If you’re a midtwentysomething and have been working at a paper mill all day prior to your jolly old backslapping night out, the prospect of the schlep to Highbury and Islington doesn’t exactly grab you, especially if sleb-by-association Peaches Geldof’s grinning mug adorns the promotional shots at the club night which was taking place there. Which was the [...]
Max Gogarty, the Guardian and nepotism
Reading the Observer yesterday evening brought my attention to a certain Max Gogarty, 19. From north London, this middle class lad is embarking on a gap year trip taking in India and Thailand. Nothing extraordinary there. But his journey across south-east Asia would be documented on The Guardian’s popular travel blog. Is this the new Charlie Brooker if he’s landed such a [...]
Glasvegas
Year Zero presents Glasvegas at the Barfly
Indie mogul Alan McGee hails the Glaswegian fourpiece as the best Scottish band he’s seen in 20 years. The NME rated their single ‘Daddy’s Gone’ as the second best track of 2007. That goes some way to explaining why the queue to see the Jesus & Mary Chain-influenced rockers is [...]
