RAD Issue 2 A/W

A letter from

the editor … Yo readers, Welcome to Issue 2 of a

bigger (actually a little smaller but

perfectly formed) and better RAD.

I hope that you had a nice Christmas

and got all that you wanted and had

a fun New Years and did nothing I

wouldn't do!

It was a good winter holiday for me,

I turned 18 and bought my first legal

drink- a cranberry woo woo if any-

body asks- and I got my first DSLR.

I can’t stop taking pictures (they

might make it into next issue if they

are good enough!)

I crossed over to the dark-side and

got a Blackberry its weird having a

phone again—I had lost my trusty

phone which I lovingly owned for six

years a couple of moths ago— but

its nice having contact with the

world again. I have a thing for low

quality phone pictures (No, I really

do. Its weird).

I also have a lot of new years resolu-

tions the first being ‘do well in my A-

levels’ and that is kind of my excuse

to why this issue is so late—DAMN

YOU JANUARY EXAMS! Taking

up all my time!

But anyway enough about me, this

issue has a winter theme to fit in

with the current climate and was a

lot of fun to edit. It features a lot of

very interesting young people that

really are going to be very successful

in the near future, my favourite be-

ing the lovely band Is Tropical,

whom I’m sure you will be hearing

about in the next couple of months,

they are quite good go and listen. Al-

so in the issue there is a review of

the film of the year the Social Net-

work (as I type this I’m listening to

‘Power’ by Kanye West while simul-

taneously on Facebook- I feel like

I’m in the film. I’m such a geek)

Here’s to 2011, may you be a good

one

GEORGIA B x

RADmagazine@hotmail.co.uk

Here‟s what's in Issue 2 -

6- Our editor discusses what is Rad and what is Bad

8- Lovely photos by Matt Harris

10- Jeff Luker shoots ‟Dust bowl dance‟

16- More of Matt Harris‟ brilliant work

18- Josh Wroath discuss the joy of music

19- Why our editor loves camel (the colour not the animal!)

20- Kristina Wilson shoots the moody story „Heavy Metal‟

26- RAD asks what winter means fashion-wize to some of

our favourite bloggers

31- Josh Wroath reviews one of the biggest films of the year

„The Social Network‟

33– What Christmas means to me

34- Elizabeth Sarah makes the winter weather look inviting

38- The editor talks tattoos and music with Is Tropical

40- and finally Elizabeth Sarah and her „Homecoming‟

shoot

RAD Supermarkets:

I'd agree that the death of local shop and the independent beaker, butcher, and indeed candle-

stick maker is a real tragedy, but hey in today's modern society we've basically got what we

asked for, convenience and everything under one roof. And shamed as we are to admit it, we

like it that way. Need a frozen pizza, some socks a tube of toothpaste, a Nokia phone charger

and Florence and the machine's new album? you know where to go

Steven Seagal:

Actor, producer, writer, director, singer-songwriter, 7th-dan black belt in aikido, owner of fan-

tastic hair, animal rights activist and supposedly the reincarnation of a Tibetan Buddhist

lama, or tulku. Seagal is a BEAST. Currently flogging his own energy drink cleverly named

Steven Seagal's Lightening Bolt, along with working as the deputy sheriff of Jefferson Pari-

ah, Louisiana. Seagal's thousand yard stare and willingness to wear funny oriental jackets

makes him a fully fledged alternative fashion icon.

