Just Another Kid On a Blog: August 2009

Monday, 31 August 2009

BACKFLASHES - GRAFFITI TALES

Ruedione has been taking black and white photographs following the German Graffiti scene. He is in the process of releasing his book "Backflashes", a compilation of his works.

Interview with Ruedieone.

Sunday, 30 August 2009

INVADER EXPLAINS QR CODE GRAFFITI

My feelings about Invader have become mixed since I found out that the city of Vienna (where I currently reside) actually commissioned Invader to come live in the city for two months to put up his pieces. Nonetheless, here he is explaining his newest project.

RIP DJ AM

Palms Las Vegas pays tribute.

AutoErotique - "Gladiator" (Steve Aoki & DJ AM Remix)

Friday, 28 August 2009

TAKE THEM OFF.

Ezra Furman and the Harpoons - "Take Off Your Sunglasses"

STEVE POWERS "LOVE LETTER" PROJECT

50 walls by 40 different artists from all over the world spread the love in Philadelphia's Market street area.

More info here.

Wednesday, 26 August 2009

BACK AND FORTH. FOREVER.

From "Me and You and Everyone We Know"

STILL GOLD.

Boris - "Buzz In" (Mixhell Remix)

Tuesday, 25 August 2009

I'LL HOUSE YOU.

Check this sweet little Chicago House minimix by Logan Bay. Chi-City maynee!

Logan Bay - "Chicago House Minimix"

Tracklist:
House Music - Mr Jack
No Way Back - Adonis
That Shit is Wild - Dr. Derelict
I Work - Playground Productions
Hip House - Fast Eddie
House Nation- House Master Boys
Land of Confusion - Armando
Set Me Free - Mike Dunn
Make You Scream
This is Acid - Maurice
100% Dissin’ You - Armando
Acid Thunder - Fast Eddie
Git On Up - Fast Eddie FT. Sundance
Acid Crash - Tyrees

THE GASLAMP KILLER MIX FOR MARY ANN HOBBS

With all the mixtapes and mixes going around the net it's very hard to always keep track and stay up to date with the newest and best. This however is one mix that I always seem to be going back to. The Gaslamp Killer definitley opened up the world of dubstep to me because he is able to carefully blend it with other genres that I really enjoy.

The Gaslamp Killer - Mary Ann Hobbs BBC Radio 1 Mix

Tracklist:
The Gaslamp Killer – ‘Intro’
Lorn – ‘Unreleased’
Kode 9 Ft. The Space Ape – ‘Nine Samurai’
Bar 9 – ‘Untitled Symphony’
Bar 9 – ‘Murda Sound’
Caspa – ‘Oh R Ya?’
Mike Jones – ‘Still Tippin’
Trick Daddy – ‘Shut Up’
Portishead – ‘Over’
Mr.Chop Featuring Malcolm Catto – ‘Metropolis Del Ferro’
Ghostface Killah – ‘Nutmeg’
Samiyam – ‘The Return’
Flying Lotus – ‘Ab-Original’
Mrr – ‘Mikepsych’
Fando Y Lis’ Outro

DANN BIN ICH KING KONG.

WATCH THIS MOVIE.

ARNOLD TAKES ON JAPAN

Monday, 24 August 2009

FROM LENKA AND MICHAEL

This is a pretty interesting project. Michael Crowe and Lenka Clayton plan on writing a personal hand-written letter to every single person in the world. They have started with the small Northern Irish town of Cushendall by sending all 467 households their own letter.

More info on their blog.

DIANA MINI

SOMEBODY PLEASE BUY ME THIS FOR ME! This is what I have been waiting so long for. With the Diana F+'s little sister Diana Mini, you can still shoot the traditional square format shots but now on 35mm film allowing development costs and hassle to be reduced! As an added feature, you can also shoot half-frame shots meaning that you can shoot up to 72 pictures on one roll of your usual 36 shot film! I was going to invest in the Golden-half camera, but now with the Diana Mini I can enjoy more features in one camera. There are two aperture settings, multiple exposure capability, bulb setting for those night shots and have I mentioned that it's pretty freaking small?! Get to it and get yourself one, today!!

Sunday, 23 August 2009

MAKE MY DAY

This has been the anthem for the past three days. Now i'm back in 2009 again.

Technotronic - "Pump Up The Jam"

Saturday, 15 August 2009

GOING MISSING FOR A WHILE

Dear readers, i'll be going on holiday in Croatia for a week and am not sure about how much access i'll have to the wonderful world of the interweb. That's why I leave you with a few visual goodies in the post below. I know it's not going to be enough, but no need to worry, i'll be back faster than you know it.

Good night world.
Santo and Johnny - "Sleepwalk"

VISUAL NARCOTICS

Friday, 14 August 2009

BANKSY INTERVIEW

Shephard Fairey interviews Banksy for Swindle magazine.

How long are you going to remain anonymous, working through the medium itself and through your agent as a voice for you?

B: I have no interest in ever coming out. I figure there are enough self-opinionated assholes trying to get their ugly little faces in front of you as it is. You ask a lot of kids today what they want to be when they grow up, and they say, “I want to be famous.” You ask them for what reason and they don’t know or care. I think Andy Warhol got it wrong: in the future, so many people are going to become famous that one day everybody will end up being anonymous for 15 minutes. I’m just trying to make the pictures look good; I’m not into trying to make myself look good. I’m not into fashion. The pictures generally look better than I do when we’re out on the street together. Plus, I obviously have issues with the cops. And besides, it’s a pretty safe bet that the reality of me would be a crushing disappointment to a couple of 15-year-old kids out there.

What got you into graffiti? I know that you did more traditional graffiti at one point.

B: I come from a relatively small city in southern England. When I was about 10 years old, a kid called 3D was painting the streets hard. I think he’d been to New York and was the first to bring spray painting back to Bristol. I grew up seeing spray paint on the streets way before I ever saw it in a magazine or on a computer. 3D quit painting and formed the band Massive Attack, which may have been good for him but was a big loss for the city. Graffiti was the thing we all loved at school – we all did it on the bus on the way home from school. Everyone was doing it.

CONTINUE READING - FULL ARTICLE HERE.

ILLINOIZE

Tor samples indie legend, Sufjan Stevens to come up with this mash-up that includes the likes of Aesop Rock, Big Daddy Kane, Gift of Gab (Blackalicious), C.L. Smooth, Outkast, Brother Ali, and Grand Puba. Really worth a listen.

Tor / Sufjan Stevens - "The Tallest Man / I Like It" (Feat. Grand Puba)
Tor / Sufjan Stevens - "Night Zombies / Talkin' My Shit" (Feat. Brother Ali)

Download here.

Wednesday, 12 August 2009

LAST SUPPERS

By James Reynolds.

LOLA'S THEME

Johnnie Taylor - "What About My Love"
Sampled by:
Shapeshifters - "Lola's Theme"

Tuesday, 11 August 2009

STREET LEVEL BY SUE KWON

Street Level is the title of the upcoming book being released by Sue Kwon featuring iconic photographs taken by Sue in NYC between 1987-2007.

More info here.