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this was to be our forum for people's voices to be heard and points to be raised on certain topics that are relevant to Enfield

we present to you...

The Village Idiots



credit where its due:

page design by Ian Byford
special thanks to our contributers for their views

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today i bring you Street Spirit's cover story, a feature and interview with The Super Nashwan Kids, obviously bear in mind that the article is now over a year old and that any information there-in is hardly up-to-date

enjoy



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credit where its due:

article and page design by Glen Byford
photography by Ian Byford

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possibly the contributer allowed furthest of his leash, Leedsy of local band, Retro Crooks, turned an article choc-full of humour, drinking and swearing...



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credit where its due:

article by Leedsy
photography by Charlie Barnard
design by Mike Love Korner

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welcome back for page 4 and 5 of last years doomed fanzine, Street Spirit...

below we have articles on Enfield Funksters, Fuzzy Logic, and an overview of '08's Camden Crawl






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credit where it's due:

Fuzzy Logic;
article by Carly Twyne
photography by Ian Byford
design by Mike Love Korner

Camden Crawl;
article, photography and page design by Glen Byford

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While i'm probably battling with extreme weather conditions at Glastonbury, i thought i'd leave you with some pre-scheduled posts and the remnants of a project that was taking up a lot of my time early last year

Despite being (and still virtually remaining) non-musical, in the sense of being able to pick up an instrument and competently play, i readily admit my obsession with music and have tried to involve myself in anyway possible, initially by going to so many gigs that i've probably done lasting damage to my hearing, i also set up a shortlived club night alongside my Bubblegum Stomp compadres and although dwindling in numbers we have continued to DJ when we get the chance and had a good innings with Red Griffin Records and their live music nights. My obsession has also manifested in my musical tinkerings as Hunchbakk, and my search for a pulse in the borough of Enfield has since led me to volunteering at a Youth Centre Music Project.

The above mentioned association with Red Griffin Records and friendship with Deano Sharp also splintered into plans for an Enfield based fanzine, there isn't room here to go into all the trials and tribulations that troubled the birth of the 'zine, but by the time it was all plotted and planned and had overcomed so many other problems, it fell flat on it's face when it came to the printing process

i think the whole idea has been shelved now, but so much time and effort went into what should have been the first issue of Street Spirit that it seemed a shame to jus leave it tucked away on my hard drive, so while i'm not around i thought i'd leave you with a kind of serialisation of an out of date fanzine as a testament to the hard work that went into it





ok, not much to see here today, just the front cover and contents (including a rather cheesy intro) but keep coming back to see what could have been...

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credit where it's due:
cover photography by Ian Byford
cover design by Ian Byford/Glen Byford/Mike Love Korner
intro written by Glen Byford
intro page design by Ian Byford

tick tock

it seems that i'm fast running out of time to post anything before i go Glastonbury tomorrow, my time has been spent worrying about if i've packed enough, ordering photos that i should have ordered for printing six months ago, getting information for my brother to be able to put on a small exhibition, burning road trip CDs, wondering if my waterproofs are still waterproof, helping out in the community, choosing BBQ food, packing my poorly computer off for an overdue check-up, trying to set-up an ISA that pays a half decent interest rate and treating myself to Frank Miller's All Star Batman and Robin, among other time consuming pursuits.

check back for perhaps a blog that is bordering on back to normal next week, but in the meantime i have scheduled some special posts to appear regularly while i'm away...

meet me after school and i'll beat you like gorilla

more music??

i've no intention of giving this blog over completely to chucking mp3s of hotly tipped bands at people, but i will point you in the direction of good music and let you know where to pick up afew tracks for zilch, recent examples being The Bathtub Sophist, The Northwestern, Flamboyant Bella, erm Example and of course, my good self.


and now, i bring you a full live set from a band that epitomise summer and fun and having a good time, Bonde Do Role!! ok, so it's not exactly new, the set is actualy two years old, and the band have been knocking around a while and have lost pivotal member, Marina Gasolina, and since replaced her in the bizarre fashion of hosting a show on MTV Brazil to recruit new members.

i have not had the chance of catching the new line-up live, and am wary of doing so since i have such fond, sweat drenched memories of Marina, Pedro and Gorky together.

so follow the linkage to find a live set from Bonde Do Role at the peak of their powers at '07's SXSW, download it, listen, and lie back and think of Marina

Bonde Do Role @ SXSW '07



credit where it's due:

this live set, and more can be found on lullabyes.net

photos of Bonde Do Role by Mediaeater