There's a problem in contemporary culture that is unique to the present. It has also existed for millennia and will exist for the next five years when the apocalypse hits. How can something unique be so commonplace? We don't know. Frankly we stopped paying attention halfway through...
The world is paralysed between the past and the future. Some call it 'the present'. But that's a little too simplistic-a term that doesn't really account for the complex visceral emotions aroused when one encounters a 21-year-old smoking an e-cigarette wearing watchmakers glasses from the 1800s outside...
Being conscious on a macrocosmic scale is exhausting. To do an act that could be considered a moral one is to commit to a point in the future when you realise you've wiped out a species or decimated an economy or been genuinely appreciative of the...
'Romantic nationalism'. An interesting phrase equally at home in both a pro-Nazi and anti-Nazi narrative. And equally applicable and inapplicable to the genre of folk music. A nonthreatening musical genre whose pliable appeal is representative of the pliability of human morality. Folk is rooted in the vaguely...
The river's on fire. Come see it before the realities of future fracking make the experience less poetic and more literal. 10) K Motionz Live 22nd September What: At just 19, K Motionz has already become one of the most in-demand Drum & Bass producers in the UK. His 16-track...
This week is as big as it is little. Just like your fried chicken-induced heart attack in the grand scheme of things. 10) Reef and Beef at Iki-jime 25th September What: Iki-jime will partner with Dal Zotto Wines to present the finest from the kitchen accompanied by a selection from...
Listen here. There's a dance music festival coming. So you're going to need whisky and earplugs. We can provide the first thing. 10) TR!P 10 feat. Kelsta, M-Experience, Andy Golden + Classic House Upstairs 28th September What: Along with a pumping main floor giving you nothing but the best Hard...
Take a deep breath. Smell that? It's not just carbon emissions caused by faceless industry. It's also the emissions of hundreds of desperately fragile theatre students. 10) Palla Jeroff Exhibition Opening 24th September What: Celebrate the opening of this remarkable exhibition of new paintings and ceramics by Palla Jeroff. Palla...
This week's going to burn a little. But don't worry. Kris Kristofferson has a whole suitcase full of ointments and unguents. 10) The Berlin Experiment 27th September What: Be greeted by their friendly nurse at the door and receive your patient number on entry. This dim lit underground space with...
Chh Chh-chh, uh, chh chh-chh, uhh. Chill. For once, that's not a compromising onomatopoeic transcript. Mungo Jerry is back, and he's as brilliant as everyone cares to remember. He's supporting a whole host of people that won't silence his screaming irrelevance including: The Badloves, Blue Shaddy, Shaun Kirk, Karen Lee...