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With a culturally-tinged, debauchery-edged, hard-hitting, soft-rolling weekend ahead, the only thing that's missing to make it perfect is the ultimate soundtrack.
Which is exactly where the fantastic folk at Audio
Sushi come in. Building on their regular Urban Junkies Track
of the Week (that you've been apparently loving so much), we're
now hooking you up with a weekly-updated
Audio Sushi playlist for you to enjoy.
So whether you're slaving in the office, hosting your own weekend carnage, or celebrating the downtime, with the sun finally out (just), and the needle on the old flirt-o-matic pushing back up towards full power, we've got just the tune for you?
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Win
Your Own Mexican CAZADORES Fiesta
Win your own real Mexican fiesta courtesy of Tequila
CAZADORES: One lucky subscriber will win a limited
edition CAZADORES lo-rider bike, plus an evening
of CAZADORES cocktails and dinner for two at Mexican
Cantina Green & Red in Shoreditch. Plus of
course tickets for you and a guest to come along
to Cine CAZADORES on 24 March.
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| SATURDAY |
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 All Star Jukebox Presents
You think 'bowling', maybe you think "Nobody f*cks with
the Jesus!" Or maybe you're more of a Finsbury Park fan.
Well, screw both of those. Calling in Sean Rowley and the
Guilty Pleasures DJs, this is part-bowling part-party -
and with an (optional) dress-code of "the worst possible
taste", you can be sure it's going to be a far cry from
R&B Bowling Fridays at Rowan's. Plus, ASL won't frisk you
on the way in. Bonus.
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8pm-2am |
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All Star Lanes, 95 Brick Lane, E1 6QL |
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£7 adv, or free if you're bowling and eating |
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allstarlanes.co.uk |
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Another Magazine's 'Another Fashion Book'
We're loving everything Parisian right now - if
only for Colette's failsafe selection of inspirational
pieces. And what better way of getting a handle
on fashion's fickle world than with Another Magazine's
'Another Fashion Book'? The first in a series
of collectable photographic tomes, it features
images from some of the publication's most memorable
stories, including contributions from Nick Knight,
Mario Sorrenti, and David Sims.
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 Bazaart
Tell me you haven't stopped in front of at least one piece
of urban art - a stencil New York, some graffiti in East
London, a mural in LA - and wondered what it would be like
to have made it. At Bazaart, the weekend-long art feast,
you can. Painting-by-numbers style. And while you're there,
why not pick up a piece or two by top up-and-coming street
artists, illustrators, and jewellery designers? Beats art
class.
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Fri-Sun 12-6pm |
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The Yard, Greenheath Business Centre, Three Colts Lane, E2 6JB |
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Free |
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littleartbook.com |
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This
week's ORIGINAL pick: Peanut Butter Jelly Time
Despite being, at heart, a Norf London local boozer, The
Lock Tavern's love for off-the-cuff mash-ups is virtually
unparalleled, its musical roots running deeper than its
hallowed beer lines. Case in point: this Sunday, Afrikan
Boy (he of MIA's track "Hussel", who also opened,
oddly, for Prince), Mumdance (of that cracking Santogold
remix), and a bunch of fellow trouble-makers are throwing
a cracking shindig of a shindig - for free. Unheard of. |
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Private Multibrand Sample Sale
If you love a designer bargain then
sign up as a member of Fashion Confidential, and
you can RSVP for this beast - not open to the
public - and catch NEXT SEASON'S offerings from
Chloe, Valentino, Sonia Rykiel, Manoush, Lofli
jeans and more, at wholesale prices. And you get
to wear them a full 6 months before they arrive
in the stores.
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El
Pirata De Tapas
AA Gill recently announced his disapproval
of tapas being considered a replacement for an entire
meal. I sort of know where he's coming from and this
obsession of ours with small plates can sometimes
make me want to yell, "Enough with the starters,
where's the main course?"
But last week I wrote about the relaunched Fino and
this week, guess what? Another tapas place. Westbourne
Grove newcomer El Pirata de Tapas, however, is a little
different, combining the usual suspects like jamon
Pata Negra and nicely-runny-in-the-middle tortilla
with a liberal helping of 'cocina nueva', thanks to
Ferran Adria-trained former Maze chef Omar Allibhoy.
Endives with valedon (a type of blue cheese) foam
was a lot more delicious than it might sound, octupus
carpaccio with mandarin caviar, capers and paprika
was light and zesty and pork cheeks in a sangria reduction
were fall-apart delicious.
But the real stars, surprisingly, for someone more
savoury toothed than sweet, were the puddings - a
perfect chocolate brownie with saffron toffee sauce
and a martini glass of caramellised pineapple with
coconut foam that tasted of holidays.
And I was full. In a nice way, not an undo-my-top-button
way.
Maybe small can sometimes be good.
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Mon-Fri 12-3pm & 6-11pm / Sat & Sun 12-11pm |
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115 Westbourne Grove, W2 4UP |
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£40 |
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elpiratadetapas.co.uk |
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| Weekend
guide by AC,
food review by SL |
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