Late Night TV:

If you can sleep and you're really tired, zone out TV will probably feature an American sher-

iff and or Ross Kemp. Not Kirsty Warker. Newsnight isn't really, low-effort, veg-out TV is

it now? Whereas, perpetual re-runs of the 36 episodes of the World's Wildest Police Videos

with a former Sheriff most certainly is. Nothing quite soothes a tired brain like bizarre traffic

violations and horrific car chases

BAD Wayfarer's:

This could, and maybe should, be a blanket kicking of wearing sunglasses in general, but

I'll keep it current and urge you to step away from the goddam, wayfarers. Once the epitome

of Steve McQueen cool they're no the go-to accessory for every single clueless hipster on plan-

et wanting to appear deliciously aloof, indoors. Everyone looks like a mug wearing sun-

glasses, that's a given, but on the rare occasion it's sunny do we all have to be wearing the

same ones, nothing quite says glamorous, American anti-hero like .... the Jonas Brothers

Barbecues:

I'd hazard the guess that the reason us Brits are now inclined to burn the crap out of lots of

meat at the first glimpse of the summer sun is simple because some rouge Aussie barbecue

manufacturer washed up o these shore in search of a new business. And not because it's lots

of fun and the food tastes great. And it isn't and doesn't. Face facts. Carbonized cow, a hot

dog bun filled with wasps and a face full of smoke isn't our idea of heady summer Al fresco

dining. Alan Hansen can stuff his Morrison's offers where the Sun don't shine.

Andy Warhol:

While I‟m partial to the odd colourful screen print of Elvis and of course I'm grateful to

him for getting his wallet out to pay for the Velvet Underground's studio time, Warhol's

body of work, irrespective of it carefully considered intentions, is largely complete and utter

pap, Pap. Still revered as a visionary and with his work remaining highly collectible,

Andy's 15 minutes of fame have lasted nearly 50 years. Johns and Lichenstein would be

screwing.

Photos by Matt Harris

Dust Bowl Dance

Photos by Jeff Luker

Dust Bowl Dance

For more go to www.jeffluker.com

For more go to www.jeffluker.com

Name: Jeff Luker

Star Sign: Leo

Favourite-

Book: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Film: The Dreamers

Band/Artist: Townes Van Zandt

What are your favourite things about winter?- Seasonal

depression

What cameras do you use? - Contax G1, Yashica T4,

Nikon FM2

What was it that first got you into photography? - Bad

drawing skills.

Who is your dream person to photograph?- Barack

Obama.

What inspires you?- New ideas, traveling, William

Gedney

What do you really want for Christmas?-

A Leica M6

Do you have any New Years resolutions?- Get more work

done

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So your sitting at home on your laptop, round a mate‟s

house, at a gig, listening to the radio, in a shop, watch-

ing television or doing something completely random (I

don't know, scuba diving?). And that's when you hear

it. Your first thought is "woo what the fuck is this?!".

You've just heard something so unbelievable that your

brain goes into hyper drive and you just know you need

more. So you scan the internet, ask your mate, read the

flyer, wait for the DJ to say, ask the shop assistant,

select information on your remote until you find out

who just gave you that aneurysm.

So then you go on their website, copy the album from

your mate, talk to the band or buy their CD in the shop

and you become hooked. You listen to it non-stop for

days, weeks, months. It becomes an obsession. You

just can't imagine not hearing it daily. It becomes al-

most a religion to you.

Next you find out they have 5 more albums and your

heart beat starts to rise. Then you find out they have an

album out next year and you start to shake in excite-

ment. Finally you find out they‟re touring next month

and your head explodes with hysteria.

Sound familiar? We've all been there. No matter if it

was 'All The Small Things' when you were 10,

'London Calling' at 17, 'Paranoid Android' at 27

or „I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor?' at

43, when you find that artist that has up until that time

escaped your provision its like a whole new lease of life.

A spark ignites in your brain and you just can't wait to

explore more of the music. The spark becomes a raging

fire of passion that will then always burn in you.

That's the power of music. Once that fires burning

there's very little that can put that fire out for you. It

just keeps burning and burning the more and more you

listen to it. Most of the time that fire simply never goes

out.

Hopefully you've had moments like those mentioned. If

not then I envy you for that first time it happens.

