tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70153960048166261012024-03-05T15:30:28.492+00:00Pens Are My FriendsDanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540549461957133267noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015396004816626101.post-12337850821799456572010-05-15T15:05:00.003+01:002010-05-15T15:12:18.931+01:00The fall of the BNP<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.independent.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00242/pg-16-griffin-pa_242136s.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 616px; height: 421px;" src="http://www.independent.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00242/pg-16-griffin-pa_242136s.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br />So, if you think the election brought about nothing better than the chance for the Liberals to play government with the Tories you should think again. Amongst all the anti-climactic live blogging about Labour and the Tories flirting with Nick Clegg something (arguably - certainly in the wider scope of society) much more important happened— the BNP imploded. <br /><br />Rather than trying to explain exactly how and why this happened, I'm just going to point you in the direction of the excellent : <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/may/14/general-election-2010-fall-bnp">article the guardian published in the G2 yesterday about the fall of the BNP</a>...Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540549461957133267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015396004816626101.post-66051593804873521122010-05-11T13:33:00.002+01:002010-05-11T13:36:50.489+01:00Every beard type<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.dyers.org/images/beard2008/beard20082.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://www.dyers.org/images/beard2008/beard20082.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.dyers.org/images/beard2003/beard200314.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://www.dyers.org/images/beard2003/beard200314.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.dyers.org/images/beard2007/beard200712.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://www.dyers.org/images/beard2007/beard200712.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />The facial hair theme continues with this great blog about <a href="http://www.dyers.org/blog/beards/beard-types/">one man's quest for every beard type</a>Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540549461957133267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015396004816626101.post-29062828988235746462010-05-07T12:38:00.002+01:002010-05-07T12:45:44.414+01:00Gorilla @ KK Outlet<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4049/4586390616_2b3f8b3ee2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 334px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4049/4586390616_2b3f8b3ee2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />In case you hadn't noticed Gorilla have a show starting at KK gallery today, here are a selection of images from KK's flickr account. Love their work. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4007/4586387472_1ea08d713d.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 332px;" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4007/4586387472_1ea08d713d.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4044/4585780347_2b2cfb9e6a.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 332px;" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4044/4585780347_2b2cfb9e6a.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4023/4586407316_687cfcd060.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 332px;" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4023/4586407316_687cfcd060.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />More <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36763955@N07/sets/72157623885974223/"> here </a><br /><a href="http://www.kkoutlet.com/">www.kkoutlet.com</a>Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540549461957133267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015396004816626101.post-47835489670536694272010-02-01T16:18:00.011+00:002010-05-15T17:11:31.179+01:00Where The Wild Things Are..It's been a while (again), so apologies.<br /><br />So, anyway, I've actually managed to watch a lot of films recently (still no books though..) and it has completely re-affirmed my belief in modern cinema. I shall start with one of my favourites, and probably the one that is freshest in my memory.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://musicisart.ws/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/where-the-wild-things-are1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 550px; height: 310px;" src="http://musicisart.ws/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/where-the-wild-things-are1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />If you've missed the hype and avoided the hipsters running around in Max's costume recently then you're in for a treat. Directed by the excellent Spike Jonze, the film is an adaptation of (or an extrapolation from) the children's book of the same name. I never read the book as a child, and in fact only got to look at it properly a couple of days ago in Magma, Manchester—after watching the film twice. Considering I attach no childhood sentiment to the story, I found it deeply emotional and involving.