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I read this William Leith piece on Sunday, with Max sitting next...

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:13:13 +0100

I read this William Leith piece on Sunday, with Max sitting next to me. It’s about being a single parent.

At first I thought, how lucky I am to have my son sitting next to me whilst I read this. As I read more those thoughts of luck turned to sadness.

It’s not often I allow myself to feel sad about being a single dad. I can’t. Parents are constantly told to put the childs feelings first in everything they do. So, I do. Most of the time, when my son is not around, I walk round my family house, the house full of his stuff, and try to ignore the stuff that is so important to Max. His bedroom is like a void in my house, sometimes used as a laundry room, mostly avoided. Because when he is not here this house is just my house, I am not a single parent, I’m just me. Me is good, but it’s kinda missing something a lot of the time.

About a boy: Writer William Leith reflects on the loneliness and anxiety of being a weekend dad | Life and style | The Observer

Here’s a little video I made featuring the paper crafting...

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:07:26 +0100

Here’s a little video I made featuring the paper crafting skills of Marion Bataille and the musical skills of Blackalicious.

Buy the book here.

Buy the song here.

FFFFOUND! | Elter Drugs: Mushroom

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:06:38 +0100

FFFFOUND! | Elter Drugs: Mushroom

Lovely doings from Marion Bataille

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:40:34 +0100

Lovely doings from Marion Bataille

Very proud of the work my brother is doing right now. Get the...

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:23:35 +0100

Very proud of the work my brother is doing right now.

Get the podcast on iTunes.

And the music will soon be available to buy, I’ll put a link up soon.

Welcome To Mars radio series - Boing Boing

September Photo Montage

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:08:08 +0100

September Photo Montage

I have a new project - it’s called Things I learned...

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 12:18:36 +0100

I have a new project - it’s called Things I learned reading 101 Things I learned in Architecture School.

It’s likely to be more of a stream of consciousness than considered intelligent writing - and it’s for me more than anyone else. Thought I’d share it anyhow.

“I didn’t get into this to build a big company as fast as...

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:25:46 +0100

“I didn’t get into this to build a big company as fast as I could no matter what the cost, I got into this to make something simple and beautiful for people who love music, and I plan to continue doing that.

That mess we call the music industry strikes again at the whole reason they bloody exist - to get music to people who love music. Oh, that’s me being naive of course - they are a business, they are shifting units, they used to make loads of money from manafacturing, and now they are desperately working out how to continue being an ‘industry’ thats needed or more to the point, wanted.

If you do anything creative, this is a sad story, but hopefully it will have a happy ending.

(via Muxtape)

Blackbird Twin Reflex Camera

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 07:29:12 +0100

Blackbird Twin Reflex Camera

Sometimes it’s hard and a bit boring staying organised. ...

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:25:36 +0100

Sometimes it’s hard and a bit boring staying organised. These little fella’s look like they could brighten that up a bit.

Jstory Rabbit Tab | Office | Gear

I shall be listening to this tonight BBC - Radio 4 Document -...

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:25:15 +0100

I shall be listening to this tonight

BBC - Radio 4 Document - Britains Cuban Missile Crisis

Better get my DS back from Max. Korg DS-10

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:03:50 +0100

Better get my DS back from Max.

Korg DS-10

Got this at the design museum the other day. Absolutely...

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:39:04 +0100

Got this at the design museum the other day. Absolutely brilliant for so many reasons.

The Corpus Clock and The Chronophage Introduced by Dr John...

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:07:00 +0100

The Corpus Clock and The Chronophage

Introduced by Dr John C.Taylor, Invenit et Fecit

I remember my dad playing this and thinking how amazing it was. ...

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 12:24:21 +0100

I remember my dad playing this and thinking how amazing it was. It helped that my vocal range was similar - I loved singing this song.

The video is great - Keytars, thinspex, BMX’s (always wanted a GT performer with Mags, yellow and blue).

IOU - Freeze

Wait for the classic beastie boys sample - but it’s all...

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:41:08 +0100

Wait for the classic beastie boys sample - but it’s all good.

The Journal of Popular Noise is a semi-annual audio magazine...

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 01:00:23 +0100

The Journal of Popular Noise is a semi-annual audio magazine inspired by the traditions of pop music, printed periodicals, and the delight of a finely crafted artifact. Limited edition of hand-folded, letter-press printed copies. To purchase click below.

The Journal of Popular Noise

Too tired to write loads. Just back from a suprise visit to...

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:55:59 +0100

Too tired to write loads. Just back from a suprise visit to watch a band practice. I was struck with the beauty of watching 7 band members feel their way through songs, making stuff up as they went along and coming up with some amazing music.

It made me think about how I do things - that letting go of the misconception that it has to be perfect straight away is good. And most of all, it’s good to make stuff for the sake of making stuff, for the love of it and maybe not even recording it - letting it go into the ears and brain attics and that’s enough to satisfy.

It excited me a lot.

Picture via FFFFOUND!

Been thinking a lot recently about the amount of noise in my...

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:31:38 +0100

Been thinking a lot recently about the amount of noise in my life, prompted by various posts and a feeling that the noise in my life often outweighs the doing of good stuff. I’m in need of the internet version of my real life earplugs - maybe the off button is a good place to start. It’s not quite that simple though, is it, maybe it is. All I know is that I don’t want to get to a ripe old age and have a lovely DVD full of twitter posts but not much else to show for the time spent supposedly doing stuff.

Maybe the issue lies more with my own lack of control than anything else - I find things like Blip.fm very addictive. Better that I’m addicted to something like Blip than crack though.

I’m guessing I’m not alone in this.

"When I go out with my core group of friends, we unintentionally look like a popular indie band"

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:16:22 +0100

“When I go out with my core group of friends, we unintentionally look like a popular indie...