music

New psych find – the excellent West Coast Gnome covers The Three O’ Clock

In my opinion one of the best records of the 1980s was The Three O’Clock’s incendiary debut EP come LP Baroque Hoedown. And that LP climaxed with one of their finest tunes – a slow burning droney slice of psych called As Real As Real . Well the band’s recent rebirth – which includes festival [...]...More

Football

Review of the Premiership part 4: Everyone else, West Brom to QPR

Simon Poulter of What Would David Bowie Do? rounds up the season West Bromwich Albion (49 pts, GD -4) 8th OK, to be third at the end of October was the sort of start Baggies fans could have only dreamed of. And we have been there before with unfancied sides enjoying the nosebleed reaches of [...]...More

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Review of the Premiership part 3: Spurs, Everton and more – what might have been…

Simon Poulter of What Would David Bowie Do? rounds up the season Tottenham Hotspur (72 pts, GD +20) 5th Much rested on André Villas-Boas’s young shoulders this season when he stepped into Harry Redknapp’s shoes at White Hart Lane. Clearly, the chemistry at Chelsea had been all wrong – would Spurs be any better? Clearly, [...]...More

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Review of the Premiership part 2: Chelsea and Arsenal – managerial issues…

Simon Poulter of What Would David Bowie Do? rounds up the season Chelsea (75pts, GD +36) 3rd If I were to believe the club and it’s patronizingly-titled “Interim First Team Coach” for the last seven months, all that Chelsea set out to achieve this season was achieved. The reality is somewhat different. Winning the one [...]...More

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Review of the Premiership season pt 1: Man United and Man City (could do better!)

Simon Poulter of What Would David Bowie Do? rounds up the season So that’s it. Done until August. Or July. Or the end of June, depending on where your club sits geographically or hierarchically. The 2012-2013 football season is, more or less, over, bar a Champions League Final at Wembley between two German teams (so [...]...More

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Are Arsenal playing hard ball with the Stevan Jovetic transfer

So, what is going on with the Stevan Jovetic to Arsenal transfer. This we know that Jovetic’s agent was in London today apparently talking to Arsenal. There are also rumours that Arsenal have tabled a bid. There’s plenty of evidence that Jovetic will be leaving Fiotentina, but also that he still might end up Juventus. [...]...More

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Bald Eagles who look like Arsenal’s Arsene Wenger – genius Tumblr blog

In case you didn’t know Yahoo bought blogging site Tumblr this week. What it got for just over $1 billion was a whole load of teenagers pic blogs, some random adult sites and gems like this. In my opinion it makes that purchase worth every penny. Go here for more...More

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Cavani and Dzeko in swap deal? Will City get the Uruguayan?

Breaking news – The BBC is running with the story that Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis says he would be willing to discuss a deal with Manchester City that would see strikers Edin Dzeko and Edinson Cavani move in opposite directions. According to Agence France-Presse, De Laurentiis told a public meeting in Naples: “I have [...]...More

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Here we go – Stevan Jovetic to Arsenal deal imminent says Metro

Ok, so yesterday I predicted that Arsenal would announce a singing. Oops. I may be a day or so behind because it appears that the move of Stevan Jovetic from Fiorentina is imminent. The Metro says that Jovetic’s agent is reportedly in London negotiating a £24.5million deal. Jovetic’s agent, Fali Ramadani, is thrashing out terms [...]...More

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Arsenal update: Higuain bid, but is he the striker you want?

There have been whispers for a few weeks now that Arsenal are about to launch a bid for Real Madrid’s Gonzalo Higuain. Now even the broadsheet papers are getting in on the story with the Telegraph claiming that the player has emerged as the Gunners’ number one target and that a bid of £19 million [...]...More

Accessories, features, Style

Style Safari – Retro Sunglasses guide

With summer fast approaching (- or due to make an appearance any time now) your look is not complete without a set of shades. With so many different styles to choose from and plenty of good High Street versions at a fraction of the cost, some of the coolest ones right now have got to [...]...More

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Arsenal update: Guillem Balague says £10 million bid for David Villa

There is some real confusion about where David Villa will be playing football next season. However it seems very unlikely that he will be joining any clubs that can’t offer him Champions League football so that means Spurs and Liverpool are out of the picture. So then where does that leave Arsenal? A couple of [...]...More

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Jovetic to Arsenal update

If Fiorentina’s talented Montenegrin is to join Arsenal three things needed to happen to make the deal certain. So let’s take a peek at those three things and where we are with them. 1 Fiorentina not to quality for the Champions League, but Arsenal to make it. Well thanks to Koscielny’s goal the Gunners will [...]...More

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Why Arsenal will announce a new signing today

So the speculation can finally end. Arsenal are back in the Champions League next year – well provided they negotiate the qualifying round – and that £70 million burning a hole in Arsene’s pocket can be used to buy some of Europe’s elite players. One thing is for sure. Arsenal will announce a new signing [...]...More

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Wayne Rooney to Arsenal? Surely not…

The Wayne Rooney to Arsenal story has reignited again this morning courtesy of the Daily Mail. The paper says Arsenal have been discussing a bid for the England player since March and are now poised to make their move. However it also adds ‘putting together a financial package to land him is the major obstacle [...]...More


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