Category: Society

“The fear of appearances is the first symptom of impotence.” – Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Davide Tiso: Millions of Melodies Erupting

Davide Tiso is the inspired creative mind behind Ephel Duath as well as the truly progressive Manuscripts Don't Burn, why then isn’t he a household name in metal?   During his...

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Henry Rollins: Student Protests Are Great

Henry Rollins talks to Trebuchet about politics and protest ...

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Beyond Histrionics: Film Heroes with Epic Attitude

Who crushed Leonardo's balls? Made Jackie Chan cry? Let Angelina watch her husband die? These questions and more will be answered. This week, due to thoughts of not providing an answer to last...

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The Macho Synchronicity of Film Trends

So you’re sitting down, your phone’s on, you never know who might send an interesting text/email/twitter or perish the thought, actually ring you up; you’ve put the DVD in and...

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For Sale: Future Trophy Wife

Parents to clamp down on the sexy child market. The UK Government is setting up a governing body to assess and prevent over-sexualisation of children in marketing, advertising and product sales....

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Cage: A New Stage

Reality TV is finished. In reality, of course, the term 'Reality TV' was always a misnomer: it should have been dubbed 'Unreality TV' from its inception, because it was as rigged and...

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Working Hard Outside the Box With Lingua

"It's a think piece about a mid level band struggling with their own limitations in the harsh face of stardom" – Almost Famous. Lingua are an intriguing band from Sweden. Catching...

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The Double Helix of Political Life

In “What Mad Pursuit”, Francis Crick declares that he had no memory of walking into the Eagle pub in Cambridge and declaring that as a result of his discovery of the double helix of DNA along...

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Venetian Snares. Deep Cuts.

Venetian Snares interview 2004 ...

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Howard Marks: First there was the Welsh…

Howard Marks has become something of a cult-celebrity. Trebuchet interviews the ex-con about his other 'other' pastime - writing. ...

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iDose Therefore I Am

Panic in the Bytes of Digital Music: Featuring Cyber-mums fed moral panic by sensationalist media in An Old Scare Gets a Brave New Update. Stop me if you’ve heard this before. Your child is...

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Art Music: Remembering Mille Plateaux on the eve of its relaunch

Mille Plateaux, a multifaceted icon of the dot.com musical era and now in 2010 it’s coming back. ...

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The World and Work of Marcel Theroux

Marcel Theroux’s family includes such literary luminaries as father Paul (American novelist and travel writer) and brother Louis (award-winner television journalist). Not to be outdone, he is...

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Standing Our Ground: Land reclamation in Bevere, Venezuela.

In the Bevere community, located outside Tucani, Venezuela the push for agricultural reform and ‘endogenous development’ is the government’s reported attempt to reduce the poverty and...

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Uwe Boll: Is this the most hated man in cinema?

Interview with Uwe Boll film maker and hated director...

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Stop The War: Or What?

The War on Terror is unquestionably the dominant security discourse of our times. It has reshaped our worldwide strategic perspective, reoriented our approach to policing and airport security, and...

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Ensemble: Collaborations in solitary sound

Ensemble is the platform created by electronica musician Oliver Alary to explore ‘the meeting point between melodic noise and disjointed pop’. On his eponymous debut for Fat Cat records...

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Lebowski Fest UK

Lebowksi fest : The Big Lebowski a film festival, travelling roadshow and life beyond the celluloid. Trebuchet visit the land of bowling and white russians to 'take it easy' and fucking the eagles....

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Marcel Theroux: A Blow to the Heart

Marcel Theroux is the son of a travelling writing behemoth (Paul), and older brother of TV’s dissembling clown (Louis). He has said in the past he’d like to be known in his own right. I’ve...

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Howard Marks: Senor Nice

Howard Marks, ex-dope-dealer extraordinaire and veteran of America’s toughest penitentiary, is tonight treading the boards at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire, joint in hand and sounding lethargic....

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999 Emergency

999 Emergency...

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Censorship: Desert Island Disclosures

censorship has been operating under spectacular circumstances. There is no point pretending that censorship in the 21st century is over...

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David Cameron Launches Tories’ ‘Big Society’ Plan

David Cameron: "I think we're onto a really big idea, a really exciting future for our country" David Cameron has launched his "big society" drive to empower communities, describing it as his...

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If You Can’t Get a Job Start a Business

Great idea: If You Can’t Get a Job Start a Business...

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Will Ashon: Binaries and Dichotomies

Will Ashon made a name for himself as the founder of UK record label Big Dada, the revolutionary hip hop offshoot of the influential Ninja Tunes label. Concurrent to running the label Ashon is also...

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Obama : After the Future, All is Change

Obama is preaching 'change' but how does that work as a broad concept let alone an election promise? ...

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