numbers

from a hole
to a stick
to a snake
to a fork
to a cup
to a snake
to a belly
to a rake
to infinity
and a face

grapes of wrath

heres harry

Last month (May 2012) a musician named HARRY MERRY from Rotterdam came over to London to play at a papershakers night. His performance was exceptional as always. The next morning after little sleep and a run to the train station that I will never forget Harry got to Resonance FM radio to record a live session, HERE is a link to that very session. Harry Merry is about a third of the way through.

OR here is something more instant..
 (recording from some NYC show - panorama paper)

stony face buster

Imagine, jumping and tumbling, feet first, through an open window, and landing
like a cat. Imagine, being so fearless, to ride, a driver-less bike, never looking back. Imagine, silent beauty, face set in stone, living forever.

top of the pots

playing around with an oil lamp and slide

print swap

POTATO STAMPS!!! another simple shape...

... a giant mushroom wearing the latest in fungal fashion: pink levitation earrings

print swap

Hugh Barrell, print maker extraordinaire, kindly gave me this and I put it on my wall. The brilliance of a simple shape is that it can look like many things..

do you find that sometimes bollocks just roll out of your mouth and on to the table where everyone is staring at them, naked and glistening, whilst thinking 'what the hell is she talking about?'

chronosynclastic cake

Made from stewed harmoniums and inspired by Kurt Vonnegut's Sirens of Titan.

LIME HEADED DOG ALBUM REVIEW

Picture a magnificent train steaming with optimism, on route to the heart of the sun (but not exactly our sun, with its solar flares and hot plasma - but more a vision of dazzling light and sparkling greatness!). On its journey it encounters an interesting array of terrains and weather conditions, overcoming them all with vim and vigour. A choral piping of oooo’s and aaaaah’s, spluttering colours, piston bursts and blurts of urgent mantras keep this engine pushing forward.

The whole album (DALMATION BITCH) is actually really engaging. It is seamless as though one long piece but cleverly divided into seperate tracks. A few of my favourite bits include the thundering intro of PROOF giving way to soft rays of female vocals and an overwhelming feeling that there is still hope. Track 7 is one simmering hot pot of LORENZO soup, with acappella warmth and juicy slides on a fret board. Chanting monks stepping out of the shadows to the strum of a string. Who can’t relate to wanting a big hug. My all time favourite bit of the album is between 2:45 and 3:05 of SWAN where something happens that I can only describe as a violin doing a nose-dive and barrel-rolling back up again. This sounds really good in headphones.

This album is excellent through and through, full of beautiful sounding instruments, passionate and original composition, and lyrics worth listening to. Also if you buy the album from the bands website you get some remixes thrown in (including ones by Tom Vek and Kevin Emre).
5 stars.

and here is a scene from Dumbo that sprang to mind:

waiting for some moreMicachu, until then I will listen to this remix everyday:

some of the mix tapes I have made for people during 2011:









2011 top 12 mix tape songs:

Hey Girls - Honey Bee
Under Your Spell - Desire
Keep Pushing On - John Maus
Its Choade My Dear - Connan Mockasin
People Make The World Go Round - The Chosen Few
A Chore - Tom Vek
I Don't Want To Be Murdered - Lime Headed Dog
Modern Art - Black Lips
Bright Lit Blue Skies - Ariel Pinks Haunted Graffiti
It's Me - I Ching
Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love) - The Swingin' Medallions
Pizza Time - Ducktails