We fell in love with Black Cab Sessions the moment we first heard of them. How could we not? Taking a drive around the best city in the world (okay, we're biased, yes) in a design classic with some of our favourite bands rockin' out in the back seat: it's exactly how we'd like to spend a lazy afternoon. Since we generally are unable to scrape together enough coins to even steal sideways glances......

For most of you, it was pay day this weekend. Wahey! This also means if you're like us, you've spent all your cash in the pub and will now be eating beans on toast all week. Which after going to The Edinboro Castle and having spent so long at the bar you sobered up, doesn't really seem worth the effort any more, does it? But don't worry! All is going to be fine. Even......

There are a million things to do in London this week, but if you fancy a night in, here are a few things to keep you occupied. On TV, Londonist likes: Monday, 2 July - Friday, 6 July Wimbledon Today (BBC2, 20:00-21:00) Chances are, your workplace won’t let you watch Wimbledon during the day, so here’s your chance to catch up all week. Watch and see how many ways they can come up with......

There's so much going on across the Ist-a-Verse that it's almost impossible to keep track these days. Fortunately, we do it so you don't have to! Londonist took a walk through Oliver Twist's London, thanks to a gorgeous map layer for Google Earth. They also caught up with modern-day fictional London, with the Fantastic Four and 28 Weeks Later. It was a week of insanity over at DCist. They started the week off with......

Eurovision season is well and truly on. While in the UK we're all still waiting on the BBC to get on with Making it's Mind Up about this year's entry, there are songs being chosen all around Europe. 11 songs have been chosen and heard so far, and it's a very mixed bag. Here's Londonist's preview of what we'll be seeing, hearing and cheering in Helsinki. Belarus are sending Russian Dmitry Koldun with Work......

Artist and curator Robert Gordon McHarg III founded the Subway Gallery last year and on 6th of June 2006, the gallery joined the rest of London's art scene. While some galleries like to say they are underground, this one is undeniably so. It's in a pedestrian subway, still open to the public, still used by many people trying to get from one side of Edgware Road to the other. It's, like, totally underground. The......

This week - A look at the actions of the Queen and Tony Blair in the wake of Diana's death (The Queen), a lecture by Al Gore on climate change (An Inconvienient Truth) and a thriller about a famous LA murder (The Black Dahlia). First up, The Queen. This is definately the film of the week, and by the sounds of it, the British film of the year. Her portrayal of the Queen won......

We've enjoyed ribbing Fergie for this one. The Black Eyed Peas singer has now denied confusing Tower Bridge with London Bridge in her video and publicity shots for her new song 'London Bridge' . I'm not saying it's about the London Bridge, it's just a London bridge Whatever.......

If you’re thinking of going to the second day of the Paradise Gardens event today in Victoria Park, we can definitely recommend it. We checked it out yesterday, and despite the rain we found it pretty entertaining. Some of the highlights of yesterday’s event for us were: The Black Maze. Essentially, this is a small maze that is meant to be tackled by one person at a time. In complete darkness. We don’t want......

We gave you the schedule for Friday and Saturday yesterday and you shouldn't be either bored or out of pocket by the end of it (just keep an eye on the time and keep going). If you're still thirsting for things to see and do, we've got a few more suggestions and a useful timetable to make sure you fit it all in... Saturday 27 May Though we mentioned lots of things to do......

You may have noticed that we skipped this week's mid week listings post. That's because we've decided to roll them into one bumper Friday post combining new tour announcements and a randomly bizarre recommendation of gigs for the week ahead. There's a bumper crop of shows to mention this week, but not until we've stopped laughing at the news that Justin Hawkins of The Darkness bought back a copy of their forthcoming album off......

This is real Boy's Own Adventure stuff. A black diamond, allegedly stolen from a Hindu temple and said to be cursed, is to go on display in the Natural History Museum. Three of its previous owners have committed suicide. Whether the stone will be accompanied by the requisite armies of the undead and plagues of locusts is not yet known. Why not bring the kids? The BBC story is crammed with garish detail: The......

As pop pundits continue to get things wrong by consistently voting OK Computer, Pet Sounds or Something by the Beatles as the best album of all time we all know that Jeff Wayne's epic musical War Of The World's is in fact the greatest thing ever laid down on vinyl. Or even cd, but the booklet with the black plastic version rocked big time. So how excited were we to hear that he's taking......

FROG have done it again, and as if to prove they've got more balls than that stupid annoying mobile-ringtone-toting amphibian, they're putting on not one, not three, not fifty-seven, but two shows on for you this Saturday. The special one-off FROG Saturday Matinee features Babyshambles at Nambucca (596 Holloway Road, nearest tubes Archway or Holloway Road). As per usual for FROG, advance tickets aren't available, which might be a good thing, given Babyshambles' track......

XFM have announced the line up for this year's Camden Crawl. If you're unfamilar with the concept, the general idea is coordinate a one day 'festival' whereby 40 bands play across nine different venues (In Camden obviously). The first band appear on stage at around 7pm and all the gigs finish around the 3am mark. So far XFM have announced the following bands: 10 Thousand Things Amusement Parks On Fire, Art Brut, The Black......

Well, everybody else is doing it, so why can't we? Here we present Londonist's favourite music of 2004, along with pointers to other sites' lists. It might be worth bearing in mind if you're brave enough to visit the shops during the January Sales melee. Those of us who like to foist our tastes on our public should read this cautionary tale though: 'News for rock critics: no one is listening to you' Londonist -......