conversationsinheaven

simply astounding based on that fact that ...

2008-02-22T05:40:00.001-08:00

their collective age is under 100 !!!

please believe me when i say that this is the future

.... x

kickass launch where Conversations crew are on the 1s and 2s !

2008-01-28T03:19:00.001-08:00

amazing clothing on the HIGH FASHION art based AVANT GARDE tip ...

you will be blown away

HYDE SK on the up folks ... watch and bear witness !!

COME DOWN FOR DRINKS COURTESY OF FRIENDS AT VEDETT ...

make love not war ... make merry not melanchol

be there x

a goodyear !!

2008-01-23T02:07:00.000-08:00

ladies and gentlemen

may it now be suggested and confirmed that this is to be a good year ...

already less hedonism and WAY more creativity ... things is on the UP !! believe me ... you will be seeing more from this man ... yesiree bob word is being born like babies 9 months the troops arrived home ...

look out for STERLING TIES !! a range of neck and collar attire for both the established and aspiring sartorial gent ... the designs are coming thick and fast ... inspired by life ,death, age, the past, the future, and the distortion of everything that can be altered , the earth to the truth. and they will look great round your neck too !!

look out for the 'decrepit aesthetic' and the 'balloon boy' ... both tell a tale.

look out for berlin.

look out for 'tails' children's stories

look out for yourselves because you all count xx

without a doubt ...

2008-01-15T08:05:00.000-08:00

the best opening lyric to a song for a long long time ...

"powder your nose pull off your pantyhose, let me love you from behind my darling"

singing it without making it sound like a clipse lyric ... and actually making it sound like a tender moment of lovemaking is sublime ...

I salute THE FELICE BROTHERS !!!

X

some things y'all should know

2008-01-14T03:59:00.000-08:00

1- smiling is easier than frowning fact ... 2-books beat tv ... 3-the streets are a soap meets documentary ... 4-sit down and watch ... 5-taking time is the new checking your watch.

6- www.thesartorialist.blogspot.com is amazing ... its been one of my secrets for a while but now you need to look at this site ... its amazing ... this guy Scott Buchanan has an eye for detail that is normally reserved for a shoemakers elf in the mountains near florence or a milanese tailor with a monocle ... it is a bible for me ... keep up the good work Scott !!

7- Derrick Miller ex of Polo has a new brand (well new to a lot of the UK anyway) BARKER BLACK ... shoes like you wont believe ... a sartoralist himself Derrick has used all the right heritage angles mixed with contemporary awareness style and savvy to provide us with a SPECIAL brand ... In the U.S he is a style god ... he will soon assume this status here without a shadow of a doubt. wwww.barkerblack.com ... check it !!!!!

8 - healthy is good ... i am being healthy and i feel great

9 - being married rocks ... sometimes you just have to publicise this fact

10 - i am full of good vibes ... so feel them !

x

best thing about january just arrived on the doormat ...

2008-01-11T08:38:00.000-08:00

Thanks to sue for my christmas present ... a years worth of intelligent discourse and class. x

one for my lady and feline fans ...

2008-01-11T06:02:00.001-08:00

this ladies and gents is the introduction of our newly inherited cat ...

"PESKY"

pretty cool huh !

chillin ... rollin ... washing ... leaving the photoshoot in a hissy fit strop !!

NEW DATE ... 12TH MARCH !!!!!!!

2008-01-09T06:50:00.000-08:00

... will be hosting the first CONVERSATIONS IN HEAVEN night since its BIG BANG inception at the Grifin Shoreditch.

As some of you will know the theme of the evenings entertainment is based around the conversation about music between two dead heroes, visionaries and protagonists of scenes / genres, morbid it aint, celebratory it is folks !!

the next one is changed from 20th feb to wed 12th march !!

12TH MARCH !!

arthur lee vs keith moon

it will be an evening of music both dj'ed and live bands that celebrates the ethos that these two stood for ... punk attitude psychedelic mentality ... mad as boxes of frogs !

watch this space for more info ...

x

"gordon is a moron"

2008-01-04T04:18:00.000-08:00

makes me smile !!!!!!

x

ps - martin hannett on production too !!

the only true genius i know ...

2008-01-04T04:10:00.000-08:00

acid is having a resurgence ! not the drug the dirty moog stuff ...

this guy is my friend and a legend.

ZONGAMIN YESSSSSSSSSS

im having a wire moment that seems to be lasting a while ...

2008-01-04T03:09:00.001-08:00

the opening lyrics are some of my favourite of all time

and on another note of the era ...

2008-01-03T06:51:00.000-08:00

one of my favourites ...

