Music Video Monday… Beyonce – Video Phone

by Sticky Toffee Pudding

I wouldn’t be surprised if in her next video Beyonce appears naked from the waist down gyrating against a cup. Seriously, Mrs Jay Z must get up to some freaky-deaky stuff in her spare time if her latest video, elaborately titled ‘Video Phone’, is anything to go by. Now, I have to admit I’m not really a Beyonce fan, for reasons I’d rather not express online (I ain’t gon diss her on the internet). However, I hate to admit that I do like this video. Mostly because of the guest appearance put in by my one true love Lady Gaga (We were SO meant to be!) … Continue Reading

TMC Reviews… Kienholz: The Hoerengracht at the National Gallery

by Strawberry Cheesecake

The Herengracht (Lord’s canal) is the first of the three major canals in the city centre of Amsterdam. The Hoerengracht (whore’s canal) however is a tableau vivant constructed by the American artists Ed and Nancy Kienholz in the mid 1980s. It is one of the last major pieces produced by the couple before Ed died in 1994 and, until the 21st of February, it will be on display in the Sunley Room of the National Gallery.

It aims to recreate the experience of walking through Amsterdam’s red light district… … Continue Reading

Cake snaps at Dick and Fanny, January 30th

photos by Christa Holka

Dick and Fanny happened last Saturday. By gum: it was darned good, evidently.

Who needs a review when you have a moment by moment account of the event… All hail this photographic tale of one cold January night at the Star of Bethnal Green, courtesy of Christa… … Continue Reading

Oscar Noms

by Devil’s Food Cake

An exciting time, is award season. Not everyone follows it, or even really likes it, but there’s something about the glitz and glamour and (somewhat) suspense of an awards show that I find irresistible, something about the presentation of honours for superior film-making that makes me a little girl again – the kind of girl that obsessively watches clips of the show on Youtube and cried when Tilda Swinton won her Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. … Continue Reading

LolCatz: the modern way of chatting over the garden fence

by Strawberry Cheesecake

Over the last few years, it’s become something of a cliché to argue that the modern web (a.k.a. web 2.0) is transforming the way we interact. This happens to be one of those clichés which is, to a large extent, true. It would nigh on impossible to deny that things like YouTube, Facebook and Twitter are having the sort of radical impact which extends far beyond the internet and into society at large. … Continue Reading

Sense and Sexuality

by Fairy Cake

Well, girls. It looks like it’s just us and the Guardian against the world.

After another panic-attack inducing trip to the newsagents, I am unsurprised to see another shamelessly-homophobic article screaming out from the pages of a supposedly open-minded newspaper.  The most recent offender?  The Times, who published the story of Patrick Muirhead, entitled “The Day I Decided to Stop Being Gay” just over a week ago.  For those of you who haven’t read this trashy abomination…take a second… … Continue Reading

Tuesday Top Ten … pouts

by Death by Chocolate

During the first six months of TMC’s giddy adventure, Lemon Tart has trawled the East End with her trusty camera, super sized flash and unfortunately inebriated assistants/cakettes more times than she cares to remember, snapping you at your very finest.  Back at Cake HQ we can’t help but notice the impressive array of pouting talent that has been splashed across our little corner of cyber space as a result, … Continue Reading

Wedding bells for ‘Glee’ star Jane Lynch

by Florentine

There are many viable and legitimate reasons to love Jane Lynch.  For me, most of them now revolve around eight or so perfectly delivered lines of scathing dialogue every Monday night from nine on E4.  For others, perhaps a willingness to speak candidly about her personal life despite Hollywood pressure to keep schtum (and straight) does the trick.  And for some latecomers to Lynch-ville, maybe it’s just because she verbally kicked Obama’s gay-marriage-ban-allowing ass a few weeks ago … Continue Reading

Music Video Monday… Shakira – Did it Again

by Sticky Toffee Pudding

Stating that Shakira knows how to dance is a bit like saying Trevor off Eastenders (remember him?) was a bad man – talk about the bleeding obvious! From the moment the Columbian songstress first exploded onto our screens with her vigorous hip wiggling and provocative moves, Shakira has been known to push the art of gyration to new peaks, raising the bar for other performers whilst spawning a generation of teens all desperate to learn her ‘signature move’.

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Cake cooks… Err cake

by Lemon Tart and Fairy Cake

Ever wondered what Cake Towers looks like? Well, it’s exactly like Mad Men. Multiple Joans file our articles for us on Ollivetti Valentine typewriters, there’s always a glass of scotch to be drunk and we periodically take holidays in California (read: Blackpool), coming back refreshed and bemused by that crazy new world beyond London. … Continue Reading