Fridays! God, they’ve always been flipping marvellous, haven’t they? Before it was compulsory to drink heavily from 5pm until you can’t anymore, they were the day of the week you...
I am so excited! To celebrate her Majesty’s 100th birthday, this weekend is a 9 day Bank Holiday! And, naturally, the epicentre of the Queen’s own celebrations will be in Peckham this Sat...
Ingredients: - can of £1 lager from a shop (I prefer to use Red Stripe or Kronenberg 1664) - can of cheap lemonade (7 Up or Sprite for an extra lime tang) Instructions: 1. Open can of lager and drink...
I am not 100% sure what just happened to my brain… I just opened an email, begun to watch a promotional video, was transported through a life-changing audio / visual serenade and now I am activ...
Oooooooooooooooohh. My man Otis Marchbank has dropped another couple of banger mixes lately. This one is a special one for Goodhood, but he also has a smashing new one up through NTS where he has a r...
In one of the youtube comments underneath a Fist of Fun clip I watched earlier it simply said: ‘There just aren’t enough twats on Sunday television anymore.’ This prompted me to lea...
I am already starting to miss football in this post season, pre tournament lull. It’s had me searching youtube a lot, and passing comedy clips and goal compilations around with friends. This th...
I still giggle every time I see the word ‘prix’. I pronounce it like it looks, saying ‘pricks’, which makes me think of willies. Hee hee. That, however, was the only excitemen...
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“Cultural conflation is one of the purest forms of appropriation available to an artist today, bonding geography, myth and media among other fundamentals. In Wes Lang’s exhibition, “...
The other day I popped into the Haggerston for something other than a bloody Mary and a Chorizo heavy pizza. I popped in for some cultural enrichment. I popped in for some fantasy artwork. I popped i...
I’ve received some flipping good packages in my day. One had as many things packed into it that began with the letter ‘p’ as was possible, one had a signed Timmy Mallett t-shirt and...
Local celebrity status is a funny thing here in Newcastle. I say this because it seems that no matter how astronomically famous a local hero becomes, they never seem to lose an aura of approachabilit...
That air of summer optimism has filtered down to others too, not just the poor drinkers. Here, the latest offering from T-Shirt Party sees an awesome new design / video that spreads the word of love....
Last night we embarked on the first of the proper summer street beer sessions. We’ve had a few cheeky stabs at it, and a few, fairly cold impromptu beers on the street, but last night it was fo...
In 98 Days, 17hours and 11 minutes (at time of writing) London’s Paralympic Games will begin. As a homage to those games I have concocted a mega-list of the finest “para-musicians” of all time, in or...
Years go by, your stack of books gets bigger and bigger, the shelves get more and more clogged… but those first few books that got you into whatever you’re into, somehow, always remain at...
This is the last week to see French‘s Let Us Prey show at Beach. So, if you’re in or around the Brick Lane area (specifically Cheshire Street, E2 6EH), or if you’re a wizard who app...
The most appealing place to eat in the entire world… perhaps even universe. Note the matching blue towel. I stopped eating meat at the tender and inappropriate age of eight. I say ‘inappr...
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With Alessandro Del Piero leaving Juventus after nearly 20 years, rumour has it a Premiership club might snap him up in his twilight playing years. Seeing this legend play in England, even in his lat...
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This documentary about rave culture, made by the BBC, is quite amazing (and brilliantly patronising). Apart from all the insane scenes of kids of their nut, dancing to house music, my favourite bits ...
Mark E. Smith Mark E. Smith looks like a raisin and likes to causes mayhem He should moisturise and surprise with a detox diet RIOT
A few of our favorite photos from Cheryl Dunn’s recent show in London. RATSO
I hadn’t known too much about Micachu until she made an impromptu appearance during the Ninja Tunes Boiler Room takevoer. That (here) blew my mind. So, needless to say, I was very excited when ...
Adam Gong is a friend, a scholar, a gentleman, a Brit in New York, an artist and a photographer. This is his excellent new zine, 6 Rolls. GO. RATSO
OK, so if you don’t really know much about Bobby Fisher, and you’re umming ‘n’ aarring about whether you want to watch a documentary about a chess player… then consider ...
Tuesday can be a cruel time. Time to think twice about your excessive drinking and question if making art and music will ever make you money – or if you are just going to be a failed miserable ...
Whilst this season has been by far the most bizarre and exciting Premier League season I have ever seen, something you can attribute to the pace and athleticism of the modern game, there’s been...
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