Devoto is a genius ... hey remeber the dont go with strangers in the 70's on the bbc ... Devoto looks like a lipsticked freak who hangs outside of schools in a pale blue escort mk 1 ...

but so what this song is perfect !

to the berlin posse ...

2008-01-03T06:45:00.001-08:00

best of british on german tv '79

yessss

detoxing ... and the epitome of not detoxing

2008-01-03T06:15:00.000-08:00

so pump up the jam was a lie, a plaguarised fake ... sniff sniff

dark room ... bass system bigger than an elephant ... and this ...

The Hoxton Bar ... 12th March

2008-01-02T05:43:00.000-08:00

The Decrepit Aesthetic

2008-01-02T04:20:00.000-08:00

LOOK OUT FOR THIS

IS ALL IM SAYING ...

IT ADDS TO CHARM AND IS PART OF THE FUTURE

cryptic steve x

and so we are 2008 ...

2008-01-02T03:32:00.000-08:00

hello folks

it seems a while and yes i have been both distant and away .. tryint to ease up on the potential RSi and im also sick of the sight of my machine to be honest (sorry apple, love you really). Yes I hear you, it is all well and good to state intent to publish words of sometimes consequence yet many times nonsense and then go moan about the middle man well despite its hypocrisy Im moaning folks as my eyes got bad, my arm started to hurt and my posture resembled that of a 90year old Bolshevik worker ... for a 32 year old male this cant be good can it ?? I mean, slave to the system, the man, and the desk has led me to looking and feeling like the recepient of a sound hiding and not to mention getting repetitive eye sight dysfunctionality (my own diagnosis you may realise!!)... so these, few words go to state the reason for my abscence ... ok ?

now onto the more positive aspects of the rear end of 07 and the first few steps of a new year ... 08 !!

quickly i must interject on my own streams of consciousness (if that is feasible!!) to state that having a tooth extracted on the 23rd december doesnt bode well on the chocolate side of christmas ... childish ... maybe ... but i just wanted to say that !

My festive period was indeed festive, good food was consumed (a little too much based on my new name 'fat steve')fine wines were sniffed, swirled and duly coiffed .. YUM !! wonderful gifts were received (my wife took me to Ralph Lauren and let me shop then paid for it ... wow !! ... i am so lucky ... not one pair of socks either ... a bow tie with cutlasses on it was devoured however !!

also received were books, dvd's and a wonderful camera ... i shall inform of the books on the next post ... thanks to the givers ... i hoped you liked mine too

getting to go home is something i look forward to immensely as the family all reside under one big parental roof and we basically watch, listen and shoot the shit ... therapeutic and honest ... thank the lord that i am able to do this as many sit in a black and white yesteryear of chocolate tv guides and silence. well i tend to get a little drunk and go head to head with my father for the 'BELLIGERENT BASTARD OF THE YEAR' award but as aforementioned its therapeutic and let it be said FUN !!we tatse whiskys and wines and go hell for leather on opinion rites !! as in ... does anyone have the right to an opinion after whisky and wine ... ?? maybe not but rest assured you certaily earn the right to a crippling headache the following morning ... thank god there are dogs to walk ...

my mum ... well what can i say ... this past year she has been to hell and back and maybe even returned once more just for a final FUCK YOU ... 2007 my mum got cancer ... 2007 my heart broke ... 2007 gave rise to a heroine of such great proportion that words have not yet been created to describe strength, bravery and positivity that have exuded from her ... i cant imagine what it must be like to lose part of the physicality that allegedly defines you a woman ...but i can say that i witnessed a woman become emancipated and stronger than a biblical field of oxen ... to be told that you have acquired something that is inside you and wants to take you from the earth and your life ... well i cant pretend to imagine to know what that must feel like ... however to see someone that you love rise from a shock like that, even greater in strength and will to live is truly awe inspiring ... of course i dont recommend it but i do put it up there with the greates comebacks ever ... and the best part is i now have a new friend, a new mother and a new hero ... heres to 08 'Scally Lama' xx ps - thanks to the hospital staff who look after her and i raise a glass (of water - detox !!) to dad, gran and Katharine x

so onto 08 ... what lies in the abyss of the following 362 days ? who knows ... check the next post for some things that i am aiming to achieve and what i will be throwing myself into ... but number 1 is most definitely a mission to discover more of others and myself ... the rest will follow ...

peace x

too much talent ... so much the future

2007-12-18T09:29:00.000-08:00

sach ... calm down

bob ... you heart josh

Vogel ... put your clothes back on

best rock n roll (in the truest sense of the phrase) band on the planet
x

in the shadows lurk ...

2007-12-18T08:01:00.000-08:00

loved the graphic novels
lovin this ...

say goodnight to the daylight

a heritage unsurpassed ...

