Last week I failed my driving test. Someone fucked me over at a round about and though I’m not one to pass the blame, this 100% wasn’t my fault. I came back to the test centre thinking ‘You drove well there, mate. You may even have passed’. My examiner had other ideas. He was the […]
Read more "Tattoos – Unique or Uniform?"The general election party bus has rolled into town blaring its familiar tune of pompous propaganda and false lies. The country is awash with party policies as politics biggest hitters go toe-to-toe with each other over who is the countries biggest liar and who we should entrust to lead our country out of these dark times. […]
Read more "Wetherspoons – The Shining Beacon Of Hope In These Dark Times"By Laurence Rivers. Fuck I’m ill. On the plus side, everybody else is too and that feels good. It’s raining today as well, gone are the shorts and the ray-bans, gone is the illusion of British summer time. This feels good too. Today at work I get to spend the day in the basement. I […]
Read more "Young, Glum And Living On The Minimum Wage…"Before I start this I want to make one thing clear: I’m all for healthy living and I love a salad. However, there is a side to it all that leaves a bad taste in my mouth (and it’s not the food). Taking photos of healthy food and sticking it on social media is nothing […]
Read more "Are You Clean Living Or Are You A Twat?"It’s a long time ago since Dizzee’s Rascals debut album, Boy In Da Corner came out and changed the landscape of the UK’s urban music scene for years to come. The monumental album paved the way for a spell of black,urban music to rule the charts as people heralded to arrival of music from the […]
Read more "The People’s Choice: How Grime Reclaimed The Throne Of The Uk’s Music Scene."With young people disillusioned with life in the UK, it’s no surprise that Chav culture has returned to the forefront of youth identity … Reebok classics, an Adidas tracksuit with a Champion jumper and a Nike TN hat. No, I’m not writing down the description of a 1990’s football hooligan, this is the description of […]
Read more "How Chav became the new Chic."If your idea of a good night involves downing a pint of your mates piss whilst doing a headstand with a chilli up your arse chanting Yaya Toure in adulation: Please look away now. LAD culture is an epidemic sweeping through the nation in a blurry whirlwind of snake bite, aztec print, dodgy haircuts and […]
Read more "LAD culture may possibly be the worst thing in the world."Mischa Badasyan, the 26-year-old performance artist announced last year that he will be having sex with a different man everyday this year, all in the name of art. What Mischa doesn’t realise is that fucking someone everyday does not constitute art, if anything it resembles being a prostitute. Mischa Badasyan is one of many people […]
Read more "I Don’t Understand Modern Art? Help."Remember when if you wore a beefeater jacket you were cool? When Camden was the place to be? When a mainstream audience did not wear skinny jeans and vans? It all seems a world away now. This was a world where guitar music ruled the charts, A world where Pete Doherty reigned supreme. Indie was […]
Read more "What Became Of The Likely Lads? Is there anyway back for indie? "
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