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Paddy O’Neill -Boiler Room regular and Honest Johns / Columbia / Doldrums person- played me this at a house party over Carnival, a nice break from Hold Yuh, Streetfighter Riddim and Clarkes. I’m probably way behind on this but here it is anyway.

M.O.P haven’t played in London for nine years so we were surprised to see that they were playing at a relatively small venue like Jazz Café, but they completely fucking smashed it. What’s more hype than two of the angriest blackest dudes jumping around rapping about guns and punching an’ shit over the rocky theme? Not fucking much.

The old style of joke-telling got replaced by Curb Your Enthusiasm and Peep Show, but lucky for us some guys have documented all the jokes that got told before those shows, as told by the funniest people in the world: old Jews.

Last week Gavin McInnes took a trip back to the obesity and heroin ridden land that spawned him. While there he noticed one thing, the increased level of violence. You know how in some cities you think “Everyone in this entire town wants to fight me”? Gavin reckons it’s that way in Glasgow but “everyone” includes old ladies, babies and dogs.

Every year a deluge of Londoners turn up in Boston to come look around its historical architecture and not tip the waitresses and bartenders. Most tourists who go anywhere are clueless, but Luke O’Neil is here to tell you that Boston is basically London the sequel. With that in mind, here’s an A to Z of things he thinks you’ll need to know before you visit.

I hereby introduce you to Slutever, a new fuzzy, lo-fi garage band with edgy lyrics who don’t give a fuck about stuff. Like we need another one of those. As you know by now, Slutever is also the name of my blog. (Just to clarify, my blog existed long before the band and is far more culturally relevant.)

It’s the Notting Hill Carnival on Sunday and Monday! Here’s a list of stuff any decent human being who’s spent a summer in London should already know about it. See you at the Rampage Stage!