By Josh Wroath

For more go to http://newwave3.blogspot.com/

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I‟m sure you already know, unless you have been hiding under a rock for the past sea-

son, that camel is back in fashion. The glamorous shade that ought not to be associat-

ed with a desert dwelling spitting mammal - nothing says couture like a sullen animal

- but instead seen on a beautiful, successful women. It should evoke the smell of chan-

nel no 5 and warm autumn nights and stolen weekends full of secret dinner dates,

glossy hair and the faint smell of the last cigarette. To me nothing suggests accom-

plishment in a woman more than a camel coat: it shows wisdom, intelligence and

timelessness. It‟s probably the only item of clothing that makes me want to be a grown

up. There is just something about that insanely impractical shade of pale that makes

me go weak at the knees.

There are a host of styles to choose between; from luxurious dressing gown shapes,

courtesy of Aquascutum, MaxMara, and Chloe, to mannish, double-breasted straight

cuts from Gucci, Hermès and Michael Kors. There are even pretty princess styles with

furry cuffs, and bejewelled collars and pockets by Alberta Ferretti.

The joys of a camel coat are countless; camel goes with everything and is perfectly

suited to autumn/winter's new minimalism mood (pair it with black, navy, white and

grey), and, whatever your complexion, there's a camel hue for you - from blonde to

caramel, to burnt toffee. You can even amp it up with leather.

So go on and grow up, I dare you ...

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Heavy Metal This winter toughen up

With leather and layering

Photos by Kristina Wilson

See more at www.kristiinawilson.com

Winter Wonders ...

Name: Ella Wood

Age: 16

Star Sign: Scorpio

Favourite -

Book: It's got to be the Harry Potter series, but I'm reading Luella's Guide to English Style at the moment

which is very good

Film: A Single Man, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Marie Antoinette, and lots of really bad high

school comedies

Band/Artist: Arctic Monkeys, The Strokes, The Libertines, Angus & Julia Stone, Ratatat, The Kinks, The

Beatles, Belle & Sebastian, The xx, Radiohead…

What are your favourite things about winter?: I like hot drinks and snuggling up in bed, and it’s nice to layer up lots!

What do you really want for Christmas?: I don’t ever want anything very big. I like receiving gifts that I wouldn’t actu-

ally buy for myself, like pyjamas, candles, socks and perfume

Do you have any New Years resolutions?: To be braver and enjoy my last few months at school. Next year is a big one

for me, I’m a excited and a little scared all at once

So what are you going to invest in clothes wise this winter?:

Go to PartyTights.tumblr.com to hear more

Winter Wonders ...

Name: Rachel Honeybone

Age: 16

Star Sign: Aries

Favourite-

Book: Lolita and The Picture of Dorian Grey

Film: Many, but if I had to decide. Pulp fiction

Band/Artist: Arctic Monkeys

What are your favourite things about Winter?: It sounds shallow, but probably the clothes, for the simple reason that I

generally prefer the aesthetic of them to 'summer' clothes. I also love walking and driving through cities when it's

dark and all the lights are on!

What do you really want for Christmas?: My Glastonbury ticket is my Christmas present, although I would love a new

record player!

Do you have any New Years resolutions?: Spend less time on the computer and start being more productive... goodness knows if

this will actually happen.

So what are you going to invest in clothes wise this winter?:

Go to fiendish-wonder.tumblr.com to hear more

Name: Laurie Trueman

Age: 16

Star sign: Pisces

Favourite -

Book: Atonement

Film: Factory Girl

Band/Artist: Arctic Monkeys

What are your favourite things about winter?- Winter to me is much more interesting than summer, although I'm not

entirely sure why, for starters the clothes are always more appealing, I always seem to have more fun, there's

always more gigs to attend, despite how much I love festivals, there is always something fun about a gig, like last

year I saw Babyshambles just before Christmas day and they were beyond RAD. I also like the weather, I like

rain, I don't like wind though and walking home from school in the cold. I love Christmas, I like the rush of

Christmas shopping, I like snow when we get it, I like wrapping up warm, I like taking photos more so in winter

and I generally like the atmosphere of winter more so than summer.

