Spannered cuisine commentator Ron Beverage takes two unsuspecting ladies up the Oxo Tower.

How can internet radio bring about positive change in Rio’s de Janeiro's shantytowns? In more ways that you would think, discovers Spannered.

Spannered talks to radio activist Max Graef about the pros and pros of community radio broadcasting.

There was high attendance at this year's Detroit Electronic Music Festival — roughly one person to each of Detroit's 70,000 vacant houses. Greg Scruggs reflects on his first visit to Techno City...

Is an evening in the company of Lego dragons, a nostalgic folk musician and David Lynch enough to make one take up transcendental meditation? Not quite, says Judith Evans.

Who are the winners and losers in Rio’s race for global sports recognition? Greg Scruggs reports from the 2007 Pan American Games.

Gordon Ramrod reflects on a weekend immersed in the delights of the UK's historical northern city.

A very happy new year from Sheila Dibnah and all the team at Spannered.org

The history of the application of sound in warfare is, by its very nature, cloaked in secrecy and misinformation. Much of what seeps out into...

The eagerly awaited second instalment of Dave Marcia's bovine saga.

A wee story inspired by seeing Peaches play live at Sonar.

The impact of the bursting of the internet bubble has seen companies dissolve overnight and the creation of a new generation of transient workers, moving from failure to failure, but being paid very well along the way. Here, a certified 'dotcom casualty' ruminates on the impact of these changes and looks at the wider picture that is unkowingly affecting us all.

We are officially at war. I am not talking about glorious, painful and messy warfare that has defined our historical conception of conflict...

Newspapers have long seen themselves as agents of justice, but not even the broadsheets know the meaning of the word, says Matt Henry.

Public, peaceful protest is one of the most powerful ways of drawing media attention to a cause. From the Greenham Peace Women to the students in Tianmen Square, when the people took their grievance to the streets, the media has taken it to the world at large. But what happens when the negative publicity generated for the activists is greater than the exposure they seek for their cause?

Why are dance music festivals in the UK such a damp squib? Isabel Hopwood looks to Barcelona's Sonar event for some answers...