annnnd.

I intend to attend this in a couple of weeks if I'm not serving pimms at lords for a measly 6.50 an hour, i should be on at least 8 quid this is the home of British cricket after all. Moaning aside I'm not a student in London nor do i live anywhere near fabric but a rad party in a rad club is a rad party in a rad club right?
not pendulums biggest fan but the opportunity to dance like a pill head circa 1992 with sweaty girls from UCL in day glow leggings is way to strong for me to resist. I'm a freak, i know. Gonna have to sleep on the platform at waterloo though, you can't buy fun like that now can you?

peas

Harmonic generator?

Been listening to the first datsuns album recently, its really really good takes me back a fair way i think i was like 12 or 13 when it came out don't reckon i appreciated it all that much back then though. I often wonder what happened to them, they've had four albums but nothing since comes close to the first, i intended to say something profound about first albums always being the best but my mind is already seizing up from doing nothing apart from drink recently, guess i need some stimulation of some kind.

on another note i finally got to hear 'the weekend isn't over' by Bloc Party and all i have to say is that their should definitely be an album between weekend in the city and intimacy.amazing.

peas

Whats the opposite of intimacy? distance?

I have to admit I'm not usually a fan of remixed albums, particularly of albums i really enjoyed as invariably there just not quite as good. However this one is different my personal highlight being the Armand Van Helden remix of 'signs', dare i say its better than the original? But yeah I'm not sure where you could pick this up, i went all illegal and got it off a friend but for those of you actively trying to save the record industry im sure itunes has it and if not you can definitely listen to it on spotify. Seriously though get your hands on a copy of this it just might make your evening.

Big love, peas.




P.S if anyone knows where to get 'the weekend isn't over' b side by bloc party please comment underneath as i cann'e find it anywhere.

Why travel?

I remember seeing this ad when i first started riding i must have been about 15 or thereabouts, anyways its just always stuck in my mind. pretty true to my life i suppose.

peas

Nozzers galore.

Levi's® BMX Team Mix 2009 - More BMX Videos

Thought this was pretty sweet, im always a bit puzzled by why levis have a bmx team but they do make some pretty sweet jeans and a have killer team so i reckon their probably here to stay for a good while. In all honesty if they weren't at least £60.00 a pair i wouldnt mind wearing them. Anyways i digress from the point some sick stuff on here and all shot in beautiful Californian sunshine, if nothing else they've certainly got their aesthetics bang on, it even comes in HD for the more technologically advanced, ged'on.

oh and what is it with the nose manual, this years luc-e? reckon all the cool kids are gonna be running 5 headset spacers and landing on their face alot in 2009. Maybe an NHS dentist is gonna be a must have this coming year. reckon ill stick with the back wheel variety though, partly due to my inability to to lean more than 10 degrees over the bars and partly due to a desire to keep the 1 an a half front teeth i currently own.

peasss

Ham on cunt

Just finished reading this, I've always liked Bukowski's writing and i have to say this is one of the best books I've ever read. However ive come to the conclusion that if this book is as autobiographical as everyone says, then Bukowski was probably a bit of a cunt if im being honest, thought the ending could have been less obscure as well. Although im pretty sure its just me as he's known as one of the greatest writer- poets ever and i write a shitty blog with poor grammar that about five people read. All in all a pretty saweeet read definately saved me from four hours of train related boredom, although in the words of a certain well known bands song about the man himself 'who would wanna be such an asshole?'.

big love

lend your ears..

This more than deserves a listen, gotta love the lyrics, yeaahhhh lewis.

oh and for some more of the musical talents of mr LJK have a listen to this gives me a chuckle everytime i listen to it, i reckon a trapped in the closet inspired 'hiphopera' should be next on the cards.

big love.

whats wrong with regional accents?

Im well aware that this album was made with 16 and 17 year old angsty kids in mind, and that the lead singer is from surrey and probably shouldn't have a californian accent.this aside im kinda into it ive been listening to a fair bit lately despite the fact every song is about the same (slightly boring) subject. But hey if you want some easy listening this tickles the clitoris for me.

Yesssssssssss

My first year of uni and consequently all my exams are over, my last exam was a breeze finished 10 mins from time, was pretty lucky the girl in front of me had an unbelievably shit neck tattoo so i mananged spend the last ten minutes trying to figure out what it was supposed to be and whether the fact it looked like it was drawn by a five year old was intentional. Ahhhh the laughs anyways im about to make an 160 mile trip to reading this afternoon to get amazingly drunk for two of my favouraite peoples birthday, thats dedication. So happy birthday to Charlotte and Ashlyn.

peace out.



Happy birthday twins!

One form of revision.

