“There are times when even I wake up and look at the smiley face I drew on my knee and think, ‘What the f**k did I do that for?’ Getting them done hurts like crazy too.”
This small piece concludes with a quote from Ozzy, this sums up the piece as it includes everything that has been mentioned, it also highlights and demonstrates the attitude of Ozzy and adds a light hearted element.
Tuesday, 16 November 2010
Tuesday, 9 November 2010
Feature - Xan Brooks (The Guardian) Tom Waits interview 2009
What should a feature include?
Angle: Disussing Waits part in the film Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
People: Tom Waits and Xan Brooks
Strong intro: The introduction is striking and captivating, sets the scene well and gives a strong impression of Waits early on and the direction in which the interview may go.
All the w's: Tom Waits, his role in the new film and discussion of his previous works, his background in music and his personal life.
Readable: Easy to follow, active voice with a light hearted tone.
Quotes/headers: Large quotes used, headings for new topics of conversation based on the quotes given by Waits.
Names/ages/adresses: not much mention of personal details, although interviewe is a well known actor.
Spelling and grammar: All correct
Anecdotes: several anecdotes used
Angle: Disussing Waits part in the film Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
People: Tom Waits and Xan Brooks
Strong intro: The introduction is striking and captivating, sets the scene well and gives a strong impression of Waits early on and the direction in which the interview may go.
All the w's: Tom Waits, his role in the new film and discussion of his previous works, his background in music and his personal life.
Readable: Easy to follow, active voice with a light hearted tone.
Quotes/headers: Large quotes used, headings for new topics of conversation based on the quotes given by Waits.
Names/ages/adresses: not much mention of personal details, although interviewe is a well known actor.
Spelling and grammar: All correct
Anecdotes: several anecdotes used
Tuesday, 2 November 2010
Mixmag - Circoloco
Ibizan promoters Circoloco hold a five hour best driven water rave for four hundred party goers, on an Ocean Scene Cruiser. The weather is not at it's best but this doesn't deter those involved as the main action is taking place on middle deck. Headliners Matthais Tanzmann and Dan Ghencia carry the tunes untill they dock at 9.30 pm, where the party continues onto Junk.
Kerrang! - Dillinger Escape Plan
Guitarist Ben Weismann of Dillinger Escape Plan finds inspiration from an abandonded, run down mental asylum. The guitarist explains that, as a child, he would walk past the hospital and on one occasion encountered a patient who has escaped from the asylum. The impact that this had on Weismann lead him to vist Greystone more often, describing it as ' literally the most frighening place i've ever seen in my life'.
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