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Interview: Sir Paul Smith

"If I was a real typical fashion person, I would take myself too seriously, have a strong ego, go to all the openings and parties and pander to the press all the time."

LeftLion Magazine #15

Featuring Sir Paul Smith, Toadfish, The Automatic, The Horrors, Josie Long, Origamibiro, Left of the Dealer, Plan B, Ben Kweller, Non-Thespian and more.

May Contain Notts: Dec 2006 - Jan 2007

Alan Sillitoe endorses drinking, Drop In The Ocean announce another gig, a new incinerator appears in Eastcroft, Santa comes and more people get shot

The Automatic

"During our radio show we were trying to describe what Fugee rock is and we described it as a psychedelic Battenberg cake"

Interview: Ben Kweller

"Just keep doing your thing, be who you are. Don't look over your shoulder and try to be the next guy"

Interview: Will Jeffery

"I've always known the Fresh Prince words ever since I was a nipper. I just put them to a tune I was working on in a sound check for a laugh"

Interview: Josie Long

"When I was growing up my mum always made us do loads of crafts and it just really makes me happy to be making something"

Graffitti Update Jan. 07.

LeftLion Unplugged January 2007

The Little Ones

A Canadian In New Basford: The Forest and Derby Rivalry

Rob Cutforth hasn’t been here long, but even he has a cob on about Derby County being in the Premiership…

A Canadian In New Basford on Chavs

When I saw two chavettes on the bus, listening to music through a mobile phone, I thought, "Awww, those poor girls, they can't afford headphones"

Interview: Jason Lee

"The Baddiel and Skinner Pineapple thing didn’t kill my career but it had a negative effect"

Turkey Time

There's a bloke works at our factory looks forward to this time of year. He never calls it Christmas, he always calls it Turkey Time...

Polar Bear

Percussion Fourth Birthday

Interview: Gary Imlach

My Father and Other Working-Class Football Heroes is not only a former William Hill Sports Book of the Year – it’s probably the best book that’s been written about football in quite a while. We speak to the author Gary Imlach...

Interview: Juliette Lewis

"Sometimes fights break out and cops get called - this is one of the dangers of Rock n' Roll music"

Dirty Pretty Things & Larrikin Love

Secret Stealth at Moog

LeftLion Magazine #14

Featuring Noel Fielding, Kasabian, The Ground Hogs, Jason Lee, Juliette Lewis, Jezz Hall, Formication, Alice Rock and loads of other stuff.

Interview: The Ground Hogs

We had a bit of a chat with resident b-boys The Ground Hogs...

Interview: Belle and Sebastian

"I’ve played at The Social four or five times, I even played there with Snow Patrol a few years back and I did a gig with the Reindeer Section too"

May Contain Notts: Oct-Nov 2006

Canning Circus redeveloped, mushy pea prices increase, cabbie wars, East Midlands Airport changes it's name, Paul Smith opens cinema and £650k is spent on rubbish

Wheels Of Change

We'd all like to change the world. But let's face it first we're going to have to change ourselves just a little bit