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➤ Live online now, mad hatter Stephen Jones
❚ HERE IS BRITAIN’S LEADING MILLINER, captured within his first hour online creating a unique piece for the ShowStudio shop’s latest exhibition, Florist. The live stream for two hours today amounted to...
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2011 ➤ Strange and Egan return to the Blitz to kick off the 20-tweens
❚ FED UP WITH BEING IMPERSONATED by the many lookalike websites online, Steve Strange and Rusty Egan have resolved their differences to collaborate on a brand-new official Blitz club website at: The...
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➤ Julia and Gaz share their secrets for ageing disgracefully
❚ TWO STARS OF LONDON’S CLUBLAND are invited to consider their age in today’s Sunday Times Style magazine. Jessica Brinton asks a bunch of 50-plus celebs if they view ageing as a barrier and believe...
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➤ Index of posts for January
➢ George Michael celebrates his golden years of Faith ➢ Reliving the Blitz: two pocket fanzines and a request from Rusty Egan ➢ “Too posh for pop” — Grandpa Waterman condemns two decades of musicmakers...
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2011 ➤ Barefoot Sade lets her hair down for Europe
♫ View the video of Sade singing By Your Side, shot by MrAdamino85 in Italy ❚ “LOOKING EVEN MORE BEAUTIFUL — Sade letting her hair down along with the band sounding sublime.” So writes the 80s singer...
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➤ Knock-knock, fashion gems on a shoestring
❚ A POP-UP SHOP THAT RUNS FOR A MONTH, that’s The Amwell Street Knocking Shop. Strictly speaking, it’s open Fris–Sats–Suns, noon–8pm until Sun June 26 (weekdays by appointment only). Events and art...
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2011 ➤ Open your wallet for a Vintage sting on London’s Southbank
+++ ❚ VINTAGE 2011 IS A MUSIC AND DRESS-UP festival indoors at London’s Southbank Centre (so without the mud), curated by Wayne and Gerardine Hemingway. This three-day party from Friday July 29...
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2011 ➤ Highlights from Princess Julia’s London Fashion Week
❏ Sep 19: In the flurry of off-schedule London Fashion Week events Vice magazine sent onetime Blitz Kid, now international club deejay Princess Julia to review the Blow Presents line-up for Spring...
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1972–2009 ➤ Andrew Logan’s glistening vision of Planet Earth and all its...
“As a cherishable example of alternative British culture, it makes you wonder why this isn’t the orthodoxy” — Nigel Andrews, Financial Times ❚ ANDREW LOGAN. BRITISH ARTIST. SOCIAL MAGICIAN. Here is one...
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2011 ➤ Picky people’s year-ending Best Ofs from fashion, TV, web and film
BEST TV SHOWS OF THE YEAR ❏ DIY claims to be one of the most visited underground music sites in the UK. Its TV watcher David Bedwell reckons TV in 2011 was arguably stronger than it ever has been, and...
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2015 ➤ Original Blitz Kids say farewell to Steve Strange, their host, pivot,...
➢ Previously at Shapersofthe80s: Nowt so Strange as Steven John Harrington, 28 May 1959–12 Feb 2015 HOW THE RULES OF 80s NIGHTCLUBBING WERE REWRITTEN BY STRANGE & EGAN +++ RUSTY EGAN REMEMBERS HIS...
View Article➤ Princess Julia: More tales from 80s clubland
◼ AT FACEBOOK TODAY original Blitz Kid and club deejay Princess Julia reports: “Jolly afternoon recording a Radio 6 show with presenter Gemma Cairney due to be aired Sunday 1pm. Graeme Park is on as...
View Article➤ Four years on: How the Blitz Kids paid magnificent tribute to Steve Strange
On the fourth anniversary of Steve Strange’s passing (not to mention the 40th anniversary of his Tuesday club-night opening at the Blitz), how better to remember the man who revolutionised London...
View Article2022 ➤ New Romantics? Here are some who won’t own to that name
❚ MAYBE IT TAKES AN OUTSIDER to see a whole decade with a fresh perspective? Saturday night saw the launch of a documentary called Tramps! that attempts to do just that in almost two hours. The...
View Article2023 ➤ Linard snapped in the footsteps of Duchamp
❚ NORMAN ROAD in St Leonard’s on Sea hosted more than its usual share of Eighties art fans this weekend. At Lucy Bell’s a book signing by Bowie’s travelling companion and photographer Geoff MacCormack...
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