28 Jul 2011
Midnight City by M83
A sublime piece of contemporary pop from Anthony Gonzalez, a.k.a. M83; Midnight City is taken from his forthcoming double album Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming.
27 Jul 2011
London slang could confuse crusty doctors into thinking you're schizophrenic
“I was having having a ruby when I caught Susan having a butchers at my missus’ new barnet” probably makes perfect sense to lots of British people, but if you’re not familiar with cockney rhyming slang, it could be mistaken for a language impairment.
27 Jul 2011
Five butterflies you can see in London right now
This year’s Big Butterfly Count is well under way, and here is a spectacularly useful map of the results collected so far. Have a play and see what you can find near you. In the meantime, take a look at these pretty ones I’ve plucked from the map to get you started.
27 Jul 2011
Teenage Tide by Letting Up Despite Great Faults
Letting Up Despite Great Faults plough a similar shoegazey/indie-pop furrow to The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, at least on Teenage Tide, taken from the LA five-piece’s new EP Paper Crush.
26 Jul 2011
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Century:1969
At last year’s The Amaz!ng Meeting, a two-day conference of sceptics and debunkers of bunkum, Alan Moore was the final guest speaker. Imposing and grizzled, he divined the question he thought everyone was asking.
26 Jul 2011
Finally, some love for an overburdened Met Police
Constance Mitropoulou, 47, who found a hamster riding the number 11 bus on Kings Road has nothing but praise for the Metropolitan Police after dropping ‘Chelsea’ off at the station.
The policeman on the desk was so helpful. His switchboard was going crazy with phone calls, but he managed to keep on top of them and find the best thing to do with the hamster. (PC Matt Petry) was so caring and just made me feel that the streets are safe if people like that are looking after us.
Flickr photo by Jami3 This isn’t the real Chelsea.
26 Jul 2011
Economy so bad now that people can't even afford beer
A confident nation is a drunken nation. A thrusting, dynamic Britain should be throwing up on the Eurozone’s new suit and pissing in the corridors of the IMF.26 Jul 2011
Surgeon by St Vincent
Surgeon is the first track to be taken from Annie Clark’s forthcoming third LP Strange Mercy, released September 12th via 4AD.
25 Jul 2011
Absolut Blank - The Start Of Creativity
Starting right about now, you’ll be seeing a lot about Absolut Blank, a global creative movement.
Absolut is that rarity in business – a sponsor with taste. They have previously collaborated with artists such as Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Damien Hirst, Douglas Gordon and Louise Bourgeois.
For this world-encompassing project, Absolut has commissioned artists from a variety of creative disciplines; from drawing, painting and sculpting to print making, film making and digital art. Among the artworks are UVA’s high intensity, bright and striking light installations, Mario Wagner’s cut-out imagery and the graphic design of Robert Mars, the colorful painting of Dave Kinsey and the detailed work of Good Wives and Warriors, best known for making labor-intensive, imaginative, intricate and large-scale drawings with titles such as ‘Giant Squids Attacking the Earth’.
Absolut has also created a personal, organic art piece that lives and evolves in your mobile phone. Download the application and feed your Absolut Blank silhouette with audio-visual inspiration. See the bottle shape morph and develop over time, then share your final art piece on Facebook. Voilà! You are an Absolut artist.
The full list of participating artists are Adhemas Batista, Aestethic Apparatus, Brett Amory, Dave Kinsey, David Bray, Eduardo Recife, Fernando Chamarelli, Good Wives & Warriors, Jeremy Fish, Ludovica Gioscia, Mario Wagner, Morning Breath, Robert Mars, Sam Flores, Thomas Doyle, UVA, Zac Freeman, Marcus Jansen.
Take part and join Absolut’s Facebook page on: www.facebook.com/ABSOLUTUK
And remember, enjoy Absolut responsibly. Drinkaware
25 Jul 2011
Snipe Highlights
Some popular articles from past years
- Diary of the shy Londoner
- An interview with Desiree Akhavan
- Silencing the Brick Lane curry touts could be fatal for the city's self-esteem
- Hope and despair in Woolwich town centre
- 9 poems about London: one for each of your moods
- Margaret Thatcher statue rejected by public
- Only 16 commuters touch in to Emirates Air Line, figures reveal
- The five best places in London to have an epiphany
- Summer Camp: Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days
- Peter Bayley has worked for 50 years as a cinema projectionist in East Finchley
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