Thursday, 9 July 2009

DMC UK DJ Finals, tonight in Angel

Feeling better this morning, probably don't have the pig fever. Good thing too because I'm covering this for Black Sheep tonight:





I'm getting backstage passes and everyfing. Plus, I'm going with Nathalie Gordon who is an excellent photographer. Wow, I am soooooooooo cool.

Wednesday, 8 July 2009

Shit, do I have swine flu?

My friend has swine flu. Last Tuesday was my birthday and I spent most of the evening drunkenly trying to kiss her on the mouth and have sex with her in a pile of garbage. Luckily, she didn't let me. Still, she has the hog fever and today I'm starting to feel a little run down and achey. I'm trying not to panic here even though my friend has told me that it's nothing major. I don't deserve this shit. I'll tell you who does though: these douchebags.













Riding the swine-mobile straight to hell.

Monday, 6 July 2009

Stockwell Skate and BMX Jam

Saturday was the 4th of July and whilst millions of Americans stuffed their gluttonous mouths with the dripping flesh of dead cows, us totally radical, XXXtreme roller-boarders and BMX bum-bandits, converged on Stockwell Skatepark for a BMX/skate jam and competition.

I was there and it was super awesome. There was a band, DJ's, people with tattoos, a distinctly disproportionate number of women; all set to a backdrop of rugged beauty known as, Stockwell Gardens Estate. The competition was open to anyone, I actually put my name down for it but only because it entitled me to a free Red Bull and a sandwich. Instead of skating, I just sat down, drank beer and took some photos like a loser. Read the rest of Stockwell Skate and BMX Jam.

Saturday, 4 July 2009

Chortle presents... Fast Fringe

If you can't be arsed to go all the way to blustery Edinburgh for the festival, or, like me, you have to work like a coked-up Bolivian miner all summer, you can catch a special preview on Monday night at Leicester Square. It's called Fast Fringe and I will probably be there, but please don't try and stalk me.

Monday, 29 June 2009

My 3 songs of the week

I've been listening to these three songs on a loop for the past seven days.
Because I'm so cool, obviously.

How to be creative and succesful and really rich

So, you want to be more creative and successful and totally rich whilst only working two hours a day on your super cool, dream job?

Well, here is a list of tips (a la gapingvoid) that have helped me, and are completely guaranteed to help you, achieve those very things:



To be creative, first you must be uncreative.
Learn to hate your mother.
Grow, like a sunflower in a field.
Ignore your elbows.
Don’t wash your armpits with soap, use leaves.
Eat over your sink.
Master your own power, hold it in your hands like an injured door mouse.
Forget the world, your brain will lead you to the promised land.
Don’t look out of a window ever again.
Accept the uncertainty of certainty.
Kill a baby.
Roads that aren’t roads aren’t worth walking down, because they’re not roads.
Liberate yourself from the chains of conformity - write with tree bark on old shoes.
Check for lumps.
You have no need for walls, explode them with your mind bombs.
NEVER stand still. NEVER.
Eat only inspiration fruit, quaff only juice of creativity.
Never compare your own testicles with a dog’s pair.
Prepare yourself for fame and fortune, they’re coming baby.
Don’t EVER blog.


Warning: Do not kill a baby.

Sunday, 28 June 2009

R.I.P

Obviously, the biggest news of the week is the death of one of the world's most beloved entertainers. That's right, Billy Mays. The man who brought us so many hours of uplifting and edifying infomercials, a whole swathe of poorly named cleaning products and plethora of shitty little gadgets that did almost nothing, was found dead in his Florida home this morning.


God rest your soul Billy, you sweet prince.

Living the dream

I have not had a day off in two weeks. All I do these days is work at a completely, non-journalism related job, and apply for real ones in my spare time. Apparently, there is still nothing out there and I am seemingly, completely unemployable, despite a journalism degree and over four years of experience. I am also working a ten hour day on my birthday, and the day after, so, no birthday party. Thank God for Tracy Morgan:

Friday, 19 June 2009

I wish...


...Liz Lemon was real so I could marry her.


















30 Rock is great and all but no one should do cutaway gags ever again. Family Guy ruined them for everyone.

Is there anything funnier than...

...watching a woman getting punched in the face repeatedly by a kangaroo? No. No there is not.

Tuesday, 16 June 2009

Black Sheep








New hip hop, soul and R&B mag, Black Sheep is now online, my little crocodiles. I have a review up with, hopefully, more stuff to come. Check it out, skeezoids.

Sunday, 14 June 2009

What the fuck happened to graffiti?

A few days ago a friend called me and said he was going out painting. Not painting trains or tube tunnels and bridges with chrome and black throw ups and tags, but random objects, in the colour purple. Then I saw this on the news yesterday:

This is what graffiti has become, groups of middle class, knitting fags trying to make the streets look "pretty". I remember the days when graffiti writers were self destructive, borderline psychopaths, risking their lives to bomb the city. The whole graffiti world was a violent, secret society populated by larger than life, clandestine scum bags. There were always rumours about how so and so had stabbed someone for painting over them or how another guy had fallen off a bridge and broken both his legs. I would shit myself before meeting new writers, the stories about them were usually horrific. There were constant beefs, people getting punched out and rushed every week, and no one ever paid for a can of paint. But then stencils came along and every art student in the country started putting up shitty little ironic statements or pictures of gerbils in military uniforms. They didn't want to fight or get too risky, real graffiti was old and played out so it was replaced with "street art". A middle aged tourist asked me the other day if there was a Banksy tour in London. Someone should start a DDS tour where everyone has to drink six cans of Stella, break into a tube yard and then get stomped and robbed for everything they've got.