Whitney Houston, RIP
I’ve spent the last three hours in a state of shock and heartbreak, as I found out that Whitney Houston has died. She was found dead in a Beverly Hills ...
Music
Janet & Romeo squashed up on the tube, K-I-S-S-I-N-G!
OK, we weren’t really kissing, but imagine my excitement (and his fear) when I got onto a packed London underground tube at Baker Street to find myself literally squashed up ...
Dalston Cat helps Klaxons win 2010 Best Art Vinyl Awards
‘Surfing The Void’, the album from electronic dance rock band, Klaxons, has won the 2010 Best Art Vinyl Awards. Organised by Art Vinyl, the company behind the simple-but-brilliant framing system ...
La Soirée: Sexy circus comes to Southbank Big Top
The Christmas and new year period is the one time that I prefer not to be in the UK. Why travel around the world chasing the sun during our summer, ...
Primal Scream nail ‘Screamadelica’ live, to take me back to my youth
Last Saturday, 27 November, I relived the early 90s, in fine form. When Primal Scream brought out its seminal album, Screamadelica, in 1991, it quickly became the cornerstone of the soundtrack ...
Vampire Weekend at Ally Pally!
A cracking gig at Alexandar Palace on Friday night! I’d forgotten how good they are live.
Screen Talk, with Mark Romanek, at the National Film Theatre. Part of the BFI London Film Festival
Although he trained as a film student, Mark Romanek first made his name as a music video director. He won critical acclaim for the controversial Nine Inch Nails video, ‘Closer’; ...
