When you're hot … Nile Rodgers has every right to do this in the glow of his Daft Punk moment, namely to rake the coals of his august 1970s/1980s Chic "Organization" – less a disco group than a business model, more an aesthetic code than a production style.
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Debbie & Andrew cry foul as their posh sausages are sold to horsemeat scandal company ABP
Sunday 17 March 2013
Their names – and wellies – are emblazoned across the front of the packaging. But now the Yorkshire farming couple who launched one of Britain’s poshest sausage brands are urging shoppers not to be misled into thinking they still endorse the product – after it was bought by a firm at the centre of the horse-meat scandal.
Television choices: Warring locals give prodigal cop a taste of Shetland life
Friday 08 March 2013
TV pick of the week: Shetland
Cecil Womack: Half of the husband-and-wife duo known for their soul hits of the 1980s
Sunday 10 February 2013
Bobby Womack admitted he'd had an affair with Linda; the brothers did not speak for years
Screen Talk: A hot date for Hathaway
Saturday 20 October 2012
Actress and writer Mindy Kaling has secured Anne Hathaway to star in her romantic comedy The Low Self-Esteem of Lizzie Gillespie, about a woman who opts to only date losers. Kaling, who co-wrote the script with Brent Forrester, will executive produce the project and may also co-star.
A little bit of heaven
Tuesday 09 October 2012
As London's famous Sanctuary Spa turns 35, Harriet Walker finds out that there's more to success than its best-selling products
Album: Various Artists: The Journey Is Long: The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project (Glitterhouse)
Friday 13 April 2012
A follow-up to the earlier Jeffrey Lee Pierce tribute album, We Are Only Riders, this likewise derives from rehearsal tapes discovered by Pierce's friend Cypress Grove.
Lovebox, Victoria Park, London
Friday 22 July 2011
Its inner-city location may not suggest wellies, but numerous downpours over east London have left Victoria Park resembling something of a mudbath. It certainly makes Lovebox feel like more of a traditional festival, although the event – now in its eighth year – has been a summer fixture for a while now.
Blondie, Somerset House, London
Monday 18 July 2011
The audience for tonight's gig includes many who were not even born when the New York band adopted their Blondie moniker in 1975, but everyone knows all of the words anyway.
The Joy Formidable, Koko, London
Thursday 12 May 2011
A musical myth was put forward at the start of this year – someone, somewhere proclaimed that guitar rock was dead. Clearly, whoever revved up that particular bandwagon had never heard Welsh trio The Joy Formidable play live.
Debbie Harry admits drug addiction
Monday 21 March 2011
Debbie Harry was "absolutely" a drug addict for "a couple of years".
Alice-Azania Jarvis: Pantene used to be enough for me, but now I'm dyeing to be Debbie
Saturday 19 February 2011
A Concert for Killing Cancer, HMV Apollo, London
Monday 17 January 2011
Story of the Song: Hanging on the Telephone, Blondie (1978)
Friday 17 September 2010
Stuck on punk's West Coast outpost, The Nerves' fame barely made it out of California. The trio recorded a solitary, self-titled EP in 1976 before breaking up.
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