Shoes by Rocket Dog, a brand I have steadily fallen in love with over the last year. There are some hit or miss designs (eg: I don't like any of the faux worn trainers), but they wear well and fit great, even on my extra-wide feet. When it comes to suppliers, stu2109 on eBay (UK based) is where I go to spend my money. Now... to actually stop spending my money on these shoes.
A preview clip of t.A.T.u's new video, and "shocking" is the right word to use here.
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From BBC News, Rupert Murdoch's influence over his corporation:Mr Murdoch said Sky News could become "a proper alternative to the BBC" if it acted more like his US Fox News station. He stated that the only reason that Sky News was not more like Fox News was that 'nobody at Sky listens to me', the minutes read.
Terrifying. Just terrifying.
Jerm9ine is a street artist in Vancouver, British Columbia. He likes words, and he's one of my new favorites on Flickr.
This was really more of an excuse to try out Flickrslidr, but for anyone passing by with an interest in Bristol street art, here's a chance to look at what I've been doing for the last few months with my new camera:
Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.
[You can see my first set of Bristol Street Art here, and the original layout of the second one here. I highly suggest you listen to Gusset's new album Ask Dr. Kim whilst perusing this slideshow.]
[Other people who do the same (and do it better): knautia (uses a lot of different techniques), iyers, weirdoldhattie and Walt Jabsco - all recommended, 100%]
“What are you in for?”[comment by Anonymous]
I raped a teenager.
“You?”
I killed a man.
“And what about you new fish?”
I uploaded Star Wars to the internet.
Liam Gallagher calls Peter Andre a "fucking Paki cunt". Yeh, we don't have education issues in this country. Not one bit. Peter Andre is Greek/Australian, just for the record. Christ on a bike.
Just finished watching Good Copy, Bad Copy, a freely available documentary about the current state of copyright. Standing at just over 58 minutes long, I went into the movie thinking it would be a borefest crammed with lectures and legalese. I was wrong, it was engaging, interesting and really quite relevant. Includes interviews with the guys from The Pirate Bay, Nigerian film makers, Brazilian remix artists and company representatives from organisations like the MPAA. The outlook is positive: yes change is coming, but it's change initiated by people who love creativity and are determined to create as a viable profession without restricting the freedoms of their audiences.
The only negatives predictably came from the suits, who didn't really seem to understand what is going on around them - one in particular saying that only a small minority of people give away their work, and they're lacking the ability to profit. It feels pointless to correct these old guys with the real living examples that contradict their assumptions, so I guess we're just going to have to wait for them to die off or something.
But overall, a positive, progressive film that gives me hope. We're going to topple this ancient beast of copyright being used for evil, and I don't think we'll have to kill ourselves to do it.
The Torrent (remember: this is completely free and legal to download, you're not breaking the law by torrenting this)
On Wikipedia
So, Bristol museums have been awarded £5 million to acquire new art. The only time I've ever bothered with the Arnolfini, it was a whole lot of white space and not a lot of anything that was worth my time. Maybe I'll go back again sometime when I'm really really really bored. Maybe I won't.
Here's my proposal. Why not take £1 million of that lovely money, and make a few more legal graffiti walls in the city (because there are at least 5 places I can think of that would benefit from legalisation - and while we're at it, throw some cash at Workshop so they can get bigger premises and give me a job) instead of destroying the only real art that has grows up between our old streets?
Graffiti and related street art is where the talent and culture lie at the moment: you know it, I know it, that's the end of it. Yet with the exception of the overexposed Banksy, all the fatcats behind wooden doors in this city do is attempt to tear it all to pieces. I'm tired to the bones of having something I love be torn to pieces instead of approached in a positive light. Bring on some change already.
1. KEEP, 2. 7 nights a week - Cardiff, 3. tired after the rain - Cardiff, 4. Untitled, 5. Shoe problem - Cardiff, 6. GRAFFITI_NEWTOWN_1107_4588, 7. outreach, 8. DSC_5370 Fancy Pidgeon, 9. dragonfly headset, 10. canvas, 11. reds of autumn, 12. poetry by motion, 13. evento 003, 14. Deciduous vs Evergreen Standoff!, 15. Untitled, 16. Tear, 17. A. Restored (a short, shat film), 18. inside, 19. Weirdos RiseUp!, 20. The Stagnant Pool, 21. Birds of Despair 7, 22. étude / croquis buffle, 23. moleskine 10, 24. 1984, 25. Rock zombie portrait, 26. infinite, 27. Unicorn Cleaners, as was..., 28. Cardboard Samurai, 29. ., 30. Swan - Plan View, 31. West Village, 32. 071024, 33. 071025, 34. Canvass., 35. img_sunday cruzing (that WISE CHICKen), 36. dusk of the fires
