Thursday 29 January 2009

"I'M GONE, I'M OUT, SAFE, SAFE!"

LATER TODAY I'M LEAVING THE FRIDGE FOR THE FREEZER. ON THE UP-SIDE, NO MORE RINDS AND SCRATCHINGS, ITS NICE, BIG, EXTRA LEAN JOINTS FOR ME, AND I SHAN'T EVEN WORRY ABOUT THE PIGS!
YES, THAT'S RIGHT, I'M OFF TO AMSTERDAM!
SO I DECIDED TO JUST LEAVE A FEW OF MY FAVOURITE 'ERB RELATED TUNES, NOT NECESSARILY MY FAVOURITE TUNES TO BLAZE TO, MORE MY MOST LIKELY TUNES TO BLAZE AFTER.
WILEY & FRISCO - MARIJUANA:

NASTY JACK - ONE SPLIFF:

MARLON ASHER - GANJA FARMER:

BOB MARLEY - EASY SKANKIN':

RICK JAMES - MARY JANE:

SNOOP DOGG - IT BLOWS MY MIND:

DEVIN THE DUDE - DOOBIE ASHTRAY:


FINALLY A GOOD VIDEO OF THE GREAT MAN THAT IS BOB MARLEY ON SOME REAL TALK:


ONE.

Tuesday 27 January 2009

"BLUED UP FROM SEWERS WHERE I GREW UP"

THIS ONES FOR MATT, BIG UP BLUE BOROUGH.

ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, DURING MY DAILY PERUSING OF YOUTUBE, I STUMBLED UPON THIS INTERESTING LITTLE FILM:

BUDGET WAS CLEARLY LITTLE TO NONE, BUT I THOUGHT THAT THE ACTING WASN'T HALF BAD CONSIDERING AND THE PLOT WAS NANG WITH MANY A TWIST AND TURN.
BRING ON 'BLUE BOROUGH MOVIE 2: DION STRIKES BACK'.

ONE.

Monday 26 January 2009

BABYLON FALL

BRUTALITY:

COMEUPPANCE:

ONE.

LOCAL LAD

IN FURTHER NEIGHBOURHOOD NEWS I THOUGHT I WOULD DO A POST ON DARYL DOMINGUEZ. LIKE THE OTHER, RECENTLY MENTIONED, COMMUNITY FIGURES DARYL ATTENDED THE SAME SECONDARY SCHOOL AS ME, IN MY SISTER'S YEAR.


PHOTOS BY WILDSMITH.
AS YOU MAY BE ABLE TO TELL FROM THE ABOVE PICTURES, DARYL IS A BOURGEONING TALENT AS FAR AS SKATEBOARDING IS CONCERNED, AND AT THE TENDER AGE 17, HAS SEVERAL MAGAZINE APPEARANCES, SPONSORS AND COMPETITION VICTORIES.



I'LL PROBABLY DO SOMETHING MORE DETAILED IN THE FUTURE, JUST A SHORT MENTION TO SHOWCASE MORE FROM THE WEALTH OF TALENT THAT HATCHEND HIGH SCHOOL YIELDS.
ENJOY, NOW; THE TITLE TRACK.


NOT FORGETTING HARRY ELLIS, ANOTHER LOCAL SKATING BADMAN, I'LL DO A PEICE ON HIM ALSO.

ONE.

I'M A BIG MAN BUT I'M NOT 80!

'ANG TIGHT MY NAN ON HER 82ND BIRTHDAY, DINNER WAS A LOT.

TONIGHT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE START OF MY 'SLEEPING AT REASONABLE TIMES' REGIME, BUT AS USUAL I'M UP AT GONE 3 O' CLOCK WITH ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR AND GRIME MUSIC. MY (SOME WOULD SAY POOR) EXCUSE FOR THIS FAILURE IS THAT I HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO AND I DIDN'T FEEL TO DO ANYTHING EARLIER BECAUSE OF THE DAY-LONG MALAISE FROM THE FUCKED UP GM DANK I GOT LAST NIGHT. ANOTHER REASON TO LOOK FORWARD TO AMSTERDAM, 3 DAYS!
FREE-HAND LETTERING MOVEMENTS:


THE MUSICAL ACCOMPANIMENT (HIGHLIGHTS):






I'LL START THE SLUMBER PROGRAM TOMORROW, MAÑANA! MAÑANA!

ONE.

