Massive Attack's Meltdown
2008-07-15
One festival you wont need your wellies for this summer is the Massive Attack Meltdown festival taking place at London's Southbank. Nine days of concerts, DJ sets, talks, films and visual art all chosen by Massive Attack.
I went up on Saturday night and was hypnotised by the United Visual Artists 'Volume' installation that consists of columns of scrolling light and sound that respond to the onlookers walking amongst them, so no performance is ever the same.
Most of the events are free. Check out the website.
Dolly x
Dolly
Luella and Tonic Generation
2008-05-15
Tonic Generation say:
'What if your wallet or purse was an instrument of ethical decision-making? Or, to put it another way, what if you could spend your way towards a better world? Not just for you but for every living thing on our planet.'
But Tonic Generation also go one step further - and give you the opportunity to do just that whilst also getting to buy clothing you really genuinely want any way - such as their new great line of T Shirts under the fantastic 'Luella' range.
Luella Bartley (Whose London store has the most eccentric beautiful staff you've ever seen) has designed an exclusive range of four T's that not only are ecologically sourced, ethically produced but the proceeds of which go to help fund shoes for children in Haiti and set up educational programmes against Malaria and HIV for children in Africa.
Dolly
guilty pleasures
2008-04-25
dolly dearest...while i wish i didn't, i've always liked Made in America. Whats not funny about Ted Danson riding in a car with his best mate the singe as a passenger.
Its a guilty pleasure a bit like Uncle Buck.
The Goonies is different...don't get me started on the Goonies.
A
PIMP MY MAC
2008-04-25
"ColorWare Inc., established in 2000, is an industry leader in altering the color of existing products. ColorWare began with the concept of transforming the ubiquitous beige computer into a custom-colored work of art." http://www.colorwarepc.com/
If you're a show-off or like my flatmate, who painstakingly matches her toenail poilish to her top in winter months when toes are wrapped up in socks all day, you can customise your mac or PSP to your hearts desire.
Or if you dream of a day when you can have such objects you can play and watch the nice colours change, it's quite satisfying.
Liz
Dolly gets her knit on
2008-04-17
My favourite things in life are 80s Hair Metal and knitting.
Im making a scarf for Liz. Its the colour of Helmans mustard, Ive dropped loads of stitches, the stitches get stupidly tight then stupidly loose.
If anyone were to ask me how long Ive spent on said woolen marvel, Id have to say:
er... One weird film with Michael Caine and Ben Kingsley (who has been the same age his WHOLE life), 2 episodes of Scrubs, An AWFUL 90s film with Whoopi Goldberg and Ted Danson and the fabulous 'Strangers With Candy'.
I think I might watch too much Channel 5.
Anyway, get your knit on at 'Prick Your Finger' in East London.
This knitting shop is run by best friends Louise Harries and Rachael Matthews (Harries is a knitwear designer whos worked for Hoxton Boutique and Gucci - so you're in good company).
They run knitting classes, and make knitted replicas of baked bean tins and post pictures on their blog of their friend Stephen sleeping off a hangover in the shop window.
Dolly
Mux it up
2008-04-04
It's been going round the houses with my friends and if like them - anyone who's a little nerdy will appreciate this. remember mixtapes? how nostalgic...
go here to listen to other mixtapes or kill some time sweating over cross fades between songs.
http://muxtape.com/
Liz
Electric Wood
2008-03-25
I found this yesterday when I was searching for something. The title got me intrigued>>"Wooden Mirror", i thought it would be some kind of projected mirror image on a plane of wood but it actually is lots of cubes that move to follow the person standing in front of this "mirror". When the light hits the changing angles of the wood it creates a pixelated moving picture. Just see, it's better explained in video than my tuesday morning garble.
http://www.smoothware.com/danny/woodenmirror.html
Liz
New store/studio open
2008-03-19
KesselsKramer OUTLET
http://www.kkoutlet.com/
yeah it's in hoxton but it's a rather nice integrated book shop come design studio come exhibition space. go see.
Accessories that double as snacks
2008-03-13
I nicked this pic off a great site.
Go see what the cool kids are wearing - Bagel Glasses,
Seems like a good idea to me.
I want breakfast.
Dolly
Jackie is a punk, Judy is a runt...
