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a continuous lapse in judgment, pt. 5

I have no idea what the people in India Arie’s marketing team were thinking. Caught this off some site. Promo images for India’s new album Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship, were plastered all over portaloos. Yes, portable toilets. I know getting the message out there to as many people as possible is of paramount […]

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common bridges the gap this xmas

Common, Common, Common. You done did it again. The on-and-off face of conscious hip hop stars in a new Christmas TV commercial for The Gap, in which he and a whole gang of cherubic b-boys and girls push the new Gap hoodie collection. It’s all good, Com’s done this before, selling Reebok’s Classic sneakers way […]

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we want conscious clothing! nau!

Sometimes, good things happen when you key in the wrong URL. I came across the official website of clothing brand Nau, based in the sleepy American state of Oregon, with a name which means “welcome” in Maori (how Oregonites – Oreganos? – can make references to Maori culture I’ll never know) and, most importantly, pays […]

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graff @ canal way

Let me back track to the canal now, after all that Banksy-worship, I can’t attribute these works to anyone since I don’t recognise the artists but thought I’d share ’em anyway. The first left makes me laff. Partly because it does try hard to be scary, but also I have the distinct feeling I have seen this […]

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banksy: wall & piece

207 pages of words and colour pix from Banksy. This subversive, witty, visual commentary on war, religion, poverty, surveillance and more follows his Existencilism, Banging Your Head Against A Brick Wall and Cut It Out mini-books. Wall & Piece will set you back between RM80 and RM140 if you order it off Amazon, but is possibly one of the best things you can […]

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banksy #3 @ old street

Considering Banksy’s work stays up approximately 15 minutes before it’s erased, I feel fortunate to have even seen these three pieces. This is the final slice of Banksy for today. All of which you can check and more in Wall And Piece. Why the TV? Well, actually it’s more about the broken window, which was the […]

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banksy #2 @ old street

It’s been a while. Sorry. I’d like to say I was off finding a cure for cancer but the reality is far more mundane. I was working. But it’s good to be back. This piece is located in a parking lot and is visible from across the road, at the tail end of my canal walk, […]

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JUICE DJ Quest Regional Finals – the online recap!

Oh yeaaaaah. We had fun at the JUICE DJ Quest Regional Finals in Zouk on 19 November. What? you weren’t there? Or you were there, but got so sodded you can’t remember a thing? For shame. Good thing we have the complete unabridged recap up online, with pictures, videos and finalist profiles for your perusal. […]

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secret satan!

I was going to start this post by explaining the concept of Secret Santas, but this isn’t about Secret Santas, it’s about Secret Satan, so I’ll just leave you to click the link, which will lead you to my favourite online information source, Wikipedia.com. (Drat. now you know how I get Detonate and Label Junkie […]

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banksy #1 @ canal way

Okay, I cheated. I did the walk twice and the first time round I failed to spot this. I nearly fell over when I did. I mean, mebbe it was the poor quality of the light the first time round, mebbe I didn’t look hard enough,  or mebbe it’s the nature of the piece, in its asbo-baiting hoodie, skulking […]