Went to some girls 21st last night, i can't pretend to know who she is other than that one of my friends kinda knows her? Anyways was a pretty cool party, we mine swept large quantities of other peoples drinks and me and Tommy bridge took over the household decks for a good two hours, the front room crowd were loving it, so if err anyone wants to offer us a weekly set somewhere in Plymouth we're down with it, guaranteed crowd pleasers hahah. Despite bigging myself up over my DJing and drink thievery skills, the night still held one problem- my end of year history exam tomorrow which i have done a total of 3 hours revision today on. Is that enough? i guess ill find out tomorrow when i have to sit their in bemused silence for an hour and a half. oh dear. At this stage i should point out that all the photos have been shamelessly ripped from someone elses facebook, naturally i just picked the ones i found funny but give a guy a break i dont even own a camera at the moment.

big love.

One of those days...

Is what today most definitely goes down as it went something like this.

10:21 am- i know the exact time because I'm always pissed to be woken up early, today i was awoken by my flatmate singing/screeching at the top over her lungs, this did wonders for my hangover

10:23 am- Reached over to drink some water, succeeded only in knocking half a bottle of Budweiser all over my new shoes.

as you can see its going well.

about 12ish: tried eating coco pops/having a cigarette to make me feel better, both made me feel disgusting.


hours of 12-3pm: sat in bed vainly trying to feel better whilst vowing never again to drink 'white ace', 'white star' or anything with an rrp of less than £2 ever again.


3:30pm- Just as school gets out me and jack decide to go out for a ride to 'clear our heads' (at this point i should point out Jack was hanging out his ass about a foot further than me), seeing as central park is up a massive hill neither of us could be bothered. We opted instead for a bank to sub outside an old peoples home and a 3 foot high brick ledge, needless to say other than me nearly dying doing a drop manual gap nothing very good went down and a hasty return to bed was made after about an hour.

4:30pm- Returned home to an email from UCL saying something along the lines of we cannot transfer you this year, you'll have to wait till 2010! sorry what? so basically if i want to go uni in Camden i have to wait until I'm nearly 21, not cool at all. Looks like my chances of moving to the smoke before i finish uni are evaporating by the day.


Tea time- BARE CUPBOARDS



Now:This was all confounded by a mountain of revision on the Virginia fucking colony.




All in all not the most successful day of my 19 years on the planet.

Fuck this im off for a mars bar and a pint
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The best band you'll never see?

Been listening to this album a lot recently, its definately helped me to sit here drinking cups of tea and avoid revising pre-revolution america at all costs. I really don't understand why they split up, as i don't know a single person who's heard them that doesn't like them. But hey all the best bands split up before their time right? I really regret not getting up of my slightly inebriated ass and going to see their last show at reading festival, some of my friends went and were blown away.great. not only did i miss one of the best gigs at reading but i also only have myself too blame.

Also how hot is the lead singer, im pretty sure her names jemima, but yeah i think its maybe her whole attitude, something like the really hot kind of dirty girl everyone went to school/college with that would sleep with you but probably never speak to you again,as well as the fact she looks pretty good but god the things i would do. Ehhhm on that note i think its probably a good idea too mention the fact that every other guy ive spoke too feels the same and that im not some kind of perverted lurker who has nothing better to do than post blogs about girls in indie bands. Anyways i digress 'get awkward' is 12 tracks of nasty,who gives a fuck,brutality and its fucking excellent go buy it.

the end

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/897413/

a female freind drew my attention to this, i mean who would have known that a ruler is not an accurate tool to measure your penis with? Ior love all the male stereotypes in it though especially when the guys like ' no! five inches!' death of the six inch myth and all that. The guys a tad over-enthusiastic though, in fact i can't help but get the impression he probably has the smallest penis of them all, not at all advanced by cosmetic surgery. Anyways this is a pretty weird video to post by it gave me a couple of minutes chucklevision,enjoy.

big love

Bieeeeerrrr fest.

Photos by dear old ross penny, i think he has a flickr or something but i dont know it so his work remains a mystery, i think they were taken on a cameraphone. I guess the qaulity proves once again why people will continue to make camera's forever despite the fact pretty much every phone has one.

What a penis.

The prospect of people like this is probably what will keep me out of a 9-5 suit job my entire life, i'd like to think so anyway.

Mega

If i had this i wouldn't lose every game of poker or monopoly i played, would be the worlds best bmxer and would never have to buy a drink again , the world would be my oyster oh and most importantly i wouldn't have to have discussions with just about every responsible adult ive ever met about my time keeping or lack of it. hmmmmm one day,one day. or i'd just be a badass professional goalkeeper like benard.

big love

15 again?

Me circa 2005, ice on home made spine,XL tshirt,baggies and cleaverice's dads homebase camping light in tow-these were the daysss

Found our old website from when we were like 14/15 and had just started riding www.artificialbikes.150m.com, artificial bikes was also the name of my DT project at school i think i made a sprocket out of styrofoam or something, useful. Its pretty funny none of the pictures work anymore but you can still read an interview with a 15 year old me bahaha, im pleased to say i learnt hop barspins and never learnt candy bars. I love the disgusting red 'streetart' font that me and ross probably thought was sick at the time, pretty cool to see how far peoples photography has progressed too. Whats funny is that out of those people maybe three of us still ride, how times change maybe i need to grow up.

big love

How fucking cool is this?

http://shop.vans.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/category_10001_10101_44120_-1#/inspiration

The Smoke.

