Happy birthday Russ Tannen!:
My camera broke. The shutter now doesn't open properly but I like it because it frames the pictures:
...as always
Reppin' the bits!:
Wednesday, 20 August 2008
What's a goon to goblin...?!
...NOTHING!
My camera broke. The shutter now doesn't open properly but I like it because it frames the pictures:
...as always
Reppin' the bits!:
My camera broke. The shutter now doesn't open properly but I like it because it frames the pictures:
...as alwaysReppin' the bits!:
Monday, 18 August 2008
my first (and only) pap and the pap...
naomi campbell. testino launch. june 08.
that was a nice day...
I go out late at night
So on Saturday Bon hooked me up with g list to Audio Bullys at Push. I wasn't sure at first... I'm never too keen on Astoria 2 as a venue, and I don't have the right to call myself an Audio Bully's fan... but I went and they were fresh. I managed to get some really amazing pictures of them playing live! :
My personal favourite:
We don't care
My personal favourite:
We don't care
Thursday, 14 August 2008
Russ Tannen's birthday bash!
WHAT a day and a half. Hope results day ran more smoothly for you than me.
Tuesday, 12 August 2008
skinny dipping
skinny dipping. benicassim. july 08.
the swirly line running through is damage to the negatives. the lab man on fashion st said that it was damage from the camera. i think he probably did some chemical damage because he was offended. either way, all fun and games so no harm done.
hey. i'm siobhan. don't do much but i like taking photos. still on a learning whim so comments would be useful. criticism of the photographs are welcome but under no circumstance is any criticism of the subjects accepted.
you want more?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sayskw
besos xo
Friday, 8 August 2008
Thursday, 7 August 2008
Heads up
Tomorrow night if you have got the loot:
Put this in your diary if you know what's good for you... Find me in room two, certified!
Add the good people at the Trouble Vision to keep updated.
Put this in your diary if you know what's good for you... Find me in room two, certified!
Add the good people at the Trouble Vision to keep updated.
Wednesday, 6 August 2008
Quadrophenia
A film any self-respecting man or women should have seen by the age of 14. I dusted off my VHS version the other night to revitalize my love for British youth culture and impacts its had across the years.
Mods:
"Mod (originally modernist, sometimes capitalised) is a subculture that originated in London in the late 1950s and peaked in the early to mid 1960s. Significant elements of the mod lifestyle included music, such as African American soul, Jamaican ska, and British beat music and R&B; fashion (often tailor-made suits); dancing and motor scooters."
Rockers:
"Rockers are members of a subculture that started in the United Kingdom in the 1960s among motorcycle riding youths. Rockers in the 1960s were commonly referred to as greasers or grease as an insult by mods and skinheads."
Either group tickle your taste buds more than the other? Do you think these groups are comparable to the youth subcultures we see today in London?
Mods:
"Mod (originally modernist, sometimes capitalised) is a subculture that originated in London in the late 1950s and peaked in the early to mid 1960s. Significant elements of the mod lifestyle included music, such as African American soul, Jamaican ska, and British beat music and R&B; fashion (often tailor-made suits); dancing and motor scooters."
Rockers:
"Rockers are members of a subculture that started in the United Kingdom in the 1960s among motorcycle riding youths. Rockers in the 1960s were commonly referred to as greasers or grease as an insult by mods and skinheads."
Either group tickle your taste buds more than the other? Do you think these groups are comparable to the youth subcultures we see today in London?
Tuesday, 5 August 2008
Roots
Favouritest Roots tracks
Hold out till 3 minutes 35 seconds:
"She call me her chocolate brother I call her my sugar sister":
"She don't want no rock and roll":
Hold out till 3 minutes 35 seconds:
"She call me her chocolate brother I call her my sugar sister":
"She don't want no rock and roll":
Samo shit
This film has been shouting out at me every time I see it when I browse Fopp, so I rented it and watched it. In terms of the film, this one definitely won't go down as one of my favourites- Despite the star cast (David Bowie, Courtney Love) and the arthouse qualities, this bio-film never goes into enough depth on any aspect of the protagonist's life for me personally.
Nonetheless, the film opened my eyes to the works of and the artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat, of the late seventies and eighties. Before he received recognition in the art world, Basquiat scrawled on the walls of New York under the name Samo... as in Same ol' shit.
