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BANKSY RAT SPRUNG FROM CULTURE COMPANY’S TRAP

By Sam Richards ⋅ February 25, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Thank god that it now appears that the Liverpool Culture Company have seen some sense and decided not to board up the Banksy Rat that is spray-painted on the abandoned White Horse pub on Berry Street. After a bizarre sequence of events that at one point planned to merely conceal half of the famous graffiti […]

FLOGGED TO DEATH BY THE ARCTIC MONKEYS

By Sam Richards ⋅ February 4, 2008 ⋅ 3 comments

Flogged To Death By The Arctic Monkeys
Mainstream indie music just depresses me. The dominance of Britpop in the nineties and the Libertines explosion that followed has put a curse on the majority of bands since, sucking away any originality. It seems like all the record companies have squeezed enough capital from their REM / U2 […]

EVERYTHING THEY TOUCH TURNS TO (FAKE) GOLD

By Sam Richards ⋅ December 10, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

I enjoy walking through town; there’s nothing like ambling down Bold Street to the sound of the ever-present old accordion player and the thoroughly amusing sight of people pulling matrix-esque moves in an attempt to dodge pigeons flying full pelt at them. However, these pleasant flanés are often spoiled by something or other, be it […]