Pictures And Words » Video

Me Juggling!

Indie — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 12:56:10 +0000

After some requests I filmed myself having a juggle. Here it is!

Squarepusher Planet Gear (Live at Primavera Sound)

Indie — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:08:08 +0000

Squarepusher with a drummer! Amazing stuff! (video after the click)

A letter to a friend

Indie — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:38:54 +0000

I have a Christian friend called Brian who takes an active role in trying to do something about the situation in Israel and Palestine, he regularly sends me emails with information about the atrocities that go on in this area. Recently I have watched a few videos of some of the atrocities, and they angered me, I felt helpless, I still do really, I wanted to write some scathing remarks about Israel and whats going on there, but it doesn’t really help. I wrote back to my friend, some words about how I feel, after reading the words back I decided I will share them with the world for all that care to read. First though, here is the video that provoked them. (after the click)

“You know, i did watch these videos, and many many others, the first time i watched one was in Israel when i was living my my girlfriend of the time, she told me to turn them off and that she didnt want to see them, this is the common reaction from the Israelis with a heart, they simply do not want to see or know what is happening. I just watched a video now of a female Israeli soldier slapping some kids, then a group of israeli soldiers beating a guy, it upsets me and angers me, makes me want to react out, maybe post some videos on my site with some harsh words, but that in a way is revenge, it just wouldn’t help, nothing will help all the anger that’s built up in that area, certainly not more anger. If the situation truly isn’t getting any better then the violent acts will continue to rise, and eventually they will all kill themselves over their own fantasy stories of magical beings in the sky, to me its evolution in action, natural selection, they are stupid enough to fight for their beliefs then they will be stupid enough to die for them, eventually taking their beliefs to the grave with them, natural selection, im talking about both sides here really, since im sure that there are Palestinians who are acting in a way that does their people no good. You would never see an atheist acting in this way. The one upsetting factor in this is the innocent people who cannot escape the hell that they live in, and these people im sure are mainly Palestinians, since they cannot leave the place they live, all the Israelis can move freely around many countries in the world, only their belief that their particular magical being in the sky gave them that land keeps them there.

I recently met an Australian who spent a lot of time in the area helping the people of Palestine all he could, taking part in blockades, blocking Israeli bulldozers that are destroying Palestinians homes, in the end however his positive actions were put to an end as he is no longer allowed to go into Israel, and therefore no longer allowed into Gaza or West Bank, what hope do the people there have, none really, only the hope in the rest of the world coming to their aid eventually, just like all the prisoners of the Nazi’s in world war 2, the only hope they had was that the rest of the world would come to their rescue, which they eventually did, this time though its taking a little bit longer, i’d say we are 60 years late.”

On you tube there are many more video’s one posted by both sides, both sides claim they are innocent and are just doing what they have to, yet still there is war and death there, so someone, if not both sides are lying.

A short movie after the link

Reminds you of them videos of all the prisoners in striped clothes being marched to the Nazi death camps doesn’t it.

Radiohead remix video

Indie — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:53:30 +0000

This video and song really amazed me, all the sounds are actually coming from the devices, including the ’singing’.
Video after the click!

From the creator
“Radiohead held an online contest to remix “Nude” from their album – “In Rainbows” This was quite a difficult task for everybody that entered, as Nude is in 6/8 timing, and 63bpm. Most music that’s played in clubs is around 120bpm and usually 4/4 timing. It’s pretty difficult to seamlessly mix a waltz beat into a DJ set.

This resulted in lots of generic entries consisting of a typical 4/4 beat, but with arbitrary clips from “Nude” thrown in so that they qualified for the contest.

Thom Yorke joked at the ridiculousness of it in an interview for NPR radio, hinting that they set the competition to find out how people would approach such a challenging task.

I decided to take the piss a bit, as the contest seemed to be in that spirit.

Based on the lyric (and alternate title) “Big Ideas: Don’t get any” I grouped together a collection of old redundant hardware, and placed them in a situation where they’re trying their best to do something that they’re not exactly designed to do, and not quite getting there.

