ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Guilty Pleasures Feature :: Guilty Pleasures Halloween Horror Ball :: The freaks come out in Camden

 "The London pop music monthly that includes dazzlingly naff performances by fat lycra-clad dancers and candid Can Can girls churned the cheese factor up a gear with a Halloween Horror Ball of blood-curdling proportions."

Publication :: Ibiza Voice, November 2011
Secret London Feature :: Secret London :: The cloak and dagger capital

 "From furtive feasting in forbidden restaurants to Prohibition-era inspired speakeasies and surprise film screenings; London’s the place to be if you’re hungry for clandestine activity."

Publication :: Ibiza Voice, October 2011
Bermuda Feature :: Bermuda :: Berlin Music Days 2011

 "For its third consecutive year running, independent dance fest Bermuda will feature a comprehensive and eclectic smorgasbord of exhibitions, workshops, panels and parties to nourish the hungry movers, shakers and ravers of the dance industry over four fun-filled days."

Publication :: Ibiza Voice, October 2011
Halloween Feature :: Halloween in the UK :: A weekend of horror and hedonism

 "Britain has been quietly embracing Halloween over the years; slowly sexing up the U. S of A’s spookiest season with a steady stream of Halloween mash ups and masquerades, fetish nights and all-round revellery ."

Publication :: Ibiza Voice, October 2011
Urban in Ibiza Feature :: Urban in Ibiza :: Review of the art event at Atzaro, Ibiza

 "Banksy may have brought street art into the public consciousness, but in August Atzaro unleashed urban art in the Ibiza countryside. It was a strange symmetry seeing street art in the lavish, landscaped gardens of the outer Sant Joan orange groves."

Publication :: Ibiza Style, September 2010
Carl Cox Feature :: Carl Cox Closing Party :: Review of The Revolution Continues closing party at Space, Ibiza

 "If Carl Cox intends to start a revolution by campaigning against all he feels is wrong with the music industry, he should seriously consider the venues in which he plays and what they stand for."

Publication :: Ibiza Voice, September 2010
Deadmau5 Feature :: Deadmau5 in the House :: Review of Cream at Amnesia, Ibiza

 "The captivating LED visuals alternate behind him with moving graphics, from monochrome Pac Man shapes to colourful stripes, rotating hypnotically."

Publication :: Ibiza Voice, September 2010
A Defected Summer Feature :: A Defected Summer :: Preview of the Defected in the House closing party at Pacha, Ibiza

 "In tribute to one of their most successful seasons on the island the Defected in the House players will, in true form, dish out a definitive round-up of the summer's best sounds."

Publication :: Ibiza Voice, September 2010
Layo & Bushwacka! Feature :: Warung Closing Party :: Review of the closing club night at Privilege, Ibiza

 "Warung is something of an underdog when measured up to Ibiza's regular club nights. It is the small fry mid-week filler - not quite as cool as Cocoon or as flamboyant as La Troya. Yet it has an upbeat mentality that makes you feel at ease."

Publication :: Ibiza Voice, September 2010
Matinee Feature :: Matinee for the Uninitiated :: Review of Matinee at Amnesia, Ibiza

 "For an evening that seems to cater to all sexualities, with a camp twist on a colourful scene, Matinee is best enjoyed when you have no idea what to expect. So if you intend to delve into this party's whimsical fantasy world, best not remember anything you have just read."

Publication :: Ibiza Voice, September 2010
La Troya Feature :: Loving La Troya :: Review of the La Troya club night at Amnesia, Ibiza

 "This whole scene could be a replay of Madonna's 1990 Blond Ambition tour, with its juxtaposition of sex and religious iconography. But back in the ‘90s such flamboyant displays were more jaw-droppingly controversial than they are to the modern Ibiza audience."

Publication :: Ibiza Voice, September 2010
Subliminal Sessions Feature :: Subliminal Star-Gazing Sessions :: Review of Subliminal Sessions 'Voodoo Nights' at Pacha, Ibiza

 "As the full moon gleamed over Pacha on Wednesday night, inside Ibiza's most glamorous club the stars did shine. Sassy American R&B songstress Kelis surfaced for a half-hour live sing-a-long at resident witch doctor Erick Morillo's ‘Voodoo Nights'."

Publication :: Ibiza Voice, August 2010
Carl Craig and Luciano Feature :: Carl Craig and Luciano, Vagabundos on the Beach :: Review of Cadenza Vagabundos at La Plage de l'Elephant, Ibiza

 "Craig flaunted his keyboard skills, mixing in the world beat and jazz-inspired remixes he's known to have pioneered, alongside Luciano's Latin samples, proving they really are the perfect partnership."

