A decision needs to be made. The Stranglers or Elvana? Elvana – an Elvis impersonator fronting a band playing Nirvana tracks sounds perplexing on paper but interest piqued, we gather at the Second Stage – and wooooo!
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Why Public Domain? What’s in it for you? Chuck D nods and explains: “I like the music. It’s a good thing you know – like when Run DMC did Jason Nevins. I always wanted something like that to happen with some aspects of what we’re doing.”
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Like an annual, here is my first year of Dealer News from Motor Sport magazine. And if you’re looking for a Lotus Carlton, I know just the fella…
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The first time 808 State played Top Of The Pops in 1989, the producer asked to speak to ‘Bob’. Bob State. Perhaps those Beeb producers were among the 40,000 who watched 808 play in Manchester a few weekends ago.
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Newspapers are full of it – “Badger lays siege to family’s home”, “Seagull attack like Hitchcock film”, “Dog drives milk float into pensioner”. At one time the animal kingdom was subservient to the human race, but the relationship with our furry friends is on the wane, as attacks on people gain increasing column inches.
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Gas-propelled trucks are nothing new. In fact, Iveco has been producing natural-gas commercial vehicles for over 20 years but the Italian firm is particularly perky about its long-haul New Stralis NP, featuring the 8.7-litre Iveco Cursor 9 Natural Power Euro VI engine which can run on LNG, CNG or CH4 (biomethane and fossil methane)
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Fazed by faders? Then sack off that BA in anthropology and throw your tuition fees at DJ lessons from the pros. Lee Gale goes back to (old) school
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With its serpentine looks and venomous power, the McLaren MP4-12C GT3 is the dream car of the new FIA GT Series. Lee Gale is hypnotised…
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DJ and music-maker Armand Van Helden recommends…
Tracks for a perfect New York Friday night out
Album sleeve designer of some repute, Peter Saville, recommends…
Classic album sleeves