<br /><br />It is interesting to note that I have received mixed opinions on this film from a lot of people, but many seem to fall for the lack of obvious narrative— the film mirrors the book, in that it doesn't always fully explain the transition in the story and also never fully explains the relationships between characters. However, this pseudo-literary, less-is-more approach taken by the writers results in a film that is even more full of meaning and emotion than it would have been had everything been spelled out to the viewer.<br /><br />This inter-character relationship between Max and the Wild Things (particularly with Carol, played superbly by James Gandolfini), and the relationships between the Wild Things themselves was what made the film so utterly absorbing. Contrary to appearances the Wild Things aren't dressed up Teletubies, they are complex characters who live out an almost bi-polar existence— balancing their need for stability and re-assurance from a king, with their 'wild' nature. Carol is the best example of this, with his visible conflict between his playful, loving, trusting half with his violent, self-destructive and frightening other. Something that is an amplification of what Max struggles to contain. <br /><br />Perhaps the most apt description of the film is bittersweet—there is an ongoing conflict between the beauty of the cinematography and the flawed characters. I loved that the makers avoided providing a hollywood resolution to the fragmentation of Max's relationship with the Wild Things, leaving them wild but with a dim sense of hope. <br /><br />A special mention should go to the excellent soundtrack by Karen O And The Kids, beautifully poignant at times and raucous at others— perfectly in tune with the film and key to the overall magic.Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540549461957133267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015396004816626101.post-70848327071224231202010-01-13T11:46:00.001+00:002010-01-13T11:49:36.020+00:00"..but the bitch aint one"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQCB_0MxDjcTL6LcUflPfHk-4TWeHoIrZquDV0tMAcFovL_PUwQea2DTcdWqNGnlZkfSAtMHKoLnXkd5Dio4pdRLWfJFvlOOI6aI4zLrCqt7YeQjnl2HwUSW8-_-vvGCh8IfqDCU4paIny/s1600-h/tumblr_kv8zniMgsU1qa009so1_1280.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQCB_0MxDjcTL6LcUflPfHk-4TWeHoIrZquDV0tMAcFovL_PUwQea2DTcdWqNGnlZkfSAtMHKoLnXkd5Dio4pdRLWfJFvlOOI6aI4zLrCqt7YeQjnl2HwUSW8-_-vvGCh8IfqDCU4paIny/s320/tumblr_kv8zniMgsU1qa009so1_1280.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426190261505628546" /></a>Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540549461957133267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015396004816626101.post-61809319222249141992009-12-31T00:52:00.000+00:002009-12-31T00:57:02.288+00:00Oddly SpecificJust the most brilliant blog of strange signage, brought to you by the same guys as the legendary Fail Blog. <br /><br />A selection of the incredible signs on offer at <a href="http://oddlyspecific.com">Oddly Specific</a>:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images.oddlyspecific.com/oddlyspecific/2009/11/nofetchzone.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 385px;" src="http://images.oddlyspecific.com/oddlyspecific/2009/11/nofetchzone.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images.oddlyspecific.com/oddlyspecific/2009/12/129042323574361710.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 468px; height: 460px;" src="http://images.oddlyspecific.com/oddlyspecific/2009/12/129042323574361710.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images.oddlyspecific.com/oddlyspecific/2009/11/fpexaggeration.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 320px;" src="http://images.oddlyspecific.com/oddlyspecific/2009/11/fpexaggeration.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images.oddlyspecific.com/oddlyspecific/2009/11/fpthedevilyouknow.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 314px;" src="http://images.oddlyspecific.com/oddlyspecific/2009/11/fpthedevilyouknow.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540549461957133267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015396004816626101.post-54104125011162520932009-12-31T00:37:00.000+00:002009-12-31T00:41:26.004+00:00Audi Rubik Cube advertJust saw this on tv - great concept and as always with Audi's stuff, beautifully produced. I think it's been around a few months. Maybe I don't watch enough tv.. <br /><br /><object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CDnfoxm-kXI&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CDnfoxm-kXI&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object>Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540549461957133267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015396004816626101.post-82410797190316157352009-11-25T14:52:00.000+00:002009-11-25T14:54:19.233+00:00Meaty goodness<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.creativereview.co.uk/images/uploads/2009/11/colmans_mustard_kitchener_300x2201_1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 450px; height: 613px;" src="http://www.creativereview.co.uk/images/uploads/2009/11/colmans_mustard_kitchener_300x2201_1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Blergh, spotted