Publication :: Ibiza Voice, August 2010
Wally Lopez Feature :: To Be Or Not to Be :: Review of Be @ Space, Ibiza

 "Friday's Be @ Space party is a somewhat obscure concept. And I'm not even really sure what that concept is. While the club's other nights are loosely modelled on themes a little less murky, Be seems less inspired, its theme almost as ambiguous as its title."

Publication :: Ibiza Voice, August 2010
David Morales Feature :: Donna in the House :: Review of Defected in the House at Pacha, Ibiza

 "Donna Summer's track wasn't the only classic to be expertly manipulated at the hands of David Morales, who's renowned for being one of the most prolific remixers of all time. His dedicated nocturnal following meaning there was barely room to swing your pants, let along your cat."

Publication :: Ibiza Voice, August 2010
Zane Lowe Feature :: Radio 1 Heroes Come Together :: Radio 1 special at Space, Ibiza

 "Come Together at Space - branded as such for its diverse fusion of genres - seems the most obvious club night to host Radio 1's intentionally muddled party format. It was like a school disco of old faves with Grandmaster's signature scratching the only unifying element."

Publication :: Ibiza Voice, August 2010
Kehakuma Feature :: Kehakuma: Where East Meets West :: Review of the Kehakuma club night at Space, Ibiza

 "The main draw to the mid-week Kehakuma party at Space seems to be its underground German influence, a heady mix of deep, minimal house and techno driven by the meteoric rise of the Mannheim Sound."

Publication :: Ibiza Voice, July 2010
Carl Cox Feature :: The Revolution Continues :: Review of Carl Cox's birthday at Space, Ibiza

 "Following the success of the Join Our Revolution night he debuted in 2009, this subsequent insurgence sees Carl Cox and his camp campaigning for musical liberty, diverging from the traditional Ibiza bash and taking a stance against all they feel is wrong with the music scene."

Publication :: Ibiza Voice, July 2010
Warung Feature :: Warung - Making a House a Home :: Review of the Warung club night at Privilege, Ibiza

 "My preconceptions about the night were nil besides a bad promotion I'd heard on Ibiza Global Radio, so I was delighted to encounter a friendly party with carnival vibes, a multi-sensory tribal atmosphere and remarkable intimacy for its aircraft hanger interior."

Publication :: Ibiza Voice, July 2010
Carl Craig Feature :: Where is the Love? :: Review of Carl Craig and Groove Armada at We Love Space, Ibiza

 "Craig worked the main room with precision at all times, calmly shifting from his laptop to the decks, mixing in vocal and jazz samples with a cool concentration and professionalism that demonstrated why he is one of the most influential and visionary electronic artists of our time."

Publication :: Ibiza Voice, July 2010
Cadenza Vagabundos Feature :: Cadenza Vagabundos Packs a Punch at Pacha :: Review of DJ Luciano's club night at Pacha, Ibiza

 "Finally, a Pacha bash with grit. And we wouldn't expect anything less from a night with DJ-of-the-moment Luciano at the helm. Now the poster boy for all things underground bats for Pacha's commercial empire; a club that, to some hardcore ravers, represents all that glitters."

Publication :: Ibiza Voice, July 2010
Tim Burton Feature :: Tim Burton in Wonderland :: The film director chats about his latest movie Alice in Wonderland

 "The last time I was at a press conference with Tim Burton, Helena Bonham Carter and Johnny Depp the mood was jovial. The overzealous trio bounced off each other like rabbits on speed, so eager to flaunt their eccentric on/off screen partnerships."

Publication :: thelondonword.com, March 2010
Chancery Blame and the Gadjo Club Feature :: Chancery Blame and the Gadjo Club :: The London band's EP launch at Dalston's Passing Clouds

"Blame and the band soar into a fiendish set of infectious, fresh, fun-fuelled gypsy rock from their studio EP The Pretty Face. There’s the perfect mix of prerequisite mantras about the darker side of love, with their trademark traditional, yet uniquely modern sound, and a superb cover of The Pixies’ Where is My Mind."

Publication :: thelondonword.com, January 2009
Simon Goldsmith Feature :: The State of the Music Industry :: A Londoner's perspective

 "Are illegal file sharers law-breaking anarchists hell-bent on stealing music? Or are they just enthusiastic music fans celebrating an art form that should be freely available to everyone? Camden-based musician and producer Simon Goldsmith thinks there’s “a fine line between tyranny and freedom.”

