Dave O'Shock aka Irish Dave - Exhebition Tomorrow

Dave O'Shaughnessy the man him self shows tonight at the Heel Gallery Kingsland Road! Come down and talk to him. He has allot to say and allot to show. O'Shock has been looking after me since I first set foot in London town many moons ago. His first word were get outta here and go to New York!, but I'm still here and thanks to him things seems to be OK. He is an impressive photo man and worth a look. He works hard and know allot. Ask him ANYTHING!

BEER - Charles Bukowski

I don't know how many bottles of beer
I have consumed while waiting for things
to get better
I don't know how much wine and whiskey
and beer
mostly beer
I have consumed after
splits with women-
waiting for the phone to ring
waiting for the sound of footsteps,
and the phone to ring
waiting for the sounds of footsteps,
and the phone never rings
until much later
and the footsteps never arrive
until much later
when my stomach is coming up
out of my mouth
they arrive as fresh as spring flowers:
"what the hell have you done to yourself?
it will be 3 days before you can fuck me!"

the female is durable
she lives seven and one half years longer
than the male, and she drinks very little beer
because she knows its bad for the figure.

while we are going mad
they are out
dancing and laughing
with horny cowboys.

well, there's beer
sacks and sacks of empty beer bottles
and when you pick one up
the bottle fall through the wet bottom
of the paper sack
rolling
clanking
spilling gray wet ash
and stale beer,
or the sacks fall over at 4 a.m.
in the morning
making the only sound in your life.

beer
rivers and seas of beer
the radio singing love songs
as the phone remains silent
and the walls stand
straight up and down
and beer is all there is.

Charles Bukowski "The man with the beautiful eyes"

From "The Last Night On Earth Poems"

Breton - Edward The Confessor

Breton

‘Edward The Confessor’

A short film by BretonLABS & Niall O’Brien

Visual experimentalists Breton have released a powerful and emotive short film for their forthcoming debut single ‘Edward TheConfessor’, due for release on Fat Cat Records on 21^st November 2011.

The track's lyrics are based on a field recording of a conversation taking place between two unknown men, the subject matter of which is immigration and the frustration of surviving in a foreign country.

It’s a similar frustration that’s echoed in the young faces of the disaffected youths featured in photographer and film-maker Niall O'Brien's recent 'Anger' exhibition - 

four kids on a council estate in London, shot at 1000 frames per second and capturing anger in its most undiluted form.

These affecting images, interspersed throughout the video, sit somewhere between photography and moving image, contrasting with Breton's frenetic and indefinable music, yet somehow expressing the same helpless anger of the lyrics.

The result is an exciting and visually captivating piece of work – the beauty, clarity and preciseness of Niall’s photography highlighted by the deliberate hazy lo-fi vibe of Breton’s live performance.

Niall will be exhibiting the ‘Anger’ installation in London next spring.

Breton’s debut album ‘Other People’s Problems’ will be released in March 2012.

For further information please contact Heather Finlay at Sainted PR on 020 8962 5700 or at heatherfinlay@saintedpr.com. http://www.saintedpr.com/

Collaboration With The Lab

Nothing make me happier to be involved with a strong source of creativity like Breton Labs. After seeing them preform last night I am certain they're going to make a massive dent in the music scene. Recently signed to Fat Cat Records and Warp Publishing deal to boot their backing proves the point. This collaboration is getting exciting.

New Man - Happy Man - Dead Man...

Sometimes it takes a masterpiece to show you the way back into to the game...



Jim Jarmusch

Simone Rocha S/S 12

Not to be confused with Simon Roch the 1882 Olympic puppet juggler, our Simone is turning out the be the brightest star the mother land Eire has regurgitated. Her work ethics are on par with Mike Tysons training session before he decided to bite the ear off Evander Holyfield and skills to beat Mr Geppetto after finding the perfect block of wood on a school holiday.

Simone Rocha is here to stay...



http://simonerocha.com/

Director: Niall O'Brien
Featuring: Danielle Winkworth @ Morgan The Agency
Cinematographer: Urszula Pontikos
Producer: Laura Holmes
Editor: Ed Line at Final Cut
Score: Jonathan Shakhovskoy at Pitch & Sync
Colorist: Denny Cooper at Rushes
Flame operator: Leo Weston at Rushes
Fashion direction: Celestine Cooney
Hair Stylist: Chi Wong at Julian Watson Agency
Make-up artist: Shinobu at CLM
Steadicam Operator: Mike Scott
Focus Puller: René Adefarasin
Clapper Loader: Ben Adefarasin
Gaffer: Michael Chamers
Production manager: Dorothy Burns
Post production Supervisor: Charles Gillet at Rushes
Director"s assistant: Elizabeth Franks
With thanks to: Vicky Earl at Arri Media, George Martin at ArriFocus, Michelle Corney at Final Cut, Carl Grinter at Rushes and Vonnette Alexander at Deluxe Soho.

Abe's Penny - The Coming Insurrection

Francesca Gavin and I have collaborated together on an art project for Abe's Penny who have produced postcards from a series of photographs I took in an anarchist commune in Tarnac, France this year. The commune story was written by Huw Nesbitt for Dazed and Confused. We worked 8 hours bailing hay and moving a couple tone of metal before they allowed me to take a few snaps, of a field... Luckily finding a dead fox with a bullet in his mouth made it all worth while.

Abe's Penny is a 4 postcard art project and limited edition subscription that comes out every week (one artist a month, 4 postcards per artist). 

Abe's Penny: http://www.abespenny.com/past.html
Francesca Gavin: http://roughversion.blogspot.com/
Article on  Tarnac: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/03/france-terrorism-tarnac-anarchists

Franky Bricks Tonight!

The man him self. Once a bricklayer and now a brick painter Frank Laws is a talent among the fine art world. Technical as you can get and a funny feck too boot. His show is going to be epic. His work is stand alone and he is too. A little video here which explains all.

Come to the Print House Gallery and stair at the bricks for as long as you can.

 

Frank Laws

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Roller Skates And Ballroom Antics Is On The Cards.

Get yer boot on. Fill yer boots. Roll your roller boots as fast as you can. Another trip to Portland would be nice to re visit the run down Roller Ballroom in the crazy fun fair just out side of town. Two kids as strange as yellow snow were dancing like no one was watching but I was and it made me think...Green light... and go!!!