this on the CR blog today. I can't decide if it's quite funny or just massively revolting... read the full article <a href="http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2009/november/mmmm-meaty">here</a>Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540549461957133267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015396004816626101.post-66549234465212383552009-11-20T12:47:00.000+00:002009-11-20T12:48:03.398+00:00Piano Stairs<object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2lXh2n0aPyw&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2lXh2n0aPyw&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object>Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540549461957133267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015396004816626101.post-75483933189361410182009-11-19T15:50:00.000+00:002009-11-19T15:53:57.494+00:00100 Best Wire quotes<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-Sgj78QG9Bg&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-Sgj78QG9Bg&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br />LOVE the wire - if you haven't watched it by now then don't admit to it, people will only spoil it for you. Instead watch the video above, and then ask for all the DVD box sets for Christmas.Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540549461957133267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015396004816626101.post-68431328280337740672009-11-18T14:28:00.001+00:002009-11-19T16:00:20.336+00:00MoustachesOk so I missed the boat on Movember a little. I have always wanted to grow a moustache, but unfortunately look stupid and also worry about my hipster index going through the roof. <br /><br />This being about the best I've managed (this was just a post ski holiday beard trimmed into a 'tache rather than a bespoke job though):<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisvUH0G1YVU42SViTrT24f3-V4qqIrhabwo5MNLaMVT3PxzGHwOnNEyAUycxar7hb0NiYFf4HhkyTNYEAgrCJZTA0Lrl4IuIzKEn510u-UUbXOb4spNtz_86jcyWJpAOo4WYYsmTYQ6-66/s1600/2657_154510815432_793535432_6304963_1675053_n.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 303px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisvUH0G1YVU42SViTrT24f3-V4qqIrhabwo5MNLaMVT3PxzGHwOnNEyAUycxar7hb0NiYFf4HhkyTNYEAgrCJZTA0Lrl4IuIzKEn510u-UUbXOb4spNtz_86jcyWJpAOo4WYYsmTYQ6-66/s320/2657_154510815432_793535432_6304963_1675053_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405451202313897618" /></a><br /><br />I spotted <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/men/article6876557.ece?slideshowPopup=true&articleId=6876557&nSlide=1§ionName=Men">this picture gallery</a> on The Times today and thought I would share it with you:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBg89GKipYYE68J30QRn2_TNVvSiYr9vR6-TE1Lw05QUvu-2-0Rm9LDvBRXkljTrB-3qDTt-KV0aOjz1Hs01XPJtIzZceBwhWFHG3AhRQU4PB9F5vzlH23zPku5jvutVqDThXjxmpxogvF/s1600/1_629396a.gif"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBg89GKipYYE68J30QRn2_TNVvSiYr9vR6-TE1Lw05QUvu-2-0Rm9LDvBRXkljTrB-3qDTt-KV0aOjz1Hs01XPJtIzZceBwhWFHG3AhRQU4PB9F5vzlH23zPku5jvutVqDThXjxmpxogvF/s320/1_629396a.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405453151208536722" /></a><br /><br /><br />And finally a quick plug for Harry who is actually taking part in Movember this year and needs your money!! <a href="http://uk.movember.com/mospace/289942">Check out Harry's mospace</a> and donate! I have... <br />|<br />|<br />|<br />v<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Up2on1KKUl1-8sTHxsOiGTZnM7gCjQG14eb-RHiZO54T4XMDoNR8e9K21nnD609DTvpfTt9A-Lme0dEkkJ7PNa3VfIMB9yS6M2Q-bmdsrKphlo9fCEmt6g8S6lZSgSY8AyPI_BekgoN2/s1600/mo-of-honour-sml.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 106px; height: 106px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Up2on1KKUl1-8sTHxsOiGTZnM7gCjQG14eb-RHiZO54T4XMDoNR8e9K21nnD609DTvpfTt9A-Lme0dEkkJ7PNa3VfIMB9yS6M2Q-bmdsrKphlo9fCEmt6g8S6lZSgSY8AyPI_BekgoN2/s320/mo-of-honour-sml.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405454894447071138" /></a>Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540549461957133267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015396004816626101.post-29388536959784154332009-11-18T12:28:00.000+00:002009-11-18T12:30:12.008+00:00Apologies.... for being a bit slack about this blog recently. Have been writing full time on the Grafik blog - www.grafikmag.com<br /><br />Will be less shit from now on - expect new stuff shortly. <br /><br />x DanDanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540549461957133267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015396004816626101.post-2115763002231625882009-09-16T16:04:00.000+01:002009-09-16T16:07:58.278+01:00MF DOOM in the new yorker<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.hiptics.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/mfdoom460.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 460px; height: 300px;" src="http://www.hiptics.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/mfdoom460.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><br />When Dumile began performing as MF DOOM, he extended hip-hop's obsession with façades. While other MCs fashioned themselves after outlaws, thugs, or drug dealers, Dumile, whose handle is inspired by the Fantastic Four villain Dr. DOOM, called himself “the Supervillain.” When he raps, he often refers to DOOM in the third person. Other MCs are obsessed with machismo; Dumile is obsessed with “Star Trek” and “Logan's Run.”