Archive for the 'Pop Life' Category

If hooks could kill

Wednesday, July 12th, 2006

When Scritti Politti last played live in front of an audience, an astonishing twenty six years ago, Green Gartside (pictured) experienced such a terrifying attack of stage fright, he had a heart attack at the age of 23.
Since then, Green’s career has been beset with personal troubles of one sort or another which has stop-started […]

Jiri’s World

Thursday, June 1st, 2006

Jiri Rezak is a Czech-born, London-based photographer. When he was 19 he worked as a teacher trainer for a voluntary organisation in rural Bangladesh. Whilst he was out there he picked up a camera and proceeded to change his life. He’s since become a professional photographer and judging from his work that he’s put together […]

Blogging behind a hidden identity

Thursday, May 4th, 2006

Bloggers are starting to drop their aliases and reveal their real identities.
But Wired admits that, ultimately, its about the quality of the material and not a real name that wins credibility.
But Lat, who now blogs under his own byline for Wonkette, says that he found the internet was willing to judge Article III Groupie by […]

Under the golmal, the serious golmal