THE CULTURAL JACKDAW

Brand and Paxman

Fascinating interview with Russell Brand where he talks about everything from celebrity and fame to politics and spirituality.

"It's the death of grand ideas; no one cares about religion anymore, no one cares about communism anymore because we've been fed this grey sludge of celebrity, glittered up and packaged and lacquered and sent directly into our brains by the media."

 

 

 

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Cultural Catalyst

Beautiful gravestone for the late and great Tony Wilson.

By Peter Saville and Ben Kelly

(Love 'to the memory of E' in the background).

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Sense of Adventure

The great outdoors and anything associated with adventure (e.g. Alpine pursuits and aviation) have been subjects to mine for a number of fashion labels over the last six months.

These include two of my favourite brands; Visvim and Albam.

 

Martin Amis

Tron x Daft Punk

I haven't been this excited about a film release for years.

The new Tron movie looks killer and Daft Punk will be rocking the score.

Bring on the IMAX experience.

Goosebumps guaranteed.

 

Design Porn

This is Pantone heaven.

Explore a world of colour with:

Pantone Hotel

 

Pantone Visa

Pantone Socks

 

Comic Crazy

Hollywood's growing love for comics (including the recent Scott Pilgrim vs. The World and Kick-Ass) is slowly affecting every corner of culture.

Cough medicine, trains and music (amongst many other categories) are all using comics as inspiration to sell stuff.

KANYE

Kanye 'Soldier' West

Good to be back

It's been three and a half years since I last blogged.

With two small kids I just never found the time.

Now things seem a little more settled, I'm excited about blogging again.

Bailey

Darby Rae