It doesn’t sound great, as it’s not supposed to.

Sinclair ZX Spectrum – Guitars (rhythm & lead)
Epson LX-81 Dot Matrix Printer – Drums
HP Scanjet 3c – Bass Guitar
Hard Drive array – Act as a collection of bad speakers – Vocals & FX”

I’ve been meaning to put this up for ages, I think im gonna be more keen with posting stuff in the near future. Expect some photo’s and stories from my travels soon!

Rad new escalator tricks.

Indie — Tue, 26 May 2009 05:25:55 +0000

Made me chuckle, shouldn’t laugh at others misfortune, but it tickled me!
(video after the click)

Thought this was worth sharing.

Collaboration

Indie — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:20:19 +0000

In 1985 Hesenboum Troubador finalized his collection of technological wonders that make a nice sound, he idly connected them all together, stuck a picture of Freddy Mercury on the wall and left the room they were all stored in. Last week this room was opened for the first time in 24 years, all the items had collaborated and they done this. Or something like that.
(Video after the click)

Robots vs Armor

Indie — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 09:10:09 +0000

One of my favorite David Shrigley videos after the click.

”

Sleepwalking dog!

Indie — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 09:12:34 +0000

This one is for Vicky who just left me a whole bunch of messages! Cheers for reading Vickers!!

Little drugie David grew up and got a divorce

Indie — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:25:57 +0000

Starting earlier and earlier nowadays

Indie — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 10:45:45 +0000

I hear you little kid, I hear you. Hands up those who know where this little kid is coming from.

Newspaper’s of the future

Indie — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:43:15 +0000

Sweet lordy sweet bejebus! The future is here!

What do you do with your thoughts?

Indie — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:04:48 +0000

Whilst entering into “advance beginner” level (a level system of my own) of juggling in the garden, listening to Squarepusher’s song with lyrics “A Real Woman” off his new album “Just A Souvenir” I had a thought about thoughts. What do you do with your, for want of a better word “stray” thoughts. I’m sure some of them you tether in and indulge in them for a while, maybe some aggravate you, old tired thoughts. I’m sure some of the repeating thoughts lose or gain intensity, altering your path in life. And I know that some thoughts turn sour and make life grow hard and unpleasant, but these change given the chance. I often find myself on a train of thought that I feel I would like to share in the hope of the simple pleasure of sharing an experience with somebody, sometimes this fails to connect and it gives me a feeling of distance. I have shared this train of thought here in the hope that anyone else with a stray thought, about anything, anything at all, will release it for everyone else to see (I hardly think you can claim to own a thought, if you are like me you don’t really know where they come from!), and I would like to hear it. Because at the very least it will let me see what somebody else is thinking of and maybe I can relate to it, and at the most it could turn into an interesting conversation (and also that people actually read this), If you do one thing with your first stray thought after reading this, type it down in the box down there (after you push ‘more’). And I will start it off by typing down the first thing that comes into my head after posting this.

Here is a the song that influenced this post, there’s nothing to see so don’t go anticipating anything, its just the song.

And here are the lyrics.

you are a member of society
you are a member of reality
do you think it’s time that you are called upon
do you think it’s time that you are seen to be you
you are real
you exist
you are sane
you’re alive
you are here
you are fine
you are you
because you’re real
you think a lot about the world today
you think a lot about what to say
everything you say, it should be listened to
everything you say, well, it should be understood
you are real
you exist
you are sane
you’re alive
you are dreaming
you’re a person
you are happy
because you’re real
please show me what it’s like to be real
please show me what it’s like to be you
everything that is including me
that’s how it is in reality
everything that is including you
that’s how it is in reality
you have an edge of satisfaction
you have an air of satisfaction
i want you to tell me that it’s what i love
i want you to tell me that i’m significant
you are real
you have feelings
you are modern
you have feelings
you are perfect
you have feelings
you’re really real
you have feelings
you are real
you exist
you are sane
you’re alive
you’re impressive
you’re important
you’re smoking
because you’re real

Alternative Christmas message from the President of Iran

Indie — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:25:04 +0000

So Channel 4 has shown a video of the president of Iran delivering a Christmas message to “all of us”. And the British government has condemned them for doing this, saying it will cause “international offence”

How does this video/message make you feel? and how do you feel about Channel 4 showing it?