I don't know why it is but London has always captivated me, whenever im there i feel like im part of something amazing and kinda at the center of everything. Some of my fondest memories from being a little kid are just from going on the tube to London Zoo or the natural history muesem with my dad. The same applies as ive got older, college trips to kensingston/the V&A or the day we tried to ride street in like -2 whilst it snowed- yet it still ended up as one of the most memorable days of my life.
This is probably a little weird but i can't explain why i love it so much and ive tried a few times. I just love it in my opinion there's no better city in the world. One of my only regrets in my life so far is opting to move to the West country for uni instead of London just becuase i was worried about the cost of living there, in fact at the age of 19 i still dream of moving there on an almost daily basis. Oh and the above photo was taken for my A2 final piece on said day in the snow.

je'taime

ESTONIAAAAAA

Fully fell in love with the place, take me back....

photos shot on a tesco value disposable either by myself or Cleaverice,not sure who took what.

Hell'uva good.

Brighton Session from mike king on Vimeo.

You gotta love Mike king, dudes been making videos since ive been riding and we're the same age! I love how his edits seem to get better every time i watch one, in fact i can even go far enough to say i look foward to them without getting my nose too brown. The other thing i love is that the music always seems to be spot on, just how a video section should be. right ive officially got more waffle than birdseye, so ill stop.

big love.

oh and check out his website, http://www.ffwdbmx.com/ some mega stuff on there.

Film is hard.

Will Stroud Cinematography Reel from Will Stroud on Vimeo.

Im pretty sure i posted this before on tumblr, but its amazing. The filming is sooo good, and although its mostly bmx i think anyone can appreciate how amazing this is. oh and its got M83 as the soundtrack,what more could you want?

Album of 09?

Methinks so,The Maccabees 'Wall of arms' out tommorow

fookin mint

Rad Weekend Mark 2

Twas the lovely Josie's coming of age on saturday, eneviatably we got mashed & went to sample the delights of Basingstokes circuit of disgustingly expensive bars (spoons,llyods and tonic) despite this i still had a rad time, mostly due to a few wray & nephews and the company. My personal highlight however was discovering the average house key can be used to start a cherrypicker on the way home, some 30 f00t fun was had even if sticks is a little dangerous at the controls of such a beast to say the least. Although things were somewhat ruined this morning when i realised that my £40 train return to Uni was now a blank piece of ripped up paper after some drunken laundry at some point after i got home.not cool.

big love

Rad weekend mark 1.

Was back in the rather aptly named Amazingstoke for the bank holiday weekend, partly for the yearly mash up of Reading beer festival & partly for Josie's birthday, both being an excuse to go a bit more over the top with alcohol/my student loan than usual.
Reading beer festival is fucking amazing, i can't think of another occasion where you can get copious amounts of 10.5% beer which is designed to taste like bark or something equally as extravagent, whilst dancing to jazz music with a load of middle aged women who love & laugh at us in eqaul amounts. And best of all the samples are free so you never actaully need buy a pint. Last year's highlights included meeting Ian 'Jazz hands' Webb and his band, he was probably a terrible example of what a forty something father should be doing, but hey inbetween his sick dancing, singing & his aggy 7foot man mountain of a band mate treating us like naughty school kids we thought he was as bad ass as they come. Im Sure some photos of this year will follow but it make take some to time to establish who took what, who lost their phone/camera on the way home, so these from last year will do.


I dont think me or sparrow can even pretend to remember this photo, the combination of 10% ale, wild boar pies & jazz hands had taken its toll by this point, we were only just 18 bless us. Editors note: im not the one doing the gay 'ali g' westside thing with my fingers, although i am fiddling with myself? hmmm not sure whats better.




All i need say is Ian Webb, a diamond amongst men



I still beleive 2008 will probably go down as the best of my life, pessimistic?

When red jeans really were cool.

found this lurking on my laptop, im pretty sure i originally found out when everyone went through that stage when i was about 17, of putting childhood photos on myspace so people could ‘awwww’ and make witty remarks like ‘what happened’. But anyways despite the fact i clearly look like a bad ass in my red jeans and cardigan, i have come to the conclusion from looking at several photos that my mother clearly overfed me as a child, i was a chubby little fucker, thank the lord for growth spurts. I returned to the site of this photo the other day to watch tigres sleep in the sun, probably the worst spent £16 in a while, i guess the magic of marwell tiger pen is not indefinate. wish i knew what happened to “tigger” my orginally named stuffed tiger though, kinda miss the little guy.

peace up a town.

Thought this was pretty cool..