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Month: September 2009

  • Bimbo Jones Puts The Party Into Lott’s Mama Do

    Straying from house and into slightly foreign territory, I’m going to stick my neck out and say I like Pixie Lott’s recent chart stormer Mama Do.  However with what can only be described as eclectic taste, and although not a music snob; it’s got to be UK mixmasters Bimbo Jones’s impressive revamp. I heard it…

  • Radio One Live Lounge: Dizzee Rascal – Money Talks

    Most of those that know me will be aware of how much I love Radio One’s Live Lounge. Whilst it saddens me that the lovely Jo Whiley will now only look after the show on Saturdays, (and leave week days to Fearne Cotton), she has at least exited with the almighty bang that is Dizzee…

  • The Fashion Office Recommends…The Charts

    Wow, we’re down on team members this week…it seems most of The Fashion Office are topping up their tans on a last minute break or just taking some well earned time out. Fear not as this week, we have a fine and fabulous four recommendations from…The Charts.  After all, it’s about quality rather than quantity…

  • Transform – Transformation (Tobi Neumann Matthew Styles Mix)

    Since returning from Ibiza, I’d somehow forgotten to look up the tune that became the soundtrack to my holiday. Going by last year’s effort, that’s quite out of character too… Fear not, last night, a friend sent me a link to a song he wanted me to listen to…and there it was. Funny how things…

  • ATFC – ‘I Called You’, The Conversation (ATFC’s Heated Conversation)

    After a very chilled Sunday doing very nearly nothing, I decided to scoop myself up off my bed, away from the film that was taking an eternity to download, and began hunting down some new house tracks.  On discovering AFTC’s ‘I Called You’ (The Conversation), I think I may have just struck gold. Released the…

  • The Fashion Office Recommends…Songs That Make You Happy

    After a bit of a break, it’s time again for The Fashion Office Recommends. This week, it’s all about songs that inject a little sunshine into our lives.  From those that make you jump around in your bedroom like a crazed fool, to tracks that simply bring a smile to your face; here’s something to make your…

  • Happy First Birthday Tinker-Tailor-Soldier-Sailor

    Twelve months of music recommendations, 365 days of fashion tip-offs, 8765 hours and 81 minutes (well, almost) of art reviews – it’s officially time to say happy first birthday Tinker-Tailor-Soldier-Sailor! It was exactly one year ago today that soldiersailor’s first post was published on illustrator Gary Fernandez.  Now, Tinker-Tailor-Soldier-Sailor is host to a catalogue of rolling features such…

  • The Amnesia I Will Never Forget

    Arriving home at 7am yesterday, it really felt like a week in Ibiza had just melted into one as it completely flew by.  However, I’m delighted to say that not only was it the best holiday of my life, it was also throughly a thirtieth to remember thanks to one incredible night; Cocoon at Amnesia.…

  • The Fashion Office Recommends…Chill-Out Tracks

    This morning I was wide awake about 5.45am, due to a little thing called excitement and a big thing called a birthday in Ibiza.  After composing myself enough to get into work, my natural reaction was to theme The Fashion Office Recommends around the Spanish-isle but no, I thought best to try and keep a lid on it and sensibly chose…