Random blogs, photos and features
I haven’t been able to find anything on the web about this (hopefully some of you lot will be able to help out) but this surely has to be one …
Is this the narrowest doorway in London? 60, Union Street, SE1 Read More
Back in the early 90s when I was spectacularly broke, these are the shoes I trudged around town in.
The tattiest trainers I have ever owned Read More
It’s summer! Back in the day when an 2MB RAM-packing Amiga A1200 and a copy of DPaint was as good as it got in the computer graphics department, a lot …
It’s Summer! Some of my old art school work… Read More
We’d had bad experiences with PC World in the past, but finding ourselves in an emergency after our router packed in two weeks ago, we thought we’d give them another …
PC World sell used goods as new, customer service says “whatever” (repost) Read More
I loved the old Routemaster bus, with its handy rear platform for jumping on and off quickly, and Boris Johnson’s decision to reintroduce an updated version was one of the …
London’s new double-decker bus announced Read More
If you’re offended by naughty words, don’t click on, but but this is the only way I can sum up my feelings about Cameron and Clegg right now:
Clegg, Cameron and the election: the official urban75 verdict Read More
First started in October 2006 and now containing over 18,000 posts, the “I’m on ur boardz, wasting ur bandwidthz” threads on urban75 have proved a hilarious place to catch up …
urban75’s internet memes thread for endless LOLz Read More
We’ve enjoyed the hundreds of parodies of this clip from the superb “Downfall” film about Hitler, but a while back the studio involved, Constantin Films, started asserting its rights and …
The Hitler ‘Downfall’ parody movie clip lives on Read More
Today is voting day, and it’s a rum choice on offer alright. There’s not a lot to get us excited, but here’s the kind of poster that might make us …
Voting Day. Here’s our choice! Read MoreThis is ace. I can’t imagine how much effort it took, but it’s well worth 2 minutes and 13 seconds of your time.
Entire Star Wars saga retold in 2mins 13s – in Lego! [video] Read More
Last night, the truly dreadful One Show on BBC contrived to do a piece on the forthcoming ‘Four Lions’ comedy film by Chris Morris. Despite the film not being seen …
BBC One Show: it’s really, really shit, isn’t it? Read MoreThis superb clip from Armando Iannucci’s ‘Time Trumpet’ may be four years old but it wonderfully shows Cameron’s opportunistic copying of Blair. Hilarious!
David Cameron exposed – genius video parody with added Bowie! Read More
Mrs Mills was discovered while working as the superintendent of the typing pool in the Paymaster General’s office in London in the early 60s. Her catchy piano style and jolly, …
Mrs Mills, pub party pianist extraordinaire – we salute you! Read More
Sandwich board men have been on the streets of London for centuries, providing cheap and effective advertising for local businesses. Go back two hundred years and you would have seen …
Crap London jobs: the sandwich board man Read More
Some more photos from our travels around Williamsburg, Brooklyn NYC:
Some photos: Williamsburg, Brooklyn NY Read More
Connecting Rotherhithe and Wapping, the Thames Tunnel was built between 1825 and 1843 by Marc Brunel and his son, the legendary Great Western railway engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Hailed in …
A walk through the Thames Tunnel Read MoreI was asked by an old chum to take some photos at the launch of Phil Daniel’s biography, Phil Daniels – Class Actor – I’ve always liked the fella since …
Meeting Phil Daniels (Quadrophenia) Read More
We had a great Offline night in the Brixton Albert on Friday, with Brazilian rockers OCIO putting in a top live set. Here�s a few pics.
Offline goes Brazilian! Read More
Used for sheep pasture until the end of the 19th Century, the space in front of Brixton Tate library was purchased by Sir Henry Tate’s widow and donated to the …
Windrush Square: new public square in Brixton Read More
Late last year, the Space Makers Agency teamed up with London & Associated Properties PLC and Lambeth Council to fill the empty shop units in the Brixton Village indoor market …
Brixton Village (Granville Arcade) Read More
It was a night of full on raaawck’n’rollll at the Brixton Albert on Friday – here’s some pics:
Atomic Suplex at Offline Club, Brixton Read More
We came. We saw. We outsang the home fans. We put up a bit of a decent fight but were finally overwhelmed. Here’s some pics from Cardiff’s away trip to …
Chelsea vs Cardiff City: FA cup, pics Read More
Here’s me in my mod days, back in 1979 with the band Beggar (as heard on the outer chart troubling Mods Mayday album). I’m the bloke on the left. I’d …
My mod past – Mods Mayday and all that Read More
Here’s the second part of our walk last weekend. Trinity Buoy Wharf is a great place to visit, and the diner was ace too!
Trinity Buoy Wharf and Container City, Docklands – photos Read More
We went for a walk around East India DLR station on Saturday and had an unexpectedly pleasant walk. Parts of it feel very Brooklyn-esque: wide open spaces, industrial decay and …
East India Docks and Basin walk – photos Read More
This was one helluva party! We had the Silver Brazilians onstage, plus the Actionettes dancing – and the gig was packed all night long. Here’s a few photos:
Offline Brixton Hot Tiki Party Read More
The Photographers Gallery (now situated by Oxford Circus) has long been my favourite cafe in the West End. Here’s a photo of their cafe staff ready to load up the …
Coffee and cake Read MoreGreat to see old-school punk/jazz/experimentalists Blurt doing their thing upstairs at the Dogstar last night.
Blurt at the Brixton Dogstar Read More
It was with a heavy heart that I pulled back the curtains this morning to be greeted with a damp, wet day outside. At least the snow went out with …
Goodbye snow Read More
More photosLhttp://www.urban75.org/offline/albert-nye-09.html
Offline NYE party – the mayhem! Read More