07/08/2008 by Mr Shoe Wingtips.

GET UP STAND UP! A FANTASTIC SUCCESS AT GLASTONBURY LEFTFIELD STAGE

Listed at 16 in the top ‘50 things to do at Glastonbury‘. The guys filled Leftfield and beyond, raising awareness about nuclear weapons with their show of comedy, music and politics. We are glad to be able to help book the music talent for them and now look forward to Peace of Art event on Nov 4th.

Thanks to Geoff and all at Leftfield, to Nick Doody
Marcus Brigstocke
The Paddingtons
Tony Benn
Shazia Mirza
Matt Kirshen
Simon Munnery
The Beat

visit Come Clean which is run by Carol Naughton and an Ambassador for Freedom in the Air. Carol a trained Paediatric Physiotherapist spent years fighting to get the skills and talents of young people with disabilities recognised and to encourage them to get out there and do it for themselves!!

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17/06/2008 by Mr Shoe Wingtips.

Gautam Lewis will photograph the locations of his early childhood in Kolkata, India for a London photo exhibit coinciding with World Polio Day: 24 October.

The exhibit, entitled “Full Circle” will focus on Rotary’s worldwide efforts to eradicate polio, and will feature Gautam’s story, as a polio survivor from London who traveled to his birthplace of India to immunize children against the disease.

“Full Circle” will include a mix of Gautam’s childhood photos juxtaposed with new photos he takes in Kolkata. It will also include photos of Gautam immunizing children against polio by photographer Jean-Marc Giboux, interspersed with Jean-Marc’s photos of children being immunized in remote regions of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India.

Full Circle exhibition will run between Oct 13th – 19th 2008 at the Menier Gallery, London.

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23/05/2008 by Mr Shoe Wingtips.

The Next Generation of Nobel Peace Laureates!

All over the UK a new generation are putting their vision of a world free of violence into word, music, art, drama, photo and film. They will be coming to party with The Paddingtons in London on 4th November, which is being organised by Gautam Lewis of Freedom in the Air - Watch one of their music videos’ here…

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10/05/2008 by Mr Shoe Wingtips.

Here is the theme tune -

Freedom in the Air Theme Tune - Let Talent Fly! - The funniest bloopers are right here

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09/02/2008 by Mr Shoe Wingtips.

I was invited to Kula Shaker gig last night at the Shepherd Bush Empire in West London. The venue were very good with disabled access which suprised me. The last time i was there with one of my bands that i managed called The Beta Band had 3 nights sold out! Read the rest of this entry »

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17/01/2008 by Mr Shoe Wingtips.

Yesterday, Wednesday 16th, the weather was sublime for January. The sky was clear, the wind was gentle and both myself, the aeroplane and one of my greatest friends were all free to do some flying.

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13/05/2007 by Mr Shoe Wingtips.

Playlist for week ending 13th May

1. Bob Marley - One Love
2. Kathryn Williams - Mirror Ball
3. The Libertines – Up the bracket
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29/04/2007 by Mr Shoe Wingtips.

1. Special Needs – Blue skies
2. Incognito – Don’t you worry about a thing
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24/04/2007 by Mr Shoe Wingtips.

another west london rapper that i like…

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24/04/2007 by Mr Shoe Wingtips.

Questions in Air :-
Jonny Vale is a music and band manager. He currently manages The Charlatans & Mogwai for Creation Management. He was the person who first introduced me to the Music Industry by getting me a learnership with Jack Stevens for Hijack Records. I have known Jonny since we were 13 years old as we went to the same boarding. I shall always remember a great week I had with him when he lived in Madrid..

1. Who or what influenced you to have a career with music?

It was just a love of music. Its always been one of the most important things in my life. From my early teens I wore headphones constantly and would go to independent record shops every weekend. Read the rest of this entry »

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