Led Zeppelin London Gig YouTube Clip (Stairway to Heaven)

Nope. I didn't take this video. I sure wish I had. Anyway, this clip of "STAIRWAY" (!!!) was posted on YouTube by HugoDeLeonMorais. Lucky (black) dog.

London Daily Photo: Harrods Balls

London Daily Photo: Harrods Balls
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2007
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Londonist asks "What's for Lunch?" Queen Boadicea

Here's another What's for Lunch? post for Londonist. Stayed tuned for subsequent instalments on Tuesdays around noon.

What's for Lunch? Queen Boadicea
by Chris Osburn
Londonist
December 11, 2007












Think Victorian big game hunter meets Post Modern interior designer. Yet, the space is miraculously not cluttered or terribly busy, just sort of grungy-chic.

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London Daily Photo: Harrods Bear

London Daily Photo: Harrods Bear
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2007
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London Daily Photo: Welcome to Harrods

London Daily Photo: Welcome to Harrods
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2007
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London Daily Photo: ... a Lot like Christmas

London Daily Photo: ... a Lot like Christmas
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2007
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Notting Heaven at Sartorial Contemporary Art in Notting Hill

Notting Heaven
"Heaven is living in a nice house with a garden in West London"
Dec 13 - Dec 22 and Jan 8 - Jan 19
























23 artists transplanted from East to West have made new work for an extraordinary show about class, place, and social mobility: Maxwell Attenborough, Andrew Bannister, Julie Bennett, Gemma Cumming, Tomas Downes, Sarah Dwyer, Stephen Harwood, Mikey Georgeson, Takayuki Hara, Martin Lea Brown, Peter Lamb, Ursula Llewellyn , Martin McGinn, Nathan 80, Stephen Peirce, Linda Persson, Fran Richardson, Gretta Sarfaty Marchant, Martin Sexton, Terry Smith, Ruth Uglow, James Unsworth, Stephen Walter.

Sartorial Contemporary Art
101A Kensington Church St
London W8 7LN
Tues to Sat 1:30 - 6:30pm
www.sartorialart.com
art@sartorialart.com

London Daily Photo: It's Beginning to Look ...

London Daily Photo: It's Beginning to Look ...
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2007
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London Daily Photo: Office Winter Wonderland

London Daily Photo: Office Winter Wonderland
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2007
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Christmas Pie and Gingerbread Lattes at Eat

Eat. Christmas Pie. Drink. Gingerbread Latte.
by Chris Osburn
Londonist

December 6, 2007











Eat’s roast turkey, cranberry sauce, chestnuts and juniper berries pie is tasty and substantial and a little ‘home for the holidays’ in a box. It’s also an excuse to say you ate juniper berries at lunch. Couple your pie with a gingerbread latte (aka a little ‘home for the holidays’ in a cup) and you’ve got a Yuletide choir singing “Good King Wenceslas” in your mouth.

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London Daily Photo: XMAS STRIPTEASE

London Daily Photo: XMAS STRIPTEASE
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2007
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Permission to Paint - Heracut/Luc Price at Leonard Street Gallery

Permission to Paint
New Works and Installation by Herakut, featuring a collaboration and new works by Luc Price
December 14 - January 11, 2008
























Leonard Street Gallery
73 A Leonard Street
London
EC2A 4QS
Tel: +44 (0)207 033 99 77
Fax: +44 (0) 207 613 0591
http://www.tlsg.co.uk/
info@tlsg.co.uk

London Daily Photo: Star of Wonder

London Daily Photo: Star of Wonder
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2007
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Londonist asks "What's for Lunch?" Pret a Manger

Here's another What's for Lunch? post for Londonist. Stayed tuned for subsequent instalments on Tuesdays around noon.

What's for Lunch? Pret a Manger
by Chris Osburn
Londonist
December 4, 2007

Yeah, we eat here too. Usually when there’s no other option or not enough time for more than a quick, mandatory refuelling.

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London Daily Photo: Winter Window

London Daily Photo: Winter Window
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2007
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Steer Clear of Streetcar!!!

Streetcar has made my life miserable on two distinct occasions. The first time, they cancelled my booking for no apparent reason at midnight (with no one for me to contact) the night before I was to need one of their cars early in the morning. That morning, they gave me a total run around and I got the very strong sense the person I talked to was either completely incompetent or lying (his story kept changing and changing). Basically, they wasted several hours of my Saturday morning and almost ruined my plans that had been set for weeks. I ended up hiring a car from another service and, although it was much more expensive than Streetcar’s advertised prices, everything went smoothly and I will use them again (instead of Streetcar).

The second time they screwed up was today. I was sitting in my study doing some work when I got a text that my Streetcar booking for tomorrow had been confirmed. What? Huh? I had not even contacted them at all for months. So I texted, emailed and called them to cancel and to explain that I had not booked a car in the first place. That process of correcting their mistake wasted about a half hour of my time. Then, I get a text message that said my booking was changed to a different day. Eventually, they worked out whatever error they’d made. Messing up on something that I booked is bad enough but when they start randomly confirming bookings that I hadn’t even made and wasting my time without me initiating contact … well, that’s when it’s time to cancel my membership, which I’m doing right after I post this review. Waste of time! Glitch central! And seemingly a logistics nightmare!

London Daily Photo: Sleigh Bells

London Daily Photo: Sleigh Bells
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2007
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Invisible Art Club Interview for Whitehot Magazine

Chris Osburn Interviews the Invisible Art Club

Chris Osburn
whitehot magazine of contemporary art
December 2007













The Invisible Art Club is a group of individuals with a shared love of art. Our common link is a connection to graffiti and street art. From graf writers who started 20 years ago and are still going strong, to artists who have hung up their spray cans and moved on to other mediums to artists from a more traditional background who simply happen to hang out with a lot of street artists. With our wide range of influences and experience, we bring fresh styles and perspectives to the print world.

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London Daily Photo: Xmas Woolen Hat + Scarf

London Daily Photo: Xmas Woolen Hat + Scarf
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2007
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London Daily Photo: Book Now for Christmas

London Daily Photo: Book Now for Christmas
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2007
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