What do you really want for Christmas? - Books. I have chosen some already, some on The Velvet Underground and

Joy Division (two of my fave bands) and lots of dvds, as I love films. But for my main present I had my Glaston-

bury.

Do you have any New Years resolutions?- I don't really make new years resolutions anymore, I used to, but I never

stuck to them, therefore next year I'll have an open mind, to write more and also to be as happy as I can.

What do you hope to invest in clothes wise this winter?

Go to Lettherebelove.tumblr.com to hear more

Name: Jess Griffiths

Age: 17

Star sign: Gemini

Favourite -

Book: The Rose of Sebastopol

Film: Shrek

Band/Artist: David Grey

What are your favourite things about Winter?- I really love that I get to wear layers of clothes especially woolly socks

and grey I know it sounds weird but I love the colour in winter time. Who can not love hot fires and roasted chest-

nuts. The best thing though … Christmas spirit!

What do you really want for Christmas?- OH MY GOD Take That tickets! I tried but I could not get any tickets also

Dvds ‘Toy story’ and ‘Shrek’.

Do you have any New Years resolutions?- Stop biting my nails, to get into a musical theatre school and have another

BLOODY GOOD YEAR!

Name: Ellis Rutter

Age: 18

Star Sign: Virgo

Favourite -

Book: Enduring Love, but I love reading plays especially Romeo and Juliet

Film: Love Actually

Band/Artist: The Smiths

What are your favourite things about winter?- I love walking down an empty street covered in snow with my ipod head-

phones in, you feel like you are in a film! Knowing that I will go to London, my favourite place in the whole world,

with my grandma just before Christmas. Oh yeah I love to read books on trains as I zoom across the winter coun-

try side.

What do you really want for Christmas? - Money to pay for Drama school, tickets to see any RSC production

Do you have any New Years resolutions?- To be more motivated, seriously I’m lazy! Also I need to grab opportunities

with both hands.

You don’t get

to 500 million

friends with-

out winning

an award … Josh Wroath reviews the film of the

year

All of us these days use Twitter, Myspace,

Flickr and of course, Facebook to interact

with our friends and family weekly, daily

and even hourly. But what a lot of us don’t

know about these websites is just how they

were made and how they came about. Cue

The Social Network.

Set around the book The Accidental Billio-

niares by Ben Mezrich, the film traces the

beginnings of Facebook and how it became

the global leader in social networking. Alt-

hough the focus is on Co-creator Mark

Zuckerberg and other early Facebook em-

ployees, none actually helped make the

film, leaving one a little sceptical of what is

fact and what is fiction. In fact the only

information used to create the film from an

inside source is from co-creator Eduardo

Saverin’s help in writing Mezrich’s book.

But regardless of this, The Social Network

takes on the task of showing the relation-

ship's between the creators of the website,

focusing less on the technical aspects of how

Facebook was developed.

From the outset you learn that Zuckerberg is

a bit of an arsehole. The opening, gently

comic scene sees him patronising his girl-

friend about her intellect which ends with

her finishing their relationship. Racing back

to his dorm Zuckerberg effortlessly creates a

website comparing all the girls at Harvard to

one another. Sending it out across campus it

catches on like wildfire eventually causing

the Harvard network to crash. By doing so

Zuckerberg impresses Max Minghella, Cam-

eron and Tyler Winklevoss who then enlist

him to help create HarvardConnection, a

website that would connect all the students

of Harvard to one another. Seeing the poten-

tial of the basic idea Zuckerberg becomes

obsessed with development of his own web-

site, The Facebook, funded by best friend

Saverin.

With early success, The Facebook spreads to

other American universities catching the

attention of Napstar creator Sean Parker

(played by Justin Timberlake). As the site

expands Zuckerberg needs more money and

after a business meeting with Parker heads

out to California. Saverin elects to stay be-

hind and do an internship in New York. As

time passes Saverin’s influence is replaced by

Parkers which in turn causes a rift between

Zuckerberg and Saverin.

