Austinist (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
It might not be a total surprise that one of the underground debut records of the year is a volatile stew of insistent, young and charged vocals, driving guitar and churning, turn-on-a-dime rhythms. It's the stuff that garage, punk and hard-rock legends are made of. But it might be unprecedented that it's a recently-uncovered and nearly 35-year-old recording made by a band that disappeared from the...
The Gorse Fox (Free subscription) | yesterday
Continuing the theme that Gorse Fox started earlier today he has just read Clarkson's latest missive . Pure genius. GF only wishes he was as eloquent and reached as many readers. He finishes: I see no reason to be miserable. Yes, Britain now is worse than it’s been for decades, but the lunatics who’ve made it so ghastly are on their way out. Soon, they will be back in Hackney with their...
Greg's Photo Diary (Free subscription) | yesterday
Being Guy Fawkes weekend, I had the opportunity to go out and try some firework photography. I read a tut on Digital Photography school, pack my bag and went off to Victoria Park, hackney, to give it a go. I am not too happy with the results, but they are not too bad for a first attempt.I did make the mistake of arriving late, so did not find a good view point and did not have the tripod set up
Leeds Civic Arts Guild Weblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
7/11/09 Leeds Council planning application to change Loading bay area at The Carriageworks into Hackney Carriage Stand Deadline for objections [to Planning NOT The Carriageworks] is before 20 November 2009 [see notice of intent/planning application details on lamp post near archway on Great George Street]
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
• Paulton Rovers 0-7 Norwich City • Bromley 0-4 Colchester • Stourbridge 0-1 Walsall Chris Martin scored four times for Norwich City as the League One side inflicted a 7-0 defeat on Paulton Rovers of the Zamaretto South and West League when the first round of the FA Cup got started. The hosts Paulton were eying a magnificent giant-killing in the Cup, but their dreams were soon in peril...
Fixed Gear Wales (Free subscription) | yesterday
FIXEDGEARWALES IS CLOSING IT'S DOORS, PLEASE GO TO THEFOOTDOWN AND UPDATE YOUR RSS FEED. WE WILL BE CROSS POSTING FOR A FEW MORE WEEKS BUT THEN POSTING WILL CEASE HERE, ALL POSTS WILL REMAIN LIVE. YOU CAN READ THE POST BELOW BUT THE NEW SITE IS MUCH NICER SO GO THERE INSTEAD... Ison Distribution are a company that like to sponsor fixed gear events and now they are stepping up their game by sponsoring...
Londonist (Free subscription) | yesterday
A series celebrating the talent of our friends over in the Londonist Flickr pool . Here, they introduce themselves and share their favourite London shots. This week, Che-burashka... I moved to London from Russia almost 9 years ago with my job. Initially, I really hated everything about it - expensive rent, cold houses, crowded tube and a strange pub culture where you drink before you have a meal....
Ambush Predator (Free subscription) | yesterday
A senior police chief spoke out tonight about the worrying rise in gang rapes , as disturbing figures showed almost 100 attacks in the capital within the last year. Brave of him… New figures revealed there were 93 gang sex attacks in the financial year 2008-9, compared with 71 in 2003 to 2004. Meanwhile the age of victims has fallen , with 64 per cent aged 19 or younger in the last financial...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Distance might lend more weight to Ben Elton's riffs Topical fiction is incredibly difficult to do. Although lead times aren't what they were, newspapers and magazines traditionally cover the now, with the job of books being to clarify what on earth happened after the dust had settled. With notable exceptions such as Bonfire of the Vanities and Neuromancer – both books which ended up shaping...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Children from a deprived London housing estate were given cameras to record the detail of their daily lives – with beautiful results The Kingsmead estate in the London borough of Hackney has an unwelcome notoriety – it was the backdrop for a paedophile killing in the 1980s and has since become synonymous with crime and urban decay. But slowly, slowly, things are changing. Kingsmead primary...
Hard Wax (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Shut Up And Dance CD 008 (UK 3x CD) - € 15.00 20th anniversary value for money compilation in lovely digipack incl. eternal classics from the early 1990s label catalogue - TIP! Tracklisting: 5678 £ 20.00 To Get In Ragga Twins: Hooligan 69 (Remix) Ragga Twins: Spliff Head Ragga Twins: Illegal Gunshot Ragga Twins: Ragga Trip Rum & Black: F**K The Legal Station This Town Needs A Sheriff...
Ander's homoworld (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
My work friends are going to get sick of my celebrations, they will cos I know I will be admiring the glass star I won yesterday from my desk, you talking to a Hackney Star. Internal awards for the council to highlight those that go beyond their workload *giggles*. The red carpet ceremony took place last night in Shoreditch Town Hall. I owe my team drinks as I promised them I would if I won, I was...
Fixed Gear London's Weblog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Chris Delia the well-known Fixed Gear Freestyle rider from Hackney (via Geelong, Australia)has been signed up by Identiti Bikes and Halo wheels through Ison Distribution. Chris will be riding the new Identiti Persona frame (with which he has had design input) with Identiti FFX forks along with Halo Aerowarrior wheels and Twin Rail tyres. Parts will come [...]
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Who is she? Born in Hackney, London, 24-year-old Paloma Faith is a half-Spanish, half-British ex-magician’s assistant, trained contemporary dancer and St Martin’s alumna with an MA in theatre direction.
Music Is The Heart Of Our Soul (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
said... Thank you for posting the video. I love this new song. Can't wait to buy her new album!Anonymous said... I love the song, but... I hope her performances get better as she becomes more experienced. But on the plus side, at least she's not lip syncing anymore
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