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Tales from the other side of the pond (Part 4)
George Bernard Shaw once observed that the US and the UK are ‘two nations divided by a common language’, which is true enough, at one party I attended, saying I was ‘going out for a fag’ was nearly enough to have me lambasted by our colonial cousins as a homophobic hate-monger. read more
Music
Album Review - Late of the Pier - Fantasy Black Channel
“The Late of the Pier album is done” Erol Alkan insisted “It’s coming out in August”. The indie super producer promised me this in the middle of May, on a sweltering day in Brighton. If I spoke to him again I’d probably construct a sentence that completely underwhelmed my true meaning, perhaps, ‘great job mate!’ or ‘nice work!’ The English alphabet is completely redundant for detailing the mad cap brilliance of Late of the Pier. Either way, it really doesn’t matter; the Fantasy Black Channel has been unveiled. read more
Books
Student Cookbook - The Essential Guide
When I first picked up this book I was almost mentally preparing its average to bad review. A trip to any book shop and you will find 101 different cookbooks all trying to be everything to everyone (well at least in the student world), in fact I have several rotting on my bookshelf, presents from distant relatives. I decided to give it a fair chance however and rate it on the criteria that I would *need* to see if it was every going to get opened, let alone have any impact on my eating life which currently consists of the same 3 meals carefully rotated throughout the week. read more
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A weekend on the farm
A weekend on a farm surrounded by real crops and real farm animals, listening to Kent’s finest music and eating locally sourced food all sounded a little alien to me when I signed up to review this year’s Lounge on the Farm for inQuireLive. My only previous experience of festivals came from Reading Festival which I had been to once the year before. I was told by friends to expect a very different atmosphere. read more
Film
Batman: The Dark Knight review
I won’t deny it, I had been looking forward this film since the closing credits of 'Batman Begins', so naturally when the time came I decided to see 'The Dark Knight' in style. As a result on Thursday 24th July 2008 at 8pm (a full day before the film’s nationwide release) I could be found sitting excitedly in the O2’s 700-seater cinema. Three hours later I left the cinema a satisfied fan; 'The Dark Knight' is superb. read more
Music
Create your own Late of the Pier single review!
Not much to do over summer boys and girls? Never fear, I am here to save you; Here’s a step by step guide to creating your own Late of the Pier single review. 1. In order to properly review a single, you must listen to it first. Unless it is by the Hoosiers, in which case, throw it out the window, and review its aptitude as a frisbee. Listening to Late of the Pier’s new single ‘Heartbeat’ can be done simply be pressing play in the box below. read more
Music
Festival Fatigue
‘Festival fatigue’ is the latest phenomenon to make a sweep of all the national newspapers, from The Sun to The Independent. Journalists across the board are discussing the impact of festival fatigue on the summers numerous musical festivals; it would seem that festival-goers are becoming increasingly dissatisfied and disillusioned with events such as Glastonbury and Reading Festival. Arguments against such long standing events range from them becoming ‘too mainstream’ with not enough variety, to the ‘unacceptable’ conditions of living associated with such large events. read more