2008-03-10
... and Kate is a Japanese schoolgirl - or at least for the night.
Gin Panic's Tarantino-themed gig at the Black Gardenia was a riot of success. The theme was simple, come dressed as your favourite Tarantino character, the more obscure the better.
We had Gogo from Kill Bill, multiple Mia Wallaces from Pulp Fiction, a Vincent Vega and a pack of Reservoir Dogs.
I picked Patricia Arquette's character from True Romance, but ended up looking a bit more Bette Lynch than Alabama Worley.
Dolly
My Disco Paradise
2008-03-10
This is the raincoat I obviously needed this morning to protect me from the terrible storm! cool band thought!
Assia
battle of the bands
2008-02-29
blog entry 14:12pm dolly, adam we can still get our band together. I'll go find my casio.
Betty
wanna wrestle?
2008-02-29
yeah okay. 14:51pm
Who wants to see a pink gibson go up in flames???!!!!
2008-02-25
Okay... now Ive mastered Foghat's 'Slow Ride' on medium on Guitar Hero, I feel ready to experience some Hair-Rock so close i can taste the hairspray, and they don't rock much harder than Adam Bomb - playing tonight at the Windmill in Brixton! Spinal Tap on Heat!!!!! On-stage fireworks!!! He's gonna rock out like 1983 never happened!!! Pull on your tightest leather trousers, he'll be turning it up to eleven. I'll see you down the front.
Dolly
Not happy
2008-02-18
Both Liverpool and Arsenal suffered ungracious departures from the FA Cup this weekend. M :UK isn't happy.....
Andy
The plan
2008-02-15
The plan for teams to play a 39th match in five cities overseas on one weekend from 2011 has been much criticised. The plan for teams to play a 39th match in five cities overseas on one weekend from 2011 has been much criticised.
jon shaw
stereogum
Gummy Awards 2008: Great Video Contenders
By opening the polls yesterday to the most important vote of 2008, we understandably set off a firestorm of doubt, unrest, and confusion: Best Video Of The Year? But who remembers all the videos? Well we remember all the videos. That's because we blog. It's understandable that if you don't spend your days resizing YouTube embed codes, you might not remember every video to hit the internet this year. Also it's understandable that if you've been on the internet this year, you've come to think of most "indie"-oriented videos as cheaply constructed, transparently press-cycle-extending promo material. HOWEVER I think you're being a little cynical and depressed about this whole thing, and someone has to win this category, and really at the end of the year there were a few clips worth remembering. To help jog the brains, here's 11 that, while maybe not the best, might remind you of the good times we had together in four-minute intervals in 2008:
Alternate Kanye Cover By Kaws
After all the leaks and Auto-Tunes, Kanye's 808s & Heartbreak is finally out next week (11/24). In the meantime, we have one more tidbit: The Brooklyn artist KAWS created a cover for the iTunes release that offers a variation on the official version: Get literal.
New Eels - "Man Up"
The new Jim Carrey and Zooey Deschanel film Yes Man features nine Eels songs, including the new track "Man Up," which is currently streaming at MySpace. On top of Eels -- E's other tracks are all previously released "classics" -- there are four songs by Munchausen By Proxy, Deschanel's Von Iva-helmed band in the flick (and now on the soundtrack).
The Yes Man soundtrack is out 12/9 via Lakeshore.
stylebubble
Loopy Luella Love
There's always been something really endearing about Luella. In the way that when Marc Jacobs thinks up a new gimmicky theme each season he goes all out with it and does the whole shebang without really any consequence or care...
Turning Upside Down for Insideout
The internet may have provided the blog with most of the research content but if I can't find something through the wonderful world of the interweb, then I will make damn sure I try and come across it in real...
The Sample Goes On...
...because I'm over the moon that I've just got paid... and I'm too hot (heating in the office has gone mental...) to write anything longer...
fmcs
Swiftster at Red Dot Art Fair
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Shala Esquire Mixtape on FMCS
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Neo Utopia - The Art & Work of SUPERBLAST
This is Manuel AKA SUPERBLAST, a Berlin, Germany based graphic artist and graffiti writer. His new book “Neo Utopia - The Art & Work of SUPERBLAST” hits stores worldwide right now. It contains 160 pages of graphic design, graffiti writing and ‘art stuff’. Published by Publikat and gingko press.
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