It's taken more than a decade, but Portishead have finally come
out with a new album.
Kevin Courtney goes beyond the press release to
discover what took these slow-groovers so long, and wonders if this
is the beginning of a rebirth for Bristol's trip-hop scene
Donald Clarke rehearses a few intelligent questions
for the band, and hits Leicester Square for the premiere of Martin
Scorsese's Rolling Stones movie. But at a micro-managed red-carpet
event, you've more chance of getting blood out of a stone than
talking to one
The Stones - through soundtracks and documentaries - have
created a fine cinematic legacy. If only Keith hadn't appeared in
Pirates of the Caribbean...