2007-12-13T16:36:00.000-08:00

robert wyatt ...

few words can do justice to a genius ... tender , heartfelt and courageous will start ...

buy the new record on domino records ... another hero of mine Lawrence Bell ...

this guy is what its meant to sound like ... unashamedly british ... honest to the last ... i am not worthy but fucking proud to know of him

mr costello ... you should be proud too ...

tears , rage and ultimately superb ...

i raise a glass ...

x

thank god for jetlag ...

2007-12-13T08:18:00.000-08:00

so vogel has jetlag and puts together a playlist ...

when i have jetlag i experience menopausal flushes and tend to moan a lot ...

if only i could string together a set list like this when im sober ...

excellent stuf ... educational too !

its like the open university on line

x

www.blacklodges.com

brilliant comedy ...

2007-12-13T04:25:00.000-08:00

this kills me every time ...

love it
x

some words ... the year that was ...

2007-12-12T09:25:00.000-08:00

2007: THE YEAR THAT ...

THE YEAR THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN
THE YEAR THAT ETHNIC MINORITIES STILL WIPE YOUR WINDSCREEN
THE YEAR THAT SPIRALLED OUTTA CONTROL
THE YEAR THAT INSPIRED ME TO DIG A DEEP HOLE
THE YEAR THAT MADE ME WANNA CLIMB RIGHT IN
THE YEAR THAT POLITICS SHOULD BE BURNED IN A STEEL BIN
THE YEAR THAT I TRIED TO KICK AGAINS THE PRICKS
THE YEAR THAT'S STILL GOVERNED BY HICKS
THE YEAR THAT'S THE SAME AS MOST OTHERS
THE YEAR I MET NICE NEW SISTERS AND BROTHERS
THE YEAR I DECIDED TO ACT ON SOME SHIT
THE YEAR THAT TILL NOW AINT SEEN ME GET BIT
THE YEAR THAT I TOASTED ONE YEAR WITH A WOMAN WHO TOOK MY NAME
THE YEAR THAT I FOUND HUMILITY TO TAKE ON SOME BLAME
THE YEAR THAT I REALISED I WAS NEVER GONNA BE THE SAME
THE YEAR I SAW GROWTH, DEATH AND THE BEST BIT, NEW BIRTH
THE YEAR THAT THUS MADE ME HAPPY TO BE ON THIS EARTH

PEACE

let the rain come ...

2007-12-10T02:54:00.000-08:00

so its one of those monday mornings ... if i were to be residing past sheffield it would be referred to as 'grim up north' ... i wanted to go for a run this morning but such was the conditions i thought no ... enjoy a coffee and a long hot shower ... in the shower i started to sing what i think is one of the Beatles greates t ever moments .... and this song is way ahead of its time ... pay attention to bassline ... and the harmonies ... frikkin genius

x

essential sweet soul song ...

2007-12-07T04:06:00.000-08:00

'william bell - i forgot to be your lover '

wow !

stephen monaghan - i forgot how good this song is

x

we take it for granted ...

2007-12-07T03:51:00.000-08:00

TAKE A LEAF OUT OF FORREST'S BOOK ...

but someone i know has just started walking ... my main man Archer J Dawson is now mobile and abls to walk solo ...

letting go of a couch was the last step to freedom ... hey matt n cat ... i am stoked for ya both ... now watch him go ... isnt this called the ransacking period ?! ;)

March on archer march on
oh the couch is behind ya now
may your feet carry you well
from the living room to all over this town

Marcher Dawson ... you the man x

something has to give ...

2007-12-07T03:28:00.001-08:00

i have a theory on violence, binge drinking and other motley pursuits in london ... it basically comes down to a basic element as the quark is in physics ... and the basic element is the tube ... ahhhhh london underground you need to be pulled from 'neath the earth shredded and replanted in away that would provide efficient and relatively care free journeying to the work place ...

pour example ... this morning following hurricaine esque conditions prevailing through the night we awoke to find 'bits of debris' all over london ... thus the debris hits the tracks and tubes are delayed ... so why isnt there someone who can move it !!!

instead there is still frikkin debris on the tracks at 10am ... if this was Japan a laser would have been pointed at said debris and the debris incinerated like in a sci fi film thereby allowing travelling to go on and NOT grind to a halt. But oh no ladies and gents this is london thus two men probably around the ages of 70 per man probably called mo and cliff too were deployed to lift and pick debris from the line ... can anyone else see where i am going ... i hope so as iam not going to for fear of offending everyone (including the elderly) and they dont deserve that ...

so to bring me round to the point that i was stressing at the inception of this wee piece ... as soon as i EVENTUALLY alighted from the Hammersmith and City line this morning i wished i had a hip flask full of brandy to calm me down such was the grrrrrrr that had built up inside ... i also called somebody a c**t for the seond day running as they shoved me through a barrier ... i am a placid man but gee this is getting hard to take ...

and before anyone thinks it ... i know i should cycle but its 8.5 miles each way and i end up being a sweaty wreck ... and i dont like it ... so there !

my solution is this ... take a German town planner a Japanese train desiger and some swiss scientists and get them to oversee a regeneration of the underground system because its present state is driving a man to drink and violent thoughts and actions ... and we dont need that ... i dont need that !!