Even when Basquait evolved into a canvas artist of the Neo- expressionist strand, his skeletlon like figures and typography still remind me of Neckface:
The press would describe Basquiat as "the Jimi Hendrix of the art world", and Basquiat, the film portrays this in the sense of his drug fuelled, sexed up existence (he died of from a speedball overdose at 27). It also suggests that Basquiat was expolited by the art world because he was black (half Haitian, half Puerto Rican). His intense relationship with Andy Warhol was also speculated upon in this way.
www.basquiat.com
Nonetheless, the film opened my eyes to the works of and the artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat, of the late seventies and eighties. Before he received recognition in the art world, Basquiat scrawled on the walls of New York under the name Samo... as in Same ol' shit.
In many senses, under the identity of Samo, his graffiti brings Neckface to mind, but slightly less sinister:
Even when Basquait evolved into a canvas artist of the Neo- expressionist strand, his skeletlon like figures and typography still remind me of Neckface:
The press would describe Basquiat as "the Jimi Hendrix of the art world", and Basquiat, the film portrays this in the sense of his drug fuelled, sexed up existence (he died of from a speedball overdose at 27). It also suggests that Basquiat was expolited by the art world because he was black (half Haitian, half Puerto Rican). His intense relationship with Andy Warhol was also speculated upon in this way.
www.basquiat.com
Saturday, 2 August 2008
JR
No doubt you will have seen the big poster of the black man holding a... CAMERA! (but yes I fell victim to it too and thought it was a gun) outside the Tate Modern as part of the street art exhibition, or if not, one of the six other installations dotted around London: Lexington St, Cordy House... 
The artist- JR- is amazing. To me, his work represents what I feel urban street art is and should be about: activism, subversion, breaking the law: going against the rules- the rules of the law and the rules of society. Whilst JR's pieces in London at least do not break the law, his work encapsulates this essence. The poster on the Tate, Ladj Ly, for example is one of the most powerful and striking images I have seen in a long time that questions society and how it perceives people. It works as an uncomfortable reminder to not “judge a book by it’s cover”- or rather to take a bit of time and look at the cover properly.
Israelis next to Palestinians pulling faces:
For his project Women are Heroes, he focused on women in the West and East of Africa in difficult conditions. “By asking them to pull a face, JR shows the spark of life... The expressiveness of their faces testifies to their strength, their courage and their will to fight which keeps them going, keeps them alive”. Watch the video:
Friday, 1 August 2008
Thursday, 31 July 2008
Pretty All City
The Pretty All City brand launch party is tonight. Bring some money for a nice t-shirt.
Wednesday, 30 July 2008
Film 4 you to watch
Film 4 do seasons based on actors or directors, there was just a Stanley Kubrick season which I missed all of, but now there is one for Swedish director Ingmar Bergman that I really am going to try to catch. Winner of seven Cannes Film festival awards, and nominee for nine Acadamies, Bergman is cited by lots of big directors - Woody Allen, Kubrick, Steven Spielberg- as a major influence.
The Seventh Seal...
... showed last night but I am not too worried about not catching that one on TV as I have it on DVD and still need to watch, but next up is The Virgin Spring: "a bloody, brutal tale of faith, rape and revenge" on at 1am on Saturday 2nd...
...and then Persona "the neurotic relationship between a nurse and her mute patient" at 12.25am the next night:
Since I haven't watched any of his films yet, I can't tell you what to expect. I don't even know if I will like them, I have heard that they can be quite dark and miserable films, but I suggest watching this season as Bergman's works have gone down as undisputed cinematic classics.
The Seventh Seal...
... showed last night but I am not too worried about not catching that one on TV as I have it on DVD and still need to watch, but next up is The Virgin Spring: "a bloody, brutal tale of faith, rape and revenge" on at 1am on Saturday 2nd...
...and then Persona "the neurotic relationship between a nurse and her mute patient" at 12.25am the next night:
Since I haven't watched any of his films yet, I can't tell you what to expect. I don't even know if I will like them, I have heard that they can be quite dark and miserable films, but I suggest watching this season as Bergman's works have gone down as undisputed cinematic classics.Sunday, 27 July 2008
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