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rebel without a pause: July 2010
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Rebel without a pause. Music, arts, culture. Metro: US hip hop mixtapes. Here's a round up of US hip hop mixtapes that I penned for today's Metro. I can't recommend the Jazzy Jeff/Mick Boogie mixtape enough. It's done the rounds of my friends, and their friends, and their friends, and it's a unanimous WIN. DJ Jazzy Jeff and Mick Boogie: Summertime. Asher Roth and DJ Wreckineyez: Seared Foie Gras. Das Racist: Shut Up, Dude. The Hood Internet: The Trillwave. Brooklyn trio Das Racist, Himanshu Suri, Victor ...
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rebel without a pause: June 2010
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Rebel without a pause. Music, arts, culture. Live East - Issue 3 has landed. Here's the front cover of LIVE EAST Issue 3 which arrived back from the printers today. It's looking pretty slick, especially the front cover which was designed by Tom Salter and shot by Daniel Oniya, who's the editor of the Live East Website. Issue 3 also features a hard-hitting breakdown of abortion, a dummy's guide to Palestine and our first ever (Rihanna-inspired) fashion shoot. Or pop in and see us in our Whitechapel office.
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rebel without a pause: December 2010
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Rebel without a pause. Music, arts, culture. Metro feature: Slackistan offers a glimpse into young people in Pakistan. The average person's view of Pakistan is likely to feature a few of the following words - floods, terrorism, bombs, and corrupt cricketers. However these aren't the whole story, there are people getting on with their day to day lives and young people doing what young people do the world over. A slacker’s guide to Islamabad. Much like Slumdog Millionaire and This is England, first-time ac...
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rebel without a pause: November 2010
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Rebel without a pause. Music, arts, culture. My Chase and Status interview in Metro today. This video is epic. Tempa T is the henchest hypeman in the world. Anyways onto the matter at hand - I've got lots of respect for Chase and Status. I first remember writing about Chase and Status five or six years ago when they collaborated with Gappy Ranks on Duppyman. It was clear then, that they had the X-factor when it came to crafting epic, banging d&b. Early last year I interviewed Will and Saul for a piece.
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rebel without a pause: March 2011
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Rebel without a pause. Music, arts, culture. Round up of current electronic music (3.11) for Metro. This ran in Metro on March 11. It's such a brilliant time for electronic music at the moment. I'd honestly recommend to all my friends that they buy all of these releases. And also keep an eye out for Africa Hi-Tech, Kode9 and Instra:Mental LPs due in April and May. The Big Sleep Out - Metro feature 9.3.2011. Westminster Council is on the verge of banning homelessness in the borough. No really, actuall...
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rebel without a pause: Metro In Focus: Brixton Riots (or Uprising)
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Rebel without a pause. Music, arts, culture. Metro In Focus: Brixton Riots (or Uprising). So here's a feature I wrote for Metro newspaper recounting the Brixton Riots of 1981 by three eye witnesses. It came out on Wednesday April 6, so apologies for the lateness in posting this. One of the best decisions of my life, to be honest - Brixton's where I live and work (with young people from the local community as part of LIVE magazine. Brixton, London, United Kingdom. View my complete profile.
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rebel without a pause: August 2010
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Rebel without a pause. Music, arts, culture. Independent Feature - Future Clubbing. Now then, now then, as Jimmy Saville might say, as a journalist you get to witness and sample some pretty amazing stuff, albeit in a short, sharp, surface level, nevertheless I'm beyond grateful for some of weird and wonderful things I've seen, discovered and expanded my horizons with. After 12 years in the words game, there's not a huge amount that leaves your jaw on the floor, but Animatronics. Is certainly one of them.
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rebel without a pause: April 2011
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Rebel without a pause. Music, arts, culture. Metro In Focus: Brixton Riots (or Uprising). So here's a feature I wrote for Metro newspaper recounting the Brixton Riots of 1981 by three eye witnesses. It came out on Wednesday April 6, so apologies for the lateness in posting this. One of the best decisions of my life, to be honest - Brixton's where I live and work (with young people from the local community as part of LIVE magazine. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Brixton, London, United Kingdom.
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rebel without a pause: The Big Sleep Out - Metro feature 9.3.2011
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Rebel without a pause. Music, arts, culture. The Big Sleep Out - Metro feature 9.3.2011. So here's a feature I wrote that appeared in Metro last Wednesday on The Big Issue's 20th anniversary and their fundraiser The Big Sleep Out in May. This is the first time I've managed to upload a PDF to blogger, so big shout out to the forums, that solved this problem which has been bugging me for years. (Now I've got five years worth of PDFs to upload, joy). The Big Issue is 20 this year and is a social enterprise ...
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rebel without a pause: Icicle - Dreadnaught w/SP MC
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Rebel without a pause. Music, arts, culture. Icicle - Dreadnaught w/SP MC. BIG CHOON, killing it on d&b floors right about now. Good to see the rolling, sludgy funk back. Sounds remarkably like a late 1990s/early 2000s Ed Rush/Optical production. Brixton, London, United Kingdom. View my complete profile. Follow me on Twitter. Markleman: Mr Dubstep No.1. Arjun: Bombay Friend and Music Geek. Truetiger: Music Fashion Blog. Fiddy's World Of WhutEvA. Gurnalism: Hayley's Nutritious Bloggle. Send me your track.
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