Pacifist x

sneaker, TAYLOR, pointer, shoe !

2007-12-05T03:21:00.000-08:00

You know what i like ... success stories, stories that include hard work and toil, some blood n sweat and then deserved sucess ladies and gents ...

My good Buddy Gareth is what i like to call a success story ... he has also 'made it' in a good way ... toiled, observed, and respected ... and the result of the aforementioned characteristics ... POINTER FOOTWEAR.

Pointer is a footwear brand that you should know ... it has streetwear influences to its style yet also has gentlemans styling thrown in too to give the product a contemporary meets heritage twist. Attention to detail and fabrics is second to none and thus they look good.

wear with : chino, suit, denim ... versatile !!
x

1935 ... a good year for BADMINTON and pumps

2007-12-03T03:39:00.000-08:00

I just want to say that im sat here in my fresh out the box JACK PURCELL trainers and feeling pretty good.

Jack Purcell Canadian Badminton world champion got his signatire shoe in 1935. Heritage is a good thing. makes it feel genuine.

Converse make them now and have done for many a year {www.converse.com}however they were initially designed by Purcell for BF Goodrich rubber company.

the now ubiquitous chuck taylor, albeit a great boot is worn by EVERYONE ... give the Jack Purcell some attention, looks good, feels great and stands out.

BRING BACK JACK

X

worth the wait ... frikkin understatement !!

2007-12-02T13:09:00.001-08:00

so after a week of bowing to the corporate order and attending and helping with launches and openings of stores, books and frikkin crisp packets ... i finally got some me and my buddies time ... doing what I wanted and what made ME happy ... like genuinely beaming and feeling like my soul had been saved and that i hadnt sold my time and energy to the corporati !! thankyou to music and ...

THE FELICE BROTHERS !!

Yes finally the band that i feel i have been waiting for all my life for rolled into town and played for over an hour ... i cant quite sum up the emotion but its somewhere between tears and an orgasm ... the songs that i have had on repeat for the last 6 months were finally being played by my new heroes on a stage ... me,matt and his wife Cat MATT N CAT !! (my good lady was ill and had to go ... gutted ... for her as much as anything else !!however the recurring nightmare that i had been having where sue (mi lady) left london with the lead singer could now not manifest itself into reality !!!) were in for an entertainment ...

I digress ... they came, they skulked around before the gig looking moody and then they stepped on stage ... it was like jekyll and hyde complex ... the moodiness ... GONE ...the entertainers were born ... it was like the sons of Mr Bojangles were dancing, stomping and delivering the sweetest blues, chants, melodies, and country soul folk music in the world ...

i welled up, i got down, and we sang along ... it was fantastic ... i wont ever forget it ... i have said it befoe on my conversations with you all but I URGE URGE URGE yoou all to invest in this bans music ... you will be released

x

hats off to them ...

2007-11-30T04:22:00.000-08:00

New Era had their first Flagship Store 'sessions' last night ... all the heads were in attendance ... as were the caps to fit them ... HA HA!

conversation and beer flowed easily which is the premise and crux of a good night ... Mr Fats + camera was in attendance paying more attention to the stiletto than the 59/50 on occasion ;) !!

these guys are doing it right ... good store ... great location and they also have the balls to go off the commercial strip too ... so i would like to raise a glass to soho ... where it was back in the day and hopefully where it will be once more !

www.neweracap.co.uk

'68

2007-11-29T07:42:00.000-08:00

over here at my office at freewheelin media - www.freewheelinmedia.com - we are discussing Mai '68 a lot ... for one reason or another ... you will see why before long ... but it brought me to thinking about an amazing book that i have read twice ...

1968 - THE YEAR THAT ROCKED THE WORLD by MARK KURLANSKY

SYNOPSIS:
1968 was a year of political upheaval and protest around the world. In the U.S., there were the assassinations of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King, the antiwar protests, the Chicago riot at the Democratic National Convention, and the Apollo 8 mission around the moon. In Vietnam, the Tet offensive was underway. Protests in France began the downfall of Charles de Gaulle's government. Soviet tanks rolled into Prague to quell the rebellion there. Mexico City police opened fire on university protesters

THIS IS A MUST READ TO ENABLE THE UNDERSTANDING OR WHERE WE ARE AT THESE DAYS ... A FEW OF US SHOULD TAKE NOTICE OF THE WAY THINGS WERE DONE BACK THEN ...

