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Interview: BluMonkey

"We're ready to party! Expect us to give you a live show with a whole load of shouting and probably a few beers to wash it down with"

Interview: Plan B

"People who criticise me think everyone should be put in boxes. People can't help hating on people when they have no real understanding"

Dinner With Springer

"If you're inviting Jerry Springer round for dinner," Cath said, "make sure you don't cook potatoes or rice."

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."

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

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…

Dirty Pretty Things & Larrikin Love

Interview: Das Ragworms

2"Das Ragworms is the bastard spawn of the small town mentality combined with a healthy dose of love, death and homemade wine"

Interview: The Deltarays

The Deltarays were on Radio One's Top 10 unsigned list in 2004. Now they're back and ready to play...

Interview: Divine Comedy

I remember a Radio One Roadshow we did in the Market Square where we played with the great and long-lasting pop band Let Loose. Remember them?

Interview: Badly Drawn Boy

"I think what Oxfam has done over the years is excellent. People have always got a bit of disposable cash and they don t always know where to put it"

GameCity Festival Launched in Nottingham

A new festival of interactive entertainment will take place in Nottingham city centre at the end of October

Drop In The Ocean 2006 - 2

Drop In The Ocean 2006 - 1

Dot To Dot Festival

Interview: The Elementz

"One Christmas in a hall way in Bilborough, Little Zoutr played a Christmas carol on his brand new £5 Bontempi organ."

Miles Hunt: Who Does He Think He Is?

"My 89 year old Grandmother shared with me, in recent years, that she has not experienced any remarkable differences in her ’self’ since she was a sixteen year old girl. I was at first rather alarmed at this comment."

Interview: Stephen Lowe

We have a word with the writer and director entrusted to bring the story of legendary Nottingham Forest manager Brian Clough to the stage...

Damian 'Jr Gong' Marley Interview

"Be an honest critic of yourself. Build up interest in your local area. You need to get the industry to want to invest in you"

Interview: A Drop in The Ocean Festival

"There won’t be any name bands from out of town this year. We took a conscious decision to make it as all-Notts as possible, because amongst other things, it is a celebration of Nottingham culture."

Interview: Nightmares On Wax

"Sixteen years on any label is very rare. The fact they know to leave me to do my thing says it all. It’s a friendship to be honest. It’s not a business relationship."

Interview: Dealmaker Records

We had a chat with one of the biggest record labels in Nottingham about what makes a great deal

The Delays

Every now and then a band comes along that fails to settle into a particular genre and blends influences from many quarters

Interview: Sway Dasafo

Not so much a breath of fresh air for the UK Hiphop scene as a great big gob full...

Interview: Digby of Earache Records

"After Napalm Death exploded really, John Peel was playing loads of their stuff, it was a really bizarre period"