Sunday 25 January 2009

TALK OF THE TOWN

FIRST IS THE TERRIBLE NEWS THAT I RECEIVED YESTERDAY EVENING, THAT A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE, ALBEIT I HADN'T SEEN HIM MUCH IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, HAD DIED.
REST IN PEACE DANNY FERNANDES. YOU WILL BE MISSED BY A GENERATION OF LOCAL PEOPLE, THE STREETS OF HARROW WEALD THEMSELVES AND MOST OF ALL BY YOUR FAMILY.
NEVER THOUGH WILL YOU BE FORGOTTEN BY ANY OF THEM.

R.I.P DANNY 05/11/1989 - 24/01/2009.


ON A MORE POSITIVE NOTE, THE BIG HOMIE ANDREW MENDLEBLAT IS TEARING IT UP ON UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE!
ANDREW (LIKE DANNY) WENT TO MY SECONDARY SCHOOL, AND WAS ALWAYS CLEARLY A GENIUS, SO MUCH SO THAT HE WAS SADLY OSTRACIZED BY A LOT OF THE YEAR GROUP. 'THE BLAT', AS HE HAS BECOME KNOWN DURING HIS SOCIAL-FLOURISHING OF LATE AND UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE SUCCESS, IS ABOUT TO EMBARK, WITH HIS TEAM; OXFORD LINCOLN, ON THE SEMI FINALS AFTER TROUNCING THEIR PREVIOUS CHALLENGERS BY A SCORE OF 265 TO 50!



>>>WATCH ON IPLAYER<<<

ALL THE BEST OF LUCK TO ANDREW IN THE NEXT ROUND, AND TO DANNY IN THE NEXT PLACE.

ONE.

Friday 23 January 2009

H.TV+n

(BIG H, BIG TV AND LIL NASTY)

TODAY I REMEMBERED, REVISITED AND WAS REMINDED OF THREE WONDERS OF MODERN ENGLISH MEDIA.

FIRST IS BIG H. DESPITE H'S LOW PREVALENCE IN TODAY'S SCENE HE IS STILL ONE OF MY FAVOURITE EMCEES TO 'TOUCH MIC'.
I HEARD FROM THE GOSPEL OF YOUTUBE COMMENTS THAT HE IS CURRENTLY IN PRISON WHICH WOULD EXPLAIN HIS ABSENCE.
THE WHEELS HAVE BEEN ABUNDANT AND INCESSANT!


THE NEXT REVELATION OF THE DAY CAME IN THE FORM OF SKINS THIRD SERIES. I FEEL LIKE A 17-YEAR OLD, PSYCHOLOGY STUDENT WITH A MYSPACE PAGE FOR BLOGGING THIS BUT, SKINS, A PROGRAM I HAVE EXPRESSED EXPLICIT DISLIKE FOR, AND POMPOUS SUPERIORITY OF TASTE TO, IN THE PAST TOTALLY, UNEXPECTEDLY AND SEMI-BEGRUDGINGLY IMPRESSED ME.
I THOUGHT THAT THE ACTING WAS LARGELY IMPROVED AS WELL AS, WHAT YOU COULD TELL OF, THE CHARACTERS. MOST OF ALL THOUGH I WAS IMPRESSED BY THE LEVEL OF HUMOUR BECAUSE UN-LIKE PREVIOUS EPISODES AND SERIES' CRINGE-AT-NOT-WITH JOKES, I FOUND MY SELF LAUGHING OUT LOUD. NO IND-I-R.

I'LL DEFINATELY BE LOCKED IN NEXT WEEK EVEN IF IT DOES MAKE A ME FEEL OLD, AT NINETEEN.

FINALLY IS LIL NARST, NOT AN ARTIST FORGOTTEN BY ME OR DISTANCED FROM DAILY ROTATIONS, BUT A SONG ON PARTICULAR. IN GRIME SESSIONS OF RECENT TIMES I HADN'T THOUGHT TO OPEN THIS ONE UP UNTIL RONSEAL AT BNTL POSTED THAT DTA VIDEO, FEATURING THE SAME RUDEKID MASTERPIECE. INFACT I THINK I RATE THE INSTRUMENTAL EVEN HIGHER THAN THE BARS.


WHILE IN THE PROVERBIAL GREENGATE OF YOUTUBE, I DISCOVERED A RECORDING, PREVIOUSLY UNHEARD, FROM THE SAME MIXTAPE (HUNGRY SEASON) BUT FEATURING, EXCLUSIVELY, BARS A LA SHOCKERS. THIS IS FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF PENITENTIARY WALLS, THROUGH A PHONE WIRE.