X

this is for M ...

2007-11-29T05:49:00.000-08:00

she got me into them properly ...

cheers M
x

poised ...

2007-11-29T04:27:00.000-08:00

I am a fan of lamps ... i like to read ... and you know what ... i have visions ocassionally of me in my New England Lodge ... post fly fishing and walking the gundogs ... returning to the lodge ... log fire ... wife cosied up and fussing the dogs and there is my table with the battered / vintage ANGLE POISE lamp on it with my first edition Hemingway 'For Whom the Bell Tolls' next to it and a glass of Ardbeg whisky to warm the cockles and the heart ...

the crux of this story is the design classic ... the ANGLE POISE lamp ... i was looking at them last night with el presidente (my wife) and realised that i need one as my old one went missing 5 years BM (before marriage) ....

Margaret Howell sell the one that i love, designed in the 1930's by George Carwardine and updated and contemporised in the 1970's by Kenneth Grange ...

www.margarethowell.co.uk

READ !!!!! ITS BETTER THAN TV !!!!!

Someone is getting it right ... FINALLY !

2007-11-29T04:00:00.000-08:00

in response to my own post on the Berghaus shiny vintage puffa ... i called up my boy Mikey ... THE man about town and he tells me that CLERK and TELLER whom i referenced in the previous post have only gone and collaborated with berghaus and designed a neo puffa ... super smart with pinstripe wool and leather combined ... a definite nod to the urban city gent with the pinstripe and then equally so to the country sire by placing leather panels where the butt of the shotgun would sit on a claypigeon shoot !! slick design and clever referencing ... cant mess with that.

C+T have also created a clever site that includes travel, stories, and s**t hot product for the discerning traveller and money makeing urban male (i'll get there one day ;) ... i am super impressed ... go go go ...

www.clerkandtellerexplorers.com

classic ...

2007-11-29T03:07:00.000-08:00

Check this album, in fact fuck it ... buy it ... its great ... TARANTULA ... not early Ride but ... it has one of my WAKE UP tracks Black Nite Crash ... of which there was also a EP if you can find it ... these guys were heavy, shoegazing prophets ... way ahead of their time and at the time the competition too ... i still say they stand up tall ... Loz Colberts drumming and Andy Bells guitar on Black Nite Crash make me break into spasmodic moves ... WISH i could play the drums like Loz did ... thumping ... YESSSSSSSSSS !!

CHECK THE ALBUM ARTWORK TOO ... excellent !

Black Nite Crash
Sunshine / Nowhere To Run
Dead Man
Walk On Water
Deep Inside My Pocket
Mary Anne
Castle On The Hill
Gonna Be Alright
The Dawn Patrol
Ride The Wind
Burnin'
Starlight Motel
Extra tracks:-
Nothing Lasts Forever
Slave
A Trip Down Ronnie Lane
Originally released without the extra tracks on 11th March 1996.

puffa

2007-11-28T03:58:00.001-08:00

lords and ladies ... the weather is cold and its time to be appreciating the ways in which we can stay warm ... but as always the art of staying warm must be accompanied by style ... i mean !! imagine being cosy and warm and looking like a hobo, gadzooks that is hideous ...

on this subject i would like to introduce a classic jacket to the table ... the puffa ... now there are some fantastic puffas out there ... the likes of PENFIELD, MONCLER, and WOOLRICH have all made some nice pieces ... new casuals meets debonair gent label CLERK and TELLER have done some nice intricately detailed tweed style puffas ... letting the country meet the city in a fabric love in ...

but lords and ladies there is one puffa that i have always wanted yet never owned .. the berghaus 80's casuals puffa ... it is the piece of 'kit' that i have coveted from afar for many a year ... just too young the first time round to be rocking it when the terrace casuals were but it didnt stop an 11 year old lad looking and thinking that it looked the nuts with grey farah's,adidas jean trainers a slazenger navy V neck and a school tie ... damn it was don ... no wonder they got all the girls !!

well i am STILL after one and have uploaded the colourways here that i would love ... if ANYONE knows where i can get one please e-mail me or leave a comment ... steviemona@gmail.com.

true gents know style and style looks good on true gents.

