oddities and magik monday :: slinkachu

Imagine the beautiful gaze from the eyes if stumbling upon this continuing project of Slinkachu.  An imagination of wild intrigue must illuminate from the fingers which assemble The Little People Project, abandoning little people on the streets since 2006.

"My 'Little People Project' started in 2006.  It involves the remodeling and painting of miniature model train set characters, which I then place and leave on the street. It is both a street art installation project and a photography project.  The street-based side of my work plays with the notion of surprise and I aim to encourage city dwellers to be more aware of their surroundings.  The scenes I set up, more evident through the photography, and the titles I give these scenes aim to reflect the loneliness and melancholy of living in a big city, almost being lost and overwhelmed.  But underneath this, there is always some humour.  I want people to be able to empathise with the tiny people in my works."

Support artists with every molecule you have left over, after the storm.

soundscape saturday :: ade fenton

Along a month ago, I was listening to the past podcast from Electronic Explorations and heard what seemed to be the newest, fresh mix from a gentleman name Ade Fenton.  The mix held on to my industrial vein the whole journey and carries with me as a reminder that my roots are still as torn and  chaotic as they are smooth and warm.  You can find this mix located on the download Rob Booth with Ade Fenton.  If you enjoy an edge with your beat, this one is a keeper.  

"Ade Fenton has been making music for the last 12 years, establishing himself as a respected record producer and remixer for artists including Gary Numan, Slash, IAMX, Niki Gravino, Parralox and Motor.  He has amassed over 30 EPs and remixes on his own techno labels Advanced and Perverter, as well as releases on some of the worlds leading techno imprints such as Potential, Ground, Impact Mechanics, Gynoid, IF?, Primate and Materials.  In 2006, he coproduced and coengineered Gary Numan’s Jagged album, released to huge critical acclaim and reaching number three in the BBC indie chart.  Fenton released his debut artist album Artificial Perfect on his industrial electronic label Submission in 2007, securing a UK Top 75 chart single with The Leather Sea and regular plays of the spectacular video for his single Healing on MTV2, then in 2008 he once again teamed up with Gary Numan for a new double release Jagged Edge.   The pair are currently in the studio producing two brand new albums Dead Son Rising and Splinter, both set for release in 2011.  Ade is a busy international techno dj with a schedule that has taken him across the globe.  He has regularly appeared on BBC Radio One, recording dj sets for their 'Live At Maida Vale', Mary Anne Hobbs programmes, and has been resident DJ at the United Kingdom's leading techno club Atomic Jam for over 10 years."

body movement tuesday :: sideshow circus magazine

Sideshow Circus Magazine
An online magazine for United Kingdom's contemporary circus lineup of reviews, interviews, calendar, and features from the best and also worst.  This online magazine is edited and substantially written by John Ellingsworth.

whimsical wednesday :: rowanjoy

Rowanjoy
"Under the streets of edinburgh in a dungeon full of dreams, Rowan draws and sews and creates a world of pretty dresses for girls with fantasies of skipping through fields of giant daisies."

whimsical wednesday :: indescribble

Indescribble
Laura Bath
"When Laura was little she drew a picture of a dog and showed it to her mum. Her mum then asked what she had copied it from.  Laura replied: “From my head”.  From then on pictures and ideas have regularly fallen out of her head and somehow made it into the real world, landing on any scrap of paper left lying around.  At age 17, she had work hung in the Royal Academy of Art as part of their outreach project and she later graduated with a BA (Hons) Illustration degree in 2004. Since then she has spent most of her time with a pencil, pen, paintbrush or mouse (the computer variety although she is very fond of furry little creatures) firmly in her hand. Her artwork echoes her Gemini personality; one half is a growing collection of strange but happy looking creatures and the other more traditional figurative pieces based on the female form.  What ends up on the paper just relies on what mood she’s in. Her inspiration comes from everywhere and everyone, whatever comes her way. She loves the countryside and animals, 80’s cartoons and memorabilia, charity shops, car boot sales, Hayao Miyazaki films, Japanese design and pop culture, reading books by Terry Pratchett, making a mess, Peppermint tea and of course Marmite!"

HUH. magazine

Julien Strangler


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Sebastian Schwamm

HUH. Magazine
HUH. Magazine is a London based, free arts & culture paper based in London. The magazine is released sporadically and contains interviews and features on both established and little known creatives.

mister joe black

Joe Black

The neo-vaudevillian, the real life Disney villain,
the gin-addled courtesan, the anti-christ of cabaret
and the one and only waltzing cynic…

Eccentric to international stages,
Joe Black takes to shows in an almost cartoon-esque
musical assault,
sweeping the audience through deathly showtunes,
stomping polkas and heart wrenching ballads.

Though seemingly unable to fit into any particular category,
Joe Black has shared a stage with many notable names
from different stretches of performance,
musical acts such as Amy Winehouse, Gary Numan,
My Bloody Valentine, St Vincent, Noah And The Whale,
Hadouken and Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly

and those, of a more performance art and cabaret nature,
such as Empress Stah, Dusty Limits, Anna Fur Laxis,
Beatrix Von Bourbon, Vicky Butterfly, Scottee,
Des O’Connor and many more.

With a huge array of events, such as Torture Garden,
Bestival, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival and
so many more under his belt…

Mister Joe Black (armed with an accordion, a piano,
and a voice with force like no other),
Is ready to give you a show, that years of therapy
couldn’t even help you forget.

We’re very concerned…