sorry...

lack of post's isn't good, not at all.

i've been so tied down with coursework etc.

my what once was occasional listen to a joy division track has now morphed into an obession a joy division disorder one may call it?

i'm all pretty much free now so my social life, gig going, fashion writing and blogging may once again continue. lucky you.

i'll leave you with this image:

not electric

xo

majestic dragon and jordan fish

jordan fish is a very much under-rated and unknown graphic designer and musician who i think is rad. he did alot of the design and animation for MGMT and lot's of other great bits n' bobs which you can find on the web in various places.
i tried to post the videos he did for mgmt but they were disabled on youtube and don't get played on music channels which is a great shame.
out of all of the stuff i've seen of his, 'the majestic dragon' series is by far my favorite and he's incredibly talented, he also does some rad light shows for daedelus and other's.

here's one of the video's from the 'majestic dragon' series:


not electric
xo

dr seuss

Congratulations!
Today is your day.
You're off to Great Places!
You're off and away!
You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes
You can steer yourself
any direction you choose.
You're on your own. And you know what you know.
And YOU are the guy who'll decide where to go.
You'll look up and down streets. Look 'em over with care.
About some you will say, "I don't choose to go there."
With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet,
you're too smart to go down any not-so-good street.

You will come to a place where the streets are not marked.
Some windows are lighted. But mostly they're darked.
A place you could sprain both you elbow and chin!
Do you dare to stay out? Do you dare to go in?
How much can you lose? How much can you win?
And IF you go in, should you turn left or right…
or right-and-three-quarters? Or, maybe, not quite?
Or go around back and sneak in from behind?
Simple it's not, I'm afraid you will find,
for a mind-maker-upper to make up his mind
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i've been reading alot of the dr.seuss storie's at the moment and the illustrations are fascinating to see more of theodor giesel's work
check out:
http://www.seuss.org/

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xo

banksy's secret museum?

from the underground world of graffiti, banksy has opened a gallery of it's own sort in new york disguised as a pet store.

this museum and the work inside it is all pretty different to banksy's earlier pieces, anyone who hadn't heard of the museum would struggle to believe it is banksy, i mean no graffiti style painting's and no signiature rats?

after seeing banksy's current pieces everyone will notice there is a definate change in style, however it is so different to his stencil's it makes me wonder wether it really is banksy that's responsible for all of this.

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xo

paul smith

i first came across designer; paul smith whilst reading "modern menswear"
i then checked out his website and his latest collection on the london line caught my eye and it's really interesting and so very british. he got no gcse's or qualification's whatsoever and firstly wanted to be a cyclist, however whilst in training he suffered from a major accident.
after his return from hospital paul met up with some friends he met and by chance the meeting place was a local pub that was popular with students from the local art college. they talked of warhol and mondrain and listened to lou reed and the rolling stones. It was then paul knew he wanted to be a part of this colourful world of idea's and excitement.
two years later he opened his first boutique and then was trained in the art of tailoring and started creating collections. to find out more about paul smith you should all do some research and definately check out his site: http://www.paulsmith.co.uk/

when i'm next in london i think i'm going to head to covent garden and have a look round some of his store's - not just his clothing range though, he also owns store's in covent garden ranging from his own furniture to cosmetics, shoe's, jeans and some other's.

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xo

john lennon

most people at some point in their life have some sort of beatles obsession or at that an obession for one of the beatles.

for a little while i was obsessed with controversy and people's view's on john lennon, i used to spend hours browsing youtube for old john lennon interviews and footage.

this is one of my favorite video's i've found and the animation that go's with it is pretty awesome too.



the story behind the video go's a little like this:

"In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan, armed with a reel-to-reel tape deck, snuck into John Lennon's hotel room in Toronto and convinced John to do an interview about peace. 38 years later, Jerry has produced a film about it. Using the original interview recording as the soundtrack, director Josh Raskin has woven a visual narrative which tenderly romances Lennon's every word in a cascading flood of multipronged animation. Raskin marries the terrifyingly genius pen work of James Braithwaite with masterful digital illustration by Alex Kurina, resulting in a spell-binding vessel for Lennon's boundless wit, and timeless message."

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xo

begin

my frame of mind keeps changing. im holding it in one place by remembering to appreciate everything.


i forgot to put sugar in my coffee today, and was glad.


podcast from not electric records should be out in the next week or so, so keep your eye's peeled.


be this.





or be dr.seuss.

not electric records

xo