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May 19, 2013 •
On April 25th Sheila Rock, the legendary music photographer who so brilliantly captured the development of the punk scene, released her new book Punk+, available at www.firstthirdbooks.com. This unique book depicts the music, fashion and crowds of the punk scene from 1976-79, using photographs previously stored in a box in Rock’s garden shed. We are...
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May 19, 2013 •
Light & Hoppy Bar Co. are a festival and event bar company specialising in real ale and cider bars for a variety of festivals and events around the UK. This year Waddington International Airshow celebrates its 95th anniversary and we’ll be providing their first ever campsite bar ending a 95 year dry spell! We’re looking...
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May 9, 2013 •
We wouldn’t judge you for not knowing about the 22-Year-Old Canadian Singer-Songwriter Josh Taerk, but he certainly has the credentials to be a big name in coming years. He released his single ‘Smell the Roses’ on May 6th on Misty Creek Records Inc. from the album entitled ‘Josh’, on the success of both US and UK tours...
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Feb 3, 2013 •
Les Miserables’, the original stunning novel by Victor Hugo and the award winning musical adaption of the same name, raises it’s red flag and gladly makes a triumphant impact to screen. Set over a time span of 17 Years, from 1815 to 1832, the highly waited screen musical depicts the story of Jean Valjean (Hugh...
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Oct 30, 2012 •
In the early stages of Operation Cast Lead – Israel’s illegal and devastating assault on the Gaza Strip from December 27th 2008 to January 18th 2009 – white phosphorous shells were used by Israeli forces against known civilian targets. These incendiary airburst weapons are designed to incinerate wide target areas, and throughout the impoverished Strip...
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Oct 16, 2012 •
After arriving in to Manchester we decided to go to a favourite haunt of ours called ‘The Thirsty Scholar’, just round the corner from the HMV Ritz, to muse over what we were expecting from Flux and the gig in general. With Flux Pavilion, aka Josh Steele, having numerous major hits in the last few...
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Oct 5, 2012 •
Josh Steele, aka Flux Pavilion, kicked off his 13-date headline “Standing On A Hill” tour in Cardiff last night. Check out a bit of background on the man and pick up tickets from Ticketmaster or Livenation to go to what should be a huge event. He was one of the founding members of Circus...
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Oct 3, 2012 •
Most people had a period in their lives where they listened to some Bowling for Soup, and when we received a promo of their new album ‘One Big Happy’ it renewed our interests and we had to do a review. It features BFS and the two up and coming bands ‘The Dollyrots’ and ‘Patent Pending’...
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Jul 16, 2012 •
With this year’s festival season getting into full swing, September’s Bestival may seem like a long way off right now. But with Glastonbury sitting out 2012 due to its customary fallow year, the Isle of Wight bash has emerged to become the focal point of the UK circuit – and rightly so. Since 2004, curator...
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May 10, 2012 •
The Award Ceremony for Screentest: National Student Film Festival was held at Roxy: Bar and Screen, at great chill out venue where you can watch films and socialise, found on Borough High Street, London. It was packed when we arrived with nearly every director bringing crew, actors and guests. It was professional yet casual so...
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May 1, 2012 •
The Saturday at Screentest continued to demonstrate the vast talent of the student film-makers through the inventive and unique films that we viewed. Unique was certainly the word to describe the experimental film screening which was our first stop. Experimental films are known to contain hidden meanings or strong imagery that can either engage the...
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Apr 17, 2012 •
When StArt Magazine got wind of a national, student volunteer run film festival that promotes aspiring British talent, we could not resist checking out such a like-minded event. So a couple of weekends ago we travelled to the capital for the three day festival, held at South Bank University, excited to find out what...