Eddie Izzard: Movie screens to Metro arena
February 28, 2009 by Jake Malbasa · Comments
After six long years of waiting, the enigmatic Eddie Izzard returns from the States for a 24-date UK stand up tour, ‘Stripped’. Read more
Hilary Alexander: On fashion, her career and her world
Hilary Alexander sits patiently while a manicurist applies a sparkly silver, and somewhat tacky, varnish to her nails. Her hair and make up are faultless and the baby pink, glittery dress she is wearing looks rather unassuming next to the huge silver tribal necklace above it. Read more
Mass Produced Clones or Magic Kingdom?
February 4, 2009 by Iraa Kadchha · Comments
“The Disney characters and their affiliates are the agents of this new world order,” explains Ben Frost as he walks among the pictures of his latest exhibition at the Opus gallery in Gosforth, Newcastle. Read more
Donkey Rock and More
January 2, 2009 by Iraa Kadchha · Comments
It’s Saturday night in Paddywhacks. On stage, Monologues guitarist Jack Briggs breaks into a solo, playing ‘Purple Haze’ behind his head. Everyone stops everything else. Around the bar some people smile and nod in appreciation, while others are wide eyed in disbelief, compelled to watch as he plays across the different riffs. From that moment on, you know the Monologues are everything but ordinary.
Alan Kelly and the Dogs of Tralee
November 22, 2008 by Steve Noble · Comments
My friends seem to think old music became old because it had been done to death.
The songs somehow got so tiresome people stopped doing it and forever put it in the category of overdone, “I’m sure it was interesting at the time, but we’ve moved on since yesteryear, we want something original.”
I disagree. With the ever more familiar repetitive nature, bands that look like they’re sponsored by top man and a ‘whacky’ name to be a real band are constantly hailed as the new ‘new’ by doing the same thing, at least that’s all I can hear. The same thing. Read more
Xperience rules, OK
November 22, 2008 by Steve Noble · Comments
Professional snowboarders, skateboarders and BMX riders entertained visitors to the Beaconsfield sight in Tynemouth recently during the Xperience 08 extreme sports festival.
Riders who are tipped to be the future of British talent displayed their technical skill and finesse with an indoor half pipe, skate park and an outdoor ‘real snow’ quarter pipe. Read more
He’s Shagadelic Baby! Meet Austin Prowess…
November 5, 2008 by Pearl Cullen · Comments
The gorgeous, velvet, blue suit, those unmissable but appealing two front teeth, the floppy red hair and not to forget that shagadelic, irresistible sex appeal. Yeah baby yeah, meet Brian Allanson aka Austin Prowess, one of Europe’s best professional Austin Powers look-alikes. With rumours of a fourth Austin Powers movie, 46-year old Brian promises to let the swinging times begin and give more people a slice of his mojo. Read more
