Monthly Archives: January 2010

via kyleriedel.net The role of countercultures and subcultures in contemporary society is one that I believe to be of great instability. In the past theorists such as Adorno have helped us to understand the significance that the culture industry plays … Continue reading →

via youtube.com I don’t really need to contextualize this… Owen Pallet is amazing. If you haven’t had the chance to hear his new album Heartland yet do yourself a favour and go get it now. Posted via web from Everything … Continue reading →

via mymodernmet.com ‘Adventures with Form in Space’ is the theme of this year’s Balnaves Foundation Sculpture Project in Australia. This piece by Nike Savvas dubbed’ Atomic: full of love, full of wonder, is easily my favourite. The room suspended bouncy … Continue reading →

via informationisbeautiful.net As many of my regular readers know I love photography and frequently spend my weekends wandering around London with my camera in hand. However, there seems to be a rise in the harassment and even arrests of innocent … Continue reading →

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I am looking forward to seeing this new documentary that will be screening in Seattle this weekend at The Northwestern Film Forum. The film focuses on what influenced some of today’s hottest artist from skate and surf culture to punk … Continue reading →

via youtube.com Last night The National Board of Review held their annual awards ceremony. At the ceremony Wes Anderson was honoured with the “Special Filmmaking Achievement” award for his movie The Fantastic Mr. Fox. Instead of giving a standard speech, … Continue reading →

via youtube.com Last month I had a chance to catch up with Rob Dyer and the boys from Silverstein at the Scala in London, to talk to them a little bit about Skate4Cancer. As many of you might know from … Continue reading →

via mymodernmet.com I recently came across this incredible glass concept house designed by the Santambrogiomilao group. The home features “a series of iconic furniture pieces, beds, sofas and bookcases, along with architectural elements such as staircases and kitchens – all … Continue reading →

via flickr.com For Christmas I received the canon 55mm f/1.8 II lens. It’s one of the cheaper lenses currently on the market, but its optics belie its lowly price. This has instantly become one of my favourite lenses, and has … Continue reading →