Matt on Masks

 I’m writing this as a response to some of the beautiful creations worn on people’s faces over our last couple of Rogue parties; especially Halloween. I’ve always been interested in masks from my very first drama lessons when we studied the ancient players from Greece who would play certain stock characters and rely on exaggerated [...]

ROGUE | Whats all the fuss about?

Rogue – What’s all the fuss about then?

MUSIC | Guest Column from Dan Furr of Audio Justice

MUSIC IS THE WINE THAT FILLS THE CUP OF SILENCE A guest column courtesy of Dan Furr of Audio Justice DEAR READER. Let me start this newsletter by apologizing for the shameful period of inactivity regarding ‘House of Cards’ album news updates. You’d be forgiven for thinking that I’d taken a break, or had somehow [...]

THINK TANK | Bah Humbug! Scrooging along this Xmas

Obviously it’s not Christmas you object to but shopping and crass commercialism then isn’t it?

THINK TANK | The Writing on The Wall

Coming from the Italian word for ‘scratch’ graffiti has is one of the oldest forms of human expression dating back to the first cave paintings carried out on walls in animal blood before even language was invented we were putting our thoughts and stories on cave walls so that others may learn them.

THINK TANK | People Watching

YOU KNOW the times you spend just looking at people in the street or on trains and busses and wondering who they are? I’m talking about the times you find yourself sat on the fountain in Stevenage or using the underground at King’s Cross and you look up at a stranger and find yourself wondering [...]

LIVE | Sonic Boom 6 and The Skints

THE REBIRTH OF SKA PUNK? Relentless Garage, Highbury and Islington, 15/10/09. I’D HEARD good things about the Skints from various whispers around town but never actually heard them until tonight and I just wish I’d seen them sooner. With everything based around a modern rude-boi reggae style the band have a real slinky feel to [...]

Giving Blood pt. 2

I gave blood again yesterday and after a few hours took the plaster off. Walking into Sainbury’s, I handed over the money for my hummus and the woman behind the counter recoiled in utter horror at the track mark on my arm. Instantly she believed I was a heroin user! Why are we not at [...]

Giving and refusing blood – newest Da Hui Column

  I give blood, I don’t brag about it or show off about it and don’t generally bring it up unless it comes up in conversation and still then I remain humble because I do it simply for the people who stand to benefit from it – yeah you knew I was gonna say that [...]

Faking your own death

Words by Da Hui I always joked with friends since I was young that once my 35th birthday rolled around if I was not happy with my life that I would undergo a sex change and live out the rest of my life as a woman – frankly this isn’t going to happen unless someone [...]