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Locking off the dance.

Posted by Jamesr on January 10, 2011 · 2 Comments

Eh, not sure if it’s much consolation – but Irish cops aren’t the only ones locking off the dance despite legalities being sorted and all that shizzle. If you spent NYE spaced out like a mong, trying to figure out your take away numbers from your local taxis, you might find a mirror in this wee piece from dancehall tourists over in JA. Definitely for me, that whole buzz of such a well organised dance being shut down by some local... Read More

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Ina Di Dancehall Wi Mr T

Posted by Jamesr on March 15, 2008 · Leave a Comment

I mentioned this guy over at the old site, where I’d come across him via an interview carried on Prancehall. Anybody that has had to wait out the obligatory fifteen minutes for a serving of roti, with the hungry roar of their stomach’s full apprehension should have some sympathy with the ragga narrative in Fill Up Ma Portion. Other than that though, I reckon most of you should still get on grand with this sine wave terrorist... Read More

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Interviews

The Child of Prague Stares At The Workers.

Interview With Alex Foti: Mayday Had Become A Funeral.

photo credit: cinocino In a special themed issue of Green Pepper, Foti and the Chain Workers Collective sketched a very attractive understanding of the work discipline of contemporary capitalism. In their understanding, society had found itself in a situation of profound disjuncture with our working pasts – life today was defined by contingent employment rather [...]

Don’t Mention Art Rock.

Photo is copyrighted to Lindsay Foley Sometimes a piece of art can represent more than just itself. Through how it intertwines with what’s around it, it can take on new meanings. You might be able to say the same of Estel. One of the photo sliders on their Myspace sails through a montage of gig [...]

More Words On Zines..

photo credit: donkeycart I said I’d do this some time ago, but never got around to it. Well, after the leap you can read the full text of the interviews carried out over email for the piece based around the recent independents day. Simon Reynolds has published the roughs of his own interviews on zines [...]

This is an interview with a band called Adebisi Shank

photo credit: lauranolanphotography Downstairs in Frazers, Adebisi Shank are celebrating the launch of the their debut album, it’s a pure drunken tantrum of a night and from about 10pm the venue looks and feels mentally over-subscribed. It’s all faces rammed in arm pits, and bodies reluctantly pressing against each other. The guy in front of [...]

The Lads From St Saviours.

photo credit: the justified sinner If you’ve ever entered the IFI at peak time, you’ll notice there’s a lot of people just standing around, standing around and waiting, for dates and friends. So, ambling over and interrupting several of the more male looking inpatients waiting with the question “are you one of the lads from [...]