Month: September 2015

David Sinclair Jazz Photography, Royal Albert Hall

Retrospective exhibition of one of Europe’s most highly collected jazz and music photographers...

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Gallic Charm and Gypsy Jazz at the 100 Club (Florence Joelle)

Allo, allo? Exuding Gallic je ne sais quoi at the 100 Club, Florence Joelle regrets nothing...

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So Long, Smog! Small Scale Nuclear Fusion Advance

Small-scale nuclear fusion may be a new energy source ...

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Southern Gothic, Magic and Voodoo: Lose Control (Chantel McGregor)

On Lose Control, Chantel McGregor puts the emphasis on riffs, and takes a less-is-more approach when it comes to soloing...

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Loitered Lens: The Wildhearts

Photos of The Wildhearts 25th September – London O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire...

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Loitered Lens: Hang the Bastard

Thunderous doom and mighty riffage, Hang The Bastard at The Underworld...

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Avoiding That Long Dark Moment Waiting for ‘PIN OK’. Service Technology Improvements

Dining technology use is no measure of value, Clemson researchers find ...

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Power, Protest and Resistance (Molly Crabapple)

Portrait of Truthful Artist, Illustrator, Broadcaster, Journalist Molly Crabapple. ...

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Power Up! Green Storage for Green Energy

A rechargeable battery to power a home from rooftop solar panels...

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Mighty and Thunderous grooves at Camden Underworld (Hang the Bastard)

The word of Hang The Bastard was both mighty and thunderous...

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The Drifters vocal master class

Scoring a top 20 album in 2015, vocal band The Drifters are allowing UK singers a chance to learn the secrets that have kept them in demand for over half a century....

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Can You Tell Your Toes Apart? Try this Toe Test

Research from Oxford University suggests we may have a problem telling our toes apart...

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Guilt, loss and blame in smalltown America (Little Accidents)

A bleak smalltown film, centred around a tragic mining accident...

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I didn’t forget your Birthday, I just have Delayed Remembering

Kids can remember tomorrow what they forgot today ...

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Love being dirty. Loving sounding dirty (Mother’s Cake)

Austria's hardest rockers talk to Trebuchet after their clamorous European support slot with Limp Bizkit...

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Touching Down at the 100 Club (Big Sandy and his Fly-Rite Boys)

Bringing twenty-five years of swinging Western tunes to the UK, Big Sandy and his Fly-Rite Boys...

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TV at its most cynical. The Magician’s Apprentice (Doctor Who)

Audience figures for Saturday night’s mess are the lowest ever for a Who series opener. You’d think they would have got the hint....

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Beans, Beans, They’re Good for the Heart (and belly)

Beef vs. bean meals: Both provide similar feeling of fullness ...

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Hitting the Key, or Falling Flat? (Operation: Mindcrime)

Geoff Tate's voice, once a magnificent lead instrument, is a shadow of what it once was. ...

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SuperBrand to SuperFan

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”T/dropcaphe entertainment industry is a sprawling animal of celebrity, sober lust and enthusiastic deceit. ***rescheduled to oct 7th***...

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Rooting for You: Beetroot Shots for Brains and Brawn

Drinking high nitrate beetroot juice improves both sprint performance and decision-making during prolonged intermittent exercise such as rugby and football...

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Delighted! On Bernie Sanders Congratulating Jeremy Corbyn

Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn may use a similar rhetoric, but there it stops....

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Phleghm-ily Affair. How Smokers breed Smokers

If mum or dad is a smoker, their teenager is more likely to be a smoker too. Report...

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Great Band, Shame About the Crowd (The Heartless Bastards)

Interview and review of The Heartless Bastards. The Borderline, London. 1st September 2015 ...

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Up Yours? Blame Saint Peter for the Two Fingered Salute

Ulnar nerve damage caused original benediction sign ...

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Sex, Slashing and Suffrage: The Rokeby Venus (Diego Velasquez)

Mary Richardson's ‘vandalism’ of the Rokeby Venus has become part of the story this painting tells, not something which detracts from its beauty. ...

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How to Attract the Opposite Sex, a Scientific Approach

Chapman University publishes research on attractiveness and mating ...

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Deep thrills: Amenra & High on Fire (Damnation 2015)

Damnation festival: 7th November 2015. Leeds University Union. ...

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Should We Have Government Controls on Salted Junk Food?

Call for government to curb the production and sale of cheap salty junk food ...

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Renaissance Hit or Folk Flop? All Our Yesterdays (Blackmore’s Night)

About as much in common with actual renaissance music as Dungeons and Dragons has with medieval history...

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