October 15, 2016Currently doing the screening circuit, this feels like the graffiti documentary we’ve been waiting for since Style Wars set the benchmark in 1983. And where many since have done a brilliant job showcasing then ‘current’ eras in writing, Wall Writers: Graffiti In It’s Innocence steps backwards, further exploring the birth of graffiti from 1967 – 1973. Check the trailer below. Directed by the…
October 6, 2016Apologies for the late notice on this one, but 24 hours in London should be enough of a heads up. The one Jimmy Monsta Funk is going live for three hours at Rye Wax, South East London. Strictly wax and quality selections from one of the best personal collections I know of. Sitting opposite Peckham Rye Station, Rye Wax is…
August 9, 2016There’s a story behind this, and the delay in getting it up. Paul Ackroyd aka Kamikaze wrote a wonderful tribute to the man known as Alan Vega who passed away last month, to accompany this mix, only to have it accidentally deleted by yours truly. And while the words are lost the real tribute here is the radio show pulled…
June 21, 2016There’s no way I’d be able to give voice or proper tribute to what happened in Orlando last week. The mass shooting of a lone gunman targeting the LGBT community seemed to highlight different issues for everyone. From the state of the media, to gun laws, to tolerance, to the spiral America is falling in to – the list is…
April 21, 2016Surprised there’s not been more kicking around about this; photographer James Barnor will be doing a Q&A at Westminster Reference Library next month, discussing his life’s work and his first monograph Ever Young which was published last year. Born in Ghana on the tail end of the 1920’s, Barnor opened his first studio in Accra in 1950. As a photojournalist…
April 4, 2016There’s an essential library of well-known books that you’ll find more often than not in a sound man’s house. All Crews by Brian Belle-Fortune, Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop by Jeff Chang and Bass Culture by Lloyd Bradley on the narrative tip, then Behind The Beat by Raph, Dust & Grooves from Eilon Paz and Joe Mansfield’s Beat Box for record collection and gear porn. You’re…
January 30, 2016Late last year Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau announced the most diverse Cabinet in the history of the country, as well as the Commonwealth (of which Canada remains a part of) and quite possibly the world. Trudeau delivered on his pre-election promise to build a ‘Canadian government for 2015’, with an equal amount of men and women represented as well…
January 10, 2016More lists and a chance to shout out all the goodness that buzzed us. Nice to reconnect with London crew this year, if only for one night. The biggest change is buying habits again. If the previous two years represented cassettes as a novelty, 2015’s when it became essential to own a walkman to do the show we wanted. It…
January 8, 2016We’re pretty late on these but they’ll be trickling through the nest few days. Cracking year for Jimmy Monsta Funk, who, as well as unearthing a field recorded mix from his residency at Snugg, delivered six hours worth of live wax from 2014, which you can check out here. Here’s his lists of 2015. 5 Documentaries Of 2015 ‘A Syrian…
December 17, 2015Apologies for delay on action lately, been travelling as usual. Pleased to announce however, that I’ve found my newest addiction last week in the form of Nintendo cartridge figurines from Squid Kids Ink. Squid Kids Ink is in fact primarily one person, real name Nate Mitchell who’s been sculpting since he was 19 and designing toys full time since graduating…