Tuesday 17 April 2012

DO IT YOURSELF DOODLER


DO IT YOURSELF DOODLER

This intriguing little book by David Jablow is the product of found material, some bodies visual musing of unfinished outlines of a nude woman, he subsequently went on to produce 39 drawings as a response to the DO IT YOURSELF DOODLER and compile the images in picture book form.










TUPAC

TUPAC HOLOGRAM



This is possibly the best example of digital hologram technology. It felt almost as if he was there at the 2012 Coachella, this is not the first time hologram technology has been used on such a large scale as the Gorillaz pioneered it a good seven years ago and Japanese pop groups have been playing with the concept for years. That aside I don't want to jump on the neo-necromancy band wagon as this form of tribute looks like becoming a permeant fixture especially after such a great display at this years Coachella which is famous for its ground breaking mixture of music art and multimedia interactivity. so if you couldn't get to Indio check out the performance.






   

Saturday 14 April 2012

DALEY

DALEY


On the rise British soul sensation Daley has captured the imaginations of soul fans across the country. So I felt it my duty to check him out and so can you click on the video below.









SAMUEL L. JACKSON (AVENGERS)


SAMUEL L. JACKSON

With the imminent release of Avengers the movie I couldn’t help myself I just had to re-watch my favourite movies featuring or starring Samuel L. Jackson.

1.   Goodfellas directed by Martin Scorsese (1990)
Starring Robert De Niro and Ray Liotta
Samuel L. Jackson played Stacks Edwards

2.   Afro Samurai directed by Fuminori Kizaki and Jamie Simone
Written by Takashi Osazaki
Starring Samuel L. Jackson
Animated series

3.   Johnny Suede directed by Tom Dicillo (1991)
Starring Brad Pitt
Samuel L. Jackson played B-Bop
   
4.   True Romance directed by Tony Scott (1993)
Starring Christian Slater Patricia Arquette
Written by Quentin Tarantino
Samuel L. Jackson played Big Don

5.   Pulp Fiction directed by Quentin Tarantino (1994)
Starring Samuel L. Jackson as Jules Winnfield with John Travolta and Uma Thurman

6.   The Long Kiss Goodnight directed by Kenny Harlin (1997)
Starring Samuel L. Jackson as Mitch Henessey and Gina Davis

7.   Jackie Brown directed by Quentin Tarantino (1997)
Starring Pam Grier and Samuel L. Jackson as Ordell Robbie

8.   Shaft (the remake) directed by John Singleton (2000)
Starring Samuel L. Jackson as John Shaft

9.   Kill Bill Vol .2 directed by Quentin Tarantino (2004)
Starring Uma Thurman and David Carradine
Samuel L. Jackson played Rufus

10.                 The 51st State directed by Ronny Yu (2001)
Starring Samuel L. Jackson as Elmo McElroy and
Robert Carlyle 






Sunday 1 April 2012

GRIMES

GRIMES



I got into the artist musician and filmmaker Grimes around 2010, with the Geidi Primes album, which was originally released on cassette in 2010 through Arbutus Records. Later in the same year, Grimes released her second album, Halfaxa, which I snap up just as quick telling any one who would listen just how great she is. In 2011, Grimes released a split 12” with D’eon titled Darkbloom this was a harder find as I am based in sunny Manchester but thank god for the internet. Grimes got busy again in 2012, with the release of her third album Visions in January just giving me chance to save up my pennies. This time a more melody driven mature sounding album.

The album Vision has been lorded over from Canada to Cambridge. Her song "Oblivion" from the album received five star reviews across the board. Grimes described the emotions behind the writing of her new album in a recent interview as being "equally enjoyable and tortuous but I feel like the fact that it was really hard was part of the reason that it was really good, you know? I definitely look back on that time with fond memories, even though I remember crying and being like “I hate everything!” at the time! (Laughs) But I recorded it in my room in Montreal and it was a really good way to work”.
As a fan I don’t care how tortuous she finds it as long as she keeps writing, Grimes is the cool thing to come out of Canada since, oh well Avril Lavigne, maybe not lets forget the Canadian link just check out the record.
Albums
Geidi Primes (Arbutus Records, 2010/No Pain in Pop, 2011)
Halfaxa (Arbutus Records, 2010/Lo Recordings, 2011)
Visions (Arbutus Records Canada/4AD US, 2012)



OBLIVION.