HALLOWEEN SHUBBZING

Do you think that the positive value of being a 'walker' so to speak (someone who does things they say they are going to do) is of greater value than the negative value of someone who is a 'talker' (someone who says they are going to do things but doesn't actually do them?) I was just thinking about this, I can't think of a less complicated way to put that. I hope you understand.

Here's the lads before we recorded last weeks photo. Don't they all look super enthusiastic.

I marathon'd Educating Yorkshire last week. It's actually a really good show isn't it? After I watched that last episode with Musharaf and his stammer I went around telling everyone to watch it. I thought it was the best TV I've seen in a very long time, it had me in bits.

Me and Brad repped the Halloween bar crawl at work. Check out these guys who came as Daft Punk. Pretty good costumes aren't they?

This guy in the white T-shirt with the blue logo looks just like Ajax from the Warriors. When I mentioned it to him he finished my sentence as if he gets it all the time haha.

They're digging up that big TV in town. They've realised it was a shit idea and it was always on the wrong channel.

I went for Turkish food with Tom on friday. He put it away so fast. I knew he was really hungry but fucking hell, I had hardly started. I love garlic sauce and chilli sauce. I want to eat meze every single day.

Halloween was in full effect by the weekend. This is me as 'All Black Everything.' I really, really love black face paint.

You know what's mad? I took this picture of this guys phone case on the train. I was laughing to myself thinking about how militant it looks, so thick and industrial. I accidentally smashed my phone to bits about 6 hours later.

Some Chinese woman in the Renault wasn't pulling forward here as a car in front of the KA parked. There was loads of room and she had caused a massive traffic jam and everyone was beeping her in disbelief. I genuinely think you could literally fit a bus through there.

Mob so, so deep. Darryl and Sandys halloween party was a vybez.

Load of people were there, and everyone got really drunk it was wicked. It's been ages since I've been to a proper house party.

Special mention to Sandy for his Rick Ross costume, I rate that.

As per usual Strawbs completely fucked it much to the concern of my little sister.

I spent the evening dressed as somebody from the sex offenders register. I really enjoyed mincing about dressed up as this pervert.

As ever, nice to see you, to see you... RICE!

NEW PODCAST: WASHED IT OUT AND STARTED BEATING

Brand new hot podcast chat with myself, Bradley and Frank talking about Arctic Monkeys cancelling their show, Darryl and Sandys party, Incest, fake blood and what Justin Beiber has been up to recently. All on this weeks podcast

NEW PODCAST: POINTS AND BAYZE

Yoooo this week we are talking about the storm (or rather the lack of it), BBM, a technological breakthrough, a man with an odd relationship with a goat and a woman who grew a penis due to steroid use. All this week!

CONSUMPTION VIA EVERY SENSE

YOOOOO WHATS GOOD ITS THE BRAUNSTONE BANGER AKA THE INTERNETS INTELLECT AKA THE BLOG GAME PHIL COLLINS AKA KEYBOARD KARATE CHOPPER BACK ABOUT SOME NEW SHIT. ROLL ONE, LIGHT ONE, CRACK ONE, SINK ONE ITS TIME FOR WICKEDLAND BANG BANG BANG BANG

I wish I had the bollocks to always write like that, it's so much more fun pretending to be some fat black guy from the Bronx than it is to be me.

Speaking of pretending to be something, we all went for 'gangsters' at Nandos earlier in the week. It was a jolly old time. One of the best things you can do with napkins is use them as bandannas and whatever.

This fat bloke has took to standing behind the machine at the entry to the car park and helping drivers put their tickets into the machine. He is squashed into some space between the machine and a pillar. Everytime I see him now I imagine he is stuck and it's pure making me laugh. The job is so pointless that I imagine his boss coming round and asking him to do something else and he doesn't dare tell him he is stuck. "I will in a minute gaffer...'

Tesco broke hearts this week when 1 litre bottles of Mountain Dew went back from £1 to £2.19. Bad times. Like anything in this life though we all enjoyed it as much as we could while it lasted and you can't ask for more than that.

We went to Beastwang on Friday. There was a load of us by the end, it was a really good laugh. Jimlad got me a balloon and I've never done one before, it was really funny. I was at the height of hysteria painfully laughing for the best part of a minute and obviously because I'm such a t total square and I never touch drugs or anything like that (aside from booze I suppose) my friends all found it really funny.

Teeps was about, it was his 20th birthday. He told me he was going to stay awake for his entire birthday, I need to ask him how that went. This is him accompanied by a very spiritual Khia.

Beastwang was sick man, it's always such a good night. Its moved to Streetlife and it's a really good venue for it.

FARDAAAARRRRR

I was in London over the weekend. Always fun shit on the tubes. This guy was just reading a fetish magazine (presumably from a sex shop seen as he pulled it out of a black carrier bag) and just started casually reading it. Here he is reading an article about 10 sexy looks. He also read about the best new strippers in Europe and an A-Z of sex. He also read about 24 carrot gold sex toys to which he announced his surprise and amazement to his female partner, sat opposite him. Much to the humour of the carriage.

I was down because I went to see Arctic Monkeys with Ben. They were really great, some amazing moments that ill always remember. When they did I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor I squeezed my eyes shut as tight as possible, bounced around the mosh pit and shouted as loud as I could through out. I was 16 again. They ended with a beautiful rendition of 'I Wanna Be Yours' and had huge confetti cannons fill the air with flickering silver paper like a modern day Crystal Maze.

As I get older I'm really starting to appreciate the London Graffiti scene. It's obviously always been strong but now it seems although it is still writhe, the whole gay street art fad isn't so fashionable anymore and it isn't strangling a real amazing scene of different styles.

