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YOU'VE GOT OLD MAIL.The problem with basing a film around technology is that technology evolves at a very fast pace. So it might not take long for your film to look dated. Wow, that is possibly the...
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I tried to write a song about David Cameron and Margaret Thatcher the other day. Lying in bed in the morning, grouchy and perturbed. Breathing condensation onto my phone, getting pissed off that I...
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MOZZA BUTTERSCOTCH BUDINO RECIPEWe were in California over Christmas and while there we went to a restaurant called Mozza, which is allegedly the best eatery in Orange County. They do pizzas. I had...
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It's official. Our album is finished. The masters have been signed off, the B-sides have been mixed. It's on. Now we're doing the artwork, and, well, waiting. There is always a waiting period of a...
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Last week, while spending time with our friend Charlie Lyne of Hit Movie Blog 'Ultraculture', it came out that Charlie didn't really love the name of his website anymore. He'd first branded it when he...
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HELLOHi there, first off we have a new single, 'Fresh' and a new lyric video that we made all by ourselves:Second off, IT'S NOT ABOUT SEX. Third off, I went to see Pacific Rim last night. Here is a...
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CAREYA couple of months ago I interviewed Carey Mulligan for an American magazine called 'Flaunt'. She was really awesome. Nice, funny and warm. Anyway, here is the piece, which I wrote as a...
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THUMPERS
I love this band and I love this song and I love this video.They're called Thumpers. When I was a kid I had a stuffed Thumper from Bambi and I took it everywhere with me. However my attachment to...
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WHY DON'T YOU CURL UP AND DRY
After many years of straightening my hair, a couple of years ago, I stopped. I won't lie—it was a difficult adjustment. Naturally curly hair is harder to manage and there is no set way of dealing with...
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BEYONCÉ: FROM TRAGIQUE TO TRÈS CHIC
We can split the fashion of Beyoncé Knowles into two eras. Pre-and post-2004. I'm not sure what happened in 2005 to make her dress sense evolve beyond knee-high pointy boots and angular, tummy-exposing...
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WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT STYLE FROM AEROSMITH'S 'CRAZY'
Imagine your dad is a rock star. And not a modern day rock star, an old-school, fur-wearing, long-haired man-child. The kind of guy who wears leather trousers to church. The kind of guy who only goes...
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AND SHE WAS
My friend Tarek is an amazing designer from Sydney who makes beautiful and VERY COLOURFUL clothing. His label is called And She Was (*Talking Heads lyric nudge nudge wink wink*). He also designs for...
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OH OH OH IT'S MAGIC
It's Saturday, it's raining, let's read. When I'm looking for a book to read, I normally want it to do three things.1. Be a coming of age book. The older I get the more flexible I am with the term...
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I BRING YOU FLOWERS: YUMI
We're going on tour on Sunday, and I'm starting to think about packing and whether or not I can feasibly stay in my pajamas everyday in the van. (Probably not). One thing I do know I'll be wearing is...
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I GUESS I WOULD BE JUGHEAD
Growing up I loved Archie Comics. They were a staple of our summer car drives up to Newcastle to visit family. I have many happy memories of eating Mr. Kipling's cakes with a Double Digest balanced on...
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PAGING WEDNESDAY ADDAMS
It's Wednesday, it's Winter and I am wearing this velvet playsuit which makes me feel like...Wednesday's got the moves!River Island are on fire at the moment, they are killing it, no MURDERING IT WITH...
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DREAM TEA
On Tuesday I took my mum for cream tea at Apsleys at The Lanesborough Hotel for her (belated) birthday present. It was also the last time for six weeks that I will get to sit in a comfortable chair...
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PACK(WO)MAN
Packing today for tour. Here is the contents of my rucksack for day to day van living. I have to admit, I'm reading Daniel Handler only after inserting "books like 'The Secret History'" into Google....
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IT'S ALL HAPPENING
Second day of tour today, hello Manchester, and I've gone for an 'Almost Famous' inspired outfit. While I would love to be Penny Lane, deep down I know I'm more Sapphire, as played by Fairuza Balk....
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