x

4% tourettes

2007-11-28T03:12:00.000-08:00

I speak what others merely think
The banal the inane yet the profound
Their thoughts are guarded by fear
Mine are encouraged by fear
Fear of silence
Chasms of nothing
Like in my dreams
But what are good dreams called
The bad ones have a title at least
Like rich people do
To be bad is to be named
And then I open my mouth
And out come the words
From the recesses of my troubled mind
Other people do it too …
I saw a documentary with people in it
People who liked to fill the silences with words
There’s one in my local park
He shouts at everyone
Except his dog
In summer he rides a horse topless
It makes me laugh then feel sorry
He never catches eyes
Probably just a cold to be honest
But he likes to ride his horse
Walk his dog, and shout
Each to their own
So why my hang-up ?
I read that at Everton
The goalkeeper has my problem too
He has 4% tourettes
he shouts at offensive defenders
How do they know its not 3% or 5% ?
Maybe I should communicate with him
Share my thoughts
Break the silence together

stephen monaghan

Cant ignore what's inside your head

2007-11-28T03:09:00.001-08:00

Fuck I'm sick of it
Up to my eyes in it
Down on my luck with it
No way out of it

Forced to live it
Going to die with it
Subjecting others to it
Gain an insight on it

Must I deal with it
Take all the pain of it
Lie on the floor with it
Climb the walls with it

Drive round the bend with it
Cant take a holiday from it
No cant get away with it, from it
But always hang out with it

Best friend is it
Well I doubly doubt it
Just been stuck with it
Don't know where I met it

Its like a drug innit
Stay awake with it
Cant work with it
Never sleep with it

Fuck on it,oh you know it
Cant fuck with it
Always win wont it
Don't ever doubt it

Stephen Monaghan 2007

ive got a secret that i should not say ...

2007-11-27T08:37:00.000-08:00

sorry ive just cum

x

i was sat in my chair motionless then i put this on ...

2007-11-27T08:20:00.000-08:00

yessssssssss

x

Creeping like Moronics

2007-11-27T07:16:00.000-08:00

So my good friends who ride on raiths under a blood red sky and go by the name 'THE CREEPY MORONS' have released their debut single ... PIECE OF MIND / JOANNE ... heavy like eyelids after a 48 hour jagermeister bender in palm desert ... tight like a the grip of a gypsies palm after crossing it with silver ... fresh like a pair of kicks outta the box ... doomy like sunset in a war zone.

www.creepymorons.com

www.myspace.com/creepymorons

buy buy buy like a 24 year old trader in Manhattan circa '84

x

its all about ...

2007-11-26T06:00:00.000-08:00

knitwear - fair isle and comedic patterns and prints - kids tv presenter meets aspen lodge dweller ...

guitars - just playing regardless of ability and listening regardless of taste

good red wine - its cold outside ... inside is warm, glasses of red help the internal heating system

Hitchcock movies - so riveting 6 hours can pass and you havent breathed

having a girl - to all the playas out there ... you guys are missing the best trick

x

do shop ...

2007-11-24T13:40:00.000-08:00

check the pillow pets ... we have the bearded terrier ... his name is mo ... this shop is great ... cool minimalist design from all over the globe and a sense of humour too ... DO shop {www.do-shop.com}

weekender ... go out have a good time

2007-11-24T12:50:00.000-08:00

NEW MONOCLE MAG OUT ... YESSSSSSSSSSSSS

so today is saturday the day of rest, the sabbath ... what do you mean thats sunday ... oh no no ... lets get a few things straight ... I am a married man, thus as other married men will testify ... i pledged my allegiance and love to one woman for which i am proud, but what i also did was to hire a manager for life, i am a managed man at the same time as a married one.

Aside from money a wife will also take great pleasure in managing your time ... now my wife hates shops and shopping on saturday ... too busy ... too many shoppers ... THANK GOD FOR E-BAY ... thus, in the words of many a cast member of eastenders ... on sunday we "go up west" ... yes the sabbath is switched to saturday and sunday is retail heaven, GOD is to found residing in shoes in Knightsbridge or Bond Street area thus we go to pray !!

Now the irony is that I really enjoy our jaunts 'up west' ... we look at a few galleries, drink good coffee, walk hand in hand ... its a buzz and 9 times out of 10 my good lady rewards herself with sometime nice ... happy days !!

well tomorrow I have a mission too, being a style CONSCIOUS (not fashion OBSESSED) man i have a few destinations that i want to visit ... and seeing as i watched North by North West today I am checking the smart end of the retail market ... suits, ties, rounded collar shirts and loafers ... Cary Grant = The Don ... my destinations:

1. RALPH LAUREN - cos thats where 'my' God lives ;)
2. BAMFORD AND SONS - keen to find out more ... Tyler Brulee is championing their quintessent english aristo style family run business in the current Bible MONOCLE MAGAZINE ... www.monoclemagazine.com
3. BROOKS BROS. - Thom Browne ... a total style icon (a a co-beliver in the wearing of short trousers) is Creative Director, its gotta be good ... cant believe i havent been yet ... weird for me !!

