Archive for June, 2008



London Black Cabs

Monday 23 June 2008 @ 11:06 pm

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Unplugged Redux: Black Cab Sessions

Monday 23 June 2008 @ 2:06 am

With the days of MTV Unplugged: Eric Clapton gone, Black Cab Sessions fills the hole for intimate, bare bones music performances that can be experienced by the masses. Even better, these young music promoters and filmmakers only have to

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The Black Cab Sessions: Fleet Foxes

Monday 23 June 2008 @ 12:06 am

If you aren’t checking in on the Black Cab Sessions regularly… well, start. The concept is simple. A musician (or two or three) performs while traveling through the streets of London in the back of a random black cab.

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The London cab goes green

Sunday 22 June 2008 @ 2:06 am

With a growing number of green taxi firms in London, such as Green Tomato and ClimateCars, it was only a matter of time before the traditional black cab followed suit. Manganeze Bronze is also finding it increasingly difficult to export

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The Beginning, Woolacombe Bay, Home away from Home

Sunday 22 June 2008 @ 2:06 am

Any way we got to the car park, there was a black cab, and a Limo, I always wanted to ride in one of those black cabs, when I think of London, Black cabs are one of the first things that come to mind. But to my surprise he put the bags

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Johnny Flynn - A Larum Here is one I owe to the Black Cab Sessions

Sunday 22 June 2008 @ 12:06 am

Johnny Flynn - A Larum. Here is one I owe to the Black Cab Sessions. Johnny Flynn was the very first performer in the Black Cabs, and he unveiled the song Wayne Rooney (on this album).

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Black Cabs to be replaced with Mercedes-Benz vans?

Saturday 21 June 2008 @ 11:06 pm

Could London’s ubiquitous Black Cab soon be replaced with Mercedes-Benz vans? If EcoCity Vehicles, a British firm involved in taxi preparation, has its way, the answer is yes. Through its KPM subsidiary, EcoCity plans on offering a taxi

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Mercedes Eco-Cab Takes to London Streets

Saturday 21 June 2008 @ 1:06 am

Details on the cab’s actual emissions are sparse at best, and so this seems to be more of a marketing ploy, putting up a “green” competitor against the classic black cabs that comprise 93% of London cabs. Nonetheless, if it works and

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Mercedes breaks black cab monopoly

Friday 20 June 2008 @ 11:06 pm

For years LTI has run the roost of London’s streets, responsible for about 93pc of London’s 22000 black cabs. The new six-seaters will be able to tout for business on the street, previously the sole preserve of the iconic cab.

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New low-emissions London Black Cab to be based on Mercedes-Benz

Friday 20 June 2008 @ 2:06 am

Londoners could be swapping out black cabs for black vans pretty soon. EcoCity vehicles, through its subsidiary KPM-UK, has worked with LTI, the maker of the famous black cab, for almost 20 years. Now EcoCity has signed an agreement

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