Archive for June, 2006

After the last bout of bad news concerning David Hasselhoff we figured that he just wouldn’t be in London anytime soon, but not only is the Hoff here among us regular folks he’s also making headlines: Hasselhoff in chandelier accident That was enough to see …

Inspired by our fab night out last night at Do Dirt, we had a quick look about to see what else is going on this weekend and this is the best we could come up with. Tonight we aren’t leaving our sofa. Sorry Big Brother! …

Big Brother (Fri 8.30pm/10pm C4): Just when we were starting to tire of Lea’s monotone Black Country whine and Nikki’s helium hyperenunciation … As everyone and her pet terrapin knows, there will be FIVE – count ‘em, FIVE – new housemates unveiled to the viewing …

This week – A documentary about Mongolian nomads (The Cave of the Yellow Dog), a music documentary about a hip hop concert in Brooklyn (Dave Chapelle’s Block Party) and a teeny flick with Lyndsey Lohan and McFly (Just My Luck) You know that it is …

It’s a funny old world. When Sleater-Kinney announced they were no more, we had a nostalgic look back at the unprecedented double review we put up for their album, The Woods. One of the albums it beat to that week’s coveted Londonist Album of the …

When Londonist decides we like a band, we really do go on about them rather a lot (eg. Pipettes, Lucky Soul), so you can probably imagine quite how much we are bouncing round the office having heard that favourites Dead Disco are in town on …

If you’re getting bored with the local pub and looking for a more interesting world cup watching experience get yourself over to Dalston. The Vortex Jazz Club is holding World Cup Jazz Balls where the match is shown on a big screen, but the commentary …

No, the sun hasn’t got to Father Hunter. This is on a slightly larger scale: A lifesize naked sculpture by Antony Gormley, creator of The Angel of the North, may be installed on the roof of the Palace of Westminster for three months as part …

Caliper Boy. A legend in his own lifetime. Though, we’d have expected something a bit better from him by now, given that his lifetime allegedly spans a couple of centuries. Legend has it that Caliper Boy has been around since the early 1800s, ‘lurking as …

Just when you’re wondering how you could ever live without a pair of live televised football matches per day you suddenly get forty eight hours of cold turkey during which it dawns on you that there are only eight games left in the 2006 world …