'HEY' TO ALL OF THE BERLIN CREW AS I KNOW THEY LOVE MONOCLE MAG AND I KNOW THEY WILL HAVE THEIR COPIES TOO ...

X

good things come in 3 ...

2007-11-23T04:00:00.000-08:00

my head hurts ... this is better than nurofen

2007-11-23T03:52:00.000-08:00

wordyrappinghood ...

2007-11-22T06:59:00.000-08:00

my bredrin wordsmith Vikas just gave me a gem ... i thought i would share ... i like to think me and most of the folk i know can be defined as such ...

deipnosophist \dyp-NOS-uh-fist\, noun: Someone who is skilled in table talk.

'At the age of six his future as a deipnosophist seemed certain. Guzzling filched apples he loved to prattle. Hogging the pie he invariably piped up and rattled on.

perverse and perfect

2007-11-22T06:22:00.000-08:00

iggy pop and the Cramps - MINISKIRT BLUES

Oh my God ... people you need to go get this track ...

lux + Ivy + Iggy = filthy blues rock n roll

eat it all up and go get seconds bitch.

genius ...

2007-11-22T06:05:00.000-08:00

soundtracks ...

2007-11-22T05:53:00.000-08:00

yes there are many ...

but one to make you smile

Beetlejuice ... Harry Belafnte doing "jump in the line"

DJ's should play this ... girls will dance ... not like they dance to Franz Ferdinand records ...

crazy and wild dancing loss of control and senses ... yessssssss

new cool shopping experience

2007-11-22T05:33:00.000-08:00

my boy duncan at Illustrated People has a new store ... its wicked ... check it out

www.illustratedpeople.com

they have a display wheel above head height that looks like it was made by Wilf Lunn ... remember him ?

neck attire ...

2007-11-22T04:38:00.000-08:00

dilemmas a plenty at the moment ... with winter drawing in ... aside from stylish parkas from woolrich {www.woolrichwoolenmillsproduction.com / woolrich.it} i am opting for top buttons done up and accompanied by some silk ... neckties, bowties or silk scarves ...

this morning the silk scarf won the three way battle but bow ties are killa at the moment ...

check www.polo.com for the Ralph Selection ... im personally feeling the country game bowtie with the pheasants on it ... look dudes its not about the baggy jeans and kicks all the time ... lets see some casual meets formal attire on the guys ... girls love it so come on brothers ...

its the prep mixed with the classic english gent ... harvard lecturer look ... !

pumped by audio ...

2007-11-22T02:27:00.000-08:00

getting the tube in london sucks .. especially when you have just got soaked ... it feels like you are a grunt in Vietnam waiting for the ambush ... and then it happens ... someone steps on your foot and that fucking punk is 6ft 4 and god knows how many pounds ... for 2 seconds you are a trained killer and you have dismembered him and thrown his remains on the track ... in reality you look at him as if its your fault and bow out of the confrontation ... not today folks ... oh no ... i had "no love lost" by JOY DIVISION pumping in my phones ... so instead of scared rabbit i morphed into mad march hare ... obscenities were exchanged and you know what ... prick backed down ... happy frikkin days ... so i go back to my music feeling like Ricky Hattons gonna feel after he fucks up mayweather on saturday ... and what comes on ... THE BLACK LIPS .... now here is a band that deserves to be humongo guys ... take the amphetamine addled manic pace of The Beatles in Hamburg ... cross it with the smacked out acquiescent sound of the Velvets and throw in the humour of Bill Hicks ... oh yeah and the Rock n Roll fuck you attitude of ... Johnny Cash ...

go to - www.viceland.com / www.vbs.tv

you will find remixes, downloads, and video footage ...

and also BUY THEIR RECORD ... you wont regret it !

letting you in ...

2007-11-21T13:53:00.000-08:00

i am promoting a new night in London ... tried it once ... killed it so .... its 'appening again ... its called CONVERSATIONSINHEAVEN ... basic premise being ... i think of two people who have influenced the world of music ... the music that inspired them, their music that inspired others ... and then i think of them talking about music in Heaven.

The first one was on the anniversary of the death of Anthony H Wilson so I chose Tony Wilson and Ian Curtis as the two folk who were the protagonists of the 'conversation' ... a host of top DJ's came down and played everthing from ACR to T-REX to JOY DIVISION - to IGGY POP- TO THE SONICS TO ELECTRONIC ... alongside ma bwayz Late Black Rob, Rusty, Mole and Luke Product there was ... The legend that is Andy Weatherall headlined and blew the roof off ... BIG UP Mr W.

The identity of the night was to to have each one of the two protagonists faces superimposed onto the bodies of the WARHOLvsBASQUIAT poster giving it an edge that makes you think of an argument ... as music does that to people ... )leon and Rob)designed by my man Sunil Pawar. see post below

I want ideas for the next one ...

