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2007-12-21 15:40:00 It is at this time of the year that the concept of retail therapy is flipped on its head. If I step into another shop, I think I will need therapy to get over retail hell. Share This » More About: News
Gap in the music
2007-12-21 14:52:00 Louise Wener of Sleeper said in the film Live Forever that the music industry uses pop music as a default setting when nothing exciting is happening. She was referring to the period following the whole Britpop saga, when an influx of bubblegum pop was being offered up by the industry. What she said was absolutely ... More About: Music , The Music
Letting the mind run free
2007-12-17 11:07:00 When we asked Kam Bo to tell us his thoughts on the future, we were a little surprised. His imagination ran riot! So, if you can keep up with his mind read on? Tags: Imagination, float, infrastructure, Old London, tube, television wallpaper, promiscuity, naked, Soho, STDs, cyber personalities, holograms, synthetic people, povertyShare This » More About: Free , Mind , Letting , Bodies , The Mind
CarryOke
2007-12-11 11:39:00 The logical step up from karaoke ? but with limited life span. It dies in 2020. At some point, the plastic ‘axe’ you get with Guitar Hero is going to become a more flexible, more REAL instrument. And people are going to want to start jamming. Tags: guitar hero, instrument, karaoke, carryoke, wii kit, highway to ... More About: Music , Carry
Desperately seeking stardom
2007-12-10 11:05:00 Gaming for geeks? Well, it?s now your secret weapon to pop star success. If the popularity of console games such as Guitar Hero and Singstar has taught us anything, it’s that people desperately want to be pop stars, and they don’t want to have to bypass Simon Cowell’s basilisk stare in order to get there. Nor ... More About: Music , Seeking
WTF News
2007-12-04 15:34:00 December is now upon us, so I thought it would be an ideal time to start talking New Year?s resolutions. What are you aiming to stop, start or just carry on doing in 2008? What you decide to do in the New Year can say a lot about who you are ? even if you?re like ... More About: News , Bodies
What? You mean you don?t have a personal stylist?
2007-12-03 18:16:00 Overwhelming choices and the desire for self-improvement will mean that in the world of fashion having a personal stylist will be as normal as getting your hair snipped. Choice, we all want it - whether it’s buying a pair of shoes, renting a DVD or picking your child’s primary school - but it comes at a ... More About: Personal , Fashion , Stylist
Club Talk
2007-11-30 15:46:00 Everybody talking bout where you been Where you going, what you doing And what you seen. Everybody talking bout what you wear From the pumps on your feet To the colour of your hair Everybody is talking bout this and that Bout the other and another And a whole lot of tat Everybody giving it a large bit of this But your talking comes to ... More About: Talk , Club
WTF News
2007-11-29 12:23:00 We must be experiencing a telepathic connection with BBC?? They too, have recently asked young children what they think will be the future. Check out their drawings of future inventions on BBC news.com Ever wondered if you could fall in love with a robot? ?Love and Sex with robots? is an eye-opening novel exploring the possibilities ... More About: News , Bodies
Easy shooting
2007-11-28 13:30:00 Will we continue to see good animated films, without the proper funding? It has never been easier for people to shoot and edit their own films. And it is the same with animation. Software is commercially available and competitively priced, reflecting the fact that animation is now everywhere. You could even go so far as to ... More About: Creativity , Shooting , Easy
WTF News
2007-11-26 17:14:00 Today the lovely people over at Londonist told us about the launch of the new London Overground system. The tube map looks incredible (and very orange!). Curious? Read the full article at the Londonist.com And as for snails? a new concrete wonderland set for Hammersmith has just been given planning permission. It’s already being dubbed ?The Glass Snail? ... More About: News
A tale of two cities ? Part 2
2007-11-26 13:22:00 What does the future hold for London? You?ve heard the good, now here?s an insight into the more pessimistic predictions of mine: The Olympics Cities need run down areas with cheap rents for lively, non-commercial things to happen. Tags: The Olympics, The Lea Valley, Cartoons, Japan, San Francisco, BarcelonaShare This » More About: Creativity , Part , Tale
Faster transport, cleaner streets, fewer people?
2007-11-23 18:08:00 These are just a few of the suggestions given in a YouGov* online survey to make London a better place. But despite the fact that the majority of respondents felt it is an expensive and crime-ridden city ? they are still thinking happy thoughts about their home-town in the future. Other interesting and saucy insights came out ... More About: People , Transport , Cleaner , Bodies , Streets
Short and sweet predictions
2007-11-21 10:06:00 What better way to get an understanding of what lies ahead than asking those who are the future. Tags: kids, predictions, sweet, future, grown up, WTF collective, children, viewsShare This » More About: Sweet , Predictions , Short , Bodies
A tale of two cities ? Part 1
2007-11-14 13:20:00 What does the future hold for London? Here?s a taste of the good stuff: History I?m crap at foreign languages, so although there are many cities with wonderful histories, London is the best if like me, you only understand English. There are just so many layers. I stumbled across ?The London Stone? a couple of years ago. ... More About: Cities , Creativity , Part , Tale
The Girl in the Lampshade
2007-11-05 11:01:00 ‘Wear a lampshade for a hat…..what could be wittier than that’. It’s from a Liza Minnelli song! But it’s true. It’s like putting a pair of sunglasses on your pet dog ? hours of endless fun. But it wasn’t the pet dog it was Russella. She is a drag queen. A tranny. And Ryan Styles, another ... More About: Girl , The G , The Girl
We?re all meeting online now ? don?t knock it!
