MegaUpload Song: The State Of The Internet

Stars produce a song about MegaUpload, showing support for the changing face of the music industry - It gets pulled by the label.

The industry has grown through the teething stages of the internet into a bratty teenager that doesn't know what it wants.

You can't listen to the song here, but you can read more here...

Capitulation is the lowest form of wilt.

33 Photos from Occupy London Stock Exchange

Photos I took today; the first day of the Occupy London campaign.

Bike caught in limbo between concentric policemen. Actually thought it got stolen at one point. Long story...

Julian Assange appears:

 ...Suddenly! Somebody's wedding.

...and back to the standoff.

 

 

First dude I saw arrested:

Second dude I saw arrested:

Friend me on Facebook

and I'll inbox you

some verbs.

Oh, Hackney

While cycling through Hackney this morning I noticed this sign on the wall of a house I go past every day. A very pretty house that I assumed was inhabited by squatters.

"Dear Neighbours,

We have been squatting at 5 St. Marks Rise (the house with the orange fence) since October 2008.

On Wednesday 14^th September, Hackney Council delivered us an eviction notice giving us just over a week to get out of the building that has been our home for the last three years. We were never informed of the court case that decided our eviction, which is planned for Friday 23^rd September. This has come as a shock, but no surprise. It is yet another example of the under-handed way in which Hackney Council deals with people’s lives.

Hackney Council has declared this house and many other properties ‘surplus requirements’, and are ruthlessly pressing ahead with eviction and sell-offs.

We have all noticed the drastic change in our area. What the council call ‘regeneration; is the forced sale of our neighbourhoods and lives to developers and the children of the rich, while the rest of us must disappear.

In this current depression and housing crisis, squatting has never been more necessary, yet this government is intent on criminalizing anyone who can’t afford rent.

Hackney Council has left this building empty and neglected for years. The damage left by the bailiffs after evicting the previous squatters was extensive with every window and fixture smashed. In the 3 years we’ve lived here, we’ve repaired the building to the best of our abilities and built a home for ourselves.

At 10am on Friday 23^rd, bailiffs will come to evict this house, but WE INTEND TO STAY. Join us in showing the council and their associates that we will not be pushed out of our neighbourhood so easily.

Yours sincerely,

The people at 5 St. Marks Rise"

"This Home Is Not 4 Sale"

Autumn Is Coming - Eid Mubarak

Bracketed 30 second exposures, captured and processed at 12am.

Goodnight.

Critical Mass London May 2011

I didn't shoot this video (a friend and I are actually in it from 0:09) of Friday's Critical Mass and it unfortunately doesn't quite capture how many people (even those on the pavement) were singing and dancing to Michael Jackson - One of the best moments of the ride.

The Remains of Yesterday's Music Industry

I was meeting a friend in Oxford Street yesterday and happened to pass the location of the ol' HMV megastore. As far as I know it was shut down last year, leaving behind this dire image - looking like a town whose citizens fled overnight, rather than fight a losing battle.

It's a sad thought (if you happen to love the crumbling structure of the music industry), but hopefully it will mean a handful of independent stores will be able to survive (like fresh saplings after a forest fire).

"Unlimited edition, with an unlimited supply. That was the only reason we all had to say goodbye" - The Sex Pistols, EMI

Two Can Be As Bad As One

So I did a dub remix of Harry Nilsson's One, and decided to make a video to go with it out of D.O.A, an archetypal 50s film noir classic. Anyway, I hope it creates some atmosphere.

This is the lo-res version, and the ratio is slightly off after recompression - so be it. Dedicated to my favourite dog, Kerry. RIP.

BPM: 120
Audio Samples: Harry Nilsson - One (1968)
Video Samples: D.O.A (1950) - Public Domain
AVI - MPEG 4
720 x 480 (4:3)
29.97 fps
PCM AAC Audio
Hardware/Software: MicroKorg, Ableton Live 8, Cool Edit, Handbrake & Adobe Premiere

Album Trailer: Graveyeard - Hisingen Blues

Good news, everyone! Psychedelic rockers, Graveyard are releasing a new album next month.

They've put together a short video (you might recognise some of the footage from Alejandro Jodorowsky's Holy Mountain and a few other cult classics) making for a very compelling, if time warping, teaser.