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I can't remember much from my days of university. I think there was something about a library and overdue charges, but that was a few years ago now. I lost most of my memory one day when standing next to a giant magnet, which while fun at the time has made remembering stuff kind of tricky.

But one of the things I learnt I remember quite well as every night around 6pm I am reminded of it: the fact that news media is so hilariously ridiculous.

It has been over two years since Sommerset announced they were calling it a day and went out with a bang in what was a solid “final” tour. Talia Blewitt sat down with guitarist/vocalist Milon Williams at a suave Ponsonby café to chew the fat about why they broke up and more importantly, why they’re getting briefly back together.
 
With all the global reunion tours that has befallen fans recently, I had to wonder if two years really classified as a long enough period before making a comeback. However, the band is treating the Coming Home To You tour as more of a family holiday. “We’re not looking to make money, we’re not booking the earliest flights in the day, it’s going to be as luxurious as we can make it,” says Williams.

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The NZ Comedy Fest is just around the corner and debate managed to score an interview with one of the headlining acts, Jamie Kennedy. You may know him from The Jamie Kennedy Experiment, you may know him from Scream, or you may know him from the huge number of supporting roles he’s had in some big Hollywood films. The point is, you know him. But if you’re like me, you didn’t know he did stand-up.

We talked about that, his first acting experience on a basketball court, his new documentary Heckler, the weather (give me a break, I only had half an hour to prepare) and why we never got to see him have sex with Heather Graham. Read on.

Some of you may be aware of the philosophical question that asks if you had a time machine and could go back to when Hitler was a gurgling, smiling, innocent baby, would you stomp on his skull there and then?
    Although an event like this is unlikely to happen, it raises the moral point that has confounded humans for centuries: does the end justify the means?
    Pop quiz hotshot: a terrorist has been captured and he knows the whereabouts of an armed nuclear weapon that will kill thousands of people in an hour. He is not cooperating. What do you do? What do you do?