Mark Moore
The culturally queer roots are often overlooked in the UK history of acid house. DJ and producer Mark Moore was there at the raving dawn. He played in the gay…
Interviews
Dita Von Teese
Dita Von Teese is the most celebrated burlesque performer since Gypsy Rose Lee. She’s an enduring pin-up, costume designer, actress and entrepreneur. Von Teese is currently touring the UK with…
Jessy Ares- Porn Idol
Jessy Ares is an adult movie actor with a pop star side-gig. He can sing naked, go-go, juggle and if required, dazzle in hardcore porn.. He popped round for a…
Amy Winehouse
When I met Amy Winehouse in 2006, she was yet to become a global superstar, poster girl for rock and roll meltdowns or the most celebrated voice of a generation,…
Penny Arcade
Penny Arcade Aka Susana Ventura is a performance artist, author and experimental theatre practitioner. She’s been kicking against conformity since the ’60s. Penny’s kept her radical roots, refused to censor…
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson is a Brooklyn based singer-songwriter with the voice of a broken troubadour and the looks of a troubled heartbreaker. His debut EP features the single ‘Buriedfed’…
Devlin
Devlin joined Dagenham grime crew Outakers (O.T) in 2004, when he was 15. He’s back with live shows + a new album (The Outcast). I interviewed him when he first…
Trademark
Trademark partied at Blitz with Bowie, made t-shirts for Warhol and art directed Bryan Ferry. He then created the artwork for London’s most infamous after-hours club and became the glittering underground’s most in-demand…
John Lydon- Not So Rotten
John Lydon a.k.a Johnny Rotten is best known as the raucous lead singer of the Sex Pistols. There’s no doubt the band have left a cultural legacy that makes them…
Zandra Rhodes
Dame Zandra Lindsey Rhodes is a British style sensation, an inspirational eccentric and a design genius. In the ‘60s, she pioneered the use of printed textiles as an intrinsic part…