Jimi Hendrix This article is more than 14 years oldJimi Hendrix's childhood home demolishedThis article is more than 14 years oldDespite the efforts of Seattle real-estate developers, the house in which the guitar legend discovered music has been torn downWith its peeling paint and boarded-up windows, Seattle authorities declared the shack on 4th Street, Renton, an "eyesore" that had to be removed. But as the demolition crews rolled in earlier this week, rock'n'roll fans mourned the loss of what wasn't simply a stack of crumbling wood, but the childhood home of Jimi Hendrix. Read More...
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Mike Will Made-It ft Kendrick Lamar, Gucci Mane, Rae Sremmurd
Perfect PintDespite the potentially huge UK crossover appeal, the perfect pint in question here has nothing to do with thirst-quenching lager on a blazing bank holiday. Instead, trap beat-handler Mike Will Made-It and his superstar coterie raise their cups to a well-mixed purple drank, that mind-warping, body-zonking cocktail of potent cough syrup, sweet soda and hard candy. Read More...
Fashion is returning to its roots: needle and thread are what it's all about, lest we forget. Which is presumably why fat stitches have started appearing on the outside of clothes this season. Are designers simply bored of the perfect finish? On the spring/summer catwalks, Paul Smith had hessian stitches, while Givenchy had big, child-like ones; Sonia Rykiel roughly sewed cherries and flowers on to bags and tops, and Stella McCartney at Chloe went craft crazy, stitching multicoloured tigers, eagles and faces on to frayed white skirts and - gasp! Read More...