Sing it Loud

Nothing beats a house party ending with cold beers and some tragic Singstar duets performed by (generally) the worse singers in the crowd. Always makes for killer laughs and a talking point for the hours to come.

Cue the Kiwi&Pom Party Box (appropriate name!). The 'Party Box' is a microphone mixer which plugs into your comp, effectively rendering it into the ultimate karaoke machine. Combined with a pink-hot mic, this is a sure-fire way to keep the party rolling till the next day.

Sweet Music

A lot of places really don’t compare to the likes of the fishos or boathouse of lil Manly.. hmm who are we kidding London kills it. It oddly does seem like the place is full of musicians.. almost out of the norm when someone mentions they are of a different profession - especially Camden way. But just makes it all the more interesting and competitive for these poor chaps and chicks.

Two amazingly talented lads are JonPaul Palombo and Ben Cornwall from the Mannequins. We were lucky enough to hear Cornwall’s sweet music last week at the Hackney Empire – a stellar venue and an all round spectacular night. See them next 5 August at Catch Bar, Shoreditch, we guarantee you’ll be enchanted.

And we’ll have the pleasure of hearing the beautiful lyrics of Palombo July 21, playing along with a talented bunch at the Boogaloo in Highgate. This harmony-drenched, string-soaked indie-pop is simply lovely.

These boys are sure to have more musical magic up their sleeves check their sites for future appearances and summer hits.

Bolton. You'll love this.

We have a serious issue with commercial toys, that, all though get loads of hype as being educational and all child-development etc etc etc are mass manufactured, probably plastic-toxic and offensive to the eye.

So much more fun for children to learn via simple organic doing... being outside, learning on the go, choosing the things that they are interested in to develop their little personalities. Like Otto Komei... the three year old who saw the choppers being done up and decided that was his thing - leading to the build of The Rocking Horse by German designer Felix Götze.

So f-ing cool - THIS is the type of toy that kids should have! Something tells us little Cass the dude would love this piece of hard wear...

Cass. The Dude.