<br /><br />When I rediscovered Dumile, in his new guise, I was on the cusp of fatherhood and life-partnership, and considering divorce from the music of my youth. My outlook was that of any Golden Age proponent - I was worn down by the petty beefs between rappers, by the murders of Tupac and Biggie, and by the music's assumption of all the trappings of the celebrity culture in which it now existed.<br /><br />DOOM's music was revancne, and me DOOM persona felt as though it had emerged from the graveyard of rappers murdered by glam-hop. Onstage, DOOM looked the part. He cultivated a dishevelled aspect - ill-fitting white tees or throwback Patrick Ewing jerseys. His paunch gently rebelled against the borders of his shirt. He was visibly balding. His manner suggested a retired B-boy tossing off the trappings of domesticity for one last boisterous romp.<br /><br />The mask “came out of necessity,” Dumile explained. It was a warm afternoon in Atlanta, where he lives now, and we were sitting in black vinyl chairs in an alley in midtown. Dumile wore a green polo shirt, matching green shorts, a pair of black Air Jordans without socks, and a New York Mets cap. His glasses were missing a lens and sat crooked on his face. He removed the Mets cap and placed it on his knee.<br /><br />Dumile, who is now thirty-eight, was raised on Long Island, home of several prominent rap groups of the Golden Era - De La Soul, Public Enemy, EPMD, and Leaders of the New School. He started performing during the infancy of hip-hop, when no one had yet realized the potential for big money in a guy talking into a microphone.<br /><br />“Rhyming wasn't that popular back then, but it was fun,” Dumile told me. “And people would say, 'Oh, you rhyme? Oh, snap, say a rhyme for me! Say another one! Say the one about the girl!' Everybody had a cousin who came out for the summer and could rhyme. And you'd be like, 'Oh, he rhymes? Oh, he rhymes? I gotta meet him.'”<br /><br />“Ever since third grade, I had a notebook and was putting together words just for fun,” Dumile went on. “I liked different etymologies, different slang that came out in different eras. Different languages. Different dialects. I liked being able to speak to somebody and throw it back and forth, and they can't predict what you're going to say next. But once you say it they're always like, 'Oh, shit!'”<br /><br />For MF DOOM, Dumile wanted to create a character with a complete backstory, which he would reference through a series of albums. “The story was corning together, and it worked and became popular. And now people wanted to see shows, and I'm like, how do I do that?”<br /><br />“I wanted to get onstage and orate, without people thinking about the normal things people think about. Like girls being like, 'Oh, he's sexy,' or 'I don't want him, he's ugly,' and then other dudes sizing you up. A visual always brings a first impression. But if there's going to be a first impression I might as well use it to control the story. So why not do something like throw a mask on?.........”</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.stonesthrow.com/news/2009/09/doom-in-new-yorker-mask-of-doom">full article here...</a>Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540549461957133267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015396004816626101.post-14293286560371748582009-09-15T14:28:00.000+01:002009-09-15T14:36:23.292+01:00Eddie Izzard in charity marathon madness<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pixies/2009/9/14/1252960712464/Eddie-Izzard-running-for--001.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 460px; height: 276px;" src="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pixies/2009/9/14/1252960712464/Eddie-Izzard-running-for--001.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Comedian Eddie Izzard has (unknown to me until today) run 43 marathons in 52 days, having trained for 5 days. Previously he'd never run more than 5 miles. <br /><br />I admire his determination and it's really an incredible achievement, but it's also BLOODY stupid. Doing 5 weeks training before running that far and that long is insane, more than anything it means that your ankles and knees won't be supported properly by the muscles around them (as they won't yet be strong enough). This virtually guarantees injury, and permanently fucked joints in the future. <br /><br />People train for a year to do ONE marathon, what kind of mental idea is it to do 5 weeks and then run 43 with barely any recovery days?Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540549461957133267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015396004816626101.post-84735954932581348132009-09-15T11:00:00.000+01:002009-09-15T11:27:00.081+01:00Lego Calender<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.creativereview.co.uk/images/uploads/2009/09/lego3_0.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 569px; height: 570px;" src="http://www.creativereview.co.uk/images/uploads/2009/09/lego3_0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br />Lego are set to launch their first UK Calender, all proceeds to charity. Get one!