Chocks away!
A trio of rock and roll pilots will today join air display legends the Red Arrows and some of the latest military aircraft in the British arsenal in a fly past over London to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Royal Air Force. The move is intended to raise awareness of […]

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ISP first to shut stable door, search for lost horse
Virgin Media is to be the first major ISP to threaten its customers with suspension of their internet connection if they persist in using illegal filesharing services. The BPI has repeatedly called for the introduction of a “three strike” rule specifically targeting repeat offenders, and has […]

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Dr Huck’s Letters…
Nick Cave has been given an honorary doctorate for services to songwriting and suitwearing by the university that he dropped out of in the mid-1970s.
Cave abandoned his Diploma of Art and Design (Fine Art) at the then Caulfield Institute of Technology (now the Caulfield Campus of Monash University) in 1978 in […]

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From Nick Cave through to Jack White via Kurt Cobain, Steve Gullick has photographed all the leading and most interesting figures of the last two decades of alternative music – and now this is being celebrated in a new exhibition called Tenebrous.
The show runs from April 2 to May 13 at the Rough Trade […]

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REM singer has more closets than Ikea, say reports
Newspapers and blogs across the planet are getting het up about the revelation that REM singer Michael Stipe has revealed he’s gay a mere, er, seven years after he first spoke about his sexuality. The likes of US blog Stereogum and the New Zealand Herald are quoting […]

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