Still Strangling after all this time -
“Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent”
Smokey Bastard
A Q&A with the folk-punk noisemongers -
“This led to tattooing of the tongue. All the while Dickensian Londoners were taxied around the room on a gimp drawn cart. A girl dressed as Alice picked apples that were nailed to a wall while the band played.”
Thin Lizzy
Ricky Warwick is the new front man -
“Living in the past is a terrible thing and it’s something I think should be discouraged, life goes on. Remembering the past is great, paying homage to the past is great but living in the past - not healthy.”
Duke Special
Duke Special discusses his latest project -
“I regard theatre as a melting pot for all the art forms; visual, theatrical, musical.”
Ricky Warwick
Billy Duffy of The Cult calls him -
"Tough Folk for the masses"
Duke Special
Duke Special talks about his eclectic styles and tastes -
“I am continually evolving and developing. Each new influence and discovery is folded into myself and gradually comes to the surface”
The Futureheads
Ross Millard talks about the band's journey from there to here -
“You get this sort of epiphany - you realise that you write songs and perform them for a living, and running our own label has been very satisfying in a metaphysical way”
The New Mastersounds
Leeds band gigging round the world and playing the Jam In The Dam festival this March in Amsterdam -
“We’ve never set out to conform to any specific genre; half the time we find it hard to explain to people who ask what we are”
GENRES
What's with the pigeon-holing? How much use are genres anyway?
CAPITALISM AND CRISIS
Boadilla Del Monte - where the streets have no name
Why are their several ghost towns scattered around the outskirts of the Spanish capital?
Or visit:
Looks Like Alot of Suckers Gotta Learn the Hard Way **
The Paradigm of Money **
The Unofficial History of America TM **
IMF's Four Steps to Damnation **
Could the Robin Hood Tax Really Give to the Poor **
Why we're not allowed to talk about Manning the Borders: Multiculturalism as a form of Censorship
SPORT AND PHOTO JOURNALISM
A Fan's Eye View of the Beautiful Game
"When a goal goes in - hot steaming gold runs through your veins - you become invincible for as long as the feeling lasts". This set of photographs focuses on the fans not the players - giving a fan's eye view of Scunthorpe United's 2-1 away win against Millwall on January 31st 2009. The photos in this collection show how fans express a range of emotions from frustration to nail biting tension, from victorious displays of dominance to apathy.
Or visit
: The Future of Football **
Three Asses on a Shirt ** Hillsborough - Ten Years On **
Championes! Manchester United's 1999 European champions victory ** Football, Glory and Tears: England's 5-1 victory over Germany
TRAVEL
Things to do in Paris, France
Paris is a rustic city, where the pace of life is meandering, slowed down so that Parisians can take time to enjoy the finer things in life. You know red wine, cheese and the like. Wrap up warm if you're planning to go during the winter months. Paris is an overcast, wet and most of all cold city. But dont let the chill put you off - the quality of life in Paris resonates with any culture vulture - giving them a Ready Break glow which acts as an effective antidote to subzero temperatures.
Or visit: Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily ** Bilbao ** Leuven and Brussels ** Barcelona ** Taiwan ** Israel ** Bosnia ** Eastern Europe ** USA ** Toronto ** Gijon
LONDON STREET ART
Shoreditch Street Art, London
It would be wonderful to think that the artists who ply their work on the streets might act as an inspiration, so that the mindless scrawl that you might find in places like Tottenham, will one day be replaced by urban masterpieces. But that would be to ignore the political economy which underpins this work. The guys who produce this stuff are educated, linked in, global, skilled up artists. Their work might be street, and not all of them might be loaded, but they are part of the scene. So let’s not over romanticise this. This isn’t the working classes getting streetwise and looking for a way to make life better for everyone. Whilst much of the work is iconoclastic and challenging, this open air art gallery is a playground for middle class adults.
SOCIAL SPACES
Peckham Library
At the beginning of the 1990s it was decided that Peckham was a dump that needed a bit of regeneration. A budget of 265 million pounds and a seven year programme was created to regenerate the area in which the library now stands.
SOCIAL COMMENT
The Charm Offensive - The Art of Bullying
A guy much bigger than you, comes up to you, intimidating you, working at a subconscious level, his body language and posture tells you I am in control, I am in charge, and just you wait and see what this body will do to yours if you object, and yet he is all smiles and happiness, happy comments, and your natural sense of intimidated self, you feel that it would perhaps be in your best interests, or at least you hope it would be in your best interests to submit to his emotional demands.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Autumn Hits Hyde Park 2007
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LETTERS
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