THIS IS EAST LDN: 2012

5 Feb 2012

MUSIC EAST LDN: Lizzie Grant (Video) repackaged as #LanaDelRey = UK album No.1

Lana Del Rey has hit the top spot in the UK with her album Born To Die.

Miss Del Rey was transformed in true East LDN style from Lizzie Grant the aspiring New Yorker seen in the video below. What a difference a record company makes.

EVENT EAST LDN: Jumblist Massive @RichMixLondon Fashion Sale & Music Mash-Up 1-7pm FREE ENTRY

Eclectic fashion sale and live music line up to raise money of London children's charity BOUNCE.

Price: FREE ENTRY
Date: 05/02/2012 @ 1-7pm
Location: Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, E1 6LA

FREE EAST LDN: Win this @Topshop Tee with just one tweet #snowday

Today you can win this Meadham Kirchhoff Tee.

TO ENTER: Tweet @Topshop and tell them why you love Meadham Kirchhoff and include #WinNEWGENtee in your tweet. Entries close 23:59pm GMT.

Topshop are running their #WinNEWGENtee everyday on twitter between Saturday 28 January and Thursaday 16 February 2012.

For more info and Competition T&Cs click here.

4 Feb 2012

#SNOWPICTURES EAST LDN: No it's not where's the snow? #uksnow #london

VOLUNTEER EAST LDN: @HackneyPirates ARR you an educa-teer?

In 2010, from the vessels of Hackney sprung a crew of educa-teers swashbuckling illiteracy across the high seas of East LDN.

The Hackney Pirates have set sail on their voyage to a land where education is an enjoyable endeavour and young people are encouraged to continue their education outside the class room. The crew's goal is to make a real difference to the lives of young people in Hackney by providing creative support from their after school centre where everyday homework and reading becomes an adventure.

So if you ARR pirate material get involved with the good people at Hackney Pirates.

Check out their website or tweet @HackneyPirates

EVENT EAST LDN: Art & Craft Market @HackneyCityFarm 05/02/12

Made by Hand, Made with Love, Made in London.

Browse and buy hand made crafts between 11am and 4pm @HackneyCityFarm this Sunday. The event also includes a range of craft and activity workshops for you to have a go at. So if you're feeling crafty this Sunday get involved. The event is bi-monthly and takes place on the first Sunday of every other month.

For more info and if your interested in showcasing your own craft click here.

Date: 05/02/12 @ 11am-4pm

Location: Hackney City Farm, 1A Goldsmith Row, E2 8QA

Contact: farmstall@monstersmith.com

3 Feb 2012

CULTURE EAST LDN: Tipped off by @liyywln - We're asking what does East LDN love?

CULTURE EAST LDN:

As we prepare to be bombarded by Great British Olympic loving pleased as punch adverts, we're asking you to give this T-mobile Ad an East LDN spin...

What does East LDN love?

@thisiseastldn

EVENT EAST LDN: The Great Spitalfields Pancake Race 21/02/12

The Great Spitalfields Pancake Race will take place at Old Truman Brewery 21/02/12 @12:30

Dressed wildly in some of the most imaginative recycled outfits, teams of 4 will run up and down Dray Walk tossing pancakes to raise money for charity.

This Shrove Tuesday event is organised by Alternative Arts.

Price: FREE

When: 21 Feb 2012 @ 12.30pm

Location: Old Truman Brewery, 91 Brick Lane, Spitalfields E1 6QL.

Further Info: info@alternativearts.co.uk

MUSIC EAST LDN: 7,733,275 Views- No smoke without fire?

Comedy by @thegrandspec

Lyrics

Lyrics:
Got on the train from Cambridgeshire
Moved down to an East London flat
Got a moustache and a low cut vest
Some purple leggings
and a sailor tat
Just one gear on my fixie bike
got a plus one here for my gig tonight
I play synth...
We all play synth
20-20 vision just a pair of empty frames
Dressing like a nerd although i never got the grades
I remember when the kids at school would call me names
Now were taking over their estates
woah ho

(chorus)
I love my life as a dickhead
All my friends are dickheads too
come with me lets be dickheads
(havent you heard?)
being a dickhead's cool
being a dickhead's cool
being a dickhead's cool
being a dickhead's cool cool cooooool

Polaroid app on my iphone
taking pictures on London Fields
up on the blog so everyone knows
were having new age fun, with a vintage feel
coolest kids at a warehouse rave
exclusive list look theres my name
I got in...
You couldn't get in

never bought a pack of fags i only roll my own
plugging in my laptop at the starbucks down the road
say i work in media im really on the dole
im the coolest guy you'll ever know
woah ho

(chorus)
I love my life as a dickhead
All my friends are dickheads too
come with me lets be dickheads
(havent you heard?)
being a dickhead's cool
being a dickhead's cool
being a dickhead's cool
being a dickhead's cool cool cooooool

Loafers with no socks
Electropop meets southern hip hop
Indeterminate sexual preference
Something retro on my necklace

MUSIC EAST LDN: Professor Green - Billionaire (Live Lounge Cover)

MUSIC EAST LDN: BBC #R1HACKNEY WEEKEND: HOW TO + THE LINE UP

The BBC's biggest ever FREE-TICKETED (£2.50 admin fee) live event will be staged across two days, Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 June 2012 at Hackney Marshes.

There are 100,000 tickets available for the jam-packed event but if last year's Cardiff Weekender is anything to go by (800,000 people applied for tickets) you can count on London 2012 ticket fever all over again.

How to Register:

STEP 1: REGISTER & UPLOAD A PHOTO

Listeners can start registering their interest to attend the event by registering their details and uploading a photo here between 8.15am on Monday 6 February and 11pm on Monday 19 March.

STEP 2: BOOK YOUR TICKET

Then, for those that have registered there will be two opportunities to apply for a ticket between 11am on Sunday 25 March and 4pm on Monday 26 March, online or by phone.

THE LINE UP IN PICTURES: