June 2008
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This week, I have mostly been:
fine-tuning my site thanks to some wise words from David Airey
listening to lots and lots of Kate Moss anecdotes
deciding that “I Told Her On Alderaan” is a fantastic song title
being disappointed by Beck’s new Floydular direction
sporting a smashing new yellow checked shirt
wondering just how communist you can make a pig look
trying to convince a New Yorker to be...
Twombly disconnect
I went to the Cy Twombly exhibition at the Tate Modern. It was good. I didn’t feel particularly engaged by it though. I’ve never been a stare-at-one-painting-for-an-hour kind of guy, but I was in and out in about thirty minutes. I spent more time in the shop, looking at the same images, but in purchasable form. Am I a philistine? Numbed by 21st century mass media? What’s my...
Dan about town
I attended the Editorial Design Organisation talk at the London College of Fashion last night, and jolly good it was too.
First up was Ann Braybon, discussing the short-lived but hugely influential 60s men’s magazine Town* (formerly About Town, formerly Man About Town**). I wasn’t familiar with it before, so it was great finding out about its importance in nurturing the great British...
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This week, I have mostly been:
editing upside-down Welsh text
realising that if someone tried to fire me during a job interview, I’d probably laugh and pat them on the head (I’ve been reading too much Anna Pickard)
thinking that if they ever make an R Kelly biopic, it’ll be amazing
wondering why the hell there were two metal nail files in my microwave
rediscovering the joys of breakfast
helping my sis...
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This week, I have mostly been:
watching the Apprentice final on the biggest television set ever created (and trust me, nobody should see Alan Sugar’s face in that much detail)
getting frustrated by the wonkiness of my Cool Hand Luke poster
getting frustrated by the brilliance of my Funny Games poster
wondering how much is too much to spend on an Annie Leibowitz book
offending Newcastle
listening to the...
“Hillary ran a great campaign, she is a great politician, but she did not run as...”
– Marko Savic
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This film is on: Mouthy obnoxious women and the...
The Doc and I went to see Sex And The City last night. A very strange experience it was too. Annoying teenagers noisily chatting and texting each other are generally considered the bane of civilised cinema-goers the world over, but they are nothing compared to what we had to contend with.
Out of about 150 people, I was possibly the only guy in a sea of women. That, in itself, I can cope with (I...
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This week, I have mostly been:
discovering/inventing the delicacy that is Hula Hoops and wensleydale cheese
shooting out the back tyres of security vans in GTA IV
fighting the foo
attempting not to break any Gehry-esque ceramics
reading Moondust and watching In The Shadow Of The Moon
getting time-beffuddled by watching Lost, Dr Who and Back To The Future 3 all in one day
getting more and more angry at the BBC’s...