Martin Rietze, Volcanic Lightning.

Just incredible photos of lightning firing out from a volcanic cloud above Sakurajima volcano in Kyushu, Japan.


Martin Rietze, Volcanic Lightning Photos!

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Takahiro Iwasaki

Takahiro Iwasaki

Incredible sculptures from tape and thread.


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Room 101 - S13E06

Room 101 - S13E06

That might only work on smartphones, I'm not sure. I'm trying to figure out how to post to post youtube vids.


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Firefighters in Freezing Conditions in Chicago

I know this is old news, but the pictures are so stunning. The temperatures in Chicago reached around -45°C, with the wind chill factor. I'm not one for calling people heroes for doing their job, but there's definitely something about scenes like these. Here's a better written piece in the Telegraph:

Freezing Firefighters


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Nottingham Police Smash Car Window

Ha ha ha! But good on them for caring.

Dog Rescue!

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Shintaro Ohata おはた しんたろ Sculptural Paintings

I came across this artist's great work on the internet. It has a feeling about it of the more romantic side of Japanese anime. It's such a simple idea of combining sculpture and painting, which I think he's carried off so well. The style of sculpture gives it an impression of... erm... impressionism of the Van Gogh variety, filtered through pop art (or something like that). Here's a link to a better written article. Hope you like it.

Shintaro Ohata's Art


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Clash Magazine, 10 Lost Albums

CLASH MAGAZINE - 10 LOST ALBUMS


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Jimmy Kimmel and Paul Weller

This is my first iPhone post, so I'm extremely excited. I was also excited at this following vid. I didn't realise that Mr. Weller was known in the USA. Kimmel and Letterman have some superb bands on.

Start by Paul Weller -

http://youtu.be/JRjxSLuxZwk

Eligh, and Ford and Lopitan

Here's 2 videos for songs by artists I've only just become familiar with. The first is on the the good side of the 80s and is a fan made vid for a duo called Ford and Lopatin. The song is Joey Rogers. The second is an amazing artist called Eligh, from Los Angeles. He's pretty much what we'd called electronic or Leftfield (etc.) in the UK, but he seems to side with Hip-Hop in America, like artists such Flying Lotus. I found both artists via Band of the Day app on the iPhone. It's free and amazing, so please give it a try.

Manet, Morisot, and Goya.

Here's a link between three artists - Manet, Goya and Morisot.

This first one is 'The Balcony' by Edouard Manet. I think of him as king of the Impressionists but I know he's not really.

Manet, I've heard on the grapevine, was an admirer of Spanish art and so 'The Balcony' was influenced by 'The Majas at the Balcony' by Goya.

Lastly, one of the female figures in 'The Balcony' is Berthe Morisot, who introduced Manet to the impressionists. He associated with them, even though he didn't exhibit with them. Berthe Morisot is said to have encouraged Manet to paint plein air.

Enjoy!

Funny Animals, Goldspot and Emika

There's simply nothing funnier than funny animals. Have a go. No - see. Here is a pigmy hippo eating lettuce and a link to more funny animals.     

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/pictures-you-need-to-see-before-the-world-ends

Recently I downloaded an iPhone app called 'Band of the Day'. It's free and amazing. It gives you a new, and genuinely awesome, band everyday. Each band has reviews, a biography, clips from albums and more. Here's two great bands that I discovered.

Goldspot - 

Ina Mina Dika

Friday

Emika - 

Double Edge

 Double Edge, Live in Malta

3D Printing

This is one of many attempts to get back into the routine of blogging. I've never got so much to say but now I have the advantage of having lots of iPhone apps to give me interesting info.

This isn't from an app. It's just something I've been meaning to look up for a while. It's a 3D printer. I couldn't imagine how it worked, but I watched this vid and it blow my tiny mind.

Have a look:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aghzpO_UZE

Banana iPhone

Here is the evidence for my claim that when I opened up my iPhone it was full not only of magic but also A BANANA! It appears that although Steve Jobs was a warlock, he was also a liar. Powered by banana and NOT powered by apple as claimed on pretty much everything.

