Archive for February, 2007

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Londonist live: WAS/Switches/PTT

Normally support bands get better as the evening progresses. However, at last night’s NME awards show with We Are Scientists at London’s Astoria, this was not the case. Opener Switches started playing to a quarter full auditorium, and by the end of their set they’d …

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Extra, Extra

Del Boy’s Reliant goes at auction for £44,000 Ken reveals his green plan for London. We hope the 232 pages are recycled paper. Meanwhile, his forthcoming super powers are criticised by a Labour MP. Royale to go: Prince Charles wants MacDonalds banned. Image ‘London cliche …

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Mr Sole Abode At Lyric Hammersmith

We’ve all considered it at some point in our lives: we are tired of being ruled by our possessions… we wish we could live less material lives… wouldn’t it be great to just chuck it all in and live in a fridge with nothing but …

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Londonist Interviews Daddy Donkey, The Burrito Guy

As most Americans (and probably Mexicans) in London will tell you, there aren’t enough Mexican joints in town. 27-year-old Joel Henderson, the proprietor of Daddy Donkey on Leather Lane, is trying to change that, one quesadilla at a time. After studying Spanish at Leeds University …

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Couldn’t Escape If We Wanted To: Minds Made Up

And, so, as promised, the acts taking part in the BBC’s Making Your Mind Up have been announced, and they are: Big Bruvaz – Big Bruva Thang Brian Harvey – I Can Cindi – I’ll Leave My Heart Justin Hawkins & Beverlei Brown – They …

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Londonist’s Back Passage

A tribute to the capital’s alleys, ginnels and snickleways 26. Silver Place Where? Sticking in Soho for another week, this little cutting will take you from Lexington Street to Hopkin Street. What? A rather anonymous alleyway, which seems to evade the attentions of the usual …

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Pirate Art To Go On Show

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Olympic Success? Altius, Altius, Altius

Last time we looked at the Olympic motto there was some stuff in there about Fastest and Strongest, but apparently we’ve given those attributes too much attention in the past. Yesterday in Trafalgar Square saw the launch of “Sporting Giants”, a search fronted by five …

Photo of the Day

Ok, there’s a few things going on here. First up we love a bit of the ultraviolence so we’re always going to get a happy on over anything Clockwork Orange related. Secondly, Bravo 99‘s pic is part of a whole Guess Where London set, which, …

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Bunch of savages in this town…

Our favourite story today (not because we hate firefighters, but because it’s so bizarre): A FIRECREW was pelted with rocks as they tried to put out a blaze late last night. Gravesend fire station sent the crew to a burning pile of rubbish in Dering …