Frank Turner Wants a Word With You
Britain's small music venues face a lot of threats right now. There are falling audiences, low ticket prices, wider problems in the music industry and a host of other day-to-day challenges which make...
View ArticleGreat British Bake Off 2014 Episode Blog - Week 6
Do you ever think that the people behind The Great British Bake Off might be running out of episode ideas? I only ask because episode six of the 2014 incarnation has as its theme 'European cakes',...
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Bridget Kelly Sells Out Her 2nd UK Show
Bridget Kelly, the U.S R&B songstress blessed UK soil with her presence for the 2nd time as she performed at London's prestigious Jazz Cafe recently to her legion of fans and new supporters....
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Swinging Through Sweden
My #12country12monthes mission started out with no plan, in fact, it was birthed out of the most spontaneous trip I have ever taken in my life...
View ArticleWhy We Should All Be Proud Of Pride: The Film
Pride: "a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc." Union: "the state of being...
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The Walford Gazette Pays Tribute to John Bardon
Minutes after the new issue of the Walford Gazette was delivered to the printer early this morning, I learned that my good friend John Bardon (Jim Branning) had passed away at the age of 75. John had...
View ArticleWhy Radio 1 Moving The Rock Show to Sunday Night Is Smart. Really Smart.
Sunday 7 September 2014 saw the launch of Dan P Carter's Radio 1 Rock Show in its new (and brilliantly positioned) Sunday night slot on BBC Radio 1. It's a big statement, and one that should be...
View ArticleA Reluctantly Pessimistic Interpretation of Moby-Dick
In an episode of American TV show Parks and Recreation, Ron Swanson, the no-nonsense head of the Parks Department, presents his unique interpretation of Herman Melville's classic: 'Does the white whale...
View ArticleThe X Factor 2014 Audition Show Five
The room auditions are over for another year, gone, finito, complete....You get the point. So what now? Well, tonight we move on to the arena. Wembley Arena. No biggy. First up is photographer Bradley...
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GOAT, Graffiti and Glen Anderson: A Collective Arts' Event Not To Be Missed
When people think of the Arts in this here sceptr'd isle admittedly one does not immediately think too readily of Britain's Second City, Birmingham. But, that would be a great mistake and one that...
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I Never Expected to See a Mermaid Fossil at the Science Museum...
I think we can safely say that I never expected to see a mermaid fossil at the Science Museum. Nor photographs of a snake with legs or a flying monkey with a unicorn's horn. But welcome to the weird...
View ArticleThe X Factor 2014 Audition Show Six
Wow, what a 24 hours. There was one big talking point from Saturday night 's show that has kept us really, really busy today. Next time for Team Midas' sake The Courtesans...please plug in your guitar....
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Scars and Stripes - D*Face in LA
Jimi Hendrix once said, "When you're dead, you're made for life." The mythologising of celebrities who burn bright and die young - to which the guitar maestro referred and which turned out to be a...
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Can Rappers Speak About Love and Romance Without Appearing 'Soft'?
I've always taken quite a personal approach when it comes to the subject matter of my lyrics. It's not something I remember making a conscious decision about. It just sort of happened. When I first...
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Live The Burning Man Principles, Build a New World
I have to admit when I first went to Burning Man a few years ago, I didn't know exactly what I was going to. I loved the idea of of being part of a live gift economy and a real community gathering in...
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iLLAMADi Ft Hayley Cassidy - The Week Ends (Music Video)
iLLAMADi, released his new single 'The Week Ends' featuring the vocals of UK songstress Hayley Cassidy on a perfect indian summer month. The North London music artist captures the feeling of summer...
View ArticleThe Final Curtain
It's a Sunday afternoon and I am full of Sunday roast and curled on the sofa in a friend's London flat as I write what will be my final blog post (for now) on the Huffington Post. It hasn't quite sunk...
View ArticleBook Review: Chimene Suleyman, 'Outside Looking On'
Chimene Suleyman, a London-born poet, journalist and essayist of Turkish heritage, has produced "Outside Looking On", a debut collection of poems for Influx Press; a very fine piece of work which,...
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Bobby Shmurda: New Kid on the Brookyln Block
If you haven't heard of Bobby Shmurder by now then you must of joined the net about a week ago (week ago). Check your twitter, instagram and youtube feed then you'll get the in-joke. The Brooklyn born...
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Foo Fighters Honour Our Heroes
I actually have a rule that I don't post music reviews. When I first started out I was a reviews editor at an online magazine. It wasn't long into the job before I realised I was far too soft for the...
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