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Listen Up! Music Interview: Josh Kumra

Josh Kumra graduates from Wretch 32 guest vocalist to solo artist.

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London Riots: Warehouse Fire Hits Indie Record Labels

CD and DVD stock burns up with the Sony warehouse in Enfield

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Music Choice: Monday 5 – Friday 9 November

As reported last week, Monday should see you going crazy to hear that one good song (are there others) by

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Preview: Serpentine Experiment Marathon

Strange goings-on are promised this weekend at Olafur Eliasson’s Serpentine Pavilion. Robots! Kissing booths! Out-of-body experiences! It can only mean one thing – the return of the Experiment Marathon. After an interview-heavy 2006 debut, this year’s Marathon has doubled in length, running from Saturday to …

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Is that a 46″ HDTV in your pocket or are you just happy to see the PS3?

Last night/early this morning was the official launch of the Playstation 3 and eager gamers set off on a midnight excursion to try and beat the crowds. This in itself has been the subject of much hand wringing over the worry that muggers would descend …

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The City of London is up for grabs. TAKE IT

Sony is pissed that someone managed to release an unfinished version of upcoming PSP game Gangs of London out into the wild: An internal beta of Gangs of London, a forthcoming spectacle of urban violence on the PSP, has been leaked onto BitTorrent sites across …

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Monday Miscellanea

This day in London’s history April 3rd was a typically busy day at the Old Bailey in 1695 and by the end of proceedings, six Londoners had been sentenced to death, 12 were due to be ‘burnt in the hand’ and just one was to …

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Virtual Fisticuffs Return To London

Well, here we go again. The release of another instalment of video game ‘The Getaway’ has been announced by Sony. And this time, it’s portable The Getaway: Gangs of London is to be launched later this year on the PSP format. Flawed but fun, the …

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‘Cash’ and Payola

Entertainment titans Sony have been keeping buskers in payola as part of a marketing plan. We would normally be shocked and horrified by this revelation; however, if you think back to November of last year, we told you about the Johnny Cash tribute day when …

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Grand Theft Auto: London

A couple of months ago we reported on the fact that Rockstar Games were opening a London office, and as part of the post we raised this question: So, could the new studio be a sign that a GTA: London is in the works? Well, …

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Freeloader

It’s a difficult time to be law abiding. If you be a good little consumer and hand over a wad of money to see a film at the cinema instead of downloading it then you get to sit through a warning telling you to BEHAVE. …