Being a dickhead is cool
East London’s much-maligned scenester culture gets yet another vicious pasting in this doing-the-rounds YouTube clip. It’s gone from 350 to almost 1,000,000 views in the last two days – the hipster media company that came up with this must be very pleased that’s it’s “gone viral”. They could go and buy even tinier BMX bikes if only they could monetize it. Not that they aren’t trying, of course – the accompanying song is available on iTunes.
12 Sept 2010
Daily Mail takes photo of George Osborne from Internet, doesn't notice huge photoshopped cock
More proof that sub-editors are good value. It seems that the Daily Mail has taken a photo from the Internet — we assume, of course that they did not do this themself — that had a large cartoon penis dangling from George Osborne.
Lib Dems in revolt at Osborne’s plans to hit workshy with another £4bn in welfare cuts
Updated: Daily Mail has removed the image
11 Sept 2010
Central Line gives out three times more refunds than Victoria line
You know that if your tube train is delayed by 15 minutes or more you can get a refund, right? And you are more likely to be delayed on the Central line than the Victoria line Just on those two lines, TfL has paid out £135,000 this year in refunds.
If the delay was caused by the Underground and not some idiot fellow passenger or some idiotic Act of God, then there is no excuse for not getting your money back.
MyTubeWasLate.com
Tube Refund App for iPhone
TfL Refund Page
11 Sept 2010
The Economist take down of the Damien Hirst industry
Scathing. How the bad boy of Brit-Art grew rich at the expense of his investors looks at how art investors who purchased $270m worth of Hirst art in 2008 are now finding it worth $19m. Or less.
10 Sept 2010
Daily MPfree: Adam Kesher
French electronic indie-rock five-piece Adam Kesher have returned with a new streamlined lineup and a Chromeo-produced second album. This track is the first to see the light of day, and suggests a dancefloor-friendly swing of direction for the record, out early next year in the UK after a new EP. They’ll be in London this December for some live dates.
Adam Kesher – Hour Of The Wolf by snipelondon
10 Sept 2010
The Black Cab Sessions
For the uninitiated, the Black Cab Sessions concept is simple: take a band in the back of a randomly flagged cab, and film the resulting performance as they cruise around the East End. From humble beginnings filming promising London newbies, the sessions have since attracted the interest of American TV stations and taken some musical legends along for the ride. Highlights are many – from the barber-shop-style Brian Wilson session to a rainy night time performance from David Thomas Broughton, complete with self-sabotaging improvised looping through a battery powered amp; from the spectral blues-folk of the Smoke Fairies, to the newest session of all, by The Flaming Lips. Click the still below to check that one out, and sign up for their newsletter to hear about some hugely ambitious sessions coming soon…
09 Sept 2010
Remains of the day - links that, for one reason or another, we just couldn't get a blog out
Young professionals account for third of all London kitchen fires [MayorWatch]
Profile of the London Stone [LA Times]
Boris Johnson raises doubts over government’s deficit reduction plan [The Guardian]
Does Boris choose the Skyride promotional images? [Kelly Brooke]
It seems diesel lorries rather than electric vehicles are moving the Boris Bikes about [Evening Standard]
Why did the Tories fall short in London? [Political Betting]
Indepth profile on Rough Trade [The Word]
Ian Tomlinson death: Coroner defends use of controversial pathologist [The Guardian]
Peter Saville and the story behind that England shirt [Creative Review]
When Stansted Express says ‘London in 35 Minutes’ they mean Tottenham Hale [The Guardian]
London gets another free magazine – In-Debate [The Guardian]
In Facebook’s Crosshairs [NY Observer]
08 Sept 2010
Tonight in LDN: Fever Ray
Karin Dreijer Andersson of The Knife‘s wonderfully dark, aesthetic Fever Ray project continues with this fantastic cover of Nick Cave’s “Stranger Than Kindness”. She headlines Brixton Academy tonight, supported by the excellent Zola Jesus.
08 Sept 2010
Trailer, line-up for the Raindance Film Festival released
The Raindance Film Festival looks amazing this year. With a jury including Charles Saatchi; film critic and historian Derek Malcolm; one of Alfred Hitchcock’s original sound producers Ernie Marsh; Julian Barratt of The Mighty Boosh; Lemmy from Motorhead; writer, illustrator, musician and filmmaker Dave McKean; Alison Owen (producer of Shaun of the Dead, Elizabeth, Brick Lane, The Men Who Stare at Goats, Chatroom and Tamara Drew); Joe Bateman Festival Director at Rushes Short Film Festival; and Mark Herbert head of Warp Films, producer of award winning films such This is England and Dead Man’s Shoes the line-up looks very adventurous. Snipe will be following.
08 Sept 2010
Snipe Highlights
Some popular articles from past years
- Could red kites be London's next big nature success story?
- 9 poems about London: one for each of your moods
- A unique collection of photos of Edwardian Londoners
- Nice Interactive timeline lets you follow Londoners' historic fight against racism
- The five spookiest abandoned London hospitals
- Random Interview: Eileen Conn, co-ordinator of Peckham Vision
- The best church names in London, and where they come from
- The five best places in London to have an epiphany
- Nice map of London's fruit trees shows you where to pick free food
- Hope and despair in Woolwich town centre
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