June 14, 2014For the London based, make sure you get down to this today at 2pm. As part of the ‘African Odysseys‘ programme run this month, BFI Southbank are playing back-to-back two pieces of essential viewing about reggae and soundsystem culture. You’ve even got one of the director’s in attendance, all for £6.50 a ticket: http://bit.ly/1myVuqq Released last year, I Am The Gorgon:…
June 13, 2014Regrettable to be reporting on the recent passing of Count Suckle, an originator of UK sound system culture, credited with introducing ska to Britain, and perhaps even more importantly was a foundation for creating social sound in the UK. It was 1954 when he stowed away on a boat from Jamaica, accompanied with the late-great Duke Vin aka The Tickler,…
May 27, 2014A bit more of a heads up on this one than last time, and I’ve promised to keep the hype down. Jimmy Monsta Funk and crew are headed back down to what’s becoming their regular monthly residency. ‘In The Heat Of The Night‘ returns to Snugg in Brixton the weekend after next; heads-know vibes all the way. To be honest, I’m still…
April 30, 2014One for the London crew here, happening this Friday in Brixton and not to be missed. The one Jimmy Monsta Funk is playing wax (and wax only) for a couple of hours, alongside another original teacher, the man dem D. Neither of these guys are going to like the fact that I’m mentioning their event, but hopefully we’ll get some…
April 21, 2014Clearing out some old photos came across a whole memory of card of graff & street art from recent journeys around both Sydney and Melbourne. Thought it’d be worth sharing here, though due to the amount a lot will get cut, and we’ll definitely be breaking it down in to sections. Worth mentioning that that London and Melbourne attitudes towards…
April 15, 2014Well happy that this has come back around after I missed the debut screening in January. Given the berating that a recent screening of an LA beat-scene doco earned on these pages, you’d be forgiven for thinking we might be skipping the 90-minute documentary on the greatest indie label of all time, birthed from and repping Los Angeles since 1996,…
April 14, 2014Here’s art that we really like, and once again it’s tapped in to geographical and architectural features that were pre-existing, begging for exposure. Sharing some similarities between Michael Heizer and urban exploration (I’m sure there’s a theme here for what lights us up) comes Extended Stage, an underground exhibition and space from New York-based Australian-born artist Ian Burns. Burns is…
April 13, 2014Bumped down to CDR a month or so ago; wicked night. Took in the early screening of the latest ‘beat scene’ / LA documentary which would’ve made for great viewing… if the year was 2009. Unfortunately, it’s not. Burgeoning beat makers: put down the the joint and make some f**king new music. Probably worth noting that my partner of ten…
March 18, 2014Spent a couple of hours lost on thebohemianblog.com the other night, Darmon Richter’s online presence as an urban explorer and writer. Journeying down to Melbourne and picking up the second volume of Beauty In Decay (more on this later) it was pretty good timing to come across his recount of crawling through the city’s underground sewers, Richter’s currently best known…
March 5, 2014Music, photos, and videos that take you back to a certain place in your life are things to be treasured. The fact that I just found Jet Set Radio on iPad has temporarily put any concerns over short-attention span technology destroying our lives to one side, in favour of replaying one of the greatest contributions to the animation and gaming…