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TV Troll: Hide Behind Sofa Time

TV is going monster mad this week, in the run-up to Halloween. There are vampires (The Real Vampire Chronicles, Tue 10.55pm C4 – about Allan Menzies, the maladjusted Anne Rice fan who took his Vampire: The Masquerade LARPing way, way too seriously), demons (The Curse …

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Monday Music Review

Help: A Day In The Life Anyone else spend the weekend battling with War Child’s servers, trying to download Help: A Day In The Life? Frustrating as it was at times getting on that golden free server, the end result was a mostly satisfying always …

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24 Hour Help

As the country attempts to break the record for the greatest number of non sports fans ever to bunk off work to watch a test match, a bunch of scruffy oiks (a.k.a musicians) are attempting to break another record, that of the fastest album ever …

Cup Final Preview

Londonist was at Highbury on Monday, listening to the Arsenal Assistant Manager Pat Rice at a question & answer session. tomorrow’s game was, naturally enough, a big topic and Pat had plenty to say about Arsenal’s relationship with the FA Cup. He told the audience …

Booking Ahead

Right, no pithy introductions this week. Let’s get straight to the sensuously seductive and dirty as a tramp’s trousers Goldfrapp who take to the Brixton stage on Thursday 6th October to support the forthcoming Ooh La La. We’re already rubbing our thighs in anticipation. There’s …

Booking Ahead

Many of you fine Londonistas out there will be experiencing the joys of pay day today and what better to do with your new found readies than to purchase of yourselves some fine gig tickets. And we here at Londonist music feel compelled to asist …

Who Do You Think You Are Kidding?

Londonist was sat around watching a documentary about the state of British television the other day when we were treated to a clip from the oft repeated Dad’s Army. We watched Private Pike putting his hand up to ask Captain Mainwaring a question during a …

Condoleezza Rice: 2005 World Tour

We’ve all run into American tourists who try and cram as much culture and sightseeing into the shortest possible time frame. Big Ben in the morning, the Eiffel Tower in the afternoon and The Leaning Tower of Pisa before bed. These days of course seventeen …