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  • Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Review

    Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Review

    There’s been much dismay over the Hollywood re-make of the Swedish, subtitled movie that was released only 2 years ago. Directed by David Fincher, it doesn’t over-scream Hollywood; it has much more of a European feel to it, for reasons other than it being set in Scandinavia. And whilst, for ...

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  • Interview with singer Giovanna

    Interview with singer Giovanna

      Just because she is only twenty one years old, don't assume that singer/songwriter and producer Giovanna Marshall is totally new to the game. Yes, her label Mi7 website states that it's 'early days in her career' but it also says that she is writing some of her best work. Listening ...

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  • The Audience at The Soho Theatre in London

    The Audience at The Soho Theatre in London

      Admittedly, I had read some reviews on my way to see The Audience at The Soho Theatre in London. Anyone that has been will know you really shouldn't be doing this; it's all about the element of surprise. So perhaps the edge had been taken off slightly but then again ...

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  • Hey, Ms. Dynamite… Where Have You Been?

    Hey, Ms. Dynamite... Where Have You Been?

    At the SBTV Xmas party I caught up with Ms.Dynamite. She's been on the down-low for some time, a lot of us wondering what she's been up to, but now she's ready to make a comeback. An event host to top names in the current urban music scene such as Labrinth, ...

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  • Lady Leshurr Talks Touring, 2012, and the Real Meaning of “Lego”

    Lady Leshurr Talks Touring, 2012, and the Real Meaning of Lego

    Lady Leshurr, who has been previously dubbed as the UK's female version of Busta Rhymes, performed at SB.TV's first live event at Koko in London this week. Other contributors included Labrinth, Tinchy Stryder, Meesha B., Ms. Dynamite and Cher Lloyd. Whilst the event was about promoting young entrepreneur Jamal Edwards's ...

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  • An Atheist’s Guide to Lucky Pigs

    An Atheist’s Guide to Lucky Pigs

    I am reminded of a story about the Nobel-prize-winning physicist Niels Bohr, who was visited at his home in Tisvilde, near Copenhagen, by an American scientist. They had just entered Bohr’s study when the American notice a ‘lucky’ horse-shoe nailed above the door, open-side upwards in the correct and approved ...

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Interview with DJ Krush

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Born in Tokyo in 1962, DJ Krush discovered his life purpose after watching the hip hop documentary Wild Style. Soon after, he formed a hip hop group The Krush Possse and the group became the biggest act of its genre in Japan. It was the 90’s however that really defined him as an individual.

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The Windsor Fringe Kenneth Branagh Award For New Drama Writing 2012

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Beat are proud to support the ninth Windsor Fringe New Drama Writing Award! If you are an aspiring playwright, you will not want to miss this competition!! Amateur playwrights are invited to submit unpublished one-act plays for the NINTH  Drama Writing Award. Three winning scripts will be selected for performances during three Drama Nights at the Windsor Fringe [...]

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Lady Leshurr Talks Touring, 2012, and the Real Meaning of “Lego”

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Lady Leshurr, who has been previously dubbed as the UK’s female version of Busta Rhymes, performed at SB.TV’s first live event at Koko in London this week. Other contributors included Labrinth, Tinchy Stryder, Meesha B., Ms. Dynamite and Cher Lloyd. Whilst the event was about promoting young entrepreneur Jamal Edwards’s SB.TV, it was also a [...]

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Hey, Ms. Dynamite… Where Have You Been?

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At the SBTV Xmas party I caught up with Ms.Dynamite. She’s been on the down-low for some time, a lot of us wondering what she’s been up to, but now she’s ready to make a comeback. An event host to top names in the current urban music scene such as Labrinth, Tinchy Stryder, Wretch 32 [...]

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An Atheist’s Guide to Lucky Pigs

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I am reminded of a story about the Nobel-prize-winning physicist Niels Bohr, who was visited at his home in Tisvilde, near Copenhagen, by an American scientist. They had just entered Bohr’s study when the American notice a ‘lucky’ horse-shoe nailed above the door, open-side upwards in the correct and approved manner, so that the luck [...]

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Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Review

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There’s been much dismay over the Hollywood re-make of the Swedish, subtitled movie that was released only 2 years ago. Directed by David Fincher, it doesn’t over-scream Hollywood; it has much more of a European feel to it, for reasons other than it being set in Scandinavia. And whilst, for some, it may seem unnecessarily [...]

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Interview with singer Giovanna

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  Just because she is only twenty one years old, don’t assume that singer/songwriter and producer Giovanna Marshall is totally new to the game. Yes, her label Mi7 website states that it’s ‘early days in her career’ but it also says that she is writing some of her best work. Listening to her recent material [...]

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Interview with GrooveSkool Radio founder and DJ Rupin Morjaria

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Running a radio station is no mean feat. It takes hard work, dedication and of course a huge passion for music. It also requires discipline, drive and the ability to work through all the pitfalls without giving up. It’s fair to say that local DJ and all round music lover Rupin Morjaria fits the bill [...]

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The Audience at The Soho Theatre in London

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  Admittedly, I had read some reviews on my way to see The Audience at The Soho Theatre in London. Anyone that has been will know you really shouldn’t be doing this; it’s all about the element of surprise. So perhaps the edge had been taken off slightly but then again I do like to [...]

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Win tickets to ‘Into The Future – A 22nd Century Cabaret’ – New Years Eve at The Firestation, Windsor

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 In just a couple of weeks 2012 will be imminent…so to make sure you celebrate in style, our friends at the Firestation are offering Beat readers the chance to win two pairs of tickets to their New Years Eve extravaganza! With 4 rooms of interactive future visions, hybrid entertainment and migrating sounds, this promises to [...]

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