I was thinking maybe Arthur Russell vs Larry Levan ??

i want people to suggest two dead heroes or unsung dead heroes whose influence changed music, who could be seen as having a chat in gods kitchen ...

let me know sil vous plait !

heres a little song i wrote ...

2007-11-21T09:44:00.001-08:00

A maiden so fair
So fair as to have breached the code of conduct
Held in highest esteem by gamblers
Who from rushing for gold
Were distracted by the glittering prize
A subordinate unfortunate
Knowing the prowess of the mistress
And the meandering thought process of a man in distress
She would face the mirror and lift up her corset
An asset that has managed by many
Yet rarely a man in finance
Hers was the role of the mother and the lover
Both would put a meal on the table
Yet one cuisine was more juicy than the other
Through her culinary delights
And starry eyes like clear sky nights
She made her money in the towns
Of bars, that overflowed with crowns
Her currency ... anatomy
Her reward a thousand husbands
Her quandry a conscience
Her aim .... Not quite true

superheroes ...

2007-11-21T07:56:00.000-08:00

"Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine..."

2007-11-21T07:25:00.000-08:00

Tom Rapp and Pearls before swine

quite simply the best ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearls_Before_Swine_(band)

'one nation underground' is a winner on ESP Disk and it contains one of the most beautiful songs ever 'Another Time'

Later albums on Reprise and Blue Thumb ... c b lo

One Nation Underground (1967, ESP-Disk)
Balaklava (1968, ESP-Disk)
These Things Too (1969, Reprise)
The Use of Ashes (1970, Reprise)
City of Gold (1971, Reprise) (Thos. Rapp / Pearls Before Swine)
Beautiful Lies You Could Live In (1971, Reprise) (Tom Rapp / Pearls Before Swine)
Familiar Songs (1972, Reprise) (Tom Rapp)
Stardancer (1972, Blue Thumb) (Tom Rapp)
Sunforest (1973, Blue Thumb) (Tom Rapp / Pearls Before Swine)
A Journal Of The Plague Year (1999, Woronzow) (Tom Rapp)

everybody out of the pool ??

2007-11-21T07:21:00.001-08:00

um ...

http://www.kilian-nakamura.com/blog-english/index.php/tokyo-summerland-wave-pool-manages-to-fit-in-some-water/

start this off without any words ...

2007-11-21T07:08:00.000-08:00

nirvana unplugged

dvd

top quality

extras

gulp

may never go out again

bob got zooted on some homegrown t'other night and watched it, he says its the nuts in this format ... i cant wait to see for my good self ...

whos bob you ask ?

check this place to see some of his buying handy work - {www.thethreethreads.com}

advice ...

2007-11-21T07:00:00.000-08:00

next time you are eating a bag of crisps ?(or chips for the yanks out there ... ERIC ... www.whitelodges.com ) put your whole hand in the bag and close your eyes ... it makes you feel like a kid again ...

seriously its great and it works ...

helps you to forget the madness for 5 seconds ...

good.

ok.

x

The best band that you have probably never heard ...

2007-11-21T06:51:00.000-08:00

The Felice Brothers {www.myspace.com/thefelicebrothers}

They are THE band that i feel i have waited my whole life for and then they appear courtesy of my best mate Slim Reaper ... to repay the favour I am taking my wife, slim and his Mrs Slim to see them at The Luminaire on 30th November ...

They are THE best story tellers ever, they look the shit and probably have no idea what stylist means ...

one problem ... my wife is in love with the singer !!

fuck it so am i ... hee hee

Think Mr Zimmerman, think The Band, think Tom Waits think the blues .... think what you want !! they make me beam wit happiness dudes so check them please ...

BOUT OF CONVERSATION !

2007-11-21T06:49:00.001-08:00

colour me pop ...

2007-11-21T06:26:00.000-08:00

but mr beats n breaks Sunil {slingshotlondon.co.uk} has been getting me thinking on old electro ... which then got me to thinking about 80's pop tunes that actially had killer electro breaks, keyboards etc etc ... from when i was a kid ...

1. The Jets - Crush on you
2. Sir Philip Collins -Susudio
3. Five Star - Cant Wait
4. Hall and Oates - I cant go for that
5. Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls

I dont care what you think but these 5 make me smile and rock the most ...

but not quite as much as my floor filling panic button (just ask Spykid) MY dj mento {www.myspace.com/spykidelic} ....

12" remix - Bangles - Walk like an Egyptian - whistling ... its all about the whistling ...

BOOOOOOM !! al dem gurrrrrls on the dance floor !!

you need to go here ...

2007-11-21T06:16:00.001-08:00

www.blacklodges.com

the most inspiring and conscious shit out there ...