Creche Mode - Basilika this FRIDAY 24TH

This Friday 9 until 2, I’ll be flying solo [insert ’special interest magazine’ joke HERE] at the Elbow Rooms, Shoreditch HQ.
I attempted to contact Jak ‘Johnny Mnemonic’ Soul earlier to establish his whereabouts for this Friday’s hotly anticipated Basilika session. Unfortunately he couldn’t cope with the hi-tech ‘cyber assault’ of his phone ringing whilst simultaneously […]

Respect to Jay Dee

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  It feels wierd to be writing about the death of someone who is from your generation, as opposed to the death of some classic artist who despite their music touching you was from a different era. 32 is too young to die and yet his musical achievements and artistic legacy not only live on, […]

The Bold and the Beati-full

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
I’ve been asked by Chris (or ‘Philly Collins’ as he insists on being called these days) to try and refrain from using profanity and making smutty jokes from now on. It turns out that his mum is an avid basilika reader and he does want to offend her. Fair enough.
Problems arise however when it is […]

Living the Dream

Me and the missus got back from the NYC after having a great time hanging with Monkone (Waxpoetics etc) and DJ Emskee (http://www.myspace.com/djemskee) at their brilliant night (Black Betty, Brooklyn) and their radio showWBAI 99.5fm . Will put up photos soon, lost my phone out their so i had to go back to the old […]