2007-11-05 10:56:00 Are our social lives going to hell in a handcart? The internet has turned us all into sad, solitary creatures who spend our lives ?chatting? to ?friends? online, and no longer know how to meet people in real life. Tags: solitary creatures, social networking, dating websites, relationship, communicate, body languageShare This » More About: Relationships , Online , Knock , Meeting
Will ?our? London remain secret?
2007-10-31 13:03:00 With new technology like Google Maps on your mobile will London ers be able to keep the true sense of London secret anymore? One of the great things about London being such an old city is that it?s a sprawling labyrinthine maze of a place and just about every nook and cranny is filled with something of ... More About: Secret
A thing or two about evolution
2007-10-31 12:51:00 Evolution is a slow process, unnoticeable to the carriers of it. Thing s are changing all the time but not from one day to the next. Humans only know about evolution through their ability to record history and be interested in studying it. That is only because our brains have evolved to be a bit more complex ... More About: Evolution , Creativity
What?s the future of music in London?
2007-10-29 09:15:00 var FO = { movie:"http://www.youtube.com/v/R0APhETXV r0&rel=0", width:"425", height:"353", bgcolor:"#000000", majorversion:"8", build:"0", xi:"true" }; UFO.create(FO, "flashcontainer"); The so-called ‘healthy’ period that live music is currently experiencing seems, in many ways, to be a myth. You see it in magazines and on Newsnight: live music is the future of music. If it ... More About: Music , London , Future , The Future
Chill out with Arctic Circle
2007-10-29 09:00:00 Over the last few years I?ve had the pleasure of putting on, (with much help from a lot of friends), events in London under the name Arctic Circle . We?ve managed to put these on in some of my favourite venues in London (Bush Hall, Union Chapel, Spitz, Tate Britain Whitechapel Gallery ? see jointhecircle.net) and ... More About: Music , Chill out , Chill
Our space of ?Common Shared Non Verbal Language? Londoners.
2007-10-24 16:06:00 The train was filled like sardines in tins, this half emptied at London Bridge. An individual came and placed themselves in the seat next to me, leaving their bag in front of the gate that links carriages . I was the only person that clearly notice who the bag belonged to. I asked the person ... More About: Space , Language , Common , Bodies , Done
The Future of Filmmaking
2007-10-22 10:59:00 var FO = { movie:"http://www.youtube.com/v/gKKfI2zDW FY&rel=0", width:"425", height:"353", bgcolor:"#000000", majorversion:"8", build:"0", xi:"true" }; UFO.create(FO, "flashcontainer"); Today, nearly anyone can make a video and get it seen ? all you need is access to a digital camera and the internet and you can broadcast across the globe for practically nothing. If used in the right way this ... More About: Future , The Future , Creativity , Filmmaking
Love in the 21st century
2007-10-16 10:20:00 In 2007, we find ourselves inhabiting a brave new world of anonymity and ?collective? alienation where relationships are formed in ways never previously dreamed of. So, how do we find the people we want to hang out with, the people we want to work with, and the people we will fall in love with? Let?s ... More About: Relationships , Love , Century
How do I look?
2007-10-16 09:57:00 Why a picture is worth 10,000 words in online dating You?re attracted to people for their personality and sense of humour, right? No, you?re not. As much as we?d all like to pretend that we?re seduced by wit and kindness, human attraction is about appearance ? at least at first. Whether you meet at a party ... More About: Relationships
Does anonymity set us free?
2007-10-15 10:06:00 Imagine the average commute to work in the morning, for those of us who live in London. Chances are, you?ll see close to a hundred people between your front door and your desk. How many of them do you know? I?d bet you?d be surprised if you spotted even one person you recognised. That?s just ... More About: Relationships , Free , Anonymity , Anon
What?s the Future for Fashion?
2007-10-08 14:55:00 Now is a time of fantastic opportunity and necessity for us all. We can take part in an incredible shift in mindset ? as witnessed through the explosion of media interest in the issues of ethics and environmental impact in fashion. Most importantly, the opportunity comes from a huge thirst for alternatives to the current ... More About: Fashion , Future , The Future , Fash
Who are the fashion victims?
2007-10-08 14:39:00 Attitudes are changing? When I heard that Jane Shepardson (ex-brand director of Topshop) was working for ethical brand ?People Tree? as well as working and advising Oxfam for free, I felt an inkling of positivity. At last it seems that ethical clothing has a chance to reach the mainstream, and escape from the string-soled shoes, and ... More About: Fashion , Victims , Victim , Fash
Close to the edge
2007-10-08 13:49:00 Can London keep up the mantle of the alternative fashion capital? Will Londoners be able to maintain that edgy street appeal in the midst of the high street fashion takeover? London is a heavily cultural city, with Europe on its door step; therefore there will always be an influx of rich outside influences. However, with the ... More About: Fashion , The Edge , Close , Edge
Comedy & the public consciousness: two sides of the same coin
More articles from this author:2007-10-08 10:34:00 var FO = { movie:"http://www.youtube.com/v/g6ZRvsLWv tM&rel=0", width:"425", height:"353", bgcolor:"#000000", majorversion:"8", build:"0", xi:"true" }; UFO.create(FO, "flashcontainer"); The kind of comedy you find funny says a lot about you. And the kind of comedy we enjoy as a nation tells us a lot about the state of the country at the time. Grey, dour, post-war Britain escaped the harsh ... More About: Comedy , Public , Sides , Creativity , Consciousness 1, 2 |
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