Showing posts with label city london. Show all posts
Showing posts with label city london. Show all posts

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Inner City Music Photos: The Music Critic: Cyrus Malachi: Ancient .

Cyrus Malachi: Ancient Future
byThe Music Critic ~Thursday, 17 March 2011 Labels:
Ok, I take it. I know basically nothing about the whole hip hop scene here in the UK. I am of an age where the whole thing passed me by. I ain't got a 'crowd' or flow from the 'street' and I just don't refer to it. The endless repetitive beats and samples strike me as lazy but the one thing most it that I do get is its lyrical nature.

The Music Critic: Cyrus Malachi: Ancient Future

Cyrus Malachi: Ancient Future
byThe Music Critic ~Thursday, 17 March 2011 Labels:
Ok, I hold it. I know basically nothing about the whole hip hop scene here in the UK. I am of an age where the whole thing passed me by. I ain't got a 'bunch' or fall from the 'street' and I simply don't pertain to it. The endless repetitive beats and samples strike me as lazy but the one matter about it that I do get is its lyrical nature.

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Pink Floyd Gave 'The Wall' Children's Choir an Education, Teacher .

Pink Floyd, Children's Choir From the WallGetty Images | YouTube

In 1979, Alun Renshaw was the question of medicine at Islington Green School, a struggling public high school in inner-city London. He was a radical teacher; he wore blue jeans, smoked in class and had a bill of the Sex Pistols' 'Never Mind the Bollocks' above his desk. "I was a rather controversial figure," he tells Spinner.

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Coconut Unlimited by Nikesh Shukla

There`s been a lot of buzz around this word in the UK, especially since it was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award. Sadly it just lost the award, but I view it was a great little book and very, very orange!

What first drew my concern was that Coconut Unlimited was set in Harrow and the principal character Amit and his two friends Nishant and Anand are the only three Asians in a public boys` school.

Coconut Unlimited by Nikesh Shukla

There`s been a lot of buzz around this word in the UK, especially since it was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award. Sadly it just lost the award, but I view it was a great little book and very, very orange!

What first drew my concern was that Coconut Unlimited was set in Harrow and the principal character Amit and his two friends Nishant and Anand are the only three Asians in a public boys` school.