"NOTHINGS GOT BARS LIKE ME BUT JAIL", OR SHOCKERS AS THE VIDEO ABOVE BOASTS.

ONE.

Thursday 22 January 2009

INDO

TONIGHT, WHILE, AS OFTEN, BURNING THE CANDLE AT ITS ALTERNATE END, I DISCOVERED SOME FOREIGN CURRENCY IN A DARK CORNER OF MY LOFT/ OFFICE. TO BE SPECIFIC, I FOUND A 500 RUPIAH NOTE.

AT THIS TIME I DIDN'T KNOW EVEN WHICH NATION THIS BELONGED TO, LET ALONE ITS VALUE, BUT NEVER-THE-LESS I BEGAN TO FANCY THAT I'D STUMBLED ACROSS A SMALL FORTUNE, ENOUGH AT LEAST TO JUSTIFY EXCHANGING IT.
SO I GOOGLED IT, FOUND THAT IT WAS INDONESIAN, AND WENT OVER TO XE.COM TO FIND ITS WORTH.
THIS IS WHAT I FOUND:

WHAT AN ABSOLUTE WASTE OF TIME AND EXCITEMENT! THREE FUCKING PENCE! WHAT IS THE POINT IN A THREE PENCE NOTE? AND PRESUMABLY THERE ARE LOWER DENOMINATIONS THAT WOULD GET DOWN TO FRACTIONS OF STIRLING PENNIES, A NONSENSE IF YOU ASK ME.
ANYWAY, TO END ON A MORE POSITIVE NOTE, HERE IS A PRODUCT OF INDONESIA THAT ALSO INSTIGATES A LOT OF PAPER HANDLING, BUT THIS TIME, NOT TO A FATE OF FRUSTRATION OR DISAPPOINTMENT ON MY PART.

8 DAYS UNTIL AMSTERDAM! I CANNOT WAIT.

ONE.

Tuesday 20 January 2009

PUT YOUR LIGHTERS UP!

TODAY MARKS THE DEBUT OF THE 44TH US PRESIDENT. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA!
THERE'S LITTLE LEFT TO BE SAID ON THE TOPIC SO I WILL MERELY APPLAUD THE UNITED STATES PUBLIC FOR SEEING BEYOND RACE (AND SIMILARITY OF NAME TO CERTAIN LESS-SAVOURIES) AND ELECTING THE NATION'S FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT.
CHANGE IS PROMISED AND I'M HOPEFUL.

HERE IS A LESSER-POSTED VIDEO OF THE MAN, AND ONE THAT PERFECTLY ILLUSTRATES WHY I BELIEVE IN BARACK.

DESPITE WHAT YOU MIGHT THINK, IT ISN'T FOR THE CANNABIS REFERENCE THAT I RELATE, IT'S THE CALM SWAGGER AND SENSE OF HUMOUR DEMONSTRATED HERE THAT MAKES MR OBAMA STAND OUT FROM POLITICIANS WORLD-WIDE.

THAT BEING SAID I COULDN'T RESIST KNOCKING UP THE FOLLOWING IMAGE TO COMMEMORATE THIS MOMENTOUS DAY.
























"THE POINT WAS TO INHALE, THAT WAS THE POINT"

ONE.

ON A ROLL...

AFTER RECENTLY MAKING CHANGES TO THE APPEARANCE AND PERIPHERIES OF THE BLOG, I WASTED NO-TIME BEFORE VISITING GOOGLE TO RESEARCH THE FURTHER, COSMETIC ALTERATIONS I INTEND TO MAKE FOR THE VIEWING PLEASURE OF YOURS AND MINE.
IN DOING SO, I CAME ACROSS AN IMAGE GALLERY, CONTAINING HUNDREDS OF WORKS BY THE ENTRANTS TO A COMPETITION FOR THE RE-DESIGN OF THE CLASSIC 'RIPS' ROLLING PAPERS' PACKAGING TO A THEME OF 'ROAD-TRIPS'.
SOME, OR EVEN MANY, WERE STYLED IN THE 'QUIRKY-MYSPACE-EMO-GETS-PHOTOSHOP-AND-DESIGNS-OWN-LAYOUT' ILK, BUT THERE WERE A FEW THAT I DID APROVE OF.