Publication :: thelondonword.com, August 2008
Cass Feature :: Cass: The True Story of an East End Thug :: Film review

 "Cass’s biographical drama is strong enough to triumph over the rather slow pacing and flimsy acting. Baird has done a meticulous job of recounting the ‘80s with the now comic musical score and dated fashions. It’s a low budget endeavor, but the moving, underlying themes make for quite an extraordinary story."

Publication :: thelondonword.com, August 2008
Into the Hoods Feature :: Into the Hoods :: A London fairytale in Theatreland

 "A ghetto fabulous hip hop dance spectacle with a full narrative and boundless energy, Into the Hoods is a shining celebration of London’s youth,"

Publication :: thelondonword.com, June 2008
Carl Barat at Road to V Feature :: Rockin' With Carl Barat :: On the Road to V

"Since his shambolic, guitar-rock four-piece The Libertines inevitibly self-destructed in 2004 after two poetic/punk albums (a demise mostly thanks to co-crooner Pete Doherty: jailbird junkie and current lead songster of Babyshambles), singer, songwriter and sometime DJ Carl Barat has moved on to pastures cleaner and greener."

Publication :: thelondonword.com, May 2008

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT OFFLINE ARCHIVES  
Disaster Movie Feature :: Disaster Movie :: A movie of disastrous proportions (*OFFLINE)

"Altogether worthy of its title, Disaster Movie is a catastrophically unfunny farce of disastrous proportions. Not so much a film with a coherent plot but a witless check list of satirical jabs at blockbusters and pop idols it tirelessly attempts to spoof every big film released in recent times."

Publication :: entertainmentwise.com, September 2008
Tim Burton article Feature :: Tim Burton is God :: The director of darkness talks Sweeney Todd (*OFFLINE)

"Todd has everything you could want in a feature (forbidden love, lost love, lust, blood, throat-cutting, cannibalism, deception and reprisal), spanning several genres simultaneously (comedy/horror/musical/romance). It’s a beautiful and brooding, ghoulish gothic masterpiece, with bold performances amid velvety Victorian colour."

"Burton is a dark and talented force who allows us access to bleak and twisted dream worlds of fantasy, humour and escapism. He offers the viewer leftfield alternatives to the traditionally slick, money-churning Hollywood productions we’ve mind-numbingly come to endure."

Of the film Burton says: "Every day on set was a very special thing for me. I don't know if I'll ever have an experience like that again."

Publication :: The MOLI View, January 2008
NME article Feature :: Rockin' NME Launch Party (*OFFLINE)

"Messy-haired media types, mod rockers, Indie rockers, Goth rockers, and wannabe rockers were out in full force at the NME launch party on Thursday night. The crowds converging at London’s 02 dome fell into two distinct tune-adoring camps: the aforementioned kings and queens of urban cool who trickled into the intimate indigo2 bar, glammed to the nines in their signature looks: pencil ties, Johnny Borrell-esque mop-tops, defiant expressions...and the hordes of die-hard Take That fans who've re-emerged from the '90s to relive their youths in pink fur-trimmed cowboy hats like a giant hen party gone very wrong."

Publication :: The MOLI View, December 2007
David Cronenberg article Feature :: London Does Film :: David Cronenberg chats about his new thriller Eastern Promises at the BFI 51st London Film Festival (*OFFLINE)

"It was an abrupt and dramatic start to two weeks of motion picture madness, with 43 countries representing the full spectrum of world cinema".

"Eastern Promises is powerful and uncompromising, and for Londoners its sordid subject matter may feel a little close to home. Cronenberg promises "some surprises for Londoners", and defends his shadowy chosen theme: "There's always the feeling that you will discover something really significant or profound about human nature, the human condition, if you go to those dark places as opposed to the more mundane everyday places that we all know."

Publication :: The MOLI View and MOLI Magazine (promoted at the Miami Book Fair) October 2007
Footloose review Feature :: Footloose the (West End) Musical (*OFFLINE)

"The preening, pouting, crowd-pleasing pap is not without its comic moments. Midway through, four male dancers in full Village People campery (a cowboy, a lifeguard, a sailor, and a fireman) execute one-handed press ups and slow-mo jogs to Holding Out for a Hero. It is a priceless moment when the show doesn't mind milking its own naffness."

Publication :: West End Review and The MOLI View, September, 2007