I was staying with Jetski. On Sunday me, him, his sister and her friend Sarah went for food at MEAT market in Shoreditch, part of the same chain as MEAT Liquor. My sister Natalie told me about this chain when she went with her boyfriend a little while ago saying it would be right up my street. It was delicious. 

The burgers were messy and packed full of delicious, fresh ingredients, we had this blue cheese dip with the fries and wings we ordered and it was just sensational. When burgers are done well I think they are one of the nicest things you can eat. These were real heavy, thick hand made medium rare treats. Me and Jamie shared a chocolate and peanut butter sundae for desert that was ice cream topped with chocolate sauce, reeces peanut butter cups, marshmallows and roasted peanuts. It was devine.

That's your lot! Thanks for swinging by and having a nose. Enjoy your life

OLD BIRD ON A BEACH

ITS FRIDAY AND IM GOING TO SEE ARCTIC MONKEYS TOMORROW IM SO EXCITED


 

NEW PODCAST: 034 - WINKY MURDER

Just myself and Frank this week as we talk our way through England qualifying for the world cup, the abduction of that blonde girl by the gypsies, Great British nuances, black bears not doing themselves any favours, Kanye again, a female basketballer and a suspicious shoplifter in New York. Enjoy!

FASHION WEAK

Whats good whats good whats good whats good people. Its time for some more Wickedland, so get yourself a hot Ribena and prepare yourself for this shit. LEGGO!

I went to see Jay Z live at the O2 in London with Tom last Saturday. It was amazing, truly a master at work. He plays so many amazing songs and he is so, so good live. He is pure one of like 5 acts I want to see live before I die and it was every bit as good as I thought it would be. We were right down the front, like 5/6 rows back for the whole thing.

He started his show with 'U Dont Know' from the blueprint, definitely in my top 5 favourite Jigga songs. It's so hype and mental me and Tom were losing our minds. That's my shit right there. I found a clip on Youtube of the start when that song drops. The whole standing section roared so loud. I get goosebumps even thinking about that moment haha.

Some people were wearing some amazing shit. Obviously a lot of people were wearing their Jay Z t-shirts. Am I the only one who feels weird about that? I wouldn't wear a bands T-Shirt if I was going to see them, that's just me. Am I getting it wrong?

Look at these DEAD shoes someone was wearing on the tube. They were so, so tight, with double knotted laces. Me and Tom found them really funny, i dont really think this picture does them justice. The laces were so tight the souls were bent and the tongue was rolled over with the label sticking out haha.

It's called fashion in London you wouldn't even get it. Sequinned sleeves with poppy detail on the side of a fur jacket. If you don't get it you're a peasant.  

I went to see Zane Lowe at the O2 last Sunday evening. He was closing our Freshers Festival at work. We've had him booked a couple of times before and the guys in the office all assured me that he was great. I'd been away for the couple of times when we had had him before.

He was astonishing. I've never seen anyone control a crowd like this. He had them in the palm of his hand, and the way he interacted with them was amazing. Me and Brad just stood up on the balcony, front and centre and watched the whole thing, it really was a spectacle. The way he would conduct sing alongs or have them all pogo'ing was incredible. If ever you get the chance to see him do a DJ set, don't miss it. It felt like a concert.

I saw this car parked at Saint Mags when I went to play football the other night. Skenglord shit. Don't overlook the all black union flag on the roof of the whip too, ICE MODE

I was craving a McDonalds like crazy the other night and finally got up to get one. Its only like 3 minutes away from my new place, so chilling. No more long missions when the craving sets in. My winter is literally going to be Mcdonalds and GTA.

Look at this splasher. Just copping BAGS. She was posting in town for a good few hours, it really made me laugh. Bought out half the Primark on a baller thang thang. Ice cold expression on the face, so so normal.

I love living near town. i feel like I'm really starting to see the genius people once again. Anybody in oil slick sunglasses and leathers gets a pass from me. I hope I reach a point in my life where I turn my personal fashion into a parody of comedy and start to wear shit that makes me laugh. I did it for a while a few years ago with those ridiculous animal print Tshirts but when Im old and my wife has left me I want to really go for it.

Whilst I was in town it showered and the sky turned an amazing yellow colour. I've never seen anything like it, it was fully like a filter on the world. Everyone was trying to get pictures of it but it wasn't really showing up.

I worked some more on TP's forthcoming mixtape. I don't know if I mentioned on here but I'm producing a lot of it. We made a couple tunes already including the lead off single which he is making a video for soon. The tune we made yesterday is really chilling. 

That'ts your lot for today, I will have a new podcast up tomorrow. SKENG SKENG SKENG SKENG

IOS HEAVEN!

SAINSBURYS COMMISSION

Remember a little while ago I mentioned I was working on a commission with a local artist called Deborah Bird for the new Sainsburys store opening up in Melton Mowbray? The artwork got approved by the Melton Borough council and the big wigs at Sainsburys, and today it has been unveiled online. It is currently being printed and is due to go up on the outside of the store very soon!

The main image at the top is a composition of a park in the middle of Melton Mowbray, and it is going to be printed at roughly 5 metres x 3 metres. The bottom four represent a journey through Melton, and are going to be printed at 1 metre squared each. I'm very very excited to see them when they are finally done and up!

Click the images to enlarge them!

NEW PODCAST: 033 - FILET-O-FISH

Full team in the studio as we touch on Maddy McCann, Tommy Robinson formally of EDL fame, Banksy, we discuss aliens in depth, exploding toilets and really fast food. All in this weeks podcast!

SNIPCHIT

I spent a day yesterday in my studio at my new place. I think I'm really gonna enjoy being in there, as far as trial runs go it was pretty good!