Archive for July, 2005

The Raveonettes – Pretty In Black The last time this Londonista was listening to The Raveonettes we turned off pretty sharpish, unimpressed by the monotonal drone that met our ears. But the word on da street is dat, sorry that, Pretty In Black is a …

We don’t normally update Londonist over the weekend, but then again these are far from normal events happening in the capital at the moment. On Friday we followed the breaking news that a man had been shot dead at Stockwell and like the rest of …

So Orlaith the weepy pixie is still in, and Citizen Science, man of the future, is out. Only half a percent difference, apparently. Well, whatever. Fuck you, Great British Big Brother voting public, fuck you. Was it bad thetans that made you vote against Science-tology? …

Police are confirming the shooting incident at Stockwell. It seems that a man jumped the barriers at Stockwell underground station and ran for a Northern Line train. One witness on BBC News 24 says he saw the man go down and then police shot him …

To paraphrase a pentameter from Poe: “the Proms, the Proms, the Proms, the Proms, the Proms!” They are upon us! It is the greatest classical music festival… in the wo-o-o-orld! It has to be true, because we read it on the side of a bus! …

Another week, another comic book adaptation. Yes it’s Fantastic Four. We were expecting bad reviews for this one, and that’s what we got. The Independent are particularly appalled as their one star review makes patently clear: “Instead of drama we are offered some paltry musings …

A few weeks ago we predicted that Alberto Vilar’s name would be removed from the Floral Hall of Covent Garden, quietly, without comment, in the middle of the night. Well, it appears that we were completely wrong. Rather, Vilar’s name will be removed after a …

Sky News are reporting that a possible suicide bomber has been shot outside Stockwell tube station, although this remains unconfirmed. Stockwell and Vauxhall stations are currently closed and a Northern Line northbound train was evacuated as reports came of passengers hearing gun shots and shouting …

To start with, a hearty congratulations to the organisers of Guilfest for breaking the world record for largest number of air guitarists at one time. Over 4000 ethereal fret manglers whammy bar-ed their way through Sweet Child O’ Mine and thankfully no one was penalised …

So everyone is safe, but four idiots are on the run after yesterday’s low rent sequel to the July 7th incident. Here’s how events seemed to unfold yesterday: 1225: Shepherd’s Bush Underground station on the Hammersmith and City line was evacuated after a man flees …