One of the great things about this film is

that the narrative is driven through the legal

encounters from the ensuing lawsuits for

breaches of trust against Zuckerberg by Sav-

erin and the Winklevoss brothers. The Win-

klevoss’ are suing him for stealing their origi-

nal idea whilst we later find out Saverin is

suing Zuckerberg for diluting his share of the

company. Clips of each lawsuit are brought

in at the moment it relates to in the story-

line, resulting in end of the narrative coincid-

ing perfectly with the end of the lawsuit with

Saverin.

Throughout the film we see the many differ-

ent aspects that helped make Facebook what

it is today. In one scene Zuckerberg is stuck

thinking what next to do to The Facebook,

when friend (and soon co-founder) Dustin

Moskovitz asks if a girl in Mark’s class is

single. This gives Zuckerberg the brain wave

of adding the ‘relationship status’ feature to

the website, the final touch before the site

becomes live.

With many unrecognisable faces in the film,

The Social Network turns out to be extremely

well acted by all, even Justin Timberlake.

You become attached to the triangular

friendship and rivalry between Zuckerberg,

Saverin and Parker, generating a real sym-

pathy in you for them. All three actors play-

ing these roles vividly express their emo-

tions. A personal favourite is the scene near

the end where Saverin (played by Andrew

Garfield) finds out about his shares being

diluted.

Director David Fincher (Seven, Fight Club,

Panic Room, The Curious Case Of Benjamin

Button) uses lighting, sound and camera an-

gles to give a feel of just how the characters

are feeling (a highlight being the scene por-

traying Zuckerberg’s reaction to Facebook

reaching 1 million members).

Another gem in film is the soundtrack. With

original compositions by Trent Reznor

(vocalist of Nine Inch Nails) and Atticus

Ross (producer) the sound throughout the

film is very dark and ambient, much like

Christopher Nolan’s Inception. The sound-

track sets a racing beat behind Zuckerberg

when he is working through the technical

aspects of the site, whilst the rest of the

soundtrack creates a feeling of impending

doom.

All in all a fascinating watch, The Social

Network is well worth your time.

9/10

An Ode to

Christmas,

decorations

and shopping

I must have cut a lonely figure, grappling with a Christmas tree

up a windy, cobbled drive way – I imagined streets brimming

with happy couples and mobile-phone advert friends all with

their perfect pine giants in a net. Not a grey, lonely, muddy Sat-

urday and a plastic tree.

To make matters worse, I was wearing a camel-coloured jacket.

If I'd have thought it through, I'd have donned a Barbour for

this festive task. As it was, having been abandoned by my broth-

er who had promised to help me fetch „The Tree‟, defiance had

forced me towards the rainy garage in a hurry, and the camel

was bearing the brunt of this rookie mistake. The tree now

stands embarrassed in the corner of my room, drowning in care-

fully arranged fairy lights, which continue to wink at me pathet-

ically long into the night.

This, however, is the first year I've had the inclination to deco-

rate my room in keeping with tradition, none of this nouvelle

stuff – pink Christmas trees being the main culprit, seriously

Argos?! My previous miserly stance towards decoration was that

everything I put up would at some point have to be taken down

and, frankly, that would be too much effort. I wonder when it got

to that? As a child I used to virtually hyperventilate at the pro-

spect of picking up the tree from the local garden centre with my

dad and taking it home to drench it in baubles. It was beyond

exciting.

And at primary school when we used to fashion shoddy-looking

paper-chains from faded coloured sugar paper - it seemed not

only to be an extremely important task - but also the highlight of

the academic calendar. Will there be snow, won't there be snow?

Will Father Christmas/Dad eat the mince pie we left out?

This year I'm trying to rediscover that fervour I once had for the

festive period. I started by watching Home Alone – which was

just as amazing as I remembered – I've bought rings made of

holly, too many branches of mistletoe and I've even tried to stand

around sipping mulled wine and hot cider, both of which tasted

entirely unreasonable.

