Thursday 28 April 2011

COTTWEILER

COTTWEILER is a British concept-led menswear label providing luxury casualwear that focuses on simplicity, function, and fit. 


 


Wednesday 27 April 2011

Portobello Recollection: A Chronicle Journey Through Vinyl

A Chronicle Journey Through Vinyl, celebrating W11's Musical Heritage. 



Music is in the DNA of Portobello. Over the past 100 years musicians have been drawn and inspired by the area. Calypso, Soca, House, Reggae, Pop, Punk, Drum 'n' Bass, Break beat, Dub- an eclectic mix of music has been laid down and played out on these West London streets. Portobello's musical diversity is reflected in its personal record collection; Portobello ReCollection. A public art project by Natasha Mason and Teresa Crawley located on Portobello Rd.

Saturday 23 April 2011

EasterTainment #3: Sci-Fi London Film Festival

And geeks ahoy, the Sci-Fi London Film Festival starts Today


Sci-Fi-London celebrates its tenth anniversary this year and with a varied programme that includes premieres, all-nighters, panels and of course the 48 Hour Film Challenge, this looks set to be their biggest year yet.
Running from the 23rd of April to the 2nd of May the festival features a number of interesting films including world and UK premieres. Sitting alongside fiction films such as James Gunn’s Super, the notorious Uwe Boll’s Blubberella and the intriguing Beyond the Black Rainbow, there are documentaries such as Let There Be Light, a film about the making John Carpenter’s Dark Star, and the conspiracy theory doc The Truth is Out There.
Tickets for Sci-Fi-London are now on sale. Head over to the official site for more details.

EasterTainment #2: A Dying Artist


A Dying Artist

22 April 2011 - 23 April 2011
A Dying Artist is an Easter weekend in four parts featuring performances, round table discussions, readings, music and screenings exploring materiality, corporeality, death and dying bodies in art. Highlights include Professor Steven Connor's lecture A Certain Convocation of Politic Worms, a performance of Sprey: A Narrow Vehicle by Trouble (off-shoot group of Brooklyn’s ZS), Matthew Barney's rarely seen first film Scab Action, spoken word from Heather Phillipson, David Toop’s The Act of Listening is an Act of Dying, experimental film from the Stan Brakhage archives plus live music from Raime, Old Appartus and Chora.


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EasterTainment #1: The London International Ska Festival


The London International Ska Festival 
Thurs 21st - Sun 24th 
Clapham Grand Theatre, London
http://www.londoninternationalskafestival.co.uk/ 

Thursday 21 April 2011

Gerard Smith(TV On The Radio) Dies of Lung Cancer (RIP)

Favourite band of this month, TV On The Radio lost its bass player Gerard Smith to lung cancer this morning. He was diagnosed with the disease shortly after the band wrapped up recording their latest album,Nine Types of Light (released April 12)


Friday 8 April 2011

The Tweed Run: Saturday 9th April 2011

Ladies, Gentlemen,
The third annual 2011 London Tweed Run will be held on 9 April. This friendly 10 mile jaunt around the Capital will take in London’s famous sites –– including St Paul’s, Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, Savile Row –– with a stop for a spot of tea, and ending with a bit of a knees-up out Shoreditch way.
The ride will benefit Bikes4Africa, our designated charity. There’ll be more announcements as the day gets closer. I do hope you can make it.

Thursday 7 April 2011

The Culture Club Launch (05th April 2011)





The Culture Club launch was a resounding success Tuesday night, held at Bar 19:20,  with cupcakes from The  Indulgent Sugar Plum and a storming setlist from Superduperfly.com DJ, Mr Gizmo.
Guests also enjoyed goodie bags  courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, Foto8, Barbican, Ritzy Cinema, Graze, and indie filmmakers Desperate Optimists.
If you couldn’t make it down, click here to tune into the Spotify playlist compiled by the good DJ himself, and if you want to know more about the culture club check out the website

The Culture Club


The Culture Club was born out of a number of things.
  • Curiosity – There’s loads going on in London, but what, where and when?  Hmmmm?
  • A desire to meet new people
  • Empathy for newcomers to London (especially those from another country who,  within a week, were brainstorming the quickest and most efficient way to get back home because of A) an altercation on the Tube B) the horror of Oxford Street C) You got robbed D) All of the above)
  • The thrill of new, fun experiences. Like the ones you get in my favourite city of all time, NYC.
So  The Culture Club is a members-only social club for people who:
  • A) want  to meet genuinely cool people
  • B)  want to enjoy what the London has to offer and try out new experiences
  • C) Fancy a break from online socialising in favour of  ”real-life” socializing
It started in September 2010, and within 3 months nearly 300 people had signed up to the free membership. Best bit is, They do all the hard work for you; organising socials, meet-ups and events,  sending out invitations which go directly into your e-mail inbox, sourcing great hookups and members benefits likemoney-saving discounts, competitions, special offers, etc.

Wednesday 6 April 2011

Friday 1 April 2011