"Bold, Swaggering and Accomplished - three words you
would perhaps not expect to hear when talking about Rachel Stevens; but
these are fair comment when describing her sophomore album ‘Come and
Get It’. Quite simply, it’s the pop album of the year and a far cry
from the wilting ‘Funky Dory’."
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‘Their notoriously reserved onstage demeanour makes even
the slightest indication of a smile an unexpected thrill, so when lead
vocalist Helen broke tradition with a warm, broad beam, the audience
surged with appreciation.’
Find out just how good a show you missed by reading my BBC review of Ladytron at Popstarz.
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Friday night and it was time for Popstarz and one of the most anticipated PAs imaginable. Joined by the inimitable Darren, we sang, danced, took photos and drank a fair bit of the old Purple Reef.
Over the last 48 hours I’ve been putting together a review of the gig for BBC London. I’ll link to […]
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Use your time, go out, meet people, do new things, go to the balls and kiss people!!
I caught up with jazz’s brightest young star, Mr Jamie Cullum, for CD:UK, on the brink of releasing his new album ‘Catching Tales’ on Monday.Find out what happened here.
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1030-1130Sparklehorse - Sick of GoodbyesSoulwax - Conversation IntercomLadytron - International DatelineThe Modern - DiscothequeGoldfrapp - Ride A White HorseDavid Bowie - Queen BitchSupergrass - GraceThe Go! Team - Bottle RocketPrince - Raspberry BeretEdwyn Collins - A Girl Like YouPink Grease - FeverGarbage - SpecialSons & Daughters - Dance Me InDandy Warhols - Get OffKylie Minogue […]
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And indeed my first post for Londonist is up.
Have a look at http://www.londonist.com/archives/2005/09/mobo_awards_pre.php
Londonist is the first UK branch of spin offs from the original Gothamist (a site about New York) website. It talks mainly, as you may guess, about London - cool things happening in the city, gigs, culture, sport - everything; and […]
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One reason that karinski.net the blog has been neglected frequently during the last year (except for the playlists) of course, is that I’ve been busy writing for lots of places.
And I’ve just begun writing for one of my favourite sites - Londonist.
I’m beginning to think that I need a site for my freelance work (writing […]
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As the DJ who we replaced at Miss-Shapes for 3 months has now returned, we are now doing fortnightly at Miss-Shapes. From October 14th we will also be DJing the Popstarz/Pimp! warmup at Trash Palace every Friday night.
Last week we covered for someone at Trash Palace for the Miss-Shapes warm up, but we’ll be […]
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On Saturday we had a party to celebrate our housemates birthday. It was very successful and my mars bar crispie cakes went down a treat. We set up a cheesy DJ booth in the lounge with crazy rope lights and a giant star kindly brought by Giles, which confused the […]
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During ‘You Can Have It All’ a rabid brunette mounts the stage and with
security standing back with a bemused grin, the girl clings to
Ricky’s neck and thighs.
Find out what happened and see the full review online at CD:UK Online
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