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  • Crazy Cousinz feat Kyla – Do You Mind

    Between job hunting and writing my next installment for eZine Zani, I’ve taken five minutes out to lapse back into one of my biggest passions; music.   If you haven’t already, you’ll be hearing Do You Mind by Crazy Cousinz featuring Kyla all over radio stations and clubs over the next couple of weeks.  I’ve resisted the…

  • London grinds to a snowy halt

    There’s seven inches of crisp, cold snow outside my bedroom window.  So what does that mean?  London grinds to a halt.   Apparently, there are no buses, few tubes running and the majority of trains cancelled.  But I wouldn’t know.  Frankly, I’m still my pjs taking a couple of pictures of the beautiful, peaceful snow…

  • Kevin Yost – Insight

    My on-going job search has pretty much been accompanied by Last fm for the last week or so, leading me to discover deep house DJ, Kevin Yost and his track Insight. It’s from his Hypnotic Progressions album and with over a hundred releases since 1996, I’m surprised I haven’t come across his really rather good…

  • Daniel Merriweather says Change – listen up UK economy

    Not only am I looking for work but I’ve just heard on the radio that I’m one in two million doing so.   I’ve spent the last four hours or so scouring the internet looking for both freelance and permanent posts.  So far, with very little reward.  So naturally, on a fruitless task, I got…

  • Meme: Seven things you didn’t (want to) know about me.

    I hadn’t heard the term meme until earlier this evening when a friend tagged me into one.  So, after discovering that a meme is essentially a digital chain letter, be it a photoshopped image or a link that becomes viral, it seemed rude not to help it on it’s way.  The task involved in this…

  • To brogue or not to brogue?

    Amongst the platform, shoe-boot and plimsoll, the brogue is making a come back. I’ve always been a fan of the classic men’s Bugsy Malone brogue (as pictured to your left) and in fact, do own a pair of dolly shoes in a similar guise.  Note to self…do rake them out of the seven billion other…

  • Screw chocolate. Make February 14th one to remember with My Bloody Valentine – 3D.

    Ok, so the plot is guaranteed to be horrific (and i don’t mean scary) but anyone who knows me will testify to how much of an over enthusiastic horror fan i am.  So, it’s that time of year again (well almost) and Valentines day is almost upon us.  Spurn the chocolates, slushy cards and head to…

  • Escape the cold with Deadmau5 & Jaded

    Over the last couple of days I’ve been starting to think about my 2009 trip to Ibiza.  It’s not a holiday I want to get into doing every year (if nothing for other than the fact I simply couldn’t afford to) but this year, my flights are already booked to see in the big 30.…

  • Little Comets – One Night In October

    I’m not usually a huge fan of indie music simply because it seems there’s just one band after another releasing pretty much the same track.  However, I’m quite taken by Newcastle’s latest export – Little Comets.   Formerly known as Free Runner, Little Comet’s debut single One Night In October has all the ingredients required…

  • Giles Deacon note cards at Smythson – now available

    Just a really quick note to follow up on my post about Giles Deacon’s note cards for Smythson.  They’re now available to pre-order via Smythson’s website and with only 300 available (and a snip at £37), if you’re a Deacon fan, best get in there quick!

  • Dead trendy. Fashion victims bid farewell to wet look leggings

    Peel them off as er, quickly as you can and say goodbye to wet look leggings.  After little more than four months, the explosive trend of PVC, shiny, glossy, or wet look leggings bites the dust.  Thank god for that.  Ok, so only the black ones.   But hey, it’s a start. Truly the sign…

  • Out of Office – Break of Dawn 2008

    Pre New Years eve carnage, I was at the gym doing interval training yesterday and heard the end of a track I just had to hunt down.  Amazingly, I managed it find it going on the basis of very few lyrics – ‘suitcase at the door’ and ‘we’ve got a love’.  I knew of the…

  • Radio One Live Lounge – the gift that keeps on giving

    Christmas is usually a time involving stuffing yourself with mince pies and turkey, lazing infront of the TV and unwrapping more than one gift you didn’t really want.  Don’t get me wrong it’s not that I’m ungrateful, I’m just more a fan of giving as oppposed to receiving and sadly it seems there isn’t a Christmas that…

  • Couture correspondence – Giles Deacon note cards for Smythson

      Thanks to a tip off from their Web Editor Stephanie, word has it that Giles Deacon will collaborate with luxury leather retailer Smythson.  Deacon will launch a set of limited edition note cards this January.  And when they say limited edition, they mean it.  Only three hundred boxes have been produced.  Each box promises…

  • Warhol at Waterloo – A Rare Retrospective

    Think you know him?  Think again.  That’s the strapline to the new Andy Warhol Other Voices, Other Rooms exhibition, just opened at London’s Hayward gallery. This major exhibition not only offers the chance to see some of Warhol’s most famous works, such as the Campbell’s soup series; but also showcases some of his rarely seen…

  • (Set your) Heart on Fire with Cut Copy

    I’ve been working at a digital agency the last couple of weeks, which not only has been a lot of fun but also introduced me to one or two great new tracks.  First on the list is Hearts on Fire by Australian band Cut Copy.  It’s from In Ghost Colours, their second album that reached…

  • Matthew Williamson to debut menswear at H & M

    First there was Stella, then Viktor & Rolf, Roberto Cavalli and Madonna in 2007, Karl Lagerfeld, Kylie and most recently, Comme des Garçons. Phew.   Spring 2009, sees Matthew Williamson become the successor in the line of designer ranges at H & M.  The big news is that come mid-May, you’ll be able to own…

  • Beyoncé gets fierce with fashion

        Beyoncé?  Sorry who? Beyoncé Knowles’s alter ego Sasha Fierce has taken centre stage complete with medieval, robot inspired get up reminiscent of Madonna’s Jean Paul Gaultier number.    Fashion mogul Thierry Mugler, (known more so for his fragrance Angel these days than his 80s power dressing), has been commissioned to design Beyoncé’s (rather,…

  • Trackback #1 UNKLE – Lonely Soul

    I decided to take to the sofa last Sunday, not leave the house and fill my afternoon with movies.   Danny Boyle’s The Beach was one of them.  At eight years old, it’s maybe quite an old (very good) film but its soundtrack still packs a punch with tracks such as  Mory Kante’s Yeke Yeke and William Orbits…

  • Milly Rose; vintage furniture with personality

      A good friend of mine has just introduced me to Milly Rose; a brand new company that specialises in adding a contemporary, designer twist to vintage furniture. As a vintage enthusiast, I’m only too happy to discover somewhere new to feed my ever-growing addiction (as is my bank manager).     Milly Rose is the…

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