Archive for October, 2005

It’s that funny time of year again – not quite autumn, not quite winter, with the shittier aspects of both and the advantages of neither, weather-wise at least. Like walking past a stadium and hearing the distant dischord of a Phil Collins concert, the horror …

Fiona Bevan – In The Swimming Pool EP Not long ago, during one of our new band interviews, Andy Fell, drummer with The Sways, recommended “A singer-songwriter called Fiona Bevan, who’s just released a very good EP”. Coincidentally, not long afterwards, we were contacted by …

If you read our little report on the growing tensions between the capital’s Critical Mass movement and The Met last week and were wondering what the upshot was, then read on… If you remember the Met had warned Critical Mass that unless they received prior …

It all comes down to what you expect to see out of a London hotel bedroom window. In the red corner, we have Ken Livingstone and his insatiable lust for all things over 30 floors. In the blue corner we have the local authorities and …

The week’s just begun and we’ve already been elbowed on the tube, pushed past on the stairs and had to cup our hand over our mouth to avoid gagging on the fumes. Some days we pine for a life more tranquil. Wouldn’t it be nice …

If you’ve already read today’s Guardian you’ll know that a trial of ‘airport-style’ security scanners is being planned for London as early as next month. According to the paper “Ministers are expected to announce a trial of the scheme at London’s Paddington station next month. …

Well, we had to, didn’t we? Seeing as how we mention zombies nearly every day, we could hardly let Halloween pass by without some kind of tribute. (And, yes, we know it’s more properly written as Hallowe’en, but apostrophes and search engines mix about as …

- Yesterday’s bus fire in the Limehouse Link Tunnel means the road is still closed. No one was hurt but “the intensity of the fire has caused the bus to melt into the road surface”. – Big Ben is back up and bonging. – Dan …

The Dandy Warhols – Hammersmith Palais Portland’s finest strolled rather than rolled back into town on Wednesday night. Playing a nigh on identical set to their

For the first time in a long time, there is no Popstarz at Scala tonight leaving London’s indie gay & lesbian boys and girls without their Friday night home to dance in. Popstarz promoter, Simon Hobart, was found dead on Sunday morning having suffered from …