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TTSS: a notebook on life.

  • The End…of London’s club scene?

    Following the announcement The End is to close in January 2009; the ill fate of four more London clubs has been sealed.  Supposedly some of the glitziest clubs of London (and regular hang outs to C-list celebrities), Café Royal, Paper, Dolce and Chinawhite now add to the list of clubs to close.  In January this…

  • From the horses mouth; top tips on credit crunch interviewing

    I’ve recently been lucky enough to become a victim of the credit crunch and found myself back in the interviewee’s seat.    Having had a couple of interviews, it would appear (as expected during economical decline) companies are experiencing a sea of candidates for few roles and are using it to their advantage.  Wouldn’t you? …

  • Sunday soundtrack #2: Pryda – Armed

    Under the aliases Sheridan, Moo, Cirez D or Pryda, Eric Prydz continues to release euphoric, floor filling beats.  Armed by Pryda (released in April 2007) may have potentially been bypassed by better known tracks Proper Education and Call on me with THAT video but deserves a mention in its own right.   Discovered yet again thanks to the…

  • Styleshake; affordable bespoke fashion at the click of a button

      Put one new media expert and one very talented Central St Martins graduate together and what do you get?  Styleshake.com.   A funky little idea, Style Shake is a bespoke fashion eBrand that allows you to follow a set of simple instructions to become a fashion designer…and responsible for loosing a couple of hours…

  • Sunday Soundtrack: Georg Levin – Leisure Suit

    Thanks to the wonders of Last.fm, I came across a lovely little laidback track by Georg Levin called ‘Leisure Suit’.      One half of electro pop slash house act Wahoo, Berlin based Levin has been musically minded since childhood, playing in bands and experimenting with recording equipment.    After meeting Alexander Barck from Jazzanova (co-founder…

  • Get your vintage fix at Nastygal.com

    From oversized lumber jack shirts (just add wet look leggings) to 80s sequinned dresses and signature eco cotton totes; Nasty Gal ‘for the discerning fashionista’ is currently my virtual second home.   A relatively new company, Sophia Amoruso founded Nasty Gal in 2006 and is lucky enough to be based in the vintage goldmine that…

  • Take Me Away – Damian Wilson feat. Ann Bailey

    Thanks to a free sampler CD by CR2 records that I picked up in Café Mambo, Ibiza (which turned out to be awesome) Take Me Away by Damian Wilson has become the latest dance track I’m obsessing over.  Sadly, the particular remix I’m after by Searle, mixed by female Danish duo Delicious would appear not…

  • End premature ripening, irregular shaping and fruit shaped trauma with Bananaguard

      Ever wondered how to stop your banana getting battered, bruised and liquifying en-route to work or school?  ‘Passionate purple’, ‘mellow yellow’, ‘sublime green’ or glow in the dark (because everyone looses their banana at night) – look no further than Bananaguard.   This morning, a colleague brightened up our day in the office by…

  • Scar 3D – Slasher horror just got a whole lot scarier

    As a bit of a horror film enthusiast, imagine my excitement in discovering that in January, the first horror film in 3D will be released.    Scar 3D is due to hit the cinemas in January 2009 and has been filmed using cutting edge Real D technology, enabling it to be shown in High Definition…

  • Sunday Surgery: Radio One enlightens those in the dark to the world of depression

      Winding down on a Sunday evening, I put the radio on last night in time to catch the last hour or so of Radio One’s Sunday Surgery.  No stranger to the show, I’ve often tuned in by chance and been fortunate enough (or something) to listen to everything from teenagers confessions of sexually transmitted…

  • ASOS Magazine Goes Digital

    I’m very pleased to share the news that ASOS have launched a digital version of their hugely successful magazine and for extra brownie points; they’ve even made it clickable. A fun, fashionable and clued-up read it’s one the few brands that have successfully delivered the ‘magalogue’ concept combining editorial and mail order.  As a regular…

  • Tough, tailored and to die for – Todd Lynn for Topshop

    Rock and roll’s best-kept secret is out –Todd Lynn has arrived at Topshop.   In an exclusive collaboration, Lynn has designed seven limited edition pieces for Topshop combining this season’s monochrome palette, feathers and fur with structural cutting edge tailoring.  The result: the epitome of rock and roll cool right at your finger tips at Topshop.com.…

  • Update your cool with yearbookyourself.com

    After a particularly awful week (and it’s only Thursday) I discovered yearbookyourself  – the perfect antidote.               It’s a really simple website that requires you to load a photograph of anyone you’d care to humiliate publicly be it yourself, a friend or like I’ve roped in, the rest of the office.  The site will then do…

  • Does social networking hamper our ability to bond?

    I recently met someone who blogs practically for a living, which then provoked me to consider if all of the social marketing activity happening in this technology obsessed world, detracts from us being able to integrate as social beings in person. With the creation of all sorts of distractions such as MySpace, Bebo, numerous blogs…

  • Sun, sand and Salinas – where I’m watching the sun set on my 20s

    Last month, a few good friends and I ‘jet-setted’ off to the white isle of Ibiza to wave good-bye to one of our 20s and embrace the 30s with open arms.  A recommendation of the absolutely beautiful restaurant Cap D’es Falco, Las Salinas was partially responsible for my friend having a 30th to indeed, remember. …

  • George Benson & Nuyorican Soul – ‘You can do it baby’

    Sunday morning, the sun was shining and on my walk to indulge in a bit of every girls favourite pass time (shopping, unoriginally) my shuffle did me proud.  George Benson & Nuyorican Soul’s ‘You can do it baby’ couldn’t have been a better choice to accompany what was more than likely the last of the…

  • Minty dribbles, opposite elbows & finger popping.

    In anticipation to turning twenty-nine, a lovely lady in the office gave me a very thoughtful birthday gift in advance to the actual day.  Not only was it a kind thought and very useful but it had been careful considered after listening to my weird and wonderful witterings in the office – which I’m sure…

  • Olympic Airways – Foals; How to make your heat skip a four minute & twenty-three second beat.

    We’ve been talking in the office about going to see Foals for a while now yet never quite got round to getting tickets as that thing called ‘work’ kept getting in the way.  I first saw Foals at Radio One’s big weekender this summer and was instantly transfixed by the catchy off beat drumming and…

  • What does my homepage look like? #2

    Thanks to a very lovely (and rather web savy) friend, I found out about wordle.  It’s a very simple but kooky little site with not much purpose other than to take your blog or website, whisk it into a virtual blender and deliver what your homepage would look like displayed solely in words. I’d been dying…

  • Dimitri from Paris – Talkin’ All That Jazz (Stetsasonic mix)

    This time next week, I will be dancing my not so huge ass off in none other than Space, Ibiza (post warm up at the amazing Bora Bora).  With good friends in tow, one of whom will be celebrating her big 30, we’ll be lucky enough to be busting our moves to Dimitri from Paris…

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