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Back in the day, Halloween conjured up fancy dress parties where the most ingenious costume was a pumpkin complete with torch and the bad eggs got their mucky paws on WKD, used sparklers without gloves, and egged trick-or-treaters. Translated into the University context, we dress up in often hazardous to the health costumes, create toxic punches, run amuck in the city streets, then wake up with glitter in every crevice. At whatever era of life, Halloween is a night of downright riotous behaviour, so, to all the haters, I give you a totally foolproof Halloween survival guide.

Last week we published our review of Scots band We Were Promised Jetpacks’ brand new album ‘In the Pit of the Stomach’. This week we caught up with the boys at the enchanting Scottish Storytelling Centre on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile to talk about their new album, touring America, wanting to look like Frightened Rabbit and German strip clubs - that’s right, you did read that correctly. We’ve also got an exclusive performance of Human Error, one of the fantastic tunes from their new album.

Cowboys, aliens, Han Solo, James Bond and the man who brought us Iron Man...given the possibilities, Cowboys and Aliens could have been epic. And with an engrossing storyline, engaging characters, exciting action scenes and some extremely pissed-off aliens, it is very close - but doesn’t quite live up to expectations.