Check this images from French street artists JRs recent project in Rio, photographing the people living in the decrepit urban spaces of Rio’s flavela and transposing the images in en large over the same environment with incredible results. Check it.

Here’s a ‘trailer’ Futura’s upcoming ehibition.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w_HMEVORkk[/youtube]

It seems certain now that video has taken the lead for online promotions, time to get cracking i think, Mason?

In anticipation of her upcoming solo show, Think Space gallery have released a video of the work by Lesley Reppeteaux as well as some preview shots.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_6HGbnDZdo[/youtube]

Lesley’s story book, art nouveau style will be one of the many present in this years No Comply.

Photo by Lucas Chan.

Can you believe it’s been 3 years already?

From a little idea to a big world, thanks to everyone past and present who have been involved in the “Nice way of life”.
Shouts to our immediate families and crews who keep us strong.
Shouts to our loyal supporters and customers who got taste.
Shouts to Melbourne city…

… and never forgetting the most important shout of all — to the artists and contributors, we’ve seen you grow in leaps and bounds. From the suburbs to the globe, don’t stop. The world is yours for the taking!

We’ve got plans as long as our rubber arms, Nice V2 is coming close, our range is expanding and the world is taking notice. There couldn’t be a better time to be feeling Nice.

PEACE & LONG LIVE THE NEW FRESH!

“The new 7th issue of Sahtel magazine featured an exclusive interview with MASH members Garret Chow and Jonathan Burkett. Hereby we’re publishing the original english version of the text along with some of the photos over our website. The interview is made by Lily Lin. Enjoy.”

The MASH crew definitely have a lot to answer for. On my last trip to Tokyo, the cities infamous BNE smothering was pretty much over taken by MASH paraphernalia. When I dropped in to WBASE, I was met with a lot of young Tokyo hipsters and gaijins riding some seriously hot customs. I’ve posted the shots up elsewhere on this blog, but the fixie epedemic is definitely in full force with the MASH massive on the fore front.

A great read and some insight into the MASH lifestyle, not to mention lots of excellent photography. All these shots of people in the summer time is getting me anxious.

Enjoy the article.

Producer, prophet and man, whose uninhibited studio tinkering and comprehension of truth paved the road for electronic music, Lee “Scratch” Perry has teamed up with producer Andrew W.K for his new album Repentance which was released on the 19th and feature the almighty fatness of “Pum Pum”, dopest party track.

He might not be giving it up for Jah anymore, but this video sure as hell makes Jesus Christ look great.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z37sCU9rJog[/youtube]

 I found this odd piece of installation art near grilled burger on Brunswick street and thought you all might get a kick out of it. A solid cement mobile phone with the message ‘I miss You’. It can only mean 2 things, this phone model is so old that it finally turned to stone or there is man made from cement who’s lost his mobile.

Heard he is coming to OZ/NZ later this year so a bit of a heads up for those that might not be familiar with what he does.

DJ Baku (Bio lifted from Hearjapan.com)

“An ever prolific indie/alternative DJ and track-maker, DJ BAKU’s foundation is Hip Hop with a healthy dose of turntablism. His highly-acclaimed mix series released on his own label, DIS-DEFENSE DISC, has become something of a collector’s item. In June 2006, he released his long-awaited first album, “SPINHEDDZ” on POPGROUP Recordings, which reached No. 1 on the Tower Records Indie chart. Later in the same year, he performed with D-Style, Kid Koala and Q-Bert. In December that year, DJ BAKU joined forces with the legendary Guitar Wolf, releasing the single, “ULTRA CROSS Vol. 3”, on Sony Music. In 2007, BAKU embarked on a new project, assuming the alias, “Noizd Phank”, incorporating a variety of artists like Bug (ex Techno Animal) to do remixes.
Lastly, in 2008 will see the release of DJ BAKU’s second album, “Dharma Dance”. Along with his forte, sampling, BAKU has introduced the usage of guitar, bass, drums, and Chinese stringed instruments like the er hu, as well as a diverse range other natural/acoustic instruments in his new album”

Spin Headz is somewhat of a masterpiece:

http://www.hearjapan.com/store/album_info/Spinheddz

and his second recently released album “Dharma Dance” is a lot rockier but has some fine tunes no doubt.

http://www.disdefensedisc.com
http://www.myspace.com/djbakujapan

My man Meat Katie smashed Brown Alley here in Melbourne last night. Thanks to you, I’ve got the worst hangover known to man, I’ve locked my girlfriend out of the house for 2 hours while I was passed out, I’m on my first meal in 24 hours, I’m also on my second bottle of red in as many minutes and things are looking up for a lazy Saturday night.

Meat Katie, thanks for a rocking show! Enjoy the T.

No posting from me of late (if anyone noticed).

Where have i been?

Getting up:

Getting Over:

Eating well:

Eating REAL WELL:

Sleeping rough:

Moving up in the world:

Broken damage is updated.

And to those of you who like to put my photo’s on your tumlrs (whatever the hell those things are) without any links, thank you very little.