If you were one of the 60-odd people in attendance at British Ideas Corporation’s inaugural Out of the Question Q&A evening at the Half Moon in Putney, London on 30 April – featuring stalwart singer-songwriter/author Luke Haines in the hot seat (well, it was more of a traditional wooden pub chair) – hopefully you’ll have been…
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Drax is an RAF navigator’s dream, dominating the scenery. Once inside the perimeter fence, the enormity of the dozen 374-feet-high natural-draft cooling towers and 850-feet-high reinforced-concrete chimney – the highest industrial chimney in the world when built – is overwhelming.
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The bit of the website where someone of sonic sophistication supplies a selection of serious dance-floor stompers. YOUR DJ 2-NITE! Mari Wilson “You’re The First, The Last, My Everything” – Barry White (1974) “I’ve always been a huge fan, especially after Barry kissed me in the Albert Hall in 1975… so to speak. I…
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Nowadays there are more festivals than bands but for those of us not overly fussed about standing three-quarters of a mile down a field to watch Muse on a distant screen, there are options. Take the Cock & Bull Festival near Bath, for example, a 500-capacity gathering that manages to mix music, DJs, farm animals, decent food and reasonably priced drinks.
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So your mobile phone ran out of battery when you were trying to book tickets through the Glastonbury hotline and SXSW is a little too south by south-west for your building-society account to cope with. But ask yourself what you’re really missing. Are you desperate to listen to the foul-mouthed Adele jabbering to 100,000 revellers in an accent…
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The bit of the website where someone of sonic sophistication supplies a selection of serious dance-floor stompers. YOUR DJ 2-NITE! Andrew Collins, writer and broadcaster “I rarely DJ any more outside of family gatherings, but could. When I sold my entire vinyl collection for practical reasons in 2005, I held on to my 7”…
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Bad Wisdom: The Lighthouse At The Top Of The World Book by Bill Drummond & Mark Manning (Penguin, 1996) It’s winter 1992 and self-proclaimed Zen Masters Bill Drummond, formerly of The KLF, Mark Manning aka Zodiac Mindwarp and former Jesus Jones roadie and Falklands War veteran Gimpo embark on a drive to the North Pole…
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By Lee Gale Seagulls pinching chips from kids is one thing but swiping a cheese-and-onion sandwich from the hand of a ravenously hungry adult is a dangerous new development. A flash of feathers and a flap of webbed feet and it’s off. To add insult to injury, a punch aimed at the departing bird goes…
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Illustrations Edwyn Collins Words Lee Gale In 2005, Edwyn Collins suffered two strokes, the result of brain haemorrhages caused by high blood pressure. To begin his rebuilding process, Edwyn picked up a pencil and pad and began drawing birds. As a child, Edwyn was a keen twitcher and even reared an abandoned fledgling greenfinch…
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The bit of the magazine where someone of sonic sophistication supplies a selection of serious dance-floor stompers. YOUR DJ 2-NITE! Stephen Morris of New Order
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