<br /><br /><a href="http://shop.lego.com/default.aspx?domainredir=shop.lego.com">they'll be on the lego shop soon</a>Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540549461957133267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015396004816626101.post-22622859164849102832009-09-06T10:24:00.000+01:002009-09-06T10:28:38.146+01:00Neurosonics Audiomedical Laboratories<object width="400" height="230"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6223439&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6223439&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="230"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/6223439">Neurosonics Audiomedical Labs Inc.</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user898664">Chris Cairns</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><br />Scratch Perverts (Tony Vegas, Plus One, Prime Cuts)<br />Foreign Beggars<br />Schlomo<br />Syntax <br />Stig of the Dump <br /><br />Amazing.<br /><a href="http://www.neurosonicsaudiomedical.com/"><br />check out the full website here</a>Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540549461957133267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015396004816626101.post-54701005040298582872009-08-27T11:53:00.001+01:002009-08-27T12:16:32.463+01:00Science museum lates<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://subjunctive.net/klog/images/2008/listening-post.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 680px; height: 466px;" src="http://subjunctive.net/klog/images/2008/listening-post.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Went to the science museum last night for one of their "Lates".. much like the V&A lates, but sort of.. infinitely better, because it's the science museum!<br /><br />I can't believe that its been so long since I went there - probably about 10years.. it really is the most inspiring place. Being able to go late at night and walk about with some mates a beer (or two) just makes it even better. <br /><br />May I recommend that when (not if!) you go, that you check out "The listening post" on the first floor, which is a kind of science-meets-art kind of project: <br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">"Listening Post is a ‘dynamic portrait’ of online communication, displaying uncensored fragments of text, sampled in real-time, from public internet chatrooms and bulletin boards. Artists Mark Hansen and Ben Rubin have divided their work into seven separate ‘scenes’ akin to movements in a symphony. Each scene has its own ‘internal logic’, sifting, filtering and ordering the text fragments in different ways.<br /><br />By pulling text quotes from thousands of unwitting contributors' postings, Listening Post allows you to experience an extraordinary snapshot of the internet and gain a great sense of the humanity behind the data. The artwork is world renowned as a masterpiece of electronic and contemporary art and a monument to the ways we find to connect with each other and express our identities online."</span><br /><br /><br />find out more about events at the science museum <a href="http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/visitmuseum.aspx">here</a>Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540549461957133267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015396004816626101.post-25785632837490396352009-08-07T16:05:00.000+01:002009-08-07T16:06:41.083+01:00Giant waterslide<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.todaysbigthing.com/betamax/betamax.swf?item_id=1980&fullscreen=1" width="480" height="360">
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<br />I reckon fake. Paddling pool is waaaaaay too small! :) Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540549461957133267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015396004816626101.post-42742751631480538232009-08-03T22:14:00.000+01:002009-08-27T12:17:26.456+01:00Worst Tatoos Ever<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://h1.ldnppr.net/sites/default/files/full-size/s/m/smoking-unicorns-engaging-in-a-loving-embrace-who-would-have-ever-thought_0.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 620px; height: 506px;" src="http://h1.ldnppr.net/sites/default/files/full-size/s/m/smoking-unicorns-engaging-in-a-loving-embrace-who-would-have-ever-thought_0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />London paper mini-piece thing on a book about worst ever tatoos. Ace<br /><br />find out more <a href="http://www.thelondonpaper.com/thelondonpaper/weird/odd-news/a-new-book-on-the-worlds-worst-tattoos-reveals-inks-that-stink">here</a>Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540549461957133267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015396004816626101.post-24885008745421892982009-07-31T13:35:00.000+01:002009-08-27T15:31:44.083+01:00p-rod vs Ice Cube<object width="280" height="170"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nDjkv-up21Q&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nDjkv-up21Q&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="280" height="170"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />Wicked Nike Sb ad with my favorite 'cube song, awesome.<br /><br />Thanks to mrK for the link on this one..Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540549461957133267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015396004816626101.post-90089184710610532192009-07-30T12:35:00.001+01:002009-07-30T12:39:03.246+01:00Hipster hater<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://13.media.tumblr.com/37jsqloFrnc8pwx5hmBInvIko1_500.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 414px;" src="http://13.media.tumblr.com/37jsqloFrnc8pwx5hmBInvIko1_500.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br />Oh my god I hate hipsters - share your hate/ point and laugh at: <a href="http://www.latfh.com">Look at this fucking hipster</a>Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540549461957133267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015396004816626101.post-83589469739477419002009-07-28T11:09:00.000+01:002009-07-28T11:13:21.408+01:00Victoria Pendleton<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Sport/Pix/pictures/2008/10/27/VictoriaPendleton460.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 460px; height: 276px;" src="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Sport/Pix/pictures/2008/10/27/VictoriaPendleton460.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Article about Victoria Pendleton in the Guardian today - <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/ethicallivingblog/2009/jul/28/victoria-pendleton-bike-blog">check it out here</a><br /><br />Also, go <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/audio/2009/jul/28/the-bike-podcast">here</a> to listen to the guardian's new "bike podcast", I've not had a chance to listen to it yet and will write a review when I do.. If it's anything like their excellent football podcast then I will be a happy man. I also hope that it's not just a summer thing if it is that good.Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540549461957133267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015396004816626101.post-77490715912134570952009-07-21T15:20:00.000+01:002009-07-21T15:26:00.770+01:00Fancy dress madnessWhilst looking for a costume for Secret Garden Party I came across some serious bangers! Thought I would share them with you all:<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/2008/08b/robotsM1908_450x703.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 450px; height: 703px;" src="http://img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/2008/08b/robotsM1908_450x703.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01180/arts-graphics-2007_1180797a.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 293px; height: 380px;" src="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01180/arts-graphics-2007_1180797a.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.acefancydress.co.uk/images/images_big/31674.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 322px; height: 500px;" src="http://www.acefancydress.co.uk/images/images_big/31674.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.acefancydress.co.uk/images/images_big/10023.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 269px; height: 500px;" src="http://www.acefancydress.co.uk/images/images_big/10023.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540549461957133267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015396004816626101.post-30997133526789771232009-07-21T13:43:00.000+01:002009-07-21T14:49:38.818+01:00DJ Neil Armstrong<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.misscrew.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/neil-photo.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 432px; height: 433px;" src="http://www.misscrew.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/neil-photo.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />One of my favorite mixtape DJ's - really incredible mix-ups of soul, hip-hop, funk, samples etc. Really taking mixtapes to another level. <br /><br />try to get hold of mixtapes: Original, 2Original, Bittersweet and Warmfuzzy.. all classics and all brilliant. <br /><a href="http://www.neilarmstrongpodcast.com/"><br />Subscribe to his excellent podcast here</a>Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540549461957133267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015396004816626101.post-76545167205059547602009-07-15T14:31:00.000+01:002009-07-15T14:48:21.364+01:00Born in the Streets @ Le fondation Cartier<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.montana-cans.com/media/blogs/news/0906_news/0906_Cartier/Cartier.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 565px; height: 389px;" src="http://www.montana-cans.com/media/blogs/news/0906_news/0906_Cartier/Cartier.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br />What looks to be a really fantastic (and more importantly not overly "concieved") exhibition on street art and the beginnings of Graffiti. Refreshingly not a single "urban" brand sponsorship in sight (though the gallery is very obviously owned by Cartier) in what promises to be a really honest look at graffiti from its start to the international explosion that happened in the late 80's-early 90's — including everything inbetween and since. <br /><br />Get yourself to Paris before mid November! I'm already booking my eurostar! <br /><a href="http://fondation.cartier.com/?i=&_lang=en">Find out more here</a>Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540549461957133267noreply@blogger.com0