London. 29th July 2010. John Parish has just finished playing a gig at the Water Rats with his band. He’s one of the most respected producers in England, has co-produced among others PJ Harvey’s albums including the seminal ‘To Bring You My Love’. A shy, twenty-something girl with long, black hair approaches the band. She buys…
A very stylish night at the 100 Club on Wednesday 20th April in London. Everyone was there- young aspiring musicians, bands, models, wannabe stars, wannabe journalists, stars, journalists and non other than Gorillaz and Blur’s frontman Damon Albarn, hidden somewhere, watching and appreciating the show. Because it was a great show. The 100 Club became…
Home is where your friends and family are. But if you grew to find your family in two very different places like Lebanon and London, sometimes you wonder….Where is life better? [Watch homemade video below]
For survival, it seems that more and more up-and-coming artists have to prove to labels that they will sell lots of records. And one way of doing this is through YouTube views, Soundcloud plays and social media likes. But if, as normal people do, you don’t feel like spending half of your day on social…
Wednesday, 1 pm. Lunch break, at work. We’re thoroughly analysing the pasta dish made by our friend with a lot of passion. Does it contain onions? Pine nuts? A bit of potatoes?! A colleague suddenly break our conversation with wise, provocative, thought-provoking words: “We are the pasta generation.” This made us giggle. Then it made…
With the university fees reaching skyrocket levels, one could start wondering if all these sacrifices you do for top education are actually worthwhile. Is it actually worthwhile feeling the burden of university fees, sacrificing your social life on a Saturday evening to submit reports, revise for exams, manage your projects, when half of the lecturers don’t…
When the media over-talks and gets obsessed about something, it usually makes me feel sick and makes me want to run faraway to the Amazon.
But not today.
Going home is always special. Talking to your parents. Eating your mama’s food. Sleeping in your own bed. Priceless. Today I felt like revisiting some of the objects that defined my childhood and early teenager years in the house where I grew up. Colors and smells hit back when I see the objects that opened…
Luciana is 23. She is a young dentist graduate who travelled to Montreal aged 17 to follow her dreams studies. But she’s not your average dentist. She’s not your average graduate. She’s a vagabond. A what? A VAGABOND. An adventurer. A vagabond with guts. She seeks for the adrenaline rush. For the scary adventure. She…
She was all red, cooking like a raging red hot stuffed pepper, when you made a joke about her snacking habits. She usually laughs at your “munching like a cow” joke, but today, she gave you this dirty, dark, glaring look and shut the door loudly while walking away.
The LondonY 