Friday 30 October 2009

Tom Waits + Envelope 2/10

After watching 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus', Tom Waits stuck in my memory... and so today became Tom Waits day. I'm on the 10th album in a row and only considered stopping after hearing 'Way Down In The Hole' (which made me want to watch The Wire).

In the rain... Tom Waits

Envelope 2/10 has been dispatched to JDH in CA, USA. I'm not happy with the fella in the Post Office's placement of the Airmail sticker, so I won't be using him again.


Thursday 29 October 2009

2562 + Envelope 1/10

Today I bought the new 2562 album 'Unbalance' from Piccadilly records. It sounds great, heavy bass with interesting bloops and bleeps. Great artwork too. Some of it reminds me of early Goldie and late 90's drum and bass, I kept expecting it to kick into some heavy jungle. Love it!

Well I can't describe it very well... why not just listen? and then buy it



Envelope 1/10 has been dispatched to Justin... hope the postal strike doesn't delay delivery too much.

Tuesday 27 October 2009

Free envelope

The first 10 people to comment on this blog will get a free hand drawn envelope sent to them.

- Closed.

Thank you for taking part, envelopes will be posted as soon as I can make them.

Saturday 24 October 2009

Postal Strike

If no one will deliver my letters, at least it gives me something else to draw on.


Friday 23 October 2009

Wes Anderson

Bill Murray dancing to minimal techno in a blue diving suit is the funniest thing I've ever seen.

The new Wes Anderson film Fantastic Mr. Fox is now in cinemas, it's a stop frame animation based on the Roald Dahl novel with voices from George Clooney, Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman and other Wes film regulars. Critics love it, it looks amazing and I'll automatically go see any of Wes's films anyway so I'm there.

The Fantastic Mr. Fox trailer

This model is on display in Gap, Manchester.


Thursday 22 October 2009

The Twilight Sad and David Lynch

I can't understand why this band aren't pulling bigger audiences and more radio air play. The second album has just been released, which emulates the first in that I can't stop listening to it from start to finish. Everyone who I've introduced them to have loved them and yet they remain underground, playing small venues to 100 or so people... for which the band appear overwhelmed and humbled.

Their sound is a perfect blend of deep, thought provoking calm before they hit you with a wall of sound and ear splitting rants from the heavily accented Glaswegian front man. Last night at The Ruby Lounge Manchester, they performed a stunning set to a small but passionate crowd. With the apparent lack of marketing funds, I take it upon myself to sell them to anyone who I think will like them... (anyone who has ears) so here's a link to their website: The Twilight Sad

On Twitter last night, David Lynch asked for links to artwork, so I posted a portrait of him that I drew on 12" vinyl. Page views have shot up so I'm hoping the great man himself took a peek.

David Lynch on vinyl

Wednesday 21 October 2009

The Dead Weather

 I'm still buzzing from seeing Jack White's new band The Dead Weather at Manchester Academy on Monday. They made the album sound ten times better... it was a show rather than a gig, which to me is what separates the great from the tolerable. On stage were genius musicians stepping into an alter ego, with Alison Mosshart from The Kills on vocals. They made the experienced support band (who I quite liked) look like a group of lads from the pub who had sheepishly decided to play us a few tunes that they'd put together.

The all encompassing spell of their dark, spitting goth rock blues show was crushed when the lights went up to reveal a crowd of middle aged couples in their smartest shirts and dresses, and by students wearing retro 80's (bad) 'fashion' and glam rock/Dynasty haircuts... who also loved it.

So, I recommend watching The Dead Weather's videos. And here's a photo that I took in Manchester in January, which is suitably dark.

Paper

Now he's blogging too...

Why start a blog? Well, it'll be more relaxed than my website, more business like than my Facebook, more detailed than my Twitter, updated regularly unlike my MySpace, not forgotten like my Bebo and will contain links to my Flickr, YouTube, Last.FM etc...

So then... what to write?