London agenda for Thursday 18 August
1. East London DJs raise money for East Africa famine at East2East [Run Riot]
2. Listen to a live set-up that combines spoken word and hip-hop influences with harder, more punky sound by Scroobius Pip [Flavorpill]
3. Camp out under the stars at Syon House and watch films [Time Out]
4. Hear Burning Condors and DJs Phil Istine and Mr Moon Jelly at Deviation Street [Don’t Panic]
5. Gadzooks! It’s the The Greatest Steampunk Exhibition [Ian Visits]
6. Drink at the Plume of Feathers [Tired of London]
18 Aug 2011
Some Children (feat. Michael McDonald) by Holy Ghost!
Taken from the NYC dance duo’s eponymous debut, this pleasingly laid-back slab of nu-disco is now available as free download.
17 Aug 2011
17 Aug 2011
That PIAS fire - you know who doesn't need much sympathy? Record labels.
At least half the fuss and clamour being made over the Sony/PIAS fire is bullshit. There. I don’t want to play down the actual loss; some labels have had their entire stock wiped out and it’s potentially catastrophic for anyone who lives on a shoestring and is involved with with physical music stuffs.
17 Aug 2011
Helen and the Space Rocket
People take technology for granted. A few short years ago there were no smart phones, Internet or computers smaller than a house.
17 Aug 2011
Princess
Atmospheric, with black and white images and films projected across the entire stage giving it the feeling of a Man Ray dream, Princess is about a girl who has recently been through some sort of tragedy.
17 Aug 2011
Frozen Moment
Two short plays from Broken Pockets Productions, part of a rotating showcase of new writing and performers from Kingston University, some of whom also appeared in the brilliant The Shoemaker’s Wonderful Wife.
17 Aug 2011
The First Supper
There’s a lot of satire of satire and ‘clever dick’ writing in Expeditionary Force’s show, The First Supper. I love clever dick writing. Wordy sketch comedy keeps Oxbridge graduates out of the City and other such criminal enterprises, like politics.
17 Aug 2011
Leisa Rea's (Bad) Pension Plan
I have found my guru. Leisa Rea’s life has been an epic ascent to the nadir, and she has reached the bottom, triumphant. She has failed at everything and reached a zen-like understanding with hopelessness, emblazoning it across an inspirational banner: “We Can’t All Win”.
17 Aug 2011
Square Eyed
The BBC is heading north, abandoning buildings and traditions. Ghosts of presenters, no less beloved in their time for being a bit crap, wander the halls. And one rampaging, messy elephant. In its stead, empty heads in pinstripe suits spout bilious jargon and attempt to create the television of the future based on pie charts and marketing research.
17 Aug 2011
Snipe Highlights
Some popular articles from past years
- Summer Camp: Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days
- Margaret Thatcher statue rejected by public
- Could red kites be London's next big nature success story?
- Peter Bayley has worked for 50 years as a cinema projectionist in East Finchley
- Nice map of London's fruit trees shows you where to pick free food
- Nice Interactive timeline lets you follow Londoners' historic fight against racism
- An interview with Desiree Akhavan
- Diary of the shy Londoner
- The five spookiest abandoned London hospitals
- Number of people using Thames cable car plunges
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