Articles tagged "london"

Column: The Rockist

The ‘Ol Crotchety One Kicks It Transatlantic Style

by Michael Brett

[22.Oct.09] :. PopMatters sends its weekly culture columnist abroad, with hopefully a one-way ticket.

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Events Review

Shambala Festival: 27 August 2000 - Mystery Location, London

by Neil Jones

[9.Oct.09] :. Shambala is an inspiring and engaging festival. Almost every extreme of pop culture is represented, making for an exhilarating experience.

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Books Review

In the Kitchen by Monica Ali

by Rachel Balik

[6.Aug.09] :. Ali is a talented writer, working with a fascinating list of ingredients. But her final product is, quite simply, over seasoned and undercooked.

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Sound Affects

Musical Genius & Its Discontents (ii): British-style

by G E Light

[29.Jul.09] :. Part 2 of our video venture through lost musical geniuses discovers an unhappier tradition in The UK, where comebacks are not de rigeur! Exemplars include Joe Meek, Brian Jones, Syd Barrett, and Ian Curtis.

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News

Plunging currency brings surge of bargain seekers to London

by Julie Sell [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[5.Feb.09] :. LONDON - After a go-go decade, Great Britain is suffering from a sudden, severe financial hangover. Now, however, the party has kicked into high gear for another group: foreign visitors and investors...

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Music Review

Greater Than One: London /All the Masters Licked Me / G-Force

by John Bergstrom

[12.Dec.08] :. The second-tier Wax Trax!-era industrial duo gets top-notch reissue treatment. This is how re-issues should be done. The music, on the other hand ...

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London’s new look: outward, upward, modern

by Julie Sell [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[26.Nov.08] :. LONDON - When Charles Dickens wrote “A Tale of Two Cities” in the 19th century, he was trying to capture the spirit of two history-soaked European capitals, London and Paris, in the days...

 

London of 2008 gets closer to ‘1984,’ troubling some Britons

by Laurie Goering [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[28.Oct.08] :. LONDON - Each day, the average London resident is filmed 300 times as he or she walks their children to school, takes the train to the office or relaxes after work at a sidewalk cafe. Britain has 4.2...

 

Beijing Olympics end, and focus turns to London 2012

by Tim Johnson [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[25.Aug.08] :. BEIJING—The most expensive and lavish Olympic Games in history came to a close Sunday as Beijing officially passed the Olympic flame to London, and the countdown started for 2012 games that the...

 

TRAVELOGUE: A decade after Diana

by Gary A. Warner [The Orange County Register (MCT)]

[16.Aug.07] :. She’ll always be 36. Beautiful. Stylish. Wistful eyes, but sparkling smile. The center of a dysfunctional royal fairy tale with a surprise grisly ending. It was 10 years ago this summer that...