my sentiments exactly

in blackest night...

D.I.Y has changed alot, before it was merely putting up afew shelves or any other household maintenance while trying not to injure yourself in the process

but the digital age has brought with it wider possibilties for people to Do It Theirselves, using computers i am creating music from my bedroom without a band, i also favour photoshop for messing around with a little visual manipulation for messing around with artwork and pictures

but the following is one of the most amazing feats of D.I.Y i have seen, a fan made trailer for a non existent Green Lantern movie!!



The skill and creativeness that must have went into that is staggering and it all comes off with such a polished sheen that it could easily be mistaken for a real studio effort, everything was just so right about it

the likelyhood of a real Green Lantern film has been bouncing around for a while although nothing seems to be set in stone just yet, and even tho Green Lantern is hardly recognised outside of geekier circles the same could have been said for Iron Man prior to his big screen debut not so long ago

and if it does make it out their and make the big bucks, i'm sure we'll be seeing plenty more Green Lantern sequals and Green Lantern Corps spin-offs

Stray Sofas 3

and on we go with the Stray Sofas, it was a few weeks ago that i found these two huddled together, perhaps they were clinging together through fear of mutilation, or perhaps they were just new to street life since being discarded, but at least they had each other.

You Are Here

So perhaps it's time for a little update of where i am and what i'm doin, and for the most part everything is generally the same, filling up my time with photography, reading and trying to make music.

to break it down a little more tho:

i think the stray sofas project has been coming along nicely and have recently found a few new additions, including possibly the daddy of all stray sofas on my way to The Northwestern gig on tuesday, all of which will be making their way onto the blog in good time.

i also seem to have been gorging myself on Alan Moore graphic novels in the past couple of weeks, ploughing through The Killing Joke, Swamp Thing and two volumes of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen... I'm ready to move on tho, perhaps a Grant Morrison binge next...

and musically? its mostly been SoundArt taking up my time. a re-edited SoundArt5 will be making an appearance once i've completed re-jigging it, SoundArt6 shouldn't be too far from the horizon, although i do need to spend some time beefing the track up so i'm entirely happy with it. I'm also gonna be juggling the production of SoundArt7, since its predecessor is nearly complete and i'm trying to play catch up.

unfortunately, all this hasn't left much time for my remixes and my own album tracks, which have fallen by the way-side a little while i try and balance all of the above and everything else in my life, but the SoundArt project is helping me to experiment and develop a sound which should ultimately be a benefit to everything else i do.

orgiastic riot

it is a curious thing when certain interests and aspects of your life intertwine themselves together when before they were seemingly unconnected

my love of music and adoration (too strong??) of Akira The Don are probably apparent to even the casual observer, a fascination with masks probably less so, and since childhood i've been drawn to mythology in its many forms

and the whole lot came crashing together in a drama that has been unfolding on Akira's website...

to fill in the gaps: a pan mask was found and rescued in a break from band rehearsals, it turns out that the mask is actually the property of hotly tipped band, Crystal Fighters, and features in their latest music video and was to feature in their touring plans until it was lost...

a meeting time and place for a handover was planned, a ransom was discussed, and the story continues (in highly entertaining fashion)...

i don't need groupies, this is the only rock 'n' roll lifestyle i need...

that jammy Eddie Argos!! gettin a guided tour of DC Comics New York HQ! and all because he wrote a song on the new Art Brut album called 'DC Comics and Chocolate Milkshake', entirely pre-empting the track i intend to compose as an ode to my favourite comic book company and scooping a load of comic books and graphic novels to boot while he's at it.

hang on DC, i'll get there eventually, i'm still a good couple of tracks off getting it done, and the SoundArt project is kinda keeping me pretty busy, but it's coming... ok...



credit where it's due: i originally read this story on NME.com

check out all the photos at Under The Radar

Kanye discovers Emmerdale

ok, maybe he hasn't, but look what i found as i was perusing Kanye West's blog on saturday, trying to waste some time by looking at a bundle of things that probably only Kanyeezy can feasibly afford (honestly, check out the fashion, the furniture, and his taste in architecture) and as a red blooded male he also has an interest in women, except this time he featured the UK's very own Roxanne Pallett alongside his obligatory 'where are you yeezy???' speech bubble



i'm not in the habit of posting girls in their underwear on my blog (although it has happened before) i just find the thought that after jetting off around the world and making autotune and funny looking shades popular, there is nothing Mr West likes more than getting home and catching up with the Dales' latest goings on in an omnibus edition rather amusing

Kanye West's full Roxanne Pallett post can be found here