wie is?...

following my blog in Amsterdam?

fresh socks...

the spontaneous nature of the blog seems to have been lost on me these past couple of weeks... I have either been too busy out and about doing I can't remember what (probably a play park or 2 in there) or with my Mum who visited last weekend, or just pondering life in general - the latter having taken it's toll recently. here is a selection of musings from the past week or so...

1) Jarvis Cocker is DULL, despite what Nigel says. I am amazed that an uncoordinated middle-aged man with the stylings of a geography teacher, balancing (not very well) on one leg and generally prancing about looking like a fool, singing not very great songs, could attract so large a following. Nigel says this IS his appeal.

2) Malcolm Gladwell is not dull. our current financial climate explained via the american civil war and the usual research based anecdotes, was not dull. you may think I must be lying, but I'm not. his hair is not dull either... I am still dissappointed that Nigel and I failed to get rainbow 'fros in time. dammit...

3) because it's always good to wear clean socks, my new new favourite band, thanks to Lyndsey...myspace.com/wearephoenix

4) my Mum visited at weekend, and most importantly she got to meet her granddaughter for the first time. Mila sometimes looks like this...



5) and the result of my near internal combustion?? a semi-rejection of my (not very apparent) creative career and, for those of you who are expecting a free place to stay in Berlin during the next few months, don't call on me cos I'm more likely to be in L.A with Lyndsey... yes. L!A!

6) LYNDSEY... is one of my best friends, but she lives in America which as we all know is a lot of pennies away... so soon I'll be spending a lot of pennies. she's amazingly talented / dedicated to the extreme / kind / beautiful and all round awesome. I don't think she'd mind me telling you she's is pretty damn hilarious too... I wish I could tell you the peeing incident, but it's not my place. HAHAHAHA...HA

lyndseylesh.com
lyndsey's blog


























7) I have also been embracing the SUN and it's myriad healing properties

thank you Lewis...

last week Lewis told me he was going to see some guy called Austin Lucas play this weekend... I'd never heard of him but did some investigating (see below) and discovered that Mr. Lucas and also Mike Hale seemed more than worthy of 6.5 of my english pounds... so, this is where I would fail to give a suitable account of the show, but in short it turned out to be one of the most amazing and heartfelt performances and beat any expectations by far. the evening culminated with Austin Lucas playing fully acoustic and fully in my face. thank you Austin, Mike, Josh, Chris and the fiddle guy (who's name I forget) - you seem the nicest, most gracious, whisky-swigging, country men a girl could wish to spend a few hours with on a Saturday evening. thank you Miles for coming down too. and thanks again Mr. Collins :)

investigate...
myspace.com/austinlucas1
myspace.com/mikehalemusic

my new favourite band...

myspace.com/thegaslightanthem

it really doesn't matter which track i show you, every one seems as damn catchy as this one...

Aurelia, deer...

re your post... they are progessing exactly as I imagined they would... you can imagine how mine are (not) progressing... BUT I did make a picture today (happy birthday Jo) - YAY ME!


keep me posted, as I will you. and oh... love yoo!

nice.

i'm developing an obsession for drawn stop animation, but that's healthy right?



myspace.com/firekites

bananas...

I don't remember reading Anthony Browne's books when I was little though I really wish I had... I once read 'Gorilla' to the girls and it has the most painstakingly beautiful illustrations (of which there is a online dirth)...



Browne is the new children's laureate... read this...I thoroughly approve

piabramley.co.uk
piabramley.blogspot.com

henriettaswift.com

cameo...

yesterday my friend Chris was in Brighton, an unexpected (though very welcome) surprise. I met him last year when I put on his band, TANAOU... anyway, he was down acting as TM/sound engineer for Run Toto Run, on tour from Manchester. it was great to see Chris again, and to meet the R-T-R gang... when their impromptu show was cancelled last minute, fate took us to The Druids pub quiz. our team won first prize at sculpting a Lionel Richie bust in plasticine... thank you very much... anyway, mostly I learnt that meeting new people can be a lot of fun, and that I wish I was in a band so I could go on tour... at the end of the night the band filmed their day 4 blog in their van outside my house and I was granted a cameo role. I was more than a bit sad to say goodbye...

myspace.com/runtotomusic

hannahclare.co.uk
hannahalexandraclare.blogspot.com

I am pretty new to Hannah's work, despite her being a good friend for a while now... I'm sorry it took me so long to discover... what I like most is how she combines accident and her own invention, often with a beautiful outcome... her degree show is well worth a visit...

daaaaaarling...

i'll keep this short and sweet... University of Brighton graduate shows on until thurs... here's graphic's and illustration's site - www.gdi09.co.uk... i'm going to post up some talented people day by day...

first is Benjamin Phillips. I helped Ben put up his show a couple of weeks ago and I'd go so far as to say he is BRILLIANT (or really really stoopid... the line is fine)... benjaminphillips.co.uk

(click on the comic strip to view bigger)

FAO Nigel...

yesterday I went to Goring-by-Sea for an epic, but gratis, haircut. like you do. with a couple of hours to kill beforehand I took a trip to the beach and discovered what I assumed to be someone's abandoned beach project (http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/textiles/lawty/world_beach/map_gallery/index.php)...
proceeeded to make my own...


and then realised that my unimaginative effort was also pretty foolish as on my return an hour later I discovered the inevitable annihilation of my heart...

oh... and, believe it or not, this took almost 4 hours...