Behind the scenes,Music,Video clips
Q&A: Sean Rowley on six years of Guilty Pleasures
From humble beginnings as a five-minute slot on Sean Rowley’s Radio London show, Guilty Pleasures has evolved into a fully-fledged, all-singing, all-dancing pop music phenomenon. Featuring DJs, dancers and performers united in a love of pop records once considered too naff to admit liking, this is truly a club night like no other. We caught up with Sean Rowley, the man who made it all happen… [Read more...]
September 15th, 2010
First look: Never Let Me Go
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The hotly anticipated Never Let Me Go is a poignant love story, adapted from Kazuo Ishiguro’s bestselling Booker Prize short listed novel and directed by Mark Romanek.
As children, Ruth (Keira Knightley), Kathy (Carey Mulligan) and Tommy (Andrew Garfield) spend their childhood at a seemingly idyllic English boarding school. As they grow into young adults, they find that they have to come to terms with the strength of the love they feel for each other while preparing themselves for the haunting reality that awaits them. Never Let Me Go is released 21 January, 2011
September 13th, 2010
Music,The list,Video clips,What we're listening to
Top-10: Classic ‘Yacht Rock’ selected by Guilty Pleasures
As followers of the Esquire blog and Twitter feeds will know, we’re currently loving the smooth sounds of early 1980s ‘Yacht Rock’ (mainly inspired, admittedly, by the genius comedy series on www.channel101.com and also available on YouTube). Here, Guilty Pleasures supremo Sean Rowley supplies an exclusive Yacht Rock top-10… [Read more...]
September 13th, 2010
David Shrigley saves the arts
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David Shrigley has made an animation to get people to sign a petition against the cuts that the art world is facing. As with everything he does, it’s ace — but we particularly enjoyed the Wayne Rooney “cameo” at 2mins 39secs. Worthy of your signature, we’re sure you’ll agree. savethearts-uk.blogspot.com
September 13th, 2010
Behind the scenes – Mark Ronson
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Esquire – Mark Ronson from esquireuk on Vimeo.
Music producer, style guru, man about town and the latest star to grace the Esquire cover, Mark Ronson is the man we all want to be. [Read more...]
September 10th, 2010
Behind the scenes,Design & Technology,Video clips
Celebrating The Spirit of Adventure
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Esquire recently joined forces with Vertu, the market leader in luxury phones, to celebrate the launch of the new Ascent. In addition to announcing the winner of The Spirit of Adventure photographic competition, the evening at the Hempel Hotel featured a debate featuring three young, dynamic pioneers in very different fields. [Read more...]
August 2nd, 2010
Black and proud
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When ‘The Man’ murders his brother, pumps heroin into local orphanages, and floods the ghetto with adulterated malt liquor, Black Dynamite is the one hero willing to fight all the way from the blood-soaked city streets to the hallowed halls of the Honky House. From what we can see it looks like blaxploitation meets Police Squad, and is out on 13 August
July 28th, 2010
Music,Video clips,What we're listening to
What we’re listening to – Klaxons
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The musical landscape has changed dramatically in the three years since Klaxons tore indie-dance a new one with their brand of hedonistic neon electronica. Now they have the chance to prove it wasn’t just a case of right place right time with their sophomore album Surfing the Void. [Read more...]
July 28th, 2010