Maybe the issue I have is that there is only a certain amount of

Christmas cheer I can muster every year, and most of that is

used up on bellowing "Merry Christmas!!!" There is one saving

grace, however, one activity that always fills me with cheer: shop-

ping.

Recently I popped in to Bath to track down a variety of gifts for

a variety of family members. I managed to buy five in total, one

for mum, one for my brother, one for my dad and two for myself.

Although this is an appalling result, it's a trap I always fall

into.

I am incredibly indecisive by nature. This is not a helpful at-

tribute when it comes to mission-shopping. Yes it‟s a mission - a

full-blown operation to purchase as many things as you can. I

spend hours wondering the aisles of HMV, becoming ensconced

in the box-set section. Towers of DVDs coax me into pretending

my brother loves "friends" (he doesn't but oh how fickle my

memory can be.) I limp aimlessly around beauty counter, chok-

ing on perfume, allowing war-painted Ladies to poison my arm

with their scented sprays. I escape department stores smelling

like a chemically confused version of my mother.

I have an issue with purchasing things, I can't peruse items for

other people without spying something for myself. Often I'll try

and safeguard myself from this fact by sticking solely to shops or

departments I know I have no interest in: kitchenware, mens-

wear, gardening tools.

Even then though, even when I'm knee-deep in other people's

interests, I am quite capable of convincing myself I need a hand

trowel. This has to stop. Perhaps I'll do the rest of my Christmas

shopping over the internet because then if I can't actually pick

the items up and bond with them, I won't want them.

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After fighting through several

security guards at Bristol An-

son Rooms, our editor, Georgia

Burgoyne, spoke to Is Topical

about their new album, Cheryl

Cole and Shpongle right before

they appeared on stage sup-

porting Mystery Jets.

Georgia: Can you give our readers a

little synopsis of Is Tropical? Sell the

band to us.

Gary: We‟re a fun, danceable, short,

concise pop band

Dominic: Our songs are only 79p on

itunes

Georgia: Bargain

Simon: And there is only one on there,

so you only need to spend 79p to buy

our whole back catalogue!

We try and make it theatrical but it‟s

not going to be as good tonight as we

can‟t get the projector working.

Georgia: No way, I heard that was

your thing!

Simon: Yeah, it‟s kind of hard when

you are on a support tour to have every-

thing. Especially for the time frame we

have to play, sound check and every-

thing. But for our own shows we try

and have it heavy on the lights, projec-

tions …

Georgia: So who are you influences?

Gary: I think we have a number of

influences, mainly the Strokes

Simon: On tour we listen to a vast

range of stuff. Our friends bands are

influences, they are doing the same

thing as us, trying to get seen and heard

Georgia: Ok so you have just brought

out a new single, which I love, called

„south pacific‟. Why in these finan-

cially troubled times should people go

out and buy it?

Dominic: It‟s about escapism and the

song is cheaper than a holiday

Georgia: Ha you should put that on

the poster

Simon: Don‟t tell them it‟s a free down-

load!

[All Laugh]

Georgia: So let‟s talk bandannas, do

you co-ordinate them with your out-

fit?

Simon: We were meant to …

Gary: … but they end up really dirty

and the end of a tour

Simon: We made some nice ones

Dominic: Like French lingerie. Pretty

sexy.

Gary: They are supposed to go with our

leather clad look but normally we wear

the one that smells the least

Georgia: After a tour they could be-

come quite pungent

Simon: We have a Japanese friend

who sent us this nice material but we

didn‟t have enough time to make them.

Georgia: Is that the fabric you would

recommend?

Simon: Actually we have made a lot of

mistakes over the years. We didn‟t care

how thick it was …

Dominic: … We had like 15 tog duvets

on our face …

Gary: … Sweating so much we could-

n‟t breathe, we nearly fainted a couple

of times!

Simon: But I like this one [revels a

Black/lace/sexy one] it‟s quite Lady

Gaga esc. She‟s an influence.

Georgia: Do you use it in a way so

that it removes a front man and it is

more about the music?

