Heroes

As both bands and fans saunter back to the capital with the mother of all hangovers from Glastonbury, this week is a bit slow for music in the capital. Things are also running a bit slow for this Londonista, thus the later than normal posting …

Over the years there have been many attempts to introduce the rather shy, furtive and, let’s face it, constantly tardy London Underground system to the shiny, brash and only occasionally unstable world of modern technology. Keeping track of the Tube’s many ups and downs would …

We think this originated in a tabloid but we spotted it on a PSP forum via Digg: They were supposed to be guarding a wall in danger of collapsing in Chingford, East London, during last week’s gales. Thirteen people were killed by storms nationwide — …

We have to admit that we’ve never seen Rocky V. We drew the line after the one where he beat the USSR to a bloody pulp, but that’s not to say we don’t love Stallone. He has a rough ride for some of his movies, …

With visions of sugar plum fairies dancing through their heads, the -Ists began to get into that holiday mood. Well, some did. Austinist wasn’t as the NY Times dissed them and a local Tex-Mex institution sold out. Making them feel better was music, sweet music …

Well we didn’t see this one coming: Bis are to play two gigs to celebrate 10 years since the release of New Transistor Heroes They might have only split three years ago, but we’re quite excited about this, particularly as the younger half of the …

…kicks off at the end of the month with an Opening Night Gala screening of Happy Endings which we’ll be reviewing sometime ahead of the festival. It stars Maggie Gyllenhaal, Lisa Kudrow and Steve Coogan. If you enjoyed The Opposite of Sex, then we think …

It’s January. You’re skint and slightly heavier than you were this time last month. You’ve probably sworn off the booze for a bit and if you see another box of Cadbury’s Heroes you’re likely to throw up. So, in the spirit of the post-Xmas period, …