'LINES AND CURVES' BY JOSEMA CARRASCO:


'GOLDEN HORSES' BY ERY BURNS:


'TUNE IN' BY MARA:


'PICK 'EM UP' BY JAMES STEADMAN:


AND FINALLY, MY PERSONAL FAVOURITE; 'BUT THAT WAS HOURS AGO' BY RORY J MURPHY:


AN INTERESTING PROJECT, ONE THAT, HAD I KNOWN OF AT THE TIME, I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT ENTERING AND NOT GOT ROUND TO.
YOU'LL SEE MY RESPONSE TO, AND REASON FOR, ALL THIS SOONER RATHER THAN LATER WITH ANY LUCK.
ONE.

WEB CITE

A FEW REFERENCES TO WHICH I WILL RETURN TO SOON.
JUST AN IDEA OF WHAT CURRENTLY SERVES TO ENTHUSE...













...AND THERE YOU HAVE IT, SIX SHINING NUGGETS OF INSPIRATION.
ONE DAY (SOON) IT'LL ALL MAKE SENSE.
ONE.

Saturday 17 January 2009

"IF YOU KNEW HOW MY FACE FELT, YOU WOULD KNOW HOW MA$E FELT!"

THIS MORNING THE DATE WHICH I HAD BEEN DREADING/ LOOKING FORWARD TO, ARRIVED. TODAY I WENT FROM BEING THE OWNER OF FOUR WISDOM TEETH, TO THE LESS, SOON TO BE MORE, COMFORTABLE OWNER OF NONE.
REALLY IT WAS QUITE AN EXPERIENCE FOR ME AS I HAVE NEVER BEEN PUT OUT BEFORE. THAT BIT AT LEAST WAS QUITE FUN, THE HAZEY CONFUSION, ACHEY AND RESTRICTED JAW MOVEMENTS AND MOUTHFUL OF BLOOD ON THE OTHER HAND ARE NOT.
SO NOW I HAVE A FEW DAYS OF LIMITED ACTIVITY AND, WORST OF ALL, LIMITED EATING... GOOD FOR KEEPING ME INDOORS, MORE VACANT HOURS IN WHICH TO WORK ON THIS COMING SEASON (AND WATCH THE WIRE).

TRIM WEARING A, NOW OUT-DATED BUT TODAY-RELEVANT, ALL CAPS TEE FROM BEFORE ALL CAPS WAS EVEN THE NAME. PHOTO BY MATT 'SHOWAMAN' BENSON

ABOVE, I GIVE YOU THE LESSER KNOWN INSPIRATION FOR THE TEE ADORNED BY TRIMOTHY. NOT MY FAVOURITE OBIE RIDDIM BY ANY MEANS, BUT IT PRESENTS THE MOST ICONIC AND REPRESENTATIVE IMAGERY OF THE ARTIST AND THEREFORE THE CATCH-PHRASE "REAL NAME, NO GIMMICK". THIS WAS A CONCEPT I WAS RUNNING WITH AT THE TIME DUE TO THE BRAND BEING NAMED MERELY 'AC', MY INITIALS.
I'M OFF TO SIP THE SIZOUP.
ONE

Friday 16 January 2009

'ELLO PRINCESS...

RIGHT I'VE BEEN AWAY FOR A MONTH OR SO, BUT I'M BACK. MY ABSENCE WAS CAUSED BY A NUMBER OF THINGS, NAMELY; CHRISTMAS, A BROKEN LAPTOP, GENERAL SEASONAL MALAISE AND WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK ON THE NEW LINE, YES THE NEW LINE.

SO AFTER THE LENGTHY OMISSION IN TRANSMISSION, I HAVE A GANG OF BLOG POSTS UP MY SLEEVE.
I'LL START WITH SHOWING A PAIR OF SNEAK PREVIEWS THAT REALLY ARE EVER SO SNEAKY IN AS MUCH AS NOT REVEALING MUCH AT ALL. REALLY THEY JUST SERVE THE PURPOSE OF PROVING THAT I HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN DOING SOMETHING.



FINALLY A YOUTUBE VIDEO AS THEY HAVE BECOME, FOR WRONG OR RIGHT, A PRIMARY FOCUS OF THIS BLOG.
HERE'S A SONG THAT HAS RECEIVED AN ENORMOUS NUMBER OF PLAYS IN MY ITUNES, BEYOND KEEPING WITH ITS PARENT ALBUM WHICH HAS ALSO SEEN MANY SPINS OF LATE.


ONE.