Simon: Yeah, we don‟t want a “face”

for the band. Like on the cover of a

magazine you only see the singer

Georgia: Yeah I always feel bad for

the drummer

Dominic: Actually I might like New-

ton Falkner if he didn‟t have dread-

locks …

Simon: But he is a nice guy. We met

him once in London at a Shpongle con-

cert.

Gary: There‟s quite a lot of dreadlocks

in Bristol

Is Tropical

Dominic: Yeah Shpongle‟s playing a

concert later in a field

[All Laugh]

Georgia: Well I‟ll keep an eye out.

What can we expect from tonight‟s

gig? Obviously no projections

Gary: 4 songs before we get kicked off

…

Dominic: Projections, erections …

[Laugh]

Simon: Recently we have been playing

new album tracks. Our album is fin-

ished now, should be out around

Christmas

Georgia: Yeah I was going to say you

have only released two singles?

Simon: Yeah we just finished record-

ing our album

Gary: We don‟t know what it sounds

like from up front, so maybe it might

not be the best representation

Simon: It‟s a work in progress

Georgia: Do you have any pre gig rit-

uals?

Simon: the last couple of nights we

have listened to the Prodigy. We had

this amp that we were taking round our

dressing rooms to play our music

through but we left it in Belfast. It‟s

really hard to get something back from

Belfast!

Georgia: What is it like touring with

Mystery Jets? Can you give us any

gossip?

Simon: It‟s really good and fun. We

have known them for a while. We have

recently done a cover of one of their

songs and they did a cover of one of

ours. We also designed some of their

merch …

Gary: … but it got sent back, they

printed a message inside saying Mys-

tery Jets and Is Tropical London,

something was wrong with it

Simon: But we like to go out and have

fun with them

Dominic: They are quite the party ani-

mals

Gary: Will [Rees – guitar, backing

and lead vocals, keyboards, percus-

sion ] used to be a child model

[All Laugh]

Simon: We love the boys

Georgia: Do you aim to tour with

your friends?

Gary: Yeah it just happened like that,

we never had anybody in mind initial-

ly. The last tour we went on was with

the Big Pink we knew them in a round-

about way through nights out

Simon: We are just about to go to Eu-

rope with the Klaxons

Georgia: I think that‟s it

Dominic: No make up a question, both

of you [My friend Ellis has been sat

there giggling along the whole time]

Gary: Off the cuff

Ellis: What‟s the craziest thing you

have done?

Dominic: This [Pulls up trouser leg to

reveal tattoos]

[All Laugh]

Dominic: It just says “taco”. Simon

did that one!

[Then they all reveal home done

Cheryl Cole tattoos]

Ellis: That‟s embarrassing!

Georgia: Cheryl‟s a legend she will

always be an influence!

Gary: Ha see, she‟s amazing. Never be

embarrassed to say that!

Ellis: I do have a girl crush on her

Simon: Yeah same!

Ellis: But music wise …

Gary: Oh come on are you kidding me!

[Everybody starts singing Cheryl

Cole’s ‘Promise this’]

Georgia: Cheryl Cole “making French

classy”

Simon: We have all of Girls Aloud‟s

album in the van. Her new album‟s not

so good but she did have malaria, our

excuse is that we just had Turkish

food!

Georgia: Would you rather: gain an

eye or lose an eye?!

[All Laugh]

Simon: Lose it for sure

Georgia: But you could hide it with a

bandanna!

Gary: Where‟s this eye on your chin!

Dominic: I did this special drug and it

opened up a reptilian eye inside my

brain …

Georgia: Your coming from experi-

ence then, you know the feeling!

Dominic: It takes you back to Aztec

time you can fly over pyramids and

pan pipes are playing!

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You were so smart then

in your jacket and coat.

My softest red scarf was warming

your throat.

Winter was on us,

at the end of my nose,

but I never love England more than

when covered in snow.

-Laura Marling „Goodbye England (covered in snow)‟