Now Londonist gets to see some pretty cool gigs in the name of keeping you apprised of stuff. But NME staff writers we ain’t, and quite often we can only blog and dream. Someone out there has gotta go see The King Blues supporting at this gig ‘cos we can’t and we’re real sore about it. Londonist was racking our rather small brain trying to think of how best to describe The King Blues’......

Now Londonist, who has a very good friend who is a shopkeeper, would love to run a ‘how are the mighty fallen’ story around this tale of Sainsburys’ shortcomings and the evils of the food giants. But we thought we’d try something new today…. Not that we are planning to endorse the supermarket ethos in any form, shape or size. Nor are we going to attempt to defend the big orange one. Selling out of......

Londoners get quite passionate about music, it seems. But not always the right sort of passionate. A row over reggae music (too loud? wrong artists? Londonist would really like to know more about this) left one builder with a boom-boxed head and another with a bit of his ear missing. Neasden chef Michael Jenkins was on a, erm, ‘car-ear break’ working on a building site when he became embroiled in the row and bit a......

Those Peckhamites have got their rose-tinted spectacles on again. This Saturday and Sunday sees the 4th (or 5th - really ought to research things more thoroughly) annual Flavas of Peckham Festival in Peckham Town Square. Which is of course a food festival. Now Londonist is rather partial to food, so this one may be worth checking out. We're not talking gourmet and celeb chef here - the festival is all about celebrating the area's multi-flava-ed......

...that the government’s gone a bit loopy, actually. They are still banging on about developing the optimistically titled Thames Gateway region into some eco-wonderland filled with gainfully employed and happy eco-bunnies. Yvette Cooper was due to, er, ‘clarify’ exactly how this can be achieved and for how many spondulicks at a brainstorming forum today. Now Londonist knows that London needs a bit more housing, and is all for the creation of well budgeted, environmentally-friendly utopias......

It’s funny what it takes to get the townsfolk riled. A few murders here and there, rampant drug abuse, the cost of living, the state of the world…. these are met with little rumbles of protest at best. No, if you really want to get those petitions signed and that drum banged, bring on the dancing girls. Seriously. (Actually, citizens have also been known to unite over shoddy refuse collection, but that too comes down......

We’ve got a right one here – the tale of the wannabe strangler who half choked his chosen victim, immediately felt sorry, and then called 999 to summons an ambulance for her. Young Toby Vane is now quite rightly up in court over his, er, aberration. He claims that he was quite simply pissed off with his (we imagine former) friend after she had verbally tormented him for years. Londonist is impressed. This is clearly......

….you’re just pootling along the high street, minding your (or everybody else’s, if you’re a Londonist) business, when what do you espy? A piano. Just perched there on the pavement. You rub your eyes, and make a vow to cut back a bit on the old Lambrusco/JD/what you will. It cannot be. Ah, you think, it’s a practical joke: there’s a hidden camera somewhere…. Well, this slightly Python-esque scene is likely to be played......

Ryanair has had a public spanking this week at the hands of the Advertising Standards Authority over the former’s bill board claims that they are bigger, better, faster, cheaper and reliabler than a certain land-lubbing train route from London to Brussels (well, they don’t actually say that they are bigger and better, but you can tell that they’re thinking it). The cuddly blue and yellow airline reckons that its seventy minute flight will whisk......

Actually Scotch is not so common in Ealing at the moment. It seems that picnickers in Walpole Park, W5, had a bit of a shock last week when they had their Pimms/lager and lime/whatever confiscated by pernickety Police Community Support Officers (PCSO's). We know not whether the jobsworths in question were thirsty, just plain bored, or the ultimate in over-zealous – complaints have been made, and the ensuing investigation will surely reveal all. Now......

Now Londonist is all for the 'reclamation' of Trafalgar Square, and any celebratory event that brings Londoners together is a good thing by us. But...there are limits. For example, this particular paragraph strikes fear into our very heart: The traditional British passion for tea and the country's reignited interest in dancing are being brought together in an attempt to break a world record. That's right, if you go down to the Square today you're......

It seems a bit harsh, but yesterday the huge Christmas tree which has stood proudly in Trafalgar Square for the past couple of weeks was shredded and made into compost. As part of the effort to make this tree the 'greenest' in London's history (energy efficient lights and a hydrogen fuel cell generator) the tree was fed into a chipper by Deputy Mayor Nicky Gavron and Blue Peter presenter Simon Thomas. A section of......