Most Poisonous Animals

From time to time one may wonder what might be the most deadliestestest animals in the world. Some of them are also very beautiful. Just like life, sunshine and storms are often good fellows! I especialy like the poison dart frog - just beautiful.

Most poisonous animals in the world.

Jubilee Madness and a Chochlea Transplant

Here's the wonderful Madness at Queenie's party and a very sweet video of a boy hearing sound for the first time. Enjoy!

Dry the River

A second Dry the River track - No Rest. I love creative music videos and advertising etc. I feel like thre's been a bit of a drought since the 90s (in music vids anyway).

This is the blurb from under the youtube vid.

Dry the River created these huge paper-craft horse posters in collaboration with FOAM creative Xavier Barrade. This short film shows the posters being crafted and fly-posted. Xavier designed the horses in 3D with Google Sketch Up before printing out and assembling the component parts. Each horse took around 35 hours to build.

http://www.facebook.com/drytheriver
http://twitter.com/drytheriver
http://soundcloud.com/drytheriver
http://www.drytheriver.net

www.youtube.com/user/drytheriverofficial

Their songs are also available on iTunes, but I think that you should wait and buy a CD like the real human beings of olden times. I hate iTunes! Buy a CD.

I'm Back for a Brand New Attack (or something)

It's been ages since I posted anything, so here's a few tidbits.

This is a poem about waiting for your phone to vibrate, waiting for a message from your special person.


Waiting For the Buzz

Waiting for the buzz
that’s coming,
Wearing wings
or fins
(or something).
Who am I against this woman?

She is rather bold
(as brass),
Timid, kind,
Strong and funny.
A great petite tiger,
With the purr of a Persian cat,
Sat
on a steam train
that’s trailing off honey.
The windows are
maple leaves
and outside
it’s sunny.

Yet, in my chest
it is brass monkeys.
As cold as gold
bricks
shining, shimmering,
A trembling hand
that’s won
big winnings.

Who am I without this woman?
Waiting for a buzz
(that’s coming).

A villain
or a fiend
(or somone).
She can change my heart
from black,
Back to red
and back intact.
With her
I feel like
a comic book hero
on a tandem to Happiness
with Helen Shapiro.

Ramblings, randomly
assembled thusly.

Here’s the buzz.
From her?
It must be!

This is a new folk band from England called Dry the River. This video shows an interesting poster campaign they did with tin cans that played their song.

Lastly, is Clive Anderson's BBC Radio 4 show Loose Ends. Amongst the guests in this episode is the punk poet John Cooper Clarke. It'll expire sometime, but the show's good to look up anyway, whoever's on it. It's a big mix of things every week.

Loose Ends (with John Cooper Clarke guesting)

Hope you like it!

In Paris With You by James Fenton

I came across this and really liked it. I actually heard Stephen Fry talking about James Fenton, so this is the first poem that I found.


In Paris With You


Don't talk to me of love. I've had an earful
And I get tearful when I've downed a drink or two.
I'm one of your talking wounded.
I'm a hostage. I'm maroonded.
But I'm in Paris with you.

Yes I'm angry at the way I've been bamboozled
And resentful at the mess I've been through.
I admit I'm on the rebound
And I don't care where are we bound.
I'm in Paris with you.

Do you mind if we do not go to the Louvre
If we say sod off to sodding Notre Dame,
If we skip the Champs Elysées
And remain here in this sleazy

Old hotel room
Doing this and that
To what and whom
Learning who you are,
Learning what I am.

Don't talk to me of love. Let's talk of Paris,
The little bit of Paris in our view.
There's that crack across the ceiling
And the hotel walls are peeling
And I'm in Paris with you.

Don't talk to me of love. Let's talk of Paris.
I'm in Paris with the slightest thing you do.
I'm in Paris with your eyes, your mouth,
I'm in Paris with... all points south.
Am I embarrassing you?
I'm in Paris with you.

James Fenton

Mu-ziq and Modest Mouse

Just got these on random on my lovely Kenwood mp3 player. Nice start to the day!

Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson - Relator

Bikkuri, as they say in these parts, Scarlett's a good singer. I knew she had solo album but I'd never listened to any of her stuff. This was just the thing I was in the mood for.