I think that while there are things in life that no person should see, this isn’t one of them, and since its quite relevant to all our lives, then its shown and watched.

The British government has created some fictitious offense by saying it will cause offence.

Economic Crisis

Indie — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:27:42 +0000

In light of the world economic crisis I have a few words to say:-

The corn will still grow in the fields and the rivers will still continue to flow. The poor and starving in the world remain poor and starving. The rich will become less rich and some may even become poor, however I have no doubt that they will not starve, nor will they suffer any amount in comparison to the real suffering in the world. The exchanges taking place on the stock markets are exchanges in a virtual world, nothing real is actually changing hands, how this affects the whole world I really do not know, my knowledge of the stock market is not so good, my first impression is that its completely bollocks and uneeded, I could be very wrong, I welcome explanations that will make me believe it is needed.

Here is a song and a video that seems very apt at this moment in time, Jarvis Cocker, you are beautiful.

Ko San Road

Indie — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 02:57:15 +0000

Heres a video of Ko San Road, the main travelers street in Bangkok, pretty noisy and garish at night, but it can be great fun!

Noam Chomsky

Indie — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 08:27:44 +0000

Noam Chomsky is the Institute Professor Emeritus of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His primary field is linguistics, that is the study of language.

He has been engaged in left wing political activism all his life. If you listen to some of his lectures you get where the guys coming from, he really does say it like it is. He spends most of his time studying, studying events and the events leading to them events, he studys the politics of his country and other countries, and with available literature he has seen the way the world works, this knowledge is available to us all, and he has compiled it all for us! his thirst for knowledge far exceeds his thirst for fame or time in the spotlight (if he has them desires anyway). He is a voice of utter truth in a world of bent media, im saying all this as i think more people need to hear this guy. So heres some videos of him, which will do more than me trying to get across what he’s about. Notice his dull deamenor, unlike other showboating lefties (and i guess all the showboating righties, well pretty much all politicians) this guy simply states facts, his lectures however are always sell out, he generates good viewing numbers, however he is rarely given airtime on TV or radio, and if he is its pretty much always pre-recorded, for the simple fact that his views, are counter productive to the views of the Government, because of this i have taken it upon myself to air his views. (click more to get to his videos)

BBC interview part 1 (9min26sec)

BBC interview part 2 (8min27sec)

America is not a Demorcracy (7min4sec)

Santa Fe in January 2005 (46min37sec)

911 conspiracy part 1 (3min14sec)

911 conspiracy part 2 (4min44sec)

Personal Motivation (4min56sec)

Human destiny (2min21sec)

If these have interested you, then check out Youtube and do a search of Noam Chomsky, there are many more videos by the guy, if you still thirst for more, go read some of his books.

Squarepusher

Indie — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 10:44:25 +0000

Squarepusher spanking the swang in Japan

songs called Hello Meow, from the album Hello Everything

Oh yes!!

Indie — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 18:15:28 +0000

Yeah you freaky little bastard! you go!! Dance dance dance your wierd little ass off!!

Extreme piercing

Indie — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 15:26:02 +0000

I quite like piercings, and in my youth, as was the rage in them days, i got my wrist pierced, a common triple piercing, found though that it got in the way with lots of things, fisting, ballet, digging with my hands, searching for coins in the sofa, also some people just didnt see the beauty in them. So i decided to get them taken out, here is the video of them being yanked out. Enjoy

12 Hours From a Window + 30 hours From a Window

Indie — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 01:01:40 +0000

Some time lapse videos here, expect more to come from my travels!

From my window, for 12 hours, to sweet sweet Brian Eno.

From another window, for 30 hours, again to sweet sweet Brian Eno