Joe Jarvis-The backbeat behind RAMES

Posted on by Mark Murphy

I sat down with Joe Jarvis, the man behind the kit of RAMES, an up and coming four-piece indie pop band from London. Joe has spent a total of around 10 years practising his craft on the drums. It was just as the first lockdown was coming to an end that RAMES were looking for a new drummer, and Jarvis managed to secure the vacant spot.

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The longest time we’ve had to wait for Bond

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It has been an extremely long wait between the most recent James Bond films. ‘No Time To Die is scheduled to come to cinemas on September 30th 2021, making the wait for the film a lengthy one, thanks to numerous delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Should we see it come to our screens on the new proposed date, it will mean the length of waiting will be 5 years, 11 months and 4 days between it and previous film ‘Spectre’ from 2015.

However, it’s not the longest wait that Bond fans have had for a new 007 adventure. So which two films had the longest gap and how long was it? Well, that goes to 1989’s ‘License To Kill’ and 1995’s ‘Goldeneye’, with 6 years, 4 months and 10 days between the release of the two films.

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Asian Discrimination-Just because you don’t hear about it doesn’t mean it’s not there

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Within the media its has been rare to see coverage of discrimination faced by those with Asian heritage. Recently, there has been more exposure to racial incidents involving Asians, not just in conventional media but also on social media. Also, movements such as the ‘Stop Asian Hate’ promote anti-violence towards Asians in America. A study found that 58% of Asians believed they faced more discrimination since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.

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