand, and lands beside him. dares not touch it in case he wakes it. Very slow- be saying someone's name? He might have a Adrenaline erupts into his blood. Even though he ly he leans forward until his face is almost touch- wife, children even, but he can't remember. He saw it for only a fraction of a second, he knows ing the child's curls. 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Football Cup News Rugby: Invincible!

ICUAFC IV v BATH IV ICUAFC I v UMDS ICURFC II v KINGS eventually Tom Slater broke through from inside centre to score Being the biggest game any of us Gialiardo was on international duty IC 2nds go storming on to the the second try. Duly converted by had played in it is a shame to say and Shanidze was suspended, so BUSA final with a miraculous win James 'Kevin' Trude it left IC 12-5 that all our hard work was spoiled Tippayawong and Knutsen were over the tossers from temple. ahead at half time. by one of the worst and most recalled. Imperial hit the bar early IC set the scene by conceding first As the referee's watch had a biased referees ever to have offici- on and Foulstone went close after points to Kings but then retaliated flat battery, the second half went ated a game. Throughout the a corner-kick, but Imperial general- with a storming breakthrough try by on forever. With injurytime nev- game, he gave everything to 'his' ly looked unsettled and UMDS Dave 'Nipply' Pearce. erending, the last 20 minutes were team, turning down two blatant were awarded a penalty when a With storming support from the an absolute nightmare for all those penalty appeals and booking half UMDS striker was fouled by sidelines IC dominated the middle involved. Although conceding a fur- of the ICU team. However his Psycho. The striker took the penal- periods of the match. Superb kick- ther unconverted try, a penalty worst crime was in the last minute ty himself which was superbly ing from Keith 'El Capitan' Beattie from Trudy kept us ahead and when Bath scored their winner. A saved by Keane, who looked confi- and Huw 'Spew' Tanner was aided despite losing Mani with a knack- long ball down ICs right wing drift- dent throughout the game. Psycho by superb defence from the IC side ered ankle, we maintained our cool ed a yard out of play. Everyone was then booked for being kicked and periods of complete incompe- to record an outstanding victory. stopped, even the Bath striker in the eye. A strange descision tence by Kings. ICURFC II 15 - 13 Kings went to catch the ball, but the ref indeed from an otherwise excellent The IC pressure had to tell and waved play on. The striker drifted referee. Imperial went in front inside an unleashed a shot past the when Foulstone got his ninth of the shell-shocked IC goalkeeper. Our season with a screamer from 40 protests were waved away and yards. Superb. ICU Snooker Club in there was nothing we could do. No In the 2nd half IC dominated time to score an equaliser. It was with Amo and Stewart dominating all over. When we lose to a better the middle of the park. Marcos, team so be it, but to lose in such a Amo and Knutsen all had excellent Massive Pot Shock manner rips the heart out of any opportunities to score before top team, and make you think just is it scorer Warren Brayn cooly put IC Last weekend saw the annual BUSA down fighting. In the singles knock- worth it? Even their equaliser was 2-0 up at the ground where he snooker tournament kick off in out tournament, Ketal met Greg in streaky. A close range shot which made his debut. Southampton and Imperial college the first round and Russell in the the goalkeeper tipped onto his In the final IC will play the LSE. were there in force. The 'B' team quarters to get through to the semi post, rebounded onto his head ICUAFC 2 - 0 UMDS event produced Imperial's best ever final. and trickled in. It should have been result, coming home with six bronze Imperial 'A' team (defending cup funny, but no one was in the mood medals: one in the individual and champs) played excellently to reach for laughter. five in the team competition. The quarter finals against UEA but lost six ICUAFC IV 1 - 2 Bath IV team soared through the group of the first eight frames. All attention stages coming top of both and mov- focused on the blue ribbon event, ing comfortably into the semi-final, the 'A' team individuals. The play on meeting up against Warwick. The ini- Friday and Saturday resulted in only tial stages looked promising thanks Robi and John left in the quarter Results to some stunning snooker, especial- finals. Sadly Robi was knocked out in Skiing ly by Ketal who gave Imperial an the last 16. John came through some early advantage moving to 5-3 with nail bitingly close frames to meet Football two to play. Warwick bucked the Exeter's star player in the final to be Last Saturday night saw the third earlier trend and came back to five contested over 5 frames. At fifty-one round of the King's parallel slalom Saturday all to force a tiebreak. Ketal was ahead you would expect to win a racing league. In the first round of ICUAFC 13-2 Goldsmiths nominated to play a single frame. frame but the might of his opponent racing both teams managed to win ICUAFC II 1 - 2 St George's Despite a Stirling effort we went triumphed. two out of three races. In the sec- 1CUAFC IV 2 - 3 Royal Holloway IV ond round, Imperial 1 began to ICUAFC V 0 - 0 St Barts show their class and beat some highly ranked teams, only losing Wednesday one race due to a dubious official ULU Cup decision resulting in disqualifica- ICUAFC 12-0 UMDS tion for "a third jump start". ICUAFC VI - 3 LSE VI extra time In the head to head slalom races League. for the final positions, Imperial 1 narrowly beat Cambridge, and ICUAFC VI 5 - I Kings I Imperial 2 triumphed against royal Holloway 1. Imperial 1 finished in Rugby 5th place. Imperial 2 finished in 11th place, the highest known 1CURFC II 15 - 13 Kings placing ever achieved by the sec- onds. Skiing Skiing practise takes place on IC I - fifth place Top row, left to right; A team: Simon Baugh, Richard Turton, IC II - eleventh place Wednesday afternoon, for any Jonathon Fulcher Alan Lewis, Robi Uzzaman Boat racing information: [email protected] ICUWHC 1 - 0 ICUHC! Bottom row, left to right; B team: Ketal Patel, James Mitchell, Greg Inaman, Jonathon Shan, Russell Towers